Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), September 11, 1968, p. 4

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th acton ft pratt wadrcaday splmber its hit not u hit sosari mcgllloway wti beoned by th georgetown pltcker in th second inning of monday nights game she later came home for actons second rtjn staff photo coach howard dwvbt was caught in a tense moment during last thursdays lacrosse game in the community centre there were many such moments that night as aax scored many goals to beat acton in the first game of the finals staff photo ajax wins boxla crown in front of large crowd ajax dowtys took the ola juvenile c championship in two straight games eliminating acton tanners monday night in yon of a large crowd in ajax arena the ajax club was presented with the championship trophy by the league president who paid tribute to the acton club for their gentlemanly ploy through the entire game the tanners tried all the wj but just werent good enough to stop the sustained ajax drive usually when a team is taking a beating they resort to rough stuff said the ola representative but he complimented the acton club for holding their tempers the game in spite of being onesided was clean all the way final score was 24 ajax led 70 at the end of the first period 1 23 at the end of the second the acton fans who made the trip to ajax said the locals played very well and acton could be proud of them especially since it was the first year in the league big scorers for the new champions were tom gloodworth with six goals and five assists and brian gundy with three goals and five assists bob turkosz and gary kelly ajax scores win in boxla opener ajax drew tirst blood in the ola juvenile c lacrosse finals with u 1 16 decision over acton tanners thursday night the visiters proved to be opportunists as they rolled up u 41 first period lead extended it to 10s by the end i5f the second and shot five more in the final canto while the tanners notched one ajax struck tor their first marker while mike marcoux sul out a luglisticlung sentence two minutes later terry gallagher romped in alone to beat acton goalkeeper gory turkosz gary kelly put the tanners back into the contest by whipping in a goal only to have pete lockett shoot the first of three goals he scored for ajax brent marshall was in the cooler for tint one ajax goalkeeper dave robinet robbed the acton forwards with some stellar netmtndtng especially when they pressed in the second stanza gary taillefer and ted bloodworlh enlivened the second chapter with a fight at die 10 mark which earned them both five minutes in the penalty box and gary an extra 10 gary kelly bagged two of the acton goals fred fhsmk bob turkosz and gary taillefer scored one while bob waller got an assist lockett and gandyeuch got three for ajax ajax dive robincl dan ptotrowtkl tom bloodworth ivlc lockett bui macuui bun kelth brun gamjy fred seholl steve chcync bob t erguson douf i aniun pf i allon din mullen terry gallagher ltd nemtt g lliyden bob bill acton gary turlcou guy taillefer bob halknttae rob routhley bob tufkott bmft marshall i red fllmlk stu mccuttoch mike marcoux gary kelly bob waller vera denny muk nelson bob andrews keleraeim suulter ii benham each fired three goals and collected an assist for the tanners while bob waller notched two and assisted on another rob roughly bagged the other and mike marcoux collected a pair of helpers the tanners will not be hanging up their tools yet since they have an exhibition scheduled in oakville thursday evening dunking machine at fair acton tncounty minor hockey association is going to have an improved version of the dunking machine which proved so popular last year at this year s acton fair officials are busy lining up victims concentrating on prominent citizens pfoyoffs bad night for ladies georgetown wins game dude lindsay sets a classic coachs pose whon your girls are losing all you can do is sit smoke and swear a little staff photo the acton ladies just couldnt get into the game on monday ntglit and lost the first of the playoff series with georgetown i s 1 georgetown came n with hard lulling from the fin i inning with the exception of u triple by s qliirtrl first at bat they hit all singles but acton couldnt hold on to the ball and georgetown advanced around the bases oil errors li campbell brought in actons first run on a walk at the end of the first itinlhg l was georgetown 2 acton 1 the top of the second not only advanced the score to 7 j for georgetown it smothered atfen morale when they filially got the bat they went nut lhree in a row georgetown failed to gel a run in the third and in an effort to gel into the game susan mcgllloway and li campbell came home for two acton runs they were the last runs for acton in the game neither team scored in the fourth then georgetown slammed in four in the fifth two m the sixth ind two in the seventh the final score was a crushing 1 5 1 for georgetown to dampen actons clupcos at the championship bonnie mcoougall pitcher for aclon walked two ant made six strikcouts the georgetown pitcher had three walks and made eight strikeouts ill fryer hit two singles for aclon and joanne laiidshorougli one halton peel atom si crion acton b and milton played to a 11 lie saturday at the high school aclon won the kickoff and the b team bolstered by u few seven yearolds were soon in the thick of the fray as the game piogressed it was tibvious ihey were evenly matched teams both defences played well in die first half mil it ended with a 00 lie in the vecond half milton opened the scoring it the 10 grocers take first game of finals defending champion i g a may very well turn out to be the surprise of the town softball league again this season the green grocers came from behind with two last inning uprisings to down station hotel 94 tuesday night in the first game of the bestofscven league finals trailing 41 as the teams went into the eighth inning i g a exploded for six runs from four hits and three errors the mill st innkeepers threw into the fray ken maltbys lwo run homer highlighted the inning in the next frame while pitcher frank daley grew steadily stronger the grocers added three runs on four more hits to win the playoff opener going away ed smith the station twirler blanked i g a until the eighth on three singles widely scattered he helped his own cause by shooting the holders into a first inning lead with a three run homer they added another in the fourth on two hits and looked like shooins for a win total up six runs don price got tilings rolling again in the ninth greeting smilly with a single ken maltby singled george maltby was sale on a fielders choice doug black singled and tim bosscncc cracked a double for