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4 the acton free press wednesday july 2 1967 p at the 85th annual police games saturday night in varsity stadium toronto dave bailey became the first canadian tp run the sub four minute mile in canada his winning time of 3577 was the fastest ever logged for the mile by a canadian apparently bailey had broken this mark before in san diego california making him the first canadian to do so his san diego time which didnt win him the race was estim ated at 3591 but entered the books a 3594 since he was not clocked andhad to take the time of the man behind him who was a crowd of over 10000 saw bailey and clubmate bill cro- thers work together for this record crothers and bailey left by plane right after the track meet to winnipeg where they will compete in the pan american games it was five years ago in the same police games that bailey made his first strong showing in the mile he was clocked at 4075 but remained in the shadow of bruce kidd who ran a 4014 world record for the mile is 3511 held by jim ryun the sensational young speedster from kansas handsome boy taking full advantage of a 20 pound ad vantage in the weights soundly whipped v great buckpasser in v miles of the 10700 brooklyn handicap at aqueduct last saturday under 116 pounds compared to the 136 toted by buck- passer the winning horse set all the pace and finished in first with an ever widening eight lengths separating him from the tiring buckpasser canadas equestrian team won the first medal for their country yesterday in the pan american games canadas team of christilot hanson of sharon ontario and inez fisher cicdo and jean mckcnzie of vancouver scored 1699 points to cop the third place bronze medal chile took the gold medal with 2158 and the united states the silver with 1929 points it looks as though george chuvalo may finally call it quits after the fearful beating and eve damage he took during that four round bout with philadelphia fighter joe frazier surgeons removed a piece of broken bone from his right cheek on saturday and replaced it with a screen device chuvalo spent three days in total darkness with both eyes bandaged and had plenty of time to think about his future in the ring and maybe realize his boxing days are over former champion jockey lester piggbtt rode his 2000th winner in britain with an easy three length success on coon- beam in the blady maiden fillies plate last night piggott joins an elite band or onlv seven jockeys who have achieved the 2000 figure in british racing sport spots the queen- and her maids will once again visit acton on thursday august 3 to entertain softball enthusiasts with their skulduggery and trickyplaying abilities last vears visit proved to be quite entertaining and a great success the ladies softball team under manager and coach charlie thomson and frank spielvogel are sponsoring the show bruce hood of milton has been offered a contract to referee 50 nhl games this season bruce refereed a couple of last years games but spent most of his time in the ahl as a referee h acton minor hardball players will be starting their playoff games next monday night in the novice league coaches and managers are asked to attend a special meeting at 830 tonight in the community centre dominions lose another cops 95 decision attracting 1arge crowds to their home games the acton iga ladies softball team has captured the fans imagination another large crowd was on hand monday only to see the gals lose to milton front row left to right they are 1 lynn dunn sandi slingerland joanne landsborough kelta stevenson second row chris brunelle patsy wheeler brenda lawson jill hurst in back coach frank spielvogel bonnie mcdougall liz kirby gail fryer and beverley brunelle two players are missing staff photo sundays battle of the hotel- ers saw the station topple do minion 95 in softball play ed smith slapped out a home run in the third inning with no one on base for sta tion barrle elliott and john dunn copped double tallies each with george williamson doug ford and jan riddall and bob sheppard capturing single tal lies for the winning innkeep ers dominions scoring funs cime in single file from gil bert edmond ron bas telle dunn and farow dominion to dare hasbeen on a winless streak but is still in there fighting lineups station hotel l peavoy b elliott g williamson j dunn d ford j riddall a mcnabb e smith b shep pard dominion hotel gilbert shannon edmond r bastelle dunn farow dick tremhlev j mclaren dominion hotel r 005 000 00 5 h 013 110 00 r- 6 station h otel r 421 000 02 9 h 221 000 14 -r- 10 grocers ride on herbs tail with 171 decision acton gals top palermo sixth win in nine games herbs delivery fell victim to ledgers iga last thursday night by a cut throat 171 decision iga has racked up nine wins in their 12 games played and are now running on herbs tail ken maltby tossed an eight hitter game for the shopkeep ers allowing 13 hits through the eight innings howie leader stayed on the mound for three of herbs in nings but gave way to fred archibald after things started to get too hot harold town sley and bob doyle teamed up in the fifth to save herbs from zeroing out townsley slapped out a triple and bob doyle followed with a scoring single i v fga tallies came from ter ry masales dave manes and bruce shultis who shared nine runs on an equal basis bucky price jeff fryer chick milne and george maltby station hotel upsets iga milton pitcher fans 18 batters iga ladies lose by plenty thats the first time weve