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4 the acton fiw press wednesday july- 5 t967 v to cgtintry in the world is more devoted to sports than canada the preference of a canadian is for games in which he or aba can indulge the younger set choose a sport which is combative or highly competitive calling for agility speed and durability the middleaged group and the elders satisfy their desirea with games which call for technique and knowhow without the necessity of brawn the canadian has invented games of his own whose appeal has spread to all parts of the world he has taken up sports as played elsewhere and submitted them to changes to con form with his own ideas as to how the game should go lacrosse considered the canadian national sport origin ated by the earliest of canadians the indians has been taken up by other countries of the world who have lifted it into high favor the canadian pioneered ice hockey with students at mcgill university taking the crude sport of 100 years ago and developing it into a game that is played both in and out of doors in many different lands watermanship is something a canadian youth learns early in life and never forgets due to canadas geographic formation large lakes and streams are evident throughout the topographi cal expanse of its large land masses canadian championship rowers swimmers and skiershave placed canada as one of the top four champions in these events throughout the world since snow and ice arrive early here in canada and remain late the canadian sports over has taken full advantage of the conditions canada has been the home of some of the fastest ice skaters of all times it has produced ski travellers and ski jumpers of record breaking stature it was for some time the country which presented the finest figure skaters to the world the most skillful curlers and the fact that it sometimes has been placed into runnerup positions is because competing nations have had far more representatives and have overwhelm ed canada by the sheer force of numerical superiority indirectly the canadian is responsible for trie american style of football today since mcgill university introduced rugby to the united states over 90 years ago and the american col leges of the era especially harvard and yale took mcgills presentation blended it with soccer called on some original ideas and the american college game resulted canada wa the f real frontier for dog sled racing it is the home dtvast snowshoespeedsters sleds and snow shoes originally were used for a means of transportation and still are but canadians have adopted thorn to sports which intrigue thousands some of the worlds strongest of strong men came from canada which in its years has brought forward track and field stars especially sprinters both men and women the montreal amateur athletic association has been a powerful sports factor since 1883 canada provides the greatest areas for fishermen and hunters of the north american continent its lakes perhaps number into the hundreds of thousands extending from the border of the united states to the arctic circle each seems to have an abundance of fish of almost every fresh water species it provides for the angler competition of the fiercest kind from riant s of the finny tribe the canadian likes his spectator snorts too attendance istiigh at thoroughbred meets a sport which is extremely popu lar at harness horse races football pamvs softball and hardball gatnes j canadians pioneered sports on the north american conrv tlnent and have kept nace throiich the lone vears since then with the americans canada has produced athletes star for star with the americans although thev mav clenv it and has obviously performed magnificently in the field of athletics in the last 100 years pirates upset campbellville stage comeback for victory campbellville threw away a vo load on thursday june 22 in preston and eventually lost i heir third game of the season by a 63 score spike coughlin went the route for preston al lowing three runs off seven hits he walked three struck oui two and hit one batter harry hamilton started for campbellville and in five and onethird innings gave up six i uns oft four hits he walked live and struck out five ralph rinioul walked one and struck oui one in twothirds of an inning of relief pitching earl calms drove in two runs in the first after dredge had singled and moore walk ed lo give campbellville a 20 lead hrine third they stretch ed their lead to j0 when ches ter drove in a run with a double to left centre the roof fell in for camp bellville in the bottom of the found when preston scored four times to sew up the game with two out and one on by ets play bridge by bill coats drbsctj in th1 n1w armed forces uniforms members of the royal 22nd regiment march off with the flag at the canadian pavilion dominion day their band the world of outdoors a r t h a w e s john shadbolt has done it again he has been ringing up 25 straights with an ease thn has been making other mem bers turn green with envy this week he did it again and went on to try for 50 straight but missed the 27th bird other top scores included gord clow with 22 and 22 keith mainprize 20 john cor- des 19 and len jones 19 a visitor at maple rock this week was george brekon from the appleby club who got 24 and 22 m in or details minor league hardball action