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ews Down the Centre by Ab Hulse m Clean Cleaners that Here man Thornton Browning Again alt smiles His smiles are due to the fact that his An or ft tripped Cliff Newmarket Avenue Cleaners once again this time In North York junior baseball lea gue action Glen Bennett was the guy dir ectly responsible for the Clean ers misery Bennett on in relief for starter Keith Browning turn ed in a sterling nohit relief chore from the second inning on Ben nett zipped his fast ball past Cleaner swatters Newmarkets threerun second eruption framed about a walk George single John triple and Tom hit shoved Brown ing of the hilltop The Aurora loft was bothered with sore arm trouble The Cleaners got one run off Bennett in the fifth but it came under the heading of charity Aurora used two errors a walk and hits by Ron Walker and Bill Tom son to pack age a threeall deal In the third John Caplin was responsible for a fourth Tiger run in the fourth and from there on two unearned runs put the Tigers in line to ac cept the verdict It Is centennial year in Canal- town and as a bit of a prelude to a few columns to tie in with the celebration we thought it might not be amiss to recall a few per sonages and events that have helped stamp Newmarket as one of the best sporting towns in On tario over the years We hope the committee wont mind we invade some of their publicity field Frankly we hardly know where to start and if we miss some faces or facts its because we can only think over our span of years with any accuracy Dominion championship honors came to Newmarket in as almost strangely enough there actually was only one native son Marshall on the club three district boys Don and Mac Ogilvie of Bradford and Gar Curly Preston of Aurora Some of the others had played in Newmarket for three years but they were all our boys from the start of the season and we ven ture to say there isnt an old boy or girl of that era who doesnt re gard them all as native son Just to remind you of the club there were Kan Silver Sparky VaiJ Mann Red McArthur Pep Kelly Howie Pe terson Don Willson Pres ton Jim Parr the now famous captured j Marshall and Mac Ogilvie the Memorial cup after taking the J and dont forget that deluxe OHA title and the Eastern Cana- j coach tailor Rill Hancock and da title At that time the popula- trainer Billy Mann assistant Ted of Newmarket was around and others The team and the roster of champions won 17 lost three and tied four proves that no municipality of a the year similar size in fact twice the size I Ontario titles have been won in ever won such honors Closest hockey ladies bowling in population would be minor hockey lacrosse minor and the present holders Legion and snook In the gutted stick game The team started operations on there was the win of the November in h SPA in juvenile in 1909 and doubtless series and ended their quest on the living survivors of that club April at Maple Leaf Gardens Vern of Aurora Roy winning lrom Pats Harper Price Morris Mc- a DoNuts Lose To Stouffville North York junior baseball league teams seem to be Special izing in torrid struggles this sea son Newmarket Broadbent Do- Nuts and Stouffville Cardinals added another seething thtiller to the long list at the fair grounds Monday It woundup with being set back 3 2 by Stouffville Newmarket waited too long be- As Teams Race For Playoff Berths to win the honors in With proud record of success under the guidance of Pete Swimming pitches Gong nlo the Poor Gorman an adopted native raed son and Herbie Cain a real home- n drive that was to plate two runs out a hit Juvenile B honors came in 1955 followed with and bantam B awards in and njl and runne these of course were all local on Bil double lads in action We must mention on a the contribution made by such with the tying run but that was successful grab fellows as George Hasketf Ken a far out- PteyoH sun Broughton Eddie Pitt Red Hoi- folder could get Up to the seventh Brian Theres a new Lake league leader to greet us this week Its those freeswinging highflying Keswick have points Zephyr and Pine Orchard each With less than three weeks re maining in the schedule the scrap for the coveted six playoff berths and league pennant is going to swing into overdrive Keswick Pine Orchard Zephyr and Mount Albert appear to be shooins for playoff action Be low that five clubs Willow Beach Ball an- and all have a to these achievements run down last weeks ae on the Simcoe diamonds in overtime It was the culmina tion of a decade of great junior hockey with three trips to the provincial finals without success in and Hale Plug of Toronto Roy Anderson Toronto Frank