Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 24, 1958, Image 12

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Newspaper Page Text12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Oregon, Thursday, April 24. 1958 Silky Draws Crowd At Churchill Downs By JOHN G. DIETRICH Louisville, Ky. (IP) There was Jimmy Jones standing on the back side at Churchill Downs, gawking like a tourist at a big, red Irishman of a colt named Silky Sullivan. Jimmy had just arrived at the Downs with Calumefs derby favorite, Tim Tarn. In most years such an occasion would have gathered the crowd around the Calumet barn. But there they were, and Jimmy too, watching Silky Sullivan. Because this Sulli van character is no ordinary horse. Sometimes it's hard to tell if he is a horse at all, be- Go Fishing in your own BOAT 14' Wide Beam Fiberglassed and painted 199 95 3 ONLY At This Price $20 Down $12 Month Cheaper than renting 12' Aluminum ARKANSAS TRAVELLER 199 95 $20 Down $12 konth Best for Car Tops or in a Pickup ' EXTRA SPECIAL Used 12' Boat 5 h.p. Motor $175 $20 DOWN $12 MONTH motor yoa get the greatest of all light motor features, Evinrude's Fish erman Drive. The Lightwm bounces right over rocks and deadheads . . . powers through rushes and weeds ... keeps driving in mere inches of water. Most popular of the take along' motors, it's feather light... only 33 pounds, but oives workhorse performance on " a wide vareity of boat. Evinrude UGKTMM So Bwxpenshre, vefyo can own a ugnmin. $10 Down $3 Month JOHNSTON STORES 112 SOUTH RIVERSIDE V With this jp166 cause he acts more like a pet cocker spaniel, and his entourage treats him like the heir to the throne, which, horse-wise, he may be. Wins In Stretch Silky has raced into the hearts of the American public like no other horse ' since Man O'War, mostly because in several California races he came from unbelievably far behind 41 lengths in one race to win or almost win. Aside from his peculiar rac ing habits which, incident ally, he shows signs of out growing Silky is a person ality kid' a "ham" at heart. In spite of his great size he measures 16 hands and three inches and weighs more than 1,200 pounds Silky loves people and people love him, instinctively. Portly Reggie Cornell, who trains Silky for co-owners Tom Ross and Phil Klipstein of San Francisco, handles him accordingly. Silky doesn't work out early in the morn ing, like the common herd of race horses. He sleeps late and does his training about 11 a.m., when all the others have left the track-. Likes Kentucky "He's doing fine . . . seems to like it here in Kentucky." Cornell said. "He was a little 'windy' when we got here, but he's looking better every day." Silky is a big horse and has a big appetite. He puts away about 30 quarts of feed oats, bran, mash, carrots and such a day, plus 40J pounds of hay. Between meals he likes an occasional dip of honey or other sweets A Louisville lady brought him a basket of California oranges the other day, and he loved every one of them. ' Cornell spends consider able time reading Silky's mail. Every delivery brings a batch of letters and post cards from all parts of 'the country. Many are from children who want his pic ture, t Gil Hodges Hits 300th Los Angeles OP) First baseman Gil Hodges of the Los Angeles Dodgers became the 15th member of 'baseball's all-time 300-homer club Wed nesday night when he hit his second of this season against the Chicago Cubs. One more homer will put Hodges ahead of the late Chuck Klein and 14th on the 1st and he'll tie Roger Horns by's career total of 302 with only two more. Ted Williams, Stan Musial and Duke Snider are the only active players who have hit more homers than Hodges. The all-time list is topped, of course, by Babe Ruth's 714. Two Wildlife Leaflets Now Can Be Obtained Portland Two new wild life leaflets, Mule Deer and Black Bear, are now available for distribution, the Oregon game commission announced today. Prepared by the informa tion and education division, the single page leaflets are designed primarily for school children of the intermediate grades but are also a worth while addition to the library of any person interested in Oregon's wildlife. On