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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE \ THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1951 PAGE FOURTEEN _ SPORT SNAP SHOTS Don't know whether the gremlins were on hand and had something $0 do with it or not but the display of baseball (?) put on at certain spots in last night's game, by various members of the Oshawa IMer- chants, bore only a faint resemblance to the senior calibre we have known, Not one of the Oshawa players came up with a performance that would require a larger hat-size this morning and with one or two possible exceptions, those caps the Merchants claim are shrinking should be still plenty big enough. With Rog Wood and Johnny Kitchen both on the ailing list, Oshawa had a big hole at 3rd which may have been plugged finally when Coach Mellis put Chuck Walsh over there in the 6th inning--but Walsh had little do do after that, so we still didn't learn. At second base, Jose Morales who has made a hit with the local fans by his speed and hitting ability in the clutch, came up witn a circus play, a one-handed stab of a sizzling grounder, behind 2nd and threw to 1st for the putout, to earn honors for the fielding gem of the evening. Jose continues to striké us as one of the most brilliant one-handed infielders we've ever seen in action and when it comes to using two hands on a hard-hit ball that is straight at him, he's not a bit better than dozens of 2nd basemen we have known. + * * It could be that the Merchants were tired--and if so, they'll have to do something about it--because they're getting a lot of ball games. Maybe they're getting two many or maybe they can not stay up after supper too long. Certainly some of the playing and some c? the thinking was far from alert. That's why the Merchants sufiered more from errors of omission raimer than from errors actually com- mitted such as failure to cover lst base, misjudgment of a fly ball the latter meant three runs for Guelph in the 5th inning--because if the ball had been caught, there would have been three men out before anybody crossed the plate. Vince Couchara, who comes from Temple University, same as DeLaurentis and Napolitano, pitched good ball for six frames. He gave up only three hits in that period-- two of these should have been outs--and no earned runs, He did . erack in the 7th when the visitors added their last pair of tallies on three solid hits including a double. DeLaurentis finished Ricely but another messed up play at 1st base got him into a bases-loaded jackpot with none out but he managed to get clear thanks to one strikeout and a double-play by Rowland. Oshawa outhit Guelph by a respectasle margin--even giving Guelph the benefit of those hits that resulted from bad judgment, but Merchants left too many men on bases by failing to hit in the clutches. * * * Toronto Staffords visit the Oshawa Merchants tonight for a league game. This game at the Stadium this evening will give the Merchants a chance to boost their hold on second place and start after the league- leading Marines again. Merchants were scheduled to play Staffords in Toronto on Saturday afternoon also but latest reports are that this game has been cancelled. Merchants are now trying to get Peterborough Marines to play one of their postponed games with Oshawa, here at the Stadium on Saturday afternoon but it doesn't look likely that's Loing to go througa. However, the Merchants are playing at home on Sat- urday night, a postponed game wit Staffords, one that was rained out a few weews ago. On Monday morning, at 10.30 o'clock, Toronto Croftons will play the Oshawa Merchants in a league game here at the Stadium. This "Dominion Day holiday" attraction should prove popular with the baseball fans who like to see a ball game in the morning. J 4 * Oshawa Pedlars, All-Ontario Senior "B" softball champions, are getting quite a ribbing this morning. They suffered a 1-0 defeat last night in the Minor Benefit exhibition game at Alexandra Park. The Major League All-Stars, a combination of Inter. "A" and Junior "A" players, nosed out Pedlars in a sensational battle that produced only one hit and one run. Fred Bidgood got the lone hit, a scratch single behind shortstop--that scored McDermald from 3rd with the only run of the gaime, to give the