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th arton fvbp rvw thumefay juhc 10 196 a williamsons homers rout fumbly legion strawthatched station hotel catcher george williamson slammed two home runs one of them a grand slam in con secutive innings tuesday night as the innkeepers routed the legion 2110 in town league soft- ban an errorfified contest froln beginning to end in the mosqui to infested park which one tan facetiously labelled swatsvllle the hotel crew knocked 16 hits from a paradv of legion chuk- kers starting wifti chick milne and interchanging with gary masales and ken maltby williamson uncorked his first circuit clout- with two men on in the third intiing to tie the game up at 33 his second the grand slam sparked a six run explosion in the fourth which put the innkeepers ahead but the legion thanks to some wild hotel throws mixed with three hits knotted the count at 99 in a wild top of the firth back came the innkeepers in the bottom half with another homer thi time from the bat of johnny dunn with two men on ami they were ahead to stay legion got one more in the ninth but the hotelers added four in thesixtrrandfipetn the eighth for a decisive win both teams were booting the ball all over the field doug vickery took the vin for the innkeepers scattering 10 hits fanning eight and walk ing seven big berthas of the station hit parade were george william sons three blngles and three apiece from john dunn and clarence fanner sheppard and al mcnabb singles were hit by harry phillips ed smith bob sheppard doug vickery and t lcachmun bon price collected three hits for the losers gary masales and brother terry two each brian mccristall wayne marshall and terry waterhouse slugged one apiece r h e legion 210 150 001 10 10 4 s hotel 003 634 05x 21 16 5 legion b mccristall 3b b marshall 2b c milne n ss vv marshall cr d price lb g mo saics ss p k maltby c t wnlerltouse ir g james if t masales 2b in 4th station hotel c sheppard 3b h phillips cr g william son c j dunn lb e smith if jriddall if in 7th b sheppard ss a mcnabb 2b d vickery p t lvochmnn rf a3wtosfttct trn7sf pounding the sports beat down the escarpment where george kennedy first hacked a home out of the esquesing bush so energetically they named the place georgetown after him theyre preparing to cele brate the 30th anniversary of the midget nhls founding in september the league was a product of the nimble mind of gordon alcott now a busy life insurance exec while a georgetown resi dent goixl conceived the idea of having midgetage players formed into teams with national hockey league names attached each player carrying the actual name of a player on his sweater for instance if you played on the toronto maple leafs were a centre and wore number seven youd have been called max bentley if you wore number nine for the rouge blanc bleu montreal canadians youd be maurice rocket richard the idea caught on and spread throughout the province and country it was the start of the big minor hockey boom which has caprurcd the enthusiasm of canadians everywhere today to celebrate his brain child mr alcott is drumming up an anniversary dinner and the usual hoopla associated with it hockey men like king clancy george armstrong tim horton bob pul- ford tod sloan bob goldham wcs mcknight tommy munns and brian mcfarlane have been invited and several have already indicated theyll be present punch imlach toronto maple leafs general manager said that he will personally see to it that three of his big stars george armstrong tim horton and bob pulford attend the event special guest referee at the first game 30 years ago king clancy has accepted an invitation io speak at the anniversary dinner alcott expects hell have wes mcknight there to introduce clancy and tommy munns first honorary president of the midgeti nhl public relationswise mr alcott hopes to have illuminated signs erected t the entrances to georgetown proclaiming it the midget nhi hockey birthplace but this will depend on the whim of an oil refinery which has been approached to sponsor the signs last wednesday this fuzzy faced fellow went over to georgetown to see the actonflavored giants play host to milton red sox in a twilight halton county baseball contest i admit to being partial to hardball and the game could only serve to increase interest the giants won a 21 decision but not before all the in gredients of a thriller were thrown in the strategy giant manager dude lindsay and so mentor dick clement used tickled the fans dude won the game ot wits by bringing in earl burt to bat for george doucetto in the bottom of the sixth with the score tied at ll and two men on the sacks denis gibbons opened the inning by rapping sox southpaw ron nnlers first pitch in the hole over second shortstop pete lauson a strike out victim his last time at bat stepped up to the plate next and promptly pumped one into short left which set the stage for dude when the next two batters went down in order he motioned earl burt to come in from his first base coaching job to pinch hit for doucetto naylers whipping tasi ball stood earl on hi- ear