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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1951-10-25, Page 61 WIN 5TH . GAME 10 TOS TAKE •SENOFIiT�T.AL ' SERIES • A ;seventh •inning unearned run last Wednesday night in the Cal- . edonian Park' gave - Lucknow a 1-0 victory ° over • the • Wingham 4 rosset Mercurys, that spelled ,curtains for the 4VIeres and sent Lucknow into the final, °series for • the W O.A'.A.' . "A". championship. against. Walkerton.. Whatever happens in • this, ser- ‘' les will be simply, an. anti -climax,_ ,Lucknow' rose to the` heights to • take -the last two games • in the `:semi-firials; to• win the five -game ;set 3 to 2, and having accomplish- ed that, the silverware series be. came of secondary. importance. The 1-.0 victory was a tension, - packed, ,nerve -tingling" tussle, that became • increasingly, so as • each scoreless inning :ticked away. Came, the tap of the: 7th, ,Seli" ,got'' Wineham'.s third ibingle, ' +Crewson. struck out. Groves. ;was kat bat when a foul tip •ripped, the,. :nail " • off Miley's index finger wh ©k had 'been ,broken, early in • the Season., The pain. . • that 1Vliley • was evidently'suffering and:vvhat looked like Abe. turning. point •in: theme, caused.a, :hush to fall over •The .huge and lusty' lunged crowd ; After • .first aid treatment,: that ineluded•• splints and ' bandaging; Miley ganiety :donned'; the mask. again . and Went .back to the plate. w• Groves lofted to Haldenby in left; Aitchison . singled and :went to: second On the .throw, that held Seli at 'third.. Westlake , was..in= tentionally.. walked to . load the sacks arid' TTempleman,'.batting for Foster,. struck out to, retire. the That was Wingharn's big threat of 'the ' game; They had . men On abases: in: only three . of the nine ' innipgs, Jardine` got to second in the 4tl; before Gaming threw out: Seli and Crewson in succession at first.. In the sixth: Gardhner singled.» anl: stolew .second, ' where. he• died as .Sparrow and .'Jardine `both.. Went down swinging. The Legionnaires' played . error,- -less `ball' behind 'Hall, with Don: Haldenloy handling: ' three :nice tries in left `field. He brought the. crowd to their feet in the 9th, when with two away Groves con. nected and fora' moment it.,look-: .ed like it might be going places. Haldenby 'hacked to near ,the rail to take : it hand end . the game: Hall struck out ,13, allowed . 4' scattered hits' • and gave . up. one intentional pass;. Sparrow;- struck out .te;ti;~-walk-ed; ;three, ;`gaze up only four hits,.: ,one • of them . an 8th inning single by: ]V,Ciley, ,when batting ' one handed on his ".•'op- posite side ;of, the :plate, he rolled one between first,and.the, mound tfor a .single: ' • Lucknow had runners__: on• the. pathway in • five of .their' eight Innings but. were never a ;scoring threat .until .they got , their mil lion dollar -run' in the - 7th. In the .8th they had men on. 2nd and'. .• 3rd when MacDonald grounded .to short for the final , out.. I all scored the genie winning. run. He led 6ff in the 7th with a walk. MacDonald' ,trunk out and was autornati'cally out• when Groves' dropped. .the third strike . with ' . first `. occupied. .MacDonald started for ' first ' and ` Groves'. 