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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-03-28, Page 17yMR him iiiM mu Spotlight X \\ By ROSS HAUGH I Time to fish? Despite the latest reoccurrence of winter, spring is just around the corner and many area fishing enthusiasts can hardly wait to get their gear out and head for their favorite river, lake or stream. Every fisherman has a favorite time when he ex­ pects the fish to be the most agreeable as far as being caught is concerned, For some weather is a major factor. For others the wind must be in the right direction or they will head out only if the signs of the sun, moon and stars are favourable. Check with a dozen fishermen for the best or worst times to go fishing and you will likely get the same number of different answers. You will get answers like, “Only when the barometer is rising, during the dark of the moon, dur­ ing the light of the moon, when the wind is from the north or west, when the first light of day shows, when the sun sets, when rivers are on the rise, when the water is dirty, etc. We remember being told one time by a veteran . fisherman never to go fishing if you see a turtle clim­ bing up a hill. At the speed a turtle travels fishing could be bad for a long time. We could go on and on with fishing excuses or beliefs. Just remember one thing. Fishing is always great. It’s the catching that is sometimes not so good. In a recent issue of the Ontario Angler and Hunter, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources clarified some of the more common infractions people may not likely be fully aware of. Daily catch limits are also possession limits. Whether you go fishing for one day or several days, youcan only possess your one day’s limit on the lake, in camp, in your car or in your freezer. Fish when being transported from the lake whether they have been in your cottage freezer or fresh from the water, must have enough skin and/or fins to iden­ tify the species. They must be packaged to be readily counted. A good suggestion is two fillets a package. Cottagers and campers are reminded that lines must be tended. They cannot have a line unattended in front of a camp or cottage. A good idea for all fishermen would be to pick up and read the summary of Ontario Fishing Regulations which are available at all Natural Resources Ministry offices and most outside licence issuers. During 1977, the ministry surveyed 681 lakes as part of their continuing program to produce fishing maps of popular Ontario lakes. To date, 560 fishing maps have been prepared for the public and are available at district offices. More for handicapped During a time when efforts are being made to allow handicapped people to enjoy many more ac­ tivities than they have in the past we recently came across an interesting article. Disabled sportsmen in wheel chairs were able to bag seven deer this past fall in a special hunt arranged by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. Like the able bodied, the handicapped sportsmen passed a state hunter safety course, demonstrated their proficiency in rifle shooting and possessed a valid state hunting licence to qualify. The area selected for the hunt allows disabled hunters freedom or mobility and a maximum of safe­ ty. Time to name awards With the National Hockey League season moving into its final weeks this is the time of year when speculation begins at who the various award winners will be. This season’s crop of rookies may not be as spec­ tacular as last year when players such as Mike Bossy, Dale McCourt and Barry Beck came onto the scene proving they belonged in the big leagues. Leading the pack of players bidding for the Calder trophy is Bobby Smith who last year starred in the OHA Junior A with the Ottawa 67’s. Although he will not come close to Bossy’s mark of 53 goals last year Smith now leads the Minnesota North Stars in scoring and could come close to 40 goals and 80 points. Other rookie forwards high on their team’s scoring parade are Wayne Babich of St. Louis Blues, Ryan Walter of the Washington Capitals and Thomas Dradin of the Vancouver Canucks. There are several fine young defencemen among the list of top NHL rookies although they will probably not be much of a threat to Bobby Smith. • The leading rearguard candidate is Behn Wilson of the Philadelphia Flyers. Other include Brad Marsh, Willie Huber and Joel Quenneville. It has been unusual in recent years for goal tenders to step right into big league nets in their first season, but, this year there are two exceptions to that tradi­ tion. They are Glen Hanlon of Vancouver and Mario Lessard of the Los Angeles Kings. If this year’s crop of rookies is not considered ex­ ceptional, it’s safe to bet that the names of