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Tho Free Press Wednesday March Four town tourney here March Acton community centre will be the site of the annual Four Town Tournament Saturday March House league select teams in the novice bantam and midget age brockets from Acton Georgetown and will take part in this year tournament Tournament was originally slated to be held In Fergus but Acton took up the torch when Fergus teams decided to pull out of the annual event Streetsville was accepted as a replace ment for Fergus Georgetown teams won all four champion ships last year Acton Legion Branch Ladles Auxiliary will cater for a hot meat at staggered times for teams who wish to take ad vantage of it In addition to the four trophies up for grabs all players will receive participants crests Purpose of the tournament is to give boys who normally play against players of their own calibre from other towns an opportunity to do so In a A complete tournament schedule will appear In next week s Free Press Thunderbirds bomb novices 152 Acton A B novices encountered a bit of Flack when they hosted in their final TrlCounty league game here Saturday afternoon shot down their hosts 152 In what Acton coach Barry described as the poorest effort by an Acton novice team In years Dynamic duo Flacks first name was Paul and together with Uncinate Marc Sinclair he accounted for of the 15 goals Flack scored seven goals and earned two assists while Sinclair scored six times and assisted on live other goals Kicky Hughes and Ken Whitham were the other marksmen Scott Malcolm scored both Acton goals Assists went to Jeff Shields and Bruce McPhail led at the end of the first period and 1 at the end of the second Roam at will felled to forecheck or give their goalies much protection roamed around at will for most of the game The locals meet Hespcler in the first round of the playoffs this week They 11 also travel to Port to play In a tournament March and Rams to play 24 game junior lacrosse sked Acton Rams lacrosse club officiate received their tentative schedule at an 01 A conveners meeting In Brampton on the weekend Rams will play a game schedule facing Niagara Missis and Brampton four times each and Windsor Kitchener and Hamilton twice Rams only tftp to Windsor to slated for Saturday June Windsor pays return visit here Sunday June A complete schedule of Ram gomes will appear in a future edition of the Free Press Coach Bruce Sears has been putting the team through pre liminary workouts at the Bennett school gym in preparation for the league opener In Kitchener May Starting this week workouts will be held Wednesday nights instead of Tuesdays at town league Legion tames 1 PLAYOFFS ATOMS Brampton upset Weston 32 in the second gome of a total goals series but Weston won the series since they recorded a 30 shutout in first game Saturday Todd Cook scored all three Brampton goals unassisted Gary Scoyne scored the first Weston goal and assisted on the second one by E Lee Weston marksmen in the first game were Gary Ted James and Brian Mulrhead Assists went to and Gordie McArthur Dude earned the right to play Weston for the championship even though they lost to Sunday Dude won the opener Derrick Brent Vickery John Griese and McDowell scored for Dude in the first game and Lance Alton earned a pair of assists apiece Clint Girdwood assisted on both Guelph goals by Don and Jamie McDonald McDonald unassisted goal in the third period was toe only scoring play In Sunday s game NOVICES It took three penalty shots after regulation tune to decide the total goals between Niagara Falls and St Catharines Fryers won the first game but Black Hawks bounced back to win the second game by the same score Saturday Out of three chances Greg Johnston and Mike successful for Niagara Falls while Marc McKerracher was the only St Catharines player able to connect Niagara Falls therefore advances to the finals Frank Andrews scored twice and Marc McKerracher once for St Kitts in Sundays game Mike and Steve Tremills replied for Niagara Falls Hamilton reached the finals with a win over Oshawa Saturday First game ended in a tie George Brown fired a hat trick and Dave Haverty scored twice for Hamilton Haverty earned two assists and Mike Jollymore and Jeff Hamilton notched one apiece For Oshawa Ron Guest scored two goals and Duncan Waldie netted one Dennis Manes and Duncan picked up assists PEEWEES Springfield and Cleveland advanced to the peewee finals with convincing wins Springfield doubled the score on Rochester to win their scries and Cleveland won their set 70 on the strength of and 20 victories Cliff Britton led the Springfield attack with three goals Tom Ron Kulken and Nathan Fields added singles Kulken earned three assists and Kevin Hilts Ray Wayne McKerracher collected one each For Rochester Norm Thomhill scored the first two goals and assisted on the third by Forrest Mark Hamilton also earned an assist Springfield grabbed a one game lead in the best of three series for the league title when they nipped Cleveland Monday night Ron Kulken scored two goals for the winners Wayne