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Sceptre :
(May 26) Swift Current Indians whipped Eston 15-3 in
the final to capture first prize money in the Sceptre
tournament. Lee Crowder held the
import-studded club to four hits to gain the win. Pee Wee
Willis was the major force at the plate for the Indians in the
tournament banging out seven hits in 12 trips. Walter
Powell went five for 12, including three doubles. Jackie
McLeod also had five hits. 5-thousand fans attended the final.
Delisle had an easy time in the first round with a
12-1 win over Shaunavon. Swift Current whipped Glidden 11-1 behind
Tommy Thompson. Sceptre advanced with a 13-2 triumph
over Holdfast and Eston moved on with a 12-1 victory over Portreeve.
Eston upset Sceptre 5-3 in the semi-final round while the Indians shaded
Delisle 3-1 behind the seven-hit
pitching by Mike Dzingelowski
(Dayne), Swift Current scored three runs in the first
frame for the win.
Lloydminster : (June 8) Delisle whipped Edmonton
Oilers 10-0 to win first prize of $2,000 in the second annual Lloydminster
tournament. Murray Coben and Bennie Griggs combined to pitch
the shutout.
The Delisle squad features the Bentley clan -- Max, Doug,
Bev, Reg, Roy and Jack -- of hockey fame. Dick Butler,
another hockey star, was with Tulsa of the USHL last season. Earlier in the day, Delisle beat St. Paul, Alberta 11-7 in the
semi-finals after having shaded Sceptre 4-2. The Oilers made
the final with a 9-1 win over Neilburg, Saskatchewan. The
Edmonton team had earlier defeated Westlock, Alberta 5-3.
A major upset occurred in the quarter-finals when Westlock
topped Kamloops 5-1. The BC team reached the final in 1949,
losing to Delisle. The Indian Head Rockets failed to make
the tournament. In first day play, Griggs held Eston Ramblers to
six hits and belted a homer as Delisle won 6-1. Max Bentley
also had a home run for Delisle. Kamloops blanked Lougheed,
Alberta 9-0, Sceptre defeated North Battleford 7-3, Westlock
ousted Lloydminster 5-3 and St. Paul, Alberta trounced Maidstone
11-2. Neilburg and Edmonton won by default when the
Saskatoon All-Stars withdrew and Mundare, Alberta advanced with a
default when the Rockets were a no-show. (In the inaugural
tournament in 1949, Delisle trounced Kamloops 12-1 in the final
for top prize of $2,000. An estimated 10-thousand fans saw the final
game. In the semi-finals, Kamloops shaded Sceptre 6-5 in 11
innings and Delisle beat Lloydminster 7-6)
Prince Albert : ( ) Inaugural tournament.
Spectre took top money.
Camrose : (June 14) Sceptre edged Kamloops Elks 2-0
to take top prize money of $2,000 in the $5,000 Camrose
tournament. 23-year-old Bert Olmstead pitched a
four-hit shutout in the final after pitching three scoreless
innings in the semi-final. Olmstead, a left
winger with the Chicago Black Hawks, was among the hockey stars to
don cleats for the summer.
Sixteen teams from the three Western provinces
competed in the two-day event. Sceptre advanced to the final with an 8-5 win over
Bowden (Lacombe), Alberta
while Kamloops trounced the Edmonton Oilers 10-3.
In other
action, Sceptre beat Indian Head 2-0, Bowden trounced Stettler
14-9 and Lloydminster 16-5, Kamloops got by Alaska Command 6-4 and Edmonton ousted Clive
3-2 after Clive had beaten Coal City 8-0.
In opening action, Indian Head whipped Kelsey 14-4
and Sceptre trounced Alliance 13-0 in a game called after four innings
my mutual consent.
Brandon : (June 14) Winnipeg Buffaloes whipped
Brandon 8-1 to take first prize money in Brandon Greys' $1,400
invitational tournament. Taylor Smith pitched a
four-hitter to lead the Buffs. Joe Taylor and WIllie
Wells Jr. each drove in a pair for WInnipeg.
Gonzales, Naranjo (4) and Rodriguez
Smith and Howard
Regina Caps took third prize money
pasting the touring Muskogee Cardinals 9-0. Joe Searcie
tossed a two-hitter for the Caps.
Giddens, Patrick (2) and Thomas
Searcie and Warwick
In the opening round, Winnipeg beat the Caps 6-2 and Brandon
topped Muskogee 5-1. For the Caps, Ira Wells was a one-man
show, tossing a five-hitter, fielding brilliantly and collecting
two hits. But, the Regina defense committed three costly
errors. Winslow Means tossed a five-hitter in the
Greys' victory.
