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General meeting July 5 Georgetown Acton Wednesday July 9 Acton Sabres sidelined by lack of manpower Writhing In its death throes the Acton Junior B hockey club has issued a plea for help Financially the Sabres need an infusion of financial support to start the not season Added to financial woes a critical shortage of manpower that if left unsolved will the doom of the club We are appealing to the conscieace of our supporters to come out and help get the team back on its feet said president of the Sabres Frank Allsop Without additional manpower fresh ideas and community sup port the team will be finished be added The Sabres who have had offers from two men to buy the team were left holding the bag after both deals fell through Godwin Carachl who bad been making moves to take over the organization since last November pulled out of the deal last month for unknown reasons and Dave the mast recent potential buyer had to with draw his offer after a partner included in the deal withdrew several years expressed reluctance to commit themselves to another years work running the team because they are tired and feel new people with new Ideas la the only thing that will save the Sabres from extinc tion Therefore said there will be a general meeting for all persons concerned on July at at the Acton Legion While the Sabres plight seems hopeless there light at the end of the tunnel because of Dave Innes who runs a mens hockey league in has offered some financial support for the team and given the support of the community he la willing to extend all the help he can for the Sabres I really want to see the Acton Sabres survive said Innes but I cant do it alone I really need some responsible hard working people to help me get the Sabres back In action for the coromg season The present executive also agreed to help out in any way they can but stressed that they need to see a good turnout for the up coming meeting SPO BA2 MOTORS LTD AUTO BODY SHOP IN QUtUtt Sabres saga a tale of woe teams almost ready to fold by Mark Holmes When Frank Allsop took over the position of president of the Acton Sabres his two big concerns were the continuation of Junior hockey in Acton and a major sponsor or owner for the team In the past eight months two goals were almost realized Then disaster struck Last November the Sabres executive received a letter of intent from Godwin Carachl a private businessman to pur chase the Sabres It was understood by the Sabres executive that was to be the major sponsor of the Sabres for the remainder of the season and at the end of that season he was take over the team and run it as he wish said Frank Allsop claimed last spring that he has no intention of becoming ihe team sponsor but he did want to see how things were run and he did intend to buy the team at of this hockey season During the season Carachl said he spread same of his money around paying players and investing in new equipment Carachl also said he paid for the Sabres Christmas maintains that I hold up his end of the financial bargain and as a result the Sabres are now broke We believed that Mr Carachl was going spend some money on the Sabres in the 198364 season so we the organization spent more money than usual on sticks tape and other related Items for the team said Allsop As a result the Sabres organization went through more money than they usually would leaving us without enough funds to start the 196485 season In speaking to both Carachl and the Sabres executive last everything seemed to be going well Tor the team and their potential owner been any real disputes over the contracts which were floating between lawyer and the Sabres lawyer awe Braida At the end of April when the Sabres had finished their season and the final contract was put forth by Carachl to the Sabres executive to be signed the worst problems arose Carachls contract stipulated that none of the present Sabres executive nor their children would be allowed to compete with the Sabres within a 10 mile radius The way the contract was worded also led the exe cutive to believe that they could have to do with hockeyperiod In the designated area with the contract both and the executive agreed to revise it through lawyer Alo Braida and return the papers to Carachi for signing before May 31 The contract was in hands before May 31 but when no action had been taken on the proceedings two weeks after the May 31 deadline the Sabres executive began to worry After attempts to contact Carchl failed the Sabres were provided with another alternative Dave Innes and Dave Switzer who were to be named he Sabres general manager and head coaching positions by Carachi came forward with an offer to buy the team Allsop called and Switzer a godsend meanwhile neither could possibly run the team When arose the next set of problems who was expected to financially help the team withdrew his offer leaving to take over the team by himself Innes noted that he couldnt run the team by Consequently the second offer to buy the Sabres fell through At this point man fllied problems grew Into mountains as an inventory of the teams equipment revealed several missing items tallying almost Allsopsaldthefrwere no clues to locate the missing Items Combined with the fact that It would take almost to get the team Btarted for the year both and the executive were left wondering If the Sabres were doomed At a meeting on June IS with most of the executive and Innes present the two parties came up with a plan of action Allsop decided to call a general meeting to inform the public of the Sabres situation and hopefully draw into the arena some new members for the Sabres executive Allsop said he was willing to help out with the team In a small way for the coming season but he as well as many of the other executive felt that they had been with organization long enough They were tired some had health problems and others had other commitments that would keep them from running the Sabres as it should be run with percent dedication who had only commented on his previous intentions said he was willing to make a financial contribution to the Sabres and the biggest problem now lay with the shortage of executive The bottom line now is that if the Sabres can get some new blood into the executive the first major