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fclarte iumt 375 ft hsmer a r cxi wav la the american legc tie nt york yankees are making a runaway of tie penant race tbis reason even players perform ing aitb the runnerup clubs cleveland and chicago admit that they havent a ghost of a chance of catching up with casey etengals juad this is indeed a sorry state for the league the national league is still a tight battle with milwaukee presently setting the pace ive catd it before ani i f ay it again the penant isnt properl- decided the schedule shouli b shortened and the top four clubs should play olf in a etnisna and final serte the winners in the respective a-e- would then meet for the world charapon5hip hot much interest do you suppose tfaer is in boston rifcht now with the red sox perched on the fourth rung 11 games behind the yankees even secondplace cleveland is nine games off th pace the fansn chicago cleveland and boston would retain iheir rabid enthusiasm throughout the entire schedule if they figured their club had a chance to knock off the powerful yanks in playoff series thatx the way the inter national league is organized right now miami is in fourth place four games behind toronto but they still have a very good chance to walk off with the honours and move into the little world series under their playoff setup when the penant race is close such as is the case in the national league then the present setup la fine but so often on team makes a runaway of the race and real competition ceases to exist i would think a change to a group playoff certalnlyhas merit and should be given serious consideration the summer is slipping away its almost hard to believe that our summer sports program is rapidly drawing to a close with teams having been plagued by inclement weather for the past three months it can he assumed that the various clubs coffers will not be overflowing with financial returns one can hardly blame the fans for not sup porting their hometown teams when existing conditions have been anything but favourable spectators attending evening sports attractions would feel more comfortable garbed in furlined ear muffs and woolen mittens rather than a tshirt which is the common apparel for mldjuly weather hotweather players who work best when the temperatures hover around the s0 mark have been performing with difficulty actendance all around the circuit is down this season and although it may pick up in the playoffs it is unlikely that the remuneration will equal that of other years when one stops to consider the lateness of the season its hard to realise where the summer has gone the markhara township softball league winds up its regular schedule this week the local soccer group will start the playoffs next week the claremont community softball league has gone through half the schedule and commences the final half on friday night the girls softball league has completed three quarters of their games although many have been rained out and will be worked in at a later date there are only 13 more games left in the south ontario county softball schedule and the midget league winds up its activities this week the final scheduled home game in the tricounty baseball league will be played here on monday evening of next week the red sox have three rained out games which they hope to work in with midweek contests well thats the picture and certainly a pretty grim one from a financial standpoint if the weather is poor you dont get the crowds without the crowds the collections are small and small collections mean more drain on the players pockets it is true that no one can control the weather but we hope that if and when con ditions do improve yon will rally to the support of the local teams and help them along both vocally and financially a soutt note the orilllastouffville baseball game played under the lights in the couchlchlng park last week ended on a rather sour note when one of the orlllia players protested the use of outfielder derek chadwick as a pinchhitter without first informing the umpire and the scorekeeper umpire bill lennox was forced to call the stotiffville batsman out the red sox as a team looked with disfavour on the rather unsportsmanlike protest by the opposition and although they agreed they had broken a rule they felt orlllia might have disregarded the oversight it wasnt as though we were throwing a ringer into the game and trying to put something over on them said manager ted cadieux derek is a signed player and has played in previous games the stouffville management felt the protest even more strongly since orlllia were lax in having the field properly pre pared prior to the contest and the red sox could have refused to play under those conditions the local squad however after a considerable delay elected to proceed the tension was further increased midway through the game when gander ross the orlllia catcher charged the stouffville receiver don haynes on a play at the plate haynes who had the runner cold took exception to the treatment and a near rhubarb resulted players from both clubs intervened and separated the combatants before any damage resulted feeling between the teams is quite notice able and in their last meeting here it was easily