Eastern Ontario Baseball Congress
Ottawa Senior City League (Intermediate O.B.A.A.)
1949 Napanee Athletics
1950
Stelmach, Joe 23 BB, 33 AB, 1951 CAML 1950 Smiths Falls
1950-8-01 (Kingston) Boxes for Kingsport teams and lines for others for 1st game. Picton Athletics pics. Most teams are from the Central Ontario League.
800 ATT. Frankie Dyer, Picton Athletics hurler, is ambidextrous. He was with the Pony originals of 1946.
1950-8-02 (Kingston) The last of yesterday's seven games was finished at 1.19 AM. The two umpires, Eddie Schrieder and Don Thomas, worked continuously for almost twelve hours. Box, lines, pic.
NBC
1947
1947-7-23 Kingston Giants 9, Ottawa Vics 4. Giants won series two straight to go on to Brockville. the Giants had borrowed Dyer from the KBA Athletics.
Eastern Ontario Amateur Baseball Association (Journal Cup)
1923 St. Patrick's, Ottawa
1924 Carleton Place, Lanark County
1925 St. Anthony's, Ottawa
1926 Rideaus, Ottawa
1927 Renfrew, Upper Ottawa
1928 Davidsons, Ottawa
1929 McIntyre Mines, Schumacher
1930 Davidsons, Ottawa
1931 Smiths Falls
1934 Smiths Falls
1936
1930-9-23 Dean Ingram, Davidson's "Little Man of Iron," will pitch today.
1930-9-23 Journal. Davidsons 5, Temiskaming 2. Championships - for Ottawa Journal Cup. 1200 ATT. George Belanger is Temiskaming manager. Rumors have been circulating through Ottawa that the Temiskaming team is not fully amateur - Belanger rebuts these claims. Mentions that they lost nearly $500 when they traveled north due to improper arrangements and cannot hope to make full expenses for trip.
1930-9-24 Journal. Davidsons 4, Temiskaming 3. 2K ATT.
Haker, Temiskaming pitcher, is tall right hander.
Last year McIntyre Mines beat Rideaus in the championship. Lists past winners.
Pic of Journal trophy.
Pic of Grant P. Davidson, Davidsons president. Champions and runners-up had banquet yesterday after conclusion of best-of-three series. Grant Davidson is carrying on the tradition of his father, the late Controller James Davidson, "in his life time one of Ottawa's outstanding sportsmen." Ottawa mayor says that Journal trophy has helped stimulate amateur baseball in the district. Jack "Army" Armstrong is Davidsons manager. Team rosters - full names.
Ottawa Senior City League (Intermediate O.B.A.A.)
1921 1st half stats
1925 Rideaus
1926
1928 Davidson's
1929 Rideaus Final stats (VG)
1936 Eastview
Forster, Clair p 16-7 1936 Ott CAML 1929 Rideaus
Gariepy, Albert p Montreal ECAN 1920 City Hall 1921 K.O.C.
McInenly, Bert NHL/1936 Ott CAML 1925 Rideaus
Drouin, Polly NHL p 1936 Pros
1921-6-24 Citizen. Gariepy and "Lefty" Heppenstall are southpaws.
"The first division of the gate receipts was made last week when each of the clubs received a check of $100. The gate receipts to date have been exceptionally good and in view of the brand of ball being dished up, the local amateur clubs deserve every bit of the support they are receiving."
1921-7-06 Citizen. Preview. "Blanc" Gariepy.
1921-7-06 Journal. Preview. Gariepy credited with no-hitter last Sunday. Some in the stands say that three clean hits were made off him - but the scorer disagreed. Gariepy is some pitcher, either way. No more astute manager in city than Dick Dawson.
1921-7-13 Citizen. First half stats/standings - quite good. Gariepy was 1-3.
1926-4-15 league meeting will be held 4-16.
1927-9-01 Citizen. Benefit doubleheader will be held today between French and English teams for Lefty Barbaro, whose eyesight may be lost if an operation is not soon performed.
1930-2-21 Report in paper yesterday that Dean Ingram would go to Montreal Royals this season; Dean Ingram denies it.
1920-6-20 Citizen. At Lansdowne Park.
1921-6-19 Citizen.
1921-8-26 Journal. Gariepy set a new league K record for the Knights of Columbus last night, whiffing 17 St. Patricks players and allowing only two hits, but lost 2-1. Two extra-innings for a total of nine. One of the most exciting games seen in this city in years.
