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Sport News Pine Orchard Trips Zephyr To Take Lead Page The Newmarket Express Thursday i In Lake Simcoe Softball Semi Final Series Green Acres Eliminate el Services Some hefty swinging ball play ers wont have anything to do with bunting Sometimes how ever a little bunt can win a ball fame It was a bunt that start ed Green Acres away to a extra inning win over Newmar ket Services in a thrilling town league playoff contest Aug 29 It was an important triumph for Green Acres It gave them the best of three series in two straight The defeat eliminated Newmarket Services The two teams playing a Crowdpleasing brand of ball were even 3all at the end of the regulation seven innings They went through the eighth without breaking the deadlock John Atkinson Green Acres speedy catcher with one out laid down a bunt to start the Green Acres on their way to a win Don VanCamp next up did a repeat and the bases were loaded when BoU walked Jim Cam- scored the game winning run on his long fly to the out field George Kolly the Services hit leader with three singled and scored on a wild peg to give the Services first inning start Don Bone homered in the fourth and Kelly on A If seventh inning hit to set up the situation Lloyd Dyer a mighty potent Green Acres slugger with four along with VanCamp doubled and Jack OHalloran singled to give Green Acres two first Inning runs It was a comb ination of VanCamps triple and Jim double that scor ed Green Acres third run in the third Inning While Bob AllwelJ Green Acres speed bailer was serving an eight hitter the Green Acres boys were teeing off on Andy Sinclairs fuzz ball at a merry clip However when trouble brewed for Andy Sin clair mates would pull him out of difficulty with fine and fancy fielding plays Those eager ball hawks sport ing Pine Orchard championship colors are on the march Over the past week the boys from out where the tall timber grows tripped Zephyr Blues twice to take a 21 lead in the best of seven Lake softball league semifinal series Fridays game was a 31 win for Pine Orchard and a playoff thriller Tuesday in the biggest scoring spree of the playoff skir mishes Pine Orchard won 227 and Howie Ashs home run that highlighted Fridays proceedings Ashs base with one on base broke up a 1all tie in the fifth Bill worked five inn ings with Ron Kester coming on in the fifth to complete the Blues pitching chores proving one of the rookie hitting stars of the year nailed a triple and double Clarksnn Arnold two doubles and Ken Taylor a single to chalk up the Blues five hit Newmarket Athletes Win Awards In Ontario Track Meet Held Sa Two hundred athletes Two records were posted in the track clubs across J relay events as a Richmond Hill Ontario participated in the foursome of Marion Sus- Age Class Championships an Savage Muriel Thompson and track and field meet held Satur- Penny Parmeteer ran the day at Pickering College The event was sponsored by yard midget in the Canadian rec ord making time of 565 seconds Josh Preston got off one of his supervision of meet director Bill best pitching jobs of the year I It was Josh Prestons pitching total Newmarket Dairy Evens The Set With Kitchings A crackerjack fielding job he hind John fancy sixhit twirling carried New market Dairy to an win over Kitching Dozers Aug 29 at the fair grounds The Dozers won the first game to the best of three series stands at one game apiece Cecil Andrews Dairymen Never looked like losers at any time Thursday They came off their bench full of scrap and by two Dozer errors were front The came flying back to plate two equalizing runs on Jack Mills startoff single and Bill home run Shcdlowick moving along without a care after the first inning only allowed the Dozers another run It came in the fifth on Bob Woodcocks single a fielders choice and Don Thorns triple and Laurie Thorns Combined fourth chapter to give the Dairymen a 32 ad vantage Switching from a hitting game a bunting game the Newmar ket Dairymen scored two sixth Inning runs and drove Dozer starter Ken Smith off the mound Laurie Thorns started the bunt- big spree and Lowell Waller kept it going Ivan Gibsons home run Don Gibsons single and a walk col lected by Jack scored roc Dairy runs in the fifth as hi Dairymen took command Bob Croutch succeeded Smith the rubber and stop Dairy rally in double time allowed in Gibson a hit in the seventh never let the