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safeByivjtiifa sports and recreation One Hundred and fifth Volume hchtsla 1 Sen One and f ifth Ytar Volume 44 hi tush 14 Cold air doesnt stop Roadrunners hot hats It was cold Thursday as the Acton stepped up to bat in their first home game of the George town Industrial ball new season the umpire was dusting frost off the plate Instead of dirt So the being the in fellows that they are decided to get the game over with and get to the warmest bar for a hot cuppa ai q as possible They disposed of the Georgetown Merchants in five innings to record heir first victory In three games Ear lier on Tuesday May they were edged by Hornby followed by a 1 loss at the bats of C S Plumbing last Wed Industrial action Undo takes a mighty leap In the girls long jump even during the Ha Hon track and field finals Monday In Toronto She t place but IS others did with 13 members of the track learn advancing to the Peel Tuesdny They too will be held at Centennial Stadium Qualify for Peel Hatons Midget boys lead way Thanks to the strength of the midget squad 13 members of the Acton High School track team will be travelling to the Peel Halton finals next Tuesday May 20 That a the number of Acton students who led for the competition in the Halton Secondary finals held Monday at Centennial Stadium The Peel Haltons will also Lake place there The midget boys placed fifth overall with a total of 42 points Although there was no one in the top spot the midget boys did place In nine events George Gidman was not having a good day though He could only manage a fifth In the metres with a finishing time of 12 1 and a fifth in 200 metres with 2 Gord did qualify in the metre dies with a time of He finished third behind Queen Elizabeth Park and White Oaks Mike Smith also qualified in the shot put with a throw of good enough for third spot Paul No lan qualified with a fourth placefmlsh in the javelin With a throw of 37 Mike came sixth in long Jump hopping 13 to qualify Rick Chapman and Greg Silcock tied for second in the pole vaulting event Each had a Jump of Steve Demaid of Burlington Central took top honors Sandra however of the midget girls team did finish first In the only event Acton ent ered Javelin She tossed it metres to take the topspot and qualify for the Peel Hallons The midget girls finished 13out of 15 schools over all with the points from Brundle victory The junior girls tied for nth spot with E Park when Linda Osso finished fourth in the shot put She threw 19 to qualify her for next week meet The Junior boys did a little better with points and a ninth place finish Don Weaver vaulted into second place in the pole vault behind Joe Kostr of While Oaks and Denis finished sixth in javelin with a throw of Both qualified Sharon Cook qualified for the long jump with a 4 to finish third but failed in her attempt at the metre race Thereshcflnishedslxth The Senior girls relay team also missed out of the metre relay finishing fourth with a time of 1 Only the first three finishes are allowed to compete at the Peel because of track limitations The senior boys relay team missed out of the same event by one second They finished fourth with a time of 2 Trafalgar crossed the finish line before them with But Neville Porter docs get to go Tuesday after finishing fourth in the 100 metres with a time of 119 He missed out in the metres still finishing fourth with a time of but only the top three placers will progress For complete results sec Scoreboard Houston sets new records Frank Houston a local longdistance runner cur rently at Abilene Christian University in Texas act two new records during the Lone Star Conference in San Texas April 28 and 29 for the second year in an row breaking both the Conference meet reeord and the stadium record running 3 21 Houston said he was especially pleased about the win because he only had the fourth best lime going into the race and was considered the underdog The weather was a bit a problem during the race It was windy Houston said so I stayed in second place using the leader a windbreak for the first I began my kick with a little over a lap to go Houston said he covered the last 400 metre in only 56secondstowinby seconds One hour later he was racing again this time in the metre event He finished second in 1 I was very tired from the 1500 metres he com but we needed some points so I ran His university Abilene Christian pulled a stir prise upset over the favored State in overall points Eight universities from Texas competed in the Conference Houston said he will be competing in several more races in the United States before he returns to Acton at the end of the month A little heavier maybe but Rams pack a wallop It was just like old times at the Community Centre Monday night The Acton Rams a little older a little heavier still packed the same kind of wallop thai led them Into the playoffs season after season when they played Junior C lacrosse and even lo the champ way back in as they blasted Toronto Beaches It was the first home game for the Rams which earlier in the week 2 in the first match of the new old timers league Almost everyone picked up a point in Monday a gome Mike Marcoux for instance had four goals and one assist Steve Wilson had three goats and five assists and Ron Turkosz scored four goals and one assist Toronto Beaches started things rolling with a goal a minute into the opening period by Jerry He also scored their final marker Steve Wilson and Turkosz proceeded to pot two before Tony of the Beaches connected to tie the game Marcoux put Acton ahead at 12 17 to end the first frame 2 The Rams exploded in the second stanza with 10 unanswered goals A pair went to another pair lo brother Bob Turkosi with singles to George Mike McMahon Ian