If The Km tad Express Thursday An Several factors chiefly rained Out games have kept Aurora and Mount Albert from getting their North York bantam baseball league semifinals underway Auroras Coach Bill and his Mount Albert opposite Case hope to get the series mobile this week and Richmond Hill clashing in the other semifinal bracket at latest report have played one game In their best of three scries Richmond Hill picked up decision over the Johnny coached Suttonilcs Winners of the Au roraMount Albert and Hill sets will go into a round robin scries with New market for the league title HOW THEY STAND I award SOUTH final More Sports Pages NEWMARKET PHONE 478 CONTINUOUS NIGHTLY FROM PM THRU SAT MATINEE SAT PM THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY PRIDE LOVE AUG 789 Hi Pis Newmarket 15 Al listen Everett 0 Bradford LAKE SOFTBALL Final Standing T Keswick Zephyr 2 21 Mount Albert 17 Willow Beach 1 Pine Orchard Van dor 1 3 DISTRICT LADIES Pis 11 23 Midland 23 Newmarket 10 20 a RCAF s Pitching Toronto Maple are using a slogan First in Our in their first season didnt buy any high priced slogans or make any rash predictions but they did finish first hi the South Baseball League which is a feather In the cap of Herb Cain Manager Ted Robinson and Kingpin Geo Hudson and all with the club v r The raced down to the wire In a first place tie Tuesday night thanks to fourhit pitching from Ken the In a suddendeath game with first place the prize received flawless fielding support and baching from his mates but your Irishman overlook the fact that was Ken pitching that brought first place home to roost It was a fine pitching job and gets Ken the nod for the award and Theatre pass this week Finish On Top AURORA TOWN LEAGUE Ditch Diggers 7 2 Queen City Stor 2 Rockets 3 Civil Service MIDGET BASEBALL RoundRobin FlayOff Aurora Richmond Hill 2 Newmarket 1 1 TOWN LEAGUE STANDING L Off Specialty 3 Can Hoffman ThompsonBell 1 SportsCycles 1 11 To play Aug Sports Bell Aug Hoffman Spec ialty Aug Sports Hoff man BATTING RACE At 26 Smith Burch Spec Ash Spec Cook Spec Smith J MONDAY TUESDAY AUG 1112 TOP FEATURES I granger J NORMAN Starting Wednesday AUG FOUR FUN FILLED DAYS 26 25 333 333 310 302 Newmarket finished their South baseball league season in a first place deadlock with Legion League Officials order ed a suddendeath game at Stroud Tuesday to break the stalemate Behind Ken masterful seven strike outs j four hits near faultless fielding and lusty slugging the rode into first place with a win over Alliston were first off the mark scoring a run in the sec ond without benefit of a hit The Legionnaires didnt celebrate their lead long Elsby doubled to open the second Herb Cain tripled Bill Grant strolled and singled and the batting flurry bagged three runs and put the out front to stay Red- men lengthened their lead with single runs in the fourth and fifth and found the target for two in the sixth Herb Cain and starred offensively for the Redmen with a trio of base- hits It was one each for Jim Cook Jerry Hugo Wayne Robinson and Ken pitching job for his fourth straight win was a classy one Newmarkets big righthander BRADFORD ONT THURSDAY TO SATURDAY Too Young To Kiss Van Johnson June Semis Friday Newmarket first place holders in the South Baseball League by virtue of their Tuesday win over in Stroud will clash with Everett Maple Leafs third place finish ers in the league semifinals The semis ate scheduled as a best two out of three series The first game of the set will be play ed at the Fair Grounds tomorrow Friday Game time is pm Game two is booked for Everett on Wednesday Aug Third game if required is scheduled for the Fair Grounds Friday Aug 15 Alliston Legion is carded to take on in the other semi final set with games scheduled as follows Aug Beeton at Alliston Aug at Bee ton Aug at third game if necessary Win ners of the semifinal series will then meet in a best of five set for the south division champion ship and the right to play the north division winners for the league crown Our boast a edge in games over Everett Leafs dur ing the regular season Good hurling from veteran Sharkey Jenkins and strong hitting from ton J Jenkins Bill Kieran and ton to get two hits in