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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1934.
McMahon Named Golf Club President Prosperous Year Looms
CONTINUE EFFORT
!E
Attitude of Bond Holders As
sures the Continuance of
Course As Medford Asset
Is Definite Assurance.
2 to Watch Him
At ft ipeclal meeting of the direc
tors of the Rogue Valley Oolf olub
held Monday evening, April 23, the
following officers were elected for the
coming year:
H, J. McMahon, president.
J. B. Kirk, vice-president.
K. V. Thorndlke, treasurer.
H. A. Marx, secretary.
The balance of the directorate Is
made up of the following: O. O.
Alenderfer, W. H. Lydlard, B. O.
6tephenson, O. F, Fhythtan, R. R.
Reter and John R. Tomlln. '
The various standing committees
will be appointed within a short
time.
"It la the Intention of the new
board to continue In effect the poll
clea of the previous administration
under the leadership and guidance
of O. J. Semon whloh resulted In the
club being able to carry on during
the past two years without any epe
dal assessments being Imposed upon
Its membership," said the newly
elected president today. '
. "While the club Itself la In a satis
factory condtlon Insofar as current
obligations are concerned," Mr. Me
diation continued, "there are, how
over a number of older Items to be
taken Into serious consideration auch
as delinquent taxes, note Indebted
ness and interest on outstanding
bonds, w.htch under conditions exist
ing for the past three years were
practically Impossible to liquidate.
Bond Interest Waived
"The bonctholderst have unanimous
ly waived their Interest payments for
period of one year at least, their
first thought being that everything
be don eto take care of the delin
quent taxes and other definite com
mitments. "With such a spirit aa evidenced
by the bondholders, together with ft
generally Improved financial condi
tion la the Rogue River valley, the
people of Medford are definitely as
sured of the club continuing as ft
permanent asset of the city.
"The new board not only contem
plates a continuous and austalned
drive for new members but is plan
ning on effecting certain changea In
polloy which will result In many now
Inaotlve members again becoming act
ive In the affairs of the club.
Benefits Medford
"It might be of Interest to the gen
eral public to know that Medford
has the only 18-hole golf course be
tween Sacramento and Eugenei a
distance of over 600 miles. As a re
sult of this, and the universal popu
larity of Me game, Medford directly
benefits by many outsiders arrang
ing to make this city their headquar
ters, particularly over week ends, so
that they may take advantage of the
beautiful course which we afford.
"Olub recorda indicate a continu
ous Increase In the number of out-of-town
players. As ft result, all lines
of business accordingly share in the
added income thus received and the
olub must therefore be considered aa
a very definite asset to the city.
"Furthermore, Sunday tournaments
are being held at regular Intervals
at which time the club la playing
.host to all golfers In Southern Ore
gon and Northern California. Aa ft
consequence, those coming from more
distant places arrange to arrive on
Saturdays and are making Medford
their ahopplng headquartera as well
aa a recreational center;
Visitors Come Far
"One month ago a group of 99
golfers made up of representative
business and professional men trav
eled over 300 miles from Eureke, Oal
to 'meet the Medford business men
. and plav over our course.
"All of this cannot help but build
up better spirit of co-operation be
tween this city and other point In
thla section of the country.
"It Is the Intention of the board
of directors to co-operate to t.ho full
est extent with the Seventy.flfth
Diamond Jubilee committee to make
the course one of the outstanding
points of Interest during the period
of the Jubilee'. Committees are be
ing appointed to handle varloua tour
nament which will prove to be of
special Interest to all those partici
pating. "Final arrangements have already
been completed to hold ft special
Bhrtnera' tournament on Saturday,
June 3, prior to the ceremonial on
the evening of the same day. It is
expected that there will be at least
one hundred entries from out of
town.
Interest Increasing
"In addition to the benefits to the
city already mentioned, the course
affords Individual citizens an oppor
tunity to enjoy themselves to the
fullest extent at cost considerably
less than Is to be had elsewhere on
ft comparable golf course. With the
addition of many new members dur
ing the past month, together with
the holding of numerous Interesting
tournaments, the club Is rapidly be
coming a center of activity and prea
ent plana provide that It will con
tinue to do so aa the summer season
approaches.
