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' rOKTLAND, March 1C
A wavo of nafo robbery swept
over, outhoastern Tortlnnd lnnt
0 in-lit and loft four wrecks in it
lN'ftkM. ... One safe was taken from
Htoro and liua disappeared with
out. A trace. The iorsob will
amount to at least $500, pollen
saM, with thfi potisibijjty of othur
unr ported caws. . .
"Vhcn clerks opened tho Wood
friuxjk Cash Grocery this morning
tjorc wan '. no cash and no pluco
yor put', anv. The afe had boon
'carried away during tho nitwit.
Owners said there wax more than
80p Ju a and chocHH In hoj
Htro'npixix.-' -, ..; '. i , ' . V " ' .'I
'For the fourth tlmo in 18 month!
thcf'aafo of the McCready Lumber
company, was robbed and JSO
ntolen.
: The cash register of the ration
Myifl market was wrecked and
more than $100 taken.
DotoctlvcH wero working on tho
lff?. tho Francis Feed company
to detormino whether there had
beun any losos thero. The combi
nation Jock was broken from th'j
iiafo, Jnt.t night, but it was not
ht0Wn. whether- the money com-
fartmcnt was reached, .
HWVi- ' t .- :?..
ffl&SSSEr? maw it uad!q cnMlnAiire nA77i en
ilC. Jv "'nil U IIM.I U UUM UULLvJ UnLLLLU
viiTniiTrn m t a ir dv taot ahapi
IUUILU IU.IMIL D! Tflul HI lnui
STAKE
Y PLAYERS!
EVIDENCE
ORMEDFORD MEN AT CAGE TOURNEY
taken tho district championship - LouIh, outpointed Dave McAulIffe,
from them. -On the other hand ; Detroit (10). Joo (ihnouity. St.
the rooting section was loud against: Iute. outpointed Denver Kid,
Medford, and there ; were many , Kansns f'iiy (.ft).
boos. Medford rans hardly expect- '
on mis amiuae under the circum
A building permit was issued to
day by the city to Mrs. A. C. Ra
worth to repair a dwelling on Ham
ilton street at a cost of K75.
LITRE TALENT
Twenty-Five Candidates for
Hill and Outer Garden
Few Show Bia League
Stuff Picinich Is Prob
lem This Year.
SAN J)IEOO. Cal., Mnrch
W'l Thcres going to ho
horso
when
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(By Arthur Perry)
SALEM, Ore, .Mnrch 15. (Spo-
race, tomorrow afternoon, olnl Correspondence.) The Jled
Blarlor Marshall Cassldy i ford team has been nluying linrtci
gives the signal for tho big field ' wraiis. In tho second half of The
IS
11 Brian Hell.
Associated proas Hports -Writer.
Olil.AXDO, Fla., .March 10. (T)
Manager John O. Hendricks of
tho t'lncinnnti Itcds is glad that
tho Xatinnnl league season will
not open for a full month and
that ho will have GO days aftor
that to reduce hlH active personnel
to aft players. Tho manager re
sembles tho old ludy who lived In
a shoo. ' Ho hart ho many pitchers
and 1 outfielders he doesn't Imnw
what to do. He has 25 for tho
mound and outer detention with
lew of them palpably premature'
In HceklnK major leaKun placea.
Manager llendrlcka alHO would
like to know how itood Val l'lel
nlch will ho In man. The clever
In trfo 125,noo C'offroth handl
cap, stellar event of weatern racing
to leavo tho stalls at tho ' head
of tho four furloni; chuto for tho
lont; Rrlnd of a mllo arjd a quar
ter. That waa n firmly eslabllHhed
fact today. In tho minds of every
horseman , and expert of racliiB
now hero. And In the crowds
that have conio for tho race, there
are many who are classed as real
experts. ' .
