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hunting s Fishing Southern Oregon By MEL REES Any hopes of a good winter teelhead seam on the Rogue went by the boards last -week when the river reached near-flood stage. If we do get any more heavy rains or if the weather turns cold and stops the runoff we could still fish the last week of the cur rent season which closes Feb ruary 15 but the "if" is pretty large. By the first of the week th Illinois was still in the "brown" stage; one fork was clear, another was chalky but Deer creek was red-brown The Illinois season extends to the end of the month so it will no doubt furnish some good fishing. The Applegate was lower Ing and clearing and with any luck trail, should fish this week end. SMITH TOO HIGH Tha Smith was still high and chalky by Monday of lhis week. Some fish were taken on Sunday using cluster eggs and fishing the pockets and eddies. The color wasn't too bad but the - river was about l'i feet too high. In the case of the Smith, high water stops the fishing for it lacks the long, still holes of our other rivers and when it is high . it is almost impossible to get the bait to work along the bottom generally it Just whistles by. If enough , lead is used to "sock" it down where the fish lie it is one continual hang up. Last reports from the Winchuck add the Chetco were that both streams were loo high to fish at all and raining some in the coast inasmuch as it was still raining some in the coast mountains by Sunday night, it is anybody's guess when they will clear. HUMOR RUNS WILD It has always been a mys tery how rumors of fishing get started and more of a mystery how they snowball into the most fantastic pro portions. Take the Applegate about a week ago for instance. On Monday morning a fish erman dropped into a small aportehop in the Grants Pass zra and was greeted with the information that the fishing on the Applegate the day be fore was nothing short of ter rific. The rumors at this point, tumbled over each other with a tale of a man making two casts and landing two fish, of motorists stopping to watch one man land his fish then being blessed with nine fish altogether which he caught for the assembled watchers (some with no licenses!). Then there was the hole where eight people limited this means 16 fish! Bv this time in the telling our fisherman was in a dither to get to no place but the Applegate and quick. He didn't catch his two fish in two casts or twenty-two in fact he didn't catch any. He decided that maybe the run was gone so went up and down the river seeking fish- fc-men and information. Many said that they had fished the Bream the day before but hadn't caught any fish and hadn't seen any caught this in spite of the fact that they had fished the very holes where all this action was sup posed to have taken place. After many stops up and down the river, he ran across a fish and game biologist. He learned that this man had checked the fishermen up and down the river on the previous day and had seen only one fish! SATANIC DELIGHT Now the original teller hadn't actually seen the fish or the fishermen he had been told. The question is who takes satanic delight in starting a story like this or is it not started at all but just sort of grows begin ning with just a wee bit of a '"stretch" until it is all out of proportion. I have known fishermen who thought it was a dis grace to let anyone think that they hadn't caught the limit so they always caught the limit, that is they said they did whether or not. I have also known in dividuals who never caught any sieelhead less than 10 pounds period. I recall a day several years ago when I asked a certain good steelheader how his luck was the day previous. He told me a glow ing tale of six fish over ten pounds each! He even in vited me to come over to cold locker in his store to see them. I saw them and there wasn't a fish that would weigh 8 pounds, let alone 10, and four of the six fish wouldn't have made the 5 pound mark. This man was a veteran and he knew fish and fish weights why if he was going to try to kid somebody did he invite me to see them? Chuck Franklin Rewriting Book University of Oregon, Eu gene Charlie Franklin, a tal ented magician on and off the basketball court, has practi