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THE KLAMATH NEWS rAG3 SIX 7TX THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1931 mm. r" 'V PETROLLE DECISIQNED BY M'LARNIN Abandon Role of Slugger, Fargo Fighter Badly Battered . NEW TOltK, May S. (CP) Abandoning hU rol of a luKr to turn Id masterly boxlnc ex hibition, Jimmy McLarnin ol Vumaw, a C, tonfctat woa a deelelv victory over Billy Pe trollo of Farto. N. D. Tbe l tory trailed McLarnlne !" by Petrolle in thl same ' f"' November ud was eonvlnelnc aaooih to leave ao doubt as to vateb ni the better aiaa. Th alllu eoest; IrUbmom bid a Jot of resnect tor hl op poaent and content to win hi declaloo throuab boxlnr aklll. eat wtaa th tirjivter loft tb TIM. Potrollo was badly bettered and wllllac to admit tout h bad t bin uur. Boxnio LESSON' McLaraln made no attempt to alu with tbo rotd Peuolle. bat b t ave tbo "Part o Eipreas u neat a boxlnc lon " " bora am ta Madleo Square Oardea in many Jiaw looked llbo a amaUor dlUon of Tommy Lous&ran. clever Phlla dolpbla boxing vaster, and In addliion bad tbo ability to punch. Ho outboxed Petrolte by a wld martin, and whan bo did let fly with a real punch tt waa appar aat that ho had all of the dyna mtto which baa marked bla blow In earlier bout. Alwaya popalar with K.w York extac fan, McLaraln was aiven aa ovatloa worthy ol a eham plon whan bo entered the rlar. When the unanimous decision 01 Referee Arthur Donovan, and Jadiea Harold Barnes and Joe Afnello was announced the fans reared their approval. CROWD LARGB . Tbo crowd was tbo laraeet which has witnessed a trains show at tha garJea this asason. 1T,4 apeetatora paylac S.- '"'immy-a Ha boxin. Justified tt confidence ot bis supporters who mad. him a 11 to S betting favorite, deaplta his sound threeh tac front Potrollo six months ago. and eaaltfled him for a eham pioBSbip bout with walterwalgbt title bolder Jack Thompson. XKKTH ROOD BEST After cutting up Petrollo about mm taca and slowing him down with Jolting lefts In the early roands. McLarnin opened up aligbtly and made a fight of It. He staggered Petrollo In the t ntb. pounded him severely In the eUbth and In the ninth and tenth It appeared that he might win by a knockout. The tenth round was tha best ot the tight, wltb McLarnin go ing out to win by a knockout and . PetroUe putting In a tine rally. The boy stood In mld-rlng and traded wallops for the greater pert ot the session. TAKES MO ROUNDS Petrollo failed to win a single round ot the fight, although be was the aggressor during all ot the early rounds. Ho earned an Ten- break in the first and gain In the fourth. In the preliminaries Joey Be Uir, III, Jamaica, N. Y de- . .i ... Millar 134. zeuea vu Brooklyn (4): Eddie McKenns, 14. New ior. aieni- " Murellt, 1S8. New York. (4); Johnny Oalto. IIS. New York, defeated Joey Marcus 133. Portland, Ore., (8): Eddlo Ran, 144 of Poland, defeated Billy light, 147, 8t Paul, In the 10 round enU -final. - Mm One Year Ago Today Al Sing er gained revenge tor his only knockout by plastering Irnaclo Fernaades In 10 rounds. The vic tory clinched a Singer meeting with Champion Bsmmy Mandell for the world's lightweight title. Fire Year Ago Today A tele gram reaching Jesa reuy m vu clubhouse Informed him ot tne death ot his mother In Texas, but Ik. hit. Dmnltltn BOUthDaW Weut out and pitched the Robins to a 2 to 1 victory over w adlng the Robins' losing streak ot six straight games. Ten Years Ago Today Joe Se well's little brother, Luke, Joined Pi.iTnl.nrl 1 11 Hi Tl fmsh f TO III IUB VIUI'll-uu ... the graduation exercises at the University 01 Aianama, w ucr- ... two years be caught on the varsity baseball team. . Gays Huch W0MAFRIENO. It tMTfvewoam? II n Dowy 5H0T6 fWV IN A PCUWED AND MEARLy UPRt6rfT fcsmou, TVSE, RHVTHUlC SWWCy. l hr should crouching be avoid ed la the pattiac aiaacrc see It la funAamen tally Important to have baUace la the putting stence, as wU aa lor tne