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PAGE FOUR A I Saturday, December 31, 1927. Wants Less Publicity Of Stars, More About Tekms Bill Roper, New National President of Coaches, Says That Would Improve Game of Foojtball. 1 JAKE LANUM, 1926 ILL1NI GRIDDER I Champaign, Dec. 31 Cupid's New York, Dec. football needs Is less publicity for its ntarn ami more about ttn teams as a whole, in the opinion of W.

W. Roper, iiewlv-elected president-of the Ameri- can Footbnll Coaches' association. Princeton's football mentor, at the nnnunl banquot of the coaches' as- soqiallon Insl night, declared himself opposed to the practice of some sports writers who devote Ions columns ol npace to the accomplishments of bnckflold sensation and dismiss the remainder of the team with bart mention. PEAK KOT REACHED. llicrc still is plenty of room for the development of football.

Major John lj i i commissioner of the Bit- Ten and executive secretary of the National Amateur Athletic Federation. I old the coaches, citing the growth In college population nnd the abundance of money as two factors which led him to believe that peak hau not yet been reached. Commenting upon the decrease ir. public criticism or the same during the past censon. Mr.

Griffith said he believed these former critics had com? to realize thnt the "so-called evils ol football nre not Inherent in the gnnw but are the result of malndmlnlstrR- tlon." CLOSES BUSY DAV. The banquet climaxed a busy dny which hnd seen the association RO oh record In favor of ellminntlnK this year's new rules affecting the use ot the lateral pass and recovery of the muffed punt, nnd appoint three ob- to sit during deliberntions ol the national rules committee. Appointment of the observers were named on Invitation of Edward K. Hall, chairman of the rules committee niter the coaches had r.sked for greater consideration when the rules nro made. The observers will be Hockne.

Hugo Bezdek, of Penn Stntc. nnd Bill SpauldinEc, of the University of California, southern branch. Of tho ten ftctunl members on the rules committee, five are coaches. --O-- Lower Prices Warns Cornish arrow has hit the heart 'of a form- i er Illinois varsity I Franklin B. 'Jake' Lanum.

I i Announcement of the engage- i merit of Miss Dorothy Smedburg, Prekn and Luzzo Make. New Witt 5. Loses To-Mt. Vernon 1 rhirp-n nica A 1-- 1 two TM rp-n pf daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Frank i a Smedburg of Evanston, to young I remaining commissioners of the Illi- i ----I Reds Pontiac Play Lose Evening Game, With Boone, Team. Pontiac Dec. defeats Friday put Deoatur out of the Pontiac nois State Athletic. Commission have semWinaSTin either tbe made their new year's resolutions major or consolation division, early, and a-long in a consolation, second round starting off with lower admission game, Friday night, Decatur lost 24 to boxing shows, in 1928. 18 to Boone, la.

Earlier in the day i Paul Prehn, acting, chairman and Decatur lost its first round game 49 They're Scoring Aces Southerners Cool Fast Scoring Team. St. Louis. Dec. Defeating Witt basketball five, Mt.

Vernon High school team Friday night emerged as winner of the invitational high school basketball tournament sponsored here by Washington University. Tha score of the 1 final was to.16. Ctnlralia. defeated Universiey i in a consolation game before i final. 31 to 10.

Lanum was made known recently. 'Jake' is a son of Mr." and Louis V. Lanum, 203 West street. He attended the University; being enrolled in the College Liberal Arts and Sciences during: 4 av 1925-27. He is a member of Delta Sam Luzzo, the new member, said to- i to 34 to Roanoke Tau Delta fraternity: they would strive for a down- Eight teams were left Saturday's ward revision of 'the S16.59 and $11 semi-finals in the two divisions.

Clin- top prices, fewer temperamental and ton High won its game 31 to 25 from Three Break Par' At Palos Verdes Watrous, Morrison, Cooper Under 71. Los Angeies, Dec. IIH.I, 01 iv. initial round of qualifying play lor Mt. Vernon won the tourney cham- tne $2 500 Palos Verdes open golf plonship in 1925 and was a runner- tournament found three professionals up en Marion, the trophy wmner last I able to sna tter par -while another up year.

