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Oakville-Trafalgar Journal, 23 Aug 1951, p. 6

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Page 6 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, August 23, 195 hursda MILTON TAKES AS OAKS BOOT Carter Takes Over In a shakeup decided upon by the committee in charge of the intermediate club and ap- proved by the directors of the Oakville Baseball Assn., 'Toobey' Carter last Saturday succeeded Al Yarnell as playing manager of Oakville's Oaks. Yarnell, how- ever, will continue to offer his t slants to the hurling cause Oaks into the playdown rounds. Carter, as the 0B.A who was at the helm at Clark- swing son Saturday, promptly ordered practice sessions, and the en- tire squad was on hand for Sat- urday's workout. Norm will soon have a new "old" face in the lineup, as perennial Dougie Wil- son dons flannels to help bol- ster the sagging outfield, weak- ened by a shoulder injury to Benny Languay. The club meets Clarkson at Wallace park Wed- nesday night in the second game of the Halton "A" playoff. ~® Fans who had hoped that Oak- ville ks had managed to get rid of all their jittery baseball in the opening game of the Milton series were doomed to disappoint- ment last Friday night, as Co- Ops took full advantage of no less than 13 Oak miscues to romp to a 13-7 decision and the Halton county loop championship. With Milton rated as a "C" club, how- ever, the loss had no effect on HALTON TITLE BALL AROUND the Oaks O.B.A pirations Actually, the Oaks outhit their rivals 13-10 in this third and de- ciding tilt, and had jumped a 6-0 lead by the end of the third frame, Then the entire club fell apart at the seams as it stumbled through one of the season's sloppiest fielding displays in a perfor- mance that must have set hurlers Mark Pollock and Al Yarnell back on their heels, Mark tossed until the sixth, spacing five hits, but the avalanche of bobbles nullified his efforts, as they did those of Yarnell in the latter stages, Ken Pollock with a triple and single, Harry Herd with a homer and George Stott with a double were the big Oak hitters. * playdown as- grog | It would appear that Bob Mc- Kay,. erstwhile. Brave. playing- coach, may well be Calgary Stam- peders' first string flying wing when the western clubs swing into their regular schedule. Bob started against Argos in that high scoring 36-35 exhibition tilt, and Hal Walker reports he came up with his full quota of nice tack- les. Les Lear is known to think highly of the ex-Argo, and he is sure to have every opportunity to grab a regular berth. Fastball fans who watched the peppery Burke squad edge Water- down, last year's Ontario champs, in the first game of their OB.A. playoff round last Thursday night, stoutly maintain it was the best exhibition of sport seen in Busby park in many a long day. Kenny Crew tossed a sweet brand of ball in earning his 2-1 win, and got topflight support from his hench- men. ® ® 0 The Oakville rod and gun club, anxious to press the conservation part of it's program, pointed out recently that motorboats racing up the creek at high speeds don't tend to add to the well-being of the finny population. Signs are posted aldng the bank noting that the speed limit is 5 miles per hour, but sportsmen claim that limit is being ignored by some craft. The new club has now a membership of 75 members, and you may be OAKVILLE C C LOSES IN HIGH SCORING ST CATHARINES MATCH Ridley College cam-o- inst the powerful St. Cath- CO. last Saturday, Oak- ville cricketers emerged on the wrong end of the season's highest scoring match. lads who like to open that motor up for all itll give out. You just can't beat these conservation- ists - and you shouldn't even try, fin the first place. ( (J Robson & Son birds ran a close one-two in the Oakville Racing club young pigeon race Fig- ures listed the pair at 1149.6 and 1148.2 respectively. G. Robbins en- J tered the third and fourth birds, Batting first, Oakville notched it's highest count of the 'summer, declaring at 160 for eight wickets. The backbone of the innings was supplied by the solid batting of Brian Magee, a newcomer to local cet. who posted an unbeaten Peter Court provided a quiet while Rab Bruce-Lockhart, al- though off his customary pace, came through with a competent 18. Dennis Walter, in an eighth ROTARIANS VISIT LAWN BOWLERS, ENJOY PLAY Oakville Rotarians enjoyed the hospitality of the Oakville lawn bowlers at the latters' green on Monday evening. About fifty visi- tors sat down to dinner served by the Bowling Club ladies under the trees, with Rotarian President Bert Hardwick