4
if
Klamath Elks Coming
PELICAN FANS
Southpaw Beck Will Oppose
Cliff Best On Mound
Both Teams Keyed Up for
Contest.
Everything Is In readiness for
thelblg ball game tomorrow at tho
Jackson county fulrgrftunds, bp
twecn the K lit math Kalis Pelicans
and the Med ford Merchants.
Moth teams are keyed up for the
contest and the strategical com
mittees of both outfits have been
working overtime.
The Klks club of Klamath Fall.s
has written to the Klks club here
thiit they are coming over in force,
both In fans and ball players.
Say Win Was PI like.
They also mentioned that they
did not think Medford had much
of n hall team., anyway, and that
when Medford beat them it was
by a fluke, and would not have
happened had not Hod Sanders,
with six runs In the lead, changed
pitchers,-. Medford putting , over
seven runs In the ninth-Inning.
Heck, a southpaw, will probably
start the game tomorrow, for Klam
ath; Cliff Beat will jro on' the slao
tur Medford.
Kclley, a new 'Outfielder and
cff.'hcr, will be given a chance to
iow his wares. -
roitlctto to Caleb.
Al Droulctte, who played such
a wonderful game at Bend, will
stop the slants of Cliff Best. Va
lencia's leg Is still bothering him,
and should Turk not he able to
play, either Kelley or O'Brien can
ably take care of the Initial bag.
The weather forecast is "warm
er, rloudy, but no rain."
Plenty of Klks will be In at
tendance to handle the large at
tendance expected.
The grounds have been put In
the finest possible condition fcnd
many thrilling fielding stunts wl!l
likely be pulled off.
realwrestTers
There are "championship" wro-!
tling belts In the Pulled States that
have less significance than a base
ball game has to the king of Spain,
but the junior middleweight cham
pionship belt, diamond and ru'by
studded, now on display at Urown'.i
is not one of the so-called fly-by-lilght
girdles. It has an interest
ing history and perhaps a bit will
he added when Henry Jones, Provo,
rtah, present holder, meets Yaqui
Joe, Sonora, Mexico, to defend it
at the Armory next Monday night.
The belt first came Into exist
once in 1913 when George Touhey
of Boston stage dan elimination
tournament In that city. Polo
Pros-key won the girdle and held
It for two years against all comers,
but lost It in lli tn Kill Htodlo,
wlm hc1il.it until ISCMi. when Jack
White nf Chicago staged a tourna
ment to determine a true chani-
Henry Jones was there an 1
Seated three tough boys to get
into the finals. He defeated Mike
Collins in a terrific struggle and
continued to hold the belt until ho
came to Kugene In lflllli.
It was then that he 'lost the belt
to Wildcat Pete and quite a num
ber of wrestlers came to Eugene tc
take the belt away from the Ku
gene. man. One of the ambitious
ones was Yaqul Joe. He surprised
the Kugene fans and left town
with Pete's treasured belt. Joe
went back to Cincinnati in 1029
to take on all comers and ran Into
Texas Teddy Waters, the water
spouting, boo-arouslng snippier,
who took the Indian's girdle away
from him.
Waters was Induced by Herb
Divnn 1- nironn m n I h inn k or. to
come to Kuuenp for a tussle with'
Wildcat Pete, and Waters lost his
prize. A short time later Henry
Jones came to town and took th
belt from Pete last February, and
has held It Mncc that time. How
ever, ho stands a good chance of
losing It Monday when up against
that leg twisting Indian from Mex-
tho main bout, to be refereed by
Harry Klliott.
GET CONFERENCE TITLE!
SALKM. Ore., May 31. P)
Willamette University won its
third northwest conference ti?le
i in major sports for the present
Uege year when Us baseball
team defeated Whitman college
yesterday 8 to 2
WlllamUte won the footl.all and
I'B'kctball tltlos by defcatlnB
Whitman tpams. runnprn-up in
J thone sports as they were In base
ball.
In ti. George Kelly. New York,
SEEKING SCALP
OF MERCHANTS
'iiant nrst baseman. In one game With difficulty Jon. and veui
credited with 1 putnuts. ere.l wen. rewiM-4 from the i ro I
Ruth Hits 6 Homers In Two Days
To Rush Ahead of 1927 Schedule
! i ' .'Y: "--r - i
n.y. ,-; 'Na ' 7n rzj
"Babe" Ruth earns some ot tn
out six home runs in two days.
' NEW YORK . (JP) The lessor
fellows before whom pitchers do
not cower got the jump on the biK
"Mam" this year, but Ituth finally
proved that a swing will tell.
