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
The standings
W L Pct. GB
Browerville Novelists 24 14 .632 ----
Clarissa Crimsons 21 15 .571 2
Bertha Fishermen 18 18 .500 5
Long Prairie Agnews 16 21 .432 7.5
Hewitt Apollos 13 23 .361 10
Day 50 (at Royals Stadium 1973)
Novelists (Radbourn 6-4) at Agnews (Perry 1-5)
Apollos (Gibson 1-5) at Crimsons (Young 7-4)
Fishermen 15, Apollos 5
Bertha scored in eight of their nine at-bats, peppering four Hewitt hurlers for 20 hits, eight for extra bases. Dick Redding went the distance, allowing three runs in the first two innings but then holding the Apollos scoreless until Jim Wynn homered in the eighth, The Fishermen turned four double plays behind Redding.
Novelists 3, Agnews 1
Jesse Burkett punched a two-run single through a drawn-in infield to plate two runs in the third inning, and Mickey Welch allowed one run on three hits for his eighth victory as Browervllle drew closer to the pennant. The Novelists stole four bases off Nolan Ryan, but were caught stealing twice. Ryan allowed just six hits and three walks but was still saddled with his eighth loss in his final start of the season.
Novelists: Keefe Day 51, Welch Day 52. Projected starters: Radbourn Day 50, Clarkson Day 51, off Day 52, Keefe Day 53
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Anson 154 26 45 19 4 2 1 14 1 .292
Burkett 151 28 49 22 6 2 2 18 5 .325
Collins 142 18 41 20 9 1 1 4 0 .289
Delahanty 147 26 58 30 13 1 1 17 4 .395
Hamilton 141 34 51 17 5 2 1 31 6 .362
Jennings 146 16 42 23 7 1 0 8 4 .288
McPhee 127 18 33 21 4 2 2 13 3 .282
O'Rourke 155 26 52 18 4 2 1 3 1 .335
Thompson 154 21 43 27 8 6 2 13 1 .260
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Bonds 140 20 35 13 4 0 8 16 2 .250
Bowa 40 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 .150
Cedeno 139 18 36 19 12 1 5 4 5 .259
Evans 128 22 29 23 4 0 8 26 0 .227
Grich 10 5 3 1 1 0 1 6 0 .300
Jackson 107 16 20 12 5 0 6 16 2 .187
Morgan 138 20 34 14 11 0 5 12 3 .246
Munson 90 4 14 7 2 0 2 4 0 .156
Otis 35 4 10 7 1 0 1 4 0 .286
Russell 79 8 12 3 0 0 1 3 0 .152
Scott 30 4 8 4 1 0 1 2 0 .267
Simmons 55 4 22 8 6 3 0 2 0 .400
Stargell 144 16 32 23 7 1 8 6 0 .222
Sudakis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Yastzremski 118 11 27 9 4 3 0 20 2 .229
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Donaldson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hill 127 16 35 15 4 2 1 10 5 .276
Johnson 136 17 50 24 6 2 3 7 2 .368
Lloyd 162 17 46 18 11 2 0 9 5 .284
Lyons 90 7 17 6 2 0 3 7 2 .188
Malarcher 15 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .133
Mendez 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Monroe 148 18 34 12 1 3 1 9 4 .230
Petway 29 4 8 0 1 0 0 4 1 .276
Poles 43 5 12 5 2 1 0 4 1 .279
Santop 106 11 33 12 5 1 1 1 0 .311
B Taylor 148 19 43 21 7 6 5 12 0 .291
CJ Taylor 138 14 34 19 3 1 2 6 1 .246
Torriente 136 27 41 17 7 3 3 16 3 .301
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
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg.
Aaron 136 21 25 15 5 1 5 16 1 .184
Aparicio 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .400
Bando 135 21 37 18 3 4 7 14 0 .274
Bench 122 15 29 19 6 2 5 3 0 .238
Carew 161 21 43 11 11 2 1 5 3 .267
Clemente 153 13 39 22 6 0 6 7 1 .255
WDavis 39 2 6 2 1 0 0 1 3 .154
Fernandez 9 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 .111
Jones 22 6 9 3 2 1 0 5 2 .409
McCovey 149 27 37 32 5 1 15 19 0 .248
Petrocelli 133 10 22 19 6 1 3 16 0 .165
FRobinson 117 11 25 7 5 0 3 10 0 .214
Wynn 99 26 25 22 3 0 10 27 0 .253
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
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg.
Aaron 131 21 24 15 5 1 5 16 1 .183
Aparicio 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .400
Bando 130 19 35 17 3 4 6 14 0 .269
Bench 119 13 27 19 6 2 5 2 0 .227
Carew 157 19 42 8 11 2 0 5 3 .268
Clemente 148 13 39 22 6 0 6 7 1 .264
WDavis 38 2 6 2 1 0 0 1 3 .158
Fernandez 9 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 .111
Jones 21 6 9 3 2 1 0 5 2 .429
McCovey 144 25 35 31 4 1 14 19 0 .243
Petrocelli 128 10 21 19 6 1 3 16 0 .164
FRobinson 114 11 24 6 4 0 3 10 0 .211
Wynn 95 24 23 18 3 0 8 27 0 .242
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Donaldson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hill 118 14 32 13 3 1 1 10 5 .271
Johnson 132 16 46 22 6 2 3 7 2 .348
Lloyd 152 16 46 17 11 2 0 8 5 .303
Lyons 83 7 16 6 2 0 3 5 2 .193
Malarcher 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .091
Mendez 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Monroe 138 15 30 11 1 3 1 8 4 .217
Petway 29 4 8 0 1 0 0 4 1 .276
Poles 43 5 12 5 2 1 0 4 1 .279
Santop 97 9 31 12 5 1 1 1 0 .320
B Taylor 140 17 40 19 6 6 5 9 0 .286
CJ Taylor 129 12 30 17 3 1 2 6 1 .233
Torriente 125 25 38 14 6 3 3 16 3 .304
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Anson 141 25 43 19 4 2 1 14 1 .305
Burkett 139 25 46 22 5 2 2 17 5 .331
Collins 130 18 37 18 7 1 1 4 0 .285
Delahanty 137 25 55 30 11 1 1 16 4 .401
Hamilton 129 33 48 17 5 2 1 30 6 .372
Jennings 134 13 36 18 5 0 0 8 4 .269
McPhee 117 18 33 21 4 2 2 12 3 .282
O'Rourke 143 26 49 15 4 2 1 3 1 .343
Thompson 143 17 39 24 8 6 2 12 1 .273
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
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Bonds 129 19 33 12 2 0 8 13 2 .255
Bowa 38 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 .132
Cedeno 124 16 31 16 11 1 4 4 5 .250
Evans 118 20 23 20 3 0 7 22 0 .195
Grich 6 4 2 1 1 0 1 5 0 .333
Jackson 100 13 17 12 5 0 6 13 1 .170
Morgan 129 18 31 13 11 0 4 12 3 .240
Munson 83 3 12 6 2 0 2 3 0 .145
Otis 30 3 9 5 1 0 1 3 0 .300
Russell 69 6 10 3 0 0 1 3 0 .145
Scott 30 4 8 4 1 0 1 2 0 .267
Simmons 49 4 20 8 5 3 0 2 0 .408
Stargell 132 15 29 22 7 0 8 6 0 .220
Sudakis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Yastzremski 107 10 25 9 3 3 0 18 2 .234
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
