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Eve nere. ji mere LEONARD HAS MORE mm THAN HAMMER - CAN WELL HANDLE SUUiKt, KPGfcliA i E I txU Xrokc According to the Wite It LOCK RICHARD n 0 ( Bit" " w" ft -I WA TUT ME CISCO To IT EEa TA'towf Oi- O jINMES 6Dt )NO HE. fiBOUT Ht$ "Ptt OHit C ntr4 i-t Set" tnj. about iri o uc to . f and rywfaefcer ,v I x r i ii '1 n M n . 1 RINGSIDE, MICHIGAN CITY, Ind Aug. 5 (By The ; Associated Press)-i-Benny Leonard, world's lightweight champion, successfully defended his titte in Floyd Fitzsim !J mons' arena here this afternoon in 10 slow rounds with Ever Hammer of Chicago. Leonard, with his damaged right eye protected by ad- hesive tape, boxed cautiously until the last three rounds, .'1 when he cut loose with a series of punches that left the chal lenger bewildered. . ' -Every round but 'two was Leonard's by a comfortable j margin, while the best Hamnter could claim was an even '"break in the first and fourth. H - Leonard elected to box at long u range to protect the gash over $ his right eye as much as possible. " : Whenever . Hammer - rushed In close. Leonard set ' him on his heels with solid right hand punch es to the chin, mingling these punches with sharp left hooks. Dunn , 1m Courageous : ; ; Hammer fought; courageously, j continually' trying to land wtth his left, but Leonard carried too many guns. , wnen wonara was shaken up- a few times with hooks to the chin, he settled down and proved that he was' champion. After it was all ' over, Hammer said: ::,:: .j - ":: ' v ; "Leonard Is the toughest man I ever fought or want to fight. My. how he can punch!" .Leonard simply said: "M "ITe'i a good tough kid." : ! ' ' Bowl Has Empty Seats . Floyd : Fitxsimmons big blue bowl was less than half full when just as the last rays of the setting , sun fell across the ' canvas Ham mer, climbed through the". ropes. UNION SUITS 95c . - . - Desirable Unionsuits In , Seat Tux athletic and a knit garment 'made ; on' a Cooper spring needle mach ine. Sizes 3 to 46 . , Clothing Co. 247' N. Commercial Aaron AsliU, Prop. For V '' j L '" j ' ''!' en and Young SVien ; T5 , : '. . ' ' - -- , i . ..:. ; . . t Also Ties, Sox, Underwear , Shirts, Cloth Hats, Caps At VERY REASONABLE PRICES Ed -hasSaiti Upstairs Men's Store 122 N. Ccm'l SL Open Till 9 P. M. Saturdays followed a minute iater by the champion. The gate receipts were estimated at 128,000 and the at tendance about 7,000. Leonard displayed an abiding respect for . Hammer's left from the starts The challenger put over two light lefts to the body, and they clinched in the first, ten seconds. Leonard felt out his riv al with a cautious feint or two and was plainly anxious to keep his damaged optic turned away from the blonde Dane's left hooks. ' Optic Under Attack Hammer touched .Leonard'! right optic in the fourth and drew a faint trace of blood. ; The cham pion came back "in the fifth and forced the4 challenger to the ropes with a right to the chin. He blocked Hammer's left and plant ed another right to the head. The sixth started with Hammer renewing the';attack on , Benny's eye, and he finally succeeded In knocking off the patch, re-opening the wound the champion received In the fight with Lew Tendler 10 days ago at Jersey City. Rest All Leonard's The rest was Leonard's all the way. The champion's footwork was fast and the boxing clever, but Hammer's hopes of putting the champion away had gone glim mering, though he did set the pace for a moment in the seventh. Hound one- Hammer put two light lefts to the body and clinch. ed. Leonard planted left hook to the stomach. ' ' Hammer missed left liook 'and Leonard landed left i'ghtly to face. Leonard yas boxing cautiously trying to pro teeM'is eye.