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t-HlDAY. JuU 15, 19o2 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Gene Littler Takes 1 -Stroke Lead in U.S. Open Tourney By LEO H. PETERSEN UPI Sports Editor Oakmont, Pa.-!PD-They set out in pursuit of little Gene Littler in the second round of the U.S. Open golf cham pionship today and everybody agreed that the mechanical man would take a lot of catch ing. The silent, sandy haired California, known to his fel low pros as "Gene the Ma chine," had only played 27 "sloppy" practice holes over awesome Oakmont Country club. But he went out there and shot a two under par 35-34-69 which put him on the head end by one shot. At his heels one blow BPII 6425 Industrial and Farm Equipment SPECIAL THIS WEEK 6 USED FORD TRACTORS, Vary Good Condition. Crop Payments Arranged. NASH FORD TRACTOR & IMPLEMENT CO. 3005 Crater Lake Hwy. back came Bobby Nichols, a 26 - year old Kentuckian playing out of Midland, Tex., and bespectacled Bob Ros burg, the PGA champion from Portland, Ore. And two strokes away was a surging sixsome headed by Arnold Palmer, the 5-1 pre- tournament favorite. Palmer's finger, gashed Sunday night wasn't bothering him "at all" but his putting was as he carded a 36-35-71. Palmer was laboring until he put on one of his patented stretch runs, running off a string of five straight three including three birdies on the final five holes to get back into a challenging position. Player Fires 71 All square with golf's lead ing money winner were Soutn African Gary Player, who moaned the putting blues, j too, as he tried to become the first foreign winner in 42 years; veteran Billy Max well; Bob Schoener of Beth lehem, Pa.; Frank Boynton of Corpus Chrisu, Tex., and J. C. Goosie of Largo, Flu., who three-putted twice in bogeying the last three holes. Pudgy Jack Nicklaus, the two-time amateur king from LAMPORT'S Medford' Most Popular SPORTING GOODS STORE 226 East Main Street Don't Forget FATHER'S DAY We Have a Store Full of Gifts for Himl Phone 772-6815 Open Fridays Until 9 P.M. Ohio State, had it running strong for him as he started off with three birdies while playing with Palmer. But then he took the gas pipe and wound up with a 37-35-72 which deadlocked him at even par with Canada's Stan Leon ard and a pair of amateurs Gene Francis, former Purdue player from New York and John Guenther of Reading, Pa. There were more than a dozen of them still dangerous at 73, includiung such as Bo Winninger, Al Balding, Don Whitt, Paul Harney and Wes Ellis. And at the crowded 74 figure the pack had such as former champion Cary Mid dlecoff, Doug Sanders of the short backswing and the long threat, and cocky Phil Rodg ers, the San Diego redhead who could have been right there except for an eight on the 17th hole where he took four blows to knock the ball out of a fir tree to destroy a one under par effort. Littler was jubilant after his round, speaking out with an unaccustomed ease and calling the start of his title defense "a real shot in the arm. 'My putting was beauti ful." Littler grinned. "And I missed only three fairways on the whole round. If I could only keep that up, I'd surely be happy." I i Mil, l mill lim l ii link MaaaaMwaMaMMMM- i' " t r J t' 1 GENE LITTLER Sets Pace in Open Woods, Water, Wildlife By Hank DeVoss HOOGS, McMANUS VICTOR Seattle 0IPI1 Top-seeded Bill Hoogs and Jim McManus of Berkeley, Calif., defeated Jack Neer of Portland and Omar Pabst of Chile 6-0, 7-5 in men's doubles action In the National Hardcourt tennis championships here Thurs day. Pabst is a student at the University of Portland. In women's doubles play, Doris Popple and Mirja Rose of Portland defeated Lucy Moore and Diana Deming of Seattle, 6-2, 6-2. TOYOTA CRU0SEI " "' 1 '' U 4 .f -J i ) ; t x " AS ALL OUTDOORS! Biggest engine, for the kind of power you can only get from a 135 HP 6-cylinder engine. Biggest frame for greater strength. Biggest body, for carrying 7 passen gers or more equipment. Land Cruiser is the biggest and most powerful all purpose 4-wheel drive vehicle In the world I Drive a Land Cruiser, today. You'll like it DEAN tj TAYLOR PONTIAC CO. 6th and Grape Streets Medford There are reports of a con stant gnashing of teeth being seen and heard along the up per Rogue river. What was at first thought to be the sound of hungry beavers turned out to be sound of frustrated sal mon fishermen who can't understand why all of those big, bright fish won't get in the mood to strike at any. thing. BIG FISH COUNT The official count at the Gold Ray counting board passed the 20,000 mark some time this week. This is a good count for this early in the season, and according to the man who knows, the estimate of 25,000 fish for the total sea son will be reached fairly early. There is still some doubt whether or not the total will go much higher because reports from the lower