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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08
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record TO protect. To make n
more interesting. there Ia
deadlock 10 break. OF 50 en-
gagements, Oregon has won
II, Washington IA. with four
ties.
But OF these three clashes, the
Portland C onzaga engagement
still nearly three weeks off may
ron into the mightiest Of them
all.
More depends on how they fune-
ton Saturday-Portland against
Fresno State In Californian and
Gonzaga against Montana at Mis-
soula.
HAVE DESTRUCTIVE ABILITY
Natural rivals to start with, the
Pilots-conquerors of st. Mary's
and the Bulldogs-who tripped
up oregon's winning stride--have
the capacity for mutual destrue-
ton that should prove interesting.
As for Southern California,
Howard Jones IL back on his throne
and he should have no trouble
wearing the conference crown into
the Rose Bowl II his two knights.
Lsnsell and SCHNEIDER, and a nave.
can continue their pace against
Stanford this Saturday,, WASH
ington, and UCLA. The thing the
Trojsns can most fear IL damage
TO their national reputation should
Notrs Dame beat them at South
Bend on Nov. Is.
Other action this week In
eludes: California and wash
ington In . consolation match
~ Berkeley; Idaho ut Wash
inxton state; . red hot North
west conference engagement
between Willamette and PAci-
fie At Salem. Friday night
Whitman travels 20 Colorado
College and Puget sound
meets Linfleld mt McsIInnviiie.
Eiiensburg and La GraBds
Teachers play ut Yakima.
Santa Clara-Michigan state
provides the coasts inter-sectionAl
battle in San Francisco but more
excitement probably VIII break
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08
DEER HUNTER
DIESM AUTO

OkANoGAN. Wz.h. A Seattle
hunter VAS dead today and tao
companions IN an OmAk hospital
after their car overturned on =
curve near klssrslds yesterday -
they were returning home.
T r. Adams was killed and ".
p Eileyham and William Lllnd-
berg. both q Seattle. vsre injured.
Hospital sttsndants said Ellsy-
hams condition vas "critical@
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08
Stiner Dissatisfied
With Passing Attack

GOhtAfi.fs. Ore. Dlassthzfss1
With the passing attack his bsav.
era showed against Bogihsrs csii-
FORMS. Coach Lon stlner seat tbs
Oregon State CoissTs squad back
% NerS On that Development o.
ths game today. stinsr Ess hlTh
In his praise 81 ths TrojAps. Nhom
hs called ne greatest team NJ
syss sac.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08
BAER-GALENTO
ASSURED

NV foak--Thoss two model,
for Amsflean manhood - Teny
osisnto and Msxls Bssr ell
,snxis IN . is-resas srs~l a. As~
YORK 90 hslHi. E4s.. In isls
February under Mike JsssAs pro.
motion.
That's what Gslsnios manager,
joe lYasssl-ths- huseisl Jscgas.
assured shs social ehfoHleisss q
Ansstbssis avenue tf@iay whsa
they wsfs t11itlng him about ths
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Chicago.
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08

Crucial though It was, and
plugged as the ne plus ultra in
thrills, the Oregon State-Southern
California game nevertheless
proved to be about as exciting as
inquest. Disappointed customers,
however. can take heart and test
their blood pressure for this on
coming series Of naturals:
Oregon W. Oregon state NJ
Eugene, Nov. IL.
Washington W.. Oregon at
Seattle, Nov. Is.
Portland u. W.. Gonzaga ut
Portland, Nov. 26.
On the basis OF relative show
ings Saturday, Oregon must be
given the edge for the states i'm
pending case Of fratricide on
Armistice day.
The Ducks made their seasons
lone defeat by UCLA seem only
more bitter when they showed
WSC under by six touchdowns. II
1t hadn't been for that dark VIC
tory by the Bruins Washington
and Robinson, the oregons now
would still be pacing the Trojans.
OREGON GAME SELL-oUT
States Beavers on the other
hand seemed TO be completely
hypnotized by use. There was
no fire licking their heels and the
Trojans executed them 30 calmly.
20 quietly that there was hardly
an outcry all afternoon from the
80 900 folks who had come to yell
themselves hoarse.
The Oregon-oregon state game,
top contest Of the Pacific Coast
conference this week, Is already
virtually q sell-out. Form charts
are about a. dependable as q
tout's selection on this one and
the team with the best bsndages
may win.
Thanl<sgiving's Washington
Oregon classic, with all the
heated history behind IT,
should be . terror because
each team can throw Itself
whole heartedly into the car
mage with no championship
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08
COACH OLIVER
PRAISESCLUB

