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(June 2)
Calgary fans got a treat as the Dodgers marked their entry into
the Foothills-Wheatbelt League with an entertaining
double-header split with Granum. The White Sox took the opener
7-5 in 11 innings while Calgary won the nightcap 4-2 on Ken
Mitchell's two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the
ninth.
In the opener, Granum score twice
in the 9th to tie then plated two runs in the 11th to squeak out
the victory. Willie Walasko got the win.
Walasko
(1-0) and Carlson
Nagle (0-1) and Heffel
Mitchell's
homer broke open what had been a super pitching duel between Bentley
MacEwen of Granum and Don Kirk of the
Dodgers. Kirk tossed a three-hitter with 18
strikeouts and no walks. MacEwen allowed six hits
and fanned 17. Calgary playing-manager Glen Tuckett,
as a pinch hitter, led off the bottom of the 9th with a
walk. With one out, Don White reached on a
error. After Hank Bassen flied out for the
second out, Mitchell blasted one high above the light standards
over the left field fence. Bill Fennessey,
the 1956 homer run leader, had a home run in each game.
MacEwen
(0-1) and Carlson
Kirk (1-0) and Abel
(June 2) Vulcan
opened the season with victories in both ends of a double-header
with Picture Butte, 11-4 and 13-3. Chuck Dailey
picked up the win in the first game and contributed a three-run homer
and a single. Ronnie Laughlin, a young third
baseman acquired by the Elks from Drumheller, had three
singles. Indians catcher Hans Pung also had
three singles.
Dailey
(1-0), Norman (8) and Burley
Attrill (0-1), Reiter (6) and Pung
Laughlin
paced the Elks in the second game with a triple and three
singles. Doug Marquardt held the Indians to
seven hits in picking up the win.
Marquardt
(1-0) and Burley
Johnson (0-1), Reiter (2), Ichino (6) and Pung
(June 2) Lethbridge's
Earl Ingarfield had six hits and drove in eleven
runs as the Miners and Medicine Hat Orphans split their
season-opening twin-bill. Orphans won the opener 10-9 in
11 innings while the Miners walked away with a 13-6 decision in
the second game.
Winning pitching Don Schwedelsky
tied the first game with a homer in the 9th. Elroy Schaufele
and Bud Syverson homered in the 11th for the
win. Ingarfield knocked in four runs with a homer
and two singles. Jocko Tarnava, who with Mike
Vaselenak, switched from Lethbridge to the Orphans just
before the game, had an inside-the-park homer, triple and single
for Medicine Hat.
Schwedelsky
(W) and Tingley
Speyer (L), Kucheran (11) and Moore
Ingarfield
blasted a grand-slam homer and two singles to knock in seven
runs as the Miners won the second game 13-6. Rookie Jerry
Kjeldgaard went the distance on a seven-hitter for the
win.
Ziebert (L) and Tingley
Kjeldgaard (W) and Phillips
(June 5) Gerry
Knutson pitched a two-hitter and fanned 11 as Calgary
thumped Medicine Hat 11-1. Playing-manager Glen Tuckett
drove in three runs for the Dodgers with a pair of hits.
Calgary had just nine hits but took advantage of eight errors by
the Orphans.
Knutson
(W) and Abel
Leonard (L), Schwedelsky (6) and Tingley
(June 5) Granum
exploded for nine runs in the bottom of the 8th and final inning
to score a 16-14 win over Vulcan . The wind-blown affair
featured thirty-three hits, seven homers and eight errors.
Gord Wesley's grand slam was the winning blow. John
Vaselenak had four hits, including a homer for the White
Sox. Darwin Walkingshaw had the other Sox
homer while Vulcan got circuit blows from Art Alvarez,
Itch Horton, Dale Sorenson and Chuck
Dailey.
Dailey
(L) and Burley
Tymchyna, Walasko (2), MacEwen (W) (5) and Carlson
(June 15) Vulcan Elks
downed Calgary 8-4 in an exhibition match in Milo. Four Vulcan
pitchers - Tom LePan, Chuck Dailey,
Doug Marquardt and Art Alvarez --
combined to hold the Dodgers to seven hits. Ike Ikeda
went the distance for the Dodgers allowing nine safeties.
Vulcan took the lead in the Foothills-Wheatbelt League with a 4-0 mark.
LePan, Dailey, Marquardt, Alvarez and xxx
Ikeda (L) and xxx
(June 16) Calgary swept a
pair from Picture Butte, 13-11 and 5-1, to push their record to
five wins in six games.
In the opener, Dodgers scored ten runs in
the 7th to take a 13-2 lead but nearly blew it as the Indians
rallied for eight runs in the 8th and had the tying runs on base
in the 8th before Ike Ikeda came on in relief to preserve
the Calgary win. Denny Totland, Marty
Hurd and Baz Nagle had homers for the
Dodgers.
Lovewell
(L), T Hanoian (7), Harrison
(7) and xxx
Nagle (W), Knutson (8), Ikeda (9) and xxx
Dodgers scored four runs in the first
inning of the second game and went on to a 5-1 victory as Don
Kirk bested Orv Motley on the
hill.
Motley
(L) and xxx
Kirk (2-0) and xxx
(June 16) The defending
champion Granum White Sox whipped the Miners10-0 and 10-1 in a
double-header in Lethbridge. Six-foot-seven right-hander Dave
Gambee tossed a six-hit shutout in the first game and right-hander
Ken Burns held the Miners to just
three hits in the second contest. Bill Fennessey
had a homer and five singles on the day. Gord Wesley
had a pair of singles in each game while Jim Lester
had three hits on the day and drove in three runs in the
opener.
Gambee
(W) and Koentopp
Weremy (L) and Deak
Burns
(W) and Adams, Koentopp (3)
Warnick (L), Kucheran (7) and Moore
(June 16) Medicine Hat scored
five runs in the top of the 1st inning and went on to beat
Vulcan 8-6 in the first game of a double-header. Elks won
the second game, 8-2.
Catcher Jocko Tarnava paced
the Orphans to their win with three hits and a stolen
base. Art Alvarez had three hits for Vulcan.
Schwedelsky
(W) and Tarnava
Marquardt (L), Norman (1) and Burley
Chuck Dailey pitched and
batted the Elks to their second game victory. Dailey
scattered ten hits and won the game with a three-run
homer, his third of the season. Alvarez again had
three hits for the Elks.
Sedoo (L) and Wilson
Dailey (W) and Scornaienchi
(June 19) 19-year-old right-hander
Gary Harrison threw a sparkling two-hitter to
lead Picture Butte to a 4-0 win over Calgary. Harrison had
a no-hitter into the 6th inning when Dennis Totland broke
the spell with a single. The Fresno, California product faced
just 33 batters in the contest which wrapped up in just an hour
and 58 minutes. A three-run
second inning, on singles by Harrison and Floyd
Gillies and three Calgary errors, was all the Indians
needed. The victory stopped Calgary's winning streak at
five.
Knutson
(L), Ikeda (6) and Abel
Harrison (W) and Pung
(June 19) Granum used home
runs and stolen bases to down Lethbridge 7-4.
