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- ; r ? .- . ' i - . 1 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 1. 1922 r Here, T Trv ibveryweere OCAL CARS TUNING UP FDR SQUIRE EDGEGATE- W. AMdicd Before the Battle BY LOUS RICHARD faere and : ' ' s I 7 I . i ' . . 1 ,:. 1 SATURDAY JAS $QUit tT j-ro you auv to I , i , HS "5.1 J good rowurn vtjJ Mi$yZl7H,s CL 1 I When Lee Eyerly took the Lar cc special out on 4b9 track this spring and began' to speed op. be ound tbat it didn't balance just igbt. It was a bit too hear be lindV so that when he tried to take he tarns at 74 miles an hour It ikidded. , ?, . ' '' t . The heaviest part, which was he rear end,. skidded the most, so that In reality he had to pall ;he wheel as tot a right hand turn while actually driTing the sharp eft-hand turn ot the race course, nee- the car slid out through the laace, .fortunately with no damage-. ;- - ---i. . . ii i Battery Is Shifted. ; Drirlng back to the garage, Ey erly took out the battery that had been slung under the car near the rear end. -and mounted It three feet farther forward, up under the hood. , With the weight that much higher, and on the right or turn ing side, the tendency Is to throw the , weight ; to the right wheels and coax the car to capsize which indeed it-might do at a great enough speed. . But by throwing the weight on two wheels instead of distributing it skiddingly on four, it makes the car far safer both for the driver and for the other contestant a. The skid is the worst thing that can happen in a race. ..;.' , ',4 . " Other Corrections Made, v The other part of the skidding danger, the whip-cracker centri fugal effect of the heary rear end that would not be controlled, has born corrected by the shifting of the weight forward, enough to give the car fire or six miles more speed than had been safe on the Lcs Angeles Racer $30,000 Richer as Result of In- vdianapolis Victory Vvt INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., May 31. Jimmy Murphy of Los Angeles. L'al., is approximately (30,000 richer tonight, as a result of win ning the -tenth annual 600-mile international sweepstakes . auto mobile race at the Indianapolis laotor speedway yesterday, v lie was presented with checks for his winnings at a drivers' ban quet tonight. New World ' Record Made Murphy set a new world's rec ord for 500 miles, his average be ing; better than 94 miles an hour. Twenty thousand f dollars of his winnings was for first place and the remainder lap . money 1 and presents from accessory compa nies. - ' T-'- ' '; : ' A second check of the records showed that three 'others besides Murphy held the1 lead at various timer In ' yesterday's' long run. LeonDuray took the lead at the "Sta lap "when Murphy drew Into the pits. , He was oustod, however by -Harry Harts on the next lap. Harti'held the lead until the 84 lap when. Peter de Paolo took It for. several turns around the course. , .- -, . -.- , Murihy Again in Lead Harts spurted to thefront again Intho 87th lap and held it until the, 121st; Murphy, driving at a --pacer better than 100 .miles an hour forged ahead at this point and was not headed again. Besides winning the second speedway prise of $10,000, Harts tonight was awarded $1,75 of the lap-money. De Paolo won $100 In prists money and' Du ray $50. There was no money awarded for romeof the laps. ; , X ' ' hi GIANDERS Philadelphia Wins from Nei York, Three Times Out ' :. v of Five Times - riTlLADELPHIA, May 31. (National)- Lee .Meadows held New York to seven scattered bits today and Philadelphia achieved its third victory out of the tive t ame series. , Tho timely hitting of Ilenllnc. " lams and Lee wa6 a feature. Score; '.'v V R., 11. rE re w, York ... ... . . ..1 7 I i'h'ladelphia .. ......3 U l- Ryan and Sfiyder; Meadows and Ilfntine. . ; Ilrooklyn 4, IUstoa 1 , 1IOOKLYN, May 31. (Na -1) Brooklyn bunched two ' s and a Blngle for two runs " fTth irr.ir-; sni two Eln 31G.CHECKS M1IS turns. .The test Tuesday after noon Showed that the car U In prime condition for the races Sat urday, and whoever beats the trim little