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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
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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.
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. 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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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
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'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
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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
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Coffin
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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
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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.
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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. '
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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
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fornlans lost and Ogden struck
her. she said, in the eye. In ad
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charged drunkenness.
Ogden, reported to be living at
Pasadena, Cal., Is the beneficiary
of three trust funds, the latter
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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
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