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2 6 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 1963 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MCDFORO. OREGON Crater, Ashland Mix at CP Tonight; GP Foe Saturday Central Point-Crater high's Comets, leaders of the pack in the Southern Oregon con ference, and Grants Pass, de fending champion in Class A-l, are basketball rivals on Saturday night at Grants Pass -but only after putting nrsi things first. The two aggregations, who follow the wise pattern of playing their games one at a Woods, Water, Wildlife By Hank DeVoss Last week's column gave a brief rundown on the methods used by the game commission to determine plann ng in the management of the deer herds in Oregon. The application of She Emat.on resulting from the management methods results in establishment of scasow and bag limits. The i fol . , , 4h information that formed the bails lOWing la BUIHC vji Miv. for the 1962 deer season. POPULATION TRENDS , .. . The population trends go back to 1046 and are compiled for both mule deer and blacktail deer. The count is in deer per mile. 1047 194S 1048 1830 1851 1353 10M HS Mule deer U 3 Blacktail ' 9 9 1.1 11 6 1.9 112 2.0 122 2.6 120 2.2 11.7 2 3 11.1 2.9 123 3.1 1953 1950 1037 1938 1959 1960 1961 1062 . 14 3 3.6 13.2 3 4 12.7 3 3 12.7 4.0 12.4 4.0 12 6 4.2 12.2 4.0 11.3 4.8 The 1962 trend indicted a 7 per cent decline from the 1961 average, and was an average density comparable to 1949 and 1953. The decline was most apparent on a few ranges that were hard hit by drouth or severe winter weather. Most other wintering areas indicated little change over the past several years. Mule deer numbers still exceeded optimum levels on most winter ranges. HERD COMPOSITION Herd composition data is obtained in early winter and is shown as a ratio of so many bucks or fawns to 100 docs. Bucks per 100 Docs 1849 10,'jO 1951 1053 1053 1054 1035 Mule deer !'J H! ifi! II l Z Blacktail in. Mule deer 2!) Blacktail SI 1057 .'12 33 38 1050 211 30 34 1961 22 34 18B2 22 35 Mule deer , Blacklain Fawns per 100 Does 1040 1950 1051 1052 1053 1934 1053 n:i oi 7i tin 77 b:i 79 77 01 67 77 62 74 79 Mule deer Blacktail ... 1D36 .. 80 . 66 1057 68 37 1038 80 87 1050 I960 71 71 1061 77 77 10H2 The low mule deer fawn production for 1962 was found to be a factor common to the dry southeastern Oregon ranges. The average ratio of 64 fawns to 100 docs was 19 per cent below the ten-year average of 79 fawns; per 100 docs. This decline, however, was not representative of all eastern Oregon ranges, many of which were above the ten year average. The decline in blacktail deer production was most ap parent in some southwestern Oregon units and In Wasco and Hood River Counties. Other major areas showed little change. FORAGE USE Measurement of utilization of bittorbrush plants gives some indication of forage available to the deer herds. 1031 1032 1933 1934 1055 1036 Mule deer (percentael 52 52 45 43 62 50 1037 1038 1039 10(10 10111 1062 Mule deer (percentage 51 51 47 50 33 62 tune, have more immediate concerns. Each has a game to night. Crater, in a top against bot torn struggle, takes on the spoiler-minded Ashland Grizz lies at Central Point. Grants Pass will be at Klamath Falls This evening's games here is at 8:13 o'clock. The others are set for 8 p.m. Crater (6-3 in the loop) car ries a full game span over Grants Pass (3-4) going into the week end competition. Klamath (6-4) is in between. All three are in the running for the conference diadem and the two state tourney spots from District 6. Ashland (2-8) is all but mathematically out of the running but fired with the desire to play havoc with the other circuit members. Hope to Bolster The Comets of Central Point look toward the oppor tunity to strengthen their con ference lead. Both Grants Pass and Klamath Falls eye the chance to push out in front in the race. Klamath goes to Medford for a Satur day tussle. Both Ashland and Grants Pass will aim to break the domination of this evening's adversaries. Ashland has not downed Crater on the maple- court since 1959. Neither has Grants Pass defeated Klamath Falls since last year. At Grants Pass, according to the Daily Courier, Coach Gordon Prelim has been drill ing the Cavemcnt on offense with emphasis placed to shooting- Craiy League "We're going out there with the idea of making sense out of this crazy league,' the Cour ier quoted Prelim as saying. "We'll have to hustle and get