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NAPSHOTS Campbell 74 N\ ou h along you can get up to Alexandra Park in time to see Lrohueid ofthall playoft being staged there this afternoon, start. t 4.18 o'clock, between Oshawa Legion and Toronto "Irish Vets" is the 4th time these two teams have met, or at least will the 4th and this one is to settle it. It's a sudden-death battle to decide am goes into the Provincial O.A8.A, Intermediate "AA" cham- ip finals against "Rogers Silver" of Hamilton, Actually today's is re-play of an 8-inning, 11-11 draw staged at Bathe Park on afternoon, Legion won 8-1 in Toronto and Irish Vets tied up re 7-3, last Wednesday, Then came the 3rd game which d on Account of darkness, only a few seconds after pitcher d clouted a 2-run homer to tie up the score and save from elimination, These two teams are going at it again and this time, they really must have a winner, to go to urday. It should be a stern struggle today, with plenty sll kinds of excitement and rivalry, A change in been ordered for today's battle, E i ESE 3 g g g ; Eeg g3? i i 2 g gh E i Lack of experience, which show- ed itself in costly errors, silly mis. takes in bwme-running and defen sive play and weakness at the plate, was one big factor in the Osh. awa defeat, Young "Ding" Cavas pitched a good brand of ball, gave up only 7 scattered hits, bat his support was woeful in spots and they practically gave away three of the four runs the Lizsles registered, Oshawa Scored First Oshawa the first run of the game, in second inning, when Powers, first batter up, poled « hard-hit single into right field and Ross misjudged the ball, letting it go past and Powers never stopped running until he crossed the plate. After that, Teteff, on the mound for the visitors, settled down to pitch very stingy ball, allowing only five more hits, never more than one an inning, Oshawa had a man to 3rd In the 4th but they didn't score again until they put on their gallant last-minute burst of defi ance in the oth, Simpson, first up in the last frame, drew a walk and Powers singled a scratch hit to and, A pase sed ball put Simpson on 3rd he qcoiu when oTavish, a pinche tter, grounded out to 3nd, Powers went to 3rd on. the ay. Cole grounded out to 1st and then Sto. vin was hit with a pitched ball, He stole and, to put the tying runs on and and 3rd but "Ding" Gavas went down swinging to end the season, Errors Disestrous Lizsies threatened in the 2nd and in the 3rd, Hassard was walked de- liberately to fill the bases with two out and then Spragge popped up to Powers to end the inning, In the 4th inning, Oshawa hand ed the visitors the tying run, Koch. berg, first batter, was safe on an error by Powers, He stole 2nd and moved to 3rd on a roller to the box by Ross, Rosenberg grounded to Batten at 3rd and his throw to 1st was wild, However, Kochberg had scored before this happened, when he got himself apps off 3rd and Stovin held the ball too long before throwing and then when he did fire it, he hit Kochberg with the throw and the ball bounced into the side-hnes.-. . y i : , b LJ] As positted, Jack MoConkey's speed-ball fairly mowed down the up in New Toronto 1ast night and Robson Leather "Tan- New Toronto 8-1 to sweep thelr O.AS8.A, Intermediate "A" in two-straight games, While McConkey was fanning Dg only three hits, two of them in the 8th, he and his ihe ball all over the Goodyear field for a total of 13 safe ' different pitchers with Sammy Stark and Dave Gilbert [3 homer as well as one other hit apiece, New Toronto just / it takes to halt the Leathermen, at any stage. "Tan f t0 Sarnia on Saturday, for the first game of the O.A SA. y ithern Ontario finals, If they win this series, and we fully --3 do that chore, for they are clicking in championship style n they'll be hosts to. Sault Ste. Marie in the All-Ontario Oshawa on the Thanksgiving week-end, The return game Will be here in Oshawa on Tuesday of next - week, + : SHORTS---Belleville Goodmans, In two-straight games, from i the a AoA, Junior "A" softball race in the semi-finals, Al x Ast year but yesterday they were beaten dsl by Toronto Lissles in a real thriller, with Greenberg of [ + ++ Boston Bruins are starting thetr worried. We wouldn't be either if we race, Toronto Columbus defeated Kitchener the series, Meanwhile, Ottawa Wrightivilles Belleville Kiwanis 2-1 in the sudden-death game at King- nalting the faallats to bb declared... . e =straight from "Miller's In the OBA, Senior "A" fines «© Tomine Aer! don Majors t, In London, for the Senior "B" O.B.A. . Reise 1s mowing 'em down in the Black Hawks' workouts. 