Development of Ball Park at fairgrounds Discussed by County ourt
We've come to the cross-1 eluding capital investment.
roads," County Judge Earl
Miller declared Thursday at
a metinff at the courthouse
called to discuss the proposed
ball park development in the
Cheney field area of the fair
grounds property at the south
edge of Medford.
Supporters of the "Ameri
can Legion" plan for a small
multi-purpose facility, who
had requested the session
with the county court, brought
figures concerning number of
youths participating in sum
mer baseball in the county.
They gave comparisons of the
costs of summer programs
with those handling the cases
of juveniles in trouble.
The court last fall announ
r.H iio nmonsal of a "mod
est" ball park plan. It would
cost about $80,000 and would
be the capital improvement
project in the 1963-1964 coun
ty budget.
The development as pro
posed, would be geared to
youth baseball. But, the park
would be available for a va
riety of uses on a countywide
basis. Seating for about 3,000
people is projected at first.
Construction would permit
future expansion as needed.
Consensus of Support
There was a consensus of
support for the small park
plan among some 12 men who
sat in on the meeting with the
court. They included Legion
naires, others interested in
Legion and other summer
youth baseball programs and
representatives of the Med
ford park and recreation com
mission and news media.
Judge Miller asserted that
something should be done
now "to pick up the asset we
have" and develop it, or
something else should be done
with the property.
He told the group that work
on the county budget was to
start Friday and that presen
tation of a complete and exact
proposition on a ball park
project needs to be done by
March 7.
Hat Been Used
The fairgrounds site has
been used for baseball or soft
ball many years. Dilapidated
bleachers built 12 years ago
to serve "temporary" use,
were removed last year.
ThAi-o u nn seating how.
However, through city-
county effort the field has
been kept in good shape and
snr inkling
system is being installed.
Lights are poor and have vir
tually outlived their useful
ness at the site.
Granvil Brittsan, baseball
.'. chairman for Medford Amer
' lean Legion post, was spokes
man for his organiation at the
Thursday meeting. His fig
. ures showed that 839 boys
participated in summer jun
ior baseball programs in
Phoenix, Jacksonville, Ash
land, Central Point and Med
ford last year.
Robert Haworth, Medford
park and recreation director,
reported that another 600
youths registered for play
ground ball. He also said that
the entire Medford recreation
program last year cost 13.7
cents per participant, not in-
Thls is inexpensive he re
marked compared to law en
forcement at the juvenile
court level.
Cost of Handling Juveniles
Brittsan presented infor
mation from Medford Police
Chief Charles Champlin, list
ing $18 as a rough minimum
police cost of handling a ju
venile delinquent. County
Commissioner Edwin 'Taylor
also brought out the value of
a youth program in keeping
youngsters out of trouble and
pointed to the expense of car
ing for youths in the county
juvenile home.
Haworth commented that
Seniors Reminded
To Apply for Fall
Entrance at OSU
Corvallis - With the end of
their first semester of studies,
Oregon high school seniors
have been reminded by Ore
gon State university that they
may now apply for full admis
sion to OSU if they have good
grades, B minus or better.
The "early honors admis
sion" plan was introduced by
Oregon State two years ago
nd is now part of a state
system of higher education
program.
It has found wide favor
with students and parents who
are anxious to make definite
college plans in advance. Ap
plications are processed quick
u notified that
a place in the freshman class
"has been reserved for you."
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were granted early honors ad
mission in laoa compiira '
850 in 1961, the year the plan
was announced.
&nMii.tlnnc Available
Annlii-atinn hlanks for OSU
admission are available from
high school principal ouices,
niiae isinrinn. riirrcLor of ad-
missions, said. Students
should fill out uie necessary
Mtitrn Ihnm to the
principal, and request that
they be lorwaroco. 10 uie"
StStiidcnts whose high school
grades do not quamy mem
i M.iv hnnnra admission
IUI .- . ' J
but who want to attend OSU ;
may apply for admission Be
fore graduation also, it was
. i Thau urill he civm ten-
IIUIKU. t"-J --
tative admission-or told what
they need in order to quamy
-with official aamissiun uc-
layed until the graduation rcc
witi a .... J
Students planning to attend
OSU in the fall may make
for residence hall
,atinn nnv time
during their senior year ot
high school. I
all ot the county is suffer
ing from a lack of developed
ball park facilities. Commis
sioner Don Faber spoke of the
Ashland problem of no lights
for night baseball and brought
out that a county ball park
must be available to the en
tire county. "We've got to
look at it that way or not use
county funds."
John North, vice president
of the Medford park and rec
reation commission stated that
a ball park should be built
on the idea that everybody
can get some good out of it.
Judge Miller added that the
multiple use factor would be
intended so long as the base
ball turf would not be hurt
If a county ball park is
maintained it must be used,
Judge Miller stated, wonder
ing about the possibility of u
becoming a "white elephant,"
and Faber mentioned the pos
sible problem of "getting
stuck."
The 1962 baseball program
figures were given as indica
tion of the use a park could
have. It was brought out that
some night junior league
games likely would be play
ed in order that parents could
see their youngsters in action,
that some high school games
could be played at night and
that two or three junior Le
gion teams could utilize the
facility. Much time given to
junior programs is donated,
the court was told.
SECTION D
PAGES 1 to 8
MEDFORD0TRIBUNE
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 27. 1963
The park could be used
for special baseball and soft
ball attractions and 4-H
events, among a variety of ac
tivities.
It was pointed out that in
stallation of the underground
sprinkling system, cuts down
maintenance costs.
Operate On Attendance
Claude Miles, who has done
much research and fact gath
ering and has presented a
stadium plan to the court, said
the Medford Legion team
could operate on attendance
of 300 persons at games.
Miller said that "we can
handle" an $80,000 develop
ment out of county funds but
not a $750,000 big stadium
one group has proposed. He
stated that the court would
not attempt the big plan with
out a vote of the people.
"What the people of Jack
son county want is what we
want them to have," the judge
said. He remarked that foot
ball facility needs in the
county were "pretty well"
covered with the Crater and
Medford High school develop
ments. Baseball is the one seg
ment of sports in the county
which lacks facilities, he said.
Expresses Hop
Haworth expressed the hope
of his department to be able
to take care of softbull at
Jackson and Hawthorne parks
this summer, leaving Cheney
field for what the court plans
to do with it.
He reminded the group that
the city would like to get
the present lights at Cheney
field for use at Jackson park.
The city reached an agree
ment with the county court
in September for a sprinkling
and drainage system at the
park, he said.
Faber, a former high school
and college coach, suggested
that the court appoint a com
mission to administer a coun
ty baseball program. "You've
got to have an organization,"
he maintained. He said pro
grams In the county are still
being operated like in the
"old wagon days."
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