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Sports beat by Tony Midland Penetang out of league Last week this column was on the new Collingwood entry in the Intermediate A league This week the now from Owen Sound and Midland will be spotlight Everything up In Midland looked good a couple of weeks ago They had some good hockey players ready to play or ihe team They had a coach lined up They had good solid sponsorship They had an enthusiastic executive They only lacked one thing A building to play and practice at Bob who was to the playercoach of lhe Midland outfit told the Herald that his club Just could not get ice time The and council told us they could not give us any Ice lime in either Midland or Penetang Montlcth said They have a junior C team In Midland that believe It or not has the arena four nights a week The junior team practices three limes and one home gome and one away game a week Even when I ed prof hockey down In Ihe states we didn hit the Ice five times a week Montieth said Montieth also said that an team in Midland gets extensive use of the arena Montieth said that there Is a possiblhtv that new learn will operate out of which has a population of approximately However Montieth who played Senior A for the Terriers last said he will not go along lo be the playercoach in Elmvale He said he will return to play In Aside from Montieth Midland had a few other topflight hockey players ready lo hit the Ice Wayne King and Don both former National Hockey League players were ready to play for us Monfleth said Players off Senior A rosters were also ready to Join Midland With players sponsorship and executive behind It there is still a good chance that the proposed Midland Pen team will operate out of somewhere Lost week the team featured was Colllngwood If no team from the Midland area operates Colling wood which scams to be already stacked with talent could benefit It is the closest of Intermediate towns to Midland However would lose out where it counts at Ihe gate because Ihe loa of Midland would also be the loss of their closest natural rival Arnold Shaw general manager of the new Owen Sound entry Is very much like Jack Handy his counterpart here He is not going to say what players will be on his roster until they are signed and trying out for the team We have quite a few players in this area Shaw said However we have not signed any of them to player Unlike the Collingwood entry Shaw said he does not plan on making a serious run at the Hardy Cup In the first year We ve got to be realistic he said We arc going to go with primarily players and build on them Owen Sound like Georgetown Is hockey hotbed and is the home of some very good hockey players Last year the Melody Platers had four Owen Sound players on their Centennial Cup winning club There were also numerous Owen Sound natives playing in the Senior A league We have a few players who have said they will be coming out to try out for the team but they have not been signed to cards yet Shaw said Shaw said his team has not named a coach yet We re going to have to name one pretty soon because we begin practicing on August Up until last year Owen Sound had a tier two Junior A team The team folded last year because It could not get facility to play in Shaw said the executive for the new Intermediate entry Is made up primarily of the same people who served for the junior team We d Jlke to win our division which includes the four other new clubs Shaw said But as I say we re looking at this year mainly as a building one Owen Sound has an arena which seats very similar in size to Arena Shaw said hat with standing room the arena can accommodate spectators A late word came In on the Midland Penetang situation Larry Botlsle president of the O A said that there will definitely not be a team operating out of that area this year We tried to get ice time In but there was not any available Be isle said If the new division goes It will be with only four teams with an Interlocking schedule with the five established teams Bel Isle said there is a meeting tonight In Orango- lie The executive members teams will be asked if they arc willing to play an interlocking schedule and If they arc willing to wait one mare week to have the situation up north resolved was to be a meeting In tonight In which the new schedule was to be drawn up With Midland problem that meeting had be cancelled No new dote to draw up the schedule has been set Last week told The Herald that he doubts that the new Georgion Boy division will go with only four teams Meanwhile the Raiders are set to begin tryouts in a week and half and Handy has yet to receive his player Next week new tcims from Orongcville and Port Elgin will be featured Kevin Parker in Europe Kevin Parker of and a student at Acton high school Is a member of a strong Canadian team which will be vicing for top honors at the twopart Coupe Alpes figure skating competition in Europe which begins today Porker 17 is one of a seven member team Canada has assembled for the competition He will be competing In the men singles event The skater had a good year In winning the Western Ontario Sectionals Central Canada Division nnd fourth at the Canadians He keeps a gruelling training schedule of 35 hours per