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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), June 28, 1967, B20

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J Hub citizens arise you presence is required at the Newmarket fairgrounds over the Dominion Day weekend Stash your grass cutting worries in the corner forget the cottage for the moment and hitail It to the showgrounds Thats what they used to call the fairgrounds flats care pitched a perfect game as Newmarket Argus Camera blanked Imperial East man at the fairgrounds June 22 carved another in the Hall of Fame records with his perfect game effort rZU I- Over the years the showgrounds has been many activities and many major sporting events Its told that many great races have been run there to Its been mentioned that the great distance runner number of batters in the Tom Longboat romped around the faigrounds track We recall some great baseball and Softball battles and some great field lacrosse events But to hearken back to the upcoming weekend Its doubtful that in the past it will have been any busier than this coming weekend While the team total isnt up to as yet reports Art Ferguson its likely to be filled first umpires clarion call play ball rings out Play gets underway at 630 pm June on three fairgrounds diamonds The girls juveniles and ban tams will give the tourney a send off At pm therell be a mens senior game The tourney continues Saturday with an hour and a half break for the Newmarket Centennial Parade By the way Dick The Bulldog Brower will be in the parade and at the fairgrounds Agro coach Leo has promised to send a couple of well known players to participate in the festivities The event is being sponsored by Ray Twinney of Rays It is a joint effort of the Newmarket and East Gwillimbury Township Recreation Com mittee It all adds up to the greatest soft ball tourna ment in Newmarket history In fact were willing to bet its the biggest and best in Ontario if not the whole Dominion Chiefly responsible for launch ing the tourney is Art Mr Computer Ferguson the wee Scot who knows no peer when it comes to organizing tournaments Gilbert is his able assistant Wilf Roberts is treasurer Committee members include John Don Popple Bill Garland Tom Bill Ellis Tony Gallone George and Jim Gibbons Its a five category tourney with competition in mens senior ladies juvenile midget and bantam Some games will be required to declare cham pionship teams and consolation winners With many top notch teams from all across Ontario competing it makes for a full weekend of best Softball All we need now is a weekend smile from the weatherman That seems difficult to obtain at the moment as the ball teams sing rain rain go away the ball teams want to play Its difficult to believe only two games have been played in the Lake Senior League in the first two weeks Burgers Vandorf and Keswick yet to see action Its a mite difficult under these circumstances to establish a trend Bill Morritts Pine Orchard lead the pack with three points The rumor is Eric and Willard have a dark at the ready Theres a great battle shaping up in the Senior circuit Wood a BA who have Richard Lunney and Butch Boyd as their onetwo pitching punch own a point margin over Elmvale market Argus ShutterSnappers moved into third place with their Thursday home win nineinning stretch wheeled a third strike past Eight East- man wouldbe hitters Eastmans didnt get so McCann much as a toe hold on first nnin shot base as they were up and was headed through the list of perfect game scoop up a bunt preserving catches Gould wheeled to rob opposition Don of a sure home run Ken Sturgeon and him self in the fourth perform- TORONTO Several miractes to earn the plau- dits of the best crowd of the sprouting Senior Soft ball League season got his mitt In front of a drive off the bat of centrefielder late innings but it was i V ivi Tely Trophy Race ship race has been postponed Trie 22 drivers returning for the race are Bobby Lloyd Ruby Gordon John- cock Bob Hurt Knep- At Carl Williams Jerry Grant Jim Roger Johnny Rutherford Rick WaUy Gary Cong- den Jim McEIreath Ronnie Dura an Mario Art Pollard A J Joe Leon ard Bob Harkey and Ronnie market and Aurora residents will be on hand when Indian apolis cars and drivers pick up where they off at Mos- Park when the postponed run on July Drivers will remain in their grid positions which they won during qualifying trials last Friday Bobby and Lloyd Ruby are in the front row with starting from the pole position as the win ner of the Billy Foster Mem orial Trophy United States Auto Club of