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10 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Wednesday, August 12, 1953 - PROVINCIAL CLASSIC SPORTS MENU "Everything from Soup to Nuts" by Geo. H. Campbell SPORTS EDITOR Guelph Maple Leafs defeated London Majors 5-0 last night while Brantford blanked Galt Terriers 7-0. That win moved the Red Sox into a tighter grip of third place but while London is stilt-in fourth | T! spot -- their margin over Oshawa Merchants is now only two games. London has lost three games less than Oshawa but they've also play- ed two less and they've had only one more win than the Merchants. A prolonged slump for the Majors or a winning streak by the Mer- chants, could easily move Oshawa into fourth spot before the month is out. A "crooshul"' game comes up this Saturday night when the Merchants visit London Majors. Meanwhile, Oshawa Merchants have «a big chance tonight and tomorrow night. We've mention- ed this several times before but after that 6-4 defeat on Monday night in Waterloo -- it still stands -- Oshawa Merchants haven't beaten Waterloo this season. They're over-due! We're hoping that the Merchaii® break the right back and hand the Tigers another licking, here tomorrow night. We imagine Bill Hanrahan will go to the mound tonight against Waterloo. He has nad five days of rest and should be in top form for this big one on our home diamond. Latest Inter-County statistics, re- leased today, reveal that "Buich' Lawing is back on top again, lead- ing the league as top hitter and after his 2-for-4 in Waterloo on Monday night, the mark publish- ed today has been bettered. He is also leading the league in RBI's while Jimmie Jones is leading the league in triples and in walks -- with Lawing second in this 'depart- met. Ronnie Ryba has allowed only 11 stolen bases and has "hip- ped" 19 -- for one of ta? © 2 ords in the league, in this depart- ment. As a team the .ercnanis are leading the loop in hitting while the individual fielding av- erages, published today, show the Oshawa boys holding their own de- fensively now. But the fact remains you can not win ball games on statistics or on any other kind of paper. They've got to be won on the field. Despite the fact that the records prove that the Merchants have several of the best ball players in the league, they still ave got to win most of their remaining games if they are to finish in fourth place and 'clinch a playoff berth. A win here to- night over the visiting' Waterloo Tigers would be a big help and then another tomorrow night, would be that much better. To- night's game should draw a large crowd for the class of the Waterloo team is fully recogniz- ed here and the baseball should be of high calibre. A crowd of almost two thousand wrestling fans liked what they saw at the Oshawa Arena last night, especially in the preliminary bout, when two new opponents on the local mat scene. Dan O'Connor vs. Don Lewin, almost 'stole the show" with a thrill - packed half- hour bout of wide-open action. Counting the referee, there was h ever more than two men in the at one time, as they took turns tossing each other outside the ropes, while the fast aerial exchanges were a special treat. In the semi-final bout, Nanjo Singh, never regarded as a pink tea party boy, got himself disqualified for using the ropes to strangle Geo- hagen while the latter was trying vainly to get back into the ring. he main bout, a team match, like the preliminary event, went to a time-limit draw but not befor» each side had won a fall and aroused the fans go fever pica. Layton gave his even-taller rival, Jonathan, the heave-ho for the first fall but Don Leo got even when he softened up Lord Athol and then let Whipper Billy reallv nut on the finishing touch. It was an- nounced last night that the u..at Togo will return to Oshawa Arena next Tuesday night but at the time of writing, we haven't yet heard who will face the hard-headed Jap. Bolstered by a turnout of sev- eral hundreds of stock car" rac- racing fans from the "Pinecrest track following, an attendance of about two thousand was on Jess at Oshawa Motor ™~- night to witness the racing ae- tion put on by the ur..... i the rival groups. In ti 1 challenge race, the "Oshawa" (CSCRC members) drivers came out on top with four drivers fin- ishing in the first five, headed by Ralph Spencer, the No. 1 speed merchant of the night, with Ted Race a close second. The Pinecrest drivers competed in some of the regular races aiso and their presence added spicy action. Several cars were badly ked last night, in most cases the unfortunates being drivers from Pinecrest who form +"e Oshawa track a little trickier than they expected. The comp: ii- tion was especially keen with three very close finishes and the fastest all-round racing of the season, giving the fans the best in this brand of entertaimet. A rink of Oshawa lawn bowlers, Gord. MacMillan, Fred Cochrane, Bill Brownlee and Sam MacMillan, skip, are cutting a wide swath in the annual Provincial Lawn Bowl- ing tournament at Toronto. Yester- day the Oshawa trundlers ranked up three more wins to advance to the finals in the major or pri- mary vent, The T. Eaton Gold Cup competition, beating out Al Sage of West Toronto -- right on their own greens, 15 - 13, in the semi - final match. BRIGHT BITS -- Buffalo's Jack Tighe has been restored to the Bi- sons and the player has been ac- quitted of the charge of "spitting"" at or upon the umpire . . . The jockey strike that threatens to end the racing season at Fort Erie has been postponed for a let-your-hair- down meeting to be held there to- morrow. . . . Ge Kesselring will captain Ontario's Willingdon Cup team. . . . The Canadian Open Ladies' Golf tourney is rolling right along with last year's cham- pion and Marlene Stewart still very much in the running. . . . They had their third no-hitter in the In- ternational League yesterday, Syracuse's Al Hartley getting it -- the first was less than a week ago. . . . Leafs lost to Springfield yes- terday, 6-5. . . . Toronto Leafs have sold Max Bentley to the N.Y. Rangers and the Manhatten Blues have also talked Doug. Bentley and Max into teaming up there this win- ter with Frankie Boucher return- ing once more to his post as Coach. Bill Cook will be "kicked upstairs" to another job, no doubt. 'Butch Lawing Again Heads Batting Race Inter-county leaders based on 100 or more official at bats, including vray 10, Gray 9, Finney 7, Fischer 7, Oberholtzer 7. Bases on balls (incomplete): Jones 54, Lawing 52, Napier 51, Halkard 49, Rassmussen 39, Car- ruth 37, Biasatti 36. PITCHING Hanrahan, Oshawa Yount, Guelph Parker, Brantford Duncan, Kitchener 10-3 .769 Ripplemeyer, Oshawa 10--3 .769 Most wins: Jessup, Galt, 11. Most losses: Grasso, St. Thomas, 4-1 7-2 7-2 .800 mm am Saturday night games. Figures sub- | 12 ject to revision. AB 187 190 149 198 R 45 51 32 45 H 64 65 51 66 Pct. .3422 .3421 .3416 333 Lawing, Osh. Welker, Kitch. Steele, Galt Evon, London . O'Connor, Osh. 169 31 56 .332 Halkard, Lon. 161 39 52 .323 Runs batted in: Lawing 43, Evan- ak 41, Steele 38, Napier 38, Evon 36, Paution 34, Kaiser 32, Kinney 31, Russian 30, Welker 33. Two-base hits: Lawing 13, Le- Fevre 12, D'addario 12, Jones 12, Pontorelli 12, Rassmussen 12, Kais- er 11, Fishcer 11, Turowski 11, Flick 11. Three-base hits: Jones 7, Welker 6, Kaiser 5, Finney 4, LeFevre 4, Deakin 4, Lawing 4, Hadara 4, Herch 4 Home runs: Steele 13, Cline 10, Napier 9, Evon 7, Kvasnak 7, Jes- sup 6, Halkard 6, Lawing 6. Stolen bases: Welker 33, Gray 14, Mason 12, Boniface 11, D. Butler Sacrifice hits: Ler 10, McGilli- MILD--COOL--EVEN BURNING Strike-outs: Jessup 104, Penny 79, Oshawa TORONTO (CP) --Out-of-town rinks Tuesday scored most of the victories in the second day of the 19th annual provincial lawn bowl- ing tournament. Only two Toronto rinks advanced to the semi-finals. The final matches for the four trophies-- Eaton Gold Cup, Pilot Insurance, Robert Simpson ayd the Northern Electric--are to be played today. One semi-final match for the North- ern Electric Trophy is to be played in the morning. In the Eaton Trophy, semi- final, J. Knowles of Niagara Falls, N.Y., defeated H. E. MacLean of Ottawa 21-7 while F. A. Cochrane of Oshawa bowled 15 to the 13 score. of A. Sage of West Toronto. The Oshawa rink is comprised of Gord MacMillan, Fred Cochrane, Wm. Brownlee and Sam MacMil- lan, skip. In the Simpson play, Kingston and Toronto Balmy Beach enter the semi-finals. Rinks from Detroit and Quincy, Mass., play to decide the Pilot Trophy winner and Toronto Lans- downe competes with the victor of \a quarter-final match not yet played for the Northern Electric trophy. Tuesday's results included: Northern Electric Trophy First Round Hamilton, W. 