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Doug Mills on the University of Oregon freshman track squao was better known as D. C. Mills during his high school" days at Medford. D. C. still holds the Medford high javelin record, 213 feet 11 inches set in official but exhibition performance at a Portland-Southern Oregon track meet in 1952. His heave gained him Ail-American honors. We recall seeing the throw in which the javelin broke but the point remained stuck in the ground. SOPHOMORE RECORD Miko Murray set a new sophomore shot put mark for Medford high last Saturday with his put of 49 feet. The old standard of 47 feet plus was set by Neil Plumley now senior. After tying Jack Moad's 1953 school mark of 57- 812 last week end Plumley now has his sights on the 58- 214 state meet' record set by Duane Marshall. St. Helens, in 1955. CRATER GRID SLATE Coach Leonard Warren some time ago sent this department the 1957 Crater high football schedule. It's been overlooked so far as publication is con cerned. Here it is finally: Sept. 13 Yreka. Calif., at Central Point; Sept. 20 At Eagle Point; Sept. 27 At Red mond; Oct. 4 At Grants Pass; Oct. 11 At Medford; Oct. 18 Illinois Valley at Cave Junc tion; Oct. 25 Ashland at Cen tral Point; Nov. 1 Klamath Falls at Central Point; Nov. 8 Myrtle Creek at Central Point. WEBER TO KF The Mail Tribune sports de partment is losing its Southern Oregon college correspondent of two years with the acceptance by Len Weber of the sports edi torial duties for the Klamath Falls Herald and News at least on a temporary basis. Weber already has his college diploma and is qualified for teaching. He's expected to assume his H and N duties after this week end. Bob McKenzie. student from Prineville, is stepping into Weber's shoes as the athletic news man and correspondent at the college. Clayton Hannon recently re signed as H and N sports editor to become prep writed for the Eugene Register-Guard, where he replaced Don Fair, who is now sports editor of the Salem Capital Journal. MAY BAN JAVELIN The javelin reportedly is on ' its way out as a track event for Roseburg" high athletes. Feeling of the school officials is to eliminate the spear toss next year. A scare recently is the reason. Freshman Butch Backen was hit on the bead and suffered a broken skull. The javelin has been banned from jayvee and freshman meets by the Indians. DIRECTOR SOUGHT Roseburg is seeking "the finest candidate within reach" for the new post of athletic director. Schoolmen at Roseburg are look ing for the best man available and are taking no shortcuts in tracking him down, according to Jim Vance in his News-Review Sideliner. He quotes the obser vation of Mike Deller, school superintendent: "a good winning team sets a good moral tone in the district." The director will be in charge of all interscholas- tic athletics in Roseburg. ALUMNI ASK HAND This writer goes along with Deller's foregoing statement but he finds disturbing the rumblings from over Klamath Falls way where a group of Perkins, McLaughlin Head MHS Baseball Statistics T.arrv Perkins is the tOD bat ter for the Medford high base ball nine after 14 games and Dick McLaughlin has compiled the best pitching record. Perkins has a swatting mark of .341. Second high among the regulars is Dennis King with .268. Steve Shorey and Gordon Owsley have .250 records. McLoughlin has won three games and lost one." From a team standpoint the batting mark is .221 and field ing is a healthy .928. The Black Tornado has a season record to date of five wins, one tie and eight setbacks. Owsley Walks 11 Times In addition to heading the hitting percentagewise, Perkins leads in runs batted in with seven. King and McLoughlin each have driven in six.