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" MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORKGOX, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1931. PAGE SIX BAD LUCK TAKES ATHLETICS TOLL AS SERIES NEAR Mule Haas Probably Out Wijth Broken 1 Wrist for ,- Balance of Year Sim mons Also On Bench List (Associated Press HiwrU Writer) . - . By Oayle Talbot. , , Notwithstanding the comfortable lead ' -enjoyed by hll Philadelphia Athletics, things are breaking, none. too1 well 'these days for Connie ,Mack. "Mule" . Haas, dependable center fielder. Is lost for the remainder of the season. . A wrist, broken several weeks ago, has failed to mend prop erly. I ' . ' Thcro Is only a alight possibility that he will be back In time for the world series, f ' ' ',', ' The champions have boon play ing for a fortnight 'With only one of their, regular outfielders, Blng Miller,' and- with three fourths of their regular infield. Al Simmons, slugging left gardener has been able to ' see . little action. There Is a possibility that rookies will be hold ing down at least two positions for the Mackmon when, the big series rolls around. . 'Cochrane Dock. ! Mickey Cochrane, peppery little catcher, who was given a short va cation when he complained of dizzy pells during the team's recent west ern tour, returned to the line-up yesterday, apparently none the worse for wear. He banged three hits tt help the A's take the first of a two-game series from the New York Yankeos, 5 to , '7 For the second straight day the Cleveland Indians, hammered out a one-sided - triumph over the luck less 8t. Louis Browns, 18 to 1, i The Washington Senators and Bos ton Red, Sox tried hard to supply another ' Amerloaii laaguo game, but were forced to let the ran have Its way after three Innings. . . The National league's lone engage ment served merely to stretch the St. Louis Cardinals' lead over the field. The Red Birds got to Larry : French . In the seventh and eighth to defeat 'the ' Pittsburg Pirates, fl to 4.. .' .. , - . r - ; POLLUTION MAIN GAME PROBLEM ' PORTLAND, Ore" Aug. 80. (AP) H. L. Kelly; new Oregon' state' .game supervisor, In an address before the city club here today, said the real problem'' facing the state fish com mission ' is that . of stopping stream pollution. ' ;; , ' ' , T,'it nltles and towns, slotil " the Willamette river are destroying one of the state's most valuable asset, Kelly said.'' Kelly oppressed the opin ion solution of the problem would be brought about, by "peaceable mans," tut If that falls then , more, severe measures must bo taken, 1 ' 'DUCK SECOND SACKER . SOON BACK IN GAME ' PORTLAND. Ore,, Aug. 20.- (AP) Johnny. Monroe, Portland's second baseman, who was Injured in a game with the Ban iFVanolsco Seals here Thursday night, said today he ex pected to be book In the lineup Sun day, and promised to bo bock not Hater than Tuesday. Monroe's right knee and kneecap were dislocated when he collided with another playor Thursday night and yesterday he discovered he also had sprained his right ankle eovorely. VRESVLTS K. H. E. ; Ban Francisco ...... 1,8 1 ' Portland 4 13 o Batteries: Wllloughby and Mca lcy; Mails and Woodall. ' ' . ' R. H. K. Los 'Angeles ....-.....'.................lo 10 1 1 Seattle , is 22 it i Batteries: Moss, Weteel and Camp boll: Kttlllo, Hartwlg, McOraw, Phil lips, Bounelly and Oaston. R. H. B. Sacramento ........... 888 Hollywood .... !J ... ; 7 0 6 Batteries: Collard and Wlrts; Pago nd Sovereld. , . ' R. H. E. Oakland , ...., 8,0 a Missions ; .1 3 8 . 