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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD HAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFQRD, QREOO.V, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1929. Brilliant New Stars Display Talents in Sports Sphere of 192 FXUB 6LX Elimke, Booth, Helen Wills Add Thrills to '29 Season; Yanks Downfall Was Shock Turf, Links, Diamond and Episode To Sport History ,Honp,rs Upheld, By Hagen ed Setback -T-. Greatest .. . ., ... . Notre Dame-Southern California Game. !' ;. , !;, si i ..-'; , ; . ; ; , By ALAN GOULD - 1 (Associated Press Sports Writer) A FLASH of lightning mm a glimpse of the "little brown how.;!' Clyde' Van. Duuun, , splitshiiiK down the muddy 'stretch of Cliurehill Jjowiin ... . the spray flying as Columbia 'm gnllnnt e'giit swept triumphantly down the rampaging Hudson , iu thcriunk'lr... ); ,l r . '. . , I '- . Tcn thousand breathless and on tip-toe as lUobby Joues stepped up to knock in a J 2-foot I putt for a titbi in the national golf open cham pionship .... Helen Wills grimly fighting off the rampant thrusts of Hetty Xuthall in an epic 03 I tennis mutch at Forest Hills .... Jimmy .Johns ton, the waters of .the Pacific lapping around his I ankles, playing j ( bi'viicji iu rut utmu i ii jvmi til iffic timing in I Ithe amateur golf tournament .... - t. , I Howard Khmke striking nut 1:1 Cubs and .Mule Haas bitting a iiinUi-iiuiing home run in 'the last jiiimp. of deaf Hoover looking on . . gridiron like a Indict dancer feet" asking (lie referee for a minute's rest before resuming bis fight with .Jack Kharkey ... . .,; .The curtain .foils on nineteen twenty-nine as .these flash hacks recall a few of the dramatic episodes of one of the most exciting of ali competitive years. ' Nineteen twenty-nine may not Jiave been a great year for sport in every respect or in the measure of achievement. There was no .thundering spectacle such as the "Dempsey Kra" pro duced. There was no international whirl such as the Olympic (James to focus world attention hut there were plenty of thrills. .. , It wasn't altogether nn off-year for the international angle. Walter Magcn bearded tbo Lion again on his own Jinks to win llln 1ti!liuli Oiuiii f'.. 41. n .! ..1. .. 'r ... ir .i ' i i . ... ,vfi.ii iwi mo AiMinu uiie inter joyec wcinered una liealen.Olenniv Collet t in one of the greatest' of all' women's matches, Francp again repelled the charge of nig Hill Tiklen in tlle'-.fennis strife for tbo Davis Cup but Helen Wills retained her 8tj$W tytcisii of the courts. , jM-iifl.Vllii cmls fentureil principally by domestic strife, with the wnr waging on almost every front except the one sector whoro the action might naturally bo ex pected to lie tho hottest In tho ring. Uoxlng suffered a distinct ly off-yeur, competitively, n a campaign notable chiefly for the return of Jack Hharkey to heavy weight protnlnenco nnd tiio shift of the welterweight title from Joe Dundee to Jackie Fields on a foul. The greatest spectnele nf the year, from u crowd viewpoint. -was the turnout of 13S.000 funu, the biggest In American football his tory, for Notre Dmne'i 18 to 12 victory over Houthern California nt historic Moldler Field. Chicago. . CJwetent NliiM'k w 1 The biggest shork to old Man Dope wns the downfall of the New York Yankees, world's, base ball champions, who skidded out of the plcturu us the Athletics dushe.l dnimMlcully from behind with two seiisattonul rallle in tho last two games of the world's series to bent the Chicago x:ubs, th(j A s put on one vf the most exclimg shows of the year besides giving the beloved uld master, uT-yeur-old Connie Mnck.lils first world' championship