for the first two strikes the sox sensing the rally would be doused bv naler ivlaxed at that point naylor threw his sunday pitch and giant buil lashed it over second baseman shcrrctts head to score gibbons with what proved to be the winning run the sox threatened in the lop of the seventh when the lirst twx runners got on board and advanced on a sacrifice but i ground ball to second which denis gibbons gobbled up re straining the i tinners with a motion and throwing the batter out at tirst put two on the hook the last batter popped ciustv mike timmis was behind the plate calling strikes and balls as well as matching evective with sox manager dick clement a tilth inning cheekandjowl discusdon over a long hit by doug mvitt to left centre niled a ground rules double by the man in bloc upset dick when the runner went from first to score but was called back to third he cooled down when the next batter hit i sacrilice tlv to score miltons onl run berme dore in rare form hurled a nifty four hitter for the giants striking oit ii he got fine fielding support from jim undsays catch ot a drive to centre by veteran art mdanaon being one of the games highlights halton senior league standing as of tuesday team w l pet gbl campbellville 9 1 900 dundas 6 3 666 2i burlington 6 4 600 3 preston 5 4 555 3i georgetown 4 4 300 4 oakville 4 8 333 6 hamilton 3 8 72 6h milton 2 7 222 6i valley tabbies trim grand monday night acton wildcats won their sec ond straight victory in the grand river girls softball lea gue with a 169 decision over grand valley under the lights here monday scoring in every inning acton ton gals boat out u lusty 17 hit tattoo on two visiting pitchers joanne landsborough hurled a nine hitler in her pitching de but for the wildcats striking out five and limiting the visit ors scoring to three innings one shuky inning the top of the sixth in which grand val leys gals scored five runs from four hits and three infield fum bles caused sonrje consternation among partial acton fans but the girls recovered and scored two more in the bottom half to enlarge their margin the wildcats scored one in the opener six in a second in ning explosion another in the third a pair in the lourlh four more in the fifth and a brace in the sixth orand valley got slng- les in the second and fifth and five in the sixth shifting from the mound to shortstop induced new power in bonnie mcdougalls bat she slammed out four hits includ ing a triple and double in four trips to spark the tabbies to win second sacker mary golem swatted three base knocks in eluding a double gail fryer liz kirby wendy almond and kay chisholm collected two hits apiece and g calvers and jo anne landsborough hit one each norma landsborough the vis iting shortstop headed their bat parade with a three for four right fielder m brown swatted two r h e grand valley 010 015 0 7 9 4 acton 161 242 x 16 17 5 grand valley b kennedy c d moore p and if s young lb n hardman 2b n landsbor ough ss s harmen 3b m brown rf m hardrrian cf san dra tail if and c susan tait cf in fifth acton gail fryer lb liz kirby 3b wendy almond rf joanne landsborough p mary golem 2b bonnie mcdougall ss kay chisholm cl sandra sling- erland c laura chisholm if donna landsborough rf jn fifth s calvers if in fifth three home runs highlight merchant win the tailend georgetown hunters were no problem for acton merchants friday night here merchants took the hunt ers by a 103 score their secorid decisive win over them during the weeks intercounty fastball action hunting for their second win this season llunters were no match for the heavy hitting merchants they pounded out a hit barrage including three home runs at the expense of starting pitcher t rogers and his fifth inning successor sin clair georgetown clubbed eight hits from ed phillips who went the route for acton but outside or three in the first frame were well scattered big inning for the merchants was the first after the visitors had scored kvo runs in the top half lead-off- batter hany phil lips singled and before hunters could douse the merchants they had slammed seven hits and merchants lose rockwood firemen came from behind a 4 1 deficit to shade acton merchants mlna scheduled inter county fast ball game in rockwood thurs day night wildcats gleeful after first win thump belwood lakers 166 they played a whale of a game enthused tubthumper manager and scorekeeper char lie thomson recounting the 166 decision his wildcats thumped belwood with last thursday night in grand river girls soft- ball first win for the acton tab bies in two starts they backed- up pitcher bonnie mcdougalls sparkling sixhit ii strikeout performance with 18 hits ol their own included in the smashhit twilight fixture were tso home iuiis a triple and six doubles wielding big bats for the ac ton telines were catcher sandra ances at the plate a perfect night and mary golem who singled three times pitcher bonnie mcdougall whacked a three bagger and a two base knock to help her own cause bev brunelle singled twice kay chisholm doubled and singled and gail fryer ui kiiby and laurie chisholm socked one each