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Newspaper Page TextPaee Two Youths and Boys Canvas Play Shoes ' Heavy rubber soles, . brown uppers. . 69cand79c . CONNER'S La Grande's Own Store NEAR LEAGUERECORD Seventeen Consecutive Games Won By Cham pions' of the World. lly Gayle 'Jul hot Jr. 'Associated -Press Sports Writer) ''There was another parcel of bad news today for the large but select, group awaiting me omciai -cracK-tng" of the Philadelphia Athletics. About all Connie Mack's young men ' appear likely to crack this season Is ine existing American league r ord for consecutive vlotorles. Bv defeating the New York Yan kees ln both ends of yesterday's double header at Shlbe park, 4 to 2 and 10 to 4, the champions ran their , string to 17 straight and staked themselves to a five-game lead over the field. 'Idle because of .rain at Boston,' 'the - Washington Senators eased into second -place. '' -' -10 Wins Is 'Record - If they win from the Yankees the next two afternoons, the Athletics will tie the American league murk for consecutive triumphs, set by the Chicago White Sox In 1906. In a way, tney will nave oeiiercu ino previous record, as the Sox were held to one tie In sotting up their long ' The most significant feature of yesterday's double win was the pitch ing of Loroy Mahnffey in the night caps The young righthander, one of Mack's "second string" mounds men, held the Yankees to one hit for the first seven innings and funned five. Ho had nothing to worry about after his mates fitted him out with a nine-run lead In the first inning. Jjcfty Grove scored his fifth con secutive victory in the first game when "he outduelleid young Henry Johnson. Twice, with two Yanks on and only one out, he struck out the last two batters. I'lUfhers lltt Grove, Earushaw and Wa'lberg ocah has contributed four wins to the Ath letics' present streak, while Rommel and Muhalfey each has scored u pulr. Thb odd one was credited, to Hunk ' McDonald1 . " ' ". Wes Forrell had to rush to Willie Hudlln's aid In the ninth Inning be fore the Cleveland Indians could record a 7 to 6 victory over the Chi cago White Sox. doing into the final round three runs to tho good, Hud lln weakened and put the first two men on base before Ferrel appeared. Both scored while Ferrell was retir ing the side. Eddie Morgan hit his first homer .of the year with one on In the sixth. Rain halted the only othor game scheduled in tho American. The Chicago Cubs pounded three pitchers for 11 hits to defent Pitts burgh. 8 to 0, In the National league's lone encounter. Les Sweet land went tho route for the winners and had only two bad innings... - , . HAS LASTING BEAUTY the highest quality ma terials. No cheapening adulterants or substi tutes; therefore covers better, wears better, is ; more economical. Ask for Rasmusse.v Paints and Varnishes. We sell them W.H. Bohnenkamp Co. u, paint y HARVEST HATS Child, Misses and Ladies Sizes 25c and 35c Ankle Sox, all sizes 25c NORTON'S KIDDY SHOP Northern Track Meet To Bje Run Off Jit Seattle onnxAUEi, mwH'i j vi than 100 of the best college athletes n tlta Dfliifl Nnrthaiotit. Will Vlfi fOf hnnni-K here Frldav and Saturday In the annual northern division Pacific Coast conference track and field meet. Tho University of Washington will defend its 1930 championship on Its i . i- i.,ct WoKhltiotrtn State college, University of Oregon, university oi iuuiiu, wiuho4j -., ,1 -rAnn filntn r-nllOPA aiuiuniiu uu wivgui r- The Washington Huskies won? the team title at Washington State col- Isna last iraur ho a Diwl mflrtrin. CQD- turing 66 2-5 points compared with second. " nnnnln flniim tin nfnt. will he more closely fought this year as wasmngwn mute, urcguu while. Washington and Oregon have lost some BtreiiK"-"- A new sensation to the meet Is expected to be Paul Swift, the speed ball sophomore of Washington State who is conceded better than an even chance to lower the 100 yard con ference meet mark which' was set at 9.7 seconds In 1926 by Russell Cu..t- nt Mnntnnn fitvlft. mil thp century In 9.6 at the Kansas relay guiuua nun cui. Lolt Wins Match At Auteuil Court ROLAND OAHROS STADIUM, Au