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THE CENTRE At J I big news Yes sir my friendliest we announce big news out of First to come that Charlie genial Wood- bridge sportsman and long a fa vorite with the hockey fans will return to the Aurora coaching scene for the season of Sir Charles will be remembered as the of those gallant Aurora teams of prewar years which dominated junior C hockey in these parts from onward finalists in 1938 losing to champions in The next year mov ed to Newmarket and then when Ellis didnt jell as coach of the mighty Aurora Tigers of fame came to the rescue and just about sent the Tigers to a championship The war killed junior hockey in Au rora and and Char lie moved on to Richmond Hill where he did a great job then to and a rural cham pionship and last year coach of the intermediate club which while and mostly out of condition went to the group finals The rotund one has always preferred working with the teen- be the first to admit that so far as hockey inside stuff is concern ed hell take second place to Red Mitchell or Cain but the fans as they look at record will smile contentedly since Andy and his cohorts have lured back to Aurora Among the better known play ers handled by Charlie have been Joint McComb Scotty Mair Billy Wilson Bob Hassard of Maple Leafs Mac Clement Norm Stunden and we could go on and on Well coming and with real regret we announce that Tom Dickson Aurora arena manager and director of recrea tion is going Mr Dickson who came to Aurora three years ago from Simcoe where he had been with the new ice plant in that centre has handled the Aurora arena for the past two years think he has done a great job considering all the difficul ties he has had to surmount and the sort of laissezfaire attitude that seems to haunt the arena In the field of baseball handicrafts childrens parks he has built up a great following among the youngsters and is regarded as about the smartest fielder in the loop and the Sutton folks would like to keep him for the winter season In the outer pastures Skippy Taylor John Learoyd and Bus McLaughlin hold forth with Harvey Cronsberry in relief The team has a trio of Keswick softballers in the persons of Bob and Claude Pollock and Tom Hare who add strength to the team when available They will be on hand soon as the soft- ball season ends The club needs a bit of financial support al though gates are improving and theres no better day than La bour Day to give them a boost Cam- bray Sony a and Lindsay are the other survivors of the three groups who will decide honors Sutton has pro duced some great ball players in other years Hal Learoyd Auro ra really produced him Harvey Taylor Jack Crozier the late Harvey Prosser Lefty Chick Kelvey many more who ranked with the best of the dis trict Its great to see a revival of baseball up north Isolated items Red Garner well known wrestler from Rich- sters and roue hof the plaudits where he has always got I sters and much of the plaudits Hill who week after week results There may be smarter j Commission are as a result has been sweating it out in the While there are as many ifs ands and as haystacks in North York its possible the Lake Simcoe Softball League finals will get mobile on Tuesday of next week Hope and Zephyr have two nights week to decide their series if it has to go the full three games Third game if required will be played at Zephyr Friday The Pine OrehardKeswick madcap setto could possibly ex tend into week Heres the picture at present Five games have been played Two have been ruled no contests due to darkness and a tie The have two wins safely tucked away Perc Rich monds tribe have snapped up one The two will go it again a Hasketts by George Newmarket Sports Editor I s The Newmarket Eta and Express Thursday Aug Page of the week raising of the floodlight poles Yes theyre up at long last Went up Saturday am and didnt take long once the actual operation started put em up in about three hours in fact Half a dozen of the Bell Tele phone Company pole climbing minded went aloft Sunday to polestep em That was quite a job too by the way Incidentally before we get carried away on various mat ters before the board the flood light committee has had percent cooperation from the Bell employees and a hearty thank you and three cheers are due Harold Ken Wright Bert Day Jim Day Eddie Charlie McDonald John on either Thursday or Friday j Clarence DeLaHaye Now for past weeks business Parliament Jack Donaldson THE TO THE FUN FROLIC SPORTS DAY f Keswick Sept 1st coaches so far as tactics go but of his efforts always produces a fighting club with a team spirit and dressingroom harmony that cant be equalled Charlie will TRAVEL RELAXED AND CAREFI t rf if w J i Tom goes to where a new arena is being readied Its in his part of the country a first time for the community which has never had an hockey team and the salary cheque exceeds Auroras by four figures over the year He just couldnt turn it down Tom will be here until October but its quite definite that hell be leav ing lee will be started in the Auro ra arena in late September and theres bookings already so that his successor will be able to step into a plant all ready to go There are those who would like to see Toms assist ant Bill take over the job Bill worked well in harn ess last season and hes a bene dict now Might be a nice wed ding present for the young couple or would it You can expect an announcement about both the arena and recreation jobs shortly Up at Sutton the baseball fans are shouting themselves hoarse over the antics of Hal Sutton Touted by as good a judge of baseball as Earl Cook as the team to beat for the honors