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(May 14?) The Carrot River Loggers took first prize of $100
from Ridgedale Sports. Pete Polus pitched the Loggers to
the victory.
(May 23) Stavely 99s held off a late
rally by Parkland to score a 7-6 victory o take top money in the
Victoria Day Tournament. Stavely reached the final with a 6-2 win over
Claresholm.
(May 24) Shaunavon down Swift
Current in the final to take top money at the Gull Lake Tournament.
Portreeve won third money. Swift Current beat Frontier in the
opener, then topped Pennant to reach the finals.
(June 1) Sceptre whipped Swift
Current 16-0 to take top prize at the Cabri Sports Day. Swift
Current had downed Shackleton in their first game and rode Cliff
Beisel's long drive to a 1-0 win over Eston in semi-final action.
(June 8) Brandon won its first
tournament of the 1949 season downing Walhalla 10-3 in the final as Armando
Vasquez drove in four runs with a triple and three singles. Dirk
Gibbons allowed just three hits in notching the win.
Gibbons (4-0) and Rodriguez
Anderson and Maler
Brandon reached the final by trouncing Carman
10-3. Coney Williams led the Greys with three hits and
three runs batted in. Rafe Cabrera scored four times.
Washington, Reid (7) and Saunders
Sinclair (2-0) and Rodriguez
Walhalla scored three runs in the 7th inning
to down Minot 5-3. Marv Stofft held the Merchants to
seven hits to gain the win.
Stofft and Maler
Johnson and Kempf
The consolation final, between Minot and
Carman, was called after four scoreless innings to allow the final to start
to on time.
Danyluk and E McKerlie
Wylie and Kempf
(June 8) Delisle won the inaugural
Lloydminster tournament trouncing Kamloops 12-1 in the final to take top
prize of $2,000.
"Flashing
one of the hottest infields seen in northern baseball in many a year,
Delisle trounced Kamloops, B.C. 12-1 in the final of Lloydminster's monster
ball tourney Wednesday. The Delisle crew, featuring the famed
Bentleys, pocketed $2,000 first prize.
The
infield of Bev Bentley, Eddie Brown, Dick Piper
and Emile Francis turned in an air-tight display to choke off
all Kamloops' attempts and, in turn, wielding mighty bats at the plate.
A
crowd of 15,000 sat in on the second day's show and about 10,000 saw the
final game.
In
the semi-finals, Kamloops nosed out Sceptre 6-5 in 11 innings and Delisle
beat Lloydminster 7-6." (Regina
Leader-Post June 9, 1949)
(June 22) In the first action
under the floodlights at Kinsmen Stadium, Brandon Greys whipped Elmwood 9-2
to take first prize in a four-team invitational tournament. Brandon
scored five runs in the 1st inning helped by two walks, a hit batter and
three Giants' errors. Ian Lowe led the Greys' offense with
three hits and drove in a pair. Winslow Means
shutdown the Giants on six hits.
Means (6-0) and Rodriguez
Chandler, Price (7) and McConachy
Greys overwhelmed Regina Caps 16-0 in opening
action. Rafe Cabrera had a triple and two doubles for
the Greys while Chuck Wilson and Gerry MacKay
each had three hits. Dirk Gibbons went six innings for
the win.
Mast, Thorseth (5), Vogt (6), Moore (8),
Harrleson (8) and Green
Gibbons (7-0), Watkins (7) and Rodriguez
Terry Sawchuk drove in three
runs with a triple and two singles as Elmwood topped San Francisco Cubs
5-1.
Baham and Ellison
Watson and McConachy
San Francisco jumped into a 2-0 lead in the
1st inning and went on to down Regina 6-1 in the consolation final. Spec
Roberts held the Caps to six hits to gain the win.
Roberts and Ellison
Thorseth and Green
(June 23)
Carman shutout Oakville 7-0 to take top prize in the Portage La Prairie
tournament. The Cards took advantage of seven errors to score the
win. The ANAF Vets took third money with a 2-1 win over Beausejour.
