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second place at stake friday dui cri sports page 1 the acton free press thursday february 24 1966 rtnff photo goalie jim sweeney of the acton tanners came out out of the net to foil a drive by nhl oldtimer harry watson in the early stages of the game friday night the local barber made a number cf excellent saves under pressure from the oldtimers but expedience on the part of the nhl crew proved too much for the tanners who lost 136 believe it or not theres an other player immediately behind watson if anyone can prove who the player is by the pair of skates and portion of hockey stick showing the sports editor would be happy to know atoms blank bra ma lea 30 an allstar team composed of players from the legion town league atom section blanked bramalea a11star atoms 30 in an exhibition sunday jimmy hurley scored two goals for acton with russ van fleet bagging one steve papillon jebf townsley gary borden and johnny ashley collected an assist apiece georgetown defeated the acton team 21 in an exhibition the prev ious wednesday acton rbbin inscoe goal russ van fleet john ashley steve papillon wayne allen jim hurley steve brunelle jeff townsley cera id barden john mccutchfcan gary barden ricky baninski ivan hearns kerrt centner pounding the sports beat it would be hard to match sundays clash between dur ham huskies and acton tanners for sheer excitement most of it came in the last minute of play in regular time when the tanners rallied from behind a three goal deficit to tie the score in a span ol 51 seconds the most spectacular comeback for the tanners this season it came at the point where a loss would have dropped them from a second place tie into a third place finish on the eve of playoffs an overtime session didnt settle anything the dramatic deadlock gave the acton club another oppor tunity tfl sew up second place durham lost the toss sothe venue of the deciding game agreed upon goes to acton friday in the event the tanners win fridays decision the second plaee finish will mean theyll meet fergus flyers in the group semi finals if they lose theyll finish in third place and face hespcler mic macs in the group semis either way theyll have their work cut out for them although the pundits are inclined to favor the acton club over fergus mespeler with backtoback victories over durham and fer gus thursday and friday wound up in first place mlc macs ability to take a win when they need one stood them in good stead first place is a plum it puts a team in a strong bar gaining position on which both durham and acton would like to be in perennial favorites since their first appearance here the nhl old timers proved theyd lost none of their appeal by attracting another large crowd for their joust with the tanners friday proceeds of the evening was split between the legion minor sports and the acton minor hockey association wonder what happened to long john henderson the clown prince of hockey who delighted crowds with his antics in the old timers appearance here well long john went back to playing hockey professionally with a team in the states his replacement ivan walmsley doesnt pretend to be a clown but he showed fans he plavs the nets capably in the no- nonsense duel which found the tanners more than holding their own after a shaky first period the only suggestion of comedy came when referee jim casbum pinned the games lone penalty on danny lewicki a delayed sentence lewicki was nowhere to he found wheir the whistle bleu he was finally spotted inthe crowd enjoying the spectacle in the last minute the tanners took a leaf out of the old timers book and emptied their bench on the ice it failed to narrow the gap between the teams but proved the acton players were more numerous than the opposition who had left he youngest old timers to finish up while the oldest and tircdest of them snuck into the- dressing room tftlcounty hockey is finished for the acton teams the tanners the industrial league and the legion house league are all poised on playoff thresholds next big event is the four town tour nament to be held in georgetown march 12 all the acton teams are picked lor the tourney and have been practising together for sewral weeks 1ey book the community centre whenever ice is available for the pee wees that means sun day morning at 6 am thats a time that strikes terror into most people for thv kids and seemingly lot those who do the instruct ing its just like rising a noon u at this scribblers domicile sunday at 6 am usually resembles a tomb the only noise is when someone turns over but since the only son in thefamilv plays on the pee wee team theres been a narked difference in recent weeks usually to make suiv hes up to attend such functions as school church or an errand vouve got to call three or four times holler five or six more pull him out of bed return three of four more times to repeat the treatment all that el fort is rewarded by the appearance of one sleepy uncooperative hoy sdjiday morning the alarm rings at 530 ujti he bounds out of bd dresses hums on his way downstairs makes his own breakfast turns on the radio accompanies it with song collects his equipment and heads into the darkness mumbling something about being at the rink before mr pope gets there the old man turns over beat felts milton juveniles eliminated fergus to take the trlcounty juvenile b championship they were the third milton club to take a group title preceded by the midgets and novices both teams were lined up along the huic lines crowd standing the arena in darkness a small light playing on the queens portrait friday night for the national anthem a slight scratching and a tew bars of tre jersey bounce preceded a march along the mall and then the last few bars of the queen broke through to finish up herb ritchie frank thompson jim inglis and jim ralstoti are keeping the community centre in its cleanest state since artificial ice was installed as well as making fine ice rattling in three goals