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08

CHiCAGo-Dixzy Dean turned
down q SO, ooo-a-yezr offer 70
manage ths chicago csb-owssd
Los Angeles club
TIE famous right handler tod
PhiIip X wngisy ~ wanted ass
mors chance IN the SationAI
league.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08
Bechtol Probably
will Start Play

sEATflK QusffsfbAek chll1k
ssehsoi eut ~ nction nith . bro.
kse arm since ths ssne With
PittsbTTh, worked essf nffA ths
University a. Wanhinkaon Haskiss
today sna sppsF~nlly = n shspe
for - csiifssxzs s.n4s neaep1ss.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08
RAY MEDEGHINI
TO WALK PLANK

Ray Aedeghini, Tacoma Tiger
relief hurler and one Of the most
popular and efficient Tigers in the
clubs history. will wed Miss Vir-
Einia Smith, Stadium graduate,
here in April. The bride-to-be II
Vie daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Smith, 330s No. S6th st.
Ray is in his early 20's.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08
Gordon Traces
Fielding Agility
To Tap Dancing

EUGENE. Ore. - Joe Coroon
traces much Of his fielding agility
10 the tap dancing and tumbling
he made = hobby Of while . stu
dent at the University Of Oregon.
My muscles are used 10 belng
stretched any old way" says the
New York Yankees second base
man.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08
Rifle Club Opens
80 Season Tonight

The Tacoma Elfle and hssolvsf
club opens iss 1880 season 20.
nlght Al ? 80 a. the club range,
siils Pacific svs. c1pb members
have arranged 10 teach Interested
persons 70 shoot Non- menlsfs
are wslcons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08
There's a
Market

Perhaps you feel that article
you have to sell Ia too big,
TOO small or too odd to have
a buyer. Times Want Ads
have a reputation for selling
everything from motor boats
down to paper clips. What
ever you have to sell, or want
10 buy, Times Want Ads can
hslp you
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08
FIFE AND FEDS
PLAYING TODAY

FIFE and FEDERAL Way high
schools are playing football today
~ Fife fisld F1fs rates ths ug'
pr hand, Ths valley soys have
had a good sssson. as usual
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08
Boucher Tons
! Pin Meeting