home-made .racer is going to travel faster than he ever trav eled on a plain dirt track. Midget On Track. , The Midget that Eyerly .built and raced last fall with notable success, and that he recently sold to his mechanician, 3. H. Ithoades, has been but on the track this week, tuning up for the Friday races. It will weigh about 960 pounds, with the special Rajo rac ing head to Its original Ford mo tor. Some of the cars that are entered will weigh 2500 pounds or more. The big 480-cublc inch Mercer will be perhaps even heav ier than - that. There are class races, based on piston displace-1 1 mem, out in tne open events all stand on an even basls-'take it or leave it," is the open free-for- all motto. .' -To Meet Big Fellows. The "Durty Special" will prob: ably be entered against the bie . . ..if fellows. It Is making speed that gives ( it an even chance! against the most powerful of them, for this class of a dirt track. While it might not hare the straight away crvAffrl nf .tha Ktv ot t- - I regular iHeawjr , wun neaviiy banked turns, all these light, low. quickly-accelerating cars can make the turns -at a speed that elves them a splendid chance to- win tnr mnro. ihm .v- , , I u i" te la in the turns and not In the straight-1 ! I . - I The races nromise to ecHnaol a. . . " r I aoyining neretofore shown on any western dirt track. gles with a pass and an error for two more In the seventh oil ger today, b iton ana winning the odd game of the five game series. Grimes pitched h s best game of the season. " Score: R. H. Hi. Boston ...... V. iT.i .1 6 l Brooklyn ...... .....4 7 2 Oeschger and O'Neill; GrlmeB and Miller. PhUburKh 11, dndnnaitt 2 PITTSBURGH, May 31 '.i Na tional) Pittsburgh moved within game and a half of first place fry taking today's game from Cine n- natl while the New York Giants lost. The Pirates took three o the four games from the Reds, i Score: -s. . i ; It. li. t:. Cincinnati 2 i' Pittsburgh ... . . .... 1 1 1 4 1 Couch, Schnell and Hargravc, Lutx; Hamilton ind Gooch, Ton- nard; - v CHICAGO, May 3 1 ( National) St. Louis-Chicago postponed, rain. 'i BIB JiniPE GIVEN RELEASE Highest Priced Ball Player toar hlta tne f,nst mning. scor in Pacific Coast League TJTZSiSL ' Is Turned Loose PORTLAND. May 31 Jim Thorpe was unconditionally re- leased tonight ' br - the Portland baseball club. "Thorpe was pur chased from the Toledo club last winter Tor $5000 cash. He was released. to geT the Portland club Ithln the 20 player limit that becomes effective tomorrow. Required to ' choose ' between Thorpe or a promising youngster. the Portland management decided for Gressett and Ike Wolfer, ntflAIlAr , wlth . fi.lnra .. So Jm received his release.- Thorpe was handicapped at the shoulder. He could hardly throw to tbe diamond and runners On top ot that he lost his batting Thorpe was the highest priced ball player in the Pacific Coast teague. ; His contract ' with Port land called for approximately $1000. a month, i ) til" 111 V UreUOn VYOman VlinS naCC in BOstOn Track Meet Be sure and tell them. I am from OreEon" was the first re - mark of Mrs. Vivtan I sham WU - kins, formerly a member of the class of 1922, of Willamette unl - versitr. after she . had won the fiftv Yard dash in an inf ercollez - (ate woman's track meet on. the Boston Tech. field. Mrs. Wll - kins' home b in Grants Pass. Ore.. and she la now a student of Bos ton university, which she repre sented in the track meet. : Her picture was printed In the leading Boston papers,' along with the' sil- ver tmedal that she won in the meet Mrs. Wllklns' brother, Har- old Isham, is one ot Willamette's most .promising freshmen athletes. ton co, ' j " LEAGUE STANDINGS racinc coast leagub vsnn - 3121' f 32 ft s Krnewe Mt 27 PortUad 27 26 SSA",: ri:" IS ai su lke . 2 30 Prt .596 .552 .526 .509 .475 .464 .464 .439 8crmDto .... 25 32 NATIONAL LEAQUE W. I.. Prt. .634 .6CM .535 .523 .513 .478 .366 .359 New York Pittsburg . St. tni Brooklyn , 2 15 2i 1 23 20 23 21 20 19 22 24 15 2H 14 25 Chicago Philadelphia . Boatoa ; AJCBEICAH LXAOXTE W. I.. York ... .. 98 17 Loai . . 