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Football '-Coach"' Jinn Mum Dies Br ALAN D. RESCH Chapel Hill, N. C. -(UPD- Jim Tatum, who built football powerhouses at Maryland and was hired by the University of North Carolina to revive his alma mater's skidding football program, died here Thursday night. Doctors at North Carolina Memorial hospital here did not give the exact cause of the death of the 45-year-old South Carolina native but de scribed it as an "overwhelm ing", virus Infection compli cated by uremic poisoning. Tatum's wife, Edna, suf fered a milder version of the same ailment and was quar antined at home with their three children. University of ficials said there was no sign of the illness among the chil dren, Rebecca, 14, James Jr., 13, and Edna Reid, 7. Funeral arrangements for Tatum were incomplete early Friday. Tatum, who had been In Montreal with his family as guests of coach Douglas Walk er of the Montreal Alouettes, had returned home last week following the sudden death in the same hospital here of his 54-year-old sister, Mrs. Ag nes Tatum Brown of Laurin burg, N. C. Sister Died Last Week He was stricken shortly af ter his return and was admit ted to the hospital Sunday for diagnostic studies. Another sister, Mrs. Margaret Tysinger of McColl, S. C, said he had appeared to be "coming along well" until noon Wednesday when he "took a turn for the worse." Tatum was placed on the ciritical list Thursday after noon but E, B. Crawford, .as sociate director of the hos pital, told newsmen early Thursday night that he was "holding his own-." A short time later, how ever, Crawford reported that Tatum's condition was "going downhill." Shortly before 11 p.m. the colorful and popular coach died in his private room at the end of a dimly-lighted corridor on the sixth floor of the hospital. Tatum's sudden death, two months before the opening of the 1959 season, left the Tar Heel football picture in doubt. This had been expected to be the season when Tatum would carry the Tar Heels to the heights and one national mag azine recently . picked the squad as the third best in the nation. . Had 100 Wins Tatum's record over the past three seasons here had been a somewhat disappoint ing 14-15-1 and there had even been some mutterings among the . alumni who had battled to bring him here from Mary land in 195$. Tatum's overall college coaching record was 100 wins, 35 losses and seven ties and he saw his teams compile a record of three wins, two losses and one tie in six bowl appearances while coaching at Oklahoma and Maryland. Ironically Tatum's first bowl victory, in the 1947 Gator Bowl, was against North J Carolina State, the team which gave him some of his most unpleasant moments here. State's Wolfpack was considered a "soft touch" for the Tar Heels but State de feated North Carolina in the season opener for the last three straight seasons. Jones Wins Her Eighth Straight. Golf Crown Spokane (DPD Connie Old ershaw Jones captured her eighth . straight Municipal Women's Amateur golf crown in 27 holes with a 12-10 vic tory over Mrsl E. W. Lind at Wadermere Thursday. . Mrs. Jones unseated Mrs. Lind from the title in 1951 and has held it since. It was Mrs. Lind's fourth attempt to regain the crown. ANXIOUS light-heavyweight champ Archie Moore waits outside hospital room of his wife, Joan, who was operated on in San Diego, Cal., for a non-malignant tumor in the ear. Following the operation, five" hours long, her condition is reported as satisfactory. Moore broke training and flew from Montreal to San Diego to be with his wife. He is scheduled to fight Canadian Yvon Durelle in Montreal, but now says this will depend on how his wife does. League Leaders Player & Club G AB R H Pet National League Aaron, Milw 90 369 66 132 .358 Cun'gh'm, St. L. 86 275 38 94 .342 White, St. L. 89 327 51 111 .339 Robinson, Cin. 92 343 72 114 332 Logan, Milw. 78 265 32 86 325 American League Kuenn, Det 89 352 61 122 .347 Kaline. Det 78 303 52 103 .340 Fox, Chi. .: 92 379 51 126 335 Woodling, Bal 86 278 40 93 .335 Runnels, Bos. 88 345 54 111 322 Miles Per Gallon in Actual Test $494 Down $49.50 per month DICK KNIGHT CO. Plymouth DeSoto Simca 33 SOUTH RIVERSIDE PHONE SP 3-6247 Runs Batted In National League Banks. Cubs 89; Robinson, Reds 88; Aaron, Braves 77; Mathews, Braves 70; Cepeda, Giants 69. American League Killebrew, Senators 80; Jensen, Red Sox 72; Colavito, Indians 70; Maxwell, Ti gers 65; Lemon, Senators 62; Alli son, Senators 62. Borne Runs National League Mathews, Braves 29; Banks, Cubs 26; Robin son, Reds 24; Aaron, Braves 24; Hodges, Dodgers 19; Cepeda, Giants 