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I'm the opinion of the average
city Softball fan the current Ma
jor League race will be knock
down dragout affair.
Already Hubarth g. Schott,
last years champion, has suf-
fered the pangs Of defeat at the
hands of the circuits darkhouse,
Super Cleaners, and River
Pointe Bar-B-Q, beaten by II
e. s in tho seasons opener, has
bounded back to take a pair of
wins this week. On top of that
Covered Wagon, beaten by Den
marsh Hotel Tuesday night,
came right back and took d. N.
Cooley, into camp at st, Mary's
Stadium last night as Henry
Duckert turned in brilliant
tWo-hlt performance. Cooley
had been listed as one of the
better teams by preseason ex-
perts and will undoubtedly
cause plenty of trouble come
play off time.
TRAILERS SCORE
Pitching his first game of the
season, Al SahroW, Mortician
hurler, had difficulty in getting
the range and as as result the
TrailerS counted five times in
the first frame which proved
sufficient to put the game in the
bag for the Wagoneers.
After Cooley had taken the
lead IN the first inning on Jim
Charbeneau's run, Warren Ray
walked to start the Trailer first
and took second on a wild pitch.
Don Kolp banged out a double
10 score Ray and Duckert sent
Kolp to third with a single John
Fleming walked to fill the bases.
Harold RedloSke grounded TO
short but Kolp beat the throw
home and all hands were safe.
Don Peltier drew a pass forcing
in Duckert. and Fleming Chew
ing tobacco and alb stole home.
Sahrow retired the next two
batSmen but Chuck kreiner was
given a base on balls TO again
load the sacks. Vic Browne hit
TO third, and when an error was
made on the play, Redloske tai
lied the fifth marker. Ray, bat
ting for the second time in the
inning, flied TO left field ending
the rally.
LONE WORRY
The Morticians were still in
the ball game after they had
battcd in the second. Schroeder
drew base on balls and Ed
Sheldon drove out a long home
run TO make the score So.
Duckert settled down at this
point and allowed only one
Cooley batter 10 reach base dur
ing the remainder OF the con-
test Sheldon singled in the
fifth but was left stranded by his
mates, Sheldon incidentally
was the only Mortician batter to
cause Duckert any worry, get
ting both Of the Cooley safeties
Not only did Duckert shine on
the mound but at the plate as
well. He had three hits in four
tries and scored the sixth Trail
er run in the second inning and
put ID. Kolp IN scoring position
with his single in the fourth
stanza. Don kolp had a perfect
evening to pace Covered Wagon
batters, however, with two
walks, a double and single in
four plate appearances.
WHO THE Widest?
Over at Consumers Power
diamond II was case OF who
could throw the ball the widest
in the Denmarsh Hotel-River
Pointe Bab-BQ game. After
eight innings Of erratic play, the
Bar-B @ boys wound up one
run better than the Hotelmen.
Tom O'Brien opposed Howard
Peabody on the mound and both
pitchers were given spotty sup
port throughout the fray. Den
marsh was charged with seven
misplays and River Pointe was
guilty Of three fumbles. MARY
LegGett relieved Peabody at the
start of the fifth and was charg-
ed with the defeat.
River Pointe scored first with
pair Of markers in the open
ing frame. A walk 10 AL Wag-
ner, single by Merritt Will
marth and Harold Urmy's dou-
BILE accounted for the runs.
DenmarSh dashed back in the
second with a four-run outburst
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