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PM3E six MEDFORD MATL TRIBUTE. MEDFORD, OREGON. MONDAY. MAY 81. 1937. 'i J0 : a g e ft- TV POLISH VILLIAN Tl Cowboy Dude Chick. Junior heavy weight vrestllng champion of the world, will return to the MtdforU Armory tonight to tangle with the present number one villain of eoutb ' era Oregon's grappling fraternity Joe Smollnski, the Polish Palooae. Completing the holiday card, which should be one of the finest pre sented by Promoter Mack Llllard in many months, will be Alvln Brltt and Jack Sterllch In the middle event and Bailor Dick Trout and juonte LaDue In the opener. Sterllch, hall' inn froni Austria and LaDue, a na tive of Prance, will be making their first anoearance before a local crowa By virtue of hla left-handed win over Alvln Brltt last Monday night. Joe Bmollnskl received the honor of welcoming the world ! champion oaca to the Medford arena, and fans who regard last week's decision as one of the worst yet perpetrated by Ref eree Ray Friable are hoping the un derhanded Bmollnskl gets more than one taste of Chick's deadly lariat - nnln. the sensational bold that brouoht him the world' title. Smollnski, In several past bouts with the ex-Wyoming cow-hsnd be fore he was chsmplont wae flopped and flopped right by the spin, and he has vowed to an wno wouia ... that the next time he got Chick In the ring he would work him over -proper. Two of the three sorambles this evening will ace members 01 "dirt" brigade pitted against ortho dox BTapplors. Only In the middle .ff.tr will two cleanles display ac tlon. Alvln Brltt, who held the worlds championship before Chick grabbed It from him. and Jack Bter- llch, the Auatrian, are doiu fii. Ar.iv wrMtleia. Sterllch la rated I fast, clean worker, and comes to the Paclflo coast from the esst nigniy recommended. He la young and full of fire, and la aald to posses plenty of what It takea between the ears. In the opener, Sailor Dick Trout will provide the music for Monte LaDue's Medford debut. According to reports regarding the Frenchman, he la one of the moat vicious huskies ' In the gsme, liking nothing better than to break a leg or an arm off an opponent and then beat him over the head with the atub. Although only about thirty yean old, LaDue la as bald aa a billiard ball, but makea up for that hair deficiency by sporting a cute little Hp brush. Sailor Trout, In his few appear ances here, has proved that he can cope with the mesnles, as well as the cleanles. Be Is, without doubt, one of the finest grapplers yet seen in the local ring. Because of his great wrestling ability and good sports manship at all times, Medford fans have taken him to their hearts. He will be a big favorite tonight. (By the L'nlttd rrru) Seattle, apparently ahaklng off the lethargy that dropped the Indians Ilka a plummet from tha front row to deep in the second division of the Paclflo Coast league race, ran its winning streak to four In a row Sunday by taking a double-header from San Diego. The Indiana ran their string to four with 11-1 and 8 -a Tic tor lea over the third place Padres. The Mission Reds, recent cellar occupants, also scored a double vic tory, taking Portland by acorea of 4-3 and 6-2 in their twin bill. Frank Lamanake, coal-miner south paw, beat Bert Moncrlef, new Bea ver moundsman, in the opener, which waa decided by a three-run Mission rally In the eighth. Laman ake gave only five hits, in the aeoond game the battle went eight Innings, one more than scheduled, before the Reds hammered Uska from the boi for three runs to win. The Reds tied the series at three-three. In the day's only other gsmes, Oakland and the pare-settlng San Kranc.soo Seals split. FENCE LEVELED IN AUTO MIX-UP Fifteen feet of picket fence and a water hydrant In Phlppa auto camp were demolished by a car driven by B. H. White of Salem Saturday night, according to a city police report. The report atated that While driv ing, north on North Riverside ave nue, turned right Into the auto camp and waa hit from the rear by a car driven by Illlott Rhoteu 01 Jacksonville. White, told city ponce he lost control of his machine, which uprooted a water hydrant and tore down the picket fence before It was brought to a stop. Elliott, whose csr was following the one operated by White, reported that White failed to slgnsl when he made the right