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BIG PURSE FOR
BILUARD ACES
IN TITLE PLAY:
. i
Three-Cushion and Pocket
Billiard Championship
Tournaments Start in Chi-;
cago $28,000 Prize;
Money at Stake. j
CIUCACO. III., Dec. 17.
Fiank Tuhcrskl of Schenectady. N.
Y., won the opening game of the
netioi.nl pocket billiard c Uumphm-
ship tournament today, defeat ins j
Krvvln Rudolph of Chfra;n, U.j to i
11 1. Taberskl had a hlsh run of 43. 1
,, CHICAGO. Uec. 17. Klsht I
famous shut makers prepared to'
match artistry for the; world's!
three-cushion ami pocket billiard !
championship at Orchestra hail to-
day. i
It the first time both titles !
had ht'en on the Mock simultane-l
otisly under the same roof, and a j
record purse of f JS.UOO, plu-t a '
share of the sate receipts, will k '
to the winners of the three-day
tournaments,
Four players were entered in
each tournament, both of which
are round robin affairs. All con
testants won their rihl to coin
pete by winning the four first
places in the national champion
ships last winter.
Pocket billiard players entered
are: Ralph tlreenleaf. New York,
champion; Krwin Kndolph, Chiea
fio; Krank Ta))crf.kl, SiheneetMdy.
N. V., for tith holders, and Pas
nuale Natalie, Ualtimorn. one of
th sin ail est players in the name.
In today's opening matches, l!u
dnlph was to meet Tabcrski and
Circenleaf was to play Natalie.
Seeking the tlne-cuslihni chnm
pionshfp are: Johnny I.ayton, Se
dalfa, ,Mo., champion: Willie Itop
po. New York; Dtto Keiselt, I'hilii
d'dphia, and Ous Copulos. Detroit.
Iiyton won the title last spring by
defeating 1 luppe. Keiselt meets
HoiM1-' and Iayton plays L'opulos in
the opening mutches,
-OUGHRAN MEETS
PETERSON TODAY
CHIi.'ACO. Dec. 17. iPl Tom
my (iOughran. the light heavy
weight champion who aspires to
the hcavy.weight erown. starts hi:
campaign for recognition us a con
tender tonight liy mixing with '"Kig
Hoy" Peterson, New Orleans heavy
weight, in a 10-round bout at the
Coliseum.
Peterson, who outweighs Lou;; li
ra n by 1 Ti pouiuW, is regarded as a
"trial horse." While he paeks a
good punch, he is a wide open tar
get for a fighter of the shifty
I.oughrnn type.
Two other 10-round bouts bring
together Jney Singor, Milwaukee,
ffMitherwelb'hl, anil Armando,Satui
ko, Cuba, and Shuffle Callahan
and Tod Hohn, both nf Chicago.
TECH STARTS TRAINING
ATLANTA, tin.. Iec. 17. OPt
4oigiu Tech's undefeated football
eleven, selected to represent the
east in the annual east-w'st game
in lto.se Itowl. Pasadena. Cal. New
Year's, day. settled down today to
the business of getting fn physi
cal condition for the clash with
the California Oolden Hears.
Resumption of practice eome.i
after a week's layoff, following
the game with Georgia. December
8, nnd although some of the Tech
performers have been suffering
from flu. Coach 1 till Alexander
had the entire varsity in uniform
today, for, the first of a series of
strenuous workouts.
TEN-MILE RUN TITLE
NT.W" VOKK. Dim-. IT. VP)
Frank TitUMtull, MIIIi-oto A. A. vit
'niti, l tin1 nw n:ition:il spuior
A. A. I". JO-mllc runnlnB chum
ptnn. Tittortitn raptiireil the title af:-r
a tlirllliiiK rjee at Mrl'ombs Dam
park ypsn-rdav. ciiverini; the iU
tanre tn 55 minute?. 49 4-5 seconds.
Franklin T. Oseaod; furmer I)nrt
mouth ftij; anil non- of the .Wu
Ytirk A. r.. was foeoml: Arthur
Clavrln, New Vnrk university,
thinl: Willie Kyroneji. Klnnl.li
Amcrlcan A. l, totirth. and Jlmmie
nlnan nf DmvhMlfSIa, fifth.
Harry Hinkrl mi-wtWully lefi nd
ed his Metruiolitan A.. A U. ehatil
Idonnhlp In the even-milOe.-;ilk
PLU-GRPJP
fl Check btfore it itartt.
