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4 the acton free prai wednesday september 6 1967 station hotel captures second straight title oust herbs in four straight after downing grocers in three skccaatt mm depending champion station hotel took its second straight town league softball championship thursday night with their fourth consecutive victory over herbs delivery holding the rae west memorial trophy emblematic of the leagues regular championship left to right are john dunn ed smith george williamson coach mel sheppard bob sheppard back row barrio elliott george beatty al mcnabb andy williams jan riddall doug ford jim kay doug vickery john churchill and lome peavoy right mrs velma west presents the trophy to coach mel sheppard and captain george williamson prior to the final game branch 197 presented the trophy in memory of the late rae west outstanding legionnaire coach and sports man and it was presented by his wife staff photos the sports stttlon hotel cleared off the playoff lotion in town league ioft- ball last thursday when they trounced herbs delivery for the fourth straight time the hotelera came up with their second wg championship win in the last two years when they cancelled herbs with a 71 tally the innkeepers kept up a stea dy pace of wins throughout the semifinals and the finals by tak ing iga three straight and herbs four to take the champ ionship ed smith hotel hurler pitched a nine hitter for the station while dellveryman fred archibald had 17 nits from the innkeepers jan rtddal collected a trio of pointers for the station on four hits jan hit a single in the four th and again in the fifth to come back in the seventh with a home run with one man on base eddy smith picked up the run off jans homer on a walk and still had two hits in his favor first baseman john dunn tall- led up two runs on two hits john started off for home plate on a single in the fourth and touched all four markers in the fifth with a home run alan mcnabb lobbed out a three bagger in the fourth inning and marked it down when barry ell iot followed with a single howlers collected a total of five runs in the fourth and fifth innings and clinched the game in tna seventh with the final two markers herbs single marker and face saver came from jim slaveas single in the second stanca whan howie leader followed with a two bagger and that homecoming run john goy and howie leader collected two hits apiece during the game with singles from scot- ty mccristal bob doyle don archibald and bob turkosz the rae west memorial trophy was presented to the members of the station hotel squad by mrs west for the league champ ionship through the playing sea son rae west was coach and man- ago r of the legionnaires a pop ular acton softball team lineups station hotel a williams e smith g williamson j rlddal j dunn d ford a mcnabb b elliott b shepard herbs delivery mccrlatall j goy b doyle h townsley j slaven h leader d archi bald b turkosz f archibald station hotel r 000 320 200 7 h hi oil s12 17 herbs delivery r 010 000 000 1 h 032 001 012 0 urban team wins allstar game urban allstars scored four big runs in the ninth inning todis- play superiority over the cream of the crop from the rural divis ion the urban team won 1410 before a good crowd at rotary park sunday evening marsha waldle led the urban team with a homerun and two singles put burkholder doubled and singled twice and shirley bridgeman singled twice all three girls are from milton bonnie macdougall and kelt a stevenson represented acton on the urban team both saw action late in the game betty quakan- bush singled and tripled bonnie macdougall homered and singled urban allfltare scored two runs in the first four in the se cond four in the seventh and four in the ninth white the rural team nlated slntrla runs i n the first seventh and four in the final stanza staff readying for winter expect ice in arena oct 15 labor day weekend 1967 was a busy sports weekend with num erous events taking place locally and provincewide the most publicized and money winning event was the 200000 carling world championship golfing spree held at the board of trade country club in woodbridge ontario billy casper edged out al geiberger to take top monejl350o0 with three under par 281 for 72 holes replica herbert paced his way to victory and top honors in the running of the upper canada stakes last saturday night com peting for a purse of 27000 at mohawk raceway campbellvllle the toronto rifles of the continental football league announ ced their dlssolvement today the rifles have been plagued with financial difficulties since they began operations in 1965 the or ganization lost an estimated 400000 last season and 300000 the year before toronto argonauts of the canadian football league picked up halfback joe williams and offensive guard ed harrington from the rifles and les carull coach of the argos has his eye on more of his former players now that the rifles have folded cabill coached the rifles for the past two season before being hired as bob shaws replacement with the argos punch imlachs toronto maple leafs open a new seasons train ing camp at peterborough today with 74 players invited to attend last vear imlach figured 601000 went out to the leafs after pension benefits endorsements and playoff bonuses were passed out imlach has had trouble signing some of the big guns for the leafs but reports that at least half