Campbell Miketlippon Wilson and The Rams netted six more goals in the final per although the Beaches did stage a rally late in the game They potted two goals by Gord McLaren at and the final by at 10 McMahon planted two of his own at 1 and 17 10 along with at 13 and Turkosz Ron and Wilson potted singles the last goal coming with seconds left in the game Acton assists went to Artem Scott Wilson Craig Bob Fred Allen Ron and goalie Doug Taylor who picked up three Rick Robinson Freddie Malnuille Watson earned aids for the Beaches The Rams will probably have a little more diffic ulty with their next game In Misslssauga They play the Beaches once more as well before returning home Monday May Next week home game is postponed since It a holiday They played again Monday night against S and won Hurler Joe Deforest was also the star slugger of the game Not only did ho bring home six of the seven a but hit a home run in the process In Thursday match the Road runners Jumped ahead of the Mer chants 40 in the first Inning When Georgetown finally got to bat Dick Spear on the mound held them at bay Four innings later the mercy rule was put into effect as the had racked up four more runs to the Mer chants single Things wercn t as rosy but a war for the last Tuesday as they opened the season on a losing note despite a fourth inning four run explosion Hornby took a lead in the second Inning The fought back in the third getting a single The brought four more sluggers In the fourth Inning to take a 52 lead but Hornby rallied in the scoring two more runs and narrowing the margin to still for Acton At the top of the sixth Acton took a lead on another run but the Hornby Merchants who arc figured to be one of the top contenders in t league this year came back in the bottom of the seventh nipping the 70 bats weren cracking for Wednesday night a loss to Plumbing Acton however did take an early to lead and with Joo Deforest hurling an excellent game according to coach Ron Hnchey the Roadrunners might have pulled it off It was not to be though as C Plumbing fought back in the bottom of the seventh with two runs The take the diamond again tonight Wednesday against Nerval Tomorrow they are at home hosting Clark of Georgetown Game time Is FreaDom trounces Vans 160 Sunday was the day for big sluggers racked up their third vie lory In as many games by blasting Van Welding out of ballpark Sunday during Acton Men Industrial league action Firestone Oldtlmers also had a field day with a victory over Station Hotel while and Hal on Hills Electric kept things on par with coming out on lop of a score In the first fiasco for Van at least scored seven runs on nine hits in the first frame took a rest during the second inning came back with a single run in the third on two hits then waited until the sixth for three more runs The final four scores came in last two innings Vans did manage three hits one in the fifth one in the sixth and one In the eighth Crossing the for were Mike McGregor Randy Ruddy Holmes Dave Boycott George Wallls and Bob Little A fourth Inning by Firestone led them to a 1 win over Doug Pratt Ed Wood Avery Jim James crossed he plate for four runs They had already collected two runs by Jule3 Russia in the second and Jim James in the third By this time Station Hotel which won their gome last week had only scored on one hit by BUI Woody Fabian bringing Jamie Morris across plate in the fourth James scored in the sixth and eight for Firestone and Don Archibald crossed home plate in the eighth to make the final scored Big hits tame from bal of Terry Brier and BUI In win They started the boll rolling with O Bricn first run In the second inning and McGroth scoring immediately O Brien scored again in the third stanza along with Charlie Harrison and Ken Pilgrim At the bottom of the third Jim McNobb of Halton Hills Electric Dave Allen Bob and Scott Somerville crossed the along with McNobb first inning run to close gap for But plodded on with two more runs coming from Campbell and Harrison in the fourth another two from Larry Ciglen and Rick in the and five from Pilgrim Ron Bosch Glen Campbell and Coe in the sixth Hills Electric rallied in the fifth with five runs off of six hits lie Frank Sleeves Ken and made home But that plus fourth inning score wasn t enough to catch Unisal Hills Electric had one more hit in Ihi bottom of the sixth but foiled to score on it The game ended Action In Industrial league resumes tonght with the regular Wednesday night game and continues on the hoi Monday with a start Vans meet Hoi ton Hills Electric faces Station Hotel and comes up against Firestone Old- timers Bowlers celebrate The Dummies captured the Family Restaurant Bowling League regular season championship this season and team members were on hand at the an Saturday loaccepttheirawnrdi Frontrowl tor Include Anne Greer Cathy Forbes Marilyn back row Debbie Greer and Donna Missing Is Doris Photos by ROD IN IN SCO Acton Ladies Bowling League held their wind up Saturday with the Toronto Dominion Bank team earning trophies as league champions Front row tor include Belle Kitchen Julie Ben Anderson back row Diane Gibson Joanne Luck and Linda Wilson Disco Five topped ihe Family Restaurant Bowling play round to Sally Smith IrencLaienby their awards June and Mary Daley re missing from the festivities Acton Ladles Individual winners Included front row I to Mamie Clarke high average Sharon Henderson thigh single back row Joanne Luck high triple with handicap Donna Jeffrey high single with handicap and Lois Warner high triple flat Lois also captured the house high triple with her MS total Glen Lea Drugs rolled their way to he Acton Ladles playoff championship Team members include front row I to r Susan Da Pont Marie Jordan back row Barb Wall and Alma Bra Ida