(July 1)  A crowd of more than 10,000 fans jammed Indian Head, Saskatchewan Tuesday for the inaugural Indian Head Tournament.  29 teams kept four ball diamonds humming all day long. Notre Dame Hounds captured the title in the closed tournament, edging Regina Red Sox 3-2 in the opening round and blanking Weyburn Beavers 3-0 in the final.  Beavers advanced to the final with an 8-1 victory over Pangman Vets. 

13 teams entered the open tourney and, as darkness fell and prevented further play after four extra inning games, four teams split top money - Balcarres, Sioux Indians, Neudorf and Grayson.

In the junior section, Odessa topped Grenfell 6-4 in the final.

(July 2)  Sceptre blasted Blackie 16-0 to take top money at the Kinsmen Tournament at Medicine Hat.  The hometown Tigers won third money with a 6-4 decision over Picture Butte Royals.  Sceptre had opened the tourney with a 3-0 triumph over Medicine Hat while Blackie reached the final with a 10-2 triumph over Picture Butte.

(July 26)  Aberdeen captured top prize at the Saskatoon Exhibition Tournament downing Melfort 9-6 in the final. Cliff "Jake" Jacobson, a standout with Sceptre in 1946, was the winner in the final game

(July 31)   The Winnipeg Free Press reported another victory for the Delisle Commodores baseball club, its 79th win in 80 games in the final of the Yorkton Knights of Pythias Tournament.  Delisle featuring the Bentley brothers, edged Viscount 3-1 to take top money for the 25th time in 26 tournaments.    (Winnipeg Free Press, August 1, 1947)

" ... The fabulous Bentley sports family of Delisle are enacting the starring role in baseball this summer.  No fewer than five Bentleys, headed by Max and Doug, are on their town's team which is holding down first place in the Northern Saskatchewan league.  Max himself tossed a one hit ball game a few weeks ago.  Too bad they couldn't make Peterson's Osborne tournament."  (Winnipeg Free Press, August 2, 1947)

(August 7)    Ligon's Colored All-Stars whipped Wilcox Cardinals 13-0 in the final of the Indian Head Tournament, the town's second big event of the summer.  The American squad took top prize money of $1,000.

While an estimated 10,000 rooters jammed around the diamond until there wasn't space for even the circus Thin man, George Ligon's colored All-Stars from California, or some other spot south of the snowline, whacked out enough base hits to make Indian Head's enormously successful $2,000 baseball tournament a runaway show on Thursday, racking a crushing 13-0 setback on Nick Metz and his Wilcox Cardinals in a disappointing final.  The colored boys were extended only once in romping to four victories.  (Regina Leader Post, August 8, 1947)

The All-Stars scored a pair in the first inning on three hits and never looked back, adding one in the 5th, two more in the 7th before a seven-run explosion in the 8th inning. They rounded out the scoring with a singleton in the 9th while Roy White held the Cardinals to four hits.  He fanned seven.  First baseman Claude Williams led the Ligon's attack with five hits and three runs batted in. Travis Taylor had three hits and knocked in three.  Raymond Woolsey also had three RBI.  Ralph Hogg took the loss giving up five runs in 6 1/3 innings.

At noon, the All-Stars had squeezed out a 1-0 victory over Bert Shepard's Williston nine.  Shepard, the former major leaguer with an artificial leg, allowed just three hits as did winning pitcher Ladd White for the Ligons.  The All-Stars scored the game's only run in the first inning on hits by Porter Reed and Art Bryant.  Williston lost an opportunity to tie when they had a man cut down at the plate after hesitating rounding third. 

Ligons reached the final with an easy 8-2 win over Marquis as Ken Broady overcame eight errors by his teammates to fire a six-hitter for the win.  Ron Reynoldson started and took the loss for Marquis.  In their semi-final, Wilcox scored four in the first inning and another in the second and hung on to shade Regina Red Sox 5-4. 

In a playoff for third place money, Regina Red Sox and Marquis fought to a 4-4 draw.  Down 4-0, the Sox scored three in the 8th and one in the 9th for the tie.  The game was called after 11 innings.

