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(June 3) The defending champion Medicine Hat
Superiors got a rude reception in Calgary as the teams kicked off the 1959
season. Dodgers exploded for five runs in the 4th inning to break a
scoreless tie and go on to whip the Superiors 10-3. Gord Vejprava
paced the Dodgers with three hits. Hank Szostak and Bentley
MacEwen combined on a seven-hitter for Calgary.
Bartylla
(L), Bailey (4) and Kerrick
Szostak (W), MacEwen (8) and D Abel
(June 3) Lethbridge scored eight runs in the first inning and
defeated Vauxhall 14-6. Bob Bourbeau's grand slam was the big
blow for the White Sox. Bourbeau and John Vaselenak, fresh from
a stint in pro ball, each had four runs batted in.
McClure
(W), Wilson (6) and Koentopp
Cleland (L), Cliffe (1), Escke (5) and Eilmes
(June 5) Playing-manager Dick Little
belted a bases-loaded double in the 6th inning to pace Medicine Hat to a 7-4
win over Vauxhall. Buzz Bartylla picked up the win after
taking over the hill for starter Max Sluga in the 2nd
inning. Bob Mosteller of the Jets had the only homer.
Jordan
(L), Escke (7) and Eilmes
Sluga, Bartylla (W) (2) and Kerrick
(June 7) Bob Mosteller tossed a
four-hitter as Vauxhall downed Medicine Hat 7-1 in the first game of a
twin-bill. Paul Haney led the Jets with three hits while Jim
Pierson poked a homer and Glen Rediger had two hits. The
Superiors came back to win the second game, 10-9 as Rediger led
the offensive with a two-run homer in the 3rd and a three-run blast in the
5th.
Moore
(L), Sluga (6) and Kerrick, Little (4)
Mosteller (W) and Pierson
Bailey
(W) and Kerrick, Little (5)
Escke, Mosteller (L) (5) and Pierson
(June 7) Calgary swept a double-header from Lethbridge, 5-1 and
19-5. Dave Centi, a pitcher and part-time outfielder,
bashed two homers, a double, and three singles to pace the Dodgers'
offensive. Bill Casanova also had six hits on the day,
including a homer, and drove in seven runs. Marty Hurd
had a homer and six RBI in the second contest. Gord Vejprava
went 4-4 in the nightcap.
Morris
(L) and Koentopp
Miller (W) and W Abel
Jamieson
(L), Wilson (3) and Tarnava
MacEwen (W) and D Abel
(June 10) Vauxhall Jets gave Lethbridge a
three-run first inning advantage then roared back to trounced the White Sox
10-4. Jack Jordan settled down after a shaky first inning and
finished up with a five-hitter. Shortstop Hugh McMillan
and third baseman Tom Gonzalez each had three hits for the
Jets. Sox committed six errors.
Jordan
(W) and Pierson
Washburn (L), Creighton (7) and Koentopp
(June 12) Lethbridge knocked Calgary from the
undefeated ranks with a 6-4 win before 800 fans at Buffalo Stadium. Jerry
McClure pitched into the 9th for the win. Dick Creighton
got the final out with the bases loaded. Bill Fennessey
of the Dodgers had the only homer. Marcel Lachemann went
the distance for Calgary allowing just seven hits but was undermined by five
Calgary errors.
McClure
(W), Creighton (9) and Koentopp
Lachemann (L) and D Abel
(June 12) Hugh McMillan's grand slam homer in the
7th gave Vauxhall a 9-8 win over Medicine Hat. Winning pitcher Bob
Mosteller and catcher Jim Pierson also had homers for
the Jets. Ron Mertus had two hits, including a homer for
the Superiors.
Tillotson
(L), Bolingbroke (7) and Crook
Mosteller (W) and Pierson
(June 14) Left-hander Bob Bolingbroke
tossed a six-hitter and fanned 14 as Medicine Hat topped Vauxhall 8-2 in the
first game of a twin-bill. Jets scored three in the top of the 11th
inning to win the second contest 9-7. Bob Mosteller had
a homer for Vauxhall.
Jordan
(L), Cliffe (7), C Moore (8) and Pierson,
Eilmes ( )
Bolingbroke (W) and Mannini
C Moore
(W), Schulz (11) and Pierson
Bailey, Bartylla (L) (10) and Mannini
(June 14) Calgary and the White Sox split an error-filled
double-header at Henderson Park at Lethbridge. The home club scored an
easy 16-4 win in the first game while the Dodgers bounced back to take a
13-10 decision in the nightcap. Calgary committed 14 errors on the
day, eight in the first game.
Ray Washburn went the distance for the
Lethbridge win aided by a sloppy Calgary defense and John Vaselenak's
homer.
Bill Fennessey had a homer, triple and
single to pace the Dodgers in the second game. Marty Hurd
also had three safeties as Calgary punched out 18 hits. On the day, Gord
Vejprava and Marve Marchbanks each had six hits.
Washburn
(W) and xxx
Centi (L), MacEwen (2) and xxx
Morris, Creighton
(L) (5), Carlson (7), Jamieson
(9) and Koentopp
Szostak, Miller (W) (3) and D Abel, W Abel (7)
(June 16) Lethbridge broke a scoreless tie with
four runs in the top of the 10th to beat Medicine Hat 4-0. Brack
Bailey singled and scored on an error to plate the winning run.
Larry Koentopp added some insurance with a two-run homer. Steve
Schott went the distance for the shutout. He allowed just seven
hits.
Schott
(W) and Koentopp
Bartylla (L) and Mannini
(June 17) Calgary built up a 15-6 lead then held
on in the bottom of the final frame to top Vauxhall 15-12. Dodgers had
11 hits including homers from Marve Marchbanks and Marty
Hurd. Marcel Lachemann, the 18-year-old high
school right-hander, was touched for just six hits but walked 13 and hit two
batters before giving way to Hank Szostak with two out in the
8th. The Jets committed eight errors.
Lachemann
(W), Szostak (8) and D Abel
Schulz (L), Cliffe (7), Moore (8) and Pierson
(June 17) Medicine Hat erupted for three runs in the top of the
9th to turned back Lethbridge 9-8. Glen Rediger was the
key man for the Superiors with two home runs and a single. Sherwood
Brewer added three hits. Earl Ingarfield had a
three-run homer for the Sox. Catcher Larry Koentopp of
Lethbridge accomplished an unusual cycle -- he picked off runners at first,
second and third. Ken Bailey picked up the win with 3
1/3 innings of hitless relief. Bailey also belted a double
which scored the tying and winning runs.
Smith, Powell (6), Bailey
(W) (6) and Mannini
McClure, Jamieson (L) (4), Creighton (9) and Koentopp
CALGARY
5 2
LETHBRIDGE 4 5 2
MEDICINE HAT 4 5 2
VAUXHALL 4 5 2
(June 19) Jack Jordan tossed a
three-hitter as Vauxhall clubbed Medicine Hat 13-1. The Jets pounded out 15
hits. Jordan aided his own cause with a towering home run blast in the
9th. Playing-manager John Haynie whacked a two-run homer and
single for the Jets before being ejected in the third inning. Tom Gonzales
also had a homer for the Jets. Bob Mosteller contributed
three hits, Chuck Charlton punched out a triple and a single,
and Tom Wilcox had a double and single. Superiors helped
out the Jets by committing nine errors.
Jordan
(W) and Pierson
F Moore (L), Smith (2), Tillotson (8) and Mannini.
(June 19) Ray Washburn gave up a run in the first
then shutdown the Dodgers the rest of the way as Lethbridge scored a 7-1 win
in Calgary. The big right-hander also belted a homer. John
Vaselenak had a three-run clout to pace the Sox.
Washburn
(W) and Koentopp
Szostak (L), Miller (7) and D Abel
Calgary announced it had acquired pitcher Jerry
McClure from Lethbridge. McClure had tossed a four-hitter
against the Dodgers a week previous.
(June 21) Tom Kennedy's squeeze
bunt in the 11th inning scored Tom Wilcox with the winner as
the Jets beat Calgary 6-5 in the first of two in Vauxhall.
Calgary's Jerry McClure had loaded the bases on three
successive walks. Wilcox had earlier driven in Tom Gonzalez
with a double in the bottom of the 9th inning to force the extra frames. Kennedy
blasted a two-run homer in the 4th inning. Bob Mosteller went the
distance for the win. He fanned eleven and walked three. Dave Centi
homered for the Dodgers.