Tho opinion had (tot about that
tho ureal Man o' War's flno son.
flenle, sent out from New York
by Olfford A. Cochran of Mt. KIs-1
co, N. v., under tho guidance ofj
witTHj iK-nry .Mci.ianici, irainer,
in.'sht not he able to make n
Kood showlnc. He had not shown
much In his races here. Hut to-
dny the buz-, of every convbrsa-
Uon at the track centered on the
brilliant workout, which tho blK
con. lurneu in yesterday Willi his
t.'offroth Jockey, 'willlo Kelsny.
and the full Cuff roth Impost of
I2cj pounds on his hack. Ills mile
In 1:37, tmnU'lclnl, of course, but
eauKht by ..veral watches, was
a fraction holler than the truck
record for that distance, held
Jointly by Mtllo Chief of other
lays and the brilliant Krvast of
this spring, now out of the Coff
rolh. because of an infeelloij,
which took him out of tralnliiK.
So they all flKure now that Ut-nlo
lot of runutntt
Dalles came and three points be
hind, they came out from their
shell Ioiik ennuKh In pile up a safe
lead. A IlKhtnlni; passing attack
left Tho linllos flatfootod, and
McDonald Oarnett, and Mor.-rnn
poured In the counters. They held
The Dalles scoreless In thu third
quarter, and well Into tho final
iiuarler. Then Ilowerman. who
has been off his stride, and Mclvin
were taken out, and second sirink
men substituted.
; stances, as It was thought that the
i Salem high school would bo rather
1 undemonstrative, inview of the fact
, that there is a report' effort to
1 take tho tournament away. It
I would seem that It would bo better
! policy for Balcm Hi rooters and
; backers to make- rrlnnds to gain
''support. It was this spirit which
started tho movement to take tho
I tournament to Oorvallls or Kugene
a few years ago. Tho Willamette
university-Is the unfortunate, in
nocent party which suffers from
these acts.
Mclvin is not playing up like
Inst year. His floor work Is just as
flashy, but he has mlssod many
easy s.iots. Ited McDonald, to
date has been the best point
maker, llowernian has been hav
ing trouhlo with the Inner mechan
ism, due to drinking Salom water.
No wonder the legislators brought
1 their own.
I-
catcher had his best year In mux
cateiung nearly lull games aim H KOng to do
batting over .300 for tin; first tomorrow
tlmo In his major league export- , ni, u ) believed, will a
enco. If J'lclnlch. who has b',enl)nch ot othpr fno 10rBCH som0.
slow lo sign and has lost thai what less famous Ibnn nentn u-hn
benefit of early training, can re
peat his last season's performance,
Jack believes his club is- us good
as In the first division.
No chnnge will bu.made In the
Infield. l,nug (Icorgo Kelly- will
play Hrst, iinthreatened by his co-'
worker of last, season, Wally llpp.
Hughey Crltz, promotod to cap
tain of 'the ship, at oecoml and
Hoi-noc l-'ord, at shorts will have
hag done a lot In tho east, but
track heroes JURt tho same. These
Include Renator ,1. N. Camden's
big llyrtromel, a stretch-running
giant; Vermajo, hero of a big hat
He In the New Orloans handicap
this winter: Doctor Wilson, west
ern cok who won last year's Tia
Juann derby; Voltear, hope of the
Wlngfleld, Nevada, stock farm;
Higgler, an eastern crack, of tli
chance to break their ronord ItnHi.dale stable: Harry Uniia's
brilliant Oolden IM'lnce, who start
ed out as a selling plater! and iow
has risen to heights never prediet-
a
breaking double play performance,
Charllo Drcssen is tho loading can
didate for third base, In. tho ah-
i-onco ot Joe Htrlpp. convalescing, ri fA1. i,inl .. ..,. valkvr.
from an appendicitis operation. young maro from tho samo Wable
K. t oe s JMgernoii.
has- shown a lot of
Xlireo mwm .Aouiiy. H -S li lc ; W.
The outfield assignments tiro not ,.(.,,nuv
so easy, Three recruits have shown 'Hpeed; Itudolph Hpreeklos' Soother,
' Rketchos from tlto llfo of Btrntor
Brown and his dog Tlgo aceompa
Died A large number nf local resl
deirlB from tho now mister Ilrown
shoe storo on Houth Central, which
opened Us doom to Medford shop
pers today. Illustrated vorses.
woven around the activities of tho
, Tom o' Bhamur hoy, color the
wrapping paper used by this unique
placn. of business.
, The Duster Ilrown shoo store Is
n' attractive addition to Mcdford's
nwnton district, and Its opening
today was welcomed by local mer
chants and organizations who ex
pressed congratulations in tho form
nt mnny heautlful floral pieces,
wlilcli wei'0 arranged attractively
1n the storo.
