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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 18, 1984, p. 9

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Georgetown Acton Wednesday July 9 Junior Sabres get reprieve from AMHA inn Iwm flanaralmsnagar Despite the numerous problems plaguing the Acton Sabres in the past few months it looks like the Junior squad will be back In action this coming season After a meeting July the Sabres live bad decided to shelve the team after they received no response to a plea for help The current executive who have run the team for the past five years admitted they were tired and some new blood had to be injected into the team if It was to continue this season As well a shortage of money had left the team crippled leaving no alternative to the executive but to pull the team out of the league for a year Late Sunday night the Sabres president Frank received a call from Carol Robinson secretary of the Acton Minor Hockey Association expressing an interest in taking over the troubled team An emergency meeting was called by the Sabres executive at which it was decided the AMHA would assume the position of the Sabres executive Robinson stated during the meeting that with both the Juvenile team and the Sabres collecting dust over the winter there would be no place for hockey players graduating the AMHA system to go We aren t sure that we can run the Sabres successfully but we have to at least give it a try said Robinson Robinson also requested that the mem of the present Sabres executive advise the AMHA on procedures of running a Junior club and said We are certainly going to give it the Sabres our best shot As far as money goes said Robinson there shouldnt be any real problems but right now we have to concentrate on getting the Sabres for the start of the season which is less than two months away Neil Downs spokesman for the Ontario Hockey Association said here was some concern over the Sabres being able to return to the league after with drawing because a tentative schedule had been made up Barring complications after formal notification of the change In live the Sabres should be able to return to the league Downs also noted that the league will be increased to ten teams this year with Acton returning and the Vaughan Raiders Joining the league for the first season BAZ MOTORS LTD AUTO BODY SHOP ST QEOROETOWN S Acton claims crowns The Glen ball park was a beehive over the weekend as several teams competed or tourney honors in different divisions at the annual Glen Minor Ball tourney Acton came away the big winner over the two day event walking off with titles in five of the divisions while Milton East and the host Glen claimed one title each Acton dominated the atom division win ntng the boys and girls titles while the Milton squirt girls and Acton Tricounty team dominated the squirt divisions The Glen Williams Pee wee boys emerged victorious in their ageclass while Acton won out in the girls group In bantam it was the Acton girls who emerged winners while claimed the overall boys title Caledon East captured the midget crown for the boys with topping the girls competition New Dundee clips Battling New Dundee to a 33 tie in the bottom of the ninth inning the Acton Junior A lost a Friday night Roy Spear pitched a fantastic game striking 13 New Dundee batters out but a home run in he eighth frame and a run in the bottom of the ninth ousted the A Dave Wilson put Acton on the scoreboard first after singling to first and then moving into scoring position on a stolen base and a single by Scott Kennedy A squeeze play by Don sent Wilson home It wasn t until the fourth inning that Acton struck again and this time Gord Scott pounded out a double and stole third to march into scoring position An error by a Now Dundee outfielder left room for Scott to romp across borne plate Unfortunately New Dundee had their bats warmed up In the fourth frame as well and by the time the dust had settled Acton s opposition had tied up the game However returned fire in the top of the fifth to put Acton ahead again Singling to first Cossleman walked to second when Mark was hit by a pitch A single by Gord Mc Arthur put Casselman on third and another squeeze play sent him home The score remained In Acton favor until the eighth frame when a New Dundee batter smashed the ball over the fence for a home With the game tied going into the ninth inning New Dundee squeaked by with a final run The A season record is now wins and five losses which puts them In second place In their division First place held by with wins and three losses and third is maintained by Waterloo with an eight and eight record Maryhlll with seven eight losses This week the A fans will have