hand turn. Nobody was Injured. Bs Correctly Corseted in AN ARTIST MODEL by Ethel wyo B Hoffmsnn. Surgeon-General Thomas Parran of the U. 8- public health service de clares that 10 years might be added to normal life expectancy If present medical knowledge were applied fully, j Rear-Motored Racer Ready for Leo Oldtield, veteran racing ear engineer, Is shown here in his 16-eylinder, rear-motored race car, latest thing In speed vehicles, as he arrived at the Indianapolis speedway to give the odd auto a running trial. It is entered In this year's 500-mile speed classic by Joel Thorne, wealthy New York sportsman. NEW YORK, May 80. (UP) The Detroit Tigers today put on a mighty exhibition of slugging to detent the St. Louis Browns, 18-3, end main tain their second place In the Amer- Icsn league, three games behind the New York Yankees who also won. Hank Oreenberg end Gerry Walker led the 30-htt assault, each blasting two home rune with Hand adding a double and two singles, and Walk er a double and one single. Walker'e blowa drove In seven Detroit runs; Oreenberg's five. Rookie Oeorgo Olll went the dlstsnce for Detroit, dls- trlbulng nine hits. The Yankees crushed the Phila delphia Athletics, 13-1, behind Lefty Oomes' eight hit flinging. It was Oomea' sixth win: Philadelphia's sev enth straight loss. Red Rolfe and Oehrlg hit homers. Routing Earl Whltehlll with an eight hit attack In the first two Inn ings to score alx runs, tho Chicago White Sox went on to defeat the Cleveland Indians, 9-0, Ted Lyons held the tribe to six hits until the ninth when a base on ball to Camp bell, a double by Averlll and single by Soltera brought In two Cleveland tallies. The fourth-place Boston Red Sox succumbed. 11-4, before the Wash. Ington Senators and the seven hit pitching by Pete Appleton. The New York Giants' winning atrrak waa stopped at eight atrslght wnen they were defeated, B-3. by Jimmy Wllson'a Phllllea. Home runs by Camlllt, Oraoe and Klein paved the way for the Philadelphia tri umph. Wayne Lamoster held the National league champions to five hits and no runs until the ninth when the Otants scored their three runs. The leading Pirates hammered four St. Louis pitchers for 13 hits to score a 7-4 decision over the Cards. The Buca blasted Ray Hnrrell off the mound with a three rim at tack In the first Inning before he could retire a batter. Bill Swift scat tered nine hlta for his fourth win. Tho loaa dropped the Cards Into fourth place behind the Chicago Cuba who mounted a notch by stopping the Cincinnati Reds, 71. Larry French deslt out but four mis to win his first game of the year, snd hand the Reds their eighth strslght defeat. PIERCE 'POSTAGE RATE' ENDORSED EUGENE. May SI. (API J. p. Hoseh of Bend urged support of Con gressman waiter M. pierce an-1 other officials advocating a "postage stamp" rate tor Bonneville power at an or ganisation meeting of the Eiene lo cal of the Commonwealth Federa tion. Hoaoh. chairman or the utilities committee of the atate house of rep reaentatlvea for the past three ses sions, rolced strong opposition to the proposed rone rate, and any proposal to permit private utilities to pur chase the power. 'They (the companies) would dl nipt the entire project with their cor ruption," he asserted. B. Stephenson Smith, president of the state federation, explained the alms of the orvanlrogtlon as beln "to gn a larg enough aggregate rep. j M"to gain s tanze enough autrraate representation In atate and national legislative bodies to exert Influence on major vital Issues." W D Tyre. S7-yesr-old mall cr rler of Elklns. w. Vs . estimates h has -alked more than 100 000 mlir delivering mall the last 30 yean. -( Scores Yesterday By the Associated Press First Game Missions 4 11 0 Portland . - 3 6 0 Lamanskl and Sprlnz; Moncrlef, Shealy and Cronln. Second Game Missions ...... Portland Bolen and Outcn; Llsl nnd Trcah. 9 1 7 1 Carson First Game Sen Diego 1 Seattle .11 Plllette, Hebert and Starr; and Baasler. Femandes. 7 3 11 0 Smith Second game, 7 Innings: an Diego .. 2 Seattle 3 Ward. Salvo and Detore; and Fernandes. 