Medford mail tribune., July 25, 1957, Image 13

Hunting and Fishing
Southern
By MEL
Hunting and Fishing in the
three Pacific coast states has
been so fabulous in former
years that it is extremely diffi
cult for Mr. Average Sportsman
to realize that this great heri
tage of the west is slowly be
coming a thing of the past.
No doubt there will be some
who will say that this is just a
cry of "wolf" but we only have
to look around us in order to see
how far we have slipped in the
last few years. I vividly recall
hearing sportsmen back In the
early thirties bemoaning the de
cline in fishing and hunting and
now we look back to those days
as "the good times" and wish
we had them back.
While I am a native Oregon
ian, I have spent considerable
time fishing and hunting in both
Washington and California. Re
cently I did a little investigating
concerning some streams and
lakes in California which were
excellent fishing only eight
years ago. Most of the natives
just laughed when I asked
about such former hot-spots as
Convict creek. Twin lakes.
Grant lake. Walker lake, and
the upper reaches of the Kings
river.
Standing Room Only
The reasons? Great influx
of population and short work
weeks along with fin high
ways to all these places puts
tb.ra In a itanding-room basis
very week end. In spite of
i extensive planting pro
gram by the California fish
and gam commission and
pressure is too great and it
dans com to th plac whin
as) on man put it. "They
jest follow th plant trucks
(around now."
In the northern portion of the
(Mate this pressure isn't quite so
treat but here too it is being
oit. Shasta lake bids fair to be
flpning one of the greatest bass
3nkw in the country and of
trur; this will help for many
ef our new citizens who have
sm from the middle and
ataithern states would rather
fcate a bass than a trout
(J&rfcia Planning Needed
The thought behind this re
port is that we sportsmen of
Oregon have taken our fishing
and hunting for granted for so
long that we are in danger of
losing it before we realize it.
Most of the natives can still get
their limits of trout and steel
head and therefore do not real
ize that the overall picture isn't
gd.
O'Connor Says PCL
On Day SF, LA Go
By HAL WOOD
San Francisco HFI The Pa
cific Coast league, as "such, will
be dead the day San Francisco
and LOs Angeles go into the Na
tional league, President Leslie
O'Connor said today.
"I'm very dubious about the
future of this league if we lose
those two cities," said O'Connor,
"because that means we will be
losing five teams San Francis
co, Sacramento (only 100 miles
away), Los Angeles, Hollywood
and San Diego (120 miles away)."
O'Connor, former assistant to
the late K. M. Landis, first czar
of baseball, said he could see no
salvation for the circuit with the
two big cities lost.
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A few sportsmen have been
alarmed by the decline of game
and have taken steps to do
something about it but find
that there is a woeful lacking
of support by the average fisher
man.
Wo do not have the popula
tion problem of California but
we still have a tremendous in
crease in fishing pressure for
the number of good fishing
spots we have. I feel that it is
high time (and plenty late) that
sportsmen both individual and
organizations do some serious
planning. With proper cooperar
tive action between the sports
men and the game departments
of the state we may still avert
or at least delay the day when
our hunting and fishing is on a
private basis only.
Fishing Conditions
Last minute phone reports for
fishing indicate:
Diamond lake R e p o r t e d
good with successful fly fishing,
trolling a golden demon.
Chile o Johnny Hewitt of
Hewitt's anchorage says that
salmon fishing is slowly picking
up. Perch fishing is fair in the
mouth of the river. Bottom fish
ing is fair for ling cod and snap
pers trolling yellow feather jigs
and herring.
Fish lak The lodge here
says that the fishing is good
Checking 100 fishermen, all
were found with good catches
and several 16 and 17 inchers.
Four-mil lake Sketchy re
ports from this lake but seems
to be good.
Klamath lake Bob Sloan re
porting from Herriman's resort
lists the following anglers who
have hit the four-pound or bet
ter class this past week: Byron
Call, Oceanside, Calif., 6, 4, 9
pounds; Chuck Pratt, Eugene,
63i; Sam McKenzie, Eugene,
4Vi and Jim Bailey, Hood
River, 5; Russell Gum, Modes
to, Calif., 5V4; Tommy McClure,
Klamath Falls, 6V4; Leo Han
Ion, Van Nuys, Calif., 9 V. Most
of the fish are hitting Andy
Reekers, flatfish and triple
teezers.
Gold Beach All the salmon
anglers will be glad to know
that fishing in the mouth of the
Rogue is picking up day by day,
according to Johnny Wolf oi
Johnnies Tackle shop in Gold
Beach. This fishing was slow
getting started but now that it
is in motion Johnny says that it
should get better and better.
