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Newspaper Page Textri IFOtTR' : PAGE TWELVE 'n M"EBFORD If ATT, TRIBTJNB, MfiPPORB, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24. 1931 Si t ' A Title for Tommy By Pap II COAST GOLFERS OUGH BOY a ' i I AMERICAN LOOP Joe Cronin of ' Senators Shows Talent at Bat Ben, Chapman of Janks Stealing- Many . Bases I, By Hwstl a Fullorlon, Jr, (Associated Press Sports Writer) -"Twoof the season's outstanding stars lh the American league this year are a couple of young -play Oris who hardly have been in the circuit long enough to know their aay around It Joe Cronin, husky young Washington shortstop, came up to, the Senators In the mlddlo of the 1928 season and did not really begin to shine until last year, while Ben Chapman of the New York Yankees woa a newcomer In . mo. ft ; is . ' A jtftirjgs; istahd now, Cronin leads the league In batting In runs. In the total number of hits made and 4n cloutlog triple. He Is well up In the batting averages, Is fielding brilliantly and, since he Is not 26 years old, he Is still rated as a "comer" rather than as an established star. (i. ... (Han On Paths Chapman, only a fair Infleldor who batted a little better than .300 last year, also Is hitting with the beet and has made a specialty of stealing bases. With no place In the infield for him he has been put in left field to keep" him in the lineup.- ' ..The Yankee youngster stole three sacks .In the second game yester day as his chief contribution to New York's double victory ovr the Chicago White Sox. ' He brought his total for the seaon to 26, only one less than Charloy Qohrlnger'tf total which led the league In 1030. Chappie also made three hits and batted in four runs at the Yanks won by 8 to and 9 to 4 scores Babe Ruths 14th homer and a alx-hlt pitching performance by Ed Wells In the second clash were merely added attractions, a;. Cronin Aldn Solon .Cronin holped the Senators toko a pair of games ' from Detroit by Hitting three times, batting in four runs and figuring In four double plays.' Piling up 18 hits, Washing ton had an easy time winning the first game 10 to S, but they played nine scoreless innings In the clos ing duel between Fred Marherry and. George Utile before batting around In the tenth to soore four runs and win 4-0, The twin" victory enabled' the Senators to' reduco Philadelphia's lead to two and one-half games as thei Athletics got only an even break with the St. Louis Browns. Bob Grove pitched the champions to a I to 0 victory in the first ame, abutting out the Browns with (wo singles to win hln f 3i.h game of the season, but the Browns, badly outhlt, loated to win trie 18-lnrilng second game 8 to 4. .; 1 Indian Blank Boston Cleveland stole some of the thunder from the American league 1aders,. who have been specialis ing in pitching, by sending out two moundsinen who pltohed shutout bgll against Boston. Clint Brown held the Red Sox to five hits to wtn the frst game II to 0, then Willis Hudlln Improved on that performance by granting only one Ml aa the Indians took the second 10 to 0. . Only one double header was left when the weather got through with the National league program and In it the Cincinnati Reds upset the dope trf overwhelming the Boston Braves. Red Lucas turned In a three hit pitching Job to win tho first battle i to 0, then tarry Ben ton gave Cincinnati some moro ef fective pitching and the Reds hit mightily behind him to win the second 8 to 4. The game was stop ped after six Innings by rain, SOLD TO JERSEY "PORTLAND, Ore., June 14. W) Thomas V. Turner, president of the Jutland club of lh. Coast baseball ' league, announced today he had Mid Curtis Kullerton, pitcher, "nnd cash," to the Jersey City league for Klnner a. Oraf, right-handed pitcher. ..;.!.,. Kullerton will leave today for the east. drnf la understood to hate tnken a train for Portlnnd last night.' ' H. E. Oakland ' .. Portland . - S 6 t 6 0 Orwoll "Daglla and McMullen; and Woodall. H. Sacramento .................. 