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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, .
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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
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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.
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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.
Chicago, (10): Tom Patrick, Los
Angeles, knocked out Battling Mot
ley, Chicago, (10). George Neron.
New York, knocked out Marlon Ma-'
tusr.sk, Chicago, (1). Dave Malcr.
Milwaukee, atopped Ed WIUIs, Chi
cago (8).
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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.
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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
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(By tire Associated Press.)
New Rochelle. N. Y. Jim Londos.
200. Greece, threw Glno Garibaldi,
209, Italy, 26:50. ...
Philadelphia. Ray Steel, Cali
fornia, threw Dick Shlkat, Germany,
(18:29).
Rochester. Ed (Don) George de
feated Joe Malcewlcz two out of
thiee (Malcewlcz first, 22:40; George
9:20 and 58 seconds).
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Portraits of distinction. The peas
leys, opp. Holly theater. '
Seattle g
Sacramento
Kalllo and Cox; Cotlard, VlsJ
Wlrts.
Missions' I
Oakland 4
H. Pillette and Brenzel, Biol
dolph and McMullen.
IIL.5 i
Los Angeles
Hollywood -.
Moss, Nelson. Wetzel Bud 0
bell; Page md Severeld,
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Student's piano, 150. Mm: I
House.
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