The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina • 19

the news awp oBsmtm KAtricir ttistuv mowntm Aprit i im Close Race Predicted As CoastalPlain League Opens Thursday flight catcher he believes in their QUi J1 there is mort hope and KiPPerS bnh outlook with new changes New drive to build a first division club Coastal Owns 2 Big Records ing this time appear capable of better results The Jays have lacked the good results of spring exhibitions enjoyed by some other Coastal Plain League teams but when they play for keeps the feeling is that Apple ton can meet the situation Long sessions and hard workouts Last year the Eagles finished atop the league Wes Livengood who headed Kinston last year is at the helm in Bill Kennedy's 456 Strike Goldsboro this season and speak TT new laces and new plans Willi Pimc' Some of the change in the lHl Id league include drop in admission tivr Price which may lure added num-By FRANK O'BRIEN bers of fans to the league parks The tough Class Coastal Plain Lst year's 75 cent fare has been League which has weathered many trimmed to 60 cents this season a rocky day since its beginning! Another change which Goodmon 15 years ago swings into a ne believes will help make the race season Thursday eager and filled tighter is the 2 8 6 ruling It al-ith optimism lows a team to carry two veterans Pmci'ilont i eieht limited sprvir nH kit ing cautiously on the outlook for the pilot for the Roanoke Rapids Jays The Edenton Colonials bavt named Vernon (Preacher) Mus-tian an ex-Wake Forest pitcher as manager Mustian played on the great Wake Forest teams of a few years ago before went into professional baseball There is a general feeling around the circuit in agreement with Prexy Goodmon's forecast that the race will be tight A majority of the managers have said at one time or another that his club is capable of finishing among the leaders at least in the first division But there has been no the Cards He and his squad of hopefuls have prepared Tarboro's Tars to a near-satisfictory degree for Bill Long heading the team for the first time trained at Albany Ga and return ed to Goldsboro on April 22 and then moved into an exhibition The Tars aren't expected to be it I I 4 "''SI 1 4 -I tvoiuiui jva iuiiuiuuil oi nil! liamston key noted the That should nelP Mk outlook yesterday He pictures aiffam get he close battle all season imnn thl "lso creae mre interest in close battle all season among the a chict eomenner tor me iop mis season ind they were in sixth place last year when they dropped out of the circuit However Man eight teams and predicted that "no team will win the flag in a walkaway" close race for the spectators" Managerial Lineup The new fares will he numermic nil-out trumpeting of "We've got among CFL managers Only one of inuiiu viij managers uniy one oi schedule Goldsboro was third place finisher last year but Livengood makes no prediction on where the team will finish this year His only assurance is that the Cards will be a fighting baseball club How they will shape up against the others will be an answer Livengood expects to find after he gets a view of his foes Others connected with the league consider Goldsboro a tough ager Long has reported that he needs to fill only one or two snots to be ready for the Coastal Tlain battle He hasn't said which spots needed filling nr g00d e'6ht is hack at the same old I 7 1 -una uus year He is Jack Mc who piloted the Wilson wiui ii buouiu neip au me ciuds Comas there are a lot of new faces and Tobs to a fourth place finish in we teams nave snaped up nicely 1951 during spring training" Wes Livengood returns to the The league boss said "We'll get Coastal Plain for another season In Rocky Mount where traffic in va ui a guuu iari ana i see no put ine lau aark haired pitcher reason why the entire eight teams manager will manaee the Golds managers was heavy last year can't furnish the crowds a full sea- born Cards last ceacnn hie Kin Paul Badgett has a squad considered strong and troublesome for son of interesting baseball" He ston Eagles finished in first place Said all eieht teams should he Pitcher Tarrv n-mnuv New the winning team we ll win tne flag" On the basis of spring exhibitions the Wilson Tobs appear to be one of the league's top teams but whether or not Manager Mc-Comas' boys hold the pace when the