All-Stars the verdict. Jack McConkey pitched the first five frames and faced only 16 batters while "Hootch" Meulemeester faced only 13 in the last four frames. Neither pitcher allowed Pedlars a hit, which was quite a blow to their former mates. However, it can be pointed out that Pedlars had several of their players missing -- and it should alse be pointed out that the other local softball players, who cried this spring that they were only "AA" calibte and not good enough for Inter. "A", will now have a lot of explaining to do. + + + BRIGHT BITS:--Oshawa Transporters won a 4-1 decision over the Stanton Fuels last night at Eglinton Park and they played the game in about 'an hour and fifteen minutes--which is something of a record, especially for our Transporters. It was a 4-point game and moved the Transporters well out in front . . , Their next game will be Monday night here at home, when New Toronto Silverts come here . . . If, has been announced that N.Y. Rangers have a tie-up with the Quebec Citadels --and we wonder if that's why Jean Belliveau was able to get such a handsome salary from' Citadelles (to save him from Canadiens, for the Rangers) . . . Salvation Army won an Inter-Church ganie last night over the Latter Day Saints but the Saints indicated that their brand of soft- ball is steadily improving and for their first year in competition, they're making a good showing . . . Dodgers whipped the Giants last night and so boosted their National League lead while b the AL. race, Allie Reynolds pitched Yankees to a win over Washington while Chicago White Sox were losing and now the Yanks are only one game out of top spot . . . John Hetki won his 10th game for the Leafs last night, beating Syracuse 10-1 with the power hitting aid of Lew Morton ... The holiday week-end is looming and there's plenty of sports action for local fans. 'Tomorrow night sees Pedlars play Danforth Hotel here at the Stadium. ELL A Ee ------ Roller Skating o FRIDAY NIGHT! o SATURDAY NIGHT! ZAREN, OFTBALL Friday, June 29 -- 6:15 p.m. EAST-WEST COMBINE U8. NORTH-EAST TIGERS Sr -- . 8 PN DANFORTH HOTEL PDB y ; PEDLARS - CIVIC. MEMORIAL STADIUM ADULTS 25¢ CHILDREN WITH ADULTS FREE New York (AP) -- irish Bobby Murphy, the fighting ex-sailor with the golden touch in his leather mitts, was almost in sight of his goal today--a shot at the light- heavyweight title--following his smashing seven-round technical knockout of Jake LaMotta. The smiling, red-haired slugger, boxing's latest box-office sensation and the pugilistic hit of television, set the stage for a crack at cham- pion Joey Maxim by battering and slicing the Bronx Bull's swarthy features before 21,257 roaring fans at Yankee Stadium last night. Gross gate was $116,690. In addition some 28,650 specta- tors witnessed the theatre-cast in 11 theatres in eight cities. There was no TV or radio. Today Irish Bobby and co-man- agers Irving Cohen and Travis Hat- field will sit down with Jack Kearns, Maxim's manager, and Jim Norris, president of the inter- national Boxing Club, to discuss a date for a Murphy-Maxim title serap in New York. Kearns wants Murphy because 'he's the guy who will pack them in." "I'm ready for it," said the elated Murphy. "I've got a return fight with Joey Rindone (Murphy lost on a foul to Rindone April 16) in Boston July 23. After that, Maxim. He's the guy I want. I've been dreaming about that title for a long time. "Boy, but-that LaMotta is tough, though," said the San Diego scrap- per. From the fifth on LaMotfa, very slow afoot at a bulky 175 pounds, dripped blood from every pore. He "IRISH BOB' MURPHY BLASTS "BRONX BULL" TO EARN CRACK AT TITLE was cut over and under both eyes, was cut on the chin and mouth, and there were dark bruises on his cheeks. Just befor3 the bell rang to end the seventh round, blood gushed from a deep cut over Jake's left eye. Dr. Vincent A. Nardiello bounded inp the ring, gave Jake a quick look, and when the Bull told him "I feel weak," the commission physician waved to Referee Ray Miller to stop the fight. The announcer called Murphy an eighth-round winner but later Ed- die Eagan, chairman of the New York Athletic comission, ruled that it had ended in the seventh. LaMotta got in plenty of punches but he was worn down by the re- lentless pressure poured on him, The 29-year-old