those rebounds as well as make our shots against that rugged Klamath bunch and then we'll have to beat that score-happy Crater bunch on Saturday night." Prehm said further that "the game we're after is the Klamath one." Crater goes into its Ashland game here this evening after having twice defeated the Grizzlies in previous league scuffles of 1963. Scores were B5 to 50 and 64 to 53. The Comets turned on tremendous second half rally to overcome a nine-point deficit In the sec ond game jp; y, ft fit COMET COURTMAN A Crater high basketball reg ular Is Pat Pepper, above, who will see duty for the Comets against Ashland at Central Point tonight and against Grants Pass on Saturday at GP. He has scored 143 points for Crater this season. The ivaraaa utilization for all rjlanti was, 62 oar cont exceeding 60 per cont on 12 of the 20 ranges measured. TP Game of Season Range studies have indicated that whan livestock and game use over 60 per cent of the annual bitlerbrush growth, the plants decline In condition and eventually die. Of the 31 tend transects on 10 herd ranges measuring ground cover, ovor one-third indicated overuse and range deterioration. Range conditions have not improved despite liberal doer seasons and adjustments in use by domestic animals. HARVEST DATA Prior to 1952, a season on bucks only yielded an average of about 50,000 deer annually and 29 per cent of the hunters were successful. From 1952 through 1957, buck seasons plus general cither sex hunting produced an average of about 110,000 deer annually, with 51 per cent of the hunters successful. A buck season plus the controlled harvest of anterlcss deer by units has yielded approximately 143,000 deer annually since 1958, with hunters averaging 56 per cent success. The sustained harvest of over 100,000 deer per year for nine years lias had little effect upon the density of deer, and that fluctuation in populations were more trace able to weather conditions than to hunting pressures. DAMAGE PROBLEMS A total of 1.361 Individual deer damaae comolainli was received last year, 70 per cent of which came from westorn uregon. inese are ait agricultural complaints, ana ao not include the many involving damage to private, slate, and federal reforestation projects. Complaints of damage to gar dens, orchards, and haylandt have incroased by 77 per cent during the past two years, with the result that much of the lield staif's lime is spent on damage investigations. The cost has been high, and despite measures taken, the number of damage complaint! continues to increase yearly. WITH HOPE The information given in the last two columns has been compiled with the hope that it will give some understanding of how the game commission plans deer management. All possible data would take up too much space, and this means the data presented is partial. One does not have to agree with the commission in order to understand how it functions. Till! ANCLERS I.OO The wralhcrman Ik itrrrilrtlni annthrr wet week end. The prrlorilr rain, romhliird Willi the thaw at hiKher elrvatiuiu, are keeping the river;, Juil barely IMtahlr. API'l KtiATK ItlYr.K llai heen tilth and tlow (or alnil all antirrfc. twin rain predicted fnr Saturday, Die early angler might gel a ItMi. I'tlMTO ItlVKR Ha itayrd high and relatively unproductive. ILLINOIS RIVKK Had a Hurry n( fluh Hie lat uf laM wrrk. Water contlltlnni are perlert and anglrrt keep hoping rtsh will rttlr. KLAMATH RIYKH Tributary streams are keeping the walrr high and dlnrolorrd. lirtt net should be at the upper end above Hornhrook. KUtiLt; ItlVr.K Haa heen slow wtth water rondillniik (air. No llihlng lr. potvtblr below the mouth of crave t'rrrk became ol mud SMITH IUYKR Han heen providing tl.e brut fWhlhg for the past wren, it may lie me only possibility u the ralnt rome ai predicted. TIIK OPTIMISTS f OH MR Mud ball of the week gnei In the I. eland (;old Mine on lirave t'rerk. The red mud being pul tn by thla mine In slopping all Itvhlng tn the lower Rogue. I.rl'i hope the new teeth of the alate aullary authorttv will he vharp enough to rut tlili olf. uoon i.lik: INSTANT IRRIGATION! (Just Add Water r.y.Av:iU" RAitf PORTABLE SPRINKLER IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT Commercial Farm Lawn Garden I Hash Ford Tractor Estimates nil e Giadiy & Implement Co. Given 1 3005 Creter like Hiway - 772-642S Against Grants Pass Crater experienced a frigid night at the first time out and GP won 58 to 45. In the second meet