Del Rio News Herald from Del Rio, Texas • Page 8

Sunday, August 16, 1970 8A-DEL RIO (TEXAS) NEWS-HERALD, Guff! that invitations to this annual tourney were sent reports 3 and the tournament was filled Aug. 6, out on Aug. only As this alone will tell, this is a very popular three days later. Woodie also revealed that there is a waiting tournament. than 20 people now and that it is still list of more growing.

To Defend Title Poole was the winner of the tournament last O.B. Poole will be returning to defend his title in the year. this and has good shot at making it tournament year a two in a row. Last year, Poole beat out Lynn to Sturgeon in the final round. Sturgeon also will be returning the three-day tournament again this year.

will be playing in Bud McKinney, year, a all of which sets up quite a bit former winner, of the tourney this This opposition the San Felipe Country Club has 144 for the other entries. in year, the tourney which will make for nine flights. This players includes 72 club members and 72 guests who come from all over the state and one guest from Tulsa, Okla. Fine Awards this year will receive a top grade set of The winner The runner-up will get a top grade set of woods. irons.

Consolation winner will get a golf bag and the consolation runner-up will receive two Club. dozen golf balls, courtesy of the San Felipe Country By CARL GUYS EDITOR'S NOTE: With this column, Ronnie Carta wraps up a week of substituting for the Guffer, who will be back at his desk Monday. Tourney Coming Up The 20th annual Labor Day Golf Tournament, sponsored by the San Felipe Country chairman, Club, Woodie is coming Beasley, up soon in Del Rio. This year's That's 30. Local Horses In Race Today RUIDOSO, N.

F. owned Del Rio Will and Whitehead of "Miss Angel Eyes" owned by L.R. French of the Anacacho Ranch (Spofford) have qualified for the $150,000 Rainbow Futurity to be run Sunday at Ruidoso Downs. "Fluff Up" qualified for the in the 14th heat of trial races Friday at Ruidoso. futurity Whitehead's horse is the seventh fastest qualifier for the race with a qualifying time of 20.58 seconds for the 400-yard run.

"Fluff Up" had set the stage for her fine qualifying time in her last test prior to the trials. "Miss Angel Eyes" was the eighth fastest qualifier for the Rainbow Futurity with a time of 20.60 seconds in the 400-yard run. She did this in the second heat of the trial runs Friday. FINE CATCH-Mr. and Mrs.

Delbert Robertson of Dumas caught of black bass while fishing the Devil's Arm of Lake this fine string Amistad Friday. The entire string was caught in less than four water lures. The largest of the string weighed in at hours using top 4 1b. 4 oz. Pictured on the left is guide Jack Skipworth.

AWAY -Mil Mascaras (sitting) in a chain match with CAN'T GET which one end of a chain is tied to the wrist of Fritz Von Eric in other end is tied to the wrist of his one wrestler and the The chain can be used as a weapon and a halter against will face the Great Malenko in the feature opponent. the opponent. Mascaras bout here Wednesday night. Wrestling Set Here Wednesday All-Star Wrestling will return to Del Rio on Wednesday at the 4-H Club Show Barn. The president of the Wrestlethon Frank Brown, has managed to bring back the same card that was scheduled for Aug.

5 but was cancelled because of Hurricane Celia. Brown said he has returned with the same card so that people who were counting on seeing any wrestler or match scheduled on the cancelled card will not be disappointed. The main event Mascaras against the Great Malenko. Mascaras, man of 1,000 masks, will definitely be the crowd favorite in this match. Mascaras gained popularity with the Del Rio fans on his debut before the Del Rio fans by defeating the rugged Johnny Valentine in a best two out of three falls match.

Mascaras had very little problems defeating Valentine and the crowd will probably be behind Mascaras as he takes on the Russian, Great Malenko. Malenko has stated, "He'd better bring all of the 1,000 masks he Malenko, of the team of Malenko, Orton and Montague has been handed many disqualifications due to the illegal tactics employed by him. and his companions. Del Rio wrestling fans witnessed one of these in the first card seen in Del Rio on July 22. Big Bob Orton was disqualified for hitting the referee sharply on the back and then blaming it on his opponent, in this case Joe Blanchard.

