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the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 21 1951 news and views jim thqmas stratford kroehlers will not oper ate in the oha junior a league next season but will enter into the junior b grouping instead bill eziniki who stars for boston bruins in the national hockey league finished third in the field in the us open golf competition wild bill as he is known to the hockey world will get a chance to show his worth in the new eng land section of the countrywide classic on friday night of this week a street dance is being held on no 7 highway at unionville for the benfit of the unionville jets hoc key club who hope to operate again next season the local girls went down to defeat at the hand of the powerful elgin mills squad on monday night in an exhibition game the final score was 19g in favour of the yonge st crew this friday night toronto staf- fords will be the visiting team in the line up will be one the clippers star wingers don couch don holds down a centre field position for the city crew on thursday night of last week the local hardballers journeyed to sunderland they emerged from the contest with a 77 tie lome schell did the hurling for the locals from june 22 to sept 22 a bowl ing tournament will be held every friday evening at the stouffville bowling green excellent prizes are being offered each night with a grand special prize for the seasons total score the first twenty entries are being accepted for each evening the ladies high score prize will be one set of bowls donated by maple leaf auto sales stouffville the mens high score will be the same prize the fee is 150 per bowler the new york rangers have traded tony leswick to the detroit red wings for sharp shooting gaye stewart leswick although small is one of the scrapiest players in the game while stewart will give the ranger club that much needed scoring power that they lacked last season stewart played his first nhl hockey with toronto being traded to chicago in the max bentley deal from the black hawks the left winger went to detroit stewart scored 18 goals last season and drew assists on 13 others for a total of 31 points les wick fell down last year with a total of 26 points an assault charge laid against terry sawchuck of winnipeg star rookie goalie of detroit red avings of the national hockey league was dismissed last week the charge was brought by philip vetrano 30yearold brooklin market man ager vetrano charged sawchuck struck him with his hockey stick as the red wings were on their way to the dressing room between periods in a game won by new- york last feb 25 sawchuck sai1 vetrano called him several object ionable names he added he did no more than wave his hand at vetrano general maearthur mentioned as chandlers successor the resignation of baseball com missioner a b happy chandler within the next few days was pre dicted last week by president lou perini of boston braves mr perini was asked whether he had any candidate in mind for the position when the commissioners decided to vacate the boston braves presi dent made it clear that he had a man in mind to take chandlers place when asked whether the new man would be general doug las macarthur he would not answer it is no secret however that perini regards macarthur as the most logical replacement for chandlers g5ooo a year baseball berth hockeys red line may be eliminated humours going around have it that an effort is being made to eliminate the red line at centre ice reported backers of the move claim it will open up play and help a team clear the puck out of its end zone opposing defencemen it is claimed would be wary of moving up to the blue line on a ganging play it is also claimed the move would add 10 goals a season to the total of a fastbreaking forward although a move such as this might increase the scoring totals of some of the forwards it would not help the condition of some of the already overworked goaltendcrs if the speed of the hockey played today needs a push from behind the removal of the red line would no doubt give it that extra shove oshawa regains second spot stan miller hurls 6hitter oshawa merchants chalked up a 161 victory over croftons thurs day night in the second game of a viaduct major league double- header at millen stadium and the win moved oshawa up into second place in the league standing a half- game ahead of kingsway lumber who suffered a 53 defeat in peter borough stan speed miller the high- pockets member of the oshawa pitching stafr formerly of stoiitf- ville went to the mound and turn ed in a superb chore until his mates had the victory clinched he allowed only one hit a double by red stephens in the 1th frame and not a single run for the first five frames and by that time osh awa was leading 100 miller gave up three hits for a pair of runs in the 6th and two of each in the 7th which gave crof tons their four runs but actually from a competitive standpoint mil ler was always far out in front fred huntleys two hits made him top hitter for crof tons but the rest of his mates didnt do much collecting only a halfdozen safeties all told off millers delivery kitchener withdraws major series seems likely to fold ever since the skates and hockey were hung up at the conclusion of the hockey season rumors have been going around thick and fast concerning the likelihood of there being a major series next season sudbury and sault ste marie seemed interested in joining the group but that idea died out soon after birth at a meeting of the kitchener waterloo dutchmen hockey club last week it was decided that they would withdraw from the group and enter into senior a rating along with such teams as owen sound brantford niagara falls hamilton and some more although it isnt definite the final decision that broke up the major circuit was the unwillingness of toronto to help any new clubs that might be planning entry into the league to reinforce their squad to major calibre when the leaf delegates came out and said that it was very necessary to the toronto maple leafs to have a farm club from which to draw some needed players the ideas of the other clubs involv ed were further dampened it is only natural that other cities would not feel overly anxious to sponsor and support a league for the tor onto maple leafs benefit a league made up of kitchener brantford owen sound hamilton and possibly niagara falls sounds like a good idea at least the competi tion would be a lot more even and not so one sided as we witnessed here last winter when such teams as brantford and owen sound invaded our ranks when cities get pared off with towns and villages there should be a change some where three way tie for top rung in township softball league for the first time in years two teams have challenged the rgiht of buttonville to share the top rung in the township softball league markham and unionville have steadily climbed up the ladder until they now find themselves in first place tied with the sluggers from the fourth concession on tuesday night of last week unionville blanked claremont 90 markham downed peaches 71 and button ville hit thornhill for a 141 drub- bind eddie crouch was on the mound for unionville in their win over claremont while oneill con tinued his sensational hurling job for markham as he held peaches to a few scattered hits jack rumney did the pitching chores for button ville in their defeat over thornhill a home run in the final innings gave claremont their first win of the season as they handed