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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1956)
By ALEX KAHN United Press Spotrs Writer Glendale ,aCilf. (U.P.) Down through the years Portland has fielded a team that has proved troublesome to the Pacific Coast League leaders and there's every indication the Eeavers will be just as,jesky this year. Tormviy Holmes moved in from Forth Worth as manager after Clay Hopper took the Hollywood post and the former Boston Braves star says he's going to do his, best to give Portland a first division club. "From all I can see and from what I've heard, the league is going to be stronger this year," said the energetic Holmes as he put his Bevos through their paces at Casey Stengel Field. "But I'm going all-out to try and make this team a first division squad." Loaded With Veterans Portland is loaded with vet erans who could get off to a fast start while Holmes is seeking the help he says he needs, chief ly in the outfield. But it will be a while before he can expect much from Brooklyn which first has to help Montreal and St. Paul before it gets around to MEDFORJfTRIBUNE Clown Wil In Hoop Fuss The Clown matches talent vith the Giant when "Goose" Tatum and his Harlem Magicians play the New York Olympians. O Two games are scheduled in this area. The first is booked for Tuesday night, March 27, at Ashland high school gym. The same clubs clash again the following night at Grants Pass hijjh school gym. For the Magicians, it is the "clowii prince of Basketball," Tatum, who draws down the laughs as he cuts up on the hard boards. The giant is Bill Spivey, who stands seven - foot, one. Spivey leads the Olympians and his ability to "dunk" the ball' into the basket makes him Tatum's closest rival in the point-making department. Great Hook Shot Known the world 'round for his zany court antics, Tatum is, so says the experts, one of the great hook shot players of the game. He makes thero look easy, while he clowns around the floor. Tatum and his old Harlem Globetrotter side kick Marques Haynes organized the Magicians last fall after severing relations with the Trotters. The games here will be the first in which Tatum and Haynes have played in this area, although the Globe trotters have sent other teams into this part of the country. Haynes is billed as "the world's greatest dribbler," which he attempts to prove every game with an exhibition of ball control and dribbling. He is Tatum's number one foil in bas ketball fun. Between them, ' Tatum and Haynes keep up a lively assort ment of gags and stunts. Portland. "Our veterans are all digging in and showing good enthusi asm," Holmes said. "And I'm hopeful we can get the help we need." The pitching staff is headed by Bill Werle, who last year com piled a 17-8 record. He's backed by such other veterans as Red Adams, Bob Alexander, Bob Hall, Royce Lint and Dick Wai bel. The Beavers have acquired Ray Shore from Toronto for re lief duty. And Holmes expects Rene Valdes, formerly with St. Paul, to prove a sleeper. But he needs three or four more hurlers. Best Catching Prospect Back of he plate Holmes has Ron Bottler, Sam Calderone and John Roseboro, a Brooklyn farm hand whom Tommy Holmes thinks could be the best catching prospect in the league. The Beavers have a well bal anced infield that could set the pace for the loop in double plays. It features Ed Mickelson at first, Ed Basinski or Artie Wilson at second, Frank Austin or Jack Littrell at shortstop and Jim Baxes at third. In the outfield, the Beavers can open with major league vet eran Lloyd Merriman, Luis Mar quez and Jim Coranda. Holmes had the latter at Fort Worth and considers him a comer. But unless help comes through in the outfield and on the mound, Holmes' team may bog down. "I'm getting the finest support I've had since I've been in base ball and we'll be a hustling club that should please the Portland fans," Holmes concluded. Good Fishing for Trout Provided In Farm Ponds Throughout1 State Oregon State College, Corval- lis Want to go trout fishing every day of the week? Well, perhaps that's carrying a good thing a little too far. But a lot of farmers and outdoors men in Oregon are going trout fishing just about as often as they want in farm and other pri vate ponds around the state. They're catching good fish, too. For instance, Orville Cuts forth has a trout pond on his ranch in Morrow county. In May of 1954 he planted about 200 five-inch, trout in his two-thirds acre pond. That fall, he was pull ing out rainbow trout IIV2 to I2V2 inches long. The next spring, when the pond was seined to see how trout had done over the