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I Skyline Conference Race To Be Three-Way Salt Lake City (DPD -Rocky Mountain area football teams pick up the season just about where it left off last year with Air Force academy, Wy- oming. New Mexico and . Brigham- Young university the likely leaders. However, they're drawing fine lines between the top . rated teams and it will be more difficult than usual to hand the championship . to any given team. Two new coaches, more ex perienced player personnel, and improved team balance from top to bottom form the basis for improved football In the Rockies, with . last - year's leaders all expected to - benefit from the changes. Most preseason polls in the Rockies nam defending champion Wyoming, speedy .New. Mexico and weU-bal-, anced Brigham Young to bat '.tlt it out for the Skyline conference crown. Air Force academy, despite heavy losses on the line, is rated the top Independent Idaho State col- leges, Colorado college and Colorado Mines are expected to battle it out for the Rocky Mountain conference cham pionship. Falcon Hit By Graduation The Air Force Falcons, the surprise lerjn in the nation last year, sustained their first graduation losses since the Academy opened , in 1955. Eleven players departed from 'the team that went unbeaten last year, while playing two tie games. ' , The Flyboys will have plenty of firepower this sea- son with the return in the backfield of quarterbacks - John Kunezel and Rich" Mayo, fullback Mike Rawlins, and halfbacks Mike Quinlan and , Phil Lane. However, coach Ben Martin - will 'have ' problems with the defenses." Guard Howard . Bronson and end Bob Brick- ey, holdover from last year's Southern Oregon Raiders In Proviev This Evening; Gird for Hawaiian 1 1 it , Ashland-Injurles were at a minimum . and defensive re sults we're -moving along in good fashion, according to Southern Oregon college head coach Al Akins as he pushed his charges through their paces in preparation for the football opener against ' the University of Hawaii in-Med-ford next Saturday night,- ? ..Interested grid fans will get a preview look at -the Red Raider grid machine tonight atv7 o'clock on Fuller field when the men of SOC go through their first full game scrimmage. Akins also will preview his newly organized '-group of linemen called thc"six stout studs." These six front line men average -240 pounds.Pe dro . Colley- at 290. and, NeU -Green at 242, team with Dick Graves; 282, on one side of thei line to form the heavy end of the bulk. , . End . Jim Diett came up with r slight concussion, and lie will -be ouf for at least .three days -after a collision with Eldon Francis. Jim Clark, newcomer from Medford, has had trouble with his back but he returned to action Fri day afternoon. Defense Pleases l Other than sore joints and blisters, Bill Harper was the only" "Other victim " when he split - the under side of his finger open. SOC's coaching staff has expressed pleasure in regard to the defensive unit and his praise has extended to Clark, the freshman from the Pear city. The Medfordite had charge of a group called "Clark's Raiders' in high school and he has extended defensive desires into college. ' Lance Locke and Jack Brown have been handling much of the signal calling and varying their attack be tween running and passing. Locke threw for a couple, of big gains Friday and one went all the way to end Jim Perkins in a full speed scrimmage. Eldon Francis broke away twice in the scrimmages and one was a hip twisting jaunt up the middle for better than 40 yards. Willie Garner, who played for. Phoenix some years back is out. of the service, con tinued to draw praise "from Akins with his offensive block ing on many of the running plays. The Raider camp put em phasis on punting and kick- PAINT WITH . Affair line, return. Rut after that Martin will have to count on sophomores. Wyoming, which won the Skyline title last season with a predominantly sophomore squad, figures to be improved this yeat But coach Bob De- vaney also points out that tne entire league will be im proved. New Mexico, runnerup last season in the Skyline under first-year coach Marvy Levy, boasts an experienced team headed by Don Perkins, one of the nation's top ground gainers last year, and end Don Black, an all-Skyline selec tion last season. Speed And Depth The Lobos will also have great speed and depth. Tac kles pose a problem for Levy, last year's Skyline Coach of the Year. Brigham Young, under new coach Tally Stevens, will switch to the multiple offense this year. The