I have encountered yet more problems with the Todd County League schedule, standings and statistics, and I have decided it not worth the time and energy to try to fix it again.
I am declaring the Browerville Novelists to be the champions.
The next project will be a league of randomized teams out of the millenium Hall of Fame set. I will exclude the players used in the TCL. I have yet to decide if it will be another five-team league or a six-team league, but am leaning toward six.
The standings
W L Pct. GB
Browerville Novelists 25 14 .641 ----
Clarissa Crimsons 22 15 .595 2
Bertha Fishermen 18 18 .500 5
Long Prairie Agnews 16 22 .421 8.5
Hewitt Apollos 13 24 .351 10.5
Day 51 (at Yankee Stadium 1961)
Apollos (McDowell 4-2) at Agnews (Seaver 6-3)
Fishermen (T Williams 2-3) at Crimsons (Nichols 3-6)
Novelists 11, Agnews 5
Browerville scored eight runs in the eighth and ninth innings to overtake the Agnews and edge closer to clinching the pennant. Jesse Burkett, Ed Delahanty, Sam Thompson and Jimmy Collins each had a pair of RBIs. Old Hoss Radbourn yielded five runs on 10 hits in his complete game win. .
Crimsons 6, Apollos 5 (10 innings)
King Kelly bopped a solo homer in the eighth to even the score at five, and Monte Ward dropped a single in front of Cleon Jones to plate Roger Connor with the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the 10th. Willie Davis and Rico Petrocelli each homered and drove in two runs for the Apollos, who turned a triple play in the fifth inning. Cy Young went the distance for the win.
Novelists: Keefe Day 51, Welch Day 52. Projected starters: off Day 51, off Day 52, Keefe Day 53
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Brouthers 137 29 50 20 12 7 3 15 1 .365
Connor 139 17 39 28 11 3 6 19 1 .281
G Davis 126 18 40 20 7 1 1 13 5 .317
Duffy 159 24 47 14 14 1 1 12 6 .296
Ewing 132 13 39 24 4 2 5 8 5 .295
Keeler 161 22 56 11 4 5 0 9 6 .348
Kelley 145 25 51 26 10 2 5 13 4 .352
Kelly 140 17 37 10 6 2 1 11 9 .264
Ward 122 16 31 14 3 2 1 13 5 .254
The standings
W L Pct. GB
Browerville Novelists 23 14 .621 ----
Clarissa Crimsons 21 15 .571 2
Bertha Fishermen 17 17 .500 4.5
Long Prairie Agnews 15 19 .441 6.5
Hewitt Apollos 13 23 .361 9.5
Day 49 (at Fenway Park 1973)
Fishermen (Redding 4-2) at Apollos (McLain 0-6)
Agnews (Ryan 1-7) at Novelists (Welch 7-3)
Novelists 4, Agnews 2
Browerville plated three runs in the first inning and Long Prairie never caught up. Sam Thompson and Jimmy Collins each drove in two runs for the Novelists, and Tim Keefe struck out 10 Agnews in his nine-hit complete game.
Crimsons 15, Fishermen 8
Bertha's sloppy fielding -- including three errors in a seven-run Clarissa fourth inning -- booted this game to the Crimsons. Eight of Clarissa's runs were unearned. Pud Galvin staggered through 7.2 innings for the win, with Candy Cummings mopping up. Buck Ewing and George Davis each had three RBIs for the winners.
Novelists: Clarkson Day 50, Keefe Day 51. Projected starters: Welch Day 49, Radbourn Day 50, Clarkson Day 51, off Day 52, Keefe Day 53
The standings
W L Pct. GB
Browerville Novelists 22 14 .611 ----
Clarissa Crimsons 20 15 .571 1.5
Bertha Fishermen 17 17 .500 4
Long Prairie Agnews 15 18 .455 5.5
Hewitt Apollos 13 23 .361 9
Day 48 (at Target Field 2019)
Novelists (Keefe 3-3) at Agnews (Blyleven 5-0)
Fishermen (SJ Williams 4-5) at Crimsons (Galvin 8-2)
Apollos 10, Agnews 7
Jim Wynn hammered two of Hewitt's five homers and drove in four runs. Willie McCovey hit his 15th homer, and Rod Carew his first. The Apollos drove Tom Seaver from the hill after four innings and seven runs. Winning pitcher Fergie Jenkins allowed six runs in seven innings.
