HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-05-25, Page 6PAGE 6-- CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY. MAY 25, 1978
Naturally speaking
by Steve Cooke
"I had a real big one on, but I lost it." How many times
have you heard this, or more important, how often have
you said the same thing? There are definite reasons for
these breakoffs, but few people I've spoken to have ever
tried to examine the cause.
Poorly or improperly tied knots are one of the two main
reasons why "big ones" or even "little ones" get away.
Some of the old, accepted fishing knots were fine for the
once common braided lines generally used, but are next
to useless when used with the now popular monofilament
lines. Some simply slip and come undone when a little
pressure is applied, while others can reduce the breaking
strength of the line by as much as 80 percent.
The new knots, such as the Improved Clinch Knot, the
Double Improved Clinch Knot and the Uni-Knot were
developed to be used with monofilament, and retain 95 to
100 percent of the line's original strength. Don't be afraid
to learn one of these specialized knots, as they are all
quite simple once they have been mastered.
The other main reason for breakoffs is an improperly
set drag. Most people set the drag too tight and when a
fish is on, they try to boat it as quickly as possible. This
not only takes a lot of the joy and fun out of actually
catching a fish, but can lose one as easily as catch it.
According to the experts, the drag on the reel should be
set for approximatley one quarter the breaking test of
the line. For instance, if your line is say eight pound test,
you should be able to strip line off (when the drag is
slipping) with about two pounds pressure. This setting
should require about six pounds pressure to start the
drag slipping and is close enough to the breaking point to
suit anyone. Remember, we're talking about mechanical
testing of the drag. In actual practice, the resistance of
the line in the water along' with many other factors all
•add to the strain put on that little strand of mono.
With a properly set drag, that eight pound test line is
capable of regularly catching, 16 pound fish (bragging
size for anyone), and I once personally witnessed a 23
pound northern pike caught on four pound test. All in all,
loosen off that drag and you'll have a trophy over the
fireplace instead of "one that got away".
Vanastra Gun club results
' George Hamm of Blyth shot
a perfect score of 25 in the
,Vanastra Gun Club's trap
shoot, held on May 16.
Jack Miss, Guelph; Murray
East, Clinton'; Bill Stewart,
Goderich and Lloyd Venner
all finished in second place
with scores of 24 points
apiece. Ernie Marshall,
Mitchell; John Hessel,
Goderich and John Anderson,
Kippen each hit 23 traps while
Glen Mogk, Bornholm; Tom
Allen, Londesboro and
Harrison Schock, Zurich all
.had 22 points each.
Following down the line,
Bradley Mann, Hensall;
Dave Temple, Mitchell and
Jamie Caldwell, Kippen each
had 21 points, Mery Batkin,
Clinton had 20 and Paul
Webb, Goderich finished with
17 hits.
Murray East and Jeff
Darling of Exeter were the
high scorers at the skeet
shoot on May 20 with scores of
24 apiece. Hariison Schock
and Tom Allen came second
with 23 hits each.
John Hessel and Bill
Boussey, London hit 22 while
Mery Batkin and Bill Pin-
combe, Toronto had 21, and
Frank Flyn and Al Mitchell,
both of Clinton had 19 points
each.
Dan Meerburg, Forest;
Paul Haggitt, Zurich and
Paul Mellar, Vanastra had 16
hits while Don Johnson,
Forest hit 14 skeets.
Local boy is playing
major league ball
A Clinton native, Mark
Nicholson, pitched very well
in his first game with the
Cambridge Terriers, in the
opening game of the Inter -
County Major Baseball
League last Thursday night.
Mark, 19, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Nicholson of
James Street in Clinton, is a
product of the minor baseball
system in town, and this year
is residing in Listowel, where
he will also hurl for the town's
junior club.
Mark pitched a steady
game for the Terriers,
limiting the Stratford Hillers
to only two hits as Cambridge
won 6-2.
