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Show Little Leaguers Battle Under Handicap TEAM STANDINGS Rotary 5 i .831 Mtlne 5 2 .715 Lions 3 2 .GOO Elks 3 4 .441 Columbia 1 4 .200 Kiwanis 1 5 .1GT Success of the All-star team, which has kept key players from regular team play for an extended extend-ed period, together with postponement post-ponement of games during the district tournament, has thrown the LitUe League race into considerable con-siderable confusion during the past week. However, five games have been played, and the remaining re-maining games of the schedule will continue on a speeded up basis in order to complete it well before school opens'. Managers of the teams have been in a dilemma as to what to do about pitchers, with most of the teams having one or two of their top twirlers on the All-star team. Thus they have not only been forced to play regularjy scheduled games with short pitching staffs, but have had to sandwich in make-up games as well. Run Down The Kiwanis Club lost three games during the week, two of them by one run; the Elks won and lost in two games, Milne pulled out two victories, Rotary won its only game, and Columbia Colum-bia dropped Its only game. Last Thursday Milne defeated Kiwanis 10 to 9, with Craig Ash-down Ash-down and CayJe Roberts doing the pitching for the winners, and Richard Coidie, Robert Cuff and Kent Smith handling the mound duties for the losers. Friday, Milne won from the Elks by a 9 to 8 score in extra innings, on a game that is in doubt because of a pitching mix- up. Billy Short, Milne, and Ronnie Ron-nie Gilliam, Elks, pitched a six inning tie, with Craig Ashdown winning over Don A. Matheson in the extra inning. David Higbee pitched the Rotary Ro-tary team to a 9 to 4 win over the Kiwanis Club Monday, with Kent Smfth going the route for the losers. Ronnie Englestead helped the Rotary cause with a home run with one on. Tuesday, Mi.!ne bested Columbia, Colum-bia, 7 to 3. with Jerry Stokes out doing the mound offerings of Danny Haycock and Gayle Roberts. Wednes'd'iy the Kiwanis team held a 6 to 4 lead as the Elks came to bat in the last inning, to push ov?r three runs and win the game. Richard Condie, Kiwanis, Ki-wanis, and Jimmy Nelson, Elks, tangled in a pitching duel with Condie allowing six hits and Nelson Nel-son seven. |