Larry Schultz, with one batter relief from Jack
Jordan, picked up the pitching win in the second contest as the Jets
won 6-3. Chuck Charlton, Paul Haynie and Hugh
McMillan each had two hits for Vauxhall. Dave Abel, of
Calgary, had the only homer.
McClure
(L) and W Abel
Mosteller (W) and Pierson
Miller
(L) and D Abel
Schulz (W), Jordan (7), Schulz (7) and Pierson
(June 21) Medicine Hat erased a 3-0 deficit with
a four-run 8th inning and held on to defeat Lethbridge 4-3 in the opener of
a twin-bill in Lethbridge. A two-run, pinch-hit double by Max Sluga
was the winning blow. Dave Biggers had a homer for the
White Sox. Taylor Smith picked up the win in
relief. In the second game, Earl Morris scattered six
hits as the Sox won the nightcap 4-2. Lethbridge managed just three
hits off Thad Tillotson and Taylor Smith. Pinch-hitter
Ray Washburn drove in the winning run with a single in the 6th
inning.
Bailey, Smith
(W) (7), Bartylla (8) and Crook
Carlson (L), Wilson (8) and Koentopp
Tillotson
(L), Smith (7) and Mannini
Morris (W) and Koentopp
(June 21) Ponoka Tournament : Rain washed out the final day of the
Ponoka tournament. Cold Lake, Grande Prairie and Ponoka had won first
round matches, while Delisle Gems and Spokane Builders battled to a 2-2
tie. The tournament also featured the Beverley Drakes, Colfax and
Fairchild Air Force. Satchel Paige was to have been in the lineup for
Ponoka.
(June 22) Medicine Hat whipped Calgary 10-3 as Bob
Bolingbroke went the distance holding the Dodgers to eight
hits. Sherwood Brewer slammed a homer for Medicine Hat
with Ron Mertus adding a double and a single.
Lachemann
(L), Szostak (3) and D Abel
Bolingbroke (W) and Mannini
(June 22) Calgary shortstop Gord Vejprava
jumped into the lead in the Southern Alberta Baseball league batting
race. The totals, through games of June 17th, showed Vejprava
with a mark of .451, well ahead of teammate Bill Casanova, at
.413. Sherwood Brewer of Medicine Hat was third, at
.410. John Vaselenak of Lethbridge was at .407, while Dave
Centi of Calgary rounded out the top five, at .370. Glen Rediger
of Medicine Hat had the most homers, 4.
Lacombe Tournament (June 25) Lethbridge White Sox took top prize
with a 5-0 victory over Vauxhall in the final as Mountie
Bedford pitched a four-hit shutout. Homers did the trick for
the Sox. Darwin Walkingshaw had a solo shot in the 3rd
and Stan Busch wrapped up the title with a three-run blast in
the 6th.
Bedford
(W) and Koentopp
Mosteller (L), Cravens (6) and Pierson
Earlier in the day, the Sox whipped the Eatonia
All-Stars 12-1 and, in the semi-final, trampled Medicine Hat 14-4.
Bob Bourbeau, Brack Bailey
and Steve Schott had homers against Eatonia. Schott
pitched a five-hitter for the win.
Schott (W) and xxx
xxx and xxx
Sloppy field work led to Medicine Hat's downfall in
the semi-final. The Superiors had a 2-1 lead in the 4th when Jim
Valentine's error opened the floodgates for six unearned runs. Ray
Washburn, with relief from Dick Creighton, picked up
the win. Brack Bailey had a homer and Jim Lester
belted a triple and a double to lead the Sox offense.
Bolingbroke
(L), Smith (4), Tillotson (6) and Mannini
Washburn (W), Creighton (6) and Koentopp
Medicine Hat had ousted Fairchild Air Base 6-0 in
first round activity as Frank Moore tossed a four-hitter for
the Superiors. Glen Rediger had a homer and double to
lead the 'Hatters.
Moore (W) and xxx
xxx and xxx
Tom Gonzalez and Tom Kennedy
bashed homers to lead Vauxhall to a 6-4 win over Calgary in the other
semi-final match. Bill Casanova bashed a pair of solo
homers and Marty Hurd contributed a two-run blast to account
for all the Dodgers' scoring. Reliever Jack Craven picked
up the win. Hank Szostak was the loser.
Schulz, Cravens
(W) (7), Jordan (8) and Pierson
Szostak (L), Miller (9) and D Abel
Lacombe Tournament
(June 24)
Calgary and Vauxhall advanced to the semi-final round as rain cut short the
opening day program at the10th Annual Lacombe Tournament.
Vauxhall whipped Cold Lake 10-2 as Tom Gonzalez
bashed a grand slam homer, triple and double in three trips to the
plate. Jack Jordan held the Cardinals to just four hits
and both runs against him were unearned.
Gates
(L), Howard (8), Lappen (8) and Snow
Jordan (W) and Pierson
Calgary scored three in the first and went on to a 7-2
victory over the Central Alberta All-Stars as Dave Abel and Marve
Marchbanks supplied home run power. Jerry McClure
tossed a four-hitter for the win.
Martin
(L), Vold (1) and Morris
McClure (W) and D Abel
Lethbridge White Sox, Vauxhall Jets, Medicine Hat
Black Sox, Calgary Dodgers, Fairchild (Spokane) Air Force Base, Eatonia
All-Stars, Cold Lake Cardinals, Central Alberta All-Stars
(June 28) There were a few surprises as
SABL teams cut to the 15-player limit for the remainder of the season.
Calgary cut Jim McDonald and signed Hank Bassen, AG
Johnson and Bentley MacEwen. Johnson was on the
roster just one day before being dropped in favour of Frank Amaya,
a slick fielding shortstop who played with Lethbridge in 1958.
Vauxhall dropped Doug Erskine while Medicine Hat cut Ken
Bailey and added Aaron Jones. Lethbridge had
earlier dropped Tom Jamieson.
(June 28) Calgary Dodgers went from worst to
first in sweeping a double-header from Vauxhall, 9-1 and 8-6.
Sparkling relief work by Bentley MacEwen was key in both
games. He came on to douse a Jets rally in the 7th inning of the
opener and, in the second game, stopped the Jets in the 8th while the
Dodgers rallied for three runs to give him the victory.
Jerry McClure was working on a
two-hitter into the 8th inning of the nightcap when the roof caved in.
Five walks, a homer by Tommy Gonzalez, a single by Jim Pierson
and two errors gave the Jets five runs and a 6-5 lead. MacEwen
halted the visitors and was the beneficiary of the Dodgers three-run 8th
inning. Marty Hurd had a three-run homer for Calgary in
the 1st and McClure added a solo smash in the 4th. Dave Abel
contributed three hits.
Dave Centi powered the Dodgers in the
first game with two homers and a single. The Jets pulled off a triple
play in the opening frame. Paul Haney caught Bill
Casanova's bases-loaded liner and relays to first and third erased Frank
Amaya and Gord Vejprava.
Dodgers came up with a surprise in shortstop Amaya,
the league's fielding sensation last season with Lethbridge. He spent
six weeks in the Spring with the Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League.
Miller
(W), MacEwen (7) and W Abel
Cliffe, Jordan (L) (4) and Pierson
McClure, MacEwen
(W) (8) and D Abel
Schulz, Mosteller (L) (8) and Pierson
CALGARY
7 6
LETHBRIDGE 6 6 0.5
VAUXHALL 7 7 0.5
MEDICINE HAT 6 7 1.0
(July 1) Calgary Tournament : Lethbridge White Sox captured
their second straight tournament title by taking top prize of $1,000 in the
2nd Annual Calgary Elks event. Sox whipped Calgary Dodgers 13-2 in the
final, called after seven innings because of the 10-run tournament
rule. The contest drew more than 22-hundred people to Buffalo Stadium.
Dick Creighton held the Dodgers to four hits and helped out at
the plate with a three-run homer. Creighton fanned 12 and
walked none. Dave Abel's homer had given Calgary a 2-1
lead in the 4th before the Sox exploded for eight runs in the
6th.
Creighton
(W) and Koentopp
MacEwen (L), Miller (6), McClure (7) and D Abel
Dave Biggers two-out, two-run homer in
the bottom of the 10th gave Lethbridge a 7-5 win over Medicine Hat in
semi-final action. Don Carlson, Mountie Bedford
and Steve Schott combined to hold the Superiors to six hits,
two of them homers by Bob Mannini and Glen Rediger.
Bob Bolingbroke started for the Superiors but a blister on his
pitching hand forced him to the sidelines in the 3rd.
