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Researchers fa Study Scales Of Steelhead Portland "Steelhead are in" a magic phrase that galvanizes steelhead anglers to feverish ai tion. During the winter months, thousands of ardent fishermen head for favorite streams, and the very worst weather is no de terrent in their quest for this huge, mysterious sea-run battler. Mysterious indeed is this big fish, and although much is known of the life history, large gaps remain in existing knowl edge of steelhead life. In order to fill in the gaps in the story of the steelhead, an extensive study is now being conducted by the Oregon Wild life Research unit in coopera tion with the Oregon Game Commission. This organization is located at Oregon State col lege and is supported by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife service, the Wildlife Management insti tute, and the Commission. Steelhead1 runs throughout Oregon are being sampled and studied by means of scale an alysis. Scale patterns, like the rings in a tree cross section, show the age and periods of growth. Such data as length of f!sh at each winter of life, age and length at migration to sea, patterns of growth in fresh and salt water, and the number of spisbiings can be obtained by the calculations from scale measurements. A large number of samples is necessary to the success of such a study. Alsea Selected For more specific work, the Alsea river has been selected as a representative coastal stream, and a program has been set up to secure all possible informa tion about its steelhead runs. Research unit and game com mission personnel will make a comprehensive check of anglers throughout the winter months to secure scale samples of the steelhead caught. In addition, a program of trapping, marking, and scale sampling of down stream juvenile migrant steel head will be conducted. All steelhead fishermen who fish the Alsea river have been invited by the Commission and the research unit to participate In the study by taking scale samples from the fish they catch and thereby help in the ef fort to improve their future steelhead angling. NORTHWESTERN AIDE - Evanston, 111. .R) Paul Shoults today was. named back field coach at Northwestern Uni versity. He served in the same capacity at Miami (Ohio) univer sity under Ara Parseghian, who recently was named head coach of the Wildcat football team. MedfordITribune mnrs PCC, CBA Title Campaigns Underway This Week End By HAL WOOD Los Angeles (U.R) The wide open Pacific Coast Conference, and the closed-door California Basketball Association races open this week-end as the cage sport finally gets around to tak ing over the spotlight from the drawn-out football campaign. In the PCC, it is anybody's race. UCLA and Washington have been voted the teams "most likely to . succeed," but California and Stanford are sporting the finest records. And Southern California is just start ing to show good form. But in the California Basket ball Association race, the battle is strictly for second place. No one, but no one, expects to beat out University of San Francisco. In fact, even the PCC race looks kind of hopeless, because for the first time in history, the winner must meet directly the CBA champion for the West Coast title in the NCAA play offs. Previously, CBA teams were listed as "at large" clubs. No SRlit This is the first year that the PCC has campaigned as a non- Gene Littler LA Favorite Los Angeles U.R) Defend ing champion Gene Littler was installed as the 4-1 favorite to win his second straight $30,000 Los Angeles Open golf title as a field of 150 of the nation's best teed off today in the first round. While most of the so-called "experts'' thought that Dr. Cary Midlecodff and Mike SouChak should rate star billing, the gamblers put Little at the top. They had Middlecoff and Sou chak at 5-1, PGA champion Doug Ford,' Tommy Bolt and Julius Boros at 8-1; Jerry Bar ber and Billy Maxwell at 10-1, and Johnny Palmer, Bo Winin ger and Dow Finsterwald at 12-1. But off their showing in the pro-amateur event Thursday, some long shots may come sneaking in. Bolt's impressive 65 indicated he might be more dan gerous than the pre-tourney odds anticipated. The veteran Ed (Porky) Oli ver, for instance, fired an even par 71 and looked real hot. dividend organization. In past years, the Northern Division was made up of teams in the loop from Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The four California teams played in the Southern Division. The winners of each division then met for the conference crown. Only one title is at stake this year. The defending champion is the Oregon State Beaver club, but Coach Slats Gill doesn't ap pear to have the talent to repeat. UCLA, Southern Division win ner last year, looks to be coming along after a slow start. The team went to the finals of the Holiday Festival Tourney in New York only to be slaughtered by USF. In Willie Nulls, the Bruins have one of the best basketball players in the country. Stanford is the only unbeaten member of the PCC. The