4 Seattle . fi 14 10 Fiynn, Chesterfield, Ollllck and Wlrts; Page, Donnelly and Cox. to .' , R. Missions ........................ 1 San Francisco ft H. E. 9 4 0 Olbson H. Plllette and Breaiel: ad Baldwin. H. , E. -U 1 : t o flallou. t!!j?oi .t.;,x..lj....7 M Angelas Wetsel and Busier! ' Tor smd Beawlu. - v. North Carolina's- birth rata for Ola month of April wa double the death rat for th month. BEAVER PITCHER The state has quit seining fish from Hiatt Prairie lake, as the Talent IrlKatlon district has agreed to leave enoufch water In the lake to keeir the fifh alive through th season to avoid the necessity for restocking the lake for next year. Fish which have already suffered from the water shortage will be ro moved, but no more transported to other bodies of water. Hlutt lake has become one of the most popular fishing haunts In south ern Oregon and anglers are glad to know that it will be preserved, All sportsmen and consorva tlonlsts of the valley, as well members of the Jackson County Game Protective association are urged to attend the dinner at th Hotel Medford tomorrow evening at which an interesting program will be presented. The fish ladder has been com pleted at the Gold Kay dam, was reported yesterday. Twelve by 12 timbers have been anchor ed tc bedrock and provision made to end, the troubles which have always existed at the bottom of the ladder, where the water spread so that tho fish couldn get over. One pool 18 feet long, seven faet wide and two feet daep has been made and the ladder has been filled with 'wator at all times ex cept the few days during which the men were working on it The one great fish pool will be a greut help to the fish In getting over the ladder. It will provide them with a runway in which to K'il" speed for their jump. New racks will be Installed next week. Ang lers are Klad to learn the fish can no longer got under tho power house from the lower side, The largest trout ever taken from Pitt river Is claimed as tho catch of F. A. Hlce In a report in the Siskiyou News. The story reads: There seem to be trout and trout. So fur tho season's flnh story and possibly largest trout have come from Bhasta county, where F. A. Hlce. caretaker at Hulnbow lake comes forth with tale .of having landed a rainbow that weighed lltt pounds, the lust of tho week, Itlco telephoned news of hlr catch to Redding and asked In structlons as to preserving the trout so that he could take It to that city In good condition. One of the Redding stores Is offering prices for the largest trout cuught In Shasta county streams each month and Hlce hopes to capture the June trophy. . It Is said to be the largest trout ever taken In Pitt river. 1 DEFEAT DUCKS (lly tho Amncinutl Press) The last place Onklnnd Acorns rose up nnd downed the second plnce Portland Heavers, 4 to 8, nflor bunching hits In the fourth nnd seventh Innings at Portlnnd last night. Tho Henls took the first game of the week's series, I to 1, from the Mission Reds, largely .becnusc (lene Robertson, Mission second sarker, erred In tho elghlh Inntr.s nnd allowed the winning Han Krnn Cisco run to sweep home. Another superiority contest In Los Angeles brought the Holly wood mars a 1 to I victory over the Angels. Wetsel held the Angels to three hits. Riding on a tour-run splurge n the fourth, to which Ihey added mQn , , ho ,,, Indians took n 6 to 4 decision over Hncrnmenlo. HOW TIIE STAN O . (lly the Associated Pross) Coast W. I,. Pet. Hollywood 49 28 .836 Portland 41 34 .647 8an Francisco 39 87 .613 Missions 39 39 .500 Xxtt Angeles 38 38 .(00 Heattlo ..... S 89 ,473 Sacramento ,... 84 43 .473 Oakland 87 46 J76 American W. L. Pet. Philadelphia 44 15 .746 Washington 43 19 .94 New York 31 25 .654 Cleveland 80 30 .600 Boston . . 23 34 .393 Detroit 23 39 ,371 8t. louls . 21 36 .868 Chicago 20 86 .367 National W. L. Pet.. 8t. Lnuli . 37 20 .649 New York 34 2! .607 Chicago . 83 24 .679 Ttoston . 