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(July 1) Moose Jaw's Ben
Reniker allowed just five hits and fanned 10 in a 5-0 shutout of
Regina. Roy Zivanich had a homer and Glen
Streeter two
hits for Moose Jaw. Edmonton bounced the Meridians
10-2 and 12-4 in a twin-bill at Renfrew Park. There were four
homers, Len Farrell, Stan Kulka and
Cal Bauer for the Esks and
Collins Jones for the Meridians.
Reniker and Abel
Bedford, Peerless (8) and Olson
Looney, Harris (1) and Barry
Bowman and Kulka
Bailey, Fredrickson (5) and
Barry
Phillips, Seaman (5) and Kulka
(July 2) The Saskatoon
winning streak stretched to 11 games as the Gems beat Regina
6-2. Gems had 13 hits off Braves' newcomer Ted Ellis.
Bob
Jones scattered 11 hits for the win. North Battleford scored in the 11th on an
error, a passed ball, an infield out and a fielders' choice to
edge Moose Jaw 6-5. Bill Sheffield had a pair of homers
for the Mallards. Dave Able had a solo shot.
Tony Levaggi
had three hits. The Mallard's Darrell Martin had a shutout into
the bottom of the ninth when the Beavers scored five times on
six walks, a hit batsman, and a pair of errors.
Jones and Shirley
Ellis and Olson
Martin, Holowaty (9) and Abel
Martinez, Branom (10) Green
(July 3) The largest crowd
of the season in Saskatoon, some 45-hundred fans, watched the Gems
post their 12th straight victory in the Western Canada Baseball
League. Sergio Fabre pitched six strong innings in relief as the
Gems beat North Battleford 6-4. Dale Bloom made his WCBL debut a winning one
as he allowed only four singles as Edmonton beat Moose Jaw
4-1. Cal Bauer had three hits, including a homer.
The Meridians thrilled the home fans taking both ends of a
twin-bill from Regina, 5-4 and 5-1. Barney Brown made his
debut for Lloydminster in the second game and came away with a
victory. Catcher Dick Barry picked off six
base runners during the double-header. Don Stewart had a perfect 4-4 in
the second game.
Garcia, Rosell (5) and Green
Bogan, Fabre (4) and Shirley
Watts and Abel
Bloom and Kulka
Peerless, Shoemaker (8) and Olson
Looney and Barry
Loepp, Shoemaker (2) and Schulz
Brown and Barry
(July 4) Saskatoon Gems punched
out 13 hits for 13 runs to beat Lloydminster for their 13th
straight win, 13-7. Cliff Pemberton, with a pair of triples, was
one of five Gems with two hits. Curly Williams
led the
Meridians' attack with three hits.
Dixie Walker fashioned a
three-hitter as Regina shutout North Battleford 9-0. Charlie
Peerless
and George Read had homers.
Max Weekly allowed just four hits as
Moose Jaw beat Edmonton 5-3. Until the 8th inning,
the only hit off the left-hander was a towering fly ball that
dropped between Glen Streeter and Lou Hague in
right centre.
Arnold, Harris (8) and
Barry
Hobson, McLeod (3) and Shirley
Walker and Schulz, Olson (8)
Garcia, Martinez (1) and Green
Weekly and Abel
Pain, Seaman (3), Bowman (9) and Kulka. Maisonneuve (9)
(July 5) North Battleford scored four runs in
the first inning and went on to defeat Lloydminster 10-5.
Newcomer Art Worth went all the way for the victory.
Johnny Ford led the Beavers at the plate with three hits.
Frederickson, Bailey (6) and
Barry
Worth and Green
(July 6) Saskatoon's
winning streak ended at 14. Regina's Ted Ellis set down
the Gems on four-hits in the second game of a double-header as
the Braves won, 5-1. Newcomer JD Peterson, who
tripled as a pinch-hitter in the first game, had two hits for
Regina as did Jim McMahon and Bill Schulz. Gems won the opener 5-3 as Jim
Shirley had four hits and Bennie Griggs tossed a
five-hitter. Gems' Cliff Pemberton and Regina owner
Denny
Evenson were ejected after they came to blows in the fifth
inning of the first game. Pemberton, playing third,
objected to Evenson's heckling from in front of the bleachers a
few feet from his third base position. North Battleford pounded Edmonton
17-9. Roy Dean had a homer, triple and a single.
