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the acton free press thursday june 2 19aa rocicwoodf here friday staff photo tiger cats copped the league championship in the acton mixed bowling league and were honored at the annual banquet friday night at the band hall seen with their individual trophies are captain hector daigle ivy martin grace robertson ada peal peter taylor garnet winter and brian rae pounding the sports beat softball opened on all tmnts the past week with the acton metchants losing and winning one in ihx lnlei coiinlv lastbam circuit the wildcats edging guelph in gn is exhibition and the town league will have tinec games in the boeks bv the lime yon leail this laeiosse stalls this saliudav at the e omniunit eentie hotbeshoe pitching is aheack m piogiess and shnll leboaid will soon statt loi the senioi cittcns rile- piopnetor oriliis page isii t able to attend all the sports events in town and dislnu so il oue got a vstiteup ol a game oi sports event ol anv tpe don t hesitate lo send it to the hee pi ess 01 telephone the details if the weather cooperates the sports and recreation activities in acton and district will exceed anything to date about the only tiling missing is baseball beat bits were not positive bul think jim slavens runnei up position at llu ontauo secondaiv school tiaek cham pionships suluidav in i onclon stamps him as the tust acton iunnei to take a nbbon iiiotsha linals since bitico andievvs he hams paitlv b i unniiitiaek lo his home on no 2s highway dining lunch id phillips n putts iehie papillon won the diavv niti bv the stilton until sol ball club like tossing horse shoes nov lee- piiilesstonal 01 iust a plain 1 1 ngc i at the spoit ate welcome to legistei lot t pi out am mapped out loi all hoise- shoe plavei s bv leeieatton cltiet loi ilowaid peai ce date- moridav june 6 at 7 30 pm place niniiiumilv cenlie the new club has elected a hoi si shoe pilehouisule the eenlie and expects to send lout cntiaills lo the oniano ell iiupionslups al rockwood sliuf f leboai d tenuis loi the semoi eitieiis will soon be in use on the aiena i looi increasing portulaiin oi mohawk harness meets w is obvious hv llu ucouls set at t lie most recent one i he standaid buds niosi r i them amuav move ovei to the gaiden citv rmw i ii st cttliuiiiis some will go to london first lacrosse sitm da al the coinmumtv eenliestaits at 9 am with loin games lot iges iiinning lioni novice through bantam and pe vvc to nintge t rumors and thcv are tumors aie lite thai cuoigctown will have m oh mtei mediate hockey cntrv next season don price lent lohn gov li his sollball pants loi sundav s town ic igiu lid liliei with the warning dont get them dni then lie sit m ihc bleacluis to un the game he did until lohn and ins given knickcis weu involved in a spiking incident the pints e inn oil st eoiul best m the ten mgsession bases aie live kit iiiiuki ip n l nd th pitching box two antl a hall let i liuhei iim llu pi he m the new lemilition softball diamond diw laiks haiks the in v lavout will aid lather than hindet his l club taking llu ginie awav trom the pitcheis and lie ipin i mod deknsivt clnl sundav s town league openei piovid him iigln in the lust instance when the gioeiis took a 42 decision but tlu smiiu wispiohtic in tuesdav s second game lvvixt the lemon uul simon lintel in deference to the loan ol uniloinis lunn id tin i on intel countv solt ball squ ul has l him id its n mu lo v ion u i hauls lioni then toimci station lloti 1 i ilnl girls softball league expands to seven teams will be pliwil mondav nights u s o mull i tlk ai s fn st inn vvih lu on lime 20 with uoi dai i tlu isltoi s ii daiii lililvd 1 lull eopv ol thi sihedulc mil i will appeal m bis p igi mvt wxe k llu le igiu is iko pi inning m ll st u link loi j uni is at 1 1 ivsumlun p nk lhiee plaveis lioni uili team will be puked loi tlu vii st ii huv ii pin i i i llh i 1st i- ii s i ll ulipiolls recreation director piane emphasized tin vlon gills will need lols ol suppoi t in then lust veu ol opeiation in the league we ve tot a good man iiii and coieli in chailie 1 honison uul li ink spiilvivel ew vvc ust llid the tills to jet hi bind us li puiu uceived a confir mat ion from i tie queen and hn mauls loi m exhibition p peaianee m aul of gn is soil ball in acton on ftulav jul is rxpansion ol llu gi uul il lev gills sottbill ic iiiu to si v en tianis tioni an inuipuicl toui viis the huliligit ol tlu loi malum meeting last wu k al hivsiimtini puk on i aki pel wxhui