Afternoon game: (-SI T. f. i i par equaileci it with a card of 71 3 Al Watrous, Grand Rapids, a Pred Morrison, local professional, tied for first nonors Friday 69. more talented fighters, and less annoyance from minor promoters and small fry "politicians. John Bing, attache of the commission, presented a report on a survey of prices and purses in other states, showing Chicago promoters have been the highest purses in the Urbana and-plays Tilden of Chicago in the first major semi-final.

Tilden won 22 to 21 from Herring in a game of three overtime rornpll wnn 97 Roanoke 22 to 'A: rnm ppkin final efeated In the consolation sion. Smaller crowds and even smaller profits have been the result. The standard for preliminary boxers in other states is S10 a round but no Chicago promoter is able to get a boy to go six rounds for $68 Bing said. The windups in other states generally are on a percentage basis, while here the fighters usually work under a guarantee. In another new year resolution the I A r.

t. i i r. .11 T-'G. VT. Tl .1 1 Harry Cooner and Eddie Loose, both another new year resolution the of Los Angeles, needed 70 and 711 commissioners decided to enlarge up-, respcctr'cly i 'heir custom of fining fighters for More 'than a came i i unsatisfactory showings, with a fine three strokes of par.

Hutt Martin of ar -d a suspension for the fighter's I i 1. i Sror" nt Bin! i ot Reno and Jack Tarrant of Encino 2 i made it in 72. Bob Clark, Ala- 1 meda, Olin Dutra, and Dallas Jeffers, Corona. 73's. Tommy Armour, Washington, 2 2 national open champion, took 74 as i George Von Elm, former amateur (l 1 title holder, Joe Turnesa and Tony Manero of New York and Al Espinosa i i and George Wright of Chicago.

mm- Donald Smith. Great Neck, Long and Knmp. vfiiere anc an Bannister, Winnipeg, Fights Last Night (By The Associated Press) 3 Cushion Tourney. The defeat of Walter Bodkin by Weber featured Friday's play in the St. Nicholas Hotel billiard parlor three cushion tournament.

While Bodkin gave his opponent a 12 point handicap which forced him to register 60 points while Weber had to score but 3fl the house man was ex- prctod to put over victory. Harrv Hagen with seven wins and no detents parade. 1-lnr, i i i New York--Tony Canzoneri, New I York, defeated Bud Taylor. Terre 1 Knutc. Ind-, (10).

Dominick Petronc. I New York, won from Ignacio Fernandez. Philippines 10. Andy Manin. Boston, outpointed Georgie Rivers, California' (10).

Joe Schlokker, California, defeated Charlie Hahn, Nev: York (4) Chicago--Les Marriner, University of Illinois, knocked out Mickey Smith. continued to lead the finished in this division." 1 Nine had 75's, including: Bobby Cruickshank. who will'defend his Angeles open title early next month; Charles Farrell, Chicago. Frank Walsh, Appleton, Jim Kenny, i i i Sylvania. S.

Jack ville, and Al Newk manager. MT. PULASKI HIGH DEFEATS ALUMNI Mt. Pulasid, Dec. Pulaski High school won fast 29-25 game from the Alumni here Friday night.

It was a battle of centers with Hahn leading the preps and Ey the grads in scoring. Mt. -Pulaski will face Lincoln, traditional rival, next Friday night. Sell. (20) O.

i -I Guild. Jefferson- ewkirk, Elgin, le Another 18 holes Saturday will I A i (ir,) G. II. f. 2 complete qualifying play, with the low 64 scores competing over the 36 hole: xoute Sunday.

OREGON AGGIES DEFEAT LOMBARD Galesburg. Dec. 31 (A.P.)--The Oregon --O-Sparks College Grove put out Pontiac by a score of 18 to 17. U. High wen 17 to 13 from Kankakee.

Boone and Austin Chicago meet in the other semi-final. Matt Allgcier (left) and Eddy Burns, two ball-carriers for the St. Xnvier College, eleven of have scored more touchdowns for their tcnm than any two players on any other football team in the countrj'. Each touchdowns, the team making sixty-two during the season. goals.