- Owsley, lead-off batter for the Tornado, is known for his ability to get on base. He's walked 11 times COMPLETE EXHAUST SYSTEM INSPECTED FREE Don't Take a Chance it Could Be FATAL - (See U$ Today!) By DICK JIWETT Mail Tribune Sports Editor the union high school's letter men alumni recently asked to have a hand in the selection of men to fill three head coaching vacancies. This group also presented a petition to the school board signed ap proximately by 1.000 persons. It read: "We the undersigned indi viduals wish to register our disappointment in the physical development, health and ath letic program at Klamath Un ion High school. We feel there exists a definite de-emphasis by the administration, and recommend an immediate ag gressive program to restore our civic pride in Klamath Union. High schooL" H and N writer John Guern sey, in his by-lined story, said that conversation with some of those people attending the session indicated that the "ad ministration" meant the school board members. School Super intendent Arnold Gralapp and Principal Charles Carlson. BOARD STANDS GROUND Board members concurred that they should avail themselves to the help and recommendations of interested groups but that the decision on candidates should remain solely in the hands of the board. They said that K club alumni could be on hand when applicants are screened but that the board would not be bound by any recommendations. Asked at a meeting, "Do you believe that athletics are as im portant as other school func tions?", board members stood their ground with straightfor ward replies. Consensus was that most academic courses should rate over interscholastic that currioular activities should take precedence over extra curricu- lar. They supported well-bal anced physical education pro grams on intramural basis. SYMPATHIZES This department does not pretend to be entirely con versant with the athletic situ ation in Pelican town. Never theless, his current sympathies lean toward the school heads. The feeling is not contradic tory to a desire to see good varsity athletic programs in operation, well-coached teams in action and keen rivalry at the high school level. We want to see continued strong compe tition between Klamath Falls and Medford. However, schools exist pri marily for education not for building strong athletic teams. They - provide formal basic training for livelihoods and living together. Athletic coaches essentially are teach ers. Interscholastic sports defi nitely have their place in the overall picture. Athletes de rive the more direct benefits. But sports also foster school spirit and unity and invigorate school life. CAN GO TOO FAR Civic pride in a school is a fine thing when not carried too far and when the real purpose of school and place" of athletics is not forgotten. It is right and the democratic way for alumni and patrons of a district to main tain keen interest in a school system and to keep the admin istration on its toes. But, after all, a school board as a unit, the superintendents and principals are best quali fied for the duty and responsi bility of picking coaches and oth er faculty members. They should not be subject to unreasonable pressures. Such demands only lower morale and discourage the application for school jobs . in a community. and has stolen five bases to lead in those departments. McLaughlin heads the club in triples with three. He and King each have two doubles. The Black Tornado plays at Klamath .Falls Saturday in an effort to keep the Southern Ore gon . conference running. -A double bill is scheduled with the opener to count in the standings. MEDFORD HIGH BATTING: AB R L. Perkins 41 8 R. Barlow 3 0 D. King 41 7 H Ave. 14 .341 1 .333 11 .268 8 .250 9 .250 2 .222 8 .186 7 .170 4 .167 - 6 .162 S. Shorey , 32 G. Owsley S. Wisely 38 12 9 0 u. Mci-augtiim 43 B. Pond 41 D. Monroe 24 R. Peery 37 D. Barr 7 E. Tyler 9 J. Payne ' 11 T. Laurence 4 G. Ice 1 3 4 1 3 0 .1 1 0 0 1 .142 1 .111 .099 1 - 0- 0 .000 .000 PITCHING: W. L. 3 1 McLaughlin Barr Tyler . Laurence . I 2 1 4 0 1 . Silver AltKens, Travis Vie in Final Of Spring Links Handicap; 2-Ball Partner Tussle Next Al Althens and Dick Travi3 slated to contend Saturday and Sunday in 36-hole finals for the spring handicap golf champion ship of Rogue Valley Country club. Althens entered the finals by defeating Lee Flink 3 and 1. Travis won from Bill Blackledge 5 and 4 in the semi-finals. Blaik- ledge overcame Parker Woods 3 up in the only quarter-final match not previously reported. While the handicap finale is being contested linksmen will be opening play in the annual two - ball partnership tourna ment. Drawing for partners is sched uled for 8 p.m. Friday at the country club