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L THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1951 PAGE FOURTEEN -- Bill Harper, no "chicken" as baseball performers go, got tired of sitting on the Oshawa Merchants' bench as an alternate outfielder and asked for/a turn on the mound. He's been pitching in the local "Three Eye League," out Little Britain-Port Perry-way, with great success. The other night he chalked up 19 strikeouts in a game out there so that must have convinced Manager Mike Mellis that William had something. Last night the Port Perry citizen proved the fact--by limiting Croftons to four scattered singles and chalking up 13 strikeout victims, Not only was Harper the chief factor in Oshawa's 9-1 triumph over Croftons-- a booted single in the first frame developed Croftons' only run to rob Harper of a shutout--but Harper also led the Merchants on the attack. He hit two singles and a rousing triple in five trips to the plate, his three- bagger in the 8th going to the scoreboard in centre and in his BBA (before broken ankle) days 'Harper would have made it a homer with |J ease. The only trouble with Harper's showing last night--and he cer- tainly showed a devastating curve that swept away from left-handed batters in tantalising rashion--is that now the Merchants have still another pitcher to work into games--and keep in shape. * * * Don't know whether it was because we finally had a Wednesday night ball game that wasn't rained out (Just got it in ahead of a stiff shower, at that) or whether it was the added attraction of the special events, but last night's crowd was very gratifying. The contests pleased the fans too. Jose Morales was top man in the accuracy throwing contest--he put one of his three tries into the barrel--but lanky Stan Miller stepped up as final competitor and threw his first two pitches into the barrel. Now the Oshawa fans have seen him throw four pitches here this season--and they've all been good. Vic Napolitano, Jose Morales and Don Rope could have all been covered with a regular size blanket as they finished the 100- yards dash in that otder. In circling the bases, Napolitano, Morales and Rog. Wood all tied at the 15 seconds flat. They'll run it off at a later date. The Merchants go up to Peterborough tonight for a league game and play Croftons back in Toronto tomorrow night. On » Saturday night, Kingsway 1 visits Osh Merchants and as they haven't been here since the opening game--this one should attract another big Saturday night attendance, > * * LOCAL SHOTS -- Oshawa Transporters are in action tonight, here on their home diamond against the New Toronto Silverts. Transporters chalked up a win last night at Eglinton Park over the Yonge-Eglinton Motors team. Another win tonight will put the Transporters within reach of clinching the top spot in the North Toronto Junior Baseball League . . . Oshawa Peglars play Danforth Hotel here at the Stadium tomorrow night in an Inter-City League game and on Saturday after- noon, Montreal Robitaille Motors will be here for an exhibition game that should prove a real attraction. Last night at Dentonia Park, Pedlars suffered a 6-3 defeat at the hands of Melville Realty with Bill Lachance, who started the season with Pedlars, hurling a 5-hitter and 15 strike- outs to top "Ab" Samanski, Whitby hurler with Pedlars, who also al- lowed only 5 hits but issued 8 walks to match the 8 strikeouts he had. . « » Local Major, Inter-Church, COF, UAWA Juvenile and Minor As- sociation softball leagues are ail hurrying to catch up their postponed games now 'because the GM holidays, which start in 10 days, will put » serious crimp in all league schedule activity, * * * BRIGHT BITS -- Ralph Kiner hit three more home runs yesterday for a total of seven RBI's and it gave Pirates a 13-12 win over the Dodgers. Cubs beat the Glants agam too but once again Cincinnati was only able to gain a split with the Phillies , , . In the American League Yankees beat the White Sox yesterday and Boston won over Cleveland 4-3 and Sachel Paige made his