Show SPORTS K MIRROR t By John Mooney Telegram Sports Editor When a tI man b begins ns to fo realize realise the he truth about himself it reduces reducer r hit his desires der to reform his hi neighbor Kindness Pays Since carl early childhood each of ofUs ofUs ofus Us has been taught the value of courtesy and kindness especially to our elders And Herb Pollack is a a. long way from his early childhood but he knows more than ever before the value of or these I t teachings today da Seems that Herb as one of the guests of station KALL in the world series contest noticed a lonesome frightened tIghtened little lady at it atthe atthe the Chicago airport last month when he was en route to 0 the se se- se ries The eager crowds were shoving shoving shoving ing and shouldering the elderly little lady around so Pollack stepped to her assistance helping her aboard the plane with her luggage and generally made himself himself himself him him- self a 3 good will ambassador from the friendly state And then because the lad lady confided that she was frightened on her first plane trip Pollack sat at with her and comforted her fears tears a as the tho plane piano took off But nut Pollack had heres here's the payoff payoff been collecting autographs of aUthe all aU the people he met on the trip and he thought It would be nice niceto niceto t to secure the autograph of this nice little old lady and she obliged with Ith Mrs 1 Boudreau And so 50 there It was wa because he was kind to a little nobody Pollack met the mother of one of the most famous ball pla players ers ersIn In the game toda today and better hetter yet she was the mother of ot Pollack's Pollack's Pollack's Pol Pol- lacks lack's baseball Idol Lou Boudreau Boudreau Boudreau Boud Boud- reau manager of the Cleveland eland Indians Mrs Boudreau Invited Herb to visit the Indians' Indians hotel suite and he came away with an autographed baseball complete with nith the signatures of all the theCIe CIe Cleveland eland ball pla players ers Because he was a gentleman Salt Lakes Lake's kes ke's Herb Pollack received received re re- the thrill of a lifetime while crashing a select circle man many millionaires would have been proud to join the world champion Cleveland Indians On Plucking Ducks To most of us especially the uninitiated the task of cleaning the wild game is enough enough almost almost to discourage our hunting efforts Because you may not have noticed noticed noticed no no- the tip we pass on this for what its it's worth Tommy Mathews the nimrod of ot the Tribune-Telegram Tribune magazine section brought us In a brace of nice mallards Saturday night just justas as we were coming back from the football game but we received the welcome elcome gift too late to get to our favorite market to have them plucked and dressed Under the urging of the thc little woman we started to work on one duck But it seemed the the sprouted al almost as fast as as we picked them for we made little progress over an hour Then Excelsior we remembered remembered remembered the hunting suggestions book put out by a popular ammunition ammunition ammunition am am- manufacturer and we Wild Ud Ducks thumbed to hur hur- Sure enough there was the magic word wed we'd been seekIng seeking seeking seek seek- ing Dip the tho ducks after alter the heavier feathers have ha been re removed removed removed re- re moved in melted paraffin aU allow ow to cool and scrape of off the paraffin paraffin fin fin AND THE TIlE FEATHERS with a paring knife That was it We Ve quickly dro drove e to the all hll 11 night grocery grocer picked ed up the paraffin started the hot water bubbling and soon had a anice anice anice nice coating of paraffin ready for forthe forthe forthe the waterfowl And sure enough it worked like a charm The coated ducks were placed in the refrigerator and a few minutes later late we had them cleaned slick as a whistle Its It's a great time saver but one caution Dont Don't pour the wax water in inthe the the sink sink we spent the rest of the night and most of Sunday morning dredging out drain pipes |