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74 loss Sabres defence dull drop decision Acton Sabres defence failed in the second period Friday as Brampton them in the frame to take a win When we get the defence set it will settle the whole team said coach Bruce Chapman Mike Major who suffered an eye Injury in the first game of the season against Georgetown Is back In form now and he is defin itely going to help declared Chapman There are two new defence- men trying out for the team but Chapman did not want to say anything about them until he had a chance to talk to them First score Brampton got on the score board first when Paul took a pass from Ron Kerr and Gord Smith and de posited It behind Kent fatt Acton came back with 41 seconds left In the frame when Rob went In for an unassisted marker to tie the score Second hurt It was the second frame which hurt the Sabres as Brampton counted three goals inside five minutes to take an insurmountable lead By the time the Sabres got back on an even keel they were trailing Jeff Shields got the goal that broke the spell again unassisted for his first point of the season Paul Cook replied for Brampton but a minute later Pete connected on a pass from Mil to run Sabres total to three squads played even again In the final frame each getting one goal Malcolm netted Actons marker unas sisted Penalties Penalties hurt us said Chapman marking the first time of the season the team has been hurt by misbehav iour Up to Fridays game they had been the arles in the penalty game by keeping their heads and let ting the other teams take the penalties It was the tupe of game where the fellows are going to have to learn to adjust to the officiating They called a tight game and did a good Job said Chapman Sabres took minutes In penalties in the game including a five minute fighting call against Doug Elliott The game also marked the first time this season Dave Chapman and Brian Walker have been shut out of the scoring The Sabres their opponents 37 to 30 in the game but the weak defence made It Impossible or fatt to stop them all The Sabres were crushed by an extremely physical Streetsvllle team last Tues day coming up on the wrong end of a decision Any one would have been beaten badly said Chapman The same streetsville squad has since dumped Brampton to show the Sabres game was no fluke That was an experience Chapman Ive never been through a game like that in my life Sabres scorers were Chapman and Walker Mark got assists on both goals and Walker and Chapman each assisted for tHi the others Sabres totalled only minutes in penalties while counted In eluding a five minute major Sabre scoring ODD D 1 i Milcolm j Million a i a i i Chjpmjn lit Sharp Sports Page ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19 1977 One Hundred and Third Year- No Second Section Jock Tock By John Scotland land of water has a sport all its own On my recent trip to Scotland I learned about a new sport new to me at least which would have come in handy during the last few months in Canada Scotland as everybody knows has lots of hills all of which should be great for skiing However there Is not much snow in many places so the locals have taken ad vantage of the area featured weather rain to invent their own sport Dryland water skiing has many advantages over the type done out on a lake For one thing you dont need a boat water skiing but in Scotland the downhill variety Is favored Because of all the hills it la almost impossible to find any place that Is flat for more than a few feet so downhill Is unavoidable The sport had its origins In the dim past of Scotlands It Id rumored that it is the method used by the clans during the great purges to stay hidden Tbey would carry their bagpipes to a suitable lonely hill play them until they saw the British coming and then ski away while the Redcoats got trying tofollow The sport was called dryland water skiing in a fit of whimsy by Robert Bums who theorized that the land in Scotland was really just very dirty water anyway and only marginally drier than Loch Ness Equipment for the sport has become much more sophisticated In the last century Where haggis bones strapped to the feet used to be the most popular method of descent deepvee hulls and really fancy bin clings have taken over Some people still use wooden slats and it is rumored that there are still Highlanders in the outback of Scotland using the traditional haggis bones but the cold march of science has done much to improve this sport There are dryland water skiing resorts scattered around the Cairngorm mountains the way there are scales on a fish They virtually overlap In many areas Few unspoilt areas are left in which the slovenly highland barbarian can ply his ancient ways in peace Anyway what with all the nice weather we had in the course of this execrable summer I just thought this would be a good sport to look into Especially if the rain kept up Which it did Governmental Decentralization experts its good for health The recent government decentralization has been decried by many