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Against Gems Blades Sabres fall short in weekend action Blades and Georgetown pumped a total of dozen pucks into Acton a nets over the week end Sabres replied with three goals Both games revealed In ability on Sabres to con centra on an hour Junior B hockey Up until the end of the second period against the Blades Sabres were in a l game Oakville dominated the final minutes to earn two points on a win In reverse at Georgetown Sabres per five goals in the first period but buttoned up after the start of the second so that It was also a affair Geminis some may say needed not to sweat much after getting a lead after minutes of play but the score ended at and not 1 Kent Moffat during the first period Saturday at Georgetown came up cold Four Geminis shooters found the mark In the second period two changes helped Sabres Robin Inscoe went between the pipes and Kent Kentncr showed up from the cottage country Cottage arrived late but once on the Ice Sabre coach Dave says the game settled down He hit people with solid clean checks the coach said re ferring to Kentner Gems managed a goal in the second and third periods while Sabres Dave Chapman got his tenth of the season from Steve Buchanan Kentner by the way stayed out of the penalty box in Georgetown and Even considering the number of games Inscoe has been out of action he played well in the two frames by stopping 19 shots Chapman s goal at the point of the third ruined Gem goalie Rick Tomkinson s dreams of a shutout Sabres Georgetown 11 10 in the first period matched Gems 9 in the second but fell off with three shots to Gems dozen in the third Sabre coach went with two lines in he third Chapman centered Steve Buchanan and Richard on one set was the pivot for Jamie Vickery on left and new Sabre Rod Sheridan Sheridan was re placed by Cost el lo after he got a game misconduct OH game Benched were Lloyd Moore Brad Buchanan Joe Gardm and Cos lei I who was Just having an off game Georgetown played its first game minus high scorer Dave Robertson The goal a game man defected to Dunnville Terriers another Junior B club mainly because he was unhappy with the Gems Against the Sabres played a fairly tight game until the third period Friday Blades had a lead going into the final minutes of play but came on with four goals to earn two points from the result just capitalized on their chances in the third period Mr McKnight said Paul and Don Richard each fired a goal and helped each other to one Joe Gardm picked up an assist on Anclnelli goal In the second period Distance Oakville scored once in the firstandsecond periods then fired in four in the final Moffat went the distance by facing 16 Blade shots in the middle frame and ten each In the other two for Bob Sutton handled 25 Acton at tempts Steve Buchanan picked up a five minute penalty for fighting to go minor for elbowing at Oakville Sabres got eight other penalty minutes Gary Richardson also earned five minutes for the same rule while the rest of the team totalled 12 minutes in the box The Sabre management is trying something new with the club The team watched a videotape replay of day game against the Gems before taking to the Monday night practice ice We hope to point out little errors by the players such as giving the puck away and not sticking with a check in our end coach said SUCH SCENES OF CONGESTION AROUND ACTON S nets in Georgetown were common Saturday as the Geminis beat Sabres Goalie Robin Inscoe searches for the loose puck while Sabres Peter number 7 and Kent Kentner move in to stop a Gem from passing the disc out to one of his waiting mates Acton also lost the previous night to Oakville Blades by a 62 margin Dixie Ventures who beat Gems 11 2 Sunday come to Acton Friday for a Junior B game against Sabres One Hundred and Second Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER pulse by Now that the baseball season is over the recreation department has gone ahead with some material improvements around town for next season New backstops and overhangs have recently been installed at Robert Little School and in the tiny Sir Donald Mann Park Each park gets one In Prospect Park some wings or base line fencing have been attached to the backstop on the lighted diamond The Ontario Hockey Association meets Thursday night to discuss amongst other items Acton Sabres request for special player assistance The Junior B team is asking for permission to sign two extra imports or waivers instead of the usual seven The s central division clubs have already given their blessing to the request The varsity girls basketball team were shaded out by five points in two of their three games at Stayner over the weekend However they did a nice job on the rep team from one of my former high schools Heights Collegiate Institute I never much got along with that class room factory at the corner