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Oshawa Times (1958-), 6 Aug 1963, p. 13

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ah 0 ONO ba yy Bey oe RRR I le aR kama Oshawa's 'Mr. Sam' In Sports Hall Of Fame TORONTO (CP)---Three old- timers--one an all . time great speedskater before he lost both legs -- have been admitied o Canada's Sports Hall of Fame at the Canadian National Exhi- tion, Their election raised the hall's membership to 110, They are 84-year-old Norval Baptie, a native of Bethany, Ont,, and a pro speedskater from the age of 10 who has had both legs amputated above the knee; Col, R, §. (Sam) Me- Laughlin. of Oshawa, Ont,, 91- year-old horse racing enthusiast S and breeder, and Gus Ryder of Toronto, 64 .- year - old former amateur athlete who has de- voted years to development of swimming for handicapped chil- dren, The selection committee, made up of sports columnists and sports editors from each province, was asked to name three choice and votes were computed on a 32-1 basis.| Point totals were not an-/ nounced. Baptie, now living in Balti more, Md., was born March 18 1879, moved to Bathgate, N.D the following year and in 1899 started skating professionally "They paid me a cash prize and I could never skate again as an amateur," he recalled in an interview the other day COL, R. 8, MeLAUGHL IN NORVAL BAPTIE ENTER HALL OF FAME-- Three new members of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame are R. S. (Sam) MecLaughiin (left) of Oshawa, Ont., Norval Baptie (centre), now living in Jaltimore, Md, and Gus Ryder of Toronto. McLaugh lin, 91, was cited for his out- standing work in the develop: ment of thoroughbred horse racing in Canada, Baptie, 83- year-old native of Bethany, -- ir Ont,, was rated one of the o greatest all-round skaters of a all time, winning about 5,000 1 races in a quarter-century = y and originating what are to-' ¢ 1 a left in 195 ge. About four 7, he lost his ost his le years later; members Mis Henie was three-time Olympic figure-skat WON ALL EVENTS ing champion and Baptie has/right leg He toured Canada and the/been described by Frank G_) Despite this, he continued to United States after the turn of! |Menke' s Encyclopedia of Sportsjteach figure skating in Balti the century, beat everyone inias "the greatest of all.round/ more and says he still is doing sight and held records at dis-/skaters of all time in the U.S,"/a little of it, People sometimes tances ranging from 50 yardsiIt hes been estimated that he/wonder how he can teach when to five miles, When he ran out]won more than 5,000 races injhe can't skate, he says, but. he of opponents, he skated 0n/25 years and when he retired/believes the of a good Stilts, skated backwards, turned/ne held 10 world pro records. teacher is to flaws to figure skating, introduced ice pup Is, shows in 1914 and gave exhi-/LOST BOTH LEGS Col. MeLaughlin was cited ditions of speed skating between) Trouble with his for his outstanding work {n the periods of National Hockey|in Boston years ago when heidevelo ment of. thorough: League games in New York's|frove the toes of his right foot./bred horse racing in Canada Madison Square Garden in the/Gangrene set in and finaiy his)He has won the Queen's Plate late 1920s, toes were cut off oldest continuously - run siakes Three months ago the "T got along all right bul a lit-/in North America, three time skating hall of fame in Chicagojtle later my left toot begah to\--with Horometer in 1934. Kin was officially apened with Sonja! lai seolor," he says, He entered garvie 186 and Moldy Henie and Baptie as charter!hospital in Balti more and hells? Oshawa Trio Wins Dr. Phillips Trophy, Civic Holiday Event bu go roe detect legs started M ll ice in in La club trebles ig at 7 p.m, games will SPORTS CALENDAR = DAY second place, for three A. Dewland, Mrs Plo Burke, of x th scare of 31 rd place went to W anthony and his Brampton rink » score of 47; while Jack P Mrs, A Granik and Mrs, Pittai h 43 to