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Wednesday May 1978 Year No Second Section Lawrence blanks Caterers as Electricians get first win Bryan Lawrence hurled a IS strikeout shutout to give Halton Hills Electric their first win of the Industrial soft ball season a laugher over Halton Hills Catering In other Industrial play last week the Caterers suffered their fourth straight loss when they fell 164 to Sports Cleaners needed a four run seventh In ning to get a 54 win over Halton Hills Electric and Vans Welding edged Station Hotel to their first loss of he year Two runs in the first were all the Electricians needed to win their contest with the Caterers Preuter opened the Inning with a single followed by a walk to Terry Cole They were driven home on singles by Dave and Doug Ford Big Inning for the winners was the third which saw them net nine runs to break the contest open They sent twelve batters to the plate and collected nine hits Baus who went four for five In the game tripled and singled In the inning Losing pitcher Ken struck out six but allowed 19 hits Jim Cole hit for the for JT Sports in their win aver Caterers getting a single double triple and home run and scoring four times After a scoreless first in put three across to start the second on three hits and a walk They added two more In the fourth before the Caterers could manage a score The Sportsmen added three more runs in the fifth five In the sixth and three in seventh to complete the rout Winning pitcher Gar doner whiffed five Caterers while Ken Hunen duplicated the feat for the losers The only big Inning for the Caterers in gome was the sixth when the game was already out of reach Two walks then a by gave them three runs with none out but the rally failed there Family Cleaners fell behind Hills Electric in the sixth and were in danger of losing their first of the year when they broke loose for four runs to grab the win The Electricians went out In front In the first inning then slowly pulled away with Merchants bats explode locals earn two easy wins EDDIE WILSON GAVE IT all he had but popped up to the first baseman in atom boys action last week Acton teams are doing well in the first few weeks of Halton rural Softball action this season Acton Merchants picked up a pair of easy wins in last week Georgetown Industrial softball action as they trounced the Sportsmen 2 and Both games were called after five innings Norm Topping was on the mound for May win over the Sportsmen striking out five and walking only one Norm Topping was on the mound for the May win over the sportsmen striking out five and walking only one Neither team counted a score in the first Inning of that game but Acton took off with four runs in the second all coming on a combination or three walks and five singles Nine Merchants batted In the frame They added nine more scores In the next inning on two triples a double eight singles and one walk Four more runs In the fourth Just added Insult to the Sport amen injury Terry Mosaics was the big bat for Acton in the game collecting a pair of triples and a single Every player on the team scored at least once In the contest Twohitter by highlights trio of bant wins Acton bantam boys ran their Hornby Acton IB to IS record to 30 Halton rural in the first game but Mark play last week taking a home Duval first home run of the and home series from Hornby season was enough to give by scores of and l and Acton the win Mark and Vermeulen shared the Sabres need exec to work all year HERE S THE PITCH Bruce Canary struck out the side in inning of last week s boys softball contest with Glen Williams He ran into trouble in the second allowing two runs Acton Sabres are on the verge of folding according to the executive and their problem has nothing to do with money Financially they got through this season in pretty good shape due to backers and fan support even though they did not have a major sponsor The problem they face Is that they do not have enough people willing to work on the executive year round One member of the executive said a lot of people see the hockey season from Septem to March For the tive it Is year round He pointed out Bill Campbell Is working with the league to set the 197879 schedule this week A six or seven member executive can run a team he said The club needs to spread out the workload If anybody Is Interested in working for the club they are welcome to come out to the arena tomorrow at Bill Campbell has to know by next week If the club will be operating next season Squirts squash Omagh Squirt boys opened their minor season with a win over lost Tuesday In rural softball play Eddie Wilson Kevin Lob- singer and Bruce had good performances for the winners pitching chores for the win Acton scored twice In the first inning of the rematch on hits by Tim Baker Duval Vermeulen and Tony Shep- They played a tight defensive game to hang on and win Rob Vermeulen pitched an outstanding game allowing Hornby just two hits In a seven Inning game a rare occurence in bantam ball Acton bats were booming when the team faced as they nicked the losers for IB hits while Vermeulen allowed Just seven striking out nine in his win Gord Thompson Tim Evans and played solid defensive games to back up Vermeulen s pitching Duval connected for his sec homer of the season this with a man on The team played well even though they were forced to play with a 12 ball when they have practiced and played wlthanll ball Bants face Lowville at home this Thursday The win over came on a four hit pitching performance by Frank Daley who whiffed eight in the game the side on strikeouts in I he second inning Four runs in the second were all Acton needed to get the win as batters managed to consistently hit the long ball Merchants out or their 11 hits collected seven for extra bases Merchants added to their four run burst in the second with two in the third two In the fourth and one mora In the fifth before the game was called Daley was on the end of a count May when Fobert Flyers of Georgetown took the Merchants In a very close game Acton took an early 10 lead but fought back and tied it In the fourth put together a couple of hits and a few Acton errors to grab 1 lead A triple by Danny Fields followed by a roundtripper off Stand bridge s bat gave Acton back he lead in the sixth but errors plagued them in the bottom of the Inning as rallied for three runs The Merchants have a won lost record of 2 as or Sunday A few Merchants have been on the injury list including pitcher Chuck with a sprained ankle and Bob