the latters a double to centre this explosion from the ac ton bats left the belwood belles inert until the bottom of the sixth inning when they scored lour runs bv this time the wildcats were ahead bv 12 runs scoring in every inning and siingerlandwliohoriieretland theyadded four more in the doubled twice right tielder final frame to win going awav wendv almond who slammed a belwood plated a pair in the lour bagger a double and two list hair ol the seventh to finish singles in four olficial appear- oft further attempt to enlarge al wmgrove hany hamilton lead merchants to victory campbellville squeezed bv hamilton 54 on sunday to make their seasons record read 8 wins against 1 loss it was a most dramatic game played in over 90 degree temperature and the lead changed hands several limes with no team ever having more than a one run lead hymick went all the wav for hamilton and lost a tough one ralph rintoul started for camp bellville and came out in the sixth with two on and nobody out and the score tied harry hamilton came in to put out the fire and went on to win the game and share the heros hon ors with al wingrove hyrnick allowed five nins off ten hits he walked two and struckout six in five mnbifs rintoul gave up three runs off five hits he walked three and struck out two in four innings hamilton allowed one run off four hits he struckout five walked one and hit one batter hamiltons catcher roman- owski picked up almost half their hits as he had a perfect day xvith a home run a double and two singles r h e hamil 000 210 100 49 2 cville 010 111 001 5 10 1 hamilton hymick and ro- nianowski campbellville rintoul ha milton 6 and wingrove tt must be hot some ard ent golfers even refused to trundle around the course sun day cash income servtetnc eetabhstied account spat time no slun only people with gotd background apply apjt bv ml ahm fre praaa motorcycle races scrambles this sunday july 3 1 pm i mile north of crewsons corners turn north it shall station 2 mil watt of acton one of a semes of ontario championship events see motorcycling at its roughest and best ample parking available refreshments on grounds admission adults 100 children under 12 free sponsored by yellowjackets mcc uricfe cma sanction and rules scoied four runs ed phillips bore down to blank the visitors until the ninth and helped his own cause with a three run homer in the lourtli one of thiee four bag- gers the merchants slammed claiencc farmer sheppard uncoiked another bases emptv in the tuu run fifth and john leallierland finished rf an al most perfect night at the plate with one in the seventh it was johns third hit in lour official trips he walked and got on base from an error at second in his other two appearances gary masales also banged out three bingles as did pitcher ed phillips howie leader and clarence sheppard rapped out two apiece with llarrv phillips and john dunn knocking sing les onlv 5eorgetovvii batter to connect more than once was second baseman junior beau mont he singled twice ed phillips eight hitter was spiced with 10 strikeouts while both georgetown hurlers man aged to vviff five merchants rue georgetn 200 000 001 3 8 5 acton 400 320 lov io 15 1 georgetown m marchment if bob freestone 3b bob web ster c g balasko ii jr beau mont 2b bill somerville 2b in lil ih d cunningham ss ross cunningham cf mike george ph in 9th j beckett lb t rog ers p sinclair p in lifth b new man ph in th- aclon h phillips 2b j leatheiland 3b g masales ss h townslev ss e phillips p j dunn lb g williamson c leader cf a williams rl sheppard if in sixth ii c staff photo tennis or driving take your choice people who lived in an earlier era wore the type of dress shown on the left modelled by mrs walter linham for a game of tennis mrs mel mccul- lough models the appropriate dress for driving in an open tour ing car their count were discouraged by bonnie mcdougall who whir led the last two batters after throwing judv woods out at first proud as punch and twice as pufted up after the victory were coaches frank spiel vogel and john leatherland whove been drumming the acton gals with pep talks following their initial loss to shands in the home op ener thev were a little nervous in the opener but theyll settle down now to plav yood ball manager thomson gleefully pre dicted next home game is an import ant one tor the wildcats thev play host to fergus last years champions under the arcs heie monday r h acton belwood acton wildcats gail frver lb li kirbv 3b wench al mond rf bonnie mcdougall p mary golem s bev brunelle 2b kav chisholm cf laurie chisholm if sandra slmger- land c belwood susan ferguson peggv ferguson barbara curtis judy woods anna van beck deanna ferguson marlene oil- ton linda kirk marg eyeleigh village midgets blast burlington the strong right arm of bill dennis was the key to success lor campbellville midgets this week as thev swamped burling ton 102 and earned a 33 tie in an exciting contest against oak ville dennis ace of the teams mound staff hurled both games against burlington he allow ed onlv lour hits struck out 13 and walked one garnet mit chell doubled