GNADENHUTTEN - It will be Gnadenhutten (5-3) vs Hiland for the Sectional Baseball Tournament Crown today as a result of yesterday's action. The Indians bombed Malvern on the strength of Bill Kohl's shutout. Bill (2-2) posted his 2nd straight tournament shutout in a row, as the "still hot" Senior had no-hit The Conotton Valley Rockets in their unreported game on Friday.
With a little relief from Mike Kail (0-1), the two held the Rockets to 6 hits. The 1st inning proved to be all the Indians needed to take the win, as they took advantage of Green Hornet Bucky Monroe's wildness to score 6 runs despite not collecting a single hit. Monroe issued free passes to the first 2 Indians to face him...Steve Moore and Jinks...and continued his faulty control by hitting Wayne Martin to fill the bases. Mike Kail then worked for a walk, driving in Moore for the 1st Indian run. The Green Hornet settled down somewhat, but fielding errors began killing any Green Hornet hopes. Jinks scored as 2nd baseman Tom Romano lost the "handle" on a ball poked by Don Baker. Martin scored the 3rd Indian run of the inning by stealing home plate...one of 4 steals by the speedy 1st baseman. Kail came home when shortstop Mike Campbell bobbled a bouncing ball from the bat of Kohl. The final 2 runs of the wild inning were scored as a result of still another error...again by Campbell. The Indians scored 2 runs each in the 2nd, 4th and 6th and added 3 insurance runs in the seventh. Kohl allowed one extra base hit in his 4-inning appearance, a double by Romano. Otherwise, he did a superb job of holding the Green Hornets at bay, striking out 8, walking 2 and giving up only one other hit, a single by Dave Early. Kail started hurling in the 5th, whiffing 5, giving up no walks and allowing 4 hits.
Monroe, showing that he had control at times, ended with 14 strikeouts. But the 9 walks and equal number of hits he allowed accounted for the defeat. Kail was the batting here for the victors, smacking out a triple (1) and 2 singles (5). Roger Huebner was the only other Indian to get more than one hit...pounding out 2 singles (2). The remainder of Gnadenhutten hits, all singles, were by Moore (2), Martin (1), Kohl (1) and Don Finnicum (3). Finnicum had 3 runs batted in on the single and 2 sacrifice flies. Romano lead the Green Hornets in the hitting department, banging out 2 singles and a double. Other Malvern hits were by Earley, John Tubaugh and Monroe.
GNADENHUTTEN INDIANS - 15
Steve Moore 5-2-1
Darrell Laughlin 0-1-0
Dan Jinks 4-2-0
Dan Bosley 1-0-0
Wayne Martin 5-3-1
Mike Kail 5-3-3
Don Finnicum 5-0-1
Don Baker 4-1-0
Ken Huprick 4-0-0
Bill Kohl 4-2-1
Roger Huebner 4-1-2
MALVERN GREEN HORNETS - 0
Stack 4-0-0
Mike Campbell 3-0-0
Glenn Clark 3-0-0
Bucky Monroe 3-0-1
Bob Evanich 3-0-0
Tubaugh 1-0-1
Dave Earley 3-0-1
Tom Romano 3-0-3
Angeloni 3-0-0
Thursday, May 5, 1966
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
NOTE: Gnadenhutten won their game against Hiland in the Sectional Championship and now their record is 6-3. The game went missing in the Daily Reporter archives. Gnaden now moves on to the District Tournament.
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