Smith Jim Cliff Knowles of Oshawa Hartford of Wes ton and Nip will be re- Behind the club was a united cognized by the crowd Distance town with such stalwarts as the may prevent Matt and late Andy Davis the clubs chief j Basil Fie r heller from coming backer Frank Courtney home Aurora Dairymen Win Another Game Aurora Dairymen completed their PeelYork league regular schedule with an 118 win over lumber Summit at Aurora Tuesday The Dairymen hitting hard and often made It possible for Norm to chalk up another pit ching victory The Dairymen produced a clus ter of runs in about every inning with Ron Simmons two doubles stirring up the moat scoring act- Jon The win Aurora of a first place the league Latest information indicates that those surprising ball- hawks finished second followed by King City Richmond Hill and must meet to decide on a fourth place finisher while copped the sixth and last playoff spot league first round playoffs are scheduled to get underway next week The playoff draw sends Aur ora against the fourth place club either or Richmond Hill in a best of seven series In the other first round activity ft will be two vs five Ketlleby either Richmond Hill or In bracket three third place team meets the sixth placers King City vs The latter two series are heat of three sets While Newmarket went to the Fred Thompson Jim Law Ly man Rose and Stan Smith guiding j open junior finals three times and the destinies of the The twice as far as the last four teams teams of 1927 and 1923 had been in intermediate hockey it remain- homebrew clubs to the last man led for the Smoke Rings in junior Local Ladies Clobber Orillia Win 104 For Two Game Lead Don Thorns worked his pitching magic for a fourhitter Thorns third We havent the bowling records V and Bill available but Andy Jim r the onlv DoNut Law to name but two lawn bowl- to get next to a hit have won provincial fame Ladies softball proudly pre sents the top record of consistent achievement with no less than three championships in 1953 over Dixie and over Nor wich and over Fort Erie Nothing would please Peaches VanZant the dynamic leader of the deloveliei than to repeat the performance in as a centen nial present and as Chuck says Were rolling with the punches Cant stop to mention all the fein- who made up the champs but catcher Mona Dean and pitcher Sarah Barradell have been out standing in that pennantwinning paade Aside from winning honors and we wont attempt to list such district honors as Metropoli tan Cup hockey etc Canaltown has con tributed some great sports lead ers to the Ontario picture The late Tom Doyle was president of the Ontario Lacrosse Association in brother Doyle ex- relied as a player executive and Lets It was a big twowin week for Keswick Their bats spoke thunderously for and victories over Keswick Le gion All the Redmen veterans sailed serenelv along in all but Jumped batting averages the second and h r d as Stouff- Donne ville got two winning runs in the and George I came in with fine batting Playing July at Claude Pol- the DoNuts suffered a re verse at the hands of Agincourt Ross Motors won the game in the first inning as they jumped DoNut starter Jack Cain for five hits including John Ross home run and five runs Frank Knightly chilled the Do- Nuts on four hits and had a shut out working until the sixth when Keith Bryant and Bill Cain put together hits for the lone DoNut run Cain whized a third strike past Agincourters Knightly got nine on strikes Grant Morton former DoNut got two to pace Agincourt bat swingers behind Bill Richard sons servings Ted drovein two firstinning runs and Doug Alcorn scored Eric Barber and Glen as Vandorf nailed down a 0 lead and carried on to shade Queensville Rockets netted single second third and fourthframe runs via Bob Millers home run and solid base hits from Reid Himes Don Bond Lloyd Harvey and Ron Beckett Bill Richardson record ed the sweet sweet Vandorf tri umph in opposition to Don Glover and Monday Lloyd Harveys two- and Willow Beach The gave out with greasyfingered display life difficult for McNeill Bill Dei Charlie Sinclair Don Cami eron and McNeill were top Beach clubbers Along about now Frank H d must be asking what he has to do to win a ball game slammed two home runs and a single but it wasnt enough as Pine Orchard derricked Ballantrae fourbagger hits each by Howie Ash and Gar J nie Williams sped the winners along and gave Josh Preston run homer plus Ron Becketts Doug Card all the hit help they to come home pitching double in a sixrun fourth pow ered the Rockets to a win over Vandorf and Glov er picked up the pitching blue chips with Bill Richardson the loser Eric Barber Bill Doug Woods