"It la not the desire of the new
board to leave the Impression that
the club la on the verge of bank
ruptcy, for such la decidedly not the i
case, but It Is their purpose to build
up an appreciation on the part of
Medford oltlaenry as ft whole that
the golf club has ft very detlnlt :
place In the business and civic af
fairs of our city and It Is their hope
that everyone, whether Interested di
rectly or Indirectly In golf, will lend
their eo-opoeratlon to the present
members to make the golf club an
even more oumvbuuiiih iiistiiuuon i j
than It now enjoys." 1
Two referees will keep their eyes
on Billy "Butcher Boy" Edwards
(above) of Kansas City when he
meets Paul Murdock of Oklahoma In
thtlr main event re-match at the
armory Thursday night. Demand for
referee In reserve was made by
Murdock after Bay Friable, third man
In the ring last Thursday, was knock
ed out and Edwards pinned the
Oklahoma n with what was claimed
as unfair tactics.
CORVALLISH!GH LADS
Fred (Cocky Red) MacDonald, for
mer Medford high school athletic star,
and one of the ace basketball players
of Oregon State College, has been
chosen to coach the baseball team of
the Corvallls high school. He is doing
It for a college credit, and la not hired
as teacher -coach.
The Corvallls Gazette-Time says
of MacDonald:
" 'Bed,' aa he Is called by his friends,
has blazed his name across the an
nals of sports In Oregon and the Pa
clflo coast. While attending Medford
high, he competed In baseball, basket
ball and football for four years under
the excellent tutelage of 'Prink' Cal-
ltson, now head football coach at
the University of Oregon. Red won
11 out of a possible 13 monograms
given for these, three major sports.
"In his three years of competition
In varsity basketball he has won
coast-wide fame as one of the flrlest,
scrappiest players ever to don a suit
In the Pacific Coast conference. The
sudden flare of his fighting spirit
has many times saved an otherwise
dull and uninteresting game.
"He has had considerable experience
In the great national game, having
played for several seasons In semi
pro ball. He has not participated In
baseball while In college, but his old
knowledge of the game should be
an asset to him In his coaching.
HIGH IZAAlTWALTONS
FLY HERE FOR
GRANTS PASS FEAST
FAILURE OF
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Hurling Which 'Big Four' of
Washington Turned Out
Last Year to Win Flag
Now Strangely Missing
GRANTS PASS, April 38. (Spl.)
Making the trip by private plane,
three men prominent In the state for
their activities In the Isaak Walton
league and the state game commis
sion, will attend a banquet In Grants
Pass Thursday night. The dinner will
be a Joint meeting at the Redwoods
hotel, of the Oregon Cavemen, Inc.,
and the Josephine chapter of the
Ittnnk Walton league,
With Chester A. McCarty of Port
land, attorney for the state game
commission as pilot, the president of
the state council of the I&aak Walton
loague, John Eblnger of Tillamook,
and the council secretary, William A.
Davidson of Portland, will arrive In
Medford Thursday afternoon.
Upon learning that the local air
port did not have a hangar, McCarty
wrote he preferred to land at Med
ford, as the lack of housing for the
plane would make it necessary to have
a guard.
In Medford. the three men from
the northern part of the state will
be Joined by Irving Vlnlng of Ashland,
a member of the stnte game commis
sion. I
Everyone Interested In conservation j
01 naiium resource mo principal
tm of the I rank Walton league is
Invited to attend the dinner session,
W. O. Allen, secretary of the local
chapter, said Tuesday.
Salmon Gaffers
Given Jail Term
GRANTS PASS. April 25.BpU
Pleading guilty to charges of, violat
ing the fish and game laws by fish
Ing for salmon in the Rogue river
with a gaff hook, J. N. Chlpley and
Belus Btsndrldge were sentenced to
SO days each In the county jail Tues
day morn Ing. They were a rres t ed
Monday by a state game warden and
appeared before 8. W. Madison, Justice
of the peace.
By HUGH 8. FULIERTON, JB.
Associated Press Sports Writer
Among the numerous perplexing
problems which have arisen to plague
major league managers Is the big
one which faces Washington's Joe
Cronln Wihat's wrong with the Sena
tors' pitching?