Stan Kulka homered for the Esks. Moose Jaw doubled up on
Lloydminster 10-5, scoring all their runs in the first three
innings. Bob Holowaty went the distance for the
Mallards.
Griggs
(W) and Shirley
Bedford (L) and Olson
Jones
(L), Fabre (5) and Shirley
Ellis (W) and Schulz
Doucette, Pain (1), Phillips (2)
and Kulka
Capinegro and Green
Holowaty and Abel
Feldstein, Bailey (2), Arnold (3), Barry (8) and Barry, Johnson
(8)
(July 7) Ruben Alvarez
pitched a 5-hit shutout as Moose Jaw beat Regina 5-0. The game
was called after seven innings by rain. Lou Hague,
Dave Abel and Rich Rubio each had
two hits for the winners. Bill Sheffield
added a triple
Alvarez and Abel
Shoemaker, Bedford (7) and Schulz
(July 8) Edmonton took a
pair from the league-leading Gems, 2-1 and 9-3. Esks won a
pitching duel in the opener as Dale Bloom and Saskatoon's
Charlie Bogan each tossed six-hitters. Both the Edmonton runs
were unearned. Edmonton had 11 hits in the nightcap, including
three from Len Karlson, to move to within three games of the
Gems in the league standings. Lloydminster broke a tie
with three runs in the 7th to defeat North Battleford 5-2.
Barney Brown
went the distance for the win. Jim Valentine and
Curly
Williams each picked up a pair of hits for the Meridians.
Beavers had two players ejected from the game. Ken Nelson
and Johnny Ford were tossed for arguing umpire's decisions.
Bloom and Kulka, Garay ( )
Bogan and Shirley
Bowman and Garay
Stites, McLeod (8) and Shirley
Rosell and Green
Brown and Barry
(July 9) Ben Reniker,
18-year-old Moose Jaw right-hander, limited Regina to five hits
as the Mallards won 9-2. Saskatoon took a pair from North Battleford,
taking a 5-1 win in the completion of the June 12th 1-1 tie, and
winning the regular game 4-3. Two errors by Beaver third
baseman Johnny Ford helped the Gems make a runaway of the
completion game. Beaver's Jim Branom had taken a no-hitter
into the 9th. He took the loss and reliever Sergio
Fabre
picked up the win. Branom was also the loser in the second
game as the Gems scored four in the 3rd inning and it held up
for the 4-3 victory.
Loepp and Schulz
Reniker and Abel
Griggs, Fabre (8) and Shirley
Branom and Green
Griggs, Fabre (9) and
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Branom, Garcia (4) and xxx
(July 10) It was a lost
weekend for the Beavers. After dropping a pair to
Saskatoon on Saturday, North Battleford dropped a twin-bill to Regina on
Sunday, 4-3 and 4-2. The Braves got route-going
performances from Dixie Walker and Ted Ellis. The Beavers
got the homers -- Roy Dean in the first game and
Art Worth in
the second. Moose Jaw got just three hits off Bob Jones
but took advantage of eight bases on balls to beat the Gems
5-2. Max Weekly allowed just six hits in gaining the
decision. Kirby Pain tossed a two-hitter as Edmonton beat
Lloydminster 6-1 in the first of a double-header. Esks' catcher
Ed Garay had a homer in the second. Meridians scored four
runs in the first inning of the second contest but couldn't hold
the lead losing 7-6. Charlie Johnson belted a three-run homer
for Lloydminster, Norm Forbes had a bases-empty homer for
Edmonton. Meridians introduced a new outfielder, Glen
Streeter who started the season with Moose Jaw.
