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Sports Recreation Wed May 3 Year No Merchants roster set team drops exhibition game Acton Merchants the fast ball team that will be repres enting the town this year in the Georgetown Industrial loop have made their final selections and are optimistic about their chances for the season We will make the playoffs and you can quote me said team manager Ron Why not shoot for the works He feels the pitching staff will be a big help in the team s play pointing out that two of the three pitchers Norm Topping and Chuck have pitched in the Georgetown league before and that Frank Daley old pitched three shut out innings in the Merchants exhibition loss to Milton Sunday If the Merchants had brought a gun and shot Trevor Houston of Milton they would have had a much easier time of it in that game Houston drilled three home- runs in Including a grand slam In the top of the ninth accounting for all eight Milton tallies BUI Routledgc was the big bat for Acton popping a three run down the third base line Backing up Topping Peavoy and Daley in the field and with their bats will be Jim James catcher shortstop Deforest catcher Terry Cole first base Dan Allen first base Terry second base Danny Fields second baseshortstop Steve Marshall third base Don Archibald Gary Wilson Bob and Bill outfield Coach Is Ray Graham Each team in the George town loop is allowed to sign players but the Merchants have held themselves to 15 so for preferring to wait until the Acton Industrial league Is operating to see if any good players emerge there and then try to sign them to the Merchants squad The team is looking for all the support it can get out of the town and the local fans will have plenty of oppor tunities to see the team in action They play games at home most on Thursday evenings plus the games they will play as part of their three game tournament to be held June through IB They have already had good support from local businesses agreeing to act as sponsors Manager Hachey thanked Station Hotel- Van Welding Family Cleaners Sports Nielsen Clothing Restaurant Olympia DriveIn Eds In and Out Acton and Gordon Dawe Real Estate for their support Each merchant bought one or more uniforms for the club at each The team figures umpiring fees for the season will amount to about and they will have to supply five dozen baseballs at a shot for another in expenses They held a fund raising dance April which earned and are planning to hold another August just after their regular season ends The team first made an playing In a few exhibitions in the area and this year they began working out in the gymnasium as early as January have been going on for the last few weeks and said we had to cut some pretty good players In addition to their regular season games and the Acton Merchants Tournament the team is looking into the possibility of playing In other tourneys Including a big one in Exhibition games with Milton Thursday and with Hornby Sunday are planned Thursdays game will be played at Prospect Park Soccer registration good but practice pitches limited EYES CLOSED LAURA still makes the catch at first base Minor Softball teams are practising now in preparation for the upcoming One hundred and sixty four boys hove signed up to play soccer this year with the Acton Minor Soccer Assoc with more to come according to association pre sident Fred Blain A lot of people don attend gymnasium play until they see people ploying soccer out side Then they get moving and Join up themselves he added Five teams will be playing in the Mid Ontario rep league this year and the rest will be divided among the house leagues Choosing rep teams is going to be difficult this year cording to Slain The Board of Education does not want soccer players on the school fields until May is and the starts May giving the local association only eight days to select rep teams and register them with the Halton Soccer Association so they will be able to play in the Mid Ontario league Blain told the Free Press the club will try to use other areas including the areas alongside thp school fields and the Prospect park fields which are a little too small for proper play The facilities at Prospect Park are just a little small You can get a true concept of a team he pointed out So far squirts ages atoms ages 10 37 quitoes ages wecsagesl2 14 bantams ages 14 16 and one junior player have registered insists there arc other Junior B players interested but they haven yet come forward The soccer association is In OH A Ml Buying back is out during regular season by Denis Gibbons Voting delegates at Satur day OHA annual meeting turned down an amendment to the constitution which Alexanders would have allowed teams in opposed on the floor by the Senior A and Major Murray Walker of the Oak conduct penalties sit out two A similar amendment was meeting would allow Chatham a town Barnes defeated at last years annual The practice commonly of to play in the The amendment proposed but the Senior A known around hockey rinks Intermediate category by the Allan Cup champion League acted on its own to buying a player back Is Larry Robertson convener give the rule a trial run in permitted by the during of the OHA Central Junior their group this year Walker the playoffs B League said there Junior A categories to pay a in lieu of having players who receive major mis conduct and game mis ville Blades and Stratford s Herb Parker once a hard hitting defenceman with the old Stratford midgets criticized the OHA executive for allowing the Senior League to act on its own after an amendment had been turned down at the annual Elected to the executive in a man race were Don of Dresden Larry Clark of Bob of Oakville Bud Miller of Caledonia Danny hoping for lights around the field at and are currently looking at prices based on what was Installed at Cedarvale Blain mentioned that Peter Marks Is working with them on