MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, JfEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1934.
SOFTBALL RULES
Another Contender
3 TEAMS IN TIE
AS ELKS BOWLING
Scientists Doom Wingless Rooster
To Sift Nature's Secret of Flight
COLLEGE CAGERS
Fl
WILL MAKE PLANS
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Two Sizes of Diamond De
cided On Different Size
of Balls to Be Used
Pitching Motion Is Defined
By FRED B.UI.KI'
(United Frew staff correspondent
CHICAGO (UP) Softball, whim
sprang Into a major sport almoiit
overnight, nas a national rules com
ralttee, a set of standardlwa rules
and a "steering committee" to guide
It next summer.
Organization of the game aa a na
tlonal aport waa made at the flrat
contention of the game, at which 100
recreation executives, representing
atates. were present.
The most Important result of the
convention was the adoption of the
first set of rules ever drswn up with
the approval of all the organizations
snonsorlng the sport.
Since softball began to spread like
wildfire two years ego, th have
been almost aa many rules as there
were teams, and almost eveiy com
munlty played Ita own particular type
of game.
Out of the two-day session there
evolved a set of rules which sre to
be placed Into effect next summer.
A rules committee of prominent
recreation directors was appointed
The points moat commonly disputed
were clsrlfled In the new rules. In
cluding the size of the diamond, size
of ball, what conatltutes a legal piicn,
bsse running and batting rules and
the Infield fly rule.
Two Sires of Diamonds.
It waa decided to set two standard
size dlsmonds, one with eo-foot base
lines and the other with 45-foot bsse-
llnes. On the larger diamond tne
13-Inch regular seam ball Is to be
used. On the smaller diamond, the
14-Inch ball It to be used. The pitch.
Ing distance In both cases Is to be
87 feet.
Aside from the size of the dia
mond, the rulta are Identical through.
out both types of game. A Kgal pitch
the moat disputed point under the
many varied rulea which have pre
vailedIs defined as:
"A ball which Is delivered by the
pitcher with a Mil arm swing, fol
lowing through with the arm parallel
to the body, the hand below the hip.
and the ball not more than six Inches
from the body. Bnappy or Jerky re
lease at the hip or delivering the bell
across the front of the bcdy shall be
considered Illegal."
Bunting or attempting to bunt
waa made an automatic out. A team
is to consist of 10 plsyers, according
to the new rules. On an Infield fly,
the batter la out and the ball be
comes dead, no play being possible
on any of the base runnera. who can
not advance.
Base-running rules were changed
to bar the runner from taking a lend
off any base on penalty of being de
clared out. nd from trying to atenl
unleaa the ball has passed home plftte.
rian Tournament-
Reports to the newly-formed Na
tional Softball association Indicate
that last summer more persona prob
ably played softball than any other
sport, excepting golf. Colorado re
ported 700 teams and 38.000 players.
Detroit had a similar number. Popu
larity of the game waa general
throughout the United States.
Tentative plsns for a national tour
nament to be conducted by the asso
ciation were approved. A committee
waa named to work out detailed
plana.
The trans of the Medford Gun
club were kept buny Sunday, until
mid -afternoon to accommodate the
large number of shooters who turn
ed out to enjoy the sport. Interest
was particularly keen at the skeet
traps, Rursrll Semon making high
peore with an 18 and a 30 for a total
of 38 out of RO.
At the regular traps Rid Newton
was high with 49 out of 80. Four
3ft straights were made during the
day. Sid Newton, Bill Bates, Elmer
Wilson and Ftalph Green turning the
trick. Next Sunday, February 38, the
club will stage the first o( a series
of registered shoots at which special
trophies will be awarded.
At 80 targets
Sid Newton 40
Bill Bates , . 47
Fd ltmpnrt .... 47
Geo. Porter . 48
T. B. Daniels 48
Flmer Wilson 48
B I,. Deatnn (Pro.) 48
H. Crolsant ... 44
C. M, Brewer, Jr. 88 j
Dr. B L. Lagrson .. 83
Chas. Woods .. . 81
At 38 targets
Ralph Oreen 98
Clarence Bnda 3,
Sam Jennings 33
F. W. Pease 31 1
Ray Coleman . 31 i
At 38 Skest
Rusaeli Semon . 30
H. Crolsant 30
Ron DeVore 10
E. 0. Solinsky 18
Sam Jennlnga ... .. 10
B. L-. Deaton 18
Jas. Moore ,. 18
Rny Coleman . 18
t H Pierce . 17
Dr. B 1,. Lageson 18
Con DeVore 14
Chas. Woods .. ..... 18
T. E. Dsnlels . 18
H Flilhrer 18
Fverett Brsyton 13
Dr. B. R Durno 0
The CWA ordered 473 800 employ."
dropped from its par roll next rndajr.