the Sutton lads are battling it out in the six I u roundrobin They defeated Cambray took and on Labour Day at they meet from the Central group at Sut ton park This should be a dan dy and with fresh from a win over Lindsay the fans will have a chance to see one of the ring and taking all the bumps was hospitalized as a result of a fall at work of all things Sad dened to learn of the death by motor accident of popular Gerry Worth who played softball for Aurora in the North League and always had a smile or a friendly word Heartened to see Ginger back on his feet again with the smile that wont come off and walking pret ty near as good as ever despite his long illness You cant keep a guy thats determined down Red Mitchell will have Syracuse and Buffalo in training at Lind say Incidentally the Lindsay arena manager is Morgan onetime grapplor and not Mitch ell who is strictly on recreation and hockey Met exheavy weight champ Jack Sharkey at Cornwall last week where he a wrestling bout Jack gets a century note for a stint outside the big cities Quite a character but more anon Mr and Mrs otherwise known as Harry and Fat of Newmarket made a spectacular showing in the CNE archery contests this week Pat won the ladies sec tion with a matter of marks ahead of her closest rival Harry ranked third in the Broad- head round competition with a score of Dicky whom I had the pleasure of bringing to Aurora Legion Field Day along with his talented par ents in won the junior bow mans award Chart Holmes ex- Newmarket sportsman was all this week as Hamilton For a start the ous ter Hope the villain as it brought the flag pole sitter down whacked away for six runs over last three frames to wrap up a decision Doug Eves went par for the course four for four to put the oomph in Hopes hit attack and give ready hit support to Don Glover who outlasted his old pitching companion Bill and Bob English took a liking to southpaw pitching to spear three each and hog the hit marks That moves us of course into the semifinals Here Zephyr Blues drew first blood before a happy home crowd by polish ing off Hope The Blues counted three in both the third and sixth to batten down the win Hope secured a jump off two runs in the first and a single in the third Doug Eves triple and a pair of singles were big blows in Hopes early advantage Zephyr took command behind Ron six hit pitching from that stage onwafrd Ian Brown Stan Evans Don Smith and Jack George Watt and Eddie Gib son also came in for some well merited thank yous for their faithful volunteer services at the fair grounds The new look about the diamond town crew repaired the and the big sticks brought a few ohs and ahs from the steady stream of visitors there over the weekend Natch you ask When do we throw the switch There you have us You can bet it will be just as soon as possible All the material required for the job with the exception of the cross- arms and the floodlight them selves are here Word on these items is expected this week Cer tainly if it pans out as planned no reason to doubt it will the Hub will have one of the finest and best lighted diamonds from here to yonder Theres still one more import ant phase to be licked The committee is still suffering from the shorts short of dough that Bill with three hits chairman Van and and Ken Pickering with two in- wiI getting around to eluding a threebase smash vou they missed on the lay August ember inclusive September 12 from any 5 big games of the year No need made their Big Four i NATIONAL to pack off to the Ex A drive over to the Simcoe metrop- will be just as exciting George of hockey fame has been pitching great ball and hasnt required much help from Bus McLaughlin and Johnny who are the re liefers Behind the plate Keith Dunn is doing a splendid stint and possesses a real whip to the sacks The infield quartet consists of Jim Weir 1st base Ronnie at the keystone Ron Stroud at short and Johnny Moss at the station but The Tabbies cant be coun- back tie it tenall ted out this year Let s see now whores my Touchlinc Pass Thanks for all those congratula tory messages for our Cornwall win and also those who were kind enough to say they missed this corner the past two weeks It warms the cockles more than somewhat the Blues saucer swinging as the Blues pecked away for eight safeties off Don Glover Cliff Chubby Ward and Roy Eves pumped out other Hope Fur flies in the KeswickPine Orchard setto Pine Orchard sprung a last of the sixth un rally to crack a tenall tie Tuesday to gain a win That gave the Orchardmen a game advantage in the best of five Keswick popped the lid with a fourrun getaway frame Pine Orchard retaliated with a three- run first burst and looked on its way to make it a merrygoround in the fifth with a fiverun crop Somebody forgot to tell the Kes wick sluggers it was over they in the sixth to Englands King is not allowed to enter the House of Commons In its centuries the city of Jerusalem has endured more than seiges and blockades Mi r VTl iM o- 7 I JJ Ted Tidman started the game winning rally off in the sixth with a single Judd Smiths control deserted he walked Stan Pollard and Bub Preston planted a single to score the game winning tallies Kes wick took its licks in the seventh but it was too dark got two aboard on walks before budding rally fizzed out In the Friday go at Keswick Harold Smith and Ted locked in a fiveall pitchers duel Orchard licked up an early edge but wilted under late wick pressure Ken continued his long ball clouting with a three bagger and Bob Pol lock bagged two safeties Ted put wham to his slam for three and Bub Preston was on target for a pair of hits In the Wednesday affray at Pine