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District Sport News Zephyr Belhaven Mount Albert Win Simcoe Playoff Openers All Eight Teams Playoffs Town league execu tives meeting last week important changes in their league playoff arrange ments First and foremost they put all teams in the playoffs Originally the first eight teams were to compete- Second ly they divided the league into two sections for playoff competi tion Amotfon lo officially close the regular league schedule as of Wednesday was introduced and St carried almost unanimously The motion gave Newmarket Dairy first place in the standing Canadian Legion second McNeil Dodgers third Bell Telephone fourth Brad Walker fifth and Dozers sixth The A series playoff were arranged as first place Newmar ket Dairy vs sixth place Kitch Dozers Legion vs Brad Walker and McNeil Dodgers vs Bell Telephone In B scries play Lyons who finished seventh drew a bye while Newmarket Services and Green Acres clash in one bracket and OPP and have a date to meet in the other series first round playoff All playoff series are to be best two out of three sets The playoffs in both series were scheduled to get underway earl ier this week For the league championship the A series champion will meet the series winner Those cagey playoff customers the Zephyr Blues are at their up setting business again It always comes as a surprise to the fans how the Blues get cracking in the playoffs The Blues matched against the powerhouse gang from Pine Or chard got in the first semifinal lick with a 31 win Friday under the Mount Albert lights It was a big win for Allen gang It gave them a edge in games in the best of sev en series Switching to first round play Mount Albert came out of their fourth place lair to defeat Ken Hod gins Keswick 53 It was the first game tn a best of five series In the other first round session got to pounding the ap ple to whip Ross Chapmans Queonsville Rockets This was the initial game in a best of five round Bill was Allen Lock ies nominee to chill Pine Or chard did just that com ing up with a poachy three hitt er Pine Orchard tried a switch as they shot their rookie find Dale Pegg at the Blues went a- long like a veteran for three cha pters before Zephyr threatened to cut loose Then Bill Dike hust led in ace sender Doug Card The Blues took a liking to Cards offerings and sandwiched four of their five hits into a two run sixth inning explosion nail down the win Elwood Lintner started the Blues show with a hit Harry and Bill Howse followed with hits to load the bases Card walked the next batter to score and George Chappelle singled to score a Blues insurance counter The Blues first run in the four th was gift wrapped as Ken Tay lor squirted out a bunt and scor ed all the way from first on a bad throw A walk an overthrow and vet eran Doug Eves hit gave Pine Or chard a temporary second inn ing lead Doug Eves Nobby Ash and Bill Dike shared Pine Or chard hits Pine Orchard Captures Second Simcoe Pennant Two 6all ties between Queens- and Bill triple ignited Playoffs Begin In Town League will be the over the next week as town league clubs go declaring first round ploy- off winners In tonights action on the south diamond at pm Newmarket Services and Green Acres will play the second game in their best two out of three set New market Dairy and Kitching Doz ers will play game two of their best of three set the lights at pm On Aug another double- header attraction will feature as OPP and play game two of their series on the west dia mond At pm under the lights the Legion and Brad Wal ker will match base hits in game two of their set Third games if needed will be on tap September 3 as a triple- header attraction should give the fans plenty of action On the south diamond at pm Green Acres and Newmarket Services clash while at the same time on the west diamond Kitching Doz ers have a date to meet New market Dairy in game three of their set if required At pm under the lights Bell Telephone and McNeil Dodgers will be in action if a third game in their set is necessary The first round playoffs will wind up September as Brad Walker and legion clash on the south diamond at and at pm under the lights and OPP play game three in their series if a third game is requir ed ville and Mount Albert on one hand and Pine Orchard and Kes wick on the other feat ured the Closing week of regular schedule play in the Lake league In other replay contests dorf and Pine Orchard tried to run off a postponed contest The game only went three innings be fore darkness closed in With Pine Orchard a country mile in advance of their southern cousins Vandorf conceded the points to Abbie and com