Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-22
Coop Snaps
kensington
Win Streak

the last one on a long single to
center field by Buddy Kupka
that scored Dwight Greene and
broke up the game.
1t was the seasons first de-
feat for Ed Compton's Lions
and they still held the top spot
with a I'll standing. Wheaton
Plaza Sports Center, which set
down Damascus Rotary Club,
1910, Saturday, was in second
place with a ~ record.
Reliefer Ronald Beasley was
credited with the third place Co
ops Saturday victory. He was
nicked for one hit that scored a
runner already on base and he
got one strikeout in the Ia in
nings he pitched after relieving
Bob Jones. Jones struck out
four, walked seven and gave up
seven hits.
Compton used three hurlers-
Phil Corddry, Hickey Deutsch
and Alan Hollister-in his UNI
availing effort to run the Lions
streak to eight victories. They
famed eight, walked eight and
were reached for 10 hits. Hollis
ter, pitching the last two in
nings, took the loss.
The Lions had six costly err
ors to blame for a heap of their
trouble. Corddry got in a hole
in the first when Co-op's Skin
ner led off with hit to right
and reached second on an over
throw to first. Carroll hit to
center and made second as Skin.
ner was stopped at third. Yogi
walked to load the bases. Two
outs followed and then Coupe's
grounder to short was muffed,
to let in two runs. Jones walk
ed. Trumbo singled to right to
score Yogi, and Coupe dashed
across when Glenn Hottie fun.
bled the ball after picking it up
in right.
In the second, Yogi tripled
and then scored when third
baseman Mike Hutto grabbed
up Greenes grounder but threw
wide of first. Corddry, relieved
on the hill by Deutsch and now
al first, caught the wild throw
but made no play for home.
Yogi walked in the fourth, stole
second and scored on Kupka' S
hit. In the sixth, Tyler got on
when Craig Roher dropped his
long fly in center. Skinner walk
ed and Yogi was hit, to load the
bags. Greene's sharp grounder
through short scored a run.
Trailing 10 in the last of the
seventh, Coop got Skinner
aboard on an infield grounder
after pinch-hitter Hopkin
struck out. On CAROLS field
er's choice, Skinner was forced
at second. Batting for Yogi,
Kenney Henderson tripled Car
roll home. Greene batted Hen.
derson in and Kupka broke it
UP with a smash to center.
The Lions tailed three each
in the third, fourth and sixth.
In the third, Rightsell doubled,
Morris beat out an infield
grounder and Richards was
safe when Greene made no play
after grabbing his grounder to
third. Successive hunts by Rob
er and Hutto scored three. In
the fourth, HOLSTER and
Rightsel walked. Morris sin.
gled. HOLSTER home and Rich
ards hit to left brought in the
other two. In the sixth, Rich
ards got a one-bagger. He
stretched to third on Roher's
liner to left, and then scored
when Greene threw the ball
away in a play for Roher at Sec
ond. Hutto scored Roher with a
single and Corddry's infield hit
brought Hutto over with the 9th
run.
Lions-Damascus Rotary Club
Alan HOLSTER shut out Da-
mascus Rotary Club with two
hits last Thursday evening at
North Bethesda Recreation Cen
tier to give the Kensington
Lions 20 victory, their seventh
win of the season. Only "a Ro-
tarians faced the big righthand-
er in the seven-inning contest.
Two got to second base, one on
a walk and passed ball, the 9th.
er on a two.bagger. Alan
struck out 10 and gave only one
free pass.
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