Tigers, Wildcats
Tied for Lead
In Softhatl Lion

By Dave Shirk

The first round of the Big Six Na-
tional Softball League is coming to a
close. With only one more day of
games to be played we find that the
Wildcats and Tigers are in a dead-
lock for first place position. Every
team in the league has won at least
two games, except the Jayhawkers,
the hard luck team of the league. The
fighting Jayhawkers have lost every
game by one or two runs.

Wildcats: The Wildcats let the
league know they wanted to be
champions by winning two games
this week to put them in a tie for
first place with the Tigers. The Wild-
cats defeated the Cornhuskers Mon-
day 12 to 6 and came back Wed. to
knock off the “unlucky” Jayhawk-
ers 9 to 7.

Tigers: The Tigers came from a
low position to the top, tying for
first place with the Wildcats. The
striped cats wanted the rest of the

 

of one run. The Tigers won their
rgame Monday by defeating the “un-
lucky” Jayhawkers by a count of 5
to 4, and came back Wednesday with
plenty of fire to upset the wagon of
the Cyclones. The pitching of Mike
Andrews, along with his speed in
base-stealing does a lot for his team’s
success. Mike pitched his team to
victory Wednesday night by scor-
ing the winning run in the last half
of the seventh.

Cornhuskers: The Big Six National
Softball League is wondering just
what has happened that has given
the Cornhuskers so much power to
defeat the Sooners by 13 to 4. Here
is what has happened to the Corn-
huskers. After playing Monday’s
game with only eight men and losing
to the Wildcats 6 to 12 they decided to
rebuild their team. Captain Fred
King, along with Bobby Allen and
Rusty Frink, did some real scouting
between Monday’s games and the
game they played Wednesday. When
Wednesday’s game came around the
Cornhuskers found they had a full
team along with substitutes all ready
to play hard ball. Fred King, the

| captain, took his turn on the mound

 

Wednesday and defeated the Sooners
13 to 4.

Sooners: The Sooners hit a hard

 

league to know they also wanted the |!uck streak, losing both games this _
crown. The Tigers won both their|week- They lost their first game to

games this week by a narrow margin es Cyclones 3 to 1, and their game

Jayhawkers: The rebuilt last year’s
champions are having more than
their share of bad breaks. They are
known as the “unlucky” team of the

league. _

  

Wednesday found them on the losing

end of a 13 to 4 score against the
/Cornhuskers.

The Sooners will be
out for revenge next Wednesday,
July 5, to match strides with one of
the leading teams, the Wildcats.
Cyclones: The Cyclone team made
its start for top position by splitting
two games this week, winning their
game Monday from the Sooners, and
their game Wednesday found them
on the short end with the Tigers by
a score of 7 to 8. Joe Wilkerson, the
Cyclones southpaw pitcher, is giving
the league plenty of trouble with his
fast ball and the fact that he has|
plenty of speed in the seventh inning
as well as in the first.