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nairirctrffMimat sports and recreation rim I WEDNESDAY JULY 1981 Second Section One Hundred and Seventh Year No yfUM3g Tri County report Bants capture tourney title as defence has a field day Some strong fielding led the bantams to the championship of the Glen Williams tournament on weekend shutout two opponents and a lowed only one run in the third match to win the championship They nipped in the first game thanks to a homo run by Paul Acton Thompson Fuels of the Hal Ion Rural League suf a loss at their hands in tho second game be fore dropped their hosts Glen Williams to win he championship Spencer Smith Kcvm LobaUiger and Brad were stalwart in the fields Peter Cargiil was strong on first base while Paul Cargiil was steady behind the bats Bruce Canary picked up the win on the mounds The tournament title capped off bantams rcg which wound up Monday night with a victory over Red Canary was on the mounds again whiffing nine batters Chris Cooney also played a good defensive game Paul belted a home run bringing In Bruce for first two runs Jeff White bunted the ball driving in Rhys before crossing the plate himself Steve Canary and Paul scored other runs Atom slugger strikes fear When Paula Montmorency steps up to bat hearts in the pitchers of tri county atom girls start to flutter do Montmorency is the power house behind Tyler Tcdbit continued success in the league Tuesday she had Limehouse quivering In their cleats Tylers bombarded them with de Montmorency banging no less than four homo runs Not satisfied with her efforts Montmorency proceeded to slug another four home runs the following night as Tyler demoralized However Montmorencys victories were not Angela Dunn whipped three homers Tuesday in while Melissa Fab- Ian slugged one four bagger Fabian was pitching her first game of the season allowing only one hit while on the mound Wednesday Sherry and Kelly duplicated Montmorencys feat with four home runs Fabian suffered an injury in between games and will be out for the season She is recovering from a broken arm substalned in a skate boarding drops peewees Acton Restaurant county dropped a decision to last Wednesday night at Prospect Park despite some alert by Ac ton The score was not an indication of the play with the up against a strong team Local runs were scored by Brad In the third inning and Jeff White in the seventh Acton strong kept Rockwood off the scoreboard for the first three innings Then Rockwood scored a single In the fourth and three In the fifth They added two in the sixth for Insurance the first contest Scott was the winning pit belted a double in the second match a losing effort John Van Dam slugged two singles while Craig Cadenhead stroked a triple Van Dam slammed a home run In the third match against Kitchener Shawn and Caden each slugging triples Frank Katsilieris was on the mounds for the win Back in regular squirt action Trans bombarded Thursday in Acton winning 10 Van Dam Him and Rob Murray all belted home runs Doug Wilson stroked a three bagger Cadenhead was the winning Earlier in the month the Transmtssi oners handed a loss July In Prospect Park David banged a triple with singles going to Williams Van Dam Paul Campbell Doug Wilson and Carl Williams and Katsilieris shared the pitching duties whiffing batters between them nip Italton Hills Furniture and Appliances peewee girls nipped Eramosa 1513 Friday In their second vie In a row after downing Puslinch 153 last Tuesday Acton Sean gels tagged at second base by a Hornby player in Rural pee- wee baseball Monday night Hornby beat Acton 130 HaltonRural report Peewees geared for second place Family Restaurant- peewee girls captured an edge in the battle for second place in Rural ball league with a victory over Lowvllle last Tuesday July With only three games left in the regular schedule the peewees are battling it out with Lowville and for second place Hornby issoiidin first Tuesday was especially gratifying for the Restaurant after losing to Lowvllle earlier this season showing significant team improve ment despite fielding eight squirtage players Kim Hagan was the hero of the game With two out In the bottom of a tied seventh lnnmg and run on second and third Hagan belted a homer to deep centre field Shoalso batted four singles earlier in the game Karie Gudgeon was on the mound for the win with 12 strikeouts At bat she had two singles a double and a triple