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the tribune stouffvjjie uit- thursday april 9 1953 did you know thai one of the longest throws in the record of big league baseball was set by sheldon leieune of cincinnati this outfielder hurled the ball a total distance of 120 feet 1m4 inches a m star of the week this week its hats off to goaltender barry wilkes of the montreal cariadiens in the lions xhl on saturday morning goalie wilkes held his team in the sime with some amazing stops such puckstopping fetes have earned him the reputation of being one of the best netmindors in the league wild pitch strikes halter oasa rules no penalty delegates meeting at hamilton to discuss rules and regulations concerning the ontario amateur softball association on thursday voted down the resolution that a batter should receive a free base when hit by a wild pitch those not in favor of the move felt that it would tend to make the softball rules closer to those pertaining to baseball in baseball if a batter is hit by a pitched ball he automatically receives a free ticket to first base ted wilcox head of the hamilton umpires association was whole heartedly behind the scheme he claimed that softball was a much faster game than baseball and the windmill pitch was potentially dangerous when it goes wild he added that a pitcher who cannot control the ball should be penalized in some manner that ball isnt soft any more a simcoe proponent of the amendment warned were going to have to do something to curb these windmill pitchers the ball is liable to go anywhere and a batter can be hurt a st catherines delegate seemed to reflect the majority feeling however when he claimed he was against any resolution that would make the game of softball into hardball the secretary of the american softball association felt that the resolution served as a means of protection for the batter in the united states rules permit the batter a free trip to first if he makes an effort to dodge a ball that hits him in the markham township softball league there is but one regular windmill hurler lloyd pascoe clare- monts ace moundsman has perfected a jetpropelled fast ball that is equal to anything weve ever seen although no batter in the league has yet been injured by this whirlwind delivery it could easily happen should the ball go wild whos suffering the box office or the boxer does anyone really know why the heavyweight title tight between rocky marciano and jersey joe walcott was called off was the champions nose injured to such an extent as to warrant the postponement of the bout or does the real reason for the cancellation rest at the box office it is known that a 750000 gate has been expected and up until late last week a mere 360000 had been collected a far cry from the total previously pre dicted there is little doubt that money talks and you cant blame the international boxing club or the boxers themselves for wishing the time limit extended if it will enhance the gate receipts but all the rumors that are flying around certainly do not go over too well with the sporting public if the real reason lies at the box office jet the commission come out in the open and say so it has already been hinted that the bout may be switched from chicago to some other city and if such is the case there will be little doubt as to the reason for the sudden cancellation local and professional talent to star in annual ice revue on friday night of this week the stouffvillo skating club presents its annual easter lee revue which accord ing to all reports will be the most colorful spectacle since the event was introduced local talent will be featured along with skaters from the unionville and scarboro clubs that professional touch will be provided by stars from the toronto granite club there will be a total cast of 150 skaters the entire show is under the supervision of miss christine kennedy of agincourt who has spent considerable time preparing for this annual attraction a sellout crowd is expected to attend lions nhl provides hockey for over eighty young lads every saturday morning for the past twentyfive weeks there have been steady streams of youthful hockey talent making their way to the stouffville arena some of the players arrive in cars some on bicycles and some on foot and even in the stormiest weather the young lads manage to attend this season the local four team group sponsored by the stouffville lions club has provided hockey for over eighty young men with many of them coming from as far west as gormley and east to the claremont goodwood and uxbridge districts the local service club sixmsors these stars of the future at a cosi of 500 the league started its activities late in oetoler and will close down this month the coaches and referees who have donated their time during the lias couple of seasons in order that this worthwhile cause might lie continued have noticed a great many changes in the ability of the young players since the idea was first introduced two years ago some of the boys were scarcely able to skate let alone show any ex ceptional hockey skill but now these same young lads have improved above all expectations those persons who were able to attend some of these games on saturday mornings will have noticed how much enjoyment thee young fellows receive from the sport i is certainly one of the best services that a club could offer and it is to be hoped that the contract will be renewed when the arena doors swing open for another season of hockey next fall natural ice arenas suffer poorest season operators of natural ice arenas in the district have experienced one of the worst seasons on record gener ally the skating season lasts for at least two months starling during the later part of december and extending into the early weeks of march this winter however flooding operations began in the first week in january and ended before the last week in february there are five enclosed natural ice arenas in the immediate area they being uxbridge hrooklin