in 14 years, , ' lndivldUHlly, the most start Hug upset of 1929 was the defeat of Hobby Jonea, the open golf king, by it comparative unknown from Kehrasku, Johnny Uoorimun, In the first round of the national nmn leur , championship nt I'chhi? Beach. Jones furnished one of thr main thrills of a big golfing year by sinking a 12-foot putt to tie Al Ksplnosn for tho open chumplon slilp ut Winged Foot nnd the fol lowing day administering an un precedented 28-stroke heating to the Cam Mian Spaniard In the play off. The first tournament ever staged on -the Pacific coast was picked es a set-up for tho great fioorgian until hp fell suddenly be. fore the youthful (loodman In it: revarsat thnt rocked the Califor nia const. . -' . l-w 4,mv l1inirn The -i'oar . produced conipnru- lively few new figure In the top : Itlckard, Us greatest promotion fight d( any sport, with the rhsm-1 figure, experienced a mediocre plons asserting' their class ugain campaign. In its fnntnstte setting for the most part. ' Tho Yankees ! among the palms, the Strlhling and Cardinals, former rulers In j Sharkey fight was put through baseball, were notable exceptions i with the nld of Jack Dempsey as In n, season whleh saw Hobby Jones. Waller lliigcn. Hill Tilden, fllenna .Collett, Helen Wills. Ilc.1 Cngle, Ilalie Until, lingers Horns hy. Xolre Dnme'a eleven, the Col umbia crew, French Invls cup tenm and the Rtanford track team all repenting triumphs of former year. New star flashed, nevertheless. George Simpson, the Ohio Btatei greyhound, rnced to a new world's record of a 1-S aeconds "for the lofl-ynrd dash, even though the mnrk subsequently became rn meshed in the delmto over tart Ing blocks. Allison and Van Ttyn leaped forward na n new doubles aensn- lion in fexnia, connurniig ,- ,'.-1 '.. pridiron Contributed, Notable of the Year Internationa! and Helen ,7- Boxing Suffer, Crowd in History, Seen,, at ." ; it t , ,, : .' a desperate shot from Pi-hhle the world's series wijtli Presi- Albic JJooth skijipiug across the . . Tommy Loughran "out on bis thing in sight nbrond, later losing at home. Al Hinger contributed somo of tho few fistic fireworks. llooth tiiiins I'ninc Alble llooth lg-zagged to foot ball fame in the blue of Yale and figured In the most dramatic game of the year as ho helped the nils ennquor Dartmouth nnd tho groat Al Marsters, Two of the great conquests of the year, taking all elements Into consideration, were tho victory of Clyde Van Dusen In the clawUc Kentucky Derby and the triumph of Columbia's varsity crew in the blue ribbon rowing event ut Poughkeepsle, The turf event of tho year nt Churchill Downs wo accomplish ed In 8 'cloudburst but through the mud and the rnln' Pony Mcr Atee rodo the gelded son of the mighty .Man IV Wur to n smash ing victory over the favorite, Itlue Ijirkspur. and a score of thor oughbred rivals The Hudson river was on n rampage as dusk saw nlno crews leave the stake-boats for the four mile sweep -downstream but Col umbia's eight. In the middle of the worst going of alt, won like cham pions as four of the boats sank. Ilnsrlwll The national game, so far ns the major leagues were concerned, witnessed one of tho biggest turn overs on record as Connie Mnck returned to iho Promised Utnd with the Athletics after 15 years. The downfall of the Yankees, six time champions In tho previous eight years, was climaxed by the dentil of Miller Hoggins late In September. In the National league, the St. I.nuls Cui'd'lnals, 1H2S champions, did no better than fourth. The failure of the new penlTant -winners, Chicago's Cutis. 