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mnwonv mail TKinrsi., ; mkpkori). orison-. Tnri'xiAY, Fi;i;iari.-v 2 10 PAW PLAN EUROPEAN TENNIS INVASION SAILOR BO! pmC OUTPOINTS kpp Idol of South Wilts Under Body Blows Margin of Victory Slerffler Georgia a Boy Makes K. 0. Bidin' Fourth -f- Gate Estimated at $400,000. Jly Alan .1. Cioulil, Associated I'rvxH Sports Kdltur.) MIAMI UKAOH, Flu,, Feb. Sfs. M) Tlio impetuous tUni; of youth, it seems, ipn't'-'euoush. :' S'ouny; Ktriblltib', Idol of the south nnd u veteran of dukIIIsiii despite his 21 years, had Ilia flint? lust nlfc-ht. but at tho end of the glamorou inelo- ufama of Miami Beaeh. the'otflclal iAniuinn ... . t L, i. .. .1 . decision went to Jack Sharkey, tho Uour, chunky and hard-hitting sall ur frtJm fdown onat. la a ten-round match that was alternately fast nnd dull. hard Jtoiloht -ii ml flfian Imf- mm fought and close, . y " , with few real moments of throb bins excitement,- Sharkey overcame a big lead on points piled up by Htribling in the first six rounds and won with a strong fini-sh through out the hist four rounds. Tho battering Bostonlan hud his hand 'lifted aloft, -lis tho-ylctur by, TCcferce I,ou Magnolia of New iork. but his -margin . of victory i "tin iiiiii mill iut JLiuill uuii lliuillrt cither to a majority of experts or lo most uf the orowd of 40.000 that was packed in tho piciurcsuuu set ting of Flamingo Park. , Mafcnolia, sole arbiter of the but tle, dld'not lusMitHte to Ilf Shar key's hand, nor did his score shi-et. showing six rounds for tho Boston boxer, three for Strlbllng and one oven, leave room for any doubt in his mind. ' TUngsldc critics, al (hough widely at variance in their splnions, were not far from unani mous In agreement with.' tho ver 3iet. The majority, in a poll taken try the Associated J.ress. -f credited Sharkey with no more than a single round's margin. Uut only about y one out of every 11 in the critical t group assembled around the ring believed Htrlbllng was entitled ,lo victory or at least a .draw. . -i-. . StrWHiiijf (iaimrt '!i - i ; Strlbllug; uutwelghed- anil, "out-' boxed, but not oiitpnmed. fought the more spectacular fiyht. lie furnished tho nno big moment of drama in the fourth round when he caught Sharkey with an over hand right that staggered the lios ton sailor and made his knees sag momentarily. Then, as at other times, however, tho gallant Geor gian was unable to follow up his advantage. Sharkey. In better fighting con dition, wasj woefully slow. lnneff"e live' and wild at times, but he fought the more businesslike fight, lie won by the colorless but nev ertheless effective method of pounding Strlbling's body until he was sore, bruised and blotchy red. That punishing mode of ' attack slowly but certainly took the steam from Strlbllng's own ' offensive, slowed up his plunges and won: down his resistance In a bout that was filled with plenty of pushing and pulling nnd hugging. i Of tho crowd of some -10.000. about 35,000 contributed to an as tonishing "gale" estimated at $-100.-000 for tho venture that Tex Klck . ttrd planned us u big gamble nnd A-.which his successors, led by Jack ' Dcmpsey nnd "Hlg Hill" Carey, saw through to success only after many misgivings. Probably thou sands in the crowd camo to sco how it could bo done, skeptical perhaps to tho last, when the gates finally were closed and n sell-out announced ..' . . ... . Givai Show.- U was, altogether, a "great show in which tho big fight ItseK seem ed in the end only a major Item, the climax but not the whole thing. x For the -fnmous fures of sports, of business, politics, nnd ''woclety, thia spectacle was something to see. Strlbllng made Ihe big gamble and lost, but the crowd applauded him for it. Naturally enough, the - personal sympathies of most of those In the a re us. coming from the south, were with the Georgian.! But ho hud neither the stamina nor 'the punching power to sustain an offensive that up until the last) few 'rounds gave him the chance I to win. jL. Strlbling threw . everything he "had Into the first half of the fight. When thubig bid for jt knockout, tn the fuvih fulled.