week during Ihe summer months and hours during the winter Parker skates out of the Kitchener Waterloo Skating Club and Is coached by John Other members of the team are this year world pair champions Barbara Under hi II is and Paul Martini IT Gary Beacom IB and Janet both In singles and Joanne French 19 and John Thomas In the dance pairs competition The first port of the competition will be from today until Sunday at St France The second segment which runs August Is at West Germany SOCCER GAMES THURSDAY AUGUST 1KB town Meteors Minor Oak Lancers Page 18 THF If Roy alettes lose two close ones Memorial Saturday will now move onto the provincial be held this weekend In Fortamix wins it all with victory over Glen a team loaded with former and present Georgetown Ge mini players emerged as champions of Georgetown Ball Hockey when they look a 1 win over Glen Boer Movers In the final Saturday It was two goals by mix In the second period that spelled the difference in the The teams went off after the first period tied 1 Doug put I- on a pais from Rob Lister but late in the period the Warriors tied it up on Doug marker Bill earned the assist on the play With approximately eight minutes gone in the second period Rick Tomkinson put out in front with Marty Power and Terry Crawford earning the assists With only 1 remaining to be in the middle frame Chris Milne give a twogoal bulge JimBolandgot an assist on the In the third period son connected for his second goal of the game from and Milne and it proved to be the games last goal During the regular season finished third and the Glen fourth got to the final routing Towing in the first round of the playoffs and then upsetting the Giants in the second round had finished se cond during the regular sea The Warriors to the finals nippjiif Firestone mix will niw to the in overtime In the first round being then soundlv defeating the singed in this Dominion Dukes who hid Ink end first WaWa first round in the semi finals The first two rounds of the playoffs were twogame total goals affairs Tin final was one sudden death tame Fnrtnmix had lo back strong in the second the Giants to They had lost ho first game Thiv wore up to the challenge In that second and look it to like the series over ill Scoring goals In that second for were six different shooters Collecting were Cmg Johnston I Tomkinson Tim Turner ind Turners go I midway proved to be the winner Sonne fir tin Giants Jake and lew ski Warriors had time the Dukes The Dukes hud reached the high point of season detailing Vtaj in the first round but the Warm rs them In the second game of Ihe series to win it ill Leading the way for the Warriors in tht second wire Bill BUI who scored two each Stive added a Kent John Snow replied for the Dukes Tint game also made ball hockey history as only five penalties were handed out league ehampions All Ontario Bill ltocke representative at the mint The will be up into four four team divisions The first place ins each of divi will then advance to quarter finals In a In Niagara falls this year representative Way Jay went all way and took the championship Eoch of the 10 leagues had first place team at that time the tournament Judging from that showing should stand a good chance of doing very well the tourna The Georgetown Legion Ro yalties dropped two close league games last week They lost 3 to Oakvllle at home last Tuesday and 4 to Burlington In away action Thursday The team hod just returned from New Brunswick the night before where they had won the Canadian Cham and were crowned the best Junior ladies fastball team In the country The Ray alettes gave Oak vlllc all they could handle before going down to defeat the Canadian championships by defeating Saskatchewan in the final Laura Wilkes started the game Tor the Roy alettes and she held the batters In For the first two Innings An unearned run in the top of the third gave the lead Wilkes had hit batter Deb Wanna maker who then tame around on an error The fought back and took o 1 lead in the bottom of the fourth After the first two George town hitters were retired Jan MacKay Joey Bennett Debbie and Barb Curry hit successive singles the two runs were scored Wilkes allowed two singles In the fourth and fifth innings but both the runners were stranded The went down In order in the fifth and sixth landings It was the sixth Inning that proved to be fatal for the Judy Press started the Inning with a singlcand she scored the tying run one out latter when Sue McCandrew touched Wilkes for a triple McCandrew then scored what proved to be the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Wanna The got the tying run at third base in the bottom of the eighth Monica Pollock hit single after Charlene Milton who was back in the lineup hod filed out Pollock moved all the way around to third but ended the threat by getting MacKay to ground out The then went down in order In the bottom of the ninth Wilkes put on an excellent pitching display going six and two third innings and allowing two earned runs and Just five hits She also had good control as she did not walk any batters took over from Wilkes and she really had her stuff working as she allowed just one hit a single in the two and a third innings she pitched The managed to