- Leonard complained that Hammer hit bJra low while in a clinch.; Leonard hooked left tq stomachj Hammer tried a left for stomach but Leonard danced away. Hammer missed right and clinched--,. Leonard put right and left to the body at the bell.. Round two They landed lefts to face and Leonard whipped over a hard' right to the chin. Leon ard stuck a left in Hammer'syface and shot a right to the jaw. Ham mer's left was short and Leonard drove him Into the ropes - with rights end lefts to the body. Ham racr was having difficulty In reaching Leonard, 'who contlnu ally danced out of danger. Leon' ard landed three lefts to the chin without a return. Leonard book od twice to the face, as the round ended. . Ieonard Has lUg liead Round three Hammer crowd- s f LEAGUE STANDINGS I TACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. San Francisco 78 47 .624 Vernon 72 51 .585 Los Angeles 68 58 .540 Salt Lake 61 62 .496 Oakland 61 64 .488 Seattle . . 55 69 .443 Portland 52 72 .419 Sacramento 50 74 .403 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. New York 61 40 .604 St. Louis 62 42 .596 Chicago . 54 48 .529 Pittsburg 52 47 .525 Cincinnati . . 54 51 .514 Brooklyn 50 50 .500 Philadelphia 36 59 .379 Boston . . : 33 65 .337 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. St. Louis . 61 42 .592 New York 61 44 .581 Detroit 57 48 .543 Chicago 53 50 .515 Cleveland .... 53 54 .495 Washington 49 51 .490 Philadelphia ... 40 60 .400 Boston 40 63 .388 ed Leonard close and hooked to the body. Leonard boxed at long ranker and h?d the better of the exchanges. He landed two rights to the, chin as Hammer came tear ing in. Hammer stuck a left in Leonard's nose and hooked the champion solidly to the chin. Leonard, blocked Hammer's leads and ducked u left hook. The champ!on shook Haraer up witn a r'gbt to the chin and received two rights to the body in return. Leonard hookei right and left to the head. Hammer was short with left and they clinched. . Round 4.: Hammr walked in close and pounded Leonard's body. Hammer , tried two lefts to the head as ther clinched. Leonard mapped over a right and landed two upper cuts as they came into a clinch. Hammer hooked left lightly to the head and Leonard landed right to the body. The titleholder hooked two side lefts to the chin and danced away from a right. Hammer hooked a left to the stomach and shook Benny op with, a left to the chin at the bell. ' Fifth Leonard's Round. Round 5. Leonard hooked left to the "body. .He repeated It with a left to the nose. Hammer land ed two lefts to the head as they Clinched! Leonard snapped a right over to the chin, forcing Hammer to back away. Leonard shipped 'over rlgjit to the chin, forcing Hammer back. Benny blocked Hammer's left and planted an other right to the head. , Round 6. They missed lefts. Leonard landed right to the chin. Hammer missed a left hook to the head. 'Hammer knocked off the plaster over Leonard's right eye with a rasping left hook. Hammer missed a left and Leonard rushed him to the ropes, landing half a dozen punches without a return. Leonard hooked left to the body and - they clinched. Hammer hooked light left to the head and brought up two more light lefts at close quarters. Leonard was' short with right and left at the bell. Hammer Is Purameled. Round 7. They feinted for an opening and clinched. Hammer smacked left to the body and "re- - K ' "I ' I 1 I i 1 I I :gBSaBS r I I I ' I I. ail' I l I a i I I n I n ll n " I I ' H in cetved a left jolt to the chin in return. Leonard hooked three rights and lefts to the head- He repeated with right an dleft to the chin. As Hammer came tearing in, Leonard hooked him with a right to the body. Leonard backed Hammer around the ring hooking solidly to the body. Leon ard danced away from left hooks and clinched. Leonard hit the Chicago lad twice with rights at the bell. Round 8. Hammer tried to land with his left but Leonard blocked. Leonard planted two rights on Hammer's chin and then shot over a left to the same place. Leonard uppercut Hammer to the chin and alio two lefts to the head. Hammer kept boring in, trying to connect with body punches. Leonard landed two rights to the head and they went to a clinch. The champion hook ed a right to the chin. Leonard landed three to the head without a return and smiled at the fans. Champion Feels Rope Round 9. Benny jabbed left to the head and landed a right smash to the chin. The cham pion ducked a left hook but re ceived a right on the chin as he danced away. Hammer landed two left hooks to the head, but Leonard made him back away with a riirht to the head. The cl-ampion brought a right and left to the body as they ctinched.