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Newmarket Era and Express, 14 Jun 1951, p. 10

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A I AWARD Carving out an early edge Herts Diamonds hung on to defeat Leather Tanners in an Aurora Town League contest Tuesday It was the se cond victory for the Diamonds The tanners have yet to make their mark in the win column Jri the battle with a triple double and a double helping of singles Hack Cain with two triples Ed and Bill Sam drilled out a duo of safeties to provide the Harts punch Harry Sutton with a five for five pow ered Collis Bob John Grant Winters and Bay White were the other active sluggers on the Tannery roster Hack Cam after shifting to centerfield snatched the field ing laurels with an out of this World catch toiled six Doug one for the winning A Pitching Effort With a well stocked note book of slugging statistics your had to do some slagging on his own to dig up this weeks winner of the Boxy theatre pass Turned from our own town league pals to reach into the Lake Softball league to get him Its Cliff Ward Cliff a every loyal league disciple will tell yon has been going strong since the league spring into being back In Over the past week the came up with a pair of well pitched games that gave Hope first two wins of the season As a start suspended the operations of Kes wicks heavy power house hitters and then after Hope had nailed an lead in the first of seventh staved off a bud ding rally with a neat pitching display Added to this was the fact Cliff got his share of the Hope and also dug in for a two out of three performance in the previous outing of the Town League Atomics which as anybody will tell yon was a busy and fruitful week MORE SPORT NEWS Pages ami mound display- Red Castles stod up under the early Harts barrage for five Geo stalling off the Dia monds in the last two chapters a- GOOD TIME lei Olio TRlf fatly Saturday ana Holidays I T- f M DAYS sfii mm SCMAMTEAM f twv mm 1 J ffT i- US KIRK CLINTON TOBACCO AND ON THE SAME PROGRAM 1 K t STOLEN FOR i BROWN isr I W J i I HI Girl 3 a a M f- si iVi i f As J tf i J I J J I is v v iton OF THE WEI -v- r Ui Aurora Holland Landing u night free of r ii ii SvX J21S surprised the blos soming Peel- York season by downing Monday It was the first loss the Stephen- flock have had this term and an initial win for Kettleby was without the services of both regular pitchers Ken Ellison and Doug Doug Brown moved oyer from infield to go five and Art Walker took charge in the sixth bombshelled for four runs in the first and never hesi tated as Jim Flanagan had the Bergers lofting up and out Flan agan eased his pitching burden with towering homer and receiv ed similar aid from outfielder Bill Graham In the other contests King and chalked it up as a sunshiny week King laced on their southern excursion and gave it to KettJeby on their own polished up diamond Stan Fos ter Jim Gord and Johnnie pumped for three hits apiece to tame Wood- bridge Jack Blake got to Phil and Gord Orr for two safeties Bill Kerr made his return to King lineup felt with a five for six show in the triumph over Kettleby Stan Foster smashed his usual foursacker Jim Mac- Donald and Ted Rose collected three hits each King busted out with runs in fifth to wrap up the game Bob lined out three hits to spark Kettleby clicked behind stout pitching from Howard Ar chibald over seven frames and Art Moody went two to gain 9 over Kettleby- Erupting for two four innings frames the sixth and seventh PottageviHe overhauled an early advantage and went on to win Before Rfck After a sixrun first innings against Grant Nighswanders un suspecting Richmond Hill ban tarns Newmarket Optimists faded and the came on strong to snatch a victory in an- exhibition scrap at the Fair Grounds Thursday The game was one in a series of early sea son tuneups for the local who later are expected to cut quite a caper in the pi ay downs The Optimists divided five hits off two Hill Grant Mor ton and Earl Lothian hitting two each Murray Young col lected the fifth safety Two Kil lers Watson with four including three doubles and Paul Atkinson with two and a double made life miserable for Bill pint size Richmond Hill3 2043- runs 11 hits 1 error NewmaVket6 runs hits errors Newmarket J Mills Morton Smart Lothian C Young D Thorns P Widdi- Richmond Hill Cottrill P- P 1 son A Robertson D A J J Baker Burns Keith Climbs Into Race For Town League Lead BATTING RACE With Harry Pop Holmes Corner Cupboard chief offering a trophy for the Town Leagues top hitter the players are show ing a keen interest in their plate work Heres how the race shapes up to June At Bat Hits Herb Cain 12 Bill Mick Smith Bell John Jerry Hugo 777 Bill Smith Atom 11 B Anderws 11 Norm J Bell its 750 666 666 