The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-30
Rose Gardens,
River pointe
Tied for Sixth
Cooley Bumps Pointers;
Rose Squod Defects
MiIlers Dairy Bor

MiIIer's Dairy Bor
A pair of tight softball
games. featured by some good
pitching, took place at the two
Major League ball parks last
night with the result that tie
for sixth place existed when
hostilities ceased. D. N. Cooley
bumped River Pointe Bar-B-Q
down notch as they took ad-
vantage of bases on balls 70
finish on the heavy end OF a
5 TO 3 score at Covered Wagon
diamond. Meanwhile. Mount
Clemens Rose Gardens tripped
Miller's Dairy Bar at ST. Mary S
Stadium, 4 10 2, to elevate them
selves into a tie with the River
Pointe club.
Jack Mizufuka finally receiv-
ed some hitting support from
his teammates as he held the
Dairymen TO two scattered safe
ties, both coming off the bat Of
Adam Lehl, Dairy mOundsman.
The latter gave up five hits to
Rose Garden batters, Frank
Okura and George Miyake get
ting four of them. Each had two
for three.
Miller's broke the ice in the
second inning when Bob Mann
ing walked, stole second, moved
up a base on a passed ball and
scored as Bryant was being
tossed out at first.
G.. Miyake singled and went
to second when an error was
made at the keystone sack on
Mizufuka's grounder. Each man
advanced base on Bill Nichols
out and Miyake counted on
Okura's one-bagger to tie the
score.
The winning rally for the
Rose Growers occurred IN the
following stanza. Jack Miyakc
singled and stole second. Pete
Ogawa famed, but Miyake was
safe at the plate and George
Watanabe at second on an error
by Lehl attempting to nab the
former coming in. 70 Mlnaml
drew a base on balls and both
runners took a base on passed
ball. Eddie Yoshiki went out
short to first, Watanabe scoring
and G.. Miyake then doubled to
drive in Minami. Mizufuka
singled to send Miyake to third,
but Nichols grounded out to end
the inning.
Broderick brought in the final
Dairy score in the last frame. He
walked, was sacrificed TO sec
ond, stole third and crossed the
plate as Manning was being
thrown out, third to first.
d. N. Cooley, behind the four
hit pitching of Ed Sheldon
strengthened its second-place
position by capitalizing on bases
on ball dished out by Tommy
O'Brien, River Pointe chucker
O'Brien allowed only three
safeties TO Mortican batters, but
four Of the five Cooley markers
came as a direct result of passes.
With two out in the second
Arnold Thoel walked Passed
balls put him on third from
where ne tailed on John Tor
reys drive which got through
the Bar-B-Q second baseman.
The Morticans made it 3 to 0
in the fourth as they pushed
over two more runs. Glaze
Schroeder doubled, and scored
on passed balls. Wayne Mas
walked, took two bases on wild
pitches and came in on passed
ball.
River Pointe got two of the
markers back in the top half
of the fifth when Harold Urmy
was safe on an error. A stolen
base and a passed ball put him
on third from where he counted
on Clees' single. The latter went
10 second on a misplay but was
forced at third by DeSmith.
Pete Robertson reached first
safely as DeSmith beat throw
TO second attempting TO force
him. Red" Purcell then ground
ed through the middle of the
infield and when the Cooley sec
ond baseman booted the bail,
DeSmith scored.
A pair of walks, one Of Jim
Charbeneau and the other 10
Don Schinkai put runners on
first and second in the Cooley
fifth. Each man took a base rs
Len Wesling grounded out but
Cchroodar hit IN xpcopd and