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best available copi su cii t rekai johnson banisters solicitors 49 main street east 2nd floor stouffville ontario 6408100 or 6493555 93 btt sports leasing todays eay way to drive larry cotter leasing 6404541 ah makes and models a metrpland community newspaper wednesday march 15 1989 rrfcj 9di ib 29 downed by dukes uxbridge bruins bow out of playoffs 11 by bruce stapley the uxbridge bruins express fuelled by a highoctane blend of grit and determination of late finally ran out of gas saturday night the brucrew was repelled 102 fcy the wellington dukes in the seventh and deciding game of the round one playoff series they had threatened to steal from the more talented dukes they the dukes simply came up with their best game of the- series said bruins gm chuck phillips after the game ahdwe just ran out of gas zo the junior c bruins who had scrambled to make the playoffs after being 10 points out of con tention at one point had forced the seventh game by defeating the secohdplacefinishirig dukes 75at the uxbridge arena friday night in a game that ended in a mood fof nearugliness for the jfcustrated wellington squad the bruins had erased an early 20 lead and had taken a 42 edge into the third period after the dukes tied it with less than seven minutes to play in- regulation time the bruins roared back with three goals to put the game away the bruins had shown the fight that became their trademark in recent weeks playing the final minutes of the game two men short at one point john long known for his scoring prowess commit ted grand larceny on a duke player who had beaten bruins goalie wayne patterson and was four inches away from guiding the puck into the empty net longs desperation swipe sent the puck off to the side angelo perfetti led the way friday scoring a hat trick in cluding the game winner the other bruin goals were fired by gregg pierce gord roblin john steeves and derek lee phillips holding court at games end had alluded to the fact that the bruins were running i stouf ville clippers one win away from taking novice championship will illlo q 2 j aijri i by bruce stapley trie stouhville novice clip pers are one win away from capturing their zone champion- ship afterapair of impressive wins over trenton this iweekerid the neil patrick clippers rode the twogoal efforts of ryan king and dan tardella to a 42 win saturday in trenton then came home sunday to take a g2 decision with king netting another pair the bestoffive they lead series 20 it was king from brad johnston and mike wood followed by a tardella effort assisted by grahame smith that gave the clippers a 21 firstperiod lead saturday king scored again from dan dickinson to put the game away in the third the two teams were tied 22 after a period sunday with king counting both stouffville markers the first from matt turner and kevin hackert the second from johnston and wood the second period was scoreless but the clippers unloaded with a fourgoal volley in the final period to take the game running away tardella tapped the winner on an unassisted play robbie spytz from king made it 42 before the clippers finish ed off the scoring with goals by andrew hutchison from king and hackert and mike wood unassisted the teams will not play again until march 25 in trenton the clippers can put the cap on a successful season with a win then they previously beat bowmanville and port perry in postseason play to take their lakeshore division title i rf move to philadelphia ken wreggett got a good deal say fans members of the whitchurch- highland public schools ken wreggett fan club seem to be in agreement that the trade of their hero to the philadelphia flyers is a positive step for all involved the fan club made up of students in marie lloyds grade 5 class says it will continue to follow the exploits of the ex- toronto maple leaf goaltender and stouffville resident who once made a visit to their classroom i think hes lucky said club member dan mcphee he mov ed up to a better team as for the leafs i dont think they should even be in the league they dont even try while most agreed wreggett would be better off with the flyers angelo zachos felt he would have preferred to stay put still a fan i think he would rather have stayed in toronto but ill still be a fan of his because hes good leaf supporters felt the deal whould ultimately strengthen the club because of the two first- round draft choices the leafs got in return for wreggett i think its a pretty good trade said wesley craven the maple leafs need young players on their team but ill still like wreggett hes a good goalie i think its a good trade said tim smart its good for him because hes on a team thats go ing to make the playoffs lori giancoulos felt the goalie would see more ice time with philly its good for him the leafs always played bester in goal wreggett will play more in philadelphia nice guy ronda thompson thought the deal would benefit all parties i think its a lot better for both sides ill still be a ken wreggett fan because hes a good goalie and a nice guy maple leaf fan nicole robin son felt the leafs would survive the loss of the goalie the leafs still have dave bester but ill still be wreggetts fan because hes an okay guy so there you have it pkxojim thomas skaters place elizabeth davla left and janlne jeffrey right of the stouffville figure skating club participated in the ontario spring invitational skating championships in north bay march 45 and janlne came back with a first in the juvenile ladles b final while elizabeth scored a fourth in the pre novice ladles b final about 300 skaters competed in the vent clint crust roars to second place finish by bruce stapley claremonts clint crust went up against the big boys of american motocross racing last week and wound up bring ing home his share of hardware the 15yearold student of pickering high school placed second in the amateur super- cross championship at the daytona speedway in florida tuesday the youngest rider in a class that included the top 50 riders in the united states it was clints first time com peting on a 250 cc machine the bike was a honda cr250 supplied by honda which has taken on clints sponsorship this year on march 4 clint competed in the