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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1928)
o o , o MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OUKOOX. .MONDAY. PWK.MHKK 24. PSGE SEVEN o mn n rw nnn mku hubbi PRESIDENT SHOOTS FOR MOVIES FOR. BASEML PROVES COSTLY Chewing Gum Magnate i Owns Three Clubs Six; Million Investment Never Banked a Cent of Profit Likes Rajah. Hy IMul H. MlckcUm. j Associated Spoila Writer I CHH'AiiO, Doc. 24. (fl',' Wit- , Ham WriKlcy, Jr.. is a man with a $fi,0U0,0un hutd.y. WriKlcy, who built one of Amor U"a'h lurKcst fortunes on u slick "uf chi'Wintf kuiii, has perhaps the' moNt oxiM'iisiVf hohltv in the wiirlil. It in hasi'lmll. . ' Six million dollars has William Wriley, Jr., in vest oil in this hoh-j by through ownership of three .baseball eluhs the .liicanu t'ulis. the I .os AliReles l'ucii'ic cou:;t lea K up flub and the UondiiiK - ternationals. Vet he admits he ; has iifver banked a rent mi his. Investment for himself. j He wants just one return a; thrill. And he hopes to get his , ilKKOst thrill next nt'ason by 1 cheering his cubs to a National, league pennant. Not since ! have the culm, won a pennant, but: with HoKers Hornsby in their! lineuii, WriKley visions the prize i all but won. ' j Postponing a biiHiness confer ence, William Wrinley. a husky, man with a perpetual overflow of enthusiasm, told the Ansneiated ires- of his dream for a pennant.; why he loves baseball, why he. pets such a thrill out of it and why he thinks it is the greatest' sport. IdOVCK (iame, ! ' I have approximately $f.,nnn. 000 invested in -"baseball, but I wouldn't Ket out f it Cm- , OtMl U00 because I love the jiiinic and because it supplies me witr thrills every time 1 watch a traine," he said. "While I have; never received a cent fer myself' from baseball, 1 have received t,hrills that money cannot buy. j And thfnk of the fun millions of other people pot out of that name! ' "My ambition., naturally, in tc ( liavo lite Cubs""vln'T'the"Nationil leaKue pennant next year. And r believe we have not the oodf this time, tmrrlns injuries to two oi three of our best players. "Let the critics condemn Horns by if t h ey want to. I be 1 1 eve Holers liornsby is not only the greatest hitter in baseball I; renter even than Untie Jluth the I'iKiires will show but also that he l.-t otio of the elenneft men ami une nf the greatest characters in bfisebnH " aii iimrmrmi i i r . HLL-illLlIUHM L .: CONVENTION IN i JgT'-mk COAST FINALES -'its 1 ; East-West Fray and' Pasa- i dena Classic Test Talent , Tech's Troubles Exag-; gerated Season Proved Most Profitable. Mrs. Ccolicigc was on hand with her movie camera when the President shot r.lay pin eon c at the Swannoa Country club in Virginia PUNCHING IS TAME S re or WITH U, S. CAVALRY Kon school which showed that first name was Norman. It do pave his last name, nut the t ruitiiiK Herneanl seemed to have forgotten it when lellliiK lite story: nf the enlistment. j He also brought out Iwn dantter j ous appearing pistols which he j placed pinoi-ly on the recruiting I officer's desk. I He passed over to the sergeant ' several newspaper clippings from i his home town p:iper, tellitm how J he could play football when in high school. , "I cal! myself a cowpuncher." he; :iftl. his month turning ir In a I friendly smile, "or you might call me a 1roticho listt r. I just quit j punching cttws in California and every year I've made all the vouml lips In the west, including the bi lime ihey li.ive In i ndlelon. "Hut cowuunehhig." he eon;inu-!the Yellow Jacket trridiron suuad A younu man. who jijiplied for enlist im m in the t " n it -.! S ates army recently, unpriced Seru"ant C rover i i wen. local recruit ina of, ficer. as beinu. th most uiuisiril applicant he had ever had. He came from northern California and tiring of the carefree life of a cow boy, decided that the army needed him none than the rane. f "Well, sergeant, here 1 am." he said as he entered the recruiting 'You look as If you want to join 1 h'M '" ni1 ! the ..rmv," returned the sergeant, I rv' "'uyH admired the way they -and you app.r as if you miht I things, making me wish thai j l.n ..11 Hunt, but what have you to ometlmo maybe- T could b oni!M . n.i,, v7,7," ,,,-. ".in iiom-i 1 Hut Homphovr r nen'r really man and that the army .wants you as one of its own. -You know, we want men who are men and art; willin-r to take the hitler .sweet." Hy Alan .1. Oonld. ssoeialed I'ress Sitorts 1-Miloi NKW Yllltlv, Dee. 2 4.