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7 THE DAILY TIMES- GAZETTE MONDAY, JULY 9, 1951 AN EARLY SEASON SLUMP THAT HAD HM WALLOWING W = THE LOW 2006 TILL LATE NW MAY KAS HAMPERED 2s FORTS 70 REGAN THE BATTING crown! WHS LEAGUE'S PP SLUSCING HONORE / Distriduted by King Posture GPORT SNAPSHOTS IL By Gro, LAL == Largest crowd to ever see a sports event at the Kinsmen Civic Memorial Stadium, 3,056 cash customers with nearly 2,700 of them adults, turned out Saturday night to' see the exhibition game between Kansas City Monarchs, 1050 champions of the Negro American League and Oshawa Merchants, 1950 Canadian Congress Champions. It was a bigger crowd than attended the official opening of the stadium and it 'was one of the biggest crowds that ever saw a baseball game in Oshawa -- they . used to get near the 3,000 mark quite regularly in the "good old days" of the early 20's and again in the COBL action of 1936-37, up at Alex- : andra Park. If the game served no other purpose, it let a lot of Oshawa and district baseball fans see what a fine stadium we have here and it also gave a lot of prospective customers a chance to see what a good brand of baseball the Oshawa Merchants can. serve up. Mgr. Mike Mellis pitched a nifty ball game to limit the Monarchs to one run. He was hit hard after pitching no-hit ball for five frames but his mates continued to give him sensational, errorless support and that more than matched the best the classy Kansas City team, could show. + * + The visitiig Monarchs, first all-colored team to show here, lived up to pre-game reports as a classy fielding team with plenty of zip. A well-dressed and smappily-handled team, they showed some fine , fielding plays and flashes of real hitting power--though nothing like those 400-ft. home runs we were told about. However, their pitching ' was a disappointment. Landers was too wild to be any good and Manager John O'Neil who took over, was listed in publicity blurbs 'as 'a 1st baseman. He certainly didn't show much as a pitcher. "Lefty" Thomas, who got into the game in the 6th, was something else again, He gave up only one hit and if he had started, the game could have been a real sizzler. As it was--it appeared to me as if the Kansas City Monarchs were saving their best hurlers for the Negro American League doubleheader they had scheduled in Buffalo on Sunday. Jf they'd been here on a winner-take-all basis, the 3,000 fans would never have seen either Landers or O'Neil on the mound. In that respect, the Monarchs reneged a little and we trust that the Oshawa club will take care to see that the proper authorities in Kansas City are acquainted with the fact that nobody was fooled. There's no real squawk--the fans saw a very fine ball game and good diamond entertsinment--but just the same it would have been even more interesting if Oshawa's hitting power had been curbed . snd the game been a nip-and-tuck affair with a photo-finish. . * 0» Oshawa Merchants travelled up to St. Clair Stadium at Earlscourt Park yesterday afternoon and played a return exhibition game with the West Yorks of the West Toronto Senior league. It was a 1-1 ball game, called for Sunday curfew law, with Wayne Grandcolas fanning nine, allowing only 4 hits. Now Merchants get down to another busy week, right here at home, for most of the action. Tomorrow night, Merchants play Staffords in the first game of a doubleheader, up at Millen Stadium. On Wednesday, Kingsway Lumber visits Oshawa for a Viaduct League game and on Thursday night, Maher Shoes of the West Toronto League, will play an exhibition game here. On Saturday there's two big games coming up, with Peterborough Marines playing here in the afternoon - at 2.30 o'clock and on Saturday night, St. Catharines' Stags, rated by 'many as the best team in the Niagara Peninsula legue this season, will come to Osawa for an exhibition game. Who knows maybe they'll bring Rexie Stimers with them--oh boy! That's quite a program the Metchants have for themselves this week but one thing about it--maybe *! the local fans will get a chance to see Stan Miller in action. The a i Stouffville righthander has yet to start a league game here, but has been in more games than any other 'member of the local hurling staff. Has won his share too! ey J BRIGHT BITS = Wagne Brimdcoiay