1928 Exhibitions / Tournaments     

 

(July 19)  The visiting team from Scobey, Montana defeated the Regina All-Stars by a score of 3 to 1 at Park de Young. The Scobey gang had nine scattered hits off "Wild Bill" Rodgers of the Queen City contingent while Regina managed six base hits off the slants of winning hurler Al Sealy. Angie Mitchell and Stew Leigh had a brace of base raps for Regina while Scobey catcher Joe Lupe also picked up a pair of knocks. The powerful Scobey nine, one of the most colourful teams outside of organized baseball, are the only team to have registered two decisions this summer over "Happy" Felsch's Plentywood club. 

Sealy (W) and Lupe
Rodgers (L) and Leigh 

(July 20)  Snapping out three hits for as many runs in the sixth inning, the Scobey baseballers edged past the Moose Jaw All-Stars 5 to 4 in exhibition action in the Mill City. The Montana visitors collected eight safe blows off losing hurler George Haigh while the Stars had but five raps off the slants of winner Childs and eighth inning reliever Al Sealy. Catcher Joe Lupe registered a triple and single for the winners while Moose Jaw shortstop Al Phillips picked up a double and single.

Childs (W), Sealy (8) and Lupe
Haigh (L) and Jenner

(July 27) Before the season's largest crowd at Park de Young, the Gilkerson's Union Colored Giants defeated the Regina All-Stars, a group of selects from the Northside League, by a score of 5 to 1. The visitors out-hit the locals 10 to 8. Both shortstops, Akers of the Giants and Hepburn of Regina, led their respective clubs with the willow, each garnering three safeties. Hepburn's total included a triple while Akers picked up a two-bagger amongst his trio of raps.

Sims (W) and Marshall
Swainson (L) and Leigh

(July 29)  Gilkerson's Union Colored Giants made a clean sweep of the three-game series with the Northside League All-Stars by taking both ends of a doubleheader by scores of 6 to 4 and 5 to 1.

In the opening tussle, the Gilkerson's picked up 9 hits to 7 for the homesters. Crespo of the Giants and Andreen of the Reginans were the only two players to register two hits.
    
Sharp (W) and Coleman
Lebredt (L) and Scott

The Northsiders held a 1 to 0 advantage after five complete innings as Alvin Fritz was able to hold the Giants' offense in check up to that point. The invaders began to chip away, however, and finally took a 2 to 1 lead in the seventh. They then put the game on ice with a three-spot in the ninth. Marshall of the Gilkerson's hurled a five-hitter for the win. Chacon and Moore both had two hits for the winners.

Harrison (W) and Marshall
Fritz (L) and Leigh

(July 28)  The team from Lucky Lake emerged as the 1928 winners of the Saskatoon exhibition tournament, downing Lanigan 9 to 4 in the tournament finale. Steve Martin went the distance on the hill for Lucky Lake, firing a four-hitter, to earn the pitching win. Lanigan starter Bill Craddock was nailed with the loss. D. Beavis led the victors at the dish with a pair of doubles plus a one-bagger. Ross Robinson had a trio of singles for Lanigan. The winners are charter members of the four-team Long Lake Baseball League which was formed this spring.

Martin (W) and Hoffinger
W. Craddock (L), T. Postlewaite (4), Robinson (6) and Overton

(July 31)  In fronT of more than 1,500 Park de Young fans, the Gilkerson's Union Colored Giants knocked off the Scobey, Montana clan 8 to 3. The well-played contest featured outstanding catches by Sharp of the Giants and Matthews of the Montana nine. Second sacker Crespo had three hits for the winners, a feat duplicated by Scobey's Condon

Sealy (L) and Lupe
Harrison (W) and Marshall

(August 1)  Tying up the game in the last of the ninth inning when Scobey pitcher Al Sealy ran into control problems, Gilkerson's Union Colored Giants battled the Montana baseball nine for 13 innings at Regina's Park de Young without coming to a decision. The final score was 2 - 2 and provided Queen City fans some scintillating action.

Sealy and Lupe
Sims and Coleman

(August 3)  With the crowd at Park de Young almost solidly against him, plate umpire Amby Moran awarded the battle between the Gilkerson's Union Colored Giants and the team from Scobey to the latter outfit in the tenth inning when the score was deadlocked 8 - 8. The dispute between the arbiter and the Gilkerson's arose over a long fly ball that Moran called foul but, in the opinion of the vast majority, was a home run.

Harrison, Sims and Marshall
Cunningham and Perkins

(August 10)  In Regina, at least, the House of David baseball artists are masters of the Colored Giants. The whiskered performers chalked up a double win over the Gilkerson's Union squad at Park de Young, grabbing the afternoon contest 6 to 1 and the evening game 4 - 0. Radloff, a right-hander with a fair turn of speed pitched both games for the Davids. In the matinee fixture, he was invincible until the ninth when the Giants tallied their lone run. In the late encounter, he held the Gilkerson's to two hits and garnered four base knocks at the dish.

Radloff (W) and xxx
xxx (L) and xxx

Johnson (L), Sims (5) and xxx
Radloff (W) and xxx