"[Gariepy's] performance was really remarkable, and it was heart breaking to see him beaten after twirling such a wonderful game. His defeat, however, was caused by his own hands as he gave the Irishmen the winning run in the ninth inning through his own errors."
Gariepy threw 108 pitches while his opponent, Bill Skuce, threw 101.
1928-8-17 Citizen. Davidson's and Rideaus tied 1-1 in pitching duel between Dean Ingram and Lefty Barbaro. The third straight tie the teams have made against each other. Barbaro k'd 12 and Ingram k'd 10 in 8 inning game.
1925-8-10 Citizen. Dean Ingram won 12-5 for the Rideaus in the 4th and deciding game of the finals. Dick Dawson is Rideau manager. Ingram described as youthful.
Three pics of Rideaus - including Bert McInenly.
1928-9-21 Journal. Dean Ingram, smart southpaw, won 10-2 for Davidsons in deciding game of championship - the third straight game he pitched.
Dean Ingram pic.
1929-8-08 Preview. Pic Davie Morin (Davidson 2b)
1929-8-08 Citizen. Davidson's 8, Rideau 1.
1955 paid admission - the greatest crowd seen in the present City League. "Last night's crowd was also pretty close, if not equal, to the throngs which attended the former City League games when Frank Smith was secretary."
Season started 5-22. Good talk. Preview for 3rd game.
Good pics of Jack Armstrong (Davidson 3b out for rest of season) and Tommy McInenly (leading Rideau batter, also out for season.)
1929-8-09 Citizen. Rideau 4, Davidson's 0.
Clair Forster had no-hitter until 9th when he allowed a single that really should have been caught. Ended with 1-hitter.
Rideau has 2-1 lead in series; 4th game today.
Good pic of Clair Forster.
1929-8-12 Citizen. Rideau 1, Davidson's 0. Barbaro threw shutout. Dean Ingram struck out 15 batters.
1964 paid admissions - another new record. Close to 2500 in stands. Every game of series drew over 1500 fans.
Good talk. Ralph St. Germain is the only survivor of the 1926-27 Rideau champ teams
1929-8-12 Journal. 3K ATT. Small cartoons.
(1936-8-24 Citizen. Sunday crowd of 3500 watched "Lefty" Louis Galarneau outduel Montreal Canadien "Polly" Drouin 2-0 for the championship. Drouin has almost singlehandedly borne the Pros thru the playoffs.
"Gordie Schroeder, once regarded as the heaviest and most consistent hitter in the local senior circuit, drove home both Eastview runs."
Galarneau also won on Saturday, 9-3. He arrived late and Roly Bussiere pitched to the first batter - Galarneau pitched the rest of the game. Bill Skuce pitched for the Pros in loss.
"Kick" McCann is Eastview's manager. Eastview is headed to the Eastern Ontario Amateur Baseball Association tournament.
1929-8-12 Lefty Barbaro pic.
St. Lawrence League
1934 Final stats
1935 Final standings
Lots of players went to CAML in 1936
Flinn, Roland p "Slim" "Rolly" 1936 Ott CAML 1934 Smiths Falls Railroaders
Forster, Clair p 16-7 1936 Ott CAML 1934 Ottawa Colonials 9-16. League workhorse.
Hurley, Leonard/Len good CAML 1935 Ottawa Colonials
McInenly, Bert NHL/1936 Ott CAML
Patchin, Art p from Detroit 1935 Renfrew Red Sox
Pilon, Ernie no bio information .260 1936 Ott CAML 1934 Ottawa Crain's 2
Schearer, Chris c BR lists as Shearer
Grosvenor, Len NHL
McInenly, Bert NHL
1933-9-23 Journal. Charges made that amateurs were not amateur by the Ontario Baseball Association- charges were baseless. O.B.A.A. looked silly.
Long "Slim" Flynn accused of having played for St. Louis - he was genuinely bewildered at the charge.
"It will be fervently hoped that we will for a time at least be free from further Toronto interference in the handling of our sports affairs in this part of the province."
St. Lawrence League given clean bill of health of amateurism. Slim Flynn charged with playing for Browns in 1928 - denied he had even watched the team play. Denied he had ever played baseball for money. [Which was a lie.]
Charge that Perth had a weekly salary list and paid players $25 to $45 a week. Most Perth players work part time in factories.
1934-6-14 Citizen. Batting. Elmer Miller leading with .488 average.
1934-8-28 Citizen. Elmer Miller manages Smiths Falls Railroaders, who will play second game of semi-finals with Wally Masters' Crain's. Several hundred Smiths Falls fans will accompany the Railroaders. Elmer Miller can pitch himself, in a pinch.