ing, a nip and tuck one, Crater emerged 75 to 67 in a nip and tuck encounter many fans maintain was the top game of the season so far In the conference. For Coach Lloyd Hoffine's Comets, who have indicated plenty of concern over the re jtivinated Ashlandcrs, prob able starters arc Paul Binn som, Howard Tomlinson, Pat Pepper, Mike Glincs and Lew Alvarez. Coach George Kcil has in dicated that his opening crew will be Dale and Gale Topper, Jim Lamb, Mike Cotton and Rick Pierce. Possible crew for Grunts Pass against Klamath is Jim Pippin, Bob Shepard, Lyman Keisccker, Tom Sparlin and Larry Lindquist or Marly Bauer. AI Ilutchins, who has turned Into big force in the GP lineup, hurt the fool in practice tills week that kept him out of action in the early seasons. It was, expected, however, thai- he would see duty. Junior varsity and sopho more tilts will precede varsity tangles. Hounds To Be Run on Sunday North Sams Valley - Coon hound field trials will be held Sunday. Feb. 17 starling at 9 a.m. about two miles off Highway 234 on Meadows rd Ihc area will be well marked. According lo Call Berg man, chairman of the (rials, the hounds will run according lo Oregon rules with excep- ' lions. Landowners and spon sors are not responsible for any losses or accidents that I might occur. I Final trials are expected to get under way during ihc ear ly afternoon. Sportsmen are Invited to bring the family. There will i be no charge to spectators. Bolton High Scorer In Rifle Contest Jim Bollon was in fine form at the weekly Wednesday niglit rifle shoot of (he Med ford Rifle and Pislol club when he made a total score of :t!XI out of a iMissible 400 in the (our positions. Only one point behind him was Hon Kemp, a new mem ber, with 289. then followed by Clyde Richmond with 3B8. Others in Ihc top five were Itiilph McKinsry, 371, and Marvin Nelson 367. The club will siage the Na tional Sectional Pislnl Cham , pionship March 10, 1963. Trotters Play Before Capacity House at CP Central Point - The antics of the Harlem Globetrotters drew a more than capacity house to the Crater High school gym last night, with some 1,500 fans crowding into facilities that are sup posed to accomodate 1,400. There were folding chairs set up along the ends of the court, some of them practical ly on the playing area. A few latecomers had to stand in the doorways. The big crowd got it's mon ey's worth in entertainment, with the dazzling ball han dling of the world famous Globetrotters and particular ly the wisecracks and amaz ing agility of J. C. Gipson, vet eran member of the Harlem team for more than 10 years. The local crowd was also treated lo an exlra-a tremen dous full - lcnglh-of-thc-court heave by one of the Globe trotters which plunked per- fcctly through the basket at the other end. Trotters "Win" Oh yes, the final score (as if it mattered) was Harlem Globetrotters 89, American League All-Stars 85. The Stars pul up a steady battle and fought back from deficits of 14 points at times. But whenever they got a little too close for comfort the Globetrotters settled down to some "serious" ball - playing and sank enough two-pointers to widen the gap again. Four variety acts were pre sented during half-time. Acro bats Mike Leamy, 19-year-old Canadian, and Franklin D'More entertained, followed by a puppet dance act by Itenc Raymond. The final intermission act was a trampoline exhibition by Mike and Carol Pickering, which also featured their four-year-old son and two-year-old daughter. Stanford Plays Cal United Press International Stanford, locked in a battle with Washington for leader ship in the Big Six basket ball race, puts its chances on the line tonight and Saturday in games with ancient rival California. The Indians are 4-2 and Washington 8-3 in conference action. The Huskies hot USC Saturday night in their only week end contest. Stanford is the home team tonight against the Bears, who are 2-4 in conference play. Saturday night the scene shifts lo Berkeley. OSUNA RANKED NO. 1 Mexico Ctly - ffii - Rafael Ostina. a student at Southern California, has been listed as Mexico's top-ranking tennis player by the Mexican Tennis federation. Stop-O-Mltic Brake Lintnq In Hailed on all 4 Whecli WHILE YOU WAIT! Eaiy ttrmi. Brake Specialist for 2i year. r5 Phont 779-1966 mvi NATIONAL ' ii i t I D5Air . i , n crMrt CENTER 1216 North Court MedfordTribuisx SIPdDIffiTS EP Plays Phoenix: SM Hosts Honkers Eagle Point high, its Eagle eye on District 6 A-2 play