Hopkinsville Hoppers 3 @ Owensboro Oilers 7
Location: Miller Field (Owensboro, KY)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkinsville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Owensboro | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | x | 7 | 10 | 0 |
Hopkinsville Batteries: Kosturin and Woodmancy
Owensboro Batteries: Buickel and Fletcher
“Peace Night” at Owensboro
“Peace Night” was celebrated here tonight with Shelby Peace, president of the Kitty League as honoree, at the opening game of a four game series between the Owensboro Oilers and the Hopkinsville Hoppers.
George “Lefty” Buickel and the Oilers beat the league leading Hopkinsville Hoppers 7 to 3 before a crowd of 1,585.
Mr. Peace was introduced at Miller Field by William Armstrong, who interviewed him. Peace, in a short address, told of the history of the Kitty League, one of the oldest minor league circuits in the United States. He told of the rise of the present czar of minor league baseball, W.G. Bramham, who is a former resident of Hopkinsville.
Mr. Peace predicted that minor league baseball would have one of it’s best years this year following World War II when many of the leagues suspended operations. The Kitty was one of these war casualities, having closed down in 1942, but was promptly revived following the surrender of Japan, due largely to the efforts of President Peace and other interested citizens of western Kentucky, northern Tennessee and southern Illinois.
Buickel pitched hitless ball for seven innings, retiring the 21 Hoppers to face him, eight by the strikeout route. Fogg tallied the first hit off his delivery in the eight, but the next three men went down in order. After retiring the first two men to face him in the ninth, Buickel walked Al Boyguskie and manager Chapman lofted a 325-foot drive over the right field wall.
Source: Evansville Courier and Press