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th acton fra prsrss wsklrvesclay may 28 i960 pounding th sports beat by barb mcintosh for yon baseball fans haw been glorifying a lb theyve been led to believe that the proverbial curve hill u a nutter of tlall however although baseball like everything else in flight mutt curve by reason of gtavtiy in reality a very confuting optical ihudort of curve take place th ball plunges towards the batter a good tart ball outraees the ability or the batters eye 1q focus shatply which can ciuk a iwitch from binocular to monocular villon with a iteming deflection in the balls pith if the retinal patli of the ball orotic the blind t pot at the junction of die optical herve and the rellnl the ball will visually jump or hang at batten erroocously believe y pwiiitcflce of vision determines hut the bill must always be ahead of the precise point teen by the batter tlili it due to the timelcnwit betwn teeing and comprehentlon and it constitutes a mysterious visual phenomenon in other words the batter cm never hit ilie ball in ihe exact taut where he sees it to be because actually it isnt there but lie may hit it only in a spol where he cannot poiubly see it because it could be there on top of this is the added problem of hitting a fatimoving sphere tquaiely with a cylinder with ihe true facts finally out in the open its difficult lo iitugih how the game could have lasted as long as it has not to mention how many playen have managed lo chalk up lutt acton industrial lbacll softball got underway on tuesday night this teaiott four teams will compete in doubleheaders every tuesday and thursday evenings wednesday night hat been reserved for rainedout games this means thai every learn will play twice a week my conclusion u thai either theres a lot of undivided devotion to the sport around town or theres a lot of determination to tone down tnin up and in general get rid of unwanted spare tires minor baseball plans set the acton minor baseball association held a meeting last thursday in ihe community centre to work out this summers hardball action so far this year five sponsors have been recruited custom cleaners sports comer nelht construction lions cub and bel aqua water softeners there will be four novice teams two pee wees and one bantam if e rough itr ugi ur tl ie nay be a midjet division as well the midgets would play georgetown and the bantams will play milton coaches rounded up to far include gib jordan lleclof daigle chester lewandowtlu don marco bob main earl jollymore lurry bnsing ron pickles al turner vic bnstow and hank uiterwyck for novices ross budgell george pargeler don ford for pee wees pop main ed mcgilloway and tom bousfield for bantams the next meting is set foj wednesday may 28 at 8 pm in the arena basement anyone who would like to assist the hardball teams would be more than welcome coaches to mcgilloway and pop main watch minor baseball plvr no through a workout at th park saturday morning th acton minor baseball association la looking forward to it most uecashful teuton to dataistah photo hi boys managers coaches dont forget legion minor horkc annual dinner legionllall saturday may 31st ut 2 pm food galore trophies acton legion minor sports starting off in tty sports paget blast cardinals 53 garnet mitchell impressive village wins home opener campbcltvltle opened al home n sunday and came out ihe long end of 53 score garnet mitchell cimpbellvilles ihyearold liurler was impressive in hit debul aw ihe hill for ilia winners inelght and twojhlrdt innings he allowed three juut off 10- hits while walking four and stroking out hooly one of the thlee runs was earned the velerah bentie dore started for georgetown and in six and twothirds innings gave up five tuns off 10 lutt he struck out seven and walked one maloney in one and onethird innings of relief pitching held campbellville- hltless and runlets lt walked one and struck out one only two of campbellvilles runs were earned campbellville jumped into a 20 lead in the first inning with one out ken moore singled and went to third on bill curries single to centre when ihe centre fielder threw wildly to thud in a vain attempt to gel moore lite ball went into ihe dugout and moore scored and currle went to third on the play mcphail then hit to the third baseman who elected to go lo the plate he threw high and currie scored the score remained 20 until the sixth at ihe defense dominated the contest james opened the inning with a tingle maloney popped out and james was forced al second on arbict grounder arbic ttole second and scored on collins single to right kurt results by charlie thomson i would suggest if you like a thrill come down lo the gokirt race any wednesday night starting at 830 on the sth tine south of highway 7 below umehouae next wednesday the club is presenting a plaque to a 70yearold karl racer from mount forest pop sabitine mr sabitine will hit the track during the evening admission it free for the occasion results of races may 21 junior boyireitl walter no 72 peter llaynes no 3 glen bonhsni ctui s heatjim wallace no 54 bui wilson no 20 dave morey no cuu 4 heat keith hunter no 14 gerald whaling no t gene monlen no 3j cuu 3 lleatgonl thompson no ii chuck mcmillan no 174 john arnold no 37 junior boys semijohn parker no 7tnter lliynet no 3 stewart biker no 3 cuu 5 semidave morey no 7 jim wallace no 34 bui wilson no 18 cuu 4 semiglen smith no 29 corj cash no 15 keith hunter no 14 cuu 3 semichuck mcmillan no 174 will itanihrook no 14 garry bonkim no 14 junior tenurepeter llaynci no held walter no 72 john parker no 7 cuu 5 featurebill wuion no 28 david morey no 7 cuu 4 lealurekcilh hunter no 14 gord cash no is gene mordcn no 33 cuu 3 i calurcchuck ucuuuvn no 174 gold thompson no 12 john arnold no 27 powder puff heatsandy cash goldle cor pat morey lo make the score 21 for campbellville willi two cjul in the lop of the seventh llmer dredge blasted a lowering honieuin over the tight centre field fence and campbellville were ahead 31 ken moore then tingled and when the left field erred on bill curries fly to if ft hie runners ended up oh second and third larry mchiail then drove them both in with a single to left centre the scqie remained sl until the lop of ihe ninth mitchell got the first batter on strikes and the second on an incemruit mcgillv plnchhluing ineit- tlngled lo centre and matdan was safe on an error by dredge shultis then hit a sharp grounder jutt lo the left of second bate and dredge smothered in willi a sensational