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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1930
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BOHTOil'S STGf 1
PART GDRROBDRATED;
Harl Maggert Star Witness in
Baseball Probe..
OWN ACTIONS RELATED
Investigation by Grand Jury Is In
terrupted by Handling of
Denton Murder Case.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Oct. 20. (Spe
cial.) Harl Maggert, ex-Salt Lake
outfielder, was the star witness be
fore the Los Angeles county grand
jury today in its probe of the Pacific
Coat league scandal, baring in de
tail his connection with the alleged
"fixing" of several members of the
Salt Lake baseball club by W. Baker
"Babe" Borton. ex-captain and first
baseman of the Vernon team, in which
Borton said certain 1919 Bee players
were in on the agreement to "throw"
games to the Tigers.
Maggert partly corroborated Bor
ton's story. William E. Essick,
manager for three consecutive times
of Vernon's champions, Maggert,
Chester Chadbourne, Jack Cook, busi
ness manager of the Salt Lakers;
Byron Houck, Robert Fisher and Ed
O'Malley. baseball- writer of the Los
Angeles Times, testified today and
the deposition o'f Catcher De Vormer
was taken. De Vormer was called to
his home in Urand RapWs, Mich., be
cause of the serious illness of his
father. De Vormer will leave to
morrow. Other Witnesses Excused.
The grand jury tonight excused the
remaining witnesses until Monday at
10 A. M. It may go over the whole
case again on Friday, but no further
testimony will be due until the first
of the week, the jury being; busy with
the Denton murder case.
Among witnesses who will appear
before the august body on Monday
will be John Mitchell and Arthur
From me, Vernon players: William O.
Rumler and Edward J. Mulligan, Salt
Lakers; tiene Dale, last year with
Salt Lnke, but who spent the season
just closed with the Dallas, Tex.,
league club, and Matt Gallagher and
Harry M. Grayson, Los Angeles base
bail writers.
James Irving, foreman of the jury,
said tonight that indictments would
.be made if sufficient evidence was
' uncovered, lie said that many coti
flicliiig statements had been made.
Maggert arrived in Los Angeles today
from his Berkeley home, from whence
he was summoned by telegraph by
Cal J. Kwing, owner of the Oakland
team, and by William H. McCarthy,
league president, who telephoned him
from San Francisco.
I.engue Committee Helpings
McCarthy. Kwing and Charles Gra
ham, manager and director of the
fSeals, are members of a league com
mittee which is co-operating with the
district attorney's office in the inves
tiga r ion.
Telegraphic advice was received to
day that 1 'resident McCarthy will come
south on Monday with more evidence
which lie says bears on Borton's al
leged activities in buying several Salt
Lake players. Ed Tubby Spencer, last
year with Salt Lake, was said to have
written the league chief that Borton
offered him J17U0 to throw games to
Vernon. Borton today admitted that
he had approached Spencer, but said
that he offered the backstop only
$500 and that Spencer was wrong in
the amount.
Secretary Cook of Salt Lake en
tered tile grand jury room armed
with affidavits from a number
of Salt Lake players and said
that -fie had advised all the players to
hold themselves in readiness to come
to Los Angeles whenever their testi
mony is desired by the grand jury.
Mafterrt In KlrMt AVitnesM.
Maggert was the first witness called
today by Foreman Irving. Maggert
made the assertion that Borton and
ol her members of the 1919 Vernon
club had told him and other members
of the Salt Lake club that the Ver
non club had formed a slush fund of
JL'000 to be held out as bait for the
throwing of games.
Here, in substance: is what Maggert
before entering the grand Jury room,
vNitre he was sworn to secrecy, said
he was going to tell the Jury.
"Borton was the man who did all
the negotiating. He was alone in tjie
deal. He came to me and asked me
if 1 would not help the Vernon club
in lis two series with Salt Lake late
last season. There were 14 or 15
games to be played. It was in Salt
Lake that we started the two series
and it was there that Borton ap
proached me. He promised me $500 as
my share. Later he met me with three
oilier players of the Salt Lake team.