Walker and Schulz
Worth and Green
Ellis and Schulz
Martinez and Green
Jones and Shirley
Weekly and Abel
Pain and Garay
Feldstein and Barry
Belter and Kulka
Looney and Barry
(July 11) Saskatoon edged Regina
5-4 scoring the winning run on a 7th inning error. Len Breckner
had a homer for the Gems. Saskatoon's Cliff Pemberton had
three hits.
Peerless and Schulz
Bogan and Trimont
(July 12) Dale Bloom
pitched a 4-hit shutout as Edmonton beat Lloydminster
7-0.
Arnold, Bailey (5) and Barry
Bloom and Garay
(July 13) Eskimos battered
the Meridians 19-6 as Len Farrell and Cal
Bauer each had four
hits. Edmonton pounded out 23 hits in all. North Battleford
announced the
release of first baseman Bob Bayless and the acquisition of
Charlie Johnson and Chuck Holdaway.
Feldstein, Looney (4), Bailey (6)
and Barry
Bowman, Phillips (8), Seaman (9) and Garay
(July 14) Ken Nelson
singled home Charlie Johnson with the winning run in the bottom
of the 9th as North Battleford edged Moose Jaw 3-2. Tom
Garcia pitched a
3-hitter for the win. Darrell Martin took the loss.
Barry Brown pitched the Meridians to a 3-2 win over Regina in
the second game of a twin-bill at Lloydminster. Curly
Williams had a pair of doubles for the winners. The new
Meridian shortstop, Tom Lavin, knocked in two runs with a single
in the second inning. Braves took the opener 9-3, scoring
six times in the third.
Martin and Abel
Garcia and Green
Shoemaker, Peerless (6), Read (9)
and Olson
Haroldson, Bailey (6)and Arnold (8) and Barry
Bedford and Schulz
Brown and Barry
(July 15) Kirby Pain, a
schoolteacher from Seattle, pitched a no-hitter in Edmonton's 5-0 victory over the Regina Braves. Pain struck out
eight and walked four. Norm Forbes provided the offense
with a two-run homer in the first inning. Jim Ryan also homered.
A grand slam homer by Collins Jones and a three-run blast by
Roberto Zayas sparked Lloydminster to a 14-7 win over
North Battleford.
Jones also had a pair of doubles and six RBI. Meridians
playing-manager Don Stewart was out of the lineup with a leg
injury. Bill Stites gave up just five hits in winning for the
first time in a Gem uniform as Saskatoon trounced Moose Jaw
9-0. Cliff Pemberton, Joe Kretschmar and
Len Breckner each
had two hits for the Gems.
Walker and Schulz
Pain and Garay
Capinegro, Martinez (5) and Green
Tesch, Feldstein (1) and Barry
Watts and Abel
Stites and Shirley
(July 16) Saskatoon had 17
hits, 10 stolen bases, and took advantage of 11 Lloydminster
errors to whip the Meridians 16-4. The Gems had only one
extra base hit, a double by Joe Kretschmar. Jose
Valladares had
three hits for Saskatoon and scored four times. Curly
Williams, with a homer, was the lone bright spot for the
Meridians. Ted Ellis allowed just six hits and aided his cause
going 4 for 5 at the plate as Regina hammered Edmonton
10-2. Joe Pedrazzini also had four hits for the Braves.
Arnold, Bailey (4), Barry (6) and
Barry, C Jones (6)
Jones and Shirley
Ellis and Schulz, Olson (7)
Bloom, Seaman (5) and Garay
(July 17) Charlie Bogan
tossed a 3-hitter to lead the Gems to a 6-1 win over the
Meridians in the first game of a double-header at
Lloydminster. The home side won the nightcap, 6-5, scoring
twice in the bottom of the 9th. Curly Williams raced home to
score the winner while an argument was in progress around second
base. Williams had three hits in the game, including a
homer. Regina scored six times in the sixth and beat
Edmonton 6-3. Ron Hager and George Read each had three
hits for the Braves.