winter, rain bows were 14 inches long and weighed up to 17 ounces. These fish were fat, thick, and deep bodied. Their small heads indi cated rapid growth. And Andy Landforce, Oregon State college wildlife specialist, says good ponds anywhere in Oregon can grow fish like this if the pond is properly managed. Fish Not Interested Only trouble with Cutsforth's pond was that he didn't plant enough fish. While he was catch ing large trout, the nibbles on his hook were few and far be tween and he wasn't having as much fishing fun as he wanted. Checking on the problem, Land force found there was so much natural food available that the trout usually weren't interested in striking at an artificial lure. So it was suggested that Cuts forth plant twice as many rain bow trout the next time he stocks his pond. . Each pond has the room and food to support just so many fish, Landforce pointed out. And planting enough fish to fill the pond keeps the fish hungry enough to bite at a line. Of course, trout in a fully- stocked pond won't grow as fast as the ones in Cutsforth's pond. But there should be a lot more fun for the man on the other end of the line, and the fishing will last much longer. For details on a trout pond oi your own, stop in and visit your local county agent or Oregon state game commission represen tative. They can help you design and maintain a successful trout pond you'll be proud of, Land- force says. Pressure Isn't Bothering Dons San Francisco i(U.R) The pressure of carrying a 53-game winning streak isn't bothering the University of San Francisco Don cagers in the least, Coach Phil Woolpert said today. "We have no more pressure apparent now than we did at this time last year," said Wool- pert. "We were being pointed for then and we are being point ed for now. "But this year we are the champions and it is up to them to knock us off. Woolpert said that his team would get one final working in today before leaving for Evan- ston, 111., where the Dons will tangle with Southern Methodist in the semi-finals of the NCAA championships at Northwestern university. LIONS OFFER S14.000 Toronto (U.R) Quarterback Tom Dublinski of the Toronto Argonauts has been offered $14, 000 to quit the club and rejoin the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. Lions' Presi dent Edwin L. Anderson said the club would have won at least half their 12 games last season if Dublinski had played. The Lions had a 3-9 record. Ipsa Seagram's No matter how you prefer it... West Keeps Pro-Am GoSf Leadership Harold West of Laurelwood, Eugene, headed the profession als and Al Erickson of Eugene and Ed Hall of Medford were the amateur leaders after the first two days of a three-day, three-course southern Oregon pro-amateur golf tourney. West had a 145 gross and Erickson and Hall 154s. Play opened at Laurelwood course Sunday and the second day of play was a Roseburg Country club on Monday. Final 18 of the 54 holes was being contested today at Rogue Valley Country club. Eddie Oldfield of Roseburg was second among the pros with 147. Ron Caperna of Astoria had a 150 for two days and Wendell Wood of Eugene and Al Williams of Medford 151s. Among the amateurs Bob Mc Keown of Riverside, Portland, recorded a 155. Marvin Clark of Grants Pass had 156: Wen dell Wissler of Medford 160 and Clayton Lewis of Medford 162. Oldfield, Bunny Mason of Sa lem and Glen Spivey of Rose City, Portland, had 74s yester day and Caperna a 75. West, Wood and Williams fired 77s. McKeown among the amateurs had a 77 as did Erickson and Hall. Wissler tabulated a 78. Pro-Am. prize for Roseburg went to Caperna and Buck Pierce of Riverside with 69. O YOU'RE it's American whiskey at its finest! The real test of a whiskey is in your glass, where flavor and flavor alone counts. One brand, Seagram's 7 ckown, has passed and surpassed this test above all other whiskies. That is why, year after year, 7 Crown re peats its record as the world's largest selling whiskey by millions of bottles. Say Seagrams and be Sure Of an average class of 200 entering the U. S. Coast Guard academy here, only about 100 continue to be graduated at the conclusion of a rigorous four years of training. FIGHTS Tuesday, March 20, 195S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEIT Kpw York Tfin7i TCocero. 