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Page Five MBA Gomes Controversial Call by Sub Ref Leads 76ers To 117-114 Victory TYRONE SENIOR DAVE CHERRY pounds out some of his team-high 80 net yards rushing on. 18 carries here as the Golden Eagles' offense is on the move last night against Chief Logan. The Golden uagies, nowever, did not score on this drive and, in fact, were kept out of the end zone all night as thief made two first-quarter TDs stand for a 14-0 victory. Mingoes Strike Early To Down Tyrone, 14-0 By Len Slather Herald Sports Editor LEW1STOWN Tyrone High's young, improving football team was just a matter of a couple of plays away from basking in its finest hour of the season here last night, but their second visit to Mitchell Field produced another niche in the loss column. Chief Logan, aiming at another Big Eight Conference crown and with only a single loss marring a 20-game unbeaten string over two seasons, stung the Golden Eagles for two quick touchdowns and then settled into a scoreless standoff the rest of the way to make those early points stand for a 14-0 victory.

Despite the respectable effort against one of the area's most successful high school teams over the past two Golden Eagles, record dropped to 1-7-1 with only next Friday's home field encounter with Clearfield's Bisons remaining. "They hurt us with two plays," assessed head coach Tom Miller. "We were in a short-yardage defense with them down in their own territory deep and they hit a crack and broke that big play (a 90-yard touchdown run by Don Sullivan on the Mingoes' first play from scrimmage). Then that roughing-the-kicker kept them going the next time and they went in on us again. Other than those two plays the kids played pretty well against a good team.

They had a few shaky moments after they fell behind 14-0 and then missed a chance with that fumble down at their (Chief Logan's) five-yard line, but they hung in there. We moved the ball on them but we just couldn't cash in. That was it." Despite the early scoring strikes, the complexion of the game may well have changed had the Eagles delivered early in the second quarter when they had first-and-goal at the five. Two shots by Dave Cherry, the workhorse of the evening who churned out 80 tough yards on 18 carries and caught three passes for another nine yards, netted zero yards and on third down Mingo Gregg Specht pounced on a fumble at the 10 to shut down what was to be Tyrone's only serious scoring threat of the night. Tyrone took the opening kickoff and moved quickly into Mingo territory as Cherry blasted 15 yards on their first play and Mike Woodring followed with a 12-yard rip.

But the bid died at the 33 and they punted the ball away. Chief wasted no time getting itself out of the hole, though. Don Sullivan, one of the five Mingo players who were benched for disciplinary reasons for the last two games, responded to his first call in three weeks by bolting 90 yards off tackle on their very first play from scrimmage. Rob Bargo booted the first of his two PATs and Chief had a 7-0 lead with 3:14 gone. Tyrone failed to move the sticks after the ensuing kickoff and punted again.

Chief advanced to the T-48 but got nothing on three plays there and punted. However, College Football: SEC Battle Heating Up Things are heating up in the Southeastern Conference, which comes as welcome news to the coaches involved. Fqurth-ranked Florida visits fifth-ranked Auburn today in the first game of a round-robin series that includes No. 6 Georgia, The Bulldogs play Florida next week in Jacksonville, and host Auburn the following Saturday. "I love it," Florida Coach Charley Pell said.

"It wouldn't be a sport and a challenge if it weren't for big games." Florida, unbeaten but tied by Southern Cal, and Auburn, beaten only by second-ranked Texas, are both 3-0 in SEC play, a half game behind sixth-ranked Georgia. "These are exciting days for the Southeastern Conference its fans," said Georgia Coach Vince Dooley, whose team faces Temple today. "With Alabama and Tennessee each with only one (conference) loss, it could be more than just a three-team race." Auburn is a slight favorite over Florida, which has never won the SEC title. The Gators beat Auburn, 19-17, last year at Gainesville, after recovering an onside kickoff and kicking a field goal with seven seconds to play. "1 expect one of those tough, grand old Southeast games," Auburn Coach Pat Dye said.

"It will be the same for Georgia against Florida and it will be the same when we go to Georgia. I dpn't think any of us have to say anything to our players to get them emotionally ready for these games." Other highlights on today's schedule are No. 3 North Carolina visiting No. 10 Maryland in an Atlantic Coast Conference showdown, No. 8 Michigan visiting No.

