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TWO HERALD AND MEWS Wednesday, Aug. I, 194S Today's Guest Column (From Town Lights by Marlowe Branegan) 'Three Little Sisters' Prove DU Flight Charts Offer Hazards For Forecasters As if it weren't enough, the St. Louis Browns and the St. Louis PnrrtlnnlB were makina dones of the dopesters. now comes mallard ducks to make forecasting an even more hazardous job these days. .As a matter of record, thanks to uucks uniimuea coming up with another of Its frequent reports, we have just discovered what happened to the "Three Little Sisters" who, the last time they were being talked about by barber shop quartets, were waiting for a soldier, sailor and marine. Thanks to Ducks Unlimited having a way of charting the progress of a duck when it takes oft tor me laii umDer areas, we are now in possession of facts which prove one "little sister' met an untimely end in Illinois, another in California and still another in Kansas of all places. This probably proves nothing except that a gal will go a long way to find that elusive soldier, sailor or marine. , u nf tnnA mimn not alarmed and tell their darling daugtv ters to stick close to the front porch and thus escape a shot in the gizzard, the "three little sisters" under discussion today were mallard ducks, while alive, and the only reason they offer much in the way of a sports yarn is ior me piain ana &iiub they offer much to back Ducks Unllmited's banding idea. Such an idea was hatched in Tom Main's fertile brain several years back and it was offered as just a suggestion that it might aid Ducks Unlimited in finding out where ducks go when they shake the moss of their own breeding grounds from their web feet and make tracks to more popular and populous centers of activity. Since ducks can't read, anything we may say on the subject won't alter the situation a bit. We can just imagine the DU field man who lied bands on the three ducks who offer the subject of today's discussion. He prob ably gave one a fond pat on the top of the dome and told her to "Look up my Uncle Gus in Philly." To the second he might have said: "Don't try to crash the chorus line of a night spot on your way tnrougn new iorn. .miu i" " - long, Margie, if you need any do-re-mi stop off and see a friend of mine who has a friend working in the First National bank at Cheyenne " . . - That the three little titter duckt -didn't litten to reason may be gathered from the report which proves one met a htmter in Illinoit, another in Kansas and the third, while looking for the bank in Cheyenne, met a guy with a shotgun in California and all three wound up with their feet pointed upward at a banquet table. " , . . Purpose of DU in placing leg bands on waterfowl is used solely as one means of checking duck flights through the con tinental United States. In the last two years more than 31,000 ducks have been tagged before they started their Cook s tour of neighboring territories. "- '-" " ' " . ' ". ' u. The three little sisters were tagged by DU on August 31, 1944. On November 27, just less than three months later, the first was tagged by a hunter at Browning, 111., nearly 1400 miles southeast of the Saskatchewan, start of her final flight. - The second little sister didn't travel long with her kin, mak ing a beeline for Agua Caliente, where she hoped to put In a winter of profitable work at booting in long: shots, but. a short shot by a fellow with an eagle-eye and a steady finger wrote her obituary on December. 1, 1944, in northern California. The next day the last of the three gals was a gunshot victim at Arlington, Kas. All three traveled approximately the same distance to reach the same end, the California-bound duck ending a 1200-mile- flight and the one in Kansas finishing up with 1400 miles to her credit and a handful of buckshot in her innards. Some happy bachelors will probably point out that the foregoing proves nothing except you can't tell where a gal ! will go when the makes up her mind to travel. Married men. it teems.' ate more fortunate, having only to write their bet- . ter half in care of her mama when the up and leaves the ..family fireside. - -.; : - ;-v ; . . . Ducks Unlimited offers the story penned here In the fervent hope it will help to eradicate ideas of some sportsmen that their vicinities are being short changed when it comes to distribution of ducks. These same