One of the big tournaments was the annual Indian Head event. In 1950, there was joy in the tiny Saskatchewan community as the local club took top prize.
Sceptre was reported to be the king of the tournaments this season. The barnstorming club won a reported $17,000 in prize money.
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 7) Delisle whipped Edmonton Oilers 10-0 to win first prize of $2,000 in the second annual Lloydminster tournament. Delisle also took home top money in the inaugural event last year. The game was called after seven innings by mutual agreement. Murray Coben and Joe Hollin Cretiencombined to pitch the shutout. Coben helped at the plate as well with a pair of doubles, two runs batted in and two runs scored. Pete Andrews took the loss.
Coben, Hollin Cretien (5) and R. Bentley
Andrews, Melnyk (W), Bailey (3) and Engel, Kinsman, J. Kennedy, Lane
The Delisle squad featured 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.
Delisle made the final with an amazing comeback to down St. Paul 11-7. Down 7-2 doing in the final frame, Delisle scored five in the 9th to tie then added four in the 10th to take the win.
Hollin Cretien, Griggs (3), Coben (W) (4) and R. Bentley, Shirley (3)
Nordstrom (L) and McDermid
Earlier, the Bentley boys by shaded Sceptre 4-2 behind a six-hitter by Doug Gostlin.
Courtoreille, Price (L) and Grant
Gostlin (W) and Shirley
Edmonton won a final berth by downing Westlock 5-3 as Rusnak tossed a four-hitter.
Flintoff (L), Bernice (3), Wilson (5) and Comeau
Rusnak (W) and Kinsman
Oilers advanced by topped Neilburg 8-2 as Bailey held the Monarchs to four hits.
Bailey (W) and Kinsman
Gibbons (L), Rutherford (7) and Friesen
Westlock had scored a major upset in defeating Kamloops 5-1. The BC team reached the final in 1949, losing to Delisle.
Berness (W) and Comeau
Scott (L), Gatien (8) and Ottem
St. Paul overcame 11 errors to beat Mundate 8-4.
Tronnis (L) and Stewart
Nordstrom (W), Martin (8) and McDermid
In opening action, Westlock, although out hit 10-8, ousted the host Lloydminster Oilers 5-3. Westlock gained the win with a three-run outburst in the 8th inning coming on just one hit, two errors, a sacrifice and a passed ball.
Dodd, Shoop (7) and Rayson
Wilson and Cameau
Len Gatien fired a one-hitter as Kamloops shutout Lougheed 9-0. Outfielder Casey Jones bashed a two-run homer for Kamloops. In going down to defeat, Lougheed provided one of the highlights of opening day with a triple play. With the bases loaded, Lougheed third baseman Black jumped high in the air to grab a line drive, and caught the runner off third for the second out and whipped the ball over to first to get the runner trying to scramble back to the bag.
Gatien and Ottem
Hilker, Simpson (5), Ingvolsen (8) and Coughlin
Sceptre scored three in the 8th to put away the North Battleford Beavers 7-3 behind a six-hitter by Hal Price.
Torgeson (L), Dean (6), Brown (8) and Prediger
Price (W) and Grant
St. Paul had little trouble disposing of Maidstone 11-2 as Howie Martin hurled one-hit ball and struck out 12 in pitching into the 8th inning. Ed Stefureak finished up.
Martin, Stefureak (8) and McDermid
Tellier, Tesh (7) and McMillan
Bennie Griggs, who pitched Delisle to top money in the tournament in 1949, hurled a six-hitter and fanned 12 as Delisle won their opening game 6-1 over Eston. Griggs and Max Bentley belted home runs for the winners.
McNeill (L), Jacobson (4) and B. Stevenson
Griggs (W) and Reg Bentley
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, a Saskatchewan whistlestop of 205 residents, 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 to register his second win of the day. Olmstead, a left winger with the Chicago Black Hawks, was among the hockey stars to don cleats for the summer. Dale Hannan allowed only six hits in taking the loss. A half hour before the final, Olmstead had fired four shutout innings in relief to help Sceptre to the tournament final.
