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Saskatoon Optimist : Kindersley
over Saskatoon 10-7. (Saskatoon Bavarians, Delisle, Kindersley
Klippers, Prince Albert
Excelsior's)
(May 17) Peace River Stampeders
took first money in the Fairview tournament, the opening action of
the 1959 season. A four-run rally in the bottom of the
7th and final inning gave the host Fairview club a 10-8 win over
Hines Creek in the day's first game. Joe Weremy
crushed four homers in four at bats as Peace River whipped
Grimshaw 13-3. Art Saunderson fanned 13 in the
6-inning contest to pick up the win. Hines Creek won the
consolation final 16-10. Stamps won the final 11-3 over
Fairview as Weremy struck out eight of nine batters in a
three-inning relief role and blasted another homer. Stu
Kellington and Maurice Anderson also had four-baggers
for the winners.
"
... Orest Hyrniuk of Stamps had two decidedly
different mementos of the year's opening match -- a home run for
the first, and a beanball, for the second ... beaned not by the
pitcher, but a high fly ball which he lost in a haze of sky at the
last second -- said fly ball rebounded off Orest's forehead all
the way back to first base from a shallow right field."
(Peace River Record-Gazette,
May 21, 1959)
(
) The host club, the Peace River Stampeders, downed John
Doucette and the Donnelly Cubs 5-0 to take top money in the
first annual Peace River tournament.
(June 14) Spokane George's
Builders downed Cranbrook CUbs 5-0 to win top prize in the Kimberley
Senior Baseball Tournament. Kimberley Dynamos beat
Winnipeg Wilders 7-3 to take the consolation final. In
preliminary games, Cubs beat Kimberley Hobos 3-1, Dynamos shaded
Blairmore 2-1, Wilders downed Creston 3-1, Builders over Fernie
Falcons 8-2 and Builders 18, Wilders 1.
(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.
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 and Koentopp
Mosteller, 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.
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, Smith (4), Tillotson (6) and Mannini
Washburn, 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.
Bill Casanova bashed a pair of solo
homers and Marty Hurd contributed a two-run blast to account
for all the Dodgers' scoring as Calgary beat Vauxhall 6-4 in the other
semi-final match. Hank Szostak held the Jets to six hits
before getting relief help from John Miller with two outs in
the 9th. Tom Gonzalez and Tom Kennedy had
homers for Vauxhall.
Schulz, Cravens (7), Jordan (8) and Pierson
Szostak, 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, Howard (8), Lappen (8) and Snow
Jordan 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, Vold (1) and Morris
McClure 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
(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 and Koentopp
MacEwen, 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 (3) and Mannini
Carlson, Bedford (7), Schott (10) and Koentopp
White Sox whipped Red Deer Dodgers 11-1 in first
round action as Earl Morris tossed a two-hitter.
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, Schulz (2) and Pierson
Szostak 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.
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.
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, Adams (9) and McKnight
Dmochowsky, 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
Carls, Glenn ( ), Rogers ( )
(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, MacEwen (9) and Abel
Repoz, 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 and Rex
Bedford, 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 and Mannini
Taylor 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 and Olson
Cravens, Jordan (2), Mosteller (2) and Eilmes
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 and McKnight
Bailey 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 and Koentopp
Adams and McKnight
Superiors whipped Cold Lake 13-0 to gain the match up
against the Monarchs. Buzz Bartylla tossed the seven-inning shutout.
Tisch, Glover (1) and Snow
Bartylla 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 (7) and Koentopp
Cravens, Jordan (9) and Eilmes
Superiors had an easy time, blasting Kimberley
14-0. Medicine Hat erupted for 10 runs in the 6th.
Jones and Mannini
Smith, Brown (4), Johnson (6), Fitzgerald (7) and Rachfie
Kansas City Monarchs blasted out 15 hits to thump
Calgary Dodgers 14-5.
Taylor and McKnight
Szostak, 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 (7) and
Tingley, Pollard (9)
Glover, Tisch (2) and Snow
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