's Inter, "Red Raiders" are play- » their first ORFU. group schedule game they've got a new gadget to give grid players fresh and send them back into the fray, rarin' to go. They em In London yet, eh Moe? , . . . Mgr. Joe Cronin of must be having nervous trouble. He's blaming ths © playoff series because his ace Ted Williams suffered a when struck by a pitched ball in an exhibition game. It have happened three weeks ago and been a broken elbow are developing an airplane transportation system for race and expect to have it going full swing by 1048 . , . . Speaking the time-honored practice of classifying harness racers by Me records has been discarded by the US. Trotting Assoc. at the stem, to start New Year's Day, will be on a purse-winning basis § idea may be taken up in Canada, | " . be beiT the Sth, with two out, Hassard grounded to Batten and a wild peg to lat put Hassard on and, He scored when Spragge hit a ground- er to 1st and beat Powers to the bag. Wnile Powers was disputing the decision with the umpire, Has sard ran home from 3rd, In the 7th, Ezra opened the ine ning with a double to left, Klein sacrificed him to 3rd, He attempt ed to steal home with Lustig at bat and Stovin made the mistake of stepping in front of the batter to take the catch and tag Fura, The runer wag called "safe" on a balk and the batter waa sent to 1st base, on "interference." In the 9th, Lissles got their only good run, With one out, Klein hit a triple to centre, Lustig drew a walk and then Hassard grounded, Klein on a fielder's choice, when Batten falled to take Mc. Grath's toss at 3rd In time for the putout, Headed The Hittes Eura, with a triple and a aingle and Spragge with a double and a single, were the big batters for Liz. sles but they had only seven safe- ties altogether, Defensively, were the Oshawa in field, except MoGrath at shortstop, who turned in a brilliant game, was very weak, the Liszies were good. The two left-fielders, Xooh! and Barnes each pulled off a brilliant running catch, © Gavas and Teteff each struck out a half-dosen batters while walks | sh given were 4 and 3 respectively, Soore b, i RHE + 0001101014 7 3 vive 0100000002 6 6 i=-Hara, 2b; Klein, of; Lustig, as; Hassard, 1b; Spragge, 3b; RoshLats. If; Ross, rf; Rosenberg, ©; Tetetf, 2 OSHAWA :--MoGrath, ss; Wilson, 3b; Barnes, If; Simpson, cf; Pow- ers, 1b; Batten, 3b; Cole, rf; Sto- vin, 0; Gavas, p; McTavish, batted for Batten in oth, Umpires: --Reg. Fair, plate, and Al, Tyson, bases, both of AWA, Inter. Red Raiders Go To Orillia Sat. The Intermediate team of the Oshawa "Red Raiders" R Club will go to Orillia to play their first league game, this coming Saturday. hile most of the boys took quite a bea in London last Saturday, Trainer Hughie Kerr has been busy all week and nearly all are raring to go at Orillia, Incidentally, Hughie Kerr is de. | serving of great credit for his work with the Rugby Club. As one River put it--"Hughie was on the eld in London as much as some of the ors", i The lights should be installed this week and At the present time, this is sadly hplding the boys up in DERG » a) of GOALIE WHITAKER MISSES '46 SERIES, SUSPENSION STANDS Toronto, Oct, 3, -- (OP) -- Bill Whitaker of St. Catharines, will be eligible to return to lacross competi~ tion next year but his suspension remaing In effect for the present season, the Canadian Amateur La- crosse Association decided yesters day at a special meeting, Goalie for Bt, Catharines Athlete fos last year, Whitaker was suspend- ed for striking referee Jimmy Dunn during » Mann Cup finals match with Vancouver Burrards in Vane couver, The Association also suspended Dunn over the cident, It decided that the referee's suspension must remain in effect throughout 1047, St. Kitts A's. Do It Again To Salmonbellies By William H., Dumsday Canadian Press Staff Writer Toronto, Oct, 8-(OP)-~That old Jinx which has followed western la- crosse clubs for 36 years seems to be struggling to maintain its record--- a western team has never won the Mann Cup in the east and after two straight setbacks at the hands of Bt, Catharines Athletics, chances don't look bright for New Westminster Salmonbellies to win it this campaign, The Saints were a superior club last night as they swamped the westerners 18-9 after edging them 11-10 Monday in the first game of a best-of-five Dominio amplon« ship series, But ou.....ding in their lopsided win was their feat in holding the reputedly goal-greedy Salmonbellies scoreless for 33 min. utes and 30 seconds as they came from behind, A's Favored Now There was plenty of wagering on Salmonbellies among the 7,008 pay- ing customers last night but the Athletics will be odds-on favorites to take the series three straight Friday night, If they succeed it will be the fifth time the A's have been crowned champions since first winning the Mann Cup in 1038, A city of only 30,000 citizens but bubbling with dosens of lacrosse teams from pee-wees upward, St, Catharines has become Canada's lacrosse mecca in recent years, The 1046 edition of the A's is not the strongest aquad the Garden Oity has produced but it's one of the spunkiest, When the series opened some ar- dent St. Catharines' supporters thought their favorites might crack without their regular goalle, Bill Whitaker, in the nets, But they can put thelr worries with the mothballs because a 34-year-old Royal Canadian Navy "lookout" -- Doug Favell--is really looking out for their interests, Goalle