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b2the tribune wednesday december 8 1982 the stouffville midgets faced their toughest competition yet when they came up against the ajax major midget squad last week in backtotback tournament play in ajax on thursday evening the clippers stayed with their hosts until the third period when the ajax power play capitalized on two consecutive opportuni ties for a 74 win mike anderson led the clipper scoring tally with a pair with sing les from bill hutchison and chris brown the following even- ing sa w stouffville host ajax and play one of their best games of the season to edge their visitors 65 mike anderson again played a strong game scoring two goals- including the winner- and killing off a number of penal ties chris brown added a pair while mike feasby added a single the clippers have proved that they are capable of playing in a much high classifica tion within the omha whereas the ajax aa major midgets have been together for four years last year as minor midgets ajax went all the way to the final before losing the title to port colbourrie in the omha cham pionship the clippers host richmond hill in ex hibition play tonight at 915 juniors edged it is difficult to im agine how the a s construction clippers ever lost 181 to lind say a few weeks ago especially after their excellent showing against them at the arena on saturday evening steve chip made 48 saves in net for the clippers while the goals came from dave scott 2 and kelly shaiiklin murray rouse coming in on both assists the clippers really did put on a sparkling performance and proved they can still lift a playoff berth even with the uxbridge bruins breathing down theirneck the clippers took minimal penalties ten in total and produced some excellent third period passing plays bouncing the puck off the pipes oh no less than three occasions in the final minutes the game was tied 1 vat the end of the first- 33 at the end of the second as for the third period the clippers certainly did not de serve to lose it by a single goal the final 4- 3 tally could well have been in the clippers favor atoms chalk tip another the- edwards- murphy bantam clip- pers went down to three successive losses in the last week against pickering vik lage last wednesday night they were edged 43 in a game that be longed to them they had over 20 scoring chances to pickerings nine and still couldnt pull off a win they even led 31 at the end i of the first goals went to dave fockler from shawn pennanen jef f christensen and kevin johnson the assists went to fockler and mcquigge the team did no bet- ter at the lindsay tournament on satur day going down 52 to cobourg in the opener but making a strong effort nontheless in the consolation semifinal against port hope the bantams were not impressive although derek hutch ison seemed to be one of the few players real ly in the game- and they went down41 all tournament goals were scored by sean mcquigge with assists going to jeff christen sen 2 russel king and ian marshall- sunday night came the final humiliation a 91 drubbing in league play tonight the team meet a strong side from port perry at the arena peewees win another one a hattrick by kent smythe led the peewee clippers to a 94 win over uxbridge on fri day evening uxbridge took a two goal lead in the first frame before the clipper reply from danny larmer on assists by mike fergu son and kevin black- topp and kent smythe from craig strohach ended the period 22 uxbridge again took the lead in the early mi- nutes of the second period however the clippers took com mand from there on in the goals coming in an easy flow from darron baston mike fergu son and kevin francis with singles while kent smythe and sven hennze got a pair apiece assists went to stronach 2kent smythe tonio trenta- due dan larmer aar- ron mcwilliams fran cis 2 kirk smythe and hennze intheirsunday even ing game at keswick the clipper squad were led to a 107 win by kent smythe who tallied five goals and two assists close behind were baston with a goal and five- assists following their cutom- ary tactics the stouff ville squad let keswick take the lead before settling down to take ovr the game other goals came from dan- ny larmer 2 stro nach and kirk smythe assists went to stro nach 2 ferguson trentaduecraig muc- ci brock tiley henn ze francis and black- topp extending their un defeated streak v jeightlastweek the soundof music atom clippers picked uptwo more in the win col umn defeating picker ing and markham hosting pickering on monday evening the clippers sent them home with a 32 loss jeremy hall rapped in jamie campbells ii rebound inthe first i shift of the gameto get things 6ti onthvright footbrad -blacktopp- made it 20 assisted by billy payne early in the second period the village replied before the end of the second but campbell potted the eventual winner midway through the third assisted by billypayne andgiles francis thursday in mar- kham playing without three regularmem- bers the clippers skated to a 20 shutout marksmen were jeremy hall from dan- ny mcneil and keith piette from jason underwood and fran- cisdanny wilson was strong in net making some very fine saves high school midget basketball team captain wayne the warrior visit also marked the return of wayne nu- cheng laysup for the basket in the spartans