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x i 4 tha acton ftaa pma wednesday nbtvery 1 1967 poummng th beat ha hrv uookbo for a nbbjmx in a haystack or may- to youre adept at spotting black fleas in the fur of a jot black kefoundlaod dog in any case you can sympathire with the futility manager footltt baa felt in trying to recruit players for actons short- handed tanners its almost unbelievable that acton cant ice a complete team for games in theiamer part of the intermediate fockw achedule when each one becomes more important first practices for the tanners this season brought out so many candidates for positions it required an exercise of the imagination to picture them as anything but overloaded with talent they had players coming out their ears something like 25 signed players cards right from the start of the schedule however it was ap parent 29 players signed to cards werent 25 players turning out for practices and games after the first few contests coach fred kentner was for tunate if he had id players to throw over the boards in spite of this the tanners won more than their share of the games threatening even to take over the league lead at one stage ed footltt wasnt too alarmed many of the players who werent showing up had legitimate excuses there was shift work sickness holidays injuries to contend with christmas parties to attend and a variety of other reasons players used bd reasoned the new year would see an end to most of the abaenteeisra v other aaasoni when identical situations cleared eg with thaw this one to plague the team how ever bd didnt hesitate he started aa they say in the aaejors to comb the bushes beginning with the players who call acton their home theres a rumor rife hereabouts that outside talent has more chance of making the local intermediates than a home grown product disregard it its a lot of baloney none of the local players were interested that left the rural areas and hamlets in this neck of the woods which often conceal hidden talent several players came out for a try but they were either too inexperienced or had other commitments billy wheeler the glen williams boy who recently ar rived back from a team in new jersey indicated hed like to play here and he was out for several practices he received release and the oha reviewed his case but decided he wasnt eligible further bad news was received when defenseman bill currie disclosed the venue of a course- he must attend has been moved from toronto to montreal hell be gqne for six weeks beginning the middle of february brian mcduffe another likely looking milton product signed tojslay but then wasjm- mediately transferred somewhere else youd almost think the fates were conspiring against the acton team max stafford the veteran blue liner who played considerable defense for the tanners in the woaa appeared for a practice last sunday but hes far from being in shape max h a t k which sidelined him last season after a couple of games hes still willing tp give it another whirl and its possible hell sign man of ihe teams worries would nlissolveifonlyall the players appearing the most regularly were able to make it for every game repeated phone calls have drawn only token jsrocaises rar joianager fbotitt hes getting plenty dlscottttged the tanners hgpes of at least finishing in second place are rapidly dirninisfimgtjm a string of wins in the latter part of the season could still wrap it up theyre in third now behind hespjkc and seaforth in that orderr the way seaforth is going dont be surprised if the beavers wind up the season on top hespeler blew a game to fergus last friday night which let the beavers gain some ground if acton could come up with a pair of wins over the file macs here friday and there sunday the complexion of the league could undergo a big change ah the teams with the exception of the hapless orange- i duflnrlne wmless au season are still very much m u the tanners dont brighten up fergus flyers down their necks could very wen pass them panes will ten the tale v sv bat bits acten midgets were ousted from the tri- oouaty hockey playoffs here last wednesday milton took a 71 decision which eliminated the locals in two straight xosaast of big games for the tricounty hockey clubs here to- night the novices host hespeler in the second game of their eet and the bantams take on milton flayers from the other four teams in the int b league