Night To Advance In OHA Croup went to New- Smokies and Dodgers on Monday night when teams gave brilliant come- replies to inspired who went down fight ing not disgraced by losing to class their respective ftttr Gorman was a happy after that 53 clincher on as he surveyed his first group winners Pete was bit unhappy however ho learned that the best the boys could do was play exhibition game on Thursday night as no other group was ready to play in Flashers the club of the parent Barrie Flyers were eliminated from their group by Dodgers were ousted by Brampton and put out by These and St Michaels Majors were the possible opponents Tuesday morning We urge you to see this one even if it Is on exhibition game as Cain be lev elling for next week and the least fans can do to honor the first group winner in many a moon is to hang out the sign It might prove just the tonic that the club needs to AWARD Don Booth Its been pleasure to see a good deal of propelled action the ice lanes this winter at one time oranother Surveying our notes back over the season we dont weve seen any player in this area show any more skat iiij speed than Don Booth the Smoke Rings galloping winger turned in a terrific skating and backchecking effort A Thursday to the delight or the fans Wed be amiss in our duties If we didnt select him as our number one choice for the award and Theatre pass this week Hoskett rf J By George Newmarket Sports Editor Our gallant band of skaters the Smoke Kings are in the A In act its quite possible theyre In semifinals Its a long long time since weve boon able spread those words of cheer Its been so long since a Newmarket junior team climbed to thai notch In hockeys hall of fame that even the longest morn or Jed fans cant recall the occasion Smoke Rings pushed Mid land aside In three straight and eclipsed Whitby in four straight They shelved both contenders for the group title without too much difficulty Jn fact looked in he same class as hustling Smoke Rings iy according to the supposed to give the Smok ies a tussle but they folded when the Smoke Rings blew hot According to Peter Gorman there are five possibly six earns still in the running for Ontario Junior The dorm In scooters are mark ing time to take on the winners of the GeorgetownParry Sound This series as we pound the Underwood Tuesday Is at games apiece The fifth game was booked for Tuesday- sixth game at Parry Sound Rat Should a seventh contest required it goes at George town March That could the Smokies will probably at home against the sur- tiVors March Stamford of the Niagara and St Thomas are squar ing off in another Junior set- to with the winner scheduled to against fans would like nothing than to see a Smoke finale ft would Siring hack fond memories of never- to he- forgot Ill Smoke tlnjisGoderJch bantam final you can see- there I civ I In that a well Just have to pat- back and await Messrs Conn an are trying to scout an game for tonight In they would like to St Mikes majors drop In a test of strength The couldnt ho to Collegians hut it would jfei an excellent tuneup for the is ahead Speaking about Jecil Aurora Ives manager comes through the welcome that Aurora midgets open at home to- narrow at against Cinder eh It is of the opening In the Ontario Minor Hock ey Association midget I finals Is to be all the Aurora fans will get behind Automotive has several strong clubs on ho way to the title series while has eliminated Bowman- and would that ft be quite a series any consolation to rtcssr Bert and Bon and the Bnby Bunting who were eliminated by in lay the Auto- Motives report the Huh crew pro dded some of the toughest op- they have encountered Alcorn the Aurora Belairs have a l5aler If they want to con the Intermediate theyve to find to heat Beet on on If the to six games the sixth will be at Aurora next Westward Ho Doug it King City to tackle in the Ontario juv enile finals Messrs and Henry Davie have assembl ed another powerful juvenile club and will he going all out to annex another title March Jack son Aurora is accepting entries for a March tourney at Aurora TVs being sponsored by the Aurora Com mission in with the North York minor hockey league Entries are being ac cepted from North York teams also and Its good to hear the first coming In from base ball training camps One keen expert of the trnle up with this sage obser vation Dont blame all your hockey attendance woes on Youre making the shinny sea son too long You start in Nov ember and the teams are stick whacking away at Easter could be right He also suggests that we clean the ice out early in April and get started on a couple of months of lacrosse That would leave June July August and her for baseball soft ball and kindred summer events October and November could be reserved for another round of lacrosse and football Four months of hockey which Is what it would amount to should give everyone their fill We read an article about the financial distress of many hock ey teams and community arenas across the province According to article the majority of arenas are finding it tougher to keep out of the red Possibly less hockey and more variety at the arenas is what Is needed It Is of course not JtJst a problem but a provincewide situation that must be given a good deal of thought if an an swer Is to reached over come this mounting