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BASEBALL BULLETIN
Middle Park Summer Premiers
By Ern. Cowley
THE straight-out premiership of the Victorian Summer Baseball
League, which terminated last Saturday, was won by the consistent
Middle Park team, who suffered only one reverse during the season.
Cosmopolitan were their victors, but they reversed the decision
at their second meeting.
I
HMiE x fans were looking forward to a
piay-off - . , between , these two combin . "
a b rl with a y a?l 8 tit
S n L ^ w ; ^ ^ ?h;"nrLmfpri?n hv
f^k therefore won the premiership by
«,„,-/» ..nfartunaf* in
f be beaS
§Eir Uterus meetine However thJ
fnr fhev Lr/^
and it seem, certain that they wilFagain
stage a thrilling match at Middle Park.
DESERVED SUCCESS
Middle Park deserved their success, for
(hey played consistently throughout the
season
Their plavers rise to the occa-
anH fipht pvwv mch of the way.,
Middle Park play thei/best "game when
Uiey adopt ihe hit-and-run system. This
mefhocTo'f attack, if successful, demoral-'
ises the opposition,
who are
usually
forced into errors.
Their base-i-unnins also is snappy and
safe, and f,eldmg sure. Their mam s
ccss must be credited to their fine batterv.
Bill Lvnch handles the curves of
the big Amciican. "Smoky" Lowe, in
reat style, and Cosmopolitans are h=
only team that .its successfully batted'
.against this attack.
Dick Kelly has handled the side expertlv
and plaved second base like a:
champion. Jack Hunter has bten j.,
tov.er of strength at the initial sack.;
while the inheid work of Hughie Thomas
and "Mack" McLaughlin, the two mid-l
igets, is very sound. Jim Wray has been ;
j their star outfielder and hard-hitting!
j batter, and with Hay Holmes give Park:
I lJv per cent, efficiency in the outfield.
Howell, the interstate catcher, has !
recently been playing with Richmond '
and he lias brought from mediocrity a I
team likely to defeat the best. |
A South Australian in Frank Lee has!
been playing classy 'ball with the C«smopolitans^
and he is going to ,make the
!wTmerbasebMk.rriske''not'£e"'' He"piav',i
third base with the last S.A. carnival
team. He will play with Hawthorn in
^^r-Williams again has Easter
training camp for ba^ebailers « ; hii ob-
1
Active. The Summer League has taken'
lhe - 1 • matter up, and it .has . .been . arranged;
hold the camp at Back Beach. Sor-i
rcnto, and a guest house-with all sporting
faCiiitiesf including a swimming 1
pool, tennis courts and golf—will be the.
neadquariers. Jules Lowe, the popular'
America n ' ^ n engaged as coach,
and he will impart to camp trainees, a
knowledge gained while he was an.active
^ c l ^ , of a ** clf ? c
U-SA.) team. This is a good move by,
^ Promoters.
Norm. the fir^t'
Australian ba^bantrainingcamn andis
thorough his organisation. All base-|
b ® lle rf
w ho wish to improve their
s h ?.« ld tato, advantage ".of ">' s ,,
leap |
holiday. All correspondence should be
addressed to V.C.A.'Sport Stores, Mel-'
bourne.
PRESIDENT'S MEDAL j
, 4, .v i
ue- , ^ ««' »' P 1^1??"!,,
i for «he best baseballer m U e Summer
League will shortly be announced. Each
match the umpire selects the best two
P' a >?« «> "»ch 1>«-»P- »!» the player
receiving the most votes will receive the
.medal. A whisper has got about that
young LoekJier and Len Thomas ithe,
^oulh footballer" are running neck-andneck
for the prize.
Tho Grounds Management Associauon
at a recent meeting discussed the matter
ol baseba 1 on football grounds. Bailers
»''H be pleased to know that the Asaoelation
realises that baseball is an A
gTade^ entertainment-that is,_ as play»d
the League grounds—and does not
wish its displacement by an inferior
grade of any other sport. It also is
aware that baseball has been an attrac-
Uon at the football grounds for more
than 40^vears. _ , _ _
ground.- question. It will be -liost ttnfortunate
if the cricketers' nightmare _ exlends
basebalkrs at Victoria Park,
.... solace of the
realisation HS?. that the 'ball game is very
popular with Magpie supporters.
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