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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), December 13, 1978, p. 11

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Red IPPlNidledr Soclety Children liloancial he awmarket Lio nib the pick dons rvo to gutst costs se the mm olflijpogk to total moo The money Thérftgbles hgye Mined By IAN HUTCHINSON Era sports editor ye ing sports reporter in this area can have its ups and maul 5°C At the start of the hockey seasbn the Newmarket Flyers ket Li iae his new They took gadget is and 17yearold kids lls the med them into big Winners andiol long tirne didnt have athomeflg The Aurora Tigers on the otherhand also had peach fuzz ade but couldntseem to do anything right They had tender fighting With the coach and the situation got sobad within two weeks both participants in the quarteL were not ih the team rts reporter York Region what would be ideal for as be to have both teams nortl0 and south of Newmarket are line winn on regular basis it would make hair stand up on the back of reporters Think of the possibilities The local hack could suggest through the press that statues erected in the local parks to honor coaches Larry Bone and palaces7 if gun Willi ins btan from BillFoTifirTami sermons wills ng named honorary members of council The possibilities arerendlnss All we would have to ddis rt good news and everyone Well almost would love us=K ltheNewmsri lescribing conditionin itlsllke as we nev something ha pen Yo enw never TIGERS IMPROVING The Aurora team has been through just about everything ible this season when firststring goalie is dumped and the quits because of mounting pressures you just cant expect young Junior squad to go vtay far The Tigers however seem to have turned the season around er new coach Ralph Beer they seem to be new team though they are not ready to set the league on fire they appear dy to make an upward move in the provincial standings The players on the team wouldnt let it be any other way may have been losing but they are not the kind to lie down die Norm Roberts Holland holding native is particularly pressive The diminutive goalie is always optimistic that no lter howbad things are going hard work and team play will the roar back into the Tigers He is quiet unassuming but his own way team leader Jack Ferguson excoach of the gers wasiat the Aurora munity Centre two weeks ago and said he expected the improved showing lin not surprised at all thought all that it would onlybg matter of time belore this team lzed its potential hekald You have to givejhewhols organization credit for job shadyidea ve dope in turning around season 0st FLvaasstPmo thought in troubles were over when the Tigers started ng respects le was thinking of how to write letter to the ey Hall of Fame in Toronto seeking designation of the arket Aurora area as sacred ground Then the Flyers began their most recent slump which at this ling has been eight straight losses The Flyers one of the st powerful offensive teams in the have sllppedbadly in the goalscoring department You can analyze and pickeverything apart but when you right down to the facts no one Is to blame They have ex ent coaching good management and no lack oi talents The players themselves have good attitude Shawn beach and Andy Skop two newcomers refuse to let the recent of events get them down Welirkeep on coming until we win game says Babcocku Both heanci Skpprnot to mention other players on the team only interaJted Whining mono othér result wlll do Lets face it The Flyers real problem is inexperience They veamhetalentHieyneedtobeeconteiderfg The kids are working hard in practice says Flyer er Stan Hotchkiss What it comes down to is the fact that one going greafigunsat the manor the season but the rience is starting to show Look at the NHL The Atlanta ycantbuy wi Im hoping the second half of the season brings better news the Flyers and Tigers Let the newspapers in Georgia worry the Flames Congratulations go out to the Sharon Novices who two Leeks lago won the Bradford Blue and Gold Hockey Tour men The Novices were inadvertaltl deleted frdnT the mlnor arts and justthought take this opportunity to th them and the Aurora MajorBantams who won the omorrow Tournamaltr in Bancroft for the first time Keep up the good work guys xingcluboupenS Newmarketo EWMARKET If the boy houseplomlaes to be Sittler in the winter and Rose in the summer Nilschance to become mad All all year round WeryTuesday night from the Nawmarket Club meets at Stuart hooleon Lorne Ave is club is run by Drl Ken dge and Bill Mackey two ftsldents who have boxing edge sand experience hem Bevoridgo wagon boxer in Br lain and Bi besides being all ur in Britain boxed his stint in the Royal Air ill were trying to do is thorhaslosroiAtliaisportf Jones and what do Youre In the ring sold cridge tors of llleir hist fWere getting lot of teenagers from town and few younger kids want to get in volved The club is open to everyone interested in boxing he added Dr Baverld disallow the pose blllty of tournament Right now Were first trying to get It organized at if we get it olng al right thenwe will tlnk about competition he said JusLnsims come unclean lot of critlols late but Dr Bevoridgo hashthd anyone put the club down hdventrhadrany negative reactlon at all Once youve learned whatJo dothere isnt much chancoof get ng hurt rlvo boon in boxing to atLyeors landward in all that time ovon noon on out So seriousiy hurt he yid doesnt AURORA When Dave Williams of the Toronto Maple Jeafs was rookie in the National Hockey League he perfected little dance after he scored goal The dance bacame known as the Tiger Rag in last Sundays contest at the Aurora Community Centre between the Aurora Tigers and Wexford Raiders newcomer Jackshawrarefumfmmdi Oklahoma Stars of the Central league gave revised edition of the Rag after he backed the Aurora Lem to 30 shutout of Wexford if Shawvcontinues to display the poise and reflean he showed in Sundays game the Tigers will have one of the best tending duos in the Jack Show made his presence known Raiders If he playoos wall as Waynelierfsl oi Newmarket learns the game