Smith, Wilson, Watler, Huber, Lessard, Quenneville, etc. will become fixtures in the NHL for years to come. Organize baseball Don’t forget the meeting planned for tonight Wednesday to organize a baseball association for Ex­ eter and district for the coming season. The meeting will be held at the South Huron Rec Centre at 8 p.m. and all baseball, fastball, softball coaches and managers along with interested in­ dividuals are urged to attend. Third game in Exeter, Friday Hawks fall behind to St The Exeter Hawks face an uphill climb to make their third consecutive ap­ pearance in the OHA Junior “D” final as they trail the St. George Lions by two games in their best-of-seven semi­ final. The Lions jumped on the Hawks for a 7-3 win in the opener on Friday and then came back with a 4-2 verdict at the rec centre, Sunday, to put the Hawks backs to the wall. The series resumes in Exeter this Friday at 8:30 and coach Ron Bogart concedes that the Hawks must win that one to have much hope of advancing. “We don’t want to be down by three heading to St. George,” he said this week. “It’s bad enough now.” The fourth game is slated for the Lions arena a week from Friday. In the opener, the Lions took advantage of several Exeter mistakes to win in convincing fashion, and while the Hawks played well enough to win on Sunday in the opinion of their coach, he indicated the Lions appeared & LIONS ROAR — The St. George Lions took only 20 seconds to score in Friday's opener when Dick Morrison gobbled up an errant pass to break in alone on Randy Lovie who just failed to get his leg on the shot. Dave Bogart moves in to help, but it was too late and the Lions went on to win 7-3. to have more desire. “We played a little better (Sunday) but still not well enough,” the coach reported, adding that the Hawks still failed to get the number of breaks the St. George crew have enjoyed in both games. The loss on Sunday also took home ice advantage away from the Hawks although they did win the flip for the extra game. They now must win in St. George, a feat they accomplished twice in eliminating the Lions last year. However, they never trailed by more than one game in that series. They split the first two games, both played in Exeter due to a cancellation of the St. George home game because of fog. They then dropped the first game in the Lions arena but went on to take the next three straight. Times-Advocate, March 28, 1979 Page 17 Lose at home The Hawks lost the ad­ vantage of home ice in the . series when they dropped a 4-2 count at the rec centre, Sunday. Play was even through most of the game, although Randy Lovie had the tougher shots to handle and kept the Hawks close with some exceptional saves. St. George took an early lead, but Don McKellar knotted the count at 1-1 when he finished off a power play with Ken Pinder and Jamie Caldwell at the 5:39 mark of the first. The visitors doubled the shots on Exeter in the initial frame as Lovie was forced into several big saves. Exeter took a 2-1 lead at the 11:41 mark of the second when McKellar came back with his second power play goal with Caldwell and Ron Bilcke picking up the assists. However, the Lions evened the count near the end of the period when they scored on a short-handed effort and they took a 3-2 lead 45 seconds later before the Hawks regained their composure. The Hawks had a couple of good scoring chances in the final stanza, but couldn’t connect and the Lions pulled the game out of reach with an empty net goal with seconds remaining. Lovie ended up with saves, compared to the registered by Mark Northey in the St. George net. While Hawk supporters and officials opined that the St. George netminding may be their weak line, Northey made several big stops to help his team to their win. He also got lucky on a couple of occasions, one when a shot by Dave Bogart went bet­ ween his pads but deflected out the side past the post. The Lions took seven of the 12 minor penalties called by referee Phil Jones, but didn’t give the Hawks a power play 30 25 22 in the contest fans. George final period of the witnessed by 864 Start early In the series opener in St. George, the Lions jumped on an errant clearing pass at the 40 second mark to score their first goal and they never looked back on their way to a 7-3 verdict. Exeter evened the count at the 1:33 mark of the first when Jamie Caldwell finished off a play with Don McKellar, but the Lions opened their lead to 4-2 at the end of the first, again capitalizing on errors. They increased the margin to 5-2 at the end of the second, and while the Hawks pulled to within two early in the third period, they couldn’t get any closer and St. George pulled the game out of reach with two more tallies in the last half of the stanza. Don McKellar scored Exeter’s second goal on a power play with