teuil, Prance, May 26 (IP) George Lott Jr., aspiring to the French ten nis throno vacated by Henri Cochet, today defeated Charles H. Klngsley, ol England, In three straight sets to advance to the third round of sin gles In the -Prench hard court tennis championships. The scores were 0-0, 8-1, 0-4. NightFights Hv the Awtoolated Prens Chicago Bucky Lawless. Auburn, N. Y., out)ointeti uoruia jones, .nit ron, O,. (10); Ray Miller, Chicago, outpointed Danny Delmont, Chicago, (10); Charlie Retsdaff, Duluth, Minn., stonncd TInv Dlebolt, Cleveland, (1); Wesley Ramey, Grand Rapids, Mich., outpointed Johnny JadicK. i'nua dclphla (8); Hymie Wiseman, Des Moines, la., and Midger Mike O'Dowd, Columbus, drew (fl. Puttsburgh Tommy Freeman, Hot Sorlnus. Ark.. -outnolnted Buck Mc- Tlernan, Pittsburgh (10); Angelo Verglone, Swissvalc, Pa, outpointed Benny Gold b lott, Chicago (0). Milwaukee Tiger Roy Williams, Chicago, outpointed George Court ney, Oklahoma. City ( 10). Minneapolis Art -Lasky, Minneap olis, knocked out Angus MoOonald, Winnipeg, Man., (3). Omaha George Manloy, Denver, outpointed Frankle Wine, Akron, O., 110). New Castle, Pa. Henry Flrpo, Louisville, -Ky., outpointed Jack Mc Vey, New -York (10). Buenos Aires Arturo Scheckles, Belgium, outpointed Antonio Castro -vie Jo. Argentina (10); Jose Caratoll, Argentina, and Domingo Cecoarelll, Italy, drew (10), lll ltl,i;i PltOM MOVING CAIt PORTLAND. Mny 20 WV-Pitched from a moving automobile in, which throo men had given him ,a ride, George Edlemau, 20, was In a hos pital here today receiving treatment for four fractured ribs and cuts and bruises. Edleman. who said he was a circus employe, told police the men offered him a rldo In the down town dis trict. 'Ho was found on the side walk on the oast side. He had boon robbed, ho said. ENVOY I NDDIt KNIKi; WASHINGTON. Mav 20 MV-Charne d'Affalres Carlos Lelva of Salvador uuderwent a successful operation to day for correction of n slight skull fracture he received May 12 when attacked In the legation by liquor thlevos. Hospital attendants de scribed his condition as good. j. uno operation was cnaraoterized as a routine jnoasuro to prevent com plications from tho fracture. f The News it Used To Be I TWKNTY-FIVR YEARS AGO (From Observer. Thurs. May 24, 1000) Judge Robert Aiken, Republican nominuo for the supreme court, who has been visiting the western parlor tho state, ro turned homo last night to be present at the commencement exercises tomorrow evening. Messcrs A. P. Grout, T. L. Davis, J. L. Maxwell, Cole Leonard, Geo. Hodges and T. Maxwell are Wallowa business men who transacted business In this city yesterday. TKN YEA US AGO (From Observer. Thurs. May 20. 1921) On Monday, May 29, Memorial day. tho merchants of La Grande will close their stores all day. . After spendUig a week In the moun tains, F. W. Kendall, forest ranger, reports the snow is melting fast. ONK YEAR AGO -! (From Observer, Tues., May 27, 1930) Fifty-one lots of laud situated within la Grande were sold by the city yesterday ofternoou at the court huu&c, because of delinquent assess ments. Presenting an earnest plea for sup port iroin Siiokane and tho stuto of Washington in the matter of com pleting the Lewlston-Enterprlse high, way. J. A. Burleigh, Enterprise attor nty. today addrtwtcd the Spokane chamber of commerce. Cecil Posey, of Wallowa, well known Eastern Oregou athletic, will head the Eastern Oregon Normal school student bodv during the coming venr. Mrs. L. K. Kiniu'l. of La Grande, qualified for the championship flight In the Oregon stole golf tournament at the Eugene country club yesterday, carding n score of 96. LA Three Teams In Close Fight For First Position IJythe Associated Press The Coast league's pennant racers headed to date by the Hollywood Stars unlimber again tonight after a day's traveling and a change of op ponents. Hollywood, back In Its home sur roundings after a profitable series with San Francisco's Seals, will play Oakland, present holders of sixth place. , Los Angeles, only a short distance behind the Stars, appears on the Portland Beavers' diamond. The Beavers and Angels are tied for sec ond place and both have a chance to slide Into first place should the Stars suffer very many defeuts at the hands of Oakland. Sacramento will play the Missions at San Francisco and the Seals will be at Seattle for a series with the Indians. Night games will be played until Sunday when the double head er program comes off during daylight hours. Double Killing Apparent Result Of Racketeering LOS ANGELES. Mai 20 tff) The double murder of Charles Crawford, wealthy political boss, and Herbert Spencer, who left a 20-year newspaper career to become an associate, was described yesterday by District At torney Buron Fltts as a clash of "coldblooded racketeering." The district attorney said he pos sessed evidence that David H. Clark, for eight years a deputy prosecutor on Fltts' staff, Jield as the siayer, was acting as the agent of a powerful ring of racketeers and gamblers. "Spencer and Crawford, when they met their deaths," Fltts said, "were trying to get In on this ring." Clark, Fltts said, was conferring with Spencer and Crawford as Mie representative of Guy McAfee, a for mer Los Angeles policeman who Fltts Identified as the head of a "gambling ring." "I have Information," Fltts sold, "that proves conclusively that the murders of Crawford and Spencer were nothing more or lefls than the result of Crawford's attempts to gain back the power he lost two .ycarB ago. "The true picture Is that racketeers met racketeers and there was mur der." in two complaints charging mur dor. Clark is ullegcd to have shot down Spencer and Crawford while conferring with them last Wednesday In Crawford's real estate office In Hollywood. Clark left the district attorney's office last February at Fltts' suggestion. The district attor ney said yesterday he believed at the time that Clark was entangled with "underworld Influences." Clark continued to keep his silence about the shooting, although his at torneys said he has made "a complete statement and we have no hesitation in stating that his defense Is good." A search for June Taylor, believed by. police to have important knowl edge of facts surrounding the crimo. continued without success. , Claittc Inipired by Whaling Altliuugli the lurso3t cionlme on t'lirlli, tlio whii I o, is technically not a fish hut a wurm-bloodeil inn imiuil. L'ncounturs botwt-en , wijules,, nnO vlmlcrs holoiig lelllinulcly In the aiiyus of tne Hcu Jlglits JicLwccn men mid fish., And nt least mio classic of literature, llt'rniiin Mulville's '".Moby Dick," was inspired by whal ing. Tho commuter who holds his scat in a crowded oar by nretendimr to be absorbed In a newspaper is one who ocucves in utc power or the press. mere woro ujo.uuu more teiepiionc messages received at the White House last year than In the previous year. It seems that tho administration Is called up as well as down. Official Sanction of Gunpowder Issue for Presbyterians PITTSBURGH. May 20 UV) A ris ing tldo of controversy over birth con trol centers Ha force on the coming general assumbly by the Pretibyterluti church In the United Suites of Am erica. . . Meeting hero for six davs. begin ning May 28. the assembly, supreme governing body of the largest divi sion of Presbyterians, will be asked to give the practice its first official ecclesiastical sanction. Qualified approval of birth control was given In a report of a special committee of tho Federal Council of j Churches of Christ In America, but j that report carried no official weight. The assembly however. v:ill have before It for disposal a report of Its own special commission on marriage. aivorco ana remarriage, giving ap proval to -use of contraceptives when Impelled by economic necessity or considerations of maternal health. A storm of opposition to approval of the report Is expected, led by Dr. Baby Net Star Enters Play . For National Junior Honors SANTA MONICA. Cal. 00 Sun baked Santn Monica, producer of more than Its share of champion tennis players. Is sending Into Junior competlt Ion this year a 1 6-ycar-old youth who In two years collected 41 court titles. Including two national championships. Basing tbelr estimates on his suc cess in adolescent play. Jay Cohn's followers rate him as the potential equal of any of his illustrious towns men, and this Includes the flashing John Doeg. Mny Sutton Bunrty. Tom Buudy and Marjorle "Midge" Glad man. Young Cohn's early season per formances this year In Pacific coast competition against not only boy op ponents, but also season players In the men's division, have convinced Coach F, Lee 8mtth that his protege is ready for his planned Invasion of Junior tennis. In the New York state tournament of 1929 Cohn played through with out losing n single gume unt 11 he reached the finals when he dropped three to his fellow Calkfornian, Char ley Hunt. In the finals of the Wisconsin boys tournament in play with Frankle Porker of Milwaukee, these diminu tive court strategists iiad one rally in which the boll crossed the net 172 tunes for one point. Cohn won that. Cohn and Vincent Richards are the only two players ever to have twice held the national boys title. The former won it in 1929. his fiist year of major competition, and repeated la 1930. GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. LA GRANDE. Anti-Dry Liquor Bill Estimate Is Without Support WASHINGTON, May 26 OP) The board of temperance, prohibit fon and public morals of the Methodist Epis copal church said In a statement yes terday that neither the association against the prohibition amendment nor any one .else knew how much liquor was consumed by the Ameri can people. "There are no statistics in regard to the consumption of liquor in the United States and can be none with any reliability whatever," it said. "The association -against -the pro hibition amendment has released a statement alleging that the people of the United States are now consuming $2,848,000,000 worth of intoxicating beverages annually. "It is surprising that this antl prohlbitlon body would risk its repu tation for sincerity by the publica tion of a story which can appeal only to the gullible." The association against the pro hibition amendment had said it be lieves Its estimate '"conservative." The temperance board said there were many; indications "that the con sumption under prohibition was very much less than It was when the liquor trade was un trammeled and afforded every facility for trade pro motion." "That is all that can be said; defi nite estimates are merely ridiculous," it added. "It Is absurd to say that a trade which has been deprived of the op portunity of establishing public places of sale, deprived of the privilege of advertising, deprived of unhindered transportation, deprived of the right to make use of all of the methods of promoting sales which Americans have been taught for generations to be necessary to flourishing trade, has yet been able to 'build up a liquor bill in excess of that of the pre-pro-hlbitlon period. The opinion of any one who believes anything so Incred ible, must be discounted by serious thinkers." Return Indictment In Gordon Murder NEW YORK, May 28 W1) The Bronx county grand Jury returned a Joint first degree murder indictment In the Vivian Gordon case against Samuel Greenbere and Harrv Stein late ves - terday. The murder of Mfss Gordon, which had baffled police for three months, was murked as solved yesterday by Commissioner Mulrooney, as a result of a confession by Harry Schlitten, Newark chauffeur, who drove the automobilo which took her on a "ride." Sohlltteh. the police said Implicated Harry Stein, already indicted for the murder, as the actual killer, and Samuel Grecnberg as Stein's accom plico. Isidore "English" Lewis - was ; K m w srewi. greeay ocean, named os thd man who helped hire i witn a confidence born of skill., traln the automobile used on the death 1 ln keen airmlndedness. If rldo to Van Courtlandt park -where I weather .and gasoUne permit,, she will the body was dumped. f pi" 0 London or possibly. BchUttcn .said tho four men amateur -thrill-seeker Is this planned the murder and lured the com tollt daughtor of society, Whne woman on the ride by telling her oth( debu preparecl themselves that Oreenbcre had $250,000 worth of for the pampered & of danclng and amonds 'that he was generous frly clSthes. Ruth Nlohols let her thoughts soar to a new sphere for . She went along, and there was 'a I women. terrific struggle, but finally a. rope I Seir-Si,iortlmr Careerist ?t?"S?.V?d.rondiVer,HCk.B!!dBt?II?,l 0fc of her social background she Mi Mulrooney said, pul ed at tout . ,,bccftnle .ft record-winner aloft and a The ,conuniKsioner 'rofuscd todls-eltupporting Cftrefcrft)t p - s close the motive. -. 1 NntiAh f,, ,nmB i iv Gambling Trick Milton C. Work sny.s that the "Mississippi heart hand" is a hand supposed to have been used by pauiblei'H on rthit . Mississippi steamers ami is apparently a very strong hand, but in reality Is bad ly beaten by the adversaries. t ft Is the typo of linml that people."'10 take chances nu playing cards with steamer or train pick-ups may ex pect to have run in on them. Birth Control Clnrenco Edward MacCartney, ot Pittsburgh, former moderator of tho assembly and in 1927 a member of the assembly's special committee on marriage and divorce. ' "Economic conditions and a worthy standard of living." the special com mission's report said, , "clearly make It wrong to bring children into the world without adequate provision for their nurture and proper considera tion for the health of the mother." Declaring that the commission's re port "certainly will not be adopted," Dr. MacCartney said: "Men have a perfect right to recommend pagan and anti-Christian practices if they, so desire. But this ought not to be done under the guise of Christian teaching and faith. "The Protestant church by these colossal follies Is simply digging Its own grave ami renouncing the moral leadership which it has so grandly held in the world since the sixteenth century. :JAY COHN IP? ' irk a 1 p) RUTH' NICHOLS: .5?5g. . .-rc.crrLv.i"..'"v. ' ' i: 5 . ? iA HARBOR ' " S'ihF . P' ATL fiN r,C OCEAN J Ruth Nichols, ulio prefers ocean hops to the ballroom variety, and the plane In which she wilt attempt her solo flight of the Atlantic. The imtp heluw shows the course the avltitrlx will follow: from New YorJt to Hariior Grace; Newrotimlluud, thence to. Europe. t(Kdltor's Note: frills Is the first of i " W,? v? rtlc .tracing during !Kutu Mchols' .career from delMilaule to premier hird-womnii.) By Richard Massock NEW YORK P) 'Ruth Rowland I Nichpls, society sportswoman of the air. hopes to fly the cloud route .to Europethe lonely Lindbergh trail, She, who has flown faster and higher than any other blrdwoman, is poised for the great adventure of aviation. , .- , . . Alone and unafraid, she Intends to drive her pet monoplane over 2.000 she is going after another, When Ruth Nichols was born In New York, Feb. 23, 1901, there was no thought in the minds of her par ents that some day she would fly over the family .housetop. Aviation then was still the dream of vision aries, and few indeed were even the boys who thought of a career a-wing. Her family was prosperous. Her father. Erickson Norman Nichols, is a retired broker, who had a member- Wrestling . . By the Associated Press New York Jim. Londos, 200, Greece, threw Sand or Szabo. 200, Hungary, 39:15; Gino Gariboldi, 209. Italy, threy Koshay, 202, Syria, 11 1; liay Steele, 212, California, .threw ilevu Tcemon, aia, New xorn, au:i4; Jim MuMillen, 215, Chicago, drew with Babe Caddock, 197, Nebraska, 8:00: Earl McCreody, 229. Oklahoma, defeated Sergei Kalmlkoff. 250. Si beria, referees decision. 30:00; Nor ton Jackson, 201, New York, threw Floyd Marshall, 216, California. Boston Tiny Roebuck, 245, Okla homa, threw Dick Daviscourt, 220, San Francisco, 27:00: Rudy Dusek, 210, Omaha, drew with Billy Bartush, 212. Chicago. 45:00. Buffalo. N. Y. Hendl De Glane, 225, Montreal, defeated Johnny Spell man. 205, in straight falls, 27:42 and 9 :36 Lea Macaluso, threw Sailor Ar nold, 10:13. Camden, N. J. Jim Browning, 230, Los Angeles, defeated Jock Janson, 215. Cleveland, two falls out of three (Browning first, 31:39 and third, 17:04; Janson second, 6:38). Memphis, Tenn. Pat O'Shocker. Salt Lake City, heavyweight, threw Don Le Laun, California in 35'. . Davenportj. Ia. Gus Sonneuberg, former heavyweight champion, de feated Karol Zbyszko, New York, two out of three falls. Hafey-Wilson Deal Rumored and Denied ST. LOUIS. May 26 (d) Rumors of a possible deal between the Cardinals and Cubs, involving Chick Hafey and Hack Wilson, erstwhile sluggers now doing bench duty because of fail ure to hit often and timely enough to satisfy their managers, had the official denial today of Sam Breadou, president of the Cardinals. Told that such rumors were afloat Bread on said. "We don't want Hack Wilson." He added, "We're satisfied with out ball club ana we don t need anybody." Asked If the Cubs had sounded him out on the possibility of a trade. Bread on replied he couldn't "say anything on this even if they had." Game Commission Meeting Postponed PORTLAND. Ore.. May 36 Post ponement of the meeting of the state game commission from June 8 to June 15 because of inability of sev eral members to attend, was an nounced yesterday by Harvey L. Moreland. chief clerk. Several important matters among them the question of moving their offices to Salem, was to come before the board, he said. T!w British army has reduced the (length of bayonets from 20 inches to nine, A new low tor steel. ORE. ship in the New York stock exchange. Her mother Is the former Miss Edith Corlles Haines. The family home , is in Rye, fashionable suburb. Early Thirst for Thrills Ruth early evinced that active In terest in outdoor pursuits which has mode her famous. She was sent to The Masters, a private .school at Dobbs Ferry, JJ. Y. She joined the Junior League. She went to Wellesley. and there she pulled an oar on the crew, was the lampion equestrienne, played polo, tennis, golf, hockey, baseball and basketball. , One holiday in 1919, when still , a schoolgirl, she went to Atlantic City. A young flier named Eddre Stlnson, now known as a pioneer of aviation, was taking passengers up In a plane for a short "joy hop" at $10 a head. Ruth paid her $10 and went up for her first flight. The crowning thrill of the five minutes was a loop. Ruth was captivated by the experience. Then was born her desire to fly a plane herself. Learned to Fly In 1023 But It was not until four years later that she learned how. She wrfs In Florida on a visit. There she saw flocks of hydroplanes zooming over the water. They fascinated her, and she stayed out of Wellesley a year to learn to fly the sea birds. Her Instructor at Miami was Capt. Harry Rogers, with whom she later was to make her first .sensational exploit the first nonstop flight from New York to Miami. Her first solo lllght was in 1923. Returning to col lege, she was graduated from Wel lesley in 1924. Her future had become a certainty. j She was bound to fly, WILDCAT I'KTK WINS SALEM, Ore., Mav 26 (ff) Wildcat i Pete. Euuene mlddieweiiiht wrestler, I defeated Jimmy Anderson, Salt Lake 1 city, here last night. Anderson took the first fall with a half nelson and cradle hold In ten minutes. Pete .won, the second in eight minutes I vilh a surfboard and the third in eight minutes with; an airplane spin. Both were out momentarily follow ing the spin, but Pete recovered first and leu on ni3 man, COL' GARS WIN MOSCOW, Ida., May 26 JF) Wash ington State defeated Idaho 8 to 3 here yesterday, making it three out of four games lor tne series. R. H. E. Washington State 8 8 4 Idaho 3 11 7 Fiscus and Nordby, Hull, Mitchell; Lacey, Jacobs, Lindsey and Schuette, S S S 33S3$Sg.SS Clark Wood Says 3 g s 3 g j $ The optimist is a chap who can be glad because a penny in the slot pays nis weign. Drillers predict a big strike of natural gas near Salem, although the legislature tsn t even in session. Mission head says the Indian will go as far as the white man, with equal education ana an equal start. He usually used to go far enough to catch up. It must be that the process of political rebirth palls upon Europe's newest rcpuuiic, it s spoming ner so "General Blowup of Powers Looms." Instead of peace, then, there's likely to be pieces. Yale has dropped the "dead lan guages" although there are some things her students have undoubt edly found It harder to decline than a Latin adjective. Although the lion's share of the taxpayer's dollar goes to his own bailiwick. It is general government he condemns for extravagance. KOTATKS CI.OVKR. WHEAT WITHOIT MISSING CHOP CANTON". Kan. (41 Growing sweet clover in rotation with wheat with out losing a crop is the achievement of John Clark, farmer of this com munity, who sowed the legume In his wheat field In April. 1930. This spring he had a stand of clover that promised a seed crop approxi mately equal in value to a wheat crop. After harvest the land will be plowed and seeded to wheat again next fall. The plan Is particularly wrli adapt ed In poorer wheat soils, rather than i rich soils where the grain grows rank. I Baseball Standings BY the Associated Press COAST Uiiuut w. L. Pet. .553 .643 .543 .500 .600 .477 Hollywood -.1.. Portland .....1... Los Angeles Missions San Francisco Oakland Sacramento Seattle .26 21 25 21 25 21 24 24 23 23 .21 23 .22 25 , .468 ..19 27 .413 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. .774 .606 .594 .447 .424 .412 .400 .367 Philadelphia Washington New York . Detroit ...:...24 7 20 13 19 13 17 21 14 19 Chicago Cleveland 14 i St. Louis 12 18 Boston - 11 19 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. 1. Pet. .692 .679 .586 .500 .469 .455 .441 .233 St. Louis . New York Boston ... 18 8 19 9 17 12 14 14 Chicago Pittsburgh .' 16 17 Philadelphia ' ; 15 18 tirooxiyn Cincinnati 7 23 YESTERDAY'S GAMES American At Philadelphia 4-16. New York 2-4. At Cleveland 7, Chicago 6. No other games. National ' At Chicago 9, Pittsburgh 6. JIM JEFFRIES TO REFEREE , LOS ANGELES. May 26 P) Jim Jeffries, former heavyweight cham pion of the world, steps into the ring here at the Olympic club tonight as the chief attraction of the regular weekly fistic bill. The grizzled veteran will referee the ten-round welterweight main event bout between Battling Dozier, San Francisco, and George Kerwln, of Chicago. In the soml-wlndup, Jimozevans, Dosier's stable mate, meets Swede Berglund, San Diego middleweight, in a ten-round bout. WILSON GAW SIGNS SEATTLE, May 26 (P) Wilson Gaw. University of Washington baseball captain In 1930, has signed a con tract for a tryout with the Seattle Indians of the Pacific Coast league. Gaw has been batting more than .400 as the right fielder of the West Seattle team In the Northwest league. He played first base while a member of the university team. Sport Slants ' By Alan 3. Gould (Associated Press Sports Editor) The sprinters are cutting up plenty of cinders and capers here and there. Especially on the West .coast, where .they have been galloping at high speeds from Dan Kelly to Frank Wy koff. AI Fitch, Pasadena schoolboy, stag gers the clock at 0.6 for the 100-yard dash. Wykoff cuts his early figure down to 9.5. A ten-second man is one Jump short of .being a truck horse. ' Peyton Glass, of the Oklahoma Aggies, beats Eddie Tolan, -the world's record-holder, in 9.7 seconds. Emmet Toppino, the Loyola speed ster, also clicks1 off the century In 9.7. Meanwhile the Springfield Y. M. C. A. college conducts an exhaustive sfudy ;Cjf human timing vs. electrical1 timing that 'may show electrons do a moro accurate job -than the steadi est human hands. In fact, there is a suspicion that this test will reveal holders of stop-watches to be a trifle Jumpy on. the fast side. FASTER SPRINTERS TODAY? It Is still a : big debate as, to whether college sprint stars of the present travel faster than the aces of three or four decades ago, despite the consistently ;fast times recorded In the past half dozen years by such dash men as Paddock, Russell, Locke, Wy koff, Simpson and Tolan. Arthur Duffey, wearing George town's colors 30 years ago, ran the only "nine-three" hundred that has ever been registered In intercollegiate A. A. A. A. competition. He was the first to do this world's record time in American amateur competition, al though his mark later was erased, following an A. A. U. storm over his professionalism. Bernie Wefers Sr., preceded Duffey as the college sprint champion and was the record-holder for years at 220 yards. There are still witnesses to prove that R. P. Williams, now a physical director at Wittenberg, Ohio, ran the 100 as a professional in exactly 9 seconds at Wiuthrop, Mass., in 1906. Furthermore, he was clocked three times In 9 1-5 seconds for the "100" In pro competition at Johnstown, Pa., New London, Conn., and Mad ison, Wis. Williams, an all-around star, was credited in 1896 with traveling the 440 in 47 2-5 seconds, the same time as the present amateur world's rec ord credited to the great Ted Mere dith. IlOl-NCIXG n.MSB For no good reason, we note that Babe Ruth, In fancy uniform, rode ' in a safety day parade up Fifth ave- I nue seven years ago this May. ... 