outer awlnca in this game of golf. Good balance without tension is impos sible to obtaia la a crouched posi tion, and tension, we all Know, hinders a rnyumio awing. There is nothing particularly comfortable about a croacblng position over the ball. Further more, a crouch puta your grip far down on the handle of the club where tt la impossible to swing It low and close to the ground In a smooth, pendulum awing. The crouch with low grip on the club is ant to make a aulok lifting stroke with a choppy, aowawara blow resulting. A srln near the end ot tha shaft and a position nearly erect la the position advised by most experts. Tomorrow: How doe aa cost- trot distance oa tne patting grera? Major League Scores By United Pros AMERICA First game R. H. E. Washington 11 11 0 Boston - I Batteries: Brown and Bolton: Lisenbee, Kline, Brillheart and Rueu Second gam Washington 4 S 1 Boston . 114 Batteries: Fischer, Burke and Spencer; . Morris, Moore and Berry. First game Detroit Chicago Batteries: Whltehlll, Herring and Scnang; Frasier, McKain ana Grube. Second game rkotw.it 15S rhlcasa 10 17 0 Batteries: Hoyt, wyau ana Hay worth; Caraway and Grube. New York S 11 0 Philadelphia 11 1 Batteries: PiDgras. Sherld, Weinert and Dickey; Earnshaw and Cochrane. St. Louis , Cleveland .. S 12 Batteries: Gray. Klmsey and R, Ferrell; W. Ferrell and MyatL , NATIONAL It. H. E. Boston 4 10 1 New York 7 12 1 Batteries: Selbold. McAfee and Spohrer, Cronin; Berly, Hevlng and Hogan. Pittsburgh 10 St. Louis -.. S Batteries: Metne end Phillips; Johnson, Llndsey and Mancuso. Chicago 11 S Cincinnati . . 4 11 0 Butteries: Bush and Hartnett: Wysong, Streleckl, Kolp, Eckert and Asby. Only games today. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION R. H. E. Kansas City 4 7 3 St. Psul I 11 2 Batteries: Maley, Thomas, Han klns and Peters; Betts and Fen ner. Milwaukee -- i 15 2 Mlnneapoli 16 15 2 Batteries: Jonard, Neloms, Buckeye and Manlon, McCul lougb; Hensick, Dumont and Hargrove. . Louisville 8 12 2 Toledo 2 10 Batteries: Hatter, Wilkinson and Thompson; Mays, Bcott and Dcvormer. Indianapolis I IS 1 Columbus 7 11 0 Tlatteries: Daney, Holshouner. Hall, Hlldebrand and Riddle Ash, Chapman, Campbell and Hinkle. Beef Prices At Lowest Point SALEM, -May 27. (UP) Ore gon housewives now can purchase almost 30 per cent more sirloin steak for a dollar than they could a year ago. The beet prices are the lowest In yean, federal official said. GIANTS LEAD, CUBS ADVANCE IN NATIONAL Philliea Hold Udtrkrp For Athletic; Sen atortWin . v awr w nnr lis- IT. YtTPl The New York Oiaata advanc ed Into the National league lead today by deteatiag jsoatoa t 4 while It, Louis waa betag bat out by Pittsburgh. 4 to . New York'e margin ot leader ship now is one and one-half games. A fourth Inalag attack, feat ured by Hogan'a bom run. enabled tb Giants to score their third consecutive victory over the Braves, Berly, a rookie, started for the Giants, but gav way to Hevtng In the eighth, CARDPfALS 8HfT OCT Heiae Maine. Pittsburgh right bander, shat out the Cardinal for the second time this season. He allowed only elgbt scattered their 10 blow oft Johnson and Llnsey. . Tb Chicago Cuba advanced into third place by whipping Cin cinnati, to 4. while the Braves were losing to New York. Bush kept the 11 bits he allowed the o t . .ti ttrMt but three errors by bis mate kept him la trouble. PHILS LEADING n -1.1 1 PKIlailiilnhla in th National league srer aot scheduled. Philadelphia retained V k i...ii. iaanthln mar gin ot four and one-halt games by defeating New Yor. ( to I. Th Athletic combined three hit with a base on balls off Sherld tor th tying and winning runs In tb eighth Inning. The Yankees naa tasen me i . .t.i hois h, vArint three runs on five hits oft Earnshaw. Coch rane continued his neavy nuuug with - hnma run. double and singles 1b four time at bat. SENATORS ADVANCE The Washington Senators ad vanced to second place, a bait .. n, v., Vnrk hv tak ing a double header from Boston, 11 to ana to . iw o" tors combined 11 hits with five d Qn m i - - Rm coasted to victory in tha first game. Four errors oj ineir mates cauaeu um downfall ot Morris and Moore, Red. Sox burlers. in the second contest. Chicsgo took both ends ot twin bill from Detroit, S to 4, and 10 to 1. A four run rally In the ninth during which they knocked WhltehUl from the hill gave the White Sox victory In the first contest Pat Caraway held the Tigera to five scattered nits In the second encounter while Chicago bombarded Hoyt and Wyatt for 17 blown. The victory enabled th Whit Sox to take fifth place, a hall a gam ahead of Detroit. Cleveland moved Into the first division, defeating the St. Louis Browns, S to 4, by virtue of a ninth inning rally. Gray held the Indians to one run In eight Inn ings, but faltered in tbe ninth as Cleveland scored tour times. Howard Johnson, postal clerk, returned to Klamath Falls Tues day evening, after more than a month's absence. Mr. Johnson was called to Newcastle, Wyo.. by the death ot bis mother. He will re sume his position todsy. Flowers For Memorial Day Our assortment of Flowers will be most complete to use for Memorial Day, Flowers will be choice and reasonably priced, even though one has modest means to invest. May We Serve You With Your Needs - KLAMATH FLOWER SHOP O. R. Moeller, Florist. Phone 589. ' 834 Main St. LEADERS OF MAJOR LEAGUES Following averages compiled by the United Press Include games played Wednesday, May ITtb. LEAPING HITTERS O AB H Pet. Slatnoa, Ala. S1 114 14 .41 Cochrane, Alb. ll HI It .407 Ruth. Yankee .IT 1 14 . Arlett. Phtll .H III II .ITS Hornaby. Cub -..It 111 41 .174 HOMR RUNS Arlett. Phillies ,,, 10 Klein, Phillies , Simmons, Athletic . STARS TAKE "SAFE LEAD Portland Loses and Ties ' Los Angeles For Second Place SAN FRANCISCO. May 17. (UP) Th Hollywood Stars ,.in,fl a b if- lead oa th Pscltle Cosst league tonight by defeating Oakland, 7 te 4. la a bard-fought gam. The leatur contest oi toe uigai however, was tbo IS-lnalng gaue 1- -hli- Gu Ills rfaf mted tha Sis maclseo Seals, I to 4. Th Seal cam Irom behind to ti th count In tbe alnth inning but could not force ahead. Th Oak used flv pitchers in their desperate attempt to keep Hollywood from wioning but the Hollywood ace, Frank 8aellen bark, kept IS bit wall scattered. A n -'. r 1114 In final in- nlnga to tronnce Portland, It to 4, and tne two isama weut into a ti- tnr aMinnd nlaoa. nearly two game behind Hollywood. Toe Mission score a inree inn . In the last of the eighth to beat Sacramento, 7 to 4. INTERNATIONAL First gam R. H. E. Reading S 0 Jersey City Sit Batteries: Van Alstyne aad Kraetwr: Allen and Morrow. Walsh- Second game Reading T IS t Jersey City 7 1 Batteries: Bell. Carter. Ureene nd Krueger: Nekola, Hartman and Welsh. Buffalo It 1 7 S4 S Rochester Batteries: Brewer, Grampp, Gould and Crouae; Foreman and Florence, First gamt Newark ..IS IS Raltimnra 4 . I Batteries: Rhode and Harare-Tea; Hopkins, Roy, Cas caret la and Gibson. Second game Newark 10 Baltimore I 10 0 Batteries: Aldrldge, Speece, Brennan, M. Thomas and oprll; Weaver, Holloway and Panning. Toronto at Montreal will be played at later date. RENO, May 17. (UP) Tony Polonl. former amateur heavy weight champion, technically knocked out Imey Garflnkle in the fourth round here tonight. BELL IT BY A CLASS-AD. STIFF BAHLE ON FRIDAY Rooney Experienced Main E-euteri Bteir Will Trouble Monroe Ten tighter will battle tor a ehane to be mala eveoters when five 4-round bouts tk plac Friday vnlng at Legion hall. Red Mandott will face a e- vere test in hi drive toward th top when he face Irish Jerry Rooney who haa been fighting main event In aad around Chi cago for toar years. He I SS year ot age and baa ben In th ring gam for sis years. Johanv Blair who ' meets Fraahl Monroe haa fought main eventa in San Diego. Hollywood, and la Dreamland hall la Bee