ex-gob, who looks and fights like Pop-Eye the Sailor, unleashed jolting letf uppercuts and jarring left hooks and Jake had to cave. Murphy was in magnificent | 5. condition at 175% pounds and acted like the 8% to 5 favorite all the way. GUELPH FINISHES ON TOP IN WEIRD EX. Merchants Stage 3-Run Rally In Last of 9th for 6-5 Final Homesters Guilty of Sev- eral Costly Errors of Omission -- Exciting Rally In 9th Saves Game From Entertain- ment Point -- Visitors Are Outhit But Make Their Blows Count Oshawa Merchants dropped a 6-5 decision to the Guelph Maple Leafs of the Inter-County League, here at the Kinsmen Civic memor- jal Stadium and .the exhibition game proved to be of weird variety. Merchants outhit the' visitors by 11 to 8 and committed three errors, the same as Guelph but it turned out that the errors of omission were more costly to the homesters. Vine Couchara, who hails from Temple University (same halls of learning whence come Tony De- Laurentis and Vic Napolitano) started on the mound and through no fault of his own was trailing 4-2 at the end of six innings of play. However, when they got into the 7th frame, Couchara had gone as far as he could go and in this frame he was hit soundly for three hits and two more runs--that clinched the victory, as it turned out. UNEARNED RUNS With two men out. Couchara hit George Boniface with a pitched ball and then Nick Cianni got a single when Rowland went far off his bag to get the ball then couldn't get back in time to take the throw, when Morales went behind and made the pick-up. An error by Jose Morales folowed and Boni- face scampered across the plate with Guelph"s first run, In the 5th frame, Couchara walk- ted Matty Philps to open the inning and then Boniface was safe on an error by Don Rope, who was filling in at 3rd, due to the ijness of both Roger Wood and Fred Kitchen. Boniface then stole 2nd and both Philps and he scored when Cianni hit a two-bagger into deep centre, which should have been an easy out but Barnes apparently mis- read the ball or lost it completely in the lights. Then with one out, Frank Gnup singled to centre, scor- ing Cianni, to make the score 4-2, It was in the 7th that Couchara ran out: of steam. Boniface and Cianni both singled into left, to open the inning. Nick Dicarlo grounded out and so did Gnup, but Couchara hit George Carruth with @ pitched ball to put two on again. Boniface had scored when Gnup grounded out and the others scored when Herman Hacdeorn 'then doubled into right. George Boniface, lead-off batter Mor Guelph, got on bases four times in five trips to the plate, but had only one hit. He scored three of his team's runs and a big factor in the scoring of these tallies was the fine hitting of Nick Ciagni who had three-for-five, He was the only player on the Guelph line-up who had more than one safe hit. THRILLING FINISH Barnes singled to open the 1st frame for Oshawa, moved around on 8 drive by Rogers and scored 90 .. . Runs batted in: National--West- But Give Too Many Before when Morales and Rowland both drew walks. In the 4th, Chuck Walsh opened the 1 scored on Don Rope's second hit of the night. Couchara drew a walk but Barnes fanned and Napolitano flied out to end the inning. Merchants had runners on bases in every inning but couldn't click for any more runs, until the 9th, Bill Harper singled as a pinch- hitter to open the 9th, Willie McIntosh took over as the base- runner and his antics roused the fans out of their lethargy and kept them in their seats until the very end, as it turned out. Napolitano slashed a single into left and both advanced on a wild pitch, Jim Rogers poled a long one into left but it was caught then Jose Morales hit a vicious two-bagger down the foul line, scoring his two mates. Rowland struck out and when Walsh hoisted a high one into right-centre, it looked to be all over but playing-coach Frank Gnup dropped the ball and Morales scored, with Walsh going to 2nd. Then with the tying run waiting to come home, Bill Cook hit a fly into deep left and this time it was really finished. Tony DeLaurentis, who relieved | Couchara in the 7th, didn't alow any more runs, He loaded the bases in tht 8th, on a double to O'Connor on which Barnes was hurt trying to make a diving catch and had to leave the game. Then Philps bunt- ed for a sacrifice and nobody covered first. A walk to Bonifase filled the bases with none out but a strikedut and a double-play by Sherry Rowland to,Rogers at the plate, ended the inning without a | run. Philps struck out 9 batters but was nicked for 11 hits, while also issuing four walks, Oshawa left 10 runners on the bases and Guelph had nine "die" on the paths. Morales, Walsh and Cook all hit doubles with Morales, Rogers and Rope each having two safeties. Morales' brilliant one-handed stab and throw to 1st to rob O'Connor of a hit, far behind 2nd base, was the fielding gem of the night. RHE .... 