The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-13
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ole Oh >lne LnlnpS WHICH
makes the Major Softbatt Lea
que so closely contested this
season is the fact that teams
find it hard to play the same
brand of ball two games in
row.
For instance, last week Hub
arth & Schott played a brilliant
game against Super Cleaners 20
take a 2 to 0 decision. A few
days later they took the field
against Covered Wagon and
made IL errors in losing to the
Trailers, IL to 8.
In another game last week,
River Pointe Bar-B-Q permitted
the same Hubarth & Schott club
to score 30 times and set new
league record for run-making.
The Pointers also grabbed off
a record for themselves by COM
hitting 10 misplays. But last
night at st. Mary's Stadium the
River Pointe ten didn't look
like the same outfit. They
tangled with Mount Clemens
Rose Gardens and after ten in
nings Of tight play, the Bar-B-Q-
ers manufactured the run which
broke the scoreleSs tie for a l
to 0 triumph.
The Rose Garden aggregation
equalled a record as they played
their second ten-inning game Of
the season. Denmarsh Hotel is
the other club which competed
in a pair of ten-StanZa tits.
LEAGUE DIVIDED
The loss for the Greenhouse
team left the league more or
less divided. A .three-game diff
ference now exists between the
three clubs tied for third, fourth
and fifth positions, and the
slxth-place Rose Gardens.
Last nights set-to was
pitchers battle all the way with
Tommy O'Brien and Jack Mizu-
fuka opposing each other on
the mound. The former gave up
but two hits, but issued eight
bases on balls and famed seven
men while Mizufuka allowed
three safeties, got 10 River
Pointe batters on strikes and
passed three.
Both teams had several scor-
ing chances during the first nine
innings. Rose Gardens threaten
ed first in the opening frame.
Yo Minami singled and was
sacrificed base by Eddie Yosh-
Xxi. He took third on a passed
ball but stayed there as kuni-
Shima struck out, George My
axe walked and Mizufuka pop
ped to first.
The Rose Growers had two
men on in the second and failed
to bring them around. Frank
Okura received a pass with one
out and got to third on Bat Ike
gami's single. The latter stole
second. but they were stranded
as O'Brien got rid of the next
two batters.
LEFT ON BASES
In the third, Rose Gardens
again placed runners on first
and second only to see them
left there when O'Brien tight
ened up.
River Pointe opened up in
the last of the sixth when Pur-
cell singled and took second on
an error. On short passed
ball. Purcell tried to take third
and was thrown out, Carpenter
and Marta then drew walks and
were sacrificed base by Law
renee. O'Brien famed, however,
to retire the side.
The winning run was scored
by O'Brien. He led off the tenth
by grounding to second base,
but the MCRG first baSeman
dropped the throw, OBrien
being safe. He went TO second
on a passed ball, but DeSmith
famed and Willmarth grounded
out, short to first, O'Brien going
to third. Harold Urmy then
picked on the first pitch Mizu-
fuka threw in TO him, sending
it out between the left and
center fielders. the deciding
score being chalked up.
Urmy was the top batter Of