7 0 11 0 Ore gory First Game Oakland 14 36 3 San Francisco 10 15 3 Bon ham and Baker; Ballou, Dahlia, Flowers and Monzo, Clifford. Second game, 7 Innlgs: Oakland - 3 San Francisco 4 Hald, Olds and Baker; Sheehan and Woodall, Sftornmento at Los Angeles (double htader), postponed, rain. Niitlnnnl At Brooklyn 4, Boston 11. At Philadelphia 6. New York 3. At Chicago 7, Cincinnati 1. At St. Louts 4. Pittsburgh 7. A merit an At New York 13. Philadelphia 1. At Boston 4. Washington 11. At Cleveland 6, ChlcAgo 0. , At Detroit 18, St. Louis 3. STEAL IN NINTH DEFEATS CRATERS Framstesd. Crescent City second bascniAii, stole home In the last half of the ninth inning yesterday at Crescent City to give the league leading Chi nooks a 3-3 win over the Medford Craters In a Southern Ore gon league battle. With the score tied at 3-3 Frs in stead, who collected four hits In five trtpa during the afternoon, singled to left with one gone, went to second on an Infield out, and stole third. Then, with Larry Pepper, Medford hurler, winding up, Ffamstesd flash ed toward the plate and slid safely under the pitch to give Cresent City Its fourth straight win and Med ford a fourth straight loss. The Craters got away to 3-0 lead In tho first Inning. Hoffman walked. Wally Rlckert beat out an infield hit, and Stine was purposely passed to get at 8 wan son. Swanson hit a slwrp slns'ls to center scoring Hoff man and Itlvkert. Crescent City got one in their half of the first frame when the pesti ferous Framstesd singled Infield, stole second, and scored on Spann's single to center. They tied It in the seventh when Pramstesd again showed amazing speed to beat out an Infield acratciier aud score on Spann's triple to center. Rlckert . Swanson, Hoffman and Mnntiscr B..lkovick did Medford a hit ting, with the latter two connecting for doubles. Ray E. kson pitched the (I rut six Innings fur the locsla with Pepper doing his chores the last three. Short score: R. H. t. Crescent City 3 ft 3 Medford 3 4 8 BMterlee: Deo, Cool and Matjnver. Ha: Fr)e kn.-n, Peopr snd Palknvick. Jk Medford 's Oldest I and Finest Daily's Auto Painting i'l SOI Tit nKIUTT I Speed Classic HTF CONQUERS HOLE: COPS TITLE PITTSBURGH, May 31. (AP) Denny Shute, the cold, emotionless Boston golfer with nerves of steel, wore the professional championship crown again today because he con quered hla Jinx hole when the chips were down. As the sun was alnklng over the hills of the Pittsburgh Field club yesterday. Dour Denny finally caught young Harold (Jug) McSpaden. of Winchester, Mass. They were all square after 36 holes and moved to the 37th, the No. 1 hole. A man with less courage might have weakened there, for not once In the preceding five rounds had Denny been able to rake In a par on It. The championship, aa well as 1000 In prize money rode on tnat one hole. But not a muscle In his poker face gave sign of the panic that must have been In hla heart He banged one down the middle and after McSpaden had driven In the rough and skidded through a trap wnn nis approach, Denny clipped a 4-lron shot thst covered the pin all the way and dropped 18 feet short. McSpaden chipped 8 feet away. taut snute wasn t content with a half. Fully realising this hole had caused him trouble, he still dls dslned to play safe. He struck Ills putt bsdly past the cup and holed It coming back to gain the title, as "Jug" McSpaden missed. BIRTHS Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Clydo Bald eraton of route 3 a boy weighing seven pounds and 13 ounces at their home on May. 30. Mother and baby were reported today to be progressing splendidly. The son has been named Dale Vernon. . . A total of 03. -ja i, 000 checks was cleared through the United Stafs treasury for New Deal emergency agencies In 1936. Tides on the Pacific coaat are gen erally higher than those on the At lantic coast, partly because of east ward winds. Closing time for Too Ute to C'.ss lfv Ad, Is 1 :30 p. m. "Everybody's Talking" "Drop in at the corner and fct some of that Gold Seal Beer!" TOMLIN, CLASS B SHOT, WINS LION'S SHARE AT SHOOT Over 70 of Oregon! ranking trap hooteri yesterday brought to a close the two-day annual Medford Handi cap staged by the Medford Oun club, with John Tomlln. local acattergun ner, walking off with the Hon 'a share of honors and trophies. Tomlln, a class B shooter, blasted 100 straight In Mayor Porter's Hun dred to tie with Clarence Eads, also ol Medford, and go on to win in the shoot-off with 24x25 to Eads' 33x36. The event waa a 100 10-yard target class shooting affair carrying 1 100 In added money to be split evenly be tween the classes. By