Medford Mail Tribun
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Second Section
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Second Section
QSix Pages
lj Twtnty thlrd Year
MEDFORD, OKKUflX. .MONDAY. DKl'K.MHKU :n, lUL'K.
No. L'Sl.
(Another Yenr and Still 'Supreme
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FOR 0. S. SPORT-
FOR SPORTTILT EVEN;
MANY CHAMPS KEPT TITLES!
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1928 WAS PACKED WITH THRILtS
M ORDERTECH-BEAR
FOLLOWERS!:
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NKW vutK (Pi insU'iid of j a net hack. After repulsing the
the old-fashioned m e 1 o d r a m a, j mt-at eliaie of the Athletic- in"
uportsdom put on u variety show the closing stupes of the A inert-i
for lyi's that has heen parked can League race, the Yankees fell,
with debates, upsets and interna- upon the Cardinals with an 'ut-j
tion:d tangles, i tai-k that reached Its u'r climax,
For ttulck shifts., short turns as Jimh hit three home runs in!
and encoreH tiie year has broken I he final name of n lop-sided se-
all records, from the winter over- , t ies for t ho hi crow n,
ture uf a world's hockey cham- j At about the same lime, the
pioiifdiip wrested from Canada by youthful charKe of the new polo i
the New York KunserH, on thru i lite ''our struck the invading Ar-'
a summer featured by Ucne Tun-j Kenllne forces and scattered them !
ney's retirement and Olympir in a whirlwind finish that keeps
shocks for t'nele 'Sam, down toj the railed states supreme in the
the final scenes featuring the' colorful gn Hoping panic. Hop
crippled New York Yankees, the: pins. Harriman nnd (iuest are
flnshy Kt'idirnn show and tlie act ' the 'new stars associated with the
of keeping lite Bill Tllden under t dashing Tommy Hitchcock in the
suspension after one of i':e most polo regiino succeeding that dom
sensatlonal of all UtL'S cont-o- inated so long by the stalwart
versies. figure of lievereaux Milhurn,
From January to Deetmbei thenar Wot Had Hlg Wir; Champs
show passes in kaleidoscopic re-; I'nit Well i
view, whether one cares to focus lieeord crowds turned out for
upon the spectacular individual the big football and baseball spec-:
feats of Hobby Jones, Helen Wills, tacles of lrX. At historic Soldier .
liay Jinrhult, Percy Williams and Field in Chicago, where the blg
Uod Cagle or upon the equally Kst of all boxing crowds ussem
i in press! ve team accomplishments bled for the 1 !2T lJempsey-Tan- ,
of such aggregations as the ney fight. 122 Ooo spectators at
world's champion New York Yan- tended the Navy-Notre Uame gnme
kees, the doubles team of Lott;ln October. The Yankee Siadi-,
and Hennessy in tennis, the Call-1 urn in New York not only housed
fornia crew in waters from the j the greatest baseball jam of all
I'aeific coast to Jlnliand, the HLan-jtinie. S ! T for the September,
ford football team or the new double-header between the Ath-j
liig' vtv of the I'nited States ! leth-s niid Yankees, but held rec-;
polo. j rd Ktistei n football crodws of.
II takes only mention of these -SO.DtiO subsequently fur the grid-1 4
individuals or teams to quicken iron attack of the Army against
the recollection of fine perform -' Notre Dame amf Stanford. followed by his ma rriayt, loft the
ances. packed with excitement. I The Kar West enjoyed one of heavj wei hi ela.-s in c haotic eon-
liebhy Jones, losing h!s bid for its bige;t years, with Helen Wills dttlnn. As the year drew to a
the National Open golf crown by roaming far a ml wide for tennis ( lose it I ei ante more involved by
a single stroke margin to Johnny tr umpjis. California's yreni crew the knockout of Knute Hansen. ;
Farie l. came back to Kmnther sweeping u'l seas. Stanford's bril- defeat of Johnny Uiskoby Jimj
the British threat of I'll 11 Perkins , I lam track team carrying off the Male ney and mediocre perform -
as the great Oeorgian won the Interscholastiv title and the foot- a nee.-' of other contenders. Young
amateur i tie for the fourth time 1 I all teams of Stanford, Oregon Sir b'hig and Jack Sharkey up-1
In five years. Meanwhile Walter State and Soul hern California pea red :is likely as any to wade
1 iagen added to the American scoring notable inter.-tcholastic vie- through t he new elimination pro-,
monopoly of honors on the lihks toriess, cess prior to an expected come-'
with his third triumph in the j Paddock and Tilden played back by Dcmpsey to stimulate the t
Pritist Open tournament rtince , leading roles in the main argu- flagging box-office interest. !
