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District Sport News i Pine Orchard One Game Shy Simcoe Finals The ad hasnt come in yet but theres likely to be a lire sale of murphies potatoes to you unless something happens to bring about A Blues revival Right now Alan Blues sometimes referred to as potato pickers are on the brink of elim ination from the Lake Simcoe semifinal round Last week capitalizing on the keen fourhit pitching of Josh Preston Pine Orchard topped the Blues Now Bill Dike the Ash boys etc require just one more win to advance to the Simcoe Stan Cook cup final series Pine Orchard protected a lead as the teams moved into the inning Then it was the PikeAshmen who shoved across the game clinching runs With Mike Josh Preston and Bob Shropshire ready to run the bases jet pro pelled up comes Nobby Ash with his loaded hickory stick One swish of Ashs educated warclub and every runner was streaking for home Ashs hit sailed past the Zephyr right fielder and Ash ran out for a home run That was the ball game Pine Orchard increased their lead with single fifth and seventh Innings runs The Blues got cracking for a tun in the fourth and went down fighting as they pushed home two seventh chapter counters Ken Taylors run scoring triple and hits poked out by Bill Ron Kester and Bill handled the Blues run scoring situation Howie Ash and Doug Eves a pair of taggers nail- d two apiece supply the winners spark While Josh Pres ton was cooling out the Blues on hits Pine Orchard drilled an eighthit total Bill the Blues piston pumping rookie star started for his club while Hon Kester was rushed Into the fray after Pine Orchard unleashed their fourrun fourth chapter outbreak Aurora Bantams Reach Ontario Baseball Finals Aurora bantams have advanc ed to the Ontario Baseball Association bantam B finals The Norm Stunden coached Fred Wilson managed Aurora nine won a tense dramatic win at Saturday to qualify or the Ontario finals The victory in game three of the series climaxed a great come back drive for the Aurora lads after they had dropped the best- series starter It was another great pitching triumph for Auroras speed ball king Keith Scott Scott did a bangup job of silencing the Bowmanvilie hitters as he threw a glittering two hitter Scott struck out and only gave up two walks Aurora scored a single fourth inning run and an insurance run in the seventh Bob Wall des tined to hammer out four of Au roras seven hits was the win ners hit star After singling in the fourth Wall hit the payoff window on Robert double Wall doubled in the seventh and was given transpor tation home on Keith Wrights single Along with Wall the Wright boys Keith and Robert and Terry Stone shared Aurora In the game at Aurora Sept a downtothewire scrap that combined razor sharp pitching good fielding and a large dash of suspense Aurora defeated Bow manvilie to even the series at one game each Keith Scott in major league form handcuffed Bowmanvilie on three hits and slid a third strike past visiting swatters Bowmanvilie sandwiched two of their three hits into a second inning spurt to squeeze home a run Aurora came through with a fourth inning equalizer as Scott kicked off the inning with a single Bob Wall bunted safely and it was Ken Learning who sent his pitching mate home on a handy single The situation stayed with the teams until the last of the eighth Then the Aurora boys gave the fans precisely what they wanted to see a winning three- run outburst It was a break that got the Aurora scoring wheels churning Keith Wright laid down a bunt and when the invaders hurler Morecroft made a sour peg to first Wright finished up on sec ond base Scott made sure right there and then that he wasnt wording overtime Scott walloped a triple to score Wright to break the tie Bob Wall next up swung for fences and pumped out a home run That blast gave Aurora two insurance runs Scott sensing a win put down the hitters in order in the ninth to climax a great pitching effort Keswick Redmen Are Eliminated Mounties Advance In Playoffs Belhaven Eliminates Queensville Rockets Avenue Cleaners Midgets Eliminated Lose To Simcoe Team Another of our minor baseball crews Newmarkets last hope in fact has passed out of the playoff picture Friday the New market Avenue Cleaners midgets were trimmed by Cubs at the fair grounds game was the second in their playoff round The win Friday gave the Cubs a game sweep in the series Five hits were all the Cleaner- men could round up This wasnt good but games have been won on five However when the local fielders booted the bail around scandalously it was an afternoonlong session of trouble for theiNewmarket pitching corps Coach Cliff led with his ace George Robertson Robertson around for three innings John McKnight was next on the hilltop to be followed in the fifth Henry McCutchcon For three innings the Cleaners ooked like they might be going give the Cubs a battle It was ball game over that stretch the locals were hitting and pi rid of starter Ash by