v n- v legion town league hockey winds up with gala banquet sat toronto maple leaf fans out numbered montreal canadian fans almost 41 at saturdays legion minor hockey league banquet if you can gauge num bers by noise volume engeifr dcred for the leafs when scores of the afternoons stan ley cup final were announced master of ceremonies how- ard pearce kept the banquet and awards ceremonies lively with snot announce of the score as the legion league wrapped up the year at the le gion hall almost 175 boys attended as well as coaches managers and officials mothers of the boys served a hot dinner which was cooked by mrs ted pope and station hotel employees and it was eaten with much enthusiasm with second and intra help- ings in some cases the head table which inclu ded mayor duby league offic ials and referees was introd uced by mc pearce and the mayor spoke briefly to the boys about the value of sports in making good citizens he jte vntsys ports psgfi sam brunelle president cnbbag acton minor baseball ikmon hockey league president bob louttet presented the novice high scoring award to bernie taylpr of the niagara falls team at saturdays minor hockey banquet staff photo at the first meeting held at the community centre on mon day april 24 the new acton minor baseball league was bom election of officers resulted in sam brunelle being elected president with vicepresident roy goodwin secretary roy swann treasurer mrs hart and player executive member barrie elliott registration dates for minor ball were set for tomorrow night april 27 and saturday morning from 10 am to 12 noon for boys 8 to 18 two fames will be schedul ed to take place through the week and another on a satur day morning through the sea son each boy signing up for the minor baseball will be covered by insurance attendance was very good for the first meeting with a turnout of about 40 e team in listowel sat k seek crown acton legion- branch 197 royal canadian legion will be well represented saturday at listowel during the provincial cribbage tournament the lo cal card sharks copped the zoqe b championship recent ly and are now vying for a pro- urday will be mel jordan norm cunningham bill nico- lak and jimmie higgins if the team wins at listowel the provincial competition will be in acton next year revealed halton county spent more for recreation than any other county in ontario presentation of team troph ies most valuable player aw ards and trophies to the top scorers in each league was made by legion minor sports officials team trophies went to bram pton of the atom series niag ara falls in the novice section cleveland in the pee wee and hershey in the bantdm series thejohnkcntner tom wat son acton creamery and george molozzi trophies went to each team respectively coa ches accepting along with the captains were barry inscoe clarence hill milt ball and ilio marzo team mates cheered as john scoyne of the weston atom team bernie taylor of niagara falls peter morrison of cleve land and graham fraser of hershey received trophies for being the top scorers in their respective leagues johnny scoyne ended up with 26 points bernie taylor had s3 peter morrison 59 and graham fraser 23 the most coveted awards presented were for the most valuable players in each sec tion of the league these are kept deep dark secrets until it was the early minutes of this morning when bob pid- ford finally popped in that tie breaker for toronto in the second period of overtime play to win 32 over montreal to ronto now leads the playoff series with a 21 edge over mon treal the nerve racking game was certainly a tough game to lose for montreal who had innumerable chances to score but just couldnt get past bowers superb netminding but on the other hand the win may just put toronto on a three game winning spree well see vachon played a great game for montreal making several magnificent saves but he lacks the experience of a professional especially in playoff action where experience really counts one factor that does make up for vachons lack if experience is his bility tokep-coor- it looked to me as though-bower- felt the strain of the tense overtime play more than vachon who punch imlach terms as a junior b goalie brian mccrlitall sports writer and reporter for the milton champion who has lived here in acton all his life is leaving our fair community may 1 to take up a similar position with a newspaper in chilliwack british columbia brian or red as a great many of his friends in acton know him as will be missed im sure by all the people with whom he has been associated with in the past years businesswise and otherwise brian an ardent sports enthusiast has played on numerous and different sporting event teams such as football lacrosse hockey and baseball in acton over the past years congratulations and best wishes on your new position sports spots harold towruley president or the softball league vnabw to announce a preseason meeting of all parties interest sd tor the election of a new executive on sunday april 30 at 2 pjn in the community centre minor lacrosse is to be introduced into acton this year howard pearce reports although no solid plans or meet ings have as yet been announced an open meeting of the industrial hockey league win be held in the community centre on sunday april 3d at 1 pjn for the presentation of trophies and election of a new executive anyone interested is asked to attend saturday april 29 is the opening dav of the trout season as most of the ardent fishermen in the district know sleepy headed worm dippers will head out in the wee hours of saturday morning in hopes of pulling in that big one or returning home to tell of the one that got away hoiding thbr awards for the free press camera following saturdays legion town league banquet are derrick dixon of the brampton team with the atom league trpphv james mcnabb roost valuable player in the pee wee league- ricky bonnette judged the- best goalkeeper in the league and rickv holmes aavp in the atom series most val uable player in the bantam series was steve garrett back left while jeff goy won the coveted referees trophy for the most valuable and well behaved player on and off the ice kevin marcoux right was judged the most valuable player in the novice series fstaff photo the world of outdoors with art hawes strikes at youth bowling council bi jackie palmer april 22 bill johnstone of the major league and a grad uate of our junior bowling do nated six bowling bags to our junior and senior