Jewell of Decatur evened three with McCartney of Boone. Kenney Flint of Decatur scored four to match four cf Curry, Boone, guard. Scoring of all the afternoon and evening games was close. a OS) WuBsoncr. f.

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.1 1 .1) 3 ..1 11 I) 1 .0 0 4 4 Big Quarter Helps HeffM-eo--'Ashley. i ir. MARRINER-MAKES GOOD IN BOXING Chicago, Dec. professional cebut of Les Marrlner as a boxer Friday night was as impressive as the series of victories which brought his University of Illinois team a Western Conference championship. Marrine'r, a 181-pound six footer, and a regular end on the Illinois team for three years, knocked out 0 Defeats Eureka i tnree years KnocKea ou, iv.u^y whitaker had in fce whole but Smith, Chicago yojngster, in tne sec- th th contes t.

they jljsfc about wcn the contest Itive flashed a highly in the first round Coach Switzer replaced Washburn at backguard and he let Aggies basketball team coupled Chicago i2). Genera Pino, Cuba, and a tight defense with a speedy offense Sonny Lloyd Chicrgo drew (4). K. O. i a a deadly eye for the basket to Fifth Victory Wore 35-27; second round he shqf over a No Defeats.

of Pana caged a goal in the second quarter and a free throw in the third. POINTS APPRECIATED. Whitacre Cages All of His Points in Firs! Period- Yandalia Comeback Short in Fourth Quarter. -By GILBERT TWIS3. I throws in the third quarter Pana, Dec.

31--Vandalia was a lit- i TM TM Vandalia's allotment of points. tie bit careless about watching! i Whitaker under the basket in the first quarter and they paid for It in the last quarter when their rally was two points short o' catching Pana here Friday night. The final score was Pana, 18; Vandalia, 16. After Vandalia had scored the first goal in the first quarter, the tall Pana center loafed casually under his basket and three snagged long passes from his teammates and put them into the goal. On one of them he was fouled and added a free throw to his total.

These were all the points Newman To Tell Of Sfaielton Plot Brothers Wanted His for Kincaid Bank Raid. Taylorvlllc, Dec. Art Newman, who, with Hobait WMT brought from Chustcr prison FrldV to confer with State's Attornny Cnri PraihE and other authorities lv prior to tho trial of Earl, Carl rmrt Bcrnio Shelton for tlic robbery ot i Kincaid tank, Sept. 27. 1H26.

Is to in.t on the witness stand of overhear! the Shclton Bnngntws plot the robbery of the mine payroll nt Klncn.it --the payroll they failed to set of armed resistance on i i part of bnnk officials and ft armed posse of clUrcnu. Newman Is nerving life In the Southern Illinois prison the murder ot Mnyor Joe Atiatrm West City-- an incident of the Ram; warfare of part of the stale for the last frw years. HP formerly win a lieutenant of ihi Shclton but split with Uir brothers smnc tlnm ago and is now nn dcudly an enemy as he was a friend. ASKED FOR HIS CAR. His to the Grand Jury about the Klncnld plot, waa to the cflwt that the Bheltonn tried to get him Into It, find wonted to borrow his car tor tho job which was piillfd a few days inter.

At tlm tlmt- of llm mid. BcrnlB Shrllon, rwnplne RRrwu the street townrd the car with W.OOU in a blncl: was badly Injured by shot, and rtroppird loot. Ira Anil, cashier of tho bnnk, overpowered by the thrown Into the car and cncrlrd arvrral inlloi Into the country, where lie was bent'-n over the hcntl nnrt flung from th- nutomobllc. the car tviui wrecked down toward St. Ioiiti.

FOn BANK KOBBERY. Summers, the litate's attorney's prise witness, Ir, ttervliiK a prison Tin tor banlt robbery, Mr. i tentlon cflroctrd to him knowing liiltmtUrly of nomo hn Shcltons' operation. 1 unit his i inony first. Fortunately for Pana.

Vincent fired two goals from the side and brought, the third quarter to a close with Pana. leading 17 to 7. Then Vandalia rose to the occasion. but not high enough. The play in the, fourth quarter was really tho best ol i -------the game.