in the litsl minute and five seconds of stllitluys crucial woaa int b schedule windup acton tanners earned u 66 deadlock to slay tied willi durham huskies for second place in the standings the tanners snatched almost ceitilln victory from huskies who enjoyed a 63 edge with little more than n minute to play an overtime period tnllvd ao pro duce goals for either side in the fast skating contest which was blemished 4y only two penalties split between the two teams sudden death game the tie didnt break the second place deadlock in the standings and forced u sudden death game between the two teams to be played in acton friday night winners will meet fourthplace fergus- in the group semifinals while the loser will have tomcet first place hespelir danny arbies goal at the 1855 mark of the final stana started the tanners moving in sundays thriller thirtyfive seconds later tim haines lift the target as the acton club swarmed all around the husky net after the laceoff with the puck in the durham end coach junior beaumont yanked goalie jim swepney for an extra forward tind the move paid off blake drills no 6 defenseman gary cooper look the puck in the corner shovelled the puck over to blakv inglis and no 14 drilled it past towering rbyce leonard in the husky cage almost in the same motion with 14 seconds left to pluy battling high winds drifting treacherous roads lo reach dur ham sunday the acton club was more ihun satisfied with the tie they played an uphill battle all the way trailing durham 31 at the end of the first period 52 at the end of the second and 63 with a minute and five seconds left to play in the game many durham fans left the arena convinced huskies were winners they mllt have been surprised ol the final result a freak storm hlj durham suh day dumping up to two feet of snow in places bu slill a large crowd was on hand for the game durham officials sulci the arena would have been full if ideal wea ther had prevailed crafty jitn nixon the leagues leading scorer notched a pair of goals in less than a minute early in the first period lo put dur ham ahead 20 howie evans got one back for acton at 913 ohe of the largest crowds of jlrom dan arbie and blake inglis but huskies here friday night the season is expected ul the community centre friday night when durham huskies and the tanners meet in a sudden death- game to decide second place lit the standings the tie sunday in durham mode the gome nfceessory since both teams were lied before the contest heipeler mlc macs ended up in the leagued first spot with 3s points durham and acton were lied with 34 points and fergus brought up the lost playoff spot with 15 points d j a ii d i defericcman larry schafer polled another one set up bv nixon lo end the first period scoring nixon bags four nixon drilled his third and i fourth goals of the afternoon inj the second period assisted bv d j davis to give huskitxa 51 lead d j jim farrelly finished off a play j with harold townsley and don a j cram- to reduce ihe margin by i one pen in ihe third period crane shot i one for acton with help from j a gary cooper but jack lawrences -j- tally nullified it hockey figure skaters draws nhl old timertanner duel attracts 1200 minor hockey officials termed fridays third annual visit of the nhl old timers to acton anoth er financial success despite the siibcro temperatures which kept attendance figures down from other appearances here nearly 1200 avid ihockcy tans jammed their way into the community centre to see the old timers play the tanners an exhibition of figure skating by members of the acton figure skating club and a piegame acton hockey display there were also lucky draws some comedy and an autograph deluge on che old timers who were entertained along with ac ton officials at the legion hall afterwards many of the former pros brought their wives and fam ilies along for the night proceeds to hockey proceeds were split amongst the legion minor hockey and the ac ton minor hockey association the evening started with two exhibitions of hockey by atoms from the legion town league with acton blanking weston 10 in one encounter on a goal by steve brunelle in the second game brampton returned the compli ment by whitewashing acton 10 on a goal by jim hurley from steve papillon the boys responded to enthus iasm from the stands by going all out in both contests and as one avid atom suportersaid excelled hhe nhl old timers and tan ners for excitement feature show the old timers and acton ap peared next for the feature billing and like oilier appearances here the old timers proved they still possess much of the talent they displayed when playing in the na tional hockey league they trim med ihe tanners 136 in a nonon sense game but had their hands full when ihe acton club over came lirst period jitters lo out- score fhem 43 in ihe second per- d only penalty of the contest which featured some good fast hockey assessed by referees jim casburn former recreation direc tor here wayne marshall and gary masales went to danny lew icki of the visitors he hid in the wuvwwwwwuvuwwituvmv ivw legion town league atom acton 1 weston 0 steve brunelle polled the lone goal of this encounter from gord on toth there were no penalties weston 3 brampton 1 kent kentner drilled two goals and jim townsley one for wes ton while jim hurley hit the tar get for brampton assisted by steve papillon no penalties resf3tzas staff photo junior- cagers from acton high school lost a game against arthur high school basketball team front row left to right are dugald dick bob andrews neil anderson and jim lee back row left to right are don rogers bill day ray hibbard bill landsborough teachercoach pat sullivan lloyd smallwood and paul cooper phillips gibbons dandies for dusters in 123 win dusters blew ip- a storm and i three for catty solidified their hold on first place john cunningham scored three when they routed the cyclones i times and doug black hit for two 123 tn industrial league hockey j markers and assisted four times action