John Vaselenak
belted a pair of homers and Bill Fennessey had one
as the White Sox notched
their third straight win over the Miners. In the 7th, the
Sox stole five bases, as Fennessey, Jim Lester
and Vaselenak ran wild and the Sox scored a pair of
runs. Johnny Klem had a homer for the
Miners.
Warnick
(L) and xxx
MacEwen (W), Burns (7) and Koentopp
(June 21) Tom McIntosh
tossed a one-hitter and fanned 18 as Calgary beat Red Deer 13-2
in an exhibition match at Buffalo Stadium. McIntosh
lost his no-hit bid with two outs in the 8th when Jim Berlando
blooped a hit into left field. McIntosh walked seven and
hit three batters. Marty Hurd homered for
the Dodgers.
Gazely
(L), Martin (3), Makos (7) and
Demmons
McIntosh (W) and Heffel
(June 21) Clarence
Yanosik, playing-manager of Lethbridge Miners was the
batting leader in the Foothills-Wheatbelt circuit with a .500
average, 14 hits in 28 at bats. Bill Fennessey of Granum
was second at .480, followed by Joe Tarnava of Medicine Hat, at
.464.
Four pitchers had 2-0 marks,
Jerry Kjeldgaard of Miners, Don Schwedelsky of Medicine Hat,
Willie Walasko of Granum and Don Kirk of Calgary.
Chuck
Dailey of Vulcan, with three wins in four decisions, led the
loop in innings pitched with 32 1/3. Fennessey's four
homers were tops.
( ) Granum
White Sox notched their 5th straight win as they down Vulcan 5-0
behind Willie Walasko's four-hitter. Second baseman
Gord
Wesley paced the Sox with three hits. Walasko sparked
a three-run 4th inning with a two-run single.
Walasko
(W) and Koentopp
Marquardt (L) and Scorn
GR 6-1
CG 5-2
VU 4-3
LB 2-5
MH 2-5
PB 2-5
Missing: CG win, VU win, LB
win & loss, MH two losses, PB win & loss
(June
23) Picture Butte
pounded out 36 hits to overwhelm Medicine Hat, 19-2 and
13-1. Orv Motley pitched and batted the Indians to the
opening game win. He tossed a six-hitter and helped at the
plate with four hits, including a pair of doubles, and three
RBI. Bobby Lee drove in four with a triple, double and
single.
Motley
(W) and Pung
Burcher (L), Ziebert (2) and Wilson, Tingley (3)
Again, in the second contest, the pitcher was also the
hitter. Terry Hanoian tossed a five-hitter for the mound
win and reached base five times, scoring four runs.
T Hanoian
(W) and L Hanoian
Leonard (L), Schwedelsky (4) and Tingley
(June 23) Calgary grabbed a
share of first place with 12-9 and 15-3 victories over the
Lethbridge Miners. Dodgers came back from a 9-5 deficit
with four runs in the 7th and three in the 8th to win the
opener. There were seven home runs in the twin-bill, six
by the Dodgers. Don White had a pair with singletons from
Marty Hurd, Harold Noble, Dave
Abel and Ken Mitchell. Clarence
Yanosik had the lone homer for Lethbridge. Abel's
three-run homer in the 8th proved to be the decisive blow in the
first game.
Kjeldgaard, Kucheran (7), Warnick
(L)
(7) and Moore
Ramsey, Ikeda (W) (7) and Abel
Granum and Calgary each had 7-2
records to share top spot. Vulcan, at 5-4, was in third
place.
Don
Kirk scattered eight hits and
fanned 15 as the Dodgers swamped the Miners 13-3 in the
nightcap. It gave Kirk 43 strikeouts in 27 innings so far
in the season.
Warnick
(L), Speyer (6) and Phillips,
Moore (5)
Kirk (3-0) and Abel
(June 23) The White Sox and
Vulcan split a pair in Granum. Chuck Dailey won his fourth
in the opener as the Elks won, 4-2. Dave Gambee, who
shutout Lethbridge last Sunday, took the loss.
Dailey
(W) and Burley
Gambee (L) and Koentopp
Bentley
MacEwen pitched a
five-hit shutout as Granum won the second game, 5-0. It
was MacEwen's third win. He fanned 12 and walked
three. Jim Lester and Ron Mertus each had two hits for the
Sox.
Houck
(L) and Burley
MacEwen (W) and Carlson
(June 26) Lethbridge
Miners received a superb relief performance from Frank Speyer to
down the Superiors 9-3 in Medicine Hat. The win moved the
Miners into 5th place, with a 3-7 record, ahead of the
Superiors, at 3-8. Calgary and Granum top the circuit with
7-2 marks, ahead of Vulcan at 5-4 and Picture Butte which had won 4 of 9.
Speyer, hit hard in his first two
starts, relieved Bert Nyrose in the first inning and allowed
just four hits in 8 2/3s innings. Rudy Leonard dropped his
third straight for Medicine Hat. Jocko Tarnava paced the
Miners with a triple and two singles.
Nyrose, Speyer
(W) (1) and Moore
Leonard (L), Adams (3), Leonard (4) and Brown, Leonard (3), Adams
(4)
GR 7-2
CG 7-2
VU 5-4
PB 4-5
LB 3-7
MH 2-8
Lacombe
Tournament :
(June 27) Granum White Sox
whipped Grand Centre 8-3 to win top prize in the Lacombe
tournament. White Sox got four runs, three on a homer by
John Vaselenak, in the first inning and coasted to the victory.
Dave Gambee went the distance on the hill. The Sox won the
Lacombe event in 1955 and shared top prize last year when the
final was rained out.
Gambee
(W) and Koentopp
Furibondo (L) and Demeriez
Sox made the final with an 8-3
victory over Sandpoint, Idaho. John Vaselenak provided the
big blow, a grand slam homer in the 7th. Willie Walasko
held Sandpoint to eight hits.
Walasko
(W) and Koentopp
Bloxom (L) and Eilmes
Grand Centre scored three in the
bottom of the 9th to shade Campion 7-6 in the other
semi-final. Grand Centre lost pitching star Allie
Molyneaux in the 5th inning when he broke a leg sliding into
second base.
Babiuk, Doucette
(L) (6) and Kulka
Molyneaux, Makos (5), Furibondo (W) (8) and Demeriez
An estimated 45-hundred fans sat
in for each of the final two games with about 35-hundred taking
in the opening semi-final. While rains and hail were
pouring down just a few miles on all sides of Lacombe, the
tournament experienced near perfect baseball weather. A
windstorm blew up in the seventh inning of the final with a few
drops arriving in the ninth. Minutes after the game ended,
rain came down in streaks.
(June 26) Two upsets marked the opening day
of the Lacombe tournament. Campion Pipeliners topped
Picture Butte 3-1 and Grand Centre downed Calgary 6-2.
Granum remained in the title hunt with a 7-0 win over Moose Jaw
Lakers and the only American entry, Sandpoint Beavers from
Idaho, shutout the Central Alberta All-Stars 3-0.
