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ROSEBURC NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG. OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1928. nvf mm urn YEAH THAT SEES F RECORD S AH Attendance Marks Are Broken Notwithstanding' Radio Competition. Georgia Tech, In the Rose Bowl il I'asadcza. Th eohtea wftft has a doubk .rmlucit and half Xeison od inter ectioiinl glory aa av result of the enational victories of Stanford i-r in Ami), iht-Kou State ovei .. om LuaA'crsit, and Soutit .n (-RiiffirUiit uvti isov.e larut titbin a iiiree-day p riod. What ever claims (he east hoped to jiaite in tne siuqjuw fjr Uatuoiiav. utl honors were wiped oat by tut crushing setback administered tc u.e Aruiy and N. . V. on th? jaiue gridiron by teams that came J. WO in ilea like twin tornadoes to rip up everything tn siut Dixie Tit.e at Stake Two of ilia fort-most teams ol t the year, Gojr,'iA iecn and Flor ida, lead the south' drive for nn uonm lecuciuiiun wnii line rec ord of achievement against all opDojiuon. Neil tit-r hdi been UPSETS ARE AMAZING i batea nor tied but ha8 0fl ' more sectional obstacle to hurdle a , j this wee a, with Tech playing IweutKi at Atlanta ami t-lorma meeting another undefeated toe, Tennessee, at knoxville. No team- from any area has an unchallenged claim to national cnampionsmp heights in a year that has seen so many sudden re versals, so many unexpected turns and days where otherwise bril liant outfits met misfortune. So far as the recoids- of major colleges go, only 'our can boabt spotless slutus. Boston college, Five 1927 Champion Teams Dethroned Dixie And Western Clubs Take 4 Highest Honors. By ALLAN J. GOULD (A.sHoriated Press Sports Editor) NEW YOltK. Dec. 3. Except for a few sparkling and decisive t tue cn.y ttam neither beaten nor tests In the south and far west, i tied in the east-, and Detroit, en the 1'!! college football season 1 Joying the same distinction in the has closed an unprecendented and middle wett, bhare this honor with meteoric course along the chalk-: the southern pairs, Florida and marked battlefields. j Ueomla Tech. lis chief developments have, lu j But there are others to consid c hid od record smashing attendance ; er. Southern (aliiornia. Utah and and pate receipts for the fifth i Tennessee ha've. been tied but un etruight year, an extraordtnai 1 beaten. California has bowed to succession of upsets featuring the I no college foe although tied by downfall of champions and teams j Stanford and Southern California, rarely out of the top flight iu i Siantord lost to Souiuern Califor- short, a bew ildering whirl climax-; ma but gave an exhibition of at ed by three crushing triumphs for fcfar west ovef legions east of the Mississippi. v From the spectacular view point, the early season crowd of 122.OU0 that- witnessed the Navj Notre Dame game in Chicago was tucking power Saturday against the Army that has not been furnasse this season i'l big leagu compe tition. Past Leaders Hu-nbled It is a strange if not unprece dented season when such ordinar- the high spot, smashing all foot- i iiy mighty machines as Yale. Mi- ball records. New marks In at- j clilgan and Notre Dame each suffer tendance oIfo were set in (he east ! the humiliation of four defeats, and southwest, while every other j Yet they were only the main vlc section contributed to an out-1 tims in the surge that at some pouring over the country from time or another upset nearly every September to December approxi-: major team, mately 25,OuO,Ot0 to 30.0U0.-t Every eleven In the big ten met OMt). I at least one defeat during the sea- Hlflh Honors to West son, so Keen was the competition. From the angle of sheer play- j and Chicago was beaten no less ing accompliphineflts, represents-! than teven times. Every- mem- tives of the Pacific coast and the1 ber of the new hrg six conference, south take the major share of thejns well as Ihe southwestern con season's laurels, a situation that ' ference, also suffered at leaat one will find its appropriate climax In reverse. Only Utah survived In the New Year's day engagement between two of the foremost teams of these areas, California and the Kocky mountain conference zone and the Indians were tied twice. One after anontlier the . JQ . EThis "Mbus ' Furnished with Six Sixty Watt Edison MAZDA Lamp's or..... J you. no doubt, have lo;tic empty sockets, burned out or blackened lamps. You will need new lamps soon. . Order a hou.se carton of the popular household sizes now. Get a toy house for the children. There's a right lamp chart on the back of 'the house which tells you which size lamp to use in every type of fixture. You may secure houre cr.rions of various size Of lamps at the foilo-- -" v bw prices: Six 2) watt lamps $ 1 .20 Six 40 watt lamps 1.20 Six 50 watt lamps 1.32 Six 60 watt lamps 1.32 Six 1 00 watt lamps 2. 