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i pounding the sports beat one thing the intermediate hockey club is finding out about belonging to the oh a its going to cost them a whole lot more money r the jwoaa was a fairly reasonable outfit for instance referees came in pairs so travelcosts wouldnt be too high travel paid by the home team one way oha regulations are different for them you pay the of ficials travel both ways coming and going plus an increased rate for their services for the extra mopey youre supposed to receive better rof- ereeing perhaps you do but this scribbler will adopt a wait and sec policy ttnen theres the little matter of insurance the woaa had a policy protecting players managers and coaches which had a reasonable premium of js per player the oha has nothing if you want protection you must purchase it from an agency rates run three or four times higher tanner secretarytreasurer george haggett has it figured out that each time the acton team steps out on the ice in acton if costs 80 this year the figure will balloon to bigger proportions dont sell the oha short however it has many advantages their rules and regulations are the result of decades of trial and error there cant be many situations old hatpin annie hasnt encountered and solved unlike the woaa which seemed to go into a state of abject buck passing when a maverick team refused to toe the line the oha knows how to deal effectively with rebels and docs first time an acton team went into the oha intermedi ate scries was back in 1929 the new arena was just completed and the int b group comprised brampton milton georgetown and acton the acton team of bill holloway in goal jack greer and frank gibbons on defense russ salmon al centre joe kentner and gord huffman on the wings and neil gibbons joe woods dot- buchanan harry chew and ireland as alternates finished second in the group and went on to win the group championship paris the team which eventually won the ohai champiun- hipclimtnated acton in the first round olavhal was then called the playdowns but only after the two game total goal series was forced into a third contest paris won by the same score of the first two games 32 there was a succession of group titles after that culminat ing in the oha b crown in 1939 the war years intervened the arena was used for wool storage players clad in khaki many of them overseas hockey was dormant hostilities were scarcely over when postwar enthusiasm for hockey burst in acton like in other centres they were palmy days rinks were crowded to the rafters then this town had some more very good teams until the lack of artificial ice and the re fusal to pay imports virtually eliminated them the inevitable happened in 1950 no team was iced in 1951 a decade went by before the tanners were revived then it was proposed the club enter the woaa until the team was strong enough to enter the oha in the meantime woaa hockey improved to the point where it was equal in status to oha so the tanners stayed under its ving until this season so fortheflrsthlrnchr hsyearsr actonwlllhavcan inter- mediate entry in the oha intermediate series a proposal by several team members to switch the venue of the georgetown giant intermediate baseball games from george town to acton discussed at a meeting saturday night found little support acton players on the giants would like to see the move made but can muster few men eager to serve on an executive players feel they can play ball and serve in an executive capacity- con sequently unless theres support coming from unexpected quarters its likely the giants will remain in georgetown both the players from georgetown and acton agree neither town has enough players of intermediate calibre to go along with out one another a team in acton would rule out a club in george town and viceversa georgetowns juvenile champion ball team has nearly half the players from acton which would cancel out any future help then theres the condition of the diamond georgetowns diamoridr maintained by the town is no yankee stadium but its ample for the league the acton diamond is in very poor shape and the club has neither the funds nor the time to fix it up its likely the club would change itsvilnd and give acton a whirl if an executive could be organized eager to see inter mediate ball back in town otherwise actons loss will be georgetowns gain beat bits rpy smith ol georgetown won the george town giants baseball club rifle draw danny arblc has been practicing with the georgetown jr c raiders and will likely remain with them- if he catches a berth industrial hockey league signed 40 players in the first two registrations the league could use about a dozen more players to bring it up to strength jf interested get in touch with denis gibbons or ken melsaac with ice in the arena now the circuit intends to get going as soon as possible tanners in oha int b six new coach league first practice friday unless a last minute entry is accepted acton tanners will play in a six team oha int b league this seasoij details of the new league were worked out at a special meeting held in kitchener last wednesday night attended by tanner president ray mason and executive members george haggett and bob marshall pre siding was oha president pat patterson of guelph the six teams included in the league are hespfler fergus orang12ville seaforth milverton acton four of the clubs were in the southern section of the woaa first int hotkey drill friday night first practice for the 196667 edition of acton tanners int b hockey club will be held friday night from 8 to 1 1 pm coach fred kcntncr will crack tlic whip over the hopefuls out to make a place on the team which will be playing oha int b hockey for the first time since 1950 several new players are expected to try out indications arc the league this year will be the toughest the tanners have entered since they got back into hockey in i960 the six team grouping will in clude scafarth oha int b champs for the past two years hcspeler woaa int b cham pions last season and an entry frommllvcrtoirllkely to make- full use of many elmira players fergus and orangcvlllc always tough nuts to crack will round out the group second practice for the tan ners will be held sunday morn ing at ii am its expected ice time will be available on a reg ular basis until the schedule opens around the middle of no vember last season while scaforth last years oha int b champions played in the northern section of the woaa until the play- olts when they switched to oij-ta- milverton nra flew en try but certainly no stranger to the oha choice or the oha lor the conveners job fell on bob mar shall whos been woaa con vener for the past three years an entry deadline has been set for oct 24 the league expects to start on november 15 once again the tanners home dates will be played on friday nights with wednesdays the next choice fergus and milver- lons home games