IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE Still Time For A 1st Division Club To Capture 1953 Major League Pennant By BEN PHLEGAR Associated Press Sports Writer The first division teams in both major leagues could look at the calendar today and tell selves 'we can still do it." That's because on Aug. 12 two years ago, New York Giants were 13 games behind Brooklyn, yet they caught the Dodgers on the final day of the season and went on to win a playoff for the National League pennant. The teams in second, third and fourth place in both leagues go into today's contests less than 13 games out of the lead. In the National Brooklyn is 7% in front of Milwaukee Braves with Phila- delphia Phillies and St.' Louis Cardinals tied for third, 11% ames back. In the American, New ork Yanks lead Chicago White Sox by six games with Hird Place Cleveland 11 behind and fourth- place Boston 12%. YANKEES SLIP NOTCH The size of the leads changed + in both leagues Tuesday night. The them- | 4. and Chicago defeated Cleveland Indians 6-2, The situation was re- versed in the National where Broc whipped New York 4-0 and St. is edged Milwaukee Boston Red Sox won twice at Philadelphia, whipping the Athlet- ics 7-6 and 7-5. Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns split a pair. The Browns took the first 5-2, the Tig- ers the second 9-3. Chicago Cubs edged Cincinnati Redlegs 1-0. Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh 3-0, but lost 7-4 in a game that was finally finished after being left hanging since July 5 by the Pennsylvania Sunday curfew law. The Pirates had been ahead 70 when time was called after 6 1-3 innings. ERSKINE BEATS GIANTS The Brooklyn victory was a great personal satisfaction for right- hander Carl Erskine. The Dodger ace gave up just two hits--both singles by Hank Thompson--as he beat the Giants at the Polo Grounds where he had failed five times in a row. Carl Furillo and Yankees lost a full game as they bowed to Washington Senators 2-1 Gil Hodges homered. Back-to-back doubles by Solly Hemus and Red Schoendienst in the ninth gave the Cardinals their victory over Milwaukee. Fine clutch pitching by Walt Masterson saved Washington's tri- ump over the Yankees. After hold- ing New York hitless through 5 1-3 innings Masterson yielded a run in the seventh on a walk and a triple by Irv Noren, Washington has won six of its last seven games. Billy Pierce, who pitched a three. hit shutout for Chicago against New York Sunday, came to the rescue in relief at Cleveland. With the bases loaded and none out in the ninth Pierce came in to retire the next three men. Minnie Minoso sparked a five-run Chicago up- rising in the seventh with a three- run homer. 16TH WIN FOR PARNELL Boston's Mel Parnell became the first American League pitcher to win 16 games this season as he took the first game of the Red Sox twin bill at Philadelphia, but he needed help from three relief men in the ninth inning. In the second game Ellis Ki der preserved Skinny Browr's 11th victory. THIRD IN A WEEK Syracuse's Art Hartley Pitches His No-hitter By THE CANADIAN PRESS No-hitters are becoming almost a dime a dozen in the International Baseball League. Righthander Art Hartley of Syra- cuse Chiefs Tuesday night tossed the third no-hit game of the sea- son, defeating Montreal Royals 4-1 in the abbreviated opener of a twin bill. Montreal came back to take the second contest 5-2. Hartley's no-hitter came less than a week after the first of the current campaign and was the sec- ond in as, many nights. In addition, Hartley's perfor- + mance was Syracuse's second no- hit, one-run game of the season. Duke Markell hurled an identical Salve last Thursday against Tor- onto. - Monday night, Dave Hillman blanked Toronto for Springfield over nine innings, with a o-hit, o-run masterpiece. H s good fortune, which boosted won-lost record to 10-9, took place at Syracuse, where Rocky Ni 's two-run homer broke a 2-2 tie in the fourth to | give Montreal the victory in the! aftermath, 23] Montreal's first-game run came after Sandy Amoros walked and Rocky Nelson lined out. Tim Thompson grounded to Hector Rod- riguez, who threw wildly. Amoros romped home. The league-leading Bisons split a doubleheader at Buffalo with Baltimore Orioles. The Herd took the opener 2-1 as veteran Earl Harrist limited the Orioles to two infield hits for his fifth victory. The Orioles blanked the Bisons 5-0 in the second game, which saw Joe Lonnett's three-run homer pro. vide enough runs for Bob