Clinton News Record, 1981-03-12, Page 6PAGE6 N RD, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1961
'lite tiayHeld Bullets open-
ed the second annual
Bayfield Invitational hockey
tournament with a convinc-
ing 7-2 win over Varna on
Friday
Jim Rileyscored early in
the first period assisted by
Art McDougall to give
Bayfield the lead. Paul
Westlake and Art McDougall
each added a goal with
assists going to Rob Boyes
and Jim Riley respectively.
John Woodhouse replied for
Varna.
The teams traded second
period goals with Bill Court-
ney
ourtney scoring for Bayfield
assisted by Jim Riley and
Art McDougall while John
Wood' ouse scored for Varna
assisted by Greg Armstrong.
The final period was all
Bayfield as they scored
three unanswered goals to
Ate victo Jam.
Graham, scored unassisted,
Marvin "Millimetre"
Me.rner scored from Paul
Westlake and Brian
Johnston rounded out the
scoring with an unassisted
effort as he poked the puck
past Varna netminder Doug
Reid with 29 seconds left to
play. Ruby Fleischauer was
distending in goal for the
' Bayfield team. The Bullets
drew eight minor penalties
as well as Varna.
In game two On Friday
night, the Champion
Scrapers from Goderich
scored a"narrow 3-2 victory
o er Whetstones of
Goderich. Ron Muller had
two gdals for the-vietor-&3n
*elate start, the Goderich
Optin»sts'pounded McLeans.
from.. "Exeter by an 11-4
sore. Paul Parsons had four
goals °for -the winners and
Ron Sowerby added a pair.,
Rick Parsons scored.; twice
forMcLeans.
,: Parkhill downed the
Lakers OR Saturday by an &4
score as Rudy Van
Hooydonk scored twice.
Steve Grainger had a pair
for the losers. Goderich
Township edged Centralia
10-7 in a high scoring contest
with Bruce and Brian
Bowman each picking up a
pair. Rick Lather scored a
hat trick in the losing cause.
In the final game of round
one, London crept bte the
Church Dodgers 5-4. Randy
Byers led the way with two
goals for the winners.
Bayfield opened the A
Series with a close 4-3 loss to
the Scrapers. Jim Riley
scored all three Bayfield
goals while Art McDougall
picked up a pair of assists
and Don Mcllwain added
one. Bill Gallow scored two
for the Scrapers while
singles went to Jack Mer m
,u...adr`Rc�:MiU_ereld m.
was assessed five penalties
and the Scrapers two.
In other 'A' quarterfinals,
Parkhill edged the Optimists
4-3. Les Howarth notched
two for the winners:
Goderich Township ham-
mered London 8-3 as Wayne
Doak scored three times.
In Saturday's B series
games, Whetstones ousted
Varna by an 8-3 count. Rick
Hallman and Grant Shelton
each scored a pair for the
winners while John
Woodhouse chipped in two
• for Varna. McLeans drubbed
the Lakers 9-3 as John Bilcke
notched two 'goals. Brian
Horner had two for the
-bakers. Centralia -recorded
the only shutout of the tour
nament as they whipped the
. Church Dodgers '7-0. Blair
• "Blank" Hearn picked up
four goals.
In the 'B' semi-finals on
Sunday, Whetstone's had the
'bye' and .McLeans downed
' • Centralia by a 10.4 margin.
junior Ct players
honored at banquet
Greg' Flowers of Bayfield
was the top player to be
honored' by .the Clinton
Mustangs *die Clop, at
thybanqutianterlitieelatit
Saturday night.
Flowers -won both the
Central Junior 'C' scoring
championship,, and the
Anstett Jeweller's Trophy
for being the top Mustang
scorer.
Greg Hallam won the Jack
Spearin Trophy for being the
most, outstanding player,
and Mark Rowe was
presented with the Kerrigan
BP trophy by John Preston
for being the most dedicated
player.
Zurich's Pat Cyr was given
the Fleming. 'Feed Mill
firopiiy, by Rated Miller for
being the best defensive
player, while Brad Arm-
strong received the Don Kay
Memorial award from
Shirley Kay for being rookie
of the year.
