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

game of the year in the Montgom
cry Loop.
Meanwhile the Potomac batter.
were fattening their averages will
a barrage of 16 hits off of 10,
Schrider who toiled six innings anc
his brother Ed who finished tn,
game for the Saxonmen. AS night
fell Potomac's 6 to 0 victory rar
their string of wins to five straight
and leaves them in undisputed pos.
session of first place in the League
standings.
Jack Freeberger, who left Rock.
vile High School three years age
to do hitch for Uncle Sam in the
Navy, put on a show at Welsh
Field that was better than any the
Rockville natives have seen for a
good many moons. In getting
credit for Rockville's 4 to white
wash of the, Morningside laundry
men, Freeberger was dishing up a
knuckle ball that only one opposing
batter was able to hit safely. That
occurred in the second inning when
DeVeck, Morningside catcher, hit
q line drive single to left-center-
field. Had it not been for this un.
productive bingle, young Mr.. Free
berger would have entered the local
version of the Hall of Fame. Not
outstanding, it was still master
full piece of pitching and Free
berger showed by virtue of this
one-hitter that he has come a long
way since he pitched his first
league game two months ago. Con-
tinued improvement at this pace
would surely establish him as a
world-beater before the season
draws to close. Freeberger
walked two men and struck out
eight while his team committed
three errors. After DeVeck singled
in the second, Freeberger retired
the next 10 men in order until the
ninth when Acquilina dropped a
short pop to center and Mizell
threw wild to first on an attempted
double play. This, however, had no
effect on the final result as Rock
vile got eight hits off of Harry
Herbert who was chucking for
Morningside. Reds Balm, utility re-
ceiver, broke into the lineup for
the first time this season and need
less to say handled Freeberger very
nicely for the nine innings he
worked from behind the plate.
Johnny Orrison was the star at bat
with three solid hits, the first of
which drove in Mizell in the fourth
with the first run of the game. AS
things worked out, this run was all
that Rockville needed in order to
send Morningside to the cleaners.
At Gaithersburg, one Donald
Cubitt made return appearance
after two-weeks absence, and
sent the Silver Spring club home
smarting on the short end of to
2 score. Big Ed Bladen called first
on Barnett and then on Bill Giller
but was never able to silence the
Gaithersburg hitters who pounded
out IL hits and made only one
error while on the defensive. Mean
while Cubitt kept things well under
control by keeping the nine base
knocks well scattered which the
Bladenmen collected in the course
of the contest. The two errors
which Silver Spring made did not
help Ed Bladen in the exercise of
his constitutional prerogative for
the pursuit of happiness.
At Colesville a pitchers duel be-
tween Brother Love and Joe Powell
was decided. in favor of the former
as four errors by the Sandy Spring
nine contributed to their downfall.
Colesville made five runs and seven
hits off of Powell while Love held
the Sandy Spring Quakers to 2
runs and hits. Colesville made 2