cally rewritten the Oregon career scoring records with eight games left to play in his third season of competition with the Webfoots. Franklin, who dabbles with ; magic tricks as a hobby, plus doing some tricks with a bas ketball his opposition find tough to follow, has already 'rolled up 647 points in two and a half years. This is bet ter than the 644 points Roger Wiley rolled up in four sea sons and also broke the three year mark of 565 points Wi ley set in 1947-48-49. The talented Webfoot for ward has also broken two other Oregon career marks in conference play with 209 field goals and 229 free throws. The old marks of 190 and 185 were also held by Wiley. The fifth Wiley record Franklin has erased is the number of free throws in all games. Wiley had collected 268 in three seasons and Franklin has already sunk 305 with eight games to go. Franklin now ranks tenth in the all-time PCC scoring and has an excellent chance of passing several other stars before the season is over. Red Rocha ( OSC) had 634 and Franklin passed him Monday" night. Dean Parsons (W) is rext with 652 and Willie :" UCT.A) with 655 are '. :' l tavscts and should i ;-assd easily this week tnd. - SERVE A PURPOSE There is an old saw which asks if. all fishermen are liars or do all liars fish, but I am sure that this holds true in few cases. Most anglers I know will tell the truth about their catches or lack of them but there is always one or two who like to stretch the truth and this gives rise to the really wild tales that get around. Maybe they serve a purpose at that. When a fellow's fish ing hopes are at low ebb and he feels sort of dumpy about it, along comes these glowing rumors and immediately liv ing seems worth while, he grabs his rod and heads for the stream if he doesn't catch anything he still has been jerked out of his dol drums and spent a day away from the old grind. So in the final analysis, long live the tall tale teller! Globetrotters, SF Forty Niners To Have Series San Jose, Calif. (IP! Don't be confused, but the San Francisco Forty Niners of the National Professional Football league open a 'four-game se ries tonight with the Harlem Globetrotters of basketball fame. However, Y. A. Tittle and company will play the flashy Trotters at their own game and don't sell the pro gridders short. They've won eight out of nine games on the basket ball courts. The Forty Niner team in cludes R. C. Owens, Billy Wil son, Joe Arenas, Clyde Con ner, Bob St. Clair, Hugh Mc Elheny and Ed Henke. All ex cept Tittle, McElhenny and Henke lettered in basketball at;ollege. After tonight's game, the two teams will play in San Francisco Friday, Oakland on Saturday and Sacramento on Sunday. SPORTS Len Gentile Has Close Escape Oakland, Calif. (W Los Angeles Dodger infielder Jim Gentile and his family recup erated from cuts and bruises here today after a miraculous escape from serious injury or death in an auto-truck crash on the East-shore Freeway. ine accident occurred on Wednesday as the 23-year- old Dodger first baseman was taking his wife, Carol, 22, and their three small children for an afternoon drive. Police said the accident was caused when the rear trailer of a large truck-trailer unit broke loose and swerved into Gentile's car as the two veh icles were running abreast on the six-lane freeway. Gentile's car was forced over the dividing strip but the player managed to bring it un der control before "it could collide with cars coming in the opposite direction. An investigating police officer said Gentile's car was virtu ally demolished. Steelheading Getting Better On Rogue River Portland (IP) The week ly report on fishing conditions prepared by the State Game Commission: Southwest: South Umpqua fair between Milo and Jack son creek; steelhead slow in North Umpqua; lower Ump qua dropping; some steelhead taken near Bunche's bar and lower river on eggs; Smith river fair to good in falls area; some steelhead being taken at jtmtlet to Tenmiie lake; water clear. Coquille river only fair. Isthmus slough producing striped bass from boats but poor for bank anglers. Steelheading improving on Rogue although water still muddy; Applegate and Illin ois rivers are clearing and catches good; fresh eggs and spin and glo lures producing best results; stormy