and Whim Patten- den were Vandorfs most hungry hit guys It was a win loss week for Joe Cases Don Glovers neat hurling and a gamewinning fifthinning run earned ville a 2 win over Mount Al bert in a tense dramatic tussle needed victors Bill DeG ears sixthinning home run was the blast that Willow Beach a exchange with Pine Orchard Friday Beachers outhit men with Cecil McNeill posing Josh Preston Pine Orchard scooted ahead in the fourth on a walk Bill- Dikes double and Gus threerun homer and Don posted three hitsj apiece to pace the Gar- lock shared the pitching spoils The doormat Legionnaires were without several regulars It was an updown week for Dave Harvey Ron Beckett Ron Williams and nailed two Harry Lavender and his Vandorf Bob Miller and Earl each to lead Pine THIRD DIAMOND READY AT THE FAIR GROUNDS Work on the backstop screen on the south diamond at the fair referee on a provincial level and grounds was completed last was a life member of the organi- day The official opening of the at ion at his death Frank Doyle new diamond is scheduled to be who died this year was president held this week of the TriCounty league anttalsn was an OLA executive member AH oldtimers will remember these three and other members of The new diamond is situated in the corner of the fair grounds There are now three ball i a o are the cohorts lost to Allen Zephyr Blues up set Queensville Rockets 3 while Ross Chapmans Rockets got some measure of revenge top ping 5 on Monday Linlners early pitch ing Ron Kesters excellent relief hurling plus triples by Clark Ar nold Bill Harry and Kesters two hits paced the Blues 118 win Doug Alcorn and Harry Laven der dished up two doubles each while Ted Vanderpo Doug Woods Eric Barber and Bill were other best slammed out import ant Rocket hits The Mounties posted their only run on two walks and hits by Brian Stokes and Craig Case George and John Green slam med home runs and Paul Main- cond was strictly no hits Keswick and Ballantrae hauled out a in their meet last week got firstframe run and Keswick the matching counter in the one of the oldest families in town floodlighted diamond the who contributed so much sport baseball diamond in front of the Matt Walsh deserves a mention grandstand and the new south Newmarket ladies teed off for 17hits in humbling Orillia Mer chants 104 at the fair grounds Thursday in a and district ladies league game The win gave the locals a it WO game lead over Orillia in the scrap for second place While the clubb ers were smacking two pitchers with the brakes off Sar ah was coasting along behind a wellscattered ninehit pitching effort Sarah ran into some trouble in round one as scored two runs on two er rors and a hit The visitors scor ed another pair in the eighth on three hits After Orillia counted their init ial two runs the locals came roar ing back to score three runs Prestons lend off home run Sandra Muirheads sin gle Barbara Watts triple and hits catch by Mary Osborne and Barbara The locals added two more runs in the second via Colleen Cains single and Sarah as Sarah and Preston singled and hit the plate on two Orillia errors and Mary Osbornes hit The locals exploded again in the eighth This time for three runs on combination bingles pro vided by Helen Watt Barbara Watt Sandra Muirhead and Preston Muir and Barbara Watt added points to their baiting averages with three hits each while Mary Osborne and Mis dished up two hits apiece Best for ia were Robin Lennox and Bcr- Bailey They had two hits each Fielding gems provided by both teams drew mm the largest fan attendance nf the sea son Prestons outfield Barbara Waifs work first Barbara fine catching and Sarah great fielding drew most attention Two fine catches for his Ontario service in minor lacrosse In the field of Marc is a former pre sident of the Ontario a career of brilliance in na tional and international and this year she heads the Dan- senior circuit Chart Holm es now of Hamilton a big wheel in and hockey in the mid 30s and early has been one of the of the Hamilton and has headed the junior series in Ontario In Ontario baseball and minor hockey Mr has won re cognition as an organizer and convener and he sits on the Oft A executive by appointment In the field of archery the family is known across the pro vince for achievements and or ganizing ability hockey finds form er players well re membered and with skate prints in the ice of time We cant that this list is a complete one hut we recall that Dutch Cain played The new diamond besides pro viding a diamond for games will give the teams unable to find a on which to practice an opportunity to practice at least once a week HERE TONIGHT Flyers will