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THE ERA. New-ark . Amsra. Km O... at. Joly la. ms by _ ' - said that he felt he was acting on hues and wanted to make them 1 ' Era editor con ne Mona. the Kemptville 8 mom 9"" 9 "1 h retroactive " mt .lttftmlhrLTmugfiitm: NEW W incident had nothing to do with nothing to do with the Mr Stevenson was named or not not the Newmarket Ray's were ripped off at the Ontario playdfs three weeks ago in Stevenson's dismissal I'm quite sure it had nothing to do odds stacked against it "We've already talked to team and heard what elimination tournament." he to be an dficial for a national said They asked me to do tournament which he felt he m, I . g with the certain things which I didn t shun do to maintain unify-m me .- e m to a buy 0,. on] KemptVilleisbelnl investilated Newmarket thing, said Mr "5"" 0 d0 H offittltml C' ' thirlnge candoisytake actionoh by Softball Ontario. the Jones. "There were some Softball Ontario thought he shwldn't work the tournament the to the heavy workload in this province But the in- vestigation into the provincial playoffs will continue. ac- cording to Mr Jones "l'm very interested in it." he said "We governiiu body. which is made up of combined sdtball leagues. of provincial softball. accordiru to executive director Bob Jones. The move to investigate coincidell with the firing d umpire-inchief Bob Stevenson on theperformance St Catharines will stand as Ontario cham- pions " Ray's manager Bob Ritchie is pleased with the fact that the agamubon is looking into the situation "Everything we ve done toward getting things straightened out has worked. he said It gives us a little more faith for next year wAL'roN REn'Rs s FROM PAN-5M8 ()n a happier note ex~Ray's first baseman Bob Walton returned home from San Juan. Puerto Rico. where he was on. the gold medal winning \ ic- toria Budgets in the Pan American Games Walton will leave for British Columbia this week where he will compete with the Butkets in the Canadian playoffs While he was in San Juap. he faced several good pitchers including T) Stofflet. of the L'nited States He was just fantastic." said Walton I don't think 1 had a hit off him in three game " Walton says he hopes to be back on first base for the Ray s next season Collins places fifth 8 meet 5 coimcil decisiom that we could not see his way and we couldn't solve moss differences Mr it was a moral princtpal on my part and if it meant being relieved of my duties then I was prepared to accept that." he adtbd When I sat down in early January. they set guide lines They changed the guide- Canada. The word was beim sum all across Canada durim the year 1957 It wm columnist year. and evaits like Expo were keepim oASA intermediate 8 league to win the title. Some relatively familiar names were on that team. which was known as the Argus Cameramen. , ' I - . muss-AL... ..,..-,..,,, ()ld Newmarketoites and evai those relatively new to the - i v . Dalqul. JerryCase. Norm 1" Sturgeon. Bill Forhan. Larry Dimlop. ti. Gould Don McKnight. Wally Wallace and Gibson. chg wins awards Bill Collier. Lou Boutilier and Elmer Msttice were the team mentors and Pegg. a fine chucker. tossed several no-hitta's and ion a record live Barrie Senior League trophies for his ex~ tellence Bill Forhan was not with a Newmarket hoc team that year He was enjoyliu the plush surromdings o the newly- opened Aurora Community Centre as coach of the Aurora Tigers. Bot Montgomery. Jim Wilson and Pete Mills were the sponsors and Roy Keys and Aloorn were in ial posts. With thenames that filled out the mate. it's no the Tigers had such a successful season. Anyone remember goaltaider Jim Rutherford'. or Join Gould or Gary Boyce? But the Newmarket Jimior C squad was no slouch either. Fuzzy faced Shooters like Jim Withcspoon. M Widdifidd. Gary Carleton and Les Chaisson were ' Aurora team wins championships The Aurora Legion peewee hockey team. with Jack Mac- Farlane as manager and Bob Hookings as mach. battled its way u: the HMHA championship. A lot of were expectiru Bob hennoway, Harry Pierce and Don Ma liono to repeat the feat in 1968 (EL'ELPH Terry Collins. ' of Newmarket. earned two fifth ' lxphyr and Mount Albert fans had lots to dieer about in place finishes in the lm-metre 9 (triennial year The Mets. wide the direction of Bob Timbers breaststroke and the M meu a. 4' and tirval Jordan. and the bantams. with Bill Ltmney breastroke at the 19 . l "' the mu, excited fans during the Ontario Amateur Softba tsaiciatlon playoffs. \itlf Roberts led the Newmarket Provincial Womai's Soft- lo li l'mon team to the junior title that year The Stuart Scott o. ltvtball team. under the guidance of John Marais. became the trst \ewmarket primary school team to win a basketball title . _ y Mussell. a coach With the Newmarket Ray's Gulf atom \ ezina. Rina Delgiudice and Jason andenburgh before the game W ) Om) Jon" C0" J m Curr . "8 Hum- 5m"? Mtgivesafew encouraging wordstoteam members David on Thursday night at the \ewmarket Fairgrounds. Burkholder offered scholarship QUEENSVILLE Bill Burkholder. a native of Queensville. has been offered a Provmcial Long ( ourse Fina. held last weekend in Guelph ln all. Gooswimmers from 4 : clubs across the province competed in the three day event ( ollins finished the if!) t . metre race in a time of l l955 seconds In the 200-metre ' breaststroke (follins finished in a time of 2 :32 95 seconds Kyra blade of the New market Swim t lub finished the altrmetre breaststroke in a time of l 2996 tor a seventh place finish use Hansen Meta Vihen most people think of Larry Bone. they think of him as guy who led the OHA Provincial Junior A Flya s to their most essful season in recent years. durim 197379, But Bone was -' t if the Huron Heights Teachers wimim basketball team in 67 Bone played alongside such notables as Norm Menczel. Bill play against schools such as my Ron Pegg and Rod Hyde. Bowling Green. Ohio State. Harvard and Denver team together and are going to be said I ll probably make up try and get respectable to we my mind by next week " Smith retires \tan Smith retired from the Newmarket arena manage-ta] o st .n 67 At the time. there was only one arena in the town and ' H. 