157IL licTlt )ulaoUut Jill en. Ill) oo corps-'-Aex' IVlll
' J _ May(1l oa itlfftv(edldouvnito adltl S 3 actioon n that (that lfell (alw as sly seems
lrin Bi1111 Wally i l,C at thu, all(
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lilies., to 3 ?� t{ll lie �i ST(I
Y ,iyl, a.l„ at short formed the, 'fj
��ww�,,., (ny?v1j. g�(}�������J-.defeat. It Was to be over two set in after winning a ebam- infield. 1� Haves, and Cwnu +'
`8s� IM ::months. on July 1'3 to be ex pimiship. 'I'lr}nt ll patloled,'tile outfield.
n i
xet, before they lost thenextCOACH WILLIAtlIs 'tTIrLTtlavers were Cloes Dan-
43 loss in Gait. They n -. In 1932 Jngersoll bad a good iels lind-21a"L ",CnrrTl,,
(qj'"``4� �� ,.Ihad won t5 games m a ryw In i Intermediate team bid •was ell- was the coach and Dolph Steams .
F cl;`� yy i . r pludinR #lu-ce exhibition games nijnated by Stratford. It was a Was 'the Iblanngec -
a¢ da 4an' fe .+ �: against senior. clubs, two again good Juvenile lean) coached by - The "Big blood hit Inj{ersolt �i -
'.st. London and on'Idny 24Llr here iDi:, Ralph lias who'. ,tote in the spring of 1937 and. in Chc'
IhcY defeated the Ira ntilimi Os ple'spothgh. an Wiln ]'itile crowds this fall the town won Its rsecdnd�
; kies', former senior. 6haiapiml6 lj
..,. 7 -.oar R�'+ate : ~'g' g g tale f llr. Wllhams was one of .Ontario team wall t _Doter
,I I' Ontario, To this sine, fled i.�Clre finest coal e`s of boys
} gam. J Ilan y 0 You County team won "B Inter-
h7Rii� run abl_ hit the longest tl could want Haunt payed maul county IlrlCrnudlale B title.
ever m Victoria
� pro
Park. The 'ball) lit high-, upon veers. of an baseball dhimselfStar- first
oeliminateddftit SOBA in its
ana -"S7it7ec'�M cTicit�ie� "5C1i-'I y y 1 m Canada and the United 51.at- fast round of the OBA playoffs
oi-0T ']mc a ecki.lt; the will' `oy ed the In field hill. The finish .,t es' he had file knack and the ill two straight. games. council
ob(Note: With tie big-;ry Lee also ma e ns st ap I17-U Pre deciding game was''ed tihe Intei•County schedule`. on •.{%;�1;
I of Ingersoll champion pearance. this year. The reasons played I❑ P:resOal ana aber P'top by a wido. margin, with a Patience toPasshis great know- '. Tilbury was next and aflm !(. j
'ball Lear c.ouling up, alanyt.,Wooifstock combined with Bea- leading 1-0 going into file multi, '!percentage of>.805. Brantford t,ledge,,-of( the game on to the wanting the first gamc,here, � °,; •�aa
nieniories' are being s[iri cd;�,chvillc was to keep Fred Fit- they blew ,the lead wills the lt.tn-was. second and StraUord third �t'Iboys, This team played their they ran into �a no-hitter.at Til- I 'jtz '.
,back to t.be rough road. that led t.;nyL,c and Maz ➢ticlnlvre_froni gees pushrg ov¢r, three runs to-. iIngersoll met Grantford in the j )hearts out for him= and after burl' pitched by a fellow named l9 --z-
(i. to the final victory and to the etplayrng with Ingm soTL: Both'wirt. _ 'I�fitial winrnh the first name
in; awirimg the Intercounty cham- Murray and lost 1.7-0. In the ° tb1211>w1
,r parties" and .celebrations , that lived out WI the Gighway near Ingersoll w'a s a mighty the Telephone CiiLy by 9-4. Bill ;ijaOnship, eliminated Waterloo i i'i1 game play'edlal Strathroy,
followed. Local members of that G I.IIe quarries and Otcy lived cloy- glooily ptaee that night! Calms put ore over the Agri -If' and Guelph' in straight games the locals 'won .5�4 winning the
E� famous 1930 baseball [ear arc l..er to L'cachvilte.. Ingersoll didn't stop playing cultural Park dyke in the first !only to lose out to Niagara Falls ganie by executing the ol(I
;(,busily completing plans for the,'. Ingersoll won the group. by i ball when they Were, efiniinated, ,inning with.'. (lie bases loaded. `{in a hard fought three game '"squeeze play" perfectly.
