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PAUE BTvT!"
YANKEES BLANK C"
PITCHES NO HIT, NO RUN GAME
RED SOX 3 TOO
BEFORE RAINS
Eastern Schedule in Na
tional Washed Out Babe
and , Lou Touch Russell
for Homers Mostil Hurt
in Slide at Plate. '
lly WlllUim J. tiiiipninn, . 1
Associated Press Sports Writer.'
Although rain swept out the
eastern schedule , of the National
league yesterday, the Yankees man
ured to beat the storm by u hair
at the Rupport stadium to "defeat
th'o lied Sox by 3 to 0,,as tne Ath
letics hut but- thq Senator, in
Washington by X to .0. , The Van
Hee. .victory, the. third over the
llostoncse in two days, was a lepra 1
Kunic only because of tho. early
stftrt made ;in:vlew- of tho sched
uled double-header.
. The. Kfime was ended by rain
after two New York, batters had
been retired In the fifth. .. , .
Babe Ittith and Lou 'Gehrig: rak
ed., Jack Husseli for successive
home-runs In the third, and Fred
lleimbachv was : turning back the
Host on Invaders with regularity,
Tho Ita bo's brow -was his seventh,
Gehrig's his ninth. . . u -
Although, the champions gained
nothing: on the victorious Mack
men,, who swe'iVt their Washington
scries, the Hupert lines were es
tablished moro securely in second
place. The Browns ran into an
aftornooir of indifferent ' pitchinir,
and saw the Cleveland Indians ffrnn
a 10 to C decision. .That left the
Urowns one. fu.ll game behind the
Yanks and two and one-half con
tests to the rear of the Mackmon.
The Whlto Sox turned tho tables
on Detroit at Navin field, wirintner
by, 10 to 3; but tho -Chicago team
lyst "tho services of Jts star out
fielder. Johnny Mostil, who snap
ped the bone in his right ankle In
the fourth, as he slid over the
plate. Lyons pitched .for Chicago.
The final victory of the Athletics
In Washington was mado possible
by the fine, box work of George
Walberg, who gave tho Senators
only' seven scattered hits. The
Macks hammered' , Burke, Hopkins
and , ftlarberry t score their seven
runs, " , " t: .
The, Catdinals narrowed the Na
tional league fight for the top by
shading Adolfo Luquc and tho Ucds
at Cincinnati, 2 to 1. as Burleigh
Grimes pitched the, Pirates to a 4
to 1 decision at Wrlgley field. This
left tho Bruins a margin of only
half r game over tho Hed birds.
Grimes' victory was his sixth of
the season -without' a defeat,-
Tho Giant-Bobin postponement
in, Brooklyn, was re-schoduled for
today. ; -
- Coast League
Yesterday
First game: ; : . H. H. E.
Portland., 2 ,; -1 1
Seattle - 3 0 0
Knight . and Graham; BolaUm
and Steinecke..-
Second game (11 innings)
Portland .... ........ G 14 2
Seattle 7 13 1
Wilson, CasCarella,- Powers and
Woodall; 'Kallio, Pipgras, Lamans
kl and Stelnecke.
First game: B. H. E.
San .Francisco 0 7 1
Los " A ngttlos .,.....,.10 9 1
Mails, Glynn -and Keed; Huberts,
Hulling and Hannah
Second game:
San Francisco ..10 12 6
Los Angeles ............ 9 10 3
Gomez, Couch, Jones and Heed;
Walsh, Roberts. Barfoot, Peters
and Sandberg.
(Called end; fifth to allow Sun
Francisco catch train.)
Ffrst game: . R. H. E.
Oakland 4 7 0
Sacramento '. ,5 ' B 1
McEyoy, Daglla and Read; Cran
dall and Sovereid.
Afternoon game: " ,
Onklnnd 3 1 1
Sacramento 4 10 2
Craghead and Lombard!; Vinci
and Severeld.' ,
N -
llsf
mm 'I ' 1 " 11 "
off. of Finqcp. In stnilKht acts. The
scores were 9-7, fi-3. !