one side of the leaflet a general description of the animal is given including its habits and a brief summary on management. The reverse side includes a life history pictograph showing the ani mal in its native habitat and the key identifying features. This makes a total of six wildlife series leaflets now available. Others in the series include the Beaver, Prong horn Antelope, Rainbow Steelhead Trout, and Cougar. Interested persons may ob tain the leaflets free of charge by writing to the game com mission, 1634 S.W. Alder in Portland. Duck Huntsman Hold Session San Francisco (IP! Repre sentatives of more than 30, 000 duck hunters met today for the start of the 21st an nual meeting of Ducks Un limited Inc. , The organization is . devot ed to increasing the duck pop ulation of North America. The executive committee was expected to approve a 1958-59 budget of about $525, 000. The money, donated by members of the organization m every state of the union, goes to Ducks Unlimited of Canada, Inc., where it is used to promote breeding of the birds in three Canadian prov IFish, Wilis Open for Saturday; Trout fishing reason at Emigrant zeservior south east of Ashland will not open until May 24, the state police pointed out this morning. Spiny ray or warm water fish may be taken from the lake the year around but not trout. Police and game commis sion officials have been plagued with calls con cerning the status of the reservoir. Grants Pass The game commission reminded South ern Oregon fishermen today that the opening of trout sea son this Saturday, April 26, applies only to lakes in the coastal sections of Oregon and in a limited number of Cas cade lakes. Streams will re main closed to trout angling until May 24. Lakes to open Saturday in the Rogue watershed include Fish lake, Willow Creek res MedfordWTribune Oregon Fishermen Hope For Better Weather foi Start of Troy Portland (IPI Oregon anglers hoped today for bet ter weather conditions as the opening of the 1958 trout sea son neared. v- Here is the State Game commissions outlook for the opening Saturday: Southwest: Spring chinook angling in upper main Ump qua and North Umpqua has been poor because of high wa ter. . Trout angling in Lemolo reservoir should be fair to good;' two to four feet of snow still remained on road to Lemolo from Diamond lake road, although it is expected to be cleared unless .more snow falls; ice off the reser voir; Toketee should be fair to good. Soda Springs and Fish creek reservoirs should be fair; pre-season plants of fall rainbows are scheduled for Tenmile lakes and Loon lake; boats are desirable at Saund ers lake and Marie lake. Bradley lake below Ban- don should be good; Squaw lake in Eden valley has large holdover of rainbows. Willow Creek reservoir above Butte Falls will be popular and fishing expected to be good; there routes to Fish lake in Jackson county will be open, the Butte Falls rd., the Dead Indian and Deadwood route and the Mc Allister Springs rd. Fish lake is free of ice. Northwest: Fishing may be slow unless weather condi tions improve; Sunset and Coffenbury lakes between Seaside and Astoria have good number of fish; Lost lake near Elsie also a good prospect; big spring chinook may be coming in on current water raise with best hopes the Kilchis, Tillamook bay, Tillamook river, Trask and the Wilson; anglers are re minded these rivers open for chinook only 20 inches or more in length. Only the Wilson below the deadline will be open for steelhead 20 inches or over; Devils lake expected to be fair for trout; Sutton, Mer cer, Munsel, Cleawox, Woah ink, Siltcoos and Tehkenitch and smaller lakes expected to be fair to good with Siltcoos probably best for trout. Portland area streams are high and muddy, but have been stocked; upper parts of Salmon river, Still creek, Zig Zag and Sandy rivers should be fair; streams on west side of Portland should be fair at higher elevations; central Willamette valley streams were high and murky but could be fishable by week end; prospects good at De troit reservoir. Valsetz lake should be good for large cutthroat and browns ;major streams in the Eugene area high; upper Mc Kenzie and upper Willamette! FISHERMEN!! WORMS