Peterson coaxed one of hls SheHon Iritil. tf ncrjrct pr long shots to drop in. Then Tedrick tectltm. This Si. How he to was i i hvit, rrfuml nt Finally ndmlUed, If.

in nalrt, thnt he was mcrnhw of the twitf that cssnyrit the payroll roblxry In nnd comrnlcit to foi Um nt tho o- slnto on ncstl i'nlru! if morning. JMI ths? fired and his shot dropped In I the Christian county goal a-s he lit sprawling on his lace. He followed with a. distant shot from the side. Smith obliged with the longest of the evening, from the side and! JThis.

put the score circu WRIGHT IS JUIKIK. while It. Dftvo of BhH- pu score 1 by ville, sluing in tht? Chrtatlnn c'oiintv to 16 Pana I circuit, court llilr, wt-ck. Iwiilfd ths With alrout three minutes left the I imbeds corpiiK pniicra on -x i Wolrln Nohl. C.

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i i i A i 1'4 a IS. Iv'dn. A i 'i; i IP i Kcionok''. -i. Carolina, knocked out Jack Douglas, New York U).

Chicago to spend the weekend play two games. Saturday night they 6 Sn rl tackle Loyola and Tuesday night they shoo i- 'l a face the University of Chicago. snooting with a Whit. O'Keefe Frapcisco. ing.

Sedalia, 4 Bias -even field goals. The Aggies left for i Mexico, defeated Davey Adelman, Fhilndelphia Cl). --O-Buffalo, N. Suggs. New won from 1 Helstein.

St. Louis (10). --O- Erie Andrews. Erie, knocked out Jimmy Carter, Toledo, 110). Al Rackow.

Syracuse. N. defeated Johnny Webster, New Haven, (6). Mickey Dugan. Cleveland, won from Jimmy Reed, Erie 6 ---o-Tampa.

Ben Pound, New York, knocked out Eddie Curl, Ashland, (4). Charles Wheeler. North Sheibyyille, Dec. Col- jKS Isecond round when he shot over throw to trive Pana i crowd groaned at every shot Vandallnlmrrs and Newman V.TIT right cross which spelled the finish 1 4 nf in 9 at thp pnd of the i directed toward the goal and burst i from the Mute'n url.inn. trial f-t for Smith.

Among his other at cne a OI loudly -into cheers when Hawkins 1 -r Mnr-npr is central A. A. U. heavy-! I 1 5 QUaite-1. hite.

New 'Orleans, outpointed i defeat Lombard college. 24 to 14. here lo team w'on 'Keefe. Chicago (4). Jack Silver.

San Friday night. Burr of the western- of the season maln'ainPH rapcisco. won from Jimmy Deer- ers carried off scoring honors with I zs TM, TM, TM 1fln 35 tc 2T Fririav to 27 here Friday boys coupled good i Lose Final TG Washington U. Series Ends With Huskies Holding Two Wins. Seattle, Dec.

31. (A.P.I -Washington's basketball team made it two cut'of three from Illinois by win--O-- ning the final game of the series, 32 Scrnnton. a 26, here Friday night. A rally in ton and Jimrnv Goodrich, the last ten minutes, after the score drew (10). was tied 23 all.

brought victory to Jie --O-- i huskies. Washington won the first Hollywood, O'Brien, game and Illinois the second. Santa Monica, scored technical knockout over Jimmy Cottrell, Spokane (9'-. Johnny Lamar, Mexico, won over 'Louis Andrews. Memphis.

(6). Flash Hastings. North PlnUe, Mariner is central A. A. U.

heavyweight boxing champion. He is still I student at Illinois. TRY LONG SHOTS. Vandalia played a much led all the way, holding the margin 16 to 12 at half time. "Whitey" Moore led the scoring with 11 points, and Greg Shoaff and Hal Jarnagin were close with eight and seven.