1 0 The California Oregon Power Company Roseburg, Oregon A Crept Papmt "Potty" No, this one never sftrt naughty words and does not "want a crack er" because It la only a papier mache parrot with plumage of bright green, yellow find red crepe paper. It looks, however, lifelike enough to talk. A "roily" like this makes a most unique Christmas gift and a very acceptable one, for It Is really an ornament In the home, bringing ns It does a vivid note of color Into the scheme of things. The papier mache forms are very inexpensive as1 of course Is the crepe paper and wire re quired for making. .P. EX-LI eastern favorites were knocked olf, except Boston college. Army s streak was stopped by Notre Dame and the cadets were finally ciuahed by Stanford. Car negie swooped along unbeaten un til it struck the fierce charge of New Y'ork university, which on that day at Pittsburgh. looked like the most formidable force In the east- Yet a week later It was drub bed by Oregon Bute. The Navy dropped Its first three games be fore upsetting Pennsylvania, which otherwise turned in one of the best records in this section. Kings Overthrown Champions were overthrown ill five of the -major fields of action. Stanford shared the Pacific coast last year with Southern Califor nia but the Trojana occupy the top alnne this season. Utah dis placed the Colorado Aggies In the Rocky mountain conference and title. Nebraska won the first big six crown in a group that was led by Missouri last year. Boston col- Icta flniahort with t ha Hour anal. I rn rppntil where ValA ntirt Pift- burgh shared the 1928 leadership. Illinois, in a race decided on the last day, successfully (AMocisUd !Hto fa J WIN) SALEM. Ore., Dec J. George P Griffith, who was deputy state treasurer during the first twe year of the present administra tion of T. B. Kay, and who served a term as state. commander of the American Legion, died here last night after a long illness. He was 49 years old. Mr. Griffith resigned his office in the state treasury be cause of his physical breakdown. Griffith was a native of Indiana, At an earlv ate he went with his iiartnts to Nebraska and was graduated from Nebraska State University in 1899. He taught school (or a number of years and became superintendent of schools at Pawnee City, Nebr. In 1913 he came to Oregon, or ganised the stale bank at Jeffer son and became Its president. When the United State, became involved In the world war Griffith went Into training at the presidio. San Francisco, and was commis sioned as a second lieutenant. He served a year and a half In France, was promoted to first lieutenant and was with Ihe army of occupa tion en the Rhine at the end of the war. Griffith was appointed deputy stale treasurer in January, 1935, and served until March S3, 1927. He served as commander of Capi tal Post, No. ft. American Legion, in Salem, In 1923 and was state commander In 1924 and 1925. He I was in business in Salem as one or tne partners in tne Marion auto- mootle company. He tn survived ny his widow, Mrs. Ruby O. Griffith, and four sisters, Mrs. Edith Anderson of Salem, Miss Olive Griffith of Cor vallls, Mrs. Laura Greenfield of Wichita. Kans.. and Mrs. E. D. Smith of Corvallls. RATES 1 APPLES (Aomciat! Vrrm Leaaed Wire) WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 In creases In rates on appfes from Oregon, Washington and Idaho producing points to San Francisco; and Los Angeles, which railroads proposed to make effective last defended j February were declared unreason- the big ten championship. -Geor- able by the interstate commerce gla Tech appears likely to stay M commission today, and the existing the top of the southern conference, schedules were ordered main tained. When the railroad increases were proposed, Ihe commission suspended their application to In vestigate the situation, and termi nated the suspension . by today's order dismissing