Sceptre broke a scoreless tie in the 6th as George Mahaffy lead off with a single to right and advanced on an error and Oldmstead's sacrifice. Reinie Lutcher drove him home with a safety to right. They added an insurance run in the 9th. Eddie DeBarnabo doubled, advanced on a single by Jimmy Sheilds and scored on an infield out by Dave Shaw.
Olmstead (W) and Serpa
Hannan (L) and R. Ottem, Maralia (2)
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 rallying for three runs in the bottom of the 6th inning after Bowden had taken the lead with a three run outbust in the top of the 6th. Bert Olmstead came on in relief with four scoreless innings to pick up the win.
Bowden 5 Sceptre 8
Hanna, Morris (L) (1) and Coughlin
Shaw, Courteriole (3), Olmstead (W) (6) and Serpa
Kamloops trounced the Edmonton Oilers 10-3
Edmonton 3 Kamloops 10
Robertson (L), H. Callihan (3), Forss (8) and Bakenfohr
Prehara (W), Gatien (6) and R. Ottem
In other action, Sceptre beat Indian Head 2-0 as Hal Price tossed a two-hitter., Bowden trounced Stettler 14-9 and Lloydminster 16-5, Kamloops got by Alaska Command 6-4 and Edmonton ousted Clive 3-2.
Kamloops 6 Alaska 4
Gatien (W) and R. Otten
Bailey (L), Markham (4), Dverney (4) and Schussler, Brown (6)
Stettler 9 Bowden 14
McGee, Crocher (5), F. Chapman (8) and Wicks
McDeavitt, Bacon (W) (2) and Coughlin
Indian Head 0 Sceptre 2
Jenkins (L) and Green
Price (W) and Serpa
Clive 2 Edmonton 3
Sampson, Sharkey (L) (5) and Meldrum
Forss (W) and Tait
In opening action, Indian Head trounced Kelsey 14-4 as Jim Morrow went the route in the seven inning contest. Lincoln Boyd belted a two-run homer for the Rockets.
Morrow (W) and Green
Kennedy (L), McGregor and A. Erickson
In a game called after five innings, Sceptre whipped Alliance 13-0 as Dave Shaw tossed a two-hitter for the winners. Jimmy Shields and Bert Olmstead each had two hits for Sceptre.
Kembel (L), McKay (2) and Hamilton
Shaw (W) and Serpa
Bowden fell behind 4-0 in the first inning then roared back to upend Lloydminster 16-5 in a game called after five innings. Charlie Morris went the distance for the win.
Morris (W) and Coflin
Dodd (L), Dodd (2), Bruce (3), Hornyk (4) and King, Ravson (3)
Stettler downed Lougheed 11-5.
Pat Chapman (W), Jack Chapman (7) and Wicks
Gordon Simpson (L), Harvey Simpson (9) and Grieve
Alaska Command downed Amber Valley 10-1.
Anderson (L), K. Edwards (3), A. Edwards (6) and Labranche
Morse (W), Hutchinson (5) and Brown, Teague (6)
Edmonton edged Chipman 10-9, halting a Chipman rally in the 9th. Jimmy Johnson had three hits, including a homer for the winner.
Don Crough (W), Harold Callihan (9) and Clark
Brenners, Elmer Thomas (4) and Cona, Isaacs (4)
Clive shutout Coal Valley 8-0 behind Ken Nelson's four-hitter.
St. Louis (L), Letendre (1), Fiscue (3) and Radway
Nelson (W) and Meldrum
Kamloops defeated Provost 9-2 as Pete Scott held the losers to seven hits and helped on offense with three hits.
Scott (W) and R. Otten
Brown (L), Stevenson (6) and Ryan, Ganser (6)
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.
Humboldt : (June 21) The Delisle Gems won first money of $1,000 in Humboldt's $2,200 baseball tournament defeating the Muskogee Cardinals 11 - 3 in the final. Murray Coben threw a four-hitter and struck out 11 for Delisle.
