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PAGE TEN THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE 1 SATURDAY. JULY 14, 1951 Donkey Baseball In Brooklin A group of engrgetic sportsmen and public-spirited citizens out at the little village, of Brooklin are at present putting on a big drive, a "Flood- light Fund" to provide lights for their Brooklin Community Park softball diamond. On Tuesday night a donkey ball game will be played, with Whitby merchants opposing the burghers of Brooklin in what should be a fine piece of entertainment, full of laughs and spills, players falling off one ass--etc. The proceeds of this game go to help pay for the new floodlights, . te ZF GPORT SNAPSHOTS By Geo. H. CampBELL JULI = Las Oshawa Merchants took a whipping last night in Toronto -- 11-1 at the hands of the Kingsway Lumber team--and the Lumbermen loved it, really "rubbed it in" verbally. Oshawa used another new pitcher, Bob Kropf, who came here from Lincoln, Nebraska (Wesleyan University) and will'be leaving for home today. Incidentally, there'll be' another new pitcher here today--Bob Carlson, a senior at Michigan State Uni- versity--who has pitched three seasons in this very strong U.S. Con- ference and is rated as a proven hurler of good ability. Merchants have to cut their squad down to the 18-player limit tomorrow, in order to qualify with a TABA ruling and this means that the axe will swing this week-end, In addition to Bob Kropf, who had a brief fling (if- youll pardon the expression) with the Merchants last night, Vince Couchera is also likely to be cut adrift as Wayne Grandcolas has made the best showing of the recent gmported hurlers. Last night the Merchants had only five hits and committed three errors while Kingsway had 11 hits for 11 runs--against three Oshawa hurlers, hurlers that is--not pitchers! LJ LJ L 4 Merchants are now four games behind the Peterborough Marines and we fail to see how they'll fatch the Liftlock City team before the schedule ends. On the other hand, we are confident that the Oshawa squad can still retain their title, when the plasoff grind gets under way. Meanwhile, Staffords are here this afternoon for a game at the Stadium and then tonight, under the floodlights, Mer- chants will play St. Catharines' Stags, in an exhibition game. Stags are currently leading the Niagara District league and rated as hot stuff this season. This game tonight should be a real baseball attrac- tion, * * * ' : Out at Victoria the other day, three fellows playing golf in the one threesome match, had a pair of hole-in-one shots--on the same hole. R. D. Clay aced his tee shot on the 125-yard 8th hole and H. F. Hepburn then stepped up and duplicated the feat. Here in Oshawa last week-end, Nelson Hawkins, a former Peterborough Golf Club member, who is with Dominion Stores here now, ace the 9th hole at the Downsview Golf Club, a 140-yard shot, using his No. 4 iron. John Kordoz and Frank Deveaux were playing with Hawkins when the "ace" was made and Dennis Noonan witnessed the ball drop in the cup. Nelson Hawkins resides at 72 Wilson Road North, and if he can cut meat as well as he slices a golf ball-- Well? : IR SE The following article, written by Jack Park in his sports column in the London Free Press, is both timely and interesting to Oshawa baseball fans. Fair and to-the-point, Park's remarks seem to sum up the Creasy case and the Intercounty League attitude to the OBA in tidy fashion. Aside from the fact that we think Park has got the right dope, we are passing along his article for the additional purpose to stress his last remark. We tried two years ago to convince the Oshawa Merchants that after they had won the COBL, they should hang up their spikes and forget the OBA playoffs. They went on to lose out to Oakville--and last about $1,000 playing the series. Last year Oshawa Merchants won the Canadian Congress title in regular season and won both the Viaduct League and TABA championship then we expressed the opinion that they should quit at that. How- ever they went on and played off with Waterloo--and $1,000 wouldn't cover the financial loss the, local club suffered in putting on that series . , . aside from the fact that it didn't get started until a date Phat was almost the same as the date previously given for the start of the OBA finals--and that was only a semi-final series. Yep! Once College classes