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i Dec O M J 1 It is our sincere wish that you will enjoy the best good health and happiness in the Neiv Year Spits Earn Win And Tie To Keep String Intact ODiaidOaOftdOOOOO0O people Neivmarket I wish to Seasons Greetings and all best wishes i- v BRADFORD ONTARIO SATURDAY 1 J i a iT Richard Clarke Margaret Field SECOND FEATURE In Color BELLS OF CORONA I a J ie Russell Frank Sinatra Groucho Marx PLUS SECOND FEATURE IN TECHNICOLOR fiebra Paget Jeff Chandler TUESDAY NIGHT IS NIGHT M Newmarket Spits didnt in Saturday night but they did the next best thing they came home with a fair share of the points They tied the Ter riers in their new plush gardens all The Spits share of the points enabled them to consolidate their hold on third place in the group standing and keep alive their un beaten streak that has now reached three games Ken was the key- man in the Spits tying effort He hit for a goal at of the third period on a pass by Don Spider Gibson Up to this point nursed a edge on the strength of Murray Rich ardsons two goals one after seconds of the middle frame and a second at 215 of the third Bill Patrick gave the Spits their startoff goal early in the first period sinking a goal mouth scramble shot- Three stars as selected by Mickey Smith were Gander Ross in the Orillia cage our own Joe for a fine blocking display and Broughton for his gametying shot It was a rugged exciting bout The sin bin was seldom free of visitors during the middle round exchanges as Referee Red working alone endeavor ed to cool out the gladiators SPITS SPILL Newmarket Spits currently on a victory spree after a slow start shook themselves into third place in the Big Five Senior standing with a win over Terriers here Thursday The win marked the Spits third straight triumph Centre- man Bill Johnston was the Spits big gun in this one Bill put away three goals and tacked on two assists for good measure The Spits opened with a rush Don Gibson poked Laurie Thorns pass into the Orillia cage in the first secondsThen the Shewchuk band faltered and Orillia on the strength of goals by Clary Payne Ab and Don Bowen edged into a edge early in the middle round Then Bill Johnston came up with a pair of goals in a matter of seconds to tie Hot Shot had help from Don Smith and Ken Thorns on his first and from Don Smith on his tying goal Ken Thorns sank a jway relay that went from Bill I Johnston to Don Smith to Thorns to put the Spits up before the scrapers came out The third period was just seconds old when visitors treman Clary Payne beat Joe Tunney Bill Johnston took a hand again to bust the tie with Ah Shewchuk and Don Smith assisting The Spits went on from there to salt it away A threeway passing effort that took in Don Smith Bill Johnston and Bill clicked and Jack Andrews lifted the game out of the doubtful category with his goal at 1745 The Spits once in stride skat ed with more authority than in any previous contest Their pass ing was clicking and they were on the beam in front of the by George Newmarket Sports Editor Harold Sonny Stephenson has been setting a sizzling hot pace in the Aurora Town League scoring race At present Stevie has the track on the very fine trophy be g offered by the Aurora Recreation Commission for the leading scorer cage Shots on goal were Spits Orilila Joe Tunney has whacked in nine goals came up with steady blocking and gained six assists and has The defense foursome broke wedged out a sixpoint spread I Sf no getting around the fact that cant do much more in Its customary at this time to pause and reflect on the accom plishments of past year if any Were happy to say its been a good year for the Hub sports tribes The town league sof t- bailers enjoyed a very active season best in years and our Optimist sponsored pee wee made history by reaching allOntario OBA fi nals But the biggest job of work done was the installation of floodlights and the rejuvenation of that wellnigh forgotten hunk of sod the fair grounds That indeed was a grand and glorious accomplishment put over by the sportsmen headed by HAPPY NEW YEAR Theres chaps pouring lime and money many Orillia rushes and the third line of BUI Patrick Swifty Todd and al though absent from the scoring turned in a fine effort individu ally and as a unit over his nearest rival His scor ing magic on the wingline has had much to do with the Ditch Diggers high standing in Aurora Town Circuit race Photo by 