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the acton free praia wednesday august 28 198 georgetown senior soccer georgetown senior soccer league played on the acton high school grounds sunday august 25 the red shirts were visiting the white shirts the reds kicked ott after a lot of good plays by both teams the white goalkeeper made a terrific save on a drive by john foley both goalies were having a good night in their nets john walsh scoted the first goal ipr the white shirts unassisted the red team began pressing for the etraajizer and had some success with good headers in the white end- but just couldnt finish off their twy v v the first 45 minutes ended with the white team one upon the v red- j in the second half after three minutes of play r smith scored for the whites on some lovely plays- from fu mammates twd minutes later he scored agaih unassisted oii a free kickjust out from the goal line the red team down three goajs after five minutes of play seemed to find their- legs mick davis booed in a hard drive to the comer from bruce andrews who madeaperfecl piss this gave the reds their first goal of the game the reds stoked the firefurther with another goal by bob andrews oh a pass from mick davis now the reds were trying desperately to even up the score but the whites were playing better soccer although not as well as they had in the first half the game ended with the white team winning 32 nolan foley and davis played good soccer for the red team smith white and walsh played well for the whites both goalies played excellent soccer red team lineup clark maddigan burke nolan andrews bruce andrews bob foley stone davis kavanagh white team lineup currie roaules cassey bowman hand mircoux walsh dewoney wallace smith sports page playoff sweet on sports masters open highlights by charlie thomson dominion went home to mother umpires award the game to iga fga wort their second game of the playoff on tuesday night but if was a tough way to win in the bottom of the ninelh dominion decided they didnt like the umpiring put thumbs down swore a bit arid went home v the bomb exploded in the bottom of the ninelh dominion was ahead 20 with two men already out for iga ken maltby walked to first tim bossence hit a doubled that brought home maltby for igas first run of the game however bossence overran his mark and got trapped between first and second dominion felt he was running wide of the baseline in his little dance to get back to second the play was made to second and the ball umpires managers and players surged in an angry mob around ii was dropped npii di second in the confusion dominion tempers flared and in a mass exhibition of poor sportsmanship they walked off the field and went home lions club defeats sports corner wins final hardball championship lions club emerged as the top team in the hardball final champloirmp game last wednesday night defeating sports comer 72 after five innings of play both teams got off to a poor start billy mcgilloway made the only hit of the lop half of the first inning for lions and the team failed to bring home a run sportss comer followed suit with one hit by k swan and the team went back in the field with no runs in the second inning b vinski came home for lions first point before the team went down in the bottom of the second a carnegie made a great catch in centre field on a fly by m gow to give lions the bat again jtschultis scored a run in the third and t mclntyre in the fourth john mccutcheon made a beautiful line drive catch to end the first half of the fourth lions put on the power play in the fifth b mcgilloway a foul first final for acton ladies the girls just werent with it sighed coach charlie thomson after acton ladies lost their first game of the playoffs to burlington 1s1i on monday night poor charlie had to round up a ninth player before the game could get underway thats rough on a coach and rough on the team he added burlington rammed in three runs in the top of the first all on walks b ferguson came home for actons first run then j braids fouled out j fletcher was out at first and b macdougall out for the top of the second the home team held butlington in check with no runs p wheeler and s mcgilloway brought the score to 32 by the end of the second then burlington lowered the power they rammed home su runs on three hits before retiring to the field acton failed to get a run joanne fletcher caught a line drive over her head from buiungtons dawson in the fourth the fifth and sixth innings were actons best they managed three runs in each going into the final inning the score was burlington 13 acton 10 burlington chalked up two more runs before giving up the bat acton just couldnt seem to come back p wheeler made it home before the team went down to make the final score burlington 1 5 runs on seven hits and acton 1 1 runs on 1 1 hits bonnie macdougall pitched a good game for acton with seven strikeouts burlingtons lefthanded pitcher humby got three susan mcgilloway and bonnie macdougall hit doubles for acton the game was the first in a two out of thtee series the second game will be played in lowville park wednesday night if acton can win that one the final will be back in acton monday september 2 at least part of actons problem was the fact that the team hasnt played a game since the first of august because opposing teams have failed to show up they havent been able to practice since then either carnegie r strachyra and t mclntyre made it over home plate to put lions ahead 70 in the bottom of the last inning with two batters already down sports corner mustered a final spurt of energy to try to come up out of the cellar k marcoux and