th artorttre pn thursday fflhruary 3rd 19oa pounding the sports beat s spectacles like f r i d a y nights when orangeville duffer- ins showed up- for a scheduled woaa int b game with only sevn players should be avoided i if intermediate hockey is to re tain its popularity with the pay ing public 1 acton officials were ombaras- sed a goodsized crowd was on- j hand to see a renewal of the riv- f airy bettfen the tanners aiul j dufferins which has produced fast the past thev were disappointed i diminished dufferin r a nks made the result a forgone con clusion the visitors could never hope to tuakemuvh of a game of it even the players showed fain embarrassanent anxious to keep the visitors who did appear heal- iliy the tanners plal vu of character they avoided penal ties accumulating onjv four ovr ifx w minuies when a purtvritrt was knocked down there was a- vjs an acton player handy to assist him to hrs feel vom had to took twice to see if tt wsat two other teams oua there eftitier meetings this aee kw produced at least 12 to is peltfai between the sum two dubs polfkately i ia rare r currersce herj a visitixii team is ctvi down fo one rnar vn hc vcrich jn heir las appeararie here orngevi3ie showed up with cjtov three spares vu he ven honje uih a win the piax shevnace seemed produce ar extra effort from the uam anj hey cauh the over corrfiden tanners off balance ksappoirted by he poor turn out of players friday night oraneevibe officials were consid erinf withdraw ing from the league its not fair to you or to our players when this happens ex plain don mcmillan before fri days game don not onh man ages but sponsors the ream 1 feel badly about it but unless we get more support from the play ers weve got no alternative but to pull out i called all the players al noon hour and got promises from them to appear for tonights i game bjuj this is all that showed j up he apologized to convener bob marshall after the game howevermr 1 mcmillan indicated the team j had tgt its mind were going to continue be told the convener and make an extra effort to get players out unless the midgets turn ed around and won the third j game or the set with hespcler last night wednesday all the j tricounty teams from acton will j be eliminated this week i the juveniles bantams and pee wees are already on the sidelines i and its likelv the novices will join them the novices lost a 100 decision to milton in their j series opener in milton monday for the juveniles it was a case i of merely going through the mo tions in the second game of their i playoff series with milton some of the players evidently figured they might just as well indulge in their fancy penalties as sticking to hockey result was milton trimmed them gtxd j there were obvious attempts j to injure milton plavers and the referees were baited until tern- pers flared it was one of the poorest displays of sportsman ship on the part of an acton team in many years both acton man ager dave hunter and cnali howie leader were disappointed in the showing because for the first time in weeks thev had four plavers inn the bench the reserve gave them a guod ihimr of upsetting the milton club hut some of the plavetv uijicd on h spectators wouldnt nvopcratc doubt very much if ihc juv eniles will attract anyone to sponsor them next season un less theres a big change in at titude on the part of some boys who figure hockeys a good place for them to vent their personal animosities against referees and players on opposing teams stuff photo acton firefighterssportsored bantam team in the tricounty league are shown front row left to- right roy mainprise charlie giddon john last jim stevenson craig weldon bill fields dan dunbar bill pendleton and dave dunbar back row left to right are bob andrews v tee cooper brian given danny mclennan coach harold townsley peter aaarzo cris norman and glentaiileter missing when photo was taken was manager herb dodds tanners trim duff s huskies tanners trim durham with allround effort staff pioto acton ysmensponsored pee wee team entered in the tricounty league are shown prior to their game last week front row left to right are randy weldon riny schuts danny mc- gilloway teddy hagan carl reed bill fricker bob krul and henry toebes back row left to right are brad timbers pete morrison coach gord fricker mark nielsen manager bill morrison mike field and bob hatch dei duffs 73 orangeville duffer itn s had only seven players for friday nights tussle with the tanners- the result was a onesided con test which the acton club won 73 without extending- themselves too imichulfioiit ol 400 fans al the community centre missing the inglis brothers blake