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sports and recreation One and Sixth Year No Acton Wednesday Juno Second Section ma ili m m urn TriCounty Squirts sweep seasons first games Harvey Firestone Aclon Frank Daley Roes Into his In Industrial ball action Sunday at Prospect Park Acton Transmission squirt bays have swept the first three games of the season in TnCounly action With lopsided scores the town team beat rural twice and 163 and once by a margin Frank Katstlleris and Scott Williams shared the chucking duties for the win together they fanned average of 13 batters per match was the latest victim That team fell Prospect Park Thursday Craig Cadenhead led the host hitters with a homer two triples a single and a double Haytcr connected for a double Single hits camo off the bats of David Rob Murray Jason Henderson and Williams Acton ran up 16 runs on seven hits from Haytcr John Van Dam and Car In stripping of Yaroschok connected for a grand slam plus asolohomer a double and three singles Greg Leathcrland was another slugger for the squirts He smashed a home run Van Dam had a double plus three singles David Hinz also had three singles Single hits came off tho bata of Paul Campbell Shown Met Murray and Williams Transmission squirts suffered their first taste of defeat during the Guelph ball tournament on the weekend Stratford swamped however the local squirts took in a previous game Against Stratford Hinz produced a homer plus a single Van dam hammered out two singles while Cadenhead managed a solo boomed out a homer triple double and single against while doubles came from Leathcrland and Van Dam He also had two singles as did and Cadenhead rolld up three singles while solo came from Williams Murray and In earlier exhibition play Acton goosed with runs AB atoms victory Acton A atoms marked up first victory of the season against Sunday Tho atoms dumped the visitors on the chucking of Jamie Lowrie He fanned Ponsonby batters and connected himself with a triple sackcr with bases loaded Teammate Geoff Burton s second inning hit permitted to score a run Burton went on to cross the plate himself as did Todd Robbie Troy Winters Dwayne Swartz Greg Waller and Jason Piper The atoms lost their first two outings of the season a clincher to Eramosa and a decision to In the action Geoff Burton took to the mound for the first time He set down eight batters A triple smash by Swartz brought home Waller Burton and Mark Manuel for Acton scores Mike Shannon Burton and Jim Wheeler crossed the plate during the loss to Bants win Mackenzie Build All bantam boys swept two games from Strabane in Tn County ball action last week Under the pitching of Bruce Canary the local squad goosed by ten runs on June With Ian Paul on the mound six days later Acton won Next home gome Is June whcnPuslinchishcre slaughter lack of players contributed to the landslide 1 loss to the Acton Restaurant in TriCounty play June Midgets show improvement hand Gait a 64 setback Ys Men challenge After the first few games of the Inter county Midget Boys Fastball League season Ed In were sitting with a one win and three loss record Coach Dan felt his team would have to stop making the mental errors if tjiey were going to win the Ontario B Cham plonship they were after This week they showed the necessary Improvement that they will need to attain their goal They played a solid defensive game Monday night at Prospect Park as they built up an early lend over Gait and then held on to record a much needed win There was a noticeable improvement over last game commented following the contest we only left two men on base Arbic was extremely pleased with the play of Brian Wong at the third base corner Wong has been away at school and made his first start of the season for the In n outers on Monday playing a solid defensive game and belting out a pair of hits Including a triple and picking up a walk in four times to the plate Dave Wilson earned the victory from the mound for the local side getting help from Roy Spear In the sixth Inning Ed built up a lead In the bottom of the inning as Wong walked and Spear reached on error Pitcher Wilson helped his own cause by a double to bring the runs across the plate A Gait run in the second brought them to within one but in the bottom half of the in the exploded with three more as Tim Baker and Chris crossed the plate on Wong triple Wong added the third run of the Inning as a defensive lapse by Gait allowed the fleet footed Wong to cross the plate on the same ploy Aftcrascorelesslhirdlnning Gait go tone back in the fourth to pull back to within three at but leod off single in the torn of the fifth by Pul Nolan turned into Acton last run as Roy Spear picked up an run batted in RBI A walk and back to back base hits brought Gait back to within a pair In the sixth and marked the end of pitcher Wilson mound duty for the InnOutcrs as Spear came on to strike out the first two batters he faced to get the locals out of the Inning After a scoreless seventh the game was calledwhenaGaltpIayerwaaejected With no replacements remaining on the bench the win was Aclon in eight Innings Instead of the scheduled inlne Over the game Acton picked up their six runs on hits while making no errors Gait scored four times on ten hits but made two Are you up to it Tho Acton Y Men Club plans a special kind of race through the town during Back to Acton Days Men member Ed describes the event as a biathlon a com bum lion bicycle and foot race know many people run in town said This will add the skill of bicycling How It work The distance has yet to be set however the proposed route goes into all neigh Therewlll be four check points Racers will be in teams of two parent child all male all female and mixed divisions Each team will start with one cyclist and one runner From the start at tho