The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-14
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Huge Crowd
Sees Oilers
Win Crown


of the greatest softball rivalrles
seen in these parts in more than
a decade, Andys TeXaco, paced
by the hurting OF inimitabie
Dannie Warner. last n h
bought the Filters to their knees
10 win the 1945 Recreation
league softball title.
All the standing room and
parking space available on st.
Mary's stadium was taken as
town and uniform turned out to
see the great battle in which the
Oilers capitalized on wildness
by Lenny Blumenschein, the
Selfridge hurled, to push across
four runs and triumph to /.
WARNER HOLDS filters
With the Oilers playing over
their heads, Dannie Warner
: turned in one of the greatest
pitching performances of his
career as he turned the power
full Filters down with seven
scattered hits and prevented
them from scoring until the final
frame.
Luck was not with the Air
men last night as Lenny Blum
enschein, speed ball artist, limit
ed Andy's TO one hit but his
lack of control proved to be the
nemesis for the Selfridge COM
bine as walks and wild pitches
brought in three of the four runs.
Lew Ratkiewicz took over in
the fifth and held the Oilers hit
less but gave up one run. His
free pass to Wagner and his sub
sequent wild pitch was response
BILE for the tally.
Reggie Trombly one OF the
youngest players in the loop,
rowing the short stop position
for the TeXacoans turned IN
some of the best fielding plays
IF the game as he made several
spectacular stops to nip Selfridge
rallies in the bud.
A vivid portent Of the even
tual outcome of the game was
portrayed in the first frame
when Bernie School waited out
Blumenschein for walk. He
advanced completely around the
sacks and cruised home on three
wild pitches giving Andy's their
first tally.
Don Trombly also waited
Bluemenschein out for walk,
stole second and then scooted
home on another wild pitch.
Lenny frightened here and put
down the next two batters.
In their half of the first Sci
fridge made bold challenge
when Dousseau, diminutive short
stop for the Filters, singled and
was sacrificed to second but
their rally was nipped by War
ner. The Filters made another
attempt to score in the second
when Don Stokes singled but
again they we're stopped cold.
Neither team did much in the
third. In the last Of the fourth
Don Trombly walked and was
forced at second by Lou from
bly's grounder. Lou however
went to second when Roneys
throw to first for an attempt at
double out went wild.
Howard Trombly then garner
ed the only hit for the Oilers by
hitting a double in back of first
base to send Lou scamperlng
home.
FLIERS HIT DOUBLES
The-Airmen -seught-to- score
in their half of the fifth and
sixth frames when Wayne Roney
cracked out a double in the fifth
and Dousseau slapped out SIM
liar hit in the sixth. But each
time W.ner showed his true
form by turning the remaining
batters down handily.
Andy's scored their fourth and
final run in the fifth with Lew
Ratkiewicz of Jackson pitching
Wagner waited him out for
walk, went to second on Adam
skis sacrifice bunt, took third on
Warmers grounder to Ratkiew-
icz and then galloped home on
wild pitch.
Trailing by four runs and with
the shadows of evening drawing
rapidly over the field, the Filters
came TO bat in the first Of the
seventh, resolved to score.
Towering Woodrow Jenkins
who has been held in check by
Warmers sharp slants laced Out
the best hit of the game by hit
ting a double between left anc
center field. He was able to &C
to third on a wild throw by War
ner and then came home wher
Milt Darling, Texaco backstop
let one of Dannie's fast balls gel
away from him.
But Warner decided things hac
gone far enough and the mex,
two men with Reggie Trombly
f,un men flied out with Reggie