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9 District Sports Jack Luesbys Rink Wins York Curling Champions ions Ont Championship Dawson Rfnk Wins Ladies Bonspiel One of the bright spots among many bright spots at the York dub hasbeen the keen rest of the members in club As the season closed Saturday there were over lady members in the club The lady curlers closed out What was a very busy and suc cessful season with a Thursday Eight rinks went out after the big prizes Play got underway at am Ten hours later after a couple of breaks Rita Dawsons rink was king the bows in the winners circle To stride away with top honors Mrs Dawsons rink reg istered a threewin record Mrs Elizabeth rink finished as second place winners with two Along with Mrs Dawson mem bers of the prize winning rink were Ruth viceskip Eileen second and lead Mrs rink was made Up of Heather McKenzic vice- skip Stella Curtis second and Billic Rogers lead The tournament draw was un der the direction of Mrs Clark and the ladies all enjoyed the full day of curling Championship smiles are the order here Its Jack curl- championship rink at the York Curling Club The clubs champion ship series was completed last Friday To gain the title the foursome defeated Allan rink in the finals The winners were presented with Bert Morrison Tip Top Tailor trophy emble matic of club championship honors The match marked the end of a successful first year season at the York Curling Club Left to right Reid Atkinson viceskip Ed Jones second lead Jack skip Era photo There was a full round of night- rink In other Thursday gam- Joy hit fertile wee hours of Wednesday in Aurora as the townsfolk win ning of an Ontario minor hockey association championship Once- word been flashed back from StMaryV that Aur had copped the titlethe good news spread like wildfire As soon as the convoydf Jubilant hockey players reached the towns peri meter the fire truck and a mob of joyful torch bearers formed up a parade to escort the victorious bantams into town Of course Auroras sportsminded Mayor Jim Murray was there to make the welcome official Then with the fire siren wail ing horns blowing and every type of noise maker- going full blast the parade with the players per ched on the truck toured back through town For those who dont keep a- of the hockey doings this was the first inkling that Aurora had copped another provincial championship To capture the crown the gal lant band of Aurora Lions bant am puckchasers won an impress ive victory in St Marys Tues day evening It gave the Lions a six point total the series and the title It was a great series a historic one in fact as three of the five games went into overtime The players coach Percy Preston manager Doug Harrison the Aurora minor Belairs Smother Point Edward In Intermediate C Finals Strikes and Spares STRIKES and SPARES U Lloyd Harveys super special fl05 triple sparked league scoring Other marksmen over were Petro Ken Gould Percy Pem- Frank VandenBergh J Child Tug- well Lloyd Martin 668 Fred Counter A Harold J In Tuesday ladies league action good scores developed as Mary Sargent rolled a Kay Eves 42 Gould Eleanor Peat Dorothy Butler Mary Dorothy Hewitt 542 and Ann 513 Thursday ladies league bowling taw Hazel post a tri ple followed by Helen Tomlinson Joan Noble 521 Olive Hugh- son and Myrtle Dunn Ted Heather wrapped up a lof ty 833 triple to snap up top honors jin the Friday night loop Art triple was second best Below the leaders in order were Dorothy Brown 677 Jack Chap man Ralph 656 Muriel Heather 644 Jim Bennett Bill Reg ing Joan 547 539 Elaine Gertrude Clark Doris Moore ly activity at the York Curling Club last week as the clubs top rinks went about declaring a club championship foursome When the last stone had been pitched around pm Friday Jack Luesbys rink had copped the- major prize and the Mor rison Tip Top Tailor trophy em blematic of club championship laurels To earn the first year club championship honors the Luesby rink Luesby skip Broad- bent lead Ed Jones second Reid Atkinson viceskip defeated Al lan McNabbs rink There was never a dull moment in the match as the clubs two hottest combinations battled it out stone for stone The two rinks were after seven ends but from there on the Luesby foursome polished off a couple of threepoint ends to pull the match out of the fire The McNabb rink- was made up of Chick Rooncy lead Roy Ben nett second George viceskip and of course master skip Allan McNabb was at the helm While the LuesbyMcNabb rinks were going at it hot and heavy in the consolation draw Camerons rink was proceeding to win an victory over Grant Sines foursome The winning consolation