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VETERAN RUNNER INS1
EIGHT CUE STARS
FOR M&JCR
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! lhie ii iv four of the eight, fx.ms who will
, two uri-lil tlt!tis in a lotiml-ruhui tournament In"
! :tirig today.
SACRAMENTO OPEN
COLE TOURNAMENT
TAKEN BY ARMOUR
f-('i:.MK.Tn. Cal.. Ucc. 17.
With a total score for 7 holes
i:f I'M', one stroke over par and '
four strokes ahead f the second
player, Tom my Armour. Washing
ton, !. C. profc-ivipnai. y.-sterday
woo the Sacramento S-,.'ti'i open
tournament at Del Paso Country
club in on,, of the greatest exhi
bitions ever seen here.
Armour impressed local golf en
thusiasts with hU style of play.
Spectator w:e praising him as
tlie winner lu fore the final day's
mat'h"s were ha'f over.
T. Many Cotton, youthful golf
professional of Lanirl'-y Park Coun
try club, London. Kngktml, turned
in the best final round of the last j
day ves'erday. Cotton made his '
first I S-hole round of the 3C in
A series of tough breaks in;
the final round gave him a 7S and:
second place in the tournament.
TICKETS SELLING
ILL FOR MATCH
! Allhoir.;h still five duy nw;iy.
! ticket j--m!os lor the Ait Kvans and
' Moo::e Norbeek wrestling match r.t
!:lie Hfalto next Friday night, were
tnday reported to have a heuinni.ig
indicative of one of th? Ia:g ! nt-
! tendances of the season. Kvant.
I the husky Cherokee Indian wres
Itler, fs exifccted to givo Nnrbeck.
j the hull of (tip no:lh woods, a l.id
levelling, ixtf-sihly f favored with rte
feat.
j Kvi'iis is on the racific coast for
tho first time and is determined
to go ha'-k to his lieadnuarterH in
.Oklahoma with n string of victoiieii
I to his credit. Norlieck prid"s him
'tell on h"ing the Pacific noithwoM
1 (hampion and does not plan o;i he
! i;ig; taken down from thr.t perch.
The preliminaries are expected
he nearly as interesting as the
main even and will include a enii
j windup between Younv; (intch and
j Tommy Ryan and a bout between
1 Cecil liarrick, Grants Pass bearcat.
nnd C'ujly Woods of this city.
SCHOOL BOY PLEADS
GUILTY OF HOMICIDE
STANTON. .Mich., Uec. 1 7.
Jlmmie I)ci:cons. I fi-year old con-icsM-d
fluyer of .Miss Flosle Cart r,
Sheridan. .Mich., school teacher,
ideade.l guilty wh"ii nialglied to
day before Circuit Judge Itoyal A.
HawP'.v on a homle:d charge.
The court deferred pacing sen
tence Indefinitely and ordered tes
timony tken to determine wheth
er the charge in the state's infnr--i,.t'on
wr.s first or second degree
homfchb. The school boy p-evl-oumv
had been found sane by a
sanity commission. If the charge
is made first degree homicide a life
sentence will be nuitulatoiy.
COLDEST NIGHT FOR
LOS ANGELES REPORT:
j I .OS ANCKLKS. !.. ) '
i The I'nited Slates weather bureau'
! r -ported the cotd't r.iL'ht of the
seaMin toilay when the thei r. onie- )
ter droppe'l to A3 di-erv last j
. night. A forecast if fair and cool ,
ilonliflU and Tueluy with pn'bablc j
frost tomorrow morning wax made,
i In the citrmi reirbm no damaire !
iwas reported, although tempera- i
tin ft ranging from 'JS to 3'J d-. j
i;tefs Were rectod'-d.
MEPFOliTVMATL TRTB USE.' ' M EDFORD. "
COMPETE
CHAMPIONSHIPS
1
gREENLEAFE";5
TABERSKI I
miitrh .shuts for
( hir:if;i. ll'Kill
OREGON FROSH TO
FLAY 10 GAMES
WITH LOCAL MEN
The t'niversity of Oregon l-'rosh
basketball team will play to games
with the .Med ford high school bas
ketball M'uad, the first on January
1 , and tlie "second on January lit.
The following week the high school
team will juui'my to I-'ugene for
one return game. Arrangements
are under way for a three-game
series with the O. A. C. rooks.
.Members of the Frosh team will
includo i;till Phipus and Archie
Laing. former .Medford centers.