pany These two points plus a sin gle gained in their lie with Kes wick gave Pine Orchard 28points and their second successive lea gue pennant Keswick finished second foll owed by Zephyr and Mount Al bert while and ville the other playoff partici pants settled for a fifth place tie Zephyr Blues were due to play August 23 but couldnt field a team so Ed Ber nard Kay and company latched onto two easy points Jimmy Sinclairs Willow although out of the play off fun finished the season in a blaze of glory as they defeated Joe Cases Mount Albert Don Camerons two for three hitting including a triple Bus Drapers two for two clubbing let run scoring the Beach win Elmer Paisley slammed a triple to be crowned the Mounties best extra base dri ver Rookie Dale Pegg firing in op position to veteran Redman Os car Smith went the route as Pine Orchard and Keswick Red- men drew 6all Both teams put a lot of power in their swings Pegg and Garnie Williams homered for Pine Orchard while Connell and Eddie Chad- wick whacked Keswick round- trippers Queens vi lies Don Glover and Bel havens Bill Henry low ered the boom on the hitters as Rockets nudged salted away a first inning run via hits by Bill Henry and Ivan Rye and added run two in the seventh on Bruce fields four Dave Harvey and Ron Beckett drilled out doubles and Reid cashed a triple as notched one first two second and one fourth round run was the Rocket against Craig Case in a pitchers battle as and Mount Albert tied Case unloaded a two run seventh inning double to create the tie Ron Croutons three run plus run scoring hits furnished by Bob Miller and Dave Harvey featured the Belhaven jumped into a hand some 30 first frame lead and counted runs in every chapter but the second as they dropped Bert Comers two- run first frame triple touched off the Belhaven early start Merlyn Winchs two run seventh inning home run wound up the Belhaven scoring In the pitching exchange Bill Henry was in top form throwing a five hitter and whipping a third strike past ten Lefty Don Glover giving out for Queensville yielded seven bing and whiffed five Whereas Henry had nearly flawless sup port the infield got their pitcher in trouble via six bobbles Bert Comer and Ivan Rye were hit leaders They had two hits each while Henry lyn Winch and Irwin Davidson salted away a hit apiece in the winning cause Dave Harvey was the sharpest Queensville Dave got two hits while Don Glover Himes and Ron shared other Rocket bingles Bernard Kay effic ient allstar first sacker is going to put wire cutters on the next long one he hits Kay put the lumber to a long hit it was a sure home run until it hit hydro wires in right field and plunked down into Bob Millers mitt for a king size out Paul Mainprizes home run and Elmer Paisleys two run double scored four third inning runs as Mount Albert drew first blood in their first round go against Kes wick It was a 53 win for Joe Cases crew in the first of a best of five set Craig Case working cautiously tamed the usually hard hitting on six bingles to best Keswicks Claude Pollock in the pitching skirmishes Pollock yiel ded seven hits The Redmen got their biggest bundle of joy in the fifth as Ed came to plate and hom ered with two mates aboard LEGION SHAPES YMCA Unearned runs will kill you if you dont watch out Gord Cal vert and Ball mas terminds found that out to their sorrow last week as they dropped a tough 32 decision to Canadian Legion The game concluded the regu lar town softball league schedule Two unearned runs in the third inning won it for Myles Legionnaires Heres what hap pened to bring about the downfall Don Burch to start the inning walked Ted Tidman next up sent up a little that pitcher Harold Harper fumbled Harper trying to cut down at second threw wide and before the scrambling outfield ers could recover the both and Tidman scurried home Some fancy stepping on the base paths by Ted Greenwood af ter he had worked Tidmn for a walk gave a first inning run Greenwood did a repeat performance in the fifth to score the Ys second run The Legion got their winning run in the fourth as Norm Legee walked went to second on a wild pitch and galloped across the plate on Majors single The Legion collected three hits two as the batters were put in the shade by Legions Ted and Harold Harper Both hurlers received sharp support with Bob shoe string catch Bruce sinking liner the highlight Bruce Townsley Gord Major and John shared Legion hits while Paul MaHorize and Bob lined out safe- tics Ladies Winning In Playoffs So Charlie Only Smokes Cigar A world record is being estab lished in our midst and not one word said about it Ladies coach Charlie VanZant hasnt swallow ed one cigar