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PXGE TOUR JfEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 18. 193 St. Louis Cardinals Voted No. 1 Sports Aggregation of the Year BASEBALL LEADERS TALK SHOP ON AUJPORI! Finishing Drive of Dean Brothers and Teammates Rated by Writers Greatest ' in History of Baseball By A IAN GOI'M) AkKoclatcd Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, Dec. 18. (AP) It . seenft to be highly debatable In this j year's sporting roundup whether It t was any harder to beat the celebrated Dean brothers on the baseball field ' than It was to tackle Pug Lund or, Stan Kostka, the Galloping Oophera. on the gridiron, j Whatever the feelings on this hy- j pothctlcnl Issue, the fact today Is that j the world champion St. Louis Cardi nals, featuring the Dean boys, emerge the winners over Mlnnsota's unde fe&tod footbnll champions In the As sociated Press poll to determine the outstanding team of 1034. (ireatest Finish The cardinals are the third suc cesslve major league ball club to be acclaimed the best team of the year, In any sport, by vote of the nation's sports editors and writers, who rate the finishing drive of the National league champions as the greatest In the history of the game. As one observer expressed It: "You can't crack guys without nerves, like the Deans and Pepper Martin. ' They , never think about losing. What put ter those birds would be on the last green with the title at stake Previous baseball winners were the world champion New York Yankees of 1033 and the Giants of 1033. The last college football team to be voted the No. 1 snorts aggregation was Southern California's 1031 eleven, Two-Team Race Compilation of ballot In the big gest'' country-wide response yet re corded In the annual A. P. poll dis closed a two-team race for votes from tart to finish. Asked to name the three leading teams. In order of preference, 00 out of a total of 100 experts cast their No. 1 vote for the Cardinals while 84 put Minnesota's Gophers at the top of the list. The final standing on points was St. Louis 341, Minnesota 310, because the Gophers ran stronger In second and third place nominations. Min nesota picked up 48 votes for second place and 17 for third, while tho Cardinals collected 37 and 7, respect' ively. Points were figured on the basis of three for first place, two for second and one for third. Chlrnpo neara Third Only four other teams figured in J the first place balloting. The Chi cago Bears received seven VuU and finished third In the poll, with B7 points, despite their defeat In the playoff gnme with the New York Olants for the national professional football championship. The experts took this setback Into consideration but decided It could not offset the otherwise remarkable rec ord of the Bears on professional grid Irons. The Olants scored only 13 points. The Detroit Tigers, American league baseball champions, received five first place ballots and wound up fourth with 43 points. Two observers voted the triumphant United Btatee Walker eup golfers as the most outstanding team while the remaining ballot put Yale's footbnll "Iron men. the con querors of Princeton, at the top. Although covering a wide range, the poll took recognition of only one for eign entry, the British Davis cup team, which was mentioned on nlue ballots and finished eighth on the list, with 10 points. 'llama Outpoints Stanford Since they will play In the Rose Bowl football clawlo on New Year's day. It is noteworthy Alabama "out pointed" Stanford, 14 to 4, in the voting. California's crew, Poughkeepsle var tty winner; Stanford's great track team, intercollegiate title holders, and tht all -east polo four also were slnn led out for applause. The. tabulation of outstanding teams of lOlM, with total points; Team Sport Points St. Louis Cardinals, baseball. ..... 347 Univ. of Minnesota, football........ 316 Chicago Bears, pro football. Detroit Tigers, baseball Univ. of Alabama, football. .. U. 8. Walker cup team, golf New York CllatiU. pro football. Brlilfth Dnvjs cup Tram, tennis y? Vx::,?A it . 