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the acton free pre wednesday october 13 199 lws tdill fltey tjwoffo ejv rpoft bydeniagibbont lt world settee time again lime to reminisce a little and recall mcaeof the piayen and events that have made the series the great sports apectade it fa my memories of the fall classic begin with the 1954 aerie between the glanm and indiana and how dusty rhode and willie maya helped gun down an indian team that had won 1 13 and lost only 41 during the regular season highlight of the teriea wai imayiesttonabry the incredible running catch by maya on a drive by indian first baseman ve wen to the deepest put of centre field in the polo grounds in 1955 a hard throwing southpaw named johnny podrcs led the brooklyn dodgers to a seven game seriei victory over the powerful yankees sandy amoros laved the deciding game of that series- for the dodgers when he speared yogi berns lowering drive juji before it dropped into the left field bleachers at yankee stadium the name berra itself is synonymous with the world series yogi who appeared in more world series games than any other player was a notorious bad ball hitter and quite often hit home runs bit pitches that werent evert close tolhe irlke zone former american league umpire red janet once told of the time yogi complained that pitch jones had called a strike wat two fet outside it couldnt have been outside yog or you would have swung at it the quickwitted arbiter replied don linens perfect nohlt nonin game highlighted the 1956 classic u the yanks turned the tablet on the brooklyn burnt in seven garnet upent final strikeout pitch to pinch hitter dale mitchell earned him a flying bear hug from berra in addition to a brand new car as the outstanding player in the series the practically unbeatable pitching duo of lew burdette and warren spthn brought the city of milwaukee its first worlds championship in 1957 aa the braves knocked off the yanks in in 1958 however the yanks staged one of the greatest comebacks in woild seriet history to nip the braves in seven garnet down three garnet to one the bombers battled back to win three in a row behind the hulling of bullet bob tuiley eltton howatda tingle in the final game broke a 22 tie and bill mooie skowrona home run wrapped up a 62 new york win larry sherrys contltlenlly fine relief pitching carried the lot angelet dodgers to a six game triumph over the billet wonder chicago while son in 1959 in the first world seriet ever played on the west coast the pittsburgh pirate new york yankee seriet of i960 provided tome of the most surprising and dramatic eventi pirate second baseman bill mixerotld homered leading off the bottom of the ninth of the seventh game to break a 99 deadlock and literally steal the series from the yanks who scored almost twice as many runs in the entire seriei diminutive yankee secondsacker bobby richardson collected 1 2 hits and drove in 1 2 runs to win the series mvp award even though his team loit in 1961 the bronx bombers appearing in their sixth world series in seven yean made short work of the cincinnati reds whitey ford supplied superlative pitching while sluggers like roger mans eltton howard and johnny blanchard used cincinnatis crotley field for a shooting gallery as the reds were subdued in five garnet plagued by weather problems the 1962 clastic lasted two weeks before the yanks and righthander ralph terry outlasted a powerful san francisco giant club in seven games gunning for their third straight worlds championship in 1963 the yankees fell victim to an assortment of sharpbreaking curvet and bulletlike fastballa from the strong arms of a couple of fellows named koufax and drysdale and were soundly whipped in four garnet the curves and fastballa kept coming in 1964 but from a different arm hardthrowing bob gibson picked up three of hit teams four wint aa the st louis cardinals handed new york a teven game setback mickey mantle ctttttyrry of that years most dramatic moments when he belted knuckleballer bamey schultz first pitch in the bottom of the ninth of game three into the upper deck at yankee stadium giving new york a 21 win sandy koufax and don drysdale were up to their usual shenanigans in i96s thu time the minnesota twins were the victims in spile of some outstanding hurling by jim mudcat grant dodgers won in seven baltimore orioles pulled off an upset in 1966 whipping the dodgert sour straight as jim palmer dave mcnally and willy bunker silenced dodger ban and frank robinson supplied the power although his fielding in the first two games had been far from desirable dodger centre fielder willie davit will be remembered for hit sensational leaping catch to rob boog powell of a home run in the fourth game catl yastrzemski and the upstart boston red sox gave the cardinal all they could handle in 1967 before being stopped by bob gibsons fastball in the seventh game yaz hit 400 in the teriea but lou brock hit even higher and ran wild everytune he reached base last year the detroit tigers and lefty mickey lolich trailed the cardlnalt three garnet to one before bouncing back to win three in a row veteran al kalinet key base hit in game five saved the tigers from defeat and probably was the turning point in the series this year as we go to press the miracle melt have a two game to one lead over the orioles