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the tribune stouffville ont thursday july 26 1951 sports news mad views jim thomas peaches girls journey to sunder land on saturday night for a game with that squad on thursday night sunderland is the visiting team to the local ball park in the final league game of the season cedar grove girls have been successful in winning every game they have played to date and are currently out in front of their league moe galand a standout per former with markham millionaires hockey club has also been making a name for himself in pro base ball this summer he is playing in the wisconsin state league and recently tied a league record for one game with three triples while playing for wisconsin rapids m the protest filed by peaches ball club in the markham township softball league is the first one this year last season buttonville and agincourt locked horns over a referees decision and the league executives were asked to give their ruling on the question gord lewis mac clement and bill mabbett expect to leave for scotland on sept 12 denny labine and al shewchuk of new market were recommended to claude kewley and one of them is expected to go stan miller ex stouffville hurl- er has chalked up more wins than any other oshawa pitcher so far miller has hurled a number of games on the road but had his first try as starting hurler in millen stadium oshawa on satur day night against kingsway lum ber helen snowball lined up with the local girls for the first time this season and should add power to the stouffville squad she took her place in left field and came across with one of the runs as peaches took the game by a score of 97 an all japanese team which goes under the name of best cleaners made a real game with the local red sox on wednesday night the homesters defeated the visitors by a score of 52 the japs gave some expert exhibitions of base runn ing although their hitting ability was not of the best jack andrews did the hurling for the locals the local red sox went all out on monday night when they hand ed sunderland a 102 defeat lome schell did the hurling for the homesters brother ken came up with the best hits of the night connecting for two triples these two teams go at it again here on thursday night in the last scheduled game of the season be fore the playoffs unionville were granted their first win of the season on monday night in the ladies softball league as aurora failed to show up for the contest this makes the second game that aurora has defaulted they gave up their points to peaches last week when they arrived too late for their game at markham local ladies win district trebles a stouffville bowling trio com posed of mrs l wilson mrs f crossen and mrs c boadway defeated allandale on the barrie greens on thursday 1710 to win the district ladies trebles this is the second round in the pro vincial matches agincourt ladies defeated tottenham 1511 to cap ture the doublas arena observations op newmarket sports columinist still unknown are the reports of the past winters operations of the municipally owned aurora arena and newmarket arena we did see a vestige of a report in the eras editorial column suggesting the newmarket report might not be too big a shock to the taxpayers but unless weve missed what is not known apparently to the man on the street who after all is the owner of these ice palaces the actual figures at either municipal ity have not been made known as a contrast to the still un known picture of the two publicly owned arenas lets have a look at the nearest privately owned arena of a comparable size in the dis trict perhaps were being a bit overgenerous in saying compar able size for stouffville arena to which we refer doesnt seat as many as either aurora or new market and hasnt as many pros pective customers to draw from recently the stouffville arena company held its annual meeting and reelected george allison ex- mount albert sportsman now resident in stouffville back to office as president stouffville arena which cost something over 100000 in private capital less the donation of the site and one or two bits of assistance from the civic authorities had a net oper ating profit of over ten grand after salaries and repairs and a clear net return in the village coffers of over 3500 has been made for water power and taxes the actual take was 24905 stouffville clippers actually grossed 5523 so that the figure of 1200 represents less than a 25 percent take from the team a figure that must make those be hind the spitfires rockets in dians and bears and cubs wince somewhat we were surprised at these hockey figures perhaps they contain the odd gate or two of markham millionaires but be that as it may the net result to the hockey teams no matter where it went speaks for itself no one could accuse the shareholders or arena management of not treat ing the teams fairly its no secret that despite this generous allotment of revenue from the gates the clippers went deep into the red are they down hearted the answer comes in a resounding no for already tim oneill and the boys have had a summer gettogether and made plans for next winter the direc tors refused to take any fees voted to pay the money left over off the gross debt and at the pre sent rate after two years of oper ation the money raised by way of mortgage or loan will be paid off in two years and the investors may even make a buck or two for themselves in the future sounds peaches protest to league heads over ejection of manager and fielder the first protest to be filed this season was sent to the markham township softball league secre tary ernie