25 18 Pet. .622 .581 .511 .480 .487 .476 .452 .415 St. ClereUnd . 23 "23 w..hintn 23 84 P"oipw - 20 IW-troit 2) 22 fhiran . ... IO 93 Boton .... 17 2 ,r I, FOR 22 SAFES Portland Massacres Shea's Underhand Ball; Sheehan Also Takes Mound PORTLANP, May 21. Port land massacred Shea's underhand ball for 10 runs and 15 hits in five innings today and Colonel Pick In desperation let Shehan, his left fielder, finish the game. Portland ' won easily, 12 16 7. Four of Sacramento's seven runs came in the ninth when Leverenx eased up and McCann made a two-run error on a cinch chance. V Scored- R. H. B. Sacramento ..... .... 717 1 Portland ..... ......12 22 2 Shea, Sheehan and Stanage; Leverenx and Kllhullen. Salt Lake 2; Seattle O SEATTLE, May 31. Myers, a late arrival In. the ranks of the Dees, took the mound for Salt Lake today and burled a three hit game that effectively shut Se attle out of the scoring column. The score was 2 to 0. Salt Lake touched the veteran Greer for well scattered. ' ; Score . R. II. Ei Salt Lake 2 11 1 Seattle ... ........ 0 3 1 - Myers and Byler; Gregg and J I Adams. Angels 8; Vtrnoa 2 LOS ANGELES. May 31. Los Angeles won the third game of the series from Vernon here today, 8 to 2. Vernon took a one-run lead in the fourth inning but the ! Angels came back in their half and won the game with three tal- i . , . . I lour S'ngies ion au error Houck. who relieved Dell in the -unms. w iuu lur wur 8,de tcorer- JC " Los ' AneIe - " 1 ueii, houck ana rtannau; vrau- dall and Baldwin. -Frisco 13; Oakland 5 SAN .FRANCISCO. May 31. The Seals bad a field day at the nr Vi A ilmtrm tnAav 19 In I AICUCV VI V U wfcD wsMimj , w - 5. The game was won in the sec ond when Geary, who had been touched for three runs mat same I frame, drove a home run through 1 the screen over the, right Held ltence and scored two men ahead of himself Kellr singled ana 1 stole and rcored on O'Connell's I single. 1 Score R. H.-E. I Oakland . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 11 1 San Francisco . .... i . . 17 Kremer, Jones and Koehlcr; Geary and Agnew. . WESTERN ASSOCIATION At .Denver 6; Omaha 0. Called , end of. 4 innings. At Des Moines 10; Sioux City 3 At St. Joseph 5; Wichita 8. At Tulsa 2; Oklahoma City 3. I I AVERS CLOU II. I BING MILLER MAY PASS KEN WILLIAMS AS HOMERUN MAN l-.tl.ll ,., m ;j Z) j i V:: I h i ' " A I U I it . ' v - s f I ' . - " S ,f ' - - ' h It W 4 - i 1 t ' r 4 h v I 4 H h j ," - , f 111 ii h ' - , I n If - l jVn 1 U - I i f - f t I! 1 ' - -v ( L P J fMHSHSMHSMSMHMIMSkWP ..:---:o:-:-v. ..-..:-.v.-.-.-. .-.jv.-.svs-. .v.w.v.v.i6v-v,v'',',','V",''W tyA-'eil UT)ING" MILLER of the JJ liorizon as a contender accumulated ten home runs, only two less than has Ken Wil Hams of St. Louis. These two player3" are leading Babe Ruth a merry chase. Miller's hitting has been quite an asset to the Athletics, who are still in A S11S TAKE , THEN LOSE Washington and Boston Di vide Double-Header; Chi cago and St, Louis Win BOSTON, May 31 (American) Washington lost the first game of ts double header today with Bos ton, but won the second. Six un earned runs were made off John son in the second innlns of the (irst game. Rice. Bluege and S. Harris erring. Singles by Pinch Hitter Milan and S. Harris. Rice's triple and Judge's double after a oass to Gbarrity, gave Washing ton four runs in the ninth inning of the second game. Score: . R. II. E. Washington 4 10 4 Boston 6 6 2 Johnson and Picinich; Fuller on. Russell and Ruel. Score: R. II. E. Washington 7 11 2 Boston 4 10 2 Mogridge and Gharrity; Fergu son and Walters, Ruel. Chicago ; Clevrlanrt 4 CLEVELAND. May 31. (Am riean) Chicago' made It three out of four from Cleveland by winning today. Lindsey, recruit, developed a wild streak in the sUth and Chicago scored five runs with the aid of only one hit. Falk. Chicago left fielder hit two home' runs and missed another by only a few feet. Score: " ' P. w. F. Chicago ........ ....... 8 10 I Cleveland .............. 