The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-26
Blue Jays Scorpions and Crusaders Sandlot Champs
Democrats Winners Of orNew York

W ausuuSh - ~ For New York
 Blue Jays, Scorpions and Town Plot Crusaders finished a ten week baseball season of sandlot baseball, sponsored by the Waterbury Dem- ocrat, as champions of their respec- tive league which began last June l5 and concluded last Saturday morning with the final game of the Junior League, won 12-2 by the Scorpions over the Bunker Hill Red wings.
 All three squads of players took off this morning in three luxury 5uSses for the Yankee Stadium to see the Yankees and Detroit Tigers this afternoon ln an important game between the second and third place teams of the American League; the middle game of an im- portant tllree-game series which started yesterday.
 In addition to the days outing, the three team winners will be pre- sented with championship trophies and individual awards as soon as the prizes. (Which are very difficult to get) arrive in Waterbury, as they have been ordered some time ago.
 Title Games
 Blue Jays, senior league cham pions, won the title in easy fash ion, blanking the Brooklyn Orioles TO last Thursday in the final game. Town Plot Crusaders won their Roger Connor Conference cham pionship game 2-l from the Leop- ards, Friday morning at Brass Mill field, Hamilton Park; while the Scorpions snothered the Bunker Hill Redwings 12-2 Saturday morning at Hamilton Park for the Junior League 13-15) championship hay ing previously eliminated the North End A. c. for the Bobby Doerr divi- sion title East End Braves were win ners of the Hank Greenberg divi- sion honors; Bunker Hill Redwings won the Ted Williams division crown and the Outlaws were champs of the Charley Keller division. In the playoffs; Redwings defeated the Outlaws, while the Scorpions de- feated the East End Braves 6-4 in 8 playoff; though Bob Geary of the Braves allowed the winners but hits, and had T strikeouts.
 That brought the Scorpions and RedWings together for the cham pionship game Saturday morning; the Scorpions winning easily for third victory in two days over the North Ends East End Braves and Redwings. Braves had a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning, which was tied up in the same inning with three-run Scorpion rally; the latter going on to score three more runs in the next two innings to sew up the ball game 6-4, while holding the Braves to one run in the sixth in- ming Richie Porto, Scorpion pitch CT touched for T hits was the win her over Bob Geary, the winners making their hits count for runs, as but one error was scored for the game and that by the winners. Five runs in the second and six more in the sixth settled the Scorpion Redwing game.
 Close Game
 Town Plot Crusaders, winners of every game played in the Roger Con- nor Conference, won their title from the Leopards in a 2-1 game at Brass Mill field Friday, which was pro- tested by the Leopards on the grounds that they were originally scheduled to play on No. 3 Hamil- ton Park field, which was not fit for play due to heavy rain, and lat CT filed protest based on the use of three alleged ineligible players by the Crusaders, Frank Calabrese. Danny Cammeroto and Johnny Bredice; all three of which appear on the Crusaders player-list filed several weeks ago: making the three boys eligible for play with their team which they have done since the start of the season last June; though each boy did not play in every game. Pitcher Leo Gillis, who gave the Leopards but three hits, batted a triple and single, the lat ter scoring 2 runs while Bred1ce, one of the protested splayers, hit single and double against the Leop- ards the pair getting 4 of the six Crusader hits off Kurtz Leopard pitcher.
 Leopards defeated the East End Cadets 3-1 for the championship of their division of the Roger Con- nor Conference; while the East End Braves stopped the Clovers 8-3 for the championship of the Hank Greenberg division in the Juniors 13-15) league. Eddie Geary with a double and two singles and George Blair hitting a triple and double; plus l hit pitching by the Braves Ouellette were stars of the game. Bill Meehan of the Clovers spoiled Oulettes try for no-hit game.
 Directors Agree
 Relative to the Leopard's protest of playing conditions of the title game won 2-1 by the Crusaders; and the claim of ineligible players the Waterbury Democrat Sandlot used by the winners; members of Baseball Federation board of direc- tors questioned by the writer as to their opinion were unanimous that the game should stand as played when they were informed that the three players whose status was queS- t,-ara a1irrib1 tn ,Nlov with tho