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“FRANKMODY’SCOMPANYTENSE CVSLWinners Get Six inLast Inning; LosersEliminated from TourneyYMCA SCHEDULE FRIDAY'ANSSat-IS ofand their h at The5. ItickedMody’s Restaurant of Sherburne staged a dramatic “Frank Merri-vell finish last night, scoring six n the last frame to nudge the Norwich Pharmacal Company in y 14-13 see-saw battle. The Che-lango Valley Softball League 'layoff struggle took place on the A” field at Veterans Park and attracted a banner crowd. The ans wore left limp and exhausted •t the close of the tense affair, one .yhich saw the lead swap hands ive times.AT 3. Aaguearter a me.bewichwillromicsit,Val-theuad.willutfitrren3ilotThenottheey’slar-gh’s rles nest ars.two )\v’sIt was a losers’ bracket gametnd the Pill- Moulders?, who seemed n the threshold of victory in the T’ake of four-run flurries in the ifth and sixth, had to bow out as lody’s used the thrilling six-run •ally to survive. Weather permit-.ing, Mody’s will oppose the Shoe Company tonight,. The original field of eight in the double elimi-lation affair has been reduced ndw to four with the Moose Club and Bluebird joining Mody’s and he Shoemen in the “still alive” classification.Last night’s fray was one of the eason’s most exciting. Despite the aarrage of hits (11 for each team) he starting pitchers were stillaround at the finish. Southpaw Dan Whispell hurled for the Sherburne team with righthander LenTones on the hill for the Pill-Moulders.9-9:45 a. m.—Learn-tc-sw im,boys and girls, 5-8, wigglers (greens).9:45-10:30 a. m. — Learn-to-swim, boys and giris, 5-8, guppies (blues).19:30-11:15 a. m.—Learn-to-swim, boys and girls, 5-8, tadpole; (blues).11:15-13 noon — Learn-to-swim, boys and girls, 5-8, wigglers (blues).1:30-3 p. m. — Swimming, women.3-4 p. m.—Swimming, girls(3 and older), minnows.4-5 p. in.—Swimming, girls (8 and older), fish and flying fish.7-8:30 p. m. — Swimming, grade school boys and giris.8:30-10 p. m. — Swimming, junior high and high school boys and girls. Gym. archery, squash, handball available.9 a. m.-lO p. m.—Health Club open.I Ken Daviau and Jeffrey were he plate stars for Mody’s with three-for-four sessions. Daviau’s seventh-inning hit capped the game-winning explosion. Whispell lined out a pair of bingles. Jeffrey and Dick Newman poled circuit -louts with Newman belting a three-run homer during the last-inning outburst.Don Farley was the top slugger for the losers with three for four.George Cole and Frank Benenati slammed two each for a share of the honors.I Hits by Whispell and Jeffreypaved the way for a first-inning run by Mody’s but the Pill-Mould-ers bounced back with three via a walk, error and hits by Farley and Jones.Mody’s wiped out the 3-1 Norwich Pharmacal lead in the second with the first of its two six-run blasts. The half-dozen scores came on just two hits but one of the blows was a circuit clout by Jeffrey. Bennett’s single, a walk and three errors contributed to the spree.In the third the Pill-Moulders made it a 7-5 game with a two-run blitz. An error and base-knocks by Farley and John Ebo-vicz produced the runs. Successive hits by Ken Daviau and Whispell gave Mody’s a run in the fourth.Trailing 8-5, the Pharmacal hustlers unleashed a four-run attack in the fifth to sweep into the lead. A walk, singles by Benenati and Farley and doubles by Cole and Ed Abildness sent the runs across the plate. The Pill-Mould- j or j ers repeated the feat in the sixth ■ to grab a comanding 13-8 margin. | the four in the sixth were a result I of an error, singles by Dave Petley and Benenati and a triple by Cole.Faced with its last chance, Mody’s responded with a six-run “storybook” rally. A single by Jeffrey opened the rally. An error and Newman’s roundtripper made it 13-11. Another error, a walk and Ken Daviau’s hit squared accounts and loose play enabled Daviau to move around the base-paths and carry home the winning run.Handed a slim one-run margin to protect. Whispell did so with authority as he set the Piil-Mouid-ers down in order in 1he last of the seventh.The box score Mody’s (14)Whispell, p R. Lewis, cf Jeffrey, ss E. Daviau, 3b Newman, If J. Lewis, eMody, lbBennett, rf R. Daviau,NATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday’s ResultsPittsburgh 6, PhiladelphiaCincinnati 2.5, Brooklyn 1.Chicago 3, New YorkMilwaukee11, St.Louis 4.WonLostPet.Brooklynr*ry l 139.664Milwaukee6555.542New York6355.534Philadelphia6061.496Chicago5964.480Cincinnati5763.475St. LouisnokJ ia64.448Pittsburgh4476.367Games TodayBrooklyn at New York. Chicago at Cincinnati. Milwaukee at St. Louis. Only games scheduled.VISofdaysnareCAtedadm-ys.are ms lay ng. ted ent ?ht lay ;he tie.L.ay*y,us vnAMERICAN LEAGUEYesterday’s ResultsBoston 7, New York 1. Detroit 9, Cleveland 5. Baltimore at Washington postponed, rain).Only games scheduled.(9 V —?New YorkChicagoClevelandBostonDetroitKansas CityWashingtonBaltimoreWonLostPet.7247.6056845.6027048.5936850.57662DO.5304870.40741.74.3573777.325Gaines TodayNew York at Boston.Cleveland at Detroit.Kansas City at Chicago Only games scheduled.(2).resn-o-h-olicA,slidmicteDf’s:oi-;shL-n»oyhrrl tINTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday’s ResultsToronto* 3, Richmond 2.Rochester 4-0, Havana 0-3. Buffalo 1-3, Syracuse 0-4.Columbus 4-1,TorontoMontrealHavanaRochesterSyracuseColumbusBuffaloRichmondMontreal1-7.WonLostPet.7853.5957652.5947556.5736664.5086366.4885773.4385377.4085179.3922bGames TodayRichmond at Toronto (2). Montreal at Columbus (2). Buffalo at Syracuse (2). Havana at Rochester.N. P. C. (13)Petley, lt;*Benenati, ss D. Farley, lbCole, IfEbovicz, 3b L. Jones, pAbildness, rf Clements, cf Rosa, 2b Cincotta,Aust, 2bcfEASTERN LEAGUEYesterday’s ResultsBinghamton 6-7, Albany 5-2, Reading 4-8, Williamsport 2-G (2d, 10 innings).Schenectady 2, Elmira I).Johnstown at Allentown,ram.MonLostPet.Reading7343.629Williamsport6352.543Binghamton6 453.547 IAllentown6455.538Schenectady6256.525Albany4369.410 :Johnstown4608.404 iElmira4771.390Mcdy’s N. P. Co.Tonight’s GamesAlbany at Binghamton (2). Reading at Williamsport. Johnstown at Allentown (2). Elmira at Schenectady.
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Thu, Aug 18, 1955
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