Don't be surprised to see Sir Charles Montague at ringside during the match between Malenko and Mil Mascaras, doing his best to interfere and cause Mascaras to get edgy. This match should be a grudge match on the part of Mascaras due to the injury that he received during an exercise demonstration in which Mascaras was participating. This match should be one of. four the most exciting to be seen in at Del Rio or anywhere. The semi-final match will pit OPENING MONDAY! ANNOUNCING ISENHOUR SERVICE CENTER Our Service Dept.

and Body Shop Will Be Open To Service Any Make or Model Car Watch for The New DATSUNS To Be Arriving Soon. SENHOUR SERVICE CENTER 1508 Ave. Specializing In Foreign Cars 775-8528 Acuna Plant Plastic Fishing By CARL GUYS News-Herald Staff The lowly worm has arisen. Bass fishermen are welcoming the worm like it WAS the Second Coming. For anglers were reared on garden worms and but who 'graduated' to more or, less 'nasty' baits and lures the trend now is a return to he worm.

The trip is being made gladly since the ol' messy garden worm now has a hygenic counterpart made of modern pliable plastic. It has all the characteristics of the ol' natural wigglers, including the "feel" of its round, lined body and it "crawls" over the lake beds by simple manipulation of the rod a special 'worm' blank that is made to "work" the plastics and to "set" the hook in Brother Bass when he mouths the worm in a case of mistaken identity. The bass anglers have taken to the plastic worms to such an extent that worm producing companies have sprung up all over the country and one in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, across ss the Rio Grande from Del Rio. the undefor Del Rio and the Southwest and as "Super Snooper" the for distribution by Gladding- South Bend Corporation, La Amistad Productos de Plasticos of Ciudad Acuna are turning out between 5,000 and 10,000 worms a day. The Mexican manufactured plastic worm was once American made wigglers, the fishing brain-storm San Angeloans Larry Scruggs and Bob King.

This pair "began tooling around" with plastic worms and molds. strictly on a They began catching a lot yourself basis for personal use. bass and fished in various lakes around the San Angelo They Work Great K.W. Ridley of Del Rio, fishing with one of the guides at Lake Amistad one recent morning, decided to try out the new "Super Snooper" lure manufactured in Ciudad Acuna. Ridley caught six black bass, the largest weighing 4 lb.

2 oz. and the smallest tipping the scales at 2 lb. 13 ox. Turns Out region. Friends became envious and soon Scruggs and King were passing around their token goodies.

Other anglers began harvesting more bass and AS Scruggs said the other day, "We didn't mind giving our friends some of the worms, but, it got so bad ol' Bob and 1 would be making more worms when we should have been fishing. had to correct that confining situation SO we moved our home-making worm deal into a shop. There, at least we could lock up and get in a little necessary fishing once in awhile." From the shop and a modest beginning the worm business grew. and soon the word was out. Then came the need to expand again and this is where Mexico came in.

Scruggs and King took in Worms Denton, an avid angler Gibson of Jack San Angelo and Discount Store operator in Del Rio and Bill Cauthorn, an -around sportsman and president of the Del Rio Bank The and Trust Company. foursome made a feasibility study and found that, the plastic worm bit could be (See ACUNA PLANT, Page 11A) manufactured in Mexico. GET ON THE WINNING TEAM Sir Charles Montague against Ron Etchison. Montague, as Malenko, is in the win. You can count on seeing Malenko at righside when Montague takes the ring.

Etchison, on other hand, is more of the scientific wrestler of but wrestling is able to to match mend his type opponent. The supporting match will find San Antonio's Ben Matta against Kentucky Colonel card Stu Gibson. Matta, in the last took a match from Mark Starr. Colonel Stu Gibson, is a retired Air Force colonel, who studied boxing in the' Air Force because there was no wrestling available. Don't few be surprised to see a match between Matta and taught punches in the Gibson.

The third man in the ring for all matches will be Dave Cantu. 1 There will be a seating arrangement change in the Brown card set for Wednesday. announced that he will be here on Tuesday to help with the arrangements. The starting time for the first event will be 8:30 p.m. Tickets will go on sale at the 4-H Club Show Barn at 3 p.m.

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