- Hammer rushed the champion in to the ropes, but did not land. Benny planted a right and left to the head as Hammer came in close. Round 10. Leonard blocked left hook and backed away from Hammer's rushes Hammer was apparently unable to connect with his left. Leonard sent a right to the chin and pushed Ham mer into the ropes, but failed to follow it up. Benny blocked an other left and landed right to the chin. Hammer's left to the head was wide and the champion put two rights to the head. Leonard snapped over a right to the head and clubbed hammer around the head at the bell. Salem Visitor Knows film "I'm glad to hear oi Leonard's showing." If the pleased opinion of L. Meltsner of New York City, who called Saturday night at The Statesman office to learn of the verdict. "'Benny is as fine a lad as ever went into the ring." continued the New Yorker. "He doesn t go Tbe pace of most of the boxers; be Is a gentleman, and a good friend and a capable business man, be sides being as fine a son and brother as anybody's mother or sisters ever had. You notice in the news reports that they're with him wherever he goes. He's nev- r ad but one manager Billy Jibson. He isn't the kind to Itiariel and outrage the friends vho have been with him when ht wasn't so prosperous. Gibson Picks Winner "Gibson saw him in a little preliminary fight, a 'dub' affair, in New York. He picked him. as winner, and took him under hit are. He has managed his af airs weil and Leonard has been honest with him. They get long famously so differently from most of the rowdy boxers and n angers. "Leonard has his gymnasium where he does all his city train ing and exercising, over my jrother's stoie in New York City ind we know him as one of the inest lad3 anywhere. I'm glad o see him win." AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Minneapolis 10-9; Columbu3 5 3. St. Paul 1; Toledo 10. Milwaukee 4-1; Indianapolis 7 Kan-as C'ty 6; Louisville 1. WESTERN' LEAGV'E Tt Tnlsa 6; Omaha 1. At SL Joe 3; Denver 2. At Wichita 8; Sioux City 10. At Oklahoma Cit 5; Des Moines 4. TV That young Englshman who "i?ed to marry th daughter of Senator Culberson bas no doubt "red his regards to his proposed fatber-in-law, expressing .sympa thy,, over his defeat for another terra by the Democrats of Texas. That would certainly be rnbbin Ufa. GARDEAU DUE H ii,"y Gardt-an cf Bo. if. Ida will a've in i--'e eith'.M- tonigM uk prro.w i :. iJng, . wind up trniT;' i for b s H-rour 1 UatUt with "nubs' u.key cl Mon mouth, at th .-.i r.iory nrc Friday night :-i Comi-.;iy Fs tit': l s Ing p'now of the season. Gardeau has been working out at the O ympie club in Portland for the past week or ten days, and is in excellent condition for the bout. The balance of his tra niug period will probably be devoted largely to road work and light workouts in order to keep in top shape without feoing stale. Mulkey Hard at Work Mulkey has been working hard to get down to weight and inti condition for this bout as he real izes that much depends upon the outcome. If he can dec'sively de feat a boy of Gardeau's calibre he will be taking a long step upward, for in Billy he will be meet;ng a boy who has had a lot of exper ience in the ring, and who has met the best boxers in the west at his weight. Gardeau is crafty scrapper with a long left arm and a wicked right cross