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trmrm wxTTi wmm. mamim. mrcgoy. cttcttoat. jtjse i, 1029. . , .tf v -, lit mi ir Washington Squad Qualifies for Nine Places in Finals I Oregon Seven 0. .S. C. Six Rain Casts Doubt On Record Hopes. Kitten Ball League ny Frank Gorrl (Associated Press Sport Writer) ' KOOKNE, Ore., Juno 1. OF) A forecast of rnln cant a shadow over the northern division Pacific Coast conference track and field meet here today, when a mighty band of athletes the finest collec tion of track talent ever developed in tho Pacific northwest was ready to give the acid test to 15 conference records. "Probably rain Saturday" was the weather bureau's forecast last night which rocked tho hope of a number of cinder artists who were being counted upon to shat ter conference marks of from one to .five years old. In, tho preliminaries the Unlver uitv nf Washington sound qualified for nine places In this afternoon's finals. The University of Oregon captured seven positions, Wash ington and Oregon Htate coIIokcs each won six, and the University of Montana one. The University of Idaho, the other entrant In tho annual moot, did not have starters ' in tho five events, namely, loo and 22Q-yard dashes, high and low hurdloB and 440-yard run. Tho powerful Washington com bination, which has swept aside all Pacific northwest competition this year, was a heavy favorite to win the meet, while Oregon and Washington Htate colleges ranked a close second in the dope. LA COSTEWEARS BIG BILL' 001 TOTl nni.AKii n a Ft uoh STADIUM PAItlH, Juno 1. UP) Hene I.a costs contiueratl 1IH1 Tllden today In one of the greatest of their series of Franco-American tennis battles. Winning their seml-flnal round duel In tho Krcnch chumplonsliips, s-i. -o, n-7, 6-8. Ijacosto'a victory assured an nll-j French final for tho singles title, as Kronk Hunter, Tilden's tennis comrade, was eliminated previously by Jean Ilorotra. Ulg Hill, who always gl-os his followers a renl run for their mon ey,' thrilled tho thousands In the third set. Itcole had outplayed him by a wide margin m smashing aHitmla by a miraculous rally In the through the first two sets and had Itnlned a lead of 6-3 In the third when Tllden flashed four games nf. the innnlN that made him a champion of champions five or six years ngo, to run out the set. Tt t,.nl Inn miicli fill! (if him however, and even with tho help of the 10-minutc rest period which followed, ho wan no ma'.eh for cosle In the fourth, set which went to the Frenchman with loss of but three games. . "1st kM ' ' d4 i m COED Ji r.ff ?3 J Jr. . . Ti I HUSKIES HOLD lT'.f .. 'EDGE IN ME BENCHES STARS ytj, t QUALIFICATION IN DESPERATION f!;' City JLOt ' 1 Meusel, Koenig, j: ' '&W& Cards Again Leading Pi- T.! t3tL " Vtor ILuLALJl. IL-V t-SHw rate Crew. Mrnrnnn ornrnin Ul i u r r K I r . m VII -II Al.'CiUKTA, Oa. (Pi Presence of Ty Cobb on the golf links near Augusta has strengthened the be lief hore that one of baseball's most colorful figures has quit the gume for good. Ho long as Cobb was keeping his batting eye, he shunned golf, say ing It might Interfere with his hitting. Hut now the fnmous Cobb is a regular visitor to the golf links, where he is throwing his power Into drives, and his tech nique into mashle shots. Ty Is showing the name natural swing and coordination o eye, mind and muscle that nf"4 . him one of baseball's greatest hitters. IKE MATCH HAGEN WINNER J!y William J. tTlilpman. Associated Press Bporta Wrltor Those gargantuan numbers on the backs of the Yankees will come In handy on tho bank of the llarlom today. Homo of the boys aro going to be missing ond strange, if