The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-25
Merchants Hit
Three Honers
to Bsot Bot Club

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in the Twilight loop.
How they blew While Elton
"Tubby" Henderson, and Harry
"Mushy" Albrecht held the
Towers team to Ave hits, Bud
Moore and Albrecht pounded
out home runs; Albrecht, Johns,
and Van Hollenbeck slammed
out triples; and every member
of the team with the exception
of Adds and De Francis batted
safely at some point during the
seven inning rout.
Russ Dubay, Fisher hurler,
ran into a squall in the first inn
ing and never saw his way
through it. Before he stepped
down from the mound Koleky
had rammed six runs across the
plate. Bud Moore. leadoff man,
doubled, and was brought home
on a triple by Albrecht. Bourd-
age was put out, but Henderson,
doubled to bring home Albrecht.
Brice and Van Hollenbeck both
singled to score Henderson,.
Johns was declared safe at first
on a fielder's choice and stole
second, Brice and Van Hollen-
beck coming home on ground
er by Menter and an error and
Johns following them across the
plate on q third out by De-
Francis.
Albrecht brought in two
more runs in the second with
his home run. Moore was on
first on base on balls. Four
more runs were scored in the
third, including q triple by
Moore. Six runs in the sixth
and three in the seventh COM
pleted the Koleky onslaught.
Dubay lasted until the fourth
when he was relieved by Peck"
jPeltier. The two tWir1afs save
up seven walks and struck out
one. Albrecht walked ave and
struck out three. 4. ~. n
Floyd Frederick was the only
burr in Hendershot's side. Fred
erick enjoyed a perfect day at
the plate while his mates starv-
ed on the offerings of the rotund
Koleky ace and his aide-d e-camp
Albrecht. He hit two singles
and q double in three trips to
the bag and scored once. Kol-
ozvari hit the only triple off
Henderson, and scored on a
passed ball in the third. The
other hit was made by Mel Fred
erick in the seventh and went
to naught.
Albrecht's single, triple, and
home run in three official times
at bat led the Cleaners. Van
Hollenbeck hit q brace Of singles
and a triple in four tries, and
Moore q double and home run
in three attempts.
From the standpoint of the
spectators the Merchants and
the Bat Club put on q much bet
ter exhibition ut the Pottery
Field. After q see-saw start in
the lead changed hands three
times the Merchants finally came
out on top, l1-9, and moved into
fourth place in the Recreation
league standings
Errors poured through the
fielders' hands like water
through q sieve. The Bat Club,
which outbatted the Merchants
10 to eight, made Is misplays
to the Merchants ten.
Brewer did the chucking for
the Merchants, struck out one
and walked three. Stanley Mai
son, hurting for the Bat Club.
famed three and walked two.
Porous fielding behind him beat
Maison.
Three home runs by the Mer-
cants helped assure victory.
Jimmy Jones homered in the
second with none on, Pete jan
kowski in the fourth with none
on, and Bob LaCroix In the sixth
with none on. Besides the four
Dagger, LaCroix hit q triple In
the first to lead the scoring.
Reichardt and Maison were the
big guns for the Bat Club, the
former with q couple Of singles
and q double in three times at
bat, and the latter with three
singles in four trips.