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the act frca press thursday jung 6 966 pounding the sports beat during- a recent conversation with recreation director howard pearce about the extent of his summer program he con fided to this fuzzy faced one that he had thoughts of bringing wrestling as an attraction to the community centre this summer at least one night anyway thtf grappiers are still- popular and actons energetic wreck would like to test the reaction of fans here to modern wrestling i can remember my first introduction to the grunt and groan game back whehjhv manic lantern in your living room was nonexistent the only tv sets in town were in the windows of appliance stores the big ones had a seveninch screen programs were beared in from the states and when the sets were going crowds gathered outside to watch and marvel at the new scientific miracle saturday night featured one of the most popular attractions wrestling the sidewalk in front of ken hassards tv and radio next to the bus depot would start to till up early heedless of the traffic along the main drag the crowd often overflowed out onto the road for a big match the wrestlers seemed to sense the enormous crowds watch ing thv new medium unlike some of the perlunctorv perform ances nowadays they really warmed up and looked like they were really trying to belabor their opponent my favorite was chief sunny war cloud supposed to be an indian chief he dressvd the part anyway a good flying mare or drop kick would bring a wince from the crowd the good guy vns cheered the bad guv drew boos when the good guy was getting the worst oflt some of the more delicate among the ladles hid their eyes or turned tkelr backs amazingly through all the roughhousc perform ances no one seemed to get hurt this started a rumor floating that the whole thing was an act oneguy wins one night and the other guy takes his turn in another city the next night said the scoffers these remarks often would start a pushing match among the spectators for some others were convinced of the simon purity of their heroes as tv sets became more numerous and canadians opened their own network viewers- became more sophisticated they preferred to watch rasslin in the comfort of their own home with a brew and a bag of peanuts handy the setless neighbors would drop in for a chat and stav for the wrestling irom chicago interest in the sport became so intense the rinks wouldnt hold all the customers old ladies clutching umbrellas shared seats with serious young ladies with boy friends sometimes the old ladies werent averse to wallopping a gladiator from the ring with the umbrella one wrestler nanjo singh was so unpopular with fans they stubbed their cigarettes and cigars on him as he wended his way to the ring others like whipper billy watson were mobbed by admirers whenever they appeared there was big hulking yukon eric wild bill longson pat flanagan the masked marvel and a host ol others villains and good guys its impossible now to imagine the interest wrestling had in what must have been its most pamy days my aunt melinda fictitious name a gentle ladv whod wince when somebody swat ted a mosquito would sit in front of a tv set gripping the arms of her chair gritting her teeth and veiling for the good guy lo get that dirty soandso another older triend o mine would get so worked up his doctor advised him to forget about watching wrestling for his hearts sake gradually the snort died on tv from overexposure more than anything else people started to prefer less gory things like the untouchables frankenstein and old movies about the lost two wars or a scalping raid by the indians but the sport survlvechnthearenns and its rumored the acting now is better than ever when dave manes ted pope and the committee respon sible for installing candlesticks on the softball diamond first looked into the possibility likelv as not the thought of girls using the diamond never entered their minds most men look upon competitive sports as an exclusive male domain monday night the gals will take over however when the wildcats actons newest and only teminine softball team plays host to the shands a club from llie shores ol lake belwood the game will be under the lights and manager charlie thomson is anxious about how the girls will react to the arcs were the only club in the league playing home games under lights said charlie and we should have an edge but the girls havent had any practices under them yet weve got to get two or three sessions in this week so they can get accustomed to them how will the local gals stack up against the other