ficials and drivers are busy changing flight and test in order to accommo date the new date for the race Mario will fly in the day before the race from where he was slated to test tires A J and Joe Leonard made arrangements directly after the postponement to leave their cars lit Toronto so both will be ready to go on Canadas Centennial Holiday The wet conditions made it Impossible for officials to permit the powerful cars to run in the rain for fear of a serious accident It was only the third time in two years that a champion- Eastman hurler Don Mo held no terrors for Argus Cameramen to for bine runs an equal number of hits The Shutter Snappers broke in front in the first inning as Larry on base on an error scored on successive Dale and Lee Gould hits Don Gibson singled to open the tworun Argus third Gib son and Pegg scoring on Ken Sturgeons double Lee Gould having a big night homered in the sixth to make It V mm a The Eastman defense A crumbled in the final two In nings Argus scared five runs on three hits four walks and as many Eastman errors T ir By YOU ARE WELCOME AT GOLF COURSE BALDWIN ONTARIO 2 MILES SOUTH OF SUTTON ON HIGHWAY Holt Per Pit As Ym YEARLY MEMBERSHIP AVAILABLE GENTLEMEN LADIES JR ALL DAY WEEK DAYS ALL DAY SAT SUN A Mil AND LOTS fir CALL At i I mutfnblmjAHMling Allan SIM CHARGE mmt AS CO Authorize I Carving another notch In the hall of fame Dale was the hero last week when he pitched a perfect game for Argus Camera as they defeated Imperial Eastman Facing batters in the nineinning stretch wheeled a third strike against eight wouldbe hitters Staff Hospital Wins Two V GAME A game that will go into the Hull of Fame record books Dale fashioned a perfect game facing 27 batters in the nine frame stretch Lee Goulds catch in right field best of the season was a perfect game saving features are tied point wise with Argus for third place but have one more loss than Elmer Mattices Imperial Eastman trail Argus by five points with Rocks their new name far back basement sweepers This Argus side of rates with the best to represent Newmarket in intermediate circles Coach Bill Collier and manager have Dale Pegg Jerry Case and Dan available with hardrock Norm Roberts and Hex to do the catching Spider Gibson Ron Beckett Terry Gorman Ken Ken Sturgeon and Glen Main- prize are inner picket line protectors Outer pasture pat rollers are Bill Don McKnight and Lee Gould The return of Ken is pleasant news was second in the League last sea son following closely behind batting king Corby Adams Gould a beat glove man along with are Argus lead hitters at the Newmarket Good news from another front Carl has started a Hub pcewce Softball nine This will give young start In the small diamond sport and should provide future Newmarket teams with tried and tested trainees Now all we need to complete the picture is a squirt side The mushball flockB have had their trouble with the weather as more than half their scheduled games have been One team was so anxious to play the other pm wanted to go in tho rain Listen guys its only soccer pluyers who give but in the heavy dew Hardy men of the north arent allowed to play in the showers Stew Aurora MucDontilds Furni ture have grabbed the lead in the KAN loop Macs are likely to stay there as thev Bob Kennedy shooting the stuff Brian has been pitching for Sterling Drugs Larry and Bill Duncan for Hospital Ross Arbucklo for John Dews Kingmen and Murray Knights for Nool Edgars Bell Ringers AURORA Aurora Mac- Donalds Furniture defeated King City to take sole of first place In the KAN King Aurora New market Intermediate Soft ball league It was a big week for Buz and his Ontario Hospital crew The Hospitallers defeated the Sterling Drugs and blank ed Newmarket Bell Telephone The twin triumph enabl ed power packed side to move into second place while Bell anil King City share the league cellar Bob Kennedy pitched a threehit winner over King Citys Ross Ken nedy got solid extra base hit support from Bud Sutton Dave Hamilton Chuck and Larry Sutton Hitters beware pitching wing Is in mid- season shape a nifty as Hospital tamed Bell Terry Stone slammed a two on homer Keffer and BUI Duncan got to Bell Murray Knights for two hits each to pace hospital John Cole connected for Bell single Hospital has entered a sec ond ace on ros ter Bill Duncan pitched steady ball to top Sterlings Brian Morrison Terry Stone Lurry Keffer and lashed out for two hits each to lead Hospital inlaw far yuan HOME TEAM torn- V INVESTMENT Tarn of or Minimum owl or my No on for of OPEN UNTIL ON FRIDAY 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