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MEDFORB MAIL TRIBUNE,' MEDFOIID, OREGON, SATURDAY, iVUGTJST 15, 1931. PAGE SIX 2 NEW BASEBALL RU By Pap GIRL TOOK PART SEATTLE KNOCKS Burning Up the Paths TEAMS SELECTED CITY PLAYGROUND 14 T0 1 BEATING PRISONER AVERS tHw DELIVER-HOME! BUT YANKS 11 OREGON JUNIORS OUT OF RUNNING Officers Grill Sweetheart of Convicted Killer Girl Also Implicates Ypsilanti Man in Brutal Murders ' ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. IB (AP) A fourth man and a woman were In custody today ' as .officers sought to reveal the full criminal activities of three torch alayera who killed two young couples and burned their bodies to conceal a petty rob' bery. i The woman, Catherine Keller, 26, niece of a late municipal judge of Ypsilanti, Mich. Is said by at least one of the killers to have been with them when they shot and , blud geoned their young victims to death and turned their - automobile into a funeral pyre last Tuesday morn' Ing. .'.. She denies It and Insists she parted from Fred Smith, her sweet' heart and one of the killers, and Frank Oliver and David Blackstone, the others, several hours before the . robbery and the brutal murders that followed, - Possessed Pistol, In her possession, however, was found a pistol, which officers said they believed was used In the slay lngs,' bloody clothing belonging to Bmlth ' and some . blood spattered newspapers. ' ' V It Is the gun that Involves How ard Porwalter, 34, also of Ypsilanti, who Is held for lnvstalgetlon. He has Identified it as being In Smith's possession, as lata as Tuesday morn ing, officers said, and added they had evidence indicating he had supplied the weapon. . . NOT GUILTY PLEA ; Tracey Morgan, 31, of Grants Pass entered a plea of not guilty to charges of careless and. Imprudent driving when arraigned in Justice court Friday afternoon. .Young Mor gan was arrested on the Oreen epringa mountain ; Thursday night, following a crash in which Charles Humphries, Klamath Falls, was In jured, i ' Mr. Humphries is reported to be In I serious condition yet today. He is In a local hospital. ' Morgan was releasedi last night on 4500 bond pending his trial Sep tember 3. ' Clifford Amman and Jerry Day were each sentenced to IS days In the county Jail tor illegal trans portation of liquor, Arthur Johnson entered a plea of guilty to a charge of having Im proper lights on his car, He was not sentenced pending an investiga tion Into the title of the car he was operating at the time of arrest. - J. 1. Bryant forfeited his ball of 110 by failure to answer a charge of drunkenness, . 4 STORY 1 (Ooa tinned From Faff Ome) long, with a maximum width of 30 miles, and runs parallel to the Siber ian coast about 3B miles out. Much of the Kamchatka peninsula la under cultivation by Immigrants from Soviet Russia. Fog Reported t During the flight, Mrs. Lindbergh reported at times t,iat denso fog lay beneath them, or to the east over the ocean as they flew down the Siberian coast from Cape Navartn. Much of the time the plane was at an altitude of 8300 feet, she messaged. The longest over-water hop was about a&o miles, between- St. Law rence Island and Cape Navarin. Their cruise was far to the north of the storm-breeding Aleutians. ' On. preparing to leave for Safety Bay, a large number of Nome outsells accompanied them and as a last act before getting Into their plane before taking off, hot,! Colonel Lindbergh and hla wife shook. hands with all present. Injured Dairyman Rouses From Coma VANCOUVER, Wash,, Aug. 18. (AP) Claude Mariner, Woodland dairyman who was seriously Injured August 4. when he tried to halt a milk truck during the recent milk war, regained consciousness here to day for the first time since his In Jury. Several times he hsd had a few moments of