|
(July 1) Gilbert Plains took first
prize money in the July 1st Sports Day at Dauphin by downing the home club
6-5 in the final. Rico Lysecki went the distance on the
hill for the win. Gilbert Plains reached the final with a 3-0 win over
Grandview as Vic Franczak tossed the shutout. Bill
Murray, Johnny Wilson and Lysecki scored the
runs for Gilbert Plains.
(July 2) The Ligon All-Stars downed
Gilbert Plains 3-0 in the final to win the Yorkton tournament. A
bases-loaded triple in the 8th inning accounted for all the scoring. Vic
Franczak went the distance to take the loss. Gilbert Plains had
earlier topped Ryan 5-2 behind the pitching of Orville Minish
and whipped The Pas 12-6. Rico Lysecki, with relief from
Minish in the 7th, picked up the win. Bill Murray
clubbed a homer for Gilbert Plains.
(July 2) Gilbert Plains won and tied in
a twin-bill with Neepawa at Clear Lake. With the scored tied 8-8, the
first game was called in the 7th inning because of rain. Plainsmen won the
second game 6-4. Orville Minish was the winning pitcher
in relief of starter Vic Franczak.
( ) Gilbert Plains was
scheduled to meet the Winnipegs (former Reo Rods) at Clear Lake Saturday and
Sunday with double-headers each day.
(July 26) The touring Walhalla club from
North Dakota downed Neepawa 11-8 in an exhibition match. The game
featured three homers. Marvin Stofft had a two-run blast in
the first inning and catcher John Stenpark had a solo shot
in the 5th. Pete Loisselle slammed a two-run homer
for Neepawa in the 5th.
Jim Anderson, Ted Novak (W) (4) and Stenpak
Al Truelove (L) and Munro
(July 28) In spite of threatening
weather, a large crowd attended the opening of the 47th annual Swan
River fair. Bowsman captured top money in the baseball tournament
with a 6-4 win over Kamsask.
(August 5) In exhibition baseball at
Bowsman the touring Muskogee Cardinals and the Maroons split a twin-bill
before a capacity crowd. Cards won the opener 9-8 with Bowsman
taking the final match 7-4.
Richard and Taylor
Zeeben, Henderson and Tall
Kuntz and Tall
Oliver and Taylor
(Sept 9) The Winnipeg Free Press reported a fine season for
the Dauphin baseball club:
" With only one more game to be played this season
by the Dauphin baseball team, figures released this week reveal that the
club has enjoyed a highly successful season financially. Crowds at
the games have been bigger than ever and enthusiasm for the home team
has been high all year.
For the home games played this year, the ball team
had attracted an estimated attendance of 12, 500. There has been
an average attendance at the games of about 500 persons ... excluding
the July 1 Sports Day, which was sponsored by the Dauphin Athletic
association. Estimated attendance that day was about 6, 000.
Largest single gate this season was brought in by the Ligon All-Stars
when more than 1,000 ball fans packed the local stands. The gate
totalled more than 450 dollars for that one game."
(Winnipeg Free Press, September 9)
|
