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SIZZLING CONTESTS
IK BI& LEAGUESv
FOR TOP OF HEAP
;'";,.''' 1 ' "." i ' khiBly material In either one, . . ; , ...
i; . . 1 i ' ' The honvywelBht division has been'
i NEW TOHK. July J'- A. P.) n a soml-comotose condition ever
The major league peaks have buckled Blnce tno m0Ves and matrimony start
attain .lout week under first place e(i bidding for Jack Domnsey's time,
eruptions of the , leaders which con- The bantamweight championship
tlnuod to rumble threateningly last crown has boen turned Into a toy bnl
nlght, . . ' :- loon that is bounced about the heads
Volcanic activity In both leagues 0f the little follows overy few days,
altored. summit tenacity for the fifth , Truly a sad state of affairs.
time . in. the American, nnd for the r i .. . Tried to Play Fair
seventh tlmo In thq national since Panchb Villa , until' his sudden
' the first week in July. death, was trying to carry out the role'
; The Pittsburg Pirates, flung, from of champion as fandorn likes to ace
the , crest ' early In the week, re-It played. ;
mounted the National pinnacle as a First of nil Villa won his title In tho
occupied b ytho Ran Francisco Seals', proper way. Ho met Jimmy Wilde,1
eighth niaco, Boston, shook loose tho Idol of Great Britain and flyweight
; porutent. (Hants. Tumbled by a champion of the world without a que
similar: early Amerlran flare, fed by Hon, and knocked that, game little
the; Bt, Louis Browns, Philadelphia Welshman out In seven rounds of real
.Athletics recovered later ,(o regain championship caliber fighting,
'the heights' as rain compelled Wash- That was in 1928. Last year, tn
iingtori to abandon the -.defense, stead of rostlnB on-.;his laurels,. Ke en
1 ' Statistical fans who brought forth' Sed In 1J1 battlesbetwe'on Ja'nuary
jjmpcr. and pencil today . to , recover and August. Then ho returned to his
(the damage,' consequently found both . ( ..
.races , still , seething at the top with
.the Olantsi half a game .nenror Pltts
. burg .In the National than they had
been :a. weok ago and Philadelphia
-Strapping the American lead a little j
' more securely than before the week's
(Upheavals, .1
,A alnglo victory for Brooklyn In
ivto weeks, . cnrrlcd homo on tho
turned, ball of Dazzy Vance with a
'record, of 17 strikeouts, eufflced to'
hold the Robins In third place by a
jiiiKre.i nun game against xno cnai-i
,lcngo,of Cincinnati, I
(t "laying tho samo number of con. 1
tviW-without a defeat tho uncertain
Phillies dodged hack to the ton of
,tho second division ns tho St. Louis Oaklawn Oolf club that tho Kugono .
tidal wave of early July gently ' re- Country club will send a represontn
,'eoded',. , . , , -tlvo aggregation of golfors to compote.
U Chlcgao Cubs, tarred.' but not loos- wl,h Modford players next Sunday,1
Clied :froni novonth nlnco were still
nblq last night to look, down upon
the Braves in suite !nf ..,.. rd' thr...t
that have bpen made at Now York
and Pittsburg' '
;, Harried by' 'plilihdelpiila' anil Clo-
,volnnd. tho Ht. I.oulS Urowns gave
back third place In tho American to
th r-i.i...,,.n urhi. u.... t.
Itrolt 'sim "trailing imVi. oii i T
,ho't throi-cornered scramble
loveianil. New York and the Bos
ton Bed Sox plodded on behind In
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-', BAIJT ' FIIANCISCO, July 27. (A.
V.) r '"Lofty" o'Doul, hard-hitting
,oiiirii'Wcr or Salt Ijike continues to
,!eild, " Pacific Coast... league ... batters
with; ' 1 heat nvorago ,ot At, unof
ficial, figures, including Haturdny's
gmnc show, Tho Icaguo leader gain
eit two lV'iivts at . tho exponsoi.of
Mni'ty Krug's Angola during thai last
week of play. ' , i
Frank Hrnilll of tho Seattle Inw
dlnns holdn Becond honors with tho
"tick at (i .411 average, and Paul
Wano'r,' Ball Frnnclsco outfielder, Is
third with .409,
Wally Hood, Angel outfielder. Is
high man on 'lis aiiuail .Willi .DM.