i a score of a The trophy donated by Dr.jday at the Oshawa Lawn Bowl-/GrGegor, of Oshawa, who had a E. by Jeff Authors, Mrs, J., Bid-/of 59 plus 1 Mrs, Clemence. and W, Kilburn @ulph and Mrs, W. Joyce in the) Dr. and Mrs, Phillips pre-/of Oshawa, had a score of "30 for : "| beautiful miniatures, Jack Hun. N e Four Oldies ter was in charge of the draw jwere Neil Shortreed,. Miss E tion of the club served tea and! | Whit veer itby, with a score of 50 pias! by |cotfee in the morni ng and ight); They were followed by Jack ex COOPERSTOWN N.Y, (AP)/ond and third games, in the ai-| ah a i Four oldtime baseball players ternoon 7 ag Hine, whe Sed a soon Fame on a dark, dreary Mon.) With cloudless skies and a hot) heed day in ceremonies witnessed by) Sun but despite the heat, the ate Sam Rice and Elmer Flick entry enjoyed the play to hei!" two veteran outfielders, were on fall person, Pit ins, were W who died 32 davs } died in 19%, vy by mombers of boosted the Hal! bership to & and Mrs, S$. J. Phillips was won| ing Club. " team had a score'score of 31 Clemence mixed trebles tournament Mon-jsented the trophy and three! second place. |The members of the ladies' sec: arcRride and Mrs, Shortreed, of To Half-0f-Fame jrefreshments between the set-iRigduinh, Mrs. J Authors and were inducted into the Hall of, The tournament was graced a Ohi 2,300 persons cams making up the capacity hand to accer an tien, and Joha C The addition elected in Janu ry » the of Fam The fou TO RASEBALL Lakeshore Inter Plapoffs MOGal Brooklin Seniors Tie For Top Spot Via Win At Home By agg GORDON SOFTBALL Exhibition Game -- H vs Oshawa Hef WEDNESDAY LACROSSE Lacrosse Asso ior 'Teagee Playoffs i Branch Castr vs Osh Green Garis, Oshaw iren's Arona 80 % Rame of d-out-el qua pass from G take nade game Lotton and % fire FIRST PERIOD Arma x. iat SeTaeS 1 SOFTRALL Beachts Major 3m, Leagee--Toranto 7-0; MU SRA A, Tony, 4 andra Park, 8.13 p.m Cieil Servace League -- (Sad den-Death Playalf Game 3 1 Tr aphy Fasthal Shap: $ aj Alex- Br Gen Letton 2a the local at tack with a trie of goals whnie + pathtal BIN Armour added tx me tallies went te Joe Tod' Ken Rutian, Ken Lotton A'bert "Rock" Batier The goal be Batley at R24 mark of the overtime SECOND PERIOD Lotten, Vine B. Brank tr >. Beaekiin & Renin 4am -- aoe S. Leer. Rotten Pod ambien, Mec Gatiey "4 fer: Wehbe, MeO PH Metiernan mia: y the yar ai *hildren or injin Ju 'GUS' RYDER ay called show 914. Ryder, $s one ng swimming coaches, ping Marilyn umsden and oungsters "ice 63, 8 Bell and His Parkwood Stable farm at Oshawa, Canada runners -- not only for himself but the breeding we known developed for other owners, I of Tor t did od onto a few y not quit rac goes to the ra ten, an of Ryd 1899 Was 3 l baseba 1} swimmer © ars Ma ar Lums dor is deve | Edge Brokers In Close One = Isha nose ed ast The high one-game . winners in tt ns es" such international working including crippled CP PHOTO many farm to EB, I in » 104th run- eveloped 2 bi Oshawa contestants who did sult eee germs! Ajax Merchants Defeat Oshawa, Tie Semi-Finals in the fifth, a five-run rally that game on ice, The added a run in the sixt in the 7th, a couple of hi Ajax Merchants defeated Osh- awa Merchants 10-3, at Ajax on Sunday afternoon, to tie up their Lakeshore - Intermediate Baseball League semi final playoff series, at one win apiece yj with the first game tied, Bob Hopper pitched the win for the home. club, a five-hitter which saw Gary Newitt, him. self an Ajax Junior, get three hits for the Oshawa Club and Lucky Wills picked up the other two, The rest of the team didn't; do a thing at the plate, A walk to Jim McConkey in jthe second inning, followed by Wewitt's homer, gave Oshawa/McConkey, If; yo of their runs, They scored]/Domm, 3b and rf; Ma eir other in the 8th when/2b; Wood, cf; Wagner, Wtie opened with a single,|7th. stole second, advanced and) AJAX -- Tripp, ss; scored on two successive infield) Rowland, rf and 3b; outs, If; O'Shea, 3b and 2b; H Lucky