appleton on friday night by the peaches softball club over a game played at thornhill last week the trouble all started when the plate umpire a thorn- hill man was charged by the peaches club with very poor call ing and as the game went on the situation became more aggravated the peaches manager jack warriner while standing in the third base coaching box found it impossible to restrain himself any longer and told the umpire to watch the balls a little closer without hesitation the plate umpire immediately demanded that manager warriner should leave the game at this curious turn of events neil brown lanky peaches outfielder questioned the umpires ruling and he also was told to remove himself from the bench without a coach and minus one of their star players thorn- hill went on to edge peaches 54 the ejection came in the third innings and for the rest of the game the calls behind the plate continued to be one sided man ager warriner notified the umpire that the game was being played under protest and immediately after the contest a letter stating the facts was presented to the secretary of the league the umpiring in some of the games during this season has not been up to the mark in this report ers opinion up to the present time the base umpiring had come up for the most criticism as any man who was seen standing by with his hands in his pockets was thrown into the game to make some hasty decisions which might mean a win or a loss to a team players who take their ball seriously should be given a fair try to prove their worth and unless the umpires will give the individual batters and pitchers a square deal the future of the league is not at all bright following the contest the plate umpire was surrounded by angry players who demanded a reason for some of the decisions these reasons will be heard when the league meeting comes up in the near future whether a replay of the contest will be asked is the question but no doubt the umpires will be asked to not be so hasty with their decisions in ejecting players and managers without a word of warning what umpire is there in the baseball field today that has not taken a small share of ricling from both players and fans even when reasons for doing so are negligable in the other games played unionville pulled up a little closer to the second place mark ham club by winning over their rivals 52 buttonville defeated claremont 63 to remain atop the league hodgins and schell hurl red sox to win over port ashs park and water front were the scene of much activity sun day morning july 22 when the oak ridgeslake wilcox rate payers association held its annual aquatic meet mrs percy ash was good enough to oilier the facilities of her beach and also the boats swimming races were held for all ages and a special event was a lioat race for married couples though there was a first and second prize for each event no contes tant was awarded more than one first prize prizes were presented at the conceit held sunday even ing in the community hall a handy booklet for sportmen is now being distributed by the ontario department of lands and forests it is the guide to ang ling and hunting published as a supplement to the game and fish eries act and special fishery regu lations the booklet containing 11 pages is a ready reference to open seasons bag limits and licence fees it points out there is no gen- oral open season for moose this year although residents of ontario may hunt the big animals in the area north of the northermost eastwest line of the canadian national railway there is no open season for caribou and no closed season for bear weasel and skunk license necessary doer may be hunted in almost all areas of the province with a j throedav season as far south as something like the story of maple leaf gardens in a modest way we will be greatly surprised if the figures for aurora or new market will even give a hope that some few years from now we the shareholders may have such a report offered to us we dont think were unfair when we say that ever stop to think just how much actual cash the respective towns have in the arena you should acquaint yourself with a true actuarial picture no one expects that the arena commissions will not try to run the arenas on a sound business basis that is the way we expect them to discharge their trust as public servants on the other hand we dont think the men who invested in stouffville arena ever hoped to clip coupons or pay in come tax on the returns from the rink they were equally civic conscious and did a job the mun icipality refused to do we think they can take a bow for a job well done no one expects miracles but it will be interesting to com pare the figures in either red or blue ink at newmarket and aurora with those made public at stouffville by the private com pany the counties of brant elgin essex flaldimand halton huron kent lambton lincoln middle sex norfolk oxford peel perth waterloo wellington wentworth and york and part of ontario county only shotgun shooting is permitted in these areas resident deer licences cost 1 and resident moose so provision is made foi junior angling licences for mem bers of organized camps in pro vincial parks where resident angling licences are required copies of the liooklet mav be obtained from the department of lands and forests parliament buildings toronto monday night was shuffle night at the ball park as manager bob hassard made grand change in the lineup in the top of the fourth innings and sent some of the players who havent seen much action so far this season into the game dinty hodgins who is attempting this year to make a comeback into the