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THE EAST HAMPTON STAR, EAST HAMPTON, N.Y., MAY 11, 1978 ELEVEN SCOY’S POND offers pickerel and dangerous holes. Steve Bromley Jr. Try P ickerel For those hardy souls who have tired of such death-defying recreational pos sibilities as hang gliding, pickerel fishing in Scoy’s Pond in Northwest Woods, East Hampton, is always available. The pickerel season opened last Saturday, perhaps one of the better- kept secrets on the saltwater conscious East End, despite a 1790 survey unearthed by the New York State Department of Environmental Con servation that established the chain pickerel as one of four freshwater fish native to Long Island. The others are the yellow perch, golden shiners, and the brook trout. Scoy’s Pond is a lovely, isolated body of water that at one time, according to Norton Daniels of East Hampton, served as a spawning area for alewives, who would travel the dreen between Scoy’s and Alewife (or Ely’s) Pond. The brook is now closed off, leaving the pond to the pickerel, geese, and ducks. The Bog Process Eventually, Scoy’s Pond will dis appear, and it is this process that makes it a dangerous place, according to A1 Kellar, regional fisheries mana ger for the DEC office in Stony Brook, who explained that the Pond is in a sphagnum moss bog, slowly changing from water to solid land. Much of the Pond’s bottom, it is two feet in depth over at least three-quarters of its area, is sphagnum moss, and the sensation of walking in the shallow waters, in waders, is similar to walking on old tired mattresses that threaten to collapse from the weight. The area that is not two feet in depth poses the danger, and it is often sudden. In some areas, the one-to-two- foot thick cushion of plants has fallen (there is water under most of the moss), creating holes that may be up to 14 feet deep. Gingerly walking to what seem to be ideal spots to cast for pickerel is hazardous business, as two fishermen will attest who plied the waters Sunday morning, only to fall in. Scrambling back to safety involved several frightening minutes as waders began to fill with water, and the incidents seemed to confirm a story Mr. Daniels told of one hunter losing a dog in the Pond several years ago. Two Caught A third fisherman accompanied the wet twosome Sunday, but his fate was to stay close to shore because he lacked waders. It was, perhaps, the only thing he did lack. During the morning fishing, just two pickerel succumbed, both to the land-held angler’s offerings from a salt-water pole, using a dare devil lure. Streamers and a daredevil cast from a freshwater pole brought no response. One pickerel was about eight inches while the other measured 13. Mr. Kellar said the holes will eventually disappear as more organic matter is deposited in the Pond, as the water below the moss as well as that above is absorbed by the plant life. Mr. Kellar added, “If there’s one thing I will remember to my dying day, it’s Scoy's Pond. The first time I ever saw it, it’s really a beautiful place, I fell in one of those holes. One minute I was on sort of solid, soft ground, and then I was in up to my chin.” Steve Bromley Jr. A D ismal Week It was a dismal week for the East Hampton and Pierson High School volleyball teams. Bonac dropped two matches and lost its chance to qualify for the County playoffs while Pierson dropped to a 1-5 League Eight mark, 1-7 over-all, after a loss to second-place Center Moriches. On Tuesday, Mattituck, losers only to the League Seven leaders, Miller Place, ventured to East Hampton and took a 15-7, 15-7 match. “We couldn’t get the ball up for spikes on our sets,” Coach Molly Cangiolosi explained, “we couldn’t pass off their serves, and we made too many mistakes.” Margaret Dunn, Cathy Roxbury, and Maura Costello all had spikes for the losers in the first game, but there were no others to be found. Roxbury, Laurie Gurney, and Marianne Mahar served points for Bonac when it was able to score; Roxbury had the longest