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Newmarket Era and Express, 14 May 1953, p. 15

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Mt lome Coach And It was made known Friday that Mount Albert will be back in the Lake Simcoe league swim this season Mount Albert so ft ball players and boosters gathered last week to fill the important post of coach and manager for the sea son- Veteran shortstopper Lome Horner was handed the double job of coach and manager Busy sportsman ley Joe Case was named Lome number one assistant Mount Albert put up a tidy tussle with Zephyr Blues in the league finals last season before losing out and the Mountie men promise to put another strong entry in the field Veterans expected back to grace the lineup are Ken Mit chell Bob Badger Lome Rut- lege Elmo Paisley Kelly Case Joe Case and Art Gibney Geo Green and several other promising youngsters are also expected to bid for a spot on the starting lineup A A Aurora And South Groups Simcoe League SPORTS CALENDAR May Newmarket arena wrestling card King City PeelYoric soft- ball schedulemakers meeting May fair grounds intermediate baseball practice May pjm Aurora town ark Aurora town league opening doableheader May pjn Newmarket town hall North York minor Softball league schedule makers meeting Bring The average well goes dry in 20 to years To keep your car rolling and your home warm a new well muse be found to take its place Thats why the search for oil never ends why Imperial for instance spent almost millions to find and develop new in western Canada last year Oil has become one of Canadas important industries How many of these questions about it can you answer Which of the following contain cum priming ink binder insect spray Oil is a part of all the products named and of hundreds of others which com tribute to our everyday living In Canada produced less than of the oil she used- How much her needs docs she produce now How many service stations would say Imperial operates across Canada 10000 0 ii- field language a roughneck crew of a drilling rig a cr salesman motor mechanic reman Aleut 40o and we use twice at much as hi production would meet 80 of the demand at that time None Approximately carry the Imperial sign hut they are operated by independent dealetH each in business for himself i Drilling foreman Oilfield slang i colorful A Christmas tree for instance is a combination of pipes and valves to regulate the flow of oil from a welU Opinion surveys show that most Canadians Iwlicvc a business is en of I Si on a dollar of I Imperial earned S In shareholders the mining f f wornout equipment and to make The South Simcoe Baseball League will have teams this That fact was confirmed at a league executive meeting held in Thursday A sixteenth team Camp Borden Air Force due to late application was turned down in its bid to en ter The league will be divided into a north and a south group again this season Six teams Aurora Newmarket Bradford Alliston and Palgrave will make up the south division Teams entered in the nine team north group are New Lowell Stroud Thornton Ivy Everett Cookstown and Churchill The south teams play a double schedule of home and It away games while the north clubs will play a single home and home schedule The league executive gave some thought to playoff arrangements The top four teams in the south will qualify for the group play- downs Top six north teams will be eligible for group playoff The league season will open May 22 and a complete schedule will be issued to the teams within the next ten days After consid erable discussion the executive decided to adopt an official ball for all league and playoff games The baseball adopted was Worth No It is manufactured in Barrie Each team must submit a pre liminary list of players by June Seven Teams In Simcoe League Race Entry list in the Lake softbali league closed Friday- Seven teams are definite start ers Teams in the exchanges for the Stan Cook are Willow Beach Kes wick Zephyr Albert and Vandorf Pine Or chard the eighth team in the hunt last season decided not to reenter League voted to open the season the first week in June and to play a single home and home schedule Bob Peters and Carpenter were named to handle the umpiring duties The five mile radius and the May 1 residence rules the usual bone of contention between the teams will remain unchanged League officials also confirm ed a motion to add a new trophy for the teams to shoot for It will be known as the Lake league cup and will be awarded to the team finishing first in the regular season race The playoff winner of course will again capture the Stan Cook trophy All seven teams submitted their preliminary list of players said list appears elsewhere in this issue and the league offi cers will meet June when the final list has to be submitted to pass on the team Treasurer Floyd report indicated over on hand to start the season and it was de cided the league would purchase six balls as a gift to each team President Art King presided at Fridays meeting Members of the executive present were El- wood Walker Howard Floyd Tom Hare Dele gates in attendance were Don Anderson McNeill Willow Beach Ken Keswick Alan Stiles Frank Knights Lome Albert Clarkson Arnold Harry Hawse Zephyr Ross Chapman Harry Lavender Walt Vandorf Bill Dike