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Soccer kicks off year by Richard trick Last week saw the first games at the representative level in the Mid Ontario Inter District Minor Soccer League and as expected the competition was keen The Acton minor bantams played away at Olympics May 16 and were beaten 51 The single Acton goal was scored by Scott Malcolm Colin who deputized for coach Brian Stewart said Acton had an off night Acton atoms hosted May 17 for the first home game of the season and carried the victory The scorer for Acton was Steven Acton had the edge and deserved the win On May the Acton mosquitoes were away at Orangeville and were beaten 2 All three goals were scored by the first into their own net They caught up In the first half and scored the winner in the dying minutes of the second half An excellent game by both teams return returned May 19 with a peewce team and lost again this time 31 Acton goals went to Garry Lum Derek Hodgson and Jimmy Reynolds Coach Kevin Lumbers was very pleased with his teams performance in the game Atoms played their second game of the year at ville and were well beaten 13- The return game May 24 is expected to be a much closer game Bants returned to May to face the Pegasus and won Acton scorers were Scott Malcolm with three Steve Mitchell with two Wade Vickery with two and Neville Porter with one This was an excellent result from a much improved team The bants played again Monday hosting the Milton A team resulting in a 33 tie The Acton goals were from Jim Scott Mai and Steve Mitchell It was good game by both teams Acton having the lion s share of the play but just Tailing to capitalize on several good scoring tunlties House league House league starts next week and this Is the level at which the boys learn their basic soccer skills As an appetizer there will be two squirt games five to eight years at Thursday May At rep level the mosquitoes arc home against in the return game May starting at p at the high school Sports Page ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY 25 1977 One Hundred and Second Year No Second sect on ACTON VILLA WERE unsuccessful Wednesday evening in their match with the Georgetown Eagles dropping a decision Acton wears the black and shirt By John Janet Guthrie breaks through into Indy 500 Janet Guthrie has gone and broken down yet another bastion of the male domain by qualifying in spot for this Sunday running of Indianapolis It is a great landmark for women drivers who can now be recognised as Just as reckless and speed hungry as uscrazy men Actually 1 think It a good thing for her to be there It does show that men do not have a stranglehold on all sports that women can be as good as men in many although not all of them Guthrie herself however does not look on her achievement as a blow for women s lib She sees herself not as a female race driver but simply as a driver Talking with Barbara Frumm cohost of the CBC As It Happens she made a remark to the effect that It possible to know if it a man or a woman driving a car when they vegot a helmet on Sponsor spouts some female chauvinism She was surprised to learn that her sponsor had talked to one newspaper with remarks that if anything women should be better drivers than men because they possess a cool and a lightness of touch that you need to race Thosearenothisexactwords butthatisthclrgist Guthrie had been looking at the race not through a feminist s eyes but through a driver s eyes offering a shrewd analysis of the different engines and cars running in the race and predicting that if her ear holds together she could finish in the top ten Feminists will make this a special symbol Even though Guthrie is not concentrating on the sexism issue in the race It will be sure to become a beacon to feminists the world over It to be one Barbara tried to make it one in their interview Christie Blatchford used a whole column to make Jokes about the sexist overtones the event and everybody connected with the race is wondering if the traditional starting call gentlemen start your engines will be changed to commodate Guthrie This is because people want this to be more than it really Is There had never been any rules against allowing women to run In the Indianapolis there just women willing and able to manage the feat It is not as though any unified macho crowd has been convinced against iU will toaccept a woman it is just that a woman made It I m glad she did but I won t go out and celebrate Womens reputation doesnt depend on race People ore Insisting that women s reputations as poor drivers are riding on this race which is nonsense All you have to do to prove beyond any doubt that women are better drivers is to look at insurance rates The people who make their dumb lady driver remarks don do it because of any facts they do It out of blindness and the fact of a woman being in the Is not likely to change their minds Pop Main predicts will have a winning club Softball has not yet begun for the Acton Minor rep teams but one coach Is already making predictions Pop Main who has been around Softball since about the beginning and is going on the record as saying that they will a good team this year Opener for the squirts Is May 31 when Hornby comes to town and we can check out his prognosis then Mohawk opens with 50000 race It going to be a busy weekend at the races this week as Greenwood runs its final event of the spring si on and Mohawk opens the summer season with a big purse Greenwood will be running the Ontario Jockey Club Maturity pace stakes May The race is limited to four year olds foaled in Can May 29 is the night for the first big stakes pace of the year at Mohawk Ihe Ontario Sires Stakes when a slate of three year olds colts and geldings will be running for an estimated First trotting stakes of the Mohawk summer season is June 12 when three year old fillies will be running in the stakes for HO Villa upended Wednesday Acton Villa the senior soccer team were capped Wednesday when some of their players were unable to show