the tribune stouffville ont thursday february 19 1953 sports news and views jim thomas hud lehman star forward with peaches and vandorf hockey teams has been coafii ed to hospi tal for the pa- six days under going a knee operation he is expected home this week the stouffville clippers clash with the powerful oshawa smith truckmen on saturday night here in the ij1 home same lxfore they hit the playoirs it could be a pre view of how the two teams will match in the semifinals the management and players of the stoutrviile commanders local entrv in the omha would like to express their thanks and apprec iation to clipper forward hal gib son for giving so willingly of his time and services to the club dur ing the season the squad would also like to thank uon lewis bun sellers and ken lavish way for their help in an officiating capac ity markham eagles senior entry in the orha will join alhston and woodbridge in a round robin series with the lirt game in unionville on thursday night xo sooner has the tire between wood- bridge and markham been put out than the two teams come together again it could develop into a real series t ikiyolt aiiiiiigiiiiiiils not settled as the sports page goes to press the final arrangements have not been completed concerning the semifinals between oshawa and stouffville the series will be a best fouroutofseven games with the first contest probably in osh awa on thursday night of next week and the second tilt back in stouffville on saturday night nothing definite has been settled as yet sarnia arena commission has voted to continue operating the senior a hockey club from that community which it has sponsor ed for the past two years detroit red wings have already agreed to make the sarnia junior tv club a farm team and the wings have agreed to assist the senior club in getting players lodgie allen manager of the senior b champions of 1i will be chairman of a special reorgan ization committee which will undertake to put a real contender in the oha race next year the sarnians have been drawing reasonably well at the gate but long expensive trips and lack of success in games has hurt some what ikihsalia okimjias most vallablk player the most valuable hockey play er with the orillia pontiacs oha senior is team is defenseman floyd pearsall the 20yearold native orillian was presented with the mcgillis trophy for the most valuable player by orillias deputyreeve john matisaac at the beginning of the third period in saturday nights game with the oshawa truckmen pearsall was chosen by balloting of orillia hockey fans and is the first to receive the trophy which was put up for competition this season bv ttie coach of peter boroughs okiv football team local orha teams ready for playdowns brougham and peaches are readv to enter the intermediate r and b playdowns in the orha and will open a series possibly monday night in stoutf- viile peaches will go against bolton and brougham will play either kleinburg or king city this latter series is not yet com pleted and upon its outcome will depend the date for commencing the playdowns ic kxilk scoring iaradk g 12 forgie fockler peake barnes forfar brow i hodgson frisby hammersley roach harmon wagg ronnie clirikr scoring parade geo stark x bangav r bell ii gibson f stephenson b bangay g lewis j watson p milium b baker g chard ii pose d lewis m mills a pts 7 19 5 1 1 5 11 i s 3 t t a 3 1 3 i y 3 1 0 1 g a pts is 10 10 1 35 2 s 32 20 f 2 11 12 25 10 15 25 11 23 0 0 10 5 5 10 o o 10 1 9 10 i 1 1 local juveniles move into north york playoffs the stouilviile juveniles have received a bye into the north york playoffs with the group com prising xewmarket richmond hill and aurora the local squad formed part of this group earlier in the season before they departed into omha competition the homesters will meet xewmarket on friday night of next week here and will return the game on the following monday aurora will square off with richmond hill the local squad is staging tin exhibition game with xewmarket in the stoutlville arena on friday night of this week the bantams will play host to woodbridge in an exhibition tilt earlier in the evening f pickering juveniles bow to bolton 1 44 pickering juveniles proved to be no match for the powerful bolton squad on monday night as they faded out of the playoff picture in two straight games bolton led 52 at the end of the first 83 at the end of the second and completed the route by adding six more in the final frame with but one reply roy wilson paced the attack for the winners with four goals with bill- smith notching two pete dawson cord comport harry scott and pernio behmer were the marksmen for the pickering squad there were fifteen penal ties in the rugged session eight to pickering and seven to bolton a wild fight broke out in the final minutes of the third period with four players receiving major pen alties ken laushway handled the contest clipper