seen there was no love lost between the two rivajs a scheduled game pairing the red sox against the buckeyes was rained out on monday july 9th but will be replayed possibly next week it should be the contest of the year mrs fred crossen top lady bowler in district at the holiday tournament at richmond hill on july 2nd the very beautiful trophy presented lri memory of mr armand sav age was won by the trio from stouffville consisting of mr george allison mrs klinck and mr alvin klinck a skip this is the second year that they have won the tournament at rich mond hill four sets of ladies doubles attended the tournament at ag- incourt on july 11th with mrs crossin and mrs wagg winning first prize for three wins and mrs boadway and mrs middle- ton second prize for second high score with three wins the club playdowns as well as the playdowns for the south ern half of district no 13 of the ladies provincial lawn bowling association have been completed the stouffville ladies club had an entry in the sin gles mrs crossin the doubles mrs birkett and mrs lemon and trebles mrs wallace mrs laushway and miss jean jipher skip the elimination game with clubs from whitby agincourt richmond hill claremont stou ffville aurora and newmarket was played at aurora on tues day july 10th with mrs crossin winning the singles competi tion the doubles being won by agincourt also the trebles by agincourt play continued mon day evening july 16th at new- market against the northern sec tion of district no 13 and win ners were singles mrs cross- in stouffville doubles totten ham and trebles agincourt this is the second time that mrs crossin has been district singles winner and now play will continue at trenton on aug 9th roxy theatre mctrkham evenings doors open 680 saturday matinee 113 thurs fri sat july 19 20 21 the court jester with danny kaye also selected shorts adults 60c students 40c saturday matinee children 15c adults 30c a striker in an illinois town said he wouldnt shave until his demands were met a stunt so old it has whiskers display advertising deadline is tuesday noon mon tues wed july 23 24 25 hot blood cornel wilde jane russell technicolor plus while the city sleeps ida lupino dana andrews adult entertainment red sox defeat sunderland by 113 stouffville red sox took over les clarke pounded out a home undisputed possession of second nm an a single and graham place in the tricounty league frisov jammed a twobagger by beating sunderland 113 on morink t0 tmr on an error monday nignt the victory cliff morris worked pitchers moved the homesters to within a geo holborne and j beeton pair of points of onllia the for four u in five at leagueleaders stouffville has bob hassard was issued a one game in hand on the couch- pair o passes t0 first base iching crew lparcyd and taylor paced sun- stouffville short stop les dcrlands batting attack clarke collected his third four stouffv offensive attack base blow of the season to pace startcd in ihe fifth inning lead- his team mates in the round- off batter i clarke opened the tripper department his 37o foot ra wi a sing a u to circuit clout came in the second bu lehrnan and single blows inning with the red sox trailing irom bats ol ken schel hal the tigers 10 the bases were gibson and l schell empty at the time geo hoi- j accounted the tallies in the borne pounded out a fourbagger j sjxth inning eight player par- 1 for sunderland j to plate to chalk up an stouffville moved out front in additionai ur runs bob has- a fourrun fifth inning and never worked pitcher geo hoi- looked back they added four g f or a wak and ken scheu president more tallies in the sixth and a pair in the seventh the visitors scored two runs in the seventh lome schell went the distance on the hill for the red sox giv ing up 11 hits he walked one and struck out seven geo hol borne started on the mound with jim beeton hurling in relief paul farrell completed the sunderland battery lome schell was the teams top batsman collecting two doublesand a single in five trips to the plate hal gibson and ken schell each clouted three singles singled lome schell and gra ham frisby smashed a pair of doubles and came on to score stouffvilles two runs in the seventh came from single blows by ken schell and hal gibson and a free ticket to bud lehman it was stouffvilles second straight victory over the tigers and dumped their rivals from first place into the third slot ahead of newmarket and port parry the scugog crew will be the visitors here on monday evening of next week orillia trims locals 63 to lead group the orillia buckeyes scored their fifth straight victory on wednesday evening of last week to move to the top of the tri- county league the red sox fielding a weakened lineup man aged to clip orillias righthander ron johnston for only six hits chuck parsons stouffvilles mound ace was touched for nine safeties in the first inning it appeared likely that the red sox would send the orillia hurler to an early showeras both don hay nes and ken schell- teed off for home run clouts the local squad however managed to squeeze only one extra run across in ihe remaining eight innings the red sox went down in order in three successive innings orillia counted their first run in the second inning on hits by