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Funston on Wisernen ? Honor List Jim Funsion, Medford high'i all-slat football cent er and linebacker, is among 10 Oregon gridders who vnt recognized in the Wigwam Wisemen's 11th annual prep All-American selections. ', Only Greg Willener, Eug ene end. named to the fourth eleven, made one of the seven teams selected. Funston and eight others i received honorable men lion. ; The others are Jim Smith ' and Mike Sparlin, Grants ' Pass; Frank Hawley. Vale; ' Larry Peterson, Vale; Bob j Bellisle. South Salem; ' Charles Warren, Eugene; ! Bob Kervaeke, Baker, and ' Jerry Williams, LaGrande. Those named to the teams and honorable mention lists are eligible to play in the all-star game at Memphis, Tenn., in August, provided they meet requirements of the selection committee and all-star game coaches. Wichita Faces Test Against Bradley Quint By UNITED PRESS While most college basket ball teams have called time out for mid-term examina tions, members of the Univer sity of Wichita squad undergo a different test tonight when they play Bradley in an im portant Missouri Valley con ference game. The Shockers are leading the conference with a 3-0 rec ord but a setback tonight at Peoria, 111., will drop them into third place and permit Bradley (6-1) to tie Cincinnati (7-1) for the top rung. Arkansas, top dog in the Southwest Conference, enter tains Tulsa, Detroit visits Bowling Green, Tampa hosts Loyola (La.), and Middle Ten nessee is at. Western Ken tucky in other games on to night's slim schedule. St. Bonaventure scored its 73 rd straight victory on its home court by downing Nia gara, 69-66; Auburn upset Georgia Tech, 80-72; Du quesne rolled to a 67-54 tri umDh over Toledo, and Al Norville pumped in 40 points in leading Loyola of Chicago to an 86-58 victory over west ern Michigan in Wednesday night's major games. 40 Reg. 2995-4,2" "ST 1788 Reg. 2495-y4" Drill 1488 Reg. 4595-6" Reg. 49 95 ORBITUAL SANDER Reg. 495 DRILL STAND. LIMITED QUANTITY SHOP EARLY NO MONEY DOWN Pay as Little as 1.00 Week 122 E. Main - Medford - Phone SP 3-5348 Store Hours: 9:30 SPORTS Aggies Pick Jim Myers, End Search College Station, Texas HP) Texas A&M college has a new head football coach and ath letic director today, ending almost eight weeks of harried searching by the school. The not-so-funny comedy of errors the Aggie coaching search developed into was ended Wednesday when Dr M. T. Harrington announced Jim Myers of Iowa State had accepted the position. The 36-year-old Myers, the "forgotten, man" of the long hunt, signed a four-year con tract at $16,000 a year, plus the rent-free use of a college owned house. Stranahan Favored in Thunderbird Palm Springs, Calif. Frank Stranahan, finally coming of age in the pro golf game, took over the role of "man to beat" in the $15,000 Thunderbird Invitational golf tournament starting today. Already winner of the $40 000 Los Angeles Open this year, Stranahan moved into the favorite's role today after taking the 6680-yard Thunder bird course apart Wednesday with a stunning nine-under- par 62. Holing out every putt and playing from the back tees, Stranahan capped a brilliant round by sinking a 140-yard, seven-iron approach shot on the 405-yard 17th' hole for an eagle two. Among the men Frank will have to battle for the bundle of loot are Ken Venturi, Tom my Bolt, Al Balding, defend ing champion Jimmy De maret, Gene Littler, Jackie Burke, Mike Souchak, and Rational and World Cham pion Dick Mayer. The first 36 holes of the tourney are staged on a pro amateur basis, and the movie stars, basking in the sun at this winter resort, team with the golf pros. Boston (IP) Massachusetts' new registrar of motor ve hicles is Clement A. Riley. His initials fit the job. IE of "SSZST 2988 2888 88 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. SA TOOLS OFF! hunting & Fishing Southern Oregon MEL Now that the boys have hung up the old musket and drowned their sorrows of the past waterfowl season in the anticipation of a "better one next year" it may be possible to hold a short post-mortem. Some very interesting facts have come to light which may or may not hold part of the answer to our shortage of birds. About three weeks ago one of the local citizens made an extensive trip into the central part of Washington state. He reported that he was astound ed by the tremendous flocks of ducks which he saw there. He said that all the bodies of water were litterly