Margie Parker banged a double and a single and had three walks while Tammy slammed two singles a double and two walks Marcia Parker hit a double and de Montmorency Susanne Mellon and Bonnie Watson batted a single each Carolyn Laver stroked a pair of singles while Car four one baggers Tracey Shannon Johnston and Mellon were sent walking Harrison belts homers Acton Optimists split their Rural minor ball games last week blasting Hornby 13 Wednesday In Acton but falling to Limehouse day Jason Campbell was the starting pitcher In Wednesday game with Shawn Dry den taking over midway through the second inning to share tho win David Harrison belted a threerun four bagger in the third Inning Paul Sankey banged off a single and a double Scoring runs were Chad Neil Mike Chris Griggs Charles Campbell Chris Lindsay Mike and Dryden Metros sole owner Harrison repeated his performance In Fridays Stan Whitehead and Tim Wilson game driving in and in the fourth Optimists came back to tie Limehouse with five Inning but Acton was already behind runs In fifth but a seven run sixth for Limc- and Harrison batted singles while slugged a twobagger in the game Wilson belted another homer into the sixth as did Limehouse took the lead in the third inning Billy Jeff Walker and Chris Williams seven runs Including two circuit blowers by battedathrecbaggereach Soccer report Caissie leads Lions Transmtssioners punchy Lack of scoring punch lost the Acton Trans mlssioners a tournament title in Stratford recently Tronsmissloners were tied with Gait and In first place after three tournament games but lost on run difference Saturday July The oners defeated in the first game but lost to Gait in the second They came back to take the third match over Kit chener Hitting superstar was David who banged a triple and a double in the bottom of the seventh of Lee Ann Johnson made several spectacular grabs at while Leahann Jarre at third picked up a third Acton was leading 1 at the end of the third when Jackie who got the only homer of the game crossed the plate for the run was still unable to score and didnt come until the final inning when they drove in six runs all an Acton errors Jenny McDonald and scored the other Acton runs in the fifth Inning By the end of the third inning In Tuesdays game Acton was leading EH Diane Hancock had a homer In the fourth and Diana Dunn belted two more homers In the fifth and sixth Dunn also went the distance on the mound Lincoln Caissie booted three goals to lead the to a victory over Eramosa in squirt house league soccer action last week Playing an excellent game for the Lions Caissie were Jason Dipesid Thompson Scoring for was Michael Bats crack for Trouble Double Trouble continues to dominate the Acton Ladies fastball league They dumped the Marauders and 112 in back toback games recently Bats were cracking for Double Trouble In their 1 win McClurc Bonnie Hachey JoAnn Miller Newman Doris Toebes Janet McCut Judy Pink Shelley Young and Ann Irwin all crossed the plates for the run Young and Toebes each slammed doubles Karen Smith banged a homer one of her three runs for the Mauraders Wendy Ryan slammed triple for the fourth Miller tapped a four bagger in Double Trouble 11 victory over the Marauders Irwin Joann Berry crossed plate In the third Kim Break and Irwin touched home In the fourth Toebes again li the sixth while Hachey Young Newman scored in the seventh Sharon Hamilton and Ryan touched home foi Marauders The Tigers nipped the Tornadoes in the other squirt league game Chris Van Dam led the Tigers with a pair of goals Single markers went to Jason Hlggln and Shane Joe Martin Jaaon Piper and Brad Thorpe each netted a single goal for the Tornadoes Bill GUlca was outstanding for the Tornadoes despite the loss while Jeffrey played a strong game for the Lions Brandon Canary earned a shutout as the Wolves nicked the Leopards in atom house league tion Chris Graham scored the Wolves marker assisted by David Thorpe and Gerry Cougars also earned a shutout in their 10 game against Rockwood As Steven Robertson was lone marksman The Cougars went on to double Eramosa Robertson led the attack again with three goals Roger scored two while Brian Creasy rounded out the scoring with a single The Wolves meanwhile blasted Scoring was evenly spread throughout the team with Rod Layer and Chris Graham each netting a Dave Thorpe and Canary potted singles This weeks schedule has the Tornadoes at home to Bob