with high handi- cappers being paired with low handicappers. There will be a 6:30 p.m. social hour and 7 to 8:30 p.m. dinner. Men planning to attend are asked to make reservations by telephoning the club, SP 2-5965. Matches are to start on Satur day with the first round to be finished by May 12. Club pro Al Williams stated that the entry list at last count totalled 118. Entry is limited to the first 128 who sign up but Hunting and Fishing Southern Oregon By MEL Probably no opening day for many years has seen such beau tiful cooperation between the weather, the water and the fish. All reports show that anyone that could fish at all caught the limit. All the lakes and streams in the area paid off and are still paying. Fish lake produced some ex cellent catches but most of the large fish wised up by - mid morning of the opener and were harder to come by later on. The only sour note from here was the traffic jam at the boat launching. It was easier to catch the fish than to get the boat out of the water. The Applegate and Rogue were in top condition and be sides some good catches of trout, there were a number of steel head taken. Some of these steelies were fresh run but the majority at this time of the year are pretty dark. Some good cutthroat . (up to 21. lbs.) have been netted. Most of these were lured via night crawlers or cluster eggs fishing the deeper holes on both the Applegate and the Rogue. MAY NEED PLANTING v Usually at this time of the year the streams are fairly high and the fish are well scattered. It will be interest ing to see what happens fish wise this year with all waters low and clear. With the fish ing pressure which is already evident, they should be pretty ' well depleted in three or four weeks' unless extensive spot planting is in the pro gram. . BIG SALMON RUN There was a big run of salmon reported at the mouth of the Rogue about a week ago this should put fish in this section any day now. Johnny " Wolf of Gold Beach reported one day of 127 fish netted there. Salmon fishing in the Grants Pass sec tion has thus far been strictly a social engagement take your lunch and visit for the day. DIAMOND INTERESTS All angling eyes are focused on the opening of Diamond lake. If the thru the ice check made by the fish biologists' last winter is any indication, the fishing should closely re semble the Diamond lake they still talk about. WILLOW BEST Willow Creek Reservoir has lived up to advance billing thus far in the season with some of the nicest catches coming from there. This is no doubt one of best of the early season lakes. MORE OF SAME Predictions for the coming week end are for more of the same on all streams and lakes except that the fish will be wiser and therefore the fish ermen will have to be smart er. Lighter leaders and smal ler baits and hooks should still put the smell of frying fish in the old homestead. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day Dollar Days SEE GROCETERIA ADS PAGES 6 and 7 golfers have been asked to reg ister only if they can complete the tourney and are able to play on Saturdays and Sundays. En trants must have established handicaps. First flight of spring handicap semi-final pairings are Bill Kali bak versus Jack Dougherty and Alan Holmes versus Jim Shel don. In quarter-finals Kalibak won from Dr. William Miller by default; Dougherty edged Dr. D. C. Boals 1 up; Holmes beat Roy Smith 5 and 4 and Sheldon bounced Harold Holmes 3 and 2. Play has advanced to the finals stage in the second flight. Waiter Tomlin is to meet Virgil Swanson. Semi-final matches saw Tomlin subdue Harry Bark er 4 and 2 and Swanson defeat Millard Payton 5 and 4. Winner of the Jerry Olson H. E. Nulton match will face Austin Laymance in the third flight finale. Laymance downed Jack Walker 3 and 2 after he had trimmed Paul Mitchell 3 and 2 and Walker had bettered R. M. Anderson by the same count. Olson was a 5 and 4 quarter-final victor over Bud Hau pert while Nulton took Frank Allen by a like margin. REES BEST FLIES Best flies on the Rogue and Applegate (right now are Pea cock Grey, Peacock Brown (tie them 30 inches apart and fish wet) Mosquito, Royal Coachman Bucktail, Silver Coachman and White Miller (fished in evening). BOWLING CRATER LAKE LEAGUE Standings: W. Haupert Tractor .. 