'A. McDonald 19; Bowlers In Trophy Final Lindsay, L. Rogers 11. Caledonia, N. Salkeld 20; Port Colborne, F. Neff 19. bert Simpson Trophy Third Round Kingston, R. Edney 16; Lindsay, S. Elsden 8. Quarter-finals Kingston, Edney 18; W. C. Wert 7. Toronto Balmy Beach, J. Taylor 19; Soro Balmy Beach, T. H. Mead 1 Pilot Trophy Second Round Cornwall, J. E. Rouleau, 14; Buf- fclo, Dr. R. D. Sendker 13. Grimsby, George Warner 15; Ot- tawa F. A. Palin 10. Kingston, A. M. Galt 17; Toronto Rusholme, B. Marshall 13. Fourth Round Cornwall, J. E. Rouleau 15; Grimsby, George Warner 9. Toronto Kodak, E. Cockshoot 18; Kingston, A. M. Galt 16. Quarter-Finals Detroit, J. S. Weir 20; Cornwall, J. E. Rouleau 15. Northern Electric Trophy Second Round West Toronto, C. A. Keeber 15; Caledonia, N. Salkeld 14. Eaton Gold Trophy Semi-Finals Niagara Falls, N.Y., J. Knowles 21; Ottawa, H. E. MacLean 7, Oshawa, F. A. Cochrane 15; West Toronto, A. Sage 13. Ottawa, BRANTFORD BLANKS GALT By THE CANADIAN PRESS The two Senior Intercounty Base- were pitchers' matches. The five-hit pitching of Marty Philp of Guelph Maple Leafs helped the Leafs to blank London Majors 5-0. In the other game, pitcher George Copeland held Galt Terriers scoreless to give Brant- ford Red Sox a 7-0 victory. The London-Guelph game was a pitchers' battle between Philp and London's Gerry Burke until the fifth inning when Guelph broke loose. The Leafs got five hits in that inning and collected four runs. Bob Stragier took over from ball League games Tuesday night | Guelph Leafs Blank London Grip On 4th Spot Slipping? | Burke and held the Leafs scoreless the rest of the way. London threatened once when Russ Evon tripled in the fourth with none on. He was left at third. Ronnie Hodara was Brantford's big hitter with three safeties. 'A walk to Tom McGrattan in the fourth, Finney's sacrifice and Ho-. dara's single gave the Red Sox a 1-0 lead. Stan Lipka"s triple scored Wilkie in the fifth and in the sixth, two singles and a bad throw by Tex Kaiser allowed Brantford two more runs. Tonight London play at Kitch- ener, Waterloo at Oshawa, Galt at Guelph and Brantford at St. Thomas. ROYALS WESTERN CHAMPS WINNIPE G(CP)-- New West- minster Royals Tuesday won the Western Canada senior so ccer championship and a berth in the Dominion final, outclassing Winni- peg Scottish 5-1 in the third game of a best-of-three series. The first two games were tied 1-1 and 0-0. TIE "AWAY" WI NMARK LONDON (Reuters)--Third Lan- ark's 10-0 away victory over Alloa Athletic in the Scottish Soccer League division 'B' last Saturday equalled the record for an away win in this 1-ague. Alloa were also the victims on the other occasion. Dundee beat them 10-0 on their own ground in March, 1947. Gavey 77, Allan 76, Grasso 70. Bases on balls: Penny 87, Jessup 78, Sommers 66. Most innings pitched: Jessup 149, Gavey 132, Fedoris 133, Grasso 124, Penny 121, Duncan 110. Most complete games: Jessup 13, Gavey 12. INTERCOUNTY STANDINGS LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS Brantford, 7; Galt, 0. Guelph, 5; London, 0. L Pct. GBL .623 .600 S577 .549 509 6 451 9 Guelph .423 10% St. Thomas 14 .275 18 THIS WEEK'S GAMES Wednesday -- Galt at Guelph; 4 2% 4 Kitchener Waterloo Brantford London Oshawa Galt {88RUR8S London at Kitchener; Waterloo at Oshawa; Brantford at St. Thomas. Thursday -- Waterloo at Oshawa. Saturday -- Guelph at Brantford; St. Thomas at Galt; Oshawa at London; Kitchener at Waterloo. ROLLER SKATING FRIDAY NIGHT ALSO SATURDAY NIGHT N Y Al33dVS O33 WW This Small-Mouthed Black Bass may be easily distinguished from his large-mouthed cousin. In contrast, the latter's mouth reaches well past the eye. CARLING'S THE CARLING BREWERIES LIMITED WATERLOO --MONTREAL--TORONTO-- TECUMSEH i n+ NANJO DISQUALIFIED Main Bout Team Match Ends In Time-Limit Draw Heralded is a card that might be described as comprising three main bouts--Ilast night's wrestling show at the Oshawa Arena turned