Fran Campbell, writing in
the Kitchener -Waterloo
Record last Friday, said
Nicholson "really did a
number on the helter-skelter
Hillers, limiting them to only
two hits over the nine inning
distance.
"The gritty Nicholson
simply challenged and beat
the Hillers with a lively
fastball above the knee caps
for most of the night. He
teetered a bit in the seventh,
but quickly regained com-
mand to silence Hillers from
that point. The hard -throwing
righty was also backed by two
double plays in the final two
frames."
The Terriers are only going
to be able to use Nicholson for
spot starts and relief duty
once the Listowel junior
schedule starts.
The Londesboro Lions had a busy night last Monday, running the refreshment booth at the
park during the annual fireworks display. The club was nearly all sold out by the end of
the night. (News -Record photo)
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Ramblings from the races
By Lois Gibbings
Victorious David, a four-
year-old gelding by Royal
Melody - Victorious Har-
mony, that was raised by
August De Groof at his farm
on the Bayfield Road near
Clinton, won his fourth race of
the year at Orangeville
Raceway on Sunday af-
ternoon. Time for the mile
was 2.04.2, just one-fifth of a
second slower than his record
best of 2.04.1 which he got at
Barrie Raceway on Wed-
nesday, May 17.
Victorious David now has
earnings in 1978 of $3,681 from
20 starts, with four wins,
three seconds and five thirds.
Last year he paced in 2:08,
getting nine wins, two
seconds and three thirds from
26 starts, good for $4,728.
August and Florence De
Groof, had their picture taken
in the winners' circle with
Victorious David, when it was
announced that he had been
claimed for $7,500 by Peter
Swift of Barrie from his
previous owners Ruby and
Louis Keys of Bramalea.
Aubust still has a full sister to
the speedy pacer, named
Victorious Flo .
Ron Williamson was second
with Willas Perrica for Ted
and Bruce Lamont of
Seaforth in the same race.
The four-year-old mare by
Ferric Hanover -Willa
Wonder, has a record this
year of 2:06, plus earnings of
$4,189. She has won three
races, been second four times
and third twice in 17 starts.
Randy McLean won the
second race at Western Fair
Raceway in London on May
17 with Scat Man, a nine-year-
old horse by Keystoner that
he trains for Che Bec Ltd. of
Montreal.
Two horses owned by
Wayne Horner of Brucefie-ld
raced at Greenwood in
Toronto on May 18. Imshi Alla
N was second in the first,
'while Dilly Dares finished
third in the third.
At London on Friday night,
Frank MacDonald of Clinton
drove Ruby's Locky, a three-
year -filly
by Ferric
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Hanover—Ruby, Dillon, to a
third place spot for owner -
trainer Dave Shamblaw of
Kirkton in her first lifetime
start. Verdun Vanstone was
fourth with Bay B Hayfee in
the third for Holmesville
Valley Farms.
Armbro Prince finished
second with Ken McElroy up
for trainer Dennis Jewitt and
Doug Bell of Londesboro in
the fourth.
Dennis Jewitt was second
with Jo Spinner that he trains
for Franc Stroop of Fordwich.
The eight-year-old mare has
had six wins, two seconds and
one third from 10 starts this
year for earnings of $2,895.
Nancy Meadow was second
in the eighth race for co-
owners George Feagan and
her driver Gerry Roebuck of
Goderich. Soky's Honey,
owned and trained by Frank
Little of Goderich was fifth in
the ninth with Ken McElroy
on the bike.
The tenth race winners
were Lady Samantha and
Janice McDonald, timed in
2:05.4 in a dead -heat. Irsha
Hanover, owned and trained
by Lorne Tyndall of Clinton,
was third for driver Frank
MacDonald. Adorable Luck
finished fifth for owner Larry
Baird of Crediton.
Chappy Herbert, owned by
Wayne Horner of Brucefield,
lowered his record from
2:06.1 to 2:03,3 at Greenwood
on Friday night in picking up
hissecond win from three
starts this year. Will Knight
was third in a mile that went
in 2:00.2 for Ken Parke
of Zurich and John H. Lester
of Forest.