545 545 NORTH YORK TENNIS The organization meeting of the North York Tennis League will be held at New market Tennis Courts to morrow Friday June re ports president Keith Davis Representatives front Auro ra Mount Albert and Rich mond Hill arc requested to be present Jack Caber hit for the circuit with two on and Harvey Hill- cashed in with a two run scoring double to provide the main fireworks for the winners Howard Archibald kicked in with a gamewinning pitching job ON LAKE An Ideal Spot for Sunday Dinner WILLOW BEACH ONTY PHONE SUTTON 333r2 AURORA ps SHOWING TONIGHT m IDA Y jilt SATURDAY JUNE 141516 open 1st show at 2nd show at Saturday r Zephyr Blues boast the one un blemished record in the Simcoe circuit At home the Blues trailed Keswick as Harold Smith subdued the Blues over five frames with nary a bingle Then the Blues erupted for a fourrun sixth and sixrun seventh to steal the verdict 109 Keswick nailed nine hits off Ron Kester Ken Hodgins got two doubles Bob Pollock and Coach Bill Stanyer contributing two hits each Ken Pickering Clark Arnold and got triples each for Blues The Blues made a successful sally into the badlands at Mount Albert for an win Ron ter shut down on the for a two hitter a single by Charlie Muscles Green and a double by Kelly Case Cases double accounted for two of Mounties three tallies Rut- ledge worked five Don Walker two Hewlett set the Blues up in business with two base knocks CJark Arnold got a four Second billing of week goes to Hope It won two tie Willow Beach all At home Hope swingers took Keswick with a big first and sixth frame for seven and eight runs respec tively Future bridegroom Al Wilson had a particularly good night at the plate Cliff Ward tamed the usually obnoxious with eight hits Bob Pol lock Claude Pollock and Ken two per man Doug Eves short stopping tops and Bun Cook pulled down some well tagged hits in the outer- pasture Boy Eves triple to start the first of the seventh away then a scoot across home plate as the Vandorf receiver lost a third strike earned Hope an win over Vandorf The diehard Van- were sparked by Jim Preston and Bill Kingdon with three hits each and Harry Lav ender two Roy Eves busted out with a four for four show Ken and Keith Walton kick ed in with two safeties each Cliff Ward served a nice game After manufacturing four in the first and three in the third for a edge Hope saw it erased as Willow Beach aided by Hope tied it all with a fourman production in the sixth McNeill did a good pitching chore and threw in two solid socks Don Cameron breezed through his second base duties and was on the engineering end of a twoply killing Doug Eves walloped a homer Roy Eves a triple and Bun Cook a double to aid Cliff Ward with his pitching duties The march of the hurryskurry glamor boys Real tors was finally halted as Bel- haven shoved over runs in all but one frame to gain an 119 verdict Duff Sedore turned in a well- pitched effort for the winners Bob Winch put wings to Sunday pitch for a Winch poked out three Irwin Davidson Don Coo per and Herb Toiniinson got two each Lyman Hall pitched in with a good catching Job and counted three safeties Bob English and Carl Pickerel showed similar production punched out two threebaggers The Realtors didnt count it a lost week completely They felt on the skidding Vandorf for a victory Jim Cook with three Bruce and with two each fattened up on Lloyd Preston and Hal pitching Bruce breez ed through five frames Can ton polished off the final pair Clem Ellas with two Harold and Rob Hammond with solid socks were the pick of the un- winning Hoffman combined good pitch ing and a 17hit assault to smoth er Ray Smiths in a town league affray Mon day at the Hoffman diamond The shot Hoffman into the hot race for leagues top roost with the Bell Specialty and Bill chucking kept the Cyclemen off stride Only one of their two runs was earned Bob Lee cuffed out a triple and scored on Karl Balls single but that was as far as they could go Hoffman poured over the bulk of their runs in two big inn ings the second and fourth with six in each Top four in Hoffman batting order with four each were Laur ie Thorns Grant Blight Fred Dill- man and Frank Daniels Cyclemen used two pitchers Ivan Bray and Doug Sally PLASTER ATOMICS Everything went when the Triple Sevens and Atomics took the field Friday for the Town Leasue contest at the Hoffman diamond The piled it on with a display to beat Atomics 193 They had seven runs in the fourth and added five in fifth BUI Smith second of the Atomics had a perfect night at yie plate going four for four and scoring all the Atomics coun ters Harvey Gibney had four base knocks a homer triple and two singles Mcknight Norm Speeder Lcgge counted three safeties each In supporting roles with two each