4 fc vv a i I King Keeps Streak Alive fiRBI mis co LI MACJOMtD CMEYAIOUS MNIIUlli who Wis a THIEF WBHfSDAY THURSDAY UN I is Hf and Kleinburg claim ed victories in last weeks King- Vaughan action Bruce Halls King Maroons kept alive their unbeaten record by holding the fast moving Bolton Wanderers to a 4all tie Pouring in for seven goals in a sizzling first period assault five in a little under five min utes the loop leading contingent smothered Schom- berg Elgin Hastings were without three regulars and efficient league secretary Bill donned the big pads in the cage Oddly enough Schomberg was away to a fast start collecting the first two goals as Henry and Doug Brown rifled in paydirt hitters but from there on it was show The teams battled score- in the middle frame and Alex Cain chucked in Noble- tons eighth goal in the finale Alex Cain paced the winners attack with three Murray and Jack Woods for two Bruce Wallace a single scoring at a goal a period pace couldnt match a threegoal uprising by Kleinburg in the final period and dropped a heartbreak decision The I loss KettJebys fifth spilled them further in the leagues basement Ted Rogers Jack Cobcr and coach Bill collected the Kcttleby scoring credits Ellis sparkplug ged two goals Murray and Bert chuk connected for singles Trailing going into the fi nal round King Maroons staged a uprising to gain a 4- tie with Wanderers John Richards Ross Murray and Jim Pat- ton bagged thKfng goals Har vey Wallace Boltons big gun with two Irwin and Jim Downey racked up other Bolton markers HELD FROM LAST WEEK KingVaughan set tled down to playing it by the hook last week three games penalties Fine brand of hockey on display didnt hurt the at tendance or the excitement The winners were ton and King Despite sparkling K m fes V effort by Harvey Wallace Bol ton Wanderers were nosed out by Greenshirts 54 in a penaltyfree exchange Jim Skuce added Boltons fourth goal The teams went into the finale tied Bert Loslchuk was Kieinburgs hotshot marksman with two Chuck Ellis Don Mil liard and Walt Bell nailed one each Kettlebys new sweaters didnt bring em luck They dropped a 75 decision to the loopleading band ex ploded for three goals in the first and were never headed Keltle counted once in the first and kept pace with the ultimate win ners from there on Glen At kinson and Murray were number one boys with the win ners with two each Tom Dwyer Alex Cain and Stan Foster rifled in singletons Kettlebys fiveman scoring team were Jack Cober Doug Woedon Bill and Ted Rogers King City Maroons and Schomberg featured the Wednes day exchange Bruce Halls Maroon men harvested two goals in a third period romp hit for one to gain a verdict The teams came out of the first period tied iall Henry cut Sonny into the clear for the marker Threeway relay of Ken Ham to Jim Pat- ton to McQuarrie with the latter doing the actual shooting evened it Ken Ham fired the liebreaker after a scant sec onds of the third after Ross set his mate up in front of Bob in the strings McQuarrie added the insurance goal Hast ings men came alive hi final few minutes as Floyd Dyer snipped a goal with seconds to go but couldnt break in goalcrease stand for the tieup goal Kearns P Ca bell Edwards Graham Dyer K Archibald Archi bald Brown Harvey J Gregg Winters King City L C Taylor J Richards Sum M A Ham J Pat- ton Mash inter Chapman Aurora Teams Reverse Roles I III- CHANDLER EVELYN REYES In iv Iron Man V I fintertalninetit I Doors Show tit ir j The haves in the Aurora Town came through with vic tories Tuesday at the expense of the havenots Victory Flyers tightened their hold on second place by nosing out Jim Mur rays Hotel men in a tidy struggle Suttons Ditch Diggers continued on their mer ry winning way flooring Cases Aces The win enabled the Shovellers to hold their first- place margin In the early game Joe hot shot that nulled corner Fred earned tho Victory their win It was the lone goal of third period and broke up twonil tie Clem Kilns whs pass supplier Goals by Clem Kilns and Dave Dinner gave the Flyers first period edge Norm Lome Floury countered for the Lome Floury evened It Hill Kirhyon earned an assist on the tying goal Ditch scoring power was booming again It proved too much for the Casomcn double sprang off for two goals in never toted climaxing victory with two In- the fi nale Charlie the poor- to FROM LAST mans Turk came up with another topnotch between the pipes effort let his shut out die Bruce Rose