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Rockwood slab duo stingy with runs It been over two weeks since Senior pitchers John Salmon and Bob Shaw have given up a run in Intercounty or playoff action and if the two hard throwing righthanders continue their mastery of opposing batters could end up with its second straight championship and an OASA Intermediate title to boot Between the two of them Salmon and Shaw have recorded four consecutive shutouts as knocked off Fergus Merchants and in the first round of the Intercounty playoffs and advanced to the OASA Intermediate C semi finals with 40 and decisions over Bay Ridges have now sidelined three teams In OASA play They start their next series tonight I Wednesday In Second game of the series Is slated for park Saturday night at Meanwhile will visit Rockwood tomorrow Thursday night for the first game of the Intercounty semi finals August last time scored both their runs in the seventh Inning as they bowed to in the final game of an OASA playoff series Monday August 30 and Salmon and Shaw have given up a total of only 11 hits and struck out Rockwood took advantage of four error in their win Loser Tex 1eyboUrne gave up only seven base hits but four of them went for extra bases Harry Barber had three hits in four at bats and scored three runs for Chick Milne bolted pair of doubles Mike Martin clouted a three run homer Salmon hurled a four hitter and fanned 11 Friday night in Fergus Shaw gave up only one hit and claimed seven Merchants on strikes backed him with a 10 hit attack which included a pair of two baggers by Dan Arbic and a home run by centre fielder Mike Kelly Splcer was tagged with the loss Shaw mowed down Bay batters and wm touched for only four hits In A opening gome victory last Wednesday night Bay Ridges pitcher chalked up strikeouts scored once in the first when Vic doubled moved to third on a ground out and scored on Jim Thatcher sacrifice fly They added another pair In the fourth on Dan single Popkeys sacrifice a double by Chick Milne and single by Ted In the ninth was safe on an error stole second and third then scored an insurance run on ground out Mike Kelly made the defensive play of the game when he prevented sure triple and possible homer with a great runninj catch in the bottom of the ninth Bay Ridges failed to advance a runner post second base in Monday night second game win for Salmon allowed only two base hits and fanned Rockwood broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the fourth Dan Arbic singled reached third when Arlon was safe on error and scored on Chick Milne sacrifice fly Ted then doubled home In the fifth Thatcher followed Vic double with a home Salmon singled to drive home with the final Rockwood in the sixth had singled and moved to second on a passed ball Winner of the series meets cither Merlin or and the survivor of that series advances to the allOntario final against either Capreol or a representative of the Northern Ontario Softball Association Glen Williams and are off in the other Intercounty league semi final Bantams near lacrosse title Acton Bantams will carry a four goal lead Into the second game of the Oakville house league lacrosse finals this Saturday as a result of their win Monday night The series is two games total goals Saturday game is scheduled for Oakville ousts boxla Although they chalked up a win in the second game Acton peewees were eliminated from the house league lacrosse playoffs in a total goals scries won the opening game Danny Webster Van Fleet and Scott Withers scored for Acton in the first game Mike picked up an assist Van Fleet paced the Acton attack in the second game with a pair of goals Dunker is back The dunking machine a popular Fall Fair attraction returns to this year fair after a one year absence Acton Junior Hockey Club wilt operate the machine Arena in Oakville at noon Mike scored three goals and assisted on a fourth to pace the Acton win Monday Wayne Allan potted a pair of goals while singles went to Ron Turkosz John Hansen Van Fleet and Kent Kentner Kentner who also earned three assists drew praise from coach John Goy for his fine defensive work It the best game I ever seen him play coach commented Turkosz Van Fleet John Pink also picked up assists Acton reached the finals by dumping another Oakville squad in the semi final total goals series fired five in the opening game a win for Acton John Hansen netted two goals and Robin and Wayne Allan and goalie John had one apiece Acton scored an 115 win in the second game as Turkosz led the way with four goals I notched three Van Fleet two and Pink and Allan one apiece Four of the Acton goals came in the final minute of play Barber shop bats silent Hespeler sweeps series The Free Press Wednesday September and Quota from the world of sport by Denis Gibbons Acton Council has promised that Acton Rams O LA Junior C championship will be recognized and we re sure ways and means of doing same are being discussed at committee meetings even though no mention was made of it at last night public meeting But just in case council may need some ideas or chance a member or two may think the team s accomplishment does not warrant a reward we offer the following examples of what has been done in the past under similar circumstances Checking back Into the Free Press files we discovered that Actons two previous provincial sports championship teams were well looked after In May of Acton Council recognized the achievement of the hockey Tanners in winning the OH A Intermediate B title by passing a motion that the team be given a grant to secure Further at a public meeting citizens organized a civic banquet and dance to honor the team No solicitation for funds was made says the Free Press of May 1939 Individuals and firms who desired could share in whatever amount or plan they deemed advisable Following their 1947 O A Intermediate C champion ship the baseball Tanners were presented with bench coats at a dance which was organized to raise funds to further honor the team As recently as last April Milton