Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
Sportsman Lose;
Tiger Cubs Romp

The Sportsman, the only un.
defeated team in the Montgom-
cry County Boys Baseball Asso-
citation Midget League last week,
fell, 81, before Peoples Hard.
ware and the combined four-hit
pitching of Mike McMann and
Jack Singleton.
Peoples Hardware scored one
in the second, added seven in the
fourth and another in the fifth.
A pair of bunts, two walks,
McMann's bases loaded double
and single accounted for all
seven runs in the big inning.
Wayne Lee went all the way
around for the Sportsman when
his single went through an out.
fielder's legs for a three base
error and accounted for the
Sportsman's only run.
Jay Shackford started for the
losers and was relieved by Steve
Smith in the fourth.
The Sportsman snapped back
later in the week by defeating
Parkway Cleaners, IA.
Smith was the winning pitch
err but Dick Cass and Shack
ford also saw mound action.
Cass had a three-run homer for
the winners, as did Jerry Brad
dock
The Takoma Tiger Cubs Gre
ated big roar by defeating the
Takoma Indians, 22-4, and st.
Bernadette's, 21-3, last week.
In the first game the Tiger
Cubs slapped out IA hits good
for five extra bases including a
pair of home runs. Lorin Sar-
hacker had a two-run clout and
Erick Tuck hit a solo homer.
TILL Gets Win
Mickey Tull got the win al
though he was in deep trouble
in the first inning. Bobby La
Rocca came on to get the side
out in the first inning after
which Tull returned to pitch
steady ball.
Takoma pounded out 10 hits in
the second game. La Rocca al
lowed two hits and struck out IA
from the mound and batted in
eight runs with three straight
triples. Sanbacker hit his sec
ond two-run homer of the week
as Takoma knocked out nine
extra base hits against parade
Of pitchers.
The Foodtown Jets split a
pair of one-run games. The Jets
tonped the Parkway Cleaners,
SO. Then lost a 81 decision to
A. P. Woodson. The Jets built
up a 9--3 lead against Parkway
but the Cleaners scored five
runs in the last inning and the
potential tying run on third
when the last out was made.
Garry Coates was the winning
pitcher with Richard Deutsch
going the last two and two
thirds innings.
A. P. Woodson Clipped in
three straight hits in a row to
score a pair of runs in the
fourth inning and give a 81 win
to Tom Fisher. Dwight Dreen
was the losing pitcher giving up
three hits, whiting seven and
walking none. The Jets raped
Fisher for eight hits and had
men on base every inning but
couldn't push the big ones
across.
st. GATHERINGS won its first
Of the season, 80, over the Whea-
ton Lions. Joe Ruprecht was the
winner, giving up five hits and
tanning nine. Dick Marshall
took the loss. st. Catherine went
ahead in the fifth when Mike
Hall tripled, Bill Kilcoyne
walked, stole second, and John
Benton brought both boys home
with a liner TO right. Marshall
scored the final Wheaton run
or a wild throw.
In other games: A. P. Wood
son Is, Rollingwood Citizens g.;
Garrett Park Mats z, Rolling.
woody Citizens 4; Hillandale
Red Sox 5, Sligo Brandview a;
Oakview Angels II. Lyon Nur.
sery 3; st. Bernadette's 7. Sill
yer Spring Lions 6; Sligo Bran.
view 6, Oakview Angels O.
Lyons Nursery 6, Silver
Spring Lions a; Kay Construc-
ton 10, Wheaton Woods Atoms
Z; Olney Jets 9, st. GATHERINGS
q; Wheaton Lions 6, Orioles /;
Top of the Park Tigers Z, Olney
Jets 6; Orioles 7, Kay Construc.
ton 4.
FINAL FIRST ROUND
STANDINGS
Wheaton League
TOP of the Park, Tigers. 5 l