ped to ville il nt! d let it in ality stock phursday, Sept. 16, 1948 Page 11 Oaks Drop Fort Erie Tilt 5-3, Ninth Frame Rally Falls Short By Bill Cotton Unable to click for one of the famed single inning scoring sprees, which have sent them rocketing into the win column so often: this ceason, the Oaks dropped the second game of their O.BIA. play. off series to a vastly improved Fort Brie squad Saturday after- noon by a 5-3 score. Some 200 vociferous Oakville supporters, who outnumbered Fort {ans by two to one, saw the Spey- wrmen come within an ace of Jnotting the count in the final frame when large Eric Toletska ed a long drive over the left fielder's head, which dropped six inches foul. Paul Gilliam was perched on second at the time, his sharp single having previously scored Markey and Turner for the second and third Oak counters. Had Toletska's long smash fallen fair for an inevitable homer, the game would have taken on an entirely different complexion. The other Oak marker came in the sixth when with two out, Toletska singled, Cliff Post was safe on a fielder's choice, and Benny Languay came through with a line drive to right centre to score Toletska. Doug Wilson forced Post to snuff out the threatened rally, however. Dee Galbraith hurled a smart rand of ball, being tagged for only five hits and showing excel- lent control. Brother Gabby Gal- ling chalked up' two of the six Oak- ville hits, Carter and Gilliam get- ting the others. Fort Fumblings . . . Tempers, rasped early when Carter was spiked in the opening frame by a Fort runner, threatened to flare on two or three occasions. . . Joe Pickard was ousted from his first base coaching spot in the fifth, thumbed from the game when the base ump took excep- tion to his protest of that wor- thy/s decision when Galbraith was tossed out on an infield rol- ler. . . . Said Joe after the game: "Now there fis the penalty for telling the truth. I just told him he was blind!" . . . Joe's banish ment led to a mental lapse in the ninth which still had Coach Speyer in full blush as late as Tuesday. . . . Chris delegated Jack Markey to the coaching lines, then inserted the burly veteran as a pinch hitter in the last frame, forgetting to replace him in the first-base box... . . Markey got a life, and in the ensuing excitement of an impending rally, Speyer was deaf to the frantic bellows of lo- cal fans for coaching aid at the initial sack. . . . It is the first time in a dozen years we've seen him guilty of such an omission . . . and after the ribbing he subse- quently took, we'll venture it will be the last. . . . Benny Languay made a gallant effort to block braith inad contributed to his brother's downfall as he contributed a trio of miscues around the hot corner, however. Only two Fort runs were earned, one being a homer by hig Russ Zimmerman, who also clouted a hengthy triple. Toletska and Languay each rtentl; s home run drive, diving headlong to barely miss what would have heen a phenom- enal catch. . . . Fort Erie inserted several juniors into their line-up and the kids came through nobly .. . the Forts served notice they are still a force to be reckoned with in Wednesday's third joust. acht Squadron In 3 -Fleet Club Race In a moderate southwest wind fon Sunday morning, a three-corn- ered pram race between the Queen City Yacht club and Royal anadian Yacht club and the Oak- fille Yacht squadron crews re- Bulted in a decisive victory for fre Queen City sailors. Sailing fhe squadron's boats, the Queens Bmassed 76 points to Oakville's IB5 and R.C.Y.C's 32. In the inter-club match which followed, between Queen City and Oakville squadron, going into the third race there was only one- lal: point separating the two @lubs. This meant that in the fivo morning races the Toronto f@ews had made a good enough Bhowing to reduce the locals' 10- bint lead, amassed earlier this ason in Toronto. Inthe final fifternoon race the Queen City @ub came home to win the series By five points, Following the official series, a Blck-up race was organized with @f:ry Bonavia and Helen Macrae ld Nancy Baillie sailing prams, Blt the results were unofficial 810 apparently somewhat doubt- fll. The Oakville Yacht squad- E01 entertained the visitors at filverside Lodge for dinner. WUVENILES NIP NAPANEE Although outhit by a clouting flBpanee club, Bud Corbett's bat- ling juvenile Oaks made every flbve count as they marked up a 807 victory in the first game of r O0.S.A. playoff series at Vic- ia park Monday night. While he yielded 12 safe bin- 8s Frankie Philbrook was un- ffatable in the pinches, bearing 1 to squelch theatening Nap- fe rallies via the strikeout lite. A total of 13 visiting base- jbners were left stranded, while Oaks, on the other hand, hed in every possible scoring ortunity as they recorded their fi essive win, lark and Johnston led the local [liters with two safeties each, lc the entire team played nice afield, ine-up for the locals was: §wn ss, Clark cf, Johnston If, prer 1b, Mattuissi ¢, Rutledge Morrison 3b, Withnell rf, Phil- k Motors Bantams Oust Strong Thorold Sqad Eliminating a strong Thorold club im two straight games, Oak- ville Motors bantams this week await the final test in their quest for provincial honours. It is ex- pected the local youngsters will meet the winner of the Colling- wood-Wheatley series in the O.B. A. title series within the next 10 days. Although held to 4 hits, the Corbett crew claimed a close 5-4 verdict in winning the first Thor- old clash. Power hitting told the tale in the second encounter, how- ever, local sluggers pounding out 14 safeties to claim an 11-9 vie- tory. The entire club swung po- tent bats in the second tilt, while Hughes, Clyde, Burrell and Thom- as were the pay-off hitters in the first game. Medland, who re- placed Pilgrim in the third inning of the first meeting, also hurled a fine brand of ball in the return engagement. The Oak line-up: Hughes ss, Clyde cf, Redshaw 1b, Thomas 3b, Fuller ¢, Scarrow rf, Adamson If, Burrell 2b, Pilgrim p, Medland p. BA's Drop Opening Playdown Contest A five-run barrage in the eighth frame broke up a closely played game and turned the tide against Oakville's BA's in the first contest of their best-in-five play-off series with Port Credit Monday night. The late rally permitted the Ports to turn in a 9-6 victory. For the first seven innings, however, it was anybody's game, and Fred Turner's girls are con- fident they will gain revenge for the early loss as the series pro- gresses. Jean Patterson pitched nine-hit ball for the locals, but bunching of safeties in the fatal eighth led to her downfall. 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