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Three teams, thos captained by Kl
wood, E. Orr and ErlcXAon are tied
for first place In the Elks club bowl
in tourney aa the competition rolls
Into the final week.
Erlekon'a outfit copped the cash
prize again laat week for high team
total.
The DeVore and Say lor quint roll
tonight.
individual and teem standings for
week ending February 10:
Oma. TU'a Avga Hdcp
Steve Hamas (above) was hailed
is another potential challenger for
the heaxywelght champlonshlpwhen
he decisively whipped Max 8ehmel
Ing In Philadelphia to win a 12
round decision. (Associated Presi
Photo)
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By Alan nould
(Associated Press Sporte Editor)
NEW YORK, Feb. 19. (AP) The
honors In the AU-Amerlca battle for
mile running supremacy rest today
with Princeton's blnck-halred Bill
Bonthron, the boy who says he hstes
track sports and doesn't seem to care
what old Pope Time thinks about It.
Bonthron outeprlnted end beat his
Knnsas rival, Glenn Cunningham.
Saturday night In the first and per
hapa only time those two grest col
lege runners ever will meot at the
mile distance. Hla margin of victory
wna by Inches, gnlned In the lest
sweeping stride of a hair-raising fin
ish that provoked a highly emo
tional outburst by a crowd of 16.000
apectatora In Madison Square Garden.
World's records bloomed before and
after this dazzling mile finish. Keith
Brown of Ynle lilted hla own Indoor
pole vsult mark to 14 feet, 4 Inches.
Wslter Marty of Fresno. Cnllf., Slate
college, hoisted himself to a new rec
ord or six feet, 8"J Inches In the
high Jump and John Collier or the
Boston A. A. twlCo equalled the world
stand of 7.4 seconds for the 60-ysrd
high hurdles.
Brown added 3 Inches to the
Indnnr record he set last year .and
beat Bill Graber of Southern Cali
fornia, whose outdoor mark of 14
feet. 4i Inches made In the Olympic
tryouts at Palo Alto two years ago.
Is the only performance superior to
the lstest achievement of the Ell
ace.-
Graber'a best Saturdsy night wsa
13 feet, nine Inches. Marty also took
the measure of his greatest rival,
George Spitz of New York Univer
sity, In negotiating the greatest
height msn hss ever Jumped with
out some artificial ssslstsnce. The
blond Callfornlan, who attempted
6-0'.i -after hla first record Jump,
topped Spitz's previous world Indoor
mark, of 6-B'i and his own unot
flclsl outdoor standard of 6-B't, made
last year.
Splta cleared 84 Saturday.
Prultt , 38
Eads ...'. 39
Olll 88
Erlckson 39
Rsnkln - 38
Solinsky 38
1 Gates 30
I Paske ........ 38
DeVore ... 80
Orr, Eugene .. 39
Sherwood .... 39
Wstson 39
Ouenther, Hugo 39
Ouenther, Herb 16
Jerome .. 36
saylor 39
Ferguson 33
Bowmsn 37
Alenderfer 37
Brayton ... 33
Orr. Bert 83
Smlth 30
Andres 37
Sanderson . 30 .
Rose 33
Strang, Herb .. 39
Thompson ..- 30
Rostel 16
Ebel
Fredette 33
Brown 18
Elwood 18
Kelly 39
Strsng, Vlrg . 39
White 33
Fabrlck 18
York 30
Holmes 37
Hegel 19
Schade ..-...... 3
Olmsoheld - 30
Boomer 38
Corum - 8
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Team standing
Won tost Pctg.
Elwood - 13 6 668
Orr, Eugene 13 6 8S6
Erlckson .....- 13 6 608
Ouenther 0 0
Solinsky ....-.. 7 11 388
Watson - 1 " 38
DeVore - T H 388
Saylor 13 333
PLAYOFF LOOMS
- BEARS AMD TROJANS
SAW FRANCISCO. Feb. 10. (AP)
nrnnAi,t.M of a nlav-off series between
the California Besrs and Southern
California Trojans for the southern
division, Paclflo coast conference,
baaketball championship loomed to
day.