resume and the American imports go back home--a club is silly to iry and prolong their season--and it's in the playoffs that the OBA takes its cut--which also adds to the club's loss. * * * i "The picture of the Ontario Baseball Association putting the Inter- county in the grease over the Creasy case is one of the strangest to Ld ROLLER SKATING! TONIGHT! e Monday Night LUMBERMEN HUMBLE MERCHANTS 1i-l Craig Robertson Muffles Merchants Heavy Hitters As Mates Score At Will Kingsway Crew Again Proves Tough Nut -- Both Newcomer Kropf And Reliefer Couchera Have Trouble Finding Plate -- Morales Leads Merchants At Bat. By BOB RIFE Toronto -- Kingsway Lumber rushed a couple of Oshawa Mer- chant's pitchers to the showers last night at Millen Stadium and. coast- ed to an 11-1 win in a Viaduct Major Baseball League game, The win, credited to starter Craig Robertson of the Toronto club, cuts even finer the chances that the Merchants have of catch- ing the first-place Peterboro Mar- ines before the end of the schedule. NEEDED RELIEF HELP Newcomer Bob Kropf, a left- handed pitcher from Lincoln, Nebraska, was Manager Mike Mel- lis' first choice for mound duty. He got into serious difficulties in the third and was lifted for right hander Vince Couchera, The reliefer pitched to four men in that third frame, getting the first man to fly out, but walking the next three batters in succession. With a two-ball, no-strikes count on his fifth batter, the call went out for another relief pitcher. Wayne Grandcolas made the long trip to the hill, and after a little trouble, he calmed down to get the outs and end the inning. Six runs had scored by that time, with Robertson throwing an inspiring game for Kingsway, the story was just about over at that point. BREAK SCORING ICE Oshawa finally broke through for their singleton in the top of the seventh, when a bases-loaded situation and ' a° sick stomach forced Robertson to retire from the mound. Bev. Bourke had the mis- fortune to come in at that moment and he walked Chuck Walsh, the first man to face him. That forced in Vic Napolitano with the only Oshawa ruh of the game. Despite that threat, the Kings- way crew had kept pace with mat- ters by pounding home one run in the fifth, three in the -last of the sixth and another in the last of the seventh. It was announced at the begin- ning of the eighth inning that the game would be called at the end of that frame in accordance with the Toronto curfew laws. The game - had already lasted some three hours. WAVE WEAK WILLOWS The Merchants got men on bases in every inning, but they failed to hit in the clutch. They had the bases loaded and two out in the fifth and the run- ners died when the batter grounded the sacks again over-populated in the top of the sixth, again with two out, and the batter this time fanned to let the runners die. In the seventh, the lone pro= ductive rally by Oshawa was spark- ed by a pinch-hit single of the lot of Roger Wood. The single sent Napolitano to third, Dick Berning slugged into a fielder's choice that nipped Wood a second and left Napolitano where he was. : Jim Rogers got a pass to first to load the sacks. Robertson, who had pitched a fine game up to that point, developed a sick stom- ach just then and was replaced by Bourke. He walked Walsh and in came 'the white-wash-wrecking run. Of the five-hits collected by the Merchants, Jose Morales garner= ed two, Napolitano had one, Rope, one, and Wood the other. For the winners, Calder, Kel- leher, Bell, and Wallace set the pace with a pair of safeyies aplecs, KINGSWAY LUMBER -- Calder, cf; Kelleher, 1b; Bell, 2b; Wallace, If; McKillop, rf; McMurray, Ss; Hall, 3b; McLellan, c; Robertson, p Mulloy, rf in 5th; and Bourke, p in Tth. OSHAWA MERCHANT -- Nap- olitano, ss; Kitchen, 3b; Berning, rf; Rogers, 1b; Falsh, c; Morales, 2b; Cook, If; Rope, cf; Kropf, p; Couchera, p in 3rd Grancolas, p in 3rd; and Barnes, ph for Grand- colas in 8th. Umpires -- Feveraux, plate, and Blish, bases. 13 Jinx Catches Queen of Pacers Toronto (CP) -- The "Friday the 13th" jinx caught up with Royal Princess, the queen of the Cana- dian pacers, Friday when she lost the third race of her career. After winning 39 of 41 starts in her two years of racing, W. C. Topping's extraordinary mare from London, Ont., broke badly in the second heat of Friday's pacing stake and finished third to Rocket Hanover and Guy Regent. Earlier in the afternoon, Royal Princess had scored her 19th con- secutive win of the season in the first heat when she was the easiest kind of winner over Sir Peter L. with Rocket Hanover in third place. Royal Princess paid only $2.30 to win by Rocket Hanover paid $15.