' MEDFORD MATTTTURUNE, ftfepTORP. 6l?lk&? frRIDAY, iWdTCfBER 27, 3029. J'AGE TWO TUFFY TO MEET Lookit! Docs This Mean Kayo for Risko? Veil of Secrecy Lifted for final Practice ! of Army Squad Stanford Center Only Player Unable to . Play Saturday. , Old Score May Be Settled Tonight Madison Square When Griffith Seeks Re venge for Foul in Detroit Match. ; WEST POINTER WORKOUT SEEN BY REPORTERS ? - , i : ) ' : CALIFORNIA OREGONl. 1 STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cul., Doe. 27. (Pi The veil 'of secrecy thai hks shrouded Iho "West Point Army's footbull workouts ull woek was lifted toduy us the military academy officials threw open tho antes -of tho Stanford- stadium- tu , newspapermen.- -Army took a- light workout in Its final session, wlillo Couch Pop Warner ordered tho Stanford prar ' tlce to be abHolutely tjucrcl. Been foe tlie first time In practice by local -sports writers, tho cadetH flushed through their Hlnnul drill, passed, punted, 'and place kicked, generally Umbering up for the climactic gilmo tomorrow, - All of tho- men In both camp's are reported to bo In condition for the fray, with tho exception of Valter llelnecke, star Stanford center, who la In tho hospltul with bronchitis and will bo obliged to nee tho same from the bench. The tentative starting -lineup will be: Army Stanford Carlmark LER Muller (C) Price .LTR ; Tandy Humher .LOR Bnrdln Slllle .. C Taylor TlOl, Drlscoil .RTL Thompson ..REL : Preston Fleishhnckor Hillslnger Perry Mcssingor Carvor piglc, (Cl....IiHn Rothort MUtclilnWnjl.lVIL.I.U. Fr. Fyaritrup Milling LAWS TOO MI ' i WnlcHs,-" through legislative ac tion, nioro adequate protection 1b given beaver thero Will soon be little justification for calling Ore . Son "the Beaver state." This' Is the opinion of Harold Clifford, state game warden, .who point out that the' law 'now1 on tho statute hooks Intended to pro tect boiiver In reality does not iiro- lost them. Slnco the trapping sea son on December 1 at least two hundred requests from - private property owners to trap beaver, havo been received by the' state liamo commission. The mnll of one recent day carried fourteen such requests. Many of them have boon granted thru tho Issuunco of licenses, for tho lauf provides that any property owner or lessee who complains to tho department that h beaver aro destructive to his pro perty must be riven a- license to trap. There Is no doubt but what some of these requests are Justli fled," doclarod Mr. Clifford, this week. "Hut tho strange thing Is that no such requests oomc to us (luring the season when the fur of Denver Is not (m-Iiso 4 t 11 E r. 8T. Mll'IH, Mo., Dec. 27: (T1--If -ronfldenee meana unythlug. iliL. Golden Panthers nf the Vnlverslty nf PlttMburch will win over the Trojans of Southern California In their tournament of roes football battle at Pasadena, New Year's flay, in the opinion of Coach -Jack tiuthciiuml. Butherland expressed himself as niBiiiy ; pleased with the team's prwipeets iui the untamed Panthers sped toward Dallas, Texas, today In the second leg of their westward flight. The boys will hhve n work out this ufternoon In Dallas. Kvcry man on-the squad Is In good condition, and the reserves showed well in yesterday's drill here, Dr. Sutherland said i PHEASANTS ARE CHEAP VIN ENGLAND THIS YEAR "LONDON. (fl) Pheasant, 1 h dish ntHny turkey -eating Ame.i ans regard as a delicacy for mll Innaires. and klnss. hi one of the few things In Kugland ibis year that Isn't a luxury. ; Due to nn exceptionally prollfl? bleeding season, there is nn over snpply of tho birds In the luxury market, and prices are down' to the point where anyone who csn afford to eat meat at all can af ford a brace of jtheasanta. ' Klrat nttfllltty ;blrds' ai. fetchlnv only half a orowp (tiOiTnts) each, ; . PORTLAND ICE TEAM . it' DEFEATS VICTORIANS PORTLAND, or.. Dee. JT. (IP. Portland today stood within strlk 1n dlstanc of th. Beattlo'Tskl' moa, who hold the second rung nf the ladder In Ihe Pacific Coast le Hockey league