John
Doucette, former hurler with
the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Canada League, stranded 12
men in going the distance for the Pipeliners. Fred
MacDonald paced Campion with three hits. Hans Pung had a
pair of doubles for Picture Butte.
Harrison
(L), Motley (4) and Pung
Doucette (W) and Kulka
Grand Centre scored three in the
2nd and coasted to their 6-2 win over Calgary. Jim Ryan
led off the frame with a homer. Pete Furibondo tossed a
three-hitter for the winners.
Nagle
(L), Ikeda (7) and Abel
Furibonda (W) and Demeriez
Don
Nieland tossed a seven-hitter
for Sandpoint. The Beavers got just four hits off Red
Schneck. They got the only run they needed in the first
inning on a walk, stolen base and a single by Nick August.
Neiland
(W) and Eilmes
Schneck (L) and Dana, Mantle (7)
Granum also scored early to beat
Moose Jaw. White Sox got three walks and a double by Gord
Wesley in the opening frame to plate two runs.
Burns
(W) and Koentopp
Dayne (L) and Hunchuk, Lyscek (5)
(June 28) Clarence Yanosik, the
playing-manager of the Lethbridge Miners, continued to top the
hitting derby in the Foothills-Wheatbelt league. Although
dipping several points during the week, Yanosik sported a .473
average, well ahead of runner-up Jocko Tarnava, also of the
Miners, at .418. Next were Bobby Lee of Picture Butte at
.408, Jim Lester of Granum at .408 and Harold
Noble of Calgary
at .400. Bill Fennessey of Granum had the
lead in homers, with
four.
Don Kirk of Calgary was the top pitcher,
with a 3-0 mark, and 43 strikeouts in 27 innings.
(June 30) Granum White Sox won both ends of a
double-header with Medicine Hat, coasting to an 11-5 win in the
first game and scoring in the bottom of the 10th to shade the
Superiors 8-7 in the second.
Sox put away the opener in the first inning as they scored
six times. Jim McDonald's homer was the key hit.
Dave Gambee went the distance for the win. Dodger's
pitcher Don Schwedelsky was the hitting star for Calgary with a
two-run homer and three singles.
Attrill
(L), Schwedelsky (1) and Adams
Gambee (W) and Koentopp
In the second game, Granum scored twice in the bottom of the
9th to send the game into extra innings. One of the runs
came on a homer by Bill Fennessey.
Gord Vejprava had a
double and two singles for the Sox while Bud
Syverson, who had
two doubles in the first game, clouted a pair of doubles and two
singles. Elroy Schaufele had a homer and a single.
Bentley MacEwen picked up the win in relief.
Leonard
(L) and Schwedelsky
Mertus, Walkingshaw (7), MacEwen (W) (10) and Carlson
(June 30) Calgary
Dodgers took a pair from the Elks in Vulcan, 6-5 and 12-3.
Ken Mitchell had four hits for the Dodgers in the opener and
Don
Kirk went the distance on the hill for his fourth win.
Kirk
(4-0) and Abel
Dailey (L), Marquardt (2) and Scorn
George
Knudson held the Elks to
eight hits in the second game while his teammates belted out 13
and took advantage of five Vulcan errors for the 12-3 victory.
Knudson
(W) and Heffel
Dailey (L), Gowler (8) and Burley
(July 1) Granum moved into sole possession of first
place with a double-header sweep of Calgary, 19-3 and 8-3.
Sox clubbed two grand slam homers, by Bill
Fennessey and Jim
Lester, to bury the Dodgers in the opener. Fennessey had
two homers and a single. Sox also had home runs from Willie
Walasko and Larry
Koentopp. Dennis
Totland's three-run
homer accounted for all the Calgary scoring. Walasko
allowed just five hits in picking up the win.
Ikeda
(L), Kirk (4) and Abel
Walasko (W) and Koentopp
Calgary got the early lead in the second game, scoring three
runs in the first inning on a walk, single by Hank
Bassen and
doubles by Ken Mitchell and
Don White. The Sox responded
with eight runs in the 6th on six singles, four walks and an
error. Bentley MacEwen tossed a six-hitter for the win.
McIntosh
(L) and Heffel
MacEwen (W) and Koentopp
(July 1) The hometown
Indians erupted in the 6th inning of both games to sweep a
twin-bill from Lethbridge. Picture Butte plated eight runs
in the 6th inning of the opener to win 12-6 and followed with a
seven-run 6th inning in the second game to walk away with a 15-1
decision. In the big inning in each game, the Indians got
four walks, three hits and an error. Bobby Lee smashed a
homer, double and two singles for the winners while Mako
Tashima
added a circuit shot. For the Miners, Mitch Sztaba and
Earl Ingarfield each had three hits. Larry
Moore had a
homer for Lethbridge.
Kjeldgaard, Warnick (5)
(L), Speyer
(8) and Moore
T Hanoian, Motley (W) (5) and Pung
Picture Butte got just nine hits
in the second game, but took advantage of fifteen walks and four
hit batsmen to trounce the Miners. Gary Harrison tossed a
three-hitter and fanned seven to pick up the win for the Indians. Lee had a double and single
and a steal of home. Sztaba's 5th inning homer accounted
for the lone Miners' run.
Warnick
(L), Speyer (6), Kjeldgaard
(7), Stasiuk (8) and Moore
Harrison (W) and Pung
GR 11-2
CG 9-4
PB 6-5
VU 5-6
LB 3-9
MH 2-10
(July 3) 35 runs, 29 hits,
12 errors. That was the total from the slugfest in Calgary
where Vulcan topped the Dodgers 19-16 in spite of a seven-run
9th inning by the home club. Playing-manager Marty
Norman
paced the Elks with four hits, including a homer and a
double. Itch Horton also had a homer.
Ken Mitchell
and Gerry Knudson smashed circuit blows for Calgary.
Houck, Marquardt
(W) (3), Dailey (8)
and Scorn
McIntosh (L), Knudson (2), Hurd (8) and Abel
(July 3) Granum got homers
from Gord Vejprava, John Vaselenak and
Bill Fennessey in downing
Picture Butte 13-5. Owen Goto homered for the Indians.
Ken
Burns scattered ten hits to get the win.
Burcher
(L),
Sedoo (4), Lovewell (4)
and Pung
Burns (W) and Koentopp
(July 3) After six
straight defeats, Lethbridge lefty Al Warnick finally hit the
win column with a nifty three-hitter as the Miners dumped
Medicine Hat 7-1. Warnick fanned nine and walked three in
a route-going performance.
Warnick
(W) and
Schwedelsky (L), Wilson (9) and
(July 7) Medicine Hat split a
pair of one-run games with Vulcan Elks at Athletic Park. Superiors took the
opener 4-3 in 11 innings behind Rudy Leonard's hurling but dropped the second
game 6-5. Mel Wilson was the hitting star in
the first game with a pinch hit single in the 9th and a double
in the 11th to score Jimmy Brown with the winning
marker. Leonard held the Elks to nine hits.
