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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), September 26, 1979, p. 13

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. a candle to this uy . . draft choice M's a startling prediction m we Newmarket [qion Ray s Oldtimas hockey team ' w me ice on Wed. Oct 10, at Newmarket Gommunlty IreJun/illcomeoutontheshorttsidofthesoore .nanmuybaausethe tsarethstgood its they mum . m no laws because of their w York quon has seen some pretty good coaches um Bruce Russell and Ted Tobias come to mind. but they cu Sports Briefs By IAN Hl'TCHlNSON l-Zra sports editor m Uldtlmers wil be facing off against the Flying Fathers . m the pr ram. it lists Father Grant Neville as manager Grant ils from Deep Riva. Ont . and trainer Lloyd . is listed as also being from Deep River 3. m the coaching slot. when people want to see the name. ll says is i AM The home town is listed as Heavai. Above. How can you argue with that He must have been a first - me God Squad and the Oldtimas will be facing off that night .. m proceeds going toward the Canadian Cancer Society. and ... heagoodone me team was organized back in 1963 for a diarity game . saw all proceeds donated to crippled children. Besides- 1 money for charity. it is their way of relating a same of the . ian message Smog their early days. the team has played all ova the world my recognizal charity Some of the diarities include crippled ' ..' , Salvation Army. Children's Aid. churdi organizations many othds saneof the stunts they pull make you wonda if the devil .themeIl OneespiodesawtheteamtraveltoSturgeon firasnt-foot long hotdog-eatingoontest foraparkproject. "Smitty" the Clown is always on hand to keep the kids mad, and Patience the horse (yes. a real horse) is known for H ket 'l help him on the ice. : his presence felt on an ice rink. But while Smitty and Patience are keeping the arena I ng, a lot of people will recognize one of the playas. namely .. Bill Scanlon of the St John Chrysostom Pariah in Father Bill has just moved into his new pariah on Ontario St. .whlle it is a great credit to himsdf and his it The fact that he played for St Michael s Coilqe as a winga Of course. the fact that some of his teammates are ex~pros escollege players won't hurt eitha For example. Father Costello. who is one of the original man bas of the team. also yeti for St Midiael 's Collqe The team won the Mahala! (hip ~Costello graduated to the Pittsburgh Hornets. and then went to the Toronto Maple Leafs where he became a manba of a l - Cup 7 winning team Wally Cooper. Al Giles. Cary Battrick and tho rat of the .... had betta learn to pray between now and the game SHOOTING THE BREEZE After last Thursday's Newmarket Flyer win ova the Natb ytrappers. Flya captain Ron Butler wasaharingadrink with Ferguson. partowna of the Aurora Tigers. and Ron My. eso liga managa who has taken ova as coach of the Aurora - Needy and Faguson were telling Butla thatoneof the - just might comhupthepucksohecouldtouch it inthe o game between the two teams Butler didn't appreciate the Also in the works is a bet between Tweedy and Butla. who i changed his numba to 27 Needy bet that the Tigas' u 2'7. namely Jeff l-Ztongh. would outscore Butla We'll -- you posted on that one Flyer coach Larry Bone is pleased with the play of enceman Gord lino, who moved up Yonge St. from Aurora 1! seems another Tiger turned - Flyer is on the maid Pistol Myers. who is an assistant to trainer - equipment man Larry on. strained his ligaments during a ball game last week smiling, Pete The Newmarket Amateur Boxing Club will qu operations mes, Oct 9. at Stuart Scott School on Lorne Ave on 0- ket The club will go every Tuesday night throughout the I. The story just must be told Era staff plntographer Aase has been wondering recently about where she was gomg i the money for her upcoming trip to the sunny shores of '1 She received a real booa last week when she won 359 in We: soso draw That should buy her a few pinacoladas. 