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9 10 DISCUSS LOCAL RING SITUATION Boxing Commission to Out line Program for Winter . and Hear Would-Be Pro motersSeveral Appli cants for Role in Medford ! No Word From Sailor Jack Wood. With Htinimop imu-tlcully ovi-r. and the boxing unil wrt'ilhin H.-jt-Hon rapidly npproiu'lilnn. the Med ford HoXiliK c-ommi.-'siitN will iTif"l tonitjlit to outline a program for tht tmHUins H:uKon and (Uncus neeilfd chungi'H in local Ixixinir and wrcntlliiK affuh-H. Applica tion of four promoter, who would stiiKe matches thlH vlniei ( will alu lu c'oii.sideri'd. If cliuiiKCH, us they are mm plnnm-d, bo into effect, tin- rlrm HportH will be Htiiid uiHlrr en tirely different cnniliiiniiH and the eoMiinl.H.siiin will havr Kieaier co a trol than It ha enjoyed in ih past. Am It now Htniwln. the enm intNHion in coin)oscd of five nicni-, bei'H, Jjtirry Kchade. chairman ; K. ('. Jerome. Kred Krick.Min, J '. JIlBham and V. K. M mitIh. Ir. A. l' V. KrOHMc It a ineinber as ;i phyHlcinn to render llr.st aid dur liiK bout, and to examine con testant before entering the rinK Many Applicant. Apparently believing money can be. made eanily and In fairly lartrt' amounts, more aj plicantH have ap plied this ttcahon for promotor phip than for yraiH, nil of which in a con t rant to condition! lo-f not ho long ajio when Medford was cln.MM-tl as a poor place for 1-u.vers and wrestler.. Thin condi tion continued more or Iosh until the arrival of Hallor Jack Wood who left la hI mi miner for KanwaH, after having built up t ho gunw to a fairly hluh level. Woud'H fh-HL match in Medford had KtoHK rceclptH uf $.tii and he did not try another match for over a year and then recelplw to la led only $Hf In Hilarity Hall. Thin small amount failed to dim hlH determination ami he slaved a match with Ted Thye of Port land In the V. o. V. hull with re-i-eiptH of nightly more than Hiu. Several malcheM thereafter, drew poor houne. faiiH not having Kain rd faith in the wn-Hllinn waine. lioAliiK matehcH wuro bolter at-, tended, (iino liwllt I'p. .Slowly but Hurely each mat eh drew a larger crowd and the larROKt packed Hilarity Halt arena, j on Kir Htreet, when over 100 faun were turned away from a match In which Hull Montana whh fea tured. Later other wrest lei'H, Home of tho bent on the Pacific mant. were brought to Medford at cnti Hlderablc expense, and Kd (Strain:-! ler) Iewla, worldn heavyweight ; champion, wrestled n younn hope-J rill, HIM Shaw, before the larKesl wreKtllnK crowd that ever mine. Into tho armory, althouKh never.tl muteheH nearly eiiuated the utlciul anco hint HpriiiK- Today, Med l ord Im reeo(;nlt d aM one of the lust wresllltiK elites in the Htale, ami also Mauds high In tho boxiiiK world. Thin condi tion In probably the lure for the moro than awii.i applIcailoiiH of local and out of town men to Hcr'e an promoter. Although the luini nctw wan In good condition when ho left laM Hummer, Sailor .lark Wood, uh promoter, never made a laiB" amount of nniiey. accord Ins to IiIh own word (i, and if he had not wrestled on the sldu In other cities, lie would have tlll found the vvhUIhx and hoxhm bUMineuM a hard matter here. Piirforiiu-rw Take Profit. , I OroK Kate receipt m may have been laiKe at n Kood many of th. matehca, but the wrcMbrs de manded lai'KA percent UKeH to travel lorn? dlntanceH to Metlford. Cood inalcheH brlim Kod crowds but are expensive, and while the boxing commission may not make a decision tonight who will noble local rinK di'siinies thin winter. Medford and southern Oregon fann are liopltiK u wiso choice will be maile. They expect the appoint ment of a promoter who ts thor oughly familiar with the boxing and wrest II uk' business,. Applicants who have upproaehed the commlfion Include n promote, who hiu been In bus' ness In a pood- id zed Willaiinlh- alley .in for some time; n wi-csibr also tn mitiar with