politicians as a blatantly opportunist and partisan manoeuvre since 11 of offices being set up are being setup in Liberal ridings This may be true but it is not important When you think of how much good decentralization can do for the physical fitness level in the country all objections pale in comparison No longer will somebody trying to fight city hall be able to find all his enemies in one place No more will the downtrodden masses be able to walk across the street to register a complaint Now everyone who wants the government will have to jog all over the country if he wants to get satisfaction out of theclvil service Can you imagine the surprise on somebodys face when be is told Im sorry thats not our department Youll have to try soandso In Quebec Or maybe New Brun swick In effect the government has made it Impossible to argue You cant trust your problems to the mall for sure and nobody in his right mind would ever try to call a government official on the phone The only avenue left la to walk from office to office to deliver your complaints In person Because there will always be complainers there will always be people walking from office to office hither and thither and the net result will be a boom in shoe sales and a greatly increased level of fitness in Canadians Health no protection against heart attacks An anatomy professor from McMaster has asserted physical fitness has no bearing on heart attacks He claims that only In so far as exercise keeps your weight down is it any good Interesting news for joggers over Congratulations to Acton fastball tournament The organizers of the Acton Fastball Tournament deserve a little bit of for having run as successful a tourney as they did in spite of the terrible weather Some of the teams involved have already in dicated they would like to be back next year and the com mitlee looking to run the thing in June instead of Sep- Good luck to them J Vans Welding dominates play in first night of industrial hockey Vans Welding last year league champions promised a repeat this year they toppled new entry Family Cleaners in Industrial hockey action Sunday Acton Terminal Warehouse the other new team in the league had a more successful opener than the Cleaners did as they edged Lakcview The first game of the in season between Hellers and Blow Press ended In a 33 He Big periods The second and third periods were big for Vans as they netted four points in each In the first frame Cleaners got off in the lead after half the period had elapsed as Ernie Waller scored on an unassisted fort After IhatiLwa all Vans as they scored four in a row to open the game up Doug Andrews got the icebreaker in the first period for the Welders on assists from Bruce and Harold Andrews He repeated in the second period unassisted and he was followed just a minute later by Wayne Allan also assisted Jack Irwin got the fourth Vans point on a pass from Vlnce Thornton before Cleaners found the mark again Floyd took a pass from Gary Colton to Close the gap to Vans scored once more in the period Jim Haggett getting the point while Allan and Thornton counted assists Vans continued to dominate In the third frame as they counted the first three goals Jack Irwin netted his second of the game from McPherson and Doug Andrews followed by Andrews with a goal from Thornton Wayne Allan netted his second marker assisted and the score was Cleaners began pushing after that and netted two goals within a minute of each other connected first taking a pass from Coulton and Larry Kistner Kistner And Harry Jacobs for the Cleaners last goal closed out the scoring by netting goal number nine for the Welders Tie game The first game of the night ended in a tie as Hellers came from behind in the third period to make up a two goal deficit Scoring In the come back were Bill Fabian assisted by Wayne Deforest and Steve Townsley and Deforest from Townsley Fabian also netted the first goal of the game from Mike Miller picked up a hat trick for the Pressmen scoring three goals In a row across three periods to achieve the feat In the first frame he received an assist from Evan on the point Ken Owens and Jeff Goy assisted on the second and and Fred Crawford helped out on the third Newcomers win Pete Morrison scored three times and added an assist to lead the newly entered Acton Terminal Warehouse team to a win over in the final game of the evening He assisted on Steve Bennett first period marker and added one of his own on passes from Larry McAffee and Brent Irwin In the second period the only goal scored was by Henry for getting assists from Bruce Cooksley and Cecil Stuckless With the score made a big come back effort as they netted three goals In a row to move within one of the team Ron Schmidt finally got the squad on the score board halfway through the final period taking passes from Jim McDonald and Steve Mclntyre for the point Tim assisted Bill Fields for the second goal and Fieldstook passes from Tom Dickinson and Bob Brenton to put Lakeview back in con tention with only seconds left closed the door however as