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hf tht stouffvuf tkhme thursday june 21 1954 clarke stars as red sox beat pt perrv 75 where are the repiceients a w iratched a recent softball contest between markham ace and buttonriue siunsers in ilarkbaajs morgan park last eek we overheard one spectator comment where are the young players who win replace the veteran performers in a few years time a we scanned the lineups of the two clubs we couldnt help but feel that the future of our local softball teams wasnt too bright a few years ago the markham twp group comprised evea or eignt clubs now it has been cut down to four lnionville the one team that la pajt seasons brought a number of fine young players into the softball limelight has dropped out and apparently their player have hung up their gloves and spikes markbam haa a sprinkling of youth in its lineup including such promising performers as terry lunau bob atkinson iloyd hraejr and morris procenfco but even this teason they are having a diiscult time in finding a pitcher to relieve veteran pes oxelh buttonville although presently riding atop the grojp have with a few exceptions stuck with the aame lineup that carried them through to the championship a number of seasons ago where are the young men to replace such players as jack wauon ronnie bell jack kumney chick webster bert baker fleo rumney ard polly minton true these fellows have plenty of softball knowhow but the time will come when replacements will be a necessity if the club is to be represented in the group are the young teenage lad of today not interested in the game or is the competition too good for greenhorn players i have a feeling that the latter statement is true 1 feel however trii a coach should try to break in at last one or two nw players every season or the team wiii be in a bad way when at the veterans decide to retire th markham township softball league has been a thriving organization for many years now but it will die a slow death unless during the next few beasons the accent is placed on youth an kxr1v winner hardly had the new home run fence been officially completed when ies clarke star red sox short stop stepped to the plate and poked a 3t foot home run over the outfield barrier the stouffville infielrler is the winner of a new white shirt courtesy len wilkes clothes shop already the fence has added much interest to baseball games here not only is the barrier an incentive for local players to put that extra power behind a swing but it eliminates the constant arguing between teams and umpires that was a familiar eight in the park on previous occasions the construction work on the fence has been completed and it will now receive a coat of paint those who have generously donated financial support for the project are messrs bert bell ralph burkholder truman baxter ken lattshway dr neil smith and tom wedseitofi the fund is still open to further contributors the stouffville red sox paced by shortstop les clarke handed port perry their initial loss of the season here on monday night beating the scugog crew i 75 under the lights clarke turn ed in an excellent performance both in the field and at the plate batting 500 the local star gain ed the honour of officially clout ing the first ball over the recent ly completed home run fence a distance of 350 feet from home plate he collected two of his teams seven runs the circuit blast carried with it a prize of a new white shirt courtesy ot len wilkes clothes shop at his infield position clarke pull ed off a spectacular catch in the eighth inning robbing mckee the port perrv rightfielder of a hit dave hammersley worked six and onethird innings on the mound for the winners and gain- i ed credit for the victory the local lefthander allowed the visi- 1 tors only seven hits walked six and struck out eight lome schell took over in the seventh i and finished the game dave mctaggart worked on the hill for port perry he gave up 11 iiits walked 3 and struck out 5 tne stouffville southraw was particularly effective in the er- lystage of the game and had a nohit er going until the zourth inning he held the visitors off the score sheet completely for 4 innings the red sox broke into the lead in the first inning on hits by don haynes ken schell and bob hassard they added a single tally in the third stanza when bud lehman worked mc- iaggait for a walk and ken schell brought him around with a safety a walk to centretielder graham frisby and a hit by cliff morris put the homesters out front 3 1 les clark and bob hassard added a pair in the fifth and the same twosome complet ed the circuit in the seventh to salt tiie game away parker latin and mctaggavt each col lected a pair of hi- for port perry the newmarket county towners will be the visitors