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THE OSHAWA DAILY 11MES, TUESDAY, SEF | EMBEK 24, 1940 AN A Lions Default Today's Sporting Both Teams Claim Softball Derbys and Oshawa May Play on Saturday Semi-Final Local Playoffs Features Victory | (- guess is just as good as * 2 : about last night's That's the burning nm in Oshawa this mora- 'and there are a hundred t versions. * bb 'you didn't see the game, the was like this. Oshawa was 5-4 at the end of the 8th. first two batters in the 9th and Cliff King then hit a to put CPE. up 7-5 over =Colas. The next two batters retired and Oshawa then d pitchers. The first pitch a ball and the next a strike then the Toronto umpire, act- behind the plate, called the fod * + ©. P. Express team claim that it is a victory for them, the game | baving been awarded on the | grounds that Oshawa stalled. | Pepsi-Colas claim that the game was called and that the score re- verts back to the 8th, giving Osh- awa the win. LE A Writing about it, we realize and admit that our opinions are no doubt prejudiced but there are a few facts that we would like to point out to those fans who will not give a mau- ager credit for sticking up for his team but are ever ready to - scouse somebody else of being a poor sport. * + * We claimed in the 8th inning and again at the end of the 8th that it was too dark to play any jonger. The Toronto umpire re- marked that the game would be i finished--"if they played until mid- night." That was his definite and ! obstinate attitude. Naturally, the only chance Toronto had of win- . ning the verdict was to keep play- | ing and hope for runs. As it turn- | ed out, they got the runs but it took #0 long to get them that it was then really so dark that any fair- minded person could see that the complete 9th inning could not pos- sibly be finished: We suggest that the Toronto umpire realized this too and since "calling" the game would mean reverting back to the 8th, there was only one way of mak- ing sure of a Toronto victory and that was to "award" the game. He did so without consulting the other official. » + 4 Not only did the other um- pire, an Oshawa man, express the opinion that it was too dark but an O.A.8.A. convener, who attended the game, also de- clared that to his mind, it was too dark to play after the 8th inning. These two statements, from men in authority, will have just as much weight with the O.A.8.A. as the statement being made by the Toronto umpire. * 4 + As regards "stalling", it's true the Oshawa manager did argue on sev- eral occasions that it was too dark to continue. The umpire however, gave him the "one minute" warn- ing and the manager retired to the bench. The umpire did not call the game at this time and that was the only act that could be con- sidered "stalling". At no time in the 9th inning, or for that matter in the entire game, did the Osh- awa team commit a deliberate er- ror or any error in the field nor did they deliberately throw the ball around. Two batters were retired in the 9th. after Toronto had taken the lead and the last pitch of the game was a strike. That is not stalling. * 4 + : Just what action the 0.A.8.A. will take is not known but the decision will be announced on Wednesday, by Secretary Verae Mecllwraith. Both teams are claiming the victory and as there is something fo be said on both sides of the fence, it is our thought that the game will be ordered re-played, likely in Oshawa on Thursday or Friday night, with neutral umpires, perhaps from Peterboro. * + * However, we have to wait and see! * 4 * As for the game itself, it was a real thriller, One of the largest softball crowds in years was on hand and they saw the Pepsi-Colas stage a gallant comeback. White- ley's wildness and some timely hits gave the CP.E, a 4-run lead in the first inning. After that, until the GUILTINAN"S CHAMPION SHOE SHOP OUR MOTTO: Bstter SHOE REPAIRING pleases our old customers and gets us new ones. 11 BOND EAST PHONE 1216 Collect, Deliver hectic 9th, Wh ly and held the Expressmen off the score-sheet. ley pitched superb- +* + + Oshawa came back with a real fighting display, scoring two in the Znd inning and two more to tie it up in the 5th when Wib Hall homered with a mate on bases. * Bb In the 7th, the first two CPE. batters