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ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY 1977 One Hundred and Second Year No Second section Bolton beat Rams opener RICK GIBSON GETS OFF the pass of tight coverage by Bolton Wanderers Randy Watts and Al Eaglesfiam Acton Rams dropped game after coming back from a disadvantage in their first exhibition game of the year They play again this Thursday in the arena meeting an Oakville team Acton may move to Tricounty is sure yet if Acton will be moved to the Tn county league next year or not but is sure it want to go Representatives from the met with representatives of the OMHA April 2 to discuss their reasons for objecting to waiting for the O A response Acton executive are afraid the cams in the Tri county will be too strong for the Acton clubs even though the Tn county is not the same league it was when Acton left in 1971 The larger centres have moved the Central league leaving leams from down to Acton and are the teams being considered for the league About the level of tion Dave coach of the major atoms said It difficult to say Our best competition is in the Wellington Waterloo league We re better than some and than but By John Bottomley Slapshot worth seeing When Slapshot was first released it raised hackles as hockey brass protested the film was attacking that great Canadian institution hockey which of course it doesn do It attacks violence circus sideshow tactics hockey fans hockey owners coaches managers groupies and players but not hockey These are not even NHL violence circus sideshow tactics fans owners coaches managers writers groupies or players these are violence etc The film is a caricature and not to be taken literally Paul Newman is the player coach of a federal League learn whith is on the skids in a dying town and he resort to go on squad tactics to lift the team The measures bring out the fans to overflow the stadium and the Chiefs are set sort of Best of all it s a funny show The movie is well enough made that it never lets any of its serious thoughts get loo much in the way of fun which is the way it should be I think An awful lot of people in the audience spent in awful lot of time laughing during the show probably the best rec mmendation for the show Team Canada heard It looks like Team Canada read my column last week and have taken the hint The Canadians started playing hockey just before the article appeared and haven Istoppedsince except for the Rumania game And it s all because of me Proof positive of the power of the Rams an offensive bunch The Rams showed a lot of offensive punch Monday and I m not just talking about Turkos2 and Brown fisticuffs When they were moving and hitting they were In complete control of the tame It was only when they stopped thai they got trouble The lack of practice as a team showed In more ways than one I overheard one player ask coach Mike Marcoux what the first name of one of Ihe players out on the floor was A few team practices should get them working together way a team should Once his problem is overcome the Rams should be a force in the Ontario C action Larry Porte keeps on predicting the learn will take the Ontario championship again this year Let hope he right Will bureaucracy spoil minor hockey The Acton Minor Hockey Association has been kept or tenterhooks for more than a week now as the decided on whether Ihe team will be allowed to play com hockey next year in the W W a or gel stomped by the larger teams in league The cost efficiency analysis of the situation would show that Acton is off the TriCounty league where trael costs will be lower and action will be more localized but a cost benefit t quite measure up to the parlance of giving young hockey players the chance lo play competitive hockey Sending a BB team against a whole slew of AA teams will not do a whole lot to promote good hockey All it can do is discourage a bunch of boys who want to play and lhat counts more than any cost benefit malarky ever will we re always competitive Would appeal i member of the committee that met with the said that ihe AMI would probabl appeal it the decision i Ik added however from what I understand their word is The is Al Moore former convener of the II said his come up quite well in calibre since they last in the county lie conjectured that the committee in charge of the changes thought Aclon is central in Tn county He insisted Everybody is and that the committee listens to letters in Moore said You only improve by playing teams Hie shuffle The move is just one part of effort b the A to restructure the to make it more streamlined According to Moore some clubs hive been asking to be moved High travel costs is the reason for the I resident of the 1rank is expecting an sometime before toda but so fir nothing has happened Allsop theorized that Mantle present convener of the A has been unable meet with Moore to a decision He hopes to have word by next Monday in meeting Rams pulled back from a deficit early in the first period but dropped their exhibition game with the Wanderers 1411 day at the Acton arena Nearly 100 people came out to witch the Rams first exhibition game of the sea Acton allowed four Bolton goals in the first three of the before they finally got and started lo move Kevin Mar opened the scoring for Aclon on a power play goal with an assist from Goalie Don who was picked up from the Merchants this year The goal seemed lo pull the together and they went on lo hold the Wanderers scoreless until ir of the period when Kent Judge look i Hick Sampson pass in for a power pliiv score By then had run count to in their f our and looked like they would have no trouble handling the Wanderers i picked up second of his eventual fburgoalswithan from Ken Brown for second marker followtd with his only goal of from Brown and pocketed two more to give the home team the advantage Rick Gibson got the issist on third point coming on a power pla Steve Wilson made it on pass before the Track and Field Wanderers got back on the scoreboard on another power ploy Bruce McPhail