Jarre with a shoulder and thumb injury They are ex back In action next week Georgetown Chrysler Yankees arc in town tomorrow evening at m In Prospect Park The chants ore hoping for some good crowd support at the game a single score in the after the Cleaners tied it In the third Two runs in the seventh gave the Electricians a 1 lead and it looked like they had the game sewn up Seven hits and a walk later they found themselves on the wrong end of the count and were unable to get their advantage back In their half of the eighth Bryan Lawrence was the losing pitcher sending seven men down swinging and one walk Winner Ken Pilgrim whiffed one batter and walked none Vans Welding had Station Hotel down 145 going Into the last half of the last inning but the Station squad made it close with a seven run out burst that brought them with in two before It faltered Vans netted three in the first half of the Inning but the comfortable margin was lost as Station came back with two in their half of the frame on a home run by John Dunn which drove in Larry Ciglen A grand slam home run by Ladies win two in Halton league Ron gave the Welders back their safety margin In the third Bruce Don Lawrence and Gary Copeland each connected far single before Until their nearly fulrallyinlheelghtn the best Station could do was a a Ingle score in the fifth and a pair in the sixth on a tworun Jeff Ing is With the loss Station dropped into a tie for third spot with Sports al though they have a gome advantage Family Cleaners and Vans Welding share the top spot at six points apiece and Hills Electrics win over Hills Cater ing lifts them over the Caterers and into fifth spot in the standings Standings Family Cleaners Vans Welding Station Hotel JT Sports II Electric Catering Acton Family Cleaners Ladles team have begun their first season in Ladles play with a bang taking a 62 win from Glen Will ia ma May and on I win over Hornby May The Indies dropped their first game of the season to Georgetown Carol Harlow handled pitching duties in the win striking out nine and allowing just six hits In the seven In game Three Acton runs crossed the plate In the first Inning as the Acton ladies connected for five hits Single scores the third and fourth Innings added to their margin while three more In the sixth f off their scoring The ladies managed 19 hits In the game Hornby only score came in the last half of the seventh and final Inning Harlow and Heather shared mound duties in the win over the Glen women Three bits In the second Inning gave Acton a 3- lead which the Glen closed to without a hit in their half of the inning Linda Cork urn drove in Judy Piper in the third to get an insurance run and three more hits In the sixth Inning ran their score to 61 Linda George singled for Glen Williams in the bottom of the sixth and scored on two errors to account for the other Glen score Rec lacrosse registration The Recreation Lacrosse League is holding a reglstra tlon Monday at 8 m in the arena The registration fee is Rec department grants Halton Hills Recreation years the playground department has received dance has been very low in Experience grants these rural playground sites totalling for this years The Playmobile will visit summer programs Glen Williams public school To better accommodate the Norval Community centre needs and desires of children Plnevlcw and department has designed program called Alive through Adventure The half day program will focus on nature and adventure with par tlclpants encouraged to pursue their own interests at their own speed The program will be of In Acton at the new high school in Georgetown near the high school and In at the community centre The department re ceived a grant for for this program A new idea in the summer recreation program will be the travelling playground the The van will be equipped for children to 12 years of age and will visit five rural areas spending one day a week at each site In past leadership training and Entering Its first summer la students who have been hired placement on sites for a Ihe playshop The for the summer Fees and minimum of 100 hours during program has been run budget money will be used for the remaining six weeks An through the winter with a supplies and other expenses advanced program will be de- very successful turnout A which occur during the signed for those who took part grant of was received by summer In the training last year the department for the Graduates from the course The program Is who demonstrate good designed for three and four Recreation branch office has leadership qualities will be year olds and will be held at announced grants totalling eligible to attend the pre- the Acton Scout hall for summer youth selection for summer leader These four grants will be employment In the Central held in February used to cover wages for Ihe West region atoms win two David Paul was a one man second shot with the bases In a game which saw Acton bringing films puppet shows tornado for the atom empty earned them their take a decision other special events Construction atom boys as he fourth run in the fourth inn- The Construction along led them to two wins in as tog Adrian Greenwood atoms are coached by Bob The leadership develop- many tries going five for five followed Paul a blast with a Paul and Bruce Cargill j walk and was brought around Players on the team are score the capper Michael Baker Chris Gervals Sean Fit Paul went three for three David Paul Adrian against Hornby May with Greenwood Craig a a triple and a Cadenhead Bob Murray single Peter added a Evan Hayter Scott Williams pair of and Alex Michael Williams Alex socked a round tripper Shean and David drive and work out of the A grant for 180 was awarded for this program The playmobile will also be used as a resourcemobile for the other summer activity sites During the summer they will visit playgrounds adventure sites and day camp ment program In Acton and Georgetown received games from the Ministry for supervisor expenses this He opened his season by summer The program hitting two in two which is in lis second year Is at bats May against Lime- for teenagers 13 years and house driving In three runs over The programs offers with his first to guarantee the two weeks of theoretical atoms His PATTY McCLURE placed eighth of sixteen in the midget girls discus Saturday at the regional track and field meet in It was not one of her better throws but if she had thrown as far as she did in the Halton Peel meet she would have for Kingston Larry Kurtz tailed to qualify in the pole vault