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FRIDAY, j;SIUARY 20, 1961
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SPORTS
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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.
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