had to face pitching like that commented coach frank spiel vogel after his iga ladies se nior team took a 151 pasting from milton monday night un der the candlesticks here the local gals who havent done too badly since they en tered the halton ladies league for the first time found the hurling of s cuth- bertson of the milton club a real puzzle she had the deliv ery and speed of a man and the grocers could nick only four hits from her sizzling fast balls she fanned 18 batters over the seven innings right fielder lynn dunn was the only acton gal to fig ure her offerings out after being whiffed the first time at bat lynn drove out singles in her next two appearances bat ting in actons lone run bonnie macdougall romped in with the lone tally in the fourth boarding on a single jill hurst collected the other acton hit in the sixth when the grocers loaded the bases but couldnt buy a clutch hit a large crowd saw the mil ton club rap 12 hits from jo anne landsborough who went the distance on the mound for iga joanne didnt get much help from the infield which started out shaky and threw in four errors result was milton gat off to a five run lead and had a se ven run splurge in the fifth the two bad innings killed the actons who seemed to settle down in late innings the milton twirler not only fizzled acton bats but was a tower of strength at bat with three line drives one of which was good for a triple the loss was actons second of the night belwood hung a 3010 defeat on the wildcat juniors in the opener when the acton kids let down in late innings r h e milton 501 171 0 15 12 1 acton 000 100 0 1 4 4 milton c hearns 2b d fer- rier if p burkholder cf c marsh c m waldie ss s cuth- bertson p d burkholder 3b c learmont lb chood rf wat son 2b c horningg if s mc- mullen lb s bridgeman rf acton joanne landsborough p jill hurst 2b kelta steven son cf bonnie macdougall ss gail fryer lb lynn dunn rf brenda lawson if sandi sling erland c liz kirby 3b stationhotel upset ledgers iga last night in softball ac tion with an 6win eddy smith on the mound for station let by 19 hits on the six runs for iga com pared to icas bruce car- gills tally pf 24 hits on eight runs george williamson rang up a double take for the innkeep ers with single scores from jim kay barrie elliott john dunn bob sheppard jan rit dall and lome peavoyt- lga roster of runs came in single file from bucfcy price dave manes george maltby bruce shultis andre brouill- ard and roy shultis lineups station hotel j kay b elliott g williamson j dunn e smith b sheppard j riddall p homer l peavoy iga d price t masales d manes g maltby b shul tis a brouillard p marzo r shultis b cargill station hotel r 001 300 211 8 h 114 521 633 24 iga r 112 000 101 6 h 433 211 410 19 rousted up the remaining eight with two runs apiece jan riddall and ron boo bastelle handled the umpiring for the duration lineups iga d price t masales d manes j fryer c milne b shultis p marzo g malt by k maltby r shultis a hall and b cargill herbs delivery mccris- tall j goy h leader h townsley b doyle b tur- kosz d archibald f archi bald m ball r coe iga r 034 060 301 17 h 035 151 312 21 herbs delivery r 000 010 000 h 210 120 101 boats you can enjoy boating whan you own cutter fibregiass boat upttrake boat 15 to 20 complete motor and boat repair service authorized mercury outboard dealer credit river boat co norval 8779552 open fvanings til 9 pm i id phtujm slammed out a home run to save dominion hotel from laying a goose egg in last wednesdays town league fix ture herbs delivery took a 101 decision here ed crosses the plate as ross morton stands ready to congratulate him catcher milt ball stands ready for the throwin umpire is qeorge maltby staff photo rjck cob drilled a single to left in the early innings as herbs delivery took a 101 decision over dominion hotel last wed nesday night fred archibald hurled the win while bill shan- hbfvjpolc to km fsteff photo wanted certified mechanic wanted for offhighway equipment diesel and gas experience require apply to acton limestone quarries ltd acton ontario phone 8532230 palermo played host to the acton lga senior ladies last thursday night in palermo the acton girls came up with an 1 1 ft victory over palermo when the taly was taken joanne landsborough handl ed the acton pitching chores quite capably allowing paler mo 12 hits lynn dunn bonnie macdoug all and patsy wheeler shared equally in six of actons 11 runs joanne landsborough brenda lawson jill hurst san dra slingerland and liz kirby tallied up single runs palermos runs came from m inglchart and m bruinsma with a pair of pointers apiece s tovell s bryan p meredith and d bryan captured singles to add to palermos score card up to this point acton has won si of the nine games they have played losing three minute walters handled the umpiring chords at home plate lineups acton j landsborough b lawson l dunn b macdoug all p wheeler b brunelle jill hurst s slingerland and l kirby palermo s tovel s nix on j inglehart p meredith d brvan m bruinsma and s watt acton r 014 030 311 h 045 242 320 palermo r 020 210 3 8 h 131 400 312 record crowds are swim ming in milton and kelso swimming pools these hot days m wtf tmrfr 134 mhi i an wirwr phone 1531160 tackle fishing the most complete assortment ever seen in acton be mire to cone and me u in the pari we ere open evenings and meet weekends e pcru canteen dont miss tho queen and her maids next thurs august 3 mxr i ii in i more people buy new chevrolets 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