gel seven hits off Oakvllle Jill They were all singles It was a disastrous fifth inning that cost the Royalettes the gome against Burlington Georgetown took the lead In the fourth inning when who had been hit by a pitch scored on Pollock single Wilkes again was the starter the and she was going along smoothly until the fifth Inning when Burlington Until that point Burlington had Just man to get two singles A triple a walk and three singles did the damage for Burlington in the fifth Georgetown scored one more run in the top of the seventh The were held to three singles by Burlington Shirley Saarils that to be the difference The Royalettes fared well at a tournament over the week end where they took the conso lation prize More deloils on the championship gome of that tournament in the Brookvlllc Brookville go to finals Decision pending on facilities says the recreation director Parks and recreation direct or Glen Gray says the possible conversion of diamond A at the fairgrounds into one or more soccer fields is at this point just part of analyses being done on the whole recreation situation in Ballon Hills Some people to Interpret he situation their own way Gray said It is simply part and parcel of the master plan for all recreation needs In Ballon Hills The master plan is scheduled to be published in October of this year Gray said his department and its advisory committee Ins looked into the possibility of converting diamond A which is at present being used for baseball into one or two soccer fields The department also looked into the possibility of construe ting a baseball diamond com with lights the Altolt Arena site There hive been no docis ions made on the Issue the director said Why people have gotten so concerned this point is beyond me Gray said it would bo more economically feasible to con vert di into soccer flelds rather thin skip one step and leave the diamond is it is and construct the facilities Aleotl The cost of din A Into soccer facilities is not very much he said If only one full sued field is constructed there the cost would be next to ml However Gray made It elcar that his department is not favoring any plan at this He said At this point we arc looking at the being done objectively wilting for more to be done before any decisions arc reoc hed He said at this point he has no idea when the will be completed He did say that he would Like new facilities before the soccer and baseball seasons begin next year The recreation department has talked to people from the Georgetown Baseball Associa and also the various soccer organizations on the facilities issue One concern which has been ted is that having two The Selects el led to on the weekend to participate In their annual ladles fastball tourna After losing the first game to host Moorefleld they went on to win their second game 1 against Team Sports from Kit The Selects then met the Georgetown In the consolation final and were edged cut Moorcdeld began the ing in their 1 victory over early in the game scoring two runs in the top of the second after a scoreless first inning for both teams While put four bat to the plate in the 3rd went up 3 down held to two in the top of the fourth inning and then Barb Near came home on errors to tally soccer fields at the fairgrounds for the Selects closing the may Interfere with sports score to 1 in favor of Moore which are going on at the park field Neither team could sue the same time- Gray said connect with the ball Although could cosily in the fifth and in the sixth convert diamond A Into two Moorefleld scored twice to soccer fields we are doing expand their lead to 4 to sec what the affect Again in the seventh and last it would have on the other inning Moorefleld came up big sports with the bats hitting home three ploycrs to defeat the Wewanttomakcadeclslon Selects Sue Thomson pitched which will not be dclermental f the squad to any one sport he sold We in 1 victory want to solve the recreation over Kitchener Team Sports both teams scored all their lhat Complete Bryan Lewis letter is in the first two innings Ex Georgetown Mnrgo Butler paced Sel ects by belting out a home run in the top of the first Team Sports answered by hitting in their only run in the bottom of first to tie the game up at I apiece bats were swinging in the second inning is Cathy McLeod Laurie Ken and Sandy Snow were oil brought around the bases to for Brookville Neither team was able to bring any more runners past third base for the remainder of the game although Brookville had more hits and Team Sports Pitching In Brookville s win was Barb tfear The consolation final of the tournament between the Selects and the Georgetown was close throughout with George town eventually coming out on Monica Pollock started the scoring for Georgetown In allowing the to take the lead The scoreboard stayed at until Brookvlllc Cathy McLeod touched homo after being walked in the bottom of the fourth After allowing the Selects to tie up the gome the George town team hit big in the sixth Inning to bring home Nancy Janctte McKay and J Bennett Shortill and Ben nctt came home on an over throw to 1st base then threatened to even up the score again in the bottom of the sixth with Sue Thomson and Sue both crossing the plate and