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Lacombe
: (July
27) Curly Williams led the Medicine Hat Meridians to top
prize money of $1,100 in the annual Lacombe tournament.
Williams had three hits in each of the semi-final and final
games, scored the winning run in the final and belted a homer,
triple and double in the semi-final In the 1960 tournament, Williams reached base 14
times in 15 plate appearances.
Alton Arnold went the distance as
Meridians shaded Lethbridge 3-2 in the final before 3,500 fans. Williams scored
the first run when he slid home forcing catcher John
Bartholomew to drop the ball in the collision. The winning
run scored in the sixth when left fielder Gerry King belted a
towering homer to drive Williams home in front of him.
Arnold and Milano
Warren, McDonald (7) and Bartholomew
Meridians beat Edmonton 8-5 in
the semi-final as Williams drove in four runs with his
homer, triple and double. He also scored twice. King's
two-run homer in the 6th inning proved to be the winning blow.
Manager Cliff Pemberton and Mick McNamee each had
three hits for Edmonton.
Reuter, Jones (2), Neal (8) and
Campise, Henkel (8)
Rebelo and Milano
Lethbridge upset Saskatoon 2-0 in
the other semi-final as Willie Walasko fired a
five-hitter. Saskatoon came into the tournament as the
league leaders in the four-team WCBL. Jim Lester
led the Sox with three hits.
Walasko and Garrett
Sutherland, Heise (7), Peters (9) and Herrington
Saskatoon's Tim Cullen was
the hitting star of the opening day. The Commodores third
baseman drove in eight runs with consecutive grand slam homers
in the 3rd and 4th innings as Saskatoon trounced Edmonton's Big
Seven All-Stars 14-2. Winning pitcher Cliff Goodrich
and outfielder Bob Levingston also had homers for
the winners. Dave Kosteniuk and Gord Labossiere
poked homers for Edmonton. All
four Western Canada League teams advanced as Lethbridge beat Notre Dame Hounds
7-4 as reliever Jerry Burcher stopped a Hounds' rally in the 6th and
batted in the winning runs in the 8th. Burcher and starter Pete
Kinney combined for 15 strikeouts. Medicine
Hat blanked Calgary Orphans 5-0 and Edmonton edged Philadelphia
Stars 2-0 as Cliff Pemberton went 3 for 5 and drove in both runs for the Eskimos.
Edmonton had scored another four runs in the 7th, all on walks, but the
game was called because of darkness and the score reverted to the last
complete inning. Medicine Hat's Dick
Dyer and Eskimos Jerry Merz were the
pitching stars. Each tossed a four-hit
shutout. Dyer had 11 strikeouts. Wayne Clark's homer
was the big blow for the Meridians. Saskatoon
14 Edmonton 2
Goodrich and Herrington, Tuggle (5)
Currie, Labossiere (4) and Waddle Calgary
0 Medicine Hat 5
Casanova and Saville, Blaskin (8)
Dyer and Milano Edmonton 2
Philadelphia 0
Merz and Campise
Drummond, Dawson (7) and Stanfield
Lethbridge
7 Notre Dame 4
Kinney, Burcher (6) and Garrett
Beard and Ross
Lethbridge
: (July 30) Meridians whipped Edmonton Eskimos 16-4 to win the
11th annual Lethbridge
Rotary International tournament. Mike Jauregui went the
distance for the Meridians who took advantage of 14 bases on
balls from Eskimo hurlers. Mick Mousalam knocked in five
runs with a double and two singles. Mickey
McNamee's homer was the lone
highlight for Edmonton. Jim Johnson, first of four Edmonton pitchers
was the loser.
Jaurequi and Milano
Johnson, Neal (1), Jones (1), Reuter (7) and Campise
Edmonton, with Cliff Pemberton at the helm,
ripped Lethbridge 10-1 to win a spot in the final. Casey Jones
paced the Eskimos with a homer, two doubles and a single. Chico
Slaughter allowed just four hits in gaining the win.
Slaughter and xxx
Jerry MacDonald, Burcher, Warren, Kinney (6) and xxx
In a contest which infuriated the Commodores, the
Meridians were awarded a 3-2 victory in a semi-final contest although
Saskatoon had erupted for six runs in the 8th inning to take an 8-3
lead.