Dairy runner Into scoring position A quartette of fielding gems by Ivan Gibson Lowell Bob and Bob was a feature When Newmarket Dairy out- elder Lowell Waller slid into me in the sixth and was ruled by plate umpire Bill Has- Don Thorns Dozer infield- took a swing at the umpire was immediately kicked of the game and was ed indefinitely CHANGE DATE Coach Cliff Gunn of Newman Avenue Cleaner midgets re- therc has been a switch in tea for the second game of midget A Instead of the game be- played Saturday afternoon pm it will be played on fair grounds diamond at em Friday Sept Aurora Bantams Lose 32 In OBA SemiFinal Game After playing three games last struggle through the first week and eliminating Merritton six rounds in the process OBA officials broke the scoring grow ban- outside of that one inning when the Blues got their run breezed along in fine style Zephyr Blues are shooting mild hints that they would just as soon forget Tuesdays game Well at least a couple of innings in Tuesdays skirmish and in particular the fifth It was in the fifth when the Blues couldnt get Pine Orchard to quit chasing runs across the plate When big round was over every Pine Orchard slugger had strode up the plate and bust- out a hit When the busy scorekeeper got through with his work in he counting house runs had crossed the dist Endeavouring to put a stop to the Pine Orchard fifthinning outburst the Blue tossed four hurlers into the fray All four looked the same to the Ash hoys Howie and Bill Dike the Richmond Hill Lions track I Hamilton Olympic quartet won and field club and was under the I Juvenile race in rec ord smashing seconds Individual champions were Boys juvenile Ben The athletes represented clubs from Toronto Hamilton Acton Rich mond Hill and East York Eight Canadian records were shattered and two equalled during the day long meet Jeff a fleetfooted juv- North York AllStars Play In CNE Tourney junior Steve Irwin Oakville midget Gary Kozak Richmond Hill Girls juvenile Mitchell midget Marion Munroe Richmond Hill bantam Louise Toronto Olympic Newmarket athletes perform ing under the Richmond Hill on I speedster competing under club banner turned in several East York colors sprinted the outstanding efforts Dave in seconds flat and the a junior competitor won in 224 seconds to establish first in the shot put and a third I new Canadian marks he javelin Bill Mills was John of Richmond third in the shot put third in Hill recently voted Central hop step and jump and collected most promising athlete I a second in the javelin event sprinted the 220yard hurdle Henry was third in the in record making sec- midget broad jump and Tom time also equal- won a third in led the 120yard hurdle mark in seconds Mitchell competing under the banner of the Toronto didnt allow any grass to under the feet of Aurora tarns Monday they sent the Aurora nine against Bowmanville in O semifinals In a tense dra matic ball game Aurora was nipped 3 The second game in the series famine in seventh scoring two runs Aurora came right back in the eighth to score two runs to create a situation In the last of the eighth Bow scored the gamewin ning run It was a fine game of ball will reported Manager Fred Wilson Olympic club featured two shattering drives in yard midget event Colleen Cain was one of the outstanding performers in the girls juvenile competition a first in the broad Doug Eves Garnic Williams Gus I a Hv a I competition Miss Mitchell be played at Aurora Saturday at pm Manager Fred Wilson and Coach Norm Stunden are confi dent they can even the series Saturday and are hoping that Aurora fans will turn out to give their charges a king size helping Both teams were sharp in the field We should be able to even up the series this Saturday It seems we cant win a toss for the deciding game If we win Satur day we have to go back to manville next week for the third and deciding game he said In the game at you of vocal and moral support 1 Keith Scott as well as pitching a i Saturdays game was a pitch- strong game came up with two struggle from the word go welltagged hits Peter and had Keith Scott working Bob Wall were strong clubbers on the hilltop The game was a for the Aurora nine and their Pine Orchard buddies Bill Harwood was the Blues starter followed in turn by Ron Elwood Lintner and Taylor While the quartet of Blues lingers were having their heap- of trouble Doug Card was wag along without a care on the