recication diiwtoi lime nl peaiec upiesiiiteil the iuuk tormed veton wiklcits u the- meeting at which tlie vcon club was aeeepted into the iii cult on a unanimous ml x ok the will plav i lumic uul home sei ie s with kigus wist gaia hillsbuig sh uuls bel wood and grand valuv three of the teams hclvvood west gara and shands plax thvir home names at putnus que hav siuiitiin puk vvluu fi i gus hillslium ginul v illiv uul acton have then uvvn ball lieliu aitoi is the onh team with lights so outside of mondix dates heie most games will be tv flight fixtmes acton wildcats home j merchants top burgers first intercounty win aclon intercounty fastball entry switched labels and the merchants as the team is now known chalked up a 9 4 win over last yeais champions hillsburg mondav night up in the potato country ed phillips clubbed the ajfei- thanls lo the win their liisl in two starts bv scat wring eight hillsburg hits oval the distance striking out 10 and walking thiee lome peavoy and ken donaldson shared the mound duties foi hillsburg and were nicked for i4saleties thev put six imeichahts on the whif- lle tiee the acton club came from be hind a 32 deficit in the top of the sixth with ioui big tuns and wildcats scratch 43 win over guelph acton wildcats served notice thev were going to be a force in the grand valley gills sol thai i league bv edging guelph gals 4 3 in the twilight exhibition in acton mondav night joanne- landsborough and bonnie modougall shared lie pitching duties as the acton femmes scored a lun in both the lirst and thi i d and plated a pair in the fourth to defeat the green uniformed visitors the highly rated guelph team classed ihigher in another lea gue scored twice in the fust fiame and added anothet in the sixth coach fiaitk spiel vogel was el ated at the wildcat win manag- ci chai he thompson legulatecl to calling balls and stnkes be hind the plate foi this one pie- dicted there would be many moie victories for the aclon club accepted into the seven team league ail a meeting last week acton li kjirbv 3b edna goodndgejb patsy wheelei ss bev brunelle ss sandra shng- erland c gladys calver 2b wen dy almond 2b gayle fivei lb laurie chisholm lb joanne landsborough p bonnie mcdou- gall p kay chisholm d caiol thompson if brenda langille rf lvnne dunn susan taillelei linda wood guelph p hohenadel l jones n white s mclean d macerolli d hohenadel s simpson d jackson l penta- lovv k kitchen kitty umpire chas thomson mohawk sets more records mohawk raceway ending a record breaking meet satur day night reported a total at tendance for the spring season or iso 053 betting a total ol 58675 322 or approximately s240981 each night the track also set a recoid foi a single nights wagering of s36s489 daily double pool or j261s8 largest exactor pool of 25163 and the largest single i ace pool ol 51782 many of these fusts weie made l he night the tiack e pel ii need its hugest ctowil 7 909 on apt il 30 the aveiage nightlv attend ance lor 1965 was 3 901 while the spiing meet ligure jumped 267 to 4168 aveiage dailv betting was up s8 195 horn s202786 in 1965 to 240 981 the pel capita wagering tumped so 78 to 57 82 fiom the 5i 04 nun k ol 1965 more sports page 5 weie never headed thcv add ed thiee more in the sewnth with the losei s plating one- in the bottom of the seventh besides shackling the hills buig squad at the plate cd phillips shared thv merchant spotlight at the plate lashing out thiee singles gaiv masai es also delivered tliie blows while john leatherland don price and bob sheppaid bang ed out two apiccv jelt tivei and johnny dunn smashed one eac h left fielder ed smith collect ed thiee bingles including a two baggei in the second loi hillsbuig while don mckenie belied out a pan ross cornell al kirkwood and mike donald son rapped one each gaiv masales scored the fust acton tun in the top ol the louith as he and ld phillips put togelhei back to back singl es hillsbuig got a pan in t he- last hall ol the liame as me kenie u ed smith and mike- donaldson singled in succession bob sheppaid and john dunn singled and bob scoiili to dead lock the count in the top ol the- lilth but the buigcis got one- back in their half to take the lead again leuiherland masales phillips puce and frvei knockvd five stiaiyht singles in the sixth lor lour urns and the mei chants never looked back the same combination with sheppaid in place ol fi vei scoied thiee more in the- seventh corbelt led oil with a single and slorcd hillshui gs last in the bottom end