Smiths Falls won the E.O.B.A. title in 1931 & Smiths Falls fans are predicting a repeat.
Line - Carleton Place evened semi-final with Brockville 1-1.
1934-9-08 Journal. Final stats. Elmer Miller led league with .362 average.
1934-9-22 Citizen. Smiths Falls held a banquet to honor its Railroaders, its Millermen, its champions. Captured the E.O.B.A. championship.
Lists roster, with full names. Bob Elliott, "popular third sacker and Queen's University rugby star..."
"Walter Gilhooly, in presenting the. Journal trophy, referred to the press comments on the invasion of American athletes in Canadian sports, and declared that in his opinion sports should know no tariffs, so long as our own youth were not turned away from athletics. He spoke of the St. Lawrence League as the factor which had brought about renewed baseball interest in the Ottawa Valley, and in Ottawa in par- ticular.
Mr. Gilhooly highly commended the Smiths Falls team, declaring that a majority of Ottawa fans had regarded it as the logical championship nine, and he offered special praise to Rolly "Slim" Flynn, declaring he was undoubtedly the outstanding hurler in the league."
""The fans can take it," said Norman J. Douglas, in responding to the toast. "There were some games when the Railroaders played in a loose manner, but the fans were back for the next engagement and they supported the team just as heartily. The anvil chorus was in the minority during the year. and most of us supported the team with everything that was in us."
W. W. Pollock, past president of the E.O.B.A., extended congratulations, and declared he had called Smiths Falls early in June to win the title. Only a nineteen mile trip had been required to bring the cup from Carleton Place to Smiths Falls, he reminded the audience, and he predicted that the Junction Towners would traverse that distance to bring it back next season."
1935-2-13 Journal. Friends of Clair Forster arranging banquet for him before he leaves for Montreal Royals' spring camp.
1935-4-06 Journal. Smiths Falls Railroaders preview. Good.
Pic of Joe Miller, NHL - one of the top ball players ever produced locally - has not played ball for several years - will play with the Crains.
1935-6-19 Journal. Dick Dawson will be succeeded as Colonial manager by catcher Eddie Suterlet.
1935-6-29 Journal. "Walter Masters pitched for the Birds and if there was any doubt about the status of the league that settled it. Any athletes who take part in a game in which a professional plays, according to the amateur code, automatically becomes professionalized.
"Such being the case the Perth and Crain ball clubs are now as much in the professional class as definitely as though every member had been on a regular payroll. Perish the thought of any such possibility!
Three of the Perth team were listed among the absentees. They were "Rusty" White, regular outfielder, Lloyd Wilson and Jim Haley.
Andy Tommy, George Etheze, Roland Bussiere, Abe Eliowitz and Tommy McInenly were missing with the Birds. Etheze has left the team with his prized amateur status intact, Eliowitz is in Detroit and the other four have decided to remain simon-pure. Tommy McInenly and Andy Tommy had a game of catch in front of the grandstand and if they can get enough ball players who can qualify may form an amateur team of their own. There are probably about nine good and true amateur baseball players in each province so they figure on forming an interprovincial league and calling it the Big Nine.
Kenny Draper, Ernie Pilon, Dean Ingram and Póy Johnson have decided to forsake organized hockey for the pleasures of playing lawless baseball, and will remain with Crains.
Brockville do not stand to lose any players, since there is little hockey played in the states their boys hail from.
"Chick" Gilliard, Rick Perley and Lorne Johnson have hung up their spikes. This trio are football players, and the lure of the Autumn sport has more fascination for them than baseball. Parker's will have to recall some of their talent from the minors to replace them.
Al Edwards, Ed Muldoon, Jerry Livingstone, Wabbie McCrum, Bob Elliot, "Slim" Flynn and Ab Moreau may resign from Smiths Falls if the team joins the rebellion against the amateur authorities. If they do the Railroaders will need to call a few firemen and brakemen into service to fill the gaps.
Renfrew may find themselves minus Handford, Scott, Roach, McNabb and Archambault, but they aren't worrying. There are plenty more where they got Chris Schearer, and they're ready to telegraph for them."
1935-8-13 Suit brought by pitcher for nonpayment. League switched from amateur to professional.
1935-8-20 Journal. Seven fans collaborate to pick all-star team.
1935-8-24 Journal. Game ad. Renfrew v. Parkers playoff game today, Varsity Oval at 3.15 sharp. Admission - 25 cents including tax, 10 cents children. Limited Auto Parking Inside Grounds.
1935-9-03 Journal. Fan picks all-star team.