'i ELK CLUB WINS CONTINUE TIE AS E When executives of baseball's major leagues met In New York for their annual winter business session, Ford Frlck (right, above) waa formally given his papers as the National league's new president, suc ceeding John Heydler (left), retired. The hppy trio below are the new fullng triumvirate of the Boston Red 8ox. Left to right: Tom Yawkey, owner; Joe Cronln, newly named magager, and Eddie Collins, Yawkey's right-hand man. Thev souaht trades to atrenathen the Red Sox for 1935. Univ. of California, varsity rowing All-Enst team, polo Stanford University, track and field Stanford University, football Navol Academy, football . Yale University, football Chicago Blackhawks, hockey Columbia University, football Purdue University, basketball . Colgate University, football a Single polnta for following: Louis iana State track team, professional crew of Rainbow, America's cup de fenders; Boston Red Sox, baseball; Knox college, football; LoTourner-De- Bcats, six-day bike riders; Toronto Maple Leafs, pro hockey; LaSalle col lege, football; Washington, freshman crew. GUN PLANS TURKEY SHOOT ON SUNDAY tn spite of the heavy downpour Sunday a down shooters were out at the Medford Gun club traps to participate In the regular Sundny practice events. 8. G. Mendenhall was high with 60 straight and Geo, Jam Mr took second place with a 49, At the skect traps Jim Moore carried away high .honors with 33 out of 35. Preporatlons are nearlng comple tion for a big turkey shoot next Sunday, the 23rd. The puhllc la cordtnlly Invited to attend. Plenty of turkeys, ducks, geeae, hens, hams. bacon and sugar 1 being provided so that all may have a chance to take home a prim. The scores at SO targets: a. Mendenhall .... 50 Geo. , Jnntzer 49 E. Daniels 47 Elmer Wilson ......... 47 H. Cmlsant .,..,, 4ft BUI Bates 4.1 Geo. Porter .,.- ... 4:1 AT Promoter Mack Llllard announced today that there will be no wrestling card this week, due to the fact that ho has been unable to secure good talent. The next card will be staged at the armory December 27, one woek from this Thursday. The promoter was confronted with the problem of lining up an en tirely now set of grapple this woek, after three of the men who appearod last Saturday set out to conquer new worlds, and Pete Belcastro, the fourth, dived through the ropos and laid himself up for some time. Jumping Joe Savoldl is going to his home in Michigan. Red Devil to parts un known, and Bonny Mulr to California. With 10 days In which to make negotiations, Llllard expects to have a good assortment of tendon twisters for hfa next program. The Fronch government has Inaug urated an oxtcnslve program of pub lic worxa wnicn provides for electrifi cation of railroad lines, extension of the Pnrls subway, highway Improve ment and the building of new schools. Dr. Leinery Chaa. Woods At 99 Skect 1 Jim Moore It. Cmlttant Ron DoVore Oeorire Jantnr O. Mendenhall ao 18 l um X TRY THIS NATIVE AMERICAN LIQUOR Grants Pass Elk Dies At Meeting ORANTS PASS. Dec. IB. Spl.l Funeral services were, held here this afternoon for O. L. O'Nell, B8. promi nent business man who died Satur day night from heart failure, due to acute Indigent Inn, while attending the Klka lodge annual smoker. Death came as O'Nell sat quietly at a card table with a group of friends. CHRISTMAS COOKING calls for HILDICKI Tlita smooth apple brandy Inn its dnllt etons flaror to minrr4net,Mums. plum padding. Pt. $1.25 Qt. $2.40 Two teams are battling neck and neck for leadership as the Elks' lodge bowling tournament neara an end. The Weeks & Orr and City Cleanera' quintets have each won 18 and lost 12 games up to Sunday, according to ngures compiled today by the com mittee In charge of the tournament. The Highway Barber 8hop and Eads Tranafer outfits are knotted for sec ond place honors with 17 won and 13 lost. Roy Prultt continues his Individual leadership In the tournament with an average of 191 pins per game, having rolled In 37 games. Tesm standings and Individual av erages follow: Team Won Weeks St Orr .... 18 City Cleaners 18 Hlway Barber Shop 17 Eads Transfer , 17 Texaco 16 Strang's Drug Store . IB Htudebaker Modern Plumbing I Economy Lumber Gates Auto Electrolux People's Electric . Players R. Prultt Height Etickson Eads Gates , Sherwood , P fiake ' . DeVore W. Prultt Saylor IS 13 13 IS ..... 13 ... 12 Lost 12 12 13 13 H 16 15 17 17 17 17 18 . Pet. .599 .198 .876 .576 .533 .600 .500 .433 .433 .433 .433 .400 Games Totals Av'gs Queen Of The Ball I A. V. 1 pt ; I ' ' ' ' il Harriet Buroy, Washington 8tat college senior from Vancouver, Wash., was queen of the harvest ball given by the agriculture club of the school. (Associated Press Crank Hall Harrington ..... K. Anderson Prey 12 . 