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171 if ! 5 P'A'GE TEN ' 10 HIGHEST PEAK OF LAI IE Pasadena Flash Called Equal Of Bill Tilden After Conquering Lott In Fast Title Contest. FOREST HILLS, N. Y.. Btpt. 13. (AP) There was none left tonight to dispute the American supremacy of Ellsworth Vines, Jr., 19-year-old University of Southern California sophomore, In the world of lawn tennis. The last of his rivals fell today nhen George Lott, Jr., Philadelphia's Davis cup star, went down before the coast sensation's magto racquet In four thrill-packed sets at Forest Hills, 7-8, 6-3, 017, 7-a. Twelve thousand spectators set up a mighty roar as the Pasadena strip ling, who b year ago was ranked only number 8 In this country, blasted bis way to the tennis heights. It was nip and tuck every minute of the two-hour and 17 minute struggle, with Vines forced to come from behind after dropping the long drawn-out opening set. When the two weary athletes drag ged themselves from the court the experts wer comparing Vines to Big Bill Tilden who witnessed the match from th press marque. They said he was the equal of the former cham pion In his prime. Within an hour of the match Vines was aboard a fast train for the coast to take uo his studies. Vines, who also holds the national clay courts crown and. numerous club titles, won on his tour of the esst . this summer, is the youngest player to win the national ohamplonshlp In the present century. The lanky, good-natured youngster succeeds John Hope Doeg of Newark, N. J., as champion. Doeg lost his rhance of repeating yesterday when he was defeated by Lott In a listless three-set match, 1 CALIFORNIA TITLE AT PEBBLE BEACH PEBBLE BEACH, Cal., Sept. 12. (AP) Descendant of a golfing fnm lly and worthy successor to a prized title, chunky David Martin of Los Angeles became California's twentieth amateur champion today with a 10 8 victory over Ernest Petper, Jr., of , Ban Jose In tlw 36-hole finals of the annual classic. Stroking the rolling fairways and slick greens of Pebble Beach with stesdy but not brilllsnt golf in the morning, the 34-ycar-old youth re turned to tbe after-lunch round to play the next ten holes In two un der par. Young Martin's father, Ernest and his two uncles, Hutt snd George, are professionals. Coached by them from youth, he stalked the ocean bordered course much as If out giv ing Instructions cool and unruffled. The morning round gave Martin tour up. Nothing spectacular marked the round. Martin's par 37 for the first nine put him one hole In the lesd. Peiper had a 38. The Incoming stretch saw the lad from the south go two over par, with a 38. but his younger opponent had streaks of wlldness to take a 43. As Martin tightened In the after noon, Peiper weakened badly. Good drives and deadly approaches brought a par-slashing return to Martin. His lead mounted steadily. Meanwhile Peiper found the trans, the trees, missed putts and even on one occas ion stymied himself. His 43 for the nine Jet the bars down for his rival and a dormle nine situation at the 87th resulted, portSsTars play eagle point The Eagle Point baseball team, champions of Boutliorn Oregon, play the Portland All-Stara headed by Jimmy Ault, at the fair ground thia afternoon. In what promise to be the beat game of the aea&on In these part. Ault will be opposed In the box by Cliff Beet, now at the peak of hla form for ihla year. The visiting tam la composed of the pick of Portland semi-pro players, and are said to be fast fielders and heavy hitters, and able to give the valley team more opposition than they have encountered all season. A lsrge crowd la expected to turn out to see the game, which is apt to be the last of the year here. A majority of managers In the Southern association picked Bob Hasty, of Birmingham, as the cir cuit's best pitcher. Add Warren, whose boxing exploit have carried him up and down the ladder the past two yeara, will de sert the ring temporarily to become boxing coach at the University of North Carolina. The Texas Aggies have opened ne gotiations for a football game with the University of Hawaii, to be played at Honolulu during the Christmas holidays, E 5-3 VICTORY OVER Nlcht Games SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 13. (AP) Steady pitching on the part of Walsh tonight gave the San Fran cisco Missions a 6 to 3 victory over the Portland Ducks. Walsh allowed the Reds six hits, while his team mates took seven off Malls, KUleen and Fosedel. A fifth Inning rally brought the Ducks their total runs. B. H. E. Portland 3 8 0 Missions B 7 0 Malls. Killeen, Posedel and Wood- all; Walsh and Rlccl. 