l i- jVjuw fci The many duties of the umpire Watching an umpire go through his routine is hall the fun at a baseball game Joe Scott a rookie sweeps the plate and takes bis position behind the catcher during Monday s Acton Men Softball league tlon The batter swings tills the ball which proceeds to roll hind the first base line Time for Joe major calls foooouuuuullllll The pitcher rifled another backcatchcr grabs It the batter Is swatting osquilos Here an umpire favorite moment three you re out the and recreation Wed May 21 1980 Stco Roadrunners build up winning streak Four basketball ploying students of Acton High School have advanced to the regional basketball team sponsored by the Ontario Amateur Basketball Association They are Rob Faber Linda Osso Bob McClure and Chris Lysholm Rams squeeze tie It looks like the Acton of the Georgetown Industrial League are a force to be reckoned with this season They continued their winning streak chalking up another two victories last week They squeezed past last Hay 10 and doubled Clark here at Prospect Thursday 42 That gives them a four and two record They lost their first two games of the season in Georgetown before racking up four wins Wednesday match was a pitcher bat tic with Jerry Deforest hurling II shutout for tl He also scored the only run in the game coming home on a single by Richards Hurler Dick Spear went the distance in Thursday contest allowing only two runs B J Legate and Deforest scored in the Industrial action first Inning Then Chris Tennant shook him self free of a slump to bang a homer In the second Don Richards crossed the plate In the sixth courtesy of a hit by Bob Jarrett Tie Echcdule has slowed somewhat for this week with only one game on top That the home contest tomorrow Thursday at Prospect Park against Peel Police Game time is Most of last year Roadrunner team has returned for this season Don Richards Acton most valuable player of returns as catcher Joe Deforest and Dick Spear both pitched with Acton last season Steve Marshall returned to play first base newcomer Gary Moore takes over second Dave Black is on third Black according to coach Ron Hachey is fl steady defensive player who style Is Legate is another new member of the coming from Eden Mills He the captain of the Acton squad and plays shortstop Another Dave Mills is in left field Chris returns to centre field and Bill Pizzazz plays right Held Infieider Rolf foyer is a new member and will add says coach depth to the team Gary Pickles is also an infieider Manager Bruce is in the out field along with Bob Surehands Jurrett Ed is the assistant coach says although he a been with the team for two years he s still a rookie But he adds he Is determined to bring Acton the championship Last year he almost pulled It off with the then Merchants ending In place and travelling to the semi finals where the eventual champions Philip pub lishing of Georgetown defeated them No cure needed for Unisal The Acton Ram Old timers were expect things to be a little tougher when they travelled to Thursday r their third game in Ontario League play and they were right Only a last second goal by Mike Marcoux gave the Rams a 11 11 sister kisser with Mlssissauga in a game Acton was losing at 7 2 one Coach Howard said the game was excellent especially from a fans viewpoi Is a much tougher lub than Toronto Beaches who the Rams have blast 17 and featuring former profes sional players One of s strongest players Duffy McArlhur was out for Thursday match which was just as well s nee the Rams are also missing two players due to injuries They should be bock for next Monday May game against the same club In the meantime said coach Dwyer the younger Rams filled In most adequately Special mention should go to Gord Scott Mike and Fred Men he said They played a super game and us a lot was leading the match by the end of the first period but the Rams caught up somewhat scoring five in second stanza to three That made it by the start of final period Mlssissauga added another goal but the Rams rallied for four markers including fl tying goal with only seconds left in game That goal was one of six for Other Rams were Allen and Ron each with two and Bob Turkosz with a single John DeCouray played the entire game In the Acton net The Rams didn play Monday because of the long holiday weekend but they did face Toronto Beaches last night Tuesday said he is expecting a larger fan turnout for the Rams game at the Community Centre Monday since It will be a more competitive match Game time Is 8 m Last night Rams downed Toronto Beaches Blue day for track at AHS The blues came out victorious in Acton High School s Intramural track meet last Thursday They ended with 356 total points to green yellow and reds Points were awarded according to top three finishes in IS events George wrapped up the midget boys event capturing first place in four events and finishing second in another Derek Hodgson ended In top spot four times in the Junior boys while the senior boys spread out their red and blue ribbons Teresa Dunn was top midget girl per former with four first place finishes and one second Susie took three first place finishes and one third In Junior girls while Sharon Cook raced off with eight firsts and a third in senior girls For complete results see Scoreboard Is suffering from a severe case of hot bats but don send for the doctor as many big hits as they ve gotten over the past two games it a malady any ball club would like to contract In the Acton men industrial league Wednesday n ghter blasted Van Welding Last weekend they trotted off a 1511 victory and Monday they scored a win Everyone of scored at least one run Wednesday Van started off with two runs in the top of the first Charlie Payne scored the first on a single by Bill Denis Kirton went home on a hit by Cliff Then stepped up to bat Larry Cig len banged a single followed by Ian Camp bell with a twobagger Charlie Harrison brought CI glen home on on error Terry O Brlen did the some for Campbell Then a triple by Glen McKenzie sent Ralph Petch and Ella home crossed the plate on a hit by to make it 7 There