l i ;game and reunion and ;eagerly defeating P,eacn-woods 2-V m a They kept. ml playing exhibit- They wrapped it up here in the � I,series, They lost-. the deciding In Lhr, third` rbun(I 'they out
G tcU �I
;s, lool.ing forward to renewing old gridden. death gaine. The put '
+ fr3etdshi s. The tollowin Ie- J P ion games. They brought in Al- second game by W-6, Intercourt. ;game at Flamiltan 5-4 in 10 Oshawa by the wayside will �� Nr
lyi P g jouL Strathroy in Wrc. first round- alas and. lklellanby from their ty Champs at last-! , p ,'naiiugs. Bill Swackhantnier . nin the third came Played at..i o '
e, miniscence written by GeorgC r----- -- — laTMI rivals-rm'T'aa to. play a - twlro was a gooltr -a}sn 'Galgt. 'Phis Ieft only Played
i
t4 ZUG,,;. batboy With that teal';! but Leamington beat them 6.411 Theydrew Sarnia m [lie first Y
y+L and. now :m NHL linesman will game or two:wiOi the idea oG, round of the Provincial• la .helped coach -'tlic team.'• The anal the locals for the. champ-
m a sudden death game at Chat-' bringing them here and getting d(iwns: Hr�ersoll won i-1 in ' hneu i was composed of Ander- t) ll 1ph's boys" won ' th, answer many of the questions rain to put them out of the) g I" P im,,, qJ L.j
Psibeing asked annul p ,Chem. ^0od .lobs. Chuck 2I[Cuar ma and 13.O here on a wet Sat + sou ('1101at n, Pete Wi lam 1 !
Currently running, �y, ttie .Galt left itidLn';-teas s. Here 2-1 auC lost by a wide
'lgersoll's r06 test day' in' The entered tre'INeatern On- s t urday afternoon. Juidd:.. wait the f'-eoigt IIavCS, Bill Ij,e1l;, Jack ❑iargiri'aC Caledonia m a `home �^
s- g Y laed to come Here. iMcCar- first one and Bee.ncr the sec "PiNli herb Bo�gv ri, Arnold ran festival (The outfie,l,,,I
sport") tario League m 1927 with Sar- Ui, had been. tite locals- ne'hTises � I� L
Ltgersult's• htterm)ediate "A" ma, S1raUno hoodoo, LucanS oral, Not to- out(Tone' soother Shrivin, flax aril Clinton Clark, ' played ;rut. on a street the field > al -season, 'Then tie depression! each of them bd a home run i1 .L.uih-Pica I ayor, ICI was so short).' The deciding;'!