not altogether now, faces will appear in their stead. Habitues of tho Ituppart rampart may strain their oyes, but they won't find Hob Meuscl, for ln- un..n In tit, I lltielin. Miller lluiglns admmcu xnia a his shattered force retreated to homo fortification before dawn to day under cover of benevolent darkness. While confessing that Mmtu,.rH ffiiiurn to start either of the lust two games In Washington was due to no mistake in nanauig In the batting order, tho midget manager surrendered other Items of social Interest. Mr. Mark A. Koonlg, he said, would give up third basing for time In favor of liono uoiieri- son, the bench hand. io au- ..,.t,n,. alon Wnllld rODlOCO Mr. i.vnford Larv at shortstop, Cor poral Huggins continued. Ho dis closed all this juggling wnn u attitude of Borne one who Intends to close his eyes and hope for the bent, topping off his remarks with tho assertion that he would bench even Ituth if tho exigencies of tho situation seemed to aemunu it RESULT BRILLIANT F RETURN TO m,ACKWKI.L PA UK, Ulrmlng- hnm. Kill!.. June 1. (ft) Walter llagon defeated Archie Compston one up. In a Jtl-holo golf match .wl.iv .ntnliitr ri-nm behind to win after Coinpston had won a 3ti-holo match from hint yesterday at Moot Pnlll 7 1111,1 H. Ilngcn gave a big gallery from mid hi ml dies n great thrill when ho defeated Cumpstnn nt tho 36th hole. It was ono of the most sen sational victories of his remarkable career. Ileaten to a rian.le uy tne big Kngllshman at Mor Park i.t,.,lnv. Ilio Amer can seemed HIS .,u,.,n miH there were retldl'ts 111' it It-lit ciincel the lilrmlliKnam en- Kiigemeilt. Instead, he had a good time in London until the cany hour of this morning and arrived at lllackwell not only on time but i tiiiin-ter of all hour ahead or time. II n u en llHUllllv Is lato for his tnntt'heM lit Klltflnild. L'tinr dttwn aftern Ino holes, "Tin llaig" came back to square the match at the mm. lie wynt -one up for the flint time In the two ,l.,vK' ulitv nt I in LMltn note, out nti.,1. '! linleK wiim nunin one down lie squared the match again, how ever, and went on to win at the home hole. Coast League Yesterday STATE POPPY SALES Medford enjoyed the second largest , Memorial day poppy sale In the stato, according to Mrs. I,ee Oarlock, president of tho Amer ican legion Auxiliary, who spon sored the local sale. Portland came first, ond nono of the other cities in the state reached Medford's rec ord Bale of 4500 popples. All proceeds from tne saie win tn the rtennrtment treasurer. and are budgeted for hospital and child welfare activities, one-tnira of the amount will be roturnod hum for local needs of disabled veterans and their families. The popples coat $19 per thousand, tne Oregon department giving to non compensated veterans ono cent a poppy for manufacture. Daily Meteorological Report Kanrday. June 1, 1929 Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Rising temperature. Sunday- Humidity above normal. .- Cloudy tonight and Oretrnn Fighting fire with firo In a Sun(lav niiB temperature Sun sort of curtaln-rlser to general Humidity above normal. outbreak or inientc-iiuiu" , w scheduled today, tho American league leading athletics matched hnrd knocks with tho tigers at Shibo l'ark yesterday. Duo to a ninth Inning amnusn oi Itnmmel, who nevcrthelims escaped ...it. i.i iir the Hernials out shone the Macks on safe hi:i by 15 to 14, but Mr. Mcuiiiicuuujr marched serenely from tho prem ises with tho decision in run, 9 to C. ... . ,. This victory stretched tne ui letlo lead to five games over the Hrowns ond to eight over the Yankees. Jimmy Koxx again won tho hitting halo wltn