- ,w seemed to lose spirit. After the trixlh. he was a tired youth, always danger ous, but steadily being beaten Into submission by a wearing, tearing body altnek.- His father-manager, "Pa" ytrlbling. asserted his sonV chances were dimmed after the 'fourth round by a recurrence of neuritis in his left arm, first brought on by n rib injury a week beforp the fight. The Strlbling left, he said, was almost useless in the last half of the battle. Koro lournj Master. X13W TOItK. Keb."2 8. A' Urownlo. who for 17 years liulped Voiles Sergeant James A. nowlinj retnlato traffic In lowQ Jfan- hatUn, has refused to eat since the -sergeant", death. Ho has wnni- nied constantly since, bearin; re versed nlirrups. ho took part in tho funeral procesr'on. ....... I MSSJiS . .v MS :.r, L Restored to amateur standing, tennis invasion of Europe this apnng Baskets and Baiiliboards Ily Forivfi C. (Vutg) Allen (l'riKildt'iit National Association ol . l.tiMkellmll Cuuclu'J') i Tuc to ; the development .niidj interest In the two major games,; baseball .nnd football ' offensive lla" been Htandnruized. New Ftylt basketball in leaning. more than ever before, toward aithe .three front wall men. Tho sUtndtmll.eil offensive. In order i euiudH work on a ahuttlo plan. to make tho name mure attractive, ' as well as to mako goal shoot- i Ing moi'o effective, many styles of offenses am In use today. The three-man hard driving, the j four-man quick breaking, the flve-j mn shuttle guurd. tho delayed and tho straight-stall offenses, wtthjregion. f their many variations, are the.;, in both thov throe-man and tho J sum total of basketball offenses1 our-man offenses the guards workl In use at present. ' Three-Man J lard Driving1. This Is the general type of of- nsi now In use In the slate oi Indiana, the meccu.uf basketball. This applies to the high school, the independent and the college teams of thai section. In this typo-uf vffuiiHO tUc rear or back guard seldom takes a shot j for goat. The - running or floor ( (viirii'.l lu I li,t for.rl, mill- II 111 OHM hp happens to be a crack longCUreS a Small lead, iato in , the slot nrlljit aml finds none of thOKHme. this stylo of offense is most thr(1 .nrf,l(fiVo ... ooen for n miiP i nil sontinns of the eoun- pasH. Generally thts guard shoots, try, with the possible 'exception of a puss to. one of tho trfo on of-jtho far west. ' fense and they, in turn take up aj The flat stall is .utterly devoid hard., rapid drive for goal. jut, action. It is purely a defensive .-'Four-Man Quick Breaking. (mechanism. The delayed offen This is the general type of of-jtdve resembles the flat-stall. But fense-thnt finds favor in the. west, it only lurks for. an opportunity along-, the Pacific '.Coast. H is to put the play on by means of a hc, type mentioned in ni; last quick thrust brought about by n article. . j flour bounce, a puss or a dribble J..4)f;ith!fl'-iVfvfnso-trie'''fl'ov guard (for goal: - r . v.-r,, -r, BLA2JJNG Ity Alan J. tiuuld, (Asyoeiated Press Kports Editor.) No other slnsle lentil event of IK 23 wax so significant to the gamcs new er.l or fio interestiiiK to the imlilic at lai'se ti.s the rise of 17-year-old Helen Wills of Call fornia to (he national w omen's W'In. 0-3. s-ti, on ihe llivb ra in championship. ! 