rink was Cameron skip Herb Mill er lead Dr Chunn second Dr Pratt viceskip The Sine rink was composed of Grant Sine skip Bob Clark viceskip Brent Mac- Nab lead Bill Garfat second Competing for the club cham pionship series were the top four series winners and the top four winning rinks from the second series competition To graduate to the winners cir cle the foursome of steady stone heavers whipped Grant Sines rink in their first match and then Thursday Grant Sine defeated Dave Par- adine 75 and Al Cameron posted a triumph over Clare Smiths foursome Fridays matches wrote a suc cessful finish to a fine club chain- Miami Greensmen In Doubles Play hockey association headed by Thornton Browning and the spon soring organization the Aurora Lions can be proud of the ach ievement To claim the championship the Aurora team had to do an uphill climb They trailed after a period and were still on the short end 32 after two chapters Deter mined that their loyal fans would have a celebration the Aurora boys pulled out all the stops in the final minutes to score five series copping goals while check ing industriously to stall St Marys at a single goal Every player on the champion ship team was a star in his own right Goalie Joe was a tower of strength and received solid protection from Bob Wall Paul Hughes and John Wilson Respon sible for the power attack were kingpin Norm Dennis Robert Wright Keith Wright Ken Tay lor Don Taylor Brian Knowles John Wilson Derek Scott Paul Sisman Chas Leeming and Terry Stone In Tuesdays game Charles Leeming did a man size job of keeping Aurora in the hunt scor ing the champs first three goals It was Leemings early third per iod goal that applied the spark to the Lions rollicking third period Don Taylor added two goals while Robert Wright and Paul Hughes hit for the other Aurora goals Judging from Saturday nights show of high scoring power and I a over all superiority Aurora Bel- 1 airs arent going to experience too much trouble getting into the On tario Hockey Association inter mediate C finals Playing against Point Edward in the semifinals the Belairs smothered their Western Ontario rivals The opened with a rush Champs In Aurora Aurora arena has had some busy sessions this past winter but probably none measured up to the action and excitement of last Fridays windup session in the Little NHL and had the visitors over a The first game in what was to barrel before the clock hit the be a four game event kicked off The local Miami indoor greens- men are nearing the end of their busy successful winter long bowl ing activities However before closing up shop the indoor lawn bowlers have some important bus iness to complete Under this heading comes the competition for the Jack Luck doubles i phy Play for this sought after a- Lions And St Marys Tie For Third Time In Finals minute mark The Pointers came back to score two goals before the first period closed but that was the only time they showed on the scoresheet After their brief flurry the might as well have pack ed up their tent and stolen away They never got another goal and the Belairs pumped home seven second and three thirdperiod goals to put the final hex on the invaders The having a field night harvested 33 points in all 14 goals and assists and every player on the club joined in the pickup of points The two toppers were Phil Nicholas and Dave Harvey They skated into the limelight with three goals apiece while Howard Bullock hit for a pair of counters Ted Grant Edwards Thorns Don Gibson Walter Fines and Andy contributed the other goals The teams were scheduled to resume the set in Point Edward last night Aurora lost the toss for the third game so if it becomes necessary itll be played in Point Edward this Sat urday scries Over curlers lin two weeks participated in both the first and second scries BELAIRS ADVANCE WHIP HARVESTERS Aurora made short work of Harvesters Playing at April the j Belairs stepped on the gas to whip the Harvesters 72 This was the second game in a best of five series However after absorbing Thursdays punishing reverse the Harvesters tossed in the towel and present ed the with the scries without further ado The were in command all the way leading in the first period and after two rounds The Thorns Don Gibson Phil Nichols unit had a field day They went for a hat full of points in all made up of five goals and nine assists Thorns and Gibson with two goals and three assists apiece were pace setters Their linemate Nicholas hit for a goal and picked up three assists Grant Edwards and Andy came through with the other goals while Walt Fines came into his own with a pair of helper passes Homer