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111A BeEll itl uuly-bm lase Bun. 10 iB rAO--C, rps ;vex let ru.,,.��.' .---"` r ., S.. tiTrt40.U1['0.' - Stratford au Lh"semi finals. The at first; Earl t ' a sscs., Ali,]. 7.52' , i g y y .. .fit third °di. F. __`---^--- They and went lit Brantford an crowds tell oft had) a,re and; Wally . ---------�N =__ ^'°^•^^"""°'^^�'""^ iAtia 11 and weal down to .r 10-8 g action that alwa s seems to Bill ,Ipu1.w at short formed rhea C� 'months, on Jul 13 to be ex-' pionship� 1'ho'r} ,ton pair ale the oulLe „y y y� defeat. 1L was to be aver two set un fter winnin a chain- infield. l ee Ha es, slid Cwno awb.cA x6iSP ..`.ii a.a,b `®a Lv'a+.& Y Outfield. EI before they lost their next COACH WILLIAMS : 'U'r i y p avers were Clots Dan-�i ..one, a 43 loss in Gad.,tthey a -. In I932 J11_9e sb11 hall a good .leis and.-lmvat. "Scmfry -" ;lead won 15 games m a row in- �.� D° �, 3 - '� Intermediate train but 'was. ell- was the coach and I)o1Ph Sta?js i a _ lyheding #hrce exhibition games ni4nated lid Slrati'ord. It was a was' Elie Mann rc �„,r�s= against senior. clubs, two again S. 'i' -------. :at. London and on'hlay 24th here l good Ralph 'Juvenile. reached to The "Big flood" 19 tut d n Elie lln ,Ralph Willis his who in the span of 1937 andinLuc _ Jhcy defeated the lit nmltoi Os the•i5potligh. ai n7-hie crowds this fall the town icon its =secon,lh '7y 19+, [+ , kits, former slots -chant Ions Y .q >, q .gyp f _,D ay year. De Williams was one of .Ontario championship Dolph ', of Onta io, Tnthis sine, Red�L' the finest cos- olres of boys you Stems' team won the Inter- < I �. � - �% � Pullin probably iul the longest � i cooil[ want. Having played man? county Intermediate B" title. urine¢' run ever tit Victoria + x , years of good baseball himself they round of tile SOBA a the - �';, ,e Park. phi ball. let high,' u on ,anu� Jlrckci'r-17cTi'.cnzre'5tx1r-?'uijrT`gama ai° Gall, they who oy,ithe'centcr field hill. They fins h- err rCanarla and the United 'Slat- first hound of the OIiA playoffs ( . (F.drlutk Note: 1ViCli the bigi y Lee also ma e us`fi?'st aft 1�17-U„ The deciding'gane was ed the InLei•county. schedule '.on ies he ,had _late knack and them two straight games. iz , a, reunion of D,gersoll's champion tpearance this year. The reason � played in Preston ciao alter.:top by a wide margin; with a ;, patience to --pass his great know. Tilbury was next and afl.er � �� P ball team .coming up, many,:, Woodstock combined with Bea- Icadho 1-0 going into Wne ninU', :!percentage of .805. Brantford r ledge,.. off the game on to file winning the first > anxe,hcre, no neorics are being sWrred.l �4lboys, fills tear played their they ran into �a no-hattec,aL Tel-�' 4g !;hviJlc +cos to keep Fred hail-� they brew the lead wills flee IC to 1 was. second and Stratford la'ir<L i hcarts out for film and after bur back. lu the ruuglt road that led l' . - y pitched by a fellow named I� c t:m�y.c and il1ax Mclnlvre_froni, gees Pushing uvQr. three runs Lo Ingersoll met Brantford m,. the and lost 17-0. In the tr. to the final vac Cory and to the tail aging welh Itt„m's611. Bel.h'tvin. i, final. tvirtning the first game