Brighams, who have yet to win their first Skyline grid title, will prob ably be strongest in the mid dle of the line and at the tailback spots. ' In the Rocky Mountain Conference, Idaho State is ex pected to bounce bacjr after finishing third last year. Quarterback Gary Tomlinson heads a squad of 19 return ing lettermen. ." ' ' Colorado Mines and Color ado College, co-champs last year, expect to be in the run ning again this season.. Little All-A merica quarterback Vince Tesone is the top re turnee at Colorado Mines. Colorado State' University, boasting a senior-dominated club; Utah State, under new coach John Ralston; and sophomore-studded Utah are , classed as spoilers in the Sky line with none rated title con tenders at this state of the season." Denver and Montana, both hard hit by graduation, have -. imilar roles. - offs Friday morning with Larry Drake, frosh from Grants Pass, doing most of the punting. Drake was thump ing most boots out about 40 yards. . ' " Phil Sword was back kick ing off but he was getting some competition from Phil Swisher? from Merrill, who was just about equalling the ex-Ashland high center. . -, Evenings have been spent in chalk talks and viewing movies. The team . saw the films of the Hawaii-Idaho State game last year which the Rainbows won 40rl9. It was very evident the Islanders have a tremendous outside running attack. - . - Tony Brauner. was one of the few converting jobs Akins has undertaken when he mov ed the ex-quarterback to guard in the offensive unit, Brauner weighed in at 180 pounds and Akins feels-he is fitting into the new position fairly well. M' Tickets for the SOC-Hawaii game anay ' be" purchased by writing .Box 493; Medford, or by V dropping into '- Barker's Men's store in Medford; Eber hart's Sporting Goods store in Ashland, or Steve's phar macy in Grants Pass. " Chicago Bears Defeat Giants United -Press International Papa Bear George Halas keeps hollering "watch out for the Colts and Rams" but how about his Chicago Bears, Runner sup last year in the National Football League's Western Division race,. the Bears already are "cham pions" of the Eastern division this year. - - Friday night they made it four exhibition victories in a row over Eastern Division clubs when they beat the New York Giants, 18-e: The Pitts burgh . Steelert scored early and late to whip the Chicago Cardinals, 21-13, in another game- A'S SIGN YOUTHS Kansas City -(DPD- Richard Green of Yankton, S.D., and Frank Fencl of Berwyn, 111., two outstanding high school athletes, have signed con tracts with the Kansas City Athletics. Green, a shortstop, will report to Sioux City, Iowa, next season, while Fencl, an outfielder, will go to Olean, N.Y. MEDFORD PAINT 7ellp:?3r Slcro 6th V Holly Diagonally Across from Pott Office PHONE SP 2-9321 We Give Woods, Water, Wildlife By Hank This is the time of the year that can cause enough con flicts in the mind of a sports man to bring about a mild neurosis. Fishing is improv ing constantly in all the lakes; the streams are giving up some of the best fish of the season; dove hunters are finding a few doves scattered through the valley: the local Robinhoods managed to miss a lot and hit a few aeer in the Keno hunt, and the steel head are swarming in the lower river. These constitute the choices available to the sportsman right now and un less he is a man who knows his preference he may find it hard to decide wmcn snouia be his choice. Many of us won't find the choice too dif ficult until the general buck season, opens on the third of next month. Let s go down river! ONE OF THE BIGGEST Reports from the mouth of . the river tell us 4 the steelhead run entering the fiver is the largest in 15 years. Since last year's run was supposed to have been the biggest in the last 30 years, it would seem we have a type of record either in steelhead numbers or in loss of memory. Be that as it may,, there are a lot of fighiingest fish down there, including fall run - steel head, half-p ounders up from the ocean for a short visit, fall chinook salmon, silver salmon and a few cutthroat. HALF-POUNDERS These are the scrappy lit tle fish that measure 12 to 15 inches of dynamite on the end of a fly rod. They enter the river as old two-year-olds or young three-year-olds and stay awhile before they re turn to the ocean. On the fol lowing year they start up again and this time they keep going to their spawning grounds as mature fish.. These small fish weigh approxi mately a half-pound, hence their name. They are eager to take a fly , - and are most sought