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TTrT MEDFORD (OREGON) Raiders Nudge Owls En Four Overtimes; Take Lone OCC Lead Ashland Dave D'Olivo pumped in seven points in the last extra session here last night as Southern Oregon col lege nosed out the Oregon Tech basketball quintet 65 to 63 in an overtime thriller. Victory in the contest, that went to four extra periods, gave the Red Raiders of the Rogue unshared leadership of the Oregon Collegiate con ference. They are unblemish ed in five league scuffles aft er handing the Owls their first setback in five engage ments. Southern Oregon's front runner position will be chal lenged here on Friday and Saturday when the Raiders entertain Portland State college. PSC has 'dropped it only two loop frays. The Raiders had to fight from an early second half def icit of 10 or 12 points to knot the fracas at the end of the regular playing time at 50 all. After one overtime the count was 54-each. There was no score in the second extra and after the third it was 56 apiece. D'Olivo Counten John Rhine led off the fourth added session with a bucket for OTI but D'Olivo countered for 58-all. Truman Williams of the Owls and big Dave traded goals for 60-each. Charles Bogle got a free shot to give the Klamath Falls team the lead but D'Olivo hit again for a 62 to 61 SOC ad vantage. Ron. Maurer s two free tallies made it 64-61. Bogle's tip-in cut it to 64 to 63 with 17 seconds to play. Then D'Olivo picked up an other marker on a foul by Bogle. Oregon Tech was on top 27 to 20 at the half. The Raiders caught up at 50-all with 1 minute 10 seconds to play on a goal by Chuck Crandall. D'Olivo was high point man for the game with 18 and Rhine led the Owls with 17. Cliff Sutherland turned in yeoman defense service for the Raiders. 53 Scored By Baylor By NEAL CORBETT United Press Sports Writer Rugged little Montana State college tossed its impressive 10-3 basketball record at Se- attle university Wednesday night and the fabulous El gin Baylor shattered it with a couDle of records of his own. Baylor, Seattle's 6-foot, 6- Inch star, poured in 53 points for one school record and hit 22 field goals for another to lead the Chieftains to a 108 83 victory. The performance by Baylor overshadowed a 32-point ef fort by little Al Harris, who had led Montana State to vic tory over such teams as Iowa State, Idaho, Washington State and Brigham Young. Harris stands only 5 foot, 9 inches. I O'Brien Watches The victory was an import ant one for Seattle, which has become almost a fixture in iho nt-larop berth of the NCAA regional playoffs. Mon tana State, now playing as an independent, . had served notice that it wanted a crack at it. Baylor's 53-point effort Wednesday night broke the school mark of 51 held joint ly by himself and Johnny O'Brien, former Chieftain All American. O'Brien witnessed the performance, making his debut as a television com mentator. The 22 field goals broke the school record of 20 set by Baylor last season against Gonzaga University. Bulldog Teams Beat Pointers McLoughlin seventh and eighth grade cagers scored come-from-b e h i n d victories against Central Point last night at CP. The Bulldog eighth won 35 to 23 and the seventh 25 to 17. Central Point headed 11 to 4 at the quarter and 19 to 11 at the half of the eighth mix but McLoughlin was ahead 24 to 20 at the third in termission. Craig Lawrence had 11 points, George Clear water 10 and Norm Renner eight for the Bulldogs and Champ nine for Central Point. CP was in front at all three period breaks in the seventh grade scrape, 6 to 4, 10 to 9 and 13 to 12.- McLoughlin ninth is to play Crater freshmen at 7 p.m. at Central Point tonight. Hedrick Junior high plays on its home courts against Ashland teams here on Fri day. Ninth and seventh grade contests will be at 3:30 p.m. . and the eighth graders vie at . 4:30 pjn. MAIL TRIBUNE Friday's game with Port land State is billed for 9 p.m. following a 7:30 p.m. wrest ling card between Southern Oregon and University of Oregon. Eight bouts are plan ned. Saturday fray will be at 8 p.m. Late hoop start on the college court on Friday was set because of the 8:15 p.m. Medford-Ashland high gymn on the prep floor to Ashland. BOX: OTI KG FT PF TP Williams, f 6 McCutcheon, f 5 Bogle, c . 