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District Sports News Keswick Comets Even In Ontario Rural Finals RayMars Win Midget Juvenile Hockey Crown Three happy chappies and joyful hockey lads decked out in HayMar hockey suits vacated the arena Monday around ten and a half chimes The reason for the joy was that the RayMars had just salted away the town midget- juvenile hockey league champion ship Playing like theyd just paid final instalment on their jet propelled skates RayMars waltz ed to an impressive win over Hill Merchants Mondays nixgoal advantage added to a 3 win in the series starter earned the series and title on the round The three happy fellows who watched their RayMar platoon come through in handsome style Were cosponsors Ted Robinson and Ray Smith and coach Harold When the pats on the back were being dished out in the dressing room Don Bone drew the most attention for his sterling three- goal performance Terry Larry Bone and John McKnight Were just a shade behind their leader going for two goals apiece Greg Scott was the other Ray- Mar sniper and it mustnt be ov erlooked that Jerry turn- in a stellar job betwixt the pipes fact bouquets all around would be in order for the new champs Nobby S r 1 s Merchants gave it their best but it wasnt good enough Gary pegged two goals Henry McCut- and Dave got one each in the losing cause the nightcap consolation game Jack rattled in three goals Gord and Brent two each to lead Rotary to an win over trie Lions Bob Doves threegoal sniping featured the Lions effort Aurora Lions Team Loses At St Marys KESWICK Comets are tossing every ounce of energy they can muster into their bid to annex the Ontario Rural hockey associ ation intermediate C title The Comets after disposing of Erin and are wrapped up in a do or die championship scrap with The scries a best of three affair got underway at Port Dover Thurs day with the Comets dropping a 93 decision Playing back at Sutton Saturday the Comets came roaring back with a stu pendous second and third period drive to defeat Fisherville 64 The bestofthree final series is now all even at one game each The Comets lost the toss for the third and deciding game so will be hitting the road to Port Dover for game three In Saturdays speedy affray at Sutton the Comets dropped astern 21 in the initial chapter be played at St Marys April 5 and at Aurora Saturday April at 3 pm The Lions seemed to have trouble getting untracked on foreign ice something that hasnt bothered them previously Only during a brief space of second pe riod play were the Lions able to hit the form that carried them up and over and Parry Sound on their way to a berth in the On tario finals During their inspired second period spurt the Lions counted both their goals Ken Taylor bagged the first and freewheel ing star Norm Dennis punched home the second Aurora tally but came fighting back to edge ahead in the middle period The Comets put the game on ice by outshooting outhustling and outscoring Fisherville 21 in the final 20 minutes Nobby Ash who doubles as cocoach with Lowell Waller fired two goals to pace the Comet Saturday win Howard Ash Jer ry Pickering Bud Thompson and Jimmy Lyons were the other Comet goal snipers Tex Baker performed heroical ly in the Comet twincry and was afforded ace high protection by rearguards Bud Thompson and Lowell Waller In the game at Fisherville Keith Clarkes twogoal drive featured the Comets attack s Brooklin Wins On Thur sday And Saturday Night From The Smoke Rings Aurora are one game down in their Ontario Minor Hockey Association bantam B fi nal series with St Marys The Lions were tripped 2 at St Marys Saturday in h second game in the best of five Ontario finals The first game played at Aurora was a 5all tie Future games In the scries will I York title Eliminated In Bantams Try For North York Crown Beeton bantams toting the North York hockey league bant am C standard in the Ontario Minor Hockey association play offs saw their hopes for an On tario title crushed March when they dropped a decision to Milverton wonthe Ontario final series 30 in games Maurice Clif ford scored both goals in the final garnet Bob bant ams still have hopes of lifting the North York bantam crown and Lex McKenzie trophy Playing a home and home totalgoals series with Bradford last week won and 82 decisions to cop the semifinal round 214 Clif ford with a spread in the two games was the winners scor ing ace Beeton is scheduled to meet Aurora bantams for the North CANADIANS TAKE OPTIMIST CROWN Whether the can coo the bigtime NHL crown lies with the fates at the moment One thing is sure the Canadiens cop ped the Newmarket Optimist L championship Monday at the arena Although edged in Mondays dish and dash of playoff hockey by New York the Canadiens went into the game with a fourgoal carryover and thereby captured the series and title by a round majority of Mondays windup game was a ripsnorter Both teams tossed ev erything into the scrap Montreal