team now has won seven in a row, in cluding double victories over Washington. But Coach Howie Dallmar fears his club lacks the height to go all the way. His tallest man is Carlos Bea, who is only 6 4Vfc a mere midget these days. Height Problem California, after dropping its first game to St. Mary's, has rolled to seven straight wins. But here again lack of height puts limitations on the club. Idaho, with two veteran guard- and a flock of good sopho mores, may develop. Oregon and Washington State are expected to be also-rans. In week-end games Southern California plays two at Califor nia; UCLA entertains Idaho for a pair; Stanford visits Washing ton and Oregon State invades Washington State. Oregon plays Portland University in a non conference tilt Saturday. The unenviable task of stop ping USF goes to Pepperdine College as the CBA opens com petition for the first time as an eight-team league. Santa Clara meets San Jose and Loyola tan gles with Fresno State in Friday games. On Saturday, St. Mary's plays Pepperdine, Loyola tangles with College of Pacific. Riverside; Calif (U.R) T h e Riverside campus of the Uni versity of California is partici pating in an extensive study to find methods of determining ap titudes for speaking and under standing foreign languages. Raiders Play At LaGrande By UNITED PRESS Oregon Collegiate conference 1956 basketball play opens to night with two games scheduled. Portland State, defending champion and winner of last year's district 2 NAIA title, meets Oregon, which finished second last season, opens against Southern Oregon at La Grande. The same teams meet again Saturday. Oregon College of Education meets Seattle Pacific tonight and Saturday at Seattle, and, opens its league play Tuesday by hosting Portland State at Monmouth. - - Eduardo Lausse Fights Savage New York (U.R) Middle weight contenders Eduardo Lausse of Argentina and Milo Savage of Salt Lake City, Utah, will meet tonight in a fight that may be the last at Madison Square Garden for an indefinite period. Not until the "ban-rift" be tween the Boxing Guild of New York and the N.Y. State Athletic Commission is settled can fans expect for sure another fight show at the famous punch em porium. Lausse, the most spectacular middleweight slugger since Rocky Graziano, is favored at 17-5 to beat slam-bang Savage in their TV-radio 10-rounder and register his 32nd straight victory as he opens his campaign for a 1956 shot at the title. Basketball THURSDAY COLLEGE SCORES East St. John's (N.Y.) 79, Providence 59. Colgate 92, Univ. Puerto Rico 69. Pittsburgh 72, Columbia 58. South St. Louis U. HO.Louisiana St. 79. Tulane 72, Georgia 56. Maryland 62, Geo. Wash. 48. Newberry 81, Citadel 56. Senior Bowl Tournament (Championship) Springhill 69. Memphis St. 65. (Consolation) . Clemson 98, Miami 96. ' Midwest Dayton 68, Duquesne 52. West (Modesto Tourney) Stockton College 75, Long Beach City College 51. Seattle 89, Gonzaga 72. Whitworth 81, Central Washington 79 (overtime). DODGERS SIGN NEAL . Brooklyn (U.R) Second baseman Charley Neal has sign ed his 1956 contact with the Brooklyn Dodgers, it was an nounced today. The much-sought-Brooklyn farmhand batted ,274 and hit 15 home runs last season with Montreal in the Interna tional league. noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous dav. The Community's Biggest Marketplace Friday, January 8, 1936 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTIEN FOLLOWING PLENTY OF INTERFER ENCE, Jim Decker appears headed for touch down until he is hauled down from behind after intercepting Michigan .State pass on first play after kickoff. Crowd of more than 100,000 saw Pasadena contest. ... (International) Angling Rules Walton Subject The 1956 Oregon fishing regu lations will be a subject before members of the Jackson county chapter of the Izaak Walton league at a meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 10. Hight's real estate office,. 221 North Central ave., will be the meeting place. An 8 p.m. time has been announced. The angling regulations will be discussed by Cole Rivers, Grants Pass, Oregon Game com mission fish biologist. An Alas kan movie also will be shown. Sports Broadcasters Will Present Plaques New York (U.R) Welter weight champion Carmen Basi lio, pro football great Otto Gra ham and President John Reed Kilpatrick of the New York Rangers Hockey team were vot ed plaques of merit today by the Sports Broadcasters association. President Don Dunphy said they will be honored Feb. 2 at the annual dinner of the radio and television sportscasters in New York. The dinner also will feature presentation of Graham McNamee Memorial awards to Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Manager Walter Alston of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Celtics, Pistons Triumph in NBA By UNITED PRESS The Boston Celtics closed in on first place in the Eastern Division of the National Basket ball Association today but it's still a Fort Wayne runaway in the Western Division. The Celtics moved to within a game and a half of