debut with St. Louis Browns-- losing to Washington 7-1 . . . Toronto Leafs scored in the 9th to win over Ottawa 8-7 after losing a 7-0 lead in the 7th inning ... But did you see what Jersey Joe Walcott did to Ezzard Charles. Now at 37, after years of trying and several arguments, Walcott holds the world's title. The stunning surprise will likely toss confusion (more of it, that is) into the heavyweight ranks--and it might also pave the way for Joe lot hh his k and Louis to e the title again. Wouldn't . that be something? Oh well, we really called that one yesterday, didn't we? But we weren't among those who dropped a bundle on the upset result! . . . Pedlars must have sharpened up Charlie Justice the other night. He was able to defeat the league-leading Beaches League Levys last night--their second loss only, this season , . . Biooklin lacrossers were playing their last home game of the schedule last night and nosed out Alliston by a one-goal margin, thanks to a big rally in the second period. Tuesday brought forth seven players entered for the 18-hole sheet, of which only four finished their round, the best of these being Mrs. F. Fordham with net score 75, and Mrs. R. J. Robinson card- ing a net score of 81. We are pleased to report on the Twelve- Hole participants that they have a Captain, Mrs. Merle Corrin, who is usually on hand to make their draw which takes place around 1.30 to 145 each Ladies' Day, and are told they have as many as 12 regu- lar players out! This week about five put forth the effort, but no competition was held. In the eve- ning the Business Girls report two matches played off in their Tourn- ament, and for the evening draw, Capt. Ruth Higgins was the noble winner of the low net score. Please take a look at the Bulle- tin Board in the Locker Room as the Club Championship has been posted and your name may be up as 16 players were needed for the Draw and our Captain has posted all eligible players--with not more than two weeks between rounds-- the first round to be played off by July 30. Next Tuesday for sure, is Sweepstakes Day--an error in date was reported last week. Watch for "that New Look" around the Club grounds--we hope you'll like it, (also hope it gets put to use before the season ends). ; With vdeation days here the Jun- ior section of the Club are getting out bright and early each day, and it is amazing the progress some of the younger lads have made ' already. And, too, noticeable how they replace those divots. We're glad some folks believe in "signs"! See you on Tuesday, Gals. Toronto Housewife Needs 100 Bucks For Channel Swim Toronto (CP)-- A 25 - year - old suburban Toronto housewife this August may become the first Can- adian woman to swim the English channel. She still needs $100 to, take her to England. She is planning on using one of the $250 prizes for finishing the channel swim to get home again, Mrs. Winnie Leusler of Willow- dale was told yesterday her appli- cation has been accepted in the London Daily Mail's annual 21- mile channel crossing swim. The Toronto swimmer, better known by her maiden name, Win- nifred Roach, plans to fly to Eng- land July 26 in time for the first meeting July 28 of the 20 contest- ants. The race will be swum as soon after Aug. 13 as weather per- mits. First prize is $1000. Winnie has been training in the cold choppy waters of Lake On- tario since April. Under the watch- ful eye of her father and coach, Edward Roach, she has been making daily swims in the Can- adian National Exhibition course with average times of 29 minutes for the mile. Experts consider a 32-minute average the maximum plete the channel swim. Two women finished last year in the channel swim. The winner of the race was 41-year-old, 217-pound Hasean Abd-el-Rehim ,an Egyptian who completed the. crossing in the record time of 10 hours, 53 minutes YESTERDAY'S STARS Batting: Ralph Kiner, Pirates-- Clouted three homers, one with the bases full to lead the Pirates to a 13-12 victory over the Dodgers. Pitching: Ellis 'Kinder, Red Sox, --Hurléd one hit, runless ball in