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Sfar Sfnot-Sribmr Page Texaa Friday, March 26, 1954 Field Stream By EARL GOLDING Marvin Fenn, whose flies fool fish, is back from Lake Texoma. where he helped catch perhaps the best string of bass anybody from this area ever had a hand in. And this time, flies do the trick. Big, giant minnows did, after Marvin flies had gone for naught. Fenn, who is principle of Reagan Junior High School in Temple, and is called best fisherman I have ever by at least one rary, had a hind in catching 18 ft? urday no menai part is weighed more than 60 pounds! So far, we heard of atring that will beat that.

that of party fanned the water with Marvin drove to Texoma school turned out last Friday, joined farmer Temple Wildcat coach Les Cranfill and his wife, and C. J. Wood, another former Temple man, and proceeded to catch black bass until the world have it. Funny thing, though, this trip of all trips started off on just about the gosh-awfullest note you over heard. The quartet fished all day urday without getting as much as a single strike using flies.

Usually about this time of the year at Texoma. Marvin says, those big lunker bass go crazy over just any flies, and particularly fish-fooling flies. They just hitting flies flies, and not far away a fisherman who looked like a good one was plunking plugs in every nook and cranny that showed signs of after! and plugs were failing miserably. So. although Fean favors fly fiailing, he is do purist and the next day they loaded up with the biggest minnows they could find, all going about three or four inches.

They hooked them through the back, put a cork about 15 above the minnows, and were in businesa. minnows were big enough to make that cork Marvin said, if a bass was within five or six feet it. If we didn't get a bite within f' 10 minutes re-cast in another spot. 9-Run Ninth Igimpson, Batts Join inning Wins irl For Phillies Broken Bones Derby TEMPLE MAN'S LUNKER Marvin Fenn, Reagan Junior High School principal and ace Temple fisherman, exhibits a prize black of 18 he and three ex-Temple residents caught at Texoma last week. Ten of the giant string weighed over 60 pounds.

(Photo by John Bennett) just hitting flies I Fisherman Fenn Is an Old Pro upCCflY udlftlOFS ore It was over, they had best color, with white running sec-j JL Taking Dead Aim On First Division Before It was over, they had boated 18 beauties. The biggest one went pounds, and Marvin and Cranfill combined to catch four that weighted at least seven pounds each. Fenn has always said Texoma is the best spot for big bass ever seen, and now more convinced than ever. This trip was at Hi-Port. near Pottsboro.

Fenn is pretty much of pro at fishing. been tying, and selling, his own flies for 18 or 20 vears. and this summer he and Mrs. Fenn will start their 25th year operating Fenn Haven, their own commercial fishing camp in West Yellowstone, Montana. Marvin push his fly trade too much, because he already swamped with business, and besides, fly-tying can be tough on the eyes.

He favors streamer flies with bucktail and feathers for those big bass, and says that so far. yellow has been by far the EASTER SALE of MEN'S READY-MADE SUITS! GROUP 1 Virgin Wool SUITS $17.50 $37.50 Values best color, with ond. he says, who fish at night tell me they catch four fish on black to one on any other Fenn is the fellow Bill Menefee. freshman basketball coach, and also a fine angler, calls best fisherman I have everj Menefee says if somebody i else catches one fish, Fenn catches two. If another man gets five.

Fenn catches 10. have fished the same stream with him, and seen it work tim after Menefee says. catches them that way every time he goes. The man is greatest catches include a black bass in Texas, and two strapping Yellowstone trout an 8-pound rainbow and a 6 cutthroat. The Fenns sort of grew and built their way into the fishing camp business.

On their second anniversary, Marvin and his wife went to Yellowstone National Park, and at the time he such a rabid fisherman. But fishr ing there was easy, and it take long, for the schoolman to get the bug. 3 Flies, 3 Fish The trip to Montana then got to be a regular summer affair, and for awhile the Fenns simply camped with a group of other teachers. Then, when they had three children to take along, they bought a lot and later built a cabin. As children the Fenns added rooms, and then cabins.

