Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 19, 1971, p. 4

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MIKE MARCOUX 15 hod his high shot blocked by Brave ACTON RAM GOALIE Gary braces himself to block goalie Dave Franklin in Thursday night game Staff a shot from Kitchener Brave forward Mark Conway during Photo Rams shellacked twice last a junior Arriving loo lote to check Conway arc Mike Marcoux and Alan McKcnzie Staff Photo FRANKLIN foiled Bob Waller 6 on this excellent scoring opportunity in the second period Staff Photo Superb chores by Gary Turkosz in vain It hard to believe goal tender could give up a total of goals In two games and still be his team top performer but that exactly what Acton Ram goalie Gary Turkosz was as the local Juniors opened their Western OLA Junior B schedule losing to Kitchener Braves Thursday night and IS 9 to In Sunday night Peaks rip Rams Peaks walloped Acton Rams A Junior game In last night Tuesday loss was the third without a win for Rams who have now given up 50 goals and scored only 18 Id their first three games Ram goalie Gary blocked shots In spite the loss Acton goal scorers were Bob with two and Craig and newcomer Doug Hom with one apiece Tiny Turk and Brave Dave franklin another diminutive dandy dazzled a small croud of about 100 fans for the First two periods of Thursdiy game In the spacious Memorial Auditorium Braves led at the end of the first period and at the end of the second but both teams would have easily added to their totals except for the fine Poor defence Superior conditioning and extremely loose defensive work by the Rams helped Braves outscore the locals in the third period in which they controlled were scored on clean cut breakaways Mark Conway paced the Kitchener attack with four goals Erich Sigmund bagged a hat trick Laurie Hallman a once and Jim Pinder Gene Pat and Jack Birch and Brian one apiece Solo shooters for Rams were Weldon Paul Cooper Bob Waikr Bob and Fred and Alan earned two assists each while Waller and Bob chipped in one Rams were almost totally ineffective around the Kitchener net Bob Turkosz Waller and Mike particularly failed to cash in on some golden scoring opportunities Referees Derek Dell of George town and Don of Stoncy Creek Acton of the penalties red was slapped with a game misconduct for arguing too strongly with Bell late ln the Acton S third period George and Braves Brian McLellan received fighting majors for a third period scrap Turk continued his brilliant play behind a shaky defence Sunday night Brother Bob provided some measure of consolation for the loss as he broke loose for five goals and assisted on two others Bob Waller added two goals to the Ram total while Mike and Chris Sargent bagged their first goals of the season Assists went to the brothers with two each Waller and Harry Burins with one Patterson dangerous Patterson was In on eight of the 19 scoring five and scttine up three more held and advantages at the end of the first anil second periods Penalties proved costly to Acton Six were scored with Rams Continued on Page S Met Supercharged cars hit dragway Monday Chuck Lawlor sparkles in diamond feature race By Vivian Shaw Chuck Lnwlor came from out of nowhere to pass Murray Wallace on the fourth lap and capture the diamond feature at Acton Speedway Sunday Ken who started in ninth place was working his way up through the field when his car started losing water and he was forced to pull Exciting semi Hugh Eckerlch placed first in the diamond semi the most exciting race of the day Eckerlch Murray Wallace and Ken were battling each other in a close three way race that had the fans on the edges of their seats The red flag was dropped on the seventh lap when Chuck spun out On the restart Lawior worked his way up to second but a second red flag was thrown when Vaughnn Marshall ran into the bank on number three turn Withdraws At the same time had to withdraw from the race after his car collided with Eckerlch and went back to scratch position but worked his way back up to third after the restart won the race with Dutch Deboer second After Larry Cox spun out on the first lap and retired to the pits things went very smoothly In the six cylinder feature I Majuery started in the pole position grabbed the lead on the first lap and held it for the win The win extended I s winning streak which dates back to last season George placed second Larry Cowan third Petes host Hillsburgh Pete s Barber Shop play their home opener against Hillsburgh here tomorrow Thursday night at A complete schedule of Pete games follows 1st lorn Nell lurry Cox e r 3rd Lnrry Tur a Semi I Mnjucry Cox Sneers Ken 2nd Chuck Semi lit Lawrence International v formerly Horseshoe opens Monday May 24 for me 1J71 season file lot on the fifth line of Just east Atton is under new nnniement this Dive ind Don