McC'ann, balling .841, leads the Dea.
vers, nnd llrubnker Is sotting tho
pace , for tho Oaks with tho samo
figure. ' M. "Hhea Is stellar batsman
for tho Senators with an nvorago of
-33 nnd Warner leads tho Vornon
'Rigors with .304,
Tony Uuurre, Salt Lake shortstop
tops the homo run swatters with a
total of ,SU circuit clouts. Brazil)
rails Laznrro witli 2r,. Tho Uoa
shorlHtop also . Is tho best base
stculer In the league having plllored
20 cushions. Second honors aro di
vided between Hunnctlpld, Portland,
and Lano of Seattle, with 26 oach.
Yralcnlny's Kraullfi,
At Oakland 7-0: Portland 2-(l,
Atf Suit Ulko 11-11; Imb Angeles
1-0.'
. At Sacramento 6-S; Han Frniiclsco
' 4-lu. f
At Vernnn r-2: Srntlle S-.
? i r tnAIin
V cAcigjr you'll like '
"Mm tht torig eaiy puttl '
"Rthro, and fon'll And thtm
Mill fuh at lh finlth, Thay'ra
ROI-TAN HlOHLlFBS(2for25c)
LEFTY fl'DOUL IS
...BATTING HONORS,
Genaro Logical Successor to Flyweight Crown;
. ' Villa's Death Adds to Dearth of Real Ring Kings
Ily NORMAN' I I1ROWN.
The trneic death of Panclio Villa,
little Philippine battler ami flywelfiht
champion of the . world, leavos the'
championship affairs of fistianu. more
muddled than ever, "
Whon ' Johnny Dundeo; surrendered
the featherweight championship with,
out a strUBSle and .benny Leonard,
from his mother's shoulder, announced
hlB retirement from the llithlweleht
throne, the game waa left with two
kiiiRless klncdomB nnd without any
EUGENE GOLFERS
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i Word has been rocelvcd by the
tournnmont, committee of tho local
AUgUHt 2nd.
! Kugono is said to have the best
Rolf team In the state outside of Port-
lftml an1 the local players will bo
practicing Industriously this week on
lucal "nk-' endeavor to. win:
tnl" nuuoh,. ' ;; . ( '
, 11 '" n,,t 1now" th!B t"" 'UB'
now many, players 'Kugono. :wlll send
hern, but possibly . 20. men will arrive
and. golfers of the local club aro
urged to bo present at the tour so next
Hunday morning ready to play.- ocal
players will bo Hoioctod in tuo order
SEALS FOR LEAD
IN COAST RACE
RAN FltANOISCO, July 27. (A. P.)
Tho climbing Suit Lake lioos; took
two more ball gamos from tho Angels
yesterday,', thoroby' advancing aMittle
'hearer to tho position on tho pinuncle
occupied' by tho San Francisco Seals.
The llees won tho first gamo by an 11
to 1 score nnd took the socond llto
0,' Tho Salt Lako club added seven'
games to -their win column la.st week,
while the Los Angeles club was forced
to content themselves with two vic
tories. .. . . : :' ,
. While, the Boos wore taking two
games the Bonis had to bo cqjitont with
divided honors. The Solomt took the
first contest 5 to. 4 and tho Bonis got
the matinea by a 10 to ll count. ,' Tho
series ended ovon, o'nch team won four
games. , .
Tho Senttlo Indians took ft thorough
lacing at tho hnnds of tho Vornon Ti
gers, dropping both ends of a double
bill. 6 to 3 nnd 8 to 1, The tennis dl-
Vlded the series, 4 and 4. -
Oakland nnd Portlnnd also divided
their douhlo header, tho Oaks taking
the morning , game, 7 to 2, and the.
Braver winning tho nttornnon con-'
test 6 to 0.
. Ilube YarrlBon allowed tno Onks but
four hits In the second .contest. Tho
series erided 4 to 4.
BY FIRE ON SUNDAY
nosimvna, Ore., July 27 The
town of Wilbur, eight miles noith of
Koschuig was threatened with do
siructlon yesterday, when , tho D. P.
MoKny store was burned to the
ground. Tho, McKay family, which
resides In tho rear of the storo was
11 way on a picnic, so tno origin of the
bbtto has not been .learned. Nearly
two score of tourists stopped tp aid
tho residents of the town In fighting
tho fire, which started to spread, over
a wide district by burning the tall
grass amf this timely help, coupled
with the aid or f If t Mexican section
bands who formed a bucket brigade,
which was successful In keening the
fire confined to .tho storo building.
The building, slock of .goods nnd
household effects were comptrtflp' de
stroyed, the loss being In the neigh
borhood of IS. 000, parUally covered
by Insurance, in addltlffli 10 this, loin,
two telephone, poles were burned
down lireaklng the wires and Inter
rupting communication for ft period
and the Intense heat melted tho pavo
ment on the highway In front of the
building so that ropnlin wll! ho neoes
wnry there.
