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Barrie Advance, 27 Jun 1939, p. 3

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T51. XCIII. No. Additionwal Sport on Page Four Let's Drink a Tens! To the Banishment 34 DUNLOP ST. BABRIE Ten Pages SATURDAY V FIVE POINTS 1 coxmsn . of Care! School will be . a show. l 2 i I stay in ;be ,ly - George LeGear home with the decid- `tire the side. 101' In the fourth Sound ripped front by the narrowest of margins. The Barrieites were not to denied. however, as they pushed over the tying and winning runs in the sixth. Stransman singled sharp- to right, advanced to second on Emins` perfect sacrice bunt. The redhead scored on another redhead s hard smash to right. Geo. LeGea1',| who had been injected in the fourth, produced his second straight hit to, tie the score at 2-2. Inspired by the tying run, Garry LeGear singled Dnxinc. ing marker. Kashner fanned to re- From here in it was real basebal1,', both pitchers bearing down in the` clutch and all round playing of the` teams was pretty to watch. With- Hare at second and George LeGear at third, the Barrie Simcoe squad showed their real form, zipping the ball around in grand style. Tn rhn ninth the losers made one_ and fifth Owen off two double plays to W l( 1 1 1 _____________._________ iwith but, one out. Garvey ied !Kashner and Sutton was robbed .. An11h1- when McKenzie made 'Kashner and Sutton was .l'UuLn:;u UL a double when a sensational one-handed stab o_f a line double down the left; eld foul `line. It was it sm-.;,rt play on Me- `Kenzie's part and it saved the day `for Barrie. ` ~~~u- ---A nrrh nwpni " ball arounu ll]. gr-auu au_yu.. . In the ninth the one lc ' more bicl when Tustin singled and!) stole second and went to third on all '- e1der's choice. Kashner shot the 1 ' ball back to LeGear at third and in : reality the player was out, but the]: 1 umpire favored the runner. McI..e1-ii` lan grounded out, Hare to Kashnern _ to end 21 thrilling game. L There were many highlights in the- game. Emms fine pitching was one! `wot the best eorts offered by Bar- `[ iies pitching corps this year. Six _` double plays pulled o by the losers -11 here really rein-_11`l:able. McKenzie's` "; long run to rob Sutton of a game-`. ` winning double. Tommy Hare pull- `_ mi 011` it honey of 21 play in the fth} 9 when he made a. dfving stop of Tus-; *1 tin's hard hit to knock the ball! 3 uown and throw him out while 1y-: 1. nu ma h..r-1: The hall team all clown and throw mm out. wuuc 1_y'= ing on his back. The ball team round looked like an entirely d`1er- em , team we have viewed in the )).\.>. `and Lheir all-round playing and re- versal of form shows that; they are out to make it hot for the opposi- `uou lrom now on. R.-.m1sa_V, Garry LeGear and Kashner led the amacl; for the winners with three hm, egua; vshile Stvr2m;;man and Geo. Lcu-.... \-:l- (`nu n y\,..iyV `.'.nux: on uuaxuu `hit; for a. pair. NIINESING \VINS -8 FROM CEN-_ TRAY IN CH[';I?.CII LEAGUE _1'li. l`K2.II I ; Staging a thrilling rally in the `closing stages of the game, Minesing overcame a one-1'un decit to nose; out Central 9-8 at Minesing on Thursday night. Rnfh tpnms battled it out and Minesiing Trims Central L [LIX .1. I.` .>()~ NBALL. 