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PA (ITS FIVE ,
LAST BELL TOLLS
Tilden Finds Beautiful Ladies
In Cafe Audience an Aid to Art
WILBl'R, Wash., Dec. 26. iPt
-Michael (Silent) Rowan, 54, whose
leather-knuckled maulles fllck.'d
the chins of many would-be lightweight-
champions more than !
years ago, fought hlit last fight last
night in a pool hall here.
As thp bell sounded for the end
of the third round In nn exhibition
contest with his brother John, tlie
veteran of thousands of battlea
crumpled to the floor and his hem
tttopped beating. The two men,
who for many years have "played"
Hinall towns in the exhibition box
ing matches, staged an impromptu
contest in the pool hall here, the
Kate to be whatever coins the on
lookers cared to toss into the
"ring." A preliminary examination
by physicians Indicated that the
fighter had succumbed to hc,;rt
disease.
"Old-timers" said that Silent and
his brother had heen high in the
light weight and featherweight
eludes 30 yer.rs ago. They had
been touring the west, and spent
the summer In the vicinity of Salt
I,ake. lloth men were deaf mutes.
LONDON. Dec. Lti. (A Hill
Tilden, the restaurant entertainer,
has at hm found an audience toj
suit Bill Tilden. the sometime ten-j
tils player.
For Big Bill liked the Job he has
recently completed, that of enter-
tainlng late diners at one of Lon
don's smart restaurants, "very j
much." j
j It Is all very different having;
j his audience almost on top of him t
Instead of at n careful distance
j in bleachers behind a wire screen, j
But he accustomed himself to it1
j nhd even learned to enjoy thej
j beautiful 'lady sitting at a ringside
table under his left elbow. ' !
j "They were very nice, these peo-i
pie who came to eat and remained j
! to listen to my monologue," said'
the recent aetiuisition t0 th ranks
of variety. "They were quiet and
interested mid gave me their full
attention.
"Personally I think they are the
best audience I have ever found.
W hen I diil 'a" long swing on the
vaudeville circuit nt home I found
the audience very hard to work
with. Thty were gathered from
too many varied sources; they
weren't as sophisticated as these,
and a one-man net like mine has
to have u one-purposed audience
to play to for the best results."
A tennis audience, said Hill, wjt
simply an accidental adjunct ti a
good match. - They just happened
to be there, like the center court
and the hot dog stands around the
grounds.
Chicago Policeman Arrests
Santa Claus Taking Fine Gifts
Engaged to Eight
Decides to Marry I
Girl Never Seen
I.OS ANfsni.P-S. Cnl., D. c. 20.
(A) After a day of rest and par
ticipation in Christmas festivities,
the I'nivcr.Hity of Southern Cali
fornia football wpuid today took
up the routine of practice in prep
aration for Its New Year's day
battle in Pasadena with the Uni
versity of Pittshurg Panthers. De
spite the fact that I he powerful
Pitt team will enter the game as
favorites over the Trojan aggrega
tion, Coach Howard Jones has
expressed satisfaction over the per
formance of his boyN In recent
practice struggles nnd feels that
his team will go into the Rose
Bowl classic mentally nnd physic
ally capable. ('rid experts who
have seen the Trojans In action In
recent flays are confident that the
team. Individually and collectively.
Is nt the peak of its effectiveness.
T
HEAVY SLUG FEST
NEW YORK, Dec. 26. As
Tuffy Griffith and Johnny Risko
tapered off their training today in
preparation for tomorrow night'
heavyweight boxing fracas at Madi
son Square Garden, Griffith at 111
was regarded as the favorite at
odds of something like 7 to, 5.1
Many close followers of boxing,
however, fell the Cleveland baker I
boy might again spring one of the!
upsets for which he is famous.
The tough Sioux City, Iowa, bat
tler, unimpressed, continued pum
meling his sparring partners at
nnother New York gymnasium.
Griffith has not drawn as mm-ii
attention in training as llisko. hut
has given signs of rounding into
top form, and when Tuffy Ls right
h e Is d a n ge ro u s. in a p re v i o i s
bout with Risko Griffith Won on a
foul. ...
IN TOP FORM AS
., PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec.
A iuick-witted tele:ini-.r,e .;,(.! a'.or
in a leading dowrfioVn hotel was
credited today with foiiittir an at
tempt hy a woman to leap from (he
fourth floor of the nostelry.
For some time Miss Kstclla Pen
dleton, telephone operator, noticed
that Mrs. Roy. Warren had been
despondent. Mrs. Warren, according-
to the girl, many times had
asked if she had received a lmi,r
distance telephone call from her
husband In Sun Krancisi-o. Kadi
time the telephone operator an
swered "no." .