m gow brought in two runs then r van fleet tried to follow and was called out at home plate the final score was lions seven runs on nine hits and sports corner two runs on seven hits pitching for lions t mclntyre had five strikeouts and b mcgilloway had two k swan for sports corner had six strikeouts for lions t schultis t mclntyre and b taylor made one single b mcgilloway r stachyra and b vinski made two singles each r strachyra b vinski and b taylor hit two doubles each on the sports corner side r van fleet hit a single k swan j strachyra and j mccutcheon hit two singles each and j strachyra hit a double from charlie to lynn lynn dunn the home run hitter of the acton ladies softball team is back home after having an operation on her foot glad to see you back lynn saturday was a selfcontained heat wave the weather was very hot for the legion golfers hardball lions mangle sports corner first of final series in sports comer took a beating 112 from lions club last tuesday night in the first game of the finals in minor hardball it was a lions game all the way sports corner scored two runs in the first inning on 2 walks by k crosken and j stachyra and a single by r swan then lions came on strong in the bottom half of the first they drove home six runs on seven hits at the top of the second lions pitcher billy mcgilloway struck out three in a row to put sports comer back in the field without a tun by the end of the secoctd inning lions were leading 92 sports corner failed to make a ifasw hit tor una rest of the game giving billy mcgilloway a total of 13 strikeouti by the end of five innings lions brought home another two runs in the bottom of the fourth to win the game hands down 1 12 earlier in hardball schedules sports corner defeated nellis construction august 14 1211 lions club downed custom cleaners 1 t august is anu sports corner defeated nellis construction 1311 august lb these were all semifinal games sports corner won the series a semifinals and went on to play the lions in a best two out of three final series express service on ah makes vg3g tegular ouantten maintenance car saves wear ami keep your cm in tots owwmtw dial 7m55 new iter feat bffltwttf service milton motor sales ltd ms main st mithm tho home or quality guardian maintenance service the fated home official john dunn was loft with the decision and since thec was no team left to take the field he had ltd choice but to award the gameto iga this was the second win for iga in the playoff finals up to this point it had been an interesting game to- say the least jeff fryer hit u homer in the second inningfor dominion making the score lo ivan edmond came in for the second run in thefifth in the bottom of the fourth roy schultis got a lough line drive front bruce cargett for the third out putting iga back in the field in the eighth jeff fryer was hit by pitcher chick milne and walked to first for dominion neither team had a great night as far as batting was concerned dominion made a total of seven hits roy schultis hit the only double of the game in the fifth for dominion with the exception of bossences illfated double id the ninelh iga gelt only two singles one in the first and oho iphejiccond the iga batters tended to send the ball right to the opposition for easy ouls dominion hitswerc better placed v pitchors chick milne for iga and eddie phillips for dominion madesccn strikeoutseaci it was a good game until the ninelh then it was sour grapes peewee hardball notes an acton allstar team will be playing georgelowrrallstars in acton thursday august 29 at 61s wednesday august 28 630 a novice allstar team will play in acton against georgetown spectators welcomed august 24 1968 legion masters golf tournament results low gross donated by superior glove works and co don black 1967 winner andy nolan 2nd low gross donated by custom cleaners john krapck 1967 winner don black 3rd low gross donated by cartings julian uke zajac 1967 winner julian zajac low net handicap donat ed by molsons gord mc cutcheon 1967 winner john krapck 2nd low net donated by labatfs ted clifford 1967 winner george sargent best lcfthandcd golfer donated by gordons hard ware barry inscoe novice 30 handicap or up donated by j d ft manes iga tom manes 1967 winner paul hurley all prizes were trophies lucky draws 1st j50 roy shultis 2nd 125 peter hom er 3rd 115 donna taylor weep taylors daughter wht better honor could a nonduller interested in ull ipoiis have bestowed on him but an invitation to the mast ers open lut saturday tit hilltop golt and counnlry club for ihe it presented one of the liighljglils of the year just being iissocliitedwith tho swell bunch if fellows from dulfor to kelltjinoclalmod prux on the course lukt satur day would have been sufflci- fill but l wi ireajed tothe full course trusting trie with a movie camera i was allowed to roam the course and trigger the- shutter on the perspiring lads m they sweltered in the h6t liumld weather ilid stroked their wuy around the 18 holes some of the boy s got their feet wet early when hey shot at the second third and fourr in holes during the iholgun start mother nature had played havoc on the course when during the recent down pours last week the towlying ground was literally saturat ed with water the brave exservicemen were undaunted by the mere sight of so much water they plodded plowed waded and some even swam on through the small lake for matt winter rules were in order and when the little white tiling landed in water it waj lifted out to dryer ground to be smote again toward the green caught by the naked eye but not registered on film were a few of the lads who dubbed the ball into the water from