(July 1) In a dramatic end to the
Kinsmen tournament at Brandon, the Greys scored the game's only run in the
top of the 9th then escaped a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the inning
to edge Minot 1-0 to take top prize money in the four-team event. More
than 4-thousand fans, likely the largest baseball crowd ever at Brandon,
were on hand for the tourney which marked the official opening of Memorial
Stadium. With two out in the 9th, Greys' Chuck Wilson singled,
stole second, advanced to third on an error and raced home on a wild
pitch. It was a tough-luck loss for Othello Strong who
allowed the Greys just four hits. Winslow Means gave up
ten hits in gaining the win. Outstanding work in the field by Greys'
playing-manager Ian Lowe was a feature of the final
game. Lowe handled seven difficult chances perfectly and knocked down
another which was headed for extra bases.
Means (8-0) and Rodriguez
Strong and Kempf
Earlier, Steve Wylie, mound ace
of the Greys in 1948, blanked Transcona 6-0 on a two-hitter as Minot reached
the final.
Larocque, Cal Gardner (4) and Marcotte
Wylie and Kempf
Brandon won a final berth with a 6-2 victory
over the St. Louis Black Cardinals. Hank Adkins, just in
the Brandon camp from the Indianapolis Clowns, went the route for the win.
Stafford and Simms
Adkins (1-0) and Rodriguez
Transcona pounded out 18 hits to dump St.
Louis 10-4. Southpaw Joe Lopuk held the Cardinals to
seven hits. Pete Caliguerre, Nick Glowa
and Ray Trudell each had three hits for the winners.
Lopuk and Marcotte
Peterson and Simms
(July 5)
The Delisle Commodores shaded Sceptre 6-5 to take top money in the Foam
Lake Baseball Tournament Ligon All-Stars finished third dumping
Carlyle Shamrocks 12-2. Righthander Johnny Yarosch started
for the Commodores giving way to Max Bentley in the 7th inning.
Bentley, of hockey fame, blanked Sceptre the rest of the way.
(July 9) Sceptre won the
$1,200 top prize at the $3,000 Nipawin tournament downing Delisle
Commodores
2-0 in the final. It was the third time the two teams had met in a
tournament final this season. Before a crowd of about 7,000,
Lefty Arnold shutout the Delisle club on just four hits.
Murray Coben was the hard-luck loser. Jim
Shields scored both runs. The markers, in the 1st and 8th
innings, came on successive hits by Shields, Bert
Olmstead and Ernie Franks.
Coben (L) and xxx
Arnold (W) and xxx
Sceptre
advanced to the final with a 3-2, 10-inning, win over the Ligon
All-Stars. Ligon shortstop Toby Simms belted a homer, the
only four-bagger of the tournament.
Brazzle and xxx
Jacobson and xxx
Delisle downed
the Buchanan All-Stars 6-3 to reach the final. Commodores, who had
just six hits, took advantage of three errors by the All-Stars.
Ligon's and
Buchanan split third prize money as rain washed out the game.
In a superb
pitching matchup in the opening round, veteran Rufus Ligon,
rumoured to to more than 50 years of age, topped 19-year-old Pete
Polus as the Ligon All-Stars beat Carrot River Loggers 2-0.
Polus allowed just three hits in taking the loss. Ligon, who gave
up five safeties, knocked in both runs for the All-Stars.
R Ligon (W) and xxx
Polus (L) and xxx
In other
opening games, Buchanan All-Stars topped Notre Dame Hounds 5-1, Sceptre
downed Preeceville 6-2, and Delisle dumped Kamsack 8-0.
(July 14) Dirk Gibbons
tossed a four-hitter and fanned sixteen to lead Brandon to a 4-1 win over
Elmwood and top prize in the $1,000 invitational tournament at Kinsmen
Memorial Stadium. It was the fourth straight tournament win for the
Greys. Elmwood's Hal Price allowed just six hits
and struck out fourteen but was hurt by six walks. Coney Williams
and Rafe Cabrera each drove in a pair of runs for
Brandon.
Gibbons (11-0) and Rodriguez
Price and McConachy
Brandon whipped Carlyle Lake 14-2 to gain a
berth in the final. Winslow Means tossed a two-hitter
for the win. Bob Herron went the route for
Carlyle. Bus Vasquez and Coney Williams
each had three hits for the Greys.