one frame That was the second and it was good for the Legionnaires sec ond and last run Don Wright Bill Ludlow indicate that the leafs are ready to give the Red- men a battle for honors and Coach Hack Cain manager Ted ST I and Crazy Over Horses Bowery Boys fielding and solid socking by our Redmen can mean but one thing a championship in the bag start their Friday hero with Everett on hand to provide the opposition series Trample Aurora Topnotch efficiency at the plate a classy pitching job by Kay arid airtight field ing staked Newmarket Pinups to a win over Aurora Tues day The game tho opener in a best of five first Lake junior- Ladles Softball league series Came two is scheduled for Aurora Fri day with all their stars back in harness subjected two Aurora hurlers to a gruel ling demonstration of batting power as they built their Hand some total around a sevenrun third eightrun fourth and cap ped their performance with nine in the sixth All the Pinups collected at least one hit Helen Betty Mc Arthur Barbara Rogers and Joan Qui led the baserknock spree The latter including a homer in the hitting fireworks Aurora reported on the diamond with six players and Coach Geo Watt made it a lendlease af fair by loaning Beverley and Dana to the visitors and Beverley Croutch scored Auroras first two runs and Lou Evans completing the visitors scoring with a single in the sixth Newmarket Leo Dice- man J Robinson Martin B Rogers J Aurora Hammond Tay lor Hartsman Evans D Woods A Wells Legion Ball Tourney lite Canadian Legion zone championship series scheduled for Aurora town park Saturday wit have a familiar ring to most sportsmen in this district It will be Newmarket vs ins wood in the B series In series the White brothers Ray and will send their Aurora Legion nine against for the title Alex McLean district sports officer in charge of the games also hopes to ar range a game between the Newmarket winner and the Aurora- survivors to round out activity Games get un derway at and the date to remember Is day Aug at Aurora town park Pine Orchard Wins Opener off and the fourth 7 Softbdll Kick farne orij5iwfe k4jp Tuesday as Pine Orchard stode stting z4 Willow Beach of jkttfk- classy Tourhit pitfiW tig If fchv Aiify chore by ace Ted work Pine Orchard blanked Beach firing sharp ball shut the door tight against scoring- He permitted Ted wi fcfs st Or- Orchard win pais th and Dors a WMfe feach hut didnt alloy more Andrsnn Miii in any frame base Cameron p smash in the ttSirahvfSTOifR lip the close pitching duel and Beaches Pol- veterans and pro- A A Peg TM- Pine Orchards first run ran EJvrs S Pine Orchard added two P Keswick Finishes On Top Keswick- -Lakesldes- wound up the Lake league regular season last week in a blaze of glory claiming an win over at home tod President Ken of Friday and tying Pine Orchard r in a darknessshortened con- f Softball League is- Wednesday That home triumph gave first place- in the circuit ate couplet ion of IT Mount Albert Friday Aug is Mount Albert at Keswick chard Vandorf Belhaven League playoffs are scheduled to open this week It will Keswick vs Mount Albert in Senes Qaeezsyilfe three out of five set Pine W7 Willow Beach and Zenbyr 3- at Zepyr vs Queensvaie Both the latter i series are to be settled on a Thursday Aug two out of three basis at 3rd Survivors in the latter sett I necessary meet in a two out of three play- down with winners tackling either Keswick or Mount Albert for the Stan Cook ulateware Series Pins Orchard Beach out of 3 day Aug Pine Orchard at Wil low Beach Thursday Aug 7 In the Friday contest Keswick jumped to a first Wednesday- Aug 13 innings start and were never headed climaxing win with a run in the third and three in the fourth Harold Smith pitching one of his best games of the campaign l handcuffed on four hits Cliff Ward Bob English Bill Burkholder and Doug Eves Civil Service Lose Again MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY Anything Can Happen Jose Kim Hunter SECOND FEATURE St Benny The Dip Dick Jlaymrs Nina Tuesday night Is photo night 1ST SECOND OFFER Wed Iters Aug 131 MOTORS ROSS BOATS SPORTS CALENDAR Aug pm fair grounds doubleheader ladles Mount Albert vs Newmarket pm Hottentots colored world champions vs