FREE I Dozen Worms Free with Purchase of 10 Gallons Gas 9 Oil Change ' Lubrication BRING OWN CONTAINERS TO . . . JIM'S SIGNAL SERVICE Crater Lake Highway and Delta Waters Road w, Squaw Lakes Trout Angling on Streams ervoir and Squaw lakes. All tributaries to these lakes and reservoirs will remain closed Routes to Fish lake are the Butte Fall road or by way of Dead Indian and Deadwood. The McAllister road also is open. It is solid and rough only in a few places, the Fish lake resort management said. The usual good opening week end catches of rainbow are expected. The trash fish which are becoming abundant rarely affect early season angling. Fish lake .resort is open, but all cabins and boats are re served. Boat re-rental will probably be available after 10 a.m. No charges are to be made in the west campground this year. There is no ice on Fish lake. The best route to Fish lake will be the Butte Falls road or by way of 'Dead Indian and Deadwood. The McAllister road is rough. The usual good opening week end catches of in i urn t Season might clear by week end and both have been planted; Look out Point and Dexter will be muddy but fishing may be good. Central: Hood river high and clearing; east fork is ac cessible to Dog river; King sley reservoir road open but impassable to passenger cars; Neal and Odell creeks should be good; Rock creek reser voir should be excellent; White river has been high and clear and should be fair. Best bets for opening week end will be the Deschutes riv er near Cove state park up stream through Bend to near Wickiup reservoir, the Little Deschutes river, Crescent creek and Metolius river; lakes and reservoirs ready in clude Crescent, Odell, Blue and Suttle lakes and Wickiup reservoir; roads in generally good condition to all central Oregon waters. Deschutes river above and below Bend lower and clear and ' should be good with flies and lures; Metolius river in good shape with some snow in camp grounds; Crescent lake been free of ice; North Wickiup and South Twin lake camp grounds open and accessible. Living, dead, or preserved fish or parts thereof may not be taken, used, or held for use as bait in Wickiup and other central Oregon lakes this year; Blue lake should be good for rainbow and Sut tle for kokanee; Crooked riv er high and muddy, causing muddy water in Pelton reser voir and the Deschutes at Warm Springs, Maupin and to the mouth; Walton lake east of Prineville partly ice covered; Ochoco reservoir does not open until May 24; roads into Sprague river, Dev ils lake and Willow valley reservoir rough but passable; Klamath area streams in good shape. - Northeast: Steelhead ang- i ling closes in John Day sys tem on April 25; it closes in Pine creek, Eagle creek and lower Powder river April 28; high water conditions in most areas will make rain bow angling poor for open ing of trout season; rainbow have been released in Butte creek, Thirtymile creek, up per Rock creek and north fork of the Walla Walla riv er in zone 7. Best rainbow angling in zone 7 will be in impound ments such as McKay reser voir, Rowe creek reservoir and Hubble lake and in new pond fishery program in the John Day area; only high tributaries of streams in zone 9 will be fishable for opening due to' high water; Wallowa lake and Unity and Higgins reservoirs should be fair to good but road condi tions to Higgins may not be passable. Southeast: Stream angling Pi Closed rainbow are expected. The trash fish which are becom ing abundant rarely affect early season angling. Fish lake resort is open, but all cabins and boats are reserved. Boat re-rentals will probably be available after 10 ajn. No charges are to be made in the west campground this year. The most popular body of water will be Willow Creek reservoir. Fishing is expected to be as good as the opening day in 1957. Large numbers of shore anglers and boat fishermen will participate in this week end fishery. All resort boats are reserved for the week end, but re-rentals may be available about noon. The road is in good condi tion above Butte Falls after work by a county crew. Road to Squaw Lakes is being improved this week. Un usually heavy plants of rain bow were made