Morrison moved in and fired In his third goa unassisted Court expansion costs 32377 Expansion and big share queried Coun of Actons tennis Pat Patterson courts could cost The estimated cost was The figure was dropped by Councillor Peter recreation director Glen Morris said Gray at last weeks general If the amount Is approved administration committee by council work on the courts How does Acton get the could start this year RICK T D run saw him elude all four of these would be defencemen From left to right Rick Van Fleet Bruce McPhail John Hogenburk and Mark Beaton try to stop McArthur Fans linedthe field to cheer on the grade as the students won Thursdays fourth annual toilet bowl Sabres could be hurt by HH council decision Halton Hills council decision not to grant the junior B Sabres status as a minor hockey club this year could hurt the club according to team president Milt Ball It going to be a tough year he said Acton was moved up In the fee schedule to correspond with the Georgetown Gemlnis and Raiders who play in Gordon arena Compared with George town most centers west of Acton are paying less per hour for minor hockey or so I m told said Ball He pointed out the Sabres rented the Guelph Memorial Gar dens for an hour for prac tice and are paying an hour in Acton where the facilities are not as good The only concession the council made was to elimin ate the rent on the booster Outdoor ice Councils decision to stick with indoor rinks this winter is under consideration ac cording to recreation director Glen Gray Answering a query from general administration com mittee chairman Run Miller Gray said there would be do outdoor rinks club for the Sabres a savings of per game The total savings from this will amount to over the season Ball estimates it will cost about 18 000 to run the team for the season Community support The team is depending on community support to finance the team as they have no major sponsor this year We depend greatly on gates said Ball In the first two home games this year there have been good draws according to Ball The team greatly appre ciates the support The sale of seasons passes has not gone as well as he had hoped figure of about sold thus far The tickets are available through a few merchants in town but mostly through the executive Unless you nave a guy on the executive its tough to push him Merchants are mainly concerned with ling their product Raffles The team Is planning a number of raffles to help raise money Draws have been held at each of the games and have proved very successful Weve made good money out of the raf fles Ball commented They have three televisions to raffle donated by Halton Hills Furniture The draws will be spread out with one probably in November one near Christmas and another at the end of the season ac cording to Ball There are special draws for seasons pass holders to encourage of them Each week there is a draw with the winner receiving a tea dollar bill and at the end of the season there v ill be a draw for a portable black and white television Where else can you get as much entertainment for a said Ball He added and you re supporting a team that is from Acton with a lot of local players Paid bill The bill for last year to the town was paid after the council meeting at which the decision was made We had the money but t pay until It came to a head Georgetown didn pay why should we We are paid up in full and we anticipate no problem this year He is confident the team will be alright finan cially noting the good fan support they have gotten Kids cop classic game sink AHS teachers 167 Students won the fourth annual Toilet Bowl a football classic last Thursday marking the first time the Grade 13s have been victor ions in the event They defeated a game teachers squad for the win Ford Alton got the first dent scare on the opening series raising suspicions the game would be a rout The teachers however came back strong led by the run of Rick Quar terback and principal Dean Fink was heard to remark this Is hard work for a fat man as play heated up in the second half scored the first teacher touchdown to put them back in contention but Fred Allen took the pigskin for the clincher with only minutes left to play A possible scoring drive by the teachers was snuffed by an interception in the closing minutes The game was played on M Bennet field and at tracted a small crowd of on lookers and a team carrying plumbers helpers Playing for the students were Don Coats Matt Mark Beaton Brad Buch anan Barry Cliff John Hogenbirk Rick Van Fleet Steve Schu bert Fred Allen Bruce McPhail Mark Morrison Don Webster Bill Manes Dave Berry and Ford Alton Acton High School staff were represented by Dean Fink Lyn McLaren Rick Boychuk Wayne Bridle BUI Coats Brian Dowries Ken Ellis Clare Henderson Evan MacDonald Rick McArthur Ross McGlIl Wally Rowley Boris Shean Brian Skerrett Murray and Paul SOME CHEERLEADERS ARE cuter than other cheerleaders but this is really too much Peter Zions dressed up to cheer for the grade Animals in their annual football game with the teachers