1 ~i%2Ti`%`Barrie Bov} To 0133:: wm the 22:52! Sound Leafs 8 - 2` ` . . . I | *7 Quite a number of sport; celebritesl graced our fair town last; week. Go1'- 1 don Drillon, nifty right winger of the Toronto Maple Leafs. was seen strolling down main avenue with a buncilc of groceries tucked under his arm. Girls! is he handsomei Tough luck, you Barrie girls; he is mm`- ried. Diminutive Geo. 1-Iainsworth was seen stepping into one of our local drug stores. Eddie Shore and Aubrey "Dit"! Clapper stopped off at one of the: hotels in Barrie for 21 breat'ner. Minet, s Point app;u'ent1y has it. Over on yonder bend Charlie Ccnacher, Tracy Shaw and Bunny Morganson` were much in evidence. Bus Storey, Charlie and Tracy were discussing some topic of interest. Perhaps Tracy Shaw was telling the boys about his 1939 junior champions and how he coached them to 21 champion- ] ship. jg .1. I Dick Carroll. publicity man for To-} k: ronto Maple Leaf ball club. appa1'- $3 enntly thinks that there are no 111% mounds in amateur ball and pitch-V pow ,| ing is done from a at surface. He! sho. Sgoes on to state that for this rea-~_ gim , son Marchildon has failed to show; :]in baseball. We assure Mr. Carroll C -gthat if he every stepped into a town anc- ,v57 miles north of Toronto he would_ nd not a flat surface, but more or{ C 2 - less a. mountain. When `Marchildonl Sta] ripitched up north at Creighton Mines` al- he probably thought Marchildon`. mg : u pitched uphill. 5 ` '--< I E s` While on the subject of the Pene-1 is - ` tang product, may we say that two Hm. 'other former Penetang ball p1ayers;fm - `are playing brilliantly in other elds. K I Hal Crippen, who holds down short-1 E stop for Findlay s in the senior hit league in Toronto, is leading the sm 1] league in hitting the stitched apple - at a .448 cllp, which is some c1out- ( - inrr Dir=h9n'rl:nn n!'n" DFOSDECC. iS' ,~.,.. Sport Slants Here and There Bunny Morganson, short and wide, became the master himself as he: wielded a. baton in grand style and ( put on some great antics for thei; large audience. I l I 1 I I I 1 I at .495 C111), wulcu 15 auuu: bl\.IuI2' ing. Richardson. p1`o" prospect, is doing all right for himself, hanging out hits with great; regularity at Timmins. Orillia Terrier rsally made a ten 1 strike when they secured Jack Wil- < liams from last year's Mimico jun- ' lor championship squarl. Williams to date has scored 33 goals in ten games, a remarkable record for a; player just 20 years old. Even the `sharpshooting Bucko Me-Donald nds`, Williams hard to catch in the goal-: `scoring race. McDonald has bulged; `the hemp 21 times, putting him 12; `goals back of the rampaging Wil- , liams. I l I I `I cu: Tlnnlv urn L-nnwn liams. v| | Les Hook. well known ;:x1th1ete_ inround Barrie, who for years starred `for Camp Borden in the nets and also played some baseball for Bar-_ xcmf 16. I uuunuu u uuuuu nun. , 1 Showing 9. dazzling speed ball, nice` hook and control aplenty. the local` squad secured but. seven hits, while` seven B-drrieites whiffed. Mean- while the visitors found three Bar- lrie hurlers to their liking`, pounding` {out twelve bingles off Terry. Trib- lble and Gibbs. ....,,, ,._,_.__u 1-,... H.n 'Ir\(*nI-U lnuv Behind the snazzie seven-hit pitch- ing of Dizzie Garvey, Owen Sound Maple Leafs submerged the local nine 8-2 and sunk them to the bot- |tom of the cellar along with their lvictors. - ...L__- _._n_| I v Avvva u. What was the matter? There was too much Garvey, as the speed boy `just fogged them in for the entire fray and was invincible in the clutch. When Barrie runners got on base, Diz just chucked them down the middle aisle and the localites couldn't touch him. ;v.