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One Hundred and Second Year No Second YearNo ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1 1976 Second Section Georgetown judge misses eighth Sabre goal SABRE DON RICHARD SWINGS to send the puck out of danger while Georgetown Gem Joe South aims to fire the rubber towards Actons net during Georgetowns 2 loss here last Wednesday Kent Moffat Sabre goalie uses Gem Paul Allison for extra protection Sabre Paul Curtas and George town s Ian Syme wait the result of the swinging duel George town played minus nine regular players while Acton got on with a couple of regulars out of action Sabres play a home and home series with Oakville this weekend then go to Streetsville for a rare Tuesday game Minor bants take 4th win by checking Hamburg Minor came through with Iheir fourth win in six they defeated New Hamburg with Brown firing the winning gaol in the first period from Mike Monahan Minor bants opened up a three to nothing lead on goals by Brown Dennis Kirtoi unassisted and from John Semenec Unassisted Charlie got the period effort In the third period again found the mark help from Brown and Semenec Paul Campbell set up Kir ton for his second goal of the game late in the final period Minor bantams played their positions well and out muscled the opposition with superior back checking The first year players the five of them are showing bcter than coach Cope Smith expected Dave Anderson went the distance in Acton neU Also the team played for the game both Ron Jackson and Dereck Hodgson were missing from the lineup because of sick Each team took four two minute penalties Minor peewees coming in spite of Elmiras wins Elmira took both ends of a double header against the minor peewees in WW regular season play last week At Elmira Saturday the minor started to rally in the third period after the host club had built a 51 lead According to the coach the score would have been much closer if the team played in the first couple of periods as well as it did in the final Elmira dominated the first twothirds of the game though Mike sell Blair and Ken Kavan played very well scored Acton only goal of the game in the second ptriod Brian got the assist Dwayne Martin paced Elmira with two goals while Pete Jamie and Jeff Martin got singles There was no question of ssupcriontyinlhe6l defeat they handed Acton last Wednesday here Mike Phelan scored in the second period from Brian Major peewees split league action Major peewees split the results against Fergus and in Waterloo- Wellington hockey action Mike fired major s only goal of the game at Monday already had a 30 lead and went on to win 51 Elmira blanks maj atoms Elmira blanked the major atoms in WW action Saturday at Elmira Mark Duval got the assist Acton had to take the lead twice in order to beat Fergus 3 l there Saturday Cord accounted for two major peewec goals including the winner from Robert later put the game on ice with passes from Paul and Tim Evans gave Acton a 10 lead in the second period again from Key Neil tied the game at 1 1 on an unassisted play for Fergus Demone to spoil Bob Elvy shutout bid Kron fired two Elmira goals while Martin Neeb Mike Frank and Trevor got singles In exhibition action against Milton Sunday the minor showed their grow ing conversion to positional and clean hockey though they lost 3 1 Greg Marks set up Brian Demone for a second period goal that briefly tied the game at 1 Ken Kavanaugh just missed on a break to close the gup a bit more Randy Heggie with two and Bryan Mcintosh were Milton marksmen In one previous exhibition match against the same Acton suffered a 101 defeat Mohawk in 77 ACTON NOVICE rep team players practiced Saturday afternoon Goalie Doug wards off pucks Legion hockey schedule December Springfield vs Cleveland Tidewater vs Baltimore Richmond vs Rochester Atom London vs St Kitts 10 00 Hamilton vs Oshawa Novice 00 Dixie vs Guelph noon Brampton vs Weston Bantam 6 Toros vs Cougars 7 Nordics vs Decembers Midgets 55 Detroit vs Montreal 6 Vancouver vs Toronto With the play in Sabres end and Gemlnis trailing badly the goal judge from Georgetown headed for the door hoping perhaps that nothing else could happen with just ten seconds toga That why the red goal light behind Gem backup net minder Brad Miller failed to fire after Sabre Joe Gardin beat him for the second time and Sabres took their first sweet win from bitter rivals Sabres could have been expected to edge or even beat the suspension riddled Georgetown Gemini but instead the last place club dished up a humiliating defeat to the second place Gems The Acton win only the second of the year was dimmed Friday here when Brampton Chevy out Sabres for a win Brampton Paul Cook sank Sabres with two goals straight from during the final 30 seconds of the first period for Bramp ton Until the IB 34 point Sabres led 1 Brampton outs cored Sabres in the first 10 in the second and 1 in the third Acton Kent Moffat managed to keep the score respectable In spite of facing 22 shots In the first period in the second and 11 in the final minutes for 4a He stopped as many pucks in the first period as his opposite number did In the game Sabre Steve Buchanan netted his first goal of the season from newcomer Joe Hurley early in the first period to give the