of Knots and Kings
By George Bragaw
& pur la La lux
With the symposium on athletic injuries
given by the County Medical Society at Walter
Johnson high school a week ago Monday, the
football season for 1960 was kicked open.
The clinic on injuries which was cooked
up by Cres Bride, the very capable conservative
director of physical education for the county
schools, in conjunction with county health lead
ers. If comment of the coaches is a good cri
teria, and it should be, the one-day symposium
vtas a success.
• • •
By the grape vine we understand that
more coaches than parents were In attend
ance. This Is imfortunate. It Is often the
parents rather than the coaches who will
become aware of Injuries. Higli school
boys are sometimes reluctant to tell the
coaches how bad they feel .for fear they
won’t see action in the next game. And.
of course, all accidents don’t occur in the
gym or on the practice field.
• • •
Unless the rains and rollers come, chances
are that a good portion of Richard Montgom
ery’s twisted ankles and knees won’t occur on
the practice field this fall either. A look at the
sod on the new football field is a wonderful
sight from afar, but close range it’s not the
best. Granted, it’s probably better than most
people find when moving into a new subdivi
sion, but the new sod is full of small pot holes,
Dports
B4
For 2d Straight Year
Merchants Take Title
Despite Redland Rally
By George Braga*
DPMI Editor
The Rockville Merchants outlasted Redland, 6-5, Sun
day to win the Montgomery County Baseball League cham
pionship for the second straight year, then tarnished their
title a bit by losing to Rockville Citivan, 8-3. The double
header at Carver Field was played as a benefit to defray
the hospital expenses of Karan Isreal, five-year-old daugh
ter of Clarence Israel of Rockville.
Civitan Wins
-Over County
Champions
Carl Apstein limited the
Rockville Merchants to three
runs, two unearned, as the
Rockville Civitan County
Major League Boys Cham
pions surprised the tired
Montgomery County Base
ball League champions, 8-3,
in a rain halted game on
Carver Field.
It was the second game of a
doubleheader benefit for Karan
Isreal, five-year-old Rockville
girl, who has acute leukemia.
The Merchants used both of
their starting pitchers against
Redland in winning the County
baseball title and Rupe Curry,
who had caught nine innings in
the first game, took the mound
against eager youngsters.
Civitan Scores First
Two hits and a walk loaded
the bases in the second inning
for Civitan with two out. Pitch
er Apstein then poked a drive
to right which umpire Cliff
Matthews ruled rightfielder
Billy Peake trapped as two runs
crossed the plate. A third run
ner was cut down at the plate
to end the inning.
The Merchants got a run back
In the bottom of the frame as
Patty Awkard tripled in God
frey Moore who had singled to
make the score 2-1.
In the third Tony Zan
guardi doubled. Paul Till sin
gled him home and took second
on the throw to the plate. Jackie
Smith's long sacrifice fly sent
Till to third and Floyd squeezed
in Till with a safe bunt down
the first baseline. Floyd was
picked off first. Curtis flied
out to end the inning. Civitan
led 4-1.
4-Run Rally in 4th
In the fourth Civitan broke
the game open with a four run
rally as Howard Lyles took over
the pitching chores. Carl Mid
dledorf started the Inning with
a single. Tom Reitz hit the ball
on the ground and Mlddledorf
beat Curry’s wide throw to sec
ond for the attempted force
play. Apstein laid down a per
fect bunt by the mound and
there was no play at any base.
Paul Till then lined a single
through the middle scoring two
runs and another trotted home
as the centerfielder fumbied the
ball. Denny Floyd then singled
In Till and Floyd went to sec
ond on the throw to the plate,
but was again picked olf to end
the inning.
rocks and tire tracks that need to be watered
and rolled out before the first home game
against Blair on September 25.
• • •
A bit of news about county football
which broke back near the start of the
baseball season, that many may have
missed was the appointment of Pete Le
ra rio of Sliver Spring as head football
coach at the new Springbrook High which
opens up in the eastern end of the County
the end of October. Pete was coach of
the Gonzaga High School team which won
the Washington City Championship and the
Catholic League title last winter.
Lerario says some associates told him he
was taking a step down from a city champion
ship team to a new school without any foot
ball background, but Pete disagrees. He looks
upon his new job as a new type of teaching
experience where more demands will be put
upon him.