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."
North Battleford : (June 25) The Delisle Gems walked away from the North Battleford $2,600 tournament some $1,000 richer as they blanked the Carrot River Loggers 4 - 0 in the final match. Murray Coben and Joe Hollin Chretien shared the hill duties for Delisle with Coben getting credit for the win. Dick Butler of the Gems had the game's only extra-base hit, a 2nd inning RBI double. Max Bentley drove in two runs with a single.
Swota (L) and McLean
Coben (W), Chretien (6) and Reg Bentley
Carrot River made the final as Lou Bailey blanked North Battleford on three hits.
Carrot River 4 North Battleford 0
Bailey (W) and McLean
Torgeson (L), Brown (7) and Sweeney, Prediger (7)
Max Bentley scored twice and knocked in the other two with a homer as Delisle shaded Sceptre 4-3 in 10 innings. Doug Gostlin held Sceptre to five hits in registering the win. Hal Price took the loss.
Delisle 4 Sceptre 3 (10 innings)
Gostlin (W) and Shirley
Price (L) and Serpa
Bennie Griggs fired a two-hitter to lead Delisle past Legion 3-2.
Delise 3 Legion 2
Griggs (W) and R. Bentley
Arnold (L), Herron (8) and Sasseville
Doug Dodd pitched shutout ball as North Battleford advanced with an 8-0 win over Eston.
Eston 0 North Battleford 8
Stevenson (L), Gilkenson (4), Hester (6) and Blakely
Dodd (W) and Prediger
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 1) Before the largest crowd ever to watch baseball in Saskatoon, close to 10,000 fans, the Delisle Gems defeated the Saskatoon All-Stars 6 - 3 at Cairns Field to repeat as champions in the 2nd annual Optimist Club $3,500 tournament. The Goose Lakers picked up $1,200 for their first place share of the purse. Doug Gostlin pitched a seven-hitter and struck out 11 for the win. Max Bentley and Bennie Griggs both had a double and a single for the winners. Bob Herron's two doubles paced the All-Stars, a combination of Legion and Cubs' players.
Arnold (L), Currie (6), Carpenter (6) and Watrous
Gostlin (W) and Shirley
Saskatoon downed Swift Current 9-6 in the semi-final of the eight-team event. 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. Johnny 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.
(July 13) The Delisle Gems rolled in another $1,000, winning first place in the Biggar baseball tournament with a 5 - 2 win over Sceptre. Bennie Griggs out-dueled Sceptre's Harold Price for the mound win.
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
Champion Lions Tournament
(July 21) Carmangay thumped Vulcan 14-6 to take top money in the Champion Lions' Club Tournament. Vulcan had downed Stavely 7-1 in their opener and reachedf the final with a 5-2 victory over Lomond. Ben Dann hurled both contests for Vulcan.
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
Dombowsky, 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 Greene 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 Greene. 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.)
Who are they? Where are they from? What do they do? Read the Examiner, we're going to give our readers a comprehensive coverage of sports in Saskatchewan -- the facts behind the scenes.
Swift Current
The population of Swift Current is 6,379
Executive Members :
Leo Stephens, Manager of Woolworths, Swift Current.
Doug Robinson, President of the Club, Manager of Eatons, Swift Current.
Jack Kohn, game arranger, Manager
of Christie Grants, Swift Current.
Alex Maxwell, coach and manager, Sceptre.
Dunc Cameron, Player Selection Committee, Manager
of Neil Motors Ltd., Swift Current.
Werden Spafford, Finance, Swift Current
Ball Players:
Jack McLeod, first base, age 20, Gull Lake, Sask.
Len Williams, second base, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Les Witherspoon, age 26, third base, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Ted Strong, short stop, age 28, Chicago, Illinois.
Cliff Beisel, left field, age 20, Swift Current. Works in Sherwin Williams store in Swift Current.
Paul Emerson, age 24, San Francisco, (cafe owner), right field.
Mike (Schoolboy) Dzingelowski, Kelstern, age 17 years, (under contract with Chicago Cubs) pitcher.