broke in front then it was the Rangers turn to take the lead and thats how it went down to the final whistle with the New Yorkers getting in the final swing Four players two on each side handled the complete scoring sch edule Brian Bales making like a tornado potted three goals to direct the New York drive Terry climaxed a speed ball ef fort with the Rangers fourth counter Peter streaking along in high pumped in two goals and his team captain mate Larry Kcf- got the other tally for the championship bound Canucks In the late consolation series contest Gary Palethorpes hat- trick Keith double and Don Williams singleteon carried Detroit to a squeaker win ov er Boston Ian poked in two goals Mike Smith Brian ton and Wayne Allard a goal each for the Bruins The games marked the end of a successful bantam hockey year under the sponsorship of the Newmarket Optimist Club Jack Peppiatt was coach of the winn ing Canadiens with Bill patrick in charge of the runnerup Rang- Hub Tykes Eliminated Even The Round A tykepeewee metro area Little NHL playoff doublehead er at the arena Friday kept the local minor hockey interest at the boiling pitch last week When the final returns were Newmarket and shared the spoils in the twinbill attrac tion In tyke Scarboro blanked Newmarkets Harold Gordon Sunoco allstars 30 while New market Personal Tax all- stars came from behind in skill ful fashion to shade 32 The loss eliminated ket tykes from the Little playoff picture In peewee locals and are tied 5a on the round and will another home and home set declare a winner The will capture the Metro are- crown and proceed to Collin wood Easter week to compete for the allOntario title Bob Warren Ricky anc John Walker were Scarboro tyke marksmen David Smith Randy Legge and Terry Cain triggered Newmarket goals while Bill Lee and Blake were Scarboro snipers The locals outlook to stay in the hunt was bleak at one stage early in the third period The visitors were 21 leaders in the game and protected a twogoal advantage on the round At that point two takecharge laddies Randy Legge and Terry Cain rallied the Newmarket forces with goals that won the game and tied the round Newmarket tykes Vic McCut- Doug Keats Jerry Mee- han Don Krueger Richard Lachlan Don James Bob Smith Don Bond Pat Fry Robert More Peter Gorman Jerry Mays Murray Pat John Cameron coach Fred Dill- man Newmarket Roger Paul Richard Graham Dave Tom Sinclair Dick Dcnnison John Gorman Randy Legge Ray Goodfellow Terry Cain Dave Smith Peter and Wayne Warner Thursday Game The Smoke Rings had the shots 39 in all but couldnt put the puck in thenet That more or less sums up the situation at the ar ena Thursday as Newmarket dropped an 81 verdict to lin Combines This was game two in the dis trict junior C On tario Hockey Association group final series It was a game the Smokies needed As matters sat after Thursday the Smokies had to cop the next three games to qualify to meet either Welland or Sound in the Ontario finals Standing squarely in the way of Annies Brices Teams Saturday Game Are Little NHL Champs The arena had one of its busiest flings March as the four blue- ribbon finalists in the local Little NHL hockey picture skated out after silverware and crests The event was the Little NHL finals Both games were hardfought thrillers espe cially the peewee nightcap which featured a suddendeath overtime session The fans to their credit Smokies getting more goals forth in fair numbers to was the redhot one Joe and his protectors particularly Neal and a steady fore- one big upset during proceedings make the program a complete success As is usually the case there was Ontario Bantam Final At Aurora On Saturday The third game in the Ontario minor hockey association bantam finals between Aurora Lions and St Marys will be played at the Aurora arena April at pm according to information is sued by Lions manager Doug Har rison Arrangements for the second and third games the best of five Ontario final series were finalized last Saturday at St Marys It was decided to play the second game at St Marys April at pm Additional playoff dates requir ed to produce an Ontario champ ionship club will be finalized this Saturday Newmarket Town League Hockey Winners effort on the part of his nates made a terrific job of just about every and in particular accord ed special consideration to Marcel Iessier Bob Brian Mill ion Bob Blackburn Jack Cain and Don McKnight Melnick kept the hustling Com bines in the game long enough for his forwards to start finding the range As mentioned out of 39 shots only one that Jack Rog ers backhander the games first goal beat him While the puck wouldnt find the netting for the Smokies the Brooks were having oodles of suc cess Everything they did seemed to go right The puck grew eyes for the visitors first two tallies streaking through a maze of play ers to find a parking place be hind Wally Adair The Brooks third goal was a deflection effort Bob Carnegie let it go from well out Adair moving