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.
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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-
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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
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