here en monday evening of next wck mount zion tops in greenbank tournament local girls beat agincourt 135 for initial win the stouffvillepeachs girls chalked up their first victory of the season on tuesday night when they defeated agincourt 135 in 9 innings joan haynes was the winning pitcher though marjorie barber assisted in re lief joanne woods and marj lawrence shared the mound chores for agincourt starter joan haynes hurled seven and onethird innings she allowed 9 hits walked one and registered no strikeouts mar barber pitched one and two- thirds innings and retired the side in order joan haynes was working on a nohitter until the fifth inning when donna see- beck rapped a single into right field agincourt found their batt ing eyes in the seventh and 8th ing eyes in the 7th and 8th inn ings and clipped the local right hander for eight singles agin court pitcher joanne woods gave up 9 hits and walked one relief hurler marj lawrence allowed 5 hits walked 2 and struck out 1 agincourt com mitted a total of nine errors while the winners hobbled the ball on only two occasions the stouffvillepeachs aggre gation jumped into a 20 lead in the second inning and added six- runs in the fifth and five in the ninth agincourt counted three in the seventh and two in the eighth doreen jarvis was the most potent batter for the winners clubbing a home run and a sin gle in three trips to the plate gwenn kennedy clipped agin court pitchers for three singles as did audrey murison eleanor sproxton third base star and cleanup batter connected for a double in the second inning sin glebaggers came from the bats of joyce roberts betty brooks mary cole edna stickley and joan haynes joan coyne babs woolhead and donna seebeck each collected a pair of singles for agincourt each club pulled off a double play eleanor sprox ton saved the local squad from trouble when she grabbed two hot line drives from joanne woods in the fifth inning and from lorraine holdsworth in the eighth the last putout came with the bases loaded on wednesday june 28th the girls come home to play host to brooklin next week the mt zion softball club is 25 richer following the tourna ment held at greenbank on sat urday the 8th concession squad downed claremont 53 in the rubber game to capture the tourney championship jxbridge and greenbank were the othec teams in th running in the semifinals mt zion edged greenbank 1 and clare mont trounced uxbridge s2 ron jones started on the mound for the mt zion team with neil pascoe hurling in relief bill towner worked on the hill for claremont with lloyd pascoe taking over in the last two in nings the final contest was any bodys game claremont and mt zion battled through four score less innings before either team could connect for a scoring at tack in the fifth inning wilf glidden started the ball rolling for claremont and garry evans ard lloyd pascoe followed to put claremont out front 30 grant carson counted mt zi- ons lone tally in their half of the inning in the sixth clare mont went down in one two three order but mt zion came through with a four run rally neil pascoe murray jones stan mcmullen and grant carson completed the circuit for the winners not a single clare mont batter reached first base in the teams final turn at bat in the seventh lloyd pascoe and ron jones handled the pitch ing chores for their respective teams claremont the runners- up received 15 in prize money fleetliners beat brougham 52 in exhibition the hundreds of spectators who attended the official open ing of the new brougham flood light park enjoyed a thrilling seven inning game between the homesters and the visiting ag- fncourt fleetliners lou ross senior club downed bob lillers team 52 in a thrilling contest- a home run and a double by agincourts harvey reid broke up a tight game big bob miller hurled fine ball for the locals and he was given strong support by his teammates miller used his slow ball with great efficiency and fanned a number of rival batters with his famous change- up pitch stu mcguckin was broughams star player both at bat and at second base he clouted a dau- ble and a single the criss cross j infield plays between mcguckin and first sacker gord hueston brought applause from the stands ivan booth slammed the best hit for brougham a four bagger in the bottom of the fifth with nobody on base with the visitors leading 32 mcgregor doubled mcguckin beat out an in infield bunt and geo staley singled to load up the sacks hueston flied out miller went down on strikes in an attempt to tie the score mcgregor tried to steal home but was tagged out at the plate the brouhgam lineup was as follows p bob miller c gord todd 1st gord hueston 2nd stu mcguckin 3rd ray elli- cott ss ivan booth lf geo staley cf grant jonston rf c mcgregor tractor