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Rl agg 7 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE SATURDAY, AUGUST 16; 194 PORT NAPSHOTS Four of the Oshawa and District softball teams walked the pro- verbial gang-plank last night and plunged into the sea of elimination-- or at least, they were pushed there. Legion sent a hurry-up call out for Wilf. Lewis, their ace hurler and he returned to the city in time to pitch a three-hitter last night. and defeat Skinners 11-1 in the third and deciding game of their Inter. "AA" semi-final series. In the other Inter, "AA" semi-final bracket, played out at North Oshawa, Robson Leather "Tannery" defeated North Oshawa in their third and crucial Campbell . game. Now "Tannery" and Legion will open the finals at Alexandra Park on Monday night. LJ LJ * In two other games, defeat meant elimination also. This was in the Junior "A" semi-final rounds, where Dunn's {Tailors defeated Fittings Limited. Fittings put up a much better showing than they had in their two previous games but Dunn's were still too good for them and won the series in three-straight games, to elimi- nate Fittings for the season. In the other Junior "A" round, Gibson hit a homer for Brooklin Dodgers in the eighth inning to break a 2-2 tie. They added another run before the inning was over and then Westmount Hep-Cats came back with a run and a threat for more which never materialized, in the ninth and it ended 5-3 for Brooklin. - This meant the end of the trail for the Westmount boys and Brooklin meets Dunn's Tailors in the Junior league champion- ship finals, with the first game at Bathe Park, on Monday night. > + * The Inter. "A" championship finals will get under way on Monday might' also, providing U.A.W.A. can eliminate White Eagles with a -two- straight win in their semi-final series. Union and Eagles meet in the second game of their series, this evening at Alexandra Park. Whitby brought their hitting bats along last night, clouted five homers and a "lot of other hits in the first three innings to take a big lead over Legionnaires. They lost most of their lead just as fast and then held on to a 9-8 lead for the last six innings. It was Whitby"s first win of the season over Legionnaires and by all the laws, should have tied up their semi-final round at a win apiece. However, after the game the Legion management challenged the presence of "Rolfe" who had been put in to catch for Whitby, halfway through the game. It was claimed that the player in question was Yuill, a member of the Whitby Tigers junior team. When questioned, the Whitby team manager immediately admitted such was the case--whereupon President Johnny Brady an- nounced the series awarded to Legion. + LJ 3 Don't know what the Whitby management or player Yuill were thinking about but they certainly didn't use any brains when they pulled that one. Apparently, Rolfe is a signed player but wasn't present and they wanted a new catcher in the game, so Yuill was put in. The catch is that he was already there--in the intermediate team's uniform, ready to pplay right at the start. Playing an ineli- team's uniform, ready to play right at the start. Playing an ineli- name is even more serious--which those involved will' perhaps find out. Unless a satisfactory explanation (what could it be?) can be : forthcoming, the Whitby team manager may find himself suspended . while Yuill, a junior player (and also a hockey player of promise) may find himself suspended for life, or for a few years at least. And a suspension levied by the O.A.8.A, is recognized by all other leading amateur associations, such as O.R.F.U, 0.BA. and O.HA. 