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SAAS in 1867, mproving d above, e world's Rambler low. The ems like zation of we both 623-3305 745-4698 Back in the early 1920's, Oshawa and the immediate area boasted several soft- ball leagues of 'factory', "town" and '"'district" stat- us and the South Ontario County Softball League was an active organization, even before Oshawa joined the ranks of the OASA in 1924, Here is a picture of one of Oshawa's earliest champ- ionship teams, the GMC team of 1925, winners of the South Ontario League _ and The Lawson 0. Clifford Trophy. Left-to-right are shown; (bottom row) - Sam- Wi wWRE ES Scuth Ont my Lowe, Jim Timmins, "Mac" Covert, John Broad, Ray Hobbs and Joe Childer- jose; (second row) - Al arks, 'Bill' Harmer, manager, John Trott, mas- cot, Alex Webster, captain, L. Yeo; (third row) - Reg DUKE, TY, THE CHIEF WERE STARS By GEO. H, CAMPBELL The famous COBL (Central Ontario Baseball League) pro- duced the highlights of Satur- day afternoon entertainment for sports fans in Oshawa, back in the early 20's and the days of "Duke" Dainty, "Ty" Tyson, "Pat" Patton, "Chief' Wil- liams, Jack Ouelette, Rose Hol- lingworth, Harrison, etc. etc., are long remembered. While the COBL team stimu- lated the interest, Oshawa's "Church League" provided the breeding ground and it's a mat- ter of history that the first On- tario Baseball Association Fair, George Keenan, Alf Parish and Ed Pratt; (top row) - Sam Gummow, sec- retary; Jim Holden, coach; L. O. Clifford, donor of tro- phy; Wm. A. Coad, honor- ary president and H. Bloomfield, president. Oshawa Fielded Teams Early In Swing To Softball In Ont. It is readily admitted byt also as readily understood, ' since it was one of the "newer | sports" and came into being as Oshawa was growing by leaps and bounds, to big city status, the game of softball is the big- gest single sports activity in this, as in most Ontario com- » munities. In addition to the game grow- ing with the population of the | province, it also enjoys the ad- ) vantages of being readily ac- ) cessible as a schoolyard activ- ' ity, can be played both indoors ) and outdoors -- in fact the game started as '"'indoor ball" -- and is played by both girls and boys -- at a very young age. The Ontario Amateur Softball Association is the largest in- dividual governing sports body, at a provincial level, in Can- ada, with more than 25,000 teams playing under the OASA banner and more than double that number in industrial, fac- tory, house, and other non- affiliated leagues. It has been estimated that there are almost a million soft- ball players in Ontario, count- ing all age levels and both sexes, Here in Oshawa it is estimated that almost 75 teams are playing softball this sum- mer, well over 1,000 players. OSHAWA STARTED EARLY The Ontario Amateur Softball Association was formed in Hamilton in 1923 and Oshawa affiliated in 1924, at the annual meeting in Brantford. In those early years, the South Ontario County Softball League flourished, with various factories, such as Malleable, Williams Piano, Tannery, Gen- eral Motors, Trimmers and On- tario Regiment having teams. One of the early fine teams to win the South Ontario County League title and Lawson 0. Clifford Trophy, was the GMC team, coached by Jim Holden and managed by Bill Harmer, with Sam Gummow, W. A. Coad and H. L. Bloomfield. Players included Reg Fair, George Keenan, Alf Parish, Ed Pratt, A. Marks, Alex Webster, L. Yeo, Sammy Lowe, Jim Timmins, M. Covert, Jack Broad, Ray Hobbs and Joe Childerhose. Johnny Trott was mascot for these 1925 cham- pions. The OASA held their 1928 Annual Convention in Oshawa and Art Rowden became the first Oshawa man to be elected to the OASA executive. In 1949 the OASA Annual was again held in Oshawa, at which time Geo. H. Campbell was elected president. He had been elected to the executive at Hamilton, in 1945. John G. Brady was elected president of the OASA in 1955, at Peterbor- ough. Both Campbell and Brady served two-year terms. In recent years, Charlie Rus- sell of this city has been a member of the OASA Execu- tive and at the 1967 annual meeting, "Vinny" Walker, of Port Perry, was a successful candidate. Also at the last OASA con- vention, John Brady joined George Campbell and other for- mer OASA stalwarts, when hon- ored with the presentation of a Life Membership. Following "indoor ball" in| Ke the Armouries and the