The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-03
Kwasniewski Has Won l6, Lost But 4 With Devens Team

Fort Devens Sept, 3.-The strong Fort Devens Recruit Reception Center baseball nine will meet Fort Terry of the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound at Fenway Park in Boston Saturday afternoon in the finals of the First Service Command baseball championship.
 The game, which will get under way at 1 o'clock will be the first contest on a double bill with the regular American league contest be- tween the Boston Red Sex and the Philadelphia Athletics starting at 3:l5.
 The RRC and the Fort Terry teams battled their way to the finals ot the First Service Command tourney, which had l6 service teams, by win- ming three games each. The tour ney, which included service teams, from the various New England States and Long Island, got under way early last month and the Dev- ems nine bowled over Grenier Field, Camp Birmingham and Fort Preble, while Fort Terry was disposing of New Bedford, Harbor Defeses of Boston and Westover Field.
 High ranking Army officers of the First Service Command, Fort Dev- ems and Fort Terry will attend the contest as will large groups of sol- diers from the two forts.
 Not Bad
 The RRC team has established an enviable record of 38 wins as against II defeats this season. The team has yet to meet defeat from serv- ice team in this seasons play and the major share of its setbacks came from all-star teams in cities and towns throughout the New Eng land States.
 The RRC. as in the past. will de- pend on the hurling of Big Joe Kwasniewski. former Providence College pitching ace and property of the Boston Red Sox, in the game Saturday. With the RRC this sea- son Kwasniewski has won i6 and lost 4 while in the tourney only one run has been scored against him in three games. Kwasniewski. who stands six feet one and weighs POS pounds. missed & no-hit. no-run contest against the Fort Preble team of Portland, Me, in the semi-fin when a scratch infield blow was made of him in the fifth inning. Tn the three games. besides silencing the opposition bats. Kwasniewski struck out 2T men.
 Behind Kwasniewsh on the RRC mound corps is Oil Dobbs of Bridge port, Conn. who formerly pitched for Springfield in the Mid-Atlantic league and who this past spring was with Columbus of the American As- soeiation. He has yet to meet de- feat with the Deyens team, ringing up nine straight victories.
 The RRc hurlerg are backed up with q bunch Of potent batsmen, four Of whom are hitting above the 400 mark. Pacing the Deyens bat ters is third baseman Bili 6piiman of Newton with an average Of .420. Another handy man with the Louis- vile is Archie Hore Of Wolfboro, N. H., second baseman, who played with Wesleyan and Springfield 0f the Mld-Atlantic league.
 The team was dealt blow this week when It's CT ltain. Elton Deuse of Providence. R. l.. varsity catcher at Providence College for three years. entered officers candidate school. Last season he played with Greensboro in the Piedmont league and this season vas the receiver in every game that KwasniewEki pitched. He will be replaced by Nick pyrch of Bridgeport Conn.
 The RRC team is coashed by Lt. Robert KlfEney who played with Syracuse University and also wa6 on the hurling staff of Rochester in the international league.