Grant Union Wins
Two Opening Tilts
To Lead Division
Basketball Standings
GREATER OREGON LEAGUE
Western Division
W L
Grant Union 2 0
Heppner 1 0
Sherman 1 1
Burns 1 1
Enterprise 1 1
Wahtonka 0 1
Madras 0 2
Coming Games Friday: Mad
ras at Enterprise. Burns at
Heppner, Grant Union at Wan
tonka. Saturday: Burns at Wah
tonka. Grant Union at Hepp
nor, Sherman at Enterprise.
Last Week's Results Friday:
Sherman 58, Burns 4$; Grant
Union 64. Madras 47; Enterprise
t6, Wahtonka 49. Saturday
night: Grant Union 50. Sherman
AS; Heppner 62, Enterprise 39;
Burns 62. Madras. 47.
Grant Union's Prospect ors
jumped to the top of the west
ern division of the Greater Ore
gon League after posting two
wins in opening rounds of bas
ketball play over the week-end.
Led by 6-2 Chris Labhart, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Lab
hart, formerly of Heppner, the
John Dav team thumped Mad
ras. 64 to 47, Friday night at
John Day and then edged Sher
man County Saturday night. 50
to 4S. also at John Day.
The Prospectors had an easy
time against Madras with Lab
hart firing 28 points and pick
ing up 17 rebounds, but they
had to come from behind to top
Sherman, which has been her
alded as one of the "teams to
beat" in the Western Division.
The Prospectors trailed most of
the way. but out-whittled the
lead to two points. 37 to 35. by
the end of the third quarter and
then outscored the visitors by
four points in the final period.
Labhart and Paul Dicker were
highpoint men for Grant Un
ion, each with 13. but the Hus
kies' fine forward. Gene Lant
horn, had 18 for the losers.
The Huskies had notched an
opening round win Friday night
over Burns, 58 to 48, with Lant-
Jensen 16
I
Heppner's Mustangs started ,
play with an initial victory Sat-1
urday night over the Enterprise i
Savages on the Heppner floor,!
62 to 39. with Mac Hoskins pac
ing the field with 24 points. To
the Savages, the loss evened
their record at 1-1 after they
had defeated Wahtonka. 56 to
49, the night before with for
ward Ted Freels leading the
way. -
Burns brought its mark also
tc 1-1 by shellacking the White
Buffaloes of Madras Saturday
night, 62 to 47, Mike Figg led
the way for the Hilanders with
21 points.
One of the leaders either
Grant Union or Heppner will
topple from the ranks of the
undefeated at this early sea
son date because they meet at
Heppner Saturday night. Sher
man draws a bye Friday night
but travels to Enterprise Satur
day night. Madras makes the
trip to Enterprise Friday night
and has a bye Saturday night.
-.Heppner has a big home
week- end with Burns here Fri
day night and the Grant Union
contest Saturday night. The Hi
laders face Wahtonka at The
Dalles Saturday night after the
Eagles host the Prospectors from
John Day Friday night.
The Oregonian prep poll Tues -
day listed Heppner as 11th, and
the Mustangs were the only
team rated from the western
division. Vale ranked sixth in
the poll. But the Mustangs re
alize that such polls don't mean
a thing and face the season
playing each game as if it were
the big one. They also realize
that some of the teams in the
circuit will be topflight compe
tition and even some of the
more lowly rated clubs are cap
able of upsetting some of those
ranked higher.
lone Scores
Ione's oncoming basketball
team swept through its league
opposition over the week-end,
dropping Stanfield at lone Fri
day night, 69 to 51, and crush
ing Helix at Helix Saturday
night, 61 to 36.
