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sports and recreation One Hundred and Sixth Year Number 7 August 27 Second Section Wednesday Whatever happened to A good reporter my journalism in was telling us one day in Journalism school always follows up on his stories So being the good journalist that I am I have decided to let you know what has happened to everyone I ve reported on in my column Let see now the first masterpiece was back In May I reported on racism in the Minor Hockey Association They want parents to coach manage direct etc his son or daughter and I asked since when does the word parent mean male The amendment didn go through and we have to wait and sec whether any girls try out for alia tar hockey I also reported on an upcoming CAHA meeting Weil that meeting took place and as you all know body checking was banned for level and below Then I mentioned Terry Metcalf chocolate brown Thais a Porsche He still has it I haven t got one yet Finally I asked the Acton Figure Skating Club to stop picking on me I can t help it if there a lot more hockey going on In the winter than figure skating Well I can beat that I got a com plaint this summer that there was too much baseball and not enough soccer in the paper Then I got a complaint within hours of the soccer complaint thai the headlines In County and Hal ton Rural reports t big enough Made my day Back to follow ups The next column was about the ten club unequivocal cooperation with the recreation department This year Well the rec department came through with flying colors The tennis courts a Christmas green and red are now resurfaced and everybody lived happily ever after June and Big Ethel is released into Kelso Lake with a cheque waiting for the first person to hook her But it collected until lByearold Rob of Hamilton hooked Ethel on July29atl0am He and a friend had been fishing for three hours before they caught her My profile on Gary DeBruyn I hope brought all the good work he s done into focus He was up for Ha Hon Hills sports builder of the year but lost out to Georgetown Herb Robinson Ray Mueller is continuing his cycling career We had a report on his progress last week He wag eligible for the Ontario Summer Games held In Peterborough last weekend but only In the 16yearoIdand under category Mueller turned 17 this sum disqualifying him for the Games The last column was about fitness and Participation Fitness The Facta program They finally sent me their Information kit a week too late naturally But 1 got a nice poster out of It Oh yeah I m stilt sitting Trojans love New York by Paul Nolan The Acton Soccer Club returned from their weekend in Lockport Sunday sporting a couple of wins and couple of crutches They spent weekend embroiled in six soccer games with their American Is a city of about north east of Buffalo New York At approximately six in morning Saturday two buses loaded with soccer players and supporters left Acton Three teams the bantam the Foxes girl team parents were on them The action started soon after the Acton club arrived with all three teams scheduled to play Acton bantam boys who have been in their league this year gave a de finite indication of better play to come with a well fought out opening match ending in a 3 draw Acton goals were scored by Tom Pop his brother Scott and Simon who tied the game in the final minutes The Acton traded punches with for the entire second game but were defeated on two secondholt penalty kicks The final gameof the day proved to be the most exciting of the tournament The Junior Trojans undefeated In regular league play this year took to the field against an intimidating squad many of whom were well into their second decade But the Trojans took a surprising 30 lead on goals by Dave Entwhislle Derek Hodg son and Paul Nolan The Americans rallied with three of their won to tie the game With the game winding down Acton netted his second goal of the game and the Trojans held on to win On Sunday the bantams continued the hard fought battle with Acton dropping the game 4 3 The lost it off a late free kick George Gidman picked up two goals for Acton with Ager booting home a penalty kick The Acton Foxes out for revenge played a tough gome and had the contest within their grasp throughout the They tied it 2 after Laurie Biff is scored two goals The Trojans In the final match of the weekend emerged unbeaten trouncing Lockport Greg Maltby scored a pair of goals with netting the third The excellent play of the tournament war enhanced by the officiating of Acton Alct Colin and Richard Kilpa trick According to coaches Carole Saxon John Wright Cyril and Brian Saxon the exhibition games were on undeniable success Funds for the expenses were raised by a recent garage and bake sale along with an extra si donated by the Acton Soccer Club Executive Hills crests from councillor Ed Wood pennants and team posters from the Toronto Blizzard as well as leather key cases from were presented to the Lockport players The trip was organized by alt coaches and their wives The Lockport club plans to travel to Acton for a return engagement sometime this fall Ed note Paul Nolan is an Acton High School student and plays on both the Tro jans and the bantam squads Vans at the bat by Diana Kallmann The ticked rhythmically Gaii time was getting closer Members of the Van Welding ball club were going through their routine tossing the ball back and forth back and forth Team captain Robin Inscoe looked around him The team looked loose he thought Good They had a job to do and do It well Objective get the out of last place and contrary to all reports make the Inscoe spotcd the dreaded enemy on the other side of the diamond at Prospect Park Station Hotel the team not the establish ment which holds the coveted postion for which Van s was drooling fourth place the final playoff spot the last frontier Sure sure had tied