Bogan and Shirley
Haroldson, Feldstein (5), Arnold (9) and Jones
Hobson, Fabre (7) and Johnson, Shirley (6)
Beaugrand, Arnold (9) and Barry
Loepp, Shoemaker (8) and Olson
Belter, Seaman (6), Bloom (7), Doucette (9) and Garay
(July 18) Norm Forbes
blasted a pair of home runs to lead Edmonton to a 10-7 win over
the Beavers at North Battleford. Jim McMahon and
Joe Gaitan each
had two safeties as Regina got by Lloydminster 7-4. Len
Breckner belted a homer and a triple as Saskatoon beat Moose Jaw
8-6.
Bowman, Pain (9) and Kulka
Worth, Branom (9), Martinez (9) and Green
Peerless, Bedford (6) and Schulz
Brown and Barry
Weekly and Abel
Griggs, Fabre (9) Shirley
(July 19) Jack Motley, a
newcomer to the Gems, hit two triples to drive in three runs and
scored another as Saskatoon beat Regina 4-1. Jackie
McLeod
went the distance allowing seven hits. Jim Shirley had
three hits for the Gems. Bill Sheffield doubled home two
runs in the second inning then scored on Rich Rubio's homer as
Moose Jaw defeated Lloydminster 5-3. Bob Holowaty
tossed a six-hitter in getting the win. Edmonton
got back-to-back-to-back home runs from Cal Bauer,
Norm Forbes
and Jim Ryan and shaded the Beavers 7-6 in in 11
innings at North Battleford. The game also featured three other homers, from
Gary Jackson of the Eskimos
and Art Worth and Leopoldo Reyes of
North Battleford. Worth had four
hits and three RBI.
Stites, McLeod (4) and Shirley
Walker and Schulz
Looney and Barry
Holowaty Abel
Doucette and Garay
Rosell, Garcia, Dean (5), Rosell (10) and Green, C Johnson (9)
(July 20) Kirby Pain, who
threw a no-hitter the previous week, held Saskatoon to four hits
as Edmonton beat the Gems 4-0. It was the fourth win in
five games for the Eskimos against the Gems. It was
100-degrees in Moose Jaw as the Mallards and North Battleford split a
twin-bill. Beavers took the opener 14-3. Johnny
Ford
had three of the fifteen North Battleford hits. Centrefielder
Lou Hague
had four hits as Moose Jaw won the second game 6-3. North Battleford's
Art
Worth had the only homer. Lloydminster scored eight runs
in the 9th inning for an 11-4 win over Regina. Collins
Jones paced a 16-hit Meridians' attack with a triple and a
double. Don Stewart had a two-run triple in the sixth
while Jim Valentine had a bases-loaded triple in the
ninth. Tom Feldstein went the distance for the win.
Pain and Garay
Jones and Shirley
Martinez, Garcia (8) and Green
Reniker, Watts (7), Martin (8) Weekly (9) and Abel
Capinegro and Green
Alvarez and Abel
Feldstein and Barry
Shoemaker, Bedford (9), Walker (9) and Olson
(July 21) Saskatoon got
three triples in the first two innings, good for six runs and
coasted to an 11-4 win over Edmonton. Jack Motley,
Percy
Trimont and Cliff Pemberton had the three-baggers.
Charlie
Bogan picked up the win. The Mallards won a slugfest in
Moose Jaw, beating Lloydminster 16-11. The game was called
in the 7th by darkness. Lou Hague was 5 for 5 at the
plate, giving him 9 straight hits. Rich Rubio had three
singles. Curly Williams, Roberto Zayas and
Jimmy Valentine
each had three hits for the Meridians. Don Stewart
contributed a two-run homer. In spite of giving up 16
hits, Darrell Martin went all the way for the win.
Regina swept a pair from North Battleford. Noel Mickelsen
made his debut
for the Braves in the opener, holding the Beavers to 4-hits in
the 5-3 win. Ted Ellis won his fourth straight for Regina
as the Braves won the second game 8-4. Regina had 10
stolen bases in the game.
