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PER etme is oer a bea WP - OUTDOORS By Bill Owens Times Qutdoor Writer statistics are correct -- batting average has been pward of 65,000 American and Canadian rve to be stood in the corner and lec- the last two years they .evi- banded ducks . failed to this a step. closer to ¢, Second Marsh during the 10 per cent will be re- who compile our the past years thelr report this fact, Taking 1,734dueks banded in Oshawa's 1066 banding program, less than covered. i Waterfow! shooters who neglect to report this informa- tion are failing to do their bit toward better waterfowl! shooting in the future, and are thus depriving themselves and up and coming young hunters the sport of duck shoot- . Oddly enough, as the seed for more accurate informa tion becomes imperative, the recovery reports have fallen off, Back in the 1950's, better than 50 per cent of the esti mated number of bands recovered by hunters was re- ported, One can only guess why the decline in band re- covery has occurred, It could be the shorter seasons and smaller bag limits discouraged new hunters from turning to duck hunting; others think that resentment against fish and wildlife agencies is the reason. Although an appeal for more reports has recently gone out the hunters have been somehow influenced to disregard this. This is really unfortunate, because banding of birds has been going on for a long time, and some truly startling information has been gathered as a result. First started in 1899, by a school teacher in Mortenson, Denmark, it has grown in stature over the years. In 1909, the American Bird Banding Association was started, and by 1920 Canada and the United States were into a joint banding program. IN OSHAWA, the project has been going on for 18 years, and during this time about 17,800 ducks have been banded. Ed Kroll and Stan Hockett, two of Oshawa's lead- ing sportsmen-naturalists have been responsible for the bulk of the work, with financial support coming from the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, Ontario Federa- tion of Anglers and Hunters, Zone 5 and the Canada Wildlife Service. In 1966 the Oshawa program banded 772 mallards, 462 blacks, 227 blue wing teal, 112 woodducks, 32 green. wing teal, 11 pintails, 1 baldpate, 15 black-mallard hybrids, 1 pintall-matiard hybrid, 81 gallinules and 20 coot, Some of these birds will return to this area next year, but a lot of them will go elsewhere, as band recoveries seem to indicate, BAND RETURNS show that juvenile birds go "sight seeing" before they migrate, because they are shot at all points of the compass away from the local marsh, Adult birds tend to stay here till they migrate to their winter- ing grounds in the south. The wintering grounds vary with the species, with the blue wing teal going as far south as northern Brazil to spend the winter, Blacks winter along the coast from New York to the State of Maryland, Mal- lards tend to follow the same course while woodducks go to. Alabama. Blue wing teal are perhaps the fastest flyers. One of these birds was banded in Oshawa August 20 and was shot in British Guiana on October 13. Another banded on Aug- ust 28 was shot in the British West Indies on September 30. A mallard banded here on August 9, 1964, was shot on the Delta Marshes in Manitoba the following year. An- other mallard banded locally was trapped and released in Minnesota. IT 18 INTERESTING to note from banding recoveries and retraps that female birds in a certain location will return to within 20 miles of the same area the following year to nest, This bird may bring a mate with her who was born on the western prairie; males born here will follow female mates born elsewhere, while males and fe- males that mate from here will return again and again. The banding of ducks {s not as difficult as it is time consuming, From about the first week of August to the end of October the traps are visited and birds cleared out daily. The traps are of simple construction, of wire aides and twine netting tops. Whole corn is used for bait and this is strewn meagerly on the outside and heavily on the inside of the traps. The information taken on a trapped duck consists of the sex, species and age, The band number placed on the bird is also recorded. This information provides vital statistics on migration routes, wintering populations and densities, probable birds killed and breeding potentials for the following spring. This in turn determines the seasons and bag limits for the hunters, DUCK BANDING 'should not be undertaken by any- one but those trained and qualified for the job. Records must be accurate and concise to provide return communi- cations in like manner, Wrong information on reports will not encourage a hunter who knows his ducks to send in further bands, Likewise, hunters should not try to identify species unless they know for sure that a mallard is a mallard, Ducks