aclon led six plaveis on the sacks while the burg lei i a like ntimbei stianded i the metchants open the sea son at home this hiday niylit playing host to the stiong new roekxvood eiiliv who shellack ed thun on then inst time out game- tunc- is 8 15 nuclei the aics in acton pai k acton h phillips ii icalhciland 3b g masales f phillips p d puce lb five i ci b sheppaid 2b dunn ii g williamson c hillsbuig d bell e coibctf 2b a kukwood i mckcnie 3b e smith if j giants win first contest don westbrook fanned 12 builmgton baiters as george town giants edged bmllngton 3 2 m llallon county semoi baseball last widnesdav west- biook was nevei in trouble as he pitched the inst six ind a ihiiel innings benin- dole lin islied up the inst giant win mike lvnch foi mir dinidas hurlcr threw the route tor-bur- imgton second baseman jason i iclds anil thud sacker dan ar- bic caih had a pan ol hits for the giants while denis gibbons smuled once one ol ai hits bingles was a double aleit fieltling liom dens gto- bons in light field caught a bui lington i mine i out at second donaldson ss donaldson p w knight 1 1 peavov p mcgowan r hi m k sports page rsiij io siflsss iga weather flex muscles in town league softba aclon sollball association started the brand new 19o6 mushball season oil on at least two counts in the same ma mm as 1 hi v lilt oil last veai the same knee knocking tccthchatteiing weathei which plagued last veais plavollswas around lor the opener restiict ing attendance to the haidicht and the team which wound up xv inning the last garni last sea son finished on top in this one- ledgers iga posted a 42 xvin over an entry with a new name heibs delivery but with a lot of famihai laces in the lineup date was sunday and the locale piospect park ai calvei t a new tvvirlcr toss ed a six hitter at herbs deliv ery to post a win lor the groceis they scored twice in the thud and got another pair in the sixth fred archibald a veteran of the town league went the dis tance lor the delivery and al lowing six hits and sinking out live calvert sent one battel clown on stukes the lose is scored once in the lilth and again in the seventh big blow of the ball game was bruce- shultis thiee baggei m the third inning loi i g heals had a single bruce cat gill boxla starts saturday eighty boys are signed to play lacrosse but officials expect many more will be on hand to open the season at the com munity centre saturday morn ing four games will be play ed beginning with novice and continuing with pee wee ban tam and midget barry inscoe johny krapek larry taillefer and john goy jr are coaching the teams as well as acting as an executive trainers managers and organ izers recreation director how ard pearce is giving the men every assistance to start the league roiling soikccl a double loi the win in i s with howard peaiec lin nig up on his nereation duties hacking i double and the bat lo boot otllei gioieis hits wire sin opener gles by len vaiev al calvcit and bill daw kins while harold tovvnslev bob dovle john gov jr herb dodds and will du val whacked salelies lor the delivereis legion edges hotel in fumbly fixture legionnaires had an edge on station hotel in everything liom inns hits and eiiois as thcv set aped thiotigh to a 15 14 decision in town league sollball 1 uesday night both teams showed a lack ol piactice host bitten hands had chrfi cultv giasping the ball with the scoiei licoiding 12 errois seven ol which weie booted by the winneis undei the candlesticks tuo big innings the sixth and seventh played a large pait in the veidicl legion scored eight lulls in ihc seven hit sixes while the innkeepers plated seven i ioui six bingles in their hall of the sev enlh station jumped into a thiee i un leul in the inst 1 1 ami oil a pan ol hits and thiee legion bobbles thcv had a 4 1 edge goin into the sixth when the i egionnancs scoied eight limes to wipe out the lead and lake command the- innkecpeis got i pan back in the bottom half making the scoie 9 6 legion scoied two mote- in the lop of the seventh for an 116 edge but the innkeepers tallied for seven runs in the bottom hall to again take the lead 13 i 1 the lead chanaed hinds aivnn in rhe seesaw bat tic as the winneis pulled fom moie inns out ol the ban m the eiihth foi a 15 11 maigtn st hum went scotch ss in t lit i i half but scoied one in the hot stuff photo tiptoeing through the tulips might be alright for a song out when it comes to a championship bowling team the tulips outclassed all opponents in the blue springs