May 1979 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

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OCEAN CITY (N.J.) SENTINE
Despite poor weather
Battling stiff winds and points; Tom Triboletti, Ocean
choppy surf which persisted cwy;
throughout the day, some SO —men (17-24 years old),
surfers competed in Ocean John Van Ordran, Toms
City's 15th Annual Spring River, 92 points; Sam Horton,
Swing surfing event Saturday- Atlantic City, 91 points; Jim
day.
Kirk, Ocean City, 83 points,
The wet-suited surfers and
competed in four separate —senior men (24 and up),
divisions in the event which John Ripka, Honeyforook, Pa..
was held at the 7th Street
beach. The divisions included
r
Junior men, men, senior men
and masters, a division in t
•which only the top-rated
surfers by the Eastern Surfing
Association can compete.
Ocean City's Jim Kirk took
top honors in the masters
division with 97 points, just
two points better than runnerup
Bob McLaughlin, also of
Ocean City. Third place went
to John Van Ordran of Toms
River who finished with 76
points.
The top three finishers in
Mom by Tina water the other events were as
Helping each other with their wet suits prior to follows:
—Junior men (15-17 years
Saturday's Spring Swing are (1 to r) Danold),
Ed O'Kinsky, Seaside
Triboletti, Jim Kirk and Bob McLaughlin. Heights, 112 points; Brian
Heritage, Sea Isle City. 103
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More than 50 surfers compete in
W points; Tom JjMcClaren,
Iinwood, 65 points; Doug
Gothold, Sea Isle City, 63
points.
Scoring is handled by three
judges. Bach judge rates the
surfer's three best rides hi
terms of length and style with
a score of one to 20. The nine
scores are then added
ER THURSDAY, MAY 31.
together for a final total.
Olympic-sire medals of gold,
silver and bronze are
awarded to the top three
finishers in each event.
Fourth and fifth place
finishers receive smaller
medals.
As far as the windy surfing
conditions were concerned.
Winners in the masters' event being congratulated by recreation
department Sports Director Mike Allegretto (left) and Director Donald
By MAGGIE CORNMAN
Pileggi (right) are (1 to r) Jim Kirk, Paul Pallitte. Bob McLaughlin, Sam
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Marie with the Becker too. The bait is bucktail and Horton, John Van Ordean and Skip Jastranski.
'. Hello there. I'm back again
children, Cheryl, Laura, Kurt squid, but the bloodworm is
Avith some news about this
and Paul, who caught eight best for the kingfish.
; thing called fishing.
flounder in the bitracoastal Out at the Avalon Shoals are
> The weather hasn't been too
Waterway using bucktail and the larger blues and you
i good, but some people did get
mackerel strips.
should troll for them with the
; out and catch some flounder.
Ronald Kipps, aboard his rebel, cotton cordeU, um-
: Rick Huck came into the
second Love, was at thebrella
rigs or the banana lure.
* shop and brought In a flounder
Brandyw hie Lightship and The Delaware Bay is still
-to be weighed and it was 5V4
caught six bluefish on spotty but you can catch
• pounds. He caught it at the
bucktail and squid.
croakers, weakies, blues and
.'Tennessee Avenue area and Around the pilings, jetties drumf ish on clam or bucktail
; was fishing with minnows. and bridges are the tautog and squid or mackerel strips.
and they are being caught on
Then there was the Frau
Now if this weather will just
sandcrab, sandfleas, and shape up and stop messing
oonch. Now you have to bearound
with the wind and the
quick about bringing them in rain, the fish won't stand a
because they will wrap
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chance. So, good luck, good
themselves around the piling fishing and tight lines.
A youngster catches a wave while others wait in Saturday's Soring
Location! and then your sure in a mess.
Swing. *
So, be quick to bring them in.
In the inlet at the north
Ocean City Ice Co. point there are bluefish that
average about two pounds and
Nlw LscaUss it are being caught on bucktail
5t»WtttAw. and squid or strips of
mackerel.
fra Along the surf are the
blowfish, kingfisb and weak-
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fish. The croakers are there
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Fore duffers
By THE PRO
Alaop despite the young
season, we have the first holein-one
to report as Bill Root
Welcome back to all theacedthe
ISO-yard seventh hole
hackers and, if you were not a with a five iron.
hacker before last weekend, Betty DeBaufre and Betty
you soon learned to be one.
TERMITES?
The grass was so long on some
Ann Powell are playing it cool
fairways mat one kind duffer
with their score cards; they
suggested calling it the ant
win" only show theirs to each
huTaka cabbage patch.
other and no one etaev
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Or, how about a cow pasture
Welcome back to the
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without cows?
Scboberts, Louise and Jerry
Another duffer said be iost
Walsh and Anne and Sam
more balls in the clover
Valenti.
dumps than in the duck Just a reminder that the
ponds.
Sixth AnnualSpring Handicap
But, if tbe gods soon favor
Ibumament is scheduled for
us with Just a fair share of
Saturday and Sunday, June 16
PtU &
sun, we'll get the trimming
and 17. The registration fee is
18.50 and covers all costs lor
done and the "pros" win have
Call the Gswtto Man in Wue
the two days of match play.
to look for another excuse. You can sign up now as The
Despite the handicap of tan Pro Shop.
grass and rippled greens,
some neat scores have been
FREE ESTIMATES? OF COURSE!
BENEFIT GARAGAE SALE
coming in led by Jack Contact Atlantic is spon-
Emhardt's 38 and Mary soring its 3rd annual 50-famlly
FISHING
Steele's 46.
garage sale on Saturday from
Other fellows making the 10 a.m. to 3 pan. (ram date is
low Scoreboard are John June 9) at the Pleasantville
Frack, 40; Ces BrudeneU, 41; Presbyterian Church, 1311
Ben Felekey and Eddie Shore Rd.
Pierson with 42s; Ralph
GET-AWAY
Gerhart and Frank Daly, 43s; HONORS STUDENT
John Green, «..~w., 44, -», and ~— uuu* Marv Kimberly Shlpp of 8096
Andrews and Bob Brown with Ddancey PI., a student at the
45s. University of Delaware, was
For the girls, Connie Daly named to Kappa Delta Pi, an
and Lee Schuff have posted honor society that encourages
Sis and Betty Fritzson logged "high professional, ofessional, Ina55.
tellcctual and d personal l
standards.
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Senior baseball tryoute
Tryouts for the South Shore Senior Baseball League
are open to any person that Is 16-19 yean of age, industve.
The tryouts will begin at 5, Saturday, June 9 and
Saturday, June 16 at 5th St and Bay Av. Tryouta are
open to winter and summer residents.
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