cadwell and ross they pulled out front with a three run at tack in the fourth and added a pair in the fifth stouffvilles single tally cameln the seventh bob hassard worked the orillia pitcher for a base on balls and although parsons and morris were strikeout victims harold hodgson was safe on an error and hassard romped home on the play don haynes red sox re ceiver turned in a fine effort at the plate collecting three hits in four trips he was also in volved in a near rhubarb when he resented a charge at the plate by orillia catcher gander ross other players stepped in and separated the two men be fore any damage was done other stouffville hits came from the bats of bud lehman ken schell and chuck parsons john hutton and ken hip- well led the buckeye batsmen each with a roundtripper jer ry hinds pounded out a double and a single there were only 250 fans in attendance at the game peachs now leading community league schedule half over the torrid battle for the first league single into place position in the claremont field soccer net and community league continues with four clubs peachs clare mont altona and mt zion all making a determined bid for the top spot in the group peachs took over the honoured position by edging greenwood 87 in the first game on monday evening in the second half of the double- header the fastclimbing clare mont squad defeated raglan 123 peachs 8 greenwood 7 in one of the closest contests of the schedule peachs were forced to come from behind and salvage an 87 verdict from greenwood down seven runs to six going into the bottom of the final inning peachs bunched together three hits to push two runners across the plate and pull the game out of the fire don wheeler and jack warriner entered the game as pinch- hitters and both were safe on bunts the front runner moved all the way around when the first baseman threw the ball wild to bill mitchell on an attempted pickoff play relief pitcher bert beckett singled and earl brooks walked to load up the sacks at this crucial the right before al mitchell could retrieve the ball the runner ended up on third base harry lewis singled driv ing pilkey across with the win ners fourth tally gord piikey notched peachs fifth run he doubled over first base and romped home when a throw from catcher bob hicks to short stop geo staley rolled out into left infield although peachs held a 51 advantage going into the fifth inning the contest was far from over as far as greenwood was concerned bob hicks worked peachs pitcher ross beckett for a walk and grills also received a free ticket to first base third baseman bill mitchell singled but bob hicks was cut off at the plate on a throw from left field a two base error on bob max wells infield roller allowed grills and mitchell to romp home geo staley filed out to left field and neil pascoe grounded out second to first to retire the side harry lewis kept peachs two runs up on their rivals by clouting a four base blow into deep centrefield with the bases empty in the final inning greenwood mr kenneth laushway of stouffville is the new presi dent of the arena he succeeds mr walter brillinger the appointment was made at the annual meeting of the share holders on thursday evening of last week with a onesided 123 win over raglan in the secondhalf of the doubleheader the contest was turned into a scorekeepers nightmare in the late stages as the winners used every player on the bench earl pilkey and geo gerome switched positions with the latter moving over to short stop and pilkey taking over at first jack hall moved from right field to second base bill towner and lloyd pascoe shared pitching chores for claremont bill brent went the distance for raglan claremont moved out front in the first inning reg sanderson was safe on an error huffy walked and jim cruikshank drove in the front runners with a double the winners added a single tally in the second inning jack hall beat out a bunt single and later romped home when bill towner grounded out third to first al halls squad sewed the game up in a fiverun third inn ing huffy and earl pilkey re ceived free tickets to first base and jim cruikshanks fly ball to centrefield was bobbled allowing the front runners to score jack bradshaw cleared the acks with a roundtripper and jack hall connected for his second straight hit and completed the circuit when bill towner hit into a fielders choice claremont added four more tallies to their total in their final turn at bat a walk to gord gauslin a single by will glid- den a double by lloyd pascoe and a home run by earl pilkey ran the count into the double figures raglan scored one run in the fifth and two in the seventh bill pearson clouted a xourbagger for the losers jack hall was the only clare mont player to collect more than one hit the rightfielder regain ed his batting eye and clipped the raglan pitcher for a pair of singles earl pilkey and jack bradshaw slammed circuit clouts lloyd pascoe and jim cruikshank pounded out doubles and will ghdden connected for a singlebase blow point in the game coach geo connected for three singles and staley rearranged the infield a double to take the lead a bringing exbrougham hurler i mitchell bill mitchell and bob bill hill in to pitch and moving maxwell singled