- 70 when he scored his stunning up- set. . . It was a freak of racing fortune which spoiled the mare's record. Driver Barney Hughes sent her on the outside of four horses going into the -club house tu The mare lost at least 40 lengths as the she broke stride and set- tled down. However, when she got back on. her gait, she practically BASEBALL STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct 667 543 532 494 A474 453 423 403 Brooklyn New York St. Louis Cincinnati Philadelphia Boston Chicago Pittsburgh FRIDAY Chicago 6, Brooklyn St. Louis 4, New ork 14 Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 2, Boston 0 SATURDAY Cincinnati at Boston Chicago at Brooklyn-2 Pittsburgh at Philadelphia St. Louis at New York Boston Chicago New York Cleveland Detroit Washington E | Philadelphia | St, Louis FRIDAY New York 8, Cleveland 11 Philadelphia 0, St. Louis 5 i Washington 3, Detroit 1 | 'Boston 4, Chicago 5 | SATURDAY New York at Cleveland Washington at Detroit Philadelphia at St. Louis Boston at Chicago INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Montreal * 56 27 Buffalo 36 Rochester 39 Syracuse 39 Toronto 45 Ottawa 50 Baltimore 52 Springfield 54 FRIDAY Syracuse 5-2, Baltimore 4-5 Rochester 5, Springfield 3 Buffalo 1, Toronto 2 SATURDAY Syracuse at Baltimore n Buffalo at Toronto n Ottawa at Montreal n Rochester at Springfield n Chicago 6, ETAOIN | LAWN BOWLING | Anotiler round in the Provincial Lawn Bowling Association elimina- tions were played in the greens of the Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club last night when Jack Hunter and Cecil Litster nosed out T. D. Thom- as and John Morrison in the last end of their doubles play. The next round will be played on the greens of the Whitby Lawn Bowling Club on Tuesday night when the Hunter-Litster pair will meet James Ross and George Can- ning of the Whitby Club who elim- inated the Bowmanville pair earlier flew and was beaten by only two| this week. out weakly short-to-first. They had | lengths. greet our eyes in a long time. If the OBA doesn't know it now, they will soon realize that the Intercounty doesn't worry too much about rulings, for the big senior ball league around these parts more or less runs its own show. It wouldn't take too much to have the Intercounty withdraw its senior league from the OBA. As a matter of fact the present affiliation hangs on only a slender thread and that it is maintained almost solely because of minor ball The Intercounty, by and large, doesn't give a hoot whether its champions compete for the Ontario crown. As a matter df fact the chances are taat they won't bother at all this year, "The OBA, after mulling the Creasy prokiem over for six weeks, finally decided they couldn't give himi permission to play for Kitchener, a club he has performed with since the start of the season. Their reason is that he has been guilty of conduct detrimental to baseball, His detri- mental conduct consisted, the OBA claims, of dickering with two teams at the same time. One of the' strangest aspects of this ruling is that to the best of our knowledge, the OBA does not.officially admit that senior ball players are paid. If that is the case, how can they dig up such an accusation? We asked Bill Farquharson of the Majors if his club was for or against Creasy playing in Kitchener. "Our whole league must support his right to play for it was our executive which approved his Intercounty playing card in the first place. "So that appears to put the OBA in a bit of a spot. At the annual meeting of that organization held here in the spring, no secret was made of the fact that they were close to being broke. The Intercounty has been one of their most lucrative sources of revenue for many years. In some fases the I-C has made considerable cash donations to relieve the OBA's financial embarrassment, So if they lose this affiliate it will be like cutting off their right arm. It is unlikely the Intercounty will formally quit. But at the same time it is unlikely they' will bar Creasy. So that leaves it strictly up to the OBA. If they enforce their constitu- tion they will be obliged to