Green- wood as he scattered eight hits. Rochester Red Wings fell twice to Ottawa Athletics at the Canadian capital. The A's took both ends of a double bill, 6-3 and 5-3. Toronto Maple Leafs and Spring- field Cubs split at Springfield, the Cubs w g the opener 6-5 and the Leafs the nightcap 6-1. The Leafs tallied four runs in the first inning of the opener but the Cubs came back with three runs in the fourth and three in the sixth. Jim Post held Springfield to five hits in the nightcap. Frank Boucher Returns As Coach, Rangers Get Bentley Bros. Too NEW YORK (AP) -- New York ers Tuesday acquired the Bentley brothers--Doug and Max-- two of the biggest names in hockey and announced Frank Bou- cher will coach the team next sea- son. : Boucher, who coached the Ran- rs from 1941 to 1948 and has n manager of the organization since 1946, succeeds Bill Cook. Cook, who with brother Bun and Boucher, formed the greatest line in Ranger history, will be retained in some capacity. . Max, younger of the Bentley brothers, was purchased from Tor- onto for an undisclosed sum. The 34-year-old centre, a veteran of 11 seasons in National Hockey Le , was sidelined by injuries oe hog most of last season after scoring nine goals in his first 11 games He led the league in scoring in 1945-46 and 1946-47. His 231-goal record is surpassed only by Mont- real's Maurice Richard among ac- tive players. Doug, 37, was induced to leave his job as player-coach of thé Sas- katoon club in the Western League to rejoin his brother. The famous pair teamed up to star for six years - with Chicago Black Hawks. If Doug's work is satisfactory, he will be signed as a player and assistant coach to Boucher. A bi league star at Sowa I years, Doug accumulated 531 points third highest in the history of the league, "We are very unhappy at the way things have been going the past few seasons," club president John Reed Kilpatrick told a press con- jarence, "We are doing everything our power strengthen the team for 1953-54. "We have purchased goalie John Bower and defenceman Bob Chrys- tal from Cleveland of the American Hockey League. They were rated the best at their position in the minor leagues." Must Break Tie Today Following Two Perfect Bullseye Displays SOUTH MARCH, Ont. (CP)-- Two marksmen go to the firing mound today to break a tie in the Connaught match at the third day of the 85th annual Dominion of Canada Rifle Association prize shoot} The marksmen--Cqms. J. A. Draper of South Porcupine, Ont., and Sqdn. Ldr. Dave Reynolds of Ottawa--tied Tuesday in the match proper with perfect 100s from the 300- and 500-yard ranges. The tie was scheduled for Tues- day night, but had to be postponed because Cqms. Draper had left the ranges before the time was an- nounced for the shoot-off. Three matches will be fired on these ranges near Ottawa, in- cluding the City of Ottawa match from 200 and 900 yards, the Queen's Gold Medal match and the Inter Service Cadet match. Cqgms. Draper and Sqdn. Ldr, Reynolds fired 20 consecutive bulls- eyes to score their possibles in the Connaught match. Eight others finished with 99s: Sgt. W. A. Cousins, Penticton, B.C., Sgt. J. M. MacNeil, Van- couver; Cpl. B. E. Flumerfelt, Ot- tawa; Sgt. R. D. Cathline, Camp Borden, Ont. Csm Norman Ham- ilton; Sgt, F. H. Wallace, Toronto; Capt. E. Samson, Edmonton, and Sgt. F. Jermey, Montreal. The Connaught match counts in the aggregate standing. Top aggre- gate standings during the week- long meet are added to scores posted in the final stage of the | Governor . General's match and | from this comes Canada's 1954) Bisley team. ! In the other aggregate match | fired Tuesday, Cqms. W. L. Wil- kinson of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, won the Bankers match from 300 and 600 yards. He tied with Cadet Laurie Fair- field, Winnipeg; J. J. Cramer, North Vancouver, and Maj. A. P. Williams, Ottawa, posting 98 scores of a possible 100, but was awarded first place for the better placings on the target. A four-man team from army headquarters' western command at Edmonton captured 'the Barlow team match--the final event shot Tuesday. The team compiled a combined score of 191 of a pos- sible 200 from the 600-yard range to beat out an army team from Prince Edward Island and the Governor-General's Foot Guards of Ottawa, tied for second place with scores of 187. Members of the winning team were Maj. D. George, Capt. J. F. Samson, Capt. E. Auty, and Lieut. A. L. G. Clements MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL By THE CANADIAN PRESS Americal League i L Pct. GBL New York 73 36 .670 Chicago 68 613 6 Cleveland 62 569 11 Boston 63 553 1215 Washington 55 491 19% Philadelphia 46 418 27% Detroit 39 .355 34% St. Louis 38 75 .336 37 Wednesday New York at Washington (night) Chicago at Cleveland (night) Boston at Philadelphia (night) Detroit at St. Louis (night) National League W L Pet. GBL 37 .660 589 7% 556 1134 .556 1114 .500 17% 62 44124 65 .398 29 80 - .316 39 Wednesday Brooklyn at New York St. Louis at Milwaukee (nig| Brooklyn Milwaukee Philadelphia St. Louis New York Cincinnati Chicago Pittsburgh ht) Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (night) Cincinnati at Chicago (2) Gridiron Gleanings Off Senior Football Fronts By THE CANADIAN PRESS Big-time football squads across Canada are going through their paces these late-summer evenings in preparation for pre-season ex- hibition games. As the dates of the early clashes approach, their tors are tougheni up the training grind. Edmonton Eskimos, for example, are holding nightly workouts this week to get in shape for Friday night's exhibition tilt with the tour- ing Toronto Argonauts. Fans who have watched the team in inter- squad scrimmage said they were impressed with beth the passing and the running. Coach Darrell Royal will dress 32 players for the Argonaut game. But ex-Oklahoma Sooner quarter- backs Ed Crowder and Claude Arnold won't be among them. Crowder is getting married and prod still is out with an injured nee. One newcomer to the Argo roster for the Toronto team's exhibition matches at Edmonton and Winni- peg is an import, George Pan- ciera. Now 26 and weighing 185 unds, he was rated All New ngland Conference quarterback at Boston College in 1946 while a teammate of John Kissell. He has played for University of San Francisco, New York Yankees and Detroit Lions. He shared quarter- backing chores on the Chicago Cardinals' team last year. Hamilton Tiger - Cats Tuesday gave outright releases to Lee Schroeder, halfback from the Uni- versity of Nevada, and Bob (Blackie) Jones, 220-pound end from Texas. Schroeder, reputedly a better-than-10-second man in the 100-yard dash, found the going tougher in Canada than in Texas. Jones, one of three import ends, has been limping on a bad knee since the start of the training season. Saskatchewan Roughriders ex- pect to have a syuad of 36 in top shape to make trip east for exhibition games in Montreal Fri- day and in Hamilton Monday. The only import who may not see action is Fri Tripucka, quarterback at Dallas last season, sidelined with a shoulder injury along with vet- eran lineman Wayne Pyne who has a bad knee. Mac Speedie, classy end from Cleveland Browns, is back in harness after a session in hospital due to an allergy to penicillin administered to clear up a toe infection. Winnipeg Blue Bombers tried out LEADERS IN MAJOR LEAGUES By THE CANADIAN PRESS American League Vernon, Was Minoso, Chi Rosen, Cle Kell, Bos 404 85 129 .319 417 70 132 .317 326 51 103 .316 Mele, Chi 357 51 111 .311 Runs: Minoso, 85. Runs batted in: Rosen, 92. Hits: Vernon, 147. Doubles: Vernon, 84. Triples: Rivera, Chicago, 8. Home runs: Zernial, Philadel phia, 29. . Stolen bases: Rivera, 18. Pitching: Lopat, New York, 11-2, .846. Strikeouts: Pierce, Chicago, 138. National League H Pet, Irvin, NY 339 Schoendienst, StL 134 . 136 .333 Thompson, NY . their new stadium for the first time | Furill Tuesday night. The workout will be their only one under the lights before they meet Toronto Argos Saturday. Coach "George Trafton says rain has washed out so many practices that the players are be- hind in their training. However, ob- servers say the Bombers look pretty sharp. Clem Crowe, coach of Ottawa Rough Riders, says Edmonton and 9- Winnipeg will be tough--'"but we want it plenty tough because it is bound to be tough in Hamilton when we open our schedule there Aug. 29." He thinks Ottawa will be better defensively this year than last. The Ottawa quarterback still is not picked. Main candidates are Tom O'Malley and Dave Ander- son. London Pitcher Sets Record For Bases On Balls Bob Penny, London Majors' right hander, has set a new post-war Inter-County record for issuing bases on balls. So far he has yield- ed 87, surpassed the record of 84 set by Doc Doherty, St. Thomas, during the 1950 season. Penny with an 8-4 won-lost mark, has pitched 121 innings and has fanned 29 bat- ters, ranking second to Jeep Jes- sup, Galt, in this regard: During the weekend Jessup ran his strike- out total to 104, a new post-war IC high. The principle of free public libraries was established in Britain | by act of Parliament in 1850. 