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Only Thirce Ring Champions
Kept Titles Entirei Year
Jack Dompsoy's spectacular attempt at n comobuck which resulted
in a knockout or Jack Sharkey and a return tnntch nglust Gone Tunnoy
which drew J2,8O0,0OO from 150,6(10 spectators In Chlcugo was tho big
toaturo of 1947 In the professional boxing ring. ; ; . - - '
Along with ltu big money rocord, 1827 probably will bo recorded in
boxing history as the year of the "Dig Squawk." ; , . .
When IJoinpHey won a scnsutlonul victory over Sharkey tho liowl
was raised. by Sharkey and those
felled him wilh a punch far below tho bolt and that lio Una nil low ill
. least a dozen times beforo Sharkey dropped. . ' .
'champion, '.a howl
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even If lie and bis six hundiod millionaire UBHoclaloa did cloar only
fUBU.uoi) on the Chicago -fight... -
Taiiuuy, with a flat pui'RO of a cool million dollars, was ll)e big
money wlnner.or the yoar, but Dempsey, with $150,000 us Ills end of the
Tunney. fight and $250,000 us his bit of the Sharkey fight, did not have
a leau year. ' ,
Geno Tunney, Mickey Wnlkor and Sammy Mnndoll wore tho only
tiamnlons wlio started tho yonr as title holdors and survived without
soinn question as to their property rignts. rjven in
their cases they wore fronted with some dispute
The long count In tho Chicago fight took some
credit away from Tunney; Walker wns charged with
Hie net of running out an agreement to give tho
late Tifier FloworB a return mutch for tho title, and
Mnndell was nccuscd of picking set ups in the tank
towns. -
Fldol I.nllarlm started the year as tho flyweight
clktmpiou but tho title became vncant when he re
tired to enter Stanford University. Deforo he re-
signed Lnllnrba was trounced twice by Johnny Vac
ua, a Huston boy, In no-declslon fights.
Charley Kosenberg, who for one reason or another
always was an unsatisfactory biintuunvclght cham
pion, got into troublo with tho New York boxing
commission for signing two sots of
fight with Dushy Graham and was suspended for a year. Ho had grown
out of the class, howovor, nnd was ready to outer tho featherweight
division. Dud Taylor, who also Is having troublo with tho wulght und
with fragllo hands, is tho outstanding claimant for tho title.
The fentborweinht chnmplnnshlp became vacant when Kid Kaplan
resigned to enter the lightweight class. He was knocked out In his
The S-4 Gives Up More of Its Dead
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Another hero or tne S-4, in a iiao
men of the U. 6. S. Bu.hnell aboard
marine' Provincetown Harbor grv
tht seventh body wrested from the
BEAUTY, BEAUTY, EVERYWHERE! JUST LOOK FROM
who had bet on lilm that Ueinpsoy
When Oone Tunuey got up ort mo noor in mo
soventh round of tho Chlcugo fight and galloped
nway to an tinnuwtlonnhlo decision over tho formor
of equal volume was raised that
Tunnoy had been given a count of at least lourinun
and that It tho champion had boon forced to get up
within the count of ton Dcinpsey suiqly would have
clipped hint. r
liegnrdless of tho prolosts and the squawks, tho
record book will have It tint Dumpsey knocked out
Sharkey, tho most promising of the younger con
lenders for tho championship, and that Tunney, re
tained the honvywelght championship by whining n
ten-round decision from Pempsoy. The hooks of tho
Madison Hquura Garden corporation will show also
lhat It was a profitable year for Mr. Tex Hicknrd,
contracts for a
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- arapin c,iKet. it Darned by tea-1
the deitroyer Maury at the tub- J
to be taken to Boaton. This was
underwater tomb.
first attempt by Billy Wallaco. Bonny
as the champion.
Pete Latzo lost the welterweight
- .bouglmiit .- - . Through tho return of Dempsey to the ring and
tho elimination tournament that Tex Rlcknrd staged among the con
tenders for the championship, the honvywelght clasB was unusually ac
tive and ns Itlckard says "When tho big fellers nro working business
Is good lii'Ull the -other classes."