Bolingbroke, Jones
(L) (3) and Mannini
Carlson, Bedford (7), Schott (W) (10) and Koentopp
White Sox whipped Red Deer Dodgers 11-1 in first
round action as Earl Morris tossed a two-hitter. One of
the hits was a homer by Bill Service.
Morris (W) and xxx
Pete Malowany, John Makos and xxx
Calgary made the final with an 11-1 victory over
Vauxhall. Hank Szostak allowed eight hits in picking up
the win. Bill Fennessey had a two-run homer.
Mosteller
(L), Schulz (2) and Pierson
Szostak (W) and D Abel
The Dodgers had trounced Ponoka Stampeders 14-4 in
opening round action. Marty Hurd led the offense with a
grand slam homer. Bob McClure also had a circuit
blow. Marcel Lachemann handled the mound duties for
Calgary.
Lachemann (W) and xxx
xxx and xxx
Paced by Bob Mannini's
homer Medicine Hat whipped Swift Current
Indians 11-1.
McLeod, Olmstead, Holdaway, xxx and xxx
xxx and xxx
Vauxhall had won its opener, 5-3 over the Beverley
Drakes thanks to a wild streak by the Drakes' Don Glover who
walked across four runs in the 6th inning.
xxx and xxx
Glover (L) and xxx
(July 3) Lethbridge scored four runs in the 5th
inning without a hit and beat Medicine Hat 4-2 in a game called after six
innings by rain. Three errors accounted for the Sox outburst. Ray
Washburn went the distance for the win. Bob Mannini
of the Superiors had the only homer. Stan Busch had two
hits for the Sox.
Tillotson
(L) , Smith (5) and Mannini
Washburn (W) and Koentopp
(July 3) Bill Cliffe pitched five innings of
shutout relief to lead Vauxhall to a 10-5 win over Calgary. Jim Pierson
had three hits for the Jets while Bill Fennessey had three for
the Dodgers.
McClure
(L), Centi (4) and D Abel
Cravens, Cliffe (W) (3) and Pierson
(July 4) Don Pilling, Lethbridge
Herald :
" ... George Wesley's Lethbridge White Sox
pitching staff continues to sparkle in tournament play ... In winning
the Calgary do the other day White Sox twirlers gave up only 12 hits in
three games with Earl Morris, Don Carlson, Monte
Bedford, Steve Schott and Dick Creighton
doing the elbowing ... In six tournament tussles the Sox mound brigade
has limited the opposition to 28 hits ... Breaking it down Bedford has
pitched 12 innings, allowing one run and six hits, Schott eight innings,
one run and five hits, Morris seven innings, one run and two hits,
Creighton 11 innings, two runs and six hits, Carlson six innings, four
runs and five hits ... And third sacker Jim Lester, off to
a slow start in league play, is pounding the ball at a .423 clip along
the tourney trail ... Catcher Larry Koentopp -- and he's a
jim-dandy -- leads the team with a lusty .473 mark in six games in
Lacombe and Calgary." (The Lethbridge Herald,
July 4, 1959)
(July 5) Lethbridge widened its lead atop the
Southern Alberta league standings with a double-header sweep in
Vauxhall. White Sox took the opener 10-8 as Dave Biggers
paced the winners with a double and two singles. Bob Bourbeau
had three singles. Newcomer Johnny Price had four hits
for the Jets and Tom Wilcox produced a grand slam homer and a
double.
Bourbeau had a homer and two singles to lead
the Sox to an 11-9 win in the second game. Jim Lester
and John Vaselenak also had round-trippers. Bob Mosteller
belted a pair of homers for the Jets.
Morris, Carlson
(W) (3), Bedford (8) and Koentopp
Mosteller (L), Schulz (4), Cliffe (9) and Pierson
Schott, Creighton
(W) (6) and Koentopp
Jordan (L), Mosteller (8) and Eilmes
(July 5) Medicine Hat took a pair from Calgary, both by 11-7
scores. Thad Tillotson, who relieved in both games, picked up the win
in the second contest. Sherwood Brewer had two homers
for the Superiors with Aaron Jones and Glen Rediger
also blasting four-baggers.
MacEwen
(L) Centi (4) and D Abel
Jones (W), Tillotson (7) and Mannini
Miller
(L), MacEwen (6) and D Abel
Smith, Tillotson (W) (5) and Mannini
LETHBRIDGE 9 6
MEDICINE HAT 8 8 1.5
VAUXHALL 8 9 2.0
CALGARY 7 9 2.5
(July 6) Edmonton Eskimos of the
Canadian-American League defeated Calgary Dodgers 9-5 in an exhibition match
before a crowd of 34-hundred at Renfrew Park at Edmonton. Dale Eikerman,
the winning pitcher, was taken to hospital with undetermined injuries after
being hit by a pitch in the 7th inning. The only homer of the game was
hit by Brack Bailey, on loan to Calgary from Lethbridge.
Vold, Eikerman
(W) (7), Yaryan (8) and Heath
Szostak, Centi (L) (6), Lachemann (7) and D Abel
(July 7) Calgary took a 6-0 lead and held off
the Lethbridge White Sox for a 6-5 win at Buffalo Stadium. Pitcher Jerry
McClure provided the winning blow, a three-run homer in the 4th
inning. Bob Bourbeau knocked in four runs for the Sox
with a pair of homers and a single.
Washburn
(L) and Koentopp
McClure (W), MacEwen (8), Lachemann (9) and W. Abel
(July
7) Medicine Hat exploded for fifteen runs in the 2nd inning to
demolish Vauxhall 21-4. Superiors had seventeen hits and capitalized
on eight Jets' errors. Dick Rautman, with a double and two
singles, and Carson Oldham and Bob Bolingbroke,
with three singles apiece, paced the Medicine Hat onslaught. Aaron
Jones gave up thirteen hits in winning his second game in three days.
Cravens (L), Cliffe (2), Jordan (8) and Pierson
Jones (W) and Mannini, Crook (6)
(July 8) Sherwood Brewer of
Medicine Hat was the leading hitter in the Southern Alberta League with a
.358 average, just ahead of three Calgary Dodgers, Marve Marchbanks
at .357, Gord Vejprava .351 and Bill Fennessey
.345. John Vaselenak of Lethbridge rounded out the top
five with a .342 average. Dave Centi of Calgary had the
lead in
homers with 5, and another Dodger, Marty Hurd was tops in RBIs
with 18.
(July 8) Lethbridge had 12 hits and took
advantage of six Calgary errors to trounce the Dodgers 15-1. Dick
Creighton pitched a five-hitter for the win. Catcher Larry
Koentopp had three hits, stole two bases and drove in four runs. John Vaselenak
also had three hits for the Sox.
Lachemann
(L), Miller (4), Centi (6) and D Abel
Creighton (W) and Koentopp
(July
8) Taylor Smith of Medicine Hat came on in relief in the
9th with the bases loaded and none out and promptly set down the next three
hitters to save a 6-3 win for the Superiors over Vauxhall Jets. Ron
Mertus led the offense with three hits.
Tillotson
(W),
Smith (9) and Mannini
Mosteller (L) and Pierson
(July
10) Hank Szostak fired a four-hitter and fanned eleven to
lead Calgary to a 3-0 win over Vauxhall. Marve Marchbanks had a
double and single for the Dodgers. he had the only extra base hit of the
game.
Jordan
(L) and Pierson
Szostak (W) and D Abel
(July
10) Mountie Bedford was the story as Lethbridge downed Medicine
Hat 12-7. Bedford went the distance on the hill for the win, but it
was his hitting that drew the most attention. He had four hits,
including a bases-loaded triple. Catcher Larry Koentopp
added a double and two singles and Brack Bailey chipped in
with three singles.
Bedford
(W) and Koentopp
Bailey (L), Smith (4), Jones (7) and Mannini, Crook (5)
(July 12) Lethbridge White Sox swept both ends
of a double-header from Vauxhall, 7-6 and 14-5. Sox needed a run in
the bottom of the 9th to take the opener after Bob Mosteller's
two-out, two-run homer had tied the game in the top of the final
frame. Earl Morris, who pitched to just one batter,
picked up the win for the Sox. Morris drew a walk in the 9th to push Brack
Bailey home with the winning run. Jim Lester, Ray
Washburn and Bob Bourbeau each had two hits for the
Sox. For the Jets, Tom Wilcox blasted a towering home run.
Sox pounded out 15 hits to whip the Jets 14-5 in the
second game. Steve Schott, with relief help from Morris,
was the winner. Bourbeau and Stan Busch each had
three hits for the White Sox. John Vaselenak knocked in
four runs with a homer and a double. Lethbridge announced the release
of pitcher Don Carlson.
