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Bantams must win to continue playoffs Bantam boys face elimination In playoffs in they can t come up big this week In Ontario Amateur Softball Association playoffs ihe bantams dropped a 7 decision to Fergus to tie their series at one game Acton also split with Glen Williams in league playoffs Acton recorded a 3 1 win but lost In the OASA contest Fergus got nine hits off losing pitcher Rob Vermeulen while Acton got seven Coach Steve Marshall said that the team played poor defensively and It cost the team a win Acton will be back at full strength when the two teams meet in the rubber game of the match at Prospect Park on Thursday 6 IS pjn The Acton team had been hit with holidays for the first two gomes of the series Rob Vermeulen pitched a nohitter against Glen Williams in the 1 Acton win The only Glen runner to reach base that was hit by a pitch An overthrow by the Acton catcher allowed the Glen to score their only run of the game Vermeulen struck out seven Glen batters and faced only 22 Acton have only five hits off Glen Kevin Fauks In the Glen win coach Marshall said his team made loo many mental and physical errors Acton hid Hits but could not score leaving too many men on base The bantams must defeat the Glen or Fergus lo con tlnue their season Electricians fall short in playoff attempt SAFE OR OUT That wis for to in industnil baseball action at the park Saturday night Halt on Hills first Jim James has his ball in Ihe glove is Cleaners Bill hits the bag Merchants knock off ROB VERMEULEN pitched a no hitter for the Acton Bantams in a playoff game against Glen Williams last week Acton won the game 3 I as the Glen scored an unearned run Vermeulen does most of the pitching for the team LEtL Ford boys split playoff series L and Ford Squirt boys Acton and Ron hit were tied in two series at once press time last week The The Acton and boys- were tied at one game game was called in the bot apiece with both in Ontario Amateur Softball because of darkness with Association and Acton leading As a result Omagh in Halton Rural Base ball League playoffs and split the two scries downing 144 in OASA and falling to Omagh in The squirts allowed Omagh to score twice in the fourth In to take the series The pitcher struck out 12 Acton batters In the five inning game Kevin hit safely twice for 100 loss for boys Acton Chicken and Pizza Spot Pee wees lost 100 in an Ontario Amateur Softball Association playoff game in on the weekend third competition urday I hi I till fi for icxt mkrestcd in is to lit w irned thai they belter look no Hockey group fills executive After meeting Inst week clon Minor their director for the 1J78 the score went back to the fourth Inning at a time that Acton was winning 144 Peter Marks won his second doubles title In two weeks at the Acton Tennis Club tournament last week end Marks who teamed up with John to win the men doubles title teamed up with his wife to win the mixed championship from Don and Gregg by scores of Bob and Arlene Bruce won the consolation title with a win over Ian and Patty Burns In semi final action Acton Merchants last week sixth scoring four times knocked off two of the five Acton regained the lead learns that they are currently with four runs of their own in battling for third spot In the sixth on two and Georgetown Industrial four singles ball League Frank Daley started on the Merchants dumped Park mound for Acton but wos Toyota I and Rexway relieved by Chuck Penvo in Towing the fifth ran into Grant Usher held the rouble in the sixth anil Norm Merchants in check for the Topping was called in to first three innings for Rex finish the game way as the Towing team took Topping pitched the game a two run lead on single runs against Park Toyota allowing in the second and third in five hits on way to the 1 win Merchants have three Acton got one back In the games remaining in their Berry fourth as Stanbridge schedule They meet Glen nn Smith tripled Williams Towing loan mil Frank The Merchants scored five and first place Georgetown Steve Mar times in the fifth to take the Chryslers shall Bob Smith Brute ieadonly to watch Rexway tie The Acton team is holding a I ind it ud again in the top of the Greaser dance at the Band Knight the new directors These reelors join active life members Bill Knight and Harold To along with Iheir ippomtil equipment manager Mien Thi executive feels that with the and Burns beat quarterfinal while he will be Art and Cooper Coopers won a match by form strong while the downed default from Carole Saxon niri1 George Williams and Chris ind Robin mot nine would also Steenfil In the first round the interested tournament the top seeds Pities llnt Marks and the Greggs the second seeds received bye Playoffs begin in industrial In this Sunday wilh first place Station Hotel taking on fourth placed Welding it ill m two teams tied for second spot J T Sports meet on diamond it m Both series ire two out of three ich in ibis series will be a nine innings A late surge by Hills Electric fell short in Acton Industrial Baseball League Electric who spend a portion of the season in the cellar got things together over ihe last month of the season but fell just short of making It into the playoffs recorded a pair of wins his week by downing J Sports on Monday night and by beating Van 10 in one of the in Sundays triple header In other Sunday games family Cleaners doubled the count on last place Hills Catering while Station Hotel lost Its third game in a row to J and