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ACTON ONTARIO AUGUST 1077 One Hundred and Third No 7 10 Season over JErT shut out Vans to end battle for AMSL top spot J T Sports clobbered Vans Welding 70 Sunday In the final game of the 18 game Industrial schedule to edge thesame Vans squad out of first place by a single point The Sportsmen victory gave them 23 points to the Welders In other industrial action Family Cleaners squeaked by Hills Catering I the Caterers topped Hills 106 and the Cleaners got their second win of the week by doubling Station 14 7 winner Frank Daley was the winning pitcher for J T s he struck out ten while facing only batters in the seven inning game His only trouble spot was In the second inning when he Issued a double to d and a walk to Brian Ha r rim an He pitched his way out of the jam by whiff ing Sleeves and Alex Ward to end the inning THE STAR OF THE FUTURE TwoyearOld Dave Black drove in three Angela cant decide whether she runs in the first inning for J wants to play baseball or play with her trucks Action took place at actum Sunday The sportsmen scored three more in the third on another Houston qualifies for Junior TF Nationals single i to and a doubk Hon Dint J run in the fifth inning singling to id it off I pittlnr 1 ilrun struck out Hint ind an right imrs t Hiring ton test v is from si irt to finish losir in is in tin Ik struck out two ind p hits run to in sixth hi is hi run in the mirth us duiibkd to kid If tin i run ho mi on i In Hill Shannon 1 1 ml win is In struck out six six tuts only Catering run on Millie by Ray doilhli by Wiry tin third Wilson Hon for ick to ick smiles hut Hay Grid tin grounded slrindlheninntrs I Kin In hind I hi itinrs inn from in their with Hills I lectnc as they ind I before exploding for fivi runs in the sixth inning and four more in tin seventh John Nuffield doubled In fifth and stored on a hit by Gary Wilson to break the hold loser Ken Pilgrim had held over tht I itererb bats In the inning they sent nine mm to Iht plate Hay Gra him Avery Hon Killingbaek got ion singles followed by from John doubk from Bryan nth were scored on a single by Graham followed by four consecutive doubles The for seven hits in the second inning hut were only able to two runs for their forts Only Bob and Dave McMillan made it across the plate in the inning They continued to add runs slowly as Fred Burns scored in the fifth in thi sixth and Bob Jarretl and Pilgrim in the seventh Him Family Cleaners continued their high scoring ways in their win Sunday as they scored in of seven innings they played Tcrr Mosaics and Chris scortd in ihe first Mosaics pealed in second and in Iht third Wood and Bill Shannon in fourth Paul and in the fifth Mullen and Pile Homer in the sixth and Shannon and stventh runs to Cord Kin Owens Hugh Forbes an 1 Terrs Stand bridge scored three times tin contest action begins this as Hills meet Hills it and Station mitt FamiK at Vans and J I hail tamed a be into the round of pla a draw lo raisi funds and the winner wen four bats and Daw kins two bats mil Jack one Monarchs lose first in playoffs Lose 96 to Guelph Knights Prink Houston has qualified for the Canadian Junior in Montreal by plating fourth in a 1500 net in Toronto Junior Nationals are and Running for the bear borough he won his man wilh a time of J a best or him runners in first heat including Terra Cotta Simon Joynes re corded faster times won the race In Slower heal The heats were divided up in groups according lo speed with the fastest going in the first heat I just worried about winning my race said Houston All the same he wished he had been in the first heat I would have like to have run in the fast group and gotten pulled along They ran the half mile in where I ran it in There s six seconds right there He set a goal of for himself earlier in the year and eels he can make it keep up with Simon in work outs It just a matter of putting It together on the track the arena recked of then the clock wouldn t work right but the lacrosse game did get night arc probibly sorry it did as they suffered from a bad of the dropsies and lost to the fourth place Knights in playoff action ammonia smell was there because a mechanic was testing a compressor in hi cnglnt room and a blast of the gas shot out onto floor Where the Monarch pro blems came from is harder lo figure out Thty finished the season with a 1 record to lead the and had won their first three playoff games in Last night lit thi short Knight squad run ill over them without chicking and result was a loss Swelled leads Both coaches Chris Sargent and Bob Turkosz agreed the loss might have been good for the team to turt any possible swelled heads were helped by the absence of the high scoring Peter Hurdle It Peter lurkosi ihi big lift He through netting four and in but wis not sicp throughout tht conlest is allow id shooters through turn ifter turn and a sterling performance goalu could slop them all Marl it ton The on top is out to i I kid in the first period on two goals from ind one from closed the gap in the goals to ml Thnng home squad to fill ipart in the third as the Knights jumptd on them for a points managed from Turkosz lud nine pi to lor the gime Both 1 minutes in next is tonight with thi Kitchener visiting Aclon tht Mmirths in riLulir coach pre duls it will hi a Very close Mini at tin irtni Going going gone John