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! i. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. O FRIDAY, j;SIUARY 20, 1961 YSe&3i Wtitcr VM&lWe 1 LOpen Every Monday Until 9 p,m. By Mk teT o o o llL".. - 1 ' SPORTS m Mm I 1 kmr fl mi IHl m m The statement of purpose ot the Grants Pass group fa voring the Copper canyon project that appeared in this paper last Friday, and com mented upon by E.A., had the appearance of being formu lated by a group of children. Kindness would excuse it as being conceived out of ignor ance, stupidity, or both- but this would be a mistaken kindness. A RED HERRING If the people originating inii latest proposal for Cop per Canyon are to be given credit for being other than tupid or ignorant, then we must give serious considera tion to what they truly in tend. Taking into account ihe area and economy in volved, one is led to a sup position that ihe industrial isation of ihe waters of the Rogue is a more reasonable threat. A bill is to be intro duced to the legislature ask ing for industrial use of ihe Rogue, and it can be fore seen that this group would gladly give up ihe Copper Canyon project if the bill is allowed to pass without op position. It is a sure bet thai the project and ihe bill will be opposed by all persons of reasonable mind. APPLEGATE DAM The office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has de cided to change the name of the Copper project on the Applegate river to the Apple- gate project, Applegate dam and Applegate reservoir. This is hein? done in pliminnt.. fhp confusion between the Copper l.anvnn npnippr nn tha Snana and the Copper project on the upper Applegate. And who can blame the engineers since they would rather appear as men of reasonable mind. TENTATIVE REGULATIONS According to the tenta tive regulations put out by the Oregon state game com mission, the Applegate win ter steelhead deadline will be lowered io ihe Murphy bridge when ihe new regu lations go into effect shortly after Jan. 27. It is io be hoped that all sportsmen will react by immediately writing to the game com mission asking that the deadline remain where it is at the present time. The best biological information available will not support this change in the deadline. This information shows that the majority of ihe fish and the fishing is below the Murphy bridge, and ihe closure will have little ef fect on ihe fishery beyond restricting those fishermen who fish above the Murphy bridge. INSISTANT PRESSURE If there is any curiosity as to why there is any considera tion given to changing the Applegate winter steelhead regulations, one has only to look to Grants Pass and group of self-styled experts that has plagued the commis sion every year for an Apple- gate closure. This group is convinced that it is a major spawning stream for Rogue river steelhead, and they want these fish pursued in the Rogue below the mouth of the Applegate. It's too bad the commission gives in to any public pressure that has no sound biological basis. To do so jeopardizes any hope of good resource management. It resolves itself to the question of whether we want manage ment on the basis of the whims and fancies of any pressure group or manage ment based on the best scien- tlllc Knowledge avaiuiuie. ENFORCEABLE LAW Those of us who are in terested in more and better fishing have ideas we think should be a pari of the man agement program. The fact of our belief in our ideas will not prove them right or wrong, but yet we think they should be tried. To ap ply tne rules 01 evidence a burdensome task in that ; the end result may be ' against belief. And yet there ! is no better way io end up with something thai is ac- - ceptable io the public and : enforceable as law. - THE ANGLER'S LOG It won't do any good to look for rain to raise the rivers, but there mignt De enougn melt to have the same effect. There are fish in all the rivers - ana uie umy nuns to good fishing is enough color . tn maVf the fish unwary. I Applegate River - Will be low and clear. A few fish were ' caught last week end to start ." the season off. It will take a " rain to bring in the numbers of fish needed for good fish- Illinois River - There are plenty of fish in the river but - they have been slow to take. : A few are taken early in the morning after a night of rest. - Clear water and lots of light will make even a stupid steel head a bit wary. Klamath River - Reports of fish being taken below Scotts ' Bar They aren't too big but : they will bite if the bait is : rluht. Rogue River-Has had some mud from the nignway con iniKiinn below Gold Hill S Chances are it will be cleared up by the week end. Water is around 43 degrees and that means the fish are moving. Some big fish were caught below Galice during the first part of the week. Smith River - Last Satur- day was not the day to stay home. Reports are that the fishermen had a field day with the largest fish weighing in at over 23 pounds. Sunday slowed down with plenty of fish showing but few being taKen. THE OPTIMIST'S CORNER It isn't hard to answer those who think it foolish io believe in a man who ad mits io mistakes and the fact that he doesn't know all the answers. He who searches for the truth is a better man than one who is sure he has found it. GOOD LUCK! Wilt Points Give Team 129-127 Nod United Press International Wilt Chamberlain, who flunked his All-Star test in the National Basketball asso ciation's East-West game, is proof that class will tell when the chips are down. Chamberlain, held to 12 points in the All-Star game, came through with a three point play in the last 46 sec onds Thursday night to pro vide the Philadelphia War riors with a 129-127 victory over the St. Louis Hawks. He tallied 39 for the game, three less than Bob Pettit of the Hawks. Maintain Lead The Boston Celtics main tained their three game lead over the Warriors in the East ern division