East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-07-13
By Bob keefer

Who's going to stop Benny's Ar
lington Cafe?
That is the $4,000 question now
being kicked around by the other
managers and the spectators who
have been watching the action in
the East Cleveland Class A Lea
que.
The Arlington nine has now won
six straight games without de-
feat and, since they have beaten
three of the teams who were the
likeliest choices to give them
trouble, it appears that they may
become the first undefeated cham
pion in local Class A softball COM
petition.
Bud Abrams we'll balanced club
annexed their sixth straight victory
on Tuesday night when they blank
ed the seccnd-place Cleveland Twist
Drill entry, 80. Joe Nealon, who
was deprived of a no-hit perfor-
nance in his first start Of the year
on June 18th, finally turned the
trick in Tuesdays early game when
he held the Twist Drill hitless to
record his fourth win of the sea-
son.
Smiling Joe", who received per-
feet support from his teammates,
walked only two of the twenty
three men he faced and permitted
only one ball to be hit out of the
infield. Jim DiLuzio, Twist Drill
southpaw, twirled hitless ball for
the first three frames but weak
ened in the fifth when a single,
an error and two walks produced
an unearned run for Benny's. The
league-leaders added two more
markers in the seventh frame on
Nick Caputo's triple, two errors
and a single by Catcher Red
Kenny, the leagues leading hitter.
Tuesdays second game was a
zany affair which saw the Superior
Merchants score four runs in the
first five innings without the bene-
fit Of a single hit as they took a
So decision over Nela Stone Cafe.
Wildness on the part of Lou Baffa,
Nela's slowball pitcher, and weird
exhibition Of fielding by the Nela
infield, contributed all five of the
unearned runs.
Ten Innings
The longest game of the season,
ten-inning marathon, saw Ed
wards Funeral Home outlasting AL
mas Cafe, 6-2 in Tuesdays finale.
The second division occupants
battled on even terms for nine in
nings during which they each regis
tered two runs on three hits. The
Edwards nine, which is made up
of East Cleveland policemen anC
firemen, really exploded in the
tenth inning when they pounded
out five hits to produce four big
runs. Left-hander Tony Kavon
went the distance for the winners
and gave up only three hits, two
of them in the first inning when
Bob Fearing's home run account
ed for the Alma tallies. Second
Baseman, Bill Crowley had big
night for the Edwards club as he
collected four singles in four trips
to the plate.
Fox Takes Bills
Another 2-2 ball game was
broken up by late-inning rally in
Mondays late game when First
Baseman Don Paduano's home run
with two mates aboard and two
out gave Fox Cafe a So victory
over Bills Clothes. Bills lost two
scoring opportunities early in the
game when two base runners were
called out for. leaving first base
before the ball had left the pitch
er's hand. This rule has been rigid
ly enforced at Shaw Field this year
and it offers extra protection for
the pitcher whose effectiveness has
been somewhat curtailed by a
three-foot addition to the pitching
distance.
Turn Tables
Bills Clothes, last years Class
A champs who have played incon-
sistent ball to date, turned in their
best performance of the season last
Friday by handing Rinear-Lambert
Funeral Home q a. defeat The