s Vi- -i- a Z fc fe A J lb a- J II- TW- Hi of New Year to with mt of the year award This year a far as the Hah fa the problems to for us art Mtiy good men to the ranaia to same a few that come te think of VanZant Herb Peter Gorman Ross Ray Smith Eddie Lowell Waller and many more of oar boosters Instead its to oar notice recently that one of the Hubs finest spor Geo will he leaving s in 54 George and this of coarse is not news to yon yon or has been an active sports booster for years- For three years or more George chaired the Spit- fire executive and worked diligently to provide the Hub with a good hockey team George along with his partner Bin aided many of our minor teams with gifts of equipment and was always a willing aider with the transportation problem George will be missed around the Hub hockey conference table and it goes without saying all the Newmarket fans will join as in wishing George every success In his new venture With our wish goes the ff ashman award and Theatre pass for this Taming how to the Aurora scene Bill is our year end nominee for the award Bill has been an untiring worker and booster for minor sports Without Bills guidance his base- ballhockey coaching knowledge and his promotional efforts we just know what Aurora minor teams would do John Grant Theatre manager joins with your weekly award selector in wishing one and all the best in 3 v CITY WW 66 Office Specialty Juveniles Win Again Tossing the puck around with neatness and effect Newmarket Office Specialty hung up win over Black Cats at the arena Tuesday in a North York juvenile hockey league contest By maintaining their hot pace the Specialties under coach Ken and manager Eddie Pitt ran their win skein to six straight and put a strangle hold clutch on the leagues top spot The kicked off with a three goal first period and for good measure tacked on a goal in each of the following chapters Tommy Colllngs scored un assisted to start the away then Charlie McGulre re corded a pay off shot on Geo Davis relay and Geo Davis was on the scoring end of a pass from hard working Don McKnlght made it a two goal night when he snapped In Walt pass In the middle period and Warren Townsley poked in Dave Pitts pass for Newmarkets fifth goal midway through the third Earl Lothian on loan to Thorn- hill with Doug Kent assisting spoiled Alan Childs shutout Stew Wilson Walt Dave Pitt and Lome gave a good account of them selves on the rear guard Mount Albert Bowling League The Mount Albert bowlers who do a weekly stint at the North End alleys have been clocking in with some top notch scoring efforts Theres also a very hot race going on for the lead spot in the circuit The present standing with games played according to league secretary Mrs Mabel Slorach is as follows Jordans 31 Roll ings Robertsons Parks Pearsons Carruthers Ryes 16 Cases 18 Davis Wrights Smiths In the ladies sector Lorraine Allison holds both the high single and the high triple marks In the mens division Murray Stokes leads the High triple games scoring leaders are Garnet Park Gord Rolling Bob Badger 651 Murray Stokes raa- Win Two Lose Two minor hockey chines won one and lost two in a lively Wednesday night North York minor hockey league triple- header at the arena last week Doug Merchants Aces dropped a decision to Har ry Suttons Aurora Rotary in the start off game It was initial loss of the season Larry Hill and Samson divid ed the scoring with two goals each Wayne Spence was Auroras scoring hero with three markers Dan Charl es and Glen Bennett pot ted the other Aurora goals Doug mid gets provided the one bright spot of the evening when they stop ped Stouffville Commanders 2 in the midget contest Doug spread the pre- Christmas cheer for the winners with a hat trick job Gary Bon- ham added fourth counter while Samson up from bantam came through with three handy assists It was No first win Flyers seeking their fifth straight win were handed a 2 setback by Stouffville in the juvenile contest A three goal second period outburst that wiped out a lead provided the victory Hill and Ron kept Nobleton in the hunt with their timely goal shooting efforts Bob Bishop flashed the red light twice while and Hammers- ley scored singletons for Doug Merchants ban tams returned to their winning stride Saturday when they col lected a win over Cubs In Larry Hill scooted into on early lead with two goals while Doug Broad and Bill MacTaggart ap plied the clinchers SECOND FEATURE Smith FEATURE alter Brawn WtaFW Centre BY AB- Lets start the new year right may be the theme song for most of you as kid into sight but for Aurora Bears the prospects arent the best now especially since the Bruins will