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THURSDAY, JULY 6 , 1939 ,THE WATCHMAN PAGE SEVEN SPORTS I THE SMOKEHOUSE | i I I Byy JOEOE SMOLENSKIMOLENSKI ^ ^ B J S “ Doc” Wasson's four star quip, “ Mattltuck has better law y e r s th a n baseball players”, w a s custom made with two pairs of pants for the result of last w e e k ’s North Shore League protest meeting — O u r local baseball buffons did it t h e w a r lord way; they won a game sitting at a conference table — The tilt concerned w a s the Indian givers affair which iVlattituck gave Southold Sunday, Ju n e 25th via the orthodox nine inning method and a poke full of f l a g r a n t misplays __ And took back at a N. S. L. confab on Friday evening, Ju n e 30th — The league m a i n s t a y s gave Mattltuck the game and league lead because of a slight oversight on the First Settlers p a r t , — The South- old lads used Healing in play while he remained on G r e e n p o r t ’s roster and consequently w a s bona fide Porter tim b e r and not legally available for competition in any other line-up — This lack of dis cretion cost George Stelzer's charges a vital tilt and buried them deeper in their com p a n y ’s quagmire — Because of t h e decree at the fateful meeting IVlattituck retained the league lead for a brief period of tw o days — However, our fair footloose and error free for all Charley horses dropped another contest and took in another notch In th e i r tattered N. S. L. belt which circumscribes a lean abdominal region — If A b n e r Doubleday, founder of A m e r i c a ’s baseball, could lift t h e cover off his grave and observe t h e type of baseball IVlattituck plays, he would most certainly drag the whole bunch in back with him — The gang seems permeated with a reek odor of errors and ennui at t h e plate — R u n n e r s are left s t r a n d e d on bases like refugees from G e r m a n y — We all urge Manager Bob Lindsay to recall all the cards, sleeved aces and all, and shuffle the deck thoroughly for a complete new deal — And not t h e federal administration type! Sportpourri: The high fevered Southold town nine w a s fu r t h e r flushed last week wlien the North Shore League biggies deprived them of t h e services of Meehan and a few other alien baseball hands — However, Healing has been restored to them — Riverhead t h r e a t ens to load to the hilt in all future tilts — New Suffolk’s Pirates w e r e marched off t h e gangplank of t h e good ship Sound Shore League by Manorville last Sunday for the Corsair’s initial setback — The peninsula pilferers dropped a saber edge 2-1 decision — Riverhead m e t with reversals at the hands of St. ^Stanley’s and the league lead is solely in possession of t h e Suffoikers — G r e e n p o r t ’s victory Inspired bludgeon wielders copped another win by besting Shelter Island in a N. S. L. fracas — The last t h r e e wins puts Bill Quinn’s lads in the u p p e r brackets — Cutchogue continues to ring up winning scores and d r a w the fans’ plaudits — Some of t h e baseball savants are c o m p a r ing the Cutchogue team with the Boston Braves of another era — Hopelessly wished out of the league, they have experienced a p e n na n t winning resurrection. Sportbits: We w o n d e r how many ard e n t baseball fans are aw a r e th a t Judge Reeve of Mattltuck organized the first baseball team in Suffolk County — He also was the first to introduce the pitching of the famed curve ball — Many sharp ball haw k s were baffled by its sudden give away — Many fervid fans w o n d e r why Henry Fleet gave up pitching baseball in these parts — Seems he was tops locally In the a r t of tossing them up to the platter — Some vow he w a s big league material — Dinghy racing on the PeconIc off t h e Old Cove Is a regal marine sport — Watching the small craft m a n e u v e r into position excites many an athlete who has done the same in other fields of competition — Cupid snatched another gent from the b a s e ball domain when Carl Cooper, G r e e n p o r t ’s ace first hassocker, took the short walk up t h e long aisle of marital life — All right wise guys, refrain from saying “ m a r t i a l ” . The Wag and His Bobbed Tale or A Pitcher’s Lament; “ Give a ball player an inch and he’ll steal a base. Sportspoetry; R a l n - o u t s — Athlete’s pouts — Tennis games — Scantied flames — Round trippers — O m e r ’s clippers (again for