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v f c cton ft prata wednesday january 18 1967 seafortft here friday night me date in three weeks flyers collect garbage shut out by surging s ui lb jeovera last weak ajctontnt iter bay a good chance to r an aooounu this friday night wban nay play boat to tba slick pasting beaver rst home gam in una weeks the tanners will likely ba decked out in brand new uniforms supplied by tba ccur- j tesy of jbesinbnora and co club sponsors president rajf day mason along with tba execut- hia picked out tbo new color jurod last week in fergus and bobbung around on crutches may rejoin the team this week it was feared townsley a can didate for the leading scorers trophy would be tost to ma team for month but tba walking cast be wore has been removed and he was out to tractlce sunday raomlngrrow- ng hed be in the lineup fri- mesmerized tanners lose pounding the the town of fergus should garbage goals or never have to worry about ger counted mid- the not is a full unoup for the first time eince the eerfynart of dacmber haa tba team haa- bean hampjsrad by the dearth of players all saasont but theyve still been winning their share of games last weeks game in seaforth showed ho the latter part of the schedule is going to m much tougher specially ag ainst the top teams itll i an alkout effort from acomp- lete lineup to stay in the run- one unexpected bounty haa occurred harold townsley hv buty wheeler the speedy glen whhnsns native has also bean practicing and if the ojh a grants mm pe its possible hell rejoin the team after- a two year absence wheeler has played in tba eastern league with a new jer sey team for be last two aen- sons more sports page 9 bsge collection fergus flyers demonstrated theyre the best garbage col lectors in thcohas int b serietby dumping acton tan ners 104 in a freewheeling wideopen game in fergus last night tuesday tba tatmara with enough goal and chances to win two ordinary games left loose pucks lying all over the ice in their own end which the op portunist flyers promptly de posited behind jim sweeney the sparse ml the week crowd in the fergus freezer gave full marks to the flyers the lead exchanged hands several times but he loams wound up the second period deadlocked 53 after the tan ners whittled away at an early jl fergus lead they oveiv came it in the early minutes of the second fergus took the lead again only to have the tanners rattle in two goals within 51 seconds for a 54 margin with the acton club coming on strong and fergus wilting it looked like the turning point in the game however the tan- ners forgot bob cobble was on the ice mis ancient limbs creaking dobble picked up a loose puck and tied it up 55 the tanners took he lead again at 155 of the third per iod twelve seconds later lar- mer waited right in to tie a m knot turning point in the game came at the 505 mark pollock golfed a shot at sweeney it bounced wierdly winding up legion town league odofey weston got back on the win trail to saturday afternoons town league opener by bop ping brampton 41 johnny sooyne was westons big gun scoring two goals while ricky holmes and scott malcolm shot one and collect ed an assist each jeff shields and mark morrison also con tributed an assist joey kentner rattled in the lone brampton tally unassist ed an eight goal performance from the leagues heading scor er bernle taylor paced nia gara falls to a m win over wlntess hamilton in the novice lidlifter five of bemies counters were solo efforts while billy mckenrje assisted him on the other three billy ware bagged another for the falls two of hamiltons three fee wee 415 pjn baltimore at ro chester 540pjn cleveland at springfield league statistician charlie thomson released the league statistics this week as follows standings atom otwl tfts 8 4 3 1 4 brampton weston 8 1 6 nla falls 7 1 0 14 st kitts 8 52 1 11 oshawa 8 3 4 1 7 hamilton 8 0 8 0 0 fee wee springfield 9 6 3 0 12 baltimore 9 3 4 2 8 rochester 9 3 4 2 8 cleveland 9 3 4 2 8 i bantam pittsbur 6 3 2 1 7 couxrand brad martin notched the other second pesos st catharines defeated oshawa 44 in the sec ond half of the novice double header with john hansen turn ing the bat trick for the saints wayne allan scored the final and assisted on johns third david allen notched both oshawa markers his first alone and the second with help from william vivian rochester and cleveland duelled to a 33 deadlock in the pee wee opener while springfield shaded baltimore 43 in the nightcap the tie in the first game didnt decide anything in the standings as both teams are deadlocked for third place ron louttet scored all the ro chester counters with rod glbbins helping out on all three wade knight and how