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PXBE BIX MEDFORfl M3TK fRTBTJS, MM)F0RB. OKEfiON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11. 192.- FOUR CLASHES WILL FEATURE GRIDIRON ft flU . 49,000 SEE CUBS AND ATHLETICS OPEN SERIES All Members Western Con 4 ference to See Action ' Cougar-Bear Contest May Be Close Trojans Fa 1 vored at Seattle. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct.. 1 1. Four conference elashea head to morrows lint of football exhihi tlontf for Puelfic coast fans, with all . 10 members of the western gridiron loop swinging Into action. Three teamu fare conference op ponents for the first time thht e, son, unci two of the elevens figure in one of the outstanding clashes of the 1ny. They aro the Cougar eleven of AVuslilngton Htnlw col lego, and the Hears of the L'nlver Hlty of California, who will come to grips. In the Herkelcy stadium. ...The Cougars gave, the Hears plei)Ly of troublo laat year, and al though they lost 13 to 3, the prin cipal c?uso of their defeat was six punts that Halfback Porter 1-nln-harth had blocked. The result of tomorrow's gamo will probably not find more than a touchdown dif ference In the score. The other major clash of the day finds the Southern California Tro jans battling the Washington .Hus kies. Karly In the season, this con test was looked upon as one of the crucial games of the M2U con ference race. Hlnre last week's tie between Washington and Montana, however, the Trojans have been Installed as great favorites to win. At Los Angeles, the Stanford Cardinals, with their conch, I'op Warner, 2.000 miles away, sizing up the Trojan-Husky encounter, will run "p against the baby of the conference, the University of California In Los Angeles. An over whelming victory for the Cardin als Ik anticipated. ' Th.e other conference encounter will be- between Idaho and Mon tana, the two mystery teams of the loop. Oregon State will meet Columhl.i University of Oregon nt Corvallis, and Oregon will tangle with Wil lamette at Nugene, In the two non ennferenco clashes that round out the day's activities for conference Roofs Near Shibe Will Accommodate Many Series Fans PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 11. (A) Homo 1200 persons will puy to see the A's and the Culm pluy the third game of 4 4 the world's series today but their Investment will not he 4 counted In the day's receipts at Hhlhe Park. "These fans will be accom- modated In temporary seals htillt 'atop buildings along $ Twentieth stroel, which faces 4 the liiill park, 4 4 prices of tickets range 4 from $10 to 26. The owner 4 of one of the larger places 4 spent Iftuu to build 175 seats 4 to conform with city building 4 regulations. Me expects to 4 4 get $11 a seat, the extra did- 4 lar to go for the government 4 4 tax. 4 4 4 4444444444444 BLEACHERSEEKERS AT PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1 1 . V) Five hundred more person know today what It In like to lineup all h Ik lit walling for a ticket to a world's serh'H bull game. That Is about all there was new to the night before vigil kept tint hide Hhlke i'ark last ntght. Most of the funs who made the long wait for firm elm nee at the i'Mto general ml mission sen is of fered for sale beginning at 0 a. in. Wore young boys, so It m-eniM safe lo assume that It was their first experience of the kind since It aw 14 years ago Hint Philadelphia!! snt In on tiie nnninil elnsHie. - Tit..,' -t mmm m Hours before the Cubs and Athletics clashed at Wrigley field In Chicago In the opening game of the world series, the bleachers were packed to the rails, as the picture above shows. Hundreds were waiting at the gate at dawn and ccorct had been there all night. When the game started 49,000 fans had swarmed Into the stands. LARDNER'S HUMOR jCAREy AND BMOFf KENmlOCAL " RELEASEJJBY "ROBINS; PQQTBALL SQUAD I SEEN M. COMEDY BASEBALL TALKIE The laughable baseball comedy, "Fast Com puny," which opened a three days' engagement at Hunt's Craterlan theater yesterday, Is a peculiarly appropriate attraction for that p 1 a y house, running as It does, concur-' rently with t h ? Chicago C u h -Philadelphia A th-j rles games. Putt this Is not t h - only good . thlngj of the entertain m e n t program ! which Includes ;i BILL