164. Brooklyn, outpointed Said Khel- fa, 169 V2, Algeria, 10. New Orleans Charley Jo seph, 159. New Orleans, out pointed George Johnson, 159, Trenton, N.J. asebail EXHIBITION RESULTS Brooklyn (N) 13. Detroit (A) 10 Baltimore (A) 8. New York (N) 6 Cincinnati IN) 5. Pittsburgh (N) 2 Philadelphia (N) 4. St. Louis (N) 3 Chicago (N) 9, Cleveland (A) 5 St. L. (N) 'B" 6, Cinci. (N) "B" 2 New York lA) 11. Milwaukee (Nl 1 New York (A) "B" 8. Milw. (N) "B" 5 Washington (A) 8. Boston (A) 6 Chicago (A) 14, Kansas City (A) 13 INTERNATIONAL TENNIS Alexandria, Egypt (U.R) Bob Perry of Los Angeles beat Robert Becker of Great Britain and Fred Kovaleski of Washington, D.C., downed Orlando Sirola of Italy Monday to advance to the quarterfinals of Alexandria's In ternational Tennis Tournament. Perry defeated Becker, 7-5, 6-1, and Kovaleski downed Sirola, 6-3, 6-3. WOMAN BULLFIGHTER Mexico City (U.R) Torera Bette Ford, a former model in New York, said today she plans to fight in Portugal and France next year in the first invasion of Europe by a U.S. woman bull rfighter. The 24-year-old Bette, a native of McKeesport, Pa., has three fights scheduled for next month in Mexico. SPRING SPORTS START Corvallis (U.R) Spring sports at Oregon State get under way this week. Coach Ralph Coleman's baseball team travels to the Inland Empire for a twin Filing Deadline for Vets' Tax Exemptions Is April 1 The deadline for disabled war veterans and widows of war vet erans to apply for property tax exemption allowed by state lav? is April 1, Charles Holbrook, county veterans service officer, reminded residents today. The exemption is S7,500 true cash value of. the homestead or personal property, instead of the previous SI, 500 assessed valua tion. Persons entitled must apply to the county assessor prior to the deadline to receive exemption. The exemption is available to the following: Certified Statement 1. War veterans with a 40 psr cent disability or more, as certi fied either by the veterans ad ministration or by a branch of the armed forces. The statement should be obtained from the Portland regional office of the veterans administration, or from the branch of service from which the veteran was retired. 2. Any honorably discharged veteran of the Mexican, Civil, Indian or Spanish-American wars or Philippine Insurrection or Boxer Rebellion, regardless of disability. 3. Any honorably discharged veteran with a disability which cannot be certified by the vet erans administration or the bill with Idaho at Lewiston on Friday and another doublehead er against Washington State at the same location on Saturday. The Beaver tennis team travels to California, meeting Nevada, Sacramento State, College of Pa cific and Chico State. armed forces. If the county health officer and one other li censed physician certify the dis ability of 40 per cent or more, the veteran may receive the property tax exemption provid ed he has not received more than $2,500 total gross income during the past calendar year. Pensioned Widows Holbrook added that ' pen tioned widows of Civil war or Spanish-American war veterans, who actually reside in their homestead and have not re married are entitled to an addi tional exemption of $500 of assessed value of the homestead. Korean Conflict veterans hav ing 40 per cent or more dis abilities are also entiitled, as are widows of deceased Korean Con flict veterans who have not re married. Veterans whose disabilities are certified by the veterans ad ministration should obtain a statement each year from the re gional offices of the veterans administration to submit to the county assessor, Holbrook said. This is to certify existence of the disability. Additional information may be obtained from ' Holbrook at his office in the county court house. Articles Filed for Kogap Veneer Company Articles of incorporation for Kogap Veneer company of Med ford were- filed recently in Salem. The veneer plant, which will employ about 25 persons and produce approximately 18 mil lion feet of veneer per year, is now under construction adjacent to the present Kogap Lumber industries on South Pacific highway, according to office of the new firm. ' Signing the articles were Jer ry S. Lausmann, A. A. Laus mann and S. V. McQueen. PERMIT ISSUED Washington (U.R) The Fed eral Power Commission yester day issued a perliminary permit to Pacific Power and Light Co., Portland, Ore., for a proposed hydro-electric project in Ska mania county, Washington. WRESTLING CARD GRANTS PASS ARENA WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAR. 21 MAIN EVENT Best 23 Falls or 1 Hour Limit LEAPIN' LARRY CHENE, 201 ' Detroit vs KURT VON POPPENHEIM, 206 The Proud Prussian Another Great "Natural" for the ' Grants Pass Area Fans SEMI-FINAL Best 23 Falls or 1 Hour Limit RITO ROMERO, 200 Mexico City VI. i IRISH JACK O'REILLY, 20S The Arrogant Aussie Romero Gets Some Real Tough Opposition Here Seagram-Distillers Company, New York City. 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