and bob hicks starter neil pascoe to first base doubled scoring three runs les wilson went in to catch down 76 in their final turn at replacing receiver boh hicks be- bat peachs threw three pinch- hind the plate eric pilkey the hitters into the game and each fifth batter of the halfinning player connected for a safety to hit a long ball to left field and jturn defeat into victory audley mr and mrs arch bell and marvin barlow attended the bell reunion on sunday at the home of mr and mrs charles russel of langstaff carol atkinson of almonds visited last week with her uncle and aunt mr and mrs john puckrin and arthur mr and mrs george bamsay and family of london called at arch bells on friday evening mr and mrs walter hollin- ger of cherrywood spent satur day at the home of mr and mrs fred puckrin miss joyce morley of picker ing very capably conducted the church service here on sunday morning and delivered a very interesting address next sunday another young lady from pickering miss alaine lishman wrll have charge of the service th bible vacation school will be held next week july 23 to july 27 from 9 to 1130 each morning the teachers are plan 21 players in checker tourney both starting pitchers neil i nin a program for the parents pascoe of greenwood and ross i on he ast c beckett of peachs needed relief i mrand mrs barton and her assistance in the sixth inning endson of hamilton visited the greenwood moundsman was with mr and mrs frank puck- clippedfor 11 hits walked 3 and i durim he w struck out 4 the peachs right- j ve welcome mr and mrs hander gave up 9 hits issued i gpor anderson of whitby jack warriner romped home with the winning tally after the catch it was a tough game for greenwood to lose as they turned in their best perform ance of the season peachs jumped into a three irun lead in the first inning on singles by earl brooks eric four bases on balls and fanned 2 pilkev keith baxter and a base i batters j ro s house on halls to carl timbers green- 1 the mitchell brothers al and i mr n fowlie of guclph wood broke into the scoring in bill were greenwoods most w days with m niece the second inning bill hiil and potent batsman each hitting don linton were popout victims three singles bob hicks pounded but al mitchell greenwoods out a double and a single with best batsman singled boh hicks bob maxwell and geo staley flouted the cull into centrefield each collecting one singlebase hisey jonathon infant and tc frontrunner scorod on hit i f m an mrs j d hisey an error j claremont 12 rcln 3 of rr 4 stouffville july 13 peachs made it 41 in the claremont moved up into a 1956 stillborn at the brierbush third eric pilkey rolled a texas second place tie with altona hospital stouflville who have moved into arch mrs clemence and charlie ifath twentyone players took part in the 4th annual markham open checker tournament held on saturday afternoon at the f j vacher home 9th conces sion a time limit was set and the winner of the most games between 2 pm and 6 pm was declared the champion mr f e kendall of scarboro walked eff with the honors with a total of 23 points donald goodwin a former 9th concession resident was a runnerup with a 22 point total the host mr fred vacher was third with 20 points other notable competitors were a ne- thery hamilton champion h barrett onetime canadian win ner j ruddell of gait robt lawrie of markham j brown of milliken and a wheeler pres of the ontario checker association the current champ mr ken dall of scarboro was the tourna ment winner in 1954 last years champion m- harris was un able to attend saturdays tour ney following the games mrs vacher served refreshments claremont commtn1ty league w l t pti peachs 6 2 o 14 claremont 6 3 1 13 altona 52 3 13 mt zion 5 3 2 12 greenwood 1 7 2 4 raglan 1 7 2 4 results peachs s greenwood 7 claremont 12 raglan 5 schedule friday altona vs mt zion claremont vs peachs mondav greenwood vs raglan mt zion vs claremont bethesda miss ellen steckley is home irom bethel college and i spending a week with her par ents mr and mrs art steckley and sister barbara before going to slim lodge for the summer months mr and mrs paul bolender and john spent sunday with mr and mrs boyd of totten ham miss mary stouffer of min- den spent the weekend with miss margaret burkholdcr mr and mrs wes wideman of stouffville an iss elizabeth wideman were sunday dinner guests with mr and mrs clare bolender and family miss glendyne gordon and miss florence yake are spend ing this week at stayner camp weldons are offering this qreat july clearance sale of many lines of mens clothing and furnishings every article is first quality from our regular stock this stock must be sold and has been specially marked down to low low sale prices that mean big savings to you sale begins fridayjuly 20th come in mens suits made from all wool worsted yarns in popular single breasted 2piece models in blue brown and gray shades group consists of broken size and colour ranges from 3644 reg 5250 sale price 3850 young mens sport coats smartly styled from a variety of wool tweed materials light and dark shades broken colour and size range from 3642 reg to 52495 sale price 1699 mens summer windbreakers lightweight 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