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
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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
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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