Lacombe Tournament
(July 29) North Battleford Beavers are the champions of the Lacombe Tournament. Beavers took home the $1,100 top prize Thursday with an easy 14-5 win over Edmonton Angels. Down 5-4 after five innings, Beavers plated four markers in the 6th on three hits, three errors and a walk. They followed up with a six-run 8th inning on seven hits and an error. Dave Hallis, Jack Rowley and John Ford each drove in four runs. Al Symington was the offense for Edmonton with a three-run double in the 2nd and the game's only homer in the 4th.
Don Frolek (W) and Larry Derksen
Dale Schultz, Dave Dinwoodie (L) (5), Al Hamilton (6), Ed Welch (6), Sandy Neilson (6) and xxx
Beavers made the final downing St. John, Washington, Indians 7-5. Dale Schultze's 10th inning homer gave Edmonton a 4-3 win over Kindersley.
(July 28) Rollie Miles, the long time Edmonton football star, led the Edmonton Blue Willow Angels to a 6-3 win over Kamloops Lelands in opening round action. Miles, the playing coach of the Angels, rapped an 8th inning single, his second hit of the game, to score the tying and winning runs. Kamloops had taken an early lead in a nightmare of a 5th inning for Edmonton as the Angels committed four errors.
Kindersley's Joe Ferguson, an 18-year-old import from San Jose, California, dropped behind the Viking Shamrocks 4-1 when his mates booted the ball four times in the third inning. Ferguson then bashed the day's only homer, a grand slam, off Ray Michaud as the Klippers won, 7-5.
Sherman Cottingham had the best pitching performance of the opening day, a one-hitter with 12 strikeouts, as North Battleford blanked the Central Alberta Red Sox 2-0. Owen Mailey's leadoff double in the second spoiled Cottingham's bid for a no-hitter. Gord Labossiere took the loss.
Tom Brown fired a three-hitter and was a star at the plate with three hits and two RBI as the St. John Indians of Washington topped the Vernon Luckies 6-0.
Canadian National Juniors
(August 4) Eighteen players from eight provinces have been selected for Canada's national team to compete in the International Wolrd Championships at Mexico City in October. Members were chosen from teams playing in the national championships. Players had to be 18 years old or younger on September 30th to participate in the world meet.
Catchers : Barry Ellis of Prince Edward Island and Wayne Reily of Nova Scotia.
Pitchers : Mike Kelly and Bill Weatherbie of PEI, Julien Oullette of Quebec, Fred Cardwell of Saskatchewan and John Hegen of Nova Scotia.
Infielders : Wayne Janz of Manitoba, Scott Harvey of New Brunswick, Ray Colbourne of Newfoundland, Jacques-Pierre Lauzon of Quebec, Jim Paisley of Saskatchewan and Fred MacDonald of PEI.
Outfielders : Lyle Moffat and Gord Karch of Alberta, Mel Smith of Manitoba, Jacques Gagne of Quebec and Dave Crabbe of Nova Scotia.