Schulz, Jordan
(L) (1), Cliffe (9) and Pierson,
Eilmes (2)
Washburn, Carlson (7), Morris (W) (9) and Koentopp
Mosteller
(L), Schulz (7) and Pierson
Schott (W), Morris (8) and Koentopp
(July 12) Calgary and Medicine Hat split a
pair. Linn Wallace was the hero for the Superiors in the
opener as he singled in Bob Bolingbroke with two outs in the
10th inning to give Medicine Hat a 4-3 victory. Wallace had earlier belted a
homer and a double. Bolingbroke had reached first when hit by one of Marcel
Lachemann's pitches and advanced to second on a bunt by Ron Mertus.
Glen Rediger also homered for the Superiors. Thad
Tillotson held Calgary to six hits over 9 1/3 innings before getting
relief help from Taylor Smith.
Dodgers exploded with 17 hits in the second game to
take a 12-6 decision. Bill Fennessey had
four hits, including a homer for Calgary. Marty Hurd and
Frank Amaya each had three hits, including a homer. Glen
Rediger had a circuit blow for the Superiors.
Tillotson
(W), Smith (10) and Mannini
Miller, Lachemann (L) (9) and W Abel
Jones
(L), Bailey (3), Smith (5) and Crook
McClure (W) and D Abel
(July 14) Vauxhall Jets snapped a seven-game
losing streak by coming back from a 3-0 first inning deficit with eleven
runs in their half of the first and coasting to a 16-4 victory over
Lethbridge. It was Roy Cleland's first game as manager of the
Jets. A grand slam homer by shortstop Hugh McMillan
highlighted the barrage. Tom Gonzalez and Bob Mosteller
each blasted a homer, double and single for the Jets. Brack Bailey
had a homer for the Sox. Jack Cravens settled down after
a rough first inning to go the distance for the win.
Bedford
(L), Morris (1) and Koentopp
Cravens (W) and Eilmes
(July 14) Calgary rallied for four runs in the top of the 9th to
edge Medicine Hat 9-8. Frank Amaya and Bill Fennessey
socked homers for the Dodgers. Hank Szostak picked up
the win in a route-going performance.
Szostak
(W) and D Abel
Bartylla, Bailey (6), Smith (L) (9) and Crook
(July 15) The Superiors were out-hit 13-6 but
walked away with a 6-5 win over the Jets in Vauxhall. Taylor Smith
was the winner in relief. Tom Wilcox of the Jets had the
only homer.
Bolingbroke, Smith
(W) (6) and Crook
Jordan (L) and Eilmes
(July 16) Calgary rallied for seven runs in the
9th but it wasn't enough as the Dodgers dropped a 13-9 decision to
Lethbridge. Jim Lester paced the Sox with four hits, including
a pair of doubles. Bob Bourbeau, the league's leading
hitter, had three hits, as did Stan Busch while Brack Bailey
knocked in three runs with a pair of doubles. Dave Biggers
drove in two with a pinch-hit double in the 7th. Dick Creighton
had held Calgary to three singles through eight innings. He survived
the 9th to post the win. He chalked up 13 strikeouts.
Creighton
(W) and Koentopp
McClure (L), MacEwen (8) and D Abel
(July 16) Bob Bourbeau of
Lethbridge moved to the top of the batting race in the Southern Alberta
Baseball League. Bourbeau, with a .390 mark, topped Glen Rediger
of Medicine Hat by 19 percentage points. John Vaselenak
of Lethbridge was third at .363.
(July 16) Vauxhall Jets announced the
acquisition of two pitchers to bolster their mound staff. John
Harmon and pitcher-outfielder played with the club last season. John
Paul, a right-hander, started the season with Lloydminster-North
Battleford of the Canadian-American League.
(July 17) Brack Bailey's three-run
homer in the 8th carried Lethbridge to a 13-12 comeback win over
Vauxhall. After six innings, the Sox trailed 10-2. It was Bailey's
second homer of the game. John Vaselenak crushed a grand
slam for the Sox and Stan Busch connected for three
hits. Tom Gonzalez and Ron Laughlin drilled homers for the Jets while Ken Eilmes had four
singles.
Washburn
(W), Schott (8) and Koentopp
Cravens, Schulz (L) (8) and Eilmes
(July 17) Medicine Hat scored four runs in the 3rd inning and
held on to beat Calgary 7-6. Two-out singles by Ron Mertus and Glen
Rediger were key blows in the inning. Thad Tillotson
pitched into the 7th to pick up the win. Bill Fennessey of the
Dodgers had the only homer.
Tillotson
(W) Smith (7) and Mannini
Miller, Centi (L) (3) and W Abel
(July 19) Calgary gave up 10 runs in the first
inning but came back to shade Vauxhall 13-12 in the first game of a
twin-bill. Dodgers pounded out 14 hits to take the second game 11-2.
In the opener, Dodgers' starter Marcel
Lachemann
was shelled for 10 runs in the opening frame, but Calgary's five-run 9th
climaxed the Dodgers comeback. Marv Marchbanks led the
Dodgers at the plate with a double and three singles. Ken Eilmes
and Hugh McMillan each had a grand slam homer for the Jets.
In the nightcap, Hank Szostak scattered 11 hits
as the Dodgers built up an 8-1 lead after two innings and coasting to the
victory. Marty Hurd had a homer for Calgary.
Lachemann, MacEwen (1), McClure
(W) (5) and W
Abel
Mosteller (L), Schulz (6) and Eilmes
Szostak
(W) and D Abel
Schulz (L), Jordan (2) and Eilmes
(July 19) Outstanding pitching highlighted a double-header at Lethbridge as the White Sox beat Medicine Hat by 3-2 scores in both games.
Mountie Bedford tossed a seven-hitter
for the win in the opener and Steve Schott pitched a
four-hitter for the win in the second game. Bob Bolingbroke
allowed just four hits in taking the loss for the Superiors in the first
game. Brack Bailey singled, stole second and raced home
with the winning run on Larry Koentopp's single in the bottom
of the 8th.
An error proved costly for the Jets in the
nightcap. Sox got the eventual winning run on base on a 6th inning
error and the run scored on a bases-loaded walk.
Bolingbroke
(L) and Mannini
Bedford (W) and Koentopp
Bartylla
(L), Smith (7) and Mannini
Schott (W) and Koentopp
LETHBRIDGE 17
8
CALGARY 13 13 4.5
MEDICINE HAT 13 13 4.5
VAUXHALL 9 18 9.0
(July 21) Calgary Dodgers upset the Edmonton
Eskimos of the Can-Am League 14-13 in 10 innings in an exhibition game
at Buffalo Stadium. Marty Hurd, who had two homers and
two singles, plated the winner in the 10th on an infield grounder that the
Esks failed to turn into a double play. Calgary also got homers from Frank
Amaya and Marve Marchbanks. Art Ersepke
paced the Eskimos with a homer and two doubles while Bill Heath
responded with three hits.
Vold, Eikerman (4), Yaryan
(L) (7) and Campise
Centi, MacEwen (W) (6) and D Abel
(July 21)
Newcomer John Harmon crushed a grand slam homer and Bob Mosteller
had a homer and two singles to lead Vauxhall to an 11-4 triumph over
Medicine Hat. Jack Cravens went the distance for the win
allowing six hits, one of them a homer by Dick Rautman.
Cravens
(W) and Eilmes
Bailey (L), Smith (6), Jones (6) and Mannini, Crook (7)
(July 22) Bob Bourbeau belted a
grand slam homer and two singles to lead Lethbridge to a 19-12 win over
Vauxhall. Jets took an early 4-0 lead only to have the Sox bounce back
with six runs in the 2nd inning and seven more in the 3rd.
Mosteller
(L), Schulz (3), Gonzalez (3) and
Eilmes
Morris (W), Creighton (7) and Koentopp
(July 22) Frank Amaya stole home in the bottom of
the 9th to hand Calgary a 7-6 win over Medicine Hat. Dodgers trailed
6-5 going into the final frame but tied the contest when Bill
Casanova's squeeze bunt scored Marve Marchbanks.
Calgary manager Dave Abel tried the same strategy with Dave
Centi at the plate. Centi missed the ball, but Amaya scored before
catcher Pat Crooks could put the tag on him. Casanova
paced the Dodgers with three hits while Gord Vejprava
contributed two doubles. Ron Mertus, Sherwood Brewer
and Dick Rautman belted homers for the Superiors.
