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I 5 THE COURIER-JOURNAL TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 1976 Fair weather fish White bass seem to be most active on bright, sunny days By EARL RUBY, Courier-Journal Times Outdoors Editor jjij lvj ,2 Zsw ti yy v. .,.45 charge is $2. His address is 325 Knapp Morehead. A statewide bowfishing tournament is scheduled May 7-9 at Camp Energj in the Land Between The Lakes. Registration will begin at 8 a.m.

Friday, May 7. For more information write LBL. Golden Pond, 42231 Wild turkey hunting has started at Ft. Knox and will open in other areas in a few days. In the Land Between the Lakes the hunting days will be in three clusters April 15-17, 22-24 and April 29-Mayl.

In the Pioneer Weapons area hunting will be allowed April 24-25 and May 1-2. Hunting will be permitted April 24, 25 and May 1, 2 in Jackson, Owsley, Bath. Rockcastle, Lee, Rowan and parts of Menifee and Pike counties. If the weather holds, this week could shape up as one of the best of the year for fishing in Kentucky. It's a little early for such action, hut the relatively warm spring has caused fish to start prowling at many lakes and streams.

White bass are moving into feeder streams for their annual spring spawning runs, black bass are beginning to hit surface lures, and croppie are being taken in the brush at most lakes, especially Kentucky Lake, where the water temperature is 60. The whites are passing the Yamacraw section of the South Fork of the Cumberland and action there has been excellent. In the headwaters of Barren, in the Browns Ford area, several limits have been reported. In Dix River above Her-rington, action remains spotty with most success so far from boats in the headwaters. There are many good ways to take whites on their spawning run.

One successful rig consists of two dollflies, one trailing the other by 18 inches. When the whites are running crazy it isn't uncommon to hook two on one cast. Later on these same white bass will give us even more action when they feed on schools of shad so voraciously that they will hit most any shiny object thrown at them. The whites are a fair weather fish. They are most active on bright, sunny days.

In color they are silvery with narrow lines of dark spots from gill cover to tail on the upper sides. A sure identi- feeder streams White bass are moving into Solunar tables The schedule of Solunar Periods, as printed below, has been taken from Mrs Richard Alden Knight's Solunar Tables. Plan your days so that you will be fishing in good territory or hunting in good cover during these times, if you wish to find the best sport that each day has to offer. Use Eastern Standard Time the southern extremity of the lake about this time of year when the temperature of the water hovers between 50 and 55 degrees. Most of the fishing is done within sight of the shore, by trolling a light lure taken down only slightly by addition of a split shot.

Later the salmon will move north and go deeper. Many anglers then will switch to downriggers. A few weeks ago I mentioned a detail map of the Cave Run area, showing best fishing and hunting areas. Now comes a much simpler map, done by John A. Duncan of Morehead.

It shows access roads, ramps, channels, old roads underwater, ridges and feeder creeks. His fication is the presence of teeth at the base of the tongue. They feed mostly on small fish and insects. They average in weight between one and three pounds. The Kentucky record is five pounds, shared by Lorne Eli of Dawson Springs and B.

B. Hardin of Mt. Eden. The world record is only two ounces heavier caught above Grenada Dam in Mississippi in 1960. Indiana anglers are beginning to move north for the start of the coho salmon fishing in Lake Michigan, out from Michigan City, Burns Ditch and East Chicago.

The salmon become active in A.M. Minor AAaior P.M. Minor Maior Day Date APRIL llSundav 12 Monday 13 Tuesday 14 Wednesday 15 Thursday 16 Friday .5.35 ...3:25 5:10 .6:10 8:25 9:15 10:05 11:00 11:55 12:25 1:35 2:45 2:15 305 3:55 4:50 5:40 6:40 7:50 8:55 8:50 9:40 10:35 11:25 1:05 2:10 3:10 Staff Photo by Robert Steinau (from left) Phil Sandman, 88; Charlie Talbott, 86, and Art 3uhn, 82, simulate bowling stances in the Senior Citizens League at Pee Wee Reese Lanes. Talbott and Kuhn started in the league back in 1963. 17 Saturday .7:20 18 Sunday 8:25 Two teams threaten pin record; Crusade 'casting9 begins ball players was $1,000, second $500.

David Allen, 19, rolled his first perfect game as part of his first 700 series, a 736, in the Men's Handicap League at Jeffer-sonville's Youngstown Lanes Thursday night Walt Belden had a 223-223-223 triplicate a week earlier in the New Albany Classic a gu at Cadillac Lanes. Betty Oblander went 111 pins over her with a 251 actual game at Ten Pin Lanes. After 15 years of bowling, Ray Hart hit a 604 for his first 600 series at Indian Trail. Janet Cush's 603 at Pee Wee Reese Lanes was her first 600. First 700s were Bo Reed's 724 and Greg Miceli's 707 at Thelmal and Charlie Greenwell's 710 at Indian Trail.

league bowling probably between 16 and 20. STRIKES SPARES From 10 teams of three men each when it started in 1963, the Senior Citizens League at Pee Wee Reese Lanes has grown to 20 teams of five each and has a list of 15 subs anxious for regular team spots. Membership is limited to men over 60, and Phil Sandman is oldest at 88. Marty Hornek leads the league this season with a 177 average. Joe Huen has the biggest three-man series, a 659.