have been identified as pheasants and pigeons when they are not in their full plumage. Although bands state that the hunter should send these to the U.S, Wildlife Service it must be remembered that Canada and the United States are together on bird band- ing sd that your returns benefit both countries. For quick- er and most direct reports you should send your bands to The Bird Banding Laboratory, Migratory Bird Populations Station, Laurel, Maryland 20810, If you want to keep the band for a souvenir, then just send the number of the band, the date and place the bird was taken and you will receive the whole history about the bird. Local hunters are asked to co-operate in this very worthwhile project. We extend best wishes for a very, merry Christmas to all our readers. Gilbert's Great Start Him Top Star Makes By KEN PRITCHARD NEW YORK (CP) -- Five years and two spinal fusions after his graduation from junior hockey, Rodrigue (Rod) Gilbert is reaching for the National Hockey League super-stardom long predicted for him, The handsome 25-year-old right-winger from lontreal had scored 16 goals and nine assists in New York Rangers' first 28 games. "This 1s my best start ever with the Rangers," said the handsome athiete, five-foot-10 and 180 pounds, 'The firat 15 ames are usually not so good 'or me." i What about the back, on which spinal fusion surgery was performed last Feb. 1? "It's not bothering me at all, It's really pleasant to play this year." The allusion was to the tor- ment he suffered in the first half of the 1065-66 season when he attempted to play de- spite the pain of a fractured spine, "With this operation my back has become perfect for the first time in five years. The muscles affected by the nea are getting stronger all the time. "But I wish people would stop talking about it... re- minding me." Adding zest to Gilbert's new season is a 35-year-old new- comer to the Rangers, Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffrian, whom Rod has long admired and in some respects copied, 'MY IDOL' "Boomer was my idol,' said Gilbert, recalling how he cheered for him when he played for Montreal Cana- diens, Geoffrion joined Ran- gers this season after two years coaching Quebec Aces of the American Hockey League. ROD GILBEST ++» Steady pace ating a solid, bony block tn the area, The operation was per- formed at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn, The bone re- moved from Gilbert's left leg did not fuse solidly, however, and his blood was slow to coagulate, leading to an infec- tion that threatened to cost him his left leg. Gilbert was in a hospital bed for two months and doctors sald he would never skate again, He confounded them and re- turned for three 70-game sea- sons with Rangers starting in the fall of 1962. During that time he had 60 goals and 96 assists and saw his salary rise to $20,000 a year. Then in the summer of 1965 he suffered violent new pain when he tried to drag a small boat from the water at his parents' summer home at St. Gabriel de Brandon, Que, "He helped me a great deal in training camp and gave me confidence. I've copied a few things from him so far as power plays are concerned, But he has helped mainly by his high spirits and jokes, He's a very lively guy." Gilbert's back troubles be- an in March, 1961, in his inal season of Junior A hockey at Guelph, Ont. He stepped on something on the ice--possibly a discarded ice cream container lid--and fell into the boards. He was in hospital 10 days in traction with what was thought to be a pulled muscle, Guelph Royals were trailing Niagara Falls Flyers in the playoffs and Gilbert came out of hospital to help them win two games. In the third he was hit in the injured back and it went numb. It was found he had suffered two cracked vertebrae -- the "HOCKEY SCOREBOARD By ee oe PRESS | Northern Ontario Jr, erican League mee ere gee nny Ae 7 9 ; _ & 37 Flin Flon 7 Monarchs 1 1s H 3 110 108 = habamues Pes 4 1 86 78 29) sen unior Springfield 1013 3 98 96 23) Ottawa 7 Brockville 4 Providence 320 5 71 182 11 Pembroke 1 Smiths Falls 3 Western Division Major Junior Pittsburgh 17 6 3104 84 37 Saskatoon 6 Edmonton 8 Rochester 17:10 1128 87 33) Exhibition Cleveland 1210 3 87 90 27 | Russia 28 Corner Brook 6 Buffalo 5 21 4 82 141 14) Moscow Selects li Results Friday ses Hershey Quebec Baltimore | North Bay 5 Sault Ste. Marie 4 fourth and fifth from the bot- BLUESHIRT FAN ORDERS TICKETS NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Rangers, who share first place in the National Hockey League and are en- joying their most successful season In 25 years, received a $30 check for seats to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the mail Thursday, It came from John Cossen, a 23 - year - old New York soldier stationed in Vietnam. "IT will be discharged at the end of March,"' Cossen wrote, "and I want to be certain of Stanley Cup tickets. I'm a long-time Ranger fan." "We're returning his check," said Emile Francis, general manager-coach of the Rangers, "If we're in the playoffs, he can sit on the bench with me." tom in the string of 33 bones that are part of the spinal column. WENT TO MAYO Spinal fusion was recom: | mended. 