was little action in the top of the second frame but provided fans with four more runs by Harrison field O Brlen and A single run by Campbell in the third and another by in the fourth pushed the score to Vans come back in the fifth with runs Terry Curlew batted home Denis Kir ton and Robin Inscoe had put the game beyond reach by the bottom of the fifth scoring another three runs by Ray Bosch and Ella and rubbed salt In the wound with a final two in the bottom of the sixth rlson and Bo us field rounded the bases to score those runs Hills Electric will attempt to over power Station Hotel in tonights Wed contest Game time Is m on a Cliff single The game ended 05 Vans caught it too Van Welding finally won a game They did it in grand style too scoring 17 big runs over Hills Electric Monday during Acton Men Industrial league ac tion at Prospect Park Prior to Monday s upset victory Van had yet to win a game and were losing by wide point spread continued their winning ways upsetting Firestone Oldtlmers and blasted Station Hotel in the match of the day Tonight Wednesday Station faces Halton Hills Electric starting at 30 m This Sunday Station battles Van will attempt another victory over Firestone and will meet Halton Hills Electric Golf for Timmy starts two decades Balding was one of the best Canadian golfers to play the American professional golf tour Now he good at something else The whitehaired golfer has donated much of his time and energy over the past five years to become associated with the Ontario Society for Crippled Children He combined golf and the society into the Balding Go f Week for which got underway Saturday and runs until Sunday May at golf courses around the province in aid for the OSCC The golf week is a combined effort on the part of Balding the OSCC former wrestler Billy Watson the various police associations throughout the province the Canadian Professional Golf Association and sponsor O Kecfe At a press conference recently at the Golf Club Watson nailed the point home why community participation was such a necessary part of the society financial goals There arc 7 handicapped children in Ontario and altogether governments give us he said We need million to give the kids some measure of hap piness The Golf Week has been a largo success throughout its inception Last year goal of for the province was passed by Nearly 4 golfers across the prov ince par tic pa ted Golfers can win prizes and participate in a tournament of champions at Firefighters Rolling Hills golf course north of Toronto June Play is open to all golfers serious shooter or rank amateur Acton High School held track meet Thursday the metre the events The blues won competition with point followed by greens with yellow Look ma I won Louise Jordan left and Kris Hodges both grade eight students at Smith school wo several ribbons during track and field week Louise won a first In metre and two seconds la the 100 and metres Kris won first In triple jump and two seconds in metre and hurdles Town aces tennis club by Diana Waltmann You probably been wondering why you I I heard any complaints from the Acton Tennis Club regarding the recreation department proposal to confiscate per cent of the club fees for they say maintenance purposes Especially since their counterparts in Georgetown are plastered all over the front pages of that town s papers The Gordon Alcott Tennis Club was up in arms over the department arbitrary decision and only now has finally accepted the fact after council passed but not a battle And what did Acton Tennis do Nothing They in fact accepted agreed and ceded even almost immediately They re Just a model of diplomacy I don t think any government anywhere has seen such marvellous cooperation The Acton Tennis Club docsn t think so cither They re hoping the town is so overwhelmed with this display of unequivocal cooperation the depart will rush right out and resurface Acton four courts We w II cooperate completely said Club president Peter Marks Th year He said club members agreed with userpay whichiswhat recreation director Tom Shepard Is hoping to install OPEN MIND He said the club executive voted unanimously to approach the an open m and open wallets They even sent a letter to council voicing their approval That letter was used as an example by Halton Hills Council during last week meeting It didn t phase the Georgetown club Ofcourse saldMarks of their fees is twice as much as ours And besides for our fees we will receive a subsidy for a finished face The recreation department was first vying for a per cent takeover but both clubs opposed that arrangement Marks said hey would have a difficult time as it is spend the per cent on maintenance A per cent take could not be justified There ore about members in the local club each year said Marks with ages ranging from eight to 80 The fees for this year ore 35 for family and for a couple That means the town Is getting about 000 from Acton Wave goodbye The lost revenue will mean local club members can wave goodbye to the antic pated shelter have a long term plan said Marks The money would have gone to the shelter and washrooms But we will virtually save nothing now The possib ility of a is remote Marks said right now the town isn t making promises cither although they did say would help the club exe cutive raise funds The lotteries are an idea Marks said but we would still need to raise the other 1 and that s impossible The first priority is to get the courts resurfaced Of course last year we could have had the courts resurfaced free as Georgetown did added Marks Their timing is regretable We re not a private club continues Marks We really are Just a group of organized public wishing to malte max imum use of the courts It t help matters when you remember Georgetown has already had its shelter built They were fortunate to save four or five years for a shelter said Marks We won t be able to save a cent Paying twice Now a cynical person could raise such nifty questions as why should club members pay again for use of public courts when they have already built It from their muncipal taxes Continued