Shines Again In the nets again last night after a Oanadian Lacrosse Association declined to lft a suspension of Whitaker for this series But re. instating him for next year, Favell blocked 26 shots, inc uding one penalty shot effort by Reo Jerome, The young sallor's work in the first game was good but last night it way Jensticnal. © Salmonbellles played fair enough lacrosse in the early stages and led after the first lod 0-4, Then they went into their worst scoring slump in memory of some of the players and failed to find the net throughout the second and third quarters, Meanwhile the Saints ran wild, adding one in the second and six in the third, Once they moved a few goals in front the A's played defensive la- crosse, breaking away time after time as the westerners vainly tried to organize an attack, So success. ful was thelr checking the Saints held Ike Hildebrand, New West- minster ace, off the score sheet after permitting him only one goal in ae yg eo they floundered to regain their scoring touch the 'Athletics folded hopelessly on defence to give their masked goalle, Bill Scuba, scant protection, St. Catharines' looting was ragor sharp and Scuba Juned on 18 shots while blocking Maton Leads Scoring aS Morton led the .A's scoring eo with four goals while Tom Madsen, Joe Cheevers, Pat Smith, Jack (Wandy) ocMahon and George Urquhart a pair each, One of Cheevers' goals came on a penalty .shot, Bert Bryant and Jerome scored three each for the Router, ore was little rejoloing in th St. Catharines ranks' a While trainer Bill Demars predicted a stralght-game triumph and thought it difficult "to understand how they (Salmonbellies) won the title from what they showed," balding Cheevers figured the erners just "got a Ish Catmaria- 5 nes---goal, Favell; de- fence, T. M: , Myers; By Scott; centre, Nelson; forwards, Jack MoMahon, Smith: subs, F, Madsen, Cove, Urquhart, Morton, Cheevers, Jim McMahon, F} h New Westminster--goal, ont; White, Fergus, Ont, on -------- Galashiels, Scotland-- (OP) --A Action Scenes As "Red Raiders" Western Mustangs were rarely tested on Saturday afternoon as they walloped Oshawa Red Raiders by a 91.0 score, but they did get a chance to try all the plays in their book in preparation for the Varsity invasion next week, The above couple of shots ypifies the action of the afternoon A big gain early in the game, heaved a pass to George Turnbull which saw the ball in Mustang hands most of the time, The top shot ' George Curtis sliding through a wide hole in the Oshawa line for The lower picture was taken as Curtis (34), which was lateralled into a touchdown play, Mustangs shown in the top pleture, from left to right are: Were Stampeded by "Mustangs" -- ia i Nurm McLean (22), Curtis, Doug Cook (18), Tioky Duck (18) and Bob Phibbs (3), The lower action shows Turnbull (24), Jack Coles, Ben Wil. son (26), Don MoFarlane (20), Bill Jarvis (23), Doug Cook (18), Bob Phibbs (3), Ticky Duck (12), Although all Oshawa players in the above plotures can not be identified, some recognized are: Top, left to right Phil Burkhart, Charlie March (on the ground), Mike Siblock, Jim Ane derson and Faye Brooks, (without helmet), Bottom, left to right--Zibby Zedic, J, Johnson, "Oble" O'Brien and Pete Grice (3%), =Photos by London Free Press staff photographer Brooklyn 'Bums' Must Do or Die Today-- Or Else! By JACK HAND Brooklyn, Oct, 3.-~(AP)-- Leo, Durocher's ability to rally his sag- ging Dodgers from the brink of dls- Aster meets its big test today when Brook! resumes its post-season lay-off series with St. Louls know= ng full well that the National Lea« gue pennant and World Series cash will vanish In defeat, Back at Ebbets Field where they have compiled an amaging record of 86 victories and 21 defeats for a 727 percentage, the Brooks are in- clined to overlook the 4-2 defeat hung around their necks by Howle Pollet in 8t. Louls Tuesday, Durocher has been able to plok his "Bums" off the floor after a defeat that would take the heart out of an ordinary ball club, The Flatbush faithful are confident Leo will bring them back bouncing from the shadows of elimination, Durocher will start Joe Hatten the rookie lefthander who came out of service to win 14 and lose 10 in his freshman year, Arriving in New York last night a few minutes behind the Dodgers after a 23-hour train trip, Eddie Dyer's Redbirds were a loose, cone fident ball club, sure of themselves and not conceding a thing, Dyer, on the hot spot all season when his star-loaded Cards failed to play up to their pre-war form, was in the enviable position of have Ing a second guess on his pitching ection, Murry Dickson, a whey little righthander, was the choice over Harry (The Cat) Brecheen, Sunny and warmer, with the highest tem- perature near 65 degrees, is the weatherman's prediction for today's National League pennant play-off game between Brooklyn and St. Louis at Ebbets Feld, The forecast is the same for toe = it the Dodgers win today, SIMONIZING POLISHING! 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