Crimsons 4, Novelists 2
Monte Ward hit his first homer of the season in the second inning, and Kid Nicols allowed two runs on nine hits to keep the Crimsons' pennant ambitions alive. Clarissa scored its four runs in the first three innings and then hung on. Jimmy Collins had a pair of doubles and a single in four at-bats for the first place Novelists.
The standings
W L Pct. GB
Browerville Novelists 22 13 .629 ----
Clarissa Crimsons 19 15 .559 2.5
Bertha Fishermen 17 17 .500 4.5
Long Prairie Agnews 15 17 .469 5.5
Hewitt Apollos 12 23 .343 10
Day 47 (at Crosley Field 1969)
Apollos (Jenkins 2-5) at Agnews (Seaver 6-2)
Crimsons (Nichols 2-6) at Novelists (Clarkson 5-2)
Novelists 5, Crimsons 2
Hughie Jennings drove in three runs with a triple and a double, and Jim O'Rourke drove in the other two as Browerville tightened its grip on first place. Old Hoss Radbourn allowed one earned run in his six hitter. Clarissa left a man in scoring position in each of the first four innings.
Agnews 8, Fishermen 7 (10 innings)
Mike Caldwell worked three scoreless innings of relief and Cesar Cedeno -- who homered in the first inning -- singled home the winning run in the bottom of the 10th. One key to the game was a pair of errors by the Fishermen in the third inning, when the Agnews scored three times. The Fishermen scored six runs in the fifth to knock Gaylord Perry out of the game, after which John Hiller and Caldwell shut them down.
Novelists: Welch Day 48, Radbourn Day 49. Projected starters: Clarkson Day 47, Keefe 48, Welch Day 49, Radbourn Day 50
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Brouthers 125 23 44 18 11 5 3 13 0 .352
Connor 127 16 34 25 9 3 6 18 1 .267
G Davis 115 16 38 17 7 1 1 11 4 .330
Duffy 145 23 43 14 12 1 1 11 6 .297
Ewing 120 12 37 21 4 2 5 7 5 .308
Keeler 146 20 52 10 4 5 0 9 6 .356
Kelley 131 19 46 24 10 2 5 12 3 .351
Kelly 128 16 32 8 5 2 1 10 6 .250
Ward 111 15 29 11 3 2 0 12 4 .261
The standings
W L Pct. GB
Browerville Novelists 20 13 .606 ----
Clarissa Crimsons 18 14 .580 1.5
Bertha Fishermen 17 16 .515 3
Long Prairie Agnews 15 16 .483 4
Hewitt Apollos 12 22 .353 8.5
Day 45 (at Catholic Prepartory Oval, NeL)
Crimsons (Galvin 7-2) at Apollos (Gibson 1-5)
Agnews (Ryan 1-6) at Novelists (Welch 6-3)
Agnews 4, Crimsons 3
Reggie Jackson hammered a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth to reverse a one-run deficit, and John Hiller got the final five outs in relief of Bert Blyleven. Joe Morgan and Bobby Bonds each hit solo homers off loser Kid Nichols. Blyleven yielded 12 hits in 7.1 innings, including five for extra bases, but limited the damage to three runs. .
Novelists 17, Apollos 1
Orator O'Rourke's big stick spoke loudly in the first inning; the Browerville catcher capped a six-run inning with a grand slam off Sam McDowell. The Novelists continued to hit all game; they went scoreless in only two of their eight at-bats, and had a second six-run ining highlighted by a bases-loaded triple by Billy Hamilton. Browerville had 17 hits off six Hewitt hurlers..Tim Keefe granted one run on five hits for the win.