6; champions. of 1930 will hold a',and Ilderton and the competi. struck and jobs couldn't, beiThe met:Donn in the neat 0fir
f reunion on Saturday, Seplem- lion Was Isecn with Plenty o{ found . �suitable W Otc3e layms.' Y iflepdci sou, Clareliirr'"'Pittgck game was played at. Gall (hu- 1 y
;'iber Sth.. They will. uiito with �'� arguments and protests. It also p round ivinniu-„ 3 in the Yallrvi in( ;rant Swackhammer, ing'sngw flurries oil a' Cold -?i
: g P Early in the 'spriig of 30. Town. They sealed Lhe' Valley 1 Doti Gr O1VN -- rays
f- tie Intermediate "B" champs was the season of the Charlie is � ea exec five was formed ,windy dny. ,
t. - Iles coffin here on Labor As tll as league champion- e
of 1937 and once again don their Geanos - Andy ilI cr'a�•k h ht Iesidcnt Sant Gibson; vice p1•c -
'ii uniforms and play a game with mi abol.,Jul a..cr�on. Gcan s p the long end .of a' 94'count. Jships wcle concerned, Ingersoll `Ralph B -, went all Che
i, > _.-S2 �l $ideal, James mvc; .. second This was one of the best learns 1 - drew a blank until 1936 when way `oil the mound defeating �p_.�
(,l thus year's fine Optimist Mid- who: was London's nnanagcr, vice prestd`Urn `Yttti-�U it; see- the locals met all season. l`Ithe' won the Intercountv Inter. Caledonia's Daglevsh and Wally
.I, get club, Most of the Midgets was quite a known wrestler but retary-_ treasurer rvm Bull r; )
were members of last years On -Andy. more than field his own. ----- Harrow tuns, next The first ; (� featedte "B" crown. They de- Pitt made s sensational sacks
Executive Committee - son, game was in `harrow and the feared rriesforur three out of r laidedd base with the "sacks
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1I tJia Bantam ' aons and fo champums.r,'Tig, added r first.
their lineup ill has lla Coro, Lloyst Thompson, . -locals cattle from behind to win l" i four amen for the right. to enter. loaded that saved the chaili li s
�i,. khanas . Pl in Victoriamer Park cal Lhe^I�i'ksfall ivimfTistlsn bubaxr�maa Besides ��Sa1 r rt " RCg Sta1tL=1tII-, 6-4 Beelr r clone to {he rescue I l � p I.•.' 1 nship. The honor roll leas
the provincial playdowns. The pro
IIr( ( g aver Dolph Stgy,�es.. ,in •t!le !bold inningandstruck " ovver of the Press" helped Catchers .Johnson and `I-ta •s, �t
'. same Bute - truly a "Day of (being a fine fielder he was also CROWDS TURNED OUT � - i - i � p 1 1 �
lChampions"! f� a hard hiller, In a game in 'L'be town had ,call been bc. out 17 )otters from that, point i.1 draw good crowds -in this sin•- Pitchers I Cenci, ins m i
id Dulph SLa 1 a, who Was rob- Strathroy, he hit one of the Y on. Ingersoll scored the winning ] ies as both reams ware throw. Byers_ Jun B e_ns, an( �r k-
pablthe rust taxiuian lit la-1 calls over in traC }imr:` Otis ball Icam Jngcrsoll run on Pulli) triple in Lhe. I,� ing dirt at each other in print.. eui h'sst base Ni�c(ir�is, sec- ;
} Thad started all. thou games atnnth haling. Judd blanked [lie Tire. locals eliminated Hespel- and base Earl T)lornton, third
'ccsoL, was responsible for enter �p Park: ,1,3 p.nl, regardless of whether �f -
'(I Essex County crib here S-0 to !. cr in the first round but Milton base LYallyli.tt, shortstop' Bill
h.mg the first team in the Ol A.''i Ingersoll tefcoted Sarnia in Uicy were on INeduesd.ay nr Sob.. send the locals into the Ont. ''� !
The year was 1924 and lie had`,jlwo straight games to win theIurda Wednesday crowds pro-'. .stopped Lhmn in three game .Jm:dan. the outfield - Lec,
Y. Y 1 ;aria final. t: soles. Milton winning the de Gann T9nrnlnn aml Da s. r �+
is real good catcher Bob ilE117" lea„nie. title, Appin was the first. Willy averaged 1,500 will fret peterrorough'. General Elect '� o g
•'derson and a fire boiling pith I team Io bite One last in. the llsaturday crowds avera Bing be-' y ,;ding �„ame played at Galt 5.4. Utility • Lkiv(I Philli2s and II��.)i��e.