1o hit'nk the world's series domi nation nf ttin American l.enguers was a big blow to the older cir- cult. The National hits won only one of tile Inst 13 series games. Moving ' Hexing, stunned nt the outset of the your by tho death of Tex tribute to Itlckard and nlsn at an unexpected profit, otherwise the chief heavyweight develop ment, In the efforts o select a successor to (lone Tunney, wns the return of Jack Shsrkey to top notch form. Sharkey's dramatic, three-round knockout of Tommy 1,onghrnn nt the Ysnee Stndlttm en dep. S, established Sharkey Indisputably a the lending Amrri. can heavyweight. IVmpsey retired definitely nnd took up promoting In Chicago. Wllh four title In dispute or vacant ol the close of tho year, two others rhnnged hands. Chris topher (llnl) llnttalinn. hitherto fllmrur, removed the feather irvigni -crown troin Anore noun I In 'buslneHHIlke fnHhion, at Tlari j ford. Jackie Fleldn won the wel terweight champ. onhlp from Joe Dundee, on a font In the necond round at Detroit, liitlt Harrison It. (Jimmy) Johnson of St. Paul wuh the only new ma jor golf champion crowned in liiiffl. He full heir to the national amateur crown after Hobby Jone had heen abruptly removed by an obHc-uro Nehrakan, Johnny fiood- i ma, m mo n' rou nd of the Pebble Heath. Jonea had won the amateur event four ttnieH in the previouv five ynarn. The Owji-Kian wuh an over i whelmfiiK favorite to repeal STuS 'Z'X ln.ih,? I Killed playolT with Al Esplnonn. i Kiwion mrum proved the imp I py 'hunting ground for debonair j Walter Jlagen, who won the Brit ish open for the fourth time nfler Leo Dlegol "blew up'ln tho third round. Glenna Collett fulled in a eallnnt hid to win the Hrltluh women's tournament, losing in the finul to the grout Joyce Wethered lifter negotiating tho flint nine holes in a sensational 34. Glonna's fighting spirit Again carried her to victory in tho national chnm- plonHhlp event, however.; ' The Itrlttah profeiwlonnts . won tho Ttydor cup from Hagen'fl Amerienn tenm but tho Yankees retulllatcd by taking nine of the flint 11 places in the BrltlRh open. Cyril Tolley won the Tlrltish ama teur for the necond time. Two notable developments out Bide the competitive icid were tho adoption of - a lighter and turner ball by the V. 8. (!. A., ef fective Jan. 31. 1931. nnd the le galizing of Hteel nhartH by the Hoy. nl 'and Ancient club. Hritish rul ing body. H'OOllKlll Jtoy HiegelK Ktarted tho year tho wrong way nt I'UHUdena. The big blond California football cap tain cloHed It by being chotten All Paolflc CoaHt center ,(and punning the great Uen Tlcknor of Harvnrd for Alt-American lionors. The Hcrop for ' tinttonnl team hnnoi-H chiefly involved Notre Dame, rittabui-gh and Purdue, Jlilf Ten chumpH. There were ev eral other contender. Including I'tah, Jtocky .Mountain zone. Tu- lano, Routhern Conference tltllnts. TexaH C h r 1 h 1 1 a n, Kouthwent champs, Colgate in the Hast and fit. Mary's on the I'aclfic coant. but niont of the argument center ed nliout the respective merit of the Jtamblera, the PantherH nnd the llollermakorH. The -debut of Yale's Alble llooth was an artlntlc high Hpot. . Tennis , There wan not much new un der tho tennis mm, although there won conNldoi'uble excitement. The optimum engendered over Ameii ca'H Dnvlc -Cup proHpectH. ns a result of the Iohh of Itene T.nconte to tho French team through lll neHH, proved largely unfounded. The French margin of victory was clone, 3 to 2. but neverthelcHS de clalve uh lllg 1)111 Tilden wan able to contribute only one xlnglen vic tory to the doubles triumph of AlliHon nnd Van Ityn, Wimbledon chnmplona. Tilden returned home to regnln tho American slnglea crown for the seventh time. Helen Wills, for the third Htrnlght year, conquered nil rival nt homo nnd nhroari, but in the Wlghtman Cup utntche nt Forest HUIh the American nueen was ex tended to two thrilling deuce HetR to overomc Hetty Nuthnll. Each set went to 8-8 and the fulled Ktates needed thin match to win the series. 