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1950 Game Reports 

 

 
(June 5)  Gilbert Plains 19 Grandview 3

(June 6)  Neepawa 4 Dauphin 13

(June 7)  Dauphin 13 Roblin 3

(June 12)  Dauphin at Gilbert Plains, Neepawa at Roblin

(June 13)  Grandview at Dauphin

(June 16)  Gilbert Plains at Neepawa, Roblin at Grandview

(June 19)  Grandview at Gilbert Plains

(June 20)  Roblin at Dauphin, Neepawa at Grandview

(June 23)  Gilbert Plains at Roblin

(June 23)      Dauphin increased its lead atop the Northern League standings with a 7-4 win over Neepawa.  A five-run 1st inning by Dauphin proved enough for the victory.  Wayne Stephenson scattered seven hits to pick up the win.  Keith Myles lead Neepawa at the plate with three hits including a homer, triple and double.  Dave McConaghy had three doubles.

(June 26)  Neepawa at Gilbert Plains

(June 27)  Gilbert Plains at Dauphin, Grandview at Roblin

(June 29)  Dauphin whipped Grandview 15-3.  Neepawa clobbered Roblin 21-6.

(July 3)   Al Jacousky had four hits to lead Gilbert Plains to a 10-6 win over Grandview.  Bill Alexander, Doug Morden and Jacousky handled the mound duties for the winners.  Eddie McDonald and Bill Hainstock worked for Grandview.  Morden and Bill Murray each had three hits for Gilbert Plains.  

(July 4)  Dauphin shaded Neepawa 4-3.

Gilbert Plains  4-1
Dauphin         7-2
Neepawa         4-3
Roblin          1-4
Grandview       1-7

(July 5)  Dauphin at Roblin

(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

(July 7)  Doug Morden made an auspicious debut with Gilbert Plains tossing a two-hitter in a 3-1 win over Roblin.  Morden had a no-hitter going into the 8th.  Ted Morton led the offense with a double and single in four trips. 

(July 7)  Grandview at Neepawa

(July 10)  Dauphin and Gilbert Plains, Neepawa at Roblin

(July 11)  Grandview at Dauphin

(July 12?)  Gilbert Plains posted seven straight wins in two days to take top prize money in both the Binscarth and Dauphin tournaments.

Al Jacousky tossed a one-hitter in the final as Gilbert Plains rolled over Langenburg, Saskatchewan 10-0 on Wednesday.  He allowed just a scratch hit in the 8th inning.  Earlier, the Plainsmen beat Haller 7-3 as Orville Minish was the winner in relief. Hunt pitched both opening games as Gilbert Plains downed Inglis 3-2 and shutout Binscarth 2-0.  Catcher Johnny Stempak was the workhorse for the winners as he was behind the plate for all four games.

(July 13?)  On Thursday, Gilbert Plains edged Roblin 3-2 in the final of the Dauphin tournament.  Stan McPhee went the distance for the win, scattering ten hits.  Bill Murray knocked in Jacousky with the winning run with a 3rd inning single.  Ted Morton had earlier doubled and scored on Jacousky's triple.  Stempak scored the first run when he tripled in the 2nd inning and scored on a single by Minish.  Roblin had defeated Grandview 8-3 to advance to the final.

In the semi-final Minish tossed a four-hitter and Murray clouted a homer as Gilbert Plains downed Dauphin 4-2.  Stempak and Johnny Wilson belted homers as the Plainsmen whipped Neepawa 10-6 in the opening game. Jacousky went the distance for the win.

(July 14)  Gilbert Plains at Neepawa, Roblin at Grandview

(July 17)   Grandview downed Gilbert Plains 6-5 as MacDonald scored a pair for the winners. Goodman, Ross, Lawson and Sabo each tallied a singleton.  Bill Murray netted a pair for Gilbert Plains with Stempack, Plummer and Orville Minish each garnering one run.

(July 18)  Roblin at Dauphin, Neepawa at Grandview

(July 18)   Len Pigg punched out four hits to lead Roblin to a 5-3 win over Dauphin Red Birds at Dauphin.  Whitzel went the distance for the win allowing seven hits.  Whimpy Stephenson started strong for the Red Birds retiring the first nine batters but weakened in the 4th.  he gave up nine hits. 