once and singled twice for the villagers while brian howard tripled once and singled twice doug mclaugh lin joe weadge and neil robert son each had a pair of singles jack maves and dennis singled once in the oakville contest camp- belhille managed onl three hits singles b garnet mitchell jack mates and bill dennis but were able to capitalize on the vildnessof the oakville pitcher dennis lanned eight oakville hit ters leaders hot bat hurling leading herb s from cellar lleiivs delivery straightened out ilieir ndse dive into the town league cellar bv chalking ii a convincing i 15 win over station hotel last wedncsdav new power produced by- the blistering bat of howie leader who also threw thedislance lift ed herbs out of the doldrums leader lived up to his handle in fait as he slammed five hits in as manv trips lor a perfect night at the plate big inning for the deliverers was the fourth when they scor ed live runs ofl five hits with cuiv man on the team balling once and two of lllcm twice thev got thiee more in the eight ii from as many hits to win going awav all lold herbs belled 16 safe ties liom the olterings of doug vickery who tossed the lull nine for the innkeepers doug si nick out two and issued live passes to lirst best his ma tes could do irom howie leader was nick eight hits from him lour il them in the fifth when the hotelers scored two runs their best inning thev struck out tour limes and walked thiee besides leadrrs hot bat scottv mccristall john coy jr and wiir duve duval rapped a pair apiece rick coe harold tovvnsley bob doyle fred ar chibald and brother don archi bald smashed one each archies fred blow was a triple clarence farmer sheppard and george williamson socked two apiece for the station house one of georges a double red phillips bob shep pard dies peycha and john dunn all got one each with dun- us being a two run double r ii f slat hot 100 021 010 5 8 0 herbs dl 200 500 i3x ii 16 i station hotel h phillips ir c sheppard ss b sheppard 3b j dunn lb a mcnabb 2b a williams cr g williamson c c peycha rf d vickery p j kid- dail pinch hit in 9th herbs deliverv p mccristall lb j gov jr 2b r coc ir g tailleier ir in 5th h leader p ii dodds c h tovvnsley 3b b doyle rl f archibald rf in 5th d archibald cf w thival ss umpires d price plate c- masales bases grocers end herb s streak under sundays scorching sun we were having a heat wave but town league soltball addicts placti it cool by keeping the schedule up to date in sundays scorching sun only a handful of spectators watched as led gers i ga beat herbs deliverv 72 the loss cut hcibs win streak to one while the grocers pro longed their skein and kept in the running for league leader ship with legionnaires al calvert tossed the nine i tames lor the winners scat tering eight hits while fred archibald took the loss lor hcibs allowing 10 bingles highlight of the game defen sively was the licldingothe grocers herbs hitters were tagging the ball but the grocers weie catching almost everything in the garden herbs threw in a hall dozen bobbles to assist the winners in the run depart ment scoring a single in the first it wasnt until the firth when thev pushed four runs across that iga sewed it up the de- liven crew snaffled a pair in the sixth hut thev were nullifi ed bv a brace from the grocers in the bottom of the eighth bruce mcarthur smashed out three hits to spark the iga as sault on archie with bruce shullis and bruce cargill knock ing a pair don deforest roy shullis jefr frver and calvert stroked one apiece two hits were deliyered for hcibs hv llaiold townslev with murrays me helps his game murray grenke of heslop rd milton used an eight iron shot on the usyard seventh hole of hornbv tower golf course to get his first holeinone 123 222 4 16 18 3 000004 2 6 ft 3 express buses to woodbine june 6 to jul 16 leave acton direct to the track each racing day 1 155 am daylight time return fare 255 includes admission return buses start loading after last race wile bus depot g l adams agent telephone 8539400 john gov howi leader phil mccristall fred and don archi bald bob doyle and wiir duval hittjng safelv once r h e ledgers 100 04o 02x 7 10 0 herbs 000 002 000 2 8 6 iga al calvert dave manes don deforest doug black bruce mcarthur roy shultis jefr fryer george malt- bv bruce shullis bruce cargill herbs fml archibald phil mccristall john coy jr howie leader harold townslev wilf duval bob doyle herb dodds don archibald sports corner 124 mill st i at wilbur hone m32160 roller skates for boys and gmis an ideal gift for yur graduatt bicycles new used and repairs sp0rtsc0rner and well ee too at sports corner canteen acton arena acton recreation summer schedule park and community centre thursday juni m 8 pm roller skating 8 15 pm mens softball ifj a vs st hotel saturday july 2 9 arr minor lcroste 8 pm roller skating 10 pm teen dtnee monday july 4 730 pm senior citizen shuffle board 8 30 pm girls softball fergus vs acton tuesday july s 8 pm roller stating 8 15 pm mans softball legion vs- herbs delivery wednesday july 730 pm minor lacrosse 815 pm mens softball herb5dcjivery v st hotel