4 to S. Miss Wills easi ly won the national title for the fifth time in six years. Turf The Kentucky Derby 3-yearold blue ribbon event, was won in the mud by the gelded son of Mjni ()' War, 11. 1. flnrdner's Clyde Van Dusen, with the favorite, K. It. llrndley's Klue Ijirkspur fourth, nine ljirkspur. however, went on to other triumphs In the Knst and clinched the three-yenr-old crown for 1!)2I before breaking down nt Barntogn. " The New Year 1 Is Good Time To Take Stock The New Year Is a pood lime ho take slock of our possessions uot only In n mntiTlnl sense, but also with rpRnrd to the many thlnKK, tangible nnd IntnnKlblK that wo bl enjoy. Ono of th greatest trmredies In life In the bitterness of nwakeninn too late to the happiness thnt was ours. Very frequently, because hnmnn nature Is such ns It Is, we mt Into a habit of complaining about trifles, of dissatisfaction with our lot, contrnstlnK It with thnt of some neighbor or friend, with re sults thnt are far from pleaslntt. Vet, If we make a true listing of all that w own. me might often find that we rtN much richer and better off than the one we arc envying. The most precious things We possess T.re often those we - scarcely aware nf; wo take thn. so much for granted that some times only their sudden taking away awaken ns tn their true valu A earerul and thorough lnvento;y at New Yenr's would surely help Us to a greater enjoyment and a deeper appreciation of the things thnt we possess. Totals of 846 man -caused and CfiO lightning-act forest fires were reported on the tl national for ests of Oregon nnd Washington In 1929. Atlanta Is u hav a comblnn- tlon office building and cold ator- airA WkNthmiM Mlln hlMli .,600,000 ond f 1,000, 00 0. - ' r 1 uri : . jr.i-r Rtl n or inese youna people Had a ... .... "..... ' - . ' sophomore, hid few equals as a Tim following Htft of manufar- tuiinj; oonrrna in .Mnlfnl, wilt servo ah an oye-opener to thuso who have thought tho orjly re soiirco.s In southern Oregon were covered hy tho fruit nnd lumber industries: Art Goods PIIps Heine cor.t- pany, fidvertisins novelties, em blems, costumes. Handicraft Shop, art needlework. Snedicor Sho, ma kern of draperies, lump sliadcs and slip covers. S. lnnp, woo-l cuts. Auto Tops Medford Auto Top Shop, auto top.s. allied products. ! ii,,!,!,... r..tinuu i..niru iini. 1 ory; Colonial Uakery; Electric! Mrlcory; Oates & Lydiatd; Model Hakery Delicatessen, Hluing Em 11 Adams. Hntterles Medford rtattcry Shop. . Hlue Prints and Maps The Bl'ie Print Shop. JIox ' Khook Timber Products company, Hrooms T. ,T. Dunaway; Med ford l-l room Factory; Mack Neigh bors. .Candies R. F, Hucklnghnm; W. A. Whitolaw & company fanned floods ItoKiie Uivcr Valley Cnnninp company, cnnnid gnod.-t. Knight Packing company, oatsup, canned goods. Itagley Canning company. Ashland. Cider-Vinegar Walden Ilros. Cigars Lew Rukes. Cement lien ver Portland Ce ment company, cement, fiold HIT. . Concrete Products T. H. Calln-; ban, pipe nnd. concrete products, j .Medford Concrete Construction j company, sewer pipe, drain . tile, sand nnd gravel. j Crenmerles (Sold Seal Cream- i cry, creamery products nnd hot ted drinks. Snider's Dairy & Pro duce, creamery products nnd bot tled drinks. Crescent Darics. Dental Supplies Webster Clark. Electric Power Calif ornla-Orc-son-Power company. Florists-Nurseries Eden Valley Nursery, plants, shrutw. etc. Mod-i ford flreenhouse. florist. Park' Landscnpe company, plants, I shrubs, etc. Hogue. Valley