'On the face of it, it looked as if the Whitby boys tried to pull a fast one and got caught. They admitted their mistake promptly when queried but if the error had not been noticed--there's no telling what would have happened. The ironic part is that if .Yuill had played under his own name, only the game would have been tossed out and yet he went into the game with the score 9-8 and only batted once. For that small contribution--he's apt to be out of all sport for life--just because he played under the name of Rolfe. Ww ) ® Northminster Nailer bantams won their fourth game in as many nights last night, to defeat Cedar Dale Lions in the finals and win the Oshawa bantam championship and right to go up against Ajax in the O.ASA, playoffs next week. In the Midget series, Victory Aces defeated' Northminster Nailers in two-straight games, 9-0 last night, to sweep that series, Young Doug. Seles, who pitched a no-hitter for his team' on Thursday night when they beat Nailers 8-0, came right back lest- night with a nifty one-hit pitching performan or the 9-0 win. ° That's mighty fine pitching in any league and stamps-Victory Aces as likely zone champions--if they can take care of the Ajax Midgets, in their O.AS.A. play-off round next week. L 4 L J a Oshawa"s juvenile and midget O.B.A. teams are playing down in Peterboro today, a doubleheader to open the Provincial O.B.A. playoffs, 'In the Junior "A" Lakeshore League elimination, Peter- boro Kiwanis visits Oshawa B"Nai B'Rith at Alexandra Park tonight and it should attract a good crowd. Then there is the Inter. "A" game up there zlso, between U.A.W.A. and White Eagles. After playing Bowles Lunch here this afternoon, GM~Colts leave for To- ronto for a floodlight ex. game up at Dieppe Park. There's an exhibition junior game here in Oshawa tonight also--over at Bathe Park, where the undefeated Dunn's Tailors will be hosts to the Bowles Lunch juniors of Toronto, = J * * And don't forget the big lacrosse ae at the Oshawa Arena tonight, when Weston visits Oshawa for the second time this week, After that rowdy affair here last Tuesday, it's hard to say what will happen in tonight's game but it's likely to be a very tame affair--or may be even worse. Oshawa needs a win again, for they lost in Scarboro on Thursday, +* L J &® SPORT SHORTS--The great Lou Gehrig equalled Everett Scott's all-time major league baseball record of playing 1,307 consecutive games 12 years ago today. The New York Yankees first baseman. started his "iron man" streak June'1, 1925, and in 14 years played 2,130 consecutive games, He died June 2, 1941 , , , Wild Willy Ezinicki is making them stand up and take notice, we sort of thought he would. Its golf now and the Canadian amateur title that he's after and right at this writing -it looks like he and Frank Stranahan, the Yank shotmaker from Toledo will be the finalists for the silverware « + » Bill is finding the course very much to his liking. The fairways are long and that Ezinicki tee-off ball has a habit of going a very long way. The greens are not too hard and Bill seems to be doing all right on them so far + « o Toronto finally found out that there are other senior baseball teams better than her own, and right here in Ontario. Stratford Nationals clipped Riverdale Grads in the Congress tourney 8-2 and so eliminated the Hogtown team from further competition . , . and look at what hammerin' Hank Sauer did. He punched a homer with two. mates aboard to drop the Leafs back into last place and seem happy enough there, maybe now hey * they will start to win again. A LJ & : SCISSORED SPORT--(By The Canadian Press) --Samm: of Ottawa Roughriders in the Big Four football my aM in the signing of Frank Filchock, ex-New York Giants star now banned from American competition for failing to report a bribe offer, by Ham- ilton Tigers. At Ottawa last night he said that if Filchock plays in Canada "the Americans would figure we had an outlaw league like the Mexican baseball outfit and it would give Canada a bad name" TONIGHT! Box Lacrosse ~ WESTON - OSHAWA Admission . , , Adults 50c . , . Children 25¢ 'ROLLER SKATING MONDAY NIGHT OSHAWA ARENA PATE Bo ET Br 1 Shes. WHITBY UPSETS LEGION IN SECOND TILT Palm Sports Nip Legionnaires |czechs Take Beating In Second Game of Semi-Finals | From Aussie Netters But Use An SPORTS *- 5 Home Runs Are Fea- ture of Whitby's Early Scoring Splurge--Nose Out Legion 9-8 in Sec- ond Game of Series -- Winners Use Junior Player Under