on monday night saw the hot shots down the braves 1210 for the opener in the pee wee division john jordan and pete morri son shared the hot shot pitch ing responsibilities during the six inning game with equal ef fectiveness as the braves al most walked away with the game turkosz took the mound for the braves with steven van fleet making excellent catch ing responses at home plate hot shots r 000 813 12 h 002 202 6 braves r 131 221 10 h 020 000 2 delivery boys top station hotel in town league softball nights town rally saw last thursday league softball herbs delivery topple station hotel with a close 1 19 victory alan mcnabb ed smith and john dunn took double honors off herbs hurler fred archi bald with bob sheppard george williamson and doug ford copping single runs for the station herbs delivery took double orders from scotty mccristall john gov and bob turkosz off station marksman ed smith fred archibald and gary tail- lefer came across with singles in the second jim slaven don archibald and bob doyle added the ad ditional tally to the winning score with their single point ers sundays game was cancell ed due to the holiday weekend station hotel a mcnabb b sheppard e smith j dunn g williamson d ford j riddall p homer j kay herbs delivery s mccris tall j gov f archibald g taillefer m ball turkosz p cooper j slaven d archibald h townsley b doyle j lee station r 100 004 220 9 h r 201 u4320 14 herbs r 004 011 32 11 ijhl 203 112 15 12 lgjl downs dominion hotel dominion hotel lost out to ica in last nights softball action by a decisive 195 score jeff fryer pitched the store keepers in to victory up until the seventh when brian cargill took over the mound ijga started off first with a six ran tally in the first inning and finished off equally as ef fective with five in the eighth gilbert managed the mound for dominion throughout the eight innings jga r 410 322 g5 19 h 3e 542 1423 dominion r le 21t ml s h til 112 iis 11 cerhap- our greatest natur al it source and the one which is limiting development in many parts of the world is wa ter the very basis for much of ontarios present prominence in the canadian scene we have been blessed with one of the greatest supplies of good clean water in the world one so bountiful that many of us take it for granted look at a map of the pro vince the great lakes and their connecting waterways the st lawrence the ottawa and countless thousands of in land lakes and rivers all add up to more than enough to era sure even the most optimistic ally expected needs of the pro vince foreign industrialists recognize the value of such water supplies and many are looking to ontario because of it in planning future expansion perhaps then it is time that we assure ourselves of its best possible uses not for ourselves but for future generations if we do so we can immediately see- mistakes which have been made and on looking more closely can see where these mistakes are now limiting in dustrial and agricultural devel opment in fact where they are actually retarding the growth of some parts of our large com munities those of us who live in the intensely farmed and indus trialized parts of southern on tario know this only too well the task here is now one of correction through costly polu- tion control measures and the rehabilitation ot entire water sheds it plenty ot good clean water is necessary tor our fu ture development then we should have no choice but to the van doos are followed by staff photo lady grocers topple oaks in the halton ladies softball league acton lga girls met oakvillc last thursday night to gain a 158 victory joanne landsborough pitch ed lour of the seven innings and bonnie mcdougall took over the mound for the remain ing three joanne counted up three of the- acton runs with patsy wheeler sandra slingerland rehabilitation that is needed to gail fryer and 3onnie mcdoug- maintain and improve the c al ringing up two run tallies get on with the job the need must be obvious other less developed areas offer an easier but by no means less import ant job that of preventative action where we can apply the lessons already learned and so save ourselves the future ex pense of the measures which are now needed in much of southern ontario the job then seems to fall into two main phases first cor rection or pollution abatement to make immediate use of our present waters while we under take the longterm watershed quantity of the supply and sec ondly the proper management of watersheds which now af ford plenty of usable water everyone has a stake in the waters of this province it is up to each of us to see that it is handled carefully wellington county council has given the okay to a three day deer season in that county during the first part of nov ember provided the sur rounding counties join them in okaying the season last year halton and peel counties were the only two dissenters it is hoped by local hunters that halton will give approval this year before the deer become too thick and over populate their range depart ment of lands and forests sur veys indicate some areas have a population exceeding 15 deer per square mile and the de partment is anxious to have a deer season to reduce the num bers to a safer level the last deer season in hal- ton was held two years ago with poor hunter success due to the fact the season was not announced until five