Florr.l; company, florists. Villa Nurseries.; Flour nnd Feed Hogue Valley Milling company, flour. Monarch Seed fc Feed, seed, etc. Mutual Mill Sr Reed company, flour, seed. Furniture Aherin's Antique, C. A. Dunlgnn nnd J. W. Hush. Fur N. D. Hodges; F. W. Hart lett. ' Oas Southern Oregon Oas cor- portlon. CilaW Medford PUto fllnss nn-1 Mirror Works. Orniilte Oregon Ornnite con granite pro- pnny. monuments; ducts. Ice Medford lee & Storage company. Insecticide Pear Creek Rnrny company Insecticides, spray pro ducts. Iron & Allied Products Med ford Iron Works. T. T. Merrlmnn. wrought Iron nnd allied products. Ladders Medford Indiler Works. Lumber Fir-Pine Lumber con pany; Owen-Oregon Lumber com pany. Mattresses j Medford company. MnUrChB! Paving L. O. Herrold compnny. Potato Chips Cnrold J. Parker. Pictures nnd Photo Products Anderson Studio; Harwond Photo Service; The Peasleys; Patterson Pictures; J. Verne Shangle. ; Printing, Hubber Stamps Kloeker Printery; Kunman Print ing company; Marshall Printing company; Medford Printing com pany: Medford Dally News; Paci fic Record Herald. Sa n d A - d f or d Sn n d Ornv?l company.Medford Concrete Con struction company. Seed and Feed Farm Bureau On-nperMlve Exchange; Monarch Seed Feed; Hoover Itnneh. blue gmsn nerd; Mutual Mill Seed company. Sheet Metal nnd Allied Products Rriir Sheet Metal Work: Campbell Sheet Metal Works; Medford Sheet Metal Works; Mod ern Plumbing A Sheet Metal com pany: Showers Sheet Metal Shop: i Oottfrled Turnbow, i Signs. Decorating H. S, Cleve land, nlsn Interior drcorfiting. Const Display. Advertising com ! Medford's Manufacturing Concerns t u'' Dig part in the major sports development of 1929. Al singer became a ..... k.Uohc.l neicn YYius ' """" ' "ationai amateur goir tournament; Helen Hicks football player while he was Inigood condition. pnny, icns. Foster & Kleisev. siKns. Heck KIn company, sjiKr.. Jenkins KiKn company, hiktis. Tailors, Dressmakers (ius thi Tftilor, men's and women's clothes. F. J. Hubor, men's and women's clothes. E. J. Klein, men's' an! women's clothes. Fashion Shop, women's clothes, novelties. Taxidermist F. Starboard. Tents Medford Tent & Awnins Works. t Wood Products Trowbridge Cabinet Works: .Still man Cabinet Works; Medford Plnnins Mill. M"on?y ucei-S v, . u. liarnes Phoenix; John Jirenner, Central , Lester Hamilton. Table ) Hock; E. A. Hildreth, llutte Falls; John llolgang, Medford; P. D. Lofland, Central Point: Manklns A Bell, Medford; Geo. W. Nichols. Ashland; H. A. Owens, Medford; I. -M. Philhrook, Eagle Point; Ste wart Honey company, Medford; Nanter Wldmcr, Medford; Mark F. Wright. Medford; C. II. ZI miner, Medford. I ITnddr the direction of Lieuten ant Ilurrcll Urtucam, 11)29 wit nessed tho formation of a head quarters company for the 186th Infantry, Company A, which is located In Medford. The head quarters company Is made up of a selected group of men, who drill weekly nt tho armory, where in struction In various phases of mil itary art Is aleo given. The com pany is composed of 17 members and In wnrfuro Is considered as the "brains" of larger military units. Valley Climate Is Mild All Seasons The climate of Medford may be Judged by Us location and sur roundings. Itelng situated west of the rugged Cascade mountains in the Kogue Hlver valley nnd with a comparatively low altitude has the same mild temperature found "long; the cntiro Pacific coast from Puget Sound to southern Califor nia, due to the influence of the warm Japanese ocean current, which flows near the coast lin?. The winter months are mild, the slight snow fall In the vallev usually melting very rapidly, wltn the greuter part of the yearly pre cipitation coming In the