3 Fasteen. g 4 Rhine, g 6 Wilson 1 Totals 25 13 16 63 SOC FG FT PF TP D'Olivo. f 8 2 4 18 Oliva. f 2 2 5 6 Hollingsworth, c.... 4 4 5 12 McAtaee, g 6 0 2 12 Maurer, g 0 2 3 2 Sutherland , 10 0 2 Crandall 6 1 1 13 Totals 27 11 20 65 MEDFORDfcWTRIBUNE Tornado Encounters Ashland High Quinf Medford and Ashland high basketball clubs have been working this week at improv ing their play patterns. That was the word from Coaches Frank Roelandt and Earl Iba as the clubs reached the tapering-off stage in the preparations for a Friday and Saturday evening Southern Oregon conference basketball series. The teams play at Ashland on Friday and at Hedrick gym in Medford on Saturday. Varsity tangles will be at 8:15 p.m.' after 6:30 p.m. jayvee prelims. Klamath Falls plays at Grants Pass both nights in the other league series. Crater high has a bye. Both the Black Tornado and Grizzly mentors reported their clubs in good shape phy sically for the week end bat tles. Roelandt indicated that he'll assign the usual five to starting jobs for Medford. They are Jerry Anderson, Tom Hamlin, Lowell Dean, Don Peek and Bilbee Lane. For Ashland Iba is expected to call on his regulars Bill Maurer, Kip Leonard, Jack Tobiasson, Scott Peterson and Albert Hartwell. Morale Boosted Ashland will enter the ac tion with morale bolstered by a good series against the high rated Klamath Falls Pelicans last week end. The Grizzlies bowed in both games but car ried the Pels into overtime in Phil Moyer Tiff Billed Portland (IP) Three 10 round fights, featuring one between young Phil Moyer and tested pro Jimmy Mar tinez, are scheduled at the auditorium here tonight. Moyer, who hasn't lost since turning pro, runs up against a seasoned campaigner in Martinez, the Phoenix, Ariz., middleweight. Martinez has had 111 fights and has won a majority of them. Phil's brother, Denny Moy er, also is billed for action in a 10-rounder. He meets Buddy McDonald of Vancou ver, B.C. The other headliner match es Tommy Thomas against Dick Goldstein, another sea soned battler from Seattle. Mounties Tarheels Lose Again By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer West Virginia still has that magic winning touch but it's getting to be a tough season for . other top-ranked college basketball teams. The ' Mountaineers, rated No. 1 in the country, ran their unbeaten string to 13 games with a 71-64 victory over Pittsburgh Wednesday night while North Carolina State upset fifth-ranked North Caro lina, 58-57, and St. Louis sur prised eighth-ranked Bradley, 71-70. It was the Tarheels third loss in 14 games and Bradley's second in 10. Elgin Baylor closed in on the nation s top individual scorers when . he scored 53 points in leading Seattle to a 108-83 triumph over Mon tana State. The 53 points gave Baylor 337 points and a 30.6 average for the season compared to Oscar Robert son's 32.7 average and Wilt Thursday, January 16, 1958 ' HIS SCORING HELPS Dave D'Olivo, above, piled up seven points in the fourth overtime last night to aid his Southern Oregon college quint to a 65 to 63 verdict over Oregon Tech basketeers. the second encounter. Med ford also gained experience against one of the state's top ranked contingents in oppos ing South Eugene in non-loop scraps last Friday and Satur day. Medford's series with the grizzlies could be a close hard fought one. Ashland did bet ter against Klamath than did Medford the week before. But it is pointed out that Ashland had the advantage of its home court while the Tornado was contending on the Pelican floor. Whether the scene of rival ry for the two series had much to do with the outcomes on the past two week ends may be brought out in the brushes this Friday and Sat urday. Sports Bulletin Salt Lake City (UV Jack Curtice today resigned as athletic director at Univer sity of Utah lo accept a position as head football coach at Stanford Univer sity. Curtice handed his resignation to Dr. A. Ray , Olpin, president of Univer sity of Utah. OSC Gridsters Slate Syracuse Corvallis (IP) Oregon State's football team will play Syracuse in its 1961 opening game at Multnomah stadium in Portland, Athletic Director Spec Keene said today. It will mark the first time the two schools have met in football. Keene added that the two schools probably would play in 1962 at Syracuse. DUBERSTEIN RESIGNS New York (IP) Deputy State Athletic Commissioner