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*Engineers Top Hq. Squad, 7-55-Rim Rally by Winners Overcomes Early Lead In Loop Playoff: Making a five-run rally in the fifth, thej — Engineers defeated Headquarters Com-| panv. 7—5. at Paddington Recreation Grounds Wednesday in a seven-inning affair called because of darkness, to win j the second-half championship of the | London International Baseball League, j The Engineers will meet the — Signai i Monarehs. first-half winners, for the league pennant.The Engineers drew first blood in the ! second when Sgt. Amy Fontana, of Wampum. Pa., their captain, hurlcr and clean-■ up man. singled and scored on a doublei bv S Sgt. Stan Swaverlv. of Bavertown.* w* ■Pa. Swaverly was out trying to come home on a single by T 4 Hoffman, of Yonkers, N.Y. Hoffman lafcr scored on another I single, giving the winners two runs off . five hits.j Headquarters promptly took the lead in ; their half of the second, gaining four runs off singles b Sgt. Pete Pavich. of South ( Amboy, N.J.. and Sgt. Hunter Thomp-; son. of Richmond. \ a.. two errors and a sacrifice by Hurler Cpl. Jim Wright, of Los Angeles. Cal. The winners’ live in tlie fifth were shoved across on a triple b Cpl. George Burns, of Sylacauga, Ala..: two singles, two doubles and an error.: giving them a 7-—4 lead.The losers tallied an unearned run inthe seventh off two free passes and two errors.hooj mer
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London Stars and Stripes
London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, Sep 24, 1943
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