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Newmarket Era and Express, 13 Nov 1952, p. 8

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AWARD at Newmarket 10 at Newmarket at Newmarket Pec ill Dec Midland Newmarket Dec Colling wood at Jan Milton at Newmarket 1ft Milton at Newmarket Jan at Jan Midland at Georgetown hi Colling wood at KM Mar Midland at Newmarket AWAY Nov Newmarket at Fergus Nov Newmarket at Dec Newmarket at Dec at Georgetown NeAvmarkct at Midland Dec Newmarket at Midland Dec at Col ting wood Jan Midland Jan at Georgetown Jan Newmarket Milton Feb at Feb ft- SPORTS COLUMN It only fair right that ikon who sparkled In the hotkey of other years set the preference the roll Is called to place the greats of the game in their niche In the Hall of Fame Per haps the modems will chafe at 4toy may wish to see honored those of their or of the generation Just before And this In time will cense to pass There are now names listed for the Hall of which number are players the other it selected of their contributions to the game In legislation rules or This agent has at least one preference In the names to be included In the next group named by the Committee That is the late George who in his playing days with compiled a seasonal record quite unlikely to be equalled In these days when the rules are designed to place the accent on scoring in this writers opinion was one of the greatest of all time that other great the late Georges Vezina who preceded him by many Sears was icecool in the nets almost mechanical his perfection and in his complete lack of what might be called showmanship Expressionless he just stopped pucks blocked the heaviest drives without the flicker of an Once after this agent complimented him on one of his many shutoat games remarked as if annoyed with himself Im sorry I cant pot on a show like some of the oilier But just cant do it I cant look exerted because Im not cant shout at other players because thats not my style I cant dive on easy shots and make them look hard guess alii can do Is stop pucks did very well indeed at that chore in the season of facing some of the games greatest snipers such as Stewart Ace Bailey Bill Cook Carson Cooper Harry Oliver Frank Boucher and others of that unforgettable quality little Hainsworth scored 22 shutouts In game schedule was scored on only 43 times in the regular season an average of slightly under one goal per game No record has ever closely approached this Undoubtedly this fellow who hailed from that great Incubator Ontarios Kitchener district was one of the alltime great of the nets And yet curiously he never made the allstar teams of his era for Charlie Gardiner and Roy Shrimp were names to conjure with when in the selection of allstar teams began- Tow e Cohirt Ho DISTILLERS LIMITED Collings Digg Newmarket Spitfires edition has been burning up the lee lanes in the gallops Its five wins In five tries date Hope they can keep it op One item that caught the fancy of the visiting to the Memorial has been the willingness of Keith to get in and work Its hard to beat a digging hockey player Keiths efforts havent exactly gone unrewarded The exAurora Bear- has picked up at least one point in every game except the start- off sawoff against Lindsay Thursday the Bradford flash hit the Jackpot with three goals and two assists against George town If every player digs in and coach Harry Morrison has cm digging now were In for a banner intermediate hockey season and incidentally Spits group play starts tonight at the Arena But back to the main subject of our discourse the selection of a award winner and Boxy Theatre pass recipient and this week it goes to Keith for work willingness and ability to get goals Ha by George Haskett HASH Newmarket Sports Editor Well blow me down Yonder up and vet the horizon looms another intermediate hockey season The old established firm of Spitfire with new director Harry Morrison will commence formation maneuvers at the Memorial tonight Trim Georgetown Twice Spits Take Four In A Row l Oaks will be along to provide the Big Eight group start off tid bit Glad of a talk with Spits George this week Genial George is enthused about this years Spit fire crop Georges enthusiasm is catch ing we admire and judging from early appearances Spits win five in five George and his Spitfire board have passed it down to their puck pursuing pack Indeed it looks like were in for the liveliest hockey season in years Therell be new faces to grace the Spits lineup and a big group to boot so well get variety Thats all to the good If youll pause to reflect with us wonder if we ever realize the amount of work required to round up a team and get the club finances in shape Its a big job Geo and company have worked long and arduously at the task Theres just one reward they ask good fan support and of course if the Spits come through Spits executive will be the happiest birds in North York Hockey season must be offi cially here Eddie Bush the Peoples Choice to get lost was a visiting celebrity last week Eddie departed with one obser vation Spits better keep their heads up Shipbuilders ore out to pull down another title no Eddie its our turn this is the Hub year Tomorrow troubles National Optimist Week So its a good time to bring up the subject again Think this scribe has mentioned it before Optimist Clubbers are doing a tremendous job keeping Hub minor sports alive Theyve already gone in for the sponsorship for a six- team loop and come again with a midget crew for North York action Their funds wont stretch to include the burden of a North