three more i g a runs lome pcavoy and jan riddall were on base for station when ed smith poled his four bagger pcavoy with a walk and riddall with a double l kuchma doubled johnny dunn in during the fourth after he singled winner frank daley gave up six hits walked one and struck out nine ld smith was nicked for 1 1 hits and walked two striking out eight second game of the scries is scheduled for thursday night and resumes again sunday u iii ig a 000 000 0 3 1113 sin ii 300 100 000 4 i 3 iga don price ih ken mallliy c i dave manet 21 mjllby tk kl d lllick ss c maeon hi t llnucmc i ii slipp li i daley i r llolmce 31 station hold l icavoy rl d i ord ci j riililall 3b i smith i j dunn hi willianuon 1 kuchma ss p homer 2b m sliepparcl 2b in 9lli ii i anrcll li umpirut ii tounelcy plate p mccmtall baice jv ijrtss sports page minor soccer nuiliile jllirk on a nice goal by k wilson aclon rallied and wilh two minutes left in the game were awafded a serially kick which was saved by he milton goalie undaunted they kepr prcssingi and their efforts were rewarded with 30 second left oil the clock j shields volleyed a shol off a milton defender which culled out of reach of the goalie this was a good clean sporting contest with a just result atom si c tion sunday afternoon malton took home a 1 i win in a game with acton malton took control from the opening kickoff and engineering a scries of plays were three goals up by halttime on goals by g beck 2 and b ross acton played very spotty up to this point after a pep talk from coach w genllcs at halftime and a little position joggling acton settled down and kept the opposition off the score hoard the rest of hie game j gentles reduced the leeway for acton with a well taken goal on a pass from n ticlds midway through the second inlf the acton forwards were very reluctant to pass lie ball to an unmarked team mate and when they overcome this fault they will find scoring opportunities will present themselves more readily georgetown soccer plan marathon at roller rink don price started the grocer bag going when he singled with one out in the eighth ken maltby homered george maltby singled doug black arrived safely on a fielders choice tim bossence got on board on an error in centre field brian slipp also got on base through an error while frank daley doubled to collision tuesday noon two cars were in collision at peel st and acton blvd drivers were vic elliott churchill rd whose meteor had 125 damage and orrie limb knox ave police investigated four accidents at school start statistics from the hamilton automobile club reveal four school children were injured in traffic accidents during the backtoschool week this is an increase of three over the same period last year in the four county areas served by the clubhalton haldimund brant jnd wentworlh two cities reported accidents involving school children a six year old girl was injured in brantford on the second das of school the accident occurred when the youngster appeared from between parked cars by charlie thomson the second game in the georgetown senior soccer finals ended in a one all tie last wednesday night in georgetown the red team kicked off and for the first 1 5 minutes of play neither team got a shot on goal finally the whites had a shot at goal and missed and minutes later scored on in on icocmh play by roland kent the white icuiii was cicauy in cuinuianu ol the first half and ended the period 10 mick davis scored for the red team on a pass from ron llolman after two minutes of play in the second half with confidence restored the reds began playing better soccer they fired shots on the white goal but fine goal keeping prevented scoring with both teams pressing to break the tie the game was called because of darkness with 10 minutes left to play final score was 11 sunday s match at the aclon high school grounds was a do or die affair for the whites of georgetown senior soccer they lost the first game of the semi finals 21 and tied the other 3 1 with hard playing and fine shots on goal they were able to keep their chance at the championship alive by detealing the reds 30 bill adcock on centre and lari nolan on defense played excellent soccer for the whites in the first half of the game most of the action centered around the redgoal john kavanagh was awarded a free kick which ua caught by the wlute goalie after 25 minutes of play whites scored on a pass by kent to weidman who booted it between the poles with five minutes left in the first half the whites scored their second goal with a pass from willie muehlbacher to roger smith the reds began putting on the pressure to come up from the cellar john kavanagh made another good kick on the white goal but failed to score action centred around the red goal once more a play for a corner kick resulted in mike davis being jammed into the goal post he continued the game with a score knee a minute later weidman caught a good pass from kent to score his second goal of the game the reds had three chances to score but hit the goal post each time the game ended whiles 3 redso at least a part of white strength lay in the fact that they had 15 players on hand to the reds 1 1 weidman kent adcock and l nolan played outstanding soccer for the white team foley kavanagh and davis headed the red line up acton has a sponsor for a senior soccer team next year anyone interested in playing soccer ik 25 years call john conigio 8530290 arena manager harold townsley announced he was planning another roller marathon for the community centre the weekend beginning friday september 27 bigger cash prizes and more participants are expected for the marathon which caused a lot of interest and enthusiasm last year when 33 skaters entered tntry forms may be obtained at the arena office fstwofit bowl for pleasure bowl for health 0 e6 the entire family can bowl together if s the in thing to do go bowling acton bowling lanes 10 main st n membfr ob pa 334170 hhmmml h s holden optomctutt m cot st eut cueuff htoae ta j7iw legion minor hockey a meeting will be held sunday sept 15 at 2 pm in the acton legion for coaches managers and anyone interested in serving on the executive short of cash car need repairs no need to put off til tomorrow it can be done at i milton motor sates service centre today your pre sent a- tion of any credit card enables you to drive safely now and pay later milton motor sales ltd 388 main st mlhwi 8782355 no finer service anywhere express buses to woodbine until october 20 leave acton micf to ih track emii racing day indtmllitg sunday 1055 am return pari 330 includes admission rhim but start immaq afmr ukt taoa wiles bus depot ii mm si g l adams agnt taltatum us4400

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