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rr- rf f r Plain rf i ff CEMENT BLOCK CO I fc jV iV 1 1 ATI I quality male ihcw one of COMPACT Hold more man models take less space mmm Kiaiiv2 vw3 FT- kitchen FRESHER FOODS in ample size Inns that flavor size keeps meat n food fresh ti to use 92 ft Deluxe 21 twin lb chest ft shelf JUST up A MODEL TO FIT EVERY PURSE Take your choice of the Economy Model the Standard or Deluxe and delight in the span that keeps foods temptingly vorful makes your shopping chore easier and more economical In League Newmarket ladies kicked a trio of valuable points into the kitty last week to close up their regular season in the Barrie and District league Those points gave them a tie with Valleys for league leadership A smashing rally that pushed over four runs in the fifth two in the sixth and four in the seventh enabled Newmarket to dump Valleys in Wednesday Jackie Moore came up with a well pitched sixhit ter Valleys shoved across three runs in the fourth and a single in the sixth Hester Clark play ing left field established herself as a hitter with three to pace the Newmarket attack Twohit marks were turned in by Phyl Lois Blight and Jackie Moore With a ringaround crowd roaring approvals Newmarket and Midland Merchants bat tled to an extra innings all tie here Thursday The game had its usual MidlandNewmar ket pattern as first one then the other took the lead It was tied all at the end of seven Mid land got over a run in the eighth Dean doubted to open Newmarket half and came dash ing home with the tying counter on Pauline hit The ninth opened but was called be cause of darkness Barbara Watt up from the junior ranks stroked out an im portant fourbaser with two mates aboard in the sixth to keep Newmarket in the battle Jeanne Lois Edna and Dean marked up two hits each Midlands top swingers were Frances Pat and Audrey Scott Newmarket Valleys Play Off Tie Tonight A tiebreaker between Newmarket and Barrie Valleys for first place in the and District La dies loop will be played at Stuart Scott diamond to night reports league Frank Courtney The two teams finished in a dead- heat for first place as a re- suit of Midland conceding a Newmarket win in last weeks tie game here and a default to Valleys Point standing is and Newmarket each Midland and out of the playoffs Stayner with If Newmarket wins tonight theyll open their semifin al series with here Aug 23 If the locals lose Midland will be the opposi tion with the scries opener here Aug Should Val leys triumph they meet Oril- with series opener In Aug If Valleys Jose they open Aug against Midland Hasketts HASH by George Haskett Newmarket Sports Editor These are- busy times Midsummer mushball is reaching a crescendo as the playoffs loom around the Hub Headline maker last week was the first fling of the grunt and Your observer got a bang out of and it seems approxi mately percent of the first did too Theyre ready to make a run for the Gawdens the next time the heave 102 decision their baseball chores instead of to the umpires all night they might have come close to the flying Zephyr Bluest The latter romped off with a SEE THESE GLEAMING BEAUTIES AT THE COOP BOOTH e Trade Fair Diggers Rally In Fifth Thump Harts For action Tuesday after a three- week layoff Ditch Diggers and Harts opened the play and Ditch Diggers gave Harts a 218 lesson in hitting and running Behind Alex Campbells Bill McGhees and Sid steady thumping Harts held an lead until the fifth Then the roof fell in as the Diggers fogged through with a tremendous round of basehits and aided by Harts errors counted eight runs in the sixth and as many more in the seventh Bill worked the early pitching shift for the Diggers with Mick Sutton polishing off in last two Doug Richardson took the punishment on Harts rubber Harold Stephenson slapped two sixrun scoring homers to spark the Diggers plate work Tracy and Hoy Allan chimed in with a threehit show Dont miss the chance to show off some of your own fancy strokes this year Theres safe bathing for you and whole family in Ontarios lakeland ROUND TRIP- BY BUS 280 BURKS FALLS BALA Fine McNeil Give Game In Fracas 1 TOWN LEAGUE BATTING RACE Final Over 300 Hitters At Bat nits Av Smith Bell 27 Cain 21 17 Gibney Andrews Spec 39 19 Smith Atom 33 777 Bell Spec 38 16 421 Johnston Bell B Cook Spec 414 Hugo 35 Spec 32 Spec Shedlowick Spec 35 Bell 32 Cook Bell Blight