Fresno Triangle Murder Principals
FT,
Clifford Burdg. 37, veterinary, and Mrs. Mollie Trnu. 36, are charged
at Fresno. Cal., with the slaying of Philip Trau, 42, special patrolman
and one-time stage dancer, in a love triangle case. They are shown
here with J. C. Moran, detective, who arrested them. Burdg says Trau
shot himself during a spree.
DARK VISAGED MAN
SOUGHT AS KILLER
rAratvUtm) 1im leaned Wire)
CHICAGO, Jan. 14. A (lark
vlsaped man, with ft prominent
hooked no so today was sought ha
tho slayor in Chicago's latest mur
der mystery.
Search for tho man was ordered
when residents of the Kontonelle
Apartment Hotel told the inilice
ho was a frequent visitor at the
apartment of Mrs. llett) Chamher,
25, whoa body vas found by n
maid amidst a pile of silken blood
stained pillows In the apartment.
Uordon Chambers, who shared
the apartment with Mrs.
Chum-jworp
bers for almost a month, also was
soucht, but the police said the!f0i0winK a stroke of suffered last
were convinced be was not the
slayor. He Is wanted . for ques
tioning. Two women, so far identified
only as "Nln." a vaudeville singer,
and "Marlon." a manicurist,
friends of tho slain woman, were
also the objects of search. The po
lice said they believe "Marlon was
in the apartment shortly before or
after tho slaying. An unmalled let
tor, written by Mrs. Chambers and
addressed to Chjambera, hinted sui
cide because Chambers refused to
Bass Is genorally recognized now
championship to Joe Cundee and
Dundee gave promise o iioing a tigniing cnnmpion
hut he got into trouble In California when ho failed
to appear for a match against Aco Hudklns nnd a na-llon-wido
suspension wus slapped on him
Jack Dolaney, who hud an unquestioned right to
the light-weight championship, resigned to enter
tho honvywelght division wboro he hardly had ordi
nary success. lieforo lift vacated the title ho had been
matched to moot the veteran former champion, Mike
McTlgue, and .llio New York commission passed tho
title on to McTlguo, ruling that he was entitled to
the title by default,
The National Boxing : association disputed the
ruling of the Now York commission nnd decreed
Hint Jimmy Slattery wns tho champion. Loughi-un
then met and defeated McTlgue und then trimmed
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end their apparent estrangement.
Deputy Police 1 Commissioner
Moouey persisted In his belief that
tho girl had been slain by a mem
ber or members of n racketeering
gnng becautte he or they wero fear
ful lest sho betray tho gang's se
crets. MARRIED 60 YEARS;
DEATH CLAIMS BOTH
(AmvU11 Vrvm Lawd Wire)
PORTLAND. Ore.. .Tan. l4.Two
lives that were Interwoven by tho
bounds of matrimony for sixty
years, have roiio out together. In
terworen now in denih ns thev
m j(f0i Rnrenson Nielsen. 70,
oieu at ti. ia o ciock mis mornmc,
nleht, ills death came but a few
minutes later than his wife's. Mrs.
NieUon. who was but a scant few
years his Junior, died last night
from heart failure, said to have
been brought on by her husband's
acnte illness.
They met when they were chil
dren in Denmark. For many years
Who Nielsens lived at Junction' City,
Oregon. He farmeil and condm-t-
ed a real estate business there be-
tore Coming 10 I Ortiann lour
years ago.
The Steering
La. ife-C
This car tried to cross a ravine witnout using the bridge, after the
car's steering gear went askew. After about 40 feet of somersaulting
and fancy tumbling the car landed in a creek, but the four passengers
weren't hurt. The mishap occurred near Dallas, Texas.
Hbw Lindbergh Saw Managua
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Thls streets scene In Managua.
recent holiday, and shows how the
out having fun. The same scene met
' oeryn wncn n. nrrivcu in mnu
countries.