presiding. They were welcomed by Tommy Smith on behall of the bowlers. After dinner the Rotarians were initia- ted into the mysteries of the game Their visit to the Bowling Club is an annual affair Bill Grammell captured the pre- vious week's jitney tournament, with a score of 38, Harry Holbrook being second with 226 points. In the ladies' section Mrs. Chapman i t place and Mrs. Wm, Anderson second. ton County All-Stars 1-7 In an exhibition tilt that saw the /$75 gate receipts go to help defray the expenses of county minor teams in the O.B.A. playoffs. Ken Pollock collected a triple and a single, Paul Gilliam a pair of doubles, and Denny Camm two singles for the winners. Jack Wil- son tossed 5-hit ball for the Oaks, with only Milton's Art Melanson being able to solve his deliveries twice. 'When Bob Hooper, firstsacker for Snow Construction juniors, was hit on the forearm with a hard inshoot in the Hamilton Crawfords game a week ago Tues- day night, umpire Cliff Hewson waved him back to the plate when Bobby started to jog down to first. In spite of the very appar- ent fact that Hooper was in: pain, Hewson adamantly maintained that the ball had hit his bat. Hoop carried on, woke up the next day with a very sore arm. It was not until Saturday, however, that he found out it had been broken. He will be lost to the team for at least six weeks. Just about everybody got into the 2 -hit act as the Oaks downed Clarkson 25-2 Saturday afternoon in the first game of the Halton followed by D, Bennett and Croll & Son. Next Saturday is the 158- mile young bird nomination from Chatham, ® 0 0 George Stott belted three sing- les to spark a 13-hit Oak hitting spree as the locals defeated Hal- wicket partnership of 51, contribu. ted 10, killed off all chances of an Oak- ville win. Bruce-Lockhart, after dismissing Kier with the score at Two St. Catharines wickets fell [12], managed to uproot several quits choaply, but than came 213 of stumps but St Catharines plan 5 e winners by four wick- partnership of 77 between A. Kier ets. Bruce-Lockhart took 5 for 50 (66) and D. Crawley (57), which! and John Dix 1 for 40. "A" playoffs. Reversing their form on the previous night, when they. dropped the league championship to Milton Co-Ops, Oaks were right on the ball all the way as they powered the Clarkson lads right out of the game. nnounding . . . the formation of (FORMERLY MAXWELL-BROWN MOTORS) WITH ANOTHER LARGE GARAGE IN TOWN, HAVE FORMED A PARTNERSHIP AND ARE THE OWNERS OF THE ABOVE BUSINESS. VANGUARD - AYFLOWER SALES AND SERVICE INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS RELIANCE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS -- FIRESTON Central Moto CHURCH STREET AT NAVY TELEPHONE 6 CENTRAL MOTORS MR. HOWARD BROWN TAKES PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THAT HE AND MR. LEN CHERRINGTON, FORMERLY E TIRES rs ARRANGE SEPT. JUNIOR FISH DERBY Boys and girls, better go, HEAVE HO! By Bettina Masson As I mentioned last week, only a hurricane would put a stop to the Squadron's usual races, Well, it was not quite a hurricane that visited our town last Wednesday evening, but it was a reasonable thay fascimile to my mind. The wind | old fishing tackle in tip-top 4 whipped up mountainous waves [for the mammoth angling gop. arranged under the sponsor. that washed over the pier and sprayed the windows of the light- house, accompanied by on-again- off-again rain. But it did not put a stop to the more intrepid sailors of the Oak- ville Yacht Squadron for seven Snipes decided to test their abil- ity under such circumstances. The boat of one of our charming bach- elor sailors unkindly threw him and his crew into the churning waters but either got worse than a thorough wetting. One Snipe owner split his rudder, had to bring In his boat by holding the mainsheet in his teeth and hold- ing the rudder together with both hands. § One lias to certainly doff hats to Lib Armour and Ann Pearson, only two women with the courage to go out on such a night. I took one look at those towering waves and decided that I had urgent business many miles away from Oakville harbour. So my young | son had to serve as crew Saturday offered a light, but not [8] father. too light, breeze, sunshine, and [Ol No, the Squadron: dla! not hola] S21 falfly choppy. waters. leven Ji an Striciall race; Wednesday. night] nipes were out. because the "duty" boat could not| The first race, with points coun. got through the water, but they (Continued on Page 7) CONGRATULATIONS TO THE JOURNAL We are proud to have been .a Journal advertiser from the start of the paper and we are proud of its latest