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The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • 18

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Tae 13 THE EVENING CITIZEN, OTTAWA, CANADA flaturdfty. July .10. 1P49 Cards And Dodgers Tie 3-3 In Nine Innings Ilotv They Stand Amrlean Lraetie Alberta Cricketers Capture Dominion Chamvionshii) Title 1 1 Tct GBL New York 59 33 .641 Ovclnnd 55 an .501 4'j IKthlon .553 Philadelphia 53 43 .552 8 Detroit 51 46 .526 10' 2 Chicago 39 56 .411 21 V2 Washington 35 56 .385 St. Louis 32 62 .340 28 Curfeiv Ends Struggle; Close Call For Brooks lV Jark Hand AssocUted Press Sports Writer Hail the clock new chief umpire in the National League. With two consecutive Brooklyn-St.

Louis games called a tie by the time keeper, the man with the watch is becoming more important than the players. Curfew struck at 2:18 a.m. EDT today at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis with the Dodgers and Cards locked in a 3-3 tie at the end of nine innings. National League I Y-- Robinson in a hat trick by Powell.

Five were down for 42. Six for 44. nanrr fade Harold Snipper t2) stayed for a while, but thr western men were not to br rirnifd. Iinpy 9i, MaOf-e 25, and Hftrrl.vm not out 1. made a bit of a stand but th side was out for the disappointing total of 88.

Every credit must be given to the Alberta team, who were really great in every department of the game. They have now played five matches, have won four of them and one was drawn. Today they play BC which will be "the" game, for Ontario should win from Manitoba. In any event. Alberta are right now champions of the 1949 tournament.

-n- IV. 1 1 i. I National League Pet. St. Louis 57 36 .613 GBL Hi 82 102 10 2 12 V2 20 Vj Brooklyn 55 37 Boston 50 45 New York 46 46 Philadelphia 47 47 .598 .526 .500 .500 .478 .409 Pittsburgh 44 48 Cincinnati 38 55 Chicago 36 59 .379 22 International League 59 41 Pet GBL .590 Buffalo Rochester Jersey City Toronto Monlrrnl Syracuse Baltimore Newark 59 45 55 43 57 45 A3 4R 41 57 39 57 34 61 .567 .561 .550 .525 .418 2 3 3 17 .406 18 .358 221-2 Baseball Scores American League Boston, Cleveland.

1. Cleveland, Boston, 3. New York, Chicago, 2. St. Louis.

Washington. 2. Philadelphia. Detroit, 3. National League Cincinnati, New York, 0.

Brooklyn, St. Louis, 3. Philadelphia at Chicago, rain. Boston at Pittsburgh, rain. International League Jersey City, Buffalo.

8. Syracuse, Rochester, 2. screen to score Dale Mitchell who walked on four pitches. A single two walks and another single accounted for two more runs. The Red Sox knocked out Gene Bearden in a three-run first inning but were tamed by Bobby Feller who finished up with his eighth victory.

Joe Dobson allowed only four hits in his afternoon triumph over Mike Garcia for Boston's fifth straight win. Dobson had a shutout until thr eiahth. Horn DlMauglo hit siifely In both games, extending his consecutive game hitting streak, to 25, longest of the season in the majors. Connie Mack's surging Philadelphia A's ran their win string to six. their longest of the year, by downing Detroit 5-3.

The A's are only one percentage point behind the third place Red Sox. Eddie Joost saved the game with a vest pocket catch on Pat Mul-lin's "blooper" to short left with the bases loaded and two- out in the ninth. Dick Fowler was credited with his 10th victory. St. Louis Browns, struggling to escape from the cellar, scored four in the 10th inning to hand Washington its 14th loss in 15 games, still is 2 games ahead of the Browns.

Ned Garver, who went all the way, started the 10th inning attack with a single. Roy Siever's two-run single was the big blow of the four-run inning. INJURED IN RACE Harold Wilson. 39, above, driver of Miss Canada IV in the Harmsw-orth Trophy Race first heat yesterday on the Detroit River. He as hurt early in the race but brought his boat in third.