Bloom, Bowman (1) and Garay
Bogan and Shirley
Haroldson, Arnold (2), Bailey (5)
and Barry
Martin and Abel, Sheffield (7)
Rosell, Garcia (6) and Green
Mickelsen and Olson
Branom, Garcia (7) and Johnson
Ellis and Schulz
(July 22) Max Weekly,
signed by the New York Yankees, celebrated with a relief win
over Saskatoon. Weekly came on with the Mallards down 5-4
and allowed just two hits over the last six and one-third
innings as Moose Jaw scored an 11-5 victory. Roy Zivanich
paced the winners with a double and three singles. Lou
Hague, the Moose Jaw centrefielder, had a single and triple in
his first two plate appearances to run his consecutive hit
streak to eleven. He flied out in the fourth inning.
Cliff Pemberton and Mario Herrera each had a double and single
for the Gems. Lloydminster scored a run in the 9th to tie, then tallied in the 10th to beat Regina 6-5. Pitcher
Barney Brown, who singled, scored the winner on a safety by
Jim Valentine. Brown went the distance on the hill.
Curly Williams had two triples for the Meridians with
Collins Jones chipping in with three RBI and Don
Stewart with a
triple. In another extra-inning affair, Edmonton edged North Battleford
10-9 in 10 innings. Catcher Ed Garay scored the winner on
a hit by pitcher John Doucette. Beavers' Art
Worth had
tied the game 9-9 with a homer in the bottom of the 9th. Len
Karlson of the Eskimos and Ken Nelson of the Beavers also
had homers.
Watts, Weekly (3) and Abel
Hobson, Fabre (6) and Shirley
Brown and Barry
Wall, Ellis (8) and Schulz
Belter, Doucette (9) and Kulka,
Garay (9)
Worth, Capinegro (9) and Green
(July 23) Eskimos
whitewashed the Meridians 12-0 on Dale Bloom's five-hitter. Home
runs by Lou Hague and Bill Sheffield gave Moose Jaw a 6-2
victory over Regina. Hague had two hits in three
trips to give him 13 hits in 16 at bats in his last three games.
Percy Trimont belted a pair of homers
as the Gems beat North Battleford 7-5. Art Worth had his fifth homer for
the Beavers. Roy Dean had three hits for North Battleford.
Bloom and Garay
Beaugrand, Arnold (4), Haroldson (4) and Hessian
Walker and Schulz
Watts and Abel
Griggs, Jones (7) and Shirley
Dean and Johnson
(July 24) North Battleford swept a
twin-bill from Regina, 4-3 and 10-2. Chico O'Farrill
singled home Johnny Ford with the winner in the bottom of the
ninth in the opener. Braves had tied the game in the top
of the ninth on three singles and Art Shahzade's double.
Art
Worth tossed an eight-hitter as Beavers easily won the
nightcap. Both Braves' runs came on homers, by Jim McMahon
and Joe Pedrazzini. Charlie Johnson homered for the
Beavers. Roy Dean suffered a dislocated elbow in the
second game in sliding into second base. In the fifth inning of
the second contest, Beavers' Johnny Ford made all three outs on
line drives, two of them on diving catches. Edmonton
announced that manager Roy Carlson was leaving the team to take
a school teaching position in Germany.
Leopp, Peerless (9) and Olson
Garcia and Green
Bedford, Peerless (7) and Schulz
Worth and Green
(July 25) Shortstop JD
Peterson tripled in the 7th and scored the winning run on Ron
Hager's single as Regina topped Moose Jaw 6-5. Ted
Ellis
held the Mallards to six hits in gaining the victory.
Edmonton announced Jim Ryan as the club's manager for the rest
of the season.
Ellis and Schulz
Holowaty and Able
(July 26) Regina got outstanding
pitching from George Read and Noel Mickelsen
to take
a pair from Moose Jaw, 3-2 and 4-0. Read allowed only
three hits in the first game and Mickelsen threw a 4-hitter in
the second. It was Read's first start on the mound this
season. Joe Pedrazzini was the hitting star for the Braves
with a triple and single in the opener and four hits in the
second game. Kirby Pain of Edmonton had his shutout streak
stopped at 30 2/3s innings but picked up the win as the Eskimos
downed North Battleford 4-1. Pain, who had pitched back-to-back
shutouts, gave up a run in the 7th inning. Shortstop Len
Farrell had a homer, double and single for Edmonton.
