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4 the acton free press wadnetday march 6 1968 legion town league tallies representing acton in the novice class of iho four town tournament hero saturday will be this team with coach ron schmidt and manager clarence hill in back kneeling in front marv mcnabb front rowjoft to right jim hurley stove bru nello david salt billy ware steve papillon ford alton john scoyne back row joe schuls brad martin gord toth norm thornrull john mccutchoon ricky baginski nd ivan hoarns staff photo t ayres j sweeney almost topple huskies in third game of playoff series atoms weston leads the playoff race in the atom division of town league hockey action against brampton wuu a win and a tie weston stands two pplnts ori ori the brampton squad n the best three of flye series saturdays tie game saw jeff shields count wsgtons marker unassisted while scott malcolm netted one for brampton from huss lee fdhtho 11 tally novice f hamilton ended on op in the nrsyhalf of the ndvlce- playoff series ip the two game total goal rape ajralnsl oshawa hamilton cllnchedthelrvlctory with a 41 win ovor oshawa on saturday dave morris tallied two for the wngs in the second and third stanzas unassisted while cord toth and ivan moarn maaa tho remaining markors from toth and morris officials joo tarr and craig woldon santoncod handy kuikon of oshawa for tripping and gord with only nine players appear ing for thursdays game in dur ham coach max stafford was forced to dress himself and put veteran goaltender jim sweeney in a forwards suit the desperation m ve almost paid off as the tanners bam boozled the huskies for two per iods before finally dropping a 62 decision a couple of oxtra men could have made all the difference as the 10 tanners gave all they had in an effort to keep the team in the playoffs ironically it was jim sweeney the goalkeeper who ended a two game shut out string by durham goalkeeper gord becker sween ey tying the puck on his stick like a yoyo put tho tanners ahead in the first porlod mating becker cleanly tho diminutive playmaker almost had a couple more before the gamo ended steve townsley made it 20 for the tanners early in the second period and for a while thanks to the checking of the forwards and brilliant goalkeep- lng by tommy ayres it appear ed the shorthandedtanners might pull a win out of the playoff bag but at 1148 of the second period herman scored to put durham back in contention although the goal looked to be offside with both clubs playing short davis tied tlu game up on a rush to end the second period 22 tired the tanners still cams tiring tanners knocked it into their own net making tho score 42 still the acton club stormed back and its conceivable thoy might havo got back in conten tion if thnyd had tho logs jim farrolly stlckhandlod his way through whonevor ho wanted and there wore lots of sot ups but the puck refusod to go in durham regaining confidence after juggling linos and going ahead addedtwo more on the by now exhausted acton club every acton player from tom my ayros who performed wond ers in the net to dennis snider coach max stafford gentleman jim cunningham and jim blair on defense to terry lane har ry phillips stove townsloy stu mcdonald jim farrelly anddip- sydoodler jim sweeney rated an a for their effort manager bob marshall handled the acton team from the bench durham officials heaved a sigh of relief when they won the game and when the three star selec tion was made grumbled when the selection picked all huskies changed direction and caught tho net but the fatal stroko came at 845 attempting to clear the looso puck from in front of ayres tho out with lots of bounce in tho third and wore outluckod radio r than outplayed husky bluo llnor john shifo r put durham ahead at tho 745 mark on a puck which thq serlos was reflected in the number who wont to durham for tho third game three thoir consternation was shar ed by tho exocutlvo thoy flgurod ayres should havo boon no 1 tho disappolnlmont of acton fans in tho playors who failed to show up for tho final gamos of tanners bow from int it playoff series acton tannors bowod grace fully from int b playoff sorlos last friday night when ihoy buf fered their fourth stragit loss in the best of seven sorlos to tho rune of 73 at tho hands of tho durham husldos friday jtlghts gamo provod no exeeptionto actons losing streak as thoy foil behind in tho first stanza 41 42 in tho socondand the final 73 tally in tho last period short handed for tho thlrdtlmo in the series tho tannors play ed strong in tho first twoporiods but tended to weakon and give up in tho last porlod of play durham tallied tho first four markors within tho first 10 mln- ulos from korr nowoll nixon and vaughan torry lano managed to bring a llitlo hopo onthutaruwrscoro- board whon ho tallied at 1234 from norton to on i tho first porlod coring second porlod action saw both squads wrapped up in an involved gamo of mill pond pool until har old