lit against Pond Ashbys the Avenue Cleaner bit ers had little success They just fathom the visitors for two hits and one run Behind 20 Newmarket capi talized on walk George Robertsons single to into the scoring column third was the locals big inn- Brian Orton got aboard on outfield error John McKnight McDonald and John Hopper next three batters drew walks Larry Bone put the cap on a ireerun spurt with a single Roberson accounted for the fifth nd final Newmarket run in the It was Robertsons single sent home Hone who ad walked poked out two It to pace the Newmarket effort hita John McKnight Jim Mc- and Larry Bone shared other Avenue Cleaner hits The visitors broke up the game three fourth inning runs and an Insurance set of three in the fifth In both frames was errors that led to the from Ken Keswick were given the heave ho from the Lake softball league play offs Wednesday It was a must win game for the They didnt do it losing to Mount Albert The best of five series thus went to the 31 in games One big chapter was all Joe Cases needed to put the game on ice The got that big frame clicking in the se cond With one out Paul Mainprise started the blowup with a clean single John Ronnie kept it mobile with a single Kelly Case next up got credit for a double but it was one of those once-in-a-life- plays Case spun a little grounder along the third base foul line Keswick third Connell fig uring it was foul kicked it under the bench Umpire right on top of the play said No fair ball runners Mainprise and Ronnie scrambled home while this was going on and Kelly Case in turn popped across the dish on George Greens bunt Mount Albert turned in a sixth inning insurance run on Jim single and Ronnies long hit triple Keswick broke into the scoring Ken came through with a twoout triple and scored on Jerry Pollocks single The Red- men added an unearned final run in the fourth as Bud walked and scored when the Mountie infield handled Jerry Pollocks infield skipper like a hot potato It was a sixhit pitching job by Craig Case was the winner over Rcdmens Claude Pollock The big difference was the Mounties left but one base runner was stranded while Kes wick couldnt hit with males aboard and they left seven on John was number one for the winners got two hits and drove in two runs for a full evening Jim Cup- pies Paul Mainprise and George Green accounted for the other Ed making a last ap pearance on the diamond before heading for the Leafs training camp headed the Keswick hit list with two and turned in a starry job around the short stop position Roydie Council Tommy Hare and Ken three veteran diamond stars col lected other Keswick hits Kelly Cases outfield work and Connells super special play on Harold Harpers infield Dairymen Lose Saturday Tie Eastern Ont Finals Aurora Wins At Home The Aurora Dairy Merchant Ontario Amateur Soft ball Association Eastern Ontario finals will require a third game The Dairymen were tripped at Cobourg Saturday evening- It marked the second time this season that the Dairymen have come out on the short end in the scoring statistics The Dairys twosome and Charlie Case de cided to go Saturday with right hand pitching They nominated Bob Marriott to send up the Au rora assortment count ered with their Jim Sleepy Both pitchers treated the fans to a taste of brilliant hurling Marriott threw a seven hitter and whiffed seven with a blazing fast ball chopped the Dairymen off on three hits and fanned The Dairymen got away to a handsome start They used all their hits in the first inning to cop a lead around Earl Mac- Donalds towering triple Grant Winters clean single and Jim base cleaning double won his own game in the third as he hammered a long single that skipped by right- fielder Andy for a base- circle hit gave Cobourg a 32 lead and Dick Turpin made it with his followup four baser Southpaw was hot stuff as Aurora Dairy men won a crowd pleasing decision Sept a large gathering of Aurora faithful The efficient Aurora had a nohitter cooking until the ninth Came the ninth with Au rora rolling along behind a lead the visitors Chub Mclvor singled to break up nohitter The cleanup man Bert followed with a home run blast to give the in vaders their two runs Visitors pijehor Roily amp- bell appeared to have the hottest fir ball the Aurora clubbers had seen all season However it just took the Dairymen about two rounds to get onto Campbell Harold Stephenson destined to be the Dairys big sludger with three hits bunted safely to open the second inning Once on Stephenson flew around the bas es on wild pitches to score Au rora made it in the third as Norm strolled and was across the plate as the visitors mishandled Karl in field skipper Stephensons second hit Jim bunt single plus two run scoring flyouts made it in the fourth Don hit scored Stephenson with a sixth inning run Karl neat bunt upset the in field completely Before they settled down two more Aurora runs were across on three suc cessive errors Happy days are here again up way Belhavens