i Al Boucher. shooting In the
Third spot on the Steven Motor
fteam. rolled q big 5s3 total for
the highest three-gsme total regis
tered by the Monday night bowlers
len the Broadway and Play Nor
alleys His scored was registered
in the Eagles league on the Broad
Way drives.
4 Tacoma Towel Supply bowl
i ers went to work In the Indus
trial league matches and won
1 three points from Edna's
Beauty Nook 10 hold their
1 margin ut the top Of the
league standings. Paul Du-
bois was the big man for the
Towels. with $50.
Women bowlers Of the Industrial
league turned in some nice totals,
with Dorothy Troy, anchor lady
end captain of the Kream Krust
Bread team, In the No. l posi-
ZION, with games of 176. 1876 and
175 for q 546 total. Mae knight
ROLLED 20s for the high single game
Sor the women.
Charles Toynbee, Knights Of
columbus bowler, crept up on his
ival, George Boscovich, with a
26 total. the high mark in the
(. c. pin league matches on the
Broadway alleys. The two men
re scrapping for first place in the
Individual averages.
fires WIN
Fox Seiberling Tires bounced
on the league-leading Center
Street Service team, winning
three important points In the
close Knights Of Columbus
race. Coast House Material
won three from Farm Maid
Ice Cream and Mallon Motors
wrested three from Fuel OIL
y Service.
Knights of Columbus pinmen
Burned In some nice single game
cores. Toynbee's 221 was the
Ugh effort. Charley Mettler roll
ID a 220, and Jim Hill sandwiched
b 212 count.
Walter Ball led the bowlers on
ne Play Nor alleys with a 500
ptal, registered for Balls Ben
franklin store In the X Street
booster No. 2 league. His games
gere 100. ia and 1ee. Sam I
faudlin finished with 542 for {
|amuelson Shoe Store.
HIM Flo lists maintained Il
their lead In the race by get b
ting an even break with X I
Street Club. Craig and Sons c
Hardware kept Close on the
heck Of the leaders, though
losing three points TO Samuel
-son Shoe Store. Balls Ben
Franklinites won three from X
Street Theater.
Earl Malcolm's 51s for Meyer
nd Rankos Drugs was the best Il
1ark in the matches of the X 3
treet Booster No. 2 league, also p
piled on the Play Nor alleys.
DE Druggists and Hans Johnson's
department Store, top teams In
he league, each won four points n
rom their respective rivals. '
LILA LEADS u
Ellen McGowan led the I
women bowlers of the Eagles
Auxiliary team on the Broad
wal alleys with q Az total. ,
Her 158 was also the high
single game. ?
First place In the commercial u
oubles tournament staged on the =
Broadway alleys over the week end
vent to Ed Sorensen and Billy
teid, who registered 1911. Sec :
nd place was taken by John
Artos and Ted Tadich, with 1873.
>am Pearson and John Fijalka
Von third with 1176. There were
o sntries In the tournament.
A meeting Of the City Associa-
Ion win be held Wednesday night |.
t 7 o'clock IN the private dining
DOM at the Broadway Sport
center, President Bill Herdman
announced today. All league Of
icers and team captains are par
icularly urged to attend and all
'ther bowlers are cordially invited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08
NEEDED A TESr

BALfiMOhI John Wetzslber-
gsr. s-foot <-iHeh. zoo- pound tackle
for TIRE CITY College q Bsltimors.
nisssd the opening game because
none Of ths uniforms would M
hizA-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08

Fans Discuss
State Title
Nv HAROLD SHAW

4
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:
enempso"saip 'sak thsa sssr D.
fore
And n lsok. IN. ,s~s, 4. . x~rx
-. -. :, -. -
s"t'sS"s ~ 'se cay Wy hss
should be named 81 he reid =
play. one week lat for games
after Thanksgiving provide. the
opportunity.
90 cearse. - - shis there
mssst - aieisieH h he
wA<hinktes state hixh sshsei.
ranks 10 ear eis~stfiessies
must BE- rtHc~d The 4 sehsss~
AID " seafher THE y ehesis
tAn \ school Is sss shsrh has
ever 100 enreliment IN . fear
yesr sesesl. ever ses h .
thre~-yesr scheei--
Thus taking the STATES II un-
defeated teams - The most likely
candidates for Ire state champion
ship. the A ana u ciassiftestion
puts eight Of the unheAtsns IN
Class A and nine In cisss n
Everett. cfoss state champions;
IsonKNisw and hsiso. southwest
sean fFNenfa wiamtns H1takfatsa KAtn&8
county po~efhcssss, end Roosevelt
OF Seattle are the only unb~atsn
ana united e1Ass a siesrns Noo-s-
Welt can not play outside o. seattle
and IL eliminated fr"n state tisie
Consideration.
This leaves Everett. Lanxsi~w.
keiso ana fou'soo ~ p"ss'essssses
for . state utie tussle
eNEhstT hShs NOV ~
Everett has yet 10 play Lincoln
OF Tacoma on Armisaos ass sna
meets Lewis and eaafs. poss'n's
Spokane champion. on Thsnhsxss-
ing. Longvssw and ke'so meet On
Thanksgiving. Pouisno mas only
siiveriaie left
Other GAS a nse~strrs
have tough KaHses sheaa.
Marssviises k''esss"rE as
Aneurn have ee~n twice nee'
harysviiie plays kam""as Ar
misnce gay s"san sss
Esnmcisw yes % bat a.a
EiiensearE tackles tough ne
E'um sssvea th's we~k. An
may io~e.
In the Ciaas u ranks only rour
or the nine nnbestsns are ent'eh.
Fife leads this contingent and, "
the Trojans win their next wv"
starts. are certainly entitled 10 one
half al the state Class % ute
tussls, Blaine, No. l u team BY
sportswritsrr' ballots last year. v
stili unbsatsn this year bat aust
surfnount oDea this wees
Garfield In whitman county ~
unosalsn and unsecured on put fsess
b'k opstAeis IN h'nu'sost "n'o"
suffered ia first defeat Ut me SEA-
son from ciaHs A Fomeroy iAst
week. ilwaeo, PACIFIC county
champ. l. strong condenser TOT
II honors with wins over summer.
Raymond and Astoria ors- al
Class A teams.
TIES MAR hkcohDs
Castle Rock, kAiama, NOISY
rock, Darlington and crandvasw
are the Class u teams with ties
msrring their records. oranasisw
and Castle ROCK are Dig enough
schools 10 come IN the 'ls~ n
rating but both play In y circuits
There you have the eontsndsrs
for the Class a and Class u stste
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08