Red Sox downed Moosomin 4-1 behind Lefty Harrison's two-hitter.  It was Harrison's second complete game victory of the tournament.  He also pitched in relief in another contest.

Jack Devine fired a no-hitter as Marquis topped Kronau 4-1. The only run against him came in the first inning on a walk and a fielder's choice.

In opening round action, Ligons trounced Fairlight 9-0 as Ladd White, brought in from California for the tournament, giving up just three hits in his six innings of work.  Ken Broady finished the shutout. Wilcox spotted the famed Delisle nine a run in the first inning then roared back with three in the 6th and another three in the 8th for a 6-1 victory.  Smokey Reynoldson shutout Viscount as Marquis escaped with a 1-0 triumph.  Regina Red Sox edged Sioux Indians 3-2 as Lefty Harrison went the distance for the win and they got by Sceptre 8-4, with Harrison in a relief role.

Williston topped Forget 8-4 and Regina Clippers beat Carrot River 4-1. Hank Ohlheiser tossed the shutout for Sceptre as the club blanked Long Lake 5-0. Moosomin shaded Ceylon 6-5.

Long Lake 0 Sceptre 5
Arnold (L) and McLane
Ohlheiser (W) and Grant

Sioux Indians 2 Regina Red Sox 3
A Goodwill (L) and John Goodwill
Lefty Harrison (W) and Mitton

Ceylon 5 Moosomin 6
Wallin (L) and Morrison
Walker (W) and Carefoot

Wilcox Cardinals 6 Delisle 1
Downton (W) and Clements
Kimble (L), Maze and R Bentley

Marquis 1 Viscount 0
Smokey Reynoldson (W) and R Reynoldson
Thoen (L), Folk and Clark

Ligon All-Stars 9 Fairlight 0
Ladd White (W), Broady and Underwood
Eastman (L), Laroque and Cleveland

Regina Clippers 4 Carrot River 1
Silverman (W) and Brown
Jacobson, Minish and McKay

Williston 8 Forget 4
Ike (W) and Howen
Hoffmaster, Dechaime and Crawford, McIlroy

Regina Red Sox 8 Sceptre 4
McLenaghan, Lefty Harrison and Mitton
Kjasgaard (L) and Grant

(Second Day)

Willison 0 Ligon All-Stars 1
Shephard (L) and McNary
Ladd White (W) and Underwood

Moosomin 1 Regina Red Sox 4
Drake (L) and Carefoot
Lefty Harrison (W) and Mitton

Kronau 1 Marquis 4
Gottselig, Spry and Pete Kawuza
J Devine (W) and Peterson

Regina Red Sox 4 Wilcox Cardinals 5
McLenaghan, O'Brien, Sinclair and Mitton
Buttgereit, D Metz and Clements

Ligons 8 Marquis 2
Broady (W) and Underwood
R Reynoldson (L), S Reynoldson and E. Froehlich, R Reynoldson

Regina Red Sox 4 Marquis 4
Jack Sinclair and Mitton
Torgeson, Jack Devine and R Reynoldson

Ligons 13 Wilcox 0
Roy White (W) and Underwood
Hogg, A Downton (7), N Metz (8),  and Clements

The auditors hadn't got around to figuring things out late Thursday, but a crowd--happy Indian Head was ready to lay odds that the Rockets wouldn't be in the red ink when the ball tournament balance sheet was tabled.

Townspeople viewed parked autos and streams of people on the fair grounds and estimated that a solid 15,000 had viewed the two-day show. Those who stayed two days paid $1.50 for their baseball, the one-day stand folks chipped in with an even dollar.

But the overhead was terrific. Lowest estimates were around $6,000. There was the $2,000 in price money, a bill of $400 for baseballs along, lumber, wire netting and grading for three diamonds, umpires and what not. The Rockets did it up big but they were not making one-year plans. "This will be an annual affair," declared curler Jimmy Robison who was right in the middle of things at headquarters. (Regina Leader Post, August 8, 1947)