Pine Orchard mound Card spun a six hitter and was full value for the pitching win Ron Kester got the biggest hit for the Blues a home run Howie Ash summing up the Pine Orchard effort said just everybody wan hitting and wont be far from wrong jump the a second in the high jump a sec ond in 60yard dash and a third in the yards Muriel the 100 yards in and was clocked in record breaking son won two second place 12 seconds time in the 80meter in the midget broad jump and 60yard hurdle events Danny Rout ledge of Aurora 0PP Win Playoff Starter By Blanking 90 Ian Robertson and John Lai- in the score book OPP battery mates worked Robertson on his own hook in cahoots to serve YMCA a gave his pitching pal about all setback at the fair grounds Aug- the hit help needed to win Rob- Schedule Playoff Games For Town League Teams Two important games are on the town league playoff calen dar Tonight at pm under the fair grounds lights and have a date to meet in the third and deciding game of their first round playoff Monday Sept Kitching Do- zers and Newmarket Dairy will clash in game in hurdle event Marion Munroe of the Hill Lions track club set a was a strong bidder for the boys Canadian record of seconds juvenile crown via a first in the in the 60meter midget hurdle hop step and jump and a sec- event I in the broad jump Studens Pitching Featured As Dairymen Post Four Wins The York pee- wees didnt win any games at the Canadian National Exhibi tion allstar peewee tournament however they did prove conclus ively that they belonged in a class with the best peewee teams in Ontario The team was composed six players from ThornhUI six from Aurora and six from Newmar ket George Haskett North York baseball league governor and district representative made the arrangements for the North York team to compete Gordon Hayes of Aurora was coach The North York stars played two games in the tournament On Aug the North York team led the Niagara district until the sixth In the sixth the North Yorkers ran into trouble and Niagara counted five runs to cop the verdict 63 Dick Elliott a ThornhUI speed ball merchant one of the best hurlers in the tourney fanned seven Chuck also impressed the tour nament officials as a very able catcher Peter was the North York hit star collected a double and two singles short- stopper Roger Brain connected for the other North York hit On Aug 27 North York met Intercounty allstars from Kit- 1 Gord Hayes Jr Ivan Anderson Again the North Dick held the lead most of the way j Elliott Roger Brain John to falter in the late frames Neil Roger Kelson and Bob to lose a decision Smith Anderson of Aurora was the mound for the North Yorkers with Gord Hayes Jr and Chuck Goddard charing catching honors The North Yorkers played a steady game in the field and had just one error and camp- up with five hits Peter McLachlan again led the North York hitting going for two singles Dick Elliott Dave and John McNeil were responsible for the other North York hits We didnt win any games but the boys certainly made a good showing reports coach Gord Hayes Ross Goddard and Bert Brain were assistant coaches Tuesday the players and coach es were guests of the CNE at a supper Bob Feller former Cleveland American League pitching great was guest speak er After supper the players adjourned to the ball field where Mr Feller handed out tips and information on how to play the various positions All the play ers reported as having a good time during the tournament Players on the North York roster from Newmarket were John White Chuck Goddard Ron Veale Peter Dave Smalley from Aurora Tim Tay lor Jim Preston Bob Walsh A big winning week just con cluded for Aurora Dairymen Behind the superman pitching efforts of southpaw Norm den the Dairymen posted four victories The Dairymen started last week away by hooking up with Highland Creek in inter- catch Boh efficient work around first base and solid hitting were highlights of the win over the Don lined out a home run in the winning cause It was another shutout pitch- inn triumph for Stunden Wed- as Glover Holds BeHiaven To Four Hits As Rockets Win 52 Ross Chapmans a- the Rockets are still in the Lake mediate play The first game Charlie Case guided Dairymen first round playoffs in a bestofthrce set was played eliminated Highland Creek with Chappies Rockets came off the It was a 10 ust 27 in a town league first round playoff game It was the initial game in a