lr7v INTERMEDIATE A BIG J Leafs shut out Hawks Can swamped Rangers 1 while Bruins and Wings battled to highlight Optimist on Friday Don four goal effort fashioned Leafs win Bob added two and Ken Bell a single to make it official The win moved the Leafs into second place Bill Hoppers caught fire for five third period tallies to the Rangers The win protected Canucks first place lead Bill hattricked Grant Morton and Bob scored two each while Dick Rogers and Ken bagged singles in the cause Don Zogalo and Jack Cain were Ranger Big three in Don Warners Bruin camp as they tied the Wings were Don Thorns goals Norm Smart goal assist and Karl Lothian assists Brian Million potted a pair Tom Taylor and Billy Fos ter notched singletons to pace the Wing sniping brig Sports CataAr Feb Newmarket arena exhibition Flyer Newmarket Eft York juvenile Richmond Aurora arena Lake Jr Mount Albert w Aurora Aurora arena Optimists Wing Bruins Leaf Hawks arena Vaagban King Bolton vs Feb pm Newmarket arena exhibition Clippers Feb Newmarket arena Newmarket and ktfict twinbill Regents Mount Au rora arena own league header Flyers vs Aces Ranger Riggers pm J Aurora Bears vs Owen Sound Newmarket 1 Milton Georgetown Fergus JUNIOR Aurora Owen Sound 7 Midland Pis 1 17 7 15 14 NORTH YORK MINORS juvenile Newmarket 6 Rich Hill Midget Newmarket Aurora Rich 5 Bantam 1 7 Aurora 10 2 Newmarket Bolton 12 Kleinburg King City 3 Schomberg 17 6 NEWMARKET Mount Albert Regents 2 AURORA TOWN Ditch Diggers Vic Flyers Chap Aces York Rang DISTRICT 15 5 LEAGUE I 16 1 3 SCHOOL SQUIRT LEAGUE SCORING RACE For Ray Smith Trophy GAPts Keffer Leafs V Abbott Hawks Bales Rang K Needier Rang Burling Bruins If- County Keswick WINS iX Games were close and exciting In the loop Fri day celebrated a win over King City Maroons while Bolton and Kleinburg dished up a all tie Murray Edwards with three goals and Bud Brown with the game win ner were heroes Ted Rogers Ron Hodgson and Murray furnished King Citys scoring plays The win was second and gave them a share of third place with King Wall Bell and Bun ny netted two each while Harry and Stan Fos ter got into the Kleinburg scor ing act with single Harvey Wallace drove in two goals while Don Jack Gibson Keith and Jack Woods singletons for Bolton W Greenfield 3 3 3 j OPTIMISTS Morton Con Can Leafs Leafs Can Bell Leafs Lothian Bruins J Cain Rang Lewis Leafs Can Thorns Bruins SCORING A 20 11 31 11 28 11 1 7 I Our sale flag is Up We have surrendered to the weather sons Newmarket and Aurora BEARS LOSE TWO GAMES Aurora Bears are having road trouble again Last week upset them and Tuesday Midland Redwings making a belated drive for a playoff berth tripped the Bears The at Midland cut the lead for the Inst playoff berth to four points Nobby Ash scored the only first period goal to give the Bears a edge Don Scott picked up the first of his three goals to even it early in the second Nobby Ash came through again in fine style to rale the Bears a 2ledgo Artie Barber assisted on both of Ashs goals Trouble developed late in the period for the crew as Midland triggered two goals in seconds to go up Don Scott applied the clincher for Midland with a last period tally SPORTS COLUMN To Russian publicist claim everything was Invented in that country from the electric toaster to baseball anil most other sports for that matter And which they havent yet boasted of devising hut one to which theyre entirely welcome is theilre the coach system which at that sound like a Russian conceit Not long ago there filtered through the Iron Curtain via Berlin where Hie curtain be thin in spots stories of series of investigations that followed the Olympic Games and series of dismissals of trainers and athletes Students of the decadent democratic version of this the coach process will he struck by the more Mus covite variations For the more drastic Hussion regulations likewise carry more drastic penalties because in Soviet Rus sia snorts arc tied directly into the scheme of Russian defense and Russian propaganda they are affairs of State and as such are directly under the supervision not of a graduate or hired coaching expert but of the Russian Secret Police it may seem a trifle drastic and In poor sporting to even the most biased group