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The Acton Free Press Wednesday March Lack of interest dims junior hockey team hopes Acton chances of icing a Junior C hockey team for the 72 season tookadfp when only 16 persons showed up for second organizational meeting at the M Z Bennett School Monday night It was hoped a team executive could be elected but only eight persons indicated they would help on an executive and few were prepared to take over an office Those who signified their intention to continue efforts a ft towards organization of a team m were Harold Speaker Ron penile he most released by McKnight Garnet local minor hockey Kerwln Ken Owens Ed organization In order to play Don Ryder and Denis Gibbons reache3 the juvenile team or the Junior a few doubted whether Acton team In his own town However enough to support two midget players and those who major hockey teams at the gate choose to remain juvenile may As the situation stands now still play Junior hockey on their Milton Fergus minor players until and January of each season After definitely going ahead with plans January they may play only for a Junior team gait and three games if they wiih to retain organizers are both their minor hockey eligibility holding meetings this week to year Juvenile he has the right of choice of playing for Doubt support Most Junior hockey would definitely help groom players for the intermediate and eventually result in a DISCOUNT edged Nielsen Clothing in the fifth overtime period Sunday night to capture the Acton industrial hockey league championship Team members are front row to r Hilller Harry Phillips Jim Bullough Lake view wins title Van Gils Denis Gibbons Second row tor are team sponsor Don Perry Cliff Nelson Jim Holmes Gary Taillefer Dave Ryder John Cunningham Alan Hall Photo by Harold Tallys third tally ends overtime thriller Page Lions oust Streetsville meet Milton in finals goal of the night at 220 of the fifth overtime period Sunday night to give lakeview Discount a fro win over Nielsen Clothing and their second Acton Industrial hockey league championship In the last three years Tally tally broke up a tremendous goalkeeper duel between Jim Bullough of and Nielsens Frank Anthony The two frustrated sharpshooters for minutes and seconds of overtime play in a game that Is sure to earn a spot In Industrial league annals alongside the famous overtime championship game Taulefer had forced the game into overtime with his second goal at 17 57 of the third period Harry Phillips and Dave theleaguechampsoutoftherlnk assisted on that one Goals by Jim McDonald and Ron Strike early Mellon tied the score before After winning the first game of netted his second of the the scries Same to give the clothiers a appeared to be on their way to an 16 second easy victory as they enjoyed a marker then sent the game into lead halfway through the overtime second period Dave Ryder we second week In a row scored twice and Gary blocked a host of and Jim potted the labelled shots on the others John Cunningham and Ryder assisted on all four goals Jim top form for the McDonald had put Nielsens In winners front 10 with a goal at the Nielsen stars second mark of the first period Outstanding In a losing cause Steve Townsley narrowed the for Nielsen were Jim Mc count to with his first goal of Donald Steve Townsley and the game at of the second Grant framG SO Nielsen came on Strong in the Burden third period and just about ran nnlnnhnm Ryder I Harden 1J 19 THIRD Von I Mellon McCallum McDonald II 16 1 Ho Scot Inn No Scoring TlltRUOVt ft MOO No PFRIOD ITnillefcr Harden Gllibons group hopes to meet again and still welcomes help to keep the Junior ball rolling but all agree calling another public meeting would be useless Skepticism reigns Some persons attending were skeptical about fund raising projects suggested Others doubted enough sources of player talent exist Still others expressed concern minor or intermediate hockey could be endangered by the formation of a Junior team Among suggestions made for fund raising projects were a m Acton lions juveniles nipped Bill Meld Mike Field Mark Sunday to Nielsen and Randy were Practically advance to the Trl County the Acton marksmen in Wed in attendance feared juvenile A finals against nesday cries opener Vnn also agisted with the club lottery on which first of the series In was the best player on the Hie Acton Tri County Minor last Wednesday Mark Nielsen and Gord Murray Hockey Association depends for but dropped the second both collected I single assists game here Thursday night was beaten for Murray and Randy three goals but he came up with handled the I ions the key saves when they counted scoring Sunday night and Willie Dave I yons Jack Mouse backed and John Sears scored for them up with a stellar Streetsville scorer performance in goal in Thursday nights game were scored their only goal late in the Jack Greenwald Paul Whaley third period Baldwin Don Arch and discuss the matter The A annual meeting is only a month away and it appears chances of Acton icing a team next year now rest solely with the eight Interested persons and any ad stronger intermediate team but dltlonol help they can receive Alan I Jons had only three players on the bench for the three game series but the nine players who did play went all out funds One person suggested minor and junior hockey might both be able to operate on funds raised from a larger lottery that would run weeks a year Instead of weeks as Is the case with the Club Views differ Views differed on the of using midget aged players on junior team Some felt players In the midget age bracket should play midget hockey only others felt some of the better players could benefit from playing junior or moving up to the junior team for a few tames According to O M H A rules A B novices head for Port Coborne tourney Vote and Quote from world of sport By Denis Gibbons Glad to see perseverance finally paid off for Oakville minor Baseball buff Foster For the last five years Foster has been trying to convince O B A members smaller cities in the A major and over category were no longer able to compete with larger cities in the same category in minor baseball playoffs Each year Foster would explain how Oakville minor teams got bombed by Toronto entries in the O B A playoffs and each year his pleas would fall upon deaf ears Finally Saturday the B A convention voted to introduce a new AA major series for cities of 75 or more No longer will the smaller communities have to face the almost insurmountable task of dethroning Metro area teams Congratulations are also in order for Campbellville s Len Andrews