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r 4 the acton free press wednesday june 2 167 the sports spot acton iga ladies make sparkling debut monday by jqhn mcnasb the canadian motorcycle association has been granted a world championship motorcycle race for september 30 1967 in making this announcement the federation internationa motorcycliste pays tribute to canadas centennial year the championship grand prix will be held at mosport racing track north of bowmanville ont jtqp world championship motorcyclists from europewill compete with canadian and american champions for this first and most likely only time that canada hosts the worlds cham pionship most motorcycling championship events are held in europe the championship is decided on twelve individual rounds the canadian being the 12th event with the final event of the year in japan debut of the acton iga ladies team in the halton la dies softball league monday night was a whopping success the acton gals defeated last years championship palermo team 127 behind the six hit pitching of bonnie mcdougall in front of a large turnout of fans poling out 18 hits brenda lawson wielded a big bat for the actons with a perfect night at the plate fourforfour while bonnie mcdougall lynn dunn gail fryer and liz kirby cracked out three hits apiece longest hits were recorded by the mc dougall gal a triple and lynn dunn and gail fryer each smashed a double defensively patsy wheeler at shortstop made two stab bing catches of line drives at key moments to steady the team which started off a trifle nervous giving up three runs in the first inning gail fryers play at first was also a high light i pitcher b mcpowamn racked up seven strikeouts over the seven innings while d bryan and p meredith the two visit ing pitchers got two of the iga club out on strikes s nixons pair of hits were the best the visitors could collect r h palermo 300 030 1 7 6 acton 310 143 x 12 18 acton bonnie mcdougall p lynn dunn if pat wheeler ss joanne fletcher cf k stev enson c jhl hurst 2b brenda lawson rf gail fryer lb liz kirby 3b umpires minute walt ers and jim donaldson minor details last wednesday nights min or baseball action saw the devils angels blank their op position which is yet name less with a 64 decision su r ttda saturdays winning of the 108th queens plate pins pine point as the favorite after he breezed to victory in the 10000 added plate trials stakes monday i betemight owned by noel hickey of montreal and cour- aat dair owned by j louis levesque of montreal as well as battling owned by e p taylor of toronto are similar co- favorites for saturdays race saul wagman owner of pine point is so confident in his horse that he has alreadv handed out ball point pens inscribed pine point 1967 queens plate a total of ii horses remain as probably starters for the plate including mr sin come by chance ette rule jammed lovely and more of mort expansion of the njhx will begin a brand new era in the colorful history of the league with six new teams in the united states it will operate as a twosection 12team league reaching from montreal to los angeles this will be the first change in the league since 1942 but in the years before that there was considerable shuffling of franchises until montreal canadiens toronto maple leafs new york rangers boston bruins detroit red wings and chicago black hawks were left to become a financially successful group the nhl was organized in montreal november 22 1917 with the admission of montreal canadiens montreal wanderers 1 ottawa toronto and ouebec quebec did not operate that sea son as the clubs played a 22 game schedule with the toronto arenas the only team playing home games on artificial ice expansion was the story in 1926 although it didnt com- pare with what happened this year new york rangers chicago black hawks and detroit cougars were admitted and the nhl divided into two fiveteam divisions the stanley cup first put up as a challenge trophy by governorgeneral lord stanley in 1893 became the property of the professionals in 1910 and has been exclusively for the nhj- since 1926 although the tseonsiderablegloryin finishingfirst in grocers swamp dominion peh in town league softball iga downed dominion ho tel 175 in last thursdays town league softball action under the lights this left the do minion with 5 straight losses to account for bucky price started the gro cery store rally on a run from a bunt in the third and came and roy shultis marked up their two runs each and andre brouillard len varey and pete marzo copped singles bruce cargill on the iga mound did a splendid job of suppressing dominion attacks during the night brian dunn homered to canadas fanamerican games equest rian team moved their schedule up one day and took part in exercises at style acres ranch on saturday morning saw t teamparade for the judges here a rider doffs his hat and the head judge returns the salute staff photo kent kentner second base- man for the angels belted ont a three bagger and rallied in the first angel run followed in by bihy mcgilloway on a sl jhn rogers brian robinson ken swan and steve papluon tail came in on walks as oppos ition pitcher c tennant lost ids touch in the later tanlngs angel pitcher ken swan struck out ll of the 18 batters facing him wednesday night devils angels met up with the bad boys monday night in the novice amj3a schedule and walked away with a 211 win faulty errors on behalf of the bad boys in the fourth and fifth innings had the angels picking up runs left and right leslie coles bad boy catch er copped the only run for his team on a single kent kentner tallied up four angel runs jeff townsley three billy mcgilloway