Heuuly and comfort oi'o comhlii.
. , ""'"" ot tno store, lability and rive nt last year s out- on ,vhom ot thp ,(.hL exports
n.-nvii u. in liu J. unLUr IJIumi j lieiUel'S 111 C llllCK. IMliy OUO, ,JlirK
ltealUi shoes for children and the mil, a California unlvorslty player,
jirownuuni looiwear lor men anil (seems a year or two uwuy. Crab-
woinuu. wiiicn am nationally rec-:ir,.e. Hwnnson and Hlianer cer-
I'lallily have a chance, to push the'
former regulars completely out
of the picture, although tho ability
of Curtis Walker to play the
Irooeheroiis Cincinnati right field,
places Mm In better position lo
defend his place than his fellows,
C'llt'ltllliill lost the services of
Iwo good pitchers, lied Lucas and
Dolph l.uque, last season and
Manager Hendricks thinks it un
likely that he will be visited by
Mich a catastrophe again. Tele
hnnoliuo Was late starling and
.lack thinks the Texan will be nble
to move off In high gear this I
venr. Kppa Jtlxey, tallest of left
banders, .Initio .May, another south
paw, much lighter ihan a year
ago. and Kay Rolo complete tho
veterans.-
Key Meeker, formorly with tho
Athletics, mny mako tho major
eaguo -raue ni last, niicr Rynmnllln,,
Ash, farmed to Columbus, has ro-
lurnea wnn moro cKper.enco. lno. Douglas,. Coos and Curry conn-
1 ho consolation totirnamenl In
oguizoil for their superior qualities.
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WD BY DEATH
Y .. -
Mrs. Miillle Hunger, natlvo daugh
ter of Jackson county nnd a well
known Ashland resident, riled to
'daynt a Portland hospital, follow
ing n short Illness,
v She wns the oldest daughter of
Captain w, Songer, no or the
first white men to settle lu tho
county; crossing tho plulns In Hit).
, &Irs. 'Hnngor was activ elu Ash
land clvlo affairs and wns a well
known member of the Southern
Oregon Pioneers' nssoclnllon.
WRIGHT PLAYERS AT
:f BAPTIST CHURCH
i pin hinch -hope; Alexander Van
tnKon. owned by the theatrical 'man
fur whom ho is named, and seve
ral other.
VILL PLAY FINAL
GAME
The Astoria team Is rated by
many as a team to boat Washing
ton, and they will have their
chanco tonight, tho results of
which ivi be known oro these
lines are printed. They are as big
as the Meilford tenia, and fast, and
shoot baskets from all angles and
nil places. They may not beat
Washington, but l hey will whittle
down their slaruilnn, as they set a
terrific pace rrom Din first whistle.
The Medford team will have a
81 hour rest before ihe final game.
The Salem contingent ' censed
booing the Medford team, and
there was not a yip when they
enino on the floor, this morning.
It wns announced the boocrs
would bo ejected, und one young
man was. Tho effect on tho rest
was like magic.
Fights Last Night
(Ily a. C. Alien.) !
SAI.KM, Ore., Mar. 10. (Spec- i
lal.J Modford has, ag usual, about i
tile biggest repsesentntion nt tho:
stalo prep school basketball tour- j
nament outside of Salem.
Ilesldes tho big rooting section j
of Modford students, ther6 are !
many adult supporters. Among i
those whose voices nro heard as :
well as whoso presence, is In evl- :
donco are Mill Warner, 1'enchy !
Lemon, Alf Weeks, Mr. and .Mrs. !
John liutler, Mr. nnd Mrs. Noe.
.Mr. and Mrs. John Mann, Mr. und
Mrs, ("has. Strang, a couple of i
Prultu, Charllo Cass Eads and j nui.UTlI, Minn. Tillly Light,
others. Smudge Perry is on dock, 1st. Paul. Minn., outpointed Angelo
while the writer of this and Jlmmiej Pugilist, Duluth, (10). Hilly pe
Allen claim that for attendance, i trolle, Fargo, N. D outpointed
distance considered, they cannot bo 1.1 iinmy Horde. Trance, (10)
beaten. They have attended seven '
straight tournaments here. i MILWACKE1-: Ignacio Fcrnan.
