Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 06, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba F age 20 Winnipeg free press saturday augusts 1949 w ekes out w wins receives trophy Winner of the grand aggregate Hon ots in the recent Gull Lake w. Is. Seen Here As he receives the Wilson trophy emblematic of the Victory from l. Mcpherson. Jet _ Elmwood s soaring giants move to within three and a half game of the front running Brando Greys Friday night squeezing of and the Lerm is not used Loose and jt-3 triumphs Over win Nipges. And vets respectively a Manitoba senior baseball league doubleheader at Osborne stadium winnipegs1 loss their the season As against three win practically kills that the pegs might have had in catechin a berth in the league playoffs. I today at the stadium in senior league Carman meets vets in the afternoon fixture and Elmwood at night games starting at 2.30 and 8 , respectively. Capitalizing on the Elm Wood coupled singles by Jack Well Dick Roche and. Ken Reeves wit a costly Winnipeg error in the Sec Ond inning for three runs to mov ahead of Winnipeg 3-2, and retain the margin throughout. Had taken a firs inning Lead when big Bill Antonia powered one of Ken Reeves pitches Smith our Friend Art pop Sitwell whose record for developing is second to none in Manitoba is somewhat irked at the British Empire games committee for staging the Canadian trials at the time they did. Sidwell is of the opinion that selecting the team to carry the Maple Leaf six months before the games Are scheduled to open in new zealand was utter foolishness. He Points out that anything can happen to the respective plating or merits of the swimmers named Between now and the time they get on the. Boat for the Jaunt across the Pacific. To prove his Point he cites the instance of Kay me Namee Vancouver winning the 400 Yards from our onto Vivian King by a scant four tenths of a second and yet less than a week later miss King Defeated miss Mcnamee in the 200 Yards half mile and mile at Kelowna. Sidwell says you would t find the United states choosing their swimmers for an event such Brandon Elmwood Carman vets Winn pegs t1ie standing w 20. S 9 l 3 s u 16 20 pc .56 .69 .45 .33. As this six months ahead of time. Has got something because unlike while we think the Guy track and Field the swim trials Are held indoors and could take place in the Winter we wonder if Sidwell would be in the same Frame of mind had miss King made the team. What say Arthur. They held the Western Canada Lawn Tennis championships out in Vancouver last week and except for one event the veterans doubles american Tennis stars won every Competition. On top of that almost every final found both the contestants hailing from United states. Which does not say much for the net game in the West even if some of our better players were competing in Eastern Canada at the time. Toronto argonauts have gone to nearby Buffalo to obtain their american imports. Attending the double blues workout the other night were Bill Budick Tou corriere and Eddie Mittelsteadt All of whom Are from the University of Buffalo. The Toronto club is disappointed Over the fact that Danny Steigman a 210-Pound Centre and Captain of North Carolina s sugar bowl team won t be Able to Don an Argo uniform this year. Steigman was All set to come to Canada but has been drafted into the United states Navy. A a a you can Cross Ace Bailey off the list of candidates for the Brandon wheat Kings coaching Job. The onetime Toronto Maple Leaf Winger whose career was brought to a close when he was Laid Low by Eddie Shore will Mastermind the new Niagara Falls entry in the senior . Bailey still wears a steel plate in his Skull of the injury to his head. Del Webb co owner of the new York Yankees quotes Bill Dickey As saying Casey Stengel is the. Greatest manager he s Ever been . Which caused Joe world Telegram Williams to remark this naturally would take in Joe. Mccarthy who managed to win Only eight flags in the stadium. Four in a Row and was never out of the first division. There must be a nicer Way to applaud Stengel without belittling the most successful manager the big town Ever had. Let s wait until Casey wins one Flag if. Gus Lesnevich beats Ezzard Charles next wednesday for the . World heavyweight championship you la have to recognize him As King Gustav i because Gustav is his real handle. Gus by the. Way asserts the easiest fight he Ever had was when he lost the Light heavyweight title to Freddie Mills. Which is a Way of saying he thought it was a Hometown decision. Nat Fleischer editor of ring Magazine rates Laurent Dauthuille who Kafoed Johnny Greco in Montreal thursday night As the Best Man. In the middleweight division today. Horse judging representatives to be chosen the selection of the two representatives from Manitoba to the Junior horse judging Competition in connection with the Toronto exhibition will take place at the horseman s club sunday at 2 o clock. All nominations for the class must be in the hands of respective club secretaries in time for him to communicate with the committee in charge. As Many horsemen As possible Are asked to attend this event to permit the use of their horses in the judging. George Barkwell wins Golf gup George Barkwell who put to Gether cards of 64-67 for a Gross 131, captured the Grant trophy in the july Golf competitions of the Victoria Beach Community club. Following Are the Complete re sults Golf results of july Competition the Grant trophy won by George Barkwell. 