Trunk Hunter anil Misa Helen
Wills cunle through the first round
of the mixeil iloubjes with ease, Uo
featlnK Mil?. Mutaxti uiul U. olus- i
ser li-3, tl-3. '
;
STANDINGS
OF THE
CLUBS:
Pnctfio ('oitst Ix'aisuo
V. 1j.
Mission .....I
j Los Aimeles
Associated Press Phtito
. - pari Hubbell, Giant left hander, entered the hall of baseball fame
G.t the polo grounds by pitching a no hit, no run game against the
' Pittsburgh Pirates, it was the first no hit, no run game in the majors
' since 1926.'- :. ; , ,
SPORTSMEN WILL ITILDEN AND HUNTER
FEAST I
Tickets for the annual spurts
meji's banquet, to be given by the
Jackson County Game Protective
association at the Hotel Medford
next Thursday evening, beginning
at 7 o'clock, have been placed by j
the local committee at; tho follow
ing places: MeCurdy-Dunlcls In
surance agency, Al Plcho Hard
ware, Medford Furniture and Hard
ware, Hubbard ISrothers, Lam
port's, Browne Hardware company,
the Chamber of Commerce and
with M. N. Hogan and Ralph Cow
Sill. A number' of sportsmen from
tho northern part of tho state; who
are going to attend tho gun club
shoot in Klamath Falls Friday and
Saturday of this weelt, will make
special arrangements to bo ill Med
ford oTur tho sportsmen's banquet
Thursday night; .
The first meeting of the local
gun club will be held here some
time this weelr, nnd the organiza
tion will be perfected by Uill Bates,
Mendenhall and Chester Wood of
Prospect, trap-shooting enthusiasts.
WIN FIRS! DOUBLES
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15
25
Oakland
San Kranciseo ;.2! 26
Hollywood 23 2(1
Sacramento 25 31
Portland 20 29
Seattle 18 32
Xntiomil Ijetifruo
W. U
Ohleaso 17 9
St. 1.0uis 17 .10
Pittsburgh 14 10
Boston 14 12
Philadelphia 11 13
Cincinnati 11 ,15
New York 9 11
iltooklyn S IS
Ainorknm League
,W. - u-
Philadelphia IS s
New York J...10 9
St. Louis Hi 1 1
Detroit IS 14
Cleveland: 13 14
('hleauo J ,'. ...12- 17
Washinstbn '. ,.. 8 1.7
boston. ..i i...:.:.-. i
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Pet. !
.701! ;
.545 I
.527 !
.527 i
.4U9 :
.440 i
.40S j
.300
Pet. !
.054
.630
.5S3
.53S
.458
.423
.391
.303
Pet.
.692
.040
.593
.563
.481
.414
.320
.2.90
Jacksonville: bhacii, yn.,
May 20. tl) Ltiui-lc Yonge, veter
an Jacksonville uviator. today
claimed a new endurance, flight
record of 25 hours, five- minutes
for alrpltines equipped with ninety
horsepower motors when he land-
rrl
'li
MorniiiK ffnme: . It. H. K.
Ilullywood '.'..'.1 6 .10 2
Mission 3 8 0
Hollcrson, Johns Cook; Cole and
Baldwin.
Afternoon same:
Hollywood 3 10 1
Mission 4 11 0
McCahc, Shcllenhack and Syph
er, Ruethcr and Hoffman.
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. Snn Pninnisco Fruit Prfiros
SAX FHANCISCO, May 20. W
(Federal-State . Market News 8cr
vice.)
Apples: California Newtown
Pippins, fancy cold stoniRC 4 tier
$1.60-2.00: 31,. tier 1. 85-2. 25; 4Mi
tier 1. 20-1. 5i. '
Washlncton: Wlncsaps. xf $3-
3.25., fancy I2.7G-3. Home Beau-
tys. lantk fancy $2-2.25, mnll to
medium Tl. 76-2; small $1.5.
Oregon: Newtowns. xf $12.75
3.25. fancy $2.5(1-3. Arkansas
- BlSCks. Xf $2.40-2.50. fancy $2.15
2.25. Pears: I.ake county, packed
Winter Nells $J-J.5( per i.ox. Ore
gon. d'Anjours $4.25-4.50.
McMrxNVlLLK Front of m
i hincu which enilmices five
-concerns, will ho ( entirely
modeled, .
Ye Poet's Corner
round garros stat;il;:.;,
Paris, May 20. () Big Bill Tilden
and Frank Hunter, tho veteran
American pair, got off to a. flying
start today in the French hard
court tennis championships, In
their first doubles match. They
easily disposed of the Danish team
of Nlctaen and Rasinusscn, 6-0;
C-l; c-o. ; '
Mrs. May Sullon Bundy. vot.cmn
American, and hor youthful 'part
ner, Miss Marjorie Morrill,, of, Bos
ton, lost their opening engagement
in the women's doubles, bowing to
Mademoiselles Amaury and Adam-
1 .r-
Tut.sy uu liiti buach ituru ui i;uu
p. m.
Scientist Missing.
WASHINGTON, May 20. (fP)
Carey V. Hodgson, noted scientist
and assistant chief of the division
ofCioedesy of tho coast and geo
detic survey, and his 10-year-old
son were missing today after being
caught in a storm yesterday while
'alone hi a canoe moro than a
mile off Bay Ridge, Maryland, in
Chesapeako Bay. ,
HOODRIVKU Modern nuto
camp being built at Paradise farm
near hero. . "
COMING WEDNESDAY
HUNT'S CRATER! AN -
The Lake Creek Desert-.
A splotch of . blue, the blue of
skies,
A yellow patch of clearest dyes,
The purest white and lavender
Each flower the gentle breezes
, stir.
The greenest carpet to be seen,
The open spaco where ull have
been. '
Somo folks will call. a desert drear.
Now how can that be? Tell me,
dear.
A picture out acroas tho way. .
It is a desert some folks say,
This dark green spaco we never
till.
This rainbow flame at foot of hill.
A rocky dip, a soft green mound, j
An arrow head, or agate found I
And there you'll seo a big oak
tree.
With shadcimough for you or me.
With there a bloom of every hue.
(Of Yinmo or kind wo havo no
clue). '
That soft green grass, a waving
- sea
Now how can this n desert bo?
Hy ETTA aOULlJ,
' Lake Creek.
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SYDNEY. N. S. V., Hay 20. (P)
Tho waters of the Timor sea or
the wild uninhabited shores of
northwestern Australia today
cloaked the whereabouts of two
English aviators, Flight Lieutenant
J. Moir and Flying Officer II.
Owon.
Anxiety was felt for the fliers,
who left Blma, Sumhawa, Dutch I
East Indies, Saturday for Port Dar
win. They passed Koepang, on the
island of Timor, at 11:45 a. m., tho
same day, but failed to arrive at
Port Darwin and were not report
ed afterward.
'Salem Sinn Drowned.
SALEM, Ore., .May 2J MV
Hubert Dalk. 21. Salem wrfud deal
er, was drowned while fishing In s
the Ahliiua river near Sllverton
Sunday morning-. The body was
recovered a few hours later. With
Dalk were William C. O'Neill, mall
carrier, and Sergeant MeClaln, U.
S. M. C recruiting officer.
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Hot in l,a;rniKlP.
LA OKANDE. Ore.. May 20. j
(p The first real neat i me
season flared down upon I.
C.rnnde yesterday, sending the tem
perature np to 8S degrees. Sat
urday's maximum was 79 degrees. (
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Is SmMd$ifflQ in
Orchards
Necessary to
Prevent
Frost ?
iv(Msi(U', Calirornia,
lliiy 15, l'J-'O.
