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4 the acton free press wednesday february 31 1 968 atou weston toppled brainptad 81 in the atom loan league opener saturday jeff shields notched ave goal tally for the victors yith assists going to scottwlthers- and lbrown ith slngm mike ware nabbed rair on brace mcphalls assists vlke morris ild p zlons tallied the remain ing weston markers with brace mcpbajl brarnptons lone tally came from scott malcolm with danny wobster assisting lata in the third stanaa b kllby served the only pen alty for brampton on a tripping sentence novice x niagara falls blanked oshawa 70 in the first half of the novice twin tall steve paplllon paced the flyers with a four marker tally assists vent to jim hurly and norm thornhlll rick bag- lnsld assisted on all three of the hre til 11 remaining scores from norrnytield sentenced by officials gary thornhlll jim hurley and eddie masales and don ford enslng st kltu edged hamilton in 21 battle in the second novice set as steve brunelle tallied a goal and an assist for the winners ford alton scored the winner for st catharines at the 900 minute mark in the third period hearns scored for hamilton early in the first stanza from gord toth to lead the first two rochester doubled up oncleve- land with a 42 win in the second half of the pee wee feature petei hargrave netted a pair for ro chester john hansen marked a score and an assist and kevin marcoux tallied from glen mc- kenrlo clevelands tally came from steve marshall and john kings- mlus marker playoffs bantams blank fergus 40 sat acton bantams got off toa good start in the first round of the a mjla bantam bplayoffssat- urdey blanking fergus 40 right in thistleburg ted hagen and steve webster hung up the shutout for the acton team sharing a glittering goal- adon tops martin st volleyballers by steven dills actons robert little public school took top honors from martin street senior public school of milton thursday night in athroegamo volleyball tour nament martin street won the first boys game with a lot of help from jim robertson who put seven over the net final tally was 157 the mlltonlansweakenodhow- ever and acton took the next two with scores of l58andl55 the games which included competition between the girls as well were played in either 15- mlnute periods or first team to reach 15 points tending job the fergus club smaller perhaps than the acton team showed lots of hustle but the acton defense slowed them down brad timbers was singled out for his work at the blue lino there was no scoring in the first period actongrabbeda20 lead in the second stanza and added two more in the third dale fisher connected first from randy weldon and george mc- phall drilled number two from pete morrison in the third period pete mor rison cashed a relay from john snow and dale fisher to make it 30 prettiest goal of the night was johnny snows in the last flvo minutes of stop time he broke in the clear dekod the fergus netmlnder and scored both clubs wore critical of the roferoos who lot things go at first and then clamped down hard with cheap penalties they handed out 23 sentencos 12 of thorn to acton next game in the best throe- offivo series will be playodhero tonight wednesday at 8 pm third game is here at g30 on saturday by cathy krul on february 13 the acton benlor girts extended their win ning streak by winning the game over erin in the first quarter the score was tied 66 heather mcgeachle trudy morris and brltta larsen scored in the second period to bring the score to fl for acton acton continued to dominate the game in the second half the flnal score was 2317 the top scorers were janet braid 4 paints brltts larum 4 points heather mcceachle 5 points and linda woo with 8 points the lineup was janet braida linda wood donna william brltta lareeu bev brunnelle heather mcceachle trudy morrii irene severensld and catfayknd the janloraalsoexteudedthelr loataf etnas in the first few iwahn there were twelve fouls jon gtbtaaa and debbie sung- riaad ian aoored in the bret at half time erin edged out acton with the score of 614 in the third quarter acton went out to score nine points trlna van tiir polder scored 5 points and susan clendennlng scored 3 with joan gibbins scor ing 1 erin then set out to trounce the acton team the unalbuaier went as the score was 2315 for erin the lineup was bonnie jones linda perry susan clenjannlng susan mcgluoway joan gibbins marg slaven carol uasales debbie sungerland trlna van der polder chris brunelle and julie smith- tanners start playoffs with durham periods before st kltts