9 , Batteries: Pearson,, House and Read: Castor. T. Pllletle and Rlccl, BOSWORTH TELLS i HOW TAXES LOST ... ' ' ' t I v KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug. 20 (Special) Oregon polities were blmm ed for the new plans to change the ' site of the California Oregon Power company across the state line Into - California, when H. P. Bosworth, dis trict manager of th company ad dressed business men her Tuesday. .. Bosworth claimed that th fact that his company's plans for espan- ' slon oame up In political year for Oregon Is going to compel the Cali fornia Oregon Power company to build Its new Klamath river power plant in California, although the same water will b used, taken from ' fsrthsr down the river. He stated that Klamath' county would lose- 1100.000 a year In tuxes -because of. Ilia nKBnrt ln nlanh , , , , f PELICANS TO PLAY E. P. HERE SUNDAY The Klamath Falsi toaeeba.1 team will toe the opponents of the Eagle Point team, 'headed by Hooeter Hoi- fard, at the fairgrounds Sunday. The Pelican have been defeated twice this season by the Cheescmakers, after hectic struggles, and the coming game promises to be worth seeing. Eagle Point has Its eye on tho state semi pro .championship. "Oh September 6 and 7 the Eagle Point squad will play the Pacific Out fitters of Portland here, in a three- game series , decide the title for the western Oregon section. One game will be played on Sunday, September 6, and two 'games on Monday, Sep tember 0 Labor day), Is necessary to eciae.i , i . . . Al CooH will start the game Sun day for Eagle Point, with Cliff Best in Che role of relief hurler, PORTLAND POLICEMAN f WINS RIFLE TROPHY CAMP s PERRY, O.. Aug. 29. (AP) With all but one event In the national Junior riflo matches con cluded, approximately 200 police of ficers of the United States took the range in pistol and sub-machine gun matches today. . The Langrlsh trophy was won yes terday by Claude Shaylor of Port land, Ore., after an eight-way shoot off.' :" GERMAN ABANDONS-., : ,1? : : CHANNEL ATTEMPT CAPE ORIZ NEZ, France Aug. 2U. (AP) Fritz Flscner, aerman swim mer, today abandoned an attempt, to swim the English channel to Dover, England, on account of a strong wind and rough sea. Me was six miles out when he gave up the attempt. ' New Pigskin With Eight Seams Easy ' to Pass and Kick ATLANTA, Ga Aug. 20, (AP) A new football, tested by many Dixie football coaches and players during recent . weoks, Is made of eight seg ments, Instead of tho usual four. . Proponents say It Is much , easier to handle, both in passing and kick ing, than tho ball used in previous seasons. Some point out It is harder to receive. Everett Btrupper, former Georgia Tech Btar and now an, official, says It Is legal and If the homo team desires to use It. he seos no grounds on. which referees can refuse. ". Ho thinks one can get 60, per cent moro accuraoy . In passing with , the' eight-seamed ball, and also, get .it away' much more quickly In passing and punting. Players can locate the seams readily with their , fingers,. ; . Eugene Signs Trio For Pempsey Show EUGENE, ' Ore., Aug. 20.-(AP) Jack Baxter, Eureka, Calif., ' heavy weight, has boon signed as a sec ond opponent for Jack Dompsoy, who will appear here, In a four-round ex hibition bout Friday, Sept. 4. Jimmy Byrnes, Coos Bay, will be the first man In the ring , with . Dempsey. Henry Glatm, Portland, will, be a third available opponent. An Able Amateur ..... , . s i5S: -T-S ...... V- . , x v v,x.- HE 8AT i GENTLEMEN ONLY IN ACUA CALIENTE RACE AGUA CALIENTB, MeX. (AP)-i Success of tho Coronado and La Jolla Town Plates, races of the win ter and summer season limited to feminine Jockeys, has . caused the Agua Callente Jockey club to plan a . race open only to "gentlemen" riders. The race will be open to army and navy officers , and members of all riding clubs on the Paolflc coast. Entrants may ride their own mounts or ride for ownors .who have horsos quartered In the Agua Callente stables. ' The dTstahce probably' will bo a inilo and ono-slxtoontli, - and the weights around 160 pounds. . The test likely will be held Sunday, August 30. , , , 4 . Game Conservation Report Is Secret ' PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 29 (AP) Members of the United States wild life consercatton committee, who met here' yesterday, today. had gone their various ways without revealing what would be, the. nature of the t report they will make to. congress' In De cern borv y o.