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HI-SPORTS Good week just concluded for Newmarket High hoop squads. Purple-Golds, won four and tied one in five matches. In a twin-bill session at Newmarket High gym Newmarket girls won two from Sutton. In the exciting Senior contest, Newmarket edged Sutton 18-17 and won an impressive 40-13 junior game. Wendy Davis collected eight points, Carol Burnham and Mary Kay Walton four each to lead Newmarket seniors. Sharon Hulbert's 16-point shooting plus Janet Macnab's 12, Jill Vale's eight and Heather Davis' four provided the junior victory margin. Cathy Mclnnis hooped seven, Iva Pollock three to pace Sutton. Joe Holborn's Juniors are away to an impressive North York League start. The Holborn side made it three in a row via a 42-32 home gym win over Aurora, Friday. Ken Safruk dropped home 15 points. Paul Dove 14, to spark the winners. Paul Enticott added six, Dan Bone three, Sandy Constable two. John Lowe hit for 12 points, John Qunapua and Ralph Morley six each to head Aurora. At Woodbridge Paul Dove popped in 15 points, Ken Safruk nine, Dan Bone six to lead Newmarket to a 37-29 win over Woodbridge. Todd Sommerville's senior squad battled to a 26-all tie with Aurora in the Friday game at Newmarket High gym. Bob Eisfeld hooped nine points, Roland Ridler five. Barry Brice four, Colin Mallard, Ralph Dalgarno, George Close, Doug Sheridan two each for Newmarket. Bob McBurney, Kent Spiegelburg, Ken Robson were eight-point collectors to lead Aurora. ROCKETS DROP ANOTHER Despite an improved effort, Queensville Rockets were handed loss number four in North York Juvenile Hockey League action as they dropped a 10-4 decision to Nobleton Lions at the Queensville arena, Monday. Dave Archer delivered a two goal punch in the losing cause. Henry Velema and Bruce Beckett pumped in other Rocket goals. Bill Tomlinson hit for three goals, Gord Burbidge two to lead Nobleton. Bill Laceby, Keith Livingstone, Dave Fletcher, Neil Cutler and Edwin Hill shared other winners' goals. Legion Sports January will be a busy month for members of the Newmarket Legion. The local branch will be sending strong contingents to the district cribbage, euchre and darts competition to be held at Aurora this week. Nobby Clark will be in charge of the Newmarket branch euchre and cribbage teams. Phil Harding is the branch's dart team organizer. The zone cribbage tournament is scheduled to be held at the Aurora Legion Branch Feb. 6, according to advice issued by Newmarket Legion sports officer Lloyd Siverns. There aren't too many sports at which Newmarket Legion members aren't proficient enough to bring home major trophies. At the district curling championships held at Bolton, Jan. 6 a Newmarket rink skipped by Jack Luesby and made up of Jack Groves Jr., Milt Wesley and Russ Broadbent beat Woodbridge rinks 11-4 and 12-4 to cop the major championship. The win entitles the Newmarket rink to compete in district championships to be held at Gravenhurst this Saturday. A second Newmarket rink skipped by Mo Hall with Ted Heather vice-skip, Ralph Huskisson second and Don Burch lead lost both their matches at Bolton to finish out of the running. DRUGS, LUMBERMEN BANTAM NHL WINNERS Twin scoring thrusts engineered by Brooke Broadbent and -Paul Tolley paid off to the tune of a 5-4 win for Newmarket Drugs over Ward and Allan's in Jan. 4 high speed bantam NHL contest. Jim Halliday contributed the fifth winners' tally. Bob Smith pounced for two goals to lead the Roofers while John Hope and Doug Cane blistered a shot each into the Drugmen's twinery. In the late half of the twin-bill, Doug Keats, playing one of his best games, poured it on for three goals and Gary Wrightman