|C L~n.A\A \.a......u. Terry started for the losers, lost ibis control and stzwted to hit too ]many players, and trudging off the {mound in the second. Tribblc had ;1it;ti1e better success, allowing three {hits in the time he twirlcd. A fast `double play. Johnston to Hare to Kashner, helped Triloble consider- iilbly. ullmving the visit.>1`s to get but` 1 nnn win 2 Andy Gibb then took to the moundi ` {in order to silence the visitors" blud-` lgeons and for four innings did very` well. In the seventh he succumbed to the driving attack and two more; `runs crossed the platter. Henry.` singled and was sent around to{ third on two lovely sacrice bunts.l Garvey singled him home and scored- himself a few minutes later on a hit`; by Sutton. i I 1-7.. cm H; nun-H1 `Rum-in gpnred; I my buhuuu. Up to the fourth Barrie scored: one run. Johnston lined a double down rst base line, scoring on` Tr1bble's line single through the in- eld. nmnn cmmri mnda snrs-. hv snueaz- new. Owen Sound made sure by squeez- ing three more runs ovor in the eighth and ninth. Tn the last half of the ninth Bud KASHNEIPS LONG HOMER. ngnm and mum. In the last half of ________________________ Barrie, Ontario, Tuesday, June 27, 193 ._ .___ aHap" Emms Hals '3 Owen Soun to 3 s bhtlrl. l/CLI l/LI AAAII Va (1 Laws-On 2 cond. McLe11and S css, Hem-3. Cf Sullivan 0 nston to schwan 1f Triiqble Garvey D 1)11t;`Sut,ton 31, ?Co'.`e lb .. . mound] Watson rf ~ nu. uicii-nr-:" mud- Of course, they had no say in the { matter at all when Meaford took` them over the hoops two straight;' and then Owen Sound took a round uun of them. I Well, the razzing is over, boys. {Three weeks ago we predicted in this column that the town baseball` {team would take a nosedive, and the funny part of it all is, that they iullled our prediction to the letter by losing three straight. 1 However, they are on the upward` trend as far as we can see from` l1`1'l`.. i E ( They stepped right into Owen I Sound and set the Leafs back 3-2 `ml 3. great battle. X 5 I . I Yes, it took Leighton Emms tol sway the boys from the defeated list to the win column. Emms pitchedi beautiful ball, allowing the Owen}: Sound sluggers bur, ve safeties in`: the piece. . I \ I i It was the same Emms that beat; ,Owen Sound previously in the? : Sound. I 4 I 1 x u | The team went on a hitting spree,`* `poking out fteen hits to manufac- I ture three runs. Not many runs, `may I add, but they are starting to; ipowder the apple and in time runs; ishould pour forth from their slug- 1 ging. 1 \ T4 Coach Emms is paving" the way` ,and the club is falling in line. ` i . -:-- ! V, George LeGear, back at his olchgg j stamping ground, is playing bril-E _. liantly, contributing hits and eld-` "mg well in the last two games. Masterful Pitching and` Good Hitting Results in L Barrie Victory in Close Game. ` ____.__ I I1 Eddie Stransman, another redhead, gis beginning to hit, his peak. The game here he smashed out his rst Thit; of the year ,as did LeGear. I v | Saturday he picked up a pair of: hits and with 21 little more 1uck}l should have had some more. ` 4 Garry LeGear left us for a few `clays L0 go north to work. We do not blame Garry a bit, but the base-i ball gods are with us and he return-I clays do! _ 7 base-` Hare dld not. mm but 1111159 Some return-`10V1Y plays around secono. Tommy started at third and didn't handle` 'rio, returned home V`Ir0n1dmEng1and 3, ban the three innings he was 118.513 week. HE 1111.)` D881] away for 3. there, yet, when George LeGea1~ wen`; couple of months taking a course at? to thud and Hare to second_ mg; R.C.A.F. for physical Lraining. He`1)icture gh,anged_ will instruct. at Camp Borden ` n--._._- -_..._~ -......,...,\.... .