Henderson who worked together previously it another iron traek assume of in teth eliitf respectively Funny cars the Victoria Day opening show will be the of some of the sport s lop supercharged funny irs including the Haw dim Dell i Woods Whipple and Mike Burkh irt and Spring bracket champion ships will Saturday May 29 Dunne the month of June Wednesday nijht races an I iturcSy racing will be ftiturcd June will hinld the start the points fund for local r iters with a total of cash to be awarded at the Minor Soccer Gunners defeated the Chargers in the opening game of the Acton Minor Soccer Association atom house league lost Charters pressed hard from the opening whistle but were unable to score until the minute when one of the Gunners defenders handled the ball in the penalty arei Scott Malcolm booted a bard shot which Mike Dawson in the Gunners goal no chance The fired up Gunners retaliated on a by Jim Allonby at the minute mark leaving the score a 1 1 driw it Chargers started pressing but left their defence wide open for to run through and score his second goal on a well pliced shot at the six minute mark Peter added two more for the Gunners it the nine and minute marks to make the final score Most of the boys playing the have had very little soccer experience but are learning very fast It helps If their parents are there to shout them on So how about it parents A four performance by helped Acton defeat Georgetown in a mosquito house league exhibition last Thursday Randy and Tim Crisp ilso scored for Acton scorers were Rick Hewitt with two and Ed Van Dyke Mike Wirton with one The defending Cinadian mosquito team from blanked Acton Hilton Peel entry last Wednesday night The winners stored five eoah in each half Chine won the cup in Winnipeg last year also dked up a tournament title in Toronto recently Gary beared ill seven lis as Atton Buffaloes whitewashed Georgetown Bombers niLht In mother Buffaloes Oakville Gary scored three goals and Dnid Mitchell and Gordie notched one apiece for Mike scored for TriCounty twinklers take home trophies A glittering of trophies wis handed out to deserving minor hockey players at the Acton Tri County closing banquet Saturday Above standing I tor are Kentncr Memorial Trophy winner and juvenile MVP BUI Field midget MVP Pete Morrison and bantam MVP winner Russ Coultrup 1 to r are pee wee MVP Robin and bantam MVP cowinner John Hansen Juvenile defence man Brad Timbers left accepts the Doc Harkley Memorial Trophy as Acton s top defenceman from president Ron as Brad s father Carl looks on photos IS May at Acton l 1 I Acton Acton a IS At on a 11 burg at Acton Acton June Acton I Acton Acton Jul Acton Hock wood J Acton Williams A Acton a 11 Acton a Auk Icrgui Ac ion POLLOCK AND CAMPBELL of TtMpnona GALT North season end Must register season but must retain numbers Mars like Gene Snow Tommy To be eligible for the points Willie Blue Max fund all cars must have Grove will complement the permanent numbers and register summer schedule alone with with the track Drivers will be ir modified and stock allowed to change cars once per eliminators from the world of sport By Denis Gibbons After suffering through some anxious moments during the first two weeks of registration Acton Minor officials are now confident they 11 have enough players to form bantam midget teams besides the two novice teams which will play bill At a meeting in Georgetown Sunday representatives from Acton Georgetown Milton and StreetsvtLle expressed interest in forming leagues in the bantam and midget age groups Georgetown and Milton entries would be second learns since the two towns already have their first teams playing in the County Baseball League It is hoped a schedule can be drawn up this weekend As usual m any minor sports organization registrations have come more easily than volunteers to help organize the program Acton Minor Baseball president Roy Swan reports coaches and managers are still very badly needed Anyone interested in helping should contact Roy or any executive number Sparked by veteran Harry Hamilton s clutch relief pitching Campbell vi He Merchants came from behind to edge Waterdown Tigers 108 in their Halton County Baseball League lid Lifter Sunday afternoon Merchants host Preston Pirates this at 2 30 -t- OLA president Enrico Caruso of Georgetown has announced the appointment of Jack L Christie of East York as executive secretary and director of public relations A former A H A official Mr Christie was also secretary of the H A for years and president for 1 year EXPRESS BUSES to WOODBINE Ma to July 18th Wed thru Sun Also May LEAVE ACTON Direct to the Track 25 a RETURNFARE Includes Admission RETURN BUSES START LOADING AFTER THE LAST RACE Tickets and Information at Adams Bus Depot 18 Mill Street G Adami- Agent Telephone

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