problem of dwindling Kate receipts and higher overhead give them that extra oomph to a championship Meanwhile Parry Sound and Georgetown tied after four games were at it Tuesday They play on Saturday in the Sound and are back for the seventh game in Georgetown on the 20th if need be In any event either one of those good clubs will open the semifinal round in New market on Thursday March Gorman figures it would be Alex northerners who would appear Elsewhere Stamford having eliminated Thomas in straight sets are due to tackle and the critics rate as having the edge A Newmarket series would reaily pack them in the pews and to sponsor Gorman it would be re a feud with his old home town has not had a good junior team since when they defeated Victoria Square in the finals Chris Johnston a mighty happy man on Monday night as he telephoned to say his first year Dodgers had defeated Or- at Port Perry to Jake the series in five games The Brooks won the first three with ease lost in Fergus to the green and white and just edged Jim battlers opens in Gananoque on Thursday and will play at the Port early next week Aurora as write are one game down to Aurora look the first game lost last Thursday and Saturday and at If they won on Tuesday a sixth game at Aurora would he a certainty for next Tuesday If they lost lo keep in the running a win in next Saturday would be a necessity The rink has proved a jinx this season to the Aurora men just as it was last year to On Saturdays the BeeTots have Tommy Ceilings In their lineup from Western U and last Saturday that was the difference between the two clubs As a has the right to choose to play hi hockey either at or at London and the fact that he played inter mediate intercollegiate for Hur on College doesnt disqualify him On Sunday Grant Winter who has been playing grand hockey for the orange and black suffered the loss of two teeth in practice and this may be ids last season In the adjacent playoffs Oro Combines are two up on in best of five series Clippers had the same general pattern as Aurora their best of seven tilt with Easy as rolling off a log about describes the way Newmarket Smoke Rings handled Whitby in their group final series Thurs day here turning on a tremen dous show of power the Smokies trampled Whitby Monday at Whitby they won a deci sion Those two victories gave New market the series and group title in four successive games The twinwin also ran their playoff streak to seven games The Smokies now pull up for a breather while Parry Sound and Georgetown produce a win ner At last report the two clubs were even at two games each in their best of seven setto The GormanCam crew un folded a brilliant passing check ing and scoring show Thursday Their passing in particular gave the home town cheering section something to rave about collected their first goal when Ken Bell parked on the Whitby doorstep shoved in Don goalward pass That goal came at and two minutes later to the second Don Booth roared up and around the Whitby defense fired a shot and raced in to pot his own rebound Thus the Smoke Rings had a first period lead They ran Whitby ragged with their superb passing in the sec ond session firing three goals while Whitby couldnt do a tiling Bob playing his usual steadyheady blueline bit moved up to take Jerry pass and in turn sent Brian Million on his way to Frank playing his best game handled the next New market score rerouting George Davis pass out into the Whitby chords Ninety seconds later the Hub squadron shot ahead on the prettiest passing bout of the season Jack Cain Ken Bell I and Don were on the biscuit juggling exchange before Cain polished it off Wally Adair performing in his usual brilliant way foiled attempt by Whitby until John Tran capitalized on a three wav combination at of the third round It was the only goal of the last period The Smoke Rings superiority from goal out stuck out all over the place They outshot Whit by over the route particu larly in the first period when got very far on that score as the Smokies turned in their usual high powered skating checking and shooting show Bill Cain up from the juven iles stepped into the lineup and made his mark with a goai- The other Newmarket goals came off the educated shooting irons of George Davis Bob Wilson Jack Rogers and Jerry Ross Copoman juvenile gradu ate replaced Adair in goal and earned well merited praise from they rifled shots excellent goal- while Adair was tested nine times It was team effort with no less than five players figuring in the actual scoring one each being racked up by Ken Bell Don Booth Brian Million Frank and Jack Cain Booth played a particularly hotshot game and was the fast est operator on the ice Most Whitby strikes petered out at the Smokies stonewall blue- line and efficiency credits are due defensive foursome Bob Grant Morton Frank and Jack Graves Monday at Whitby the Smo kies had a tussle on their mit tens 2all in fact until they struck fast and furiously for three goals in less than a min ute during a midsecond period jamming session Whitby never recovered from this atomic dis play of Smoke Rings scoring power The Smoke Rings made it before the second period closed and two teams slugged it out at a goal each clip in the final period Newmarket presented quite a revamped lineup on Monday Coach Herb Cain resting