9 Illinois in a crucial Big Ten clash, No. 7 Miami hosts No. 13 West Virginia with a major bowl bid on the line and No. 11 Washington visiting UCLA in a battle of Pacific-10 leaders. In other games involving ranked teams, No.

1 Nebraska visits Kansas State, No. 2 Texas hosts Texas Tech, No. 12 Southern Methodist visits Texas No. 14 Oklahoma hosts Kansas, No. 15 Brigham Young hosts Utah State, No.

16 Ohio State hosts Wisconsin, No. 17 Iowa hosts Indiana, No. 18 Boston College hosts Penn State, No. 19 Alabama hosts Mississippi State and No. 20 Pittsburgh hosts Syracuse.

The nation's top two teams look to continue their drives to cement league titles and the automatic bowl bids that go with them. Nebraska, 8-0 overall and 30 in the Big Eight, will unleash Iback Mike Rozier and company on heavy underdog Kansas State, 3-3-1 and 1-2. Rozier hopes to add to his 1,219 yards rushing and 17 touchdowns while leading the Cornhuskers to an Orange Bowl berth. Texas returns home after three big victories and the Longhorns look to get their offerse back in gear after a 15-12 win over SMU that put them in the Southwest Conference driver's seat. Texas, 6-0 overall and 3-0 in SWC, is facing the only other unbeaten team in conference play.

The Raiders are 3-0 in the SWC despite a 3-3 overall record, and were beaten 59-20 by Tulsa las) week. Tyrone was flagged for roughing-the-kicker and the 15-yard walkoff moved the Mingoes to the T-33 with a first down. Buoyed by that break they covered the remaining 33 yards in seven more plays, with quarterback Scott Leister wedging in on a sneak from a yard out. Bargo's kick made it 14-0 with 1:37 to go in the first quarter. Anyone thinking rout at that point left that thought quickly as Cherry sparked the Golden Eagles on a surge to the shadow of the Chief Logan goal-posts a drive that was wasted when they coughed up the football on a fumble.

Cherry returned the kickoff 14 yards to the T-34, then belted out 35 yards to the CL- 31 on first down. Quarterback Murray Fetzer, who connected on 13 of 25 tosses to three receivers for 95 yards on the night, fired a 13-yard completion to Randy Golden, got four yards himself on the next play, then called Cherry's number fo'ur straight times to leave them with 3rd- and-goal at the CL-5. The mission aborted there 'with their only fumble turnover of the night and they never got closer than the CL-25 the rest of the way. The Mingoes, meanwhile, squandered one other opportunity themselves in the scoreless second, third and fourth quarters. A pass interception by Sullivan gave them the football at the T-17 to start the final period, but the Tyrone defense dug in to turn them away at the 19, with tackle Dave Riggleman providing the key play when he nailed Specht for a three- yard loss on a 3rd-down draw play.

Tyrone checked in with a 148 edge in first downs and 193 net yards to Chief's 254 total offense. Cherry's 80 yards on 18 carries fronted the rushing attack, while Fetzer threw for 95 yards with six completions to Randy Golden for 59, four to Pat Starzecky for 27 and three to Cherry for nine. Sullivan spearheaded the Mingoes' attack with 123 yards on 13 carries, including- the 90-yard TD gallop. Leister added 42 on 10 carries and hit 2-of-7 passes for38 yards. TEAM STATISTICS TAHS CL 1st downs rush 7 6 1st downs pass 6 1 1st downs pen 1 1 Tot.

1st downs 8 Yds. 122 235 Yds. lost rush 24 19 Net yds. rush 98 216 Passes attmpt 25 7 Passes com'p 13 2 Passes intcpt. by 0 i Net yds.

