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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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:
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