Herron and McDaniels
Means (8-1) and Rodriguez
Elmwood spotted Carman two runs in the first
inning but bounced back with four in the 2nd and went on to top the Cards
9-5. Homer Chandler scattered six hits for the win.
Chandler and McConachy
Reid, Caulfield (8) and McKerlie
In an abbreviated game, Carman trounced
Carlyle 9-0 with Johnny Caulfield tossing a four-hitter in the
six-inning contest. George Kratch, formerly of Brandon,
the manager of the Carlyle team, pitched to one man in the game for old
times sake.
Caulfield and McKerlie
Kratch, Morrison (1) and McDaniels, Warwick
(July 19) Darkness halted
Brandon's drive for its 5th straight tournament victory. At the $1,200
four-team Maryfield tourney, Brandon and Carman shared top prize when
darkness halted the final with the Greys and Cards tied 2-2 after nine
innings. The contest featured brilliant pitching. Winslow Means
of the Greys allowed seven hits while fanning 15. Johnny Caulfield
of Carman held the Greys to five hits and chalked up 14 strikeouts.
Cardinals scored two runs in the 9th inning to salvage the tie.
Means
Caulfield
Brandon walloped Regina Caps 18-2 to reach
the final as Frank Watkins had four hits and Bus Vasquez
won his 6th straight on the hill.
Shafer Green, Rex Sorenson
Vasquez (6-0)
Carman whipped Buchanan 16-3. Buchanan,
with several members of the defunct San Francisco Sea Lions in the lineup,
edged Regina 4-1 in the consolation final.
(July 25) Rafe Cabrera's
8th inning homer gave Brandon a 9-8 win over Carman in the final of the
invitational tournament at Carman. It was Cabrera's second home run of
the game. Ramon Rodriguez, who returned to the lineup
after being sidelined for a week with injuries from an auto accident, added
two doubles and two singles for the Greys. Bob Johnson had a
triple, double and single for the Cards.
Caulfield and McKerlie
Vasquez, Gibbons (13-0) (8) and Rodriguez
Brandon made the final by edging Elmwood
5-4. Hank Adkins went the distance for the win and led
the Greys at the plate with two doubles and a single. Homer Chandler
belted a homer for Elmwood.
Price and Boney
Adkins (6-0) and Wilson, Rodriguez
Earlier, Carman downed Walhalla 7-2. In
the playoff for third money, Walhalla defeated Elmwood 8-5.
(July
26-27-28) Ward MacDonald pitched seven scoreless innings of
relief and Bowser Whitehead had three hits as the Claresholm
Bears downed Vulcan 7-5 in their opening match in the $660 Champion
Tournament. Hap Rea's ninth inning single drove in Glen
Bouzyan with the winning run.
Champion
downed Carseland 10-5 in a game called after seven innings because of high
winds.
(July 27) Sceptre took top money at the
Swift Current tournament with a 7-2 victory over Gull Lake in spite of
outstanding mound work by Jackie McLeod who fanned 14 in a losing
cause. Infield errors helped Sceptre to the win.
Gull Lake made the final with a 5-0 shuout of
Kelstern while Sceptre topped Shaunavon 8-6.
The tournament had an auspicious kickoff with
Kelstern and Woodwrow battling through 11 scoreless innings before
Kelstern broke loose with three in the 12th to take a 3-1 triumph.
Dane was the winner, while Erfle was the tough-luck loser
in spite of 18 strikeouts. In the second game, Gull Lake scored a
pair in the first inning and held on for a 2-0 victory. Sceptre
eliminated Aquadell 5-2.
(July 27) Defending champion
Brandon won its opener to advance in the Indian Head tournament. Greys
thumped Kronau 11-2 as Frank Watkins handled the mound work.
Kawaza, Gerein (5) and Ross
Watkins (11-0) and Rodriguez
Rain washed out two rounds of play with only
six games completed.