64-67. Gross 131 Low net w Scott. 124. Winners of second flight Low Gross j. H. Chittick 155 Low net b. Best the Mckinney trophy ladies won by mrs. A. I. Gilerson runner up mrs. G. Mcdonald. Mixed juniors boys and girls under 16 Low Gross. Paterson runner up. Ethel Campbell Low net. Ringer Board ladies. Joan Scott. 27 gents. Jack Scott 23 juniors w. Patei 25. The Competition for the Porter trophy match play will Start August 6. Ana will continue throughout the. Month or August. There will also be a Competition for men Over 60 years of age and a ladles and gents ringer Board. Bookies beware Vancouver Hitchin claims he has put the hex on bookmakers. A 15-year search for lady Luck has paid off he said in an interview Friday report ing he had picked an entire card of eight winners and a daily double Here of his system is a card called a track con Taining a series of mathematical ratings. You spin a says the 37-year-old inventor and you arrive at an Auto. he has worked on the system since .-1934, and had to return to night school to Brush up on mathematics. The bookies at exhibition Park Are scared of he said. I m going to Jar Ket my Over the left Field Wall for a Home run scoring Rollie Bouchard we had walked ahead of him. Reeves however gave up Only two More hits in the five inning he worked walking six who striking out five. He was lifted in favor of a Pinch hitter in the sixth Amos Watson came in in the Relief role and faced Only seven batsmen in his two inning stint on the Hill. Eddie Slowinski went the Dis Tance for Winnipeg and despite being tagged for 10 safeties was never in serious difficulty aside from the second inning in which Elmwood scored All their runs. Slowinski struck out three ant issued no free passes to first. Hickey Redd Joe Spencer an Dick Roche each banged out a Brace of hits for Elmwood while Antoniak Ralph Letourneau ant Eddie Slowinski were the Only ones to solve the right hand slants of Ken Reeves. In the second game the giants were coasting along on a 4-1 last inning Lead and appeared to be on their Way to an easy Victory when vets with two out exploded for two runs and let the tying run die on second. After Lou Bourbonais vets newly acquired Short Stop had filed deep1 to right Field and Gordie car Penter Pitcher struck out Don Slater vets Classy Centre fielder doubled. Jack Raleigh followed with a double scoring Slater. Lou Sabo in turn doubled scoring Raleigh and those who had beaten a Satu Dav base tall Manitoba senior Carman is Vela 2.3u . Carman is Elmwood s . Osborne stadium. Sock a senior Job Jaal Western bred is fort Rouge legion 7 ., Wesley Park. Ck1cket St. Georges is . Astral Winni pegs is . Wanderers 2.30 . Assiniboine Park skua a baseball greater Avin Lpes senior St. James at Transcona . At St. Boniface 2.30 . Juvenile Smiley s is Elmwood 2.30 . Norwood. Junior playoffs South end at Rose Dales. . At Elmwood 2.30 . Smutty s at Morse place 6.30 . Midget All Star game 6 . Provuncher Park Franklins win Bantam series sir John Franklin whitewashed Norwood 6-0. In a Bantam baseball Semi final at Norwood Friday night. The Frankli nites won the series in two straight games. Gor Don Landro hurled for the win ners allowing five hits and striking out seven i Jerry James hit. Three for four including a Home run while Barry Williams hit three for three including a triple for sir John. John playing Centre Field for nor Wood was sensational As he made several running catches. Hasty Retreat to the exits As Hastu retraced their Steps. They got there in tune to be Bob Hansford called in to Pinch hit for Alex Robertson strike of and end the rally i Amos Watson started for earn Wood and had Given up Only thre hits up till the seventh inning touched for the three successive doubles in the seventh Watson was taken out and Prince Hal Price hustled in to retire the Las batsman. Boney Price and Jack Warwick with two hits each led the Elm Wood batting Parade while Lou Sabo was the Only vet to i safely More than once. Sabo besides shining at Thi plate turned in a neat Fielding chore at his second base Slot. First game Elmwood a k. H to a Redd 3b t 4. 0 2 0 0 Jack Warwick hitting hard Spencer 2b it Roclaw it Boney c Price it a a Chandler. A Wagon total 0222 102 3123 3 u u 6 3 Oil 0 1102 1 0000 0 0 00 0 30 3 10 21 s a matted Lor Reeves in sixth in. Sixth. Winnipeg Ireton it Letourneau is Bouchard 2b Antonuk of Cui Union. In Lawson 3b Kurceba c Kearney u Slowinsky p w total. Elmwood Ivonn legs a rho a 40000 301 44 3 3 2 1 3 2 3 24 2 030 000 200 000 Oil 1 110 0 060 0 0 2. 0 0 04 0 0 020 01 1.1 321 6 Warwick. 10 .1 3 1 runs batted in Antoniale Reeves. Doubles Spancer Redd. Home runs Antolak. Double plays Slowi Nicl to Letourneau 1 sus Talson left of by Winnipeg 8 by Elm Wood -6. Bases o n balls slow bold three runs ;