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Saskatoon Optimist :
(July 25) The 1957 champions from Rosetown were eliminated
in the semi-finals by Kindersley Klippers, 8-4. Kindersley
came back from a 4-0 deficit with a five-run, fifth inning and
added three more in the sixth. The game was called after six
innings by rain. Len Breckner's two-run homer was the
winning blow.
Kindersley 8 Rostown 4
Blasich, Mantooth (2) and Koemstedt
Holdaway, Folk (5), Duffus (6) and D. Snyder
Lacombe : Lethbridge
Warriors took top prize.
Lethbridge Warriors, Calgary
Dodgers, Estevan Maple Leafs, Granum White Sox, Central Alberta
All-Stars, Moose Jaw Lakers, Mack's Pipe Liners, North-Eastern
Alberta All-Stars
(July
1) Calgary
Elks Tournament
Granum White Sox took first prize
money of $1,000 in the annual Elks tournament downing Calgary 12-9
in the final before 2-thousand fans at Buffalo Stadium. Sox
plated four runs in the 4th inning on three hits an error and a
walk to take a 5-2 which they never relinquished. Granum
built up an 11-2 lead before Calgary rallied with seven runs in
the 8th to make it close. Bill Fennessey homered for
the Sox.
Granum reached the final round with
a 10-4 win over Lethbridge as John Vaselenak belted a
three-run homer and drove in a total of five runs. Brack Bailey
and John Robertson also
had a four-baggers for the Sox and Clarence Yanoski had one
for the Warriors.
Dodgers won a final berth with a
9-0 win over Red Deer in a game conceded by Red Deer after Calgary
had scored three times in the 4th inning. Marty Hurd
had a three-run blast for the Dodgers.
Granum
shaded Medicine Hat 7-6 in
opening round action riding home runs by Bill Fennessey
and Gord Vejprava. Lynn Duncan
homered for the Superiors and nearly won the game in the 9th
inning with a long, bases-loaded smash that Bill Fennessey
hauled in at the centre-field wall.
Calgary whipped Vaxhall 10-0 as Tilbert
Neal fired a six-hitter for the win and Bill Casanova
led the offense with a homer, double and single.
Kamloops, rushed into the breach when the Seattle
Cheney Studs withdrew late Sunday, filled in admirably in spite of a
17-hour drive which brough the team to the stadium just two hours before
game time. The BC club gave Lethbridge all it could handle before
bowing out 14-9 as Clarence Yanosik belted a pair of homers and
Ron Hare added another. Jack Fowles
had a two-run smash for Kamloops. The tournament opener saw Red
Deer top Rowletta Lakes 2-1 in a pitching duel between Dale
Ackerman of the Dodgers and Bob Pearl of the Lakers.
George Hunchuk of the Lakes had the only homer.
Monday
Rowletta 1 Red Deer 2
Pearl and Hunchuck
Ackerman and Umari
Vauxhall 0 Calgary 10
Cleland, Anderson (3), LaPalme (6) and Eilmes
Neal and Martin
Medicine Hat 6 Granum 7
Whitmore, Ziebert (1) and Braun, Adams (4)
Walasko, McCaig (9) and Carrier
Tuesday
Lethbridge 14 Kamloops 9
Motley, Warnick (6), Chavez (7) and Koentopp
Lunn, Gayton (7) and Anderson
Calgary 9 Red Deer 0
Falk and Martin
Wilson and Sigurdson
Granum 10 Lethbridge 4
Davidson and Carrier
Canner, Duncan (4) and Koentopp
Granum 12 Calgary 9
McCaig, Coggins (8) and Bryson
Gary Barnes, Neal (5), Henry (6), Falk (8), Devost (9), Pearce (9) and
Martin
Lethbridge
Rotary Tournament :
(August 2) Ron Hubbard
was the hero, at the plate and on the hill, as Medicine Hat
Superiors came from behind a 5-1 deficit in the bottom of the
eighth inning to score seven times and beat Granum 8-5 in the
final of the Lethbridge Rotary Tournament. The key blow was Hubbard's
pinch-hit, grand slam homer. Hubbard began the 9th in left
field but was called to the mound to quell a potential White Sox
rally in the bottom of the 9th. Bob Bolingbroke
picked up the win in relief of starter Zeke Ziebert.
Lynn Duncan had a homer, double and single for the
Superiors.
Davidson (L) McCaig (8) and Bryson
Ziebert, Bolingbroke (W) (8), Hubbard (9) and Braun
Granum had won its semi-final, 8-4,
over Kelowna as third baseman John Robertson belted a homer
and two singles and John Valelenak rapped a
three-run homer and two singles. Gord Vejprava
added a triple and single.
Medicine Hat Superiors gained a berth in the final
downing Calgary Dodgers 4-1 as Aaron Jones allowed
just three hits and fanned 13 as he pitched into the 9th inning as
temperatures broke 90 degrees. Jones aided his cause with a homer
and single. Lowell Pearce took the loss.
Kelowna 4 Granum 8
DeRosa, Scott (5), Denbow (7) and Culos
Neal, McCaug (3), Walasko (6) and Bryson
Medicine Hat 4 Calgary 1
Jones, Bolingbroke (9) and Braun
Pearce, Falk (7) and Martin
(August 1)
All but one of the Southern Alberta clubs advanced to the semi-finals of
the Rotary Tournament. Only Kelowna Orioles broke the spell.
Kelowna plated four in the 9th inning to down Lethbridge Warriors 9-7.
Granum whipped the Spokane All-Stars 20-10,
Medicine Hat thrashed Lander, Wyoming, Pioneers 17-8 and the
Calgary Dodgers scored three in the 1st and went on to shade the
Havana Giants 4-2.
In the opening game, Kelowna
Orioles broke loose with a four-run rally in the 9th to score a
9-7 victory and knock Lethbridge Warriors out of the eighth annual
Rotary Tournament. Two errors, a walk and hits by Jim
Schloesler and Bill Martino brought the Orioles
back from a 7-5 deficit. Schloesler led the Kelowna
offense with three doubles and a single. Earl Ingarfield
belted a three-run homer for Lethbridge. Bob Roberts went
all the way for the win.
Kelowna 9 Lethbridge 7
Roberts and Culos
Chavez, Canner (7) and Koentopp
Granum scored four in the first inning and
never looked back in trouncing Spokane 20-10.
Gordie Vejprava drove
in four runs with two homers and a double to lead the White Sox
past Spokane. Gil Kuhn had a homer and double
for the losers. Willie Walasko picked up the win, Gary
Barnes was the loser.
Spokane 10 Granum 20
Barnes, Shortlidge (1), Stoner (6), Bloomquist (7) and Heinz
Walasko, McCaig (7) and Bryson
Medicine Hat clubbed 20 hits,
including a grand slam homer by Don Risinger, to
beat Lander. Phil Risinger had a three-run
homer, double and two singles. Ron Hubbard was the
winner, Tony Occhaito the loser.
Medicine Hat 17 Landor 5
Hubbard, Jones (7) and Braun
Occhaito, Carlos (2), Francis (6), Glen (8) and Cooper
Errors were prominent in the
Giants' loss to Calgary. They committed three in the opening
frame as the Dodgers scored three times without a hit. Hank
Szostak went the distance on the hill for Calgary allowing
just four hits. Selvo Hebra was the starter and
loser for Havana.
Havana 2 Calgary 4
Herba, Rivera (1), Diaz (8), Zambrana (8) and Gonzalez
Szostak and Martin
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