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First One Close 7 To 5; Satchel Shows His StuffOld SatcheU Paige likes cat-fishing and baseball playing — and he prefers to do both aseasilv as possible.Wednesday night and Thursday he got in some of both He pitched a couple of innings both Wednesday and Thursday evenings *— and fished Thursday oat tt Green Valley Lake.The baseball throwing came pretty' hard Wednesday night, because the Creston Saints proved a mighty stubborn op ponent Wednesday night, losing7 to 5. with the winning All-Star runs coming across in the eight.Thursday night, things went askew for the Saints as theirdefenses wobbled here and there and Satchel s All-Stars got off toa » to 1 lead and wound up 17 to 4 victors.Strike Out FiveSatchel did some bearing down Wednesday when he took over after his mates had finally pulled head 7 to 5. He struck out five. Dean Conley touched him for a line single and Mike Terrill escaped with a groundout.Thursday night, with the margin well in his favor, he tossedsome of my best junk”, as he descrihed it. The Creston hitters connected, but mostly for fly outs.Wednesday night little Dean Cbnley stuck grimly to the job for the full nine innings. The hard-hitting Paigers got 13 hits, but when the chips were down Conley put cm the clamps.The All Stars opened up with a walk and McKnight slammed out a double to send the first run in. The next walked, Then Conley trapped McKnight between second and third. Green filed out. Then Mert Linrhicum threw a strike from deep left field to Tom Hertz catcher who made a good block fo nail the All-Star runner at the plate and end the rally.2 For Saint*The Saints came back with some fancy maneuvering to pick up two runs. Conley walked. Jessen laid down a sacrifice by was safe too on a hum throw to first. The runners moved up a wild pitch and when Linthi-cum squeezed. Conley came home and before the All Stars could get things in hand the speedy Jessen was across.In the second Pendergraft and Brown walked and Jessen sent them home with a long triple to left center.The All Stars picked up two runs in the third, got the tie run in the sixth on homer bvWHartwick that just cleared the snow fence in left, and went ahead on some Creston errors in the seventh. The Saints came back to tie it when Jessen walked moved up on Hutchinson's sacrifice and came home in Kirk Herbert’s single.The All Stars kicked the door loose in the eighth with four hits, scored two runs, but were stopped with the bases loadedwhen Conley got McKnight to pop a foul to Taylor near the fence^Jessen led the Creston hitting two a triple and single. Hartwick was the big All-Star sticker with three safeties.I»t* of Hit*In the second game Thursday night. The 'All Stars opened with two runs in the second, three in the third and four in the fifth. Creston got Conley around in the first frame and then were shut out until the fifth when Linthicum sledged one over the left field wall with Jessen and Hutchinson on base.Willie Washington, the stocky third sacker, was the big All Star swinger with tw-o home runs and a double. The Stars got17 hits to six for the Creston Saints.Satchel did Ihe tossing in the 8th and 9th, gave up a hit to A1 Clough and struck out one.Johnny Winston. “BoBo the Clown ’ of Wednesday’s game went the first seven innings for Ail Stars. McKnight caught.Pitching Thursday night were Ron Clinton and Ed Hutchinson and Tom Hertz again caught.Large crowds were on hand both nights, the Wednesday night being one of the larger assembladges at the park this season.'Ihe Saints face the Kansas City Braves Saturday night in a return go. The Saints beat the Braves 12 to 11 a week ago.
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Creston News Advertiser
Creston, Iowa, US
Fri, Jul 05, 1963
Page 8
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