in these lakes last year. Fishing is expected to be fair in the lower lake and good in the upper lake. Lake o'Woods in the Klam ath drainage will open this Saturday, too. The road out of Klamath Falls will be the only route open. Snow plows are opening it this week. The resort, store and all cabin and boat facilities will be available. The reservoirs in the North Umpqua area, namely, Lem-j Springs and olo, T o k a t e e , Fish creek, Stump lake and Soda Springs reservoirs, will be open. Ice has left these waters. The Copco road to the west end of Lemolo reservoir and to the dam is clear and avail able to open week end ang lers. Roads to the other reser voirs are not expected to pre sent any trouble. Excellent catches of trout are expected. Cavemen Take Net Encounter Ashland Grants Pass high downed Ashland 6 to 1 in a tennis match yesterday. Jerry Joy won in singles for the lone Grizzly victory. expected to be good in small er tributaries; poor angling expected in larger streams such as Deep creek, Chewau can river, middle fork of Malheur, north fork of Mal heur, Silvies, Silver creek, Blitzen river and Emigrant creek; melting snow causing streams to be high and muddy; angling in lakes and reservoirs expected to be good. Malheur reservoir should produce many catches large rainbow; Beulah reservoir has been slow; Warm Springs reservoir excellent with many nice rainbow limits taken; higher lakes in lake and Harney county will be snowbound. Sleeping Bags! Reg. 17.95 Sncrqualmie , 1088 3- lb. Dyed Wool Reg. 21.95 Mr. Adams l C88 4- lb. Wool .. I 3 Reg. 24.95 Mt. Hood , 788 3-lb. Dacron Reg. 29.95 Mt. Jackson 1Q88 3-lb. Dacron ...... y 122 EAST MAIN Added Bird Shoot Won By Skeeters Medford Gun club will have 16-yard and skeet prac tice on Sunday with traps to open about 10. a.m. The handicap event will be fired, if shooters wish. Charles Skeeters won the 16-yard added bird handicap on Sunday. He and Ed Hen- selman each' had 52 points and Skeeters won the shoot off 25 to 24. Percy Bearden and Bert Peck followed with 51s. The two each broke 23 of 25 in the shoot-off and Peck picked up the prize by toss of the coin. Lois Hunt and L. K. Byrd tied for third high with 50 counts. Byrd won the ex tra 24 to 19. Perfect 75 Jack Porter, Floyd Young, Ray Coleman and Earl Hvall were next with 49s. Coleman and Young were knotted after a shoot-off, breaking 23 each, and Coleman was victor in the toss. The club turned in a per fect 75 in the Oregon Journal Telegraphic trapshoot. Cole man, Skeeters, Charles Ben dell, George Jantzer, Martin Clogston and Jim Horn each had 25s but only three scores could be applied. Seventy-three persons at tended the dinner-dance last Monday which climaxed the club's spring league tourna ment. Trophies went to mem bers of the winning team, Coleman's !Nail Drivers, and to Paul Culbertson for indi vidual high score. Pacific Beats SOC In Tennis Forest Grove OP) Pacific University defeated Southern Oregon 5-2 in a tennis match Wednesday. NEEDS 29 HITS San Francisco OP) Stan Musial, the St. Louis Cardi nals' , star who is batting a cool .467 with 14 hits in 30 at bats thus far this season, needs only 29 more hits to reach the 3,000 hit circle. Larry Maurer Sets Red Raider Hitting; D'Olivo Ashland With 12 games behind the Red Raiders Larry Maurer leads the Southern Oregon college batting aver ages with a nifty .429. He has 14 runs batted, two triples and one home run. Leroy Kink leads the home run department with two and shares the RBI lead with Maurer at 14. As a team the Red Raiders are hitting a respectable .303, STATISTICS: AB - 9 .43 .35 .38 .15 . 3 .38 .19 H 4 18 12 13 5 1 12 6 12 3 9 1 6 3 1 O . 0 Ave. .444 .429 .343 .342 .333 .333 .316 .316 .308 .300 .257 .250 .200 .188 .091 .000 .000 .303 Kimura, Al Maurer, Larry jjietz, Jim ... Jones, Willie D'Olivo, Dave , Brown. Jack King, Leroy Kevi. Chuck McAbee, Jim McLemore, Kermit. Sword. Phil 39 10 .35 . 4 .30 .16 .11 . 4 . 