the promotim; busi iichm; two local men as p.n t n i s. Well known, one especially, to M" d ford fans: two other lo.nl men. also well U now n here, li I pos sible; there jnay be utlu-r applo mils beftno tonlKht or before the vmu mission leacheH a deeision. City Attorney l-rank Kani-ll will meet with the commission tonight and possibly other Interested par ti cm. Some of th chances planned- promise ureal benefit to the two spoils In .Medioid and others are routine changes needed for yearn. No Word I'Him WihmI. Ah noon an the commission coin pletes Its plans for the year mid a nnouneen t ho new promoter, nmtehen will probably be plven every iwA weekn. an they were Innt year and the year before by Sailor Jack. Jack Wood had plan ned to return t'o Medford the trd of this mouth and resume the btinlnenn where he had left It, but the Itoxlnc cumin lsnlnn has never Jirurd from him. Wood would be Pay Day Again for . Will Soon . J: ' i to " - ' Pay days don't conic very orii MMnethiiifc whvn they do nrrlw. check of 1U2H for meeting 'loin I Ity Jay Vessels, ( Sjujits Lditur, Assoc tat 4d Press) I 1'Vaturo Service) i I N K W Y ' 1 i K (!') Fuv a ma n j wh lost three Important fights. ; two by knockouts. In the last ffvo ' years. Jack Sharkey is doiiiK right well, thank you. p Jack collects his second (100,00(1: purse of the lltlt socking season, 1 September iMJ when he meets J Tommy Lottghran in a l"-rouii'l rii kus at the Yankee Htatliuin. , He pocketed Ills f.rst f KIO.OI'O check after stepping 10 rounds j with Young Stiibhng at Miami Hench In March. j Stopped by Romero Kojas iu 1 !2 I, Sharkey came back to slak-i everything on his battle with ; DeinpHcy in the summer of 1 ! J7. j Host on's Jack was emphasizing ( oratory as much an fighting those j days and even tried to talk the referee, Into disqualifying Manassa i Jack for hitting low. iJeinpKcy took no chances at heckling and took a quicker mid mi for method of Interrupting shar-! key' speech. Instead of Hteppingi ! generally welcomed back to Mcd fotd because of his past good rei ord In hi aging ma t -lies, about which some fans still talk, remem ber, ng the Terrible Turk, Hassan M u hummed ; r-'red Morlenscn, I he Terrible Dane: Charles ( lson, the vicious Swede; Sam Claphain champion of Kngland; P.ull Mon tant of the funny face; Prof. Higamf, Japanese artist: Hob Kruse, the most hated wrestler to ever appear In .Medford; .lack Ita monn, quiet I'lah Italian and many other top-notehers. OF . Cllll-Atio, KpiiI. IS.(Vi Tin of form nf (Jtiy Itu.sh. if tin' rnliM, IrailliiK ImrU-r of Mic Na tional Imuc, In rauslttK real run ri'rn immntt Wfllfy flt'lil. In li Ih last flvo htat-tH Itih lias Imm'ii luitlod rnmi lilt' Imix rlvt ttnn'a. IHh r'cnril In thn won am! InM t'lilnnin has not Miffrrt-tl Kl'atly only ono (lefrat In tin- five rontrt.tK lmvhiK Iotii rliarKtMl aRaliiht hini. Itut hlH Inability to regain hlw of foitlvenoh, has cvni .loo Mrl'iirthy wlui wan mt lioih oroil lit first sotioiiMly orrU'l now. l,ot.M of rontrol M-onis to hi llnsll's chU'f trotlblo. Baseball Standings Ity the Associated Pre- ('oust i W. I.. MollywiMid . :,t ;; .Mission -Ill :t 1 San I'ranclsco '.i ;i I rortl.'ind tti :tr. I .oh Angeles 17 ;tV j Oakland la u Sacramento .. :'!l iVt : Seattle r.j f Nat loual : w. i.. 'fhleiiKO K ' I'llliUI'Kll M ;. j New 'olk 7."i ti;l I.outs i;;i ti-.i t liinokh n . . . . ti'. Til : riiiiiiiieii.hi.i !',. :r rinelnnatl lia 7 n Mb. Moll f.' S7 Aillerli-au W. I. I'hlliiili'liibin 4;i New York Ml r.a Oevotalul 7t til St. l.ouis ... 7 J llii letioit . . r,:, 7.'. Washlnc'on I T. CIlleaKo .'. I sr. Uoston '.mi .fitiii .r.iit .ro'.a . IVL' ,:ir. i . a I'el. .r.i.i . 7 :i .i. i: .4 III . 