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the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 7 1951 sports inmamtmammmmmammamamammmmmamcmmm news unci views jim thomas jack andrews of aurora who hurled the opening game of the may 24 tournament here against sunderland has signed with mahers of the earlscourt circuit it was reported that the lanky southpaw was to play with kings- way lumber in the viaduct league but has since changed his plaas cord lewis mac clement and bill mabbett are all planning over seas trips this fall to play hockey in scotland clement just returned a few weeks ago from the land of the heather but expects to return not only for the hockey but for certain scottish interests that he left behind a newcomer to the local hed sox this season is john davis john turned in a good game on monday night on the third sack and will likelv win a regular spot with the locals if- his steady play continues cedar grove girls softball team has come up with snappy new uniforms for the coming season the girls seem to be going all out this year for a championship squad and on friday night handed the old cedar grove team a 2015 de feat they have been undefeated so far in all exhibition games they have played their new uniforms are yellow and green bucko mcdonald wellknown ex- pro has taken over the manage ment of the orillia arena for the coming winter season whether he will run the team there next year is a question buttonville who currently are leading the township softball league have only two brother combinations on their team this season in the barigays and wat sons jack rumney is the sole sur vivor of that twosome this year in the mount albert field day held annually the buttonville sluggers lost but in the ball tourna ment to lansing by a score of 61 a couple of errors in the outfield for the sluggers allowed five runs to cross the plate for the yonge st squad although claremom boys are winless after their three softball games it is through no fault of pitcher lloyd pascoe lloyd has hurled good ball but errors have kept his team on the losing end every time bill nigh who held down the third base sack for the local inter mediates for a time last season and who stars at first base on the peaches softball squad heard the call of cupid and was married to edna sanderson of victoria square last week markham and linion- ville battled it out for seven inn ings of ball and neither team was able to score a run this is the first game of ball played for some time where one team hasnt come up with at least one run chuck blun- del was on the mound for the indians while oneill went all the way for the alarkham crew peaches girls held their first regular practice of the season on friday night at markham a good turn out of girls were on hand and from all prospects they will have a strong team for the coming season some of the girls who have shown interest in joining the club are carley grove fern hoover eleanor reid laura warriner marilyn johnston joan chapin pat smith marg smith and flor ence anderson meeker may quit game if elected howie meeker right winger with toronto maple leafs may not con tinuebis hockey career if elected to parliament meeker who is progressive conservative candidate for the federal byelection in south water loo june 25 said in an interview that if elected he didnt think he could play professional hockey and do justice to my job in ottawa he said he has not signed a maple leaf contract for 105152 and that he has no obligations to the leafs permit deer hunting in southern ontario for the first time in several years deer hunting will be permitt ed this year throughout southern ontario as well as in the north the season in the south will run nov 517 inclusive lands minister scott said wed nesday the general season was declared because southern ontario is becoming overpopulated with deer and farmers say they are a nuisance in one waterloo county field a herd of 30 had been spotted in welland county and in other places similar large groups had been seen cedar swamps were overbrowsed previously in south ern ontario there had been open seasons only at local request the hunting of moose prohibited for two years wili be permitted again this fall but only to ontario residents and in the area north of the northermost transcontinental rail line the season will he late nov 15 to bee 15 so that indian hunters will be able to freeze the meal the floodlight fund has reached a total of some 1275 for the new market ball park the final objec tive has been set at sooco the cleveland indians are hold ing a baseball school in hamilton oii friday and saturday of this week on the last week of the month june 252027 they will hold a similar school at oakville joseph goudv the indians scout will be on hand to look over the prospects for future big leaguers the local girls went down to defeat at the hands of aurora on monday night by a score of l the locals seem to lack the hitting i power as they loaded the bases i time and time again only to leave them stranded thursday night the girls travel to aurora for a return game last week stoulfville downed a newlyorganized claremont team on monday and thursday nights in the oth innings when maxwell llokits miller lanky hurler for oshawa merchants this season and who last year was the top pitcher on the local