By slugging out six home runs
in two days of nn engagement the
New York Yankees had with the
Philadelphia Athletics, the big hit
ter found himself back nf the top
JONES DEFEATS
American 2 Strokes Under
Par to Beat Briton, 7 and
612,000 See Finish of
Match.
ST. ANDUKWS, Scotland, May
31. WP) Hobby Jones today ndde-1
the Hritish amateur chumplon.sln
to his long string of major golfj
titles by defeating Hoger Wethered i
in the 36-hole final. 7 and G. j
Jones followed his custom of
playing against par while his op-J
ponent played Jones. Tho Amer-j
lean was not over par on any hole
in the morning and he had two
birdies on the round. He finished!
his first round two under perfect;
figure..
In the afternoon he went ne I
nver par on two holes, hut n.m
two birdiPH lo of rest these lapses,
so he was two strokes undT par
for the day's play.
I'.veti Fours Win.
Jones demonstrated again that
"even fours will win." In the 3
holes of play be snored '22 four.,
three of them birdies. He bad
five threes, two pars and a htrdle.
and he required five strokes on
only three holes, one a par and tho
other two a stroke over pur.
Jones and Wethered fought a
great battle through the fir.-t nine
holes of the match, starting 1iomo
for the first time all square. Hut
In the second nine of the morning.
Bobby drew away and went
luncheon four up.
Again a close battle developed
In tho first nine holes of the after
noon round. Wethered cutting
away one of the American's holes
with a sensational putt for a bird.e
three at the 24th hole.
..train 1cml.
The American open champion,
however, regained his morning
lead and added another by win
ning the 2.1th and 2(ith and halv
ing the 27th, started In the ht
Inn five u.
It was estimated that more thanj
12.000 persons saw the flnlsn. or
attempted- to see It. Kully 8.K0
were Jammed In n groat circle
around the I2th hole of the course
the 30th hole of the match
while others were waiting at other
holes along the course. ,
Wethered. after having trouble
in the morning with his long game.
straightened it in the afternoon,
and not until he played the 28th j
was there a hook to his drive, !
The KnglMimnn was regarded ,
as definitely finished when Jones j
started home for the last time. I
! five up. but faint hope persisted (
he might rally and make the match,
; close.
npr is i
I TiOt
These we
j Jones scored
dampened when
birdie at the 2Kt!.
. i i t. ntiiU mt u .In.
I an 1 neivpu me - "'-
i rWlnir holP Vothered hd tt threo-
: Pf" ""f
have madp Junes' domle and kept
Ihr match alive for at leart onel
mori hole, but the slender Kns-'
lishman mli-sed as he had mlwed;
several others only miKniiy i"nnTr.,
WETHEREO FOR COAST RUNNERS ! TEAM WINS IN
BRITISH CROWN TO SET RECORD ! HARVARD MEET
TUKDKORH MA1T,
e 580,000 the New York Yankees a re
of the home run hitters In the
American league. His hitting also
put him on un even . keel with
Hack Wilson, tho Chicago Cubs'
compact load of dynamite.
Ruth's mad hitting not only cre
ated a record for which lie has
strived for some years, but also put
him ahead of his schedule in 1927,
the year he drove out t0 homers.
by burly Scott bobbles, who es-j
corted them to the Itoyal and An-j
clent clubhouse for tho cup pro-
scntation ceremonies.
IN MILE-JAUNT
PULLMAN. Wash.. May 31. uP)
---All eyes of the sports world
were turned toward this little
country college town today where
one of the fastest miles in history
was likely to be run by two rangy
youths from tho northwest, wea
ther permitting.
Ralph Hill, a new national track
figure from tho University of Ore
gon, and Hufus Kiser, former In
tercollegiate mile champion from
the University of Washington,
were the headllners of today's,
final f vents in the annual two
day Pacific coast conference track
and field meet.
Washington was a favorite to
win the annual meet, with Ore
gon figured to finis h second.
Washington Stale College, third.
Oregon State fourth, Idaho fifth
and Montana last. .
IN FRENCH PLAYIm&S
AUTKUIL, Franco, May 31. ilk)
Hill Titden beat his old rival, Jean
Horotra, In a thrilling five-net
match in the semi-finals of the
French tennis championship today,
2-6, 6-2, 6-.. 4-6, fi-3.
AlTl-I'II-, France, May 31. (jV)
Mrs. MHen Wills Moody forged
Into thp final round in defense of
her French women's tennis cham
pionship today, defentlng Fraulein
Ceeile Aussem of Germany, 6-2,
6-1.