For those who didn't see the recent televised windup of the Kentucky Colonels' bowling tournament (taped last fall), Ron Thomas won by 11 pins over Bird Averitt. First prize for the basket pros are scheduled here if they fail to qualify for the finals of the Queens Tournament at Denver that week. They are Judy Soutar, Dave's wife; June Lewel-len of Miami, and Marilynn Bruner of Louisville. 'EXECUTIVE BOWL' General manager Sonny Frantz of Thelmal Lanes says construction is well under way on 52-lane Executive Bowl, which the Thelmal organization will operate, and the opening date is set for sometime in August. The name stems from Executive Inn West, across Phillips Lane from the new bowling site.

Both are on State Fairgrounds property. As announced earlier, some lanes will be kept available every night for non- said, "I would have expected it to be beaten long before this." TWO PROS SET Sites of Louisville's annual Bowling Crusade show were disclosed last week. The Star-Amateur event will be held at Pro Bowl II on Saturday night, May 15, with a junior clinic that afternoon at Indian Trail Lanes. Charles (Big Mac) McDonogh, in charge of lining up pro guests, says two tour veterans have accepted invitations to appear again Louisville's Billy Hard-wick and Dave Soutar of Kansas City, winners of the last two pro tourneys (Story, Page 10.) The rest of the cast depends on other commitments. For instance, three lady By KEN RUSH Courier-Journal Timet Staff Writer J3ack in 1969, a five-man bowling team captained by Jacques Curwen set a city record by finishing its season with a combined scoring average of 1029 in the old Classic League at Western Lanes.

That meant nearly 206 per man for an enjire campaign and seemed likely to stand for a long time. So far, it has. However, two of the 10 teams in the United Major League at Pro Bowl II are threats to surpass the record, barring a jnajor letdown in what little remains of the present season. With four weeks toil go, Lou Frantz' fivesome is whirling along at a 1046-per-game clip and John Gnote team is close behind at 1044. Jim Ewald Jr.

leads the Frantmen with an individual 218 average. Then come Sonny Frantz (sixth man) with 213, Dave Russell 212. Al Kaelin 209, Lou Frantz 204 and Bobby Russell 202. Jerry Schuble's 218 tops the Ganote quintet. Ronnie Moore has 217, Vinnie Atria 213, John Ganote Jr.

206 and John Sr. 194. Still another United Major team has a shot at the record Ray Yocum's outfit, now 1018. Mike Hagan leads with 211. Ron Woolet has 207, Yocum 201, Bobby Pence 200 and Sam Capshaw 198.

Curwen, captain of the 1969 team, isn't surprised over the runs at the record. "With today's scoring conditions," he KIT medalist race open with Beard out teams to be strong several Louisville contenders. The Pointe is a heavily trapped (averaging 3 12 traps per hole) course measuring 6,739 yards and playing to a par 71 from the back tees. Distance to be used in the LPGA event is still undetermined, as women's and intermediate tee distances probably will be mixed. "Our course is not just flat and long," Quinzi said of the semi-private layout.

"It's got sinkholes and ravines and enormous sand traps. There are four fingers (peninsulas) that go out into the lake." tee was required and $25,000 of it was put up by Bloomington businessmen. Quinzi and Buck Smith, a corporate partner in the Lake Monroe Corp. which developed the course, came up with the rest, according to the pro. The LPGA guarantees at least 20 of Ha top 30 players will participate in the 54-hole event.

Practice at the course begins June 30 and a pro-am in the form of a five-player scramble will be held July 1. WTTV, Channel 4, plans to telecast part of the tournament, according to Quinzi. 'f tfS lf-fey cIV-y Av If ji 1 III" arri' -A a -iwf h- 1 i A 1 i' jffirV if Jm i I ifZ rfy In a hurry By STAN SUTTON Courier-Journal ft Times Staff Writer The king isn't dead but, on the other hand, the king isn't playing either. Scott Beard, who turned giant-killer last, year in the Kentucky Invitational high school golf twurnament by winning at age 13, will not have a chance to defend his title, leaving the race for medalist wide open. Beard, now a Trinity freshman after playing for Westport in 1975, was ruled ineligible until next fall by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association in a controversial decision.