1K22. j ments of the year, giving the nil-! t'pseis punctuated the close of1
l'. S. Lost Track Prestige; lliglijfng bodies of their sports plenty the year's ring campaign, with
In Water Sports j to worry about in their efforts to Jimmy .lcl.arn n. Hansen,, Uisko. :
France still holds the Davis; find solutions for the perplexing Tuffy (It ifi'iths and others Sunong
Cup and the U. S. singles trophy j amateur problems. Paddock's the victims.
also reposes on a Purp shelf for Olympic come-back failed but Til- Tun ney. Tommy I-uUghran,
Mu -third.8ti'Hiphtr-tiiiet-.hrmigh ! den turned in one of the spectae- Sammy . .Mamlell, Toti- .Morgan and
Am victory of Henri Cochet atjular achievements of the year In Mickey Walker successfully de
Forest iliils, but Helent Wllls tho IJavis Cup finals where he fended their titles in a yew, laek
! wept through all women's oppo-1 rose to great heights to beat his ing much championship conflict,
iition at home nnd - abroad for; o'd Xeineis, Iiene Iaeoste, after but " Tony Canzonerl held the
the second year In a row. In ad- j his sudden banishment and equal- featherweight crown only seven
tlltion, Lott and .Hennessey, the fly sudden restoration to the Amer- months. He won It frotfi Penny
Couthful Yankee tennis team,! ban team. liass in February and lost it in
hung up one of the year's great! Despite a flock of form rever- September to the Frenchman. An
pcrforniances when they captured ' pals, especially on the gridiron, ft dre limit Is. , !
the Lr. S. doubles crown by pul-jwas a great year for champions,! " ' !
verizing the best teams Australia as Jono. Miss Wills, Tunney,
and France could put on the field. I Mickey Walker, the Yankees,
With the international angle j French Davis Cup team, Houser,
conspicuous throughout the year, j Douglas Lowe and others repeat
the field of Olympic rivalry at j ed previous triumphs or kept their j
Amsterdam had its full share of 'crowns, nut to overlook .a few j
interest as well as keen disap-! great come-backs, such ns those !
pointment for America. Uay Bar-j of Walter llagen und Miss Col-j
biiti turned -in the only Yankee i lett In gulf and Uogers Hornsby,
flat race victory as Lord Burgh-
ley, Percy Williams of Canada,
Nurnii. Bitola, Lowe and others
monopolized the spotlight. ,
Tho I'nlted Stales lost prestige
on the track and in other Olympic
sports but the American swim-' ney seemed a certainty when HIUJS
mers again splashed in front and began. It was a natural that
tho California , crew proved itself ! needed no ballyhoo after all the
the best in the world after an ! excitement of the long count at
unbroken stretch of triumph on j Chicago, but Denipsey retlrett, for
the waters of America and Ku-jthe year at least, and Tunney did
rope. 'likewise after successfully defend-
P.aseball history was made by I ing his crown In a one-sided bout
Dabe Until nnd the rest of the! with Tom Heeney at the Yankee
New York Yankees in sweeping j Stadium that proved a financial
through their second straight f flop. The champion's valedictory.
27-ROUNDS-27
BOXING
Ashland Armory
TUESDAY, JANUARY 1
2:30 P. M.