2 Weinhold. Ray ..... Maurer, Ron Thoreson, Gordie Francis, Eldon ... Walters, Dale Eggers, Jim Team total 350 106 A WEISFIELD'S SUPER VALUE SIPECDAL PURCHASE Above bags designed so two bags can be zipped together. Double-pull zipper zips outside or inside 2 roomy air mattress pockets Points of strain reinforced Quality flannel liner for extra warmth NO MONEY DOWN! STREET MEDFORD SO Conference Mim Vie Friday, Saturday Medford high plays Ash land and Crater opposes Klamath Falls on Friday in Southern Oregon conference baseball competition. The posted schedule lists Medford for a jaunt to Ash land. There was an indica tion last night that the rival ry might be shifted to Med ford because of condition of the Ashland diamond'. How ever, no confirmation was re ceived this morning. Crater goes to Klamath. Double headers are on tap with the first game to count in league standings. Medford entertains Klam ath Falls in a Saturday twin bill while Ashland journeys to Grants Pass. First games again will be counters. Crater has non-league action at Yreka, Calif. John Kovenz, coach of the Medford Tornado, said last night that he wasn't yet cer tain of the order in which he would call on pitchers for the four weekend engagements. He said that starting assign ments were uncertain for left and right fields. Brown Out Larry Brown, pitcher and infielder, who played third base in the loop fray with Crater, has been absent from school this week. If he is not on hand for the Ashland and Klamath scrambles, Ken Dur kee likely will be at the hot corner. Otherwise the Medford line up will be the same as usual. Pete Stemple may pitch the conference game for Ashland against Medford, Coach Snuf fy Smith reported. He aims to use Alan McKinnis and Bob Johnson against Grants Pass on Saturday. Either one of the two, nevertheless, could be called upon against Med ford, if necessary. Crater skipper Bill Piche will have Bob Fowler on the hill for the league scrap with Klamath s Pelicans. He will have his usual line-up in ac tion, Tops Hurling having scored 102 runs in 12 games. They have won seven. Dave D'Olivo is the lead ing pitcher with a 4-2 record followed by Kermit Mc Lemore with 2-2 record, Jack Brown with 1-0 and Dale Wal ters 0-1. Next conference Oregon collegiate games are Friday and Saturday against defend ing champion Oregon College in a three game series. HR 3B 2B SB E 0 1 1 7 2 0 2 7 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 R RBI 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 1 3 6 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 O 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 O 0 0 17 16 13 15 3 1 10 6 8 3 7- 1 8 7 2 0 0 14 5 6 5 0 14 6 12 4 11 0 6 3 4 0 1 28 28 102 yS 'j''Sllfr. sk-$$ Ja ' Single valve, easy-to-inflate air mat- - The Medford-Ashland open er tomorrow is set for 2:30 p.m. Crater and Klamath start at 1:30 p.m. The Tornado and Grizzlies have played two non-conference games this spring with Medford taking one 1 to 0 and Ashland the other 6 to 3. Corvallis OPI Oregon State and Idaho were rained out of their Northern division baseball game Wednesday. A doubleheader was scheduled today. The true old-style entucky bourbon p ..r--, W life 1 iff U trtiiTEiwtiijtT TTMtuV I 2 mmmtmmmJ Always smoother because it's slow-distilled There are less costly ways to make bourbon whiskies but they'll never give you the smoothness you get in Early Times. The extra care and attention of slow dis tilling.. .the patient willingness to take twice as long... this is the old-style way, the smoothing way to make whisky. Next time, ask for Early Times. KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKY . 86 PROOF EARLY TIMES DISTILLERY COMPANY . LOUISVILLE 1. KENTUCKY y Molded Plastic Air Mattress PHONE SP 3-5348 O'Connor Favors PCL Extension Portland HP) President Leslie O'Connor of the Pa cific Coast League says he favors a plan to extend the PCL season for one week to help teams which suffered rainouts during the first week of the season recoup some of their losses. O'Connor said it was a mat ter for the club owners to de cide but added "I personally feel quite confident they will accept the plan." The Portland club which got in only one counting game in the first seven days of the season because of rain, said earlier it planned to ask for the extension. No Money Down You Set the Terms STORE HOURS: 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. inces.