three tim mclntyre two and jim ro gers two john ashley ken swan tim taylor and gary pickles each picked up one back in the sixth with one on right field with no one on a single jeff fryer and bruce cargill tallied up three runs apiece through the nine innings george maltby dave manes base for the dominion opener and came back in the sixth with a three bag run bastell robinson wayne sheppard and edmond each picked up a run in the sixth elect george nurse president of coba king blasts 9th inning homer wins game for campbellville the regular schedule winning the stanley cup has been the prime goal over the years and playoffs have produced many of the most memorable incidents for example the longest overtime game ever played was in a stanley cup semifinal after 116 minutes and 30 seconds of overtime mud brunetau of detroit scored the only goal of the game against montreal maroons at the forum the game started march 24 1936 and ended the following morning at 22nm z v in a playoff game between toronto and chicago the hawks found themselves without a goalie because of an injury to mike karakas leafs being helpful but not too much so dug up a net- minder alfie moore property of the cleveland barons of the american hockey league moore was found in a tavern sipping his beer and was hustled off to maple leaf gardens without being told what was in store for him he came through in style as 1he hawks won 31 and eventually took the series the world of outdoors art with h a w e s the first annual meeting of the central ontario bowlers association was held at the odd fellows hall georgetown with don wilkes of george town chairing the meeting ex ecutive reports for the past bowling- season- weresubmit ted and accepted it was noted in its inaugural year the cojba membership stood at 1077 a larger mem bership is looked forward to for the coming season as more leagues and individual bowlers become aware of the aims and advantages of belonging to the coj1a members were advised of the high success of the okeefe bowler of the month program and the sponsoring company was at this stage planning to expand beyond the zone re gions into provincial and an allcanadian fianls with ken hulford of acton conducting the elections the following were elected to office for the 196768 bowling season president george nurse georgetown secretary edna davis guelph treasurer don wilkes georgetown four vice- presidents were elected george barber georgetown art dav is guelph ed holland bram- alea and arlene maw guelph acton lg a stu king homered in the ninth inning with two on two out and the game tied at 77 to give campbellville at 107 victory over the georgetown giants sunday in campbeh- ville it was kings third hit hois downs iga 105 hosts many gmer goffers twentyeight golfers teed off monday afternoon in the an nual iga golf tournament at hilltop golf and country club hosting the tourney this year was the acton iga store with players from oshawa wholesale georgetown erin orillia and acton stores dave manes was chairman for the tourney and award presenta tions following a steak dinner in the clubhouse everyone went home with 3 prize as a momento of their putting and several special prizes went to the top golfers of the day night if you give a woman an inch she thinks shes a ruler gary taillefer slammed out three two baggers to spark a 17 hit herbs delivery assault on pitcher bruce cargill as the delivery boys took a 105 win from iga under the can dlesticks in town league soft- ball last night howie leader hurled the distance for the winners scat tering 15 hits in a fast well played game which took only an hour and 10 minutes to play herbs got the jump on the grocers with a five run splurge in the sec ond frame john goy homered for them both bruce cargill and jeff fryer had three hits in five trips to the plate for the los ers jeffs contribution a pair of three baggers and a single rh iga 010 003 100 5 15 herbs 050 031 lox 10 17 this week the members of maple rock shooting range trap team journeyed to milton to compete against the halton sportsmens association in the first half of the annual compe tition the acton club came home with a narrow four bird lead which should put them in good j standing when they compete for the second half on their own stomping grounds last year the local group won the first half at their own range but lost out in the second half at milton shooters for the maple rock team and their scores were john shadbolt 45 gord clow 42 brian hammond 42 art hawes 41 and wavnc leadston 40 the local group had a total of 210 out of 250 representing halton sports mens association were don kearney with 44 g tikk 42 r robinson 41 d tuck 4 ted bluhm 38 for a total of 206 out of 250 a visitor at myplr r shooting range tor the past couple of week was ed hawes who got 17 last thursday members of maple rock may soon be able to purchase liabil ity insurance through the club the federation of anglers and hunters is sponsoring he insurance plan and the maple rock club will have to become affiliated with that group in order to obtain the insurance the premium rates are as follows 25 cents for coverage of 10000 30 cents for 50000 coverage 33 cents for 100000 and 35 cents for 200000 there is a 25 deduction from perty dam ip insurance p ount of the poh tor liuli with no deductible clause jhe insurance covers the in- from legal action result- m hunting fishing trap and skeet shooting archery firearms accidents forest fires membership activities and also covers defense and court costs the insurance covers the member while in canada or the united states the policy also covers the insured from costs assising from boating accidents