Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 31, 1928, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextP TE TEN' lUT.DFOTtT) MTL TRTBtnCE, rEDFORD OK EO OX. THURSDAY, MAY 31. 1028. 2fr2(?'0flUBLE HEADERS j&MBf9M BY 6 TEAMS; MEYER, VICTOR OF; NEW SERIES START; i , AUTO RACE, GIVES CREDIT TO BACKER (6y Charles W, Dunkley, Associ ated Press Sports Writer) " INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 31. & Jumping from obscurity to fume ovemlKht, Louis Meyer, boyish looking Los Aflfccles youth, today found himself acclaimed tho new est hero of. lliti automobile, racing wurld. . This 23-year-old driver thrilled a crow.il of mor than HO.UOO specta tors, breaking all previous attend nnca records by comln7 from be hind la tho last 30 miles of the race to win tho 000-mile classic at tho Indianapolis motor specdwuy yesterday. Ho piloted his car to victory In tho most dramatic finish ever enacted In the cIsrhIc. He jode tho entire distance without re lief and made only one stop. His lime was 0.: 01". 33.75, an average of St'j.482 miles an hour. Meyer today gave credit for Ms ilrlvlng skill to Krank Klllott, a fa mous racing Star of other years. ''Elliott taught ma all 1 know nbout driving," Meyer said. "You now, I worked for hint for two years as a mochanlc. oy, I'm happy. "1 thought I would will after K0 lufps. I had worked pretty well Into1 the race then, although I had only faint hopes of overtaking Jimmy Oleason and Tony (lullota. l'just sat tight and let tho old wngon buzz along uud hoped for tlieJjeaL" Meyer's victory was achieved aft er only 60 laps of previous experi ence on the Indianapolis course. Ha 'relieved' Wilbur Shaw in the race- last year for that length of time'.. Ills previous racing experi ence was gullied on Ascot speed way in California. His present home Is In Los Angeles. Meyer found himself M,000 richer today ub a result of his vic tory. He was extremely happy to get his fists on that roll of money, for It was only Just a week no that ho had managed to scrape up enough money to eniiblo him lo buy the car In which ho rodu lo triumph. Only four of the 29 drivers shar ed in tho lap prizes which were offered to the driver leading the field in each of the first H4 laps. Jimmy Glcason, tho revised records showed today, captured tho linn's share of the prizes, winning JH700 for. having led In 67 laps. Leon JJurny led tho race for tho first 63 laps and later by five additional laps and took $3K00. .Tho sum of 1B00 went to flabo Slupp and 1.100 to Tony Oulloin. Cleorgo Bonders, tho ono-tlino Pur due university student, winner of tho race a year ago, gavo Meyer a dangerous clialleiigo and wns n dose up third. Louis Moore's cur tlnlshed second. Moore's tiny rac er with louis Schneider at tho wheol as a relief driver was two and one half miles behind Meyer at tho fin ish, will! Soudcrs about flvo miles behind. Kay Kcech of 1'hllndelphtii, hold er. of tho world's straightaway rec ord for a mile, was fourth, with Norman llntten fifth of the original cars finishing. (Iiy the Associated Press)' Twelve major league team were un edge luUay for get-away skirmishes to clear Iht decks for the s'uson'a second siege of in -tcrsec-liona! warfare scheduled' to begin ut some points along tho baseball front us early as tumor row. Tho Cubs already were on then way eust, while tho Giants and the Iiobins lay Idle. Six teams won twice yesterday. Tho Iteds nicked tho Cuba twlco only by showing Ihe greatest com petetlvo spirit. There was a 6-0 victory over ChnrMo Itoot in the morning behind tho fine pitching of tho veteran Epua Joptha' Klxey. In the afternoon Kord s single In the 10th provided the winning margin In a 2 to I