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Dallas Legion showed the qual-
ities of a champion as it came
brough when the blue chips were
he table to wallop Shawnee
brn . . . . In a smooth, well-
red game, the Legionnaires de-
beat Shawnee 4-1 .....
victory puts Dallas back in
place, but with a possibility
ova tie with any of the challeng-
ing four teams’. . . .. The Legion,
playing its own confident game
showed some of the power that
makes it one of the most feared
teams in the circuit, as it blasted
out three runs in the sixth on a
series of clean hits.
The Legion is now in a position
of watchful waiting as the remain-
ing teams attempt to eliminate
each other from the playoffs . . .
At the very worst the Legion can
end up, in a tie for second place
is ee Charlie Lawson, league
president, is of the opinion that
Wanamie will be the closest team
to Dallas, and of the four, Wan-
amie, Miners Mills, Railway,
Shawnee. Tavern, Railway will be
the one eliminated from the play-
offs.
Loren Fiske pitched one of his
best games turning back Shawnee
with only four hits and eleven
strikeouts . . . . With only a brief
flurry in the fourth to score one
run, Shawnee was powerless
against the speed and slants of the
Legion hurler, while Dallas feasted
on the unorthodox delivery of
Casey, Shawnee pitcher for seven
hits, one of them ‘a deep home
run along the right field line by
Jim Knecht Umpire Os-
trowski, assigned to last Sunday’s
game, is a brother of the Baron
basketball star, Kuyler Ostrowski.
In a fitting climax to an excit-
ing contest, Harold Brobst made
a great diving shoestring catch of
a high fly in left field to end the
game . . . Brobst also starred at
bat, getting a freak single off the
butt of his bat and a double to
drive in the winning run and then
romped home on Jimmy Knecht’s
homer . . . . Harry Grose also had
a field day as he collected two
singles and both times went all the
way to third on a fielder’s choice
in a brilliant exhibition of base
running . . . He also made some
sterling plays in centerfield cover-
ing the entire territory like a wet
blanket . . . . Sparky Rattigan with
a long double to right, (robbed of
a sure homer as the ball hit a
car and bounced on the playing
field) and Glenn Roberts with a
timely single rounded out the
Legion attack.
Six Dallas players were chosen
for the West Side All Star team, |-
announced Charles Lawson, league
president . . . . The game will be
played the latter part of this month
. . .. Legion players honored were:
Manager Ken Grose, 3rd base;
Harry Grose, outfield and pitcher;
Jimmy Knecht, 1st base; Sparky
Rattigan, 2nd base; Paul Fiske,
catcher; and Loren Fiske, pitcher
. ... Four Shawnee players chosen
were Casey, pitcher; Turpak, 3rd
base; Davis, shortstop; and G. Voy-
tush, outfield . . . . West Side AC
will be represented by Delaney,
. outfield, and three players yet to
be named . . . . Larksville’s selec-
tions include Pickey, catcher; Davis,
outfield; Handley, infield; and Kow-
walski, 3rd base Lawson
hazards that this aggregation of
stars should take the measure of
the East Siders.
East Dallas upset Beaumont 5-3,
as Harry -Martin held Arch Aus-
tin’s boys in the palm of his hand
striking out twelve men and giv-
ing up only eight scattered hits
. . If Bast Dallas can win Sun-
day’s game with Shavertown, it
will tie Orange for second place
oi . Assured of a place in the
playoffs, East Dallas is pointing
for a repetition of last year’s feat
of ending the season in third
place and then winning the play-
offs . . . . If its pitchers get the
support they have had in the past
few games, East Dallas will be a
very dangerous opponent in the
playoffs . . . . Tex Wilson with a
double and a single and Harry
Hughey with two singles led the
Dallas attack aided by Art Bel-
las with a double and Pete Austin,
Joe Tondora, and Al Morse with
singles . . . . The Taylor brothers
spearheaded the Beaumont attack
with five hits between them.
Orange smothered Carverton 18-
0 gathering twenty hits off Bill
Fink, Carverton pitcher, five of
‘them for extra bases . . . . Len
Bellas with a home run, two
doubles and a single led the foray
followed by Sickler with a double
and four singles, Evans with a
double and a single, W. Smith
with three singles, Kunkle with
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two singles and Matte, A. Bellas,
Fronzck and Stofko with one single
apiece’, i, Every man in
Orange's starting lineup had at
least one hit . . . . Carverton could
reach. Lou Evans, Orange hurler
for only five hits, two of them by
rightfielder Charney.
Noxen sunk Harding 12-0, with
Granville Scouten facing only
twenty-nine batters and striking
out fifteen while allowing only
three hits . . . Fred Case, Noxen
leftfielder, slammed out two home
runs and two singles ‘to head Nox-
en's battsmen Art Bliz-
zard, Noxen manager, tells us that
he has the best pitching staff in
the league and that theyll cause
plenty of trouble in the playoffs.
Vernon just slipped by Shaver-
town 5-4 in a tight game . ...
Vernon was leading 5-1 going into
the ninth inning when Shaver-
town exploded for three runs and
had men on second and third when
the final out was made . . . .Arja
Brown, Shavertown 3rd baseman,
drove in two of the three runs
when he doubled with the bases
loaded Everetts was the
winning pitcher for Vernon and
Art Kitchen the loser for Shaver-
town.
Dallas Township won the Kiwanis
League flag as it defeated Trucks-
ville 3-1, Friday in a play-off for
first place . . . . Rightfielder Wat-
kins drove in the Red and White's
winning two runs with a double
. . Bob Bellas was the winning
pitcher . . . Dallas Township will
play Trucksville in a three-game
playoff series, the winner to be
awarded a dinner by Dallas Kiwan-
is Club.
Lehman has added two new foes
to its gridiron schedule . . . Both
Factoryville and Moosic will field
teams in this area for the first
time in seven or eight years . . .
Besides the two newcomers, Leh-
man will play its old standby:
Tunkhannock, Avoca, Dallas Town-
ship, Kingston and
Clarks Summit.
Township,
OFFICIAL SUSQUEHANNA
LEAGUE STANDINGS
Dallas Legion 9 5: 4643
Miners Mills 7. 4" .636
Wanamie AC 8.5 615
Shawnee Tavern 75.583
Railway AC Ten 5 3.583
Hudson AA 7- .7 .500
Larksville 4 10 .285
West Side AC 2 10 .166
LAST WEEK’S SCORES
East Dallas 5 Beaumont 3
Orange 18 Carverton ag
Noxen 12 Harding 0
Vernon 5 Shavertown 4
SUSQUEHANNA LEAGUE
SCHEDULE
Wanamie AC at Miners Mills
Railway AC at Shawnee Tavern
West Side, Idle. Two Games
yet to play.
Dallas, Hudson and Larksville—
Season Over. >
FINAL
KIWANIS LEAGUE STANDINGS
Dallas Township 14 4
Trucksville 3.5
Shavertown 12 <6
Jackson 9: 9
Dallas Borough 2 16
Fernbrook 1.17
LAST WEEK’S SCORES
Dallas T. 3 Trucksville 1
OFFICIAL
BI-COUNTY LEAGUE STANDINGS
Beaumont 11: 31.786
Orange . 10 4 .714
East Dallas 9 - 43.692
Noxen T° 511.583
Vernon 6 Ti .462
Shavertown 5 TE AT
Carverton 3.9 .250
Harding 1:13 ..072
LAST WEEK’S SCORES
Dallas Legion 4 Shawnee Tav. 1
Wanamie AC 9 Railway AC ¥
‘West Side AC 11 Hudson AA 10
Miners Mills, Idle (11 innings)
OFFICIAL
BI-COUNTY LEAGUE SCHEDULE
Games start at 2:30 P. M. Sun-
day, August 15. The following are
make-up games due to postpone-
ments during regular season.
East Dallas at Shavertown
Carverton at Noxen
Real Estate Taxes
Continue Upward
The burden carried by overload-
ed Pennsylvania home owners con-
tinues to get heavier as rising costs
of local government bring about
additional tax increases, the Penn-
sylvania Real Estate Association
has asserted.
“In many instances these ad-
vancing taxes are not being levied
directly,” said association spokes-
man, ‘but are appearing in the
form of increased charges for light,
water and sewer rents. In addition
local taxes for school and municipal
purposes are being increased stead-
ily.”
THE POST, FRIDAY, AUG
ORANGE
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gillespie and
son have returned to Buffalo, N. Y.
after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Brace. ’
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Dymond
have returned from a fishing trip
to Canada.
Miss Mary Sickler of Atlantic
City, N. J. has returned home after
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Sickler.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gay re-
cently entertained at dinner, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Brace, Miss Edith
Brace, Mrs. Ray Gillespie and son
Raymond, Mr. and Mrs. Malcomb
Baird and children, and Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Gay and son.
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Mrs. Harold Neil and son Daniel, |
have returned to Culver City, Cali-
fornia after visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Maria Moyer of Ruggles
spent the weekend with her grand-
children.
Mr. and Mrs. Horton Bell enter-
tained at dinner on Sunday, Mr.
and Mrs. Ira Bell and daughter of
Mehoopany, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Eyet, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Evans,
and Miss Gladys Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sickler re-
cently entertained the latter’s par-
ents from Ohio.
Miss Catherine Perry is spending
her vacation with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Perry.
Mrs. William Carey is a patient
at the Nesbitt Hospital. She is
being treat:d for burns.
UST 13, 1948
Among those who attended the
Dymond reunion at Benton Park,
Saturday were: Mrs. Florence Ross,
Mrs. Nora Dymond, Mr. and Mrs.
George Berlew, Richard Berlew, Mr.
end Mrs. Borge Lyhne, Mr. and
Urs. Horton Bell, Gladys Bell,
Anita Emmanuel, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Iaton, Mrs. John Zarno, Jackie
Zarno, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Larish
Susie Larish, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Ferry, Mrs. Myrtle Miller, Mr.
George Ferry, and Mr. Harry Ferry.
SWEET VALLEY
Mrs. Fred Breatbender of Amen-
ia, N.Y., and son and daughter-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bread-
bender of Connecticut are spending
some time with Mrs. Hattie Ed-
wards.
Dayton Long is spending some
time with Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Smith
of Newark Valley, N.Y. and Mr.
and Mrs. John Richards of Vestal,
N. Y. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Rich-
ards are Boyd's aunts.
Rev. and Mrs. Rolland Updyke
and family of St. Johnsville, N.Y.,
and Rev. and Mrs. Warden Updyke,
also of New York State, are spend-
ing their vacations with their par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Updyke.
Mr. and Mrs. Truman Stewart
of Stroudsburg, spent Sunday with
the latter’s parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Ira Button. On Sunday the But-
tons gave a dinner in honor of
their grandson, Philip Stewart on
his fourteenth birthday annivers-
ary. Phillip, who has been several
weeks in Sweet Valley, returned
home with his parents.
Harold LaBar and parents of East
Dallas called at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Holcomb, Thurs-
day evening.
Miss Elizabeth Parks of Wilkes-
Barre and Mrs. Viola Schmoll of
East Dallas spent the weekend with
Bess Klinetob.
Jackson Picnic
The annual Jackson Sunday
School and W.S.C.S. picnic will be
held at Wolfe's Grove Saturday,
August 14.
provided. A bus will leave the
Church at 1:30. A basket lunch
will be served at 6:30. :
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LAKE SILKWORTE |
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SUNDAY, AUG. I5
EVENTS OF THE DAY ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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Kayak Race
Single Canoe Race
Double Canoe Race
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Double Boat Race
Motor Boat Race
An evening Water
CARNIVAL
Fireworks at 9:30 IP. M.| |
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