WILDLIFE/). oLineA By Phil White Emerald Sportt Writer I lu re should be plenty of opportunities for angler.-, to stretch their cramped muscles this Memorial Day weekend. I he l nscadc lake season opens Saturday, hut we’re afraid that many of the lakes will not be fishablc due to snow and ice. It now looks like the only one of the big three of Hast lake, Paulina lake, and Crainc Prairie reservoir that will he free of ice is the latter. ’I he others are still covered with ice and snow to a depth of several feet. Trolling produces well in those lakes in the early part of the season, but as the weather progresses still fishing with worms or eggs seems to produce the best results. The angling that looks like the best prospect to us this weekend is the shad fishing in both forks of the Coos river. I he shad, a migratory fish, is now present in the Coos river in the greatest numbers that can be remembered for many years. 1 he catches have been fabulous for boat fishermen using small spinners, spoons, and flics. 'I lie bank fishermen have been doing well with spinning outfits. Shad are not too large on the average, but their smoking runs and enthusiastic fight puts even the mighty steelhead to shame. They have a tender mouth, so you must handle them u ith care. Shad Runs Awaited W <• can still feel the jolt of the first shad we hooked in the Connecticut river. In the East the May runs of shad are eagerly awaited by all who have had the thrill of the throb of a shad on the end of their line. On the \\ i st coast shad fishing has just become popular in the last few years. This year’s run in the Coos forks should establish a permanent place for this noble fish in Oregon's already crowded list of game fish. For the person who plans to stay close to school, the McKenzie offers a good bet. Trout averaging ten inches are rising well now with the warmer weather, and the Mc Kenzie special seems to be the top fly. The prospects on the Middle and North forks of the Willamette appear to be good for this weekend also. The rivers were a bit high last weekend, but should be in good shape barring any more rain. Don't overlook the prospects of a chance to fish for bass. This noble fish is now starting to hit surface lures with lots of % igor, and the prospects for a lunker are getting better every day. ItC quite a thrill to have a four pounder smash your deer hair bug in a shower of spray, and you won't forget it for quite a while. The fish are averaging very large at this time in many of our coastal lakes. Preserve Our Wildlife Since this is our last article for the year, we won't have any more chances to remind you of the many conservation prin ciple" that need to be repeated again and again. Therefore we hope that you can remember some of the items we have mentioned and will put them to practice. When you’re out fishing this summer remind yourself and your friends that someone will be standing where you are after you leave, so try to leave things the way you’d like to find them. There’s no thrill quite like finding a lake or stream that shows no evidence of having been fished before. 'Til next year then, lets hope we all have tight lines and a smoking gun barrel. ; jj __ Ronnie Knox Cleared By Coast Conference PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The controversial enrollments of star football halfback Ronnie Knox were climaxed Wednesday by a Pacific Coast conference blackball of a University of Cali fornia booster club. The conference put the South ern Seas club of Los Angeles out of bounds to the university until further notice. The conference, however, cleared Knox, the University of California and the University of California at Los Angeles, where Knox now is a student, of any implication of confex-ence ath letic code violations. Knox, a Los Angeles area resi dent, enrolled at California in Berkeley in September, 1953. But after completing the year he transferred to UCLA, amid much publicity. He was ineli gible for football last season, losing one season’s eligibility, but is counted on heavily by UCLA for the coming fall. Faculty athletic representa tives at the spring conference meeting here passed a resolution reprimanding the booster club for "carrying on its payroll for a period of 16 months at a sub stantial salary an employe whose sole duty was to recruit athletic talent for the University of Cali fornia,” Ducks Arrive In Los Angeles Coach Don Kirsch’s baseball club arrives in Los Angeles today for a three-game series with the University of Southern Califor nia to decide the Pacific Coast Conference championship. A single game will be played Friday and a doubleheader Sat urday. In case one team wins the first two games, a third will not be played. Duck* Downed The Webfoots tuned up for the PCC playoffs by dropping a 15-3 contest to the Northwest league Salem Senators at Salem Tuesday. Salem pitchers held Oregon to five hits but dished up 11 walks. Oregon contributed five errors to the Senators' batting attack as both sides used reserve play ers freely. Salem jumped to a quick five run lead in the first inning off losing pitcher Bill Blodgett and never trailed after that. The Senators pounded out 16 hits. Blodgett tossed the first five innings, allowing six runs and was succeeded by Jim Lehl, who was roughed up for nine tallies in two frames. Lefty Bill Gamer pitched the eighth and faced only three batters, striking out two. Take Six Pitchers The 17-man squad taken to Los Angeles includes six pitch ers, one catcher, six outfielders, and four infielders, plus team manager Roth Martin. The pitchers are Blodgett, Gar ner, Lehl, Terry Maddox, John Lundell, and Denny Olsen. Out fielders are Bernie Averill. George Shaw, Jerry Ross, Jim Pingree, Norm Forbes, and Bob Wagner. The four infielders are Dick Schlosstein, Jim Johnson. John Keller, ana Pete Williams, and the catcher is Neal Marlett. Sixteen Selected To Play for Title NEW YORK