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District Sport News Keswick On Top In Simcoe Loop At Orillia Checkmated over the first seven frames Newmarket ladies exploded with the suddenness of a July thunderstorm to score seven runs in the last two rounds to defeat 147 The game a and dis trict ladies league con test was played at Orillia July 30 The victory enabled the lo cals to inch two closer to the loopleading Barrie Flyers The VanzantWaft nine put the handwriting on the wall for in eighth It was Sarah who supplied the big hit thai led to a threerun in ning Lois got the up rising going with a triple and scored seconds later on Deans double Sarah next up promptly cashed a home run All the Newmarket scoring activity came after two out were recorded The locals made life miserable for two Orillia pitchers in the ninth Mary Osborne singled Barbara Watt walked and then a fourrun parade was on as Bar bara Colleen Cain and Lois put together succes sive singles Barbara Watt homered in the sixth It was one of two hits the efficient first put across Sister Helen got two hits as did Lois Dean and Sarah Robin Lenox and Lois had home runs for Orillia Sarah Barradell had some rough spots to conquer in the early Innings but pitched out of them to record another pitching triumph The Simcoe league race has a week to run The regular sche dule runs out Aug 9 Ken Hodgins Keswick started the week as league lead ers The Redmen have points Zephyr and Pine Orchard each while Joe Cases Mounties slipped from first to fourth place The Mounties have 21 points Theres a sizzling scrap going for the final two playoff berths Four teams have a chance to cop the two spots They are with marks Willow Beach and 11 points apiece Action on the league diamonds slackened off slightly last week Four games were played A fifth game with Mount Albert at Wil low Beach a weird affair had to be called after three innings It means a replay later Keswick achieved a pair of noteworthy wins The defeated Vandorf Thursday and Friday they spik ed a win over Ross Chao- mans shorthanded Rockets In other games Pine Orchard defeated and Zephyr Blues had to rally to annex a win over the luckless tailend Keswick Leg ion In their go against Quecnsville the HodginsHareKing clan nev er looked back after they spank ed home six first inning runs It was enough to win the bagged another nine in third and added a final run in the fifth The Rockets used a walk an error and back to back by Himcs and Ed to score all their runs in the third The hit hungry Redmen tore Chadwick Claude Pollock Har old Smith and Bob Cook marked up other Keswick safeties Keswick swingers came up with a house full of bad news for Harry Lavender and his dorf company Claude Pollock recorded the pitching win over Bill Richardson Ted Vanderpol Harry Lavender and Doug Al corn were Vandorfs steadiest hit pumpers George Chadwick got in another three hit licks to pace the Exploding suddenly for three sixth inning runs to break a 3all tie Pine Orchard trimmed haven 73 The Ash brothers Howie and Nobby boosted their home run output with a basecircler earh Garnie Williams chipped in with two while Mike and Bob Shropshire other winners hits behind Doug Cards fancy fourhit pitching Victimized by Pine Orchards extra base clubbing was Belhav- fire ball Bill Henry George Davidson and Ivan Rye were main cogs in the hit statistics Playoff Hopes Fade For Green After 235 Loss To Legion Team Spraying the diamond with a the Sod bust with some HOW WOULD YOU CALL THIS ONE There seems to be two schools of thought with regard to a re cent town league happening Bill Haskett was he batter William swung at a bird strike and missed Brad Walker catcher John Rennie pick ed the ball up on the first bounce behind the plate fired he ball to first base but the Walker first Bill seeing brother go to the bench didnt bother to tag first base One of the alert Dodgers point ed out this oversight to who trotted over and took up his position on first base After an argument he stayed there The question is was he out or not Billy Evans book on Knot ty baseball problems says It points out he just made a de tour on the way to first base and it was up to the team in- field to touch first base and make the out official Talking with several of our district umpires they say he was out- He left the three foot baseline How would you have called it Bell Telephone Blanks Newmarket Dairy 50 It was rookie pitcher night at The Pole Climbers pushed run- fair grounds Wednesday as ners on three occasions to third Bell Telephone and Newmarket I base but couldnt supply big bundle of base hits in all Canadian Legion smothered Green Acres in a town league game at the fair grounds July 30 The loss just about wiped out Green Acres hopes of making a playoff position Helped