Wells and Warwick
Carter and Howard
Means and Rodriguez
Staton and Thomas
(Brandon won the 1949 tournament, defeating Elmwood Giants 4-1
in the final. It was the Greys 42nd win in 46 games. Third
money in the four-team event went to Carman Cardinals who whipped
the Carlyle Shamrocks 9-0 in the consolation final. In the
opening round, Brandon topped Carlyle 14-2, while Elmwood scored a
9-5 win over Carman. More than 3-thousand fans attended the
final, played under the lights.)
Saskatoon : Kamsack
Cyclones won the Saskatoon exhibition baseball tournament when
they defeated Sceptre 8-3 in the final game Saturday night.
Kerrobert : (June 15)
Carrot River captured top prize at the
Kerrobert Tournament downing Eston in the final. Swift Current had to be
content with 4th money after dropping a 5-4 decision to Eston.
Tommy Thompson was the loser, pitching well but done in by errors.
Lacombe : (June 22)
After seeing the Lloydminster Baseball Tournament in 1949, Jack
Ferris, a former president of the Lacombe Lions Club, convinced
his colleagues to hold a tourney in Lacombe. It would become
recognized as one of the premier events on the prairies, running
for more than thirty years and boasting the largest prize money of
any Western Canada tournament. The inaugural event was
staged June 20-21, 1950.
 (The
Lacombe Globe, June 15, 1950)
"Central
Alberta's biggest summer attraction - Lacombe's big baseball
tournament will be staged next Tuesday and Wednesday. Final
preparations are all but completed, and tournament chairman Jack
Ferris reports everything in readiness for the opening games at 9
a.m. Tuesday morning.
Big
Names in Baseball
Big
names will appear on the line-ups of the various visiting
teams. Indian Head aggregation is fresh from a
spring-training program in Florida, and enjoys a close tie-in with
the Rogers Hornsby baseball circuits of the States; Ladd Field of
the U.S. Airforce Alaska command boasts a team that placed in the
quarter-finals at the mammoth American baseball tournament at the
New York polo grounds last year; Sceptre, Sask., has two big-time
hockey players, Metro Prysti and Bert Olmstead of the Chicago
Black Hawks, on their roster; and so it goes down the line.
One
thing is sure. With the baseball talent from central Alberta
and the outside teams appearing here, fans at the ball tournament
will see the finest ball ever witnessed in this area."
A story in the June 8th edition of
the paper noted the last minute preparations, including bleachers
to seat more than 6-thousand, seating for another 3-thousand, backstops and
diamonds being measured and built, and plans to feed the expected,
large crowds. A separate story noted:
"Ladies
of the town and district are planning to man the pavilion counter
and at least four 'grease spots' on the baseball grounds ... a
partial list of what is being ordered: Potatoes, 1,500 lbs.; cold
meats, 1,100 lbs.; tomatoes, 300 lbs.; pies, 1,000; parkerhouse
rolls, 6,000 ... "
The event also featured an aerial display by the R.C.A.F. and a
simulated battle by members of the Calgary Tank regiment. Public
dances were held each evening and an industrial exhibition was also
part of the show. The Edmonton Chamber of Commerce sponsored
a "cavalcade of good will" with more than one hundred
cars expected to make the excursion to Lacombe. The town
declared June 21st as a civic holiday.
The California
Mohawks and Sceptre split first prize money when rain prevented the championship game.
Mohawks advanced to the final with
an easy, 15-0 win over Stettler. The collegians scored 13 runs in
the first inning and coasted through the five inning
contest.
Mohawks 15 Stettler 0
Watkins, Bauhofer (1), Pisani (4), Makras
(5) and Bricker
Gatin, Prockiu (1), Stevenson (1), Al Chapman (1),
Pat Chapman (1) and Wicks
In was in stark contrast to their
dramatic win over Alaska Command. Down 4-1 in the last of
the 8th, Mohawks rallied with a walk, single and Bob
Donkersley's three-run homer to tie. Then, in the bottom
of the 9th, Don Bricker reached on a walk and Roy Taylor
blasted one over the left field fence to give the Mohawks a 6-4
victory.
Alaska Command 4 Mohawks 6
Morse and Brown
Barnett and Beiden
Bert Olmstead tossed a three-hitter
as Sceptre topped Lacombe 2-0 in other semi-final action.
The game was called after six innings by rain and wiped out a
pitching duel between Olmstead and Roger Berlando of Lacombe.
Lacombe 0 Sceptre 2
Berlando and Tanner
Olmstead and
Serpa
Earlier, Sceptre whipped Innisfail 12-5.
Innisfail 5 Sceptre 12
Fred Harmon, Irving Suggett (4) and Harold Noble
Eddie Debarnabo and Clarence Grant
The powerful
Indian Head Rockets were ousted by Stettler, 11-6.