will take on seaforth in the ahstar game at seaforth on thursday feb 9 pro- from the game go towards the ohas injured player fund jets down orioles dusters bounce back shellack raiders 90 dusters bouncelike red rub ber balls clobbered by jets in last weeks industrial league activ ity and knocked out of first place they bounced back sun- tlvy by walloping the teaa which replaced them in front raiders 94 in spite of being abortbanded raiders had a full beach jets meanwhile continued their march to the front by whipping hapless orioles 54 making a three team race out of the league bag gwas for dusters as they suaii the whitewash to rai ders were wayne sheppard john cunningham and ian johnson sheppafld rattled four pucks past andy whiiams in the raider net and collected two assists cunningham pot- aid two and assisted on five while johnson notched a pair and helped on two others barry wiltons goal and as- attt anil hart hearns two hiejrin completed the duster scaring they lad 40 at the end of t to 54 at the start of she third f up with rjur more o clar- farmer sheppard regis 1 bats a ri- iotvdfour of the three first period goals and a brace in the second stanza were enough for jets to down orioles who replied once in the first and got another in the last five seconds of the game jim bullough ed hillier and harvy philips notched jets first period counters from no ah roszcll fred andrews and gary ritchie respectively ron bastell bagged orioles first from brian mccristall and doug sheppard fred andrews hit the target assisted bv red phillips to start jets moving in the sec ond period and larry porte finished their scoring from jim bullough denis gibbons drilled the fi nal goal from harold watson tor orioles each team served one penal- ty jets a 10 minute miscon duct p cooper shuts out milton 40 lions deadlock playoff series atawtfe nnrs acton lions trounced milton juveniles 44 in their own back yard monday to tie up the bestoffive tricounty playoff wrios at a game apiece paul cooper tended the nets for acton and hltahulout was a deciding factor in the win milton won the first game of the series m inacton last wednesday with two quick goals in the last minute of ploy big gun for the lions mon day was kevin hall he fired the first and third goals as well as assisting on ken owens counter ken maltby scored the fourth and final acton counter on a breakaway wlth3ft seconds remaining brian farrell played a heads- up defensive game for the lions and pickea up two as sists allan mckentie set up halls first goat the game was exceptionally clean with lawrence from milton getting the bate for in terference and nail was thumbed for tripping perhaps the best check of the night by elliott was seen as tripping bv the burlington referees and marty seeds scored 20 second apart steve townsley scored what looked like the winner assist ed by barry elliott and hall but the two quick milton goals knocked the lions for a loop in the last minute seven penalties including a 10 minute misconduct to gary talllefer were levied bv the officials four of them served byvljons scoring summary first period by howard i some interest has been shown in two possible adult education clasfees golf in struction and conversational frwnrh please watc this co umn for further news regard ing these programs legion town hague fleeter in the tinafcminute to give mil- a halkmckenxie 1410 ton a m edgejn the series pen hall tripping opener h second period both milton goalhx phil nocorlng or penalties brush and lion tender jim third period plehl were the busiest players v a owen hall 245 on the ice as play went end a hall parrel 910 to end kevin hall lied- the a mnltby parrel 1430 score at 11 after clement put pens lawrence intr el- milton ahead fc- hot trip mm sports page novices lose league hading first playoff mk mats here our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has plao- ed us but is always the result of a good conscience good health occupation and free dom in all just pursuits tho mas jefferson postponed friday night be cause xf bad weather the op ening game of the tricounty novice playoffs between hes peler and acton was played sunday in hespeler and the home team took a si decision second game of the bestof- three scries is in acton u night our team played well in cluding goalie gerald barden whos replacing regular net- minder peter swim and i was pleased with their