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TO PLAY HERE
OCTOBER 15TH
Joe Kirk wood, the f a m o u s
American golfer, will he In Med
ford October if, find play iin ex
hi';ion game on the local course,
according to n wire received iliis
afternoon ly Jink 1 leuston. the
local pro. This will interest all
golf fans En Medford and south
ern Oregon, for Kirk wood is rec
og nixed as one of the greatest
"trick" shooters in the pa me to
day. ( ui Wednesday morning at
n. m. the regular ladies golf
lotii'iiarnent will In- held, a spec
ial feature being the "no-alibi
contest every woman being al
lowed to lake bat k and play
oviT out bad shot on earn hole.
A prize will be given the woman
getting l he In west medal M'orc.
There will al.so be prizes for
the least number of putts on any
green, for the winner of t ho ap
proaching contest, I he blind hole,
ett'., etc.
n:il..l l,v II.- rll..wil.K m'lvhant,: """" kn-wklnK thro, pllrhf.
lk U,.hl,l, firn.'Oi'V. i:n.s;.nl,..K', ' Ak""W: 'l"Kh "
iuu-i. iineue una liilKlWlll. Mi'l'- i
nnd game: Nevers and Svphers:
; Kinney, Mtirnhy, .Mulcnhy and
j Hnsfder. i
. Twelve innings wri requin 1
J by the Heavers to win the nigh,
(cap from the Indians, r. to 1.
'after they had taken the first
crann. 3 to 1. Johnny Couch
held the tribe to six hits and one
run in the first game. Hatteries: .
First game, Couch and Rego: i
House. Cole ami Rorroani. See-
mill game. T'inilin. Yerkes. 1'on-
tier, Kremh and Whitney; I'ollaid
and Rnrreani.
(James this week:
Hollywood at I .us Angeles.
Saci -a men to at Portland.
Oakland at Seattle.
iissdons at San Francisco.
Illy the Associated Tress)
After losing six straight games
San Kram leo the- Angels camo
hack in the .second of a double-
header to win. 12 to i. Th morn-i
ing (iumc was dropped to .the
Seals, t, to
During the nine innings of the
second game, the Los Angeles
eluh eollet ted 21 hits. including
a homer, triple, double and couple,
of singles by Srhulmerirh. Hat- '
teries: First pa me Jacobs. Jones
Moudy and Sprinz; i'.ai foot and
Warren.
Seeond game: Pillette ami
SantlberK: l; t- n t h e r. May ami .
Sprinz, Heed, Vargas.
Sacramento grabbed the series ;
with Oakland by winning both
sides of the iloublehender. the
Hist i:t to 12 ami the second..
11 1. Hatteiies: First pimc!
iionnelly. ) a c h u Kiynn and i
Koehler: Shea, Crnghend. Jtoehler i
and Lombardi. Second g a m e
Oould and Severeid; Cooper, Dug-i
lia nnd Lomhardi.
lbdlywood still leads the pack:
by n single game after splitting
I he doublclieader with the Hells. I
the first game, 12 to (!, and the i
second. 11 to 0. The Stars drove i
over eight runs to sew up thej
first game in a frantic fifth In - i
1'OKTI.ANn. Ore..
days' play betv
of Oregon am
golfers ended in
day at Lake ( iswci
The Oregon te.tlll
ilay's singles with
point. Oi ( gon
or
S3
it! the foursomes and two and one
half in t he singles Sunday, while
i ah fin nia look one point in the
.foursomes and three and one-half
in the singles. This left each team
'with four and one-half points.
In the sinu-les. Or. Tanl Hunter'
t ibe O.tlifi.niia team, beat II. ,
t handler Kuan of Oregon. and 4. ;
Hunter's first victory
in L'2 years. Hgau had '
Hunter four times since
t met in a tournament 22
Ooiintry club,
ailed yester
leail of one
tl two points
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8 ore and Hoy Khreve, proprietor
of i he office stationery and Sup
ply company.
WIN A CLOSE GAME
u a
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. . i DOUBLE SCULLS
TRIMS WON RY
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UNITED STATES
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The Medford Merchants defeated
the Owen-Oregon team at the fair
grounds yesterday afternoon, 13 to
J-', in 10 innings, before the small
est crowd that has witnessed a
fiamc here In ji long time..
The expected battle of the kid
pitchers turned out to be only a
desultory skirmish. Arthur Scho
eni. who started to pit eh for the
mill team, lasted a lillle more two
innings, and Jack Hughes, who 1
Marled for the Merchants, was !
muted In the third stan.a. Mich
oIn then took up the harden for
th. lumbermen, and Mack, former
ly With Weed, functioned for the
"alH, i
'The mill team kepi in the lead
until tlie finul innings, when the!
Merchants put over the tying pen re.
Jn the tenth, hits ami errors com-j
binod to put across the winning '
run.