1514 126 18 2214 123 IS 1902 127 18 2008 111 9 1010 112 Lee Watson Carey Hussong H. Strang - J. Olll Rankin Stoehr J. V. Watson .... B. Orr Burroughs ... E. Smith Murray E. Orr Ferguson Motfatt Brown ,, V. 8trang Rose Hammond .. Brayton Jerome Boomer 27 . 16 . SO . 30 . 27 . 30 . 30 . 27 . 30 . 30 . 30 . 9 , 27 . 87 . 21 . 27 . 21 . 18 . 27 . 30 , 24 . 80 . 24 . 24 24 . 24 27 24 '. 24 24 27 12 27 Alenderfer Blerma Elwood w 24 Sandorson ........ 30 Thompson 21 Fllegel Del Auderson Coleman . York Olmscheld Bullls Claude Holmes Bowman White E. Kelly Boone Ovormeyer Crum .... Webster ......... Plche Beeney ... F. Kelley Gault B. Hart 13 9 21 30 31 27 2D 19 9 ... 38 .. 16 .. 18 15 ... 30 30. 24 18 21 27 S1S2 2845 6670 6554 478S 8177 6298 4760 5256 S163 8107 1542 4632 4522 3570 4443 3489 3027 4473 4969 3075 4848 3881 3895 3908 3778 4764 4241 3803 3664 3641 4061 1812 4077 3531 4516 3138 1765 ' 1302 3084 4309 3040 3879 4U36 3707 849 3662 2105 2524 2055 4187 4229 3273 2426 2801 3482 191 190 189 185 177 172 177 176 178 172 170 171 172 167 170 165 166 1 1 166 164 162 162 182 161 157 159 157 158 153 152 150 161 151 147 161 149 147 145 147 144 145 144 139 142 143 141 140 140 137 140 141 136 134 134 129 BRACE OVER RIBS STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal.. Dec. 18. (AP) A heavy brace re moved from his chest, Bobby Gray son, Stanford's . all-American full back, breathes easier today and so does the whole Stanford campus. Much to the relief of Cardinal backers. Dr. Fritz Roth took off Grayson's brace yesterday and an nounced that the key man of Coach "Tiny" Thornhlira backfleld wluld be ready to go In Stanford's rose bowl battle New Year's day with Ala bama Grayson has been on the sidelines since Nov. 24, when he Injured sev eral ribs In the "big game" with University of California. LOCAL BOWLERS L The Smoke House alley are still smoking from the hot match bowled there Sunday between teams from Eureka, Cal., Grants Pass and Med ford. The Golden Glows, of Medford according to results compiled today, won the five-man sweepstakes by the small margin of 25 pins, tile match not being decided until the last two frames of the final game. The Medford team was 14 pins down In the seventh canto of the last game but won out when the Bayes all-stars of Eureka weakened and missed four spares In the ninth frame. Patton and Eads captured the doubles event from Bayes imd Nelson, Eureka, by 49 pins and lost a special doubles event to the Eurekans In the evening by four pins. The Eureka ladles bowled a two- game exhibition against a mixed team and turned in two very nice games. A -large delegation came up from Eureka to support the teams from that town, over fifty people being In the party. There waa a large crowd of spectators from Medford to witness the games. Th? two teams from Eurexa were each presented with a box of Rogue valley pears by the Smoke House and Eddie Bayes won the case of Golden Glow offered for high Indi vidual game. Scores of the different events fol low: Medford Golden Glows.. 882 0C9 838 3688 Bayes' Eureka All-Stars 877 887 000 3684 Gotschala Grants Pass 780 877 878 2530 Splendid Cafe, Eureka 732 020 814 2475 Pat ton -Eads 398 358 360 1121 B&yes-Nelson 318 373 381 1072 Patton-Eada 354 420 388 1171 Bayes-Nelson .... 875 387 418 1176 Eureka Ladles. Mrs. Lowthian 148 147 M. Tim merman . 142 163 CENTRAL POINT TRIMS . J'VILLE 'B' QUINTET The Jacksonville "B" team Jour neyed to Centrnl Point Saturday evening to play a preliminary prac tice to the Chlloquln-Central Point game. The game between Jacksonville and Central Point ended In a 25-0 victory for Central Point. The lineup: Central Point CopeiiRer, guard: Ken, guard: Lawrence, forward; Jew- ett. forward; Grimes, center. Jacksonville BUI Johnson, for- ward; Gale Graham, forward; Gall : Lunk, forward; John Nunn. center; Gage Sanden, guard; Shelley Llttcll, guard; Tom Dunnlngton, guard. Chlloquln won the main game, 11 to 10. &V.C3.S3 t. -v.. CHRT8TMA8 GIFT FRUIT FULL PACK. Pears and Red Apples careful ly selected from the valley's best. At your grocers or call Walter Jones. 419-L. Brandy & Rum for 'Torn & Jerry n Lyons Pure California Brandy and Lyons Palmetto Rum assure tne quality of your "Tom & Jerry for tlie holidays. RECIPE TO MAKE BATTER; (Enmigli for 50 r more drinlu.) 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