The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20
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of Victories

Albert "Pappy" Clark was a
very unhappy man last Friday
evening. His team, representing
DenmarSh Hotel, had just lost
their third straight game. Il
wasn't so much the number of
games his club had lost, but the
cloSeness of the score in the
defeats. To date DenmarSh has
been beaten four times. Thr. e
Of the decisions have been by
one run and the other by two.
The latest "cloSe one" went 10
Mount Clemens Rose Gardens IN
one Of the longest engagements
III recent years. Ten inning
were required before the Green
house team broke the tie and
walked off the diamond at ST
Mary's Stadium with a 6 10 )
win. To make the defeat doub!y
bitter to Clark was the fact his
team led al one time by 5 to
0 count.
The Rose Garden team de
served to win the contest as
they were far superior IN the
hitting department Thirteen
SafetieS ratified off their bats.
while Jack MIzufuka was clamp
ing down on DcnmarSh batteIs
allowing only three singles.
In the third inning base on
balls. single by Fred Gregg
and two errors gave the Hotel
men trio of scores. Two
cranes later DenmarSh again
broke through, this time for two
markers. Ezz Keller led off
with a single and took third on
an error. After Winnie Hazard
had famed, Emil Colo got life
on an error, Keller scoring
Gregg came through with his
second hit, a single, Colo going
to third. Otto WiSsner then
grounded TO short forcing Gregs
Colo coming IN.
George Miyake broke the ice
for Rose Gardens when he hit
a home run in the fifth inning
That was just a preface to what
was in store for the Hotel boys
in the next stanza Eddie YoSn-
single and ON Erich Richter :
Xxi started the sixth with a
grounder both runners were
safe on an error by the Den
marsh second baSeman. Both
men advanced on a wild pitch
and Yoshikk scored on George
Watanabe's Dagger. Richter
also tried to come home. but was
tagged out "a the plate. Bat
Igeg ami singled. Watanabe
going TO third. Yo Minami drove
Watanabe in with his double
putting IkeRami on third. Mizu-
fuka then slammed out triple
cleaning the sacks, but ne was
out trying to stretch the hit into
a home run. G.. Miyake again
drove out an extra base hit, this
time three Dagger, but Bill
Nichols ended the rally with 4
fly 10 center field.
For the next three innings
neither team could bring a man
around the circuit, although IN
two Of the frames, the Green
house ten threatened. In the last
of the tenth Richter led off with
a single. He was forced al sec
ond by Watanabe and lkegami
popped to first for the second
out. Minami singled, Watanabo
stopping at second. Pitcher Mlz
ufuka then brought thrilling
climax to the game by lining q
long single to left field ano
Watanabe raced home with the
winning run.
George Miyake with HI:
homer, triple and walk IN -four
/ times at bat was top man II
the Rose Gardens attack, while
! Gregg had two for four 10 take
batting honors for the Den
marsh club.
Over at Covered Wagon dia
n,ond Henry Duckert put on an
other Of his fine pitching per
formanccs, this time a tWo-hl
shoutout over Andy's TeXaco
The final score was 7 70 D.
Hank added IL more strike
outs to his already impressive
total TO take a commanding ledc
i'm this department. Frank Smith
and Louie Faulmen were TIM
only Texaco men 10 get a safety
off Duckert. Both had singles.
Three bases on balls and sing
les by Vic Browne, Bob kolE
and Dutch Phillips produce;
two counters for the Trallcrs II
the third inning and in the sixth
they got themselves four mort
for good measure. Singles ID,
Phillips, Browne and Charl!'
Kreiner, along with two Tcxac'
misplavs gave the covered Wa2
on club their quartet Of mark
ers. The last CW tally wa
scored in the last frame. Bol