covered with birds. On investigation he found that since much of the form er desert land has been open ed to irrigation and cultiva t i o n a new situation has arisen. When the farmers are through with the irrigation waters they are diverted out into the waste areas and In this way thousands of acres are flooded at this time of year. With the extensive agricul ture in that section of the state, there is an abundance of food and the ducks are ill disposed to leave this para dise. The winter has been mild thus far and therefore there is no reason for the birds to migrate south. FUTURE. PATTERN Now the large question Is whether this is going to set a pattern for future years. Is it possible that the birds which used to come into the Klamath valley to feed before heading south, will now stop in central Wash ington until after the sea son closes here then when the hard snows of January come up there bypass us entirely in the migration to Mexico? MANY GEESE REPORTED A Grants Pass hunter just returned from a trip down the Columbia highway to Port land and reports that he never saw so many geese congregated in the area from Arlington to The Dalles. This has always been a major goose shooting area but usually the birds are there early in the season and by this time of year are long gone. Is it possible that as we change the contour of the land, water it and farm it, that we are also changing the migrating habits of our wat erfowl? v'ho knows? VARYING SUCCESS The last steelhead season opened on the Rogue and Applegale rivers with vary ing degrees of success. The Rogue is still a little high and about one fish per boat was a good guess on the average. Eggs of the cured variety seemed to beat fresh ones probably be cause the water was a little murky and these eggs "milk" better. The Applegate is in ex cellent shape but as is usual, the bbys who have pet holes do well while the others complain. There aren't loo many good fishing spots on the Applegale due to the shallowness of the water in most places.- Closer to its confluence with the Rogue was reported the best. ILLINOIS CLOUDS The Illinois river is still producing some nice fish but here again Deer creek has kept it a little too high and murky for good fishing. It seems that it will start pretty well in the morning but as the day warms, the snow melts and the river clouds up. Fish erman's luck? When it gets to the "green" stage it should be good and if the rains hold off that will be this week end. SPEEDBOAT ON SMITH It finally happened to me. Last Sunday I was fishing one of those steep bluffs on the south fork of the k V AN. RAZIER j. the ummai of KENTUCKY BOURBON since 1810 .aSL eb rrow CM lAIEiflU fUilEi DISIIUUT UMfAML UUttQWJl KttlUUJ REES Smith river. On. needs to have billy goat ancestors to fish there anyway. We had landed two fish one at 17 pounds!, when I couldn't believe my ears or eyes but there they were two fellows in a speedboat with a hot-shot outbo; cd came tearing up that nar row, crooked waterway! It wasn't long before they came back at full throt tle. That ended the fishing for good. Someone suggest ed tossing a zock at them but anyone knows that wouldn't be necessary for they already have rocks in their heads! I fail to under stand why, with all the wat er there is around the coun try to run a boat in why do they have to chance rocks through the hull and damage props just to clob ber the fishing for some poor old innocent anglers. Golf Proceeds To Polio Fund March of Dimes golf sweep stakes are planned on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25 and 26 and Feb. 1 and 2, at Rogue Valley Country club, Club Professional Al Williams has reported. Williams said that the pro shop will donate the prizes each day and the all proceeds from the tourneys will go to the fight against polio. Children Thrown Out of Windows In Tenement Fire Chicago (IP) A baby died during a fire that destroyed a five-story tenement build ing early . today but frantic parents saved the lives of a dozen other children by throwing them out of third and fourth story windows to bystanders below. Twenty persons were In jured in jumping from upper floors of the crowded build ing. Others hung precarious ly on ledges until firemen spread safety nets under them. Many children ran naked from the flaming structure into the cold morning air. Spectators took off their own coats to protect the shivering children. One of the children thrown from the building missed