division they were won by gary tur- kosz christine hiscock cord morris gary price john chur chill and jackie palmer many thanks bill the most consistent bowlers this week in the junior and senior division were the mar shall brothers ken bowled ga mes of 123 121122 joe bowled games of 5455s2 in the bantam division this week there was another total wipeout top cats who seem ed to be having difficulties came tip with a big two game win over night hawks alley cats swept over neptunes with a double win angels defeated rolling stones by also winning two games top ten bowlers were kevin perkins 156134 290 debbie storey 116156 272 margot matbeson 124136 20 roger mceachern 86174 260 pat sampson 97162 259 bob jotrourke 127120 247 colin price 112135 247 martin la- voie 84159 243 wade knight 131109 240 ron turkosz 115123 238 the sevenup cocacola pop winners were gord mccon- nell bert post patsy storey and cathy nome in the junior and senior division flintstones took two games and totals from idiots pinbusters won two games and totals from jerks and hot rods took two games and tot als from crouts top ten bowlers were dave pink 590 223 jackie palmer 529 195 gary turkosz 489 185 cord morris 484 1991 gary price 477 211 john churchill 451 154 anne wat son 438 186 craig perkins 435 155 linda pierce 430 187 and pat nicolak 425 159 league standings oybc bantams angels hi alley cats 100 night hawks 83 rolling stones 55 neptunes 47 top cats 26 oybc juniors and seniors hod rods 132 pinbusters 120 idiots 100- flintstones 89 crouts 85 jerks 62 two competitions are com ing up for the members of maple rock trap team the first is at appleby gun club which is situated i mile north of no 5 highway on walkers line the event takes place on sunday may 7 this competition is for a trophy for the best 10 man team with each member shooting at 50 birds each individual shooter can also compete iii the lewis option for cash prizes the scores from the team competi tion are used in the lewis op tion but anyone wanting to compete for cash prizes pays a larger entrv fee this is set up in such a manner so that a high score is not necessary to get in on the cash awards the competition begins at 12 oclock the second event is the an nual competition with the north halton sportsmens as sociation last year the milton club won the trophy and this year the maple rock boys will be out for revenge the first half of the shootoff takes place at the north halton clubhouse on june 18 spectators are welcome to attend both the above competi tions the best scores this week at maple rock shooting range were gord clow with 21 and 19 john shadbolt 19 wayne leadston 18 and keith main- prize 171 half a buffalo is arriving from the west for the outdoor sportsmens show sponsored by the chamber of commerce in conjunction with acton fall fair the meat will be kept frozen until the weekend of the fair when it will be cooked and served at the show recent regulations made un der the game and fish act au- continued on page five see curling club operating at ayr ayr a village of 700 people has a beautiful new curling club and on sunday a busload of acton curlers travelled there to inspect the facilities al though the curling club has been in existence 50 years the private building was just com pleted in december and since then membership has increas ed steadily reaching 200 acton curlers who have been considering for years the pos sibility of separate curling fac ilities were interested to see how the club cut costs lady members for instance have been doing all the cleaning acton minor baseball association baseball registration all boys ages 8 to 18 years thursday april 27 630 8 pm friday april 28 630 8 pm saturday april 29 10 12 noon at acton arena fin oat this registration rorm and hand it to a registration fee 200 name address phone date of birth fufc y evenings saturdays winners were ricky holmes of the weston team in the atom league he was awarded the alec john son trophy kevin marcoux of the ham ilton club in the novice ser ies he received the claude poper trophy jim mcnabb of baltimore in the pee wee series he was awarded the legion trophy steve garrett of hershey in the bantam series steve re ceived the gord james trophy the acton limestone trophy for the most valuable goal keeper in the entire town league was awarded to ricky bonnette who shone in goal for the fourtown tournament pee wee all stars as well as in league play finally the trophyxdpnated by the referees association which is called a minor byng it goes to the player considered to be the most valuable and improved both on and off k ice by the ref erees popular choice for this coveted award was jeff goy and he recevied it from ref ereeinchief murray harrison head table guests for the ga la affair were his worship the mayor gord james represent ing the legion minor sports president bob louttet and his executive composed of bill buchanan ivan kilby ted pope and charlie thomson as well as head referee murray harrison all spoke briefly congratu lating the boys on another fine year of hockey donations were received from lovell bros red and white acton dairy iga do minion hotel hotchen bakery and royal dairy stores and acknowledged by legion minor hockey officials they also thanked all the ladies who helped make the banquet a success top scorers in their respective leagues at saturdays legion town league banquet were peter morrison left graham fraser and john scoyne who were presented with individual trophies staff photo seaforth could wrap up third straight int title seaforth beavers were well oh their way to their third straight oha int b hockey title when they defeated ux- bridge black hawks 103 sat urday in seaforth the victory gave the beavers a 21 edge on the final series but uxbridge tied the series again at 22 with a 64 win monday uxbridge took the opener 6- 5 on their home ice but the beavers got back in the series with a win at home on wed nesday after eliminating dur ham huskiesin four straight if the seaforth rhib takes the tithe it will be the first time it has gone to the same team three years in a row the teams which have given the beavers their closest bat tles yet are hespeler mlc macs and acton tanners both out of the same group 1 24 mill st at wiibur phone 8532160 paul mokrycki and hans andersen beam brightly as they were greeted by excited onlookers at the finish line in saturdays big walk staff photo we have a good 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