London’s "NiW” Radio Station 1290 CKSL 1290 NEWS SPORTS music - 24 HOURS A DAY - Meet Your Friends BEFORE THE GAME OR AFTER THE GAME AT MADGWICK' l.C. 1958 JUMBO CHEF M.V.P. DRIVE-IN No. 2 HIGHWAY - EAST OF CRUMLIN John Ambrose OPEN EVERY DAY - 11 A.M. TO 1 A.M. St. Thomas FEATURING CHICKEN IN A BASKET Yi Portion $1.50 — % Portion $1.10 l.C. 1958 THE CALIFORNIA JUMBO CHEF TWINBURGER - 50c HOME RUNS CHEESEBURGER DELUXE - 60c Co-Leader PIG IN BASKET - 70c BAR-B-Q BEEF OR PORK SANDWICH - 40c DELUXE PIES - 20c With Ice Cream or Cheese - 25c Nick Rintsche STEAK ON BUN - 85c K.W SODAS, ALL FLAVORS - 30c SUNDAES, ALL FLAVORS - 30c TAKE OUT ORDERS - Phone GL 5-1000 2 FAMOUS MADGWICK’'? CHICKEN IN A BASKET TO EVERY LONDON MAJOR PLAYER HITTING A HOME RUN BASEBALL NEWS SCORE MAGAZINE "MAY 1959" LONDON, ONTARIO VOL. 1 NO. 1 HISTORY OF LONDON BASEBALL BEAVERS TEAM TO BEAT By LESLIE N. BRONSON Written exclusively for this program MAJORS TEAM TO DO IT The author is London Free Press mise came an era of Ideal activi­ By BOB FERGUSON Librarian and a noted historian. ties only, but by’ the late 1880’s London Free Press Sports Writer An avid sports fan, he was statis­ London was back in professional tician for the Senior Intercounty ball, as a member of the Interna­ As the umpires say, "we calls ’em as we sees from 1948-56. tional League, Out of this circuit, ’em”. So, how do we see the 1959 Intercounty Senior the city next centred its attentions The afternoon of May 3, 1877, a Baseball League flag race? Try' the following for player whose name survives only on the famed amateur Aler.ts, then as Smith hit safe­ in the late '90’s saw the profession­ size. al brand again to the fore, with ly, a few minutes 5. St. Thomas later ran • -home an entry in the Canadian League. L Hamilton or. a wild pitch. Amateur ball flourished the first 1 Galt 6. Brantford He had-made his­ part of the present century, with tory. the first run City and Wholesale Leagues to the 3. London 7. Guelph had scored on fore — Rockets, Blue Labels, Mc­ London's n eAv Clarys, among the famous names, 4. K-W 8. Listowel baseball park, the and for those who liked to travel How can anyone in his right mind pick a team the Saturday afternoon Spring- first Tecumseh to climb from last to first in one year? Well, no grounds in Lon­ bank Park circuit. one said anything about being in our right mind don West (now M-O League but the selection is obvious when all the pros and L a b a 11 Park) By 1911 the demand for pro ball had grown and London entered Bob cons are weighed. Smith's team, the To save space we’ll break down each team in the Canadian League which con­ Ferguson amateur London the same fashion. _ Atlantics, went tinued to operate until the -First George Gibson on tQ ]ose tQ the World War intervened. With the HAMILTON LONDON professional London Tecumsehs war at an end, the city was back Pitching- strong starters in Ian Pitching- beyond Roy McKay tends 5-1. but a new era had dawned. in the pro ranks in the Class “B" Shepherd, Eric Lomax, excellent to be unknown quantity’ with roak- Baseball had a home of its own Michigan-Ontario, at the same time relief talent in Frank Cosentino, ies Frank Vormittag, Jim Ruttie here — no more would games be amateur baseball was revived with Bob Burrows. Still others who and Jack Woods needing to come played on the old Cricket Grounds. various city’ and fraternal circuits could be winners too. through to produce winner. ;. The year was historic in more in operation. The M-O ended, it was Catching- defensively adequate, amateur ball again, with Inter­ Catching- vastly improved but re­ ways than one. The Tecumsehs hitting above average. ceivers lack experience. Have po­ entered the first minor league to County’ entries, a Western Ontario Infield- hitting above average, de­ League, an inter-city setup with tential to turn into top-notchers. operate, the International Associa­ fensively could be best in league. St. Thomas, and in 1240-41 member- Good hitters. tion, went on to win the title, de- Outfield- hardhitting first line of ship_in the Class "Q’LPony’ Tjagru Infield- strengthened'* defensively feaang the-Aileghany-club of—Pitts­ Lai ry CunnmgHam.Tack' Princippi, In 1929 the Solloway’-Mills team Murray Lake. Adequate defensive­ with addition of Ray Lindsay at burg (forerunner of the Pirates) wen the first provincial champion­ short. Hitting good. in the game which counted for the ly- ship — the