Best results are from boats. Not
too many are being taken from
the banks.
Will Be Dead
Into National
"But the PCL club owners
haven't taken any action on the
future." he said. "We are going
to wait and see what happens."
Variety of Rumors
O'Connor wouldn't comment
on the variety of rumors made in
the newspaper about possible re
alignment. One story had Port
and and Seattle joining with
teams from the Texas league and
the American association in a
general realignment.
"We haven't talked about any
such possibility," said O'Connor.
"I haven't any idea on whether
it would be economically pos
sible. But the idea sounds a little
more logical than one I read
about.
"It was proposed that we re
place the Los Angeles and San
Francisco teams by putting two
clubs in Japan!"
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FLORIST CATCHER SATURDAY Bev Wadsworth, above,
an All-American catcher is one of numerous standout play
ers who'll be playing for the Erv Lind Florists of Portland
Saturday night when they meet the Rogue Valley Dairy
Maids at the Veterans Administration Domiciliary Memorial
field. Camp White. The game will be at 7:30 p.m. and the
Maids will face Orland, Calif., in the second game of a
doubleheader. Bev is said to be the sparkplug of the Florists.
Her ability to call pitches and direct play on the field has
been a great asset to the team. She has a fine throwing arm
which is evidenced by her excellent record in nipping run
ners on bases. Bev bats in the clean-up spot which testifies
to her hitting prowess. The Florists vie in the Women's
Northwest Major Softball league and are currently on a "trip
taking them to Eureka, Calif., then back to Eugene. The
Maids play in the Jackson County association against men's
teams and are popular with fans at Camp White. One of the
Florist pitchers is Pearl Pinion who has a number of no
hitters on record in four years of major league ball. Another
player is Margaret Dobson, third baseman, five times All
American. She has one of the best throwing arms in girls'
Softball and at one time played on the Portland State college
men's baseball team.
Drain Whacks Studs;
Outlaws Here Sunday
Drain Black Sox bounced the
Medford Studs 10 to 2 at Drain
last night to even the summer
baseball action between the two
semi pro clubs at two wins each.
The teams meet here on Aug.
14 for the final time this season.
Medford turns its attention
back to the Rogue Valley league
for Sunday when it entertains
Cave Junction in the key con
test of the regular schedule. A
verdict for the Outlaws in the
afternoon affair will put them
strong in the running and just a
game back of Medford. The
Studs will be out to maintain
their unbeaten lead, stretching
it to three games and assuring
of at least a tie in the final stand
ings. Theres strong "tjeat mca-
ford" talk in Cave Junction and
the Outlaws figure to be gunning
for a mighty upset.
Juggled Line-up
The Studs were a bit crippled
for their trip to Drain but ap
parently will be back a full
strength for last year's loop win
ners.
Catcher Frank Roelandt .sat
out last night because of tne
finger injury suffered last Sun
day against Glendale. Eldon
Francis did not play because of
a hand ailment from work. That
meant a bit of revamping for the
Studs. Red Owings moved in
from shortstop- to catcher, Frank
Rector from third base to short,
DOUBLE NO-HITTER PITCHED
IN INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE
Central Point, spurred by the
stellar twirling of Bill Anhorn,
nipped Talent 1 to 0 last night
in double no-hitter intermediate
league baseball game at Memor
ial field, Camp White, last night.
The outcome bolstered the
Pointer hold on second place.
Medford continued unbeaten in
the circuit by trouncing Ashland
17 to 3 yesterday afternoon.
Anhorn, despite a second in
ning beaning which led to the
only run of the game, struck
out Talent batters IS times and
walked just on man. Bob Jacobs
of Talent, who like the Pointer
Fans of Dodgers
Asked To Wait
Until August 5
New York HB Brooklyn
Dodger fans, and would-be Los
Angeles Dodger fans, both were
advised by a New York city of
ficial today to "wait until Au
gust 5th" for the next word on
whether the team is leaving
Brooklyn.
On or about that date, the of
ficial said, the report of the
committee investigating whether
a new Dodgers stadium can be
built in Brooklyn will be sub
mitted to the city's ruling body,
the board of estimate.
Despite persistent whispers
that the report will turn thumbs
down on the stadium, the Dodg- j
ers have promised Mayor Robert j
F. Wagner to make no decision j
until the report has been com- j
plted. i
The Dodgers policy of silence
was apparently broken Wednes
day with club Vice President
E. J. Buzzy Bavasi quoted in
Jacksonville. Fla., as saying that
the team definitely will go to
Los Angeles because "we can't
get land for a new stadium."
