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irviewIWay ToBuck Lund, a Fairview Outlaws outfielder, started something going in the homestretch of the Wheat Belt Baseball League and didn’t stop until he had won the batting championship.He stroked 19 hits in 46 trips to the plate during league play for a .413 average to top the league.League statistician Dale Fleming of Fairview released finalstatistics last week.Ray Stokke of Grande Prairie Eskimos nailed down second place with a .362 average and Lund’s mate, Dan Lovsin, finished third with a .339 average.Two Beaverlodge Royal players, Eldon Ray and Gerry Walker, placed next with .338 and .327 averages respectively and Dale Stokke of the Eskimos, league home run king, placed sixth with a .332 average.Peace River Stampeders, didnot place a players in the top— .244 average.had the best pitching record winning five games against no losses.Jerry Walker of the Royals had 22 safeties for the most hits in the league and D. Stokke, B. Clark of Beaverlodge and Dale Richards of the Eskimos each scored 15 runs the most in the league.D. Stokke, who cracked six homers, also led the league with 16 RBI's. Five doubles by D. Fleming and three triples by W. Locke of SexsmithRainiers were tops in the league.The final standing reveal Fairview and Falher were the only two clubs to complete all 18games.The Stampeders plaved 17 games were on top with 22 points.Grande Prairie played 16 games and were second with 20 points.The top 10 batters are based on at least 45 times at bat, The only two stampeders to quality were P. Czuy who had a .252 average and Ken Gall who had a10 batters. Joe Weremy lead the team with a .285 average and Norm Casault was second with a .270 average. Both averages are based on less than 45 abats.In individual statistics WeremyPeace River had a .272 team average best in the league and scored 79 runs while giving up 57 runs. Statistics do not include a tie game and a defaulted game wiht Falher Pirates and notTiflplayed game with Sexsmith.Grande Prairie scored 103 runs to top the league and Beaverlodge collected 150 hits more than any other club. The Eskimos had 16home runs to lead the teams and the most RBI’s with 85.Top two hitters on the other clubs based on 45 times at bat are; Falher, Reg Morin, .320, John Doucette, .305; Sexsmith, R. Gilkyson, .269, W. Locke, .229. Other teams placed their hitters in the top ten.Fifth GameCrucial TestPeace R:ver Stampeders and Fairview Outlaws were to tangle at Twelve Foot Davis Stadium last night in the deciding game of the Wheat Belt Baseball League north division playoff.The winner will lock horns with Grande Prairie Eskimos, who sidelined Sexsmith Rainiers last week in south division playoffs, in the league final.The Stampeders forced asudden-death game by virtue oftheir 8-6 win over the Outlaws in the fourth game of the best-of-five series at Fairview eight days ago. Peace River won the first game of the series beforecnminer out on the short end of thexing their muscles for two runs apiece made good use of their newly acquired weapon to down the Outlaws and forces awinner-take-all contest.The pair each clouting two run and single circuit drives, accounted for six of the winner'srun and it provoked their matesinto coming up with the deciding tallies in the top of the ninth.Peace River spurted into an early 4-1 lead on the duo's first homers, but the Outlaws replied with Buster KnutzandPatFriedel belting back-to-back homers to put Fairview back in the game. The clubs emerged tied 6-6after pitrhth inning and in the
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Peace River Record Gazette
Peace River, Alberta, CA
Wed, Aug 18, 1965
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