Mauzey, captain and ace of the Eureka team, who played on the Sparks floor many times in high school; with Findlay, was held to a r.ingle field goal and three free 1 throws. Waldron, center, led thei scoring. spite of the bad weather, a good llne sized crowd turned out to see Mau-'" zey and his quintet perform. COMMERCIAL LEAGVB. STAT.KT FELLOWSHIP CLTIB.

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Chicago, Dec. liant program of intcrsectional bas- WaDS Dec Downs ketball competition is spread before 23 toK14 in garn Wapclla middlewcst cage fans Saturday own tournament here Friday in. with invaders from both coasts i irht scored ing to liven the old years demise 13 6 lf time then maintained nc tor anQ TM otr their lend through the second place. South Bend one of ths great bat- Maroa won thirdBplace in the tournament, defeating Heyworth 27 to 10. In afternoon games WapeMa won 20 to 17 from Heyworth and Downs won 20 to 11 from Maroa.

In the title game Abel scored nine field goals for Wapella and Draft scored nine points for Downs. LAYMAN HELPS LINCOLN ALUMNI -I Lincoln, Dec. of Lin- I coin High schaol, battled the prep cagers on even terms for the first half, but when Wilbur Layman, mer college went into the line- I up in the second half they left the school boys behind 26 13. The preps led 4-0 at the quarter and they were tied at 7 all at the half. Thanks to Layman's help, the grads were on top 13-11 at the third period and maintained, the lead the rest of the i A I L'l; Lombard.

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PA.VTOX A Chn ll. If 5 i Morans Run Over Nokomis, 46 to 34 Nokomis. Dec. With Wayne Bowman end Art Long each scoring eight Held g6als, Moran Sons team of Decatur to 34 from Noko- niU Cardinals here Friday night. Hcgemaij and Pendleton were the leading scorers for Nokomis.

The visitors led the scoring 20 to 11 at half time. ties. Oregon Aggies, touring the middle- 111) i i i i I a i west, encounter Loyola university Saturday night at Chicago as the eastern terminus of their holiday tour. Tuesday night they engage Chicago and then turn westward again. The Big Ten program is featured by another attempt to upset the Pittsburgh Panthers.

Ohio State will attempt to uphold Big Ten honors against the Panthers. "The Indiana Five goes to Cincinnati to play the university there. Iowa travels to Milwaukee to engage Marquette in its first game of the season away from home. Butler furnishes the competition at Cnicago. PITT PANTHERS AT PASADENA FOR GAME Pasadena, Dec.

i Football prognosticators having had a of "Pop" stalwarts i -r-v 'in action turned-today to the arrival (PR I PVfl I'lHWHS of the Pittsburgh Panthers, to see CB1CJCU imwilO what they look like. Coach Jock Sutherland, the Pitts- jurgh mentor, gave his men several woriiputs en route. They will have way. A i ThomftR, f. a a f.

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i A. i 1 .142 140 1 ir.n -7 2nd ISO 17T, 134 14(1 ass Srd ar.2 17! 114 370 Tot B.KI 4tll game than the score indicates. Their 1 passing and pivoting was good and they broke away in the middle of the floor all but they were stumped by tho Pana defense when they came close to the basket. This set them to long shooting and the wide space on the big floor just about had the better of them on that. By their long shooting Vandalia was able to get mere tries at the hoop than Pana, but garnered only six baskets out of 44 tries, while Pana, succeeded in caging seven out of 33 attempts.

Missed free throws was a weakness of both teams. Both made four, Vandalia' missed ten and Pana missed seven. Except for the first and last quarters scoring was slow. The middle made Rood his free throw on Tcd- i rick's foul. Neither team was reward- better e( ith points during the vanishing' I CO.

periods were taken up mainly by de- sio 785 2363' fensive tactics. A goal and free throw in the second quarter and Peterson's playing time. piinri I a i Davis, i i i i i i a I'T. FTM. IT.

