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Kern's Homerun
Tops Williamsport
Gordon Miller Loses
No-Hitter In Sixth
Shortstop Cnariie Kern blasted a
Mugacy Noa: un 10 the poclom or tne
Sixvn mung to put Sack mountain
in tae 1nais 10r tue State Champion
Salp wit a 2-1 win over Wiliams-
poru Friday.
Wunamsport’s . Gordon Miller,
pitching superply for tive innings
and tanning fourteen of a possible
firteen hitvers not only lost his bid
for a no-hitter on Kern's clout but
also the ball game.
Wiiiiamsport ‘1akes Lead
Williamsport finally broke the ice
after Muer and Dubil had hurled
three innings of shutout ball against
each other with a run in the top of
the fourth.
After Miller struckout to start the
inning, Bloom stroked a two-strike
pitch to center, Welliver was safe on
an error by Townsend before Welter-
oth struckout for the second out.
With a 3-0 count on Ranck, manager
Sponseller ordered an intentional
walk, loading the bases. Buss then hit
a grounder to Morris which he kick-
ed around allowing Bloom to score
before Dean Shaffer fanned to end
the rally.
Townsend Scores
Miller recorded his tenth strike-
out to start the fourth, but Towns-
end was safe on an error by Ranck
for the fourth Back Mountain base-
runner. Miller's three wild ' pitches
before striking out Jones brought
Townsend around with the tying run
to set the stage for .a possible extra
inning game.
Kern Homers
After Dubil retired the side in
order in the top of the fifth, Cook
broke Miller's string of ‘twelve
straight strikeouts by bunting but
was thrown out, pitcher ‘to first.
Miller then followed with his 13 and
14th strikeouts.
Dubil again retired Williamsport
in the top of the sixth.
Back Mountain at the top of its
batting order with Kern, Dubil and
Townsend scheduled to bat in the
last of the sixth meant that Miller
though he had handled them all
previously without too much trouble.
Kern. first man up, wasted no time
in settling the issue when he picked
out an 1-0 pitch and laced it some
230 feet over the right centerfield
fence to “bring home the bacon” in
the semi-finals. ONE MORE TO GO !
Playing for the
Little League
on the spot
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Game Highlights
Miller unable to have much success
with his fastball, curved the Back
Mountain hitters to death getting
them to bite at several offerings in
the dirt.
Back Mountain probably saw the
best pitching it will see from here on
out after the way Miller pitched. He
also issued 3 walks.
Dubil, on the other hand, walked
one while whiffing eleven and threw
the Williamsport hitters off stride
with his baffling change-up following
fastballs.
Williamsport
Turi, 2b
Den Shaffer, 1b
Miller, p
Bloom, c¢
Welliver,
Welteroth,
Ranck, SS
Buss, If a
Dean Shafer, 3b ..........
cf
TOTALS
Back Mountain
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Martin, rf
Kern, ss
Dubil, p
Townsend, 1b
Jones, cf
Parry, 2b ri
Jenkins, 1f
Cook, ¢
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Back Mountain All-Stars will
have a family of Massachusetts
rooters this aftefnoon at the
Little League game in Med-
ford, when Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks’
daughter, Persis, convoys three
Little Leaguers of her own to
the stands.
Dicky, Scotty and Kim will
cheer for the Back Mountain
boys. Scotty and Dick both
played on championship teams
in Boulder, Colorado, last year.
Kim, pint size, is coming up in
the world of sports. Persis has
another potential Little Leaguer
coming along, Colin, who lacks
a year of being old enough for
even the Pee-Wee team. Their
father, Captain Charles Scog-
gins, has been playing ball with
his boys ever since they could
stand up.
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THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1962
New Champs Of Back Mountain Teener's League
The East Dallas winning team
front row, left to right; Robert
Scholl and Tom Harris; second row,
Bell, Jim Steinhauer, and Bill |Curt Bynon. Absent when picture
Roberts; third row, Roy Supulski, | was taken was Gene Shelly.
