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Fanfare By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sports Editor About all the majority of the trout anglers had to be thankful for as they reminisced about op ening of fishing season Saturday and Sunday at Diamond lake was the good weather. But, again, some of the Nimrods may be sporting sunburns wnich leave them none too joyful. Much speculation has been of fered for the failure of the kanr loops rainbow to bite in the manner fishermen had expected. We are inclined to go along with the theory that the large number of boats on the lake and the resulting disturbance had a lot to do with it. Some ventured that the fish were driven down deep. Whether that happened or whether the fish were just more wary of bait and lure we can't say. But we will guess that an gler's luck will pick up when traffic on the lake is less. TROUT SAID SPAWNING . On idea put forth was that it was spawning season for the big trout and for that reason they were not responding to anglers' bails and lures. WILDEST RUMOR Some wag and probably un happy fisherman no doubt made the comment in jest that became the- wildest rumor. It was being spread around that the game commission personnel had fed the trcut just so they wouldn't bite. That wild report brought vigorous denial from the game men. We heard that one Nimrod was quite put out to see several hundred trout, a mere drop in the bucket in comparison to the lake, being held at the commis sion's Diamond lake egg taking station. SI.Y KEPT SECRET Not all of the fishermen vent limitless. One expert pilh flies got his quota on the vwst shore. Others near him weren't having the same luck. A a d we understand h wouldn't tell what fly was do ag the trick for him. Aaith Throws 19S Iry Smith, Crater High jave- Jjet star, and winner of the mgn Vhool division spear toss in the Oregon AAU meet, didn't record tie east toss of the year with the tect U 193 feet 4V inches at eUnd on Saturday. His best e et the state prep meet more th week ago and it didn't Used BOAT 13' Runabout and Mercury MOTOR CevepJetely Rigged Throttle, ig, windshield. Ready S4AC $50 Down $J4 Month JOHNSTON STORES lit South Riverside even count. It would have taken A-l first place if it had. Smith slipped on his last try with the spear at the state af fair. He was given another toss, but just for kicks. The lance went 196 feet la inch. The throw will be a Crater school record, nevertheless. It was possibly the best throw by an Oregon high school competitor this year with a legal javelin. MANN HAS RECORD Lloyd Conrad Mann, ex Medford high golfer and ex Rogue Valley Country club caddy is co-holder of the course record on the links at Nouas seur Air deport in Morocco where he is an airman second class in an Air Force squadron. Mann has toured the depot course in 71, one under par. Recently he was first in a put ting contest, needing only 11 for nine holes. Connie was RVCC caddy champ back in 1952. CREDIT TO STATE i The following comment is by Jim Vance, Roseburg News Re view sports editor, in his side liner column: ' "Oregon's showing at the (PCC) meet is a credit 'to the state's high school track pro gram. For the past 10-12 years, Oregon has been yearly produc ing one or more high school trackmen who have attained na. tional prominence for perform ance. Others have made average marks in prep togs and gone on to greater achievement in col lege. The University of Oregon has one of the nation's top coach es and it has .paid off. Medford in track and the Coos Bay area in football kept Ore gon on the athletic map in the past few years. They have prov ed that teams built around the state's high school athletes can be competitive. No need to go to Southern California for help every semester. With well-founded prep athle tic programs in most of the state's big communities, the col leges can look to better home grown products. Medford and Coos Bay have carried the load; the rest of the state should begin packing its share." Zeke King Leads NW Batsmen Portland IP) Zeke King of Eugene, clubbing an even .400 on 30 hits in 75 at bats, led the Northwest league hitters in games through Tuesday of May 21, latest league statistics show ed today. King also led in triples with five for the season. Herm Lewis, Yakima's slug ging outfielder, also figured heavily in the statistics. He was tied with teammate Chuck El son for hits, 39, led in doubles, 13, runs batted in, 43, and total bases, 63. Elson