They finally built their way into the fishing camp business and a good one it is. The children are I 1 Fi GROUP 2 Virgin Wool SUITS $22.50 $45.00 Values GROUP 3 All-Wool SUITS $28,90 $55.00 Values rown now, but Marvin and Mrs. go up each year when school closes in Temple. When the fishing season in Montana is over, they put storm windows and doors on their cabins, get somebody to the snow off the roofs two or three times during the winter, and that's it until spring. Fenn goes almost poetic when talking about West Yellowstone and FennHaven.

country up there man, you just want to stay the rest of your life! The water is crystal clear, and always plenty of it. a paradise and it is not even close to a large city which helps. Lake City is the nearest big city and it is 365 miles away! The next two, Denver and Billings, are between 500 and 600 miles from there. course, one bad thing. a short fishing season.

Pretty early, the water freezes and snow on the EDITORS NOTE: This is the fifth in a series on the 1954 prospects of the major league teams. By CARL LUNDQL1ST ORLANDO, March be no place like home for the Washington Senators this year for Manager Bucky Harris has tailored a team that is made to order for spacious Griffith Stadium. He has outfielders with strong throwing arms. He has speed boys at bat who can beat out leg hits and take the extra base. Power? It is almost non-existent but Harris feels that in the past long ball hitters helpety his team because drives which would be homers in other parks are simply fly ball outs in Washington.

also why he has placed such emphasis on a speedy outfild He wants to keep at a minimum the number of hits that drop in for the other team. Looking to First Division Fenn says used to put three flies on and catch three fish. Of course they all hit at one time. get a strike, start bringing him in and while we would play the fish there were so a many more in there that we could see them in that clear water. see another fly, dangling I and inviting, and charge in and you had another fish.

Lota of times bring in So, fisherman Fenn has it pretty GROUP 4 Nationally Advertised $67.50 SUITS $32.50 Virgin Wool easy. In the summer, he plays the trout in West Yellowstone. In tween, he catches Texas bass astounding quantities. It is a good life. be in ALL-WOOL SLACKS Flannels, Serges, Sharkskins and Lufkin Hires Gardemal LUFKIN, March 25 -Dick Gardemal, former Texas quarterback now in the Air Force at Bryar AFB.

was hired Thursday as backfield coach for Lufkin high school replacing Johnnie Hickman, who resigned to become head coach at Levelland. shootihg for the first division and if we can do farily well on the road we could make it because sure be all right at said plain speaking Bucky. One big trade during the off-season was the of his team. Harris thinks. That was the deal whereby he acquired rookie outfield star.

Tom Umphlett, for center field, along with Mickey McDermott. who is convinced win 20 games. The Senators gave the Red Sox slugger Jack Jensen but Har ris feels he be missed. Umphlett. a slap hitter, batted .283 at Boston and although he was not long on power he managed to drive in 53 runs.

Jim Busby, who is even faster than Umphlett, bat ted .312 last season and has right field sewed up. Roy Sievers. who came from Baltimore in a trade for Gil Coan. will play left field if his arm permits him to throw even a little bit. He could be especially valuable on the road for he is one of the few on the club who can hit for dis tr.nce.

But a shoulder injury has impaired his throwing and he tried to convert himself to a first baseman. The onlj catch there is that Washington has Mickey Vernon, who at .337 is the league batting champ, and a fine glove man too, for the first base soot. If Sievers make it. Clyde Vollmer. a good spring hitter and a good clutch man, will be in the outfield a good part of the time, while Angel ScuH.

rookie speed boy, also could make the grade. Infield AH Set The infield is set with veteran Ed Yost a standout at third base. Yost, combining walks and hits, usually leads the league in getting on base and he is dependable afield. Young Jerry Snyder, who looked great late last season when he batted .339, could hustle Pete Runnels out of the shortstop job although Runnels seems to be rebounding from his mediocre 1953 year. Wayne Terwilliger has been much improved all around since he got the second base job at Washington on a regular basis last season.

Little Yoyo Davillilo and Vet Mel Hoderlein are likely infield spares. Front lint pitching should be first rate with Bob Porterfield and McDermott potential 20-game winners. Chuck Stobbs is coming around after having a sore shoulder and Spec looks more trim than at any time since leaving the Yankees. Connie Marrero is the number five starter, although he go more often than once a week. Veteran lefty Johnny Schmitz and young Sonny Dixon are the top relief prospects, while Harris is counting on two rookie lefties.