standings, as the result of a thrilling last minute 1 to 1 victory over the homoless Victoria Cuba here last night. Only agame and a half sepa rate the Eskimos from the Bucks, m ..... , xA. '-ts-?. , ., ..um1 ' ' 'J "V J- ,.nm p ft -TUFPY-V5i;r l-.r L IiIh UI4Hi--hII fistic riiish ivlll lohiiti' ' ItiHltti In MihIInuii Sijiiiu'o Ily .lay Vessels Hports Kdltur (Associated Press Feature Service) NlOW TOKK-(P) Tho heavy weight boys lire going to be Inugh ed right out of boxing unlcsa ttotne socker stops out soon nnd pulls the division from tho burlesque class. That socker may be Thumping Tuffy Griffiths. Tuffy will determine this him self In his lo-round splash "with Johnny Hlsko In Madison Square Cfttrdcn tonight. , i.. Buch , genuine flKlitl'i'H as Jimmy ?ttl.aniiu, thevWflterwolglit;, Bam- COACHING OFFER TOJONES WAITS STANFORD VISIT "BTANFOKD rNIVEHSITY, Cat.. Dec. 27. (P)--Captain lAwrencei trilff) Jones, West Point conch, I declared lie hnd not been ap proached In regard to the vacant coaching post at the 1'nlvei'sily of Oregon, when shown reports from Wugene, ' that Jack Itenefleli grnd tiatc manager, nntl other Oregon officials were en route to Htnn foid. ' ostensibly to vltness the Btanford-Army game Baturday, but with the intention of diHcusNing the coaching situation With hlin. Jones'' contract with army ex pires this seuson and ho Is anb Ject to tiansrer to some other de partment 1 of the service, having completed his three-year tenancy at West I'olnl. Jones' present sal ary as a regular army captain Is Itnclor.Hli.od to be "cunsldi'iably less thltn 'tire $tiou "orcgen Is said to bo willing to" pay for a coach. AMATEUR BOXERS WILL TO 27, vi ' ' PORTLAND. Ore., I). James J. Klehittdsoit. manager of the Multnomah Amateur Ath letic club hero, announced today that the Pacltlc const amateur box ing championship tournament will he held hero March 18 anil 111 nn tier tho nusplces nl the club. This wilt he the second consecutive year Ihat the meet lias been brought to Portland. Boxers from the entire west will Pa it lei palo and nnnlii-n. lions will be received from us far east as Denver, as far south as Situ llloitti. nnd from Alaska nn,l Vancouver, II. c. in the north. Nearly 100 boxers took nan In Dm Inst 'meet. Fights Last Night (Ily Ihe AoMclutcit prejw.1 Mi'Kr.lIBI'OltT. I'n.-Joe Trlppc. Itochvsler. N. v., outpointed In-v Madge. Cleveland. (10). t'MICAtlo. Oscar "Moon" Baker, Liw Angeles, knocked out Kddlc O'DAy. Bcriintnn. Pa.. (IV King I.erlnKky. Chicago, outpoint ed film Junes. Atlanta, (la., (H. . Football Itrnailimvi. NEW YOIIK. Dec. 27 " i Football (nn, will b.v.. !h Isnt chance to tune in this year nn a major game when t army tackles Manford at Palo Alto, Cn., Ralunlay. Descrlitinii of tile conleHt 4t will be broadcHst over th Xstlnna) ltroadcastlnt c o ni. 4 psny chain, starting at 1:45 Pacific Coast time. 44 444 liy in iitDiiiil iiiiiillior hIii In IiIh (iiinlt'ii ttuilgltt; my Mnndell anil Al Hinger, light- has tho middleweight racket all weights, ami Kid Chocolate and l sewed up for whatever uso he Tony Canxoncrl, featherweights, I chooses to make of It. have been slicing heavily Into the such great attractions as Mc IioxIiik Interest usually dominated Larnln-Klelds and Blngor-Mundell by tho heavies. lor Chocolate-Mnudell title bouts They have been so successful j are among the things that threaten that punch-weary promoters arc to push tho Icthnrgld heavies from about to concentrate on tho lighter their natural positions as leaders divisions for the big ballyhoo. There's certainly not much In the llghthonvywolKlu ranks to chatter about. The proposed "ohstnplon.shlp"- scrap ' 'lietween Jimmy Blatlcry and Lou fiezza In dicates that. And Mickey Walker Alan J.Gould One of tho best ways to commit finite suicide that wo can think of oll'luilid la to swup punch with young Mr. . Juntos Moljiinln. The bnhy fmotl kid celebrated his liUrd birthday on Docomber 10 nntl if thero is a moro dangerous socker In tho ring for his weight. Inches