sportsmen seem to feel that DU provides a map for use on the part of the ducks. The very fact that the mallards mentioned wound up dotting festive boards in Kansas, Illinois and California shows that Ducks Unlimited can't tell the ducks where to go. It also shows Ducks Unlimited has no definite idea where, the birds will go. Areas where hunters feel they have been cheated will, in the long run, be areas where these same .hunters have made no im provements on breeding or nesting areas. Ducks, being ducks, like to travel, but they also like to travel in comfort and sportsmen realize that improvement work on marshlands and swamp areas is the best way to get 'em to pay a short visit. After that, it's itrictly up to the fellow in the duck blind. Bruins Should Tighten Hold On First Place; Nats May Pass Bengals By JACK HAND Associated Pratt Sporti Writer Chicago should tighten its hold on the Notional league lead and Washington should pass Detroit in the American scramble during the intersectional series opening today, ac cording to the past performance charts. Although the Cubs will be on the road and the Tigers will be home, the results of the first four east vs. west tests reveal the Bruins' strength and the Bengals' weakness against their rivals from the Atlantic seaboard. Charley Grimm's front-runners, currently six games ahead of the defending champion St. Louis Cardinals, have trimmed the eastern clubs 35 out of 54. Cubt Come East The Cubs come east for the last time with a "Big Four" pitching staff made possible by the addition of Hank Borowy, With Hank Wyse, Paul Derrin ger and- Claude Passeau ready to take their turn, Grimm has Paul Erickson and Hu vanden berg ready for "spot" duty. The Cubs open their eastern cam paign with a double-header to day at Boston. St. Louis is hardly in a posi tion tp make a strong bid but with the time running out on the champs, Billy Southworth's gang can't afford to wait for their cripples to return. Both Third Baseman Whitey Kurow ski and Pitcher Ted WUks are back in St. Louis for arm treat ments as the Cards prepare to open a New York series with a night game. . . Addition of Chunky Art Re bel, a stoutish left-handed bat ter from the Cardinal farm sys tem, and who has been hitting at a .429 clip since moving up, has given the club added power but the pitching has been spotty although improving. Burnt Appear Weak Brooklyn, also weak in the mound department, has been un able to overpower the western clubs like it has ridden over the east. Both the Dodgers and New York Giants are shuffling play ers from their farm clubs trying to hit on a win combination but the general impression Is that the Cubs and Cards will fight it out for the big money. Pitts burgh could do no better than play .sou ban during the past two weeks and has dropped 14 games behind Chicago. Only an other sensational stretch drive can make them a factor. Surprisingly enough the St. Louis Browns have the best in tersectional record in the Ameri can league, despite their seventh place standing, copping 29 of 49 from the cast with Cleveland right behind with 29 of SO . Washington is just over the .500 circle at 25 won and 24 lost but has been hottest on the road where it will be playing for the next two weeks. Detroit has been plagued by its eastern rivals, losing 24 of 47 to them. Ossie Bluege's surprising con tenders ripped through the west. sweeping 11 of 15 last time around, and pulled to within a half game of the pace during their home stand. With six start ers ready to go in rotation. Washington is well prepared for the final . western tour calling tor zu games, - Hant Norland Fire Insurance. Phone 6060. If It's a "frozen" article you need, advertise for a used one in the classified. American Legion Junior Baseball Tourney Slated BOISE; Idaho, Aug. 8 (JPh-Entries from Vancouver, Wash., and from Boise stand out as the top contenders on the basis of state tournament play, for the Pacific northwest regional American Legion junior baseball tournament opening here Satur day. The four teams representing their respective states which have qualified for the regional playolf are the John Regan post of Boise, Lind-Pomeroy of Port land. Ore., McLoughlm Heights of Vancouver, Wash., and the Karl Ross post of Stockton, Calif. Classified Ads Bring Results. Holmes, Cuccinello Lead Major Leagues Hit Parade "NEW YORK, Aug. 8 OP) Tommy Holmes of the Boston Braves arid Tony Cuccinello of Chicago's White Sox still held the lead in the major league batting races todav with two months of the season to go. Although Goody Rosen of Brooklvn still was shadowlne Holmes' .365 average with a second place .362 in the National Phil Cavarretta of Chicago had become an important factor in me mi aemy wnn nis .33? mark.