In atrineeing the InteceountY chain- 111iu'ray parties' and .celebrations , that lived but on the highway near Ingersoll w'}n s A mighty the Telephone City. by A-4. Bill . ?,Pionship, eliminated Waterloo rtTt d'game p1a5'ed•at Strathroy, followed. Local inembers of that I pie quarries and Wncy lived cloy- , gloomy (dace that night! Cabot put une Laver the Agri k"j and` Guelph' in straight )games the locals won 5-4 winning Lite I .; famous 1930 baseball team arc -er to L'eachville.. i Ingersoll didn't stop playing ° �, only to lose out to Nia ara Falls game b executing the ' old _ i e g S cultural Park dyke in tlaeJ'af'sL g Y ti I,;; busily completing plans for the";. Ingersoll won the group. by l ball wltcn they lverc, eliminated, inning with.= the bases 'loaded, ' in a hard ought three game ^squeeze play" perfectly. !1'� game reunion and ,eagerly defeating Beach -woods 2-0 m a They kept- ma playing exhibit- They wrapped it tip here in thc� series.. 'They lost, I;he decidiog� In Lhe third round they putlC ,q.looking forward to renewing old ($suddeu. death game. They put .ion games. 'Chet brought rn Al- second game b7 1`t-6- Intercotm- 'iKane at Hamilton 5-4 in 10 Oshawa by the wayside will. A,friendships. Tile following re-I'o_ut Strathroy in the first round _�I etas and iAicllanby from their ty'champs at last.! �. 4innings. Bill Swackhannmer� in the third one played Ala" - miniscence written by George ---- — "1', STMr rivals'"f'TLTtun tv. Playa .--,who was a goo' hush 'n g gi l / 1! Mayes,,. batboy with that teal', ^ton beat them 6-4t^ They drew Sarnia in [lie first �` Galt.-`Chis left only Caledonia _ ..but Leannin„ i�eante or two:wiWn Llee Ldca ol'. round of the Provincial. play i+.Jhel ed coach the team.',The - i and now :lit NHL linesman will in a sudden death game at Chat-� p and the totals. doe the dtann- ;' answer many of the (BRIS ohs ham to put them BILL of [Ile! bringiieg Umm�' here and gettinrg.. downs. Lngersnll won i-1 in Sae j lineup=avas composed of Ander- ionship. Dolph's boys" well �r �)*- P then,. ,nod .lobs. Chuck teCa ma and 13 0 here ors a wet Sat x so„ '1'hornt n, Ltte Wf ram here 2.1 'tut -lost by a- wide " , j ]•! currently .being asked about running, � fill,, the .Galt left itantl'et�W$s urLla afternoon. Judd; won "lgcrsoll's rcatest day in The entered the'Westm•n On- ..ere. !' 7n the C2nr.. Ilay. ye Lill P,eli;, Jach margin tit Caledonia m a ' hoine,t �^ Spurt") g tario League in 1927 wiWn Sar•tIf h to curie locals YlcCae; first tine wind Siemer the sec I Pa-iDo Ilerb Bo 1 Arnold 'I� I ` �W,y_ had been the locals nd7IIises --Yalu Jun festival". (True miLt,elders 3 end.. Not to outrT oric Another Shcwar, Max anAl Cht' 11 Clark, played out on a street W,c field,' f, Ingersoll's Intermediate "A" nit, StraUnoy, London, Lucan'tll'season, Then the depresuen'. J .hrmiti KONA, I. Byer, ,cr ,•I champions. of 1930 will hold a'. and Ilderton and the com eti- each of them bit a home run' was so short)., '1'hr dR diu,h P struck and jobs couldn't be They met. Dund in the next flendci'so n, Clare,it "Pit cl: game was played of GAR din'-i1 11 reunion inn Saturday, SCpLenl- tiop was keen with ple'Ly of found 'Suitable