FranchKo th peat two year. Joe Rablo who will fight Johnny Jackson was feather weight champion ot the aary three years ago and haa fought here before. Me recently ram her from Reno where be ap peared oa a number ot cards. Buddy Frsnsls who meets In dian Harold Wright haa been fighting la the Salt Lake arc nd will offer plenty of opposi tion to th Chlloquln boy wbo has aot fought for about a year. Paul Austrtla ot Franc and Irish Red Stanley who came her seretal month ago from Idaho where he waa a main eventer and has appeared oa number of card will meet la en other ot the tx round bout. Clam Season Closes Monday In Washington OLYMPIA. Wash.. May S7. (0 P) Tbe clam digging season In Waahlnzton will be ended next Monday, It waa decided here to day by Attorney General John Dunbar in an opinion given to Charles Maybury. director of fisheries and gam. Tha ruling was sought by Mar- bury when hundreds ot Grays Harbor diggers a.iked for an ex tension of the season from June 1 until June 12. The director ta without auth ority to grant, such an extension ot time, as tbe seston waa act by state law, the attorney gen eral's opinion held. WESTERN, . R. H. R. Oklahoma City IIS St. Joseph - I 11 0 Batteries: Jones, t ox ana Long; Dumovlch and Brucker. Topeka - . 1S 17 1 Wichita ..IS SO 1 Batteries: Meadows. Haynes, Halsllo aad Hortoa; Mabaffey, Jacobs and Rego. Omaha Pueblo t IS Batteries: Dnnaxan and Lueb- be, Smith; McKain and Clark. R. H. E. Dcs Moines 11 IS 2 Denver -. - S 13 4 Batteries: Tinning and Lingie; Gaoler, Martin, Porter and Var gas. l.l I I V I J I I I ,.V.- I - if ' ' l I Its Violet Color is Your Tfiat Reduce Motor Efficiency and Cause Serious Repair Bills There ii one lure, simple way to make certain there wilt be no naph. thenic or lulphur-bearine acids in , the gasoline you buy. Use Violet Ray Gasoline. Iti violet color tells you there ii no add present. It hat 'all been eliminated by the secret Violet Ray process of refining. The slightest trace left would neutralize the violet coloring and turn the gasoline back to' white. To be safe, use only violet-colored Violet Ray. Coast League Results of Yesterday Mlht game. Batteries: Urns and lct,MlilM. Bins, Walsh, Col aad Urensel. n. II. X. Oakland 4 IS 1 Hollywood ,. I 11 I Batteries: Craghead, Hurst. Johns, Ortman, Hous and D Berry; Bhellenback and llaasler. R. H. 15. San Francisco 4 is S Seattle I 11 I Batteries: Elnn, Henderson and Baldwin, Wilson: Mcquillan and Cox, Gaston. (IS Innings.) Los Ansalaa 10 17 1 Portland . I is S Batteries: Yerkea Shealy, Bal lon nd Hannah; Orwoll, Walter and Fltapatrick. Fight Results NEWARK, N. J, May 27 (VP) Jack Thompson of Cali fornia, world weltDtwelaht champion, won a 10-round deci sion over I'ele August ot New ark In the main event of a box ing program here tonight. Thompson won every round. He weighed 14S Pouuds, and Auguat 160. Al Rossi. 14S. Belleville, drew with Lou Helper. HI. Newark, In eight rounda; Will Boyle, 144, Pennsylvania, knocked out Benny Gullano, 144, Paaaalr, In tbe fifth round ot a scheduled six round bout. LOS ANGELES, May 27 (CP) Dr. Karl Sarpolls won over Everelte Marshall of Colorado In the main mat event et th Olym pic club here tonight, taking two out ot three falls. Marshall annexed the first fall In SI minute SS second with an airplane apln. The dor tor took the second In U:J5 with an arm lock and th tb!-d In 1:36 with a body lock. Marshall weighed SIS and Sar polls, 111. Abla Coleman won from Bill Roth with flying tackles. Both weighed SSI. Lloyd Kennedy, 174, won th opener from Btev Strellch, also 174. SEVE.V REAL BARGAINS lord Ton Track, 117. ' Sleel cab. stake body. Six good tire and rlma . BS Chrysler "88" Coupe. Four new 4-ply tire nd battery . loo '37 Fonl ttoune ft SO Olds Coach 43 '- Flint Tonr. disss one 83 A tiaoil Trailer. New tire IS Bulrk Special Sport Coupe. 