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the tribune stougviue ost thursday may s jsj2 sports news views jim thomas i clippers faltered in playoff drive friday night trophy presented first time piayki a big part tjr cuppers scokivg pakade iv iokt omilllink skkiks c kit gihson 4 i geo sijk i frank stephenson i jack rtimney port colborne merchants kept i the hum in the early stages a p through the sensational work of a pl eddie raffefty in the net came from behind to prolong the oha r senior 15 finals friday night as nick bangav ronnie bell bob bangav i bud watson moriey fetch pollv minton i herb rose i jim machjn i bert baker thf pers declsfosled stoulfville clii 1 1 5 i 2 5 0 i 1 2 1 5 0 1 i 0 1 i 1 0 i blake eatbugh regular goalie with the clippers who was sidelined just as the playoffs started with a broken finger blake was a standout perfor mer all year and was a big factor in putting the club on top of the league though he was denied the playoff thrills through his injury ed ltaiferty star netminder with the merchants told us hed stopped an average of fortytwo shots each playoff game this year the port colborne hockey team found accommodation at the hotel at sutton during their stayover on friday night m more people passed through the doors of the local arena this year than of either the two previous seasons the place has been in oper ation well have a full account of attendance figures at a later date saturday nights championship win by the clippers brings to mind the only other championship ever won by stouffville sporters stouffville won the ola junior lacrosse championship some forty years ago they took the title from hastings and the championship game was played at lindsay opinion appears pretty well divided on the latest move that will equip ontario softball players with gloves and spikes at every position just like the baseball men supporters of the idea claim it will make for better fastball as they mow call it others say it con travenes the original idea of soft- ball and they might just as well go back to playing baseball bill mabbett and oordy lewis along with mac clement and his bride will be home shortly we understand clement may stay here but the other two will return again all enjoyed a good season allan truelove of brighton tigers now in his seventh season over seas is the son of bill truelove of aurora al is pretty well sold on life overseas despite austerity baz omeara of the montreal star suggests that the reason the oha wants to up the junior age limit isbecause the juniors pro duce most of the bread and butter this doesnt happen to be the case though in more than 2s000 cut from oha playdowns in 1951 only 7000 came from the junior a division so you can see that when the officers tell the junior a clubs they can go out and run independently any time they want they arent fooling the oha will still have plenty to get by on newmarket back in baseball newmarkets back in the inter- mediate baseball fold an entry was accepted at the organization i meeting ball league in beeton thursday the league will possibly wind up with i seams nine bradford i beeton aliiston palgrave ivy j stroud everett maple leafs everest athletics and barrie re entered thursday xewmarket and new lowell were accepted as new entrants and league officials for- j see a 1 lteam loop if pending entries from utopia thornton and bcaf camp borden come j through with three straight wi in the set clippers were favored to finish it off and officials had the trophy and closing ce em kites pre pared i stouffville swarmed over port colborne in the first two periods fired a total of 30 shots at bafterlj as they almost swept the mer chants out of the rink they led 31 at the end of the first 32 in the second with kafteny keeping them in the game the ports finally got the break they were looking for as i frank stephenson was penalized he south stmcoe pasel aft thip p go underway taking advantage o the stouffville penalty they whip ped in two goals to go in front were caught and then pulled away with three tallies within two minutes jim mcxulty paced the attack with two counters archie icatk- man jack semley arch melone dinny white and emedio serg- nese sniping singletons george stark the most sensa tional goal of the night hal gib son lion bell nick bangav and bud watson were the stouffviiie marksmen youth for christ softball schedule youth fob christ j baskjsall schedule first week monday may 12 stouffville vs bethesda tuesday may 13 peaches vs vivian wednesday may 11 gormley vs bloomington thursday may 15 dicksons hill vs 0th line friday may 16 atha vs lemon ville second week monday may 19 stouffville vs dicksons hill tuesday may 20 atha vs bloomington wednesday may 21 0th line vs bethesda thursday may 22 vivian vs gormley friday may 23 lemonville vs peaches monday may 20th ball game 730 special program and taffy pull all games at lemonville r may enter north york minor baseball loop on monday evening a meeting was held at aurora to discuss the possibilities of organizing a north york minor baseball league pee- wee midget bantam and juvenile prospects are being worked on in order that a league may be formed in the near future at the present time stouffville has a number of likely looking prospects in the juvenile age group and it would be a step in the right direction if these young athletes could get a chance to play organized hall in a well balanced league in the aurora and newmarket district the age group seems to take in more young follows in the midget and bantam range it is under stood that aurora will also enter a junior club this season township softball opens on may 13th six teams have filed their entry in the markham township soft ball league for the coming season the entries are buttonville peaches unionville claremont markham and thornhill the one major change from previous years is the permission of players to use gloves which will no doubt tend to speed up the game and also should cut down on the num ber of errors the schedule will get underway on tuesday even ing may 13th at 7 pm all games for the first part of the season will commence at this hour clare mont who will be privileged to play under lights shortly are to begin their games at s oclock when the project is completed captain harvey acton of ux bridge is shown here receiving the new stouffville arena intermediate hockey trophy which uxbridge had the honor of winning for the first time this year geo allison presi dent o tile arena is making photo by cattieux the presentation oxbridge coied the title from sloutf- vslle n town to banquet victorious hockey club may 15th a banquet in honour of the stouffville clippers olla senior champs will lie held in the legion hall on thursday evening may 15th tlie banquet is being staged jointly by the town the lions club athletic club and arena company presentations will be made to the players and executive mem bers at that time on behalf of the municipality prominent sports figures and press representatives