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c ftie acton free press thursday october 97 1966 pounding tli sports beat what do vou do when you cant sleep count sheep take a sleeping pill walk the floor these measures are designed to lull you back into dream land so you can be fresh and eager to go the next day a friend of mine couldnt find a remedy so he sat down and wrote a letter in the dead of night to the people who were causing him the concern that wouldnt let him sleep the subject was hockey it concerned the perennially thorny issue of whether the large towns and cities should be playing kmall centres like acton in the tricounty hockey setup this is something thats been bothering hockey circles here for some lime i think the minor hockey men felt the problem had been resolved this season apparently it hasnt it bothered barry inscoe so much the other night he put his thoughts on paper made copies for mailing to those interested and posted ihem before anyone could change his mind the birds were still dozing heres what he wrote oct 25 1966 dear sir i have just received the first part of tny tricounty minor hockey association schedule which includes games up to november 5 1966 to my amazement i see the tcmha has again pitted the small populated b towns against the power ful a and major teams of heavily populated areas to me gentlemen this is a farce of the largest magnitude i cannot possibly see what good it can do for hockey and tricounty hockey in general for a small populated area like acton 4300 to play brampton 35000 oakville 25000 or any other a or amajor team and be subjected to a onesided drubbing we fail to see the value of this in making good sportsmen 1 citizens and competitive athletes i personally would get little or no jubilation or satisfac tion in subjecting any team to humiliation by a large score especially if i outpopulalc my opponent by 25 to 30000 if we arc to develop good hockey talent from our com munity we must keep the teams on a competitive level if they step out of their depth they become disheartened morale becomes low and team spirit is soon nonexistent so gentlemen i request that acton novice not be scheduled any games home or away against a or amajor teams after my present schedule to november 5 1966 has elapsed i do hope this letter is accepted in the manner in which it is written in the interest of hockey in general b inscoe conch acton novice s that letter is precisely what most of the hockey coaches managers and executive from acton think about the present structure of the tricounty why dont they switch over to another league then theres nowhere else to go maam its a closed shop first workouts by the tanners under new coach fred kentner produced so many new faces trying out for places on the roam it was difficult to pick out players from last season there was a smattering from acton several from milton couple from georgetown and several more from the guelph district its going to be a real job for coach kentner to pick his crew ordinarily a coach has some idea of how a player responds iii the heat of a game in this instance hes unfamiliar with many of them like most intermediate leagues the oha is having trouble getting the one in this area organized a meeting monday in guelph drew representatives fyom four of the six teams involved but neither seaforth or milverton representatives showed up consequently nothing concrete was done and no schedule drawn up convener bob marshall was disappointed but hes called another meeting for thursday in acton to draw up a schedule theres a possibility milverton may not go through with their commitment in that event its likely another team will be enter ing the group to keep it at six teams according to oha past president pat patterson clinton wanted an entry in this league but they were advised to enter the woaa because of the distance most teams would have to travel beat bits art metanson veteran slugger with the milton red sox was chosen the sox most valuable player this season bruce hood miltons gift to the refereeing profession will likely be handling somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 nhl games this season barrle seniors have been trying to entice centre blakv lnglis into their camp this year blake was to have jnade up his mind between the seniors and intermediate with the tanners yesterday wednesday hes been practising with the tanner manager ed footitt discusses the new crop of players with coach fred kent ner at tuesdays workout in the community centre the pair have their work cot out for them picking an oha int b squad from the hope fuls whove shown up to date the club has held three prac tices a threehour opening session friday a twohour workout sunday and another one tuesday night several of last years team havent ap peared and they leave some large holes to plug tanners first practice sessions attract good looking prospects a grueling three hour work out friday night attracted sev eral new prospects for the 1966- 67 edition of acton tanners but by tuesday nights third prac tice sophomore coach fred kentner had pared down the crop of hopefuls to labout 20 hell probably have to cut down further before the season starts in november the tanners will play in an 0ha int b league this year with orangeville fergus hes peler seaforth and possibly milverton players from lasvcars team who appeared for practidevwere goalie