effort in spite of the loss said coach inscoe he picked out john camer on ken withers john ashley and tim mclntyre for special mention hespeler got the breaks billy mcgilloway was robbed in the last few minutes when he broke right in and the hespeler goalkeeper came up with a spectacular save the lone acton goal was a collaboration between tim mclntyre and bill mcgilloway tttil irrctrrr micros lose two starts win one an exhibition victory for ac ton micros over brampton canadian tire corp team in georgetown was counter bal anced by a loss to the toronto bp team in league play mon day at oakville i micros defeated the ctc club on a pair of goals by dan hillier and singles by noah rowsell george greenwood harvey hillier cliff nelson and wayne schubert assists were recorded by walter hen- stodge harvey and dan hil lier however mobday night after a fast start which netted them four goals the toronto bp team came on for an 114 vic tory shift work cut into the micro lineup and manager charlje thomson said they just couldnt seem to jell acton goals were scored by barry wilson cliff nelson harvey taylor and walter henst ridge with assists going to gamey ftoszell george greenwood and ron schmidt it was the second micro loss of this week they dropped an 113 decision to hamilton here last thursday standings pw l t pts toronto bp 5 4 10 8 acton micro 5 2 3 0 4 hamilton bp 4 13 0 2 freezer beef draw won by h otterbein harry ottarbeta and manor hockeytst george mcphall cde- mfcoor hockey week in last weak sold harry a ticket v as aid of minor a la cubic foot food oaf dsmff of last thursdays juveaoe play off gam er and the no beef he won sis for set ting the wanning vacant head roy friday night acton tanners are going to have their hands full this week following a week of in activity friday night they entertain the league leading hespeler mic macs at the community centre sunday afternoon they travel to hespeler for another game with the macs next tuesday night theyre schedul ed to appear at seaforth for a bout with the oncoming bea vers three big games in a space of five days theyll have a large bearing on playoff posi tions the tanners would like to finish at least second but theyve been slipping lately while fergus and seaforth have been coming on theyre presently in third place with only one win over hespeler to date bast friday nights game with orangeville was postpon ed becauarof the bad weafher so their record still stands at 10 wins and seven losses il field day for tricounty club outweighed by the superior acton tricounty bantam en try the legion town league bantam allstars played a good game nevertheless in losing 131 in an exhibition designed to help the town league team prepare for the four town tour nament the score did not in dicate the play the bigger and more experi enced tricounty players got i three goals in the first period four more in the second and finished with six in the third it was al a fie day as bill held scored seven of the winners goals and assist ed on another pete marzo and joe tar bagged two apiece george mcphail and don dun bar one each assists went to pete marzo 4 dale fisher 3 brad timbers 2 don dunbar 2 mike field george mcphail and jim stevenson kert marshall scsfed the lone legl6n league goal from graham fraser men prepare to throw away your razor because the possi bility of a beard growing con- lest is blowing strongly in the wind i the only present delay ii the sponsorship xrf the con test many communities are holding such a contest in cen tennial year our recreation staff and de partment are preparing to hold several centennial pro grams these include a child rens fishing derby in early august and a centennial day in july capped off with the re appearance of the queen and her maids suftball team it looks like minor baseball will be organized for this sum- rafcrs program we need coa ches and managers desperate ly acton is one of the few municipalities in ontario with out this activity the curling club is planning a big bonsplel march 13 14 and 15 harold townsleys tricoun ty bantams arc one step clos er to a championship they beat out fergus in their first round by scores of 42 and 32 keep up the good play fel lows the four town tournament is in fergus on feb 24 acton will be represented by allstar teams picked from our leg ion league oha int b statistics results to january 30 1967 gp w l pts hespeler 17 13 4 26 