So when golfers from 19 high schools tee it up next Thursday at Seneca Golf Course a new medalist is a certainty. In addition, a new team champion appears likely. Last year Central City became the first non-Jefferson County team to win the KIT in its 11 years. But its new coach, Jerry Young, admits "We've got a chance, but I really doubt if we'll be a factor this year." Young has replaced mew Central City principal Jim Wilcox as coach, but probably even harder to replace are Roy Ath-erton and John Toll, who shot 77s in the 1975 KIT and finished only three strokes behind Beard. Scott Ray and Tom Kirk-patrick are back, but Young must count on Ralph Paxton, an eighth-grader, and Eddie Wilcox, a freshman, to fill the roster.

That unit has struggled to a 4-3 record thus far this season. Of the returning golfers, Brad Rives of St. Xavier had the best score in the 1975 KIT, his 75 trailing Beard by a stroke. Rich Stewart of Bailard shot a 77 and he is a contender again. Marty Donlon, whose St.

teams have captured two KIT and three state championships in the last 12 years, expects "Doss is the defending state champion and they have an awfully good shot," said Donlon, noting that Doss still has Denny Thompson and David Witten back from last year. "Ballard is the defending East Regional champion and all four of their kids are back," Donlon added, referring to Stewart, Phil Douglas, Marty Switow and Kristoff Smith. "Trinity should be awfully tough, too. They have Mike Lenahan back and he should be awfully tough. And then Seneca has been playing well." Having lost only one player, St.

also is considered a contender. "We've played only two matches; there just hasn't been that much time yet," said Donlon. "This meet sets the stage for the rest of the season. The winner becomes the rabbit with everybody else chasing him." Teams entered in the KIT are Doss, Westport, Ballard, Trinity, Jefferson-town, Seneca, Waggener, St. Butler, Western, Central City, Mason County, Bowling Green, Hancock County, Henry Clay, Shelby County, Covington Catholic, Russellville and Elizabethtown.

Women golfers have come a long way, but once again they won't be coming as far as Louisville. So the best chance for River City residents to see stars of the Ladies Professional Golf Association will occur July 2-4 in the Bloomington, Bicentennial Classic at The Pointe, a recently-built resort on Lake Monroe. The first-year attraction, less than a two-hour drive from Louisville, will become an annual LPGA event, according to Joe Quinzi, golf director and professional at The Pointe. A $50,000 guaran Two-year cram course makes Woody Fisher tick WOODY FISHER Heads ARCA field today at Fairgrounds Staff Photo by Bud Kamenish Mike Lenahan of Trinity lines up a putt while competing in the 1975 Kentucky Invitational Tournament. He makes his team a contender for honors in this year's meet at Seneca.

Smithsoii proves a young chip off the block in judging dogs By KEITH F. OVERPECK Courier-Journal ft Times Staff Writer Today, Woody Fisher will be entered in a stock car program sanctioned by the Automobile Racing Club of America which admits to being a cut. below the major leagues at the Fairgrounds Motor Speedway which doesn't pretend to be the big time. Three weeks from today, he hopes to be driving in the very major league Talladega (Ala.) 500 Grand National stock car race as a teammate of the' almost legendary Richard Petty. And, six days after that, when the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens on May 8, he intends to begin a rookie driver's test that could lead to his qualifying for the world's most prestigious motor sports event, the Indianapolis 500.

If incredible isn't the best word to describe Fisher's dream, then insane might be. "A lot of people have told me I'm crazy," he said, "but 1 believe I can do it. A lot of people have ego trips. To me, it is different. "I could have been a football star, but I turned down a scholarship.

I could have played baseball, too. But I was one of those young punks who quits school, joins the service and gets married. Now that I've grown up, I want to do something, and it's too late to do those other things. So I'm doing this I want to be a race driver. "Right now, I'm up against a health problem one I wouldn't want to relate.

But 1 think after this year, my driving will cease. So I'm trying to stuff 15 years of experience into two years. It's something I feel I can do." Those who have watched Fisher's meteoric rise in ARCA wouldn't bet against him. A year ago, the 32-year-old Cincinnati businessman his family has a beer distributorship had never driven a race car. In his first season, however, he won three ARCA feature races, finished second in several others and took fourth place in the point standings, even though he missed the first few races of the points season.

He finished second in a 500-lap race last, fall at Dayton, Ohio, that started the 1976 ARCA calendar, then finished second behind Grand National standout Lennie Pond in the ARCA 200 at Day-tona, in February. Fisher might have won had he not made an unscheduled pit stop. Last week, Fisher strengthened his hold on first place in this year's ARCA standings by winning a 100-lapper at Tri-County Speedway near Cincinnati, where he is promoting races this season. The car he drove last week and will bring to Louisville today is a 1976 Chevelle built by renown car craftsman Ed Howe and assembled in Fisher's shop. The car, first ever of its kind constructed by Howe, was finished only hours before last week's race.