Council honored that town O M A Bantam A champions with individual trophies and Georgetown midgets received personal gifts from Georgetown Council after winning the B championship at a tournament P Q in February A provincial sports championship doesn come to a town every day and t something that going to have to be budgeted for annually by council When it does come it t go unrecognized especially by the town fathers the elected representatives of the people We point action taken by previous councils the hope that it may provide some guidelines for our present council not for the purpose of saying This is what ve done you must do better The important thing is that the Rams are honored some way Were certain most members of council share this feeling Pete Barber Shop tripled their hit production in the second game of their Intercounty Fast ball phyoff series In Hespeler Friday night but the three safeties they picked up hardly ruffled Hespeler Bob Anderson who struck out 14 and helped his own cause with a double and a home run to lead to a win and a two game sweep of the quarter final scries Barbers collected only one hit off Jake In dropping the opening game Jl Toeing the slab for the second gome in a row Ed Phillips pitched steady ball for Acton for but one inning the fifth when Hespeler scored three runs Phillips gave up eight hits struck out seven and walked four His teammates committed three Novices bow to Oakville Acton novices absorbed a 104 shellacking last week in the second game of their minor lacrosse playoff series with Oak ville and dropped the total goals scries First game ended in a tie Shane Withers bagged two goals and Bruce McPhail and Randy Van Fleet added singles in last week s game Van Fleet and Pete picked up assists In the first game scored twice for the locals while Van Fleet and Withers notched one apiece McPhail Van Fleet and goalie Rick Gibson earned assists Bengals tough Bengals who were only good enough to finish sixth in the regular Western OLA Junior season won the group playoffs by upsetting Brampton Excelsiors Niagara Warriors and PCOs the leagues three top teams Bengals were finally sidelined in the provincial semi finals by Rexdale pennant winners In the Central OLA loop Acton Rams handed Hamilton a defeat here and lost only in Tiger town during the regular schedule Burlington has OWNA champ Bui Dunn or the Burlington Post carded an to win the annual Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association golf tournament at Aurora Highlands last week Last years winner Bob of the SignalStar placed third with an Staff members of the Aurora Banner were hosts for the event which included a roast beef dinner and social get together Representatives of the Fort Erie Times Review volunteered to stage next years tournament Advertising manager Don Ryder and sports editor Denis Gibbons represented the Free Press errors only one of which figured in the scoring Drops strike Barbers scored both their runs in the fourth after Harry Phillips struck out but reached first when Hespeler dropped third strike I re imn then doubled to store man moved to third mil scored on John Dunn s itnfitc fly Expect new entries in OLA junior Possibility of additional entries in the Ontario Lacrosse Association Tumor category next seison is good cording to convener Baxter Baxter told the Free Press two new entries are expected from Eastern Ontario and that Wallaccburg Chatham and have all indicated an interest in entering a team Just four Besides the O A champion Acton Rams only Brock ville Midland and Windsor were in the C classification this year Windsor dropped out of competition just before the playoffs began reportedly because of a squabble with the O LA over where they would play their home playoff John Collerton wins junior championship A hot round of 39 on the back nine allowed John to overcome Bill and capture the Acton Meadows Junior championship Sunday afternoon Collerton trailed by a stroke 43 at the end of nine holes but recorded four pars and a birdie the second time around finished with 82 while Stansl wis two strokes back at Bruce ousts Campbell bowed out of B A competition Sunday afternoon when they dropped an exciting 109 decision to Corunna in Corunna Campbellville dropped the first game of the O B A Intermediate semi finals to Corunna by a score of in Campbellville Saturday afternoon Campbellville showed the effect of a two week layoff placed third with Youngest player In the field of 15 10 year old Bruce McPhail came in with a respectable score of 104 Also entered were Gord Williams 94 Terry Slaven Jr Frank Houston Scott Somerville 103 Ron Ted and David 122 Steve Van Fleet Jamie and Glen I McKenzie did not turn In a card Collerton succeeds George as club Junior champ Acton Darts League General Meeting ACTON LEGION HALL MONDAY SEPT at 830 PM All Former A New Mom ben Welcome NOTE You do not have to be a Legion member to play in this league FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PHONE Mick Davis Roy Swan Phil JOHN SALMON Tennant sparks midget victory ITuI Marco second Inning and a fourth inning single Phillips were the only other Acton hits Anderson shut the loc lis out on no hits over the final five innings hitters tor Anderson doubled homered Brown tripled doubled and Crilg and all singled E Acton Thompson Fuels mullets closed out Iheir minor baseball season Monday night whipping Georgetown 11 3 in the replay of a protested game Acton won the original best of five series in strait but Georgetown successfully protested one of the games Monday was no contest Acton built up a leid after three innings and coasted the rest of the way broke loose for four insurance in the when shortstop walloped a home run Righthander Chris hurled a four hitter struck out 10 batten lined out two smites and a triple in three at kits to stir of the game honors for Acton McKenile both singled and homered for the locals Phillips Harry Phillips Fred Buchinan John Dunn lb Jim BullouLh EdSmith If Usher rf 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