'v.
Hardly had the echo of the hammer died away in the driving of the last spike which completed
the construction of the new motordrome at Los Angeles, when NickNikrent in a Buick-40 stock
car startled the world with a new 1-mile record. Nick had been impatiently waiting the com
pletion of the "pie-pan", and almost the moment it is finished, he goes on the board course for
a try out and reels off the one mile in 44 2-5 seconds, thereby redeeming his promise made dur
iilg his recent visit to San Francisco to smash all world's records to smithereens with a Buick-40.
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ELEVEN ENNINOS
ATlGRANTS PAS
Bedford Wins In Eleventh by Ouut-J
earning and Outplaying Grants
Pass Jacksonville Puts It All Over
Central Point.
GUN EXPLOSION
KILLS 8 SEAMEN
Breech Plug Blows Out on Cruiser
Charleston While at Target Prac
tice and Eight Men Die Investiga-
tion to Follow.
In a game that was fought from
start to finish, but a game of clean
ball, at that, MedforJ won tho open
ing game for tho jseason from Grants
Pass' in. tho 11th inning. Tho game
was In doubt from tho fifth inning,
when -with the scoro 4 to 2 in favor
of Medford, Grants Pass made 3
Osborne whirred, Faublon was safe by
Hill's error, Bowers hit and Panblan
scored. Ho advanced to second on
Williams' hit, but was caught at
third on tho fielder's choice, which
allowed Smith his flrat base. Wil
liams hit, stole second a.nl scored on
C. Faubloit's two-bagger, as did
Smith, who had reached thhd.
Coleman then tightened up and
struck ThracLer out. This was the
most disastrous inning for Medford.
They tied the erore in '.heir next and
It remained that way until In the
eighth, when an error of Hill, a walk
and a hit by Thrasher filled the
bases. Ferguson and RIggs fanned,
but Osborne picked out four bad
ones, forcing Cmitb in. H. Faublon
flew to Heneelman, who by tho way
playod a cwcll third, and tho agony
was over, br.t it sure looked bad.
It wns 6-o now In favor of tho
Fasd. Hcnselman was thrown out at
first. Isaacs took ono In the lumbar
region, stole second, and came
through on Bcebo's doubio to cen
ter. For two and a half heart
breaking innings it was tho same, but
oema:i pitched grand ball and
wouldn't allow a run for tho Pass,
In the eleventh Henccluan walked,
Mole second and advnnced to third
on Isaacs' hit; tho only one lie made,
the ball hitting him most of the
time. Beebe walked, Antlo sacrificed
and Heneelman scorod. Then Dlac
ington sent a difficult fly to left
which was muffod by C. Fnnblbn and
Isaacs trotted home.
Burgess flow to center.
Grants 'Pats failed to do anything
In their hali and tho shlroiitib' spec
tators started post hasto for their
firesides.
v For tho first game of tho season
It was a good ono. It waB fcught all
tho way through and kept tho spec
tators' Interest keyed up to tho high,
est notch all of tho imc.
Tho scoro by innings:
Medford
Runs ;0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 I
Hits 0201120011 1 !
Grants Pa"
Huns 00Q2300100 0 (
HIU 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 110
Bases oi: balls By Oaborno G, by
Coleman 3. Struck out By. Oaborae
D. by Coloifltn 13. Hit ty pitched
Imlls Hensolinau 3, Strain 2. Black
lngton 2. Double ploys Grants
Pass 3.
Jacksonville Wins.
Jacksonville took tho Central
Pointers Into camp Sunday by a
ecoro of 1G 'o G, as the P tutors hold
WASHINGTON, March 28. Eight
men wcro killed by an expiwlon on
the protocol cruiser Charleston at
Olongapo yesterday, according to a
dispatch roiclved today at the navy
department.
Tho vessel was at target practice
when tho accident occurred. A
breech plug I'ow out, killing tho
greater nuubei of tho gun crew.
The dead:
PHILIP JOHN McKEB, master-at-arms.
WALTER AMSTEDT, seaman.
HENRY A. HEATER, seaman.
LEO RENMELE, seaman.
HARRY RAVES GRADEN, sea
man. RALPH BERKMAN. ordinary sea
man. MAXIE BARNARD, ordinary sea-xn.
EDWARD ALBERT MOLIN. or
dinary seanp.n.
Tho men were burled at Cavlto.
The report of the accident was
made to the department by Comman
der In Chief Hubbard of tho Asiatic
fleet
LOOKS LIKE HARMON
OF OHIO IN 1912
Friends of Ohio's Executive Proclaim
His Candidacy Following Confer
ence of Democratic Leaders.
