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Semi-final series :
The underdogs got the upper hand
in the opening games of the Western Canada League semi-finals.
(Aug 27) John Karpinski drove
in three runs and Stan Karpinski went all the way on the
hill as Lloydminster upset the pennant-winning Edmonton
Eskimos 8-7 at Renfrew Park. Benny Lott had a pair of
doubles and a single and two RBI. Ralph Vold was the
complete-game loser for the Eskimos. Bob Gerst
drove in four runs for the Esks with a triple and two
singles. Meridians won in spite of seven errors.
Lloydminster 200 050 100 8 11 7
Edmonton 040 002 100 7 11 1
S Karpinski and Tanner
Vold and Shollin
North Battleford scored five runs
in the second inning and held on to beat Saskatoon 9-4 in the
first game of their semi-final series. Mike Dayne
was the winner, Doug Gostlin took the loss.
N Battleford 050 100
003 9 10 3
Saskatoon 200 000 011 4 9 3
Dayne and Tuggle
Gostlin, Stevens (2) and Garay
 (Aug
28) Ron
Perranoski, a 19-year-old lefty
from Michigan State University, dazzled the Eskimos with 15 strikeouts as
Lloydminster went up two games to none in their semi-final series with a 7-2
victory at Edmonton. Ben Lott and Roberto Zayas
each had three hits for the Meridians. Bob Gerst
led the Eskimos with three hits. (Edmonton
Journal, August 29, 1956)
"(Perranoski) showed why he amassed a 10-1 win and lost
record with Waterton of the swift South Dakota League this
year. His fast one was alive, and his breaking stuff was
falling off the table. His change-ups had the Eskimos
breaking their backs, and seldom did the Edmontonians give any
indication of erupting for one of their characteristic big
innings." (Edmonton
Journal, August 29, 1956)
Lloydminster 000 210
220 7 13 1
Edmonton 001 000 010 2
7 0
Perranoski and Tanner
Zeigler, Bull (7), Skousen (7), Jones (8) and Shollin
Tom Garcia tossed a
one-hitter to lead North Battleford to a 4-1 victory over
Saskatoon. Jesse Blackman sparked the Beavers with
a two-run homer in the fifth. Gems scored their only
run on four walks in the seventh. Garcia filled the bases
and, with a lefty hitter up, the Beavers brought in Jack
Bristol from the bullpen. Bristol walked Jim
Shirley to force in a run, but Garcia returned to the hill
to get out of the inning.
Saskatoon
000 000 100 1 1 0
N Battleford 000 021 01X 4 9 0
Bowes and Garay
Garcia, Bristol (7), Garcia (7) and Tuggle
(Aug 29) John Doucette
and Ralph Vold combined on a four-hitter as Edmonton
edged the Meridians 3-2 in Lloydminster. A third-inning
single by Wayne Tucker drove in what proved to be the
winning run for the Eskimos. Bob Gerst had a pair
of hits for Edmonton to give him 8 hits in 14 at bats in the
playoff series.
Edmonton
021 000 000 3 6 0
Lloydminster 000 010 010 2 4 1
Doucette, Vold (8) and Shollin
Kalski, Tesch (2), Hansen (3) and Tanner
Max Bentley's single
scored Jackie Bowes in the bottom of the ninth to give
Saskatoon a 5-4 win over North Battleford. Gems had taken
a 4-0 lead into the ninth. Curtis Tate had a double
and two singles for the Beavers.
N Battleford 000 000 004 4
8 3
Saskatoon 020 101 001 5 7 1
Griggs, Garcia (9) and Tuggle, Ford (9)
McLeod, Bowes (9) and Garay
(Aug 30) Edmonton and
Lloydminster played to a 5-5 tied in a game called after nine
innings by darkness. Tom Shollin had a homer and
two singles for Edmonton. Curly Williams and Dick
Satalich each had a pair of hits for the Meridians. Stan
Karpinski went the route for the Meridians.
Edmonton 010 030 100 5 12 2
Lloydminster 001 120 010 5 9 3
Jones, Zeigler (4), Vold (6) and Shollin
S Karpinski and Tanner
Lefty Mike Dayne shutout
the Gems on three hits as North Battleford advanced to the
Western Canada League final with a 4-0 win over Saskatoon.
Beavers won the semi-final series in four games.
Saskatoon
000 000 000 0 3 0
N Battleford 000 100 30X 4 9 1
Knutson, Stevens (1), Doyle (8) and Shirley
Dayne and Green
 (Aug
31) Stan Karpinski, pitching his second complete
game in two nights and his third of the series, scattered ten
hits as Lloydminster dumped Edmonton 6-3 to oust the Eskimos
from the playoffs. Karpinski also had two hits and
engineered a game-ending double-play. Don Stewart
opened the scoring with a first-inning homer for
Lloydminster. Ken Guffey had three hits, including
a homer, for Edmonton.