ard coultrup assisted on one apiece as well peter morrison drilled two of the cleveland scores with jeff goy scoring one and as sisting on one of peters ad four sbsgfialj goals were products of the hot stick of bob krul ur their win over baltimore randy coker help ed on his first the rest were solos harry lawson bagged balti mores first david forster scored the second from randy marsh and then randy notch ed one of his own games this saturday hershey o buffalo 6 in the jtop loft corner giving the lead to fergus larmer stretched the margin to 84 39 seconds later and the flyers were off and running they made it 94 at 1555 while tippen and currie serv ed lime qnle harper banged in number 10 at 1735 while jim cunningham was off for holding missing three of- their lop shooters thtf tanners seemed tp realise the game was be yond their reach in the last two minutes they came up with two goals in 55 seconds but the last minute drive was too little and too late coach fred kentner with only ii mcn was forced to juggle his lineups moving murray marchment and jim cunningham up to the forward line in that order cunning ham drilled two goals and col lected a pair of assists to prove he was very much at home marchment picked up three assists blake ingtta centred a line with jim ifarrelly on one wing beat were always amazed at the extent and variety of the duties legion minor hockey official charlie thomson per- forms during the season he does everything from handing out equipment keeping statistics managing coaching encour aging the players tying skatos tending lurts running the clock to wiping noses for the urchins who benefit from the legions minor hockey program charlie still manages to keep in trim by acting as goal judge for the tanners at their home dates during the summer season he almost runs a girls softball team by his lonesome he also walks the two or three miles to acton from his rural home when he cant get a ride i for most young men this would be enough to leave them prostrate for charlie a veteran railroader on the retired list it isnt sufficient now hes got a hockey team under his wing in the building products league jorthem hes coach manager stick boy and general runarounder last thursday his bp team trimmed hamilton bp 104 and charlie was elated ive got danny marzo in goal said charlie gamey ros- sell cliff nelson tom mcdland and vlnce thornton on defense on the forward lines theres ed hllller harvey hllller george greenwood john gpy harvey taylor barry wilson fred lan dry ed norton glen jackson and wayne schubert they play ed well to win r why do you do all this charlie most guys your age want and a defenseman on the other yo ao a rer most guys yoi while diminutive gordie dell can and relax after working all their life pivoted for jan riddall and o k me out of ichief he replies with a grin e mooaii ana yoq knqw cb hard wflf wj hm nemm guru this sprinn im olnn to have two girls teams this year dan arbic both lines packed plenty of punch and with a little luck would have added four or five goals however neither team thought it worthwhile or could not be bothered to coyer their checks and the score balloon ed as a result jan riddall led the tanner point parade he picked up six scoring points consisting of two goals and four assists dan arbic scored one and as sisted on three more for four points jim cunningham notch- ed two and assisted on anoth- pasa me the geritoj please i beat bits dont forget to assist the acton minor hockey association by patronizing their draw for a freezer and a side of beef all proceeds go for minor hockey in acton i big game for the firefighter bantams tonight against hespeler could mean the difference between first and second place the highest an acton team has ever climbed in the tricounty hoc key association one of the best leagues in the province coach fred kentner is disappointed at the poor turnouts of players acton tanners are having for gamesand practices three of the teams top scorers were missing in the loss to fergus last night er pair for four blake inglis fired two goals c ft and assisted on one for three losses continued on page 9 staff wmh scoring atom g j scoyne w 11 f alton b 5 r holmes w 7 j kentner b 5 j mchugh b 4 d dixon b 6 s malcolm w 1 s withers b 1 d webster b 0 s daigle b i 0 g bruce w 0 novice b taylor nf 32 j hansen stk 18 b mckenrie nf 5 w allan stk 9 r baginski o 3 s bruneue nf 5 d allen o 6 b ware nf 3 t lambert stk 5 k marcoux h 5 d morris o 4 pee wee p morrison c r louttet r b krul s j goy c r marsh b r gibbons r j mcnabb b h lawson b b storey r d braid s r downes c 28 18 18 11 9 3 8 4 2 4 3 1 pan brampton at wes ton 2 pjn su kins at niagara 3 pan hamilton at oshawa g fraser h 8 d