RODGERSi DUCK MANAGER RESIGNS POST; PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 1L (A1) Pill Rodgers, manager of the Port ia ml basfball club of the Pacific Coast league, resigned today. From Los Angeles he telegraphed Presi dent Turner that he had a "great opportunity to better himself" and was therefore, handing in his resignation. Itodgers has managed the club since the middle of last year. Turner said today he had n man In mind to take Rodger's' place. Asked If It was Dill Kssick, scout for the Chicago White Sox, he said: "I can. neither affirm nur deny that. I'm not ready to an nounce anything yet." Rodgers caino to Portland last summer, replacing Ernie Johnson, now manager of the Seattle club. It was rumored here that Rodg ers may purchase u third Interest In a western league club. LOOP SQUADS IN S4 W i Mvclyn II rent. I r h e' gue. I N'KW YORK, t...;. 1 1 . (I) Official announcement of the un conditional release of Max Carey ami Dave liuneroft by Manager Wilherl Robinson of the Rrooklyn Robins was made today nt the of fice of the club. Carey, veteran outfielder, had been with Rrooklyn since HCMI when he was acquired from Pitts burgh. Of late he had been used chiefly in an advisory capacity and as coach. (. Bancroft, one of the game's out standing shnrOdops, cam 6 to the Robins in 1028 from lioston where he hail managed the R raves for five years. LEGION AFTER SCALP Eat Everything without Fear of Indigestion Are there lots of foods you can't cat for fear of rus, bloating-, puins in the stomach and bowels? Do you havo to pass up favorito dishes whilo the rest enjoy them? That's a sign you need Tanlact For more than 10 years Tanlac has restored to vigorous health thou sands who domed themselves their favorite foods just as you have to. Mr. Lawrence U. Barnes, of 5918 ( nun avo., o.vt oca me, wnsn., aays: "I couldn't eat a meal that didn't cause me distress. But Tanlac relieved mo almost immedi ately, and I could eat anything"." If you suffer from indigestion, gas, ditxinc8. heuduches, constipa tion or torpid liver give Tanlac a chance to help you! The first bot tle often brings the needed relief. - Tanlac Is a good, pure medicine, made of roots, barks, and herbs that are recognised by the United States Pharmacopoeia. Get it from your druggist today. Your money Kox in o v I etone newsreel with nn address by Pre mier MaeDonnld of Knglaud as one of the features, a Pat Rooney fam ily short talking comedy Royal I'ulr," and n "Humorous Flights." "Kant Company" Is a rollicking comedy that depicts a colossully conceited small town "sap" In the sticks, but nj'cal ball player, nev-i erlheless, successfully breaking dl-i rect into the New York Vankoos, ! big league team and by his bat I prowess winning the world's chain-1 plonshlp for them. While Its situations, capable act ing and humorous wisecracks are especially relished by baseball fans, nnn need not understand baseball or be a fan to thoroughly enjoy "Fast Company.", Although the' comedy is not of the slapstick kind this talking film keeps the audi ence In an excellent humor all the way. bringing forth chuckles, mild laughs n nil at times as the plot unfolds, boisterous laughter. It has roina nee. too, and fast net io iV. and the baseball scenes, depleting spring practice in a southern training camp and epi sodes from the final game which won the wold's championship, arc especially Interestingi .lack Onkie. as Miner Kane, the' great ball player from the bushes. who remains nVap otherwise to the end, Is the star of "Past Company." which also features Richard "Skeels" Callagher as Pert "Wal ker, the team scout and sort of caretaker of Klmer. and himself another likeable screen comedian, j as runner-up In Onkie. j Sam Hardy In a straight part.j as the team manager, and Kvelyni I treat Mid Owen l.ee as a team I In a Khter act In vaudeville, are others of thi' cast who contribute much to the success of this film story. .Miss Rreni has one of the best nut urn I speaking voices In the film world, and Miss Ice's wisecracks Mid general hard boiled nttitud" furnish many of I he laughs. All hough the dt atomic episodes between Onkie and (lalhigher fur nish the principal mlrlu. there are many other laugh producing bits scattered Ihrouuhout. and