to put the stop on it saw it hit Don Thorns and zip into the op posite corner The Brooks fourth tally was the result of poor clearing around Adairs doorstep Their fifth cou nter was another screened-scram- situation and their sixth came after Jack Germond and Dan Tureski sneaked in behind the Newmarket checkers Germond and Adair fenced back and forth before the Brooklinito got the puck past The Brooks final two tallies in the final three minutes were cleancut threeway combin ation efforts Jack Graves threw the puck up to Jack Rogers to start the scor ing Rogers slipped around the Brooks defense to unleash a ris ing It was the games first goal at 1446 of the first period It was the only time the Smokies were able to dent the score sheet Penalties did the Smokies no good Blackburn was chased foi elbowing at of the initial period when un corked the tying goal Don McKnight went off at of the second period for slashing and was away less than a minute when Bob Carnegie scored to put the Brooks ahead From there the Brooks never lost the lead go ing topside in the second per iod and firing four unanswered third period goals to clinch the decision Brian Million shadowing the Brooks big gun Jack Germond cut the visitors ace down to a goal and an pens in these cases Bob Carnegie No 7 took up the slack to put way four gbals to lead the charge Fred Dillmans Newmarket Mo tors who had lost but one game previously over the season were spilled unceremoniously by the underdog Annies Lunchmen Ross Burgess Lunchmen copped the verdict 64 The windup between George Watts Brice Butchers and Andy Sinclairs Cameron Dairy men had all the frills spills and thrills of a Stanley Cup playoff In the end it was Brices 32 over Camerons after eight minutes of suddendeath overtime Terry Cain sprouted the halo for the With his team behind 21 Cain slipped into scoring range with seconds re maining to create a tie Cain scored his third goal of the game after eight minutes of sudden- death overtime breaking out of a jam around his own blueline to go in alone to pop in the cham pionship winning counter Starring for Camerons was Randy Legge Legge scored both his teams goals and along with Tommy Sinclair played a whale of a defensive game Paul Fry handled the chore in creditable fashion while Jack Austin at the other end won ac claim for his fine puckstopping efforts In the tyke game there were stars galore Don James going for four goals was the big pro duction laddie for Annies Mike Brodie popped in the other two winners foals Bobby Smith charged wv the task of checking the Motormcns big scoring man Jerry Meehan earned star rating did Kent Doner in the Lunch- as mens goal Jerry Meehan scored all the Newmarket Motors goals and Vic McCutcheon turned in a tremendous job between the pipes for the The Annies team received the Morton Bros Trophy while captured the J Spillette Memorial Trophy The games marked the end of a successful season under the cosponsorship of the Newmarket Minor hockey association and the Newmarket Recreation Commission The league had teams and over 200 registered players MASTERS CHAMPS OF THE HOOP LOOP Climaxing an unbeaten season Masters thumped Grads to capture the Newmarket town basketball league championship Monday at the high school gym The game a suddendeath fixture concluded a successful first year of town basketball The Masters are truly worthy champs They never lost a game all season and only once during the season were they forced to go all out to keep their winning skein alive Held Monday in the first half the Masters were full of beans in the second half to pour in 24 poVts to run away and hide from the having a spot trouble hitting the rim was the only Master shotmaker not to join in the merry scoring rounde lay Don Menards pop ping in the second half spark ed the winners George Kelly tossed off nine points Ed Rich ardson eight and it was a pair apiece for Bob Thomson and George Cox Tlie had oodles of trouble crashing the Masters air tight zone defense Fred broke through for eight points to star for the Grads Bob Dick kick ed in with five marks while Bill Mair and Ron Groves popped in two points apiece Bob was a onepoint counter for the while the sixth mem ber of the squad McKnight failed to click under the hoop assist As often hap- The semifinal consolation con- Strikes and Spares WIN FIRST OF QUARTER FINALS test was a four bell thriller Bell Telephone rang in finally with a 19 win over the Lyons Bob CUne and Bob Brawn nailed s down SIX points each for the Bell lads while captain Dune Dick Corner Ned Skead and Ralph accumulated two points each Peter shoot The most pleasant part of the hockey season just closing was the keen competition aroused in the midgetjuvenile town league The teams sponsored by Newmarket Lions Newmarket Rotary Hill Merchants Frank Bowser Atkinson Bert Morrison and Ray- Mars Ray Smith and Ted Robinson created all kinds of excite ment in their ice lane scraps The RayMars are league champions