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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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EVERYONE IN THE GROUP PICKING
THE MOST WINNERSI
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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
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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.
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