markham richmond hill and agincourt all report limited hockey and skat ing activity because of the exceptionally mild weather richmond hill for example under ordinary seasomble brougham edges port 76 to lead arena series coalik amk1 most vaii ik piaykk is wkstkkx lokacue brougham led by swiftly i i three soyk went v saxne up in their quest o the stouttvilie arena silver ware as thev edged port perry 7- oh wednesday night of week wilmot gates netche two with lloyd pas- pad fletcher scoring the e don mark was the main cos in the ports mach ine with four stoats hud heard and barry howie were the other marksmen brougham d 32 at the end of the first 53 at the end uf the second ml although outseored in the final frame they managed to hoi their slim lead there were twelve penalties six to port perry and six to broug ham port perry were short- ianded for the contest with hut two forward hue- they iressed only eleven nten vkwmxkkkt ixsks to mofvr llukkt mount albert jualirird to meet i ketihby jets for the xewniarket i iauii district hockey ieasue i iliaiiijiionhip when they de- j i feated xewniarket reseats 5r i in the fifth and deciding same of their bestofthree semifinal i series monday uisht mount a- it ran in three first and twoj third period goals to wrap up the ision ken davie sparked moiia j albert with a hat trick while j john learoyd and keith dunn j 1 completed the victors scoring with oai each the twogainessoalstocount j erics for the xewmarket and i district title between kettieby j and mount allien vviljbe played in xewniarket this week hassard to return coach of stouffville red sox lion hassard wellknown hockey and baseball star has accented the coaching duties of the stouffville bed sox baseball club for another season following an organiza tion meeting held at the home of ted cadieux the business manager ten members of last years squad were present and any new players who wish 10 try out for a position on the team are asked to con tact either ken wagg or ted cadieux according to all re ports the home town team will again enter the tricounty league a big tournament is planned for monday may isth numerous diamond change- are being planned in order to improve the playing condi tions the pitchers mound and home plate are to be re constructed and built up the team still have hopes that a permanent home run fence might he erected the team is getting an early start this eason and practice sessions are to be held within the next few days unionville curlers planning new artifical ice arena entile the tat fran cis of the vancouver fan- ticks ha- been named the most valuable player in the western hockey lea gue the agile uetmindei beat out vic stasiuk of the edmonton fivers and saskatoon quakers doug berkley who paced second arid third respectively a delegation from the unionville curling club com prising the president mr bruce ray and members doug hood and john grant appeared before the markham township council on monday afternoon requesting the use of the property adjacent to the present arena for the purpose of erecting a new artifical curling rink mr ray inform ed the members that the build ing would measure some sixty feet in width with an approx imate length of one hundred and seventylive feet it will lie part of the community centre the new arena will have a round roof clapboard fiont and aluminum sides arid bsck the plant in the union ville arena will be used to manufacture the ice in the proposed curling rink the rink will contain a basement ground floor and a top storey measuring fro m25io feet in height mr hood claimed that satisfactory curling could not be carried on when the same ice was being used for hockey and pleasure skating mr hood added that it impossible to build up clubs membership with present ice conditions ray said that the structure might not be started until next year but they wished the councils ok on the property the council granted the curl ing club their request was the the mr markhsm crushes sutton to enter orha semifinals markham eagles walked over sutton like- so many steam rollers on saturday night in inionville and on monday night in newmarket with a crushing 2s goal attack it turned out to be a field day for the markham forwards in both games as they poured through the sutton defence like a swarm of bees lack rumriey paced the eagles attack on saturday night with three goals with boh lawrie sellers munroe and pools each notching two the petch brothers morley i vie and bob each fired singles with voting tallying the other hill brett with two and holborne were the marksmen for the greeiishirts on monday night it was the some storv as markham ran wild in the goal scoring de partment pete blake and bun sellers scored hat tricks while morley petch bob lawrie and frank hill scored two bud baker was the other lamp lighter bill brett with two and taylor scored for sutton at the present time it is still doubtful who the opposition for the championhip will be it i expected however that milton will lo the most likely contenders peaches overpower hoopers ac 51 peaches ac continue to set the pace in their king clancy group as thev downed hoop ers by a score of 51 on thurs day night of last week it was their second victory over the ton nto squad since thev entered into the league bight- winger don thomas led the peaches attack with two goals one coming on a closein scramble and the other on a breakaway john lawronson made it 30 as he tucked the rubber in the corner and harry lewis deflected a blue- line drive for the fourth goal hoopers counted their lone tally when the seventh con cession squad failed to clear the puck out of their own zone following a faceoff murray lewis ended the scoring when he picked up 1 rebound swerved around the goal tend er who had come ten feet out of his net and fired the puck into the empty cage murray grove scored in the final min ute but the tally was disallow ed as the referee claimed he was standing in the goal crease the local squad used ken laushway on defence