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Sports
Spotlight
By Ross Haugh
Looking ahead
With the extreme cold weather we have
experienced this winter it’s nice occasionally to look
ahead to some of the more enjoyable aspects of the
months ahead.
It won’t be long before ardent fishermen like
Harold Snell and Ted Pooley will be out trying some
secluded fishing holes in the north part of Huron Coun
ty.
So for a few moments we will think about the rod
and reel sport.
People who name fishing lures seem to come up
with a lot of imagination. Some of the names they give
their creations cause even the most experienced
angler to ask what the lure really can do.
One of the latest lures is called the Coathanger.
This immediately conjures up the idea of a fish
removing its two-button sports jacket and hanging it
up before taking a crack at the hook.
Obvious competition for the Coathanger in the
clothing field is Hot Pants, a lure likely designed to
appeal to the male angler. Many of the fishing lures
have been given names which appear to promise great
things for the buyer. A couple that have found their
way into tackle boxes of fishing experts are the Giant
Killer and the Bass Bonger.
Other fishing lures are named for the seduc
tiveness they use in an attempt to lure fish their way.
These include the Hustler, the Jigolo and the one
promising a very good time on the dance floor with the
name Salty Boogie.
Maybe some fish are threatened into striking the
lure when faced with the deadly impact of the
Bomber, the Torpedo. Add to this list the Swedish
Pimple, the Pigtail, the Diamond Rattler and the Whiz
Bang.
As one sums up the lure selection in a tackle store
it’s hard to keep from wondering who is supposed to
bite? The fish or the fisherman.
Some didn't get away
While talking about fishing we will report on the
results of the 1977 Big Fish contest sponsored by
Molson’s Breweries.
Mark Kontainen of Agincourt landed a muskie
weighing over 54 pounds. This was three pounds
heavier than the previous maskinonge record es
tablished in 1975. Kontainen used a Swim Whiz lure to
tempt his monster out of the Moon river during ex
tremely cold weather in late October. The fish was 58
inches long and had a girth of 29 inches.
A combination of spawn and marshmallow proved
to be the successful formula for Lucky Harris as he
hauled a 38 pound, seven ounce Chinook salmon out of
the Bronte Creek at Oakville. It was 12 pounds heavier
than the previous salmon record.
The biggest lake trout caught by Robert Tirilis of
Hamilton weighed in at 38 pounds and was caught with
a Williams Whitefish.
A live frog was the bait used by Eldon Jewell of
Lakefield to catch an eight pound largemouth bass.
The best smallmouth bass was lured to the hook by a
plastic purple night crawler.
Special tastes
Fish are finicky about the taste of their food as
most fishermen are about the flavor of their favorite
cut of steak.
Have you ever watched a bluegill approach a
worm on a hook, touch it and then reject the angler’s
offering without taking a bite? Taste was probably the
culprit; the worm was not fresh, or it had become con
taminated with a flavor which did not appeal to the
fish.
Puzzling over how a fish could taste a bait without
taking it into its mouth, angling experts have learned
that most fish have taste buds which are located out
side the body. Almost all fish have taste buds in the
lips and throat, but many others have specialized
areas of the body such as fins and along the side which
act as taste centres.
Wherever they are located on the fish, taste buds
are small cells that open like flower blossoms to test
food and send a signal to the brain. If the taste is
acceptable, the fish will likely take the food into its
mouth.
A catfish has the most taste buds of any fish. More
than 100,000 are located throughout its body. The ma
jority of these are found in the barbels, special taste
organs which protrude from the chin and enable the
catfish to detect small amounts of food as it digs up
mud and searches the water.
Fishermen take advantage of the catfish’s sharp
sense of taste by using baits which gradually dissolve
in the water. As the catfish tastes the bait from some
distance away, it is aroused to search out the source of
the food and is drawn to the hook.
Tastes vary among different kinds of fish.
Largemouj^ bass prefer a fresh bait. A minnow hook
ed so thatit is alive is good and will be eaten. Bass will
turn away from dead or contaminated food. Gar pike,
on the other hand, are scavengers and will eat almost
anything, fresh or spoiled.
