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rr inicwuici, t/ciu v un,brsKine asksMonroe Junior Legion Teams Post Victoriesfor RetirementSTATF LINEBeloit Mon rot I Edgerton j Brodhead Janttvillt F.ftnsvillt Orf ordv illtJUNIOR LEGION (Last)LI0 Dr lav an© Whitewater © Fort Atkm«ra1 lake Geneva I Walworth1 Milton2 Lake MillsWHITEWATER - Whitewater switched on the red light against . Fort Atkinson, seeking its third I straight crown in the eastern division, by beating the invaders, 6-5, Monday in a State Line Junior Legion League game.Jeff Congdon, who came in to pitch in the seventh inning, got credit for the win and deserved it as it was his slashing line drive hit that scored Bud Thayer with the tie-breaking run in the last half of the final frame. Terry Rog-litz, who came in for Dick Lesco* hier, the Fort Atkinson starter, with one out in the bottom of the seventh was charged with the loss.Whitewater got off to an early lead as they rode a single by Tom Kettwig, two bases on balls, a fielder's choice and an error, for three runs in the second inning. Pat Walker, the Whitewater start-Ltndloff lb ( ataiano c Koepmck s.t Eifttntrftttt If De*chner 2b Kooutra Be retch Wenzel rf Anderson rf Wagner cf Rate*Muslin p5 3 2 5 1 4 5 1 2Jahnke lb Braatz 2b j Hooper e schuftt I* Wolf gram Aartsen cf3 2 3 012 I© Trieloff 0I o ©3Mike Non 2b I rerland 2b Roelke if • Wnkeman if I ones if43 17 21 24 3 3Delay an .............. 340 14$ C—17Lake Mills .......... 100 OKI I— 3Monroe 8, Milton 5MONROE—Scoring all its runs in tii« first three innings, Monroe defeated Milton, s-5, in a State Line Junior Legion League baseball game here Monday. A five-run third inning clmchcd the victory.Both teams made five hits, Jerry Fngebretsen getting three for Monroe and Tom Sveum two for Milton.Jerry Schliem. on the mound for Monroe, fanned 16 and walked only two. Milton s Dick Wile.nan struck out seven and walked fiveDressen Sent to HospitalI OS ANGELES (AP)-C«rl Ers-kme — the only active major league pitcher who has thrown two no-hit games—is through.Refusing to let the Los Angeles Dodgers carry him four more weeks, when he would become a 10-year man under the players' pension plan, the handsome little righthander asked Monday a’ght to be placed on the voluntarily ! retired list.When your time conies.” he ! said, ‘the decision is not too hard to make. You know what's rightI came to the conclusion that this club really needs help in pitching It s a young staff, so everybody has to be able to pitch a couple of days in a row if neces j sary. I just figured I couldn't give it 100 per cent any more.”Had Only Slow StuffTn a game where most men need a sleeve full of tricks to survive, the 32-year-old Erskme had been playing with no trump card .“In my later games,” he said, “I knew I had to he extremely careful. It's true that the less actual velocity or stuff you have,Learning to Bi for Pitchers, Sthe less, mistakes you can make.1 ditor's note: This is the last of a series on Proper Pitching ' h\ I d lopat, former great New York Yankee left handerwho now coaches young pitchers in the V ankee farmRs I D LOPAT Former V ankee Pitching V# Written for VP NmsfeaturesBl NT POSITION - Take vter's box and just before the bai squared away as Ed Lopat shows
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Janesville Daily Gazette
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Jun 16, 1959
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