two and two - third innings of re- lief to gain credit for the Red kSox' 4-3 victory .over the Indians. See Tony Trabert Future Net Great Louisville (AP)-- In your cata- logue of future United States ten- nis greats put a large circle around the name of Tony Trabert of Cin- cinnati if 2 blond, boy with the boom- ing shots can't , say the court faithful who are gathered here for the United States-Japan Davis Cup series. opening tomorrow. *Tony is the finest prospect I've seen since Don mudge -- and I rate Budge the greatest of all time," said Walter Pate, captain' of the U. 8. cup forces from 1935 through 1947. The freckle-faced, 20 - year - old ersity of Cincinnati athlete -- 's also 'a basketball star -- is a ber of the four-man American that will face the Japanese ¥ Roller Skating ® FRI. NIGHT ® SAT. NIGHT at the OSHAWA AREN allowable if a swimimer is to com- || Pittsburgh (AP) -- Jersey Joe Walcott, an amazing old man who wouldn't be licked, today held the world's heavyweight championship in an astounding climax to an al- most-unbelievable saga of the ring. Today plans were in motion for a September return meeting be- tween the brown cinderella-man of the ring and the beaten champion, Ezzard Charles. Pittsburgh, with a city record turnout of 28,272 for its first heavyweight title show, looked the likely site' At 37, Jersey.Joe became the oldest man ever to win boxing's tened the superbly - conditioned Charles in 95 seconds of the seventh round of their 15-rounder with a smashing left hook to the aw. FIFTH CHANCE It was the ancient Camden bat- tler's fifth crack at the heavy- weight championship -- two more most prized bauble when he flat- | than any previous challenger ever got' -- and the devout father of six said, "I thank God for the chance and for helping me to win. "I'm thankful to everyone," said Walcott who had twice seen the crown slip out of his eager fingers. "I'm going to be a fighting cham- pion -- and Charles will get his chance." : "I got him with a left hook to the jaw," said Joe with a big grin on his face. Only moments before tears coursed down his brown cheeks as he realized his glorious moment of triumph. "I just got hit," said the crest- fallen Charles in the stillnegs of a loser's dressing room. "Did I hear the count? I heard five -- I guess," sald Charles, who had a lump under his right eye and a cut on his lower lip that required two stitches. "I could have gone on and on," said Walcott. NINTH DEFENCE : 'Charles was defending his crown for the ninth time. He was a no- minal 5 to 1 favorite but there was hardly any betting -- the Cincin- nati Negro was considered a cinch. He had whipped Walcott decisi- vely in Chicago to win NBA re- cognition as retired Joe Louis' suc- cessor on June 22, 1949. The lean, supple Charles repeated the tri- umph with even more of an edge in Detroit last March 7. "I cgn beat Walcott anytime -- I've got his number," is the way Charles put it even before plans Bad been made for this Pittsburgh ght. . The old man crossed them up last night. His main power was supposed to be in his right hand -- the hand that had dropped Joe Louis three times in two fights. Charles watched that right but he forgot to watch the left and that's the story of the fight. A perfect left hook dropped Charles on his face. The stricken champ tried to pull himself up at the count of nine. He partia raised himself up and then toppled on his back -- out. AHEAD AT K.O. Walcott was anead at the time of the knockdown. The referee had Jersey Joe in front, 5-1, Judge Charley Daggert had Walcott ahead 4-1-1, while Judge Stewart (Red) Robinson had it even, 3-3. The AP scorecard had Walcott in the lead, 4-2. Up. until the end, it has been a tame fight with both of the boxers eyeing each other cagily, each waiting for the other to lead. Early, most of the punching was to the body and there were scat- tered boos from the crowd. Walcott opened up in the third and brought blood from Charles' mouth and started a lump under Ezzard's right eye. In the sixth JERSEY JOE FINALLY WINS HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN -- CHARLES K.Od. IN 7th Walcott unlimbered his big artil- lery. He clipped Charles twice with left hooks to the jaw. And then the lly | finishing left came, a beauty of a punch. Od Jersey could hardly believe the fight was over. He started to slump forward and when they hauled him over to the radio mi- crophone, tears welled from his eyes. HARD TO BELIEVE Old Joe will collect a cheque of about $50,000 for the fight. Charles will receive about $100,000. For the return match Walcott will split even with Charles, 30 per cent each. That was in the contract which called for a return ut within 90 days. The fight grossed $249,004, and the $100,000 for the air rights made it the highest grossing fight show of the year. Charles weighed 182 to Walcott's 194. Oshawa Merchants Will Help Coach CRA Pee-Wee Boys American players of the Oshawa Merchants Baseball Club, with the enthusiastic consent of the Merch- ants Executive, are starting a movement which may in some ten years or so make it difficult for an out-of-town player to make the grade on an Oshawa ball team. Starting Monday morning, some six of the star players of the local club will be giving their services to the coaching of CRA's four pee- wee baseball teams and they're going to go down with the 200 ten-to-twelve year olds who are trying to make a place on the teams of the West Area Cardinals, the North Area Giants, the East Area Dodgers and the South. Area Tigers. An innovation on the Oshawa playgrounds this year, pee-wee base- ball is going over big and some embryo players are being found. Key figures in the new coaching scheme will be Mike Mellis, man- ager of the Merchants, who came to Oshawa this year with a big interest and a big reputation for his work in minor ball out West, and Jim Rogers, Merchants' second string catcher and home run ex- pert, who will be regularly attache ed to CRA for coaching purposes. Coaching sessions will start Mon- day, July 23rd at 10.00 a.m, at all four of CRA's Area playgrounds. At Bathe Park for youngsters from Bathe, Sunnyside, Sastview and Harmony Park--Tony De Laurentis, Merchants' pitcher will be in charge. At Connaught Park for players from Connaught, Woodview and North Oshawa playgrounds, Catcher Charlie Walsh will be handling the players. At Victory Park for Victory, Harman, Lake- view and S.S. No. 6, players /short- stop Vic Napolitano will be on hand, while at Radio Park, Merchants' popular second baseman Jose Morales will be doing the coaching. In the meantime, the North Area Giants have an exhibition game against Ajax Saturday morning and Jim Rogers will ne holding coach- ing sessions today and tomorrow. LEAFS SCOUT INTERCOUNTY Joe Ziegler, general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and Fred (Rip) Collins of the Leafs were in the Brantford stands Wed- nesday night to watch the Inter- Red Sox and the St. Thomas Le- gionnaires, won by Brantford 8-5. Ziegler was anxious to see Brant- ford's outstanding pitcher-outfield- er Wilmer Fields in action but Fields was not in uniform. Don Butler, St. Thomas third @#aseman and the Intercounty's leading hit- ter, also attracted the attention of the Leafs general-manager. Butler collected three hits. Want to buy, sell or trade? -- A classified ad and the deal is made. county senior game Detween the, BILL HARPER'S NIGHT... Port Perry's Leading Baseball Citizen Pitches and Bats Merchants to Victory With "Lefty" Bill Harper setting the tempo in both defensive and attack, Oshawa Merchants trounced Toronto Croftons 9-1 here last night in a Viaduct Major League game. SPECIAL EVENTS Prior to the game, the players of the two teams staged some novel competitions. Last man to try the accuracy throwing test, pitching from home plate into a barrel lo- cated at 2nd base, Stan Miller put his first two of three tries into the barrel, to take this event. Jose Morales had put one in previously and was headed for the prize until Miller tried his arm. In the 100-yard dash, Vic Napoli- tano, Jose Morales and Don Rope finished