Soccer club unbeaten
Clinton Soccer Club
maintained their unbeaten
record on May 19 when the
team travelled to London to
play the newly formed Serbia
Club.
Despite the appalling
ground conditions which were
more suited to water polo
than soccer, the game went
on and for the first 64
minutes, the two teams were
evenly matched as they
picked and splashed through
the great puddles of water.
Clinton suffered several
setbacks as first, half -back
John Preston was carried off
with a badly bruised ankle
and then goalie Juergen
Hellman colllided with the
opposing centre and both
players had to be carried off
with suspected leg fractures.
Then all three injured players
were hurried off by am-
bulaQce for x-rays.
Tony Van Dongen took over
for Hellthan and did an ad-
mirable job keeping Serbia at
bay.
Clinton missed several
good scoring chances before
Danny Colquhoun belted one
past the sprawling
The above partners have a
new filly foal from their
Columbia George broodmare
Kawartha
Freight—Southampton V.
The latter stallion is a full
brother to Nansemond p,
1:56.1. Bad track conditions
caused Elmira Raceway to
postpone their Friday, May 19
opening.
At London on Saturday
afternoon, Bill Caldwell of
Clinton finished fourth with
his trotting mare, Matadot.
Betty Van Dyk was second for
driver Gary Payne and
owner -trainer Frank Little of
Goderich.
At Hanover ' on Saturday
night, Verdun Vanstone gave
his Winnie Ensign her first
lifetime win in 2:14.2. John
Mathers was second with
K.T. Judge for Gerald
McFadden of Dresden, while
John Jewitt of Londesboro
finished fourth with his
Skippy Del. Dennis Jewitt of
Clinton also had a fourth with
his Champion Hit in the
second race.
Late Affair, a six-year-old
horse by Sir Dudley
Pick—Delphine Spencer,
owned 'by Grant and Carl
Fisher, had his first lifetime
win with Gerry Roebuck up.
Kit Lee was third for owner
Douglas Kerr. Claybrook
Romeo finished second for
driver Jack Meriam and
owner Charles Brindley of
Goderich in the seventh,
while Imp Mathers was
fourth for the Broken M.
Stables.
Frank MacDonald was fifth
with Goldies Hit for Terry
Rutledge of Clinton in the
eighth. Dennis Jewitt was
fifth also with Hullett Rose
for Ed Bezaire of Seaforth in
the ninth. Ron Williamson
finished third with Tranquil
Morris A. for C. Browning of
Toronto and J. McLeod of
Seaforth at Orangeville on
Sunday afternoon. The ten-
year -old gelding won his first
race in Canada, at the same
track, on May 11, timed in
2:07.1.
Bill Rapson of Holmesville
plans to race Alpha Herb, a
three-year-old gelding by
Ever Ready—Jane Oakie, in
the Ontario Sires Stakes at
Leamington on Sunday, May
28. Bill qualified the trotter at
London on May 17 with a
personal time of 2:10.4.
Ladies bowling
Boyes Girls came out on top
as the champions from the
Ladies Tuesday Afternoon
bowling league. Members of
the team were Elaine Boyes,
Iva Reid, Moranne Duddy,
Sheila McKay, Helda Semple
and June McCowan.
The play-off champs were
the June Bugs with June De
Ruyter, Lois Gibbings, Gwen
Johnston, Vivian Knight,
Joyce Van Reisen and Valier
Mair.
Mona Campbell took the
high average of 199. The high
triple went to Nancy Roy with
814 and June De Ruyter had
the high single with 339.
The league would like to
thank the ladies at the Clinton
Legion for the meal and
service which they gave at
the banquet.
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goalkeeper and minutes later
Grant Clark scored an
identical goal to put Clinton in
the lead 2-0.
Serbia fought back and
managed to score with five
minutes left to play, but
Clinton hung tenatiously to
their one goal lead and ended
the game worthy winners.
This week Clinton are at
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