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The Acton Free Wednesday December and from world of sport By Deris Gibbons Jets first and only regular season visit to Acton should attract the years largest crowd to the community centre this Friday night The defending O HA Intermediate B champs commonly known In some not so illinformed hockey circles as the Western Ontario allstars are undefeated In seven league games Polar Kings managed to hold the starstudded Jets to a ll tie but of that the defending champs have had It all their own way scoring a total of 57 goals and allowing only In their six wins B classification question mark Very few Jets have not had previous senior A Junior A or junior B experience and few are natives of the area raising the question of why the 0 H A allows the team a classification A report in a recent edition of the SL Marys JournalArgus shows two different Jot players commute from Brantford Seaforth for games Two players are listed as St Marys residents and another as a resident of London Residences of the remaining players include Hyde Park nderton and St Marys With such a large area from which to draw players Its little wonder Jets have been a perennial powerhouse Others must use homebrews The leagues other five teams Acton Durham Fergus must go with homebrews except for four Imports each Is allowed Further aggravating the situation Is the relative isolation of Jets home base Centralia from the loops other five arenas At a league meeting In Durham officials from Durham and Elmlra supported the inclusion of In the six team Central Ontario group and agreed to play a double home and home regular season series with them For the past two seasons Jets have helped fill the Durham and Elmlra coffers by attracting large crowds for their games In the two towns the meeting rather than agree to make the mile jaunt to twice during the schedule Fergus and Cheltenham helped back the Tanner cause resulting in a compromise Acton and Lucan reps agreed to play a home and home series with the winner of each game claiming four points Instead of the customary two Compromise victory for Acton The compromise has to be considered a victory for local execs Chances of Tanners beating the speedy Jets two three or four times in a season are remote as even coach Jim James admits However with an allout team effort Tanners could surprise the Jets and skate off with four points for one night work Friday Last years edition of the Tanners turned the trick in a home playoff encounter even though Jets were easy winners In the other seven games between the two clubs Jets play exciting hockey Although Its difficult to understand the OHAs classification of Lucan and their acceptance into the Central Ontario group theres no denying the classy defending champs play an exciting brand of hockey complete with slick passing plays and spectacular end to end rushes Tanners with only three wins In nine league starts are going to have to put forth a super effort If they hope to gain four point Friday night Inconsistency has marred their play so far but since the addition of new talent they Ye capable of upsetting Jets Coach Jim James and Tanners band of faithful followers hope they can reach their peak Friday night Peewees knock oft Georgetown Brampton minor pat whs Thursday night Acton Fergus defenceman Bob Larsycklo for thel puck as Dave Norton stands ready to test Flyer BUI Clark The action tot In Friday nights Flyer victory hero Staff Photo fy Tenners Walcott delivers punch A vastly improved Fergus Flyer club scored four third period goals to overcome a deficit and hand Acton Tanners a defeat here Friday night Flyers second win of the season over the locals left the two teams tied for fourth place In the Central Ontario Intermediate league with six points apiece only players but played a hustling aggressive style of hockey right from the opening whistle Goalie Bill Clark kept Tanner forwards frustrated as he kicked out shots Tanner defence loose Loose defensive play and an Impotent power play contributed greatly to Tanners disappointing showing Frank Anthony in the Tanner cage fanned on the third Fergus goal but could not be faulted on any of the others Twice he stopped Fergus drives only to have Flyer sharpshooters bong In rebounds the Tanner defence failed to clear Joe McCrea cashed in Tom pass to put Fergus in front at of the first period but Tanners tied it up four minutes later Ed Hilller dug the Industrial league Kick out of tho corner to Dave who tucked It behind Clark Arbicdtflcclaibot Dan deflected Hlllicra low shot behind Clark to give Acton a lead early In the second period The clubs bottled on even terms for the rest of tho period except for a scuffle towards tho end of frame in which Flyers rugged rearguard John Tanners diminutive centre Rick Moloney Maloney who hod boon one of Tanners top performers up until then left with badly damaged nose and did not return Tanners nullified two early third period Fergus markers by McCren Ron popping in two goals