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4 The Acton Free Press Wednesday April 7 and Quoted from Hi world of sport By Denis Gibbons This is a long overdue salute to the most valuable player on this year edition of the Acton Tanners and indeed to one of the backbones of intermediate hockey in town over the years In 16 league games at the age of Harold netted 10 goals and assisted on nine others for a fifth place team even though he spent just a little short of half his ice time filling for missing defencemen On defence he gave a per cent effort in spite of the fact as many observers point out he docsn play his best hockey behind the blueline The sad part about having to use Harold on defence coach Jim James points out is that it takes so much scoring punch away from our forward lines There a player in the league that s been more dangerous in front of the opposition cage in the last 10 years and that s saying quite a bit when you consider goalies have had to contend with the likes of Paul Knox Bob Dobbie Jim Nixon Ken and Jack Nairn Perhaps any one of the five surpassed Harold in other aspectsof the game butitsa safe bet none have cashed in on as many scoring opportunities His team leading point total this year was no fluke either Although records aren t it a cinch Harold is Tanners modern day all time scoring leader A check of records over the last five years show the winger has led the team in scoring in three of the years He coached the team one of the two other seasons and finished second to Blake the other Certainly there were other Tanners who deserved consideration in the vote and definitely got it Kevin Hall and Gary particularly played well In fact had the vote been taken at Christmas time Hall probably would have had the award all locked up late arrival and a dose of asthma that kept him out of the lineup late m the season hampered his chances of winning the award Goalie Bruce who didn join the club until January but was outstanding from then on missed for similar obvious reasons If minute hustle game in and game out were the sole basis for the award Bell and Larry Gregson would be hard to pass over Dan Arbic Dave Norton and Fred Buchanan all had their moments But when Tanners had their backs against the wall and were struggling for the league s final playoff berth it was the old vet Harold Townsley who came through Harold tremendous second effort set up Gary s last minute goal that capped a brilliant Tanner comeback and produced a win in a key game against Elmira February 12 Without the win Tanners would have missed the playoffs What did he do in the crucial two game series with Fergus in the final week Lead the team in scoring with four goals and four assists that s all In spite of his yearly scoring feats Townsley play has not always escaped criticism from some who labelled him a goal hanger He just hangs in front of the net and picks up the garbage was the tag he most often received Anyone who played the game can tell you garbage represents potential goals and goals win hockey games Phil s garbage collecting talents only earned him an all time NHL record goals and probably enough money in off the ice endorsements to pay for the whole city of Boston sanitation problems Espo proved the old adage being in the right spot at the right time pays off What did Harold Townsley do to deserve the team MVP award Play any position on the ice he was asked to and do an adequate job of it be in the spot at the right time lead the club in scoring help lift them into the playoffs and above all provide unquestionable inspiration for younger players on the team many of whom were still in diapers when he started his career all Hockey Canada test Pag HuskieJet set not settled yet DIXIE ATOMS won the championship of the Legion house league atom division ousting Weston two games to none with one game tied in the final scries Members of the championship team are front row 1 to r Lance Alton David Lawson Derrick Rob Murray McNabb John Back row I to r are coach Howard Dwyer Brian Hogan Dean McKerracher Doug Johnston McDowall Chris Jenkins Brent Vickery Marty Daley and coach Al Staff Photo After breaking exactly even three wins each and a tie In their beit of seven Central O H A Intermediate B group final series Ilderton Jets and Durham Huskies opened two total goals series in last Friday night H A officials hoped the series would finally decide a winner So what happened Jets had no sooner skated off with a convincing fl3 win and what looked like a sure series victory than Huskies protested the game Second game of the home and home series originally scheduled for Durham Sunday afternoon was cancelled and according to officials at the H A Toronto office will not be played until a hearing is held on the protest tonight Wednesday When contacted by the Free Press official refused to reveal grounds for the protest The series which go underway March is now just two days short of being a month old Huskies had the defending provincial champion Jets down three games to one after the first four games of the series but the green machine roared back to tie the series Friday night game attracted a crowd of 1B00 Winner of the series meets in the OH A semifinals Elect executive slate Jr hockey team born Register 40 boys Minor ball registration HAROLD TOWNSLEY Shades of Kerwin was elected president of the Acton junior hockey club at a meeting of junior hockey organizers last week Mr has been prominent in the Acton hockey scene both junior and minor for many years This year he served is chairman of the Legion Minor Hockey Committee Name officers Bob Marshall was named vice- president Ron secretary Ed Norton treasurer and Harold Speaker O A contact man All four have previously been involved in hockey locally action taken by the executive was to give its stamp of approval to a Name the team contest Residents of Acton area are being asked to submit a name for the team by mailing suggestions to Box Acton Entry forms appear in this week Free Press A bond will be awarded to the person submitting the best name selected by a panel of judges Deadline for entries is midnight Saturday May 1 Ask donations In an effort to raise funds executive members are also asking residents to send along donations with their entries if they have the means to do so Contest entries do not hove to be accompanied by a donation however the executive points out Representatives will attend the annual meeting in Toronto Saturday April Milton Georgetown and Fergus are still planning to enter teams About boys signed to play minor lacrosse In a registration held at both Acton public schools last Wednesday Minor lacrosse will return to Acton summer under the sponsorship of the Junior C Acton Rams Novice pee wee and bantam teams