suspend the Intercounty. That would be a tough decision for them to make, : "The breach between the Senior Intercounty widens every year. At the annual meeting here a round robin tournament, along the lines of the Sandlot Co , was approved to raise funds for the association. The two leading teams of each senior league were suggested as entries. Some time ago the Intercounty informed the OBA that they couldn't enter such an affair. The Intercounty schedule and playoffs his year will end on Labor Day. If the OBA hasn't got a play-off schedule ready to start immediately following that date, it is almost a sure thing that the Interconnty champion won't compete for the title. The reason is obvious. It would be financial suicide for any Intercounty team to keep its expensive list of players sitting around for a week or two without any games. Lasi year Waterloo dropped quite a bankroll as they went on to win the title. The general feeling now is that tke honor of win- ning the OBA crown isn't worth the cost." Jr. Par-Busters Take to Course At Oakdale Club | Toronto (CP)-- Promise of future par-busting was offered at Oakdale | golf club here yesterday as top | Ontario junior golfers got together for their annual championship tour- nament. An interesting golfing future was indicated for the likes of 16-year- old Jerry Knechtell who won the championship with a three over par 75, added to a 79, for a 36- hole score of 153. Knechtell, who plays out of Kit- chener Rockway Golf Club, showed some of the form which could make him a likely successor to Gerry Kesselring, a pro who burn- ed up the junior ranks after get- ting his start at the same course. Runner up in the tournament was Don Ziegler, also of Kitchener PRockway. The 18-year - old golfer put together a 76 and 79 for 155 -- two strokes behind his clubmate. In third spot was Pete Hilldrop of Hamilton _Cheroke, another 16- year-old with 157, In the B class for golfers 14 and 15 years old, Norman Thompson of Cutten Field, Guelph, was the win- ner, carding 84-81--165. Norman is the son of golf course architect Stanley Thompson. He finished two strokes ahead of William Fox, Jr., of Essex, son ot the professional at the Essex County Golf Club, who scored 87-80--167. George Jamieson, also from Cut- ten Field, won the C Class, 13 years and under, with 104-96--200, a sin- gle stroke better than Norman Doyle of Rouge Hills, who had 101- OSHAWA ARENA ARENA WRESTLING Ze PR | Whipper Billy Watson Lord Athol Layton ZEBRA 2 VS. - 3 SONNY KURGIS TOMMY O'TOOLE vs. LOU SJOBERG TAYLORS SPORTS 61 King Street East wish to announce the appointment of JOE FLYNN Formerly of Walmsley and Magill AS MANAGER Effective Monday, July 16th J. Bolahood, Prop. 96--201 Special prize for the competitor went to 10-year-old Bob Slatter of Huntsville who hau 1iuZ in the morning and 102 in the afternoon for a totdl of 205. BASEBALL'S BIG SIX G AB R H Pet. Musial, Cards .. 76 287 62 104 .362 Ashburn, Phil .. 78 325 50 115-354 Robinson, Byn .. 78 280 59 99 .354 Fain, A's 80 288 98 340 Minoso, W. Sox .. 79 275 68 93 .338 Williams, Bos ... 79 271 69 91 .336 Runs batted in--National League, Westlake, Cardinals 61; American League, Williams, Red Sox 76. This UNION LABEL appears in every TIP TOP garment vonnoar | Chisox Break A. L. Records ~ With 19-Inning 5-4 Victory Over Visiting Boston Red Sox Bosox Hold Slender 1st] Place Lead -- Indians Nip Yankees 11-8 in Hot Race. The never - give - up White Sox have done it again. Marathon 19-inning winners over the Red Sox in the longest night game in American League history, the "Rags-to-Richards" gang trails Boston today by .003 in the steam- ing American League race. Even the hardiest Chicago fan lost hope when Boston broke a 2-2 tie with two runs in the top of the 19th. You can imagine the wild scene when the White Sox fought back to score three runs and write a new page in their Comiskey park | record book at approximately 2:17 |a.m. EDT this summer 'Saturday morning. The 5-4 victory boosted Chicago up even with Boston in the games- behind column, but the Red Sox hold that slender edge -- .620 to 617 in the percentage table. GAME TO REMEMBER Nobody who saw this third game of the vital four-game Thursday night and followed with a 17-inning struggle, both won by Boston. Then came the 19-inning battle last night making 45 innings in two days. The 19-inning_ game tied the Na- tional