Jerry Droscher from fight field
to third. Jerry Bartow took the
outfield spot.
Errors, six of them, were most
damaging to the Medford nine.
The Sox got able eight-hit, 12
strikeout one - walk pitching
from Jack Henkel and Ray
Stratton, Pat Wohlers, Jerry
Gregg and Norv Ritchey each
got two hits for Drain.
Duane Sides chucked 10-hit
ball for Medford. He whiffed
five and walked five, one in
tentionally. Scores In Seventh
The intentional walk was giv
en to slugger Ron Bowen in the
fifth inning after an error and
Stratton's double put two men
on base with no outs. Pat Woh
lers followed with a single to
score two runs and a third mark
er came on an error.
Medford picked up its mark
ers in the seventh inning on two
walks, a wild pitch, Rector's
single and an attempted pick-off
at third base which went for an
error.
John Kovenz with two for
four, including a double, was
the only Medfordite with more
than one hit. Bartow tripled.
Gregg got a three-baser for
Drain.
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tosser, permitted no hits, fanned
two batters, walked one and hit
one.
Overthrow on See.nd
The CP chucker was saved
from injury by his helmet when
struck by the pitch. However
he rested and his cousin, John
Anhorn, was sent in as a cour
tesy runner. Tom White bunted
and second base was overthrown
on the play, allowing the ad
vance runner to come all the
way home.
Fourteen of the CP putouts
came directly from the strike
outs. A dropped third strike ne
cessitated a throw to first base
for the other.
Bud Lowery threw a four
hitter, whiffed four and walked
one in the Medford victory. Dick
Ragsdale hit a homer with two
on in the fifth inning and Ken
Durkee socked a solo round
tripper in the second.
In Medford's eight-run first
inning there were a double by
Burkee, singles by Doug Kin
ney and Lowery, four walks,
two errors and a passed ball.
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Ashland 012 00 3 4 3
Lowery and Berry; Wilson and
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Jacobs and Davis; B. Anhorn and
Dennis Pfaff.
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Line Up Shop
TEMPORARILY
CLOSED
Due To Illness
3
Pro Golfers
For Ryder
Baltimore IW A six-man
battle for the last two or three
remaining berths on the U.S.
Ryder Cup team drew as much
attention as , the struggle for
first place in the Eastern Open
golf tournament which started
Maids Meet
Dunsmuir;
M-W Victor
M and W Chain Saw was re
stored to lone grip on third
place in the Jackson County
Softball association with a 1 to
0 edge over National Guard
last night.
Two softball games, one an
association encounter, are billed
for this evening at Memorial
field. Camp White. Courtesy
Chevrolet and 20-30 club are
foes in the loop at 7 p.m. In the
second game a special attraction
puts the Rogue Valley Dairy
Maids against the women's team
from Dunsmuir, Calif.
Run In First
The Dairy Maids are utilizing
the Dunsmuir tussle and ones
with Orland, Calif., Saturday
and Sunday and with the Erv
Lind Florist of Portland Satur
day to tune for the Oregon State
women's tournament.
The lone run in the fracas
last night came in the first in
ning. Owen Bristlin singled.
Charles Garner was safe on a
bunt hit. Dick Meister also bunt
ed and was safe on a fielder's
option, loading the bags. Willie
Barnum then flied out to left
field. Bristlin raced home after
the catch.
Chuck Holcomb tossed three
hit ball for Chain Saw and
struck out nine batters. Don
Vessey, pitching for National
Guard, held M and W to five
safeties.
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Red Grange
Praises Pro
Grid System
By TOM NELSON
Washington (Ifl Harold
(Red) Grange, one of football's
all-time greats, praised the cur
rent set-up in professional foot
ball today as "the best system
that's been worked out yet."
Grange and four other grid
iron giants were called by a
House anti-trust subcommittee to
testify on workings of the Na
tional Football League.
Two present-day players
Chuck Bednarik of the Phila
delphia Eagles and Jack Jenn
ings of the Chicago Cardinals
were to testify first. Then the
subcommittee planned to hear
from Grange, ex-Chicago Bears
quarterback Sid Luckman and
former Bear lineman George
Conner.
Grange told reporters he finds
nothing to criticize about the op
erations of the NFL nowadays.
He said the players, as a whole,
get a better salary deal than in
his day.