put in an ap pearance at the fair grounds to night to play a postponed and district ladies aoftball league game with Newmarket Game time is pm Elmer Paisley and John Ronnie punched out extra drives as Harold Harper recorded a victory over Cecil Me rlins from there on as Keswicks Claude Pollock and Frank a pitching bout Hub Soccerists Again Defeat Combines r i LACROSSE MEETING PRACTICE SATURDAY All boys It and under interested in playing lacrosse this season are requested to be at the fair grandstand on Sat urday July at am Y Team Outhits Dairymen But Fumbles Cost Game Optimist Plastered By Stundens Aurora Lions Ross and his New market Optimist bantams would Just as soon forget last Thurs day Playing listlessly in the field and doing little damage at plate the Optimists were washed by Norm Aurora Lions The game a North York ban tam league affair was played at the fair grounds The only bright spots in an otherwise dull and gloomy even ing for the Optimist were the two triples banged out by Jim McDonald and Wayne and John double The Optimist runners never got beyond the third base peg Keith Scott pitching skill fully from atop the Aurora hill top fired third strikes past the succeeding balers Scott using a fast hall to ad vantage was never in trouble mates made it easy for him to record a pitching win as they pushed home three first four dells followup base shortstopper Robin The locals wrapped it up good centerfielder Fletcher tight with two sixthframe lighted the Orillia fielding Dozers Upset Walkermen In 76 Town League Win Keeping the upset theme go- fifth on strung Craig Case ing Kilching Dozers spilled Bind Hon Bray and Harry Stokes Wal- Walkers July at the fair J kers jumped in for a grounds in a town softball lea- rut on the strength of meeting Dows hit and Elmer Paisleys run Don Thorns was the hero of the scoring Dozer triumph Thorns Kitchings played their trump for five secondinning runs Hob Woodcock team manager in the seventh with the knotted dusted a Craig Case pitch for a home run and the game was won Elgin Mannas Walkermen kept pecking away for at least one run in every Inning except the third Dow and John com bined hits for a firstframe inn Bob hit added a sec ondsession run and the Walker- men were on deck for a third run with the old Toronto St Pats by visitors j made the grade I Lennox and With New York Rangers BUI Thorns with Toronto Leafs and made allstar rating in Cain with Mar Canadiens and Boston and a hoi of the NHL scoring championship for a long time as well as allstar recognition and one of the coveted or more goal scorers Pep Kelly with Ma ple Leafs and Chicago Mann with Toronto and Syracuse Ellis New York Ameri cans and New Haven I Joint Mr- Comb St Louis Col- lings and Philadelphia Graham Buffalo and Syracuse Don New Ha ven Scotty Tulsa Frank Springfield and Sparky Vail New Haven There may be others if so let kicked in with a safety to put us have the names and of course the show on the road then in rap- i dont forget that while he never i About now the YMCA ball players must be wondering what they have to do to win a ball game Scrapping With the loop leading Newmarket Dairy July the the Dairymen but In the end had accept mi fi7 reverse All the troubles developed in the first inning The Y fielders must have been dipping their mil- tens in a grease bucket before they hit the diamond Before they settled down they committed four hobbles and their pitcher Harold Harper walked three After that spell of Harper a master workman and only gave up two hits and two runs Ken Thorns hit was re- for an additional Dairy run in the second and an unearned run in the fifth The gave it a terrific try pull out a win They broke into the column on Balls second inning triple and scored three fourthinning runs to snip the Dairys lead to Ted Greenwood Jim Morrison and Harper supplied the plate power in the threerun out burst ThD cut further into the Dairys lead with a fifth round run framed around Ted Green woods second hit and an error The pulled within one run of a tie in the seventh as Cal vert singled and scored on Don Carrolls double Carroll in turn shot home on Bill Smiths single Smith was left on first base as Dairy John Shedlowlck came up with the right pitches to stall the rally Ted Greenwood and Jim Mor rison were hit leaders They notched two each Boss Kves had two of the Dairymens five hits Unfurling another effort to please largest soccer gathering of the season Newmar ket RedWhites blanked Mark- Combines Saturday at the fair grounds The game was a scheduled New market and district soever match The win enabled Newmarket to stay on even terms with Aurora Firsts for the leagues position