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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1981-06-25, Page 6PAGE 6 —CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1981 'Fake two wins Colts stan Flerning's Clinton Colts in- termediate baseball club won two of three weekend games to even their season record at four wins four losses. On Friday night they humbled Byron 13-3 behind This week in soccer In action in the Clinton Minor Soccer Association last week, the atom 'A' team blanked the Goderich 'B' team 3-0 on Wednesday, while the Clinton 'B' Atom team easily beat the Goderich 'A' squad by a 5-1 count. The Mosquito 'B' team beat Sea forth 5-2, but the Mosquito 'A' game was rained out. Lady luck wasn't with the Pee Wees last Saturday, as they dropped a 4-0 decision to Goderich, and the Squirts did not play because as yet, the village has no team. Tykes beat Dashwood by 27-9 On Saturday June 20, the Clinton tykes continued their winning streak with a 27-9 victory over Dashwood. The team was led to the victory by Derek Jefferson, who pitched five innings, allowing only four runs. Devon Colquhoun also con- tributed to the tykes fourth victory ' without a loss by scoring five times and set- ting some of his key hits. Cheer the tykes to their fifth victory on Saturday June 27 when they host Dashwood at 12:30 p.m. firm the strong pitching of Casey Wildgen and Dan Colquhoun- The Colts pounded out 13 hits to score two in the first, one in the third, and five each in the fourth and fifth. Dan Colquhoun led the at- tack with three singles and a double to score three times and drive in two runs. Hans Leppington and Greg Burns each had a pair of hits with singles going to Don Mac- Donald, ao-Donald, Cal Fremlin, Butch Fleet, Casey Wildgen and John Hart. Wildgen pitched his first four innings of the season allowing one run on three hits striking out four and Col- quhoun mopped up the rest; allowing two runs while striking out seven in three in- nings. On Sunday afternoon, the Colts travelled to London and came up a run short, los- ing a tight 3-2 game. Mike Wildgen pitched a strong game for the Colts, his se- cond complete game in two starts. Mike allowed seven hits, while striking out seven batters. London took the lead in the second on a home run by Hart but Clinton got two in the sixth. London came back with a run in their half of the sixth and another in the seventh for the win. Colts hits were two singles by MacDonald one each by Burns and Hart and a triple by Don Can- quhoun. Sunday night, Flemings boys travelled over to Thorn - dale for a game with the Angels and the Colts ham- mered them 19.6. Dave Pat- terson pitched a good game for the Colts giving up six runs in the late innings when the game had already been decided. In this game, John Hart was the big gun, driving in seven runs with a home run, double and three singles. Greg Burns had a good night, also driving in three runs with 2 doubles and two singles. Other Colt hits went to MacDonald with a home run and single to Mike Wildgen and Cooper. The Colts play a double header in Clinton on Wed. night and travel to Thorndale on Friday. COLTS HOME SCHEDULE Wednesday, June 24th — Arva 8 p.m. Friday, July 3rd — Dashwood — 8 p.m. Wed., July 8th — Dashwood — 8 p.m. Sun., July 12th — Strathroy (2) DH — 6 p.m. Fri., July 17th — Thorndale — 8 p.m. Fri., July 24th — London — 8 p.m. • There was plenty of action to watch at last weekend's "over 30" slo-pitch ball tour- nament in Londesboro. Here the Holmesville bench watch as one of their players makes a turn for second during early action. Hohnesville later went on to win the consolation trophy. (James Fitzgerald photo) sports Ramblings from the area racetracks By Lois Gibbfngs Clinton Kinsmen Raceway will re -open for the 12th season on Sunday, June 28 at 1:30 p.m. Three qualifying races will be held one hour earlier at 12:30 p.m. Featured on the first after- noon will be the Ontario Sires Stakes for two-year-old pacing colts and geldings. Already this year, several of by steve cooke The Spruce Grouse (Canachites Canadensis) is the true fool hen of Canada's north. This is the bird most often encountered by moose hunters, that absolutely refuses to fly but prefers to sit on a branch and inspect this two legged intruder with a cocked head and beady eye. To most hunters, it is just a "partridge" and is pot- ted out of a tree or on the ground with a light rifle or .410 shotgun for a tasty supper. For the serious grouse hunter; however, it is an exercise in frustration as the bird in most cases, absolutely refuses to fly in a spor- ting manner. The spruce grouse is just slightly smaller than the ruffed grouse and differs only marginally in coloura- tion. The male has a mottled grey or brown back with a black face, throat, and chest patch. The belly is whitish with dark bars and the tail is black with a dark brown terminal band. The male is easily recognized by a bare patch of orangish red skin above each eye topped off by a small comb. The female of the species is much draber in colour, and Slightly smaller than the male. The quickest way for the novice to tell