Evening star., 1951-08-24
Olson Nine, Champion
OF District, Now Looks
To National Tourney
By Brion Bell, Jr.

WilkeS-Barre, Pa. will be the
next stop on the Sandlot circuit
for the Ole Olson team, which
beat the Fire Department, 7-3,
before a crowd of more than 1000 |.
on the Ellipse, yesterday to take
the City series title.
Olson will represent Washing
ton in the All-American Amateur
Baseball Association tournament
in WilkeS-Barre starting Septem-
ber 4 and Manager Matt Rudden
is making plans for the trip.
Wen have to play better ball
than we did in the SERIES" he said
after yesterdays game. "We had
a two-weeks' layoff between the
Industrial League playoffs and
the starts of the series and It'll
hurt.
Most of the boys took their
vacations during that time. When
We started in the series we were
out of shape. Mitchell (Pitcherl
Bob MitchelD hadn't thrown al
ball in two weeks and I couldn't
even run down to first without
putting"
Will Add Three Pitchers.
Rudden plans to get the team
in shape next week for the tourna-
ment.
His first move will be to add
three players from the Industrial
League to the squad. Each team
in the tournament is allowed tol
strengthen its squad with three
additions from it's circuit, and
Rudden plans to choose pitchers.
You have to play every day up
there, and We'll need pitching" he
explained. I'D like to get Jarboe
George Jarboe of Heurich's) |
Sleepy Canoes Sleepy Thomp-
SOM, and we'll need left-hander,
probably Costinett Bob Costinett
of Cameo if he can CO."
OlSOn'S OvercOmeS 20 Lead.
In yesterdays game for the city
championship, Olson's overcame
an early 20 lead by the Firemen
TO win behind the siX-hit pitching
of Mitchell. /
Bob. who hurled 1873 innings
in three games Tuesday, Wednes-
day and yesterday, was plainly
tired. but he went the whole dis
tance to win his third game of the |
series. /
II was tired from the fourth
inning on" the big right-hander
said. Il lost my curve after the
second inning. and it was nothing
but straight balls after that. They
weren't hitting, that's all, or they
would have got to me-"
Lefty Dutch Schaefer. the Fire
mems hurler, had allowed only
one earned run in 18 innings OF
series action before yesterdays
game, but Olson got to him for
II hits. Schaefer was out
Wednesday with a throat infec-
tion and took penicillin shots to
try and get ready for yesterday. /
Dutch claimed he felt all right |
on the mound, but he didn't look /
as fast as usual +
Ruddens' Hits Help.
The two Ridden boys. Matt and /
his brother Joe, at second, paired ,
with George Hughes. an Olson
star throughout the series. to
monopolize honors yesterday. Joe
helped the Firemen to two un-
earned runs with fielding errors, !,
but knocked in three runs with
three hits, while Matt played flaw
lesSly in the field and got two hits
to score once and bat in run.
Hughes made three hits. includ- /,
ing a double. batted across two
runs and held a run at third with /,
a perfect throw to the plate on a
line drive single to center.
Schaefer made two hits. one
double, and Bernie Cady got two
singles to account for four of the
Firemen'S six hits
Tommy Curtis, Olson f1rst-base-
man, made several excellent plays /
at the bag, saving run with a /
fine scoop on a low throw and I
starting a double play. /