19. American League Killebrew, Senators 32; Colavito, Indians 29; Allison, Senators 26; Maxwell, Ti gers 22; Triandos, Orioles 22. Pitching - National League Face, Pirates 14-0; Antonelli, Giants 14-5; Mizell, Cards 11-5; Law, Pirates 11-5; Drys dale. Dodgers 12-6; Newcombe, Reds 10-5. American League McLish, Indi ans 12-3; Shaw. White Sox 9-3; Wynn, White Sox 12-6; Pappas, Orioles 10-5; WUhelm, Orioles 10-5; Fischer, Senators 8-4. The death rate from tuber culosis among the civilian population of Hawaii was 3.1 per 100,000 in 1957, the latest year for which figures are available, a decrease of more than 50 per cent since 1950 and about 95 per cent since 1940. SPORTS DWINNEL SWORN IN Washington -(UPD- Former New Hampshire Governor Lane Dwinnel was sworn in Thursday as assistant secre tary of state for administra tion. Acting Secretary C. Douglas Dillon told Dwinnel that his "reputation as an out standing businessman and governor has preceded you.' CONTRACTS SIGNED New York -(DPD- Ray Wie- techa, a center, and Jim Pat- ton, a defensive halfback, have signed 1959 contracts with the New York Giants. Both were All-National Foot ball league choices last season. WRIGHT FAVORED Chicago (DPD A field of 45 women pro and amateur golfers begin the $20,000 open golf -tourney at Mount Pros pect Country club today after a 24 hour delay due to rain. Mickey Wright, winner of the last two tournaments on-the ladies pro tour, remained a favorite to take top money. The first cash register was invented in 1879 by James Ritty of Dayton, Ohio, to pre vent pilfering in his cafe. Dials on the clocklike face of the device recorded the amount of a sale when keys were punched. SUIESTfiMTDAIL PRICE ON ANY TrejfiDeir COMBINATION IN STOCK! O Mercury Outboards O Glasspar & Sabre Craft Boats O Air Buoy Trailers MIPTOID MAHDMH CO. 2060 West Main Mercury Outboard Sales and Service Woods, Water, Wildlife By Hank DeVoss The drums of opinion are beginning to sound and peo ple already are choosing sides in what will become known as the Lost Creek Dam foolish ness. Much of what is being said and what is going to be said in the next few months will consist mainly, of un informed opinion ; and will serve . only the purpose of causing- confusion and be fuddlement. This is the last thing we need in this stage of the issue of resolving our dif ficulties concerning the dis position of the waters of the Rogue. NO IRRIGATION Our needs regarding the Rogue are not too complex and I feel most would agree that we need flood control, water for the ever in creasing horde of recrea tion seekers, water . for human consumption, water , - for power and water for the valuable fishery. We do not need ' water : for irriga tion on the basis of the facts regarding agriculture to day. So long as there are houses being built on our best soils and the govern ment (we the taxpayers) spends billions for surpluses and for taking land out of production, just so long do I think it unreasonable to claim we need more land under production. To do so would benefit only those who own the land. THAT SHASTA DAM Next on the list of things to consider is the constant comparison of the local situa tion with Shasta dam. Very few people seem to realize that the benefits derived from all the cold water com ing out from the bottom of Shasta dam will be lost when that water is diverted for ir rigation. Those interested in the facts might read a report written by a Dr. Moffet who points out the present bene fits and also shows the results when the cold water is taken away from the fish. A com parison is valid only insofar that plenty of cold water from Lost creek would probably benefit the fishery. It must be realized that the present operating plan for Lost creek guarantees a minimum of only 500, cubic feet per second for release below the dam. The average daily flow now is well over 1,000 cf.s. and the lowest flow ever recorded was 493 cf.s. in the area of the Lost creek site. UNFAIR POSITION Mr. Travis Roberts of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife serv ice was put on the spot by ' being asked whether or not he opposed the dam. He deserves criticism for using the 8 per cent salmon loss as the main reason for op posing the dam but his rea son for saying no went far beyond this argument. He was asked for an opinion based on the incomplete re port of the Engineers. The Lost creek data is incom plete and at present is or ganized to give the most benefit to irrigation, an area where the need is least. If Lost creek was built to benefit. the fishery, a needful area represented by Mr. Roberts, his oposi lion to the dam