July 25, 1974 — Tamaqua’s Ken Franz and Coaldale’s Jimmy Telepchak hook up in a pitching duel with Frantz eventually leading his team to a 4-2 Panther Valley Little League tournament win. Franz allows just four hits, while Telepchak gives up only five. The winners take an early lead when Chas Stefanek delivers a two-run single in the second inning. Tamaqua adds a pair of runs in the third when Clem McCarroll’s single knocks in a pair of teammates. Coaldale cuts the deficit in half in the fourth on Anthony Plocinik’s two-run single but fails to score the rest of the way. Stefanek ends with two hits, while Steve Plasko adds a double and a run.