this season This is one way of saying New market ladies are playing head- up ball The record of the gals over the past week proves that They scored runs and had none posted against them Playing Elmvale here August the locals posted an impressive 50 triumph This was the first game in the and district j semifinals At home Monday turning in a terrific fielding and base running effort as well as batting the ball to all corners of the ball orchard the locals blanked Stouffville 0 This latter game was the star ter in a best of three PWSU se cond round playoff series The local pitching chores of course were handled by Sarah Our Sarah gets bet ter each and every season In these two contests she was best ever Against Sarah didnt surrender one hit and thus joins baseballs hall of fame Against Stouffville Sarah was in almost as good form In both games the Newmarket fielders made life easy for their pitcher by gobbling up everything shot their way Opportunity came knocking for the locals in the first frame against Elmvale It was a two- run start as a result of hits by Helen Watt Lois Darrach and Barbara It was an other pair in the second as Col leen Cains climaxed a hit swinging spree by Pres ton Barbara Watt and Barbara Gwilliams Against Stouffville it was a hitting affair for the locals They came up swinging for big hits It was Lois Darrach going five for five Dean four for five to trigger the locals hhtingest effort of the season Stouffville never had a hope af ter the locals with explosive bat the efficiency slammed home four cond round runs added three in Green Acres Blank Services In First Of Town Playoffs the fourth and cashed a single in each of the last four rounds Lois home run Col leen Cains triple and doubles by Barbara Gwilliams and Mona Dean exploded the fourrun se cond Mona Deans triple and Helen Watts double ignited the fourth inning outburst Lois Darrach scored in the fifth on Sarah hit and Bar Watt homered in the sixth Barbara Watts triple produced a seventh inning run and Mona Deans double authored the locals final counter in the eighth Jeanne Winter was welcomed back into the infield combination and bowed in with an impressive fielding effort and collected two hits and a walk Scott Fans 18 Batters As Aurora Wins 63 Game Each Night In Lake SemiFinal Playoffs league playoff games are a hit uncertain at the moment Tonight Thurs day Mount Albert will meet Keswick Rodman in fame three of their best of five If a fourth garr is rcouird de clare a scries winner it will be September In the other first round set will August 30 It will the third game in their best of five sot If a fourth game is required it Will be played In the semifinal round feat uring Pine Orchard and Zephyr the third game in their best of round will be played September In the event of rain game Is shifted ahead to the following night and the other scheduled contests ere also moved up to the following evening ThU there will be a Lake Simcoe league playoff under the Mount Albert lights each and every week night weather permitting All games arc scheduled to start at 8 pm League president Art King and secretary Ken Hodgins aro hop ing there will be a large turn out of fans for each of the play off contests The hitters were of one accord Aurora Lions defeated 63 Wednesday at Aur ora thai they had looked at some red hot pitching in the ban tam first round playoff game played at Aurora Keith Scott working on the hilltop for the Norm Fred Wilson led Aurora crew had his stuff shooting in fast it looked like an aspirin tablet to the hitters In all Scott knocked out visiting hitters via the strike out route and came through with a well pitched six hitter Merritton hurler Hal Taylor slipped a third strike past Aurora swingers Scott after giving up success ive second inning hits to visitor Harold Taylor and Dave Pando breezed alone in handsome style and didnt allow a hit or a run until the ninth In the ninth the in vaders came tip swinging and put together four hits good for three runs before Scott could quench the fire Bob Wall gave Aurora a second inning lead as he wallop ed a towering home run Aurora used two errors a walk and two hits to score four third inning runs to grab a lead The big inning started with Don Taylor reaching first base on an infield error Brian Know- getting a life via a second Merritton error and Keith Scott walking to load the bases Norm Dennis singled home two runs Bob Wall drove in a third counter on his infield hop per and Robert Wright scored Auroras fourth run of the inning with a single Don Taylor doubled to open the fifth and reached third base but couldnt get transportation home as the Aurora side went down