on this continent to complain of a hockey or football coach team fails to win all the time or a track whose athletes dont capture every event Hut the system allows no such Either youre a winner to the greater glory of the Invincible state or if a youre Just a lowdown traitor who Is disgracing hi country and should be shot at hi the Red Square a ft lessen to all who cant go out and beat the of the world Soviet sportsmen a recent officio critique nro proving the superiority of their countrys government by their achievements Ho when the cry of the comrades echoes out on the air Fire the coach its reully cry of tho Secret Police backed by a state Where win or Is sinister policy No use the conch and his proteges tryiittt to still such voices by promises to do belter at tho next Olym pics or European championships There Is no next time coach and probably losing athletes just go out of that business Next stop tho salt minus Or If Undo Joe hap pens to bo in merciful mood So lets five a monopoly on the coach syMem Its a Hilly and unfair and idea to atari with and an such fit smoothly Into the Russian Ideology toe for North York league playoff and ac- Newmarket Optimist mid gets crossed sticks with Toronto Marlboro midgets in an exhibi tion game at the arena Friday Taking advantage of defensive and checking lapses the invad ers scored three quickie second round goals to tumble the local hopefuls It was the Opti mists second loss in 15 games- Bill cornerpocketed a shot with just three minutes re maining to stave off an Optimist shutout Master had help from Grant Morton and Warren on the kill shot Bob Nevin scored three Gord younger bro ther of Spits Fred Haughton and Brown netted a goal each for the Alan Aurora gift Grant Morton Charlie McGuire Tom Taylor Earl Lothian and Warren performed ly in the Optimists cause School Hockey League Two Bruins Rangers Hawks and Red wings with a 10 win over featured the school squirt league fun Saturday In topped Flyers spilled Spits Peter scored for the Leafs and Norm fired a matching counter for Bruins in their dead heat The division of the points enabled Leafs to retain their first place hold Brian Bales was Rangers scoreman while Wayne Green field nabbed the Hawks goal as the teams furnished a draw Terry netted and John Winter assisted as Redwings won over The loss skidded the Canucks into the league cellar Jackie Paxil John and Bob bagged goals as won over the Spitfires The win lift ed the into a first place tie with Flyers while the spits dropped deeper into the cellar Jim and Ion Dick counted for the Spits Bone scored three John Walker two and Geo Robinson one as pasted Flyers Jimmy Bond was lone Flyer marksman Aurora Minors Win Pair At Home Aurora minors for third week in a row put across an other pair of home victories on Thursday in North York minor hockey league activity Paced by Dan Patricks four goals Au rora Rotary scored a win over Red and Whites in the bantam contest Leading lights in the winners camp along with Dan Patrick were Jack Brooks with a goal and two assists Wayne with two assists and Ron vilh a single assist Jim Hay- ward counted two and Arnic one goal for Woodbridge The victory assured Aurora of first place in the group Lawrence Comfort Bud Sut ton Walt and Cliff bagged goals Aurora Legion topped in the midget game John got into the victors scor ing act with two assists while Jim Wells supplied one assist help Bill scored both tallies The win gave Aurora a stranglehold on second place in the midget loop Bill Patrick Jr was in charge of Aurora ban tams while Bud and Harry Sutton handled the Legion mid gets Tracy Sonny Stephenson and Jack Woods sup plied big league refereelng HOCKEY RESULTS Optimists Jan Leafs Hawks Hangers Bruins Wings Newmarket and District Jan Mount Kettleby 13 Vandorf Aurora Town League Jan Ditch Diggers Chap pies Aces Flyers Hangers 3 Rural Jan Keswick Jan Port Perry Kes wick I Jem Keswick Co Exhibition I Centre BY AB Midland will be guests of Bears on Friday night in what is the last home game of the group- The Mid land- Aurora games in most cases showing a de cided edge for Aurora are close enough and rugged enough to rate a capacity house The Bears with two straight losses to the Shirts swallowed