pitchnd. » uighiy nice. tal game in Toronto yesterday afternoon, sllowing only four hits for one unearned run as Merchants tied West Yorks 1-1. Phillips and Bouchard shared the hurling honors for West Yorks, with the Oshawa team col- lecting a total of seven hits--and that apparently wasn't enough to win the ball game . , . Cross Town Motors of the West Toronto Senior League, will play an exhibition: game here in Oshawa, early in August. . . . Young Bohby McDowell, who livés in Montoe, Louisiana, is spending some summer holidays with Mis grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Cobon, Kenneth Avenue. This isn't a social notice--we just mention that Bobby may be staying a little than intended but when he goes home, he's taking with him 'a haseball autographed by the members of the Oshawa Merchants, It-hgppens that Bobby. suffered a cracked bone in his anm when struck by a foul ball, lined out by Mgr. "Mike" Mellis down the left-field line, here on. Ssturdey nigh' Incidentally, "Peg" Hurst, former manager of the Merchants, is an uncle of the injured lad, who is a keen baseball fan and Bobby's only regret Saturday night was that he didn't get the ball, That is being arranged! , , . Jack Burke skidded badly in the fina] day's play of the Canadian Open and Jim Ferrier, former Australian, whe wen the title last year, came through with a scorching 67 on Beturday to finish with a 273, two strokes better than Oliver and Hawkins, who tied for a second, Burke finished in fifth spot, after leadinig he field for two days . . , Oshawa Transporters play Yonge-Eglinton Motors here at the Stadium tonight and this is a game the Merchants really want to win to sew up their first place position in the league race. Roller Skating! o TONIGHT + ® WED.- FRI. & SAT. Oho IRENA Detroit (AP) -- Big Don New- combe of pennant-minded Brook- lyn and Ned Garver of the last- place St. Louis Browns are expect- ed to be the starting pitchers Tues- day in the 18th all - star baseball game at Briggs stadium. THEY'RE NOT SAYING "Expected" is the word because managers Casey Stengel of the American League and Eddie Saw- yer of the Nationals won't an- nounce batting orders and pitchers until today. The dope book says Newcombe (124) is a cinch. All eight mem- bers of the National League staff worked during the weekend, but Newcombe pitched only two innings in Brooklyn's victory over the Phil- les Sunday. HANDICAPPED BY RULE Stengel is handicapped by the American League rule forcing him to pick only one pitcher from each club. Three of the best in the league -- Vic Raschi and Allie Rey- nolds of the Yanks and Bob Fel- ler of Cleveland --- aren't on the squad. The idea is not to handicap clubs in the race by using up their pitching strength. If Casey calls on Garver, (11-4) he can be assued of not wrecking any contender's rotation. And he won't be giving any pennant rival a break. For the Brown play Phila- delphia next and Garver still would be available for use against Bos- ton next Sunday, The lineups, excluding pitchers, were selected by vote of fans radio stations and magazines. The fan-picked men must play the first three innings, at least, A.L. RATES AS FAVORITE, BUT NATS HAVE THE PITCHING FOR ALL-STAR GAME Unless somebody slips on a cake of soap in the bath tub, they'll all be here, lining up like this: THE STARTING ) LINEUPS National -- Gil Hodges, Brook- lyn, first base; Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn, second base; Alvis Dark, New York, shortstop; Elliott, Boston, third base; Stan Musial, St. Louis, left field; Richie 'Ash- burn, Phils, centre fielder; Del En- in nis, Phils, right field; Roy Cam- panella, Brooklyn, catcher, American -- Ferris Fain, . base; Nelson Fox Phas Chicago, second base; Chico Car- rasquel, Chicago, shortstop; Geor Kell, Detroit, i base; Ted Wil- liams, Boston, field; Dom Di- maggio, Boctin. centre field; Vic Wertz, Detroit, rightfield; Yogi Berra, New York, catcher. Because they hold a 12-5 edge in games in this series and usually slug the Nationals in the world series, the American is a 7-to-5 favorite. The park will seat 52,000, Mil- lions will watch on television or lis- ten on the radio. Oshawa's Timely Hitting Plus Errorless Defensive Fielding Proves Too Much for Visitors Sees Mgr. Mike Mellis Turn In Fine Pitching