0 SM . Oct 13, membas of the media will face some Details in a donkey baseball game. with all proceeds going to - i Hostel The media team will be made up of people from En. Star. Topic. ( KVR and Aurora Banner. Rattle Phillips. brother of councillor Jim Phillips. doing well the ablateur golf circuit Robbie finished tenth ovaall at the I Amateur tournament and is returning to Gnilford 0 near Greensboro. North Carolina. whae he is majoring Ms ed on a golf adiolarship. Robbie finished third two weeks mthet thereoultswillbepublished m Mining issue of Golf World Magazine. The Aurora Piasaville Atom Girls' Soccer ( lub presented o Dave Rogers with a plaque for his outstandin savice to "3 lhill year. The team scored a :H win ova Richmond Hill m: "Minter The l ' Hyen't-tlwin over a ha Trappers Thurs- ut It Newmarket 12:? Centre wasn't 'm the York Regional Cup. WI Rotary and ( hurch Dodger Annual Oldtimer Hockey nest is being held this weekend at Aurora Community ' The tournament proceeds will go toward various Rotary THE ERA Newmarkot. Amara. Rsswiek. Ont. wot. w'. I! Sports Second Section Entertainment Sports groups slam Rec By 1 HU CHINSON I'll-amassed NEWIARKET - The Newmagket Recreation Department came unda con- siderable pressure last week from three separate sports organizations Upset with the department were the Newmarket Baseball Association. Newmarket minor football and people with cldldrsn strolled in swim lemom. particularly tho house me llion course. The baseball association. which boldia general meeting last week. blasted the depart ment in a report made by director Brine Pitkin. Parks over lack of facilities. unkept halt. and lack d noti cation before changes were made become (1 sdtball tournaments and band competition In the report. Mr Pitkin indicated that he felt almost all (1 the problems the leage momintoud thb year were e to the rocroadon department Councillor Peter Hall. chairman of the recreation committee for the Town (1 Newmarket. said Monday he had never been informed of than prosz and added that he planned to talk to Mr Siannon about them Hr. Shannon was unavailable for comment at and Recreation Commimioner we. time. Daanannonwasnotprmnnt. .D it was never brought to our 7 The executives were m attention,"said Ir. Hall;th STICK WORK l'd iiketoknow is why it was left so late." Also upset were the Newmarket minor football people who were faced to tponeagame two weds ago tme d bad weather con- dltiotn. Bdi Butson. an official (1 the league. moved a psowos game to t. Anaew s College last week because he wasn't nire whether or not he d have a field. The organisation usually plays on the Newmarket High School field winch is rim by the York County Board of Education. The board doesn t appreciate its fields being mucked up because (i the weather but Butson. vice- president of the Huronia Football League, feels it s about time fa a new field. Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School and Bayview Secondary School fight for possession of the ball during last week's high school field hockey toasament beld bi Thor-hill. The tourney was just a warmup for the regular season which begins soon and there was no real championship to be won. Aurora High School won both games lerallindicaisdtintme oranewfoothallfield beshownbythetowm's mater plan.wia'chisinthe madrant d Newmarket. Parents d child-en involved in the Royal Life bronae it Newmarknt people pamed the test held at the Uxbndge Pool However. a reevaluation was held by Dave Ferguson. the area chairman of the Royal Life Society and the examiner which resulted in five more people being added to the list d those who pamed Some (1 the people were out~andout failures am some ' 4 they competed in. Other local teams competing were Newmarket High. King City and Mill. High school sports are about to move into high gear as Newmarket High School and Huron Heights Secondary begin senior football wars this week. Steelers haunted by grid Ghosts NEWMARKET Turn- overs and inexpaience proved to be the downfall for the Newmarket Steelers on Sunday at Pidering College in a 30% loss to the Northwestern Ghats The Steelers fumbled two punts which led to Northwestern majors. They're a good foot- ball team, don't get me said coach Bruce Russell after the game "But they never should have beaten ll like that Russell painted to the fumbles as the main downfall of the black and gold who have made a fantastic start to their Central Ontario Football League season, it was a big problem." he said. When you drop two punts on your own 20, it's demoralizing." The Ghosts went up 16-0 at the half on two converted touch- DUMP TM PPERS tough workout A and the study session worked The Flyers' chicken with - its-head-cut-offplayof last week turned into good solid work this week. god the results were more than