Newmar ket allstars pm Newmar ket Memorial Arena wrestling bout card Aurora park town league Civil Service Ditch Diggers pm Lake coe League playoffs Willow at line Orchard pm play-offs- at King City till game if neces sary Aug pm fair grounds League Everett or Newmarket pm Lake League playoffs Mount Al bert at Keswick pm Lake jr ladies playoffs park Newmarket Aurora Keswick vs Sutton vs Mount Albert fifth game if Aug pm fairgrounds town league Can Hoffman Office Specially 7 pm Lake League playoffs Zephyr vs game Aug pm diamond Lake jr ladles playoffs Aurora Newmarket A park town lea gue Ditch Diggers vs tteeii City pm Lake League playoffs Keswick vs Mount game pm North York midget baseball robin Newmarket at Hill Aug 715 pm fair grounds league Can Hoffman pm Smith League Newmarket or pm jr ladies Sutton Keswick 3rd game North York Tenuis League Newmarket at Aurora Hill at Mount Albert Hasketts HASH by George Newmarket Sports Editor Sports activity in and around the Hub will hit- high for fun and uproar over the next fortnight It all begins with a threeway caper Stan Smith will unveil his new Leafs will be here to piovule the wrestling sensation at the opposition Saturday brings up town league Mathews Queen City- Storage kept pace with the Ditch produced the hits Diggers for top spot the homer lect to three runs in the fifth Bob English got aboard on an error and Bun Cook strolled Bob Englishs double set up Queens- other tally in the seventh Ron Howe and Tom Hare led town league race with a win over Civil Servico Thursday The loss was the Ser vicemens eighth straight Trailing going into the sixth- the erupted for six runs both the Keswicks hit assault on seventh to gam the veniicL Ganton and Cliff Ward Both Home run blows by Grant Win Keswick sluggers picked up ters and Long three hits including a double their take Albert Smith Roy- j the big blows in the Queer den and Eddie were twohit men with the Castles went the route for tors white Claude Pollock and and ran into i the ball tournament at Memorial Arena At the the lers will he pleasant ries Mount Albert ladies the Simcoe Softball League are Already Pine Orchard defeated this season will provide has Willow Beach on the ropes NEW RIOTOUS 3 p motor motor motor riotous Mercury loliusoii the to a busy evening I with a bout with Coach Van- Newmarket senior Under the lights the feature attraction of this or any season the I world colored champs are on hand to provide the action Unfortunately the wrestling card and the worlds champs visit run counter opposi tion Wasnt thing that could be done about it The Hotten tots are very much in demand They an open date so it wus a case of take it or leave it Thats the Thursday bill of fare Friday our intermediate first place finishers In Hie South League and not bad for a first year team jump into the play- Grant Thompson singled to com plete the Keswick hitting In the Wednesday game at Pine Orchard called in the fifth due to darkness Keswick and Pine Orchard were deadlocked he end of four Hon Claude Pollock and Grant Thompson and Eddie home run blast featured the Kes wick hitting Howie Ash Ted and Roy Eyes put to gether the hits that kept Pine Orchard the early hunt and Zephyr snapped up the lead in their bout with whiz- bangs con tinue almost every night We dont want to worry the execu tive unduly but we hope they have about ten tie games and have to enquire about our lights Think they could probably whack or fans in here for a play down Heres a note here from Keith Davis Mr anil Mrs Davis at- tended the Davis Cup Tennis matches in Montreal last week to say the Newmarket Club will hold a mens and ladies single invitation tournament starting Monday at the local courts This is a first attempt in this direction scramble Maple Johnson Johnson perfect Johnson perfect 135 NEW AN HO ATS At A MORRISONS f OKI Main flume Newmarket The one horseshoe will he held in Newmarket Saturday Au date Richmond and Newmarket have teams The he invreased later this entries other branches in the district I Joy for the zone title gets at the rounds in The mat is nut all the pitchers the district Tim Canadian Woollen and is the of the vast prim- ry textile industry this leading employer of manu