Tillotson, Jones
(L) (6) and Crook
McClure (W) and W Abel, D Abel (8)
(July 22) Don Maclean, in
his Lethbridge Herald column, made his picks for Southern Alberta All-Stars:
"With
the Southern Alberta Baseball League half gone and no all-star game in the
schedule this year, we will pass on the picks we'd have to make if anyone
asked us.
Behind
the plate there's only one choice, Larry Koentopp of the Lethbridge
White Sox. The best receiver in the league, he displays steady hustle
and a pretty good bat. His third year in the league, and he's better
every time around.
At
first base castoff Tom Wilcox of the Vauxhall Jets gets the
nod. Adequate with a glove, he's one of the best hitters in the
league. Both Lethbridge and Calgary let him get away. He came to
both camps looking for a job.
At
second it has to be Marv Marchbanks of Calgary Dodgers.
He has a better glove than Sherwood Brewer of Medicine Hat
Superiors but no better a bat.
Third
base has to go to Glen Rediger of the 'Hat. He supplies
most of the power for the Superior lineup and can make the necessary plays
at third base.
The
league is fattest at shortstop. Every club in the loop has a good one
but the big bat of Bob Bourbeau of Lethbridge gives him a
slight edge over the other three who are close as peas in a pod. Frank
Amaya, Hugh McMillan and Carson Oldham
give the loop the best shortstopping it's ever seen.
Left
field belongs to Brack Bailey of the White Sox and centre to John
Vaselenak of the White Sox. Bill Fennessey ranks
a close second to Vaselenak but isn't producing the base hits like he
should. Stan Busch of the White Sox completes the best
outfield in the league by a country mile. Good bat and steady
fielding. Bailey, the lean lad from the deep south, has just come into
his own as a hitter. He's now hovering at the .300 mark and makes
plenty of circus catches.
The
pitching stays in two cities. Lethbridge contributes right-hander Steve
Schott and lefty Dick Creighton to our dream team while
Medicine Hat has Thad Tillitson (sic) and Bob Bolingbroke."
(Lethbridge Herald, July 22, 1959)
(July 23) In an exhibition match,
Lethbridge topped the Drain Black Sox 8-4. Ray Washburn tossed
a seven-hitter for the win. Dave Biggers belted a homer
and a triple for the Sox. Drain, one of the entries in the Rotary
Tournament, captured the US semi-pro title in 1958.
Montee
(L) and Olson
Washburn (W) and Koentopp
(July 24) Lethbridge sent Medicine Hat down to
its fifth straight defeat, 8-5, as Dick Creighton scattered 10
hits to get the win.
Creighton
(W) and Koentopp
Bolingbroke (L), Jones (7) and Mannini
(July 24) Vauxhall Jets, under their third manager of the
season, whipped Calgary 10-5 in a game called after eight innings because of
darkness. John Harmon, an outfielder with the Jets,
handled the club for the first time. Tom Wilcox had a
double and single to pace the Jets. John Price had a
homer.
Miller, Szostak
(L) (1) and W. Abel, D. Abel (7)
Cravens, Jordan (W) (8) and Eilmes
(July 24) Tom Wilcox of Vauxhall
was the new leader in the batting race according to the latest statistics released from
league headquarters. Wilcox, who started the season with Calgary, was hitting at a .397 clip well ahead of
runner-up Marty Hurd of
Calgary, at .359. Glen Rediger of Medicine Hat was third
at .357. Bob Bourbeau and John Vaselenak
of Lethbridge rounded out the top five with averages of .355 and .348.
Rediger topped the circuit in homers, with 9 and Hurd
continued to lead in runs batted in with 34.
(July 25) Drain, Oregon, Black Sox clubbed the
Calgary Dodgers 17-2 in an exhibition game at Buffalo Stadium.
(July 26) Lethbridge continued hot. The
White Sox trounced Calgary in both ends of a double-header, 10-4 and 12-1.
Steve Schott scattered 11 hits to win
the opener and contributed at the plate with three hits. Darwin
Walkingshaw also had three safeties and Jim Lester added
a pair.
Mountie Bedford held Calgary to five
hits in the second game and the Sox got homers from Jim Lester,
John Vaselenak and Bob Bourbeau.
Schott
(W) and Koentopp
Miller (L), MacEwen (4) and W. Abel
Bedford
(W) and Koentopp
McClure (L), Centi (8) and D Abel
(July 26) Vauxhall Jets took a pair from Medicine Hat, 9-7 and
4-3. Playing-manager John Harmon paced the Jets in the
first game with a homer and single. Glen Rediger had a
pair of four-baggers for the Superiors. Ron Mertus and Sherwood
Brewer also had homers. Harmon had another homer in the
second game as the Jets scored in the bottom of the 9th to take the 4-3
decision. Tom Gonzalez also poked a homer for the
Jets. Bob Mosteller bested Thad Tillotson
in a pitcher's duel.
Bailey
(L), Smith (5) and Mannini
Jordan (W) and Eilmes
Tillotson
(L) and Crook, Mannini (7)
Mosteller (W) and Eilmes
(July
27) Ray Washburn tossed a no-hitter as Lethbridge downed
Medicine Hat 9-2 in a game tainted by allegations of racial taunts. Washburn
threw 152 pitches striking out eight and walking eight. Both Medicine
Hat runs came as a result of walks. John Vaselenak
wielded the big stick for the Sox with a grand slam homer in a six run 8th
inning. Jim Lester added a triple and
single.
Washburn
(W) and Koentopp
Bartylla (L), Jones (4), Smith (8) and Crook
"The
big eighth inning was an explosion in more ways than one. It touched off a
half-hour riot caused by remarks which filtered out of the Lethbridge dugout
all during the contest.
With
Superiors slated to bat in the bottom of the inning, Medicine Hat second
baseman Sherwood Brewer appealed to plate umpire
Zeke Ziebert (sic) and Lethbridge manager George
Wesley to call a halt to remarks which apparently regarded
Brewer, a Negro. Before Superiors began the inning, Brewer had charged the
Lethbridge dugout with several Superiors giving chase and had slugged White
Sox pitcher Monty (sic) Bedford who had emerged
from the dugout with a bat.
A
milling mass of uniformed players engaged in the hassle which resulted in
both Brewer and Bedford being ejected from the contest.
Several
fans who attempted to get into the act were herded to the sidelines by
umpires and team officials, and police escort was provided to usher the
Wesleymen from the park following the game." (Lethbridge Herald,
July 28, 1959)
The Canadian Press filed the following story on
the melee:
Pitcher
Dick Creighton of the Lethbridge White Sox denied Tuesday that
he passed remarks concerning the race or color of Negro player Sherwood
Brewer during Monday night's Southern Alberta Baseball League game in
Medicine Hat.
Players with both the Medicine Hat and Lethbridge teams brawled after
Brewer, second baseman from Birmingham, Ala., complained to game officials
that Lethbridge players were making remarks about his race.
The Medicine Hat Superiors said Tuesday they would request that
Creighton, an import from California, be deported to the United States
because of the incident. Brewer claimed Creighton made most of the remarks.
Brewer and pitcher
Mounty (sic) Bedford of the Superiors were ejected from the
game for fighting. Several players suffered bloody noses.
(July 28) Officials of the
Medicine Hat Superiors announced that had applied to the Canadian
immigration office to have Lethbridge pitcher Dick Creighton sent
back to the United States for alleged remarks made to Sherwood Brewer,
a Negro second baseman with the Superiors. It
was reported from Medicine Hat that Creighton had "cast aspersions at
Brewer and Brewer, in trying to get to Creighton in the Lethbridge dugout,
instead wound up in a fight with Mountie Bedford. Creighton
stressed, "I never made any remarks concerning Brewer's race or
colour at any time." The Sox pitcher said he would ask the
league to have whoever was responsible for branding him in the "race
calling" incident to retract the statement. The
league's chief umpire, Tim Miller, had been calling plays at first
base and was the closest official to the Lethbridge dugout. He said, "At
no time did I hear anything regarding race from the White Sox dugout and
neither did the other two umpires who worked the game." (July
28) Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian-American league shaded Drain
Black Sox 2-1 in an exhibition game at Edmonton. Esks scored twice in
the bottom of the 9th for the win. Lane
(L) and Olson
Withers, Sims (W) (6) and Heath
LETHBRIDGE 22
8
CALGARY 14 16 8.0
MEDICINE HAT 13 19 10.0
VAUXHALL 13 19 10.0 (July 29) Bob Bolingbroke tossed a
neat four-hitter as Medicine Hat shaded Calgary 2-1. He fanned six and
walked one. Playing manager Dick Little had two hits for
the Superiors.