Anoth- er"s Name so League President Awards Ser- ies to Legion In the second game of the semi- final play-off series between Leg- jonnaires and Whitby, the final score was 9-8 for Whitby. The game however was thrown out by the league officials on the grounds that the Whitby team were using a play- er under another's name. This means that Legionnaires win the series and will continue into the final round against the winner of the White Eagles-Union series. Whitby played their best game of the year and hit a total of five home runs in two innings to gain a much needed lead. They blew it or at least all but one run in the next inning and that was the run they won by, as they clung by dear life to it throughout the rest of the game. Romaniski started on the mound for the Legion, but soon gave way to Jack McConkey when the Whitby team started hit one homer after another. McConkey didn't settle down till the next inning either and he let two home run blows go down the alley. Wally Samanski pitched for Whitby and did one of his better jobs. He allowed seven~ hits for eight runs and claimed five strike- outs. Romaniski and McConkey got five whiffers between them and allowed nine hits for nine runs, Whitby got their first run in the last of the first, when Watson doubled with a man on base to score him easily, Oshawa made no reply in the top of the second, and then in the last of the second Whitby went to work and hit three pitches right on the nose. Ed Sam- anski. was the first man up and he led-off with a long homer. Two hits and a walk loaded the bases in preparation for the next homer which came off the bat. of Spencer. It made the score 6-0 for Whitby. Hodgson followed Spencer in the batting order and whatever Spencer could do, he could and so he too pounded one out of the park for a homer. The next two men were finally retired and that left Whitby with a 7-0'lead to protect going in- to the top of the third inning, Legionnaires didn't do it with homers, but they did get all six 'runs back in the first of the third. A walk, a single and an error, load- ed the, bases, and then McMullen hit a single to center field and that was muffed and allowed Andy to score easily. That made the score 6-4, and right then everyone figured that Whitby would lose the game on errors. Turner doubled, and Seneco singled to put men on. sec- ond and third and that was all that Vann needed for he singled and drove in the fifth and sixth Legion runs, Whitby made no answer to the overtures of the Legionnaires and so Legion took the hint and came back in the top of the fourth to score two runs and come within one run of tieing the game. The bases were loaded again on errors and a walk, and then Turner pounded out a double to score everybody, but McMullen who got tagged at the plate. That rally left Whitby only one run in the lead, but by dint of good play they held onto the lead for the rest of the game. One thing that helped them was a neat double play in the first of the sev- enth when it looked as if Legion would score the needed runs. Rom- aniski was on second after a walk and a sacrifice, Reigle came to the plate and: blasted one at Wally Samanski on the mound. Wally partially deflected it, and then Ed. Samanski made a beautiful shoe- string stab to catch the ball and race to second for the double play, since Romaniski left the base think. ing it was a hit. The light started to fail soon af- ter the seventh inning so the game was called with Whitby still in the lead. That made them the winners, but 'since the protest about the player was admitted by them, the game was tossed out of the score book, R.H.E. LEGION ,..s..s 00620000--8 8 5 WHITBY ...... 