Botlomley will hi out of town on ivs for the next llirie weeks formtr sports I- will be handling the sports chores for that hinn hi is a bit out of touch with tht sum now any i would probably ippretnttd EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE by goalie Paul Campbell was in vain is he got no support on defence from his teammates The Monarchs went down to their second defeat of the year as the Guelph Knights edged them fi in playoff action Playoffs continue tonight when Kitchener come to the arena Softball teams still in Halton rural playoffs HENRY up his brother and Walter and Annette for swimming lessons in the next session at the Indoor pool is now underway Drive li girls towards iltoi dm Mill in by Itunil dow in ml final I tic In mug only in third inning is Ihe Ornish squid two all four of runs the was r I but squirts irisul inj ixpcililions of ilost gumi is unloaded lor runs in tin top of sending 17 lo Kelly at the bat saves Rockwood in ORSA action Albert Killy dramatic three run homt run in the thirteenth inning gave wood Seniors a victory over New Dundee in thi deciding game of round of Ihe Ontario Rural Softball Association playoffs last Wednesday Because they an virtually assured a playoff spot in Inter county action the team is concentrating on the OHSA tourney which they have won In the past This year they are ploying in the Intermediate flight Kelly s home run his first of the yt i will be remembered for said Norm Heat tie press representative for the team The team bad been down going Into the eighth Inning when they to tie It up The New Dundee squad had on the ropes two or three times and to out cording to John was the win pitcher in the gome going the full In ninga It won probably his best game all year Beottia commented Don who struck out batters In the opening gome took the loss Dave Bruce was good on defence taking away three hits from the New Dundee squad Ron Kelly hod five hits In the marathon con test followed by Tom Parkin son with three Phil Shrlvo and Norm with two The team goes on to ploy Bothwell from the London area beat Eden Mills finalists in the tourney to get to the third round of the ORSA play ho It In a lough when Iht two loniRht In tour was in Aberfoyli for the annual Aberfoyli tournament thy trounced in the first round game John Thatcher was thi winning pitcher in the contest John Johnny Larson Doug each got two hits to pact the offence hits to pace the of fence The win sent Hock wood Into the second round where they faced Arkcll only 15 In Inter county action managed to put It together to top the Seniors in their Saturday con test by a count Tom Jefferson got the win for Ar while John Thatcher took the loss l I hi In ivy has Sin lorn In igui play two garni tin Hull ruoidto II I Ik li tin Iht is that too ball said Unit tit I tun art more to play all of Ihun innkt up contests from previously rained out Hi shut out the Seniors Monday put team back below tin itMl mark It is the first timi all season tin ttimi has blanked in regular play Winning pilchtr was Hob Prior white Bob Shaw whose record now stands at look the loss Dave sol two hits foi tin significant of ft in i tht Seniors liny lost last to garni lion Burton wis winning and lorry miikliij his first appearance starter whs the loser His ruord is now lid the offence with four hits Kelly tilth three Si 14 Cambridge 15 12 11J0 14 111 i 15 13i I IB the pi Sus in hit two home runs in the game while sister Hetty Tufford Jody Brown Charettc mil Kim White each idded one two turns wen to plav the second game of best of final sines last but rain thi of boys I Squirt boys beg in paly a bang as hey Hornby 10 in the first round of playoff action Winning pitcher Ian Paul struck out nine batters in the August garni He also scortd twice Paul Cargill got tht only Acton round ripper of the game Run scorers for were Greg James Rhys Bruce Sheppard Allen Brian Roach Shane Stcevcs Ted Lindsay and Ian Paul If the squirts win their serns they go on to play Glen Williams in the final Close series girls coach Ron called the semilinol series his team is now playing one of the closest 1 ve ever been involved with The girls took threo games to eliminate the squad oil of them tight In the first gome Lime- house come out on top by a pushing the peewies into hole They evened the series in the second game with a 13 12 win and took the sines with a 16 14 victory last Tuesday The final game was won by some excellent hitting led by Theresa Clarke with four safeties Allison Chaisson Nancy George and Colleen each collected thuchitsintheslugfest Des Ihe high score there were no hit by in the gome Sharon was the winning pitcher although the had lo come from behind to get the win for her trailed 14 7 in the fifth and 14 in the sixth before cutting loose The bantam girl squad which finished fourth In the rural standings bowed 15 to second place Patty and Kelly White took the loss for Acton Hun scorers were Connie Kelly While and Lori Vermeulen made a fine catch in the outfield to rob one Low ville batter of a hit Except for one inning in which the squad pushed seven runs across the game was realty close according to coach Ken grim They ore scheduled to play again tonight if they can get the diamond FRANK HOUSTON QUALIFIED last Wed nesday for the Canadian Junior Nationals in the 1500 metres event The games will be held August and in Montreal