61 - Baltic Falls To Dover St. Joseph 13-0 In Sectional (5-4-61)

PHOTO - Baltic which was ousted from the Sectional Tournament yesterday afternoon, none-the-less reigns as Tuscarawas County Class "A" League Champion.  It had a 7-1 record, losing only to third place Gnadenhutten.  FRONT ROW - Jack Miller (left), Jim Huprich, Tom Meltzler, Jeff Burger, Larry Luke and Dale Lautenschleger.  BACK ROW - Larry Lautenschleger (left), Dick Gerber, Nick Baab, Charles McPherson, Ted Oswald, Willis Mullet, Gary Mast and Coach Jon Hall.

PHOTO - Jerry Reiger of Dover St. Joseph's pulls up safe at third base in the fifth inning of the Ramblers 13-0 victory over Baltic.  Jim Huprich is the Baltic third baseman and Willis Mullet, Eagle hurler, comes in to give a helping hand.  Upire is Bob Hall.

SUGARCREEK - Yesterday St. Joseph's rambled into the Sectional Co-Championship when it belted Baltic's Tuscarawas County's League kingpins 13-0.  Larry Lautenschleger (6-2) received the starting call for Baltic (7-2), but was lifted in the fourth inning because of a sore arm.  The Eagle star leftie had pitched 3 victories already this week, spanning 20 innings.  Against St. Joseph's he was touched for 3 hits, 2 runs, struck out 6 and walked 2.  Willis Mullet (0-0) went the next 2 frames and was shelled from  the hill by a barrage of 11 Rambler hits, resulting in an equal amount of runs.  He walked one.The third Baltic hurler, Ken Huprich (1-0), walked only 2 and failed to gain a strike out in 2 innings.  St. Joseph's launched its "hit parade" in the third inning with 2 runs on an error, walk and singles by Mickey Leone and Walt Burtscher.  In the fourth frame the  Ramblers loaded the bases on  consecutive singles by Jerry Rieger, Bill Krantz and Tom Basetti.  Nick Pace, batting from the portside of the plate, then lined a triple down the left field line, and Burtscher and Joe Zuchegno followed with singles to account for 5 runs.  The fifth ining saw St. Joseph's scoring 6 runs with Dave Richards, Bassetti, Pace,  Zuchegno, and Rieger all  counting singles.  Burtscher also had a double in the second inning.

DOVER ST. JOSEPH

Pace 4-3-2
Monticelli 2-1-0
Leone 4-2-1
Burtscher 5-1-3
Zuchegno 5-0-2
Rieger 5-1-2
Richards 5-1-1
Krantz 4-2-1
Bassetti 3-2-2
Lamonica 0-0-0

BALTIC EAGLES

Gerber 3-0-0
D.  Latenschleger 2-0-0
Mullet 3-0-1
L. Latenschleger 2-0-0
McPherson 3-0-1
Mast 3-0-0
Oswald 3-0-0
Miller 2-0-0
Huprich 2-0-0

Friday, May 5, 1961
Norm Singleton, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

FINAL STANDINGS

1.  Baltic Eagles 7-2
2.  Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 6-3
3.  Gnadenhutten Indians 5-3
4.  Midvale Blue Devils 5-3
5.  Garaway Pirates 2-2 (not reported - Gnaden, TV, Tusky and Port games)
6.  Tuscarawas Broncos 2-3 (not reported - Garaway, Stone Creek and Port games)
7.  Port Washington Purple Riders 2-4 (not reported - TV, Tusky and Garaway games)
8.  Strasburg Tigers 2-6 (2-7)
9.  Stone Creek Panthers 0-7 (not reported - Tusky game)