'peg earorrted off his leg with Hall legging it around to*third. where he' .was being held; when Crew- • , son . recovered and.' made a wild , heave that hit the screen between the plate and tle- •piayers' bench and as Hall raced for home :Spar• row dashed: across the 3rd base: `line. tryingto spill high, Lail dodged .and'. scored• the winning, run; as Sparrow .swaggered up to li im .in typical fashion. Guy cap. «ped his season'$ -perfor'mance• by failir'ng to, exterid his congratula- tions to the Winners. • " Wingiiarnr Spartoow• p,: Jardine • 1f, Seli ss, -Crewson 1st, 'Gr'oves c, Aitchison 2nd, Westlake rf, RP P rwwiJ."7111 a h n.,.,...., THE LUCK -NOW SENTINEL, •LUCKNOW, ONTARIO Foster cf,, Gardner 3rd Lucknow Miley c, H Greer cf, Hall' p, lVIaoDonald, ss, M;' Chin rf, •Cuming 3rd, Finlayson 2nd, Haldenby lf, Cook ' lst. Winghair 000 000 090 ,0- 4 4 12Th INNING; BLO. OW -UF' • OA:Via WALKERTON pFENER, The-"anti-climax"',Big Ten fin- als got • underway ' in Lucknow on Saturday night in freezing wea- tlre:, and the opener went 12 innings before-Lucknow ;blew' .to, give the Walkerton Legionnaires a '643 a'yictory ..+ The diminishing crowd of.shiverii .g fans w.ho had, Lucknow 000 000.10x.l. 4,• 0: stuck it. out, weren't unhappy to) * * . * * I have .it over, win . or lose. . The umpiring in, the last two Walkerton nine, artists at bunt - games, of the •Wingham-Lucknow ing and with the speed • to beat series was tops. The officials 'them .out, wo.rkedrthis game, to were boss of the _ game all the the . limit. They • ,scored single way, knew what they were do-' runs in. the .first, third and 'sixth, frig ..and 'there was 't. a• ,howl to •have Lucknow come'' back in heard. ' _ .' the bottorn half Of the sixth •With , * a*, * * • • three runs: Miley• was safe 'eon Lorne Gardner finished-. ' the an :error, and scored as Harold. series 'with, a'' severely injired. Greer :lashed a triple to centre; hand; and. ankle ,asAhe result of being thrown from the Wingham fire truck. Lorne, a' former Luck-' nowite, plays.a steady, depend- able game at third. He's always. Mild .: and, gentlemanly, oii the. field, and that: mix=up _with Hall Was one of •those thhngs' that can easily, . happen in the heat of bat- tle, ' and is as 'quickly forgotten,:. but .there's ne need` to .try •to. w'hitewa'sh' it as the , Wi am scribe has donne. a .'. There isn't ° a ':better ,or . more: enthusiastic: `sportsman: , inthese°, parts` than .Lorne's dad, Mark'ro othe ,u ten first sand the mound thatGardner. ':.and we've always rated ' �iled ' t ' .Outfield .'as Chin Lorne as "a chip off the old • :block" • • •* * s +i So ' far as covering. the: high- lights: of -'this . .series were con field. Greer scored on Hall's bunt, as 'Zuk's'high throw to the plate got away` on MacDonald, ,Hall go- ing to • second. Hall went 'to .3rd on : a • passed ball andromped. home as MacDonald 'fired into' legit • field after .recovering. And there it stood • until the 12th. Zuk struck,. out .to open - L. Dentinger and Bradley both bunted safely° putting Dentinger, , around to third. Miley 'dropped H. Dentinger's pop-up down first ' base line and L. Dentinger raced home. O'Hagan popped to Hall and MacDonald rolled • one Abe - :m.11111\111■tl•0I!!EEEEE!110t01101I1!u11111EN■•I.uwmIIn . .covered first • with .Cook. playing in for a bunt, and two more -tun:' ners raced home. The fielding gem of the night cerned, .Al seems to have .seen was a catch .by. Harold Greer of ., .nothing, heard nothing; said . no: • Zuk's fly to deep right. 'centre, thmi.g" g which "Toby" took' off • his should- • er going; away: Hall struck out 21 and. gave Lip 13 hits, -several of ,1 them infield ibunts:.'Zuk• had 23 •strtkeouts,,and * *. *,* But keep trying Al, we enjoy a bit of, spicy banter. That's what :keeps the old /rivalrygyred hot. w A g i r' BRAND NEW DELUXE 1 ONTIAC ST'YL' ELINE SEDAN. I•, f: BRAND NEW CHEV. STYLEIINE SEDAN,. . : ■ 1951 FONTIAC: DELUXE SEDAN, 3000 miles, $200 below, list i fit- 1950 CHEV. 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