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THE TIMES-GAZETTE I? (0) R T Coo, H. NAPSHOTS coor Robson Leather, "Tannery" moved "the first mile" in quest of the Oshawa City & District Intermediate "A" softball championship last night before a banner crowd at Alexandra Park when they. nosed out Mayfair Lanes 3-1 in the first game of the 3-out-of-b championship series, It was a typical playoff battle, tense and keen, with the tension resulting in errors and the errors resulting in runs. As a matter of fact, Tannery's three tallies and Mayfairs' lone counter all were the direct result of misplays by the rival pe. THe san, Robin in ed brilliant defensive ball in the tight to vi y Wi Hayes oe pitching great ball in the pinches, He fanned three batters in succession in the 4th after the first two Mayfair batters had reached 1:6 and 2nd base, Two of the "vigtims" however committed the une pardonable sin of watching the 3rd strike got past, without swinging. Hiller had his stuff working in fine style and as a batters were "guessing" at the plate and often wrongly. 5» » % Bb Johnny Bathe had three hits in four trips and the other three safeties collected by Mayfairs went to the first three batiers in thelr line-up, The last five men in the batting order went hitless, an indication of Hiller's pitching prowess and also of Mayfairy' chief weakness, However, tomorrow night's another night and no doubt there'll be another banner crowd on hand to see the second game of the series, If Mayfair Lanes can tie up the series by winning Friday night, it will once again be anybody's championship, That 3-1 score shows clearly that these two clubs are going to battle it out In tight fashion and anything can happen yet. Tannery rooters insists thelr favorites will win again tomorrow night--it they do, it's just about "in the bag". 1" Thursday, August 5, 1048 Ld " BH Mayfair Lanes moved into the Inter, "A" finals for the Oshawa Olty & District championship in that class, when they blanked Legion- naires 5-0 on Tuesday night in thelr 3rd and deciding sudden-death clash at Alexandra Park, The first four batters for Mayfairs drove in three runs and the game was as good as won right there, Legionnaires were outplayed and well-beaten in the deciding game and they were the first to admit it, The Ieeler brothers, Doug. and Wes, at pitoher and shortstop positions respectively, tpgether with Johnny Bathe, were tho three big man in the Mayfair victory, Doug. Keeler pitched 5-hit ball and was at his best in the pinches, Wes, and Bathe pulled off sparkling plays in the field and between them, with two hits apiece, including a homer, triple, double and single, drove in all five of Mayfairs" runs, And 80 ends the 1946 Inter, "A" season for the Legionnaires, but they made a ghowing and no doubt will have a stronger team next season. May- fair Lanes are now assured of a berth in the O.A8.A, playofis, for if they win the local league honors, they will likely elect to go into the Inter, "A" playoffs, Should they finish as runnerseup, they have the chance to enter the Senior "B" playoffs and will no doubt take ade vantage of this opportunity, LJ » w * The Junior "A" playoffs are even more hectic than Pp formitls" either! Wally Samanski pitched good ball had a flock of strikeouts, but he used his "slow ball" too the North Oshawa boys nicked it for timely hits and the to win the game 3-0, best played game of the season. Ni now meets Harmony Millionaires in a 2-out-of-3 series, for the right to meet either Pete's Place or Aces Harmony Millionaires are "hot" but apparently and it should be a rousing series, important semi-final round is being played y night, in the event of rain) and i the series at Bathe Park on Monday night, » LJ ® # » The other semi-final bracket of the Junjor "A" playofls is proving exciting than even expected, Pete's Place trounced Aces on Tues- night at Alexandra Park and they clash again tonight at the same in the 4th game of their 5-game series. If Pete's Place win tonight, t's all over for the Aces, last year's champions, but if the Aces can rally to win tonight's game, then the 5th and deciding battle will be staged at Alexandra Park on Saturday evening. Aces couldn't halt the heavy. hitting Pete's Place batters on Tuesday night and unless they can pro- duce a pitcher that is "on" for tonight's game, the Aces will be elimine ated, They didn't hit