Indian Head 6 Stettler 11
Calhoun, Jenkins (5) and Quarterman
Prockiu, Bradley (3) and Wicks
Lacombe had won a spot in the semi-final with a 7-4 victory over
C.N.R.
CNR 4 Lacombe 7
Bacon and McDermid
Severyn, Morris (2) and Tanner
There were eight games on the
opening day's program.
Red Deer 4 Stettler 12
Martin, Eckerman (4), J Musselman (4) and Phillips
Bradley and Wicks
Lacombe 12 Alliance 1
Bob Coughlin and Tanner
Bill Bukland and Hamilton
Westlock 1 Indian Head 13
Brenneis, Wilson (4) and Como
Morrow and Quarterman, Green (5)
Clive 1 C.N.R. 6
Clarey Johnson, Pancho Gray (6) and Harry Meldrum
Harold Pruden and Willie McDermott
Sceptre 9 Eston 2
Neil Courtoreille and Lindy
Serpa
Herb Stevenson, Clint McNeil (7) and Ira Gardiner
Mohawks 18 Leduc 0
Bolger and Bricker
xxx and xxx
Bowden 2 Alaska Command 7
Troness and Malma
Bailey and Brown
Innisfail won by default over the
Amber Valley Coloured Giants who failed to show.
The sixteen-team event was the beginning of something special for
baseball on the prairies -- the Lacombe Tournament became one of
the summer highlights. The sports columnist for the Edmonton
Bulletin, Stan Moher, noted that the 4,200 fans for the Mohawks
semi-final was, "one of the heftiest crowds ever to see an
athletic attraction in this part of the province."
Melfort : (June 29)
Sceptre walked off with the $1,400 first prize in the Melfort
tournament trouncing the Ligon All-Stars 17-9 in the final. Bert
Olmstead picked up the win in relief. Ligon shortstop Bernard
Willis was the hitting star with two homers and a
triple.
Sceptre reached the final topping
Carrot River Loggers 6-1. The Loggers had knocked Regina out
of further play with a 5-4 victory. Ligon's ousted Saskatoon
Legion 6-5.
In opening round action, Saskatoon
Legion upset Delisle 5-3 with four runs in the eighth
inning. Ligon's Colored All-Stars advanced with an 11-5 win
over Eston and Sceptre defeated the California Mohawks 4-1.
More than 15-hundred fans were on hand for the first round games.
Moosomin : (June 29)
Brandon Greys won top prize in the
$2,000 Moosomin tournament downing Carman 6-5 in the final.
An 8th inning triple by Armando Vasquez scored the tying run and
Vasquez notched the winner on an infield out. Frank Watkins
bested Johnny Wingo on the hill. Ian Lowe and
Skeeter
Watkins each had two hits for the Greys. In
the opening round, Greys shaded Indian Head Rockets 8-6 and Carman
downed Elmwood Giants 6-2 as Gentry Jessup out-pitched
Taylor Smith. Brandon's victory featured tape-measure homers by
Charlie Peete and Rafe Cabrera. George
Lipscomb homered for
the Rockets. Pedro Naranjo and Tom Johnson shared the mound
work for Brandon while Jesse Blackman and Daniel
Jenkins hurled
for Indian Head. Jim
Morrow went the distance as the Rockets beat the Giants 7-4.
Paul Jones was the loser for Elmwood.
Brandon : (July 1)
The touring Harlem Trotters shaded
Brandon 3-2 to take $500 first prize money in the $1,400 Dominion
Day tournament in Brandon. More than 4-thousand fans watched
the final as Johnny Williams gave up only three hits, all in the
7th inning. Sam Wheeler paced the Trotters with three
hits. J Williams
and Hardy
Godinez, Johnson (4) and Rodriguez Greys
reached the final by trouncing the Brooklyn Cuban Giants 14-3 on a
19-hit attack. Rafe Cabrera had a homer, triple and two
singles. Bus Vasquez had a triple and three singles and
Gerry MacKay added three hits. Dirk Gibbons went the
distance for the win. Pine,
Hunt (3), Bolden (6) and Swanson
Gibbons and Rodriguez Minot downed the Brooklyn Cuban
Giants 9-8 to take third prize money. The game was game
after six innings to allow the grounds crew time to prepare the
field for the final. Anderson
and Kempf
Valentine, Williams (5) and Swanson, Cooper (4) Trotters edged Minot 5-4 in
the second game of the tourney. Coswell
and Hardy
Hughes, Anderson (9) and M Strong
Saskatoon : (July 2)
Delisle, paced by the Bentley
brothers, won the $3,500 Saskatoon tournament defeating Saskatoon
6-3 in the final game of the eight-team event.
