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June d Year No Second Section Two Acton teams take trophies in first minor softbail tournament Ac I on played host to their frst minor tourna ment last Saturday and Sun day a tourney which saw five Acton teams reach the finals the atom boys and squirt girls taking championship trophies home The teams clubs from as far away as and consisting mostly of teams from Acton Milton Glen Williams and Lowville The biggest upset of the tourney came when Milton trounced Family Restaurant girls of Acton In their final game The had not lost a game all season and had been up lopsided wins over their competition all year The Acton girls had topped Milton 15 in their first meeting in the tourney going out after two innings and holding on from there They were unable to get their bats loose against Milton pitcher Sandy Moore in the final while the Milton squad jumped on starter Kim White for is runs in the first three Innings before she settled down Acton atom boys managed one of the easiest final wins of the tourney when they walked over J Winning pitcher Peter Cargill whiffed 12 batters in the five inning game vhlle his teammates picked up 14 hits They jumped out front with five runs In the first and four more in the second getting heir final three runs in the fourth scores came on single tallies in the third and fifth Innings Atoms reached the finals with a win over Glen Jams Cargill Has on the mound again Is time homering his own behalf A five run second inning proved to be the difference in the game Bantam boys rallied with four runs in the xth inning but it was not quite good enough as they fell to Low viile in finals action The winners built up a gradual lead off los ng pitcher Bob Vermculen Greenly Mark Duval Vcrmeulen and Evans all scored in the in Top bants el m Era in their opening round play exploding for runs in the third Inning the course of the win The only Eramosa run came in the sixth inning Acton pcewce boys fell to Glen in ho peewee final Glen Williams started out strong taking a lead out of the first The locals lied it up In the top of the third but the Glen ex for five runs in their of the frame to lock the game away Acton topped Eramosa to get into the final round game Squirt boys Larry Shaw p a perfect game for them In the finals not allow ing a single Glen lllams batter to reach base as the squad look the pre viously unbeaten Glen team by a 130 count To get to the finals Glen Williams shaded in a real pitchers duel The only run came as he resull of a walk to the Glen John Veen were leading after three in before their game was called This team last year won all Ontario honors and has kept a number of players from that championship Squirt girls were the w na one gamo that saw them top Hon 21 The girls scored ten times in the third Inning as Betty Lou ford and Tracy Dunbar both belled horn Kim homered In the first for the Atom boys Acton topped Lowville 12 to win the championship They squeaked by Glen in their semi final while Lowville edged Rock wood in another top notch atom contest girls Acton fell 17 7 to Milton in the final after taking them by a is14 count In a semifinal match Acton trounced Lime- house 34 in their other match Nancy George and Kim White each got ngle horn in the game Pee wee boys Glen Williams took Acton 106 with a fast starting at tack that scored eight runs In the first three innings The Glen reached the finals by taking 11 hanks to a four run final nnlng which broke a 77 deadlock Acton blanked 30 to earn a berth in the finals Bantam boy Lowville edged Acton 54 in the closest final game of the Tourney Acton walloped their semi final match getting eight runs n the third also had an easy first round w waltzing past Glen W Hams 134 flan lam girls Lowville had llltic trouble of Milton 13 in the bant girl finale They scored last when they scored four comeback attempt by 11 of their runs In the first runs in the last inning three innings and coasted Milton had a close contest scored times in fromthere The only good in on the way to the edging the last inning for the losers was the Acton desp a four run win aver L mehouse their round game Athlete of year Wrestler Peter was named the first Ha Hon Hills Athlete of the Year at a dinner cosponsored by The Hills Herald and the Georgetown Royal Bank at The Oddfellows Hall in Georgetown Thursday night Fount who won a gold medal in the all Ontario high school championships and a silver medal in the Canadian junior championships in March thanked his coaches Jim Hall of School and Bob McKay and Ray Smith of Georgetown District High after accepting the handsome Royal Bank Trophy from Bill Ward They just kept making you work and work and work he said posted a re markable record on the mats this year as the Rebels made their way to a second place f as team Ontario ERAMOSA S LARRY Shaw pitched a perfect game for them against Glen Williams in the minor tourney held over the weekend at Prospect Park Tourney ran very nearly on time throughout and is considered a success by the Softball executive Ties abound Sunday in industrial softbail play ACTON RAMBLERS wearing sweaters saying took Elmira last Wednesday at the arena A 3 2 win kept them unbeaten in league play Rick in nets was solid for them in the game or the score could have gone the other way as Elmira often held the edge in play Of four industrial softbail games played Sunday two ended in ties as Station Hotel and Hills Catering ployed to on deadlock and Vans Welding and Family Cleaners ended In a JT Sports and Halton Hills Electric met each other twice In the day action once for regular league play and the other time to make up a rained out game c ans took the make up gome easily by a count but the Sportsmen came back to win the rematch with a 12 deci si on and Hills Electric were tied at 3 3 after the first inning of play in their make up game but the electricians dominated the m ddlc frames getting four runs in the second a single tally in the third three