passing 95 38 Total offense 193 254 SCORING Tyrone Chief Logan 14 0-14 TYRONE TOUCHDOWNS: None i TYRONE P.A.T.'s: None CHIEF LOGAN TOUCHDOWNS: Sullivan! 1), 90-yd. run; Lelsterd), 1-yd. run CHIEF LOGAN P.A.T.'s: PASSING CHART Tyrone att crap yds Int td Fetzer 29 13 95 1 0 Chief Logan att cmp yds Int td Leister 7 2 38 0 0 PASS RECEIVING Tyrone ct yds Ids R.Golden 0 59 0 Starzecky 4 27 0 Cherry 3 9 0 Chief Logan ct yds ids Burfcholder 1 29 0 Anderson 1 9 0 HPW THEY RAN Tyrone yg yi nyg tc Cherry 84 4 80 18 Woodring 25 0 25 6 Fetzer 6 18 -12 5 Ferner 7 2 5 4 Chief Logan yg yl nyg tc Sullivan 125 2 123 13 Leister 56 14 42 10 Myers 6 6 2 Specht 26 3 23 6 Burfcnolder 2) 0 21 4 Green 0 1 Football Scores 14 Chief Logan 14 Tyrone 0 Central 22 15 B.E.A.44Lewistownl4 Penns Valley 15 Bellefonte 4 Mount Union 21 Everett 0 Hollidaysburg 7 Huntingdon Clearfield 13DuBois7 State College 6 Punxsy 2 Lock Haven 20 Jersey Shore Central Cambria 11 Portage Bishop McCort 13 No. Cambria 0 Kane 34 Curwensville 8 Ligonier Valley 41 Ford City 7 Cambria Hts. 6 Bishop Carroll 0 Southern H-don 44 Tussey 8 Blairsville 12 Homer Center 0 West Branch 40 Bucktail 12 Mo Valley SGlendaleO Chestnut Ridge 22 Northern Somerset 8 Conemaugh Twp.6 Blacklick20Shade6 Ferndale29Berlin6 Altoona 22 Indiana 7 Academy at the New Church 27.

Pa. School for the Deaf 14 Archbishop Kennedy 33, Jenkintown 6 Bald Eagle Area 44. Lcwlstown 14 Beth-Center 57, WaynesburgO Blue Mountain 28, Pine Grove 6 Boycrtown 16, Pollslown 8 Bradford 12. Franklin 6 Brownsville 26. McGuffey 21 Burgcttstown 7, Charlerol 0 Canon-M cM Ulan 23.

Trinity 6 Central 35. Gralz? Central Catholic 10, Gateway 6 Chambersburg 21, Steel High 18 Chestnut Ridge 22, Northern (Md.) 6 13, West Greened ByDAVERAPFO UPI Sports Writer The same NBA officials that picketed Friday night's Washington Bullets-76ers game at Philadelphia wilt be outside Madison Square Garden tonight when the Bullets face the New York Knicks, Only this time, some of the Bullets players might join them. A controversial technical foul called by substitute ref Bernie Fryer led to the 76ers' 117-114 victory over Washington in Friday night's NBA opener. Fryar, a former.NBA official working the game with the league's Supervisor of Officials Darrell Garretson, called a technical on Jeff Ruland that Bobby Jones converted with 12 seconds left and Andrew Toney added two free throws nine seconds later. The technical was called after Ruland scored a basket for a 114-114 tie.

Bullets Coach Gene Shue said. Philadelphia Coach Billy Cunningham refused comment on the officiating, but he protested the game after a disrupted basket by Washington rookie Darren Daye. Cunningham claimed Daye's shot, which pulled the Bullets within 90-89, with 8:42 left, came after the whistle GRID MENU SATURDAY (Varsity Games) Bishop Guilfoyle at Vo-Tech, 12:30 p.m. Williamsburg at No. Bedford, 8 p.m.

Claysburg at Turkeyfoot, 2 p.m. Penn Cambria at FUchland, 1:30 p.m. Bedford at Westmont, 2 p.m. United at Laurel Valley, 1:30 p.nv Meyersdale at Cone. Valley, 2 p.m Forest Hills at Windber, 8 p.m.

Youth Football (at Gray Field) Bellwood-Antis YFL all- stars vs. Tyrone YFL all-stars at7p.m. SUNDAY Alumni Football At Gray Field) Juniata Valley vs Tyrone, 2 p.m. Dates, Sites Approved For L.L. Series WILL1AMSPORT, Pa.

(UPI) The dates and sites of the 1984 Little League World Series have been approved by the league's board of directors at their annual meeting, a spokesman announced. The Little League series for 11-and 12-year-olds is scheduled for Aug. 21-25 in Williamsport; the Junior series for 13-year-olds, in Taylor, Aug. 1418; the Senior series for 14 and 15- year-olds for Gary, Aug. 13-18; and the Big League series for 16-to 18-year olds, in Ft.

