FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1954
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE NINE
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Yankees
By BEN PHLEGAR
Associated Press Sports Writer
One of the prime reasons for the
recent rise of the New York
Yankees is the blossoming of
. Mickey Charles Mantle into a big
.time big leaguer.
The 22-year-old switch hitting
center fielder apparently has ar
rived, although some fans who re
gard Yankee miracles as common
er place feel he took a long time com
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' -Amid reams of ballyhoo the
Yanks tried to jump Mantle from
the Class C Western Association
into Joe DiMaggio's job in 1951.
It didn't quite come olf. Mantle
had to go down to Kansas City
for seasoning. He came back in
1952 for what would have been a
sensational season for any normal
rookie. He hit 23 home runs and
finished with a .311 average.
But it wasn't enough for the fans
who were still dreaming of DiMag.
Mickey fell off to .295 last season
and when .he came up with an old
knee injury during the winter the
Yanks were really worried.
An operation put him out of com
'.mission through much of. spring
...training and he wasn't ready when
the season started. But he's really
rolling now.
His average of .323 is second
high on the club. He leads the
league in home runs with 20 and
tops the Yankees In runs scored,
triples, hits, runs batted In, total
bases and bases on balls. He also
has struck out the most, not too
unusual for a - distance hitter. In
the field he ranks with the best,
When the Yanks ran out of infield
. ers in the first game of their
' double triumph over the Chicago
. White Sox.
',. Mantle was the batting star in
; the first game of yesterday's
double triumph by the Yanks over
.'the Chicago White Sox. He drove
; in the tying run with a right
( handed single in the eighth inning
J and the winning run with a left
i 'handed home run into left field in
!; the loth. The score was 4-3. The
Yanks coasted home in the second
li-i.
- Cleveland also won twice, 6-3 and
'5-2 over Boston, and kept its half
jame first place lead.
j Brooklyn climbed a game closer
to the New York Giants with an
k 8-5 victory over Cincinnati while
' the Giants bowed to Chicago 13-5.
New York still holds a six game
i edge.
' In other action Milwaukee edged
. Philadelphia 3-2 and St. Louis
' shaded Pittsburgh by the same
1 score in 14 innings in the National
; League.
j Detroit defeated Philadelphia 9-4
and Washington beat Baltimore 3-2
! in the American League.
J Two home runs by , Vic Wertz
i helped Bobby Feller post his
' seventh straight triumph . in the
first game at Boston. Bob Lemon
. tamed the Red Sox in the second
' game. ,. . .-
Kaler's Wins Fourth
' Midget League Game
Kalers remained on top of the
Midget Softball standings last
! night by winning their . fourth
t straight game with a close 8-7
win over Basin Building at Conger
! Field.
In the other scheduled game.
' V.F.W forfeited to the Superior
Troy softballers.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. Wl The test
of whether the bleak little Keller
Public Course is capable of giving
the top ' golf professionals a real
challenge, or whether it's Just a
drive-and-pitch layout for Sunday
swingers got under way today with
the beginning of match play In the
36th POA championship.
Keller had been ridiculed before
the tournament as being too easy
for such players, but as scores be
gan to mount in yesterday's sec
ond qualifying round, one acute
observer remarked:
-"This course is so easy it's get
ting tough." ,
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ing the two days of qualifying and
what's more likely to happen in
the man-to-man contests. The pro
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Today's program called for two
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their Bantam League Softball
games at Kiwanis Park last night.
Dalton's won their first game cf
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By CLAYTON HANNON ....
Fishing in the Klamath Basin
and outlying districts again should
be good this weekend for all of the
local anglers, who nearly all had
from fair to excellent luck last Sat
urday and Sunday.
Some nice size fish have been
reported to the local sporting
goods stores this week, and with'
the full moon- out of sight this
weekend, some more of the troph
ies should be taken by Basin fish
ermen. Again It seems to be good to
excellent fishing on the William
son and Wood Rivers for bait and
spin fishermen, while some other
catches should be made by fly
.fishermen.
Night crawlers and medium
single eggs should solve the bait
fishermen's problem, while Dare
devils and brass Wobble Rites
seem to be the ticket for spin fish
ing on the Williamson.
Fishing on the Wood last week
end was good for those who used
just about the same lineup as was
used on the Williamson as far as
bait fishing is concerned.
Copper and brass Wobble Rites
and the Kopper Wobbler were the
hottest lures over the two-day fish
ing period, with other catches be
ing reported on the orange witn
black spots Wobble Lure.
Last Tuesday, Lew Erbes, of
Hal's Sport Shop, and Bob Bird, a
salesman for the Mel Barr Sport
ing Goods Company, bad excellent
luck on the Williamson as they
brought home nine rainbows be
tween them.
Both were spin fishing and used
several different lures Including
the copper and brass Wobble Rites
and the copper backed Daredevil
to land the beautiful catch.
Both Forks of the Sprague River
should again be good this week
end for most anglers who are
planning on using eggs and worms,
while fly fishing on the stream
seems to have the brightest out
look. Either the grey or yellow
hackle should pick up some nice,
catches for the fly fisherman.
Long Creek was again hot as it
has been in the past couple of
weeks for both Rainbows and East
ern Brooks, with a few Dolly Var
dens also being taken from the
Klamath-Lake County stream.
Lake fisherman will probably
have the best results at either of
the twin lakes, Paulina or East,
Just south of Bend on Highway 97.
These waters have been good the
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entire season and should continue
to be that way for the remaining
part of this month and part of
August.
Reports also come from Lake of
the Woods and Fish Lakes on fair
to good luck while angling these
waters. Trolling in both lakes
seems to be led by the Ford Fend
er or Doc Sheldon spinner with
worms or a flat fish trailing be
hind. .
For those who like to hike into a
fishing area, the Skyline lakes
should be good at this time of the
year, very few reports have been
made by fishermen who have
fished these waters, but these that
have been received are very fa
vorable. Crater Lake is another spot
where vaoation anglers, as well as
local fishermen, have been trying
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weeks. Some nice catches, both In
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ed. Winner of last week's Big Fish
Contest held at Poole's Sporting
Goods Store, a five pound three
ounce Rainbow that was caught by
Evelyn Thorn. The woman angler
was fishing Link River with worms
being used as bait.
So far this week, a five pound
10 ounce trout leads the list. This
nice sized fish was caught by Bil
lie Johnson while fishing the Wil
liamson with a Flat Fish. (
The State Police made six ar
rests for game violations during
the past week of fishing season,
two for possession of trout under
six inches, three were made' for
exceeding daily bag limit of trout
and the last one was for having il
legal possession of untagged veni
son. .
Both of the under size arrests
brought about $26.00 fines plus
$4.50 court" costs. The exceeding
arrests, which were reported on
Long Creek, twice, and Dalrv
Creek were not completed late
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