Angels at M Z Bennett the Gunners meeting the Lions at Acton High School and the Tigers facing at Prospect Park In squirt action tonight Wednesday Tomorrow Thursday In bantam Newcastle travels to while Eramosa visits the Celtics at Acton High School Monday night Eramosa meets at Bs face the Wolves at Pros Park while the Leopards and Cougars meet at Bennett of first Hills Metros moved into sole possession of first place in industrial baseball with a 32 win over Gordon The game was scoreless right up until the top of the sixth Inning Runs by Charlie Payne Dave Mills and Gary Pickles put Metros In the lead closed the gap with a pair of runs and Don Richards in the bottom of the frame but still couldnt catch Metros Joe was credited with the win the loss was the first of thescason for the Keith Metros jumped one game ahead of with the win Metros own a 133 record but have a game In hand In other industrial action Metros humiliated Bears with a win Metros were fired up from the start of Die game In he first inning and the Hills club went through the balling order one and a half times with Pickles Dick Spear Dan Englery Robin Inscoe Butch Jennings and Floyd all Metros blasted three more runs in the second inn ing as Pickles Inscoe and Jennings all scored Bears shutout Metros in third frame but werent as fortunate in tho fourlh Metros tallied Ihree more runs with Pickles peppering a triple both scoring The mercy rule stopped the game alter the end of he fourth Inning A Cougar brings the ball around fallen It coder In Mondays atom house league soccer won the game 31 Farewell Fairy Lake Diana Waltmann natives ore getting restless Bawanais one of my favorite nicknames for my editor Chief Murray along with Furor and Commandant Anyways natives are restless and so am I so I know its time to move on This week issue of the Acton Free Press now in their one hundred and seventh year Is my last Stop cheering Therefore this is my last column which should make my Furor breath much easier Everytime hed read my column his blood prcsuro would rise hed turn bright bright red his ulcers would act up I dont know why I am being replaced by Dave Dorken of coke and Take care of him still noting and Impressionable Many names come to mind when I think about has helped mo over tho past year and six ths and two weeks four hours and minutes but who counting but it would bo impossible for me to thank everyone personally I d like to take this space to do so Thanks Special I feel like Ive won an Oscar to Robin Inscoe of Georgetown Indepenent and formerly Acton Free Press whoso assistance and vast knowledge of local sports was Invaluable Thanks to all my contacts too numerous to men tion bull to try EJla Dave Allen Ron Hachey Jim Rich Bert Vcnema Richard VanderWal Carol Saxon John Toebes Brian Cargiil Herb Bob rronk Jules Russian Howard Dwyer The Morris Vic Joan andMlkc Bruce An drews Rick McArthur Lyn McLaren and Anne Lcplck at AHS Ed Leather and and Dave Boycott at Carol Campbell Mona trill all the minor ball hockey coaches keep those score sheets coming in Harold Townsloy and Joy at the rec department Of all the stories I wrote and photos I did the pro files on area athletes stand uppermost In my mind They were a lot of fun and 1 enjoyed each Interview thoroughly Alan and Dave Beaton Gary Bruyn Mark and Peter Bray Kevin Parker and Ray Mueller are only a few Outside of sports I had a great time being pad died around Fairy Lake by Christine Arbic and Lena Larson I enjoyed talking to Kym Gloria Coats and every one Involved with the Acton Cancer Society and all the people Ive met and friends Ive made through my work They made it seem like It wasnt work at all Ive saved the best thanks for last As Ive mentioned I have been in Acton for the past year and a half That Is some sort of a record for me and I can attribute It to the staff of the Acton Free Press and Inland papers They are the ones who put up with my morning grouchiness and tardiness my afternoon panic Dont bug me Im trying to write pulitzer prize stuff here my constant and chronic complaining Thats the dumbest assignment Ive ever heard of or I cant go there iva on a gravel road or I to take a picture at WHAT time In the morn wrath my innocent some times caused So thanks to Gord Helen Eric Jennifer Bill Lynda Ken Don Don Hartley Mike all those in the office downstairs and all those In composing who had to deal with my rnther original layout Ideas Its been a slice