.Al Harris, Sumner Bachman, Don
Robert Stanton, David Caffrey, Mike Martin, Fred Gosart and manager,
East Dallas Wins Teener’s League Title
With Impressive 14-1 Season’s Record
= BY
Don Martin Is
Outstanding Pitcher
Fans who followed teen-age base-
ball this season know that in Don
Martin, East Dallas pitcher, the
area may have the finest pitcher
that has come along in several
years. Combining great speed and
unusual control for a young pitcher,
Don has been able to baffle the big
bats of opposing teams all season.
‘With proper handling Don can
make a name for himself in the
baseball world:
EN]
Trophies On Display
The three beautiful trophies won
by Back Mountain All-Stars in Little
League competition so far this year |
are on display in the lobby of Dallas !
Branch of Miners National Bank. ;
The trophies represent Anthracite
Championship, District Champion-
ship and State Championship,
THE DALLAS POST
‘OFFSET DEPARTMENT
Is One Of The Finest
In Pennsylvania
On the strong right arms of pitchers Don Martin and
Mike Bell, coupled with a flock of stolen bases, the East Dallas
Teener’s team surged to victory in the long, 15-game season
to win their first pennant in many years.
Pitcher Don Martin was a stand- .528; Martin, .500; Bell, .320.
out on the mound ending the year | Manager Curt Bynon has de-
with a perfect 10-0 record and Mike | veloped some top teener players
Bell came through with a 4-1 total. | which means good news for Coach
Martin averaged 10.4 strikeouts per | Ed Brominski’s future baseball
game, Bell 7 per game. | teams for Dallas Senior high school
The team leads the league in| as most of these players move into
stolen bases as Gosart stole 28, Har- | senior high competition this year.
ris. 22, Bachman 20, Shelly 15, The Teener’s League is now in the
Supulski 12 and Martin 16. [ros of a 4-team play-off series
The booming bats of the league |and, though overshadowed by the
leaders were more than the oppos- | fine showing of our Back Mountain
ing teams ‘could handle as most Little League State Champs, the
every game was won by a lopsided | | area’s baseball fans can also see a
score, the biggest being a 16-run fine calibre of baseball at the Dallas
total for East Dallas. Tops in the Junior High field.
batting column were Gosart, batting
LL Play-off Highlights
By GEORGE McCUTCHEON
In Friday's win over Williams- Two fellows who were not fooled
port one of the less talked about | by Miller's curves in the William-
feats was First Baseman Townsend's | sport game were Cook and Town-
speed in getting around with the send. They stood in close to: the
tying run, If he had not scored that | plate and got wood on the ball.
run it could easily have been an ex- Dr. and Mrs. Robert Mellman
i were present to root for the local
tra inning game.
| lads.
LUZERNE
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FRIDAY and SATURDAY
One Showing Only i
At 7:30 P M.
“Sparticus”
SUNDAY and MONDAY
(Continuous Sunday 2 to 11)
WALT DISNEY'S
“Big Red”
nopp, Phoenixville’s pitcher, sur-
| prised a lot of local fans with his
| easy motion and seemingly 'noth-
| ing ball. This young guy had a sink-
| er that dropped a foot away from the
hitter as was evident as he fanned
| thirteen.
Our boys faced two pitchers who
FORTY FORT
THEATRE
TONIGHT, FRIDAY and
| wonder how long their arms can
take that at their age. Miller grabbed
his arm in pain during the second
| inning of play on Friday.
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY | Williamsport managers and fans
(Centinuous Sunday, 3 to 11) { howled loud and long that Kern had
: | stepped out of the batter's box when
“Boys Might Out”
|he hit his homer in the climactic
‘ | sixth. They stated that they wouldn't
With | play the consolation game on Satur-
KIM NOVAK, JAMES GAVIN, i day as a result of league officials re-
TONY RANDALL | fusing to recognize their beef about
{| Kern's homer. They played however
| when the realization that a refusal
{to play would eliminate them from
WALT DISNEY'S {any chance for Little League playoff
competition in the future.
“Bon Voyage” | When our boys went over to the
“HATARI”
STARTS WEDNESDAY
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"| they received the cold shoulder from
Bf the losers. Our own manager, Bill
| Sponseller, told the Williamsport
| manager and players that if he. lost
jon Saturday he wouldn't disgrace the
| series by poor sportsmanship. After
| the’game on Saturday, the Phoenix-
{ville coach was one of the strongest
| supporters in the cheers for our local |
| victors. A distinct contrast Li the | -
or | previous day.
