The Akron Beacon Journal from Akron, Ohio • Page 54

Sunday, Januarv 9. 1372 10 Akron Beacon Journal Pro Grid Team For Youngsloivn He's Bucking 6NFL Monopoly John Spahiirii Some Hints For Ice Fishermen Fails, N. Flint, Warren, Lansing and Pontiac, Mich. The league may also accept teams from Louisville and Dayton at its Jan. 30 meeting.

"I've felt for a long time that our area is a breeding ground for some of the best athletes in the Eastern part of the U. said Erskine, a contractor in suburban Poland. "Many area guys haven't had the chance to play professional ball because of the controlled monopoly of the-National Football League. Now, maybe we'll give some young men a chance." IN TURN, Erskine is hop- By KICH Z1TKIN Beacon Journal Staff Writer YOUXGSTOWN This city's past has been one big gangland murder, an array of steel mills and a turnout of some pretty outstanding athletes. Now here cmes a gentleman in the role of a mini-Art Modell with a maxi-task of adding at least another twist to Younsstown's history.

R. James Erskine is financing a minor league football team, the Youngstown Hard-hadt, to begin play this Summer in the Midwest Football League. The Hardhats will play against teams from Columbus, Indianapolis, Niagara in; fans in the area give his team a chance. "People around hrre have told me fans won't go (or minor league football," Erskine said. "But I know.

"It doesn't take a helluva big turnout to make this thing successful. Our tickets will be priced at about $2 or $2.50 and fans a game would suffice. "It would take only to see us through a season. How we'll do the initial year will determine our future." Erskine's current chores in Parnelli Eyes Triple Crown clude opening an office and compiling a staff. His coach will be 28-year-old George Ro-dak, an assistant this past year with the league champion Columbus Bucks.

-jfc ii BELIEVE IT OR NOT, the time of year usuallly associated with ice fishing is nearly upon us. Several large water impoundments and even farm ponds produced good ice fishing last year, but until a few days ago, the weatherman just hasn't cooperated by providing freezing temperatures and persistent snow signals to allow the outdoorsman many thoughts on the subject. Veteran ice fishermen already have their spots picked out novices are encouraged to return to those bodies of water where they caught fish during warmer months. While ice fishing has its enjoyable moments, it also brings about some hazards for the unsuspecting. Thus, a few rules of thumb should be observed.

First of all, two inches of clear ice will support ONE man on foot, while three inches of ice will support a group traveling in single file. Ice at a thickness of iy2 inches will usually support a car while on the other hand, slush (milky) ice is only half as strong as clear ice. Specialists with the Ohio Division of Wildlife suggest that fishermen wait until ice is known to be at least four inches thick before venturing onto it. Bodies of water in Northeastern Ohio which produced good catches during ice-fishing stints last Winter included Mogadore Reservoir, Nimisila Reservoir, Zepernick Lake and Berlin Reservoir. Farm ponds sometimes out-produce even these excellent fishing spots.

State regulations restrict fishing holes in the ice to a diameter of 12 inches, and the use of tip-up fishing devices to six. Tip-ups and ice fishing shanties must carry the name and address of the owner legibly written in English. Summer fishing gear is seldom used for ice fishing. Sportsman's Digest By HAL SHARP INDIAN'S METHOD CONDITION DOG OF STALKING BEFORE HUNTING in 1967, but he doesn't like the term dynasty. There can't be a dominating force, he said, because of other teams such as Al Un-ser's brother Bobby with Dan Gurney, and Mark Donohue with Roger Penske.

Yet, he said, "We thrive on winning races and try to have the best talent to do so. We've got the opportunity with the greatest talent available." ALSO trying to cut down the odds by sheer strength of numbers. Four of the newly designed cars will head for Indianapolis, with the other two held in reserve for races the rest of the year. "We've got a lot of things going for us," he said. "The year before last we had two cars at Indy and Ontario and one car for the rest of the circuit and we won most of Al Unser Parnelli Jones Mario Andretti IX addition, Erskine is adding to the Struthers High School facility, where the Hardhats' home games will be played.