form of rainfall. Tho average rainfall is from '18 to IS Inches, coming mainly in tho fall, winter and spring season, with only occasional shou'orfT arriving In tho summer time. The Studebnker Corporation has trtvt.n ilm Itwlliinn rilv-UInn nt fnr. estry the use of n limit half of Its S0-ucro proving ground nt South Rend, lnd., for forest planting experiments. Larry and Fred WISH YOU Happy New Year JOHNNY GOODMAN iHELEN HICKS e- - arnvto , wes rerreil won 21 bail i. .. oiii.y, was imnaicrrco from Vosemlte National Park to j succeed Colonel C. G. Thomson as superintendent of Crater I-ake Nat- lonal Park, and assumed his duties February 1, 1929. ' Tho new chief of Crater Lake a native of California, having ben born and raised in San Andres. Ho grnduuted from tho Univeralty ol' California, and by irofession is forester. For the past 15 years, previous to coming to southern Oregon, Mi. Sollnsky served in various execu - Hl ..ol.ontKoa l I U ! Yosemite National Pnrk. Durlnc: I that time ho distinguished himself through his work In ' connection with tile development of nhe Iletch . Itetchy project on the Toutumne, river in Vosemlte, and tiy the oi-j justment of claims ly private: holflincs within the park. "Kl," ns he is familiarly known j to lovers of the out-of-doors, who : have mftdc. his acquaintance, Is a "rci;lilarM fellow, and hns the rep utation of meeting everyone on a , democratic hasfs. Fifteen years In national park ; service have cured Mr. Kolinsky i-f; nil enthusiasm for hunting deer or bear, but he seldom passes up an opportunity to go after tho limit of birds. His long suit Is ducks, which ihi Klnmnth mnrshes mil- plled to his satisfaction this fall! I and winter. Mrs. Sollnsky nnd their two: (lauglliers, tne .iismcs otine uij. Donn, spent the past summer ..i the Crater iJtko lodge, nnd nre. enthusinstlc nliout tno unto- l Oregon In general hut Southern i Oregon tn particular. American motorists. It ts esti mated. Will use 14.000.000.000 gal lons of cnsollne this year a lake flvo miles wide and four deep. An oil well, drilled In n ceme tery of the Poncn Indlnns In Okla homa eight years ago. still produces. p ) y III m c 1 If! , K. C. SOMXSKV ,'. . Ill leading contender for the lightweight games, eomething might few rookies ever did before; Johnny Good hot to the front amcng women The landmark known as the I Holy Cross, formed by two snow- fille crevices on n mountain side jon the. Holy Cross Forest, Colo., ; has been set aside, by presidential j proclamation as a national monu ment. itt j ! j 4! 1 Jit i 1 TV 4. Naturally, I take pleasure in introducing myself. 1930! I am young not so experienced but am full of pep and enthusiasm. Start new with me, forget the past, and we will set some new records in the next 365 days particularly if you resolve to do business with Pierce-Allen Your visions of have come true I 1930 hi hi 1 : IU Will your visions of today be come realities in 1940? We hope that they will and are willing to extend to you every co operation worthy of a good bank. Use our service so will not only come true, but come true in a way that will exceed your present expectations. The Jackson CountyBank ES'.ABLISHED lata Medivord, Oregon Commercial Savings Safe Deposit UBMBE I IDEAL KESeaVB tYSTIH crown; Sarah Palfrey established golfers and Albie Booth, althouBIt T From 1006 to 19S7, i n elusive. the federal ftovernment has spf-n: $22,680,443 in Oregon for the pro tectum, development and hnndlini of the 14 national forests In tbo j state. The Kovernment has taken I in as receipts n,flS4,120. Howdy, Folks! And a Happy New Year 3 S4 ! M M I 4 vv S1 Motor Co. ten years ago, today? that your visions v . , . . .