Thornton, shortstop for Phoenix.
| ville, was the most feared hitter in
series play. He looked like Ernie
Banks at the plate and played a
beautiful game at short.
| The smallest All Star we have seen
| to date was Turi of Williamsport. |
| This mighty mite stood all of four!
| feet if he was an inch. He was used |
las a lead off hitter and had many |
| walks in that capacity as rival hurl-
| ers found the strike zone to small]
| to hit. Dubil had no trouble with it |
{and got him out every time.
Dubil’'s change up is something
most fans are not recognizing. He
had the Williamsport batters off |
stride all afternoon. In fact he had |
Miller, his opposing hurler fooled so |
badly, that he swung early and hit |
the ball with his fist coming around |
in front of his body.
Kern didn’t need a changeup. He
| | merely overpowered the opposition |
and that was that.
Seems like some parents are hurt-
ing the hitters of the Little Lea-
guers,by offering dollars for homers.
That has some of the boys swinging
for the fences and hitting nothing.
Why not do this. Let’s give a boy a
half dollar for every hit; a nickle
for every put out, a nickle for every
| NOW
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SECTION B-—PAGE 1
Little League All-Stars Win
| Back Mountain Little League All-
| Stars became the first team from
Luzerne County to capture the Penn-
sylvania Little League State Champ-
|ionship Saturday afternoon at Wil-
fipzmspors,
Back Mountain beat Phoenixville,
the favorite in the playoffs, 1-0 be-
hind the strong right arm of Charlie
Kern who just the day before put the
locals lads into the final with a dra-
matic last inning homer to beat Wil-
liamsport Memorial 2-1.
Local teams making the tourna-
ment in the past include North End
(2), Pittston and Pldins. North End
advanced to the finals in 1956 only
to drop a 4-1 decision to Upper Dar-
by.
Having gained the championship
of Pennsylvania, Back Mountain is
in Medford, Massachusetts today to
participate in the Eastern Regional
Play-offs in an attempt to gain a
berth in the Little League World
Series in Williamsport next week.
Phoenixville, an early favorite,
was a heavy favorite after shell-
acking Carmichael 12-1 in the
first semi-final game Friday
afternoon.
Fans after observing the way Phoe-
nixville hitters feasted on 3 Car-
michael hurlers Friday, figured their
team would have little trouble back-
ing into championship, but they got
the surprise of their life when the
fastballing Kern breezed pitch after
pitch past. each batter. Seldom did
the boys from Valley Forge area get
the wood around in time to get a
piece of the ball.
First Inning Tells Tale
Back Mountain scored the only run
of the game in the first inning and
that told the story as Kern pitched
another strong game to blank the
opposition.
Morris fanned to start the game
for Back Mountain but Martin fol-
lowed with an infield hit down the
third’ base line, beating Byrne's
throw to first by a step. Dubil follow-
ed with a hot smash off the third
sackers’ glove putting runners on
first and second. It looked as though
Phoenixville’s pitcher Kropp might be
out of a jam after striking out Kern,
but Townsend was safe on an error
by shortstop Thornton, loading the
bases. Kopp then proceeded to walk
Jones to force in ‘the winning run.
Gets Stronger
Back Mountain failed to get a hit
off the young righthander after the
first frame as he got stronger, re-
cording 13 strikeouts while walking |
3, almost good enough pitching to |
win any ball game.
Back Mountain had two other mild
scoring threats, in the second when
Jenkins walked and moved to third
on two wild pitches but Kopp fanned
the next three hitters; then in the
sixth Townsend was safe on an error
and stole second only to be stranded
as Jones fanned and Parry was out
when Labosh knocked down a hard |
smash and stepped on first.
Kern In Control
Kern was in control of the game
most of the way allowing only one |
runner to reach second base, John- |
son in the fourth.