Their names are Dale. Rumler and
Mulligan. They." myself and Borton
v. ere all together when the agreement
wa:: made to help out Vernon. Just
what the other boys' share was I am
not in a position to state. "1 do not
kuow how much Borton gave them."
Dale Ordered to Appear.
Owner Ewlng of the Oakland team
received a telegram today from Presi
dent Morris of the Texas league, stat
ing that he had ordered Dale to pro
ceed at once to Los Angeles to appear
before the grand Jury. The message
ft om Morris said ho had guaranteed
Iiule's transportation and all expenses
in making the trip. Secretary Cook
of the Salt Lake club announced that
Ralph Stroud. Catcher Byler and oth
ers of the Salt Lake team would likely
be summoned south.
- ,..U wa" considered likely that Miss
:ruie Doerr, motion picture actress
who already has testified, may be re
called to answer further questions
that may develop with the Introduc
tion of new testimony, although Babe
Burton, whose allegations precipitated
the grand jury Investigation, aires
has been on the carpet before the
grand jury. It ts believed that he may
bo recalled to testify concerning fur
ther new and Important angles of the
probe.
Two accusers now stand out against
the sworn statement of William G
. liuniler that he is innocent of any
conspiracy to defraud the baseball
public by fting the 1919 coast league
games for the Vernon club to win,, the
two being Babe Borton and Harl
Maggert.
Surprise Sprunir by
Mnagert.
Maggert sprung a surprise today
when he stated that Rumler was
guilty, his declaration, if sustained,
being expected to mean more than
the impeaching of Uumler's testimony,
as Rumler has been vindicated by the
Salt Lake club.
Maggert insisted that he knew
nothing about the alleged coterie of
sure-thing gamblers which the district
attorney's 'office Is endeavoring to
prove was at ,Jhe bottom of the
alleged plot. Hf' says that all with
which he had anything . to do was
handed to him by Borton and that he
sujij.oed' that Borton had it from the"
Vernon plavers." It the money came
to Borton from sure-thing gamblers.
'Magert sa:d, he did 'not suspect the'
source. i
Mafegert's denial was said by thosa
i with whom he talked to ring pretty
true.
CEXIER ELEVEN IS DINED
! Collegians Board Train to Play
Harvard on Saturday.
DANVILLE, Ky, Oct. 20. Danville
citizens and those of nearby towns
gathered at a banquet tonight in
honor of Center college football
eleven, which will board a special
train tomorrow for Cambridge, Mass.,
where a same will be played Satur
day with Harvard.
Hundreds of citizens and college
students attended the banquet and
also a celebration which was held in
the main street of the city.
Sport News and Comment.
Last week's football results in some
cases show that the various college teams
have -either failed to hit their stride or
that they are- woefully weak. There is no
question but that two distinct surprises
came to light when Montana defeated
Washington at Seattle 13 to 44 and
Southern California defeated Stanford 10
to 0 at Los Anseles. Stanford so far has
not shown anything exceptional, but Its
adherents were taken .bn.(lc when th
Southern California varsity beat them, and
it only goes to show that Stanford still
has to put In a few years in learning the
game before its teams will be In the win
ning column against the big colleges of
this coast. The victory of Montana over
Washington shows that the team from
the copper country knows football, but on
the other hand the muddy field and wet
day unquestionably slowed up the Wash-
ingioaians.
The American Olvmnle Fame. nTnmttt..
has made a preliminary announcement
that the expenses of sending teams to
nuiwtrr-p toLaiea J4e.o3. There are
many athletes, swimmers, football play
ers and partticip&nts in other sports who
will anxiously wait for the details of that
expenditure. It was proved at Antwerp
that 175,000 was an our.lde amount th-
committee spent. Transportation cost the
committee nothing, meals were at a mini
mum and accommodations at Antwerp
were donated, so that athletes will ask
a good many questions as to where the
difference between. $75,000 aand $148,563
went to and also they" will want to know
what happened to the remainder of the
J'JOO.OOO which was collected and officially
announced as the total before the team
sailed.