six teams in the league youd better go down mondav and see some of these country girls can really hit a ball throw if you can throw turnips into a bushel basket irom 50 paces voure only a novice seriously coach frank splelvogcl and manager thomson think theyve got a contender the gals won their only game against guelph a higher classed club but it was strictly an ex hibition monday night will be for keeps thursday the wild cats go to belwood and saturday theyll exercise their throw ing arms from a car wash at luck mccallums service station receipts will go into club coffers deflated at this point perfect golfing weather greeted the duffers from thrs csmblishmcnlwhen they held their annual tournev at hornbv towers last fridav for the liist lime some of the ladies decided lo participate and did quite well thank you some of the water hazards presented quite a challenge one perspiring swinger attempting to clear a small pond on he second hole lost his balance and loll in he prefers to remain anonymous another sharpshooler was aiming for his buddies all dav but the best he could do was a birdie robin i think when the scores were added and one dulfer with an aston ishing 4 on one hole had put awav his abacus the low gross trophv went to jim dills brother dave absconded with the second low gross iou net went lo george ware and roy downs took second low net doroth rognvaldson considered the besl teeruppcr for the ladies took that awaul kn dills wrapped up the ladies special and oral norton a real swinger copped the golfing honors this saturday the scene again shifts to the hornby tower course for the annual acton open tickets can be obtained from the sports corner and some are still available beat bits been roller skating yet the queen and her maids the amazing four member team of junior females wholl perform here on lulv 15th have something of a record queen rosie has a record or 123 wins against 16 losses in four seasons she has struck out 17s0 batters pitched 18 nohit tcrs 16 shutouts and two perfect games in her career built around rosie the maids aged 1014 nulude a first baseman eileen short- mop rosie degevter and a crav clown catcher lotta chutter acton policemen golf in tourney two aoton ojpp constables participated in i he annual hal- ton police golf tournament staged at the new richview course in oakville wednesday of last week but neither bruce mcarthur nor merv harness was able to pickup a trophy both recorded net scores ol 80 but the low net winner had 75 others from the district at tending included cohsts a jor dan joe feldcamp bob burke carmen wright and bill ben nett of the milton opp detach ment who patrol the north hal- ton area consts jordan feld- camp and burk won the low team trophy ovfer 50 police from acton mihon oakville and burlington played in the tourney ww fefsfc innkeepers nip legion in town league duel m w- mayors pitch mayor les duby will toss the first bnli when acton girls toflbxdl team open the season here against the shands on monday night robt r hamilton optometrist 116 mountain view s georgetown 111 mhi st aden mmtby from 4 pm for appointment 8773971 lakeview discount centre 126 main st 8531190 supplier for tiles draperies wallpapers glidden paints prefinished plywoods iko roofing halton senior standings w l pet gbl campbellville 6 0 1000 0 dundas 3 2 600 2a oakville 4 3 571 2i burlington 3 3 500 3 preston 3 4 428 3 4 georgetown 2 3 400 3i hamilton 2 3 285 3i milton 1 4 200 44 two errors in the eighth in ning of sundays town league solt ball duel cost the league- leading legionnaire a 31 deci sion when station hotels red- stilred squad broke a oneall tie with a pair of unearned runs one of the fastest games play ed this- season both club- were in contention until the last le gionnaires went down on strikes in the last of the ninth although the innkeepers reg istered only three hits from the offerings of legion chukker terry rogeis lliev made them count rogers wulkcd si and struck out six over the liist ctght innings i le uiis lelieved byken mai thv in uiis hie ninth twotime winners the euchre team from branch 197 royal canadian legion show off their trophies after copping the zone and dist rict championships last saturday the foursome played in the provincial finals and placed fifth staff photo among 17 branches entered left to right are alvie gordon caplflin earl beerman norm morton and charlie shultis the acton branch will host both the zone and district euchre playoffs next year merchants lose to burg nip glen 32 tuesday acton merchants split a pair of games this week in inter- county fastball league action hillsburg