conditions would hurt fishing. Mat Meet Won By McLoughlin McLoughlin Junior high won the city sevenin ana eighth grade wrestling tour nament early this week by a scant 123 to 117 margin over Hedrick. McLoughlin had six champions and five runners up and Hedrick five titlists and four runners-up. Finalists with champions listed first and runners up sec ond were: 88 Butch Peyton H. Mike Higgins H; 98 Dave Guches M, Ray Boyle H; 106 Tim Burke M, Mike Pritchart M. 119 John de Place H, Wally Huffman M; 123 Steve Min- neci H. Jim Kinney M: 130 Steve Ray M, Jerry Zemlic kee M. 136 Norm Olson H, Ron Gandee T; 141 Rany Hale M; 148 Pat Williams H, Chuck McNair H; 157 Tim Dexter M; Dan Coghill M; 168 Greg Wolfe M. The tourney was at Hed Miners Ponder Resolutions Denver (IP) The 61st annual National Western Min ing conference opened here today, with eastern financial interests and government of ficials expected to play a major part. The heavy representation of executives from the Chase Manhattan Bank of New York, the Battelle Memorial Institute of Canton, Ohio, two U. S. senators and five con gressmen gave rise to specu lation that a new national mining policy might emerge. Resolutions calling for the sale of U.S. gold and uranium on the world market were under study as the meeting opened. Other resolutions may be introduced calling for: A better price for gold or tariff protection for lead and zinc. Milling facilities for the front range of the Rocky Mountains. Relief for tungsten min ers. Congressmen expected to attend were Reps. Wayne Aspinall (R-Colo.), Clair Engle, (D-Calif.), A. L. Miller, (D-Neb.), Walter Rogers (D Tex.) and Ed Edmondson (D- Okla.). , Senators George W. Ma- lone (R-Nev.) and Albert Gore (D-Tenn.). . Air Line Pilots Postpone Strike Chicago (IP) A spokesman for the Air Line Pilots Asso ciation said today the threat ened strike against Western Airlines which had been called for midnight tonight has been postponed. The ALPA said the strike call had been changed to mid night, Feb. 10 at the request of the National Mediation Board. Meetings in an attempt to head off the walkout will get underway in the board's Washington offices shortly. The ALPA spokesman said the strike was postponed on the basis of a request by board member Robert O. Boyd who said he felt there was a chance at an agreement. Crusaders Stay On Top in Poll New York Jffl The Wheat on (111.) Crusaders, who tackle a major college basketball team Saturday night when they play Bowling Green at Chicago, led the United Press small college ratings today for the fourth straight week. But the Crusaders 16-1 were only about the length of an Illinois corn cob ahead of an other Midwestern school. Steubenville, an Ohio colleg with a 20-1 record and a 19 game winning streak, was only seven points behind Wheaton. New York (U .P.) The United Preu small college basketball rat ings (first-place votes and won lost records througH Feb. 1 In pa reninesesj: TEAM POINTS 1. Wheaton (111). 18 (16- 333 2. Steubenville (O.) 7 (20-1) ..326 3. West. Illinois 5 (16-0) 270 4. Evansville (Ind.) 6 14-2) ..269 . s. boutnwest (Mo. St.) 5 (16-0) : 202 . W. Va. Tech (19-3) 131 7. Tenn. St. A&I (19-2) 113 8. Pac. Wash. Luth. (11-2) 103 9. Texas South. 1 (17-2) 96 10. Boston University (8-2) 59 second 10 uroup 11, st. Peter ! (N.J.), 47: 12. Brandeis (Mass.). 39 McNeese (La.), 34; 14, Louisiana lecn, 31: 15. Belmont Abbey (N.C.) 22; 16. South Dakota. 20: 17 (tie). Boston College and Youngstown (unio), 17 eacn; is, Montana state, 16; 20 (tie), Arkansas State, Mis sissippi Southern, Grambling (La. ana Anderson una.), 15 each. Ex-Champs Fall At Palm Beach Palm Beach, Fla. (IP) Mrs Ann Casey Johnstone of Ma son City, Iowa, only former tourney winner still un vanquished, teed off today in one of the featured pairings in the Palm Beach Women's Amateur golf championship. Two other former cham pions, a co-medalist and the star of the Florida winter tour all bowed out Wednesday in the first round. However, Mrs. Johnstone turned in one of the best showings of the day in a 7 to 6 victory over Mrs. D. C O'Brien of Richmond, Va. Her opponent today was up set-minded Marge Burns of Greensboro, N.C, who earlier whipped favored Mary Ann Downey of Baltimore, 5 and 4 Gracie DeMoss of