Later, by league order, the contest was given
to the Dodgers.
Centi and D Abel
Bolingbroke and Mannini
(July 29) Lethbridge ran its winning streak to
10 games as they
dropped Vauxhall 6-3. Earl Morris pitched a five-hitter for
the win. Bob Bourbeau and Stan Busch each
had a double and single for the Sox. Jim Lester of the Sox was
involved in the fielding gem of the day and an unusual stolen base.
Lester got credit for a steal when the throw to second by Jets' catcher Ken
Eilmes hit umpire Ira Bourne in the back of the head as he raced
to cover the play.
Cravens
(L) and Eilmes
Morris (W) and Koentopp
(July 30) Drain Black Sox downed
Vauxhall 9-4 in an exhibition tilt in preparation of the Lethbridge Rotary
Tournament. Don Lane, a pitcher seeing action at first base,
paced the Sox with a homer and three singles. Ray Stratton
also poked a homer. Dennis Peterson went the distance for the
win.
Peterson
(W) and Olson
Schultz (L) and Eilmes
Lethbridge Tournament :
(August 2) In an All-American final, the Kansas
City Monarchs took $1,500 top prize in the Lethbridge Rotary Tournament with
a spectacular 9-5 victory over the Drain, Oregon, Black Sox. Monarchs
trailed 5-1 after seven innings. The touring club exploded for five
runs on homers by Paul Gilbert, Willie Washington
and Jesse Mitchell. They added three insurance tallies
in the 9th. Sugar Cain was the winner, with 9th inning
relief from Ben Adams.
Cain
(W), Adams (9) and McKnight
Dmochowsky (L), Lane (8) and Olson
Monarchs reached the final with a 13-7 win over
Calgary in a rhubarb-filled affair as Gilbert
had a two-run homer for the Monarchs and Palmer Hubbard added
a solo shot.
Winston, Adams (7)
McClure, Centi (5), MacEwen (6), Lachemann (8), Shultz (8)
Drain whipped Lander 10-3 in the other semi-final.
Elwood Hahn tossed a five-hitter for the win.
Hahn
(W) and xxx
Carls (L), Glenn ( ), Rogers ( ) and xxx
(July 31) Calgary was the only Alberta club to advance in the Lethbridge
tourney. Dodgers withstood an error-aided four-run outburst by
Bellingham Bells in the 8th to notch a 5-4 victory. Hank Szostak,
who beat the tournament favourite in the opening round of the 1958
tournament, did it again with a sparkling pitching performance. Bentley
MacEwen helped out in the 9th.
Szostak (W), MacEwen (9) and Abel
Repoz, Tilbert Neal (6) and Garay
The Lander Pioneers ousted the Lethbridge White Sox,
4-2. The Sox, who had won earlier tournaments in Calgary and Lacombe,
were beaten by former pro, Bill Francis who held the Sox to
nine hits and helped at the plate with three hits. John Koehler
had a homer and single for the Pioneers. Steve Schott
turned in a masterful relief job for the Sox, coming on in the third and
holding Lander off the board until they notched an unearned run in the 8th.
Francis
(W) and Rex
Bedford (L), Schott (3) and Koentopp
Medicine Hat's Thad Tillotson was the
hard-luck loser of opening day. He tossed a three-hitter but lost,
1-0, to Kansas City on a Bob Herron homer in the 4th inning. Tommy
Taylor gave up eight hits in gaining the win.
Tillotson
(L) and Mannini
Taylor (W) and McKnight
The Drain Black Sox had just seven hits but took
advantage of wildness by Vauxhall starter Jack Jordan to score
an 8-1 victory. The Oregon club piled up five runs in the second
inning on six walks and a double by Kim Bradshaw. Dick
Montee went the distance for the win.
Montee
(W) and Olson
Cravens (L) , Jordan (2), Mosteller (2) and Eilmes
(August 2) The first game under
the lights in Lethbridge drew 18-hundred fans to Henderson Park, the largest
ever crowd to watch baseball at the facility. Lethbridge White Sox
celebrated with a 14-2 exhibition win over the Kansas City Monarchs. Dick
Creighton set down the Monarchs on nine hits and fanned fourteen. Bob
Bourbeau had a homer and drove in three runs for the Sox. John
Vaselenak knocked in four with a triple and single.
Easley
(L) Adams (5) and McKnight
Creighton (W) and Koentopp
(August 3) Jerry McClure picked up
his 7th win of the season as Calgary downed Vauxhall 13-7. Marty
Hurd had three hits and four runs batted in to lead the Dodgers. Gord
Vejprava chipped in with three safeties. John Harmon
and Jack Cravens each had homers for the Jets. Tom
Gonzalez had a pair of doubles and a single.
Bill Collins (L), Cravens (2) and Eilmes
McClure (W), Szostak (8) and W Abel
(August 4) The White Sox trounced Medicine Hat
19-3 before 900 fans in the first league game under the lights at Lethbridge. Brack Bailey had
four hits to pace the winners. Ray Washburn allowed just
four hits in going the distance for the win. Superiors were fined $200
for using regulars as pitchers. Third baseman Glen Rediger and
first baseman Linn Wallace took turns on the hill as the Sox piled on
the runs. Neither was registered with the league as a pitcher.
Jones
(L), Smith (2), Rediger (5), Wallace
(5) and Mannini
Washburn (W) and Koentopp
(August
5) Stan Busch drove in Brack Bailey with
the winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning as Lethbridge shaded Calgary
8-7 for their 20th win in their last 22 league games. John Vaselenak
had tied the count earlier in the frame with his ninth homer of the
season. Steve Schott picked up the win in relief.
Szostak
(L)
and D Abel
Wilson, Morris (7), Schott (W) (8) and Koentopp
(August
5) Medicine Hat broke a ten-game losing streak blasting Vauxhall
16-4. Glen Rediger and Aaron Jones each had three
hits for the Superiors, while Bob Mannini had a homer and a
double. John Harmon had a homer for the Jets.
Vauxhall committed nine errors, seven by shortstop Hugh McMillan.
Jordan
(L),
Mosteller (3), Locke (7) and Eilmes
Bolingbroke (W) and Mannini
(July 5)
The SABL announced a fine of $200 against Medicine Hat for using players
as pitchers not registered as such. In the game, which Lethbridge
won 19-3, Superiors used third baseman Glen Rediger and first
baseman Linn Wallace on the mound.
LETHBRIDGE 25
8
CALGARY 16 17 9.0
MEDICINE HAT 14 21 12.0
VAUXHALL 13 22 13.0
(August 7) Mountie Bedford had a
three-hitter and Stan Busch had five hits, including two
triples as Lethbridge shutout Medicine Hat 7-0. Larry Koentopp
added four hits, including a triple.
Tillotson
(L), Smith (7) and Mannini
Bedford (W) and Koentopp
(August
7) Left-hander Larry Schulz came back to haunt his former
team as he pitched Calgary to a 7-5 win over Vauxhall Jets. Schultz
went the distance giving up eight hits.
Schultz
(W) and W Abel
Cravens (L), Jordan (8) and Eilmes
(August 8) Calgary won its exhibition series
with Edmonton Eskimos by taking a 5-4 win at Renfrew Park at Edmonton. Bentley
MacEwen hurled four-hit ball for eight innings to pick up the
win. Shortstop Frank Amaya came on in the 9th to
preserve the win.
MacEwen
(W), Centi (9), Amaya (9) and D Abel
Yaryan (L), Vold (6) and Campise
(August 9) Lethbridge extended its winning
streak to 15 games by taking a pair from Vauxhall, 10-4 and 5-4. Dick
Creighton scattered nine hits to win the opener while Ray Washburn
got the decision in the nightcap. Washburn left in the 7th inning with
arm trouble. Bob Mosteller threw a two-hitter for the
Jets in the second game but four errors proved costly.
Locke
(L), Jordan (2), Collins (7) and Eilmes
Creighton (W) and Koentopp
Mosteller
(L) and Eilmes
Washburn (W), Wilson (7), Bedford (9) and Biggers
(August 9) Calgary pounded out 25 hits on the day to sweep a
twin-bill from Medicine Hat, 10-1 and 6-3. Hank Szostak
shutdown the Superiors in the opener while Jerry McClure and Larry
Schulz combined on a three-hitter in the second game.
Bill Fennessey and Gord Vejprava
each had three hits for the Dodgers in the opener while Marty Hurd
belted a homer. Ron Mertus and Bob Mannini
each had three hits in a losing cause for the Superiors.