4 :i 2 .:i7 1 IVt. .1.71 .41.1 . n;n .:iss .;i7 1 i mmi Koibit W c4lucHla . liAMUli V. KnitlMid. Sept. iv. 111 All decKi d out In rod ,, utttic rclldlcton W.i totlnv aualtlm: th openliiK tMin which w ill svm the 01h annual IS ndleion roundup on Its way into hiMory. The four day , the greater) w i ?!et u pMLCilUt Of till fodeo Ot bl, III start toniori ok. Jack Sharkey; Get Another $100,000 n for .lack Sharkey, bin they mean .lack (tots his mtoimI SKMi.fMMi my ImiImiui September 2. back and hollering, "Come on and light," the former champion step ped In and nailed his man. Sharkey quit the stump after that, but the momentum down ward started by liempscy's left hook carried1 him through two unfavorable fights the following winter. Tom Heeney got a draw with tho cluuter from the Codfish licit. And Johnny Uisko beat him In I "i rounds. All of this was forgiven when Sharkey outsparred Strihhng and he became the natural opponent for Mich budding biffers as .Max Schiiiclling and Tommy I.ugh ran. Mux appeared due to come first but subsequent difficulties put him reci mi to Loughrati ami sever. il others also It now appeiirM. Hy disposing of Loughrati, Shar key as the outstanding contender for the heavyweight title, would be nicely fortified In a position to demand at least another $100, immi for next winter's battle of Hlxleland. That's not a bad outlook for a man who never held a title. I'OKTI.ANI). Oft'., Koil. 18. (!) j Uuik Tom HawkhiH. S:m Diuno I nouro. did mil have to I'urre lilm- Molf In kniH k out Dol Wolfe. Iti-l- llimhnm. Wash., ItoiivywolKlit, in tholr HI-rounl tuatt-h here last j nlK III Two right iippi'iciitH In tho I fniirlh rniintl illd I ho I rick, i llohh .lulih o( Alhlnu took a hI round iIccIhIoii over Tod Itimoway of rorlland. Johnny Tranilillas of I'orlland j won ovor Jimmy KhImt "T Soatllo; j Kddii' Kdlomati of Alaska ili-rlsioii- cd Kay l'lnlo of 1'orl land, and Al ISiratih ol' Alliina boat Hobby Iiuk- nor of I'orlland In the eurlaln ; raiser. I SYDNKY. Auslrulla. Sept. IS. 1 (Ti'i - Hon .Hiirshall of Kimiand Kaln ed it iloeision over Jim Mnllelte of the fulled Slates ill a fast l.Vmtiiul lioxiuK houl hero tonight. .Mar ' shall sealed 117 pounds and Mul , loltu I la. Coast League Yesterday (By the Associated Press) It. II. K. Sai-ratnento Ti x n I'orlland t! n 1 I I J InuihKsl. Cano, Krellas ami Harris; Vul lerlon ami Woodall. It. II. K. Oakland Seallle MeKvoy and ami Co. ,". 7 0 I ti :i l.ombarill: Kiullh 1! II K. , Hollywood K 17 , l.os Angeles l 1 1 ll Sbellelibaek, WelJlel, .lohns and iSevereld. HassliM-; Harfoot, llorue ; and SamlberK. It. II I. Missions ... ti 1 1 San Kiutielseo s 1 1 insier, llubhell Hint Hoffman tiome. and Melssaes, l'liebsky. Fights Last Night NKW MAVKN. Conn. -Kmery Ca bana of Sanford, Me., outpointed Louis ("Kid") Kaplnti of MeiUliaii, Cnnn. t 101. TOliDN TO - IUnck UlU of Cuba (utpolnted Happy Atherion or In dlanupotiM. IN'UI A.NAPOl JS - Koy Wallace of lndlanapoli outpointed ounn JacK I)l1lnii of l.oiilMvillc loi. t.OS AN(i KI.KS - Kddie Mack of m-nver outpointed toddie lU's or Wiimiimton not. I Clai-sirkd advei Using i,oti t i-jults. DUCKS REQUIRE CUBS CONTINUE! EXTRA FRAMES 10 DOWN SACS ' Scratch Out 6 to 5 Victory! in Portland Stars Open: Final Three Weeks' Drive With Half Game Margin! Over Missions- ! Ity the Associated PreM Pacific ( 'uhhI league clubs were back in the trenehcH today for the crucial puii in the lirj'.t campaiKii, h Ith the If oily wood Stars in the van, three weeks from the close of the season. With Los Ai!"