These Frenchmen believe in doing things
"officially." They have asked the Inter
national Boxing Union to approve and
sanction Oarpentier's victory over Levin
sky as giving the Frenchman the world
lisht heavy title. One paper heads the
news Item "Why the Sanction?" to which
we reply that if there was a nation-wide
governing body of boxing In this country
the sport would be better off. As matters
now stand our obscure boxers claim all
sorts of. titles to which they are not en
titled. As far as carpentier Is concerned,
no one in this country will deny him the
"light heavy championship of the world."
Levinsky is the only man so recognised
since the days of Fitzsimmons and Carpen
tier's victory over the Battler gives the
Frenchman clear and legal title to the
BASES FXLL, BATTER IS OCT
Negro Umpire Can't Find Any
PJaee Else for Hitter.
At a ball game between a South
Carolina negro team and a visiting
team of similar color a negro preach
er was acting as umpire. The pitcher
had gone wild, and had permitted all
the bases to fill. Another man came to
the bat. ahd the nervous pitcher shot
one over.
"Ball one," yelled the nmp.
The pitcher tried again.
"Ball two," was the decision
Another effort by the hurler.
"Ball three," said the umpire.
The pitcher saw his predicament
and made one master effort to save
the day.
"Ball four," yelled the ump, "and
the man's out."
"How come I'se out?" inquired the
enraged batter.
"I'se repelled to put you out, nigger.
Don't you see dar's nowwhere else to
put you?" reasoned the umpire.
SALMON' TROLL, ERS ARE LUCKY
Good Catches Are Reported and
Winter's Supply Is Salted.
NEWPORT, Or, Oct. 20. (Spe
cial..) During the past week trolling
for salmon has been a popular sport
on xaquina-bay The run of silver
sides has been the best known for
years and, as a consequence, many
Newport famines have at a nrnimum
of expense salted down their winter
supply. Catches for the day on one
troll of 15 salmon weighing from 6 to
16 pounds were not unusual.
Many sportsmen from outside points
J came in and returned home with
enough salmon for their respective
neighborhoods. Many local sports
women also participated in the sport.
some of them with unusual success.
Among these Mrs. William Armitage
and Mrs. Jess Fry are credited with
the best catch, as they succeeded in
landing 24 in one day. One day dur
ing the week 28 boats, containing 42
fishermen, were counted on the
stretch between Newport and Yaquina.
Cox Trapshot Enthusiast.
Governor Cox of Ohio Is an en
thusiastic trapshot. The governor was
at Camp Perry, O., one day during
the rifle matches to present the gov
ernor's cup. He had no sooner gotten
on the ground when he met Lester
German, the veteran baseball pitcher
and trapshot. The governor and Ger
man talked over old times and, Ger
man took the governor to the traps,
put a gun in his hands and the gov
ernor blazed away at ,100 targets.
Quite naturally he drew' an audience.
That the rifle shooters are interested
in trapshooting is proved by the fact
that 30,000 targets were thrown in
12 days.
Sculls Title Won 5 Times.
Ernest Barry, world's champion
single sculler, is the proud holder of
his fifth, title by reason of his recent
triumph over Felton on the Parra
matta river. Sydney. He equals Vhe
record of Robert Chambers (Tyne),
Edward Hanlan (Canada). James
Stanbury (New South Wales), and
Richard Arnst (New Zealand), each
of whom won five races. This
achievement is beaten only by Will
iam Beach of New Sou-th Wales, who
won seven consecutive matches be.
Ween 1894 and 1897. and then re
tired. Arnst Is anxious to row Barry.
Centralis Team After Games.
E. L. Higgins or Centralia. Wash.,
"is organizing a basketball team, to
be known as the Wisconsin Cardinals,
composed of Wlsconsinites on the
team that won the championship of
the United States at Chicago in 1916
and 1918. Their season will begin
December IS. Mr. Higgins Is ar
ranging for games In Oregon before
beginning a tour of this state. Wash
ington. Montana, Minnesota and Wis
consin. He desires to hear from any
team that desires a series of three
games. His address is Box 772, Cen
tralia, Wash.