put away Tom rebound That goal came lute In the first period Don Watson rocketed to the top of Ditch Diggers scoring heap with two Frank Young Mickey Sutton Bill pegged the other Diggers Mil shots Referee only had to chase six to during the evening in tho pair of exciting tills Victory Hammond Timbers W Kingdon Kilns KnowJoa J Dinner Brown J Hotel Sut ton J Floury Kuan KIrbyson Nagy Watson P Harmon j Ditch Diggers Case M Sut ton C Sutton I Stephenson Wat son Young It Smith Sutton Aces Hose Rose Rose rick Cameron Collins Summers of rrmnii craft is miking of leather and it camo IS S nd Ken yours truly and a host of willing volunteers Wont dwell further on but will get on to consider our target for already on the move The installation of a swimming pool Baby steps have been taken by the Lions club headed by chief sports booster Jim Walker The Lions have gathered considerable data on costs and installation and will likely have something to say about it in the spring Its a more costly undertaking than either artificial ice or flood lights but it will be accomplish ed your scribe is sure But to do it every citizen and every or ganization in the hub will have to pitch in We havent at present any ink ling of the Lions club plans but this corner has always felt the right way to make a go of a ma jor project of this size is to call an open meeting of all citizens discuss the situation from every angle then set up the inner working committee and get on with the job Possibly its a job that wont be completed in one year t after waiting one year here or there wont matter But accomplished it must be Being a diehard baseball en thusiast would like to see the formation of an intermediate baseball nine in Theres little or no excuse now for hesi tating with the fair ground dia mond repaired and suitable for baseball Tlte TriCounty League have indicated Newmarket would be a welcome addition to the circuit Opposition would come from and Sutton and both are natural drawing cards Cer tainly the talent is available for a strong entry If the district players were rounded tip It would be to say Newmarket could win the league And the right way to start naturally would be to get going early in March with the election of a strong executive Item three This hits us force fully as we journey around amongst the sporting and that is the need for a full time Recreation Director in Newmar ket Its amazing the number of Diggers Spill Mickey Suttons reinforced Ditch Diggers in the Aurora town league spilled Murray Edgars Mount Albert Motilities of the Newmarket town league in an intertown exhibition con test in the Aurora Arena Wednes day Mount Albert were without the services of most of their regulars and filled in with Kct players Ditch Diggers Conch Mickey Sutton was tho big gun for winners sniping for three goals Dave Richardson and Bill King- don racked up the other Diggers markers Elmo Paisley was num ber boy with firing two goals and Ted Rogers collected a goal and an assist The Ditch Diggers held a load at one stage but the Moun came up with a rush to make it before fading Aurora Case It Sutton M Sutton Sutton Young Rose Rose Rose Ellas Kingdon Richardson Mount Albert J Terry Rogers J Paisley A Edgar DcHoe D Couch Grose Berwick Referee BUI SPORTS CALENDAR Jan Pec Newmarket arena Optimists triple- header Until WIiWm Chicago vs Junior va Au rora Beam Kin Vaughan double- header Kettleby- Kinr Dec arena exhibition Newmarket flpita Bear Norton arena City arena Jan an Bit Ma into various minor hockey and baseball teams of late of course the Optimist club has been shouldering the brunt of this j Oddly enough these hard working chaps like Don War ner Jack Hamilton and Frank to name the key men get little or no encourage ment from either fans town council or Recreation Commis sion It isnt right to leave it all to them The least should be done is to provide em with the wampum to carry on this la bor of Well leave you with those thoughts but before signing off just a word of thank you to all those good Joes and Jills who helped to make the sporting trip down through a pleasant and happy experience Happy New Year to you one and all A sizzling scoring race is de- in the Newmarket District Hockey League At present Ken Thorns I shown above is the pacesetter with goats and four assists Molts was doing so well in re cent town league contests ho was hauled up with the Spitfires last Thursday- against Clippers and is likely to remain