OF – Paul Tomsovich, Skip & Hogan Athletic Club (12-18.
OF – Mike Orlando, Skip & Hogan Athletic Club (11-15.
OF – Jim Pucket, East Side Sporting Goods (14-24.
OF – Gene Gedeon, Sheffield Bronze (17-23.
SF – Mort Weinburg, Plateau Athletic Club.
SS – Mike Kovach, Skip Hogan AC (9-17.
3B – Wally Galba, East Side Sporting Goods.
1B – John Stone, Enterprise Bar (11 HR, 19 RBI).
C – Bill Cole, East Side Sporting Goods (22-29.
P – Lou Delmastro, Skip Hogan AC (5-0 pitching, 9-15.
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Batting Leader – Bill Cole, East Side Sporting Goods (22-29) –.
HR Leader – John Stone, Enterprise Bar (19 RBI) – 11 (set National Tournament Home Run record).
MVP – Bill Cole, East Side Sporting Goods (22-29.
Skip Hogans finished the season with a 39-6 record. 600, 4 doubles, 4 triples, while scoring 10 runs) and Kovach (9-17. 667, with 4 doubles, 3 triples, 2 HR and 6 RBI). Paul Tomasovich led Skip & Hogan for the weekend (12-18. John Stone of Milwaukee set a new Home Run record with 11. The magical pitching of Lou Del Mastro kept the Detroit bats quiet in the top of the 7th to preserve a 5-4 championship for Skip & Hogan. Bimbo McKenzie chipped in with 2 hits, including a RBI Double. Skips winning run came in the 6th as Mike Orlando’s double plated Billy Caye who had singled. They both scored on Jimmy Watts’ triple tying the score at 4 each. The Pittsburgh crew came back in the 5th inning as Ron Kaintz and Mike Kovach both had back-to-back run scoring singles. Then East Side Sporting Goods, behind the hot bat of Bill Cole (triple and single) eliminated Plateau Athletic Club 5-1 to reach the final. Paul Tomasovich electrified the crowd in his first at bat when he hit a home run over the 30 foot high fence in right center.Įast Side Sporting Goods came back with Bill Cole’s double being the big blow to take a 4-1 lead. Plateau Athletic Club eliminated Sheffield Bronze 6-5 on a walk-off single by George O’Neil. Runner Up – East Side Sporting Goods, Detroit, Michigan (49-3) Champion – Skip & Hogan Athletic Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (55-11)