Bronson Cliosen to Fight.
TACOMA. Wash., Oct. 20. "Muff"
Bronson. Portland lightweight, has
been substituted for Johnny Nunes
of California, to oppose Heinle Schu
mann In the main event of Thurs
day's smoker here.
Promoter Shanklin announced the
change tonight, declaring that Nunes
had ailed to show enough class in
his workouts here to warrant his
place on the card against Schumann.
N-unes. It was announced," will appear
in the semi-windup against Frank
Pete of Seattle,
KRAMER CH111 21 YEARS
CYCLIST'S RECORD GREATEST
.' ACHIEVEMENT IX WORLD.
Duke Kabanamoku of Honolulu,
Appears to Be Only One Today
Likely to Go Same Place.
The record of Cyclist Frank Kramer
stands out pre-eminently as the great
est achievement of any type of ath
lete in the world. For 23 years he has
been riding in championship races,
won the amateur title in 1897 and
1898 and since 1901 has continually
held the professional championship, a
record of 81 years as champion.
The question comes up is there any
athlete of any type now in the public
eye who will ever equal such a record
and there only appears one man who
has possibilities for so doing, that
man being Duke Kahanamoku of
Honolulu, the world champion swim
mer. Kahanamoku has been the recog
nized world champion for exactly ten
years and like Frank Kramer and old
wine the duke appears to ba improving-with
age. The average life of
any type of athlete in championship
competition is only about four or five
years when he reaches his prime, and
yet Kahanamoku has already exceed
ed that margin by a solid five years.
True Kahanamoku has been defeated
in various races and eo has Kramer,
but the fact remains that both these
men have won their titles and their
ability is such tha-t they have gained
world-wide recognition as the best of
their type in the world a-t their re
spective events.
Kramer today is 41 years of age
and yet only three weeks ago won an
important race in Newark against
Ray Katon and other stars. Kahana
moku is not yet 30 years old and as
he proved at Antwerp is the superior
of the worlds beat amateur swim
mers. Kahanamoku's achievements
do not alone lie in winning his events
but he Is so good that he still is able
to break world's records and the man
wfio can do that with the present high
standards of swimming records is not
only going to take a good man to
beat him, but the present stock of
swimmers will have to improve con
siderably before they can take the
laurels away from the popular and
sportsmanlike duke from Honolulu.
Charlie Daniels was probably the
most consistent performer prior to
Kahanamoku's entry into the field of
the swimming champions, but not
even this great swimmer can point
to the same length of championship
competition or the same brilliant ar
ray of records that Kahanamoku
holds. True, Daniels held practically
all American and many world records
in . his day, but Kahanamoku came
along and shattered them all and set
marks that in many instances, will
stand much longer than the best
marks Daniels records stood. Daniels
was considered a marvel in his day. -
Can Kahanamoku equal the long
evity of championship competition as
set by Frank Kramer? It is a big
question, and there is always the pos
sibility that if Duke continues to take
the same interest in his chosen sport
that he will do exactly what Kramer
did. Duke "has another ten years to
go. A long time, to be true, and
swimmers will have to improve won
derfully or Duke will have to dete
rioriate rapidly for the champion to
be dethroned.
ION GUY EASY VICTOR
PETER SXILIATELL, SIR DOUG
. LAS HAIG ARE DEFEATED.
2:12 Class Trot Captured in Graud
Circuit Programme Run
Off at Atlanta..
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 20. Arlon Guy,
which recently won the Kentucky fu
turity at Lexington, was an easy win
ner in straight heats over Peter Still
well and Sir Douglas Haig in the 2:12
class trot in the grand circuit meet
today. ' The latter two fought out a
desperate battle for second place. Pe
ter Stillwell winning both times. Best
time. 2:10'4.
John R, Braden. driven by Thomas,
won the 2:03 class pace from Peter
Look and Esther R. The second heat
proved to be the prettiest finish of
the season here, as the racers came
under the wire three abreast. Best
time. 2:06.
