HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1951-05-31, Page 14.LEGIONNAIRES LACE.
GODERICH• 15-0
H rglue Hall turned in .a one
hit effortin easy free. wheeling
style on 'Tuesday nightitas Luck*
show. Legionnaires belted three
' Goderich hurlers for a 157,0. vies
tory.
p Hall Was robbed of . a no-hitter
in the 8th -inning when Willis hit
;• sharply.:to short to carom one
• off Jack MacDonald's::finger tips
• as he lunged for. the ,horieh'ide,•
;Hall's , control was.perfect . and
Holmes was the only .other: God..:
erich player to reach ' first He
;gigot a life in the second 'on an
error; Otherwise for• ,seven
rings it was 3 up and 3 down
only' '29 men ...teeing ,.Hall, who
struck out 17 mien and received
,nears perfect w support from his
teammates, who . were "kept on'
their .toes .:by sparkplug Shelley
Miley, who is, doing, a lovely job
of catching Hall.
Lucknow got off :.to .,a Six -run
el .
lead in the first, aided. material.-
4.r
aterial-1y by 5 walks issued by the first
of three twirlers the Lakesiders.
used. '. .
Score' by ,.•
Goderich' •000 000 000 0.
:Lueknow, , . , .... 630 211 02x=15,
Gaines . Coming Up
June • .7—Lucknow at, Centralia
June 12--�. Lucknow' it , Walkerton
'•'June' 15-Wiarton at Lucknow ' • •
GIRLS". TEAM FOLDS '
Thegirls' softball :team which
.was entered in'the W.O.A.A., has
• 'ibeen, forced :to fold.' up •,as. pros
pects°. weren't ;;bright for' being
:able to field a •te.am riotne.
flay time. The team4;was °for girls
up to 16, who were turning out
regularly to : • practise; However,
when .it : becanne apparent: ,that
several key ..players.: would be
.out-of-town during the.. .summer.;
it was decided . to drop 'out. of
• the. group.~
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CKNOW,. OIC Alts ; ..
... .._: HUR1SDAX', ,TV,11X 'ith, 1951'
EXHIBITION GAME.,
*RAINED OUT -.FRIDAY ; •
At "play ball time",on. Friday
night a torrential rainstorm broke
and quickly' washed ,out all hope
of :the London ,C.N,R. and Luck -
now Legionnaires' exhibition.
game going • ahead; In spite of
weather .forecast. to this effect,
Old Sol shone .brightly' a.1 after
'noon. In .the. early.' "evening the
:storm clouds` gafthe ed, 'and just
at game' time the rain came. '
The • C.N 1l.. tea • fr. in, London
had just reached n, abut had
not:put in 'an appearance .on, the.
diamond. This 'exhibition 'game
was •abooked when '.Chesley' drop
ped from 'the` League leaving 'the
Legionnaires with an open date
on Friday night, , •
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•The •' •Wingham Crosset. ' Mer
curys opened. the season , on Mon
day: night 'with a '6-0 win over
Seaforth.' On the,* 'mound . for
Wingham was ,l9 -year-old . • Guy.
• Sparrow of Detroit,, who stands.
6 ;feet, ; 5 inches and weighs •a
mere 220. pounds. He whiffed' 12
and allowed •6 . hits. ; Behind the
plate: is' the .veteran :Bob Groves,
and at . short is: Wilf Seli, wvho
spent last summer playing junior.
baseball for' Shallow Lake, and'
then took:' over: .at 3rd- for .:the
Walkerton softball, squad,: in:: the
final 'fixture with Lucknow °for
the group title;
Friday, , June 15th, . is : Luck-'
how's' next' •scheduled home game
against the highly rated Wiarton
nine: ; Special • interest centres
'around this.game for no . other
thal'-Freddie Banks.will be' dish
ing . them up 'against `: his. former
teammates. Banks , did.'.a brief
stint for :the... Legionnaires last
year, and has : ,enough 'Power hii •
his, sturdy black arm' :to make birn•
;plenty-,tough'.to bit. :Hik colored
battery, mate is. Jim Hinton.
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HEREFORD BREEDERS' PICNIC: taking ,part. '.Cattle .for tile:{ Com-'
.HELD AT ,•GODERICIi
•
The -Huron , County Hereford
..-$seeders- Association " played host
on Saturday to ' theOnttrio As-:
sociation for their annul picnic
held at Harbor : Park,' Gode rich.
H. ',J., L. Eedy .of Dungannon,
...resident of;the Huron Associa-
tion, presided: The guest speaker
was Hon; ;Thomas -,L. .Kennedy,,
• Ontario , Minister , of 'Agriculture..
Another highlight of the picnic
was- a 'competition .• of
Hereford cattle, with four classes
w
petition „Were: from .the • herds of'.
John ;1VMcGregor ;Hensall; George,
• Kennedy; Lucknow; : Howard•.
Wright, Cromarty; .' Frank Pent-
land, ,,Dungannon; Ralph . Foster,
Sheppardton and' Ernie Brown,.
Clinton.''
Al UNOFFICIAL BALLOT
en, Eby , the. Wiarton:' Echo '.Qn\ the;
question of tying up dogs resztilt=
ed .in 90 naes and .74 'yeas: As: ,a;
result .Wiarton Council rescinded
its -by-law and dogs.. are again:`
.on' -the loose in. that. town.
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A' look at the "record .boo"ks"
of the past five years gives' an
.interesting a n d astonishing
glimpse at minor 'hockey activit-
ies in the Sepoy :town over the
past five of six years. .