Lefty Vic Wall, age 19, Wymark, Sask., pitcher.
Ken Nelson, age 21, Duncan, B.C., ballplayer, center field,
belongs to Boston.
Tommy Thompson, age 42, Los Angeles, California, pitcher.
Steve Wylie, Kansas City, Missouri, pitcher.
Sceptre
The population of Sceptre is 290. The ball club has been organized for the past 30 years and this year have one of the best teams ever.
Harry Mahaffy, president, Sceptre, farmer.
Kelly Fyke, vice-president, Sceptre, farmer.
Carl Lacquer, secretary-treasurer, Sceptre, elevator agent.
Fergie Shields, playing manager and first base, Sceptre, age 32, farmer.
Smokey Lutcher, second base, Sceptre, age 26, card player.
Ernie Franks, third base, Sceptre, age 27, principal Gull Lake School.
Bert Olmstead, coach, short stop and pitcher, Sceptre, age 24, farmer.
Jim Shields, centre field, Sceptre, age 22, studying for Civil Engineer.
Lindy Serpa, catcher, Oakland, California, police clerk.
Dave Shaw, left field, San Antonio, Texas, horse trainer, age 28.
Hal Price, pitcher, age 24,
St. Paul, Minn., ball player.
Walter Powell, third base, Sceptre, age 21, farmer.
Bob Johnson, pitcher, Long Beach, California, school boy.
Clarence Grant, catcher and outfielder, Sceptre, farm machinery agent.
Don Strath, field, age 28, Sceptre, farmer.
Harry Gracie, field, age 19, post office clerk, Sceptre.
Ernie Howes, Sceptre, age 24, farmer.
Lindy Serpa says: "Beautiful women, wonderful people, don't treat anyone as a foreigner, wants to come back here every year".
Dave Shaw says: "I like Alberta better than Saskatchewan, more excitement there, there are better roads, more progress. The people are very wonderful though in Saskatchewan too."
Hal Price says: "People are tops, but too many small towns, but then I've only been on the prairies." Hal played with Winnipeg Elmwood Giants for two years and with the Twin City Coloured Giants for one year. "Ah Canada, it's wonderful."
Indian Head
The population of Indian Head is 1,354.
Jessie Blackman, first base and pitcher, age 24, ball player, Goldsboro, N.C.
Hubert Collins, second base, age 17, schoolboy, Kinston, N.C.
William Randolph, age 19, third base,
college student, Kingston, N.C.
George Lipscomb, age 19, centre field, college studfent, N.C. State College, Durham, N.C.
Isiah Quarterman, age 21, left field, ball player, Jacksonville, Florida.
Henry Cameron, age 28, right field, ball player, Durham, N.C.
Daniel Jenkins, age 24, pitcher,
ball player, Creedmore, N.C.
James Morrow, age 20, pitcher, ball player, Graham, N.C.
Walter Calhoun, age 30, pitcher, ball player, Cleveland, Ohio.
Pancho Gray, age 30, pitcher, ball player, New York City.
Louis Green, age 26, catcher, ball player, Shawnee, Illinois.
Frank Tillman, age 19, short stop, ball player, Sanford, Florida.
Horace Latham, age 24, utility-infield, ball player, Williamstone, N.C.
Lindsay Carswell, age 23, outfield, ball player, Jacksonville, Florida.
James Williams, age 33, manager, Newark, New Jersey.
All players think Canada is wonderful and, as far as for Indian Head, they still say wonderful, and we are all coming back next year.
Regina
Alex Uffleman, manager and coach, age 35, ball player, Calgary, Alberta.
Cliffe Ehrle, president, age 48, Regina, owner of th Ehrle Hotel. Also on the committee for the Regina Roughriders Football Club.
Gus Kyle, catcher, hockey player for New York Rangers, owner of Kyle Sporting Goods Store, Regina.
Jerry Schumacher, equipment manager and mascot, Regina, hockey player with the Regina Pats Juniors.
