12 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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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:
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Kimura, Al
Maurer, Larry
jjietz, Jim ...
Jones, Willie
D'Olivo, Dave ,
Brown. Jack
King, Leroy
Kevi. Chuck
McAbee, Jim
McLemore, Kermit.
Sword. Phil
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Weinhold. Ray .....
Maurer, Ron
Thoreson, Gordie
Francis, Eldon ...
Walters, Dale
Eggers, Jim
Team total 350 106
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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.
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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.
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