-t "Some members qf the committee wero en route to Wr-shlnpton while othoro departed for polrts In the northwest to fill speaking engage ments. ' : ' 1 s THE MAIL Am. Old and An Actual GASH ' -T HOW THEY STAN D : ' (By the Associated Press) (.'oust. W. L. PC. Portland :.. u 31 24 .564 San Francisco 30 25 .645 Oakland 30 25 .546 Hollywood , 20 25 .637 Los Angeles 20 26 .627 Seattle 26 28 .481 Sacramento 22 32 .407 Missions 21 33 ?M American. W. L. PC. Philadelphia 88 34 .721 Washington 73 40 .608 New York 72 61 .585 Cleveland 61 60 , .504 St. Louis 51 71 .411 Detroit :.:.....::..;..T..'...,:..!.... 60 -74 .403 Boston 47 73 .392 Chicago 48 76 387 National. ' '"'' '" ' ' ; w. l. pc. 8t. Louis' I....-'..'.'..:.;. 82 44 .651 New York 70 63 .589 Chicago 70 60 .543 Brooklyn 67 60 .528 Boston 68 65 .472 Pittsburg 68 68 Al)0 Philadelphia 64 72 .4? Cincinnati 44 82 .340 4 ' ' Brill Sheet Metal Works does ex pert repairing, fender and auto body repairing.'' . - '..'.,'' ' ' '. ; " Watch for : the' Methodist ladles' cooked -food' sale Saturday at PcoiVs Meat Market. ' t i New Readers By Pap , ta isw is 6oms to cur QoiT a fisufse- iM TUB MAlTOMAl-AMAT(JC CAMPlOlP. ' SEATTLE PAIR MAKE J - DOUBLE PLAY, MARK . l . SEATTLE (AP) Something of a record In ' double plays has been turned In by. "Chick" Ellsworth and Freddie Muller, the keystone com bination of the Seattle Indians, but President Harry A. Williams of the Pacific Coast league doesn't know Just how much of one It Is. The Seattle team a short time ago had made 149 double-killings, with Ellsworth, shortstop, and Mul ler, second base, doing most of tl. work. - Williams said he was, sure this was a ne weoast record, but he had no way-, of proving It. ..League rec ords ' were : destroyed In - the San Francisco fire many years ago and slnco then double play marks have not been kept. .', What-a-Man Shires ; Sold to Athletics MILWAUKEE, Aug. 29. '( AP) The Milwaukee Sentinel said Arthur "The Great" Shires, first baseman of the- Milwaukee American Association team, hns been sold to the Phila delphia Athletics In a deal involving $20,000, and two ball players, one of whom will be Phil Todt, reserve first baseman for the Athletics. -You can buy Lady Bs pies and cakes at Alexanders Grocery. EDaities MEE TRIBUNE'S ANNUAL SAVING for Every Subscriber I FROM FRI (By I he ' Associated Press) a frp hittinor contest between Los AntroiPK nnri Seattle and the untieing again of the close first place race between Portland and San Francisco were features of last nlfht's Pacific Coast, league , games, fa-i ' Portland, neat San Francisco.! w 1. to once more step ahead of; 1Jie Seals as (league leaders. All ln:thls week, the Beavers and Seals ' have been tied twice. for first place and twice Portland had edged aneaa. The Angels evened off this week's series by- defeating khe Indians, 16 to 13. Five Seattle pitchers allowed 10 hits and two Los Angeles hurlers were nicked for 22. ,j, " Tfllrinir nriVAritae of, the WlldneSS of Costr.. Mission 1 pitcher, the Oak land Acorns grabDed an b to a vic tory. With Dave Barbee smashing out two home runs to score a total of five runs. Hollywood's Stars downed Sacramento, 7 to 6. . , 1 OF SCATTER GUN TITLE AT TRAPS VANDALtA,1 O., 'W. 29. (AP) Tlie Rev. Garrison Roobuck, a United Brethren minister . of McClure.. O., until yesterday virtually unknown in clay' target ' circles, hcld:.: today tho most highly prlzeo honor in the gun world the Grand American handicap championship. ' Shooting at clay targets for only tho tenth time, Roobuck brought the classic of tho amateur trapshooter3' association tuornament back to Ohio for the first time since 1926. Breaking 90 out of 100 targets from the 17-yard line,, Roebuck tied with Pred Harlow of Newark, O., and R. P. Wlllbaum