EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday,
SPORTS
TRAVELERS
WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
The
game which was played as a home game for the Travelers, according a prearranged
rule change approved by the league, saw a highlight several innings and both
teams showed they were worthy of their playoff positions. The first inning started with a blast by
Corning’s own Joe Gill. Traveler’s
pitcher, Joey Alfred, settled down after that and was able to retire the rest
of the side. The Travelers responded
with two runs in the first. Francis was
able to lead off with a double to right and the Dunham advanced him to third
with a sacrifice bunt. The game started
to take on its slugfest personality when “Big Bob” Tilman came to the plate
next. Playing in the place of the hugely
popular Johnny Cloos who was injured last month with a season ending wrist
injury, Tilman has stepped up in the field and at the plate. He blasted the third pitch out of the park
bring home Francis and trotting around the diamond himself.
The
second inning was a defensive beauty.
Both teams turned double plays and both pitchers struck out the batters
for the third out. The fireworks really
started in the third inning as Corning scored four runs but was doubled up
again. Johnson was the first to get on
base and then was followed by Steele.
Chuck Baker dove in Johnson and then the unstoppable Joe Gill clobbered
his second homerun in as many at bats.
The rest of the inning was all defense.
After striking out Williams, Alfred walked Reese but got Rodriguez to
ground into a 6-4-3 double play. The
Dale to Archibald to Watson combination once again proved it was one of the
best, if not the best in the league. The
Travelers responded in the third by scoring two more. Billy Sweet led off with
a single, Alfred stuck out and Ralph Francis singled. Dunham sent a long fly to center and Johnson
made a spectacular, over the shoulder grab but fell down trying to turn to
throw the ball back in allowing the runners to advance. Bobby Watson then hit a perfectly placed
double into the right field corner scoring both runners. Tilman struck out to end the inning.
In
the sixth inning
Due
up for the Travelers in the ninth were Sweet, Alfred and Francis. Sweet started off with a surprise bunt,
catching the infield off guard and reaching first safely. Alfred laid down a second bunt but was thrown
out at first, Sweet made it to second.
Francis then hit a looper over the shortstop’s head allowing Sweet to
advance to third and got to first safely.
Dale Dunham came to the plate.
Not a homerun hitter, he only had 12 for the entire season, the infield
was drawn in hoping for a ground ball they could turn into a double play. The outfield was in, too, trying to prevent
an extra base hit. The count went to 3-2
and
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EAST FAREWELL CELEBRATES TRAVELERS WIN
“I hope this
moves the council to look into rebuilding the ballpark,” said fan Sid
Bauer. The Town Council has been
exploring different options on the ball park issue. One is to rebuild the old, burned out park
and another is to build a new park on
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