free) — Cutchogue’s rise — Mattituck's demise — Baseball’s surprise — Roller flying — Arnica applying/— Sharp curves — Frazzled nerves — Team standings — Reprim a n d i n g s — Bad decision — F a n ’s derision — Double headers — Ribald bettors — High lobs — Social snobs — Spike slashes — Deep gashes — P l a y e r ’s snorts — Um p i r e ’s retorts — Base steals C r o w d ’s squeals — Hasty meals — Rooters — Tooters — C o m muters — Springboards — Baseball lords — Duffers — Muffers — Deep ruts — Long putts — High dives — Beautiful drives — Fist fight — P a t r o n ’s delight — Boxing matches — Marital catches. Sudden thought: I t h i n k th a t I shall never see The Mattltuck team on a winning spree. For it’s even beyond t h e comprehension of me To see a team win with heads from a tree. FLASHES FROM THE GREENPORT TENNIS ASSN. The annual men’s singles tour nament of the Greenport Tennis Association starts on July 16 and 17. All entries must be in to Henry Clark, Jr. by Tuesday, July 11. “Buddy” Morris, the sensational high school wonder boy, has sig nified his intention ol defending the crown. Former titleholders are: .1935, Joe Patrick; 1936, Joe Townsend; 1937, Joe Townsend; 1938, Buddy Morris. The annual mixed doubles tour nament starts on August 6 and 7. NORTH SHORE LEAGUE BASEBALL SCHEDULE July 9 Greenport at Cutchogue Riverhead at Southold Shelter Island at Mattituck Ju l y 16 Southold at Shelter Island Cuijchogue at Riverhead Mattituck at Greenport Ju l y 23 Greenport at Riverhead Mattituck at Southold Shelter Island at Cutchogue July 30 Southold at Cutchogue Mattituck at Riverhead Shelter Island a^; Greenport A u g u s t 6 Greenport at Southold Cutchogue at Mattituck Riverhead at Shelter Island August 13 Southold at Riverhead Cutchogue* at Greenport Mattituck at Shelter Island r NORTH SHORE LEAGUE 1 I BASEBALL SCHEDULE I July 9 Manorville at Riverhead Mattituck at New Suffolk July 16 *Riverhead at Mattituck ’\New Suffolk at Manorville July 23 Manorville at Mattituck Riverhead at New Suffolk July 30 New Suffolk at Mattituck Riverhead at Manorville August 6 ♦Mattituck at Riverhead *Manorville at New Suffolk August 13 New Suffolk at Mattituck Riverhead at Manorville August 20 *New Suffolk at Riverhead ♦Mattituck at Manorville LEGS ON LOCOMOTIVE The locomotive with legs is get ting a lot of laughs at the Coui't of Railways at the New York World’s Fair. The driving mech anism consists of a pair of huge jointed iron legs designed to give the engine locomotion like a jack rabbit. That was before anyone thought of hooking the legs to the wheels as driving rods. What to do about a large piece of furniture that stands in a bay window is one of the many room arrangement tips in Cornell bul letin E-388 on the arrangement of home furnishings. Single copies are sent free on request to the Office of Publications, Roberts Hall, Ithaca, N. Y. ADVERTrSE IN THE WATCHMAN QET THE BEST FOR LESS HAIRCUT ........... .................... 40o SHAVE ........................................ 20c FREDDIE’S BARBER SHOP Locals Remain On Top By Splitting Week-end Tilts 12 Inning Session wifh Cuf-*^ chogue on 4th Ends in 6-3 Win for Mottituck Mattituck’s Fourth of July base ball fiesta was merely another Mexican stand-off. The local lads dropped their short lived league lead to Riverhead Sunday by vir tue of a 6-4 score, and regained their respect by topping Cutch ogue 6-3 in a guerilla fracas on the firecracker day. The second tilt was by far the most thrilling game played up to date by the Mattituckians. The game went twelve innings before zoe Chichanowicz poled the pay off double pushing three runs across the platter. In the Sunday game, Okula again set back the Lindsay sew ing circle with seven hits. Five of the bingles, however, were for extra bases. Mattituck was un able to bunch their pokes and it wasn’t up until the final frame that they combined hitting power to score two runs. Garelle twirled for Mattituck and allowed but ten hits. Errors marred his record. Riverhead copped two runs in the second and third inning to feature the scoring and accented the victory with a run in the seventh and one in the final inning. Stewart star red at the plate for Mattituck with three hits out of four trips to the payoff station. A typical Merriwell finish bag ged the Cutchogue meet for Mat tituck. J. Chichanowicz smacked a double in the 12th frame after Samotis singled, DePetris walked and Bullock beat out a bunt to fill the bases. Both teams left men stranded on the sacks frequently and had many chances to score. Both pit chers twirled superb ball. Gilles and Waite went the route for their respective teams. Horton, McCaffery and Dickey kept their team in the race with two hits apiece. DePetris and Joe Chichanowicz didj best for Mat tituck. Box score: Mattituck AB R H E Stewart, ss ............... 