New shower and locker rooms are being constructed, as well as two practice fields' and two parking The stadium currently seats about. 7,000. The Hardhats plan to make room for 2,000 more. "I realize most leagues of this type are failing because of the NFL's monopoly," Erskine said. "So the Midwest Football League has some new wrinkles to help it go over.

We've put the season into the Summer! our regular Phillippe of England, former ship, with Andretti, the 1969 sor of the Samsonite Special chief designer for Lotus. Indy winner, and Unser driv- driven by Leonard. Brown Williamson Tobacco ing "Viceroy Team" cars. Jones began gathering driv-' Corp. has provided sponsor- Viceroy is an associate spon- ers, mechanics and designers Gophers Name Stoll Ga.

Tech Coach Out the races." season beginning July 8. Also, He said his drivers won 11 our games are on Saturday of 18 races in which the team nights to avoid conflict with competed in 1970 and 7 of 13 high school, college or pro TORRANCE, Cal. fll -Parnelli Jones says he's not out. to dominate auto racing but he wouldn't mind winning all the major events. Semi-retired as a driver, Jones, 38, has no plans to drive in the big races.

He's content to build cars for a stable of established drivers Al Unser, Joe Leonard and Mario Andretti. Unser won the 1970 and 1971 Indianapolis 500s and Leonard captured the California 500 at Ontario last Labor Day. Only the last jewel of the championship circuit's Triple Crown, the.Pocono 500, eluded the. team. And, with the complete crown in 'mind, Jones said, "We're building a whole new design.

I can't elaborate. There are things that are different." Security guards watch the garage in Jones' native Torrance where six new models for 1972 are being built. His drivers will use modified 1971 cars until the new ones are unveiled in May. WILL the" new design raise eyebrows at Indy? "Yes, it will," said Jones, the 1964 Indy winner. He said the cars will be powered by turbocharged Champion Of-fenhausers.

Otherwise, he's sternly evasive. How fast are the new cars designed to go? "Much faster," he said. Faster than what? "Quick. Just fast enough. "The cars," said Jones, "are so impressive that I could be rather excited.

It's enough to make you want to get back in them." HE HOPES to have the same impact the McLaren team had when the "McLarens and USAC forced all the other owners to go to the drawing boards or be Jones said USAC changed its rules regarding "wing devices" which gave the McLarens an edge. Jones and team co-owner Vel Miletich hired Maurice clomp 'mi last year. "Al Unser won over half a million dollars in 1970 and our race team last year took in over $700,000," Jones pointed out. Andretti is the most recent addition to the team, having previously driven for STP tycoon Andy Granatelli, whom Jones credits with getting him out of driving and into ownership. "He gave me an uncanny desire to do it on my own," said Jones, who said his rela-t i 0 i with Granatelli soured over Jones' handling of the turbine car.

games. "One thing's for sure fans around here are going to see some very good football. We've had contact with 25-30 players who had tryouts with NFL clubs last year. A lot of them are hoping for another tryout, but, if not, they'll be with us." Interested players or coaches can get in touch with the Youngstown Hardhats, at (216) 757-1160, or by writing P.O. Box 5190, Poland, Ohio 44514.

Tryouts will be held in May. May. it you don't want a dog to go lame when hunting, so condition him beforehand, harden soft pads by slowiv increasing daily exerciser 60me trainers trot dogs on a leash behind slow-amoving automobiles over a traffic-free country road. see a veterinarian for personal advice for your dog. Increase dogs food so he builds weight for reserve energy during actual hunts.

Remove excess-hair around ears and tail so burs are less troublesome. -( One usually thinks op am indian as being stealthy--and he is when that's called for in hunting. but ip livestock inhabits an area, the indian stows noisily when stalking ducks. im-ftating a heaw animal, he slowly plods behind suitable cover until within range op surprised birds. Bryant, has been at Wake Forest only since 1969.