W these, la mas., , t it� ° li bee 8lln They will. invite with„nr uu,ents and relicts, it also P y round winnin>�;> 7 ili the Valley) fanT(,'r :,nL Swackhammer, hng'snow flurries on' A' eo;dl J 7. g P Early in line sprlug of '30. Town. They sealed the: Valle 1J3t1 GROWN - li:;rs tine Intermediate "B" champs was the season of the Charlie > •windy day, I an executive -was fornned -tics .coffin here on Labor Day on I As fat as league champion - of 1937 and once again don their Geanos - And kI cr'a�,k f,ght president Sam lGnbson, vice p1•e- flee long end of a. 9-4.' count ships wine concerned, Ingersoll Ralph Beliner. went -all the�'i ' it uniforms and play a game with oil a lioL Judy a .erA GEA-1195 sident, Jamc�eve;`. second This was one of the best f ' drew a blank motif 19,36 when way ``on the mound rlcfeating �p_.r - 3,a this year's fine Optimist i11ig• who: was London's manaecr, )vice presTttersC"lbni-� it; sec- the locals met all season. i 'Lhe7 won file Il'tereo1udV Inter- Caledonia's Dag1 11 and WaJh' = „et club. Most of the Midgets was quite a known wrestler but�r'etar treasurc�rvnn Bull i were members of last years On- ' Andy more than held his own.= Executive _ .__ �! gameHarro was, next The `first mediate "B" crown. They de- Pitt. tirade s sensational_„sacks t Executive ComnuLLe Thompson, ame vats m from behind and the foaled l esfor th three oil Of a end base with the c1laks t tacio Bantam '13" champions $'Phey added for their lineup .a, Les llr cock, fdo sL phmn son, g 1 g A ;1 Clian,pions sad former Champ-!lbig, fall first baseman P,tp y 3' p' -locals came from behind re win four ga ties for till right. to enter. loaded that 'saved the chard i' ' r.l �'S tr ri ^, iteg Sti'61te'71San-, G-4 Beem *r co-ane to the rescue ! the - ! ions all in Victoria 1 ark at Ihcks from Tillsnnhurg, 13rsulcs: alter Dolph 5BliI cs.. in --Y' provincial plavdowns. The pionship. 'True honor roll +cas - same lime truly a "Day of;lbcui; A fine fielder he was also the 11u,d inningandstruck ') "pore' of the press" helped catchers .Johnson and Inayr�,y�.„f CROWDS 'PLIItIV,L'IJ OU'C -i, Champions"! rla hard hitter, In a game in out tigersllbatters from that, point I, draw- good crowds 'in this sir- Pitchers 73cemcr,,. IRVic I'Str athroy, he hit one of the The Lown had really been be -.on. Ingersoll scored the lvimling ;1 ics as both teams were throw. Bye". JiniBT3yea; 1, a� n�C�l- k, IDolltha tnsL laximan was longest balls ever seen in that }iu,d Wnis ball Icvu .Ingersoll ram on Pullin's triple ih tile in,, dirt at each other in print.. ea,L P,rsl >Tase ill Gin is,'sec: = Ably �hhad started all their games atnmth inning. Judd blanker) the "i The locals eliminated Hespel- and base Ea'I nornton, third) ersoll was responsible fin• enter- park. ,Ig p.m, regardless of whether Essex ('oust club here 8.0 to •'i W.Ling the first team in lire O1;A. 'Ingersoll defeated Sarnia in �LL•cIt Y were on Weduesd.ay or Sat -.send the -lo locals into the Ont. 1;i or in the first round huf. Milton base basic WatTilely p outfieldrt- �Leel The Year +vas 1924 and lie had two straight gaunes to will the w'da Wednesday crowds n'o Stopped them in'a three game 7hulan.