Jack Duberstein, who held the post for 10 years, has re signed. No immediate succes sor was named. BIKE RACES SCHEDULED Cleveland (IP) Ward van Develde and Arseen Ryckaert head a Belgian team which will be favored in the seven team competition of the Cleveland bike races, starting Jan. 21. The German team, which includes Herbert Wein rich and Heinz Zoll, is the de fending champion. Win 13th; Chamberlain's 32.2, and broke the Seattle school mark of 51 points. West, Sharrer Sink Pitt Jerry West, a 6-3 sophomore forward, and Lloyd Sharrer, 6-10 center, were the heroes for West Virginia which trail ed, 29-28, at halftime. They teamed for 29 of the Moun taineers' 43 points in the sec ond half and had 23 and 21 points, respectively, for the game. Don Hennon, Pittsburgh's 5-foot, 8-inch deadeye Dick, connected for 11 field goals and seven of seven free throws for a 29-point total. Don Gallagher scored five points in the closing minutes of overtime to spark North Carolina State to its victory over North Carolina. The' loss snapped the Tarheels' string of 24 straight victories at home since Feb. 22, 1955, and was their second in Atlantic Coast conference play. Texas Aggie Explanation Demanded By LLOYD LARRABEE Austin; Tex. (W The "di vision of authority" in the athletic situation at Texas A&M college referred to by Navy Coach Eddie Erdelatz exploded Wednesday as Texas governor .Price Daniel re quested a full report on the school's unsuccessful efforts to hire a new coach. At the same time, Aggie board of directors Chairman W. T. Doherty announced he had relieved all four mem bers of the board's athletic subcommittee from member ship. It was the subcommittee which invited Erdelatz to the A&M campus without first obtaining permission to talk to him from Naval academy heard Rear Adm. William R. Smedberg or informing school administrative officials. Daniel's request for a full report came after C. J. (Tex) Thornton, president of the A&M club of Houston, ask ed for an inquiry and sent telegrams to five members of the board demanding their resignation. Robertson's Lead Slight New York (IP) Oscar Rob ertson, Cincinnati's brilliant sophomore star, held a slight lead over Kansas' Wilt Cham berlain today in their race for individual scoring honors. Robertson, who recently set a Madison Square Garden sin gle game mark of 56 points is averaging 32.7 points for 13 games compared to Cham berlain's 32.2 average for 11 sames. Robertson has connect ed for 425 points and Cham berlain for 354. Elgin Baylor of Seattle ranks third in the major col lege statistics with a 30.6 aver age for 10 games followed by Wayne Embry of Miami of Ohio, who has a 26.9 average and Leo Byrd of Marshall at 25.6. Hewitt Leader In Pistol Shoot Roy Hewitt topped a field of 12 Medford Rifle and Pistol club shooters in pistol com petition last night at the Med ford armory. He and Max Terzenbach each fired 262 scores but Hewitt had the better mark in rapid fire. Others in the top five were Cliff Friend 252, Hugh McGinty and Dr. Paul Rutter 238. There were four new shooters, Mrs. Joyce Reabis, LaVon Morton, Earl Court ney and Bill Koepke. Those interested in the club may contact Hewitt or D. J. Bol ton. Belko To Use More Reserves Eugene (IP) Coach Steve Belko said today he did not plan to change his starting lineup for Oregon's basket ball game against Washing ton here Saturday night but that he probably would use his bench more. Starters have been Dale Herron and Charlie Franklin at forward, Hal Duffy at cen ter and Bud Kuykendall and Chuck Rask at guards. Reserves slated for consid erable action against the Hus kies include Stu Robertson and George Padovan, front court men, and guards Otis Davis and Jerry Anderson. Oregon is 0-3 in PCC play. Parking Matter In Committee Cincinnati, Ohio (IP) The city council took action late Wednesday on a proposal to spend $2,000,000 to provide additional parking space near Crosley field in an effort to keep the Redlegs in Cincin nati. - - The Council studied a reso lution, introduced by Council man Walton Bachrach, to ap prove the intent of a report submitted by City Manager C. A. Harrell. Harrell recommended the city issue $2,000,000 worth of councilmanic bonds to buy sub-standard property near the stadium to provide 2600 parking spaces for baseball fans. The council voted 7-2 to re fer the proposal to the finance and traffic committees. City traffic engineer George Howie approved the plan earlier this week. HOCKEY By UNITED PRESS The Hershey Bears, who have been riding comfortably atop the American Hockey league since the second week of the season, soon will be looking ip if they continue their current spin. The Bears lost at Cleveland 4-2 Wednesday night and their first-place margin over the Barons fell to four points. Martinez Bout Victor Philadelphia .