string, three. Second Game In the second game, Mattituck went from a 5-3 lead to an 11-5 bulge and was not seriously challenged thereafter. Dunn set Costello for Bonac’s only spike and reserve Tomoko Shibao made an impressive pass off a diving save; Roxbury and Dunn were East Hampton’s most successful servers. The loss dropped Bonac’s record to 5-5 in the League, 6-5 over-all. Bonac’s trek to Shoreham-Wading River last Thursday produced a 15-10, 6-15, 15-7 loss at inconsistency hampered the visitors. East Hampton and Shoreham played to a 10-10 tie in the opening contest before the Wildcats reeled off five in a row for the game. Except for the contests against Miller Place, not other team had been able to put that many points together consecutively against Bonac until that Thursday. Debbie Meyer accounted for seven points on her serve for Bonac and Gurney and Dunn blocked several shots; Liz Dayton and Costello passed well as East Hampton played well until the 10-10 point. Momentum Roxbury began the second game with six points in a row as Bonac repossessed the momentum. Meyer pounded several spikes for points, as did Gurney, and Dunn and Costello passed well. Shoreham was unable to put two points together, settling for one at a time. Shoreham jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the rubber game, but East Hampton worked back to an 8-6 deficit before the Wildcats swept East Hampton worked back to an 8-6 deficit before the Wildcats swept seven of the next eight points for the match. Gurney con tributed two spectacular blocks, ac cording to her coach, Mahar provided several sets, and Meyer continued to spike well. Pierson fell quickly behind to home- court Center Moriches, 8-0, before coming back to a 12-all tie. Nancy Diedericks came off the bench to score four points in a row on her serve, and Doreen Liccardi had three and LuAnn Mayer added two. “We were inconsistent at the start,” offered Whaler Coach Paul Price, “but we turned around there for a while until they just overpowered us. In the last game, we stood around and used just one bump; it was over quickly.” Eve Joslyn and Doreen Liccardi served Pierson’s points in the second contest. j The East Hampton junior varsity split its matches, bowing to Shoreham, 7-15, 15-12, 19-17, and edging Matti tuck, 12-15,15-6,15-12. Lucille Lenahan has moved into the starting lineup and she served for seven points in a row against Mattituck, Cathy Budd injured Team Is Second The East Hampton High School tennis team clinched second place in League Seven on May 3 after a 7-0 defeat of visiting LaSalle, which means that Bonac has also qualified to participate in the Suffolk County team tournament later in the season. Bonac’s record is 4-1 in its league, 8-1 in Conference Four play, and 8-3 overall. Southampton and LaSalle, East Hamp ton’s nearest rivals, each have four losses. Paul Annacone won his tenth match of the season without a loss as he disposed of Stony Brook’s number one player, reportedly among the top tennis players in his native Costa Rica, 6-1, 7-5. Rick Principi was a 6-1, 6-4 winner, Don Clause captured his confrontation, 7-5, 6-3, and Larry Fleischman was extended, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, before winning. In doubles play, Bonac scored three quick victories. Jeff Yusko and Bob Kohr were 6-0, 6-3 winners. Jon Schlessel and Rick DiRocco triumphed, 6-2, 6-0, and Jim Gale and Glenn Webb won by 6 - 2 , 6-2 scores. Bowed On Monday, Annacone avenged an earlier extra-scholastic loss while Bon ac bowed to Suffolk powerhouse Ward Melville, 6-1, in a non-league contest at the winner’s courts, which Coach John Goodman described as similar to a more-neglected section of the Montauk Highway. During the Easter Bowl tournament in mid-March, Tom Annear stopped Annacone, 6-4, 6-4, but Monday, Bon ac’s number one stopped Ward Mel ville’s ace, 7-5, 7-5, after trailing, 2-4, in the opening set. Principi bowed to Jim Holloran, an experienced senior who rotates at the