-111 aria final, series. Milton winning the do Gt nip 1'hornl�i and Da ri s. r �ti la real good catcher Bob-L1QL17 League. title, Appin was the first bably averaged 1,500 will' l'l el Peterborough'. General �Elecl "dersun and a fire balling pitch-f� team 10 bite the dust in. the ilSaturday crowds averaging be citing gone. played at Galt 5-0. Utility • Lloyrl Phillips and II33�u e. `rics won out in 'eastern Ont Tile lineup - Harr Joh�nsop, Swackharn »e• was the- .r- tic y to build tile��OBA ptaydowns but they eaug'IiL"tween 2,000 and 3,000. Whenr,ario and the .first game of the ',� catcher; ]Fete Williams, Vic and Inc gulled every trick oil III, team around "Tree" Una le.Lai the locals with a "loaded foal'. they played Out of town, 500 finals was la played in 'the. i,ifL 1 ! ,Silver" Wilcox, Charlie Hovey and protested. (To be- hoot si,.I Loyal supporters followed themIf.ock city on September ffith, Byers, Pete Clemem and Pat of the book to win the clnantp and Toni :u r from 'i,'l sore the that. had been loathed buOtirld cheered tine Learn on, "of-�lt was a cool blustery day and-l��°Uly were members of the ,onshrp. lord were others on that first the load had been removed and Itiug their Iranspurtatom. any a crowd' of about 3,000 sat shiv ! )tam 1'4,;Ig lfe later became a they used it for knocking out war Bey could. , _ I v tilt"^✓° t ;fine hockey plaYt°i'..playing for fungoIs to the outfielders) The!'. After I Lite. fine season of4e'ing - in the grandstand a, i•-- y,+ft, 3 Detroit and the iNew York Am-t,, nhrbrtem Pak. 'Elie Electrics OBAA. then ordered Ingersoll to,, Dolph was hungry ,fur anhed 1-0 until- the. eghth when - tar. Ami l-cI ,i •hlai; 'f'.- 1+. r.-Orleans. ,replay London, solos, and All+ Ontario Championship -and so hngersoll exploded for five runs ..j V a 1 g �. AVihioll IJrr Moreton. John They entered in the oxford. in in sudden deal], games oll i was Jagersoil, but there .had to' - '.� V gaddcn J. B. Osb.�'. r e tun. Net-, g an five hits and bases on balls. a f. A-u� Elgin League comprised of 'Gill !, epnsecutive days. 'Phis they dot; be some changes made. - L'oll o „ , i,son A " . vn i un and d 1i.abbitt Marsha l's double with ,.n Will,1L J g a1 `sonburg, Al'lntm•, Spring ;and and won Lhentall. Then tlreY. Ilendcrson, the ahvays ciepcud---1---� Ivry and Ingersoll They war cur;; the, bases To cii was the hig r s9,, ty, i',iI trndance, .1. W. Dom, G. B. i�' .,Look Galt in two straight m the.', a iirteaicher, who had been ablow. .The locals.. scored one in ' (, group but were eliminated ill[;,''second round. Leamington, with:;bulw ark sine the Lown Inad �.� Tie,,,+ W L. •IV,iii J1, Uaffic he ninth to nnake;the final Brantford in the first round. It: tlneir. Sine pitcher Floyd. 11111'Ibeen m organized ball, retired.. ;i parkin. .mil. signs, Ur C. r 1- corn read 6-1, Judri allowed p'c ,,rrppqq ' 1 A' young fellow pitched one,',, ❑ an, again put them out of thdjLco PC i tie star second baso-t -. s'�C� I ric? rgoII ;ncdY,,Alf Eon_ifacr •J. }V. Don - �eL P » ctcs but thrc m -and struck ..f II the gauecs for Bran ford hflj ninon,, Prmr to. Lite ELBA of '1m d be, no longer avail it 13. When the winners. re ' Tas, P. 1). C� fete C'on�nos:j the name of Balph Been r..' the season Dolph brought Ralph able• Ile was soon to be or•�' I QGL f.SOLL George. Clir- _ municipal affairs, G. W. P1 tJ,LLi ck Ball faun wing,. n see much of"j urned home the nest morning - � 1.1 �,. 