Novelists: Clarkson Day 45, Keefe Day 47. Projected starters: Welch Day 45, Radbourn Day 46, Clarkson Day 47, Keefe 48
The standings
W L Pct. GB
Browerville Novelists 19 13 .594 ----
Clarissa Crimsons 18 13 .580 0.5
Bertha Fishermen 17 16 .515 2.5
Long Prairie Agnews 14 16 .467 4
Hewitt Apollos 12 21 .364 7.5
Day 44 (at Shibe Park 1924)
Agnews (Blyleven 4-0) at Crimsons (Nichols 2-5)
Apollos (McDowell 4-1) at Novelists (Keefe 2-3)
Crimsons 9, Fishermen 5
Clarissa peppered three Bertha starters for 16 hits and benefited from three errors to boot. Roger Connor drove in three runs with a pair of doubles, Hugh Duffy had a two-run triple and three of the Crimsons scored a pair of runs (Duffy, Dan Brouthers and George Davis). Cy Young was charged with all five runs, four earned, in 8.2 innings, with Candy Cummings getting the final out after allowing a pair of inherited runners to score...
Agnews 3, Apollos 2
Willie Stargell drove in all three runs for Long Prairie with a homer and double, and Tom Seaver allowed two runs on seven hits in 8.2 innings for his sixth win. John Hiller entered with the tying run on base to retire pinch-hitter Roberto Clemente for the final out. Bill Russell turned an outstanding double play with the bases loaded to end the fifth inning for the Agnews.
Novelists: Radbourn Day 44,Clarkson Day 45. Projected starters: Keefe Day 44, Welch Day 45, Radbourn Day 46, Clarkson Day 47
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Brouthers 113 21 40 17 11 4 3 10 0 .353
Connor 114 16 29 21 6 2 6 17 1 .254
G Davis 104 13 33 16 7 1 1 9 4 .317
Duffy 127 19 37 14 12 0 1 10 6 .291
Ewing 108 10 33 20 3 2 4 7 5 .306
Keeler 130 18 44 7 4 4 0 9 4 .338
Kelley 117 18 41 22 8 2 5 11 3 .350
Kelly 115 16 31 8 4 2 1 10 6 .270
Ward 99 13 26 11 3 2 0 12 4 .263
The standings
W L Pct. GB
Browerville Novelists 19 13 .594 ----
Clarissa Crimsons 17 13 .567 1
Bertha Fishermen 17 15 .531 2
Long Prairie Agnews 13 16 .448 4.5
Hewitt Apollos 12 20 .375 7
Day 43 (at League Park 1924)
Crimsons (Young 6-3) at Fishermen (T Williams 2-2)
Agnews (Seaver 5-2) at Apollos (McLain 0-5)
Crimsons 9, Agnews 0
Pud Galvin, a surprise starter for Clarissa, threw a three- hit shutout and didn;t allow a hit after the third inning. Joe Kelley went 4-for-5 with a pair of RBIs, and Dan Brouthers and George Davis each drove in a pair. The Crimsons peppered three Agnews hurlers for 16 hits..
Novelists 7, Apollos 2
Sam Thompson drove in five runs, three on a sixth-inning homer, and Cap Anson scored three times to back John Clarkson's four-hitter. Willie McCovey hammered his 13th homer for the Apollos..
Novelists:
Welch Day 43, Radbourn Day 44, Clarkson Day 45. Projected starters: off Day 43, Keefe Day 44, Welch Day 45
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Brouthers 108 19 39 15 11 3 3 10 0 .361
Connor 109 15 28 20 6 2 6 17 1 .257
G Davis 100 11 31 14 6 1 1 9 4 .310
Duffy 122 18 36 14 11 0 1 10 6 .295
Ewing 104 10 32 20 3 2 4 7 5 .308
Keeler 126 17 42 6 4 3 0 8 4 .333
Kelley 112 18 37 20 8 2 5 11 3 .330
Kelly 111 15 29 8 4 2 1 10 5 .261
Ward 95 12 24 10 3 2 0 12 4 .253
The standings
W L Pct. GB
Clarissa Crimsons 16 13 .551 ---
Browerville Novelists 16 13 .551 ----
Bertha Fishermen 17 14 .548 0.5
Long Prairie Agnews 13 14 .481 2.5
Hewitt Apollos 11 18 .379 5.5
Day 40 (at Fenway Park, 1961)
Agnews (Ryan 1-5) at Apollos (McDowell 3-1)
Novelists (Welch 5-3) at Fishermen (SJ Williams 4-3)
Agnews 2, Crimsons 1
Long Prairie didn't get a hit until Larry Bowa singled with one out in the sixth inning, but Bobby Bond followed with a home run and that was enough to down the Crimsons. Losing pitcher Kid Nichols allowed just four hits. Clarissa had three runners gunned down at the plate trying to score on ground balls, two by third baseman Darrell Evans and one by second baseman Joe Morgan..Mike Marshall pitched a perfect ninth in relief of Bert Blyleven, who allowed a homer, two leadoff triples and and a leadoff double but only the one run in eight innings.