aeinl-consclousness. Hut today for the first time did he appear rational. ' ' Neighbors at Woodland have been caring for hie farm and the Dairy men's Co-operative ftas agreed to meet all his hospital expense. PERFECT YEAR FOR 1 MEXICAN AIR LINES MEXICO CITv ftAPI Commercial aviation In Mexico made great atrldes In 1930, both in mileage, passengers carried and absence of accidents, ac cording to figures Just released by the Department of communications. Not a single passenger lost Ms life in 3.400.310 miles of scheduled com pleted flights, the figures show. , A total of 30420 passengers waa carried on all lines. : Catholic Church It. Oakdsle Ave. and 10th St. 1 t , Maaaea at T and 9 a. m. . - The lsrgest drydock In the world Is located at Boston, which Is 400 tnllee nearer to principal European ports thsn New York or Philadelphia. Portland Kids Gain Six-Run Lead, But Lose to Seattle 11 to 8 Victors Go to - Western Finals BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 1S-(AP) Oregon ' was eliminated from the American Legion baseball games here yesterday, when the Seattle team, representing Washington, put the Portland team out. of the running, 11 to 8. The victory gave the Se attle Junior team the Junior cham pionship of the northwest and the right to represent this region in the all-western finals to be held at 'Colo rado Springs, August 30, 21 and 22. Portland started off like a winner, piling up a six-run lead, only to see It fade away as the Washington boys hammered lustily at the offerings of Lefty Long and Jack Todd. The win. nera tallied twice In the fourth stan za, three times In the fifth and cli maxed with a six-run siege In the sixth. t Seattle Hurler lilts. Ralph Stong, Seattle pitcher, was In trouble much of the time, but helped his own cause with a pair of long triples. Oallaghor, his team mate, bombed a homer in the fourth. the only four-base hit of the game. Jack Batch, for Portland, hit two triples and a single, while Vera Rich ards and Joe Oordon got doublea. The Washington champs leave for Colorado Springe this morning, while Portland heada In the opposite di rection for home. The score: R. H. E. Portland ...... 8 10 6 Seattle 11 10 4 Long, Todd. Leveen and Morello; Stong and Oallant. Three Beaver' Hurlers Un able to Stem Tide of Seal Hits Stars Even Angeles Series by 5-4 Victory HOW THEY STAN D (lly the Associated Press.) Coast. W. L. 'Pet. Los Angeles 24 17 .685 San Francisco - 24 17 .686 Oakland 23 18 .881 Portland ' 21 20 .812 Hollywood 20 20 .800 Seattle ...... 10 31 .478 Sacramento 17 23 .426 Missions 14 28 .360 American. Philadelphia 70 31 .718 Washington 63 21 ,018 New York , 83 48 .678 Cleveland 83 67 .482 St. Louts 47 82 .432 Chicago 49 88 .400 Boston 43 67 .301 Detroit 42 69 .878 ' National. , St. Louis 73 40 .843 New York 61 48 .800 Chicago 61 60 .660 Brooklyn 68 68 .509 Boston 64 65 .405 Pittsburgh . 83 67 .483 Philadelphia - 46 67 .402 Cincinnati 41 73 .303 4 HANCOCK, Mich. Prince Saun ders, Chicago, atopped Eddie Betts, Marquette, Mich.. (7), , By the Associated Press, In a burst of swinging bats that connected with the ball frequently and . profitably, the San Francisco Seals overwhelmed Portland, 14 to 1 last night. Three Portland pitchers went In but the barrage of Seal hits fell undaunted. Wllloughby, on the mound for San Francisco, held the Beavers to six hits and managed to fallow thorn where they counted least. Henry Onna was the Seals' hero he homed In the second when the Seals counted five runs and dou bled In the fifth to bring In three more In another five-run session, Augustus Johns stepped to the mound for Hollywood in the ninth' inning and stopped a Los Angeles rally to allow the stars to take the game, 6 to 4, and even the series at two all. The Oakland Acorns evened off another series at