tallied the other goal Cliff collected two assists and John McHugh and Tom Haverty picked up one each Jim Matthews with two goals and Ted Wattes and Ed with one apiece were the Cleveland marksmen John Scoyne assisted on three of the goals Jamie and Jack Vos earned one assist apiece BANTAMS Buffalo scored In every period to whitewash Pitts burgh Charlie McRae fired a hat trick Paul Daley scored two goals and John Dyer Mike Ferguson Ken Withers and Larry Hepburn added one apiece Assists went to McRae Ferguson and Hepburn with two each and Withers and Dyer with one apiece 36 teams Defending champs head juvenile tourney list ACTION AROUND the Acton A novice net was plentiful in Saturday loss to Here Acton Ricky and Wade Vickery battle Streetsville Paul l lack tor the puck Staff photo Junior hockey meeting set for Monday night Possibility of formation of Junior hotkey town fir the mason upon the of ml Intersil in second organizational meeting for the M 7 school Monday night March at About interested Junior supporters the inaugural meeting chaired by former OH A convener Bob Marshall In tho community centre Thursday night Definite Intercut All those attending the first meeting indented a definite interest In seeing the team established and ire willing to help the team in some minor capacity However most were reluctant to let their names stand in an election of officers because of minor hockey commitments they already have Topics discussed Included sources of player taltnt possible fund raising projects availability of ice time in the community centre formation of a group with towns In a mile radius reeling was unanimous that a junior team is a sore need In Acton Some of those at the imetlnL were players who have been victimized by lnek of a junior team in lie past Year after year boys from Juvenile hockey have had to Join industrial In order to keep io hi eligible for junior hotkey a player must not have reached his birthday prior to the first day of January in the year he Intends to play What this moans Is all boys torn before January 1 ineligible for next year Bob Marshall is to point out however that pressure Is brought to bear on the OH A to have another added to the age limit The question will probably come up attain at the A s annual meeting the last Saturday of April Players who are Ineligible for play next season according to the present rule arc therefore asked to attend Monday nights meeting A slate of officers will be etc tied Monday meeting and all persons to let stand for or even helping In some small way are to attend lliosc elected at the meeting will meet with other Interested parties from Gait Guelph 1 imirn 1 and Georgetown to discuss le iluc formation before the A annual meeting Down Nielsens 53 defending division plons Waterloo Juveniles and Toronto Dorset Park head the list Tournament slated for Milton arena April Waterloo last year A champs and Dorset Parks last year tltllsts will be Joined In the A series by Guelph Georgetown Burlington Brampton and lcamlngton Georgetown Ju veniles return to the tourney after a two yeur absence IxMimlngton was a standby team last year All other teams are returnees Named as A division standby teams this year were and Mount Hamilton Second chance Milton Pontine Tempests recently eliminated from play by could meet their conquerors once again In tournament play as both clubs were accepted as entries Hounding out the division slate lire Mark hum Bowman lie Byron Or- Borden St Thomas Preston and Standby tenm Is Money brook Midgets tie Acton CI AW played to a 1 1 tic with in the first game of a best of three semi final scries I Both teams scored in the first period Dan scored for Acton with Harry Henry locbes assisting usually Is the team s back up Italic Second gome of the scries Is slated for tonight Wednesday I are In Acton will be out to win their first division crown entries from Amberstburg Port Perry Wood bridge Oak Bidden and a from Miss Issiiul SUindhy teams arc Caledonia and New Hamburg wan a standby team last year will provide first round opposition for Acton Saturday April at 11 in the morning Firefighter bants nose out Acton I r had to three times In the third period to defeat Die local Ilun four town In fin exhibition at the community centre Saturday afternoon I our t owner built up a first period lead on coals by Mike I Paul Daley and Charlie and Charlie from I mil Townaley look Gerald Harden pass put be deke on ierry Wei for Href loiters first J alat It Die second frame John n tied the score on a pass from Gary Burden early In the third period then scored the winner on a pretty solo effort with less than three minutes rcuu the game Hush Von Meet a ins irancc tally seconds later Jeff Kent on the Mike played a fine in for tour tewncrs lots of chances but etuliln the puck past Mike McCulloch and Barry Inscoe handed out a total of IB penalties to and eight to the Third period play especially was marred by a lot of unnecessary hoarding and roundhouse tactic by both A full scale I awl nearly erupted at the closing in of the fae the referees clamped down Peewees tie