notched two as Eves Lumbermen scuttled Glenville Dairymen 8-2. Peter Gorman, Bob Harkness and Wayne McClure finished off the other Eves scoring plays. Ted Parent and Gerald Hoare came out flying to record Glenville Dairy goals. Curling Chatter By GEORGE HASKETT Eight was a popular figure with lady York Curlers. In Jan. 6 matches there were two eight point ties. Helen Kurtz's rink tied Ruth Mabbett and company eight-all and Emma Broadbent and Kay McCann skipped rinks tied at a similar figure. In other Jan. 6 games. Heather McKenzie defeated Janet Burns 8-3 and Agnes McLaughlin and helpers topped Louise Evans 10-4. In the busy Jan. 7 schedule Muriel Clarke defeated Margie Fraser 10-8, Ruth Mabbett defeated Ann Mclvor 10-5, Bessie Wonch defeated Marion Nisbet 11-4, Olive Smith defeated Joyce Bothwelt 8-6 and Emma Broadbent and company turned it on for a 15-2 win over Elizabeth McNabb's rink. There were three ties in Jan. 7 competition, as Kay McCann tied Louise Evans 8-all, Caroline Ion tied Bertha Tunney 6-6 and Kaye Cathers and Helen Kurtz provided a 5-all match. In Jan. 11 matches Heather McKenzie and company swept to an impressive 15-2 victory over Ruth Mabbett, Louise Evans edged Caroline Ion 8-5, Agnes McLaughlin topped Janet Burns 8-6 and Emma Broadbent's rink counted an 8-6 win over Helen Kurtz's foursome. Rinks skipped by Bill Mabbet, Ernie Sokol, Ralph McCann, Bob Smith, Jack Rettie, Len Chappelle, Jack King, Cliff White have won their first two matches to take the lead in the January series at the York Curling Club. Mabbett defeated George Moody 14-4 and Art Gath 14-2; Sokol defeated Alex McKay 12-2, Alex Spear 18-2; Ralph McCann topped Norm Cook 9-8, Russ Broadbent 10-4; Bob Smith edged Ellerby Farr 6-5, Alex McKay 14-3; Jack Rettie defeated Art Gath 14-7, Doug Nisbet 18-6; Len Chappelle defeated Art Coulter 8-5, Ken Flett 13-5; Jack King and company defeated Alex Dalgarno 11-4 and posted a 14-4 win over Bob Dixon; Cliff White's rink counted a 15-6 win over grant Sine and defeated Bob Clark 9-4. Ken Flett defeated Alex Spear 12-4, Rurr Broadbent edged Doug Nisbet 8-7, Dr. Chunn defeated Art Evans 12-7, Alan McNabb topped Claude Rosborough 8-5, Alex Dalgarno defeated Joe Waters 7-4, Bob Clark defeated Bruce Andrews 17-2, Mo Hall defeated George Phimister 9-7, George Moody defeated Ellerby Farr 10-7, Joe Waters beat Bruce Andrews 9-6, Art Evans defeated Alan McNabb 10-6, George Phimister topped Bob Dixon 7-6 to get in the win column. Smoke Rings Blast Orillia Newmarket's flying Smoke Rings knocked off Orillia Bulldozers 5-0 at the arena, Jan. 7 in the weekly junior C tidbit. There was a big lesson to be learned from this encounter. It isn't always the club with the most shots on goal that carries the day. The Smokies were out-blasted 37-24 by the Bulldozers. That means in a nutshell Hub netminder Jim Armstrong was doing a Mr. Zero in the local twinery. Armstrong did just that, making eight big savers to keep his shutout halo shimmering. Coach Norm Legge and Herbie Cain had help from Emms' Barrie bailiwick to give extra bounce to the Smoke Ring rearguard in the person of Marvin "Marvellous" Rutledge. In fact three Smokie rearguards were key figures in bringing home the bacon. They were shot senders on three of the five shots that found a pocket in the Orillia cage. Alvin Smith got the first goal credited to the Smoke Ring back-wallers. It came in the second period after Corby Adams hit for a Newmarket goal at the four-minute mark of the first period. Wayne Croutch slipped the disc onto Adams' stick. Smith's goal scoring shot was fired from the Orillia blue-line and never left the ice. Wayne Maxner and Mo Clifford shuffled to biscuit onto Smith's stick. Bill