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Newmarket Era and Express, 1 Aug 1957, p. 10

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I TBiWSft BADMINTON SUPPLIES See Our New Line of Racquets Repairs And Rest ri ngs A Specialty and Jack Purcell Athletic Shoes CLUB DISCOUNTS GIVEN ON ABOVE ITEMS KEITH DAVIS SPORTING GOODS Main St Newmarket Phones Bus TW 56291 Res Where Sports Shop Save Down the Centre by Ab Hulse fun end fan Aim stop Are 1 viewing Newmarket Furniture ft Electric Main St Tonight the semifinal round in the YorkPeel circuit opens at Aurora with Richmond Hill pro viding the opposition This will he a best series with the games alternating between Aurora on Thursday and the Hill on Mondays unless more speed is necessary The league went right to the wire to decide fourth and fifth spots an extra game sending the Hill into fourth and giving them the dubious honor of meeting the league leading Aurora Dairymen The losing club took the fifth spot In the other playoff brackets its Kettleby Schomberg and King vs each is a best of five series King looks like the only sure winner out of that many giving Schomberg and the Hill a real chance to upset the two top teams As good a judge as Stunden calls the Hill to beat for the pennant we meet our hardest opposition first Behind the plate Syl Steffan ranks as good as any catcher in the loop Bill Backson Windy and Tony Roman give a nice mound choice and Gillespie Joe McLean Muraski and Tom forma smooth working infield if as good an individual bail player as there is in the league can also pitch as can Jim Cummings who per forms in the outfield with Bob McLean Ron Biggar Gordy Ban- ton the hitting star of the team Stan Ransom the veteranHerbie Rose and Matt Kennart provide the reserve strength They are just starting to roll according to Herb Rose The Dairymen who will be in intermediate B in the OSA have added Bob of the Newmarket Legion and Jim of King to catch Bob This is a dandy alternative bat tery to Stunden and Hoi- Don Gibson of Newmarket and Ted of Vandorf will aid the team in either infield or outfield as required can play any posi tion With Andy Closs Grant Winter Ron Simmons Patton Gibson Vanderpol on the club along with Earl McDonald and Bob Harmah it looks like the Au rora Belairs will be in action The Aurora club with Charlie Case Herb and lead ing the bench job are a happy crowd of diamond warriors who could go a long way Off the cuff notes If you see Douff Alcorn Auror a- Vandorf sportsman Harry Young fleet outfielder of Markham Aces or Clare Stouffville district athlete all sporting shiners dont quip about running into a door or a left hook by the frau Hon estly those black eyes all came from Alcorn misjudged a grounder which hit a pebble Young was the victim of a foul tip was struck by a thrown ball and was knocked cold Johnny of Sutlon rep resenting the Briars was elimin ated from the Ontario Amateur at London in the first round last week Billy Bell of Aurora High lands went out in the second round On Sunday Bill forgot all about his disappointing showing by dropping a holelnone on the short hole at Aurora Bell who was playing with Ricky jokingly boasted BRILLIANT TONE Complete with Aerial and Installation YOUR BIGGEST BARGAIN HIGHPOWERED PLEASURE I or Builtin Speaker Custom Style Easy Terms THE COMPACT ACE It yours ThU truetone performer be mounted under the or con be quickly adapted in to mount In the high fidelity of lone it reproduced with clarity and wide range by the big permanent magnet The 5lube audio engineered designed to give full performance by incorporating a dualduty tube Automatic volume control Illuminated dial any car or truck or volt operation An outstanding Canadian Tire value NO CASH DOWN EASY TERMS Custom Built Electrohome Auto Radios To Fit All Models From 7145 Up COME IN AND ENJOY OUR AIRCONDITIONING LTD MAIN ST NEWMARKET TW 54564 about doing the trick and had a small bet on the result when he stepped up to the tee It was the second holeinone on the same hole this year Shine Davis Stouffville tailor and umpire de luxe the alltime best in our books enjoyed his annual mid summer jaunt to New York and Yankee stadium last week seeing the Yankees play the White Sox Despite the Sox fine showing Shine who is a rabid Yankee sup porter from away back when sez Its in the bag Wedding bells last week for three well known