Barrett and Bill Adams uncorked the shots that robbed Paul out go with five teams competing in group one and six teams in group two With some great contests be hind them Dutch Krantzs two some look to be headed for the group one championship In group two George Hudson and company are the front runners with Ray Jelleys rink the other team that could tie Hudsons rink for the leadership spot The doubles final is scheduled to be played April at pm with group one winning combination squaring off against the champs of group two KESWICK COMETS LOSE IN ONT RURAL FINALS Ken Storey Hester Clark for the finals defeating Lou Wilson and Stephens rink Pcmbcrton Almost forgot there was no champion declared around the Cobb household Both Mr Char les and Mrs posted a triple Its a deadheat between Don Gibsons and Ken Millers team as the Office Specialty Office- mens league bowlers swing ioto the home stretch Roy Bennetts and George highlighted the pin spilling action Following in order were Hank Jack Malcolm 639 Don 608 Bill Mair and Francis McFarland Bell Telephone trundlers were hitting the maples hard and often with Harold LaPlante leading the assault with a 766 series Other men bowlers over were Neil 724 Harry Mills 717 To earn their crack at the title the McNabb rink shaded Clare Smiths rink 87 in one of the hardest fought matches of the ser ies and on Thursday the McNabb combination posted a 128 win over Bill Bales rink In other April playoff mat ches Bill Bales rink defeated Al Camerons rink and Lou Ste phens topped Dave Paradincs AURORA LIONS WIN IN OVERTIME AT ST MARYS Manager Doug Harrison and coach Percy Preston brought home a happy band of young hockey players from St Marys late Friday night The reason for the joy Aurora Lions meet ing St Marys in the Ontario Minor hockey association ban tam finals exploded in over time for three goals to win a 63 verdict over St Marys As a result of Fridays win the Lions and their rivals stood alt even in the Ontario finals sporting win each and the other game ended in a tie Aurora Yake Appliances North York Crown Winners Pouring in five third period goals to complete an impressive win over Becton Aurora Appliances captured the North York midget hockey single Don Gibson 654 Bill league championship Saturday at Johnston Jim Southward 616 and Don Cordy Tops in the ladies division was Dorothy including a 240 single Rita Hodgson Alice McCarnan and Marion James 515 were other leaders It was Ede Hall 677 and Marg as the Monday lad les league bowlers made with the big scores last week Alice Gib- Elaine Preston Jean Sisler Mona Dean 583 Mary Osborne Muriel Hea ther Smalley Jean Gould 544 Dean Annie Stickland Elsie Clinc the Aurora arena The game a suddendeath fix ture completed a busy North York midget league hockey sea son For two periods and well into the third period Saturday the AuroraBecton decision hung in the balance Aurora was up 3 1 after two periods mainly due to some fancy dan puck stopping by their top notch goalie Lowell Mc- Clcnny Keith Browning raced in to sink Larry Wood pass early In the third period to give Aurora a bulge before Jim Couphlin sank Bcetons second goal to make it Keswick Comets didnt cop the Ontario rural hockey association intermediate title The Com ets dropped a decision to April 2 in Port Dover Thus the Ontario final series fell to in games Despite the fact that the Com ets didnt win Ontario laurels this years edition came closer to an Ontario crown than any other Comet crew in history and Kes wick can be proud of the fine showing of their Cometmen In the windup contest they fell lire of a shut- behind 2 in the first period and trailed 2 after two rounds Battling to the last the Comets finished off on a strong note to score three third period goals However it wasnt enough as their opposition punched four shots be hind their efficient netminder Tex Baker The Comets big line was the Ash brothers and Mike ORourke This trio handled all the scoring in the final game Howard and Nobby Ash fired away at a two- goals apiece clip while ORourke dished up the fifth and final coun ter All the players over the season turned in a sterling job If we had won the loss for the third game we could have won the On tario title Anyway it was a very season and well be back stronger than ever next sea son Thats how cocoaches Lo well Waller and Nobby Ash along with managersecretary Ed Ma- honey summed up this years Comet hockey campaign Keswick Tex Baker Bud Thompson Bill Ego lowell Wal ler Bob Clarke Noel Ash How ard Ash Mike ORourke Keith Clarke Jim Lyons Ivan Rye Jer ry Pickering George Davidson Bruce John Cook Aurora Lions and St Marys provided