League night high of last Sept. 15 between Cincinnati and Philadelphia. Longest day game was a 26-inning battle between Boston and Brooklyn in 1920. The American League's daytime record is.24 innings, done twice. Mickey McDermott pitched the first 7 innings for Boston in a | magnificent effort. He gave up two tying runs in the fifth and that was all, Harry Taylor, who took over in the 18th, was charged with the loss although Ray Scarborough relieved him before the game ended. Boston forged ahead in the 19th with Clyde Vollmer, who homered in the fifth, singling home one run. An error by Nelson Fox let in the second. But back came those White Sox. Floyd Baker opened with a single and Bob Dillinger followed with an- other single. Fox beat out a bunt to fill the bases. Eddie Stewart, batting for Jim Busby, singled to centre scoring Baker and Dillinger to make it 4-4. That was all for Taylor and Scar- borough came in. Al Zarilla beat out a bunt to the pitcher, loading the bases. Don Lenhardt's fly to centre sent Fox charging home with the winning run. TRIBE TOPS YANKS Cleveland came from behind to beat New York 11-8, edging up in the hot race. They trail by only 3% games. Bob Porterfield pitched and batted Washington to a 3-1 margin over Detroit and Duane Pillette of the St. Louis Browns blanked Philadelphia, 5-0. Brooklyn held its 9%-game lead in the National by bopping Chica- go, 8-6, for its eighth straight win and the Cubs' eighth straight loss. New York moved back in second place instead of St. Louis after the Giants slaughtered the Cardinals 14-4 with two grand-slam homers. It was home run day--and night -- in the National with a total of 15 tying the season record crop. Seven were hit at Ebbets Field by the Dodgers ard Cubs. Brooklyn piled up eight runs in the first two innings, then staved off a barrage of five Chicago homers to keep its win streak in- tact. Ranny Jackson hit two and Hank Sauer, Frank Baumholtz and Roy Smalley one each for the Cubs. Wes Westrum and Davie William smashed homers with the bases loaded to tie a record held by: many clubs in the Giants' lopsided romp over St. Louis. Dave Koslo was nicked' for homers by Red Schoendienst and Del Rice in his route-going job for win No. 4. Don Mueller of New York also homer- ed. While the muscle "boys were having their fun at Brooklyn and New York, the Phillies' Robin' Ro- berts came through with a two-hit 3-2 job on Pittsburgh for victory No. 11 All runs came on homers -- Erv Dusak ruined Roberts' no- hit chances with a sixth - inning homer, and Tommy Brown homer- ed with Richie Ashburn on base and Del Ennis with the bases emp- ty for the Phils. Howie Fox threw his second straight shutout at Boston with a five-hitter as Cincinnati beat the Braves 2-0. Johnny Wyrostek's two run single in the third tagged Max Surkont with his seventh loss. Speed Pruden's Aim In Training Session Milwaukee, Wis. (AP) -- Fitzie Pruden of St. Catharines, Ont., put in a heavy, training session Friday in preparation for Monday night's 10-round non-title bout with welter- weight champion Kid Gavilan. Concentrating on speed, Gavilan' forte, Pruden went 12 rounds with sparring partners and rounded out the day with an attack on the ags. ST. JOHN'S AMBULANCE MIDGET BASEBALL TEAM HAS GAME ON SUNDAY Coach Dean Craggs reminds all his players of the St. John's Am- bulance Midget Baseball team (Le- gion League) that they are. to be at Lakeview Park tomorrow (Sunday) morning at 10 o'clock--for a league game with Beaton's Dairy team. SPORTS CALENDAR Today VIADUCT SENIOR BASEBALL Toronto Staffords vs Oshawa Merchants, Civic Stadium, 2.30 p.m. EX. SENIOR BASEBALL St. Catharines Stags (Niagara District) vs Oshawa Merchants (Viaduct League), Civic Stadium, 8.00 p.m. LACROSSE Brooklin Bruisers vs Bradford. Sunday VIADUCT SR. BASEBALL Oshawa Merchants - vs. Croftons, at Millen Stadium, Toronto 2.30 p.m. NTBA JUNIOR LEAGUE Oshawa Transporters vs New Toronto Silverts, Eglinton Park, 3.30 p.m. (7-inning game, 2nd-half doubleheader). Monday NTBA JENIOR LEAGUE Stanton Fuels vs. Oshawa Transe pprters, Civic Ctadium, 8:00 p.m. & D INTER. "A" SOFTBALL United Taxi vs. Lions Juniors, Alexandra Park, south diamond, 6:45 pm. * : INTER-CHURCH SOFTBALL Salvation Army vs, King Street, Alexandra Park, north diamond, 6:45 p.m. S. ONT. COUNTY SOFTBALL Brooklin at Brougham. 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