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MEDFOKD MKIL TRTBTJNE, MEDFORD, OREfiOy, SATURDAY,' DECEMBER 13. 1930. Army S cores 6 to 0 Defeat Over Middies in Charity Game i tf mi 1 j 14 4 w 'I '.1' "1 i i I f -i ;J 1 STECKER RUNS BAT DECISIONS 57 YARDS FOR CHOCOLATE KID tONE MARKER IN CHARITY GO Cadet Half Back Furnishes Sensational Climax in " Hard Fought Battle Be , fore 70,000. , YANKEE STADIUM, New York, rioc. 13. UP) A HflnHatlonal ' titty -Heven yard dash hy Ray Kteckor, cadfet halfback from Hazleton, Va., tddny save the Army a last period vldiory over the Navy, six to noth liiK in n hardj fought gridiron bat tler before 70.000 flpectutorfl who contributed $600,000 in gate re celptH to the unemployed. Steoker'H long run on a rovorae play that broke off Army'n left tackle, put a sennatlonal finlatt to a defemte HtriiKKle that lamed well Into the final period, The rangy Army Ktnr wan shaken luofte by fine interference- but personally ehnnk off or outran a half dozen Navy players as he completed his gallop ncrosfl the goal line. Navy on Defenn . ' Army held the upper hand for the most of the game, missing two good chances to score in the first period. Navy's only scoring threat, late In the fourth period, was bro ken up after the middies reached Army's twenty-five yard line. The first service battle since 1927 attracted a colorful and not- , able, crowd, In the Interest of charity but failed to fill the big baseball park. , ' Army had only one scoring piny In Its bag but the cadet margin of superiority on nttacl was manifest by first downs, 12 to 8, In their favor. Army's victory, completing a eeanon in which the only cadet set back was at the hands of Notre Dame, won the sixteenth for the spldlers In the sciius with Navy. ..,, . KOUTIIRnN OREGON BTATJ3 NORMAL HCftOOb, AKhlttml. Ore., Poo. 1 S. (Hpl.) Coach R. W. MnNenl today nnnnunceil a notion of Intrumurul bnnkethnll gnmeit to he pluyed horo noxt week nrepnrn tory to the InterHohoIiiHtio Ramce which will follow tho Chrlminns holltliiyn. Tha irnmeH nchertulecl prxi week will h played by the Norwe.seo club, tho Jiickfiun Coun ty club, tha Coos county club and "(ho Out of Htata club.. All profeiw to huvo Btrong tonms, but Conch McNeill putH them nil In tho mid ,gct clnm. ASHLAND NORMAL MEDFORD JUNIORS 1 ALBANY COLLEGE ii . . TORTLAND, Oro Dee. U. (T) Wtm petition of Albany colleice for memherahlp In the Norlliwmt ath letic conference will be tuknn up the firm Important bunlnena of the conference nil It renumen It ewiloiiH here today. The petition h.iH been filed wltb offlelnlii. i , The conference unit's openliiK Ncwlnn l.iHt nitiht adopted the in.1l footbnll Hchedulu, ntimctl tho duteti of thp nnnuul track moot, tho baae Imll plny.ofr, nnd the tennis tour nament. . HAIT f.AKR CITY, Dec. 1J. (if) Ira Hern, nlt ljiko hcvyw;ht wrestler, took two out of three Xulls over Oeorue MoLeml, New York, here lnt nltiht, Mcl-eod won the flr.it fall In five minute with a body pclftsora, Hern won .the second In five minutes with a , leg bar und body hold, and the third In two minutes with an nlr- pbine spin. . Ily Hhiirman. Unit Ijike clly wel trrwelnht. defeated Peto Stecher. , Nebraska. Tommy Thompson, l.os AiiKi'lcs, defeated Hill Thornton. tuttle, nnd Al Ncnmnn, Unit Lake Clly. won over Frenchy lAdivltt. KUKene, ore., In the preliminaries. TRIPLE TIE IN COAST 11 RATTI.K. Dec. IS. OV-For the. third time this season, Tort land. Vancouver nnd Seattle were today locked In n triple tie for first place In the Pacific Coiwt Hoclrel league. I (The HenMle Kklmos Joined the leaders last nli:ht with a S to 1 victory over Portland In n fierce trugglo, ' i Champion Refutes 'Cheese' Rating by Great Rally, After Taking Nine Count in First Round. ily Hugh H, Fiillcrtnn, Jr. Asftoclated ipre$s Bports Writer. NICW YORK. Dec. 13. (P Homo thousands of fiffht fan were wondering today whether Hat Ilat tulino, Hartford's favorite flKhtlng son. has been vflMtly underrated a champion or whether "nil through" should be written on the Jon rec ord of the young Cuban negro, Kid Chocolate. , llattllno, whose