days be fore it took place and also be cause it rained throughout most of the three day season the season held last year in wellington was also plagued by bad weather lynn dunn joann fletcher jill hurst and brenda lawson counted single acton runs sandra slingerlands second hit of the night sailed out be tween centre and right fields for a home run and brought in joanne fletchers run to boot oakvilles eight run tally came from devenish with a pair haist with three runs aptea theriault and jesseman with singles haist pitched the first three innings of the game and was relieved in the fourth by n brink both pitchers could only capture four strikeouts from the acton club mondays game between ac ton and omagh will be played here tonight acton r 1002 003015 h 502 2170 17 oakvule r 003 031 i a h 013 14 12 lineups i acton j landsborough lynn dunn b brunelle p wheeler j fletcher s slinger land b lawson l kirby g fryer j hurst b mcdougall oakvule devenish n brink aptea massonk a theriault i sauve jessemani w mason bomptis homexiuk haist it has been said that half of the contracts played are made or lost on the opening lead al though i think this is a little on the exaggerated side i feel that opening leads are very important and are worthy of study j one particular type of lead that is avoided or not used by many bridge players is the lead of a trump here is an example from last weeks game at the acton bridge club north is the dea ler and north south are vul nerable north s 9 4 3 h k 9 6 5 4 3 d 10 c k j 5 west east s6 5 s 10 8 h q j 10 8 h a 2 bj 9 8 7 3 d o 6 5 c a 9 c o 108 64 3 south s a k o j 7 2 h 7 d a k 4 2 c 7 2 the bidding north east south west pass pass 1 s pass 2h pass 4s ah pass west has to lead and he has a problem his hearts look like a safe lead but they were bid over him the diamonds might give up a trick and clubs look bad since declarer has bid strongly and may have clubs if west is a good player he will think about leading trump declarer has bid and strongly rebid spades without support surely a trump lead would not hurt west led the spade six and declarer won in his hand de clarer is faced with several lo sers sometimes its easier to count losers than winners he must lose a heart perhaps two clubs and two diamonds however diamonds can be ruffed in dummy once a dia mond is ruffed declarer must reenter his hand in order to ruff a second diamond ynfor- tuntely for declarer he has no sure reentry instead declarer led a heart hoping that west would have the ace west played the jack dummy the king and east won with the ace east returned his last trump now all declar er could get was one diamond ruff declarer won the spade played the diamond ace and r ruffed a diamond he return ed to his hand with a heart ruff and led out all his trump except one west kept two dia monds and two clubs and a heart when declarer led a club west played low and de clarer guessed incorrectly there is really no guide in clubs but since declarer wants to not lose the trick he should movies in acton community centre saturday july 8th 2 pm you can enjoy boating whan you own a ii cutter hrrfglass roat lapstrake loan 15 to 20 complete motor and authorized mercury outboard dealer credit river i boat co v norval r774552 orm evenings til pm play the king declarer lost a heart a diamond and two clubs any lead but a trump would allow declarer to make his contract the hand was play ed six times and one declarer made six one made five three made four and one was de feated how many got a trump lead last weeks winners at the acton bridge club first kay harmer and bill coats se cond bill hamilton and jack coats third qcorge solty and bill wandell fourth mrs bev paltullo and mrs kay camp bell virtue of a walk a single by coughlin a walk a passed ball a single by rennor an other passed ball and n sibgle by darcy did the damage preston scored another in the fifth on a single two pais- cd balls and a sacrifice fly and again in the sixth on a walk a passed ball a stolen base und a sacrifice fly v preston made the most of their opportunities as they left but three men on bate while campbellville left nine stranded coughlin renner darcy and douce t all singled for preston george chester doubled for campbellville and elmer dredge rick repta earl cairns stu king larry mc- phail and harry hamilton all singled 123 456 7 rw campbellvle 201 000 0 3 7 1 1 preston 000 411 64 2 rintoul 6 and andrews preston coughlin and ren ner i r i girls standings oakvillc omagh georgetown milton w 4 2 2 2 1 l 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 pts 8 4 4 4 2 1 2 i drumquin 1 hornby 1 glen williams 0 2 2 0 old pictures wanted for trophy case anyone interested in lend ing or giving old sports pic tures to use community cen tra for display is naked to con tact harold townsley at 853- 00m mr townsley intends to dis play the pictures in the new trophy case in the auditorium of the community centre along with trophies if theres an overflow theyll be proper ly- framed and hung on the walls the human body is amazing pat a man on the back and his head swells acton arena schedule thursday july 6 810 pm roller skating saturday july 2 pm movie around the world under the sea admission 35c 73010 pm roller skating tuesday july ii 7 30- 1 0 pm roller skating ffijttia call us 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