game gent who previously taught at stouffville wayne is now against the woodbridge warriors in their game last week phys ed department head at woodbridge jim holt v- the warriors went ahead towin 5243 in the final quarter -xt- get team in sweep 1 the novice allstar david caramanico clippers continue to sweep the opposition aside this time a 30 shutout against pick ering on saturday goals came from darrel vanderligt- jason whitebread 1 ass assists came- from marty cordell paul treritadue and brandon pridham give show lots of talent shutout getry say what you like- there is nothing more- heartening than a team that keeps on trying week- after week against very tough opposition and ends up producing an award winning performance when all seems lost such a team is the ban tam clippers having been bat tered in their last game against keswick they lost 128 the gutsy team took on the fast shooting hard hitting keswick team on fri day evening and came from behind to tie it up in the final nine mi nutes of play thats trying for you trailing 40 halfway through the third period jeff christian- sons goal turned- the game around ninety seconds laterdave fockler got the first of his two consecutive un assisted goals while tim evans tipped in the puck on a beautiful pass by ian marshall with only 16 seconds left to play itwas a much needed and heartening performance by the clippers coach vern thompson was well pleased with their big effort but he insists that they can do better if only they will learn to play for a full three periods the edwards- murphy sponsored squad play at home ev ery wednesday night this years high school midget basket ball team have one thing in common they are all rookies although a number played at grade eight level last year none have previously played at midget level pivot of the team is their captain wayne cheng who inevit ably because of the in- tensisty of his play dominates the boards he also displays a fine layup backup centre is jim stephenson who is obviously eager to learn with enough practice jim will un doubtedly prove a team keystone if only because of his size an undoubted asset to any team the forwards are gaining more experi ence with each game rob hart is rapidly be- coming one of the teams better re- bounders while john petrie also proving useful under the boards is developing a nice stance at the base line this years guards are all good ball hand- lers sheldon ren- nicks standing a cool 5 is a coaches dream no not his height but his ability to listen and obey instructions thereare occasions when he can even be caught trying to get the reboundlefthander keith grose is adept at dribbling and is shap- ingup well shawn duncalfc and bill hughes have the abil ity but- will have to slow their game down a little so as toi acquire that onboard sixth sense that only comes with discipline prac tice and lots of games alwyn rose may not have too much height another fivefooter but he is a very disci- plined player another guard is chris harper excellent at defense but liemust learn not to reach he will un doubtedly eventually become a backbone on future spartan teams as hegives 100 in ev ery game his flashes of inspiration seem- to rub off on his- team mates this years coach is steve rendall steve has a tough job ahead of him but already his efforts are begining to show a return in their game against the wood- bridge warriors on friday afternoon the midgets held their own right up until the final quarter when the visi tors increased the lead by five more points to take the win 5243 first quarter scores were even at 16 apiece with the spartans lead ing until the final mi nute of play second quarter play saw the spartans trail by 8 points at 3022 but some nice baskets by cheng and hard work by the team brought them within four points3834of the war riors the sustained strong effort by the spartans petered out in the final quarter and the much stronger warriors helped them selves to some nice in tercepts and break aways however the final score was not too hard to take for a team that up until seven days ago was still mak ing cuts all in all the midget spartans are suddenly looking good the family trust atom selects tagged anothrwin on nov29 this time against ux bridge barton sports romping home with an 80 shutout the team played well- putting in an above average per formance with good offence and defence the shutout was shared by basil luciano and todd myles both of whom were excellent in net goals came from brent gould 2 dayle lewis jason maskery jeff cowley gaibiadi dj rugelis and mike rozario assists went to biadi gould eilert fraser cable baker lewis rugelis and scott fraser hes a pro mike anderson profiles this weeks midget profile is 16 year old centre mike anderson aggrade 11 student of stouffville high mike has been playing in all- star hockey for eight years in both midget and bantam a squads other sporting in terests are volleyball basketball and water skiing he is also a rock music fan in the recent midget games against the ajax aa squad mike tallied four goals in tot al his line is with ken burrows and mike feasby and he is assis tant captain of the team va popular player with the fans he sel dom gets a penalty and is quite the breakaway scoring artist v talkative both on the bench and in the dressing room mike motivates his team