Wills started on the|p; McCartney, cf; Flyn mound for Oshawa, He was|Brett, Ib; Chomay, nipped for singletons in the sec: -/7th; Ellis, batted jond and third innings and then| Hill, batted in 5th, Wagner on the mound, b damage had already been Tripp, Hobbs, Ellis, winners and four others up single safeties, Fourth game of this is scheduled for tonight, tle Britain, OSHAWA -- Wills, Hall, rf; Lutton, ss; in Ib in is renowned of Canada's outstand- devel- stars Cliff with Steal Spotlight At Cobourg Rall Oshawa athletes, competing; In the event, C in the Cobourg Highland Games)Prest received silver and on Civic Holiday Monday, stole/medals for 2nd and S$ 88°lthe limelight spot when Joejfinishes in the Juvenile & fOr/pearborn won the Junior|100-yard events | (under 18 years) half-mile event} Rini Bremer, a visitor ©S ANG! in the astounding time of 2.00:7 Holle and, ran under Oshaw four seconds faster than thejors, in the ladies' oper across yv- good girls' le > sold Tay Ont../the Men's Open $80 yards hind track star Adding to Oshawa's glory was) 5 the fact that young Wayne Mar./'8 'hant chased Joe Dearborn to! 8s the wire, only to lose by a yard and a fraction of a second The Oshawa contin gent to Co./day reflec bourg numbered 32 athletes andj R a credi table showing, | am conduced in formances of Dear [weeks under Marchant "stole the/the Osha Braz a few wv all made but the born and show' Shore pt wa Branch 43 dian Legion, Coaches am di ors should fee atified that the time a yn Be or opment/Wel! included Douglas Law, who »q/ran third in the men's open 100 fort they have spent in th vards, his time being 10.3 sec-|fe¥ weeks, produced suc onds. He also finished second in| °esst 1 results the open 880-yards, in 2.8, t also must be a sou John Spencer was sec ond injPersonal satisfaction to the high jump, with a leap of /CoBches and the comp five feet, ej inches, which | concerned, that equalled the winner's mark | Mare hant and Law rst place was decided on an| With their best jump. Spencer also finish keen competition nd in the Junior 100-yards| These three Oshawa co and placed third in the / tors were outstanding by others all made a showing Cos colm Turnbull, Ed. Jones times hea at Germond, Ib; Lucas Paradise, p and Crossman, c; June Vandewalker nari: mm Thy = ,i90; Clough, cf; . 188; March, rf: | Tur if; "tif 6th YOUR CAR Treated Like A BABY!! WE MOUNT IT ON A PEDESTAL... end check ®& through thor. oughly for you, scrutinizing ell the points of worry thet have beon bothering you. 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PHONE 728-9421 SUPERIO Hobbs, Kosarko, batted Sth; shes Gordon Banks, Ajax exploded with put homesters the h and ts and an outfield error followed, with ut the done Kosarko and each had two hits for the picked series, in Lit- at eight o'clock, p and 3b; Cole, ¢; Newitt, Ib; rshall, p in C} opper, n, 2b; rf; Oshawa Athletes In Hospital For Check-Up Y arol bronze Srd_ place/fine."' girls from a col- n nonths forms ances of the Osh.|10 times since without producing awa athletes at Cobourg yester-|and pat credit on the lion Centre pro- Cana and pro- 1 very nd ef- e@ past) h suc ree of the etitors Dearborn came up in this mpeti- ut the creditable | Paul R in 100 | Nati onal League's most Vala- time clocked by the winners offyards and finished fourth, be- jable Player in 1958-59, has not| Jenny Winger- {started a game since last Tues- 's Pan-Am represen-| day. jpoints below recentiage the sponsorship ofjruns batted in. Mal-| Ben Fallman,} Nancy Mackay, ner, Gen, MoGaiiey was a Onewan team for Br: as the balding nlaper score less Than five goals. Jim "I Qlure added a pair wit Poster adding a lone Rrovkin bela the three occasions dar game and had the 2) sevends te go tare, bm loose Play allowed Brampton to pet a free ball and!) bent Raker for the r ead with m Tepula Pq ied proved to be the game win. view Park, 8.45 p.m. East Toronto Juniar Ladies' Leager--Oshawa Scurog Clean. ers ¥S Hiscock Comets, at To- rente Monarch Park, 8.39 p.m LAWN BOWLING Mixed Doubies for Red Wing Rose Row! at Whithy Lawn Rowling Club 190 pm. And Men's Doubies Tournamen: at Cann met on Lawn Bowling C 'wh, 1" p Tournament, n a> Foster, B. Fever $4 Retey, G. Lotter ax and send the game into over. Ta stanza was a thr mptnn took the ire earty Onir te heave Rrooklin * ahead. The ara at wy Tork 2 an ag the 3.28 mark pnt Rat @ Commerce! en@ eter a' 78? King &. FE. 72B-9ara There Are Specie! 