1935-9-04 Journal. Fan picks all-star team.
1935-9-18 Journal. Profile of every Smiths Falls Railroaders player. Some left St. Lawrence League after it became pro (?)
1936-5-19 Citizen. Talking about Ottawa CAML. James Stevenson hit .367 in 47 games for Renfrew last year. Duke Dezube and Mike Sperrick tied to lead the league with 8 homers each.
1934-5-25 Citizen. Schedule for rest of May and June given.
"The largest week-day crowd to see a baseball game here in a long while turned out for the contest, there being more than 1,000 paid admissions, and there were few - if any - who left before it concluded."
"Irish" Rasson, Perth pitcher, described as little left-hander. Pitched five three-hit innings then was removed with lame arm.
Elmer Miller suspended for six days for unsportsmanlike conduct. League wants no rowdyism.
1934-6-05 Clair Forster set a season record with 13K. Five times he walked back to the dugout to great applause. NVG pic.
"In the intense heat, only a fair-sized crowd attended..."
"In preliminary practice prior to the start of yesterday's game that Smiths Falls team looked like the real thing. Elmer Miller, boss of the troopers from the Railroad Town, has been around where good baseball is played if he hasn't played in much higher company than the St. Lawrence League.
About every member of the team has height, reach and plenty of baseball ability that will give teams with an ordinary pitching staff a lot of grief. Last night they were up against an extraordinary pitcher and it's doubtful if there is another in the league with as much class as Forster when the big right hander is in top form.
Again let it be said it takes a good ball team to win in the St. Lawrence League this season."
1934-6-24 Citizen. "Clair Forster pitched another of his good games at Lansdowne Park on Saturday afternoon and, as has been the case before, he lost it." Jimmy "Irish" Rasson threw a shutout for Perth.
Local box - foreign line. Crain's lost 12-0 at Smiths Falls (C.P.R. Recreation grounds) before 1200 fans. Rolly "Slim" Flynn won his 5th straight game and second shutout in that span, k'ing 11.
1934-6-25 Journal. Elmer Miller pitched & won game 5-2.
1934-7-10 Citizen. Largest twilight crowd of local season to date - 1600 ATT. Small pic of Dean Ingram.
1934-7-12 Journal. Ernie Pilon hit a two-run homer off a 3-0 pitch from "Slim" Flynn to beat Smiths Falls 2-0 before 3K wildly applauding fans. Ended Flynn's eight-game winning streak. John Williard, rangy blond right hander, had Smiths Falls batters biting air at his curveballs all game. Experienced batters - hard to fool - but he did.
Elmer Miller is the most dangerous batter in the league - has struck out only three times since the year began - but struck out against Williard.
Chris Schearer, Renfrew Red Sox manager, played with the Ottawa Rough Riders for a time last fall.
1935-5-24 Fri. Citizen. Standings, local box. 1500 ATT at Lansdowne Park.
1935-5-24 Citizen. Lines for road games. "Duke" Dezube hit a walk-off three-run homer with two out in the ninth to give the Brockville Maroons a 6-5 win over Crain's. 2.2K ATT.
Smiths Falls park = Canadian Pacific Recreation Grounds.
(1935-6-17 Ottawa Citizen. Boxes, standings. Chris Schearer is Renfrew c-MG. He set a new league record by hitting in fifteen consecutive games. The prior record was 14, set by Elmer Miller, present Colonials 1b, while playing for Smiths Falls in 1934. Wally Masters manages Crain's.
.300+ batting.
1935-8-11 Journal. Jim Deskin set K record with 20. House of David beat Ottawa All-Star team 4-0, 2.5K ATT.
1935-8-23 Journal. Playoffs.
1935-9-02 Journal. Ottawa All-Stars beat Dow Brewery of Montreal 5-3.
Charlie "Specs" Singley
1935-9-25 Pottsville. Collapsed, paralyzed, after hitting homer months ago. Still paralyzed - may never play again.
1935-9-27 Pottsville. Profile. Should be benefit game held for him.
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Flinn, Roland p "Slim" "Rolly" 1936 Ott CAML 1939 Timmins Is playing coach. Has "lost his blinding speed, but is getting by on a change of pace and plenty of control."
Flinn, Roland p "Slim" "Rolly" 1936 Ott CAML 1939 Timmins Is playing coach. Has "lost his blinding speed, but is getting by on a change of pace and plenty of control."
Dean Ingram
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1965-1-06 Citizen. "One of the city's outstanding amateur athletes of the late 1920's and early 1930's and a keen sports follower, Dean Ingram, died Tuesday.