too well on Tuesday night and their flelding was also shaky, Pete's Place, on the other hand, had the benefit of good pitching and sound defensive play while at the plate, they uncorked timely hits to produce scoring rallies and needed runs. The feeling is tense between these two clubs but with new umpires appointed for tonight's game, the fans can look forward to a real battle. Should Aces win tonight--the sudden-death game on Saturday night will be terrific! * * & 9» The Juvenile "A" championship series opened wih a surprise, as 's Thistles trounced Fittings Ltd, in the first game of their 3-out-of-5 series, down at Cowan's Park on Tuesday night, While these teams are evenly matched, it was expected that Fittings would win the first game on their home diamond. Now, they are trailing by one game and must win tonight to get back on even terms. Tonight's tilt is being played at Alexandra Park, on the "west dia- mond" and softball fans who like to see the youngsters in action, take in this game, The winner of this series gets the Oshawa crown and the right to meet Kingston in the Juvenile "A" playofts, Provincial 0.A.8.A, round, which opens on Saturday, Aug. Oshawa, Thistles and Fittings will play their 3rd game series on Saturday night at Cowan's Park, * ® 9 w They've got oh ny "hub Chang on" over at the Oshawa Tennis year an 0 Jack Langmaid, in winning the . Men's Singles crown is regarded as one of the best things i , in the interest of the club, One of the younger members, Jack eliminated every one of the experienced club veterans he was called upon to meet and in the final matoh against Russ, Learmonth, he the first two sets and then came back t0 win the next three take the match and title in a brillant finish, Tennis is making comeback after a wartime recess and already interest is very new members expected for next doubles, will be ® ow vee AS if It wasn't enough to step out and pull off winning the Men's Singles othe pop A on Monday, Jack Langmald made the week really one to remember last night at Alexandra Park when he pitched B'Nal B'rith to a 12-0, no-hit, no-run victory over Oshawa "Hunters". One could ale most accuse the young athlete of "hogging the limelight" in local SPORT SHORTS:--Casino Tigers defeated Rotary Ozarks whipped College Hill Rockets in the first games of final rounds in the Kinsmen's Minor Softball League playoffs, which under way on Tuesday night . , ., President Johnny Brady has ane nounced that the Inter, "AA" playoff round, 3-out-of-3 games, between Duplates and Oshawa Legion, will open on Tuesday night next, with the first game likely at Bathe Park .... A couple of Oshawa golfers, Reg. Thursby and Jim French, competed in the Kawartha Gol! Club tourney at Peterboro on Civic Holllay, They didn't get into the prise list but shot 89 and 98 respectively ..., In the Ontario Motorcycle Champion. ships held at Belleville on Monday, Monty Cranfield whipped his Norton around the track in 2:21:1/3 to win the final heat in the 3-mile event while Elwood Etilwell of Oshawa won the S-mile championship event Hokoes ' and their semis AH result, the Mayfair |- | Patte made an error on it. Haye | Jack Langmaid Captures Men's .Singles Crown At Youthful New Club Cham- pion Ousted Experienced Veterans In Climb to Ti- tle -- Loses . First Two Sets In Final Match, Then Rallies To Beat Out Russ Learmonth Civic Holiday afternoon a new singles champion was crowned, The youthful Jack Langmaid defeated Russ Learmonth in a hard and gruelling five-set match 1-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 and 6-3, To reach the finals Langmald brushed aside all the e: opposition of the club, Jim Drum- mond was the first victim, with Cec, Dodwell and Sam Barker fol- lowing in succession, In the first two sets Learmonth had a decided advantage. Smooth stroking from the base line won him the many placements, Lang- maid always a slow starter showed the tension of his first champion ship match, but kept pl away and after the third set Learmonth started to weaken, Langmaid took the next two sets by dint of his continual pumping return which is quite exasperating to even the most seasoned of Spponag layers, In the fifth and fina] set Lear mouth ran up a quick lead of 3-1 but Langmaid's youth and stamina began to show as he reversed the final decision 6-3, With the beginning of the third set Learmonth continued his great assortment of