Lauderdale, Aug. 11-18. The Little League Softball series for ll-and 12-year-olds and the Senior softball series for 13-to 15-year-olds is to be held in Kaiamazoo, Aug. H-18. The Big League softball series for 16-to 18- year-olds will be held in Indianapolis, Aug.

13-18. In other board action Friday, Peter McGovern, of Williamsport, retired as board chairman and chief executive officer of little league baseball. He will be succeeded on the board by Luke LaPorta, of Liverpool, N.J. Little League president Creigbton Hale will take over McGovern's duties as chief executive officer. had stopped pi ay.

Ruland's technical came after he scored six points within 42 seconds to erase a 114-108 76ers'lead. Moses Malone and Andrew Tony each had 27 points for Philadelphia. Frank Johnson had 28 points and Ruland 23 to lead the Bullets. "You don't fuss at the referee with the score tied," said Malone, who had 19 rebounds. "1 thought they did a great job but I'll be glad when the regular referees get back." In other games Friday night, New Jersey smashed Atlanta 126-108, Detroit sur- NFLRoundup By IRA KAUFMAN UPI Sports Writer Two of the most experienced quarterbacks in the NFL looked like befuddled rookies last week.

On Sunday in Buffalo's Rich Stadium, Joe Ferguson and Ken Stabler seek redemption. The Bills, 5-3, are tied with Miami for first place in the AFC East, but they come off a dreadful 31-0 loss against New England. The Patriots broke open a 7-0 game with 24 fourthquarter points as Ferguson was intercepted three times in the final period. The Saints, also 5-3, are tied wittf the Los Angeles Rams for second place in the NFC West, one game behind San Fran' Cisco, and they won DESPITE Stabler last week. Tampa Bay swiped four Stabler passes and held him to' just 94 yards in 'air, but New Orleans rallied from a 21-10 deficit for a 24-21 triumph.

"We've got to come back," says Bills' rookie coach Kay Stephenson, who has seen his team's defense slip noticeably the last month. After yielding an average of just 303 yards per game in the first four games, the Bills' defense has allowed an average of 408 yards over the last four. The Saints, boast the No. defense in the NFC and their 35 sacks also top the conference. "They're just young kids trying hard and that's what you need," Saints' coach Bum Phillips says of his.defense.

"You don't necessarily have to have the greatest players in the league, you just have to try hard." Despite Stabler's off-game against the Buccaneers, young quarterback Dave Wilson will continue to watch from the New Orleans bench. "You've got to decide who's your best quarterback and go with him," Phillips says, "and we did that a long time ago. I just don't think you should blame everything on the quarterback." In other games Sunday, Dallas is at the New York Giants, the Los Angeles Rams at Miami, Baltimore at Philadelphia, Detroit at Chicago, Houston at Cleveland, New England at Atlanta, Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, Kansas City at Denver, Green Bay at Cincinnati, Minnesota at St. Louis, the New York Jets at San Francisco, and Seattle at the Los Angeles Raiders. On Monday night, it's Washington at San Diego.

The Cowboys, 7-1, will be in an ornery mood following their first loss while the Giants; 2-5-1, are winless in four games and looking less competent each week. New York might have All-Pro inside linebacker Harry Carson back off injured reserve but defensive lineman Curtis McGriff is out with a knee injury. Inexperienced Giants' quarterback Jeff Rutledge will be tested severely by the Cowboys' intricate blitzing schemes. Danny White of Dallas, has already thrown 13 interceptions. The Rams and Dolphins are both 5-3 and Miami has a well-deserved reputation for feasting on NFC opponents, posting a.

33-8 mark since the merger. The game pits perhaps the two best rookies in the league. Eric Dickerson of the Rams leads the NFL in rushing and TPs while Miami's Dan Marino is the passer in the AFC. Miami end Poug Betters leads the. NFL with 12 sacks.

prised Boston 127-121, Los Angeles trimmed Kansas City 117-107, New York whipped Cleveland 113-106, Denver clubbed Kansas City 139-125, Milwaukee slammed Indiana 104-83, Portland beat San Diego 107-93 and Golden State shaded Seattle 110-109. Nets 126, Hawks 108 At East Rutherford, N.J., Otis Birdsong scored 27 points on 12-of-14 shooting to lead New Jersey, spoiling the head' coaching debut of Atlanta's Mike Fratello. The Nets decided the game in the opening quarter when they ran off 19 straight points and took a 34-17 lead. NHL Standings Wales Conference Patrick Division 1 pts NY Rangers 9 3 0 18 Phila 8 2 1 17 NY Island 4608 Wash 3706 Ptsbgh 2804 NJ 1802 Adams Division Quebec 7 4 1 15 Boston 63 1 13 Buffalo 5 4 2 12 Hartford 4419 Mtl 4508 'Friday's Results Los Angeles 3, Buffalo 3 Toronto 5. N.

