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the tribune stouftviile om thursday march is 104 still ix thk klxxivg teams in the omha oriia and oha are quickly being eliminated until now there remains only a few local squads in the running in oha the stouffville clippers are still very much in the hockey limelizht as they battle leaside for the group honors in orha markham ragles and alliston meet this week with the winner to take on either haiburton or sutton brougham continues in the rural running also in omha unionville rockets take on elmira for the midget iv cham pionship newmarket smoke kings dropped by the wayside on saturday as they ian out to brampton in a total goal series unionville jets have hung up their skates following a valiant effort against the powerful weston dukes in the oha jr it grouping in another two or three weeks only the best will remain the rest will all be hockey history tki torrim w official hksiokxt ok stouffville in december ted topping moved from his home in toronto to the timbers subdivision west of stouffville where he now resides since his arrival here he has been actively engaged j in officiating at oha and omha games viewers of tv have probably seen this genial stouffville resident in action while he officiates at jr a contests in maple leaf gardens ted first donned the white sweater and carried the tin whistle in 1017 as an official for the toronto hockey league he was then given active duty with the thl major league before moving up into the oha ranks in 1950 during the past four seasons he has had many interesting and exciting hockey experiences he tells of one stormy night he and another official were forced to drive from toronto to brampton with their heads out the window in order to keep their vehicle on the road ted points out that officiating before a huge crowd has no effect on his calling of plays he says he feels just as much at home on the ice before 10000 fans as 100 the warm temperature of the gardens makes it extremely hard for officials to work a game ted claims that following a speedy jr a contest his clothing is often wringing wet with perspiration in commenting on a comparison between jr a hockey and sr b ted states that he believes the stouffville clippers would probably defeat an average jr a club such as st michaels the seniors would be able to use their excess weight to advantage but the juniors would outhustle the srs in 60 minutes of wideopen play during his four years of officiating in maple leaf gardens ted is of the opinion that any official can quite handily pick out players that are bound to make a spot on future nhl teams henri richard is teds idea of an almost perfect jr a sta during the war years ted was stationed at ottawa and later went overseas with an rcaf lancaster bomber unit he held the rank of flying officer jack padgett of claremont and now a resident of markham served in the same group ted is married and has one son teddy jr his wife is also a skating enthusiast and previously belonged to a figure skating club in leaside he is a traveller for a bradshaw and son manufactur ers and distributors of dry goods community league hockey a risky business a good deal of promotion and publicity is being devoted to the organization of a trolley league when another hockey season rolls around markham sutton woodbridge bradford and newmarket appear interested in such a setup as far as stouffville is concerned to replace sr b hockey with a com munity league trolley league etc sounds like risky business one can understand why such an organization would be wel comed in towns like markham and newmarket the orha lias not proved to he a crowddrawer in markham and in new- market the canaltown citizens appeared soured on the oha for their harsh treatment of the spits during the current season this season a torrid seven team community league group was formed in the uxbridge port perry league and the clubs involved will be fortunate if they regain their entry fee there was a day when such leagues would pack local arenas but it seems that times have changed two years ago a similar group was formed in stouffville which included brougham peaches port perry greenbank and at that time there were many who predicted that such a league would outdraw the clippers the result was that the players were forced to pay money out of their own pockets in order to buy the ice time any outlaw league not connected with the oha is treading on dangerous ground in your reporters opinion certainly i have always beei in favor of giving homebrew hockey players an oppor tunity of playing the game but there are not enough high calibre players in stouffville at the present time to warrant a s performance stouffville has come to respect the ability of oha sr iv puck artists and for this town to drop back into bush league hockey would be a letdown for the fans who two years ago followed the clippers through to a sr championship stouffville and its 75000 arena cannot afford to risk a season without this type of hockey its true that so far this season the crowds at clipper games have been below average but increased attendance is expected now that the stouffville club is in the playoffs other towns such as markham sutton newmarket etc must remember that al though there are actually not many stouffville resident players on the clipper roster the majority of names in the lineup have been connected with hockey in this district for a number of years and are familiar figures in town both in summer and winter stouffville clippers today are in the same situation as the markham millionaires were a few years ago the resi dents follow a club year after year and they are the focal point