were Don Brice Hack Cain and Jerry Hugo take included a sacker The Atomics missed their usual aid from Hope with Cliff Ward and Al Wilson being away with the circuit team Ivan Gibson bore Atomics pitch ing burden Behind tt fourhit strike out pitching by Rill Hoffman skidded home in front of Ray Smiths Wednesday It was the Cycles third straight loss Hoff man wrapped up the game in the third after had stashed away a fourbaser in the second Successive singlos by Ivan Ruddock Ken Thorns and Frank Daniels followed by Fred double turned the trick eased SPORTS CALENDAR JUNE It June It pm diamond Ladies at Newmar ket pm Aurora park Town League pm Lake Jr Ladles Keswick at pm Jr Ladies Sutton at Mount Albert Jr League Kes wick at pm Lake League Pine Orchard at Zephyr at Willow PeelYork League Ktttleby at June pm diamond Town League vs Bell Tele phone pm Junior League at Ced ar pm Newmarket Tennis Courts organisation meet ing North York Tennis League Lake League Hope vs Mount Albert vs Keswick 7 pm Peel York League Schomberg at pan- their run in the fourth and berg King at it was a It started when June pm diamond HOW THEY STAND June NEWMARKET TOWN LEAGUE Pete lost a third strike that Bill whistled by Hunter A combination of overthrows at first and third allowed to move to the three quarter station and then score standing up as Jack Staley came through with a thumping double The Cycles fourhit men were Charlie Troy Jack Staley who ran under several nice catches in centrefield Hunter and Ivan Bray The latter went the route on the Cycle mound limit ing Hoffman to eight hits exhibition baseball Aurora vs Newmarket bantams Aurora vs Newmarket June pm Hoffman dia mond Town League Hoffman vs Specialty Sr Ladies and District Newmarket vs Valleys at Jr Ladies Lake League Newmarket at Sutton Lake League Pine Or chard at Keswick at Mount Albert June 19 Aurora park Aurora Town League diamond Jr Ladies Sutton The came up with a j at Newmarket Lake vastly improved show and are j League Belhaven at bound to cause trouble before the Hope Vandorf at li summer is over Gals Smother ner 262 W Pis Triple Sevens Bell Telephone 3 Can Hoffman Off Specialty Town Atomics SportsCycle PEEL- YORK LEAGUE L King 3 2 Kettleby 1 2 AURORA TOWN LEAGUE L Pts Ditch Diggers 3 Harts Merchants Tanners LAKE SOFTBALL LEAGUE P1 Zephyr Hope Keswick I 2 2 Pine Orchard Mount Albert 1 2 Willow Bench Vandorf I Newmarket ladies had trouble smothering Stayner Thursday in a Barrie and District j league game All girls collected at least one good mark with the scorer even came over in one big inn- the third That in itself could have been enough to win two maybe three against the hapless band which is making its initial run in the league Zephyr June pan PeelYork League Schomberg at Khut Woodbridge at June prru diamond Town League Atomics vs pm Keswick diamond Lake Jr Ladies at Keswick Lake Simcoe League Willow Beach at en Berg Fans See Best In Softball Under lights Schomberg and district disciptesroOQ strong failed arrive at any firm conclusion as to the best style of fastball chucking as Levys and Peoples Credit put on an exhibition show The imposing hit parade was for them Thursday under the led by Lois with a six I lights The two teams whistled for six including a homer and j through ten innings without double kicked in four including a homer The one concession doing outfield patrol arrive at you had ran two of the four into doubles to stick in the Beaches Lvalue Dean drove out three solid hailing point of the two singles Phil Mary it was a case borne and Edna were out and every of up down and- base hit that did two hitters Lois Blight and Jack- recorded was that and Moore completed the fireworks fooling Peoples had the edge in with singles this respect six to Jackie Moore earned an easy j Levys four but neither team pitching victory over the hit- starved visitors Ann took over in the sixth of the local lassies pitched for the visitors in the sixth Her ex- mates showed her little mercy as Phil and Lois punched out and before the fire was another six runs had dashed home could find transportation that last long mile to the pay off window Both teams chased runners to third but thats far as they got The pitchers the scene The program was put on by the Schomberg Lions who hope bring along other outstanding at- tractions to the park during summer PA n ON THE DOWN THE CENTRE by hulse DRIVEIN THEATRE On Sutton Hue one mite east of Road NOW PLAYING HOUSEKEEPERS DAUGHTER Joan Bennett Adolph Menjou YANKS AHOY Joe Sawyer William Tracy CARTOON r SAT JUNK IROQUOIS TRAIL George Montgomery Uremia Marshall SHOUT Wet Band y at and note doors open Come early JUNK 10 MR UNIVERSE Jack Janice Paige SHORT CARTOON WED JUNK 20 Marlon Teresa Wright SHORT CARTOON ADMISSION PRICES