Orchard a madcap hitting I expedition that didnt break off until ten runs were over In the sixth enabled Pine Orchard to belt Keswick Keswick protected an edge up to Orchardmens uprising Lome Shropshire belted a homer and two singles Bill Dike two doubles and Doug Hope double and single to spark the winners Pollock rapped a circuit clout for the losers and along with Claude Pollock Bruce and Ken were Kes wick first round Dont give em the cold shoulder The committee needs every cent it can raise to write a successful conclusion to the campaign and as they say every little bit helps Names numbers and notes on a busyweek score card You could have fooled this observer Al ways under the impression play off games had to go seven Ap parently not in the town league found Friday five frames consti tutes a game This rule went on the town league books early in the year Personally your scrib bler figures the fans are entitled to at least seven frames in the playdowns Getting dusky when umpire Dutch called quits in the sixth The Cabmen were coast ing with a edge and Hoffman Pressmen appeared a whipped band It looks very much like the Specialities and the Cabmen will do the clutch series When we mentioned Wed nesday that the Cabmen would take it all was sure the toma toes would fly Save em fel lows save em may be a long hard winter Long hard winter Say that reminds us hear it said Andy Aurora hockey maestro has signed the Peoples Choice Charlie as coach of Cubs junior edition Seekers in the Simcoe circuit are better at in the Your ringside observ er left the Wednesdays town league tilt at its conclusion and was just in time to catch the last of the sixth and the seventh in the KeswickPine Orchard duel Banker Murray Roberts was making a successful nothing new for him debut as coach of Ab Orchardmen That scries by the way is into quite a duel Have played four games now two ties ands a win each While were talking in terms of the Simcoe warfares Realtors have said to the playoff fun They went out a battling before Hope and tidy pitching from Lefty Don Glover No word as yet reports Op timist president Jack Hamilton and coach Frank on first opposition for our ban tam and pee wee in the and school bells will be ringing next week Must have been a slip up somewhere j Town league semis have been drawing well at the fair grounds reports league secretary Harold j LaPlante Attendance figures I should go skyhigh with the fin als just around the corner Say by the way had better drop over to the fair grounds to night or tomorrow evening to see the donkey in action Proceeds in aid of the Optimist club boys work and dont forget the Optimists are doing a good job keeping our boys going in baseball and hockey USE ERA AND EXPRESS CLASSIFIEDS IN TURNING UNWANTED ARTICLES INTO CASH SPECIAL HOLIDAY DANCES Sept 1 SEPT AM CEDAR BEACH PARK SHORE LAKE VAN WALKER HIS ORCHESTRA DO YOU REMEMBER THIS NIGHT IN Special Anniversary Dance Saturday Sept 15 9 BALLOONS NOVELTIES PRIZES ETC Stouffville Badminton Club ANNUAL DANCE NOVELTIES AND PRIZES Saturday Sept 22 9 p r- V W A f m r Kf S STILL PLENTY OF LEFT ON OUR SHELVES h HAND NOT BROKEN Art along with Bill Joint shares the mound duties for the Newmarket Cabmen will be OK for the fin- ids It was feared Art had suf- J a pair of fractured fingers on his pitching hand in Monday nights HoffmanTriple Seven semifinal clash Art endeavored to flag clown a sizzling drive off the bat of Hoy Hoffman outfielder Nothing broken just badly I bruised reports Art after xray pictures Wednesday The series between the Cabmen and Pete Specialties promises to be one of the hottest in years We move to our new Main St location in a few weeks at the former Dominion Store More Moving Sale Bargains ladies CORDUROY JACKETS Mens OVIRAUS Reg Sale FALL DRESSES wide variety 1 Canada has the highest per capita metal production of any country in the world O I J KV now itf t j j j- 1951 CUSTOM COACH CHEVROLET SEDAN MONARCH SEDAN i COACH York County IN YOUR WILL BONDS ANNIVERSARY lJTj t I DAY AT Phone J fr J -tI- OBILE DEALER with every raeasure suit at Insleys MENS BOYS WEAR St our id Jd I rft3 SENIOR LADIES AT KESWICK Skipper Frank Courtney ami Coach Charlie VanZant will lead our senior ladies in to Keswick Saturday afternoon for an exhibition go at their old rivals Valleys The game will be one of many features planned as part of Keswicks Op timist club twoday celebration Game time is pm TOWN FINALS ARRANGE It will be Office Specially and Newmarket Triple Sevens for the town league crown The series which to be the hottest in years has been to a three out of five set reports Town League President Jack The original intention was to settle the championship on a two out of three basis but the teams decided Monday to increase it to a three out of five set The first game will be played previous to press time this week The second game due to the don key baseball and Labor Day day will be played Wednesday I Sept The third game will up for decision Sept The fourth game if necessary will be aired Sept and the fifth if required Sept All games in the finals will be played at the fair grounds diamond NYLONS Quality Picture Frame Heel PILLOW SLIPS Reg Sale Special For This Week LONG SLEEVE SILK BLOUSES Reg 495 Sale Reg Black and Blue Made by BIG IT BRAND Sale Mens PANTS MADE BY 32s and only Reg Sale Mens BRIEFS and TOPS ceach Flannelette BLANKETS lit lit COTTON SHEETS Subs 10O Reg Sale l L L There are bargains on every shelf The above are only a few of those available Come In and see for yourself A For the first time in history the value of Canadian mineral production in 1050 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