13ntPair here D'om Suncoe butVLiained into L.,e priesthood 'fhe�,000 people ,reeled them at the '1 Lo' was n:, rued sea d;rty of the 'I'L D. Canipmell, E1 W. M=Kim 1 hnu in Lhe next Le+v Years. I, after. several executive. oriel-BSI'"',--G-.--_,_�_---_.,..CN_It _station. ., --- 1 "F, alln„c, loll L'hambc,; of ConuncrSie I! lbicurice lint -mend' sp", it] The year 19L5 was to see Dol; m„s Lite 013AA refused hum a ;_�at the regular n,00lhig of U,c�rt i;l h with. a much sUwn er team. r evening the executive was el -A _ In a previous article, the his. ,i, c•vcn is Lobort (o. I,r P.rv. '.. P g card acted started llte ball rolling tory of baseball: in Ingersulll ; -'getup Yesterday, lie. reply, es ee Andy Y�iomt, Now pitcher totiv.setB[; Ai;. rR ARRIVES 'R6k Loward the Ontario Champion-o was brought up to the champ- I Alban GI Hall ❑,tile position. �. Cmdm', P beet. Sew -C;-reprc-� u ,_ ' scnLative to .Inmor Chamber oL,' TIE - owever, in 1028 Semler was strip. They discovered St. Them+ ionship year of 1930. It was the -- 190 ' Connuittres . jf I!up new machines at the Nlor- 1 g Canmc, cr, John Die Lridr. ' r'ow Co. and another pitcher' eligible. Dolph brodgR a big In was pulling out of the cccsSQuat realest season an town ever �� Commutces"""" f' 199", wall' 1 • - — ?)was Max-V4 rlwty .e from near left Bander in from Thoradale fi,tercouuty after many success+,i saw in baseball and the team 1 ' fill seasons. This put Bonne finch. was supported by tltc largest ' cha n'mcq listed fii st arc: _ i'jSLlIarys who in 192G was by Lite naue of Oscar bsll la' L,dustrial : relaiteo,as, .Juhn, Na�, ! P...taken south with the Tmonlo ,Frank Prin„ Cha•ILe Pir e from P yers on Lhe market. Lon- crowds to attend games atVic ifJ`m o"ra J• I a1- r yLears for a tryout. "Red" Sh�;�;-,,� London,, 41fy LIEU a t,u'u basc- don had first choice o, these Leila Park. Starting in 1931 a iiStares llr ciri_ Furrest, 'Grope --- - yyn from Thamesim'd and hill man from.. IlderW❑ ABLE a kill but when approached, they one word set in. Ingersoll still ;ILu�dol sit JoJxn'ii. On a, ftoy eir from Goderich were add. �frun, near 'Phamesford 'Tart".assured Ingersoll they wouldn't had a good ball team, although �q �hrio t C V. .lta •ice.; retail ' McMartin were also oil LhesCand. in their way and waived) they last many of the stars of lmeechads,-Tding Newell, Nonu Aft the team. Ingersoll all chine to. these - rl .Vier the Season opened. a[call'. Lita were in the lute'- I the championship team. Led �l '�C:re_�r, i4lercdlth WIL6Z, Pearl 1:loca116 ,yeas old bay ,ioined Lhe Icowily League with Stratford, Players Ingersoll chose calculi. Judd moved to Guelph, "Red' b'ishleigh„ licyd Altbr, H, G. I z,nar Ir?\Vail M I+ �S,Leam — R_abbitt Masl,all. A4ar-w Galt Br anLLmd }. icsWn, KiL- -�� wenC to uadt school f`tacDtillan �ta.tton al t. tarns. P. n -(�.W Pood Ude second baseman - I I �.lslnall was To Tie�lic hero of clnener and %%Qdi dock. In the Snag Binns, thud baseman llu Galt and the for S . ..tit. Dow iu, W.. Waterhouse .1. 