26 Team Twelve 26 24 Your Office Boy Medford Post Office Desert Service ..... 24 23 Ellis Market 22 Medford Shrine Club 22 Medford Auto Upholstery 19 Prospect Shopping Center 15 Mechanics Laundry 15 Barco Supply 14 O. K. Mark ket 10 Results: Desert Service Ellis Market 3 W. Beard 460 B. Ellis 370 G. Quinney L. Kula F. Kirk M. Hadley Handicap 427 R. Kline 483 494 R. Hart 432 491 O. Nordstrom 556 S0O H. Ellis 582 IS 2387 2423 Team Twelve 1 ' Haupert Tractor 3 R. Eastgate 333 D. Fosbury 564 D. Allison L. Chriss C. Ericson R. Speer Handicap 519 C. Owsley 471 394 G. Haupert 447 587 L. Heidemann 455 511 H. Newland 453 18 2362 2390 Office Boy W. Meyers F. Conrad T. Groomes (Absentee) R. Sterton 1 Mech. Lndry. 506 K. Shockley 420 R. Travis 424 C. Wieskamp 544 (Absentee) 432 M. Balfour Handicap 2 366 391 542 435 486 144 2364 2326 Post Office R. Adams B. Kline W.- Herman L. Hubler L. Nelson, 4 Auto. Upholst'y. 0 529 R. Farrell 443 448 W. Schroeder 401 441 R. Albright 444 455 B. Kastner 375 499 Absentee 372 Handicap 123 2372 2158 Prospectors 0 Shrine Club 4 W. Fehl 419 O. Hanson 469 D. Moore 462 I. Allen , 402 J. Hollenbeck 419 R. Voegtly ' 377 J. Slack 407 G. Schuler 449 H. Goode 527 R. Rice 525 Handicap 93 2234 2314 Barco Supply 3 O. K. Market K. swan 484 R. Mete R. Schlachter 477 H. Mitchell H. Wyatt 480 J. Niehaus G. Ault 558 Absentee W. Judy 491 R. Anderson Handicap 396 414 409 384 479 240 2490 2322 SENIOR-JUNIOR LEAGUE . Standing!: W. L. Fyr Fyter 28 .11 Rainbow Cafe , 24 15 Cummings Agency 23 16 Chevron 99 22 17 Veterans of Foreign Wars 20 ',4 18 ',4 Hawthorne Market 17',j 21', 4 Medford Paint and Wall. 16,4 22 Va Results: Cummings 3 V.F.W. C (Absentee) 30 (Absentee 300 Bob Corbett 310 Beverly Lenz 243 Li. scceiston tu L. scalbere 127 (Absentee) 300 D. Staniforth 34 Handicap 1 44 Handicap 306 1314 1280 Fyr Fyters 3 Medford Paint 6 Joy Bauman 204 B. Thompkins 303 (Absentee) 300 (Forfeit) Tasha Bulkin 208 (Forfeit) D. Baumar 257 Handicap 284 1351 Hawthorne Mkt. 3 Subs 8 K. Relling 216 Mike Davis 153 Dick Atkins 155 Donna Dell 118 Gary Williams 200 (Absentee) 300 Handicap 216 803 Rainbow Ralph Goode (Forfeit) 0 Chevron 238 (Absentee) n William, 300 267 D. Langston 212 S. Matheus Handicap 233 254 1266 Fishing Fine, Willow, Fish Lake Roads Good Fishing at Willow and Fish lakes and roads into those lakes were reported good today by the management for both re sorts. . , Both the Dead Indian and McAllister Springs routes into Fish lake were said to be in good shape. The Butte Falls road was okeh until yesterday's rain but is thought to be in at least fair condition. The route by way of Butte Falls into Wil low lake was reported good. . Limits are being caught at Fish lake. Anglers were said to be getting "nice" fish although size was running a little small. Softballers To Convene .Definite starting date, actual number of teams participating, the site of games. Those are among the matters which it is hoped will be decided this eve ning at a meeting of the Jackson County Softball association. The session will be at 8:30 p.m. at the YMCA. An early June opening date is projected.' Nine clubs appear to be lined up for the 1957 cam paign. They include 20-30 club Southern Oregon Equipment, Courtesy Chevrolet, M and W Chain Saw, Morse Motors, Par sons Motors, the city fire de partment, the Air Force reserve and a group known as the Log gers. Chris Not Entering The National Guard is another possible entry. It has been re ported that Chris Drugs of Jack sonville, which sponsored the champion last season, wjll not have a club this year. Other groups interested should have representatives at the meeting tonight. They may con- J I & mi ; I v W - BmwA ii 1 1 i Ati it---WIW-s---------BW--i-------ss---------------MM Medford phone numbers now start with prefixes: SPring 2 and SPring 3. So before you make a call, it's a good idea to look up the new number in your new directory. And jot it down, so you have it right in front of you when you dial. Dialing Medford's new numbers is easy. Now you can dial toll-free from Medford to Pfioenix-Talent, Ashland and Gold Hill. That's in addition to Jacksonville, Central Point and White