Newmarket scored both goals in the first half and richly deserv ed the margin as they had the on the defens ive per cent of the first halt time Prank Phillips a dead shot from his center half position fin ally found the opening he was looking for and booted home Newmarkets first goal It came after IS minutes of piny after lining up four shots on goal finally found the target to score New markets second goal goal came lust minutes before the half time whistle Markham played better in the second half and gave Newmarkets goalkeeper Duncan Stephens opportunity to earn his star ing Dune made at least saves to protect his shutout Cbjb Bill Brookes and secretary Roily Manners summed up Newmarket- effort Mark It down for another for all Ihe Newmarket play Jim Richardson along with Hamilton Arnold Nelson and McGrogan were standout sive operators for Newmarket while Les Roberts Phillips and Duff starred the winners attacking I In Other district soccer surprising Aurora Seconds with fast and definite threatjC for the league title defeated Brampton Seconds It waftC a starry afternoon for Aurora Bon Allen Allen all teams goals At Bradford Bradford dropped a close 2 verdict to Firsts Dodgers Blank Services To Hold Town League Lead 14 Tigers Lose To Eagles When SixRun Rally Fails Thornton Brownings Aurora Tig ers diopped a gasper to Mark Friday at Markham in North York junior baseball but no one can say the didnt Hutchinson Mike and Jack Mills tagged Walker starter Ron Bray for hits Mike with transportat ion supplied by Bill hit tied the game In sixth in the third courtesy of hits dish- Ken Smith was the pitching yie ld fire order Ken Smith Harold played hockey in Newmarket W fc the fifth up by and Craig The Walkermen got to Ker second and five thirdframe runs Smith in the fourth to load The Aurora invaders made of he southpaw pitching Of Paul Perry and Ken Sargent and Optimist werent helped by several infield bobbles tor checking Brad Walker on nine hits Ron Bray started for the while Craig Case in for the final two rounds yielded the gamewinning homer to Thorns GALS WIN ANOTHER GAME Ida Bcrtnlin and those lassies wearing Queensville Redcap col- ors have done it again Pushing their total to five success- j We wins the Redcaps spilled Richmond Hill last week Lake Simcoe ladies softball lea- play Given a sixrun first inning I by her hithappy buddies a had little trouble a Redcap triumph Mar- Robinson stole the spotlight as the Redcap hit queen went for hits while King Ida and Betty Martin got In- swing with three each bases but couldnt score They made up for this with a tworun HASHMAN AWARD Frank Hendy There are candidate for Theatre Lets run down some of features Scorekeeper In junior game should get some award We must get Lou Tay lor to show us that score sheet Other features are newcomer Keith Bryants fine play for DoNuts Bob Marriott pitching fielding and pitching Glen Bennetts sharp relief tosaing Walter Farmers threestar catch John relief chucking the great uphill battle against redhot Newmarket Dairymen Norm seasonlong high class chucking and the outstanding play of several Lake rookies Llntner Dale Pegs John Green Peter Good- fellow Buz Big Canoe and Frank As a to Frank dy gets the nod this week There are good reports on the red heads pitching proved he could hit well In a recent ansa ha slapped two home runs and a single Clapper one of the immor the ice game claims Newmarket i j chapter runs as his official birthplace and I there ate few marka the big fel low now resident in Peterbor ough doesnt posse In more recent years Bob and Billy and Grant Morton have made the in junior A hockey and are still young enough to go places although Bob seems destined to no better than senior hockey right now While not turning professional lets re member that Varsity seniors were intercollegiate and champions and higher education called such lads at Doug Mar shall Doc Ames and Freddie Murray three hoys from the slicks who might easily have made the grade in pro ranks We can think of others as you can doubtless do who simply pre ferred to slay in the hometown play amateur give up the game and raise a family who were good enough to reach the lop brackets The saga still contin ue oldtimers theyre pro ducing future hockey greats al beit not as fast as in the mid and 3d but all this runs in cycles as youll remember We hope you enjoyed this vista of yesteryear and as weve said we only hope we arent treading on other I pies toes Tigers rattled home six sixth to go ahead Markham got a two run rally go ing in their sixth to cop the de cision Coach Browning looking about for a pitcher sent batting practice hurler Joe trudging