250 PERISH IN
AUSTRIAN EIRE
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Village Inn Burns and Escape Is Cut
Off by Jam Trying to Get Out
Through Narrow Doors Building
of Wood.
MATESAKA, Austria, March 28.--Two
hundred and fifty people were
killed in n firo which destroyed the
village inn nt Oakccritc, while a
dance wns in progress thoro, accord
ing to advices received hero today.
Tho building was built of wood and
tho fire spread with great rapidity.
A panic occurred nnd tho dancers
jammed the doorways cutting off escape.
Mystery Cleared.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 28.- -The
mysterious drowning of John
Dempsy, n wcnltlfy retired business
mnu, in n lako nt Golden Onto park
yesterday, which many thought was
an attempt, was c.xpluucd today
when Dr. Craig at St. Mary's hospit
al found a note from Dernpsy writ
ten inside of a white shirt bosom.
The note rend: "May the good
Lord blest the best of brothers. For
give men for my weakness for giving
away. Forgive me."
It was addressed to Dcmpsy's
brother.
For some weeks Dempsy had been
suffering with insomnia.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 28.
Friends of Governor Harmon of
Ohio today are loudly proclaiming
that ho will receive the democratic
nomination for tire presidency tit the
noxt national convention following a
conference between lenders of tho
party who have practically agreed
that Ilannon is tho man to make tho
run.
Included among those who attend
ed the conference just concluded
were National Chairman Nonnan E,
Mack, Charles E. Murphy of Tain
many Flail; Roger Sullivan. Philip
Donahue, Geno Woods of Albany.
It was given out that Bryan has
expressed wilhngncsB to assist liar
mou to sccuro the nomination and
that Harmon's old enemy is Ohio.
Tom Johnson of Cleveland has sojit
word that ho would bnck Harmon
if Ilaraou secures tho nomination.
Menelik May Be Dead.
ROME, March 28. Tho death of
King Monelik is rejwrted todny in
dispatches from Absynnia. Tho dis
patches state tllat tho Ethopian king
succumbed to illness yesterday.
Tho death of Menelik has been re
ported falsely so mnny times that tho
statement in today's dispatches oc
casion no surprise nnd littlo interest.
The news of Monclik's death has not
been confirmed.
If tho report bo true, death has re
moved a great obstnelo to Itnlinn am
bitions in A t'ricn .
Modford to 8 to 10 last Sunday, tho
fans aro bc'iinlcg to jvondor what
tho old town 1 as up Its sloovo. Tho
Jacksonville and Medford toama meot
hero on April 3 and thero should bo
some baseball.
FLEAS 1ST FLEE
FLEETLY ABROAD
California State Board of Health
Orders Man With 679 Trained
Fleas to Get Out of the Country
With His Pulex Irritaus.
SAN FRANCISCO, March "28.
Professor Willtehn Fricko, n flea
trainer who owns 070 trained Ger
man fleas, is responsible for an in
vestigation which has been ordered
by tho state board of health today.
Members; of the board fear thnt
somo of them innyget nwny and
cross with tho California variety. The
result would bo dreadful to contem
plate, according to members of tho
board. Tlio German "floh," tin the
insect is called in Germany, is about
twice tbJ izo of the nntivo members
of the order of nphanptern nnd four
times ns thirsty for human blood.
Should there ho a miHccgcuutinri
Ono of Bonlta's Ideas.
Uouitu, tch fnuiuus beauty and star
of tho merry musical oomudy, "Wine,
Woman nnd Song," Inst wuok in San
Francisco, Cal., wrote a uubscriptiun
papor for n poor broken down actor,
who was stranded in that city, and
far nwny from tho Gay White Way.
Tho nest day Houitu asked to look at
it wishing to know how much tho
mombord of tho "Wine, Wo in an and
Song company" gnvo thu poor fellow.
Running over tho names carufully,
sho hnndod it hack to the broken
down actor who asked with sumo sur
prise: "Why, Miss Honita, uro you
nutgoing to give mo something?"
"My, good man," returned Miss Ho
nita, "did I not gtvo you tho hint?"
Honita and her company of fifty,
mostly girls, will bo tho offering at
tho opera house on Friday evening,
ipm jsi.
RESOLVED
Tin best rnnolution for you
to make !h to enmu to tin for
your noxt suit, If you want
something out of tho ordinary.
We do the bent work nnd charge
tho lowest priofln.
W. W. EIFERT
THE rROaEXflgrVB TAXLOS8
of tho two tribes, tho board assort
that tho result would bo a sopeios of
fleas which would bo about twice t
ferocious as the vicious German va
riety mid doubly as cunning as the
California pulox.
Fricko said today that there is lit
tlo danger of his fleas escaping. I If
keeps them tied by u bit of tjilwr
wire, except when they "aro "actini: "
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