Children Lacrosse Bradford box I a boys open the home season officially on Sat urday June US at nine chimes with their deadly rivals from providing the opposi tion Henceforth you can jot down every Saturday night as lacrosse in the district and join the tick of North Yorkers who fori Celery town has already taken a decision over Bradford but they had the advantage of being at full strength and in a little boi ler condition and Bradford fans and players are confident of re versing the decision this week It will be recalled thai are the defending interme diate champions The status of one or two Alston players who hail from is some what in doubt as they are in a hassle with the new Midland land entry for their services In northern group this year along with Bradford anil are Midland Toronto and In another loop are a North Peel Mapb once the hotbed of dis trict lacrosse has dropped from the picture this season with most of the players lining Up with while Bradford is for one or two of the southern players although Fred Codings is pretty well satisfied to stick to loud boys as he al ways knows exactly what play era will he ready the required time that way and saves some money by ihe too Now sweaters have been dona ted to the Bradford team in blue while and red by a proprietor and its a mighty nice gift Quite a few familiar faces including ttoy Callings and his brothers and fine sprinkling of youngsters who can really run arid only need a hit ex perience to bring hack the pres tige in Canadas national game Bradford had in yesteryear Theres distinct revival of la crosse throughout Ontario this and it seems too bad that Aurora Newmarket Richmond ere Hill and Maple are out of the game In Midland London and Woodstock members of the cler gy are responsible for the revi val Rev who did such a Job at Nerval in Peel County is now located in Mid land and has pee- wee bantam midget teams arranged to go Good hick Bradford Hockey Reunite a briUinnt young forward of junior club will receive every oportuhity to make a place with the newly formed Kitchener Junior A club which takes the tee next month- another Noblcton forward will also n trial Kitchener club is affiliated with Boston Ken Grove of Newmarket Rockets is slated for trial with St from all we in September Dont surprised if Smith who was with Aurora Bears last winter isnt invited elsewhere shortly Clayton who was with Aurora Cubs will receive a trial with Toronto and will likely be with Weston Dukes if he doesnt make the grade Tub by Barrett of juniors also a pms- while Al Walmsley of Col- is another Quite a mad rush in the ranks of the scouts to grab those kids but they like the treatment at home pretty well Jack Brampton has returncit homo to for lacrosse as usual but will be hack with Butch Heelings boys next winter have picked off Jim Freeman I lorry McLcen and Hay Hanson who were with Port Panthers in the finals against Several of the Bradford juvenile club Bol ton juvenile club and Lindsay juniors are headed for trials in higher series bingles Tom Dickson is well nigh disgusted in his at tempts to organize district base ball Aurora kids are ready to go Richmond Hill has an un official team and of course Bed has the younger fry in action at Newmarket the program cleared ranging games and schedules seems stymied by indecision ami lack of entries Looks as if the district entries tor com- petition may go into the play- of with hardly any seasonal op- position Cook expro ami pride of the Beavers hurl- neat five hitter this woek to StoiitKiile a nice liver Sutton The looks headed for a great season Mil- ler last year with how toils on the for has so far not had much success in senior but wilt stick around in the Mo tor City for at least thus season Gerry ex- Aurora is undefeated in- four starts in the West Toronto senior circuit and has averaged six strikeouts a game Iorlng is clouting the ball at over 301 right now in the forth circuit and his fielding is equally as good Dewey may well have his best season yet with no Softball activities Miscellany Fred goalie of Aurora junior club is fast becoming a top grade cameraman Fred is take over the business of the late Bud BUI Pate former Aurora junior was in his first year exams at Hill Taunton Bradford high track star annex- the mile and halfmile event in the Central Ontario track meet but in the allOntario meet- at lost Saturday was only able to finish third Taunton has not yet reached his SO form as he has made much fas- time than that at Legion plan a Rone Show for Saturday July a- first time venture Charles Baker one of Canadas v top equestrians who captured honors at Aurora heads the corn- mittee in charge which nietth therell be some great cozniieti va

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