Ktlitm-,'
.Mi'dl'tird Daily News,
.Mi'ill'ord, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
In your ismie of May Oth you pub
lislietl a report jriveu out by Mr.
Floyd D. Yoiu'ifr, Viovermneiil Frost
Kxpert, relative to serious damage
(where smudge pots were not used to
protect the crops) which took plaefc
on .Moiiday iiiiilit, Jlay Glli.
Will not repeat the statements
contained in this report as published
in your issue of the Dili, lis no doubt
i.i oT llio yiuv. er.j in llie Komi
River Valley read the artiele n't th'o
time, ns well as niany other reports
of ji similar nature whieh have been
published from time to time (luring
the past few weeks in one or both
of the Medford papers.
The writer has no desire to oilier
into any controversy with Mr. Floytt
1. Youii!;, or with any oilier frost,
expert, but does seriously object to
Mr. Young publishing a report
' wherein he includes ilny of my prop-
erties as nnl,ong the list of properties
that were damaged by frost where
no smudge pols were used. Such a
report would be regarded by me as
damaging to my properties,
I ahl lit the present time paying
taxes in the Rogue Kiver Valley on
G12 acres of orchard property. These
properties are not all located in oil'.!
group, but are scnttered throughout
the Rogue River Valley, taking lit
perhaps some of the warmest, mid
on the other hand, some of the so
called coldest sections of the valley.
When wc purchased these prop
erties we inherited from tho -former
owners sonle very large lind ex
pensive oil. containers, filled with
oil, and thousands and thousands of
smudge pots of vnrioiis kinds nnd
descriptions. Wc have never wasted
any of our time or money in setting'
these smudge pots in our orchards,
nor have we to our knowledge ever
lost any pears by frost. The records
show that we have harvetsed 100
crops on all of otir properties year
after year since they cume into our
possession.
During this current season when
the newspapers have been filled
with warnings to growers, and per
haps hundreds of thousands of dol
lars have been expended by various
growers in the Rogue River yalley
for oil nnd labor, my 'superintendent
at Medford has withstood all of the
importunities, ImdgoringH and warn
ings coming to him from all sides,
and bus steadfastly refused to set out
one smudge pot, or waste, any money
firing tlicm. All 'of this wfls in ac
cordance with positive instructions
from me not to Waste "any money
on ojl or labor.
In a long distance telephone, eon
vcrsntion a few momenta ago wit li
my superintendent, Mr. Claude
Ward, he informed me that we had
not Buffered any damage whatso
ever, and all of our orchards" were
cHiTying nil the crops they could
properly mature. So wc have not
been damaged one particle, and we
have not used any smudge pots, and
our orchards are located, as 'above
stated, in all parts) of the valley,
which proves to me that no other
grower, who has taken proper care
of his orchard in the way of fertili
zation and cultivation, ha3 suffered
any material loss by frost.
As stated in the beginning, I have
no desire to enter into ilny contro
versy with frost experts, but do
enter - a serious objection lo our
homes being 'blackened with smoke,'
nnd tlie Rogue liiver Valley, ns a
whole, obtaining a reputation which
it docs not justly deserve of being
n frost area during blossom time.
' As one of the largest property
owners in the Rogile River Valley
I wish to state' that I would welcome
a law preventing the use of smudge
pots any place in the Rogue Kiver
Valley, nod further Hint same shall
be regarded as it public nuisance, to
the end that the smudge pot propil
'ganda be relegated to tho scrap
heap where it belongs.
My experience with suuldge pots,
. and smudge pot, propaganda, is not
.confined merely to the. Rogue liiver
Valley. l)uring the past fifteen
years I have owiied and - operated
over 2000 acres of orchards in the
Riverside district in ' California.
