Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-28

errors. Mike Godfrey caught fol-
Colesville and Bob Bonifant acted
as the Sandy Spring receiver.
In winning their fourth game,
Joe Gibson's Colesville team gave
definite promise that they do not
intend to let Potomac go unchal-
lenged in the second half. In fact
reports from the Gibson camp in
dictate that they now have serious
intentions about taking Potomac's
measure when they meet on the lat
ter's diamond on September 18th.
Although a lot may happen be-
tween now and then, the Colesville
team has been showing steady i'm
provement in their return to the
form they flashed in winning the
First Half title. 1t is Gibson's in
tention to close with rush in the
second half in order to carry plenty
of flash into the Championship
Play-offs that will determine the
season title and share in the prize
money that goes along with the
award.
The Bethesda ball team hustled
home with their second straight
victory by a one-run margin as
they sent Greenbelt back to Prince
Georges County on the short end
of 7 to 6 score. In game some
what marred by sporadic play
afeld, each team made seven errors
for grand total of ID miscues, the
Bethesda batters gave better dis
play of stick-work in accommodating
eleven base knocks off of Dodson
and Crouthamel while Greenbelt
mustered only five hits off of Pugh
and Bort. Sperau joined the win
ming batteries as Bethesda's catch
er while Lou Tierney caught for
Greenbelt. The fact that Crout-
hamel recently pitched Heurich's
Brewery nine to victory over the
FBI and is veteran of several
successful seasons in the Pacific
Coast League, is an indication that
the Bethesda team is developing
plenty of power at the plate when
they demonstrate, as they did Sun
day, that they can take in stride
what Harry Crouthamel has to
offer. This type of play on the part
of the Bethesda team may yet es-
tablish them in one of the runner
up positions before the season ends.
In this connection it is we'll to re-
member that the Championship
Play-offs will be arranged among
the teams that finish first and sec
ond in each half of the season
schedule. By winning all of their
remaining games Bethesda may
reach the promised land if other
teams in contention win only half
of their scheduled games during
the next four weeks of play.
Rockville will meet Potomac in
the league feature on Sunday, Au-
gust 31st, in what promises to be
hard-fought game. Doc Mannar
and Francis Day have promised to
have the Potomac diamond in
apple-pie order and Manager Ed
Harm has announced that he in
tends to rub it in by taking Rock
ville's measure with Ray Briden-
hacker on the mound. Bridenbacker
was released by Rockville at the
end of the first half season and has
shown an improved brand of pitch
ing since the Potomac A. C. picked
up his contract. Bill Hutchinson
and Sammy Keys who manage the
Rockville club are hopeful that Bri-
denbacker will start and have pre-
dicted that their hitters are ready
to tee-off on whatever Ray may
have to offer. In return they are
planning to send Jack Freeberger
to the mound in an effort to dupli-
cate the one-hit performance he
turned in against Morningside last
week. In reserve will be Boots Par
nella who held Bethesda to three
hits three weeks ago and has ex-
little concern for the Po-
tonic batters. Sammy Keys made
a statement to the press following
Sundays game in which he said,
81 know Doc Mannar thinks he has
a great ball team. In my book they