trailer snaps tree driver jumps nine schools in softball tourney this huge tractor trailer tree and rolled over the driver owned and driven by mr lome jumped out of the cab and barker of lindsay went out of control on no 7 highway east of markham went over a cement culvert snapped off a was not injured the truck was loaded with 12 ton of feed and was travelling from woodstock to lindsay the j driver said that an approach ing truck forced his vehicle onto the soft shoulder of the road and caused him to lose control the accident scene attracted a large number of curious onlookers altona trims claremont on 7th inning homer altona really pulled their three wins one loss and a tie game out of the fire on monday b and ross beckett shared night when they staged an eight run rally in the latl stages mound duty ior the wlnners b of the contest to edge claremont i brent started for raglan with 1110 former 4th line first base man bob ashenhurst came students from nine schools of i through with the payoff blow may erect district curling rink at aurora formation of a curling club and construction of an arena for the southern part of york county under consideration for some time has reached the action stage the project has been under discussion for some months with curlers of the area investi gating financial and other angles a committee of the aurora board of trade was formed recently and has been cooperating on research work no definite decision to go ahead has yet been made neither has a location been settled on this together with the financial aspects will be dis cussed at an open meeting which will be held in the legion hall aurora at 830 pm on wednesday june 27th lift size limit on black bass very lean peameal cottage rolls 3 4 lb average 49c lb lean hamburg 3 lbs for 69c devon rindless bacon sliced 49c ib very lean stewing beef 39c ib dr ballards dog food 15 ox tin 2 for 25c treesweer lemon juice 6 01 tins 2 for 25c hillcrest sweet mixed pickles 16 ox kelloggs corn flakes 2 pkgs uni0nville hockey club discusses future plans at a meeting held at the crosby memorial community centre on monday evening june 11th the unionville hockey club met to discuss hockey matters for the forthcoming season mr sherwin petit was in the chair and the treasurer mr arthur toogood presented the financial statement which regrettably showed that the club was un able to make ends meet much discussion followed the adop tion of this report as to the feasibility of operating again next year with so little help and financial support available mr toogood reported that 250 boys from the township of markham the police village of unionville and markham village had participated with ninety boys from markham village and fifty more expected next season the club now owns its own sweaters and quite a slock of equipment a vote of thanks was sent to george carey and lawrence gayman for helping with the very small types it was decided to hold another meeting during the first week in september to see if enough help can be secured to continue operations annual financial siatement 195556 the size limit on black bass in ontario has been removed and the size limit on maskinonge reduced from 30 to 28 inches the hon clare mapledoram ontario minister of lands and forests has announced the move has been under consideration for some time by provincial and federal authorities it was explained that the action was taken in the case of black bass for two main reasons one was that many bass lakes were so heavily populated that stunting had occurred and it was felt that harvesting num bers of these bass to stock other suitable neighbouring lakes would aid them to increase in size in new uncrowded homes it was suggested that it would be better to let these undersized bass be taken without restric- upn secondly observations have shown that when bass do not meet size requirements are hooked and returned to the water most of them do not sur vive it is believed that only expert anglers have skill enough to extract a barbed hook from an undersized fish without doing it serious injury because of this it would be advantageous to permit anglers to retain them the restriction from 30 to 28 inches in size limit of maski nonge was based on the evidence that the peak of the maskinonge population is in the 26 to 28 inch group and that there is a large reduction in numbers after this peak few maskinonge exceed 30 inches among other amendments to the ontario fishery regulations are live dog fish and garpike are j added to the minnow species they cannot be used for angling j except in waters from which i they were originally taken the limit of size on blue pickered has been removed anglers may now take 35 per day regardless of size the limit of lake trout catch taken from lake simcoe is