m" niui" , tt. i n nnti a HinKi'i Only two sklrmiBiinH iook along the National league mint, but thorni novorlhclcHB offered ,the Cardinals a chance to regain the lead, which they did. The lied lllrds again repulsed i.iuoiuiim. by 8 tu 1. as tho heavy guns a,. Plilllles fired a broadi'lde which sent the I'lrnto craft, to iin bottom. The figures were tu to i. Tho result of these battles eni the Carillnnla Into first place again with a margin of ono game over the CorHalrH. The l'hllly victory over the Pi rates was marked by Chuck Kllon's 12th home run und Krank ODoul's lath. Klein took the Inter-league lead. (Maude Wll loiiKhby was unable to finish, but won. Ixicnl Rata e. Temperature (degrees).. 58 3 Highest (lost 12 hours)., mi Ijiwest (Inst th hours) Kel. humidity (pet.) SO 88 i,..a..iitt,tlnn (inches) 16 T Stale of weather Cloudy Cloudy Lowest temperaturo this morn ing, 38 degrees. Total precipitation slnco Sep tember 1, 1928. 1 1.06 Inches. CALIFORNIA GIRL Teniticratuie a year ago today: Highest, 82: lowest, n Hiin-Knt to'dav. 1:40 I), in. Hunrlso Sunday, 4:37 a. m. Sunset Sunday. 7:40 p. m. T)TwOTvntitniM Tilitetl nt ti A. M., I2inii Meridian Time CITT 2 3 : "3 I ' K. n. li. San Francisco 4 9 1 Portland 1 (ioinei and Keed; K u 1 1 o r t o n. Power and Woodall. H. II. 15. Oakland 8 0 Hollywood 8 12 0 Jeffeoat, Kalrh and Head; llcl tepback and ltaler. II. K 1 I 3 12 0 Novels K. K. Sacramento 7 Missions f Keating and Severeld; and Hoffman. n. II 1 .- Antroli'M 4 1 Ti 8 ScHttle 4 15 3 i. I'litt, I'olor ond Bundborsi Kil WBidn and Cox. U4 Inning; ralhd on account of AarkncHs.) STANDINGS - OF THE - CLUBS, Pacific Coast l,ri)riie. W. Missions 44 19 l,os Angeles 37 28 Sun Francisco 37 30 Hollywood 31 30 Oakland. SI S3 Saernmenlo 28 40 Piirlliind 23 38 Seattle 22 88 DEFEATS ENGLISH STAR SEMI-FINAL linker City 82 38 Kaliy Ul.nmrck 66 48 Cloudy llolse 66 46 Denver 74 64 Dos Moines .... 76 t.4 Fresno 1' 44 Helena SO 62 Uis Angeles .... 66 64 Marshfiold 60 40 Phoenix 90 60 Portland 66 48 Hod llluff 62 48 Hoseurg 60 40 Salt iJlko City 82 64 San Francisco.. 6S 60 Santa Fc 70 4lt Seattle 6 46 Spokane 70 46 Walla Walla.... 6 Winnipeg 62 44 I V. DICK. Moteorologtat. Monday The week beginning Monday will af ford one of the final opportunities to buy city lots in some of the most desir able residential districts of Medford. This will be your opportunity to se cure a desirable lot at a low price and at almost your own terms. $ 0 $ Down JJ 0 Per Month Natlotuil liOiiitm'. v. SI. Loiila 26 Pittsburgh 23 Chicago 22 Philadelphia 19 New York 17 Huston I" lirnoklyn 1 TO PLAY HERE SUNDAY Tho Medford and Ashland base ball teams will cross bats tomorrow afternoon at the falrgrniinds In the second game of the season. Jack Hughes will do mound duty for the locals, who have perked up In their plavlng. as a result of steady pruc tlce. The Ashlsnd team has been doing the same thing. A number of new players have reported this week. In response to a call by Man ager Paul Taylor for recruits. 11 J probable that the Southern "re oa league, now In course of for mation, will be !n operation by the following Sunday, when Klnmiilll Fulls wiil piny here. Cincinnati 13 26 American Umgne. w. Philadelphia 2! St. Louis 25 New York SO Detroit - 24 Cleveland 19 Chicago 16 Washington 13 UtiStOU II Pet. .698 .56:1 .553 .60S .507 .412 .377 .367 Pet. .634 .622 .611 .528 .500 .8115 .8S!l .316 Pet. .7 63 .625 .656 .535 .487 .381 .861 Kit In Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Knln Main Haln Cloudy Begin investigating today. See any member of the Medford Realty Board. They have the exclusive sale of the lots, to gether with complete descrip tions, prices and terms. Itdl.ANIJ riARKO STADll'M. PliliB, June 1. (A'f Helen Wills today entered the final round of the French tennis championship In which she Is defending her wo men's singles crown, defeating .Miss lilleen llenentt, llngllsh star. In the seml-flnal by a score of 6-2. 