reached 3rd and 2nd bases but - they still couldn't score and | Oshawa went out in front in their half of the 7th when Taylor got to second on a wild throw by the third-baseman and scored on a fielder's choice. * + Both teams made some brilliant | catches in the outfield with the To- ronto outfielders having the most work| Errors were scarce and both infields pulled some neat plays. LI I We see in this morniag's paper that the T.B.A. has or- dered the fifth and deciding game of the finals to be play- ed in Oshawa this Saturday afternoon. This is not official and at the time of going to press, Mgr. Peg. Hurst had not beea notified. However, it looks like the logical day for the game, since Stratford and Niagara Falls are not yet fin- ished and it's a cinch the Osh- awa team will not object to playing on their own diamond in the deciding game. * 0 . And if you are interested in the other sport news of the day . . . American League clubs are tickled | over their financial book this year, the close pennant race meaning big gate receipts for all clubs -- the best in 40 years , .. Interest in the National League is dropped now until the World Series . . . Orioles | surprised Newark in the first game . +» . Vancouver Burrards are the Western lacrosse champions . . . St. | Kitt's beat Brampton last night in the first of the Ontario finals . . .| North Bay won the northern Inter- mediate "A" softball finals on Sat- | urday . . . Al Delaney, the Oshawa | boxer earned a draw in New York | last night . . . Oshawa Lions, no doubt disheartened and ready to | quit for the season, failed to field | a team at Bathe Park last night so | it will be Supertests and Terriers | for the Juvenile finals . . . These | are the same two teams as met last year in many a hectic game . . . only they are now wearing differ- ent sweaters , , . First game of the finals is Wednesday night, at Bathe | Park, 5:30 o'clock. i Bowling News from the Local Greens (By Jack High) On Saturday afternoon the W. E. N. Sinclair trophy for Scotch | Doubles was played on the local greens. This tourney which is con- fined to clubs in the Ontario County did not get the entry which it deserves, only two clubs sending pairs outside of Oshawa. It was a | beautiful afternoon for bowling and when some of the Oshawa pairs were drawn against each other | much banter was indulged in, es- | pecially when some of the strong | pairs went down to defeat in the 1st round. It was a pleasure to the writer when asked by our genial President, Dr. Phillips, to present the prizes to one of the winning pairs. He hopes the advice given to Pete and Ernie will be taken to heart. The result: 1.--Branton and E. Goodman; 2-- K. Goodman and Brownlee; 3--H. Brant and G. Coppin; 4--E. Par- sons and P. Blackburn. Comiag Events On Wednesday afternoon re Stacey trophy for Men's rinks will be played. Time 1:30 sharp. Now every member of the Club, lady and gent, should be on hand at the Greens on Thursday evening, the game for the Red Cross will be played at 7 p.m. sharp, this is the 2nd game the local bowlers have put on for the Red Cross this sea- son. Please get behind this worthy effort and put it well over. Danny Cox To Manage Seattle Hockey Team Seattle, Sept. 24.--Danny Cox of Port Arthur, Ont, yesterday ac- cepted terms as manager of the Seattle team in the Pacific Coast Hockey League, Cox, former manager, made his acceptance in a letter to Folger Peabody and Jerry O'Neill, new owners of the Seahawks Club. Cox managed the Wichita team of the American Association last year. Vancouver Sr. Lacrosse Title Won by Burrards Vancouver, Sept. 24.--Vancouver Burrards won the British Columbia senior lacrosse championship here when they defeated Rossland Red- men of the West Kootenay League 16-11 in the second game of their total-point series. Burrards, Intercity League cham- pions, won the first game Thursday night, 25-4. Successors to the Canadian cham-~ pion New Westminster Adanacs as British Columbia representatives, Burrards will travel eastward in the Mann Cup playdowns for a shot at the Dominion title. Adanacs were ousted in the Inter- city League playoffs. ST. KITTS COP FIRST GAME IN SENIOR FINAL St. Catharines, Sept. in the senior Ontario lacrosse finals here last night before over 3,000 fans