- The Cubs' first sacker picked up seven points uunng uie last seven days; moving TO wunin eight points of the lead in average including Sunday's games. xne -jv letauuig uuisiueii in eacn league: ' - NATIONAL LEAGUE Player and Club -G AB R H PC. Holmes, Boston 102 419 93 153 .385 Rosen, Brooklyn 92 381 84 138 .362 Cavarretta, Chicago 99 378 77 - 135 .357 Hack, Chicago .. 99 389 76 131 .337 Olmo, Brooklyn 94 383 - 50 128 ; .334 Ott, New York . 94 326 54 109 .334 Kurowski, St. Louis 87 331 59 105 -.317 Dinges, Philadelphia 93 342 43 108 .316 Johnson, Chicago 99 404 70 126 .312 Walker, Brooklyn 100 399 71 124 .311 AMERICAN LEAGUE Cuccinello, Chicago 84 292 38 96 .329 Stirnweiss, New York 93 384 68 122 .318 Case, Washington 92 377 56 119 .316 Lake, Boston .....;. 75 266 55 82 .308, tsoudreau, Cleveland .. . 85 312 45 . 96 .308 Estalella, Philadelphia 93 335 37 103 .307 Stephens, St. Louis 90 345 58 104 .301 Myatt, Washington 84 313 48 93 .297 Moses, Chicago ;. 87 -344 46 101 .294 Mayo, Detroit 94 373 55 107 .285 The MosrwARMLY human and' EXCITING STORY OF A FAMILY... THE MIGHTIEST PANORAMA OF SPECTACLE, SONG AND THRILLS EVER FILMED! 00 BOTH ! 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Sporti Writer Oakland's Acorns, scornlnK the vaunted prowess of 24-Rnmc winner Bob Joyce, are bnck In undisputed possession of a. Pa cific Const league first division berth after their 8-4 victory over the San Francisco Seals last night. The defeat, Joyce's eighth of the year, broke a tie between the two clubs for fourth place and gave the Oaks an uncon tested spot in the upper bracket for the first time since July 4. In the other two tilts sched uled Tuesday, the San Diego Padres beat Die third-place Sac ramento Solons 8-3, and the Los Angeles Angois broke, a flvo gume losing streak lu humbling Uie itoiiywoon siurs li-s, , Bevot Open Series A full slate Is listed for today The circuit pacing Portland Dnnvers will oiien tliolr crucial series at homo agulnst the Scut tle limnlers, with the seventh gnmo being pinyed next Mondny night. Tho Stars and Angels tannic In an afternoon twin bill and the other pairings continue in single night engagements, Joyce's Performance nuuliml Oakland was a far cry from his scintillating one-liltter last Fit day. He was shelled from tho mound In tho fifth after giving up 13 sufotles and five runs. M I t c h Chetkovlch, winning pucner, nad little trouble sub dulne tho Seals with six hits. Shortstop Jake Cnulflold, whoso trade to tho Philadelphia Ath letics was announced yesterday, and Second Baseman Glenn Stewart led the Acorns attack with three raps upleco. New comer Don Smith, speedy out fielder purchased by the Ouks from Toledo, lived up to his ud vance billing by getting two singles and stealing second tho first time ho got oil base, Padret Trip Baca Joe Wood's shaky start was Instrumental In Sacramento's 5-3 defent at -Uie hands of tho Padres, He was touched for four counters In tho first frame on a combination of three hits, two ;HI.H.Hll wiau ;! (tow Jaa Loit Timet mwiTr IUI1IIL. J.U tu( . I.iti!t RitmMi h MIDNIGHT l. IMITFn THUR FRI JJT'S MURDER... T7TP'ln which even ) ' tf the cerpie 13 PLu! "CHANDU of the MAGIC ISLE" lmjmi"itiji itaasj&ixa " ft?fff -y? IConllnuoui Show Dally II Opan 13;3U r. M. iTOD o( Mrmmuw lliii walks and a .wild pitch to give Sun Ulego a saro loan, noin Wood and Ills mound opponent, Bob Ferguson, allowed sovon safeties and lasted the complete game. First Sacker Hill Trout starred for tho I'udres, driving In three runs with threo singles In four trips to tho plate. HESS ENDORSED POKTLAND. Aug. 8 (I') Henry lletw, La Grande attorney, today had another demooratl party official'! endorsement for ;, his nomination to U, S; dlilrlct attorney of Oregon. Henry c. Alkon, state democratic central commltteo chairman, said he had endorsed Hose aflor National Committeeman Lew Wallace gave Hess the hid, Nomination of Hess, oiio time dtmocratle iioiulnpo for govnrnnr'fnllnwed withdrawal of Ellon . 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