best of three set Robertson supplied the main slapped home three sec ond inning runs via the home run route after Bob and at Aurora Aug win for Aurora In this one Stunden fanned Highland Creek batters and gave the third and deciding up but three hits Chuck Cowios their first round set over the shoulder catch Don The game is called for 645 The Dozers will be w the services of two player pm bat punch and Lazotti working Tl cool as a cucumber dished Fosters hit that first grade pitching with a runs The Y when their regular Harold Harper failed to show sent in Karle Ball In the hit column it was a 7- all standoff However the minute threatened to get something go ing in the run column bore down with his fast ball to protect his shutout Another noteworthy item was the daring base running of the They tried to go too far fast and it added up to easy ouls Gord waited out Ball for the game Don Thorns has been walks suspended for the balance the season for taking a swing at urn- Bill in last weeks game Bob has also and a suspension were con- league meeting to add a final two Police runs I Tuesday The Police got their initial help- To date McNeil Dodgers and of two runs in the second on Legion have qualified to partici Gibsons home run and solid bat antics of and Harold Ste phenson carried the Aurora at tack an win The Dairymen opened the PeelYork finals against King City Tuesday turned in another sparkling onehit joh as Aurora defeated King City 5 floor Thursday to defeat Belhav- After Thursdays exchange led the set in games Southpaw Don Glover hitting 1 for a lead in the best of his best playoff form was the ithout swinging rs for I Grant gave the fifth Lazotti linff fast Kail Bob plate The two Lor v W hir r he j firmed at a town On Tuesday Aug forcct- a comfortable ting play for the moment work Bob Machcsneys triple and three walks Machesney and Robertson col lected two each to top the Police effort while Ted Green wood and Don McKnight aimed out two hits apiece to head the hit marks Bob Ball and Ken Fines contributed other hits Y Evens Series With OPP Wins 97 Comeback Game Gord Calverts nut old Fa wee It and Robinsons of this world catch another great singles The rally gave Police a spear by Lloyd Harvey Harold 3 lead pate in further league playoff action The winner of the New market Dairy Kitching series will be the thiid team in the A series playoff The three team captains arc scheduled to meet early next week to decide whether Ihcy will play a roundrobin semifi nal give the Newmarket Daiiy a or draw for a bye into the A scries final Green Acres and Lyons have for the series semi final Third team in the ser ies playoff will be Ihe winner of tonights game Aurora wound up their semi final PeelYork league playoff with Richmond Hill It was a glittering pitching effort for as Aurora shut out the The win gave Aurora the series in games It was another threehit pitch ing job for ironman He fired a third strike past seven finals Aurora jumped ahead A In the first two rounds and added a fifth run in the fourth to give to on Don gave his brother- inlaw battery mate solid three- hit support to pace the Dairys marks Grant Winter and Chuck Cowie also carried potent hit sticks to the plate pumping out two hits each against King City Bob Arbuckle It was veteran diamond per former Ron Simmons who start- Hill batters to run his strikeout j the Dairy on their way Sim- count for two nights to 25 Har- mons socked a triple in the lead- old Stephensons sensational off frame with two mates aboard a single as got hits Bert Comers catch was the fielding gem of the even ing Now lets look at game two the set It was an win for Belhaven It gave a commanding lead in games Bill Henry put hitters in their place with a thrifty four hitter Henry fanned eight It was on the Rocket pitchers slab After the first inning when they pranced home with three nosed ahead runs around hits by Bob Miller Dave Harvey and Rcid Himes double BUI Henry was a master workman never allowing the Rockets another run Henry was definitely at his best in this one coming in with a steaming fast ball that had the Rockets popp ing up and out While the Rockets were ace stopper in this one Glover served a sweet sweet four hitter to put the chill on the clubbers cashed a first- inn ing run 21 in the second The dockets won the game in the third as they poured home four runs After the third frame with Glover and Bill Henry