Saskatoon downed Swift Current 9-6 in the semi-final.
Indians had downed Unity in opening action behind the hurling of
Doug English.
(In 1949, Delisle won first prize
money of $1,200 in the Saskatoon tournament defeating Colonsay 4-0
in the final. Maroniuk tossed a four-hit shutout for
the win.)
Outlook : (July 2)
Eston won the $3,000 Outlook
tournament with a 3-2 win over Sceptre in the final.
Lancer : (July 3)
(July 3) Sceptre took top money at the Lancer
Tournament downing Indian Head Rockets 4-2 in 11 innings in the
final. Rockets had advanced by beating Swift Current
4-0.
Minot : (July 3)
Brandon moved into the final of the holiday tournament in Minot
with a 5-4 win over the Louisiana Travellers. Manuel
Godinez had three hits and knocked in a pair for the
Greys. Frank Watkins scattered eight hits for
the win. Watkins and
Rodriguez
Pickens and Barnes
Minot shaded Regina Caps 3-2.
Harvey Lapides; 3rd inning triple knocked in two
runs for the Mallards.
Allen and Kyle
Danielson and M Strong
(July 4) Art Hunt,
a newcomer to the Greys from the Brooklyn Cuban Giants, had a
no-hitter for six innings as Brandon shaded Minot 6-5 to take top
prize in the holiday tournament. Hunt, finished with the
six-hitter and eleven strikeouts. Rafe Cabrera
had three hits and scored twice to pace Brandon. Ted Strong blasted a homer for the
Mallards.
Tolson, Cathey (7) and M. Strong
Hunt and Rodriguez
In the playoff for third money,
Regina Caps edged Louisiana Travellers 7-6 behind a brilliant
relief effort by Tony Maze, who came on in the 2nd
inning. Maze also knocked in the winning run in the bottom
of the 9th.
Washington and Barnes
Wells, Maze (2) and Kyle
Earlier in the day, Greys topped
the Mallards 2-0 in an exhibition game at Westhope as Manuel
Godinez tossed an eight-hit shutout.
Virden : (July 5)
Brandon won its third tournament in a week taking first prize money
in the $1,500 Virden Tournament. Greys downed Minot Mallards
13-7 in the final. A bases-loaded triple by Gerry MacKay in
the 4th inning gave Brandon a lead they never relinquished.
Tom Johnson went the distance for the win.
Johnson
Hughes, J Peete, Anderson To
win a berth in the final, Brandon trimmed the Northern All-Stars
9-3 while Minot beat Elmwood 6-3. Naranjo
O Minish, V Franczak In the
playoff for third place, Elmwood coasted to a 7-4 win over the
All-Stars. Phillips went the route for the Giants. Alexander
took the loss.
Foam Lake : (July 5) The
report in the Regina Leader Post said more than 12-thousand fans
were on hand as the California Mohawks beat Indian Head 5-2 to
capture first prize money of $1,000 in the Foam Lake tournament.
Jake Abbott went the route on the
hill for the Mohawks besting the Rockets' Jim Morrow.
The California collegians trounced
the Carrot River Loggers 11-0 in a semi-final as Lawrence
Bolger tossed the shutout. Indian Head beat Estevan 12-7 to
reach the finals.
The defending champion Delisle Gems
were knocked out in the first round. In earlier action,
Estevan got by Eston 8-6, the Mohawks whipped the Ligon All-Stars
15-7, Indian Head dumped Kamsack 17-8, and the Loggers upset
Sceptre 7-2.
In the opening round of the sixteen-team tournament, Kamsack
Cyclones surprised Delisle by scoring a 2-1 victory before more
than 6-thousand fans. Eston edged Saskatoon Legion 5-4 in
eleven innings. Mohawks beat
Quill Lake 5-3, Ligon All-Stars topped Watson 9-1, Sceptre beat
Muskogee Cardinals 8-4, Indian Head scored a 9-2 win over Yorkton,
Estevan Maple Leafs defeated Shelo 7-2 and Carrot River beat
Elfros 9-2.
It was the third tournament victory
for the California club.
Biggar : (July 12)
The Bentley's of Delisle captured top money at the Biggar
Tournament. North Battleford defeated the host
club, Biggar, in the first game of the Biggar tournament.
Sceptre downed Muskogee Cardinals 6-2 and Delisle shaded Eston
1-0. Swift Current had a bye. Delisle topped Swift Current
6-4 to advance.