under certain circumstances the recent forest fire which broke out in the chaplcau area saw some 300 men called out to fight the fire and equipment used included 5 airplanes 2 helicopters 10 bulldozers 30 power fire pumps 90000 feet of fire hose 25 radios and count less other equipment the town of chaplcau was ev acuated with the aid of the ontario provincial police the fire department town coun cil and man volunteers in all 2385 persons fled the town b car and railwaj in all approximate 5800 acres of bush was burned tvv was to of prime umbo with the exception ot a small 50 acre plantation plant ed in 1953 planting in the burned area will likel begin this summer but it must be re membered that it takes 60 to 80 years to regenerate a forest with this fire as with so mam the blanu rests on hu man carelessness despite an nual pleas b the department of lands and forests the per son from outside the immed iate locality continues to be the chief menace had not the wind shifted when it did and rain begin falling it is doubtful if the awn of chaplom ild hno he who laughs last may laugh best but he soon gets a reputation for being dumb herbs iga take wins in sunday doubleheader sunday afternoons double- header saw all four town lea gue softball reams in action herbs delivery downed the station hotel in the opener with a close 74 decision tieing the two teams in the stand ings iga edged the dominion hotel in the second half 98 herbs copped five of their seen runs in the first inning from john goy gary taillefer tern masales turkosz and milton ball with masales com ing back in the fifth with one and howie leader in the eighth pete homer station second baseman copped two of the acton arena schedule thursday june 22 810 p rn roller skating saturday june 24 2pm movie 7 3010 p m roller skating ay june 27 810 pm roller skating four run hotel tally with one from doug vickery and a home run off bob sheppards bat in the second half of the twin bill during igas 98 win oxer dominion chick milne an outoftown iga recruit bashed out two hom ers one m the second and one in the fourth inning bucky price also picked up two iga runs with pete mar zo roy shultis jeff fryer bruce shultis and ken maltby tabbing one apiece dominion tally came from clarence sheppard with a three run score robinson with two boo bastell two and john dunn picked up one of the year until the ninth inning camp bellville had displayed a ra ther inept offence and early in the game weak defensive play and shaky pitching had given georgetown a decided edge the giants took a five run lead in the second inning and were never behind until kings big blow in the ninth with one out in the second buehlow walked campbell singled and james walked to load the bases gibbons single drove in two runs and hamilton came in to replace rintoul and he xvas greeted by a double over frst base by arbic an error allowed arbic to score and it was so for georgetown campbellville got three back in their half early walked repta singled and griswoid was interfered with by the catcher to load the bases joyces hit to short forced griswoid but one run scored hamiltons single scored a run and dredge drove in a run to make it 53 sports corner donates trophy for open visitois a visitor from toronto out played the balance of golfers in the acton open june 10 tony dockus who hails from hogtown came in with a low gross of 79 but he wasnt eligible for a trophy as only actonians are able to trot off with the silverware however due to the large number of outoftown visitors this ear rov goodwin owner of sports corner has donated a trophy to be handed out an nually for the best outoftown golfer mr dockus will receive a brand new freshlx inscribed trophv to decorate his mantle for a xear in the fourth georgetown picked up two more james walked and gibbons hit a per fect double play ball back to hamilton who promptly threw it into centre field they both advanced on a passed ball and scored on lindsays double hamilton walked the first two men in the fifth and was re placed by roberts who effec tively put out the fire in fact he shut the visitors out the rest of the way in- thenbottom of thefifth campbellville got two more to close the gapto 75 moore walked stole second and scor ed on earlys double early then scampered across the plate on reptas double there was no scoring in the sixth seventh eighth 6r the top of the ninth so campbell- ville come to bat in the bot tom of the ninth trailing by two roberts doubled to start proceedings and went to third as dredge was being thrown out moore then doubled to score roberts and elliot doubl ed in moore with the tying run dore replaced westbrook on the mound for georgetown a pop up made it two out then repta walked stu king then hit his homer to win the game lindsay and arbic doubled for georgetown james gib bons buehlow and campbell singled for campbellville rick repta doubled and singl ed stu king homered and ken moore bill elliot lloyd early and jack roberts all doubled elmer dredge singled as did harrv hamilton r h e gtown 050 200 000 7 7 0 cville 030 020 005 10 9 4 georgetown westbrook dore 9 and lindsay campbellville rintoul hamilton 2 roberts 5 and joyce andrews 5 ttcrtj coraor 124 mm e at whbw monitsmlm jmodels aeroplanes boots cars new revell contest surprise kits pncoo fioin 69c s ctbi coraor the distance between the pitchers mound and home plate before j 884 when hurl ing was underhand xvas only 45 feet it is now 60s feet movies in acton community centre saturday june 24th 2 pm isuzu bellett the car that sells itself 0698 plus delivery costing and safety and appearance package 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