Stanfield led through much of
the first half and held a 28-26
lead at intermission, but the
Cardinals soared in front in the
third period with a production
of 24 points while the visitors
made only seven. Going into the
final quarter, lone led, 50 to
35. They continued to outscore
the Stanfield quint in the last
quarter with two of the visit
ors out on personal fouls, 19
to 16.
lone shot .390 as compared to
.310 for Stanfield. The Cardin
als hit 19 of 32 attempts at the
foul line while Stanfield made
nine of 14. Jim Swanson and
Frank Halvorsen led in re
bounding with 13 and 11 re
spectively. "We played our best defens
ive game of the year," said
Coach Gene Dockter after the
game. "We forced Stanfield to
take outside shots. Everyone
looked good on defense. Leon
Magill played exceptionally well
on defense. On offense we mov
ed the ball well and got good
shots, resulting from some real
MAC HOSKINS (22), 6-3 Heppner High center, scores on a tipin
during the Enterprise-Heppner game here Saturday night Jim
Jacobs (33). stands by ready to take a rebound 1( his lanky
team mate should miss. Dan Courtney (43). 6-0 center for the
Savages, vainly tries to block Hoskins' shot Ted F reels (21).
Enterprise forward, is visible in the background. (G-T Photo).
Mustangs Whack
Savages, 62 to 39
Heppner Highs Mustangs op-
ened their league basketball
season Saturday bv trampling
the Enterprise Savages. 62-39,
on the Heppner court.
Mac Hoskins and Jim Doher-
ty led the way for the Mus
tangs as they scored 24 and 14
points respectively. They were
the only double-figure scorers
for Heppner, while Jim Dutli
led the Savage attack with 11.
Ted Freels, who hit for 26
points against Wahtonka the
BOWLING
PIN SPINNERS
W L
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Del's Market 44 24
Wagon Wheel 36 32
Bristow's 28 40
Elma's Apparel 27 41
Jack's Chevron 25 43
High Team Game Del's Mar
ket. 945; High Team Series
Del's Market, 2727; High Ind.
Game Jackie Allstott. 254;
High Ind. Series Jackie Alls
tott. 549.
! THURSDAY NITE LADIES
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Wishing Well
50 18
L. E, Dick 42 25
Columbia Basin 36 31
Ruggles Ins. 36 32
Gateway Toyota 32 36
Murray s Drugs 31 37
First National 31 37
MiLadies 14 53
High Ind. Game Vesta Kil
kenny, 201; High Ind. Series
June Bellenbrock, 517: High
Team Game First National,
9:.; Hlgti learn Series Kuggie:
Ins., 2557.
Two League Victories
fine assists by Sherman and
Halvorsen."
It was strictly all lone in the
Saturday night game with Hel
ix. The Cards had a command
ing lead, 21 to 7, at the end of
the first quarter and enlarged
this to 3211 by halftime. Coach
Dockter cleared his bench early
in the first half with the re
serves seeing a lot of action.
The team coasted through the
second half.
lone shot .440 compared to
.280 for Helix. Montie Crum led
in rebounds with 10, followed
by Magill and Halvorsen with
eight each. The Cardinals out
rebounded Helix, 51 to 21.
Virgil Morgan had one of his
best nights of the year, lead
ing lone scoring with 16 points
on five field goals and six free
throws. However, Hawkins of
Helix salvaged some honors for
his team by leading all point
scorers with 21.
STANFIELD (51)
Fg Ft Pf Tp
4 0 5 8
Clark
Cox
Krause
R Monkus
L. Monkus
Simmons
TOTALS
3
1
4
2
0
2
21 9 20 51
ni;:ht beUrt, was next high f :
the Savages with nine points.
Heppner didn't waste any
time in scoring as Doherty took
the tip and drove in for a lay
in. Soon after, he stole the ball
from a Savage and went in for
another two points and Hepp
ner had a 4-0 lead.
The two teams played on
nearly e-en terms in the rest
of the first period as things
slowed down. Neither team
could find the target consist
ently but the Mustangs' super
ior rebounding gave them more
opportunities. The gap at the
er.d of the first period was on
ly three points, but widened to
a six point advantage at the
half.
The Savages were fairly hot
in the third period and played
on even terms as both teams
tallied 11 markers, then the
Mustangs coasted in for the vic
tory. They mustered 26 points
in the last period to a mere
nine for the visitors.
MUSTANGS (62): Jacobs 4,
Pettyjohn 8. Hoskins 24, Doher
ty 14, Alsup 2, Stillman 6, Hall
4.
ENTERPRISE (39): T. Freels
9. D. Strom 6, J. Dutli 11. W.
Field 5. K. McGraw 2, D. Court
ney 2, T. Melville 4.