Buchanan, largely made up of players from the
former San Francisco Sea Lions barnstorming team, shaded Chamberlain 2-0 as John
Henry
Oliver allowed just five hits. Jack "Smoky"
Reynoldson, pitching to his brother Ron, gave up just seven in a losing
cause.
Oliver and Landrum
J Reynoldson and R Reynoldson
Griffen down Viceroy 8-3.
Hefmeister and Lackey
Munson and Schmidt
The short-staffed Minot Merchants, with only nine players in uniform, had
no trouble with Edenwold, winning 10-0. A two-run triple by Othello
Strong was the key blow as the
Merchants scored six runs with two out in the 1st inning. Three
more pitchers, Jack Johnson,
Gaylord Rasmussen
and Steve Wylie
checked in later to bolster the Merchants.
Reichel, Obey and S Mohl
Claussen and Kempf
Two unearned runs, both scored by Ted
Foord, enabled Moose Jaw Canucks
to edge Pangman 2-0.
Thorseth and Martin
Barth and D Morrison
Notre Dame Hounds shaded Assiniboia 6-4 as Chuck
McCullough had a triple, double and single.
Speers, Harbourne (6) and Drescher
Kerley, Hoag (7) and Germann
(July 28) Steve Wylie
pitched two shutouts, a one-hitter and a four-hitter, to lead Minot
Merchants to the $1,000 top prize in the Indian Head Tournament which also
featured a perfect game by Brandon's Winslow Means. Wylie,
who pitched Brandon to the title in 1948, beat Moose Jaw 1-0 in the
quarter-finals, then shutdown Wilcox-Weyburn 3-0 in the championship game
before a crowd of 12-thousand. Ed Claussen's
two-run homer in the 7th was all the Merchants needed for the top prize.
Shupe and Ekdahl
Wylie and Kempf
Minot got five-hit pitching from Othello
Strong to down Brandon 4-2 in the semi-finals and hand Dirk Gibbons
his first loss of the season after twelve straight wins. Ted Strong
had a two-run homer for the Merchants and Zoonie McLean added
a solo shot.
Gibbons (13-1), Price (4) and Rodriguez
O Strong and Kempf
Earlier, Wylie bested Moose
Jaw's Lefty Lauer
as the Merchants topped Moose Jaw 4-0. Lauer allowed just four hits
but his teammates could manage just one off Wylie.
Wylie and Kempf
Lauer and Martin
In the playoff for third money, Brandon whipped Carrot River 10-0 as Dirk
Gibbons tossed a five-hit shutout.
Gibbons (14-1) and Rodriguez
Maronek, Wolf (7) and McLean, Fennell (7)
Minot got shutout pitching from Jack Johnson,
a four-hitter, to dump Buchanan 8-0.
Johnson and Kempf
Leibrech, Carr (4) and Landrum
Wilcox-Weyburn downed Carrot River 4-1 in the
other semi-final as Walter Buttgereit and Gayle Shupe
combined on a five-hitter. Pete Polus was the loser in
his third start of the day for the Loggers.
Buttgereit, Shupe (5) and Ekdahl
Polus and McLean
Winslow Means tossed a perfect
game as Brandon walloped Southey 14-0 in the quarter-finals. Means
retired all 21 batters in order in the seven inning contest. He fanned
five.
Gemmell, Isner (6) and Blehm
Means (10-2) and Rodriguez
Wilcox-Weyburn pounded out thirteen hits in
downing Lake Valley 10-0.
Buttgereit, Covert (4) and Ekdahl
Devine, Froelick (4) and Peterson
Cy Snead tossed a three-hitter
as Brandon trounced Notre Dame Hounds 17-3. Greys had four homers, two
from Coney Williams and one each from Gerry MacKay
and Ramon Rodriguez
Snead (1-1) and Rodriguez
Dombowsky, Hoag (3) and Germann
Carrot River won by default over the Ligon
All-Stars after a protest over a controversial play in the 5th inning with
the Loggers ahead 3-2. A Ligon's runner collided with the Loggers' shortstop
in trying to break up a double play and officials called out the runner
going to first. Ligons refused to resume the quarter-final game in
protest over the decision and when fans moved onto the field umpire Rudy
Brooker awarded the win to the Loggers.