team a brief lead Brampton Dana evened things up a couple of minutes later Chris Costello fired his 13th of the season for Sabres second one goal lead Skipper chipper Chapman and Campbell earned assists Four minutes passed before Chevy Cook twice did his thing to give he visitors he go ahead for he rest of he game Relay added a third Sabres goal toward the end of the game when he relayed a pass from Campbell Tim Peters was another Brampton player to ink two goals while Mike counted for the sixth Chevy marker It was quite a different story when Georgetown played here the previous Wednesday The Geminis were limping from having to bolster the line up with six juveniles regular goalie Rick Tomiinson Terry Turner Mike Richmond and Bill Kirby were suspended as a result of fights with Burlington Cougars Three others Kevin Reeks Tom and Bruce Bailey were writing exams and another couple were benched because they missed dry land training An unusual feature of the Gcmtms Sabres score sheet is that on Georgetown s side the names of the two players side lined for missing training Doug Barnes and Brent Ransom appear on the sheet as though they were intended They of course sat out the game the sheet On the other aide Sabres were minus Kent Kentner and Bill who were sitting out suspensions from separate incidents in a game against Dixie Busy Sabre goalie Moffat busiest time came in the final period when Georgetown pressed with shots He faced Gem attempts in the second period arid seven in the first Four of Acton eight shots in the third period eluded back up goalie Milter He faced 13 attempts in the middle frame and nine in the opener Geminis manager Bob Tost said after the gome that the Sabres won simply because they scored more goals than did Georgetown But he added that his players I go into the game thinking that Acton would be an easy two points Pout Robinson coach of the Georgetown maintains that the Sabres still have nothing Newcomer Chris started the Sabres off right at the second mark of the first period on passes from Jeff Townslcy and Erin Peter Newcomer Paul Curtas rifled his first goal as a Sabre on a shot from Jamie Vickery a few minutes later struck again early in the second with Chapman getting the assist Sixty five seconds later it was Paul Ancin- scoring from Don Richard and Joe Gardin and it looked as if Sabres were on their way to a shutout job on George town Sloppy clearing in front of Sabres net put the puck onto Gem Rob Hamilton s slick and in turn into the net spoil Moffat s bid for a perfect game Another Gemini Larry Peterson rifled an power play goal behind Moffat early m Hit third to close the scoring gap to two goals Sabres clincher came with the fifth goal the one from defence man Campbell s slaps hot was credited with an assist but it looked as if Costello tipped in Campbell bullet from the left point From then on it was fairly smooth sailing for Acton scored from Chapman on a power play effort which was followed by the first two goals of the season by The first was from Richard the second from CampbelL During the Georgetown game the directions from Sabres bench reflected for the first time the club adoption of a system with the Dove McKnight and Del Pa pa Midway in industrial hockey playoff berths far from close Near the middle of the in dustnal hockey leagues game season Vans and Hellers are slowly drawing away from the pack In the standings The bottom four teams are within a halfdozen points so hat placlngs could change before playoff action starts In Sunday action Hellers trounced Kens Vans tripped up Station and Blow Press shaded In the Hellers Kens contest Kens took a one goal lead after five and a half minutes of play when Hon Schmidt connected on a pass from George Mclhail and Doug in the first period Hellers poured it on in the remainder of the first and spilled over into the second with seven straight goals Kens Lyndon Thompson counted their second goal midway through the third got the assist Back came Hellers with a of late game markers to put the result way beyond reach Henry Toebcs and Steve Bennett bobbed in three goals for Hellers Bennett also picked up an assist on one of two goals as did Cecil The winning goal flew off the stick of on passes from Stuckless and They picked up four assists each Colton and Al Hall also earned Heller assists Vans doubled the scored over Station in an seesaw battle which endured until the final tight minutes when Vans wrenched control of the puck for three unanswered goals Station took a 1 lead in the first and then the teams drw even three apiece In the se cond Eric Stone fired the winner from Dave Morris stone also tied the in the second at from Floyd plus He completed the in the third on another Melntyre pass also netted a pair of goals for Vans one on an assist from Ken Owen Owen went for in unassisted goal of his own later Bruce opened Vans scoring in the first from Morns and Owen Morns put Vins ahead in the second from Owen and Waller Stations Bill Field started his team lead from Mike after ten min of play Bruce Cookslej chalked up id on an unassisted marker less than three minutes later In the second period Jim attempted to rally Station players with a lying goal from Wayne Allan and Cook si Allan pulled the trigger for Station last goal on a Jim