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Elsewhere in the Finger Lakes League world:
The Seneca League champions for 1912 were the Palmyra Prophets, (CAN)who defeated the Hammondsport Harpoons (PY), 3 games to 1 in the championship series.
Palmyra RHP Dizzy Moran (18-2, 1.02, 176/32 K/BB) mowed down hitters like a scythe moving through tall grass. Seneca Falls farmhand Jeff Collins posted a 1.72 ERA with 118 strikeouts and 34 walks for Clyde.
The most promising young hitter in the league was 20-year-old RF Jeff Lawson of Lyons (.343-3-45), the latest in a long list of talented young Geneva prospects.
The University of Rochester put the finishing touches on a three-peat when it beat Hobart, 3-1, in the college playoffs. U of R senior CF "Shameless Dan" Griffin hit .353 with a .491 OBP, and then hit .278 for Palmyra after Canandaigua drafted him in June.
Keuka College teammates Trey Sexton (7-3, 2.50), a fine lefthanded pitcher, and LF Ricardo Gonzales (.381) established themselves as future prospects with outstanding seasons at age 19.
The champion of the high school league is Midlakes High School, who defeated Penn Yan Academy in the playoffs. LF Mark Buchanan hit .431 for the champion Screaming Eagles.
Keep an eye on Mynderse Academy CF Freddy Dunbar (.465-2-39, 16 2B, 11 3B) and Geneva HS LHP Donnie "Pigpen" O'Brien (48/4 K/BB in 41 IP), a pair of 16-year-old prospects. O'Brien has potential as a power closer, while Dunbar, who moved to the area from Vancouver, British Columbia, could be a batting champion one day.
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