slugg ing nine has eliminated Ross Chapmans Rockets in Lake Simcoe first round play Friday playing at Mount Albert Belhaven copped a 63 verdict to win their first round series 31 in games The Belhaven faithful who saw their favorites win had to admit their stalwarts had to have some help from the Rockets This help came in the form of errors Queensville grudgingly furnished these Two of the six errors chalked up against the Rockets came in the first inning These two bob bles posted against Rocket third sacker Ron Beckett and second baseman Tex Baker combined with a walk Bernard Kays big double and Bert Comers single sent the boys away to a country mile lead Those runs actually were all the troop required to win What happened to the Rocket fielding in the fifth is another sad tale The first three hitlers in the inning Irwin Davidson George Davidson and Bernard Kay all became base- runners on errors and when tagged a Himes pitch for a single Belhaven had two insurance runs While the runs were more or less coming giftwrapped the Rockets had to dig in at the plate and earn theirs via the hit route The Rockets exploded a tworun spurt in the third on Earl Crydermens single triple and Ron Becketts single The Rockets also kept a one- run date in the fourth for their third and final counter Don Bond playing the left field posi tion as though he had a mortgage on the property singled to start proceedings and when Earl Cry- derman pumped out his second bingle a double Bond streaked home Reid Rocket as you can surmise had every rea son to sue his mates for support Himes threw a fine four- hitter and given first class aid would have come out ahead of ace fireball chucker Bill Henry Henry rough in the clutch situations yielded six hits but showed his class with strikeouts Belhaven Cops A Lead Wins Squeaker Monday the surprise nine are up in games over Mount Albert in their Lake soft- ball league semifinals won a 2 squeaker Monday in nine innings to pull into their commanding position This scrap developed into one of the hottest sessions of the sea- son Bill Henry classy working behind a fivehit nine strikeout pitching job won over ace Craig Case Mount Albert had the neces sary base path to cop the decision but found Henry a mighty tough hombrc when dan threatened Case got splen did mileage from his good riht arm as he fired away on an eight- hit job fans were acclaiming a brand new idol after it was ov er It was outfielder Bert Comer With the bases populated in In- last of the ninth Comer put the slug on a Case pitch for a single to send the game winning run scooting across the plate The bases were loaded as a result of hits by George Davidson Bern ard Kay and Judd It took Paul next a stolen base and two in field outs to produce the one and only run in the first inning That onerun advantage loom ed larger and larger as the teams headed into the sixth inning It was at that point that got the equalizer to send the teams into extra innings Ivan Ryes single an error and Irwin Davidsons single combined to furnish the equalizer Henry had to pump at his level best in the fifth to get out of a jam Jim with one away tripled Henry knuckled down to get the next two batters to leave Cupples stranded and John Rennie were lops with two hits each for Mount Albert Main prizes bunt was the other credited to the Mounties Bernard Kay and Ivan Rye broke through sound barrier for two big hits each to brad the effort Irwin Davidson George Davidson and Comer contributed the other hits YMCA Wins First B Series Semis Rain cut down on town league playoof action to a single game last week What was lacking in quantity was definitely made up in quality as YMCA edged Lyons in battle It was the initial game in a best of three B series semifinal The won this one in the last and final round They scored two runs in that eventful frame to overhaul Lyons lead Gord Calvert was the YMCA swatter who tapped a single to give the Y their winning run Calverts single drove in Graeme Mason Mason had just doubled to score Lloyd Harvey with the tie creating run Lyons collared their run in the fifth Drew Doak the Lyons efficient matching smoothie brought the run home via a single and some daring footwork on the base paths This contest went on the books definitely as a pitchers non- ish Two shared the pitching win Harper started and stayed around until the fifth Drew hit the Lyons only of the even ing came in the fifth after Jin Morrison assumed the pitch ing burdens Art the west Millard Ave went all the way for Lyons West lake who also doubles as the leagues efficient secretarytreasurer had a no- hit norun Hall of Fame game going until Graeme Mason poled out a double in win ners seventh frame uprising The pitchers on both sides of the fence were blessed with some fine and fancy fielding that stole base hits away from the batters Twin Softball Bill At Fairgrounds Tonight the Pick Dairymen To Annex PeelYork Title Tonight In the opening game of doubleheader booked for pm Newmarket Dairy