fn he Monday night game pitcher Brian Lawrence 14 Sportsmen bailers Sunday fanned 12 Vans players on their way to Ihe 10 3 win scored one run in inning against Van except the second in which hey scored twice and the third in which they scored three times Vans stayed with Electric for the first two innings in runs in frame then held Vans off the score sheet while kept iddmg to heir In the second game Sunday Cleaners downed Catering 14 Caterers jumped into a quick lend in the first inning is Dirryl singled and scored came back in ihe bottom of the inning to lie the score on a Joe Richards single They scored twice In the second to take he lead until the fourth when Clients scored five limes to take a lead base hits helped in scoring their five run fourth as Bill Armstrong Hick Howard Thur hit singles while Terry Curlew tripled got single runs back in the fourth and fifth before connecting for four runs In he sixth Inning Three runs in the seventh and two in the eighth roun dedout the Cleaners scoring runs off hits to down Station Hotel 15 and remained tied Family Cleaners for second spot in he Industrial league final standings J T pitcher Fred Archibald had a field day at the plate hilling the ball hard each lime up collecting a single a double triple and a home run Archibald brought in five runs himself Station scored eight of their nine runs in fourth inning as 12 batters went to the plate Six singles a double by Bill Boyd and a triple by Earl Burl accounted for the scoring J and scored four runs In the second and two runs in each of the third fourth seventh and eighth innings They also added three in the fifth Stan Kruk went three for four at plate for J and with three singles and a double Sid Barnes of J and T struck out five times In the At the Monday night con est Electric took the lead In the first inning as Doug Ford doubled and scored Two runs in the third and three in the fourth was all the scoring for Ihe Electricians as they collected nine hits J and scored single runs in the third fifth and seventh innings Lawrence in striking out the 14 batters allowed only three hits Tizzard aces eighth at Acton Meadows Marks take title A holt inone was recorded the Meadows Golf Course Tizzard of Monday evening Mr Ti77iird who of the partners of He used ifne wood to ace the 183 yards por three eighth hole from the blue tees Mr lives at It comes up to visit course mnnoger Gerry Prid more and play golf five or six times a year Mr Tizzard who is a member of golf club in was golfing with Lome Norton and John it the lime Mr shot a for the nine holes i total of for IB Acton splits with Arthur pee wi lacrosse team spill a pur games in the olden Triangle point when they Centre into first place by Vcld is slated for Prospect Park Saturday at 30 Terry and 1 1 The Greggs downed the Morris In consolation In quarter final action the Marks defeated Glenn Holmes and Stella Brunelle sfHr Margo BoUert by Wil id and Comfort and In It lhe J The Morris duo defeated championship quarter final default over Saxon Geng and and Burns and Stecn and Williams This weekend at the tennis defeated Ray and Lin courts the Junior events will 0 1 In one consolation be staged being and ecepteit Thursday Arthur moved back into first wilh an win over the on Sunday PERCY TIZZARD of Weliand scored a hole in one on the par three 193 yard eighth hole Mr Tizzard used a five wood from the blue tees for the ace iagara-on-the- La ke downs squirt boys Ford squirt boys host Ningar on the I ike night in Amiteur playoffs Acton lost the game scoring ill of their runs in last two innings Niagara went scoreless in only fourth inning is they their The Niagara pitcher McLaren struck out Aeton hitters in the seven inning game Weather holds at AO Robertson the winner The weatherman was nice to the participants of the Acton Open last Saturday The tournament which Involved golf at Heights near Milton and a steak at Acton Curling Club Just managed to conclude before a rnlnslorc Brian Robertson shot the low round of the tournament a Robertson won the trophy for low gross second low gross went to Sheldon Blow with a Also at was the low junior Dave Johnson Third low gross was Stu McDonald with a The low net or score subtract handicap trophies went to first low George Meagher second low net went to Fred New and third low went to John All three had totals of OS The Ontario Golf Association handicap trophy went lo Graham 05 while a junior Warren Hawthorne was the best left with an 86 Jim Graham was the top senior golfer this year shooting in S3 Jim Frizzcll was the most honest golfer with an disclosed total less than 140 The longest drive on the fourth hole was awarded to George McPhail while Hawthorne was closest the pin on the three eighth The tournament was not quite the same because chief statistician Ron was absent for the first time in a years Mr John Goy of the tournament committee said the event ran well and thanked Cal Mcwinlyre Jim Gordon Weep Taylor and Don for their help Mr said the new committee for Open will be booking he golf course shortly and the tournament will be hopefully held at next year A lotal of golfers took part in this year s tournament ACTON OPEN WINNERS from 1 tor are Jim Graham Senior Trophy John McDougall third low net Gerald Meagher low net Brian Robertson low gross Warren Hawthorne best lefthander Dave Johnson top junior Fred New second low net Sheldon Blow second low gross and Stu McDonald third low gross Len Graham was the handicap winner He was absent from the awards ceremony