The Bears lost tneir one-game
leadership as they were upset 40 to
is hv tha u. 0. L. A. Bruins In Los
Angeles Saturday night while the
Trojans conquered otsmorfl at raio
Alto 3.1 to 33.
F, rosh and Rooks
Split Hoop Honor
CORVAL-US. Ore., Feb. 19. (API
The home basketball fires blazed
brightly this season for the Oregon
State coltege Rooks and the Ore
gon Prosh. The home team won each
time In their four-game aeries.
The Rooka put on a driving sec
ond half finish to win 36 to 30
here Saturday night and even the
series.
1'rcnrh Tire of Allen Bankrupts
PARIS (AP) The city of Nice and
the department of Alpea Marltlmea
have petitioned the chamber of dep
utise to pass a law whereby "any for
eign merchant established In France
who goes through bankruptcy three
times, ahall be expelled.
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.Br F. B. COI.TON
AModated Pre hrtet.ee Writer
WASH1NOTON, D. C (AP) "Lind
bergh." the wlngleea rooater, la
doomed to die for a group of eel
en t lt a aoon , to gl ve th e m not a
chicken dinner but a chance to learn
how and why he waa hatched with
out wings.
The flrat bird ever known to live
to grow up after being hatched ab
normally w ingle, "Lindbergh" atrute
and crows aa proudly aa any other
male fowl In the bird house of the
National 2500 here, but without the
cu&tomary wing flapping. He has no
wlnga to flap and knows It. Placed
when hungry on a high table, with
corn on the ground below, he cluck
Indignantly, but won't Jumo.
Degenerative Fault
The roster seem to be a victim of
a degenerative tendency that began
attacking some birds as far back aa
86.000,000 years ago. A bird called
the Hesperorla, also without wings,
was living then In Kansas.
When "Lindbergh" goes to the
chopping block the scientists study
ing him hope to learn something
new about what makes birds lose
their wings, or the use of them.
There are many blrde either wing
less or with wings too small for fly
ing, such aa the ostrich, the New
Zealand kiwi, the penguin, and the
great auk. now extinct.
The kiwi, though wingless, haa
rudimentary wing bones Inside hla
body. When a young kiwi start to
develop within the egg 1U prelimi
nary wing structure haa a "wrist"
bone and three "fingers," but when
it hatches only a single "finger"
bone la left. Wlnga are modifica
tions of the same bony structures
that turn Into front legs or arms
In animals and man.
Checking On Nature
The same thing that regularly hap
pens to klwla may .have happened to
"Lindbergh." On the other hand. If
there are not even rudimentary wing
bones, the scientists believe they can
deduce what happened Inside "Lind
bergh's" egg to cause nature to for
get hla wings. It waa something that
happened, before he waa hatched,
they feel sure.
It takes only a small upset In the
normal development of an egg to
spoil the chicken developing Inside
It. For example, says the Smith
sonian institution, a chicken nor
mally develops In an egg with Its
head under, Its rlg,ht wing. If the
head somehpw la placed under the
left wing, It dies. .
"If the point of failure In the de
velopment of this bird can be estab
lished," says the Smithsonian, "it
may throw some light on the general
problem of the physical mechanism 1
of bird flight, itself, and of Its loss I
In some specie, not yet understand
able from normal emhryologlcal material.
"The earliest known birds pos
sessed well -developed wings. Lossj
of the power of flight represents a
degenerative rather thnn a primitive
condition among living birds." 1
All this doesn't Interest "Lind
bergh," who at the age of six months
seems happy and healthy without
his wings. He 1 a Plymouth Rock
from Rose Mill, Ky., and seemingly
proud of It.
McGraw's Illness
Takes Bad Turn
NEW YORK, Feb. 10. (AP) John
J. McOraw, part owner of the New
York Giants, who la 111 with uremia
In a New Roche lie hospital, was re
ported worse today.
A bulletin Issued by his physicians
said his temperature and pule were
somewhat Increased, and that he
apent a restless night. 1
Spain Counts RInt Heath
MADRID. (API -The weekly pub
lication, "Labor." summing up disor
der casualties for 1033 In Spain, anya
J 72 parsons were killed and 403 se
riously wounded In the clashes.