10 Rounds Main Event
EARL
RITCHIE
. of Klamath Falls
190 Pounds
Former Coast Champ
6 Round Semi-Windup 6
Austin . . Frankie
Rosander vs. Monroe
138 Lbs. Ashland 136 Lbs. Salem
"
11 Fast Preliminary Rounds
Admission Ringside, $2.00; reserved, $1.50;
general admission, $1.00; ladies and children
50c. Tickets on sale at Ninineer's. Ashland .
f and Brown and Brown's,
I
worlds tori.-s at the expense of!
the St. Louis I'm-dinnls- without
batting king of the National Lea-
gue for the seventh time in nine
-years.
Boxing
A third
tie betwei
heavyweight title bat- ;
jjempsey -ami lun-
JACK
vs. WHITE
205 Pounds
Sparring Partner
of Jack Dempsejr
Medford.
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WFI5SMUUFR NES iAWXr-l
IkmiMbi GENE TUNNEY 1j8feWiL ---tJ . I?.NJX,
BY
LoNfl BhtA H Cal Dec 31.
(P. Walter HaL-ci." .,r Detroit.
leader of the nrofessionals and
;rltih open golf ehnmplnn, won
thl. ,(,(, ing Ueaeh oncn golf
tourninm'tU Kumlny lrum a nu-
tlonully fanioiiK field Willi a card
uf L'Tti. HI shun' of tlu- jiui'se
wan $150n.
"The I lain" played
Walter Hagen
cons'stent golf throughout thei
tournament, staying under par on
all four rounds.
Johnny Hodgers, Denver pro,
look second place money, 1 1 00, ,
with I'M. lie stroked his Jast i
1 s holes five under par to set
ii m-u' fiiiiruK rdfiird Morton
Smith. 21-yeitr-old Joplln. Mo., I
pro. ami Mortie Uut ra, I aconm. ;
wer? deadlocked at 2H2 for third:
phi Al Kspinosa. Olln Dutra 1
and Tommv Armour tied with
? I ffr fifth place. ,
DANCE
Wednesday
AND
Saturday Nites
WALKER'S
MEDFORD'S NEWEST
PAVILION
7
I ATll IT nrinOII "We altrlliule a great deal of!Uialtn, which feaiufi
AUIIVt MM
NOW COMPLETED
The Charles A. Wing real estate 1
agency has completed its fifth yearj
and from every standpoint the last j
2 months have been the most sue-1
.eessful.
, In April of this year the agency
incorporated for $lU,ium paid-up
stock, ami the following officers
were elected: President, Charles
A. Wing; vice-president, (Jus H.
Samuels, and secretary, Miss Pearl
B. Ithoads. ' Pollowlpg this, a sep
arate exchange department was
added with Otis V. Mays, prom
inent Medford realtor, in charge.
j . During the past year over 1 .r)."i
I sales, consisting of -homes, farm.".
j orchards, business opportunities j
land etiy lots, have been made j
j through the efforts of this agency, i
to say nothing of the hundreds of (
j rentals ami leases, loans aim in-
surance policies which have been !
issued. J
At present "the Charles A. Wing ;
Agency, incorporated, has liiuo llst-
ings. This is believed to he one
! of the largest listings between
Portland and Saeramelito.
i w , " a ' RAY BARtiMH
V ')jC'' GLCNNA fF "
JOHNNY AfTV COLLLT I (f 'K. ,
htz if . - a err i
! ' W' '" n. , ili i
BED CAGLL l in f ' - "m
Above are shown tome of the new champions crowned the pnet year. Upper row from left to right are
Johnny Farrell, who became the new United 8tates open champion when he defeated Bobby Jonea In the
play at Chicago. Olenna Collett, who captured the women's golf title for the third time and Ray Barbutl
the only American to win a first place in the Olympic track events capturing the 4G0 meter run.
i Below from left to right are Red Cagle, acknowledged by all football experts as the universal
: choice for the betft all around football player of the year, being the star of every West Point game; Ellz
! abeth Robinson, who won the 100 meter dash at the Olympic gan.es, Leo Diegel who won the Canadian
I open and defeated Walter Hagen for the P. 0. A. golf title and
I champion of the year on the motor car race track.
our success to the fact that we ad- hall, with (Jreta Nissen as leading also been hooked for Hnuta La:
vertise i-oti'-ist enily. and that It is woman: Certrude A'stor, Sam Bar-i bant as the forerunner of a round
the di-sire of the members nf the
firm to serve the public in an ef
fleieiit. honest and courteous man-
ner. iir. mg suited in discuss-
ing activities of the tast year.
