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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-05-12, Page 13Gdderich SIGNAL -STAR 134 YEAR -19 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12,1982 SECOND SECTION Captain's fishing a far cry from yesteryear The voices crackled over the C.B. radio in the small, somewhat crowded steerhouse of the Slo-Mo. Ron Moody, otherwise known as Captain Fats, acknowledged that the noise can drive you crazy after a full day of listening to it. His eyes spotted the first bouy marker, which showed the position of the first set of nets to be drawn that day. Manoevering his boat up to the bouy, one of tiie five -man crew pulled it out of the water and began to hall the net in. Moody checked the position on his navigational equipment, charted it down in a small notebook, then gave the order to let the other net out from the rear of the boat. Moody explained that this method of simultaneously taking in one net and letting out another net is a modern way of fishing, "This is a more modern way, of fishing that my dad would never have done. Today you have to increase your intake to be competitive which means that you have to have at least four different things on the go to keep in business," he said. Moody purchased Captain .Fats Restaurant a little over a year ago after retiring from the Chrysler Corporation after 20 years. His(father who had fished the waters of Lake Erie all his life taught Moody the ropes. Moody admitted that the name Fats was originally a nick name given to his father by fishermen in the Lake Erie area. He adopted the name and. added Captain to the beginning of it. Today he has a thriving business which involves fish processing for restaurants, households and animal feed. "We have the modern housewife in mind when we clean our fish. After all the work is done in the plant the fish are pan ready," he said. He has a crew of five experienced fishermen on the Slo-Mo who know how to perform their jobs without a hitch. As the fish are brought in the crew remove them from the nets and sort them according to type. The operation has to move quickly to ensure that the fish are as fresh as possible when they reach land. After a case is full, ice is added to keep the fish fresh. The nets are then stored at the back of the boat to be reset. One of the crew members aboaid the Slo- that requires a quick hand and a good deal Mo takes the fish out of the net. It is a job of patience (photo by Kris Svela) GDCI soccer juniors trounce Stratford Cr The GDCI Vikings soccer team are perched atop the Huron -Perth Conference junior soccer standings with a 3-0 win -loss record; following two victories last week. On Wednesday, in St. Marys, the Vikings defeated St. Marys 1-0. Friday, in their first home game of the season, the Vikings shutout Stratford Central 2-0. In St. Marys, the Vikings waited until the second half to score the game's only goal. John Thompson scored after taking a pass from Trevor Erb to give Goderich their margin of victory., Friday's game here was played in a steady downpour of rain, but the Vikings proved to be good "rnudders" scoring once in each half to record their third con- secutive shutout victory. John Thompson scored on a close -in shot to give the Vikings a 1-0 lead and Paul McCartney's long shot went in just below the crossbar to sew up the Viking win. The Vikings will attempt to extend their unbeaten record in a pair of home games this week. Today (Wednesday) they host the Stratford Northwestern Huskies and on Friday the Vikings 'entertain the Listowel Lords. Viking coach, Dick Madge,. feels his team has been playing sound, fundamental soccer, based on ball control and aggressive defensive play. "They are working hard and playing well very together as a team," commented he Viking coach. Ron Moody, owner. and operator of Captain Fats Restaurant, prepares his boat and crew for another days fishing. Moody and his At full peak Captain Fats employs 21 people and Moody admitted that he is having difficulty keeping up with the demand for his fish. "We can't catch enough fish so we have to purchase them from other fishermen to meet demand," he saki. The shortage is partly due to late break- up of the ice which has slowed down the Fastball League shorts crew have been fishing offshore for the second year in a row to keep up with the demand for his processed fish. ( photo by Kris Svela) movement of fish towards the shore. The day we were out Moody had what he called a "fair" catch of about 450 pounds of .fish. For the crew it meant $75 or 50 per cent of the catch. One crew member said that the most he had made in one day was, $1800, fishing in Lake Erie. It less than a romantic lifesytle with, your earnings dependant on the number of fish you catch, but these men seamed to enjoy the lifestyle. Moody is in the process of training one of the crew to operate the boat sothat he can devote more time to the business. With his operation increasing its volume, Moo4y, will have get used to being land dry for most of the time, keeping up his paper work. rhe Goderich Industrial Fastball League got their season off to a flying start on Sunday with four games played in Agriculture Park, Councillor John Doherty fired the ceremonial pitch with league president Gerry Petrie acting as catcher. BY ROB MACDONALD Hayter's Chev-Olds rode the arm and bat of Dave Scholl in defeating Lakeport Steel 4-2.' Sholl had three hits while allowing only five in a nine strikeout performance. He also scored two Hayter hits to lead a 13 hit attack. Five Lakeport batters hit safely with Cann Fielder's triple accounting for bothof their runs. In a rematch of last year's finalists Simon Langlois overpowered Kirkey batters in an outstanding performance. He allowed only four hits and struck out 15. Meanwhile Lakeport batters nailed Kirkey pitching for 12 hits. Bill Gallow has three hits for Lakeport