RIGHT TO LEFT! )
Gear Broke
Nicaragua, was photographed on
capital looks when the populace is!
the eyes of Colonel Charles Llnd-
an nn imr vi MiinrntriMn
in 1928
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SHOOTING IN CHICAGO
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rAMwUtpil I'rtM Lauod Wire.) '
CHICAGO, Jan. 14. One
man was killed, two polico-
men were wounded and a
passerby was shot In the head
today when two policemen
tried to arrest a worker sn
tho Pullman Car and Manu-
facturlng company's shops In
Kensington. Fifteen hundred
4 workers .were sent scurrying
for' cover when the pistol
fight opened and later tried
to lynch the policemen who
were In plain clothes and
whom they thought were
bandits.
The worker killed was
Herman Hlliger, 39, whom
Policemen Michael Shannon
and Patrick Devine were sent
to arrest when another work-
er told the police that Hill-
ger carried a pistol while at
work.
The Chamber of Commerce to
day asked that the residents of
the city be advised that no en
dorsement has boen given map
peddlers who are reported to be
claiming to have the sanction of
the Chamber of Commerce in their
solicitation. The Chamber of Com
merce, according to the secretary,
refused to grant an endorsement,
but reports have been received
that the agents claim their article
was sanctioned. The Chamber of
Commerce is always anxious .to
answer any questions regarding
solicitors and asks that people of
the city notify the office when
ever canvassers are working with
in the town, and particularly if
Chamber of Commerce endorse
ment is claimed.
W. T. Hatch was here from
Yoncalln over Friday, visiting
with friends and attending to
business affnlrs.
New Hickman Murder Theory Probed
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Thie photograph shows the supposed suicide notes found e-i the
body of Abrter Oriskell. grandfather of Welby Hunt, confessed f jeom- .
pllce of Edward Hickman In robberies and the slaying of C. Ivy 1 oma. i
District Attorney Asa Keyea of Loi Angeles announces the hanjwrit-
Ing Is being cheeked In an effort to determine whether Hlckm?i and
Hunt may have been Involved in Driskell's death.
BOMBING IN SEATTLE
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SEATTLE. Wash, Jan. 14.
Seattle residents hurrying
home from dances and the-
atres early this rooming
were frightened by the ex-
plosion of a bomb under the
fire escape of the . Palace-
Hip Theatre that shook the
downtown district and shat-
tered windows within a ra-
dius of 300 feet. Police are
working on the theory that
the bomb was set by a for-
mer employe of the theatre
who was angered by his dls--
missal. They are also investi-
gating a report by the man-
agement of this show that It
has been declared "unfair to
labor."
DIST. ATTYS. ELECT
(Anociatrd Prev LeaMd Wire) "
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 14.
W. T. Miller, district attorney of
Josephine county, today was el
ected president of the Oregon
State Histrict Attorney s associa
tion. Carl Helm of - La Craiido
was elected vice-president and Llb
by Stepp of Clackamas county,
secretary-treasurer. ; '
C. W. Darrick, retiring presi
dent; Stanley Meyers of Multno
mah county and Guy Cordon of
Douglas county were chosen on
the executive committee.
Resolutions adopted today re
commended that 13 jurors sit in all
felony cases and that a verdict be
reached by eleven; legislation was
urged that would equalize the num
ber of preemptory challenges ex
ercised by the defense and state in
criminal actions; another urged
that bad check cases be made a
part of the work of Justice courts
in order to prevent long delays
while waiting for grand Jury ac
tion. ATTACKS YOUNG GIRL-
(Auoclatpri Press Leased Wire)
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14. Sixty
police of the Hollywood division
today are seeking a man who yes
terday attacked 12-year-old Audrey
Fay Cross, on her way home from
school, in Laurel Canyon. The
child, though in a serious condi
tion, is expected to recover. The
little girl is the daughter of T. A.
Cross.
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School Work Progressing
Under tho direction of Miss
Eliza Church, teacher of the
school of district number 10G, lo
cated between Riddle and Myrtle
Creek, the pupils of that school
are making fine progress this
year, according to the county su
perintendent of schools' ' report.
Extensive plans are made for the
school year uy the instructor.
Found Oil
For many years prospectors have
hunted unsuccessfully for oil fields
in Australia. C. M. Evans, shown
above, however, is the first te have
any luck. Evans struck a "gusher"
about 320 miles from the city of
Brisbane recently, and has come
to the United States to tell about
his discovery.