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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Ankle Fractured
ankle" on a fishing trip last
fall.
But Dr. Russell F. Sulli
van, a Boston orthopedic
surgeon, told United Press he
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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
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Williams' ankle and they
were negative.
"It was just a sprain," noth
ing more," said Sullivan.
"That story is completely
crazy."
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