8ACRAMENTO, Sept. 12. (AP) Hollywood took Its fourth victory here tonight to cinch en even break on the series by winning 7 to 3 from the Senators. Vance Page, who failed to retire a man last night, started again and hurled tight ball throughout, beating Tony Freltas. It was a loose game. The score: R. H. E. Hollywood 7 14 1 Sacramento ... w 3 0 2 Page and Severeld; Freltas and Wirt. , Coast' The score: R. H. E. Seattle 7 10 3 Los Angeles 2 12 1 Page and Cox; Wetzel, Moss and Hannah. RIFLE TITLE AT CAMP PERRY CAWP PERRY, Ohio, Sept. 12. (AP) Tho United States marines outshot the coast guards at long range today to win the national rifle team championship for the second straight year. The marine team of 10 men finish ed with a score or 2800 out of a pos sible 8,000. The coast guards came second with 2788, the Infantry third with 2700, the navy fourth with 3767, the cavalry fifth wUh 2740 and the engineers sixtn witn a n. The match finished the national rifle matches which have been In progress for a month. The District of Columbia National guard team was awarded first place In the national guard classification of the team match with a score of 2716. The Massachusetts guard team, which at first was placed at the top, finished second with a corrected score of 271 S, three below Its original count. The Washington state guards finished third with 2712 by outran lng on the long range the Ohio Na tlonal guard, which had the same score. In the civilian classification Wash lngton state was first with 2697. Ari zona came second with 2667, while Arkansas; originally announced as second, rdopped away down in the list on revised scores. WIN NET HONORS PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12. (AP) California was vtotorlous In both di visions as the glrla' national singles and doubles tennis championships were decided today. . In the biggest surprise of the tour- nament, which started Monday with fifty entries In the singles represent' lng many states, Ruby Bishop of Pasadena, Calif., upset the top seed ed star, Alice Marble, of San Fran cisco, fl-1, 6-4, to gain the title left undefended by Barab Palfrey, of Brookllne. Mass. Unable to win the singles crown, Miss Marble later paired with Bon nle Miller, Junior girl champion of Los Angeles, to win the doubles. They defeated the New York combination, 14-year-old Mllllcent Hlrsch, Bvan der Chllds high school student, snd Carolyns Roberts, New Rochelle high graduate. 4-8, fl-1, fl-a, In the finals. Miss Bishop surprised spectators by outplaying Miss Marble In every de partment. Miss Marble sometimes showed flashes of her former bril liancy sending placements down the side line. This wus true In the second eat when she gained a 4 to a game lead. But by constantly returning, Miss Bishop forced her opponent Into errors and won four games in a row to take the match and championship The new queen also holds the Cali fornia intcrscholastlo crown and the Atlantic Junior's dlsdem. s Twenty new tennis courts planned at Texas A. M. college will be colored for better visibility and to avoid sun glare. "Bull" Elklns. Texas university quarterback and captain-elect of the cage squad, Is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scnoiaauo so' clety. Art Wels, Birmingham left fielder. has been picked as the best all sround player In the Southern asso ciation. Don Connors, afto-pound Indian football prospect at Oklahoma A. It M.. will not be eligible tnis nil. due to scholastic difficulties. . Students at the summer coach ing school at Texas A. tt M. college numbered 300. Mac Smith Is good tennis as well as a good volt nsme. Mac 8m!th of east St. Louis !s the new singles rhsmplon ot southern 1111 uols. MEDFORD MAIL OVERTIME SETTO BY BOST BOSTON, Sept. 12. (AP) The Red Sox made It two out of three In Its filial home series with Detroit this yesr by winning today, 1 to O, In 13 Innings. Eddie Durham, who twirled for the Sox bad the edge on Arthur Herring In the close battle. B. H. E. Detroit 0 8 2 Boston - 1 10 2 Herring and Ruel; Durham and Connolly. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. (AP) Cleveland's Indians pounded three Washington pitchers today to take the second of a three-game series from the Senators, 7 to 4. R. H. E. Cleveland 7 10 1 Washington 4 9 3 Ferrell and Sewell: Jones, Hadley, Marberry, Fischer and Spencer. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12. (AP) The Philadelphia Athletics and tbe St. Louis Browns broke even in a double-header today. The world's champions winning the first game 3 to 2, and St. Louis taking tne sec ond 10 to 3. R. H. E. St. Louis ..... 2 6 0 Philadelphia 3 6 2 Gray and Ferrell; Grove and Coch rane. (second game): R. H. E. St. Louis ... ..10 16 0 Philadelphia ..2 9 1 Coffman and Bengough; Hoyt, Ma haffey, MacDonald and Hevlng. NEW YORK, Sept. 13. (AP) Darkness halted the Yankees and the Chicago White Sox In a 13-13 tie in the second game of their double header today after 10 Innings of slug ging. The White Sox had taken the first over time clash, 8 to 6 in 13 In nings. R. H. E. Chicago 8 10 New York 13 Fr&sler, Paber and Orube; Ruffing, Plpgras and Dickey. second same): R. H. E Chicago 13 13 4 New York 13 15 2 Wetland and Orube, Caraway; An drews, Rhodes, Wells, Johnson, Oom ez and Jorgens, Dickey. GIANTS TROUNCED BY TEXAS ROOK PITTSBURGH, Sept. 12. (AP) Bill Harris, 30 year old recruit from Texas, won his second major league game today as the Pirates defeated the aiants 8 to l, Tne score: R. H. E. New York 1 4 Pittsburgh 8 12 Mooney, Berly and Hogan; Harris and Phillips. CINCINNATI, Sept. 12. (AP) The Reds hammered Van Mungo from the hill In the eighth Inning today, bunching four hits for as many runs to defeat Brooklyn, 4 to 1. The score: R. H. E. Brooklyn .......... ......... 1 8 Cincinnati , 4 10 Mungo, Shaute, Moore and Lopez; Rlxey, Ogden and Sukeforth. CHICAGO. Sept. 12. (AP) Young Johnny Welch held Philadelphia to seven hits today and the Cubs made It three straight In the series, 6 to 2. Tho score: R. H. E. Philadelphia ...... 2 7 0 Chicago 6 9 0 Collins and McCurdy; Welch and Hartnett, ST. LOUIS. Sept. 12. (AP) Syl vester Johnson held the. Boston Braves to four hits and turned in his second consecutive shut out vic tory for the Cardinals here today, ft to 0. The score: R. H. E. Boston 0 4 1 St. Louis 5 9 0 Zachary, Cunningham and Spohrer, Bool; Johnson and Wilson. AUTO RACER DIES IN SPEED TRIAL SYRACUSE, N. Y., Sept. 12. (AP) Jimmy Gleason of Philadelphia. Pa., who participated In automobile races In many parts of the country for 15 years, was killed on the race track at the state fair grounds here today while trying to qualify for the 100 mile championship of the Ameri can Automobile association. Earl Younger, Asbury Park, N. J., his me chanic, was seriously injured as he hurtled from the car over a cement wall into the midst of spectators, five of whom were less seriously hurt. AMERICAN SLOOPS OUTCLASS FIELD PORT WASHINGTON, N. C. Sept. 12. (AP) American sloops made a clean sweep of the first nine places In the opening race of the interna tional star class yacht racing series here today. Carl and John Pflug of the Great South Bay fleet aalled their boat. Wing. In first. The Vega, sailed by William Lyon of Newport Harbor, was second, and W. J. McHugh's Colleen from Central Long Island sound wss third. Judge John B. Ogden of Ardmore. one of Oklahoma's best known Ju rists, waa runner-up In a state golt meet for lefthander. TEIBUNE, MEDFORD, BY ALAN (SOULD A lot of harsh things said about the United States Golf association's 1931 "seeding' or ranking list should be and hereby are retracted. Only two of the first eight on the list failed to make the qualifying grade at Beverly. Whether It was because they were paired together or not, the extraordinary fact waa that the two conspicuous failures. 