For the time being at least, Pete will be
out of coaching. The new school opens up on
a split shift basis at Sligo Junior High in Sep
tember until the new school is completed, and
with the late classes he won’t have much time
for teaching. Springbrook won’t have a foot
ball team this season, but Lerario says he will
field a JV team next year. He will be teach
ing history, civics, and some physical education
this year.
Thursday, August 25, 1960
Approximately $65-S7O was
raised by the games, swelling
the hospital fund to the neigh
borhood of S2OO.
Rockville built up a 40 lead
before Scotty Silvers unloaded
a triple down the rightfield line
to score two runs for Redland
in the fifth. Rockville picked
up another run in the seventh
that looked like Icing on the
cake until Howard Lyles who
relieved starter Billy Peake got
into red hot water in the ninth.
Hottinger Brings in S
A pair of texas leaguers and
a walk loaded the bases with
two out in the ninth. At that
point Gene Hottinger unloaded
his third hit of the day, a 340-
foot double and only fast field
ing held him at second. Three
runs scored on the play to trim
the Merchant’s advantage to 6-5.
Redland shortshop DeWitt Hahn
then hit a grounder which third
baseman Jackie Smith scooped
up and fired to first to end the
game.
The game was highlighted by
the fine fielding of Carl Web
ster at shortstop for the win
ners. In addition Carl had two
hits and a run batted in. Sec
ond baseman Elbert Isreal had
three hits and a run batted in
for the winners, while Rupe
Curry had two hits and two
RBl’s. Peake also had two hits.
Peake gave up only four hits
and two runs over the first
seven innings and got the Win.
He walked two and struck out
three. Lyles allowed three hits,
all in the ninth, three runs,
struck out one and walked one.
Morris Gets Loss
Greg Morris went all the way
for Redland. He allowed 10
hits, struck out four and walked
one. Willis Byrd, Charlie Pugh
and Morris each had two hits
for the losers. Redland ended
the season with a 12<$ record,
while the Merchants had a 13-2
mark. Redland was not in the
league last year, but won the
league championship in 1958 in
a playoff series with Merchants
(then called Hickman & Mon
ard).
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Johns Hopkins
For Loop Title
The 6200 Grill scored five
of its six runs with two out
to defeat Johns Hopkins
Physics Lab, 6-3, and clinch
the Montgomery County
Adult Softball League title.
Ray Luckett was touched for
nine hits, but struck out five
and walked one in posting his
12th win of the season and third
playoff victory. The victory
gave 6200 a 16-2 season’s total.
6200 beat Hopkins, 6-0, and
Thompson’s Restaurant, 1-0, in
earlier playoff games.
Earl Gray was the loser for
Hopkins. He allowed eight hits,
walked seven and struck out
six.
Bob Ochs led the winners
with two hits, including a dou
ble and three runs batted in.
Walker also had two hits and
two RBl’s for 6200. It was
Ochs’ two-out single that scored
Dino d’Auito who had singled
and Walker who had doubled
that allowed 6200 to overtake
Hopkins, 4-3, in the top of the
sixth Inning for the winning
margin. Walker singled in two
more runs with two out in the
seventh for the icing on the
cake.
APL Takes First Lead
Hopkins took a 2-0 lead in the
bottom of the second. Ralph
Vendemia started the inning
with his first of two hits for
the day. Bob Giles followed
with another single and after
Jim Symington fanned, Ed Cau
thers sacrificed both runners
along. Earl Gray’s two-out
single brought both in to score.
With one out in the top of
the third Luckett was hit by a
pitch and rode home on Ochs’
double to make the score, 2-1,
in Hopkins favor. In the bot
tom of the inning APL got the
run back as manager Richard
Walters was safe on an error
.with two out. Vendemia -tripled
him in and Hopkins led 3-1.
6200 manager Bill Hauptman
coaxed Gray for a walk. With
one away d’Auito also walked
and with two out Jack Glenn
singled in another run to cut
the score to 3-2.
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CYO Split
McDonalds Hamburgers
handed St. Mary’s its first
loss of the season in an ex
citing 3-2 game, then the
CYO team paced by Boots
Spencer evened the Rock
ville Midget League playoff
series at one game apiece
with a 8-2 victory. The final
game of the series was
scheduled for Monday and is
reported elsewhere in the
paper.