Au employe of the W e s t e r n
1'nion Telegraph company, directly
across the street from the hotel,
saw Mrs. Warren perched on the
window sill and called Miss Pen
dleton by telephone. The operator
Immediately called Mrs. Warren's
room and delayed her on the pre
text of a long distance call from
San Kranciscn while two male em
ployes of the hotel hastened to the
room.
CHICAGO, Dec. -. tVl- Santa
Clans stories are not of much ac
count December LY.. Folks don't
feel just the same about the jolly
old fellow the day after.
Still, in a way. it In no more
than right to tell about the Santa
Claus who is held in jail under the
name of James Buck. To overlook
this would, likely as. not, he pass
ing the buck.
Mr. Hack, or Santa Claus ns he
chose to designate himself, was
climbing through the window ol a
home on Hartray nvetiue last night
with a pack on his back. Hy a
strange freak of late a policeman
observed him. lie pulled Buck out
of the window ami impured Wiat
was the Idea. ;
"I am Santa Claus," said Buck. !
"My friends who live lure are !
away and 1 thought I would seize'
the opportunity to slip In the win- i
dow and deposit gifts about the!
piace.
"You may," said Ofliccr Sachs, j
"be Kama Clans to little children,!
hut yotrro just n suspicious char
acter to me."
There was not denying that Santa
l ad some nice presents In his bag. ;
i It was not surprising; for, he later,
explained to poilceiuen. the pros-
ents had heen collected front some!
of Kvanston's best placeH. I
STATE STRUCTURE -
m
WARMEST IN HISTORYi
OT5EOON STATIC COI.I.KOK.
Cnivalli?. (Spl.) Hill MacDonnld
of Modford, one of the most ou
hinndiiiK pk.yeis on the rook foot
ball team this fall, was awarded
a numeral alons with 43 other
rook players. MacDonald helped
the rooks gain the reputation of
beincr one of the strongest teams
ever produced at the eollepe.
"Red," as he Is generally known,
plays end. He did some spectacular
playln.3 agdin.st some of his old
teammates of Hertford when the
rooks played the Oregon frosh In
Medford curly last month, defeat
ing them hy one point. Here r?
Ihe Rcores of the rook games:
Oregon State Rooks 2i, Albany
Cotlcip 0; Rooks 39. Chemuwa ":
Hooks 32, Salem High School li:
Rooks 13, Eahtein Oregon Normal
B: Rooks 39. St. Martin's College
fl: Rooks 7, Oregon Krosh 6; Rooks
JH, Oregon Frosh 31.
CLEVELAND. Dec. 2IS. (Pi Ray
Campbell, widely known boxing
authority nnd writer for the Cleve
land News, died at hi home here
last night after an Illness of three
weeks from typhoid fever and in-
fluenr-a.
lie was one of the few sports
writers who predicted Gene Tun
ncy's victory over Jack llempsey
when they fought for the heavy
weight championship In Philadel
phia the first time.
Campbell' home elly was Phll.i
delphhi. He joined the sports staff
or the News In 19S2 nnd was con
nected with the newspaper until
his death. His column, ' Ri.y Camp
bell's Punch Howl," was widely
'frfnnwn.
WEST TO PASADENA
VlTTSUrilO, p.. Dec. 26.
The I'niversity of Pittsburg foot
ball squad was speeding westward
today to meet the fnlvendty -f
Southern California In the Tourna
ment of Hoses contest at Pasa
ili nn. Cal., New Year Day. Th
Undefeated Panthers planned to
work out on Washington Culver
nly field nt St. Iju. nn a brl .
op-over this afternoon.
:Tho party, which left here nt
night, included" A3 players, the
rtmrhn th' trainer. nhvslHnn nnd
k mhrfr. offhiiiK I'rh'f to d-poi-
turr. .tip university Mhlctle cotin-
ftfl rinnniHinul ? tntl John f
KMfrhrliWTr! ronmct, hud JHn n -
STANFORD CNIVEIISITY. CaL.
Dec. 20. iffj Ught signal prac
tice followed a sightseeing tour of
San Francisco for the West Point
eleven today as It reached the tn-perlng-off
stage in preparation for
the inter-sei.-tional game with
Stanford Cnlversity here Saturday.
The Cadets saw picturesque China
town and other points of' 'ntt-rest
in the city by the (Golden (iaie
in the morning and then returned
to tlit campus for a Khom work
out In the afternoon. .