of Finch West and Street in North York so Actons 37 22 victory draws no tears to my eyes for NHCI That tournament win however doesn t measure up to the varsity s playoff ehmin ation of Georgetown Rebels I was really able to lace it to the Gibber Tuesday night on how well Acton is doing on the basketball courts Now if only the Sabres would absorb some of that winning spirit I wouldn t be roasted so often by the Gibber or Milton Champion sports duo Rod and Lee Fairbanks Muselius must play hockey for Acton The Ontario Minor Hockey Association has ruled that Peter Muselius must play for Acton this year and cannot join the Milton minor midget team Muselius lives in the so- called gray area between Acton and Milton and under previous OMHA rules would I been able to transfer to Iton He played for the Acton all star bantam team last season but felt his chances of seeing a regular shift in Acton this year were slim because of off ice politics He wanted lo play for Milton Muselius tried out for the Milton team and according to Dufferin coach Bob Lee was good enough to earn a spot He received his release from the Acton association but the under rules passed at its annual meeting in declared Muselius Acton properly He must finish his minor hockey career In Acton unless he wishes to appeal the decision to an executive board Major peewees bow with two defeats Waterloo edged the major 1 after Acton team dropped a j 3 decision to in Waterloo- Wellington play The team didn seem lo be up for the Water loo last Thursday Waterloo scored once in each of the first two periods before Cord McArthur beat goalie Brad on a pass from Bob Vermuelen Scott Von Camp and Steve Brookville team on top girls field hockey team finished on top of the three public school standings with a tie against Stcwarttown Brookville nosed out Bennett from the top has 10 points Bennett J and Stewarttown League leading scorer each Kathy Kr of Early in the third period fired six goals and assisted on Station Hotel took a 1 lead in one their game against Hellers There are no playoffs in the but the cellar dwellers failed league which was organized to hang on as Hellers tied then by Brookville teacher Kathy pulled away on Henry Paul found the mark for Waterloo Neil Cameron scored the winning goal in tht third period his second of a three goal effort had built up a three lo nothing lead in the rst and second periods be fore Hick Greenly scored from Brad Manes in third Bob closed the gap to on a pass from came back with two goals before Mark Duval rifled one in with seconds to play from Jeff Mc Pa T rep East playoffs varsity girls and Oak i Trafalgar today repre sent hast in basket ball action against the best from Hilton West in sudden death games which lead to Ihe Championships Acton face the top in tht west Lord Elgin while O T lakes on Burlington Central The winners of today matches meet in the title match at General Wolfe Friday at 30 Berth earned a berth in to day s game by virtue of its victory over Georgetown Hebe Is last Wednesday Acton Georgetown and teams tied Tor second spot behind T after regular season play Second third and fourth places were decided by pulling names out of a hat Rebels got second place Acton third and Blake- lock fourth edged last Wednesday In the Acton Rebel game Ihefirstquartercnded ma 2 lie and Acton led at the half After three quarters the Rebels led 7 Pass In the second half and last quarter the Acton team began lo pass more and open up the game Lisa Near was s top marksmen with a en points She netted ten inthclastquarter and Sue Thomson each got four points Karen Chapman pulled three and Sheila Cook two was instrumental in the third quarter in opening up the game Milton and Sue Alexander each popped in four points each for George- Monahans six helps min bants over Fergus CLIFF took his time in setting up several shots during his visit Sunday to Acton Family Billiards Mr Thorburn from Toronto took on some challengers then performed several trick shots Minor felled Fergus twice in a row partly on the six goals scored by Mike in weekly W action fired a goal a per Saturday at as the Acton team doubled the score Minor banls also here j2 last Wednesday on another Mona nan three goals In Saturday encounter Handy Smith got tht winning goal in the second period from Dennis Kir ton who later scored himself Ronnie Jickson picked up a goal from Lumbers Kirton also assisted on one of Monahan s markers as did Derek Hodgson Dave Anderson went the distance in the nets Paul MacDonald scored Kens climbs into third Hotel winless Kens shifted Blow Press from third place to fourth with an win while Hellers and Vans Weldlrg up the standings points Townslcys Urn up a lead over Kens Gordon managed Inkers but failed to contain a first goal from lion Mellon Kens rally that swept the The next three m irkers game from tame from loyd t linch McPherson