open the New Year tomorrow night in Weston home of the Leafian sponsored Dukes who after a flighty start are now percolating smoothly Several of the Weston club have seen service in junior A this year and Messrs Elik Kennedy who func tion on one line are ready for A right now The Bears sorely need this game as in their first 16 games they took but 10 points only Jets trail them and that by one point The first six clubs make the playoffs and right now Dukes Brampton St Mikes and the surprising Wood- bridge Dodgers are practically sure of spots Special targets for Aurora are flashers who will provide the opposition in Aurora on Monday night Scarboro Rangers and Dixie Rockets The Bears just have to beat three of them The Question of whats wrong with the Bears is a bit mystify ing They seem to have the talent the bench handling has been adequate if not brilliant luck has cost the club a couple of games but the one thing that Is needed as a tonic is a win ning streak of three or four games Once you start to lose the old College Try is hard to get back and the Maroon and White seem to lack that extra effort right now that win games Lets keep our fingers crossed Some of the costly injuries that have hurt should Toe banished and other clubs are bound to have their dog days thing certain you wont see better ho ckey anywhere Grant Edwards return to the club and the addi tion of Taps Gallagher have been welcome to the fans but somehow or other Stuh- seldom has a full team to work with With the exception of the Weston and games here the club has play ed pleasing hockey all the way An answer to why hockey crowds are down as well as theatre patrons is of course ob viously the spread of Theres nothing like live per formances but it video had tried to plan it better over the holi day to steal fans it couldnt have been done have a partial answer with good hard local money and plenty of sea son subscribers behind their club Theyre drawing the beat In the Big Nine and they have the best travelling supporters too Our thanks to our good friends at Batten Arena who were kind enough to send along a seasons pass Havent used it yet and sorry to miss your gala opening but well be along before the winters over Chick Webster former pro who Cain had hoped to land has signed with Stouff ville Clippers and has signalized his appearance with some timely sniping Chick is the grandson of the late Fred Webster Glen- and would have been right at home In So is playing bushleague hockey at Woodbridge this win ter and assisting in coaching the midget club h socalled bushleague club has Kay Bob Miller Uaaher all of senior experience and Bob Watson and Dud Kearney who played with Brampton Re gents last yean Watson is study ing for medicine The rest of the team are all teenagers and two of them and Cannon hove been up to help the Dod gers when theyve been short- handed Vic Alexander who played junior hockey with Aurora in and Flash of Army hockey fame have both been seen whistletooting in the In these parts and look ready for OHA company Grant Green and Paul both former Aurora juniors are play ing fine hockey at Lindsay Cain among all his hockey laurels holds a distinc tion few hockey players possess Cain had the of approval placed on him prior to turning pro by the late Howls the Babe Ruth of hockey went to Hamilton in 1933 with Leo own er of Les Canadians to players one of the few times he did It and he spotted Cain and Toe Blake who were teammates with the Tigers placed them on the reserve Hat the next day later both boys pro contracts Herb to Ma roons and then to Blake went direct to It was good both Cain and Blake won the scor ing championship and ended their hockey careers in the over the goal quota Wo are Indebted to above hit of information to Seek one of the beat bits of ho- history end intimate rem iniscing it has been our pleasure to read of our torn AmI Tie Newmarket Regents off on another winning streak increas their first place margin in the Newmarket arid district hockey league to a full two games Monday when they shut out King City Lake Maries in the nightcap game of the town league twinbill In the other half of the doubleheader Bill Kingdon fired a late third period goal to enable Bruins to gain a tie with Aurora Wild cats The Regents ran in three third period goals and Jack Hurst came up with a great puckstopp ing effort to spark the win Doug Ross and Ken Thorns op erating smoothly around the King Ctiy cage were the fellows who put the skids under King City with two goal sniping efforts each Bill Johnston whistled the Regents other tally Bill Mabbett Lowell and Bill Johnston gained the nod for well merited assists