painfully have to bear down in every game now if theyre to finish on top of the group Frankly we dont think theyll do better than second place now but nothing would please us bet ter than to be wrong Walt Fines and Bud will be on the bench for this one thereby fin ally erasing from the books their suspension There are one or two of the other lads who might have been in the same situation but for the toss of a coin This game is no time to settle the British Empire games wrestling team Red Mitchell has both of his Lindsay teams going in high gear The intermediates are especially flying high Despite some of his shortcomings no one can say Mitchell doesnt know how to handle a hockey club Hon Earl federal member of the neighboring riding of and plenty popular in North was recently elected a director of the Canadian Harness Horse Association Kings have been elevated to intermediate A by the Incidentally George town handed the Kings their first loss of the season Wed like to see the top two teams from the southern section tangle with Col and Newmarket in a roundrobin series for the group Seems senseless to say that its really two groups and not one A challenge series will be in augurated by the this year to allow ousted teams to continue their season while the titles are being decided All but group winners can enter we understand and Peterborough will convene the the event Remember those old gold watch or tournaments of yesteryear that used to do so well The idea has North Yon In The North York minor hockey league will be well represented in the OMHA standard bearers will be the Optimist midgets and Gorman Smoke Ring bantams Both teams are slated for action in the B As yet first round opposition hasnt been named Nobleton Waltons will carry North York league colors into midget Lions are carded for hockey business in bantam will meet Oak Ridges in the first round while first test in the will be against Bolton Both series are expect ed to get underway Immediately Richmond Hill has entered a juvenile and midget team in the Both teams carry a rating In juvenile Bill Whites Rose Kings have drawn Sutton as first round opposition while and Rich mond Hill midgets must declare a winner this week for further midget C play Wood- bridge also has entered the ban tam C race hasnt drawn opposition as yet VANDORF VIVIAN WINNERS Vandorf were 104 winners decided merit and will show the over Mount Albert while Vivian fans some new faces as well as get some of the teams from scores From here on Bears have to play straight hack- and seek to improve Frank ly speaking the Aurora bench has to assume some of the blame February Fiesta Had a chat with Frank talented O in the Collingwood series were jumbled the best ganging team wasnt on the ice when they had the odd man advantage and in many cases players were left on too long Its so easy of course to mast ermind from a spectators seat still some things seem so obvious as to be At times when youre sitting opposite Maestro Eddie Bush you cant second guess or bluff We have yet to see Bush lose a game through poor strategy Even when the big fellow seems to have blown his top when it comes to sending out the right combos or meeting an emergency Bush is cool as winters day Georgian Bay The Bears too need shooting practice in the worst way Half of them cant get the puck off the ice or take too long before firing at the net More practices are needed too and if assistance is Lines secretary recently and Frank pointed out the annual meeting was being held in Ham ilton on April and to be fol lowed on the by the Canadian Softball annual The OSA would like to see representation from these parts and a little more action other than just having and go into the playoffs will be at the meeting of course as one of the champions Frank pointed out that Doug Smith who is president of the will retire as the arrange ment is for East and West to alternate each year is of course an AuroraZephyr pro duct and is a brother of Julius Smith Aurora Talking of rule changes mentioned two that still create confusion Um pires have put player players out of the game for illegal delivery this is wrong as all the can bludgeoned in the Lake Jr contests in the arena Thursday Bill Bennett scored four