pouring them past the batters there was nary a sign of a run Triples dished up by speedy shortstopper Ron down more or less in order Ivan ignited the Ryes triple drove in two sec- Harpers fivehit chucking and a sixrun come from behind drive featured as edged OPP 7 at the fair grounds Friday It was the second game in their town league first round playoff The series stands at one game each got their sixrun outburst going in their fifth as well got all their runs atter two were out Providing the sendhome transportation were hits pump ed out by Lloyd Harvey Ball Don Carroll Calvert Boh Rureh and Don protected a lead when Previously hits drilled out by Calvert his gloved mitten Ted Greenwood Lloyd Harvey skyward to make his game sav- Graf me Maon Don Carroll and ing catch It came with Calvert had given an having the tying runs on base j early advantage Ian Robertson was the hitter It was a neat pitching effort robbed of a home run by for Harper who came verts catch through with a fancy fivehit Just before that Forrester job Practically all Aurora Ousts Merritton In OBA Bantam Playoffs Aurora bantams had to make three trip to Merritton to do it but came up with an Impressive triumph Saturday in On tario Baseball Association play off competition The win enabl ed the Aurora nine to advance the semifinals The reason for the jaunt to Merritton was that the two played a tie in last Wednesdays game at Merritton This contest was supposed he the third and deciding game in the series However a tie game 01 Sol Hinders Dairymen Drop 54 Game To Dozers Tuesdays slanting sunshine trouble until theixth when Bob ray were a factor when Kltch- missed Thorns out- fourrun winning third inning Dave Harvey was a twohit slugger Bob Miller lined out a triple and Ed singled as the Rockets ticked off six hits against Bill Henry Irwin Davidsons triple was the trigger blow behind tworun second Bernard Kay poked out a double and single to pace Belhaven Bruce Reid claimed a double Ivan Belhaven runs to create a tie scored two runs in the third to go ahead and never looked back Bernard Kay ticked two doubles and a single and Winch had three hits to pace Belhavens victory run Irwin Davidson and Judd also contributed solid hits to spark the Belhaven effort Dozers upset Newmarket Dairy as the two teams skirted their town league play off round The rays that helped the Bill Woodcock Kitching men got into Don Spider Gib sons eyes Twice Gibsons infield motes scooped up soft grounders that appeared to he routine nuts field loft and threw wild to the infield While this was going on was running the bases like mad to score Ivan Gibson singled after Thorns run It was his second hit and when brother Don whacked his second double he scored Don later streaked home on Wilf Els- infield out That sixth inning Dairy spur I Pitcher Marriott Can Hit Socks Homer And 3 However Spider couldnt see the I whittled the Dozer lead to a ball because of the sun These single run hut Smith tightened of Harpers he teams for Robb had I troubles came in the fifth inning I asain Saturday been robbed of an extra base hit The baiters seemed to have by Lloyd Harveys leaping catch found the right button to push Both teams had sixrun in- to get hits off speed ball nings Police exploded theirs in merchant John In all doen hits the fifth on two Y errors two walks plus Walter Farmer HASHMAN AWARD Hurler Norm Stunden When It romp to Miperman pitching efforts Norm Stunden Aurora Dairys portside sender has no peer in North York Last week the versatile who can pilch field and hit with the best tossed four games and won them all In alt pitched innings of ball allowed the opposition as provided by Highland Creek Richmond Hill and King city four runs and not more than half a dosen hits On behalf of the pitchers union your feels that due recognition should be given to Norm for his Iron- man pitching feats this season Therefore It is a pleasure name Norm as bur Theatre pass re ceiver this week Incidentally Norm also finds lime along with baseball booster Fred Wilson handle the Aurora bantams The Aurora Is presently sparring with In Ihe semifinals was on the pitch- in beam in Saturdays session fanned Merritton bat ters as Aurora took an early commanding lead Boh Wall swatters parcelled an even i j Ken Looming and Robert Wright Rot in best hit licks for Au rora Manager Fred Wilson Indicates two misfortunes far the Dairy men wore concerned plus