Performance, Limiting Monarchs To Lone Tal- ly--Jim Rogers Has 3 Hits Including Homer Over GM Sign Oshawa Merchants defeated Kan- sas City Monarchs 8-1 here at the Kinsmen Civic Memorial Stadium on Saturday night before the largest crowd to ever see a sports event in the new Kinsmen Stadium, including the opening-day attend- = || are which held the previous rec- ora, Monarchs, holders of the 1050 pennant in the Negro American League and currently r ing in second place in the 1951 e, pro- duced a classy fielding team that showed considerable power at the plate but the pitching shown by their first two moundsmen was not nearly good enough to stop the power of the Oshawa Merchants. FIRST PITCHER WILD Bob Landers who started on the mound for Kansas City issued a single to Jim Rogers with two out in the first frame and then walked the next two batters. Chuck Walsh singled with the bases loaded, scor- ing Rogers with the first run of the game. In the third inning, with one out, Landers walked Rogers and Dick Berning and then was saved right at' this point when centre-fielder Gene Collins made a super-sensa- ticnal running, leaping cateh to rob Jose Morales of an extra-base blow, far back near the signboard. Even then Landers couldn't, get out and he walked Walsh to Ifill the bases, then an error at second on Rowland's roller scored Rogers, With the bases still crowded, Wood walked, fourth free ticket of the inning an seventh issed by Landers in Jess than three frames. "Mike" Mellis - followed this with a sharp single to score Walsh and Rowland and make the count 5-0, That was it for starting pitcher Landers. Manager John O'Neil took over the mound duties at this stage, He got Ted Barnes to end the in~ ning but he proved no mystery af- ter that, Napolitano hit good for a double to open the 4th but was tag- ged when he slid into second safely and then rolled off the bag. Jim Rogers followed with a homer that cleared the GM sign in right field, Two safe bunts by Rowland and Wood to open the 5th, a sacrifice by Mellis and then Barnes being hit with: a pitched ball, loaded the bases Ra and with two out, Jim Rogers got his third hit, a single into right, scoring Rowland and Wood. THOMAS WAS IMPROVEMENT "Lefty" Thomas took over the pitching duties for Kansas City to open the sixth inning and he proved to be the only effective hurler of the three. He stopped Oshawa in their tracks, giving only one hit, a single to Walsh who was nipped trying to stretch it to a double, Jim Rogers, with three-for-four, including his mammoth homer, was Oshawa's big hitter, Chuck Walsh fad two hits while Mike Mellis drove in two runs with his lone safety. Henry Bayliss was the only member of the visitors tp get more than one safe hit and in addition, his sparkling work at 2nd made him one of the stars of the game. MELLIS DOES FINE JOB Manager Mike Mellis went to the mound for Oshawa and pitched no- hit shutout ball for the first five frames, Three solid singles, O'Neil, Collins' and Bayliss, gave by his mates, he gave up no more 6th frame. Mellis was in trouble in the 8th and 9th, yielding two hits in each of these frames but thanks to some brilliant, errorless defensive fielding. Record Crowd, Over 3,000, 0 [Bark Seore] KANSAS CITY A.B. R. Williams, ss Collins, cf Bayliss, 2b ~ ® Bennett, 3b J. Jackson, If Landers, p (x) O'Neil, p (xx) Thomas, p 2 HHA AWRARS ~lonocooccoccos! 2lococovorrmannn, RBlronmucocuces? 3 TOTALS .. x--pitching for : ET xx~--pitching for SNe i OSHAWA Barnes, If Napolitano, ss Rogers, cf Berning, rf Morales, 2b Walsh, ¢ Rowland, 1b Wood, 3b Mellis, p TOTALS . MONARCHS * 600 001 000-1 8 3 MERCHANTS 104 120 00x--~8 10 0 Errors: Williams, Bayliss and J. Jackson. Runs batted in: Bayliss; Rogers (3), Walsh, Rowland, Wood and Mellis (2). Earned runs: Kansas City, 1; Oshawa, 7. Home run: Rog- ers. Stolen bases: Bennett. Sacri- fices: Mellis. Double plays: Morales to Rowland (Oshawa). Left on bases: Kansas City, 8; Oshawa, 9. Bases on balls: Off Landers, 7; off Mellis, 2 Striké-outs: by O'Neill, 2; by Thomas, 1; by Mellis, 17. Hits off: Landers, 3 for § runs in 2 2/3 innings; off O'Neil, 6 for 3 runs in 2 1/3 innings; off Thomas, 1 for 0 run in 3 innings. Hit by pitcher, by: O'Neil (Barnes). Win- ning pitcher: Mellis of Oshawa; los- ing pitcher: Landers of Kansas 'City. Umpires: Jack Hobbs, Bill Har- mer and Norm. Allan, all of Osha- wa. Time: 2 hrs., 16 mins. selrrornoonmen 5 ore lraanenaa® = wl orvroruco RZ sl ol "row OR | organ one wl vnconocowe?