Jack three to pace Murray Chapman Bob Staley and Eddie Agnaluzzi added to the Mount consternation with a a goal each Ken Wagg Hal Harper Jim Cupples and Jordan streaked in for Mounts payoff shots Stan Pollard and Ron Peake were hat trick performers for Vivian Doug Forfar was a two goal man while Harry Simpson Doug Card Jim Coultlc and Paisley blazed in a goal each for the winners Ron tally kept out of the barrel fwMr Mori than SO lb of fwttfli a tor bat I and wteM Hold one pound and declare the pitch a ball This can be repeat ed indefinitely and as long as the keeps his mouth shut the arbiter cant put him out of the game The catcher has also come in for some weird umpiring Some have been forced to stay behind the on an intentional walk The same rule thut holds in base ball prevails as the catcher under these circumstances can move to one side of the plate if he wishes So far doesnt look as If there will bo any big changes in the rules Baseball annual will bo in on March and the lacrosse annual will be in Toronto on Good Friday and strangely enough late in April the will be held at the Royal York Looks like some of our ex ecutives will be attending some meetings we hope needed to demonstrate Whats call wanted it Should be obtained a ball flu Tough exhibition games arc re quired The club has to play better teams if theyre to im prove They might as well simply practice as play soft touches or bushwhackers The Bears have the material the equipment and the backing to rate a championship They have depth In plenty and some of the the boys are in their third year of junior Therell be no alibis if they cant win this season Bobble who hails from Toronto dailies to the contrary Is experiencing the vagaries and whims of being under the heel of the NHL chain Nephew of Bill Thorns and lifelong ambition to play with the Leafs seemed headed towards Maple Leaf when life won drafted by Weston Dukes from Aurora With Weston Bobbie is the leading scorer on the team des pite the fact that Turk in recent weeks has used him large to kill penalties Trying to mutch Flyers the team money can buy and replace snatched Hill one of best for the balance of the season only by cash an up three junior players including trio now belong to tlie Now York Hangers chain and will join next year who hasnt put on much weight and doesnt seem likely to grow bigger despite fact hes still three years In jun ior will have to go to whether he likes It or not You know the answer well us I do Perhaps after this years ex perience Weston he wont find it ho much Well nil pulling for to haunt Dukes and Messrs from here on Bert Maxwell who each week at KfngVaughan latest figures Issued by King- League secretary Bill Indicates Harry Lost- ehuk freewheeling winger leads the leagues scor ing tact with points goals and assists Figures are as G A follows Lostchuk Wallace Skuce Bon Derbyshire Boll Foster Roe Woods Boil Gibson Winters ft SALES AND GUARANTEED Phone Next to Matt 22 17 HOMECRAFT SHOW Reservations must be made by Saturday for those wishing to at tend the International Hobby and Homecraft show by char tered bus on Tuesday Feb 10 The Newmarket Handcraft group la chartering a bus date It will leave Newmarket at 10 and leave Toronto at pm For further particu lars in Newmarket phono and and in Aurora Jan 29 Barrio Flyers Now market Spits Jan midget an been seen In Newmarket Opti mists I Junior Jan Au Intermediate A George town Jan 30 Milton KlnxVaujthan 30 King City Bolton Kleinburg I North York Juvenile Jan 2G Richmond New market 2 Jan Richmond Hill North York Jan fl Noble ton Jan Aurora 4 Aurora Wood- bridge North York Bantam Jan 28 New market Jan Aurora Jan Aurora Jan New market Newmarket as well is a house detective in a Toronto hostelry in private life Peggy diminutive hurling star of Mark- hum cams his bread and butter as court reporter in Toronto a mast exacting assignment Mann for- mar Redman now op omit a tourist resort near Mnt- Ontario Harold Lubbock Aurora former interenlloglnto wrestling champion is grappling out of West Y these days has won his last couple of match es Hell ho a candidate for i SB MMl M I l ft is WW M I LA TiC c I LADIES SUITS TAILORED TO SrvtW i 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