With one exception, every man
on the Army squad seemed in per
fect condition and on the qui vive
for Saturday's game. The excep
tion is Dick O'Keege, stellar quar
terback, who has been out with
injuries since the Yale game and
who will be unable to play Satur
day. Carl Carlmark, West Point
end, who was suffering from a
slight cold early In the week, has
recovered and will start against
the Cardinals.
ASTORIA The Portland Ainer-(
I lean Legion invited Oovernor A.
! W. Norblad to sit In the governor's
'box at a circus being sponsored by
! the Legion here.
I .tS AXdKLKS, Dec. 2ii. (A) t
Ten persons were killed and nearly j
-tio injured In a scries of traffic i
aecidents in the metropolitan area j
ovi r the Christmas holiday, po-1
lire reports disclosed today. The 1
record of- crashes was one of the!
highest of the year here. !
I
SAX DlKt'tO, Cal. Dim. 2ti. lP) i
Four were kilb d ami seven in-1
jured in a series of automobile'
crashes in and near San Diego
diirfn-r the Christmas holiday.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dee. 1MJ. T j
Weather records revea led today !
that yesterday was the warmest j
Christmas day in Port la mi's his
tory. W it h a ma xi mu m t cm perat u re
of .1:1 degrees ami a minimum of
IS. the mean temperature for the
day was 5)1 degrtys, the highest
on record, although equalled in
1K72 and 1S!hi.
JACKSON, -Mich.. Dec. 21.
lPi (Cnitetl Press.) After
traveling over a large portion
of the Cnitetl Slates ami be-
eoiulng cngnged to at least
eight Kills. Oscar Sears, 2t,
has dcrtdfd to settle down.
Oscar plans to niurry Lulu
Irwin, 20. of Nyssa, Ore., 1
whom be has never seen. I
Heart anil hand of the Ore-
gon maiden were won by cor
pondence alter the riucii
engaged youth had chanced
upon her na me and ail dross
In a religious newspaper.
i . The path of true love by
I malt was not all clear sail- h
lug, however, as Sears was
f forced to overcome Miss 4
Irwin's objection to cigarettes S
4 whieh he did by asking her
to read the Itihle, wherein 4
she found nothing to prohibit
smoking, be says. !
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Orants Pass. Interior of flolu
n Rule store will he remodeled.
Hank Safer Than Husband
COIIOKS. N. Y. (C. P.)
Daniel Trovato, 3!, continually
warned his wife to keep her money
in the bouse rather than trust It
to the banks. Acting on his ad
vice she kpt her valuables under
her pillow when she slept. Re
cently her money and diamonds,
valued at more than $S0i)0. disap
peared. So tlld Trovato, according
to police.
WASHINGTON. lie-. 2-:. oT' '
.Movement of the executive offices
to the state, war and navy build-J
ing 'beeause of the destruction rtf
regular qiuirters by iue was aft-JL
eelerated today because of th6 u
congestion In tne living quarterH i
at the White House, where Prcsi- j
dent Hoover was working.
It was said at the White House "
today that .Mr. Hoover hoped to
be moved by late tomorrow. 'H r
The calling list of the president
will be curtailed as much as poft- j, 14
sible while he is In his temporary'.
iUtirtcrs. 'y
It la me for the f irn today was
placf d upon a defective and over- "
heated Hue in tint office of Walter,
Newton, one of the president's -
secretaries, by the ehlef engineer"
of the District of Columbia fire (
department.
Too Many Rubies
ATLANTA. Oa. (U. There
are so many women In Atlanta
named Uuby Jones that Ruby
Jones one of many recently was
refused permission to open a bankyuil
account here and had to go to -NorcrosH
t avoid additional confusion.
II
Fights Last Night
NEW YORK, Dec. 2fi. The
largest field in the history of the
annual event, 111 players, starts
play today In the. nnlional Junior
indoor singles tennis championship
at the Seventh Regiment armory
U 1 ch a rd M u r p h y , H a r va rd f re-?h -man
from IT tier. N. Y., who won
the title last year. Is unable to
defend his title because of lllne-.
William Jacobs, speedy left
handed youngster from Italtlmo.-e,
and Sidney Seligson of New York
university, younger brother of the
intercollegiate champion, Julius
Seligson of Lehigh, have been plac
ed at the top of the list of K
seeded players.
The national boys' championship
will start tomorrow.
DEFEAT ISLAND TEAM
HONOLULU, Dec. 20. W) After
battling on near even terms for
three quarters, Washington State
culleRO opened up In the final
quarter, scoring two touchdowns to
defeat the Honolulu town team
here yesterday 1 2 to 0. One of the
touchdowns was made on the an
cient "statute of liberty" play from
the townle's eight-yard line. Eight
thousand witnessed the game.
