Easy Softball Win To Monowai

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31863, 16 December 1968, Page 19

Easy Softball Win To Monowai

Monowai gave its nearest rival. Christchurch West, little chance to settle down and scored an easy 11-1 win, when the Canterbury women’s softball championship continued on Saturday. In the other senior game, Spreydon did not produce its best form, but had sufficient in hand to hold the Monowai second grade A team comfortably. Results: Monowai 11, Christchurch West 1; Spreydon 10, Monowai second grade A 3. Monowai ll v Christchurch West 1 Monowai fielded with precision throughout the game and had only two errors registered against it. Strong batting and controlled pitching by B. Makinson, who gained three strikeouts and conceded only two safe hits, gave Monowai ascendency. The title-holder scored in each of its first four innings. After two runs had been scored in the first innings through a mixture of good batting and poor fielding, J. Lee, M. Eaton. C. Brown and Makinson hit well to add another four in the second innings and put the result beyond doubt. Fine drives by Lee, J. Moher and Eaton and another safe hit by Makinson brought in a further three runs in the next innings and L. Byatt highlighted the fourth innings with a powerful home run. Christchurch West’s only run was scored in the first innings when I. Jones hit safely and came home on a sacrifice hit by K. Noonan. J. Patterson scored the only other safe hit in the third innings. Spreydon 10, Monowai 2nd A 3 The Monowai second grade A players were not able to pene-

trate the Spreydon field until the fourth innings when E. Weakley ran well to third base and scored on a fielder’s choice. Unable to score in its next two innings, Monowai finished aggressively with two runs in the last innings after good batting by V. Closey. After four runs had been gained in the first innings by Spreydon, H. Thyne and W. McLauchlan came home again in the second innings to give their team a marked early advantage. Monowai fell further behind through fielding errors although in the last three innings Spreydon was able to score only two more runs, when B. P. Clarke came home on a fielder’s choice and A. White crossed home plate after a passed ball.