led in stolen bases with seven and nad- scored the most runs, 38. Ted Tappe of Wen atchee led in home runs with five, Dennis Peterson of Wen atchee led in sacrifice hits with six. Vince Moreci of Yakima had drawn the most walks, 31, and Mike Coppola of Yakima had fanned the most times, 20. Ken Enright, Yakima, Chuck Lybeck, Wenatchee, and Bert Haysom of Tri-City each had posted five victories to lead the pitchers. Enright boasted a per fect 5-0 mark while Lybeck and Haysom had each dropped one. Lybeck led in innings pitch ed, 53, and in complete games, six. Vern Kindsfather of Salem had the most strikeouts, 40, Pat Gosney of Wenatchee had issued the 'most walks, 50, and Bill Bouley of Lewiston had lost a high of five games. Ed Kelly of Lewiston had allowed the most homers, five. . Wenatchee, with a .299 mark led in team hitting and Yakima at .973 was the top fielding team. RV Softball Girls Play Diamond action at new Rick er field at. the Veterans Admin istration ' domiciliary, Camp White, will have a day-night dqublebill status on Thursday, May 30, Memorial day. Rogue Valley girls' softball team will make its 1957 debut at the stadium at 7:30 p.m. The RV gals will be host to Butte Falls. At 2:30 p.m. Thursday Camp White will be host to the Med ford Cheney Studs in an exhi bition semi-pro baseball game. SPORTS I i Mantle Said Valuable Kansas City, Mo. (IP) Ar nold Johnson, owner of the Kan sas City Athletics, thinks Mickey Mantle is worth a million dollars "but I know I couldn't buy him for that." Johnson was quoted as saying he would give a million for Mick ey, and that the star New York Yankee outfielder would pay the purchase price back in seven years of playing. Ernest Mehl, sports editor of the Kansas City Star, quoted Johnson Monday as saying that Mantle could raise the Athletics to third or fourth place in the American League and would add at least $100,000 to the Athletics' gate each season. Johnson also was quoted as saying that Al Kaline of the De troit Tigers was worth $700,000 and that he offered Spike Briggs, then president of the Tigers, $450,000 for Kaline lasUall. Pair To Try Raft Trip Across Atlantic Bordeaux, France (IP) Two men from Bordeaux said today they will try to drift across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States on a 15-foot-long pine log raft. Rene Lescombe, 35, and Guy Gouttepifre, 28, said they ex pected the trip to take from four to five months. During that time, they will sleep in a small wooden cabin on the raft and eat fish and greens they take from the ocean, they said. Tuesday, May 28, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Camp White's Diamond Skipper Picks Tentative Club for Holiday Fracas SCHUE NAMED Oswego (IP) Warren Schue, 33, a 1946 graduate of the Uni versity of North Dakota, Monday was named head basketball coach at Lake Oswego high school. He replaces Bob Edwards who resigned to take a coach ing position at a junior high school in Sacramento, Calif. Tentative starting crew for the Camp White baseball nine, which hosts Medford Cheney Studs Thursday afternoon,- has been announced by Manager Keith Johnson. The skipper, who says he'll manage from the bench rather than from the field, indicated that he will choose from among Fred Herrmann, Don Sanford and Jim Jones, for the starting pitcher assignment in the 2:30 p.m. Memorial holiday mix. Herrmann is just winding up his schooling at Crater high. Sanford is ex-Jacksonville high and Jones ex-St. Mary's. Dick Wooton or John Niles, both ex-Medford high, may be at first base. Wooton has at tended Modesto Junior college and Niles Southern Oregon. Second baseman may be Richie Price, ex-Southern Ore'gon col- W. Bethea Wins Bout New York (IP) Heavy weight Wayne Bethea, who out lasted Paul Andrews for a split 10-round decision at St. Nicho las Arena, asked today for a 12 or 15round fight with one of the ranking contenders. Stocky Bethea, a rugged New York tomato packer, weighed 201 pounds to 190 V for elon gated Andrews, a West Side stev edore who formerly fought out of Buffalo, N.Y. Their bout was televised. They went into the ring at "even money" in the betting be cause of late support for An drews' knockout punch. Andrews shook up Bethea sev eral times and staggered him in the seventh round, but he could not flatten Wayne, who never was stopped in his 24 fights. An drews tired under Bethea s re lentless, bulling attack. The vot ing was 6-3-1 and 5.4-1 for Bethea and 5-4-1 for Andrews. lege, with