the difference between spruce and ruffed grouse is by the absence of the prorninent crest found on ruffed grouse. The spruce grouse feeds mainly on conifer needles for most of the year, but does dine heavily on berries when they ripen in late summer or early fall. The table quality of this bird does deteriorate rapidly when the berries are finished and it returns strictly to a diet of pine or spruce needles. However, in the fall when it is most often encountered and eaten, the flesh has a very delightful quality that is a refreshing change to tinned foods. The biggest threat to the spruce grouse, apart from its natural predators, seems to be the encroachment of man into its natural habitat. This bird is a denizen of large mature forests and cannot adapt to live in har- mony with spreading civilization. Bass season opens this weekend, so if you want some good fun and lots of action, unlimber the old rod and head out for a day's fishing. Live baits seem to be preferred in this area, with worms, minnows, crayfish, and frogs all being about equal. Artificial baits can be just as effective, however. If you take a tip from southern bass fishermen, and use plastic worms .you can really enjoy some fast action. These wor, however, must be rigged and fished properly to pro- duce. Small spinners are also good, and seem (to me anyway) to be more effective than spoons. The classic Kass lures, however, are the floating plugs. These must be used under calm conditions to be effective and are almost useless in running water. But when everything is just right and the bass start smashing these plugs off the surface, you'll be in for some fishing that will be hard to forget. If all else fails, give a lead headed jig a try. Vibrotails or Mister Twisters are both good, but take along a variety of colours. Some days oray one colour seems to work, and you won't know which one until you've tried them all. Fish them right on the bottom of those little holes and pockets and you'll be bound to find some action. Bass are easy to release, and since the limit is only six per day, there is no reason for keeping those small ones. To release a bass, just grab it by the lower jaw and it will hang paralyzed until you get the hook out. They hook themselves in the hard tissue around the mouth nine times out of ten, so there is no damage done. If they're hooked in the gills or gullet, however, I would recommend you keep them. Bass are also great to eat and worms should not be a problem yet. Even if you're squeamish about eating a "possibly" wormy bass, they're still fun to fish for and ,rovide a cheap day's entertainment. these pacers have beat the two minute mark and most of them are greatly improv- ed over a few years ago. Goderich Raceway will re- open on Thursday, July 2 at 7:45 p.m. Dan Donnelly of Goderich will be race secretary again this year at both tracks. Entries for the second Goderich-Clinton Pacing Series, which was very popular last year, are now being accepted by Dan until July 1, 1981. The series is for 2-4 yr. old pacers who are non winners off $2,500 lifetime as of May 15,1981 and will be held August 20 in Goderich and the final in Clinton on August 30. If the good turnout of spec- tators for the nine qualifying races and one schooling race. that were held at the. Clinton track last Sunday are any in- dication, then interest is very high in. our area this year. • Lime Time, a six-year-old horse by Race Time-Armbro Emerald by Thorpe Hanover, broke Chief Scram's track record set on June 15 of 1.57.4, when he took a new world record for aged pacers on a half -mile track Housewives win again For the second weekend in a row, the Clinton Housewives, ladies football team .have won a major tournament, when they went undefeated last weekend to win the Kincardine Ladies Football Tourney. The previous weekend, the ladies had won the Goderich tourney. In the first game, the Housewives humbled Kit- chener 26-2 in a game that was called after only five innings because of a seven run mercy ruling. The second game was followed the same script, ending after five innings with the Clinton girls ahead of Benmille r by a 16-2 count. In the semi-finals, the Housewives beat Mt. Forest 13.6, and advanced to the fianls against Port Elgin, where the game went two extra innings before Clinton emerged a 10=9 victor. Helping bring home the $200 prize were homers from the bats of Jan Rutledge, Louise Brown, and Elaine Philips, while Gail Daer pitched all four games. CENTRAL HURON LADIES SOFTBALL Standings as of June 18 Team Elevators Housewives Art's Landscaping Goldiggers Superstars Noisy Ladies Sailorettes Sluggers W L T P 5 0 2 12 4 0 1 9 3 1 1 7 2 3 Q 4 2 3 0 4 1 3 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 0 fftrutIOfl81 Re for the "ALL NEW" CLINTON SWIMMING POOL *Season Tickets and Courses* You can REGISTER ON...... Friday, June 26 11:30 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. and Saturday, June 27 9 A.M. to 12 NOON REGISTER AT THE POOL /OR INFORMATION PHONE 4$2-333t COURSES: Pre Beginner Beginners Survival Swimming `"-"° Juniors Intermediates Seniors oyal Lifesaving Society Lifesaving 