after by the. fisher man who prefers this method of ; fishing. Mixed in with them are the regular fall run fish that weigh up to about eight pounds and the action can really get wild when one of these gets on. THE WHYFORE - -' The best explanaioin as lo why there is such an in ' crease in the fall run fish . is that the screens blocking the ' irrigation ditches are doing a good job of affect ing a large downstream mi gration of this particular . race of fish. The use of this screens is far more el ective in maintaining our migratory fish runs than any hatchery' system. The return of wild fish is many imes, the number of return ing hatchery fish and at a fraction of the cost. Natur al habitat and the cost and effort , of maintaining it will give us better fishing than any hatchery system yet devised. THE DEERSLAYERS - Reports coming in from the hunt around Keno this last week indicate there were plen ty of deer for the hunting but as usual the hunters found it hard to connect with the real thing. Shots .were missed from as close as 20 feet and a couple of deer were downed with fluke shots that should have missed.. Hunting with a bow and arrow can be ex tremely exciting and buck fe ver is common enough when shots are at live targets less than 40 yards away. This is a sport that is very appealing in that you are dependent upon your eye and muscle co ordination to a much greater degree than the rifleman. A near miss can make a better story than' a one shot kill. TEMPERATURE DATA , The. temperature data the fish and wildlife service is going after this next year will be gathered by the use of 27 recording thermo graphs for water tempera ture and will be compiled with air temperature data extant during the same period. Let's hope this will be a complete study and the data used to promote the best possible deal for the fish of the basin. 1 HERTZ TMICK RENTAL Available at DeVoss THE ANGLER'S LOG The river has cooled down quite a bit since the hot spell in August. Temperatures at Gold Ray dam go from 56 to 58 degrees. In the lower can yon the water is down to a cooler 63 degrees We need rain for the river despite this good news and unless we get it there will be a lot of fish caught. This is the dilemma of the conservationist; at what point does not enough become too much regarding numbers of fish caught? Diamond Lake W a s slow during the first of the week but is picking up. The week end storm stirred up the lake but it is settling down now. Flies are working well during early morning and late after noon fishing. Golden demon and spruce are preferred. Flatfish work well during the day. Ben Fagone and family carted away 60 fish during a two week vacation with daughter Toni taking honors with a 4V4-pounder. Fish Lake The lake is low with most fishing in the chan nel but with some luck in near the lava. Trolling flies on a short line is best. Some are having luck by casting to ward the lava. Howard Prairie Some fine catches are coming out of this lake. It is rich in natural foods and the fish are fat and sassy. FF&W, flatfish and hot- shots are all good producers. Klamath Lake This will be the last report from this lake The water is too low to afford good trout fishing al though there are plenty of cat fish and perch being caught. Lake of the Woods There have been very few fishermen but those who did make it caught fish. Trolling is pick ing up and some 15 to 16 men fish are being hooked. The skiing epidemic seems to be over and the lake is clear for the fisherman. THE OPTIMIST'S CORNER The stories regarding the steelhead run in the lower river have this fisherman upset to the point that I'm going to have a look down there to see , if the stories are true. I'm taking a fish ing rod along strictly as a defensive weapon to pro tect myself in case of attack Vhile near the water's edge. I hope it will have a lot of use. GOOD LUCK! ' ; Brakettes Champions Stratford, Conn.