Ontario Community Newspapers

Newmarket Era and Express (Newmarket, ON), November 25, 1954, p. 7

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ASH By George Haskett The fact that the will play their home senior games Thursday henceforth should please the fans Thursday has always Been considered hockey night and earlier starting instead of chimes will send the fans home earlier- Recent games have run to and later The switch should faring out a few more customers Tonights all important battle with should jam the pews Newmarket wants this one- A win will shoot them up into second place First place finishers meet the fourth place club in the semis and thats sup posed to be some short of edge however thats to be proved you can never tell in a short series in todays highscoring quickchange games It seems definite now that Bob will climb into a sweater for tonights game with presence should add scoring zip The fea ture to date in the scoring sta tistics has been the highscoring of Herb Cains front line Ken Sinclair Russ Brankston and Boniface This trio has piled up an impressive point total via goals and assists Hub fans should have more an a passing interest in Aurora Bears Three performers with the local juven iles last season Creed Bales and Glen Keffer are Bears trainees Probable starters too will be Paul Dean and Dave Stewart from Picker ing College Coach Jack Robinson was well pleased with the Bears opening exhibition encounter at Orillia- They lost but skated and shot on equal terms with the junior for two per iods The Bears will play home games Friday Group teams are Midland George- town Bee- ton and Minor First re sults from the North York league kickoffs are flow ing in All the contests have been close Alan Edgar and Paul Alliston Hornets provided the first surprise packet They held our powerladen Office Specialties to a tie in then topped them here Tuesday In midget Bill MundeFTs Aurora Automotives are setting the pace having won two straight They are now tops in the stand- Aurora nipped Alliston 32 and posted a 53 win over the Smoke Rings Aurora Automo pay a visit here next Mon day to help Pete Gorman Fran cis and their scrappers officially open the lo cal season Early indications point to quite a scrap between Lowell Wallers Optimists and Harry Suttons Lions in the bantam warfare Alliston and other league participants are re ported to have strong contend ers Trophies are offered for North York league play The bantam prize is the Lex tro phy It is currently held by Au rora The midget winner cap tures the Ted trophy Current possessors are the Gor man Smoke Rings The juven ile pennant is the Stew Patrick trophy Last years winner was Office Specialty Names and Numbers is definitely headed for OHA intermediate C competition A good grouping looms with Sut ton Alliston and Thornton mentioned as probable starters The Vandorf- headed by Doug Alcorn and Hubs Mickey Smith hope to se cure ice time here Grey Cup Day on Saturday Wholl you have Edmonton or Montreal One local resident has got on the Montreal band wagon Thats Wilfs brother Ted is a Montreal line man softballers head ed by Ross Chapman and the Parks Board committee will fete the Stan Cook trophy winners Dec one of the H As coming officials donated his services free gratis for the minor league twinbill in Aurora Tuesday and an excellent job Bears Show Power In First Outing Jackie Robinsons Aurora Bears didnt win their first ho ckey outing but did show enough skating and scoring power to make it evident theyll be heard from along the ice lanes this season The Bears took on Orillias high scoring junior Bees at Saturday night Final score read Aurora Orillia had previously bopped Colling- BelAirs 102 Collingwood is in the same group with Au- on Page Redmen Hit Lyndnursts 95 Showing a tremendous burst of fire power in the first period Herb Cains Newmarket belted 95 at the arena Friday The game was a scheduled metro league senior B contest It was Newmarkets third straight victory and shot the lo cals right back in the scrap with and for the league lead The found out early the Yorkers defense existed in name only They hammered home five first period goals The Yorkers on their way to their tenth consecutive loss did nt deign to reply to the Bed- mens allout surge They found skating legs between the first and second periods and found too Redmens goalie Jimmy Cruickshank could be beaten They went out in the second period to bag four goals New market got three Both teams potted a goal in the final period Scarcello for the hit for a hattrick Ken Sinclair and ston were two goal men in the camp Herb Cain making his first appearance of the season turned in a fine game and scored the fourth goal Joe Szabo and Andy Closs drew assists Boni face drilled in the other counter AWARD Hulse For Leadership This week your is to step oat of character and applaud the press Not really were just coin to applaud a Its family week shall we say It was a dandy junior hockey organization gettogether at Aurora last Wednesday Oar sidekick Down the Center was on hand to represent the and act as convener-chair- mam With eight clobs five and three scattered from to Georgetown- and including Aurora there were lots of contentious problems to be stickhandled around It was a feather in Chairman cap when everybody went away happy will be handling the intermediate group or ganization and will no doubt come up with a strong Central Ontario grouping For his hockey leadership in getting