111 Bronze Medatlt.z, n AI "MIRA of 1.56.2 in the $30,000 Labatt's Invitation Pace at Western Fair Raceway in London on Monday, June 22. Lime Time was driven by 26 -year-old Doug Brown for trainer Wm. Robinson and owner Antonio Chiaravalle of Hamilton. Fifth place finisher Banker Fretz and Garth Gordon cut out spectacular fractions of :27.1 - :57 -1:27.1 before Lime Time popped out of second and paced away from the field in 1:56.2. Steve Condren was second with Albuquerque N while Ray . McLean got Chief Scram up for third and Dave Wall and Rock N Wave were fourth. This was the final program of the spring meet at Lon- don. Racing will resume at that track on October 9, 1981. Other winning performers recently have been the following: Journal's Hope, owned by Stewart McCall of Walton, in p,2:00.4 at Green- wood Raceway in Toronto on June 19. Ames Pride, leased by Gary Feagan from Jean and Ben Feagan of Goderich, equalled last years record of p,2:04.3 the same night. Rob O'Brien, which races out of Wayne Horners Stable at Windsor, was first in p,2:04.1 for one of the members of the Carter family of Blyth on June 18. Ron Bannerman gave his Partlow trotter Rusty Ban- ner a new 2:02.4 record in the fifth. Randy McLean of Goderich drove Teres Ma - 4 On Jay 12 Sunset readies for tourney SUNSET NEWS By Betty Heleslc Hope lots of girls got out Monday night for lessons, one thing for sure, it was not too hot. After a weekend in Lindsay, apartment hunting for our son for September, and friends dropping in from Hawaii Sunday night, I had no ambition left for Monday night lessons. Some of our men went to the Interclub on June 7th at Kincardine and came away winners of 60 out of the 90 points. Congratulations fellas! On June 16th the men had 33 players out with Stan Con- nelly golfing a 35 for low gross of the night and Don Armstrong came in with the low net. First flight winners were Brian Reeve, Bob McDougall and Bill Thomp- son. Second flight went to Coley McDonagh, Ticker Mero and. Lloyd Schoenhals while Gary Chambers, Don Fuller and Tom Moore were the third flight winners. Six ladies went to Kincar- dine on June 16th to the 4 - ball -better -ball. Mary Lynne Telford and Shirley Baechler came in fourth. jor, which he co-owns with Len Goldfarb of Beaconsfield, Quebec, to a new record of p,2:06.2 at London on Friday night. Blazing Shot, owned by Larry Jeffrey of Goderich, had her first win of the year for trainer - driver Randy McLean, with a p,2:07.1 mile on Saturday night. Emma C. Lee was first in p,2:09.3 at Hanover on June 20 with Jack Duckworth up for Carman Kerr of Goderich. Direct Bret, a four-year- old horse by Right On Bret, that took a 2:01.4 pacing,. record earlier this year at Windsor for the Wayne Horner Stables of Clinton, was second for driver Dave Wall at London on June 22. Another pacer from the same stable, Nugget Lobell, was fourth on June 20. The speedy five-year-old pacer by Adios Vic-Nardins Tempest by Duane Hanover, has lifetime earnings of $89,073 and a 1:58.4 record. APPLIANCE REPAIR Large or small, we'll fix them all... Our repair experts will have your appliance In tip top shape fast. Coll us today. PECK APPLIANCES "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" VARNA 482-7103 H.S. FORD CO. Overhead Doors Sales & Service * RESIDENTIAL * INDUSTRIAL * COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC OPERATORS PHONE: 482-3821 CLINTON Vacation Cash Give -A-Way We'll Give You $5.00 Cash If You Join the ub Before You Go On Vacation 482-9773 Membership Fee -'35.00 Last Thursday, ladies' night, Della Bedard and Ver- na Kane were our first flight winners; second flight went to Mary Lynne Telford, Joyce Bolton, Thora McCabe and Ellen Connelly; third flight winners were Dorothy Bogie, Pat Wilkinson, Rocky Whalen and Mary Ann Dempsey while Rosemary Armstrong, Joyce Scott, Diane Little and Betty Fuller were the fourth flight win- ners. No card winners were Judy Kelly and Becky McIver. This week June 25th is another Pin Day for any of the ladies who would like to golf 18 holes. Also keep in mind the Couples' Tournament which is less than a month away - July 12th. Clinton Summer Activity Program *DAY CAMP 21WHEN: V Session: June 29 to Juiy 31 D Session: August 3 to August 28 AGE: 5 to 13 years TIME:, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Five days per week There will be cold drinks provided for a supervised lunch FEE: PER '40 - child / '60 - family SESSION PRE -REGISTRATION will be at the Town Hall on THURSDAY, JUNE 25 and FRIDAY, JUNE 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participants may register for one or both sessions.' REGISTRATION will also be held JUNE 27 at the CLINTON ARENA between 9 a.m. and 12 noon. SPONSORED BY THE CLINTON RECREATION COMMITTEE GET IN ON THE ONTARIO SIRE STAKES CLINTON KINSMEN RACEWAY SUNDAY, JUNE 28 POST TIME 1:30 P.M. OVER X18,000 IN PURSES See Ontario's finest 2 your old Pacing Colts and trip drivers In an exciting Ontario Sires Stakes event. It's harness racing at Its very best. CLINTON KINSMEN RACEWAY CLINTON FAIR GROUNDS/POST TIME 1:30 P.M. Ontario ires Stakes "We've got what it takes." 1