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PAGE SIXTEEN THE DAILY .T IMES-GAZETTE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1948 His Dreams Have Come True SHE John Antonelliy 18-year-old Rochester, N.Y., pitching star, signed by the Boston Braves, wakes with happy dreams of a big league career after flying to Boston, Mass. |ShORT BY Geo. H. Campbell NAPSHOTS Only one: sports attraction is on the books for tonight, a semi-final baseball batsle between Rexalls and Beaton's Dairy, juvenile rivals in the Oshawa Canadian Legion Minor Softball Association. These two teams clash tonight at Alexandra Park in their semi-final series tilt and the winner of this round will take on McCallum's Legion team, for the 1948 championship. There was to have been a Junior "A" softball game tonight at Alexandra Park but Brooklyn Lynbrooks have elected to wait, since they are hooked for an OASA semi-final Junior "B" game at Brooklin tomorrow night. New Toronio's Junior "B" OASA team visits Brooklin tomirrow night for the first game of their provincial semi-final round and all of Brooklin and half of the surrounding district will be on hand te see this game at Brooklin"s Community Park. They have a smart little softball club out there this season and are making a determined bid for the Ontario championship in that division, . * +» * Mills Motor Sales chalked up a decisive 20-9 victory over the Peterboro Kawartha Sports here at Alexandra Park last night as they opened their Eastern Ontario Zone championship finals in the 0.A.8.A. Juvenile "A" series. Peterboro whipped Kingston Juveniles by a terrific score in Kingston and the Limestone City team defaulted in the return game. Kawartha Sports showed they aré' better than the score of last night's game indicates because they have power at the plate and are a smart fielding team. However, their starting hurler was hit very hard last night, although Bigford, who took over, did very well until the last couple of innings. He has a nice drop and made the Oshawa batters swing wildly for a few frames. Peterboro infield became very jittery last night here and committed a lot of errors. Their centre-fielder also refused to take a hint from the first homer that sailed over his head "and he kept on playing in too close, with the result that he made one catch all night and had two mes go sailing over his head, one with the bases loaded. "Bunny" Maeson fanned 15 batters and scattered 10 hits. He has pitched better ball than he showed last night but he was still good enough to make the Liftlock City lads look ordinary at the plate, most of the time. Oshawa hit hard for their big rallies and got their hits and runs in bunches. * J + There'll be a 3rd and deciding game over in Ajax on Saturday after- noon, at four o'clock. Hastings nosed out Ajax Legion 17-16 last night under the lights at Hastings, scoring the winning run in the 10th inning. Ajax took a big lead in the first inning and again in the 7th but they failed to hold it, due chiefly to many walks issued by their pitchers. Both teams were potent at the dish and this deciding game over on the Ajax diamond Saturday afternoon should be a real thriller, * + * Tomorrow night flinds another OASA playoff game here in Oshawa, with the Canadian Legion, Branch 43, team meeting Peter- boro's Intermediate "AA" champions, in the first game of the Eastern Ontario Zone finals. Peterboro had a bye to the second round with Oshawa Legion ousting Kingston Blue Bells in the first round, in two-straight games. Don't know how strong the Peterboro Intermediate "AA" entry is this year but they whipped Legion last year in the first game of the series and Legion had to take the next twos to survive the round. At any rate, this game here tomorrow night should be an interesting playoff softball tilt. This year's Legion team is well-balanced and many expect them to go right through to the Ontario title this year, which they missed last year in the. third game of the championship finals. Tomorrow