June 11, 1943

 Rockford Morning Star

Rockford Peaches Defeat Kenosha By 7 To 2 Score

Olive Little Hurls No-Hit For Winners

2 Teams to Windup Series Tonight At Stadium

With Olive Little, the Rockford Peaches star hurler from Canada, tossing a no-hitter at the stadium last night the Rockford team took the edge over the Kenosha Comets in the present series with a 7 to 2 victory. The win gave Rockford two wins and one defeat in the three games played here so far. The two teams end the series at the stadium tonight with Rockford going to South Bend for four games, a doubleheader on Sunday.

Both of Kenosha's runs came as gifts, the result of walks, stolen bases and an error. To start the game Little walked Jameson who promptly stole second and third, scoring when the Rockford pitcher cut loose with a wild pitch. Little struck out the side in the second inning but started the third with another walk to Jameson who again pilfered second and third, registering on Davis' error. After that the visitors never threatened to score on Little, she having the game well in hand the rest of the way out.

The Peaches scored a run in the last half of the first on four hits by Jackson, Burmeister, Warwick and Fritz. They came back with two more in the second on hits by Green, Warwick and Davis mixed up with a stolen base and an error.

Held scoreless for the next for innings the Peaches broke into the win column in the seventh on a single by Warwick, a stolen base and a bingle by McCreary. Rockford's big scoring frame was in the eighth when Green walked, Little singled, Jackson drew a life on an error with Burmeister cleaning the bases with a booming triple, adding three runsto bring the Peaches' total to seven. Warwick and Davis swung the big war clubs tonight, each getting three hits, one of Burmeister's going for three bases.

BOXSCORE
Kenosha (2)						Rockford (7)
	AB	R	H	O	A		AB	R	H	O	A
Jame'n cf	2	2	0	2	0	Jackson lf	5	3	1	4	0
Ruhnke ss	2	0	0	1	1	Bur'ter cf	4	1	2	2	0
Har'tt 3b	2	0	0	5	2	War'ick 3b	5	0	3	1	2
Mick'n rf	3	0	0	0	0	Davis ss	4	1	3	2	0
Hunter 1b	4	0	0	5	1	Fritz rf	4	0	1	0	1
Holle lf	3	0	0	1	0	M'Creary 1b	3	0	1	8	0
Lester 2b	2	0	0	2	3	Wueth'h 2b	4	0	0	0	0
O'H'a 3b ss	3	0	0	3	1	Green c	3	1	1	10	1
West'n c	3	0	0	5	1	Little p	4	1	1	0	1
Ben-tt p	3	0	0	0	1
Totals	27	2	0	24	10	Totals	36	7	14	27	5
Score By Innings
Kenosha ..................... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2
Rockford ..................... 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 x - 7
Summary:
Errors - Davis McCreary, Lester, O'Hara, Westerman, Bennett (2).
Three base hits - Burmeister.
Left on base - Rockford 10, Kenosha 3.
Double play - McCreary (unassisted).
Wild pitch - Little.
Balk - Bennett.
Base on balls - Little, 5; Bennett, 2.
Struck out - by Little, 8; by Bennett, 2.
Sacrifice hits - Burmeister, Fritz.

June 10, 1943

Rockford Morning Star

Kenosha Evens Series By Defeating Rockford 7-5

Victory Puts Comets Ahead Of Local Team

Two Teams To Clash Again Tonight At Stadium

Rallying after the Rockford Peaches had taken a 2 to 0 lead, to bunch hits in four innings the Kenosha Comets evened the series with the local team by grabbing off last night's decision 7 to 5. Rockford won the opening game of the series 11 to 8 Tuesday night. The same two teams clash in the third tilt of the series tonight at 8 o'clock.

After three scoreless innings Rockford broke into the run column in the fourth frame, scoring two runs. A single by Jackson, who promptly stole second, following by a three-base smash by Warwick, counted the first marker. Warwick registered when Nicol uncorked a wild pitch.

Kenosha came back to tie it up in the first of the fifth on hits by Jameson, Ruhnke and O'Harra, a stolen base by the latter and a sacrifice hit by Nicol, counting two runs. Hunter tripled to start the sixth inning, scoring on an infield out to give the Comets a one-run lead. They widened the margin in the next stanza when hits by Mickelson, Hunter and Holle, along with an error by Davis and three pilfered sacks gave them three more markers and a 6 to 2 lead. A walk, a sacrifice hit, a stolen base and an error gave Kenosha its final run in the eighth.

The Peaches barged back in the eighth to count twice, scoring on hits by Jackson, Warwick, Davis and Nelson and free transportation to Burmeister. Rockford added its last run in the last of the ninth when Nelson doubled and scored on Ruhnke's error.

Dorothy Hunter, Kenosha's first baseman, was the batting star of the tilt with a single, double and triple to her credit. Warwick led the Peaches with a single and a double.

BOXSCORE
Kenosha (7)						Rockford (5)
	AB	R	H	O	A		AB	R	H	O	A
Jame'n cf	5	2	1	2	0	Jackson lf	5	1	2	2	0
Ruhnke ss	5	0	1	1	2	Bur'ter cf	3	1	0	1	1
Mick'n rf	5	1	1	1	1	War'k 3b	4	1	2	3	5
Hunter 1b	6	2	3	6	0	Davis ss	4	0	2	2	2
Holle lf	5	0	2	2	0	Fritz rf	4	0	0	0	0
Lester 2b	5	0	2	2	3	Mc'y 1b	4	0	0	11	0
O'Hara 3b	3	2	1	5	0	W'rick 2b	4	0	0	3	1
West'n c	3	0	0	6	0	Green c	2	0	0	3	1
Nicol p	3	0	0	2	2	Nelson c	2	1	2	0	0
						Skokus p	1	0	0	1	2
						Cook p	2	1	0	1	1
Totals	41	7	11	27	8	Totals	35	5	8	27	13
Score By Innings
Kenosha ..................... 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 - 7
Rockford ..................... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 - 5
Summary:
Two base hits - Hunter.
Three base hits - Hunter, Warwick.
Wild pitch - Skokus, Nicol.
Stolen Bases - Ruhnke, Westerman, Holle, Nicol.
Struck out - By Skokus, 3; by Nicol, 4.
Bases on balls - Cook, 1; Nicol, 2.
Hits - off Skokus 9 in 7 2-3 innings.
Double plays - O'Hara to Lester.
Umpires: Ullenberg and Porter.
Time - 1:35.