by a fielding display that was strictly off colour the Legion had themselves a good old scoring binge They kept the scor er busyin his counting house in every frame but the fifth After going for eight runs In the first three rounds the Leg ion skyrocketed with runs in the final two chapters Some of the trouble that blew up on Green Acres starter Bob Attwell was of his own making as rapid Robert handed out a bushel of walks On the other into the pitches of three Rocket- ncIp men Mimes Ron Beckett one bit as booted the and Ron Croutch Harold Smith with last inning nolo from Clau de Pollock put across the Red- men triumph The settled for hits ball around like a good football side Ted Tidman Legion starter was working stoutly behind a shut out until hits by Jim Camisso with rookie Georse Chadwick Bruce and Bob Green- chief thumper with three Tom- field plus Waiter Farmers double my Hare and Bud conn- scored three Green Acres for two each while Ed frame runs timely hits Ted Heather took over mound work in the fifth and gave up a run to AI Martin in the sixth and hits to Walter Farmer and Bob Greenfield in the seventh as Green Acres got their final run It was a pretty solid hitting ef fort by Mclnnis Legion- A pair of veteran diamond performers Fred and Gord Major were carat slugg ers going for three hits apiece to pace the Legion sockers Bruce Towns ley Ted Tidman and John got into the hit jam with two hits each Bill Johnston Norm and shared the other Legion baseknocks AuroraNewmarket Tie Game Aurora Wins At Horn e Dairy tried conclusions in a town league struggle When the two clubs were ready to stow their sticks the Dairymen were 50 victors The Dairymen had Ross Eves going for them while Bell count ered with Ross Goddard For Eves it was his first pitching assign ment in years while windmill expert Ross Goddard estimated it was since he tried to put a sinker across the dish Judging from the performance- of the recruited rookies theyll be welcomed into the pitchers union without further ado Eves given some snappy field ing support from Cliff Gunn and Wilf in particular earned acclaim for a tidy threehitter Goddard got by on a sterling five- hitter Stew Andrews pranced home with Dairys ice breaking tally It came in the second inning as An drews after singling dashed home when Lowell Wallers in field skipper shot between second Harold legs The Dairymen lined up their sights for three fourth inning runs Harold Hutchinson tripled to give the frame a send- off Lowell Waller was a hit bats- Aurora Cubs put man Jack Baldson singled and Stew Andrews doubled tation home Aubrey Watsons second inning line single Roy Jamesbunt single and Harold Plantes double in the fifth were the only rough spots for Eves Eves arm got tired in the fifth so coach Cecil Andrews rushed southpaw Ivan Gibson into the to keep the shutout simmer ing Town Softball League TEAM STANDING j Newmarket Dairy Can Legion 8 McNeil Dodgers 2 Brad Walker Bell Telephone 0 Dozers 5 0 10 Lyons 4 4 Newmarket Sen Acres Future Games Aug vs OPP south diamond fair grounds Bruce It was a fine fielding effort for Taylor Aug 9 Lyons vs winners however it was a market Services west diamond rebound catch by that stole the fielding spotlight WiU was the victim Wilfie sent up a cloud dustei and Harold got his glove on it It pooped out but Watson I fair grounds floodlight Aug vs Kitching Dozers west diamond fair grounds Stan Evans Aug Legion vs Newmarket Dairy fair was right there to gobble it before it came in contact with I grounds west flood- terra firma light Gould Dozers Get Playoff Spot But Little Hope For OPP As Police Lose Game 70 Bowlers Revive InterClub Night Buffalo Enters Centennial Tourney Kettleby Tied In Playoffs For Peel- York League Thursday Aug 1 the Newmar ket lawn bowling club entertain ed bowlers from Richmond This was a revival of a pra ctice which was very popular several years ago when one club would Invite all members of a neighboring club for an even ings bowling event was a huge success Much of the credit for this most successful night goes to Mrs Anne Osborne president of the Newmarket ladies bowling club and to Jim Grainger from Rich mond Hill After he scores were totalled Mrs of Richmond Hill was the top ladies bowler and Mr also of Richmond Hill was tops in the mens division One of the highlights of the ev ening was the masterful way Gene McCaffrey handled the Bob by a surprise score The bowling consisted of three games with three players in each rink A different feature was that each bowler played on a differ ent rink for each game In this way players from each club with each other as well as a- gainst The idea worked out very nice ly and in that way every local bowler got acquainted with a Richmond Hill visitor The night was very much en joyed by all and