Bryan Marriage presented
his trophy for most improved
player to Larry Daer, while
the most valuable player
trophy, donated by Murphy
Bus Lines, was, given to
American native Jim
Heilman by Janet Jewitt.
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erich are champs
Bill Vandbergen had three
goals for McLeans and Blair
"Blank" Hearn picked up
four goals.
In the 'A' semi-finals, the
-Sccrap: had the 'bye' and
Parkhill obliterated
Goderich Township 10-1.
John Murdock had two goals
for the winners.
In the 'B' final, Whetstones
outlasted McLeans 6-4. Paul
Feagan had a hat trick and
singles went to Roger Moore,
Mark Kernighan and
Grant Shelton. John Bilcke
scored twice for McLeans
while Don Keeping and Rob
Pryde added singles.
In the 'A' final, Parkhill
blasted the Scrapers 7-3. Bill
Bannister had three goals
for Parkhill with singles go-
ing to Rudy Vanfooydonk,
Paul Clarke, Ernie Schlegel
and Howard Bright. Scraper
singletons went to Jack
Meriam, Brian Allin and
Do you know what a raccoon dog is? I always thought
I did, but as it is turning out, my previous conception is
rapidly crumbling. I have always assumed that a
erac tedog'e-generallye big learidthat intone st'=
took out and chased after in the bush in the middle of
the night. Asit may well turn out, however, in the not
tdo distant future, a coon hound is what will be used to
pursuea coon dog.
The first reference I saw to a raccoon dog which
started me thinking.was when I was reading through a
Finnish Hunting Schedule which listed a season for this
animal. I quizzed the two Finns who were visiting me,
and checked my reference library but still had only a
very cloudy concept of what it really was. The
January -February issue of International Wildlife
published a picture of it, however, with a warning to
North American residents.
This article really peaked my curiosity, so I started
digging' around to see what I could find out. After
several phone calls, I finally got in touch with Dennis
White of the Ministry of Natural Resources in Maple.
Dennis has examined the animals that have been
imported into Ontario, and has tried to dig out what
available literature there is on the subject.
The Asian Raccoon. Dog, also called the Finn rac-
coon, is a canine which stands about 16 to 18 inches high
at the shoulder. The hair is long and has the same
grizzled grey colour of our own raccoon. There is no
ringed tail like our coon, but the raccoon dog does sport
a mask very similar to our night raider. The pelt was
described by Dennis as being wolflike, but the general
appearance is that of across between it fox and a coon.
The face is more canine (like a fox) and the legs are
longer than a coon, but the thicker fur gives the im-
pression of a much heavier animal. The actual average
weight would run somewhere around 16 to 18 lbs.
The raccoon dog is a ground dweller, making use of
burrows much as;the fox does when producing a litter.
It is reported to be a very poor climber, however, and
could not .possibly utilize den trees. It also goes into a
state of semi hibernation during the winter months,
emerging on mild sunny days fora look around n - - -
The Canadian Wildlife report says that the racer en
dog is a predator of small birds and mammals; but also
includes a large amount of vegetable material
(berries and fruit) in their diet. There is some
speculation that if this animal ever escaped into the
wild, it would compete with native species for food..
This may be true even as skunks, raccoons, and foxes
compete with each other now, but their claim that it
could well lead to the extinction of some species seems
to me to be more than a little sensationalistic.
This particular animal is a native of Eastern Asia,
ranging from Siberia to North Vietnam. A number of
years ago it was imported into Russia, Finland and
Austria as a fur ranch animal. It did escape, and has ,
become firmly entrenched in these areas, and is
claimed to be somewhat of an agricultural pest in
Russia because of its penchant for small fruits and
berries.
The animal is supposed to be very prolific, having
litters of six or more once a year. I'm sure that natural
mortality would tend to thin this down somewhat, and
litters of six are not what I would call prolific. The
muskrat, which is capable of producing up to three
litters a year in this climate and having six to ten
young per litter, IS prolific. Even our raccoon and fox
is capable of producing up to six young per year, but
two to four is more common.
There is one factor, however, that would tend to keep
this animal under control if it did escape that cannot be
ignored. That is its value as a fur bearing animal.