in a series that so far has featured the outstanding defensive play of tommy agee and bud llarrelton of the melt and brooks robinson of the orioles right now it looks like an upset in the making but in world seriet play nothing it predictable and 10 of the is series out i remember have gone the full teven games ssssssssssssss i at the legion hall i 1 activities at branch 197 by chatlu thomson i eginnnnres were bait lo lut lou branch lot long branch at a rhilton jolf match at acton meadows saturday twenty players competed under ideal weather conditions long branch wen declared overall winner in the match law score rot the day was recorded by willy coe jr formerly or long branch and now a resident or acton willy shot a attaint 7 julian zajac or acton was second with in jack wation or long biaodn thud with g and john icrapek af acton fourth with 15 alt cdeamttice enjoyed a bountiful lunch at the acton legion after the the two branches also competed in datta acton was more fortunate in this gtnte basting their opponents than wan abxt tome very good dote harmony a4 soma between member of the branches later your pjtx thinks that than ttemmbiahmtfttimanttoanthci aaowmtnn meajben of the i of the legion are coca agam o for their annual huitt be held in the legion auditorium saturday october m front io until four there will be bargains giloie al the biftar home made biking fancy work childrens table will be featured there will alio be a lucky draw fifty branch members turned out to pay their hipecti to our late member reg hoik uu ueek ah unpretslv service wai conducted by our padre rev andrew mclcenite the crtbhage league will begin its season ttuiralay october i at the union ball al 9 pot the opening night of mens euchre friday october 17 the prlu wui be a special rump roast over 10 pounds the euchre begins al the legion ball at 9 the dart league will start tuesday october jir see mutt weeks paper for saturday night euchre hauowevn dance and scores of other activities at the present trophies crests at minor baseball dinner sports pam actons most successful minor baseball season in recent years wound up last wednesday rught a dose to 100 boy coaches managers umpires sponsor and guests tat down to a delicious roatt beef dinner in the auditorium of the community centre the tasty meal was prepared by cam and bet frucfs catering service and served by mothers guest of honor for the dinner and trophy presentation weie hit worship mayor let duby and rev peter brouwer parlor of bethel christian reformed church while acton minor baseball association secretary vic brluow emceed the affair mayor duby congratulated the executive of the atsociation on their fine season and conveyed council best wishes to the group he also pointed out that council it always interested in the welfare of all minor sports programs in hit address rev brouwer posed the question why do parents want their boyt to play aportt the antwer he contended should not only be because boyt naturally tike to play tporlt but because tporli provider an opportunity for boyt to increase their physical and mental fitness and leaches them how to get along with others mr brittow thanked all those who hid helped to make the baseball teaton so successful the association doubled the number of boya playing minor baseball this year and for the first time had a team playing opposition from other towns on behalf of the local association he accepted a baseball used in the final game of the bantam championship seriet from milton coach rick rowley at a memento of the bantam leagues first year of operation mr rowley said that he hoped the league would operate again next year and in years to come representing proprietor art gordon of canadian tire corporation who sponsored actons bantam team tom fountain presented team crests to coach pop main manager ed mccillowsy and team captain pete morrison mayor duby presented the pop main trophy to bruce guthrie who was selected moil sportsmanlike player on the bantam team harold denny presented hie dennys insurance trophy to manager ron pickles and cojeh chester lewandowvki of the pee wee house champion potter presented individual trophies to team members dave hunter presented the lions club trophy to manager tom bouiefleld and coach don marzo of novice house league champion klellis conilructlon sponsor mantell nellis presented individual trophies lo team members crests were presented to members of the oilier teams by fred yates of sports coiner vic brltfow of lions club paul lluiley of custom cleaners lloyd mclnlyre of thompson fuels and mr puulieno actor moton trophy donor pop main looks on with pride at bruce guthrie admire the trophy he won at mott sportsmanlike player on the canadian tire bantams the presentation was made at last wednesday nights minor baseball dinneristaff photo coho salmon start to run colio salmon are making their presence known in many parts of the province the 8 to 10 tmoltt stocked in the credit river and bronte creek and other tributaries of the great lakei mould be moving back into the streams shortly only a small run of precocious jacki malet which become sexually mature earlier than usual it expected the main spawning migration wont occur mini the rap uf 1970 however this falls run will be a precursor of things to come during the rummer between 40 and 50 colio