the Richmond Hill lawn bowling club has in vited the Newmarket bowlers to Richmond Hill on Monday Aug An excellent lunch was served under the guidance of Mrs Gib son and Mrs Goring Mrs was games convener There are still openings for begins appear as though membership in the Newmarket first lawn bowling club reports club president u There is plenty of time to enjoy a season of bowling Anyone in terested in invited to call Mrs round PeelYork playoff set will go the route The two teams arc tied now at one game each The series is a best of five affair Kettleby came up with an Oborne Twining or important win Thursday to Louis at Twining set It was a tense dramatic struggle The teams or better still in at the club greens almost any even ing Three Newmarket bowlers Louis Swinghammer skin tied at the end of the regulation nine frames Kettleby scoped a run in the tenth to win Willis and John Kennedy Frank given some ex- July picked no the prize for fielding support was the the high score for one win at a pitching winner Howard Arch tournament held at Aurora bald Andrew and Dutch Krantz a pair of giltedge howl ers missed the high for two wins by one point at a doubles tourna ment held at July who called on help from Brown in tenth was charged with the defeat Brown Don Marchant and Don were the sharpest Aurora Dairymen Win Playoff Opener Aurora Dairymen got off on the right foot in the PeelYork play offs as they defeated Richmond Hill at the Aurora park Aug 1 was the first game in a best of seven Peel- York league semifinal round The Dairymen allowed the vi sitors lo assume a lead in the third inning After that Norm supported by a fine fielding effort fought off every sign of a Richmond Hill run The Dairymen started to roll in their turn at the plate in the third EaJl accepted free transportation to first via the hit batsman route Andy the Dairymens fleetfooted out fielder bunted safely and then catcher Don stroked out a double to score both his mates in turn scooted home on Norm Stundens single The scrappy Aurora crew had Earl MacDonald to thank for their eighth frame insurance run MacDonald finding of Bill Jacksons pitches to his liking promptly whacked it for a home run Stunden put on another versa tile pitching show He put the chill on the Hill hitters with a fine six hitter Tom claim ed two of six Richmond Hill hits to lead his mates Bill Jack- Gord Haves the bite on a lead in games in the North York peewee base ball league semifinals as they spilled Newmarket at Aur ora Friday The first game in the best of three semifinal round played at Newmarket July ended in a tic Over the first five inning span Newmarket with their ace flipp er Chuck Goddard working steadily built up a lead The roof fell in on the locals in the sixth Before and com pany could silence the Aurora the winners had pelt ed home nine runs on half as many hits John White was the most Newmarket hitter Ivan An derson after a shaky start stay ed around to pick up the pitch ing win Here July 31 Vern Eveleighs triple Tim Taylors single and Ivan Andersons double staked Aurora to two seventh frame runs and a tie Newmarket shouted home two runs in the second inning on John Whites runscoring single Newmarket went ahead in the fourth on Wayne sin gle and Don James double The locals made it in the fifth on John Whites double Aurora broke into the scoring column in the fourth scoring two unearned runs David Smalley checked Aurora on four hits Newmarket got to the visitors Ivan Anderson for seven hits The Forhan brothers Bob and Bill socked home four runs and The Williamson milk got I Bob Croutch threw a sterling their final run in the sixth on an twohitter as Dozers outfield bobble and Don dons single Balds- blanked 70 at the fair grounds July in a town league LAKE SIMCOE LEAGUE TEAM STANDING Aurora Bantams Eliminate Norm Stundens Aurora Tigers have been knocking the cover off ball this season and have now advanced to the finals in the North York bantam baseball playoffs The Tigers made short work of winning the best of three in the semifinal round in two straight In the series starter Keith Scott blazed a third strike past nine Stouffville swingers and fired a nifty three hitter as Au rora gave doting admirers a win to celebrate At Aug the charges went for a win to up the series Again it was Keith Scott in form to claim the pitching win Norm Dennis Don Tavlor and John Wilson were Tigers steadiest hitters broke through Scott pitching for a last inning run their only one of the series In the victory about every game The win assured the Dozers a spot in the league playdowns and left the Police with slim hop es of seeing action in the first round of the playoffs Bill hammered his home run in the first inning It cave the Ballantrae Dozers a lead Bob Forhans home run came in the