there Sunday when St Nsry's
lines up against San Francisco
University.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08
Three Coast NaturalS


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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-08

Santa Clara-Aichigan state
provides the coasts inter-seetionAl
battle in San Francisco but more
excitement probably viii break
Evening star., 1939-08-20

in his many years of experience had
attracted attention.
The Marie Celeste.
"The Marie Celeste was another
derelict whose last voyage before
the ship was found and salvaged by
the British barque Del Gratia was a
cruise of mystery. One day the look
out of the Del Gratia sighted the
Marie Celeste and because of the
veering and staggering course which
the ship was following summoned
his captain. The captain of the
barque led boarding crew which
discovered to their amazement that
the Marie Celeste had been aban-
doned under full sail She was headed
for the Strait of Gibraltar. A half
eaten meal was spread on the table
in the captains cabin. Similar evil
dences of recent occupancy were
visible throughout the ship. Nary a
word was ever heard of the officers
and crew. They vanished as COM
pletely as though engulfed by the
angry sea; in fact, that is what
probably happened"
Some three decades ago, the sail
ing ship Commodore put into port
near Brooklyn under full sail but
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without any member of the crew or
officers on board Several years
later, a bottle containing the terse
message Send help at once. Our
ship, the Commodore, wrecked" was
found along the Florida coast. The
supposition is that the sailors and
their leaders lost their lives in some
tempest which the ship weathered.
Nothing other than the distress note
has ever been heard about the
sailors.
About that time messenger
dumped an armload of papers and
books on Bills desk. This means
Taps for me as story-teller for this
day" he said. Drop in to see the
lieutenant commander if you want
more facts about the derelicts; he's
in charge of the work here in Wash
ington and is considerable of an
authority on the subject"
Spinner of Yarns.
Which in brief explains why this
correspondent spent the next hour
or so listening to youthful-lo looking
but fully seasoned Coast Guard Off
Ger talk about derelicts. The stories
were so thrilling that your scribe
soon forgot 1t was the hum OF FIJI
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lowered and shot against the sides
of her hull.
Gunfire Used.
We were forced to resort to gun
fire in order to destroy the Okla
homa. We raked the submerged
part of the wreck with volley Of 16
shells from 6-pounders. Her cargo
of oil, subsequently, formed slick"
on the surface of the sea which was
2 miles in length. The derelict
hunters discovered that several air
tanks had kept that wreck af1oat
despite her crippled condition until
she was sunk by gunfire.
The Russian bark Dorothea, with
a cargo of lumber, was another re-
markable metal ship which failed
to sink after being wrecked seriously
Her head booms. masts, deckhouses
matches and bulwarks we're washed
away, yet the bark continued to drift
aimlessly, one side of her deck SUBJ
merged and the other floating only
three feet above the surface. Sew.
eral weeks later a Coast Guard cut.
ter found the DTothea 200 mile:
northeast of where the wreck oc'
Cured. Her cargo of yellow pint
lumber buoyed up the bark 50 tina