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2nd Annual EAAD Softball Tournament 1952 Eastern Athletic Association of the Deaf |
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Golden Tornadoes Win Eastern Softball Title
By Emerson Romero in The Silent Worker
Amid perfect weather condition, the youthful players of the New York City Golden Tornadoes Athletic Club battled every inch of their way in the finals in the second annual softball tournament of the Eastern Athletic Association of the Deaf, held at Paterson, New Jersey on August 23-24, 1952 and soundly trounced the more experienced players of the Long Island Club of the Deaf by a score of 6 to 2 to become the champions.
The Tornadoes played a smart game and although out hit 6 to 4, their daring base running brought them the desired results. James Lorello was a human tornado all by himself, getting three walks and stealing bases like a scared jackrabbit. The three runs he scored were enough to win the game.
Allen E. Sussman, a Gallaudet Collegian, the Tornadoes´ new right-hander, pitched a heady game and his change
of pace had the Long Island sluggers swinging at his tantalizing slow balls with devasting results.
For the Long Island boys, it was almost a repetition of last year´s tournament. After slugging their way through
the preliminaries, their heretofore potent bats failed them in the final game and their defense went to pieces. In their anxiety to slug the ball over the fences, they were either popping up or sending harmless grounders to the infield. Myron LoMonaco, the star southpaw of the Long Island team, pitched a whale of a game and deserved to win.
But his mates behind him committed seven costly errors, and with that went the ball game.
The Long Island boys, however, pulled two fine plays each time with the bases full and one out. Simon Hovanec
at third base, scooped up hot grounders, threw to Charles Goosk at the plate, who threw to George Satory covering
first. The perfect lightning fast execution of these two double plays brought tremendous applause from the crowd
in the grandstand.
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