Hillsburg Acton IceJonHtown turned in one of their best efforts of the season when they earned a tie with Saturday Mark Hamilton put Acton in front on a goal from Barry and Mike Morris at 1j of the first period John Scoyne scored from Nathan i- Ids to in ike the score in the see one period Third period goals by Mclntyrc f Illlsburgh tied the score ach team served three penalties Lakeview leads industrial set Sparked by Jim brilliant play Discount downed Nielsen Clothing In the first game of a best of three series for the Acton industrial hockey league championship Sunday night Besides scoring two goals and setting up a third Barden served as a second goalkeeper on the defence as he blocked shots from all angles Lakeview goalie Jim Bullough and Nielsen Frank Anthony both put on spectacular displays of lakeview held a slim lead going into the final period Chippy play Referees Bob Andrews and John Jordan called a total of minor penalties seven to and six to Nielsen Play was chippy and both tcairls were guilty of over zealous play Gary Dave Ryder and John Cunningham scored the other I akeview goals Harry Phillips two assists and Holmes Alan Hall and Denis Gibbons contributed one assist apiece Best player on the ice for Nielsen was Jim McDonald who scored two of the three goals and was robbed on several other occasions Bill Coon triggered the other Nielsen goal Assists went to Gerry Van and Steve Second game of the best of three set is stated for the community centre Sunday night at SO tint Period I Ryder Phllllpi Hall 10 McDonald 1120 L Harden Jbboni Second Period for I en IS Hon Mellon Jim Harden Dave Hurry Phillips htxni I PUBLIC SKATING ACTON ARENA ALL NEXT WEEK MONDAY TO FRIDAY PM to PM MIDGETS St Louis edged Los Angeles 32 on goals by John Blair SUpp and Randy Ferguson Martin earned two assists and Rene Scbuts Sid Barens end Bandy Ferguson picked up one apiece Lbs Angeles scorers w Milton minor hockey teams have a chance of winning four championships Milton pee wees bantams and midgets have all reached the provincial semi finals and the novice squad is ready to start its zone finals Pee wees and bantams are both playing Essex Bantams dropped the first game Oakville midgets are down two games to defending champion Peterboro In the OMHA midget AAA finals while Georgetown midgets edged Trenton 32 in the first game of the midget AA semi finals novices the opener of their AA zone final against Stratford New Hamburg Juveniles who sidelined Acton Lions open their provincial semi final series against Woodbridge in Wood bridge tomorrow Thursday night Second game goes in New Hamburg Friday New Hamburg bantams conquerors of Acton Firefighters bowed out to St Mary s in the provincial quarter finals Ilderton Jets ousted Polar Kings in five games and will face Durham Huskies for the Central O A intermediate group title Huskies ousted Acton Tanners in four games After eliminating Robert Little school by one point school cagers went on to beat for the North championship Weilesworth league Centennial sneaks past Sight and Sound 65 Centennial edged Sight and bound and battled to a tic with OFarrell In Weilesworth midget hockey action at the community centre Saturday afternoon Scott scored two goals and Brian Johnston Gary Bauer Randy Young and Wavnc Proctor added one apiece for Centennial Brian Stubbs with two goals and Pat Dave Chanccy and Dave Priest with one apiece were the Sight and Sound marksmen Pete Stephens scored the goal but Jim Fielder tied it up four minutes later in the third period STANDINGS G G T A Slant A Sound ACTON MEADOWS GOLF CLUB OPENINGS NOW 5 AVAILABLE XT for a limited number of new members Take advantage of our Low Rates and become a member of a pleasant rapidly expanding Golf Club PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT JIM TIMLECK at 8530052 HDD SK ABOUT OUR RATES UP TO APRIL 1971 Acton Firefighter bantams dropped the opener of their Tri County semi final series to last night Tuesday Firefighters meet Thomhill at m and again at p m in tM first round of the Georgetown Taylor banian tournament this John Jordan earned assists Saturday DONT GET CAUGHT WITHOUT EQUIPMENT JUST ARRIVED ALL THE LATEST IN FISHING SUPPLIES Come In and Check Our Stock Sports Comer OHA JUNIOR HOCKEY MEETING Z BENNETT SCHOOL Monday March at 8 PM Anyone interested in helping to organize a Junior C hockey team to represent Acton in the OH A next season is urged to attend this meeting Junior aged players especially are asked to attend Eight other towns Gait Guelph Enn OrangeviLle Georgetown Fergus Elmira and Bramalea have been contacted and all have shown interest in playing in a group with Acton next year to Mr Bob Marshall well known locally and in the surrounding district for his work as an H A convenor will chair the meeting It is hoped a team executive can be elected in order that Acton officials together with representatives from the other towns may apply for entry at the O H A s annual meeting in April 4 meeting held in the community centre last week attracted 20 people all of whom expressed great interest in icing a team