® re - MERKS NIX DUKES Owen Sound Mercurys, 1961 Allan Cup hockey champions, say they want no part of a grouping to which Toronto Marlboros are admitted. However, they would play against Marlboros -- a Major team -- in ex- hibition contests which would not count in the standing. This is the policy their represen- tatives will put forward Monday night at a Toronto meeting that will decide the future of the On- tario Hockey Association Major and Senior A series. Hamilton, Kit- chener, Niagara Falls, Brantford, Stratford, Chatham, Toronto and Owen Sound are expected to be represented. It was announced recently that the Marlboros, part of the Toronto Maple Leafs' organization of the National Hockey League might en- ter the senior OHA League and that the two top teams would play off for the right to enter the Major playoffs, while the rest of the clubs would battle for the right to go into the Allan Cup playoffs. MUST SELL CLUB The president of the minor lea- gues Friday said Bill Veeck, new owner of the 8t. Louls Browns, must sell either S8an Antonio or Oklahoma City of the Texas League before the twq teams next meet, President George Trautman of the Nstional Association of Profes- sional Baseball leagues said Veeck owned Oklahoma City of the Texas League before he acquired the Browns Thursday. With the Browns Veeck also gets the San Antonio club as a farm, the visitors their lone tally in the runs and was on top all the way, Ted Barnes, with a brilliant 5- putout performance in left field, one of which was on a brilliant run- ning effort, was Oshawa's fielding star with Napolitano and Morales also to the fore. Mellis fanned seven and walked only two in his mound stint, MERCHANTS TOP KANSAS CITY MONARCHS JIM FERRIER 'The Winner-The Trophy-The Almost THE TROPHY JACK BURKE, JR. Jim Ferrier Repeat Champion, Retains Canadian Open Title Defending Ch Champio n/ Comes Up With Sizz- ling 67 On Final Round Pace - Setter Jack Burke Has Disastrous Skid On Last Day -- Oliver And Hawkins Tie For Second. Toronto (CP)-- Stern-faced Jim Ferrier of San Francisco, who plays every shot as if his life de- pends on it, won his second straight Canadian Open golf championship Saturday with a typical display of skill and studied concentration. Two strokes off the leading pace the $15,000 72-hole test, the former Australian shot a sparkling 67 over Mississaugua course for a total of 273 -- two strokes fewer than his nearest rivals. Thousands jammed around the 18th green roared their applause when the defending champion set~ tled his spikes, paused for more than 30 seconds then tapped home a seven-foot putt for his fifth birdie of the round over the par-12 course. TWO TIED FOR SECOND The 273 was good enough to with- stand a last-minute rush by Ed Oliver of Seattle and Fred Haw- kins of El Paso, Tex., who wound up with 275. Jack Burke, Jr., of Houston, Tex., leader for two days, skidded with a disastrous 76 for 280 and fifth place. Dapper Jimmy Demaret of Okai, Calif., finished fourth with 278. It was Ferrier's fourth big golf title this year and it moved him ahead of Lloyd Mangrum as top American money winner of 1951, His Canadian victory brought him $2250 in cash and possession for another year of the Seagram gold cup. Five Canadians were among the 34 professionals who divided the $15,000 pot of prizé money, up $500 from previous years. Stan Leonard of Vancouver led the Can- adians with a 282 which put him in a four-way tie for sixth place. He collected $750 plus another $200 and the Rivermead cup as leading Canadian, Henry Martell of Edmonton scored 287 and won $180, Murray Tucker of London had 288 and won $145, Pat Fletcher of Saskatoon got $100 with his 290 and Jules Huot of Montreal Laval earned $60 with his 201, A newcomer to Canadian Open play, Al Severson from the Hill- crest club at Mt, Clemens, Mich., was low amateur with 283 and Niek Weslock of Windsor Essex was next with 288. Ferrier became the third to win the title in successive years, The late Leo Diegel did it twice -- in 47 RLYMOUTH SEDA 'New tires, YN body, excellent mechan- ically. 