In last week's early game, Buddy's Sandtrap won its fifth in a row, defeating Morgan Truck Body 14-7. Perfect nights at the plate were provided by George Cohan (4 for 4), Ed Obloj (4 for 4) and Glen Olsen (3 for 3). Ron Howard had two triples and four RBIs. Rounding out the offense was Tony Scoco and Tom Fitzpatrick (3 hits). Perfect outfield defense shut down Morgan's big hitters. In the other early game, Granny O'Shea's defeated Moby Drugs 9-8 in 10 innings. Tim Taylor drove in John Streich in the bottom of the 10th for O'Shea's fourth win of the year.

Ken's Fitness Centre rode the hot bats of Dom Bella and Richie Dargie to victory over Thirsty Beverage ending its winning streak at five. Solid defense by Bruce Coonan and Dargie backed another win for Carmine Lanzarro as Ken's won its 10th game improving to 10-3-1. Barco Construction continued its winning ways with a hard-fought 13-8 win over Taormina Pizza. Clutch hitting by Jeff Elie and Artie Gotzmer and fine defense by Dennis Ryan and Gary Jambor led Barco to its sixth win.

The late games had J-2 Lounge ride a 17-hit first inning to a 22-8 win over McCourt and Trudden. Tom Giorelle, Butch Flecker, Hal Edelman and Lou Getzelman combined for a 15 for 15 game. Tom Corey added a long triple and Jake Considine and Giorelle pitched well for J-2. Darien Press defeated a shorthanded Barboy team 20-2. Jerry Murtha had a perfect 4 for 4 night and Bobby Schubert crushed a long solo home run and added three hits and three RBIs for Darien. George Krug, George Darienzo and Tom "T" Ball added three hits each as Darien won its 12th game.

The league will begin its annual charity Softball Tournament Sept. 11 at Allen Park, Farmingdale, after taking off the Labor Day Weekend.

This week's games (all on 60 ft. field):

8:20 p.m. - Barco vs. M & T

9:40 p.m. - J-2 vs. Sandtrap

8:20 p.m. - Barboy vs. Thirsty

9:30 p.m. - Ken's vs. O'Shea's