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UMP- DECII2ING FACTOR•' IN'
BVSTING OF GAME •
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" Umpire Begley, the puppet who
'worked behind. the plate in Luck-
now on Thursday night,. 'was the
big' factor in busting up..the ball
game and starting Wingham. on
theirway to an 8-2 rotlt, as the
Legionnaires adopted a `-`what's
the ; use" attitude in the 'last,
.couple of innings. •
Lucknow district :fans; are .not;.
‘ed ' for their;: loyalty 'arid enthus-
iasm; Some may,.be. rabid
but• by and `'large they are fair
and decelit. and. want to •see their'
Sport played that way. ''When.. it.
is, .there isn't a better bunch of
lasers anywhere.. .
But Thursday night's game pro-
duced such a .decision -changing
:exhibition of. ,umpiring; that' :the
spectators were first. flabergasted
,and then 'aroused • to a 'point of
h as has never' ' before
• . fury , suc
been seenon; a .Lucknow dia-
mond.
Both teams got off,to shaky
starts '.allowing a pair: of runs.
each. 'The count stood at 2 -all
until the • bottom half' of . the 7th,
"when • Miley doubled and then•,
raeed home ,when. ,•a wild ', pitch
caramel over' the , screen. There
was •no; protest from the , Wing-
. ham bench. Catcher Bob 'Groves,
long regarded as 'a ' right good,
sport, ; then started, pulling. the
/strings for Puppet Begley; • who
danced into 'One : of. his frequent
conferences ; and' decided . Miley,
was safe. More . arguing, ; more
conferences . and .Miley was sig-.
•nalled,;'back to third to wipe out.
x.ucknow's 3-2 'advantage:.
In the top .of the 8th, with Seli.
out ` and Crewson on, Groves . flier d
• to''deep centre and had rounded
first and was legging it for 2nd
•,as fast as his middle -age.' "spread''
would permit, when Harold Greer.,
pulled the .fly -down for_a lovely
catch. Umpire Begley said time
had ;been called (nobody 'kneW.,s
for why). and Groves was given
another bat. • He got .a hit out of
it and The Legionnaires: blew up,.'
Committed . a '.couple of errors' and;
Hall gave up another hit and• a
-Walk that resulted in a ' 4'-rnti
assault that- settled the issue. Iii.
an 'indifferent 9th inning the
Crossets added .a couple:,more:: •
Another incident was, :further
. 'proof ` of Begley's' `inability, to
'handle the game. He ,had `called
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THE LUCKN'OW SEN'r1NEL,, LUCKNOW, *ONTARIO
TI;URSDAYx, ,OCTOBER :18; 1951,
a •couple'of strikes on Hall that
were in.. he dirt, anal Hughie- be
came so incensed he wasn't go
ing to bat. Pronto Begley pulled
the watch on him. Later Groves
refused, to get into the 'box with
Hall standing on the rubber. Af-
ter some haranguing the fans.
volubly reminded Begley that he
h
ad. been, quick to, pull the 'watch
on:. Hall,, so' he proceeded to give
Groves. the •"time treatment" with
Bob literally thumbing his nose
at'him. With Begley out on the
limb,' Hall finally . tossed in a
practise -pitch when Groves step
ped into the :box.
It Was a thproug hl dissillus,
Toned and sickened, crowd, and a
member. of the Wingham team
afterwards stated that it *as 'the
:`rottenest" +game _he h'ad ever
played in.
Wingham collected' 9 hits off
Hall to Lucknow's :6 off Spar -
raw. Hall'
par=raw.Hall' whiffed 16; .Sparro*iv 14.
E rrors:—.too many!
Wingllani: Sphrraw p, Temple-
man lf, Seli ` ss, • Crewson :1st,.
Groves :e, • Aitchison 2nd, West-
lake rf,: Foster' if --(replaced, by
Jardine in 6th); Gardner. 3rd.
Lucknow; Hall p, H: Greer cf,
Miley c,' MacDonald ss, M. Chin
2nd, Cuniing '3rd, C.' , Greer rf;
Cook . ast, Haldenby lf.
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Al (Advance Times): 'Forberg
refers to'Hughie Hall as the "dark
horse .from-Luekrtow and points
unknown" 'The Wingham.' sports
Writer is evidently a bit.'" in the
dark" on 'the subject. If you'd
care for it, Al, we could give you
Hyughie's address . and phone num,-
•Wer. ,.