Leonard (W) and Adams
Marquardt (L) and Scornaienchi
xxx and xxx
Dailey (W) and xxx
"(Phil) Risinger, lithe as a ballerina but
hard as rawhide ad quick as lightning, is especailly impressive. The
wiry shortstop covers more ground than a circus tent and is probably the
steadiest player on the club." (Medicine
Hat News, July 8, 1957)
(July 7) At Picture Butte,
the Indians upset first-place Granum, 7-3 and 7-6 in double-header
action. Indians erupted for five early runs in the opener
to salt away the victory. They got a two-run homer in the 1st
inning by Bobby Lee and three runs in the 2nd on an error, a single by Owen Goto, a Larry Hanoian
double and singles by Lee and Hans Pung. Orv
Motley tossed a six-hitter for the win. Johnny
Vaselenak accounted for all the Granum scoring with a
three-run homer in the 4th.
Gambee
(L),
MacEwen (2) and Koentopp
Motley (W) and Pung
Four homers powered the Indians
to the second game win. Floyd Gillies had
two, with single blasts from Terry Hanoian and Pung.
Indians notched the winner in the 8th inning on a double by Pung,
single from Mike Vaselenak and a wild ptich by Willie
Walasko. Larry Lovewell picked up the win in
relief of starter Gary Harrison.
Walasko (L) and Carlson
Harrison , Lovewell (W) (6) and Pung
(July 7) Calgary moved
to within a game of the league-leading Granum White Sox with a
double-header sweep in Lethbridge. Dodgers trounced the
Miners 14-2 in the first game as Don Kirk won his
5th straight, and followed up with an 8-4 win in the second
contest.
Kirk allowed just six
hits, one of them a two-run homer by Mitch Sztaba.
Dodgers jumped into a three-run lead in the first inning on a
lead-off triple by Denny Totland, Hank Bassen's
RBI groundout and Marty Hurd's two-run homer. Totland
added three singles to his homer and Dave Abel had
four singles. Ken Mitchell added a two-run
homer in the 9th.
Kirk (5-0)
and xxx
Ray Scott (L), Kjeldgaard (6) and xxx
In the second game, again Calgary
took the early lead on Bassen's two-run homer in the
first. They put in away with a three-run 2nd inning.
Dodger newcomer Leroy Gregory allowed twelve hits
but went the distance for the win.
Gregory
(W) and xxx
Warnick (L), Kjeldgaard (8) and
(July 9) Granum whipped Medicine Hat 14-1
behind the four-hit pitching of Dave Gambee.
White Sox collected 13 hits and took advantage of seven 'Hat
errors. Jim Lester had a homer for Granum.
Gambee
(W) and Koentopp, Carlson (8)
Wilson (L), Leonard (5) and Adams
(July 10) Bobby
Lee of Picture Butte surged into the lead in the batting
race with a .432 mark. Jim Houck of Vulcan
moved into second spot at .400 while Clarence Yanosik
dropped to third place with a .383 average. Harold
Noble
of Calgary, at .372, and John Vaselenak of Granum,
at ..369, rounded out the top five.
Bill Fennessey of
Granum topped the loop in four categories -- with 8 homers, 25
runs, 10 stolen bases and 24 hits. Don Kirk of
Calgary and Chuck Dailey of Vulcan each had five
wins to top the pitchers.
(July 10)
Calgary got a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 9th to
score the winning run in a come-back win over Picture
Butte. The Indians had scored four in the top of the
inning to take a 6-5 lead. Marty Hurd walked on
four straight pitches to force in Leroy Gregory with the
deciding marker.
Burcher, Lovewell
(L) (9) and Pung
McIntosh, Knutson (W) (9) and Abel
(July 10 ) A three-run 7th inning
carried Vulcan to an 8-4 win over Lethbridge Miners. Augie
Scornaienchi paced the Elks with a double and a pair of
singles. Art Alvarez and Jim Houck
each added three singles. Marty Norman, in
relief of starter Doug Marquardt, picked up the
win.
Marquardt, Norman
(W) (5) and Burley
Scott (L), Kjeldgaard (7), Warnick (8) and Tarnava
GR 13-4
CG 12-5
VU 8-7
PB 8-7
LB 4-12
MH 3-13
Calgary
Tournament :
(July 12) Calgary received
outstanding pitching from Leroy Gregory and Gerry
Knutson to
capture top prize of $700 in the second annual Calgary Buffalo
tournament.
Gregory
pitched a two-hitter in
the final as the Dodgers bounced Picture Butte 9-1. Harold
Noble's 5th inning grand slam was the major blow.
Harrison
(L), Motley (5), Sedoo (6)
and Pung
Gregory (W) and Abel
Dodgers reached the final with an
8-1 triumph over Kimberley as Knutson tossed a
four-hitter. Marty Hurd's three-run homer in the 3rd
provided enough for the victory.
Johnson
(L), Gehringer (6) and
McCarthy
Knudson (W) and Abel, Heffel (5)
Picture Butte won a final berth
with a 16-4 win over Medicine Hat. The Indians erased a
4-2 deficit with eight runs in the 7th and added six more in the
8th. Owen Goto's three-run homer keyed the Indians 7th
inning explosion.
Davidson
(L), Leonard (7) and Adams
Harrison, Lovewell (W) (6) and Pung
(July 11) Calgary exploded for five runs in the 9th
to score an 8-6 win over Granum, the defending tournament
champions. The contest featured a 19-strikeout performance
by Calgary's Don Kirk and six homers. Harold
Noble's
single to centre drove in the winning run. Calgary got
circuit blows from Ken Mitchell, Dave Abel and
Kirk. Larry Koentopp, Darwin
Walkingshaw and Jim McDonald poked homers for
the White Sox. Kirk, who recorded four strikeouts in the
9th as Abel allowed a third strike to get past him, fanned
John Vaselenak five times.
Kirk
(6-0) and Abel
Walasko (L), Burns (9) and Koentopp
Picture Butte also came from well
behind to notch a tournament victory, 8-7 over Vulcan. The
Indians, who trailed 7-1 at one point, scored the winner in the
bottom of the 9th as Hans Pung singled with the bases
loaded. Marty Norman homered for the Elks.
Dailey, Houck
(L) (7) and Scornaienchi
Harrison, Motley (W) (4) and L Hanoian, Pung (6)
Medicine Hat ousted Gleichen
Indians 4-2 behind the pitching of Don Schwedelsky.
Phil Risinger had three hits.
Koshuba (L) and Warrick
Schwedelsky (W) and Adams
Kimberley Dynamos whipped
Edmonton Outlaws 7-1.
Holliston
(W) and K Kuntz
M Yeske (L) and Mullins
(
) In the first trade of
the season, Picture Butte acquired two pitchers,
Gerry Sedoo
and
Jerry
Burcher from Medicine Hat for pitcher
Jim
Attrill, who had
been optioned by the Indians to Carmangay Eagles of the
Foothills League. Superiors also announced the signing of
shortstop
Phil
Risinger from Omaha Braves of the American
Association.