Reniker and Abel
Read and Olson
Alvarez and Abel
Mickelsen and Olson
Capinegro and Green
Pain and Garay
(July 27) Darrell Martin
pitched a one-hitter and fanned 11, but needed a two-run rally
in the 9th to pick up a 4-3 victory. Playing-manager Roy
Taylor provided a story-book finish.
"Mallards were trailing
3-2 in the bottom of the ninth, with two on base and two out,
when the sagacious, poker-faced Moose Jaw mentor teed off on a
three-two pitch to plate the tying and winning runs.
Following the thrilling climax, elated fans streamed onto the
field to congratulate the popular, mild-mannered manager." (Moose
Jaw Times-Herald, July 28, 1955)
The only hit surrendered by
Martin was a fifth inning, two-run homer by opposing pitcher,
Dixie Walker. Braves picked up a run in the first inning
when Ron Hager worked Martin for a walk then proceeded to steal
second, third and home. Edmonton jumped on the Beavers for
15 hits and capitalized on seven North Battleford errors to walk away with a
14-2 victory. Eskimos' pitcher Keith Bowman had the only
home run.
Walker and Olson
Martin and Abel
Martinez, Rosell (3), Ford (6) and Green
Bowman and Garay
(July 28) Charlie Bogan
held the Western Canada League all-stars to just six hits as the
Gems scored a 7-0 shutout. Earlier, North Battleford took an 8-6
exhibition game win from Saskatoon. The game was called at
the end of five innings to enable the Gems to return to
Saskatoon for the all-star game.
Weekly, Pain (4), Alvarez
(7), Ellis (7) and Schulz
Bogan and Shirley
(July 29) Veteran Barney
Brown held Edmonton to just four hits as the Meridians shutout
the Eskimos 4-0. Don Stewart poked a two-run triple in the
first inning to give Lloydminster the lead. Jim Valentine
and Curly Williams drove in the other runs.
Rich Rubio had
three hits and Ron Watts tossed a four-hitter as Moose Jaw beat
Regina 4-2. Ted Ellis was the loser.
Doucette and Garay
Brown and Prediger
Ellis and Olson
Watts and Abel
(July 30) Dale Bloom
three-hit the Meridians as Edmonton beat Lloydminster 3-1 in the
first game of a double-header. Norm Forbes and
Jim Ryan
each had two hits for Edmonton. Meridians bounced back to
win the second game 5-4 with a run in the bottom of the
ninth. Bill Bailey relieved starter Tom
Feldstein in the
first and went the rest of the way for the victory. Forbes had
three hits for Edmonton. Moose Jaw trounced Regina 11-4 as
Bill Sheffield had a homer, double and single.
Roy Taylor
had two hits and Max Weekly went the distance on the hill for
the Mallards.
Bloom and Garay
Looney and Prediger
Koroluk, Pain (6) and Kulka
Feldstein, Bailey (1) and Prediger
Weekly and Abel
Mickelsen and Olson
(July 31) North Battleford upset the
league-leading Gems, twice. Beavers scored three in the 8th
to take the first game 3-1. Art Worth's leadoff homer in
the second inning of the nightcap and Charlie Johnson's
three-run blast in the third were the big blows as North Battleford
won
6-3. Lefty Belter held Lloydminster to four hits as
Edmonton scored a 3-1 win in the first game of a
twin-bill. Playing-manager Jim Ryan had two hits and
knocked in all three runs. The second game was called by
the Sunday curfew with the teams tied 7-7 after nine
innings. Curly Williams and Pete Prediger had home runs
for the Meridians. Dixie Walker's four-hit pitching
carried Regina to a 5-1 win over Moose Jaw. JD Peterson
and Noel Mickelsen, playing the outfield, each had three hits
for the Braves.
McLeod and Shirley
Garcia and Green
Griggs, Fabre (7) and Shirley
Dean and Green
Feldstein and Prediger
Belter and Garay
Arnold, Bogram (1), Tesch (8) and Prediger
Bowman and Garay
Reniker and Abel
Walker and Olson
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