Woods and Holland
Polus and McLean
In a major upset, the unheralded Southey club
downed Regina Caps 2-1 behind the pitching of Bud Gemmell.
Gemmell and Blehm
McClenaghan, Harrison (7) and G Kyle
Ligon All-Stars scored a 5-1 win over
Woodrow.
A Erfle and B Erfle
Pierson and Holland
Carrott River took an early 7-1 lead and went
on to trounce Melville 16-8.
Polus, Maronek (4) and McLean
Gurdy, J Goodwill (2), Unilowski (4) and Juckes
Wilcox-Weyburn scored four runs in the 2nd inning and held on to beat
Carlyle 5-2.
Hogg and Ekdahl
Herron and McDonald
Lake Valley scored four times in the top of
the 7th, the final frame, to down Fairlight 7-4.
Devine and Peterson
Sauter and H Hoff
Elmer Torgeson fired a
two-hitter for Moose Jaw as the Canucks ousted Griffin with an 8-1 victory.
Hofmeister and Lackey
Torgeson and Martin
(July 29) Homer Chandler fired a
no-hitter, albeit a four-inning victory, as Elmwood trounced St. Boniface
9-0 in the opening round action at the Johnny Peterson tournament.
Chandler fanned eight of the 12 batters he faced. The ANAF Vets scored a 6-1
win over Oakville while CUAC moved past Beausejour 8-2.
Eddie Leier, Elmwood's centre fielder,
was the main offensive force with a two-run homer in the first inning
and two singles. Mike Genthon pitched hitless ball
for four innings, ending up with a four-hitter, in the Vets' victory.
Frank Guly went the route, allowing six hits, in leading
CUAC to its win.
Oakville 1 Vets 6
Owens, Toota (5) and Strong
Genthon and Madden
Elmwood 10 St. Boniface 0
Chandler and Boney
Merlevede, Nichols (2), Deniset (2) and xxx
Beausejour 2 CUAC 8
Caughlin and Winkler
Guly and Hilderman
(July 30) Five more teams fell by
the wayside in Friday action at the Johnny Peterson baseball tournament.
Winnipegs outsted Transcona 7-6 as Terry Sawchuk pounded a triple
and two singles to pace the winners. In his first game with
Winnipegs, he scored three times. Mel Johnson went
the route on the hill for the win. Cal Gardiner took
the loss. Poplar Point downed St. Pierre 5-1, St. James defeated
Kamsack 5-2, Sundown bested Steinbach 5-1 and Morden advanced by default
as Melville failed to show.
Leo Hogue pitched a five-hitter in the
win by Poplar Point. Ray Trinder was the loser.
Steinbach erupted for all five runs in the 3rd inning to overtake
Sundown. Marvin Remple fired a two-hitter for the
win. Seven errors hurt Kamsack as Tom Dickson pitched St.
James to the win.
Winnipegs 7 Transcona 6
Johnson and Merlevede
Gardner, Lopuck (5) and Marcotte
Poplar Point 5 St. Pierre 1
Hogue and Hextall
Trinder and Laverne
Sundown 1 Steinbach 5
Donylchuk, Boulleu (4) and T. Eliuk
Remple and Beckman
Kamsack 2 St. James 5
Hester and Taylor
Dickson and Cuthbert
(August 1) Elmwood Giants downed St.
James Legion 8-4 to take top money in Johnny Petersen's third annual
senior baseball tournament. 5,800 fans watched Monday's contests
at Osborne Stadium. Seven games wrapped up the event. The
sixteen team tournament began play on Friday.
Amos Watson
allowed nine hits but went the distance to help Elmwood down ANAF Vets
3-2 to win a spot in the tournament final. Hickey Redd
and Hal Price each had three hits to led the offense while
Price gave up just four hits in registering the pitching win.
Fred Dunsmore was the key for St. James in its 3-1 triumph
over Winnipegs to gain a berth in the championship game.. Dunsmore
pitched a seven-hitter and helped at the plate with three hits.
