The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-03
Sport Shots
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Harry Whitlow

THIS COLUMN wishes to take
this opportunity to wish all of the
readers very happy and real COM
ing new year, and to take you back
through the past year and give some
of the thrilling highlightS on sports
as seen by some of the men that
are concerned with tie sporting
game. First I talked to that man
that knows the speed skating game
and head man of the Wyandotte
City Recreation:
DEL BROUGHTON who thinks
that his biggest thrill came at the
Gold Cup meet here in Wyandotte
last February. This is what stands
out in Del's mind the outstanding
feat OF Betty Mitchell of Winnipeg,
Canada in making two records and
Just missing the third. Also the
fact that Wyandotte had % skaters
in there trying and pumping their
hearts out to give Wyandotte points
in the meet.
MILF POWELL, track coach for
the Roosevelt high school, believes
that his greatest thrill came when
Don Grail won the mile race at
Ypsilanti Regional meet. Don was
trailing PietraSch, of Lincoln Park,
by about so yards and the finish was
only 300 yards away. Grail turned
on the heat and pushed even with
the boy from Lincoln Park and
then came on through to win
real battle by about ten yarcs.
Grail made the race in the great
time of 1895. This was only half
second slower than the Roosevelt
RAY MANTHEY, manager of
Mellin Moran Glass A baseball team,
says he will always remember the
thriller between Mellin Moran and
Trenton for the play-off berth in
the Glass A Down River League. The
local team defeated the Trenton
gang to 5 and this win gave them
play-off berth. In the hectic
struggle Tuxberry and Stan Pot
rezpka had two hits apiece and
Stan came through and pitched the
last four innings in great style.
JACK HENDERSON, athletic di-
rector OF the Roosevelt high school,
says he will never forget the pass
that CATERING threw to Slim Nc
Grath at Fordson with seconds to
play and McGrath made the tying
touchdown that gave Wyandotte the
Border Cities League championship.
T. GRANT BARBER, president of
the Wyandotte Federation of Um-
pires, believes that his greatest
thrill came when the River Rouge
Merchants dumped six straight
hunts down the first base line to,
give them a win over the fast
going C.A.S.U. team from Crosse LIE
Naval Base.
JOHN MIDDLESWORTH thinks
the outstanding feat that will be
one to remember came in the recent
Crosse Pointe basketball game with
the Roosevelt Bears. John says the
one play that to him was the sea-
sons outstanding hit was CATERING
.lr;I>h1;no tho full lQpUth IF the
floor and then passing to McGrath
who made the point.
SPORT FANS, all of them-to
most of the followers of basketball
as played in the Recreation Class A
League-they say they never will
forget how the Wyandotte Cab came
back and trimmed the CA.S.U.
Naval bunch at the local high school.
This game was a play-off game and
win must be with the Cables or
the team is out. At the half the
score was 20 to q for the boys from
the island. To make things a lot
tougher the Navy team had at one
time II to 0 lead but the Cables
had scored seven points before the
half. Then came the flood-the
Cables with their backs to the
wall climbed all over the Navy boys
and in the next quarter scored 20
points. The team then went on to
win 43 to 38. Roy Schwochow lead
the team with IA points and Ed
Mierkowicz and Cooney Zulewski
had eight points each.
FATHER KRYCH, of Mount Car
mel likes to think back of the time
that Gene GurZenda gave the local
fans a real thrill when he scored
25 points against the fast-going All
Saints basketball team OF Detroit.
HARRY WAGNER, who had the
reins of the Recreation Department
while Benny Yaek was in the Serv-
ice. believes that nothing will make
him forget the pitching of Billy
HinSman of the Wyandotte Chem
icalS team In the state SoftDau flnalS.
Bill pitched two one-hitters and a
two hitter in three straight games.
This great pitching feat did not
give the championship to Wyandotte
but it certainly made the fans re-
member the city.
BERNIE McSHANE, manager of
the Wyandotte American Legion
baseball team, believes that the
pitching of Bob McGarry on the
opening day of the American Legion
season was one thing to remember
for long time. Bob with not any
too good support came through with
a masterpiece in pitching a two
hitter and shutting out Lincoln
Park 2 to 0.
BENNY YACK, recreation super
intendent and just out of the service