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Saskatoon Optimist : Davidson
beat Delisle 14-7
 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 and Koentopp
Furibondo 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.
Walasko and Koentopp
Bloxom and Eilmes
Grand Centre scored three in the
bottom of the 9th to shade Campion 7-6 in the other
semi-final.
Babiuk, Doucette (6) and Kulka
Molyneaux, Makos (5), Furibondo (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, Motley (4) and Pung
Doucette 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, Ikeda (7) and Abel
Furibonda 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 and Eilmes
Schneck 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 and Koentopp
Dane, and Hunchuk, Lyscek (5)
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, Motley (5),
Sedoo (6)
and Pung
Gregory 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, Gehringer (6) and
McCarthy
Knudson 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, Leonard (7) and Adams
Harrison, Lovewell (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 and Abel
Walasko, 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 (7)
Harrison, Motley (4)
Medicine Hat ousted Gleichen
Indians 4-2 behind the pitching of Don Schwedelsky.
Schwedelsky
Koshuba
Kimberley Dynamos whipped
Edmonton Outlaws 7-1.
Holliston
M Yeske
Lethbridge Rotary
Tournament :
(August 10) Bob Blakeslee
hurled a three-hitter to lead Sandpoint 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 and Chalich
Blakeslee 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, Walasko (6) and
Koentopp
Red and Heintz
Baker and Chalich
Dailey, 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 and Scornaienchi
Seeman, 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, Mountie (4) and
Bryson
MacEwen 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, McIntosh (6) and Noble
Barnes 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 and Heintz
Motley and Pung
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 2-1 while Grand Centre sidelined Picture Butte
6-4.
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