will be present for the occasion entertainment will be provided tickets for the affair are s250 per person and may be had from len wilkes ticket agency on main st the number is limited they will be available thursday of this week win over ports in fifth game 92 series and title 41 be back next yearbangay uxbridge wins stouffviiie arena intermediate league on wednesday night week uxbridge combines defeat ed stouffville maple leafs to cap ture the local intermediate league trophy donated by the arena the winners took the first game 03 and came out on the long end of a 113 victory in their final contest although the score on wednesday night was somewhat onesided it didnt necessarily indicate the play the faster and heavier ux bridge squad made cvevy shot on the net count while the leafs although they worked just as hard as their opposition they couldnt seem to finish off their scoring thrusts the maple leafs broke into the scoring early in the first period of last vvtujn harmon lipped the rubber into the cage from clarke it took the uxbridge crew only nineteen seconds to tie the score as smalley beat goaltcnder mulhoiand from acton two minutes later the win ners notched their second goal with harwood blinking the light with bradbury picking up an assist on tiie play exlyndhurst motors star hank valentine put his team two up from ron lint- ner and smalley fired his second tally of the period on a pass fr sanderson to make the 11 tom score read chicago nhl peewee hockey champs tod u tuner opened the scoring in the second frame as uxbridge continued to take advantage of the breaks at 1001 kydd put the winners five goals up from acton and vipond before russ forfar lit the light from brother don and paisley ron lintner promptly grabbed the puck at his own end and skated through the entire leaf squad for the nicest solo effort of the night jake harmon counted his second marker of the game from paisley and jennings but ux bridge came back fast to notch four more ron lintner acton sanderson and smalley credited themselves with third period goals to run the score into the double figures t uxbridge are worthy holders of the coveted award which will be up for competition again next year when the six team league once again swings into action stoulfville clippers are the new all ontario senior b champions of 1952 yes at last after seventy- five years of competition in organ ized hockey the village of stoulfville lias produced a winner an honor that will long be remembered by every local sports minded citizen the clippers are true champions in every sense of the word having battled through their own group against stubborn opposition from orillia tripping the highlyrated poterboro petes in the first round of the finals downing lyndliurst motors with dogged determination and then completing their triumph i victory march by defeating port colborne for the w a hewitt trophy every player on the squad from goalkeepers stunden and eatough through the defence and forwards came up with plenty of thrilling hockey for the fans and it is expected that the clipper colors will be flying again next season when the team once more hits the ice to defend their title bon hell opens bearing botli teams raced up and down the ice at a terrific pace from the opening whistle with the clippers setting their sights on the coveted silver trophy and the merchants trying desperately to slave off elimination nick bangay had the best chance to break the ice mid way through the period when he split the defence only to be pulled down at the last minute by expro eddie young at 1011 ronnie bell centred the puck out in front of the net and after four tries flipped the rubber yito the top corner of the cage both clubs continued at a torrid rate with goalkeepers stunden and rafterty batting aside many dangerous drives with i matter of minutes remain ing in the opening frame bud watson broke into the clear and blazed a bullet drive from a diffi cult angle only to have goaltender rafterty pull off a dazzling save with the toe of his skate polly minion breaks up game at 1028 of the second period polly minton slapped the rubber by the amazed rafferty for what proved to be the winning tally of the game the goal came on a per fectly executed passing play in front of the merchants net with assists going to bob bangay and ronnie bel minton has come through on the third line during the present series in great style fitting in well with bell and ban gay it was during the early minutes of the second frame that minton and stephens of port col borne collided hard on the clipper blueline and the merchants for ward fell to the ice in pain a stretcher was summoned and the injured player was carried off the ice for medical attention it was later disclosed that he had suffer ed torn ligaments in his leg the clipper number one line of stark b watson and n bangay put on- a determined drive on the visitors net but could do everything except put the puck in the net the clip pers counted their second tally of the contest with rumney blinking the light on passes from stephen son and gibson the port colborne squad how ever did not intend to go down without a fight and within the space of two minutes they had pulled up on even terms with their rivals melone counted the first goal and white tied the score at the fifteen minute mark only forty seconds had ticked by when minton sank that all important third marker to give the home sters the lead to stay front liinc catches fire the clippers front line of n bangay geo stark and bud wat son probably one of the most powerful threesome ever to hit the ice lanes around this district for many years raced to the attack with the start of the final twenty minutes of play bud wat son who fired two goals in suc cession counted his first at 101 when he netted starks pass from behind the net midway through the period the clever centre star zoomed in from the wing to pick up starks flip pass through the defence and salted the puck away in the corner of the twine young of the merchants was serving a penalty at the time after he had knocked bell sprawling to the ice with a matter of minutes remain ing in the game coach bob ban gay slipped a pass back to bert baker on the blueline and with one motion the puck sizzled into the cage to end the game with one accord all the players rushed over to mob goaltender norm stunden and port colborne like good sportsmen offered their con gratulations to their victors its been a great season for the players management and fans of stouffville and surrounding com munity its been a season that saw hockey interest hit a new high as the local club brought home what everybody has been waiting for the senior b cham pionship of ontario back row left to right bob barnes allan badgero colin hathaway root taylor boh benson eddie sanders mur ray holdens middle row coach ixrne boadway merlin har mon allan haihsvvay capi jim ronnie dn haynes sieve wideman coach art wide- mans 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