ample chance to catch the Juniors at home as will be In town at 7 Saturday night Baden will take on the A Sunday at 7 and Monday Guelph will be pitted against Acton at All games will be played at Prospect Park Firestone tramples league leaders 52 The Acton Hal Ion Hills Firestone Ladles Fastball squad extended their winning streak to six games this week as they over powered the league leaders Battling against Hillsburgh which is tied for lop spot in the league with Erin the Acton ladles are now firmly In third place No runs were tallied in the first four in of the match until a hit by Natalie Russian sent Susan Wilson and Clare Herrmann around the oases Another single this time from Sally added a total of four funs to the tally and Teresa Dunn poked the ball into the field to clinch the game with the fifth run of the day Excellent pitching was supplied by Jan inglis in the seven inning match and Natalie Russian was named the game a MVP after outstanding play at third base and two for three record at bat it Tha action was fast and furious at Oaorga on waah in AMaon Comhushara Tournty Jsny Paul of Acton a with Brad of ndusmtn Scar crown dafaatang Had Stop of Mffton in Anal fcunnara of Acton conaototkm No ana can say Glan Atom Boys don t back up Thraa of araa squad warn to nail an Acton bate tutor during a lot round match Acton want on to claim troas In Oldtimers over Glen Williams 87 Competing against teams from Glen Williams and Bramalea the Acton Old tuners have come out of their last three games with a twowin oneloss record June the local team clipped Glen Williams then July 12 they defeated return engagement the succumbed to Playing against the Glen Bruce Mac pherson Kutosienski and Bob connected In the top of the opening frame to take control of the match 30 Following in the second inning with runs were Kutasienski Barry and Ray Graham establishing a lead The Acton squad continued to shut out the Glen until the fifth inning and then their opponents began to return fire Scoring once in the fifth three times in the sixth and three times in the seventh the Glen had the game in hand Fortunately for Acton Grant Usher pounded out a triple in the seventh liming Foodand feasts on Pusinch The A B Trl County Atoms took their third win this week pounding Putlinch Green In other County action for the local squad took a match against Eramosa While by default and again by default won against Puslinch White In their most recent match against Green David Deforest Kenny Jaffray Michael Scfaell Jason Dunn and Piper led the assault with three runs each and tied the game on a single by Bruce Mac Clinching the gome for Acton was Bob MacKay with a twobase hit who was sent home on a double by Avery In their battle against Bramalea it was Bramalea turn to take the first lead In the game shutting out Acton until the seventh frame At that point with leading Bob MacKay and Bob Jorrett rounded the bases to tic the match In the following in nlng Kutasienski and MacKay tallied another two runs to capture their second win in as many games However the winning streak was ended after two when Bramalea came back to blank Acton Scoring once in the first and fifth Innings and twice in the sixth never lost control of the game despite several good efforts from Acton Nell is notches four wins The Construction Atoms are proving to be a tough team to beat as they swamped their opponents In their last four matches June 28 bombed 151 and June the local squad pounded Glen Williams 12 2 Also in Atom action Acton blanked Glen Williams in a return engagement July July 3 they doubled Hornby Brett Wilson went two for two at the plate to score two runs Including a borne run against and Ryan Masales and Brad added two runs each Also scoring for with one run each were Dwayne Sankey Chris Jeremy Mark Ryan Lowrle Kevin Argudin Johnalhon Coe Jason Vjdler Shane and Don Haynes Sankey Brad Chris and Brett Wilson swung the big bats for Acton against Glen Williams June and and Brian McCoIlum rounded out the score with a single each In the July 3 game Acton started off with a five run rally in the opening frame of the game to grab a three run lead and then single runs in the second third and fourth inning clinched the match Scoring for were Masales with two runs and Sankey Brad and Chris Cooney and Corkum with a home run added singles Wedco matches Atlas Capco 44 hi the only League game this week matched Atlas Ray Williams started off the drive with a home run and adding a final tally he seventh frame Williams kept alive with a tie Aslo notching a run each for were Steve Waring and D McLean Recording runs for Alias were Ron Fred and John last names were avail ah for Alios

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