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the tribune stouifville ont thursday december 17 1953 stark sparks clippers to win over lumbermen a oipfirixt situation early in january newmarket spitfires will replace iynd- 4iurst motors in the metro s- b group but the biggest question now u what with apparently the oiia has definitely turned down any bid by the spitfires management to obtain players from inside the metro loop this action puts the newmarket team really on the spot they must now use the players already signed and scout around to try and pick up some left overs to fill any vacancies in the lineup these socalled left overs must hail from outside the metropolitan area its been a tough year for newmarket and if they can struggle through the season successfully let it be hoped that they may get off to a better start in tie metro sr ieague next year injury jinx the midseason injury jinx has caught up with the stouff- tille clippers forcing coach bob bangay to use but two forward lines on the shelf are nick bangay ronnie bell gord lewis don mcintosh and ken mcneil honnie bell who suffered two cracked ribs a couple of weeks ago is expected back in action this week gord lewis was cut for seven stitches on saturday night but should be back in action soon nick bangay will return to active forward line duty after christmas the two most recent additions to the injury list mcintosh and mcneil may be out indefinitely mcintosh injured his knee and mcneil imay have cracked some ribs last year the clippers ran into the same difficulty and at one time had but two regular defeuce- men this season more players were available to fill the va cancies a avill sb hockey itktukx to markham there are many enthusiastichockey fans in markham who still hold some hope that markham will in time return to sr b hockey and oddly enough there are many in stouffvllle who would welcome their southern neighbors into a sr hockey group never in the history of local hockey did interest run so high as in the days when teams from markham and stouffvllle fought jit out for the group championship everybody and his brother would turn out to see the two teams play against one another when plans for a new artificial ice arena in markham fell through hockey in that centre was hit a knockout blow dut tit is slowly recovering at the present time markham can outfit a sr orha team which is head and shoulders above anything iu its class in the entire province and would prove good opposi tion for the average intermediate a clubs there is no reason j why with a few additions markham could not pull out of the j rural grouping and enter sr b competition they could con- tinue to use the unlonville arena as their home rink and if the crowds did become too large could try to move to other head- j quarters for playoff contests markham has always been a good hockey town and since it is located practically in the centre of jtho metropolitan area shouldnt have any trouble in obtaining an entry m j the friendliest sport in the world during the opening ceremonies at unionvilles new 75000 curling arena mr james tudhope of orillia vice president of the ontario curling association stated that the game of curling was the finest and friendliest sport in the world this was a broad statement when one considers the scope of the word sport hut onlythose who really understand the curling game could properly appreciate the true meaning behind the state- ment to your sports editor curling is about as familiar as tennis is to an eskimo but on saturday afternoon i had my first opportunity to witness tour curling teams in action at a quick glimpse the men arrayed in scottish plaid tarns appear i to be readying for the highland fling but on closer inspection one cannot help but to become intensely interested it is then that you realize what the word friendly really means at this sport there are no arguments no harsh words no fighting players dont hit one another over the head with their brooms and no one is ever put out of the game for bad behaviour the loser is always quick to congratulate the winner and everyone wears a look of satisfaction and enjoyment curling is also a test of skill to a newcomer the sport has all the characteristics of a game of crokinole where the one player tries to knock the others stone out of the circle the sport of curling must hold some enjoyment for its players because one wellknown local hockey player when questioned whether he intended to continue at the game this year replied no i think ill take up curling instead polly minton a stead performer with the clip pers for a number of sea sons has vacated the stoutt ville colors and according to reports will line up with the markham eagles kingston oshawa share top spot in eastern sr loop kingston goodyears downed oshawa truckmen on satur day night 12 to pull into a first place tie with the motor city squad oshawa counted the opener in the first period ks bill burwick scored hut kingston rallied to notch four in a row ernie dickens tallied the final goal of the game kingston have shown steady improvement since the sched ule opened and have overhaul ed oshawa who had built up a comfortable lead early in the season sr orha team polly has practiced with the mark- hamites but hasnt actual ly taken part in any sche duled games he will no doubt add considerable sco ring strength to the mark ham lineup turkey roll turkeys chickens glassware everyone can win geo stark returned to his od time freewheeling form in the third period on saturday night netting two goals and as sisting on a third as the clip pers rallied to down aurora lumbermen 52 stouttvihe couldnt get org anized in the first and second periods and found themselves trailing their slaphappy riv als 21 after forty minutes of play however the homesters settled down in the final frame and salted the game away with four unanswered tallies in the first period the only obstacle that stood between the aurora squad and five goals was netminder blake eatough he was forced to pull oil some dazzling stops as the homesters appeared lost tem pers flared early in the game when veteran forward jack watson was crashed into the boards in the stouifville end zone from that point on re feree loring doolittle was the object of extreme criticism both from the players and fans- for some twenty min utes of hockey time the stoutr- ville squad directed much of their attention toward the offi cial with the result that some of the players spent as much time in the penalty box as on the ice the aurora team took advantage of their opposit ions lapse and continued to pepper goalie blake eatough with rubber at us1q of the fust period frank summerville dented ea- toughs armor unassisted to give the visitors a 10 edge junkin and mcneil combined for stouffvilles best scoring opportunity but their efforts were turned aside by the au rora goaltender in the early minutes of the second period the clippers sco red but the goal