strokes from the base line, but he was becoming tired and Langmaid's brilliant retrieving plus a little of that habit of Learmonth of not coming In to the net on the At the Oshawa Tennis Club on . then | point com! Oshawa Tennis Club 1946 return cost him the championship, In a close and thrilling semi-final played the previous week Russ Learmonth overcame the erful stroking of Ken Andison in a three ret matéh 6-1, 7-9, 8-6, To win the match Learmonth used a very suc- cessful chop stroke and drop shot that Andison, could not cope with, Learmonth won the first set easily 6-1 using this method of play, and had & comm: lead of 4-3 In the second set, but then he began to play a grivig game and this wag just Ken ison's liking as he took the set 9-7. In the third set Andison continue ed his sparkling driving to pile up a 0-1 lead, With serving and the score 40-30, the match up, he served a double and put ison off his game, From here on Learmonth returned to his chopping game and pulled out a sensational win 8-6, Oongratulations of all the mem- bers of the club and local sporting enthusiasts are forthcoming to the new Men's Singles Champion, Jack Langmald, Semi-Final R. Learmonth defeated K, Andi- son 6-1, 7-9, 8-6, Final J. Langmaid defeated R, Lear- month 1-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, Jack Langmaid Hurls To Baseball's "Hall of Fame" With No-Hit, No-Run Game Langmaid Gets 3 Hits Him- self But Doesn't Allow a Single Safety To "Hunt. ers" As B'nai B'rith Wins 12-0 Schedule Decision -- 7-Run Rally In 3rd In- ning Cinched Victory -- Only 1 Batter For "Hunt- erd"' Reached 2nd Base-- Langmaid Fans 9 B'nal B'rith defeated their city rivals, the "Hunters", in a Lakeshore Junior Baseball League tilt last night at Alexandra Park by a score of 12-0 and in so doing Jack Lang- maid claimed a no-hit, no-run ball game, The o itself was not much to watch ause it was so one sided but the fren pitching of Langmaid was worth all the rest of the game. He struck out nine of the opposi= tion and walked but two, He was only in trouble of losing his noe Biter in ne Am ad pin ine nings when the Hunt Olub managed by dint of those two walks to get men as far as first base, Then in the last of the alxth, when the game was called on ac- count of darkness Hayward got what might have been a hit but ward was the first man on the Hunt Club team to get as far as second the B'Nal B'rith boys out loose with a great hitting barrage that givvs in twelve runs off seventeen They ne one run in the first inning off tthe hits from Murphy, son and Alken, Murphy led off th a single, Patte sacrificed him second and then Bird went down , Tyson Sind 4 single to score y. Ty- son to second base on his hit but it was of no avail as Dell grounded out short-to-first, Brown, the Hunter pitcher, broke wide open in the first of the third inning when he allowed Patte, and the mext seven men to get to first base and drove in a total of seven runs. Tyson was finally made the last out of that hectic inning, which was a veritable parade of base blows, seven of them for as many runs, B'nal B'rith tallled three runs in the top of the fourth inning when they collected four singles and waltzed the runs in to the platter in easy fashion, The B'nal B'rith boys made it twelve in the first of the sixth, when with two out Mor- rison got a clean single to left field. hLangmaid pushed him to third on his single and on a bad play at the te, he came in to score the 1th counter for his team. $-for-4 - Hitters Jack Langmaid was of course the big star of the game with his no- hit pitching performance. As for the batsmen for the B'nal B'rith team Langmaid, Morrison and Alken carried off top honours with w to 8 base and then he was nipped off | "three-for-four" averages each, The by Tyson's great toss from behind [only man on the Hunt Club team the plate to Dell playing at ahort- |to get to second base certainly stop. The next two men were in- | earned some mention and Hayward d outs and that was all that | was that man, happened on the Hunters' side of | OSHAWA HUNT OLUB--Claus, the scare Book, o; Bone, 3b; Sereda, 1b; Cook, of; tn es Suen He SE cua Moscrop, 30; Thiompecn. ss; Brown e Men's Singles title at the Osh- | "10 Beard : awa Tennis Club has now cut a |»: ab If; and Hayward, it. new mark in the baseball world around these parts with a no-hit no-run game. ors Hit Hard The opposite side