19- but this was just befuro the There was some feeling that Mrs. i American became ill with appen Molla Bjursttidt Mullury, tho seven j dlcltls. Lenglen was at her best times champion,-had come close lo 1 at tnat time out 'ss Wills had the end of her reign. Her defeat! not yet reached the heights she In the finale was nut so unexpected 1 attained in the seasons or 1!IL'7 and as was the inarKin by which MIfs''-S. both of which she breezed Wills won nt 6-1. in something like 33 minutes at the newtv onen- ed Forest Hill slaJIum. abroad. In faet she has lost only liven more astouishing. to thei tournament set in women's experts, was the masculine-like 1 competition In the past two years, power of the California irl's game, ! that to Gwynneth Kicrry of 15ns the smashing s'rokea that nnu'ked ' land" nt Wimbledon In 117. a distinct plane now generally re-' The pulsed young woman who ganled as higher than thai once i no' rules her tennis kingdom was occupied by tannine Kenglem JTi-ji. : Just a serlous-faeed nnd somewhat Mallory was a hard hitter hut .never! nervous but dtermined girl five approached the nll7around power t of Miss Wills' game. It is one of the competitive mis- ttlore Charm no blemishes UN D E II N E A T It a clear, smooth skin, healthy tissues ull of rich, red blood thrive. No worry about pimples now. Instead there is n certain satis faction that given confidence. All lliis because rich, rcd blood is Nature's way of building and sustaining the body. , Without plenty of rich, red blood, there can be no strong, sturdy, powerful men, or beauti ful, healthy women. YoPknow a clear skin comes from within. Correct the cause through the blood and pim- ilcs, boils, eczema and that sal ow complexion will disappear. Thousands have regained their strength and charm by taking a few bottles of S.S.S. Nature's own tonic for restoring tho ap petite building strength and clearing the body of so called skin troubles. n "I was troubled with pimples nnd blackhead3. I '.k a cours'Q 'Tor pep appetite) www 0 me great tonic a clear skin comes from within o.- ; ... v ' - - . Big- BillTlldcn (left) plans vitn Francis T. Hunter. I figures prominently In ' the lilay. j Ho sometimes driven within 2f feet of the goal fur a shot. This in a .-flre-nger of fen so than tho thrcc-man stylo, but it materially weakens tho defense. t live-Man Shuttle Guard. This offense employs either of he two guards in conjunction with jhe rear guard and the ruimlnif guard change places as tho ocea- Kion demands. Always tho-guards .work In the middle not in tne center, of the court, This stylo obtain? In tho HIg Six conference In the Missouri Valley flat or laterally across tho court.' In the five-man shuttle guard of fense, they work longitudinally one in front of the other, but back of the three front wall men. in all. forming a V. . Pchiycil ami Flat Stall. j Thi flat stall offense made itself SO unpopular with the spectators that it evolved into a mure pollto f,.(rm of stalling the .delayed "1- r.moltn VmV wllnll It Ij-.'ttll Ul'U- i fortunes uf tennis that no conclu sive test ever, was had of they re-j i spectlve abilities of J.cn glen " and ; j Wills, tjie two outstanding stars ! produced in feminine ranks over . the past decade. The I'Yeneh star won their only engagement In a hard-fought match but In straight j through without meeting a single uefent in competition at home or years ago w nen she 11 rst sprang lit national fame. Only the year j before, lii.'. she had won the girls," 'hamplnnsblp. She wns nit eon- of S.S.S. It cleared my face and back. 1 think S.S.S. is wonder ful. I have told many friends about S.S.S., and they are Qt ting as much benefit as I did. Mits Ruth Galim, 1131 Lldcn Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. AH drug stores sell S.S.S. in two sizes. Get the larircr sizo. It is more economical. KcJears Vie! KsMny now LIS SINCE IS2 Please pardon my frown . . . but someone in the studio just coughed ... and spoiled our love scene" ; o "They've often called the movies 'the silent drama.' But there isn't much silence during the making of a movie. "It's in the making of a 'Talkie' that studio silence is required. Np one is allowed to make any noise, but the players. For the slightest sound in the studio registers on the sensitive recording mechanism; And an uninvited cough s a calamity. 