in order after the hit Aurora collected run number in the sixth as Bob Wall whacked a triple and came a- cross the plate on a in field Wall was the bin Aurora gun He collected three of Auroras seven hits Other Aurora fell to Norm Dennis Robert Wri ght Terry Stone and Don Tay lor Aurora Drop Rubber Game To Bowmanville Hayes Aurora peowees were shunted out of the Ontario Baseball Association as they dropped a marathon decision to monvillo Wednesday in It was the third and deciding game in a beat of three first round scries Previously the Hayes lads went into August to prolong the series with an im pressive win Ivan Anderson took charge of the Aurora pitching In both gam es while Jim Hancock was on the mound for Both teams came up with eight hits Wednesday However had a bettor day in the field They committed but three errors against Auroras seven Highlight of the game was a triple plav engineered by the Aurora infield Anderson started the play grabbing a liner off a bat then the play went to Tim Taylor at third then over to Jim Preston at first base Doug Lanes catch of Bob Walsh liner in the sixth featured the fielding Tim Taylor collected two hits lo pace Aurora while Jim Pre ston Fred Hughes Vern Kveleigh Bob Walsh Dennis Girard and Gord Hayes Jr shared other Aur ora In the Monday game the fine infield play and solid hitting of Tim Taylor and Fred Hughes featured Aurora effort North York Minor Team To Play At Exhibition In Peewee Ball Tourney The North York minor base ball league has been invited to participate in the base ball tournament at the Canadian National Exhibition this year An allstar team will be pick ed to represent the league The team will consist of six players each from Aurora and Newmarket Three other associations affili ated with the Ontario Baseball Association Niagara district In terCounty and Hamilton have boon invited to participate Sev eral peewee clubs from metro politan Toronto will also take part in the tournament The North York allstars will meet Niagara district at 230 pm Aug and will also he back for a game the following day The players will he gliosis of he Canadian National Exhibition at a dinner on August at pm at which Bob Keller form er Cleveland major league pitch ing star will bo guest speaker George North York minor baseball league governor is in charge of arrangements to send the local representatives the tournament YMCA WALLOPS LYONS It is quite possible that youll be hearing a lot about YMCA in the town league playoffs Cert ainly they are to be a tough club to handle if Harold Harper keeps up his excellent hurling Harper pitched a one hitter as knocked off Lyons last week in a town league game The only Lyons could hook onto gainst Harper was Drew third inning triple That hit that possibly could have been gathered in by the Y out field cost Harper a nohit norun game The Y hitters were jumping on Bill pitches with auth ority In all they hit the ceiling for ten solid YMCA used Paul Mainprizes single and Jim Morrisons dou ble to go for a run in the second mning to start their victory ride Y tipped their lead to 41 in the third as a result of Bob Burchs single and followup doubles by Harold Harper Don McKin- Bob threerun homo run gave the a comfortable lead in the fourth and they add ed two unearned runs in the fifth Jim Morrisons double scored Mainprize with the winners final run in the seventh Town league playoff contenders watch out for Green Acres Green Acres rapid Robert Attwell has his con trol back Rapid Robert was smoking them in Monday as Green Acres blanked Newmarket Services It was the first game in a best two out of three series first round playoff Rapid Robert put the hex on Andy Sinclairs Servicemen with a dandy three hitler While Ro bert was cooling out the Service hitters D C VanCamps Acres gang was knocking down the fair grounds fences and giving Servic es chucker McBride a rough time of it As far as the scoring went Green Acres could have gone home after the first inning The game was over right there as they bundled up a big six runs doubles for Green Acres final run Two walks plus hits by Jack OHalloran Pepper Martin Don and Jim Camisso set up the Green Acres sixrun first The winners trotted swingers to the plate in the third using a walk an error a hit and five hits to chase home their second bundle of six runs Don VanCamp came to the plate twice in the inning and dril led out two bingles while other third frame were author ed by Jack OHalloran Bob Greenfield and John Atkinson The Newmarket Services sty mied by Altwells fine pitching performance had to settle for three hits Andy Sinclair and Neeley clicked for second inning singles as the