No Complaint Heard
Grange was asked what he
thought about football's reserve
clause. A player signs a one-
year contract with a team which
then has an option to sign him
up a second year.
"In all my years in profes
sional football I've never heard
a player complain about it,"
Grange said.
The subcommittee is studying
bills which would ease the ef
fects of a Supreme Court deci
sion last Feb. 25 placing pro
football under the anti-trust
laws.
Wednesday, NFL Commis
sioner Bert Bell gave figures
which showed that of the 12
NFL teams only the Chicago
Cardinals have suffered an over
all net loss over the past five
seasons. The Cards dropped
$798,524.
The NFL s richest team was
the Detroit Lions who had a net
profit after taxes of 5622,055
from 1952 through 1956.
Nebraska's famous Sand Hills
cover about 35,000 square miles.
They are not sand dunes but
are mostly covered with grass,
with the valley's producing lux
urious hay.
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Thursday, July 25, 1957
Battle
Cup Spots
today at the Mt. Pleasant course.
A field of 161, including 11
of the top 12 money winners on
the pro tourney trail, was sched
uled to tee off in the first round
of the 72-hole tournament.
The Eastern Open is the last
competition which counts in the
point scoring for the 10 places
on the Ryder Cup team that
meets Britain's pro team in Eng
land this fall.
Hebert Earns Berth
Lionel Hebert, winner of the
PGA championship last Sunday,
automatically earned a team
berth by that victory, and about
six more pros are too far ahead
in the point standings to be
caught, leaving about the last
three spots still up for grabs.
Fairly sure of making the
team are Doug Ford with 827
points, Cary Middlecoff, 558, Ed
Furgol 531, Ted Kroll 512, and
Jack Burke 470. After them
come Jimmy Demaret 452, Dick
Mayer 446, Tommy Bolt 388,
Dow Finsterwald 377, Art Wall
353, Fred Hawkins 336, Mike
Fetchick 329, Sam Snead 327,
and Jay Hebert 326.
Observers believe that the
struggle for the last places lies
among Wall, Fetchick, Jay He
bert, Hawkins, Finsterwald and
Bolt. Snead has not entered here,
wiping out his chances of mak
ing the team.
Ed Machen
Bout Victor;
Bob To Quit
Chicago (IP! Bob Baker,
a retired prize fighter, today
gave an analysis of the No. 2
heavyweight, Eddie Machen.
"He's got to learn to body
punch," Baker said. "If he
don't, a lot of guys are going to
beat him. They'll slip those
punches of his at the head and
get inside and somebody'll
finish him."
Baker retired today, after he
took a 10-round whipping from
Machen for the latter's 22nd
consecutive victory, preserving
his unbeaten record.
Got Whipping
"I've always said that when I
got a good whipping, I'd quit,
Baker said. "I got a good whip
ping and I'm quitting. I might
fight a ham and egger for a
good purse, but I'm not going to
fight any good boys anymore
Baker, weighing 214 to 196
for Machen, never threatened
in the bout. It was Baker's 11th
loss in 59 pro fights covering 11
years.
Hen Pheasant
Mowing Losses
High This Year
Portland Game Biologist
Cece Langdon at Ontario in the
heart of Oregon's better pheas
ant hunting area reports that
mowing losses of hen pheasants
this year has been the highest
recorded for many years.
Figures show that on 1,270
acres checked some 273 pheas
ant hens were killed and 462
nests destroyed. This amounts to
about 21 birds per'100 acres, an
extremely high mowing loss. The
number of nests destroyed is
also one of the highest ever
tallied.
Langdon reports that mowing
was about a week earlier this
year than last, due to the heavy
growth of cheat grass, which
probably accounts for the heav
ier loss.
The only bright spot . to the
heavy loss of hen pheasants is ,
that more broods of yung birds
were observed this year on fewer
acres sampled. If the brood
trend continues, a good crop of
birds will be available for the
fall shoot despite the heavy mow
ing loss.
Hunters can do a good turn
in preventing these yearly losses
by encouraging landowners on
whose property they hunt to
use the modern flushing bars
especially developed for the
high speed mowing machinery
in use today. In areas of use, the
flushing bars have almost elim
inated hen pheasant losses. It
will not reduce the nest losses
to any extent, but a hen pheasant
saved by the flushing bar and
whose nest is broken up will re-!
nest at a new location.
Plans for the flushing bar can
be obtained from the game com
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MEDFORD (OREGON)
Hunter's Choice Protested;
Dove Controversy Intense
Oregon Sportsmen club of
Jackson County has protested
against a hunter's choice deer
season in the state this year
and, on the controversial issue
of whether dove hunting should
be open in Jackson county, it has
recommended to the 'Oregon
state game commission that
dove and pheasant seasons be
held concurrently. President Bill
Pelser has reported.