Nipawin : (July 19)
Regina Caps upset defending champion Sceptre 5-3 to take $1,450 top prize money in
the second annual Nipawin Curling Club's tournament. A crowd
of about 4,000 fans attended the final day. Sceptre
took an early 2-0 lead on a Dave Shaw triple, Ernie
Franks sacrifice fly and homer by Bert
Olmstead. Caps tied it in the 2nd frame as Claude
Williams belted a homer and Art Stone singled
to drive in Bill Kyle who had doubled.
Winning pitcher Tony Maze knocked in a pair in the
4th to put the Caps into the lead.
Maze (W), Allan (6) and G Kyle
Olmstead (L), Johnson (5) and xxx In the semi-finals, Regina whipped
the California Mohawks 8-1 and Sceptre downed Carrot River 6-2.
Moffitt (W) and xxx
xxx and xxx
xxx and xxx
Polus (L) and xxx
In first round games, Don
Barnett tossed a three-hit shutout as the Mohawks beat Delisle
6-0, Carrot River Loggers scored twice in the bottom of the ninth to edge
the Ligon All-Stars 8-7, Neil
Courtoreille allowed just five hits as Sceptre shutout
Muskogee 8-0, and Regina beat Eston 8-4.
Barnett (W) and xxx
xxx and xxx
Courtoreille (W) and xxx
Thomas (L) and xxx
Allan (W) and xxx
xxx and xxx
Indian Head : (July 21)
"The men behind the
assembling of the Indian Head Rockets ball team this spring saw
the fulfillment of one of their dreams Friday night when their
classy ball club walked off with the $1,500 first money in their
own baseball classic -- the daddy of all diamond tourneys on the
prairies.
The Rockets came through with
three victories in Friday's play, capping it off by downing the
young California college boys who play under the Mohawk banner 5-2
in the final. A throng estimated as 10,000 jammed every nook
and corner of the No. 1 diamond to watch the two top entries in
the original 16-team field battle it out and bring the two-day
festivities to a close." (Regina
Leader-Post, July 22, 1950)
Veteran Pancho Gray held the
Mohawks to just seven hits and the Rockets took advantage of three
Mohawk errors.
Mohawks 1 Indian Head 5
Bauhofer, Abbott (7) and Beiden
Gray and Green
Rockets made the final by downing
the Red Sox 9-3. The Mohawks came back from a four-run
deficit to shade Swift Current 7-6. Fred Bartels
and Ed Milano belted homers for the winners. Len Williams
had a homer for the Indians.
Red Sox 3 Indian Head 9
Telles, Mearns and Mitton
Jenkins and Green
Swift Current 6 Mohawks 7
Thompson, Wylie (8) and Powell
Bolger, Barnett (9) and Bricker
The defeat to the Mohawks meant
veteran hurler Steve Wylie lost an opportunity to
win the final for the third straight year. Wylie had pitched
Brandon to the title in 1948 and tossed a four-hit shutout in the
final in 1949 as Minot took top prize.
Kronau 0 Indian Head 10
Don Kyle, G Gottselig (4), L Gottselig (4) and Pete Kawuza
Williams and Green
Red Sox 2 Lake Valley 1
Pirack and Mitton
Thorseth and Peterson
Swift Current 12 Estevan 4
Wylie, Thompson (8) and Powell
Skagges, Torgenrud (8) and Landrum
Mohawks 11 Eston 3
Rubcic and Beiden
Toles, Mason (7), Jacobson (8) and Blakely
The Rockets delighted the home fans
with a thrilling 5-3, 14 inning win over Carrot River in the
opening round. Rockets had taken a 3-1 lead, but the
Loggers' Shorty McLean tied the game 3-3 with a
two-out, two-run single in the eighth. The game remained
scoreless through four extra frames before reliever Jim Morrow
singled in the go-ahead run in the top of the 14th. Morrow
had come on in relief in the 8th.
California Mohawks scored eleven
runs in the first inning an cruised to a 16-2 win over
Sceptre. The game was called after five innings. Bud Bauhofer
blasted a two-run homer in the big inning and Ed Milano
clouted one in the fourth.
Best pitching performance of the
day came from Mike (Schoolboy) Dzingelowski
(Dayne) who tossed a two-hitter as Swift Current beat Holdfast 7-0. Jackie
McLeod, Ted Strong and Les Witherspoon
all had triples for the Indians.
Lefty Erfle allowed
just three hits as Lake Valley beat Kamsack 5-0.
Eston Ramblers upset Regina Caps,
winners of the Nipawin tourney, 5-2. Wilcox, runners-up at Indian
Head two of the three previous years, fell to Estevan 10-4.
