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kv ii i 4 tr acton free press werwtftey may 10 167 acton softball association has posted a may 23 starting date for the 67 season the complete schedule for the season will be drawn up at a meeting held this evening and edited in v next weeks free press edition a tally of four teams sponsored by acton iga station hotel dominion hotel and a new entry backed by herbs delivery are listed for keen softball action this season anyone interested in signing up this year should see herb dodds for herbs delivery bruce cargill for iga doug vtckery for the station and turk sheppard for the dominion fifty or sixty years ago baseball players who wanted to continue action daring the winter months devised what was called indoor baseball which was to provide play in enclosures since even the largest was small in comparison with a regular baseball field h was necessary to create a large and a soft ball which could not be hit the vast distances that were pos sible with a regular baseball other rule changes were made so that the game could be played indoors however indoor baseball never gained much favor the baseball regulars were content to devote winter to talking about the regular season that vas just past and to make plans for a renewal of outdoor play in the spring canadians are regarded as pioneers in softball in the late w20s small groups put indoor baseball to outdoor play ho limited city areas and the game gained immediate favor it had a mushroom growth in canada thereafter in a way the name softball is misleading the ball is not soft it is about as hard as a regular baseball but is about two inches greater in diameter and the very largeness of the ball made it possible to handle hard drives without great danger to the hands or fingers hie depression years of 1932 and 1933 are responsible for the development of the softball game hundreds and thous ands of people were out of employment and some of them dropped into recreation centres saw boys and girls at play took particular notice of playground ball and liked it not wishing to play with the children nor to encroach on their fields they re turned to home neighborhoods chose vacant lots acquired equipment and proceeded to play the various teams had a variety of names for the game it was called playground ball recreation baseball kitten ban because girls played it soft baseball and so on no body in 1932 thought of standardizing the name or the game it was just something to bridge the idjle hours between de pression and prosperity and the assumption was that when men were back to work they would abandon play softball caught on more so as a competitive sport in the united states in 1933 the first softball tournament was held at the century of progress worlds fair when the 3 l gills chicago team came out tops over 20 other teams from all over the country during the early years of the game the sport was played on any available field and there was no admission fee the crowds if they found small stands filled them and then over flowed onto the playing field the immensity of some of the assemblages made it difficult for the players to perform their duties satisfactorily the result was a fencedin playing field here and there with games continuing until darkness came tater some of the more daring installed flood lights built stands of real size and charged admission fees to meet expenses the experiment was a great success and it was quicklv proven that the game had enough appeal tbtfjbake folks eager to pay to see the playerin action under tghje k huruno the discus linda perry is watched by fellow en trants at high school field day staff photo changes me proposed at annual meeting of oma an acton basebau team of 1905 or thereabouts vintage which won the halton and peel league championship is shown in this sports flashback recognize anyone in the back row are bob taylor joe sirtowski frank holmes nelson ryder ed ryder and fred wiles seated jack arthurs heber williams ruben mcnabb mgr cameron clark snow hynds in front bat boy harry bunk holmes inteh frank mcintosh and mur ray mcdonald helping with identifications on this picture lent by the ryder family bunk holmes said he remembers nelson ryder hitting the longest home run he ever saw in brampton the ball sailed out of the park over one green house and smashed through another before it stopped at the ontario hockey assoc iations recent annual meeting it was decided that there would be no overtime in oha play offs except for the senior a and intermediate a categories up until this time they played nc idminute overtime period and then went into sudden death this change could bring an extra gate receipt to the teams involved and in some cases it could mean the difference of a club making or losing money it was proposed that junior teams be allowed to use play ers from minor teams with which they arc affiliated more regularly in past seasons a player was limited to three games with the junior team be fore going up full time with that team this ruling will go before the omha it pays to watt im sorry sir said the boy learning to dive but i couldnt dive from the highest board its ail of 15 feet 1 know but you need to con quer your fear answered the instructor firmly supposing- you were that high above the water on a sinking ship what would you do then wait for the ship another 10 feet sir he answered sports pam 121 register to play hardball coaches umpires still needed acton tops five high schools at cwossa meet in guelph the world of outdoors with art hawes one hundred and twentyone boys have registered for minor baseball in acton final registration saturday morning at the community- centre brought out enough to make 62 players m the novice age bracket 28 pee wees seven bantams 16 midgets eight juv eniles these figures were disclosed at a meeting of the acton min or baseball association mon day night which had 21 in at tendance first practices for the teams will be held this saturday morning although 50 boys turn ed out with balls and gloves last saturday to shag flies and get into trim pee wees will starts their practice saturday mornjgg at 9 ain novices will startup 10 am and the bantams mwgets and juveniles will also get away at 10 coaches and umpires are still wanted to help with teams and games interested men are ask ed to report to the ball dia monds this saturday morning the league expects games will be played in the evenings as well as on saturdays in the park and on the newly con structed