come back both squads pattered a pair of penalties as m mfcabe ami john mccutttaooaeerved lntorfuronr and trlpplrig sciences or ham ilton ford jfttoii and tyors served hboktng antiholdlng penal ties for st catharines pele wel baltimore dropped springfield 74 in the pee wee stirtamlki sn tallied a hat trick for along with three as- id assisted on qvo charllo mecrao nabbed th one assist brian storey caked a marker on agary fisher assist dave i orester tallied threo of springfields markers unassist ed dave burke rounded out the score with a pointer assisted by forester and bernle taylor mckenzlo and taylor served tripping sentences for sprlng- tanner netmindm torrfmy avei rutd a shutout going for him after two periods at friday tennerrock oha game here friday night then the roc1t bounedd back irjto- con lontion with two quick gojiu blake incjl- right cloars the puck in this hol around the acton pot r staff photo mtt tsssporls page winding up the schedule with a win friday night could be a good omen for acton tanners in the playoffs the tanners meet the durham hububs in a best of seven group semifinal starting thursday night in durham second game of the series is here friday night the series returns to durham next tuesday and comes back hero again friday night repeat ing the pattern tho following week if the games ae necessary a seventy and final game if nec essary wotlld follow on the sun- dajfalternoon seaforth and hespeler lock in the other bestyofseven flnal all games here in the sdrtes will be pisyid at 0 p in durham games will start af 30 pm oates and times- for the play- cms were settled at a meeting in harriston monday evening at tended by president jack mar shall hoss ballenttne end roy goodwtq of the tanner executive convener bob- bralthwalte of durham presided oha past president pat patterson of guelph was also present there was some rejoicing in the tanner camp when it was announced thoyd meet the husk ies rather than the throotlme int a champion seaforth beav- 74 decision tanners break rocks previewer in playoff in their last scheduled gamo of the season before playoffs acton tanners dumpod tho elora rocks in a 74 decision last friday night tanners held a 40 lead going into tho third stanza with one counter in the first and three in the second tommy ayros had a shutout until tho first play of the third period the acton opener came at 729 when stu mcdonald man oeuvred in over the elora blue una to score from jim farelley and billy wheeler farelley caged his first half of a set at 811 in the second period from whoolor and mcdonald torry lane tallied unassisted at 1155 harry philips hold tho tanner load with a shot that caught tho elora netmlnder offguard on a setup from stovo townsloy and jim cunningham at 1520 hughes broke tho lco for tho rocks in tho third stanza with an opening pair of scores at 35 second mark and again at 422 assists went to hilus and fontlnato on tho first marker and mckoo and watklns on num ber two billy whoolor called on the elora nets with a eager at 939 from farelley and cunningham hughos replied at 056 with an- othor elora tako from mckoo and hulls jim farelley notched his soc- ond countor of tho night from whoolor and currlo at 13 17 and a rocuporatlnjj harold townsloy slammod in a goal from son stovo at 1450 elora flnishod tho scoring at 1626 whon power scored from diono acton sorvod throe of the fivo penalties sentenced hiring the bout tannors wlu journey to bur- ham thursday night to start tho best of flvo playoff matchos and return horo on friday night industrial hockey orioles subdue raiders hornets jostle jets 84 orioles defeated tho raiders 74 in sunday nights industrial league opener first period scoring came from bruce barber on a bui cook assist with threo more oriole markers from john goy on two and john cunningham ono they led going into the third stan za 41 bui coon cagod tho lone raider marker in the socond porlod from gord mason and doug garrett gary ritchie and denis gibbons earned oriole assists during the second period scoring gord van gils and jim mcdon ald came back for the raiders with two quick markers in tho third from mason andgerryvan- der eyken cunningham goy and ward tallied another trlplo count for the orioles from gib bons ward and cunningham raider jim mcdonald tallied tho scoring unassisted bui coon rocolved a holding tho puck sentence fortho raiders in the second stanza while gary ritchie served an interference call for tho orioles in the third period hornets doubled up on the jets with an 84 tally in the second half of tho twin bill stu mcdonald earned