Corvallis, Ore., one of the co-medalists lost her match Wednesday to Dale Fleming of Tulsa, Okla., in 20 holes. ROOKS VICTORS McMinnville (IP) The Oregon State Rook swimming team defeated the McMinn ville Swim club 59-32 Wednes day night. Florida Counts Freeze Damage By UNITED PRESS Florida farmers today counted their heavy losses in the wake of the season's third, and worst, freeze. Heavy rains, meanwhile, drenched the nation's midsection. Winter vegetable crops which escaped the frosty touch of two earlier freezes were just about destroyed in the cold snap that clung to the sunshine state since Mon day night and relaxed its grip late Wednesday. Unofficial lows of 18 were reported Wednesday morning in farmlands south of Miami, and 24-degree lows occurred in Miami's suburbs. About 75 per cent of 18,000 acres of to matoes were wiped out, ac cording to Assistant Dade Count Agent Nolyan Durre. A broad thunderstorm belt extended from eastern Okla homa into Tennessee early to day. The weather bureau said that as of midnight almost three-quarters of an inch fell during a six-hour period in Oklahoma City, Okla., and more than that at Chatta nooga, Tenn. The Northwest received scattered showers, but in the Rockies snow fell. Parts of Montana got a two-inch snow covering during a six-hour period, and light snows whipped across the Northern Plains to the Great Lakes. Tcrsi Sailer Ski Winner Bad Gastein, Austria OPl With the United States cnances lor victory in the men's events of the world ski championships virtually ruined, attention today was focused on the women's events in which Sally Deaver of Phil adelphia drew the favorable No. 3 starting position for the downhill race. Wallace (Bud) Werner, the 22-year-old. soldier from Steamboat Springs, Colo., who was regarded as America's main hope to stop the strong Austrian pair of Toni Sailer and Josl Reider, finished a disappointing fifth in the men's giant slalom Wednesday to fall far behind in the com petition for the title of" the world's best skier. Sailer, the Olympic cham pion who said he would quit the winter circuit to concen trate on his movie career after this tournament, won the giant slalom in a spar kling one minute, 48. seconds with Reider second in 1:52.6. Kimpton Paces Frosh Hoopmen University of Oregon, Eu gene Butch' Kimpton, the swift sharpshooter from Klamath Falls, continues to lead the Oregon Frosh scor ing after 10 games with a total of 135 points, 32 more than Denny Strickland, the ex-Bremerton prep star. The Ducklings, who have won eight and lost two this season, meet Oregon State's Rooks for the third time this season on Friday in the pre liminary game at Corvallis prior to" the varsity game be tween the Beavers and Ducks. The Rooks eked out a 58 56 victory in the first meet ing on the strength of a pair of free throws after the final gun and then the Ducklings evened the count with a 59-48 victory at McArthur court last Friday night. TO TELECAST GAME Key West, Fla. (IP) The first annual all-star game sponsored by the Major League Baseball Players asso ciation will be televised na tionally by the Mutual Broad casting system next Sunday, starting at 11:40 p.m. EST. Such famed major leaguers as Vic Wertz, Stan Musial, Har vey Kuenn, Bob Turley, John ny Antonelli and Early Wynn will take part in the nine inning exhibition. GIANTS INK PLAYER San Francisco (IPI The San Francisco Giants have an nounced the signing of high school star Mike Mitchell of Jersey City, N.J., "for a size able bonus." PUERTO RICAN SIGNED Kansas City, Mo. (IP) The Kansas City Athletics an nounced tonight the signing of Roberto Salamo of Ponce, Puerto Rico, a 19-year-old out fielder. Thursday, February 8, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THTRTEEiT BUTTE FALLS WINS Butte Falls Butte Falls grade school defeated Pros pect 28 to 13 and 20 to 9, respectively, this week in varsity and junior varsity basketball gamesv Dannie Remsen topped Butte Falls point-makers with 14. Washington (IP) The House has passed a bill to suspend for three years im port duties on certain coarse wools used in making rugs and carpets. DISTRIBUTOR Safe Thrifty Comfort OIL TO BURN S&H GREEN STAMPS ON MOBILHEAT OIL MEDFORD FUEL CO. 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