tboise battling will the i1 the Originally for best of seven the Series shortened by mutual between the two clubs Newmarket last week to a of five series as both man- and play era would of a long season have outclassed the Stamford club more than Jihat in all departments but the patrol and sheer rough- of it in fairness the awkwardness of the v slower club With the exception of players and hone of the Niagara boys appear to be in the class as the cu ries The garne in Stamford on Monday was marred by Jj i J filiating by referees and Robinson of Pert who are the first offi cials all year to draw the ire of the Newmarket management and players On the other hand these two officials have handled a lot of games without a complaint so lets put it down to a bad night all the way around The players of both clubs were a bit chippy after that first game in which threatened to end in a big but for effective in the clutch Stamford will produce a new goalie to replace 15yearold Hilly Sickle who cant be blamed for the two losses and a couple of new players who have been with injuries and if play it clean might be especially if the let the visitors play heir as they did for the periods in Newmarket week On Monday Grant Morton gen erally on the ice for most of the game drew nine penalties sen and who played rough hockey in Newmarket at home with crowd support really took every opportunity to dish it out the game ending in a near riot The has issued a stern warning to both pending a study of the referees report and the penalty sheet when more vigorous action may be taken Well come what may Til have the Cup on hand for a presentation so youd better be on hand to root root for the home team and the champions Senior Milton featuring Sonny Jr eliminated before 1300 fans in the eighth a of their series Standout player of the series however was exSpitfire A Milton then moved to play Whitby which is fa vored to take it all The winner meets Woodstock or Stamford in finals A sparked by our old friend Joint is favored to defeat Jackie Rhodes Joe and Co better known as Georgetown Red Raid ers Bucko McDonald has his club playing Exeter in another round and the two ulti mate winners in each series will meet in the finals Meaford is favored to win it all Intermediate Durham Hus kies who wouldnt move up to intermediate A despite a power- packed team will win a cham pionship but play before near- empty pews Durham drew large crowds in the Georgian Bay group where they held their own against clubs of higher rating Dunnville and the op position just arent strong enough The plans to re vamp the qualifications for next year Intermediate Frank has his boys headed for the final round with Norwich draped on the ropes awaiting the coup grace Johnny Holancin and Bill Lotto have been standouts in the series The winner will meet either or both Strong clubs We think has a good chance to win out tis and new additions have made for a powerful club No district club has ever won an OHA title Junior B Merv Giles Bramp ton Regents should take it all with Waterloo Siskins onetime opponents of Aurora Tigers as The Harold Gor don Sunoco squirt allstars re turned from Parry Sound Satur day with the Little jun ior A runnerup prize The locals dropped a close decision to Midland in the finals Randy and Ken Hill scored the Newmarket goals To gain the finals Newmarket blanked Port Hope in Fri days first round game Roy goal was the games deckling tally The Sunoco were Metro area Little champions- They left here Friday morning to compete in the allOntario Little championship series After winning Ihelr first round contest the local players were of Parry Sound citizens Friday All the local players Recreation Director Francis Hol- team coach Stan Gibbons and manager Norm were full of praise for the very excellent treatment receiv ed at Parry Sound during their stay LITTLE BANQUET APRIL Final plans for a presentation night and banquet officially close the Newmarket Recrea tion Commissions Little hockey league season are being finalized this week The ban quet will be held in the United church basement April at pm All the players who performed in the Little and squirt league series as well as team coaches and sponsors have a standing invitation to attend Francis in charge of the gala affair is hop to have a member of the Maple Leaf hockey club on hand give the young hockey lads a few pointers on how to improve their game Following the banquet individ ual and team awards won by the players and teams will he pre sented the opposition Incidentally the Brampton coach is none other than dapper former LcafsBlackhawks player who is doing a great coaching chore in his first year Junior Brook can win the honors at Port Perry on Sat urday night as the sixth game of the series comes up Brook lyn finally broke the jinx of mira ice on Tuesday winning 2 to take a 3 lead If Bill Beckers club does win at Port Perry still faces big odds as the seventh game will go to Port Perry on April The Brooks will hardly lose this one as theyve only lost one home game all season as well as only losing seven away games over a long season The best wishes of the entire district accompanies Cliff Johnston and his boys Rural Senior Todd sparked Pickering- to the ORH A senior championship and they may meet the inter mediate winners for the allOn tario crown but theyll take that in a walk Encouraged by their showing the Pickering club ac cording to all reports will join the OHA intermediate ranks a welcome addition Indeed Sri By George Sports Editor Call it what you