himself a hat trick for tho hornets on assists from barry wilson and glen holmes rich gordon hot- tod a hornet pair with glen hoi mes assisting on one mckaffee ruddy holmes and stevo goy tallied the remaining hornet markers as wilson davo paplllon stu mcdonald and glen holmes made the assists jack mckenzlo and ron hollor oponod the jot scoring in tho second stanza on assists from ian johnson and ed illlllard illlllard netted one unassisted in tho third stanza along with ron mellon who scored from jim bullough stu mcdonald and stovo goy rocolved tripping and olbowing sentences for the hornets whllo jim bullough served a tripping call for tho jots barrle elliott and alan mc- nabb oftlctatod for both games 43 victory ys men pee wees win boosts playoff hopes an ice boat can sail faster than the wind but a sailboat because of friction drag in the water can not bank president wheres the cashier teller at tho races president during business houm teller yea sir its his last chance to make the books bel li was do or die last night in elmira for the local trlcounty pee wees as they fought to stay lo the bast of five playoffs round with their hosts elmira lions after dropping their first two bouts to the elmira team 32 and 42 the acton club came back with a win during the dying minutes of overtime in last nights game last wednesday night when acton played host to the elmira club terry holmes and steve mclntyre mad the local score sheet on bui cushner and paul dally assists during the 32 loss back in elmira on saturday in the 42 loss steve mclntyre tal lied unassisted and billy uc- gilloway scored from terry hol mes as elmira took the game with one in the first and three qulak ones in the third stanza on a flip of the coin acton found themselves back in elmira urry old trophy is and i for new case tarnished but still a very des irable trophy will soji be going into the trophy case at thu com munity ce itr- when elbow grease brings back tlu shine it was identlflod as the pattor- son trophy up for annual midgut competluon the first tinv in 193233 uike u crlstall gave it to arena manager h townsloy his team ion it in 1941 the year before the arena was closed and packed idth uool to aid the war effort if there art in more old trcyhia i town ur townsloy j for tht km of it last night and on a real team ef fort cornered themselves a 43 victory acton led going into tho third reports tlwrs a puci for them period when mivi mclntyre it the community centre scored from billy mcgluoway in the first period and mcglll- oway replied unassisted in the second llmlra liiru back in the third with three quick markers as bchutt freeman andheckendorn counted to tie up the game 33 stetc uclntvre saved die day in the dying minutes of the bout with the unassisted tie maflar and overtime caller again duvlng the last fe u sec onds of the game the acton ys men broke through to score on the elmira nuts as billy mc gluoway scored the winner on a steve mclntyre assist elmira returns here to acton to meet the ys mens team at 7 pm tonight era in the semifinals the tanners think theyve got a goal chance of upsetting the huskies if all the players appear for the series weve got as good a team as any in the league declared one member of tho executive if we can get by durham well glvo seaforth a real battle in the group finals presuming of course the beavers eliminate hespoler first garde thufqday night in durham wilt be a bigone for feoachmax tjf ord and his ore w theyd like very much tpwln one in durham ani force thlii series if they could clnthat and bag a win here friday theres a good chancy they might hst dq thai the last meeting botween the wo team saw durham win- a thriller in overtime ami they were extended to the limit the tanners are leaving by hue for durham thursday and theres still coirie seats left for farts a large cheering section frpm acton might just give them the tmcouragomeht they need tickets for the bus can be purchased at the arena canteen from ross ballentliu barry in- scoo or any member of the ex ecutive friday night ono of tho largest crowds of the season is expected for the first home game of ttta series the tanners will dp putting tholr bunday punch be hind it ono of their big problems this saason which saw them get off to a poor start was their inability to put thu puck in tho net indic ations now point to a break rhey could fill the nets with pucks tourney bants win 6i decision n an eihibjtion game with streetsvllle the acton bantam foul town tourney team took- a declulvo win over- tjwr visltof s with 62 viclpry gord mar- ray paced