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Bill Dickie's SIDELINE SLANTS
Ride For The Rogue
WEDDERBURN, Oregon Fortunate is
tile fishing fanatic familiar with tile
piscatorial jewel glittering at tile inouth and
within the banks of the Rogue River. It is a
gem known to but a relative few, too remote
in Oregon's southwest extremity to be
conveniently accessible to the metropolitan
many.
Lying almost exactly mid-way between,
it's a stout day's journey by car from
Portland to the north, San Francisco to the
soutti. Most of the populace residing closet" is
rural and sparse. No freeway hastens nor
comforts getting to or return from one of
the Pacific slope's loveliest locales. But, in
one form or another, there's a rainbow-end
reward, once the eflbrt is achieved. This
summer it hasn't been normally gcnerous in
ttte form of salmon, although this finny
prize is present in I)umbers to serape the
bottom-paint from :lngler-ltlgging surface
craft. Trouble is teething schools of
anchovies havc uncharacteristically remained
inside tile Rogue jetty weeks pasl normal
schedule, providing daily i=jlims of such
quantity and succulence thai ulal>offcrcd
morsels go begging. The herring &parted per
habit but the anchovies, myslifyilgly,
rcrnained long beyond their norm this season
and spoiled late-summer salmm tlshing
inside the bar.
Nevertheless, luck this place away for
future figt, ring, fishermen friends, This is an
anglers' paradise, whether the salmon are
stuffed or starved. They're there al the
Rogue River, inside the bar for the snlall
boats or off-shore for the deep-sea charters
and more rugged priwlte craft.
And if' tltc sahnoi (It)rl'l accommodate,
an amazing v;lricty of botloin fish tillg
cod, sea bass and perch, red snapper, sole,
and the like will gulp almost ;my lure
dangled to depth alid fill ih¢ fryillg pan ill
short order from lines cast off .icily, shore,
dock or boat. lip-river, leo, small
Stmlmer-rul stcclhead arc falling for lhe
hip-booted piseator's spooits and plugs righl
now, and ,'t few weeks Itellcc their heftier
cousins of the fall and winter runs will take
their turns in the ellannel and rift]¢s.
Such variety of fishillg sc'ldolll ClalllS
into eolnparablc COlllpacl area ilor is
enlbeilished with equal esthetic trappillgs.
The Rogue emptics nakedly lille the Pacific,
which pounds in shattering whilew;llcr fury
against tlte blit at the river mouth and' tke
:: flankiig jetties oft both sides wliicrll i!larl |1as
)nan(it, let))red for protec'lioll againsl lhe
erosive OCC;.II1 swells. A I{'dcral dtt'dgc
eonstalltly clears passage for freighters which
load U.S. Plywood ('orporation forest
products froth a dock-side watchcase jtisl
inside the jetties.
Ille est,ary of lhe Rogue is divided into
two parts by a beatltiful bridge which
permits U.S. ltighway I01 to leap from
Wedderburn till the north bank to (told
Beach oil the south. It is said to lie the only
bridge of its peculiarly French archiiectt,re
in the U.S. Up-streanl from the bridge Ihe
water is quiet, often :iS illany :is 80 to I00
craft lazily troll a tranqt,il surface a half-mile
wide and over a mile hmg flanked by high,
forested hills. Down-stream from the bridge
ocean swells breaking over the bar and
through the ship ch,'mnel roughen the water
in varying degrees, gradually losing force aud
fury ,'is they leave tile bar behi,'d. Marinas,
moorages, motels, marine-atnlosphere
restatirants, and other commercial
installations line this down-stream sector.
Up-stream the emphasis is on private
residences - and tile jet-boat mail and scenic
tour trips to Agness 32 miles up the Rogue.
If you haven't cruised the 2-foot-deep
rapids and rifl]es of the Rogtic in a
50-passenger jet-powered riverboat you
haven't lived. Put it on your list of future
advcl lures,
SPORTS SPLINTERS .... One of the
partieuhtrly interesting l'aeets of a visit with
retired Mason County logger Ralph Stevens
al his )lOw stlninaer he)lie in Weddcrburn
was, for a baseball bug like tile Sidclinor, a
"hot stove" session with former pro ball
player Jinl Bodner, one of Ralph's closest
ncigllbors. Jim, now ill his kite 60s, retired
l'r()lll all 8-ye;.ir pro career over 40 years ago.
lie was a hard-ihrowig lefth;inder whosc
chance to make it in the uajors was
thwarted by arm trotible, lie wis takcll to
spril]g training tit 1023 by the Bosl()ll Red
Sex after a brilliant 1(-I record the i)revious
seasoll with Portland, Mainly, in tile Ncw
l:,n!xJaild League, but in the proee.s el
f:i.,,hioning that mark hc nlisus¢(J Ilis arlll tilltt
it failed to hold up tlll(ler the pressure' ()f
trying it) ln;ikc good ;.is a possiblc SilCCCSSor
to Babe Ruth, wile had been sold during the
intervening winter to the New York
Y;nlkccs.