night's playoff game with Peterboro is booked for a 6:15 start. a 3 * : Oshawa "Hunters" ran into a hot Toronto junior team last night in their first game of the OBA playdowns. Earlscourts proved a classy fielding team, they played errorless ball against the Oshawa Hunt Club to win a 7-1 verdict. Big factor, aside from their classy fielding and powerful hitting, proved to be Roach, a young big league prospect, who has a smoking fast ball. He is 6 feet 3 inches in height and when he gets on top of a pitching mound, Pete Murphy insists that it's like being fired at out of a high tower, with a high-powered rifle. The Oshawa lads say they were coming down and pasi like peas. "Ding" Gavas started for Oshawa but it wasn't his day. Brown went in to hurl in the third and did a fine job except for one bad inning, when he was nicked for three runs. Hunt Club expect to'play the return game with the Toronto Earlscourts, here at Alexandra Park on Monday, Labor Day, and no doubt a big crowd of local fans will turn out on the holiday to see this classy Toronto team in action. * 4 * Other local ball teams swing into action on Saturday here. The Motor City Cab Juveniles open their second round of OBA playoffs here on Saturday evening against Toronto opponents. Saturday afternoon, Oshawa Victory Park Aces meet Kingston in' the second game of their OASA Midget series. Since the first game at Kingston was rained out in the sixth inning, the feams have agreed to play a doubleheader here on Saturday, with the first game at two o'clock and the second tilt at four o'clock, and it is expected the double- header will be played over at Bathe Park. Oshawa Mills Motor Sales go to Peterboro on Saturday evening for their return game with the Kawartha Juveniles and Saturday night, under the lights, GM- Colts will open their OASA Senior "B" campaign, with the first game against Peterboro Legion. j * * * SCISSORED SPORT--(By The Canadian Press)--The management committee of the National Hockey League spent long hours behind closed | (Continued on Page 17) ROLLER SKATING * TOMORROW NIGHT * SATURDAY NIGHT | DSHAWA | ARENA By JACK GRAY Canadian Press Staff Writer Toronto, Sept, 2 -- (CP) -- An attractive blonde with a ready smile and plenty of fighting spirit, 21- year-old Berniece Looney of War- ren, Ohio, is skill the women's pro- fessional five-mile swim champion. Ahead All the Way - Fighling recurrent cramps dur- ing the last half mile of the Cana- dian National Exhibition's world- title classic Wednesday, Miss Looney added to the lead she held from the start, to triumph handily over eizht other starters and win a total of $2,000, Second Straight Win It was her second successive vic- tory in the big race. She finished more than a half mile ahead of her aunt, May Looney, 38, also of War- ren, in the time of 2:31.41, four minutes slower than her finishing time in 1947. . May Looney, who has been swim- ming for 19 years and finished in the money in the C.N.E. swim eight times, won $750 for second place. Young Mother Wins . A 22-year-old Toronto 'mother, Mrs. Winnie Leuszler, who swam under her maiden name of Winnie Roach, also fought off last-mile cramps to finish third, 14 minutes after May Cooney. She is the moth- er of a year-old baby and her father, Ed Roach, said she is ex- pecting another baby in six months, Mrs. Leuszler won prize winners were: 4, Marion Townsend, 29, of Hamilton, $300: 5, Isobel O'Rourke, 35, Toronto, $200; 6, Edith Crawford, 28, of Gra- venhurst. Three others failed to finish, Many Drop Out It was well after dark before the fifth and sixth place winners came in, exhausted and cold from Lake Ontario's 65-degree waters. Only one other competitor was left in BERNIECE LOONEY REPEATS AS WORLD'S 5-MILE SWIM CHAMPION AT C.N.E. $500. Other |the race at that time, 48-year-old Dorothy Evans, of Toronto, who gave up soon after. Earlier, 17-year-old Helen Dickie of 'Electric, Ont, was pulled out after 1%. miles and Donna Brown, 20, of Toronto, gave up after