After Phoenixville lead-off batter |
singled over second to lead off the |
first, Kern bore down to fan Reifany- |
der and Labosh before Jim Johnson |
flied to Jones in center. |
Phoenixville got its last hit when |
Penna. State Championship
hitter, 2-1 in the semi-finals Friday,
were by far the fastest hurlers to
date in the play-offs witnessed by
Back Mountain fans.
Charlie Kern and Eddie Dubil mada
the front page of the Williamsport
Sun-Gazette after the dramatic 2-1
win Friday. Mary Louise Reidy sang
the National Anthem prior to the
championship game Saturday. Miss
Reidy is a music instructor in Wil-
liamsport schools and is blind. . .
Back Mountain now has swept past
| nine opponents, five wins being by
{one run margins. . .
Steve Townsend
was the only Back Mountain hitter
that did not strikeout in the 2 play-
off games.
Huge Parade
Over 1,000 fans made the trip to
Williamsport to see the Little Lea-
| guers in action but the boys probably
got one of the biggest thrills when
they arrived at the foot of Lehman
Hill, on route 118 where seven fire
{trucks met them along with a huge
crowd.
The boys were put on the trucks
Nattle poked a 2-strike pitch to left- | and a caravan stretching at least
field to lead-off but again Kern fan- | two miles paraded down the High-
ned the next two hitters and Reifany- | way around Harveys Lake back to
der popped to Townsend for the final | Dallas, Shavertown and Trucksville
out. la back to Dallas where the boys
After Labosh struckout for the | were treated to a meal at Colonial
second time to lead off the fourth, | Restaurant compliments Wilson Gar-
Jim Johnson walked ‘and advanced |inger of Dallas Dairy.
to second on a wild pitch. Kern a-| Back Mt.
gain using all his Moxie fanned Byrne |
and Kopp when it looked as though | Morris,
Phoenixville might tie the game at | Martin,
1-all. { Dubil, ss ....
In the bottom of the sixth Kern |gern, p
had his work cut out for him facing | Townsend,
the top of the order, Thorton, Reif- | jones, cf
anyder and Labosh. | Parry, 2b
Thornton hit a smash to Morris and | Jenkins,
the third sacker threw out the speedy | Cook, ¢
colored boy by a half stride for the | |
first out. {
With the Back Mountain rooters | phonenixville
cheering with his every pitch Kern |
calmly whiffed Reifanyder and La- | Thormton, ss
bosh to wrap up the title | Reifanyder, If ...
Labosh, the big first-sacker for! Tabosh 1b oor. i
Phoenixville, went down via the|J Johnson, c .
strikeout route three times.Going | Byrne, 3b
into the contest, he had connected | Kopp, p
for 15 homeruns in Little League |g Johnson, rf
seasonal and play-off games. | Nattle, cf
Fanfare | Morrow, 2b
Kern, Dubil and Gordon Miller, |
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Williamsport pitcher who lost a 1- |
Champs Acclaimed At “Great Day For Back Mountain”
“Back Mountain State Champs”, goose-horn incessantly to rile Kern.
“Back Mountain Strikes Again”, |But if Kern's pitching was hurt by
“All The Way, Back Mountain All-
Stars”, = “Pittston Boozers Back
Back Mountain”.
Most of the “State-Champ” signs
were tucked discreetly in trunks till
after the show. But there was no
question where our hearts were.
Back Mountain roared together at
the Little League State Champion-
ship game at Williamsport Satur-
day, as it had Friday in the elimina-
tion game, and the kids took -the
‘title. .
1 don’t know how you felt,
but while I nibbled at my ham-
burger at ten minutes to the
| did nothing with a plain old fashion- national anthem, I began to
SATURDAY {ed fast ball. The Williamsport hurler, lose my nerve as a spectator.
JOHN WAYNE { Miller, and Kopp of Phoenixville, Phoenixville murdered Car-
i { hurled curves all day. Can’t help but michael 12-1, eh? “Don’t
worry”, sneered Jim Lohman,
“that Carmichael pitcher was a
candy-arm”.
After the game , started,
could do was smirk sinisterly every
time Kern cooled another one past
the bewildered batter.
Report from the photographers
right of. homeplate:
Photographer for the Phoenixville
paper was very quiet. The last]
words I got out-of him were “Where
about is Back Mountain?” I guess
we showed him.