In 23 seconds to lake a lead Arblc Bruce McDuffe and Lorry combined on both goals and McDuffe wcro the marksmen knotted the count at and fired the winner at 17 13 while Phil Mono was nerving a tripping penalty Harper sot up both goals Pull goalie Couch Jim James pulled Anthony In favor of a sixth attacker with a minute left In the game but Myers forechecked tenaciously to preservo their wellearned win Referee Jim King handed out six minors and a to Acton and five minors and a major to Fergus He also overlooked a lot of Illegal tactics In the corners NOTES and John Van Eaten handed out some stunning checks behind the Flyer Tanners were without the services of Gary Naylor Jack and Harold Townsley First placo Iiderton Jets come to town for a four point game Friday night at 30 FIRST PIE MOD AArtic Nor Ion THIRD Ft MOO Van nun 10 A He Duffel JO McDilf flreiaai US Harper ISM Rfidrhougb Hall Phil Mario Bill Barbour dm Arblc Larry Jan Til ill n Dave Norton Bruce Mo Duff John Maun winners Lucky winners In last weeks club draw were Audrey Ken Hurren Mel Jordan Joan Swim and Harry Wotcrhouse back to knock off Georgetown minor dm was The win was th of the for the locals Worry llobnts sparked Acton win a pair of goals John McCutcheon Joe Ksntnsr Brown wars the Acton marksman In Thursday nights aims Mark Morrison was brilliant In the Acton nets J Ford AHon Holmes Jos Kentner and Jim war all In top form for Acton Coach Don ligiU assistant coach Ron and manager Charley Harrison are pleased with the progress their lads have been showing In recent games Lions suffer scoring slump Acton Lion hivenilea are having Me putting the puck In the net of late Although their defence has been adequate Lions have been shutout In their last three consecutive games and Burlington turned the trick by identical last Wednesday and Thursday nights Georgetown caught the locals with only nine players In the lineup and applied a whltewuh Job Sunday afternoon Lions bluelins brigade of Randy Weldon Brad Timbers Charlie and Mark Nielsen played well Goalies Will and Craig Weldon have also shone at times Lions will attempt to snap their scoring slump when hey host Chlnguacousy tomorrow Thursday night at edged the locals 1 earlier In the season play In Milton Friday night then host Preston Saturday afternoon at Sports Nielsens Lakeview set stage for first place battle Sunday Norton tops tallies Rookie winger Dave Norton heads the Acton Tanners Individual sccring list point of to Intermediate B schedule Morton has tallied four goals and seven assists for points In Tanners nine games He shares the dub lead in assists with mm Ed Killer Kevin Hall and Jan with six goals apiece stare the team lead In that department A complete list of team scoring follows Industrial stats Norton GAP KrrtiaaB a SIT ill J I JicfcreM 1 J J 114 I i ill 2 a StaeeGejr til i Bants test Brampton Acton Firefighter bantams made one of their best showings although went down to a defeat at the hands of a much bigger Brampton team here Saturday afternoon Van Fleet scored twice and John McAdam once as downed the locals in Friday night Forward Gerald Borden replaced Mike to goal f or the third period after an injury Bantams host Preston Saturday afternoon at J J W 11 12 tan IS TO GAP II 10 a 11 IS 11 11 Nielsen Clothing and Discount will clash Sunday night to first place In the Acton Industrial hockey league The two teams continued their winning ways last Sunday night Nielsen whipped Heller and Blow Press 116 Nielsen s lumped Into a first period lead and stretched it to at the end of the second McDonald leads way Jim McDonald scored four goals and assisted on two others to lead Nielsen to victory Ron Mellon bagged a hat trick and Grant McCallum Ron Mc CUntock Steve Townsley and Ray Stull netted one goal apiece In the assist column McCallum earned three Ken Mclsaac two and McCllntock Mellon Stull and Bill Coon one each Ron Heller fired a hat trick and Gary Ritchie scored twice for Hellers Gary Masales collected two assists and Jeff Gov Andre Brouillard and Chick Milne each picked up one Frank Anthony tended goal tor Nielsen s John Leatherland guarded Heller cage Lakevlew battled back from a first period deficit with three unanswered second period markers then coasted to victory A four goal two assist performance by John Cunningham sparked the comeback Harv Hilller with three goals and Dave Ryder and Denis Gibbons with two apiece were the other Lakevlew marksmen Jim Barden set up three goals while Gus Holmes and Harry Phillips BROWNIES SPORT SHOP 198 Main St Milton CHRISTMAS SAVINGS HOCKEY EQUIPMENT SALE UP TO PERCENT OFF SKATES BAUER CCM PER CENT OFF 1210 Hockey Gloves All Leather Custom Pro Pro Elbow Goal Pads Custom Pro All Leather Cooper Hockey Cloves No 28 Hockey Gloves Custom Pro Shoulder Pads Men Hockey Pants Nylon Boy Hockey Pants Nylon Guards Hockey Skates Bauer 34 134 kjnlor Supreme locks Hockey finest Sikhs Supreme Hespeter Excellent Ba From Now Till Christmas SCO IMS IMS 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