Referring to Meaford's primes -
ed protest . en Tommy ,Jardine,
which eventually : fell through, 'Al
says: ."LuckiTy the Mercurys
had
the foresight, to . clear with the
roti. .said
itb� yy . and this'. 'clearing'. business,
is Mthing new' if you know the
right people.
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Mildmay. Monarchs, "B" chant -
pions ° of the W:O.A.A. last winter,
,are ;banking on ';again 'icing a
strong team this winter: Officers
were 'elected last: week.:Cec Me
Alpine . holds' the post. of secret-
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MI`LEY' 'SMASHED 3: HOMERS:
AS LUCKNOW'TIED.SERIES.
Led by Shelley Miley , Who
smashed out three successive
home runs in Wingham on Mon
day.night--Lucknow Legionnaires,
routed the. •Cresset. Mercurys :6-0
to knot • the Big Ten semi;finials
at two games each. The "big orie"
was slated,'. for the Caledonian
Park last night..'
The winner ' willmeet Walker -
torn for the League silverware
and: the word is that .successive
games ;.will be played . on, Friday
an"Saturday night nand' 4hat the
ounty, Towners
Zu
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on t have _ k. s won't
on the, hilltop, -
-With.. Umpire, Gardner 'doing •a.
good ':;job, behind the' plate in
Wngham on Monday, there was
scarcely a squawk, ail night,
•Lu�cknow, fighting. 'mad over
the urnping and committee room
decisions they ive been getting,
went 'right. to work and capital-
ized ori a pair 'of errors; a shit,
Walk and fielder's choice to rattle
,in three 'runs' in . the first • frame;
which. were. plenty.
Miley added another.: in: the 3rd
when Foster missed a shoe string
attempt on his Texas leaguer and
"Shell" ' romped the ;''circuit • in,
nothing flat. There was no fluke,
•about .his 5th inning four sacker
He slashed a shoulder high drive
dot/On-the left 'field line' that roll-
ed put of . the, park Toby Greer
was aboard on a: pass; when.• Miley
poled his 7th inning homer 'deep
over Templernan's head in' " left.
Jack . MacDonald,' the '.next man.
up, 'added.. run number 8, .on a
pair. of . wild throws that enabled
him '.to' keep' right on going.
Sparrow fanned 12, .;walked 3,
"and 'while; he . gave uponly five
hits, .was being clouted. so freely
at Mimes that they. had.; Jar'dinee
warming no in: the bull pen:
Hughie . Hall was • his: old self
again. •He struck ..:out ''15, .. scat-
`tered 'three' hits and didn't issue
a •pass:.Only 34 mer' faced ': him
andthe Only. time he was. in
danger 'was in the .7th, ' when -a
hit, an error and', a' fielders choice
loaded,
the • sacks with but one
auray i4ia11 fanned . `Foster ,and.
Jardine to end it. ;
The.: 'closest ' Wingham came to
scoring • was . in the "'2nd. Doug
Aitchison -;dropped: one between:
right ands centre as' Morley ':Chin
and Harold Greer: both pulled •up
to avoid a' collision after 'starting
tor : the. , ball: Doug. ;attempted to
make the circuit :abut on :a power-
ful throw by Chin was: caught
cold at thee plate.
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LEGIONNAIRES- GET WORKS :
EL ROOM'
Lucknow ':Legionnaires' ;protest
against the use of Tommy Jardine.
by ,the. Wingham Mercurys was
turned ' down at a meeting of the
executive and protest committee
of the 'W O.A:A oh Sunday' after
noon
Jardine bought „a business at
Clarksburg•.where he has been.
apermanent resident since early
in. July. 'The Lucknow protest
was under the.'residence.. rule
clausein the official .rule ':book,..
•which states, "No .playerwill be
eligible to. play for any 'team', or.
.in' anyleague affiliated with the
except • Bankers: and
Scholars,, who has not been a con=
tintious•:resident.of the city, town
er district in whichhe. is:register-'
ed- from June 15th,: 'current year,
or, members of the :Canadian • act
ive, service. 'force, who , Will be
requested to present, upon' • de-
mand, .proof of transfer":.,
There are no ifs, ands.' or huts.
,
Bob MacIntosh and Hugh 'Cure-
ing, "represented the Lucknow
Club and carne home with the
opinion that the *matter was all
'fcut and dried" beforehand, a be
lief which Was strengthened 'by
the fact that Luckhow;'was "dis
couraged" in •pressirig the' ,pro-
test., and officially told the .day
before that they would simply
lose : their $25,00 deposit:
. But you're •a loser anyway.