one singles spit with Annear, 6-2, 6-0, for only his second loss of the season. Clause was beaten, 6-2, 6-0, and Jon Grossman, replacing the injured Fleischman, was a 6-0, 6-1 loser. In doubles, Ward Melville’s tandems made quick work of Bonac’s teams. Kohr and Yusko lost, 6-0, 6-1, Schlessel and DiRocco were beaten, 7-5, 6-0, and Gale and Webb were defeated, 6-1, 6-0. “They are, by far, the best team we’ve played this season,” Coach Goodman said, “and they’ve got ten more players who didn’t play who could have filled in just as well in the lower singles and doubles spots, that's how deep they are. The kids were down after the match, but it was a good one to have before Wednesday's [yester day’s) match with Westhampton [the League Seven leaders].” Jayvee In junior varsity exhibitions, Ward Melville took all six matches: Brian Leaver lost, 8-0; Dave Lycke bowed, 8-1; Steve Barton was beaten, 8-2; Manuel Sanabria was stopped, 8-5; Bill Freese and Mike Yardley lost, 8-1, and Glen Gibson and Ray Schmitter were beaten, 8 - 6 . Against LaSalle, Bonac split four matches. Leaver and Grossman were winners ( 8-6 and 8-2) while Barton (8-5) and Freese and Yardley (8-3) were beaten. The Pierson tennis team fell to 0-5 in League Eight after two losses, but scored points in each one. On May 3, Mercy visited the Bridgehampton Surf and Racquet Club for a 5-2 win, and Monday, the Whalers traveled to Southold and were beaten, 6-1. “We’ve got a good spirit here,” Coach Frank Ackley offered, “because the kids understand that this is a learning season and they have to help keep the program alive. Remember, we’re competing against schools like East Hampton and Westhampton with their programs. We don’t have any Wimbledon winners yet, but every body is improving.” Whalers’ Match Against Mercy, Jane Katz scored a point for the Whalers in an exciting match as she won, 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, winning both tiebreakers by identical 5-2 scores for the point at third singles. Raquel Barnes, who scored Pierson’s first point of the season last week against Stony Brook, recorded her second win, 6- 3, 4-6, 7-5, at fourth singles. Joe Pilinko (6-2, 6-2), and Chris Sharpelletti (6-2, 6-1) were beaten in singles, and Eric Brown and Janet Meyer (6-3, 6-2), Rich Egosi and Pat McErlean (6-2, 6-0), and Karen Cilli and Tina Conti (6-2, 6-2) all lost in doubles. Barnes was the only winner against Southold, 6-2, 6-1, as Ackley shuffled his lineup. Pilinko bowed, 6-2, 6-1; Cilli lost 6-4,6-4; Brown was beaten, 7-6 (5-3 tiebreaker), 7-5; Katz and Meyer lost, 7- 5, 7-6 (5-4 tiebreaker); McErlean and Ann Reidy were defeated, 6-3, 6-2, and Conti and Egosi bowed, 6-1, 6-4. “We’ve got two problems now,” Ackley explained after the loss to Southold. “One, the weather. We have matches every day this week, although we’re supposed to get a lot of rain. And two, my English setter, the team mascot, just had six puppies in my closet, and I don’t know what I’m going to do with them. Maybe I should tell the team members they can’t keep their team jackets unless they keep a dog, too.” Steve Bromley Jr. Season’s Opener RACING AT BRIDGEHAMPTON by the Sports Car Club of America’s New York region, began in five classes Saturday followed by an autocross solo two on Sunday. In the latter event, Guy Frost of Springs, in a Fiat Xl-9, took a first in the Class D Stock race, Peter Osborne of East Hampton was second driving a BMW 2002, and A1 Toscani of Noyac, behind the wheel of a Morgan, placed fourth. More than 75 cars raced during the weekend. Steve Bromley Jr. Amagansett Scores 87 her wrist against Shoreham and is out for the season. Lee Roarick, Karen Hayduk, Dena Clark, and Pam Johnson played well against Shoreham, while the same crew sparkled against the Tuckers, except for the injured Budd and Clark, who was ill. Bonac is 7-3 in League Seven, 8-3 over-all. Steve Bromley Jr. I The Line Up | The varsity sports schedule for East Hampton and Pierson (Sag Harbor) High Schools, for