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The Era Newmarket Aurora Oat W4 July 1 Era Sports Editor Those buy summer days are upon us and with them comes a flood of activity on minor ball diamonds across the region Down in Aurora the start of the minor lull program hasnt arrived without difficulty As one official put it In the hockey season you can get any number of people to help in the summer they just arent there But their kids are eagerly awaiting their turn at bat With limited volunteers however Aurora Minor Ball Association officials are hardpressed to find umpires for many of the games scheduled per Most of the difficulty exists in the girls divisions where according to one spokesman topnotch officiating is most required Despite all the problems league play is continuing as normal but any extra help would be well appreciated If youve got the time and interest give Bob Hookings a call at Dont ever underestimate the ability of a threeyearold We did last week when we stated that Suzanne Durne a three- yearold subject in one of our pictures of the Golden Stallion Acres horse show earlier this month was a spectator and not a competitor Not so said Suzannes mom in telephone call from her Brown Hill home last week Although she has had her own pony for less than a year Suzuannes been riding just about from the time she could sit her properlyproud mom said Another caller this week relayed some sad news from Arlington Heights Illinois where Newmarket hockey squads saw some exciting exhibition action last season Bob Clark the Newmarket native who moved to Illinois and subsequently organized the tournament broke his leg during a baseball game in the American city An active and enthusiastic sportsman Clark will be sidelined for Quite a few weeks and the caller suggested would certainly appreciate hearing from hometown folks The address South Dryden Arlington Heights Illinois In last weeks column comments about auto racing I neglected to mention it was more a matter of space than neglect that Pinecrest speedway isnt the only race track to boast local representation A silvercolored Mustang driven by Gordon Graves of Newmarket is a challenger during Wed night a lion at Sunset Speedway south of and Saturday evening competition at Barrie Speedway Other local drivers on the Barrie- Sunset Include Mike Ted Foster Bud Tennant and Graham Eves Foster and incidently were early leaders in the points division race at the two tracks On the recreation front its shaping up as a very busy summer on Lake ac cording to Inspector Bill Hill of the York Regional Police As officer in charge of 39 Division at Keswick Insp Hill is respon sible among other things for the operation of the forces police boat along the take Simcoe shoreline from the southern tip of Cook Bay to Port Bolster And the boats been busy During June which cant exactly qualify as the height of the summer season charges were laid against operators of boats lacking adequate safety equipment There have also been charges against boaters who persist in persuing two stupid and dangerous practice water skiers in and out of bathers and pulling a skier without an observer In addition the police boat has already been called in to rescue several capsized boaters see BUSY RUMMER page 14 DIRECT FROM MAPLE LEAF CAR DENS WEST COAST g I WEST WICK THE BEAST MIKiL Legion loses in second NIAGARA FALLS- Legion three Nern Somen and allowing hist four hits is in the seventh inning Don Wright loaded the nip Thornhill in bases Thorns McDonald had a A hit followed a walk to Ian single and Billy McDonald Dunlop two singles and against Riverside eliminated in s Riverside in th Falls la weekend Jerry Thorns two- run single scored the tying and winning runs against Newmarket trailed The butterfly event for swimmers ID years of age and under gets off to a flying start during the seasons first open swim meet at Peter Gorman Pool last week About people took part In the event including many members of the Newmarket Recreation Department swim team that captured top honors during the first York County Summer Swim League meet hosted by the town three days later Cole photo Newmarket swimmers top seasons first county meet Saturday when trie club over powered teams from Stouffviile and in the seasons first York County Summer Swim League meet held here Newmarket accumulated points well ahead of secondplace total Twelveyearold Julia Boonstra turned in out standing performances throughout the meet placing first In all four events in her division Heather Mac- a nineyearold club member was first in breast and backcrawl events while teammates Lisa and Sharon placed second and third in the same backcrawl class Hark Gray Tony Bone and Allan com bined talents for a Newmarket sweep in the and 12- yearold breast and events The same quartet also swept the freestyle event for their age group with Done and Roberts lied for second and Gray and Mark Smy tied for second Among the other Newmarket firsts in the meet Calhy Klefer in senior breast Dale H in it competition Janet Kennedy breast events in the 13 and 14yearold backcrawl The next meet is set for this week in with Newmarket to defend its firstplace per formances against Stouffviile Aurora and In other swimming competition last week about 40 people participated in the first Newmarket Open Swim awards for 10yearsofage and younger with Tony and Julia Boonstra leading 2yearolds Laura Taylor and and yea old swim and Dale s the pace in the and over Annies Lunch widens lead NEWMARKET rebounded from first place in the victory lxin McDonald Dunham house league with a turned in a strong relief Peter victory over pitching performance smelts Mark Sutherland each and single for had a triple and single for In other Kevin action last week Op- Jeff and their first point David Kennedy and Robbie Stevens a triple Optimists SAVES More gas than any other 1973 car The American Governments Envl- ronmantal Protection Agency has published a study on automobile gas consumption It rates ovary They found 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