East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1961-07-06

leagues during the past week
was as follows:
LITTLE LEAGUE
Diamonds Mems Shop wor
their second straight game al
Superior Hill last Friday by
defeating the Fire Dept, 81
in a well-played game. Two Of
the Diamond runs were the re.
suit Of triples by Buddy Schultz
and Rich Condor while the
third tally was attributed to q
a pair Of Fire errors. Denny
Ball, the winning hurler, was
in trouble on three occasions
but proved equal to the chal-
lenge each time.
In the final inning, Fire had
the bases loaded with one out
but Ball put the "fire" out with
a strike out and a force play
at third. Bobby Gala, Fire Gen.
terfielder, had two singles in
three trips to maintain his .667
batting average.
Kennedy's Mems Shop sur
prised a strong Stonebraker
Drug team by taking a Sd de.
cision at Shaw Field last Fri.
day. After "Stoney's" had
taken AZ lead with a fourth
inning rally, Kennedy's bounced
back to score three runs in the
sixth on singles by Erik Carl
son and Eric Wilson, a walk
and a Stonebraker error.
PONY LEAGUE
Connell's Chevrolet continued
to roll along in high gear by
winning their last two games
via the shutout route. In both
games, the league leaders. who
currently have a TO record,
benefited by two-hit pitching
performances by it's strong
pitching staff.
Last Friday at Forest Hills
the Connell nine blanked
Snyder Ford, the '61 champs.
by a 60 count as Pat Visci
pitched hitless ball after giving
up pair of singles in the first
inning. Visci, also a base-steal-
ing artist, collected two of his
teams five hits-a home run
and double. His catcher, Robin
Caputo, also got a pair of hits
"a home run and a single.
Monday, Connell's applied
the whitewash to the Flynn
Funeral Home in TAX
ing an easy 14-0 victory at
Skating Rink Field. Roger Hor-
vath limited the losers to only
two hits, pair of singles by
Angelo Minardo, and struck
out eleven. Caputo paced the
winners 12-hit attack by strok-
ing a home run, double and two
singles.
Edwards Funeral Home, still
in the running for first half
honors, came from behind to
defeat Paul's Restaurant, 6-3,
at Skating Rink Field last Fri
day. 1t was Dave Prices bases
loaded double in the top Of the
seventh which was the margin
Of victory for Edwards.
COLT LEAGUE
The G. E. Lite Sox took over
first place by blanking the
Kiwanis Club, 40, at Skating
Rink Field last Thursday. Jim
Ball just missed turning in a
1o-hit performance as Mike
OiSanto, the second batter of |
,he game, singled for the los
,r's only hit. Bill Borich's |
single in the first inning drove
n a pair of tallies for the Sox
and Denny Vaughn's home run
With Doug Michel aboard ac-
for the other two runs. |
Tim Mckee was the hero of |
Nela Florists 2-1 victory over
he Merle Owen Funeral Home |
1T Forest Hills last Thursday |
n a nine-inning pitchers duel.
With the bases loaded and two /
,ut in the bottom of the ninth |
Is the result Of three bases on
,alls issued by relief pitcher
Art Philip, Mckee dashed for
he plate and slid in safely to
vim the tight contest. Mckee
lad entered the game in the
'ourth inning to relieve Don
3arile and three times he
truck out a Merle Owen bat
.er with a runner on third and
wo out. Bob Rainey drove in
Nela's first run with a single
n the opening frame while jim
oetruccio's single in the third
rave the Owenmen their only |
core.