Tlie local high school will jour
ney to Klamath Palls Friday, Jan
uary 11th. for tin- first game of
the Southern Oregon conference
contest, and in February will prob
ably tangle with the Astoria high
school team.
The basketball s'piad is rounding
into ibape. with -daily practice on
the Armory floor, where all the
games will be played again this
season.
The Medford team this year will
be composed of a veteran squad,
with Morgan. Mdvin. Carnett.
Kowcrnian ami McDonald, and a
number of likely-looking and lively
second string players.
ELECTRIC SHOCK
RECEIVED IN TUB
SAN FRANCISCO. Calif., Dei:
17. tl Mrs. Albert Kppreoht,
mother of twins about a month
old. was killed by ttn electric
:-llick C'-el-( (1 when she touched
a wire clothes line while stand
ing In a bathtub full of water.
One end of the linn was in con
tact with an elective light socket.
Her w Id owot wiim knocked down
when he tried .to lift the body
from the bathtub. Officials found
th:it she had died gripping one
er.d of tho electrified wire.
SKL.MA. Ala.. Oec. 1 7.')
M Iss Kliwibeth Partem' 2 1 , nurse
at the Alabama liaptist hospital,
was electrocuted here while ope
rating an elevator in the hospital.
T he girl was heard to scream
while the elevator was still in mo
tion, but was dead when attend
ants shut off the electricity and
removed her from the elevator.
licscufH hit ion attempts failed.
CHICAOO. 111., Dec. 17. iA) Job
gone, mortgage foreclosed, weight
ed with '0-incini worry, .lames.Mc
CuUnugh sought r tragic way out
of his tnouhlcs ebteiday bv clay
ing his wife and one of his two
small sons.
Vis. McCuIIourIi was killed in
hb(-d. her skull crushed by blow
of a furnace shaker. Her Invalid
son. Arthur, only 9 years old.
sought to help hef. He loo. was
baten down. Injured fn severely
that he died early today.
In his delirium at the hospital
lat nlelit. Arihur moaned:
'Ion't hit me. daddy! Don't hit
me!"
Police r senrchinK for MrCnl-lotih.
s
OPEN HOUSE HELD
PROVES SUCCESS
j o
' ASHLAND. Dec, 17. (Special)
' "peit0 Hons '" in the Ashland
high school proved to to a suc
cess on last Saturday night when
a program put on under the su
pervision of tho (itrls League
: called a largo number of paj-ctils
and friends of the school.
The regular l;;ss schedule was
, run with seven minute periods so
that parents might follow their
young folks through the uay, meet1
the teuehers under whom they
are taking wn(-c and get a little
; of th - work as it is carried on in
; the clauses. Many parents ex-.
i pressed their interest in the work
as it Is presented today.
The fifth period, which is de
voted to the various activities of
the school brought th; crowd into
the assembly room, where they
I enjoyed a program t'f music anil
J miscellaneous numbers. A short
i ono-ni,t play was presented by the
'heme economics department. High
school teachers were all in at
i tendance to assist in entertaining
the parents and to explain the
'school wo(-k. i
j M pses Flvira Call, Mildred Hide
out. Winifred May and Yelfa Cox,
- normal school students, all from
i Klamath county, are spending the
j holidays with relatives at their
hom. s.
i Wayne AY- Wells, of the depart
ment of science at the Southern
j Oregon Normal school, has taken
I a small one-apartment house on
'Iowa street. between Mountain
j avenue and Lincoln street.
Mrs. Hello Cordell, who has been
in ill heakh for some timo. died
(Sunday at the home of her niece,
I Mrs. C H. Yeo on Oak street.
; The funeral arrangements will be
tin charge of J. P. Dodge and Sons,
! but no further details nt-e yet
I available. I
Miss Sybil Veach. normal stu
'dent, will be with her parents at
Cottage Orove for the Christmas
vacation,
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Whittle left
Ashland by automobile Sunday
morning for Portland whcj-e they
i will spend several days,
j Mits Marine Russell, student at
jthe normal, will spend the Christ -i
mas vhi ation at her home in Cot
, tago (Jrove. i
J. A. MeCluse has been in Ash
1 land from 1'nhm county for seve
ral days past with a view toward
; locating hore,
i. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Youngmeyer.
! expect to go to North Rend early
jthls week to spend the Christmas
I holidays with relatives.