some of his stalwarts for the playoff grind ahead Goalie Adair and speedster Don Booth sat out while Grant Morton laid down his hickory stick to handle the club from the bench Coach Cain took a seat in the bleachers trying to spot any weakness but its not likely he tending job FOOTBALL FILMS Football boosters are request ed not to forget the Aurora foot ball film show at the Aurora Le gion hall Saturday March The show headlined by the Hun vs Scotland international match will start at 8 pm Everyone interested in the fu ture growth of football in this area is extended an invitation to attend At pm a meeting to organize a district soccer league has been called Automotive Open Finals In Aurora On Friday Cecil Aurora Automo tive manager reports arrange ments were completed Tuesday noon to have the first game of the Ontario Minor Hockey Asso ciation midget finals in the Aurora arena Friday March Game time is pm The Newmarket Era and Express Thursday March Page 1 1 J The length of the series not been determined It may be out of three or three out of It is expected that it will be a best of three set due to the fact that school examinations coming up immediately and it will be difficult for the players to make more than one long trip to Aurora officials favor the shor- series but this will be final before tomorrow nights game The second game will likely be played in early next week The teams if- they on the two out of three will toss for the site of the third game if it becomes neces sary The last Aurora midget team to wear an crown was the to spark the victory George Hoi born added lustre to a fine de fensive effort by scoring a single for the winners while Clare Mor rison and Harvey Big Carioe con tributed the goals Joey Carpenter the Green- shirts riotminder came with a star effort for the victors Bob and Jack were the snipers Sutton Advance In After being pushed to the side lines by in the intermediate playoffs Sutton dropped back to take a crack at Ontario Rural Hockey Association senior play As first round opposition in rural the drew After losing the first round series opener to the Greenshirts won the second game to prolong the series The third and decid ing game came up at Sutton Monday in which a five goal out burst in the middle period car ried the to a onesid ed triumph John and Keith Clarke scored two goals apiece in Suttons second period uprising JUFFS Meat Market Square Opposite Police Station Weekend ROLLED PLATE BRISKET IEAN POT ROASTS FRESHLY GROUND MINCED BEEF 2 lbs m HOME MADE SMALL LINK BEEF AND PORK SAUSAGE CONTINENTAL STYLE TASTY HEADCHEESE 9 FINALS Newmarket Corner Cupboard oilstars and Aurora legion hove qualified to meet in the North York peewec hockey league fi nals Playoff arrangements being finalized The will start tonight at oclock in the Aurora arena The second game will he held in the Newmarket arena Monday March 10 at ft pm The series will he a heat three of five affair teams went through the semifinals without meeting de feat Aurora eliminated Lake Wilcox while Newmarket oust ill HiSports The school basketball program is heading for the finish line Newmarket Junior boys senior girls hoop squads were away to Friday to provide the visiting opposition at a High school athletic Until Newmarket tenia were nosed out In The boys last while the girls were Shaded Top four scorer in the boys contest were Ken IS Jim Lewis II Dave Wink- worth Alan Tidsburyund shared point to highlight the Markles effort A Junior gym meet will be af ter school next Monday while the senior gymnastic will their stuff in Georgetown They took the first game in Georgetown lost at home last week a mid were edged out in Georgetown on Saturday They were at home on Tuesday and the fifth game Was carded for Georgetown tonight The sixth if necessary will go at on Satur day So you had better watch the dailies and listen lo the radio to find out if therell be a game in Stouffville on the weekend The Clippers were confident there would be as one of Choir players hatted in the winning goal for the Haiders on Saturday With injured for juniors was used in the first two games and he play ed sweet hockey and couldnt be blamed for the Joss was on the job for the third game and lie deserved a hotter fate on the night but the absence of veterans Jackie Watson and lion- Hie Bell didnt help matters Lewis and Andy loss have been carry- the big load for since the first game hut Chick Webster- Hud Lehman and Hal Hodgson the big Three line are due to click again as they did over the regular season If loses this series it will he the second year in a row to the group finals and out and the faithful fans arent used to that at all Aurora Automotive had a hec tic trip to last Thursday night They left Aurora at oclock and it was when they got to The game got un derway at Aurora scoring their sixth straight playoff win before a handful of fans The executive scored a win Jdiowevor for hospitality Mind- of the hazardous driving con ditions they had arranged to house the Aurora kids free of charge a gesture that Aurora didnt accept but which made Tommy mighty pleased They home and sound after a snack by 3 am On Tuesday A re ceived word that would provide the opposition In the best of three finals examination presented ft bugbear to both 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