Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-09-25
o BASEBALL o
ColesMIIe CIinches County Boil Title;
Future Games TO Decide Other Positions
By SAM DAWSON

Silver Spring. 5 to 8 before crowd
of $50 spectators who had gathered
at Gibson 'Fieldin Bohifant's Mead
CIV on Sunday, September 21st,
where long John Klippstein shaded
John "Mule" Norris, Silver Spring
ace, in a pitchers duel in which
neither team scored single earned
run.
Having won the first half of the
Montgomery County League sched-
ule, Colesville's Sunday victory
provided them with the clincher On
the second half of the split season;
and, although other games remain
to be played, Joe Gibson's Coles
vile Colts, like Bucky Harris New
York Yankees, are in. Win, lose or
draw come next Sunday, Coiesville
has the county title, including the
one hundred and fifty dollars of
first place prize money which goes
to the champion. To coin a phrase,
it's in the bag. The remainder Of
the long drawn-out season will be
played to the bitter end, however,
in order to determine which team
in the league will collect the second
place prize money in the form of d
potted, century plant which bios
SONS with century note. This
juicy bloom will be plucked by the
winner of a play-off between the
teams that finish second to Coles
Vile in the two halves Of the split
season. So don't go away folks,
there is still plenty of ball to be
played. Rockville, Silver Spring
and Greenbelt have yet to settle
their tie for second place in the
first half. At the same time, Rock
Vile, Silver Spring, Potomac and
Gaithersburg, are currently tied
for second place in the second half
as any fool can plainly see. League
President Bill NARROW has predict
ed that all of these items will be
cleared up between now and
Thanksgiving. Anyone who doesn't
have season ticket to the Redskin
games and is not fond of football
via radio, can still see plenty Of
baseball in Montgomery County
this fall. "H'
To get back to Bonifant's Mead
ow and the pitchers duel which
took place under overcast skies,
John Klippstein was really on the
ball. After walking Robert Easton,
the first Silver Spring batter to
face him, Klippstein forced Easton
at second when Robert Waters at
tempted a sacrifice bunt and then
went on to strike out the next eight
men in order. Pitching no-hit ball
until the seventh when Dave Buck
ner singled sharply past third,
Klippstein famed a total of 10
men in ringing up his second vic
tory since coming to Colesville of
the Peidment League. John "Mule"
Norris, opposing pitcher, also got
a single in the seventh, while Roy
Mcneil and George Maykrantz
each singled in the eight when Sill
yer Spring scored two runs. These
runs were unearned, however, since
Klippstein's error on Buckner's
tap to the box would have enabled
him to retire the side had the ball
been fielded clearly. Silver Spring
scored again in the ninth when Jim
Anderson let a grounder from the
bat of Mule Norris roll through
his legs. Mieklejohn, who ran for
Norris, scored another, unearned
run on an overthrow at third base.
John "Mule" Norris was almost
as effective as Klippstein. Mule
struck out ten men and, like Klipp-
stein, allowed but four hits. Not
withstanding, Colesville got off to
q lucky start in the first inning
when Otto Easton's bobble of Jim
Anderson's weak grounder to sec
ond and wild throw past first, SET
up the ducks who waddled home on
Mike Godfrey's double down the
left field foul line. Again in the
sixth Otto Easton made another
error. This time his miscue of God
frey's grounder enabled Jim An
derson to score all the way from
first. Although Jim Anderson dou
bled and old Brer Love singled ir
the eight, the runs scored by Ros
coe Whip and George Bonifant
were likewise unearned, since Star
Holtz's error on wild throw pas
Norris who covered first, madc
these two runs possible. Had Holt
not messed up this play the side
would have been retired without Z
run when Mike Godfrey grounded
out to Otto Easton.
Although big Ed Bladen's Silver
Spring team went down fighting
and lost as a result of their own