The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Acton may stay in WW this year Acton Minor Hockey Association executive have some cause to be hopeful now that they will be allowed to play In the Waterloo- Welling ton loop this year after all it was disclosed at their annual meeting Monday The matter of moving from WW to Tricounty was cussed at an April meeting between Acton hockey lives and O H A tives and the results were apparently positive Mr was In touch with Mrs Fred Mantle wife of the A convener and told everyone at the an meeting this week from what Mrs Mantle said they have decided lo leave us in WaterlooWellington Let hope that the official stand Individual trophies Discussion at the end of Monday meeting centered around the elimination of individual awards at season end Gil Malcolm brought the up saying My con of minor hockey is what we re teaching Ihem is learn spirit He felt the solo awards including best defenceman best goalie outstanding and the Lady Bing trophy among others tended lo make plovers forget the team in favor of an Individual trophy Many of those present agreed and it was decide that the matter would be looked into It cost a boy to run the association last year fin reports revealed most of the money going for ice time With the Club the only official way to raise money some executive members are worried that the association may need some revenue Accord to Barry Inscoc the constitution allows only Ihe Club because before the Club teams were run ning dances all the lime There was no control over them He added that the same people were gelling hit for contributions over and over again The fund raising dance being held June IB at the Legion is being run by the Cluo According lo Bill Knight some teams had been selling liquor tickets to support their earns a practice which is strictly forbidden in the constitution WW liaison The WaterlooWellington league has requested that each centre send a representative to meet with Ihem and to be prepared to stand for election to Ihe W W executive after a year This was done according to Mr because they are having the same trouble find people to work that the local association Is Bill Weston has agreed to servers a director of the A A and go to the W W contact The proposed slate of of ficers was accepted by la motion Officers are president Frank Ailsop 1st vice president Dave McEochern 2nd vice dent Barry Lynn Smith and treasurer Joan Mr Ailsop gave warning that this would be his last season as dent and that someone had better be ready to take over then INDUSTRIAL SOFTBALL emulated the Blue Jays by opening their season in the worst weather they could find Hail forced the can cellation of the final game of the day which will be played this Thursday evening at the park when J Sports meet Family Cleaners ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY 1977 One Hundred and Second Year No Second sect on Rams looking for good season in 77 Rams manager played junior before These Campbell is looking forward players will need the to a good season from icnce of Junior C action team but cautions fans not lo before they can be expected expect too much too soon lo produce their It s Wt have nine players out going to take some time for of IB on our learn who haven t he team to gel It might take a half a dozen games said Campbell He is optimistic however saying We have a nucleus of experienced Lack of practice has hurt Ihe team so far Because of RON FIRES shot in rained out exhibition against Oakviile Junior B squad Thursday A wet floor forced the cancellation of the game after only two periods Oakviile player defends and Rams Pete gets out of the way the figure skating carnival they are a week behind in training Last Sunday was their first practice with lines in preparation for today opener at Top four In spite of the lack of exper lence Campbell is predicting the team will finish in the top four of heir nine team lea gue several key veterans is the main cause for his hope Captain George tern who led the team in scoring last year is expected to top the league this ycir white assistant captain Hon Turkosi could score goals if he wanted to The return of many other veterans including Kevin Marcoux fourth in the team scoring year and Kent Kentner t play last year Is expected to add some stability to Ihe young team Penalties Campbell said he is war about penalties The Hams play a very aggressive style of lacrosse and some of Iheir players are prone to overdoing it at times and Jim Chis holm are particularly suspect in this department The biggest problem the learn faces right now is in the goal So far they have nobody Although Ihey have signed Graham Harrison a juvenile from Brampton he might not be able to play Harrison is looking for a berth on the Erlndnle juvenile squad which is making a trip to British Columbia this year Thedecislon will be known by today Wednesday If he is not signed the Rams will have to go searching 19 players Campbell has signed players now Including Following is a brief sketch of each Steve Wilson has played for three years In Acton and has always been second or first in team scoring Lust year Ihe year old was ninth overall in he league in the points department Twenty year old Kent Kent ncrdd not play last year and muscle to Oil defence in the penaltj box Steve played half a Mason lor Hams Ik has ployed midget in and will be on defease He is years old Gar li long is mother returning from last years squid eh reached the semifinals in the Ontario champ Ik is years old Bruce Mel ha I one of the brought up tin year He is 15 II midget age and played a few games lor the Hams last as an af filiated player The learn Is expecting a lot from m lion fur is only lit but his four sea sons for the Hams In 1971 he led learn n scor cord to he has one of the best shots Ihe gue Ass tant Kevin is the leims other assistant lain old is In his of junior section was fourth on the team in scor lost year He is des is a good two way Larry Kurtz is only IB and will be playing around the lie has potential but size Hick Gibson is another IB year I just up from the mid gets lit is strong and has a good shot Ihe team s looking Tor a out of the Tod is the young est on the team The year old will be for the teom and according to Campbell he has the lily of the best of all the midgets that came up Graham Harrison played most of his minor hockey in rind ale before moving to Brampton Inst year He was the last cut from goalie rich Brampton junior squad s year He is 17 Mike is another late cut from the Brampton squad who will sign if Ham son does He has good and speed and should develop into a good player still has a number of years left Jim is in his fourth yeins a Ham strong twoway player who is HE S NO FUN HE FELL RIGHT OVER Everyone had a bad case of the in Thursday exhibition game with Oakviile at the arena Larry Kurtz standing after delivering check to opponent while George moves in to take the ball good for a couple of goals a strong when the teom plays Its home gime Campbell is trying to get opener also is looking Fred Allen played last Don for a backup to play on the travel happy year and at IB is small goalie tonight and tomorrow juveniles Rams rained out Hams should have been Hearing water wings for their second exhibition game of the season The Hoor was so wet that the game was officially called off after the second period although both teams decided early on the game was a washout and called it off unofficially between themselves The teams were playing slow and cautious lacrosse in Ihe first frame tiptoeing back and forth on Ihe floor as if it were ice After the period the two squads got together KEVIN GEORGE RON and decided to run the rest of the game as a scrimmage with no checking of any sort Final score was in favour of the visitors but that I important What mat tcrcd was that the team lost a game lhat they needed for experience According to manager Ian Campbell the rookies need to be placed in game situation to mature and it would have been nice to have a chance to do it In an exhibition game of the regular season Bowling Awards LUCKY SEVEN above won the Tnano bowling league Pictured at the league banquet Saturday are front row Bonnie Morrison Trudy Lusty Doris Fitzner Collen Bruton back row George Norton Gary Leslie Sheldon Barker and Gary Williamson Center Leaky Faucets were the champs of the Mr and Mrs Bowling league Pictured Saturday at their banquet in the curling club are Morna Sankey Tom Bousfield Donna Staves and Gunther Degen Absent were Liz Hynne and Bryon Lawrence Far left Acton Meadows major league playoff champs get together for one last bowling game of the season last week Front row Mac Hernngton captain Wayne Mason and Ray Back row Norm Hayward Missing is Jim Bullough