-..n,n.m` ` Another Barrie boy to come across` rcni the Old Country is Herbu {Dyment, V``hD.:C dynaniite laden fists, `have led him to the top in the` Esticus spo1'L. Dyment was born, }am1 lived nearly all his life in Bar-'; Erie. being versatile in every line of `sport, rugby, hockey. baseball, and _of course, boxing. Herbie came home Friday and met some of his old pals. He journeyed to Owen Sound with ( 4 _ the ball club. ` I The elding feature of the day |fe1l to the gloved hand of Eddie B1 Stransman when he raced back into _11 deep centre eld to grab Schwan's el bid for a home run. He also got his rst hit or the season. as did Geo. LeGear. 1 .......,.,.., \lL ........., J 3 .;_,1_ r 'Kashner swote a home run over the right eld wall, clearing the barrier by thirty feet for the longest hit. of the season. The bases, however, happened to be unoccupied. __ _ u_- ,n._.. -1 L1... ....,.,,.....-... .. ... .."_-.._,.___. Bud Kashner was the star of the game for the locals, with a pair of hits and his brilliant elding around the initial sack. Previous to Kashner's mighty socola, he came up with men on the paths and struck out twice. That clean-up slot is jinxed. Cotty Tribble also had a. [couple of timely hits. ` -nu..- 4:.u.:u..... fnnhum A4` Han aw ' P0 3 T A V EN U M 9 919999.. u-.\..--an . Hem-y led the winners` attack with three safeties. Owvn Sound 8, Bnrriez 1 Ovvcn Sound: ` `nan -nv-nr\n1'.1' Coach Hap Er mates into Owe: day and set thw ve hits to win : nnwc hurled '1 Johnston 2b I Ramsay c `Tribble rt 15" : Kashner 1b ` McKenzie If `I Has as . . . ' Stransman cf 1 LeGear 3b OK i Score by innings: Owen sound ....210 000: Barrie . . . . ..,0O10001 __ v_ v_.___.. (By GORD ROACH) I rt n..m-Hnnnn rn fhn Int-fnrl :5: .210 000 230-8 12 1 { .-001 000 001-2 '1 3 ` What a break! Garry is one 01;` the best in the league, hiuing well [and elding just as good. 7, j Tommy Hare nislled at second; 'base in Owen Sound after Johnston` `was taken out. Johnny got hit 111 `the arm by Schwan and 1'et.i1'cd. ed a few days later, laid -o. picture . _ Tne hfe of an Lunplre. I can I 1 T. . .. ` George 112.6. numerous eldillg 11113121119 after 0119 Neal` Of ulnplrmg I Chances at third. as did Tommy at'L;;;seba11 a man would feel twenty second, when they got settled aw-.1:'.' .\.e,`u.5 Older. Hare made a brilliant stop during` ime game on '1`ust.i11 s line drive and`; proceeded to throw him out while 1y-. ing prone on his back. I 1 Emms led his team-, Owen Sound on Satur-'1 Leafs clown withi close verdict 3-2. , masterful ball `; throughout the tussle. He rocked: the opposition to sleep with his dipsy-doodle" curves and change of pace and had them eating out of his hand. Schwan on the other hand was no problem for the locals, as the Barrie nine pounded him for fteen solid clouts and only sensational elding on the part of the losers saved Schwan showers time after time. The Owen Sounders ripped off six double plays, which is somewhat of a record. With men on the sacks the Maple Leaf lielders tightened up and kept the Simcoes from piling the score up. For the first three in- nings it looked to be somewhat of a cricket game, both teams pulling on some prize boners to help the cause. Barrie started with a re- vamped line-up, with Tommy Hare at third, replacing George LeGea1'; Garry Leciear at short, Johnston at second, with Kashiier at rst. five a Emms hurled from a. trip to the` 1'..'nncrnn stm-ted the game, skying Imperigl Theatre Man of Conquest K Grand old Mucker! Yes, Mr. Me-1 ,Kenzie, take a bow for sa.ving thel day for Barrie. The left elder gal-1 loped miles to .s.uane =2 drive off the` [potent bai tit Normie Sutton with the hast-`as chucked full. ' a.1.;.u |_1LAAvA.I.a ;..yv\.