would disappear. THE UNINFORMED There are those who don't fish or can't fish who believe we might as well give up try ing to save the salmon and steelhead, in the Rogue. .Re gardless of the desires or abilities of these uninformed people there are many of us who enjoy catching salmon and steelhead and are con sistently able to do so. We won t really be trying to save these fish until we stop taking more and more water away from them and begin giving some back in some way. An other argument of the unin formed is that boat fishermen outnumber bank fishermen and that this means lakes are preferred to streams and con sequently streams are no longer necessary. The truth is .that fishermen are being driven off the streams by a lack of water which admitted ly makes fishing more diffi cult, but with more water and more fish they would soon return. LOST CREEK FOR FISH With a Lost creek dam built to provide plenty of cold water for fish instead of hot rocks I can visualize a return of salmon and steelhead in numbers large enough to satisfy the most pessimistic It would be hard to find a reasonable sportsman or conservation ist in this area who would be opposed to a dam bene fiting flood control, power, municipal uses, fishing and recreation but they would oppose an irrigation dam on the main stem of the Rogue river. THE ANGLER'S LOG Too little water in the lower Rogue has raised the water temperature j- in the lower canyon to 82 degrees. The river is lower now than it was at its lowest last year. On the positive side is the re port that about 12,000 fish are to.be planted in the upper Rogue area this week. They will average about Vt pound apiece. Diamond lake - Is fair. Anglers are trolling deep with flashers or flatfish with or without worms. Surface tem perature of the water is 72 degrees and the algae is blooming. Fish lake - Is very good. Lots of limits. Anything is catching but trolling has a slight edge. The water has cleared. Fourmile lake - Kokanee fishing is good on egg and worm combination. A lot of rainbow and brookies being taken trolling with super duper, flatfish, or FF&W. Klamath lake - 27 lunkers of over 4 pounds have been taken the past week. All but 2 on Andy Reekers. Betty Minger of Medford got a 9 pounder on a black flatfish. Ralph Lukehart and Bill Moore of San Diego got a 10 pounder and a 9V2 pounder. Fishing is good any time. Lake of the Woods - Is slow. Stillfishing is best with worms or eggs. . Mostly big fish that are real chubbies. The skier epidemic is getting worse. Willow Creek - Is pretty faiTj Some limits. Trolling or Lewiston Takes Yakima, Drops Them To Second By United Press International The Lewiston Broncs .seem to be making a habit of win ning their Northwest League games in the ninth inning. It happened again Thursday night when Lewiston pushed across two runs in the ninth to top Yakima 4-3. The defeat dropped Yakima into second place behind Wenatchee. Lewiston got its winning run when Chuck Stacey scored from third on a Yaki ma error. Dick McDonald had scored the first run on a sac rifice fly. Solo Homer Charlie Smith of Yakima had a solo homer and Ed Ol son of the winners belted a two-run homer in the seventh. Wenatchee got three runs in the eighth to take Eugene 6-3. Dick Wilson drove in one marker with a single and Duke Ducote drove in the still fishing are about equal in effectiveness. Trolling flat fish with perch scale is best. THE OPTIMIST'S CORNER It looks like the agitation for cleaning up Bear creek is begininng to have re sults. It's too bad only one. person has too bear the brunt of the first case brought to law. It's also too bad that the State Sanitary Authority won't take part unless forced to but if we do it , ourselves we will have more cause to be proud of a job well done. GOOD LUCK! iff S " 'f'&i EiwitMlIllilii' I fT'i llll isisMli Imm ' i RUSS ATHLETES Soviet competitor for the 100-meter run, Nonna Polyakova (right) shows off her track shoes to team captain Vasily Kuznetsov, world's decathlon champion. The Russian athletes are meeting U. S. com petitors in Philadelphia. other two with another single. Sid Harvey, Eugene catcher, had a two-run homer in the third. Jerry Clifford drove in three runs with a homer and a double as Tri-City topped Salem 5-1. Clifford's homer came in the eighth after Danny Holden had walked.. His double in the sixth plated Harry Dunlop. Track Meet At Ashland Tonite The final track and field meet of the summer season un der the Ashland summer rec reation program will be held tonight on the Southern Ore gon college track. 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