will but Thursdays junior final opener could hardly be describ ed as a hockey classic Its dis couraging to find that champion ship hockey has dipped to this low ebb and it a small wonder the game has slipped to a new low in popularity As observer summed it pickup teams playing on the back fifty in East Thimble- berry could have provided us with better hockey We are just wondering what to call Thursdays session The way everybody and his brother got a goal it could be basketball with out the hoop Mind you our kids are good at it whatever it is They flew around the rink like jitterbugs in a fit If Stamford had produced half as much energy and forgot about the boarding and the slambang it have developed into a fair hockey game How ever the rival buckos seemed more intent on cutting somebody up than pursuing the boot heel We hardly blame the state of affairs on the referees Messrs Shropshire and Promainc kept hoisting them into the penalty timers charge However no sooner were they back on the ice than in again they came We had it in our mind at the time that perhaps we were over ly alarmed about the situation minutes in penalties was the total here However guess we werent because the teams went one hotter earning minutes at Stamford The game Thursday ended in a major brawl and Monday it was a repeat with post game complications as two Stamford players and a fan crashed the Newmarket dressing room to jump Smokies Don Thorns Conduct of this nature cannot be tolerated It gives the hockey executives upstairs a glorious opportunity to make an example of the players in question If the OHA isnt prepared to deal with the situation and the hockey that we have been treat ed to in this series then it is indeed time hockey men throughout the province elected officials who are prepared to stop dirty hockey and rowdy ism Judging from the protest and counterprotests that have been hurled about this year it is time the carried out to the letter the rules and regula tions as outlined in their rule book and constitution or else step aside and permit men to as sume the office prepared to clean up the unfortunate mess that hockey junior intermediate and senior has reached I am not condemning every member of the executive There are good men on the A we feel is one of these but one man or two no matter how well they work can not cure the present ills of ho ckey It requires a clean sweep That brings us around to April That has been designated as the date of this years annual OHA convention We are hop ing the delegates from all of Ontario will vote and vote only for the men who declare themselves willing to proceed immediately to wipe out rowdy ism perversion of the rules- etc that has crept into Canadas na tional game today Personally we feel and we think it is the general feeling of hockey men everywhere that it would be just as easy for the A to govern by the rule book as against the present system which seems if you pardon the expression to operate on the basis of who knows whom back to the Stamford business it seemed pretty obvi ous their coach either was not prepared to control or could not control his players In that case he should not be in charge of a junior hockey club As for ewmar yers football te immediately wish to play If you interested playing this season please ad- vise Ken Nelson phone 1175r or George Ken Nelson who has been try ing to organize a team in New market for the past several sea sons feels there are more than enough players available to field a good team This season there is every chance that there will be a district loop and this league when give a local team compe tition Weather permitting the first football practice of the season will be held at the fair grounds Sunday April at 11 am finings nst I JUNIORJUVENILE BALL MEET APRIL A meeting for the express pur pose of organizing a juniorjuv enile baseball league under the banner of the North York minor baseball league will be held in The Smoke Knur went on another binge to swamp Stamford at the Stam ford Monday night The win gave the Smokies a commanding lead in games in the best of seven OHA junior C finals The series swings back to the local scene with game three booked into the arena tonight players who attacked a Smoke the Aurora arena April at Ring player in the Newmarket dressing room they should be suspended indefinitely The talk was Tuesday that Stamford had defaulted the re maining games in the series However Peter Gorman informs us Wednesday that although there will be no game here to night the series will resume here Saturday The series has also been cut from a best of seven to a best five affair If the Smokies con tinue their winning way they can wrap up the series here Sat urday Better be on hand to witness this earth shaking event Itll be a first since the good old days of 1933 Who remembers those days or should we say who can forget them April Congratulations to a grand quartet of fellows true sportsmen and curling champs Al Hall Bob Smith and Jack They won the Walker trophy at the Bradford Curling club We mustnt forget that the ladies a Newmarket rink Jean Chan- pel Helen and Mamie Lewis won the consolation prize in the curling playoffs Saturday Congratulations arc in order to Harvey Gibney coach Cecil Seney manager and our Corner Cupboard who won the North York title Tuesday Also Cord King City Lions can take a bow The Kingsmen up set the by beating Au rora for the North York midget title A tip of the Hash hat goes to Keith Davis and his fine organ izational work at last Saturdays Aurora and