townsloy slappod one in at 1015 from don norton and don- is snider the sports spot meeting in guelph to iron out problems durham scored soconds later whon nowoll potted ono by ayros from kerr at 1053 acton opened the third stanzt scoring stu mcdonald found tho mark on a harry philips assist at 301 durham took advantage of an acton ponalty at 8 54 whon krr scored from vaughin donls snider had soon previously pen alized for rough lg at 845 coc cowlo talllod tho husky scoring in tho third porlod from votoran jim nixon at 1801 both clubs sorvod throe minor ponaltlos aploca during tho gamo it was a poor ondlng for tho tannors who showed promise at ono stage of tho season as being tho loam to boat durham vlll moot the soaforlh hospolor winner in tho league finals toth of hamilton for holding during the bout niagara falls coppod thosec- ohd half of tbo oovlct series on total goals against st kltls norm thornhlll andsteye pan- illon tallied the 20 tiia toi nla- fira falls on saturday with lllck- aginskl assisting on paplllons marker niagara tyop lholr series with a 73 victory in totalgoalsi pee wees cleveland tallledonoiigh ma rk- trs last week against springfield tt win the first half of their playoff series 108 springfield hafljid to come witpiln three goals and the win for tho ierltts with a 53 victory las saturday bernle taylor paced the springfield squad with a trio of tallies assisted by bill mcken zie david ourko and bill 1itil dave burko cornered a pair of markors with assists going to tony lambort and bornlo taylor los coles rucolvod an lnlor- feronco ponalty for clovoland whllo torry slavon and david burko woro penalized for high sticking and slashing in tho second poo woo sorlos baltimore camo out on top with a 74 win ovor rochostor balt imore took tho sorlos with a 1015 total goal scoro of two gamos jim mcnabb talllod a triple tally for baltimore whllo stovo ward netted a pair mlko forg- uson a single and brian storey a slnglo mlko forguson brian storey charles mccvao and jim mcnabb made tho assists rochostors tally came from glon mckonzlo with a pair whllo john rochester and bob murray coppod singles rochostor as sisted on throo of tho markors and glon mckonzlo ono bantams horshoy won tho bantam ser ies ovor buffalo with a 73 total goal victory last wednesday night when thoy mot for tho dodder tho gamo would up in a 33 draw handy downos ron mcculloch and charlos kuikon talllod for horshoy from rod glvons randy marsh and ron mcculloch buffalo tally marnors camo from gary turkosz kon hurron and ron louttot with assists go ing to gord murray and gary turkosz stu mcculloch and will muohl- bacher handled tho roferoolng choros for tho bantam sorlos playoff scoring john uc4abr actons tanners have hung up their skates for another season after friday nights fourth straight loss at the hands of the durham huskies the huskies will go on to meet the winners of tho sea- forth hespeler so s which wtll hive been decided by this time seaforth tho probable victors havo a 31 load in their sorlos with hespeler mlc macs the tinners bowed gracefully but not without a determined ef fort as witnessed mnrcso in their away games thtn at home last thursday nights game in durham looked like tho locals had the stuff to make it a win until the team began to tiro in the third period of play this his bean routine for tho local cluj throughout tho season two br st periods of hard play and then they run into a third period slump due chiefly to lack of players it lsnt exactly that the tannors havent a whole team signed its just that a different portion wasnt present for each game the inconsistent roll call for oach game left the lines upset and most often unorganized on the whole the tanners dldnt do as had as all that for a team that was almost snuffed out for lack of an executive at the begin ning of the season the club did show promise and hopes are high for next seasons team milton merchant jr c club met quite an upset at the hands of the georgetown raiders sunday afternoon after an 112 defeat the previous friday nights playoff game in milton saw the mer chants muster a 53 win with the absence of raider coach gerry ingus gerry inglis seems to have the knack of tiring up the george town club whether this helps their chances of winning or not his presence was surely evident at sundays outbreak in the dying minutes of the second period the junior free for all resulted in the suspension of both coaches tor the next two games and 10 fines for every player on both squads but two one of the two that were free from fines was hurt and the other player was in the penalty box when the brawl broke out fines totalled close to 300 excitement and enthusiasm is building up in the minds of the four town tourney participants the tournament which talus place this saturday involves the novice pee wee and bantam teams from milton georgetown fergus and acton mlktoa tad georgetown bantams open the tourney at daybreak 715 mj acton bants meet fergus