80 80 .600 Brooklyn 29 30 .492 Philadelphia 35 32 .439 Pittsburgh 23 34 .404 Cincinnati 21 40 .344 LOWLY ACORNS 0 OPEN IN BATTLE FOR HQGAN SCROWN Champion Is Eliminated in First Round of Northwes Amateur Tourney Show by 4.0s Anaeles' Star By Frank G. Gorrle. (Associated 1'roNs 8portH Writer) TACOMA, Wash., June 24. W) The pacific northwest was with out an amateur golf champion today and will continue . to be until next Saturday afternoon when a new tltllst will be crowned. Eddie Hagan, Portland, loBt his reigning honor yesterday In tho first round of the Pacific North west tournament here when he bowed to George Hhuw, Los An geles,.! up in a 30-hole match. Today It was a free-for-all but tle for the relinquished crown, with 16 Puclflo coast golfers still in the thick of the. fray. Portlund Lcttdx Flold. Although losing its chumplonl Portland led the field with dtyoteerlng army of five. Includ ing three former title holders. The Oregon city was strongly repre sented In Rudie Wllholm, Dr. O. F, Willing and Frank Dolp, the ex-champions and Johnny Hob- bins and Jlmmle Bushong. Of the other 11 contestants who were victorious yesterday, Seattle had four, Tacoma and Victoria two and Los Angeles, Vancouver and Berkeley, one each. In the women s division of the tournament, Mrs. Vera Hutchlngs, Vancouver, 'still was very much In the running,, having conquered Mrs. 8. W. Thurston, Seattle, 1 and C, yesterday. Mrs. Hutchlngs has won the women's crown the last two years and was a heavy favorite to ropeat again. Mrs, Kvu n Threat. Mrs. B. VS. Eva, Portland, med- allst- in the qualifying round Mon day and runner up last year, was oonsldered the Vancouver woman's strongest opponent. Both women had hurd matches today,, however Mrs, Hutchlngs meeting Mrs. Wil lie - Hunter of Los Angeles and Mrs. Eva opposing Mrs. K, S. Hoed, Portland. Hogan made a great fight yes terday before finally giving up his title. The Portland youngster carried the match to the 30th hole after being five down at the 27th. He won four holes of the last nine, but failed tq capture the 3(fth, which would have squared the contest, Other favorites came through as expected, most of them with easy victories. WILL PILOT BOATS Tho first women in southern Orogon to respond to the call of the Hoguo nnd the chug of the outboard motor, announce that they will be entries In tho races to be held at Savage Rapids dam Sunday afternoon under the aus pices of the Southern Oregon Boat olub. The names of tho daring damsels, who will undoubtedly experience many thrills and epllls before the silver loving cup is awarded the winner are withheld They are, however, well known In Medford end southern Orogon nnd promise to outdistance the mnscu. line speedsters In furnishing en1 tertnlnment. Many outside boats, which have surrendered lo Helulo Kluhrer and his "Flying Dutchman" or Dutch Welch's speed demon In former contests will be on tho water Sun Jay. Their pilots are determined to ellmlnnte the Mediord men from first honors on the pHko list nnd threaten to resort to tho most during tactics. They have been racing their motors In' prue tlce for the past several weeks nnd nro an id to have many sur prises stored up for use Sunday. Tho bonto will be off in a cloud t 'fun ni nt 1:30 sharp in the first race scheduled tor the afternoon. Tho Sunday contests will be tho second series held nt Savage Hnp- lils dnm nnd the crowd reported for the first event convinces the boat club that a record gathering will hover over the banks of the river Sunday. - . Many added - attractions are icing arranged for the day, one of the most Important of which will be a surf board riding exhibition. It, c. and 1 class races will be fentured. as well as a free for all. I'here will also be a special event for stock made motors In v class. O'ltelllr Hollrce. The retirement of John D. O'Reilly as head track and fleni coach nt Georgetown brings to end a chapter that was tor years among the brightest In Hill topper history. O'ltellly, only few year ago, turned out some of the best esot- ern college teams. One of them enptutvd the 1. C. A. A. A. A. I- oor championship In 19IS. That year Georgetown's marvelous two mile relay team, composed of Swinburne, llolden, Sullivan and Marsters, set a world's outdoor record of 7:42, after lowering the world's Indoor mark to T:41:-5. Under O'Reilly's coaching Tony Plansky and Emerson Norton car ried off high honor in all-around competition, Karl Wlldermuth raced to sprint honor and Creth Hlnea won javelin-tossing cham pionships. N SUNDAY'S RACES fz&ma if -Kir?