the week of May 11 to 18, follows. All activities begin at 4 p.m., except where noted. Today: Greenport at Pierson, base ball; Southampton at East Hampton, baseball; Rocky Point at East Hampton, boys’ track; East Hampton at South ampton, girls’ track; Pierson at Matti tuck, track; Pierson at Hampton Bays, volleyball. Friday: East Hampton at Mercy, softball; Pierson at Hampton Bays, softball; Stony Brook at East Hampton, tennis; Pierson at Westhampton, ten nis. Monday: East Hampton at South ampton, baseball; Pierson at Green- port, baseball; Southampton at East Hampton, track; Pierson at Stony Brook, track; Southampton at East Hampton, tennis; Pierson at Shoreham- Wading River. Tuesday: Southampton at East Hampton, volleyball; Pierson at South- old, volleyball. Wednesday: East Hampton at South ampton, softball; Pierson at Southold, softball; East Hampton at Miller Place, tennis; Stony Brook at Pierson, tennis; East Hampton at Mercy, baseball; Center Moriches at Pierson, baseball; Pierson, Shoreham-Wading River at Center Moriches, track. Thursday: Westhampton at East Hampton, boys’ track; Pierson at East- port, volleyball; East Hampton at Westhampton, volleyball; Mercy at East Hampton, baseball; Pierson at Center Moriches, baseball; Southamp ton at Pierson, tennis. The Amagansett baseball team in the East Hampton Little League made a successful season debut last week, winning three games and scoring 87 runs while holding the opposition to just five. On May 1, Amagansett walloped Schwenks, 30-1, behind the three-hit pitching of Eric Erwig, who also enjoyed a perfect five-for-five day at the plate. Also for the winners, Matt Rodriguez slugged two home runs and Chris Becker added three hits. Keith Bunce, the losing pitcher, hit a triple to drive in his team’s only run, and Paul Greenwood had a pair of doubles. Rodriguez held Springs Fire Depart ment to just two hits on May 3 as Nico Bennett absorbed the loss during the 37-0 rout. Becker was four for five for the winners, while Rodriguez went three for three and Erwig stroked a round-tripper. Easy Win On Monday night, the Helmsmen managed to score four runs off Erwig’s offerings, but Amagansett scored 20 for another easy win. Jim Taber, the losing pitcher, was two for three with a three-run homer, and Rick Spero hit a double. For the winners, Becker went four for five with eight runs batted in, Phil Merritt contributed three hits and a triple, and Rodriguez continued to hit well, slamming a home run while going two for three. In other May 3 games, Helmsmen ripped Rotary, 23-12, and Pantigo slipped by Lions’, 21-17. In the former contest, Steven Kenny was the win ning pitcher while Mike Rickenbach took the defeat. Spero had a double and triple for the winners, Taber added two doubles, and Dave Tikkanen smacked a home run. Ticky Anderson had two hits for the losers and his teammate, Dave Astorr, hit a double. 35 Walks Thirty-five walks marred the Panti- go-Lions’ contest as the losers almost came back from a 21-3 deficit deficit, thanks in part to 20 walks. Ed Ryan was the winner on the mound over Fred Tillinghast as both Bob Hiscock and Scott Parker had two hits for the winners. Tillinghast, Frank Bistrian, and Dave St. George all had two hits for Lions’. In a contest played Monday, Pantigo and Bates had a 11-11 battle suspended after five innings by darkness. The game will be resumed on June 4. Ryan and Adam Herbert were the pitchers for Pantigo while Dave Anderson and Craig Roman hurled for Bates; both teams were unbeaten going into the contest. Herbert had a triple and three RBIs, Ryan’s two hits produced three runs, and Hiscock’s pair of safeties plated four runs. For Bates, Steve Agudo slugged three hits for four RBIs. S.B. Jr. Squadron Is 11 The eleventh anniversary of the East Hampton Power Squadron was cele brated by about 100 members and their friends at Baron’s Cove Inn, Sag Harbor, last Saturday. Maurice Brick, commander, pre sented Arthur Rowse, lieutenant com mander, and Frederick