001 030 200-- 6 83 ... 100 100,003-- 5 11 8 MAPLE LEAFS -- Boniface, ss; Cianni, 1b; Dicarlo, cf; Gnup, rf; Carruth, If; n, 3b; Rich, 2b; O'Connor, c; Philps, p. MERCHANTS--Barnes, cf and rf; Napolitano, ss; Rogers, c; Morales, 2b; Rowland, 1b; Walsh, rf and 3b; Cook, 1f; Rope, 3b and cf; Cou- chara, p; DeLaurentis, p in 7th; Harper, rf im 8th; McIntosh, ran for r in Sth. Bette Bennett, plate pires--"'Buzz" and Ray Pleau, bases. Um BASEBALL'S BIG SIX G AB Musial, €ards 62 231 Robinson, byn 64 23 Minoso, W. Sox 63 216 Fain, A's ... 61 236 Ashburn, Phil 64 264 Fox, W. Sox 67 259 GUELPH OSHAWA lake, Cardinals, 52. American = williams, Red Sox 69. Home Runs: National -- Hodges Dodgers 24. American -- Zernial, Athletics, 16. Coeds - MOTORCYCLE CHAMPIONSHIPS 12 'MILE DIRT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS OF CANADA! Alexandra Park, Oshawa MONDAY, JULY 2 $1500 in CASH PRIZES! It's Oshawa's Most Thrilling Annual Event! Adults 75¢ -- Children 25¢ -- Grandstand 25¢ Proceeds to Oshawa Kinsmen Charities THRILLS! CHILLS! SPILLS! with a double and he |p,q 348 | canuk, Kutasienski, Kalman, BASEBALL : STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Brooklyn 41 23 641 New York St. Louis Cincinnati . Philadelphia ton secsssssncas Pittsburgh Brooklyn 10, ew york 4 Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 2 Chicago 2, St. louis 14 Boston at Philadelphia ppd Thursday Brooklyn at New York Boston at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (N) Chicago at St. Louis (N) AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 42 23 | New York Boston "os Cleveland Detroit Washington Philadelphia 2382 | - ggg! Philadelphia 5, Boston 6 Detroit 3, Chicago 2 New york 2, Washington 0 t. Louis 1, Clev3land 8 THURSDAY Detroit at Chicago New York at Washington NATIONAL LEAGUE Montreal Syracuse Buffalo Roch3ster Baltimore Toronto Ottawa Springfield Wednesday Syracuse 1, Toronto 10 Rochester 1, Buffalo 2 Baltimore 2, Ottawa 3 Thursday Springfield at Montreal (N) Baltimore at Ottawa (N) Rochester at Buffalo )n) Syracuse at Toronto (N) CKLB WILDCATS CLAW BROUGHAM BY 25-0 SCORE CKLB Wildcats won another Lakeside Ladies Softball game last night in Brougham, where they completely outclassed the home club by a score of 25-0. The Wildcats scored their runs off 22 hits and erred but twice afield. The losers collected only two hits off starter Lil Beamish and Wyatt who took over in relief in the fifth. 'The Brougham crew backed their pitcher with a total of 22 miscues to ma' > the Wildcats job of score ing runs a supremely simple one. The question was more how the clubs were able to get in nine innings of play .., .ather then how long will it last, BROUGHAM--Puxton, Maxwell, Clark, Jones, Taylor, Phillips, Coates, Hawkins, McGregor. CKLB WILDCATS -- Ambrose, Wright, 'Bourne, Howland, Hyr- Wyatt, Beamish, Stuart, 8. Kutasienski and Peters, v 600 | mound: for the All-Stars and pitched Major League Al Upset Victory Who Go Hitless In 1-0 Loss I-Stars Win Over Pedlars, Jack McConkey And "Hootch" Meulemeester Share NetHit, No-Run Game Against Former Mates -- All Stars Get Only One Hit But It Drives Home Game's Only Run In Thrilling Tussle One of the biggest upsets in Osh- awa's softball history was registered last night at Alexandra Park when the Major League All-Stars, a mix- ture of Inter. "A" and Junior "A" players, defeated Oshawa Pedlars | 1-0 in the Minor Benefit Game. | The 1950. All-Ontario Senior "B" champions were the victims of a sensational no-hit, no-run pitching performance by fwo of their own former team-mates, Jack McConkey and "Hootch" Meulemeester, and they lost the decision when the only hit of the entire game drove home the only run, in the top half of the fifth