The Aurora- affray was a seesaw battle Earl Lothian scored twice Howard Timbers Harold Stephenson Ron and Buddy Sutton netted one each for Aurora Jim Preston Dave Richardson Doug Card Bud Card Mike Van- and Bill were the Vandorf marksmen Millionaires and Newmarket Repents tangle in kickoff game while Aurora and provide the nightcap action In next Mondays town league twinbill It was a night of firsts for Wildcats in the Newmarket and district hockey league last week They won their first game in stalled a new coach Loring and wore their new Aurora Dairy sweaters Result the Wildcats scored a win over King City Mickey Sutton after taking Harold Stephensons pass went in to beat Johnny in the King City citadel for the game winner at the mark of the third Dave starred with a shutout effort in the Aurora twinery In direct contrast to the first game Newmarket Regents and Bruins engaged in a free scoring show as the Regents gained a win over the Bruins Regents scored five period goals but had to fight tooth and nail final period to hold off a deter mined Vandorf comeback Bill Wayne Robinson and Ken Thorns shaved the scoring spotlight for the Gasmen with two goals each Norm Letge added the other Regent tally Ron Peake scored two goals to spark Dick strand Howard Ash Bill King Dave Richardson and Archie Forfar shared the other Bruin markers v second period Bract connected at a goal I to both the second and third a period pace Geo Watt flredt rounds to finish off the the first period marker and tag PUBLIC Bears Absorb Pasting From Woodbridge Dodgers the sur prise team of the Big Nine junior B race whipped Au rora Bears in the Aurora arena Monday Some fans third largest of the season watched in stunned silence as the Bears absorbed their worst drubbing of the campaign The win tightened the Dodgers grip on fourth place in the league Aurora are eighth one point ahead of the cellar dwelling Jets The Bears were astern at the end of the first period trailed after two rounds The Dodgers went on a goal third period scoring ram page to complete the Bears humbling John Bone scored on a pass up from Geo at mark of the second period to keep the Bears out of shutout hock Aurora goalie Doug Lea was injured in tho second period and again with four minutes to go Eddie Walker the Aurora wingman donned pad for the final four minutes LOSE East York defeated Tracy Orphans at the Aurora gym last week in a Toronto and district intermed iate basketball league game The one of the strong quintettes of the group lost no lime In taking a lead and were leaders at half time and held a margin over the Orphans at the three quarter mark Bob Saunders Mike and Don Lloyd hooped six points each to lead the Orphans Geo Jiruska sailed away four points Roger Perry two Lloyd Harvey arid Bob stone one each to round out the Orphans scoring starred for the with a point total The Orphans will stage their next home game at the Aurora gym on Jan with via- die visiting opposition Buy SnowIce Tire SUBURBANITE Big Allowance BEARS DEFUSE JETS Thats more like it Aurora Bears who had horrible chore for a spell last week of sweeping out the junior Big Nine loop basement came alive Wednesday to gain a win over Unionville Jets The Bears win snapped a seven losing skein and lifted them over into eighth place one point ahead of the Jets Don Lewis Eddie Walker and Roy scored first period goals to defuse the Jets as the Bears captured a 31 lead was the setup man on Lewis goal Jack Gallagher assisted on Walkers tally and and Lewis were the pass suppliers on scoring effort Bob scored unassisted and then relayed to Joe to complete the Bears scoring in the BE HELD ON SATURDAY JAH 14 FRAME BUILDING 2 storey Conditions Site to be cleared not later that month after I date of sale Including levelling of welt tank ator Poles to be removed or feet- below chaser must agree to pat up refunded when site cleared satisfactorily At the same time the following articles Will be Gas stove burners ovens Outhouse Kitchen equipment dishes Benches Tables Pressure system double and single and other article loo to mention NO RESERVE BIDS Building open for inspection every Saturday from iiHi Building located Holland Marsh of Kin miles of Bradford I Auctioneer Wit EN Box Bradford phone Clerk L Box Bradford ph f STEWART If there Is still the odd person about these days who thinks that TV is cost ly entertainment then they just havent been keeping up with the latest studies of the According to recent veys the average adult views television entertain worth the coarse of a year if the same entertainment paid for at the ticket of flee To this 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