the entire pro ceeding. The railroads' proposal would have raised the effective charges on the apple shipments to, the (wo California cities by amounts ranging up to ten per cent and in defense of the action (he carriers contended that their present rate schedules had been reduced by Pacific coast water competition to anremuneratlvs points. In connection with the order, the commission also dismissed a com plaint by Sah Diego, Calif., pro duce dealers which asked that that contest at Los An- j city He given the same rates on apples, pears and peaches coming from Oregon and Washington as are marie from those centers to Los Angeles. The an Diego move ment, the commission held, must continue fo heaf rates In exress of those applying to Los Angeles. ! even if forced to share the leader- ship with Florida or perhaps Ten ' nessee. All three of these south j eni teams are stilh In the running. Record Attendance i The spread of radio hook-ups for big games throughout the !cLuntiy failed to cut down the at tendance. Besides the record bi caking outpouring of 122,ooo at , Soldier field on October 13 for flie Navy-Notre Dame game, the east reached new high marks wtih crowds of gg.0MR- filling the Yan kee stadium in New York for each cr the Army's battles with Notre l ame and Stanford. Throngs of close to 80,000 or more witnessed upectacles at Ohio State and Mi chigan while 90,000 saw the Stan f ird-California game at Berkeley and 80,000 the Southern Californi; Noire Dame geles. In the southwest, a few rec ord a? set by the crowd of 46. ono for the game In which Texas clinched the sectional title de dealing the Tess Aeeies. Seven Best Ptaytn 1 The country's best Individual ; scoring machine is Ken Strong, star halfback of New York Unl- . versity. With only a few more games In the south. Strong's ltil I points are ample to assure him the 192S scoring f iftmptonship. Itun- ner-np honors belong to Banker, of ; Tulane. who tallied 124 points In ! ten games. The leader In each of the seven major groups or conferences fol- . lows: ; Player College (J Total East- Strong, New YorkL'niv...l0 Southern Banker, Tulane W Pacific ! Carroll. Washington 11 Itorky ML Clark. Tolorado Col 7 i Southwestern j Hume. So. M. K H M i And Beavers, Arkansas. 9 81 i Big Ten Hodve, Mtnnesofa .......... 8. 5 Dig Six . Howell, Nebraska 9 . hi Exit Idaho and Montana MOSCOW, Idaho, ec. Per sistent rumors that the universi ties of Idaho and Montana are go ing to. be alighted in the 1919 I 'a ci tic coast conference football srliedules and that a situation is brewing that will mean dropping of Idaho and Montana from Ihe conference are being broadcast In thin section. One rumor has it that 1 S. C. Ill drop Ifit 12f 104 1 m;i A. W. GORE, FORMER TENNIS CHAMPION, DEAD AT 61 f.WnHitf Pre Ltawd wire) LONDON. Iec. 8 Arthur Wcnt worth Gore, former lawn tennis champion, rifrd today at the age of 61. He had been 111 since early this year. Gore wa the last Englishman to win the single rhsmntonshlp at Wimbleton. This was In 1909. and Ihe next year he Inst to A. F. Wild tng. He was the captain or th English team which met Amerfci' for the first time in 1900 and Won j Olympic gold medals in doubles and singles at Wimbledon in lOuftJ A HOPE CHILD "What name are yoii giving ba by V "Marigold" "In the hope that she tllir Tlt nits. DAILY WEATHER REPORT U. B. Weather Bureaa Of fir Roaebargf Oregoa. Data reported by E. U. Fletcher, Meteorologist Ic charge. Barometric presnnre (reduced to sea level i 5 n m 29 Re hit i ve humidity ft p. pj. yes leniay pr ent 77 P'ecip. In Inches and Hundredths: Highest temperature yesterday tl Lowset tcnitMintijre List night laho from the schedule average temperature for the next year and will prnhahir and1 day 3 Oregon. Idaho hs played C. S. V S'ormal ceroperatura for this every yar for five seasons. date . , . 2 Word from Stanford. Washing- Precipitation1, lst 24 hours - 0 ton. aid U. C. L. A. leaves Idaho Total pferlp. since 1st month "3 out of conference gridiron ached-, Normal prwip. for this month S.8t ule mention. jTotal precip. from Sept 1, o , jo?, to date .. . 4 91 OR ANOTHER MAID Averags predi. from Sept. I, ' - I 177 9.H MIPTRKS3 f new n?-.!d: You ' Total deficiency since Kept 1, will notice. Kmily, I am a woman ( I'jzt 4.17 of a few words. Whn I nod. I; Average aeasonal precip. 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