Bill Seymour, now finishing up at SOC, at short stop. Ted Landers, all-Oregon Collegiate conference player at SOC and ex-Medford, or Al Kimura, from SOC, could be at third. Dedicate VA Field Ned Landers may be in right field and Dick Nix in center. Both are OCC all-stars from SOC. The other outfielder will be selected from among Charles Rettman, ex-Ashland high, Don W e n d t, ex - Jacksonville, Bob Smith, who has some pro expe rience, and Bob Serak, who was with the Cheney Colts last sea son. The game will be for seven in nings and will follow the dedica tion ceremonies for the new Ricker stadium at the Veterans Administration domiciliary. The park is named for E. K. Ricker, domiciliary manager. It will be the first official use of the new athletic game, show and concert facility. LINEMEN SIGNED Philadelphia (IP) Frank D'Agostino and Sid Yjoungelman, two burly linemen, have signed their 1957 contracts with the Philadelphia Eagles of the Na tional Football League. D'Agos tino, who weighs 244 pounds, al ternates at guard and tackle. Youngelman, 255, is a defensiye tackle and end. I KILL METAL WORKS NEW LOCATION 2287 WEST MAIN at Lozier lane Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work PHONE SP 2-4440 Boy Tearfully Admits Hero Role in Saving Life of Baby in Fall Chicago (IP) A boy, 12, who saved a baby'i life by breaks ing the infant's fall from a sec ond story window, won belated recognition today as a hero. Little Jimmy Thomas had kept mum about his role in the inci dent last .Saturday because he was ashamed that he hadn't caught the falling infant. 1 Doctors at Garfield Park hos pital said the baby would have been killed if Jimmy had not broken his fall. The infant suf fered a skull fracture, they said, but will probably live. Felt Guilty Jimmy tearfully owned up to ms heroism Monday under ques tioning from his father. The boy said he felt guilty because the baby slipped through his arms and had to be taken to a hospital. Tastes so rich... Swallows so smooth ) I dH I fj3 A'PT. 4s QT. ' The Finest Hosts and Hostesses Serve HOU-lruDflJL KENTUCKY BOURBON AT ITS BEST mm mtm ra., uroisviui. kentuckt. distsiboted by: mtionai disthlbb PEOOUCTS CO, KENTUCKY STIUEUT BGUS83X WHISKEY . 86 PROOF Jimmy said he and his broth er, Tommy, 10, were playing in their coaster wagon at the back of their home when a football flew out of a second story win dow. Moments later, they saw Billy Wayne Taylor, 21 months old, crawling out of the window aft er the football. "Go back, little boy, go back," Jimmy screamed. But Billy paid no attention and fell from the ledge. Jimmy ran to the house, held out his arms, clenched his teeth and braced himself as hard as he could. The 35-pound baby hit Jimmy's arms, then slipped through and fell on to the side walk head first. Jimmy weighs only 75 pounds. Jimmy called to his mother, "Mommy, the baby fell out of the window." Mrs. Thomas noti fied the fire department and the police. Jimmy was ignored in the excitement, but watched fear fully in the background. A neighbor who had seen the baby fall later mentioned the incident and asked about the "little boy who saved the baby's life." The word spread around the district, but nobody knew who the little boy was. Jimmy's father, Leonard, also became curious and questioned his son closely about "this little boy." "It was me, Daddy," Jimmy said, and burst out crying. "I caught him but I couldn't hold him." Lake Trout Plentiful Despite Lamprey Chicago (IP) Great Lakes fisherman are still catching plen ty of lake trout, despite the sea lamprey, says Frank Wilkisson, president of the National Fish eries Institute. "Salt water areas provided the bulk of this country's record 5,2 billion pound catch last year," said Wilkisson, but about 77 million pounds of fish were caught commercially in the Great Lakes." Wilkisson, speaking at the in stitute's four-day convention in Chicago, said about eight per cent of the country's food fish are caught in the Great Lakes and Mississippi system. He said the sea lamprey cut in half the number of trout caught last year. He said an "In ternational Great Lakes Fisher ies Committee set up last year by the United States and Canada hopes soon to devise a lamprey control program: Dead lies Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday. 10 aJTt Mondav int Monday; other dayi 5:30 previous day. 1957 COMPAHY' CMS ALL LOW MILEAGE-ALL WITH NEW CAR GUARANTEE! 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