of them are signed for the 67 season bill vtellwood scored his 11th victory last night at mohawk and moved into second spot for top drivers over the past three and a half years he has driven the winners of 278098 in purses and he appears to top 100 wins and 100000 in earnings this sea son lga ladies squad loses to georgetown acton ladles softball squad dropped the second game in a best two out of three playoff series with georgetown last night 142 after losing outonthursday night 148 in glen williams the iga ladies collected their eight runs in the opener on nine hits while georgetown mus tered up 14 runs off 20 bits last nights action saw the storekeepers total up 14 hits in their favor but only two of the counters georgetown played a tight game and seldom did they let up during the night joanne lartdsborough and bon nie macdougall shared the pitch ing chores for the acton ladies while marlly eagles managed the mound for georgetown bonnie macdougall and gail fryer shared four runs in thurs day nights game with singles from joanne landsborough br- enda lawson sandra slingerland and liz klrby bonnie macdougall and jill hurst combined to make up last nights double effort for the acton squad acton lineup j landsborough b macdoug all j ftetcher k stevenson l dunn b lawson s slinger- land l klrby g fryer jiu hurst p wheeler b brunnelle georgetown lineup j sheppard a marchment m eagles p davidson j arnold b quackenbush s qulnn j mcnally l secktagtoo wrong way manager of credit union- and why do you want to borrow this money applicant want to get out of debt winter is still a long way off but preparations for winter sp orts are already underway at the community centre parks and arena manager har old townsley said he and his staff are busy putting new boards around the arena completing construction of rooms downstairs as well as keeping the park groomed ice in the arena mr townsley expects the ice will be ready for skating hockey and curling around october 15 this date is subject to the whims of the weather of course warm weather would postpone the in stallation roller skating will continue un til september 30 plans are be ing made for a roller marathon on september 20 but the date is indefinite rooms for the referees st john ambulance minor hockey and figure skating are almost complete in the downstairs sec tion of the arena the large room was brokenuptoaccommo- date the new ones each about eight by 13 feet official timers will be glad to hear the electric time clock and scorer has been repaired and au resourceful tennis fan lack of courts in town isnt deterring one tennis enthusiast from getting his exercise rev ritchie mcmurray is making his racquet work at the brick wall of the high school to keep in trim with permission of course and agreement to replace any broken windows i along with other town tennis buffs he would like to see courts constructed again in acton tin bugs taken out of it pre viously the buzzer slgnlfylngper- lod or game end went off at the wrong times and scoreboard lights were burning out continu ally the elock repairmen spent nearly a day fixing the timer and it will be almost impossible to burn it out ho found the clock motor was burned out causing tho hand to drop past the 20 minute mark heating modern plumbing phone s56950i warm air and hot water pumpi and water system rockwood frank carney and sons ltd acton fall fair hobby contest and model show september 14 to 16 at acton fall fair 36 prizes including trophies and models entries will be received from sept 8 until sept 12 at 7 pm junior class 1012 years entry pec 75c allows 3 models senior class over 13 year entry ha il 50 allows 3 models number of entries unlimited no model trains allowed to just display a model at the fair contact don price 8532324 or owen masales 8531035 no later than sept 8 entry form name address ago fee type of model no complete entry form and bring to arena with mostate sport spots jaqk kent cooks los angeles kings under coach red kelly start their practice esiions in the guelph arena friday after taking to the golf course in kitchener thursday gar taillefer and paul cooper two young hockey enthusiasts have been offered a chance to try out for a spot on the niagara falls flyers at their fall training camp both lads have played extensive minor hockey in acton over the past years and have acquired an excellent opportunity to further their hockey careers town league softball champs the station hotel took part in a tourney in hiusburgh monday with surrounding area teams such as guelph erin belwood guelph is thought to have taken top hon or in the tourney members of actons town league softball organization have mentioned the holding of a tournament here in acton on or about the 23rd of this month if the weather holds up teams from the local area will participate pony races milton fairgrounds this sunday september 10 at 2 pm 11 races including childrens race and a ladies race sponsored by braaaalea free admission silver collection refreshments on the grounds ample free parking pony raceway lets go bowling league bowling starts soon i 1 anyone wishing to join leagues male or female contact beginners or champions we cater to them all bowling lanes management in tho maantimo tako advantage ef open bowling now started youngsters register now for ybc bowling bantam junior senior leagues begin sept 23 acton bowling lanes v 10 main st n phomtsmtlte