their loyal supporters with another tie in their current Ontario Minor Hockey Associat ion bantam B final series Playing game four of the series at Aurora Saturday afternoon the teams battled through 10 min utes of overtime but couldnt shatter a 3all tie It was the game four played that the two evenly matched sides have dished up in their current best of seven finale Each team now has a win and two ties to its credit so the next game winner walks off with the Ontario championship For two periods Saturday Aur ora looked on their way to a win They led Ken Taylors un assisted goal at 720 and Don Tay lors goal at from Norm Dennis and Ken Taylor jumped Aurora ahead St Marys counted before the first period closed Jack Nairn to be heard from again later triggered the visitors goal Aurora sprinted ahead in the initial minute of the middle period as Ken Taylor rifled in his second goal Aurora let down in their check ing duties slightly in the final period and St Marys showed their best side to square the count as first Nairn and then Glen Sla ter scored Slaters was the equal izer with under four minutes re maining in regulation play The biscuit buzzed around both baskets in the overtime but it just wouldnt go in as Peter Aur ora netminder and his opposite Ross Marshall with some help Thornhii Has First Team In District With district hockey fast doing a fadeout minor baseball stal warts will start huddling in the near future to set up the frame work for this years campaign En tries are now being accepted from district teams for North York and Ontario Baseball Association com petition Entries can be sent along to George Newmarket OBA district executive member Thornhill baseball men have from the goalposts held the a march on the other com- wouldbe scorers at bay Both j Theyre in first with a teams had to hold the fort while peewee It will be Thorn- playing a man short in the over time to add to the tenseness of the drama being unfolded on the ice at pm and three hours and tired hockey players later it was all over as the young ho ckey players were going home with crests and silverware The cause of the excitement was the finals in both the peewee and tyke series The games marked the conclusion of a suc cessful minor season under the sponsorship of the Aurora Re creation Commission Canadiens captured the bunt ing in the section with a squeaker win over Rangers For their efforts Canadiens re ceived the Tom Dickson trophy The tyke division windup was another thriller as Buf fata squeezed out a win over Pittsburg The winners were presented with the Roy Allen trophy Adding to the fun two consola tion games filled in the breaks between the championship scraps In Leafs and De troit battled furiousry but could nt crack a tie In tyke con solation play Providence shaded Jim Wells a sharpie around the goal scored both Canadicn goals Bill hit for the lone Ranger counter Bruce Daley and Randy Al corn fired the goals that sent Buffalo winging to a champion ship Alcorns marker was th game and title winner John Cooper bagged the Pittsburg re ply Paul Graham scored the Leaf goal with Fred Hughes punching for Detroit Donald Lloyd and Tony Long were Pro vidence lamplighters while Wayne Chapman sank the Hersey tally The complete program that was brought to a successful con clusion Friday has run over the past six months under the direc tion of the Aurora Recreation Commission headed by Director Jack Robinson BUY SWIM POOL TICKETS Tickets for the Newmarket swimming pool draw may be pur chased from Stan Smith New market arena manager The draw will be held on Juno 5 and should complete the raising of funds for the swimming pool which is now under construction hills first attempt at hardball A system of territorial rights was set up at a recent OBA con vention This means that all teams considering a team in the OBA playoffs must come through the association operating in their area The North York league area ex tends from the Metro Toronto borders to Bradford and Beaver- ton on the north and includes all of York County west of Yonge St and as far east as Down the Centre by Ab Hulse Arva Thorns Ann Of In the and a half min borne and Claire Pollock were the top leaders Km and Express Classifieds Bring Results ules of play Bill Mundells crew made hay as they hit for four successive goals to null away from their Becton rivals 1 Dan hat trick in the dying minutes featured the classy finish Larry Sutton came through with a goal too in the late scoring rush Larry Woods two first period goals and Larry Suttons second chapter goal set up Auroras early lead Dave scored for Beeton in the first period North York league governor