Have never owned a smudge pot ex-.
eepting those I inherited from tlie
former owners of the properties
when I purchased lliem, pots which
; 1 never used, ,, and the greatest
profits ever made by nie from my
own orchards were in so-enlled frost
years. - ' -
During this JSrtxt winter it is (iuite
probable that three or -four million
dollars ' were cxjielided by orange
growers ill southern California for
simidge pot,, oil 'and labor, and to
the best of my knowledge and be
lie!' not one dollar wns saved by the
v growers who wasted all of these mil
lions. ; "'
Our properties in Riverside today
are scattered in various localities,
much th(! same ns they are in the
Rogue River Valley, some in stV
called cold sections, others in the
foothills where it is usually consid
ered frost free, and 1' have- not. lost.
, one orange by frost. We have
pneked nnd shipped hundreds of
thousands of boxes coming from or-
chards in all parts of the Riverside,
Redlniids and Highlands districts,
and we have not had one frosted
orange in the packing house, ilnd
none of the orchards owned by
growers who sell their fruit to us
use smudge pots. T.fiis year is no
exception to the rule. It has been
the same wny year after year,
t
Among the oldest orchiirdists in
the Riverside district were the
Chase brothers, former owners of
the National Orange company, who
sold their properties about a year
ago for approximately ono million
' dollars. Do not believe that Chase
j brothers ever expended one nickel
; for smudge pots nnd oil in nil tho
thirty or forty years they were
growing fruit in the Riverside (lis
tHct. This same thing would apply
to many others of the oldest and
largest growers of oranges in south
- ern California. These growers who
hnve not wasted their money for
smudge ' pots niid oil have made
money and are prosperous.
So when I entered the Rogue .
River- Valley nnd commenced buy.
ing orchards there 1 had already
been fed up to the limit on smudge
pots and refused to be led into any
such iinbusincss-like waste of inohey.
money. ' ! '-.- : .'.'-,,-
In a letter from my superintend
ent, Mr. Ward, received today,., he
makes the statement that it reipiires v
a lot of nerve, and some bniins,( to
stand out against the comments of
his neighbors for not having used ,
smudge pots. I venture the opinion
that' !)! of the growers who are
using smudge pots -in the Rogue
River Valley arc doing so merely
because they see their neighbors
lighting iip, and are not governed
by their own" judgment as to ne
cessity. The process of elimination goes
On year after year. The men who
waste their money unnecessarily in
farhi operations soon become dis
couraged and Sell their property for
less than half the actual cost of
planting and caring for the trees, -:
sayiiig nothing , idiout the original
cost of the land,'! These 'properties
are being tiikcn 'over 'year after year
by horticulturists who are strong
enough to stand out against public
sentiment created by. selfish propa
gandists. ('
The writer does not claim - we v
could not be damaged by' frost. We
might be wiped out before tomorrow
night. No due appreciates this more
than the writer, but if I had my
orchards filled with smitdgc pots I
would still be under the same vague
npprehension.
To make a long story short, when
the growers get their operating cost
up to a point where it exceeds tho .
average earning capacities of their
properties, they are licked before
they start, and it is precisely this
situation that we 'attempt to avoid,
furthermore, I am fully convinced
that the same amount of money ex
pended for fertiliser 'that is wasted
oil oil would serve as a greater frost
preventative than all of the smudge. .
pots ami oil in existence.
This statement is based on years
nnd years of experience in orchards
in all parts of California and Ore
gon. Orchard that arc not well
cured for and well fertilized , will
not stand the temperature, either,
cold or hot, that an orchard will
Hint is well fertilized and well cared
for. Our frost experts should spend
some time investigating this phase
of frost prevention. If they would '
do this the writer could have some
respect for them.
Now if Mr. Young can show
where any of my orchards have
been damaged by frost I will be glad
to havo hi in do so, nnd let the .
growers in the Rogue River Valley
know just how foolish we have
been in withstanding the onslaughts
of our neighbors in refusing to fall
for this siirtulge pot propaganda.
Very truly yours,
Llewellyn A. Banks
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