They defeated Hill Merchants on the round to annex the title Don Warner was league director Team coaches wero Groves ing featured the Lyons effort The gogo Aurora Belairs Don Flash DeNike and into a lead in games in the I Ken Stephens flashed fourpoint of five Ontario Hockey As- drives for the Lyons Dave Mc Veigh collected the final Lyons Rick Corbctt Dick Nobby Clarence Stickwood and Harold LaPlante Front row left to right are Paul Grant Bob Back row left to right are Ray Smith co- sponsor Harold coach Jack Cullen Charles Crawford at rear Larry Bone Bob Morrison Terry Budd Tom Maukonen Greg Scott John McKnight and Ted Robinson cosponsor Photos by Victor best sociation intermediate finals as they posted a win over Elm- vale Harvesters the Aurora ar ena Tuesday Two snappy goals seconds apart both fired by Phil Nicholas sent the Simmons-Biggar-Chap- man troop on its way They wore the only goals of the first period as the hopped into a lead Walt Fines and Don Gibson as sisted on the first goal while Or tie Thorns and Grant Winters set up the second After the first period the two teams scored at a twogoal a per iod pace In the middle chapter for Aurora Grant wards scor ed from Dave Harvey and Ted and Howard Bullock lashed in a relay from Winters and Harvey In the final stanza Waller Fin es a powerful figure along with Andy Closs and Grant Winters on the Belairs defense planted a pass from Nicholas and finally Ted sank the sixth counter with Fines assisting Paul came up with another solid job in the Aurora goal Mervin Robinson was a two- goal sniper to lead Mutt Collings former district star play ing with the visitors bagged an assist during proceedings Second and third games in the go tonight and Saturday at point York Curlers Declare Champions This Week This is going to be an all im portant week with the enthusi astic York curlers The curlers at a meeting Saturday with club president Tiny in the chair decided to close up for the season this weekend but before the closing date the club cham pionship has to be declared Eight rinks four from the first club championship series and four from the second series are lined up to go after the club championship honors this week Rinks skipped by Allan Mc- Al Cameron Grant Sine and Lou Stephens finished in one two three and four order in the firt series competition In the second playoff series just concluded last Friday rinks skip ped by Bill Bales Jack Harold Eaton and Dave copped the first four qualifying positions The eight rinks were drawn to start the playoff round on Tues day The four winning rinks from Tuesdays competition meet Don Gibson a polished per former in hockey baseball and bowling rattled off a series to lead the Bell Telephone scor ers Top individual performers in the mens section were Bob Lee Bill Johnston 696 Ross Smith Harold LaPlante and Ken Broughton 608 In the ladies division Jean set up a nifty 696 three some to show the way Other top ladies were Marion James 609 Elsie Evans Dot 571 Caroline Dorothy LaPlante Alma 525 Six pin spillers topped the mark in the Thursday ladies lea gue Marie was the pacesetter while Myrtle Dunn had 571 Marion Gibson Geo- rgina Shiplcv Olive Edith Hall The Office Specialty off icemen league slipped below par There were only four over Jim was the leader with a fine triple Bill posted a 701 Case and Francis Ken Mil lers team leads the pack by one point The Monday ladies league bow lers turned in high scoring ev ening Ruth Codlins paced the effort Other scoring pacesetters were Edna Mc- Elaine Elsie 607 Preston Gertrude Clark Ethel Warden 558 Mary Osborne 558 Marg Smal 547 Claire Pollock Mimi Ada Lloyd 530 Dean Muirhcnd Ann Osborne Thorns Dean Jean Gould In the Wednesday ladies lea gue Barbara Bell was leader with 568 Lit Rank was runnerup with 553 followed by Sylvia Bell Emma Broadbent Helen Tug- well Ruth tossed a triple to pace the Tuesday ladies Other bowlers were Dor othy Hewitt 565 Dorothy Butler 563 Yvonne 516 and Mary Sargent 501 Legion bowlers are into the playoffs Over the regular season John team finished first Members of the crew were John Fred Counter Don Johnston Harry Davis Fred Dill- man Bill Johnston Season high prize winners were Don Cordy high triple flat Fred Counter high triple with handicap Del high single flat 311 Mickey Smith and Rod Stevens high sin gle with handicap 371 Hank Van- denBergh high average Spar ked by Don Cordys triple Mickev Smiths Flippers rolled a total to take the lead in the playoff action Barney and his town league hit the banquet circuit tomorrow right after a Newmarkets centennial year will have to glide past without the natives having an opportunity to celebrate the winning of a title Newmarket Smoke Rings the final hope for a title at Ontar io Hockey Association level pass ed out of the championship focus Saturday at the arena as they dropped a verdict to Cliff Johnstons Combines The defeat meant the Smokies lost the group final best of five set 30 in games The handwriting