PAGE 10, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28,1972, WHITBY FREE PRESS T THE OUTDOORSMAN Duck hunting, early morning darkness, razor edged winds, icy water, and frost nipped fingers have always been put together in the same decoy sack. There is no doubt that they are indeed re- lated, but this comes later in the season, much later, i hope. Now is the time to enjoy both the waterfoul hunting and the weather. This strange type of waterfouling, I an re- ferring to, is known as 'Pond Jumping'. After a day of it, you will be pleasantly exhausted, due to the hiking, canoeing, wading and sweating involved in this type of sport. However there is a tremendous amount of' satisfaction even if the webbed footed ones out-smart you. Eight to nine in the morning is a good time to start, as by then most of the sky busters will have put the birds off the big water and into the sheltered ponds and streams. The ducks are none the worse for wear, but are now a bit more hesi- tant to leave their cozy retreats. They would rather sit tight until the very last minute of your approach. Step one, is to find an area where you know or believe there is suitable habitat for waterfoul, affording them protection from the "let's not put out too much effort" hunter. After arriving at the site you have chosen, the next thing, is to determine if the ducks are there and this requires a careful approach, to a vantage point, where the lee side of the area can be scanned with binoculars. Don't make the mis- take of trusting your vision to pick out a duck with wearing apparel, that blends with its sur- roundings. A dead give-away of a duck's location is the water disturbance it creates, as it feeds and swims. Now you have spotted it, mark the location well with landmarks you can easily guide yourself with, during your stalk. This is important, as ex- perience has taught me, there is nothing more maddening than to move in on what you thought was the proper position, only to find that you goofed, and the ducks are sixty yards down the shore. The stalk is where you cannot be too care- fui, use every bush, cattail and blade of grass to camouflage your movement and move slowly, quick moves will betray your presence. If you feel you have been spotted, freeze, and let the ducks make the next rove. Chances are that they will not flush and you can still get a crack at them. Get as close as you can before you. flush the ducks as they can put a lot of territory be- tween you and them, in one big hurry. Take note, "flush" means to "put in the air", not shoot on the water, as a few fools do every year. This prac- tice is really stupid, as most times you will only wound the duck, due to the limited target area you have to shoot at. A flying duck, on the other hand, exposes more area to the shot, and hence, is much easier to bring down cleanly. You did it al correctly, the duck is just leaving the water, you swing on it and miss, miss, miss. Well, it happens and a good thing too; after ail, you now have a good excuse to go out next week and try again, or better yet, practice shoot- ing clay pigeons. However, for now sit back, have have a smoke, enjoy the warm sunshine and figure out just how to get to that next pond without having to wade it. Arlie Sales Ltd. The Mazda 808 Coupe $2 Tykes wln South Central Ontarlo cup Shown with their coach, Rick Wilkes and general manager, Paul Iletherington. the champs Jeff Donaldson. David Donalison. Leo Beenan, Brian Schorer, Calvin Mask, Brock Neuman, Chris Williams, Todd Tran. Paul Rich, Tiodi Stauffer. Craig Breen, Scott Williamus. Peter Remple. Mark Lee and Jeremy Blaker. The Whitby TYKE ALL STAR Lacrosse Tean captured the Consolation Trophy for South Cen- tral Ontario last Wednesday night in Ajax. It was a two game, total goal series. The first game was played at Peel Street Box Whitby with a score of 9-2. Whitby goals went to Jeff Donaldson (3), Leo Beenan (3), Jeremy Blaker (1), Peter Rempel (1) and Paul Rich (1). Some tine goal tending by Mark Lee cer- tainly aided the Whitby club. Team captain George Lepine scored both BASEBALL SEASON REACHES It was on Sat. May 27th when the Whitby Minor Baseball Associa- tion officially ushered in the 72 baseball sea- son, and under sunny skies Whitby's Police Chief Wm. Pilkington threw out the "first ball" to -get the season underway in a ceremony at Peel Park. Nearly four months and several hun- dred ball games later Peel Park was the scene of the finale for Whitby baseball for the year when the Consumers Gas club defeated Brown's Foodmaster 24-9 to take the second and deciding game of the best of three final series for the W.M.- B.A. Tyke House League Championship. The Consumers Gas club had taken the open- ers a week earlier by a 669. 209Dundas St. W. Whitby 668-9397' 24-4 count. The Brown's Foodm aster club started off on the right foot, going into a 1-0 lead in the first inning, but it was short-lived as Con- sumers tied it up 1-I in the top of the second and then went on a twelve-run spree in the top of the third to go out in front 13-1. From there on they extended their lead. The Consumers Gas club put together four- teen hits for their win. Greg Verhagen led the way with three doubles and two singles, a per- fect day at the plate, Murray McCorkell had a pair of singles and a two bagger, Joey Doucette had a triple and a single, Mark Kennedy and Mike Hobin matched doubles. while Steve Gallagher, Dan Hobin and Marty Cowl added singles. For Brown's, Dave Morrison had two singles and a double, Ron Wels had a triple and a pair of singles, Jeff Fleming had a pair of doubles and Greg Gibson added a single. Players on the Tyke Championship club which won the Canadian Johns-Manville Trophy were Don Cornish, Mark Kennedy, Dave Stewart, Joey Doucet, Bill Shep- herd, Greg Verhagen, Larry Robitaille, Dave Noble, Justin Parry, Murray McCorkell, Peter Finlay, Stephen Gallag- FINALE her, Danny Hobin, Mar- ty Cowl, Dan Crawford and Victor LeBlanc. Members of Brown's Foodmaster, the 1972 Tyke Finalists were: Jeff Fleming, Jeff Howe, Kevin Cosgrove, Greg Gibson, Bill Peters, Derek Wels, Craig Ew- ing, Ron Grandy, Mike Searl, Ken Stephenson, Jim McCann, Carter Gar- land, Dave Morrison, Ron Wels, Don Jansma, BrianJohnson, Bob Mid- dleton, Wayne Middle- ton, Bradley Madill, Mark Underwood. George Hobin was the head coach of Consu- mers while Don Fleming guided Brown's through 72. Now that activity 'Cn the diamond has corne to an end for an- other season all that re- mains for 1972 is "Awards Day" which will be held on Sunday October 15th at Hey- denshore Pavilion at Heydenshore Park when trophies and crests and various awards will be presented at the official wind-up to the success- fuil season for the over 500 boys of the W.M.- B.A. goals for Ajax. The final game of the series played in Ajax, saw Ajax fighting all the way. This game ended in a (3-3) tie. Ajax goals were scored by Randy Saun- ders (1), George Lepine (1) and Garry Billings (1). Whitby goals went to Scott Williams (1) and a pair was credited to Paul Rich. Total of the two garnes was Whitby 12 and Ajax 5: Coach Rick Wilkes and Manager Paul Hetherington have a team to be proud of. CONGRATULATIONS young fellows! SAYEsmsoy DI Premium Bulay Fuel M 668-3341*J ikw- 4UL Mffl.!!!!ffl j7