out to be just that, in fact, when it was all over, there were three distinct groups who each claimed a different one of the three was "the best of the night." DON LEWIN MAKES HIT Don Lewin, a TV mat star from across the border, made his first appearance in an Oshawa ring here last night and to say that he made a hit with the fans is puting it mildly. He went over with a bang! His fast, rapid-fire action with his opponent Dan O'Connor made-to- order for this type of attack, gave the fans a full half-hour crammed full of red-hot speed. Both O'Connor and Lewin took delight in aerial tactics, the "fly- ing" holds that always please the customers and to top it off, they took turns throwing each other out of the ring, either through or over the ropes, it didn't matter--that the time-limit bell ended the bout in what was exactly a half-hour but seemed like only about half that time. NANJO SINGH DISQUALIFIED Favorite with the local mat fans, Timothy Geohagen got the decision in the semi-final bout--but he had to take a vicious beating to win-- Which no doubt sounds about as "Irish" as Tim Geohagen --but that's how it worked out. Nanjo Singh, who looks and sincerely lives up to the role of being every-inch-a-villain, wasted no time in getting down to his own brand of dirty busiess. Geohagen almost had him twice but the wily Hindu managed to get out from under and the climax came when he pummelled Geohagen into .a complete dither and chucked him out of the ring. When Geohagen tried to get back in, Nanjo pr ded to put The reaction of the fans was a bit different than usual too, which added to the excitement. Whipper Watson and Don Leo Jonathon would likely run a hectic 1-2 in a local popular wrestler contest but while Fred Atkins would probably finish far down in the voting, Lord Athol Layton very definitely has a large local following with the result that the vocal support given the Layton-Atkins team was not always consistent. The two giants of the piece, Lord Layton and Don Jonathon, lashed for the first decisive on his favorite "cobra" hold-- using the ropes to make the strangle job more effective. Geo- hagen tried to get back into the ring and each time ran into the rope treatment and finally, after vainly trying to stop Singh with warings and force and succeeding with neither -- the referee lost patience and promptly disqualified Nanjo Singh and awarded the decision to Geohagen. MAIN BOUT A DRAW The main bout went the limit and the fans certainly got their money's worth. They'd ~ already had that before the headliners stepped through the ropes but when the team match got under way. then it promptly became "bonus night" for the customers. action, Layton throwing Jonathon out of the ring, where he was counted out, giving Layton and Atkins the initial fall. When they came back for the second fall, the experienced Whip- per Billy got rid of Fred Atkins and then a revengeful Jonathon lowered the boom on Lord Layton. He had him ready for the kill-- then. tagged his team-mate and Whipper Billy moved right in to finish off Layton and even the match. | Fred Atkins took a more prom- | inent part in the remaining action with the result that the team held their own and although Wh'nper { Watson almost had his rival set up for the deciding fall--the bell sounded to end the hour's bout. SPENCER IN TOP FORM Oshawa Raceway Car Drivers Capture Challenge Event Over Pinecrest Boys Ted Hogan has just about been dethroned and deprived of his title of "King of the Quarter- Milers", certainly as far 'as the Oshawa Raceways paved oval is concerned. Ralph Spencer, driving the local Belmont Motors entry, hogged the limelight last night as he came from far back to finish third in the fast heat, won the spec- ial challenge race between the Pine crest and CSCRC drivers and then climaxed his night's success with a clean-cut victory in the final feature race of the night. Spice and variety was added to the stock car racing at Oshawa Raceways last night by the pres- ence of the Pinecrest Speedway drivers, who participated in some of the regular program races, as well as being on hand for the special challenge race. Some of them had to have their racers towed home too, three cars being put out of