jim sweeney elevens men jim cunningham and mur ray marchment forwards blake lnglis jim farrelly emmerson beaver baxter harold towns- ley danny arbic and subgoalie frank anthony although tim haines the wingman from the glen who made a big hit here last season hasnt shown up for a practice yet manager ed footitt says tim has assured him hell be out new faces trying out for the club include glen hillock a goal keeper who has looked good in his initial appearances dennis snider a ribrocking defence- man who teaches school at the ontario school for the deaf in milton recreation director how- ard pearce and jan riddall from acton bob heron and paul bodend- istel both former jr a players with hamilton and guelph re spectively are trying for a spot both have impressed rail birds from milton diminutive gordie bell has been a going concern while bob sales made one appearance and hasnt shown up again there are other new faces in the workouts including john farrelly hes a brother to hard working jim a fixture with the tanners for the past two sea sons neither doug nor howie ev ans of last years team have sports page industria lifts lid su hockey inday tan t start nt moh mo accom modation has been doubled to handle the overflows common at the spring meeting ross ballentlne has been selected as statis tician for the ohas intermediate hockey group a member of the tanner executive ross handled the duties last year youll notice lineups and schedule for the industrial hockey league on this page starting games sunday night will no doubt require a bottle of linament per player except for the fellows who keep in shape all year pound at a baseball meeting recently of all places a discussion ensued about the relative sizes of the george town and acton arenas jim james from georgetown claimed the ice surface there was much larger than actoris as the argument grew iittnlewsity several others chimed in george burt who lives in esouesing near georgetown ended it by saying acton built their rink a foot longer so they could say it was bigger four teams as evenly balanc ed as officials could make them will lift the industrial hockey league lid this sunday night in the community centre team no 3 brian mccristall capt barry inscoe mel sheppard fred cur- rie denis gibbons ken tuck ron schmidt ron bastell doug wouldbe officials attend refs school twentynine prospective om ha officials attended a day long referees school in milton arena on sunday the school sponsored by the om ha attracted candidates from milton fergus preston georgetown acton chingua- orangcyihe rriroplnn cousy shown up yet and hard working don mckcnzic hasnt indicated hell try another fling either gerry lnglis is confining his hockey to coaching georgetown juniors while glenn cooper has moved to brampton don crane back home to newfoundland bob marshall jr injured in the early part of the season last year has just had his casti re moved from his leg hes eager to get back on skates but is un likely to hazard a rcoccurance of the injury rumors are rife that smokey richardson the georgetown product with the blistering shot would be out but so far he hasnt shown up smokey start ed the season off with the tan ners last year but quit over a disagreement on policy theres no doubt hed help the team but tanner officials are not prepar ed to change team policy to ac commodate one individual big problem for coach fred kentner and manager ed foot itt is going to be picking person nel without disturbing the im port waiver balance the ojha allows only four imports or waivers an import is classed as someone who moves into your town or area before nov ember 1 the coach and manager have until the week of november 15 to assemble a squad from the current crop of players thats when the league is due to start dundas upset could leave hal ton league dundas merchant officials are considering pulling out of the halton county baseball associa tion in protest of a league ruling in august disqualifying dhem from the oba inf a play- downs the ruling gave george- tpwn giants the right to play midland in the playdowns meanwhile rumors are circ ulating both erindale and acton will be coming into the senior circuit dunda pitcher terry lilycn admits the team is still up in arms but- he says theyll prob ably end up in the halton circuit again one of the most solvent franchises in the league dun das crowds averaged goo to 600 a game last season i according- -tp- the oakville daily- campbell ville manager len andrews says the league might consider changing its ruling which barred dundas from us ing players from its minor set up who play in the hamilton baseball association merchants used players from the hamilton loop for some league games de spite a ruling from the halton circuit they couldnt result was disqualification the oakvlfte paper also says thepossibile entry of acton could jeopardize the future of the georgetown team erindale a possible new entry like acton has made no formal application acton last had a team in the circuit in 1961 dear sir in the october 20 issue of your paper fhere were an art icle tinder the- heading no deer hunt on halton land i would like to make a few comments reeve h merry opposed the open season because- of the da mage that had resulted in hal ton county if this gentleman would rake the time to go back and check he would find in one of the november issues in your paper chat the damage in ikrilon