- , , iff ME. mkv Xo Sflocrr A f?ecc?c? 6REAK-IMS "71 IN 1M -FAJAi- TO UJAJ . BRITISH RYDER CUP STARS "&tF:n )'w Abov are the Milege gunM behind the British defense of the Ryder jp to be made against a team of crack American professionals on the Scioto Country club course at Columbus. Ohio, June 26-27. Charles Wnltcombe Is captain of the invading squad, while Archie Compston and Abe Mitchell are hoth veterans of Ryder cup play. OPPOSE BRITISH LEO DIEGEU fW few- - I vv:vHAGENy V l V- 1 - 7 Whsn th crm of American and British golfer meet on th Scioto Country club court at Columbus. Ohio, Junt 26-27 for th Rydtr Cup th trie shown abov will htlp uphold th honor of United Stat-t. WalUr Hagen I captain of th Amirlcan Uamvwhll Al Eplnoa and lo Ditgtl ar two et th outsUndlng mi mbara. CHAR.LES WHITCOM BE ARCHIE COMPSTON" Associated Pre Photo FOR RYDER CUP 7-t jssecierea rrtst rsofe TCMAY The. mew fcClTlSfl ORfJ GOLF Champion QOLF OSSIP Young Roland Hancock derived more than a modicum of consola-j nun, me mie oiiimn golf championship, I suspect' al- though, so far as I know, he was jjg -irgtpa ovfig tiEgg iro jlAg5j not witnin tnree thousand miieu Ryder cup team because he od of old Carnoustie. . jecled to having hl program of Still, he must have watched activity restricted, with a very personal interest the! i might win the II. S. open," returns from the flnnl round, as Cotton told the Ryder teum selec Jose Jurado and Macdonald Smith ' tors, "and In that cast I would cume to the last two or three I naturally want to barnstorm the holes with par left to catch or go ahead of Tommy Armour, on the board with a total of 296. If anybody In this world real izes just what it, means to arrive at the finishing holes of a major open championship with a great, cnance to go out in front ana what It means to find something unaccountable but terrible barring the wny, It is Roland Huncock. It was Roland who, at Olympla Fields in 1928, came to the lant two holes of his final round with par to go ahead of Jones and Furrell a 4 and a 6, and not specially tough holes at that, un der ordinary conditions. Indeed, a 5 and a 6 would win; and a 6 and a 5 vou!d tie. Ro land needed a par 4 and a par 5 to complete a round of 69 o win tho championship by two strokes nnd to Bet down In his tory what probubly would be ranked as the greatest finish to date. But he finished 6-6; his ast round was 73, und his total of 295 was just a stroke back of Far. rell and Jones. I'lcnty of t'oniiwny, Ilolnnd, of course, has company In tho Krim knowledge nf whst those- closing holes enn do to the most determined -competitor. A year later, - after Esplnosa and Jones had finished their wild show this should be so. scramble in the last round at; Nevertheless Mitchell Is enjoy WlmmJ Foot and were In a tie Ing the second of his best two for first place, Dm more Shute came along with par 4-4-4-4 need ed to win. And Denny finished with three 6's ami a 4. Hut at old Carnoustie, no loss a player than Mac Smith, famed for his last-round spurts, came to tho Inst three holes with par 3-4-5 to win nnd required 5-6-6. And Jurado. the brilliant Argen tine, with pr 4-5 to go ahead of Armour, wnp In the brook at the l?th and took a 6. And then, with a birdie 4 left to tie, he missed a 3-yard putt a(. the last green. Tho Pressure. Tho Iron certitude of a s;ore already on the board bears down with an incalculable pressure in tho competitor who comes to the finishing hole with a chance to win or tic. Armour's great victory at Car noustie was in a way a rpllca of many another competitor who by the luck of the draw was going well nnd finished early, mo that his scorf was on the board whil? contestants with apparently an easier card