Stone McPhail clinched Owen Stone Waller the for Kens on an and earned unassisted goal then put the assists in Ihc storing out e on ice with pass from burst lyridon Thompson Blow Press early lo and Doug Andrews also scored two goals each for Kens Mike Miller and Schmidt also hit the red light once for the come from behind win Jim Bill Fabian Milter and Schmidt also earned assists fcd started the team scoring early In the first and added another from John Mason in the second Mason also scored from John Brent Irwin fired in the other Press goal to give the team the four goal lead Mason later helped Peter Morrison on a goal early in the third period Kavanaugh later fired in a pass from Morrison to round out the scoring twice for Fergus once short handed and teammate Bill Redmond counted a single Acton had two penalties and Fergus five Martin Collerton unloaded Hie winning goal for Acton from Randy Smith Dennis Kirton put the game out of reach with Gary getting the assist Monahan scored twice in the first period and once in the third Hodgson and Brent Vickery set up Monahan goals Anderson and Andy shared Actons goal keeping chores Tim West and Mike Clay replied once each for Fergus Fergus however got six penalties to Acton three The Fergus games brings to three the number of games which the minor have won so far STEVE MITCHELL moves quickly to take over the ball during a grade 9 tournament at Milton Saturday Eighteen players went from Acton to compete against Milton and Perdue squads Tocbes winning goal from Steve Bennel and Dan Tr wasToebes second of the game Bennett got the tleing goal for Hellers from and Hugh Forbes later in the third Station Bruce Cooksley fired the I go ahead goal In the second from Bill Siverin ski John McDougan inked Hotels first goal from Jim Hnggett Scoreless After a scoreless first period Vans took a lead on goals throughout the second and early In the third as Vans took Lakers 2 Bruce McPherson got the winner from Ken Owens his first of two goals Jim Cole fired Vans first two goals from Eric Stone and Tim Mclntyre Ken Owen tallied Vans fourth straight goal from and Floyd Hillier Two Laker goals in less than two minutes of the second period cut Vans lead in half But IS seconds after Steve Townsley goal Vans started to rebuild the lead Wayne DeForest set up Letter to editor Where are critics It has been my pleasure to belong to a fine during the past four years In doing so I met some Acton people and their children During that time I personally coached umpired delivered equipment acted as secretary assisted at registration drew up and typed schedules arranged uniforms and sized children In addition I co ordinated field days worked In the booth lined diamonds kept score and made signs I vc also marched in parades driven children to and from games attended meetings and organized food supplies for dances Perhaps I m tooting my own horn but in doing these Jobs hove done approximately percent of the jobs over a four year that four members of our executive Bob Paul McEachem Glen Jackson PopMaln have given 100 per cent to over a three year span Three hundred and fifty children played minor softball last year New uniforms sweaters and equipment were supplied Children had approximately two games per week and one practice ball and house league were supplied for children five years and up We had a successful year and ended up with a Field Day at Prospect Park with hot dogs chips and pop for all Throughout the season we received letters signed by parents complaining about mismanagement in the house league These parents said that they could hardly wait until our next annual meeting to voice their opinions Throughout the season fans and parents continually commented on poor coaching saying how they could do belter But try to umpire a T ball game for 15 without supper To have parents down your judgement loudly by calling you unfair and blind Just see how much you enjoy that part at the game when you ve hired a babysitter to mind your own children Idlers The annual meeting of the Acton Minor Softball Association was held last Tuesday A notice of the meeting was in the Free Press and 42 letters were mailed to people who had expressed interest in minor ball In attendance were Bob Paul president coach umpire Glen Jackson treasurer coach McEaehern secretary booth convener and operator Pop Main vice- president coach umpire convener for sponsors and trophies Ray Graham coach Brian Canary coach John Thomp son coach player umpire Pat Wood coach and umpire Three of the above resigned after having fully three years We need a president secretary and treasurer Perhaps 1 vc scared you even farther away The next and possibly last meeting of the Acton Minor Ball Association will be held Tuesday In the Acton Public Library The children of Acton need you Get off the chair Turn off the T V and come to the meeting Concerned