(By the Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Lee Mas
sny of Philadelphia outpointed
Johnny Dnlto of Cleveland (10).
Matt AilKla of Philadelphia out
pointed Illlly Jones of Philadelphia
(10). Buby Joe (laris 1 or Los An
geles outpointed Hurry Brown of
Philadelphia (10).
ALLENTOWN. Pa. Mioltey
Blake of Los Angeles outpointed
George Mnllick of Wilkeshane
(10).
TUNNEYISDEADW.
lltlNHMIILI
VANCOUVER, Tl. P.. Dec. 26.
lP) In a Christmas day matinee,
Seattle nnd Vancouver hockey teams
played a I -I tie In nn overtime
game featured by much rough
work. More than twenty penalties
were handed out by Heferee Ion.
WliPKA. il . Iler. it. 0P
Johnny Ct.sanovn, Santa Clura col
lege athlete, was serlou.ly tnjuren
!at nuhl In a head-on automobile
eollWoii near here, i He was a pas--em:er
in n car driven by his broth
er Leonard, who was uninjured,
limn niith live a Kerndale. Hum
boldt county. Details of the nc.-l-.--.nr.,
mtviuer nn.1 the Itlentity
of others involved was not immedi
ately karned. The Injured youtn
was removeil to a hospital here.
BROWNS SIGN YOUNG
BALTIMORE PITCHER
ST. I .oris, Dec. 2fi. Hill
KrieJ. bu.-lnej's mannrr of the St.
Louis Itrowns. nnnotinced tod iv
that Pitcher Holhnu!rr, n ynuir
right-hander, him been obtninec
from the Kn HI more club of th
Intrrn.Ttionnl lengu". In exch.'.ng"
for Outfielder Frank Mrt'.ow.tn.
lirtlhouwr was obtained at the re
ii iii -v of MUl KtMefer, new manager
"fnf h l!riws.. '. ,
PHOENIX. Ore., Dec. 26. (&)
(Special.) Many In the communi
ty Mere greatly surprised to learn
of the ceremony at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. . Watkins on
Christmas Day, at which time Miss
Kdna Watkins. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Watkins whs mar
ried to Chester Hourne, and MIhh
Kdna Stennett was married to
Francis Watkins, noptiew of Mr.
J. W. Watkins. The wedding ser
vice was performed by Rev. Car
men K. Mell of Medford, pastor of
the Christian church at 12:00.
The room was prettily daoorated
In Christmas colors, a i emery was
made up of huge bouquets of wild
ferns nnd laurel berries in front
of which the two couples stood for
the ceremony.
Itoth brides were dressed in blue
chiffon velvet dresses.
The younR couples have lived In
or near Phoenix for a number of
years and have n large circle of
friends who Join in extending them
best wishes for happy wedded life.
Those prosent were us follows:
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Stennett, Mr.
and Mrs. J. V. .Sniyile, Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Smylie, Mr. nnd Mrs.
fleo. McClain. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Watkins and little daughter Kvelyn
Jean. Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Juild,
Van Gull, tlen. Ilourne, Mrs. Klla
J. Jlest, mother of Mrs. J. W.
Watkins and Moses Watkins, fath-;
er of Krancis Walklns, both of :
Linn, Washington, and the host
and hostess, Mr. and Mrs, J. W.
Watkins.
After the ceremony a bountiful
Christmas dinner was served.
The wedding coupbnt loft Hhortly
after dinner for their honeymoon
trip. Mr. nnd Mrs. 'beter itnurnn
ate to make a trip tn Seattle, and
on their return will be at home
lo their friends fit 3.10 , Holly,
Medford, in the new apartment
house that has Just been complet
ed. Mr. nnd Mrs. Francis Watkins
went to Crescent City and on their
ri'lurn will be at home to tbelr
filcnd? at 09 West Ht'cund street,
Medfitrd.
Mrs. Chester Ilourne has been
employed fur n number of years by
the Irrigation District at Talent.
Mr. Watkins Is an employe nf
the 'allfornla Oregon Power Co.
furor Are Pceix-rs
M)NIMN ru. H.) To settln
the question In divorce court of
whether culn alleged observa
tions could have leen mude thru
the keyhole of a drn,n tngmom dour
the dHr was produei-d In court
nnd the Jurors were asked to see
for thenmelveH.
HAMMOND, foot (C.I cat
owned by MUs 1-Mith litinttner ha.
25 ie-. Anther tat in the hHi":
hold VjU Xl.iiKF. thaVchaniJ.jon
feline rfttp tutt in ivTi 'rt
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