(Edmonton Journal, September 1, 1956)
Final series :
(Sept 1) North Battleford came back
from a 6-0 deficit to whip Lloydminster 13-9 in the opening game of the
Western Canada League final series.
With near freezing temperatures and showers,
there was a heated discussion among team management, umpires and the league
president as to whether the game would be played.
When it got going, the Meridians jumped on
Beaver starter Tom Garcia for five, first-inning runs. John
Karpinski's bases-loaded single scored a pair. A sacrifice fly by Curly
Williams added another and singles by Stan Karpinski
and Ed Tanner made it 5-0. Benny Lott belted a
homer in the second to give the Meridians a 6-0 lead.
Beavers came back with four runs in the
third. After starter Oscar Tesch walked the bases full, Kenny
Nelson cleared the sacks with a triple. Louis Green's
single scored Nelson.
Meridians scored single runs in the fourth
and fifth innings to take a 8-4 lead, but North Battleford broke loose with
five runs in their half of the fifth. A walk to Nelson and a single by
Art Stone put runners on first and third. An error by Jim
Valentine allowed Nelson to score. Green's single scored a pair
and Art Worth's homer added two more. Worth belted his
second homer of the game in the seventh inning to give the Beavers an 11-8
lead. Bob Herron also had a two-run homer for the
Beavers.
Lloyd 510 110 010 9 9 3
NB 004 052 20X 13 13 3
Tesch, Hansen (3)and Tanner
Garcia, Bristol (1), Button (5) and Green
(Sept 3) John Karpinski singled
home pitcher Ron Perranoski with the winning run as Lloydminster edged North
Battleford 4-3 to even their best-of-three final series at a game
apiece. 15-hundred shivering fans took in the action in North
Battleford. Perranoski led off the bottom of the ninth with a single
and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Dick Satalich.
Perranoski went the distance on the hill
pitching shutout ball after the second inning. The Beavers had taken a 2-0
lead in the opening frame on back to back doubles by Mark Bussan and Johnny
Ford and a single by Ken Nelson. They scored again in the
second on a double by Jesse Blackman and an error. Benny
Lott got the Meridians on the board with a fourth inning homer. Ed
Tanner's single scored John Karpinski with Lloydminster's second
run. A pair of singles and a sacrifice provide the Meridians with the
tying run in the seventh.
Lott, Perranoski and Curly Williams
each had a pair of hits for Lloydminster. Bussan had three hits for
the Beavers.
NB 210 000 000 3
9 2
Lloyd 000 200 101 4 10 1
Griggs, Garcia (7) and Green
Perranoski and Tanner
 (Sept
3) Lefty Mike Dayne pitched a four-hitter to lead North
Battleford to the Western Canada Baseball League title with a 9-1 win over
Lloydminster in the third and deciding game of their best-of-three
final. 15-hundred fans were in attendance.
(North Battleford News Optimist, September, 1956)
Beavers broke the game wide open with five
runs in the third. A bases-clearing triple by Mark Bussan was
the key blow. Back to back home runs by Bob Herron and Jesse
Blackman gave the Beavers a 7-0 lead.
Blackman paced North Battleford with three
hits. John Karpinski, who had two hits, knocked in the
Meridians lone run in the ninth.
Ron Perranoski, attempting to pitch
both games of the double-header, was tagged with the loss. He was
relieved by Ed Kalski in the third. Two crucial errors were key
to the Beavers' first six runs.
Lloyd 000 000 001 1 4 2
NB 105 200 010 9 16 0
Perranoski, Kalski (3) and Tanner, Gustin (9)
Dayne and Green
Lloydminster manager Stan Karpinski congratulates Emil Francis and the North
Battleford Beavers. Louis Green, Mike Dayne and Mike Bussan pose with the Coca Cola
trophy. (North Battleford News
Optimist, September, 1956)
Global World Series
:
(Sept 7) A squeeze
bunt in the top of the ninth inning pushed across the winning
run as Japan edged Canada's North Battleford Beavers 5-4 in the
opening game of the second annual Global World Series in
Milwaukee.
Beavers could manage just three hits while the Japanese
picked up 10 safeties off Mike Dayne and Tom Garcia.
Sadao Kawai was the winner. Garcia took the loss.
Japan 000 100
022 5 10 1
Canada 000 100 120 4 3 1
Fujita, Kawai (8), Kitagawa (9)and Miyahara, Taneda (4)
Dayne, Garcia (9) and Green, Stone (8)
(Sept 9) Hawaii trounced
the Beavers 10-1 to eliminate the Canadian entry from further
play in the Global World Series. John Sardinha held
the Beavers to just three hits, while the Hawaii had a dozen
hits off four Canadian hurlers. Shin Yogi paced the
attack for the winners with two hits and three runs batted
in.
Canada 100 000
00 1 3 2
Hawaii 222 000 13 10 12 0
Garcia, Bristol (2), Button (3), Griggs (6) and Green, Tuggle
(6)
Sardinha and Recca
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