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Eagles Nine Captures Minor Division TitleIll'lL. !*„..* _i n_______L.niin koui 01 DorougiiEagles captured the champion-1 ip of the minor division of the mnellsville Little League by tiling South Connellsville Wed-■sday evening. 28-1.It was the second year in a row at Bob Witt's proteges copped e tile and the Eagles’ victory ves them a sweep ’ of the local ilile League as Eagles’ majorLuis RodriguezSurprise VidorOver Rudell StitchLOl'ISViLLE Kv. U’PI*-lawk-beakcd Luis Rodriguez, uneaten welterweight from t’uba.■ as ready today to take on hard*-iilinig Rudell Stitch again after ipseltinc the Louisville sau^age-tuffcr m a brisk sphl-dccisionVednesday night.Rodrigue?, who went into the lalionalSy televised bout a 21 tin* lerdog, baffled Sli'ch with aight-hand lead and crisp jabhat piled up points while the un* anally sluggish Stitch was miss-ng mast of his roundhouse rights.Nur-uig a .-'.wiLn knuckle on us right hand, injured in thefourth round. Rodrigue? • -*hh rainer Ricardo Riesgo interpreting' said. I can ftght better than that. I was two pounds o\rr-weight Rodriguez who now has 22 victories and one no contest' on' his record in 23 fights, weighed147 to Stitch’s 145 The upset may have hurt Stitch’s hopes for a title bout with welterweight king Don Jor-, dan.International League's All-Stars Face Pirates In Exhibition ContestCOLUMBUS. Ohio lt;DPP-Twenty-three of the International League’s top players meet the Pittsburgh Pirates here tonight in an effort to prove that the cream of the minor leagues can compete with Che majors on any given day.It will be the first time the annual game between the International All-Stars and a major league ciub has been played in the United States. The three previous games, all woo by the major league team, were played in Canada.division club copped the title In that division.Eagles jumped off to an 8-0 lead in the first inning and was never threatened, adding one run in the second, nine in the third and five tallies in each the fourth and fifth. The game was halted after five frames because of darkness. The borough lads got their only run inthe fourth.Witt had his reserves in action after the third inning but there was no stopping Eagles as they swept the title scries with twostraight wins.D. Mar tray, who hurled a onc-hitter. led the Eagles’ batters with four hits. M. Shroyer collectedThe lineups:Eagles—18A3RHK. Mart raw rf ......330Turek. rf ......1\0John Canada, rf ........000WaJV' r4i?L. Thomas, 3b .......111AM. Shroyer. 3b ......f,v3Vourechak. ss ......331Karpiak. ss .......4tlt;»It'., Thomas, lb ____4•9i—•*: Prudentc. If ........I1i0. Del Sort o. If .......nI0!R. Shrover. cf ....... -21Joe Canada, cf ____. 20tBum. 2v.»i.1\11! Kerrigan. 2b- ........*•». aA*21 %V. «i » rf-,4. .■■ *r-'/Todesco. H ........ 01mn,Greatf. lb ......n2nD. Mar Ira v. p ......4**•A*-•Toials33-tn*2!•S. Connellsvitte—1ABRHRichter, cf ........onnFlvnn, c —......0ncAlbright, rf .........i0fPrinkcv. rf .........D1rIConn. 3b .........0cHertchko, lb .......20rx.Murtha ............1lt;3cI Hart, 2b ............2A1'O'Neal, ss ............ 2A(L. Cole, If ..........n0ID. Cole, If ......... n0fShumaker, c .......ift(I Neiswonger, p ......llt;5iTotals . -■ 13 1 1xBaited for Hertchko,Scot e by innings.Eagles ............. 819 35—25South Connellsville ... 000 10— 1Two-base bits—L. Thomas. M.' Shroyer. E. Thomas. Joe Canada. Three-base hils—Walier, Karpi-ak 2, D. Martray.Double play—Canada. L. Thom as. Cavalier,Struck out—By D. Martray 9, by Neiswonger 3.Base on balls—Off Martray 2, •off Neiswonger 10.
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Connellsville Daily Courier

Connellsville, Pennsylvania, US

Thu, Aug 27, 1959

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