three miles. Another $500 Besides 'her $1,500 winner's end, Berniece Looney, won $50 for each of the 10 laps she led during the race, LOCAL BOYS CA Mills Motor Sales Juveniles Wallop Peterboro Kawarthas In Error-Studded Session "Bunny" Maeson Fans 15 Batters And Wins Han- dily In Spite Of Wild- ness -- Local Lads Hit Hard In Bunches For Big Rallies -- Peter- boro Team Commits 11 Errors Oshawa Mills Motor Sales con- tinued their undefeated pace in Juvenile '""A" softtall competition last night at Alexandra Park, when they trounced Peterboro Kawartha Sports 20-9 in the first game of their O.A.S.A. Eastern Ontario zone finals. The second game of the series will be played at Peterboro on Sa- turday evening and if a third game is necessary to decide a winner, it will be played at Port Hope, next week. Maeson Fans Fifteen "Bunny" Maeson has pitched bet- ter softball than he displayed last night, for he was inclined to wild- ness and also grooved a lot of pit- ches, but he was still too much for the visitors. He struck out fifteen batters and walked a half-dozen. Peterboro opened the scoring with a run in the second when Griffen singled, and scored a wild pitch and two passed balls. Oshawa came back with three in the third on hits by Hoy, Coggins and McDermaid, plus an error, and they were never head- ed after that. In the 4th inning, City team blew apart. Doris threw a home-run ball to Maeson at the start of the inning and then got the next two men out but the Oshawa boys were still in a hitting mood and they scored five more runs before the third out was made, with Sciuk getting a homer in the middle of it. Bigford took over on the mound for Peterboro at this stage and dia very well until the 7th. He didn't yield a hit until then but four solid blows plus five errors mostly in the infield, gave Mills Motors six runs. In the 8th, the Peterboro infield was still full of holes and their bob- bles plus four more hits, including Coggins, mammoth homer with the bases loaded, gave Oshawa five more runs to complete their total of 20. © Evans Hits Homer Peterboro boys got to Maeson- for a couple of runs in the 5th on a walk to Grafstein and a home-run blow by Evans, Allen's single and a double by Berwick gave them an- other run in the 6th. In the 7th two more runs scored, on a walk, an infield error, a single by Thomp- son and two walks with the bases loaded. Maeson got into trouble again in the 9th when the Kawarthas finally got to him for some solid hits. Floyd opened with a single and Allen walked. Berwick singled. Griffen flied out to centre and Doris groun« ded out but Grafstein came through with a double to complete the 3-run rally, the Liftlock The Big Hitters Coggins, Sciuk and Maeson, with théir homers, helped the Oshawa cause materially, with Maeson, Hoy and Day each having three safe hits while Coggins, Peters and Mc- Dermaid each had a couple. Evans had Peterboro's only homer while Allen, Berwick and Grafstein each had two safe hits. Defensively, the homsters had. a wide margin of fieldiflg skill over the Liftlock City lads, who became very jittery as their defeat became more apparent. R. H. E, PETERBORO:--010 021 203 9 10 11 JSHAWA:-- 003 600 65x 20 17 2 KAWARTHA SPORTS :--Thompson, 3b; Floyd, cf; Allen, 2b; Berwick, rf; Griffen, ¢; Doris, p and If; Graf- stein, 1b; Grainger, lf; Evans, ss; and Bigford, p in 4th. MILLS MOTOR SALES: --Hoy, ss; Sciuk, 3b; Coggins, 2b; Peters, cf; McDermaid, ¢; Day, rf; Maeson, Ps; Lawrence, 1f; Gedge, 1b. . Umpires:--G. Dormer, of Peter- boro, at plate and "Pat" Jarvis, of Oshawa, on bases, United States Army Horse-Show Team Has Disbanded New York, Sept. 2--(AP)--The United States' Army Horse-Show team, long a feature attraction of the National Horse Show at Madi- son Square Garden, has been dis- banded .and will not compete in the 1948 National Show, Sept. 2-9. Due to the nfechanization of the Army, the team was disbanded af- ter the recent Dublin Show. Teams representing Canada, Mexico and France are expected to