at 1020 am for the local r in an attempt to straighton out suspensions and get stories straight a special mooting of tho omha was hold in guelph last night with officials of tho acton juveniles hockey toam big item on the agenda was tho suspension of brian farrell of tho acton toam for being in volved in an altercation with referees during an exhibition game in erin also involvodwas the alleged disappearance of tho scoro shoot omha officials a if moore and jim kinsley attended as well as coach howio leader manager pop schuls ed ouon and adrian farrell suspensions of acton players could have a bearing on ihe playoffs with fergus which start friday tho serlos is abest-of- three its possible the acton team could bo three playors short for the first gamo word was received this morn ing that the meeting last nlcht suspended brian farrell for the fergus series uhlch opens march 16 no action was taken on the missing score sheet novices win game of playoffs the combination of russ van fleet and gerald harden played a big tnrtas actonnovjcosdown- od fergus 42 in ihe first fme of the omh a novice b zone semifinals russ scored throe cton goals and assisted on the other in the victorv vr sunday afternoon uh le gerald lagged the fourth marker and hlped on the first throe jeff townsley and kent kentner each collected an assist as well coach uarrv inscoeu a i pleas ed uith his cluhs performane said tin skated ui ii an 1 plawj positional hockn the acton club look a quick 20 load in the first period on tho smaller visitors stretched it to 30 by tho end of tho second aoriod flna goal was sand wiched in botwoan two fergus tallies at tho beginning and latter part of the third stanza only one ponalty wis lovluj to the acton toam second gamo of the best-of- throe series waspladfnfargus tuesday if a third game is necessary it will be played in fergus sunday at 530 pm winner j11i advance into tho next round of ihe playoffs against a team from the port dover delhi area atoms s malcolm b j shields w m ware w g broco b g owon b r loo b novice m mcnab h d morris h j mccutchoon h g toth h j scoyno o g snow o novice squad suffers defeat in fergus actons trlcounty novice tuam saw a complete reversal of tac tics as played in their first game of this playoff series with ferms last night the local squid suffered a 41 defeat to the fergus club with a number of the acton players ab sent due to illness gary barden tallied the acton marker unassisted the lga novices return to fergus on sunday to play their third game with the tally pre sently at one game apiece fourtown tourney sponsored by acton legion acton arena saturday march 9 hockey galore see theminors perform you could win 50 gt your tickets early admission 25c or 5 for 1 hockey all day long acton arena schedule month of march mondays curling tuesdays curling wednesdays hockey school tn county hockey industrial hockey thursdays mothers and pre school f gure skjting legion hockey tn county hockey fridays tri county hockey industrial hockey saturdays legion hockey public skating sundays public skating aamor hockey industrial hockey s withers o l heart h 0 2 1 0 n thornhlll nf 1 0 s papillon nf 2 0 h baginski nf 2 2 pee wels j mcnab b 4 3 m ferguson b 4 1 c ucrae b 3 2 b storey b 2 2 s ward b 2 3 g mckenzie k 5 i p hargrave k i 0 j rochester r 2 3 j hansen k 1 2 k marcoux k 0 2 w allan c 1 v d fdrster i 0 h coullrups 0 d burro s a 2 j klngsmlllc i 1 s mjr1iiil c 3 1 w knight c- 2 0 p pavll c 1 0 a hqmllson c t 0 f armstrong c n 1 l coles c 1 1 b taylor s 3 1 b mckohsdes o- 1 b paul s 0 1 t lambert s 0 1 ft murray r 1 0 bantams c kuikon ii 3 1 h mcculloch h 1 t swan ii 1 1 r marsh h 0 3 r downes ii 1 0 r gibbons h 0 1 g turkosz b 1 1 k hurron b 1 0 r louttot b 1 0 g murray b 0 1 borrowed equipment acton tannorsequlpment man ager sonny townsley is an noyed because some sweaters and sticks are missing from the teams dressing room mr townsley says he knows who borrowed the oqulpment on successive thursday nights and will not pross charges if the items aro returned to the com munity centre in good shape playoff schedule thursday march 7 1068 bantams first gamo finals 8 pm horshoy vs pittsburg bust 2 out of 3 saturday march 1g 1068 atoms third gamo of finals 1 pm lirampton vs voslon novicl first gamo finals 2 pm hamilton vs nia falls 2 out of 3 pee wees first game finals 3 pm clovoland vs baltlrw ro 2 out of 3 9 crmtr 134 mx i m wmbr phonr essima trophies for all occasions soa samplai of 1968 styles featuring crystal club dltcounu and speedy service at pwta eoraer imiiibiullll flll ihihhli urn mini inn miiii mil iiiiii mil inn mill mil mill i fllll liflllllif if fill ii ill i whtnlht i rotrvtj rmvik tht inuritut of prt ss in i tniusf r p i uf 1 hi i si ihlish nunts luiu id of hi hi si inprtlrrttl shjdi s mil tt xlurt s ill prt prt sti ij fur ullimiu i ist in iht w imiw ilhur moislurt nur ruuyh ust mir pri ss of throng shdll nuke iht st truutiits iosl theirs e bond building guelph ont jl