obstacle will be cleared said he was surprised at the response from the players which Indicated most of them were willing to come back for another season with the Sabres also said he was willing to try and come up with sponsors to help pay the teams expenses and at the same time find a coach who could possibly help Sabres become a contending team However future of the Sabres ties in the bands of the public If there Isnt a positive response at the general meeting scheduled for July at 30 at the Acton Legion the Sabres may be finished The Sabres saga may or may not con tinue races are held every Saturday at the BMX track In Park Scott far left number Tod number 2 his brother Ricky Demon number and Troy Winters numbei all from Acton raced last Saturday Pinevlew pasted 20 byTuitman Gold Ska Gar Da we team members each ether far ball wen hi mate wafch saw tap In G I R S Squirt soccer this week succumbed to Tuitman Gold 20and Cheers from Milton edged Acton Red An exciting game was played between Tultman Gold and with a good team effort from both goals were scored on impressive plays by Eileen Campbell and Sarah Williamson Other outstanding efforts were made by Tina Morgan and Rebecca Van- Kllnk Acton Red players also showed a great deal of effort in their match with Cheers and special mention goes out to Sarah Dunn In goal and Catherine Good efforts for Cheers were supplied by lisa Beth Anderson and Amy In other GIRLS soccer play the Royal Trust Stingers travelle to Milton for their first out of town game and came away with a 3 win Angela opened the Acton scoring drive early in the game by bouncing the ball off of a Milton defender of the match and the winning marker was pegged by Amy Newman who blasted the ball past the goaltendcr with just two minutes left in the game As crush Cambridge The Acton Junior As notched another win on their belts this week as they defeated Cambridge June Cambridge got on the scoreboard first col lecting two runs in the opening Inning and then Tim Baker Mark Symes returned fire to tie the match Rob Vermulen rounded the bases safely in the second frame to give the the lead and Glen Scott Increased Actons advantage with a fourth run in the fourth inning Cambridge poured on the steam in the fifth frame rounding the bases three times to edge past the local team and then Kent McArthur pegged a single to the match The sixth inning saw Vermulen Duval and Dave cross home plate and two homers in the eighth inning by Symes and Duval clinched the game for Acton Cambridge tallied a final run in the ninth Dave Wilson was credited with the win on the mound throwing strikeouts Next week the As will be competing in double knockout Canadian Elimination rounds In Grimsby The team tournament will decide who has the right to represent Ontario In the Canadian Games In August Tough competition was the name of the game in last weeks GIRLS soccer as Acton Red clipped Tultman Gold 10 and Krist Painting matched Cheers 1 Outstanding play for Acton Red was delivered by Carry Johnson and Michelle Pilgrim and the winning marker was recorded by Patenaude Tuitmana Gold also played well with Carolyn Montgomery Sarah Williamson and Jenny Goy sharing honors as the games top players Cheers Bailey scored her second marker of the season against Krist and her teammates Mary Caroline Courtnay Fisher Michel Warren and Carolyn Klnnon played exceptionally wellj Painting showed considerable effort as well with Karen and Kelly Sullivan giving a good Food land Atoms axe Ponsonby for 239 win Starting off with a home run the Acton Atoms dominated to come out on top June Chad recorded a first inning homer to start Acton on their way to victory and Kenny Jaffray Kyle Thomson Graham Ruse Steven Slaney Troy MaoDougall Scott David Deforest Chris Schick and Jeremy Marsh added first frame runs and Jeffrey knocked out base hits to record their second runs of the game and Michael Schell Troy MacDougall Christian Schroeder and Andy notched singles In the second liming Third inning runs were credited to Jef frey Deforest Schick Dunn and to round out the score Acton pitching duties were shared by March and Rowsell who combined efforts to strike out batters In a of a game the County Atoms were clipped by Red last Tuesday After Acton established a two run lead and with only one Inning to play Firestone streaks to two league wins rallied for three runs to edge the local squad Jason Dunn put Acton on the scoreboard in the first inning after singling to first and then moving to second when Chris Schick was walked AFter stealing third Dunn went home on a fly ball Meanwhile also launched their scoring drive in the first inning notching two runs to take an early lead In the second inning both adversaries were scoreless but In the opening half of the third frame Acton got their bats swinging to score two more runs Steve walked to first and then roundedtnebasesonatripleby Dunn Dunn zipped across home plate on a single by Chad Rowsell Acton retained their lead in the fourth inning after managing to shut down the offence and then they came up with a fourth run to extend their lead tj three Deforest tripled to third and then went home on an error by I However Actons victory was snatched when chalked up three runs in the bottom of the fifth to edge local boys 51 The Mill Firestone Ladies are on a winning streak Starting with a second place finish last weekend in ihe Glen Williams tournament Acton Ladles have tallied a win over Eden Stills and a threshing of Glen since On Tuesday June the Acton ladies were hosted by Eden Mills and leadhig off the Acton scoring drive was Natalie Russian Also banging our first inning hits were Tracy Clarke and Teresa Dunn Tufford and Sandra were bought safely from a two base hit by Susan Another Acton run was chalked up in the third bailnfl with a halted out bv Patty McClure The Last three runs gained In the second inning were credited to hits by Russian Clarke Marlon Case and Pitching duties were shared by Jan Inglls and Marlon Case and MPV of the game was back catcher Susan Wilson Poulsen led off the Acton attack again the Glen running across home plale on by Susan Wilson Going Into the last frame of the Acton was behind when a six run rally Case Wilson Dunn Clarke anl Naialie Case brought home another vistory and Case shared the pitching duties