George presented the Ted OHcarn Trophy emblematic of midget league supremacy Au rora captain Dan in the on coach Ken Kelly manager j Earl Hill and their players were first over to congratulate the new champions King City won the title the previous year Aurora Lowell Keith Scott Larry Wall Dan Larry Sutton Ken Ro binson Mike Patrick Ted Mur- Hugh Wayne Zim merman Leon Larry Wood Keith Browning Ron Walker Joe Bill Mundell coach Ken Rose manager Bob Fairfax Mike Paul OLeary Chas Crawley Jim Dave Don Mc- Vincc erg in Cameron Wood John Pendergast Gould CLUB PLANS DANCE APRIL 19 Newmarket football club exec utives will open their drive to raise funds to outfit a local soc cer team with a dance to be held The sirens wailed the horns honked in the wee sma hours of Wednesday morning as Aurora Lions Bantams and their supporters triumphantly return ed home from St Marys with the Ash Morrison trophy in tow and the OMIIA Bantam cham pionship tucked away It was a first time bantam championship for Aurora as they duplicated the feats of New market but in doing so the Au rora youngsters produced a fi nale which for pure thrills has seldom been equalled Youll recall that Aurora tied the first game at home Go ing to St Marys they lost the second game in overtime they also lost the toss for the odd game and went back to Western Ontario score a sur prising win last Friday with a great finish Favored to take the series after leading at home last Saturday the Lions tied at 33 and the big fifth game on foreign ice was sched uled for Tuesday Bravely a cavalcade of Au rora cars left for St Marys and their hopes were quickly damp ened as the home club took a 2fl lead At the end of the first period it was for St Marys It was 32 for the Saints at the end of the second and then the Aurora fans raised the rafters as the Preston proteges tied the score and went ahead to jolt the home town fans And go on to a 74 win VicePresident Jack Oakes of made the presentation to team Dennis who was a standout all season In all of the games the home team has host to the visitors and Tuesday night was no exception as the St Marys folk equalled the hospitality of last Saturday when Aurora team in the Newmarket town hall Good Friday evening April I mothers entertained all the visit- As a special attraction club of- vers and fans have secured BirdDog a feature on Orillia radio station as the main attraction of the dance program Implementing their program to train referees to handle the dis trict football matches Newmarket and district soccer league offic ials will start a referees school The opening gun in the refer program will be fired with a referees school in the Newmar ket town hall basement April at 8 pm Anyone interested in be coming a football official is to attend ing players and tans Both teams credit for commencing A their great showing but the Au- Despite what may be said both about this and the team At noon on Wednesday Mayor Jim Murray held a civic recep tion for the team and from now on itll be a round of banquets for the boys Well lets hope this success story continues to spread for the Aurora fans for Aurora unless a miracle happened on Wednesday night stand on the verge of setting ho ckey history by being the first Aurora team to reach the Inter mediate finals and perchance cop a crown Point Edward County provided the opposition on Saturday last as Aurora and the Westerners were able to get away to a fast start since vale defaulted their third game to Aurora The Point Edward club has eliminated such teams as Forest and Oil Springs in their group and down ed Norwich in the playoffs They had a 10day layoff travelled miles and club that was really up for this scries The result was a crushing de feat after a first period for the It is doubtful that more picturesque passing plays have ever been seen in the Aurora arena as Ron boys really flow all the way and deserved their big margin al though once Aurora gained a four goal lead the younger Point Edward team If they can duplicate that ef fort the yellow and black should be able to uphold the honors of the district set by a third game by chance is neces sary itll be played at the week end at Point Edward Mean while Mlnden Monarchs final ists of last year are ahead of Napanee in their series which must end by the 16th A fly in the ointment at the moment is the fact that arena manager Jack Robinson says Ice will come out April Oak Ridges Comets Win The lake Title Oak Ridges Comets for the second successive year are Lake Simcoe junior hockey league champion To cop the leagues top award the Cornels defeated Stan Pollards Vivian Foresters twice last week Both games