of Greenville, O., and then continued on tq win by breaking 63 ol 78 targets In tho chootoff. The Rev. Mr. Roebuck's victory net ted him moro than $1,000 in cash and trophies. Miss Jcanette Jay of Waverly, la., winner of the north American wom en's championship earlier In the week, led feminine shooters v,lth a 02. Bailey May Again '", Become Candidate EUGENE. Ore., Aug. 29. :(AP) Edward F. Bailey formerly Oregon state senator and democratic nominee for governor last year, said today he had received many letters urging him to become a candidate for congress. He said he was considering the mat ter. ; . , . , "I am pleased at tho1 Interest pco plo In the district are taking in the possibility of my canftldaey," Bailey said. "However; It probably will be some time before I reach a definite decision In the matter." im Yenui? Gafle3QalffiE, 7 With Rod and Gun The salmon have started to spawn in the upper river near McLeod, It was reported this morning. Fishing with eggs will be fine and anglers are expected to take to t,he Rogue In large, numbers. . , ... v . ; . ' Reports .'.from orants Pass state that seven steelhead were recently taken from the Pierce riffle, the first below Weasku Inn. Several have also been caught In the vicinity of Gallce. ' ' ' Dark flies are described as the best lure with the Rogue supreme, red ant, flying caddas and march Brown the leaders. One of the most popular fishing places tomorrow will be,-' the creek below Pish lake.! There are plenty of fish and the creek Is easily reached. Val Fischer spent Thursday after noon there and states that he caught 34 and his wife 17 eastern brook trout during two hours of fishing, They averaged 10 Inches in length, some , of thorn measuring as , high as 18 and 20 Inches.,. , ' Tho fish are taken as far down the creek as McAllister springs, but the best angling Is beneath the dam. Sportsmen may reach,, the, creek by traveling the Big Elk ranger Sta tion road and walking up or down to about, a mile and a half of the dam, or by taking the . private ropd through the irrigation . company's corral. . A few fish are being caught at both Crater and Diamond lakes this week. ' . GRIFFIMt5REEKSCH00L READY TO OPEN SEPT. 8 GRIFFIN CREEK, Ore.. Aug. 29. (Special.) New school books have all arrived, and the school houses are being cleaned and everything will be In readiness for the opening of school hero Tuesday morning, Sept. 8th. ' Portraits of distinction. ' The Peas levs, -opp. Holly theate.v.' . , i ....... ,, Co m i n g ! ! ..... A' .. mmw, : year "Wat ch Sunday 's Paper! Subscribe for IN PALLS ON AFTER Til TORONTO. Ax. n . Margaret Ravlor or m,.,'l.pH won two success natT,3 thinks that two After winning i"""6! said she din t '.""! th. " " Wl"i' 1HVV, OI,e natj to compete this year, sit Z her mother Influenced h.r . ' n. v .u,uvv lust a She made the task of J ten mil t.h.,..i. w """1 1 I turbed when Eveio- . ':. 1 tw,.i. . "nssuoi "v".t Maaaca npr in n.. ... T. p 4 " 111 'our hour, se Utes, 44 2-S wm. .:'" Hertle Gary of New York J wtta nearly a half behind when Miss .," ' Mrs. Gary received M.500 J went to Bethel McQarry of New n i SOUTHERN OREOnw sn-n, MAL SCHOOL, Ashland, Ore., Au (Bpeclal.) Coach R. w, it, announced today the grid tin the coniini! season, with .i. men returning, Coach McNetl u mg tile Dest year In the hlsto the Institution. Claude Hints Powell Lancaster, backfield Mote and Jerry Gault, gd uwigni i-auerson, tackle all lcttermen will have the suppo: Allen Youngmeyer, 1929 fullback, Robert Rosenstlel, 1930 relief The schedule as announced by c McNeal Is: October 3, Weed American iJ at weed or Ashland. October 10. Humboldt State cq at Ar,lland. October 17, Oregon Supemrel Eugene. October 31, Eastern Oregon Normal school at Ashland. November 11, Chlco State Teai college at Chlco, California. November 20, Llnflcld collti Ashland. Krystalglow, kodak gloss sup i no peesiey3, opp. Holly theater Y