the project the club is also looking for a Wintario grant to help them The club believes the project cost them about The club is trying to create an interest in soccer cording to and as part of their effort they will be showing two training films Thursday at McKenzie- and are hoping to get hold of a film from the European Cup champion ships as well for the evening We re trying to create an Interest said In Europe It is similar to the hockey following in Canada Kids have to have idols the way hockey players idolize Hobby Hull or Borje THERESA DUNN WHO last year led the Olympia DriveIn squirt girls to the rural championships is warming up to do the same kind of job on opposing batters this year skater joins Canadian team Parker expressed concern possibility Hamilton and Poland that if the Senior A and of the Golden Horse- Howie Stevenson of Lake- Major Junior A Leagues shoe League will be added to field arc allowed to pay fines in the Central League for next Two former OHA Presi lleuofsuspensions the rest of season Bantam girls winners the OHA categories will Larry of eventually ask for the same took over the presidency from In the first minor softbnll two consecutive fly ball put action of theycar the bantam outs in centre field a rare dents were given special girls coached by Ken Pilgrim occurrence in any game Campbellville skating ace to the drawing board and full Kevin Parker has been in speed ahead which he vited by the Canadian Figure doesn mind in the slightest Skating Association to join he so excited the senior Canadian team Mr Parker added that the competing in France and Germany this summer According to his father Ernie Parker the offer came just at the right lime for whole family is quite happy what with Kevin being a Junior and all and they see Kitchener this as an opportunity for him get his skates wet in senior at world competition will be paying for all his expenses there including hotels food team outits trainers etc Right permission The meeting was one of the mildest in years an lndi cation that teams are either satisfied with everything or have abandoned hope of having anything changed the way the OHA ignores member teams and runs its own show anyway Of the 17 constitutional amendments proposed eight honors Clarence Tubby edged Woods Ladies Schmalz of was industrial women team by named a life member of the IS 12 count last night at OHA and Newmarket Cliff Prospect Park Phillips now vicepresident The game was tied at in charge of minor hockey for after six and half before of Kitchener to 2nd vice- CAHA was presented Acton got their final runs in KQQ president and Jim King of with the OHA Gold Stick the bottom half of the frame Guelph to 3rd vicepresident Award Hugh McLean of London Moving up the ladder were Bill Ruddock of Toronto to 1st vicepresident Pat Doherty The Woods attack was helped by a pair of round trippers off Acton pitchers Patty and Kelly White The bants see action again tonight at the Prospect Park field meeting a bantam team from for another exhibition game Lacrosse executive Winners of the Acton Minor Hockey Club draw for the week of April are as follows no 334 J no G Voss no B Cargill no 352 Badley no Last Kevin liftinghlmupfromthe level international com doldrums after the Canadian petition It not like we re Junior championships in expecting him to win every Winnipeg lost February He thing but it a good was going to take a break but lengeforhlm He can start to with this coming up it back get experience and exposure In ordinary action the score would hove stopped at 13 12 but the teams decided to play out the entire Inning Lori was the Acton minor lacrosse came Sargent Larry Porto and heaviest hitter for the ban Kevlnbbackvorklnfl were proposed by the OHA one step closer to existing last John New tarns belting a three run no 414 J under his usual coach In executive itself Five others week when people showed They are planning to hold homer in the first and going Winner of the bonus proposed by clubs were up at an organizational registrations tonight four for five at the plate over was no Cliff Creasey drawn and one was voted out meeting at the arena Three Saturday at the arena and the course of the game In a Winners of the Acton Minor of order That motion made more were unable to attend are looking for anybody in game in which almost every Hockey 500 Club draw for the by the Stirling Intermediate Members of the minor in lacrosse Boys or body hit Phillips with week or April 15 are as C club wbb Initiated as a lacrosse executive are Bob girls it doesn matter sold a four for five performance follows no G result of the Stirling team s Turkosz Howard Dwyer Ian Turkosz and Cindy who no 3 Lindsay no 277 M loss to Chatham in the OHA Campbell Mike McMahon The executive Is going to went three for five were of Long no Stuckey no semi finals Stirling officials Bruce Sears John see what sort of turnout they tensive standouts 2 t Moss and no T believe that the OHA Povey Ron McKnlght Chris can get Michelle Noble managed Weir The letter informing him of the news was sent out April 27 Kevin will be going to Europe in the summer competing in France from August 16 and in Germany from August Winners of the Acton Minor Hockey Club draw for the week of April 22 are as follows no 150 J Gibson no F Salt no 188 I Kilby no 388 Mrs Paul no Rogers and no Winners of the Acton Minor Hockey Club draw for the week of April are as follows no no L Norton no G Civiero no D Staves no J no A Williams Curling award winners More inside VERBICK KAREN Knickle and Linda Ross hold the Don trophy Ladies curling trophies were presented at a banquet April 20 BANK OP MONTREAL trophy was presented by bank manager Earl Steckley at Saturday evenings curling banquet Winners were front row Glen Gray and Pete Vidler back row presenter Mr Steckley Fred Archibald and Bill Cripps Bev Appleyard and Susan Patrick Phyllis Patrick did the presenting duties