goal scoring records show increase over 52 in twentyseven games played this reason the stouffville clip pers have scored a total of 131 goals twelve more than at the climax of the 1052 schedule they have played four extra games this year at the present time at the wind up of the season hal gibson was leading the parade with is goals and 10 assists for 37 points xick bangav held the number two position with 31 while bud wat son was third with 30 ronnie bell geo stark and frank stephenson followed in that order morlev petcli was the top goal scoring defenceman for the champs with 5 goals and s assists for 13 points jim machin had eight herb rose and bert baker each had collected six points this season geo stark is setting the pace witli is goals and 22 assists for a total of 10 points this is just double produced by the shifty winger last year xick bangay still retains his spot on the second rung four points over his 52 total ronnie bell is the only other player to score more than thirty points this year hal gibson frank stephenson bob bangay and cord lewis follow in that order last season hal gib- on was the top lamp lighter having bulged the twine on eigh teen occasions in twentythree ames ronnie bell lias set the pace in that department having bagged 2 goals in 27 contests in 1052 xick bangav scored sixteen oals and in 53 lie notched the same number clippers drop two close games wind up schedule with oshawa this week cut at bkixkviilk lktkrboku st orks k win ovkr clllmkks to kkki ilavolf hopks ai1vk two goals in less than two min utes enabled the peterboro petes to score a 05 victory over the clippers on wednesday night in a somewhat ragged ind seratnbly hockey game the win enabled t petes o remain within striking distance of kingston who hold the last plavotr position in the eastern division peterboro must win all of their remaining four games m the schedule i thev are to mak j a playoff berth the clippers failed to show the winning form that carried theui tc their thrilling victory over the oshawa truckmen but were rather content to coast along and wait for the breaks in spite of the slack exhibition turned in bv the local squad the petes were lucky to win as they were trailing bv one goal with a mere two minutes remaining in the game two min utes however was plenty of time as the visitors notched two tallies in a minute and twelve seconds to pull the game out of the lire norm stunden who guarded the net- for the clippers was pulled in favor of an extra forward in the final seconds but the petes check ed the opposition off their feet the first peterboro goal came from the stick of chum frvia who checked xick bangay as he attempted to stick handle the puck out of his own zone the line of gord lewis bell and stephen son showed more drive through out the game than the other two clipper frontal units and in the first period they drove shot after shot in the general direction of the peterboro cage but failed to score hal gibson also had a golden opportunity to put his club on even terms but bounced the rubber off the post when the goal- tender came sprawling ten feet out of the net to clear the puck hal gibson tied the score at 352 of the second period when he out distanced two checks to sink the puck in the far corner of the petes net with both clubs play ing a man short greenlaw and frvia broke in over the clipper blueline with chard the lone defenceman back greenlaw back handed the puck past stunden to give the petes the lead for the second time in the game ray armstrong increased that lead a minute later with a quick wrist shot that stunden failed to see after several near misses mark mills put the clippers back in the game with a hard backhand drive from about fifteen feet out ron nie bell put the homesters back on even terms on passes from stephenson and gord lewis goal- tender harding made another one of his spectacular diving attempts and bell promptly lifted the puck over his outstretched form keith montgomery made it 13 with but seconds remaining in the second period stouffville appeared to have the game salted away in the early minutes of the final frame when gord lewis and ronnie bell counted goals lewis packed the puck into the corner between goal- jtd isting on the play bell h previously injured his knee 5 returned to the ice in his regula shift to skate harder than ever the game speeded up considerabh following the clippers double bar rage and a number of jolting bodv checks were handed out bv botl teams both gord lewis and ron nie bel were hit hard on tu peterboro blueline but mills turned one of the checks wh took his man hard into the as he attempted to through with mills serving a irippin penalty freddie greenlaw score at 1730 and fred mortimer notch ed the all important winner is 12 to give his team the mm needed victory eddie hodgoi and red farreil handled the game anil d lewis and bell notched hi second tally