intermediate. championship. The Tecs’ record in Bench- depth good, quality' ade­ Outfield- among best in league de­ The war developed a strong • quate. fensively' and offensively. an games was 46 wins, 25 losses, 7 team known as London Army who ties, and they were led by that Summary: Addition of four former Bench- added depth could prove scon began to shine in Inter­ great pitching star. Fred Gold­ Oakville players - Shepherd. Fred vital factor. County competitions. and who smith, credited as oinventor of Thompson, Grant Redshaw, Prin- later as the London Majors became SUMMARY—Club has potential to the curve ball, and Phil Powers, cippi plus return of good nucleus one of the great clubs cf the post­ go all the way but inexperience of his barehanded catcher. The Tecs, from ’58 makes team Al. war semi-pro era. Today, as they many’ may keep them from top this who came into prominence in 1876, were in 1948 when Tommy Whit? GALT year. But club is building. Rookie disbanded after the 1878 season. pitched on two successive nights Pitching- about same as ’58 which pitchers must carry load if team is Uncertain Beginnings proved- adequate. Lacks depth. to win. Baseball’s beginnings here are to lead them to victory in the inter­ national sandlot series with Fort Catching- with Shanty Clifford in uncertain but by 1855 a club with Wayne Ind., the Majors are a harness few can compare. Hitting K-W a membership of 22 was in opera­ assured. power on the baseball field. Pitching — so far club’s weak point tion with twice weekly sessions on It’s impossible to list all :"he Infield- defensively adequate. Hit­ the old Military Reserve grounds. with returnees Howie Hupp (7-5) great London ball teams, equally ting ranges excellent (Wray Up­ Undoubtedly this led to games with per) to weak (Wes Lillie) and Frank Smith (1-0) only' proven ether clubs, some inter-city con­ so to name all the stars of a cen­ Outfield- Dan "Thumper" Jackson penformers. Imports still to come tury of baseball. Here though are tests, but ultimately the club ’ dis­ provides power and defense is ad­ may take up slack. banded, for it is recorded in 1867 some of The greats who have worn equate. Catching — Harry Psutka gets pb a team had been organized again. London uniforms: Goldsmith, Pow­ Bench- Lack of depth may be weak done well and can hit. By 1870 the game was in full swing ers. Dick Southam, Steve Dunn, Bill Mountjoy, Bob Emslie. all of point. Infielu — No apparent weakness —but it was an offensive era. Summary- Lack of overall depth defensively with hitting ranging little attention was paid to pitch­ the Tecumseh - Atlantic er", Bill Donovan, later a famed National may prove stumbling block but from excellent to fair. ing. fielders played a set position front-liners could carry load. and the scores were high, for in­ League outfielder-manager, Art Outfield — Problem may be depth lack, otherwise regulars get job stance 27-25, 38-38, 29-20, 33-28, 53- Sippi, Johnny Quinn, Jimmy Bell, 20’s Harry Down, Fred Quick, done and can hit. x7’14, 10 lisl a few- Best known Jo-Jo Keenan, George Gibson, Ab­ George Mahon, Irish Bennett, bie Johnston, the Jeffries, and Bob Frank Colman, Russ Evon, Tom Bench — Little to speak of. th- Morning Stars — so Heck, Earl Neale o' the Canadian . oooause they practised early White, Tim Burgess of more recent SUMMARY — Gaps must be filled •• the morning. League era, Chief Nason, Clarke years. There’s; dozens of - others, on mound staff and added bench Pittinger, Charlie Gehringef / cfl. developed the too. strength would help. " T«wnsehs. After their de­ M-O days, the amateur star of the .4 for tomorrow’s breakfast try . NEW RADIANT CRISP Whole wheat flakes with all the bran GENERAL MILLS, INC. INTERCOUNTY SENIOR SCHEDULE 1959 SAT. MAY 16 SAT. MAY 30 THURS. JUNE 11 TT.IDAY. JUNE 19 Hamilton at St. Thomas 2.00 London at Listowel 2.00 Galt at Kitchener 8.00 Guelph at Listowel 8.30 Listowel at Kitchener 2.30 Galt at Hamilton 2.30 London at Brantford 8.C0 SAT. JUNE 20 Brantford at Galt 2.30 St. Thomas at Brantford 2.30 FRIDAY. JUNE 12 Listowel at Hamilton 2.30 Guelph at London 8.15 TUES. JUNE 2 St. Thomas at Listowel 8.30 Kitchener at St. Thomas 8.0'J London at Guelph 8.03 Galt at London 8.15 MON. MAY 18 SAT. JUNE 13 TUES. JUNE 23 Galt at Listowel 2.00 THURS. JUNE 4 Guelph at Hamilton 2.30 London at St. Thomas 8.00 London at Hamilton 2.30 St. Thomas at Kitchener S.CO Kitchener at Galt 2.30 Galt at Guelph 8.00 St.