district ath letes Bob Andrews of the Aurora constabulary left the ranks of the benedicts as did Bob Hart Aurora and mem ber of the OPP and Danny Tures ace winger with Brooklin Dod gers last winter Cliff Johnston the sachem of the Brooklin tribe reports that Hap Emms is trying to put the snatch on Tureski goalie Joe Me- centre Jackie Germond and defenceman Moose McMahon Melenick has too good a job in Oshawa to consider hockey a ca reer Tureski likewise and Ger- unfortunately missed his school year but will enter Ryer- son Tech and play with the Brooks next winter McMahon is likely to try out with but his inandout performance wont guarantee him a spot on the Fly ers unless he smartens up Bob Carnegie starry but tem peramental forward is playing lacrosse with Brooklin as is Mur ray Jones Johnston is unruffled about the report of Stouffville re turning to junior hockey next winter its a fact my friendlies as he claims his players are all OK including the brilliant Mur ray former Stouffville juvenile Time for some of the other impresarios to give out with a few of their plans for next win ter Lou Ross softball and baseball sponsor was a mem ber of the foursome from the southern village who reign as District 13 bowling champs this year Hal Bur wash Fred Morgan and skip George complete the team Al Klinck of the same club is district singles king and Floyd Perkins and Warren Hall of Richmond Hill will compete in the Provincial doubles event Johnny Coupon Squire of Gairlands former Olympic and Henley sculler has been basking in the sun Port Dal Henley where some of his schoolboy and crews have been in action Long John is still a mighty fine oarsman and tin the pink of condition Joe the Bradford boy who is always on the job when lit comes to sports has turned wrestling matchmaker and with the assistance of Frank Turin has lined up a gala card for the night of civic holiday Carded to appear arc Fred Atkins I Vic Christie Baron Galtonl vs rends and in the main bout Gene K k Farmer Boy- The latter will definitely render a ditty or two before the Killer goes to work Looks like a big night The troupers are draw ing big crowds at each I week with nothing but head liners attracting crowds of over a fine deal indeed for the private ly owned arena A fine new pitching star ap pears on horizon this year with 17yearold Billy Richardson of Vandorf improving every game The Vandorf club ia mak ing a gallant finish for a playoff spot but perchance they left it too late Richardson has a bright future and the Lavender Mob will be heard from another year if not this season Bradford will celebrate its itjniiil next week and the good burghers of Celery town have planned some mighty fine doing including sporting events If you are in Bradford we sug gest you see the window In Art store on Main Street Mr Evans a great sportsman himself Ins 1 spurting motif with pictures of Bradford lacrosse team of the champions of 1932 the rural hockey champs of 1011 the lacrosse slick and ball I used by the great Dr Lou Camp bell one of C a a a a alltime greats in lacrosse as well as pis tols muskets powder horn- and one antique weapon used in the war of 1812 Quite an array of sports folklore As a mailer of record Rradford won intermediate lacrosse cham pionships in lflOll 1009 ju nior honors in and if we re call rightly intermediate hon ors a few years ago Aside from the ORHA hockey championship of these were the only pro- honors In the picture we couldnt recognize any of the faces through the window except the late nob Mr Kins try Dr Campbell Jim Wehh hut doubtless there was a Church a Robinson a Sutherland West a Saint a Coombs a Reeves and other Bradford gentry on the club In the Softball pic ture we spotted manager Charlie Evans George Art Knee- and one or two others The hockey picture of more re cent vintage enabled us to see Bill Stephenson Dick Hunter Mutt Bus Carter Lloyd Houghton Bill Fuller Bill Cov ert Chuck the Church brothers among the Bracl Walker Team Plasters rage The Newmarket and Express Thursday Aug It was strictly a big evening for Elgin Brad Walker team as the handed YMCA a punishing setback at the fair grounds July 23 in a town league game It was walks and errors more than anything else that led to the downfall In all the Walker- men had nine hits Y six so you can see there wasnt too much spread there However walks and errors shoved the