Red Sox 5 Notre Dame 3
Saxton and Kielman
Dombrowsky, Claggett (9) and McCarthy, Germann (8)
Kronau 19 Main Line 13
Don Kyle, Pete Kawuza and Paul Kawuza
Jack Williston, Chris Endel (2), Elmer Shaw (5) and Moss
Wilcox 4 Estevan 10
Buttgereit, Mon Metz (6) and Ekdahl
Morris and Landrum
Kamsack 0 Lake Valley 5
Pudney and Taylor
A Erfle and Peterson
Indian Head 5 Carrot River 3 (14)
Blackman, Morrow (8) and Quarterman, Green (12)
Swota, Bailey (7) and McLean
Holdfast 0 Swift Current 7
Reynoldson, P Prosofsky (7) and L Prosofsky, Hill (7)
Dzingelowski and Al Powell
Regina Caps 2 Eston 5
Harrison and Kyle
Jacobson and Blakely
Sceptre 2 California Mohawks 16
Price, Johnson (1), Shaw (2) and Serpa
Bolger and Beiden, Bricker (3)
(The Indian Head tournament
had begun in 1947. The community had held a tournament in
July with 29 teams competing in junior and amateur categories.
The weather was perfect. More than 10-thousand people turned
out. It resulted in another tournament to be held in
August, this one for prize money -- $2,000. The two-day
event drew an estimated 15-thousand fans with George Ligon's
Colored All-Stars "from California, or some other spot
south of the snowline" walking away with the title. They
whipped the Wilcox Cardinals 13-0 in the final. The inaugural
tournament featured a no-hitter by Jack Devine of
Marquis. One of the featured performers in the 1947 event was Bert Shepard,
a minor league pitcher before serving in the Second World
War. When his fighter plane crashed in Germany, doctors
amputated his right leg. While in a POW camp, Shepard,
with an artificial leg, learned to walk and pitch. Back home in
1945, he suited up as pitching coach of the Washington Senators.
In a remarkable achievement, Shepard took the mound on August
5th, 1945 against Boston. He pitched five and one third innings (three
hits, one walk, two strikeouts, 1.69). At Indian Head,
Shepard, lined up with Williston, North Dakota, pitched a three-hitter against the
Ligon's, but lost
1-0. Brandon Greys won in 1948 and, an American
team, the Minot Merchants took the top prize in 1949.)
Moose Jaw : (July
27) Swift Current Indians pounded out seventeen hits
to down Sceptre 9-4 in the final of the Moose Jaw Tournament of
Champions. Swift Current won top prize of
$1,500.
Ken Nelson had a double and
three singles for the winners while Jack McLeod added fours
hits and Ted Strong had three. In an earlier win
against Moose Jaw, Strong drove in five runs with a triple, double
and a single. Vic Wall, an 18-year-old lefty, went
the distance for the Indians allowing nine hits. Dave
Shaw led the Mallards with a triple and three singles.
Johnson, Price (3) and Serpa
Wall and Powell
Estevan took third place money with
an 11-8 win over Moose Jaw. Wilbur Green
picked up the win in relief. Junior Walton had
a homer for Estevan.
Torgson, Lauer (7) and Martin
Conley, Green (2) and Landrum
Indians reached the final with a
10-7 win over Moose Jaw as Mike Dzingelowski (Dayne)
gave
up twelve hits but went the distance.
Dzingelowski and Powell
Lauer, Thorseth (4), Erfle (4) and Mowbray, Martin (7)
Bert Olmstead
survived a shaky first inning to go the route as Sceptre outlasted
Estevan 9-7. Catcher Lindy Serpa paced the
winners with a pair of homers.
Morris, Williams (6) and Landrum
Olmstead and Serpa
In early action, Mel Torgenrud
of Estevan turned in the pitching gem of the tournament with a
four-hitter to upset Minot, the defending champions. The Leafs got
homers from Chappie Gray, Marvin Terrell and Wilbur
Green. Bert Olmstead belted a three-run homer
and Hal Price fanned 13 as Sceptre beat Regina
6-3. Swift Current scored the upset of the day ousting
Indian Head 8-4 in 11 innings. A three-run homer by Les Williams
was the big blow. Jackie McLeod also homered
for the Indians.
Regina Caps 3 Sceptre 6
Moffitt and G Kyle
Price and Serpa
Estevan 9 Minot 2
Torgenrud and Swanson
Pickens and Kempf
Swift Current 8 Indian Head 4 (11)
Wylie and Powell
Jenkins, Gray (7) and Green
Carrot River 2 Moose Jaw 3
Bailey and McLean
Mellis and Mowbray (Minot
Merchants beat Delisle 12-8 to capture top prize of $1,000 in the
first annual Moose Jaw tournament in 1949.)
Yorkton : (August
2) Gilbert Plains took first prize money in the $1,200
Knights of Pythias tournament in Yorkton. The Manitoba club
scored a 5-1 win in the final, called in the 8th inning because of
darkness. A crowd of 25-hundred watched 24 games played on
the five-diamond field at Jubilee Park.