Last season It was largely the hurl
ing of the Senatorial "Big Four: Al
vln Crowder, Earl Whltehlll, Monte
Weaver and Walter Stewart, which
carried the Nats to the American
league championship. So far this
season, ten different Senator elbow
era have made a total of 23 appear
ances In eight games and the etand
Ing of the club shows Washington
In seventh place with three victories
and five defeats. Only one, Al
Thomas, ,has remained on the Job for
nine Innings.
Lose to Red Sox
Stewart made his second unsuc
cessful start of the season yesterday
aa the Senators opened their home
season and took a o-to-9 trimming
from the Red Sox. With 26,000 fans,
including President Roosevelt, look
ing on, the slender southpaw pitched
four shutout Innings. Then a rain
storm held up the game for an hour
and when It was resumed Manager
Cronln decided to turn the hill over
to Jack Russell.
T.he Sox belted him out In one In
ning, scoring three runs, and clouted
Crowder for two more before Bob
Burke finished up.
While Oral Hlndebrand hurled
four-hit ball, the Cleveland Indians
clouted four St. Louis fllngers for 19
hits, Including a pair of homers by
Hal Trosky, and won 15 to a. De
troit's Tigers subdued the White Sox,
7 to 3, In another slugfest. . .
Ruffing Wins Duel
Forty thousand fans turned out to
see Charley Ruffing of the New York
Yankees and John Marcum of the
Philadelphia Athletics hook up in, a
great pitching duel which Ruffing
won when Prank Crosettl belted a
home run In the sixth for the only
run of the game. Each twlrler al
lowed only four hit.
The Chicago Cubs won their sixth
straight National league victory, a 8-2
decision from the Cincinnati Reds,
scoring all their runs off Dazzy
Vance In the first Inning. Right on
the Cubs' heels came the world cham
pion Giants with an ll-to-7 triumph
over the Phillies, gained largely by a
pair of home runs apiece by Pitcher i
Hal Schumacher and Mel Ott. A
homer by Preddy Ltndstrom with two
on In the ninth gave Pittsburgh a
0-4 decision over the St. Louis Car
dinals. The Boston Braves found a near
relative in Walter Beck, big Brooklyn
right hander, and won their first
home game, 6 to 3.
DUTCH GRAPPLER INS
INTERNATIONAL MELEE
SALEM, April 8S. (AP) Joe Kirk.
Dutch grappler, emerged aa winner
In the "International" battle royal
held at the armory here last night,
with six wrestlers participating, each
representing ft different nationality.
Steve Okay, Eskimo, "Cowboy"
Tommy Heinz, American, Don Sugal,
Japanese, Walter Achlu, Chinese and
Mickey McQulre. Irishman, were
eliminated in the order named.
Robin Reed took the final two falls
from Jack Gorman to win the semi
wlndup. George Sergeant scored ft
one-fall win over Lynn Jonea In the
opener.
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Coast
W. L. Pet.
Los Angeles ................!... IB 4 .818
Missions . 14 7 .667
8sn Pranclsco ............ 12 9 .571
Sacramento ............... . 10 11 .476
Oakland .. .. 9 13 .409
Seattle 8 13 .331
Hollywood . 8 13 .331
Portland 6 15 .286
National
W. L, Pet.
Chicago 6 0 1.000
New York ..... 6 1 .857
Brooklyn ,. 4 2 .867
Pittsburgh ......... ....... 4 2 .667
Boston H..H...W.W 3 3 .500
St. Louis 1 5 .187
Cincinnati 1 6 .167
Philadelphia 0 7 .000
American
W. L. Pet.
Detroit - 4 1 .800
New York 4 2 .667
Cleveland 3 .2 .600
Boston 4 3 .571
Philadelphia 3 4 .429
St. Touts 2 3 .400
Washington 8 5 .375
Chicago 1 4 .200
OREGONSTATEl PLAY
Tl
EARN 11 101
19 Hits Garnered Off Pair of
Solon Hurlers Seals
Take 10-Inning Tussle
From Oakland, 8 to 7
BERKELEY. Cal.. April 25.
