Show SINGLE MEN PROVE SUPERIOR AT K BASE 0 N BALL THAT IS by herbert dunn well girls it nay may be leap year but it will do you no good to lure your elusive heart throb with the statement that married men make better baseball players than bachelors because milford Me Ale chams married men alen dropped a 13 to 11 decision friday to nine bashful bachelors herded by ken sommers the married men alen pulled away to a 30 3 0 lead in the second on singles by ab wright and reed nielsen and a pair ot of errors by the youngsters battery however in the third the married boys must have felt right at home because the root roof fell lit in on them mark in a tit fit of wildness hit three batters gave up two singles walked a man and aided the bachelor cause by making an error dy by the time the inning was over and the managing milk man had been revived the kids had tallied five fat runs in the fifth inning the single men added another pair of runs to make the score at the halfway point 7 to 3 in the fifth a singled to launch a three run rally but it took a complete collapse ot of the youngsters infield to get the runs the kids find handles on infield grounders and booted four before the side aide was retired ken tucker franco france and jay porter singled in the sixth the kids made three more miscues and at the end of the sixth the Alar married ried men led 11 to 7 lou wright greeted with a solid triple to open the eighth as the score stood 11 to 10 for the Mec at this point milford called on the mayor of the town to put out the tire fire with wright on third and nobody out shark walked larry jensen yielded a single to merrell francis and larry peterson and watched helplessly from the mound as tom thompsons Thomp sons fly ball went for an error in center field three runs scored in the inning and they meant the ball game france porters double to left was the only threat the married boys made in the ninth on one occasion ken sommers thought balked when the ump said no jumpie Jum pin jesse started arted it a violent protest that lasted some time proceeds from the game were divided evenly between little league baseball and daughters of the pioneers each organization collected about thirty dollars the game was a great success and already players and fans are howling tor for a rematch single men afen 13 10 9 Alar married ried men alen 11 8 5 larry peterson and larry jensen mark paul stuart 8 and tom littlefield |