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Newmarket Era and Express, 17 Nov 1955, p. 13

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Gorman Smoke Rings will tear the wrapping off their junior C hockey Reason to night at arena The Smoke Rings the first junior team to represent Newmarket in in four years will on Hap Emms junior A Barrie Flyers as a starting attraction- Harold Cotton Boston Bruins chief scout along with Hap Emms will be on hand to official- usher in the hockey sea son Herb Cain is coach of the Smoke Rings Peter Gorman manager and team mentor and Eddie Pitt is assistant manager Tonights game will give coach Cain an opportunity to put the stamp of approval on this seasons lineup Among the players likely to appear in the Smoke Rings liv ery tonight are goalies Ross Locksley Stu files dc- Grant Morton George Davis Don Thorns Bob Frank Bob Hodgson and Gord Todd and hail from Bradford while Hodg son calls his home Up front coach Cain will prob ably trot out Bill Bob Wilson and Brian Million as one combination The second unit will be composed of Jim Rogers George Thorpe and Jim Thorpe moved in recently from Kirkland Lake while McBride resides near has clinched a berth on the third attacking unit while the other frontline can didates are Ken Bell Bill Cain Norm Smart and Jack Cain As an added attraction Danny Patrick the Aurora flash has now been approved to play with and likely will see action against the Smokies Strikes and Spares Ivan Gibson rattled off an scries including a single game Roy posted an including a single to pace the town leaguers bracket maple were Cyril Keats Charlie Gordon 746 Frank VandenBergh Tugwell Lloyd Harvey 718 Jack Giles League standing Is Dixons Clover Kickers 28 Const Combines Electric 22 Monarchs 22 Aces Newmarket Motors Western Excavators 12 Ede Halls showed the Way in the Monday Ladies league Other pacesetters were Phyl Smalley Erie Jones Betty Hope 551 Ann Osborne Claire Pollock Shyrlea Pres ton 504 Rose Mona SAINTS OUSTED BABBIE St Andrews College juniors conquerors of George Kellys Newmarket Purple and Gold juniors in the North York junior football final were in urn de feated by Collegiate last Wednesday at von the north division title in the Georgian Bay district pJaydowns St Andrews to all intents and purposes lost the game to in the first 15 seconds A Saint safety man fumbled the opening kickoff and raced in to recover in the St Andrews end zone for a touchdown One bright spot for St An drews in he second quar ter when Jim Murrays pass sent Fred Anderson on a dash for a touchdown Dean League standing Our Gang Mugs Drips 27 Spitz 22 HiLos 21 Dreamers Legionette scoring leaders were Phyllis 681 Jean Miller Marg Ingram 515 League standing Meteors 26 Jets 25 Comets 23 Spitfires Vikings Hurricanes Aurora DoubleBlue Senior Team Ousted Aurora High School hopes of advancing along the Central On tario Secondary Schools associa tion senior football trail were erased abruptly Wednesday of last week as the DoubleBlues dropped a 201 decision to Collegiate north section win ners in the Georgian Bay COSSA while Aurora triumphed over to gain the southern crown The game a sudden- death fixture was played at Orillia Aurora lost the game In the fourth quarter Up to that point they were much In the game They held the more experienced at halftime Bud Suttons boot to the deadline pro vided Auroras single point Aurora trailed 31 at the three quarter mark then Orillia ex ploded for three fast majors in the final minutes to lift the game out of the doubtful column The loss of Jim Preston late In the third quarter hurt Auroras chances Coach Bob Thompson did an excellent job with the team and is to be congratulated on the fine showing throughout the sea son NEW SAFETY RECAPS Safety Selected Carcasses Cleat Type Natural Rubber Tread Year Guarantee f3 BARGAIN PRICES WITH CLASS A TRADE IN No Cash Down 1 per week ASSOCIATE MAIN ST J ft Soft ltd t MEWS Down The Centre by Football ended in North York ing the OHA only tries to last week with Aurora High crowned as district seniors and suffering a 211 setback to Cossa finals- St An drews College won the junior crown but dropped a ver dict to in the wind- up The senior game at was a rough contest a broken fractured arm and broken ribs being sustained by the win ners while the Aurora kids were well manhandled Jimmy Pres ton suffered concussion and torn neck muscle which fortunately wasnt serious There have been far too many injuries in second ary football this year Billy Bell young Highlands golf star and the ace backiielder of winners of the To ronto honors has been limping painfully for weeks but con tinued to play I was at the commencement and when the footballers came on they needed no cheers to identi fy them practically everyone was in the halt- or lame class Incidentally young Preston who played quarter for the Au rora club has been doing right well in the squared circle at Pal ace Pier and has won three straight fights in the class by knockouts The kid has what it takes Its been a long time since there were any boxers corning out of North York but youll recall that Smart was a pretty fair contender in the early 30s with the amateurs and the late Tommy Burke could hold his own with the best Bob did pretty fair in fisticuff alley Going back fur ther of course recalls that Lind say Robinson of Aurora now a psychiatrist in the USA was in tercollegiate flyweight champion in the while a decade earlier the late Dr Jim Jenkins of King was intercollegiate heavyweight king Bob Moody the squire of better known to bus riders as Mr Gray Coach af ter 24 years on the same route from to Toronto via has been to the King route taking the place of Dan who has retired Bob received a host of calls from well wishers and hell be just as popular on his new route Har old Capra who played junior hockey with Aurora in has come back to hockey wars and hes playing nice hockey in the Scarhoro Sunday league Jack Robinson Aurora recrea tion director returns home to night after a weeks recreation course at Incidentally since hes been on the job at Aurora the likeable Robinson hasnt taken any holidays from his work Hicks Rich mond is busy organizing a town league hockey circuit which will lead to Richmond Hill having an intermediate club in the in a year or two Jim Austin minor hockey rep from this area is supervising the setup which is being sponsored by Lions club Richmond Hill Rants is the name that the Hill juniors will be known as this winter and the club has secured Mac Clement as coach and Paul manager