for the first time since they enter ed the league and he picked tip an assist on the fourth peaches goal the rural entry have two games this week on wednesday night here and on thursday night in inionville hawks make championship bid with 42 victory the chicago black hawks and toronto maple leafs are battling right down to the wire in the lions xi 1 1 group playoff with the hawks holding i one point advantage at the present time by virtue of their allimportant victory ever their arch rivals on sat urday morning the winners coached by cec hendricks replacing bill bockmaster who was unable to attend spotted the leafs a one goal lead but fought back on even terms and went on to win by a score of 12 those two teams meet again one week from saturday to decide the championship the hawks walked off with the honors hist year in the goal scoring department boss madill notch ed the opener but it was call ed back on an offside by referees peake and davis the leafs stormed to the attack and wayne hedshaw blinked the light for the first legal goal of the game don neal tied the score from hus ton but ilaynes put the leafs out front for the second time on a pass from redshaw to make the score read 21 bison put tiie hawks on even terms from jackson and madill fired what proved to be the winner huston sewed the contest up with a goal late in the game in the other game boston scored their first point of the orient round robin playoff as they came from behind to lie montreal in the final minute harmon although arriving late for the contest fired the winner with he bruin goaltender frank ein- holdt out of the net in favor of an extra forward the tying goal came on a wild scramble around the canadien cage after wilkes had pulled off one good stop only to have harmon flip the rebound into the open corner don neal paced the boston attack with two goals with lonsdale notch ing the other sandy smith ron mccullough and gord taylor were the marksmen foi the montrealers john davis handled the coaching reins replacing bill mulhol- land there will be no hockey on saturday morning of this week the follows i lawks leafs canadien- bruins standing are w i 1 o as it- conditiohs have approximately forty skating days for pleasure skating but in 1955 this mark sank to an al- time low with only 10 days being used for public skating purposes the lack of regular pleasure skating days greatly affected the crowds even when the ice was in good condition on only one evening did the attendance reach close to 300 and on one occasion there were but 70 skaters out on a regular night although it is true that the operating costs have been greatly reduced the revenue is close to rock bottom also outdoor rinks such as iemonville and cedar grove have been likewise hard hit although our neighbors to the south are conveniently located in a shaded area which aided in lengthening out their season considerably some of the experts claim that our winters are gradually becoming milder year by year and 1055 certainly seems to have borne out the fact in their favor in the snowfall department the depth i reported to have been the least this winter in 110 years it would appear that stouffville erected the arti ficial ice arena in the nick of time or our town would be suffering the same fate as our neighbors have ex perienced the local ice palace has been in operation for over seven months for skating purposes and it is likely it will continue for another four weeks hold judgment in hockey death judgment has been reserved in tne case of walter fines is ol aurora charged with man slaughter in uh hockey death of lioliert gillies 17 of stayher at nilliiigwoml on march mil gillies was fatally injured dur ing the game and fines was charged after it was reported he had crashed into gillies and sent him into the hoards fines was released last week on bail of 16000 at a preliminary bearing george gordon a goal judge at the playoff between colllngwood and aurora said be overheard fines telling the goaltender they were going to start a light he said the goalie replied that it would hi- better to watt until there were a few minutes left to play a short time later gil lies was hurt referee rill mcarthur n fines crashed into gillie in a deliberate attempt to injure the player dr ft n storey of colllngwood who attended gil lie said the youth died of a brain hemorrhage claremont recreation committee has approached council concerning a pool rev g davison of clare- j mom appeared picker ing township council on wedj rtdiv afternoon of la- week to discuss the possibility o- obtaining a grant for the iur- poe of building i swimming tank in the immediate area rev davison representing the claremont recreational com mittee was well received by the council members w ho spoke in favor of the project thi- committee has for the few years carried out an organized swimming school toi children ranging from grades 3 to 10 last summer there was an enrolment of over loo student- pupils from such schools as claremont atha mt jjion cherrywood brougham and others have i received this valuable instruc tion at the expense of ie i uiskmovt mrs g m forsyth has been confined to bed through ill- res- friends will regret to learn mike valentino of huntsville visited his mother here on easter sunday mr and mrs clin pilkey of toronto visited with friends here during the weekend mis g forsvth of tshawa spent the faster weekend with her parents mr and mrs c m forsyth coronation ball hi the com munity hall tins fridiv night various school boards the swimming tank at greenwood has always been used the tu lent- receive approximate ly ten lessons each vear the stouffville christian mens fellowship invites vou to the annual ladies night monday april 13th at s pm in the stouffville baptist church guest speaker rev jack scott guest soloist mr sam carser come early for a seat you are welcome m m m m i i i abssesssasssesssxsxssxsssb local vending route responsible car owner wil h 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