East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-06-22


the East Cleveland Class A League
featured a variety of events rang
ing from the ridiculous to the sub
lime. Highlighting the local soft
ball menu was near-perfect game
hurled by Joe Nealon of Benny's
Arlington Cafe who blanked the
Superior Merchants, 10 last Thurs
day.
Nealon retired the first eighteen
men he faced until third baseman,
Phil Noall, leading off in the
seventh inning, reached first safely
on Shortstop Nick Caputo's error.
Center Fielder, Dom Nitti followed
with a single, the only Superior
hit of the game, but Nealon re-
covered to retire the next three
batters.
This game was in direct
contrast to the Rinear-Lambert
Funeral Home Hayden ave. Mer-
chant game played the following
night in which the Merchants COM
mitted six errors to hand the
Rinear nine a 90 victory. Frank
Walters, 40 year old r n +
catcher, proved he can still play
good ball by banging out three hits
to lead his teams eight-hit attack.
Edwards Funeral Home, team
made up of members of the East
Cleveland Police and Fire De-
partments, chalked up their initial
win of the season by pounding out
90 decision over Fox Cafe.
Moose" keefer, Edwards third
baseman, clouted a home run with
the bases loaded in the second
frame to sew up the victory.
Pitcher Paul Ricchetti gave up only
two hits and famed six in his
season hurting debut.
Alma's Cafe, in their first league
test of the year, dropped a 40 de-
cision to the strong Bills Clothes
combine, but the game was not as
one-sided as the score would in
dicate. Alma's outhit their Oppon-
ents 7-5 but two costly errors In
the first inning permitted three
Bills baserunners to cross the plate
for unearned tallies.
Chuck Thomson, Rinear-Lambert
catcher-right fielder who special
ICES in head-first slides, pounded
out triple and home run to pace
his team to a Ga victory over Ed
wards Funeral Home in Mondays
early game. "Zeke" Solar, young
Rinear hurler, scattered three
singles in making his first appear
ance at Shaw, but his wildness kept
him in constant "hot water.
Fox Cafe bounced back after two
straight losses to win their first
game of the season, an 50 triumph
over Nela Stone Cafe on Monday
night. "Minnow" Kirchner, glue
fingered Fox centerfielder, led the
10-hit attack for the winners with
three singles. Larry Day, vet
eran of local softball compuetition,
took the mound for the first time
this year and gave up only four
hits, all in the third inning.
In another "about face, the
Hayden Merchants staged come
back after trailing the previously
undefeated Cleveland Twist Drill
nine, 81, to post 7-5 victory.
Pitcher Mike Krach, who also man
ages the Twist Drill entry, was
innings during which he gave up
innings during which he gace up
only two hits until the Hayden boys
broke loose with three hits and
three runs in the sixth frame.
Bennys Cafe and Phillips Ave.
Delicatessen waged a close battle
for five innings in Tuesday night
middle game of three-game card
but two hits, a walk and two mis-
cues afield gave Benny's three runs
and a 5-3 win. Benny's held a 2-1
lead for three innings until Frank
Tartaglia, slugging Phillips first
sacker, wallopped home run with
teammates Tony Marinelli aboard
to give the Delicatessen nine a
short-lived 3-2 advantage.
In Tuesdays nightcap, Bills
Clothec hunU I'M their second