winning the event. Tomlln also garnered the Medford Mall Tribune and Mendenhall trophies. A year's subscription to the Mall Tribune noes to the winner of the trophy. The Mendenhall award, limited to clasa B shooters or under, became the pro perty of Tomlln. because he li a shooter In that class. His performance was all the more remarkable In view of the fact that he waa shooting against class A men In Mayor Porter's Hundred. The Medford Handicap, feature event of the two-day program. Was won by C. G. HUtlbrand of Salem. Hiltl brand and C. D. Ray of Marsh field tied In the 100 -Urge t 17 to 34 ;ard event by breaking 88 out of 100, with the Salem shooter winning In the shoot-off by cracking 23 out of 35 to Ray'a 19 out of 25. A cash prize of $60 went to the winner. In memory of Chester W. Wood, to whom this year's tournament was dedicated, members of the Mcdlord Oun club donated trophies to be awarded high gun in 'each of the ycrdage marks in the Medford Handi cap. They were won by the follow ing: 17-yard, M. W. Ray of Marsh field. 95; 18-yard, E. O. Hawman of Portland. 94; 19-yard, M. E. Cornett ot Klamath Falls, 95; 20-yard,. S. T Fox of Bend, 95; 21-yard, C. O. Ray of Marshfleld. 98; and 22-yard, C E HUtlbrand of Salem, 98. High over all In the two-day affair was C. O. HUtlbrand of Salem. Mrs. J. O. Ooble of Yreka. Calif., although not entered In the tournament, shot 85 out of 100 In a practice string, considered remarkable for a woman Members of the Medford Gun jlub and their guests from all parta of Oregon were, unanimous In their de claration that It was the best shoot ever held here with the exception of the state meet wo years ago. SAN FRANCISCO, Msy 1. (AP) The Oregon-California boundary Is "only an Imaginary line." Gov ernor Charles Martin of the north ern state asserted on hla departure following the Gold Clate bridge fi esta, to which he headed a delegation of Oregonlana. . In a statement released through Arthur M. Brown, fiesta chairman. ! the Oovernor said that "as governor of Oregon I shall strlvo to emulate your enterprising spirit, and we shall endeavor to reflect our appreciation , and gratitude to the people of Call- fornla as they visit our atate In the j future. ! "I am certain that the relations ' between our two states shall alwaya represent tho acme of good will." ; From Klamath Mr. and Mrs. Hur bert Hmmlngwn and Mr. and Mrs. R. Holtgang of Klamath Falls were wwk-nd gufsta at the home of Mr. And Mra. Glen Bauson net t. Thny it turned today via Union Creek. Mr. Hemmtngften la shop foreman of the Klamath Palls News-Herald. Closing time for loo Lat to Clu s:f? Ada I 1 :30 p. m. SHAW LEADS HORN By CLOSE MARGIN AT HALFWAY POST (Continued front page One.) ran, with Ted Horn of Los Angeles third. "Wild Bill" Cummlngs of In dianapolis fourth. Cliff Bergere of Los Angeles fifth. Traveling at record-breaking speed, Shaw covered the 350 miles at 114 631 miles an hour. His time was 3:10:51 31. The spectators were given a thrill when the car started by Herb Art! In ge r of Glassport. Pa., spun around on the south turn. Jimmy Snyder of Chicago, driving at the time as re lief, escaped without injury. He waa nearlng the 300-mlle mark at the time and waa In fifth place. The driven were slowed down tor a few seconds until the car could be pulled off the track. ' Driving st record-breaking speed. Wilbur Shaw. Indianapolis, also led at the end of 100 miles today with a crowd of more than 150.000 spec tators cheering him on. ' 8haw was about six seconds ahead of Herbert Ardlnger, Qlassport, Pa., with Louis Meyer, Los Angeles, win ner of the 1036 race, third. Ralph Hepburn, Los Angeles, was fourth and Bob Swanson, also of Los Ange les, was fifth. "Wild Bill" Cummlngs, Indianapo lis, one of the favorites with the huge crowd, was sixth. Record Broken. Shaw had won the S1000 In lap prizes. His average for 100 miles was 117.087 miles an hour, breaking the previous record of 116.757 made by him last year. Ralph Hepburn, the Los .Angeles vetersn, went out In front. Hepburn was driving the same car with which Louis Meyer won last year's race. It now belongs to Anthony Gulotta ol Kansas City, a cousin of Tony Gu lotta, the race driver. Shaw had to stop for a tire change. Lou Meyer had to go into the plt6 at 175 miles for gas. water and a rear tire. Then mechanics couldn't get the machine