and ago than this Celtic cloutor, he Can't ho located at the moment. McLarnin is ono of the most de ceptive and nl tho sumo (Into most destructive fighters In tho game. Jimmy has a mild, almost Inoffen sive manner. Before n fight he Its tense, unsmiling, In his coiner, beautifully controlled. At tho bell, no glides about the ling, arms poised lit it milliner till his own. Thero Is little wasto motion In tho McLarnin technique. Coolly he fences, side-steps and blocks with a natural grace. At the sign of mi opening, however, he shoots for the tnavk with both hands and with stiinnini,' force. In his graceful footwork and lightning handwork, the welterweight lilshinan Is n pocket slzed Dcmpsey. row who niivo cuoseii to puncn with Mcliruin have escaped being carried to Ihelr corners. Jimmy's victims have Included aluggers like Kid Kaplan, Stanislaus Lonyza and Phil Mcfiraw: sluggers like Sid Tcrrls. Huby tlnldstcln and Jackie Klelds, now the welterweight chum pion. McUiinln knocked out Fields In IB2R 111 two rounds nt a tlmo when each was a comparative novice, al though Fields had won Olympic honors as tin niiintetir the year be fore. Both luivo grown from fly weight to weltorwolglit poundage. Fields Is tho first to rlimb tho title heights but he can't ruin the 147 M)tuid ranks much '.o:iRor without accepting tho challenge of Irish littiiny. McLurnin's extraordinary record shows he has fought champions or ox-cluimplons all tho way up to the welter line. He has victories over Paneho Villa. "Hud Taylor; Kid Kaplan and Sammy .Mandell to his credit but no tttlo was Involved on any one nf these occasions. In his one real title hid. McLarnin In mss absorbed a scientific beating at the hands of tho dapper lightweight ruler. Mandell. who was entirely Ion fast and clever nt tho time for the Irish lad. Jimmy evened Iho score with Sammy at eatehweights In a 10 round match at Chicago a iyear and a half later. , . At least a partial explanation Is nt hand for the surprising way Oklahoma City V'nlveislty's (Wild Bugs walloped the previously un beaten Dnvls-Klkina football team. The Uold Bugs, It seems, took ad vantage of the rugged boys from the West Virginia hills, using a va riation or end running described as r rtiiniinliiiiNl in f-limli uiiou in fiirlHM In the pugilistic gold rusn.. Bo It's up to Tuffy, a big. gawky 1 Hft-poundcr; a busher who was such an obscuro pug one year ago that ho didn't 'even rate a - photo In tho boxing guide, that favorite haven of the third raters. !the "slicker play" to account for . two touchdowns, , f Bioiilto Nagurskl, tho. Versatile Minnesota footballer, nitty bo par doned 8omo surprise n't being nam ed nil-America tackle Tor 11)29. Tho llioiik, according to the agile att tistlcians, played exactly 30 minutes nil season In , the line as compared with 2l!8 nt rullback. Ho may be Induced, however, to accept the nomination with the understanding that ho can carry the ball now and then when the all-America team needs a few extra yards. Add lo the flowory laao gridiron Intersectlonnl prospects: Stanford and Minnesota; Iowa- and Peim State. ' t Incidentally, all that Notro Dame will do as a climax to Us 1M0 campaign Is play tho Army in New York ono Snttirday and Southern California In 13 Angeles too next. Whether or not the stock mar ket decllno affected the sock mar ket, the prospects for another heavyweight extravaganza 'neath the points of Miami have become distinctly bearish, ;The Madison Square Oarden cor port.tlon has gene to all tho bother of transplanting tho Flamingo Pnrk arena from Miami Beach to Mi anil. Contracts were signed with the city of Miami on a five-year basis after the successful promo tion of the Shurkcy-Strlhllng fight list February, option Is held on ttie services of Jack Bharkey. now the chief American 1 heavyweight contender, for a fight In Florida this winter. All of which comes under tl.c head of serious business, but un less A match of undisputed draw ing power Is made, the OardenV millionaire directorate