Monday, June 2, 1952
JOLIET STANDS TALL IN NIRL FIRST
In spite of losing to last place Avalon this weekend, the first place Joliet Green Giants are still standing head-and-shoulders above the rest of the North Island Recreational League First Division... all three games were decided by one run... Avalon upset Joliet 3-2 in 10 innings... Kofa knocked off Jackson 2-1... and New Yerby nipped Dutton 5-4 in 13 innings.
Top to bottom in the NIRL First Division, it's tough to win on any given Sunday... it is dominated by good pitching... it was a record-setting weekend for strikeouts... a new league mark was set in the Avalon-Joliet contest and then broken in the Kofa-Jackson clash.
Joliet's second baseman Clancy Dupepe is still on top of the NIRL First Division leaderboard with a .385 batting average... tops in hits is right fielder Billy Mann of Jackson with 21... Jackson second sacker Buddy Boyce and Joliet catcher Tim Lytle lead with 3 homers each... Boyce is way ahead in RBIs with 16... Avalon centerfielder John Carpenter and Dutton second baseman Tuck Thompson have scored the most runs with 11 each... and shortstop Edward Nolan of Jackson and Tuck Thompson are tied with 10 stolen bases apiece.
On the pitching side of the ledger Joliet's Grant Mosher has the most victories with 9... he is 9-4 with a 2.06 ERA... the best ERA belongs to New Yerby's Jon Cunningham... he is 1-0 and leads the league with a 1.59 ERA... and Dan May of Avalon has struck out the most batters... he had fanned 98 in 104 innings and posted a 5-6 mark with a 2.68 ERA.