river indicate no fish down there. If this is true the rest of the run is somewhere above Galice. EXPERTS BEFOOZLED It is reported that the guides are tearing their clus ters over the apparent sulk ing of the chinook run this year. Some guides have turned to salmon watching and trout fishing as a means of staying active. With only 15 days remaining in the 1962 season, something is going to have to change to give it some punch. WHY FOR? The natural question that ! is heaid up and down the river is: "Why aren't the sal mon biting." The man who knows isn't saying anything beyond the statement that some salmon seem to be more inclined to bile than others. One might ask why we have so many this year. Should a whole run be so one way? Do you suppose we've caught all the stupid ones and have a run of genius fish? It's bound to happen that the fish get a little smarter if the dumber ones get caught before they can spawn. It's very likely that the ex planation is a rather simple one that has something to do with water and temperature conditions. This is a year of colder air temperatures and there should be an accom panying lower water temper ature. This would elfect the amount of runoff and have its affect on the water conditions I of clarity and current. These factors seem to be those that I govern other timetables and j conditions relating to fish and fishing. It is evident that the I fish are in fine condition and the skeins of eggs are very tight and small. If there's enough water next year for I I h e downstream migrants, ! 1966 should be a year to look forward to. S. 1988 AGAIN The bill that would give con gressional protection to the Tule Lake, Lower Klamath, and Upper Klamath national wildlife refuges in California and Oregon is stuck In the j House committee on interior and insular affairs. There isn't much likelihood that it will be jarred loose unless the duck hunters and other inter ested parties get together and bombard Congress with let ters asking that the bill be passed. The refuges provide essential habitat to 80 per cent of the ducks in the Pa cific flyway, and if the bill does not pass there is a good chance that the bureau of re clamation will try to chop more of it into the farmer's pocket. THE ANGLERS LOG The only fishermen who have been getting any use out of their license money are those who have been fishing the lakes. Even the planted fish in the Rogue drainage are hard to find. Some grum blers are complaining that the game commission isn't really planting all the fish they claim. Said grumblers believe the fish are being kept at the hatcheries to make sure they have enough to eat. (This is hard to be lieve when these same people say that the food has been fed to the fish in Diamond Lake.) Cheney Studs Face GP; Medford Cokes Tussle I(F Falcons Central Point Cheney Studs and Grants Pass tonight will open a busy week end for American Legion junior base ball In this section of the state. The clubs vie at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial field, White City. It will be an Area 4, Southern division game. This will be the only tussle of the week end for the Studs but Grants Pass is to enter tain the Klamath Falls Hawks in a Sunday afternoon double header with the first game counting in the division stand ings. Medford opposes Klamath Falls Falcons at Klamath Falls on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. day light time in league play. On Sunday the Cokes of Medford will take on Coos Bay in a non-counting doublebill set to start at 1:30 p.m. standard time at Southern Oregon col lege field in Ashland. Klam ath Falcons will oppose Mad ras Sunday in a kings-x tilt. Second Time Central Point and Grants Pass will be foes for the sec ond time of the season in Le gion play. The Cheney Studs won a pre-league brush S to 5. Studs' Coach Bill Askwith has said that either Larry Ma son or Larry Pepper may get the Central Point .pitching summons tonight. For the Cli mate City club Coach Ron Maurer may choose between Jerry McCormack and Lyman Kiesecker. Stuart Young is the nomina tion of Coach Cliff McLean for the Medford pitching as signment against the Falcons. "That" the reason he enly pitched three innings against the Hawks," McLean re marked. Sunday pitching choices depend on how things go Saturday. McLean might call on Jack Forde and Bill Enyart who tossed for the Cokes against Grants Pass last Sunday. Barnes' Back Ails McLean was hoping that catcher Mike Barnes will be able to play. Mike did not play on Wednesday against the Hawks because of the re currence of an old back ail ment. If Barnes is unable to play, the catching chore for the week end still should be in good hands. Ken Phipps turned in a fine job at the backstop position on Wednes day. McLean said that Jim Hill, whom he hoped to convert into a pitcher, is no longer with the Cokes. He is report