Is likely to decide upon a diplomatic retreat from Dixie. I For obvious reasons the Btrlb-llng-Sharkey match requires no encore. Tho elimination match be tween Phil Scott nnd . Otto Von Porat appears to have resulted In the elimination of both Scott has returned to F.nglnnd and VonPnrM Is under suspension. Max Schmel Ing. the (leruiati elouter. Is slgnerl tu fight for rival promoters nt At lantlc City February 13. The solution might t.e to sign Arthur (The Oreat) Shlrci for I Miami engagement but. unfortnn ately. the White Box train next spring in San Antonio and til OrcM One. If he aurvlvcs the win tor'i fisticuffs, will ho obliged to exchange left honks and right crosses for ball hat and glove. may he qtilto willing to do w by Kebruary. ' ' ' ' i . '' The Southwest eonfen-noe an- parently Intends to make a con certed raid upon the twin football citadel. of the State of ' Indiana' next fall. Southern Methodist will open the season In Notre Panic's new stadium while the ltaylnr Hears will Invade the home grounds of I'urrtue. Illg S'ln ir Ten champions. To add to the Internvctlohul fv ety. Onloitdo I'niverslty has eon eluded a two 'year agreement Mvnh Missouri for 1MMI. ' The Southwest and Rocky Moun tain conferencea have been among the few major groups not figuring heavily heretofore In the Intersex- NlOW YORK, Dec.- 27. P)-A yoU ns fellow to whom fixlitlng lias been Instinctive hJiicg his parents mimed him Gerald AmbroHo Grif fith, koch to tho 'post in MadfHon Square Garden tonight prim and rawer for an evening of waterfront fisticuffs. Ho has many scores to Hettte. Tho first nnd fovemoHt with rub bcry Johnny Risko, the parly of the second part in tonight's 10 round heavyweight cmbroRllo. Tho backgrounds of tho remaining Hues ritretch nil the way from New York' to Miami, Kin. Gerald Ambrose, who fought for .nnd" 'won Hho honorable, title. oX "Tuffy" lat an cUrly age, still Heek.s satisfaction from Kisko for a pas- Kiigo at arms won in Detroit n&' Juno when the bouncing Bohe mian from Cleveland sank a cou ple of mittens into foul portion of Gerald's anatomy. Kieko is moro than eager to give him wutef.io.- tion, but Griffith Is a 7 to 5 favor- He. - Rlskn, hdwever, Ui Ju.st about th roughest proposition an ambitious youngster can face in, the heavy weight ranks. Beaten often by second raters, the ' plump baker boy always manages to como bnc;K and whip tho topnotchers.' He holds a 15-round decision over Jack Sharkey and has defeated in crucial engagements Jade Delancy, Georgo Godfrey and Paulino Vr. cudun. Only a hairline defeat by Tqib Hecney prevented his facing Gono Tunney In tho heavyweight champion's last tltlo defense. SEE LITTLE HOPE FOR INJURED FOOTBALL ACE Eureka, cui., Dec. :27. (p) PhyKlcians today expressed little hope for the recovery of, Johnny Cash nova, Santa Clara university athlete who was injured in nn au tomobile crash near here. Christ mas night. .''Ms condition was unchanged from that of last night when blood transfusions were resorted to. OREGON BOB WHITES ' ' BIG AS VIRGINIANS Contrary to the contention of many, the Virginia variety ot Hub White quail - are no larger than tlioso ot Oregon stock. This has been proven b,y the stato game commission at Its Corvallls farm. Ut spring a setting of Bob White quail eggs was received from Vir ginia. Six of them have been raised to maturity, and wlillo they aro beautiful, according to Gene M. Simpson, game farm superin tendent, tliejj are no larger or stronger than Oregon birds of the .iamo type. "Rio Rita" Greatest Talkie of the Year Technicolormelody, comedy an.'i romance mobinc to mako "It'o Rita" the' greatest- inu.iicuT rili.1 entertaininent which lias yet come to Medford. The audible, plctur iKntlon of Flo Zicgfcld'g sensation al oiierettu smash la playing to record-breaking crowds tit the Fox Criitorlati theater. ' This latest and best muslfllm has everything. If Is packed with the charm of John Holes' golden tenor i and Ucbe Daniels' lyric soprano. It Is liberally sprinkled with thei salt of . the inimitable humor oCj (itoii itoiiert woolsey and suave Hon Wheeler. The muslfllm h tho delightful Improbability nf reuslcal comedy plot and the dash ing romantic action of the oper etta. It has the benefit of good direction and skilled photography and the final touch of a strikingly beautiful chorus. 