Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
Doc Thompson and Tim Tolson ended up at the top of the batting statistics in September for the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers baseball club.
Thompson played in all seven games for the month (four rain outs in September) and led the club in hits with 13. He batted .619 (13 for 21) and finished second in RBI with seven, while Tolson batted a hefty .625 (10 for 16).
Other top hitters included Reed Palmer (7 for 15, a .467 average and the only home run for the month), Lloyd Barzell (11 for 21, a .524 average), Dennis Crowley (8 for 14, a .571 average, including the most runs scored with six) and Bob Daliege (7 for 13, a .538 average).
Once again it was 91-year-old Floyd Lance, who led the 80-and-over somethings with a .250 average (3 for 12 in seven games to go along with five walks and one run batted in).
The TOTS got off to a good start in October with a 3-1 game on Monday (Oct. 3), won by Team Blue. Three Team Blue players -- Reed Palmer, Pigpen Price and Leon Glasshoffer knocked in runs, while Ron Carlson provided the only RBI for Team White.
The TOTS will be back in action on Wednesday (Oct. 5) and Friday (Oct. 7) at Udall Park. Also, the MSBL World Series bound 65-and-over Tucson Aces will hold a practice at Udall on Thursday (Oct. 6). The TOTS games will get underway at 9 a.m. The Aces' practice will get underway at 8 a.m.
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