needed still had theirs to make. No better example need he sought than that of Clene Sarazen nt Skokle. hanging up a 6S In an early last round thnt broke the stubborn back of John Klack and Hobby Jones, who needed re spectively n 71 and a 72 to cntch him each, falling by a single stroke, lost hit laat chance at the 17th ho'e. A Hoston nlrl sayt she will marry the man who pare her father's debts. We would advise Interested parties to first find out who got he father In debt. Life, Illinois counties will spend about 1 15,000,000 for highway purposes this year In construction of more than BOO mllca of roads and !& bridges. J FaTAN GOULD ASiOCTfeTCO PTUXSS SPORTS EDtTOM 'The retirement of Edward Trow bridge Cotllns, once the king of second r basemen, - puts a final touch on the passing of the one time American league 'a "Big Three" Collino. Ty Cobb and Trls Speaker. .-'' For nearly a quarter of a cen tury they were contemporaries in compiling some of baseball's great all-time achievements. Cobb broke Into the big show In 1,905, Collins In 1906 and Speaker in 1907. Their active playing careers closed simultaneously after part-tlmo work In 1928. Collins has been on the active list in name only since .then. :' Cobb's final batting mark for 1928 was .323 as compared with his record life-time figure of .3C7. Collins, as a pinch-hltter, closed his' book with a mere .303 and a life-time average of .333. Speaker hit only .267 with Washington in 1928 as compared with a life time mark of .344. They; had Johnson, Lajoie and Slsler as rivals for all-arbund honors in' earlier days, before yielding crowns to Heilmnnn. Ruth and Simmons of newer genera tions. They battled against a long line of sharpshooters from John son, Bender, Joss, Walsh, Dono van. Plank, Wocd and Coombs down to the group featuring Bag by, Hoyt, Coveleskle, Pennock and Grove.. One Pair Needed. It was over tho beautiful Inver ness oourBe at Toledo in 1920 that the British professional clan, rep resented by Ted Ray, lost won the honors that go with the American open championship. If this is a good omen, thegoii Ing sonB of .John Bull hope to make the most of it this July at Inverness 'to offset the embar rassment' of having their own open trophy brought back to this .coun try ten times in the past 11 years. The trouble is that Britain nas produced no-pair to carry on with the consistency of Harry ' Vardon nnd Ted Ray. Vardon won the American open In 1900, tied with Ray and Francis Ouimet in ID", when the 19-year-old American amateur captured the playoft. and was runner-up to Ray in 1920. Aha Mitchell and George Dun , failed in several attempts to lrCnk through. Now the prll.cipal . threats are Arcnie uomiwiun u Hsn.v Cotton, the voune English- man . who was barred from tho states." It will be the biggest sensation of the year If Cotton or any one else of his countrymen can break through the ranks of the home forces, led bv Hasten. Harasten, parreil. Armour, Mac Smith, Hor- ton smith and Dlegcl. Can This Bo True? "It will doubtless chagrin tho proverbial old graduate." nbtes the Carnegie Foundation's Bulle tin 26, "to learn that occasionally young athletes, faced with a choice between completing an in teresting piece of elementary re search and taking a trip with an Intercollegiate team, elect to fin ish the research." Doubttess. too. the old grads will investigate this. Clarence Mitchell has been In profesionnl baseball since 1909. He has been nearly 16 years in major league company since Cin cinnati first obtained, him from Denver. . He is no serving his fifth National league club, the Cliants. He Is 40 years old. He is one of four major league sur vivors of; the original molst-ball squad. - By most any system of figuring, Clarence Mitchell should be through, washed up or retired. There ore laws of averages to ! seasons on record. He was never a-winning pitcher, by the usual standards of measurement, until he won 11 games and lost 3 with the Cardinals and Olnnts In 1330. This spring he surpassed him self by winning four straight and showing