More than 3d per cent of
sales made durin litx were ui
! newcomers in the Itogue Itiver vil
ley. The increasing number of in-
llliries received I rom oiu -ot st;i. e
residents indicates that I!':!!' should
be a year of tremendous real e
late activity in .lackson county, .l
Wing pointed out.
The Charles A. Wing Aiicncy of
fers a complete service to the prospective-
home owner. Along ivith
efficient sales service, a loan de- '
part men t is maintained. The in - .
sura nee and exchange departments
are also lietive.
Jack Mulhall
' at Rialto Today
The Great White Way of New
York is the Sargasso Sea of play
failures, and the one-time 'angel'
who has later ?boti known as a
"butter and egg man," has on
many .occasions, .Keen hl.s fondest
hopes deeay aibp'ff the crowded
tnoroughiai'e , known as Itroadway.
Put once in u blue moon someone
proves wiser than those who seek
to pluck him.
Such an Instance Is shown In
"The Putter and gg Man" at the
Jack Mul-
dy and William Demurest in other
roles.
Mnlhall plays the easy mark who
wins out and makes a great Slic
ess from an apparent failure, lie
roped lu by unscrupulous play
producers, to invest his last penny
in a "flnp." He learns almut act
ressi's, actors, dressing rooms, re
hearsals and play productions.
Dancing Daughters
1 1 9 f
flUnt S CraferiCin
..,.. i v, ,
I4IIW11M1MIV ill tn IIH II1VIIH III
"Our
l):inelnir 'Dantrh tei's." now Ml
now at
I lujit's t 'raterlan
screen one of tin
bringing to the
most fascinating
dramas of youth.
With the leading feminine hon
ors shared by .loan Crawford, Dor
ot by Scbastloii and A nil a Page,
this production Is refreshingly
youthful.
It Is not Just another whal's-wrung-with-our-chlldre.n
p I c ture.
It trods story fields, and explores
the hidden nooks In the lives of
three very modern young women , ;.,, iH Hatuj for the Yankee Htu
who go forth into the world wllh(uum Whoru nail' of tho world's se
thr-M different viewpoint
This story displays a remarkable
insight into t lie character of t he
! youth of today.
j The picture Is accompanied by
: a most beautiful sound and music
' synchronization. ..
LEO DiEGEL.
(above) Lou Meyer, the outstanding
NEXT YEAR BOTH
I
; Interscctional Rivalry to Set
Aside Many Traditions;
Many Titles at Stake1
Amateur Golf Champion-j
ship Play at Del Monte;
During New Year, !
By ALAN J. GOULD
Associated Press Sports Editor
NKW YOK1C. Dec. III.- (p)-No
prospective feature uf tins spoils
campaign lor l!l is any more sig
nificant than events alined at
breaking down (he old sectional
hatrlurs or removing n number of
time honored , traditions.
Where 1!JS has been a season of
remarkable interna! ional activity,
lillt will Had most of the Ameri
can athletic: activity
concentrated
at homo with fresh opportunities
to develop iiilorsur.tlonal interest j
on a wider settle t tin 11 ever htiiore. j
One of lite most ancient of all,
tie ancient traditions will m
! moved when the national amateur
Knir championship is staged lor the through light- exercises today,
tirst time on the Pacific, coast at IU',Jl IUUH Wl! fn'0 fro,n
Del Monte. And to ntako it the anything bat light injuries, indi-hifc-;'Ht
campaikn ever hold on far I filing that game time would find
western links, tho Professional
tiohors' association tournament has
to open competition for tho conn
try h leading pros.