peaches an 87 defeat on thursday night lloyd pascoe went in for clare mont near the end of the game while vic meharg replaced boom er smith in the final innings in a similar contest markham edged thornhill to bounce them into first place the big game of the week saw unionville down buttonville in an exciting exhibition game 53 the gijme was a pitchers battle between chuck blundel of union ville and norm stunden of the buttonville squad an error in the outfield for the sluggers allowed the winning runs to cross the plate to give the indians the game and a share in the top spot in the v yes you get full measure of whole wheat and bran in nabisco shredded wheat league this season is seeing the best pitched ball games that have been played for some time stunden of buttonville along with jack rum ney form a powerful twosome with mac clement back of the plate unionville have a trio of pitchers in chuck blundel eddie crouch and cliff cox markham have their one main hurler in peg oxeil with milton black competing the battery peaches have vic meharg and boomer smith while claremont have a ood find in lloyd pascoe girls softball league underway this week this week sees the opening of the girls softball schedule with four teams competing in this group the group will comprise stouffville peaches uionville and victoria square on thursday night the locals start the ball roll ing as they play host to unionville the following night peaches take on victoria square in unionville the line up for stouffville will be as follows p myrtle staley c gertie drewery 1st pat lehman 2nd helen goudie 3rd peggy white ss jean thorvaldson if erla holden cf marg berry rf joan haynes peaches line up will be p flor ence anderson c nelda elson 1st fern hoover 2nd carley grove 3rd pat smith ss marg smith fielders marilyn johnston eleanor reid marian reid joan chapin laura warriner and maureen mus tard unionville have formed their line up from the following players marjorie mccarty edna lamorie pearl rainey mavis trunk alice anderson viola foster verna mccarty mary anderson nancy weir shirley latimer mary mc- mullen marg rainey myrtle lati mer and jean danby big league cheers still ring in ears of local hurler on a farm seated up ie seventh concession of whitchurch in the small community of lemonville there was raised one of the most outstanding hurlers ever to wear a pair of spikes or don a glove in the person of earl cook from stouffville where he began his trek up the ladder of success to detroit where he starred on the mound for the famous tigers earl has brought fame and renown to both himself and his community printed in bold black type across the sporting pages of american newspapers were headlines such as these cook pitches double shut out for bisons cook twirls one hitter or cook sets modern record blank ing jersey city twice the story behind these headlines bares out the facts about the big six foot right hander who this season is starting his second year with the local club since his retirement from big league play earl began his baseball career in stouffville when at the age of 15 he played with the inter mediates along with other local boys of that time such players as dr neil smith wes boadway max reesor buster lunau reg button and the clendening boys all form ed part of the squad after three years with the locals earl moved to toronto st georges where the team walked off with thq senior championship in 1931 earl broke into the international league where he played with toronto maple leafs for two months he went from the leafs to the mid- atlantic league where he led the league with earned ruas he turned in a number of games with cinn- cinatti and spent the following two seasons with syracuse for three years earl starred with buffalo and during that time he played wiht two of the most outstanding players ever to hold a bat in lou boudreau and conny mack the local hurler then journeyed to detroit with hal white in one of the biggest player deals of that day after astay with the tigers he returned to buffalo but was put out of action when hit in the ankle with a line drive after his recovery he returned to detroit and finished out the season with them the following year earl went to beaumont in the texas league wheie he won 22 games against 9 defeats to bring his club the cham pionship he spent one year with portland and then was traded back to toronto for hurler joe sullivan a salary disagreement forced earl to quit the leafs and he returned home to play what he terms some good ball with the local club last season earl led the locals to the tricounty league cham pionship and nearly coped the oba title besides some of the players with the detroit club today who hroke into the big time along with earl are al newhouser fred hutchinson hoot evers al white and johnny lippon termed the iron man of baseball from the time he hurled his double header shut out against jersey city earl likes to recall many of the so called old days when roaring crowds flash ing spikes and swirling dust brought thrills to every player who could come up to the high stand ards of the major leagues it is with some quiet thought that earl will get out his scrap book thumb through the pages and recall the thrilling moments in his colourful career far likes to think of the day he struck out the one and only joe dimagio although he says with a smile how on the second pitch the yankee clipper smashed a line foul into the stands earl cannot recall anyone ever being intention ally injured with spikes or a ball he does remember however the time when woody abernathv was smashed on the head with a ball j delivered by john gee the injured smartly styled jackets fine fabrics in di agonal and fancy weaves rich sum mer shades of gray blues and fawns len wilkes e stouffville for dad and his lad phone 24wl player never returned to big time ball again in ehosing between day and night games the local hurler claims he liked the daylight con tests the better because the sun helped to keep a fellow warmed up married and with two children ray 13 and jane 11 earl still loves to take part in the good old amer ican past time whether it be with the locals in quest of another championship or out with the neighbourhood kids giving advice to the youngsters practicing in a back lot the local residents are proud of their expro pitcher who carried the name of his community into the bright lights of fame being one of the few canadians to reach the heights of a big league star toronto staf fords come hre friday night on friday night of thus week the local red sox will take on toronto staffords in an exhibition contest the city squad should prove power ful opposition for the homesters as they operate in a senior league along with oshawa kingsway and some other top notch clubs the visitors will have in their line up don couch who is no stranger around these parts in the winter months it will be interesting to see how this senior crew from toronto stack up against our local squad ooo stanley theatre stouffville ont theatre policy showing each evening 730 and 930 pm saturdays evening- starts 7 pm matinee 2 pm friday saturday june 22nd 23rd he jergens author frahz wiluam fwhhh monday tuesday june 25th 26th mm wednesday thursday june 27th 28th through laffland with fun and camera mdsmmn clicks with he chicks arhedahltamlelii leon ames pam britton richard rober this weeks guests lloyd pugh claremont rr2 earl dowswell goodwood jack frisbv markham rr2 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