Hoff 333 333 Gibson Spec Cody Bel 28 321 Smith Bell Eves Atom HOW THEY STAND August Lake Simcoe Softball League Final Pis Pine Orchard 5 Beach Keswick 5 9 Hope Vandorf Mount Albert in view Thats August 23 by the way reports rink manager Stan Smith and its another top- notch card in the making After considerable shal- Murrays Hoffman and Smiths are hogtied in fourth in the town scramble They settle it Friday at SS pastures Town league execs have hit on a plan is this necessary to make the teams go about their chores in earnest Winner has a choice of meeting the crippling or dropping back for a whack at the Specialties Thats no choice either according to the Office Specialty noonhour curbside experts Cauliflowers and cabbages Its seldom we have to do this but theres no getting around the fact two or three Willow Beach fans were guilty of most unsportsman like conduct Friday in the first round affray One chappie who undoubtedly rates the cab bage head award of the week ups with the water pail and douses plate umpire Bill Haskett McNeill Beaches veteran les ser spills the ump on his very wet jeans No matter the provocation rule is law had the Beach men been attending to Zephyr The fracas that wound up the first round first game Lake Softball League playoff tilt between Willow Beach and Zephyr Friday at the Beach dia mond had a full airing before the League executive Monday The game was called in the first of the seventh Ze phyr leading after a fan hurled a pail of water on plate umpire Bill Haskett and Cec McNeill veteran Beaches jumped the plate umpire As a result of the investigation the game remains a Zephyr vic tory and Cec McNeill has been fined 5 The fine must be paid before McNeill can play again Willow Beach defeated Keswick in playoff for second defeated Hope in play off for fourth defeated In playoff for sixth LAKE JR LADIES Final Isnt it peculiar that the human brain begins to function from the moment you are born improves as you grow older then stops completely when you stand up to talk Pis Mount Albert 11 Newmarket Keswick Sutton 7 LAKE JR MEN Final Cedar Brae Keswick 10 10 0 Mount Albert 8 It NEWMARKET TOWN LEAGUE Final L Pis Triple Sevens 1 Office Specialty 7 3 Can Hoffman Bell Telephone 5 Town Atomics SportsCycle DISTRICT LADIES A Newmarket 10 1 Barrio Valleys Midland 7 Stayner I Tied in PeelYork Final Schomberg and are locked at a game apiece in the Peel York finals With Ken Ellison blazing away with his fast one that took down Wood- bridge swing ing Schomberg rolled to a triumph in the opening game of the best of five series at Wood- bridge last week Johnny Kickabelt and Earl Kitchener were pit chers Don and Don delivered the one- two punch including home run smashes in the big outcropping of safeties Schomberg had its ears pinned back at home as Woodbridge cut loose for an win to square the series Ken Ellison and re liefer Doug Brown got little of the support theyre accustomed to from their mates who got a jit tery fielding display out of their systems Hitters in the ranks were Murray Eel- wards who circled the sacks on a homerun smash and Don and Bill who whacked doubles Third game of the series is expected to be played this week Dugout Diggings Yes sir were first to admit were wrong made the playoff circle after a tough set with Realtors got terrific belt ing from and out field ing from Doug Smith and Bob English and fine pitching from the Hope fugitive Ganton Five teams in the intermediate Newmarket Midland Central Ontario Georgian Bay and Bowmanville Pepsis The latter is Courtney- ninej first opposition On the side Newmarket will have and District playoffs to look after They finished atop the league with an end rush A chap who forever likes to get us in the soup asks Whos the fastest scooter in the town league Could it be or Jerry Hugo from the Triple Sevens camp Perhaps Helloman Bill Johnston or John Hisey Spe cialtys longgeared outfielder Peaches VanZant claimed one decision over both tie long fel low and Mickey Smith at the fair grounds some time back Why not find out for sure Have a race offer a prize and settle thisimportant phase of the town race once and for all Mickey Smith is the town league batting champ Hack Cain is runnerup third is Bill Joint Mick finished with a stupendous Hack and Joint Horace Brown coach of the Keswick junior mens team quips your statistics were wrong in last weeks award Ted Rogers