-.._v- Some Blondes are Dangerous 1381 U1 H U]. 11.11:: the bases chucked a McKe wiiriked `in of! down byi the tmck, the ball nestling in his`! lacrosse shaped glove. Don't ever 1 lose that glove, Ken, whatever you 1 tin! 1 IUGC do! I So there it Txs. Nab everybody was mentionad in the amoye comment. but everybody Iayedi many and truly I. swell -game of Lbaill. My has to the Inn dhib zuiter ttwo weeks of something or other. Everybody was in there trying; ghting an the way, and they were 9. real bail club. The ineld was real good. n-owing the ball around like ].ight.n'mg and all in all it is the THURSDAY om`. Barrie Llecl ll. up. mm; cur.-` ed. scransman smote a terric drive` (`xo\';11 Llxe third base alley, Tubtixl` l1`.;ll'.;u5 as. lovely catch and throwing to Cole for a double 131113`. Guam i.~;mu;. dlubblecl it a1u\\` roller LU Sc'L1\\':u1, who threw wicie to Col.:,` Ellllllh 1`c-aclmlg rsc. Jolmswn mtsl 1111- on the arm to pub two ou.? Emnxs scored when Sullivan Lhrew on-: "uaLin's 11c-dd, to tie the hall; ISRESS UP.. .. IN THE LATEST Made-To-Measurej $1_}_i`t_ --Sm-passes All Truly Great Motion Pictures- With RICHARD DIX, GAIL PATRICK, JOAN FONTAINE -ON THE SAME PROGRAM-- THE OLYMPIA. "We `deritu gvoilux-vine...tLlltnac :|ntn1rA whv nnttuilan. STYLES AND FABRICS OF NEWEST DESIGNS AND COLOURS SEE OUR. RANGE OF TIES, SOCKS, SHIRTS AND SPORT CLOTHES With NOAH BEERY, WM. GARGAN, NAN GREY ONLY TVVO IVIORE DAYS TO SEE -2 FEATURE PROGRAM- BARRQ; LQWER FRIDAY ()'.\'L`il Sound came back in the second with another run when Mc- Ntc`. walked and came home on Tus-` t'm`s double. Once again Barrie tlireziteiiccl in their half when Kash-V ner doubled. advanced to third on 'I`e1'i`:."s single, but Hare hit into 21 double play and the rally was squeiched. "T"'np rmmm nlav of the day came YOU'VE heard the old adage, all "work and no play, nnd the sad results `that ensued . .. . well. dol t let It hall! `to you! `And in your search for relaxa- .tlon. `don't miss stopping here at . r rand fnn, jn LC GIIYIEM - -uon. uuuw muss napping ucnu nu 'I_'he% OLYMPI _-.--- An am I) AIIII.` stop In Why shouldn't they win ball gamco? Back in their stride, poking `the ball with much vigor, backed up ;with some grear, hurling. V Just one game was enough for [your correspondent}, as paper bags l1ed with sand, sarcastic remarks `xancl threatenings poured forth from `every corner of the ball club. > .___. old ball club we used to watch in l As we close our comments on the foul! club we would like to predict ta winning streak and a good posi- tion in the race for play-off hon- ........ r . . `l May we pass on to George Gill the word thanks. George Gill, who 'for years kept in close contact with the local ball and hockey clubs as trainer, and then left the sporting ranks, returns with 9. real gesture. ._..-_ He umplred nearly all the school softball game. entering Prince 01 Wales in the school league, who went on to win the championship. To top it on`, the Prince of Wales school "team all took in a show at the Granada, which was on Gunner Gill. _j- Next week Victoria 1 privileged to take in squeicneu. The feature play day in the last half of the third. Schwan Sullivan and Henry lled the bases

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