Acton nods to Campbellville showdown in extra innings
Campbellville, unbeaten, visits Acton as Bob Brattain debuts for Acton and hurls 10 innings of two run relief. Earl Cairns belts a three run homer to tie the game late, Gary Fields preserves Campbellville’s lead and Acton rallies for a tense tenth inning. The result boosts Acton’s hopes and tempers Campbellville’s pitching woes.
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Campbellville
Acton
Bob Brattain
Guelph
Brattain
Wingrove
Gary Fields
Campbellville Narrowly Tops Acton 8 7 In Extra Frame
Campbellville edged Acton 8 to 7 in the 10th inning after Earl Cairns cleared the bases with a late grand slam turning a sure Acton win into a one run Campbellville lead. Bob Brattain held Acton with nine strong innings, while John Cunningham and Scotty McCristall supplied timely blows for Acton early.
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Campbellville
Acton
Earl Cairns
Bob Brattain
John Cunningham
Townsley
Cairns
al Wingrove
Moundsman
Brian McCristall
Bob Bruce
Ethier
Dredge
Fennell
Scotty McCristall
Jeft
Nicholson
W. Cairns
Moore
Laking
Grand slam power lifts Campbellville in tense baseball clash
In a dramatic June 1961 game Campbellville defeats Acton 7 to 3 as Earl Cairns belts a lefty fork pitch over right field for a grand slam in the decisive inning. Townsley and Laking collide on a disputed call as Fields scores on a muffed throw. Townsley and Brattain combine on nine hits and 11 strikeouts for Campbellville while Brattain goes the distance for Acton.
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Big Earl Cairns
Bob Brattain
Gary Fields
Moore
Fields
Acton
Tanners Trounce Fire Fighters 18 7 in Softball
Beardless Beardmore crew tops Fire Fighters 18 to 7 to seize early lead in a four team circuit. Harry Lawson led with three hits and a triple, while Bruce Cargill and Butch Richmond hurled five innings for Fire Fighters, as Tanners built a big early lead and never looked back.
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Beardmore
Dominion Hotel
Tanners
Bruce Cargill
Butch
Richmond
Bill Williams
Raveway
Lindsay
Dugie
Harry Lawson
del Walters
Butch Richmond
Smoke Eaters
Townsles
Duval
Townsley
McCristall
Patterson
Ben Bayliss
Hall
Wilf Duval
Dude" Lindsay
Rhe Tanners
Firemen
Bruce
Lawson
Commando
Walters
Bayliss
Zajacc
Cargill
Webster
Papillon
Porte
Brown
B. Spielvogel
Frank Spielvogel
P. McCristall
Dodds Ce
Krapek c
J. Turkosz
W. Patterson
Ping
Williams P
Lindsay P
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Acton Maple Leafs Rally After Captain Injured
Acton Maple Leafs won two soccer matches heading into the weekend. In Stones Creek they beat Stoney Creek 3 0 after a late goal run, with Martingell scoring twice and Lars adding one. Captain Peter Schipper was injured and sidelined for two months as Acton prepares to host Brantford at Acton High School.
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Acton Maple Leafs
Levue
Stones Creek
Acton
Allaut
Buat Acton
Larry Nolan
Bob
Peter Schipper
Brantford
Acton High School
Dominions Top Tanners Beat Beardmore 11 2 in Acton Softball
Dominion Hotel powered by Daley dominant pitching with 18 strikeouts and a three run homer led the Hotelers past Beardmore Tanners 11 to 2. Daley fanned the first 10 hitters and aided his cause with five run sixth inning and James’s bases clearing triple in the fifth.
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Dominion Hotel
Beardmore
Acton
Daley
James
Hotelers
Tanners
Dominion
Hall
Tomo
Jatare Zajic
del Walters
Butch Richmond
Beard Tanners
D. Greviss
B. Johnston
Jordan, Ct
Daley P
Shultis
Manes
McCutcheon
Fryer
Beardmore Tanners
Shannon If
Porte It
H. Lawson Th
D. Walters
Richmond
P. Hall
Taylor
Bayliss
Zajacc
Skidgmore
Brown
Webster
Forbes Cole
H. Dodds
I. Kilby
M. Bennett
Lawn Bowlers Win Two In InterCounty League
Acton and Rockwood won at home in InterCounty League play on Wednesday June 4. Rockwood defeated Georgetown 12 to 10 while Acton beat Guelph 14 to 8. Standings as of June 17 list Rockwood 30 Acton 23 Georgetown 23 and Guelph 12.
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Rockwood
Georgetown
Acton
Guelph
Sev
Acton- Lawn
Mary Taylor
Georgina Kelso
H. Rogers
Frank Kelso
Pete Saunders
Pete Sim
Dave Gra
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