Greg Alvord was the winning
pitcher in the first game. He
gave up but one hit, a two-run
homer by Steve Schrider in the
first inning. He walked four
and struck out 13. Tommy
Horton did nearly as well for
the losers. He allowed but two
hits, walked eight and fanned
13.
In the first inning Horton
struck out three although two
walks threatened trouble. In
the bottom Horton was staked
to a two run lead as Spencer
walked and Schriber blasted an
Alvord pitch over the center
field fence.
In the second both teams
went out in order. After the
first two McDonalds’ batters!
struck out in the third. Hor
ton issued his third walk. Al
vord plopped a single over sec
ond and Kurt Schork tied the
score with a triple to right cen
terfield. Horton cut loose with
a wild pitch and Schork raced
across the plate to end the scor
ing for the day.
In the Saturday game, Hor
ton started things going for
CYO by drawing a walk in the
second. Jimmy Isreal bunted
to move Horton along and
pitcher Mike Mullican threw
wild to first allowing Horton
to score. Pat Tyser then beat
out a bunt. The next two bat
ters walked forcing in run num
ber two. Alvord relieved Mul
lican and got the next three bat
ters on ground balls, two at
the plate and one at first
In the third Spencer walked,
Horton was safe on an error
and Isreal walked to load the
run and a sacrifice fly got an-;
other run across as CYO led, 1
4-0. Jay Holiday then doubled
in two more runs.
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The Super Music Jets won
the championship in Mont
gomery County’s 26-team
midget division last week,
squeezing out a 1-0 victory
over Packett’s Pharmacy de
spite the absence of five of their
big guns from the lineup.
It was their fourth straight
win against no losses in the
Boys Baseball Association sum
mer-end play-offs after captur
ing the Bethesda-Kensington
league championship in regular
season play with 14 wins and 4
losses.
Victory in the final game, at
Sligo Recreation Center August
17, was especially sweet for the
Jets because they had to field
what amounted to their second
team after vacation took a
heavy last-minute toll of regu
lars. At one point there was
doubt they would be able to
muster a team at all.
They were carried to triumph
over Packett's, however, on the
three-hit pitching of Gary
Coates and the slugging in the
top half of the last inning of
second stringers Eric Anderson
and Chip Kordella. Eric singled
to send Coates, on board with
a walk, scurrying safely to third
but Gary cracked a bone in his
right foot sliding into the bag
and was carried from the field.
Chip lined one through the in
field to send pinch-runner Mike
Creek home with the evening's
only tally.
In the bottom half of the inn-.
ing, the “druggists” got Alan
Judd to third with one out and
tried a squeeze play. But Phil
Corddry, in for Coates, gath
ered up Tommy Hopkins’
grounder and burned it in to
catcher Billy Edwards who
made the putout. Timmy Wood
went down swinging to end the;
game.
In his five innings, winning
pitcher Coates fanned six,
walked one and kept Packett’s
three hits scattered through
three Innings. Corddry gave up j
no walks or hits and struck out
one in the 6th.
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CHAMPIONS OF CHAMPIONS _ Winning
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the Rockville Department of Recreation
pose Friday as their trophies are presented
at Twinbrook Bowling Center. In the front
row the members of the Maryvale Play
ground team are as follows, left to right,
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St. Jude’s, who have held the
lead of the Wheaton Church
League most of the season.!
I slipped into a tie with St. Paul’s
Methodist as Millian Methodist
knocked off the leaders, 7-3.
Marv McCollum pitched for
Millian and allowed only six
hits, walked four and struck out i
, two. Charlie Perkins and Pat
Berry shared the pitching for
St. Jude's and both were wild.
Together they walked seven
men, although allowing seven
hits.
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: in the fifth with a bases loaded
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| three more runs and win the
game. St. Jude’s and St. Paul's
now have identical records of
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| games to move up into third
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dist. St. Catherine’s defeated I
Danny Cordelli, Linda Cummings, Jimmy
Shipler, Mike Karsh and Ronnie Cordelli.
In the back row are. from left, Bill Glenny,
Twinbrook manager; City Councilman
Achilles M. Tuchtan, coach Jean Sherman,
and City Recreation Director Bert Kurland.
—Staff Photo.
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George Gerondakis allowed four
lilts, walked eight and struck
out seven, to get the win. Ralph
Damiano and Tom McKee hit
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