badminton tourney Mr Davis was tourna ment convener and the event went off without a hitch A pleasing feature was the keen interest shown by the district secondary schools We would like too to send Le gion bowlers Del and Percy Pem- as well as members the two local Legion teams who will go to Ottawa Saturday for the Ontario championship on their way with best wishes Bring back the bacon men from Capi tal Hill We hope you have obeyed our instructions and not held your breath whilst awaiting a state ment from the arena commission re equipment Henceforth with your permission well refer to them as The Silent Seven While crowded for space this week well take the first install ment on the amount of equip ment shipped to three pairs of goalie leg pads one pair cost approximately two years ago two pair of goalie gloves four chest protec tors Mo to follow next week am All teams in the North York area interested in the pro ject are requested to send rep resentatives to the meeting George North York minor baseball league governor says notices of the meeting have been sent out to baseball execu tives at Richmond Hill Aurora Newmarket ville Oak Ridges Lake Wilcox Sutton and Farts harboring thoughts that Stamford might prove a hand full in their own back yard can stow away their fears The Smoke Rings showing the class that carried them through the playoffs without defeat have too much class for their Stam ford rivals If the CainGorman aggrega tion continue their impressive work there seems little doubt J theyll wrap up the series and Ontario championship in straight heats Mondays game was a carat sehemo2zle with referees using their thumbs like hitchhikers with the Fans figured seen the ultimate in sinbin occupancy with minutes here but Mondays blood and thunder affair ran up a record minutes in penalties The Smoke Rings starting out where they left off here Thurs day had the outclassed Kerrios bottled up like bonded bourbon and had little difficulty in diligently and continuing to carry the play the Smokies poured a steady barrage of shots at Stamford goal in the middle period and were leaders at the second rest inter- mission The CainGorman tots of destiny broke up and over the bogged down Stamfordites tor sink four goals in the final chap- Adair who looked very in the Smoke Rings twine pagoda had his shutout slip away as Hutchcon scored mid way through the middle period It was another night for thai Smoke Rings to polish up on- their scoring Just about every player sporting a bluewhite Smokie jersey took a hand in piling up the near record goalassist total George Davis and Brian Mil- lioru working effectively on the Stamford perimeter notched two goals apiece prime the Smoke Rings Don Booth Jerry Ken- Bell Bob Wilson and Frank a first period ad- Looey finished off the other vantage scoring plays- King Nichols Flyers Lose North York Final Hornets have finally won the big prize the orth York juvenile league title Scor ing a win over King City Nichols Flyers at the Alliston arena Monday the Hornets clinched the crown by capturing the best of three final series two games to one After being hold to a edge over the first two periods the Hornets unfurled an impressive take charge threegoal third period to sew up the series and title Coach Doug Marchant minus three regulars Bert Archibald Bob Hodgson and Dick Sweeney had no alibis to offer and with his charges at the games end was right over to shake the hand of the new champions Coach also had high praise for Don Graham who come up from the bantam team to alleviate the Flyers manpower shortage Ken acting on be half of North York league gov ernor George presented the Stew Patrick trophy to Hot- net captain Bill Edgar in the game ceremonies Newmar ket won the championship last season Tom fired two goals to pace the Flyers while Larry Hill and Doug accounted for the other King City goats Jack and Jack were Alliston pacesetters scor two goals apiece while Ralph Steven James and Don- Moon shared other net Hub Take North York Title First year champions in the North York peewee hockey league are the Harvey coached Newmarket Corner Cup boards The locals nipped Au rora Legion 32 at Aurora Tues day to annex the title The vic tory gave the Corner boys the series three games to two and marked the end of a most suc cessful North York sea son The NewmarketAurora final was one of the districts best scries Both teams played ho ckey all the Newmarket Harvey and man ager Cecil and their Au rora Ted and Don Matthew and all the players are to be congratulated on their fine hockey show A combination play with less than five minutes to go cracked a tie It went from Peter to Keith Burling who supplied the winning touch foe the happy Newmarket boys It was a wide open contest Both teams turned in a fine skating and checking game It was close all the way with lall and scores posted by per iods Frank rifled in a pass from Ron to New market start Ray scored from his production line mates Keith Burling and Peter in the second session -l- Three way combinations pro vided the scoring plays for as Jim Preston scored from Terry Stone and Paul SUmah and Jim Best put the finishing polish on a pass from Jim or BEST BUY 1155 an q emoting low w tfto around town la allround on lb Built to ha on Canada and boot known bo as proud So own ihU Equipped nOBoiat Poor and porta or triple c SIBEWUK BICYCLE i i ML- Vv3iS J I HEAVY DUTY ocM SAW QtUllSVMWiiit- ftfi E rrT m ri m f RUBBER SADDLE I It 7 KICK STAND r V v v 4 it I I ASSOCIATE STORE Ssfe5 ds fesl j i ii a r Vr CT j rv S I