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PXOE SIX MTCDFORT) MA"TL TRrBUNE, MKT) FORD., QjtEdOX, THURSDAY, MAY 23, UJ29. I . - -II. II , . , , . 1, , gg KID CHOCOLATE IS GIVEN EDGE IN FIDEL FRACAS Hard Hitting Billy Will Trade Punches Here With Jack McCoy T j Cuban Loses Throne Chance I By Extra Poundage De f ; cislon Unpopular at Ring side LaBarba Aggres ; sive Throughout Fight. :f fC.BW YORK. May 23. UP tfl-Chocolate, -Culm's ebony box JjUf'acej bu- not yet reached the top of the buntaimveJkht clasp, but his InKeiTtlps aro groplns at the .)JO(iK. ;'rhe "koed" loHt a possible chance for rocutfnltlon as champion when 'he came In overweight for ;lat night's victorious battle with Fidel LnBnrka, his outHtandlnR rl .val for. tho .vacant throne, Before the fight started the New York state athletic commission decided 4not to recognize the winner an the logical successor to the title. 1 ' Chocolate failed to gain a deci sive claim to recognition through hi si night's furious battle, although the Cuban kept his record of 147 fight without a defeat untarnished. -Both proved to the 18,000 excited ana that they were outstanding 'among the contenders. . ' A close voto of the two Judges and thti referee gave the decision to Chocolate after ten furious rounds. The ringside experts were inclined to call it a draw, while the faiMt favored the Callfornlan. "One of the judges voted no de cision, while the other and the ar biter within the ring decided In favor of Chocolate, '-- , : V t-ariarba's steady aggressiveness cai'i'letl i plenty., of. weight with the crowd, which rewarded him with a larger share of: its hoarse cheers after the decision was announced. jl-fe ..rushed and plugged through cvepy round except for a brief, pe- j iju nuiu ; me hiiuuiu ui inu tiny when bath boys woro glad enough til take a breathing spell. He fall- led, however, to land as cleanly as th$ Cuban did or with such tolling foivo, ' ,' 1 Tlio smiUnrt. ikillful Kid proved (tlirte after l,me tfyu It is clono: to Hioxlng suicide . to t miss hn attack (directed at Kim. , fcvery time Fidel 'failed to land with one of his furl ibus rushes' in a; "Koed had' him In dunger- 'j "Chocolate'i. .heal chance ,i(?iim'fl'hi the "seventh round when Lu Burba rnlssd his first wallop and the' Cuban sent him staggering to the ropes with a storm of .blows, hut his greater strength and ex perience' enabled hlin to weathor 1ht Htorm and ho tmrno back to stagger Cliocoluto vltli a burst of p.te!;d, ; ' "V J ' ENTRY LIST FOR ff EN GOLF PLAY- N OPENING GAME Ullly Cliorcli. I Jackie McCoy, up until a few yet had slhu lioxlne profession months no a boxing sensation In I thero noy been receiving a set Heifttlo, will meet a hard hitting! hack by the prohibition of boxing flghtor, 'Monday, at the armory I matches. : This action was takon In the person of Hilly Church of shortly after Eddlo Cartwrlght, a l'ortltfnd, i and In preparation, ho i negro, sustained fatal Injuries has been in exceptionally hard training for the bout. Church is oxpectod '.to arrive In Modford the latter part of this week., McCoy was appearing regularly on Hoattle cards . In main events and soml-wlndups and probably would have been fighting thoro while boxing In thut city.' i Other bouts of the tour six round event card will go on as scheduled and , each Is attracting widespread Interest, especially Pat Padelford of this city and Red So renson of Central J'olnt, both of whom will meet hard hitting men. : LESS THAN 1928 i . NIOW'iyOHK, May !!3. (!) 11. Jl..' Ramsay, ,. olmlrman of the rhainplonshtp committee of tin lihilefb Htntt'M (inlf assuclatfon, mi iVunced today thut IU0) enliiim wrt?