Storm Sweeps Players From Rideciu Courts cntrh by Hnrold Hninper near the bmuittury, Tim following tmt.tmm all played well nnd contributed their quota to the excellent total. Finally the last wicket fell and Peter Snell was carried off the field by his jubilant team mates. Ontario sent McLean and Gunn to open the Innings and the latter was clean bowled before the scoring opened. McLean (10) and Booth (20) batted steadily for a while until the Toronto player was caught after beins: given two lives. Two for thirty.

And then a bomb struck the Ontario camp, when Percival, Gerrard and 15. Rv F. HHr limit CAUJAUY "Nolhlng succf like success," and Alberta proved it' yesterday when they defeated Ontario by 155 runs. BC won easily from Manitoba by nine wickets, the losers scoring 68 runs and the winners responding with 90 for one wicket. The feature of the BC-Manitoba match was a great hat-trick by Richards, who hit the stumps three balls in succession.

Alberta batted first, the teams playing on the small ground where 500 runs were expected from the combined scores. Alberta contributed their share, viz. 243. It was another perfect day and there was a good gallery. Play started slowly and Ontario captured three wickets for 36 runs when Peter Snell.

(106 not out) nnd rnplnln Jnrk words boenmc runs mmi fast nnd Mm score mounted steadily in spite of good bowling and perfect fielding. Jubilant Eleven With the score standing at 140, Edwards (44) was out to a good Newark. Montreal, 5. Toronto. Baltimore.

3. Cianirs Today American Leairu St. Louis at Washington. Detroit at Philadelphia. Chicago at New York.

Cleveland at Boston. International League Montreal at Newark. Buffalo at Jersey City (night). Syracuse at Rochester (night). Toronto at Baltimore (night).

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Louis holding a 3-2 edge, at 12:47 ajn. St. Louis time. As it was the Dodgers managed to jjtifth over it run In tht ninth. Howie Pollet, trying for his 14th win, had a shutout 3-0 at the end of seven innings with Nippy Jones and Marty Marion driving in the runs.

A walk and successive Singles by Carol Furillo, Jackie Robinson and Gil Hodges gave the Brooks two in the eighth. Ted Wilks came in to strike out pinch hitter Gene Hermanski to end the rally. Cards Load Hasrs The Cards loaded the bases with one out in the eighth but Rex Barney replaced Jack Banta, second Dodger pitcher, and got out of trouble just in time to get the ninth inning started before the curfew. On Monday this week the Dodgers and Cards played a 4-4 tie at Brooklyn when they stopped the game to let the teams catch a train to the west. St.

Louis remains a glame and a half in front of the runner-up Dodgers with another night game slated for tonight and a day game Sunday. Herm Wehmeier, 22-year-old Cincinnati righthander, pitched his best game of the season, to shut out New York "with four hits, 3-0, in the only other National League game played. Wehmeier was in trouble only in the second when he allowed two hits and in the seventh when he walked three. It was his first major league shutout. Fourth Place The loss dropped the Giants into a fourth-place tie with the idle Philadelphia Phils whose scheduled day game at Chicago was washed out.

Pittsburgh and Boston played three innings of their night game at Forbes field with Ralph Kiner's 28th homer with a man on giving the Pirates a 2-0 lead before a storm forced the game to be called on account of wet grounds. Successive home runs by Johnny Lindell and Bill Johnson enabled New York Yankees to add a half-game to their American League lead with a 3-2 edge over Chicago while Cleveland split a day-nteht doublehcader at Boston. The results left the Yanks out front by 4'i games. Mickey Haefner, making his first start for Chicago, was locked in a 1-1 duel with Tommy Byrne until Lindell and Johnson unloaded homers in the eighth. Cleveland Rebound Cleveland rebounded from a 2'1 afternoon defeat at Boston to smother the Red Sox in the night game, 9-3.