Barry Arnett's single drove in a run in the
bottom of the seventh to give Lloydminster a 3-2 lead. In the top
of the 8th, the Commodores began to roll. Before reliever Dick
Dyer could put out the fire the Commodores had plated six runs.
In the bottom of the inning, Gene Graves, a meticulous and
painfully slow workman was on the hill for Saskatoon. He walked
Curly Williams and got Jerry King to pop out.
With darkness approaching, plate umpire Tom Edwards headed
for the Rotary Rules Committee for consultation. Edwards announced the
game had been called because of darkness and thus the score reverted to
the last complete inning and the Meridians escaped with the win.
Darrell Read grabbed the win. lefty Dan
Schneider was the loser.
Darrell Read and xxx
Schneider and xxx
In opening action, Lethbridge's
Dave Dowling struck out 18 batters, a tournament
record, as the White Sox beat Regina
Red Sox of the Southern Baseball League 3-0. Dowling
allowed seven hits without issuing a base on balls. White Sox
were victims of a triple play in the 5th inning, the second
against Lethbridge this season.
Dowling and xxx
Arnie Floyd and xxx
Edmonton shutout Calgary Orphans
8-0 before rains washed out the rest of the opening day games.
Tommy
Taylor pitched a four-hitter and fanned 14 to lead Edmonton to its shutout win over Calgary. Edmonton had 13 hits off
starter Al Dyck. Richie Johnson
had four hits for the Esks. Stan Beard was on base
five times on three hits and a pair of walks. Casey
Jones belted a two-run homer for the winners.
Taylor and xxx
Dyck and xxx
Saskatoon and Missoula, Montana, Highlanders had their game
stopped in the top of the 9th with the scored tied 1-1. Former major leaguer Curt Barclay
held the Commodores to one run over eight innings while Floyd
Thionnet and Gene Graves allowed just one
tally to the Highlanders. Barclay had spent a season with
the Medicine Hat Mohawks in 1951.
The contest
was completed on Saturday. Missoula pushed across a pair in the
13th inning to take a 3-1 lead on a single, hit batter and three walks.
But Saskatoon roared back in the bottom of the inning to grab the win.
Midge Fazio drew a walk to lead off and Mike Bellas
and Tim Cullen followed with singles. Pinch hitter
Jim Tuggle walked to force in a run and Mickey
McDermott also drew a base on balls to knot the count at 3-3.
With the sacks full and none out, Charlie Moore relieved
Doug LeBrun. On Moore's first pitch, Lyle
Olsen blasted one over the left field barrier, his 6th hit in seven
appearances, to give the Commodores a 7-3 victory.
Barclay, LeBrun (9), Moore (13) and xxx
Thionnet, Graves (8), xxx and xxx Medicine Hat
Meridians edged Philadelphia
Stars 4-2, holding off a 9th inning rally by the Stars.
Tom McKenna went the distance for the win giving up seven hits.
He struck out eight. Wayne Clark had a double and single to
lead the offense.
Jake Hagin, John Dawson, Charlie
Drummond and xxx
McKenna and xxx
Peace
River : The hometown Stampeders dumped Donnelly Cubs
6-1 in the final of the Peace River tournament.
Yorkton
(Aug 27, 1961) : D'Arcy Loster pitched Stenen to
top prize of $300 in the Yorkton tournament. Loster allowed just one run
in 15 innings, including a five-inning one-hitter in the final,
a 2-1 victory over Melville. Stenen had earlier downed the
Combines 4-1, Hohenloe 7-0 and Kihaly 4-0. A crowd of
1,350 watched the final.
Stenen 4 Springside-Theodore
Combines 1
Hohenloe 9 Calder 6
Kihaly 2 Yorkton Red Sox 1
Kronau 4 Yorkton Phillies 0
Moosomin 12 Weekes 8
Melville 7 Donwell 2
Stenen 7 Hohenloe 0
Kihaly 6 Moosomin 3
Melville 2 Kronau 1
Stenen 4 Kihaly 0
Stenen 2 Melville 1
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