6 '.rics won out in eastern Oil The lil'eup -harry J�ohns�o�n Swackha n nCr was the c•�h
.r- 1{e y to build U16JOBA playdowns but they eaught'tween L,000 and 3,000. When The and d.lte .first ante of the V'
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team around `Tee" Darn I g� catcher; Pete Williams, n ind he pulled every trick out r
( ��• the locals with a "loaded' baC.lChcy Play,(! ad of LoWil, 500 finals was played in -tile. Lift 1 -
f 'Silver" Wilcox, Charlie HeveY alit Protested. (To be boned,- :loyal supporters followed them lock -cilY on September 27th 17Yers, Pete Clememt and Pat of the book to win the champ i.
1 and Tony; Wore from '1 t'fanTh the rat.Irad' been ]ondd(1 buC�an(I cheered the team on, get-�T�n"bly were members of the ionshrp. -
ford were others on that first the load had been removed and Ping their transportation. any it was a cool blustery day and -
'.4eant, e later became a. the used it for knocking out la crowd of about ] 000 sat spiv.
1-a!>aul„ Y Way they could. •Cling - m the grandstand a' .---r--l:
fine hockey p1bi l .playing for fumgeCS to the outfielders i 9he,l. mtcc the. fine Season oflPxhibltioa Park. The Electric,
,;.Detroit and the ;New York An-piIOBAA then ordered Ingersoll to,,'29 Dolph was hungry ,for angled 1.-0 until( the eighth when ad 9^u �^ ems;; �Q � ` �terw �Slii`cL,, Chia n. - .: IV,
f�ericans. replay London, Sarnia, and Ap;lontario Championship - and so Ingersoll exploded for five runs 13 vi usHle kaa, od �r It iLUU, H Morro" John'
They entered in the Oxford !.l9n in sudden death games- oii�j was ingcrsoll, but there had loHnl five hits and bases on balls - �� �,i� '' acn. J. B. Usn�fon. Nd
Elgin League comprise([ of Till i',.1consecutive days. This they dill; Ibe some changes made. - Bob�abbitt Marsha 1's double Willi °,n., ,. Ilion ]�115llJ. program
"sonbur Aylmer, S ungficld,;i and w,, them all. Then the �Uendcrzon, the always do eid- " n p, no nin? and �t
g, P Y p the bases 7 oa cif was the rig ''tr `-''"� h:�I�tcndanco, .1. W. D In G. 11.I
and Ingersoll. They won rh,;ltook Galt in -two Straight r the,'ia�calcher, who had been a � '^"'; d rs=0.. ,. - -'
li g blow. 'Che locals. scored one in F W, R. i tralirc
rout -but were eliminated by second round. Leamington, with;; bulwark since. the town had ?,�,rl Al sluaJl,
Brantford in the first round. he ninth to mare .the final S 1
i'� their fine pitcher Floyd. f1111'Ibeen ut organized hall, retired. core, read 6.1. Judo' allowed J '� .t 1aa��;; �('peg� m�A 8� L{Parknlg and. signs, Dr. C. Ivry
A 'young fellow Pitched ones; titan, again put them out of thelLeo P1ypI till, star second base t,etos but. thre.: u. and struck '" Ga6 rs,..6 �Y.T:» early Alf Bonita e, J. l'v-. Dom.,
of the gapws for Brantford by' running. Prior to. the start of , an d be.no longer avaih - ! la's, R. I). Cam.• Pet, Uondos; �.