to the hilltop was an immediate success holding the Markies in check In all but the second inn ing Dol stayed around until south paw Keith Browning took charge in the fifth after had walked the bases full Browning bear ing down hard got the first two hitters and was well on the way to hailing the ies outburst when two Aurora er rors allowed Markham three big runs Aurora pegged eight hits Mark six Southpaw Dave Apple- ton went the route for the winn ers Larry Wall was Mr Big in the Aurora stick parade Wall socked a threerun homer in the big six th and also contributed an im portant run- Scoring double The glamour gang of the town league McNeil Dodgers were at it again last week as they blanked Newmarket Services The Dodgers Retting hit consc ious slugged away at Andy Sin clairs fuzzball for 1 3 hits as they kept their toe on top rung in the town league standing Dodger strongman again was ace hurler Bob Marriott Marriott the Servicemen on Iwo double and Fred Palmers bout half the McNeil hits They had 13 in all Hoppers double and Bob Keffcrs triple swept home the Dodgers first run second Cliff Wards set up a second McNeil run in three and Wards second coupled with Herb Cains single plated a third McNeil run in the fifth Bill Haskells single Bob Kef- and only one Newmarket Service runner got within sweep ing distance of third base Andy Sinclair pushed out a runs fourthinning double for Bill single completed the shower oft McNeil and gave the two insurance sixthinning and Bob era initial hit shared the slugging halo for Bill Saunders pumped a lex as victors going for three- leaguer into right field in the sue- each A I shortstop inning for Services work George Kellys work second hit Marriott alternatively I round third base and Don Men turning on his fast ball and slow aids standout outfield catch plus ball sped a third strike past HI Bob Keffcrs fine effort around batters short highlighted the fielding Fuzzy baserunning wasted a- plays Police Cop Game From Dairy Win In Seventh Inning Upset DoVs difficulty Red and Browning hit wasnt of his own making His IfiraMnning singles as A mora cap- males made a couple of Hired a lead- John and and with two hits Markham had Ron Walker supplied other four run a Ma Art pulls another qui out of the book for the mush- ball filberts to chew on Heres the situation McNeil- man Calmer is on first base Cliff Ward second up swings at a third strike The drops the ball Talkative Frederick streaks for second Ward for first Catcher Bill Saunders fires the ball lo second base The second sacker gets the ball hut doesnt touch Palmer Umpire calls Ward out when rose up from the dep ths to cop a decision from Newmarket Dairy July in the town leagues biggest upset sess ion of the season OPP not to be denied sprung the run in the sev enth Walter Farmer was the scooter who came with the run that made the fans let out a whoop that could be heard on Main St Walter tapped out a long dou- bible we find the answer under hie with one out Jim Stewart hit Rule Section A Said section a hopper back at John Pans who like to see the under- I Dairymen a hit after taking dog upset the leaders were happy from in the How Would You Call This One I riiiug through our trusty reads as follows batsman is out if while first base be occupied by a baserunner the third strike be railed on him by the umpire unless two men are already out That would indicate the umpire 100 peroent right There was no one out at the time Had the sec ond baseman touched Palmer go ing into the base it would have been a doubleplay the runner on first advancing at his own Was our umpire friend I risk and was promptly tossed out first to Don Gibson threw to brother Ivan seventh inning run sixth Harold threerun home run in the sixth was- a help in nailing down the win was Walter Farmers leaping cat- to rob Don Gibson of a fire homer All the way il was uphill- fight for the Police They fell be hind early as Hon Gibson anrt Thorns worked in cahoot for tworun firstinning market Dairy lead A walk two hit batsmen audit single put across second pair of Dairy runs third Lowell Wallers hit good for a fifth Dairy run fifth and they added an Gibson at third an attempt to erase Farmer The play backfir ed and Farmer scored standing up with the game winner Three other all important fact- Police on the statistics deserv- to win They tore into for eight hits market Dairy up to the sixth bagged five hits off Police start aits tin or made the Polite win possible but J J beg borrow or steal a hit Police relief speed ball king John Not the least of these was John great relief pitching- didnt allow the 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