off berth, seeks Its seventh basketball victory in a row and third this season, over the Phoenix High ichool Pi rates tonight when the two teams come together in Rogue league action. The game will be at Eagle Point. It will be the last home game for the Eagles. This contest is one of seven on the week end in the loop. Tonight, also, Sacred Hetjrt is at Henley, Illinois Valley at Rogue River and Lakeview at St. Mary s. On Saturday Lakeview vies at Henley, St. Mary's at Rogue River and Phoenix at Sacred Heart. Henley, undefeated pacer of the circuit, is figured to wrap up the unshared Rogue championship tonight against the Trojans, who have not not won a conference game. Chief Contention Eagle Point and Lakeview (each 8-3) are in chief conten tion for the second of two district playoff spots against the top teams of the Ump qua Valley circuit. That puts significance on the EP-Phoe-nix tangles and Lakeview Honker scrapes with St. Mary's Crusaders and Hen ley's Hornets. However, Illinois Valley (6 4) and St. Mary's (4-6) still are in the race for the No. 2 position. Coach Dale Bales reported that his Eagles are looking forward to the game with Phoenix high. The skirmish between these two long ri vals is generally rugged and aggressive. EP nosed the Pi rates just 50 to 49 in the Rogue Classic tourney and tipped them 59 to 55 at Phoe nix in Rogue league play this season. Drills this week are aimed at preparing the Eagles to be "ready for just about any thing that could happen. They have worked against various defenses and put some emphasis on their own pressing game. Fun drills were staged early in the week and practices have been live ly and snappy. Up From Jayveet Bates reported that he had moved Richard Anderson and Dick Wilson up from the jun ior varsity squad. Charles Pomeroy with 377 points and Richard Short with 244 head the Eagle Point scorers. Short places the rebounding with 341 re trieves and Pomeroy has 285. The Eagles in recorded 14 wins and five losses have av eraged 61.42 points per game to 53.68 by rivals. St. Mary's in its bid to tie for second place must win all four of its remaining games. A victory by Lakeview or Ea gle Point will eliminate the Crusaders. EAGLE POINT SCORING: Pomeroy 377. Short 214. Boat wright 197. Under 147, Whaley 57, Hoefft SI, Charley 41. Straus 11, Mesloh 10. Ayres 8, Corliss 8, Clement 6. Hudson 5. Anderson 3. EAGLE POINT REBOUNDING: Short 341. Pomeroy 283. Boat wrlght 84. Llndcr 71. Whaley 41, Hoefft 38, Charley 28, Mesloh 22. Ayres 14, Straus 7, Hudson 7, Cor liss 6, Clement 3. Sacred Heart Gains Crown Sacred Heart Catholic won its second straight Medford adult church league basket ball title last night by defeat ing the Friends 51 to 43 in the playoff final. Sacred Heart had 20 to 11, 32 to 21 and 38 to 36 quarter margins. The Friends caught up at 42-alI in the fourth quar ter. Laval M e u n i e r had 20 points for Sacred Heart and Steve Isaacs 13 and Earl Cooper 12 for Friends. v LINEUPS: Sacred Heart 51 Bromley 10. Meunicr 20. Paup 2. Atlerbury 4. Pruitt 8. Yates 7, MiKscne, &eiez nik. Friends 43 Allen 8. Nelson 4. 75. Cooper 12. B. Cooper 8. lsaacg 13. "Real George" . 1958 T-BIRD 2 Dr. HT, V-t, Automatic, fewer Brakes and Steering, Air C91 00 flfl Conditioning Raal Sharp. .. I OOiUU LEA RAMBLER Fifth and Bartlett Phene 772-6 IBS 14 , Reds Rally To Beat Greens in Hoop Tiff Hedrick Red tipped Hed rick Green 24 to 20 with a fourth quarter rally on Thurs day in Medford seventh grade basketball. The Greens led 10 to 9 at the half and 18 to 13 at the third quarter pause after a 6-all first period. Steve Cox had nine points for the Greens and Kirby Lusk seven for the Reds. SPECIAL 2 Uicd NEW IDEA MANURE SPREADERS Excellent Condition Used Farm Equip, of All Types NASH FORD TRACTOR 1 IMPLEMENT CO. 3005 Crater Lake Hwy. VIES FOR EAGLES Frank i Charley, above, is a reservist ! for the Eagle Point high bas- j ketball team. He has scored 41 points and cleared 26 re bounds. The Eagles entertain i Phoenix tonight. Hedrick Eighth Winner 37-35 Hedrick edged McLoughlin 37 to 35 yesterday in a bas ketball match of two Med ford eighth grade teams. It was the first loss in 11 games for McLoughlin which earlier had handed Hedrick (9-1) its only loss of the sea son. Quarter scores were 11 to 8, 26 to 20 and 34 to 26 for Hed rick. John Tomlin with 15 points and Tom Jackson with 14 led the Hornet win. Each pulled 14 rebounds. 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