Following the path blazed by
Stanford, California's football team
will journey to meet Pennsylvania
while thi) Army will. send Its eleven
l the far west for the find time
to play t ho Cardinals in a return
engagement at Palo Alto,
To add to the gridiron gayety,
Yal'j will break away from another
old tradition and go south to pluy
the University ot (ieorgja. The
! hooked to oliiy at Chicago
Mn D;m nnd may eventually ' wind
j up Home season on tho Pacific
I coast.
,., Ml,,!,,....) f. I,,,.,!,,,, t,t,l
. ' UA "'V14'""
i the drawing powers of boxuvf teii-!nnt
leis in the far wont, middle west
and east during his colorful career
will, promote his first big fight in
the south, February i!7, with Shar
key and Htrihilng clashing at Miumf
Moaeh.
Ahout the only ovetita that the
ti e east si 111 hus a strangle hold
on urn tho millimiil ivihiIh clmm- j
plouships and (he PoiiKlikeopsio
rewafta. Put the big fight of tho
Vnnr with Dennmev In a comeback
ries also mny occur nguin, provid
tr-; the Yankees have a good share
ot their health und strength.
A fow of (In! main questions at
Ibhuo as the Now Year BotB undor
wnyaire: - .-
1. Whether or not Jack I)cmi-
Boy will altiimpt it c.omehack.
i. Whulhar 131k 1111 Tllden will
lxi rt'Htoreil to good HtmidliiK I"
anialeur tuntilH ranUH, and, if so,
try nnolhor cnmchiick.
3. Wlietlicr I'aavo Nuiinl will
remain the KreateBt of all unintuiir
foot racers or yluld lo Ihu siren
cull of tho professional pnnnoter.
. Whether tho Army anil .Navy
will oireo.t a roconclllalloii and pavn
tho way for a resiimplloii of their
Ki'ldlron classic hy I DUO, sinco tliero
is small pnispoi't of . any got to
aether In 192(1. .
if a Kuess lias lo ho hnziu'riori II
Is volo tor "aye" on nil of tho
above counts. If for no oilier rea
son than Hint It would stimulate
competitive intercut.
Tex Itlckard predicts that new
champions will ho clowned In most,
ir not all, of the professional rlnR
claaseB in l'J29. but no such swoop
Ing forecast cun he mndo In other
links.
Such bearers of Iho laurel
wreailis as llonuy .lonos, Waller
lla-ien and (ileiiua Collett in Kt.
Helen Wills and llonry Cocliet In
tennis. Iho Yankees 111 Imsohiill.
KoueiH Hornsby In battliiK, Unite
Hill It in home-run lillllnt!. franco
In llavln cup cumpcliHon-itnri the
Cnllfornln crew In vowlni! will be
difficult to dlxlodKo. Most of them
huvn acquired the championship
habit and all have enoimh stuff lett
lo shake off any rivals In tho coni
Iiik year, If not for several yeurs.
There will ho comparatively
llllle International rivalry for li29.
Tennis ami K.olf will offer the main
oppm lunulas for conflict where
polo, tennis, Klf, IioxIiik nnd all
the Olvmpio spoits furnished a con
tinual round ot international ac
tivity In I92S.
Waller HaRcn will lend nnolhor
111 pro Kolf Invasion to KiiKlnnd.
where ho will seen to win the Hrlt
Mi open Tor the fourth time.
Prance will defend tile Davis cup
auuln and Is nut llkely to have much
trouble dolus so unless Italy or tho
t'nileil HUiles niaku somo astonish
IliK forward strides.
LU-COLDS
Check at first sneesc.
Rub on Inhale vapors
Georgia Stars Recover From
Colds Neither Coach
Will Name Starting
Lineup Southern Team
Given Edge Charity
Game in Texas.
(By Victor ,1. SUIIcr)
Associated press Sports Writer
PA.HAHKNA, Cal., Dee. 3 L OV)
In the words of their enaihes,
"tit for action" both mentally ami
physically, the football representa
tives of (ieorglu Tech and Cali
fornia, east-west rivals In the an-:-."al
Xew Year's day gridiron
classic here tomorrow were ready
today for the time of reckoning.