victory, sent tho Ileds cast Willi a lead of three full games. Tho crippled Pirates sagged lower Into Hie second division after tho Curds scored victories, 1(1 to l and 4 to 3. Tho Iloslon llruves walloped the Phillies 5 to 3 and 11 lo 1. The Olnnts rolled the ltoblns over by 9 to 1 In the morning. Tho score wns tied at 2 to 2 In the afternoon, when It ruined. Washington defentcd tho Yanks C to 0. rial-land llrnxton, a Yankee costoff held tho llugmen lo three hits, whllo tho Senators made merry with young Al Bhealy. In tho afternoon tho Yanks, slarted to make amends by pound ing Homeo Llsenbee for 7 runs In less than two innings, but rain ended tho contest. lly defeating tho lied Sox, 8 to 1 nnd 9 to 2, the Athletics gain ed one and one-half games on tho Yankees, but remained Heven games to tho renr. Ty Cobb aguln was out of the lineup .with nervous Indigestion. Detroit cleaned up lw games on tho faltering Indians. tho afternoon engagement In 12 In ulmjrs. Tho scores wero 4 to 3 and 0 to G. The llrowns won both ends of nn afternoon double-header from the Chicago White Sox, 3 to 1 and' 5 lo 2. The veteran Ited Paber pitched a good game In tho cpener, but lost. ... n!ng over the scheduled seven be fore the Stars pushed over the winning counter. . Ilutterles. VineJ, SlnKlelon, Keefe and KoehlerJ Kheilenback, Fulleiton and Hans, lcr. al-iicw. Second came: Flynn, Itaehuu und Severeld. Koehler: I Hulvey, Mutuality and Agnew, j tiussler. Angeles and Seattle dl- pair of clone battles. lining one by the same Is'ore, 4-2. Knight weaKeneu in; (lly the Associated Press) 'the seventh frame of the curtain i The Seals got an even break on . raiser und the Angels sewed up I tho day with Portland, winning the contest witn a tnrce-run .raiiy. E TO DIVIDE BILL; Ej l.os A ! v!dej a each wii here's an idea in entirely new oil ranges ! Hap Collurd had Ihe bKter of Wayne Wright, the eminent den tul Huib'eon, in the final, Bat tfrien: Itarfoot , nnd Hannah: Knlffht and Parker. Second name Wrih'ht and Sandbcrg; Collard and the Bet-und contest, 8-2, chiefly lifcauMe Sini-aU Julley whacked out u pair of Iiuiiuth und a xin fclc and bemuse iJutch Ituetlur wiiM unhlttuble In the lilnchen. The morninir fray wan all Car rol YcrkcH. the former I'hlla-1 Schmidt. dolphin Houthpaw luiiiliiK the A HterlLjiff mound performnncfl Heals back, fi-1. nlthuiiKh HoHlsjby Howard Cranhead and Gordon Thutftan cracked him for four ; siaile's error onCaveney'd ground Rln'Klt-H. itatterleti: Mitchell and er cost tho Mission a double de Kprlnz; YerkeM anJ AlnHmlth. fiec-jfeat In the Memorial day game ond Kiinie: Knottier and Kurlnz; with the Oak, scores of 6-0 and rrench, I'onder and Alnitmlth. 5-2. Craffhead's blinding speed SuumlerH. 'in tho morninc fray kept the Sacramento took ono on the' MlwtlonH hit down to fiv. Bat fhin and dropped to within half terlos: Craffhoad and Heed: Dav a game of the KPcond place KealH. ; onport, Hailing and Whitney, at) Hollywood, out of her slump ; Second game: Dumovleh, Paglla at last, punched her way to u ami Head, Lombard!; I'lllettb nnd pa Id of victories 12-7, and G -4. t Gardner. Tlr Stars wreckinir crew de- m ended on Dave Keefe In tho j eighth Inning of the find, ganin with tho count knotted at 7 all. and when tho Kolon hurlcr finully retired, the side, flvo runs had Hcored. The necond fray went one ln- Tlgor Market Boorish CANTON, China. A farmer boy walked the streets four day a trying to sell n tiger cuh for $4, but found no buyers. Tigers are almost na numerous( In south China as In India. ' ... L 'BOUT POSTPONED NKW YOllK, May 81. n --1 New York weather hus no favorites! among boxing promoters. 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