16200000--9 9 1 LEGIONNAIRES -- Yourkevitch, 2b; Reigle, 1b; Brisebois, 3b; Mec- Mullen, ef; McConkey, rf and p in 2nd; Turner, lf; Seneco, ¢; Vann, ss; and Romaniski, p and rf. WHITBY--A. Samanski, ss and 1f in 5th; Spencer, 2b and ss in 5th; Hodgson, 3b; Watson, If and, cf in 5th; W. Samanski, p; E. S8amanski, ¢ and 2b in 5th; Mayne, rf; Neal, cf; Ross, 1b; and Rolfe, ¢ in 5th. Umpires -- "Buzz" Bennett and Reg. Fair, | 'Yesterday's Stars | In Box and At Bat By The Associated Press Jackie Robi , - Dodg collected four hits and stole two bases while Edwards homered with bases loaded and drove in five runs, to lead Dodgers to 8-1 win over Philadelphia. Pi , Bob Lemon, Indians--Form- er: inflelder-outfielder hurled Cleveland to three-hit 2-0 victory over St. Louis. Lemon fanned four, walked five and rted two doubleplays and also sta handled seven chances without an error, ; Ineligible Player "Beatin' the Gun" News ot Snanuock A.C. More than 80 entries have been received by the Shamrock Athletic Club for the Ontario Track and Field Men's Championships to be held at Alexandra Park next Satur- day afternoon, August 23. The fol- lowing are some of the prominent athletes who have signified their intentions of attending: In the 100 and 220 yard sprints: M. W. Parry, University Track Club, London, Ted Haggis, London West Track Club, James O'Brien, West End ¥Y, Toronto. The Canadian record holder Bob McFarlane will run in the 440 with his brother Don, both from Western University. Bud Wilson, the Shamrock half- miler, will be pitted against Don McFarlane and a popular West End Y man, Joe Taylor. Bill Morris, Canadian mile cham- pion from West End is expected to take his favorite event from Taylor and Wilson Wilsher of St. Cathar- ines Track Club but one never knows. High hurdles will feature Gord Crosby, the Toronto policeman, who visited , the Shamrock Club last Monday evening. W5 LaRochelle, a mate of the McFarlane brothers, will give him a run for his money. British Empire title-holder for | running broad jump, Harold Brown of West End Y will be down to pro- tect his mark, He is entered also in the hop, step and jump. Pole vaulters Cooper and Edger- ton of Toronto Police, Murray Gay=- more from St. Catharines and J. R. Adare, West End Y, intend to do! their mightiest, and high jumpers | are well represented. Johnny Saramak will have to strain to equal 16 1b. shot putter Leo Roininer, Sudbury Canoe Club, the Canadian Inter-Scholastic champ and record holder. Harold Brown, G. Moir of Hamilton Police, and Ernest Goble of Toronto Police are entered too. Discus and javelin throwers in- clude M. Pacenti of Hamilton Olym- pic Club who is Canadian Junior Champ in both these events, More completed entry forms are expected this coming week although the official closing date has alread passed. Admission to the Park 25¢ for adults and 15¢ for children which entitles them to grandstand seats or standing room as they wish. The program of events will com- mence at 2 o'clock, On Ezinicki Rests Canadian Amatuer Golfing Hopes Bq W. R. WHEATLEY Canadian Press Staff Writer Royal Quebec Golf Club, Boischa- tel, Que., Aug. 16--(CP) -- On the sturdy shoulders of tough little Bill Ezinicki rested Canada's hopes to- day to retain the Canadian Ama- teur Golf Championship. The week-long trail, taken up by a hundred golfers, was just about ended, and the only ones left were Ezinicki and Frank Stranahan of Toledo, Ohio. Out of contention were Henry Martell, defending champion who won at Edmonton last year, and gress who have often been close the coveted title. Then there was Gordon Taylor of Montreal, who won the title back in 1932, who was eliminated in the quarter-finals Thursday. It was Ezinicki, the hockey play- ing golfer from Toronto Scarboro and formerly of Winnipeg, who de- throned Martell in surprising fash- ion yesterday and found himself up against one of the foremost ama- teur golfers turned out by the Un- ited States. Ezinicki eliminated Martell with a brilliant 8 and 7 victory in the 36-hole semi-final, but his om-= plishment was equalled by Strana- han's 7 and 6 victory over Guy Role land of Montreal-Laval, former Que- bec amateur champion and a vete gran of Canadian amateur compet- on, Because of his long record In tournament play in the United States as well as in Britain in Walker Cup matches and the Bri- tish Open, Stranahan has ruled a favorite since the Canadian tourna- ment began