the fourth teeoff doff ing shoes and socks lo wade in for the retrieval others simply wrote off the expense as a lost cause the swollen creek also pro duced quite a hazard for the short strokers as most made unsuccessful attempts to fish out the white menace one golfing stalwart paid a little extra and rented the electric golf cart engaged a score keeper and away he ufgnt through mud and water laugh ing as he went a i suld for me it wan a real treat just being allowed lo join the gang help an ex- duffer dude lindsay keep score and work for tbe free press taking notes shooting film and watching the poor guys dripping with presplro linn enjoying the hot humid weather stroking their way around knowing us ifo what a dc- llghtful meal the legion old ies can prepare i was even omaed at the dinner back in the legion in hie evening to see themanv golfers devoirr so much food sonic had two helpings some rtiree arid at mother glance ii fewhad fill ed iheir plates for a fourth time no wonder the gang was beal anil hungry for some hadnt auven eaten breakfast and found it tuo hot to- stop after the first nine holes for a bite 10 eat the presentation of trophies and prizes to winners was fol lowed bv movies of last years masters open lo round out a perfect dav especially for me f dont mind admitting though i was tired even if i am used to lots of walking and i dozed momentarily during the movie but recuperated to en joy the sociability afterwards highligjitts of the trophy winners arc published else where in the acton free press this week in conclusion i say a tip of the lint to the organizers of the tournament and pood luck to next years commu te one can truly say when the legion boys undertake anything thev do it right and the same goes for the legion ladles ps everyone seemed to have so much fun during the game i might even buv a putter and nine iron and join the crowd next year cars damaged in collision two cars were in collision at the millwillow corner friday august 23 when one of them luring right misjudged the distance and struck the other parked vehicle a 64 mercury owned by neil charette rr 4 received 20 lo the front bumper a 61 ford driven by peter john gilbert poplai ave received s50 damage 4v termor 134 mm i ei wutmr get an early start guns ammo licences fau stocks am now abbtvtmo et pctta termer rudder bleeds over the plate as station slaughters herbs the less said about last wednesdays game the better as far as herbs delivery is concerned the team got crushed by station hotel 201 in the second game of final playoffs herbs got their only run of the whole humiliating episode in the first inning leadotf batter phil mccristall went on base through an error bob turkosz struck out and rick coe walked george rudder hit to pitcher ed smith and was out at first then don archibald bit a single scorjhg phil mccristall fred archibald lied out lo right field for the third down in the bottom of the first inning stations andy williams ledoff with a fly that made a great catch for pete marzo larry kuchma struck out and jan riddall hit a single ed smith followed with another single but geurge williamson went out at first into the second inning pete marzo hit a single mason followed with a fielders choice thai put marzo oui at second base doug vickery went out at firstphil mccristall singled and then bill turkosz flied out to right field at bat for the second time station began to move andy williams knocked out a double to score pete homer and brian farrell at the end of two innings it was station 2 herbs 1 in the third inning herbs was powerless rick coe was out at first and george ruddei and don archibald fouled out however station look a break in the bottom half of the third as well jan riddall and john dunn managed singles but no runs were scored the fourth inning was as boring as the third herbs went down one two three and station followed suit in the fifth it was the same story for herbs no hit and no runs station advanced by two runs by jan riddall and george williamson jan riddall and brian farrell scored in the sixth station put on the power play in the bottom of the seventh john dunn hit a single and a double al mcnab made a single and got on base by an error to short stop peter holmes had two singles brian farrell a double doug ford a double and a single ed smith made a tremendous triple lo right field john dunn stole third base during the inning by the end of play station had chalked up 12 runs on l hits lo bring the score lo 181 at the top of the eighth rick coe singled george rudder was put out al first and rick advanced to second then al mcnab killed herbs hopes by catching a beauty of a line drive by don archibald which caught rick coe trying to make it back lo second for the third out for the bottom half of the eighth pete marzo went in to pilch for herbs jan riddall came crashing home piling into catcher george rudder rudder had his face cut by the mask ed smith followed riddall home for another run but with rudder bleeding over the plate station decided to call a haul to the slaughter final scores leave station with 20 runs on 20 hits herbs 1 run on s hits station pitcher ed smith played an excellent game doug vickery pitched a good game also but he just ddn t have the support behind him to make it count he showed 100 per cent improvement this season and had six strikeouts in the game he could well be the best slow ball in the league h si holden orromtrtttr m cork si east gueljh htoae ta z7iu 1z lumber stbuilding supplies see us first for flooring installations done by experts check our stock of paints wallpapers wallb0ard trim 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