- fJlfil for the a 3 id competition fiirv the open golf clmmplonHhlp of lite United Htates. linlrioH closed auesdy,-. ; Thor6-were HUH' entries for the 3W2K championship, ; Qualifying roumlH will bo played June 10 over 10 courses. - One hundred and 60 players will moot, In tho championship proper over 7g holes tit tho Wlngefoot rlulv Mumaruncck, N. Y., Juno i7 20. , . t v Imllcatlons were that 115 or 110 places .will , be filled by tho quullfy iK rounds, the other 34 ur Vo pincen Rotngx io players exempt from, fiiallf.vlng. Tiic exempt play frs. Include tOid , .30 low scorers In ho, Just open, on visiting forulgn IuofOHBlonal an,d pros from the ill ((fed Htates nut otherwise exumpt jvpo placed in the urltlsh open his yuarf a : , SlaNDINGS S i OF THE , ' GLUBS. ( Pacific Coast League 1 I w I. Mission .r I Angulos .: Oakland ... ...... Ban Fmncls:o Hollywood ...... rianaiiicnto Portland 37 8- 3(1 30 25 26 20 Seattle, 10 10 (!,'!';. National League , .' ; . w: 'ChjoHto ..i....:.......... , 19 St, Uul ' I Pittsburgh 15 . boston ,.f. ..i 14 ' lnlU('lihla 13 Now York. ...V. ;..:. 10. Cincinnati ., 1 1 Jiruoklyn 10 ' ' 1 fA'lnerlcan League V.i". j. I.'.. , , :. , w. Plilladslphla 20 6t I.oula 1 New York .'..t....:-... 16 Detroit , ...,... 19 CleTeland i 4..... 16 Chlrairo ! ; .'. 12 Washington 10' buBUmV..,......,.. ........... $ I'cL .tins .5(11 .526 .629 .490 .41(1 .3112 ,3or. lvt. .79 .656 .500 .500 .3K5 .379 .345 Pet. .714 .633 .593 .659 .483 .375 .370 .275 OirrcflfeEiER's 60LF Bag; Ily O B, Heeler. I c trolled out toward tho long practice tee, on the hilltop at tho 1'lnohursU country club and rub bed my eyes. True, It was rather early In' the morning. Hut that was no valid reason I should see a young nmn out theru hitting big driving shots whllo standing on one foot. 1 approaehiHl cautiously and Investigated. It was pcrfoctly true.' 1 ' The young man was Al Hough ton, of Washington, until lately a crack amateur, now professional at tho llnrpcr country club. "Oh, It's no great trick," ho as sured me. "I've played a good many rounds that way. It's good practice in not letting your body get in .too fast. If It does over you go on your ear." 1 hud 'scon Joe Klrkwood play shots standing on ono foot either foot In his ' exhibitions. But 1 never heard that he ever played whole rounds In that stork-like attitude. 1 asked Al if he ever HELEN AND EDITH QUARTER FINAL NET JOUST PA It IS, May 23. (A) Helen Wills received tho flraf setback of her 10-U tennis campaign today when she and her fellow -Callfornlan, I'M 1th Cross, were beaten In the women's doubles i garter f I mi in of the French championships by 1..IU 'D'AlvnreB of Spain and Ken Bouman of Holland. The vcores were 8-8. 6-4. Miss Wills, never at her best In doubles, played well, as did MIks Criwfs, but their play lacked t In close synchronization and teum work of their antagonists. Tho first set provided somo ;f the most absorbing tennis ever seen in n women's doubles mutch hero as the Amerlcuns waged u . brave fight to gain the lead. , Kt the start the AmerlcaiiH went ahead by two-love In games as Helen won her service and helped to break through that of Miss D'Al varen. Hut then the Duleli-Hpun-Ishp air reeled off four games to go The winners are looked upon as practically certain to win the cham pionship anil today's match held alt the tension and interest of a final i round encounter for the UtU. I had made -any deeent scores, shooting from the right foot alonet "Well," he said, "I once did the Columbia country club course in 1'A. playing on tho right foot alone." This course was a good enough lest of golf for the national open to be played thuro In 1 1 2 1 . . ''.My best ono-lugged score WUH hV tho Manor club." ho added. "I shot a 70 there and won a little hot on a match at tho same time." 1 watched him hit several drives. The hall traveled in a beautiful trajectory and seemed shorter by less thnn 20 yards than his nor-V Huns are being completed for the first I nine bull game of the sea son next Sunday afternoon at the fairgrounds, between Ashland and t Med ford, - The game will. start at 2:00 o'clock. The diamond has been nut in good siiaoo for the opening contest. There ought to L be a large crowd In attendance, as there is considerable Interest in tho opening game. Ashland, under the direction of Polk Ninlnger, Is rounding out a fast ietini, withi several recrultn from the Normal school.' Med ford will also have a strong: lineup. Jack Hughes, of the high school will start on tho mound. It is expected that in another week, Klamath Falls and the Owen-Oregon teams will be ready for battle, and formally In the rejuvenated southern Oregon leuguo. There Is also talk of teams from Grunts Puss