the junior and intermediate hockey program lined and percolating is our award winner and Koxy Theatre pass recipient- Still Plans Intermediate Club According to latest reports available Vandorf hockey men are still planning to organize an intermediate hockey team The team will be entered in the H A and will carry an inter mediate C rating Doug Alcorn and Mickey Smith are scheduled to repre sent Vandorf at an organization meeting of the district intermediate C clubs opposition will be Thornton Alliston and Sutton officials are hoping to secure ice time at the Newmar ket arena for their home games KESWICK IN Keswick entered an interme diate team in the Rural hockey league at the leagues annual meeting held at Wood He Monday Ed Mahoncy manager of last years Keswick Comet team and Percy rep resented Keswick at the meet ing Representatives from eight teams attended the meeting Keswick Sulton Coboconk Little Bri tain and Aurora And Newmarket Share Hockey Wins Aurora and Newmarket ban tammidget dished up some spirited hockey at the Au rora arena Tuesday as the North York minor hockey league sea son opened with a twinbill at traction The redhot rivals di vided the spoils Wallers Optimists shaded Harry Suttons Aurora Lions in the bantam sawoff while Aurora Automo topped Newmarket Gor man Smoke Rings in the nightcap midget affray Bantam game turning point came at of the third period The two teams were deadlock ed At that point Johnny Hopper potted a goal from Wayne Croutch and John Knight It was the game win ner for the Wallers kiddies Mike Patrick scored from Lar ry Sutton and Keith Browning to establish a first period lead for Aurora Newmarket netted two goals Aurora one in the second period Keith Brown ing an Aurora ace scored from Elgin Evans while Paul Blair converted a pass from Bob and Dave Carley rifled home a long shot for Newmarket Wayne pumped home a Dave pass in the fourth minute of the third to cam Newmarket a 32 lead Au rora came right back to tie it as Keith Browning dumped in a pass from Mike Patrick Then Johnny Hopper sniped for the game winner In the sizzling midget game the teams skated off the iced tied after two periods Charles Vrana poked in a relay from Herb and Ron was on the shooting end of a pass from Jack Brooks and Dan ny Patrick to account for Au roral first two period goals Ian Dick scored from Peter Lose Home Opener Alliston Hornets scored four third period goals and a win over Newmarket Office Special ty at the arena Tuesday in a North York juvenile hockey league contest The loss spoiled the home opener for Eddie Pitt Ken Broughton and company Newmarket protected a lead heading into the final period That lead went out the window as Alliston poured home four unanswered goals in the early minutes of the third period Norm Smart scored from Bub Croutch and Grant Morton fired an unassisted marker as New market claimed a first period lead Morris scored for The teams divided a goal each in the second frame Jack Cain was the Newmarket goalgetter on a relay from Bill Cain while Ralph Milton whistled a high drive past Ross Copeman for Penalties plus a let down in their checking duties pried the door ajar for Alliston to get roll ing in the final minutes Rob bie Wilson steered in a shot set up by Grant Morton and Bill to conclude the New market scoring low and Ron Croutch bagged an unassisted marker for the Smoke Rings Auroras big line Dan Pat rick Jack Brooks and Ron went on a threegoal scamper in the final period First pumped a shot behind Stuffles in the Gorman bunga low Dan Patrick and Jack Brooks fired followup goals to wrap it up for the Bone Smoke Rings rear guard whistled a blueline blaz er past Lowell for the lone Newmarket reply Tie Alston in Opener Newmarket Office Specialty juveniles and Alliston Hornets worked through GO minutes of rugged rousing and bitterly fought hockey to a tie at Friday The game was the kickoff contest in the North York juvenile hockey league The game bristled with high sticking and fisticuffing ex changes Referee Bill Gray handed 34 minutes in penal- ties including majors to Don Mcknight nd Hor nets Jim James and a miscon duct to Bill along with seven minors to keep command of the victoryhungry sides Bill Cain won the acclaim for the Specialties Bill making his initial appearance as a juvenile picked up brother Jack Cains pass late in the first period to provide Eddie Pitt and company with a advantage Cains goal stood up until the final minutes of the second per iod when Bob Hornets husky rearguard fired the matching tally Both teams had Tumorous chances to notch the tiecracker in the final 20 minutes but Specialties netminder Ross Copeman given ace protection by Laurie Charlie Guire and Warren turned aside everything offered by the Hornets Whelan In the cage was doing a like job for his mates Newmarket Copeman VanZant Towns- ley Forhan Wilson Mo Knight Cain J Cain K Bell Thorns Croutch Smart Babcock SPORTS CALENDAR Nov pm hockey A senior B Metro league Orillia Newmarket Nov 27 am hockey Little NHL four games Nov 29 pm hockey North York midget league Au rora vs Gorman Smoke Rings Nov pm hockey North York juvenile league vs Newmarket Spec ialties Aurora Arena Nov 30 7 and hockey North York league double- header bantam Alliston vs Au rora midget Aurora Arena Dec and pm ho ckey North York league doubleheader bantam Wood- bridge Schomberg midget Newmarket vs Nobleton Era and Express classifieds bring results

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