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nd with , ang cal clup score of round here, lead, Douring Dlayers for 2-1 TS 0 Osh- on and ith the ra Mer- a 21 erdict, hitter, om the twir- 1 three d with ccount- . Tole ed and run. junior her of ce and n. The ie fast right rices where nally _ook! 10ney Thursday, August 2, 1951 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL ym] 2 Page 7 0AKS DROP ONE, TIE ONE DOUBLE HEADER EVENT dropped a 6-2 and tled 5-5 with the double feature on night at Wallace Park. was hit six times and errors were racked against am. In the 7th three pinch- accounted for the two for the Oaks. Wilson hit for May doubled for Hurd, and Luith singled for Withnell. \ spectacular player was Don chouse, Waterdown, a sprin- o stole home enough times the Oakville fans. Acton May was hit nine Jes for five runs. Acton was Jazued with multiple errors to- 7, most of them along the Oaks Against {ind base line. The Oaks held ie errors to 2, and mae five Galbraith accounted for three of fem. with Stott and Cowan the others. eventh inning was started ie minutes under the 10.45 cur- fox rile, leaving the game a tie. \o innings can start after this hor as residents around the srk nave found the floodlights 'most objectionable after this Jour. Sales caught for the Oales i he first game and Rutledge in the second. DANCERS GALORE \ll-Canadian talent, comprised forty-eight dancers and forty ors will perform at the 1951 National Exhibition extravaganza, star- sing Jimmy Durante. The ONE, bein from August 24 to September § this year, has made to encourage Canad- the entertainment dian Grandstand it a policy fan talent in world Wo0D FOR SALE | 1] | HARDWOOD BLOCKS | HARDWOOD AND | SOFTWOOD EDGINGS 4 | i i Oakville Wood Specialties | LTD. | OAKVILLE PHONE 31 game to Wa- We've Some Doozers If you arent supporting the Oaks by attending their home games because you are not a baseball enthusiast, don't let it Worry you. Go to the games anyway. You might be the lucky person to win the Mystery Draw, which will be held every home game. There are only two conditions to enable you to qualify. You' must pay to get in, instead of sitting in your car on the road outside and looking through the fence as a lot of cheap chislers were doing Thursday night, 'and you must take the prize home. Samples or prizes to date, a rooster, a live turkey and a stepladder-- With even better prizes prom- ised because Don' Davis an- nounced Thursday night, "We have some doozers thought up for you." SEXES BATTLE ENDS IN DRAW The Sixty-four of which is the remained dollar question weaker sex re- unsolved on Thursday evening following the "battle of the sexes" ball game between the Oakville lassies and the Queensway A.C. of Toronto. In fact its 50-50 as the 17-all score proved The batteries for the men's team was Ella MacKenzie on the mound with Blondie Yarnell as backstop and the ladies' team had Don Rainford as catcher with Knight and Buckley handling the mound chores. Tor the ladies Watt, Brown and Elliott were the big guns at bat, with King starring for the men, EUCHRE PARTIES RAISE MONEY FOR CANCER. POLIO, TUBERCULOSIS FUND Weekly euchres, a big Christ- mas euchre and a minstrel show in April yielded a total of $166.40 for the Cancer, Polio and Tuber- culosis fund of the Oakville Odd Fellows and Rebekahs lodges, ac- cording to the financial report of Secretary-Treasurer Stuart Wark Yor the past deasow. Receipts totalled $1,390.35, and expenses $1,292.95. The bank balance in June was $541.82, and a total of $367.48 was paid out for relief of distress. Other payments for this purpose can be made out of the balance pending resumption of the euchre programs in the fall. "The committee members ap- oreciate the assistance given: them by the public in carrying on their work," Mr. Wark said in a state- ment to the Journal. ON AND ON Ego is just about the only thing there is that can continue to grow without nourishment ~ Time Out For a Dip! Listen to those carefree shouts and lively splashes! Dad and Mother taught these young "otters" how to swim, at an early age--now it's a happy pastime they all enjoy together. It's wise to remember this advice: Wait till two hours after eating before swimming . . . swim in plain sight of others . Ininutes at a time. Learn to swim. It's invigorating exercise . . . . and ic offers you another Canadian Way fo some fun . Good Health! . don't stay in the water more than chircy whole- Vi RADING BREWERIES LIMITED BRADING'S N32 ® OTTAWA AND WINDSOR Sis | A fleet of ies Pacific coast dingh- belonging to Port Credit Yacht Club members will come sailing into Oakville harbor on Saturday afternoon and remain here overnight. Sunday morning, sailors of Oakville Yacht Squad- ron, sailing some of these craft, will race the visiting yachtsmen. In the afternoon there will races, all competitors sail- nipes of the local squadron. Races will be for the B.A. Oil trophy, which Port Credit has held the past two seasons. The Oakville squadron will hold its usual races Saturday after- noon. Sails for four new Snipes acquired in June have arrived from England, and the boats will be in the water this weekend, making a total of 15 Snipes. Some of these craft will be sailed in the C.N.E. races. ® 0 o Burke's men's softball team dropped their first game of the season Monday night, when they lost to the Jaycees at Busby Park by the score of 43. Harry Tom- kins pitched for the Jaycees, and Ken Crewe was on the mound for Burke's. © ® © A smashing double off the bat of Oppie Camm gave the Oaks a narrow 3-2 victory over Water- down on Tuesday evening. Camm's drive, climaxing a ninth inning rally, sent two of his mates scurrying across the plate to bring the team from behind, a 2-1 count. Jack Wilson on the mound took credit for the win, turning in another fine pitching display. be | Tom Sales, up from the juniors along with Camm, played behind the plate. 7 © ® © "It's next Friday night at 7.30 at Victoria Hall for any rugged individuals. who are interested, along with quite a number of others, in playing football this fall. Johnny Black said, "We can't get into the ORFU, but a lot of the boys want to play some games. So we're holding the meeting to try and organize a team. This time the meeting is rain or shine--so come on out any of you guys who are inter- ested." A rained-out league fixfurs with Dixie Monday night ended in a 12-7 beating for Oakville la- dies softball team at Dixie. Slop- py work on the infield by the Oakville girls, with many result- ing errors, gave their opponents a big margin. Feature of Oak- ville's play was a spectacular triple by Alice Brown. Ella Mec- Kenzie was on the mound. This winds up the regular schedule, and. the playdowns have yet to be arranged. Robert Bruce-Lockhart has been chosen from among the local cricketers to play in a represent ative match against the touring Marylebone Cricket club from England. He will be among play- ers selected from the cricket clubs of Toronto and Hamilton. Bruce-Lockhart, star of the local club, is an all-round player. - Reaching a high when Robert Goodfellow gave is display of baton whirling, the Sunday night ice show at the arena increased the attendance over previous weeks. All performers pleased the thousand people in the aud- with the girl performers finish featured Oak- fence; drawing a big hand. Collection amounted to $71.45 % ® 6 © A close ville Racing Pigeon Club's young bird race from day, R. Bennett's with Glencoe Satur bird winning time of 958.8 yards per min= ute. Close behind was Robson & Son's entry, 958.0. Other times were as follows: P. Lunau, 957.3; Bennett, G. 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