Show or CA UPPER BAY MOBILE ALA it II was just about daybreak A sweeping gale half hurricane came oil out t of the northeast accompanied by a cold driving rain A perfect day to kill ducks the guide said he had overlooked the fact that it was a much more perfect day to km kill men the wind roared the rain whipped in the small boat rolled and soon was half full fial of water you find a better day for ducks the guide said there were ducks everywhere but there IBB was a lot more rain S B and wind and bumps fa f a ing water in the vm V m bay kil we finally reached V the blind ahead B was the job of get ting out the decoys and the cane for the camouflage we get the skiff into the blind pa Grantlan dRice tion as another half tidal wave hits us and aid we really get to work part of the decoys are swept overboard part ot of the cane for or the blinds go with the decoys your correspondent would like to go with both and end it all instill quite daylight and the storm is picking up speed and hitting power it is also getting colder and colder wetter and wetter rougher and rougher tougher and tougher everyone is soaked and freezing but everyone is happy except your correspondent who has suddenly decided he has no hostile feeling against any duck in fact he likes ducks but it is too late now we are out in the middle of a virtual tidal wave to mow them down where real fun begins now we are all set in the blind with a sand bar close at hand here come the ducks teal redhead mallard widgeon sprigtail black duck canvas back dough grey every known form of the duck breed A big part of this display was due to ducks unlimited to a fine m sporting organization and there were DUCKS UNLIMITED the ducks were doing all right but I 1 kept thinking why should man be subjected to this punishment here they come our guide said get low get low we got low at this moment another swirl of wind and rain overturned our boat mind you it was bitter cold and much colder as our clothing became drenched we missed that raft cap but be back over to another bay but be back just as soon as we get straightened out again set you know said our amiable guide I 1 turned to a fellow named stout steve owen coach of the N new ew york giants who was in the next boat I 1 could see that owens pounds were in in agony he was taking an even worse beating for he was a much bigger target bring me the bears and the I 1 red skins he growled bring me baugh and luckman at this spot a rush of 0 water swept owen out of sight and this is true ill admit at that time I 1 in te rested in what happened to owen I 1 was only interested in a fellow named rice nice we got on a mud bar or a sand bar again and it took us 50 minutes to get away losing a paddle and a few more decoys suddenly someone fired a gun and a teal blew out to sea he was dead and he was lucky we got set again with thousands of duck swarming in we were ready for the big lulling killing but once again another half hurri cane struck us with another rush of water and once again the boat went under and so did we by this time the wind bad reached ed a velocity of 50 miles an hour and th the rain was a young deluge under these conditions you hit bit an elephant at 5 paces had the teals and mallards and redheads and widgeons been smart they could have murdered us for w we e were whipped soaking wet battered and beaten half drowned aching and cursing we only wanted to find red leath er burys houseboat with pat moulton my favorite director leading the way the ducks were not smart we were not smart but who is in this cockeyed world cobbs favorites irvin S cobb the humorist who is recuperating in new york after a serious illness was reminiscing about the old time sports characters the other day what a baseball parade has gone by since those days day S 11 cobb reflected 1 I mean christy BIath ewson and roger bresnahan three fingered brown and johnny kling walter johnson rube waddell eddie col lins joe jackson ty cobb nap la joie and shoeless joe jackson |