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H. WrlKht of EfllnKham, "PI.AYKD HOUfiK." rollowlni! Ihrlr tlin Shclton brothcnt r.t-nt wni'rt tltrmiRtv 'their nltrtrnpy they wosdd nj- In the 'circuit coiirt. nnd twnd for tlirli- Inter apijcnratii-p trini. The day for ilsrlr nncc cnmc nnd wont, but IhP Hhr-U did not. Atiollirr i Jj wus by them, ami again lisnorrd This procedure wfta repffalPd times, but 1 locdl f.

wcrp KrowlnR tli'efl of I tlif Hhn- tons cnme Irt unrt furulshrd the sum of $10.000 rneh. Nicholson, tin" fourth nifin aicated. ttlso i.i bond tor penranco Tursdwy. a i a Score ti a .10 T. 2 lal an cl 110 Hy i i GouUl Hi CLUB.

112 ins ar.s 174 77 ketball championship of the Canton holiday Invitational tournament, defeating Farmington, 9 to 4 in thR final game Friday night. Third place went to Tremont, which defeated Yates City. 20 to 12. Semi-final scores, were: Canton 19, Tremont. 14, Farmington 18, Yates City 12.

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i 3 0 0 4 6 CAGE RACE OPENS 1 New York. Dec. 31-- (A.P.)--The sm- nual race for the Intercolle- ciftta basketball league championship under way Saturday nieht when plays Penn in Philadelphia. By Jan. ft each of.

the six teams in the will have its opening gume. closes in March. several, short drills here before meeting the men from Stanford next Monday. Warner sent his exponents of the reverse through a brisk one hour session on the Rose Bowl turf yesterday. More than three full teams turned out.

PENN, CALIFORNIA ON FIELD SATURDAY Dec. reign of King Football in Central California collegiate circles for, 1927 reached its closing flourish here Saturday as grid teams of? the Universities of Pennsylvania and California faced each other in an intersectional contest. A fast field was assured, due to the. canvas covering that has kept the turf dry during the last week, and with both elevens fearing wide open passing attack, a free scoring game was forecast. DePauw, 25 to 23 Bloomington, Dec.

31-- Illinois Wesleyan defeated De Pauw's basketball team Friday night 25 to 23 in a rieck and neck The lead alternated between the two teams all through the game but carried a last minute to' spurt SUE MICKEY WALKER $102,500 DAMAGES Freehold. Dec. 31 (A.P.1-- i Suits seeking damages aggregating $102.500 were filed Friday against Mickey Walker, middleweight boxing champion, by live persons who were in an automobile which collided with his car in Shrewsbury township 25. CanzonerS Earns. 0 Win Over Taylor Takes First Rank Among Featherweights.

New York, Dec. 31--(A-P-) Tony Canzoneri, of Brooklyn, established, himself as the prevailing champion of the New York State, Athletic commission Friday night by virtue of a hard-earned victory over the slashing Bud Terre Meeting for the third time, the battlers engaged in a furious ten-round a a Johnson. i O. Total FEixowsmr CLUB LEAGtJE. Drives Car Into Train At Mt.

Vempn. Mount Vernon. Dec. 31--Dr. Grant Archer, optometrist, was killed Friday when he drove his automobile into a Chicago-Burlington, and Quincy fast train near this city.

Dr. Archer, who was a son of Dr. D. B. Archer well known physician of this city, had been practicing in Centralia, for the last several years.

He was a popular youns man, who had built up a large practice for so young a doctor. The crossing at which he was killed has been the scene of many accidents, i on account of a sharp turn in the road, which renders the seeing of the railroad tracks for a impossible. great distance Total Owens 144 10? Parka Total .078 SAYS SAILOR THREW MAN OVER-BOARD New York. Dec. 31-- (A.P.)--Charged with murder on the high seas in throwing a fellow sailor overboard, Prank Pollack is approaching port in irons aboard the liner Canada.

The United States attorney's office Mt was told of the case Friday by Cap- tain-Fred Neal of the Roosevelt line air, motor- freighter. Tampa, o'n which Pol? was employed. Neal said that Pollack, a bad tempered bully, had frequent quarrels with Pat Hunter, another sailor, and while at Port Said Hunter disappeared from the deck after Pollack had gone 31 12 020 003 A I 1st 2nd 147 126 IIKI 330 no 11)3 140 114 144 82 409 33V 611. 813 combat before 13 000 spectators in Baker and Lindquist shining, played I i OI1 re Garde was off form in shooting, misstog innumerable short would have made their victory wider.if the ordinary percentage had gone in the Weiileycvn (20) Buckley, P.heu,' Dcnauw X23) Costillo, Loveless, llauntz, Byran, fr K. Totals trave Taylor two while one was even.

