Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-10

the ColeSVllle club defeated Whea-
ton to 1 on Sunday, June 9Th, to
ring up their fifth victory in as
many starts and remain at the
head of the pack in the Montgom-
cry County Baseball League. In
other league games Bethesda NOV
ed into second place with 10 to
8 win over the Potomac Brewers,
while Rockville shaded Sandy
Spring 9 to Z to gain a tie with
Potomac for third place in the
league standings.
Playing on their home field in
Bonifant's Meadow, Colesville went
to the front in the third inning
when Mike Godfrey singled home
2 runs and then, for good measure,
duplicated the feat in the fifth.
John Bonifapt's long triple with
Rollicking Roscoe Whip on base
in the eight ended the scoring as
the Gibsonmen collected 7 runs and
9 hits off Bill Herbert while play
ing errorless ball in the field. Bill
Giller went all the way for Coles
vile, striking out twelve and walk
ing only one to keep seven Whea-
ton hits well scattered. The Whea-
ton Wonders scored their lone run
in the fifth when King walked,
advanced on fielder's choice and
then wandered home as third base
man Smith singled through the
box into centerfield.
At Bethesda the Potomac Brew
ers produced a comedy of errors
which was more tragic than comic
to beer baron Doc Mannar who sat
disconsolate and detected to watch
his bung--starters amass nine err
rors as Bethesda knocked his ace
pitcher, Harry Wolfe, out of the
box and countered with. an ace of
their own, Charles Pugh, who Whit
fed an even dozen of the Potomac
Sudsmen.
When Pugh relieved Bort in the
second inning, Potomac was ahead
3 to 0 but Charley promptly blew
the head off of this effervescence
by tanning five of the first six
GROWERS who rushed up to the
plate. Pugh had deceptive curve
and change of pace on tap and was
only in trouble in the sixth when
Joe Ciomei homered with one on
and in the ninth when Wapinsky
clouted a circuit smash to clean
the sacks. At this point Archie
Via struck out for the th'~d tim.
to end the game as the D:ewers
four run ninth inning rally fell
short of the mark.
The Bethesda scoring, which was
aided by two errors each on the
part of Pepco Barry, Joe Bickel
and Charles Acquilina, was all
done in the early part of the game.
Three runs were scored in the Sc
cond three more in the third and
four in the fourth as O'neil, Bar
mes, Picard and Klawitter were the
big guns in this attack. Dick Utz,
who took the mound for Potomac
after Wolfe was sent to the show
ers in the third, pitched capable
ball but received less than 3.2 per-
cent support from his teammates
whose defensive abilities fell flat.
The only thing foaming among the
Brewers after the game was Doc
Mannar.
Sandy Spring invaded Welsh
Field to score 2 runs in the fifth
and then drive Donald Cubitt out
with a five run barrage in the
sixth, but Paul Hoettinger came
in to extinguish the fire, prevent
any further scoring and retire the
last seven men in order. Sunfielder
Woodie Putnam lined game win
ming homer over the leftfield fence
in the eight with Louis Mizell on
base. All told Sandy Spring made
seven runs, nine hits and errors
while Rockville got nine runs on
sixteen hits without a miscue in
the field. Norman Belts long
double after two were out in the
seventh scored Reber and Windsor
with the tieing runs. Doubles off
the bats Of Bonifant and Brown
along with Beall's triple were