HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1951-07-12, Page 6BATTLE FOR, FIRST PLACE:
Wngharri :Cr osset Mercurys and
• Lucknow 'Legionnaires,. will, 'bat-
. ;'tile . it out next week for first
place in "The Big Tviielve",and
'what. a series, this will, hei
Lucknow has. pew bleacher
.seating that will be available for
this game, but .at that will be far
short .of' aecomocdbting .the hordes
that .wi11 pack and park <and'bulge
the bleachers for this • playoff
• preview
t . The Crossets come ;to Sepoy
ville next .Monday, •arid the cheer-
' u g will have scarcely'died clown
when the two teams renew their
old-time feuding back in : Wing*-
sham the following Thursday. .
Then to ',climax the feverish
` . week . those Zuj -Ied , County
Towners will come swaggering
to town on Tuesday, July 24th.,
• Looki ,like we'd better get out
the. anti4blood pressure pills: •
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Games Coming Ur
• • 'July.16—Wingham at .Lucknow'
July 19--Lucknow at ; Wingharn
Wissaisagewassoomssamismc
IN' CAIrEDONIAN PARK
LucknOw
: at . 9.00
BRANTFOTEAM ��RD FASTBALL
.. ;
and:' •
THE LEGIONNAIRES
Here's A Team . That'll, Make'
The Legionnaires :Step.,
Admissio • 35e & 15e,
EXTRA ILOwoUr
PRorfe oN
gosialimorty
LUCKNOW SFNTINEI1, LUCK:
WON EXHIBITION.
TILT /IN LINWOOD
Lucknow Legionnaires were, in
Linwood on Friday night for the
opening 'of their floodlight park;
in returning a. courtesy Of tee
Linwood. nine' who. .played here
for tie opening of the Lucknow,
floodlights; •
Bolstered :by, a • crack ' battery
f r'o, in the • Kitchener ' .fastball:
league -=- Brown and• Lintick
Linwood provided ' Stout epposi-•
tion and : held Lucknow to
victory. • Brown sent '20 of 'the
Legionnaires down '' /Winging,,
While : ' •Hall struck out' ` 19, • 4i
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BRANTFORD FASTBALLERS
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
Brantford. and. ' Lu.ekno•w Leg
ionnaires will, play an . exhibition
game. in the; Caledonian' Park • on
Friday' night Game time is . 9.00
p.xn..
Brantford is in one cif Ontario's.
top 'fastbali loops including., such
teams as• Dundas,. Ingersoll, Kit-,
chener,- .London Stratford, Till-
sonburg., .
Lucknow met up With Kitch-
ener's,!battery • from this 'league
last week in . Linwood, which was
proof enough that Brantford Will
have a mighty smart team. .
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;EDGIER "KINCARDINE
3-0 LAST' WEDNESDAY`
L,uckno'w' Legionnairessevened.
things with Kincardine last nesday might when they edged a
3-0 win over the Lakeside town..
squad: In the first joust ,of the
season •Kincardine ',hung a 2-0
reverse on the :Sepoy,.s; • ,
Hall . set: Kincardine down . with.
4 • hits and struck. out 15, while
.Sullivan' . was s nicked for 7' hits,
while 'whiffing 11 ::
Some power : hitting by:..Hali,
d
Miley and H.. Gager. gaveLuck
now all three runs In the fourth
inning. •
Kincardine" threatened Yino3
.than once, and had a' run on . -the.
way in .the • 7th' when the third.
•! out ,,was called' for interference'.
with ;.a batted ',ball between 2nd.
and 3rd '
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-L"-EGIONNAIRES' : WIN
IN. 9TH` AT' PORT' 34
A' pair • of runs by Miley ':and.
Hall in `the first of the 9th• gave
Lucknow Legionnaires :a 3-1 win
„over Port Elgin' in the lake town
on. Tuesday night:
Port's ' lone run caOte in the.:
:4th. when McNeil and• Cottrill,
.bit . hed-.two o • t.. i.r hree hits.
A. 1 -,rate. 'en :..balls to• Cuxning and
a ' . triple by . Middlemiss, ` gave
Lucknow .the equalizer in the
•.7th,.
Ellis was in top forth. for. Port,.
striking out 11, and allowing only
3 hits, but 5: *aiks.' Hall's strike-
out figure dropped to 14, but he
a owe' .on .y 3'iits and
none.
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broiler flatter tr;`' d 'give•
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t.ection ..:• longer; mileage
8. F. Gooclricho Seal-O=Matic
Tubes seal punctures` Inst- ,•
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as you ride,.
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Mason s Garage
Phone 148 Lucknow
B.F. Good rich
EIEST IN THE LONG PUN
•
As :at Monday, July' 9th, with
both Monday night . gaties - post-
poned: ,
• ' 'Won Lost
Wtngliam :,'. , ..,:.:......,.. 8 ' 1
Lucknow 8 ' ,2
Meaforc ,.,.g:,, N: ? 2 .