Earlier,
Elmwood had advanced with a 7-2 win over Steinbach as Homer
Chandler went the route on a four-hitter for the win. Lorne
Benson was the loser. St. James jumped out to a 5-0 lead
and held on to shade Morden 5-4. Morden's Thor Sigurdson
allowed just three hits but shaky defense cost him the game.
In earlier games, Steinbach edged CUAC 5-4 taking advantage of a pair of
errors to plate four runs in the 4th inning. Marvin
Remple was the winning pitcher.
Winnipegs rode
a four-run first inning to a 7-3 win over Poplar Point. Bill
Nicholson was the winner, Bob Thompson the loser.
Elmwood 8 St. James 4
Watson and Boney
Finkbiner, Dickson (5) and Cuthbert
St. James 3 Winnipegs 1
Dunsmore and Cuthbert
Johnson, Anderson (2) and Merlevede
ANAF Vets 2 Elmwood 3
Genthon, Stoff (5) and Sparrow
Price (8-7) and Boney
St. James 5 Morden 4
Pell, Dunsmore (7) and Cuthbert
Sigurdson and King
Steinbach 2 Elmwood 7
Benson, Hunt (2), Remple (6) and Barkman, Stevenson (6)
Chandler and Boney
CUAC 4 Steinbach 5
England, Guly (4) and Hilderman
Remple, Hunt (7) and Barkman
Winnipegs 7 Poplar Point 3
Nicholson and Merlevede
Thompson, Burnett (1) and Hextall
(Aug 1) Minot rebounded from an
8-1 deficit after two innings to roar back and trounce Carman 18-9 to take
first prize money in the Portage holiday tournament.
Caulfield, Washington (3), C McKerlie (8) and
A McKerlie
O Strong and Kempf
In the opening round, Minot handed Gilbert
Plains an early 4-0 lead before responding with 19 runs in a 19-9
triumph.
Young, Franczak (4), Lisiecki (8) and
Stoughon
McLean and Kempf
Carman upset Brandon 9-6 as Lillord Cobb
went the distance holding the Greys to seven hits. Cobb also
blasted a two-run homer in the 4th inning to put Carman on the scoreboard
after the Greys had taken a 5-0 lead, two of the runs scoring on a Chuck
Wilson homer. Greys took a 6-2 lead in the 5th but the Cards
pulled to within a single run on Jimmy McFadden's homer and a
two-run triple by Gordie Elliott. Carman took the lead in
the 7th as Ron Teasley blasted a two-run homer. Cobb
followed with his second homer of the game and the Cards had a berth in the
final.
Adkins, Gibbons (14-2) (5) and
Rodriguez
Cobb and McKerlie
Brandon overwhelmed Gilbert Plains 13-1 in a
game called after just three innings.
Young and Stoughton
Vasquez (7-0) and Rodriguez
(Aug 4) A crowd of more than
10,000 watched the Sceptre-Delisle feud continue Thursday as the clubs met
in the final of Rosetown's $2,000 tournament. Sceptre took a 2-0 lead
in the 1st inning and held on to win 4-1.
In semi-final games, Sceptre topped Shaunavon
4-1 behind the mound work of Cliff Jacobson while Delisle
exploded for six runs in the 4th inning to down the Carrot River Loggers 13-7.
Bev Bentley, Eddie Brown and Bennie
Griggs each belted a triple for the winners and Pete
Polus had one for the Loggers. Johnny Maroniuk picked
up the mound victory pitching into the 8th inning before fading in the
heat. Albert Erfle went the distance for Carrot River.
In the quarterfinals, Delisle trounced Allan
11-2 behind Bennie Griggs' pitching and Lefty
Arnold shutout Macklin as Sceptre won, 6-0. Shaunavon topped
the Rosetown All-Stars 8-3 and Carrot River edged Kindersley Klippers
2-1 as Pete Polus tossed a five-hitter for the win. Polus
also scored the first run for the Loggers and drove in the 2nd with a
triple.
In opening games, Sceptre got by Richlea 7-3
and Delisle won, 8-1, over Lawson. Rosetown topped Brock 13-7,
Shaunavon beat Sibbald, Alberta 5-3, Macklin won by default over Melfort,
Allan beat Eston 11-5, Kindersley got an 8-0 win over Climax, and Carrot
River notched a default win over Portreeve.