1965-1-09 Journal. "Ottawa lost two fine sportsmen this week. Dean Ingram will be remembered by thousands of Ottawa sports fans as an artistic pitcher who was good enough to attract profes sional offers.
1965-1-06 Citizen. "One of the city's outstanding amateur athletes of the late 1920's and early 1930's and a keen sports follower, Dean Ingram, died Tuesday.
In his active sports days, his forte was baseball where he was an outstanding pitcher. However, he could hold his own on the ice lanes as well.
A little man who made good in the powerful and popular old City Senior Baseball League, he has been considered the outstanding southpaw pitcher ever to come out of Ottawa baseball ranks.
He started his sports career with the old Rideau Aquatic Club, but wrote most of his senior baseball headlines with Davidson's.
His battery mate with Davidson's was Arnie Morrison, better remembered as the Little General of the Rough Riders. One of his keenest mound rivals was Clair Forster.
He later caught the attention of Wally Masters and was signed for Crains in the old St. Lawrence League. He also drew the attention of professional interests, who shied away because of his lack of size:
While he threw from the left side on the ball diamond, he patrolled right wing on a hockey rink. He played Montagnards under the late Emmett Morris, Shamrocks under Jim McCaffrey and a season with Burghs under Cap McCreery.
Contact with McCaffrey started an association that was to carry on for many years. As passenger agent for Canadian National, he handled Rough Rider travel arrangements for many years. He also helped out many other sports teams and was keenly interested in their fortunes.
Mr. Ingram had been in ill health for a considerable team. He was 58 years old."
1965-1-07 Citizen. Form obit. 1965-1-09 Journal. "Ottawa lost two fine sportsmen this week. Dean Ingram will be remembered by thousands of Ottawa sports fans as an artistic pitcher who was good enough to attract profes sional offers.
He was outstanding in baseball in another respect, too. He was perhaps the most immaculately dressed ball player of all time. In fact just a few years ago, when a Little League team from the city was in the playdowns, some remarks were made about their dirty, uniforms. and their general manner of dress. Dean Ingram was picked to show the boys how to wear the flannels.
He was a first class winger in hockey, a courageous and talented athlete. In later years, Dean kept his hand in sports through his work with the CNR. He used to make all the travel arrangements for the Rough Riders.
The players knew how conscientious he was, and so they used to play on him.
"Dean, it's too hot in here", and at the other end of the car. "Dean, it's too cold in here," and "Dean, when do we eat," and "Dean, I think I'm sitting over a flat wheel."
And never once did he lose his patience or sense of humor.
He was a fine man, Dean Ingram."
1953-7-27 Bill Skuce signed by PHA - w/pic. Skuce, Bill 5'11" 165 lb. Pitched this year and last year with Pellers in the Senior City Baseball League. 17 years old.
"Bill Skuce was a respected moundsman around the Capital back in the 20's. His appearance here from Barry's Bay created a fair-to-middlin' sensation in baseball circles, and some of the not-so-old-timers like to tell you about his cross- fire, his speed and all.
Now there's another Bill Skuce coming up. This one got his start in Barry's Bay too, pitching senior ball at the tender age of 14. He's Bill Skuce Jr., a left-hander where his dad was a rightie...
Skuce has been signed by the Athletics, will spend next season pitching for St. Hyacinthe in the Provincial League, a faster circuit than usually given credit for. Bob Trice, the leading pitcher in the International League, was in St. Hyacinthe last season.
Skuce has been carefully looked over, apprised of all the obstacles and hardships in what he hopes will be a climb to the top. Taft Wright faced him in batting practice one night and liked him.
"Never gave me a good ball to hit", Taft remarked.
'AS GOOD AS I'VE SEEN.
Neal Watlington is an experienced agent at handling pitchers, and he figures the 17-year-old leftie is "as good a kid as I've ever seen".
The Skuce family didn't want to see him go away this year. He's only 17, and next season will be time enough for taking off on his own. Besides, he's interested in taking a commercial art course this Winter.
His father has had him throwing since he was a wee gaffer, says he has a natural slider, a style all his own, and "getting faster all the time". Naturally, as he fills out he'll acquire steam. Right now he is 5' 10". 165 pounds.
He and his father started their ball for the Murray brothers in Barry's Bay. Bill Jr. figures to follow his father's footsteps. Bill Sr. doesn't think the father's steps go far enough to accommodate the younger Skuce.
The A's are satisfied they have a promising kid. Ottawa's baseball fans will be rooting for him."
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