(IP) Vince Martinez, the Paterson pro file, began trying the welter weight crown for size today after his win by-a-whisker over Gil Turner gained him an NBA title shot with Isaac Logart. Martinez had to dig deep in his locker for the jolting rights and lefts to the head in the late rounds to turn the tide against Turner, who was pushing his way with a tiger ish attack. Vince's rally came up sud denly like a squall in the ninth, got up added steam in the tenth and carried him through to a 12-round major ity decision over gallant Gil in their nationally-televised elimination Wednesday night, Gift Helps Jim Foxx Miami (IP) Jimmy Foxx. one of baseball's all-time greats, probably earned over $250,000 in his colorful dia mond career. But he'd be pen niless today except for a sur prise gift of $400. "Until that check I didn't have a dime," the 50-year-old Foxx said Wednesday night in his South Miami home. "Now I can hold my head up . . . a little." The check came from Jim my Silan of Boston, Foxx's personal manager of bygone years, who heard of the for mer slugger's plight from the Boston chapter of the Base ball Writers association. During his heyday, Foxx was chosen as the American league's most valuable player three times. He hit 534 home runs m his 20-year career, second only to Babe Ruth's 714, and his overall batting average was a sturdy .325. Casanova Talks At Lions Dinner On January 22 Two ex-Medford high ath letes, who were co-captains of the University of Oregon foot ball team during the past sea son, may accompany their coach when he comes here Wednesday, Jan. 22, to ad dress a dinner honoring prep footballers. Len Casanova, mentor of Oregon's Rose Bowl aggrega tion, will speak at a Medford Lions club dinner honoring Medford high squad members and St. Mary's high senior gridmen. The event will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Jackson hotel. The two Duck athletes who may come are Fullback Jack Morris, 1950 grad of Medford high, and Center Norm Chap man, who wound up his Black Tornado career in 1954. Both are seniors at Oregon. An in jury suttered in midseason sidelined Chapman. He was in uniform for the bowl tussle but did not play. Attendance at the dinner is open to the public and tickets are on sale at Barker's Men's store. Saturday Hoop Circuit Opens At High School STANDINGS: Morning League W. L. O 0 0 1 1 1 Prt. l.ono 1.000 1.000 .ooo .ooo .000 Readies 1 HooDsters .... 1 Snipes . 1 Toads 0 Commies 0 Studs ...... 0 Jan. 11 Results Readies 40, Toads 27 Hopsters 21, Commies 12 Studs 26, Snipes 30 Jan. 18 Games 9 a.m. Mud Studs vs. Coming Commies. 10 a.m. Gutter Snipes vs. Toads. 11 a.m. Hoopsters vs. Readies. Afternoon Leagues W. L. Pet. Chariots 1 0 1.000 Dunkers 1 0 1.000 Bony Five 0 1 .000 Mau-Mau's 0 1 .000 Bushwackers 0 0 .000 Jan. 11 Scores Chariots 16. Bony Five 15 Dunkers 26. Mau Maus Jan. 18 Games 1 p.m. Bushwackers vs. Chariots 2 p.m. Bony Five vs. Dunkers Tampa Tourney Gets Underway Tampa, Fla. IPV The 72- hole, $7,500 Tampa Women's Open golf tournament got underway today with Betsy Rawls, the defending cham pion and four time winner of this tourney, favored against a field of 25 pros and 97 ama teurs. Let Me Show You How You Can Add $1,000.00 OR MORE To the mm Value of Your Home with Stark Bros. World Cham pion FRUIT TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, ROSES, and other or namentals. No obligation. Write or Telephone R. O. WILSON P.O. Box 484 Medford Phone SP 3-4589 li'jn 3:U Washington Hoop Leader Resentful of 'Patsyr Insinuation Louis (Red) Klotz, the bril liant little basketball player who, despite his five foot, six inch stature, achieved fame both in college and profes sional ranks, happens to be a proud individual. That's why his Washington Generals, the traveling pro fessional quintet that he