I Clarence Howe and Charles
I (lohhm'ih. normal school students,
left Saturday morning on their
'h-isttnas vacations. Howe goes
! to Corvallis and Goldsmith to
Rrounsvllle, both to be with their
parents for the holidays.
One of the new type Ford trucks
from the forestry department will
be used by tho local post office
for the delivery of Christ iuuh
packages the last of this week
ami the first of next.
1'Roy Huntley and 1 toward
Prultt. students at the normal
school, will spend their- Christmas
vacations at their homes in Klam
ath Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Kd Martin, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Sackett and Will
i Rush, ult of Klamath Falls, were
finA'hland last Friday to attend
l lii funeral of Roy llosley.
j Miss Rernice White, normal stu
jdent left town Friday night to
spend the Christmas vacation with
her parents In Spokane. Wash.
Miss Klea-uor Conroy Is expected
In Ashland soon to spend tho
Christmas hol'days with her sis
jter, Mrs. Daisy McGarry of the
Lit bin Springs pharmacy. Miss
Conroy bus been living ut Peters-
I bofo. Ontario, but plans to re-
main in Ashland and make her
homo with Mrs.. MeGarry.
Mrs. George Spencer of Oak
street had the misfortune to dis
locate her knee just as she was
recovering from a spell of in
fluenza. M-. and Mrs. Will Hosloy of
Tillamook. Ore., iind Mr. and Mrs.
R. llosley of Mallu, Klamath
county, Oregon, were In Ashland
Friday to attend the funeral of
their brot her, Roy Hoslcy.
Mrs. K. J. Fraley and daugh
ters, Janet and Thelma, a rr,VfM
In Ashland Saturday on the Shasta
Limbed from Alameda Cal. They
will visit for a time with Mrs. Y.
M. RarloT. Mrs. Kra ley's mother,
who Is HI with influenza at her
home on Granite street.
Margaret Rusenbark and Crys
tal Aiford, students at the nor
mal school, left Saturday on their
Chrltmas vacations Id be spent
with relatives. Miss Rusenbark at
Roscburg and Miss Alfors at
Drain.
.Miss Anna Kvans, Southern Ore
gon Normal student. went to
chlbxiuln Saturday to bo with her
parents during the Christmas holi
days. Misses Lois Weedon nnd Del
phlne Sackett, formerly employed
in the Ashlail telephone office,
are now. in the office of tho com
pany at Kan Francisco and nro liv-
Ing. for the time being, at the
Ihome of Mrs. F. H. Ward who
formerly was a rOHbJent of Ash
land. Fredrica Krommer of Medford
Is in AMilnnd for so vera I davs as
STATE
THEATRE
i Anv Seat 15c Anytime
Children under 12, too
Shows Chang. Daily
TONIGHT
"The Apache Raider"
Featuring George Maloney
Alto Comedy
O U K( I OX ) , 10 X1U Y. I :
itu i;u.-t of Itwandu i:aUinun on
I ll.u muline street.
i Mis Audrey .KrhtTson. normal
jstmlriit Ufi Saturday for Spr.nK"-
'It.. aa,lrr
KMmW h.
she u ill pend
littiiys at Im'hu1
Kappler Is in
to spend the
parents.
Farsler. student
the tin
with her parents.
Miss Fmamlc
F.tna. t'ahfiunia.
lodidi.ys with her
Ms.s Thelma
tbi- iioimal, left Saturday for
home in 1 turti Oregon, to
s;m i;d the holidays W. ith her par
' cm.
Miss Rllcn Waters and ML Car
oh in- Radde. instructors in the
A.-bland public schools, will leave
for the north the latter part of
this weeU spend their Christ
mas vacations. Miss Waters is
to be at her bout" In Seattle,
j Charles Finest. Normal student
regivti r.ng from Grants pu. left
Satin day to woend t ne holidays
with bis parents at home,
j Victor and Rernice Phelps Nor
mal students from F.ugem. left
Friday evening to be at home
Willi their pa rents through the
Christmas hoi days.
"Skinny"' Green, student at the
Normal, expects to. leave early
'lbs week to spend the Christmas
holidays with his part tits at home
In Fasidcna, California. Re plans
to ait-nd the f.olhall game bv
twetn tlie teams of California and
'Georgia Tech. scheduled to be
played on New Year's Day at the
Ro.-e Rowl in Pasadena.