re duced to two per day there is no closed season on whitefish the south ontario inspectorate i played ball at whitby last week in the men teachers federation annual tournament the tournament which is played off annually is divided into two groups senior for age group 12 and over and junior for students under 12 after a lively day of softball whitbys colborne street school took the senior cup the junior trophy going to dunbarton school the schools taking part were in the senior group whitby colborne street claremont rouge hill pickering in the junior group the contestants were dunbarton f a ir p o r t beach pickering beach french mans bay rosebank s ont softball league standing sat june 16 p w l pts brooklin 5 5 0 10 johnsmanville 5 4 1 8 brougham 4 3 1 6 ajax 5 2 3 4 pickering 6 1 o 2 whitby 6 0 6 0 peachs 8 altona 1 peachs pulled a real upset in the first game downing altona 81 the winners scored runs in every inning with the exception of the sixth while altona could push only a single tally across in the fifth carl timbers and les jarvis counted a pair of runs for peachs with single tallies by bert beckett don thomas keith baxter and eric pilkey doug forfar chalked up altonas only run for the winners when he smash ed a home run into centrefield for the tiebreaking tally the bases were empty at the time claremont built up a onesided lead early in the game and for a time it appeared likely that al halls club were on their way to an easy victory they chalked up five runs in the first inning and held a 105 advantage after four innings of play in the bottom of the fifth altonas heavy guns went into action and they batted completely around the order with one out archie forfar and lee fretz completed the circuit grant drewery and bruce mcdowell connected for hits and doug forfar rapped a four bagger into the deep out field to clear the sacks in the top of the sixth inning clare mont went down in order with one away bob ashenhurst who had had little luck at the plate in earlier appearances picked out a grooved pitch and lined it through the infield for the winn ing tally bill towner and lloyd pascoe shared the mound chores for claremont murray johnson worked on the hill for altona bruce mcdowell doug forfar and grant drewery each counted a pair of runs for ray hills squad murray johnson lee fretz bob ashenhurst and allan redshaw scored single runs wilf glidden continues to be claremonts best prospect he counted a pair of runs as did jack hall reg sanderson geo gerome jim cruikshank lloyd pascoe jack bradshaw and gord gauslin each rounded the sacks on one occasion peachs 19 raglan 8 peachs climbed atop the group by chalking up a 198 win over raglan in the second half of monday evenings double- header peachs are now dead locked with altona each with webster clouts sluggers to 72 win over markham softballers 24c 49c carload receipts balance on hand sept 55 s515 lions club donation 35000 gate receipt 58975 fees from boys 47s25 adveitisements 077 50 donations 2soo0 total s276005 coadhnity league w 3 3 3 we deliver phone 280 disbursements rent lionv rink 140985 rent of stouffville 2100 referees 286 50 i equipment 71500 equipment 715 00 insurance 150001 printing 355 in miscellareoi 2600 total s27f 00 debit for the year s30c0 altona peachs claremont mt zion 22 raglan 1 3 greenwood 0 3 results peachs 8 altona 1 claremont 6 greenwood 3 altona 11 claremont 10 peachs 19 raglan s schedule friday greenwood vs mt zion peachs vs raglan mondaj altona vs claremont ml zion vs greenwood p- chick websters heavy bat smashed three singles and a double to pace buttonville to a 72 victory over markham in a softball contest played at mor gan park on thursday night it was the first meeting this season between the two rivals websters hits accounted for three of his teams seven tallies jerry junkln on the mound for the sluggers gave up only five hits in the nine inning game he struck out seven and failed to walk a single batter peg oneill went the distance on the hill for the aces he allowed eleven hits walked two and sent ten down via the strike out j route each club committed 3 1 errors buttonville sewed up the con test ii the first inning leadoff i batter polly minton worked o j neill for a walk bud watson and ponnie bell crossed up the markham infield with well- placed bunts to load up the sacks cleanup slugger chirk webster pounded out a double to score two runs and bud bar- ber connected for a single to push two more across markham i countered with a single tally in their half of the first inning on j a four base clout by fowler markham threatened jo eoe the gap i sixth inninj llovd earner and fowler were son rapped a single through the infield and morris procenko beat out a bunt to drive in a run and load up thhe bases with one out