of the acore book looked entirely different as OSHAWA B'NAI B'RITH-Mur- phy, If; Patte, 2b; Bird, 1b; Tyson, ©; Alken, 3b; as; Bathe, rf; Morrison, of; and ald, Pine UMPIRES---Jenkins d - Gregor, "| with 'a nifty bit of riding .. ,. The 1st Oshawa Troop are the 1046 champions of the Oshawa Boy Scout Association's softball league . . . . Bill Exinicki is coming in for much well-deserved praise for his splendid showing in the Canadian Amateur golf tournament, in which he was eliminated in the semi-finals by Black, the defending champion . . . . Bll] entered the Canadian Amateur as a member of the Oshawa Golf Club and out in his "home town" of Winnipeg, his friends are having quite a chortle, because Winnipeg's golf big-wigs wouldn't give Esinioki a bid for their Manitoba Willingdon Cup team but he lasted longer in the Canadian Amateur than any other Manitoba entry. * % @» » MORE SHORT SPORTS:--The ORF.U. is planning a ' Junior Rugby league this fall too (not to be confused with the "Little Big Four") 80 it looks as if there'll be plenty of grid talent on the Ontario horizon within a couple of seasons . . . . My, the summer is almost oveér--8Syl Apps has announced that he will play one more season of N.H.L, hookey and then retire . . ., Velma Barnes, twice Toronto city ladies' 8-pin bowling champion and member of Staffords 1046 champs, had her finger (little one) broken so badly in a scrub softball game that it is feared amputation will be necessary . . , . Boston has a 12-game lead again, won §9 | on Tuesday and were rained out yesterday . . . . St, Louls Cards whipped the Pirates 8-1 yesterday and are still within two games of the Dodgers «++ Toronto Leafs lost at home last night 4-1 but Ben Steiner got a homer in the 8th to prevent the whitewash , ., , Gordon Taylor, Ontario amateur golf champ in 1039, died suddenly Tuesday night in Toronto + + +s Jean Pusie, who played hockey in the old Ontario Pro League back wheh Oshawa was in that loop, and who has tried boxing, wrestling. snow-shoeing, ete,, since, is charged with threatening his sweetheart with & revolver . , , , Toronto Columbus Grads, who won the 'Toronto and district Congress baseball playoff tourney, lost 3-2 on a squeeze play in the 6th inning, to Stratford Nationals, up in London last night as the final playoff rounds got under way. Xeep your eyes on those Kingston Ponles--for Big Bob Elliott is gunnin' for that trip aross.the border. LOCAL ATHLETE IN SPORT LIMELIGHT THIS WEEK ONE oF THE Bio REASONS FOR THE PHILLIES' SHOWING IN WINNING I OF LAST' 24 GAMES. He CORMICK 15 PLAYING BETTER BALL NOW THAN HE DID FOR REDS THE LAST TWO SEASONS PAILS' FIRST SACKER. PHILADELPHIA STORY . - By Jack Sords PETE'S PLACE DEFEAT ACES TO TAKE LEAD Pete's Place settled the score for their 1ast defeat from the Aces the Junior semi«final play-offs by trouncing them 14-5 up in Alexan- dra Park Tuesday night In a dis- play of errors by the Aces 'that wasn't so good to watch, That puts the Pete's Place team ahead in the three-out-of-five series two games to one, The Aces got an early lead that was soon made up for by the seven run splurge the Pete's Place team tallled in the first of the fifth, The Aces tried desperately in the few remaining innings to get back in the running but they made a great deal of costly bobbles that spelt defeat for them - and victory for Pete's Place, Loople was out on a pop fly in the first inning and Stark singled past the shortstop when Benkowskl went down pitcher to first, Talllon got the first errored hit and that allowed Stark to score, Boyko struck out to retire the side. Lyzun led-off for the Aces with a walk, Crowdis followed on a safe bunt, Czerewaty got another walk and then Hanna hit and two runs crossed the plate, Ozerewaty was nipped off as he came in to third Wilson and Drummond were strike- outs and that ended the first in. ning with the Aces leading 2-1. Pete's Place tied it up in the top of the second off one error and one hit, Bdmonds got the errored hit past third base and that plus two pop outs and Tutak's hit pushed the run. Loople flied out to left field for third out, Brabin grounded out but Sobanski singled to open the last of the sec inning for the Aces, The next two men walked and that loaded the bases. Crowdis grounded out to second hase but Czerewaty begged a base on balls to push in thelr third run, Hanna flied out to deep centre fleld for