Polo teams of Oregon State college
and the University of California will
meet here today. The northerners
are reported to be hard, fast riders.
California haa recently popularized
the sport.
On Thursday and Saturday Oregon
State will take on Stanford univer
sity's four at Palo Alto.
By the Associated Press.
The power in those big Los Angeles
bats Is proving as disastrous to Sac
ramento pitching as It already has
to Portland. Hollywood and Oakland
tossing In previous series this season.
With Elmer Gudat and Jimmy
Reese showing the way with four
blows apiece, the Lellveltian maulers
landed on Manual Salvo and Bill
1 Hartwlg yesterday for 10 hits and an
11 to 1 victory In the series opener
at Wrlgley Field.
Emlle Meola stopped the Senators
with 6'safetles and very nearly had a
shutout.
Prank Demaree, Los Angeles right
fielder acquired from the Chicago
Cuba, continued his heavy stlckwork
with a double and two singles.
In yesterday's only other league
game San Francisco outrallled Oak
land to take a 10-lnnlng tussle, 8-7
pinch hitting In the extra frame,
Frank Glra, Seal rookie, spanked out
a single to score Hal Rhyne with the
winning run. Effective relief twirl
ing by Wyn Ballou. who relieved
Jimmy Zinn in the eighth, saved the
day for the Seals.
Hollywood and Portland were rain
ed out at Portland.
Undergoes Operation Tom Collie
underwent an operation at the Sacred
Heart hospital yesterday for hernia.
Egan Is Interviewed by
Grantland Rice Before
Sailing for Golf Wars
The following extract from a copyrighted article In the San Francisco
Chronicle by Grantland Rice will be Interesting to the readers of The
Mall Tribune, particularly the golf fans. Mr. Egan, who gave the Inter
view to Rice just as he sailed from New York for Glasgow last Saturday,
Is now In mid-ocean, and expects to land on the other side Monday.
"Just before the Walker cup team i
sailed I showed Chandler Egan a pic
ture of himself, taken In his Harvard
days.
"It was the picture of a slim young
kid, around 17 or 18 years old.
"A quick smile flashed on the face
of the sun-tanned, gray-haired vet
eran headed for St. Andrews.
" 'I remember that one,' he said.
It was made In 1901, when I was a
Harvard freshman. Notice that scarf
around my neck? Well, In those days
they didn't make shirts with collars
attached. The collars were stiff and
we usually took them off. So we had
to have something to hide the collar
button. Those were the caps they
also wore the type that sits on top
of your head.'
" 'How does your game compare
now with the golf you played in the
two championships of 1904 and 1006,
which you won?' I asked.
'I don't think there Is any ques
tion,' the man from Medford, Ore.,
said, 'but that I am playing much
better golf at SO than I was at 20 or
25. I know clubs, balls and courses
are better. But we seldom reached
the low 70s then 71 or 72. And only
10 days ago over my home course
par 71 I had a 64 for the first time
in my life. I've had a number of
rounds between 67 and 69,' he added.
"I moved from Chicago to Oregon
in 1911,' he continued, 'and for the
next 13 years I practically gave up
golf. I had a few rounds, but not
many, ' as there were no near-by
courses to play. When I came back
into competition again, some years
ago, I had lost a lot of my youth,
but I gave the game more study and
thought.
" 'I began to find out just what It
was all about. I have always believed
In the swinging Idea as opposed to
the hitting style, and this was a big
help. The golf stroke should be a
swing not a hit.'
" 'Was it hard to get going again
after 13 years?' I asked.
"'It wasn't nearly as hard aa I
thought It would be,' he said. "I
had been lucky enough to Btart young
to pick up a natural swing when
I was a kid. When you have that
foundation the game is far simpler.
With that start the rest is Just a mat
ter of concentration, thought and
practice. But it Isn't so easy to get
after you have passed 22 or 25'," .
Oregon Weather.
Unsettled tonight; Thursday f&tr
east and cloudy west portion: rising
temperature east portion Thursday;
moderate changeable wind offshore.
Experiments .have proved bait
composed of wheat bran and Paris
green Is particularly 'effective In ex
terminating cutworms In tobacco
fields.
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