two all when they downed the Missions last night, 4 to 3. - Seattle's Indians crashed through with scores In every Inning but the fourth and fifth and took their first game of the present series from Sac ramento, 0 to 2. The Seattle bat ting attack was lead by Ellsworth with a homor and two singles. F H$ UTS f l. - VilGHT ' a LAST By the' Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Young Corbett, Fresno, Calif., outpointed Gaston Lacarde, France (10); Tony Polonl, Reno, defeated Jimmy Hanna, Poca tello, Idaho, (8); Benny Gallup, Du luth, outpointed Paul Mann, San Francisco (4). WALLACE, Idaho Johnny Case beer, Mullan, Idaho, knocked out Hank Vogt, Spokane. Wash., (8): Denny Lenhart, Portland, knocked out George Gllstrap, Miles City, Mont., (4). IDAHO FALLS, Idaho Mickey MacCafferty, Butte, Mont., outpoint ed Luther Baldwin, Los Angelea, (08). UTICA, N. Y. Steve Wolanln, Utlca, outpointed Sammy Mandell, Rockford, 111., (10); Mickey Barron. Scranton, Pa., outpointed Tony Can Bonerl, Cleveland, (8), NflTUT Vni) W InA mink New York. mitnnlntfvl Henrv Perllck. Kalama- zoo, Mich., (8); Gordon. Donohue, New York, outpointed Jackie rnn llpi, Toronto, (8). ' CHICAGO Owen Phelps, Phoenix, Arts., outpointed Larry Johnson. 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' '' I lliuin tut nmnn ' ; With Rod and Gun River fishing is reported only fair for this ,week end. A few steelhead and a few trout have been taken from the Rogue, but no largo cntches. Dr. J. P. Bray, on his first trip out since his .recent Illness, caught several steelhead at lower High Banks. He fished with his own creation, the Rogue Supreme, one of tho best flies used In the river. i Fishing at Diamond lake has im proved much during the last two weeks. Lake o' the Woods 1 fair and steelhead fishing In the North Fork of the XJmpqua Is very good. j ALL-STARS PLAY An all-star baseball nine from the teams of Gold Hill, Ashlnnd, Talent and tlranta Pass will go to Eagle Point tomorrow to try to defeat the champion Checsemakera. The chal lenging' team will be led by rf. Droulette of Gold Hill, brother of Al Droulette, and wilt be composed of stars from all over the valley. : The Eagle Point team has been playing bnll which would be a credit to many league teams. Hoosler Hof fnrd, team manager, has announced that his tenm will go to Portland to play In the state tournament of the bush league champs. Sunday's gnme Is called for 3:30 o'clock at the Eagle Point diamond'. FERN VALLEY MULE FALLS UPON RIDER -PERN VALLEY. Ore, Awjt. IS. (Special) Lem Hughes suffered a sprained foot and slightly crushed lungs Saturday when the mule he was riding became frightened, Jump ed over a fence, and fell on Mr. Hughes, The mule Was cut on the barbed wire fence. COUGAR GRIDIRON STAR LEAVES FOR MARRIAGE ASTOHIA. Ore., Aug. 15. (API Mel Hcln, Washington State college football star, left today for Spokane after telling friends he is to marry Miss Florence Porter of Pullman at Spokane early next week. The couple Is expected to take a motor Honey moon to New York. Hcln will join the New York Cllant' professional football team next season. 4 Hoseourg Killott s Beauty Shop opened in new location In First State A Ssvlnga bank building. Brill Sheet Metal Works does expe-t repairing, fender and auto bod; re pairing. ' LA SALLE IN 4TH HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Aug. 16.