European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 04, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 4, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 23 before mud touted those grand Rivers . Times news service boiling mud travelling 30 Miles per hour Over flowed local River Banks smashed Bridges swallowed Homes and killed millions of Salmon and Trout. Some Rivers got so hot that fish actually jumped out. The Waters of the Toutle River Rose from their Normal 50 degrees to nearly 90an estimated 70 million Salmon and Trout died in the River and in several state hatcheries that were engulfed by the mud flows. At one Point along the flooded Colwitz River which was jammed with Limber carried Down from the Mountain people made Light of their plight walk ing on the logs and scooping up steel Bead Trout Hal wriggled on the  Reading of the devastation wrought by the mount St. Helens eruption in the state of Washington was a wrenching experience for it was Only a few years ago that a Small but inept party of anglers fished those very Rivers for Steelhead and revealed in the wild Beauty of that Mountain country. The party included Jack Murphy of san Diego and will Yolen of new York and was led by Norm Nel son of the Public affairs Section of Weyerhaeuser the Forest products giant. A Good Man and True on his Job Norm was dedicated to the proposition that Cut Ting Down Trees was Good for them. He truly believed that he would never Sec a poem Lovely As a tree on its Way to the Sawmill. How do people feel about Joyce Kilmer Norm was asked. There is no corporate position on him he said but i sometimes wish he had gone into another line of  this was shortly after Sunrise on a High Rocky Bank of the tulle River a tributary of the Colwitz which is a tributary of the Columbia. The Toutle was then a Beautiful Stream of White rapids great jagged Boul Ders and Pale Green Depths. Farther Down it plunged through Hollywood Gorge so called because of a scene in an old movie entitled. God s country and the woman starring George Brent. In inc film a logging train was derailed on the Canyon s lip and the logs plunged into the rapids far below. Now and then people used to try to navigate Hollywood Gorge by Canoe or rubber raft and it was t a Good idea. One who tried it with an inner tube resurfaced four Days later in the Colwitz. There was a Fisherman every so feet or so along the Toutle that Day. Most had spinning rods and drifted plastic imitations of Steelhead Roe along the Bottom hanging up on rocks every few feet. The River Banks were littered with tangled monofilament and broken lures. A Man and woman made their Way upstream. In each hand he carried a Steelhead hooked on a forked stick she wore a Blue Bandanna about her head and a studiously nonchalant expression. She caught pm the Man said. The Nelson parly suffered Skunk age As the late John Randolph used to phrase it but a Day of fishing can be richly rewarding without fish. Nobody else had breathed this Mountain air recently. Forests of dark fir climbed peaks outlined Raggedy against the spotless sky. The River Sang and shouted. Oliver twist could t ask for More. Next Day it was on to the Colwitz then the most productive Steelhead River in the world. The Steelhead As you know is a Rainbow Trout with wanderlust. Hatched in fresh water he goes to sea As a smolt about nine inches Long ranges widely and eats ravenously. Two or three or maybe five years later he returns to the Stream of his birth with nothing but love in View. At sea the Rainbow s Pink Stripe and blushing fins turn to Silver and the head becomes steel Gray but after a time in the River his color returns. In 1972 anglers took 46,000 Steelhead from the Colwitz and in the record month of december 1971, the catch was 19,000. Which is greater than the Annu Al yield of Washington s no. 2 River the ska git. The Colwitz was a wide tossing torrent Loo big to Wade. Four Guys from the Washington department of game provided boats expertise and companionship. They used casting rods and their lures were Little wads of Wool yarn in two tones of Pink. Steelhead. Like the Atlantic Salmon do not feed actively during the spawning run but Small Bright morsels seem to catch their attention. Eight of 10 Steelhead interviewed thus far said they had mistaken these morsels for shrimp or Roe. For a stranger the River was impossible to read but Dave Gufler and Jim Briscoe of the game department knew where the pools were. They would Anchor at the head of a Pool and let the current Roll their lures Over the Rocky Bottom. Their companion using a Fly Rod. Took three Jack Salmons on the surface. None weighed More than a Pound but they All had a terrible temper. The Jack is a precocious King Salmon who comes Back to the River ahead of his age group. A Steelhead took Ufier s tuft of Yam leaped in a twisting frenzy and took off. Briscoe made three passes with the net before he came into the boat. Then Briscoe fought and out pointed a leaping Silver torpedo. Would you let me try that Fly Rod for awhile Briscoe asked the guest. He handed Over his casting Rod which he had surreptitiously rigged with a Green hot shot. This lure a comparatively new development at that time was a plastic minnow that a retarded Chimpanzee could fish successfully. You just dropped it in the current and it went and found Steelhead. It found two for the guest Beautiful leaping Gallant adversaries. Today these grand Rivers Are fouled with mud choked with debris. 6 dodgers in line for All Star berths new York a the los Angeles dodgers who will Host baseball s Slot an Nual All Star game on july 8, would have six players in the Starling lineup if fan balloting for the National league All Star team continues As it has the baseball com missioner s office said monday. Dodger first baseman Steve Garvey led St. Louis Keith Hernandez 434,592 votes to 179,274. Second baseman Dave Lopes became the league s leading vote getter Topping Phil Garner of Pittsburgh 522,729 to 123.720. Shortstop Bill Russell opened up a narrow 263,188-252,833 Lead Over St. Louis Garry Temple Lon. Third baseman Ron Cey with 334,871 votes led Phila Delphia s Mike Schmidt who collected 273,482. Los Angeles outfielders Reggie Smith and Dusty Bilker ranked in the top three among All no outfielders with 286.867 and Slete Cartey Keith Hernandez 256,384 Voles respectively. Pittsburgh s Dave Parker led the outfielders with 353, 308 Voles. At Catcher St. Louis Ted Simmons out polled the dodgers Steve Yeager 260.042 Voles to 246.327. The voting will continue until june 25. Rube Marquard is dead double header Vladislav bodice Vic 8 of Ike new York combo and Ibe diplomats1 Don Droe a to up to Bead Ibe Ball during their Nail clash Sanday to Washington. The Cosmos took a 2-1 shootout Victory be fore a crowd of 53,351, the largest Eier to watch a soccer game in the nation s capital a no Baltimore a Richard Rube Marquard a Hall of Fame Pitcher whose 19 consecutive victories remain a major league record 68 years later has died Fol lowing a Long illness. A relative said monday that Marquard died sunday night Ai his Baltimore Home. He was 90. He had been ill for the last couple of years said Barbara Guggen Cimer a granddaughter. He had cancer and had been operated on for it two Yean ago. But he stayed in his House. He did t want to go to a  Guggen Cimer said her Grandfather had been receiving round the clock nursing care for several  Cleveland native Marquard started his major league career with the new York giants in 1908, appearing in one game. Three years later he had his first of three consecutive 20-Victory seasons for he giants going 24-7 in 1911.26-11 in 1912 and 23-ioinl9l3. It was during the 1912 season thai mar guard registered 19 consecutive victories tying inc Mark set by the giants Thomas o pc Etc in 1888. Marquard s Streak which ran from april 11 to july 3, also is a record for the most consecutive victories at the stari of a season. Marquard pitched in 536 games for the giants the Brooklyn dodgers the Cincin Nati reds and the Boston red sox before retiring in 1925. His major league record was 201-177