1 Medford's movie-going public al ready familiar with tho appeal of .John Holes' inagniflcont tenor which Is so admirably suited to t h f sounding screen as he sang the lead In "The Desert Song," but the resonant excellenco of Hebe Dan lels" singing will probably bo some thing of a surprise. This la an almost unbelievable comeback for the dark-eyed, seductive Hebe.' tlonnl strife, but they seem about to take up the march In a big way. 'The lineups reveal a few of the oinlh veaaona why the Memphis Tigers upset tho previously un beaten Green Hay Packers, nation al professional football champions. The Tiger, took the field with an all-star array that included two all-Americans of former yea rw- larry Itetenconrt 'of St. Mary's, all American center In 1S7, and Ken Strong of New York university, nit American fullback In 1928." Sup porting them were such stalwarts as Tiny Ittiebuck, th giant formiT Haskell Indian lineman. William of Texas Christian, Doug Wycoff nf Georgia Tech and Strader, for mer St. Mary's quarterback. Among the reserves was Jexs Tlnsley, Louisiana State's former all-South-rn tackle. This 'collepttdrl of latent pttsTit-d ovr 'two touchdowns In the Is ft period to beat by 10 to the team that had charged through the Na tional Professional league season undefeated, 1 The California Oregon o Shires Extends Territory With V ; Challenge To Any Man in World BUFFALO, N. T., Dec. 27. (P) C. Arthur Shires, ChlcuKo White Sox first basotnun is ready to fight "any man in the world." Ho Issued his challenge last night after knocking out Rig lull Ilnllcy. of pugilistic renown In ono minute and 22 seconds. v At the opening ot tho gong Slilrcs dashed ,'tp tho ' center of the ring, both hands covering his face in Uiat funny ; little way of his. Illg Hill swung a terrific right which caught Shlrca In the mouth, and drew blood. Moth men ex- changed 'punches and na Big lilllt backed away. Shires' powerful right ctulght Aim on the point of the Jaw. Am 'his adversary stag gered. Shires followed up with another rtght to tho 'Jaw and Hlg Hilt struck the canvns nnd lay there immobile during tho count. After he had been declared wln-ncr,-tho -Chicago Tnyin made.- ;H; speech" rrohPtiio 'ring iti Vhlch'lle Heredity In Chickens Is Studied : By Scientists for "Super-Breeds", MELTSVILLE, Md.-HP) A law of heredity that explains why par ents of a brown-eyed child both may have blue eyes Is being tested for practical values by a scientist of the department ot agriculture. GrCKor Mendel, a monlt, based the law Uint bears his name on oight years of experimentation with garden pens t Dr. ' Morley A. .lull, federal poultry husbandman. -is car rying on research In tho animal kingdom with chickens.. . .. A completed portion of the pro ject proves tho validity of the fun damental principles" observed by Mondol, that In cross-breeding there aro certain characters which aro dominant and others recessive. Dr. Juir demonstrated the mech anism of the; law by crossing white and Mark bantams. All of the first generation Kere black but. when mated among themselves, one quar-1 tcr of tho second generation were white. White Is the recessive character which will not appear If the Indi vidual MSo carries the dominant geno for black. Tho white bantams, mated among' themselves: produced no black olfspriniri two ont of three blacks woro carrlors of white, while omvwas- pure.- - - The remaining portion of the project, which amounts to a quest of "super-breeds." most - progress for several years before results will be evident. Dr. Jull said.