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SPORTS
Outdoorsman
Game wardens
cracking down
By JAMES PHILLIPS
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
hunting season is barely under
way, but game wardens are
finding no shortage of outlaw
gunners afield.
In west Tennessee, nearly 475
hunters were arrested during
the opening week of the dove
season. Most were charged with
exceeding the legal limit or
shooting birds over baited
fields, reports U.S. Fish and
Wildlife agent Willie Parker.
Federal and state agents also
teamed up to crack down on
dove hunters in South Carolina,
arresting about 400 dove hunt
ers during the first week of the
season.
“I am beginning to be se
riously concerned about the
conduct of the American sports
man,” commented Parker.
But the situation is not pecu
liar to the Southeast. In Califor-
Locally, the dove season is in
full swing and will close on
Saturday, Oct. 8, at sundown.
Saturday, Oct. 1, will be the
first day of the bow deer season.
The gun season does not open
until Nov. 5. The bow season
will close on Oct. 29.
nia, federal and state agents
found 614 doves in the back of
one pickup truck. U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service agents also ar
rested a flock of dove hunters
near Yuma, Ariz.
Dove hunters weren’t the only
ones arrested. U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service agent Dave
Hall spearheaded a major
crackdown on duck hunters in
Louisiana during the special
teal season.
Federal and state agents ar
rested nearly 150 waterfowl
shooters. One hunting party had
108 ducks in its possession, Hall
said. Although teal were the
only ducks which the hunters
could legally shoot, their bag
included pintails, shovellers,
mottled ducks and a mallard, he
added.
“We got a lot of ducks and a
lot of outlaws in Louisiana,”
Hall said. But he was exuberant
over the results of the joint
federal-state crackdown on
poachers.
“We’re getting our act to
gether in Louisiana,” he said.
There are many reasons why
hunters violate the law. Some
believe they are entitled to a
’Dogs lose Pybnrn
for Alabama clash
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Geor
gia won’t have its No. 1 quar
terback when the Bulldogs in
vade Tuscaloosa to tackle Ala
bama Satarday.
The loss leaves the Bulldogs
with only two quarterbacks, one
of whom has never played a
varsity game.
Jeff Pyburn “is not going to
be able to play at all,” Georgia
Coach Vince Dooley said Tues
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few extra birds to make up for
the days afield when they failed
to bag a limit. Others just shoot
to kill, ignoring the con
sequences.
Parker said many hunters in
mid-South states express the at
titude that “if we don’t kill ‘em,
somebody else will.”
But poaching is getting a bad
name among hunters concerned
over the future of the sport. This
represents a reversal of an
attitude that has existed for
decades.
Hall says he often is tipped off
to outlaw gunning by hunters
who are offended by the be
havior of some of their breth
eren.
“Most of the hunters depend
More sports
on pages 8 and 9
Sports roundup
By The Associated Press
Tennis
Or antes survives scare
SAN FRANCISCO — Second-seeded Manuel Orantes
survived a first-round scare in the $125,000 open tennis
tournament at the Cow Palace, beating Tim Gullikson of
Onalaska, Wis„ 64, 3-6, 6-3.
Four other players among the top eight seeds saw ac
tion, with three surviving close matches and eight-seeded
John Alexander of Australia losing to Butch Walts of
Atherton, Calif., 7-5, 7-6.
Fifth-seeded Harold Solomon was pushed to a 12-point
tiebreaker in a 7-6, 6-1 victory over John Yuill of South
Africa. Stan Smith, seeded sixth, outlasted former
Stanford star Nick Saviano 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Borg defeats Newcombe
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Bjorn Borg, who had
not played tennis for almost three weeks due to an injury,
defeated Australian John Newcombe 6-2, 64 in the
opening match of the World Invitational Tennis Classic.
General
Lombardi dead at 09
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Ernie Lombardi, one of the
best-hitting catchers in major league baseball history,
died at the age of 69 after a long illness.
Pybum injured his knee in
Georgia’s 15-13 victory over
South Carolina last weekend.
“It’s worse than we originally
thought,” Dooley said. “He has
a pinched cartilage and he’s not
even working out with us this
week.”
Steve Rogers will start
against the Crimson Tide. His
backup will be Randy Cook, a
sophomore from —of all places
— Birmingham, Ala.
on us to keep these outlaws out
of the marsh. If we didn’t, they
know they wouldn’t have any
ducks,” he said.
The loss of wildlife is not the
only reason poaching is gradu
ally getting a bad name among
hunters. Antihunters often cite
the arrests as evidence that
America’s sportsmen are not to
be trusted. And many hunters
who want to preserve their
sport don’t want other hunters
to provide ammunition to hunt
ing’s enemies.
Nevertheless, the great num
bers of arrests this year — ar
rests made before the gunning
seasons really begin — indicate
the hunting fraternity has a long
way to go before poaching is
reduced to a minimum.
Rogers is a transfer from
Navy who many thought would
be No. 1 at Georgia this year,
but Pyburn beat him out of the
job.
Rogers has rushed 22 times
for 13 yards and completed
three of five passes.
“When a back hurts his knee,
you know it’s bad,” Dooley said.
“It’s not like a lineman hurting
his knee.
“If Pyburn were an offensive
lineman, or even a defensive
lineman, you would probably
get him well enough to play. But
not a running back. If you take
away his wheels, that’s about
all he has.”
The loss of Pyburn takes
away the heart of the Bulldogs’
veer offense.
Pyburn is an excellent runner
who handles the ball well. He
scored on a 53-yard run against
South Carolina. He also can go
through the air when he has to,'
completing 13 ot 27 for 171 yards
this year.
Without him, “there’s no
question that we’re in trouble,”
said Dooley. “In essence, we
have only one quarterback who
has any experience.”
In addition, reserve safety
Jeff Hipp, who suffered a knee
injury two weeks ago, was to
undergo surgery today and
probably is lost for the season,
Dooley said.
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