performances had failed to Imprest tho fight faithful, mado a highly successful defense of IiTh featherweight title In laHt nirTlilH battle before 17,000 ; ChrlslmuA fund contributory at Madison Hquaro O-arden. Yet after watching him pound the Cuban's body for 15 rounds of relentless attacking to win the unanimous decision of the referee and two Judges, the fans still were not mire whether it was Hat's strength or the "KeedW wea k nestt that brought the result. He "SliowPd Km." "Well, I guess ! showed them I wasn't a cheese champion," he wild. ''If I am, 1 was pretty strong cheese for Chocolate." The sltm Cuban negro startled the fnns In the very first round when he ncnt tho champion down for a count' of nine. Krom that minute It was nil Hattalont, Horing lit, his arms wrapped around hl head, taking Chocolato's blows on, his elbows nnd firing with both hands to th body whenever he got within range, j the champion seemed to growl stronger as the fight went on. A great rally toward the end which won him the eleventh, twelfth. thirteenth and fourteenth rounds, turned tho tide in his favor. - . . DROP CLOSE TILT TO TALENT QUINT With only two nlBhtn of practice under their bnltH, the Meilfonl Junior hlifli bimketbnll team found IhsniRelveH not quite enouKli for tho Tnlent hliih iiohooi quintet nnd emeiitod nt the Bhort end of a 15 1 1 Rcoro. The Ritnio wiih jtlnyed at the nrmory lnot niitlit. Thieo flrnt HtiinK plnyora, White, Cilllimky nnd Turpln, woro not In tho junior lineup nnd the local hoys were weakened by their ab sence. Hwnnk won tho lending Motlfui'd ncoror. Tho Juniors took the lend In the first quarter, but Talent spurted und led the rest of the game, Ink ing ndvnntuKo of the Juniors' rug ged defensive piny. The lineups: Medford. Talent. Hwnnk (8) P Long () Sherwood (1) F Nichols (2) Wlbuin (2) C -.Turner () Hrown O Fuller (3) II. Williams O Iteming Substitutes: Med'1" stlnson. I.umnn and Lewis. Talent, Tiuioj' and Ohp ni, 4 TO QUIET RUMOR RrctENE, Dec. IS. P) Return- Inic to the I'nlverslty of OreRon campus from California, where he was In attendance t the Pacific Coast conference meeting. Or. Clarence W. spears yesterday branded ns rumors reports he was belli considered to succeed "Nibs" Price as California football couch. Ir, Siears has been the center of news reports during the past' ten days relative to the California coaching position. I'ltKSNti, Cnl., ivc. IS. Tl Kd Stranglcr" Lewis, natlonnll famous heavyweiKht wrestler. Inst night barely defented lr. Peter Vlsser, l-'renn. In two out of ajhree Tnlls on u local I). A. V. mnl card hebl nl the civic auditorium. Lewis won the first fall with a series of flvitlg mares, but fell n victim to vffscr's nlnne epln in the second tumble. Vlsr again sei'nred the hold for a siWn In tho third fall, toil fell after losing his balance while circling the ring wiih the glnnt nintman on his shoulders. ,cwls fell ntop the local grappler nml iinned him for the deciding tall. Grinding On STtt.Je. ?OIWS 5Tf3C)v3 With Rod and Gun By Ernett Roatol and Dlok Qretn Heferenea in this column a few days ngo to a letter,' written by a. local correspondent In the Morning Oregonlan Wild Life Lines, concerning construction of beaver dams In tho Itogue river and the allegation that they nre obstructing progress of flh up the river has drawn comment from T. K. Merrill, 3Q7 Holly street, of Medford. "In regard to beaver dams ob structing the progress Of flnh In the Itogue river,' writes Mr.. Mer rill, "it sounds absurd to anyone familiar with beaver damn und beavers' work. I hnvo. Keen-hundreds of heaver damn and have seen old ones up to n mile ' lenuth. Homo of tho be trout flHhlng I have ever experienced has been in beaver ponds. To begin with, to dam u stream the kIio of the Uogue. would take a very large colony of beavers, and they never butid n dam In a minnly of their favorite food I always soft brush, and soft barked j timber such as while birch. pl lur, nnpen and willow nnd other. It takes a large acreage of this class of timber to support a "lg colony of ben vers. "Henvers will full any kind of timber," he