for the game and the team suffered their first loss of the regular season They were on the losing end of a 0 decision against the Georgetown Eagles Player coach Colin Breckinridge said because it Is summer a lot of people areaway Acoupleofkidsare on camping trips and some of the senior players work shifts John Gibson played a good game at midfleld according to Breckinridge as did Keg McKnight at right and Lee Robinson at fullback a position he docs not usually play One week you have a strong team said Breckm ridge and the next week it s not so strong AISL Family Cleaners clean up in last weeks softball action Family Cleaners moved into sale possession or first place with a pair of wins in last week industrial league soft ball action The Cleaners swept Station Hotel Thursday night and edged Ha I ton Hills Catering 119 in play Monday The Cleaners 1 record gives them a two point edge over J T Sports Vans Weld and Hills Catering each with 2 1 records for four points Peter Homer scored in four of his five trips to the plate for Family Cleaners in the Thurs The league leaders sent nine men across the plate in the fourth inning clinch the win Winning pitcher was Bill Shannon while the loss went to Ken Hurrcn Clow win The Cleaners had a little more trouble downing the Caters getting three runs In the sixth inning for the win Bruce MacPherson scored three times for the losers who would have been in first place witha record had they held on for the win They scored once in the seventh but it was not to make up deficit Walloped J T Sports walloped Station in Mondays first game taking the win by 196 The big inning for the S port men was the sixth when they brought seven across the plate including one on a by Guy Payne Winning pitcher Frank Daley hit safely in all four of trips to the plate Fifteen of their runs came in the last three Innings Five different J players belted home runs Ron SlanKruk DonArchi bald Guy Payne and Jimes Morris Losing pitcher was Ken Near Shutout Vans got their second win a row by holding Halton Hills Electric to only one run while pushing nine of thur own across The tone run came in the third inning when Dave MacMilIan singled moved forward on a walk to Fred Archibald and scored on singles by Bob Jarrett and meter At the me it was still any body s game at 1 It was not until the fifth inning that Vans put the game out of reach by notching six runs as they baited around the order Scor ing for Vans in the big inning were Steve Marshall Rick Henderson Danny Allen Alex Ware Ed and Steve Sleeves Next game in Industrial lea is this Thursday night when J T Sports and Vans Welding meet to break their second place deadlock Action takes place ate 15 m SITTING DOWN ON THE JOB is Hugh Forbes catcher for Station Hotel James Morns underneath him has just stolen home while Don chibald waits to bat schedule Three Actonians Selects start strong take two of three JunelMttenrntAclon J June at Aclon JuneH it Acton JuneAclonlAai JulyBEsleilArtan July J it Acton July at Aug Aug Actonat Brampton Aug ActonalOlympla reach regional finals Three Aeton High School athletes will be advancing to the regional finals in Brant ford this Saturday on strength of their excellent performances in Tuesday Halton championships Heather Near who set two records in Acton High Schools field day won the Senior girls metres with a time of 1 seconds Two Acton will be representing the school in the regional meet Larry Kurtz was the winner of the Junior boys event with a leap of metres and Chris tied with G D H S Dave Bottle in the Midget boys at a height of 2 44 metres Junior A Selects third place finishers in last year All Ontario arc off to a strong start this year winning two of their first three games The girls squad began their season May 15 with a home win over Glen field 3 Sue Thomson who last year was drafted by St Catharines to pitch in the Ontario championships went five innings for the winners with Deb Wilson pitching the final four innings and getting the win All runs were unearned Use II The team faced Burlington next and dropped the May 19 game Every Burlington run came on errors said the press repre sentative Shirley Thomson The Selects came back the next day with a 100 drubbing of Brampton Everybody was hitting and the was great said Mrs Thorn son Sue Thomson again started and pitched for six innings before leaving in favour of Deb Wilson Miss Wilson pitched the seventh and started the eighth when she got into trouble loading the bases back in and pitched out of the jam by striking out the next two batters year old Donna Dennis and Sue Thomson ac counted for five of the Selects ten runs TED makes his move in the first leg of the midget metres event at Sheridan College Thursday runner failed to qualify for this years regional finals Seniors victorious beat Hespeler 31 helped at one point by a shoe string catch by Doug Mc Alpine which saved a couple of runs according to press representative Norm Seattle hits The Seniors unloaded for ten hits in the game In eluding an RBI double by Phil Shrive which brought in two runs Hits went to Tom Parkinson with two John Parkinson with two John Thatcher with two and one apiece to Chick Milne John Carson Doug and Shrive The team raised Its record to 1 with the win and said It looks like we ro on tie right track now Next home game Is this Thursday when Arkell comes Seniors fastball club got itself into the win column this week with a Monday night home win against the Bee hives The locals took the game by a l margin behind the excel lent six hit pitching of John Thatcher His record is now l Losing pitcher was Thatcher went the distance for the Seniors and was Georgetown Jays clinic Baseball players coaches managers umpires and fans arc reminded of a golden opportunity to learn more about fundamentals of game when the Toronto Blue Jays hold a clinic at Fair grounds Friday night begin nlng at WAYNE SCOTT WALTZED OFF with the to to take on the championship in Acton Legion Darts 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