Lucknow won . the now- famous
'taped: finger protest", 'and got
only half of heir, protest money
back, • The Lucknow. delegates
woe , told, that the decision to
retain' l?alf of the fee was Lot;
•know what it was all 'about,and
the Wiarton member of the pro
test, committee Stated. _:publicly
that he had never heard of the
"tape" protest. • . •
Vice -President Glen'.. Johnston
referred to this protestas.-being
mighty sniah: w*ieh indicates. one
executive's • regard for the rule
book, or the'ifact that umpires in
charge of the game, either. were,
not, familiar with' the rule,, or
chose to ignore • it, '
When Hugh Curring expressed:
his opinion '' of Vice -President
Johnston's remark, Hugh was
"reprimanded" by Chairman
Gregg, with the -inference that.
there could be consequences" if
Hugh had anything derogatory to
say..o f. "The, Brass";
decision to .press
the.protest stemmed from• the fact
that a year ago ,Sell'stepped: into
the finials in Walkerton' uniform,
and now.. comes. 'Jardine, A year.
ago Lucknow. applied to use
Freddie Banks in the playoffs
but were denied this privilege iii
spite of the fact that Banks was
signed and, had played several
games earlier, inthe season.
The Wingham scribe relates the
Gardner Hail inelee thus; "Hall
worked his. way to 3rd where he
tangled with Gardner sand: started
a ..general free-for-all". Al. , neg.='
lected to tell -'his readers that the
icident. was touched off by Gard-
ner plunging at Hall as he broke
from the sack "and grabbed :hum
Eby . the Jacket which he ; ripped
:'from, waist line ,to neck
...George 1VIiils of the Walkerton
:dtachment' ' of ' the,'. Provincial.
Police .has •;signed.. to accept 'a posi-,
tion . •oin • the Brantford• . police;
:force:. "GeorgeousGeorge" , as
local hall fans had labelled :him.
was' .• a ' colorful member of' the
'.Walkerton. Legion softball. team.
' Meaford Nine who were elim-
inated. last.. 'week ' by Wingham,
are consoling themselves with the
fact that being an: all :home-brew
organization, .'they'll. : pro'ba'bly:
have •more dough in thesoc than.
.some ;of the, other clubs. Says the
,Express:.' "Meaford has had the„
fin and the other .fellow' may
take • 'the financial headaches".
Funny how, the teams that 'fall
by' the wayside are so Concerned
'LUKE' BROOKS IN SAN;
THANKS LUCKNOW 'FRIENDS.
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Luke .'Byooks,; popular negro
catcher 'With last year's region,;.
naires team, isin Maybury sari.
at Northville, Michigan, with
a
tubercular 'spinal condition, that
will confineWhim 'to the h.;. s i
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p tai.
'for two years., •
,Some of 'Luke's friends he
_ re, ,
upon hearing 'Luke's
his tough• luck
chipped in to buy him a beauti
ful Ronson lighter and a, supply ,
of cigarettes. While- .Jack . and
Shirley .Cook were visiting in De-
troit recently they called on Luke
and presented him with the gift,
. Here's how 'he appreciated it;
,:
Maybury San,,
Octaber ' 1 , :
Northvillelth,1 NI'ic5l}i,
'My .Wonderful Friends,
I. wish there 'Was'' some other
way'besides writing to show you
Amy appreciation, for, your. most
wonderful' gift.' It' made ;me feel
..good to know. that so ..many of
'my friends are thinkinof me
and wish to see.: me i.n good •
health again, I shall. always cher-
ish the lighter, as Jong as I live.:
It will be, to me: a.constant re-.
Mintier of my thoughtful friends.
If time permits me .I :shall cone •
back to the little town, of Luck=
now and really show my' appreei
ation, to all of my. most wonder-
ful friends:, Thanks. and may God,
bless all of you.
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Your Friend Forever;; Luke.
about the "financial, worries of
the clubs that are still in'draw.ing
the 'big gates.
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Kincardine Creamery. which last
year sponsored the Intermediate
hockey, • team in the •; Lakeside
;town, will not take any financial.
'responsibility in .back•irrg a team
this year and. adds that "the •prac.
'rise of importing, and',paying play-
ers: is contrary to our ideas. of;,
amateur; sport".
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