(July 14)
Lethbridge Miners scored a double upset, taking both ends of a
twin-bill from the defending Foothills-Wheatbelt champion White
Sox, 5-1 and 7-6 in Granum. The losses dropped the Sox
into a tie for first place with the Calgary Dodgers who split
their double-header with Vulcan. Picture Butte took over
sole possession of third spot taking two games from the Medicine
Hat Superiors.
Earl Ingarfield's homer in
the third, with Al Warnick and Jocko Tarnava
aboard, was all the Miners needed in the opener. Les
Colwill added some insurance with a homer in the fourth
and a run-scoring single in the fifth. Warnick went the
distance for the win holding Granum to six hits.
Miners were out-hit 10-5 in the
second game but erupted for five runs in the sixth inning to
take the victory. Johnny Klem provided the
lumber for Lethbridge, with a run-scoring double in the first,
and a three-run double in the sixth. Gord Vejprava
led the Sox with two doubles and a single.
Warnick
(W) and Moore
Burns (L), Gillick (5) and Koentopp
Kjeldgaard, Scott
(W) (3), Warnick
(7) and Moore
Gambee (L), Gillick (7) and Carlson, Koentopp (7)
(July 14) Doug
Marquardt scattered six hits as
Vulcan downed Calgary 7-3 in the first game of a twin-bill
Marty Norman,
Art Alvarez and Arnie Scorneienchi belted
homers for the winners.
Marquardt
(W) and Burley
Ramsey (L) , Gregory (6) and Heffel
Dodgers scored six runs, on three walks, three errors and two
hits, in the 7th inning to down Vulcan 11-4 in the second
game. Southpaw Tom McIntosh spaced eight Vulcan hits to
take the victory. Harold
Noble homered for Calgary as did
Art Alvarez for the Elks.
Dailey
(L), Norman (8) and Burley
McIntosh (W) and Abel
(July 14) Picture Butte took both ends of a
double-header from Medicine Hat, 6-4 and 9-3, to move into sole
possession of third place in the Foothills-Wheatbelt league
standings. A four-run 7th inning carried the Indians to
the first game victory while a five-run outburst in the opening
frame of the second game provided more than enough for the win.
Howard Branch drove in three runs with a double and two
singles. Phil Risinger had four hits on the day.
Leonard,
Ziebert
(L) (3) and Adams
T Hanoian (W), Motley (9) and L Hanoian
Schwedelsky
(L), Davidson (7) and Adams
Burcher (W) and L Hanoian
GR 13-6
CG 13-6
PB 10-7
VU 9-8
LB 6-12
MH 3-15
(July 15 or 22) John
Vaselenak blasted three homers as Granum managed a win and a
tie with Picture Butte. White Sox won the opener 9-4, as
Vaselenak gave them the lead with a three-run homer in the 3rd
inning. Bentley MacEwen held the Indians to
five hits to pick up the win.
Motley
(L), Lovewell (5) and Pung
MacEwen (W) and Koentopp
Back to back homers by Vaselenak
and Bill Fennessey in the bottom of the 9th inning
gave Granum an 11-11 tie in the second game of the twin
bill. Vaselenak had earlier belted a three-run
homer and a double. Fennessey and Jim Lester
also had three hits each for the Sox. Hans Pung
had three hits for the Indians.
Harrison, Burcher (4) and L
Hanoian
Walasko, Gillick (5), Burns (7) and Carlson, Koentopp (8)
Granum, with a 14-6 record,
dropped a half-game back of first place Calgary.
Dodgers
took a pair from Medicine Hat to improve their record to 15-6.
( ) Bobby
Lee of Picture Butte
continued as the league's top hitter with a .436 average, well
ahead of Jim Lester of Granum and Dave Abel of Calgary tied at
.378. John Vaselenak of Granum was tops the home run derby with 10,
while Marty Hurd of Calgary had the most RBIs, 28.
Don
Kirk of Calgary, with a 7-0 record, topped the pitchers.
(July 17) Medicine Hat and Lethbridge played to a 6-6 tie
in a game called after seven innings because of darkness.
Mitch Sztaba and Johnny Klem belted homers for
Lethbridge. Phil Risinger had a two-run
double for the Superiors and Mel Wilson had a pair
of safeties. The game is to be completed at a later date.
Davidson and Adams
Kjelgaard, Scott (6) and Moore
(July 17)
Two games - Granum and Calgary and Vulcan at Picture Butte - were rained
out.
(July 21) ???
Calgary at MH (2), Picture Butte at Granum (2), Vulcan at
Lethbridge (2)
(July 26) Calgary moved a game-and-a-half atop
the league standings with a 7-4 win over second-place Granum
before 2-thousand fans at Calgary. Tom McIntosh allowed just
seven hits and fanned 14 in going the distance for the
win. Denny Totland's two-run homer in the 6th was the key
blow for the Dodgers.
MacEwen
(L), Gillick (7) and Koentopp
McIntosh (W) and Heffel
CG 17-6
GR 15-7
PB 11-9
VU 11-10
LB 7-14
MH 3-18
MISSING : CG WIN, GRANUM WIN, PB WIN & LOSS, VUL 2 WINS & 2
LOSSES, LB WIN & 2 LOSSES, MH LOSS
(July 26) Lethbridge Miners took a major step
toward a playoff spot with 8-7 and 7-4 wins over the Superiors
in Medicine Hat. The first game was the completion of
Wednesday's 6-6 deadlock. Larry Moore's 11th inning single
drove in the winning run. Al Warnick picked
up both wins over Bill Davidson. Warnick hurled the four
innings of the opener then went the distance in the second game. Miners' Earl
Ingarfield led the hitters in the nightcap with a triple and two doubles.
Davidson (L) and Adams
Kjelgaard, Scott (6), Warnick (W) (8) and Moore
Warnick
(W) and Moore
Davidson (L), Ziebert (3), Leonard (9) and Adams
(July 28) Granum White Sox moved to within a
half-game of the league-leading Calgary Dodgers by taking both
games of a twin-bill from Medicine Hat, 11-2 and 3-2. Willie
Walasko pitched a five-hitter for his fourth win as the
Sox coasted in the opener. Rudy Leonard took
the loss to drop to 1-6. John Vaselenak paced the Sox
with a double and two singles.
Walasko
(W) and Koentopp
Leonard (L), Wilson (7) and Adams
Dave Gambee and Ken
Burns combined on a two-hitter as the Sox
shaded the Superiors 3-2 in the second contest. Bill
Davidson allowed just five hits but took the loss.
Gambee
(W), Burns (7) and Carlson
Davidson (L) and Adams
(July 28) Calgary split a pair with Picture Butte, winning the opener
9-5 as Don Kirk notched his seventh straight victory
while dropping the second game 9-4 as Gary Harrison,
who earlier in the season threw a two-hit shutout against
Calgary, tossed a five-hitter for
the Indians. Marty Hurd was the big gun for the Dodgers
with a three-run homer in the opening frame of the first game
and a three-run shot and a solo blast in the second
game.
Calgary also got homers from John Mayes,
Ken Mitchell and
Harold Noble in the opener. Owen Goto led the Indians in
the second contest with a homer and a single.