He said that a petition on
the either sex deer hunting mat
ter, with 3,000 signatures, and
a resolution on dove hunting
from the Jackson county club
were put before the commission
for its July 12 meeting. Dave
DeArmond, Medford, has been
named to go before the com
mission at its Friday, July 26,
session and reiterate the stand
of the club. Final hunting regu
lations are to be set on Friday.
While the game commission
in its tentative plans has set up
three days of hunter's choice
this season, compared to nine
days in some localities last year,
the Oregon Sportsmen club is
protesting against either sex sea
son at all on the grounds that
should there be a heavy storm
and a resulting heavy migration,
the kill will still be too heavy.
Challenge
On Ha
rdtop
Race Slate
The Challenge Race between
Elmer Sisemore and Wayne
Lemley, issued by Sisemore,
will be the extra attraction Sat
urday night in the hardtop auto
racing program at Valley View
speedway.
It will be a 10-lap event. Lem
ley has been setting the pace
in the point standings and has
beaten Crock Hunter and Ray
Asher in challenges. Sisemore
was the winner of the recent
main event and has the fastest
speed in this season's time trials.
Regular racing program will
include the main and semi-main,
trophy dashes and heat races.
Time trials are set for 7 p.m.
with first race at 8 p.m.
Auto Thrill
Show Billed
A two-in-one auto show will
be provided next Tuesday eve
ning, July 30, at Valley View
track.
The Joie Chitwood auto thrill
show is on the docket for that
night and a stock car racing
competition will follow.
Harry Woolman, veteran dare
devil stuntman operates the
Chitwood west coast show and
has worked out some . very
rugged stunts for both driver
and car.
Other drivers include Art
Noble and Bobby Hanna. Lucky
Beaucheyne does the motorcycle
tricks. ,
The show will include jumps.
dives, smashes and precision
driving.
Double Header!
HARD TOP RACES
And JOIE CHITWOOD SHOW
Movie Stunt
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Tuesday, July 30 7:30 p.m.
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MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN
The game commission projects
hunter s choice shooting Oct. 19-
21 for holders of unused tags.
The Sportsmen club previous
ly has proposed a one-year mora
torium on the killing of doe deer
and cow elk while a study is
made on control of herds. Advo
cation of the one-year halt wai
one of the reasons for organiz
ing the club. They maintained
that there is no need for the
'slaughter."
On the dove issue the club
has taken a "moderate" stand.
The game commission tentative
ly has set the dove season for
Sept. 1-22 in the state but with
no hunting to be permitted in
Jackson county. This plan to
keep Jackson county closed
while dove hunting is allowed
in the rest of the state, up for
final decision at the final game
hearing in Portland Friday, is
based on farmer complaints of
trespass and damage and on
charges that pheasants are being
killed out of season by dove
hunters.
Dove Hunters Protest
Nimrods of the county who
like to hunt doves are vigorous
ly protesting closure of the sea
son here. They have had peti
tions out for signatures and for
presentation to the commission.
These hunters maintain that
there is good hunting away from
crop land. They minimize dam
age in the overall picture .with
the contention that such a prob
lem is no worse here than in
other counties and they feel that
dove closures in this county is
discrimination."
Doves appear plentiful in the
county and those who like that
particular sport take the stand
that no game management mat
ter is involved and that trespass
is a law enforcement problem.
Crops Still Out
Backers of closure, which in
clude at least two Granges and
a good number of hunters, point
to specialty crops in the county
which are not in other areas
of ( the state and to the killing
of pheasants ahead of season.
A number of varieties of pears
are still to be harvested in Sep
tember as are some seed crops.
There seems to be good evi
dence that pheasants are killed
out of season (which may be
Oct. 26-Nov. 11 this year) and
that such killing is more criti
cal in the separate dove season.
Some hunters also bring out
that pheasants are flushed from
their habitat in dove season mak
ing them scattered and harder to
find later on.
Other sources indicate the
following opinions: That if dove
season is placed later in this
county there are not so many
doves since birds are migratory
and having the season later
hampers the continuity of sea
sons; that zoning to permit hunt
ing in some area of the county
and not in others is difficult to
enforce; that farmer complaints
seem more intense from this
county than in others and that
the controversy rages stronger
here; that there are "oodles of
doves"; that dove hunters feel
closure will make appear to be
"thugs.
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