The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-06
Richmond Holds 3rd;
Cent? Strikes Out
IS Center Line Men
MACOMB COUNTY
BASEBALL LEAGUE

Mount Clemens 10, Fraser 2.
NH-NB 10, Warren 4.
Richmond 9, Center Line 0.
Mount Clemens Dairy team,
second place occupant in the
Macomb County Base b ! |
League, made a determined eff
fort over the weekend to cut
down the margin which the
combined New Haven-New Bal
timore outfit holds on first place,
but failed, despite two wins in
two starts. -
Although the Bathers had
1000 mark for two games, the
figure was matched by the NH
NIB team, as the north county
combine continued its undefeat-
el record with seven straight.
Mount Clemens, now in sole
possession of the place position
has two losses in six games.
Richmond kept its third place
with split, FORGETTING protest
ed game with Warren on Sat
urday; several Richmond play
ers in war work were unable to
make it to the game.
Center Line, deadlocked with
Mount Clemens before the start
of weekend play, dropped pair
of starts to fall into fifth while
Fraser remained in the loop
cellar, also a two-time victim
over the 4th.
CENT? FANS Is
AT Mount Clemens on Satur-
day, Billy Cent? struck out Is
Center Line batters while al
lowing four hits to lead the
Dairy team TO- tfae."4-2 victory.
It was the first time this season
that Cent? has hit the stride
that made him the top hurler in
the loop last year. George Cra-
mer, Bob Craft and Cent?, all
with two for three, paced Mount
Clemens at the plate while sec
ond- sacker S m m S of Center
Line had two singles in three
official trips.
On Sunday at Fraser, Lyle
Bliss and Glenn latham shared
the pitching duties, Bliss allow
ing only two hits in eight in
nings: latham relieved, allow
ing one safety while striking
out two men in the 1912 win.
Chuck Owen marked two sim
giles and double in four trips
to pace the team while Cramer
boosted a two-run homer. Third
baseman Eddie Taylor added a
two-run homer in the 9th.
At New Haven, where the
town team played host to
both Saturdays and Sundays
games, a IS hit barrage gave
the team its IA victory over
Fraser on the 4th. Shortstop
George Ignasiak with three hits
in five trips topped the win
ners while M. Cashen had two
doubles in four times up for
the losers. Hurler Walter Ran
dali kept the losers seven hits
we'll scattered.
ROOKIE DOES WELL
On Sunday. Eddie Frost and
a rookie high schooler FIR o m
New Baltimore, Dick Freeley,
combined TO turn back War
ren's invasion, 1914. Freeley,
entering the game in the sew
enth, walked two and struck
out four while giving up no
hits. Second baseman AL Bills
led the 12-hit attack with two
for two. Frost, turning in his
usual Al performance, famed
10 while giving up one walk.
Richmond's 90 victory over
Center Line Sunday was given
the spark by Bob Furstenau's
homer in the first. The first
baseman added a double and
single to pace the team with
three for four. A hit batter,
three walks and three singles
led to the victors' five-run eff
fort in the seventh.
The line scores follow:
c. Line 900 200 600 4 3
I NJ. &. 120 600 ok 10
Batteries: NC - Cent? and
Craft. CL-Simlnak and Yam
blk, Tenniswood.
NJ. G. 101 100 1910 IL s
Fraser 002 900 600
Batteries: NC - Bliss, Tat
ham 90 and Craft. Owen. Fras-
er-Ruyle and Pheiffer.
Fraser 600 100 300 4 7
NH-NB 500 O03 30O-14 Is
Batteries: NH-NB - Randall
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