Both elevens were on edge for
j'"0, titm ri"w t'iaHl)' "U'r
stiff
training grinds. Hkull practice
was held yesterday morning and
it was thought possible that the
coaches. Clarence "Nibs" I 'rice
of California and Pdll Alexander
,,r I '. migni send ttietr enarges
I i o loreos at uieir gieau-L
! Htrenglh. lialeigh Drennon. regu
lar Tech guard and his substitute,
,lim lirooke, were back In shape
after a week's battle with colds.
The bear camp reported several
players bruised. Kits, tackle and
Captain Phillips, star end, among
(hem.
The' starting lineups were some
thing of an enigma to oven the
most observing scribe. Coach
Price's only indication as to his
choice was the .way he lined his
men up in drills last week.
noKsibllUv that he might
The
start
Harold Hreakenvldge and Fred
Hchitcktlng at uunrter nnd half
back, was entertained nfter the
imir bad seen action on the 'first
string tnTplue?' vt hv Kisan and
I .
Harr.
' vl rt nally through -
HIUHloy
tbn nerlod of nractlce.
roach Alexander hns doelln'ed
all reU'stH for a probable smit
ing lineup, declaring that he pre
ferred to wait until today. How
ever, the producer of the Golden
Tornado has indicated that there
might be switches.
A tendency toward me oem-
t)lllt ti, yellow .liiekets will nail
a Hear hide, on Ihe houUi l
reaily Inilllant record of accom-.
pl'Khinents was Been and heard.
It now appear likely that the
elevens will enter the HtWiftgle on
even terinH Rreenbaek terms.
Delving Into tho thick maze of
' wlij'H and whorofores" of the
dopehtirH, It 18 found that Borne
are fearful nt tlio condition of
the California playci-H. Althouitll
I'rlce haB pronounced hln men
fit for ai'llon. Ihey flKiiro that
Ihe dlnilnutlvo Itenr mentor him
worked Ills men too hard. 1'rleo
neat hlH chnruen IhroilKll li
workouta a day for over a week.
whereaM Alexander w content
wlih ono comparatively Unlit drill
dally.
DAILAM, Texas. Dec. 31. (T)
A hattle of fullbnclts, when tho
southwest conference nil-stars' und
liiK six all-stars meet hole to
morrow In their Scottish Ulte
benefit contest, was forecast to
day. Although both elevens are Hindu
up of the pick of the senior stars
of tlli-'lr respective sections. Inter
est will bo centered on the piny
of Clarlanil "Hevo" Heavers, blK
Arkansas university fullback and
"lllue" Howell. Nebraska univer
sity lino smasher, who gained nll
merl'nn mention.
Ilenvers, who tied Willi ltedmnn
Hume of Southern Jlcthodlst uni
versity for hlBh scorliiB honors
durliiK Ihe 1028 season, each with
Sll ivilnts. was an almost unani
mous choice for all-Southwest
honors.
Howell s supern piay w oo
east all-stars In Saturday's classic
at San Vrnnclsco, has Impressed
fans, who nlso recall he was the
hlif six conference leadlnir scorer
In Ho was expected to ar
rive here lato today by airplane
from HI I'nso. .',,
liolh squads will take their final
workouts today, fonches Ernest
Ileum " " M-'MI'l"" ot ,h"
I,Ik six camp reported evory man
In k'"1 condition. '
The fool in hl flivver .-on
smashes the fenders on somo high
ly
veipecluhle automobile
KINSER, THE GRAFTER
I make tueclalty of all k!nd
of first class frutl tree grafting.
Your Black Walnuts should be
grafted over to Franquettes.
Will oall and advise with you
free of charge.
References! Paul 8cherer, phone
1236; R. J. Henry, phone 19-F-4!
C. A; Hlles, phone 869-L. ,
J. A, KINSER
Box 671 Medford, Ore.