Fred Mommersteeg and Jamie Caldwell in the second while Steve Jennison potted the third when he tapped in a rebound. Terry Caldwell and Brad Taylor picked up the assists on that play. The Hawks had an op­ portunity to get back in the game in the middle period when Rob Simpson picked up a five-minute high sticking penalty, but they couldn’t capitalize on the chance and it was cut short when Brian Mercer was banished for tripping. BY LARRY SNIDER Staff photo Marauders eliminated in ANOTHER MISS — A St. George player moves the puck out of harm's way on this play while Exeter's Fred Mommersteeg (17) ties up the net minder after being dumped in the goal crease by another defender. Staff photo JUST MISSED — Ken Pinder (7) just missed getting his stick on this pass from Jamie Caldwell (12) in Sunday's game at the rec centre, which St. George won by a 4-2 count. Staff photoSouth Huron playoffs The Centralia Marauders fell by the wayside in the South Huron intermediate hockey league semi-final playoffs Thursday night as the Goderich Merchants qualified for the finals. The Centralia team won the first game of the best-of- five series, but, the Goderich club bounced back with three straight victories including Thursday’s by a score of 4-3. Doublers ahead in dart league With three weeks remain­ ing in regular league play the Doublers hold a one point lead in first place in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league. The Doublers have 84 points to their credit, one ahead of the Sassenachs. The Itchy Niters and Flying High are tied for third spot with 81 points apiece. The DR’s are in fifth place with 80 points, the Winkers are next with 78, the Family Affair has 70 and the Out of Space and Scotties are even with 69 points. The Sabres are next with 63, Outlaws 61, CB’ers and Shiphunters 56, Nicky Tams 55, Canscotts 49 and Chances 44. This week’s scores were: Scotties 5 - Family Affair 0; Flying High 4 - Outlaws 1; Shiphunters 4 - Itchy Niters 1; DR’s 3 - Out of Space 2; CB’ers 3 - The Chances 2; Canscotts 3 - Nicky Tams 2; Winkers 3 - Sabres 2; Sassenachs 3 - Doublers.2. Friday’s schedule is as follows: 8:00 p.m. Flying High vs Doublers Nicky Tams vs Scotties Chances vs Winkers Sabres vs CB’ers 9:30 p.m. Sassenachs vs Outlaws Family Affair vs Canscotts DR’s vs Shiphunters Itchy Niters vs Out of Space The first period was even with each team scoring one goal. Goderich rallied with four goals in the middle 20 minutes of play and were able to hold the Marauders to a single goal. In the last period, Centralia could only get within goal of a tie. Ron Funston was the first period Centralia marksman on a three-way combination with Eldon McCutcheon and Perry Knee. Scoring in single fashion in the middle stanza for Goderich were Frank Hagen, Dave Graf, Al Hamilton and Tom O’Brian. The lone second period Cen­ tralia marker came from the stick of Rick Funston with assists going to Ron Funston and Matt Muller. The final goal for the Marauders came at 1:03 of the third period. Taking the successful shot was Ron Funston on a play started by Matt Muller and Mark Cronyn. Referees Don Appleby and Jeff O’Brien handed out a total of 27 penalties. Six were of a major variety of fighting. Lenny Kockman, Charlie Robertson and Cam McDonald were the Goderich players in the fisticuffs while the Centralia participants were Pete Wuerth, Eldon McCutcheon and Rick Snell. Legion ladies in provincial final A team from the Exeter Legion Ladies Auxiliary placed fourth in a recent regional bowling tourna­ ment and have qualified for further competition. The team consisting of Terry Heywood, Grace Farquhar, Peg Hunter- Duvar, Dorothy Reynolds, Gladys Bierling and Barb Hearn will be one of 40 teams participating in the Provincial finals in Owen Sound in October. Lucan juveniles reach Ontario final The Lucan juveniles en­ joyed a very successful week. They won the Shamrock playoff cham­ pionship and advanced to the OMHA “C” finals. The Lucan club defeated Shelbourne 8-2 Wednesday night to sweep their semi­ final series in straight games. They now meet Colborne in a best-of-seven series to deci’de the Ontario cham­ pionship. The first game will be played in Grafton Saturday at 6 p.m. with the second going at the same arena Sunday at 4 p.m. The teams return to the Lucan arena the following weekend with games Saturday, April 7 at 7.30 p.m. and the following day, Sunday at 3 p.m. In winning the Shamrock final Saturday, Lucan downed West London by a score of 7-3. Martin Duenk, Barry O’Neill and Martin Clarke each scored three goals to pace the Lucan win over East London. Scoring the odd goal was Doug Latta. The Great Corsair INFORMATION ON in South Huron Phone 235-1834 We Need More Big Brothers Now! 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