. ,
VvK with go ,. tf"
t" "fx
Flunk to Gciuuo.
tiiitive land! to rtrnW tho honors tluo u
home boy who hml won funic II
LOS ANGELES, July 27. (A P.)--Wlroloss
electee light, synthetic rub
ber and thof war time, possibilities of
poison gas are among the many im
portant topics to be tlisciiBHeu by
scientists and Inventors at the 70th
annual mooting of the American Chem
ical society oponlng here August 3.
...Among U19 approximately' 1000 dele
gates expected there will be mon who,
though little known to the general
public, aro" engaged in laboratory
work which- Is responsible for almost
dally changes In the country's indus
try mothods, 1 ' '.
Demonstrations' of tho radio trans
mission of electric powct by Dr. W. K.
Whltnqy, resOB.rch diloctor of tha
Oeneral Electric, will constitute, one
of the most spectacular features of the
convention from the luymun'o point of
view. Dr. Whitney has carried Ills
experiments to the point whom he is
able to mnke an electric light built,
hold in a man's hand ,and not con
neotcd with any wires, burst Into'
radiance several feet from tho source
of power.-
, Discussion of procosses for", the
manufacture of synthetib rubber will
also hold a more than usual interest
for tho layman, due to. the layman's
habit of running rubbor-tlred automo
biles and the recent phenomenal rise
In rubber prices, which threatens to
WiKLESS LIGHTS
IN LOS ANGELES
Mother of Harry Thaw Sues
Grandson for $600y000 Gift
k 'aliS ,, vir V l it
mf V
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,-t.' . ' ' v.v i' ' V,v K J' . . 4. X1
Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, mother o
f llnrry. Thaw, famed iayer is press-
Ing n mill. luminal her griindmili, Ijiwr
enoe .Thaw, New Vorkor. for, Jiioo.ooo
which, io vmiius, ho liidmea her t
7n.arriel, too. Thon ho returned to
tho game. ; ,. ' j ,
A few wee kg ft go, while suffering
from tho infected teeth which even
.timlly caused his death, he went into
tfie ring agalnHt tho advice of phyai
ciftnfli . Ho went in becaune he be
lieved a champion should. Blows tak-:
on-on hi-A head In that boat did not
hlp tho Infeetlon, 'of courno. '
; Now'' he 1h gone, 1
But one logical heir to the throng
,Vilta held now looms. Ho In Frankle
genaro, holder of the American fly-'
weight championship. '
, After a few bouts In thia country,
fighter, Villa was given a ehnnce at I
the American flyweight itlo held by
Johnny Buff nnd defeated the little
war vet. That waa in Two years;
ago, before he. got a crack at Wilde,"
Villa met denaro for the defonae of
the American title and lost to Prankle,
who BtUl holda it., ' ' ' .
' Itotit Txiiuc In Mali! tig '
A match between Genaro and. Villa
ha, been In tho making for .many
months. They were destined to meet
laft year, bijt an acident to Villa, I
believe It was, prevented tho noting, i
Villa was Milling to give his rival a
chance at tho crown. . v ' '
' Villa must be ranked an one of tho
hardest hitting little fellows tfto game
haa ever known. His specialty waa a
double punch delivered1 with his left.
He hooked It to the. stomach or heart
and then with. the speed of a rlveclng
hammer-, sent It to the jaw. That was
the blow, which felled Wilde. , , ...
make those rubber tires costly.
LewlBite. tluj war gas. credited with
being the most destructive compound
devised for1 military use. will be dis
cussed by Kb Inventor, W. Lee Lewis,
head of the 'chemistry department at
Northwostern university.
. Other chemical, discoveries, slated
for discussion range from new form-
lulno to prevent mayonnaiso dressing
I from breaking and separating to the
now German method of making wood
alcohol from coke and steam.
OF
ill
WILLI AMSTOWN, . Mass,', July 27
(A. P.) I5r.;lo S. RoWc, director
gonoriil of the, Pan-American., union
at . Washington. . assorted .at; the In
stitute of politics today that a dls.
tinct ' trend" toward a .' balance of
power, exiss la :tlio -Latln-Amcrlcan
countires today C-antF,. may' havo .as
disastrous consequences as has the
balance' of powef in Buroiin. :
'Conducting' th'if, "discussion M a
round-table conference on outstand-,
ing problems in". intor-Arrierican rd-'
lations, Dr. Itowo said In. 'part:
"The. first of bo great problems
confronting the "American continent'
Is to ascertain How It will bo pos.
slble to avoid the balance, of power
system in its European form.';- Wo:
must devise a.', way of t preventing
that." ' ' 1
Sick folks, often sook health while
running away from it; -
Conk with (raa.