change) THEATRE of the ball from the 14-inch, to) the 13-inch, and then to the 12- inch "outseam", before reach- ing the current 12-inch, regula- tion model, other softball changes took place in Oshawa. | NEW ASSOCIATION FORMED | awa took place with Oshawa's advent into the OASA. "'Bill" of Oshawa's new group, with fellows like Art Rowden, Bill Jackson, Harold Smith, Dave Stretton, Tom Fitches, Bill Petley and others playing prominent roles. ed up teams. Oshawa '"'Chevrolets"--with and deciding game, played in Toronto. The team was without injured playing football, on his return to Queen's University; Gummow had gone back to GM Tech and Rowden was hurting. That game was on October 3, 1928. The Hall brothers, "'Wib" and Lloyd, Doc Rowden, Scott Hub- bell, 'Wink' Gummow, H. Hall, O'Doud, Alex Webster, Jones and Sutton are some of the members of that team. Subsequent presidents of the Oshawa City and Industrial, later to become Oshawa City and District Softball Associa- tion, following Bill Moncur, were George Campbell, Walter Branch, Bill Trewin, John Bruce McArthur and in 1967, Ed Cornish. SEVERAL ACTIVE GROUPS Oshawa's first Juvenile soft- |ball league was formed in 1927 great rivalry between all the teams, especially the Maple Leafs and Eagles. Meanwhile, several other operation of a great six-team league, Malleable, Chevies, Marquettes, Ladies, etc. went up and over with softball |the mid-20's. ed as one of the hotbeds of Moncur was the first president] awa's name softball/the OASA championship list. Brady, Al Wilson, "Wib'" Hall,jagain brought the Chris Mason, Charlie Russell,|'B' title to Oshawa. and the early days produced a ne and Industrial League in Osh-|softball in Ontario -- and that means in the entire world -- is the number of times Osh- appears in They went to a deciding game, in 1928, as mentioned previously. In 1931, "Preem" Whiteley and Sammy Gay was "Chick" Jacobi, "Moe" Rom-|the battery that brought Osh- bough, "Bill" Little, Sid Good-/awa it's first Ontario softball all and others of the era head-jtitie -- Mike's Place Juniors doing the trick. Next year, as the Dodgers, Ike Sutton as pitcher -- went! aimost the identical team won to the Ontario finals, only to}the Intermediate "A" title. Ten lose out to Hamilton, in a third|years later, with "Wib" Hall again captain, 'Soup'? Camp- bell"s Colts won the OASA In- termediate title and they re- Sutton's service -- he had-been|peated again in 1943. Then they moved to the famed Toronto Beaches League for three sea- sons, and finished off a seven- year career as Senior 'B' con- tenders. Next came the great Oshawa Pedlars team, 1947 and coming into cham- pionship glory in 1948-49 with successive Intermediate titles, then a Senior 'B' crown in 1950. Oshawa Maple Cleaners won Senior 'B' honors in 1955 and then Oshawa Tony's moved into the picture, regaining this crown in 1956 and 1957 and in 1958, they won the All-Ontario Senior 'A' crown. Last year, Gale Lumber Senior The list of those who reach- ed semi-final or even final brackets, is a long one. Oshawa teams have also won the Intermediate 'AA' title twice in succession, 1963-64 and Intermediate Industrial crown (Duplate) in 1959. GREAT IN MINOR ALSO Oshawa's record of 27 On- leagues operated, in addition to|tario Championships is without the 'South Ontario' and thejequal by any city of compar- "City and Industrial" -- with|able size, in the annals of the girls' softball flourishing, in the|OASA. Of these, Oshawa has won 14 Tannery, |titles in Minor ranks -- having Whitby/won an Ontario title in every division from Pee Wee, right Over the years, the cyclejup to Senior 'A'. And not to be forgotten are enjoying a high level of suc-/the OASA honors won by neigh- cess almost continually since!poring centres such as Whitby, |Brougham, Mount Zion, Brook- Proof that Oshawa is ie gee Frenchman's Bay, Bay Ridges and Port Perry. organized in Whitby won the Senior 'b' title in 1955; Brougham won the Intermediate 'D' honors in 1953 and' '54; Mount Zion took the |'D' crown three years in suc- }cessin, 1960-61-62; Brooklin won Intermediate 'C' honors in 1955, 1964 and again last sea- son; Port Perry won the Jun- jor 'C' title in 1960 and last year, Bay Ridges won the Ju- venile 'B' championship. Following 1931, Oshawa wait- ed until 1958 to win another Junior 'A' championship, when "Wib" Hall and running-mate "Soup" Campbell steered a great Scugog