have been taken in eaitetn lake ontario by the tporli and commercial fisheries there most of these were heavily leaned by lamprey some at many ai nine timet an average of four lo five lamprey tears weie recorded on those fish examined by department staff one full even had four lamprey altached when caught more recently department of landi and foreits staff have taken colio in hie western end of lake ontario near the mouths of the bronte and dumber rivers unfoilunalely a number of male colio in the llumber were destroyed as a result of some impeded toxic substance in hie river which killed a number of tpeciet of fish the fish kill it being investigated by the ontario water resource commlttion as well as department officers landi and forests staff will be checking salmon ihlt fall in the river mouthi and riven to determine their general condition and obtain data of use in aliening hie experimental plantings nude last spring and planned for 1970 seaforlh may join wo aa a report in the huron expositor weekly newspaper in seaforlh stye that seaforlh beavert threelime ontario cliampiont will ice a learn again idle year but are undecided whether to play in the oji a or woa a beavert have played in the oji a for hie put several years hud have been a powerhouuiui the tame group aa acton turners a switch to the w oa a would mean leu travelling for the beavers and would likely put nseholls speeds to feature win somerville brings heme bacon by vivian shaw a fine crowd was on hand at actonoiprlnge speedway monday in spile of threatening showers our feature race took a couple of laps to gel started on the first lap number 29 ran into the wall and number 149 went right over him number 29 had lo retire but no one waa hurt the race had juit begun again when steve piotto ran into the wall he was able to continue however art overland held the lead for 25 laps until he had to retire with a flat tire that wai all george nlchollt needed he took over the lead and held it to take the checkered flag art somerville finished second and stan adams third our mini feature wai filled with excitement brian colet ttarted in scratch position and took the lead on the third lap when gary elliot did a complete roll between number three and four turns the rest of the race was run very smoothly with brian coles taking first ralph flecher second and mike lanacho third on the last lap of the staff race lloyd cudliey tried to get past ron while on the third turn and instead of turning the corner he went right over the end luckily neither car nor driver were hurl ron white went on to win the race with ray thompson second and wild bill wragg thud out track promoter came up wnh the crazy idea of greasing a pig and turning it loose in the infield for the drivers mechanics and track staff to try to catch the idea was thai whoever could catch the pig and carry it back lo the truck first would win either the pig or sj0 art sonierville showed the rest of the boyt how it was done even though the pig weighed over 100 pounds a greasy job well done art results of the facet follow c llll hon oveiland no 29 tom neil b hellail oveiund dev rondiu art somerville a hmiceyrge nlchous sun adams lawwnctf llajueiy til minibrian cobs guy elliott mike lauchl last chanveai peterson jetry blakneynol 2nd minigary eluntt brian colei dead heal ralph ilecher no jj staff raceron white ray thompson bill wraeg mini featurebrian coles ralph flecher mike lanacho no 13 the ontario safety league reports that in florida a mini skirted mist passed her tett for recognizing traffic signs when taking her driving tett the pushed down on the brake and revealed to the interested examiner replicas of all the signs panted on her upper leg raymond main lit i ealulc george nlcholli ait sofmho slin a lawrence v uiyejiry thoi demo winner hint thcikcr result sunday oct 12 c ileal tom nell ron overland red iiiiu b heatharry johnion art overland tony plollo a heatai peterson gcoim nlcholli larry bain til ulnlbrun coles ron grey doug towntend slow comic dev rondiu dive pllon bruce dillcy rail comicart somerville jcny rlou ld krsuic 2nd minidry fllioll rtlpti hccher brian colei lit semi llnilgeorgc nliholli ail somerville al pctcrum mini featurcbrun cole guy hllolt ken shaw rilph rlcchcr ron grey lm i calurcal peterson llirty johnson george nlcholli alt ovcitind art somerville powder purfpiulelie bain pit nlchollt penny taylor george nicholls in number 00 took the lead on the 25th lap and sped through to win the feature race at acton ospringe speedway sunday afternoon photo by vivian shaw its terrible theres no tport in fishing since i bought my fishing equip ment et sports corner 55 coaches managers referees meeting the tncounty minor hockey league will hold a coachet managert and referees meeting at the milton legion tonight it 7j0 re fereeinchief don lawrence hopes the meeting will enable coaches managers and refereet to learn any rule changes that have occurred this year before the season starts coachet and manager plus the refereeinchlef of all ii towns in the league ate to attend uailroacshootmc range curumlthlng gunsales trap and rifle shooting 85j0555 acton starts nov 3nl 6 nights pine s matinef box office how uph txift wasukui tf uuftm i tut aifiwalbamonkcamntlei fo 9 p a at you natihbttutruad 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