Kirk
(7-0) and Heffel
Motley (L), Lovewell (2), Burcher (9) and Pung
Knudson
(L), Gregory (6) and Heffel
Harrison (W) and Pung
(July 28) Vulcan took two from Lethbridge, 3-2 and 2-1, getting
outstanding pitching efforts from Doug Marquardt and
Chuck Dailey.
Kucheran
(L) and Moore
Marquardt (W), Dailey (9) and Scorn
Warnick
(L) and Phillips
Dailey (W) and Burley
CG 18-7
GR 17-7
VU 14-10
PB 12-11
LB 9-16
MH 3-22
MISSING : VULCAN WIN, PB LOSS
(July 31) The new-look
Calgary Dodgers whipped Lethbridge 13-3 in Dave Abel's
managerial debut. Leroy Gregory held the
Miners to four hits in going the distance for the win. A
six-run, second inning highlighted by Denny Totland's
three-run homer salted away the victory for Calgary. Hank
Bassen also had a homer for the Dodgers while Clarence
Yanosik accounted for all the Lethbridge scoring with a
solo homer in the first and a two-run blast in the third.
Gregory
(W) and Noble
Kjeldgaard (L), Warnick (2), Scott (8) and Phillips, Tarnava (4)
(July 31) A two-run homer by Hans Pung
in the 10th inning - the only inning played -
gave Picture Butte a 13-11 win over Granum in the completion of
an earlier tied game, called because of darkness. Pung's
homer, with Floyd Gillies aboard, gave Larry
Lovewell the win over Dave Gambee of the
Sox.
Harrison, Burcher (4),
Lovewell (W) (10) and L Hanoian
Walasko, Gillick (5), Burns (7), Gambee (L) (10) and Carlson, Koentopp (8)
Granum came roaring back to take
the second contest 12-2 behind Gambee's
five-hitter. Bill Fennessey led the Sox
offensive with a homer and three singles. Jim McDonald
added four singles while Larry Koentopp had two
doubles.
Gambee
(W) and Koentopp
Lovewell (L), Motley (3), Menzies (7), Sedoo (7), Burcher (8) and
Pung
(July 31) Vulcan maintained its hold on third place
with a 5-3 win over Medicine Hat. Chuck Dailey went the distance
for the win.
Davidson
(L), Leonard (8) and Tingley
Dailey (W) and Burley
CG 19-7
GR 18-8
VU 15-10
PB 13-12
LB 9-17
MH 3 23
(August 1) Three,
two-run homers powered Vulcan to a 7-6 win over Calgary. Chuck
Dailey, pitcher turned outfielder, belted homers in the
third and fifth after Augie Scornaienchi had given
the Elks their first two runs in the opening frame with a blast
over the left field fence.
McIntosh
(L) and Heffel
Houck (W), Marquardt (8) and Scornaienchi
(August 2) Picture Butte
scored four runs in the final frame to take a 13-10 slugfest
from Vulcan. George Menzies knocked in the
winning run with a bases-loaded double in the seventh, the final
inning. Indians had come back from a 10-4 deficit with
five runs in the sixth. Hans Pung had opened
the scoring for the Indians with a two-run homer in the
first. Augie Scornaienchi was the hitting
star for the Elks with two homers, a double and a single. Art
Alvarez also had a homer for Vulcan.
Horton, Alvarez
(L) (6), Dailey (7)
and Burley
Motley, T Hanoian (5), Burcher (W) (6) and Pung
(August 3) Granum 2
Lethbridge 2 at Lethbridge
xxx and xxx
Warnick and xxx
(August 4)
Picture Butte and the Miners split a twin-bill at Lethbridge.
Mako Tashima blasted a pair of homers and a single to drive in
five runs as the Indians captured the opener 7-3. Gary Harrison
held the Miners to just five hits over eight innings and Larry
Lovewell came on in the 9th to stop a bases loaded, none-out
Lethbridge rally. In the second game, Vic Stasiuk's
three-run homer capped a six-run first inning as the Miners went on to
top the Indians 10-4. Al Warnick, who had thrown a
complete game the previous day against Granum, went the distance
allowing nine hits to capture the win. Earl Ingarfield
had three hits for the winners to give him five hits for the day.
Terry Hanoian had a homer for Picture Butte.
Harrison, Lovewell (9) and Pung
Scott and Moore
Burcher, Motley (3) and Pung
Warnick and Moore
(August 4) Hank Bassen
had a homer and three singles to lead Calgary to an 8-7, 10
inning win over Medicine Hat in the first game of a
double-header. His single with the bases-loaded and two
out in the extra inning drove in the winning run. Ken
Mitchell had sparked the Dodgers' comeback with a grand
slam homer in the third after the Superiors had taken a 3-0 in
the top of the inning on a two-run homer by B.J. Syverson
and an RBI double by Phil Risinger.
Calgary also came from behind to
win the second game, 8-3. A four-run seventh inning,
highlighted by Denny Totland's two-run double and Mary
Hurd's homer, put the Dodgers in front to stay.
Ziebert (L) and Adams
Gregory (W) and Heffel
Davidson
(L),
Ziebert (7) and Adams
Knutson (W) and Heffel
(August 6)
Gerry
Sedoo scattered six hits as Picture Butte downed Medicine Hat
8-3. Howard
Branch of the Indians had the only
homer. Bobby
Lee had three hits.
Terry Hanoian had a 3-run triple for the winners. Losing
pitcher Bill Davidson had three hits, a triple and two doubles,
for Medicine Hat.
Sedoo (W)
and Pung
Davidson (L) and Adams
CG 21-8
GR 20-9
VU 17-12
PB 16-13
LB 10-19
MH 3-26
MISSING : GRANUM 2 WINS & LOSS, VULCAN WIN, LOSS, LB LOSS
(August 7) On
the final day of the regular season, Granum trounced Calgary
13-4 to tie the Dodgers for top spot in the Foothills-Wheatbelt
league. But, there was controversy over which team
would claim the league title.
The dispute centered on a decision
by Lethbridge to forfeit a 2-2 tie game with the White Sox to
Granum. With that in the Sox victory column, Granum and
Calgary would each finish with 21 wins and 9 losses and the
teams would meet in a playoff tonight to determine the first
place finisher. But, the Dodgers had already make
arrangements to hold an exhibition double-header against the
Sandpoint Beavers.
In the game itself, Willie
Walasko scattered 10 hits for the win and got home run
support from John Vaselenak and Larry Koentopp.
McIntosh
(L) and Heffel
Walasko (W) and Koentopp
(August 7) Doug Marquardt
tossed a three-hit shutout as Vulcan blasted Lethbridge 11-0 in
the final regular season contest for both clubs.
Kjeldgaard
(L) and Tarnava
Marquardt (W) and Burley, Scornaienchi (5)
(August 7) Bobby Lee
all but clinched the batting title with three hits as he led
Picture Butte to a 12-6 win over the hapless Medicine Hat
Superiors. Hans Pung also had three hits for
the Indians.
