Ontario Community Newspapers

Newmarket Era and Express, 26 Apr 1956, p. 13

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Arrangements for a tournament to finish off the action at Miami greens were finalized last Thursday Bruce Gibson and Hill are tournament planners Sixteen teams have entered he competition The tournament expected to run about two weeks will be conducted on a one loss and out basis The tourney was scheduled to start Tuesday The greens men will hold their annual closing jamboree on the of the doubles finals Bowling enthusiast Andy shoots in a note to advise that a feature of this weeks activity at Miami will be a match between Lindsay and Newmarket howlers Former Newmarket bank manager ray Roberts will head the invading Members of Newmarket combination to take on the challengers are Jim Lou Dutch and Andy son i Town Softball Revival Seen Prospects of reorganizing the Newmarket Town Softball league look brighter at this point than in several years according to several interested town league boosters One booster puts forth the suggestion that the industrial league idea be shelved and the league be organized on a church league basis Another sugges tion worthy of consideration Is that a fourteam league be or ganized on a ward basis with teams from St Andrews St Patricks and St Georges ward the fotirjh team coming from the new Lenhardt subdivision Another suggestion is that in order to create interest in the league throughout the town the games should be split between the fair grounds and Stuart Scott school diamonds The church league idea is not new Most town veter ans will recall with fond mem ories the era of the church league The league reached its peak after five or six successful years during the early thirties At that time the league boasted teams from St Johns An drews St Pauls Trinity United Quaker and two teams from the Christian church The teams of that era were well balanced and great battles loomed for the The games drew well and it was nothing to see two or three hun dred fans ringed around the Stuart Scott diamond for the crucial league games Playoff games drew between and fans Most of the teams boasted at one or two hockey stars v fc Mm prices YOU NT i OLD ir ii fc y Line Up 1 i JSil n A SWl J r LawnMaster Rotary Power Mower 1 cycle Clinton motor Automatic slip clutch Side discharge No raking Adjustable cutting height Big rubber tires m Beautiful gray and red Recoil Start C s7 i NO CASH DOWN Tf I vftt r and I KW IE and I CUTTING AD JUSTMENT TRIMS UP DISCHARGE RIG TIRES RECOIL START LOOK AT THIS P GENUINE ELECTRIC PLUG IN AND CUT HANDY SWITCH ON HANDLE SPECIAL III SPEED MOTOR OVERLOAD PROTEC TION Reg ONLY NO CASH DOWN yT v- 1 ii r- IK it j JjfflWy Streamliner cut start cycle Mower Offset Wheels No Scalping Close Front and Side Tubular Handle fi at Front Clinton Engine V PRICE Ia ft IN- V JiH J j performing at that time with the Newmarket junior hockey men on the roster Trinity United with fireball king Alex Webster on the firing line de feated the strong St Pauls Ang lican team in the final year the league operated After a period of inaction the league was revived on an indus trial basis in the early Office Specialty Canadian Hoff man Telephone Triple- Sevens Atomics and Sports- Cycle were listed among the league entrants Canadian Hoff man Triple Sevens and Office Specialty all took turns at step ping forward to capture the league title The Office Special ty were the last winners defeat ing Canadian Hoffman behind the pitching of John and Don Glover Bill was the ace of the Hoffman hurling corps Cook headed the Bell pitching staff while Bill Comb was the ace for the TripleSevens when they ruled the roost The league started out with the games vided between the Hoffman and Stuart Scott diamonds and later all the games were shifted to the fair grounds Jack Robinson of Aurora puts forth a suggestion that might meet with favor and that is to organize the town league on an inter- town basis with Aurora Newmarket would have three or four teams and Aurora a like number and an interlocking schedule could be worked out Any suggestions as to how to revive the league will bo wel come Send them to the Era and Express Sports Editor George Town league planners are hoping to have a meeting in the near future for the purpose of discussing a town league revival Watch for the date locals Considering mis Curling continued its steady growth during the past winter The rock game is coming into its own as Canadas fastest growing winter sport In this area curling has made tremendous strides and it is now of the largest participation sports The Bradford club en joyed one of its finest seasons and in order to provide every member with an equal oppor tunity to play the membership had to be limited This meant that several district curlers who wanted to play were forced to the sidelines The Bradford clubs season was such an excellent success that already the club has opened a campaign to buUd a curling ring in the very near future The new rink would be built next to the new Bradford