in that order with hardly any daylight showing between any pair. In the base-running contest, Napolitano and Morales were again to the fore, making the circuit in 15 seconds and Rog. Wood, final runner in this competition, equaliz- ed the mark to create a 3-way tie-- which will be settled at some future date. : BALL GAME LISTLESS It was a good job that the novel special attractions appealed to the fans because the ball that followed was of the dull listless variety that raised very few cheers. Bill Harper was the hero of the night. He pitched a beautiful game in his first start on the local mound this season, scattering four singles over the distance. "Red" Stevens walked to start the game but was nipped on a force caused by Tom Huntley. When Ted Barnes fumbl- BILL HARPE! 3rd on the drive and this enabled him to score Croftons gonly run, while Eddie McCarry was being re- tired on an infield out. Harper found his stride in the second frame, struck out all three in the third and went on to chalk up 13 strikeouts for his night's mound performance while issuing five: walks. Croftons 'never got a runner past 2nd base after the first inning, LEADS HITTERS TOO Harper not only pitcned the Mer- chants to their one-sided victory ed Jim Finlay"s single to centre, |but he helped make it one-sided, Huntley was able to go around to | with two singles and a lusty triple in five trips to the plate. He drove in two of his team's runs and was the big batter of the night. Jose Morales and Sherry Row- land each hit doubles and Dick Berning had a triple but Ted Barnes with two singles in four official trips, was the next Best to Harper in stick-work, Rowland had three walks and his double gave him a one-for-two count. Defensively, Chuck Walsh was to the fore with a total of 14 putouts while Wood and Napolitano both played sparkling games in the in- field. Bill Leuty, in centre for the visitors, appeared to have trouble judging the drives into his area but "| still pulled off three good catches to earn star rating for &is team. Berning's triple opened the 3rd : |and he scored when Bill Harper flied to centre. Napolitano walked, stole 2nd and moved to 3rd on Rog. ¢ | Wood's single, then stole home to make the count 2-1. Morales doubled to open the 4th and Metchants got two more runs that inning, a walk to Berning and Harper's single being a big help. Gord. O'Hearn took over the pitching for Croftons in the 5th and walked three batters that in- ning but got out of it without allow- ing a run. His serious trouble came in the 7th when Barnes singled, Rowland doubled then two walks and a pair of infield errors gave Oshawa two more runs. In the 8th they bunched three hits, a walk and two more errors, for three more runs, to conclude the night's scor- ing. Harper got his triple in this rally, Due chiefly to getting 11 walks, Merchants left 13 runners stranded on the bases, FIVE HITS APIECE. Melville Realty Chalk Up Win Over Pedlars Melville Realty defeated Oshawa Pedlars 6-3 last night at Dentonia Park, Toronto, in an Inter-City Senior "B"- softball tilt, with Bill Lachance, former Pedlar chucker, topping "Ab" Samanski, Pedlars' Whitby acquisition in a keen duel that saw each team collect only five hits. Pedlars got to Lachance for three singles, by Tony Romaniski, Normie Bagnell and Herbie Cooper, all in the second inning, for two runs. "Ab" Samanski's homer in the 5th inning after two were out proved to be Oshawa's only other run and Nelson got their 5th hit, a single in the 9th, Ashbee walked with two out in the first inning and scored on Hardy's triple, with Barker then getting a single to score Hardy and make it 2-0 in the first inning for Melvilles. After Oshawa had tied it up in the second, it stayed there until Samanski's circuit clout put Ped- lars in front in the 5th and they held the lead until the 6th. Saman- ski slipped in the 6th, issuing walks to Kenneth and Ashbee and then Hardy came through with * his second triple of the night, scoring his two mates, to make the score 4-3. In the 7th, two more walks in