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Sabres suffer first loss 116 decision to Derbys Acton Sabres dropped an decision to the powerful Streetsville Friday at the arena falling to the although the two teams played nearly even for the last two periods Score at the end of the opening frame was a dep ressing tor Streetsville with Scott Malcolm getting the only Acton score on a tip- in as Wade Vlckery bounced a shot off the goalie and onto Malcolms stick They were very tight in the first period said coach Bruce Chapman attributing this to nerves in front of the first home crowd Whatever the reason the Sabres were a different team after then In spite of a still shaky defence the Sabres were able to match the goal for goal being only in the last two periods Penalties The game was marred by Streetsville penalties as the visiting collected minutes in the box while Acton was penalized for only The Derbs time included a five minute penalty for spear ing levelled against Rob Morrison which also earned came on power plays him a match penalty Favored Our guys kept their heads The are favored to excellently said Chapman take the Central loop this The cool thinking paid off as year and they showed why as five of the Sabres six goals they consistently man CENTRAL ONTARIO JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE STANDINGS Streetsville Dixie Beehives Blades Acton Sabres Brampton Chevys Burlington Cougars Georgetown Gemini Milton Flyers I a l l l I l 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 Jock Took By John Bottomlcy An open letter to Rainmaker from me Dear Rainmaker Hi you Sure hope youre having more fun than we are Its been raining a lot lately but you know that of course Do you realize that in three more days we will have tied Noahs all time world record for consecutive rainy days Maybe weve done something wrong You could at least tell us before you started all this weather We havent even started to gather together Do you know what this is doing to us here and more particularly to me I have a book of events in which I write down the things to cover In my sports section For four weeks in a row I have written In big tetters Fastball Tourney This week I also wrote Soccer Finals These are events which were all to get large coverage In my pages to help fill up all my space For Tour weeks in a row you have rained them out although the soccer club managed to sneak past you by rescheduling for a Monday Instead of a Saturday when you would have been ready for them Do you know what this rain does to a sports editor In a small town With no sports to write about I am stuck As I said before If we have done something wrong please feel free to tell me My office is open to nil hours as I spend a lot of time sitting here waiting for the rain to stop long enough to play a baseball game Do you know that soon the Acton Fastball tourney will have to be renamed to Acton Snowball Tourney and the organizers will be taking out a float in the Santa Clans parade It just isnt fair Feel free to drop me a line or pay a Visit so we can discuss this matter more fully as they say Looking forward to hearing from you Your humble creature John What will they think of next In people would go to Yankee Stadium with a transistor radio to find out what was happening in the game Pillars blocked the view from many areas in The House that Ruth Built Now in their newly renovated stadium there are no bothersome obstructions to contend with In fact the scoreboard has incorporated a large screen to show fans the instant replay of what just hap pened down on the field Any day now seeing a game live will be as good as seeing It on television I can think of a number of useful applications for this new toy besides gratifying the fans wishes The screen could be used to confirm umpires decisions on close plays It could run advertising to help lower the cost of seats or it could flash nude photos when opposing hitters were trying to concentrate on their job After all if youve got thescreen you might as well use it to Its fullest Clearing up the myths about a great old New York game Does anyone out tnere know what the Yanks and the Dodgers have In common Besides winning pennants that Thats right the game that Willie Mays credits for his success asa hitter Both the Dodgers and the Yankees are New York teams although the Dodgers moved out of field years ago and the rivalry between them was fueled by millions of playing New Yorkers The game seems to be completely outside New York but It Is common enough there There are a lot of misconceptions among people up here over what Is In volved In a game of First thing you need is a stick Usually you stole a broomstick from your mother although real sticks could be bought for under a dollar The store bought ones had the dual advantages of being straight and slightly bigger around and they were much in demand They also had really nifty tape around the handle so you could tell which end you were supposed to hold The next thing you needed was a ball A round pink rubber one pronounced spa there were the best Then you needed somewhere to play and some people to play with You could play anywhere on the street on a baseball diamond In a parking lot or wherever you found a little room The game had the same rules as baseball except that the batter threw the ball up and hit It himself For people playing that doesnt sound too hard but when youre swinging a thin warped broom handle at a small Kink ball It gets harder Nonetheless games were usually Igh scoring There is a mistaken theory among people who only know what Willie Mays told them that the only way to measure a hit In was by sewers This Is untrue We used