squad was in town over the weekend the merchants have won three games and lost two so far this season but according to the local star they are expected to improve when a few additions are made to the team in commenting on the difference between the brand of ball played in that league- to the branch played in the local intermediate league miller said that the pitching was the main difference but that errors were as numerous there as here the lanky speedball pitcher has been on the mound once during his stay with the merchants so far this season jack cote to sign with local red sox one of the new members with the local hardballers this season will be jack cote a graduate from ovc this year although he failed to play much ball last season lack was a regular with guelph irs in the year 1s49 his favorite spot is any place in the outfield although he has only turned in one regular game with the locals on the 21th of may he has had a good chance to size up the team from practice as most players will agree the big difference in clubs as they go up the ladder is in the pitching stall that is the most noticeable difference between our local intermediates and the guelph squad he was lined up with jack cote is employed by dr ronnie smith veterinarian and is living in town for the present time elgin mills decides to quit local girls softball league seven trams probable entry at a meeting held at elgin mills on wednesday night of last week it was made known to the team representatives present that elgin mills had decided to enter a team in the yonge st group with lans ing willowdale and other teams where the ball is of a higher brand it all came up when victoria square said that they did not wish to play any games with elgin mills during the regular schedule the square expressed the idea that they did not mind meeting their yonge st rivals in the play offs but dur ing the season the opposition was too strong to make for even com petition other teams which show ed interest in fitting into the group were stouffville peaches victoria square thornhill and aurora bradford and schomborg have also shown interest in coming into the league but have not made then- plans definite if they do it will make a long distance for the local teams around the community to travel last year the group was divided up into two sections but so far there have not been enough entries to make this possible more definite word should be forth com ing in the near future red sox whitewash port 70 in opening ball game here under the able pitching of eaii cook the locals opened their regular schedule with a decisive 80 win over port perry at the park on monday night not only did the expro hurler hold the opposition off the score sheet but aided his own cause with three bagger over the centre field fence he had eight strike outs the first three batters to face cook went down easily on short grounders to davis laushway and hassard the locals collected one run in the first as l sehell walked a single by brother ken moved lome to third and cook brought him home with a short grounder into left field the visitors failed to threaten in the second innings and the locals went down in order also in the big sixth innings the locals really went to town for five runs hassard was given a base on balls and stole second k sehell stepped to the plate and pounded out a line double into the daises and as the port squad were tossing the ball around the park in a haphazard manner hassard came racing in to score cook then tore the leather olf the ball with a smashing triple over the fence for the best hti of the night scoring sehell cadieux struck out but iaushway cracked out a grounder through the short stops legs for a single jennings walked and stole second as the visitors continued to throw the ball leisurely around the infield with a man on third and second cote smashed a ground double to bring 1 in two more runs lome sehell was thrown out second to first and the oig innings was over k sehell and cadieux crossed the plate in the seventh innings to give the homesters an eight run lead and end the game the port squad have a fair outfield but their infield is a little on the weak side the locals move to sutton on wed nesday night with the return game here on monday night of nex week buttonville takes over top spot in softball league buttonville sluggers took uhdis- hurling for the indians while pined possession of first place last oneill wenl l11 tne w for week by downing claremont and ajjjt- s peaches markham who show signs straight loss of having tlie strongest team in on thursday night all three years nave jumped into second teams went at it again with place two points up on unionville peaches at buttonville markham peaches and thornhill are tied for at claremont and unionville at the fourth rung while claremont thornhill buttonville exploded for remain alone in the cellar nine runs to shut out peaches 90 on tuesday night of last week boomer smith started for the peaches and thornhill battled it seventh concession crew but was out in a close contest which proved relieved in the fifth inning by vic to be i pitchers duel boomer meharg norm stunden went the smith on the mound for peaches entire seven innings for the allowed only two hits while gord sluggers markham who is making lewis and bill nigh connected for their presence