baseball lime light was thrown into the battle after hurler lorne schell had given his team a threerun lead chadwick replaced ken schell back of the plate and walt smith was given a chance to make good in the outfield lew raxlin and ward edwards also took a turn at swing the hickory the visitors took a one run lead in the first innings on a wild throw by jennings to davis cover ing at third the runner who was streaking for the sack at time quickly romped home although davis did retrieve the ball in time to make a close play at the plate tn the homesters turn at bat lome schell sizzled a grass cutter down to short stop who came up with the ball in time to make the out at first jennings went down pitcher to first but hassard singled on an error as the pitcher tried to snag the ball with his bare hand ken schell grounded out third to first leaving hassard stranded on base the second innings saw hurler lome schell really bear down to retire the side in order with two strike outs and an easy grounder that was fielded by the pitcher for the put out the locals got into the game in a scoring way in the bottom of the second as cook received a free ticket to first cote sacrificed cook to second and davis singled to bring cook in with the tying run the third innings saw the red sox open up with some power hitting coupled with some costly port perry errors to score three runs both lome schell and has sard singled on errors and k schell and cook duplicated the trick to bring the two runners in cote walked but an infield fly with the bases loaded by raxlin made the batter automatically out davis retired the side the fourth innings saw the big switch as hodgins and chadwick replaced the two schell brothers as the battery the sudden change of pace balls had the batters some what bewildered at first as hod gins seemed to concentrate more on curves than on speed although the first batter to face him wont down on strikes the next four hit safely two walks followed which totalled three runs to tie the score these runs were far from earned however as both raxlin and has- sard committed errors that didnt help the situation any the locals really leaned into their bats in their half of the innings and col lected three more runs to take a 71 lead edwards ha chadwick came across walks a double and a single hodgins held the visitors off the score sheet in the fifth but in the sixth they collected one run the first batter went down lome schell to jennings but the next hit safely into centre field batter number three singled on an error to l schell followed- by another single to score one runner hurler hodgins struck out the fifth man and retired the side as the next batter grounded out l schell to jennings the locals came up with what proved to be the game winning run in the bottom of the sixth hassard singled and hodgins came up with a double on an error to drive hassard in chad wick cote and smith ail went down in that order the seventh innings saw neither team score a run but in the visitors turn at bat in the eighth they came very close to pulling the game out of the fire only for a sensational shoe string effort by left fielder walt smith with the tying run pounding around third held the homesters in the lead and gave them the game the final score read stouffville s port perry 7 town team drops game to rural gals peaches girls came up with a strong game to down their stouff ville rivals 97 last week in a good contest that was in doubt until the final batter went down stouff ville had been the victors in the first game by a 129 count but the peaches victory squared the home and home series between the two clubs eleanor reid came up with the first good hit of the game in the first innings pounding out a double frances meyers followed with a single to bring the runner in pitcher myrtle staley had no trouble with the next three batters and stouffville came in to bat one run down jean thorvaldson received a free ticket to first base and helen goudie connected with a four bagger to bring in two runs gertie drcwery died to short and joan haynes lifted a long high ball into the waiting hands of marion reid to retire the side peaches big innings came in the top of the second when they came across with five runs marion reid carley grove maureen mustard fern hoover and eleanor reid were the big guns neither club scored a run in the third or fourth innings but peaches added two more in the fifth with singles by nelda elson marion reid and maureen mus tard in the sixth peaches added another run as joan haynes was put in to replace myrtle staley on the mound frances meyers scored errors pitching gives port perry 74 victory the locals were set back on their heels somewhat on friday night as port perry under the able hurl ing power of bill harper handed the homesters a 71 defeat the red sox committed a total of five disastrous errors and although the port infield was not airtight by any means they gave hurler harper enough support to win earl cook put on an equally sensa tional pitching display on the mound but his backing from some of the players was decidedly weak at times a few players arent giving everything theyve got and when they meet against opposition that has what it takes the flaws show to an even greater extent the locals have the material on the squad if they just work to gether to produce a winner in another few weeks the playoffs will be here and although the grouping isnt definite there should be some word in the near future the bottom of the sixth but their rally fell two runs shy four walks and a double by pat lehman along with singles by joan haynes jean thorvaldson