Sands, past commander, with certificates noting that they had completed all courses of instruction offered by the Squadron. Robert Krouse, lieutenant, was also awarded a certificate for 25 years with the United States Power Squadron. He had arranged the dinner, made some model trawlers which were given as prizes, and the sets for a play titled “The Lighthouse Keepers’ Daughter” which was presented by the Ladies Auxiliary. Therese Furst narrated the play, Laura Blank provided music, and Mary Donlon, Edna Hawthorne, and Lillian Krouse costumes and props. The cast included Dorothy Brick, Catherine Watson, Mrs. Mickey La Fermine, Geraldine Scudner and Helen Wilt. Julius Barb, a founder and first commander, attended. Sports Briefs | The next meeting of the East Hampton Men’s Softball League is scheduled for Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., at the Town Parks and Recreation Build ing on Bluff Road in Amagansett. Checks for entry fees must be present ed by all teams at the meeting, and rosters as well must be completed. By-laws will also be discussed, and the season schedule will be completed. The Peconic Soccer League will kick off its season Saturday with an indoor tournament at the Southampton Col lege gymnasium from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sixteen teams will compete in three divisions, under 16, under 14, and under 12. Local entries include squads from Sag Harbor, Springs, and South ampton. Sag Harbor and Springs have teams entered in each division; other teams include Southold, Shelter Island, and Riverhead. Games will be 12 minutes long. The round-robin system will be employed and points will be awarded for wins, ties, and points scored. Admission is $1 for adults, 20 cents for students; refreshments will be sold. Club representatives for the East Hampton and Springs teams in the League are needed to perform organ izational duties. Paul Sapienza of Southampton has more information. A free demonstration and lecture concerning T’ai Chi Chuan, the Chinese martial art and calisthenic, will be held at the Body Shop, 34 Pantigo Road, on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. TOWN BOARD Continued From Page 9 “They can double up or ride bicycles to it. We’re just regulating the parking.” “You’re asking hotels and motels to pay for permits and then charging their guests,” continued Mr. Garnham. \If you impose a daily fee, impose it on everyone, and do away with hotel- motel permits altogether.” Here, Councilman Hugh King Sr. entered the fray: “If we go to another place, we have to pay. Why shouldn’t they? I’ve never found anything for free. We’d like to have the fee help pay for maintenance.” His statement re ceived applause. Meanwhile... In other matters, the Board: • Authorized the purchase of five Plymouth Furies for the Police Depart ment at a total cost of $27,589.75. The money is to come from the Federal revenue-sharing account. • Accepted the $7,637 bid of Stress Concrete Corporation of Holbrook “for construction of Montauk sidewalk im provements.” • Appointed James McCourt to re place LeRoy Miller on the Town’s Beach Advisory Committee. The term is to expire on Dec. 31. • Accepted a $10,858 bid of Otis Ford, Inc. to supply a 1978 dump truck for the Parks Department. • Heard William Mattes once again criticize the way the Town has been enforcing its “grouper” provisions. His analysis of Village Voice ads showed, “Fifty-four in Amagansett, 53 in East Hampton, and only 15 in Southampton. It’s clear that the grouper horde is flocking to East Hampton and Ama gansett.” Mrs. Fallon said the Board was hesitant to make adjustments “before we get a ruling on constitutionality by the courts.” • Heard Mary Ella Richard recom mend attendance at public hearings on May 11 in Hauppauge and on May 15 in Riverhead where a preliminary County Department of Transportation report that includes a recommendation for a. Sunrise Highway Extension here (two lanes, limited access) is to be discussed. Jack Graves