Rulh, of course, did not earn his fame as
:i home i'Ull sh,gger until several years after
he had been a highly successful leftha,lded
pilcher wilh lhe Red Sex and after lhe
Yankees hought hinl froth ll(iston. Bodner
was sonlewh;it ill ii hiller, too, enough thai
he played tile onlfiel(I on occasion in tile
New England, Eastern an(i Cenlral leagues
,,llld has a still detectable dent in lilt'
cheekbone jusl ahead of his left ear frllnl a
I)eanl)all which lie failed t(I duck. Bodner
played in an era milch different fi'om pro
baseball Ioday. Pilchers of his lime didn't
get relieved at the first sign of trouble as
they do today, there wasn't tile emphasis on
arm care, there weren't the special pitching
coaches, tile trainers, and so many of the
other luxuries and aids to ann preservation
:IS nOW.
Bodner pitched against Ruth,
incitlcltally, in a couple o1' spring exhibition
' :" 2 ' ' , - , ' ,
bill lhal was SOlllewh,ll characlcrislic tit"
lbdtler's ;ibilily to Ill/idle Icfthandcd hittcrs.
Today, reiirc'd from .i sucec'ssful
instiranec Cal'ccr, Bodncr is one of the Rogue
River's inosl avid alld successful t'ishillg fans,
l:astball pilchcr Bill Nut) reeeiltly nloved
back to Shclton Io inake his honic, l)ringing
the news thai two or three players of tills
yc;.ir's highly rated Rohr Constrtlction teanl
of Auburn would lnove here' and play for lhe
Athletics IleXl Stlllllller if they CO(lid get jobs
here. Bill hax been virtually a onc-mata
i)itching staff for the Athletics and the
predecessor (loll Oil tc,'lm for several years.
One Illorc pitcher of Bill's stature wOtild
inak¢ the Athletics one of the true fastball
powerhouses of the state. One of the
would-be Rohr defectors fills that
description.
u//iu
Sighting-in Day Scheduled
]'tie Shelton Rifle & Pistol
Club will hold a sighting-in day
for all hunters of the area on
Sunday, Septeniber 28, l q6q. The
club range will be open fronl tj
a.m. to 4 p,m. Members of the
club will he on hand all day to
help kulliers properly sight-in
their rifles.
The club is offering this
oplJl)rluniiy as a public service to
hunlers in this area :is part of a
natioil-wide progralil conduced
by the National Rifle Association.
League Game
Here Friday
Opening league action this Friday llighi on Loop Field ;it
eight o'clock will be the Shelton Highclinlbers and the East
Bremerton Knights.
Both teams have suffered iwo losses in the warnlup
period for league action and will be looking for a league win
as well as their initial win of the season.
Last year, the Knights beat Shelton in Bremerton at iheir
homecoming, 26-14. it proved io be the highest scoring night
the Climbers were in all year, and provided over one third of
the Climbers' total points for the season.
Head Coach of the Climbers, Jack Stark commented thai
this week, they are goiug to work un eliminating the mistakes
they made in last week's ball g,'tnle and beat East Bremerton.
He said that fiJr three and a half quarters, the Climbers only
made five mistakes.
Loop Field was mtzddy for the Bellarmine game, and if
things work oul right, will be the same mess for East
Bremerton. The last time the Knights came to Shelton, they
scored a school record number of points. Stark has his
Climbers working on defense Io slop ihe Knights' ailack, hul
the offen that has scored only three points ill two games
nlust $o to win Friday night.
ttundreds of NRA affilialed clubs
lhroughoul lh¢ counlry arc taking
parl ill I llis t)rop, raill.
A ¢orreclly sight,d-in rifle is an
inlpollanl slt'p Iii sal'e alld
at.'Cllrate sholitib , aiid incrtases
the probability of a successful
tiuiiing sc;.iSt)li, S;,lys Mr. John
Waikins, i']xeculive ()ffictr of Ihe
Sheltol Rifle & Pisid ('luk
I:anliliarlzalion firing and
knowledge of the point of ilnpacl
1 the gun being lised adds
enjoynienl and safely to I:hc fine
sport of bunting.
Dot ailed infornlation on
sighting-in techniques arid l'iring
points for zeroing in will be
awiilable al lhe raiige. Targets will
be available for both 100 and 200
y:lrds, lhinlers are requested to
haw all firearlns unloaded and
actions open when entering the
range area. ('offce will be
available at the range.
To help defray range expenses
a donation of $1.00 is requested.
