Newmarket Era and Express, 7 May 1953, p. 8

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fK South Sfmcoe League Newmarket high school girls will present a program of physi cal education demonstrations and folk dancing at the school gym next Monday and Tuesday evenings Students are selling tickets for the event The group above showing how a pyramid is formed includes Edna Peggy Helen Kcarns Mane Sills Shirley Maureen West and Nora Era and Express photo PHONE POLICY Hon to CONTINUOUS FROM SATURDAY ONLY CONTINUOUS FROM MATINEE SATURDAY AT THUS SAT MAY 789 J Minor baseball in North York appears headed for its biggest season via the North York minor baseball leagues Nineteen teams posted entries in the various series ranging from to juvenile at the leagues annual meeting held in the town hall here Friday New teams accepted for membership were Bolton Stouff ville Oak Ridges and Lake Wil cox Entry list covers five juvenile five midget seven bantam and two peewee teams Juvenile teams entered are Bolton Stouffville Hill Au rora and Newmarket midget Aurora Newmarket Sutton and Lake Wilcox bantam Richmond Hill Aurora Albert Oak Ridges Stouffville and Bolton Newmarket and Aurora Geo was renamed league governor arid team repre sentatives appointed were Ken Stouffville O J wick Bolton Bill Au rora Grant Rich mond Hill Geo New market John Sutton Geary Oak Ridges Case Mount Albert and George Lake Wilcox The delegates discussed the possibility of the North York leagues affiliating with the On tario Baseball Association and the league governor was empow ered to approach the in this connection The deadline for receiving en tries has been set for May and the door was left open for Keswick and Brad ford to enter teams If they so desired League officials will meet again May 15 to draw up a schedule for the various series League play is expected to com mence in the last week of May Lowell Waller Eddie Pitt and AWARD For Soccer Boy Wonder where oar soccer pals are hiding We havent been able to get a beep oat of this year You soccer enthusi asts will recall the Hub rot a start in the kicking game last year Your recently received a letter from a soccer booster commenting favorably on Newmarkets start In the game informant also spoke in glowing terms of the work of John Rendering and in helping to get the club started and in Keeping it rolling It seems John Render- has now moved to so hell be lost to the team this summer Perhaps as oar letter writer mentions a note of this fact may start the soccer boys going again We sincerely hope so and so that John Renderings work wont go un recognized were naming him our Hashman award winner and Rosy Theatre pass receiver this week And aside to John your knows he on behalf of all your soccer bud dies in wishing you every success at and to use a well worked phrase its been good to know yon Haw First Practice PLUS SHORTS Tkm a I i i M0MTWS MAY 1112 PENNY 2ND tK ARTHUR FRANZ MARY HARNEY PHILLIPS DICK in I if Iron Men ON THE SAME RICHARD TODD v Haskett HASH By George Newmarket Sports Editor First smoke signals indicating Hie biggest and best year In the South IiCngues history were hoisted Thursday at the leagues seventh annual meeting held In the Le gion Hall Alliston Some 35 delegates from more on the north to Aurora on the south attended the enthusi astic meeting Delegates were in for a surprise when four new teams Aurora Chur chill and requested membership in the league more Churchill and due to being situated in South Simcoe county were accepted without question Aurora alter a vote of the delegates was ta ken in and Newmarket which is in the league on a yearly basis was also voted back into the loop The acceptance of the four new teams brought the league roll call to teams Teams entered arc Barrio Stroud Thornton New Lowell Ivy Churchill Everett Brad ford Aurora and Newmarket The initial workout of the Newmarket intermediate baseball squad after several delays due to the wet weather got underway at the Fair Grounds Monday with players answering the roll call The practice session will con tinue on Friday and on Monday and Wednesday nights of next week Because of the absence of manager Ted Robinson holiday ing at present Mondays practice was under the direction of assis tant coach Harvey and club vicepresident Ernie Ben- nitz Indications judging from the first practice session are that the version being sponsored by the Canadian Legion this year will be a powerful outfit There were nine nine out fielders one pitcher and one catcher on hand for the first test run and additional recruits are expected to put in an appearance at the Friday workout Will will be back to don Tod and John Shed Predictions of a strong contingent were posted Alvie McKnighV Ken Cliff last years regular and new helpmates Bill Smil Harvey Gibney Roy Bun Cook and Jim Hugo show See Queemvie in Skncoe Kant Again made a strong run in the Softball League last seal son plan to get back in the In for the Stan Cook mug emblem of League suprerr it was learned at the club organization meeting held FridJ Twelve players and interest fans turned up for the meetinj was return as coach and his right hand will be Boss Chapman who taken over the managership the team Reg accepted the post of secretarytreasurer The team will be under the spon- big mitt Thorns who of the Spori twirled with good success last Committee season appears ready for a big mound year Several other pit- After considerable discussion recruits including the to whether to have one brothers Ken and The item that amazes this as we swing full steam ahead in the ball organizing