Glossary Body
Turtle. Goes right in
Dog leg. Right or left
Rio dog
Lassie dog
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Weird Skip in the middle
Agnew from website
Agnew:
A stone that hits a person, Judge or bystander.
Clear the bucket:
Shoot the last stones of a six-stone set.
Cluttered:
In reference to scoring. A “rude” assortment of pitty-pats and plinkers.
Gerplunking (or Geplunking, eastern):
Children’s form of stone skipping. Dropping rock into water with resulting sound “gerplunk.” Earlier included in tournament but never successfully scored.
Golden year, the:
A generally accepted reference to the 1975 MISS&GC open tournament when
Seven contestants broke the previous world’s record: Rodger B. Williams, Glenn A. Loy, jr., and Todd Callewaert, each with 22; James Ohlinger, David Bogen and Bob Grayson, with 23, and Warren Klope with 24. In the far east this is known as “the year of the smooth stone.”
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“let he…Who is without frisbee cast the first stone”
Traditional cry by Cmdr. E.M. Tellefson, U.S.N. (ret.) To open the annual Mackinac Island July 4 Tournaments of the MISS&GC. Prof. Lou ward of Lake Superior state college’s English faculty has been petitioning the winter rules committee to change this to: “let him who is with- out…” but this has been decried by members as “effete.”
Little David trophy:
Large rock awarded to Winner of Mackinac open. Must be carried from island to validate winning and
Qualify for year’s fudge supply.
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Open:
The Mackinac Island open tournament. “Open” to professionals as well as amateurs. Winner receives Little David trophy and year’s supply of Ryba’s fudge, four pounds mailed each Month for 12 months.
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Pitty-pat:
(hyphen added) short skips at end of run with light water showing between.
Play the fudge:
Play more for the year’s supply of fudge than for the sport. Some would prefer not to see the fudge prize “as it spoils the amateur standing,” but others enthusiastically vote for the fudge year after year at the annual winter rules committee meeting.
Plink:
A clean cut skip, usually at head of a run; heavy water shows between hops.
Plonk:
A stone that sinks on first hit of run.
Plonk out:
The act of throwing a plonk.
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Run:
A single stone skip sequence, generally composed of pitty-pats and plinkers.
Score for the pound:
To set a new top score for the day and thus win a pound of Mackinac Island fudge. Set regulation six stones hurled consecutively by single player; the best “run” becomes his score for the set.
Silver Birches Beaches:
Location of earlier tournaments. Approximately one half way around island in front of silver birches cottage. Large dock extending into lake facilitates Judging. A fine course, very Sporty.
Skronker:
A stone that never hits water.