Gilbert Plains advanced to the
final with a default win over Viscount, a 3-0 victory over Carrot
River and an 8-0 triumph over Stalwart in the semi-final.
Yorkton scored 4-3 wins over Fairlight, Portage La Prairie and
Leslisle. Other entries in the tournament were Donwell,
Canora, Grayson, Stalwart, Rhein, Regina and Bangor.
Balcarres and Qu'Appele defaulted.
 Rosetown : (August 3)
Indian Head Rockets whipped North
Battleford 17-6 to win top money of $1,200 in the $3,500 Rosetown
tournament. It was the Rockets second major tournament
victory. More than 8-thousand fans watched the final.
Tom Alston powered the
Rockets' attack with four hits. Louis Green
had three. Jim Morrow went all the way for the
win.
In the semi-finals, Dan Jenkins
held Delisle to three hits and fanned 11 as the Rockets trounced
the Gems 9-1. Indian Head had 12 hits off Bennie Griggs and Goose Gostlin.
Les Dean bested Dave
Shaw in a mound duel as the Beavers edged Sceptre 3-1 in
the other semi-final. Sceptre took home third-place money by
blasting Delisle 12-0 in the consolation final.
(Aug 2) Isiah Quarterman tripled home George Lipscomb in the bottom of
the tenth to give Indian Head a 2-1 victory over Swift Current in
opening day action at Rosetown. Jim
Morrow, who relieved starter Jesse Blackman in the top
of the tenth, was the winner. Steve Wylie took the
loss for the Indians.
Wylie (L) and xxx
Blackman, Morrow (W) (10) and xxx
Sceptre beat Saskatoon Legion 4-1
and North Battleford topped Eston 13-6. An estimated 5-thousand
fans watched the opening games.
(Old rivals Delisle and Sceptre met
in the final of the 1949 tournament. A crowd of more than
15-thousand watched as Sceptre won the title game, 4-1.)
(August
4) In exhibition action at Claresholm, Alberta, the San Francisco
Cubs edged the hometown Meteors 3-2 . Lanky Brutton went
the distance for the Cubs finishing strong by fanning two of the final
three hitters in the ninth. Cubs notched the winning run in the
ninth as Charley Richardson, brother of the Meteors' pitcher,
scored his second run following hits by Sugar Cain and Morrison.
Len Richardson, borrowed from the Cubs for the contest, went the
route for the Meteors and knocked in both runs with a seventh inning
triple to score Bowser Whitehead and Diebold.
Brutton
and Ellison
L Richardson and W MacDonald
Portage : (August
7) Winnipeg Buffaloes downed Brandon 11-7 to take
first prize money in the annual Portage tournament.
Playing-manager Willie Wells Sr. allowed 11 hits, including
homers by Bus Vasquez and Chuck Wilson,
but went the distance on the mound for the Buffs.
Wells
F Watkins
Buffaloes made the final by
trouncing Elmwood 13-3, while the Greys got by Carman 9-3. Gerry
MacKay had two triples and a single for Brandon and
playing-manager Ian Lowe added a bases-loaded
triple.
Johnson
Adams, W Thomas 3)
Elmwood defeated Carman 8-1 to
claim third place.
Estevan : (Aug 9) Minot
Mallards won the $1,000 top prize in the Estevan tournament
trouncing the home club 14-5 in the final. 5-thousand fans turned
out for the town's first major tournament, sponsored by the
Canadian Legion. The Mallards had twenty hits off three
Estevan hurlers.
Danielson, Cathey (6) and Strong
Torgenrud, Green (6), Skaggs (7) and Landrum
Indian Head beat Wilcox 4-1 in the
consolation final.
A Williams and Quarterman
Buttgereit and Mitton
Minot reached the final with a 5-0
win over Indian Head. Harvey Lapides and Fred Shepard
belted homers as the Mallards scored all their runs in the fourth
inning.
Richens and Kempf
Blackman, Morrow (4) and Green
Junior Williams
allowed just four hits in Estevan's 8-1 win over Wilcox.
Williams and Landrum
A. Downton, Lefty Erfle, Buttgereit and Gordon, Mitton
Gainsborough : (Aug
10) With two runs in the top of the tenth inning,
Minot Mallards downed Estevan 4-2 to win the Gainsborough $1,450
baseball tournament. Minot reached the final with a 9-8
victory over Muskogee Cardinals while the Leafs beat Indian Head
9-5. Muskogee claimed third prize money with a 3-2 win over
the Rockets.