tlu' lines nhmv the Irrepressible Wit oft Ring I .anl tier, (ho humorist, who j wrote the story. . Ml met- remains nil through the story, dtplte his persistent con -1 ceit that he Is the greatest ball player In the world, n very lovable.! clean and human person It. A. K. I PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 1 L (yp) After Thomas A. Sweeney and Dr. ( (J. Hahlti, reprcsenutlves of the American legion on the mu nicipal boxing commission, had re signed last night, the command ers' council of veterans organiza tions launched a campaign today to ftirco ult other members of the commission out of office. When It became known that tho (wo resignations had been given the mayor, rthe commanders' coun cil adopted resolutions calling upon other members of the commission to surrender their offices. Brothers Play Football PHILADKLHIIA, Pa., Oct. 11. (A1) Klvo pahs of brothers will be available for action in one football game here Saturday. Hnnnvcuturu has three sets and Temple two. TO PLAY G. PASS Weakened hy tho ineligibility of Malcolm Sline, Htur linltlmck and Kround KiiiniT, tile Medford liiKli Hchool fooitiiill tuitm will play the CrnntH I'uhs high nehool lit GruntR Push tomorrow. The ousting of Stine wuh another "bud break" for Coach HiiKHii. who stinted in to re mold his squad on short notice. He has plenty of backfield playerj but they are nil green and Inex perienced, and maybe an eleventh hour star will ascend to take the place of Stine. The squad was out yesterday afternoon working harder than ever, and it can be said that the line was functioning better (hull at any I line this season, after a week's drill. Neither the coach nor the players were downcast by the turn of events and took the ab sence of Hllne as unavoidable. The first blow was the failure of Jimmy Mote, a linesman of prom ise, to conform to the rules and he was unable to play. Then Dick AppU'Knte sustained an injury that put him out of commission for the season. . Then the line failed to perform up to snuff and, finally, comes the Stine Incident. A lurge delegation of football ' fans will follow the team to Grants j Pass tomorrow. I Couch Hngan will take the fol- lowing to the Josephine county, capital: 0.- Newlln and Cave, cen I ters; Sprague, Green and Custle- niun, guards; Whyte, Dobbyn, Cun- niughiim urn! I.owry, tackles; O. j Hughes, C. Thomas mid Archer, ends; backfield, Murray. Clay, Hor ; rington,. I'otter, .umhrunn and j Mowman. There will also be a large I detachment of reserves. S. O. N. S. Grid Squad Perfecting Play for Clash Here With Menlo Park PRACTICE GAMES SKATTLR, Wash... Oct. 11. (A1) Tin fir.st Northwest conference football RMno will be played to morrow at Walla Walla. Wash., when Linfleld collej? and Whitman college tannic on the gridiron. The other four schools In the conference will play practice con tests toirmrrnw. College of Paget Sound will bat tle the l. R. H. Lexington eleven at Tacoma In Us first grid game of the season. Willamette unlversityhas a hard! assignment ahead in a game with the University of Oregon at Ku-: gene. - , - j , Pacific 'University is scheduled to tangle with. Albany college at lumip in Forest .Grove, Ore., while' NOW COME me IMITATORS! Success always begets imita tion : leadership always is em phasized by the readiness of others to follow. ' 5 OdIt ZKN1TH U b-ui4 A year ago ZENITH first made press-the-button radio available to the . public . . . definitely supplanting old-fush-ioncd hand-dial station selection with quick-as-u-flash automatic tuuing. Aud to day, ZENITH Automatic Tuning stands more than ever on a pedestal of its own. (Ifforts to imitate ZENITH Automatic Tun- 53 ing are merely attempts to cap italize on the term "aulomalic" , . , imitations in name only. Some have merely changed the . .dial shape; other, have added another tuning operation mui still makes hand operation of the dial a necessity. Fully protected by patents, ZENITH oiler, you the only genuine automatically lulled radio. Only iu a ZENITH receiver can you get Iruly automatic, jreat.lhe-bu(ua radio. AUTOMAT! THE MUSIC BOX 402 E. Main Phone 433 I College of. Idaho, the sixth con- liEKMX, Germany. (A) Amerl- SI. 50 in Germany because of the ference member, w ill meet the cans should worry if the price of "!! f. University of Idaho, southern cigarettes has gone up a few cents j branch, at Twin Falls, Ida., Jn the at home. Ii rands that now sell in j. other two contents. " v The mistletoe never takes root the United States for 15 cents cost ' in the ground. ' City UolN'i't Muloiie) ' ASH1.ANO, tire.