r 1 Ill 13, When llle winners re : 'lGLRSOLL
the name of Ralph Been r.� the season Dolph brought Ralph able, Ile was soon to be or-� George Clio i< munrcipaYaffa.it s, G. I.V. Pijf�c. CIS
;Ball fans wm'� o see nmch ol'l t nrnerl home the oast morning -
1,l �• lit.9k3tL'r here from Siolcoe but gained into the priesthood. The2.p00 peoplr, greened them at Che j Lonos Warned ,,,seta ry of the ii ;f. D. Citniibc0, E. AV. 111=,1{r.1{uu.i,
.Llnm in Um next Lew years. after scvm'al executive. meet- ---- - - _ J ? Ingersoll Chamber of Cennler c�,9
;•, The year 1525 was to see Dol r mg, UIe OBAA refused hint a evening the executive was el-'Nitfif-a- revious article, the his i -=' � g g i' ,ilMa❑uc( �aS nlond sp(•I lair
1' ) n p at. L.c're^ulac nmeLin of U)rl ff everts Twbort Cote, Rev. J D
-'pb with a much stronger team. card ected started the ball rolling fors of baseball in Ir u�soll „ecroup yesterda lie. ro ill'es ;'c
t}Andy MyerjaC • a pitcher mow "" ba' 3 k' ,�. Y 1 y Cordon, R bell. �e vc-t; rcprr,-
•'ed heree 1T�ew York to set BUKA rR ARRIVES l0. rowar(I the Ontario Champion- was brought ill) the ,room Allan C rail ur the position. �! scntative to .Junior Chamber of
-owcvcr, in 1925 Beemer was. ship. Prey discovered St. '1'hmn-h hndap year of 1930. It was the %w, Cm nuttr•es. jf ,
,up new machines at the Mor- .-- as wus ullim' out of the Scniorir }� ,,..,....._.._.....m,,t _ �Conunen.c, John McLridr.
a Oils town ever -
�•:'�ruw Co. and another pitcher Chgible. Dolph broug a big P greatest season O s r Conuuittces col i. c;•,. with'. - _
.)was Max .as z�roni near' left pander tin from Thmrmale Intercouldy after many success,, saw in baseball. and the team ; chairmen, listed first are: _
f:{St Marys who in 1026 Was by Ule mule of Oscar Judd. fill seasons This put some fine,. was supported by tiler largest; (�
h.�l.akcn south. with the 9'oronloiPram. Prat ^ Charlie Pir e from ball players on file market. Lon- - l Li(hrstnal € relations, Juhu
crowds to attend games at y lc lid. 1^hi on f • tit d 7 (�
Leafs for a tryout. •'Red" 1f; :-,,' Lyndon, al y I't19, a IJ'b base- son had first choice oil these toria Park. Starting in 1931 a �.i Stare Dnvi(i_ Formst, Gr,�e --
'met but when approached, thcyl y LucIIha tit, Torn;. i�u'nc•n all from Thamesford and Bill l man Irony. lidm'Lnn and a kid , pP' one word set in. Ingersoll sLll i , Roy n' l � d No v. L --I lI61
!:'u ,I- from Goderich were add -from near 'Phanicsford "Tart" assured Ingersoll they wouldn't! had a good ball team, altilmughh `� "pax C V, trot T..>.chl„u.; retail
y McMarti were also on the stand in their way all(] waived) they lost many of the stars of llmecchanla, Bing Newell, Norio
Ej rS [o 'J,•li•<s-�ndie
a tile. team. �q .Ingersoll all claim to' Wesel 1 - -- -�—
I After the Season opened. a Caul 1 1'liey were in the Inter- the championship team. Lefts )Gr_ C_er,�lvgercdiCh 4VaelkSS, Pearl
1'•;local 16 year old bn' ,joined Lhe Icount Lcague with Stratford, Pl ayers;• hlgersoll chose catches J id moved to Guelph, "Red Ftshigigh„ Lloyd Alter, II, Ill
1 y Pood de second baseman I' �, } ..)his .p'nck hr nvmar .
Ili:Dews Wate•h cdc �'f'rwi
1{team - Itabbitt Marshall,: ➢oar- Galt, Brantford; Presto), hit- )�� we11 to Leach school in A1; p1illan; uatronal a. fairs P - - - r
shall was o e is Tiicro of'1 cliener and Wood'Stock, In the Snap Banns, third baseman I I J Galt and the four St. Thomas r,
.Im an an Ingersoll victim' in r opener at SCrauord they wino de L in�gay, out frekfn- . B i t u, N 1 5gµy�e, I. C. d�f��. 11 i
Y g Y Cafi and Joe Evans a mili[,1 players stayed at hometoplay lei -belt A. G.Murrr,; group is-,
the years do come, '1 by a score of 19-3 with ' e no-,. on their senior team. nancC. 1'eier E • It W !