felt in the league two homers into the deep out field to gain a 12 win lewis was the kev man for the peaches club com this season handed claremont a30 whitewashing while thornhill up- t unionville plans by downing pleting a double play grabbing off the indians 64 eddie crouch did a line drive and hitting a four the hurling for unionville and also bagger all in one night counted for a homer with one on unionville and markham dead- in the losers cause a homer with locked their contest with no score two on gave the yonge st boys an which is quite unusual in this i edge which the indians could not league chuck blundel did the i overtake girls softhalil schedule wednesday june 20 markham at unionville claremont at cedar grove wednesday june 27 cedar grove at markham unionville at claremont wednesday july 4 claremont at unionville markham at cedar grove wednesday july 11 unionville at markham cedar grove at claremont wednesday july 18 markham at claremont cedar grove at unionville wednesday july 25 claremont at markham unionville at cedar grove w e uakeu buried at heise hill funeral service was held in the united missionary church gorm- ley on sunday afternoon for the late william edwin baker rri richmond hill who passed away suddenly on thursday in his 48th year deceased was the eldest son of the late nathaniel and minnie baker and is survived by three sisters mrs warwick mrs cullens and mrs summerfeldt also four brothers ralph wesley george and melvin rxd annual garden party at cedar grove sat evening july 7th your enjoyment and our reputation are high ideals to which we aimed in selecting the best acts procurable for this years program tennis stars united kingdom bound thres of canadas top tennis aces brendan macken second from left henri rochon both of montreal and lome main right of vancouver are pictured discussing the proper grip with capt e a shergold aboard the canadian pacific liner empress of scotland just prior to sailing from quebec to england tuning up for can adas davis cup matches later in the summer they will take part in major european tourna ments while overseas includ ing the wimbledon classic together for baseball and basket ball games the boys played base ball grade xii being the winner the girls played basketball grade xi won each year the students of grade xi takea trip to the museum after thev have completed their course in ancient and medieval history high school news last tuesday evening the grade xii home economics class was entertained at a supper party at the home of their teacher mrs wade on main street the class presented her with a lovely pair of book ends students of grade xii have been last tuesday grade xi made the taking the st johns ambulance round trip under supervision of course during this year they will their history teacher mr oliver try an examination before the on friday afternoon stouftville doctor of health this tuesday high brought to a close another those who succeed in obtaining 72 eventful year of activity at their marks will be presented with a dip- annual picnic at musselmans lake loma at commencement in the fall in the afternoon there were three last wednesday after school the ball games followed by stunts students of grades xi and xii got continued on back page annual meeting the stouffville arena limited take notice that the annual general meeting of the shareholders of the stouffville arena limited will be held in municipal hall in the village of stouffville on thursday june 21st 1951 at 8 pm for the purpose of considering the annual report of the directors of the said company for the past year for the election of directors for the ensuing year and for any other general business brought before the said meeting dated may 15th 1951 bv order h r button secretary hardies whip brougham girls hardies defeated brougham in a lakeshore ladies softball league game at brougham by a 111 score the oshawa hardies showed more experience in the field and a lot more power at the plate they scored steadily in the first four frames to build up an so lead add ed two in the 7th and then finished olf with a 1run splurge in the oth brougham girls who despite their lack of skill and experience showed plenty of willingness to keep on trying got their lone run in the oth inning when maxwell first batter smacked out a triple and scored later on an outfield error ii sal way with four singles and m salway with three twobaggers were top hitters for hardies with legree and nesbitt each having three hits nesbitt had a triple hardies smith ss legree lb poravko 2b nesbitt c connor 3b m salway if huxtable rf h salway if milne p brougham paxton ss phillijs c mcgregor p staley lb jones lark rf arksey if taylor cf coates 2b hockiiis c staley p and maxwell lb j umpires r andrews plate and i r jones bases legion news to all veterans your drumhead service is sun day june 17th assemble at the veterans hall at 2 pm dont miss your regular meeting on thursday june 7th at the vet erans hall at s pm watch for the big horse show in the memorial park stouffville on july 7th lots of fun for the kiddies watch this paper ka3awwxatw3tmwa stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith crop vvsasamvvvvvv are you looking for magic floor covering see the florever plastic by the tile or yard it 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