The club range is located just
()tf the Masou Lake Road. |:re(it
Shelton, drive out Bayshore Io
the Mason Lake Road, (left
approx. 1/2 mile beyond (;elf
C'ourse) and follow the signs to
Lake Limerick. I"rom the I.ake
l,imerick inain gate, continue
North on the M:ison l,akc road
for 2 miles. Turn right on our
range access road and continue for
appro× I/2 mile to the range.
N()'I1;. Nleic will hi' a sign ell the
Mason I.akc road iudicating the
It) in-off.
Page 20 - Shelton-Mason County Journal- Thursday, September 25, 1969
SHELTON'S Don Cox (41) kept a tight grip Ol a Betlermlne
back while awaiting help from teammates Scott Larson (71)
and Jack Stentz (51) during this play during action n Friday
night's game, which Bellermile won 27-0.
Climbers Clobbered
By Bellarmine 27-0
By CHARLES GAY
l.cading 13-0, -ihc B¢ll,lrmin¢
[,k)ns scored lwo tOtlchdowlls ill
ihe IOtlrlh quarler alid Welll ()il h)
win a non-league ganie over Ihc
Stldtotl Ilighclinibt'rs last Friday
night Oil loop I:ield, 27-0.
I,(It/p I;icld was niiid oi/ce agaiil
as lhe ('lilllbers opellt'd tht!ir
heine season. By lhe end of ilk'
firsl halt, the Lions while jt'rst'ys
wt're slntared and lheir nit)libels
hard Io niake otit.
Ik[larniin¢ It)tk ttk' opening
kickoff. ()it lh¢ lirsl play Iruni
scriiniliagc'. Iheir leflhaildcd
passer lhrew Ihc" Imnih. 'lhe c'llll
had Ihc" ('limber d¢lcndt'rs bell.
bill Ihe pass was off his flap')lips.
[hc I.iollS couldil'l du nltlCll l(i
follow lhal acl and the ('lillihers
slclptx:d lwo running plays Io gt'l.
lh¢ ball for liter firsl iiiuc.
,%11 hough Dun ('ox cairit'd for all
l'xc¢lleill galll, file ('lilllhc'rs
could)el lUOVe the ball eilhei.
]'he IJons scored lhe sCColld
time they had lhe ball. Mike
Radfurd, Ihe quarh_'rback, gliillc'd /
lhenl down for the louchdown
with his smlhpaw passes, and
lheir backs had some nice gains.
1'he firsl quarler ended wilh
the Clilnbers in possession d' the
ball. Moving Io tile other side of
lhe field during Ihe quarter hieak
didn't help, and Brad Brausford
punlcd it away.
Jiln Burkhouse of Bcllarlnilk
took Ihc punt and raced back
down field, and when hc had the
('linlber defenders beat, tripped
and fell in lhe mud. The l,ioiis
continued their drive when a
Shelton defensive back batted a
pass into the air and the receiver
dove for the ball and rlladc the
calch t)ll Ihe 20 of Shelton
The ('lilnbers look over when
I]ell:lrnline's allack spullered.
llelped along by good gains by
Mike He, at) :ind |)on ('ox, they
Inoved down inside the visitoi's
te, fritory. Aflcr lhree successive
losses, Bransford punted to the
four yard line of Bellarlnine
where (Ctirt Stracke downd it.
A penally moved the hall back
to the tv,'o yard line, using the
half of the disiance 1o the goal
rule. Two plays later, the half
ended wilh the Lions in
possession oil lheir own eight
yard line.
('Olllpared to Iheir last meeting
v, llh Icll,ulnlnc. Ihc ('linlhcr
WClt' ilOl tlUilll,, b',tl [ i.l \\;Cil. Ihc
I,ions led 27-t) al Ihc c'iitt ot lilt'
llrsl qiiailCl, liitl this l,aiilC lhc)
were onl) dowu €-(),il lhc halt.
(ire f, Race. itcllarinile', Icll
l'l)(ll¢d lc't't'l' ,I) It' kiCkcl, iliist'tl
I hi' IIIXl t'\\;lla i(lllil . bul
t'tlllVc'llcd ()11 t'Vt'l\\; (ilk' iillcl Ih;.li
('lit I ,llal:kt' ill) Imck lh¢
s¢t.:t)lltl, hall kickdf It> Sllclion-
31 ,ai'd hilt' Mike' No,it) ,lailcl
Ihc ('liinlcr ill i>i wllh l st'el'it
yard l..;ililt.'i %I Ihls [)oilll. lark
()'('tin)tell ll lJcl <irllllllt' was
IIIlillCd
Alter Ih,ll..",;ht, lloil Cullld IIOl
iftOVt" lhe h:i/1 tfi(t wa hlr'¢ti io
I)Ui'li Ihc I lOllS M,irio Mcl/C(lli
h;Id ci hi t b',ain Io lilt' ('liinhcrs" ]1
, :.i i tl i i lit- lU Ih¢ thl\\;e lhal
loll<vcd, hul ,",;hdlun's ddc'n<',;t:
I OplCd II¢ll,il iillllc :iild lh¢
('lllllbt'l'4 l)€>l, t)Vt'l ()11 their t, Vl)
7
\\;I'-,1111 ht'lloil ct)tild llOl illt)v¢
,illtl tlran',l<Htl iuillt'ti, il¢llarlilillC'
ihc'ii liitvc'tl tltiWil Ilk' Iidd till Cl
St'lie', el bill !NilID; alitl lev¢ Jollt, s
Cllqk'tl Ihc till',(" iih Iclnp, Itlll
['or lilt' [ it)nx" xc't'l>lld lOllt.'hdu'ffl
Race llitidc iI 13-1) with tii kick.
