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MAY 16 DOUBLE HEADER RECAPS As every team is playing a doubleheader today, I’ll post the recaps one at a time. Clippers 11 Naturals 4. The red hot Clippers demolished the Naturals in the first of two games at Naturals Park. Starter, Jon Lester was sent packing after just two innings as the Clippers rolled…

MAY 15 HEADLINES SEAVER GETS PLENTY OF HELP IN FIRST COMPLETE GAME WIN NATURALS MOVE INTO FIRST PLACE WITH SWEEP OF COMETS LATE SCORING BURST PUSHES SULTANS BY PEACHES GEHRIG GRAND SLAM DROPS MAD DOGS OUT OF TOP SPOT MAY 15 STANDINGS Naturals/31/18/13/.581/—W3 Mad Dogs/32/18/14/.563/.5/L3 Terrifics/33/18/15/.545/1/W1 Clippers/30/16/14/.533/1.5/W4 Sultans/32/16/16/.500/2.5/W1 Comets/31/15/16/.484/3/L3 Peaches/29/23/16/.448/4/L1 Hammers/26/8/18/.308/7.5/L1 GAME RECAPS: Terrifics 8…

MAY 14 HEADLINES NATURALS RALLY FOR 5 RUNS IN TOP OF 9TH TO BEAT COMETS VEALE’S FIRST WIN IS A DOOZY FOR THE HAMMERS HUBBELL TIES CARLTON FOR LEAGUE’S BEST PITCHING MARK PEACHES OUTLAST SULTANS IN SLOPPY SLUGFEST First, note that every regular catcher and shortstop had the day off in these games. Naturals 6…

League Leaders BATTING: Rogers Hornsby, Sltns. .440 RUNS: Jimmie Foxx, Clprs. 25 RBI: Jimmie Foxx, Clprs. 29 HR: Miguel Cabrera, Ntrs.; Willie Mays, Hmrs.; T. Williams, Clprs.; 12 DOUBLES: Frank Baker, Pchs. 10 TRIPLES: J. ROBINSON, Clprs. 6 STOLEN BASES: Eddie Collins, Pchs.; Luis Aparicio, Hmrs.; Honus Wagner, Pchs. 2 PITCHING: Steve Carlton, Trfcs. 5-0…

STANDINGS END OF PLAY, MAY 13. Mad Dogs/30/18/12/.600/—/L1 Naturals/29/16/13/.552/1.5/W1 Terrifics/31/17/14/.548/1.5/W1 Comets/29/15/14/.517/2.5/L1 Clippers/28/14/14/.500/3/W2 Sultans/30/15/15/.500/3/W1 Peaches/27/12/15/.484/4.5/L2 Hammers/24/7/17/.292/8/L1 HEADLINES MAY 13. CARLTON STAYS UNBEATEN IN TERRIFICS WIN OVER HAMMERS J. ROBINSON, FOXX, SWING HOT BATS AS CLIPPERS DEFEAT MAD DOGS TULOWITSKI, CANO, LEAD NATURALS PAST COMETS SULTANS BEAT PEACHES WITH 7 RUN, SEVENTH INNING Terrifics 6 Hammers 1.…

MAY 12 HEADLINES CLIPPERS ROUT SULTANS AARON HIT BY LESTER PITCH-OUT UNTIL MAY 27 JACKSON ERROR COSTLY IN TERRIFICS LOSS Clippers 9 Sultans 1. The Sultans drew first blood, when George Sisler scored on a Roger Hornsby sacrifice fly in the first inning, but that would be it for them. The Clippers went on to…

MAY 11 HEADLINES HORNSBY, SISLER LEAD SULTANS PAST CLIPPERS KERSHAW BLANKS SKIDDING HAMMERS HOT START BY TERRIFICS HELPS SEAVER TO WIN MAD DOGS POWER PAST PEACHES WITH 4, 9TH INN HR’S Sultans 9 Clippers 6. Rogers Hornsby and George Sisler led the offense in the Sultans, 9-5 win over the Clippers. The Rajah was a…

MAY 10 HEADLINE COMETS, PEACHES BOTH RIDE 8TH INN RALLYS TO VICTORY Comets 5 Terrifics 3 The Comets were losing, 3-2, to the Terrifics, heading into the last of the eighth. Yogi Berra, subbing in for Roy Campanella, hit a homerun off Goose Gossage, after the Goose had retired the first two batters. He then…

STANDINGS Mad Dogs/27/17/10/.630/—W1 Terrifics/27/15/12/.556/2/L1 Naturals/26/14/12/.538/2.5/W2 Comets/25/13/12/.520/3/W1 Sultans/27/13/14/.481/4/L2 Clippers/25/12/13/.480/4/W2 Peaches/24/11/13/.458/4.5/L1 Hammers/21/6/15/.286/8/L4 MAY 9 HEADLINES CLIPPERS SWEEP HAMMERS NATURALS SWEEP SULTANS MAD DOGS/TERRIFICS SPLIT BOYER HR LEADS COMETS PAST PEACHES Clippers 4 Hammers 1; Clippers 5 Hammers 1 The Clippers took both ends of a doubleheader against the last place Hammers. Carl Hubbell notched his first complete…

MAY 8 HEADLINES SHUTOUTS ARE THE ORDER OF THE DAY IN THE LEGENDS LEAGUE Dizzy Dean, Dazzy Vance and Ed Walsh all tossed shutouts today. Three of the four games were whitewashes. Here are the recaps: Clippers 9 Hammers 0. Dizzy Dean, a good hitting, pitcher; not only fired a four hit shutout against the…