Tuesday. If Stranahan takes the champion- ship to the United States, it will be the first time since 1938, that an American has turned the trick. That year it was Ted Adams of Columbia, Mo., who defeated Ross (Sandy) Somerville, of London, Ont.,, on Somerville's home course. Ezinicki playing two-under-pan golf through the 29 holes needed | for the match, was never in danger, He finished the 18-hole morning round seven up on Martell and it was all but over. Stranahan, in medal scores, was three under par for the 30 holes played. -------------- 7000.MILE SURVEY -- Glasgow (CP), -- The 70-foot motor fishing boat Royal Sovereign has left on the first stage of a 7,000-mile voyage to Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean. It will conduct a two-year fishing survey to replace primitive methods now in use in that area. By ROBERT CLARKE Canadian Press Staff Writer Montreal, Aug. 16--(CP) -- Aus- tralia only needed a split in the last two singles today for victory in the Davis Cup interzone final against Czechoslovakia and it seem- ed a foregone conclusion that the Aussies would come out on top. The Australians took a 2-1 edge in the series yesterday as Jack Bromwich and Colin Long won easily in the doubles over Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik, 6-2 6-2, 6-2. Drobny defeated Dinny Pails in an opening day's singles match while Bromwich walloped Cernik. / In today's matches Drobny plays Bromwich while Pails takes the court against Cernik. Cernik is giv- en little chance of defeating his Australian Sronent although Drob- ny is expec! tor take Bromwich's measure, Cernik managed to win only three games against Bromwich in their singles encounter Boyd Valleau Drops Sax for Racquet -- Wins Oshawa Tennis Mixed Doubles Boyd Valleau discarded his saxa. phone for a tennis racquet over at the Oshawa Tennis Club this week and the switch was a successful one. He and Norma Hodgson teamed to grab off top honors in the clubs regular mixed doubles tourney. Norma and Boyd bounced into the No. 1 spot by defeating Laura Mackay and Don Brown, a team that has come close to annexing the laurels in previous tourna. ments. In the semi-final round, Norma and Boyd eliminated Gloria Attersley and Bruce Annand, 6-4, while Laura and Don trounced Carolyn Gilbert and "Bubs" Stew- art, 6-1. The quarter-finals saw Norma and Boyd turn the tables on Aud- rey Knaggs and Ernie Gomme, 6-4; Gloria Attersley and Bruce Annand defeated Dorothy Bracey and Jack Langmaid, 6-3; Carolyn Gilbert and "Bubs" Stewart outdueled Francis Johnson and Bob Lulge, 6-4; Laura and Don trimmed Ruth Coakwell and Phil Ayling, 6-0. CALENDAR TODAY'S GAMES Beaches Major Fastball Bowles Lunch vs GM-Colts, Alexandra Park, 3.00 pm. Senior - "B" Lacrosse Weston vs Oshawa, at Osha Arena, 845 pm. Inter "A" Softball Play.off White Eagles vs UAW.A, a Alexandra Park, 6.45 pm. Junior "A" Baseball Play.off Peterborough vs. Oshawa BN B'Rith, at Alexandra Park, 6.30 p.m Junior Exhibition Softball First round results were: Laura Mackay and Don Brown defeated Betty Flintoff and Jim Chant, 6.0; Joan Cuthbertson and Harvey Moy- er defeated Ev. Tonkin and Bill Blight, 6-5; Marian MacDonald and Les Gouldburn defeated Joyce Mac- Arthur and Pat Tresise, 6.5. Second round results were: Norma Hodgson and Boyd Valleau defeated Mary Thomas and Ken Toronto Bowles Lunch vs Dunn' Andison, 6.0; Audrey Knaggs and Tailors, at Bathe Park, 6.30 p.m. Ernie Gomme defeated Dorothy . 4 Lestontn and Roy Gordon, 6-5; mi ONDAY Soa -off ia Attersley and Bruce Annand Eiter White Eagles vs. Union, 0 defeated Ann Henderson = and Charlie Graham, 6.3; Dorothy | Winner of that series, vs. Legion Bracey and Jack Langmaid defeat- naires, at Alexandra Park, 6:30 pam ed Joyce Smith and Harry Ross, Inter "AA" Softball Play-off . 6-3; Carolyn Gilbert and "Bubs" | Robson Leather vs. Legion, a! Stewart defeated Clare Dainty and | Alexandra Park, 6:30 p.m. Bill Blight, 6.3; Francis 'Johnson Junior Softball Play-off and Bob Luke defeated Ev. 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