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Show Columbia Vraps Up Championship in Nat. Little Leaguo ( It's all over but the shoutin;: in j i In- Hi'.-1 half of l lay in lee .u itional Little" Lea.mie with Columbia Colum-bia clinching the first half cham-i. cham-i. unship with three victories dur-.ng dur-.ng the past week. Only remaining (piestion for Columbia is whether they will finish the half with a perfect record with only one remaining game. Standings with just five Ramos 'eft on the docket were as follows fol-lows after Tuesday's action: Jolumbia 7 0 1.000 lones Motor 3 2 .GOO Lions 3 ... 3 .500 Elks 1 G .113 Jaycees 1 G .113 The big game of the week pit-od pit-od Columbia against Jones Motor Mot-or and Columbia came out on top by a 2 to 1 score in two extra .inings. Nolan Roberts proved to be the equalizer in the game as he hit i home run in the sixth inning to knot the score at 1-all and force the game into extra innings, lie Mien connected for another round tripper in the eighth to give Columbia Co-lumbia the victory. lioberts came m in relief of horn for the extra ex-tra innings and was al.-o credit-M credit-M with the mound victory. It; was the second extra inning ictory for Columbia over Jones Motor in the first half of play.. In other action Columbia came up with a 4 to 2 win over Elks ma men handed Lions a setback with a one-sided 14 to 5 win. Jaycees picked up their only! win of the half during the week with a 4 to 1 win over Elks. The win for Jaycoes left Jaycees and Elks tied for fourth and fifth place in the standings. First half schedule will be completed Monday evening and the second half will get under-: way Tuesday with a break Wed-; nesdav to participate in a baseball base-ball clinic. |