'Jimmy" Johnston of St. Paul and Phil Perkins of New York, played ft total of four rounds of golf In two days, without either being able to break 80, They were the No 1 and 3 men on the "seeding" list, which acquir ed no prestige 'thereby and which further was made to look bad when the No. 2, 4 and ft men, Gene Ho mans, Johnny Goodman and Charley scaver, were bounced out of the championship at Beverly tn the first round. Buy State Feud Until Fred Wright lost a battle with the hailstones and his fly weight Kansas City opponent, Paul Jackson, it appeared likely Beverly would furnish the battleground for an all-Boston debate between Wright, the state champion, and Francis Oul met. Whether tt has been exactly a feud or not, the Wrlght-Ouimet rivalry, it seems, has developed some acute ar guments among their followers In the old Bay state. Mainly it Is due to the present rat ing of Wright in his home state as a one-handicap man and Oulmet at scratch. Wright's friends contend this Is a slap at the five-time state cham pion. Oulmet has stayed out of the Massachusetts tournament for a TO NEW YORK, Sept. 12. (AP) Twenty Grand raced on to new latir els today as he carried the. colors of Mrs. Payne Whitney to an easy vic tory in the Lawrence realization at Beelmont park. The big bay son of St. Germans Bonus scored much In the same man-, ner that characterized his hollow I triumph over Sun Beau in the Sara toga cup last week, finishing the mile and five furlongs with five lengths to spare. His cloaest pursuer was Mrs. Kath erlne E. Hitfs Sun Meadow, while another five lengths back trailed the Be! Mr stud's Sir Ashley with the Wheatley stable's Blenheim fourth and last. Twenty Grand went to the post at the unusually short odds of 1 to 20 and although there were few takers at that price, the chowd of 16.000 let a mighty yell as the favorite came charging down the stretch. The victory waa worth 129,700 and boosted Twenty Grand's total earn ings to $240,525, just $60 more than Man o' War earned during hla ben sattonal career. The triumph also placed Mrs. Whitney's ace seventh on the list of the leading American money winners. With Charley Kurtslnger back In the saddle, Twenty Grand covered the distance in 2:14 1-5. He ran the first mile and one-half In 2-28, four-fifths of a second faster than Man o' War's track record, but Kurtslnger took him under double wraps during the final furlong. CHICAGO, Sept. 12. (AP) Dark Sea, the four-year-old gelding owned by Herbert M. Woolf of Kansas City, today won the $5,000 Steger handi cap at Mncoln fields, defeating elev en of the fleetest sprinters in the west. Dirk Sea, under a smashing ride by Jocirey C. E. Allen, raced the mile in 1:38 2-5, Just two fifths of a second short of equalling the track record. LATEST PROPOSAL CLEVELAND. Sept. 12. (AP) Adaption of steam power, oldest of modern sources of power, to the air plane, newest form of transportation. is to be put to practical test here soon. The power Is being developed In the airplane by the Great Lakes Air craft corporation of Cleveland. Engineers of Great Lakes Aircraft declare that developments of the steam plant for planes has been made possible only because new metals have been developed In the past few years which furnish the required ten slle strength, lightness In weight and metallic hardness. The plant would work up 2.350 horsepower, especially desirable for large transport and commercial planes and military craft. Capt. "Kid" Brewster of the Duke Blue Devils for 1931, has been captain-elect of eight other football teams, starting In grammar school. SALEM. Sept. 12. (AP) Conside ration of routes from Portland to the sea, and decision as to what course will be taken, will come be fore the state hUhway commission at its special session, tentatively set for next Thursday at Portland. The highway department here today was not Informed of definite arrange ments. CHARLESTON. W. Va, Sept. 12. (AP) An amputation performed under Jagged slate far down In coal mine, with the surgeon lying flat upon his back, has saved the life of Aukstock Cotter, 30-year-old miner. OREGON", SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1931. ort Slants number of years, thereby avoiding conclusions with Wright. The veteran's friends contend his International record Is sufficient to end any