'hat was completely different fiom the presaitday com' urgty centre) Art Ferguson was named minor hockey man of the year It .~ like Ferguson was always winning something in either set-t ll or hockey. ' scholarship to the United States International University in San Diego. California Burkholder played with the Bradford Blua. of the OHA Junior A loop. two seasons ago and attended Seneca College in season Toronto where he played for the They won t be in a league North York Rangers. of the at all this season," said PnovinCial Junior A league. last Burkholder "They're putting a year. f Burkholder decida to The university is starting a new hockey program which is in the experimental stages at this point They are hoping to just play in exhibition games and perhaps )Oll'l a league next how it will go over If Burkholder dt S to ac cept the scholarship he sins he will likely take a phy sical education course but as of yet. hes not sure whether he will go "I don t know l ham" to St if I can make the acceptance and I'm not sure whether or not I'm ready to go back to school ' But there are other things that would interest the Zoyear old Burkholder go everyw here by plane because the closest school we play Is Too miles away Harvard and that 5 right across the country 4 "They have to he said "We play I'd like to try it for the experience and ( alifomia is a nice place " he added Eight swimmers from the \ewmarket club competed in the finals. Mark (tray, Bruce Spong Terry \ aroli lJPbFUCkS Hoisman ( ollins ( oiirad Kiefer Rita Slade and Joanne Linda The swim club lS now looking forward to the lliyisit l tun \ationals to be held in Montreal in August . ta the scholarship, he will , far and Era sports editor George Haskett nominated them for . " u tsmen of the year honors. A In soccer. it was Jim Richarthon. Reg Randall. Tom Cully n Ed Peetoom while Dale P off to Ontarios qg. Lou Boutilia. and Bill Collier ' ed out the softball nominations. ln baseball. Jim Rowland - Bill Pawson were nominated and Elmer Mattice. Bill f- orhan ' Cliffe . were named for hockey n the . Harry Carter. George Harland Don enard, Pa Tolman and Bob Kane earned recognition In Hymn-H L Kc . 3- 11W Keith ind Mars D'm Don P. W Norm Avlwinv of hiewmarket) 0286. Dave dem Ind A] wan" m mam" finished first in three events onthc . . Lam . B N am and at the District E Legion Track and Field Meet held two weeks ago in Thornhill Kelly's showing will enable her to compete in the events on Sat. July m. at the All-Ontario meet in Burlington and a win there would allow her to compete in the Canadian meet to be held in St. John s. Newfoundland on Sat . Aug 4 Kelly finished first in the loometre race with a time of 13 4 seconds. and the 200- metre event with a time of 25 9 Added to her honors was first place in the bantam shotput with a throw of 9 5 metres Kelly is running under the colors of the Tottenham Track and Field Club as there is no club in Newmarket n MacKenzie were big names. and Grant Real and Fred fey were lawn bowlim stars. Steve Lloyd and Ray Mark " Haskett honors for lacrosseand track and fidd ryectively Dale Pegg was Haskett's nominee for sportsman the year SHOOTING THE BREEZE The Newmarket Kinsmen will be playim the Molson Sure Paks. an allgirl team. on July 23. at the Fairgrounds "'- willbetakaiatthegatewith allproceedsgoim to the ttic Fibrosis fund. Sailing lessons will be available in Georgina some time 7% the month of August. acmrdiru to to programs co- d"tater Laura Eagleson. Miss asks that anyone in ' ted in the lessons call early a leave their name. age and ' hone number. Despite the heavy downpour last wwm) . Georgina fans I made their way down to Extinction sum watch the Jays lose in extra innings to the Milwaukee ewers It was " f"St time that the Jays had lost in front of a Georgina crowd Ht two out of thee ain't bad. is roam that led to the stadium muld have been mistaken ' mes, Seva'al cars were stalled aloi such ma )or arteries as :hore Blvd. and the Garthner Exprus'way Kelly might msh only itcker Ratk Csrdwell. a player for Sam s in the New market mm or {mm at me On_ 'Softbalt Asseciation.isgoing great gins, T'vvo weeks ago. tan-08 but Fm that she 18 tanned 13 batters and in one game tlus week..Ruth struck competh is quite an honor .. CWrauilations to the lie-pen Jeweller major atom soccer gilge: "1?:zg'ey ri3n a who, two weeks ago. win against W)! undefeated my. up u u. a u .( "this a third round of the Ontario 0": Goalie Darryl she. along with market's " Playd a super game for Newmarket and goals were Sand Richud w . by John Peres and Andre . " be d o f - The Alma sati- clsb the first meat of tta York County azam' lug-e season in art! - a . DUCK! It was a close one but second baseman Mike Laaaex managed to thb get to fh'st for this out during a game against the Midland. Michigaa C McArdies. The Ray's spit the series whh Midland. Mare fast- ball actioa will be gracing the fields of the Newmarket Fhirgrsaads .-