the last out, to end the inning. Aces got another in the last of the fourth but this was eas- {ly made up for by the Pete's Place team who waltzed in seven runs in the top of the fifth on five errors and two hits, Pete's Take Lead Benkowsk! got the first error and that plus Talllon's triple brought in the first run, Two more errors and g ground out made it 5-3 for Pete's Place, Kovack's error and then Tutak's hit that went for a home run scored three more runa and then Loople came home on wild pitches to make it 0-3, Stark struck out and that was the last out for the inning. It was four walks and two hits that drove in three runs in the top of the seventh for the Pete's Place team to make the score 12-3, Crow to face him to ald materially in the three run tally, Crowdls bore down finally and got a strikeout and a pop out to end the inning, with the runs at the amazing total of 12 for the Pete's Place team. Errors Again Costly Again in the eighth frame the Aces allowed two walks and an er ror for two runs as Stark and Ben- kowskl crossed the plate, Boyko got as far as third base but was left ile by the next man who struck ou Aces made their try at a comes back in the last of the eighth but it was no go as only Hanna crossed the platter on an error, Wilson got to third but he was also left there when with two out on strikes Ly- sun popped out to the shortstop. Hanna got as far as second in the last of the ninth but Tutak was Just as steady as ever and kept the rest of the batters under his thumb for the end of the ninth inning and the game, Tutak on the mound for Pete's Place claimed nine strikeouts, but he allowed eleven walks and so it pitchers, Stark and Talllon were the big batters of the game and they were of course for Pete's Place. | ACES: --Lyrun, ss; Crowds, 3b; and p; Cserewaty, Ib; Hanna, c; Wilson, 2b; Drummond, cf; Brabin, Pond 3b; Sobanski, rf; and Poray- ' PETE'S PLACE: -- Loople, ©; Stark, 2b; Benkowskl, 1b; Talllon, 8s; Boyko, of; Edmonds, if; Taylor, rf; Kovacks, 3b; and Tutak, p. Umplres:--N., Allen and R. Jarvis, ADDITIONAL SPORT ON PAGE 13 in | although the fine flelding of North wasn't a very good night for the | NORTH OSHAWA PULL SURPRISE OUST WHITBY By Nell MacCarl North Oshawa pulled the upset of the season in the Junior playoffs Tuesday night when they scored a 3-0 ghutout over the Whitby Wolves right in the County Town to elimin- ated the Wolves and advance into the next round against Harmony. Martin on the mound for North Oshawa hooked up with Wally Sa- manski in a real pitcher's duel, but although Samanski had the edge in the strikeout column, Martin held the Wolves to four scattered hits and not in any inning did he give up more than one, and he kept the Wolves hitless in the last four frames. North Oshawa bagged only six hits from Samanski, but they made them at the opportune mo- ments and made them count for three runs, After winning the first game 7-1 in easy fashion the Wolves were heavy favourites to win the series, but North Oshawa took the second game on their home diamond by 11-6 and then played a great 'de- fensive game Tuesday night to shutout the Wolves and win the round, 4 Up until the top of the sixth in- both sides played heads up ball, game when Neal made a brilliant sure hit, until Samanski grounded out to Brown in the last half of the ninth it was a real battle all the way and it was anybody's game, Oshawa made their lead look big especially in the last two innings, trick in the first inning by slam- but he was grounded out to end the inning, (Continued on Page 15) ning it was a scoreless game as 0 From the very first play of the, iy one handed stab to rob Brown of a | The Wolves only got one man as iy far as third base, Yulll doing the | North Oshawa got their first scor= Fe ing chance in the fourth frame with | one out Scorgle singled but was |D Thistles Win First Game In Final Series Halliday's Thistles took the first game of the Juvenile Pinals for the league title, by a score of 14-7 from the Pittings team, at Cowan's Park on Tuesday night, Hall pitched a swell tune<on the strikeout parade as he hit a high of 13 in one night's work, He allowed two triples and these accounted for almost all of the scoring that the Fitting" team did. On the other hand the Thistles scored two home runs with two on base off the bat of Johns and the other with the bases loaded as Day lashed out the long