pleasing for coach Bone. ve still got work todo." said Bone. But I'm happy when i get up the next morning and know thatwe've got two paints." team members; t don t play an away game until Oct. 5. when they travel to North Yak fa a game agaiint the Rama's. There are only No home games planned before that. tomorrow (Thursday) against Hamilton and next week against the Royal Yak Royals. The schedule tightens in October. when the Newmarket team is required to play five games in the space of one week. Hixttne of new and old faces helped the Flyer came against the happen. Barry Tabobobdung returned from the Oshawa Generals for some skatii; time and scored a goal for Newmarket. The Hawk will return to Oshawa when the Generals come home from a down. each as a result of a fumbled punt. and two Singles Northwestern scored agair in the third frame before quarterback Paul Drew could connect with Jim Ackerman for six points Frank Ceiling missed the convert The Ghosts picked up another touchdown in the final quarter Russell used the rushing game of Sante Mauin and the passing threat of Drew to mix things up for Northwestern We just thought we'd alternate quarterbacks to throw everything at them. said Russell The Steelers got a couple of scares when it looked like two of their starters might be added to the already-lengthy list of in Juries Running back have Belanger, who has been ram bllng well lately, was winded but lyers surprise in season opener northern swing. which will see them play against the Sudbury Wolves and the Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds Newcomers Steve Schell. Peter Kelly. Dwayne \ enema and goaltender Brad Steel shone in the Flyer win Another new face belongs to defenceman Gord Eno. who came through with a good game. He pln ed with the Aurora Tigers season. ne just might be reunited with an old teammate. as cit-Tiger defai- ceman Lars Nielsen began (continued on B2.) returned to action and Randy ( rumptookashotonthelegon a punt return He will be back also This weekend. the Steelers will travel to Mississauga for a match against the Raiders Both teams are tied in the standings and Russell feels that a win there would almost ensure the Steelers of a playoff berth We're gomg to need a full lineup gomg into that one he mentioned One player who will be missmg. unless he plays in a tuxedo. is quarterback Drew who will tie the knot this weekend The team will use Jim Ackaman as a back-up quar terback behind Mauiri "aw-Myn at were borderline said Vii-gun's Harrison. of the rec Wt Thme who was borderline were given the benefit of the dmibt " The Newmarket people were parbcularly weak in the theory part (1 the test. ac- cordingan Hamson "Alot dthekidaregratinthewata but they lack matunty as far as theory goes " Mrs Hamsonalsotold lhe Era that there is a threeday upgrading course planned fa thisweekattheQuakerPoolfa staff members lt'sa result d us realizlm that Royal Life is m for high standarth," said Mrs Harrison Cougars bounced NEWMARKET . The Newmarket Cougars won one game, 7-1 over Orillia. but the real fireworks came when the team was thrown iii the field in a game against Rome in a Huronia Football League contest last week Bob Butson. manager (1 the team. said that there was bad refereeing and he argued with the linesman who prom tly called the game off Acc ' to Mr Butson. the dflCial told him that the Newmarket team was not dlsCipllned and "i don't like knockit the refs but he should have thrown me out (1 the game." said Butson "The refs shouldn t take the game away from the ki " Butson says he plans to protest the game to league of- ficials in other action, Todd Driscoll scored the lone Newmarke' touchdown as the Camrs dumped Orillia 71 Th! game was a real bamburner a both teams exchanged dfensiv thrusts with big defensive ef- forts stymyir the attack Orillia mbved downfield With seconds left in the game only to be stopped at the one footline with the clock runnlm OUl Leafs TORONTO Greg Hotham is making a lot of wise in this year s Toronto Maple Leaf training camp The Hawk impressed am with his cool and poured play in Saturday's 321m to the Boston Bruins and then potted two goals and an assist in Sunday nights 65 win over the Bruins in Ottawa For more details. see past 35 Newmarket Com- y Cadre. l'bo Fly-s u QpesinggoalendautbaNowmaa-kst yer tbs game. sons. t mucosa

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