According to reports, ranch raised pelts which are of
good quality (maintained through selective breeding
programs much like our ranch mink and fox) com-
mand prices In the $500 to $750 range. Pelts taken from
the wild with their greater variation of colour and
condition would expect to bring from $200 to $300 each.
If you consider the way that our lowly coon is hunted
for pelts in the $50 to $80 range, I doubt very much if we
would ever be stepping all over Asian Raccoon Dogs.
While I don't think any massive stocking program
will ever be initiated, f don't believe there should be too
much concern about these animals escaping. I'm sure
proper controls are in place to try to prevent this
happening, but if it ever did, we may find that the
raccoon dog is about as damaging to our economy as
the brown trout, the cohoe salmon or the ringneck
pheasant is. Only time, however, would tell us for sure.
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As 'A' champs, Parkhill
picked up $300 in prize
money and the Scrapers
pocketed 1150 as runners-up.
The 'B' chteeties., Whetsteness,
took home $150 and the
runners-up, McLeans,
received $100- in prize
money. Trophies were also
awarded to the winners.
Tournament organizer,
Harry MacDonald would like
to thank all teams for par-
ticipating in this year's tour-
nament and for making it a
very successful weekend.
Special thanks go to the
Bayfield Lions and Lioness
for their part in running the
bar, canteen and kitchen.
Thanks also to Karen Court-
ney and Rick Johnston for
announcing the games and
running the time clock, Nan-
cy Stanley and Steve Telford
for- running -the -ticket -booth -
and to Walter Orr for keep-
ing
eeping the ice in good condition.
Plans are underway for
the 3rd Annual Hockey Tour-
nament next year.
sports
At the local bowling lanes
Crown Mixed
The Blackbirds are flying
high with 87 points and the
Cardinals are in second
place with 82, leaving the
Chickadees far behind in
third with 73 points.
The Hawks have 69, the
Bluejays are next with 67
points and the Falcons are
close behind with 66. The
Canaries have 60 points and
the Penguins are in last
place with56.
Theresa Machan had the
ladies' high single of 235.
Marie Collins had the high
triple of 578 and the high
average of 226 was held by
Marj Moore.
In the men's scoring, Bill
Lee had the high single of 321
and the high triple of 826.
Ken Johnston had the high
average of 2397 --
Tuesday
-Tuesday Ladies . .
Ramona's Pistachios have
a big lead with 2,683 points
and Bonnie's Beer Nuts are
in second place with 2,600.
Beulah's Butternuts have
2,586 points, while Castle's
Chestnuts are next with
2,510:. Ruby's Cashews have
2,359 points and Rose's
Roasted Nuts are close
behind with 2,351, leaving
Edgar's Almonds . with 2,259
,and Bircham's Beechnuts in
last place with 2,115.
Mona Campbell had the
high single of 266 and the
high triple of 694. Gerry
Mountford took the high
average with 205.
Clinton -Blyth
Tuesday Ladies
With a three way tie, the
Drop Backs, the Nitwits and
the Born Losers are all in
first place with 37 points
apiec e.
The Corner Pin Cuties are
close behind with 36 and the
scoring remains close, with
the Bouncy Bunch next with
34 points. The Alley Cats are
in last place with 29.
Rita Powell had the high
single of 284 and the high
triple of 647. Nellie
Burkholder bowled her way
to the high average with 197.
Those bowling games over
225 included: Edna Atkinson,
252; Dorothy Carter, 239 and
Nellie Burkholder, 238.
Tuckersmith Mixed.
Sid's Crowbars are first
with 117 points, but Veen-
stra's Vice grips and
Warren's Wrenches are
close behind with 116 each.
Broadfoot's Hammers are
next with 109 points, John's
Jacks have 104 and Scottie's
Screwdrivers are at the
bottom of the league with 98.
Hilda Gerrits had the
ladies' high single of 233 and
the high triple of 626. Mary
Buffinga took the high
average with 183.
For the men, James
Broadfoot had the high
single of 301 and Angus
Hummel had the high triple
of 606 and the high average
of 210.
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