Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-08-13
COACHES DEFEAT OAK HARBOR
To TIE LEAGUE LEADERSHIP

Port Clinton's Downtown Coach
es jumped into tie for the OF
tawa County Amateur Baseball
League leadership Sunday after
noon at Oak Harbor, when Dick
Selgo set the opposition down with
only three hits and the Coaches
smashed out fS hits to win Is to 0
i AS both Oak Harbor and Port
Clinton won IL of the Is games
they played this season, a play of
for the league championship will
be held in the near future.
Tournament Sunday
Port Clinton will meet Gibson
burg in the league tournament on
Sunday at the Oak Harbor dia-
mond. Marblehead and Fremont
tangle in the first game at 10
a. m. Port Clinton meets Gibson
burg at / p. m. while Oak Har-
Dor and Genoa connect after the
second game. The three winning
teams will meet in the tournament
finals Sunday, August %.
- Bahnsen Hurt
Wayne Bahnsen, popular catch
er for the Oak Harbor team, suf-
fared fractured right arm in the
first inning when Koob stole home.
Wayne's brother, Ray Bahnsen,
took over the catching chores for
the remainder of the game.
Joe Kubasek, leading batter for
the Coaches, was injured during
the sixth inning when he was
struck in the eye by thrown ball
while being run down between
third base and home. Joe played
the remainder of the game, sport
ing a blackened eye.
Selgo had complete control
throughout the game, issuing only
one walk and striking out l3 op-
ponents. The Coaches played fine
defensive ball, Lorensen making
the only error.
Joe Lukac smacked out three
doubles and a single in five trips
to the plate. Bill Burkins had a
triple and three singles while Bill
Koob and Joe Kubaseck each had
three hits in six attempts.
Blakely, Dorslaw and Pinson
were on the mound for Oak Har-
Dor, with Blakely being charged
with the defeat. Four players,
Zbrizny, Selgo, Fredericks and
Bahnsen were hit by pitched balls.
Zbrizny was hit by the pitcher
to open the first inning. He was
out, first to shortstop, when Krupp
was safe ON the fielder's choice.
Lukas doubled but was out pitcher
when Kubasek was safe on the
felder's choice, Krupp scoring.
Burkins singled, Kubasek racing
to third. Koob doubled, scoring
both runners. Lorensen singled,
Koob stopping at third. In
double steal attempt, koob scored
butt Lorensen was out, catcher to
second. Four runs scored on four
hits.
Two more runs crossed the plate
in the fourth. Burkins tripled and
scored when Koob grounded out,
pitcher to first. Lorensen was safe
on an error. Belshaw was safe
on. N fielder's choice ball, Loren
sen being tagged out at second.
Selgo tripled to score Belshaw
and Zbrizny grounded out short
stop to first.
The Coaches batted around in
the fifth when they added three
more runs. Krupp flied out to
center field for the first out. Lu-
kac singled. Kubasek and Burk-
ins were safe on errors, Lukac
scoring. Kubasek and Burkins.
Lorensen was walked, Belshaw
struck out and Selgo grounded
out, shortstop to first.
Four hits, an error, a base on
balls and three stolen bases ac
counted for four more runs in
the sixth. A double by Lukac and
singles by Kubasek and koob
added the final two runs in the
seventh. 4
Port Clinton-l5
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