terry lunau lashed a solid drive into the glove of short stop chick webster who flip ped to jack watson for a double play markham were held off the score sheet for the remaining three innings buttonville added three runs to their total in the seventh polly minton singled and bud watson was safe when oneill bobbled his hunt ronnie bell popped to third sacker jim ray- mer but chick webster came through with his fourth straight hit on the play at the plate to nab watson the catcher dropped the ball and all hands were sale jack rumney singled to drive webster across with the win ners seventh tally websters four for five per formance was buttonvilles best in the batting deportment bud i barber collected a single and a triple on the three bae blow he was tagged at the plate when he attempted to stretch his cen- tiefield blow into a home run polly minton bud watson ron nie bell jack rumney and don mcintosh all connected for singlebaggers fowler was mar- khams top man with a hoir run and a sinjle bob atkinson morris procenko and jim pa pearson hurling in relief raglan took a 20 lead in the first inning but peachs took advantage of walks hits and errors to run the score into the double figures after only three innings of play they added three more runs in the fourth and sewed up the contest with five runs in the sixth raglan showed signs of a rally in the sixth inning when they connect ed for two singles a double and were issued a pair of walks for five runs bert beckett replaced brother ross on the mound and retired the side bert beckett turned in a fine performance at the plate pound ing out two home runs and a single in four times at bat ross beckett hit a four bagger gord pilkey a single and a triple carl timbers a triple harry lewis a triple eric pilkey two singles and earl brooks threg singles bryant was best for raglan hitt ing two singles and working peachs pitchers for a pair of walks burkett and holliday each connected for a single and a double it was the third straight victory for peachs and moved them up into a tie for first place in the league peachs occuppied the cellar position for much of the 55 season claremont 6 greenwood 3 on friday night claremont and greenwood took part in a wellplayed game with al halls squad collecting all their runs in the second and third innings greenwood counted single runs in the third fifth and seventh innings neil pascoe went the distance on the mound for greenwood with bill towner working on the hill for clare mont besides turning in a good pitch ing performance towner was claremonts most potent bats man clubbing a single and a double and driving in half of his teams total runs geo gerome and garry evans rounded the sacks for a pair bill towner and earl pilkey added singles geo staley scored a pair of runs for greenwood with bob hicks counting the other greenwoods team was strengthened by the return of centretielder geo sta ley who played well both in the field and at the plate stu mc guckin performed at 2nd base for the first time this season garry evans returned to the claremont lineup and held down the third base position midgets hand richmond hill double loss stouffvilles midget team is rolling along at a torrid pace having racked up four straight victories over aurora lake wil cox and richmond hill in a recent home and home encounter with richmond hill the local squad chalked up a 71 win at the hill on thursday night of last week and edged the yonge street crew 81g here on tues day curveball artist harry barber worked on the mound for the winners in both contests stouffville jumped into a 31 lead in the first inning on runs by ted suzuki wayne redshaw and harry barber the visitors rallied with two runs in the sec ond to deadlock the contest the homesters moved out fronl in their half of the second in ning when roger beazley com pleted the circuit but richmond hill forged back with a single run in the third to even the count stouffvilles big inning came in the fourth when the homesters collected three hits and worked the pitcher for 3 walks to salt the game away ted suzuki harry barber gord eckardt and john little were the local runscorers on thurs day evening of this week the midgets move over to lake wil cox for a return tilt and on monday june 25th they pay a visit to aurora centiiy introdutes- i mew low- cos ctntunr nw a1 wytf for fttd r fr0uo fits most tractor tractorieat con trol 110 gsl capacity adjuublt row spacing full coverage 46 or 8 rows easy to mount built for year of dependable service pressure regu lator bis outlet for handgun sprayer com in today n also jet and hand sprayers we have a full stock on display chas cooper ltd claremont ph 103 or 101 canadas play sb safe on lrseld errors bob akin- rrer tapped out singles sisman scampers lehmans shoes