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A new operation was indicated, TRIED TO PLAY With unhappy memories of the first operation, Gilbert tried to play the 1965-66 sea- son wearing a corset enclosing a steel brace. But it soon be- ' op yt hye bea lia AVELINO. GOMEZ Last Januaty, Dr. Yanagis- ++, returns home awa ordered him benched for WAITING GAME rmanent repairs and Gil- rt a , Cuban-born jockey Avelino The doctor already had a | Gomez has returned to his long -- of successes with | home in Canada hoping for spinal fusion, Men he had put | two things: the North Amer- back on their feet included | ican riding championship Camille Henry, the power- | and his Canadian citizen- play specialist, and defence- | ship. He has applied for the man Al Lebrun as well as |. latter and is waiting for the Len Diplock, a Toronto-area | Department of Citizenship to golf pro. call him. He must wait until Last Feb. 1 the doctor took | the end of the year before a piece of bone from the back | finding out his the riding of Gilbert's left hip for the | champion, however. He fin- graft. This time the patient | ished the year with 318 thor- was out of bed in two weeks | oughbred wins, while his and out of hospital in three. closest competitor, Braulio Baeza of Panama has 296 AVOIDED GOLF Then caine the lone walt for but is not expected to race me -- of Pog ng _-- Tcscawlbncudlh taal esti in ngston, Ont., in mid- September. Gilbert didn't even play golf or drive his SOCCER SCORES car during the summer, X-rays showed the operation was a success and Gilbert, | F; after cautiously working his way into condition, started the new season in best-ever style. The handsome young bach- elor, articulate in both French and. English (although he didn't speak English when he first left Montreal for Guelph at the age of 16), is the idol of the New York R ; riday: ENGLISH LEAGUE Division 1 Everton 0 Notts F 1 Division 11 Doncaster 3 Grimsby 2 Peterborough 1 Swindon 2 Scunthorpe 2 Mansfield 1 Division IV Stockport 1 Chester 1 LONDON (Reuters) -- Re- sults of English soccer matches MONTREAL (CP) --~ A re '|newal of hockey rivalry between two Ottawa-St. Lawrence Ath letic Association teams will be among 'four games scheduled for the opening day of the Cana- dian Centennial Hockey Tourna- ment, to be held Jan.\ 4-5, 196%, THE OSHAWA TIMES, Seturdey, December 24, 1966 9 Old Rivalries Revived With Hockey Tournament [i=to"taice date, scoring 51 goals four games while allowing only seven goals against, first and second ie league scoring race. = ; _ HORSES | FOR SALE Hank and Steve Monteith, star 942-1100 - members of the Blues, rank Ed Enos, athletic director of Loyola College, said Thursday the draw for the tournament will include a game against Sir George Williams University and the host Loyola College Warrl- ors. Last year, the Warriors lost the Ottawa-St. Lawrence title to the Georgians and in the first meeting between the clubs this season, Sir George won 6-4. The first game of the tourna- ment on Jan, 4 will feature Uni- versity of Alberta Golden Bears, defending Western Canada col- lege champions, against Que- bec's Laval University. The second game will pit Mc- Gill University Redmen against University of Montreal Cara- bins, cross-town rivals. The third game will see University of Toronto Blues, early tourna- ment favorites, clash with St. Dunstan University of Charlotte- town, P.E.1., followed by the Sir George-Loyola game. SEMI-FINALS JAN. 5 Winner of the Alberta-Laval encounter will face the St. Dun- stan-Toronto winner, followed by another semi-final game be- tween the winners of the two other games. The semi-finals will be played Jan. 5. The final game of the tourna- ment will be held Jan, 6 and the winner will receive the Cen- tennial Trophy. The Blues, defending Cana- dian college champions, have the credentials to be rated tour- nament favorites. They are un- Fan Club, Its members del- uged him with flowers, candy, fruit and letters at the time of his 1966 operation. All of this he acknowledged with im- pressive courtesy, often de- spite continuous and nagging pain, Gilbert shares an apartment aon the New Jersey shore of the Hudson River with Don Marshall, veteran forward and assistant coach of the Rangers. Marshall's wife, Betty, and -family remain in Lachine, Que., during the winter so that the schooling of the four Marshall children will not be interrupted, Had the NHL's most eligible 25-year-old bachelor any mat- rimonial plans? "I'm still looking," he said. "TI hope I find the right girl before I'm too old." ba A hal Skate Exchange HIGHEST TRADE>! 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