succession, followed by two singles with one out, by Kenneth and Ash- bee, gave the winners their last two runs. Samanski struck out eight batters but he also issued eight walks while Bill Lachance fanned 138 of Pedlars. RHE PEDLARS 020 010 000--3 5 0 MELVILLE 200 002 20x--6 5 1 PEDLARS Yourkevich, - 3b; Nelson, rf and 2b; Logeman, If; Loreno, ss; Romaniski, cf; Weather- up, 1b; Bagnell, rf; Cooper, ¢; Sa- manski, p; Hall, 2b. MELVILLE REALTY -- Ashbee, ss; Keneth, 3b; Ashbee, 3b; Hardy, Ib; Barker, lf; Mustard, cf; Mitsui, ¢; Johnson, rf; Lachance, p. Umpires -- Terry and Carson. WATCH THIS ADVT. DAILY FOR SPECIALS 1949 | CHEVROLET 4-DOOR SEDAN, HEATER, BEAUTIFUL TWO-TONE PAINT JOB 31875 Re -------- L 0, Remember -- These are all hand-picked and "Exceptional Buys" . . . 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OSHAWA--102 000 23x Errors: Barnes, Napolitano; Finlay (2), McGarry (2), Anderson and Gray (4); Runs batted in: McGarry; Napolitano (2), Barnes (2), Rowland, Berning and Harper (2); Earned runs: Oshawa 4; Two-base hits: Mor- ales, Rowland; three-base hits: Berning, Harper; Stolen bases: Stev- ens; Napolitano (2), Wood, Barnes (3) Left on bases: Croftons, 8; Osh- awa, 13; Bases on balls; off Harper, 5; off Scott, 4; off .0'Hearn, 7; Strike-outs: by Harper, 13, by Scott 1, by O'Hearn, 3; Hits off: Scott 4, for 4 runs in 4 inning; O'Hearn, 6 for 5 runs in 4 innings; Wild pitches: O'Hearn; Passed balls: Gray; Win- ning pitcher: Harper of Oshawa; Losing pitcher: Scott of Croftons; Umpires: Jack Hobbs, plate and Reg. Fair, bases, both of Oshawa. Times 2 hours, 20 minutes. GRID STAR IN REGATTA Ottawa's hopes for a major triumph at the Royal Canadian Henley regatta at St. Catharines July 25-28 rose Wednesday night with the announcement that Bruce Cummings, star football and row- ing athlete, will go along with the Ottawa contingent. Ottawa Rowing Club, said Cum- mings will be in his regular seat as stroke of the Ottawa junior heavy eight at the Henley regatta with approval by Ottawa Rough Riders of the Big Four football league, for whom he kicks. Sprague said his squad is in ex- cellent condition. The added significance of the regatta this year is that the 1952 Olympic trials are scheduled for next June. To qualify for the trials, Canadian clubs must have a re- presentative crew at Henley. George Sprague, president of the |. ~ SPORTS Today NTBA JUNIOR LEAGUE New Toronto Silverts vs Oshawa Transporters, Civic Stadium, 8:00 .m., . Viabuer SENIOR BASEBALL Oshawa Merchants vs Peterboro Marines, Riverside Park, Peterboro, 8:15 p.m. COF MEN'S SOFTBALL Kingsway Aliminum vs Foresters, at Storie Park, 6:45 p.m. S. ONT. COUNTY SOFTBALL Ajax vs Brooklin, at Brooklin, 6:45 p.m, LEGION MINOR BASEBALL Midget--Rexalls vs Cokes, Alex- andra Park; Beaton's Dairy vs. St. John's, Lakeview Park. MINOR SOFTBALL MIDGET -- Storie Pak vs. Con- naught Park, at Connatght Park, 6.45 p.m. . Friday INTER-CITY SENIOR SOWTBALL Danforth Hotel vs Oshawa Pede lars, Civic Stadium, 8:00 p.m. VIADUCT SENIOR BASEBALL Oshawa Merchants vs Tanonte Croftons, Millen Stadium, 8:15 p.m. JUVENILE SOFTBALL NE. Tigers vs Pickering, at Pickering; Brooklin vs S.W. Bruius, Civic Stadium. COF MEN'S SOFTBALL Alger Press vs Kingsway Alume inum, Storie Park, 6:45 p.m. S. ONT. COUNTY SOFTBALL Pickering vs Whitby, MINOR SOFTBALL Midget--Brooklin at Ajax; Con. naught at Rundle; Storie a bye. Bantam--Westmount at East- view; Rundle at Bathe; Sunnyside at Woodview; Connaught a bye. CRA LACROSSE North Area vs West Area, Radio Park, 6:30 p.m; East Area vs South Area, Victory Park, 8:30 p.m, OPERATE ON BRODA Walter (Turk) Broda, goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League, Wed- nesday underwent a successful op- r=~*'an for the removal of gall- stones. EXPORT CANADA'S FINEST CIGARETTE \ HOLIDAY ... ¢ MEN'S 8 Simcoe N. WE ARE READY FOR YOUR ® "'T" SKirts @ Sport Shirts ® Sport Sloks ® Bathing Trunks ® Washable Cotton Slacks @ Windbreakers 4 Casual Coats ® Plastic aincoats ® Gabardine Hats and many other vacation items, ; 4 WEAR Dial 5-451