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GBL 46 596 579 2 565 3% 539 6% .500 11 .456 16 51 443 17% 36 3 319 31% Wednesday Montreal at Syracuse (night) Toronto at Springfield (night) Rochester at Ottawa (2-twi-night) Baltimore at Buffalo Buffalo Montreal Rochester Baltimore Toronto Syracuse Ottawa Springfield 0, Bkn Baumbholtz, Chi Runs: Musial, St. Louis, 87. Runs batted in: Campanella, Brooklyn, 104 Hits: Ashburn, Philadelphia, 143. | issue Doubles: Musial, 34. Triples: Bruton, Milwaukee, 10. Home runs: Mathews, Mil waukee, 36. Stolen bases: Bruton, 21. Pitching: Burdette, Milwaukee, 2, .818. 1 a keouts: Roberts, Philadelphia Yesterday's Stars By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pitchig: Carl Erskine, B: Dodgers, gave up just two singles in winning his 13th game 4-0 over New York Giants. Batting: Minnie Minoso, Chicago White Sox, hit a three-run homer 2 The Sox' 6-2 victory over Cleve- and. USE SIX-MAN RULES ,NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. (CP)--Dr. Frank Kenney, vice- president of the Canadian Lacrosse Association,, announced Monday night the Mann Cup Jityofte for the Canadian senior championship will be played under six-man rules. The British Columbia Inter- City Lacrosse League pioneered the six-man game and the Ontario association switched to six-man lay part way through this season. e Mann Cup series be played here this year. THE BAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Wednesday, August 18, 1958 11 SERIES OPENER a Brooklin Stevenson Moto Blank Ajax in Ist Playoft Behind a brilliant 4-hit pitching display by 'Nip" Hooker, who chalked up 14 strikeouts and didn't issue a single walk, Brooklin Stevenson Motor Sales defeated Ajax Aerilist Specialists 3-0 last night at Ajax, in the first game of their South Ontario County League semi-final series, a two- out-of-three affair, with the second game called for the Brooklin diamond on Thursday night. This was one of the best softball ames played in the South Ontario ague this season with Hooker being little short of terrific for the winners as he chalked up two strikeouts in each of the first six innings and got one in each of the next. two frames, Ajax didn't get any help either, for Hooker didn't one free ticket. McNiven with two hits, was the only batter to have much success, with Hood Setung a hit as a pinch-hitter in Flipowitz on the mound for Ajax, was also in fine form and made a real pitcher's battle of it. He| gave up only six hits and it was! | a sensational 0-0 deadlock until the top. of the 8th inning. ith one out, Scheel was safe on an error, Croxall singled and then Graham forced Schell with an infield roller but Johnson came through with a timely two-bagger, the best hit of the night, to score Croxall and Johnson with the first two runs of the game. Brooklin got their third and final run in the 9th inning when D. Mitchell singled, advanced on a passed ball and an infield out and scored on an infield misplay. The game was played in just a little over an hour, with Johns- ton and Arksey starring defensive ly for the winners, along with D. Mitchell while Deeth was the field- ing star for Ajax and McNiven their batting ace. BROOKLIN -- Graham, rf; John- ston, 8b; D. Mitchell, cf; Hooker, p; B. Mitchell, If; Arksey, c; Carnwith, 1b; Schell, 2b; Croxall, 88. AJAX -- McNiven 3b; Deeth, 2b; Rennick, ¢; Morris, cf; Loud- foot, rf; Flipowitz, p; Caldwell, 1b; Collins, 1f; Schmidke, ss: Hood, 2b. Umpires -- N. O'Reilly and J. Guiltinan. Oshawa Merchants' Fielding Averages Show Improvement (To Saturday night) POA E DP Pet. 1616 8 2 94 Berning, 3b cf 13 2 1.000 nN a DeLaurentis Drapcho Dyson Garbark Hanrahan Imbra Jones, cf 1b 518 286 22 78 15 75 958 984 .989 1.000 976 1.000 Lawing am Mason O'Connor, cf Ryba Ripplemeyer Turk Walter vrvenSvouwhoma wom 0 orcoumBounlonBome STAMPS BUY 5 PLAYERS CALGARY (CP)--Calgary Stam- peders of the Western Hockey League announced Tuesday out- right purchase of five players from the Chicago Black Hawk organiza- tion. Defenceman Max Quacken- bush and forwards Steve Witiuk, Pat Lundy and Steve Black all were with Stampeders last season. Bill Brennan, goaltender, who vlayed with Seattle Boomers last season, is the fifth. The city of Kokomo, Ind., has glass, steel, lumber and pottery factories. STAFFORD BROS. 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