Y. Rangers 3 Calgary 7. Winnipeg 1 VancouverS, (OT) Saturday's Games (All Times EOT) Quebec at Detroit, 2:05 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 7:05 p.m.

Edmonton at Montreal, 7:35 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 8:05 p.m. Campbell Conference Norrls Division 1 pts Chi 740 14 Toronto 6 4 1 13 St. Louis 6 4 0 12 Detroit 3328 Minn 3617 Smythe Division Edmonton 7 2 1 15 Vancouver 5 5 1 11 Calgary 4619 Winnipeg 3626 LosAng 2537 (Top four ineach division qualify for Stanley Playoffs.) Los Angeles at Toronto, 8:05 p.m. Boston at St.

Louis, 8:35 p.m. Washington at Minnesota, 8:35 p.m. Sunday's Games Hartford at Chicago Montreal at Buffalo N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia Edmonton at N.Y. Rangers Pittsburgh at New Jersey Washington at Winnipeg Vancouver at Calgary Pistons 127, Celtics 121 At Pontiac, Islah Thomas hit a 22-foot jumper with 47 seconds left for the goahead basket to give Chuck Daly a victory in his debut as' Pistons' coach while spoiling the Boston head coaching debut of K.C.Jones.

Lakers 117, Kings 107 At Kansas City, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jamaal Wilkes scored 25 points apiece to lead Los Angeles. Knicks 113, Cavaliers 106 At Richfield, Ohio, Bill Cartwright tossed in 24 points and Rory Sparrow got 16, including eight in the final five minutes, to pace New York. Nuggets 139, Jazz 125 At Denver, Dan Issel, becoming only the eighth player in pro basketball history to score 25,000 career points, scored 34 points to power the Nuggets. Bucks 104, Pacers 83 At Milwaukee, Marques Johnson scored 24 points and Sidney Moncrief added 20 to pace Milwaukee. Trail Blazers 107, Clippers 93 At Portland, Wayne Cooper scored 21 points and Jim Paxson added 20.

Warriors 110, SuperSonics 109 At Seattle, Joe Barry Carroll scored 27 points and Purvis Short added 22 for Golden State. Instead Of Playing Steelers: Buccaneers Would Rather Be In Philly This Weekend PITTSBURGH (UPI) Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach John McKay sounded a little like the late comedian W.C. Fields, who did not like Philadelphia. But all things considered, McKay would rather be in Philadelphia this weekend. "I'd rather we play Jones Junior High school than the Pittsburgh Steelers," McKay said Thursday.

The Steelers, who host-the winless Bucs Sunday, have won four straight games and are tied with the Los Angeles Raiders for the best record in the AFC at 6-2. The Steelers are also tied for the NFL quarterback sack lead with 35. Protecting the quarterback has been a Tampa Bay weakness. Bucs offensive linemen have allowed quarterbacks to be sacked 29 times in the first half of this season. In addition, guard Sean Farrell is out with a pulled hamstring and guard Ray Snell had a death in his family this week.

Many other Buccaneer linemen are bothered by nagging injuries. For the game against the Steelers, McKay will be using the eighth different group of offensive linemen in nine games. "We will hold a lottery," McKay said. "The guy that loses.has toplay." Regardless of who plays, quarterback Jack Thompson must face the Steelers pass rush, and he must depend on one tackle (Gene Sanders) and the other is a rookie (Kelly Thorn as). "Last week, against the New Orleans Saints, we played a team that could sack the quarterback," McKay said.

"We allowed seven quarterback sacks. I guess this week, we'll just hold." The Bucs are 0-8 but have lost six games by a touchdown or less. Two losses came in overtime. Despite the close games, the Bucs have not been able to solve a major problem in the running game. Steeler fullback Franco Harris, who has gained 610 yards, has rushed for more yardage than the entire Bucs team, which has accumulated 566 yards in the first half of the season.