was disallow ed as referee doolittle claimed stephenson to be standing in the goal crease the stouff- ville forward protested strong ly and talked himself into a ten minute misconduct penal ty midway through the period centreman gord lewis worked in over the aurora blueline and drilled a hard shot into the twine to put both teams on ev en terms on the next rush le wis was cut for seven stitches over the eye and forced out of the game with but five minutes re maining in the contest sura- merville struck again for au rora with a rolling shot that dribbled into the twine the game showed further signs of getting out of hand and the penalty parade continued the clippers packed more good hockey in the third per iod than into the first and sec ond periods combined as they look oyer complete control of the play elwood small even ed the score when the period was abui ten seconds old be sides the tick the aurora goal- tender and one player wound up in a tangled heap in the net ceo stark struck for stouifville a minute later with a high drive to the top corner on a pass worn mcintosh mid way through the final session stark sailed in over the aurora blueline in his old fashioned riipsy doodle style and slipped the rubber under the goalten der as he flopped on the ice to make the stop with cork of aurora serving a penally ken mcneil lifted the puck into the top corner for the final goal of the game baker and scatalon picked up assists on the play on the nights play the clip pers distinguished themselves mainly in the final twenty mi nutes of the game aside from starks return to form ken mcneil turned in a fine effort on defence don mcintosh was a star setting up one goal and leading numerous dangerous rushes uxbridge edges peaches port bows to claremont peaches dropped a heart breaking loss to uxbridge on thursday night j3 in the port perry arena both clubs bat tled through 20 scoreless min utes in the first period but ux bridge went one up in the se cond period j thomas put peaches back on even terms and johnny reesor put them in the lead uxbridge bounced back on a goal by anderson grove looked to have salted the game away but uxbridge was still game and rallied with two quick ones to take the game in the second half of the twin bill claremont scored their second victory of the season edging port perry 43 benson norton meneill and harrison were the marksmen on monday night port per ry and greenbank battled to a 55 draw while brooklin edg ed uxbridge 76 ijions nhl standings boston 4 0 0 s rangers i 1 0 t canadieas 2 0 l red wings i 3 0 hawks i 3 0 leafs i 3 0 9 sit deo 1 boston vs canadien s rangers vs hawks leafs vs wings union ville opens new 75000 curling rink u ciwrk hard an rry may- hood are shown here getting to try out this fine eady new ol1ppkk scoring parade g a pts lewis small mcneil bell stephenson mcintosh stark gibson junkin bangay scatalon baker watson melville i 12 s s 7 5 7 3 1 4 3 on saturday afternoon mr james tudhope vice presi dent of the ontario curling association cut the ribbon to officially open unionvilles new 75000 artificial ice curl ing arena in addressing the large gathering of sportsmen mr tudhope congratulated all those who had contributed of time and money toward the erection of the new building he also commended the offic ials in setting aside ice time for the ladies and in the organ ization of a ladies curling club he recalled that back in 1919 untonville had a curling club membership of 91 the membership at the present time is 240 president jack brown stat ed that in previous years the curling club had labored in the memorial arena under dif ficult conditions he said that it was difficult to build prop er curling ice where hockey and public skating was car ried on a building committee was organized under the chair manship of mr wj harmon and the following committees were appointed vice pies clark young sec rb ra- treas hr coulson memb ers geo rodanz harold boy- ingion murray roberts s findlay er meredith and bruce rae with financial aid from the markham sand and gravel co leitchcroft farms masseyharris and others the work was started in may the ice surface is divided into four sheets there are beet of ice sweep em up locker rooms for both the men and ladies and an addit ional room is still under con struction the lounge room is glass panelled on two sides and is complete with tables and easy chairs spectators or curlers waiting their turn may may view the entire ice surf ace through the giant picture windows mr ben gayman has been appointed manager of the curling rink during the opening ceremo nies mr tudhope presented mr jim russell of unionville with a life membership certi ficate besides the village of un ionville there were a number from stouffville richmond hill thornhill markham a- gincourt and other points ex leaf at claremont claremont is in the proc ess of building a strong rural hockey team at the beginning of the uxbridgeport perry league schedule the clare mont team were said to be the question mark club in the group but now they appear to be one of the strongest their most recent addition to the lineup is extoronto maple leaf forward pete langelle hockey fans may remember when langelle starred with gus marker and hank goldup as the leafs number one line now he will lend his exper ience and hockey knowhow brains to the claremont squad the expro resides on a farm near claremont a portion of friday nights hockey game between the stouffville clippers and lynd hurst motors was televised ov er cklb on saturday night 3sss5sssss friday dec is monday dec 21 tues dec 22 wednesday dec 23 ladies open men mixed open open bowling t christmas eve christmas day every evening christmas week new years eve new years day arena bowling s6525ss clipper lyndhurst defencemen battle defeneemen don mcintosh of the clippers and ruw rob ertson of lyndhurst motors squared off in the feature at traction of the sr b hockey fixture played at east york on friday night the two burly rearguards were finally separ ated on the ice but would have continued after the game they were restrained by their fel low team mates although stouffville was ed ged by their east york rivals 13 they had many good chanc es to salt the contest away but couldnt click around the net frank stephenson with two goals vmd don mcintosh with a lone tally were the clipper marksmen sleighs toboggans general electric and sunbeam mixers toasters irons carving sets kitchen utensils stopfers hardware main street stouffville lighten her kitchen tasks a san francisco sailor ha a collection of 1000 old ropes it should be eay for him o make lots of knot- an hour itibeam mixmaster junior beats stirs folds whips mixes blends give sunbeam and you give the finest mixing guide and thumb- lip control in handle bigger beaters more volume in lets time simple beater ejeclor cosy to remove and insert beaters convenient heel rest come see our big selection of gifts for the man who likes to make it himself