Hills wound up in his own zone, stick-handled around the Orillia defease at 13.20 of the second period to make it 3-0. Wayne Maxner gathering momentum after an indifferent early season start, broke from centre ice to grab Clifford's pass to fire a tricky riser into the Orillia goal after 16 seconds of third period play. Marvin Rutledge got away a shot from the point during a Smoke Ring ganging attack at 6.45 to hit the corner for the fifth and final Newmarket goal. BRADFORD, AURORA MINORS SQUABBLE Bradford Junior A-Joe Linder got a shutout, Phil Bittenbinder and Rod Hare a goal each as Barrie blanked St. Mike's 2-0. Brian Kneeshaw scored two. John Cox one as Marlies tied Guelph 3-all. John Hughes scored two, Henry Depeuter one for Marlies. Bradford AHL Bob Moffat got on the beam for two, Gary Parks and Ken Sturman a goal each as Quebec edged Hersey 4-3. Marv Chandler pegged two, Bob Connell one for losers. Gene Scotch scored two for Rochester, Paul Wist two for Buffalo as the teams battled 2-all. Bradford NHL Bob Koch was a four-goal busy bee, Bill Williamson fired two, Ray Hands one as Rangers blasted Canadiens 7-2. Mike Kilkenny and Gary Woodcock counted Canuck tallies. Eric Bittenbinder and Dick Golby were the goal scoring combination as Leafs shaded Hawks 2-1. Brian Marinoff marshalled the Hawk goal. Auroral Peewe Chuck Bowen pumped in both goals as Rangers outscored Rangers 2-1. Dave Fuller was the happy Ranger goal-getter. Steve Pennylegion and Brian MacDonald were flashy, two-goal men, Gerry McNeil, Dan Phillips, Roger Wilson netted a goal each as Canadians thumped Bruins 7-2. Ron Burnett and Drew Ritchie triggered Bruin goals. Aurora Bantam - Two shutouts featured, John Leather drilled in the only goal as Collis UPW blanked Attridge-Bodfish 1-0. Brock Dagleish set the scoring trend with two, Ken Jackson got one as Thompson's white-washed Cooks 5-0. Aurora Squirt - Jeff Tull came up with two sharp goals, Ross Lysicki one as Canadiens sped by Leafs 3-2. Dave Bogarde and Ron Kennedy, counted for Leafs. Eric Hamilton scored for Rangers, Hal Beech counter punched for Boston in their 1-all saw-off. AURORA MAINTAINS RECORD It's two games and two wins for Bill Mundell and his recently organized Aurora junior D hockey machine. The Aurora club is competing in the North York Juvenile Hockey League. Mike Patrick scored two goals and grabbed three assissts. Charles Leeming and Ted Murrell drilled in two goals each, Hugh Bolsby a single as Aurora whipped Alliston Hornets 7-2 at the Alliston arena, Jan. 8. Dave Evans and Paul Mason divided Alliston goals. SUTTON HUMBLES ROCKETS Stacked against the powerhouse Sutton Greenshirts in their home North York Juvenile Hockey League debut, Queensville Rockets were handed an 11-2 setback at Queensville arena Jan. 4. The Rocket supporters' chance to whoop came up in the final period when Stan Payne and Hendrick Velema punctured the Greenshirt defence to beat Greenshirt netminder George Wright. John Cook was a going four-goal concern for the invaders while Ray Goodfellow clicked for two goals. Denny Foley, Barry Fairhall, Gary Palethorpe, Pete Charpentier and Joe McLeod made the other marks on the scoresheet for the Sutton invaders. ZEPHYR RINK OUTSTANDING Zephyr sportsmen are proud of their outdoor skating rink. They consider it probably the best of its kind in Canada. The rink completed last fall cost-approximately $7,000 to construct and includes dressing rooms and a snack bar. The rink is attracting skaters from Zephyr and all surrounding districts. To assure the skaters a good sheet of ice every day of the week Zephyr Parks Board is employing a full time ice maker. BRADFORD CLUBS TRIUMPH Bill Marks and George Hunt hit for