Manager Sid Basinger and his Gibson Mill players will swing into action Saturday when the first important semi-pro baseball game of the season will be played here.
Offering opposition to the locals will be the players of the Highland Park team of High Point, a team that has ranked high for the past several years and one bringing here most of the stars which created the good record.
Manager Basinger will not offer an entirely new team but a few new faces will be seen when the teams take the field Among these will be Daniels, a semi-pro star from Alabama, who will open on the mound. Whisnant will be another player with whom local fans are none too familiar. He will play first base.
Basinger will open at third. Hawn, of Lenoir-Rhyne fame, will be on second and Hayes of Salisbury will be in the shortfield. Behind the bat Gibson will be strong for Clemmer, one of the best receivers seen in action here, will do the catching. Homesly, another pitcher from Lenoir-Rhyne, also will be here in case he is needed.
Jarrett, a slugger from Mooresville, will play right field, with Ridenhour from Cooleemee I left garden. Smith, fly chaser extraordinary, and one of the fastest men on the team, will play center, a position he has held for several years.
Andrews, dependable almost anywhere, will be on hand to furnish strength should a weakness develop at any of the important points on the team.
The game will begin at 3:30 and will be played at the Gibson Park, which is in excellent condition.
From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Friday, April 29
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