seaforth 17 12 5 24 acton 17 10 7 20 fergus 18 8 10 16 orangeville 17 0 17 0 ten top scorers as of january 30 1967 g a pts d hiepel h 19 24 43 j mcllwain s 17 24 41 k doig s 9 28 37 h townsley a 21 11 32 b mclaughlin s 19 i 30 j riddall a 14 16 30 n4oveh 1019 29 b dobbie f 19 9 28 m main h 13 is 28 b beutenmiller s 11 16 27 monday 79 pjn mixed draw k marchment 8 m dumarsh 6 g williams 6 b dumarsh 2 e holmes 2 a irwin 0 monday 911 pm mixed a mckenzic 6 d lee 6 d mcmillan 6 j goy 4 b car- gill 2 t tyler jr 0 tuesday mens 79 pm t f somerville 8 w dubois 6 l lovell 3 d timmings 3 f van wyck 3 dr a buchanan i tuesday night mixed c anderson 6 w beatty 6 t tyler sr 6 b van fleet 6 dr b moore 5 j ridley 5 m blow 4 c davidson 4 m toth 4 g tyler 4 f new 3 b toth 2 h laverty 1 a kirkness 0 mens monday afternoon l lovell 17 m holmes 13 t tyler 7 b toth 5 ladies monday afternoon the number in brackets indi cates the number of games played a moore 2 4 m toth 2 4 e goy 3 4 m wilds 2 2 s hunter 3 2 g tyler 3 2 m dumarsh 3 0 it is unfortunate this week that some teams have either won or lost by default dont let your team down remem ber rule no 7 no rink shall ice more than two spares the afternoon ladies enter tained rinks from milton enn and hillsburg tuesday after noon after a delightful buffet luncheon everyone enjoyed a game of curling bantams face elimination following loss to milton acton bantams face elimina- tion from the tricounty bart- tam b playoffs following a 31 loss to milton in the coun ty town monday night second game of the bestofthree semi final will be played here to night at 8 pjn coach harold townsley is hopeful his team will pull up their socks and even the series up with a win everything seemed to conspire against them in milton monday they outplayed milton in the second and third periods but couldnt buy a goal frustrated by their inability to hit the target and a better than average performance from the milton goaltender the acton club suffered insult to injury when a goal was call ed back on them by the ref eree the final milton goal was scored into the empty net with goalie craig weldon pulled for an extra forward with 20 sec onds left on the clock a fairsized crowd represen tative of both towns watched acton take the lead in the first period even though mil- ton carried the play the coun ty towners evened it up how ever and got in front with aor other goal acton marksmen hit the crossbar the posts and missed the comers but failed to score three of the four penalties served by the acton team were termed cheap by local fans who were far from satisfied with the referees milton got only one penalty but fans here thought they should have had more for interfering with pete marzo the leagues top scorer if a third game is necessary pittsburg vaulted back into the league lead in town league bantam action laat thursday by shading buffalo 32 in o hard fought game the hor nets broke a lt tic with two third period goals or the vic tory jim mullen ricky llvermore and garth taylor hot a goal apiece for the winners with gord tifurray and jack irwin collecting assists steve cor nell bagged boh buffalo goals his first unassisted the second from paul paulsen brampton broke the dead lock in the atom standing by edging weston 40 saturday af ternoon joe kentner john mchugh ford alton and derrick dixon tallied for the winners while league leading scorer john scoync scored all three weston goals brampton aisisjs were registered by mike mccabe 2 danny webster derrick dixon john mchugh and fred alton scott malcolm and ricky holmes each assisted on one of john scoyncs goals niagara falls continued to dominate the novice section of the league with a 42 win over oshawa in the first game of the doublehcader st kitts vanquished last place hamil ton 73 in the second game mike luty came out from his usual place in the nets to start niagara off to their win with a goal helped by bcrnie taylor and assisted billy mckenzie on the next one bernic taylor notched number three bill mckenzie shot the fourth with help from bernic david allen got oshawaa first goal from bill vivian and then pill notched number two from david morris hamilton jumped into a 21 first period lead over st kitts in the second novice contest but the saints tallied three times in both the second and third periods to one from hamilton wayne allan steve papillon and john hansen scored two goals