owns outright, coaches and stars on, once again are a most pleas ing aggregation to watch in action. They'll show their wares to fans when they take on the colorful Harlem Globetrotters at Hedrick Junior high school gym in Medford Friday night. Game time is 8 o'clock and the box office opens at 6 o'clock. Chosen to provide the op position for the Globetrotters for part of their schedule this and ir several preceding sea sons, the little red-head re sents any insinuations that his Generals are supposed to be "patsies" for the clever e gro courtmen. "We're on our own, as semble as strong a machine as wa can, and, if we can beat the Trotters, that's our prerogative," he says. As an added incentive to win, Klotz puts an additional $10 bill in the pay envelope of each player whenever they beat the Trotters. Star at Villanova Klotz is a former hoop star at Villanova University where he was a brilliant playmak- er, and also played as a pro with the Philadelphia Sphas and Baltimore Bullets, Each year he signs the best pros and former college aces available, assembles them for fall training sessions at At lantic City, N.J., and then puts them on the road. On a number of occasions this year the Klotz Kids have forced the Trotters to the full extent of their outstanding ability to squeeze out a vic tory. Several vaudeville acts will also be presented before the game and at halftime. Bait Fish Ban Talked Portland OP) The State Game commission put Oregon anglers on notice today that it may soon ban the use of fish for bait, live or dead, in most waters of the setate. The Commission staff said the proposals may be consid ered at the Jan. 24 hearing here to adopt final 1958 an gling regulations. The proposals due to be considered would provide that live, dead or preserved fish may not be taken, used, or held for use as bait in angling in any waters. There would be these ex ceptions: Live or dead her ring, candlefish, anchovies, and cottids could be used in tidewater exclusive of the Co lumbia river; dead fish could be used for bait in the main stem of the Columbia and Snake rivers, Drews reser voir, and Klamath lakes. The Commission said that it prohibited the use of live minnows for bait some years ago but anglers still transport live minnows for use as dead bait later. Biologists hope to halt the use of live minnows, such as roach and dace, in good trout waters. George Yard ley Bolsters Total By UNITED PRESS The Detroit Pistons don't seem to be getting anywhere in the National Basketball as sociation this season, but big George Yardley, their one man gang, is having a banner campaign. The balding 27 -year -old former Stanford university sharpshooter, the NBA's lead ing marksman, canned 51 points, his season high, Wednesday night while the Pistons were dropping a 131- 113 decision to the Boston Celtics. The output gave Yardley a season total of 1,035 points in 37 games for a 29.32 per game average, easily the best aver age in the league. DUCK GRAPPLERS WIN Eugene (IP) University of Oregon's wrestling team de feated Lewis and Clark 22-6 Wednesday night. r IftElWAL LAMPO ' " LOUIS KLOTZ Resents Insinuations BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY COLLEGE GAMES (East) Geo. Washington 91. W & M 80 West Virginia 71, Pittsburgh 64 Yale 65. Amherst 52 Dartmouth 67, Harvard 64 Temple 72, Pennsylvania 61 Holy Cross 80, Syracuse 71 Boston U. 73, MIT 50 (South) Nav 90. Manhattan 60 Seton HaU 58. Loyola (Md.) Col. 51 N. Car. St. 58, N. Carolina 57 (o.t.) (Midwest) Bowling Green 67, Toledo 65 Kent St. 62, Akron 55 Notre Dage 79. DePaul 61 St. Louis 71, Bradley 70 (West) Seattle 108. Montana State 83 Sacramento State 48, Cal Aggies 44 Pac. Lutheran 70, Puget Sound 54 Portland Frosh 73, Grays Harbor 61 VFW Rifle Shoot Date Moved To January 24 Veterans of Foreign Wars Rifle and Pistol club of Med ford will have its first firing for smallbore rifles on Jan. 24. A week earlier date pre viously was announced. .A meeting of the club will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at the Veterans hall, 42 North Front st. Members are reminded that important business is on the agenda. LADIES CLASSIC LEAGUE Standings: W. Ross Lumber Co 43 Hawkinson's Tire Tread 39 Crater Inn Motel 38 Jack's Drive Up 36 Union Club 35 Jorgensen's Dairy 35 Paulsen's Thrift Mkt. 34 