of the York North Racquet Club in Newmarket ills stands italic Aurora ligerls note he Provincial Junior loop Norm left wing defenceman from the Roberts remains talented young goalie itching for chance to prove himself It wasnt Van individual eifortg want to make that clear Woman at wayne Arbour awesome lrlend of liner points of the game Toronto Red Wings pressive showing Despite the Tigers im sources close to the team say some players are unhappy with AIM Manin photo his whys showing him the Shciw backs Tigers to win meTTgers first phoned them and told them Id be glad to do some scouting They never called me back said Ferguson Sandro Sylvestri had big night for Aurora popping in two It wgga team emu rightduwn managements treatment of goals to the backup goalie Shaw said later liplan on making slot of friends on this team Wer going to be winner oac Ralph Beer was pleased with the newcomer who was drettedillcthe EortWevne Indiana Comets in the in tematlonal League Hes real chatterbox You ought to hear him talking in the dressing room said Beer Jim Oliver also made his debut in Tiger uniform He is VWPOKECHE league Norm noun should give in use one of on Buggy at the Aurora the hell goaltendlng duos in the Provinclal Junior Community Centre as he shot out the Waxiord ho did on Sunday certainplayers notably Bill Humphreys and Larry Gwllliams Apparently the Elayers were told byexcoac Jack ngimcntita gven the chance to develop in Junior hock with theTiger organlution Ey Gwilliams quit the term when the management decided to sit him outand Humphreys status is unknown Ferguson has decided to do some scouting fonsthe Wexford team butoffeled his services to TIGERSE WEXFORDB It appeared that Shaw was going to get agshutout right from the start as he made few big WiwtmswflfiumdmtmelWW Sandro Sylvestri started things off when he picked up loose puck in front of the Wexford net and banged one past the Wex ford goalie Steve Gatzos made it 24 on tipin in the second period Sylvestrl toolea pass from Hrian King to round out the scoring The third period saw Darren MacDonald score but the goal was disallowed GUELPH AURORAZ We fell apart in the first period said coach Ralph Beer referring to Fridays 63 loss to Guelph fl lhinlr we could htgve beaten them if it wasnt for that period Jack Shaw was in the net but arked ids home debut The first period was all Guelphs as the Holody Platers scored four unanswered goals guldnt perform the magic that in the second Dave Robinson and Brian Clarke scor or urora ut Haters also notched mgrker The lhird period was saw off as Brian King countered the Guelph goal Collins second OAKVILLE Terry Collins seed second in the woman reaststroke at ther Ontario Winter lame Trails held in Oakvillelast weekend vJDMM also fjnishedLoutth in the ZOOmetre breaststroke with time of 2591 Other winners from the Newmarkel club included Bruce Spong who took ilrstplacein lhe Canadian Amateur Swim ming Association Penant Meet iii Markham on Sunday Leslie Eorster laced second In thoSOAmetrc reast stroko lnthc EsocLLon still lasing NEWMARKET The Newmarket Fiyers went down to their ninth consecutive defeat undayrnightTBZiaethehandsni Dixie Beehives in Junior hockey action The Flyers were outshut 34 ixLaJngame that haiLa total of only six penalties We had mistakes galore said manager Stan Hotchkiss Needless to say were appointed The Beehives made it 20 in the first period before Bob Craig tallied for the Flyers In the second Dixie hit for three straight goals before Ron Butler and Larry Payne notched Elyer marker The thir period was disastrous Newmarket ras Dixie scored three unanswered goals BABCOCK SUMMONED One man in the organization who is happan the Flyer organizaon is right WW Shawn Bahcock who was summoned to the Oshawa Generals of the Major Junior loop Babe ck played against Kitchener after two General right wingers were injured Babcock was impressive in his debut and the coach was pleased Their coach was pleased its good to see someone making it even for just awhile with big club said Hotchkiss When asked of Babcocks reaction to playing with major club Hotchkiss said hes on cloud nine DIXIE FLYER54 The flyers lost their eighth straight game with 64 loss to the Dixie Beehives Thursday night at the Newmarket Com munity Centre The Flyers main problem still seems to be their inability to score and lack of punch on the powerplay The lack of snipers is surprise to most Fiyer ob server because in the early portion of the season the Newmarket squad was one of the most potent offensive teams in the league On thepowerplay our guys seem tobe going lor the perfect pass We should be shooting more said goalie Jamie Boyerwho let in couple of soft goals dont know how that second goal got by me he said thought had all the angles broken out the slump which has affected his play in recent games Craig has been robbed onsiweral occasions but broke loose on Thursday for two goals if you look down the score sheet youll see that it was our veterans who did all the scoring think the inexperience ofgllLe team is starting to show said coach Larry Bone The team is still making changes and will continue to do so recent addition to the Flyers is veteran defenceman Norm Stoneburg burly defenceman whowas with the team last season Stoneburg will help solve the Flyers lack of defensive strength The Flyers also plan on bringing in new defence man The goals came in spurts against Dixie The visiting team scored early as Russ Foster oi the Beehives banged one by Jamie Boyer on povverplay but Bob Craig came rightrback for the Flyers on relay pass from Al Weddel Just before the period one ded the teamstraded goals as Dave Carruthers hit for the Flyers and Chris Costelloor the Beslu 95x in the second captain Rick Uttely put the Flyerslmfmnt on shorthanded marker but Russ give Dixie the lead going into the final frame Lance Kealy shot another Dixie goal before Bob Craig scored on breakaway With Foster an cl scored withlnsecmgromer to Bofler out of the net and only ho minute left the Beehives Bob OBrlnn Scored lhfillfilfif into on empty net

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