Cleaners team to the All-Ontario title. Scugogs won it again in 1960. Mills Motors brought the Ja- venile 'A' title to Oshawa in 1948, Connaught Park did it in 1952 and Oshawa teams repeat- ed in 1959 and 1962. The formation of the Oshawa Minor Softball Association, in 1948 was a big move forward for the game in Oshawa and in its 20th season now, the group boasts a great record. Oshawa Connaught Park, with Norm Attersley and "Sam" Smith as key figures, won the first OASA Bantam title ever decided, in 1949. The team won the Ontario Midget championships in 1950 and 51, moved to Juvenile and won that in 1952 -- for an enviable four-straight Ontario title rec- ord. In 1953, they lost out in the 9th inning, to Kirkland Lake. Last year, three All-Ontario titles were won around these parts, by Brooklin in Inter. 'C'; Oshawa Gale Lumber Sen- ior 'B' and Oshawa Quality |Fuels Midgets. | | Today, other hard - working |softball men, Alex Donaldson, Tommy Lodge, Frank Foley, "Rich" March, 'Pat' Jarvis, "Wick" Northey, Jack Bond, \Bruce McArthur and Ed. Cor- nish are carrying on in the City and District Association while Fred Kitchen, Norm Attersley, Joe Victor and George Camp- bell have the Oshawa Minor body well in hand. The name "Oshawa" will likely be seen in the OASA championship list, a few more championship. to come to Osh- awa, was won by the St. An- drew's Church Juveniles, in 1926. "Casey"? Luke was the man- ager and Charlie Yule was the secretary. We've forgotten the coach, but it runs in our mind |that it was "Abbie" Corrin, We lremember the players, Jack "Doze" Ogden, Wilf Shannon, another fine pitcher, Stew Car- ver, Gord Young, Scott Hub- bell, '"'Wink" Gummow, "Doc" Rowden, Cam Webb, Gord Max- well, Oscar Baird, Art Black and "Ty" Little. Oshawa had some great ball teams in succeeding years, some sponsored by General Motors, others operated by in- dividual groups. We_ recall "Kohen's Aarabs"', the "Dukes"' Oshawa "Cubs" and others, TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS In 1936, Oshawa set OBA history -- they won both the titles -- both teams sponsored by General Motors. We'll never series, against St. Catharines and our trumped-up '"'feud" with Rexie Stimers. It founded a friendship that lasted, through until his passing. That was Oshawa's big year in baseball. Fans will remem- ber Jack Fair, "Duke" Mc- Garry, 'Tip' Anderson, Danny in the West Toronto League, § Senior and Junior provincial & forget the finals in the Senior © strained hockey playoffs, etc., i 'Play Ball!' Pop pene THE OSHAWA TIMES, Scturdey, June 24, 1967 116 IT STARTED WITH CHURCH LEACUE ular Cry Of Early 20's Juniors that "'Bill' (Shorty) Campbell had nursed along for years, Frankie Young, "Dolly"| Dalton, Charlie Brockman, Wal-' ker, Jamieson, McCullough,' Bradd, etc. On the senior team we had Theo Elliott, 'Tip' Miller, "Jake" Biddle, 'Lefty' Wal-| lace, "Doc" Rowden, '"'Peg"| Hurst, Doug May, 'Moose'" Mathews, "'Red" Jubenville and Johnnie Turner. They beat St.' Catharines "Silver Spires" in| the OBA finals. Oshawa GM _ Juniors beat Windsor 4-2, in the third and deciding game in Brantford, the same week. MINORS TAKE OVER During the years of the Sec-| ond World War, the Oshawa) Minor Baseball Association was! formed, the writer getting the new group off the ground, with the capable assistance of such baseball men as "Ab" Walker,| the late Neil McDougall, Bob Patte and Bob Hicks. Later, Oshawa Legion took over the) Oshawa Minor baseball set-up and has carried on ever since, in admirable fashion. Oshawa Legion teams have since brought Ontario champion- ship titles to Oshawa, in Mid-| get and Juvenile and Juvenile, ratings and in addition, have produced some_ outstanding! players, such as Johnny Ryan, of Toronto Maple Leafs. | Oshawa"s final in Senior ball, after winning the revised COBL title in 1950, was in the Inter-| County League, where they made a fine showing, with a combination of a few home-| brews and imported U.S. play- ers, from College teams and times in the ensuing years. Normoyle and all those good|f ex-professional ranks. | OSHAWA'S ODEON THEATRES i} | | | 100th BIRTHDAY OF Salutes All Canada its | CONFEDERATION MANAGER: MR. DENNIS O'CONNELL deon i" } I . 1867 1967 MR. RON KADOSKI UPON A TIME... when horsepower meant just that and Oshawa was a sleepy hamlet, a man with a dream changed the world. 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