ENTERPRISE
HEPPNER
5 14 11 9 ?9
8 17 11 2662
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Cuts
forth, Donna and Lisa, drove to
Sun Valley for a skiing trio
Tuesday, December 27 and spent
three days, using their camp-r
as home base. According to Mrs.
Cutsforth the lower slopes were
crowded with vacation skiers
and the family counted 300 on
Dollar Slope at one time- Waits
tor the ski tow were sometime
as long as 45 minutes.
IONE (69)
Fg Ft Pf Tp
Swanson 6 2 2 14
Halvorsen 4 7 5 15
Leon Magill 3 0 16
Lovgren 2 0 0 4
Sherman 6 3 1 15
Morgan 3 4 0 10
Ball 10 0 2
Crum 0 3 0 3
McElligott 0 0 0 0
Nelson 0 0 0 .0
TOTALS 25 19 9 69
IONE (61)
Fg Ft Pf Tp
Swanson 5 0 0 10
Halvorsen 3 12 7
Magill 0 2 0 2
Lovgren 4 0 2 8
Sherman 3 2 3 8
Morgan 5 6 0 16
Ball 10 3 2
Crum 1 5 17
McElligott 0 15 1
TOTAL 22 17 16 61
HELIX (36)
Fg Ft Pf Tp
Hawk i as 10 1 5 21
Rotlgers 3 2 18
K. Campbell 10 2 2
Westover 0 2 1 2
Kucera 0 3 3 3 '
M. Campbell 0 0 1 0 j
TOTALS 14 8 13 36 '
To Catch A
Part II of 11 Parts
By MILT GOYMON
What is It that makes a suc
cessful steelhead fisherman
one who will consistently take
steelhead while other anglers
go flshless time after time?
How about you? How are your
chances for success? If vou are
a novice at the game and
haven't taken the time to learn
the "know-how," vour chances
are mightly slim. "it has been
said that about 80 percent of
the steelhead taken are caught
l'v about 20 percent of the fish
ermen. Records tend to bear this
out.
First, let's consider steelhead
tackle. Our advice is to pur
chase one top-flight outfit. Get
the best. Such an outfit will
give years of trouble free sen-,
ice, effortless and enjoyable
fishing, and actually be cheap
er in the long run.
This scribe prefers a rod of
at least 8 feet in length, with
relatively small butt section and
even, gradual taper from butt
to tip. Such a rod Is called
"classic action." It will bend
well throughout Its length and
the flex is smooth and gradu
al. Classic action rods give the
greatest feeling of rod control
during casting. The feel of bait
or lure is also Immediately ap
parent in the hand.
Some anglers prefer a heav
ier butt section and fast tip.
This rod. usually called "con
trolled" or "variable flex," Is
usually the best for spin fish
ing since casting Is accomplish
ed mainly by the tip section.
nils rapid taper gives a pro-1
iiouncoo oouneo or snap when ;
the rod is flexed, hut since the i
tip Is Umber. It does not Iran-,
smit the action rapidly to the
butt. In other words, the feel '
oi nan or lure is not nearly as
pronounced as It Is with class
lc action rods.
Your choice of rods should
influence the type of reel to
purchase, or vice versa. The
classic action favors regular
casting reels, while rods with
fast tip action favor spinning
reels. Regardless of type, get
the best you can afford.
Stick with Sam Lures
Now, select a few fish -get
ting lures and stick with them.
Almost all the new-f angled
gadgets will take steelhead oc
casionally, but only a few will
take them consistently. Over
ill
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Steelhead
the years, we have tried mast
of the "hot shots" as they came
along, but invariably have
gone back to one, bait and one
lure. The lure preferred is the
time tested wobbling daredevil
with ctpner or brass "innards."
and the bait Is the old standby
cluster eggs which for this
writer will take steelhead two
to one over any lure made.
Cluster eggs are messy to
handle and difficult to keep on
a hook, Kor best results w sug
gest tlctng the cluster to the
hook with red thread or fluor
escent yarn. Use a larg clus
ter thumb size In murky or
dark green water and go to
smaller sies as the water
clears. In clear water, especial
ly when stream flows are low,
a couple of eggs and hank
of skin will do the lob.