Fennessey clubbed a homer for Calgary in the
nightcap.
Bailey
(L), Bartylla (2) and Mannini
Szostak (W) and W Abel
Bolingbroke
(L) and Mannini
McClure (W), Schulz (8) and D Abel
(August 10) The Superiors stopped the
Lethbridge winning streak at 15 games with a 7-3 win in Medicine Hat. Ken
Bailey held the Sox to seven hits to pick up the win. Steve
Schott suffered his first loss of the season for Lethbridge. Sherwood
Brewer, back in the Medicine Hat lineup after serving a three-game
suspension, had a bases-loaded double in the 7th inning to clinch the win
for the Superiors. It was his second double of the game.
Schott
(L) and Koentopp
K Bailey (W) and Mannini
(August 12) Brack Bailey broke up
a tight contest with a 6th inning grand slam to lead Lethbridge to an 11-4
win over Medicine Hat. Right-hander Mountie Bedford went
all the way for the win.
Bedford
(W) and Koentopp
Tillotson (L), Bartylla (6), Smith (9) and Mannini
(August 14) Calgary's Marve Marchbanks
took over the batting lead in the Southern Alberta Baseball League.
With a .368 average, Marchbanks led Stan Busch of Lethbridge
by six percentage points. John Vaselenak of the Sox was third, at .358 while previous leader, Tom
Wilcox of Vauxhall,
slipped to fourth with a .354 mark. Glen Rediger of Medicine
Hat had 11 homers to lead the circuit. Vaselenak took over the
RBI lead with 47.
Medicine Hat Tournament :
(August 16) Superiors won their own tourney with
a 6-4 win over Kansas City Monarchs in the final of the $3,500 affair.
Ken Bailey scattered six hits and fanned eight to give
Medicine Hat $1,000 first place money. The contest was originally
scheduled for Saturday night but heavy rains forced a postponement. Glen
Rediger had a two-run homer and single for the Superiors while Dick
Rautman added a four-bagger. Gord Easley went the
distance on the hill for the Monarchs allowing nine hits. He paced
Kansas City at the plate with a homer and single.
Easley
(L) and McKnight
Bailey (W) and Mannini
Kansas City got an 11th inning homer by Paul Gilbert
to beat Lethbridge 6-4 to gain a spot in the final. Previous to the
homer, Dick Creighton had fanned Gilbert five straight times.
Lethbridge forced extra innings with a two-run rally in the 9th. Jim
Lester drove in Bob Bourbeau for the first marker and Dave
Biggers' single scored Lester with the tying run. Ben Adams
went the distance for the win. He gave up ten hits, fanned twelve and
walked two. Creighton had fifteen strikeouts.
Creighton
(L) and Koentopp
Adams (W) and McKnight
Superiors whipped Cold Lake 13-0 to gain the match up against the Monarchs. Buzz Bartylla tossed the seven-inning shutout.
Tisch
(L), Glover (1) and Snow
Bartylla (W) and Mannini
(August 14)
Lethbridge and Medicine Hat advanced to the semi-finals of the $3,500, 4th
Annual, Medicine Hat Tournament. The Sox came from behind with four
runs in the 7th and two more in the 9th to shade Vauxhall 9-7.
Schott, Creighton
(W) (7) and Koentopp
Cravens, Jordan (L) (9) and Eilmes
Lefty Aaron Jones fired a one-hitter over the seven inning contest
and fanned 18 as Superiors had an easy time, blasting Kimberley
14-0. Medicine Hat erupted for 10 runs in the 6th.
Jones
(W) and Mannini
Smith (L), Brown (4), Johnson (6), Fitzgerald (7) and Rachfie
Kansas City Monarchs blasted out 15 hits to thump
Calgary Dodgers 14-5.
Taylor
(W) and McKnight
Szostak (L), Tilbert Neal (3) and D Abel
Cold Lake Cardinals scored twice in the 8th to take a
7-5 victory over the Southeastern Alberta All-Stars.
Schwedelsky, Plante (6), Carlson
(L) (7) and Tingley, Pollard (9)
Glover, Tisch (W) (2) and Snow
(August 16) Vauxhall moved into a third-place
tie with Medicine Hat with 5-4 and 10-6 wins over Calgary. Tom Wilcox
blasted a homer in the top of the 9th to give the Jets the win in the
opener. In the bottom of the inning, Bob Mosteller threw
out Dave Centi at home when he attempted to score on a single
by Dave Abel. Jim Pierson also had a homer
for Vauxhall in the first game.
Jets got homers from John Harmon, Hugh
McMillan and Jack Jordan in the second contest while Jordan
tossed a strong seven-hitter for the pitching win.
Locke, Collins
(W) (8) and Eilmes
Schulz, Szostak (L) (7) and D Abel
Jordan
(W) and Eilmes
McClure (L), MacEwen (4) and D Abel
(August 17) Glen Rediger blasted a triple, two
doubles and a single to pace Medicine Hat to a 10-3 triumph over
Vauxhall. Bob Bolingbroke held the Jets to eight hits to
pick up the win.
Mosteller
(L), Locke (5) and Eilmes
Bolingbroke (W) and Mannini
(August 17) Calgary scored two in the 8th and held on to shade
Lethbridge 3-2. Tilbert Neal went the distance with a
six-hitter for the win and drove in the key runs with a two-out double in
the 8th. Mountie Bedford had a complete-game six-hitter for
the Sox.
Tilbert Neal
(W) and D Abel
Bedford (L) and Koentopp
LETHBRIDGE 29
10
CALGARY 20 19 9.0
MEDICINE HAT 16 25 14.0
VAUXHALL 15 26 15.0
(August 21) Vauxhall pulled into a tie with
Medicine Hat for the third and final playoff spot with a 7-3 win over the
Superiors. Jack Cravens was the hero for the Jets,
pitching a five-hitter and belting a pair of homers. Bob Mosteller
also had a homer for the winners. Linn Wallace had three
hits for the Superiors.
Bailey
(L), Tillotson (3) and Mannini
Cravens (W) and Eilmes
(August 21) Lethbridge clinched the pennant with a 5-4 win over
Calgary. Larry Koentopp paced the Sox with a homer and
single. Lethbridge got the winner in the 8th when John Vaselenak,
moved to second on a sacrifice and kept on going when third base was left
uncovered. A throwing error allowed Vaselenak to scamper all the way
home.
Szostak
(L) and D Abel
Creighton (W) and Koentopp
(August
22) Lethbridge scored three in the 7th inning to top Calgary
8-6. Dodgers had taken a 6-1 lead into the 3rd. Steve Schott went
the distance for the win.
Centi
(L)
and D Abel
Schott (W) and Koentopp, Biggers (7)
(August 23) Medicine Hat moved into the final
playoff spot with a double-header sweep of Calgary, 6-4 and 12-9.
Superiors overcame a 9-1 deficit to win the second contest. Bob
Bolingbroke and Buzz Bartylla picked up the mound
victories. Bob Mannini of the Superiors had the only homer.
Tilbert Neal
(L) and Abel
Bolingbroke (W) and Mannini
Schultz, Szostak
(L) (6), Amaya (7) and Abel
Jones, Bartylla (W) (3) and Mannini
(August 23) Vauxhall kept its playoff hopes alive with a split of
a double-header with Lethbridge. Jets won the opener 3-0 behind the steady
pitching of Ron Locke. Sox won the nightcap, 8-4 as Brack
Bailey had four hits. Tom Gonzalez had a three-run homer
for the Jets. First baseman Darwin Walkingshaw picked up the
pitching win taking over the mound work in the 4th inning after starter Earl
Morris had to leave the game after being hit on the head with the ball
running from first to second in the 4th frame.
Wilson
(L) and Koentopp
Locke (W) and Eilmes
Morris, Walkingshaw
(W) (4) and Biggers
Jordan (L) and Eilmes
(August
24) Lethbridge came from behind a 5-0 deficit to defeat Calgary
Dodgers 8-5. Sox committed four errors in the first two innings as the
Dodgers got away to a 5-0 start. But the Sox plated one in the 3rd
then erupted for five runs in the 4th to take the win. Mountie
Bedford went all the way for the win and led the Sox at the plate with
three hits.