Barb Near being left on at third base Neither team scored in the Georgetown collected their consolation win The win pitcher was Debbie Shortt with Sue Thomson pit chlng for the Selects Two weeks back The Herald ran story Battle Is brewing and In excerpts were used a letter Bryan Lewis of the Georgetown Indust rial Fas League had sent to Recreation Parks dlrec tor Glen Gray using only segments of the letter Lewis says his thoughts on the Issue expressed Lost week In his column Alex Tough mode a few remarks on the Issue Those remarks arc purely his beliefs and in no way shape or form those of The Herald Tough has hod a column In The the soccer season began and wo have given him a forum in which to express his views Following is the complete letter which Lewis sent to Gray Dear Glen I would like to preface this letter with the comments thai soccer Is a great game and I have no animosity towards those that play coach manage or persons that organize sac programs in the Town In Tact should be pass amongst the for untiring work with the youth of the Town of Hills Being more connect with another sport that being fastball and a regular user of the Georgetown Pork I ennnot help but wonder to the actions of the Minor Soeccr Group now wanting to conquer vide the section of the Fair properly grounds Pork used by the Georgetown Baseball If the ability to recall the fuss furor look to get this diamond Into condition have suitable screening Ins la I led tn make it fit for use by baseball people you would not entertain the si ghost thought of converting Diamond A Into one soccer pitch let alone two To me It seems greedy that can find a piece of Town owned green grass that they can start lobbying program In an effort lo obtain such property lor their use regardless of the loss to other sports In the Town Perhaps should servo lo all those In Town with green lawns beware soccer may expropriate your lawn for Hi el next pitch Do soccer people realize Just how people and at Ions use the grassed area They nip la in enough to want hove current fnUlilies lo prevent people using part of their facility Could you imagine the reaction tiny would create after the Fall Filr horse shows High land Games and the like that all use this green area on various occasions The playing fields arc now situated In a fairly close proximity to each other that at times one game interferes with the other and with the soccer proposal the playing fields of fastball and soecer would sit even closer I find It hard to believe that soccer players would like to have soft balls rolling in the midst of their I urge you Glen not to allow Diamond A to be removed from the Fairgrounds Park In which I feel would be a more serious loss to the ball community than soccer people realize To you with the sports of Ilalton Hills In mind I remain Bryan Lewis Pros Georgetown Industrial Fastball League No tennis courts going in at Goes to committee The old school won be torn down to provide tennis courts for area residents If Hills Tennis Associa tlon gets its way In association meeting mln presented to finance and administration committee Monday members said that thoywerc unable to comment on the needs of specif but felt thot any should be led towards renovating or existing tennis facilities rather than increasing the number of conns The comment upset Ward Coun A Patterson who de manded to know what business it was of the association to fell recreation director Glen Gray that they don want tennis courts in I he development of two soc pitches in the Georgetown Fairgrounds the reloen el the fairgrounds nils at eordon coll arena ore two of r cereal on items Included in budget foretnst for ltnu that went before the town finance and administration committee Monday subject to rev and deletions pates a JO expenditure for pilches and gross costs to be reduced through tax levies and subsidies The forecast yet to be view by town council has been prepared solely to help the town set priorities and plan future budgets Slowpitch tournament Acton girls Acton family Restaurant pec wee girls team has defeated Hornby in Ihe game of ptuyoll action Acton big bats of the night were held by Susan and Nancy George who each out live homo runs to ball diamonds on the arena the Acton squad Kim grounds figures ore f chalk up four Pitching for was Teresa Dunn Says team manager Pop Main of the Acton effort All players on Acton played extra well Ml the hitting run was extra good He expects to take the first round playoff scries from Hornby and advance to the finals The fourth annual slow pitch Softball game to raise money for the North Associa tlon lor the Mentally He forded Is for August at Glen Williams Ball Park Bob Landry who along with Blake Is the chief organizer of the event said If the weather is bod on August the tournament will go the next day There arc eight teams slated lo compete In tournament Landry said the tourna ment will be strictly for fun The first game will be at a m and the championship game will be at m Here arc the first round matchups Georgetown Fire fighters vs Hills works department Police Hills Junior Farmers Ambulance Serv ice vs Post Office and Georgetown Jaycccs vs the Radical Car Club The tournament will be knockout affair with no consolation