The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-27
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Mel Frederick Is a name syn
nonNmOus with good sOftball
| pitching but this season he has
| outdOne himself Just coming
out 10 get a little exercise and
help relieve the manpoWer
shortage Mel has hurled his
team. Super Cleaners, 10 nine
straight trumphs against no
losses, and to top il all off, he
established what is believed to
be new record in senior league
annals.
Last night Frederick racked
up his fourth consecutive shut
out and ran his string Of score
less innings 10 80. His victim in
the latest zero game was Andy's
Texaco, cellar occupants of the
Major League. The Cleaners
themselves didn't run away
with the contest, the final being
only ? 10 0. Vance Crane allow
ed SIX Safeties. all singles
Merry Mel himself. led the at
tack on Crane with a perfect
average, two for two
The Cleaners ace was never
in serious trouble as he struck
out seven TeXaco batters while
walking nary one. He gave up
three safe blows and his closest
call in being scored on came in
the seventh frame. Jack Poei-
stra doubled with one out and
moved over to third on Joe
Young fly to center field. but
Frederick forced Joe Cornish 10
pop to the catcher for the final
out ending the game.
Floyd Frederick crossed the
plate with the first Super run
IN the third inning He was safe
at first on a fielder's choice and
stole second. Glenn latham sim
gled him to third from where he
counted on a passed ball.
Mel added the other marker
for the Quinnmen. He singled
and kept on going to second as
the Texaco center fielder bob
bled the ball. DeRue grounded
out, but Don Sarver came
through with single to drive
Frederick in.
Glenn latham duplicated M.
Fredericks stickwork at the
plate by also banging out two
hits. but he went plateward
three times.
The hard luck pitcher OF the
circuit, Jack Mizufuka, of the
Mount Clemens Rose Gardens
ten, went down to defeat again
last night at ST. Marys Stadium.
but not because of his pitching.
He allowed ID n Cooley only
three hits, but his teammates
game him some poor support
which kept him in hot water
during most OF the fray.
The Rose Growers touched AL
SahroW for eight safe blows
but wasted many Of them. They
loaded the bases in the third in
ming with one out, but failed 20
score 70 Miname doubled, Ed
die Yoshlki walked and Harry
kunlshima singled, but Bill
Nichols forced Minami at the
plate and Jack Miyake ground
ed out, right short to first
The Morticians scored first as
4 Clare Schroeder, top Cooley bat
stole second. He took a base on
ter Of the evening. singled and
a passed ball and came in on a
wild pitch.
The Greenhouse team counted
twice in their half Of the second
Bill Nichols singled. He stole
second and continued on to
third as the Cooley catcher
made bad throw 10 second
Alter a strikeout, Erich Richter
hit TO the box and Nichols was
safe at the plate as the Cooley
backstopper dropped the throw
attempting 70 catch the runner.
Richter took third on George
Waianabe's double and Mizu-
fuka scored him with a single.
Cooley tied II up in the third
a. Sahrow walked and was sent
around on Jim Charbeneau' $
two base knock They took a
tWo-run lead in the fourth on
three Rose Garden misplays and
counted again in the sixth as
Len WeSlng reached first on a
flelder'S choice moved over 10
third on Schroeder's second sin
gle, and crossed the plate as
Wayne Mas was being thrown
out az first base.
Mlzufuka tripled with two out
in the Rose Garden seventh and
reached pay dirt on a passed
r-ll.
Schroeder had two for three
for the highest Mortician aver
age and Mizufuka had a single
ia addition TO his triple 10 pace
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