-!"rt chthniiiK th fht victory of the weeks series 1 llb victory or one pirate defeat from the league leading Hollywood 1 wil1 fml but the Cubs have been club yesterday, the Stars held a j looking for that one game sineo margin tof a single game over the Sunday night. They will try again Mission Jtcds who were tied for I today against the Giants, with Hos secoiid place by their rivals this j ton arrayed against the Pirates. week, the San Francisco Seals, on their home lot, thus, in order to retain first place In the standings, the Stars must win today from the Angels, or share it with the 'Iieds or Seals. The Angels defeated the Stars in a thrilling game at U'riglcy Kield, Los Angeles, the score being 9 to 8, It was as scorching a Rattle as the torrid weather, and ended in the ninth when Carl Jlolllng socked a home run over the left field wall to send Statz home ahead of him. With the Angels leading in the eighth 7 to 3, the Stars rallied in the nnith, scoring five runs, but Holling's homer turned the tide. The ball was lively in the Seals Mission tangle at Recreation park, bouncing off busy bats at frequent , Intervals in a regular home-run debauch. The contest finally ended ill a h to (I verdict for tho Seals. I Of the 14 runs brought in, 13 were I due to home run flogging, which persons of a mathematical bent declare to be a record, (lus Suhr, leading home run walloper of the CoCast league for many a day. delivered the Williams crew from the morass of defeat with a slap to the iiKhl field fence that sent two men on bases home with him. It required t welve , innings for the Portland Pucks to scratch out a (i to 5 victory from the Sacra mento club in the northern metro- ix.liu ri,.,- i,.i-it-,,..i )k. a a five-run advantage In the second !nnine whk'h HIIW l'lKnt IMrat0 n,nH and third, the visitors peppered 'nsod home on four singb-s in iiway at Kullerton ami by the ninth ! H'lllntly mixed with four passes. Inning had It tied at five-nil ' 11 wil1' l,ilr "l n fielder'a choice. Pitcher Cano was forced to retire when a ball bounced from his glove and hcancd It Inn Lou McKvoy opened the Scuttle-, Acorns series wil h enough speed, curve and pep to hurl the (inks 1o a r. to 1 victory over ibe Indians Want Ads The Largest Used Car Market in the City B Bit QUEST OF GAME TO CINCH FlAG ; Mathematical Certainty De- layed By Brooklyn Victory in Bargain Bill McCar- thy Talent Has Bad Day. ' ! .fly William ,T. Chipiuaii Assoert(ed Press Sports Writer The loiiK-a wafted clinching of the pe.npant by the Culm was de ' layed ataitn yesterday when lirook ! lyn twice rallied to win both halves I of a double header in Chicago as I the Pirates came from behind to i pull out the decision in their one ! (.'ante atfalnst the Phillies, One The loss of the two games to Hrooklyn was of no moment what ever to Joseph V. McCarthy, hut he did have cause for any amount of apprehension he felt over, tho rough manner in which his pitchers were handled! In the first game Hal Carlson permitted the Robins to run up a lead of 6 to 0 In a single Inning, the third, ami the Cubs made it close only because Dazzy Vance had one of his worst (lays of tho season. Tho Hruinn assaulted the strike-out king for three runs in the fourth and for four more in the fifth, and approuched to within one hit of the pennant only to see Kddie Moore single with the bases filled in the ninth to give the Robins an 8 to 7 decision. Guy Hush was knocked from tho box by five Robin runs In the first half of the nightcap, and Hal Carl son gave way to a pinch batsman in the seventh when the Cubs pull ed up to a tie. Art Hehf was shaky i in the. eighth, and Pat Malone rush ' ed to the rescue, only to deliver ja home run ball to Habe Herman j with the bases filled. The Cubs ! picked up one more In the ninth, i but the Robins won by it to 6. I The Pirates defeated the Phillies ; in tho get-away game by 11 to 7. jand did It on eleven hits against I sixteen piled up by the Phils. The Ituccaiieet-B won on n big seventh Hurlelgh Grimes wns driven from the box In the first round while the Pirates were engaged In ill the nort hern camp. Ten Red skins bit the dust in as many hurlintrs. If you've a used car to buy or sell read the Want Ad Section and get in touch with the greatest used car market in the city. Reliable dealers and the better class of purchasers use the Want Ads. Take ad vantage of this ex pansive market. 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