The Archive · 1938

Bu. to Victory

Fuller Hurls 2n — Strikes Out 14 Batters And Collects Three Hits To Beat Headquarters

Striking out fourteen batters in a ten-inning baseball game at the Race Course yesterday afternoon, J. E. Fuller, ace moundsman of the Second Battalion, pitched his team to a 4-3 victory over Headquarters and added a third triumph to the Second nine': comeback since their three defeats which took place in the early part of the season.

Yesterday's results put the two contending teams in a tie for the runner-up position, each having three wins and three losses. The First Battalion are leading with four victories and one defeat and play the USS. Asheville todi the Race Course, starting o'clock.

Fuller's strike-out performance came as soon as the game got under way.

He whiffed the first two batsmen and then forced the third adversary to ground out. In the second and third innings he succeed-

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