Show 1 rI I Iz if 1 w S Su SIt t Sp z i p 1 0 I 1 r t 5 u It error By BY JOHN MOONEY rt J Telegram Sports Editor Frank of Salt Lake City an ardent hunter comes I forth south with a suggestion for chang- chang the pheasant hunting dates to enable the working man to get geta Aa a fair chance at the birds Mr would have the Fish ish and game department set aside three consecutive Sundays or r a Saturday and two Sundays fc for for the three-day three pheasant hunt rather than the three days In a arow arow row row system we are now using inmost In most counties countie As Mr points out 1 1 the present dates of Sunday Monday l and Tuesday are a trifle Of ni unfair for the boys bos who must be back on the job Monday Monda thereby there there- r by missing Monday and Tuesdays Tuesday's Tuesdays Tuesday's Tuesdays Tuesday's Tues- Tues days day's shooting hooting We Ve have hae a tendency to sympathize sympathize sym- sym with Brother Spring- Spring man for the season is short enough at best for the scattergun scattergun scattergun scatter- scatter gun artists and novices and then when employment cuts short the season by two-thirds two its it's little wonder some enthusiasts ask aska g W a for for a change af or One of the boys in the Jimmy Price offered another suggestion suggestion suggestion sug sug- advocating ad the opening Of of f the season for this Sunday or next hext Sunday seeing as how so many of the hunters failed to get their limits on any of the three Hays Bays ys 1 r Jimmy feels that this may point toward a surplus of birds causing to winter kill and the surVivors surVivors sur- sur livors to eat up too much of the farmers' farmers crops r er N Byron L L. By White of the state fish and game department department department depart- depart ment speaking unofficially Friday Friday Friday Fri- Fri day day afternoon gave the states state's I side sido of this discussion which I hinges mainly on the money in ln- There Is nothing in In the law to my knowledge Mr r. White J said which would prevent the changing of the pheasant season to three Sundays Sunda'S instead of the present consecutive days seta setup setup set- set a up but it would necessitate the calling in hi of extra wardens from l various localities for one day stands and this would mean additional additional ad ad- expenses N We have always opened the pheasant season on the first Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day in November to avoid a conflict con con- in the dates for deer pheasant and elk hunting Our deer season opened October 18 and closed little little little lit lit- tle more than a week later making making making mak mak- ing way for the opening of the pheasant shoot the first of No- No vember Then the pheasant shooting was out of the way in time for the opening of the elk hunt November November November Novem Novem- ber 7 he added We have just tried to avoid congestion In the hunting dates to give a chance to g get t every variety of shooting the state offers So that's the question as it stands stands today The season can be changed to allow hunting on Sundays Sunda only or it can be left as as it is depending on the will of of the majority of sportsmen Now is the time tune to start advocating for a change if one 1 if desired so get busy talking It up or down If you prefer a the season as it is today I I 4 a Jack Carberry sports editor of the he be Denver Post couldn't let a 1 week go by without tossing some 1 form of bombshell into the peace I and serenity of the intermountain I Sports picture This time hes he's advocating advocating advocating ad ad- for a new scoring system system system tem in the conference which will win mean the Post will likely have a a champion of its own differing from the titleholders recognized by the other intermountain news news- papers Jolting Jack a distinguished looking citizen who we think sometimes sticks his tongue in his cheek over some articles says the 1 Post from now on will count tie games as a half-game half won and a half game lost thereby placing BYU B Y U in the drivers driver's seat in the conference race at present If this suggestion had been made at the first of the year ear before any tie games were recorded recorded recorded re re- corded I believe every ery sports sportswriter sportswriter writer in the conference would have ha fallen in line and since this conference lets the press decide decide dedde de de- cide its champions to a great extent the proposal would have ban carried However with most of the clubs only having ing a couple of games left to play its it's too much like making up your rules as you ou go along to suit this a u writer Titer for one |