commission in heavy crack-ups. The newcomers to the local paved track found the tricky curves very tough to negotiate-- too tough in several instances. OSHAWA DRIVERS WIN The Canadian Stock Car Racing Club drivers, representing Toronto CNE and Oshawa Raceways, up- held the honor of their 'home track" with a clean-out triumph featured event of the night. Four drivers from each group competed in this special race which was a 12-lap affair and Ralph Spencer, Ted Race and Ted Hogan. all 'Oshawa' drivers, finished in that order to give their |team the major portion of the points. Ivan Moore was fourth, lone Pinecrest driver to finish "in the money" and George Bowers finished in fifth spot. It was announced thai the two teams will stage another challenge race, this time at the Pinecrest Speedway, on Wednesday night of next week. : Bill Edwards won the first: heat of the night, Gord Hutton being second while a Pinecrest driver, Jack Greedy copped the second heat, beating out "Skip" Williams. In the fast car heat, Ed. Tanner drove a beautiful race right from the green to checkered flag to beat out Ted Race and Ralpher Spenc- er, George Bowers was fourth and all four were tightly bunched as they crossed the finish-line. Ted Hogan and Ivan Moore made it a nifty one-two in the consolation race. They started out (in front and finished in the same | order, driving abreast all the way, |to keep the pack behind them all {the time. VERY FAST FEATURE | The little feature saw Bill Ed- wards come up with a burst of speed, two laps from the finish, to take top honors, with Don Mec- Lellan and Gord Hutton finishing very close behind. | However, the fastest race of the | night and the one that provided ONTARIO FLOOR SANDERS OLD FLOORS REFINISHED ---- WalL AND FLOOR TILE SUPPLIED AND LAID DIAL 3-725) SPORTS CALENDAR TONIGHT and THURSDAY INTER-COUNTY BASEBALL Waterloo Tigers vs. Oshawa Merchants, at Kinsmen Civic Me- morial Stadium, 8.00 p.m. the best racing of the season' was the big feature, or final race of the program. Ralph Spencer and Ted Race staged a ding-dong race all the way in this 20-lap event with Spencer cleverly holding the inside track and winning by virtue of this skill. Spencer, Race, Moore, Hogan and Bowers all lapped a large portion of the field and their daring driving as they swept right through the middle of the trailing pack, was a real highlight. Race had his best chance to overtake Spencer in this lap but Spencer came through with a daring drive, all- out on the stretches and close- cutting the turns, to cop first place. ; The results: -- \ FIRST RACE -- Bill Edwards, Gord Hutton, Don McLellan, Mike, Wilson, Lew Pollard, Don Wilson and Neil Taylor. SECOND RACE -- Jack Greedy, "Skip" Williams, Corpet Clarkson and Bert Sandham. THIRD RACE Ed Tanner, Ted Race, Iph Spencer, George Bowers, Ivan Moore, John Shirt- liff, Bill Hamilton, Jack Burbridge, Fred Hubble and Ted Hogan. CONSOLATION -- Ted Hogan, Ivan Moore, Jack Burbridge; Bill Hamilton, Jack Keeler, Fred Hub- ble and Don Wilson. LITTLE FEATURE -- Bill Ed- wards, Don McLelland, Gord "ut- ton, Don Wilson, Mal Littlejohn, "Skip" Wilkams, Bill Cromb, John Keeler and Neil Taylor. CHALLENGE RACE --- Ralph Spencer (0), Ted Race (0), Ted Hogan (0), Ivan Moore (P), George Bowers, (0), Bill Hamilton (P) Jack Burbridge P). . FEATURE RACE--Ralph Spenc- er, Ted Race, Ivan Moore, Ted Hogan, George Bowers, Mike Wil- son, Ed Tanner, Jack Burbridge, Bill Edwards, John Keeler, Don McLelland, Gord Hutton and "Skip Williams. BASEBALL TONIGHT KINSMEN MEMORIAL STADIUM WATERLOO TIGERS MERCHANTS 8:00 P.M. ADULTS CHILDREN RE The GREATEST GASOLINES ever sold in Canada! A seven-year refinery biggest gasoline research construction program and the program ever undertaken in this country were required to produce the new Esso and new Esso Extra -- the greatest gasolines ever sold in Canada! Ask your Imperial Esso "15 to 50 Test" . . . find are switching to the new Dealer how you can make the out for yourself why thousands Esso and the new Esso Extra-- gasolines that are "engine-balanced" to give you better overall performance than any other gasolines in Canada! IMPERIAL ESS DEALER MORE CANADIANS ust ESSO AnD ESSO EXTRA THAN ANY OTHER GASOLINES