tho locals with four markers and an assist ron lou- ttet cheed a couple as well as assisting on a pair randy colter aojffsted on louttet and murray markers j mota and d harple scored unassisted for the visiting strestsvllle club streetsvlllo served five of the nine penalties sentenced by of ficials tom ginger and steve mcculloch novices down new hamburg 10 take first round of playoffs acton novices eliminated now hamburg from tho qmha nov ice b playoffs with a 10 vic tory saturday night jeff townsloy drilled the only goal of the game at the 1240 mark of the second period to glvo the acton kids the win in a fast skating contest acrobatic mike pearce the new hamburg netmlnder stole iho show with his stops as ho turned aside a margin of over 31 coach barry inscoo said his worm turns twists machine shears pins the schomberg machine which does the sweeping shaving flooding at tho arena has been incurring indigestion shearing pins and generally acting up arena manager harold townsloy told tho reoreatloo committee thursday night whats the matter with if askod ted tylor jr it needs a little body warmth ojtclalmod mr towns- ley advocating heat lnthoslorago area at tho roar of the arena tho worm starts to twist first thing in the morning whon its cold agreed the chairman caus ing slow deterioration the arena managor was to in- vosugaig possible ways of boat ing the area until more porman- ont heating is installod club completely dominated play but had trouble putting the puck past the goalkeepor in front of a large minor hockey night crowd in new hamburg he described the game as a dandy there was only one penalty with about five minutes left to play and it was served by kent kentner of the acton club second win of tho bostofthree series for tho locals thoy won tho first 31 theyll wait fortho next round now it could bo either fergus or elmira midgets drop playoff opener to fergus acton midget tricounty squad dropped a 42 decision to fergus last night in tholr tost of threo playoff opener peter marzo and bob andrews tallied actons markers from bui pendleton and a flold dur ing the second and third porlod action fergus reportedly outhustlod the acton team throughout tho game as thoy led 30 in the first 3l in the second and then 42 in tho third tho midguts return here to acton tonight wodnesday for the second playoff match gamo time 9 pm playoffs tricounty wednesday february 21 pee wees elmira at acton 7pm bantams fergus at acton ibm midgets fergu at acton v p m admission so and ise family price 1 or use your season s ticket acton arena schedule tricounty dub tops 4towners in a gamo playod as much for onjoymont as being competitive acton tricounty bantam club took a 51 decision from tho town league 4town tourney bantams john snow and randy woldon oach potted a pair for tho tri- county all stars and mike field notched one goal and collected two assists dale fisher pete morrison goorgo mcphall den nis harnden and brad timbers earned one assist apiece 4tovm toam trevor swan danny mcgluoway stovo con- nell randy colter kon hurren soth armstrong john jordan garth taylor bren irwin gord murray roger swan ron lout tet randy marsh charlie kulk en tim coles ron waltes dave pink randy ferguson tricounty ted hagen steve webster uark nielsen randy woldon george mcphall pete morrison dale fisher john snow dennis harnden harry lawson brad timbers rlny schuts mike field bowl for pleasure bowl for health the entire family can bowl together j f- make it j date bowl where the action is acton bowling lanes 10 main st n member o b p a b53oi70 petta r cormir 134 mu i m vwawr f phont js40 trophies for all occasions see samples e4 1968 style featuring crystal club discount and speedy service pwu wednesday february 31 6 7pm hockey school 7 8pm pee wee trl ctv elmira vs acton 8 9pm bantam trl cty fergus vs acton 9 10pm midgets trl cty fergus vs acton 10 11 p m ind hockey thursday february 92 2 3pm mothert and pre school children 6 8pm figure skating 8 9pm legion hockey 9 10 pm juvenilei trl cty practice 10 12 p m ind hockey friday february 33 6 30 7 30 novice trl cty practice 9pm int b hockey durham vs acton tannert saturday february 34 8 9 a m hockey practice legion 9 15 10 45 am private lesions figure skating 10 4512 45 figure skating 16pm legion hockey 6 15 bantam tri cty fergus vs acton 810 pm public skating sunday fwauarv 13 8 11am industrial hockey 1113 30 pm tanner practice 12pm- trlcty novice 2 4pm- public skating 4 305 30 pm mldeet practice 5364 30 pm phwh practice 7 1510 is pm induatrial hockey monoav nmuaatv s curling tutmav mmum ar curling si