up first place a long time ago And jumped into second leaving Firestone Oldolks In third So what Fourth Is where it at Lonely Sure sure Van wasn alone in lost place They are tied with Hills Electric points apiece But It s lonely at the bottom Then It time The umpire called play ball Inscoe hitched up his pants straightened his cap and took his place at first base So do the rest of the team Dennis is up to plate first and stares Into the steel eyes of Dennis Kirton Kir ton sent him walking Dave Allen was thenextvictim Whack He batted a single Whack Mike Miller hit a single before Jamie Morris grounded out Larry King met the same fate but wait Whoosh LcFabvrecrossedtheplate Whoosh again Allen Kirton sacked the next runner and it Van turn to bat down But Van s Welding has been in tighter spots before And they 11 be in more before this game Is through Shortstop Gary Pickles picked up the bat andslowly stealthily walked to home plate He glanced out at the field calculated where he was going to put the first hit He walked Ground Out Karl was next Karl Karl yells the crowd He grounded out took his stance awing and crack He battered a single But while teammate Dave Mills was busy swinging at strikes Kirton was tagged trying to steal third Crime pay for Kirton at least but Pickles did reach home Mills is out Inscoe reached first but Dave Piehl is batting back at home End of the inning with a 1 score Shadows fell over the park It was getting dark but Van notice Already the topoftheslxth and they were still down Alright so there was memorable run In the third and Kirton made It to third on stolen bases but was left on board after Mills and grounded out And then in the fourth Bill ham a single and later reached home after a double by Dave Piper That tied the game 3 after belted a homer in he third Station Ahead But didn t Station go ahead in the fifth with two more runs by Allen and King Come on guys Let s hold them Let keep them off the board yelled Van as they took to the field in the sixth But LeFabvre stepped up to bat again and was sent walking Allen slammed a double while Miller took his base This brought round to home for the sixth run Von a was up and down In the sixth with only one single by They were still down by three but they held Station in the seventh with a couple of fly outs Then Van stepped up to bat in the seventh ready to make their move Killing Continued on Safe or our An unidentified Ac Urn RestaurantChicken and Spot tournament team player lags an Elmlra runner at third during the playoff game last week at Prospect Park The Acton team made up of both TrlCounty and Rural squads won he game coming back from a deficit The series Is even now one game apiece The final gome goes next Wednesday September 3 report Peewees tie series The Acton Restaurant Chicken Pizza Spot pec wee boys did it the hard way last Wednesday August at Prospect Park when they overcame a deficit after innlngs of play to down The victory even the scries one game apiece since they lost the first game In Elmira The peewee coaching staff Ray and Doug Lobsingcr and the manager of the OASA pntry Steve Ormsby all agreed it was a team effort that lead to the victory Acton runs were all scored In the last three innings as Heath Norton Ted Mike Ormsby and Kevin Lob crossed the twice Jeff White had a single Acton Chicken and Pizza Spot went to the bench on two different occasions Juggled the pitching duo of Nor ton the eventual winner and and were given a boost as White Morrisctte Spencer Smith Mitchell Chris Cooney reached base pads throughout the game The winning run In the seventh Inning came after Acton loaded the bases drew the walk and Morrlsettc scored Norton pitched well for six Innings hold Elmira to five runs In the seventh Lobsinger stepped in attempting to the win for Norton But came out swinging and had the game tied quickly Norton returned to chucking duties but got into trouble walking the first two bat tors he faced Lobsingcr was called In again and stalled drive by striking out one slugger while others grounded out and hit fly out The scries continues next week with the takes final final and deciding game Wednesday Sept 3 in Acton Restaurant Chicken and Pizza Spot will be all out tor this match since the winner of the series will represent zone one in on OASA To That tournament is scheduled for tht weekend of September and 14 in Ontario Eds face Brookville Ed In N Out Midgets return to county pluoffs tonight Wednesday after facing Ingcrsoll in the second round of the Ontario Amateur Softball Association playdowns Ed split the first two games with a 14 II victory for Acton on Thursday and a defeat Monday nigit at Prospect Park The final game was played last night Tuesday with results unavailable In Monday game Denis Kirton started out on the mound for Acton with Dave Wilson stepping In during the fifth inning Ed jumped Into the lead scoring three runs In the first second and third frames Gord McArthur Roy Spear and crossed the plate for the runs came back with a run in the third They took over tho lead in the sixth scoring two runs in the fourth fifth and sixth Innings each Ed meanwhile had added a pair of runs In the fourth by Hick Greenly and Paul Campbell and a single in the fifth by Mark Duval making It for Duval touched home again in the seventh with the final run coming from Tim Baker in the eighth But Ingrrsoll clinched the came with a Playoffs start tonight The Oldtimers and take to the lighted diamond in the first round of Acton Industrial Fastball playoff action tonight TheseriesBtartaate On Monday afternoon the Oldtimers and continue with their best of three game bout and the other semi final contest I rcadom against Station Hotel gets under In the game of regular season play first place shaded second finishers Construction Sunday Last Wednesday finished off eel ler dwellers Hills Electric jumped