crew behind a king size eight ball In all the waited out walks and were helped by eight errors and four Fordmen got free transportation to first base hit by the pitcher Heres a sample of how things were breaking for the In the second inning as the pulled away they got seven runs on one hit that being Don Shoe- bridges triple Walks errors and hit batsmen did the rest for the The did get in some solid base knocks including Cliff homer John Rennies triple Shoebridges triple and double Bill Fortrans double and Harry Stokes triple that capped a fiverun first inning The did well at the start as they scored three first and two second inning runs Two walks a hit batsman Lloyd Harveys single and Graeme Masons bunt single ignited the Ys first round while the losers got their second frame runs on an error hit bats man and Don single Don tripled in the seventh bill mil trying to score as I Paisley a fine nipped at the plate Lloyd Harvey was the big gun He had three hits Harold Harper starter was hi hot water all evening most of his own making as he doled out II walks and hit three halters Paul Mainprise succeeded Har per in the sixth but by that time the Walkcrmen were wound up and shot home four final runs in the seventh via Cliff home run John triple Don triple and Fred single Craig Case worked first four frames for the Waikermen with Bob Pallia coming on in the fifth With lacrosse hockey baseball a new arena a new cur ling rink the first recreation di rector in Bobby Lynn former goalie the citizens of the village can well bi proud on their 100th birthday of the progress of the district oasis We wish them well Johnny young Rich mond Hill track star came of age last Saturday as he won the Se nior hurdles at Eastern Canada championships in Toronto Young Pasmore reversed the decision over Raus of Hamilton who de feated him in the open at Hamil ton two weeks ago he romp ed the distance in 155 This is a second off the Canadian record but is remarkable time for a 17- yearold boy Nancy Dean also of the Hill took third place in both the se nior womens running broad jump and high jump breathing on the necks of the first and se cond place winners Nancy will be first any time now Dozers Wallop Green Acres Don Thorns slammed three suc cessive home runs two in one in ning to torch Kitching Dozers to a lopsided win over Green Acres at the fair grounds July The game was a scheduled town league contest The Dozer hitters were in fine form as they gave Bob Green Acres fireball the full treatment In all the Dozers showered the ball diamond with an even hits Along with Thorns who had three home runs a double and a single Punch Williams drilled out a home run double and sin gle Bob and Bob Wood cock also got into the hit jam boree with three hits each while Jack Mills and Bill Forhan set tled for two apiece Leading the Dozers com pleted their merrygoround by sending 11 batters to the plate in the seventh to score eight runs Jim Camisso the Green Acres speedy bagged the one and only run for his team It was a sixth inning home run Bob Dozer mound worker was a real sharpie He threw a thriffv fourhitter and slipped a third strike past eight Green Acres batters Jack OHalloran and John At kinson produced back to back first inning singles after two were out but died on base as Bob Attwell grounded out pitcher to first Ken Haley punched out a se cond inning single for the losers third hit From then on Until lowered the boom in the sixth had the Green Acres sluggers strictly on starva tion rations I GOODWILL USED CARS Backed By our Written Warranty CHEVROLET CLUB COUPE Leather upholstery radio in excellent condition One owner METEOR 2 DOOR Radio white wall tires Outstanding condition One owner FORD CUSTOM DOOR SEDAN Radio white wall tires A good car 1952 METEOR CUSTOM 2 DOOR twotone white walls Very sharp METEOR CONVERTIBLE Radio White Walls A real Sport Model 1951 DOOR SEDAN Runs and looks like new FORD CUSTOM DOOR Exceptionally Good 1950 PONTIAC DELUXE DOOR Torpedo body A real sharp ear GOODWILL TRUCK BUYS 1956 GMC TON PICK UP with long- box Only miles One owner New MERCURY 3 TON STAKE speed axle 20 tires Good Racks Platform and Tarp Excellent condition invite you to talk with the original owner of any car on our lot FOR THE BEST NEW CAR DEAL ANYWHERE SEE Motors Newmarket Limited your BUICK GMC TRUCK 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