ptayrd Tuesday and Friday in the Newmarket arena wound up with identical scores with Oak the winners To finish in the championship circle the Comets used the strong finish technique In Tuesdays bout ahead the Comets rat- telephone as an indica- tied in three unanswered third of the hold of junior hockey round markers In game two on John Fan has been ring ing constantly to find out the re sults of the vs Tarry Sound series The Brooks strong favorites with district fans after their great finish with the Smo kies have quite a following As the dates were arranged Alex Eager of Parry Sound wanted that fourth game at home Well take it in four straight the man said Friday the Comets sped into an early lead and stayed in front all the way Doug sparkling hattrick and Fred Petersons twogoal shooting sparked the Comets Tuesday triumph Jim Wells and John Shcardown pumped in the other Oak Ridges goals Ken Davis popped in both Viv ian goals as the Foresters had On Saturday last the Sham- packs of trouble pumping the rocks really shone as they hand- biscuit behind the Ridges alert Cliff Johnstons boys an net minder Bob Woolley In Fridays game Doug Hoi- and John Dew were the sharpest Oak Ridges opera tors going for two goals each while Hugh Shcardown Fred Peterson and Jim Wells found the target for the other winners goals Ron and Ken Davis were Vivian lamplighters The games marked the conclu sion of a busy Lake Simcoe ho ckey league season All games except the finals were played in the arena Oak Ridges will receive the Morton Brothers trophy emblematic of league supremacy defeat their worst of the year Tuesday at home the Brooks tried to no avail to regain their form as the northerners hung a loss on them The third game is Saturday at Port Perry and Johnston is confident his boys will be back on the beam The fourth is in the Sound on Monday and the fifth game will met an Aurora one to be decided if necessary by a tossup All season the threat from the north has been scoffed at by most of the teams but it really looks as if the Sound has a winner this time The Brooks however have been down and almost out be fore and The Cinderella Kids will bo trying to the last bell so dont sell them short Speaking of shortselling the fans who de cided was through after being down three straight got a PEEWEE ALLSTARS LOSE TO SCARBORO Newmarket peewee shove off for arena to- T1 night to try to stay alive in the jolt on Monday as Paul area playoffs Lions bounded Kick right in j tomorrow have Chesley to take a win and rora kids had the of the at the right time Tues days win was a cat tonic for grouches after Saturday Un kindly enough but quite typical coach Percy Preston was the target for both unfair and un just criticism from too many Today hes the toast of the town It was always thus but you cant but wonder why some of these gents who dedicate themselves to sport do so with all the abuse they take Well say more later The a big task ahead of them As they start off tonight they are a goal down in the home and home totalgoals series The lo cals dropped a 10 decision to Scarboro here April in a spine- dates for the finals are not out of line If had insisted on their third game or prolonged the series the Point Edward games would only be starting It was with this in mind that the vs Mindcn series was arranged In fact if the Point Edward series goes three games theyll meet on the nose Its tough on teams and arenas as yet to bo decided on an level are B Int A Int Int C Jr C and Jr The lat ter five series now are all ready for the finals and by next week the other two will reach that stage Most will be finished by the end of April but it looks as if the Stanley Cup will be de cided in advance of most of them The Allan and Memorial Cups Paul in the Newmarket net was also a sterling performer Newmarket Roger Paul Dave Tom Sinclair Dtck Dennison John Randy Legge Ray Terry Cain Wayne Warner i I look better than that margin The cup was on hand for that one and as I write this on Wed nesday a in Im scheduled to take it to Alliston tonight where 1 hope wont have to preesnt it tingling hockey bout until next week in this best Scarboro bagged the only seven scries which Alliston may the game early in the first well prolong and for which in Marksman was John that case they get the seventh Webster game The local hopefuls had several In previous years the hockey great chances particularly Ray season has been a long one and Terry Cam Randy Peter ana David Smih but always found Doug San derson blocking their path Roger we admit but its also tough on Mr schedule makers will reach into May without Graham David Smith Peter go o doubt