-f-(AP) A six month's absence from the ring, necessitated by an appendix operation, apparently did King Tut, the barrel-chested Minneapolis wel terweight, a lot of good. Tut last night stopped Bobby LaSalle of Los Angeles- and Ocean Park, after 17 soconds had elapsed In the fourth round. La Salle was grven a se vere beating In the time he remained in the ring. Tut had La Salle on the floor In every round but the first, and the referee stopped the fight when La Snlle appeared helpless, though dn his feet. La Salle was ' down for a nine count in the second, eight in the thlrd, and was knocked to his hands in, the fourth. When he got up - the Mast .time, the referee stopped the fight. , , - ' Copco Robber Given Job Following Trial ROSEBUSa, Ore., Aug. .15. (AP) Julian Phillips, recently arrested on a charge of robbing the California Oregon Power company storehouse to obtain food for his wife and eight small children,, was today given, a Job by the company. When he appeared in court for ar raignment the district attorney rec ommended leniency, saying Phillips had had a Job as lineman for the power company but had become in terested In a mining venture which failed. The city playground baseball teams, "Wharf Bats"- and "Klnkey Dinks," have been dissolved, and two new teams and captains chosen. Leon ard Hicks Is captain of one team, which he christened the "Devil Dogs." and Herbert Harper Is captain of the other team,' which Is to be known as the "Cubs." Members of the Cubs are: Cap tain, Herbert Harper, John ' Dickin son, Ray Lewie, Bill Walker, Bill Luman. Nell Paye, Raymond Erlck son, Art Cook. Ansel Knox, Bob Hayes. Cliff Clegg, Harvey Snook, George Cook, Russell Brown and Dean Pleper. The Devil Dogs Include: Captain, Leonard Hicks. .Bert Luman, Ed Val uer, Galen Knox, Russ Jordan, Earl Coss, Angus Todd, Thyre Dodge, Stan Kunzman. Harold Kingsley, Al Gad dls, Sam VanDyke, Floyd Parks, Don ald Rlchey and Chuck Ford. . Ping-pong la proving a popular sport and a valuable asset to the playground. The second tcurnament Is well under way with about half the original field of contestants al ready eliminated.. Remaining play ers are fighting hard for the title. One of the most Interesting matches of the tournament so far was the John McKee-Rny Lewis match. Both of these shaps know their ping-pong and are about equal in skill. . Ray Lewis was winner. John Mc-Kee - and Leonard Hicks will battle Russ Jordan and Earl Coss to determine the champion doubles team. This match should have been playejd earlier in the week, but be cause of an Injury to one - of the players the game was postponed. New equipment which has been added to the playground supply this summer has made possible the carry' Ing out of - a very successful and. varied program of activities. By Hujl, s. Full Associated Press SporuY Vic Frasier. fi, in the ninth held off , I rally and gave the WhH,1?; to 4 victory they earnea V" ing Sam Jones for thr J? the seventh. Homer No a? Gehrig and No. 31 br 'sTh failed to win for the w. the first game as Earl A did both by clouting SUL the year with the h.. , final count In the I ..0.. u,..ulig hj Win (V, game. 9-1 behind mm,. Jl slx-hlt pitching. . I The second division w, the league, the St. Lmu, J won the other American t,r, terday. pounding the Bobm Sox for a 12 to a victory Card Rally Mint ' Adolfo Luque's pitching' k,t Cardinals trailing up to the , inning, but they broke loot and scored eight runs In hm i to beat Brooklyn. 9 to 3. ft Robins" fifth straight defut York's Giants kept pace tn started their newest pitcho Mooney, and beat out Olemi & and the Pittsburg Pirates, 1 1 The Phillies made It two row over Chicago.' droppta Cubs from their vlrm.i ... second place. Boston regii3 aisputea possession of tlftb I by taking both games ol J header from Cincinnati, 1'tol 3 to 1. 1 Il'.uik Bandits KrcMpc. TOPEKKA, Knns., Aug. 14. (API Three men robbed messengers and the Merchants National bank of To peka.of aw.500 today, and escaped. Mat Results ' Coast Portland i San Francisco 14 I Shores, Orwall, Fosedel tnd I ! Datrlck: Wlllouahbv ami UmIhI 'S (By tire Associated Press.) New Rochelle. N. Y. Jim Londos. 200. 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