Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-17

tract to manage the Detroit Tigers,
Secretary Charles F.. Navin of the
club said today. Navin did not dis
close the amount of the salary.
| CHICAGO, Jan. IT. - The annu-
al meeting of the Western Tennis
| association will be held Saturday
and one of the principal matters to
come up for discussion is the rank
ing of George Lott, Chicago, Davis
cup doubles player. The western
| group has protested Lott IS No. 10
ranking with the national body.
The Chicago Tennis association is
expected to join the western group
in an effort to get a higher ranking
| for Lott.
j. H. Bishop Culver, Indiana, is
slated for the presidency of the
western association.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. II. -
A match billed as ''world heavy
weight championship affair will
bring Jim Browning and Joe Savol-
| di together in a feature event at
the Olympic tonight.
| Savoldi relied on his newly -devel-
oped "kidney tackle' to defeat
! Browning who defeated him in one
of three previous matches. They
wrestled on even terms in the other
! two.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. II. - Or
vile Mohler has definitely aban-
doned professional baseball for a
business career. the former U. S. c.
| football star announced today.
Mohler made his professional
baseball debut last season with the
Los Angeles Angels but was releas-
ed. Later he joined the Mission
Reds. He is district manager for a
local oil company.
| FRESNO. Jan. II. - Walter Mar
! ty, west coast high jump sensation,
practiced assiduously today under
| the watchful eyes of Coach j. Flint
Hammer for an eastern barnstorm-
ing tour scheduled to start in Feb
, ruary.
Marty, who cleared feet and
! * inches in the west coast relays
last year, jumped six feet four after
week IS practice indoors here this
week.
PALO ALTO, Jan. II. Santa
Clara university scored its first
basketball victory over Stanford
university in three years when the
Broncos triumphed last night by a
1926 score.
BERKELEY, Jan. 17.-Using Sec
ond string players through most OF
! the game, the University of Cali
fornia basketball array defeated
University of San Francisco last
night by a 1925 score.
| PULLMAN, Wash, Jan. 17.-Un-
iversity of Washington IS fast-step-
ping team made it six straight con-
ference victories last night when
they defeated the Washington State
basketball outfit by $3.50 score.
MERGED, Jan. 17.-Cotton War;
burton. All-American quarterback
from U. S. c. was credited today
with one of the shortest banquet
speeches on record Warburton, sc
the story went, was called on here
for the "speech of the evening y
The tow-headed football star spoke
exactly nine words: "Thanks fell
lows, where IS the eats? Let's get
at them.'
PHOENIX, Jan. Height appli-
cations from Southern California
and Mexican clubs for membership
in the Southwestern Golf associa-
ton have been accepted tentative
ly, President S. M. Johnson an
nounced here today.
Applicants include the Aqua Cal
iente country club, Chula Vista
country club, Coronado country
club, Rancho country club of San
Jose, La Mesa, La Jolla country
club. the San Diego Municipal golf
club and the Emerald Hills golf
club.
MONTREAL, Jan. II. - Three
United States tennis stars swung
into action today in the Canadian
indoor championships.
Francis x. Shields Of New York
the United States top-rankine
player, opened the defense OF his
Canadian singles title palreo
against H. G. Marpole of Montreal
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 17.-Eo
(Strangler) Lewis, Glendale heavy
weight, slowed away Sammy Steir
in two out of three falls here last
night. Lewis won the deciding fal
after both had fallen from the ring
Although the allotted time founc
neither back inside the ropes, they
signified their willingness to con-
time and Lewis went on to win.