the arms of a would-be rescuer and died after striking the pavement. Dropped Too Fast George Spicer, 26, who saved children by catching them, said the fatally-injured six-month-old tot "shot by me." He said the parents were dropping them too fast. The dead child was not identified immediately. Jesse Cartham, 37, another by-stander, described the panic. "At one point I saw two young men rush in to try to save the children but they were beaten back by the flames. People were standing at windows screaming." Joseph Colbert, 3, was hos pitalized in critical condition. Police said the blast, which occurred shortly after mid night, apparently was. caused by an explosion of paint thin ner in the basement. The flames flashed through the old building in a matter of minutes. REDS SEIZE 'RIGHTISTS' Taipeh, Formosa HP) A former official in Red China's secret police said today that the Communists have arrested more than 3,000 "rightists" since last year. Wu Chan Fei, former deputy chief of the se cret police in Canton, arrived with eight other mainland refugees. He said more than 3,000 rightists had been ar rested in Kwantung Province alone and were branded enemies of the peopleT 13313 TJI!S ft B Leaguers Vie Friday Talent is expected to fortify its position in the Jackson County B. Basketball league Friday as it starts the second half. The Bulldogs, who are un defeated, go to Prospect. The Cougars are still hungry for their first loop triumph. Butte Falls is favored at home against Jacksonville in the other league fray but could run into trouble if the Redskins repond with the de fensive play of which they are capable. The Loggers won by a comfortable margin in their first outing of the sea son with Jacksonville but were pushed to two overtimes later on the Redskin floor. I IT'S NATIONAL YMCA WEEK! fP A I0 $ Clubs Name Ed Pease Directors elected E. W. (Ed) Pease president of Medford Gun club last night. He succeeds Bert Peck, who will serve as vice-president this year. Harry Eldon, sec retary .and Jack Burns, treas urer, were re-elected. Annual meeting and dinner of the club were held last night. The membership named Martin Clogston and Burns, both reelected, and Pease, to the board of directors. Pease has served previous terms as president. Sixteen-yard, handicap and skeet shooting practice are planned for this Sunday at the club. Traps will open about 10 a.m. SAVE MANY DOLLARS THIS WEEK On these EXTRAORDINARILY CLEAN Cars. EVERY car has been carefully checked and is in the very finest mechanical condition as well as being clean inside and out. We have had so many of these traded in on our new PONTIACS, VOLVOS, ISETAS, VAUXHALLS, and RENAULTS that we are reducing ALL prices in order to clear our lots. Come in today and take advantage of the savings we can pass on to you. 1957 ford 2-DOOR 4-Door, Loaded 1956 CHEV, 210 V8f Overdrive 1956 F Fairlane Hardtop TWO .VOLKSWAGENS TODAY FOR BEST SELECTIONS ... HI) p4 ft P 11 I I I i I I v ' ' j Thursday, January 23, 1958 Slugger Denies Boston (tPI The latest chapter in the Ted Williams saga a report that the Bos ton Red Sox slugger's base ball career was in jeopardy because of a broken ankle was branded today as "com pletely crazy," "a lie," and "the work of some sadistic newspaper reporter." Williams, himself also denied the story, telephoning Boston from his isolated Flor ida Keys home to see what "all the fuss is about." Sportswriter Bill Liston wrote in a frong page Bos ton Traveler story Wednes day that the 39-year-old Wil liams had suffered "two small broken bones in his right s1 19 5 $ . . . AND Vauxhall Hi MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Ankle Fractured ankle" on a fishing trip last fall. But Dr. Russell F. Sulli van, a Boston orthopedic surgeon, told United Press he Tornado Jayvee Quintet Winner Medford high junior varsi ty basketball B team downed Eagle Point 48 to 38 at Eagle Point yesterday. Count at halftime was 23 to 19 for the Tornado. George Ice was high scorer for Med ford with 18 points. Hugg led EP with nine. 1955 m II RANCH WAGON 53 BUSH Rambler Station Wagon 1956 mm Cnty. Sedan Stat. Wagon podtiac 4-Door Station Wagon TAYLOR - Volvo -Iseta- read X-ray plates taken of Williams' ankle and they were negative. "It was just a sprain," noth ing more," said Sullivan. "That story is completely crazy." BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 1 J "4 58s TO Renault 6th & Grape Sis. PHONE SP 2-5241 jMHHMaWBIHHIIM RRY!