argument, but the Boston delegation would have been on hand in solid formation if the luck of the national championship draw had brought Fred and Francis together. Boy, Copy! Bobby Jones doesn't manipulate a typewriter but he writes his own newspaper copy In long-hand and patronizes the facilities of the. press tents now at national tournaments with all the ease of a veteran at the scribbling business. Apparently he does not need edi torial prodding to get his copy to the wires early. Allowing for some Interruptions for debate with the Journalistic professionals, he does a speedy Job. Beverly's Tough Hole . ' Beverly's particular pride Is Its No. 0 hole, a one-ahotter, 1B7 yards from the championship tee, craftily trapped and laid out. The club's officials pointed it out to Mr. Jones and others with unconcealed satis faction. A very, very tough hole, In deed, they remarked. Imagine the shock, therefore, when In a single afternoon of the national amateur championship .play, George Dunlap and Jack Westland halved It in deuces; Paul Jackson of Kansas City hit the pin with his tee shot and missed an ace by six inches; and Fay Coleman sank an explosion shot from a sand trap for another deuce. On the same hole, Sandy Somer vllle, the Canadian champion, play ing with Coleman, hit a spectator on the head with his tee shot, and scored ft knockout. MOSCOW,' Sept. 12. (AP) Joseph Lebrix, noted French aviator, and his mechanic, Rene Mesmin, were killed when their airplane Hyphen II In which they were attempting a record non-stop flight from Le Bourget to Tokyo crashed In a field near the mouth of the river Tanlt, in the vi cinity of Ufa, at 8 a. m. today. Marcel Doert, co-pilot of the plane and its third occupant, saved himself by a parachute Jump. Delay in identifying the two air men who were killed was caused by i the fact that none of the populace of Ufa could understand French. A dis patch received here said, however, that all assistance was being provid ed for Doert by an official of the Bashkir republic who went to the scene with a doctor. The accident occurred when the filers had been in the air only about twenty hours after their take-off from Paris. Unfavorable weather which beset them during their entire voyage across Russia was believed to have been a contributing cause. Fighting heavy fogs, clouds and rain from the moment they crossed the Soviet frontiers, the aviators pass ed Moscow last night and faced a continuation of bad flying conditions for several hundred miles. They were unreported after leaving here until word came from the catastrophe which befell them about 750 miles further on. Two months ago the same trio bare ly escaped death when their motor failed. Lebrlx and Mesmin took to parachutes and Doret brought the powerless plane down in treetops near Shebortl, abandoning It Just in time to save his own life. Sport Briefs South Carolina and Mississippi sandlot baseball teams will compete In the American Legion eastern tour nament for ohamplonshlp of the east at Manchester, N. H. Don Forsyth, little 170-pound guard, may replace Jimmy Steele as stellar guard on the Florida gridiron this fall. Oliver Sansen, fullback who will captain Iowa's grid team this year, has won four letters In football and track. Claude Wilson of Birmingham, for many years a clever boxer, has doffed the gloves and is now coaching ama teur fighters. Lefty Jenkins, who pitched a 19 Inning 1-to-l tie game tn Springfield Mass., formerly hurled for the Duke university baseball team. Frank Thomas, new Alabama foot ball coach, made his first public ad dress before a civic club at Birming ham. Sixty-five candidates for Tulane's Green Wave are expected to report to football Coach Bernle Bier man this season. Henry Robertson, Oklahoma ama teur golf champion, considers knick ers a Jinx. They brought him bad luck once, and he has worn trousers ever since. Hotel Medford Dinner $1.00 Every Day in the Week "The Food Ii Better" at the Medford HURRICANE DEAD AT BELIZE- 700, . PLANES RUSH AID BELIZE, British Honduras, Sept. 12. (AP) More than 1.000 of the 16.000 Inhabitants of Belize perished in Thursday's hurricane, it waa esti mated tonight after a