MacEwen
(L),
Amaya (4), Szostak (5) and Centi
Bedford (W) and Koentopp
(August 25) Bill Casanova's long
drive to the left field screen scored Bill Fennessey from
second base in the bottom of the 12th inning to give Calgary a 4-3 win over
Medicine Hat. The win assured the Dodgers of at least a tie for second
place in the Southern Alberta Baseball League. The Dodgers had tied
the contest in the bottom of the 9th as Marty Hurd's two-out
single scored Gord Vejprava. Tilbert Neal,
pitching with just one days rest, went the distance scattering 10
hits. Aaron Jones was the tough-luck loser for the
Superiors, giving up just nine hits in a route-going performance. Frank
Amaya, who made several outstanding defensive plays, led the Dodgers
at the plate with three hits. Medicine Hat's Sherwood Brewer
was ejected in the 10th inning after having words with chief umpire Jim
Prior.
Jones
(L) and Mannini
Tilbert
Neal (W) and D Abel
(August
25) Bob Bourbeau and Dave Biggers each
cracked out three hits as Lethbridge whipped Vauxhall 12-5. Bourbeau
broke out a batting slump with a homer, his 7th, a double and single.
Biggers, who has played the outfield, third, second, first and catcher, had
a double and two singles. Darrell Wilson went the
distance for the win, his second complete game in three days.
Cravens
(L),
Jordan (2) and Eilmes
Wilson (W) and Koentopp
(August 26) Vauxhall took a 12-2 lead over
Lethbridge then barely held on for a 12-10 win. Jets smashed 19 hits
including two homers from Bob Mosteller and another by Tom
Gonzalez. Mosteller went all the way on the hill to get
the win. Jim Lester poked a homer and two singles for
the Sox and Bob Bourbeau had a double and a pair of singles.
Mosteller
(W) and Eilmes
Walkingshaw (L), Bedford (7) and Biggers
(August 26) Medicine Hat scored four times in the bottom of the
8th to notch a 10-6 win over Calgary. Glen Rediger and Sherwood
Brewer each had a double and single for the Superiors while Bob
Mannini blasted a homer. Bill Casanova led the
Dodgers with a two-run homer and two singles.
Centi and Abel
Tillotson and Mannini
Later, league governor Bill McKay
announced that the win would be taken from Medicine Hat because of Sherwood
Brewer's presence in the Superiors' lineup. Brewer had been
suspended after a pushing incident with umpire Jim Prior.
Medicine Hat had been notified of the suspension but insisted on playing
Brewer.
(August 27) Dick Rautman tied the
game with a three-run homer in the 8th, then singled in the winning run in
the 12th as Medicine Hat shaded Lethbridge 6-5. Ken Bailey
was the hero on the mound as he pitched a 12-inning three-hitter.
However, Medicine Hat's use of second baseman Sherwood Brewer,
suspended earlier in the week, caused them to forfeit the game to the White
Sox.
Creighton and Koentopp
Bailey and Mannini, Crook (3)
(August 27) Calgary Dodgers were
probably never happier to feel the rain. Their contest with Vauxhall was
called after five innings but by then the Jets had already crossed the plate
twenty-five times in crushing the home club 25-5. Jets blasted out 23 hits including
four each by Tom Gonzalez and Bob Mosteller.
Tom Wilcox and Ken Eilmes each had three.
Cravens
(W) and Eilmes
MacEwen (L), Schulz (2), Centi (5) and D Abel
(August
27) The league's acting governor, Bill MacKay, confirmed
that Medicine Hat's Sherwood Brewer had been suspended for the rest
of the season. MacKay said the Superiors would not be fined for using
Brewer in the remaining games but "would simply lose them."
Superiors had Brewer in the lineup for Wednesday game when they defeated
Calgary. The game was awarded to the Dodgers.
(August 28) A poll of sportswriters named Larry
Koentopp as the leagues Most Valuable Player. Koentopp finished
one vote ahead of teammate John Vaselenak.
(August 28) Brack Bailey belted
a 1st inning grand slam homer and Lethbridge went on to a 7-2 win over
Medicine Hat in their final game of the regular season. Steve Schott held
the Superiors to six hits to gain the win. Superiors' Bob
Bolingbroke was presented with the Tony Arnold Trophy as the club's Most
Valuable Player.
Schott
(W) and Koentopp
Bartylla (L), Bolingbroke (5) and Little
(August 28) In a slugfest in Calgary, the
Dodgers wound up their regular schedule with a 19-18, 13-inning win over
Vauxhall. Marve Marchbanks had the big blow for the
Dodgers, a three-run homer. Jets got homers from John Price,
Tom Gonzalez, Bob Mosteller and Jack Jordan.
Bill Casanova added three doubles and a single for Calgary.
Locke, Jordan
(L) (2) and Eilmes
Szostak, MacEwen (W) (5) and Centi
SOUTHERN ALBERTA LEAGUE
Lethbridge 36
12
Calgary
23 25 13.0
Vauxhall 19 29
17.0
Medicine Hat 18 30 18.0
Semi-finals :
(August 30) Calgary scored early and held on to
beat Vauxhall 8-6 in the opening game of their best-of-five semi-final
series. Dodgers plated four in the first on an error, doubles by Bill
Fennessey and Marty Hurd and a homer by Bill Casanova.
Calgary added two more in the second inning with Hurd and Casanova
picking up the RBIs. Tilbert Neal went the distance to
pick up the win. He gave up three homers -- to Jim Pierson,
Tom Wilcox and John Price. Fennessey
led the Dodgers with three hits.
Locke
(L) and Eilmes
Tilbert
Neal (W) and D Abel
(August 31) Jack Cravens pitched a
five-hitter and belted a homer and a double to pace Vauxhall Jets to a 9-1
victory over Calgary to square their semi-final series at a game
apiece. Jets scored four runs in the third inning on three hits
and three Calgary errors to plate all the runs they needed. Tom
Wilcox, the league's leading hitter, knocked out two safeties for the
Jets.
Szostak
(L) and D Abel
Cravens (W) and Eilmes
(September 1) Calgary scored 14 runs in the
first three innings and went on to paste Vauxhall 18-8 to gain a berth in
the Southern Alberta final series against Lethbridge. Marty Hurd
led the Dodgers with a grand slam homer in the third. Frank Amaya
also had a circuit blow for the winners. Bob Mosteller
homered for the Jets. Tilbert Neal, who won the opener, tossed
eight relief innings to pick up the win.
Mosteller
(L), Locke (3), Cravens (6) and Eilmes
MacEwen, Tilbert Neal (W) (2) and D Abel
Finals :
(September 2) Steve Schott held
Calgary to seven hits as Lethbridge won the first game of the final series,
13-4. Schott who gave up all the Dodgers' runs in the first three
innings, retired 22 straight batters before Marve Marchbanks
broke the string with two out in the 8th. Bob Bourbeau
was the hitting hero for the White Sox with a three-run homer and a
double. Schott aided his own cause with a double and a
single.
Schulz
(L), Centi (2) and D Abel
Schott (W) and Koentopp
(September 3) Brack Bailey's
two-run double in the 8th proved to be the difference as Lethbridge downed
Calgary 4-3 to take a 2-0 game lead in their best-of-seven Southern Alberta
final series. White Sox had taken the lead in the 7th on Larry Koentopp's
two-run single. Dodgers came back with a pair in the bottom of the 9th
but Dick Creighton fanned Frank Amaya to end the
threat. Creighton pitched a six-hitter for the win. Hank Szostak
tossed a five-hitter in a losing cause. He also helped at the plate
with a triple and double.
Creighton
(W) and Koentopp
Szostak (L) and D Abel
(September 4) Lethbridge moved to within one
game of the Southern Alberta League title with a 5-4 win over Calgary.
Darryl Wilson scattered 10 hits to pick up the win. Tilbert
Neal was the hard-luck loser for the Dodgers. He allowed just
eight hits. A Calgary error was instrumental in the Sox scoring the
winning run in the 7th. Bob Bourbeau paced the winners with
three hits. Brack Bailey had a triple and a
single.
Tilbert Neal
(L) and D Abel
Wilson (W) and Koentopp
(September 6) Calgary shaded Lethbridge
8-7 at Buffalo Stadium to extend the final series to at least a fifth game.
xxx xxx
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(September 7) Lethbridge crushed Calgary 15-6 to
capture the Southern Alberta baseball championship. White Sox took the
best-of-seven final in five games. Shortstop Bob Bourbeau
again led the White Sox at the plate hitting for the cycle. Bourbeau
had five hits, a homer, triple, double and two singles. Darwin Walkingshaw
chipped in with a triple and single and Stan Busch belted a
homer. Mountie Bedford went the distance for the win.
White Sox ended the season with 48 wins in 64 games in league, exhibition
and tournament play.
Centi
(L), MacEwen (7) and Abel
Bedford (W) and Koentopp
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