,,A11 eyes wero on Mclvin Wed-irt01!. Manila, V. I., stopped Louie
nosday when he came on the floor. '-Vc,w'. Milwaukee, (5).
lie looked somewhat pale, but! ,.,
Boomed to stand tho gaff without! '' LAIItK, Wis. llussle I.e.
trouble. , Ho wns not "on," but!rny' FarKO- -N'. outpointed Wnl
most of his trouble was due to thojlie s'cl'alne. Ban Claire, (10).-
urn mm Mi:i,uiiKnun roue mm Un-J NRW
""'"""'i' was uoggecl eveiT- . u,,ir.,
(Uy tho Associated I'ress)
j HOLLYWOOD Tony Suibenau.
j nuffalo, N. Y knocked out Rocky
; Adams, Hollywood, (1).
where,
j vne Miiiom rooting section was
solidly for Chemawn. who hail I
OULICANS Kddlo (Kid)
jwoiru, .Memphis, defeated Phil
.'ii;"iiin, jeiioii iiui.
ST. LOCIS
Dave Knost. St.
WRESTLING
RIALTO THEATRE
Monday Night, MAR. 18
MAIN EVENT
Two Falls Out of Three to a Finish
TOM - BOB
ALLEY KRUSE
Of Montana . Of Portland
2 High Class Preliminaries
ADMISSION:
General $1.00, Reserved $1.50, Ladies and
Children 50c ' .
Tickets on Sale at Brown's & Rialto Theatre
There Is a steady growing Med- :k
rord contingent here, and Die root
ing socmen Is full of high school
hOVH mil ull-lu Thm-n lu
army of staid citizens, and moro !'
arriving hourly. I;
Tho trek home will start Sundnv !'
morning. It looks like It would I
be a merry cnrnv.in Instead of the ','
funeral cortege of tho past. i
7? YEAR OLD BOWLER
IN 672 TOTAL
NT
full of hope and confidence, the
work of Hllas Johnson, graduate
of Hock Island In tho Mississippi
Valley league, has been Impressive.
Johnson, who Is not yet 21 years
One of tho most Interesting ai- ,,r "H"' F,,1m" wl" 111 l,Mcllln
traction to bo in vnntlmm Orainn :f"n his yeni's.
In tho way of Hlbllcal plays will' 1,1,1 Kroner, who pltchod for
be -nrosented ni the iinmui rii. i,!' Haven last year and was nl-
Wllh Hnnil-flnnl Kamns scheduled
llo he plnyert tills nfternnnn between
Cons Kiver and Malln and between
Drain and Central Point, the Huutlt-
lern Oregon uor'mal school bnsket
1 hull tourniimviit will go into the
finals. tonight nt the Ashland junior
I ho victor will be Hie
i champion nf secondary high schools
In Lake, klnmath, Jackson, Joseph-
on North Central avenue, nt ?:,
-Monday evening. The famous Cali
fornia - Wright players will give
"The Tent Dwellers," Willi a' east
f five.'
' Thd players wero hero two years
ago. and made a favorable Im
pression upon their audience. The
troup appeared 10 Oevonlng In I
3os Angeles. i
1 These professionals nro very cap-j
able, and nssuro tho audience of a'
very Interesting evening. !
most overlooked by the majors,
wns brought from Newark by Cin
cinnati ami has a great chance to
make good. Another prospect Is
Marvin (ludat, who was drafted
after ho had a trial with tho Car
dinals and was sent lo Dayton.
ON LONG PLANE HOpL
WAl.l.A WALLA. Wash,, March
-W) Tuklog advantage of an
accldenlal fall which dazed him,
'tillly l-Mwardx, Kansas city politic
ed upon Chet U lies. Portland Irnf-
jfle cop. to tnko the only fall In
ihelr wrestling mntch here Inst
night. t'slng his knuckle hold.
Kdwsrds finished "Wiles for the
evening nnd ho was unable to' come
oack.
chf1iilA . ti ( - I loong noicn, wana waua. loos
which losers ot tho tournament
will taku part, will also he decided
this evening nnd will ho played
betwoen Gold Hill and Powers nt
7:111), followed by thu championship
game at K:;in.