York bantam entry That leaves a gap in our hockey roundup Wonder if the sports minded Le gion the Lions or the Rotary Club would consider taking on the job Main item would he the pur chase of sweaters and an hours ice time Friday nights Prob lem two concerns our juveniles No sponsor for them Our On tario street scout Freeman West reports to players available Theres a readymade league waiting for both bantams and juveniles and it wont entail too much gadding about the country side If youre sponsorship min ded give a holler Whos for basketball Several and a number of Fred present senior crop have been buzzing in our ear that there are enough hoop men to form a fourteam town circuit Say present seniors S Grads Optimist Club and with some of those long stretch guys like John around the Spe cialty maybe Office Specialty could make the r Batten down the hatches men trouble The women are moving into the hockey circle Newmarket Pinups practice at the arena Monday pm chimes This I may say comes as a great shock to this scribe The women play hockey in Aurora but up north here I thought it was ail settled womans place is in the home Guess better get right home and hide my equipment or the missus will be heading for the arena Monday Incidentally youre welcome to practice Monday ladies Newmarket announces that many new faces are being iced along with a strong force of last years boys Our executive feels that this is the year to bring a championship home to Newmarket sincere hope that gallant fans will ftifti out and give these boys your loyal sup port as they are to pro vide you with some real hockey he says We have grouping this year and have the pleasure of seeinnany new clubs in action We invite to us at tonights Thursday opening game of the schedule with We so licit your support HIS Juniors Bantams tear Newmarket high school foot ballers rang down the curtain on their gridiron battles for an other season last week as Coach Geo led the Purple and Gold juniors into battle with Midland high school in a region game news the McNelly guided sound ran up against a power- packed Midland line and suff ered a reverse The loss stamped out the chances of meeting the Niagara District winners and a shot at the junior crown Paul hoist to- the dead line the first point of the game provided- Newmarkets one bright spot Mike Steels bantams also wont into notion against Pickering College and came out second best wind up their season Hill Mills touchdown plunge furnished the Purple and Golds one scoring outburst Juniors It pick P Morion A Gib- my VanZaht Groves Davis It P J A Horner Car ter P Bantams Mills J Mills Main J Moore W A Porter Lewis Warner Hurling V- Hut- Pftge I J McGuire Spits A Schedule Here go again on another intermediate hockey season Spits wilt crack open their 53 A intermediate A oyster tonight at the arena t Along to provide the first lea gue home opposition for our Spitfire tribe wilt be Oakville Oaks The Oaks arc an unknown quantity but considering past years performances theyll come up a strong icewinning platoon Spits take the ice tonight four game winning skein be hind them In exhibition contests Theres i0 this years crop of can pot goals In four exhibition games to date they ran hi tallies otf better than eight a game iliats going some as youll U agree ami more of tills prolific scoring could skoot them to the top of Ihe Big Eight ladder and keep ihem there Coach Harry Morrison has been pleased the Spits hustle to date and appears complete harmony in camp As for tonights lineup Keii Tup- ling will likely get the nod oh the heels of his supershot block ing job at Georgetown to guard the For protection JSpccs Tup- ling will have Andrews and the bridge Ross loch- berg Coach present thrce lines to carry the tack and the- fa lis will likely get a look at last years regulars Don Spider Gibson Grain Itocket Bill Patrick Don Smith Ken and Good news for all you kiddies Seems weve got a hockey team that can win Newmarket Spit fires carved out another pair of victories thats four in a row now over Georgetown in their get ready skirmishes last jyeclc Thursday here the Morrison- men conked Georgetown and dood it again Saturday the Spits cyclonic rearguard paved way for the Spits to get on the hope and glory road Saturday with a corking twoway defensive show and sparkling fourgoal sniping effort Keith and Tommy Speed Ball got into the scoring act with Spits other kill shots Saturday Coach Harry Morrison could only find Spits around to do his bidding There was goalie who played a whale of a game and got sharp defensive C support from Jack Andrews thevonlyitwo regular rearguards Don Gibson and Grant Firth formed one corps Keith did double duty setting up plays for Tom and Bill Johnston and stepping out between Don Smith and Ken to keep them pass supplied might wonder how the Spits could do It understaffed as they were and the answer can be summed up in one word hustle Spits were in a hurry more of the same and Eddie Bush and company arid anyone else for that matter had better watch out For a recap of Thursdays scoring Georgetown drifted a quickie long shot past Bill it completely fooled the to start the free scoring session away Ross our freewheeling de fense Differ latched onto a pass from Bill to tie it and before the period curtain rang down Spits were leaders on chord hitting efforts by Bill Johnston Keith and Don Smith Bill Patrick and Jack Andrews started A Shewchuk away on a kill shot safari early in the sec ond before Ron Dixon and Ken Nash visitors aces counted their second goals of the night to spark the visitors