arena going up on the park ground For the past several seasons the club rented ice space on the top floor of a cold storage fronting No highway Both Cookstown and are working on plans to build curling rinks Sutton curlers Mermetiafe BasebaHm To Organize On Friday A meeting to organize the in termediate baseball club for will be held at the town hall basement Friday April at pm Everyone interested in the future of intermediate baseball in Newmarket is asked to attend Club officials are es pecially interested in seeing any new ball players in the district who are interested in playing this season Newmarket will again enter a team in the intermediate base ball competition in That was the decision announced af ter a weekend meeting of last years players and executives It is planned to reenter the Intermediate Base ball league and delegates were to have attended a league organization meeting last night at Sunderland The club in operated at a deficit However with the re port that Aurora may seek ad mission to the league it is hoped that with the keen rivalry that usually de velops between the two teams the clubs in will be able The Newmarket Era and Express Thursday Apr 26 Page installed artificial ice in their operate on a paying basis recently built rink The rock- broom game also got a foothold in the area where a strong club was organized The district curlers used the arena a couple of times weekly to play their favor ite game The Newmarket curling con tingent was one of the largest operating under the Bradford curling club banner In all about Hub citizens participat ed in the Bradford club activity Newmarket curlers have been considering the building of a lo cal curling rink and with the least encouragement would swing into a campaign to erect one Of the Canadian corpor ation liable for federal income tax in operated at a loss that year and operat ed at a profit Club officials at the moment are seeking a team sponsor If anyone is interested in spon soring the team contact Ernie or George It is also reported a new coach manager and secretarytreasurer will have to be appointed at Fri days meeting Ernie has held the latter position for the past three years has an nounced his retirement Mr is due a vote of thanks for his wholehearted efforts to bring about an intermediate re vival in Newmarket If Aurora proceed with their intermediate ball plans the local team will lose four players namely pitcher Harold Stephen son catcher Grant Winters and Earl and Andy However local offi cials are confident with the number of new players in town and juvenile graduates they can field a contending team Simcoe Softball Meeting Tonight A final reminder to all teams players and executives the Lake Softball leagues annual organization meeting will be held in the Sharon hall tonight April at pm President Ken asks all the clubs in the league last season to send at least two dele gates to the meeting Any new teams wishing to enter are also requested to along repre sentatives Tonights meeting will be the leagues twentythird That makes the league the oldest circuit operating in thisarea The league last season had nine teams Willow Beach Bel- haven Keswick Mount Albert Zephyr Newmar ket Pine Orchard and Vandorf All nine except Newmarket and Willow Beach were eligible to compete for the Stan Cook tro phy emblematic of league cham pionship supremacy Rumors indicate that Keswick may enter a second team repre senting the Legion Also men tioned as possible new entrants arc teams from Sharon Lake Wilcox East Gwillimbury Viv ian and Holland Landing V Minor Lacrosse Seek Arena Use There is very little new to report oh the local minor la crosse organization front In a move to expand the North York league Matt Walsh district On tario Minor Lacrosse association convener has been in contact with Alliston and offi cials regarding entries Word from the latter two centers re garding lacrosse plans for is expected this week If they come up with teams there possibility of a six team bantam league comprising teams from Newmarket Aurora Holland Landing Bradford and Local lacrosse officials headed by Matt Walsh Bob and Ed Adams are marking time until they have official word when they will be able to use the arena for practices and games f J Mentioned as possible candi dates for the team are Witt Laurie Thorns Lowell Waller Don Gibson Ted Green wood Jerry Hugo Lloyd Har vey Ken Thorns Bill Ted Reeve Alvie and Bill Smith Loring is one of the fine new ball players to move to Newmarket Chuck Parsons at the Bank of Nova Scotta is a pitching prospect and Balfour McLean an infield- or from Kincardine Among the juvenile graduates likely to try to break into the lineup are Grant Morton Don Thorns Bill Laurie Bill and Bob Wilson NORTH YORK DRIVEIN THEATRE Open For Season THURSDAY APRIL J I See Us For YOUR CHAMBER OF COM IS BUILDING YOU A BETTER COMMUNITY TRACK SHOES SHORTS SWEAT SUITS BASEBALL CLEATS RUNNING SHOES Top Quality At school and team prices KEITH DAVIS SPORTING GOODS Newmarket 5 Main St 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