Wilson
(L), Weisbeck (3), Risinger (5) and Adams
T Hanoian (W), Burcher (5), Harrison (7) and Pung
(August 8) In an exhibition
game in Calgary, Sandpoint Beavers of Idaho downed the Dodgers
13-7 plating five runs in each of the first and seventh innings.
Lethbridge Rotary
Tournament :
(August 10) Bob Blakeslee
hurled a three-hitter to lead Sandpoint Beavers to a 5-1 win over
Spokane Michielli Brothers and top prize of $1,400 in the
Lethbridge Rotary Tournament. More than 35-hundred fans
attended the final.
Angstrom
(L) and Chalich
Blakeslee (W) and Heintz
Spokane edged the
Lethbridge-Vulcan All-Stars 5-3 and Sandpoint beat Granum 5-2 in
semi-final action. Sandpoint got a three-hitter from Socky
Red for their victory and Spokane won with a three-run
seventh inning.
Davidson
(L), Walasko (6) and
Koentopp
Red (W) and Heintz
Baker
(W) and Chalich
Dailey (L), Weremy (8) and Scornaienchi
(August 9) Two of the four
Alberta clubs advanced in opening round play at the seventh
annual Lethbridge Rotary Tournament.
The Lethbridge-Vulcan All-Stars
got four-hit pitching from Al Warnick and upended
the Trail Smoke Eaters 11-0. Mitch Sztaba
had a triple and two singles for the Stars.
Warnick
(W) and Scornaienchi
Seeman (L), DeRosa (1), Mahoruk (6) and Russell
Bentley MacEwen held Billings to three hits in a game called after six innings
as Granum topped the Mustangs 6-2.
Bolingbroke
(L), Mountie (4) and
Bryson
MacEwen (W) and Koentopp
Calgary Dodgers were hammered
12-2 by the Spokane Michielli Brothers. Winning pitcher Gary
Barnes was also a star at the plate with a triple, double
and single.
Gregory
(L), McIntosh (6) and Noble
Barnes (W) and Chalich
Don Nieland of
Sandpoint and Orv Motley of Picture Butte put on a
pitching display in the other opening match as the Americans won, 2-1. Neiland won on a four-hitter while Motley
allowed just six hits in dropping the decision.
Nieland
(W) and Heintz
Motley (L) and Pung
(August 12) League
officials awarded Granum first place in the Foothills-Wheatbelt
League. Calgary Dodgers were placed second and fined $25
for forfeiting a game they were ordered to play against the
White Sox.
(August 13) Calgary Dodgers
exploded for five runs in the 5th inning and seven more in the
6th to overcome a 5-2 deficit and bomb Vulcan 14-5 in the
opening game of their best-of-three semi-final series.
Playing-manager Dave Abel was the big gun for the
Dodgers with two doubles and a pair of singles. Don
Kirk, undefeated in the regular season, was the winning
pitcher in a route-going seven-hitter. He fanned ten and
walked seven.
Marquardt
(L), Dailey (5), Houck (6)
and Scornaienchi
Kirk (W) and Abel
(August 14) Vulcan Elks
turned the tables on Calgary with a 12-2 win to even their
series at a game apiece. Catcher Augie Scornaienchi
had three hits, two RBI and scored four times for Vulcan. Chuck
Dailey, in relief, picked up the victory.
Gregory
(L), Knutson (4) and Abel
Marquardt, Dailey (W) (4) and Burley
(August 14) Picture
Butte drew first blood in the semi-final series with Granum with
a 9-3 win. White Sox self-destructed, making six errors,
allowing five bases on balls and two hit batsmen. Orv
Motley scattered ten hits in going the distance for the
Indians. White Sox send four pitchers to the hill --
Starter Bentley MacEwen, Pat Gillick,
Ken Burns and Dave Gambee.
MacEwen
(L) Gillick (2), Burns (7),
Gambee (7) and Koentopp
Motley (W) and L. Hanoian
(August 15) Picture Butte's
Bobby Lee captured the Foothills-Wheatbelt batting
crown with a .424 average according to final statistics released by the
league. Augie Scornaienchi of Vulcan
finished well back with a .382 mark. Marty Hurd
of Calgary was third at .378 and Jim Lester of
Granum fourth at .355. Johnny Vaselenak
topped the circuit in homers with 11. Hurd knocked
in the most runs, 41.
(Minimum of 75 at bats)
Lee, Picture
Butte .424
Scornaienchi, Vulcan .382
Hurd,
Calgary
.378
Lester,
Granum
.355
Bassen,
Calgary
.347
Vaselenak, Granum .347
Ingarfield, Lethbridge .345
Goto, Picture Butte .344
L Hanoian, Picture Butte .342
Houck,
Vulcan
.339
Fennessey, Granum .338
Yanosik, Lethbridge .333
Alvarez,
Vulcan
.330
Pung, Picture Butte .330
Laughlin, Vulcan
.328
Jantzie,
Vulcan
.325
Mitchell, Calgary .322
Sztaba, Lethbridge .318
Horton,
Vulcan
.315
Vejprava, Granum
.312
Best average: Bobby Lee,
Picture Butte, .424
Most at bats: Dennis Totland, Calgary, 138
Most runs: Marty Hurd, Calgary, 40
Most hits: Ron Laughlin, Vulcan and Lee, Picture Butte, 42
Most doubles: Ken Mitchell, Calgary, 11
Most triples: Hank Bassen, Calgary, 3
Most home runs: John Vaselenak, Granum, 11
Most stolen bases: Bill Fennessey, Granum, 15
Most runs batted in: Marty Hurd, Calgary, 41
Most innings pitched: Al
Warnick, Lethbridge, 113
Most games started: Chuck Dailey, Vulcan, 13
Most games completed: Warnick, 8
Most games won: Dailey, 8
Most games lost: Warnick and Bill Davidson, Medicine Hat,
8
Best pitching percentage: Don Kirk, Calgary, 7-0
Most strike outs: Warnick, 92
Most walks: Warnick, 61
(August 16) Granum blasted
16 hits, including five home runs, to trounced Picture Butte
13-3 to even their semi-final at 1-1. Bill Fennessey
led the assault with a pair of four baggers. Gord Wesley,
Johnny Vaselenak and Gord Vejprava
had the others. Willie Walasko held the Indians to
five hits and had a shutout until the Indians broke out for
their three runs in the 9th.
Harrison
(L), Lovewell (7), T Hanoian
(8) and L Hanoian
Walasko (W) and Koentopp
(August 16) Calgary used
the home run ball to shade Vulcan 6-5 in a thriller before
11-hundred fans in Calgary. The win moved the Dodgers into
the final of the Foothills-Wheatbelt circuit. Marty
Hurd and Dennis Totland belted two-run
homers and Hurd added a solo shot. Don Kirk,
working on just two days rest, allowed 10 hits but went the
distance for the win. Kirk had to wriggle out of a bases
loaded jam in the top of the 9th.
