hockey champs for decade group champions for nine seasons tanners have been in oha seventeen in lttis an indoor arena wa ip provrtl tv ihr ratrpayrra and rrtxt rt in ihr jiaik our of th first thing dotir vat to rnti r an inltr mrdiatr tram in ihr o ii a thr tnmri of tt mated a pnttdint although hockey flourished m at ton at the turn of the crotury nd in subsequent yea4 much of its history is of fairly recent onyn until the year 192 when a cloved arena was erected ac ion had no teams in organied o h a hockey and that account- fof the fact ihr leimi of ihe pre 29 era played the game on an outdoor rmk at the foot of frectefick and maa streets where the beardmore bunk house it now located however primitive the ouldoof rink facilities compared to troso of today they had no bearing on tfn calibre of the hockey arui he teams this burgh produced some fine hocvey ipimi on the old out door rmk invitation were issued to clubi in most of the kclllbl part of ontario to play ftome and home miaulic invariably the acton club won these tournament and it wti then their reputation began to grow kuty mtu mr thr trams of thuar layi in trk trig contrail to today earned no nuirr than onr or two aubalitule vlayrra in thrlr crew neck awratrra remained on thr irr the full slkty minutes in thr rvent of an injury in a rrgular thru onr of thr lub- atltutrm got thr rlanrr to play thrrr arr uinir u ho maintain that thr r a hockrv played in ac ton b as on thr old rink with pimm aainsl neighbouring tuutu likr mi lion hornby and lenrge town to ml hum in hap acton oftt n took on lulu of senior com p4n from toronto and olhi r points on tti imiip 11 w s tin imnl whin th v it vi k in i iwlu lis ihuivi n f thr tirictinmnnf tnnn imprld tlv- rrt t lk lit atttn iluh down a j k 11 ivti dn 1 m k ti win thr nu i enmsinl ftndr in this rv ll ll is ilili- thit tn oni oc co ion a k inn lndulid for it 1 ti li u n iinl tin iiih rlimn rink jui 1 it i 1 ni1 iii rtitk wan not injovnik lh uvl t it thru was link in lin w illiiiiiv ihm and i i 11 it d to 1 i i dm milch llmr t 1 h 1 1 1 tht v r was a mi ill lijl i t vk it iik 1 lul mil rr glouf champions of 1047 acton tanners decided nlovn after defeating ofanrjavil cmvely for tfwir third straight win of the belt in five group finals the team eliminated tor m the first round tjefore bowing out to grimsby in a dramatic goals lo count series saw each learn win one game grimlby went on to win the int 0 title i cu- pres that iik a ion tt an mnt thr it 1 up nn by in of milton ot k i tl mr ilramplon ihur first im in int ht 1 m h c in 11 u 1 i in iii willi sk 1 t i htll vtlll i 1 1 to vt ll 1 until pov il ml ni int nn w h n lin tw 1 1 1 s 11 1 x 1 ss jlkl im f ml imll1 piist ho in whit tin it tun th li rovc giants hid mt push tint lh irn k of iun i t r m is 1 to hrhom that was on 0 hi few twiiis alton loht a kimi ri j a rrt group champions of 193031 acton wis qroupr d wtli piirtinqton oikville georgetown mwi htimpion eliminating burlington in group finals thr c uih nrt ouited cmtdonia ltuj f or in the thud round acton lost to stratford 3 1 in the first girlu hut won the second m acton 2 1 0 it arton a in im4 nllt kid fral f vrvrn v word for 1 t r k y r for i rim r ii t it t thnr rn v wool in arnu tl o ii i 1 iu 111 nks f i 1 it s r 11 t il ll m n f jt st unior mis 1 ftr n t 1 w is m pmi thi it 1 nn nf 11r m nt i th i vinn il finil h fori u ink it mitd 1111111 uhi i i thi nth hockey holds the same siqmhcance to canad ms s bisebflm dots n the unted st us thi- game is probably the fastest team sport n the wor d and it becomes actonnns to speak a mite proudl o the hockey played m these parts smce the game evolved from the shinny stage to present dav streamlined standards there have been championship teams from acton in practi cally ever decide bcrt at no tme ha a ctut reached the heights of success as dd the 1938 39 ontario int 8 champions acton tanners pictured above their feat m wrapping up the trophy was all the more remarkable m that day populatton figures didn t enter into int classifications as is the regulation today and many fairuzed cittern had entres m int b hockey seventeen years of oha hockey it t 1111 ti pi t lo h 1 ml il i 111 i u 1 i r i t it it w 11 n i vi 11 1 v u 1 t nit 1 1 tt tl lil tl t 11 v 11 ti v us i 11 t n ki v i i t ii i i i ii i ot j 1 iv it mis in i i i t inn i t v sli 11 nl ti km it n n 1 1 1 1 i i v it kv 1 i i i 11 1 w 1 n i 1 v s 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t 1 t 1 i 1 i 1 1 i hun ikot t oiti l ii mi0sllir or om uio ll m t i r s im tl 4 i t t 1 k- t i i ii i i il 11 h t i i r ti i 1 it 1 rn h k v v is 1 1 iv i ill thi l li i llll 4 u 1 1 il pi t 1 i v f i t vi n 1 s ui r r is l v 1 k 1 i kin 4 tv in 1 ntn ilnl 1 1 iv i wns uiistid i v iimst 1 th i tuunil im 4 tv 4tu tl t iktit tt utiln fm tls h fon u ink linur i 1 liv it tko mi iiiim s sundridgi liivin 4 i si irki to 111 kroup m mi finals t iht w lihirst mir in hitur tml ti am hjd nm ttrktng rhruitir istu comparttt to oppoitum itll hunnbr w