of interest from one season to another but should there ever come a break and the team fold up then hockey interest is walking on thin ice and may suffer a setback from which it may never recover sr b hockey is stouffvilles hockey we cant let it slip through our fingers giaeiajsjskiaiabiajasjajbkmaramshasjsraraisjs reserved seats for skating friday club carnival april 2nd reserved lickels si 00 on sale monday at the arena oneills carload a e weldons and the tribune o senior b oha group finals leaside vs stouffville clippers wednesday march 17 third game of series leaside vs stouffville clippers saturday march 20 stouffville arena clippers win semifinal series from flyers stourfviue clippers earned the right to enter the sr b group finals oa saturday nigh as they swamped th ravina iyers 72 they will meet lea- side in a best fouroutofseven st ties for the metropolitan title the second and third games will be played in stouffville on wednesday and saturday of this week he bangav webster sak ra was the nait driving force for the winners with me o combining for three of the local tallies bangav garnered all three of th lines goals gilioh mintoi and haddle ton and joe scutaon were the other clipper lorksmen the stouffville crew poured to the attack in the pperimg minutes and piled up a coir fcrable lead rhodes in the ctpper net hli a compacative- lv easy night as his defence i backchecking forwards gave him good protection in t final ten minutes of the con est stouftvi- ran tno a flood of penalties and the bal- ante of the gniio was played v ill one or tvj men in the cooler mcneil hardworking clipper centre star turned in r sensational penaltykilling rerformance as he forcheekcd the flyers to a staridstilli g5333j2j333sf2s3es5sessi cliplkks 8 ravina 5 stouffville clippers took a one game lead in their best of seven group semifinal series on wednesday night as they whipped ravina flyers s5 in overtime it was one of the most exciting and best played contests of the season the winners teamed up to score four goals in the ten minute overtime session while the vi sitors could notch only one hal gibson was the top per former for the clippers with 0 goals and one assist geo stark nick bangay joe scat- alon ronnie bell and gordie haddleton were the other stouffville marksmen byron mcallister with two eddie crust al battersby and bob battersby scored the ravina tallies jack shropshire of weston and loring doolittle of aurora were the officials in the first minute of the game fraser scott of ravina was banished for slashing and although the clipper attack ers came close they could not push the rubber past may in the flyers cage hardly had the teams returned to even strength when stouffville de- fenceman don mcintosh was penalized for interference the clipper penaltykillers did a fine job of beating back the ravina offensive thrusts and no damage was done while the locals were a man short ken mcneil stouirvilles hard- work ng exunionville jr tur ned in lis usual fine effort he is fast becoming the clippers most potent forechecker at 73 ronnie bell put stouffville in the lead when he whacked in his own re bound after hal gibson had bounced the rubber off the goaltenders pads on the first scoring attempt ravina tied the score five minutes later with the battersby brothers teaming v for the visitors first tally stouffville took a two goal lead early in the second frame as the gibson haddleton small lino put on terrific pres sure gibson counted his sec ond goal of the game when he fired the rubber into the open net while haddleton was crawling over the prostrate ravina goaltender haddleton made it 31 ten seconds later when he broke free from th blueline and made no mistake with his closein drive with defenceman joe seat- talon and centre polly minton serving penalties byron mc allister combined with fras er scott to cut down the clip per margin the third period saw rav ina outseore the clippers 21 and extend the contest into overtime nick bangay made it 12 on a clean cut breakaw ay but ravina stormed back to lie the count with two fast goals eddie crust and byron mcallister counted twice only seventeen seconds apart in the overtime session stouffville took the lead on gibsons goal and geo stark made ii from mcintosh and bangav ravina moved back into the runnings at 1700 when a battersby tricked goalie rhodes cleanly on a neat effort in the dying min utes of the contest defence- man joe scattalon raored down the left wing and blinked the light with a low drive and gibson sewed the contest up from webster with but ten econds remaining in the game there were thirteen penalties seven to stouffville and six to ravina one of the new faces ad ded to the stouffville clip per lineup this season is that of centreman ken mc neil centre on either side is ron bell ft and hal gibson left mcneil is the youngest player on the club and performed in 195253 for the unionville jets then moved up to senior company he is an ardent forchecker and is noted for his penaltykill ing ability ron bell has been a regular with the clippers since 1051 and prior to this was with the gait juniors and markham millionaires besides pos sessing a bullet shot ron nie is also a clever stick- handler hal gibson now resident in stouffville is noted for his speed and shifty shot he is able to switch hands while speed ing up the ice and can shoot either right or left clippers defeat leaside in group final opener stouffville clippers took a one game lead in their best-of- seven metro group finals on monday night as they handed leaside a 53 setback the second and third games are scheduled for stouffville on wednesday and saturday nights the clippers jumped into the