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Exeter on top,
The Exeter Hawks,
posting wins on Friday and
Sunday, put Mitchell on the
ropes in their best-of-seven
league semi-final, but
showed no semblance of any
killer instinct Tuesday night
in losing at home to send the
series into the sixth game.
That game will be played
in Mitchell on Friday, with
Exeter leading the set by a 3-
2 margin. If the seventh
game is necessary it will be
back at the rec centre on
either Sat. or Sun.
Tuesday night’s contest,
watched by 940 fans in
Exeter, was in complete
contrast to most of the other
games in the series as
Mitchell posted a 5-1
triumph. The winners
dropped their hard-hitting
tactics and picked up only
two penalties, jumping on
Exeter mistakes to earn
their victory.
Exeter came up flat for the
game as their passes failed
to click and they fizzled on
the few scoring opportunities
they were given.
They played eight of the
first 20 minutes short-
handed. and while they held
Mitchell at bay, the extra
effort appeared to take some
of the steam out of their
attack.
With just under a minute
left in the opener, Ken
Jarmuth gave the visitors a
1-0 lead after two Hawks
failed in their attempts to
clear the puck from their
own end.
They added another at the
11:00 mark of th^ second and
then took a 3-0 lead only two
and a half minutes later,
again taking advantage of
some poor defensive play.
Exeter finally got back in
the game at the mid-way
mark of the third period
when Randy Parsons
deflected a shot into the cage
on a three-way play with
Matt Muller and* Brad
Taylor.
However, even before the
announcement was made on
the public address, Mitchell
came back with their fourth
tally 30 seconds later when
Bill Stacey took advantage of
a spill by defencman Jim
Ferguson to move down the
left wing unmolested.
They added their fifth goal
on a two-man break at the
19:49 mark.
An example of Exeter’s
total frustration came at the
end of the contest when Ken
Pinder skated over the blue
line to pick an open corner.
However, the final buzzer
sounded just a split second
before the puck found the
mark.
Exeter out-shot Mitchell
by a narrow 29-26 margin in
the rather lack-lustre con
test. There were only six
penalties, four to Exeter.
Win handily
The local Hawks got their
offence untracked in Sun
day’s 10-3 upset win in
Mitchell, and had to spend
the last half of the contest
protecting their scalps as
their hosts started to rough
it up.
Four fights marred the
contest, one resulting in the
ousting of Don McKellar and
Ken Wolfe. Two of the fights
were listed as draws by
but Mitchell rallies
onlookers, while Exeter
combatants were given the
verdict in the other
matches.
In the scoring department,
Exeter took advantage of a
power play at the 3:36 mark
of the initial period when
Brian Taylor blinked the
light on a play with
McKellar and Jamie
Caldwell.
They really turned things
on in the second, scoring
after 26 seconds of play on
another of their five power
play tallies and they added
four more — one short hand
ed — to take a 6-0 lead
before Mitchell managed to
get on the sheet.
Exeter led 7-1 at the end of
the second, and after giving
up two power play goals in
the third, came back with
three tallies of their own
while enjoying an extra man
to win going away.
They peppered 34 shots at
Bob Ward and Tom Chessell
in the Mitchell nets, in addi
tion to the 10 goals. Steve
Beer handled 25 saves for
Exeter.
Matt Muller was the top
scorer in the contest with
four markers to his credit.
Jamie Caldwell broke out of
his scoring slump to post a
hat trick, while single tallies
were fired by Brian Taylor,
Fred Mommersteeg and
John VanGerwen. Taylor
had four assists and Steve
Jennison helped on three
goals, while drawing two
assists were Phil Knight,
Caldwell, Randy Parsons,
•Ken Pinder and Brad
Taylor. Other assists went
to McKellar and Randy
Fisher.
Mitchell picked up 23
penalties and Exeter had 17,
including five-minute
fighting penalties to Pinder,
Mommersteeg and Penhale.
Exeter fans greatly out
numbered Mitchell in the
crowd of around 1,000.
forcing Bob Ward into 36 Mitchell picked up nine of
saves. Beer handled 23. the 17 minor penalties.
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Never behind
Exeter never trailed in
Friday’s 4-3 win at the rec
centre before a crowd of 940,
but the game was in doubt
until the final whistle.