Thee: team. won the -0xfold -!=I striking 'out 22 batters, ,l-11, player. tioty to mood them ip A real good lefthandei, Iicn , —
'MIa'dlesex League. They defeat ;; won in his debut at Woodstock le a teal';. 'i Stewart, 'Wilfred Stmnmlm � *.. fv, { r t Uttr lk -lY t`_
,. Biddle, Was imported from -,
lied Sarnia in Lhe first and ,., 12-5 and it looked like WpisC This was the raster Coact. m((on to bolster the pitchinggl s�L'.eh nie /.ur ...tourism ands Ye, er y,}s fo lr err is °f t'
t,elinibiatcd Wirabor thanks to,a%j was the Year. But.. things wnnt'Joc Evans and Manager Dot) ' staff. "Pick' trice., and anoltl 'i hi.ctorica martin•,, B. tN. C, r, �•. _ -- - -- -'-�
LwelLlh inning home run bP ------
"front good to bad and worse, (Staples Thially settled on: cat or outfielder Art Far from J. George Powell, W. J. Blacl� ,�'(ljinn Ffe uzr- �+�d JnN• ��'���5-
t•Rabbit MaU•shall in Lit(, second) They dmn't even make the In- 1st base — r_nU Dunnville were added
i ads Lillto the �1. ,1 J. Mara�bliclt.v and jabber c� npl fi�•5c .. tic lr;
I *amc inr..4�sor Brtdgebmg;lercounty play-offs, cf- 2nd sc — Snap B!irs,t- roster. Good Junior rely r-E ons,'Ber, r 1 -...
--.._-,,g, Stew
elrailnatgd- then in. Ole Llurdi' Willi isaclicaib, . the salue.;,d base - Wall• fill."oP D-L 1§ JOEI an and Fred WyrjLQr were ` ^y,, 7`. .,; a, re ndie� Ta �pzs: E.
ll < Lindsay, shorttop-RedSI=` brought W play hm'Ls(op,- �lliY1;,- . ance, Moreton,.SJJaa, appy1 I g
�round. 'team ill 192J, they led llte lot- s ('�le finance, I1 L. r1IcMill pi ......�_
h! The next year, I926 theyhercounty most of the season. right field -'Bllt :Ihed ;; and catcher. The team had a i Frank yam, Bordcn I, ,ou 1 i2ynrt
were entered in the Oxfora Ecd Pullin look over at first C,ntcr field - "Tco" Daniels; god season finishing second m' Civic affairs, It. A. Stone,
,Norfolk League made up of r1andLce-' L.tro.m Woodstock left LeIJ - Scurr. I& pitch ,.'". Y)liff Jpni son, lo��
�Sintcoe Tillsonburg, Woodsock ;played second. After disppsm 'Icrs J.turJ, 1t,rnp, d. Mar 1 t kfnans. %17r-a
tBeachville (BcoiWoods) and lof Preston in W(! IngelCountytshall ulifliv -Dinty Aloore and" l.Haile.y DucalIs R. G. -,Ulil I ,:a'AN ti3 _(nwJ wq � g+o t Zuf.ku
�fngersolt. r broughr m 3suml-finals, the, met Gall, m .._—_--d. ! I'll brin rc ,imna, Ce hi - - - -i�r-
ma12�y1u}} 1 I2,C, 1Lciss- ri..
three playurs�llrn London to I Lll.finals. Galt wort tile fast ,_i le I (' l
,illIfeis.ol'hvwcSame
e LnfctdaCdu bInle here but �e�itlt LcfLv Judd r Ind ii ,:'n i.r ,,Ply- Los s;,,,l (/el fi'9y;a •�!"
k.i, p' piLellilig, unolaerILL Lx el, lrclnll ril 11 .Jup n. unit-