The world's champion from
Ucrkcley,' Cal., rose superior to
playing conditions r,s well as ti
her opponent, making the best of
wM courts and a drizzling rain.
In the final tomorrow, Tild"n
will meet the gnitest of the
French "Musketeers," as Henri ro
chet crashed through his semi
final round match with Huron
Humbert He Morpurgo of Italy,
o-i, 62.
WIN GHILDS RACE
PHIUUft-LPHlA. May 31. A)
Columbia university today won th
Chi Ids cup rtue, a college even!
of many yearn flandlng. Penn
sylvania wan second and Princeton
third.
The race was the feattig event
M the : annual regattat of the Amer
ican li owing .ij'Aoelutton on t.i
Schuylkill river In Kilrmotmi p.irV
TRIIHINK, MKDFOIJI),
in Force For Sunday
caylna him this year by siucinina
lit was not until May 28 of that
year that the big hitter got bis 12th
! homer. This year's was registered
jMay 22.
j The "nam's" new record Is tile
bluing of throe homers In a single
game during Hie regular season.
I Ituth had hit three twice in world
series competition, but never be
! fore in a league game.
Stanford Takes Second
Place Harvard Third
Hurdlers Clinch Victory
for Southerners.
1 1 A It V AUO ST A MUM. Ua m
bridge, Mass., Auy 31. (P) Uun
ning up a grand total of 4 ! Vi
points. Southern California's versa
tile Trojans today romped off with
tho Intercollegiate A. A. A. track
and field championships, dethron
ing the three time titlehotding
Stanford team In a sensational
meet, In which records were shat
tered In three events nnd equalled
In a fourth.
Tho Trojans clinches the meet
when their crack low hurdlers.
Carls and J'ayne, finished one-two
and added nine points lo the team
total and disposed nf any lingering
chance Stanford had to catch her
far western rivals. Harvard, In an
unexpectedly strong showing, took
third place and for a time gave the
powerful westerners a real battle.
Southern California's winning
margin was eight points, Stanford
scoring 3(1 '4 points to finish sec
don. Harvard was third with 33'
M ichigan fourth with 14 and
Vale fifth with 13 3-4 points.
ItOSlCni'l.f:, Ore.. May 31. fPf
The Myrtli- Creek high school de
feated Hrownsville high, 25 to 10.
in a burjchall game at Myrtle Crock
yesterday and woo he champion
ship of western Oregon hiKh
school.
PENN COACH NAMED
ASSOCIATION HEAD
CAMHIlIHfii;. Mns.. May 31.
iP Nate Cnrtnell of Penn State
today wiih elected president of
the Trark Coaches usHoclatlon f
Aineiirit t the annual meeting
held In rnnncctlon with the In
tercollegiate championships. Itob
ert I.. (I)lnk) Templeton of Htan
ford was rhosen vice-president
and Harry Hillman of Dartmouth
wan re-elected secretary-treasurer.
f)titput nf MlKxnuri coa mlncn In
191:9 Increased half a million tons
over 192.
The population of Java, S. 1)..
ha increased from 527 to 529 isince
l$2i, the census dis-losed.
Newport fluy McKnight open
ed pottery hop In atore former
occupied by H. M. Henjfon.
Kugene. $400,000 auxiliary
steam power Pant will be con
Atructed here, wffH
An ordT to kill blue Jays In parks
I at Ilrfstow, Okla.. started a con-
trovery between the citizen. !
TPfllAM TRAM
inujnii iiinuii
OI,'i;i(). SATl'K'DAV.
BEAVERS TAKE!
Lowly Portland Outfit Pulls
Acorns From Second j
Place Seals Win When I
Runner Steals Home.
(By the Associated Press)
Carl Zamluch'a Oakland aggrega
tion, which held a tight grip on
oe con d place for some weeks, was
finally displaced by Port laud's
double win yesterday, and Hie lat
ter team moved up to a position
from which it may rival Seattle
for seventh place. Fred Ortman
and Curtis Fullerton both turned in
successful games for tho Heavers,
the tirst 3 to 1 and (he second (i
to 2. Neither Dag 1 la nor Kd wards
was effective for the Oaks, aa they
dropped their third and fourth
straight games to l'oiilund.
Los Angeles moved into second
place by virtue of the Oaks' losses
and a split double header between
the Angels and the Missions, 2 to
1 and 7 to 10.