Walkerton" .' .......:.......: 2'
Port. Elgin. �.�:.. �1„ 3
Seafoi�;th ... :., 5•
•
Wiar'tazt .:, 3. 3',.
Kincardine • . ��� 3'
,South:ampton • ° .: 1. *T
Centralia ...,.. ,.. 0• . 7
G odericli ;, ,.. .;> ...,...` 0 ' . 8
•
Said Bobbie` Rosenfeld' in. last
Friday's Globe &• Mail: 'Remem-
ber.
"Remerr-ber' Shelley Miley? c He carne
here as battery mate for.';Charlie•
Justice 'when the T1'egro• pitching
star• ,n2w with. B -A Motors, was
imported by ' the one-time 'Top
Tops three years 'ago.;... •.
Miley:
Wag', Tater converted into
an' outfielder and :hishitting was
a big factor when ithe Toppers
won `the 'Worlds softball title two
years ago.... We11, in case you're
interested, Miley is playinghis
fastball this season . with Luck -1
naw Legionnaires in the WO.A.A
Big '12. Two other fortiter' Tor
y ontonians in. the WOAA are, . Al `
►. QNTARXO
THURSDAY: JULY 12th, 1051
SCOUTS TO ATTEND . UNITED CHURCH PICNIC'
SAUGEEN DISTRICT CAMP' ' HELD, ON THURSDAY
The Saugeen District, Scout
Camp will, be held at' Inv'erhuron
Beach early in 4tigust„ when it
is Gxipected that' ,more than. 75
boys , from• the district . will go.
Sco.
under canvas; Lucknom' , Seas
are planning to attend the' carrip,•
and for registration ;purposes it.
is necessary for . , ah 'boys who
plan to attend, to make this fact.
known before July 15th.
The Scoutinas. er requests• that,
names, be left at The Sentinel.
Office this week, ,
Sullivan, :one -tune with Peoples;
now pitching for Kincardine .and,
Bob Ellis, on the,Mound d for Port
Elgin, with. ••Dentonia, last.: year"..
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Was it the same ball game :We
were at? The :Srentinei's 'box score
of the Port Elgin-Lucknow game,
and which, tallied with the Leg-
ionnaires score ,sheet; read Luck
now 9' hits, Port. Elgin 2. The
Portscorer gave ,the Lakesiders
4 hits, and Lucknow'6.
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The Port 'scribe 'also says that
Hall set up a new. strike -out re
cord 'for the League by whiffing
21 Lakeside's. That, it Hall's, best
effort . this 'season, but last year .
tie chalked . up .23 strikeouts in .a
league , fixture with Seaferth .
However, thel e isn"t' -' much
argumerit •with : the rest of Hank
(Post. Elgin) Smith's •v ersien •. of
the trouncing 'they .' received.
'which read: in part •. as follows
the whole morbid story :is ,Wrap—
ped. up in one ball player. His,
name is Hughie Hall::, The .color-,
ed 'flash . frorii Detroit; Michigan,
was ixtrare fbrm!. ' By the time'
the ninth inning rolled` around.
he had the Lakesides •a ragged
and ' mutilated " mess' of skin and
The' United • Church Sunday
School picnic , w.as held. ' last
Thursday at the' Ashfield Town
Ship Picnic Grounds at 'the "Feat
of` the Twelfth", with rnore�,,than
one hundred:•in attendance to en-
joy
n '
joy a :pleasant afternoon's 'outing,
climaxed .by .a ;bountiful picnic
supper.
Sport results were as follows:.
girls,. 6. .and • 7, Lorna . Howald,,
Mary Albin; boys, Tommy Rath.-
well, Bobby Hunter; ;girls 8 &•9,0
(Jean. Richards and Joan, Craw-
ford); Joanne Hunter; boys, Bab,.
bie Andrew, Gary R itchie girls
10` &• 11, Anne Crawford, Nancy
'dhnston; boys, Arthur Howald,
Raze1la I owald, Valma Howaid;
girls and boys, 15 to 18, R'ozella
Hgwald,. Joe Howard, ,open race
over 18,, Sadie MacMillan,' Anna .
Mae, 'Hunter; 3 -legged race ' 1,0 •$c
Hounderwal; d,'•TcddyBillie :Collye
Robinsdr &n'A=rthu4anl
.
Harym Hoffstede;'3-legged race
over 10, Rozella. H.owald; and. Joe
H9wald, Marilyn Kilpatrick . and
Bessie Reavie;; wheelbarrow rac"
e
under 10, Arthur How, ald and
Teddy Collyer, Billie Robinson &'.
Hary'm Hoffstede; wheelbarrow
race over 10,, 'Joe, Howald and
Rdbert .Treleaven, Rozella How:
ald and . Anne ,.Crawford lad
sipper kick, Mrs. Kenneth Gam.
eron, MissBernadine Alton; meat
rage, Melvin
.'Mo
rrison, Glen Wal,
Teddy Collyer; girls 12•13.14: den.
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