Harold Allen, Austin, Texas, ball player.
Tony Maze, pitcher, ball player, Regina.
Denny Moffat, Fresno, California, pitcher, ball player.
Claude Williams, Austin, Texas, first base, ball player.
Jim Lovelace, second base, ball player, Pennsylvania.
Bill Kyle, third base, Regina, owner Kyle's Sporting Goods Store, Regina.
Tony Rigetti, Regina, left field, works for Kyle's Sporting Goods Store.
Roy Huartson, right field, Regina, retired.
Lincoln Boyd, centre field, Lakeland, California, ball player.
Art Stone, short stop, hockey player, Trochu, Alberta.
Jerry Welsch, Regina, pitcher.
Lefty Cliff Harrison, pitcher, Regina.
Alex Uffleman says, "Ball here is not as good as in Alberta." Gus Kyle says (and we agree), "Caps got the bad breaks in the first game of the tournament."
Carrot River
The population of Carrot River is 1,220.
Andy Swota, playing coach and manager, age 23, first base and pitcher.
Fred Banman, age 47, Carrot River, vice-president.
Rex Haughteling, president, Carrot River, machinery agent.
Johnny Peters, second vice-president, Carrot River, Hardware store owner.
Hezzie Heathrington, equipment manager, Carrot River.
Alex Rentz, centre field, Albany, New York, ball player.
Barney Fox, short stop, age 23, New York City, ball player.
Shorty McLane, age 29, Carrot River, catcher, manager Empress Hotel.
Felix Percuoco, right field, age 25, Bergen, New Jersey, ball player.
Pete Polus, third base and pitcher, age 21, Winona, Minnesota, ball player.
Gwynne Lovett, age 21, left field, Moose Jaw, hockey player.
Lou Bailey, pitcher, age 21, Stillwater, New Jersey, ball player.
Herb Lovett, age 22, second base, Moose Jaw, hockey player.
Joe Legard, age 13, Carrot River, bat boy.
Perley Fennell, age 43, third base, Melfort.
Art Wolff, age 30, Carrot River, third base and right field.
Allen Bigelow, pitcher, age 22, Carrot River.
Moose Jaw
Population of Moose Jaw is about 25,000
Mike Mellis, coach and manager, New Jersey, ball player.
George Smallwood, president.
Ben Schwartz, vice-president.
Jack Dorfman, publicity.
Nick Metz, second base, farmer (plays for Wilcox, Sask,)
Barry Wolstencrfot, first base, teacher, Dahinda, Sask.
Rube Erfle, farmer, Woodrow
Lefty Erfle, farmer, pitcher, Woodrow
Lefty Lauer, farmer, Bruno.
Bill Emerson, employed at C.P.R., right field, Moose Jaw.
Ray Jones, employed with the Liquor Commission, left field, Moose Jaw.
Jack Mowbray, traveler, catcher, Moose Jaw.
Stubby Martin, employed with B.A. Oil Refinery, catcher, Moose Jaw.
Ted Foord, Moose Jaw, second base, ball player.
Norm Brown (plays for Notre Dame), shortstop, Wilcox.
Curly Boyce, utility, ball player, Moose Jaw.
Ken Englehardt, third base, ball player.
Walter Buttgereit, third base, farmer, Wilcox.
Cliff Squires, farmer, centre field, Wilcox.
Minot, N.D.
The population of Minot is 23,000.
Norm Felde, age 26, Fargo, North Dakota, first base, College graduate.
Hank Smith, second base, Jacksonville, Florida, ball player.
Gerves Fagan, third base, age 30, Memphis, Tennessee, ball player.
Adolph Andy Anderson, age 24, centre field, Providence, Rhode Island, attending law school.
Marley Strong, right field, Fargo, N.D.
Jack Bruton, left field, age 28, ball player, Cleveland, Ohio.
Clifton McLean, short stop, Underwood, N.D., high school coach.
Cliff Kempt, age 30, pitcher, Minot, engineer, Great Northern Railroad.