drivers seat at fu3 of the first period as ronnie bell blinked the light from step henson and melville elwood small made it 20 twentythree seconds later on a pass from defenceman bert baker jim casburn and gordie boniface each connected with singles midway through the period to put both clubs on even terms leaside took a one goal lead at the nine minute mark of the second frame with kenny sinclair beating eatough un assisted for the remainder of the contest it was all stouff ville in the scoring depart ment elwood small added his second tally to deadlock the score at 1020 and hardworking centre kenny mcneil scored a few seconds later from lewis to put the clippers in the lead to stay hal gibson picked up his fifth scoring point in two games for the only goal of the final period unionville meets elmira for midget championship grant nighswanders midget b semifinalists will meet el mira for the omha champion ship this week elmira home of the famous polar kings snowed under godcrieh in their two game series to earn the right to move into the finals unionville eliminated thorold shamrocks organize for another season stouffville shamrocks local softball club reorganized for another season on monday night while the club present ly holds a franchise in the markham township league it is expected that a represent ative will go to the whitby league meeting to ascertain if stouffville would be allowed in that group should it ever be desirous to change heading this years club is w s milliard as president and harold dixon past presi dent other officers are vied pres jos murray and ward edwards secytreas the fol lowing were appointed to ether club posts publicity jerry hooker equipment jos muryajj jr manager ted ed ward- assist bill nichols coach earl hoover assist jos murray rangers lead in peewee nhl tod linfner loses eye the new york rangers coached by bill lennox mov ed out front in the lions pee- wee roundrobin playoffs as they edged canadiens 13 on saturday afternoon ron ste wart second line speedster ilfersnsl lie in tod lintner highscoring member of the port hope in termediate hockey club sus tained the loss of an eye on wednesday night of last week when he was accidentally hit by a hockey stick wielded by morley davis of lindsay the scored one goal and assisted on another don neal wayne pennanen and dean evans were the oilier new york marksmen don tran todd and mike epworth scor ed for the canadiens in the dying seconds 1lolden in the montreal ca lions xhi standings w l t pts rangers 1 0 0 2 hawks 0 0 1 1 leafs 0 0 1 1 red wings 0 0 1 1 bruins 0 0 1 i canadiens 0 0 0 0 results rangers 1 canadiens 5 leafs 1 hawks 1 bruins 3 red wings 3 brougham knocks newcastle from rural playoffs after dropping their first contest to newcastle broug ham rallied on wednesday night of last tyeek to soundly trounce the eastern crew 83 in the whitby arena and on monday night they eliminated their rivals by the score of 12 in the bowmanville arena lloyd pascoe and wilmot gates were the standout per formers for don beers squad each scoring twice close to 200 fans were on hand for the game brougham now journey to gall on saturday night of this week where thev will meet either troy or sheffield the return match is scheduled for the whitby arena on wednes day night of next week two more teams remain in the running jets bow to weston unionville jets bowed out of oha junior competition on frway night when they drop ped an 82 decision to the pow erful weston dukes st mikes brampton and weston will now engage in a roundrobin series with the winner to move into the ontario playdowns the jets put on a fine per formance for their home fans in the two games played at unionville but seemed to lack the scoring punch when play ing at weston in the final tilt the jets jumped in to a bl load but faded under pressure of the weston attack the union ville crew ran into a flood of penalties midway through the game which tended to weak en the clubs chances doug gray high scoring jet forward was banished with a 10minute misconduct for arguing too strenuously with the official gray antl bruce mcfayden were the unionville marks men bill kennedy with two paced the weton attack with ken girard gil mcneil gu badali harry neale ron cas ey and rob garner the other duke goalgetters was taken off in favor of an extra forward and although the canadiens had numerous chances to tie up the contest they failed to put the puck past abraham in the ranger net in the other games the leafs and hawks battled to a 11 draw while the bruins tied the powerful red wings 33 norm hendricks counted the lone leaf tally while gary taylor scored for the hawks the detroit scores were divided between don haynes don mccullough and malcolm next saturday the wings will play new york in the opener while the leafs and bruins battle in the second contest canadiens and hawks will complete the hockey activity for the afternoon contest being played between port hope and lindsay of the lakeshore league lintner was rushed to the oshawa gen- bob hospital where the opera- i tion was performed tod lintner and his brother f the game honlayed with brooklin in the uxbndgeport perry lea gue but joined port hope mid way through the season the injured player was also on the whitby junior c team that eliminated stouffville from the junior competition a few years back tuimkk ilayofb point scokkks c haddleton 4 baiigay fi stark 3 webster 0 stephenson 3 gibson 5 minton 2 lewis 1 hell 3 small 2 mcneil 2 iiakei 1 scattolon 1 junkin 1 melville 0 mcintosh 0 a 6 3 pts 10 9 vvaajvvai st patricks ance to be held on friday mar 19 in ihe pi veteran hall stouffville draw for 1954 pontiac and tv set admission 100 per person i