Cumberland Wins Opener From Hues Cumberland high school ba.se ball team opened their season successfully Tuesday with a 9-3 victory over neighboring. Buckin' - ham Central. Edmund Garnett. Cumberland Veteran shortstop, iced the - am for the Dukes by pounding out a double with the bases loaded in the fifth iijming. - Cumberland scored seven run In tlit- fifth inning to break what otherwise was a closelj fought contest. Tl}e game was tied 2-2 at the beginning of the fifth, and Buckingharji pushed across on run in the top half. Marshall jSmith a lanky right hander, received credit for the w i n. He relieved Sophomore Pitcher Ma?k White in the fourth inning. Between the two they al lowed only fi\e hits White hold down left field when not chosen for pitching chores. Garnett got his double at 1 is Second time at bat in the fifth inning. He led the inning off with at single. Jimmy Prayer, right fielder who bats fifth in Coach Ed Vassar’d lineup, got two h to contribuje to the downfall of the visiting Buccaneers. Bryant started on the mound for Buckingham and was relieved in the fifth inning by Reardon. Cumberland played a practice game with powhatan Friday, and came out Cm the short end of the unofficial game

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