Noel Ash Alvin Pine Orchard lit ONE GARDEN TRACTOR 15 and a final list by July It was confirmed that all teams with the exception of Barrie New market and Aurora could draw players from a seven mile radius Newmarket and Aurora could not draw players from be- j garding a team to round out TOWN SOFTBALL LOOP Hopes of forming a Newmar ket town softbali league are looking brighter it was learned this week Two teams Office Specialty and a town team com posed mostly of last years ThompsonBell crew are defin itely interested in an entry Ross Eves is heading a drive to organize a second town team and the York County Police tion has been approached their town limits President Sutherland of Stroud occupied the chair at Thursdays meeting and execu tive members present were Clar ence Hogarth Ivy John Al Jim Porter Geo Newmarket fourteam loop Definite infor mation on the latter two entries is expected to be made known this week At a recent meeting Don Smith was named president and Mickey Smith seetreas of the town softbali league Aurora Baseballers Prepare For Big Season Auroras plans to revive inter mediate baseball as a main sum mer sport dish took another for ward step Monday when the baseball boosters got together to elect an executive coach and manager to guide the club during the season The following officers were se lected to head the revival drive Jack Flood president and Gard ner Lloyd Roy Allan got the nod to manage the team Fred Wilson who coached Auro ra midgets last season was named coach and will get able assistance in this department from Ron Simmons The team is being sponsored by the Aurora Branch of the Cana dian Legion and has been entered in the South Simcoe Baseball League Auroras opposition in the south division of the Simcoe League will be Newmarket Brad ford Alliston and The league schedules havent been issued as yet but most of Auroras home games will be played in the town park on Mon day The league schedule is ex pected to open on or about May 22 Good player turnouts have graced the initial practices of the team and club boosters are con fident they can put a strong team on the field to take on all comers Future practice sessions have been scheduled for tonight and on Sunday morning Aurora Town League Opens On May 19 The Aurora Town Softball Lea gue teams arent wasting any time in getting down to business The league season will open Tuesday May it was announc ed this week A doubleheader attraction op ponents unnamed as yet will get the season rolling Game one of the twin bill is expected to start at pm and will finish under the lights while game two will be a floodlight attraction Four teams have cast their hats in the ring for the league crown Teams entered are Queen City Storage Ontario Hospital Ditch Diggers and team four as yet un named is being rounded up by veteran softbali men Scotty Ghee and Doug Richardson League officers have mapped out a busy schedule for the teams with doubleheaders planned on each and every Tuesday and Thursday during the summer Better make a Tuesday and Thursday trip to the town park a must as the four teams promise a hectic season Softball Loop Has Six Teams The PeelYork date for receiv ing entries in the Peel- York softbali league has been set for Thursday May it was an- after the leagues annual organization meeting held in the Nobleton arena last Thursday Six teams are definite starters Teams reentering are Kettle- Schomberg Nobleton King City Bolton and Sum mit and Wood- bridge the other two teams in the league scraps last season did not file entries Indications that they will drop out of the race Bill Schombergs ace I sportsman was elected presi dent Forrest MacTaggart vicepresident and Bruce Hall King City the leagues per ennial was reelected Team representatives chosen for the executive were Alan Cutting Kettleby Elgin Hastings Geo Forrest Noble- ton Jim McDonald King City and J Bolton Humber Summit will name their representative in the near fa The league executive will meet tonight May at King City at to close the entry list and to draw up a schedule HOPE I Hope is sponsoring a play entitled Hook Line and in Sharon on iltutf May 21 at ted by the Aurora Presbyterian church choir Have heard about first firming FERIAL OIL A rf i 5 New Models I and nuke tight work of gardening and cleanup task Perfectly suited for your needs This nigged can lc used for cultivat ing and grws cut ting hauling spraying other tasks srC Street North RICHMOND HILL ONT MILES League The Lake Simcoe executive and delegates with president Art King in the chair voted to officially open their campaign the week in June Each of the seven a preliminary list of players for approval at the day meeting The teams have until June 15 to make changes Team eligible passed Friday were as follows Don Glover Cliff Ward Hoy Eves Doug Eves Ron Bill Bruce Bob English Bruce Earl Cryderman Don Gra ham Don Mount Albert Bob Badger Ken Mitchell Lome Paul Mainprise Elmer Paisley Jim Franklin Art Nel son Case Kelly Case Jim Cup- pies Jim Cose Geo Green Jordan Vern Bob son Vandorf Harvey Preston ry Lavender Bob Preston Walt Jim Preston Lome Scott Jack How Richardson Pete McKay Doug Alcorn Zephyr Harry Hawse Ches Stan Ken Pick ering Ron Carl Meyers Alan Bill Bud Don Hewlett Bud Arnold Ken Taylor Gerald Pickering Willow Reach Don