Cavenney Steals Home
Jimmy Cavenney, Seal second
basomttu, took feature honors for ;
the day with his finishing touch to
the second game with Hollywood, j
which gave San Francisco an even
break for the day. by scores of 2 to 1
3 and 10 to 9. Cavenney, who had
already done good work in bitting
and fielding, gathered up his nerve
and stole home In the tenth to score
the winning tally.
Sacramento at last accumulated
a noticeable lead In standings by
taking both games of a double
header from Seattle, G to 5 nnd 3
to 0.
The Seals and Missions, as a re
sult of their even breaks, remain
tied for fourth pJace, but only a
game separates them from the second-place
Angels, with Oakland be
tween. Yesterday's Coast League Results
''(Hy the AHHOcuited I'ruas)
U. II. E.
Oakland 10 0
Poi'tlmid 3 8 0
DitRlia, IMorson and Read; Ort
man and Palm.
Second Kama: It. II. B.
Oakland - 7 1
I'orllum S 0
Edwards, IMovhoii and Lombard!;
Fullerton and Woodall.
U. H. E.
Sacramento fl 15 -2
Seattle 5 H O
(Twelve innings).
Freitas and Koehler, Wlrta; Kol
lio and Horroani.
Second game: U. H. E.
Sacramento 3 4
Seattle 0 4 0
Vinci nnd Koehler; Kunz and
ColliiiH.
n. ii.
;i x
2 10
K.
:
1
and
Hollywood
San Kranciaco
Turner unci Hasttlcr; Davit
PciiGbsky.
Second 'Rume: H. II.
Hollywood 9 11
San Francisco 10 14
(Ten lnniuea).
K.
Johns, Pane and Scvereld;
Dvil, I'erry and OaBton, l'e.
nly.
Me-nuu-
lt. l. K.
MiHaionH I i
Loh AnKeleH - l 1
Molinr and llnfman; Hacclit and
Hannah, Skifr.
Second game: H. II. I'
Misalnnn 10 i:i 1
I-oh AiikcIch 7 7 1
ISeven InnliiKHl.
McCJuald, Canter, Niilann and
Btenwl; HollliiK, Walnh, I'nlors and
Warren.
PORTLAND REFEREE IS
POUTI.ANI), f)re.. May 31.
Collie HtuopM, Portland traffic po-1
liceman and boxing referee, was ir.
a hospital here today with a frac
tured pelvis suffered late y est in - (
day In a smashup while ho wa
en route to another collision. j
Htoops was drlvlnc a motorcycle,,
and to avoid colliding with an auto
mobile, swerved and upset.
SERVE AS PALLBEARERS
UOCKFOK1). III.. May 31. fP)
Klx members of the Chicago
Cubs were chosen as active pall
bearers at the funeral today of
Hal Carlson, pitcher, who db;d
Wednesday.
They were: Malcolm Moss. I
Perce Ma lone. Charlie I toot nnd
William McAfee, fellow members,
with Carlson of the Cubs' pitch
ing staff; John Hchulte, catcher,
und Itay Hchalk, coach.
Salem Wins.
KALKM, Ore.. May .Tl.7
The Halem Henatort won the third
consecutive Memorial lay game
from the Montavllla team of Port
land. 8 to 1. Thp lut half of the
nip ii st rted wit h Ha lem t wo
runs behind. The three utrod bys
ed(t the Hnb-tn hnttlnc lll,
DOUBLE HEADER
FROM OAKLAND
I ' i
MAY P.I. Ifr.IO.
REDS TRADE CRITZ FOR BENTON
r.!V3SI iRvJDInu Ml mill
r4 ill LEAD POSITION
Km r Si. f . C !
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5
Hushle Crltz (right), star second baseman of the Cincinnati
Reds, goes to the New York Giants in exchange for Larry Benton,
right hand pitcher. John McGraw had been angling (or the Red star
. Inr thrp. v.arl .
Gomez In Major Premiere
Undoes Old "Red" Faber
NKW YOIIK. . Kvcrybody is
pleased when youth shows heart
and skill In a hard-boiled battle.
In baseball many fans feel that
perhaps here Is another .superman.
In the world of portable pitchers,
tho momentary great one might be
another Pen nock, C.rovo or lOddio
Plank.
Vernon Gome, now with the
Yankees, certainly has youth. He,
was born November 2ti, 1 9 1 to, ut !
Uodeo, Cal. And it is In tho re-'-j
ordn that he pitched a hard, sue-!
ceHHful gamo In his debut with Xh?
Yankees recently.