n record of 7 victories and only 2 defeats by the middle of June. Ho has been the stead lest and . nmst conalLUnt of the Giant flingers. coming to the res cue brilliantly In Chicago to halt the slump of John McOraw's young men. Mitchell's nnswer to this amax Ing reversal la that his arm "feels all right." He has always had the stuff to baffle the batters. His spltter has a particularly de ceptive twist. He la Bmart. But throughout his major league ca reer he has been hampered by a sore southpaw. In 1918 nnd 1922 his salary wing was virtually use less. V The romances of the Vosmlks, the Vergexes and Arletts pale be side the dramatic come-back of Mitchell and his ancient soupbone. MltrhcH'n Hrportl. Mitchell, couldn't he pried away from the Giants just now for love or money, hut look what has, happened to the veteran port aider In the course of a checkered career, as revealed In the foot notes to his record in "Who's Who in Itaseball." 1910 Drafted from Ited Cloud by Detroit. 1913 Turned over to Denver by Providence. ISM Sold by Denver to Cin cinnati.. Reported price 13000. 117 Traded by Cincinnati to Brooklyn. 1923 Obtained by Philadelphia In trndetfor George Smith. 192ft Released unconditionally by rhillies. Signed by Cardinals. , 1930 Traded by Cardinals to Giants for Halph Judd. I PRACTICE WITH STRiB AND MAX Frank Cawley Gives Georgia Peach Strenuous Work out Frisco Heavyweight: Belts Max Often On Chin By Edward J. Nell (A&ociate(!l Press Sport Writar) , KGEAUGA LAKE, Ohio, Juno 24. ijp) Bill StribUog haa a new heavyweight playmate, a pudgy fellow named Frank Cawley , of Wllkesbarre, Pa., and If their first training eetto is- any indication of the kind or workouts to como, the .southern -challenger for Max Schmeling's heavyweight title, Is in for a few busy evenings. Cawley, a stablemate of Tommy Lough ran and a boxer with a stylo faintly reminiscent of the Phantom of Phllly, hove into camp here for the first time last night and im mediately engaged Stribling In a two-round workout. ; Fat But Clever . He was fat but he was clever and Bill discovered that he could not belt Frankie around as he has the less experienced youngsters who have contracted to prepare the pride of Macon for his fifteen round match with SchmeUng in the Cleveland municipal stadium the night of July 3. Cawley. who has beaten such fellows as Tom Heeney, Jack Gag non and Frankie SInims, slugged back quite merrily. He even bor rowed Schmeling's best punch, a straight right to tho head, and clicked It full on Strlbllng's ear on one occasion. CONNEAUT LAKE PARK, Pa., June 24. (JP) Max Schmeling's chin is Just another chin to Natlo Brown. Son Francisco heavyweight, newest sparring partner for tho world's heavyweight champion. The California heavyweight made his first appearance in tho ring against KchmeMng yesterday and without exception, their bristling two rounds was the best of the current training drive. Brown more than made good, giving the champion hid best work out. He rnttled left hooks and right cresses off Sehriiellng's chin to the delight of 1,000 spectators. Sohmeling. a starter, warmed up to his work In the second round, and seemed to get Brown's meas ure. 70REST LOOKOUT DIES WHEN BOLT HITS PEAK SAND POINT. Idaho, June 23. (P) Hen Butler, 23, forest look out keeping vigil on a lonely mountain peak southeast of here, was killed by a lightning bolt dur ing a thunderstorm Sunday. Only hl dog saw him die. A turtle, with "J. M., 1863" carved on Its back, has been found at fJreensburg, Ky. DUO MALTED for finer flavor VACUUM PACKED to retain it Mads r Bucktys's spwlal Brw Proust of Duo-oultinr, you'll find ta tho now Buckoyo Osvor liko ao suit ovor hod boforo. Duo-Dulllor frorodu much hi hr concentration f stroarta sad avodaou than with eld malting nuthods. Thoa to koop oil that flavor for you Buekoro Is VACUUM PACKED. Got a rami stall thrill, dr. Buckoya a Thirl I SWIM AT HELMAN BATHS ASHLAND Continuous flow of White Sulphur Spring wator In tank. . Open dally o 10:00 p. m. (Except Monday). Tub Batht Picnle Grounds