up with the big team Photo by HASHMAN AWARD For Three Good Opportunity was a knocking at Bill Johnstons door last Thursday Bill one of the Spits most prolific scorers let opportunity come right in and made the most of his pre- Christmas visits to wrap up a threegoal twoassist mark A fine evenings work in itself but more to the point Bills goals came at the most opportune time Spits trailed when in a space of seconds Hot Shot scored twice to tie it Then with the Spits ami knotted four all Bill sent the Spits ahead and on their to their third straight win with his third shot So thats why were naming Bill Johnston for the Hash- man award and Theatre pass this week Bears Take Home Win Split On Twin Bill Bill Aurora Cubs split a twin bill hockey at traction at the Aurora Arena Wednesday dropping a decision to Oak Ridges Lions and defeating Newmarket In the early contest Oak Rid ges fired three goals in a little over two minutes to round out their win Fred Peterson scored three Pat and Jim counted the other Ridges tallies In the second half of the twin bill spearheaded by Danny Pat ricks twogoal show Aurora de feated Newmarket Char lie Vrana counted the other Au rora counter Paul Blair shot in the lone Newmarket counter All funds from the evening were earmarked towards the pur chase of a set of sweaters for hockey team Mem- bora of arena staff donated their services A sum of was rais ed Aurora L Kills W Case Gardiner Hon M Patrick Sutton J Murby Fines Bronte K owning Walker Gal- Evans K Taylor Faulkner Oak Roberts Boyle Tucker J P Peterson L Wall Kirk R Peterson Geary Wright K Ash J Comfort G Sears Newmarket Hartley J Gar rett Garrett Million Forhan J Hopper Mncnnb K Thornton I Dick J Bond Carson Aurora Zimmerman Mathews Bennett A Smith Hammond Zimmerman Ferry P Glass Vrana Patrick P Rose K Hammond Hi Preston W I Aurora Sparked by Don Glass three- goal attack Leafs downed Can while Chicago and Detroit fought to a dead lock In dish In the Aurora Allen Cup hunt Hammond supported Don Gloss in the Leaf triumph with a goal Don Zimmerman with two and Ron end Vcrn with an assist each aided the Leaf cause Bob Davis with Teeter assisting kept the shutout axe from descending on the Cana- Jack punched home the Chicago goal unassist ed and Patrick with Dave Faulkner tho pass supplier countered for the Detroit tally in their oneall tie LEAGUE STANDING Detroit Leafs I SCORING BACK Button D GiM T Cm Mi A I Pis Aurora Hears piping hot made it look easy in Aurora Friday as they zipped to a convincing win over Bolton Wanderers a Big Six junior tilt This was the Bears fourth straight triumph The loss dropped the invaders further Into the depths of the league basement They reported in with only ten men The kids pushed home three first period goals and then jackpotted their count with five in both the second and third periods Only once did Bolton produce any threatening gestures This was in the first two minutes of the third period They ran in three goals in a mat- of two minutes and A but the effort was wasted as Reals again went on the ok to wrap it up with five goals The Bears had a busy evening fattening scoring averages In all they collected 26 points Chief contractors in the were Elmo Philips Pepper Mar tin Hob and Walt Fines with a pair of goals each Stew Wilson Grunt Edwards Bob Cook Andy and Joe sniped for single tallies The balance of die roster put marks in the assis column Grant Winter was tho only Hear to miss collect a single point but up for it with a steady plugging de fensive show Joe had a comparatively easy time of it Ho was called on to stop lb went by In the middle frame Bolton a lifted three shots his way two went in His opposite Dot Kearns was on jump fi night Except for his gallon stand Aurora snipers could have counted I Kearns stopped of punched his way by speeding if Rears Keswkk Opens With Keswick rural mi on the way opened Rural hockey action in thj Keswick arena with a win Scor at a goal a period pace the squeezed out a win Port Perry Port Perry with Sutton and Haliburton have senior rating in the County books Goalsnipers for Keswick we Ken Davie Jim Cook and Dor Smith The Mark brothers Ken and Don shot in the Port tall Although it was a slim crowd the opener it was a game and theyll all be back fif the next contest next day Keswick heads for ville Saturday for their first game Keswick goal B Kay Cole Hare B K Davie I Rye Clark J CO men anxious to revive Hockey winter with a the