within one of a tie at Spits then blew in three with out a Georgetown counterpunch to pull away again Ross decked the Georgetown for a picture goal af ter Tom lent a helping hand Keith fired his Nov Newmarket arena inter A hockey Spitfires home opener Oaks Newmarket Spitfires Nov Aurora arena North York minor hockey league organisation meeting Nov pm Dixie arena exhibition junior hockey Aurora Bears Dixie Bees Nov Fergus arena Big Eight inter A ho ckey Newmarket Spitfires Fergus Nov Newmarket arena Newmarket and district second goal and completed his I hockey doubleheader hat trick to open the third be fore steady plugging Ken Broughton tipped a blueline shot the George town citadel Between third goal and Brouhtons windup tally visitors wing liner beat from close In for the Raiders fifth marker Summarizing Keith sparked the Spits with three goals and two assists Defensive ly Spits tightened up consider ably from their previous out ing Bob Dixon making his first appearance in Spits regalia was a help working smoothly and efficiently along side Ross Hochberg Coach Morrison shuffled his lineup considerably sending Don Gibson and Bill Patrick regular wingers to play making j pivot spots while working Bill Johnston and Bill on the wing line Newmarket Regents Vandorf Kettleby vs Mount Al bert A KESWICK DRILLING CO and fl Inch wells PHONE KESWICK Keswick In Rural Hockey The first trace of snow last week set the Keswick hockey pot bubbling Plans for a strong rural representative are starting to take shape At the organization meeting of the Keswick Rural Hockey club week Tom was named president Ed was returned as manager and Ken Davie has signed on for an other year as coach Keswick has again entered the strong nine team TriCounty Rural Hockey League and will be grouped with Coboconk Little Britain Sutton Canning- ton Woodyille Port Perry Cam- bray and Three of the teams in the loop Sutton and Port Perry carry a senior rating Keswick defeated to win the TriCounty loops inter mediate it It last season and expect to ice a stronger team than last year Bond Ontario Plain and rock face Rock face silo blocks J SUTHERUND Phone Bradford J Murray Edgar Mount Alberts super scout had a pro gram for his win ter Now he hasnt Krst HOME OF GENUINE jfivj THE LATEST i Appliances 36 Main St Phone tr J I- KING CITY BACK K HUNT King City Maroons are back in the hunt for the Peel- York shirts then Newmarket Regents arid then go for the big stuff Aurora Bears Newmarket Spits just maybe the Maple Leafs Hie licked Sutton and waylaid the Regents to iut their plan in operation but now theyll have to abandon- further conquests- -Fitiday- in Aurora arena the Bears lash ed Motilities in an contest Coach Edgar if he was could come son Taylor the Oak Ridges arid hockey man has been appointed is and Geo club president The Lake iVlarie and King Athletic again the With most of list year back rand several new grace the linkup well be as strong if not stronger than last year imports Coach Taylor man Uaughton aiwl Bill Mabbett fresh year In Scot will pro vide look It ail adds In hew season of hockey and that of course made q Whale of a difference p in Bears hit for throe first period glials nind into the win- for the Bears triumph has to be bestowed oh I men Nobby and Andy Closs Jr A pair of finds in the Bradford Hob and liob home ttears other markers Auroras Midgets BRADFORD TliailSDAY TO SATURDAY Wean Jerry Lewis Calvert SECOND How They Stand DISTRICT W Mount Albeit Vandoif J Reams J TOWN I A J MA Taylor Smith Ross MA Kintfdon Van I a ft A a MONDAyTQWElNrSOA for he Aurora Town are starting shape The moling was held Sunday Aurora arena Dieters Cases Aces arid Vlohiry Flyers throe of lost years iown vUl tar another at the title will like- fourth Iho Cliff he Aces All- four teriiirs wlieiijie4 a for evening X As yet riR to the hut this J I bo core of in the near shut will made on the NTHV This club and our tidings fop our players The as sponsoring the slxtonm Frl Nil No debut in a bright start with assists a tvoas- sw num and Walt gavo out with a starring ItUuvltne ef fort lorlhK drafted Bruins struck tin first payoff for the ties late in the first Paisley helped by Hilt the only second initial score Rose who first period over Ills whistle to rapid loin dtesjied In limkrv and In fMQUiHo3 final two Rnscbair Ms way back on sport scone Friday last for brief the wero Quests of Aurora he at The lg km look the occasion to iritilit member of the winning tun in nifty siiUtbty were Cliff Ron rant Hob Andrews lliid Sutton Dili Jack Rob Morgan liiiii I soil Coach Freil Wilson and assist anl coach wore aim Ah Wultfo and Dr potildlnif officiated lit at Inn Alt MO in the Aurora worn their winning were legion snorts Mcfjoan inid lilickoiiiidlil Aurora Ream will ho Midland and by WoodtftrAtMly Wed nnnrimnn Annua iNd- and Midland cany a Owen it to draw will bo In nil Monday when youre slightly OFF YOUR FEED lisuVsss iJuh Ihx1v aid in of of find in Thou two ivi why lUws this lri is a yet rftivUyt isa iltufitic it uUon in and- to you ll awl with a litlto in yottv lrYit4c wlicn W it lls Ml a nil emw In minor bn Tim tflj wilt thin North i MM rive i Co lis am course iVV Vf L With living costs so high one has to be careful of expenses even when taking a hip Tlwts why low bus fates appeal to I have a little extra to spend on enter tainment or for some of my shop ping while away And travel ling by bus these days is really enjoyable- FARES ARE ROUND BOSTON DETROIT if PITTSBURGH NEW j J Tickets and MARKS A G r j tf

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