more in the fourth and one in the fifth before JIT could man age heir next score Ron Schmidt Dave Allen Ai Gardener and Fred Arch bald crossed Ihe plate for the losers Dave Bousfield led the winners with a four for five day at the plate scoring twice and getting stranded on third two other times Terry Cole Doug Ford Lyle Crawford Brian Law rence Gene and Al Avery scored for the winners A six run fourth inning was responsible for lifting lis Catering into their tie with Station Hotel in second game of the day Station had built up a 7 1 lead at that point Each team scored once more before the game was out Station went out In front with a three run inning in the first getting good mileage out of three hits and two walks Issued by losing Ken Caterers could only man age a single tally in reply in the frame was the lone scorer Station widened their lead In the third with another three runs as Larry Ciglen Jeff Inglls and John Dunn crossed the plate They added one more score Merchant bats boom earn pair of victories to their total in Ihe top of the fourth and appeared to be cleaning up when the Caterers bats broke loose They sent nine men plate getting four hits and drawing three walks Their six runs tied the game at seven and they went in front in the fifth when Terry Curlew doubled and scored Station after leading all the way were not going to let the game get away from them hat easily and they led it up in the top of the seventh on a single by Dunn and a double from Brian Can Family Cleaners blew a big lead as hey went out In front by the fifth inning when Vans Welding put together a five run burst to get back in the game The Cleaners picked up a ve runs themselves in half of the first Bill Fabian connected for a three run triple to cap the scoring coming in himself on a single by Karl Klllingbeck Killing beck was knocked in on a double by Dave Piper but the Cleaners inning ended there They added three more in the fourth before the Welders came unstuck Bag nsky highlighted Welders five run inning with a homcrun which followed three con singles Control of the play changed hands after that as Vans gradually pulled themselves even with the Cleaners A single run in the sixth two more in the seventh and a g one in the eighth led the score at J Sports came back with a vengeance against Halton Hills Electric getting four runs in the top of he first to prove they meant bus The Electricians got back into the contest w th three runs in the third and after JT added their fifth run the next inning the Electricians pulled even with two more runs in the fourth Score was tied at after the sixth inning when the Sportsmen got another big in ning Four runs crossed the plate an three hits and a walk giving them a lead the Electricians could not make Acton Merchants finally broke out of their recent slump picking up two wins against a single loss In Georgetown Industrial fast ball play last week The wins evened their record at 7 7 The Merchants went right after Royal Trust June taking a quick 34 lead but their bats went silent as Royal Trust put runs across to hand Acton their fourth loss In a row The Merchants faced the red hoi Sportsmen the next day and belted hits to squeeze by them They sent men to the plate in the third inning scoring eight runs on five hits and three walks Sportsmen had taken a 30 lead when outburst occur Chuck and Norm Topping shared mound duties in the win Sunday June the Acton team faced in a tough game scoring two runs In theflflh Inn hanging put away l This Saturday at Back to should prove to be a good Frank Daley again pitched a Acton Days the Merchants match superb game but ran into will face Hills The Merchants face North trouble in the top of the Catering in an all Acton Valley Flyers this Thursday seventh and was relieved by exhibition contest at 30 in Prospect Park The Norm Topping who put the lid team is looking for more fans on the game Admission is free and it to back them up Villa and Meteors tie in fast moving contest In another fine Intercounty soccer game Acton Villa held Georgetown Meteors to a 33 lie With both teams playing a good passing fast moving game Acton went into an early lead with goals from Peter a lead which they held until the second half Acton then pulled further ahead when a hard shot from new player John Fletcher could only be parried by Meteors goalkeeper and again Peier was on hand to score from the rebound vlng him a well deserved hat trick Olympia is on top Football Club leads the standings In the Soccer League A division while bracket leads the A group with 10 points followed by the defending champion Meteor with Acton Villa Eagles and Georgetown Silver a Falcons B side 3 Brampton leads the group with points The Meteors B side and are lied for second with B has Rock well Internationa and apiece The league has reached the midway point in the schedule Meteors then came back with a penalty shot goal and a few minutes later some poor covering by the Acton defence allowed Meteors to equalize with a goal headed in directly from a corner In the last 15 minutes of play both learns had excellent scoring chances but with the goalkeepers making several good saves neither team could net the winner Two new players for Acton John Fletcher and showed their ability and will be a real asset to the team The Acton team will be saying farewell to Eduardo Velez an exchange student from Mexico who is leaving Acton to return home next week FIRST PLACE WINNERS at the pools swim meet Saturday were front row Tina BradJng Laurie Turtsher Laurie Fountain Andrea Kovacs Blair and Laurie Book middle row Vicky Vincent Judy Vetricek Bowen and Connie back row BerndKrudwig Andrew Hinkley Craig Maltby Heather Michie Heather Thatcher and Annemarie Krudwig Missing from the picture are John Gary Hinkley and Karen SECOND THIRD AND FOURTH place winners at the indoor swim meet Saturday were front row Doris Kovacs middle row Karen Gordon Sharon Tanny Brading and Susan back row Vince Guy and Brad Youmans Missing was Craig Gordon