ivlursery league team members are shown at the recent banquet withitheir trophy included are captain sylvia mages aaary jones adele nolan and rheta goodwin jim sloven second in ont jr mile event acton distiicl high school i unner jim slav en finished second in ihc junior mile run at the ontario secondary school championships in london on saturday the 15viarolci acton hack stai was a scan live seconds behind the pace setter r smith ol kipling his tune was 4 45 5 this is jim s inst veai un der naming in the guelph le gion tiack club last ac ton runnel to win a nbbon in the ontar io finals was bruce a n d- rews in 1961 bruce frail ed bruce kidei lo the tape the only aclon entrant in the piovmcial championships jim won the distinction b tacking up a double win at the cwossa b meet and win ning the iinior mile run in the cwossa a tiaik unit in waterloo he hams with the guelph legion tiack tleib and unilci the watch ol alton coach led franklin c milne e p j bullough it i ril b mecnsuill c in 6th t masales 2b in 6th station hotel h phillips i and 2b g williamson e j riddall 3b b sheppird ss i smith ii j dunn lb i pe ivuv 2b and p vv sheppaid el d vickeiv p h lciclimin il m sth torn or the ninth on riddalls homoi to make it 1514 they had the tying lun on second when johnny dunn giounded lo third and was called out on a disputed decisibn legionnaires outhlt the mn- kecpeis 17 n in the marathon witli ken maltbv and chick milne sharing the pitching du ties milne was the winnei doug viekerv stalled on the lull lor the hotelers and loi ne ivavov pitched the last two in rungs peavo was charged with the loss best blow or the game was jan riddall s bases einptv horn ei ovei the centre fieldei s head in the ninth john lialhirland and tenv masales had thiee hits apiece loi the winners with masales having a perlecl night after coming into the game in the sixth dan arbu bame elliott chick milne and brian mecns tall had two hits apiece jan riddall paced the inn keeper hit parade with thiee blows including his roui bag gei hanv phillips geoige wtl liamson and fil smith smashed iwo hits apiece r h e legion 010 008 240 15 17 7 station 300 012 701 14 h 5 legion j leatherland 3b r hawkins rf d pi ice lb d aibic ss b llliott 2b and ir t watei house cr k maltbv p giants sox play to 77 tie outhlt 107 georgetown giants nevei theless managed a 7 7 tie against milton red sox in a game called loi dai kness at the end ol the tilth inning mon day night the sox held a 7 3 lead going into the tilth when the- giants latched onto itltv ron nivlers olleiings loi ioui nins oil a single iwo walks and thrcse in lieid ciiors the lie breaking uni was on base with one out but navlei icliicd the ntvt two nun in oidir the giants took a 10 icad in the lust 1 1 ame on a double a stolen base and a single hut the sox hopped onto southpaw bob brat tain tor live hits in the bot lorn hall lor iqui runs in the siiond the sox scored another for a 51 lead but pete law son s triple highlighted a two run ihird and anothei in the fourth foi a 73 lead avliich the giants erased in the top of the fifth brattnin hurled two and two thuds inning- for the giants giving up nine hits and six runs w hilling four and walking one- don westbrook finished up the- liiiil iwo mil a thud innings allowing one hit and om nin he stunk out six and issued iwo passes ihc- giants played dundis last nierht go to bui lington mondav and return home to plav host t ileston next wednesday sports corner 124 mill st e al wilbur phone 8532 160 roller skating bauer skates with to stops for men and ladies 2995 come and watch the professional demonstration saturday night june 4 at the community centre see you at sports corner 1 canteen lacrosse starts saturday june 4 at 9 am sharp at acton community centre registered or unregistered boys 8 to 16 years of age welcome teams to be formed and games to be played plan to attend professional roller skating acton community centre saturday june 4 featuring professional roller skater ted jenkins from mimico with a cast of eight dancing couples trick speed and backward skating regular crowd skating begins at 8 pm professionals from 9 to 945 pm dance in the auditorium follows from 10 p m to midnight to the sabres regular admission everyone welcome express buses to woodbine june 6 to july 16 leave acton direct to the track each racing day 1155 am daylight time return fare 255 includes admission return buses start loading after last race wiles bus depot g l adams agent telephone 8532600