went on the wall for the Smokies in the first round as hopped ahead 30 on goals by Vorn Ferguson Dan and Murray Jones First notes indicate the Smokies should have at least grabbed as many goals as the Brooks in that speedball opening session Heres how the notes went Joe the Brooks goalie saved sensationally from Blackburn in the first minute Ad air made a great stop on No Tureski forechecked diligently The Smoke Rings were having bad luck around the net missed a fine chance Don Thorns off at for a trip got the first penalty Carnegie went right through and Adair saved had the best chance of the period but was rob bed by Melnick Jack Cain went in close but missed Rogers went right through but didnt get a goal He was robbed Adair saved a dandy from Coach Cain shifted Blackburn up to center the line of McKnight and Rogers The shift produced the Smokies first goal after seconds of second period play Rogers was the shotsinker with Blackburn and McKnight handl ing the puck in the scramble In front of Melnick This was the only goal of the middle round The second period was probably the speediest of the season New market was dumping the puck in Brooklin hoisting it out Solid bumping was the order as Jack Cain draped McMahon on the boards and McMahon in turn took it out on Rogers Million missed the open net for the Smok ies best chance of the period to score their second goal Smokies supporters were pitch ed into further gloom as Ferguson made it for Brooklin at of the final period The goal came with McKnight doing time for in terference From there on the Smokies put their best fftot for ward The biggest fan gathering of the season saw come alive in the final five minutes to make a gallant bid to stay in the series Bob cashed an unassisted at and at Blackburn got credit for the Smokies third goal although probably the Brooks Gibson put it in his own net With the Smokies trailers and a minute to play Adair out and coach Cain sent out six attackers The move backfired as grabbed the biscuit and stickhandled into shooting range to dump the puck into the unat tended cage That was the ball game The Newmarket Optimist Club sponsored fourteam bantam town league wound up proceedings Monday at the arena Jack Canadiens were duly acclaimed champions They defeated New on the round in the finals The league provided weekly sessions for approximately boys throughout the winter The Optimist Club also sponsored the bantam allstars in North league competition wai lea coaches were A If Noilly Bill Patrick Ed Adams and Jack Peppiatt The winners captured the Buss Broadbent Trophy Front row left to right are Jim John Jim Woodcock Doug Curran OReilly Larry Keffer captain Don McEIroy Dick Yates Back row left to right Jack Peppiatt coach Bob Alan Brennan Coghill Terry Gorman Jim Peter Seney Dennis Top Clark The Rideau Canal system ori ginally built to provide an inland communications route that could be kept open In event of armed invasion from the United States now gets most of its traffic from pleasure boats manned by Ameri can tour tonight and the two winners go busy successful season El- into the crucial match for the won the league playoff with club championship tomorrow Construction Office Spec- evening The winning rink will and Monarch finishing in Aurora Beeton To Meet In North Yorks Bantam Midget The North York minor hen- key league teams have reached the final series stage in both the bantam and midget playoff In bantam and Aurora are scheduled to clash for the lea gue title and Lex McKentie tro phy In midget again and Aurora Appliances will be finalists The winner will receive the Ted trophy The bantam windup may be delayed until Aurora Lions con clude their OMHA playoff set with St Marys League governor George Hask is working on arrangements to complete the midget series with a suddendeath game at Aurora Saturday following the conclusion of the bantam playoff game bantams qualified for the finals by ousting Aee Collings Bradford on the round in the semifinals In midget trailing by three goals on the round entering the final period Beeton ex ploded for seven goals to beat won the aeries opener at Beeton won the round The second game In the semifinal series was played at Richmond Hill March W Dave third hat trick torched third per iod explosion Vince add ed two goals Cameron Wood and Jim single m winning cause For Clarence Thornhill Stamp Whitey Edwards and were the triggermen receive the Bert Morrison Tip Top Tailor trophy The four losers from Tuesdays matches meet tonight in the consolation series play and then the two sur viving rinks meet tomorrow ev ening for the clubs consolation series that sequence Aces were consol ation winners The club was made up of Jack Watson Ted Greenwood Young George Roy Burling Bob Banning Season long leader high average Watt high triple flat Stfc John high single with handicap Wilf high single flat and Lloyd Harvey Aces bowlers were Norm Bennett Art 370 Reg Wilson high Joe Bob Scott I handicap