a walk allowed the Dozers stock pile three runs Those three counters figured prominently in the Dozer tri umph However good teams make their own breaks and the tribe got rapping the apple in the sixth and scored two runs They would have scored more except for the fact the Dozers couldnt got around the base paths fast enough The Dozers got all four of their down and didnt give up a or a run in the seventh final round hit SPORTS CALENDAR FAIR GROUNDS West Diamond Sept ft pm ay of ladies Diamond Sept fi pm Pitchers arent supposed to hit At least that is what you hear a- round ball diamonds However McNeil Dodgers chucker Bob Marriott gave the lie to that statement August as McNeil IjI Dodgers eased out a win over Bell Telephone in a town league playoff contest Robert who many claim is the leagues ace was just as good with the willow as ho was on the mound in this squeaker PWSU therefore that our hoys wore I loss and were handed a stiff 101 playoff Bright vs Newmarket that all his charges were hitting I hits off John shedlowick in urn- shellacking It was the first game in a best two out of three scries Second baseball I game is at final Simcoo vs solidly collecting their share of and playing headsup ball in the field Dairymen Play Coburg In First Game Of OASA Aurora Dairymen will moot in the Eastern Ontario OASA intermediate finals The first game in the best of three series will he played at Aurora I Saturday Sept Game time is pm The second game is scheduled for Sept The learns will loss for the site of the third game if it is needed It will be played Sept if re- quired fourth Bill started things off with a screaming double but when he tried to stretch it to a triple he was out I Boh Forhan then homered soj there was one run lost to the Kitching men lack Mills next i to the plate singled hut wont out trying to steal second Sec- later Bob slammed one far away for a base The Gibson boys Don and semi Newmarket Avenue Cleaners Six Fans Watch Peewees Drop Playoff Opener Mr and Mrs Mr and Mrs Cyril Keats Mrs Ivan wore the big pump handle McLachlan and one unidentified swingers for Cecil Andrews fan probably from at- Dairymen They had two hits tended the Ontario Baseball As- as Dairy went for five sociation A game at the hits off Ken Smith fair grounds August Don Gibsons double a stolen I This isnt a social nolo It is base and an error earned the just to tell you what kind of sup- Williamson Dairymen a second port our young ball players are inning run Smith was in little receiving It isnt any wonder During game the Newmar ket lads could only muster two hits off the pitching of visitors speed ball server Bruce Harp The locals didnt do too badly with those two hits They scored a run The run came in the very first inning as Chuck Goddard the first man to bat got on base on an error stole second and scored on John Whites single Doug Keats the locals knee- high to a grasshopper second got the other Newmark et hit a single in the seventh The Newmarket lads made it a rough afternoon for their two pitchers Dave Smalley and Rich ard McLachlan as they commit tod seven errors In all the visit ors clicked for ten hits and scored in every round except the third and sixth When Marriott saw his mates werent going to be able to do too much with Stan fine pitches ho decided to play his trump cards Hauling a home run bat off the rack Marriott slammed a ball er outfielder MacDonalds head It chased Cliff Ward a walk and Grant Winter a dou ble home as well Those three runs provided Bill Hasketts Dod gers with a lead In the sixth Bell ringers decided to do something about that two run spread the Dodger- were nursing Jerry OReilly strolled Dick Corner reached on an error Stan Evans singled and after Dodger infield got through handling Harold bunt two runs were a cross and it was a situation Marriott decided to play a sec ond trump in the seventh After Grant Winter walked and got ir third on a Bell sour peg Marriott lofted a long fly to center field and Winter trotted home after the catch with the winning run It was a real thriller Both teams harvested six hits Bob Cook and Grant Winter got two apiece to spearhead the Dodger- men Stan Evans supported his top drawer pitching with a pair of bingles to lead the Bell A lot of hard feelings crept in to the game and the game was marred by several runins with umpire Cy Keats and one Dodger got heaved out of the game and a one game suspension