my pitching sensa tion is only not We stand corrected or 19 hes still doing a terrific pitching job Junior league incidentally fills in a long felt need and should provide a steady stream of play ers for the big teams ere long Its greenbacks we need to complete the floodlight installation Material ordered and should arrive any day Dia mond repaired at fair grounds and looks better than at any time since camp moved out Bleach ers are being repaired by the town crew It might just be an idea to throw one of the town league finals up there to acquaint the faithful with the progress be ing made How did you savvy the propos ed fairgrounds of the future Looked good Would give the Hub a park to be proud of com plete with swimming pool soccer field slides etc for that fast growing east side Floodlights are on the way but the rest is but a dream but a dream that could come true in short order if we all pitch Harts Return To Wars Over Aurora Diamond Harts ladies marked their return to the North York Ladies Softball League with a batting and scoring spree Behind Phil seven- hit pitching and extra base drives they overpowered at the Aurora park last week Aurora counted runs in every innings staggering the visitors with fourrun uprisings in both the second and third came up with four hits and outstanding fielding Phil hit for three Alice Agnes Marion Campbell and Lou Case also had three hits Marion Brown delivered the hit punch with three and turned in a sparkling fielding job Aurora A Aylett A P Camp bell Case Marino Case The Newmarket Era and Thursday Aug Page TRAVEL RELAXED AND CAREFREE HOBBY CRAFT SHOP SPECIALIZING IN Coffee and End Tables Lamps Lawn Chairs And Lawn Ornaments General Woodworking WELLINGTON ST AURORA Window Wash Window washing for homes stores and industries Free estimates cheerfully given Phone 310j3 Newmarket EXHIBITION AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER FARE Mb FOR THE ROUND TRIP Good going Thursday August 23 Saturday September inclusive Return limit September Full information from any agent i- CANADIAN NATIONAL I Carl Andersons 20th Annual CORN ROAST SATURDAY AUGUST in Opposition For Berg in Schomberg will meet in the first round of the On tario Rural Association intermedia to A re ports Elgin Hastings First game of the best in three will go un der the lights tonight Thursday Game time will hi played in Monday starting at pm Third game if necessary will be played on a neutral diamond The milk production of a cow is reduced more rapidly by loo little water than by anything else Cedar LAKE Mews Of NEWMARKET LEGION VAN WALKER AND HIS ORCHESTRA WALTER SCOTT VOCALIST Twentyone tired but happy men sat down Saturday evening to an excellent meal in the Hall provided of course by the Ladies Auxiliary every one feeling that the splendid meal was a perfect climax to a day well spent The old kitchen was completely torn down and the foundation complete for the new one So ended our second Bee Well done fellows Any veteran can obtain Ex hibition tickets for Warriors Day August free of charge by contacting Bill treasurer There will be an initiation of now members at our next gen eral meeting Monday Aug as well the presentation of cups and prizes to the winners of the dart tournament August is the date of the next social evening so bring along your wife or girl friend Gome along early and have a real good time dancing playing cards etc Well now August is a real special date the Legion as yet find out for sure whats cooking but for gosh keep that evening open Get your name in to Comrade Chic Honey if you have aspir ations to be champion player Chic is getting a team together to represent our branch in zone competition Re secondplace winner Soap Box Derby Duncan Johnston of Cor hum St East is the lad who copped that spot Last weeks report gave him a belong ing to somebody else Duncan shows a fine spirit of sportsman ship When jokingly asked why he allowed Ralph to come in first he replied with a grin lie was too fast for me No alibis A An orchid to the Lions Club for their gesture of good fellow ship toward the Legion at their bingo in the arena Our first vlcepreuident Har old Eaton will be attending the provincial command convention in Cornwall for four days be ginning August Let us remind you that our draw on the Legion car will be held on September and not at the Trade Fair See you at the meeting Mon day night J