Brian Taylor started
Exeter off with a short
handed tally at the 7:49
mark of the first after tak
ing a pass from Phil Knight.
Mitchell knotted the count
late in the period on a goal
by Raycraft.
Fred Mommersteeg gave
the locals another lead in the
second on a neat three-way
play with Ken Pinder and
Knight, and they moved
ahead 3-1 at the 14:33 mark
when Matt Muller blinked
the light after taking a pass
from Mommersteeg.
Mitchell pulled to within
one only 15 seconds later
when Murray Elliot beat
Steve Beer and they evened
the score in the opening
minutes of the third when
Bill Stacey found the range
when Beer misjudged his
sharp-angle shot from the
side of the net.
The teams battled end to
end through the next 15
minutes before Randy Par
sons lifted a back-hander
into the top of the cage when
Brad Taylor and Matt
Muller managed to push the
puck out to the open side
from a scramble. The win
ning tally came at the 16:12
mark.
Exeter dominated play
throughout most of the tilt,
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Bantams lose in OMHA playoffs
in most exciting finish of year
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Exeter’s bantam II squad
were ousted from OMHA
play, Saturday, after losing
to Pelham by a 5-4 count in
one of the most exciting
finishes seen at the rec cen
tre this season.
Pelham won the best-of-
five quarter final by a 3-1
margin in games.
The visitors from the
Niagara region jumped into
a quick 2-0 lead in the first
period and held that margin
until mid-way through the
final stanza when Bruce
Shaw drilled a point shot
into the cage on a play with
JimSiddall.
However, Pelham came
back to up their margin to
two goals again when they
dented the twine on a power
play with three and a half
minutes remaining in the
Blue Jays
on the tube
The Toronto Blue'Jays will
be featured 20 times on CBC-
TV telecasts in 1978, ac
cording to a schedule an
nounced by the network
earlier this week. The 20
games will include both the
season opener in Detroit at
1:30p.m., Thursday, April 6,
and the club’s home opener
from Exhibition Stadium
Friday afternoon, April 14,
also at 1:30. The entire
package includes 12 road
games and eight home
contests,, and 13 of the 20
games will be seen on the full
national network.
CBC’s outstanding
broadcast crew of Don
Chevrier and Tony Kubek
with anchorman Tom McKee
will also be back in 1978 to
bring all the action to fans in
Ontario and all over Canada.
This year’s telecasts will
also incorporate' new
production features. The
broadcasts will be produced
by John Spalding and
directed by Ron Harrison.
The Blue Jays’ full CBC-
TV schedule winds up with a
pair of exciting games
against the defending world
champion New York
Yankees in the heat of the
September pennant race, to
cap off what should be a:
second exciting year
contest and that appeared to
put the locals on the ropes.
But Exeter bounced off
the ropes at the 13:45 mark
when Mike Murray skated
past three defenders on a
power play to cut the lead to
3-2 and Jim Siddall then hit
the mark with 42 seconds
left after Exeter pulled their
goalie. Mike Murray and
Mark Vandergunst drew
assists on the play that sent
the two teams into an extra
10-minute session.
Pelham again took control
of the play and scored twice
in the first two minutes, and
while Murray narrowed the
gap on a play with Rob
DeKoker mid-way through
the overtime, Exeter
couldn’t manage their
earlier heroics to get the
equalizer.
The locals hotly disputed
the second Pelham overtime
tally as goalie Pete Parsons
appeared to have it well
covered. However, one of
the visitors dug it loose from
under him and tucked it into
the cage. \
Members of the local
squad are: Pete Parsons,
Paul Cooper, Jamie Chaffe,
Scott Batten, Trevor Boyle,
Rob DeKoker, Steve
Riddell, Scott Pincombe,
Steve Prout, Jim Siddall,
Mike Clark, Mike Murray,
Mark Vandergunst, Al
Hodgert, Bruce Shaw and
Rob Smith.
This weekend, they will
host Trenton, Michigan, in a
double-header at the rec
centre. They’ll play Satur
day afternoon at 5:00 and
again Sunday morning at
11:30.
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