(July 1) A young hustling ball club from Sceptre Monday night won the $300 first prize in the Medicine Hat Kinsmen baseball tournament by turning back the city's Tigers 6-0.
Big star in the Sceptre win was Cliff "Jake" Jacobson, star hurler, who pitched 18 consecutive innings of baseball in two days against the Medicine Hat Tigers and Picture Butte to ring up 6-0 and 4-0 shutouts while allowing only 12 hits. In the two games Jacobson's team committed only one error and fielded faultlessly.
The 'Hat team collected the second prize money of $200 and Lethbridge took third place with $150. Picture Butte came last with $100.
In a Sunday doubleheader the Sceptre nine white-washed Picture Butte 4-0 and Medicine Hat defeated Lethbridge Miners 8-7. Monday's doubleheader saw Lethbridge win 4-0 from Picture Butte and Sceptre shutout Medicine Hat Tigers 6-0.
(July 24) Lethbridge Miners and Sceptre divided an exhibition twin-bill at Adams Park, Lethbridge. Sceptre, with an amazing record of 69 wins and 5 losses in Saskatchewan competition, couldn't solve young righthander Bill Kucheran in the opener. Kucheran allowed just seven hits and a single base on balls in a 3-1 win for the Miners. Ron Miller gave up just seven hits in a losing cause.
Shortstop Freddy Onofrychuck tripled and scored the first run on a fielder's choice. Miners got three singles to score Johnny Klem in the 5th inning and got their third run in the 8th as Ziggy Zasadny scored. Sceptre plated its only marker in the 8th on an error and two safeties.
In the nightcap, Cliff Jacobson shutout the Miners on nine hits in a 2-0 victory for the Saskatchewan club. It was reported to be Jacobson's 31st win of the season, against a single defeat. Lefty Slavich allowed just three hits in taking the loss.
During the latter stages of the second game, fans bombarded Miners' manager Ollie Luciani with calls for Sceptre to stay over or return for another game.
Miller (L) and Grant
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Jacobson (W) and Grant
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(July 25) Sceptre survived a Lethbridge uprising in the bottom of the 9th to down the Miners 6-4 to take the exhibition series two games to one. Sceptre turned four hits into two runs in the 2nd inning then added four runs in the 3rd for a 6-0 lead. Minters broke loose for 4 in the 9th.
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(July 26) Picture Butte Royals upset the touring Sceptre nine 6-5 in an exhibition game at Picture Butte. Royals trailed 4-1 in the second inning but knotted the count in the 5th and scored the winner in the 7th.
Miller, Jacobson and Grant
Finley, Malmberg and Erleson, Bohne
(July 27) At the Saskatoon Exhibition Tournament Wiseton took top money with a 4-0 victory over Viscount in the final.
(July 27) In an exhibition match at Natal, BC, the Crow's Nest Pass All-Stars upset Sceptre 9-2 behind the three-hit pitching of T. Krall of Natal.
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(July 28) Sceptre bounced back from an exhibition loss on Saturday to take a pair from the Crow's Nest All-Stars 8-5 and 14-10. Cliff Jacobson, the workhorse of the Saskatchewan nine was credited with both wins.
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