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It was the temperamental truck that prevented Duff from entering last fall's Canadian championships. En route from Helsinki, the bottom half of the engine came adrift. Replace- ments swallowed up the trans- atlantic plane fare. In Britain Duff lives with his wife in a trailer on the outskirts of Barham, a picturesque vil- lage set in the hop fields of Kent, Barham is the base of Tom Arter, a motor dealer who sponsors racers as a hobby. NO, 1 RIDER By PAUL WESTBROOK LONDON (CP)--Mike Duff, Canada's lone representative on European motorcycle racing circuits, is a connoisseur of the Continent's. $3-a-night hotels, Cutting expenses is as essential as cutting corner. Although he has raced "with a fair amount of success in Britain, Spain, Genmany, Italy and Finland since leaving Tor- onto two years ago, Duff hasn't found the financial rewards great enough to support a gra- cious living standard, The Duff entourage has been increased by one since the be- ginning of the year. He married an 18-year-old Finnish girl in Helsinki last February and his wife Christina now accompa- _ Erie Banks few rides last year, and took him on as No, 1 rider when ot Zealander Hugh Anderson left, The bikes Arter tunes ani |Duff rides are prototypes of what could be next year's AJS, | Matchless and Norton produc. tion models, Duff usually rides the "big'" |bikes--350 and 500 c.c.--but this year ventured out on the little CHICAGO (AP) -- The great/125 c.c, Bultaco machines from Ernie Banks, *in the throes of|Spain, Their cantankerous car- his worst batting slump since} buretor has given them joining Chicago Cubs in 1953, | nickname "mighty little seiz- Arter offered the Canadian aif the} ers" and Duff says they can be "downright frightening." With world champion Mike Hailwood of Oxford graduating to four-wheeled racing and Lon- doner Derek Minter on the in- jured list, the 23-year-old Cana dian now is one of the most popular riders on British cir- cults, At Easter he won both the. 350 and 500 c.c. events at Thruxton, Hampshire, and was awarded the™~€ommonweatih Trophy presented by a national newspaper. He has also taken first places at Snetterton, Leicestershire, the Nurbergring in Germany and in Helsinki, In June's Tour- ist Trophy races on the Isle of Man he showed well against the factory-backed Agustas and Gil- eras and won a special prize for sponsor. Arter, When the season is over Duff plans to take his wife to Can- ada for the first time, "provid- ing we can scrape up enough funds," | BROWN'S | LUMBER & SUPPLIES | LTD. "DO-IT-YOURSELF HEADQUARTERS" NEW HOMES & HOME IMPROVEMENTS FULL LINE OF BUILDING A704 | 725-4704 | 436 RITSON WN. (Where Pavement Ends) entered hospital Monday for a thorough checkup. Banks insists that "I feel! One Cubs spokesman said Return Grudge Match Ernie, 32, "has not been feel-| ing well." Banks, who was chosen the| THE BEAS GENTLEMAN JIM HADY ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MGR. His last ago Sunday, hit was a week He has been at bat) Jon his kidded season average has to .229, a total of 59) his lifetime aver- He has 17 homers and 54! SWEET DADDY vs Tony Oshawa Arena Wright, Brian Grierson, Joe HENNING vs Sweet Daddy SIKI Dr, Gerry Grehem Marine TONITE AUG. 6, 8:30 THE BEAST Dearborn and Jim Lawrence all share in the reflected glory of| jthe fine showing made by their] Oshawa conti ngent. - TICKETS FOR THESE 3 EXHIBITIONS AT THE CASINO REST. 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