( Oct, 11 (Kpl.) The football squad at S. O. N. S. Is rapidly rounding into shape for Its ocuIiik Kami with Menlo Junior coUckc nt Medford. This Menlo bunch Is a team of heavy caliber. They have beaten San Jose State 12-0, and have tied the Stanford frosh 13-13. Menlo has always hail a strong team, j I'ogzo, former captain of the Ios ' Angeles high team. Is Menlo's big I shot. I The Southern Oregon hoys -ill have great possibilities. 1 lines. ! Howe, IMultt, McKnlry, Prown, and( Matthews are showing up well In practice as halfbacks. The full back position s well filled, I'rowsc, being the bent bet for this posh' Hon, Prowse was a member of 1 the undefeated Normal team of 1 :':. . ! Then Is quite a fight for the position of quartet-hack, tallan( ; Kaiiffman, It. Smith, and V, Har rett are showing up tho best for j this position. Callnn Is a small, man that throws a long shadow, j Me pluyed formerly at Commerce: hlnh of Portland.. j Itarrett, former Newberg hit;hj lad, also looks good. (Maude, (Cloudy) llines, dusk 1'itll loterj is undoubtedly the moxt natural hall packer and passer iu the out-j fit. Ills passes nro very pretty to watch. TlinoH seemingly throws t belli without effort. Shull, guard and Matthews, half, are getting, off the best boots. Shiill's kicks) are beautiful, 'long ' high, and I spiral. On the line the SisUlyons will be plenty strong. At center, Schneiderman, McDonald and O, Monro are having a merry scrap for the position, lilght now Schnel- dermim looks like the best bet. The guards all show up well, Neff, Shull, K. Clark and C. Clark are the main contenders. Xeff. a last year's let tor man, looks especially good. The tackiest are all big, fast and scrappy. Tucker, Itrandon, Kii, Moo nndj Wilson are contenders. Tucker and llrandon nro lettermen. The playing of Moo Is very pleasing) to the conches, McXeul and Kas- j hc-rger. Tho wing men all know i their stuff. Ayer. MctJee. Iversoii, ! and I lunsakor all took good for J t his posit Ion. A. vers and lverson j .show up well. llunsaker. Com merce high lad. makes up for his lack uf weight by lots pf fight and ability. Saturday, October 10, at the Van Scoyoc field In Medford, the Sis kiyou will play Menlo, Anyone I who likes good, scrappy footlmll j should see this game. ATHLETICS 8 TO 1 BET TAKE CHAMPIONSHIP cnirAoo. He, n. f.-m With little rub money bring offered, the Athletics today were an " to 1 choc to win the world series, and were quoted at R to for to day's game In Philadelphia. The latter quotation whs subject to re vision should Manager .loo Mc Carthy start Charlie Hoot ns his pitcher. With Itoot pitching the Athletics wero only 6 to f choices. Mack Looked Over 595 Players in 15 Years to Develop Team Seventy pieces of wood go Into the making of a violin. PMll.ADKl.PlllA. lP) Five hundred and ninety-five names have appeared on the Philadetphl-i payroll in the IS years that have passed since Connie Mack won his last pennant. The club records show that 2!! players have participated In Amer ican league games for Philadelphia since the Oollln - Paker - Header combination was broken up in Ul t after the Huston Hravcs smother ed the Muck It en In tho world se ries. Three hundred ambitious rookies nn hopeful veterans havo been it Athletic training enmps In that time without getting Into tho "big show." Pour years after Mack began ( breaking tip tho great machine of ; istio. '11, 1S and 'H. only Hum oldring, nn outfielder, was left on . the payroll. Charlie (Irlmm. the Chicago Cub captain, w ono of Mack's try Units, seeking nn outfield berth. The stars that Mack tried and passed up to develop the pr.ent outfit consilium a high-powered aggregation. Among them nro Sam i limy, St. l.ouls pitcher; Herb Pen t noeK. V a n k e o- pitcher; W.illy Schang, St. Louts catcher; Joe l)u 1 gan. Hoston Hraves; )ennle Soth 1 ern, Phltlko outfielder, and Charley ijumlcHon, Cleveland outfielder. 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