1 11
lo give him last ' Jsnusry. A Lawrence
Thaw, who denies , the Allegations, I
s n son of n ' half-brother of Hnrry
Thaw, Ito Is sone.wllll his wife. Ins
jert Is his gran4-in9tli?r, ho pluliiUtf,
WlllAMETIE B. :
BRIDGE WILL BE
OPEN NOVEMBER
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, EUGENE, Ore,-, July 27.-i-Indio,.
tlontr are that thtf new Pacific high
way' bridge ;ecros'r'the Willamette
river, the 'oriiy , brpak In. the highway
In Oregon at the present time, will be
ppen to travel' about Nqvember Xt ac
cording to vdrdyfr'om tho foreman of
. The .first steel for the bridge will be
placed about. August 1. , Pouring of
the concrete for the' third' pier. abovo
the water line was. completed yester
day and within a 'Xew days the . piling
for tho last pier will have been. sunk.
After the piling Is sunk. a six foot fill
of cemen wll Ibe dumped into the
botto mof the- pier, after .which th'e
cofferdam will be pumped so that the
remainder of the below water 'fill can
be made. ''. . 1
The crew wll be split as the steel
work starts, half working with the
steel and the remainder putting lri the
sidewalk and railing for the 1701 foot
trestto at the ; western approach-!
NAVAL DEADLOCK
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LONDON. July 27. (A. P.) If the
ntornlng newspapers are correctly In
formed the threatened resignations of
the lords of the admiralty havo been
averted by the ' surrender of the
'economy group" of the cabinet,
headed by Winston Churchill, chan
cellor of the - exchequer, to W. O.
Bridgeman, first, lord of the admiralty
and the sea lords.
Mr. Churchill, as guardian of the
treasury, had Insisted that the coun
try could ndt afford to lay down more
itian tWo hew, cruisers' this year and
three next year. , j . . ,r.. . ,
, The admiralty, after mbdifylrir its'
original demands,, took a stand on the
building at four cruisers this year and
Wee next' ' Xlte papers say fhatn
premier Baldwin will announce the
admiralty Is willing to cut naval ex
penditures In other directions atid
essay the Closing of the. Chatham
;PembrooWe arid perhapB' the Gibraltar
dockyards to , offset the cost, of the
' cruisers. 1 ; t vi v ,
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! LONDON! July 27., (A". P.) Prime
Minister Stanley.; Bajdwiri today an
nounced In the house of commons that
the British government's naval con
struction program Included two cruis
ers to be laid down In October, two
next February and three' yearly there-8fter,.maklng-
four, cruiser? to, bo con
structed this fiscal year. and. three
next. , .. ': "
. -The British government . .also -hadl
but the
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IN IKOQNB9
tA actual sTtrsH reet of
' current foe electric confcfnft
end Hihilna, toftciher. In
homes In ,thle nelshtMir .
hood, la I3. moolh.
CRISIS AVERTED IN
I roWIK COMPANY I
Jeclded upon annual eonatructtoh of
nine destroyers' and. six submarines,
together with certain auxiliary ves
sels, beginning -with "the financial
year 1926-27. this program to be
continued" during the' normal life of
the present parliament, Baldwin, an
nounced.' ' ,? ' ' ; ''.
Some ol the' new cruisers will con
for mto the existing J 0,000 ton type
and the remainder will be smaller
and less : expensive,' off; a typo- Bp.
nroxlmatln'g , 8000 tons, to be do-
signed, bythe admiralty. ;
. The additional expenses tnis year,
which Prime Minister Baldwin esti
mated; at t27,17r: (about. 12,600,000)
above the'" rjroserits navy estimates,
would bo 'mot? by tbo .odmlralty bs1
savings unaeBtOtnerr'qopiiriiiHsjii"
by funds ttMh:r.:'lli(llr to' accrue
by not spendlttig nroh'cy appropriated.
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0. 8. 11 AH MORK THAN t.t . '
j I OF TELEPHONftS IN WAnr,D'
LOB ANGELES, July 37. StatfstlcS
compiled here. recently by the South
ern ' CallfOrrilo; - Telephone company
show that the United States, with ap
proximately 1 6.000. 000 Instruments,
lendlr fli' world In itellnp'h rfrle 'dovotop'
Nevex? a Wlutftev
Preparing this rich summer Breakfast
' QUICKQtJAKER coot in $ to S mlnutM ; . .