Unionvlllo Jets have filled the goal spot by nabbing Bruce Mid- the goalie who lives closer to than Last year Don Brutes brother play ed for against his brother Georgetown Juniors ore holler- about the proposed C grouping Its loo bad clubs have to travel any distances but so long as we have different populations and different ratings grouping will always present a difficulty As Ive said before the clubs do their own sponsor- York Team Fifth In Royal Competition The York County Junior Farm ers judging team consisting of Bruce and Bruce of and Donald of stood fifth among 2ft competing teams in re cent competition at the Royal Winter Fair Their total score was 2560 out of 3000 points This contest been described as the hottest judging compe tition held in Canada a consider able amount of practice judging and coaching Is undertaken by all teams The coaches for York were and K Pearson of the Department of Agriculture Newmarket Imme diately previous to the competi tion all contestants spend two days at the Ontario Agricultural College undergoing further training In judging The teams were required to Judge and give reasons for plac ing 10 classes of stock Including dairy three beef two swine and one carcass one sheep York team working independently on points each had scores of and being separated by only four points Tho team stood second In Individual beef competition- Congratulations are due to the boys for their excellent standing in this competition group them In a minor setup where there are no gates so to speak you can get away with mixed clubs in the group History has proved all too bit terly the fans wont go out to see OHA hockey when the games are actually only exhibition in calibre and you cant run teams from junior up with the same funds as in minor Shipbuilders have secured former GaltWalkerton goalie to guard the twine cage this winter is once again back on the Orillia defence Jack is serving as his part ner Bobby Shropshire is again in the Orillia nets and Harvey Reading who played part time last winter in goal is trying to understudy Jimmy at Brace bridge With Parry Sound out of inter mediate hockey Bracebridge have added Denny one time Newmarket to their roster came to Canaltown during the regime of the late George as club president We mourn with all sportsmen of the district the passing of a good execu tive Pete Gorman will get a cri terion as to crowds this Thursday and next The group will be underway thereafter and as you view the- game with the Flyers up Smiths office the boys will be wrestling around with the schedule A week from Aurora Bears will make their first home stand with the likely opposition Aurora Bel aire of the intermedi ate set will play on Tuesday and thereafter the in termediate group will be in ac tion Belairs Lose Openers Aurora were tripped and by Knights last Week in their first two out ings in intermediate company Considering the Knights were last years intermediate A final ists and Aurora carries a C rat ing Ron Simmons Doug Alcorn and company did well against the highly rated northerners Bill former Newmar ketAurora big league star snapped in three goals at Aurora to spark the invaders Playing coach Ron Simmons who per formed alongside Bob Gillies and Grant Winters on the defense scored Auroras initial home counter Phil Nicholas setting up the plays between Bill dell and Jack scored the second tally Bob Kearns looked sharp in the Aurora goal and was kept extra busy Jim teamed up with Bill Mabbett and Gerald Chapman on another Aurora at tacking unit while Don March- ant and Dale Watts completed the front wall Don Gibson also joined the Alcomites for the game at BANQUET SATURDAY This years annual and District Ladies Softball league banquet and presentation night is being held at Lodge Saturday to officially close the league season Players coaches and managers from Or Elmvalc and New market are expected to attend Among the presentations will be the league championship Edith Hare Memorial trophy to and also the most valu able players award Also on the agenda will be the election of of ficers for the season Burners Tie Opens A sizzling threeall tussle be tween Mortons and leys Burners pried the lid off in the Little Saturday In the other loop eon- test Butchers showed an early season hotfoot to outper colate Davis Athletics In the squirt league contests Cy Gilberts Fighters raced away to a win over New market Motors while Realtors defrosted Taylors Imperials 51 In the nip and tuck opener smooth Frank Guire polished off a late marker to earn the Burners a tie In the early tilting it was John Gorman and Davie Smith the Burn ers scoring Keith Bur ling a going concern bagged two goals while steady blue- liner Doug Andrews furnished the other Pontiac tally Brices Butchers looking sharp had Peter Watt Rny Goodfellow Ken Needier and Terry Cain to thank for their scoring credits Galloping Jerry Meehans hat- trick performance plus official sendoff goals by Barry Lloyd Howard Dennis and Walt mer powered the Fighters triumph Peter Gorman record ed the only marker Davis Gibbons starred in the Realtors opening win netting two goals while Murray Dick and Junior Lake hit paydirt once each for the victors Brad the An drew St sparkler did the hon ors for the Imperials The Newmarket Era and Express Thursday Nov Page IS he Calvert sports CLINTON and Brings and Station Parts For power Mower Motors Repair Shop St Newmarket Phone York County Hospital Needs Your Donation When Jolly Jack Adams for ye leader of Detroits powerful hockey forces swept through his Stanley Cop champions of this year and traded oft half a dozen of them Including his fabu lous Terry casual hookey fans wondered if he wasnt wrecking a great machine But owners and leaders of competitive teams uneasily tightened their belts and donned their armor to cope with the new Red Wing dynasty knowing full well that the shrewd and daring Adams makes few if any errors in his rebuilding programme Almost invariably he comes up with something better than before Jack Adams knows his hockey from the ground up Late in the season of the Fort William native broke Into new National League with Toronto Arenas and his debut came amid stormy scenes The Arenas were playing off for the League title with Montreal Canadiens in a 2garae series The Toronto team won the first game on home ice believed they could make the Arenas overcome the deficit on Montreal lee Into this tlon fraught with possibility of mayhem came the towheaded Adams Arenas survived a 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