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w i A- Hasketts f i by GEORGE HASKETT Era Sports Editor The top of the to yah a little late perchance but a sad thing it was to have had a St Patricks Day with lis and but a skat ing carnival on at the arena What a fine night it would have been to stage a few boxing or wrestl ing Hots mayhap to feature those two broth of boys Bulldog OBrower and Ron It wasnt always thus Weve seen some hot and heavy swinging St Patrick days when Hub and Aurora hockey clubs were providing the general mayhem in historic Trolley League days It Is always pleasant however to sit in on those whirls and twirls provided by the figure skaters and done efficiently to the House of Strauss waltzes Newmarket has sent out some fine and fancy Guy and Maureen Peever to name a pair Hockey doesnt get everyone into the finals just the best and favored few not so with New market figure skaters Everybody gets into the act in their soecial Our Town On Ice carnival HOCKEY TOURNEYS Ontario youngsters have no time for ami Easter bunnies Theyre too busy with hockey tourneys king size and otherwise There are more than two dozen tourneys on tap during the Easter holiday period league teams teams and players arent eli gible Jolly good idea because house league players dont get the opportunities to travel here and there to play throughout the winter semester Play gets underway here March at pm with Newmarket sawing off against In the evening East moves front and center for tests with Georgetown Lindsay Milton Woodstock and learns moves into focus March as the first round com petitions continue in novice bantam and midget divisions Its eliminations March with finals April starting at 1 pm The tournament is being spon sored by the Canadian Legion Branch with Newmarket Minor Hockey Association officials overseeing the activities Art Ferguson is con venor Art of course will have a big back up crew of helpers referees timers etc We hope this tour nament will lie an outstanding success Its a great idea to give teams a chance to show their stuff Bob Linn and the Bradford arena will be a busy- spot at the same time as Art Kneeshaw and his able John give the fans the Metro North Little NHL championships They start March and continue on through to and including April I A total of teams will be competing for titles and grand championships Bradford East and South Shore teams will rule as fan favourites YEAR FOR AURORA Its been an Aurora year in the zone Little NHL playoffs Aurora will send novice and bantam teams to the Little NHL A scries cham pionships to be held in next week Its congratulations to Walt Fines Vince Casey Rob Jack Mike Patrick and Eric Zero Smith Aurora coaches We hope they bring back a flock of titles from Bill and Roy OKcys and their slicker Aurora Tiger machine downed Parry Sound Bruns wicks for a lead in the best of seven Junior This has been the biggest year in sometime for Junior entries Lindsay will play Well ington or in the East In the far west Port Huron tackles Dresden New Hamburg rated by many the team to beat ousted There are a couple of other intergroup playoffs under way as well If and company can keep percolating hockey will be with us for a spell Tiger management welcomed Paul back into the fold for the Lindsay test should prove a valuable defensive asset to the club Percy Hutchinson took over for Bill McCaffrey with the Doug Wilson rink in the third trebles series at Bill Andrews was the third mem ber of the championship trio Behind the glass skips will get their chance this week at the York Curling Club Mens and womens division playoffs get underway Weve never seen a behind the glass skip miss a shot yet We know were one of the second SOFTBALL CLINIC Softball umpires please reserve April Thats a Sunday morning at am An umpires clinic will be held at the Beverley Hills Motel North York in conjunction with the annual meet ing Umpires etc are invited Its congratulations to John Graham John qualified to bowl in CYC allOntario bowling championships in recent matches held at the Bowl Newmarket Fred and Joy Counter will close their Newmarket alleys at the end of the current season The Counters made a lot of friends in bowling circles and provided many hours of recreation to many Hub and district sportsmen young ami old Ed- Pitt is first in with a tourney note Holland Landing snorts day tournament will be held June Convenor Pitt will accept the first right entries Lions Bantams Qualify For Little NHL Final The Era Newmarket Aaron March I NEWMARKET George Morgan defeated Bob Coulter to rate a first place Mon day draw finish Harry Car Connie to finish the regular schedule on a sharp note TUESDAY DRAW tripped Ralph Huskisson Claude on a bye 102 to earn a second place last week finished three points finish Murray Woods bopped Harry Marshall to wind up In third place Jack King defeated John Bennett 1210 to clinch a playoff spot Huskisson and Dr are the other playoff contenders Alex Spear de- on the second place Jack King rink in the Tuesday draw King defeated 97 In a feature match The loss knocked the foursome out of the playoffs Ed Jones won by default Mo Hall knocked off Bob Clarke to share 1 rung Harold Fair Ernie Gerald Armstrong and George Gertrude Clark Shirley f day draw lead with a week to go Ralph Bob Houston Claude Broadbent Bob Coulter and George Moody areln line to cop the- other playoff berths defeated John Bennett 124 George Moody handed Murray Woods a third loss Carter defeated tar- Marshall Houston i polished