the lead Thursday night when they de feated the New York Knicker bockers, 92-87, while the first place Philadelphia Warriors bowed . to Fort Wayne, 92-81. Fort Wayne's victory put it four full games ahead of second-place Rochester. Walker Says Again He's Through With Football Honolulu U.R) Doak Walk er said today he will "talk" to Southern Methodist university officials who say they want him as their backfield football coach. But Walker, in town for the Hula Bowl game, didn't seem en thusiastic about the offer. He repeated what he had said earl ier: That after the Hula Bowl and later the Pro Bowl game, he is "through with football." Taxpayers Reminded To Secure Sfafemenfs Portland Taxpayers are re minded to secure withholding tax statements from employers before filing income tax returns,. R. C. Granquist of the Portland district has announced. , Granquist said employees should also secure withholding statements from former employ ers if they have changed jobs within the past year. Withhold ing tax statements should be secured prior to Jan. 31. CHURCH GROWTH Berrien Springs, Mich. GJ.PJ Membership in the Seventh Day Ad ventist Church has pass ed the 1,000,000 mark, officials of the church's Emmanuel Mis sionary College here reported. The church was founded 92 years ago at Battle Creek, Mich. ANNOUNCEMENT POSSIBLE Chapel Hill, N.C. (U.R) Uni versity of North Carolina Ath letic Director C. P. Erickson and Jim Tatum were expected to ar rive here today from Miami where they have been dickering about the vacant post of head football coach. It had been re ported a decision on whether Tatum would succeed George Barclay as Tarheel coach would come either -Thursday or today. Mount Singgalang in central Sumatra gets 320 days of rain a year with a mean relative humidity of 93 per cent. LEAPING HIGH IN AIR, Stanford's Barry Brown. (22), is mite closer to ball than teammate Carl Isaacs and Stan Stewart (20), of St. Mary's. Stanford edged out Moraga team 51-50 in 'thriller played at Palo Alto. (Internatimal) Miami, Fla. (U.R) Bobby Us-1 pionship. Following Thursday's sery and Willie Hartack are con ducting an interesting duel for the Tropical Park jockey cham- program Ussery had 39 winners, one more than the 1955 national champion. ACTION! SUSPENSE! THRILLS! watch Championship Bowling Presenting champions of the bowling world in match elimination tournament. PAUL KRUMSKE vs. JOE WELMAN PRESENTED BY Slevens Auto Sales AND YOUR FRIENDLY Southern Oregon Bowling Lanes 5 P.M. to 6 P.M. SATURDAY JANUARY 7 KBES-TV flDUJffi MMHMIE (CODMPS e o e 2 SEMPER O r www ?rtewuofo LEARN 0 WHAT THE H3ARIHE CORPS OFFERS YOU Here Are Some Advantages Good Pay Travel Opportunity for Advancement -Adventure fc Education Benefits 30-Day Vacation With Pay Free Medical-Dental Care Yes, young men, YOUR United States Marine Corps Recruiters are proud to announce the formation of the ... Second VAL-ROGUE LEATHERNECKS Squad The first "Val-Rogue Leathernecks" squad was such a success that we have decided to form still another squad of the same type. This new unit is de signed so you know exactly when you will leave Medford for enlistment in the United States Marine Corps. This second VAL-ROGUE LEATHERNECKS squad will consist entirely of MEN YOU KNOW right here from YOUR home town, and with whom you'll train while undergoing your recruit train ing. The second VAL-ROGUE LEATHERNECKS will leave Medford by air on January 9th, 1956, and will train as a special unit at the Marine Corps Re cruit Depot at San Diego, California, for ten weeks. You may enlist for a pe riod of THREE OR FOUR YEARS. So talk it over with your parents, relatives and friends then drop in to the Marine Corps Recruiting Station, Room 200, Postoffice Building in Medford. DO IT NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE BE A VAL-ROGUE LEATHERNECK! The Marine Corps is es sentially a volunteer outfit, world-famous for its pres tige and traditions. Learn for yourself what it is that makes Marine training so thorough why every Ma rine is proud to be a Marine. Find out before you enlist! You know Marines serve on land, at sea and in the air, but do you know that "Marine Corps schools teach more than 400 trade skills. Before you volunteer for any service, you owe it to your self to find out about the Marines. ,- , MAIL THIS FORM TODAY! I would like to know more about . the United States Marine Corps. NAME ADDRESS IPLCASC PRINT PLAINLY! CITY PHONE SEND TO Marine Corps Recruiting Service, Room 200, Post Office BIdg., Medford. ' This Announcement Published By The Following Public Spirited Medford Firms "SAY IT WITH MUSIC" PURUCKER'S PIAHO HOUSE 111 N. Central BARKER'S MAIN & CENTRAL LAMPORT'S SPORTING GOODS 226 E. Main FELDMAFI E & MUSIC OLSON MART . w. Ill W. Main R.C.A. Victor Norge The Sign of the Main & Bartlett Blue Note FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND Branches ' in " Medford Ashland Central Point - Open 10 to 5 Monday thru Saturday "Let's Build Oregon Together" . 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