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Show SENSATIONAL FLIGHT IS MADE MY HAMILTON SAN DIEGO, Cal., Jan. 21. Charles K. Hamilton flew in his ' Curtlss biplane across the border line, ot the I'lilted States nnd Mexico and over the ancient Mexican city of Tla Juana today, surprising sur-prising the Inhabitants of that sleepy little lit-tle place Into unusual life, and then flew back to the polo field of Ihe San Diego Country club on Coronado Island, without with-out a stop. He was gone from tho field for forty minutes nnd traveled a distance of thirty-four mllen. For the grcuter part of the lime he was over the Pacific ocean, al .a height of 200 feet. Not satisfied with this fen I. the aviator avia-tor made a flight by moonlight over tho ocean, slaying up for three and a half minutes, and alighting on the. field In Ihe dopp shadows that hod settled below the skyline. Hamilton's first flight of the day resulted re-sulted in a slight disaster. He went up while a strong wind was blowing and attempted to alight In the center of Lhc field. A sudden gust caught him as he struck tho ground, causing tho machine to bound for ten feet. One of tho rear wheels was crushed and two ribs on the lower plane were broken. After an hour of tinkering. Hnmllton had tho machine repaired and at 4:17 he was orf for Old Mexico. After Billiard Record. Lloyd Jevne defeated J. Ross by a score of 50 to 23 In tlfly-slx Innings Monday night nl the Je.vrtc academy. Jevne's high runs were fi, 5, 4, and he made four runs of three. Jevno tried lo break tho world's record or fifty points In forty-nine innings, but tho balls broke bad towards tho last of the game, which saved tho record. lie started well, scoring twenty-thrco points In the first fourteen Innings. Jevne. will plar E. Morgan tonight. . The Individual scores were as follows: Jevne 2. 1. 0. 3. 0. 0. 1. 1. 0. 2. I. 1, 5, 0. 0, 0, 1. 0, 0. 0. 0. 0, 3. 0, 0. 1. 0, 1. 0. 4. 1, 0, 2, 2. 0, 0. 0. 0. S. 0, 3. 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 0. 0. 0, 0, 1. 0. 3 SOi ll0Sf,l. 0, 0, 1. 0, 1. 0. 2. 0, 0. 0, 2, 0, i, o. o. o. j. i, o: o. o, o. n. i), o, :j, o. i. I. 0, 0. 1. 0, 0, 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1, 0, 0, 3, 0. 1, 1, 0, 0. 2. 1. -1. 0, 025. High School Basketball. There has been considerable discussion discus-sion about tho tie for the girls' class basketball championship al the high school between the senior and sophomore teams. The two classes are anxious to play off the tic, both being confident of winning. Basketball at the high school may become be-come a sport of the past unless present conditions change materially. The present pres-ent team will be "shot to pieces" unless the boys pass In the required studies. At present Captain Frank Hurlbut. Manager Man-ager llcber Romnoy and Warthman are behind in their required work. Several other members of the squad arc on the doubtful list. |