No hot kitchens, no muss, no bother .,.;
';. . . .- . t .- -i, v , . : ' . ' .", "'" "V " ''. ..''vir'''
HOW you feel in summer depends oir ..
. , . how jlou'eat. !.'-..;; .,
, Start tlie day with oa. .. with the oati . . ,
and milk" breakfast doctors urge. r - ,
-',-: '-' ""x You'll fe!el better.' You'll keep, cooler.
Your energy will not drain away 60 fast..
Get Quick Quaker. It cooks in 3 to 5 . . : !
! - minutes. No hot kitchen, no muss olf 1
bother. .'
Start tomorrow. See how much better ...
:'." you will feel. , '
Air that Quaker flavor is retained m . ,
' this Quaker Oats. Quick Quaker cooks .
faster. That's the only difference. . . y
' "' WE ARB MANUFACTURERS OF ,
, Doors Screens, Windows and Sash;
Window and Door Frames
Mouldings, Cabinets of All Kinds .
"'"'Our Constant Aim Is to Keep Our Quality and '; ,.'.-,, .',
'j.'., ' , Price Absolutely, Right.. , ,.
Do Nbt'OrdeV Fr'drii Out-of-f oWn' Coherfrni Safore - t.
; ', Letting Ui Figure on Your Bill, ' . f :
TROWBRIDGE CABINET WORKS
Medford ' " "Z i . " A WoWri Mill Ongea
last .few miles .
Z 'are less fun '
A glorious day's outing but when the
cdr turns for home all the fun Is gone for 1
9M of the family. .
There's dinner to get for a late and hun
&fy croVd. And the stove, of course, is
cold!
' Kindling and fuel to bring in. Never , t
mind the floor now it'll hlave to be swept ! ,,.
later. So many things to be done, and the ' :
fire to be -watched! ' . . . . ,,. ' ,..,;.: .
... ..... , .-,..; ,. , . - .... .'. ...-.i ;-.(, . .
1 In efgnteen hundred other homes neat, v, "
at hand, f ere isn't any kitchen-flre prob- ' ; !
rem todayHsr any day. Electric ranges are , ;
' "in these homes. X cooking heat Is ready at,
'. tne turn of a hand. . . ;;S:-:: ..:"i'r :. ;
' ...... ; '" ' ":''..;.? '' .' " - ': ,!
Economicair clean, convenient ' and
trior,? efficient, electrical cooking is the.'.. ; !' '
choice of every housewife. And if it is only ' ,
a 'matter, of time, why not now? A wlue -
selection of modtjjs to fit any kitchen, and e
terms to meet you wishes, at the nearest '
dealer's.. . ';v" t' f- -
ment. Of the worinst ieiepnon,
percent are In the United State, 2
: . i thn mmlrle of luroDto
ljurt;uiii i.
and 11 percent ln,countrieB of ; other
continents. --,'.- - - '
PIn. European countries the averttke
number of telephones Is, 12. for eaflh
1000 Inhabitants, while in tlio United
States tlja figures show hat Ihore are
131 telephones ior every muuo..u. , ,
n.u c.tlu.lna raVKn led ' that In CltieS
BWll,"".- 1 ....
in the United. States of, DO.OOO popV(laj
lion or over, tne avergo,.,MMiwt , v ,
iristruments was 177 for each 1,0.00 In
habitants. .-Atiaitr) ctty;.N, j.; ;nho:j
thegrcatose neveiop,w-". (" v
phones per (l'ftOO ; persons. .. Ornba,,
Nob.; with its 284 per; looo. secono,
Pasodena, Cal with 27G; Pes Momes,
.. . ...... ii....alt n'W. Q
la., zuy, .inooin, t'v., ,M
..-Li:.- .'.'..Ith- 9R1 t'nntts' third.
tourtlb, arid flftH In tlio order narked,
Chicago ranks thirteenth wit If
telephones per )000 population;. BpT '
ton Is twenty-fourth with 2 2,?.; '.and
New Y.qrk City, despite, the fact th(kt
It has more lnstruriients, than Berlin,
London. Paris, Liverpool, RornV Alt'1
werp, Brussols. art,d Shanghai : 'fionx .
bineu, ranks in fortyrthird place,. ..; ,t-
'.; i i- "'i '';'': X.V 2 '
Ortnfc with''!. .-TtoC tfvtT.
Quake
-3 to 5 minutes
1