and Can adian Legion will meet in the second game in their best of three series In the late half of the twin- bill YMCA and Green Acres will start their series finals The B series finale will likely be a best of seven affair If a third game in the New market DairyLegion set is re quired it will be played at pm September The winner of the DairyLeg ion squabble will open up against McNeil Dodgers September at pm Game two in the Green Acres battle will go September with the third game September 26 Climbing From Basement YMCA Eliminates Lyons In Two Straight Gaines Will it be from bottom to the top for skipper Balls ball hawks The Y finished last in the regular town league schedule Right now theyve graduated to a berth in the series finals To gain the series finals the YMCA knocked off Lyons in two straight wrapping up the series via a win at the fair grounds Monday The redhot got swing ing for nine hits off two Lyons Art and Bill Paws on Jim Morrison was the pitching answer for the victors Morri sons sixhit pitching and tough ness in the clutch situation car ried the along on their Lyons clawpulling exercise The who have a nice habit of exploding for a big inn ings reached high with a six- run thirdinning uprising Ball started the big show with a single Lloyd Harvey got aboard on an error Jim Morri son singled and another Lyons error on Graeme Masons infield roller got the Ys big frame in full bloom Don Carrolls double kept the eruption percolating and another Lyons error climaxed the Ys big glory ride The Y topped the evening off with a tworun sixth It came out of Bill Smiths single Karle Balls double and a Lyons error Lyons broke the spell of scoreless frames in the fourth as Earl Burkes big bat drilled out a triple and Bob cleaned the bases with a home run shot Jim Morrison server lost his control in the fifth and walk ed bases full with Howard Cope scoring on a wild pitch Lyons to their credit went down battling as they rallied for a final two seventhinning runs Lyons gained their two runs as Drew walked Jack singled and Earl Burke sent both ruimes home with single be fore Morrison put the deep the Lyons rally Karle Ball and Jim Morrison cracked out two hits each to pace the winners Jack and Earl Burke pitched in for two hits whilo Joe Settle and Boy Early shared other Lyons hits Ml LADIES MEET The opening meeting of the fall season of the Slyvia Mission Circle will meet on Thursday Sept at pm in the Sunday School hall All ladies of the church are cordial ly invited for a lead in the second as liner were fielding highlights Bill Henrys OneHitter Gives Belhaven Semi Win Bill Henry came up with a chunk of the tjest pitching of the Lake league sea son to lead his mates to an win over Mount Albert Friday This was the first game in a best of five semifinal round Henry stood out on the rubber and poured his best pitches across the plate For five inn ings it was a perfect perform ance as not a Mount Albert bat ter got a hold on anything ex cept a couple a In the first frame Henry fan ned two in the second three in the third two and in the fifth one To open the sixth Paul Main- sent a routine out ground er back at Henry Henry muf fed it for an and Main prise was the first Mount run ner on base Henry fanned the next batter Jim Dice- man but scored when infield hobbled Nel son Cases infield roller Henry fanned the next two batters to end the threat Henry turned over the protec tion of his nohitter to the outfield Bert Comer and Irwin Davidson made two great running Catches so with two out Henry still had a nohitler cook ing Henry made the next pitch Just a mite too good and Jim one of the Mountie hit stars of the playoffs lined it center field for a Texas league single Kelly Case next up got aboard on an error but Main- prize was the final out as Bruce came tearing in back of second base to glove his sinking liner Mountie hitters will have cause to remember Friday the Kith as of them went down On before Henrys im pressive hurling It didnt take long to sew the seeds of victory They were off to a threerun first in ning start as Ivan and Irwin Davidson put the show on the road with successive singles and George Davidson walked Ber nard Kays infield out scored two and Henrys fly out dumped another run the plate made it in the third on a hit batsman and Ir win Davidsons hit George Davidson homered with two mates on base har vested an eighth and final run in the sixth on an error and Irwin Davidsons third hit of the night Harold Harper working for the Motilities might have won if Henry hadnt been such a hot potato linger Harper checked in with a five hitter Much of Harpers trouble was of his own making as he yielded four walks and hit two batters However his mates didnt ease tin- situa tion as they committed five errors Newmarket Dairymen Eliminate The Dozers Putting their explosive hit talents to work for five hits and four first inning runs Newmar ket Dairy carried on to defeat Dozers last week in town softball league first round