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i I Sri iii 5 V ftf l truth I didnt know where or how to column for The Era limy last week in Newmarket I felt Sat II piece and for a chore of this nature decided to with mv fellow comrades in the news- get started lery offered several approaches Her suggestion was the Humphrey Bogart long sweethearts read with clenched Her ago suggestions included Four score and three The Jig is tip and several others not fit to be in The Era Rick McDonald opined that this In with the phrase Well its time to say that is the place we editorial types In cheek that the rest of the of less than wonderful sporting esUbllshment Im this pit for a place where I canget But before I go there are a few people mention that would like to for me in my capacity as overworked sports liver by locking me in the curling of the morning and forcing my throats ion of how this column should fashion for several pages I table and hoi entirely true and somewhat more subtle approach So most of column is mine and mine only with just a is from Montgomery and McDonald Ing the road after months as sports Era Tomorrow I begin my new duties as Cambridge Times soon as you all stop cheering will begin the rtofthis column I should thank aforementioned Newmarket bbs who livened up my Thursday evenings Thank you Chubb statistician Jim Lamothe for keeping wellinformed on the clubs antics and for helping me Thursday night games into Friday mornings Sorry late Sunday night phone calls that got you out of Then theres the Chubb trio of Cooper Garry Weston and Bob Ritchie who never really forgave me for moan a- j im j r is NEWMARKET Tl K I I J Aurora Tigers were in command of their provincial Junior A exhibition hockey game Sunday Newmarket minutea The Tigers grabbed a lead on goals by B Carruthers and Chris Kurysh and of the first period but the Flyers came back to win the game at Holllngsworth Arena Steve scored Newmarkets first goal at of opening period then Ron Stoneburgh tied it midway the second when he a goalmouth pass by er goalie Paul Armstrong while the Fryers were one man short i i Pjr f i J -if- Claude put Newmarket ahead at of the middle period when he drilled a slapshot just under the crossbar The Tigers evened the score at of the third on a fluke goal credited to Todd Lalonde Lalonde took a shot off the boards that bounced in front of the net and went in off goalie Norm Roberts skate The Flyers won it nine minutes later on a godl by Lee Blossom r L i 4 W u jy i The loss was the fourth for the Tigers in five preseason games they tied the other one but coach Karl isnt about to panic Basically Im happy but f J a mean pina Mv apologies to Cooper and Dan whom I spent hours interviewing only to lose the notes and to the it of the Chubbs for not losing the notes on Frank Verdi And mere for the John McDonald Next because he threatened to beat me up if didnt mention him is W Dan Shannon who up until recently proclaimed that baseball is his life W Dan the Recreation Man is a very fine fellow He told me so himself many times But seriously Dans a good friend who helped me out a lot Hes also a good guy because he likes the Detroit Tigers While Im still on the subject of people named Dan must mention Dan Beck Last year I bet him that Gerald Ford would win the American presidential election What I didnt know at the time was that the votes had already been tallied and Jimmy Carter had been declared winner and Beck knew It got him back a few months later though I defeated him soundly on the golf links This column wouldnt be complete without thanking Dick Robinson Dick is involved in everything in this town has anything remotely to do with sports Dick kept me informed on the Newmarket Town Hockey League en let me play a few times how can I explain it when were not winning Brimblecombe said With the exception of one there wasnt a game we couldnt have Brimblecombe said the Tigers havent been getting the breaks Everytime we make a mistake it costs us know this team is going to win a lot of hockey games he said Just be a little patient Theres nowhere to go but upV I still guarantee its going happy with the kids we to be a hustling team have Theyre very yoyng but Flyer genera manager theyll be alright he said MtMl Jack Ferguson was also happy take a lot of encouragement and Aurora Tiger Tom Robertson jumps out of the way of a team mates at Sundays Provincial Junior A exhibition hockey game against Newmarket Flyers Waiting to make the save is coach Bill Forhan will have to with his teams performance Sunday If we play as well against everybody else as we do against pussycats from down the road well be in first place Ferguson said Some nights we play great other nights we stink be patient The Flyers have players signed including veterans Steve John Cox Ernie Ron Stoncbrugh Rick and Tom Tidmanv Dave who has played well In the will likely be the Flyers top goalie Rodney Chypyka and 14- yearold Norm Roberts split the duties Sunday Mike Crawford who was regular Norm Roberts Newmarket Steve looks on The Flyers won the game The same two teams play this Sunday In the season opener at the Aurora Community Centre with club last winter is trying Community Centre Sunday in out for the Barrio