when they trounced Brampton Ex- | "hottest" team | | in the stretch drive and semi-finals, | celsiors, rated the by 18-5. Jack Worthy's gigantic maroons, who eliminated Mimico in two straight after dropping the opener, were no match for the two- | time champs in speed, as the double | blues broke up the packed defense of Brampton and ran the visitors into the soll on the big Haig Bowl here. Athletics led 3-1, 8-2 and 11-5 by period play. Excelsiors were un- able to stand the blistering pace in the fourth period, and Athletics held them scoreless and whipped in | seven in succession on Gord Bur- rows, who replaced Ted Hall for the last quarter, Hall retiring with an injured hand. DON CROWE TO NOW PLAY WITH BALMY BEACH Toronto, Sept. 24.--Both Balmy Beach and Argonauts acquired new strength last night as they started a serious week's drill which will cul- minate with the city series cham- pionship game at Varsity Stadium on Saturday. Down at Riverdale Flats, Beachers welcomed Don Crowe, erstwhile ! kicking half of Peterboro Orfuns; George Oliphant, middle wing fron Western University, and could hard- ly believe their eyes when the vet- eran Syd Reynolds put on a uniform for the first time this season. George Meen, former arsity in- side wing, joined Lew Hayman's Scullers as they went through a long workout on the back campus of University of Toronto. Crowe, .a good kicking, running and passing half, had earlier an- nounced he would line up with Ar- gonauts, but apparently suffered e change of heart and turned up with his own grid togs to work out with Alex. Ponton's young team. He will stand a much better chance to see action with the O.R.F.U, club, par- ticularly in view of the injury to Jack Frizzelle, which will keep this starry little player out of the game against Argos Saturday. Fritz Hanson Again Decides To Play Again Winnipeg, Sept. 24--Fritz Hanson, blond flash of the gridiron, will don | the cleats again and return to action with Winnipeg Blue Bombers, offi- cials of the club announced Sunday night. Hanson, who thrilled thousands of sports fans from Calgary to Ot- tawa with his lightning rushes, de- cided to come out of retirement be- cause he "just couldn't resist the lure of the game." Johnny Coulson Injured In Air Raid Overseas Aurora, Sept. 24--"Wounded In an air raid. Helping evacuate apart- ment building. Hospital for a week. Rejoining unit soon." So reads a cablegram received from Johnny Coulson, Canadian ace singles scul. ler, by his wife at Gairlands Farm here. Coulson is just 24 and went over- seas with a unit of 3 Toronto regi- ment, He is known internationally as an oarsman, having competed at Henley, Philadelphia and many European centres. 24. -- St | | Catharines Athletics drew first blood Bees INFIELDER, BEST FIRST-YEAR MEN ONE OF THE MAJOR LEAGUES' 10° AMONG THE NATIONAL LEAGUE HITTERS, ORIOLES UPSET NEWARK, 6 TO 2 Newark, N.J., Sept. 24 --Baltimore Orioles, fourth-place finishers in the International League, carved a 6-2 victory over Newark Bears last night in the first game of the final play- off round which decides the circuit's representative in the Little World Series, It was the fifth straight playoff victory for the Orioles, who ousted the champion Rochester Red Wings in six games after losing the first two. back for the Bears, who down=d Jersey City four straight, and the first defeat suffered by Steve Peek, Newark ace, since late June. Peek, 'who had won 14 straight, give up nine of Baltimore's eleven sixth inning which saw the Orioles score four times to break a 2-2 deadlock. Oddly, he started his win- ning streak against the Orioles. Roy Bruner, downed five times by the Bears in regular season play, broke the Newark jinx with a mas- terful seven-hit performance. by Bud Metheny and Leo Nonnen- temporarily. and walked two. AL DELANEY IN DRAW New York, Sept. 24.