Milford chronicle., 1952-06-27
MAR-DEL LEAGUE
STANDINGS

wyoming at FelLOn
Hickman at Glendale
Pennington at Frederick
JULY 4th
Pennington at Wyoming
Viola at FELTON,
Harrington at Glendale
Frederick at Hickman
Upsets predOminated the play in
the Mar-Del Circuit during the past
weekend as the race developed in
to a wild scramble and gives prom
Use of being a tight scrap from here
on out Wyoming took over sole
possession Of first place with Har-
rington remaining in the second
slot FELTON, met a jolt from re-
juvenated Hickman nine while ViO-
Ia, Frederick, and Pennington went
into a fourth place deadlock. FL
lendale still seeks to break a hard
luck streak that has been hanging
over them since the season opened.
They have played steady ball with
the circuits best fielding average,
but need more punch at the plate.
Rivalry will be at stake this Sun
day as the schedule hits the half
way mark Viola will invade Har-
ringtOn for their first meeting Of
the season. Wyoming visits FELTON,,
while Hickman will be the OppOsi-
tion at Glendale. Pennington
makes their initial visit to FTeder-
lea. All four games loom close and
the results of this weeks play will
probably further shuttle the out
look in the race. Most of the teams
have bOlstered their line-ups as
the deadline for signing new men
is reached at midnight June 30.
A full schedule has been carded
for July 4th to make up for the
games rained out on the second
week of the schedule.
In last Sundays contests WyOm-
ing topped Harrington 13 to 4. They
sewed up the game with a run
Outburst in the fourth. Joe MOelt-
ner went the distance for the win
ners for his second win. He gave
up five hits and famed nine. Jim
Cubbage started for Harrington
and was raped for hits and 8
runs during his Aiming stay with
Charley Riley coming in to finish
the last four.
Drex Cox, Reds Minner and Har-
old Bennett laced out doubles and
singles for the winners with AL
O'Neal having two One-base raps.
Morris, Johnson, Wix. nj. Brown
and Swain accounted for the Har-
ringtOn Safeties.
After taking a 10 lead in the
first inning, Glendale went behind
5 to l as Pennington found the
range in the fifth and sixth. Ellen
dale fought back in the seventh and
eighth, but couldn't muster enough
power to overcome the 5 to 4 lead
as Pennington stayed out in front.
Paul Dean went the distance for
his second win for Pennington.
Tommy Wells opened for Ellen
dale with Dave Greenly going the
last two frames. T. Messick, Rust
Dean each had two hits for the win
ners with Paul Hochstedler rapping
a double. Roy Mccullough drove
in three Ellendale runs with his
two hits, while Wilson ones bang
ed out two singles and Dave Green
ly had a double.
In one Of the best games of the
season Hickman snapped out OF
their losing plunge by nipping Eel
tons 3-game winning streak 3 tC
l, behind the 2-hit pitching Of Dale
Palmer. Tom MINERS single in
the third and Harold ROthmels
double in the eighth were the only
bingles given up by the Hickman
mOundsman. Manager Johnny Bun
nell started for FELTON, but gave
way in favor of Harold ROthmel il
the fifth with one away. ROthme
hurled One-hit ball the remaining
distance. Harold Ireland made his
debut with Hickman with two
singles while Jake Cannon lineC
out a double.
Frederick struck back heavy OF
Sunday to halt their two game los
ing streak as they halted the ViOl;
drive Is to 4. Frederick jumped OF
ViOla's starter, Freddie Sipple, il
the opening inning for 6 runs ant
stayed out in front the rest of tn
way. Bill Biddle relieved Sipple il
the fifth with Freddie Frear goinj
the last inning. Roy Kemp startet
for Frederica, but ran into a littl
difficulty in the second, with Bud
dy Kimmel coming in to put out tn
fire and pitching 2-hit ball for tn
next 6 innings. Veteran Jim Pos
ties tOiled the last two stanza
without any trouble. Bobby GibsO
and Jim Bradford had hits eac
for Frederick with the latter driv
ing in s runs. Jay Widdies helpe
along with two doubles, with Brad
ford and Gibson having one eacl
AL Chambers, Steve Allen, A
Thomas and Fred Sipple accOunte
for the four Viola hits.
Several new players Joined Nal
Del mines during the past weel
Harrington took on ElwOOd 3Towy
Wayne Brown and Russ McCread!