In the free-for-all trot for a purse
of 81200. Charley Rex won in straight
heats without a break. Best time,
2:05.
BBOSSOX TO FIGHT SCHUMAN
Go to Be Headliner of Eagle Card
at Tacoma.
Muff Bronson. Portland lightweight,
will leave this morning for "Jacoma,
where he will battle Harry Schuman
six rounds in the main event of the
Kagles' boxing card.
Bronson. who was in Hood River
when George Shanklin, promoter of
Tacoma, managed to get hold of him
via long-distance telephone took the
match without a word despite the
fact that he has not trained since he
fought Eddie Shannon at the Milwau
kie arena last week.
Johnny Nunes, a California light
weight, was to have boxed Schuman
in the main event, but Shanklin re
fused to use him after watching him
work out yesterday afternoon. If
there were a few more pritrute pro
moters in the game like George
Shanklin there would never, be a
question of doubt raised in boxing.
Many promoters would have let Nunes
gone on and get knocked out. but not
so with Shanklin.
Willard Says Never Again.
Jess Willard has no desire to re
enter the prize ring and indicated
that It would require a "king's ran
som" to lure him away from the farm.
He emphatically denied that he had
been matched for a return match with
Dempsey and said he would not con
sider another battle with the cham
pion. Willard said life was all to the
merry down on the farm and that he
did not intend to forsake It. He ad
mitted the promoters had been after
him with flattering offers to get back
Into the fight game, but he had turned
all of them down.
Asked to explain the story that he
and Dempsey had been rematched. he
said it was probably due to the imag
ination of a Lawrence sporting goods
dealer. Willard did a little boxint
every day on his farm and his old
gloves are worn out. He went to a
sporting goods house to get some new
ones and in the conversation that fol
lowed the dealer might have gleaned
the idea that Willard was Keying
ready for a new campaign.
British Racer May Set Record.
A. L. George, brother of the foot
racer, W. G. George, the professional
world's record holder of the mile
mark of 4:12H. declares that A. C.
Hill of England, the Olympic 800 and
1500 meter champion,, stands out as
the most logical mller to shatter" the
records, established by bis brother
many years ago.
' IE
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act
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WAR ON JOHNSON DENIED
COLOXEL RCPPERT DECLARES
SEW PL-AX GOOD O.VE.
Game Under Proposal Would Re
ceive Absolute Divorce From
Financial Interests, Is Stand.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Colon J. A.
Ruppert, part owner of the New York
American League club, who - arrived
home today, said he was perfectly sat
isfied that his conferees in the Amer
ican league and the eight National
League club owners, whom they met
at Chicago, were on the right road to
put the national game on a thor
oughly substantial footing.
"I cannot understand." said he,
"why President Johnson and five of
the American League club owners
failed to attend. There Is no plan or
intent to force Mr. Johnson out of the
league.
"The plan Is simply to place the
great game under the absolute Juris
i diction of a board of control made up
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"If the other five American League
clubs do not come in by November 1
we will go ahead and establish a 12
club league."
PEX0LETOX GOLFERS WINNERS
Walla Walla Beaten by Clean
Sweep In Sunday Matches.
PENDLETON, Or., Oct. 20. Pendle
ton golfers defeated Walla Walla
club members with a clean sweep of
four foursomes in matches staged on
the local links Sunday. A. match be
tween Jack Renner of Walla Walla
and Charles Jefferson of Pendleton,
professionals, for the respective clubs,
was one of the features of the day's
play. x
Brooke Dickson of this" city turned
In low card of the day. making the
nine holes In 38 and 39. Fred McMo
nies. also of this city, made nine holes
in- 40.
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Hoquiani Eleven Ends Strike.
HOQ17IAM, Wash.. Oct. 20. (Spe
cial.) The Hdquiam high school
football team resumed practice yes
terday, with the exception of two or
three players, who finally turned out
today. The players felt an injustice
had been done one of their members
who was - suspended for swearing in
the Olympia game on Saturday. The
players finally decided the school
anthorltieH were in the right.
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