compere in the military events. Knowle, Gloucestershire, Eng- gland. --(CP)-- Every year, con- fectioner Frederick Horlick, 85,1 makes bis wife a wedding anniver- sary cake. He recently completed HASTINGS NIPS AJAX INTERS. IN 10-INNINGS Hastings tied up the O.AS.A. In- termediate "C" 3rd round playoff series last night at Hastings under {Geir floodlights when they defeat- ed Ajax 17-16, in a 10-inning thrill- er The Ajax club stepped right out in the first inning and pounded out a 6-run lead, with Stewart and Tay- lor both hitting hemers. It looked like an easy win at that early stage when Hastings came back with only two runs. In the third inning, Hastings clicked for four fives with Scott and Hall both hitting homers, to make it 7-6. Ajax scored two in their fourth inning on Sheehan's triple and two more in the 6th when Koch tripled. In the 7th Ajax staged a 5-run rally to take a big lead again, with Shee- han getting a triple. Hastings got one in the 5th and three in the 6th and none in the 7th but in the 8th, they came roaring back with a 5-run splurge to drive Galloway from the mound. Ajax scored a lone run in the 9th inning to tie the score at 16-16 and held Hastings off in the last of the 9th, In the 10th frame, Ajax had a man on but couldn't score and Hastings won it in their 10th in- ning, when a walk scored the win- ning run, with the bases loaded. Walks, flocks of them by all their pitchers, cost Ajax the game. They outhit Hastings by a wide margin but despite their earned runs, they made sooring easy for the home- sters by putting runners on bases via "free tickets" almost every in- ning, The 3rd and deciding game of the series will be played at Ajax on Sat- urday afterncen, at four o'clock. AJAX--Hood, 3b; Wiles, 1f; Mor- ris, rf; Koch, 2b; Sheehan, cf; Har- old, 1b and p; Stewart, ¢; Taylor, ss; Morton, p; Galloway, p. HASTINGS -- Pullham, rf; West, cf; Payne, 2b; Scott, ss; Ball, 3b; Maneth, p; Puffer, lb; Garden, If; Barnes, c, Westmount Ties Finals with Win Over Harmony Westmount Wildcats tied up the East Whitby Township Ladies' Soft- ball League finals, last night at Westmount, with an 18-13 victory over the Harmony Lunch girls. Atually, the game was called 'in the first half of the 7th inning, with two cut and only one more needed to make it a full-term contest. Har- mony had scored three runs in the Tth, there were two out and two on bases. ' Harmony started off with a 3 run spurt, added four in the second when two walks and hits by Powers, Johnson and Gamble completed the rally. They. got one in the 4th on an error and then another bobble and scored five in their half of the 5th when Price doubled to complete the big spurt. They missed in the 6th, Westmount scored three in the second and two in the third, on some solid hits and errors. In the 4th, walks and a flock of errors by Har- mony infielders enabled Westmount to score 'eight runs and take the lead 13-8. They were held off com- pletely in the 5th but came through with five more runs in the 6th. Attersley, Bourne, McClimond and Zarowny did the best hitting for the winners while B. Powers, Gam- ble, Price were the best for Harmony, with Noakes getting two hits and three walks, Wildness by the Westmount pit- cher, Church, had a lot to do with Harmony's. big rallies while Har- mony's errors were a big help to the Wildcats. HARMONY :--Noakes, ¢; B. Powers, 2b; C. Powers, p; Johnson, 1b; Gam- ble, ss; Jackson, cf; Price, 3b; Gies- berger, rf; Huxtable, If. . WESTMOUNT: --Church, p; Miller, rf; Attersley, 1b; Adams, 2b; Mc- Isaac, 3b; Bourne, gs; McClimond, cf; Trotter, c; Zarowny, If. Umpires: R. Waddell and C. Fer- guson. NAPANEE EVENS SERIES Napanee, Sept 2--(CP)--Napanee Athletics defeated Peterborough 5-1 here Wednesday night, to even their first round 5-1 hr WadnsdayTAO first round O.B.A. Intrmediate "A" playoff series. The third and decid- ing game will be played here Satur- day afternoon, Weedon, Northampton, England. (CP)--"Effrontery" of non-church goers in demanding