will be entered in an Oak ville house league Ram president Howard Dwyer expects further registration will be held Time and place will be decided at a meeting early next week CLARK HAS DECLARED IT WEEK Andrew Murray Motors Ltd Your Chav Olds Dalsr Georgetown Juveniles face Elmvole in tourney semifinals Registration lor minor baseball takes place at the community centre this Saturday and the following Saturday April Ac too Minor Baseball Association will hold an open general meeting at the community centre Monday night April President Roy Swan reports T ball will be Introduced this year tor youngsters in the novice age 1 have 7 excellent used Oldsmobiles from Call Al 853 Acton 877 Georgetown Acton Lions juveniles blanked Waterford in the first round of the annual County Juvenile Hockey Tournament in Milton arena Saturday morning the win moved Lions into the scries semi finals against Etmvale this Friday afternoon at scored in the last minute of play to edge in their opening game Saturday afternoon Winner of j Friday game advances to the Junior Rams ink nine holdovers Acton Mrn participated Sunday night in an being conducted by Hockey Canada in over centres across country of the including forward and backward skating quick ale shooting agility skating puck control and passing ac curacy Team coach Don Legate Acton minor head coach Jim J and arena manager Harold conducted the kits Acton Ram lacrosse president Howard Dwyer has announced the signing of nine players for the coming OLA Junior lacrosse season All nine players are returnees Heading the list are three players who won individual team awards last season captain Bob Turkosz Bob and Fred Barens was the team scoring leader and most valuable player shared the most sportsmanlike award with Dave and was chosen rookie of the year Also inked to OI A ficates were Bob Waller Craig Chris Sargent Rod Paul Cooper and Bob Roughley Need release Although he played for Acton last year must first be released by Brampton his home town but Mr Dwyer anticipates no trouble in obtaining the release Most of the have been working out regularly at the Z Bennett under new coach Bruce Scars Coach Sears hopes to transfer workouts to the community centre as soon as the ice is out and the floor is ready Rams open a schedule in Kitchener Wednesday May 12 and take on Brampton in their home opener Thursday June Team officials purposely scheduled the first four league games on tile road because of further renovations to the community centre which will probably be started in May Nine teams Grouped in the nine team Western O A junior B league with Rams are Kitchener Hamilton Brampton Niagara Elora and Windsor Hamilton and Windsor are new entries Rams finished in the basement of tlie seven learn league in their first year of operation last season but reached the pro- vinc junior finals In post soson play series championship gome Saturday night at Joe Tarr scored a first period toal for Acton from Ken Marsahll and Mike Field at 25 Murray netted the second goal in the second period Bill Field and Williams drew assists posted the shutout in the Lion cage Dale Fisher George and Gary Turkosz all up from Acton midgets bolstered the lineup for the game Midget Steve Webster dressed as backup man Although they won the C consolation trophy in Acton juveniles have never won the C championship The team can use lots of vocal support for Friday big game Highlighting tournament tion Friday night following the Acton Elmvale game arc two other division semi finals Toronto Dorset Park and Leamington will clash at in an A final while Fort Huron Michigan and square off at in a semi final Close games Up to and including Monday night games keen competition and sharp have been a definite feature of the tournament Eight of the games have been decided bv a margin of two goals or less and five shutouts have been recorded including whitewash job Games continue tonight Wednesday tomorrow night Thursday all day Friday and Saturday Championship games are slated for Saturday night beginning at Aid mood Co Acton Port I I I 1 HALT0N SPORTSMENS ASSOC EASTER Steak and Ham Shoot TRAP AND TARGET FRIDAY APRIL 9 PM Club House Upper Base Line Milton Ontario J GOLFERS Are You Thinking of Membership TAKE ADVANTAGE NOW SAVE IF YOU JOIN BEFORE THE APRIL HILLTOP GOLF CLUB Acton Legion House League Hockey Dinner SATURDAY APRIL 17th AT THE Legion Hall at 130 PM ALSO LEGI0H MINOR SPORTS WILL HOLD A FUND RAISING DANCE In The Legion Auditorium The Same Night April 17 Starting at m Admission S3 00 Per Couple For Dance Tickets Contact IN0R BASEBALL ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING REGISTRATION GENERAL MEETING April 21st at Community Centre at 8 PM Anyone interested in lending a hand please attend to assure Baseball for the youngsters REGISTRATION DATES Age Groups Years to 16 Years Saturday April 10th AND Saturday April 17th AT THE COMMUNITY CENTRE from 9AM to M PLEASE NOTEI Tee Ball will be organized for further information phone J MITCHELL 8530769 R SWAN 8530624 NAME THE TEAM CONTEST A group of A don area residents has formed a unfar C hockey club with no ulterior motives such as business financial personal or publicity reasons It was formed strictly try to glue the Acton area young hockey enthusiasts a place to play These boys after spending their younger days playing Legion and Tri County hockey have no place to go after playing juvenile Intermediate B is too large a step to take We hope to assist these young people to enjoy what could be the last of their childhood days before working It will also keep them from having hang around the streets with the good possibility of getting into trouble As everyone probably realizes it will cost a lot of money for Ice time equipment transportation etc foraunlor C team We asking the people of Acton area to name the team lor us Most teams have a name such as the Acton Intermediate team is called Acton Tanners One of our executive has come forth and offered a bond as a prize for submission of a suitable name for the team The best submitted will be selected by a panel judges In case the same name Is submitted twice the entry with the earliest postmark will be awarded the prize It Is hoped the people the Acton area will open their hearts and send along a substantial amount or any amount with their entries But please Acton area residents take part and send as many entries as you wish whether you send anything or not Your entries will be greatly appreciated Thank ng all good people the Acton area Acton Junior C FILL IN ENTRY FORM BELOW hockey My suggest on tor a name for Acton Junior C Hockey Team Add 1 Entries should be addressed to Box Acton and postmarked not later that Midnight Sat May 1 1971 WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER