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PAGE SEVEN' Avid Eoroirai To Comprise French Doubles Team LOSE i The OMSgON STATESMAN. Salem, i Oregon, Saturday Morning Jaly 27, 1929 DUCKS AGAIN DD DECOY ACT Customers Pay More Than Hundred Thousand to See Fields GetTitle on Foul DETROIT, July 26. (AP) The : werterweight champion ship bout in which Joe Dundee lost hi title to Jackie Fjelds on a foul in the second round last night, attracted 16,172 cash customers, who paid $102,012.33 into the coffers of Promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons' new fight arena in the Mich Pitchers ' Pet Jinxes SINGLES M I' V French Making Every Effort r to Clinch Net Tourney at Paris Today PARIS. July 23 (AP) Henri! Cochet and Jean Eprotra will rep-1 reseat France against Wllmer. Al-I luoa and -John Van Rye In the Davis Cup challenge round doubles 4am mtviw 1 4 -i - a , n .- aaJ Vt French tenuis authorities tonight. j Selection of Cochet and Bor-J etra to play the doubles indicated, that Trance was i determined to ' clinch the series tomorrow if pos-i! slbl. ; Victorious in both singles matches today the French need only one more victory to tnrn back the. United States challenge threat tor the second yeaf in a row. Co chet and Borotra generally are re garded ait tht strongest doubles pair in France. The French had Jacques Bruruon and Christairi Bou9bus available for doubles duty but apparently decided to make every ef for: to clinch the series tomorrow. ' i Allison and Van Ryn captured the doubles championship at Wim bledon and promise to provide formidable opposition for the two: French masters. As a matter of fact, expert' opinion gives the young Americans at least an even ehanc to win. PARIS. July 26 ( AP) Amer ica's bid to regain the Davis Cup symbol of world tennis suprem acy, broke down today before the perfect defenses of France Superb in his execution of every stroke, the French master, Henri Cochet. whipped Big Bill "Tilden, fading American ace, in straight aet3. Jean Borotra, veteran from the Basque beat the young Chi caoan, George Lott, with the loss of but' one fee in the opening sing? lea matches of the challenge round With the doubles scheduled fo4 tomorrow and another pair of singles Sunday, France needs bnt one more victory to retain the famous cup for another year. That one victory should be any thing but hr.rd to get on the basis of today's play. 1 Opening Amer ica's challenge this afternoon, the be.-:t the 22 year old Lott coufd do was to keep Borotra from bound ing and bouncing: as he is wont to do. He could not keep him from winning with scores of 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, in the Frenchman's faT- or. j j c Yanks Blank St. Louis 9; A'sWjn3tol NEW YORK. July 26 (AP) The Yankees hammered Sam Gray in the first two innings to day and shut out the Browns 9 to 0. Lou Gehrig hit his 24th homer In the first inning while Billy Dickey got two circuit blows. , I R St. Loots 0 New York ......-...9 Gray, Stewart, and Wells and Dickey. H E 8 3 11 0 Schang; White Sox Beaten PHILADELPHIA, July 2 -r-(AP) Howard Ehmke, was in fine form today and held the White Sax to four hits while the Athletics scored a 3 to 1 victory. R H E Chicago ......I 4 .0 Philadelphia ........ .3 7. 2 Lyons and Berg; Ehmke and Cochrane. j Cleveland Beats Solon WASHINGTON July 26 (AP) Cleveland ppened a three game series here today by defeat ing Washington 4 to 2. - M- : R Cleveland ..........4 Washington ......... 2 Miller and L. Sewell; Hadley, Llsk and Rue!. H E 9 0 7 1 Jones. Detroit Takes Boston i BOSTON, July 2 C ( AP ) The Detroit Tigers hit Milton Gaston hard here today and defeated the Red Sox by a 4 to 1 score. Owen Carroll held Boston to seven hits. -, ! R H E Detroit 4 .11 0 Boston 1 7 2 Carroll and Phillips; M. Gas ton and Berry, r WTMBPinS LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Da vid Cahill. 84-year-old master of Westbrook stock farm near here, still revels la the thrill of harness radng and ; participates in the sport i because it - helps to keep him young, j I r He had a, string of pacers and trotten ready for the recent Grand Circuit campaign and when they entered the races, he knew their condition because he per onallj trained them. u The veteran sportsman is active In the management of his exten sive breeding farm and for years has been a familiar figure on the Crnd Circuit aad other harness raciax tracks, f Today he Uys claim to being the oldest man till active In tU trainlsje, anfl campaigning of raee horses. This, year be Had it trotters and pacers at the Lexington trot tlnr track and while to 4net tiot - drive them la the races, ne is fa a alley each day exercising some of - 1 "WAV Hte BEEM ABIE TO BB&T W fc j CS Mm&MW. Mm. fev f WfiWT, WEES CAN l -fC . JMIW A&MNS.T ALMOST 111 6 yFr&V'L. ,f VCUiB BUT UES 1 1 L'f p X$Fft IOST AVDST OF TH TILTS A SI .fej if WE'S STARTfeD ASAIMST JL1 I if jm ' GLEVteLAHb BALL WED. I! """"Siinri . i. rtj S& Sra rtehto v... . j? m By QUIN HALL VOU often- hear about jinxes in the great national pa - time. Certain pitchers axe poison to some of our weu-tnuwu hitters. George Uhle, for instance, seems to have the Indian sign on so great a personage as Babe Ruth. The Detroit flMgec isn't even afraid of the great Bam.! Add the flingers, in their turn, have . their own little pet jinxes. When you see them cooly winding np out there on the hill, yon may not know it bat man; times they have the little Jinx devils squat ting on their shoulders ready to haw-haw 'em on the least provoca tion. v 1 The Yankees will probably agree Hard Fighting Mexican Boxers Fail to Get by And Make Championships By RUSSELL J. NEWLAND Associated Pres3 Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO. (AP) Mexican standard bearers have tramped through the corridors of pugilistlca's hall of fame for the past 35 years hut not sun-bronzed brother from the republic below tin Rio Grande has yet donned the coveted robes of a champion. his thoroughbreds snd generally leading a lift! that most men many years hia junior would find strenuous. Mr. Cahill, a native of Ireland, landed in New; York in 1869 with SS in his Dockets. A nnmber rt years later his stables housedj Charlie Herr, a great trotter, for which he - refused an offer of $50,000. In addition : to his stables of race horses, Mr. Cahill is widely known as a breeder of fine dairy stock. KANAWAKI GOLF CLUB. Mon treal. Que., Jaly 21. (AP) Leo Diegel. rushing home in charac teristic Dlegel fashion shortly aft er sundown took the lead In the Canadian open golf championship by shooting a brilliant (7, three under" par. In the second round to day. The sensational performance gave the three times champion a 38 hole total of 137, a stroke bet- ter than Tommy Armour had post ed earlier In the afternoon. Diesel's f 7, following a par 70 yesterday, was the best perform ance of the second round by two strokes. Par was more elusive to day than yesterday and antll the pro from Mexico did his bit. It was low for the day. One of the f 'a fell to ' Tommy Armour, 1 9 1 champ, la the first round, gifing him a total of I Dfll Mehlhorn. too. tired a C9 at the championship, a total of 140 tiling him third place. Long Jim Barnes, the first rotad lead er, tell away from SC to TS today and -had to be ' satisfied ' with fonrth,plac. "': l ..: The other II was scored by Robert Mitchell, yonnx pro from Massena, N. T. This good score did. not place alas among the lead ers, howeTer, tor he had a had TS a aa opeae LEO DIEGEL SHOUTS THREE BELOW PftR tthat two of the toughest pitchers-fGrove, in the American League are Jack ;QQinn J e athletics, and Red of vanlshing 8pitballera. From the trouble they've caused the World's Champions, - fellows like Ruth, uenng and wooms are probably glad uiat the rale against the moist delivery was pat into effect. . On the other hand, life would be decidedl simDle if all the twirlers opposing the Yankees were like Al Thomas. That White Sox flinger. one of the best pitchers in the American Leagne, has a reputation for only nicking the New York dab on one occasion daring bis career with the pale-hosed Chica goans. Then there Is the ease of Lefty CwrrUtit U Kin 'mum, SriMUett. tea These neighbors on the south first came Into ring prominence shortly after boxing gloves were used for regular contests in 1892. Of the old school, the two whose glory never will entirely fade out are Aurelio Herrera and Joe Riv ers (Jose Ybarra), both light weights.: Herrera pioneered the Mexican leather pushing movement in 1898 and although his is but a name In memory, this -sturdy bat tler is spoken of as one of the hardest : punchers of the light weight ranks. In 1904, before he was champion. Battling Nelson fought Herrera and always de clared the latter hit him harder than any other man he ever met. Rivers had everything that goes with a champion's makeup but Ms opponents of the time were light weights of the caliber of Ad Wol past and Willie Ritchie, both title holders,! and Leach Cross and Joe Mandot. Rivers met Wolgast in 1912 and Ritchie in 1913 for the cfiampionsmp out eacn ume was knocked oat. The biggest Mexican to draw on a glove thrived in the -nineties under the name of Mexican.. Pete Everritt. He sealed 240 pounds ringside. His claim to fame be gan and ended with, a fight with James J. Jeffries in 1898, the Ut ter winning in three rounds. One of the later day mitt wield ers. Battling Ortega, a middle weight from Los Angeles, earned the distinction of being the tough est of his nationalitq. It Is said he never took a backward step. His opponents numbered Mike Gibbons, George Chip. Ted "Kid" Lewis. K. O. Kxnvosky and other topnotchers of a decade ago. Bert: Collma, Whittier, Cal.. middleweight.: developed daring the four round amateur game aft er professional boxing was voted illegal in 1914. the leading money inaker i of the lot. v i i Three Mexicans, all American torn, hare fought in title bouts. After Rivera had his two whirls at the lightweight 'title, there was a laps antll 112 1 when Georgie Rivers of Los Angeles met Ftdel La Barb for the flyweight cham pionship. Baby Sal Sorio of San Bernardino la th t latest challeng er, his nnsoccessfnl effort to re move Ted Morgan's junior light weight crews becoming a matter of record this year. 1 Mexican bora boxers hare been greatly In the minority. Three now, campaigning with -some suc cess are Bias Rodrignex and Chs to Laredo, flyweights, and Eduar- do Hoaraeha, light aea i j eight a star with the A'ar Lefty's pet jinx is the senators. Since he came into the league, Grove has only beaten the Washington club three times and, oh two of these occasions, he was a relief hurler. Thia Spring he rung up his first win over the Senators as a start ing pitcher! The Cleveland Indiana have al ways had the Indian sign on Herb Pennock, left-handed pitching ace of the World Champa, when play ing in their own backyard. Even at his best, Pennock just manages to lose when working against -the Tribe near their own tepee'. However, the pitching jlnxc are probably balanced by the hit ting jinxes, and over a season the general result evens up. SCHMEUTJG IS FIRED NEW YORK, July 26 (AP) The heavy hand of the New York state athletic commission swept Max Schmeling. young , German heavyweight, and his American managers, Joe Jacobs and Bill Me Carney, from the boxing rolls to day until such time as they see fit to abide by the rulings of the fist ic fathers. On top of the indefinite suspen sions meted out to all three al most two weeks ago because of Schmeling's refusal - to honor a contract to box Phil Scott for Humbert J. Fugasy.ftbe commis sion today filed the!reocatron of their licenses Schmeling as a oxer and Jacobs and' McCarney as managers; The action of the commission was the -mo3t drastic the board could take in the controversy that has developed between rival man agers and promoters for the Tea ton's ring servigs.i The commis sion has ruled that Schmeling mast honor the contract Fugacy holds before engaging In any oth er matches and last Tuesday warn- - ed BIll Carey, president of the Madison Square Garden corpora tion, that both he and his organi zation faced indefinite suspension if any effort was made to match the German and Jack Sharkey for a heavyweight title go either here or in any other part of the United States. Schmeling, now barnstorming through the mid-west with Jac obs and McCarney, has refused to box Scott because the contract-was negotiated by his deposed man ager, Arthur Buelow, who is still recognized here, however, as the German's legal manager. Buelow has been replaced in Schmeling's affections by Jacobs and. McCar ney. i Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lee Will Take Trip East , ' Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lee left Friday afternoon for Minneapo lis, Mian., where Mr. Lee wUl ad dress tha International Baby Chick, association. His subject is "Causes and Conditions ot the Season and .WW They Repeat In l!ler , -x I . They wDl spend two weeks In Minneapolis. Mr. Lee will retarn to Salem and Mrs. Lee will go to Schaghtaeoke, i N. Y to visit her old home. She will remain there three months. ' The eastern leagne has barred the lively halL FROM XII OILS Portland Loses to Mission Reds 8-4; Seattle is Winner by 3-2 PORTLAND. Ore., July 26 (AP) The Missions mads it three straight from Portland, not counting King's-X games, by win ning again today 8 to 4. Cascar ella's wiHness got him In the hole early In the game. Furry Huft, who drove in fire' runs, did the rest. R. H. E. Missions .', ..8 t 2 Portland 4 1 4 Nelson and Hoffman: Casear ella, Mahaffey and Rego, Wood- an. Indians Win At Last SEATTLE, July 26. -(AP) Two runs were; forced across the pan and Seattle won from the Hollywood tearaoday by a 3 to 2 score. In the sixth with the bases full. Kallio, Seattle, was hit on the head by a pitched ball, forcing in a ran and . again1 in the seventh Falk was passed with the bases full. Seattle's other score came in the first frame be hind two hits. Kallio was un hurt. R. H. E. ! Hollywood ...... i. 2 10 1 Seattle 3 8 1 Klnuey, Hulyey and Bassler; i Kallio and Stainecke. Sacs Lose 13th LOS ANGELESf. July 26 (AP) ; Los Angeles won Its fourth ' straight game i from Sacramento 11 to 8 today, the defeat being !the Senators 13th In a row. R. H. E. Sacramento S ... 8 12 3 Los Angeles 11 14 1 Rachac, Gould and Koehler, Harris; Beacht, Plitt and Sand berg. Seals Defeat Oaks SAN FRANCISCO. July 26. (AP) Putting on a brisk rally in the eighth inning, the San. Francisco Seals crossed over six runs and beat out Oakland, 10-7 today. The league leaders land ed oh McEvoy in the eighth and Kasich and Umovich, relief hurl ers, received similar treatment in that frame. The Oaks pounded Thurston for five runs in the four frames he pitched. R. H. E. Oakland .. 7 15 4 San Francisco L: 10 11 2 McEvoy, Kasich, Dumovich, Hurst and Lombard!; Thurston, Davis, Couch and Reed, Mctsaacs. 10 FRISCO MEN ENTER NET FINAL SEATTLE, July 26. (AP) San Francisco will meet San Fran cisco and Seattle will play Seat tle In the semtrHnals tomorrow of the Washington state tennis tournament for the men's singles championship. Laurason Drlscoll and Ed. Levy, both of the California city, will tangle in one match while Leon ,de Turenne and Mel Dranga. Seat tle's best will clash in the second L battle. The final title match is set for Sunday. With mystifying placement shots, Dranga upset the dope to day to conquer; Kurt Berndt of San Francisco, seeded No. 1, player, in the quarter finals the Seattle star swept Berndt ;off his feet in the first set to win six games to one. In the second; set the California aee grabbed a three game lead over Dranga but failed to garn er another. The local racket wield er returned everything Berndt had to offer and : kept his opponent running at top speed. The San Franciscoan, who won the Ore gon state championship helped to bring about his own downfall in the second set when he netted several easy shots. A torrid battle was waged by Drlscoll and IJay Casey of San Franclscoi for semi-final honors, with Drlscoll capturing the long fought contest 8-6, 6-3. Kid Chocolate, featherweight fighter, gives his age as 22. His true age. it is said, is 19. COAST XXAGTTS W. U Prt. -W.'U Pet. SO e .Ta;Prtlaa 10 10 .885 IS T .TSljOmkUad 10 IS JS3 11 t .548attU It .240 IS 9 .625iSe'to 5 20 .200 Smn T. Lm A. Miwioa Holly WaTXOKAZ, LEA.GTTB "W. U. Pet. W. Ij. Pet. ST SO .SSSBrookrya 41 4 .S4 ST II 44BMto M S3 .41$ SI 44 .SSTIP&U. M 54. .400 4T 4S lliCiaeaL. SS as .! Clueafe H. T. ; St. U AXXaiCAS LSAOWa I w. l: pet w. I Vet. Thila SS 2i .TS4 Detroit 4 4T .495 x. T. s ss .saaw.tk. as 54 .ssa St. loaif S9 41 Jt59Chiearo ST tS .189 CUrel. 4T 4S 05 "Bostoa 27 65 93 COAST tBACtTS Amcatoa 11 ; Saeranieata S. Saa Fraacise IS; OakIaa4 7. Xinlom S; PrUaat 4. Seattle S; BoHrvoed S. T suxiowaxTuACHns ' CUef lS;r PUla4lpU 10. 84. VmOm ; Kw Terk S. Pittsbarrk t: Beitaa S. CiaetaaaU 4; Braeklra a. avaazoAV xxicttb . -nUaaalpUa S; Ckleas X. CtovtUai 4: WasBlagtes ft, , Dvtvnt 4; Both. U , " Xav.Tarfc ; St LnIi 0. - igan state fair frotinds here. Of this, Dundee received Hurt vyommeiiis By CURTIS Tho outstanding thing shout ! Pels is that Fox had a stlfrr wa!- hop. Teddy missed a lot ! STrings!day. "When thef told me I had but those that landed were dyna - mite. It's a point to be remem-1 bered in sizing up future scraps in which Fox may figure. "Please dance as the rest of JU do" was a sign prominently in view on the wall of the arm ory. It was intended for pa trons of the old fashioned dances,, but .several of the fight ers acted as though they thought it meant them. Jack- Koon surprised the fans with a deceptive style of attack, but he'll have to develop more staying qualities and aggressive ness before he is a real fighter. "Young" Firpo doesn't look so young any more. His Sonnenburg "flying, tackle" was the big kick of the, show. Danny Moore, his victorious opponent, looked as though he might be able to fight if real opposition was provided. Firpo' hit Moore on the knee once, and at another time the alleged fight looked more; like the old college game of "hots," if yon know what that means. It's all right, Floyd Ambrose, you won that time, but Jackie Woods will climb all over you some day if you don't learn some boxing. . Art Ackers showed a lot of ag gressiveness, which his opponent, Johnny Hansen, matched with cleverness. But the sensation of the whole affair was 15 year old Perry Is rael, a cute little fellow whose "Mama's boy" face didn't Jibe at all with the wickedness of hts at tack. The things he did to Jackie Kileen were nothing less than a shame. Fighting real fights since the age of eleven, that boy is a per fect example of what any lad can accomplish in any sport, if he has a goofl physique, starts early, works earnestly and takes care of himself. It makes one dizzy to think what Perry may accomplish by the time' he's 20 years old. Si Flook challenged Israel. He has his work cut out for him if he gets that fight It's a cinch that Israel would be a drawing card if he were signed up for an other bout here. Should Fox and Pelz be match ed again? Some of the fans are Talking of such a thing. Our view point is that Fox ought to meet somebody else, next time anyway. A little variety is always welcome. Fax and Pels have fought herein ni in th third fnninfr twice, ana wane ine results were none too decisive, that ought to be enough for the present. FINALS REACHED IN EN'! MANCHESTER. Mass, July 26. (AP) Edith Cross ; of Son Francisco, America's third rank ing woman tennis player, and Mary Greef, of Kansas City, todav gain ed the final bracket of the fifth annual Essex Country club sjnglej tourney by defeating two New York veterans of many Wightmaa cup battles. Miss Cross defeated Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, 6-3, 6-4, and the Kansas City girL.who was unseeded, eliminated Eleanor Goss, 6-4, 6-0. j The women's doubles; play was reduced to the finals with Mis3 Cross, and Mrs. L. L Harper, also of San Francisco, and Mrs. George W. Wightman and Sarah Palfrey, both ot Brookline, as survivors. MIbs Gross and Mrs. Harper were seeded first at the start and the Brookline team was second. caoaitirreadyeQrtaienta,rirtBs and tanlts ha the drawing, wuuls aad what aots that yottscrWewhea lost aathooghr. - Isad rasr"ecslbb8BCBe lbCLs TEsca cot w rafX an SIT LAY CteAT HmeYour $50,000 before he entered the ; Oring. : Fields share was not an nounced. He received a percent aire after taxes and other deduc- tlons were made from the gross gate. j 6 1" i . , . . . . Fields today appeared to have fully recovered from the effects j , of the foul blow that sent him inj i agony to the canvas last night. He ; ui a is less tsf-ii were s on mm. 13 . 1 , -im i . .it.. i but that otherwise he felt fit. Un- ,U he wa. able to get on his feetS IS i". w!" i.": -m had been lcnocked.ont. he a!d to-: won I thought they were kidding nie." he said. Fields said he intended to be a! fighting champion, and that he would meet any logical contender for the title. He is under a 90 daylcontract to Promoter Fitzsim mons, who is understood to be planning a bout between Fields and Jimmy MrLarnin here in Sep tember. Cubs Retain Slight Lead In National CHICAGO, July 26 (AP) The Cubs retained their one game margin over Pittsburgh to day, taking a wild hitting con test from Philadelphia 13 to 10. Four Phillies hurlers yielded 18 hits RTid five Cub pitchers were pounded for 17. Chuck Klein hit a homer for Philadelphia with the bases loaded in the second. R II E Philadelphia 10 19 1 Chicago f . . .13 18 2 Willonghby. MeGraw. Dnlly, Elliott and Lerlan. Davis: Nehf. Jonnard. Carlson. Bush," Cveggros and Taylor. Cards Shade Giants St. Louis. July 26 (AP The Cardinals came from behind In the sixth and seventh Inninsra today to take a nip and tuck bat tle from the Giants 4 to 3. Clar ence Mitchell pftched the full earns for St. Louis although hit hard' at times. R H E New York ....... ....3 11 1 St. Louis .......... .4 8 1 Walker, Genewlch and Hosran; Mitchell and Wilson. Pittsburgh Wins 88 Pittsburgh, July 26 (API A three run Pittsburgh rally In the ninth after Boston had scor ed the same number , of runs In their half of the Inning, today ! riTA th PlrntAa tn t -vl rrv 1 t, .- - - - - - . . over the Braves. Grantham, PI-' rate second baseman, hit a homer i In the seventh with the bases loaded. ! R H E! Boston 8 9 0 j Pittsburgh .9 10 1 I. Brandt, R. Smith and Spohrer: Kremer, Swetonic, Petty and Hargraves. Redi Get 4 ?o 1 Win CINCINNATI. July 26-fAP) Jakie May ,let the Brooklyn Robins, down with lx hits today to give the Reds -a 4 to 1 victory. Cincinnati assaulted McWeeny for H E Brooklyn .1 6 0 Cincinnati ......... .4 8 0 McWeeny, A. Moore and Picin Ich; May and Gooch. Dave Shade may get fight with, champion Walker. a title Mickey Mayor Jimmy Walker attends all New York fights. 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CfZZ HZ Should the . : .vli- the locals win this game f they will , t .,.( ilht . T!ri. . t0 play 5f n?. ? i. fKenf ? "irai """'" j EUGENE, July 2 6. -(Special) If practicing against left hand ed pitching will win toil the Eu gene American Legion juniors against; Silverton Saturday after noon here at the fair grounds at 4 o'clock then Eugene will hate a good chance of raeetlngj Portland in the state finals at Salem during the Legion convention in August, Frank Fassett, manager of the team said Tfiursday. . Eugene submitted to a drub bing, a icea, at- Silverton and if the locate do not win the game Saturday they are out ot the run ning, if they do win it a third game wiU be played with Silver ton on a neutral field. . Eugene's team has been prae? tlcing hard this' week, making a specialty of slamming balls served up by a southpaw. Silverton has a port-side pitcher who baffled the local batters at their la3t meeting. PORTLAND. July 2 6. (Spe cial) Semi-final games in the Ameiican Legion Junior baseball league scheduled for Saturday ana Sunday of this week will deter mine which two clubs will engage in the state finals announced for Friday, August 9, at Salem during the American Legion state con vention. Portland's Gyro Cards win leave for Pendleton, Saturday, to play the .Ontario Juniors, . Sunday. Coach iiill Garbarino has been Lworking diligently with his Cards since the-r overwhelming victory over Hood River and has the club in tip-top shape. Jolinny Niemiec, 1328 star at Notre Dame, is passing summer Saturdays and Sundays away by playing baseball in Chicago. Lloyd Waner is showing th way in batting to his big brother Paul this year. Gonventence Comfort iHospitaUty You will apprecitta (he excellent service and moderatt rates. The city's most centrally located boteLJ One block bom Jientiing ixpnr. convenient to all leading bops, theatres, financial instkutions and electric depots for all resorts. . 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