Anderson Dick Sinclair Ron Pringle McNeill Don Lister Bud Thomp son Jim Cole Bruce Keswick Bob Pollock Claudo Ron Ken Ins Ed Don Smith Harold Smith Ted Anderson Tom Hare Bruce Lockic Grant Thompson Dave Bailey Geo Davidson Knights Mcrlyn Winch Ron Young Claude Bruce Kay Bern ard Kay Mur ray Thompson Irwin Davidson Kyle Duff Scdore Herb Bruce Don Cooper LADIES ladles are definitely back in Lake Junior Ladies League race Their entry was accepted at leagues schedule makers meet ing Monday Dave been named coach Alma King manager and Mario King see- treaa Practice sessions are to got underway Immediately and all girls in tho area asked to get in touch with Coah or manager Alma King for details as to practice times Six Teams In Junior ladles Simcoe Loop Six teams filed applications for membership in the Lake Simcoe junior ladies league at the leagues executive meeting held Monday in Kes wick They are Sutton Kes wick Queensville Mount Albert Newmarket and Aurora It was decided to play a single home and home schedule teams sub- League play will start during the first week in June All teams will he in the play offs In bracket one first and third teams will meet in bracket two second and fourth teams will clash and fifth and six teams in the standing will do battle for the right to advance into the semifinals All teams must submit a pre liminary players list on June 24 and a final list of must be filed by July League officers and team dele gates will meet again June 24 to pass the players lists President Stan chaired the meeting Wrestlers Return Tonight Wrestling via Red Garners troupe of will return to Newmarket Memorial Arena tonight May Mr Gar ner has lined up an outstanding card for the kickoff attraction Featured in the main bout scrap will be Baron Waldo von Sicbcr the Holland Marsh gift to union and Lyman the Scnrboro strong man In the semifinal tussle Canadian middleweight cham pion will match holds and bends with the number one contender for his title Davie Starr One preliminary bout will round out the card Wrestling will hold sway at arena each and every Thursday during summer and fall Next week will be Young Newmarket Night and all boys and girls un der if accompanied by one or both of their parents will bo ad mitted free Mr Garner also promises a Ladles Night later in the season Bouts get underway at pm tonight IN RACE You can toss that current ru mor going tho rounds about Bel dropping from the Lako league In the ash can will be back in tho hunt reen tered Friday and from all reports coming out of with a fighting ball club Officials to pilot tho team through the season were named at a recent organization meeting Frank Knights was elected president Ed secretarytreasurer Alan manager Dot on the coaching MORTON PLAYING One be given to yon or more In trade saved coupons them for one Remembrance Quality Finish Flaying MORTON BROS St m I 5 a pi a 13 Clean plugs 15Tunecturetor -J- Good until May Labor only materials extra DODGE DESOTO CARS DODGE TRUCKS MAIN ST NEWMARKETS PHONE wY p J When the former champion Jim died recently there unleashed a flood off reminis cences Halfforgotten name from a gla morous era of the bobbin to the surface names like Gentleman Jim Cor belt Bob Joe and others But one name and important one In its association with Jeffries was overlooked entirely And since the forgotten man is a Canadian and the only Canadian who ever held world heavyweight fistic title Id like to devote a Calvert column to Tommy Burns the forgotten man Tommy Burns was born In In the little town of Hanover of GermanCanadian parents His name was Noah And his association with great Jeffries de veloped this way Jeffries retired in but croc and donate his to the winner of match ween Marvin Hart and Jack Root Hart won was named champion but less than a year later again with Jeffries Burns defeated Hart and became champion Jeffries when Burrs defeated Philadelphia Jack Thoui he only pounds Burns feared There cam from Australia to America in a a man Bill Squires fearsome la looks backed an imposing record American heavyweights steered clear Squires But not Burns He to risk his against the ling made a and fans of the day felt sorry for Barns but they in great numbers at and brought along raihleng to make themselves comfortable as they watched what billed as a matetu It didnt last that long When the bell rang Burns moved swiftly out of his corner swung a right to jaw of the Australian That was the end Squires was out Burns was a busy fighter In the two years he held the title ho fought 12 times as champion in America Ireland and Australia Eleven times ho won but In the ho was knocked out by Jack Johnson who thus became champion Johnson who had dodged a meeting with another heavyweight Sam Longford in order to get a chance at the title weighed 20 pounds more than Burns He beat Tommy badly and broke his ribs but Canadian game ster kept valiantly at it until in the fourteenth round the police stepped and stopped the fight It was then that Bums really gained recognition as for mer champion He had earned title long before Future generations will remember Bums for one thing If for no other Until Joe Louis came along he held the record fv defending his title more timea than any other champion Tow mi by

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