Dean Stone and Bob Ross, both fast bailers to fit in somewhere. Joe Tipton, whom Harris rates as a smart receiver, enough to steal our signs when he was with should improve the catching staff, although he hit any more than Mickey Grasso, the man the Senators gave up for him. Ed Fitz Gerald, a journeyman receiver, will share most of the load with Tipton while Frank Sacka and Bob Oldis fight it out for the third sport. BRADENTON. March 25 15-run ninth inning slugfest broke up a tie ball game today with the Philadelphia Phillies beating Milwaukee 16-13.

Del Ennis blasted two home runs and Stan Lopata one for the Phillies. Sibby Sisti. Jim Pendleton and Hank Aaron hit for the circuit for the Braves. The Phils disposed of Joe Jay and Phil Paine with nine runs in the ninth before Ben Johnson halted the fireworks. The Braves scored six times in the final inning.

Red Sox, 2-0 SARASOTA, March 25 Outfielder Hank Bauer and pitcher Bob Wiesler collaborated to gain the New York Yankees a 2-to-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox today. Bauer provided the punch to drive in the two runs while Wiesler held the Sox to two hits as he became the first Yankee pitcher to go seven innings. Tom Gorman finished off and had pitch himself out of trouble in the ninth when Boston loaded the bases with i three hits. Cardinals Nip Dodgers, 2-1 ST. PETERSBURG.

March 25 Musial led the attack on three Brooklyn pitchers and scored i both Cardinal runs as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Dodgers. 2-1. It was he second straight over Brooklyn. Musial.

who made three hits. scored on an infield out in the fourth after Ray single had put him on third base. He made the winning run on Tom Tom hit in the sixth after Brooklyn had tied the score in the same inning. Senators Rip Chisox, 9-2 TAMPA. March The Washington Senators took advantage of lefty Billy wildness in the second inning I Thursday to score six runs and I then coasted to a 9 to 2 victory over the Chicago White Sox before a crowd of 382.

Reds Down Tigers, 13-11 LAKELAND, March 25 Branca was buffeted for three home runs, one a grand slam by catcher Hobie Landrith, as the Detroit Tigers blew a five- run lead and lost a 13-11 marathon to the Cincinnati Redlegs Thursday. Wally Post and pitcher Harry Perkowski also homered off the ex-Brooklyn righthander while Frank Bolling and Walter Dropo hit homers for the Tigers. Perkowski worked seven innings and yielded 14 hits and 10 runs. Indians Defeat Cubs, 6-3 TUCSON. March rookie sensation, Rudy Regalado, hit two home runs today for a spring total of seven as the Indians defeated the Chicago Cubs, 6-3.

Pittsburgh Licks 8-7 WEST PALM BEACH. March ninth inniny Philadelphia rally fell short today as Pittsburgh defeated the Athletics 8-7. NEW YORK. March 25 Baseball's marked up two more casualties today, sidelining Cleveland outfielder Harry Srimpson and Detroit catcher Matt liams. Boston Red Sox outfielder.

who broke his collar bone fielding a sinking liner, and score of athletes during pre-season Bobby Thomson, who suffered a rehearsals of the last few weeks, triple fracture of the ankle March cracked in six places. He was slid-, Third baseman George Kell hat a Ing. The most severe cases of injuries have been those involving Ted Wil- Batts. Accidents now have cut down a 13 at St. Petersburg.

Williams be in action until May. Thomson is out of action for possibly three months. The aspiring young Red Sox have been hardest it by the injury siege. Outfielder Jim Piersall hurt his wrist running into a fence and Jackie Jensen, the third flychaser. Simpson was hurt sliding in a game with the Chicago Cubs yesterday.

X-rays disclosed a fractured left He will be out six to eight weeks. Batts No. 1 Tiger catcher, broke a toe yesterday against Milwaukee. be out only a few days. Cleveland catcher Mickey Grasso was hurt in the Cub exhibition vesterdav and will be out at least three months with a left ankle suffered a bad muscle bruise.

sore arm and can't throw. Milwaukee's home run slugger, Eddie Mathews, first suffered a back Injury and then yesterday turned up with a tore leg. BiH sprained his right ankle stepping on a loose ball. Walter Lancer. Andy Pafko and Del Crandall are other Braves who have suffered minor mishaps.

Harvey Kuenn. of the shortstop, got a badly bruised left wrist trying to guard against a pitched ball. Dick Balimore first suffered a fractured left wrist when hit by a pitched ball. is out four to six weeks. Baltimore rookie Jerry Jacobs was another casualty.

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