City, which you've been able to dial toll-free. From other points in the Medford area, you have a greater dialing range, too. Thursday, May 2, 1SS7 Rogue Salmon Fishing Improving In Grants Pass, Galice Section Portland U.PJ The week ly fishing report prepared by the Oregon State Game commis sion: Southwest: Lower Umpqua spring chinook angling very good; Tenmile and Eel lakes fair to good for trout; Smith river only fair. Upper Umpqua areas only fair; water conditions excellent; roads fair to good except in sec tion of North Umpqua being re built. South fork of Coos river only fair; Coquille river -fair to north fork low and clear and ' east fork should be good to excellent; Garrison and Floras lakes and Chetco river good; Elk and Win chuck rivers fair. Rogue watershed angling was excellent but many tributaries were too low; salmon fishing im proving in Galice and Grants Pass area. Northwest: North coast stream in good condition but Nehalem river still cold; Tillamook area should be fair to good this weekend; Hebo lake poor; Spring Chinook fishing picking up in Tillamook bay; Detroit reser voir prospects fair with still fishing at mouths of tributaries most effec tive; best prospects for steelhead are in south Santiam: southern Willamette valley water conditions excellent; Wil lamette above Lookout Point reser voir fair and tributaries better; Dex ter. Lookout Point and Dorena reser voirs fair. Central: Odell and Crescent lakes were low; little Deschutes provided some good catches; Deschutes above Bend has been only fair; Cove state fiark on Crooked river provided many imits; Wickiup reservoir fair; Blue lake good and road into it now open; upper Metolius river poor - although some fair catches made in bait area; road into Lake of the Woods poor; Klamath river excellent. Northeast: McKay reservoir pro duced excellent catches of trout; Mc- tact Willard Barnum or Gary Colton for information on the league. It has been suggested that various professional groups iu the community enter teams in the circuit. Don't V. liiMfeirfil and so do Ashland, Gold Hill, acksonville and Phoenix-Talent Now! More toll-free MEDFORD (OREGON) Kay creek also good; Umatilla river good for smaller trout as was north fork of John Day; streamsfin Mor row, Gilliam and Wheeler'counties clear; roads good except higher ele vations;" Grande Konde river in Union county produced some limits; Cather ine creek poor; Lostine and Minan rivers muddy; Wallowa lake fair with evening trolling producing Rainbow limits; ponds in John Day area excel lent for surface lures and flies with bait fishing fair to poor; Magone lake poor. Southeast: Trout fishing has not been too good in most reservoirs and large streams; smaller streams pro dued fair to good results; main road into Owyhee dam still flooded by high water. PILOTS WIN Forest Grove (U.R) Port land made it seven baseball wins in a row Wednesday by down ing Pacific 11-4. . Marv Del planche smacked a three-run homer for the Pilots. D U o Dust Palliative Oil o Road Mix Hughes & Dodd Co. Phone SP 3-4221 forget En To call SPring 3-1080, for example, just dial the prefix S-P-3 . . . then 1-0-8-0. Phoenix-Talent has new numbers, also to go with the new telephone office. Num bers have changed, too, inr'Ashland, Gold Hill and Jacksonville. The pamphlet we've mailed you tells about these changes. dialing from Medford You'll want to refer to the pamphlet we've mailed you to get the full story. To see where and how you can dial toll-free . . . look at the pamphlet, or the map on Page 2 of your new phone book. Pacific Telephone MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Dublin Bans Sunday Funerals by Agreement Dublin, Ireland (U.R) Sun day funerals were banned in Dublin today by a trade union agreement ' The accord between the Dub lin Undertakers Association and the Irish Transport and General Workers Union states there will be no "funeral work" on Sun days and that the "deadline" for the removal of remains to city churches on week days will be 6 p.m. Jiffy Pickup Tops Special Sale Free Installation Medford Auto Upholstery 4th & Central Ph. SP 2-2119 D OH 3 15 Minufe Service MEDFORD MUFFLER CO. Dollar Stamps SECTION ONE 1130 N. Riverside Ph. SP 3-4818 i