CanKonerl weighed pounds, four cea pounds more than his rival. Fitch In previous tussles between the pair, i Morenz Taylor topk the verdict once while the! other resulted In draw. SPLASHERS. Names-- 1st 2nd Irons 107 Butler 12" 113 Splcer ..111. 124 Gogerty 141! Walmsley .,,..103 132 K10 620 D.UMB BELLS.

lat 384' 115 .1 123 iniplt'o-- I' Illinois. Illinois. The action of the state athletic recognizing Canzoneri il as the featherweight champion den i veloped another title dispute as "the Pennsylvania commission backs the 0 title claim of BennyBass, of Philade 1 .1 who" defeated Red Chapman, of Boston. A matcln between Canzoneri and-Bass to settle, the conflicting is prospect-' 3rd 1S4 150 133 ISO 120 '114 143 10T' 103 Tot. 30r, 31W S32 41T there to look for him.

Laraen Handicap Total ......651 811 BBC 179H CANTON WINS OWN TOURNEY, SCORE 9-4 Canton, 111., Dec. -ton higli school carried, off the faas- FREE RALPH CAPONE AS Chicago, Dec. of vagrancy and'disorderly conduct against Capone, brother Al Capone Chicago's most noted gang leader, have been dismissed. -He was arrested with a -woman', aad "Sparface's" chauffeur in a soft drink parlor. -Whereabouts'of Al Capone is still unknown; Oconee Merchant Files As Bankrupt J.

M. Bass ScKeciuIes Assets As $8,026.79. Oconoe, Dec. 31--J. M.

Bans, owner of tho J. M. BRM Mercantile compurtv, Oconee. filed a petition i-liHlsboro Man Confesses ln Friday in tho Untud and Station statM lrk J1 ff! ln Sprlnsfieid. nuipntaies oiaiion He scht rtulctl Wn nubilities nt Attendant.

nn ll nt SS.OSG.TB. The ittnck of imirchnnrtbe wnn valued at MJVW Hillsboro, Dec. 31--John Gorsnde, an tstore i at, S5(H). Accounts 5'outh of this receivable were llslert SI.CI0230. 'riday night confessed he helped I tho WM-O listed 100 i shnrw of stock In the Frnntenac Mo- frame a robbery of a Standard CBrportttlon an(i i mre Jn uling station here in October, anori the American Alonilpwl Fuel Corn- In Orourc township.

Bhelby county. J'KE-IN VEXTOHY CAR RAf.K Rpp Otir (JlRMlfird Art, Tugo 9 implicated the station attendant, Joe jinny, both of imkirawn valits, ni-t Pattie, who reported to the authorities! the Voal rlRhts of lM)rt hat he had been slugged and robhcd of $190. Gorsade is in the Montgomciy coun- jail here, and Sheriff H. C. i viU leave Saturday night for Me-! Allen, to bring Pattie, now there, 3ack to this city.

Pattie, who hus borne a good reputation, is the son of A. D. Pattie, a jeweler of HiUs- boro. In telling his story to the authorities, GorsatJe charged that young Pattie assisted in the "frame-up" story. At the time of the alleged robbery Pattie told a plausible story of the affair, stating that before closing time he had been approached by who walloptj him over tho head with a bludgeon of some sort, made liim open the safe nnd decamped with the contents, about $190.

ROUND TRIP PETEOIT EXCUESIOH VIA A A January; 7 8, 1928 Leave Decatar 11:45 a. m. and p. Saltsr- day, January 7, and 4:00 a. Sunday, January 8.

Good in Pullmans. Good returning leaving Detroit not lutcr than 11:35 p. Thursday, January 12. Another Detroit excursion uary 21 and 22. For Parllculore See Ticket Ajrsnt A A Trains Leave Deeator In Effect June 20.

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