of the night with beautiful goal with stephensot tender hardings pad and the pos with assists going to stephenson n h board squeez eh bk1xk vilik blanks cuppers 20 in goalticndkrs- battle stouilviile clippers went down to defeat at the hands of belleville on saturday night 20 in a game that saw both goaltenders blake eatough of the clippers and tony parisi of belleville turn in out standing performances parisi in holding the clippers off the score sheet was credited with his first shut out of the season and the second perfect game to be played by any goaltender in the grout so far in the schedule harding of peterboro chalked up a shut out earlier in the year at the other end of the ice clippers netminder blake eatough played his usual steady game that has marked him as the best in the group it was an important victory for the eastern crew as it just about assured them of a playoff berth they are situ ated three points ahead of peter boro and have two games loft to play the loss for the clippers failed to alter their standing as orillia automatically dropped out some time ago both clubs battled to aseoreles deadlock in the first period with belleville counting their first tally at 1137 red doron was given credit for the goal with assists go ing to mcdonald and coyer the clippers were playing two men short at the time with bell and gibson serving time in the penalty box belleville salted the game away at 1201 of the final frame when peter jones and ted degray teamed up for the tally there were nine penalties handed out by the referees five to stouffville and four to belleville right winge geo stark didnt see much action in the third period as he sat out a total of twelve minutes in the cooler stark was banished to the box for a tripping penalty and while enroute to the sin bin he came in contact with one of the 1 officials who promptly tacked on a ten minute misconduct penalty the clippers were able however to use a replacement during this time chicago downs boston 21 on tran s goal senior b hockey oshawa truckmen vs stouffville clippers saturday feb 21st 9 oclock stouffville arena rr7 don tran came through with what proved to be the winning goal to give the chicago squad a 21 victory over the winless bos ton bruins both teams were dead locked until tran blinked the light with but minutes remaining in the contest bruce smith discarded his goaltending equipment to turn in a sparkling performance on the hawks number one line smith notched the other hawk goal gordie tarr took a pass from harry skelcher inside the chicago zone and scored on a long low- drive from a difficult angle for the lone boston tally the bruin first line of eckardt bellman and grenstead was united for the first time in weeks but oddly enough both hawk goals were scored on the first line trio frank weinholt returned to the boston cage following his eight stitch accident and turned in a good game keith stewart winger on the bruins third line was one of the best players on the ice in the other contest the tor onto maple leafs increased their lead atop the four team group as thev whipped the canadiens their ciosesi rivals by a a score of 51 don haynes led the toronto attack with two goals with ken dean wayne redshaw and ron hedges notching the others mike epworth notched the lone can- adien goal the lions null playoffs will begin on the first saturday in march with the first place team battling the third and the second position squad meeting the fourth xext saturday morning the leafs will play chicago in the first game while the bruins face can- adiens in the second contest bowling news the winnah of the mantel radio was al klinck with a 205 score thanks folks the clipper fund benefited no end sloullville town league mole motors 20 the orphans 13 stouffville legion 13 klincks grocery 12 murphy motors 10 lehmans shoes 10 harolds grill 0 arena ltd 9 that bunch from moles are definitely ant social sloullville ladies league roily bowlies 11 clipperettes 12 pinnettes 11 lucky seven 0 lucky strikes s whizz kidds 7 this weeks high singles are ken roberts 31 1 june elson 233 mrs tclf ronnie wife of secre tary rennie of the clippers near ly won the roses in the between period bingo game at the belle villeclipper game on saturday night lions nhl w l t pts maple leafs 0 10 chicago i 1 s canadiens 3 1 boston 0 o 2 peaches mrs hazel woodcock of mark ham had sunday dinner at the home of her sister mrs xels smith miss loan gibson has been visit ing at the home of her sister mrs geo mecleverty last saturday night after skat ing a group of peaches and peach- etles returned to the smith home at cashel where thev found a sumptuous feast and a very enjoy able valentine party awaiting them mr wilmot warriner accom panied by his son mr harry warriner returned on monday from his holiday in the sunny south miss fern hoover visited eaton auditorium on saturday night where she enjoyed a