0. d'7k�. It c"r' 9 .Imany an Ingersoll victory in opener at Stratlord the won de Lindsay, out fielder. Bill Y Casual. and Joe Evans a ulilit,l Players stayed at home to play tc,bert A. G.M^ uie•a 'group ux-= .Z-n,. Uwn Wort llo. i "Ithe years to eonte, by a scare of 19-3 with gee nor on their senior learn. n sneer, Peter IL W. _ - --`l j The,team. won the Oxford -�,Isiriking out 22 bitters ,�1��Cr�1.(I player. Now to inoud them in A real ;rood lefthande', lien' Is' B?er1 1 ^- aWmdlesex Lague. They deieal- won in his debut ah Woodstall: Lo a team. Ste+_�ai L, Wilt7 ed 'Stcmmle, 1 _-- eta r. u. IPorlk-ly tt tt� ,. Biddle, was imported from t 1.'erele Zur ' ' Lounsni and l � e le s"p Ua 7o hi<r"u 1rC f:!ed Sarnia in the first round and P. 12-2 and it looked like this' This was the roster Coact. hereon to bolster the pitchi gl .I f-�-' �I ,;,Ye<•> for 4's t.eltrnivatcd Windsor thanks to=a'.' was the Year.. But things weld'Joe Evans and Manage• Delp) staff. "Pick" 11aw_ec and anolh i histories matters, E.,%V.� rap, Staples .malty settled' on: call er ouUielder Arta Pa' from d George Powell,. W. J. Eladc, J ' zy ^+ twelfth inning [ionic run by from rood to bad .and worse.) -�]i {s y�r JJy gz b(C urn, die rl�T/1N II Rabbit 1�txshall. in i.ea second didn't even make lire In crer- Ude�1, 1st base - P Dumrville were added to the) eel Atar uEi; p,cblic,ty and public, c;Y��t. 5c ors (� ta,y; w�"urc�7C, ;. ^anxc ii'� Wie�sor Brtdgebtng aercounty p1aY-ufts: Ily,2nd sc Snap Bim' � roster. Good Junior grads CilI .:I . a t-E o,xs, Ee: g, Stew::; _ ChMinatCd lhClm in. tile t1drd" SVith practicaily -the sat" c.:,rase-N'ully,.:L'i1j-oi�urli;� Jordan and Fred lYly'k✓;•,f wise, itTh.uttell. 13erb Moreton,. BlakeL A�"�"_ - -dreJ Ja eizs�E, rFye •S f} arpA L: crund. it team ill 1929, they led the Inl-lLmdsay, shortstop— Red Sit= brought. up ill play she tstep C'6ykil fuaalre, IJ D. Mcatdlan, .,_-_ `•'+ .. Al The next year, 192G. LheY ;j eccomitY most of the scusun.lau; tight field —'Bill ab I and catcher. The Eean lead a 'I F ilk jam, L'ordcn Fly Li on. : At-y a. ir�rJ µo-1"p, het Fn1_C, were entered in the Oxford-i;lied lulliu Look aver at Ur'st§ten Ler [idd - `1'e tin, I E. god season finishing second n' Civic affairs R, A. SLotic Norfolk League made up of L. and Lee...' Ifronn Woodstock left field - Scurry Lea, pitvb cliff Jauveson, John f I s rhea' CI'i.a CiUr,a fi lie jSinicae, Tillsoiburg, Woodswck played second. After disp rs ngl'ers - JYulil, Iiean'er, and. Mar Hails fro' , s P.. G. t' 'Bcachville (Beach -woods) and';)oI Preston in the lngercountY shah, kit .Hit .r-Diatty- Muure and .t � rur,i urba, cottons, C ldl t `TAN r.3 r;y,,; q �+w r Zap lira Ingersoll, - blrou^hc m semi i'inals, they nut Ualt n,1}'f(cTe 1Ld+s. t y-v r3,;u .,.I r gi rye-s Yluee p1aYi: rs�i'om Lumdon Lo,i Lhe . finals. (AIL won Lhe first I uac L C1. tle,bcrl E,uci, , e );pots of sonic, Reported! game here but wIL'i LeA, Judd i[Diekont Glen 71iiayy Les illy ,l a.a.mbets. They wcrc infielders"pitc[ung it no bitter in t.ie sec : 'IA'ercrin,a, memb ,.hi;, comnnt t: `r' check I-Lucfou•J