on sunday in the other to lead the royals to victory contest the royals took over sec- 1 dave papillon ed milliard bob ond place once again by hopping dovle and ibruce macpherson had the bushwhackers 95 ninglc goals ron schrnidt harry red phillips tired four bob dovle earned a pair of hel goals and assisted on five others pers doug vickery and daw papillon each assisted once noel rowsell and ron mellon more sports on page five rv i i j c novice st kitts 3 hamilton 3 ron schmidts st kitts team came from behind a 30 first per iod deficit to tie the game with bob armstrongs hamilton club steve marshall bagged two goals and an assist with gary fisher notching one and assisting on two john cameron tim mclnlyre and ron death looked after the hamilton scoring with treth arm strong death and mclntyre col lecting assists don death served both penal ties imposed oshawa 4 niagara falls 1 brian storey rapped in three goals for oshawa and jim mc- nabb got the other gary cope- land assisted on brians last chris schults averted a niagara shutout by scoring in the last period there were no penalties pee wee baltimore 2 cleveland 2 gary masters and randy marsh shot the baltimore goals assisted bv davfd rochester and george mcphail for cleveland brendon irwin and dale fisher pulled the trig ger on solo efforts ken jordan randy coker and randy marsh served penalties for baltimore garth taylor lor cleve land rochester 5 springfield 0 steve van fleet scored a pair and assisted on one as rochester blanked cellar dwelling spring field dean storey john snow and ron louttet sniped singles no penalties bantam pittsburg 3 hershey 3 harry brown jack irwin and sampson scored for pittsburg with sampson and hopkins re cording assists for hershey bill black chur chill and ken marshall potted sjhgles with black also assisting on marshalls lone penalty went to sampson ol the hornets midget montreal 3 toronto 2 montreal continued to dominate continued on page 5 as he moved closer to the leag ues scoring championship team mate denis gibbons was nearly as sharp for the dusters scoring three times and assisting three times gary ritchies three goals and two assists pete marks two goals and assists from jeff mc- larcp2 tom oakley and brian mccristall accounted for the other duster scoring points fred andrews netted two tal lies for the cyclones and don harris scored once don lind say and mel big m shepwrd had assists scored two goals apiece and grant withers had one for the bushwhackers losing cause wa- yne wilson ron melllon wavne shepherd and gus holmes had j an assist each last games of the regular sch edule will be played on sunday night dusters hive clinched first place and the bushwhackers had kicked up the cellar part in the fourteam loop the royals and the cyclones will battle for second place in the final same now open 25 car wash do -it- yourself no need to wear old clothes added features car vacuum 10c radiant heat 10c paper chamois 3 for 10c open 24 hours a day located on hwy 7 near ma veal motors east of plaza georgetown ont pie stage was all set for the story book ending referees barney rcld and har ry green usually send a stream of penitents to the penalty box but sunday could only point their linger twice at actons don- crane and butch grahham ol huskies both were minors first period d j nixon a grant l schafer 432 nixon a grant 524 fvans l arbicb inglis 913 schafer j nixon 1x30 no penalties second period nixon b davies 250 nixon b davies a grant 1005 farnellv til townslev d crane 1100 s crane grahan third period crane g cooper 345 lawrence j schafer 1240 a i arhic h fvans j cunningham 1855 a t haines v kentner b inglis 1930 a b inglu g cooper 1946 no penal tics overtime no scot iriji iff j penalties durham rovce leonard goal m dickey i sc hater j nixon b dais a grant j laurence d ross b mortlev ii graham j schafer acton j sweeney goal f crowd until officials cornered him behind ihe boards and towed him lo the cooler the presence of long john hen derson who did much lo liven up ihe dull moments in previous ap- i pearances was much missed from kentner m marchmenl ga the old timer lineup they in- cooper j cunningham defense troduccd a new goallendcr in ivan b inglis i haines l baxter walmsley and had two other new j farrelly h townsley d cram- players in the lineup h fvans d arbic i coach junior beaumont dress- officials barnev reid harry ed for the tanners to replace don mckcnzie and subgoalie frank anthony performed in ihe nets for the last period the cullen brothers barry and brian rapped in three goals apiece lor the old timers with harry watson john mccormack bagged pairs and sid smith ron hurst and danny lewicki fired onu apiece for acton blake inglis shot two emmerson baxter har old townsley dan arbic and jim farrelly bagged one apiece with junior beaumont collecting two assists baxter marchmenl hain- es cooper crane doug and how- ie evans one each i figure skaters three delightful skating num- bers by members of the acton figure skating club fascinated the audience between the first und second periods a quartette composed of diane buckman j kim mccristall jean elliot i and j becky blackley skated an open ing number followed by a solo by petite colleen debruyn j a precision number in brief cos tumes by skaters lynn dunn bonnie bristow patty dunn i continued on page 5 i green sports corner 124 mill st e at wilbur phone 8532160 western tent trailers priced as low as 41900 complete less mattresses and license opens to 66 x 13 and sleeps six persons financing arranged quick delivery from sports corner the canadian national sportsmens show march 1119 in thi arena the meteors and their flying saucer also retrlavers shepherds greyhounds tony the wonder horse and 6 more great acts in thi exhibit areas boats marin hardware cottage trailers fashion shows guns fishing tackle decoy contast motor cars dog show conservation exhibits bait casting wilderness survival camping equipment street 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