Ontario Community Newspapers

The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), December 23, 1970, p. 14

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THE SPORTS ERA Blades cut by Reddies Lacrosse in Aurora Aurora Tigers captain Mike tries Whitbys Calvin 2 and the stick of goalie slip pork around the post bat hes blocked by Blair Nixon Tigers lost Photo TIGER GOALIE DAVE HULME Hed rather forget Junior debut By JOHN AURORA Mak ing the jump from minor midget to Junior usually a memorable event Dave would just as soon forget it Goalie Hulme made bis Junior debut for Aurora Tigers last Fri day night and surrendered mercifully replaced in the final period Aurora went on to lose a dreary 72 contest to Aiax Lasco Steel- Harry decided to install in goal after a sub- par job by regular Doug Hutchinson the previous night when Tigers lost But jittery gainst Whitbys Calvin Pet- refrained from retaliating and as a result rest ed five minutes in the pen alty box and Bell got off It was one of the low points of the season for Tigers now mired in ninth place in the Metro Junior circuit Although they Steelers by 10 Ti gers made it a relatively easy evening for Whitby Blair Nixon After Steelers lead the first period both teams seemed more interested in beadhunting than hockey The second frame brought two fights well ac tually since in the second up with Phil Steve Miraculously both received minors for roughing Just before the fi nal buzzer Auroras Lome Allen checked Steelers John Brown into the door along the south boards giv ing Brown a nasty chest bruise After the game a contrite Allen apologized and the battered Brown congratulated him on a fine check Mike Hammond scored Tigers first goal a pretty pass from Mike Burkhart at 1439 of the first after had scored twice Aurora was blanked until of the final frame when Pete Ti tanic rifled a whistling slap ROBERTSON Era Sports Writer NEWMARKET Although Newmarket Red- men downed Oakville Blad es of the Western Division of the MidOntario Jr League 42 the high point What few people in the arena realize was that this was his third game of the day two on the road for the midgets and one at home Earlier in the day he bad helped the Newmarket Legion mid gets down Base Borden 32 and then lost in the finals of the Silver Stick play- downs to Collingwood In the evening game for the play ed a little over two periods Newmarket games runt in from page Mayor Woro always anxious promote Aurora It will al so iifte arena which except for roller Is relatively Idle during ho summer months The arrival of senior lacrosse also makes games from Au rora a major possibility has discussed TV with us yet but well certainly do our best to arrange it said Mr The I the into a lead by of the third period on goals by Mike Sage with two and ingles by Bob Club and before Eric thla pled for week for IK is the second game of the two- game exhibition tilt Aurora Tigers of the Metra Jr B League The game be Saturday at the feet Kim Murphy and Ken Clarke led Whitby with two goals each Against Nationals the previous night Bit Steele Bell and Allen scor ed for Tigers up occurred with the for Geo rge Skitteral and caused the installation of in the nets Adding further to this situation was the fact that goalie Bob French has de parted from the club Strikes and spares TUESDAY LADIES Myrtle Dunn roll ed easily to first position in the Tuesday Night Ladies Bowling League last week with a high triple and 279 high single Twentynine points back in second spot was Ruth Eves with and Aurora Community Centre lost an other one to Travel- ways last week 72 while being on the match For Newmarket Len Kay and Bob got the only goals Newmar ket led the end of the second but were in the final minutes bet plays in Toronto before playing in Aurora Saturday Their next home game is Sunday at 8 against Celt I PRESCRIPTIONS The arena will have to make adaptations to accommodate la but theyll be relatively minor after the draft A fund drive Is now under way to pay for installation of a plexiglass barrier to protect arena spectators Hes confident the goal will be reached about has been raised by the lacrosse opener next May Floor markings may pose mi nor problem Mr Is reluctant to paint lines on the floor because the painted areas might jeopar dize roller skaters Hes discussing the matter with the 3M Company to deter mine if the firm manufactures an ap propriate marking tape that could be removed after each game Players will be chosen at the annual draft next month Fur ther details will be disclosed at I press conference in Aurora shortly COLLEGE PREPARATORY PROGRAM WINTER SEMESTER JANUARY 4 TO APRIL 23 College Preparatory Courses offer mature students an opportun ity to upgrade their academic qualifications so that they may qualify to apply for admission to a diploma or certificate program a College of Applied Arts and Technology Applict and sidered on the basis of and will be required to take either a Natural St Drafting ping master is for a length of weeks The ther information contact The Registrar I Division telephone SENECA COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS AND AVENUE EAST ONTARIO 4 work All

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