7-6. Due partly to a close line de cision In her favor which caused her deliberately to throw away two points, the American nuoen of tho court has a rainy narrow es- etno from losing a set for tne flint timo since tho Kngllsh cham pionship ot ISI27. Although there never was any question ot .Mlssj Wills' ultimate victory, the F.ni:- lluh nluvei. itcbleved the earn feat of forcing n set to deuce against I tho champion or tnice nations when she mode a courageous hid for the second set. , Ilnrnirji nne nf Frnnee's fahtoua "Three Musketeers" of the tennis court, eliminated rramis T. Hunter in the quarter final of the French tennis championship to day, s-s, m-s. t-o. s-o, o-t. Curd of Tluinks. We wish to express our since thanks to our friends nnd neigh bors for the klndneiwi nnd sympathy during the sickness ond death of our beloved wife and mother: also for the beautiful flowers and words of comfort of Itov. Hoese and n. i A. H. J. M. Ouches and Family. I Clean cotton rags wanted at Mnll Tribune offleo. : Inquiries are already pouring into local realtors, indicating unprecedented interest in this f inal sale of City Lots. Those who come first will be served first and will receive the choice lots. Get in Touch With Any of Following Members of Realty Board ,3S9 . Crimson clover l especially adapted to the south Atlantic ma es. where It thrives durlnn the long period of moist, rool weather from September to May, LinLE FELLOW SOGKS NKW YORK. June 1. ?) 'The strongest man In the world" t.,) billed St Coney Island, six feet tall, weight 225. bites railroad spikes and the like, has been beaten up by a little fellow. War t.p Lincoln TrlV prosecuted Wil liam Pollock. 6 feet 2, we'ght IIS. aged a. fur assault. They had a row over a realty deal, and tt illl.ni Uwnnif tinilminterf A ... ... , " I HUIKC tt-t I, till pVI . 10 REGAIN LAURELS KfOEXB. Ore., Juno 1 Mi Cioorge "Wildcat" Pete eam luck last night to regain the Junior middleweight wrestling champion, ship In a hard match with Hobln lteed of Reedsport. An airplane spin which left Heed grokgy for the third set-to. won the second fall for Pete and paved the way for the final fall and victory. Pe'.e required only seven minutes for th fall with a half nelson nnd crotch hold. Reed took the first fjitt In an hour and 23 minutes with a body aclssora. Reed gave up the belt he won from Pete in their sensational bout two week nso. BASEBALL SUNDAY 2:30 P. M. JACKSON COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS MEDFORD vs. ASHLAND Admission, 50 Children 25 Barnes, J. C. Brown & White Butterf ield, Chas. Corn, E. C. Homes, W. M. Leverette, Walter Tengwald, Carl Y. Thomas Realty & Ins. Co. Tumy, Earl Wakefield, J. W. Charles A. Wing Agency, Inc. Ray, Chas. Wold & Wold Southern Oregon Realty. Co. A Profitable Investment 'As an investment, the purchase of a city lot on these easy terms, can not lie equalled. Medford's future' is assured nnd there is every rea son to expect rapid increases iu proportv valuation in Medford. I'ememiier Only $10.(X1 down is all vou need! Beautiful Home Sites Only 1")0 choice city lots left scattered in various parts of the city afford the prospective buyer a wide selection. These lots are clear of all incumbrances and af ford excellent home sites for those who are contemplating home buiiding in this city. 3C M n