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Kenny's Upsets BrauniesMETRO FAST PITCHW L W.t£ 0 Uncle Thirstys Vjc's 2 45 l Braunies Endries2 44 2 wally's Ernies 1 54 2 Kennys Bobs 0 6•You might say Braunie’s Place of Whitelaw is snake bite...color Kenny s Bar of Manitowoc the snake.For the second time within a week, the Whitelaw squad was knocked out of a tie for first place on the eve of a potential divisional title game and now must fight for its life.Thursday night, Kenny’s Bar took advantage of a porous Braunie’s defense in the fifth inning to score a 4*1 upset victory, despite being outhit 7-5 in the game.Duane Roslanskv got touched for seven hits, but outdueled Bob Stelzer thanks to near perfect defense.The Braunie’s loss moved Uncle Thirstv’s into first place all by itself as it crushed Ernie’s 7-0.In other action around the league, Eridries knocked off Bob’s 6-1 behind the three hit burling of Larry Natzke, while Wally’s sidelined Vic's 9-1*What was originally billed as the title game for the first half championship Tuesday at Westfield when Braunie’s was to meet Uncle Thirsty’s is now turning into a fight for survival for the Whitelaw squad which must win just to force a playoff. game for the crown.Earlier this week, Braunie’s, unbeaten in the 'Manitowoc County Rural Softball League’s western Division, was looking ahead to a division title game with unbeaten Maribel when* Ernie's Laugh Inn came along and upset them 6-5 in a game atWhitelaw.A single by Rick Aukamp followed by an error by Braunie’s and a fielder’s choice resulted in a 1-1 game in-the fourth inning. In the fifth, Jerry Baeckman singled, Rog Halverson was safe on a fielder’s choice, Roslansky got on via an error, Aukamp singled and scored on Aulik's fielder’s choice accounting for three runs.Braunie s only run came in the fourth on back to back singles by Spence Meisnest andJoe Giammona. Aukamp got three of Kenny’s five hits.Andy Konitzek’s triple with two on followed by Pat Pankratzs single gave Endries-all the runs it needed to beat Bob’s. Paul Lensmire paced the 12-hit attack with three singles while Natzke helped hi sown cause with a two run fourth inning homer.At Two Rivers, winning pitchers Dick Hablewitz of Thirsty’s and Paul Wotachek of Wally’s stole all the thunder.Hablewitz tossed a two hitter, striking out three and walking a trio. Singles by Dave Kadue in the first inning and C. J. Peters in the second frame were the only marks against him.Hablewitz was also 2-for-2 at the plate, cracking a single and walking twice.A “sometimes** hurler forWally’s. Wotachek was credited with a seven-hit winning effort for his work on the hill. At the plate he pounded out 3-for-3, including two triples.A five run second inning, ignited by Wotachek5s first three-bagger, salted things
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Herald Times Reporter
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jun 22, 1973
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