fifth It was good for three runs as Bill Forhan had walked and Earl Cry- had singled to start the inning It gave the Dozers a comfort- able cushion to work on They added a sixthinning unearned run to complete their scoring Bob home run smash was the blow that sent Police starter John Lazotti scurrying for cover Harold came on in relief and yielded but one hit that a double in the seventh to Joe Allen w in 4 Zephyr to 2 Pine in 2 Albert in 21 13 Belhaven ft 12 Ballantrae 5 It Will Beach Keswick CALENDAR AIR West Diamond softball Barrie and ladies playoff Aug town league Lyons Newmarket Ser vices Aug and pm soft- one except for run pitches He and Express Classifieds Urine Results Marriott Case In Pitchers Duel Brad Walker Upsets Dodgers 53 him to this those two home turned in an excellent four hitter and fanned six hut his mates had some untidy housekeeping mom ents in the field that didnt help their The Police had a great oppor tunity to break in front in the first inning as Bob Croutch load- Tiger got into the hit act against bases Jim Stewart got two Stouffville lingers Dave board hit by the pitcher Ian Rob- Dresner Brian and was Keith Scon drilled out the on via a fielders choice hits for the winners Stewart got the first police hit a single in the third and new- I comer to the Police roster Al Du- singled in the seventh Bob while he didnt too many on strikes three in all had the Police swingers had enough going for ball town league doubleheader YMCA vs Kitching Dozers Legion vs Newmarket Dairy East Diamond Aug 645 pm baseball North York junior semifinal Stouffville at Newmarket Do- Nuts South Diamond Aug pm town league YMCA vs OPP right back to the alert Dozer fielders Bob shoe string catch that robbed Don Thorns of an extra base hit Croutchs one hand grab of Walt Farmers liner and Bob Woodcocks big league performance around second were features Hasketts HASH By GEORGE HASKETT Newmarket Sports Editor berg sluggers while Ken On Wednesday Aug the I Tom and Don Busby rock- son was charged with the defeat Newmarket lawn bowling greens will be the scene of a mens tournament for the late Hon J Davis trophy This tournament is open to all bowlers and so far a good number of district bowl ers have indicated they will here to for this grand and the beautiful all wool blankets which are the prizes The ladies will be serving lunch Louis that the Newmarket centennial lawn bowling rinks tournament is shaping up satisfactorily From all indications a full house will attend So far entries have come from Belleville Oshawa London Toronto Lindsay Aurora and Buffalo New York There are other US entries expected It is expected tour nament will be one of the high lights of the centennial celebra tions this all you their second again a gift run as Marriott walked and circuited the bases on a wild pitch a stolen base and an error The used both their i I hits to get three runs in the fourth Now hear experts It was McNeil Dodgers vs Brad Walker at the fair grounds Wed nesday under the lights in a town league skirmish Regular Schedule In e Simcoe Ball League ic regular schedule in the seething Lake Simcoe race ends August Tonight Vandorf plays at Mount Albert and Ross Chapmans Rockets take a trip into the bad lands at Zephyr Tomorrow nights windup at tractions are Keswick at Willow Beach and at Keswick Most of the clubs have Several postponed games to play Actually there arc two races the fans are watching with keen interest First there is the scrap for the league pennant Four teams Keswick Zephyr Pine I chard and Mount Albert are so bunched that anyone of the lour could walk off with the flag of August the point standing was Keswick 24 Zephyr Pine Orchard 22 Mount Al Keswick had two games to play Zephyr and Pine Orchard four each while Joe Cases had three The other battle is for the two remaining playoff spots Kes wick Zephyr Pine Orchard and Mount Albert are definitely in the play It is now just a case of where they finish in standing Four clubs have a chance to cop the final two playoff berths That would be Ballantrae and Willow Beach As of August Your scribe will have lo make it short and sweet this week Ev erybody is recovering from the holidays The main purpose of our Hash discourse this week will be to in vite Newmarket York county and district sportsmen join us in our centennial celebrations Aug to inclusive There will be a long list of sporting events The only sport that seems to be missing is la crosse There will be several contests featuring out of town clubs Town leaguers are hoping to promote a softball tour nament On the baseball front invita tions have gone out to all North York teams to r a tournament This will be a dav long affair At Pickering College on Aug ust the track and field meet under the direction of Matt Walsh will hold the