and Gold Hill. The team will operato' on strictly amateur basis,.. with, no saU aried players, and each team has solemnly sworn that when the raco got hot they will not start importing stars, that dent the team's wallet. A portion of the gale receipts of each game will be put in a "jackpot," for the champion. , . .', : '.. . LADY NET STARS SAY BARE LIDS. HELP TO PLAYER LONDON, May 23. (P) Tho stocklnglcss fad may bo the mode among women players- at Wim bledon this year. While Helen tYVIIls was appear ing bare-legged In Paris today. Helen Jacobs and two English women tennis players arrived from America declaring their inten tion of not being ' handicapped" by hose In this year's Interna tional competition at the famous English stadium. "This stocking business is merely a question of comfort and greater freedom on the courts." said Miss Jacobs. "In California ths year nearly everybody played without stockings and it undoubt edly helps one's game. At "Wim bledon 1 shall not wear stockings." Miss Evelyn Colyer and Mrs. John Hill. MIhs Jacobs' English companions, who have been visit ing the United States, expressed the mi i no attitude. ' "Mrs. Hill and I are deter mined to play at Wimbledon this year without Mtocklngs," Mbm Col yer declared. "I do not mind what mttl Iwn.liiiMriiil ilt-lvn At nuuiii-itil me it wiih Hlfflt ult In irft mnrli! anybody toys.' off I nc. playing from one leg., Ho uuld putting was tho most diffi cult part of tile one-legged systeid. , Hum-ho! I never found much difficulty In-getting off lino from two legs. Incidentally. At demonstrated that ho could play very well on Attorney Missing. all his legs by doing a 68 in tbej RAN FltANCISCO, May 23. (P) second round of tho north and police revealed that John F. Cas Kouth open championship V- the neJ, well known attorney, had been lcnt run mi of the f rut days miy. ' missing three day. Kccord Ham Sale. SACKAMENTO. Cal.. May 23. (Pi The ninth western ram sale closed with a record sale of 1.440 rams and ewes, bringing a price to tal of $66,682. ...in bridge it's the BIDDING " x :- ; ' ' ' '''' ' '"p vfy' - V " ff ? hr, r,Z rj . w fell Jim A ? M ...in MILD and yet THEY SATISFY a rette its TASTE TASTE above everything It takes better tobaccos to make Chesterfield, more thorough aging, a blend and "cross-blend" that are all pur own. But Chesterfields satisfy millions and "such popularity must be deserved." Isn't it clear that" the 'saihe thing counts with smokers as . with us "TASTE . . above everything?" 0 Lvhesterf ield FINE TURKISH and DOMESTIOtobaccos, not only BLENDED but CROSS-BLENDED O 1929. Iiogrtt & Mybrs Tobacco Co. illistlfc ltolnriiH. turned luat nUn from Now York SAMO.M, Orc.'Muy 23. IP) nnd WushlnKton. Juatlco Uclt in justice Harry H. Uclt of the htute tontled the American Bar Institute crick supreme ennrt. anil trs. Uclt rn- I In Washington. ' tlent. Bccin llciid-s X. It. C. land a director of ' the National , XKW YOHK, .May'M P Tred- Biscuit Co.. succeeding Hov K. Beers, formerly vice presl- Tomllnson. who bccomcH chairman ' has liceir elected president inf the hoard of directors. ; .tS ' OF NEW AND USED V Coast League Yesterday It. II. K. Mn AiiKelen ,......;... 7 7 3 Portland S 9 1 Uoherta. I'lltt and Warren; Mo liafley and Woodall. II. II. K. San Kinnclnco I) 10 1 Hcatlhj I It) 3 Jacolw and Kewi; Finch, I'lpkas and Htelneck, H. II. K. Oakland & I'J ti Mlnnlonii '.. ..3 t x letfcout and Keaill; Kraune and, Hoffman. It. It K. Saeramenlo 0 3 1 Hollywood 7 17 1 llrvnn und Scvereld; llnlvey nnd Cook, Pianos Phonograph s Cabinets Prices on Our Entire Stock Have Been Cut to the Bone 15; to 50 Reductions Bargain No. 1 Four 7-tube Croslcy All-Electric Gem Box Radios, regular $112.50 values, j tC7 Cfl Now selling for,po'',JU Bargain No. 2 Five 8-tube Crosley All-Electric Show Boxes. Selling reg ularly for $137.50. Going at ft0h;ssale $93.15 Bargain No. 3 Three 7-tube All-Electric Brunswick 5-kr., Regular $150 values. Prices Cjl f( for this sale &t ..: ... LKJV -VI Bargain No. 4 Two 8-tube Crosley Consoles with dynamic speaker. Splen did $170.45 values. Going at this sale $ 1 2 5 MUSIC BOX Ccme Now These Bargains Won't Last 402 E. Main, Phone 433 TERMS 1L