-(DPS -Bertha Ragan pitched a one-hitter Friday night to lead the defending champion Raybes tos Brakettes of Stratford, Conn., to a 1-0 .victory over Portland, Ore., . and the 1959 women's world softball cham pionship. The Brakettes, as in last year's tourney, went through the double elimination tour nament involving 19 teams without a loss in six games. They , also were unscored on. Yakima Boosts Lead in Series ' Yakima (DPD Yakima scored six runs in the first in ning Friday night and went on to defeat Salem, 9-2, to take the lead in the North west League playoffs, three games to one. A chemical plant to be put in operation this year is said to be the first to be complete ly computer-controlled. Southern Oregon College vs. University SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19 Medford High Stadium Tickets Available ar Barker's in Medford Eberhart Sporting ASHLAND . . or Write for Tickets P.O. Box 493, Medford Box Seats $3.00 Reserved $2.50 General Admission $1.50 - Students $1.00 '''''' I Child Welfare Benefit Sponsored By Medford Active , Club ' MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford,. Or. 1 0 Sunday Sept. 13. .195.9 l SPORTS Prospect Bills Conflicts Prospect - Prospect High, out of the prep football pic-' ture 'for the past three sea sons, will be-much in evi dence 'on the gridiron - this fall. ; '. .- .. "; ; , The Cougars, under newi coach Duane Payne, yUl play, both six-man and 11-man foot ball. They intend, to enter state eliminations in the six man' version and to play B school varsities and A, school jayvees in the 11-man varsity.; Season opener will be with! the Eagle Point jayvee on Monday at Eagle Point. 17 Turn Out ' Payne, who came here from Tulelake, Calif., reported that 17 of the 26 boys in the school are out for the gridiron game and that one ether is expected on recovery from a summer injury. The coach said that ames are being sought and open 'dates are Sept. 18 and 25 and Oct. 9 and 31. ' i A six-man game is slated for Oct. 2 at Camas Valley. Eleven-man scuffles will be Oct. 16 at Talent and with Illinois Valley Oct. 18 at Prospect and Oct. 26 at Cave Junction. St, Mary's is slated tentatively for Nov. 6. Payne is a graduate of Brig ham Young university and ob tained his masters degree at University of Oregon. ' Vern Haddland, from South Dakota and just out of the Army, is assistant coach. Upset Scored By Fernandez Miami Beach -(DPD- Floren tine Fernandez, unbeaten Cur ban slugger, and lanky Gaspar Ortega of Mexico were re matched today, for a welter weight challengers' fight in Madison Square Garden, Oct 23, because of Fernandez' upset TV victory over Ortega here Friday night. - Registering his 21st straight professional triumph, . Fer nandez floored rugged Gaspar twice and won a unanimous 10-round decision: 97-90, 97r 91, 96-93. ; Florentino did it despite -a first-round injury to his left hand, which was to be x-rayed today for a possible fracture. Matchmaker Teddy Bren ner said the return-bout win ner in October will get a shot at Don Jordan's 147-pound crown in Miami Beach, Dec. 4. , . . . HIGH LO WINS Salem -(DPD- The top horse of -the- Oregon Futurity at Portland early this year, Mr. High Lo, Friday won the Os West Primer race for two year olds Friday afternoon af the Oregon State Fair. "kY Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS . Drain Tile Bricks, Flues 727 W. McAndrewt Phone SP 3-4575 or SP 2-4107 of Hawaii Goods - . : It Costs ; . . Nothingjo Jw:M Enter I W mm. You don't . have . Just share the fun good you are. J !' There's nothing to do but pick up a slip at the store (or clip frorrj paper),( check the win ners and mail or leave it with lis before 5:30 Friday evening. Here is the opening line- BARKER'S -FOOTBALL ' INSTRUCTIONS: Check If you pick a tie game, must, be at the store by September 19th Alabama at Georgia California vs Washington State Clemson at North Carolina Georgia Tech at Kentucky Texas at Nebraska v Oregon at Stanford U.S.C. vs Oregon State "Rice at L.S.U. Purdue at U.C.LA. Washington at Colorado Medford at Marshfield Medford Games Friday Night A NECKTIE GIVEN EACH WEEK TO EVERYONE IN THE GROUP PICKING THE MOST WINNERSI There are eleven weeks of play. $75 in merchan dise to, the highest score for any ten weeks. $50 in trade for second place and $25 for third. Prizes are to be split in case of ties. Each week everyone in tbe group picking the most winners wins a $1.50 necktie. ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON. , Name Address Everyone in the group picking the most winners each week receives a $1 v50 Tl E Free! - At the end of the season, $75 In trade goes to the person with the highest score for any nine weeks of the ten. The same applies to the $50 second prize and $25" third. Prizes are split in case of tie total scores. to come . in! and see how ' CONTEST the team you pick 'to win. cheek both teams: All dipt 5:30 Friday evening. s.o.c.E. ' r-'X . . I Tlekets - x Official.- W J Ticket 1 F W I Agents ? y V. " f ' 1 4 Oregon- f ; ' Vv ll Ore. State ' y Games - A" and A V C V N f 4 vv I HOPKINS RICHFIELD service McAndrews at Court Phone SP 3-9068 MEDFORD, OREGON MAIN AT CENTRAL S&H GREEN STAMPS
