Acton sports enter 1967 season with lacrosse revival efforts
Industrial Softball League opens with more baseball leagues to follow as minor hardball plans and lacrosse revival efforts take shape in Acton. Coaches and managers convene. George Williamson named umpire in chief for Acton squads. Merv Marshall joins St Catharines Supertests as a goalie and Ontario lacrosse history notes Crockier developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Brunelle
Ron Swan
George Williamson
Acton
Merv Marshall
St. Catharines
Maple Rock Trap Team Scores Highlight Week
Maple Rock Trap Team members posted scores this week led by John Shadbolt with 25 21 and 20. He aimed for 50 straight but missed. Others include Gord Crow 24 17 Wayne Leadston 23 Art Hawes 20 Keith Mainprize 19 and Dave Johnson 18 18. A meeting is set for 7 00 p m Sunday at Maple Rock urging member attendance. A Buffalo meat barbecue at the Sportsmen's Show failed to materialize. a 150 lb shipment replaced the planned 1 000 lb. A dinner may be organized for competitors. Record Ontario fish included a 49 lb Maskinonge from Lake of the Woods and a 123 lb Sturgeon from English River. A Rainbow Trout of 18 lb 2 oz was caught at Leith Georgian Bay, with Walleye from Bass Lake and Lac des Mille Lac weighing 14 lb 2 oz and 14 lb respectively. Forests department crests set aside waters for canoeing with pollution limits. Moose hunting via air spotting regulation rescinded due to abuse. Annual moose harvest potential noted at 30 000 to maintain herd. failure to maintain herd risks starvation and disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Rock
John Shadbolt
John
Gord Crow
Wayne Leadston
Art Hawes
Keith Mainprize
Dave Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Ontario
Lake of the Woods
Kenora
English River
Leith
Georgian Bay
Bass Lake
Lac Des Mille Lac
Port Arthur
Herb's Delivery routs IGA 9 6 to open town league slate
Herb's Delivery defeated I.G.A. 9 to 6 in the town league softball opener on Tuesday night. Red-hot hitting from Harold Townsley Howard Pearce Gary Taillefer and Don Price sparked a first inning rally while Howie Leader and Scotty McCristall anchored late scoring as Herb's Delivery held on. The Station Hotel vs Dominion House game is scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday May 25 to open the season’s next slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andre Brouillard
Herb
Harold Townsley
Clarence Sheppard
Save Manes
IGA
Howie Leader
George Maltby
Don Price
Howard Pearce
Gary Taillefer
Taillefer
Len Varey
Jeff Fryer
Lg.a
Scotty” McCristall
Don Archibald
Brian Dunn
Milton Ball
Grocer
B. Cargill
Fred Archibald
Station Hotel
Dominion House
Red Sox bow to Giants in opener Wednesday
The Milton Red Sox fell 7 2 as Georgetown Giants erupted for four runs in the third and three in the sixth. Tony Boudreau, a Milton native, had three hits for the Giants. Bernie Dore pitched well, allowing five hits and scoring twice on two doubles. Ron Phillips doubled and tripled for the Sox, with Art Melanson Red Currie McLeod and Wayne McConnell also collecting hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Sox
Giants
Milton Red Sox
Georgetown Giants
Tony Boudreau
Milton
Ber
Nie Dore
Dore
Ron Phillips
Sox
Art Melanson
Red Currie
McLeod
Wayne McConnell
Howard Pearce Night Planned at the Park
Charlie Thomson and the girls softball teams organize a Howard Pearce Night at the park on Friday June 2 to honor his work. A novelty baseball game is set for 7 30 followed by a senior girls game against the Hasbeens with mothers among the players acting as the opponents. Minute Walters and Sam Brunelle will umpire. Further plans will be announced next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Thomson
Howard Pearce
Hasbeens
Walters
Sam Brunelle
Fairy Lake Weekend Fishing Draws Campers and Visitors
Fishermen at Fairy Lake enjoyed a busy weekend with many campers in tents and trailers along the lake. The Free Press notes one standout catch, a 30 inch pike, among several day visitors and out-of-town guests.
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Fairy Lake
Free Press
Georgetown Giants seek new shortstop after Acton exit
The Georgetown Giants face a shortstop vacancy after Acton left. Manager Tom Jam and crew consider several internal options, including moving players such as Dany Archie or Jason Fields, while James hopes Jim Lindsay concentrates on pitching and Acton’s Don Lindsay returns as catching starter. The club opens the season against Milton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown Giants
Acton
Pete Lawson
Georgetown
Sault Ste. Marie
Tom Jam
Dude Lindsay
Dany Archie
Fred Guistini
James
Jim Lindsay
George Doucetee
Howard Murphy
Gatt
Jim James
Rant Burt
Lindsay
Bernie Dore
Don Westbrook
Westbrook
Campbellville
Coen
Sparky McGill
Geof Fryer
Acton Hurter
Rod Donaldson
Port Hope
Don Lindsay
Campbellville Defeats Waterdown 11 3 In Season Opener
Campbellville opens the 1967 season with an 11 3 win over Waterdown in Waterdown. Harry Hamilton twirls a five inning gem allowing two hits while Neil Dodman and Jack Peer split Waterdown pitching. Campbellville’s Repto Cairns and King drive early offense as Cairns nails two hits and King scores twice.
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Campbellville
Waterdown
Harry Hamilton
Neil Dodman
Jack Peer
Repto
Cairns
King
Hamilton
McPhail
Dredge
Moore
Chester
Dodman
Earl Cairns
Rick ‘Repto
Elmer Dredge
Ken Moore
George Chester
RHE Cville
Waterd
Hamilton and Andrews
Peer
Wilson
Laing
Out of the Groove Farm Boy On a Rough Ocean Voyage
A farm boy aboard a flat ocean voyage is awed by towering waves. A nearby stranger notes the seas are rough, and the boy replies humorously that it would be calmer if the captain kept to the fur rows.
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Minor
Mame
Nta
van Wagner
McGill University
Montreal
Canada
Pierre
W. George Beers
Plate
Clarence
Farmer
Sheppard
I.G.A
Georgetown Golf & Country Club
Sports Corner
Mill ST
Wilbur
Parry Sound
Jason Fields
Denis Gibbons
Actons
Bill Campbell
Bob McArdle
Kitchener
Galt Hornets
OHA
Villagers
Edmar Dude Ranch
Osborne
Flipper
Tarzan
Wyndham St
Guelph
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