continue, "up to 24 Inches on the stump, to build a dam. They will tine any kind of trees to build an obstruction. The animals are good engineers nnd berore starling a dam know that the range between, low nnd high Water will not be so great s to caune trouble. They know at low water time ihe entrance to their burrows will not be exposed and that the high water will not reach tho rooms In their bouses. Any stream that falls too low In nummer or rise too high in win ter can not be used by beavers for dams. "In Ihr north country." tho li't lor Kny. "In the nntmiil home of tho henvrr. where ' Mrrnm nt-1' frmti'ii nil winter, they liullil tlieU' diimi HfniM Ktrenmn where n Inrise nhuint of food ticex nre nvullnlile. In th full month. they put In their fooil Kiipply very mmllur to the methotla used hy lumhermen. They m U the tttrenni nml full tree from two ! nix Inche In illnmetor nml cut theni Into lug from two to three foot loiiff. hauling them to the trvnm nml flonthm them ilown Into the ioml. Ther they iny to h tine.l nn needeil tlurlnK the winter month The henver we Ronornlly f tntl nlonn n wlft hlrenm like tho linvtiv nre whnl nro known hy northern tmiion nnjOix-(iun wntv biukvthnll lom won - 1 I 'he's had more tmam mis shads' of 8r0tcm 60ns- ako 6euises. hank heaver. They live In the hanlfs and never build dams. The entrance Is below the water level and the beavers burrow upwards and build their noslH above, the hlKhest water. Then the younK animals nre grown, they give up the home nnd go up the stream to conytruct a new one. 'lTp In tho iMkc Superior dis trict," Mr. Alerrltl writes In eon elusion, "when beaver were dolnn J their loKKini; on elear moonlight nlk'htH in October and I wns ramp- ed not far away from a dam, 1 ! havo Jieen on the bank above ! for hours nnd watehed them at work. If KoKue liver had been I a stream adapted to beaver dain.s i there would he remnants of many i old dams made years ano before the settlement of this valley was begun. ' m Gates Auto bowlers were "hot" In their city league claMi with Montgomery Ward la.st night, tak ing all three gamew of the match by substantial margins and turn ing in tho highest game of the current season when they toppled a total of 902 phvs In the opening canto. fleorgo Oaten led the Assault on the "big store" crew, registering high single game.. of 20S and gar nering a three-game total of 555. dates Auto Antle .... Oa nnan Say lor .. I'rlco .... Gates .... mm icn mr i rn 4S7 ISI 1J0 174 ' 47S 172 1M 1S2 r.H 172, IIS 13.-1 425 2(vs 181 inti r 902 774 Sin' 2IS6 smnery Wntl 4 3 45 45 133 120 107 81 314 121 K,3 101 3SS I fit! 132 120 418 130 148 13S 454 lfi:l 118 135 422 777 713 0.38 212S I In nd leap Coffin Kinley Ttateman Amln8 Dummy ON SACRIFICE FLY NEW YOliK, I.Vc. 13 Pt Omul bye to the nacrifice fly. llnts men who lift long flies to the outfield on which buve run nern can advance a base will not be credited with a sacrifice hereafter and will be charged with a time at bat. The Joint rules committee of the mujor Icagden lifts o decided. Another change Mm its n bats man to two hattex on all balN which bounce off the playing field. This wa nlmed to halt the epidemic of trick home rum made when the ball hounded off the playing flrbN lutu the stand. OREGON STATE CAGERS roiiVAI.l.lS. Dec. 13 ,V Tho A from the Multnomah club last night 43 to 31, in the firat game of the season for the orange five. Kd Lewis, lanky eophomoro center, In his first vnr.-tlty gme, made a good i showing along with Grayson, 1-tal-j lard, Lyman and Fngans, veterans. I Classified advertising gets results , A SIMPLE There are variations in and shapes of pumps but the customary Gilmore design and colors are adopted to a look for it! ou, sit lliffliw' : 1 itw - ff SHLING WINS OVER GRIFFITHS IN TEN ROUNDS Boxing Arbiters May Rec ognize Georgia Peach As; Champion of World Tuffy Clever. By William Wwks, A-'HOoltaed Press Sports Writer. CHICAGO, Dec. 13. P) W. L. "Young Stribling of Macon, Ga , iias completed his conquest of the Chicago heavyweight field by a de cisive 10-round victory over "Tuf fy" .Griffiths, the