The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-28
NeU Record For " [. Title Looms L1 1924
NINE TEAMS IN SOFTDALL KNOT
 FOR 2 PLACES

waterbury Tool shook off the competition to take over sole own- ership of second place in the Dusty softball league last night trouncing Waterbury Companies ll-l, for its seventh triumph in nine games, one game off the pace of leading scovill.
 Tool is the only survivor of 6 tive- club tic for second creaEed two weeks ago. However, there is now four.team tie for third, involving Waterbury Companies, chase Metal, U. s. Rubber and Waterbury Manu- facturtng.
 Chase dropped down last night with . 6.4 loss to the celler Bristol club, which finally won a close one after dropping four by run.
 Rubber gained its share of the deadlock by nipping Metal Hose, 2-l while Farrel conquered Lux, 5-3 in other contests last night, making 34 of 64 games this season to be settled by one or two runs.
 Benrus upset U. s. Time 6-4, for its second triumph of the year to remain in a cellar tie with Bristol Company.
 Tool scored Ii runs for the sec- ond straight week to end the sea- son-long run famine and give Hardy Brownell an easy victory after Wa terbury Companies took a 10 lead in the first.
 The Carmody crew tied it in the second and put over five runs in the third, Ed Stanley clouting four-run homer. Mike Carpini and Norm Levin each had three of the IS Tool hits.
 Brownell allowed three hits and famed II to tame the team that was expexted to give Tool a real battle.
 Score by innings: h e Tool Go. ...... 0l5 0o3 2-ll IS 1 Wby. Companies 100 900 O. 1 3 3
 Brownell and Droznick; Berardi and Ciarlone. Umpires, Kenny, Monti.
 Farrar, Nardelli, Geyda and Sem plansN came thorueh with hits for two runs in the fourth to give Urashka a 2-l pitching battle over Gudonis as Rubber nipped Metal Hose. Score by innings: r h e Rubber ........ 900 200 9-2 g 2 Metal Hose .... 0l0 900 0-1 2
 Urashka and Booth; Gudonis and ,Ianele. IJmpire. Stance.
 Surprise!
 Beaten in seven of eight games, four by a run, Bristol O.. rose up to pin a 6-4 upset on Chase behind Pete Galullo's eight-hit pitching.
 Errors hurt Terrence, Chase hurl- CT, who homered in the first in- ming. Four runs in the fourth beat him, Maybury and Bliga hitting well and Hanlon fielding in stand out fashion for the victors. The score by innings: r h e Bristol Co. .... oil 400 x-6 10 3 Chase ......... 100 210 0-4 8 1
 Gallulo and Maybury Florence and Baker. Umpire, Philibert.
 Benrus kept pace with Bristol O., nosing out U. s. Time, 6-4, for its second victory in nine games, Norm Levines five hit hurling giv- ing him the edge over LeSsard, who gave only four.
 Three runs scored in the fifth, Johnny Bowler's hit sending them across. Score by innings: h e Benrus ....... POI 030 x-6 4 1 U. s. Time ..,. 400 900 0-4 1
 Levine and Nolan; Lessard and Blondin. Umpire: Purcell.
 Farrel scored its third straight victory, a 5-3 decision over Lux, to move up to seventh place as George Carroll outlasted DenZe, each giving up seven hits. The game was won in the fifth when John Joyce dou- bled in three runs and Nick Pal. chick followed with homer
 Score by innings: r h e Farrel ......... 900 050 x-5 ' 1 Lux ............ ,l2o 900 @3 ' o
 Carroll and Meier; A Denze and Ulinskas. Umpire: Mastrianna.