But the Deacons have risen from last place in defense among Atlantic Coast Conference schools to second in 1971. The dismissal of Carson was the first such action in Tech's 80-year football history- FOLLOWING the marathon meeting by the school's Athletic Association Board; acting president James E. Boyd said, "The board deeply regrets that charges and counter-charges have been made by parties not associated with the Athletics Association which have reflected on coach Carson." "The board made its decision on what it considered to be in the best interests of Georgia Tech," Boyd added. Tech was 5-5 this past season. He also revealed that Athletic Director Bobby Dodd had submitted his resignation, but the board refused to accept it and instructed Dodd to seek a new head fooball coach.

"Basically, we will stay with the same system," Con-over said of. the pro type offense that Peterson installed at Rice last year. "But it will be my system. It will be a little Our basic philosophy is to win and have fun doing it." Hackerman said Conover's contract started Saturday and has no time limit. WAKE FOREST Athletic Director Dr.

Gene Hooks said that Harper had been signed to a contract of more than one year as he succeeds Stoll. "Minnesota is a great opportunity for me," said Stoll. "I always wanted to play at Minnesota during my young life and I accomplished that. I said that my dream was to come back here Stoll succeeds Murray War-math, who has been transferred after 18 seasons to a position as assistant athletic director in charge of special projects. Harper, who spent his playing career at Kentucky under present Alabama coach Bear rag From Beacon Journal Wirt Service! Assistant football coaches were elevated to the head positions at Rice and Wake Forest universities Saturday while Georgia Tech released its No.

1 man. Rice ended its search for a successor to Bill Peterson by naming Al Conover to head its program while defensive coordinator Tom Harper was named to succeed Cal Stoll at Wake Forest. Stoll Saturday was officially installed as coach at the University of Minnesota. Meanwhile, Georgia Tech announced after a 514-hour closed-door meeting of its athletic committee that Bud Carson was being dismissed from his duties. The announcement of Con-over's appointment by Dr.

Norman Hackerman, president of Rice, ended speculation that either athletic director Homer Rice of North Carolina or Johnny Majors of Iowa State would get the job. HACKERMAN said Majors, rejected the position to stay at Iowa State while Rice withdrew his name from consideration Friday night. Conover, 33, graduated from Wake Forest in 1960. He earned a master's degree in physical education while serving under Peterson at Florida State in 1968 and moved on to Rice with Peterson, who resigned last week to become head coach of the National Football League Houston 0 a ANY CAR Rather, a short pole with 15 to 20 feet of line is all that's required. That, and a valid Ohio fishing license, which doesn't expire until March 1.

As for bait, the best for bluegills, yellow perch, small bass and crappies is maggots on a small hook or small flies, salmon eggs, or small jigs with maggots. Larger bass and crappies will take medium-sized min-nows fished in deep holes in the lake's bottom. Large perch, especially those found in the Sandusky Bay area, gobble up minnows and perch eyes while northern pike and chain pickerel prefer chubs or young suckers. Redear sunfish, found at Mogadore Reservoir, can be fooled with maggots and red-worms, jiggled near the bottom. Some fishermen will use a bobber while others prefer to hand-hold their fishing tackle so that they can feel the slightest reaction by the fish to the bait.

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Fishing with his younger brother, Denny, around 2 Sunday morning at Mogadore Reservoir, Fred latched onto a largemouth bass while wading the shoreline. It turned out to be a 7y2-pounder after Fred had gutted it, and that's the biggest fish he has ever caught in the U.S. "I caught a 14-pound catfish in Canada once," he said, "but this is the largest catch in the U.S. for me." He'll have the fish mounted, and it will take its place along such other fish and game mounts as a 5y2-pound largemouth, a full gray fox mount and a bear neck mount. Beaver Clinics BEAVER TRAPPING clinics are.

planned in the area. The first of two clinics is set for next Sunday at Mosquito Creek Wildlife Area in Trumbull County. Ticketed to begin at 1 p.m., the clinic will be held at the area's checking station on Park av. between Ohio Rt. 87 and Ohio Rt.

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