Show TUB THE SOFTBALL bufi BUCA there is a strange malady abroad road in our fair county that has been taking a heavy toll of late among various perfectly healthy individuals scientists imported to study the situation have been unable to find the exact cause of this malady but because of the peculiar way it effects its victims it has been named the softball bug the victim finds himself at a softball game or at a practice not because of his like for the game but maybe tor for curiosity or perhaps lack of another place to go As the batters come up and pop flies or measly grounders or maitte occa occasionally sm a good solid smash the victim starts to chafe under the collar why shucks anyone with any ability ought to lilt hit a ball that big every time especially when the pitcher must throw it underhand under hand band ed with this thought going on within a longing to get hold of a bat and take a cut at that big pill starts to eat at his inners this Is the critical time in the development of the diseased if the victim refuses to follow this cesire he may escape however if he succumbs and gets the manager to let him try a wack at that he is usually lost the hardest thing to combat in trying to put an end to this I 1 malady is that the tha victims of it are so happy about the whole matter each badh saturday will find him or her going enthusiastically I 1 to their teams scheduled game either playing or cheering their hearts right out the latest discovered victims are a group of girls from south morgan and milton in this particular group after the first exposure to the bug the results were immediate i and thorough as the crowd who saw their game will testify SATURDAYS GAMES for the benefit of those who alm already have the softball bug tho 0 games saturday were topnotch even tho the scores were high in a game played a day early took the measure of croyden to the tune of 12 to 7 the game offered red hot action and the general opinion was that croyden is entirely capable of holding its own in any competition this league might offer porterville remained in a tie for league leadership by trouncing north morgan 13 to 9 milton and south morgan dup 1 heated this score in their ter with gitil MI milton iton emerging victorious only after a hectic struggle glo trailing in the last inning the milton boys let lose a barrage of base hits including a 3 bagger and a fluke home run producing five runs and sewing up the game the south morgan crew returned with vengence ven genee in their half ball of the inning but this rally was nipped after one run had crossed the platter the fielding gem of the day wu was turned in by thorp butters with a se national leaping catch on a line drive by carl nelson woodrow giles was the batting hero of the day collecting 2 home runs and a three bagger during the fracas richville thought that adolf hillers choice battery of field artillery had bad hit town instead of a ball team when peterson produced a barrage of extra base hits that swamped their opponents 35 to 12 the big powerful crew f from rom the north end of the valley simply had too much experience and batting power for their younger and lighter opponents and stamped themselves as the outstanding contender for first half hon honors honora TEAM team won lost petg peterson 2 0 1000 porterville 2 0 1000 milton 2 0 1000 S 0 S 1 1 south morgan 1 I 1 1 croyden 0 2 north morgan 0 2 richville 0 2 saturdays games peterson 35 richville 12 porterville 13 north morgan 9 milton 13 south morgan 9 0 S C S 12 croyden T next saturdays schedule porterville at S C 5 5 P M richville at north morgan croyden at milton friday south morgan at peterson |