church facili- ties for weddings, christenings and funerals is condemned by the Rev. L. Lewis. A Attendance, he says, does his 64th, ; not Justify his parish's existence. & A 4 PTURE FIRST OF SERIES Bob Back Again Bob Porterfield, Yankee rookie pitcher, sidelined by an injury to his right index finger in his first big -league game, is again in the New York line-up. At first it was feared he might be lost for the season. --Central Press Canadian LACROSSE STANDINGS Senior "B" Standing Lost Club Peterboro Oshawa .... Orillia 20 Huntsville bi 18 Scarboro 6 Remaining Scheduled Games Thur, Sept. 2--Huntsville at Or- illia. Fri.,, Sept. boro. Sat., Sept. 4--Orillia at Scarboro. Tues., Sept. T--Oshawa at Hunts- ville, . To Play--Scarboro at (postponed on Aug. 30). Sunnyside Girls Whip Connaught In Midget Tilt Sunnyside Midget girls defeated Connaught Park midget team, last night at Connaught Park, 22-14. The game was a free-scoring af- fair with the Sunnyside girls hav- ing no trouble with pitcher Smith's slants, as they tallied one run in the 4th inning and at least a couple in every other frame, .not to mention four in the 3rd, six in the 5th and five in the Tth. Connaught Park could not show as much power at the plate, al- though they got going in the sec- ond for a couple of tallies, added four in the third and then finished stronger with one in the 5th, four in the 6th and three in the Tth, but it wasn't enough. Cypta, Milne, Russell, Watson and Howard were all big hitters for Sunnyside, especially Russell and Howard while Anderson, Don- ald, Smith and Gower did the best hitting for the Connaught Park team. SUNNYSIDE PARK--Cypta, If; Milne, p; Russell, 1b; Wallis, c; Watson, 3b; Howard, ss; Butler, cf; Scero, 2b; Wilson, rf Murray, cf. CONNAUGHT PARK--Smith, p; Anderson, 2b; Shaw, 1b; Gower, c; Turnery, lf; Darou, cf; Fice, ss; Lang, rf; Donald, 3b. - Umpires "Dib" "Preem" Whiteley. Pts. 40 28 12 3--Oshawa at Peter- Peterboro Little and London. --(CP)--Edward Horn, 73, of Putney, claims a record for long distance swimming. He says he has swum 3,600 miles in the last 56 years. Oshawa Hunt Club Juniors Run Into Playoff Snag As Toronto Takes First Game Earlscourts Flash Strong Hitting Dept. and Bril- liant Fielding Plus "Skyscraper" Hurler With Blazing' Speed -- Roach Fans 17 Oshawa Batters to Dominate Entire Game. Oshawa Hunt Club Juniors, cllampions of the Lakeshore Junior Basebal] League, ran into a snag in their first round of the 0.B.A. Jun- ior "A" playoffs last evening at Eglington Park, Toronto, when they suffered a 7-1 defeat at the hands of the sensational Toronto Junior champions, the Earlscourts. Roach, a towering young giant of six-foot, three-inch height, proved the best hurler tlhe "Hunters" have ever found. He fanned 17 batters and gave up only five scattered hits, to completely dominate the game, Lone Tally In 6th Hunters got their lone run in the 6th when Pete Murphy walked with one out, stole second and moved to 3rd on an infield out. Hanna came through with a single to score Murphy. In the 8th inning, Castelleran made a sensational diving shoe- string catch to rob Brown| of a hit and then Murphy 'and McGrath came through with clean shingles, but with two out, they were wasted as Hanna flied out to left, to end the inning and threat. That business of 17 strikeouts fairly wel ltells the tale as the Hunters couldn't get going with many ralldzs, The "sqyyscraper" Roach, pitching from a mound, used a blazing fast ball with tremendous effect. "Ding" Gavas started on the mound for Oshawa but didn't last long, It wasn't his night. He yield- ed two runs on a walk and solid hits by Quackenbush and Fiskari in the second Inning. In the third, with two out, Smart singled and moved cn an error and then Spier doubled to score him and kept right on go- ing to score himself when Bathe made a bad play on the drive. Brown Good in Relief Role Brown took over the pitching for Oshawa in the 3rd inning and did a fine chore. He stopped tiie heavy- hitting