stage Many of Ontarios best schoolboy and girl athletes are entered in the competition Another feature will be a five mile road race That we want to see in particular Jack Duncan it accepting en tries for the legions soup box derby Get those entries in appeared to be headed for fifth place The Rockets have points mediately Boys and girls and with five games to gov Belhaven has 12 points with five to play while Ballantrae and Willow under are eligible to enter their jalopies in the event At the swimming pool the Beach are tied in points each world famous swim- Ballantrae has three games to club team will be on hand play Willow Beach I This event is being sponsored by the Legion in conjunction with the Newmarket recreation com mission Saturday evening Aug Bill Brookes and his Newmarket soc cer club will take on Aurora in a regular Newmarket and district league match It promises to he of the highlight contests of year Both teams are scrapping tooth and nail for league lead If you havent taken in a soccer match this season this is the one to see At 4 pm if youre interested in fun and competition the Legion regatta is the magnet at Fairy Lake There will be canoe races a canoe jousting event a logroll ing competition an swim and a tub race just about everything to round out a couple of hours of action Incidentally we have heard from another local citizen Walter Collins Walter like our friend Jim Gibson passes alone infor mation about a Fairy Lake regat ta of So as you can gather from the above list there is a full calendar of sport events A complete list of and times will appear in next weeks issue of the Era and Express Speaking for the good sports men of this community I know they want to share their fun with everyone in the district Coma along and join us for the big round of sporting activities You arc as welcome as the flowers in May Who do you think emerged 1 If you guessed those high flying Dodgers youd be dead wrong It was the Walker troop who upset the front running Dod gers With Craig Case going for Wal kers and Bob Marriott the Mc Neil you dont have to have a crystal ball to know it was a pitchers struggle The final count showed Dodgers with three the two Case got 12 Dod gers on strikes while Marriott whiffed eight In the face of this over par pit- thing it added up to a battle of unearned runs Neither club counted an earned run all night Marriott fanned two in the kickoff inning but despite this the Walkermen ended up lea ders Bill and Fred Dow strolled and eventually hit the payoff window around errors and passed balls The Dodgers got one back in as two errors put John and Elmer Paisley on base Ross Jones singled and Craig Case won his own game with a two run double The got a rally per colating in their seventh and scor ed two runs on a walk Bob Kcff- bunt single and an error In the third the Dodgers loaded I the bases on Bill clean single Bob Keffers second safe bunt and Herb Cains walk The Dodgers looked to have something cooking but Case poured strike number three past Marriott to choke off the budding uprising While both crews had their I share of bobbles there were 1 sharp fielding plays such as Bob grab of Herb Cains screeching drive Herb Cains cateh in left field But the pric one was Ross Jones that robbed Cliff Ward of extra bases Theyll be arguing whether it was a catch or a trap for a long long time Optimists And Hillers Tied Ross Goddards Newmarket Optimists and Richmond Hill are even at a game each in their North York bantam semifinal round Newmarket won the ser ies opener via the award route The started the game with ten players and took one out for a pinch hitter That left them with nine and when their catcher was chucked out they had eight left and couldnt continue The umpire awarded the game In Newmarket Richmond Hill was leading fi when the umpire awarded the game The teams resumed the best of three series at Newmarket Thurs day It was at the end of regulation seven frames The clubs decided on an extra inning Before the local ball hawks and two Newmarket pitchers Paul Perry and Ken could si lence the visitors six runs had been scored and Richmond Hill were victors battle Ross had southpaw Paul Perry on the hill with Jim his opposition Hits were scarce in the secsaw struggle Larry scored a first inning Optimist run Wayne second inning home run created a all tic Paul Per rys hit shot Newmarket ahead in the fifth Richmond Hill got 2all equalizer in the sixth and went ahead 2 in the seventh on Gib sons home run smash The Op timists sent the game into extra innings as Tom Maukoncii walk ed to open the locals last of the seventh and came all the way home on Don Williams hit The Optimists had a rough time of it in the eighth The found the target to push 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