Dailey
(L) and Scornaienchi
Kirk (W) and Abel
(August 17) White Sox
blasted six homers to batter Picture Butte 22-7 to win the
Foothills-Wheatbelt semi-final series. Jim Lester,
Darwin Walkingshaw, Jim McDonald and Larry Koentopp all had three-run homers while Gord
Vejprava and Bill Fennessey had two-run
shots. Mako Tashima had a homer for the
Indians. Willie Walasko, in relief of Dave
Gambee and Pat Gillick, won his second game
of the playoff.
Motley
(L), Lovewell (6), Harrison
(7) and L Hanoian
Gambee, Gillick (2), Walasko (W) (4) and Koentopp
(August 17) In exhibition action
at Medicine Hat, the Superiors pounded out 20 hits to trounce
Regina Cardinals 20-7. Phil Risinger led the attack
with a double and two singles, Vic Link had four
singles and Mike Wiesbeck had three. John
Adams, Mel Wilson and Elroy
Schaufele each had a pair of hits. Don
Schwedelsky scattered ten hits for the win.
Resch (L), Floyd (7) and Abel
Schwedelsky (W) and Adams
(August 18) Bill Davidson
had a no-hitter into the 6th inning as Medicine Hat again topped Regina
Cardinals, this time 10-3. Davidson and Zeke Ziebert,
who relieved in the 7th, ended up combining on a two-hitter.
Phil Risinger again paced the offense belted a triple
and two singles. Bill Chccalias and Mike Wiesbeck
each had two hits.
Blondeau (L) and Abel
Davidson (W), Ziebert (7) and Adams
(August 18) Granum White
Sox had four home runs, two by Jim Lester, to beat
Calgary 12-7 in the opening game of the best-of-three league
final before 15-hundred fans in Granum. Johnny Vaselenak and Larry Koentopp
had the other Sox homers while Marty Hurd had a
pair of circuit blows for the Dodgers. Calgary also got
homers from John Mayes and Dennis Totland. Lester
knocked in four runs for the Sox.
McIntosh
(L), Knutson (7) and Abel
MacEwen (W) and Koentopp
(August 20) It was the
wild, wild West as the Granum White Sox captured the
Foothills-Wheatbelt championship and the Southern Alberta senior
title with a thrilling 14-12, 10-inning, win over the
Dodgers in Calgary.
The Sox, who blew a 6-0 lead, had
to recover from a 10-6 deficit. Johnny Vaselenak's
three-run homer with two outs in the 10th was the winning blow
in a game which produced 30 hits, including 8 homers -- three by
Dodgers' Ken Mitchell.
Sox took the lead with a two-run
first inning and four in the third. Calgary replied with
three in the third and three more in the fourth for a tie.
In the sixth, Calgary broke on
top as Mitchell belted a three-run homer, one of five
hits for the Dodger outfielder who ended the day with seven runs
batted in. Calgary added another run in the 7th on a pair of
walks and two wild pitches. Granum started its comeback in
the 8th as pitcher Dave Gambee drove one out of
the park with two mates aboard. Dodgers bounced back with
another marker in the bottom of the inning, to take an 11-9
lead, scoring on another Gambee wild pitch.
In the top of the 9th, Bill
Fennessey led off with a homer. Then, with two outs,
an infield error allowed Larry Koentopp to reach
first and a Darwin Walkingshaw triple plated the
tying run. Gambee blanked the Dodgers in the bottom
of the inning to set the stage for Vaselenak's dramatic
blast.
Mitchell led off the bottom of
the 10th with his third homer, but Gambee got two
strikeouts and a groundout to end the contest and hand Granum
the title. Bill Fennessey had a pair of
homers for the Sox and Marty Hurd belted a two-run
shot for the Dodgers.
Walasko, Gambee
(W) (7) and Koentopp
Gregory, Knutson (3), McIntosh (L) (9) and Abel
Medicine Hat
Tournament :
(August 24) Medicine Hat
Superiors won their own tournament and prize money of $1,000
with a 4-0 win over the Calgary Dodgers in the tourney
final. Roy Cleland, a pickup from Vauxhall,
tossed a three-hitter for the win.
Superiors made the final with a
7-1 victory over Grand Centre Braves while Calgary set down the
Libby Loggers 5-4.
Pat Gillick,
another pickup by the Superiors, pitched a five-hitter to dump
the Braves in the semi-final.
(August 23) The Libby,
Montana, Loggers ousted pre-tournament favourite Granum White
Sox from further play in the Medicine Hat Rotary
Tournament. Bob Blakeslee was a pitching and
batting star as the Loggers scored an 8-2 victory. He held
the Sox to eight hits while helping his own cause with a double
and single.
The Calgary Dodgers moved into
the semi-final round with an 8-0 win over Billings as Marty
Hurd went 4-4 and Joe Weremy tossed a three-hitter.
Medicine Hat Superiors downed St.
Regis War Chiefs of Montana 2-1 as Bill Davidson fired a
four-hitter to best Don Fornall who allowed just six hits in
a losing cause. Grand Centre Braves exploded for four runs
in the top of the 9th inning to break a 2-2 tie, then held off a
Picture Butte rally in the bottom of the 9th to win 6-4.
Oscar Tesch went the distance for the win holding the
Indians to six hits. Larry Lovewell was the loser
in relief.
St. Regis 1 MH 2
Fornall (L) and Bennett
Davidson (W) and Adams
Grand C 6 Picture Butte 4
Tesch (W) and Roberts
Motley, Lovewell (L) (7) and L. Hanoian
(August 25) Granum retained
its Alberta senior title downing Grande Centre Braves 15-2 and
8-5 in a playoff double-header. Willie Walasko
held the Braves to four hits and fanned 11 to win the
opener. Bill Fennessey led the offensive
with a pair of homers and a single. Jim Lester
had three hits. Grande Centre made nine costly
errors. Lefty Dick Griffen took the loss.
Fennessey hit two more
homers, one a grand slam, in the second game. Ken Burns
and Dave Gambee handled the mound work for the
Sox. Griffen, at first base for the second game,
belted a three-run homer for the Braves. It was the fourth
straight Alberta Senior crown for the White Sox.
Griffen
(L), Dew (8) and Roberts
Walasko (W) and Koentopp
Tesch (L) and Dew
Burns (W), Gambee (7) and Carlson
(August 30) Spokane
Tournament : Willie Walasko
tossed a four hit shutout as Granum topped St. Regis Montana
12-0 in the Spokane Invitational Tournament. White Sox
exploded for nine runs in the 9th to break open what had been a
close contest. Bill Fennessey, on a home run
tear, belted another for the Sox and added a double. Bobby
Lee had a triple and two singles.
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Fornall (L) and xxx
(August 31) Spokane Orioles
advanced to the quarter-final round of the Pacific Northwest
International tournament by trouncing Granum 10-0 in a game
ended after six innings. Ray Washburn, later to be
a star with the White Sox, tossed the shutout against
Granum.
Washburn (W) and xxx
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Bellingham was declared forfeit
winner over Granum in a consolation round game. With Bellingham
leading 8-7 in the 5th inning, the umpires handed the contest to
the Bells because of what they termed "abusive language
from the field and the Granum bench."
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