diamond in glenlea park present indications point to a four team novice league two teams for pee wees and two teams made up of bantams midgets and juveniles this could change however if more players are accepted the new association points out all boys will receive equal playing time and they are auto matically insured when they pay the two dollar registration fee acton ugh echod defeated its nearest rival by it points tuesday at the cwossa b district track and held meet in guelph next saturday the winners proceed to cwossa a finals also in guelph tuesday the acton athletes took three out of ate individu al clmunplonafatps and tied for i bob midget boys fh mm suroen junior boys hmmiipfcm and dan armc senior boys a business only half insured is hardly insured at all erf i t f t 3 s tor girls t total marks showed actorf far ahead with 223 points ft lowed by eifcv with 114 ifd- verton 94 bora ii and mh- ton school for the deaf it jka 1 a ifm iisiiji new mentor worried there was no trap shooting at maple rock this week since the members competed at ap pleby gun club for the g g b reckon trophy the shoot was held sunday in perhaps the worst weather trap shooting ever took place in the rain and wet snow combined with a strong wind to numb the hands and faces of the shoot ers and borne who didnt have rain suit or waterproof coats were soaked through since there had been no plans set to call off the shoot if bad weath er prevailed the competition had to be held on the date set needless to sav the scores were far below what would normauy be expected the shoot is a wj man 500 bird event with each shooter firing at 50 clay birds although maple rock ended up trailing the other two clubs appleby gun club and hal- ton gun club was felntrev gave a good account of them selves since it was the first time they competed in a shoot of this nature each club had to have 10 men shooting in order to enter if more than 10 shot for a club the highest 10 scores were counted members shooting for maple rock were wayne leadston who got 29 gord clow 37 john shadbolt 38 jim coulson 35 brian hammond 36 john zu- hisdorf 26 dave johnson 36 art hawes 29 keith mainprize 42 bill hohenaled 30 and ed hobenadel 24 special mention should be made of keith mainprizes score of 42 which put him in second place among all con testants right up to the end when he was beaten out of the money for the top three shoot ers he ended up in 5th place total team scores were as follows appleby 412 halton 349 and maple rock 338 apple by had about 25 shooters tak ing part which gave them an advantage since the top ten were counted two from maple rock were in on the cash prizes john shadbolt and gord clow one archery ctab humber valley archers will be at the sportsmens show sponsored bvthe chamber of commerce at acton fair other clubs may also attend humber valley archers will bring two teams each con sisting of four men and four women and will compete for a trophy targets will be at 40 50 and 60vards the humber vallev archers have a range north of chelten ham they are presentlv erect ing a new club house and build ing a swimming pool member ship feet are 30 a vear for a familv 20 for seniors and 1250 tor juniors and students anyone interested in forming on archerv club in acton can contact me co the free press we have had a request from an interested partv to see if there is enough interest to form a rlub here wet season slowing conditioning program trophy shoot ot gui members of several halton sportsmen and trap shooting clubs attended a trophy shoot at the apple gun club range on walkers line burlington on sundav the host club won the match and received the g breckon trophy plus several cash prizes members from maple rock shooting range took part in the 50 bird event and two members came home with cash prizes of the three clubs who took part the maple rock squad ran third but were not far behind second place hal ton gun club this being their first shoot in a competition of this size the maple rock participants felt they had given a good account of themselves each club had to have at least 10 contestants in order to join the match if more than 10 shot for a club the highe- 10 scores were used to determine the winner of the trophy the winners of the cash priz es frcm maple rock were john shadbolt and gord clow like all the managers in the halton county senior league earl cairns new mentor of the defending champions from campbellville is becoming very concerned about the ef fect of the unusually late and damp spring on his condition ing program campbellvilles strong three- man pitching staff from 1966 are all returning but with the opening game only one week away they have as yet had ve ry little work jack roberts dean of the leagues hurlers as far as total victories go usual- lv ro into s yery quicklv but is a little heavier this year and will need more work than the weather has permitted so far says the coach harry hamilton starting his 16th season with campbell ville is running a large farm and this is his busy season so the conditioning must suffer a little and ralph rintoul a promising rookie with a 51 winloss record in 1966 is a fourth year dental student who at present is in the midst of exams and so not worrying too much about his pitching also causing cairns some concern is the fact that two of last vears regulars who will be playing have not been out vet and he has been counting heavilv on them thev are vet eran catcher don joyce and all star mfielder stu king when thev get down to work and time is short the campbell ville leader will feel better veteran regulars rounding into shape rapidly include ken moore bill elliot george chester rick repto elmer dredge and cairns himself larry mcphail who was out with a broken wrist last year is back as is a star of several years ago lloyd early cairns is counting heavily on both of them two of last years utility players ray grisold and art brooks have both shown well although they have missed some practices and cairns is high on three of the villages juvenile players whom he ex pects to play more this year they are bill dennis garney mitchell and pete andrews tom ramshaw and murray inglis former campbellville minor players have also been out an intersquad game is plan ned for this sunday after noon which will be the teams only test before opening in waterdown next wednesday evening campbellville is ex pecting stern opposition from waterdown a young eager new entry roller skating 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