Wooden Shoe 33 Trail Creek Lumber 29 Motor Haven Motel 27 Lillie's Health Salon 22 Silver Dollar 13 L. 21 25 26 28 29 29 30 31 35 37 42 51 Results: Ross Lumber 2 (D. Christianson 490) 2330; Paulsens Thrift 2 (S. Kessler 486) 2314. Lillie's Health 4 (S. Beck 492) 2353; Crater Inn 0 (G. Riggs 523) 2318. Union Club 1 (V. Cummings 453) 2096; Wooden Shoe 3 (L. Learning 501) 2135. Jack's Drive Up 3 (V. Coats 439) 2134; Trail Creek Lumber (V. Blunt 455) 2023. Hawkinson's 4 (V. Knox 590) 2519; Silver Dollar 0 (H. Paulson 449) 2206. Motor Haven 0 E. Lenz 476) 2146; Jorgensen's 4 (P. Gardner 494) 2311. High games. V. Knox 222, R. Barr 212, J. McCready 210. oput conversions, V. Knox 4-5-7, L. Learning 6-8-10. E Doty 5-8-10, S. Ingle 4-6-10. High series 590, V. Knox. Ross Lumber won the first half. Second half starts Jan. 21. COMMERCIAL LEAGUE Standings: W. Medford Mail Tribune 4 Bates Candy. Co : 4 Cubby's Drive In 3 Davis Transfer Storage 3 Clave Construction . 2 Alexander & Brown Ins. 2 Quality Market 1 Morning Fresh Bread . 1 Patterson's Bakery 0 Star Body Works 0 Results: Patterson's 0 (Dickinson 529) 2437; Tribune 4 (Peterson 660) 2819. Bates 4 (Dick Weber 562) 2556; Star Body 0 (Knox 549) 2404. Clave 2 (Allen 539) 2427; A&B 2 (Speer 516) 2450. Quality 1 (Henderson 535) 2483; Davis 3 (Blunt 648) 2522. CubBV's 3 (Brooks 519) 2424; M. F. Bread 1 (Sullivan 500) 2367. VICTORY LEAGUE Standings: W. Hearin Lumber Co 8 Clave Construction Co. 7 E. H. Mann Co 5 Pioneer Club 5 Arthur Murray's Studio 4 Quality Market - 3 Sewing Machine Center .... 3 Rogue Sportsman 3 Earl's Eastside Union Station 3 Pick's Apparel .. 3 Davis Transfer 3 U. S. Bank 1 Results: Hearin Lumber Co. 4 (Virginia Wilson 438) 2002; Quality Market n (Loris Hav 393) 1801. Clave Construction 3 (Sandy Kessler 475) 2082; Pick's Apparel 1 (Twyla Maggenti 448) 2002. E H. Mann 3 (E. Lenz 462) 1960; U. S. Bank 1 (Jay Ingle 423 1 1792. Pioneer Club 4 (Doris Harris 448) 1949; Arthur Murray's 0 (Vi Corby 430) 1891. Sewing Center 1 (Cloie Martin 4351 1977; Earl's Union Station 3 (Claire EHinson 469) 2049. Rogue Sportsman 1 (Dorothy Ed wards 416) 1846; Davis Transfer 3 226 East Main TS utitfng Southern Oregon By MEL One of our most interesting streams in southern Oregon is the Illinois. It definitely is not a "tourist" stream for the best fishing comes in the months from December to the last of February and our visit ors are long-gone by then. It really doesn't need any vis iting fishermen for it is well patronized by the "natives" who line its banks every day the water is in condition to fish. The Illinois is temperament al when it comes to the weath er for it can, with a good rain and run-off, rise at the rate of one foot per hour and drop the same way. It fishes best when it is a blue-green color which indicates there is a run off of snow water from Greyback and Oregon moun tains. It can get muddy while you are looking at it, for Deer creek, which contributes a considerable volume, tra verses much of its course through farm land and gets some sort of satanic glee from lowering the productive acre age by -washing it down stream. Best, Downstream The Illinois is open only below Pomeroy dam in the vicinity of Cave Junction but its best fishing is down stream from 10 lo 18 miles. The road downstream turns off the Redwood highway at the Selma store and is al ways in some stage of bad! It has more chuck holes per yard than any road in Oregon and is considered good if there happen to be no high centers. This road which is full of dips and curves, hangs on the sides of mountains, drops at crazy angles down lo the river level and is so narrow lhat it is strictly one-way wilh the exception of the turnouts, is used lo haul lumber and chrome ore besides fishermen. De spile of this fact, the head lights of cars can be seen bobbing and weaving down its length every morning of the season. Fall Most Popular The most popular spot on the river, of course, is The Falls. About 12 miles from Selma the road leaves the main one on a sharp right angle bend and ends up on a high bluff overlooking the river and a high swinging bridge. This swinging bride is a thrill in itself to the new comer and can be more so when it is covered with a crust of ice and snow. Fish ing is done here on both sides of the river in the big hole under the bridge. Most of the fishing is done across the bridge with the two most pop ular spots near the mouth of Rancheria creek and just be low Falls creek in the "Pot Hole." These spots are quite vul nerable to the steelhead especially during a low water period when the fish are un able to get over the falls. They, act as sort of a holding pond and many a day from 40 50 fish have been netted in (Edith Redfield 426) 1945. Sandy Kessler, High Series. 