kennedy h 7 g taylor p 4 b irwin b 3 r schuts b 4 s garrett h 2 g murray p 5 k marshall h 4 j irwin p 3 p paulsen b 4 r livennore p 3 pts 12 10 9 8 8 6 4 3 3 3 3 35 25 14 13 11 9 7 7 6 5 s 36 23 23 17 g 11 7 7 6 6 13 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 cujuino champs of the monday afternoon ladles leaguevirst draw proudly display their trophy which was donated by don bexton former acton jewel lor in front left to right are shirley hunter viceskip mae dumarsh skip and gladys price second with lead jean mcphafl standing at back the team defeated marg toths rink during the finals frraw feature minor hockey week in acton the news that minor hockey week in canada begins this saturday and continues for a week came as a shock to offic ials of the minor hockey as sociation here they were un prepared for the news and as a result nothing special is planned outside of their big draw at the juvenile hockey game on thursday january 6 if people want to help min- or hockey in acton associa tion head roy goodwin said buying a ticket for the draw will be one of the biggest boosts the tricounty teams can receive and tickets may be obtained from any player or minor hookey official another project to help pay the bills is planned by the nov ice tricounty team theyre staging a bottle drive saturday starting at 8 ajn proceeds will go for duffle bags and helmets for the players minor hockey week will be marked by the start of play offs for all acton tricounty teams to keep your boy from going bad keep him on ice is a v slogan of which tens of thous ands of parents across canada are becoming increasingly aw are oha int b statistics as of january 13 1967 gp w l pts hespeler 14 11 3 22 acton 14 9 5 18 seaforth 12 8 4 16 fergus 14 5 9 10 prangeville 12 0 12 0 ten top league scorers as of january 13 1967 g a pts d hiepel h 18 the man who can smile when things go wrong has prise ba the draw is a home just thought of something he freezer and a half side of beef can blame it on j mcllwain s 14 k doig s 8 h townsley a 16 dt richardson a 12 b mclaughlin s 16 n love h 9 j riddall a 11 pbodendistel a 8 b beutenmiller s 9 20 22 23 10 13 8 14 11 38 36 31 26 25 24 23 22 bantams cool j cop tint phce with win tonight first place may be at stake when acton firefighter ban- urns entertain hespeler at the arena here foqlgtit wednes day in the last scheduled tri- county bantam game the acfon club blew a chance to finish the schedule on top of the 13 seams sunday when they bowed to bramp ton as 41 a win tonight against hespeler coupled with a georgetown victory over the same hespeler squad tuesday will still sew first place up for the firefighters either way they cant finish any worse than second in the league wednesdays game will alsp be important for goalkeeper craig weldon and team cap tain pete marzo craig could wrap up the goalkeeping award with a stingy game while pete but pee wees show promise three losses made it a bleak week for the coach manager and players of the acton pee wee entry in the tricounty hockey assoc but there was a glimmer of light for the play- offs following the last defeat in brampton brampton look a 62 decis ion sunday but they had a fight on their hands for bar- rie elliott and kevin hall coach and manager respective ly it was a good omen bram ptons an a club and acton will be meeting ib teams in the playoffs first toss last week was a 5- 3 nod to preston here wednes day with henry toebes regis tering two goals for acton and steve mclntyre potting one thursday in chinguacousy- ibramalea a short handed team took a 120 lacing from the home club effects of a game the night before and a bare lineup gave chinguacou- sy an easy win 14 22 12 21 dusters raiders jets orioles standings w l t pts 6 2 1 13 6 3 0 12 4 4 1 9 18 0 2 firefighters blaze brightly with backtoback victories two games is as maiiy nights is a handful for pro ho ckey teams for amateurs its equally tiring acton firefighter bantams found it was a chance to add bern life fkntets for top with tknt nst tfotds pittsburg gordons from ba- ry masters and dave pink pittsburg hornets came from behind to tie a knot in the midway mark of the third period to town league bantam action thursday night but fl 2srjl if second iirershey sears f j j came on strong with three j7 f goals in less mthan two minutes x h to wrap up a 74 verdict the then league leading nets i hor- rsvrfntied the bears with the hornets for top buffalo is omne ksssay osssglrnvrshall ed three brat varied goals to give pittsburg a taste of what was to come bis first from steve garrett the second ott a solo and the tswxv from crs naui arnsav uon savxeray ansi nsffwsobv wp xdc ottd for pittsburg from gord murray for the hornets bt 1150 