and Georgetown s BUI Richmond both named to the O B A executive Andrews remains on the executive as 1st vicepresident and Richmond was elected as an executive committee member Both men are well known locally for their efforts in keeping baseball alive in County Midgets force fourth game The unbalanced B A classification problem was much the same as the one faced by Acton minor hockey entries up until last year Acton s B towns of 30005000 teams had been playing AAA towns of or more teams like Brampton Oakville Burlington and Guelph on a regular basis in league play and getting thoroughly trounced in the process FRANK ANTHONY Ys Men blank Acton s Men s pee wees blanked their four town counterparts In an exhibition game at the community centre Saturday afternoon Men led at the end of the first period and frfl at the end of the second Toth fired four goals to pace Ys Mens attack B J Legate and Joe potted a pair of goals apiece Legate and Toth also earned two assists apiece while Marvin McNabb Steve McKnight Jim Hurley John and goalie Mark Morrison picked up one each Acton C A midgets dumped Streetsville last night Tuesday to force a fourth game in their best of three league midget A semi final series Fourth game will be played tonight Wednesday in and if necessary sudden death overtime will be used to a winner Top teams The tri County Juvenile Tournament slated for Milton Arena April 10 promises to be one of the best In several years A number of the teams competing are either semi finals or finals in OMHA play downs After tieing the first game of the series 1 1 midgets dropped the second one In last Wednesday night Before the start of last nights game the teams faded to score in a minute period which should have been played as overtime in the first game Ken Hurren scored two goats Dan and Gary added one apiece for Acton in last night game Dale isher contributed three assists and and pete Morrison chipped in one apiece Shawn Connor scored for Streetsville Dave I was the lone Acton marksman in last Wednesday game Dan McGilloway set up the Kevin Zardo Doug and Shawn O Connor handled the Streetsville scoring Winner of tonight s game meets in the league finals Acton A B novices sharpened up for the Port Colborne tournament with two exhibition victories on the weekend A B dumped Georgetown town novices here Saturday and downed Georgetown novice B in Georgetown Sunday Six players Bert Post Shane Withers Dave McGilloway Jeff Shields Scott and Billy Manes shared In the Acton scoring Saturday Jeff Shields bagged a hat trick in the j3 win Sunday Billy Manes and Scott Malcolm tallied the others Malcolm scored his goal into an empty net when Georgetown pulled their goalie in the last minute of the game The team worked out yesterday Tuesday and will be on the ice again tomorrow Thursday in preparation for their first tournament game against Niagaraon the Lake Friday night The Acton lads will be billeted overnight with families of the host Port Colborne team Acton representatives approached the Tri County executive to get a change and they responded by ehminating fifjn Of all games against teams for Acton novices and v replacing them with games against second string teams The system worked well Novices who had won only one finished the season with six wins Acton Legion four town and six ties out of 20 games Team spirit was as high as it s bantams chalked up a l been on any Acton minor team and the boys were once victor against again having fun playing hockey instead of spending the whole This year the system was extended to the age Act0 lead S s a try bantam and midget The fact lack of P communication within the Acton TnCounty organization narrowed the count itself cost those teams the same chance Lack of to early in the second period representation by Acton at prebminary league meetings last tallied his second fall left executive members with the impression ted at Acton could care less about what kind of competition their teams had ACTON PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD REQUIRES LIFEGUARD AND SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR FOR SUMMER PROGRAM Qualified persons write giving full details of experience in position desired to Mr B Inscoe Box Acton on or before May Why not welcome spring with a smile behind the wheel of a new car SEE or a complete lineup the elegant Otdsmohlle to the all new Vega Also a nice choice of good quality used cars CALL AL at Acton or 77 WW Andrew Murray Motors yourCtMV Old Thank You and showed enough Interest hockey team In Acton to To those who gave their linn the formation of a unlor attend the two meetings held Special thanks to Elmer the Halton County Board of Education and Harold Townsley and his staff at the arena for the use of their facilities Junior Hockey SSSlS5lSSSG2SiSlSSSlSBElSlSl2SS5BlSS5ElSd In our view the system of scheduling should be extended to bantam and midget The two teams recorded a total of only four wins games in the first half of this year league schedule J Acton lions juveniles host Milton in the first game of their Tricounty league finals tomorrow night at lions lost to New Hamburg in five games in the O M HA playoffs but ousted Streetsville in the league semi finals Funny part of the whole and the part that has coach Ken and manager Carl Timbers scratching their heads is that Lions have won four games and lost four in playoff action but the four wins have all been on the road while the four losses have all been on home ice Goege potted insurance goal for Acton 17 of the final frame Chris Tennant and Byron Timbers drew assists Hockey school to hold party Recreation Committee hockey school will wind Dp with a party at the community centre tomorrow Thursday night The party for all boys registered in the school whether they played Tuesday nights or Thursday nights The regular Thursday night session has been cancelled to allow for the party Donuts cookies and chocolate milk are on the mean DONT GET CAUGHT WITHOUT EQUIPMENT RODS REELS LURES LINES WADERS NETS MINNOW BUCKETS FLOATS JUST ARRIVED ALL THE LATEST IN FISHING SUPPLIES Come In and Check Our Stock Sports Corner Mill E Acton Figure Skating Club PRESENTS ICE REVIEW 71 CIRCUS WORLD MUSIC FOR ALL AGES FEATURING A LARGE CAST OF LOCAL SKATERS PLUS GUEST SKATER RACHEL AMELIA of the Chatham Skating Club LOCAL PROS Mm Glen Skuca Ed ACTON COMMUNITY CENTRE Saturday April 3rd TWO PERFORMANCES it Matinee 2 pm- if Evening 8 pm ADMISSION Adults 150 HS Students Children 73 GENERAL ADMISSION AND TICKETS FOR BOTH MATINEE EVENING PERFORMANCE Advance Ticket Available From Club Members Sanctioned by an Skat ng Association