Tints spake (ienc Tunney, kins; ul the heavv
weii;hls. lie is pH'tuml U'l'ore the "mikr"
following a dinner to lioxin Cominissiiinrr
Willinni MtiUloon, I'mmowr Tex Kickanl and
a score or more of spurts editors, telling lisit'ii-ers-in
he is through with the world of the prize
ring. IJeyuiuI a contemplated walking tour of
J
huiopc with I luirnton ibirr, author, and hts
plan to return to the United Slates in time to
"discharge a certain political oMip;atiou," the
champion would not discuss the future. In all
prohahility he will into "some business' he
said.
SI.OTMN, Hollami. Aug. (1. -iV
j Tile American tbuiblc sculls crew '
harles .l. Ilvalne ami I'aul '.
It'ostello defated the Austrian crew
of I.ikM'I Tin.l l,M..ov.-..1 t., tl... i
elimination round of the oljinpie
j row ing events itnlay.
i ne American time, whirh set a
new course record, wa ; ini'tnites
I 4s :i-r. seconds, while the Austrian
,time was iliSS 3-5. The Amerlean
; crew led all the way and both
; pahs finished strom.
I In a seoond elimination double
; selills event. )te I
1 r.-at. .1 ('aiiada by
i The Argentine
( iltatctl from the
rmtin crew tie-
b'ligl lis.
Ight was elim
I'gatta bv the
tw
ONLY 3 1
J., Aug
nii'in
fi.
whosr
Baseball Standings
Pacific Coast League
W. I,.
Hollywood 25 1 1
Sacramento 24 12
San Francisco 23 i:t
Oakland 18 IK
Mission 17 19
Portland 14 22
1.oh AiiKeles i4 22
Seattle 9 27
American League
W. L.
New York
I'hiladolpltia ( fiS
St. Louis fi
Cleveland 49
Chicago 49
Washington 47
Detroit 44
J.ostoti 40
National League
V.
Louis
t.i
York f8
Chicago Gl
Cincinnati 59
Pittsburgh H2
Brooklyn M
llnstnn 29
Philadelphia M
r..Vfii,KW(Kin, x
(!ty Herbert W. llarker. Associated i ii The murder of
Pits. Sptn-ls WrlttT.) I body, shot through tlie heati nnd
The uncanny antics of a fast ball back ami then burned almost tie
as served up by a young right- j yond n gnition, was found by n
bander and a not so young south-j berry picker along a well traveled
naw. have chopped another full road atop the Palisades,
game out (if the one imposing , mystery today to poli e.
Pet. ! American league lead of Miller! They laid Hie murder to a gang
.0911 Huggins' high-priced New York ' filed, believing the dead man had
i Yankees. been "taken for a ride." pnssibly
Staggering and stumbling about f from New York, and that after he
.TiM'l j in hostile western territory, the! had been killed, his body was
4"-'Yankees were humbled vestenlav I to Hx.t wh re i; was
by the speed ami courage of young I f,,nM'
Kd Walsh nnd the Chicago White
Sox. who won. Ti to 4.
Taking full advantage of this
! opportunity, Connie Mack's Arh
j'let ics, with pennant fever racing
Ins, trounced De-
.380
.389
.2a0
Pet.
.079
and tlie ct
il with gasoliiH
The vict iin w a
old.
Th" fact that the
hing was
and fired,
about :;
hnnds
at
more charred than the rest of the
body strengthened police belief
that it was a gang killing, as they
believed a special effort had been
made by the killers to preelude the
possibility of identification by fin
gerprints. If the dead man had
had no polire record this would
hardly have been necessary, they
pointed out, as only the fimrer
I prints of n inun with a police
record would lie available for
checking.
There were two bullet wounds,
one in the head nnd one through
the back, the bullet hole In the
head showing powder burns Indi
cating be had been killed al clos-
n I tpiarteiv. The skull also bad be"ti
! fractured by a blow from behind.
n The murder was tlie second in
six months in which an attempt
was made to destroy the hotly hy
burning. Misjt .Margaret iii own,
governess for the children of a
wealthy New York family, was
found dying on a road near Mit
ristown. X. J.. her clothes in
flames, February 2 1. The slayer
was never found although secur
ities she had with her when killed
were returned to polite In a letter
from the unidentified killer.
Casualties of the
Air Service
PLAlNKlKhl), X. .., Aug. U.
Pr-A flier who survived four
yours nf lighting with the German
it it forces at t ho front during the
world war fell to his death In a
New Jersey field last night when
his piano failed him. A pupil lie
was hist met ir.-'; also was killed.
The two men, (lustuve Saiger.
30, of New York, veteran "f the
lenmwi army, and Colongwood
Harris of Cianfurd. ,N. J.. had take
en oil' hut n few minutes before
from I he Itadley air field, after
tellfng tlu'ir wives they were go
ing for a short instruction flight.
M onirics along the main high
wiiv between i!nipf'"1 a"' -t
uchen saw the slowly moving
plane. Its omrlne mi, so fl
a low nllitnde. Then It suddenly
neso dived, era shell lino a n i.t
mar the road, bounded high in the
air and came down a tangled mass
f wreckage.