games begin to count remains to be seen The Tobs have a young club and like the' other seven teams they have shown plenty of spirit and hustle in spring training The Tobs look to be strong in pitching also with at least four who are capable candidates Blackburn's Kinston Eagles with improved hitting loom as a likely front-runner The squad is heavy with rookies but the manager has enjoyed an optimistic outlook and sees a game-winning team He expects to produce a team capable of winning the crown In fact theEagles" boss has shown more inclination to a their foes strong insuring a close race "It Bern steady last year will be at How the New Bern Bears will fare without their are Bunky Stewart has league fans wondering but Manager Larry Dempsey exp i to present a strong team man of its players with minor league experience up to Class A ball Sears loom as a contender eve without Bunky who had a 19-2 word (including the playoffs) last year Pitching appears a strong point with Dempsey himself a 20 game winner last season The Bears finished in second place in 1951 and defeated Wilson four games to three in the playoff series We'll have a young hustling ball club" said Dempsey "and I'm The Leafs were slow starting in iooks preny close to me There 11 me neim or tne Bears this season out and a 24-Inning Game Are Topi Here is a liot of fielding bat ting and pitching records in the (lass II Coastal Plain League The league holds two top marks In organized baseball They arc Bill Kennedy's 45(5 strikeouts for Rocky Mount in lMfi and 24 runs in one inning set by Tarboro against Wilson on June 3 last year The records: RATTING AND IIHDIM Highest batting Valentine Gonzales of Ilnannke Rapids 383 in 1948 Most Home John Han-ley Rocky Mount 35 in 1948 Most Runs Batted Vonnie Bass of Roanoke Rapids 148 in 1950 Most RlH's in Single Game-Bob Hran of Kinston 9 on May 18th 191 against liotky Mount when he hit two homers one a grand slammer both in the second inning Most Runs Scored in Sea snnGrorr Kowler Rocky Mount H8 in 1948 Most Two Base Hit for Season-Babe Johnson Rockv Mount 43 in 1949 Most Three Base Mils in Season -Lester Rock of Wil liamston 18 in 1940 Most Stolen Bases in a Sra son- Rill Bevil of New Bern 92 in 1949 Most Times at Bat Dining Irving Dickens of Wilson 579 in 1948 and Ien Hat kaveck of Roanoke Rnpuls '79 in 1950 Most Fielding Chances Han died During a Season-Marry Soufas of New Bern 1357 1950 Had total of 129H ptitmils 50 assists and 9 errors Most I'utoiits in Season liar osxm KS Ir 14 their exhibition series but improv De no wamaway lor tne tiue" replacing Harry Land Dempsey DOSted a 20-10 record last season ed quickly under the teachings of Onenine Games and will probably take a regular Badgett The Leafs rant do any worse this year than they did last turn on the hiu in the forthcoming season while also handlin? the season Last year they finished in the cellar when Greenville dropped from the league This time the managerial duties Leafs can only go up The other five teams boast brand new managers Tarboro's Tars are under the leadership of Bill Long Manager Bill Long Tarboro Reports drifting down from Roan unting on our pitching to keep oke Rapids indicate the Jays of ana wayne uiacKnurn ncaas tne Kinstnn Rapine Paul RaHcett is us in the fight Naturally I hop Manager Pete Appleton look fairly brighter outlook than the other strong for the coming campaign The opening games include Kin-ston at New Bern Tarboro at Eden-ton Wilson at Goldsboro and Roanoke Rapids at Rocky Mount Game time in all league parks is 7:45 Tarboro and Edenton are newcomers this year to the circuit Tarboro played in the league last season until June 6 when it withdrew This is Edenton's first season in the Coastal Plain The Colonials were in the now-defunct Virginia League last year The compact little circuit one of the lastest Class loops in the nation weathered a multitude of troubles last season finally finishing the campaign with six teams ing to have a good season myself on the mound There are four other the manager for (he Rocky Mount Leafs and Pete Appleton in pro Last season the Jays ended in pilots The Eagles will need a top fifth place and with good pitch fessional baseball for 25 years is sr nAss i) rf rt I 5 JF HEY FANS BASEBALL TONIGHT! 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