Phoenixville stands didn’t
hold a candle to Back Mountain
for making “noise for the
team.” Our fans were all-
stars themselves.
Williamsport, fresh from the close |
loss Friday and the close-win con- |
solation game Saturday morning,
were hopping mad at Back Moun-
tain, alleging that Kern stepped out
of the box en route to powdering
Friday's game out of the park. They
leaned over the Phoenixville fence,
insulted the umpire, and blew a
assist, a dies for every run batted
in and any other ideas you can think
of.
We don’t agree with paying boys
to do these things but if you are go-
ing to do this then let’s be fair to the
coaches and don’t have these kids
looking only for a homerun ball. How
| can Cook, Parry and some of the
| other boys hope to grab that dollar
| with their size.
In one of the games at Williams-
| port, one of the hitters refused to
! bunt when the sign was given. The
| reason- you guessed it- he was look-
jing for that homerun ball for his
| dollar.
| To give you an idea of the type
| pitching our boys faced get this re-
| cord of Williamsport’s pitcher Miller.
| Before our game he had fanned 49
| hitters out of the 68. After our game
| his record was 63 out of 83.
Phoenixville hitters had amassed
twelve homers in playoff competition
| going into the fray against Kern.
| The world does not pay for what
a person knows. But it pays for
what a person does with what he
knows.
The younger generation is more
in need of models than critics.
all Ij
By LEIGHTON SCOTT
cow-bells and firecrackers. Cars in
the parade rimmed at least half
| it, he certainly faked it well. the Lake at a span, and some
Report from the road back to twenty motor - boats joined the
Back Mountain: Fraternity was parade, all following the engines
along the shore.
Bill leaned back and yelled: “It's
a great day for the Back Mountain”.
Dallas looked like Times
Square on New Year's Eve.
The corners were jammed with
the word on Route 118. Every-
body had signs and streamers,
and everybody was pretty close
to delirious with pride in our
kids. Cars passed and honked,
occupants babbling joyous in-
ooherencies back and forth, and people. Cold began to set in,
smiling all over the place. I but the All-stars were {co
saw more teeth than a dentists’ numb to feel it. Parade-cars
convention. : were still lined up toward
Report from parade-formation:| Trucksville from Overbrook
| Fire trucks and police cars were| Road overpass, when the
engines had doubled back to
Fernbrook
Back at Dallas the crowds were
all over those kids. Grown men
cried. The ‘team was shuttled
quickly into’ the Colonial Restau-
rant, but people just stood around
anyway, not knowing what to do
next, and not caring whether they
did or not.
SANDY "BEACH
Harveys Lake
[there from practically every town- |
ship. Cars lined up as far as you |
could see in both directions, horns |
blowing, sirens blaring. Joe Ide
acted as both traffic-control and
tourist - director. Everybody just
waiting for those wonderful kids to
come home!
Some grumbles ensued from the
[ more officious that the area was
| left without fire and police protec- |
tion. Since they are entitled to a|
decent answer, it should be made |
known that the emergency vehicles |
| maintained radio contact with, the |
offices during the parade.
Report from the parade (atop
Dallas engine, ol’ Number One, pride |
of the chain-drive era, and acclaimed | i
by some as a better piece of ma- |
chinery than the new LaFrance):
Get this picture! Dubil, Townsend, |
{and Morris holding up the trophy, |
| blinking with unbelieving eyes at]
{ the cheering throngs along the road.
And Bill Berti, proud as all-get-out, |
gripping ol’ Number One's great
walnut wheel with one hand, and |
alternating the other between try- |
ing to get Dubil to put on a coat to |
protect his arm from the cold, and |
masterfully ramming through aj
magnificently independent gearbox. |
People lined up all around the |
Lake, waving and clapping. Signs
held up and hung from porches, and |
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John Agar - Paul Raymond
Steve Dunne
Friday 10:00 Saturday 8:35
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Aug. 19-20-21
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Glenn Ford Bette Davis
Hepe Lang
Feature 9:20
Also
“The Silent Cail”
Heart-Warming Suspense!
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Roger Mobley
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