4 9 '0 - Robertson and Schalk; Liad sey, Bag by and O'Neill. i St; Louis 7;' Detroit 3 ST. LOUIS. May 131. -(America nVr The 'final came or the "-- les went tothe Browns here this afternoon. Detroit ' losing- atteH Dauss had been driven from the mound by timely hitting.' When the Tigers threatened In the ninth Pruett replaced Van Gilder. Shor- I Athletics now looms up on the for home run honors. He has the first division. ten took Tobin's place in the field ing and batting position, the lat ter having been suspended indefi nitely due to arguments in the second Memorial day game. Score: R. H. E Detroit 5 13 St.Louis 7 10 ; Danss, Johnson and Bassler Woodall; Van Gilder, Pruett and Severeid. Loggers Are Defeated 3 to 1 by Y.M.C.A. Team Spanlding's Loggers have come close enough to victory, twice that they still look like hard-to-beaters to any of the Twilight league teams. They lield the Y team down to a 3 to 1 score la.H night in one of tbe liveliest games of the season. Russell Bonesteele of the Y team , slammed out a Texa3 leaguer for a homerun in the very first inning and brought in another run ahead of him. That was the one splotch on an other wise perfectly even game. Dr. Harrick, the Y second baseman starred In difficult, catches, tak ing in some hot liners and bad throws. Hooper, for the Loggers pitched a good game, and Bozell caught In fine strle. The Loggers, how ever, were generally a bit weak at bat. John Humphreys, who last year played with tbe Y team. Is this year with the Salem Senators, and so is not eligible. But he is manager of the Y team, and he is. fast licking them into good shape. Richmond School Holds . . Indoor Championship - Richmond school holds the Sa lern Indoor baseball championship for this season as a result of the school's defeat of the fast High land team at the Washington school 'grounds last night. -J The game was fast throughout, the score standing at 23-23 at the end of the ninth Inning. s The tie persisted until the 12th Inning when Richmond broke the dead lock, closing the game with a score of 25-23. CAPTAIN CUTTLE CSPTURFS Purse of $100,000 Falls to Woolavington in His toric Sport Event EUSOM DOWNS. England, May 31. (By The Associated Press) England's great blue rib bon classic, the Derby, and a stake estimated at $100,000, fell to Captain Cuttle, the 3-year-old colt of Lord Woolavington (for merly Sir James Buchanan) to day. The winner was piloted by the veteran English jockey, Steve Donoghue, who wrested the rich prize for the fourth time from a field of 30 of the finest thorough breds in training. Although the odds were 10 to 1 against Captain Cuttle he galloped home eight lengths ahead of the favorites. Pondoland and St.. Louis, covering the distance in 2 minutes, 34 3-5 seconds, which, while faster than the Derby has been run in the last three years, falls a little short of the record. Viscoount Astor's Tamar fin ished second, and ,B. .Walker's Craigangower, third. Sol - Joel's Pondoland, which had ruled, fav orite for some weeks, made a poor Bhowing. A tumult of distress arose from the stands when it was seen that he was not even in the money. It was the 139th annual run ning of England's historic race. MAX OSER CHARGED AS HAVING DESIGNS (Continued from page 1) own to adequately maintain and support" Mathilde if he married her. Attorney Cassell announced the petition for Injunction as "an un successful and unheard-of pro ceeding." He argued that Mrs. McCormick admitted her former husband was a fit and proper per. son to act as guardian, yet de epened to consent without giving r-ufficient reason. He declared that without proper evidence ot unfitness there was nothing for the court to do but grant the re quest for appointment of Mr. Mc Cormick. Circumstances Held Regular The question of marriage and similar personal relations Is not KNOCK OUT I x - k Iff XOrr-N - 9s Aj : lf Y -'O. r Kr -r,h, ill 1 - t - - - ' ?.'