arena to the first check point the biker will cycle and the Competitors must be 12 or older Children less than years of age must have permission of the organizing committee in order to compete There Is a entry fee if racers ore registered prior to June 20 The fee doubles afterwards In the race parents can challenge the r children or the other way round In the other groupings there are age categories 17 2534andover35 years Registration will be held at the arena for the next few Saturdays from a m until noon For more Information call Ed at A determined Mark Robertson scored solo run for Ihe host learn His efforts at base running prevented the whitewash Kevin Lobbing went the distance on the mound for the He chilled ten Brookvlile hitters Brad Demonc and led Acton with four hits each Jeff White Spencer Smith and Chris Cooney connected for three each while Randy and Craig Coltson counted two each Single hits came from David Ruse Steven Parker and Mike Cunningham The team is looking for support from friends and parents when they host at Prospect Park at tonight Hammonds sews up Hammond Sewing Service trounced Emily Natural Foods In Grass hopper Ball play at Mann Park on June The bats were hot for sluggers on both sides Bryan slammed a homer plus three other runs for Hammonds Other Hammond hitmen were Jeremy Marsh with four plus Graham Ruse and David with a home run each Outstanding for Emily team came from Ryan Brain with two homers and two other hits Three runs each were contributed by Kimberley Kyle Thompson Michael Vlietstra and Jeonette She and Allen Widish turned in other single home runs Sarent and Jennifer Lee con nected for single runs in the second and fourth frames for Emily s Desmonds invincible so far Desmonds edged out Milton Green world Sunday to remain undefeated after five games in Condo Baseball League action Sunday In other action was blown from the park by Jug city also on Sunday That tally was In a Friday Foberts shaded Ridley Firemen 10 Desmonds nosed out the Milton squad on the strength of Tom grain seventh inning homer which won the game Other Desmond scorers were Mike Mattoks Joe and Doug Luck with one each Stan Clarke and Ray Russian shared the mound duties for the victory while Karl Spencer and John Galling took the loss Milton scorers were Colin Gall Local trio in race Three Acton runners have signed up for the third annual Mayor s Road Race In Georgetown this Sunday Recreation department organizers arc hoping more Acton runners will Join David Slaney Mary Jane Lee and Lee Scott for the race The Mayor Road Race starts and finish at Gordon Memorial Arena on Highway 7 in Georgetown The races begin m In the 5 km race a trophy will be awarded to the first place male and female In each category medals to second and third place in each category addition a trophy will be awarded to the youngest and oldest competitor and the first male and fe male overall to complete the race All to complete the race will receive a certificate Anyone wishing to register for this event can do so at the Recreation Office at James Street Georgetown or the Municipal Office 40 Mill Street Acton Nearly everyone In a Jug City uniform crossed home plate when they humiliated Bovis by runs Fred Lockerbie led the sprint homo by crossing the plate no less than five count em five times Lindsey Kennedy and BUI Manes scored four runs while Mike Manes Bob Doyle and Bill Clarke had three Bob Knight had a pair and Bob Raines and Fred Landry settled for one run each On the side there were two runs from Wayne Munro and singles from Mike OLeary Ed Leather land and Grant Kara Bill Manes controlled the game from the mound for the city slickers Rick Smith and Brian Canary shared the loss Over to Friday when goosed the Firefighters with one run by BUI Gllles Tom Chesney pitched the two hitter while Dick took the loss The win by Foberts moves them into a tie for third with Ridley Firemen Foberts meets Desmonds Sunday Friday Jug City takes on Milton In Sunday play Desmonds will meet while the firefighters will try against Bovis League playoff and Individual trophy winners were honored Friday evening at the annual Bowling Banquet The Partridges took the bantam title with coach John Dunn earning coach of the year honors Team members Included Steven Johnson Chris Graham Ruse and David Deforest Spaces at Sport camp There still spaces set aside for local children and youths In the Acton Sport and Fitness Centre which promises to keep the kidsgongaliday The Acton centre part of the Hal ton Hills Sporl3 and Fitness School willbeloc at the High School Mike one of three physical education teachers running the centre says the kids will be kept active by playing baseball volleyball wrestling swimming tennis and other sports The threeweek on August Right now there are about spaces re maining for local children The Acton centre Is for children who are In grades vo to eight Parents may drop the kids off at the school at a a m and pick them up at 4 pm Children must bring their lunch how ever McMahon indicated that the lunches are supervised Not everyday is spent at the high school Once per week the kids will be bussed to the of Guelph for Individ ual activities said McMahon Applications for the camp can be had at the recreation departments office in the building on Mill St or by tele phoning the Ha Hon Board of Education at The Halton Hills Sports and Fitness School started last year Acton children then had to be bussed to Georgetown This ear there is the use of the high school Family Cleaners were the playoff champions of the Wednesday night ladles bowling league Front re Betty Back row Jeffrey 1 Joanne Luck and Drug Mart were the league champions for the Wednesday Night Ladles bowling loop Front row left to right Judy van Cheryls DaPonle and Sue Mellon Linda Perkins and Mary Anne