McDonald pass The game went fairly smoothly unlirthe third per lod when Vans look 12 to Station two in penal ties Blow Press Lakers In an struggle Lakers only fell behind goal production in the first period when Press took a I lead into the second period Both teams scored twice in the second and four times in the third Peter Morrison scored the eventual winning toil with five seconds to play Sid and John Mason earned assists on the pla The same trio tied the game at on Daren s only goal of the game Morrison had pre v iousl got the come from be hind to make the score ft from Mason and Wood Mason fired first of four goals in the third period from Morrison and In the second period Wood notched a goal also from Bart its and Mason It gave a 4 3 lead Irwin gave a brief lead in the first when he bulged tne twine on passes from and John Kavanaugh Mason made Ihe score read 1 on an un assisted goal in the first then in the next period combined with to set up anaugh On Lakers side Hon Mellon rifled three goals including the team first of the tame from Fred Crawford In the second period he took the puck in himself foe in un assisted oil In the third Mellon a pass from John to count mother markctr In the second period netted lakers third to lie the game at from Steve Vince unleashed I akers first in the final period in unassisted effort I on I Gordon tied the game at when he took passes from John Collier and Mellon Townsley rounded out Lakers scoring efforts with from Deforest The pi the game was reasorablv clew until the final period v hen Brian Lloyd took a mutch pen illy for Blow Press while mate Mason got four minutes for Townslev and sat two minules each for I the third Fergus blanks f ergus blanked the major bints on the strength of two first period in game here Greg fired both Fergus Redmen up for season start Acton High School boys basketball teams the are limbering up well for the start of regular season play in the new year Against Georgetown Monday in exhibition play both the midgets and juniors won Martin paced the midgets to a win while Dave was named the best The juniors came through with convincing victory with Don Coats netting 22 points Brad Buchanan led the defence corps The seniors had a bye Erin high school played the midgets and seniors here Friday but relumed home Midgets won while the seniors went all the way for an 51 game Midgets have a 7 record in exhibition play while the juniors have and the seniors This weekend sees the midgets play in Malton while the seniors travel to Saltileet for tournament action The OJC intends to close St Catharines Garden City track and divide that track racing dales between Mohawk in CampbeJIville and Greenwood in Toronto This year Mohawk had only racing dates The proposed 1976 schedule suggests a spring Mohawk meeting from March to June and a fall meeting from Sept 4 to Dec 4 Wed nesdays and Thursdays Economic reflection The proposed changes directly reflect the economic state of harness racing The Jockey Club receives per cent of the mutuel handle at each of Its race tracks wilh 47 per cent of that going back to the horsemen in the form of purses This season the OJC estimates it received an of a day more from Mohawk than Garden City A decision from the Racing Commission and from the Department of Agriculture which must also approve the dates Is expected In MidJan Hamburg bobs major Division champs peewees receive pennant New Hamburg skated to a victory over the major in W W league play here on November Tim Evans flicked the red light for major peewee only goal of the game on a first period pass from assistant captain Gord Major goal came after New Hamburg built a 3 lead on two goals from John and a single by Paul Koenig Oville drops juveniles 61 Marv unassisted goal In the third period can celled Orangevllles efforts Tor a shutout as the juveniles lost to November 23 M Z Bennett Senior Boys Volleyball team walked off with top honors in their dlv against other north Hoi ton school teams last Tuesday at C Tying for second place in the overall tournament MZB and Martin St Senior Public school had 17 points trailing behind Centennial Senior Public School and senior public school who tied with 19 points Fairvlew public school took third spot with 13 points Other schools competing were Brookville points C 9 points and Robert Little trailing with 7 points The league divided up into two divisions one or public schools and one for Senior Public MZB had top points in the public school division MZB won five games out of seven being beaten out only by Centennial and Martin St senior public schools Team members were Marty Collcrton Mike Ashley Bob Andrews Dave Andy Ellerby Jamie Lubbers Steve Evans Kevin McLaren Warren Hawthorne John Evans Gary Lumbers Colin Mac Brent Vickery Glenn John Semenec team manager and teacher Brad Fisher coach Each member of the team received a champion crest and the team was presented with a pennant for the school DIVISION SENIOR Boys Volleyball champs are M Bennett students Left to right front row John Evans captains Martin and Steve Evans and Gary Lumbers Middle row Gord Glenn Kevin McLaren John Semenec and Warren Hawthorne Back row Brent Vickery Bob Andrews Brad Fisher coach Jamie Lubbers and Mike Ashley Absent from the photo are Andy Ellerby and Colin