edged the merch ants 42 under the lights here friday night to exact revenge tor a dfeal at actons hands the previous week tuesday at the glen the merchants climbed back on the win track with a 32 victory over the williams their second of the season ed phillips hurled both games for the merchants allowing nine hits to the burgers and setting down the glen on eight his mates managed only six hits off hillsburg starter barry turner and ron little but bombarded joe shaw at the glen with 14 bingles the burg bounced into a 10 lead in the top of the third fri day while tans swatted mos quitoes which swarmed in hord es over the diamond white was hit by th pitcher and turner doubled him in the merchants got three hits in their half but scored only one run to tie it up bob sheppard scoring hillsburg plated another run in the fifth to take a lead they never relinquished scoring two more in the sixth of three hits including doubles by donaldson and mcgowan the merchants made a belat ed bid to overcome the burgs lead in ihe bottom of the ninth when bob shepparil draw a pass to start the inning he scored on farmer sliep- pards single manager mel sheppard de cided to lake matters into his own hands in the ninth and went to bat for tiberi little wound up and the big m bounc ed one ort his protruding sto mach to the delight of the mul titude theyre slill talking about mels dive lor the sack after brother clarence knocked him to second don prices ground er was picked up and as mel skidded into third on his face he was tagged but not before he had the crowd on their feet with his exhibition of tumbling clarence farmer sheppard clouted three safeties for the merchants for half the hits they got irom turner and little with don price belting a pair wayne sheppard doubling and tiberi laying one down donaldson klirkwood and white slammed two apiece for ilillsburg while turner corbet t and mcgowan got one each at the glen tuesday ihe mer chants scored a pair in the top of the louilli and went on to win a 32 squeaker the glen were victims of an 18 strikeout performance by john salmon in rockwood friday in a 20 loss and ihey vire eager to reap revenge on acton ed philips scattered their hits elleclively howevea allowing no more than one hit in any in ning excep the fifth when the glen bunched three to score one run they got another in bot tom ol ihe ninth unearnjd oil a pass and a single by pinch hitter perry acton scored two in the four th as bob sheppard buntocl safely and john dunn followed up to empty the sacks the lo cals jot another in the seventh as harry phillips led off with a triple to right field and scor ed as john leatherland doubled to centre leatherland was pick ed ofl at third after gary ma- sales doubled to left john leatherland and john dunn collected three hits apiece lor tho merchants with gary masalcs and ed phillips smash ing two each harry phillips villagers glide to sixth win behind harry hamiltons hurling campbellville stretched their unbeaten streak- to six games when they took the new bur lington entry by a 72 score in campbellville on sunday going back to 1965 it was campbell- villes ereventh consecutive win grocers edge herbs 1312 tuesday nite pinch hitting in the eighth inning harold dee deforest drove in two runs with a clutch single to give iga a 1312 vic tory over herbs delivery in town league softball tuesday harold townsley smashed a bases empty lour bagger in the top of the ninth to bring herbs within one run but they couldnt score another bill shannon who went in in relief for al coher in the third uas the winning pitcher while fred archibald va tagged with continued on page fie and one of the league leaders few well pitched games this year as veteran harry hamil ton came through with by far his best effort of the year hamilton wtnt the nine in ning route for his second win of the year he gave up two runs off five hits while strik ing out seven and walking one hamilton onlv faced 33 batters or six more than the minimum georgemcdonald was the loser giving up seven runs off seven hits doug cholewka hurled hit- less ball in two and twothird innings of relief for burlington elemer dredge led the camp bellville attack with a home run and two singles bill elliot horn- tired earl cairns doubled and rick repta and harry hamil ton singled jack clarke hit two singles for burlington doug cholewka doubled and dan wigle and gerrv moore singled footnotes campbellvilles next home game vvill be against georgetown on sunday june 19 at 230 pm it is expected that ralph rintoul will get his first home start for campbellville r h e blinglon 000 000 