and marg barry accounted for the 4 run rally carley grove who had hurled a good game for peaches was replaced by florence anderson neither team could come up with a run in the seventh and final innings and the score remained peaches 9 stouffville 7 yonge st girls upset local nine both stouffville and peaches have felt the power of elgin mills as the two local teams suffered successive defeats to their yonge st rivals on friday night peaches played host to the winners and although they lost out by a g5 count the game was in doubt up to the final innings elgin mills took a three run lead in the first innings but peaches came back slowly to tie the score in the third the score see sawed back and forth until the final innings with two away and the tying runner on base nelda elson was tagged as she attempted to steal third and the game was over on monday night stouffville journeyed to the yonge street district but could not match the hitting power of their rivals and went down by a 132 score myrtle staley hurled five innings while joan haynes came in for the final two a couple of errors in the field let in nearly half the runs two spectacular catches were made by helen goudie on second and caro lyn haynes in the outfield the homesters fell down badly in the hitting department as time and time again they would swing after the ball was in the catchers glove on wednesday night stouffville girls go to agincourt for a game under the floodlights and on fri day night aurora girls are the visitors to the local park the wrong time to smell the flashy roses is when a bee happens to be doing likewise fl sssssssssssssssssssssr canadian swots from its advent about five years ago canadian slock car racing has swept into a prominent position in die sport fans altcctioii an outgrowth of the wheeled sports in the united states stock oar racing first appeared in canada shortly after world war ii graduating from ihe hazy oneaweek meet on rural pasture tracks stock car racing has now- moved in many cases into the cities and towns on a strictly scheduled professional basis the fans guaranteed many of the thrills and spills of bigtime racing have taken the battered careening chariots to their hearts and pockctbooks stock car racing is good clean dangerous fun mobileontario sanctioned by the canadian stock car racing club the rules and regu lations of the new- sport are strictly enforced but before covering the dos and donts lets take a look at the expansion of the stock car game in ontario its estimated that nearly 600 drivers compete in races every week in and around such towns and cities as belleville hamilton brant- ford london windsor guelph chatham oshawa fort erie and toronto according to the capacity of the available parks as many as 6000 spectators crowd in to watch their favourite drivers perform and an overall weekly attendance figure for stock air racing in the province should hover around 60 to 70 thousand fans for some unknown reason at least 50 per cent of the fans are women which should prove something or other about the gentler sex for as far as we know women racing drivers are almost unknown in the sport except possibly around brantford ontario stockrules contrary to a general belief strict rules govern the racing cars you see roaring around the tracks the canadian stock car racing club has issued a complete brochure governing safety with respect to the vehicles themselves for instance all cars must be an original hard top with no roadsters or convertibles allowed all cars must have fenders but no sharp edges allowed head lights must be removed and bumpers must not be interlocking mufflers must be left on or cars sufficiently quiet to meet track approval wind shields must be left in and be of safety glass type all other windows must be rolled down or removed all car doors must be welded bolted or strapped shut quick- release safety belt compulsory bolted to frame at both ends all drivers must wear approved racing helmets rearylew mirrors recom mended inside steel bracing com pulsory hubcaps must be removed racing numbers shall be one on each side and one on rear the number 13 shall not be used this to include outside competitors for us that last admonition would be quite unnecessary most dangerous job although in ac tion the stock cars average anywhere from 50 to 60 mph v fjm3sv ar the tracks f v5wvvj t score on xl viy5jqk ser lcc s vrriswii a complimentary reflection on the governing body controlling the sport and likely the most dangerous job is that of official starter we questioned starter ross kennedy of the oakwood stock car racing club toronto and found that the closest kennedy had come to disaster was losing the seat of his pants but nevertheless the starter has to be a nimble operator handling his flags and controlling the actual race next time you attend the races check the masterful manipulation of flags green for start orange caution do not pass red serious accident black dis qualification crossed lags half way mark while one lap to go and checkered winner to catch up on this stock car racing business you have your choice of the locations mentioned with no doubt many others on the way at the moment nearly half of the operating tracks are using arclights and specializing in night racing so you have your choice of daytime or evening attendance wc repeat stock car raang is good clean dangerous fun how- eyerwell still take that back seat high in the stands please specially prepared by a prominent canadian sports authority for ird and a single by marilyn johnston on two i stouffville really sprang to life in baseball thurs sunderland vs stouffvili e