FREMONT - North Dallas is one victory away from their third straight World Championship, coming back from a 6-4 defecit to beat
Fremont, 8-6.
North Dallas got off to a fine start, with three consecutive home runs in the first inning by Charlie Gehringer,
Mel Ott and Zeke Bonura. Fremont answered in a wild third inning with 5 runs. Leading 6-4, Fremont looked to starter Paul
Derringer to hold on into the 7th, but North Dallas came up strong with 4 runs, knocking Derringer out of the game, and
capped with a two-run home run by Hank Leiber that proved to be the distance.
Fremont pitcher Oral Hildebrand returned
after missing the last two weeks with an injury, but the injury bug has bitten the Furtraders again, maybe fatally this
time as star outfielder Earl Averill was lost for the season after pulling up lame in the third inning. The series continues
Thursday in Fremont, with North Dallas 40 ace Red Ruffing squaring off against Fremont's Johnny Marcum.
NORTH DALLAS AB R H RBI FREMONT AB R H RBI
Galan, lf 4 1 0 0 Averill, cf 2 0 0 0
Gehringer, 2b 4 1 1 1 Almada, ph-cf 1 0 0 1
Ott, rf 3 1 1 1 Terry, 1b 5 1 2 0
Bonura, 1b 4 2 2 2 Berger, rf 5 1 3 1
Leiber, cf 3 1 1 2 Vaughan, ss 3 1 1 0
MooreT, cf 0 0 0 0 Watkins, lf 4 1 3 0
FerrellR, c 4 0 0 0 JacksonT, 3b 4 1 1 1
Appling, ss 4 1 1 0 Phelps, c 5 1 2 2
Werber, 3b 3 0 1 1 Cuccinello, 2b 5 0 2 1
Hogsett, p 1 0 0 0 Derringer, p 3 0 0 0
Hoyt, p 0 0 0 0 Knott, p 0 0 0 0
Schumacher, p 1 0 0 0 Hildebrand, p 1 0 1 0
Welch, p 1 0 0 0 WalkerG, ph 1 0 0 0
Clift, 3b 1 1 0 0
TOTAL 33 8 7 7 TOTAL 39 6 15 6
NORTH DALLAS 300 100 400 - 8 7 1
FREMONT 005 010 000 - 6 15 2
E: Bonura, Vaughan, Cuccinello. DP: North Dallas 1 Fremont 1. LOB: North Dallas 4 Fremont 12.
2B: Werber, Terry, Berger, Cuccinello. HR: Gehringer (1), Ott (2), Bonura (1), Leiber (1).
K: Galan, Bonura, Leiber, Appling, Werber, Hogsett, Schumacher, Terry, Vaughan, Watkins, Phelps 3, Cuccinello.
BB: Galan, Gehringer, Ott 2, Clift, Almada, Vaughan 2, Watkins, TJackson. HBP: Leiber (by Derringer).
SF: Almada.
NORTH DALLAS IP H R ER BB SO
Schumacher 2.1 5 5 5 4 2
Welch 2.2 6 1 1 0 1
Hogsett (W 1-0) 2.0 3 0 0 1 2
Hoyt (S 1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
FREMONT IP H R ER BB SO
Derringer 6.0 5 6 6 5 6
Knott (L 1-1) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Hildebrand 2.1 1 1 1 0 1
Temperature: 70, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 1 MPH.