--Al Delaney, land, New York, drew in an eight- round slugging match at the St. nadian weighed 189, Poland 193 Delaney, a hard-hitting heavy- weight, who has met them all from Champion Joe Louis to Bob Pastor, was down for a count of three in the first round, but came strongly, while Poland tired near the finish. It was the first post-season set- | hits, five of them coming in a bly | Two | of the Newark blows were homers | kamp in the fourth to tie the score | Bruner fanned seven | Oshawa, Ont., veteran, and Bill Po- | Nicholas Palace last night. The Ca- | back | North Bay Nine Ousts Sudbury Frood Tigers Sudbury, Sept. 24--North Bay Fischers marched into the final round of the Northern Ontario Softball Intermediate "A" reries by defeating Sudbury Frood Tigers, 10 to 2, here. It was North Bay's sec- ond successive triumph in the best- of-three series, and they will meet the South Porcupine-Smooth Rock Falls series victors for the title, Joe Reid, Fischers' pitcher, was the star of the game. He gave up but three hits and fanned 11 oppo- nents. He retired the Tigers in or- der in four of the nine innings, and, with the exception of the fourth frame, never allowed more than one runner on base in any | inning. Frood committed eight er- | rors to three by North Bay. BEST SEASON IN 40 YEARS Chicago, Sept. 24 --The American Baseball League, getting a tremen- dous boost from a torrid pennant battle, is heading toward the great- est season in its 40-year history-- one which is expected to crack the season's attendance mark of 5255,- 430, set sixteen years ago. "While we haven't complete fig- ures on the last three days, we are sure our attendance this season will | show more than 1,000,000 increase over the 1839 figures, and believe the record set in 1924 will be broken," President Will Harridge sald yesterday. | Detroit Leading | "Right now, Detroit is leading the | league, being well over the 1,000,000 mark. But every club in the circuit shows an increase, with St. Louis Browns already having drawn twice the number of paid customers they | had all last year. Koi Oe OE RR Two former stars of the 7 Making Comeback With Argos po Canadian gridiron who are making a come- back with Lew Hayman's Argos 'are Butch 'Allison, LEFT, and Bobby Coulter, RIGHT. Allison wa ago while Coulter starred : ue Varsity, . end for Toronto Varsity three years on the Argo backfield and before that with BASEBALL RECORDS ! ATTITTTE PITTI CLEE TT AMERICAN LEAGUE w, Detroit .....e..000. 87 Cleveland New York .. Chicago «.s.. BOSON seveserieses 15 St. Louis ..eeee.... 65 Washington cesses. 62 Philadelphia ...... 53 Monday Results No games scheduled. Games Tuesday--Boston at Phil- adelphia (2); Washington at New York (2); St. Louis at Cleveland; Chicago at Detroit. NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pct. 50 .658 62 581 67 541 72 514 75 493 78 466 85 426 100 Monday Results Philadelphia 6-0 Boston Pittsburgh .. 12 Cincinnati .... Chicago 10 St. Louis Brooklyn ..... 3- New York .... 2 Games Tuesday -- Cincinnati at St. Louis (2); Pittsburgh at Chi- cago; New York at Brooklyn. Only games scheduled. Cincinnati Brooklyn .... St. Louis ... Pittsburgh . INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE GOVERNORS' CUP SERIES Finals Baltimore ... 6 Newark First game of series, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Monday Result Louisville .... Louisville wins series, 4 to 2. Passeau Wins His Twentieth Chicago, Sept. 24--Claude Pas- seau, . veteran righthander, turned in his twentieth victory for Chicago Cubs yesterday, limiting 8t. Louis Cards to four hits in a 10-0 trie umph. Passeau, in recording his fourth shutout of the season, hurled hitless ball for five innings. No runne: reached third base. Jim Gleeson started the scoring with a homer in the second. In the third Passeau clouted a home run, firs by a Cub pitcher this season. Then Stan Hack walked, Rabbit Warstler doubled, Bill Nicholson singled and Glen Russell homered, glvipg the Cubs a 6-0 lead. The Cubs added four more in the sixth paced by Nicholson's twenty- fifth home run with two on. BEES, PHILLIES DIVIDE DOUBLE Boston, Sept. 24--Ben Warren gave the Phillies an even split with the Bees yesterday when he belted Manuel Salvo for a pair of home runs in the opener, which the visi- tors gained' 6-2 behind Johnny Podgajny's six-hit pitching. In the nightcap, Tom Earley limited the Phillies to three hits while hurling the Bees to an 8-0 shutout. PIRATES STOP BEGGS' STREAK Pittsburgh, Sept. 24--The Pirates stopped Joe Beggs' nine-game relief winning streak yesterday and won their first series from the champion Cincinnati Reds by taking the odd game 12 to 9 in the windup of the season at Forbes Field. After the Reds shelled Joe Bow- man from the mound in the first inning with a four-run rally, the Pirates came back in the third and sent Paul Derringer to the showers by scoring five runs with the aid of a pair of errors and a walk, BROOKS RALLY TO NIP GIANTS Brooklyn, Sept. 2¢.