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GREA
BEATEN
TONE
BY
GRID STAR
Trafton Gives Self-Hater
Beating in Four Rounds
for Decision Shires in
Resin Thrice During Fra
casNo Disgrace Felt
' Sucker Money Solace to
Pride -
CHICAGO. Dec. 17. Ul') A
special dlsputeh to the Tribune
curly today said Hack Wilson, Cub
center fielder, hud decided defi
nitely nut to ru through with h h
fight with Arthur (The Great)
Hi) Ire h hero In January,
After learning that O forge Traf
tun, football pro, hud whipped
Khlres IuhI night, Wilnon asked
tho Trlbuno correHpondent: "Why
should I liek him, too?"
The Tribune writer quoted Wil
Bon as naylng:
"If Shires had beaten Trafton
I might have gone to Chicago und
tried to talk President Veeek of
the Cuba into letting mo go thru
with It. Hut thero in no use In
bucking- tho Cubs und making my
wife mud just to floor u guy who
ha already been licked.
' I've been worried right along
over whether to fight and get thut
$15,000 purse or lo turn the fight
down nnd plea ho Mrs, WIlMon and
President Veeek. Now, with Shi ret
whipped, Tin going to stay right
here In Mnrtinsburg und get ready
to play ho mo great baseball next
year.
City arena to Its creuklng rafters,
Trafton met und decisively con
quered the loquacious, punch
slinging White Sox first baseman..
Packing thunderous blown behind j
iiih iu puunuH, no uaiiereu siuron
to tho floor three times and wont
the decision by u wido margin
after five rounds of too-to-toc
milling;
Moody Hut L'lihowttl,
It was tho first sotbm-k for tho
"Great One," but It didn't finish
Ills ring career. As a physician af-
i tended his split Hp und damaged
chin, ho announced with no little
I hauteur ho was ready and wllllngi
to carry through his agreement to
meet the "JJempsey wf tho Cub
dugout," Hack Wilson, some time
in January.
Nor did he feel disgraced by.
his defeat. Ho halfway admitted
Traf ton's superiority, but pointed
out that ho was outweighed by 40
pounds.
"I didn't want to meet that big
bruiser und I've got a mind to
sock my manager on the Jaw," he
grunted. "Hut I fought the best
could and had my own laugh '
the suckers those silly fans who
paid five (lolliu-H a seat. let 'em
laugh at inn nil they want to. Let
'em think I'm dumb. 1 got thrco
grand ($.1000) for the right nnd
I'll get $10,000 more for swap
ping socks with Hack Wilson."
, Good nt Start.
Shires fought a courageous fight
last night, but Trafton's great
weight and superior boxing ability
was too much for him. Only ut
the start of the battle did he look
like the Ureal One" who sent
Daly to Kleep. At the tap of the
bell he leaped like u panther from
his earner, rocking the "Hig Hear"
with a storm of wild rights and
lefiH. Hut Trafton, his muscles
steeled by long months of foot
ball, was ready for him. He won
Gridiron Gems Point for Rose Bowl
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These grouiKl-gahiltig expert
their tennis meet lu tho amiiial
Hy Paul MIckeLson.
Associated Press Sports Writer
CHICAGO, Dee. 17. (fl) Napo
leon met his Wellington. Arthur,
"Tho Clrent" Shires has met his
"Wg Bear."
Flushed nnd setf-udmlttcdly
(ireat because of his unofficlul one
round victories over his erstwhile
White ' Sox m o n a g o r, Jtussell
Uliiekhllrne. nnd hit ll-Hn(ilul I lilw ltlir Hvnl. llnlh liml Ihn tli-pil
knockout over Dangerous Dun ni-petmim-c of a pah of ditch dig-1
JJnly of Cleveland In his profes- gers going home after a hard day'n
slonal ring debut a week ugn, "Tho work.
Great' Shhes tackled Oeorgo Traf-j Hut the largo crowd, which paid
ton, tho "Hig Heur" of profes- j morn than $15,000 to see the fight
Hlonnl font hill I litaf nlirhf nnd lril wuu ttntp. Hum uiitluflnil t-millTlniF
tho beating of his life. (the two hud fought every ouncel
Bcforo a howling throng of fiOOO of their vitality,
spectators, who packed tho White "was In nn uproar
Ity Paul V. Ziiiimrrinun
(AMNociated PresM Sports Writer)
1 'A S A D K N A, Oil. (A) W h on
football replaced chariot racing us
the feature athletic attraction of
the Tournament of Roses hero
thered the storm nnd carried tho hack In liilli, the question of na-
atiack to Shires thereafter. j ttotml gridiron supremacy was in
Three times In tho firt round, j "mc degree put on a fungible
Trafton'H looping left hooks sent 1 1H' f("' computation,
the Texan to tho canvas, while Tll between Southern
manv timex Ml' Arthur was Kent California and Pittsburgh New
reeling backwards by strulght
rights to his Jaw.