This picture wa reviewed by
H. D. "Bud" • Thpmpson . at ': the
banquet; on . Monday •night in
honor of the 1951 Bantam and
Pee, Wee 'charnpions.
"I'Q clear Ithe. age groups, P'ee•
Wees, are up to• 12 .years,'Bantams
to ,14,: Midgets to ..16' . and , Juven-
H les - to 18 Year's:, •
Here's the . thumb.;': nail sketch:
In the:iwinter of 1946 Pee Wee
',hockey 'Made. its,• debut :with a
series of exhibitioh: games with.
;Lochalsh.. ` .
In 1947 The Clansmen sponsor-
ed Minor Hockey,'. ' appointing
Cam ,Thompson and Wes Huston
in charge and later added "Bud
Thompson whp is. still: piloting
the'.Bantams. 'The . Club . bought
two sets of sweaters, which are
still in use and in Comparatively
good repair. There was no. League
ge3uping for the. Pee Wees who,
Played exhibition games., • 1 e.•
Bantams ' team. won the W.O.A.A.
championship 'by defeating Clin-
ton. ' (There was no; .seriesclass-'
ification at. that time). The Ban-
tams defeated- Chatsworth in` the
O.M.fLA.- playdowns :and: met
Fergus the: following nightin. the
seri-finals,, losing. the
round 15 goals: to ;8 after playing
three ,games in four : nights.
• . •1948
In, . 1948 the Bantam's `staged; .'a.
belated,: series-' with: Clinton for
the W.0;4A.Y championship The
series went.. 4 games and 'wash"de-
tided on artificial .;ice,; in Strat=
ford: on :Good.' Friday, with' Clin-
ton •winning the : pay-off game.
The : Pee Wees lost ' a `. three-`
genie challenge.: series with God-'
erich for' the W.O:A.A. ' "title".'
There. Was no Midget entry in
1948;,.
1949:
Irk. 1949: the, Bantams Were e1
iminated'. by ' Wingham in the,
group championship ' series... The
Pee • Wees challenged ' all comer's
and won the .. Gideon Cleaners
trophy as champions of the.
VW.O..AA. They also took .part in'
a..'roun'd robin 'tournament
Guelph, .emerging the champs,' by.
defeating Georgetown, drawing
with Weston, and defeating an
all-star, team from the Guelph
City League:. :
The 1949 edition of the Midgets,
`comprised chiefly •ef the. Bantam
team that met Fergus hi. '47; Won
11 `straight: games before" drop -
'Ping, a' 6-4 decision to Kincar-
dine in a' sudden death ;Kincar-
dine for
the W:O.A.A.. championship..
At the.Bruce County music fes-
tival at. Walkerton. last . Week,
Kathleen .and Mary. Fisher of SS.
No. 9, ,K.inloss, • 'placed second in
the: duet .class,. 10' years & under,
The girls are the . daughters.. Of
Mr., and Mrs. .Geoj ge •Fisher;. Miss
Grace '•Moir, is the teacher and
Mr. Ireland the music instructor.
In the boys solo' class 11 and 12'
years, Donald' MacLennan of
Ripley • was fir4st and Tom Alton
of .Walkerton, second, Mary Lil-
lian MacKenzie Of; Walkerton.
was..Second in the girls solo class
9.an.1i1.0 years...•
:SS. No, 11, Huron Township,
took first in' the two-part chorus
for, one room schools. ,Mrs. Sandy
McCharles :•is. the teacher and
Miss Marian MacDonald:. t h,e'
music, instructor.
.There .were as 'Many as forty
contestants, insomeclasses. and:
it was a long and':"difficult. task
to ,selectthe winners. •
Bell Graham `. of the Second
Concession School was a finalist.
inthe 'girls' solo class,. 13 ,&..14
She scored 82 marks. Carol Anger
of SS. 11, Huron, with :80 marks,:
*as in...the finals in the girls'
solo Class, 7 and, 8 years. .
DID WELL AT SPRING '
SHOW. IN .CLINTON
:. • George Kennedy ' was ' among
the. exhibitor's' at the "Clinton.
,{. MacKENZIE JAMES :
Spring • Show 'last week: With 5
Hereford herds coMpeting, Mr,
Keiniedy-got first, fez' aged" bull,
which was: alio the. charhpiori , •
Hereford bull; ist, and, 2nd - for,
heifer. George• -had the champion
,herd over :all breeds.
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:In 1950 the . first season of al
Classification series in the WOAA,
The Bantami were defeated • by
Ripley for, the WOO:Champion- ,
ship and the Midgeti were elim- ,`.!t:
'Mated by AtWood in .tlie League'
crown and lost out to Ayein the'
;The Pee Wees Went id 'Ooder-
ich -and. swept 'everything 'before
them ' in the Ydung .canada Pak
This past *inter, the, . i951'
season, the Pee ' Wees *on the
.champions of YOung,CaPada Day:
,, The :Bantams won the Wein
TroPhy—as "D".-champioris of-, the
WOAA :and were finalists for' the
OlVIHA, trophy losing mit to Bob -
There was no,midget team.
the'Legion, and prettY much the
seine team, that mei Fergus back
Fhampionship, and went on l' to
feated in ,a goals -to -count series
for the title. by 'bolton. ,
• The weekly Meeting, of the 1st
liticknow Girl Guides. Wa.s held
on Thursday; May 3lit, We went
,a hike,' where some of the
Guides tried,nature and fire tests
for the Sedond Class. Games! Were
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