ed working in northern Cali fornia. The doubleheader with Coos Bay was originally set for the Medford high field. But, that facility is not usable now be cause of the stadium grand stand construction project. Play at Ashland, nevertheless, will give Ashlanders a chance to see American Legion junior ball. Ashland was to have had a team in the Southern divi sion this year. The team was organized and ready to play but no funds were raised to support it. MENTOR CHOSEN Portland - (UPI) - Franklin High school's new basketball coach will be Leonard Gehrke, a 12-year veteran in Portland prep coaching ranks. He will take the job vacated by Don Peterson. Gehrke , a science teacher, coached at Jefferson from 1929 to 1940 and at Lincoln in 1941 and 1942. He is a Washington State graduate. SUTTON BETTER Milwaukee, Wis. - (UP! -Race driver Len Sutton, Port land, Ore., injured in last Sunday's 10-mile Big Car race here, continued to show im provement today, hospital au thorities said. Additional X-rays showed that Sutton suffered compression f r a c tures of the second, third and fourth dorsal vertebrae. He is expected to be released from the hospital in two or three days. OUTSTANDING .- Richland-llIPli - An award' will be presented to the Rich. land Rod and Gun club Satur day night for its selection as -the outstanding sportsmen's club in the United States dur-. ing the past year. The pre sentation will be made by Dr. Paul Herbert, East Lansing, Mich., president of the Na. tiona 1 Wildlife federation, which selected the Richland club for the honor. Mif 7 to 13 This is one of the most comfortable casual shoes in town. All we ask is that you try it on. $1295 Shoe Den for Men Central at Main Downtown Medford Diamond .Lake Fishing it slow. The fish being caught are taking flies and flatfish. Catch reports In dicate three-fourths fish per an gler. All fish are 18 inches or bet ter. The biggest reported was a fl3 pounder. One reason for the low return could be because there are those who insist on a lot of hardware and won't fish without it. Fish Lake Fishing is good. A few big brook trout are being caught, but most of the fish are running from 8 to 12 inches. Lots of limits are being taken by those who know how. All roads are In ; good shape. ; Four Mile Lake The lake is full of kokanee that can hardly wait to taste a single egg or worm I fished from an anchored boat. The i kokanee aren't very big, but they I make up in taste what they lack in size. ! Hyatt Lake Has been slowing ; slowing down. Evening fishing is good using flies. Grey woolly worm is the favorite. During the day I a 3T will catch fish. They are up , to 18 inches long and called rain- bow trout. Klamath Lakr Harriman's re sort at Rocky Point is a takeoff to rainbow that rarely weigh less than 4 pounds. BiKKest so far this season is an eight-pounder caught by Harry Ellis of Medford. Andy Reeker is the lure. Squaw Lakes The roads are good. Trout are taking fair to good in the big lake and average 17 inches It's hard to find one under IS inches unless you go to the little lake where they average 12 inches. Cntfishing is excellent. THE OPTIMIST'S CORNER Those who are worried about the poor ihowing of the lummer sieelhead run should remember that water tem perature is most important in determining when these fish enter the water. They are still about eight months from spawning. Why should they hurry? GOOD LUCK1 Gji y pa fJm 'rM k&i "'1 2jf Ashland o Medford PHONE 773-7555 Draw Helps Michigan Diamonders Omaha, Neb. lUPli Michi gan lost the ball game but won an important draw which gives the Wolverines a day of rest before meeting the winner of tonight's Texas Santa Clara game in the showdown of the NCAA na tional baseball tournament. Texas' terrific Tom Belch er, who has given up only six hits in 18 innings of tourna ment hurling, Thursday night avenged a first round loss to Michigan with a brilliant 7-0 shutout. That left three teams re maining in the double-elimination tourney with one defeat and required a drawing to de termine the contestants In to night's single game. Michi gan Coach Don I.und gleeful ly opened the envelope which contained the card marked "bye " To Mttt Michigan Texas and Santa Clara, which also avenged a first round loss by spanking Flor ida Slate, 11-6. Thursday night, will fight it out tonight for a chance to face Michi gan. Charlie llartrnstein (61) will pitch for the Texans and Pete Mngrinl (8-5) will hurl for Santa Clara. Pick a Size Pick a Price Pick a Dodge o DRIVE IT NOW! 4 4 D0DSE A I WHEN YOU TRY TO WEAR IT OUT! iJr COMPARE i ii-i. rr a m. it n i urn rit rn rw mm ar Priced Model for Model With Ford, Chevrolet and Rambler! o A DODGE CAN'T BE BEAT FOR . . . Style Economy Performance Resale Value Comfort Safety Come in Tomorrow and Check Our Deaf.1 WE NEED USED CARS PARSONS MOTOR GO 315 East 5th Street Phone 773-3687