(Aug ) At the $1,100 Foam Lake Tournament,
Carman Cardinals won first prize money with a 11-2 victory over Notre
Dame Hounds in the final.
Reid and Sanders
xxx and xxx
Cards downed Gilbert Plains 15-13 to advance to the
title game.
xxx and xxx
Caulfield, Anderson and Sanders
(Aug) At Tisdale, Carman again won
top prize downing Gilbert Plains 8-5.
Caulfield, Anderson and xxx
xxx and xxx
In their opening game, Carman whipped Carrot River
14-3 in a game called at the end of four innings.
Novak and Sanders
xxx and xxx
(Aug 10) Delisle won first prize money
of $1,200 in the Saskatoon tournament downing Colonsay 4-0 in the final as Johnny
Maroniuk tossed a four-hit shutout.
Sepko and Shirley
Maroniuk and R Bentley
Delisle advanced to the final with a
surprisingly easy 10-1 victory over Sceptre behind Murray Coben's four-hitter
while the Monarchs edged Carlyle 4-2.
Arnold, Jacobson (4), Courtoreille (*5) and
Grant, A Powell (5)
Coben and R Bentley
Brown, Herron (2) and Benson
Smith, Folk (98) and Klotz, Shirley (8)
(Aug 6) Minot Merchants captured
their second Saskatchewan baseball tournament Saturday when they claimed
first prize money of $1,000 in the first annual Canucks tourney at Moose
Jaw. Minot, which had earlier taken the Indian Head event, downed
Delisle 12-8 in the final before 5,000 sweltering fans. Merchants
scored four runs in the top of the 9th inning to take the title.
Stoftt, O Strong (5) and Kempf
Griggs, Yuroscho (2), Currie (9), M Bentley (9) and R Bentley
Minot reached the final with a 14-5 victory
over Notre Dame.
Dombowsky, Hoag (6), Kerley (8), L'Huereux
(8) and Germann
Bryant, O Strong (9) and Kempf
Delisle ousted Regina Caps 10-4 in a contest
which featured homers by Bennie Griggs and Max Bentley
of Delisle and Sully Glasser for the Caps.
Harrison and Kyle
Coben and R Bentley
In the playoff for third money, Regina dumped
Notre Dame 12-8
Hoag,
Dombowsky (4) and Germann
Greep and Kyle
In first round action, Notre Dame swamped
Lawson 21-1 as Frank Germann belted a three-run homer, Minot
ousted Moose Jaw 4-1, Regina thumped Lake Valley 17-4 with Shaffer Green
blasting a pair of two-run homers, and Delisle got by Sceptre 6-4.
Claggett and Germann
Leavins, Cook (4), Vold (5) and McCullough
Cooper, Thorseth (4) and Smith
Strong and Kempf
Gemmell and G Kyle
Buttgereit, Devine (5) and Peterson
Currie, Yuroscho (9) and R Bentley
Arnold, Courtoreille (1), Jacobson (6) and A Powell
(Aug 27) At the $1,500 Minot
tournament, Brandon whipped Regina Caps 12-5 to advance to the final.
The Greys offensive featured a grand slam by Rafe Cabrera, his second
in a week, and triples by Armando and Chuck Wilson.
Lincoln Boyd had two hits and scored four runs.
Vasquez, Means (17-3) and Rodriguez
Downton and Green
The hometown Merchants walloped the Winnipeg
All-Stars 21-4, scoring eleven runs in the first inning.
(Aug 28) Brandon scored twice in the
1st inning and never looked back in trouncing Minot 11-2 to take top prize
in the Minot tournament. Frank Watkins was a star on the mound
and at the plate. He held the Merchants to seven hits in going the
distance while belting a homer in the 8th. Armando Vasquez
went 4 for 4, including a triple, and Lincoln Boyd had a
double and single and scored four times. Marvin Stofft and Wilbur
Green allowed 14 hits.
Stofft, Green and Larson
Watkins (16-2) and Rodriguez
In the playoff for third money, Regina edged
Winnipeg 4-3.
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