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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



October y 1951 



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Livingston Wins State Baseball Championship 



1931 STATE CHAMPIONS FROM LIVINGSTON COUNTY : ' -^ ;V 



FKO.\T ROW (left to risht): Weber, h.n.; Conroy, rf.; W^ild uiber, Miib. MIDDI.K ROW: Wheiitley, cf.; ><phmidt, c; Cole- 

 man, p.; Meyer, 2b.; WriKhtniii. lb., captain. BACK ROW: Be -Kcr, iiinitire; C JneobN, niannKer; Claney, If.; T. Jacobs, 3b.; 

 HarrlH, xub.; Morriwon, nub.; Skinner, baHeball committeeman. St.'ve Turner, farm adviwer, left, and Ray McKittriek, county base- 

 ball director, are MtanilinK in the rear. The picture wuh taken sit (ialeNbiirf; follo^vinK i<ivinKMton'M victory in the final ganie. 



BY defeating Knox county 9 to 2 at 

 Galesburg, September 26, Living- 

 ston county made a clean sweep of the 

 championship series and brought home 

 the State Farm Bureau baseball title for 

 1931. 



This is the second time in three years 

 that Division III won the state title. 

 McLean county won the championship 

 in 1929. Livington's two straight vic- 

 tories over Knox made it unnecessary 

 for a third game. The new champions 

 won the first game by a score of 5 to 2. 

 Both games were won by late rallies. 



A four run revival in the seventh 

 inning gave Livingston enough tallies to 

 win the first game. Previous to the 

 seventh inning Knox county was in the 

 lead 2-1. Opening the inning Sornberg- 

 er fanned Clancy and then hit Meyers to 

 put the first man on. Jacobs hit a long 

 fly to right field, which was misjudged 

 and fell for a safe hit. Meyers went to 

 third on the play and scored on a passed 

 ball that bounced to the backstop. 



Wrightam doubled just inside the 

 right foul line and Jacobs scored. Con- 



roy singled through second bringing in 

 Wrightam. Schmidt was safe on an in- 

 field hit which Walt Jones grabbed back 

 of third base too late to make a play.. 

 Wheatley was safe on an error and Cole- 

 man singled bringing in the final run. 

 Shea picked Coleman off first base for 

 the second out and Weber hit to Bloom- 

 quist for the third. 



Thirteen solid hits and perfect field- 

 ing support back of Pete Coleman gave 

 Livingston the punch to win the final 

 game easily. Knox led 2-1 up to the 

 sixth inning. Then Livingston broke 

 loose with two doubles and two singles 

 which with a walk and an error netted 

 five runs. 



Meyers started the fireworks in the 

 sixth with a single to left field. Tony 

 Jacobs was safe when Sornberger juggled 

 his bunt. Shy Wrightam hit for two 

 bases scoring Meyers. Conroy was safe 

 on a fielder's choice as Jacobs was picked 

 off at the plate. Wrightam had advanced 

 to third on this play and scored on 

 Schmidt's sacrifice fly. Wheatley was 

 passed to get to Coleman, who singled 



to center scoring Conroy. Paul Weber 

 sent a double past first base driving in 

 Wheatley and Coleman. Clancy lined 

 out to the left fielder to end the inning. 



Both Sornberger and Coleman pitched 

 spectacular ball in the tight spots. Cole- 

 man pitched both games for Livingston 

 and Sornberger did all the hurling for 

 Knox until he was relieved in the eighth 

 inning of the final game by Milam. 

 Livingston played errorless baseball dur- 

 ing both games, while mistakes proved 

 costly to the Knox county nine. 



The new champions have been award- 

 ed the L A. A. trophy, and the individ- 

 dual players were given gold baseballs 

 at a banquet in their honor. They went 

 through the entire season with only one 

 defeat. That was a 1-0 game in the 

 quarter-finals won by Logan county. 

 Knox had lost only one game up to the 

 time the finals started. 



#»iners of the eight division titles 

 were Sangamon, Will, Logan, Greene, 

 Tazewell, Carroll, Knox and Livingston 

 counties. The 34 teams this year played 

 more than 130 official games. 



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