Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
Doud 5-Hits
Businessmen:
Hutch Wins

Rockville Shopping Cen.
ter won the first half of the
National Division of the
Rockville Boys Baseball AS.
sociation's Midget League
by defeating the Business
men 10 in a superbly played
playoff game last Thursday
The games only run was
scored in the second inning
Joe Murray came through with
a single scoring Fred Douo
from second with the winning
margin. Doud got on base or
a force out and moved to sec
ond when pitcher Marvin
Guerra walked Greg Alvord.
The Businessmen came close
to tying the game in the last
inning. Teddy Sobol opened
with a bleeder in the hole al
third and beat the shortstop's
throw. Then, Guerra on a hit
and-run play, pumped a long
fly to right center. Sobol hest
tated between first and second
thinking the ball might be
caught and was cut down at the
plate. Shopping Center right
fielder Billy Collier made a
spectacular overwhelmed stab
to cut off Guerra's hit and got
off a perfect throw to relay
man Greg Alvord to cut down
Sobol. Had Guerra's hit gone
by Collier, Margin might have
gone all the way home. Instead
he was held to a double.
Pat Doud gave up five hits,
struck out four and walked two
in notching the win. Guerra
allowed six hits, whitfield four
and walked three in an equally
fine losing effort.
The Merchants scored five
runs in a big third inning to de-
feat Geeraert 6-2 for the first
half title in the American Divi-
sion. Junior Hutchinson was
the pitching and batting star in
the game. Junior allowed three
hits, famed 10, while walking
six. He was two-for-three from
the plate. Bob Drake and
Rick MCGEE both pitched for
Geeraert with Drake tabled
with the loss. Combined they
allowed three hits but nine
walks made the difference.
Buster Maurer had a double for
the losers.
Second Half Play
In second half play, the Bust
nessmen defeated Geeraert 6-5
behind the pitching of Ted
Sobol.
The Businessmen scored six
runs in the first two innings.
Sobol allowed five hits, famed
eight and walked five. MCGEE
and Drake hurled for the losers
giving up six hits and tanning
II. Maurer had pair of
singles for the losers. Jimmy
Collins and Sobol both had two
hits for the winners.
Standard Supply pulled one
of the upsets of the season by
defeating Merchants 9-8 after
trailing 8-3 going into the final
frame. Jerry Oyama was the
games hero, driving in the ty-
ing and winning runs with a
two-out double to give pitcher
Tommy Stone the win. Omaya
had homered earlier.
Stone allowed seven hits,
walked six and famed six.
Jimmy Murphy and Junior
Hutchinson pitched for the Mer-
chants with Hutchinson getting
the loss.
Potomac defeated Pepsi-Cola
S-3 behind the four-hit pitching
of Dave Hoyle. Bobby Keller
berg, the loser, gave up five
hits. Bryan Wright had a
homer for the winners and
Chuck Neach clouted one for
the losers. Eddie Whitemore
had two-for-five and Neach had
two-for.three.
Dick Graham hurled a nifty
one-hitter as st. Mary's defeat
ed Stauffer's go. Graham fan
ned Is and issued three passes.
Larry Harris absorbed the loss,
allowing II singles. Graham
had three-for.four from the
and drove in three runs. Ray
Holiday had two-for-four for
two RIBS.