off Art Bill Bates shaded Ralph defeated Coulter it5 and Bob Clarke topped Alex a i Aurora Tiger captain Weir with Dave Len Bray and Archie do a little mapping of strategy with Coach Bill to try and discover how to beat Parry Sound the club which put them out of Junior contention last year Shepherd Staff Hockey Midgets Hold Open Goal House NEWMARKET Quick doc the needle Thats what the goalies are going to need if current scoring hot streak continues In the Hub Midget Hockey League The snipers blazed away for 21 goats as Red Riots bopped While Clouds and Blue Blazes spread the gloom for Blue Bombers Riots and Blazes are tied for the league lead They have 23 points each lord unfurled a sterling twogoal effort to power the Riots Don Scott Pat Rick Allen and Mike celebrated St Patricks Day early with one goat expeditions Ivor Jim Walker Witherspoon and Kerry Cully came through in one goal style for Clouds Paul turned it on for a pair of goals to lift Blazes Jim Osmond Gary Hooper Jack Hurst and Bill Patrick were one goal Blazes Dana VanCamp and Steve Sniith carried the Bomber torch VanCamp racked up three goals Smith two Its one week to go then playoffs Jack Hurst has points Don Scott and Dana VanCamp in the battle for the scoring crown Run Indianapolis At Mosport Track The first In dianapolis type auto race ever staged in Canada is expected attract top drivers here June Drivers will compete in two 100mile heats for in prize money and Tne Tele gram Trophy Race Cup John said the race has been awarded full US Auto Club sanction for championship points The track is lo cated near Aurora Legion Leading AURORA Its an Aurora year in district Utile MIL circles Aurora qualified a second team to go to Cobourg Easter Week In compete for Little NHL allOntario hon ors Theres an old and proven to win hockey games Dont let your defenses down and dont give the opposition any goals exactly the formula Aurora Lions used to down Newmarket Optimist Braves at the Aurora arena It was a win that gave the Mike Patrick Eric Smith di rected I Jons the best of three Metro North Little NHL Ban tam district final in games Green is St Patricks week color So who scored the goals Fred Green and Glenn Ed Bob Paul and Dave Gundy erected the stur dy Lions blueline barrier Rick was a stand out performer in the Braves goal Previously the Aurora nov ices ousted Newmarket to qualify for the little NHL playoffs in YORK CURLING CLUB Monday Draw Final Morgan Carter Woods Coulter Marshall King Sparks Moody Spear Bennett Filman ft ft a IA 2 2 I 11 1 fi ft in I- a a AURORA Aurora hoesey fans are reminded Aurora Tigers arent the only team that is going great guns in the Ontario The Au rora legion are lead ing in the semifinals The Bob Jack led went into Lindsay March la and came home cheering over a win over the home town Lindsay side This was the first game in the semi finals Second game is at the Aurora arena March Game time is pm Team directors are hoping there Bradford Hosts To Little NHL BRADFORD The Brad ford Utile NHL Metro North division tournament will be one of more than two dozen designed to keep hockey play ing lads busy over the Faster week vacation period More than 15 teams are in volved in the three division junior A novice AHL pec- wee and NHL bantam tournament scheduled to start March at Bradford ami run through to include April Tourney teams will represent Bradford South Shore Bccton West Rouge Durham Oak Ridges nington gcon South River Phelps and Art Kneeshaw of Bradford NHL area representative is tourney convenor John of Newmarket Is Knce- assistant Tournament play opens March 29 at pm Bradford playing novice peewee and bantam games with South Shore There will be hockey from am to pm March TO Games March as con solation scries playoffs get underway at am with the final game of the day pm Championship and grand championship games will be played April with games running from 9 am until 7 pm will be a sizeable turnout of fans to cheer the Iegionaues on their way Gord Brian and Gavin Smith no strangers In the scoring statistics furnished the gionaire goals in the Lindsay session Giles playing heads up in goal was another star Tigers Win AURORA If Lindsay Merchants should happen to be the best Aurora Ti gers have to sweep aside along the OHA Junior C play off trek Tigers would be shooins to cop a provincial title Tigers beat Merchants in handy fashion 74 at the Au rora arena March and did not have to burn up a great deal of to do it Most important item was the return of Paul to Aur ora rearguard livery Coach gave juvenile grails Harvey Thompson and Bill Mclnnis a shot while John Gould and John earned a night off Tilt Mike Alcorn and Dave looked sharp in the Mer chant end They scored a to fire the Tabbies Fin ley marked his return a goal Roy and Rob Barber clicked for the other Tiger tallies Merchants tied the score all in the second minute of third period play After that it was strictly a Tiger show Tigers scoring three break ahead goals Jim Rutherford and subgoalie Ted shared Tiger shotstop ping Williams Atman and split the Merchant goals BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY Opticians SUPERIOR OPTICAL Prescript ions Filled Optical Repairs 23S Main SI Newmarket Insurance DRUG STOW H SUNDAY MARCH BEST DRUG STORE Open I til pm MARCH 29 BEST DRUG STORE Open until pm Both Drugs Stores Open Til pm SHARONS BEAUTY SALON KING CITY Now Call 8335421 For Half Mondmjs Tackier Italic and Auto off money Protect your W 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