closed the period with a marker from Wilson to make it Penalties hurt Penalties hurt the Rams in the game as they took minutes to the Wanderers Six of the visitors goals came when Acton was short handed compared with only three for he Hams Turcosz was involved in his first misunderstanding of the year trading with Wanderers Randy Watts in Ihe third period to go off Tor a five minute fighting penalty Ken Brown followed him four minutes later after a fight with visiting Scott Patterson k cores After Bob Wilson pulled the Wanderers within one Gary scored on a pass from Mike and George Artem to widen the gap again to The team went lo sleep then or to the penally box as they allowed three goats in a row to go two of them power play markers Hick Gibson ended their streak with a short handed goal from Bruce but the period ended in a tie at nine all Bolton took over again In the third frame scoring twice in the first few minutes of play second goal coming just one second before Mar came back on the floor after a two minute high slick penalty Kick Gibson netted his only goal of the night on a power play goal assisted by Bruce McPhail keep Acton alive but Wanderers came right back lo make it 12 on on goal closed Acton s scoring from Gibson and Bolton net ted two more to end the game Lead scoring Kevin led all Acton scorers with four points on four goals He was followed by Bruce with two goals and on assist Rick Gibson Gary Stratford captures Jr B title Steve Wilson and Don had two points each Seventeen players suited up for the game including goalie Graham Harrison who plays juvenile In Brampton Coach Mike Marcoux gave alt three of his goalies a period in nets including Harrison Players were John Pink assistant captain Ron Tur Ken Brown Chris Ten Kick Gibson Mike Rip- Gary Delong Bruce Larry Kurtz assist and captain Kevin Marcoux captain George Artem Pete Robin Inscoe Steve Wilson and Mike Luty The Bolton squad appeared the more polished team of the two an advantage which should disappear as the sea son goes on and the Rams get to know each other and their playing styles Rams got their seven first period goals off goalie Mark Earl while backup goalie Lyle Hall held them to two scores in each of the tost two frames Chapman takes sprints as AHS finishes third A ton raced lo a close third place finish their first competition of the seison in tri meet held Thursdny at C school in Milton taking 184 points to Milton District High School and F Drury s Girls were the strongest performers for the led by K in with two firsts She swept the Girls metre and metre sprints with times of II and seconds Sue Thomson was strong m the field events taking second in both the Girls shot put and discus Acton girls look two of the three girls relay events in the meet winning the Girls the Mid Girls metres races Acton also won mid Boys metres Hick Widmont took first in the Mid Boys shot put with a heave or metres but his javelin toss of 32 was beaten by MDHSs Julians effort to place him second in Ihe event Results Jetty 1 Cooper 1 The Stratford Cullitons blitzed the Streetsville out of the B final last week with two straight wins by scores of and 8 to capture the championship series 4 2 The the Central Junior B League champions won the first two games of the scries but were handicapped for the rest of the set after high scoring forward Jim Gibson was knocked out of the second game wilh a broken jaw and was lost for the season In addition to the loss of Gibson the squad was minus both Danny Sutton and Jim for Wednesday nights loss against the Both played on Friday night in Stratford but their contributions weren t enough as the home squad won to win the scries UP AND OVER Janet Ager of the Acton High School team had little trouble with her vaulting during the Halton Novice Girls Gymnastic meet on Thursday in Milton Acton in novice meet MDHS I Gird Chapman A Ion 13J ik MI IIS I14uc Cooper LCD The Ha lion Novice Gym nasties Met was held Tuesday teen schools competed wilh a total of at least competitors in each of the four events The results of the meet are as follows On bars first place was Jennifer Grcsham from Trafalgar with points Second place was Patty Fischer from Pearson With 8 25 Third place was Janet Roach from Acton wilh fourth place Sue from A Blake lock from Pearson Kim Dempsey from Oakville Trn falgar and Julie Burns from Georgetown These girls tied for fourth place with o total of 7 7j points Fifth place went to Jenny Walsh from On the beam the first place winner was Julie Burns from Georgetown wilh 15 points second Sue from T A Third place Betsy from Aldershot fourth from Alershot was Pippa Brain and Mary Jean Robinson from Milton whose score was 7 fifth place was Andrea Schneider from Pearson with 7 points In the floor competition Julie Burns from Georgetown Mary Jean Robinson from Milton came second wilh 65 Bonnie Francis from White Oaks third Patty Barber from Georgetown fourth 7 and Leslie Campbell fifth 7 45 from Blakelock For the vaults Sue won with a score of second place was Maureen Gunn from Pearson withascoreof7 Sarah came third from Georgetown with points Heather Hurl from Central came fourth and Patty Barber from Georgetown fifth Kim MD11S Chapman Aclon KlmMlddlctonMDIIS ire MUCH ECU M II Wilder LCD Jr B7i Aclon Gardiner ECD U7kc SID J tlllK It MUMS T Ac Ion Mary Ann LCD US are SuaanPlcketl US 1 IS ec Si II Chaw ECD J Graham LCD Walker Si B W Charbonneau ECU 4 Chile LCD MDH5 Walklni MDlli a IB C Carter Hit AAARG Actons Mike Payne displays the form which earned him second place Senior Boys shot put at the Acton Milton C Drury school meet last week with a throw of 11 23 metres Armando won the event with a throw of 12 60 metres tec Cooper MOILS M J BCD IBM Katni Aclon 4A1 M Continued on page B2 WINNER OF THE Industrial Commercial bowling league are the Reliable Snack Bar beam Back row left to right Bob Woodcock and Don Archibald front row left to right Larry Nolan Don Grein captain Pete Schipper and Hank Earle Harry Moon is missing from the picture The banquet and dance were Saturday at the Legion