The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-03
Great Battle
Ends in S.
Tied Score
Duekert Weokens
in 7fh; Growers
Slam in Five Runs

Slam in Five Runs
Two or three pitchers in the
Major Softball League will veri-
fy the fact that the. last three
men are invariably the harest
to retire if said hurler has
no-hit performance at his finger
tips. A situation such as this
turned up again Tuesday even
ing at st. Mary's Stadium where
Hubarth e. Schott and Mount
Clemens Rose Gardens battled
to SIS tie in one of the most
thrilling games seen in many a
moon b efor approximately
1000 spectators.
Going into the top half of the
seventh inning, Marvin Duckert,
H. & S. tWirler, was enjoying
40 lead and had set Rose Gar
den batters down for six frames
without a hit. With only three
more men to retire before enter
ing the Hall of Fame, Duckert
weakened and allowed four
safeties and the Lumberjack de-
Tense crumbled to permit the
Rose Growers to crash through
for five runs.
ROSEMEN RALLY
Jack Mizufuka, Greenhouse
pitcher, started the rally with a
long triple to left field. Eddie
Yoshiki walked and stole sec
ond. George Miyake then pick
ed out one of Duckert's pitches
and lined it far out center field
way for a home run to bring
MCRG within run of tying the
score. 70 Minami was thrown
out at first by Duckert, but Bill
Nichols singled and went to Sec
ond on a passed ball. Harry
Kunishima fouled to Catcher
Don Trombley for the second
out. Frank Okura drove hit
10 deep short and Nichols beat
the throw to tn eplate evening
the score, Okura going to sec
ond. Bat. Ikegami followed with
a grounder to third and when
a bad throw got by the H. & :.
first sacker. Okura tailed the
final run. Nobe Honda ended
the stanza by going out third
to first.
One run down as they came
to bat in their portion of the
seventh, the Lumbermen were
equal to the task of getting at
least a tie. Pat Parker punched
a single to left field to lead off
and kept on going to second on
an error in the outfield. D.
Trombley grounded to short and
was thrown out, Parker winding
up on third. Jerry Cont came
through with a single to send
Parker home. tying up the tilt.
He stole second but remained
there as Mizufuka struck out
the next batter and forced r.
Trombley to hit back to the box.
The game was called at this
point due to darkness.
DOUBLE ERROR
The first four Hubarth g.
Schott markers were scored n
the fourth inning. Duckert re-
ceived a base on balls. Louis
Trombley hunted and when Rose
Garden first sacker dropped the
throw. both runners were safe.
He then picked the ball up and
in making a play on the man
going to second threw the ball
past the keystone sack permit
ting the players to take another
base Bill Beardslee hit to third.
but a misplay on throw to the
plate trying to flag Duckert'
resulted in a run and put men
on second and third. Pete Hell
ger bounced back to the mound
and Trombley crossed the plate
as the runner was retired at
first, Beardslee moving to third.
Ralph Siewert also hit to Mizu-
fuka and BeardSlee was nailed
at the plate as he tried to score.
An error and passed ball
allowed Siewert 10 advance to
third and he logged home on
Parker's two-base knock. D..
Trombley singled to bring Park
er in and took second on the
throw-in. The outburst ended
a moment later as Trombley was
thrown out attempting to steal
third.
Parker had two OF the six II.
& S. hits off Mizufuka to top
his mates at the swatting sta
ton. The later issued one base
on balls and struck out three.
Duckert also ..anded out walk
and got two Greenhouse batters
on strikes.