We also prefer to break our
terminal tackle down, using a
leader of sllghtlv less strength
than our line. The purpose Is
to save line in case we Ret
snagged or hung up. We also
use a short dropper of very
light weight for any weight we
mav attach, again a line saver
if we become snagged.
We must assume you have
now learned to "read" a river,
so pick out a likely steelhead
run and pinpoint the slots. If
you are using a lure, east up
stream to the head of the run,
let the lure sink, and Just be
fore it hits bottom begin your
retrieve. Let the lure swing
through or across the slot. What
you are trying to do is to give
action to the lure as it swings
downriver and slightly across
the current. At the same time
you must also bring the lure
across and In front of any
steelhead that mav be lvlne in
the slot run. Continue casliiu!
ami drifting through the run
until you have covered every
foot of it
If you are using duster eggs,
just let the bait drift along
downstream and through the
slot, or through the entire run.
Kivp working the run with both
tail or lure until you have cov
ered every possible steelhead
location.
Keep Lure Near Bottom
One point to rememberRet
your bait or lure down on or
near the bottom, for this I.-4
where steelhead live. These big
ironheads are bottom travellers
and seldom move upward to the
surface to strike.
This bottom fishing means
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that you're going to lose gear,
the boulder-strewn floor of Mr.
Stoclhcad's home seems to po
ssess Invisible fingers that reach
out to grasp any lure or hall
that moves by.
Here again, the successful
angler seems to possess a sen
sitive "feel" for these tackle
grabbers, and raises his rod at
the proH-r time, which In turn
lifts the bait or lure and al
lows It to slip by the obstruc
tion. Some gear Is bound to be
lost, but anglers who possess
the feel can usually keep the
losses at a minimum.
This "feel" of a river bottom
Is probably the most difficult
part of steclhcudtnii for the av
erage angler to master. Some
never do and continually hnng
up, or they become so frustrat
ed they never allow their halt
or lure near the bottom for fear
of becoming snagged.
We have no explanation for
acquiring this touch. The only
advice we can give Is that the
angler must have complete con
trol of his bait at all times, he
must know its exact location as
it drifts downstream with the
current, anil most of all he must
be able to feel each nudge or
bounce as It moves across the
bottom
To explain this further, as
vour bait or lure moves on Its
downstream drift It Is pulled
hither and von bv the current.
The bait or weight mav nick
rock at one location, slide or
nudge Its wav across some
pebbles at another, or it mav
bounce against or over a rock
or boulder. Kach pull, bounce,
slide or midge is immediately
telegraphed through the line
anil Into the rod. If the angler
is unable to recognize what Is
happening on the bottom of the
stream, regardless of how slight,
he has no control over his drift.
The feel of a river bottom Is
(hi- primary reason this writer
prefers the classic action rods
to those with stiffer butt sec
tions. Th feel Is there and very
pronounced.
'Nudge' Miqht Be Steelhead
In addition, If you are fish
Ing with cluster eggs, one of
those nudges might Ih a big
steelhead Just mouthing the
bait. Seldom do steelhead real
ly sock a cluster gob; usually
It's a gentle tug and If the ang
ler falls to have the feel, the
bait Is dropped and the fish Is
gone. More often than not a
steelhead will follow the bait
downstream as It drifts, mouth
ing it as he goes. Often this
writer has observed anglers reel
In following a drift to find their
egg cluster smashed or stripped
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from the hook. Yet the angler
felt no tug and failed to rec
ognize that a fish was there.
The complete opixwdte Is true
when fishing lures. Usually
steelhead strike lures with such
savagery that they hook them
selves. Following the Jarring
Impact the angler either fights
his fish to the finish or loses
It, whichever the case mav be.
because the fish Is normally
hooked solidly, anglers who
have difficulty taking fish on
bait usually stick to lures that
are known producers.
And there vou have It a few
basic tips on how to catch a
steelhead. Get good eiiulpment
and learn how to use It. Learn
to read a river to recognize
the steelhead runs and steel
head slots. Use time-tested lures
or bait, at least until you lie
come proficient. Fish on the
bottom because that's where
Mr. Steelhead lives. And final
ly, learn to "feel" the bottom,
through a sensitive set of sig
nals tapped out lv the bait or
lure and telegraphed to you
through the line and rod.
And In time you will take
steelhead.
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