--Dolph Camilli blasted his twenty-third home run in the ninth inning yesterday and brought Brooklyn Dodgers a 3-2 victory over New York Giants. The Giants were held to seven hits by four pitchers, but got a run in the first and another in the sixth before the Dodgers finally dented Hal Schumacher with two runs in the eighth on a walk, Pete Coscarart's triple and a fly. Tex Carleton got credit for the victory by pitching the ninth in- ning and turning in an unassisted double play with the bases loaded. DODGERS PLAN FOR POST- SEASON SERIES REJECTED Brooklyn, Sept. 24--A proposed post-season series between Brook- lyn Dodgers and New York Yan- kees has been rejected by President Ed Barrow of the Yanks, it was an. nounced yesterday. Larry MacPhail, president of the Dodgers, proposed the series last week, but Barrow withheld a reply noping 'the four-times world cham- pions would repeat in the American League. They still have a mathe- matical chance. WY NANA AS A Henry = Armstrong Pe AR oday's Sporting St. Kitts Win First of Lacrosse Finals Orioles Upset Newark in First of Finals ag Features Wins Another Bout ~ or C.P. Express and Pepsi-Colas Both Claim Victory in Deciding Game Toronto Umpire But Local Club As Game Ends Pepsi-Colas Rally to Wipe Out Toronto's Early 4-0 Lead and Homesters Lead 5-4 Going Into 9th NO DECISION MADE Both Clubs Claim Victory When Game is Called in 9th -- Whiteley and Ben- son Stage Thrilling Mound Duel What was to have been the third and deciding game of the Ontario Intermediate "A" softball semi- finals, proved a hectic debate here last night, when Oshawa Pepsi- Colas and Toronto CP. Express met in the third and deciding game of the. series. The game was "called" in the first half of the 9th inning and accord- ing to the Toronto version, was awarded to The C.P.E. team because the Oshawa team "stalled"--on the other hand, the Oshawa club insists that they were within their rights in all their acts and that if the game was called, that the score re- verts back to the end of the 8th, when the Pepsi-Colas were leading 5-4. Fatal Ninth Frame Oshawa held a 5-4 lead going into the 9th inning. Trying perhaps a little too hard, Whiteley walked the first two batters and then Cliff King clouted out a homer. Covert. the centre-fielder, didn't make a move for the ball until it was al- most past him. Previous to this the Oshawa management had claimed that the game should pe called on | account of darkness. The next batter grounded out for the first out and Benson then de- liberately fanned to make it two out. The Oshawa club then decided to make a change in pitchers and with Lewis taking over Whiteley's job on the mound, the first pitch was a ball, The next pitch was high but the batter struck at it for a strike and at this stage, the To- ronto umpire "called" the game. He claimed . that Oshawa was "stalling" and declared the game in the favor of C.P.E. but the Osh- awa team insisted that they were ready to finish it out, with two men out and not a single runner on bases. As not an error had been committed in the field, the Oshawa team claimed that they could nog be accused of stalling and when the game was called, they insisted that the score revert back to the 8th, when Oshawa was leading 5-4. First Big Inning While the 9th inning, although it was never completed, produced all the arguments, it was the first frame that saw C.P.E. move out in front, on a 4-run rally. Parfitt walked and Ferguson grounded out. King walked and then Stanley beat out a bunt. Benson doubled into left. Warriner flied to centre. Mc- Millan singled and Ellis walked. Benson scored on a passed ball to make it 4-0. After that first big splurge, the Expréssmen didn't do a thing against Whiteley's slants until the 9th. In the Tth, they had the first two batters on bases but failed to score. Down by four runs, Oshawa fought back to get in the running. In the second, Whiteley walked and ad- vanced on Trewin's hit, Cornish singled to score Whiteley. Taylor was safe on a fielde's choice but Little singled .to score Cornish. In the 5th, Little singled, advanc.