league is the rapid spread of baseball North York minors organ ized Friday and guess what the league will have teams Thats five more than last semester Wholl make it twenty Keswick or Bradford Think of it ball teams I and Whitby That must set a record for North York Lets see the new ones are Stouffville Bolton Oak Ridges and Lake Wil cox It should give the small fry ball hawks plenty of dia mond action this season Looking around our own pre cinct every wee nipper is herd ing a ball glove Theres a prom ise of four teams for the North Ken Stephens represented New- York loop Frank at the meeting Bill was the lone Aurora delegate Minor Boosters Set Up Governing Committee Hub minor baseball boosters are making good progress in their plans to set up a committee to govern minor baseball in Newmarket Ray Smith has ac cepted the presidency of the newly organized committee and Geo is secretarytreas urer Newmarket will have four teams ready for action in the North York minor baseball Aurora worth recalls that five years ago every lad was out for Not any more You have to break their arms to get them to touch the big apple Bill king pin of Aurora minors has the same story to tell Its an amazing swing dont you think The same situation applies in the intermediate field Aurora is stepping back into the fold The South Simcoe league will have teams Thats four more than last season Indications are that therell be plenty of fire works when Aurora and New market lock horns in the big diamond sport it must be over a decade since was in the intermediate league it was made known at baseball swim Our side kick the North York leagues annual meeting Friday Entries will cover juvenile midget bantam and The Newmarket Optimist club will sponsor the midgets Ray Smith plans to equip the juven iles with sweaters and Frank has a sponsor lined up for the bantam entry Lowell Waller Ken ton Eddie Pitt and Harold have signed up to look after two of the teams Theres still a need for more coaches If youre interested in becoming a Leo contact Lowell Waller for details Expect five Teams In Ladies I The final date for receiving entries in the and District ladies softball league has been set for May reports league Charlie The league executive and delegates will meet in on the above date to complete plans tor the coming season and to draw up a schedule for To date three of last years teams have reentered the league scraps Teams reentering are Barrio and Newmarket Two new teams have made hid for membership They are and Edgar Both will likely be accepted The la Iter entry is from the permanent air force base north of Barrio Midland one of Inst years learns was not represented at the leagues spring organization meeting and latest information Is that they are having trouble set ting up an organisation to guide the learn and will not he back in this year Simcoe Entries ToBehtByMay8 Calling oil Lake soft- hall clubs deadline for entry is Friday May reports the new ly elected president Art King To date six have indicated theyll scrap for the Slam Cook mug Teams in Zephyr Kes wick Willow Beach Mount Al bert and Vnndorf Still to be heard from are Pine Orchard and If you can take the rumors flying around face value Pine will return to the league scraps but have dropped out of the picture The league executive and dele gates from the various teams will meet Friday May at pm In the East township hall at Sharon to go over play- era lists and to put the schedule in order Each team entered or of entering requested to have delegate present can probably recollect the last Aurora nine trot ted out on the diamond incidentally while we think of it friend elected to the executive last Satur day at the associations annual gathering Congratulations sir We think Ah must lie the first North York sportsman to be so honored And about time should say North York hockey teams have been pouring the dough into coffers for years now Your going into the hockey picture a little deeper jn his weekly Hash roundup but with the sun shin ing and the thermometer shoot ing sky high who can talk ho ckey Guess it will just have to wait until fall Softball Musings We see our Davis pais and the towneis didnt swallow the bait we drop ped last week Wonder what we can do to get em moving Ceo- tints McDonald Vets softball king pin of yesteryear quips You col us a pitcher and catch er and well have town team Are there any or re ceivers in the crowd Guess Im too old qualify You take the mound Mae Thai slow ImiII of yours used to fool the Tannery swingers and may lie just may be theres enough sponge rubber left in the old arm to dazzle the Specialty and differs Spoofing aside men lets get cracking that is if you want a town circuit Its not too late yet We understand from our dig gings around that the Aurora leaguers didnt cotton too well to the idea of inter- league hookup They thought Newmarket with only two teams would be a mile strong for them We can see their point When you pick two teams from and put them up against four teams chosen from you would run into un balanced league Now with four teams here anil four in Aurora it might be a dif ferent story We think prob ably too that with the right ap proach if two teams are all were going to get on interlock ing schedule with the Lake League sides might be work ed out How about an entry Frank secre tary advises that both Newmar ket and Aurora would have an intermediate B classification in the Another thing the local wouldnt have to meet their usual nem esis New Toronto in the round one New Toronto has been re classified as Intermediate A Lets see Intermediate