Gomez out pitched "Red" Faber
of the While Hox. and kept him
outpitched long after It looked as
though the Yankees never were
going to got back a single run the.
Hox got through u home-run by
Willie ICnmin.
The first major defensive begun
by the 2 (1-year-old pitcher wa-i
marked by bis funning ihe first
FRENCH CHAMPIONS TO WED SOON
Reno Lacoste. French tennli champion, and Mile. Thlon do la
Chaumo, French golf champion will bo married June 3.
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. Aaauclnteil J'rcAa Photo
three men lo face him In the open
ing round. In the second Inning
Katnin levelled his homer into tho
stands, nnd afterwards there was
no scoring either by I lie Sox or
I ho Yankees until tho seventh in
ning. And It wasn't tho Sox who
scored t hen.
For five Innings, Gomez saw tho
Yankee heavy hi tiers fall him
Htilh running: Gehrig futile. Fin
ally, the weaker part of tho Yan
kee batting order contrived three
runs from Faber, and the scoring
ended after Ui.zerl the next In
ning hit a homer for another.
initios, hold the Sox to five hlU.
and struck out six. Tho latter
achievement Is Iiv line with the
record he made last year with Han
Francisco In the Pacific Coant
league, where ho struck out 1 "
during tho sea.-on. Tho kid pitcher
won IX nnd lost 11 for the Sea',
lie was Hlgncd when 16. He now
is (l feet I Inches tall and weigh.
HIS pounds.
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Game
nODIMP ATT A M
Memorial Day Games Shake
Up Standings Cubs Tied
With Pittsburg for Third-Place.
Hy Hugh S. Fullci-tnii.
Associated Press Hports W'rltiir.,
I n a pair of pennant races as
close as those In the two mnjui
leagues haW been through lh i
early pari of t''e season, tho re-
suits of the doubleheadcrs of Me- 4
mnrial day caine as something ot!
a surprise, l.lght pairs of gam.-s
were played yesterday, and onlv
two were divided, while the rest
figured to a considerable extent In
shaking up tho Htundlngs.
Tho Pittsburgh Pirates, weaken
ed by sickness and Injuries to their
pitching s'.nff, got an even break -with
Cincinnati. The Ht. I-our
Urowns anil Chicago Whito Srrx
deadlocked In ganies for sixth plaCi j
In the American league, figured
in the other even break. 3
Cincinnati, with lied Lucas out- "
pitching Ieon Chagnon, took the
morning game from Pittsburgh, fl
to 1. n the afternoon the Heds t-t
lost. 7 lo 11. Tho Chicago1 Amer- '
leans had to go 10 innings to win 'i
the first game, 7 to 4, but they
failed to give .Ted Hyons proper
support in tho second, commit '
ting six errors, and tho Browna
pulled out a 4 to 3 victory. 111
ItobhiH Out In Front.
Brooklyn's slugging Kobins ac
complished tho most In two games,'"
going from a tio for first plaeo J'
In tho National league to a- two- "
game lead by beating tho Phillies J
.11 to 1 nnd 11 to 9. The Chlcatjj
Cubs look two games from the fj
St. I.ouis Cardinals. They won tho ...
first 2 to 0 nnd took a 10-Innin;,-afternoon
contest. 9 to 8, going
Into a tie In games with Pittsburgh ,
for third place. '
The It o s t o n Hravoa brought
about another change In tho Nf
tional league standing ns thoy took t,
two 0 to 5 decisions from tho Now
York Giants on late rallies.
The Philadelphia Athletics clln
ped Washington's margin of lead- '
ershlp from three games to one
by defeating the Senators 7 to C'
nnd 15 to 1 1.
The New York Yankees, getting
off to a, fine tart ns Habo Ituth
hit Ms 'Kith home-run of tho year".''
on his first appearance at tho '
plate, moved Into third place by
n throe-point margin by beatlnfl J
tho Boston Ued Box B tr S 'and
7 to 3.
Detroit's Tigers broke the threo
wny tlo for. tho top of the seobnd u
division and urint tho ClrvclanJ
Indians below tho Yankees by win- (
nlng a pair of games by scores
of 5 to and II to 0.
Tho Infant son of GCbrgo P.
Muncey, sophomor'o at Hobart col- ,
lege, Geneva. N. Y., recently was
pledged to Uunbdn. PI, his father','
fniternlty. r
BASEBALL!
Klamath Falls
V8.
Medford
at Fair Grounds
Sunday 2:30 P'M. '
Say, fans! This will
be some game. Don't
miss it.
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