- ed on a wild pitch and scored when "Wib" Hall connected for a homer. In the 7th, Taylor got two bases on Mako's bad throw and he scored on an infield putout. Brilliant catches in the C.P.E. outfield, robbed Thomson, Kitchen and Thomson of what looked like sure-fire safeties, especially in the 8th inning. Trewin and Little paced the Osh- awa team at the plate, with Covert shining in the outfield. For To- ronto, Ferguson, King and McMillan were the big hitters. Score by Innings R. H. E. C.P. Express .. 400 000 00x 4 7 2 Pepsi-Colas .. 020 020 10x 5 6 1 C. P. EXPRESS: Parfitt, cf; Fer- guson, If; King, c¢; Stanley. st; Benson, p; warrliner, 2b; McMillan, rf; Ellis, 1b; Mako, 2b; Wilson, rf, in 7th. PEPSI-COLAS: Kitchen, ¢; Hall, 3b; Covert, cf; Whiteley, p; Trewin, 2b; Cornish, ss; Thomson, rf; Tay- lor, 1b; Little, c, Umpires: J. Buchanan, Toronto and F. Kellar, Oshawa. SAN FRANCISCO GIRL WINS MEDAL HONORS Del Monte, Calif., Sept. 24.--Dor- othy Traung yesterday won medal honors in the qualifying round of the 1940 United States women's golf championship. The San Francisco girl batted around Pebble Beach course in 78. * » "Awards" Game Claims Victory in Hectic Scene CLARK KNOX LOSES ASSISTANTS' FINAL Belleville, Sept. 24.--Gordon Mc=. Lean, assistant professional of the Montreal Rosemount: Golf and Country Club, yesterday won the Professional Golfers' Association as- sistants championship by defeating Clark Knox of Toronto Humber Valley by one stroke. McLean, east~ ern section titlist, toured the 36 holes in 158, while Knox, western section champion, carded 159, The- final round was played at the Bay of Quinte Golf Club. ARMSTRONG WINS ANOTHER Washington, Sept. 24. -- Henry Armstrong, welterweight champion of the world, last night knocked out Phil Furr, Washington, after 1 min- ute and 45 seconds of the fourth round of a scheduled 15-round title fight. Armstrong weighed 146, Furr a pound heavier, The little champion could hardly have had an easier evening. Fight ing cautiously in the first two rounds, Armstrong opened up in the third and after a minute he drop- ped the Washington boy with one of his chopping rights. Furr got up at the count of one, but he was hurt and dazed. As the fourth began, Furr tried to stay in close, but Arm- strong began pulling away and pounding Furr with rights and lefts. One of Henry's rights then caught Furr on the head and: he dropped--hurt but not out. Furr took a nine count, jumped up and tried to reach Armstrong with a left but missed by feet. Moving in with lightning-like swiftness, Armstrong then smacked Furr with a devastating right. The challenger dropped. He crawied around on the floor as the coun went through to the final "nine and out" and Referee Ray Bowen raised Armstrong's hand in victory. It was only in the first round, when Henry cautiously stayed to infighting, that the Washington boy was able to tap him with light uppercuts, As the fight ended the champion was breathing easily and made a minute and a half address ta the crowd of 16,000. PICKLES M'NICHOL JOINS FALLS TEAM Niagara Falls, Ont. Sept. 34, -- Another worthwhile hockey player has been added to the roster of the Niagara Falls Senior Hockey Club with the arrival of Pickles McNicol, last season's centre player of Lon« don Pirates of the Michigan-One tario League. A New Brunswick boy, McNichol weighs 154 pounds, and comes highly recommended. He was well up in the scoring records in M. and O. circles the past compaign and is expected to add strength te Ronald Cook's collection, U.S. GOLF STARS TO PLAY FOR RED CROSS AT GUELPH Guelph, Sept. 24 --Four outstand« ing United States golf professionals will play in an exhibition match at the Cutten Fields Club here Oct, 8, it was announced yesterday. Pro- ceeds will go to the Canadian Red Cross. . Walter Hagen of Detroit, Lawson Little of Bretton Woods, N.-H,, 1046 US. open champion, and Sam Snead of Shawnee-on,Delaware, Md, this year's Canadian open titleholder, have completed ar. rangements for the match, while cfficials have contacted Byron Nele son of Reading, Pa, and Ed (Pore ky) Oliver of Hornell, N.Y, BACHELOR CIGARS 100% Havana Filler