After that round and what ac
tual punches the two tired fighters
could propel, it was nil Trafton.
Three or four times In each of the
remaining rounds, he gave Shires
a few lieu It hy smashes nnd then
walked around like any hear In u
zoo with the very tired Mr. Shires
walking after him, five feet away.
Tin f ton Tireil,
Of the two, however, Trafton
was the moro exhausted. His eyeH
drooped, his hands hung help
lessly by his side und ho glued
his eyes on tho timekeeper. It
Was nil r'ght with Shires. Occa
sionally, he would halt the Ar
mlHtlco by a hutf-heurted overhand
swing that landed on the ropes
and then resumo his pace behind
of the Southern California Trojans and Pitt Panthers will got the
utNt-west battle. luuh section liulits five victories. ;
with five victories each for the f which the Great Lakes training
east and west competitors, as well, j camp bested the Murines from )
as establish something of a com
parison between the two sections.
.Mare Island.
Two of tho five victories credit-
Threo of tho other 14 gam oh ! ed to aggregations east of tho Mis
ended lu deadlock, while tho I sissippl belong to southern elevens
fourth, a wartime conflict, was j thanks to Alabama and Georgia
purely a coast affair between Cump Tech. The other was scored by
Lewis at Seattle, Wash., and the' . Ilur.vard.
Murines from San ;
Year's day In the fifteenth annual
renewal of tho classic may result
In a two fold answer to the ques
tion. Two fold, because the out
come may break the existing tie
Mar.c Island
Francisco.
Hy confining the survey to col
lege competition in tho Tourna
ment of Roses, the west claims
the edge, for one of the eastern
victories was a service team con
flict during the World war In
Likewise, a pair of the Pacific
coast triumphs were turned in by
northwestern teams: Washington
State ami Oregon getting the cred
it. California's big three, Stan
ford. California and Southern Cali
fornia, aro responsible for the
other wins.
spotlight New Year's Day when
Results of past contests: -
1M Wash. Stuto 14, Brown 0.
1917 Oregon 14, Pcnn 0.
1018 Murines 19, Cp.. Lewis 7.
1910 Great. Lukes 17, Murines 0
1920 Hurvard 7, Oregon 0.
1921 Cul. 28, Ohio State 0.
1922 Wash, and Jeff. 0. Cul. 0.
1923 So. Cul. 14, Penn. 3.
1914 Navy 14. Washington 14.
.1025 Notre Deme 27, Stanford
0; -! v
1920 Alabama 20, Washington
9. 1
1927 Alabama 7, Stanford 7.
1928 Stanford 7. Pitt 6.
1929 Georgia Tech 8, Cal. 7.
Mare Island Marines.
ening when the two started each
round by toe-to-toe milling.
IRQ
"COLUMN
Friends of both climbed to their i
corners between rounds, offering i
advice. Women and men stood up;
during the fight swinging their;
fists to convey more advice and,
twice the noise was so great that
Arthur and George fought over-1 The (lutes Auto company took
lime because the referee couldn't A,ivntlw,. of tlu, nbHont.0 o li
near the bell. I vxWt Hmr anchor man of the Gold
The two nu t In the shower) Kcul (Veamery team, and bowling
baths arter the fight, shook hands, n ".Model A" style, slipped ovir
complimented each other for j three straight game last night on
"making suckers out of those fight , the Nat alleys, in the City league,
fans," and then went arm In arm! The Gold Seals did not bowl their
to a night club.
Trafton was in a Jovial mood.
"I'll fight anybody for another
$1000," ho chuckled. "That's an
easy game. How long has this
been going on?"
Brownsvlllo. Large beacon to
Tho little arena! guide government fliers being con-
which was deaf-Islructed on hill northwest nf town.
usual Kood games. 151 Hot t and N.
New land having trouble finding the
range. while the Gates crew show
ed big Improvement.
Amie was high gun with 225 nnd
TS7 for his total, and Dunn was
high for the Gold Seals with nir
even 500 for his evening's work.
The Gates A uto company huvo
won ihe Inst seven games and the
boys claim they will take them ull
as they come from now on.
Ueyulis of the match:
Gates Autn Co.
Gates 157 103 177
Whitman 1 IS 1 IS 10
M. Cunnan 130 150 150
Price 132 124 jr.".
Antle 2M 200 lt2
Handicap 45 45 . 45
Total 810 S3tl 857
Net total, 2374.
Gold Seal Creamery,
Klliott 134 100 142
New hind. W 143 124 1 10
Trozell 110 123 137
Dunn 157 17 1 172
Xewland. N : 116 112 121
Handicap 91 91 91
Total 7S1 730 SOU
Net total, 204 7
Myrtle Point. W'lllard street of
(his place extenslvnly improved.