will also be played friday with saturday f- and sunday respectively as al ternate dales hcspeler will piny their home games on tuesdays and sun days oiangeville on mondays and scaforth on mondays wed nesdays and thursdays there waa no choice for any of the teams involved a new agreement between the oha and woaa hands over juris diction of all intermediate hoc key to the oha intermediate b learns are al- lowed four waivers or imports an import in classed as some one who moves to your area be fore november i teams can use plavers from any town or village under 7500 without upsetting their status the acton free press thursday october 20 1966 ice making is a real cool jobl especially when the tempera ture inside the arena keeps chopping top photo shows arena manager herb ritchie flooding the ice after it was whitened monday lower pho to shows mr ritchie and engin eer james ralston turning- the valves in the icemaking room to startbrlrieitowlitgrrroucfh the maze of pipes under the arena floor wednesday was the first time the arena was used forjiockey acton legion hamilton pats top fourth big dart tourney the hamilton pats and the acton legion displayed their darthurling prowess saturday and walked off with lour ol the top awards in the open darts tournament at milton legion branch 136 competition was stiff as 26 teams from all over southern ontario entered the day long competitions but the pats affiliated with the hamilton dart club claimed the fourman team championship and two ol their players combined to win the doubles championship ac ton legions loursome lost their lirst game but in a tcrrilic conic- back claimed the consolation championship and here again to ol their plavers won the consolation doubles trophy competitors came from as lar away as fort erie port hope scarborough and brantford to lest their jkjii against some of ontarios lop dart hurlers and although the british claim hon ors lor the nourishing game contestants oi saturday also in cluded many native born can adians plus those of italian in dian and other european na tions extraction winners were as follows team champions hamilton pats percv norman p a t wakelield larl white and al southon runners up domin ion civil service war veterans association toronto diek bel- shaw bernie obrien art mc- phail vein baggs and ray turn er consolation team champions acton legion branch 197 hec tor lambert sam collett gil malcolm bill niicolak runners- up milton legion branch 136 boh kianst bernie sims bob while and george winnie doubles champions hamilton pals percv norman and pil wakelield runnersup bmoii bing legion branch i toronto john hay and i rudd consola tion doubles champions acton leyioii stan collet and gil mai- culm high score ul the day jim mcdonald 180 high finish of the day e shepherd 113 the only incident to mar the event was the disappearance of three dart boards each worth s20 their loss cut into the days profits and organizers are hope ful theyll turn up somewhere hockey players of intermediate calibre interested in playing oha int b hockey for acton are welcome to try out for the team first practices will be held in acton arena friday october 21 from 8 to i i pm and sunday oct 23 from 1 1 am to 1 pm acton legion branch 197 dart hurlers were in fine form at the milton legions open tour nament on saturday they lost their first game but entered a consolation team round and emerged the winners edging milton branch aua ptioto 136 in the final players on the team shown with their awards are rorh left hector lambert bill nicolak gil mfalcolm and stan collett stan and gil also teamed together to win the conso lation ghdiupiotuihip in the doubles competition badminton anyone interested in playing badminton this season phone howard pearce 8530020 hugh patterson 8530896 program begins thursday mov 3 at ymvlca staff photo department head for physical education at acton district high school ron aaccallum finds trrnc in his busy schedule to coach jheboys basketball team front row left to right are roy shultis al vlietstra dave watson jim piehl and phil dupuis back row loft to right are doug garrett bob price george wallis john mcgeacliiestovd johnston dannylrbic and cooch ron mccallum curling plans set to start the curling season begins with u dance in the band hall tomorrow friday october 31 and november i will be instructional evenings al the arena a club bonspiel is nov 7 and 8 with the first league drw beginning nov 14 196667 executive is president e tyler sr vicepresident georye williams treasurer chester fandersdn secretary ron guest draws committee dick lee chairman ii otterbein marg toth willa hewitt john goy vic patrick properly ken jvlarchment chairman john butkman bill mainprizc don thinnings jack ridley mem bership iron guest chairman i- rank van wyck helen otter bein lred gordon bylaws koiv a h mckenzie chairman lome youngblul charles lea- therlancl social mac dumarsti chairman sam brunelle phil imecrislall norma marchment andy nolan marion patterson glen captures fastball crown glen williams won the inter com i y fastball league crown by defeating defemlintt cham pion ililkhurg 86 in the final game league president scully pat terson of georgetown present ed the dow trophy to glei coach ike inglis pttcficr joe shaw went the distance lor the new champs in i lie final contest with max staf ford catching millsburg start ed ken donaldson and he was relieved by turner eighth score was tied 66 teams went into the shaw started a rally glen with a double in the eighth and with two on staffords long ball scored the winning runs m the misses moose one local inurkhinuii hunting rtiihiic in the wild north woods wus reputed to have shot twice at nearly point blank range in i he direction of one hlwlwnrt monarch of the forest and mlnaetl ills identity rcmaliih a secret but heres a clue same nick name as a toronto hockey ktar acton arena schedule as the eighth for the boat storage in our new modern steel building rate from 500 per month up also motor storage and tuneup free pickup on tractor rig phone 8779552 credit river boat company no rv al sports corner 124 mill st e at wilbur phone 8532160 skates we have a large selection of ccm for pleasure figure or hockey yes we take trades artists buy your supplies from our large stock of grumbacher materials if you visit the arena we will ee you at sports corner canteen ice time still available for thurs oct 20 and sat morning oct 22 contact howard pearce friday october 21 acton tanners tryouts saturday october 22 24 pm public skating 810 pm public skating sunday october 23 24 pm public skating monday october 24 curling tuesday october 25 curling wednesday october- 26 triounty hockey curling anyone 196667 applications are available now from ron guest telephone 8532885 or at the curling club opening foance at the acton band hall friday october 21st 900 pm tickets at the door or from the club executives acton curling club i