with a continual flow of chatter and is a team cornerstone tin 3a j girls hockey tourney proves to be rough in tournament play on sunday evening the girls hockey league set a hot pace with wins in the junior and in termediate division and a near riot in the the senior division in what was supposed to be the feature game of the night no less than 70 minutes in penalties when altona autobody met scarborough and took a 31 loss farmer jacks ban tam girls edged leaside 32 despite a defensive attitude by both squads in the opening and second periods the goals not coming until leaside opened the scoring half way through the final frame laurie taylor from tracey shortt replied within a minute of the visitors goal bridgitte edwards from kristin graham replied to leasides second tally it was taylor who potted the winner just three minutes before the buzzer on deanne evans assist jenny altilia played a very strong game on defense and shawn morrison and janette st john shared goal- tending duties with some inspired saves newtonbrook block eked out a 10 win over protective rustproof- ing the solitary goal coming six minutes into the opening frame inspired goaltending by terry piette block ed any further attempts by newton brook to find the net and it was unfortunate that rustproofing failed to find the range michelle coppins played an excellent game for rust- proofing an inspired perform ance by the intermedi ate a m records squad saw them double a strong wiuowdale squad 42 karen brodie opened the scoring on denise coppins assist willow- dale replying before the end of the first a blistering shot by julie thompson half way through the second period the assist coming from hard working dawn stewart while jackie armett got the range when she drove in karen brodies pass to lead 31 with less than two minutes left wil- lowdale found the range setting the pace for an anything can happen third period holding on to their one goal lead the -rust- proofers clinched the win on andrea tnck- ers shot on an empty net in the senior game things got just a little out of hand altona autobody going down 31 against a powerful scarborough squad both teams came ready for battle and battle they did at the drop of the puck the lights flashed and both coaches told their charges to go before they mayhem was complete both teams had been in the box for elbowing slashing in terference tripping h i g h s ti c k i n g roughingandonc or two other obscure in fringements seldom heard of a total of 70 minutes in penalties being shared between the combatants action there was hockey it was not fortunately the game was not repre sentative of girls hock ey thank heavens and for most of the specta tors the tournament was well worth sup porting trojan rugby club dance stouff vines rugby football club the tro jans will hold their annual dance this fri day at the ballantrae community centre tickets are 6 12 a couple and are avail able from membersor at the tribune office their hospitality during working hours dance starts at 800 pm with buffet barand disc jockey bring your wife girl friend or present squeeze the tro jans are renowned for pioneer vil- lage one of the things that amazes people most when they- visit the harnessmak- ers shop at black creek pioneer village says isaac baker is- the weight of the hide a cow carries about dur ing its lifetime urban dwellers in particular but a large pecentage of farmpeople as well dont realize that co whide is as thick as it is well over a quarter inch in several place isaac baker the har- nessmaker who staffs the shop in pre- confederation crosf sroads community in downsview on the north western outskirts of toronto loves the feel of good leather and loves to tell people ab out the pioneer har- nessmaker and his work baker whose kind serene face reflects his mennonite belief is well qualified for his interpreters job at the village having been a harnessmaker all his life the spry sharp minded octogenarian entered the trade as a young apprentice in 1920 and served a five- year indenture before setting out on his own in the village of con cord in 1929 he built a house and shop in the community a few miles north of toronto and ran the business until 1980 when he sold it to a man who had learned his trade at isaacs side at first baker made only harness but as moreand more people cameto his shop he found his business tak- ing on greater variety soon he was making horse collars then dog collars and even spe- cial collars for pet animals such as cougars and bears be- j fore the advent of plas- tic in artificial limbs several parts of these prosthetic devices were commonly made of leather it became a regular practice for baker to repair or re place worn out parts of artificial limbs brought to him by area residents at black creek pioneer village the living 1800s commun ity operated by the metropolitan toronto and region conserva- tion authority visitors can see isaac- baker busy plying his trade his reputation has fol- lowed him from his previous place of busi- ness former custom- ers and others who have heard of his skills from visitors to black creek often come to him to have their equipment needs fulfil- led today he does a lot of custom work on- saddles and harnesses- and if called upon to do so can turn out a horse collar especially made to fit a particular i animal jw