by edging the Los Angeles Lakers, 106-103, in the opener of the Philadelphia doubleheader. The New York Knickerbockers defeated the Cincinnati Royals, 129-122, in the only other action. Philadelphia sported a sev en-point margin, 107-100, over the Hawks midway in the fi nal period before St. Louis got hot and scored .10 straight points to take the lead. Chamberlain's basket with five muintes left made it 111 all and the teams remained knotted as Pettit's field goal tied it at 125-all with 1:12 left. Johnson, Arizin Score 20 Andy Johnson and Paul Arizin aided Chamberlain's efforts with 20 points each. Cliff Hagen contributed 32 for St. Louis. Tom Heinsohn's basket with about a minute remaining made the difference for the Celtics, who had an 81-69 ad vantage at the end of three quarters. A Laker surge Jed by Baylor narrowed the gap Baylor had a game high of 29 points. Heinsohn and Bob Cousy each scored 22 points for Boston. Dick Garmaker and Willie Naulls staged a 13-poinl up rising early in the fourth quarter to beat the Royals. Cincinnati played without Os car Robertson who is side lined with a bruised left hip Garmaker netted 32 for the Knicks, but Jack Twyman of the Royals topped him with 34. Ray Bluth Gains Lead In Bowling San Bernardino, Calif.-fflPD The grueling finals of the 20th National All-Star Bowl ing tournament go into the third day today with Ray Bluth, St. Louis, and Phyllis Notaro, Brant, N.Y., the cur rent leaders. Bluth has hovered just be hind the leaders all through the finals but made his move Thursday night as Billy Welu, St. Louis, the only former champion among the 16 final ists, sank to sixth. Bluth, who was second in 1958, has won 22Vi games while losing 9V4 and has 159 27 Peterson points compared to second-place Dick Weber, also of St. Louis, with 154-14. Chicago's Earl Johnson is in third with 153-29. In women's play, Miss No taro, competing for the fifth time in the finals, Thursday split with Dorothy Metzger, Miami; took two games from former leader Helen Shablis, Detroit; split with Hope Ric cilli, Downey, Calif.; and split with Evelyn Crowley, Scotia, N.Y. Robinson Wins Contract Suit New York-fflPD-Sugar Ray Robinson, with another court victory under his belt, plans to fly west Saturday to train for his fourth title fight with co-middleweight c h a m p ion Gene Fullmer at Las Vegas, Nev., March 4. It required only 20 minutes of deliberation Thursday night for a federal court jury to "find for the defendant"-Rob-inson-in a $75,000 breach-of-contract suit brought by a Philadelphia promoter. Promoter Nick Trollo al leged that Sugar Ray had breached an agreement to fight Fullmer in a middle weieht title bout at Phila delphia in October, 1956. Robinson declared today: "I don't know where they dream up all these suits. Last month it was Abe Attell suing me for ten grand for supposedly teaching me how to box. Then this Troilo thing. And a pa ternity suit has been taken under advisement." Involvements in litigation, he deplored, had forced him to postpone the Las Vegas fight with Fullmer for a week, from Feb. 25 to March 4. He flies to Los Angeles Saturday and will do most of his training about 75 miles south of that metropolis, at San Jacinto, Calif. He plans to go to Las Vegas about a week before the fight. Tom Stith Sought by Pittsburgh Pittsburgh -(UPD- Promoter Lenny Litman set his sights today on St. Bonaventure star Tom Stith as the first name player for a Pittsburgh entry in the new American Basket ball league. "We will begin drafting players in April, "said Litman who has been assured playing dates In the city's new Civic Arena. "Right now I'm trying to line up Stith. He is in our territory which covers West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and all of New England." Professional basketball will return to Pittsburgh next sea son for the first time in 14 years. The Pittsburgh Iron men operated during the 1946 47 season in th old American Basketball league. Litman said he was assured by NBA President Maurice Podoloff that he would be given consideration for a franchise. "He left the door open for future entry into the NBA, Litman said. "But I had heard that some NBA owners oppose granting me a franchise." Earlier this week showman John H. Harris withdrew his bid for an NBA franchise amid confusion. He announced that Boston Celtic star Bill Sharman had agreed to coach in Pittsburgh and the deal had the blessing of Celtic owner Walter Brown. But both Brown and Shar man denied the agreement and Harris wired them his apologies. Harris then gave up his efforts for a franchise and the playing dates assigned him in the Civic Arena were transferred to Litman. Litman had been dickering to secure playing dates for an ABL team in Houston, Texas, when he heard of Harris' withdrawal. He immediately returned to Pittsburgh and ob tained a three-year agreement for playing dates in the new Sports Arena. McAuliffe Will Get Golf Award New York - (UPD - John E. McAuliffe of New Brunswick N. J., will receive the Oold Tee award for 1960 at tne annual national awards din ner of the Metropolitan Golf Writers' association Jan. n The Gold Tee award is giv en annually by the writers to the person they deem has contributed the most to the sDort over a period of years, McAuliffe has been instru mental in the promotion of two imDortant golf tourna ments- the National Mixed Fourball championship and the Triangle Round - Robin tournament for Women - in recent years. He is a nephew of the famed Jack McAuiuie, former world lightweight box ing champion. Horton Smith, one-time Ry der Cup player and president of the Professional Golfers association, will receive the Ben Hogan trophy at this vear's writers' dinner. This award is given annually to a golfer who has continued in the sport despite a physical handicap or illness. oison Oak? 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