started and Meyer finally found a broken magneto switch. He repaired It himself and went back on the track after 70 seconds. At the 300-mlle mark Hepburn and Shaw were In a thrilling duel lor the first position with Hepburn out In front by six seconds. After 309 miles Shaw was only about 50 yards behind Hepburn and he passed him on the next lap to regain the lead. The speed dropped off to 114.181 miles an hour at the 300-mlle mark, the first time during the race it had fallen below last year's record break ing time of 114.526. Stapp Retires. Babe Stapp finally had to give up and went out after working for an hour trying to jmrdy hla oil pree sure. He had covered only 87 miles. The elimination of Stapp left only American built cars In the race. Dick Merrill, famous trans-Atlantic aviator and Jack Lamble, Mer rill's co-pllot on hla recent round trip flight over the Atlantic, were the honored starters. W. S. Knudsen. president of General Motors, . was official referee. Although 28 drivers and mechanics lost their lives In previous races (S My Eastern Representative Now is the time to order your clothes for future delivery. Come in rhake your selection. We will deliver your suits later. Buy Now-Before the Advance Goods Are Bound to Advance Before Fall TUS tiD&e Tragus 120 NORTH CENTRAL A Small Deposit Will Hold Any Suit for 90 Days and trials, officials held out hope that today's race, the 35th, would have a minimum of accldente. Two persons were killed In two separate sccldents during the qusllfylng trtsls. The drivers were bsttllng for prises totaling HOO.OOO. Ths speedwsy hung 60.000, with S30.0O0 going to the winner, S10.000 to second place, 5000 to third and fourth 13500. The first ten to finish share in the prise money. Herb Ardlnger. Glassport, Pa.', led the field the flrat lap. knocking oft the first two and a half miles In 1:17 AS. Wilbur Bhaw. Indianapolis, wss tearing along right after him. Billy Winn. Detroit, was third. Ardln- "s speed waa 116.054 miles an hour, a new track record for the first lap. At the end of five miles Ardlnger still was hanging to his lead am' the speed was 118.718 miles an hour. - Jimmy Snyder, the former Chicago milkman. Jumped into the lead at the end of six laps, however. It was Snyder who broke all track records during the qualifying trials. SPEEDWAY. Indianapolis. May 31. (APj Thirty-three drivers at the wheels of perhaps the fastest field ever assembled roared away at '10 a. m. (central standard time) today In the 500-mile automobile race over the Indianapolis motor speedway. MISS MELBA She will be glad to give you a personal consultation regarding the care of your skin. Telephone 486 and make an appointment for your complimentary Elmo facial and make-up. (Facials Given in Private) man tans Feel at Home in "The Heart of Portland'- Comfort Convenience Courtesy Service Attractive Bates: Hotel Cornelius 533 a w park Portland Detached oath. vTltb bath BEN O. IN THE HEART I 1 MH 13 31 aunuffl S with Thousands of excited fans crowd ed the speedway through every gate aa the race started. It was estimated that 100,000 were inside at the time and fully 50,000 more were expected aa quickly as blocked highways were cleared. The cars, lined up three abreast In 11 rows, flashed away with the bursting of a bomb aa the starting signal. Gray-haired Ralph de Palma, once a famous driver, paced the racers on the first lap, while the thousands of spectators, sweltering In mid -summer heat, atood and cheered as the field moved sway with motora roaring. The day was blistering hot, with a clear cloudless sky snd no indl cation of rain. The spectatora ehed their coats for comfort. The mile long grandstands were packed and countless thousands drove their cara into the field for a close-up view of the race. De Palma. now 55 years old, led the racers around the two and a half mile brick track at a speed of 80 miles an hour. The first lap did not count In the race and as De Palma swung to the edge of the track, the drlvera stopped on the gaa officially to start their gruelling grind. As they crossed the starting line the great throng of spectators let loose cheers that almost drowned out the ronr of the motors. FOURNESS ELMO Cosmetiste Now in our -Toiletries Dept. .41.00 np -$1.50 up ORIMSON Mgr. OF THE CITY fatal Bra lliliii Park Ave Hotel 933 S.w. Park Portland