Roy Reimer, president, Minot, owner Hide and Fur Co. Ltd.
Wilfred Lefebvre, coach, Providence, Rhode Island.
Leo Gorder, booking agent, Minot, clerk, Great Northern Railroad.
The Mallards ays the people of Saskatchewan are really wonderful. They think Brandon and Winnipeg Buffs are far superior to clubs in Sask. We'd like to bring our readers (as we've heard a lot of remarks on Minot's loss in the tournament) to this fact : only three regular players, catcher, second base and short stop played with the team here. We didn't see the real Minot Mallards in action, but we think they were really swell to come knowing they wouldn't win. Thanks, Minot, we think the people of North Dakota are swell, too.
Estevan
The population of Estevan is 3.120
Junior Walton, age 21, first base, San Francisco, ball player.
Wilbert Greene, age 28, second base and pitcher, Los Angeles, California.
Chappy Grey, age 32, third base and pitcher, Kansas City, ball player.
Koney Williams, age 30, short stop, ball player, Louisville, Kentucky.
Buford Conley, right field and pitcher, age 21, ball player, Cincinnati, Ohio
Charlie Nichols, age 24, left field, ball player, Kansas City.
Marvin Terrell, centre field, age 23, ball player, Atlanta, Georgia.
Roy Swanson, age 26, catcher, ball player, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lee Landrum, age 21, catcher, ball player, Denver, Colorado.
Leroy Pettus, age 18, catcher, Los Angeles, California, ball player.
Mel Torgunrud, age 28, pitcher, Midale, Sask., partsman in machinery agency in Estevan.
Allan Lefty Bryant, age 29, Kansas City, pitcher, ball player.
Santa Fe Morris, age 24, pitcher, ball player, San Bernadino, California.
Edmund Skaggs, pitcher, age 22, Paducah, Kentucky, ball player.
James William Junior, New Orleans, La., pitcher, ball player.
Wayne Pappy Carr, age 52, pitcher and coach, Henderson, Kentucky.
Baldy Benson, age 36, assistant manager and catcher, Oakland, California. Baldy has been coming to canada since 1935. Would like to live here if he could. Says the people and country are wonderful.
Eric Quist, president, Estevan, Grocery merchant.
Ned Rooney, manager, machinery dealer, Estevan.
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.
Torgeson (L), Dodd (4) and Prediger
Morrow (W) and Green
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 Nap Bruton 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.
Bruton and Ellison
L Richardson and W MacDonald
San Francisco Cubs : Brooks Al 3B, Bruton Nap Lanky P, Cain Marion Sugar P OF MGR, Ellison Johnny C, Glenn Hubert P, Hope Syl, Jenkins Wendel Willie 2B, Morrison Felton OF, Morton Cy SS, Neal Loyal OF, Richardson Charles 1B, Richardson Len P, Richardson Louis OF, Taylor Frank P, Ward Eli P, Williams Bill OF, Williams Mansfield 3B,
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. Brandon took an early lead with a pair in the first and four in the third. Winnipeg rebounded with six runs in their half of the 3rd on four hits, one a homer, an error and a walk.
Wells and xxx
F Watkins and xxx
Buffaloes made the final by trouncing Elmwood 13-3, as Spoon Carter held the Giants to seven scattered hits. Cy Snead, for the Giants, allowed 13. Butch Davis clubbed a pair of homers and made two sparkling catches in the outfield.
Carter (W) and xxx
Snead (L) and xxx
The Brandon 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. Tom Johnson, a side-armer, went the distance for the mound victory. Grey had 11 hits off Smoky Joe Adams and Walter Thomas. Sonny Andrews belted a homer and two singles for the Cardinals.
Johnson and xxx
Adams, W Thomas (3) and xxx
Elmwood defeated Carman 8-1 to claim third place. Andy Phillips fired a four-hitter for the win.
Phillips (W) and xxx
Thomas, Novack and xxx
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. Paul Emerson added three safeties. 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. Doc Dennis belted a homer for the only run for Nashville.
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.