into a 4 1 lead early dur ing Sunday encounter with and never had to look back Dave Boycott Lloyd Small wood Dan and Randy Takeda each scored runs In the third frame s was one of his three including a homer during the game Boycott tallied for a single run in the fourth In spite of the loon to of Smnllwood from In the fifth frame Unisal failed to muster much offence Just throe HaltonRural report hits Right fielder Bill parlled a walk Into a walk home in the second Inning Rick Coc and Small wood managed to earn trips home for Unisal In the fifth and Ken Pilgrim stole home on an error to the third bagger Campbell and Takeda shared the mound for while Pilgrim took the loss Wednesday action saw ex plodc for six runs in the fifth inning Doug Ford Lloyd Dave Boycott Bob Utile Al Hall and Ken Paisley each Inked runs for Paisley and Rick McArthur brought home the bacon in earlier innings Hills Electric left 14 men on base during the encounter Short stop Steve Townsley was the first Electrician to touch home plate Ken ren and Ted finished off the scoring in the eighth frame There is a 12team tournament In the works for the weekend of September The banquet is slated for October Nellis upset in final Can winter be far behlndT The Acton B hockey team put of the training program The Sabres are getting In gear for has started their dry land training getting In for up- coming 1908l season Pushup at Prospect Park la it Wednesday Ncllls Construction atom boys fell behind In their best two of three championship Thursday when they dropped a decision to Glen Williams In Rural action Shawn took the loss for Acton de spite his excellent chucking efforts Win pitcher for Glen Williams wsb Charlie Hancock Jeff Fuller scored first run of the game in the opening frame belting a home run for while on the mound kept the Glen off the scoreboard struck out Paul Glass grounded out and Jamie Lowrio was caught on the fly ball It was the same story f In the second Inning as Jamie Worth man fanned Chris Lindsay grounded out and Danny McLcanstruckout Glen also failed to score In their half of the second but Hancock did bat a single while Kyle Wheeler reached base on a ball John Katsllllcris was sent walking in the third frame and reached third with stolen bases but he was left on board after Hancock fanned Jason Campbell and Paul A single hit by Dryden in the fourth still enough and by end of the fifth Acton failed to score again Glen WlUlams did get on tho scoreboard however with two runs In the fifth inning Glen Dean batted a single and was knocked in by a homer from Greg McEachem The game ended 2 1 Construction was downed tost night Tuesday by Glen Wiluarro picked up the OASA trophy as zone champions couple of runs In the seventh and eighth In Thursday game the story was reversed with Ingersoll taking a short lived lead by the bottom of the fifth and Spear scored Acton fl three runs between them started losing ground when they failed to score in the sixth inning while Tim Evans did Then In the seventh Ed ex ploded in their usual style scoring five runs and overtaking Greenly Kirton Wilson Tom Shannon and Evans all touched home rallied In the eighth scoring three runs momentarily taking the lead But Ed had the game all sewn up with five more runs in the ninth making It a 1411 finale Greenly with his second run Duval Kirton with his third Spear with third and Tim Baker tallied for Ed s Wilson began the game on the mound with relieving him In the sixth Tonight back in action Ed meet ousts bants McKenzie bantam boys suffered a serious setback last week after being from the playoffs by Eramosa They still get to play however intheOnt Amateur Softball Association OASA playdowns thanks to a victory over Thursday First the bad news McKenzie won the first game of the series with a score Friday in Rock wood but came back Saturday night with a 104 victory In Friday game Acton took a threerun lead with Paul Carglll Ted Lindsay and Bruce Canary reaching home Rick Dodds belted a homer In the top of the third knocking in Paul CargiU and Brian Canary replied with a single run by Ian In the bottom of the third But chucker Bruce Canary held They scored two more runs on only seven hits during the remaining four Innings Troy Prentice touched home after banging a single in the fourth and Alex Weir crossed the plate after taking bis base Other came from Drew Wheeler Duffield Randy Coverdalc and Dave McKnight Acton score In the final four Innings either with allowing only two hits a single by Canary in the fifth and a double by Gary White In the seventh commanded most of Saturday game They took a 30 lead by the bottom of the first and Coverdale were driven in by a homer from Troy Prentice before Wheeler made it four after belting a single Coverdale run in the second added to the lota Acton came back with White and Chris scoring in the third Cargill touched home after batting a double in tho fourth to make It midway through the game But slipped away from scoring a run in the fourth another in the fifth and three In the sixth Wheeler rounded the bases in the fourth Coverdale Prentice and Lush scored the other runs The bantam final run came in the fifth when White batted a triple A single by Brian Canary drove him in The bantams ran away with Thursday OASA match In A four bagger by Dodds started things off In the second inn ing knocking in Bruce Shannon Lindsay and Bruce Canary also reached home bat ting a double and a single Hespelcr suffered a further setback when Acton burst with six runs In the fourth White Brian Canary Lindsay Bruce Canary and all touched home finally got on the scoreboard with two runs In fifth but Acton only re plied with six more runs In the sixth Inning Tho Canarys Shannon Gibb and Chris Hicks all reached home be fore Shannon waa tagged out at first McKenzleBulldall bantams next game In series Is this week at Prospect Park