President J. A. Churchill,
Southern Oregon Normal
of the
s.'he'tl
and Mis. Churchill expect to go
to Portland the last of this week
'to be with their two daughters
during the Christmas holiday sea
sou. Miss Flizabeth Richardson left
Saturday for Seattle to spend the
holidays there w th relatives. Miss
Richardson is Fnglish instructor
at the Southern Oregon Normal
school.
MOW KI.1II. lud. D.r. IV.
Ai Kepurt.s frimi the frontier
state that KinK Amanullah (if Af
Khauistun and Queen Seurlya have
taken refutie in a fort, the army
having turned apainHi th.tn.
Kehelit who have been resislilic
reforms of Kinc Amanullah of Af
f;haniNtan. Imvc attacked Kahul.
SerlouH fiKhtlnir was afoot In the
iAfKliati eapltal toilay. and cull
tiicier.ilde anxlidy prevnllid.
While reportH of dlsturliauees In
the remote section of At'Klianls
tan have been reported recently.'
today's advices were the first
indicatim; that the, disaffection
had spread to Kabul, the eapltal,
airily of about I nil. mm popula
tiuu. The trouble at Kabula was
attributed to the kln.-'n drastic
westernization refurutH and to
tjtu''n sjouriya's desire to nboll,:h
l'linlah, i of tho seclusion of wo
men.. No letters have been exehllliKed
between Kabul and India for the
past month, but the tel.'Braiih
lines are still work'n.
I
NKW VOKK. Dec., lfl. (!)
The limn urm.of the law reached
toward llavtma loday for one of
the four men Indicted for tho
murder of Arnold Kothsteln.
Aboard a ship hound for the
Cuban capital, winter meceii of
the sportlnc men with whom
Kothstein played hla Karnes of
chance, was SerKcanl .lames Car
vey. He carried a warrant for the
arrest of llymnn (tlllly) lliller.
n.isocluto nf Itotlmleln and payoff
man for ieore Itlller. associate
of Kothstein und payoff man for
'leorite .Me.Manus, In Jail here un
der another of the four Indict
ments. McMnnus Is the only one
of tho four In custody.
Twenty-five secret pollen of the
Havana force, aw soon as word
Thousands Keep
Well-nourished
Right Through
The Winter They
Take
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
Rich In
Cod-liver Oil
Vitamins
Rcntt ft Bowiie, Rtoomfiet.) .N.J. e2s-i
KINSER, THE GRAFTER
I make a apeolalty of all kindi
of firat clan frutl tree grafting.
Vour Black Walnuta ahould be
g'afted over to Franquettea.
Will call and adviae with you
free of charge.
Referencea: Paul Scherer, phrfjie
1235; R, J. Henry, phone 19 F-4;
C. A. Hllee, phone B69L.
J. A, KINSER
Box 671 Medford, Ore.
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ill
bSBSIQ
was received that Carvey was "ii
his way, startctl a search for Ril-let-
and a woman, said to be an
associate of his and a former
friend of Ruthsteln. They carried
warrants far Riller'a arrest.
KANSAS C'lTV, Doc. 17. 7'
Snow, following heavy Wuntluy
rntitH fell in the southwestern
states today, extending deep into
the Texfis I'nnta-indlc, .Missouri.
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j Kamms and Oklahoma likewise j be produced by the. Great Tnkea
j were affected. Aircraft corporation uf Cleveland.
)lrl roads were Impassable nt William A. Wilson, chairman of
! ItorKi r, Texas, where a 5-Inch !ll'o boaid, announced hero tuday.
snowfall was reported. Upwurds f "T. ZVjT.
I of an inch of snow had fallen at! NVH1,VirxE Tonn Dec 17
Wiehita enrly today, A hard fall , )f' ,JL" e
bcgri,n hero about midnight. i , . t u r.... n
crossed a pasture, John Potts, n
Hireet ear and untomobllo Irufflo I farmer, died 10 minutes after tho
wero tied up last night In Dallas j JinillluI covered an artery In hla
! (oiiowing a heavy all-day rain thigh.
which flooded hi reels and lowlands .
homes. Firemen wero catted out
to rescue several families whose
homes were inundated.
lTyliiff Mall Cars.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17 P) Fly
lug mail cars, with sorting faclll -
ties and three limes Mio present
capneily of air maJl planes, will
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IXNDON, Dec. 17. (P) R. S.
j Wright, America's last hope In th
umateur squash racquets cham
nlonshln nt Uath club wan van
quished In the first of tho seml-
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