of the third period ordy to have bene kennedy graham fraser and steve garrett bounce back to score m a ntinnne and 35 sect ends for the wars fraser as sisted kennedy on die tie breaker then scored a beauty by himself and garrett wrap ped it up from marshall and fraser barry elliott top scorer in juve ranks although final statistics have not been compiled acton uosss snarkscaan barry elliott s scorer awa in the tnv barryls 14 goals and eight assists for 22 peseta pert htm at the bead of ab the juvenile itbclai hao on tnetrtdona- ty aikstar team wbsch win peay neath yorks jovcntlta hi the acton ehsb tbsar brat be the two more wins to their skein in tricounty hockey wednesday nighthere ag ainst a team in their own class the acton club shut out pres ton so next night in ching- uacousy arena they belted bramalea 53 in spite of that draggy tired feeling new socks and drycleaned sweaters gave them a lift and gave them a smart appearance first 18 mhwitrs of the game with preston the firefighters really turned it on they slack ened off a little through the next two stanzas but not en ough to let a shut-out- for goalie craig weldon slip through their fingers craig minded the nets so well not one of the visitors could put a puck past him meanwhile hs team up front was steadily building up a lead jhn sceveasoo found his own skates more to his liking as be pumped two goals into the net as well as assisting on another in the previous game at bur lington borrowed skates didnt suit his ability don ouribar a going con cern for acton netted one goal and assisted on three oth ers george mcphail and jdte tar each hit the target once while pete marao john snow and glen taillefer collected an assist apiece marzo can win the sharpshoot- erv award if he has a good industhttl hoikoy against brampton rtetminder ttjufalot ttatlstifs weldon played an outstanding wsw game as did his opposite num ber in a brampton sweater brampton won the contest in the last four minutes with three quick goals there was no score in the first period brampton chalk ed up a slim 10 lead in the second stanza which acton erased at the 1410 mark of the third despite playing short- handed most of the period but at 16j1 the brampton team regained the lead for good they bagged two more goals at 1821 and 1843 but they were excess baggage slow sticky ice and a tend- sports corner 24 mill 1 at wilbur phoni s5210 unicorn ffiwk rapy darts nights and beards mode- in england toboggans top quality hardwed made in canada 1966 prices in effect at sports corner gwamenders averages andy wiikams raiders 275 clarence sheppard dus 325 bob sheppard jets 4j0 joha leatherland oriohhtvs top ten scorers pts 29 stu mcdonald xr rich gordon r wayne sheppard d jim mcdonald r 12 k lj jitajbstort ft show the fatigue of playing the nighr before when they took the junket to bramalea thurs day they did in the third period by that time they had a so lead on the chinguacousy entry consistng of two goals in the first period two more in the second and one early in the third bramalea struck for three straight goals then as the firefighters started to feel the effects of the second game in two nights clean and fast there was no com fro either side about refereeing bui fields unassisted effort shot acton in front dale fish er notched goal number two assisted by bill field in the same period captain pete mar zo made it 30 unassisted and set up jim stevenson for num ber four in the second john snow potted number five with help from fete marzo early in the third it was petes third point in his race to take the league scor ing title he was a threat on both offense and defense for the firefighters spectators were alanned when he crashed into the side of the net in the third relieved when he came back to play as well as ever homers hurt the firefighter cause pete marzo scored the lone acton goal assisted by george mcphail and don dunbar 11 ron heberwl w juveniles harry phillips j 9 don mellon j 9 ian johnson d 8 denis gibbons o 8 acto arena schedule thursday january 19 6 pm referees hockey school 79 pm legion minor hockey 910 pm trfcounty play friday january 20 830 pm acton tanners vs seaforth guelph welding school get m tie kg mtmey htm learn to weld i registrations now open classes begin february 1 9 am to 12 noon c 710 pun 14 p an for information call cousct 8228837 or 8243470 saturday january 21 912 figure skating 16 pm legion aalnor hockey 810 pm public skating sunday january 22 8 am 130 pjn rentals 145345 pm public skating 710 pm ind league hockey monday january 22 curling tuesday january 24 curling wednesday january 2s 23 pm mothers and pro- school children public skating 610 pjn i- tricounty ffayt offs novloa paw wea bernams mjdgar