The Tribe routed Chuck Stobbs, promising young lefthander, before he retired a man in a four-run first inning at night. Lou Boudreau hit Stobbs' eighth pitch over the left field American League Chicago 001 000 0012 6 0 New York 000 010 02x 3 7 1 Haefner and Malone; Byrne. Page (9) and Berra. First Game Cleveland 000 000 0101 4 1 Boston 000 200 OOx 2 7 1 Garcia, Paige (8), and Hegan: Dobson and Tebbetts. Second Game Cleveland 421 010 0109 13 0 Boston 300 000 0003 10 1 Bearden, Feller (1) and Hegan; Stobbs, Hughson (1) and Batts.

Detroit 000 210 0003 8 1 Philadelphia 000 021 llx 5 9 1 Houtteman and Robinson; Fowler, Shantz (9) and Guerra. St. Louis 000 000 002 46 9 0 Washington 000 000 011 02 9 0 (10 innings). Garver and Moss, Lollar (9); Wcik. Hittle (10), Welteroth (10) and Early, Evans (9).

National League Brooklyn 000 000 0213 9 3 St. Louis 001 020 0003 13 0 (called, league purfew). Tlof, Banta (7), Barney (8), Palica 9) and Campanella, Edwards (9); Pollett, Wilks (8) and Rice. New York 000 000 0000 4 2 Cincinnati 010 000 llx 3 10 0 Koslo, Higbe (7), Jones (7) and Westrum; Wehmeier and Cooper. CHICAGO The "Big Three" of the country's ranking three-year-olds, Ponder, Capot and Palestinian, yesterday were named to race four respectable challengers in the $88,750 Arlington Classic winding up Arlington Park's successful meeting today.

A rninature tornado struck the grounds the Rideau Laxn Tennis Club at Overbrook with startling suddenness late yesterday afternoon, completely disrupting play in the Canadian Junior Tennis Championships. Many cf Canada's top junior stars were playing on the fifteen courts of the club in the titular meet when suddenly a terrific wind roared across the grounds overturning in the Rideau river 300-foot long footbridge which connects the club with Strathcona Park. Equipment was strewn all over the grounds, and Diana Lowe was blown off her Damage to the club footbridge is said to be in excess cf $300.00, and those taking in the Canadian Junior Tennis Championships today are reminded thai they will have to reach the club by way cf Cum-mings Bridge. Play In Progress Before they were chased from the courts, Raymond Page, Montreal, was leading Bob Bedard of Shexbrooke, PQ. two sets 10 one.

Paul Wiiley. of Vancouver, having the same margin over Andre de Chavigny. of Quebec City. In the junior women's singles semi-finals Barbara Wood, of Vancouver, was pleading Miriam Rainbotii by a 'set. and Patricia Lowe was leading fcr si5ter Diana by a one-set margin.

Play this morning will commence 10 00 a.m.. and is hoped that the tournament will be brought to completion late this evening by the playing of the final-round match in the mixed doubles at 9 00 m. on the Itzhted court. The zuest of honor today wfj R. N.

Watt, of Montreal, president of the Canadian Lawn Tennis Association, who will present the Robert Wat: Memorial Trophy to the winner of the junior men's singles event. Following is the result of one completed match, and revised draw in effect today: Junior Mixed Doubles Evelyn Linke (Edmonton- and Don Macintosh i Calgary def. Claire Landry and Bill Cunningham, 6-1, 6-3. Draw For Today 2.00, Boys' And Girls "Mixed Doubles, Semi-Fiaal Mariette Laframboise (Montreal and Dave Pigot (Halifax vs. Yormie Davis and R.

Hart (Toronto 2.30, Junior Men's Doubles. Final Ned P.ainbcth (Ottawa' and Don Fcntana Toronto- vs. Raymond Paze 'Montreal' and Andre de-Chavigny Quebec, de Chavigny 'Quebec Final Joyce Felix and Miriam Rain-both Ottawa vs. Patricia and Diana Lowe 'Ottawa'. 3-30, Junior Mixed Doubles Barbara Wood and Paul Wiiley (Vancouver vs.