playoff action The win qualified Cecil An drews Dairymen for a berth in the league semifinals The de feat shoved the Kitchingmcn out of the playoff circle Ken Thoma who has been hit ting just about everything thrown at him jumped Bob first pitch for a double That was the signal for the Dairymen to get on a hitting rampage as Boss Eves slammed a single Ivan Gibson doubled and Don Gibson drilled out a single before got Wilf for the initial out Cliff added a clean single before the pitcher settled down Onco past first inning jit ters Bob Croutch pitched fine ball and his mates steadied away to play heads up I ball gave up a final run in the third as Don Gibson counted on single The Dairymen punched out hits in all Ken Thorns added a second hit in the sixth to lead winners John coming Up with one of his best pitching per formances authored a fourhit ter Shedlowick was lucky to escape being scored on in first inning as Jack Mills dished up a single and Bill doubled Mills held up at third with one out but sped a third strike past the next two batters The Dozers broke their goose- egg In the fifth as Jack Cox I walked and came home as Brian Million blasted a double Bob Aurora Dairymen the superla tive team of the district scraps can annex the PeelYork league title tonight at Aurora As the Dairymen hit the diam ond against King City tonight they lead the best of seven Peel- York final series in games A championshipcopping Aurora win will climax an unbeaten sea son for the Dairymen Last week the Dairymen climb ed into a commanding position with and fi wins over King City Neither club in the game wasted any time in checking in with the scorekeeper linger King City pounced for two runs in their initial appear- a nee at the pintle on the strength of hits by Bill Seymour Chuck Shields and John Dew Undaunted by King Citys start the Dairymen came right back for three runs in their first bat with Hon Simmons Grant Win ter Bob llarman Don and Barry Cook pumping out the key blow For insurance purposes the Dairymen behind Norman timely hit plated a single sixth round tally After the first inning it devel oped into a hot pitchers battle as Norm Stunden opposed veteran King City mound export When his mates had some un tidy fielding moments in the fi contest at King City Norm j had to dig into his bag of hit tricks to pace his mates to a win sped a third strike past hitters and then included a home run in a field day at the plate Chuck also homer ed while promising rookie Barry Cook chilled out two welldirect ed Seymours home run behind Bob buckles pitching fired the King City effort Aurora Wins Midget Game Blank Newmarket Team 130 Keith Browning put on another versatile pitching show as he southpawed Aurora to a over Newmarket Avenue Cleaners and 10 lead in games in the North York midget base- ball league finals It was the firs game in a set Browning went along pitching hall over the first three chapters then had to give ground J as John lined out a to open the Cleaner fourth Browning settled down again to retire the side then yielded a second hit to Newmarket It was a double poked out by Larry Bone Browning brushed off the Cleaner threat in a hurry wiping out the next three New- Woodcock on deck for Do- 1 market batters to protect his shutout Thornton Brownings Aurora made it rough era fourth hit inpped a double to score Boh Croutch and Calvin Williams was rough on the hitters from there on Cox Joe Allen and Brian Million struck out before Jack Mills out to end the game No man or woman however friendless or forsaken but who in the eyes of The Salvation Army is a fellow creature whom the divine Helper would never hava passed by charges made it rough as they levelled an 11 hit attack against three Newmarket hurlers They gave starter Henry a rousing reception they poured home four firstinn ing runs George Robertson aitd John McKnlybt in that order followed McCutchcon to the hill top In the fourth Aurora hooked and sliced balls all over the field to pour it on the poor Cleaners for seven runs Bed cut loose for hits to lead the Aurora hit show Glen Bennett whacked two ex tra base drives a triple and double While Keith Browning did well at the plate going for two John also slipped two hits through the Cleaner infield while Bill Tomlinson and Hon Walker added to Cleaner Coach Cliff Sunns consternation with a hit apiece Teen Town ReOpens Saturday At Town Hall The Newmarket Teen Town starts its fall activities Saturday evening Sept There will be a dance at the town hall from to for young people under the age of 21 Mr and Mrs George Knap- and another couple will be recreation commission supervis ors for the evening Teen Town is sponsored by the Newmarket Recreation Commis sion of which Councillor Knap- ton is a member ikes 1 whin- wall BUICK SPECIAL I door sedan power steering power flow transmission select route tires custom trim driven actual miles CHEVROLET DELUXE heater low mileage Very CHEVROLET 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