Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-09
$50. California
| Sport Briefs

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9 Wp,-A
fnst basketball quintet from Tulsa,
Okla, easily defeated the Los An
gclcs Athletic club five here last
night in game which ended 3J to
-.
Thomas of the Tulsa "Eagles'
was high point man with 10 dirits.
Score at the half was 10 to ~ in the
VISITORS favor
PllOENIA, Ariz., Jan. o U.k'-
Business has claimed another of
baseball S colorful veterans with the
retirement of Arthur y. Nchf, pitch
cr Tor the Chicago Nationals, an
nounced here last night.
Nehf S decision to quit baseball
came after conference with Bill
Vccck, president of the Cubs. He
will still be on the payroll of Viii
liam Wriglev, however, as manager
of the chewing gum kings salt
River valley real estate holdings
and in connection with the Arizona
Biltmore hotel owned by Wrigley
1T Phoenix.
Nehf is 50 years old and vas in
baseball for Is years. He was With
the Boston Braves, New York Giants
and the Cubs, and took part in fiVe
world series.
Los ANGELES, Jan. Q UP The
Caterpillar club,' composcG of
aviators who have come down out
of the air in parachutcs, had new
candidate here last night in Joe
Nalccwicz--eXcept that Joe cam c
town without a parachute.
The heavyweight wrestler lost a
bout to Everett Marshall, after ak
ing two airplanc spins from the
shoulders of the ashingtonan.
Marshall took the first fall IN 20
minutes and 81 seconds and won the
second in 4 minutes and p seconds
by giving the Utica Panthcr the
aerial grip.
Los ANGELES, Jan. 9 (U.P> The
Los Angeles $4,000 open golf tour
namcnt, drawing its usual crowd of
the notablcs Of American courses,
will start at the Riviera Country
club Friday.
Favorite players are strung out
through the first days play il the
thrcc-day event. The first 80 finish
ers in last years event, the first
80 in the national open and some
others who qualified yesterday VIII
compete.
Los ANGELES, Jan. o W.P, P,-Best
COlima, Il faVoritc among the McNi-
can fans of southern California, viii
come out of long suspension ,Ianu,
AIRY u to box Joe Percgrini, another
Mexican here.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. U.P' r.
Fourteen members of the baSk, tball
squad of University of Southern
California, accompanied by the usual
staff of attaches, leave here tonight
for Berkeley to play tWo- game
series with University of California,
The Troians havo u record OF two
defeats in eight practice games.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. U.p' -
l'cnrv' 5 Clothicrs, a quintet OF hoop
stcrs whho have been winning has,
,;cctball games in this territory, to-
night play the Los Angeles t.lhs
.cam. The Clothicrs, hailing from
Wichita, kans., have yet TO lc de
fcatcd ON their western tour.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. Q (Uf,-Onc
of the hottest California liccicy
league games Of the season is schcd
ulcd for this city tonight when The
Los Angeles Richficld PuckstcrS
meet the san Francisco Tigers to
determine which, if either, shnll dis
place the Oakland team now leading
.hc field.
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. o up
rrankic Campbell is Il favoritc here
t. beat Jack Bcasley of Oakland, in
their l0-round bout tomorrow night
in the Hollywood American Legion
stadium.
Los ANGELES, Jan. o U.P The
west has caught some of the east :
enthusiasm for that thrilling sport
known as hockey, il appears from
the turnout at l. $. c., for puck
chasing. Twcnty.fivc Trojans are or
the lee three times week getting
IN shape for their opening game t'Nh,
!, against University Of Calirorpla
here,
PASADENA, Jan. o W.RN-- Sidney
i. Weed, ,lr,, of Pasadena, is hcm.,
considered for the 1920 lavis cui
tennis team, according to report
! here today. Wood, along with John
Docg and John Van Ryn, wa, re-
Gently named for Davis cup trvouts
LOS ANGELES, Jan. . CUP
Macdonald Smith, one Of the blg