Gloria Stanford (Toronto and Burt Simpson (Frederictcn 4.00. Girls' And Boys Mixed Doubles Winner of Smith-Lambert and Lovely Trip Too Bad The Car Broke Down! Don't let auto troubles spoil those week-end and holiday motoring trips you've been planning. Pay a visit to friendly Cabeldu Motors first for a thorough Summer checkup and you'll really enjoy safer and more economical driving this Summer. "The Company with the Quality Policy" Look at these Nationally known Burner Dominion Government approved Installed by a Heating Expert Two Years to pay 9 Reasonably priced Fuel Oil contract 24-Hour Oil Burner service "Buy from Bruce' 1 morons lw. Turcotte-Livingston vs.

the winner of Lowe-Davis and Proudfoot-HaU. 4.30. Junior Mixed rouble Patricia Lowe (Ottawa) and Raymond Page (Montreal) vs. Vonnie Davis and Bob Hume (Toronto: Sally Roper and Jim Scriven (Halifax) vs. Diana Lowe and Wes Nicol to finish; winner of Rainboth-Rainboth and Far-deil-Hooper vs.

winner of Dumou-lin Fontana nd Laframboise-Pigot. 5.00. Boys' And Girls Mixed Doubles, Finals Winner of Smith-Lambert and Turcotte-Livingston and Lowe-Davis and Proudfoot-Hall vs. winner of Laframboise-Pigot and Davis-Hart. 5.00, Junior 3Iixed Doubles Barbara Stephenson and Grant Logie (Toronto) vs.

winner of Roper-Scriven and Lowe-Nicpl; winner of Felix-deChavigny und Smith-Jamieson vs. Joan Batler-tcn 'Ottawa) and Peter Stewart (Toronto'. 5.30, Junior Mixed Doubles, Quarter-Final Winner of Lowe-Page and Davts-Hume vs. Linke 'Edmonton and Macintosh (Calgary). 6.00, Junior Mixed Doubles, Quarter-Final Winner of Wood-Willey and Stanford-Simpson vs.

winner of Roper-Scriven and Lowe-Nicol and Stephenson-Logie. 7.00, Junior Mixed Doubles, Semi-Final Winners of quarter-final round matches to play off. 9.00, Junior Mited Doubles, Final Winners of semi-final round matches to play off. Round-Robin The. Elmdale Lawn Tennis Club will hold a Round -Robin tourna-; ment today, open to all club mem-i bers, and starting at 2.30 p.m.

I Jack Habbishaw is in charge of the draw. Refreshments will be i served following the matches. On Ottawa Greens Mrs. B. S.

Liberty last night took the Ottawa Ladies' Lawn Bowling Club's green singles by defeating Mrs. H. E. Williams. Cricket Table CALGARY Following are I standings in the Dominion cricket tournament in which Alberta cap-j tured the title yesterday.

A win is worth 5 points, a tie 21'2, and a draw 2. Pts I Alberta 5 4 1 22 BC 5 3 2 15 Ontario 5 2 2 1 12 Manitoba 5 5 0 The ODFA league engage-i ment is scheduled for Brewer Park next Tuesday evening with Gun- ners at home to Eddy's. Learue Standing I A Pt Ransers 3 0 1 10 4 7 Eddy's 2 2 0 7 6 4 Gunners 0 3 1 4 11 1 Builders' Supplies 2-9686 Fuel Oil BROS. 1 9 THOMAS I.AIUWS- tU iff St and Lyon rvA 8 1 liii TODAY AUGHT PARK JOCKEY CLU On Sparks tracK. COMPANY, 130 Sparks St.

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Knowing these things there is no reason to take any chances. Since we have a good supply cf top quality coal on hand new, we suggest and advise you to buy your coal N-O-W! Week Days 5 p.m. front and back. BOOKMAKERS POSITIVELY NOT ALLOWED ON GROUNDS Bus Specials, from George Dalhousie, Wellington Bank, Duke and Commissioner St. Co.

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