47 FORD £OUPE SISSON'S GARAGE: Very good COACH = J 1 40 PLYMOUTH $795 34 CHEVY, COACH Good body, motor and #brakes, tires almost new. $2905 MILE SOUTH OF ORONO HIGHWAY 35 when he started the last round of | FRED HAWKINS " + ob 1924-25 and 1928-29. 8am Snead had two of his three wins in 1940 and 1841, THIRD FOR SUCCESSIVE Ferrier shot the lowest score of the tournament on the opening day Wednesday with a 65, He dropped out of the lead on the second day with a par 72 and then moved with- in striking distance with a third- round 69 when Burke began his collapse after identical scores of 66 | BASEBALL'S BIG SIX G Ab R H Pet. Musial, Cards 74 279 62 103 .360 Robinson, Byn 76 275 57 98° .356 Ashburn, Phils 76 318 48 113 .355 Fain, A's... T7277 85 96 .347 Williams Bogox 76 268 60 91 .340 Minoso, W.Sox 76 264 68 89 .337 Runs batted in: National, West- lake, Cardinals 61; American, Wil- liams, Red Sox 76. Home runs: National, Hodges, Athleties 21. | Heartbreak Hart | | Wins Wimbledon On Third Try Wimbledon, England (AP) -- If one of their own couldn't win the Wimbledon women's tennis crown, English fans had another choice --"Heartbreak Doris," meaning Doris Hart. The shy Miami girl, runner-up to the coveted title twice, made it on her third try, and the fans were almost as happy as if an English girl had come out on top. That's how fond they are of 'Heartbreak Doris." In defeating Shirley Fry of Akron O., 6-1, 6-0, in the final Saturday, Miss Hart left no doubt as to her superiority, showing one of the finest collections of strokes seen here in recent years. The experts here shudder when | they think of who is going to rule women's tennis here for years to come. American girls took all semi-final spots.' But they'll take 26-year-old Doris as a substitute for the two deposed queens--Louie Brough and Mar- garet Osborne Dupent. It was a great all-round day for Miss Hart. After she won the women's title, she teamed up with Miss Fry to defeat Miss Brough and Mrs. Dupont in the final of the doubles, 6-2, 13-11. Then, finally she paired with Frank Sedgman of Australia to whip the Australian combination of Mervyn Rose and Mrs. Nancy Wynne Bolton, 7-5, 6-2, in the mixed doubles. Ken McGregor and Sedgman won the doubles, just as they are figured to do in the Davis Cup competition in December, when they prevailed over Jaroslav Dro- bny and Erie Sturgess, 3-8, 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-8. Dick 8avitt of Orange, N.J., topped McGregor 6-4, 6-4, for the men's singles erown. Want te buy, sell or trade? -- A | Today NTBA JUNIOR LEAGUE Yonge-Eglinton Motors vs. Osh~ awa Transporters, Civic Stadium, 8.00 p.m. C AND D INTER "A" United Taxi vs, Parts and Ser- vice, Alexandra Park, 645 p.m. INTER-CHURCH SOFTBALL St. Gregory's vs. King Street, Alexandra Park, north diamond 6.45 pm. 8. ONT. COUNTY SOFTBALL Dunbarton at Brougham. LEGION MINOR BASEBALL Bantam --. Duplate, \s, Oshawa Wholesale, Alexandra Park; Oshawa Dairy vs, Stark's Plumbers, Bast view Park. OSHAWA MINOR SOFTBALL Midget--Brooklin at Connaught; Rundle at Storie; Ajax at Bathe. Bantam -- Connaught at Bathe; Eastview at Sunnyside; Woodview at Rundle; Westmount a bye. CPGA Approves Team Meeting Hamilton (CP) -- The Canadian Professional Golfers Association executive last night gave formal approval to an arrangement where- by it is hoped a team of Canadin Professionals will meet a United States team early this fall. The basis of play will be the sam as that governing the Ryder cup team competition betwsen the United States and Great Britain, The teams will compete for what will be known as the Hopkins trophy, comparable to the ryder cup prize. It will be donated by J.#. Hope kins of Washington, D.C., an honor- ary director of the CPGA and president of Canadair Limited. Pending approval of the Pro- fessional Golfers Association of America, the first competition of the new international series will be held possibly at a course in the Montreal area to be chosen later. The two professional associations in each country will name 10 players, eight as competitors and two as alternates, Under the proposal, the teams will compete in match play under the Nassau system of scoring each nine holes. BONY ANIMAL There are 206 distinct bones im | the ordinary adult. buys a brand new GOODFYEAR for your car! 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