Scores for tlio second round of
the tournament aro ns follows:
Port Orford 'JS
Coos Ulver 2!)
Mnlln M
Ulvertoti 17
Central Point L'S
Phoenix 20
Scores of the consolation games
follow:
lllddlo 2i!
(iuhl Hill '.'I
Sams Valley 21
Hiigito Hlvcr : 2:t
Powers Ill
(llendale ' : Ill
Kerby 1 1
Talent Ill
(lolil lllll 2 .
Sams Valley 2S
Powers ,," Ill
Talent 17
ClIICACO, March 1 0.- (Dilaek
Horr, 72-year-old bowler from
liedford. Ohio, may not bo ns spry
a he used tu lie, but he can show
many of bis Juniors how to heave
a bowling ball. -
Hnlcred ns n substitute In the
American bowling congress tour
nament, Horr displayed his class
Inst night by spilling tho maples
for counts of Ml. j-li and 19(1
lor a total of 072, which landed
him In fifth plnre In the singles.
"It'll take me a while to got
warmed up," ho apologized after
the lllli game that ruined his
ihances of getting the lead.
E 4 WET
LOS A NO ELKS. March HI. (,T)
The Sacramento club will have
a monopoly on the spltbifll pitch
ers in the Pacific const league,
four moist ball hurlcrs being on
the Senator roster.
Hurry A. Williams, president of
the league, In a bulletin, said that
lliere are seven players listed as
rpllh.ill hurlcrs In Ihe circuit. Sac
ramento has Hay Keating, Venn
Cregg. Al Could and Otis Crandall.
Itil-isell Arlctt Is carried on the
Oakland roster as n sptlhall pitch
er, but he only plays the outfield.
Flank Shellculiaek, of Hollywood
and Hurry Krauso of Ihe Mission
olnh ere the ether spltballers.
TVARHINCITON, March 10. OPi ,
The war department announced !
thftt Captain Ira Kaker. attempt-
ln(f a dawn to dusk flight from
Ilrownsvllle. Texas lo the Canal I
Bono, left ("luatemnla city, Ouiito.
mnlo fit 2:17 p. m.. central stand
ard time, two hours behind his I
lie would
0 p. m.
end his flight hf-foio
The Noted Dead
and third falls from Cow-
llu.y Warner nf Portland with
hemmerlocks. Warner won the
second fall with n forward head
.fcciKPOI'rt.
t
NEW YORK, March (41
Major flenernl Iinnlol Applelon,
retired publisher nnd soldier, died
last night nt a prlvnte sanitarium
ot White Plains. Ho was 77 years
llMl!
Horn In York CHy, rieneral
Applelon at (ho age of It became
a clerk in the publishing (Inn of
IJ. Applelon AV Co., which wns a
memlier. . In the same year he
Joined the New York National
'luard, continuing with both or
Riinlrations for more than 40 years
mid iitUtined positions of responsi
bility In each.
lie wns a bachelor.
I
DEFEND HOOP TITLE:
KANSAS CITV. March Is. Iffi
The Kansas Clly Cooks, national
amateur basketball champions,
will defend their title tonight
against the Henrys of Wichita.
Kas.
I'lhnnxlng a week of bnskelhall.
In which 44 tennis sinned, lo-
oigni s irny Mtoulil ho a fitting the M Issuer
iliiulo to the annual race for the 'circuit.
SVHNKY. New South Wales,
March III. (41 Fidel l-ubarlia, of
Los Angeles, former world's fly.
weight champion,- knocked out
Willlo Smith, south African boxer,
in the Iweltth round of n bout here
today.
It was libarbn'a second victory
over Smith, tho American boxer
having won a decision over the
South Afrhn In u IS-round bout
III Sydney Feb. !.
Twelve thousand spectators gave
the eonlenants a great ovation us
they entered tho ring for their
scheduled I r,. round bout. Ijibarba
neighed 121 H and Smith 122'i.
nation's ' supremo amateur cage
award. ' The game also will bo In
the nature of a 'rubber" contest.
neh team winning from tho other
oneo during the regular season of
Valley A. A. V.
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Sunday Night
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