Whitzel (W) and Pigg
Stephenson (L) and xxx

(July 20?)  Gilbert Plains walked away with top money in the I.O.O.F. Lodge tournament in Grandview scoring two runs in the bottom of the 8th to down Dauphin 6-5 in the final. The game was called after eight innings because of darkness.  Doug Morden picked up the win in relief of starter Orville MinishJohnny Stempak had a triple, double and single to lead Gilbert Plains to a 7-2 win over Neepawa in the semi-finals.  Coffee started on the hill for the Plainsmen, giving way to Spud Williamson in the 3rd inning.  Bill Alexander came on in the 7th.  In their opening game, Gilbert Plains edged Grandview 4-3 with a run in the top of the 9th.  Bill Murray tripled and scored on a fly ball by BurdenukMorden and Alexander shared the mound duties. 

(July 21)  Dauphin at Neepawa, Gilbert Plains at Roblin

(July 23)   Neepawa won both ends of an exhibition double-header with Gilbert Plains at Clear Lake, 5-4 and 8-2.  Gilbert Plains announced the release of pitcher Vic Franczak, who has returned to his home in Milwaukee.

Neepawa        7-4
Dauphin        9-7
Gilbert Plains 6-5
Roblin         6-5
Grandview      4-11

(July 24)  Dauphin Red Birds took first prize money in the $700 tournament held at Grandview.  Birds downed Gilbert Plains 5-1 in the final.  Dauphin edged Grandview 5-4 in the semi-finals.

(July 26)   Poplar Point trounced Gilbert Plains 10-0 to take top prize in the invitational tournament at Neepawa.  Gilbert Plains reached the final with a 2-0 win over Dauphin as Doug Morden tossed a four-hitter.  Poplar Point downed Neepawa 4-3.  Dauphin took third money with a 3-1 win over Neepawa.

(July 29)  Grandview won its third straight over Gilbert Plains, 7-5,  in a exhibition match Saturday.  Southpaw Eddie McDonald notched his third win over Gilbert Plains this season.  He allowed seven hits.

(July 30)  Gilbert Plains downed Flin Flon 4-2 and 5-0 in an exhibition double-header at Flin Flon Sunday.  Orville Minish pitched a six-hitter for the win in the opener while Bill Alexander allowed just one hit in a rain-shortened second game. It was called after five innings. 

(July 31)   Doug Morden pitched Gilbert Plains to a 9-2 exhibition win over The Pas on Monday. 

(Aug 2)  Roblin took top prize it its own tournament.  Gilbert Plains dropped an 11-9 decision to Neepawa in the opening round.

(Aug 2)   Eddie Mazur fired a two-hit shutout with eleven strikeouts to lead Dauphin to a 3-0 win over Grandview to clinch a playoff berth.  All the runs were unearned.  Lou Bourbonnais provied all the Redbirds would need with a two-run triple in the 3rd inning.  Coffey was the loser for Grandview.

(Aug 3)  Dauphin also won its tourney.  The Red Birds dumped Gilbert Plains 4-1 in the first round. 

Neepawa        8-4
Dauphin        9-7
Gilbert Plains 6-5
Roblin         6-6
Grandview      4-11

(Aug 9)   Dauphin Redbirds clinched a playoff berth downing Gilbert Plains 6-2 in a Northern League game at Dauphin.  The Plainsmen took the early lead with a run in the 2nd inning on a pair of errors.  They added another in the 3rd on singles by Frank Macey and Plummer. Redbirds scored four runs in the 3rd frame when Ed MacDonald, on loan from Grandview, walked a pair before two costly errors and a long single by Leo Bourbonnais.  Two more runs scored in the 5th on long flies by Bouchy and Bourbonnais after Tom Harris singled and Ray Nash was hit by a pitch.  Fate Simms, who ended the 3rd inning rally by grounding out, was the final out in the 5th as he tried to stretch a double into a home run.  Simms gave up seven hits in going the distance on the hill for the winners.  He fanned eight and walked two.

MacDonald, Alexander (4) and xxx
Simms and xxx

Rainouts:

Dauphin at Grandview
Neepawa at Gilbert Plains
Gilbert Plains at Dauphin
Grandview at Roblin
Roblin at Neepawa
Roblin at Gilbert Plains
Grandview at Neepawa
  

 

(Saturday)   Bowsman Seniors battled to a 12-12 tie with the touring Muskogee Cardinals before a record crowd of more than one-thousand.

(Wednesday)  Bowsman played host to the Notre Dame Hounds playing to a tie in the afternoon and taking a 12-5 decision in the evening.

 

 

    
  
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