December is
here and the Santa’s are already working.
Elmer Black doing a great job with the presents for the kids and next
Thursday a good group of guys and gals going to doing the Santa Calling for
youngsters in the Winter Haven area.
Two teams
were assembled for field E today. Russ
King took charge of the Visitors team with Capozzi, Dampier, Coffman,
Zakrowski, Schapeler, King, Witter, LaPointe, LaMay and Merritt. Steve Hill skippered the home team lined up
in this order, Freddy G., Roy, Hill, Herbie O, Lopez, Accetta, Minder,
Vandenberg, Marianne (new player this year), and Callahan.
First inning
started with a walk to Capozzi and those leadoff walks always score especially
with Dampier in the batter’s box. Fred
lined a drive deep to right center field and circled the based for
homerun. Singles by Coffman, Schapeler,
Witter and Lapointe drove in the 5th run of the inning. Freddy led off with a long drive to deep left center
but Coffman made a good running catch for the first out of the inning. A single by Roy followed by a liner to the
centerfield fence from the bat of Steve Hill tallied two runs, then singles by
Herbie O., Lopez, Minder, Vandenberg added two more. After the end of the first 5 to 4 favor of
King’s team.
Second
inning visitors posted a big “0” and the Hill team was all uphill by pushing
across 5 runs to take a commanding lead.
The bats went silent for the next three innings with the home team
adding just one run in the fourth.
In the 6th
inning the visitors added 2 runs and the home team recorded another 5 run
inning. End of six Home 15 Visitors
7. The King’s did not give up and added
6 more runs in the 7th and 8th while holding the Hill’s
scoreless. In the 8th inning
pitcher Witter struck out three of the four batters he faced. Game ended with
the King’s under the Hill’s by a score of 15 to 17. Good game by all.
King’s
leading hitters were Dampier with the cycle, Coffman 4 for 5, Schapeler 3 for
5, King 4 for 5, LaPointe 3 for 5 and LaMay 4 for 5.
Hill led his
team going 5 for 5 with two HR, Roy 3 for 5, Herbie 3 for 5, Accetta 4 for 5,
and Lopez and Minder both 3 for 5.
Submitted by
Don LaMay
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