one, The Thistles started off with three runs in the first inning and then another three in the third when Johns hit his homer, Dervent made the first reply of the Fittings team when he bingled a triple that scor- ed Locke who was on third thanks to a walk and a couple of passed balls, Baldwin was the first man to the plate for the Thistles in their half of the fourth inning and he hit a double, Coggins singled him to third from which position he scored on Thursby's pop fly to short center field. O'Connor singled and then Hayward got to first on an error, Day then blasted his big homer and four runs crossed the plate, Fittings made the small hits count in the last of the fourth for a tally of six runs making the score read 11-7 aginst them. They got thelr counters on a triple by Brooks, a double by Arnold, three singles and one walk, They didn't score any more runs after that and as the Thistles tightened up defens- ively and allowed no more hits, The Thistles continued their scor- ing and got another run in the top of the fifth and then two more in the top of the seventh to complete the scoring and leave the final scoru at 14-7 for Thistles, Day and Johns of course bashed the old apple around at the re- quired moment for a good number of runs, while Dervent, Brooks and Chopik showed well at the plate for the Fittings. FITTINGS: Keeler, ss; McIntyre, ¢; Chopik, 2b; Ford, 1b; Brown, 3b; Arnold, rf; Locke, cf; Dervent, p; and Brooks, If, THISTLES: Baldwin, 1b; Cog- gins; 2b; Thursby, if; O'Connor, Hayward, ss; Day, rf; Johns, cf; Hurst, 3b; and Hall, p. and Parts Dist. Dept. Dip Payroll-Eng's. In GM League Tilt Parts {bution won 8 14-10 decision over the Payroll-Engineer~ ing team up at Alexandra Park Tuesday night, The game was featured by the great Pitching of the hurler for the losing team Elliott who pitched & very good game. although he lost out to the heavier hitting Parts team, He struck out seven which isn't even comparable to the two that Tyson whiffed, The Payrolls big inning was the sixth when they scored four runs, off three singles a double and two walks, Finally Butler went down on strikes to end the inning, The score then was 8-7 in favour of the Parts who soon widened that margin with a five run rally on their own A make the score read 13-7 for them, The Parts team tallied another run in the last of the eighth just to make sure of their win, en came the famous last ditch rally of the Payroll team that brought them close but not close enough for either the tying or winning runs to cross that platter. Elliott started off for them with a double. Matthews did the same thing and so the first run was dive en in, Makarchuk singled and that pushed Matthews to third, Arkless went down on a deep infield fly that Matthews was able to score on, Spence went down second to first and the third run came across the plate Butler flied out to deep centre field and so the game ended. Souch with a homer and Matt~ hews with two doubles were the big hitters for the Payroll, Johnson's homer in thé eighth for the Parts was their only round-tripper and 18 deserving of mention, PAYROLL « ENGINEERING: = Souch, 3b; Way, cf; Miller, ¢; Elli ott, p; Matthews, If; Makarchuk, lb; Arkless, rf; Spence, 2b; and Butler, ss, PARTS DISTRIBUTION: --Neal, ef; Crothers, 3b; Gummon, 3b; Ty- son, p; Leydon, 1b; Luke, rf; Johne son, If; Brady, ¢; and Burden, ss, Umpires:--Love and Wilkinson, NAME OMITTED The name of the Johnston's Men's Wear store was omitted in error from the list of prize donors for the Oshawa La Bowling Club's tournament on Olvie Holle day. Officers of the club tender their apologies for the oversight and Umpires: Roy Garrow "Rocky" Gulltinan, ming a triple after two were out, |K stranded as Ross | § repeat their grateful thanks to all merchants who gave prizes. Friday and Saturday FRIDAY NIGHT ..............0000 00) SKATING SATURDAY AFTERNOON ............ SKATING SATURDAY NIGHT ...........0.000.. SKATING wey, cut IT ouT, COLIN You'tL MiP / UJ - ---- DV'EVER LAUGH us ALL IN THE WATER IF You OON'T AT THE NERVOUS FELLOW WHO TELLS You ITS DANGEROUS To STAND UP IN A ROW-BOAT... AND YOU NONCHALANTLY STEP OVER ONE OF THE SEATS TO CAST YOUR LINE OVERBOARD.» GRAB HIM, - HARRY/ BUT SURE ENOUGH YOU TRIP AND GO HEAD FIRST INTO THE LAKE [ OV'EVER FIGURE FIRST IS GooD BUSINESS ? IF WeDo BEEN IN DEEP WATER You'D HAVE THAT SAFETY \ ons BLACK HORSE 5 : ., 6 NW RY -