5 0 0 0 Cantelmi, 2b ............ 2 1 0 0 Dmchuck, rf ............ 1 0 0 0 Samotis ...................... 1 1 1 0 DePetris, 3b . ............ 4 2 0 0 Bullock, cf ................ 5 2 2 0 Danowski, lb ........... 6 0 1 0 J. Chichanowicz, 3b. ... 6 0 3 0 Jernick, If ................ 6 0 0 0 V. Chichanowicz, c.. .. 5 0 0 0 Gilles, p .................... 4 0 1 0 — — — _ Totals .................... 45 Cutchogue 6 9 0 AB R H E Horton, 2b ................ 4 1 2 0 B. McCaffery, 3b 6 1 2 0 .. 6 0 0 0 Dickey, lb ................ 5 1 2 0 Kaelin, c f ' .................. .. 6 0 0 0 Stepnoski, ss ............ . 6 0 1 0 Salter, If ................... 5 0 1 0 Kane, c ...................... 4 0 1 0 Waite, p .................... ,, 5 0 0 0 — — __ __ Totals .................... 47 Box score: Mattltuck 3 9 0 AB R H E Ruthinowski, rf 4 0 1 0 Danowski, lb ........... 5 1 1 0 DePetris, 2b ............. 3 0 0 0 Bullock, cf ................ , 2 1 0 0 J. Chichanowicz, c... 4 0 0 0 Jernick, If ................ 4 0 0 0 .. 2 0 0 0 V. Chichanowicz, 3b.. .. 2 0 0 0 Stewart, ss ............... .. 4 1 3 0 .. 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 — — __ 4 7 0 Riverhead New Suffolk Stopped By Manorville 2-1 New Suffollfs league leading' Corsairs traveled to Manorville in quest of their fourth straight vic tory, but returned somewhat dis illusioned and well, aware of the fact that history very often repeats itself. A year ago and on a for eign dias the Sound Shore cham pions were checked momentarily in their dash to the pennant by the cellar occupants. Again after three successive wins in the cur rent pennant race, the Pirates fetched up on a snag and by a team that had not yet tasted vic tory. For nine innings spectators saw a game that was as tight as a diving bell. Runs were scarcer than hair on a grapefruit, and in the last stanzas they took on a monetary aspect as players were offered cold cash to cross home plate either by hook or crook. In the first inning Manorville tallied a run that looked bigger than the Himilaya Range to New Suffolk as they consistently drib bled Morpeth’s pitches to the in field in an attempt to tie the score. After seven innings, during which batters on both sides rose and fell like waves on a sea, the score re mained 1-0. In the top of the eighth' the Pirates began to look like the team of old as Joe Smo- lenski started the inning with a single, stole second, and romped home when Smith singled to cen ter, but the rally stopped then and there. In the bottom half of the eighth Manorville retaliated with the final run of the game. Mizzale singled, took second as the next batter drove to Boerg- esson, who in turn threw low to second, and then Murdock’s time ly single drove in the winning run. Both pitchers pitched masterful ball, with Morpeth allowing but five hits and Boergesson retiring thirteen neemy batsmen via the strikeout route. New Suffolk won its scheduled game on the Fourth by forfeit when Riverhead failed to make an appearance. Box score: New Suffolk AB R H E J. Smolenski, lb ... 4 1 1 0 Smith, 3b ............. ■* 4 0 1 0 Papurca, 2b ......... 4 0 0 0 Majeski, c f ........... ,, 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Pugsley, lb ......... 4 0 1 0 Bergoesson, p ...... 4' 0 1 1 B. Smolenski, ss ... , 3 0 0 0 Schriefer, c ......... 3 0 1 0 Totals ............. , 33 1 5 1 Monorville AB R H E Nizzala, ss ........... 4 1 2 0 Magnani, If ......... 4 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 Carlough, 2b ........ , 4 0 1 0 ,, 4 0 0 0 Saneski, 3b .......... , 3 0 1 0 Harrison, cf .......... 3 0 1 0 Stype, rf ................ 3 0 0 0 Morpeth, p ........... 3 0 0 0 Totals .............. ... 32 2 8 a AB R H E Yakobowski, I f .... ... 5 1 1 0 T. Danowski, 2b 4 0 0 0 E. Danowski, ss ,, 5 0 0 0 .. . 5 0 1 0 .... 5 1 1 0 Block, 3b .......... . 3 2 2 0 Savaty, c .............. .... 4 0 1 0 Kobylenski, lb .... 4 1 1 0 .... 4 1 2 0 .... 39 6 10 0