and gerry and tim haines themselves the tanners scored twice ill the first period lwo in both the second and third the visitors bagged one late in the second ancl matched the tanners in the third slana half time ii was the tanners eleventh wrn against five defeats and a tie in deference to the dulls who had only one spare both the second and third periods were ip lay ed hall slop and half straight time whether the re duced time was responsible or ii0tonlv four penalties were im- poyd by releives millie and reid all to the tanners the visitors drilled one of their goals while a penalty was served usu ally an orangeville acton clash is good- for 14 or 15 penalties at least bob hogarth the orangeville twine tender slopped an aval anche of rubber lo keep the score relatively close at the opposite end jim sweeney had to be sharp on occasion when the fleet dul- lerin forwards broke loose from the assembly- around their own net evans and arblc marksmen howie evans danny arbic and doug evans were the most po tent threesome for the tanners accounting for six of the goals and holding a decided edge in play when they were in the ice howie bagged himself a hat trick danny drilled a pair and doug sank one harold townsleys slap shot from left wing scored the other acton counter orangeville manager and spon sor don mcmillan gloomy be fore thi games start because many of his plavers didnt show up disclosed the ckib was think ing of folding further consulta t ion alter the game between the players and management brought a decision to finish the season up more effort to entice players out will also be made vwvve got a good club when we gel them all out said the dufferin sponsor first period a h evans e baxter a d arbic d evans a d evans d arbic h evans pens mckcntfie kentner second period ah towiislev 1 farrelly micmacs trample acton 144 every player on ihc team gave ihelr best effort and ll paid off for the tanners tues- iluy nlghl when ihey waltzed into durham 16 whack the powerful huskies 93 in a fast woaa int b contest their first win in two sea sons on durham ice the acton club was bolstered by ihc re turn of veteran defenseman max stafford lo the lineup mux fitted right in taking the missing gary coopers turn on the ice tim haines was the only other aclon player mls- ing coach junior beaumont mi ed emmerson beaver baxter up into haines left wing slot on n line centred by blake in glis with gerry on the other wing his second line had jim farrelly at centre with harold townsley and don mckcnzle on the wings the socalled third line which is the hottest thing in the league at the moment with howie- evans doug evans and danny arbic pulling goals out of the hat played another good game tuesday with arblc and howie evans popping in pairs score at the end of the first period was tied 33 the tan ners led 65 at the end of the second and extended their lead with two quick goals ip the third stanza adding another one later for a 95 decision jim sweeney came up with another max stafford returns to fold glittering effort in goal blank ing huskies in the last stanza manager jul too till elated at the acton win predicted vic tories at home against hespcler friday and ajrfjh next wednes day when n5r tanners enter tain durham he also made ar rangements to play the post poned game with durham there on sunday feb 20th tuesdays win was the tan ners twelfth theyve lost five and tied one e- o k hr stuff photo acton juveniles sponsored by the lions club were ousted from the tri-county- playoffs last week at the hands of the milton club two straight front row left to right are ross mor- toot jan riddall steven goy steven townsley and allan mcnabb back row left to right are kevin hall phillip drysdale manager dave hgnter garry taillefer coach howie leader gerry ockenden and bill cook lions ousted two losses by milton o townsley mcdonald poynler 1729 a d arbic e baxter no penalties third period a h evans d evans j cunningham a h evans d evans o poy titer montgomery o poynter townley park pens kentner mckenzie standings monday 79 ab irwin 7 jack mcgeachie 5 frank van vvvck 5 meb blow 4 walter dubois 4 bill dumarsh 4 al kirkness 3 lome dober- thein 3 mae dumarsh 3 ethel holmes 2 monday 911 dick lee 6 jim graham 6 al lan ellerbv 4 wes beatty 4 g mcculcheon 4 bruce cargill 4 mick holmes 4 ted tyler jr 41 don mcmillan 4 ken marchment 0 tuesday 79 andrew nolan 8 dr t b ill i moore 5 dr a j tiuchan gord cooper jack len lovell 3 429 1213 1926 1755 330 603 1047 16 mae dumarsh kae hanen and mary marks lucky draw prie- of tumblers and bath alts were won by phyllis patrick and bettv oakes margaret toth jackie bjju helen otterbein and