- His main plaa I to determine the Inheritance of egg production, white leghorns and Rhode Island Reds having been crossed for five years. There are -three allied studles-or ie tn egta, of Hhape In eggs, and ot sit In body weight. Bantams and Barred Plymouth Rocks have been crossed for new facts on body slie: Wulte Leghorns 1 1 ' " l-'i. Vr .'f iff" si -tv.,.. '. . . .. ! ; 1. . I t ' an eariifest Upprecia' tion of tne g6bdwill and CO' dpaiioR-wliicK'hav'ear: after year rewarded bur ef' jforts to inake this Company a factor in the growth ' of communities we serve, we extend sincere wishes for a happy and prosper' ous New Year, Power ! expressed gratification for his Buf falo welcome and offered to "fight any man in Iho world." . . Joo McCarthy, manager of tho Cubs, was among those at the ring. .-. ' "What's-' the 1 Idea, old cham pion?" ho usked.' "The last lime I Haw you and 'Hack Wilson you hud your arms around leach other. Now why all the enmity?" "'Well, you know," replied the ;reat one, "nrieen grand is pretty big money to be collected for n few remarks. They wouldn't let us go In with fire axes and we couldn't hurt each other'any other way. When you tiguro alt tno fighting wo did lust season, but didn't get nn'tl)lnK but fines. Just think ' what a breczo this would be."' ' " ' Shires told McCarthy that he (Shires) is not merely a wise cracker. He intends, he said, to havOj sojme money, after lie Is thru as ah athlete." ' ; nntl sllvor pencil Plymouth Rock3 are mated In the study of egg shape and barred Plymouth Hocks and Whits Leghorns are 'crossed In re search on egg 'slzei FARM UNION READY" .. I'OKTLAND. Ore. P James J. O'Shea, national secretary of tho national farmers' - union, said the union stands ready to estab lish ' a - eo-openite livestock com mission house here if producers of Oregon and Washington will I promise to patronize It. Establishment of the commis sion house here was regarded as almost certain by O'Hhea, who plans to tnke charge' ot organisa tion work In ' Washington and Idaho, while I. C. Clrlmes. live stock marketing expsrt of the na ((ftniil (inlon. 'wfll be In charge for Oregon.". I it - . MANY CHILDREN TAKE EUGENE BIBLE COURSE KUGKNK. Ore, oPi ' There are 111! children tiartlrlpattnr in the week-day Rlhle school work In Eugene public schools, according to Mrs. Casper M. Wood of the ronimunrty tnunrll "of religious education which is supervising the work. The children have given 20 churches as their affiliations, while 1$) children listed no church affiliation. Company CHIEF IS SUICIDE ENOLEWOOD, N. J.. Dec. 2.7. (yp) The body of Police Chief Mi chael O'Neill was found In a clump of woods today after a search of several hours started at tho ' re quest of his wife when he failed -to return home. Police said lie shot himself through lite hoari be cause ot worry over ill .health. ' A member of the police depart ment for a quarter of a century and head of the force for the last six years, ho had been oft aotivo duty since Scifcehiber . because ot illness. : J - ft; - . .. - nortiSbpiane breaks : land gear SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 27. (If) Two pilots and 11 passengers of a northbound Western Air Express moniipiuno escaped Injury when h landing gear struck a "soft apo'." am) collapsed while taxiing to i hangar after landing at. tho nut-' nlclpal ajrport. Tho piano fell over on wfng. snapping It off. (' "Night Parade" Show at Rialto Tomorrow Patrons ot tho Fox Rialto thea ter havo an eye and. cur trout in store for them tomorrow when tho all-talking drama of fathoraiul son devotiqn.. "Night Parade,". fee luring Hugh Trevor and Dorotny Gulliver, for one day only. Know n to devotees of the: footlights . as "Ringside," the big New Vork slug- success from tho pens of George' 'ihott. ' Edward -Pa ra nioro : aril Hyatt' Daab, "Night Parade'-promises, to. grip "the emotions. -8cencs between Hugh Trevor and Lloyif lngrnham as the father and si are said tu rise to Intensely drJP matlc heights. 666 ' !" PreterlBxhrs for" Cold, Grippe,.rine. DenguiR Billons ' Fever and Malarit.' It li th most speedy remedy kniMW . , Drxanecavaca