Toronto team cold except for one inning. In the 6th, he walk- ed Smart at the start and an error by Thompson on a steal play let Smart go to 3rd, Spier then tripled to centre. He was nipped at the play on a grounder by Quackenbush and Stephen fanned but Castelleran walked and Fiskari came through with a timely double to complete the 3-run rally. Smart, Spier, Quackenbush and Fiskari were the stars of the Earls- court Juniors, the latter three play- ers each having two hits at the plate besides doing splendid work at their respective positions. ; The return game of the series will be played at 'Alexandra Park on cnday, Labor Day, but the hour has not yet beer} set. R H E OSHAWA .... 000 001 000--1 5 2 TORONTO .. 022 003 00x--7 8 0 "HUNTERS"-- Murphy, cf; Me- Gra'h, 3b) Hanna, lb; Bathe, rf; Simpson, 1f; Willson, 2b; Stovin, c; Thompson, ss; Gavas, p; Brown, p in 3rd. EARLSCOURTS-- McKennel, 2b; Macllroy, 3b; Smart, rf; Spier, ss; Quackenbush, cf; Stephen, lb; Cas- telleran, If; Fiskari, ¢; Roach, p. Umpires--Dyer and Kelly, both of Torento, Non-Pro Congress Sandlot Final At London, Ont. Wichita, Kas., Sept. 2--(AP)--The Canadian-American series, match- ing the non-professional champions of the two countries, will be played in London, Ont. in mid-September, ihe National Baseball Congress said today. : It announced a tentative starting date of Sept, 16 for the best-of- se- ven series. The winner has been in- vited by the National Baseball Con- gress of Mexico to play a series.of games in Mexico this fall. Meeting at London will be the two 1948 champions -- London Majors and Fort Wayne, Ind., General Elec- trics. Both.repeated as National Champions tis year, after winning in 1947. SPORTS CALENDAR THURSDAY 1 Oshawa Minor Baseball Assec, | Finals | Rexalls vs Beaton's Dairy, at Ale éxandra Park, 6.00 pm. (2nd game of 2-out-of-3 semi-finals), FRIDAY y 0.A.8.A. Junior "B" Semi-Finals New Toronto vs Brooklin, at Brooklin Community Park, 6:00 (1st. game of Ontario semis ; finals). 0.A.8.A. Inter. "AA" Peterborough vs Oshawa Cana« dian Legion, at Alexandra Park, 6:00 p.m. (1st game of Eastern One- tario Zone finals). East Whitby Twp. Ladies' League Westmount Wildcats vs Harmony Lunch, at Harmony School, 6:00 p.m. (3rd game of 3-out-of-5 finals, series tied). NOTICE TO MINOR SOFTBALL TEAMS All schedule games in the Oshawa Minor Softball Association must be cleaned up this week. Bantam and Midget League secretaries have been instructed to have all post- poned games cleaned up this week. All postponed games must bt playe ed on the diamond originally sche« duled and the "home team" is responsible for arranging the games. Failure to arrange a game will be considered a "default" to the "home club". All games must start at six o'clock. All teams will be included in the Minor Association playoff draw and the draw will be determined by the final standing of the teams, which is why all postponed games must be cleaned up immediately. Play offs will start on Friday, Sept. 10 and a meeting of all team man=- agers will be held prior to this date, when the "draw" will be announced. Mimico Is Awarded Game When Fergus Player Balks Ref. alles Toronto, Sept." 2--(CP)--Mimico Mounties defeated Fergus Thistles 21-11 in an Ontario Senior Lacrosse game at suburban Mimico Wednes= dry 'night. With five minutes of the last period to go, Ken Harris of Fergus refused to accept a penalty from referee Joe Murphy. After jostling Murphy, he was given a match penalty. When he refused to leave the players' bench, Murphy and Referee Ed Walsh awarded Mimico the game. Jack Mason, also of 'Fergus, was given a match penalty, but he didn't offer any argument. SOFTBALL INTERMEDIATE "AA" PLAYOFFS -_-- VS, -- Oshawa Legionnaires PETERBORO Friday, September 3rd ALEXANDRA PARK P-M. Admission ....25¢ 6.15 ge ----ra--p rr lh la Ek a a -- | MILLS MOTOR SALES 266 KING STREET WEST e PHONE 4750 GM PARTS AND ACCESSORIES Has your oil been changed lately? 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