Fisher has a Petty-built Dodge that he drove at Daytona and will enter in a 200-mile ARCA race at Talledega May 1. He is buying a second Dodge from Petty that he will use for the Grand National race the next day "if I can talk Richard and STP into an engine." The car Fisher hopes to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 is a 1968 Eagle in which Mike Mosley was the runaway leader of the 1972 Indy race before a broken hub carrier sent him crashing into the wall on the 56th lap. Fisher also has two other stock cars, including the Petty "kit-car" Plymouth he drove in ARCA last year. Three-time ARCA champion Ron Hutcherson will drive it in U.S. Auto Club events this season.

As the size of Fisher's racing stable would indicate, money isn't a barrier to his aspirations. He donates his winnings to charity. For him, money isn't what it's all about. "When you have little kids come down to talk to you and root you on, that's great," he said. "That's what I'm racing for.

I'm not racing for the grownups. They've had their ego trips. I'm racing for the 8- and 10-year-olds. To have them look up to you is a great feeling. "I've worked damn hard to get where I am," he added.

"I'm amazed myself that I am where I am. I love being on top." Defending ARCA champion Dave Dayton of Indianapolis and 1975 American Speed Association titlist Moose Myers of Ft. Wayne, top the list of more than two dozen entrants for today's race. A. Arnold, Buddy Fannon, Bill Clemons and Charlie Paxton will lead a strong contingent of Louisville-area drivers.

The program carries a $6,000 purse, with $1,200 going to the winner of the 20-car, 1001ap feature. Time trials will begin at 1:30 p.m. EST, with the first of four preliminary races scheduled for 2:30. RECENT WINS In regular breed competition at Chicago, two Greyhounds won major championship points. Hewly Holocaust, owned by Dan Cleverdon, finished her title, and Sylvester of Lynnean-dale, owned by Cleverdon and his wife, Donna, brought his point total to 14.

Both dogs were shown by Donna. Patti Lohr showed her German Shorthaired Pointer, Huntabird Jobless Joe, to a four-point win. Helen Case's smooth Dachshund, Case-way Fire Flame, won three points at Indianapolis. Jahil's Premier, an English Springer Spaniel owned by Jim and Diane May, won four points at Durham, N.C. Flora Alexander's Pekingese, Midway Hei Ho, was best of breed at Knox-vilie and Nashville.

Tracking degrees were earned by Jeannie Fox's Golden Retriever, Daisy, and Sheryle Nussbaum's Border Collie, Vel, at the Nashville trial. Merle Lichte-feld's German Shepherd, Mollie completed a Companion Dog title at the Shepherd specialty in UPCOMING MATCH The Bluegrass Kennel Club is staging an all-age, all-breed conformation and obedience match April 25 at Sadowski Field House in Ft. Knox. Entries close at noon. Judges are Mary Jo Replogle, Cincinnati, sporting; Dr.

Sid Remmele, Versailles, hounds; Ovil Jeffries, Louisville, working; Florence Arnold, Louisville, toys; Betty Williams, Louisville, terriers, miscellaneous and junior handling; Joan Remmele, Versailles, non-sporting; Mary Somer-ville, Louisville, and Hilda Ellis, Pewee Valley, obedience. By SUSAN JEFFRIES Courier-Journal and Times Do Writer Chip Smithson, a 16-year-old student at Fairdale High School, might become a famous dog judge. He proved he has the talent in the junior dog judging contest held in conjunction with the Chicago International dog show. Chip emerged the victor over 98 contenders, scoring 194 out of a possible 200 points. The contest, which was first held in 1939, has been an annual outing the last six years for several Louisville-area youngsters and their 4-H leaders.

Barbara Gardner and Addie Feeday. Chip is the first winner from Kentucky. This year, Dalmatians, Bulldogs. Irish Setters and Weimaraners were judged. There were four dogs, including a champion, in each breed.

The juniors placed the dogs first through fourth on scoring cards and tried to match the placements of Joseph Faigel, a well-known licensed judge. Bulldogs were Chip's biggest challenge, but he judged them, as well as Dais, perfectly. Weimaraners were a problem because he felt the over-all quality was poor. boy's knowledge of dogs comes naturally. His parents, Charles and Cookie Smithson, have trained and shown dogs in conformation and obedience since 1963.

They now own two champion Belgian Tervurens with Companion Dog Excellent obedience titles, and a miniature Poodle. Chip has a Border Collie, Missy, that holds a Utility Dog degree, th highest obedience title issued by the American Kennel Club, I My- Staff Photo by Keith Williams Chip Smithson won the recent junior dog judging contest in Chicago. Chip's Border Collie, Missy (left) and his parents' champion Belgian Tervuren, Rimouski, both 8, have been part of Chip's education in dogs..