"Liwlhergh," wingless rooster at the National zoo, lV-ishingfon, Is as
carin-nounn as inougn ne were c named nut in nis bone structure,
sclelntlstB think, may be found the secret of flight.
ELEVEN REASONS
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (UP) When Mrs.
Mary E. Dlrker, 49, decided she want
ed a divorce ahe apepared In Circuit
Judge Hoffmefster's court and enu
merated 11 reasons why she should
have her petition granted.
The reasons: y
One A week after the wedding
her husband discovered she had (280
in a bank and demanded the money,
Two When she refused to give
him the money he choked her.
Three Ho beat her 20 timea in six
months.
Four Since their separation he has
continued to visit her and beat- her.
Five He nogged her every night
until 3 a. m.
Six He wanted her to open a beer
tavern before beer was legal.
Seven He threatened her life sev
eral times.
Eighth He called her "terrible
names."
Nine When visitors came he met
them at the door and told them to
get out.
Ten He wouldn't work and ex
pected her to support him.
Eleven He drank continuously.
"And, Judge," Mrs. Dlrker said
"that all happened in six months
then I left him." The divorce was
granted.
feylonesc Priest for Century
COLOMBO. (AP) The Very Rev-
erend Mcegamuwe Sri Sanghatlssa, a
Buddhist high priest, has Just com
pic ted 100 years' service In Ceylon.
He Is 107 years old, having been ad
mitted to the priesthood at the age
of seven.
- Ralph T. O'Neil, American Legion
leader, asked to testify before grand
Jurora Investigating army contract-letter.
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LOS ANGELES. Feb. 13. (AP) Al
Gordon, a Jokester off the track but
a stubborn speed merchant when he
get a whiff of gasoline fumes In
hla nostrils, added a 250-mlle road
stock car title to his unbroken list
of automobile racing victories today.
The veteran Long Beach pilot left
a field of nationally prominent driv
ers In his dust before more than
50,000 persons' at Mines field yester
day when he recklessly wheeled his
machine around the sharp turns of
a 2-mile course to beat out W. H
(Stubby) Stubblefleld, Los Angeles,
by thirty-two seconds.
His time of four minutes, 14 sec
onds was s.lfitly more than 63
miles an hour.
Third and fourth place went to
two of the country's leading expon
ents of the speedways, Lou Meyer,
South Gate, Calif., and Peter e De
Paolo, Los Angeles.
Hopper Poison Kills Cows
MERRILL, Wis. ( UP) Molasses
and bran, prepared to poslon grass
hoppers, tasted good to a herd of
cowa on the Gottlieb Karau farm.
Nearly a dozen of the cowa died.
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SEATTLE. Feb. 10. (AP) The
basketball championship race In the
coast conference, northern division. Is
about all over except the shouting,
with Washington "In" aa title-holder,
but this week's five games may
change the stand Inge of the other
teams.
While the southern division lead Is
knotted again, with California and
Southern California tied for flrat
place, each having won seven out of
their 10 games, the University of
Washington is far out In front in the
north. The season will end next
week." -
Cinching the title Friday night by
defeating Oregon State Beavers In a
bitter 24-21 battle, the Huskies went
on to win again Saturday night, 35 to
2.
. Oregon, In third place, will be chal
lenged severely tonight and tomorrow
night by the Idaho vandals, at Mos
cow, Idaho.
On Friday and Saturday nights,
Washington closes Its season on then
home floor here with a doubleheader
against Washington State.
The standings:
W.
Washington 13
Oregon State ....... 7
Oregon 4
Idaho 4
Washington . State 4
The time Sat golfing ha, arrived,
the un Ii not shining In win, and
all women Interested In that Terr
Inviting sport are asked to gather
at the club house of the Rogue Blver
Valley Ctolf association Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock.
A captain for the new season will
be elected at the meeting and tour
nament plans developed.
A number of women golfers wera
on the course yesterday during tha
sunshine and showers, which consti
tuted a perfect day. The weather 1
unusally fine for so early In tha
season and the lesders are expecting
to get more golf Into 1934 than they j
hsve had In many a year.
In order that plans may get off
to a "driving start" Wednesday morn
ing all the women interested are
urged to attend the meeting.
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