Services loaded the bases but Attwell froze out any signs of a run as he got McBride for the third out on an infield However they stayed around to hopper Kitching Dozers Blank Newmarket Services 280 Kitching Dozers pulled the home run extra base lumber off the bat rack to swamp Newmar ket Services last week in a town league game While the Dozer men were swinging for the fair ground fen ces Bob was putting the deep freeze on the Service hitt ers It was a four hitter for Crou Bruce Taylor Andy Sinclair Bill Saunders and Don Menard shared Service hits The Dozers will be lucky to have enough energy left to play the next game They ran the bas es so fast and furiously in this game theyll be out for a month The Dozers hit for five first inning runs and made it a rout via nine fourth and eighth fifth stanza runs Every player on the Dozer roster got into the winners base knock explosion Brian Million Bill Don Thorns Jack Mills and Bob all hit base as the Dozers added a few digits to their averages build the cushion to in the third inning Pepper Martins fifth inning base made it 0 and Rob Attwell and Art McBride got the Services third hit and a single in the fifth Af ter the second inning was the only Service runner to PLASTERS HIGHLAND CREEK LEADS SERIES combined sixth chap- get on base Not Enough Players Lose Series By Default to King City Team Wins Peel- York Semi Opener Scoring three seventh- inning runs around hits by John Dow and Bob and by a Kettlehy error Kins City de feated Kettleby Monday in a PeelYork softball league semi final series game It was the first game in a series Bob Arbuckle was a real shar pie on the winners pitching slab lie threw a fourhitter top Kottlebv ace Frank Iasko- ski King City jumped away to a 20 first inning lead Kettlehy counted single runs in first third and ninth frames John dew Jim and Chuck Shields wore going con cerns at the plate for the winn ers Bob Gillies and Gary led the Kettleby hit show DAIRYMEN OUST IN OASA PLAYDOWNS The highly touted Markham Aces didnt prove half as tough as everybody expected In fact the Aurora Dairymen unbeaten this season went into Friday and came home sporting a triumph The win enabled the Dairymen lo sweep the best of three first round Ontario Am ateur Softball Association playoff series in two straight Bob Marriott made his first of ficial appearance as an Aurora starter Marriott stayed around for six innings pitching steady ball Aurora led when Marriott took his leave with southpaw Norm Stunden taking over The Dairymen wont on the hit war path for three big insurance runs in the eighth Jim trailed down from the hills of King lo pace the spar kling Aurora hit effort contribution was three hits while Grant Winter was in there swing ing for two hits Harold Stephen son Chuck and Bob Mar riott chimed in on the hit statist ics with well tagged The most unhappy guy In North York Monday about fi pm I was Thornton Browning Thorn- Ion had worked hard over the j season with Aurora Tiger mid- gels The Tigers wore booked to play Ajax Aurora Monday It was to be the second game in the best of throe Ontario Baseball Associ ation midget playdowns Coach Browning was confident his lads could even the series Ajax Saturday had won the ser ies opener Came game time Monday and coach Browning could find only eight players lie had II signed players but two were on holidays and Rod Wall one of his hitting stars wasnt on hand Wall arriv ed 25minutos late Result was that Aurora had to give the game to Ajax via the default route Aurora had a lead Saturday until Ajax exploded for six four th round runs From there on added to their total but Aurora couldnt put hits togeth er at the right time to increase their count Red Walls two run double gave Aurora a 20 first inning advan tage Glen Bennett doubled home a third Aurora run and Keith Browning singled home Auroras final run in the fourth Glen Bennett charged with the defeat yielded ten hits Aurora harvested six hits including Rod two Bennetts double and singles by Joe Do Keith Browning and Bill Laceby AWARD Capitalizing on Norm fancy four hitter Aurora Dairy men thumncd Highland Creek at Aurora Monday in an OASA playoff game It was the first game in a best of three se cond round series mates went on a hit- ting spree as they rapped away for basehits Stunden added lustre to his pitching by breezing a third strike past visitors The blasted off with a five run first inning and never looked back Stunden along with Harold Stephenson slashed out doubles to explode the first in ning romp Barry Cooks double was the crowning blow in a three run se cond The Aurora hitters coast ing behind an lead got going again in the seventh