supercross champion ships at the gatorback raceway in gainsville fla placing sixth overall in the 80 cc expert class he placed ninth overall in the 325 cc series at the same competition the youth had travelled to florida to compete at the pon- tiac superdome in detroit mich this spring and will race in the new skydome in toronto in june scott murray honda canadas race team co ordinator and john nelson of the machine in aurora have been instrumental in clints success he says on fumes some of thse guys shouldnt be out there they are only being held together by bail ing wire and the wire came unstrung saturday night at wellington where the bruins never recovered from two early dukes goals perfetti and patrick drohan supplied the uxbridge scoring but the dukes seemed to be able to score at will murphy was still able to smile however at games end we werent expected to win and we extended the series to seven games and we were paid a lot of compliments by the wellington team and the officials they all said we were a class act and e raised us for not going head- linting when we were down when asked if hed be back next season bruins head coach hal murphy supplied the only humor of the night for the bruins when he replied unless pal hal harold ballard owner of the toronto maple leafs calls me ill be back hoke miller walks on the lighter side of life plktobruce stapley angelo perfetti kept the uxbridge junior bruins dropped in game seven perfetti logged three goals alive through game six of the teams playoff series in the 75 on friday including the winning point and with wellington on friday night and contributed a the seriestying goal single goal on sunday when the bruins were by bruce stapley stan hoke miller is the kind of guy you can always count on for an honest effort a quick com eback line and a pearl of wisdom as to how life should be lived the albert street resident just stepped down from his position with gormley aggregates a company he worked for since its incorporation in 1955 ask him what he did with the company and hell just tell you he did whatever needed doing in actual fact he worked his way up from a scale painter to a muchappreciated inside office man you name it ive done it hell say with a grin public relations work whatever and i always enjoyed it tremendously ill miss the banter with the guys stan became known in the stouffvillrareain the 1940s and 50s for his ability to pitch and hit a baseball talentsthat saw him enjoy certain success in minor pro baseball in the united states stan was a lumbering righthander with the old stouff ville red sox along with the likes of former bigleaguer earl cook bob hassard tea cadieux and polly minton he helped the team win several tricounty league championships stans pitching was always something the team could count on his hitting there are still balls up there in orbit that i hit that havent come down yet he says jokingly but anyone who followed the red sox in the 40s would say its not far from the truth he played ball in stouffville back in the days when the players did a lot more than just show up to play back then youd arrive at the park an hour before game time with your fathers rake and youd be playing in your street shoes such was stans profile both literally and figuratively that he says he is still recognized today when he goes to the towns where the red sox would travel to play ball wed compete hard but wed have fun says stan even today when i run into pol ly or the other guys we end up talking about a ball game from back then in fact up until a few years ago stan polly and some of the other old boys would show up regularly for stouffvilles famed monday night mens fun league forming their own team it was fun to see who could crawl out of bed to make it to the games he jokes stan turned pro in 1952 with the deland florida red hats of the florida state baseball league he impressed with a 154 wonlost record while batting a credable 280 helping his team win the league title stan then went to jessop of the georgia state league then wound up his baseball career with burlington iowa in the three i league illinois indiana iowa he still has fond memories of the high jinks that always seem ed to surround him wherever he went during his pro career in the florida state league we would travel by bus to out-of- town games every time the bus would stop wed go out into the orange and grapefruit groves and load up then when the inside lights went out in the bus wed start firing them one night when i was living in a florida boarding house the other players put an armadillo on my chest when i was sleeping i woke up and ran out in my underwear with the armadillo by the tail looking for the culprits driving south to play ball each spring was always an ex perience says mary stans wife of 32 years hed pick up the georgia accent says mary and some of the stories hed tell those people and theyd believe him one time we drove as far as harrisburg pa on our first day of driving south recalls stan and mary asked me how much further it was i told her it was just over the next hill i kept say ing that for four days and while there were always fun times stan distinctly remembers being surprised at the treatment of black people in the united states in those days blacks had their own grand stands at the ball park they had separate cashiers and they just didnt mix any blacks playing ball were called puerto ricans so no one would have to admit a black was playing now that he has retired from gormley aggregates and his playing days are a distant memory stan claims he is as content as ever while he sees some people his age out running this way and that he says he is happy to stop and smell the roses after a long working career some of my friends cant ad just to slowing down i just tell them to run on ahead that ill catch up later and despite what life throws his way he says hell always find it in himself to look at the lightest side of things why cry when you can laugh if you dont enjoy what you are doing then its a short life plmuirucf taplcy hoke miller recently retired frcm gormley aggregates has fond memories of his days as a semipro ball player in the united states the stouffville resident believes in confronting rf hmdon and with a smile