Nevertheless, the Steelers are saying they will not be overconfident. Too much confidence almost cost them a game last week when they almost blew a 24-0 lead against the Seattle Seahawks. They managed to salvage the game 27-21. "If we would look at their 0-8 record, it would be ridiculous for us to get overconfident," said Steelers center Mike Webster. "We will have to play hard and it should be a dog fight.

"They have a very good defense and they get great effort from that defense. They can make big plays with their defense. It should be a very physical game." The Bucs defense has several weaknesses in the secondary because of injuries. Last week, free safety Cedric grown suffered an ankle in- jury and was placed on injured reserve. The Bucs are expected to start Beasley Reece, recently cut by the New York Giants, in Brown's place.

Opponents have thrown 12 of 16 touchdown passes over the Bucs defense. The Steelers have not had great success with their passing game. Quarterback Cliff Stoudt has thrown only five touchdown passes to a group of inexperienced receivers. For the most part, Stoudt has been depending upon one experienced and three rookie recivers to run the pass routes. Tight end Bennie Cunningham has almost recovered from rib injuries and should give Stoudt an additional target in the passing game.

But the Steelers are dependent upon a strong runnning game. Franco Harris has had four 100 yard games for a team that leads the NFL with 177 yards rushing per game. But the Bucs despite all their problems rank ninth in the NFL in defensing the run. Teams have been averaging only 3.4 yards per attempt against the aggressive Bucs defense and have scored only four touchdowns. All this puzzles McKay.

He can't understand why his team hasn't won a game, and he tends to be critical. "I am glad Halloween is coming because we can dress up and nobody will notice us," McKay said. By WILLIAM SNYDER JR. Opening day of small game season got underway today, as if I had to tell you. Hunters who cannot get into'the field much always ask, "What's the season look like, population wise?" Really, that's too tough to accurately predict.

That's a little like predicting the weather. Game is where you find it. I have been faced with these "forecast" columns for nearly all the 15 years 1 have been an outdoor scribe. Even when I was a full-time freelancer populations were tough to predict because one cannot be everywhere (even though I sometimes tried). 1 call on game protectors, biologist and other wildlife managers that are in the field daily.

When a biologist works with rabbit populations, turkey, grouse or other game, it is tough to argue with them. All too often hunters try, though, and they will blame the game managers when they don't find game, too. Hunters tend to hunt where they always have flushed game, regardless of the habitat and food cycle changes. And when they don't find game, it's all the Game Commission's fault. Rabbits The cottontail rabbit has been my small game love ever since I was a youngster living on the farm.

I cut my hunting teeth on beagles and bunnies. Love it! However, disease, habitat changes, whatever and what-have-you conditions have made rabbit hunting next to extinct over the past eight or more years. About 10 years ago, 1 noticed a drastic drop in the rabbit population. Oh, houses were erected over favorite brier patches, but when one hunts over many counties and in cover that screamed "rabbit," with little to no results, and with a beagle that could hold his own with the bunnies, something is very wrong. The situation only got worse, but the last ocuple of years have shown improvement not great, just improvement.

1 term this year's rabbit hunting "encouraging." They are where you find them. No one place is better or worse than the next. Turkey Perhaps the most sought- after game bird on Pennsylvania soil is the wild turkey. There is perhaps no finer game bird to match wits and talent with. Checking with field personnel, and taking into account my own observations (saw a flock of four hens a few days ago), I would have to say without any reservations that this should be a very good year for the turkey hunter.

This may have been a very dry season but turkey are very adaptable. They find the water sources, that you can bank on. If you can't find birds in your old haunts, hunt for water near food sources. Since the acorn crop is nearly non-existent, look for turkey around wild grapevines, hazlenuts, beechnuts, all specie of berries, and keep an eye on those areas near grain fields; those hens I saw were working over a combined grain field. Rlngneck The ringneck population in this region relies on the Game Commission.

It is put-and- take, certainly no secret to hunters. The Commission has said more birds will be stocked this year in some areas, promising a good target population. The stocking numbers do not raise my eyebrows, but Commission intends to make a shift next season to stocking wilder birds, and in pairs, hoping for regeneration: That interests me. Personally, I would like to see the trap-and- transfer system used on ringneck like with the turkeys. I feel it could do for the ringneck what it has done for the big bronze birds wonders! All in all, this should be a pretty good season..