while Wayne Doak, Ron Corriveau and Al Sygrove had two a piece.A five run third inning proved to be more than enough for Langlois. Willie Denonune and Jack MacKinnon hit RBI doubles to highlight a four run 2nd inning to lead Denommes to their win. Don Bogie had given French a 2-0 lead in the 1st with a two run home run but filenames settled down after that allowing only a solo homer by Bob Johnston in the fourth. John Verway pitched a strong game while Pierson had two hits to lead' Denonune's. Phil Turner had two hits for French. wean doherty ste awed 9 Signal -Star baserunners while Rob McDonald scored a run and battled in one to lead Canada Company in their win. Canada company used their four hits with good effectiveness scoring runs off every one of them. McDonald's RBI double scored Brian Tigert and Tim O'Brien brought in the next two. Meanwhile the Stars could not come up with the hits when they needed it, spoiling a strong performance from jim Martin. McDonald lead two hits for C.C. while John Wair had two forthe Star. Dan Freeman made a spectacular driving catch to end the contest. Rob Plenhett struck-oqt 10 Canada company batters while Jim Crawford's two -run single broke a 1-1 tie to lead the Hotel Bedford to a 4-1 win. Brian Shewfett scored on a wild pitch to give C.C. a 1-0 lead but Bedford tied it in the half of the first inning. The score reamined tied until the fifth when Crawford scored Brian Sowerby and Del Mitchehnore. Plenhett then singled in Crawford. Crawford had two hits for Bedford while Shewfett and Tom O'Brien had two each for C.CaDean Doherty allowed six hits to take the loss. In other Monday night action Kirkey's Kar Kare defeated Signal -Star. Kim Friztley and Shawn Rahbek display the medals they won at the Huron Perth Track and Field Meet that was held in London on Monday. Both Kim and Shawn collected the most overall points in the Midget Championship. GDCI track team shines The GDCI track and field team placed a strong second with 521 points behind Stratford Central , which took the first place position with 591 points, in the Huron -Perth track and field meet held on Monday. It was the first time in recent history that the team had made such a strong showing. The win qualifies 38 GDCI athletes for the WOSSA meet to be held in London next Wednesday and Thursday. Kim Fritzly placed first An five in- dividual events in the Midget Girls category and set a record 27.8 seconds in the 200 meter. Shawn Rahbek was the Midget Boys Chamrnp with four first place positions and set a record of 15 seconds in the 100 meter hurdle. Each of the athletes. gave outstanding efforts and the 38 mertibers of the team going to London should be well prepared for the event. Huron -Perth Track & Field Results Other record setters Stuart Crew - tied Srr 100m record 11.4 sec; Dennis Aubin - set Sr. high jump record at 1.88m. Other placing athletes: Midget Girls Mary Margaret Murphy 3rd Midget 400m, 4th Midget 800m; Julie Meyers 3rd. 3000m.: Heidi Wick 3rd Midget long jump. fith shot put; Pam Losereit 2nd shot put, 4th discus. Junior Girls • Mary Beth Alexander 1st 100m, 4th 400m, 5th long jump; Kate Doorly 3rd 80m . hurdles, 3rd 100m, 3rd 200m; Deb Mit- chelmore 1st 400m, 1st 800m. 2nd 1500m; Joan Hendricks 1st high jump: Lisa t urn to page 2A e The GDCI junior soccer team had little difficulty defeating Stratford Central 2-0, last Friday, to take 3-0 win -loss record early in the season. The team has two home games this week. On Wednesday they play the Stratford Northwestern Huskies and on Friday they square off against the Listowel Lords. Goderich United 'A' score 1-0 victory The Goderich United 'A' soccer team .. won its opening game of the season Sunday by a score of 1-0 over San Bartolomeo from London. It was an exciting contest in which Goderich exhibited a high degree of hustle and skill. The only goal of the match oc- curred in the 85th minute of play when Paul Donnelly connected from 35 yards out. Up to that point, San Bartolomeo seemed to be satisfied with a tie as United sustained pressure on the tiring squad. Honorable mention goes to Randy Little, ,Rolf Gottschalk and Bill Walters. Randy displayed excellent hustle' combined with fine plays up on the forward line, forcing San Bartolomeo defence in kicking the ball out of desperation. Rolf controlled the mid- field which enabled United to carry the play in San Bartolomeo's end for much of the game. Bill was the 'tower of strength' at his centre full-back position, allowing very little penetration from the San Bartolomeo forwards. According to the London and district. soccer reports. Goderich, Stratford and San Bartolomeo are expected to compete for top honors in the division. Soccer in Goderich, in recent years, has had a declining fan support. It is hard for a team to prepare themselves for home games when there are not many people backing them. Goderich has a quality soccer team with many fine athletes and their play deserves your support. United's next game is Sunday, May 16 at 4 p.m. in London against Calabria. The next home game is Sunday. May 23 when they host a strong Stratford team. The time of the game will appear in next week's paper. United B s tie Delhi 0-0 The Goderich United Bs tied the Delhi Royals, last Saturday in the openinggame of the soccer season. The game started off with the Rs pushing the ball into the Royals end and pressuring the team. Coming close on occassions in the first half, the Bs looked like they had been playing all winter. ' With quick changes and a strong of- f ensive line the team continued to pressure throughout the game. All players put in 100 per cent into the game. but failed, to put one past the Royal goaltender. Coach Shoeboart was pleased with his teams effort a: 41 ts confident that they will he a powerhe asc in the third division. The Bs next home game will be against the 1 Arndnn Poachers„ on Sunday. at 4 p.m.