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Frank Chance League Baseball

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This league has begun its third season and final of the cycle. Both leagues have been a very competitive with several teams being competitive all three seasons yet not fulfilling their dreams with a championship.

The American League has won the world series in both seasons. Minnesota and Los Angeles were the two clubs who came out winners.

The NL Chicago Untouchables have been one of the most notably snake bit teams, finishing in a tie for first in 1950 with Minnesota but lost in the ALCS to eventual world series champion Minnesota. One season later the Untouchables went 49-32 and finished first in the regular season before being upset in the ALCS by the Florida Orangemen.

The Miami Beachcombers finished seven games off the pace at 44-37 in 1950. A September slump cost them their post season aspirations. Brooklyn finished on top in the National League with a 51-30, five games better than the second place (46-35) Pittsburgh Bucs. Brooklyn defeated Pittsburgh in the NLCS, but came up short in the World Series, losing to the Minnesota Mudcats (44-37) in four games. Minnesota reach the fall classic by taking out the Chicago Colts (44-37).

In 1951 two wild card teams wound up facing each other in the World Series. In the American League, Miami owned the regular season finishing five games in front of Florida, but it was Florida, a hit team going into the playoffs, who advanced to the World series defeating the Beachcombers in five games.
They, in turn, were upset by Florida in the NLCS by Florida (46-35). Florida dropped the World Series in six games to the Chicago Untouchables

So the 1952 season will possibly be the season that one of the ''came up short'' teams, who hopes were dashed, finds gold in the end.

The BeachCombers made two trades in the early going of 1952. They sent starting pitcher J.P. Morris (11-4 4.22 ERA in 30 games, 29 as a starter, and infielder Naoki Kawabe (70 games, 5 homeruns 23 RBI .262 batting average) to Baltimore for two minor league prospects; catcher Lynn Robertson and 3b Jose Katz, on August 11th, 1951.

Then on August 17th, they traded outfielder Davis Kuhn (.213 0 10) to the New York Yankees for minor league third baseman Felix Lunar.

MIAMI 2 ATLANTA 1

Miami won its fifth straight to improve to 10-4 and now has a one game lead on Chicago and Pittsburgh

Chicago won its second straight by ''ten-run ruling'' (if baseball had that rule) Brooklyn 13-3. It was the third straight loss for Brooklyn.

Pittsburgh continued to lay good baseball taking out the San Francisco Giants 4-1.

The down trodden New Yankees (4-10) losers of eight of their last ten games picked up a much needed win by edging Florida 3-2.

MIAMI 2 ATLANTA 1

Miami eased by Atlanta 2-1 in a hard fought game that wemnt down to the last pitch befpore being decided.

Ed Hargis, put back in the starting rotation because of obvious improvements that led to J.P. Morris who suddenly became surplus, being traded, went eight innings allowing one run on eight hits walked to and struck out four.

The Atlanta run off hime came in the bottom of the second inning when Atlanta came up with two hits in the inning. Jay Shotten singled to center field leading off the inning. Richard Brown doubled on a line drive that got past centerfielder Dave Collins, to drive in Shotton. Damon Hudson walked and Mickey Rollings singled to load the bases. Hargis regrouped up and stranded all three runners; Izzy Hooten struck out and Leo Darnell flied out to left fielder Niles Hensley.

Miami got back on level terms in the top of the third inning. Yo-Yo Roberts singled leading off. Collins followed with a single to left field sending Roberts to third base where he tagged and scored on a sacrifice fly ball to right field by veteran Ricky Hamner.

Miami took its first lead in the fifth inning and the starting pitcher Ed Hargis got things going with a single to left field. Roberts struck out. Collins singled to right field sending Hargis around to third base. Paul Diehl's sacrifice fly scored Hargis with the go-ahead run. Right fielder Mickey Hollins threw Collins out a second on the play thwarting any further scoring chances in the inning.

Hargis left after eight complete innings and Don Harkness took over, looking for his sixth save, which would not come easily. Harknees found the first two outs routinly gettingh Hudson on a called third strike on a full count. Rollings flied out to rightfielder Danny Mitterwald (third putout). Doc Ferens walked and pinch hitter Tom Smalley, batting for pitcher Chuck Willets, singled loading the bases. Leo Darnell field out to leftfielder Niles Hensly 95th putout).

The Miami outfield handled 12 chances in this game; Hensley had five, Mitterwald, a defensive replacement who entered in the 7th inning, had three and Roberts, who started in right field, had four. Neither Collins and Lipscomb who played centerfield had a defensive play.
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