as Don Gib son broke the sound barrier run ning the bases after the Highland Creek outfield dropped his tow ering fly Don singled home a run in the eighth as the Dairymen ran their total into two column figures Pine Orchard Whips Newmarket Dairymen MM Peewees Lose At Gravenhurst Newmarket played an exhibition game in Gravenhurst August 22 against The home team turned back the Newmarket visitors Coach Bill threw a trio of Newmarket pitchers into the scrap Chuck Goddard started followed by Peter and finally David Smalley loaded double and double and two sin gles highlighted the locals show at the plate Lead Keswick Joe Cases Mount Albert Moun shot into a lead in games in the best of five Lake league first round play offs as they defeated Ken Hod- gins Keswick at Mount Albert Monday The Mounties had Craig Case bearing down hard and Keswick Harold Smith was al so in form so the batters had to take a back scat On the scoreboard it was close all the way Mount Albert put across a sixth and a seventh inn ing run to nail down the decis ion The Mount infield working smoothly and efficiently helped Cases cause with two sparkling doubleplays that erased threat ening Keswick storms Paul and Jim Cup- pies were top for Mount Albert while Bud Donnclls two run home run put the oomph in the Keswick effort Swim Instructor Jerry Hugo It was swim test day Tuesday at Roches for the young swimmers along the south shore All your Hash- man could hear was stride jumps running dives shallow dives water treading etc Jerry Hugo has been the swim instructor along the south shore beaches for the past several years Jerry docs a terrific job In this department He must have a constitution of Iron He is In the water most of the day 10 am to pm five days a week There Is no one like Jerry to the boys and girls In his classes This rear some registered at beaches from Youngs Har bour to Willow Beach This year Judy was Jerrys assistant Jerrv takes a great deal of pride In the performances or his young charges and It must give the Hub sportsman a great deal of personal satisfaction to see so many of the youngsters learn ing to swim under his guidance This week therefore as a salute lo Hugo It Li a pleasure to say well done sir via the award and Theatre passes Inctdentlallr the swim Instruction program Is jointly spon sored by the Keswick Optimist Club and the North Recreation Commission Those teams performing under the Lake league banner such as Pine Orchard dearly love to come to to give the local ball crews a go ins over They did it again last week or should we say Pine Orchard did it as they blasted Cecil Andrews frontrunning Newmarket Dairy men Andrews isnt offering any ali bis however it might be ment ioned ace John Shedlo- wasnt on hand and Don Gibson was off playing with Aur ora Josh Preston put the chill on the Dairymen hitters working be hind a neat six hitter Pine Or chard tuning up for their got to Ken Smith for hits Noel Ash Williams and Bill Dike nailed down three hits apiece to pace the winners first inning home run featured the Dairy attack How Would You Call This One The word Eskimo comes from the language of the Algonquin In dian tribe and means eaters of raw flesh There is always a great deal of confusion about the infield fly rule in Hardly a town league contest goes by without someone questioning the umpires call on it If it is of any use to the town leaguers heres what the rule book has to say about the infield fly If before two ore out while first and second or first second and thud bases be occupied a batter is out it he hits a fair fly ball other than a line drive that can be handled by an In such case the umpire shall de clare it an infield fly But the runners may be off their bases or advance at the risk of the ball being caught the same as on any other fly ball Any at tempt to bunt which results in a ball will first and sec- Town Softball League Playoff Schedule Aug 645 pm south diam ond Newmarket Services fair fly or first second and third I Green Acres pm west basses occupied shall not be re- dinmond Newmarket Dairy vs as an infield fly NEWMARKET SOFTBALL FINAL STANDING Newmarket I 20 Canadian Legion 2 0 18 McNeil Dodgers 0 Bell Telephone Brad Walker Kitching Dozers Lyons I ft 6 0 Newmarket Services 4 Green Acres a a 4 Dozers Aug pm on the west diamond vs pm west diamond Legion Brad Walker Sept pm on the south diamond Green Acre vs New market Services third game if needed 645 pm west diamond Dozers vs Newmarket Dairy third game if needed pm west diamond Bell Telephone vs McNeil Dodgers third game if needed Sept pm on the south diamond Brad Walker vs Legion third game if needed west diamond third game If needed