Fishermen 10, Apollos 8
The Taylor brothers, Ben and Candy Jim, each drove in two runs with extra-base hits to power Bertha to the win. The Fishermen hit six doubles and a triple among their 12 hits. Dick Redding worked into the eighth for the win, with Dizzy Dismukes and Rube Foster each getting three outs in relief. For the Apollos, Willie McCovey drove in four runs, Rod Carew hit two doubles and a triple, and Henry Aaron scored on each of his three singles. .
Novelists: Clarkson Day 40, Radbourn Day 41. Projected starters: Welch Day 40, Clarkson Day 41, Radbourn Day 42, off Day 43, Keefe Day 44
The standings
W L Pct. GB
Browerville Novelists 16 12 .571 --
Clarissa Crimsons 16 12 .571 ---
Bertha Fishermen 15 14 .517 1.5
Long Prairie Agnews 12 14 .462 3
Hewitt Apollos 10 17 .370 5.5
Day 38 (at Sick's Stadium, Seattle, 1969)
Fishermen (Donaldson 4-3) at Agnews (Seaver 5-1)
Novelists (Radbourn 4-3) at Apollos (Jenkins 1-4)
Novelists 12, Fishermen 2
Browerville banged out 14 hits and drew 10 walks to rout Bertha, The Novelists scored five runs in the second on just one single, benefiting from three walks and three errors by the Fishermen. John Clarkson scattered eight hits in his complete game win
Crimsons 6, Agnews 1
Joe Kelley doubled, tripled and homered to drive in three runs, Dan Brouthers added a solo homer and Buck Ewing had an RBI triple to power Clarissa. Cy Young allowed six hits and five walks in his complete game win..
Novelists: Welch Day 39, Clarkson Day 40. Projected starters: Radbourn Day 38, off Day 39, Keefe Day 40, Welch Day 41
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Brouthers 100 17 36 14 11 3 2 9 0 .360
Connor 101 14 28 20 6 2 6 16 1 .277
G Davis 93 11 30 14 5 1 1 8 4 .323
Duffy 113 18 36 14 11 0 1 9 6 .319
Ewing 96 9 30 18 3 1 3 7 5 .313
Keeler 117 16 40 6 4 2 0 7 4 .342
Kelley 104 17 32 17 6 1 4 11 3 .308
Kelly 103 15 28 8 4 2 1 10 5 .272
Ward 87 11 23 10 3 2 0 12 3 .264
The standings
W L Pct. GB
Browerville Novelists 15 12 .556 --
Clarissa Crimsons 15 12 .556 ---
Bertha Fishermen 15 13 .535 0.5
Long Prairie Agnews 12 13 .458 2
Hewitt Apollos 10 17 .370 5
Day 37 (at Memorial Stadium, Balt., 1961)
Novelists (Clarkson 3-2) at Fishermen (SJ Williams 4-3)
Crimsons (Young 5-3) at Agnews (Perry 1-3)
Crimsons 15, Apollos 3
Clarissa banged out 20 hits and batted around twice to rout Hewitt. Pud Galvin picked up his sixth win with a seven-hit complete game. Monte Ward drove in four runs, three on a bases loaded triple in the sixth, an inning in which the Crimsons hit for the cycle. Joe Kelley drove in three runs, and everybody in the Clarissa lineup either scored or drove in a run.
Agnews 2, Novelists 1
Bobby Bonds homered in the bottom of the ninth to beat Mickey Welch and drop Browerville into a tie for the league lead with the idle Bertha Fishermen. Nolan Ryan went the distance for his first win; teh Express allowed five hits and walked six with seven strikeouts.
Novelists: Keefe Day 37, Welch Day 39. Projected starters: Clarkson Day 37, Radbourn Day 38, off Day 39, Keefe Day 40