'SO model USO 10 KLAMATH AVE. CostsNo MoreThattWhitt Gasoline Protection ;ainst Acids KHJ GENERAL PETROLEUM C0RP0RM0N Violet toy Heflnlnfl Proceia protected by U.I. Patents numbered. 16-3199, 1639911, 1652399, 1721156, 1769475, 1769476, 1792003 and other application! for patents pending. ENTRIES FOR AUTO RACES Judges end Track Of ficial! Selected; Driven Arriving Today From tb north aad from th south professional auto racing men are gathering' at Klamath Full for th big aulo racing tour nament on Decoration day aad Sunday. Among these men are some of th most daring and skillful driver on lb dirt track om ol th brainiest Jockeys that vr made a tura on two wheels to pull dowa a purse. Home of the e racer hare come l.OOU mile eolely for th purpose of com pet In lor th bouor nd lb purse offered. These races ar being sponsored by th Central Labor Union ot Klamath Fall under tbe direction of Frank C. Nolaod, veteraa race promoter, assisted by Howard Will, noted rarer and track ex pert. Moat of the apeed demons bare already arrived or are oa their way. Following la a list of those wba have nlraaav nnfarn (or the meet: Art Hlnoa, Frontenae Special. So. tl; Louis Tomel, Frontenae 8peclal. No. SO: Swede Smith. Frontenae Special, No, 75; Clyde Uloomgrea, llloomgreo Special. No. 0; ( si Reed, Dodge Special, No. 10 : Jell Johnson. Miller Spe cial. No. 1: Johnny Thorp, Thorp Special, No. Armond Mllllan, Frontenae Special, No, 4: Clyde Bioomgren, Fronteoan Special. No. 11; Oael Benson, Rajo Spe cial, No, St; Joe Stanley. Miller Special, No. S; Larry Wright, Rajo Special. No. SS; Mario Blan chl, Dodge Special. No. 7: Lud Nelson, Strong Special, No, ; "llreeae" Snyder, Frontenae Spe cial. No. SI; Krlo Glllaou. White Special. No. 1: J. H. Nywerln. Yakima Special, No. 44; Oram BOXING All Star Card e Roaads 1.14 lbs. RED MANDOTT IRISH JERRY ROONEY e Rounda IIS Iba. FRANKIE MONROE JOHNNY BLAIR e Round I4H Iba. PAUL AUBURTIN vs. RED STANLEY fl Rounds IM Ihe. JOHNNY JACKHOX VS. JOE KIHIO LEGION ARENA 8:30 P. M. Enjoy Tnfje Radio Programs cnusAi rrrsouuM memory lam Wt4idaT Cv . p-T'M a 4I KFI UnAp tot KOO.SmF-mI KrSO . . SwtDW. KTAR n ml. KOMO ...SMiil. KOW . . hnkae KHQ - VIOLET KAY MUSIC BOX i . SiOO . LM An IM' HKJ ..... ff H VIII ... .. Urn Freacbc lefwuy D(tirvt PereCiPte Beat JtfeMr MmIi pvitetii pnfttily.., ((nMVr,wt..,M-l fwMsline wllMf...fwW rrmW Af-He . , . (ncrcMi MIMlMwinc aUlii. Oreuberg, Slovene Special, No, 33; CIIII Wlllson, model A Ford, No. ti. Olllcluls tor til two days' pro tram ar a foltowai Indies Kly Cronlvsl. "Pop Snyder, K. B. Hughes, Uso. liar. vy and Wm. DutalU Timer Al Kast, Bert Whil and "Happy" MaCollum . Technical committee W, N. Carter, J. Wilson and Kay Tye, Flagman "Lux" Mitchell. Clerk ot th cours Howard Wills. Clerk of tb fours will accept post entries, Advene sale of tickets point to u large atlondauce. This Is the first dm that Klamath Fall ha vr been selected for a profs, aluaal aulo racing Joust. It th attendance Is sufdolsnlly ncour. glng. It will be ploed on th regular Itinerary ot th Northwest Raring association. . Two racing cars, exactly allk In every respect, bath capable of making 11 mile an hour, will be pitted against on an other In a special I-lap race. Piloting on will be Swede Smith, famous California driver, and In th other will be Louie Tomel, th little Italian from Portland. For a long time a tued ha exist ed between th aoulhera speed arllst and bla northern rival, nd when they meet oa th trark they battle for lomsthlng more than the purse It te expected thst records will be broken t this meet, for Smith and Tomel ar aot tb only hitter rivals who will try to eettle the question ot suprem acy on th tracks. There a re "Urease" Snyder and Art lllnea. Louie Polin Fountain Sporting Good Booth. For Ladle WHEN YOU'RE I flllLOyUIN DltOP IS OUR STORE Headquarters In Klamath Nans nd Eveulag Herald e Rounds I M Ibe. MIDDY FRANCIS vs. HAROLD WRIGHT .cr!-j,h PWiiila-el ' ellS-iXwt. RAV7 ijjij V .Vw ';ahMs-j ml t --. e .