performance of the opera the pirates of penzance this show was of special interest to this community ince mr geo alcclevertv was a member of the cast too marv lexers keep late hours says a manager the sjame has come to a fine pass when fighters cant even hit the hay a soviet publication says rus sians are planning to take steps to increase the life span to 130 years their first problem will be to figure out some excuse for living that long jr russia kingston protest against orillia upheld by oha vi i gus chard clipper defence- man who was cut in the ganu at belleville on saturday nig and had to be stitched up before he could continue bantams bow to orangeville in wellplayed series stouffville bantams popular entry in the omha bowed out of contention last week to orange ville by scores of s- and 05 the local squad played well and went down fighting right to the final minute the orangeville squad had three sensational players in their lineup which proved to be the difference between the teams bruce smith handled the goal- tending duties for the homesters and turned in a good puckstopping effort in the first game played at orangeville it appeared that the stouffville crew were well on their way to another victory as they led their rivals by a score of g3 at the end of two periods the western squad however roared back with five unanswered goals in the final framfe to pull the eon- test out of the fire haynes scored the first stouff ville goal from tran with the latter blinking the light a few minutes later from redshaw to give the locals a 20 edge orange ville tallied their first goal midway through the period but grenstead and tran blinked the light on two more occasions to give the home sters a 11 advantage at the end of the first period both teams count ed twice in the second frame wideman scored from haynes and madill notched the final comman der goal from grenstead the roof fell in on the stouffville squad in the third period and orangeville salvaged the contest bv a score of si in the second game played in stouffville on friday night the j gealtenders are hard to find at any time but orillia pontiacs oha senioi b entry have really a protest bv kingston good- pears against pontiacs use of vet- e an barney clarke in a rami in orillia feb 7 was upheld by an oha subcommittee the game was ordered replayed if it affects the final standing kingston belle- lie and peterborough are al esent in a neckandneck battle jr first place the protest was lodged because i the orillia team had failed to sign clarke to a certificate before plav- i ing him against kingston the orillia representatives plead- l d that they were victims of cir- jcumstances prior to the game pre- vious in oshawa an orillia goal- tender dan kewiev disappeared and hasnt been seen since the pontiacs pulled clarke out of the crowd o play that night the next j game was the kingston contest and their other goaltender harv reading turned up sick again clarke filled the orillia net and i the pontiacs played one of their i best games of the season to win orillia lost another protest too iorie questioning the eligibility of percy xicholls of oshawa smith- truckmen the oha decided thai nicholis was eligible although he may never again play in a game three weeks ago the 36yearold defenseman was severely injured and has been advised to give up the game visitors added to their two goal margin early in the contest with three fast goals madill and hay nes combined for the lone com mander tally in the first session orangeville outscored the locals 2 in the second period haynes opened the scoring in the second from madill and added another later in the period with madill again assisting stouffville showed signs of making a comeback in the later stages of the game as they outscored their rivals 21 tran and redshaw were the marksmen with madill assisting on both goals there was one fighting session staged between tran of stouffville and courtney of orangeville both players receiv ed major penalties both mont gomery and courtney of orange ville played full time ben white of orangeville and hal gibson of stouffville officiated at the final contest sugar is the cheapest of all the energy foods but not many can adians realize it is cheaper today by a few cents per 100 pounds than it was in 1949 rrrrrrrr oha senior b hockey final league game of fhe season sunday afternoon february 22nd stouffville clippers vs oshawa smith truckmen see these two clubs as hey angie for the last time before playoffs admission silver collection a portion of the proceeds from this game will be turned over to the overseas flood relief fund we would like to welcome all stoutvihe district fans game time 3 pm in the oshawa arena wfrfrfr wvnwaaaam everybody goes bowling dad mom and junior all find howling tops in fun whether youre skillful or not bowling is cer- tainlv thriliful arena bowling cy bellman prop main st stouffville