diving stop but was unable to make a play and the bases were loaded hairy hamilton nuking bis first appearance on the mound this year then came in for mitchell and jim james greeted him with a single llul drive in two runs hamilton then struck out maloney lo end ilie game jim james led the georgetown attack with three singles danny arbic hit two tingles bernle dore doubled and shultis maloney collins ceaichi and mcgiii all lingjed ken u son was campbellvilles top hlllef with three tingles and lalry mcphail had two elmer dredge homered and bill currle bui elliot doug lang and peter andrews all hit singles footnotes once again ostnpbellvtlle outplayed their opponents defensively elmer dredge made a particularly great play in the eighth when he made a sensational catch of a line drive and doubled a runner off first the whole campbellville learn though played an excellent defensive game cawpbeuvllles next game wdl be at home on sunday june i al 230 pm with pretlon supplying the opposition rue gtown 000 001 0023 ii 3 cville 200 000 30 5 10 i georgelowndoore maloney 7 and lindsay campbellville- mitchell hamilton 9 and lang campbellville finally opened the aeason in burlington last thursday and their firtl game since 1967 was winning effort at they turned back the cardinals 53 burlington undefeated in iwo previous stalls started their ace lefthinder george mscdonsld who had handed uaslde their only defeat in two years in hit previous tlarl campbellville banged the big southpaw for five runs off nine hilt he walked only two and struck out 12 ills teammates made three crucial errors behind him and were guilty of sloppy defence on at least iwouther occasions campbellville started 19yearold bdl dennis fresh up from juvenile ranks and ihe diminutive righthander came through with flying colors as he allowed three runs off only five hits he struck opt six walked ttvtn and hit one ballet campbellville only committed w errors burlingtons big inning was the sixth when with a nun on first the world of outdoors with art hawes loves lose fa fergus open schedule june 6 fergus juvenile thistles are a prickly lot as actons juvenile lacrosse team found out last friday night in on exhibition at fergus although they directed 69 shots at the fergus goal only 1 1 went in and ihe fergus club chalked up a 1911 victory coach howard dwyer mopped his brow weve got lo score more on our chances he moaned but the players were dominions place second in shuhleboard by charlie thomson new murray hotel won the championship of the a series united shuffleboard league finals played at the masonic hall in milton last saturday the milton charles were ninnersup dominion hotel tied brampton b for second place in the b series jeff denny of the aclon club was elected vicepresident of the leagues northern division and wayne wilton also of acton was nominated as secretary ref pat patterson resigns from oha for 18 years referee in chief of the ontario hockey association pat patterson of norval has resigned from the post he was feied by the oha at a retirement dinner held in toronto this month and presented with an engraved silver clock tray and a set of cuff links bearing live oha crest putterson said business reasons were behind his resignation lie is a former esquesing councillor and operates a beef farm near norval playing far from their best the fergus club returns here friday night for another contest before the schedule opens friday june 6 bob turkou rallied in six goals for the indutmen and collected an assist bob waller and gary kelly picked up a goal and an assist each while bob ballentlne mike marpoux and paul cooper each notched a marker george mcphail and fred futnlk each got an assist following is the complete schedule tor the irvjuimen who take on clatkson in the league opener al acton 1w9 schedule friday june 6clarkson at acton monday june 9- acton at ajax friday june 13bnuitford al acton friday june josl catharines al acton itoeday june 24acton at st osthariises friday june 27fereus at acton thursday july 3acton at rrsntord friday july 4hsmulon at acton tuesday july gacton at cuaton friday july laajax al aclon thursday july 24acton at oshawa friday july 25 dixie al acton wednesday july 30acton at long branch all games start al 830 am john nurse turned in ihe lop score this week al maple rock john had 23 22 and 21 to lead the members jim couuon got 22 brad malnpriie cord dow bdl miller art hawes and ed luwes all got 21 with ed hawes alto gelling an 18 jack booth and tom deerlng both got 1 9 and a new shooter bud webster got 1 8 no smoking rules the following statement was made recently by ihe hon rene bruneue minister of lands and forests with the hope of clarifying some of ihe questions which have arisen concerning the new forest fires prevention act tlse new forest fires prevention act which was passed in 1968 and came into effect apnl 1st has several new provisions lo protect our forests from live threat of fire yel give ihe maximum freedom possible to the public with respect to smoking the act states no person shall smoke while walking or working in a forest or woodland during the fire season now this is a common tense rule that has been followed by buthmen and woods workers for years about 500 to 600 forest fires result from careless smokers each year and we mutt reduce these numbers careless smokers on the average bum about 50000 acres of forest annually in ontario by virtue ol a walk biennis gave up a tingle lo clarke and a triple lo paldwor for two runs which made the score read 53 for campbellville bill elliot playing centre field foe carnpoettvllle made a great effort to flag down peldwos hit failing by ihe narrowest of margins dennis came back strongly in ihe seventh to take burlington in order as the ball never got out of ihe infield paldwor with a triple and two tingles led ihe burlington attack clarke and mckay both tiflgled for campbellvdte doug lang- and pele andrews both had a double and a tingle ken moore tripled and larry mcphail bdl curl bill llhoi and george chester all tingled 12 3 4 5 6 7 hue cvilleo 3 10 01 0 9 2 burl 0000120 3 s3 campbellville dennis and lang burlington macdonald and moore and now hes saying thats because i bought sports equipment at 9 riftvtr maple rock shooting range gunsmithing gun sales trap and rifle shooting 85m5s5 acton 1 gqut driving rjutge now open on four quarts ferns don flo data prop location 610 mile wen of 26 hun onhsuaeoad 2 mil south of stop lights 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