apiece for the saints with wayne collecting two as sists and steve one tony lambert hit the target once and assisted on another while riny schuts helped on two goals kevin marcoux notched two goals for hamilton ivan hearn bagged the other from jim rogers tallend rochester pulled a surprise in the pee wee opener by tying league leading spring field 33 cleveland nosed by baltimore 43 in the nightcap howard coultrups two goals led the rochester attack rod gibbons scored the other and assisted on one of how ards brian storey assisted on the other bob krul shot the last two springfield goals with randy coker scorin t first from standings opwlt pts brampton 10 3v4 1 h weston 10 4 s 1 9 novice op w l t pts niagara falls 10 9 1 q 16 st kitts 10 6 3 i 13 oshawa 10 4 3 i 9 hamilton 10 0 10 0 0 fa wen op w l t pts springfield ii 6 4 1 13 cleveland ii 5 4 2 12 rochester 11 3 4 4 10 baltimore 11 3 5 3 9 g a pts 7 1 7 5 6 6 7 3 6 4 10 7 2 9 3 4 2 3 3 3 18 12 t 10 6 4 3 3 3 3 g a pts 35 5 40 20 7 27 7 ii 18 11 tfv7 3 9 12 10 1 7 2 gp w l t pts pittsburg 7 4 2 19 hershey 7 3 3 1 7 buffalo 83506 scoring atom john scoync w john mchugh b ford alton b ricky holmes w joe kentner b derrick dixon b scott malcolm w danny webster b scott withers b sieve daiglc b gordon bruce w jeff shields w novice bernic taylor nf john hansen stk biir mckenzic nf wayne allan stjc ricky baginski o david allan o lony lambert st4c steven brunelle nf kevin marcoux h steve papillon stk billy ware nf gord toth o david morns o fee wee peter morrison c bob krul s ron louttet r jeff goy c randy marsh b ron gibbins r jim mcnab b harry lawson b randy downes c brian storey r glen mckenzie b david braida s bantam graham frasea h david kennedy h garth taylor p steve garrett h bren irwin b steve connell b paul paulson b ken marshall h gordon murray p rtnyschutsrb jack irwin p 4 0 3 4 2 4 2 ii 9 9 7 7 7 6 6 g a pts 33 hi 44 23 5 28 20 5 25 16 7 23 10 10 20 15 12 8 8 8 7 6 g a pts 15 8 1 8 1 4 j 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 3 4 7 acto arena john rochester behind 30 in the first per iod trailing 31 at the end of the second cleveland rallied for three goals in the third period to defeat baltimore 43 randy downes scored the winner from peter morrison who figured in all the cleve land goals pete scored two himself and assisted on one by jeff goy as well as randys mike pope and allan green each recorded an assist jim mcnabb glen mckenzie and dave forster scored for town league camas thai sat i pjn weston at brampton 2pm oshawa at st kitts 3 pm hamilton at niagara 415 pjn springfield at balti- 5 10 pjn cleveland at roches ter bantams oust fergus ham playoffs although the fergus goal keeper played an outstanding game acton firefighter ban tams ousted fergus from their tncountv hockey playoffs last wcdnesdav with a 32 decision at the community centre f second straight win for the acton club in the bestoftferee series they had to pour shots at the fergus net to eke out the victorv fergus led 10 ear- iv in the game but bill field put acton back on even terms late in the first period assist ed b rand weldon peter marsoa second period marker from george mcphail and brad timbers put acton ahead to stav both teams scor ed one in the last stanza with pete marzo getting his second and the winning goal from brad timbers who plaved well for acton the wm advanced the fire fighters into the semifinals against milton i refereeing was good and many were at the arena to see the acton team win the- first round 7 j baltimore with assists going it will alsobeplayedm actouajrandy m 2 and harrv lawson when success turns a fel lows head its too bad it doesnt wring his neck at the same time statistics from all the lea gues are again furnished by charlie thomson new home this year buy a family taiiomd home by april is and get this big bonus halliday famur taitcmf o homes your key to grsomf vohie tfwt 1 free broadloom for your living room luxurious harding or celanese profaatonallv iiwtalhd by mredwkka contact vour h11ku dakr totiy for full mferabauea it t to qualify if ou act noo what mot voull uvt up to 11 sou 00 h ou hutld th halhday wav ttu a really th r to o kadkuy there are moaf stylesi more ftooft plans bfautiful new kitchen cabinets and bathftoom vanities nutt met uoadtoom it it i i i i i i i i hush new homes cataloguef i valuablf coupon 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