. iff :' : ' v-' . v Vh V I" ' -K ffr r til: it' I i " - "t It' ISgfcirmH - . mW , p,KMAKKABLE photograph taken during the Carpentier-Ted (Kid) Lewis bout irt Lon don just as the English champion hit the canvas from a well .directed right it'o the point of the jaw. The picture shows Carpentier standing over his fallen opponent after delivering the knockout blow. Lewis's feet are still in the air and the French champion is regaining his eunibrium. - i in the same category w th educa tion or other more legal matters, declared Mr. Cassell. "This court ought not to Interfere with the guardian except under Very grave circumstances. - "These are grave circumstanc es." Interrupted Attorney. CuIUng. "This girl will lose her American citizensh' p. This girl la also the. heir to millions unz mat is tjeii1 ed to Influence Oser." Mr. Cassel interjected a remark that it was "the first time he knew of that poverty was made an objection in a case like this.'' "Here ''n America, he added, "we believe tt is a commendable thing for a wealthy woman to marry a poor man. . Citizenship and poverty surely are no. objec tions. Judge. Hm Objections "Only the gravest clrcumstan: eg should be a reason for grant ing this motion." Judge Horner stated that ho "agreed unalterably" to that btatement and added that unless such grave circumstances .did arise, he would take na 'act on. . He then stated that Hhe peti tion should not have been pre sented In, the reply of Mrs. Cor mick to Mathllde's original appli cation, but should be made in a separate motion which he set to be heard June 3, meanwhile di recting that the letters of guar- d'anship be issued to Mr, McCor- mick. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION At Columbus 3; Toledo 13. At Indianapolis 3; Louisville 4. At Minneapolis 7; St. Paul 1. At Kansas City 6; Milwaukee 0. YOUNG PUGS BARKED NEW YORK.May 31. The New York State Athletic commis sion announced tonight that.lt bad . adopted a rule prohibiting pugilists - under 20 years ot age from participating in a contest of more than six rounds. Johnny Meyers Coming for Match With Thye CHICAGO. May 31. Johnny Meyers of Chicago, claimant ot the world's mMdleweight wrest ling championship, left' tonight for the Pacific coast to engage in a halt dozen matches with con tenders disputing his claim to tbe title He will meet Ted Thye at Port land June 15 and also wrestles in Portland June 7. H's opponent however, has hot been selected. OF LEWIS BY - . .V . IV... Wi VFi. - f'T.'il TO JURE IE TO 30 Everything the Youngster s Likes Found at Site on Salmon River V -.. iC.I't t". "x ' i j) ,j I Announcements are out for the 1 annual boys camp tor the Pilem Y: M. C. A.; which lsMt for June 16 to June 30 on Salmon river, about two miles Iron the-caosL The camp Is near Otis, in Lin coln county, ana is said to be one of the most delightful locations anywhere In Oregon, with fresh and salt water for bathing, spring . water for domestic use, shade, fyiel, innshlne, sandy leach 'n ef enthlng. ' ', A. E. Yount, Interstate boys . secretary for the Y; M. C. A., Is ' to be In general charge though he will have able assistants in Edwin Socolofsky, of the Marlon county Y, and R. R. Boardman of the halem Y, They, will have other competent group leaders, . to assure proper supervision and control, and the two weeks ought to be one of the finest vacations a boy ever took. The camp opens Immediately; after the. close of the local schools for the summer, so the' boys caa go at once to their vacation and have it ever, ready to settle down to a job for the rest of the1, summer. . Thls camp Is for the boys large enough - to )help care for them selves and not iuite a Junior lad -arfair, though ' quite small boys may be-, accepted If they are of the rlghtu.sort tofit into the games and tjbe camp activities. Lewis Retains Title In Bout jWith Grandovich MUSKOGEJ3, Okla., May 3 1. Ed "Strangler." Lewis retained his wrestling ehanp'-Onshlp title here tonight by throwing John Grando vtch in straight falls. Both were the result of tne application of the headlock, thef first coming In 41 minutes the second In one minute. - GETS DECISION P0CATELL6. Jdaho. May 31. Spug Myers otPocatello, "was K en a decision over Abie Mlshklnd or Salt Lake City Tier e tonight at the end of therV scheduled . 12- round bout. . The men are jun'or lightweights.. CARPENflER l. S MP i a ; 4 ! 4 ', J ; t I i i 1,