EASTERN ALL-STARS
SCHEDULE FOR
ORE
GON HAS NO
BIG FOUR DATE GREENLW SETS
Webfoots to Meet Drake in
Night Game Staters to
Play Southern Cal. and
Stanford Huskies Have
Hardest Schedule.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17. P) T h e
eastern all-stur football squad
which will cngago a picked teun
from the west in the annual Shrink
hospital benefit game at San Fran
cisco New Year's day, today was
headed westward.
The squad received lbs first work
out yesterday at Dycho stadium,.
Northwestern university, under tho
direction of Coaches Dick Haniey
of Northwestern, and Andy Kerr
of Colgate. All 22 men invited
started on the long journey to Palo
Alto, Cal;, -where the squad "Will
remain until the dny of the same.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17. (JP)
With their main business com
pletion of the 1930 football sched
ule finished, erad unto manugers
of tho Pacific Coast conference
turned attention today to the
minor problems nttendunt to the
annual meeting.
Faculty athletic representatives,
meeting in conjunction with the
graduate manugers, had Tjefore
them the matter of whether or not
to appoint a commissioner of foot
ball, said commissioner to be the
final authority in all gridiron dis
putes. Oregon faces the unusual situa
tion of not having a gume sched
uled with a California member of
the "big four.''- Oregon State,
however, has been matched with
Southern California and with Stan
ford on their homo fields.
Jack Benofiel. graduate man
ager of Oregon, announced last
night that Oregon wilt meet Drake
university in a night game to bo
played on Soldiers Field. Chicago,
Oct. ,3. In 1931 Drake will coma
to Oregon for a game, probably to
be played in Portland.
Oregon State, too, drew a night
game. This match with U. C. L.
A. will be played in the Los An
geles coliseum by arc-light, the
first time such a Pacific coast con
ference game has been scheduled.
University of Washington was
regarded us having the heaviest
schedule of the northern confer
ence, with Washington State next
In line. Oregon, Oregon State,
Idaho and Montana followed In
that order.
The schedule for Oregon and
Oregon State games follows:
Oregon
Sept. 27 Montana at Missoula.
Oct. 4 Druke at Chicago (night
game)
Oct. 11 Open date.
Oct. 18 Washington.
Oct. 25 Idaho.
Nov. 1 Open date.
Nov. 8 U. C. L. A.
Nov. 15 Oregon State.
Nov. 27 St. Mary's at San
Francisco.
Oregon Slate !
Sept. 27 Open date. ,
Oct. 4 Southern California at
Los Angeles'.
Pet. 11 Open date.
Oct. 18 Stanford at Pulo Alto.
Oct. 20 Open date.
Nov. 1 Washington Stale.
Nov. 8 Open date.
Nov. 15 Oregon.
Nov. 22 U. C. L. A. at Los An
geles. Nov. 27 West Virginia at ChL
cago.
IN CUE TOURNEY
DETROIT. Doc. 17. (P) Tho
two greatest porrormances ever
made In pocket billiards are listed
to the credit of Ralph Oreenlcaf
today. The former champion, now
possessor of second place in tho
world's title tournament In pro
gress at the Recreation building
shattered tho world's marks for
high run und best game when ho
defeated Frank Taberskl, defend
ing titleholder, by 125 to 0 In two
Innings. Grecnleaf made a high
run of 126, this being possible
when he scratched on tho break
shot.
This was tho third time during
the tournament that Crccnleaf's
old mark of 101, made In 1924,
was broken. Last Friday night
Krwin Rudolph, present tourna
ment leader, had a high run of
111, and he ran out in four Innings
for a new record. Yesterday after
noon Rudolph had a high run of
104 against Marcel Camp. The
score of that gumo was 120 to i)
und the game lastca qlx Innlhgs,
Greenleaf played perfect bil
liards throughout, lid went thru
nine straight frames of .it- balls
each and his position, njay was
without a flaw, v
IE OF GREAT
IS
LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 17. (P)
Fair Play, sire of Man O'War, tho
supcr-horso, and a score of other
big money winners, Is dead of tho
infirmities of ago. The great son
of Hastings-Imported Fairy Gold,
foaled in 1905, passed yesterday nt
the Elcmdorf estate of his master,
Joseph 10. Wiedener.
For years Fair Play flourished
under tho regime of the late Major
August Belmont, and at the death
of that sportsman was sold at the
dispersal sale of the Belmont thor
oughbreds in 1920 for $100,000 to
Mr. Widoner. Tho latter turned
down many huge offers for the
horse.
Fair Play became famous when
he sired Alan O'War, which won
every race in which he started ex
cept the one in which he was de
feated by Harry Whitney's Upset.
Man O'War Is now at stud near
here, along with a number of other
sons.
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