Staiger. entered the (b-rman air
service al the nulbreak of the war
Polish eight, which won by two i
j lengths in :i-f.. The Argentine
j lime was f minutes 113 seconds,
i The American pair, which con
sisied of John Schmitt. and Paul
McDowell of the I'enn Itarge club, i
Philadelphia, disposed of on. cof
. Iloir strongest rivals by trimming'
the K n g I i s h representatives, j
OT.rien ami Nibet. ami advanced a
step nearer the finals tor the
championship in their class there
by. Tiie Americans got the race
In hand in Its early stages, leading
hy a length at liaif way and hold
ing it against a strong Itritlsh Mil ,
In the last 1,000 meters.
Ideal weather conditions prevail- 1
eil for the race. I
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An Electric Cooker
in ymir liili-hcii will izWf you iihht
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Sec Your Dealer Today !
The
California Oregon
Power Company
lleae barges
NKW YdltK.
Charges against
den of violating
AgaiiiHt Tlldcii
Aug. li. UV)
William T. Til
tlie f 1 11111 1 lit rule
of the 1'. S. Lawn Tennis asso
ciation Will be considered at -1
meeting of the executive commit
tee of the governing hotly at the
Yanderbilt hotel August 2 4, it was
announced today.
when he was only 1i years old.
Discharged Willi n brilliant record
at Hit close of hostilities, ho en-
tered commercial aviation. Ho
camo lo this country two vetn-H a to
and since had hon actively on
mused in flying. '
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Pet.
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.:tnn
Major League Leaders
Including games of August 5.
( Ity the Associated Tress)
National.
I'.altine llornsby, ISravcs, .S4
Huns liottomh-y. Cards.
Ilun:; batted In Itottomley, Card
flits Douthlt. Cards, U.r.
Tribles Hottomley. Cards. - 13. J
Homers Itotlnmley. Card., Wil-;
son. Cubs. 24.
Stolen bases Cuyler. Cuhs. 20.
I'il. hing Henton. Ciants, wm 1
lost 4.
0. . A mer lea u.
Hatting Ooslin. Senators.
Jtuns Ituth. Yfinls. 1 1 r
linns hutted in Unth. Yank
lilts Manush. Hrowns, I t'.o.
llonbles Khmstead. Iled Sox,
Ti iples Ha men, Sena'.urs. 1
Homers llnth, Yanks. 4 3.
Stolen Imses Mostil, White Sox.
1!.
l'ltchlnir Hoyt, Yanks, won 13:
lost 3.
once proud lent! of
I 13 games has been reduced to three
ami a half.
I Midlers dominated the other
i A mer lean If ague battle in which
the ltoston Ked Sox trimmed the
St. Louis Hrowns. 3 lo 1.
1 In the first game of one of those
j well - known "crucial" series, the
j St. Louis Cardinals stretched their
1 National league had to six ami a
j half games by turning back their
I closest rivals. the New York
j Giants, fi to 4, in lit Innings.
Doubles by Holm and 1 la fey in
! the Kdh gave the Cardinals the
' game.
The Athletics beat Detroit. f to
II, thanks In the hurling of Robert
Moses Grove and Dazzy Vance, ami
Hrooklyn turned back the Chicago
Cubs. 5 to 2.
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JEITT FOR 16IH
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j A real battle is promised hy
I Matchmaker .Inck Wood when Dirk
Kamies, 1 Tia-pounds, of San Dlegfi,
: and Joe .lewett of Portland meet al
I the armory Thursday, August HI, in
la Ift-rotind event, preceded hy a
number of Rood preliminaries. The
! hoys were matched Saturday night
j following a four-round draw they
ton ;ht at Ihe armory as a special
j event of tlu American Legion box
i ing smoker.
I The bout was so evenly matched
; that Matchmaker Wood Inst no
time in signing them up for a main
nt. which promise to be one of
lU'ticr Call It a Hay.
HINGKN. Germany. Aug. 6. tJPi
Fritz VanO lien's new motor racing
yacht Open IV. exploded nnd sank ev
within a few minutes, near Hlngen the closest fights seen in Medford
lock today, when the manufacturer 1 for some time.
of rocket propelh-d machine was l.ast Satntday's main event was
giving the boat its first test. ; won by Mat Padenrtl. who knocked
VanOpen and his companions out Maurice llnrris of Ashland in
jumped overheard in their clothes the fifth round, giving the small
and swam ashore. I crowd ot fans present a good show.
Saturday one of his rocket cars j ' '
ded when being tritl out for ' "
on the rail. . j ,nf .orn wnaiw i"t.K ine,r
r . .a ' lirsi oeieiir i ine second nail or
AMSTKItDAM. Tun m"n and the WiMamelie Vail y lenciie 3.
two women swimmer from Anier- son ye-t- rdny nt Albany, v. hen th
Ira win plaeen among u-n finalists A b-o won mil. I to , in a 13
in two event's. Inning fcainc.
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