opposi tion In would Its an idea worth considering An entry would I be lieve spark a revival locally We have to thank Mr for the OASA year book Its a very handsome volume and covers the growth of over the past 20 years Bits from here and there Bob who performed credit ably with our minor hockey teams then With Aurora juniors played stellar hockey with Wes ton Dukes and the Dukes came with Waterloo to win the junior through after a hectic series title Eddie Bush was percent successful in his bid to stock the shelves with OHA trophy ware Eddie master minded the to their fourth junior title but his Shipbuilders faltered in the fi nals losing to Those busy Stouffville sports- men are working on softball lights and if their present plans bear fruit theyll install hard ball lights If they make the grade on the latter project theyll be the first community in North York to boast a flood lighted hardball diamond That reminds us Aurora has completed their lights and plan a big opener next Wednesday Better be on hand for a looksee Newmarket and Aurora allstars pro vide the kickoff attraction Markham our friend John naii reports will install lights this spring Wonder wholl he next Mount Albert Keswick or Gals In Preparation For Season On Diamond It looks like another banner season for ladies softball in the Hub is coming up The New market Indies softball club hold its organization meeting for the season last Thursday in the town hall Maud was named president Joyce Day was e elected secretary treasurer and that perennial boost er Charles VanZant was return ed as coach and manager Following the election of of ficers plans for the coming sea son were discussed The team will again enter the and District league title hunt will also reenter the inter mediate series of the Prospects look bright for an other good team in Last season the team reached the On tario finals los ing to Midland Practically all of last years regulars will be ready for duty and several new trainees are expected to make a bid for the nine starting spots in the lineup group and a single schedule or to divide the league into two di visions the delegates decided in order to cut down travelling to again divide the league into a north and a south group The executive was empowered to make the final decision as to the teams in each group and whether t play a double or sin gle schedule The executive sche dule makers will meet tonight Thursday in Alliston to settle these important questions Team representatives next tur ned to a debate on the league by laws and rules and the rule allowing the smaller centers to draw players from a radius of seven miles while Newmarket Aurora and cannot go out side their respective town limit for players without executive consent Now for the officers to guide the league in Fraser Suth erland of Stroud was reelected president Vicepresident is Clar ence Hogarth of Ivy John Key of was chosen Two executive members named were Jim Porter and Geo Haskett Newmarket Retiring Clare Lud low Alliston brought down his financial report indicating the league would start the season with a surplus of approximately 16500 League president Suth erland in his opening remarks congratulated Alliston on win ning the championship and Davis Memorial Trophy in It was Allistons second title victory Stroud has won the title twice and once over the past five years Gardner Lloyd busy sports promoter acted as spokesman for the Aurora delegates Other Aurora representatives were Roy Allen Jerry Barker Tracy and Harold Stephenson Club president Geo Hudson and Geo represented New market towards the school year and personality Miss King attends Junior high and was one of five students chosen from that school Miss King Is a granddaughter of Mrs Roy Watson Newmar ket Gene are expected to join the staff Old hands seeking infield posts were short stopper Jerry Hugo and first Don Gibson Newcomers out after inner pick et berths were Lloyd Harvey a third baseman Grant Blight Were not staking out any time claims at this stage but Witt several young players along and a number of veteran back for duty we should be to give a good account of our selves in the league says our in formant Ross Chapman Veterans expected back grace the lineup are Bill Burk- holder Lon Ganton Bruce Greig Cliff Ward and Bob English -j- AT MAPLE GET RESULTS iW i 20 percent Discount fc 1 1 may 7 to mm Many all wool English ckrtte J I S s a TWO STORES TENNIS INSTRUCTION Whos for tennis instruction Keith Davis king of the local courts plans start his yearly tennis instruction sessions next week This year hell also branch out to take in senior monitors The instruction per iods for seniors will start next Monday at pm and will continue on each dur ing May and June For juniors instruction lessons will com mence May at pm and will continue on each Tuesday and Thursday throughout and June 4 TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS TIME LIMIT JIM KROTCHER lbs lbs f it VISITS OTTAWA Miss Catherine King daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred King Toronto Mrs King WW formerly Lillian Watson New market was one of student to make a chartered plane trip to Ottawa The East York Board of Edu cation Is sponsoring the trip in recognition of coronation year to student this of the woods I throughout York come from The students elected for Dixie academic work TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS Hit TIME LIMIT Canadian champion lbs Contender lbs BEST TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS TIME LIMIT I sift

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