011 2 5 5 cville 002 032 oox 7 7 i acton recreation summer schedule teen dance friday june 17 acton community centre ji featuring the shaynes and gogo girls dancing from 830 to 12 pm admission single 100 couple 175 everybody welcome i park and community centre thursday june 16 8- pm roller skating 815 pm mens softball herbs delivery vs legion friday june 17 830 pm teen dance saturday june 18 9 am minor lacrosse 8 pin roller skating 10 p m teen dance sunday june 19 130 prn mens softball station hotel vs iga monday june 20 8 pm senior citizens shuffle board 8 30 pm girls softball shands vs acton tuesday june 21 8 pm roller skating 8 15 pm mens softball legion vs iga wednesday june 22 730 pm minor lacrosse 815 pm mens softball bob sheppard george william son anil clarence farmer shepparcl clouted one each the g kli lineup which resem bled ihe acton tanners hockey club got a pair of hits from p robinson and tim haines and singles from blake inglis p pomeroy peavoy and perry ed phillips fanned 10 glen batters and gave up two passes while shaw whiffed four mer chants and walked one acton 3 glen 2 r h c acton 000 200 100 3 1 1 glen 000 010 001 2 8 1 acton h phillips rf j leaherland 3b 0 masalcs ss ed phillips p j riddall 2b bob sheppard cf j dunn lb g wil liamson c c sheppard if glen t haines cf b inglis ss r ritchie 3b m stafford c d richardson lb p pomeroy 2b p robinson if d hall rf peavoy rf j shaw p jerry 9th hillsburg 4 acton 2 r h f iimiburg 001 012 000 4 9 1 acton 001 000 001 2 7 1 hillsburg turner corbett mckcnzie donaldson mcgow an lett kirk wood little white acton c sheppard if d price lb g masalcs ss e phil lips p g williamson c a shep pard 3b a mcmabb 2b j tib eri rf mel shepparcl pinch hit in 9th lid phillips was thwinner as he spun a six hitler ovir ihe dis- tiiiice whiffed 10 andpave up one free pass he might have hail a shutout except for the fifth when rogers singled put second base in his pokt ad vanced to third on irihn ia-ilh- erlands flv lo right and then stole home the run tied the game at 11 the station crew plated the in itial run of the game in the second liame as bob sheppard greeted rogers wilh a single and george williamson slam med a niple to score boh in the tiebreaking eighth harry red phillips stepped to the plate lo pinch hit lor al mcmabb and his drive was bob- bled at second after ed smith took a pass an error al first base on ed phillips and two runs scored to give the hostelry ihe lead phillips bote down to blank legion the next two in nings williamsons triple was the big blow of ihe game one ol three innkeeper hits bob shep pard and ed phillips got the others john leatherland terrv mas- ales ken maltby terry rogers biian mccrislall and wayne maishall singled foi ihe legion r h e legion 000 001 000 1 6 3 sta hotel 010 000 020 3 3 0 station hotel c sheppard ss ed smith if a mcnabb 2b e phillips p john dunn lb b sheppard 3b wayne sheppard cf g williamson c brvan dunn rl if phillips 2b in 8th legion j leatherland 3b t masales 2b d price lb t walerhouse cf rf b elliott ss r hawkins rf f thompson c k milthv ii and p t rogers p and ll b mccrislall ss in 5th wmarshall cf in 7lh c milne c in 7lh umpires h townsley plate w duval bases sports corner 124 mill st e at wilbur phone 8532160 acton open support this annual local event tickets 600 all inclusive available only at sports corner fathers dar gifts we know that did would like a new waliet or key case or maybe tome new fishing tackle from sports corner motorcycle races scrambles this sunday june 19 hum 1 mile north of crewsons corners turn north al shell station 2 miles wast of acton one of a series of ontario championship events see motorcycling at its roughest and best i ample parking available refreshments on grounds admission adults 100 children under 12 free sponsored by yellowjackets m cc under cm a sanction and rules grand ross lake opening park farm saturday june 18th fun for the entire family recreation facilities camp sites water sports up to public 50 lots with privacy from the choice locations swimming 200 foot houses depths up to 20 feet over sand beach with change boating for small boats only pony rides i for children in paddock area under supervision golf driving one hole 250 yard practice range saddle horses for use on trails under supervision riding instructor of hay ride 20 passenger hay ride on private farm road picnic facilities for private use or organized groups churches and reunions corn roasts outdoor c00k0uts horseshoe pitching snack bar for reservations or full particulars phone joe ross owner 8773895 rr 3 georgetown 2 miles from business centre