--(A iMie football season winds up with a few appropriate flourishes on the J'ae fic coast within the next fortnight. The east-west fray, assuming something of the pro portions of an a 1 1-American con vention, will revive this Satui- j day the argument that Stanfoiti j and Oregon Suite started ih : New York. The New Year's day! classic at Pasadena between tieoc-1 gla Tech and California will haVe . considerable to do with the f Inil ' ranking of major teams for l'.t-S., The all-star game at San Fran cisco, played for the benefit of the Shriners hospital for crippled' children, is of more than usual j interest as a test between the tal- ; ent of the east and west, who. will clash head-on in spite of all I that Kipling had to say about it. j Howard Harpster of Carnegie the east's -greatest quarterback, j will direct the eastern attack, ! which not only hopes to offset the sting of several well known' Idefeats this year, but turn the i ! tables on the west for the f Irst i (time in this all-star event. The j i east has been marshaling its ; forces at the Golden Gale for the; past three years without a : vie- j tory to show for its efforts. j No Worry for T'li. j If a few outstanding precedents are worth anything. Georgia Tech; wilt not. need to worry about the! flu" nnd injuries that have hit ed, "is getting too trime and wasn't so luim ao when I was down In Hie border country and saw The crippled and worn-out Now York Yankees leapt upon the un uiisiiectimr Cardinals with all the the l S. cavalry on patrol j ri,ust energy of able-bodied men The would-be soldier set down his apparently heavy suitcase and took from its roomy capacity a pair of heavy chaps, which he toss ed to one corner of the office. After fumbling in the suitcase a few niomens he found his certifl-c-it" of graduation from an eastern could decide whet her I wanted to sign a contract for three years, but finally I decided that it would with the lnu a,'n,y wood and, maybe my self as well. I'pon being weighed by Sergeant O rover, he balanced the males at 17." pounds, and he measured six feet and four Inches tall, with every appearance of perleei health t when the world's series came along. The memory is even fresher! of the "flu-stricken" Oregon Stale) football : team . that:rcame across country to upset New York TTnl- versity. as well as the dope. California, therefore, may as J well regard as exaggerated the reports of Tech troubles, even with Mich stars as Prank Rneur, ! ' Warner M zell and Stumpy Thorn- . ,mi.Uoi tht Yankee stadium ason on the hospital list. i S(.pU.mi.r double-header The two games on the Pacific ,W)1,.n ,u. rhampions and the coasi win ciuse looioaii s nuti j( proiitahie season. tiki grin iron Here Is How Dad Found the Used Car for a Family Present Dad could scarcely afford a new car, but ho had promised himself faithfully to get the fam ily an A No. 1 used car. He know there were many in town, but how to find the owner was a problem .until he thought of a Want Ad. Imagine his surprise to find the first insertion brought him six satisfactory prospects. Needles to say the family got a good one. Our Want Ads have a reputation for reliabil ity. They are read by dependable, responsible buyers and sellers who have learned long since of tliJif many opportunities. Buying a car is just one of a hundred tested uses. The Want Ad habit is one of the best you can acquire, either in business or social wants. MAIL TRIBUNE Sergeant Owen received a report i game had another boom year that, yesterday from army headquarter. stands out conspicuously because at Portland that the s' rapping ' Hh two main rivals in gale re-; young fellow had been enlisted, an.) ' ceipts. baseball and box'ng, 'X- I is now a full fledged member of perleneed something of a relapse the Seventh Cavalrv at Vancouver in liil'S. P.arracks CHICAGO, Dec. 24. U) Col leges will seek more places on the American Olympic committee at : but th the annual convention of the na- llonal collegiate amateur athletic union at New Orleans Friday and' Saturday. Major John I.. Griffiths,: athletic commissioner f the West-; cm conference, 'reports. Griffith, who" leaves for the eon-' ferenee tomorrow night, wild the colleges were not adequately rep resented and that he hoped an ad-; just men t wo ii hi be obtain d. Coaches and athletic directors ' from universities and colleges in! all sections of the country will attend. The biggest "gate" was collected for the Navy -Not re Ha me game at Soldier Field, where the re ceipts probably totalled In excess of $r.oa,aoo from a crowd of U'O.tniO. Boxing failed to even muster up a million dollar spectacle for the year, as tho Tunnpy-Heen'y bout fell short of Tex Klekard's expectations. Baseball attendance fell off a trifle here nod there, and the Yanliee sweep cut short a possible world's series harvest. biggest crowd of all I line FOR FUTURE CARFIR t CHICAGO, Dec. 24. UP) Arnold Hurwccn Is undecided whether to j return to Harvard as football much or to devote: all his time to busl-nest-, his father. Isndore Ilorweeii, nan revealed. 1 The elder Horween Is president and his boil treasurer of a Chicago tanning eMnpany and the latter may decide to quite coaching for that bUMlneM, the elder Horween said. Coach Norween is on a honey moon trip In Jamaica. REBELS USE POISON IN PERSIAN WELLS 0. BASRA. Iruk. !). 24. Wt Ucportu from Persia Hato that iJotit MoliiimniPd, a trllml leader, is heading a rebellion In Pernlon UnlmhlKliin. He i rumored to Imve piilnoned nil the welli up to a point 120 "iW" ioutheat of Keritiun. Tronp W jlrt'd hy two nirplanen are nir.vlnR analnin: th r.ll iict,ik the great dert from Herman lo MeilheU. S Grateful.. gW To All Our ' Wm a! 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