man mark- attended the seven year fillv at oakville curling club three acton teams participated in the legion district plavoff at orth halton golt anil cuuntrv club john govs team brought flashlight- home a- their pne- team- entered were mel jordan harrv otletbein frank van vck and sam bruncllc walter du i- ab irwin ab robmon iuu jomi mchunh john gov mick holnw jack ridley and al kik more page 5 3 a w midgets lose tie hespeler only seconds away from a 21 win in tlie opening game ul the midget b plavotfs acton t pwa midgets allowed hespeler to tie the score and an overtime pcrixl didnt settle anything the hespeler crew pulled their goalie in the last minute and the acton club took the faceoft and drove h down the ice missi the yawning net when the was pulled- back for icing hespel er got the draw and put it behind goalie paul cooper on a carom saturday the two teams met in hespeler for the second game of the series and the underdog hes peler crew blanked the locals 20ieachfor s tead in he se- i helpers went tturatgame of the series was j ard clement played last night here atotallv convincing 80 victory over acton lion- juveniles on wednesday evening elevated the milton harvester juveniles into the tricountv juvenile b semi finals two goal- from the stick of kichnd clement phis single tal lies limn jim liuit hill weston ton hnijmi tole kupert col fen anil mnirio- miloui bootei the lil kitmg llii yestei to an i-i- lii in the icoiut and tmil game ol iln- best ot three series milton will now lne either hespeler in olallgeville in the league semi tinil- and the winner will go on to plty i irgus i although the harvesters hail little tioiible mil plivmg the ac ton team they got roughed up in the piovess as oltnials tailed ii penalties against the lions ami chargevl it was the poorest di- plav ol sportsmanship weve come across this season liuliul ed in the ii acton penalties were a misconduct anil a game mis- onduct milton player- were chased to the sin bin on two ikas sionsl the harvesters led 30 at the end of the first periinl sfl u close of the second and added three more unanswered goals in the tinal tana mike mdiiiih and jim cole had a pair ol assist- the winners and single to bill weston rich- jim rtrvine maurice i i miljour and jerry duncan i milton eliminates pee weds the milton kinsmen pee wees eliminated acton irom the ti i- county plavotfs with a 92 victory in acton on wednesday and a convincing 50 win in milton on situitto milton took command early in the game scoring three times in the lirst period anil twice in the second belorc randy weldon put acton on the scoreboard the kinsmen kept up the piesure in the iinal period to outcore ac ton 41 mike field got credit inl ine other acton goal in the saturday vame in mil ton pat devlin held acton score less tor two periods and brad evans finished the game to reg ister a joint 50 shutout once again the murray merry robertson line was living and continued t penetrate the ac- ion ilelence to register all five mill ti joal- scores winner richard murray scored what proved to be the winner on a long hot irom the hlueline when the game wi- jn- t the seconds old the kinmen now move into the second round ol the playoffs against iergus who ousted or angeville in two straight games tanners juggle for playoff spot the league leading hespeler mic macs breeze into town fri day night for a gamewith the tanners who also play host to durham huskies next wednes day night here tvlth the end of the schedule only two weeks away both games will have a decided effect on the standings the tanners would prefer to wind up in sec ond place if they cant ilnlsh first but huskies are also con tenders for both positions unless the tanners pick up their socks theyll be the third place team which meets the first place finisher in the group semlflhal playoff the team in second place will take on the fourth place finisher thats be tween fergus and orangeville a win here friday night against hespeler and another next wednesday against dur ham would strengthen the ac ton bid for a strong playoff position as well as proving to fans they havent lost their touch chester anderson 3 alex zbeet- noil 2 claude cook 2 tuesday 911 ted tyler sr 8 bern van fleet 6 john buckman 6 margaret toth 5 bill toth 4 rev a h mlckenzie 4 fyfe somerville 2 don timmings 2 vic patrick 2 harvey lavertv 1 ladies afternoon curling monday eve cooper 6willa hewitt 4 margaret toth 4 eleanor gov 2 tuesday gvven tvler 8 mae dumarsh 6 mae wilds 2 ethel holmes 0 business men ted tyler sr 8 len lovell 5 bunk holmes 5 dave manes 4 bill toth 2 gord cooper 0 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