telephone poles when we played in the street and when we played in the school lot we went by which piece of playground paraphernalia we reached He can hit It to the slide or He blasted that one right to the big swings I never made It much past the sandbox in those days althoughlcouldprobablydobetternow Sabres show spirit It was In a quiet sort of way a pleasure to watch the Sabres play here Friday Even though they lost they never stopped pushing and actually the Derbs In the last period ThscoupIedwiththeSabres come from behind win over Georgetown is encouraging evidence that there is a good attitude and spirit on the teamBomethlngwhichcandowondersforawincolumn Let the kids play Minor hockey season Is starting soon and I would like to take this opportunity pull up the soapbox boys to ask all the hockey parents out there in to relax a bit in the stands leave the refs alone theyre doing a better job than you could anyway and let the kids play handled the Sabre defence taking shots on goal in the game most of them from short range Moffalt was for tunate in keeping the score as low as he did Acton Sabres began coming out of their seeming stupor in the second period as they began skating with their opponents and using their weight to a little better ad vantage The still had the scoring advantage In the frame but the difference was considerable as the goals came a little harder while Acton collected two of their Dave chapman took a rebound of Mark Schlnkel shot and put it In the net for his first point of the game Assists went to Schinkel and Rob Schlnkel playing with a broken nose after last weeks stick swing ing Incident with Gemini s Doug Barnes got a goal of his own In the period as Chap man and Brian Walker picked up assists The Sabres their opponents 3 in the third period The Malcolm line connected for the first goal of the frame Malcolm got the goal while Dave McGilloway and Vickery got the assists Im really high on the midget line said Bruce Chapman after the game They played a complete game Overall he said the younger guys showed the desire when we were sagging Walker netted the Sabres fifth goal on a beautifully executed passing play In front of the goal mouth taking a Chapman feeder for the score Kelly also got an assist on the ploy Acton final goal came with only a minute left to play as collected his second goal of the season from Chapman After the game Bruce Chapman remarked that there are too many good hockey players on Streets Nevertheless the Acton squad never quit play hockey during the game Brampton Sabres meet Brampton this Friday at home and although the Chevys executive was predicting a first place finish for the team they are young and were beaten by the Dixie Beehives already this season Sabres could pull off their second win of the season at the game and will certainly give fans a good game DERBYS WERE A ROUGH BUNCH and it shows here Scott Malcolm is just getting up after being buried by two while third Derby player is about to get the boot for a deliberate slash aimed at Wade Vickery Pap ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1977 One Hundred and Third Year- No 15 Second Section Minor soccer gets sun for championship GARY LUMBERS white shirt is closely covered on one of his many scoring thrusts in soccer action Monday Acton lost to Orangeville in the finals LEAGUE CHAMPIONS the Rovers were edged 54 by the Flyers in mosquito cup play Monday Front row left to right are Doug Weaver Rich Coates Paul McTrash Louis Groenendyk Greg Silcock Back row Randy Laver Alex Robert Little Brian Kremer Mhnorevic Scott Paul Carter and Chris Coach is Richard Kilpatrick ATTACKER KERRY CIANFARANI of the Rovers gets by Richard Kilpatrick to take a shot on Flyers goalie Paul Carter Shot was blocked to maintain the overtime tie Mosquito game was finally decided by penalty kicks in favour of the Flyers BRIAN KREMER GETS HIS leg between Jim stop his momentum and prevent a score in mosquito action Monday by Richard The following are the results of the Acton Minor Soccer Association final games Monday October 10 at the M Bennett and Middle School fields two of the games went to penalty kicks which is the best way we have of deciding a result after extra playing time Squirts Acton Gunners 2 vs The little guys had perhaps the biggest crowd of tors and the most emotional Both teams were scoreless after regular time and ten minutes extra time so it went to penalty kicks with Gun ners netting two to Rock- wood s one It was a terrific game from start to finish Atoms Rifles lvs Rockets This atom final as the score suggests was close and gave some exciting soccer Shawn scored the single Rifles goal while Jamie Thatcher Kevin Galloway and Robbie Holmes hod a good game In defence Robbie played In goal for the first half and made some excellent Stuart Hoy played well In attack For the Rockets both goals were scored by Brian who has had a good season Tim de Boer and defended well and Billy Wragg and David have shown continued improvement In attack throughout the season This result means Rockets won both league and playoff trophies no mean feat for any team Mosquito This was the second of the three finals which went to penalty kicks A great solo effort from Scott McDonough gave Rovers an early lead the equaliser for Flyers came from an Intelligent pass across goal and was scored by Chris Hale There was no further scoring even after 10 minutes of extra time and we went on to penalty kicks Flyers netting to Raiders 3 giving Flyers the game A fitting end to a very good season Well the soccer season is now at an end for another season Thanks to the kids who took part and the parents who gave their support week after week