Regina : (Aug 13) A
thrilling finish before 34-hundred fans gave Regina the $1,300
first prize in the Exhibition tournament. Caps got a gift
run in the bottom of the ninth to beat Estevan 4-3 in the
long-delayed tourney final. Bill Kyle, who had
singled and been sacrificed to second, scored on a throwing
error. Dennis Moffitt, the complete game winner in an
earlier game against Indian Head, came on in the sixth inning
of the final and gave up just one hit the rest of the way to pick
up his second win of the day.
Bryant and Landrum
Harrison, Moffitt and G Kyle
Caps beat the Rockets 6-3 in the
semi-final.
Moffitt and G Kyle
Gray, Jenkins (3) and Quarterman
(Aug 8) Allen Lefty Bryant
tossed a four-hitter and fanned eleven to lead Estevan to a 7-0,
semi-final win over Weyburn. Bryant also knocked in three
runs with a double and a single.
Bryant and Landrum
Hogg and Morrison
(Aug 3) Estevan scored four in the
first inning and went on to whip Wilcox 10-1 and advance to the
semi-finals of the Regina Exhibition tournament.
Buttgereit, A Downton (7) and
Mitton
J Williams and Swanson
(July 31) At
the Regina Fair Baseball Tournament, Indian Head Rockets trounced Swift
Current 10-2.
xxx and xxx
Dzingleowski (L) and xxx
Swift Current : (Aug
16) Indian Head overcame a 6-3 deficit in the bottom
of the ninth to tie Sceptre 6-6 in the final of the $5,200 Swift
Current tournament. The game was called at the end of nine
innings by darkness. Each team received $1,500.
Second baseman Smoky Lutcher knocked in two runs with a
single then scored on a safety by Jim Shields as Sceptre
took a 6-3 lead in the top of the ninth. But, in the bottom
of the inning, Lutcher's wild throw to first, with two out, allowed
the Rockets to plate a pair of runs to tie.
Polus and Grant
A Williams, Blackman (4) and Green
(July 30) Rain played havoc
with the tournament schedule and forced officials to reschedule
the final for mid-August.
Mike Dzingelowski (Dayne) worked out
of a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the ninth as Swift Current held
on for a 2-1 victory over Carrot River and third-prize money in
the tournament. Dzingelowski came in for starter Vic Wall
after the young lefty had loaded the bases after getting the first
man in the ninth. A walk sent in a run but a failed squeeze play
and a long fly ball ended the contest. Wall registered the win,
Bigelow was the tough-luck loser.
Bigelow and McLean
Wall, Dzingelowski (9) and Kyle
Jim Morrow pitched a six-hit
shutout to lead Indian Head into the finals. The Rockets beat
Carrot River Loggers 5-0.
Tisdale, Swota (2) and McLean
Morrow and Green
Sceptre topped Swift Current 6-4 in
the other semi-final, Pete Polus chalked up the win
allowing eight hits. Steve Wylie gave up nine in
taking the loss. Indians took an early lead on Paul
Emerson's two-run homer, but Sceptre rebounded with four runs in
the second inning on three hits a walk and an error.
Wylie and Kyle
Polus and Serpa, Shields (3)
More than 3-thousand fans took in the
action in spite of nearly continuous rain.
(July 28) Four games were
played on the opening day of the Swift Current tournament.
Indian Head took a 6-2 decision from Estevan on Dan Jenkins'
four-hitter. The game was called after six innings because
of rain.
Bryant
(L) and Swanson
Jenkins (W) and Green
Les Witherspoon had four
hits including two triples to lead Swift Current to a 5-2 win over
Shaunavon. Tommy Thompson allowed twelve hits
but went all the way for the win.
Olhleister
(L), Palmer (6) and Jensen
Thompson (W) and Powell.
Bailey of Sceptre allowed
just four hits and scored the winning run in the tenth inning as
Sceptre edged Eston 1-0. Cliff Jacobson
allowed just seven hits in a route-going performance for the
Ramblers.
Bailey
(W) and Serpa
Jacobson (L) and Blakely
Carrot River scored two in the top
of the ninth to beat Nashville 3-1. Andy Swota went
all the way for the win topping Kelly Searcy on the hill.
Swota
(W) and McLean
Searcy (L) and Logan
Saskatoon Optimist :
(??)
Delisle had won
the first Optimist tournament the previous summer defeating
Sceptre 7-4 in the final. They would repeat in 1950,
taking top prize with a 6-3 win over Saskatoon. Mohawks
were ousted by the All-Stars.
North Battleford: (??)
1950 marked the 1st annual
tournament staged by the Beavers at Abbott Field. Delisle
won the top prize of $1,000 defeating Carrot River in the
final. Sceptre finished third and North Battleford was fourth.
Other clubs in the competition
included Eston, Makwa, Maidstone and Saskatoon.
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