1 A year later, the Babe suffered a ; breakdown on the training trip and had his poorest season with the Yan- I yess, batting only .290 and playing I in less than 100 games. . . . A Ruthlan ! "heart murmur" was reported in the j spring of 1929 and he took a short rest in the country. . . . This spring ' the Babe bounced around up In Bos- j iuu ana emergen wun wliat Artie McOovern described as a "black eye on the hip." All of .which shows. If anything, what the great man can do when he puts himself down to it. 3 Q $ J This Game of Golf I lly O. n. Keeler One of the Hollywood golfers and there Arp n flnrlr nf ty,am extremely capable was asking me uuf ii x buuuKiit inai tne unique dominance In Great Britain of the so-called triumvirate over the British open championship, or the . Similnr HntnAnn, nf tinKi... t i , "uuuj uuiitrs in the American side of the game ever, "History." he said, "has a way of ' wnrntlno llplf "nt T . --i a .... a uv uuk ue- ' lteve we shall see again anything like the domination of Harry Vor-1 don. James Braid, and J. H. Taylor 1 In Britain, or Bohbv Jnn in a.oV. lea." I He was referring to the amazing fact that in one string of 20 con secutive nrltlfih nrtsn V, 1 I ships. Vardon. Braid and Taylor captured 16 Vardon six. and Tay- Tuesday, May 26, 1931 I lor and. , Braid five each while in tho last nine American open cham plonshlps Jones finished first fai I on4 swnnH .n,, .1 .... .c. - imiis - . uuw mne con secutive starts, at the same tim. n,nnln. flv tm.Hn . amateur.v championships. ANOTHER GOLF MONOPOLY I suddenly remembered that 'tlw American-born firm of Hagen and Jones had done a fair share of Hnn. Dating in British golf, and directed 'my friend's attention to a record S which does not seem, to be urdver I sally known, .though It is more re" oent than that of the triumvirate" and; indeed, may not yet be closed if the old Halg ' should retain his '.peculiar ability to win British open I championships. .. Beginning with 1922, for the same nine consecutive years of the .lrn era in the United States, Hagen and Jones have captured seven -British open titles. This Is in the ratio of 14 out of 18. Jim Barnes, a Cornlshman for many years living in the United States, and an American citizen and Arthur Havers, English profes sional, are the only competitors be sides Hagen and Jones to win the British open since 1921, Hagen can tured It in 1922, 1024, 1928 and 1929 Jones In 1928, 1927 and 1930. ' The comparative records of the " great professional and the great f amateur show that Hagen won the British open in four . out of six starts and Jones won in three out of four. In. 1921, When Jock Hutch ison a former Q0. Andrews, Scot, who came to the United States-1 won it, Hagen finished in 55th posi tion and Jones withdrew in the third round. Bobby has won every time he played in it since, and the only othe rtlme In which Hagen failed was in 1926, when Bobby was the victor, at St. Anne's. I HOnilY LEADS WALTER JV" : It is a somewhat xurious circum 1 stance that Hagen, with his bril I liant record - of two United States I open championships and four Brit . ish -titles, never was able to win a ; major event in which Jones com i peted. They played in 13 tocether. of which Janes won four American and one British. As to history repeating . itself in the matter of the triumvirate, the Jones dynasty, or the Hagen-Jones dominance I think not. The earned ; is on the most truly open basis in the last 35 years. I think' we shall not see one man, or two, or three, j consistently at the top of the heap again. 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