survey. MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 12. (API Ap peals for relief were received hero to day from the stricken residents of Blzle, British Honduras, where a dev astating hurricane swept a path of death and injury Thursday. A radio report to Pan American airways today said the estimated number of deaths waa increased from 400 to 700. Pan American airways radio car ried a plea for an additional 500 pounda of medicated cotton, 20 pounds of iodine and 1,000 rolls of two-Inch bandage for use In treat ment of the several hundred per sons Injured by the storm and Its subsequent tidal wave. Ellis McLane, amateur wireless op erator, contacted amateur station V2BA, and heard a call for "all pos sible help." JThis Informant said martial law was established through the city by the colonial government, to prevent looting of bodies and property. The leport said every building in the city waa damaged, and that in some Instances, vessels In the harbor and their crews disappeared during th-1 height of the storm. Meantime, Richard W. Gray, gov ernment meteorologist, here, kept close watch on a second West In dian hurricane, which whipped San Juan Thursday night, sweeping by Santo Domingo and Port Au Prince yesterday. The storm was reported today as being near Navassa Island, off the Cuban course, with Indications that it will pass south of Jamaica If It continues its present course. It was losing Intensity as It progressed westward, government storm warnings said. i GIRD FOR BATTLE AUSTIN. Tex., Sept. 12. (AP) Two southern governors Ross S. Sterling of Texas and Huey P. Long of Louisiana antagonists In a bitter fight over cotton relief legislation- counted strength tonight for a final contest Monday on the floor of both houses in the Texas legislature. The south as a whole awaited the outcome, because of Texas' domin ance as a cotton producer. The Texas senate agricultural com mittee remained aloof from both fac tions today by reporting favorably upon two bills, one providing for the acreage reduction program advocated by Governor Sterling and the other for the cotton prohibition plan for 1932 championed by Governor Long. Followers of the Louisiana gover nor saw a gain in this, as the house committee considering cotton bills was ready to report favorably Mon day a bill providing for one-third acreage reduction In 1932 and crop rotation thereafter. Governor Sterling resented the radio "invasion" of Texas by Cover- GABBY STREET llie story of . 'has-been" who climbed to the peaks of baseball fame an epic of the diamond told byA LAN GOULD Associated Pres. Sports Editor A series of 12 Illus trated features Starting Monday September It IN THE MAIL TRTO E ACE V Y f llfJ Cards ;? i. . . .' i nor Long and held the more strategic position by threatening to veto any measure which embodied the cotton prohibition plan of Louisiana's exec utive. He declared he would not be swept off his feet by "any hysteria," advocating acreage reduction as a more sensible program. Governor Long, meanwhile, kept up an almost nightly barrage of radio addresses from his own state, directed at Governor Sterling and Texas legislators and farmers. m r WW i llTH the the . smoothness of an Eight, who cares now aboul counting cylinders? Results count Facts talk. A five minute ride will tell you more than all the words in the world. Don't buy any. motor car until you drive the New Plymouth. jffgff Your Best Friend . . ftfSlk In Good ggp Times "K Times In every emergency money is the i'irst need. Right now while you have money is the time to start a savings ac count so that you'll be ready to meet the next emergency . . . Medford National Bank COUNT YELLOW BOXES Real Proof That Country People Read the MAIL TRIBUNE NATAL. Brazil. Sept. 12. (AP) Three men were killed and a fourth badly injured, when a plane taking A rtff from the Potenev river struck a bridge and was wrecked. Springfield. Picking of early hops started oa Anderson Brothers hop ranch. Delake. First unit of De'ake ho tel formally opened to public In spection. New Plymouth giving 535 AND DP. P. O. B. FACTORY FLOATING POWER FREE WHEELING HYDRAULIC BRAKES SAFETY-STEEL BODY DOUBLE -DROP FRAME EASY-SHIFT TRANSMISSION THE