success -- First Prize in the Community Service Contest of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Assoc- iation. WH. WHITAKER AND SONS STATION ROAD OAKVILLE of the new Oakville Rod ¢ g in Club. fi According to club lies, Ed Adamson, therell be pion I fine prizes, hot dogs and Kids up to 16 years of age 1. joy. The date is September 15 . [0] further announcement concern); time and place will be made Jy ° At last week's meeting t} | set the Sept. 2223 weekend the date for its end-of-the-seas.. [UI fishing trip to Lake Nipissing; [I fox hunt is being arranged: this Saturday in the area nor of town where young | will be liberated. | No less than 21 new members [I joined the club last month. An; Mr. Adamson says: "We'll vo. [0 come as many more next mont, [IY | Pheasant we hope!" -- - did sail. for his RNA RAY «A SN AIAN NINN N . N N NA N \ \ \ N N N N N & MN N % N NN \ NIN SANK A 00D footballers and hockey players have made new and greater names for themselves in the field of government during their post careers, Similarly, good paddlers and scullers make good businessmen and the commerical world recognizes the fact. No doubt, the same drive and tenacity which won on the water, ice or playing field still sustains our athletes when the glamour days are done. A few months ago, in this column, we endeavoured to bring the records up to date on a few former athletes who are now prominent men in Canada's business. Here are other names you know. The Ice Men The Water Boys / One of the out- It's twenty three > / standing centre men years since Joe 4 Wright, Jr, made [i his second bid for ) J the Diamond Sculls [8 at Henley, England, [i and brought them ) home to Canada. Still active on the ridiron and in the water affairs of the Argonauts, Joe Wright (45) is a_senior executive with the Weaver Fuel Company at Hamilton. Denis Barclay, a prominent pad- dler in the 'thirties, out of St Lambert, Quebec, remembers the I "day of the big wind" (1930), at Rg Hamilton Bay when the British Empire Games were under way: of the Boston Bruins was Wil- liam Mailes Cowley. For years he tra- velled and played with Clapper, Shore, Weiland and the rest of those great Bruin teams. Bill Cowley still holds the NHL record for highest number of points, 594 (195- goals, 353 assists in regular season play, 12 goals, 34 assists in Stanley Cup playoffs). Today, at 39, Bill lives in Ottawa with his family (two girls and a boy) and is LIPIe f the boats were swamped Manager of the Ottawa office, pt'Rriiay nd company won the Lands and Forests Department, Junior 4's, A winner of the Eastern Provincial Government. Intermediate Singles at Lachine, [ig Denis Barclay (38) has flown 30,000 |S miles in two years as Regional Public Relations Officer for T.CA. long-time member of the Ar- onaut "eights" was Rod Denison (1931-37); the well known clothier A stickler for precision and balance on the water, Denison (41) recallsan inquisitive step too many of the dock in the early spring. Chill Lake Ontario was no respecter of Ar gonauts. Gridiron Greats ; The names Frank Turville an Company. Fe has one pin" Timmis will bring back memories of the Terrible Tigers of the '30's, Turville, the long booter of many a tensioned afternoon, is NOW an executive lawyer for the CPR; "Old. Man of the Mountain Timmis (52) is industrious as ever as Manager for Hiram Walker's at Hamilton, ; One of the greatest Canadiat football players of all time was arry 'Red' Batstone of Queen's Today Batstone (52) is resident doctor at the Ontario Reginald "Hooley" Smith went a long way after he starred with the Granites when they became Olym- pic Hockey Champions in 1924. The centre of the "Big S" line of Stewart, Sn.ith and Siebert, Hooley in his greatest days was the guiding light of the old Marauding Maroons of Montreal. Today, Hooley Smith (48) lives and works in Montreal as President of the Smith Sanitary Supply daughter, Barbara, age 16. If you have occasion to visit the Ottawa - Railroad Terminal and pass the CNR traffic office, you may see a slight figure bending over a desk. A 270 goal man in the NHL, a member of Hockey's Hall of Fame, Aurel Joliat (50) is living and work- ing in his home town. Everyday routine must be a far cry from the magic days with Canadiens when Cleghorn, Mantha, Morenz, Vezina and Joliat were in their prime. Hospital, Kingston, and practises his pro- fession within a quarter mile of the scene of his greatest triumphs. Time marches on Olsecfes 22 2 BREWING COMPANY LIMITED ____ . Specially prepared by a prominent Canadian sports authority for

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