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Merchants And Richford Play Showdown Game This SundayLast Sunday’s game with Rich* f rd was rained out and the gamehas been reschedule for thiscoming Sunday with the activity to begin at 2 p.m on the Veteran’s Park diamond.1 tie other important games around the circuit were also rained out leaving the standings the same.Norwich will have to win this game Sunday if they hope to win the Empire State League pennant, Cortland and Greene who have lost the same amount of games and in their encounter this week.one of these two teams will drop out of the pennant picture.Coach Ed O’Neil has picked Cliff Stone to pitch and in a repeat performance like the gameagainst Owego the Merchants should gain at least a tie for the pennant playoffs. In that game, Stone pitched 8 1/3 innings giving up just six hits and fanned 12 batters.Norwich’s potent offence has been dormant the past couple of weeks but is looked upon as thetoughest in the league.Leading the offensive fireworks is Jerry Parker with anaverage of .481 and is backed by Mike O’Neil’s . 437 brother Davie’s .365 and Dave Petley’s .327.Manager Ed O’Neil has added Jim Downey and John Stewart for the day’s game, and also announces that there will be a hitting practice at Veterans Park with the session slated to startat 6 p.m. tomorrow night.Branham WirGolf Club Cha
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Norwich Evening Sun
Norwich, New York, US
Wed, Aug 23, 1967
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