Flyers senior A team The Flyers who have three wins two losses and one tie in preseason action defeated Richmond Hill and lost to Wexford in their other games last week Newmarket has one more exhibition game Thursday at home against Richmond Hill The Tigers will host the Flyers at 730 pm at the Aurora the Provincial Junior A League season opener The Flyers will host Markham in their home opener one week from tomorrow The Newmarket Minor Hockey- Association is selling advance tickets for the game Proceeds will go the NMHA Tickets are available from Glenn Smith at and are selling for for admission to the game and the Flyer lounge CHUBBS WIN SERIES OPENER sin I Then there are the Newmarket Flyers and the Aurora Tigers who provided lots of entertainment on the ice and the owners managers and coaches who delighted in telling how much they disliked each other And thanks to Flyer equipment man John Vandergroef souvenir hockey puck There are a lot of people who work behind the scenes in minor sports and rarely get their names in the newspaper Thanks to Glenn Smith Howard Cook Bev Cook Cliff and Bob Elliott who spent several hours each week piling hockey results Dave Johnston who gave me all on soccer and John Lott Bill Ellis and Doug I and news Thanks to Terry Carter and Dave Haskell for giving me this job and to the folks who played for Era softball team which managed to a less than impressive 0arid4 record NEWMARKET Chubb catcher Garry Tiger Weston put on a oneman show Thurs day at the Fairgrounds in lead ing his club to a win over the Tonys in the first game of the Ontario Fastball League bestoff ive finals Weston knocked in both Newmarket runs with a sacrifice fly and a home run With leading in the fourth inning Weston belted a long fly ball to left to score Dan Lahey with the tying run had started the in ning off with a single He stole second then was awarded third base when shortstop Moose Jaunzcms interfered with the Newmarket player after the throw to second had gone into centrcfield Three innings later Weston slammed a solo homer over fence to give the Chubbs the victory Weston said after the game that the pitch he hit out of the park was a shoulderhigh rise ball He losing pitcher Dave Wilson threw me rise balls all night and I like to hit them when theyre around my shoulders Thats where my power is I was just trying to get a basehit but he threw me a fat one Weston said The pitch Weston hit for a sacrifice fly was in the same spot but he hit it on the han dle Winning pitcher Bill kept the Tonys in check after the third inning when they scored their only run on a double and a single finished with a sevenhitter and struck out Lunncy issued four walks including three intentional passes to slugger Lcs Downing Weston who caught for Lunncy said It wasnt his best game by far but when he needed a strikeout he got it The Chubbs had seven hits including Westons homer l4ihevs single three singles by Frank Verdi and basehits by Mike Lunncy and Wally Cooper Weston wasnt the only member of his family to con tribute to the Chubb cause His daughters KerriAnn Amber- Lea and KristaLynn manned the scoreboard under the supervision of general manager Bob statistician Jim lamothe celebrated the victory after the game with a stirring rendition of The SnowmanFrank LaVcrdi has purchased a house in Newmarket and will move here next month Two scheduled Ontario Fastball League playoff games between Newmarket Chubbs and Tonys were rained out here last week The final series was to have opened In last Tuesday Because of in clement weather that game was postponed and the series started in Newmarket Thursday Sundays scheduled game in was also rained out The two teams were to have met in last nighi but results were not available at press time The series will continue tomorrow night in Newmarket at at the Fairgrounds Newmarket football I should also thank Roy Green for letting me play on his ay team but I wont And belated wishes for a Happy New Year to the other half of the York North portawriters Association Joel Colomby las to Rod and Sheila who put up with me my first month here even though they didnt my farewell party limits me from going on like this for pages and ndoubtedly I have left some people out and Rod will be taking over from me as Ttfe Eras sports editor and I hope you treat him as well as you me VBB AURORA The Newmarket Schickedanz looked like anything but an expansion club Sunday as they blanked the Aurora Tridel Construction Stampeders Sunday in their North York Minor Football Association season opener at Machell Park The Newmarket club playing its first game ever displayed a strong running game led by Paul Jolivel who rushed for 102 yards and Mark who ran for W scored Newmarkets first touchdown on a 40yard romp in the first half and added the other on a fiveyard run in second half Newmarket had three other touchdowns back because of penalties Newmarket coach Bob Butson was pleased with his clubs performance VWe were bit scared because it was the first game weve ever played he said But the kids deserve the credits The loss was the second In two starts for Aurora which in Us lHh season In the league Stuart Nlcholls Stephen Duncan Foot and Marty Kelly played well in a losing cause