tough youth from Sioux City, la. As a result he may he, recognized, by tho National Uoxing nfsociatlon at least, as the champion of the world. The fistic prid of the south, a 2 tt 1 favorite before che, battle In- tho Chicago .stadium last night, b ft no doubt as to his superiority, hut, not without' calling upon all the rlngcraft gained in more than 30U fightrt. He won tho unanimous decision of Referee Kd I'urdy and the Judgi's over the beM Griffiths Chicago i'ver saw. KniK'kout Falls. - Stribling, favored to win by a knockout, made at least one des perate hid to stup the Sioux City youngster. Griffiths, however, fought n clever defensive,. fight. The bout drew a somewhat dis appointing crowd of 1 5 . 5 7 0 specta tors who gave up J88,2!i7.1l!. Junt before it Major Geaernl John V. Clinnin, president o( tho National lioxing association, -and chairman of the Illinois state athletic com mission, nnnounced he had recom mended the N. B. A. recognize the winner as champion of the world, as Max Schmellng had failed to defend the title within six months of winning It. However, the rec ommendation must be approved by each member state In the N. B. A. New Hospital Head. SALKM, Ore., Dec. 13. &) MUs Mildred Lenoir, mipcrintend ent of the .Pierce county hospital at Tacoma, hns been appointed superintendent of the Sulem Gen eral hospital to succeed Mtss-Slgne Wnhlstrom. resigned. ' STARTS QUICK GREATER GIIMORE CIRCUS $ p m to jo p in. IPO .... 9 lo. r 1 IM A.t.i GW " H..hi 1 Wifie Favored Ramblers; Husband For California CHICAGO, Dec. 13. (P) Anj echo of the enthusiasm that at- tended the Notre Dame-Soul hern t California' football game last year was heard in a Chicago court room yesterday when Mrs. Bella Ogden was awarded a divorce from John Wesley Ogden. wealthy descendant of a pioneer Chicago tamny. - Mrs. Ogden told Judge Daniel, P. Trude about It. According to her testimony Ogden was rooting! UNSETTLED WEATHER . FORECAST FOR WEEK! SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 13. (P) The out lot It for the week begin ning December 14. wns nnnounced here today by the United States weather bureau as follows: Far western . states: Fair In California and Nevada, with local fogft and frosts in northern Cali fornia; unsettled nt times in Ore gon, with occasional rains west of the Cascade mountains nnd local Fmiws or rains to the east ward. Temperatures will be be low normal over1 the plateau re gions nnd about normnl elHt'Where, TURKEY SHOOT SUNDAY Auspices Jacksonville Legion Club Rifles and shooters classified, so all have equal chance. Firing; starts at 9 a.m. Lunch at Noon Range and traps on Vivian Beach place, old stage road; look for signs. Pleny Fine Birds for All WAY AVO D 817c MOTOR TROUBLES Familiarize Yourself with the GILMORE BLU-GREEN Gas Pump Every pump from, which you can obtain genuine Gilmore Blue-Green Gasoline is painted cream and red in the simple design as shown here It also bears the Lion Head trade mark and the Carbon Removal Guarantee. Insist on being served from these pumps. Get the one and only gasoline that is guar anteed to remove carbon and when you chase out carbon you avoid 81 of motor troubles so say automotive experts and it js the perfect quick starting winter gasoline. THE ONIY PREMIUM GAS .... AT NO EXTRA COIT for Southern California, while who wait for Notre Dame. Tho Call fornlans lost and Ogden struck her. she said, in the eye. In ad dition to cruelty. Mrs. Ogden charged drunkenness. Ogden, reported to be living at Pasadena, Cal., Is the beneficiary of three trust funds, the latter of which was for fl.000.0pu, es tablished by his mother, Mrs. Anna Ogden Austin. HIGH DIVIDEND MARK .NEWARK, N. .1.. Dec. U. M) Dividends totaling $86,299,000. an increase of $15,268,000 over 1929 and a new high, were an nounced today by the Prudential Insurance company of America. Of this amount, $53,566,000 was apportioned for owners of Indus trial policies. Dividends of $32. 71,1.000 were paid to holders of other policies. Klamuth Falls. Klamath Va riety moro installed new Neon sign on store building. TO r O Of GASOLINE f