0 "The other day someone coughed during the recording of a love scene. Since then OLD GOLDS are the order of the day. For as all Hollywood knows, there's not a cough in a film-ful." (SIGNED) Why not carload? a OLD froili HEART-LEAF tobacco, the finest Nature grows . . . Selected, for silkincss and ripeness from the heart of the tobacco plant . . . Aged and mellowed extra long in a temperature of mid-July sunshine to insure that houey-likc smoothness. eat.; a; c Kb sidered yet well enough Mitnppml lo threaten the long and formid able reign of Mrs. Mullury, but she. was nevertheless the hope. homebred l j Tt was notthat any of thn'mor- Is Easy A Good Cake FI RnTRTP AI I V THE California Oregon Power Company cough in GOLD Cigarettes arc blended p o 1 at e , ligh enthusiastic tennis devotees bore any. 1 1 1 - will toward ..Mm. Matlury. but It was mi secret (hat those In power yearned to hand the big championship trophy to a product ! of r -American courts after long tterlid of (lomiuntlun by 1h to Bake When the last layer lias been added and the last, rich thickness of idnj; spread, over all you've reason to lie a proud! A good achievement. And you CAN bake a good cake .easily, too. without even looking' in the oven till, it's done, livery good "; cook concedes that one big secret of :. cake success is the baking aiid now f elect I'ical science makes results sure. The Electric Range has regulated oven heat which can be set at the pro or baking tempera ture and relied on to keep the right degree till the cake is doiie-no un certainty or worry. The cake can really be baked by the clock. See Your Dealer Today o s OFFICES. Medord. Grants Put . Roseburg . Klamath Fall YrcJui. Putumuir-Calif&mU O h 1 . ' v tot eft'' V " I . f . . rK pOa K1CIIAH I) i)vVRTHF.I.MF.SS now ppcariutt in Ilia l'irat Naiiiiiinl-Vitaphune matter piece "Vcry Uivcr" in which Mr. Ilardiclmci mM to lita laurel with vuicc uf mrc Jnmiuic quality. a ON YOUR RADIO . . . OLD GOLD PAUL WHIT EM AN HOUR 1'ntil Wliitcimm, Kin j of Jn.x, with It in com plito orclicklrn, l)rindcli the Ol.U UOt I) Imur every TucmUy, Iroui V to 10 1'. M., Knstcrn SiniiJurd Time, m cr entire uctwork ol Culuiubi UrodeaiiiniSr&tcm tr a n '..0.1 d Gold , arid enjoy both !v sturdy ami sallant sports wo man from Norway. Miss Wills was well guided In her swift ami .Iniiualic rise tit the top. To her father's pal lent teac h ing she ascribes her early develop ment In that California cradle of cake is a real -Oregon A-SWt MM I tennis-that has turned out Hill Johnson. Helen .lucuhs ' ami so many -other stars. The .flnlM.fni? touches, however, were applied by the generous tutoring of ilaviel llulehklss , Wightman. Herself a former national cltnmplon, wife of to California When California business or pleasure invites. ' vou, be there "tomorrow." It's just a day awy ' by train and you'll enjoy die trip. These trains of the Shasta Route :. I -euro .10: ID u, 111 . . 7:10 p. m "Oroyutiltui .... "Sliasta" $20.82 ' $38.75 Sun Francisco . Los Angeles ".' (hi sain diiily, ruliini inngrr limits it (IcsirL'il. ' . . . ami lotbt V.AST-. California can be a joyous part of your trip el.it tt a tost less than via the northern routes. Visit Saa 1'iancisco and Los Angeles. l:roin there you have your choice of 3 great routes to the East; the Ovkhi.ano Routu, direct line, San Prancis co to Chicago, the Goldi n Stath Route, Los Angeles, Kansas City to Chicago and the Sun-si-t Routb, all the way through the Southland via New Orleans. Soufheffn PacnCuQ 'W'tS J. C. CABLE, Agent ' H nHV'Kat Phone 34 Fred Gottfried An-os Turnfco , GOTTFRIED & TUKNBOW Expert plumblnn. heating an( ' sheet metal repar shop. 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