The trouble was that the season was running late, and two of the league’s four teams, Kiwanis and Rotary, were neck-and-neck going down the stretch. To make matters worse, one of their scheduled matches against each other had been rained out twice. As a result, the league played an off-schedule game between the two teams in order to determine the league’s entry in the Lyndhurst tournament. Rotary won the game, 11-9, and the team moved on to the tournament, picking up select players from other teams in the league in order to field a more representative team.
Rutherford drew Clifton in the first round, and the teams battled to a 4-4 draw in a darkness-shortened game on Monday, August 20. That led to a replay the next day, and Clifton scored eight runs in the fifth to put away an 11-2 decision.
| 1951 | 1952 |
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| History | History |
| Press | Press |
| Standings | Standings |
| Teams | Teams |
| Leaders | Leaders |
| Tourney | Tourney |