facturing labor Clip Aurora The roundrobin scries for North York midget baseball title tightened up considerably last as result of Hills Witt over Pied sons Aurora Hob Afiioso Andrews ohu recently on the Auro ra hilltop wart greeted by a round of Hill hits and before Wilson could I liters were tt leaders and well on their way to their of the series took over from Andrews was followed by in sixth as Aurora couldnt put the silencer oil Hill bitters tho swheis and was long bolt by llai Aurora made ii to et back hi the with three in the Edwards four for Jimmy Hammonds two four I in ironworks paced Aurora Aurora Morgan wards J J it Sut ton Kerofl Andrews Hill J Pollard Hurt J J Kingston A J Rockets Put In Storage rally in the top of the seventh on hits supplied by Smith Lefty Philips and Andy Class J that in a slalvuiato City Storage to eke a over lielallayes Tues day in tin Aurora town The win the into Undisputed pos session of first place a up on the bitch Diggers The came right back in their hist of the seventh to re twice bits furnished by U and Bill be fore Class J working the hilled off tin rally one short of Hie tying teams did all their in the late It was ft bait game the fifth yHjAudy and Dung IHcbaiUson inatched pitch in with a rim in the fifth and two In ids three i ri the sixth- Andy Jr Grant Winters and Happy were the hit master s Paul Know Its and put the sock in the swinging Ml A Ladies Two Up Mount Albert ladies havent been beaten this season recorded 175 and victories last week over to take a commanding lead in their best of five Lake Junior ladies softball league semifinal series hi the suries opener behind steady livehit pitching from Marguer ite Green taking full advan tage of jittery 10- fielding show ceUcctxt a victory The scored in alt but one frame and shot eight runs in the bag Ida four hits Marie Harmons hem- or and single ami hit support by Morrison one grief filled innings the fourth as the Service put to gether four walks and three hits for five runs That gave Civil Service an Sri margin but there on it was a bundle of bad news for winless Servicemen Craig the rubber for the losers and backed Up his pitching with three hits White spurted a perfect evening at the plate with a single ami three walks Storage were Grant Winters with two homers and a double Red Castles four hits Jack Andrews homer and singte Don triple and single and Jr double nnd single York Wins Pitchers and pitching domin ated the warfare at fifth annual sports day Saturday NorthYork be hind brilliant pitching efforts from exBeaches Wright and Ben son wal off with the major prize That gave North York a clean sweep of the top at Mount Albert Zephyr and tournaments entered the Sater- day competition Newmarket third the North York Keswick and Newmarket making- their first appearance as a unit drew North son and Marguerite Green the Mount Albert triumph ttev Watson Alma King and Evelyn connected for hits Mount Albert got away to a start with runs in first wo frames in the return bout at Mount Albert hi spike the victory- Simpson Ida Marguerite Green Kveiyri Green and were Mount Alberts top hitters Audrey Marie and with two iutsC Marguerite Stew bit ball until she nave wuy to rorrinf York the first round and promptly bit the dust The Yorkers used four hitter from Bits Benson arid two dissirous Newmarket infield errors to hex the local ester working the Newmarket pitching stint held the heavy lugging Yorkers to hits Keswick went at it in the other first round game we re of gay Marilyn Morrison iii was the of the early Albert surge before Margaret as sumed the pitching burden in the fourth Mount Albert Morrison Simpson Morrison J Green soxii Green Meyers J Rolling A King Watson Johnston Beckett A King English winners oh the strength StcwaHs and home run blows by Randy An derson and 1 tare a single into centre to spoil Stewarts nohitter ace from Toronto had too many hH home run balls up his educated sleeve as and North York hooked up in- the Stewart gave up home runs to Geo Philips and Mickey Berry and those belts led to win for North York over Keswick Newrnarlt in a duel for third phu and Keswick ejcupte4 runs in the first on to a vim Harold down Smith and JT V U m r Z sv a i