475. Judy Barnum picked 5-10 split. JUNIOR MATCH: Medford junior bowlers out scored Grants Pass 2752 to 2388 and took all four points in a re cent match at Medford lanes. Medford Dennis Bauman 518, Garv Wil liams 419, Bill Harmon 463. George Schuler 494 and Stewart Schroeder 519. Grants Pass Mike Preslar 426, Jerry Smith 340, Jerry Nutter 376, John Nutter 385, and Glen Polzer 417. BANTAM LEAGUE Standings W. Laurines Carpet House .. 25 Hawthorne Market 23 Gilman's Dairy 20 L. 14 16 19 Women of the Moose 19 i 19 2 W.F.W, 18 21 Ginn's Florists 18 'i 20' i Hudson's Pharmacy 18 li 20 i Courtesy Chevrolet 14 25 SENIOR LEAGUE Results: Star Body Works 3 (Janice Math ews 382, Stew Schroeder 504 1 2415. Cummins Insurance 1 (Sharon O'Brien 328, Sam Oetinger 325; 2195. Rainbow Cafe 3 (Bill Harmon 441. Linda Eccelston 360) 2422; W.O.T.M. 1 (Pauline Denyer 336, Butch Tompkins 346 2394. V.F.W 1 (Judy Booth 324, George Schuler 446 2502; Bauman's Fire Equipment 3 (Kathy Relling 385, Dennis Bauman 499 2591. Laurines Carpet House 2 (De lores Williams 389. Marshall Sel lers 425 2537; Medford Paint & Wallpaper 2 (Jerolyn Burroughs 399. Bill Crowell 381 2549. VB. r r m Is Fishing REES this area. Actually it would be a good conservation move to blast some of the rocks away from the falls so the fish could get over in low water. This would allow them to keep moving. While there would be a hue and cry go up from the really fish hungry anglers the hon est ones know that the runs are diminishing rapidly and something should be done be- tore it is too late. Other Placet ' X There are other places to fish the Illinois all the war to Big Oak Flat but this necessitates another drive of about six miles and us ually the fisherman has had enough of the road with the first 12. The road only hits the river again at the Sand Bar and at Big Oak flat. In between there is a lot of rough water good lead los ing water and the trails from the road to the river are very steep and many times slippery. Besides these trails have a habit of stretching themselves lo twice the distance when you climb back out! - There is a little trick known by the regular cus tomers of how to tell when the river is right to fish. They drive by the Selma store on the way lo Cave Junction about another three-quarter of a mile. The highway crosses Deer creek at this point. Take a look! If the creek is clear go fishing if it is high and "red" you had just as well go home better! Find at Rests In fishing the Illinois it is well to remember that these fish are fighting a lot of very rough water on their way up stream and so the likely places to find them are where they can rest. Behind rocks, in deep runs, behind reef rock and in the "fan out" be low fast water these are the spots. Favorite lures in order of use and productivity are clus ter eggs, Spin 'n Glo and Oakie Drifter.' Test line should be 10 pound I like 8 and some go to 15 but I think that 10 pound is about right. In everyplace except the Pot Hole there is plenty of room to play the fish so use a rod in the 4-4 Vz ounce class for a lot more fun. The stream is hard to eet to its hard to fish vou lose gobs of tackle but vou can meet up with fish that prompt some natives to say, "I would n't trade one rock on the Illinois for the whole state!" That's right, he won't trade his rock and some days there are so many fishermen vou may wish you had brought your own! Medford Motors Your Only AUTHORIZED arid FRANCHISED DEALER For Willys OFFERS k Largest Stock of Willys Part South of Portland ir Complete Stock of Winches, Cabi and AccesoriM ir Most Modern and Best Equipped Shop in Oregon ir On Hand All Models of 1958 Vehicles Let Us Prove What A "Jeep Vehicle Can Do For You. Medford Motors Inc. LINCOLN-MERCURY-WILLYS 225 South Riverside Phone SP 2-6157 At HEDRICK JR. HIGH GYM FRIDAY 8 P.M. Adults $1.75 Students 90c Children 90s