[ht" ('lilllllrr ,eel back to lht'ir
owl) .I() yald Ilil' when l)allas
(;uillt'i);ill back lh¢ kickoll I)on
('ox ripped o[1 a ten yald t',iili Itl
get ,l fiisl do\\;vii t)li liis owi 4.t ft)r
lhe ('hinlx'is. I'hc' lilird pciiod
ended \\;,ilh tlk' scmc', tktl,irniinc"
13, .lielltm (I, and Ihe ('liilibcrs
h,id ilk' ball,
('ux gel through lhc lions"
dt_'lellse for an ¢ighl yard gain to
gel anolher tirsl dowil on
Ik'llarniints ,17 yard line Io open
l'ourth quailcr acliun. Tht"
('liilibtrs wert' sfopp0d afl0r lhec
lwt) lirsi downs alid Ihc l.ion
ltk ovt, r OII their ()\\;vii -lt). 'lwo
plays gel Ihelll inlo lhc ciltl Lone.
()il lirl dowii lruili ilk' [orly, a
hmg /itl.iril ptil lht.'lll t).rl Slicllol}'s
)0 yard lille. R;icc lhc'll picked his
way llii",ltiLtll ('liililk'r d01t:lltlt, rs
litliii Ilk' 30 to score I1¢ adtld
his clwii cxlra puilil aild Ihc l,lt)ilS
led, 20-0.
Afler Ihe kickt)ff, lhe ('tiinb¢ls
couldn'l iii o vt', aild [inally
funlbled. This gave' the ball to lhe
l, ioils on ,€:,hellon's 27, bul
Bellarlnine could do nolhing with
it and Shcllon tt)ok over on theil
29 yard line.
Alan Olsen, quarterback, saw
Now Forming
Leagues and Teams for
Jr. and Bantam Bowlers!
SATURDAY, SEPT. 27
Juniors ......... 10:30 a.m.
Bantams ......... 1 p.m.
For more information stop in
at the
TIMBER BOWL
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HIGHCLIMBERS Dallas Gunter (81) and Dan
this Bellermine ballcarrier high and low during
non-league tilt on Loop Field. At left is SheltC
(32).
aclion for lwo plays, and on third
when t]raiNord canle back in, lie
wa duniptd. On fourth, lit'
punted. A clitlpilig penally alaiilsi
the I.iuns nloved the bali back to
their own 44. In one play lhey
wcnl Iioln their 44 Io Shelton's
20 and scored later.
The grouml gainers for the
('iinlbcrs we're Mike Neau, senior,
who carried 12 tinles for 46
yards: I)on ('ox, another senior,
who packed it 12 more times for
44 yards' Doll Neth, sophomore
fullback who gained 12 yards in
t'ivc tries: aild Brad Bransford, a
senior who carried six times for
seven yards.
Brallsford was one for four in
passing for a nlinus two yards.
(.)lsen lhrcw two tl the ('limbers"
six passes, bul didn'l conlpiele
ally.
'l'lc ('lilnhc!rs lnade 109 yards
nel rl.ishing alld passiilg, while ihc
Lions gaihc'rcd 2gt4 yards. In ihc
first-dt)wll depariluent, Shelloll
luade six to l:lL, llarilline's I 3.
Tracy Arlnstrotlg, I)ave MFr,
and Mark Wittenberg headed the
tackling charts wilh five each.
Wiltcnberg also had three assists.
Don ('O× not only had four
tackles, but broke up three Lion
passing plays.
I:lsewhere around the Olyinpic
League, the defending champions
of the 'league, Central Kitsap,
scored a league victory over West
Brclncrton with a 36-yard field
goal with less than three and a
half lilillutes to go in the game.
I,Ca si tjrcinerion
the Lincolt
Wilson 14anlS
Kiis,ip I0-0,
tea)us with
record ,is the
lhc league
wins and a p:l
P o r 1
The)has More
30-12 whcU
threw four tout
well knoW:
F'ryer,
viclory. Dan
('It m bcrs
Angeles
1" hc
concerning a
North KitsaP:
scoreless tie
Island, whom
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