dandy three goal hat tricks, Greg Scott added a single as Bradford North defeated Springdale 7-1 in Bradford-Holland Marsh Hockey League play, Jan. 7. JIm Verkaik ticked off the lone Springdale tally. In the late half of the twin bill Bob Davis rattled in three goals, Paul Margetiak and Hero Tezuka singletons, as Bradford South spilled Ansnorveldt 5-1. Terry Jaques kept the shutout axe from falling on Ansnorveldt. Luck Rink Wins Miami Accolade Jack Luck's Miami green lawn bowlers are first trebles series champions at the north end winter indoor lawn bowling establishment. The Luck trio, to claim the title, had to defeat Lou Swinghammer and his intrepid band of shotmakers in a sudden-death playoff match, Jan. 7, at the Miami greens. The contest was never in doubt after Luck and company threw three point first end and then stockpiled five in the third end. Swinghammer's company finished strong to collect four points in the final end but by that time Luck and his helpmates were home free. Jack Luck had Jim Kerr and Charles Willis as hjs helpmates. Lou Swinghammer went with Bill Haskett and Lyman Rose, the latter subbing for absentee Ted Andrews. Next on agenda at Miami will be the club championship doubles competition. SPEED-ACTIVITIES AT OUTDOOR RINKS One of the busiest spots in town since mid-December has been the outdorr skating rink in Haskett Park. Several thousand town citizens young and old have been skating and playing, hockey on the rink since ice became available there. The rink was particularly busy over the past weekend. The Parks Board has been endeavoring to establish a pleasure skating rink to the north of the present boarded-in ice cushion. It is hoped in this way there will be ample skating area for both hockey players and pleasure skaters. A vote of thanks is due Bert Hotchkin, George Hunter, Hugh Grant, Doug McVeigh, Bill Metcalfe, Ernie Crossland for their efforts in flooding and keeping the ice clean. Both Messrs Metcalfe and Crossland have donated their tractors to clean snow from the rink. As yet the east side outdoor rink on Queen St. has not been brought into operation. As soon as work on a water connection is completed flooding operations can start. The 1959 council in one of its final acts approved a request to have the Hydro Commission install a light on the east side rink. Aurora Post Twin Triumph Aurora Pears as of Jan. 7 had the best record of any team anywhere in 1960. They've played three in '60 and won three. They shot for two wins last week to hop into a sixth-place tie. with Unionville Jets. Getting a lift from Pat Dineen's sharp goal-keeping, Dough Alcorn's charges upset Woodbridge 4-3 in a humdinger session at Aurora, Jan. 5. Robust John Hall, showing a lot of old-time zip, made most of the heartening news for the Bears by scoring the tying and winning goals. Gordie Sampson, the slower-upper on many Woodbridge goal-ward thrusts, along with Dave MacInnis slammed in the other Aurora goals. The Bears made it four in a row, Jan. 6, by defeating Dixie Beehives 8-3 at Dixie arena. John Hall put a lot of mileage under his skating boots to score three goals to add three assists. Hall's line-mate, Gary Duvi, breezed in to score three, goals as Avell. Gordie Sampson and Leon DeCaire caused the other excitment in the Bears' camp via a goal each. Readers Write Dear Editor: Re your front page. What a pity the new mayor was led by the town clerk to his accidental death --- so untimely. And it took the jury 20 minutes to decide not to give any recommendations or chair of office. Really, sir, it's about time you read your paper after writing it. Let's have a better showing in 1960. Yours truly Cyril A. Howarth Editor's Note - We apologize.