inning. Jack McConkey went to the superb ball all the way. Only one runner got on base in the five innings he pitched, Logeman being safe on the 1st baseman's error. Meulemeester took over at the start of the 6th and he too held Pediars without a hit and the only man he allowed to get on base was when Romaniski reached 1st on a walk, in the 8th inning -- and was promptly forced out at 2nd. Wally Samanski, Whitby's con- tribution to the Pedlar Senior "B" club, hurled the first five frames. He pitched to only 13 batters in the first four frames. He issued two walks but one of these was cut off in a double-play. With one out in the 5th, Saman- ski issued a walk to Red McDermaid and the runner moved to 2nd as Mules grounded out. A stolen base put MeDermaid on 3rd and he scored when Fred Bidgood got the only hit of the game, a looper that fell behind Wes Keeler, just out of the shortstop's reach. Bidgood got to 3rd on a passed ball and stole base as Rospond struck out but was safe when catcher Burt let the ball get away. Normie Bagnell took over to start son, rf; Burt, ¢; Samanski, p; Barker, ¢ in 6th and Bagnell, p in 6th. .Umpires: Frank Kellar, plate and Jack Hobbs, bases. P.G.A. QUALIFIERS BLAST OAKMOUNT COURSE'S PAR 72 Oakmont, Pa. (AP) -- The ogre of Oakmont is no more. This historic course, which down through the years has withstood the onslaughts of the world's finest golfers to become noted as the nation's toughest test, has finally taken a beating. Oakmont's old man par -- he's 72 --- yielded to a half-dozen of the 140 starters in yesterday's opening qualifying round in the 33rd PGA championship, and five others in the fast field finished even with him. Out in front by two strokes with strokes on the 15th hole, was big Jim Ferrier, the Australian-born San Franciscan who won in 1947. Two strokes back with 71s as they went into today's secand 18 holes to pick the 64 match-play entrants were such luminaries as defending champion Chandler Harper of Porthmouth, Va.; Lloyd Mangrum, the dapper former na- tional open king from Chicago, Lew Worsham, host pro and form- er open champion; Walter Burk- emo, 32-year-old Franklin, Mich., entrant participating in his first PGA, and Ed (Porky) Oliver the pudgy and popular Seattle, Wash., star who fired eagles on the first and 17th holes to land among the elite, In two national opens played here, with 148 starters in the first and 159 in the second, only one par 72 was shot in the four rounds. But yesterday five players hit the magic figure on the nose. They were Claude Harmon, of Mamraroneck, N.Y.; Chuck Klein of San Antonio, Texas; Charles Bassler of Catonsville, Md.; New Yorker Peter Cooper of White Plains and bespectacled Al Brosch of Garden City. Rain which fell last night is ex- pectedt o slow Oakmont's light- ning greens and make even better SPORTS CALENDAR Today VIADUCT SENIOR BASEBaLA 'Toronto Staffords vs Oshaws Merchants, Civic Stadium, 800 pm BROOKLIN LACROS Midland vs Brooklin, Brookifi a 'ena. C and D INTER "A" SOFTBALL United Taxi vs Duplate, Alexan= dra Park, south diamond, 6.45 p.m. LAKESIDE LADIES' SOFTBALL Hardie's vs Whitby, at Whitby Town Park, Bowmanville vs, CKLB Wildcats, at Radio Park, 6:45 p.m. COF GIRLS' SOFTBALL Salem at Hampton, COF MEN'S SO! ALL Coulters vs Foresters, Storie Park, 6.45 p.m. LEGION MINOR BASEBALL Midget--Rexalls vs Cokes, Alex andra Park; Beaton's vs St. John's Ambulance, Lakeview Park. Friday JUVENILE SOFTBALL Pickering Juv's. vs North-East Tigers, at Kinsmen Civic Memorial Stadium, 6.30 p.m. sharp. . INTER-CITY SOFTBALL Danforth Hotel vs Oshawa Ped lars, Civic Stadium, 8.00 p.m. LAKESHORE JUV. BASEBALL Oshawa Victors vs Oshawa UAWA, C. and D, INTER "A" SOFTBALL Parts and Service vs Lions June iors, ' Alexandra Park, south diae mond, 6.45 p.m. LAKESIDE LADIES' SOFTBALL Brougham at Bowmanville; plate vs Ajax. COF GIRLS SOFTBALL Bowmanville at Maple Grove. COF MEN'S SOFTBALL Alger Press at Bowmanville. S. ONT. COUNTY SOFTBALL Brougham at Whitby; Pickering at Dunbarton, . C-D LADIES SOFTBALL Newtonville at Courtice. DARLINGTON RURAL SOFTBALL Salem at Ebenezer; Courtice mm Shaw's. OSHAWA MINOR SOFTBALL Midget--Storie at Connaught; Rundi at Ajax; Bathe at Brooke n. ROLLER SKATING Roller Skating begifs at Arena, 8 pm. 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