last vear reported was ilu l deputy reeve w hoey sug gests the hunters were not pro ficient enough to deplete the deer population how may i ask are we going to deplete it without a deer season or- does he suggest that we in halton become poachers regulatory control of the deer by whom it seems the county council has last say but the department of lands and forests control what may be mr hoey is suggesting fam ily planning for haltons deer herd if so by what method birth control pills or by one of the other methods available to day with halton and peel not op ening this year we are gaining by the fact that the pressure in the neighboring counties will add to our deer population g f clow curling dance a dance at the new band hall friday evening opened the curl ing season a small crowd at tended deer accidents deer were involved in two ac cidents thursday evening and one was killed while the other escaped one deer died when it tangled with a car driven by a moffat man on 10 sideroad but the other deer got away after colliding with a car on 22 side- road acton figure skating club registration to be held qt the community centre saturday october 29 from 845 am to 1245 pm kease complete this form for registration preschqol 700 students 1200 family memberships 18 00 or more skaters in one family 50 of fee payable on registration skating hours saturdays 845 am to 1245 pm name address phone age 3000 racing buffs welcome horses back the new mohawk raceway greeted 3017 hamvss raeinp- buffs when the campbellvilfe track kicked off a 36night aut umn season on monday mohawk raceways grand stand has been doubled in sire to accommodate patrons and terrace dining room which now accommodates 530 has been miss linda braida is on the teaching staff of guelph college figure skating club for the 1966 7seaspn skating began last weekend with over 400 members lincu is a gold medalist in figure gating shi is a gcadiidtgarxeton district high school and is at tending lafceshore teachers college tn toronto wv increased by 50 per cent the glassenclosed airconditioned grandstand seats 2785 former detroit red wing de fence star black jack stewart made his debut as presiding judge on an ontario track on monday and was kept busy handling disqualifications in the second and fifth races most- of the top drivers in on tario returned to the pictures que nassagaweya betting spot including ronnie feagan the 24- yearold sulky artist from god- erich betting at the parimutuels to talled 170219 tor the opening night of special interest to the la dies is the new and colorful de cor striking greens reds golds and blacks have replaced the dull greys which usually prevail at racetracks across the nation dr deborah sharpe a psycholo gist from columbia university authored the new decor first of regular sabbath doub- leheaders the opening game- kicks off at 7 pm followed by an 830 nightcap fiftytwo players have been signed to round out the four team league its expected the calibre of play will be an im provement over last season which in turn was a notch above the war hefore personnel of the teams is as follows team no i tom oakley capt doug vick- eiy bob doyle phil drysdale john cunningham wayne shep pard ian johnson grant with ers ed smith frank morton bruce barber don franklin farmer sheppafct team no 2 jim mcdonakjjacapt ken mc- isaac jack mackenzie ruddy holmes lome peavoy ron hei- ler stu mcdonald gord mason john mcnabb rick gordon john lockie al mcnabb andy williams sheppard glen bouchard ron sheppard john leatherland john dunn team no 4 ron mellon capt muff hunt er ed hillier wayne wilson larry porte red phillips gary ritchie fred andrews harvey hillier noah roszell jim kay hector dawe bob sheppard schedule oct 30 7 pm i vs 3 830 pm 2 vs 4 nov 6 700 pm 2 vs 3 830 1 vs 4 nov 13 7 pm 1 vs 2 830 3 vs 4 nov 20 7 pm 4 vs 2 830 3 vs 1 nov 27 1 pm 4 vs 1 830 2 vs 3 dec 4 7 pm i vs 3 830 2 vs i dec ii 7 pm 1 vs 3 830 2 vs 4 dec 18 7 pm 2 vs 3 830 1 vs 4 no games on dec 25 or jan 1 jan 8 7 pm i vs 2 830 3 vs 4 oakville and burl i ngton attending from acton were harold townsley dan arbic and gary masales jarr 15 7 pm 4 vs 2 830 3 vs i jan 22 7 pm 4 vs i 830 2 vs 3 jan 29 7 pm 4 vs 3 s30 2 vs 1 feb 5 7 pm 1 vs 3 830 2 vs 4 feb 12 7 pm 2 vs 3 830 1 vs 4 feb 19 7 pm i vs 2 830 3 vs 4 feb 26 7 pm 4 vs 2 830 3 vs 1 mar 5 7 pm 4 vs 1 830 2 vs 3 mnrrr 7 pm 4 3 830 2 vs i parents signature badminton anyone interested in playing badminton this season phone howard pearce853oo20 hugh patterson 8530896 program begins thursday nov 3 at ymlca sports corner 124 mill st e at wilbur phone 8532160 skates we have a urg 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 see you at sports corner canteen acton arena schedule friday october 28 acton tanners tryouts saturday october 29 24 pm public skating 810 pm public skating sunday october 30 1 1 am i pm tanner tryouts 24 pm public skating monday october 31 yjrling tuesday november 1 curling t wednesday november 2 23 pm mothers and pre school children public skating tricounty hockey novice pee wee bantam midget vs oakville 6 pm to 10 pm thursday november 3 79 pm legion minor hockey c 910 pm tricounty juv eniles vs oakville express buses to greenwood october 29 to t november 26 leave acton direct to the track saturdays 1025 am return fare 325 includes admission return iuses start loading after last race i witm bim depot la mill st g l adams agent