and is a dangerous opponent at any stage of the game. "Dubs" Willing Mixer t In his previous matches Mulkey has led the fighting and cah very likely be depended upon to do so againi He is fully as hard a hit ter as Gardeau and his boxing has Improved remarkably s'nee his last appearance in Salem. He is a will ing' mixer and can take 'em. In bo-U ot this nature, where both boys car-y a knockout punch, the outcome is never certain, till the last -round is over, and it would not be riirprislng if the event d d not go 10 rounds. Anderson Comes Wednesday Jimmy Anderson of Tillamook will be jln town by Wednesday, ready for his six-round go with Phil Bayes. This promises to be a hummer of a tangle, as- neither of these1 boys, has pe beaten. Andersoji will ve gh in at around 124 pounds while Phil will come in it close to the featherweight limit Bill Hi unt an Ed Boatright will a return match, in the meet in four round special event. Both boys report themselves to be in excellent condition and ready for the bell. Johnny Carrel of Grants Pass and But Elliott will provide the fourth event of four rounds. Fox Midget a To Appear The Fox Midgets of Indepen dence will box the curtain ra'ser exhibition, an amateur no decision FIRST PHOTO OF mm V: -i DUBSMULKEYQF MONMOUTH 5 Jiv, 'Z: S iiSSSv;:;i f-- , - The picture shows Mile. Suzanne Lenglen (in tbreground) pitted championship match at Wimbledon on July 8. whici the French girl Un If .Haw m piiu.1 Amw..m.A ... ERE TO BOX affair. These two youngsters have appeared in Salem belore and always attract much favor able irterest and comment. The show will start at 8 o'clock and tickets will be on sale tomorrow morning at Smith's Ci gar store and the Terminal Bil liard parlor. The prices will be 75c, $1.50 and $1.75 for ringside. SEALS LOSERS TO SUCH Buddy Ryan, Outfielder for Senators Makes Both Runs for His Club SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 5. Sacramento won its first game of the series with the Seals today, 2 to 1. Buddy Ryan, outfielder for the Senators scored both runs and reached the home, plate each time on sacrifice flies hit by Red Murphy. The Seals' lone tally was the result of a single by R. Miller, pinch hitter and a double by Kamm. R. H. K. Sacramento - 8 1 San Francisco 1 10 2 Fittery and Stanage; Geary, Coumbo and Yelle. Angels 2, Salt Lake f. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 5. Mc Auley's triple in the ninth inning saved Los Angeles from defeat at the hands of Salt Lake today and made it possible for the Angels to take the fifth game of the series. 2 to 1. Deal's double, scoring McCabe after the latter had walked to first and advanced to second oh an out, was the wallop that terminates the game and fin ished the Bees in the eleventh. R. h: E. Salt Lake 1 10 2 Los Angeles 2 6 1 Kallio, Myers and Jenkins; Thomas, Wallace and Daley. Portland 10, Oakland 5. PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 6. Managers Al. Demaree pitched the Beavers to an easy win over Oak land today 10 to 5. The Beavers opened with a three run lead oft Jones in the first inning and after the third were never less than MOLLA AND SUZANNE AT WIMBLEDON, .:V .. - four runs ahead. Poole. High and Schulte hit home runs. R. II. "E. Oakland 5 13 1 Portland J 10 16 1 Jones. Elr and Koehler; Do maree and Elliott. Vernon 5-., Seattle 2-6. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 5. The Indians won their first game of the series by taking the sec ond contest. 6 to 5, after being batted out of the box In the first game. Jacobs won his own game in the second session when he tripled and was scored on a sacri fice fly in the ninth Inning. Vernon won the first game 5 to 2 through the heavy hitting of Bodie and Hyatt; First Game R. H. E. Vernon i 5 13 1 Seattle 2 1 1 1 Faeth. Gilder and Hannah; Ja cobs. Flnneran, Mack and Adams. Tobln. Second Game - R. If. E. Vernon ; 5 12 2 Seattle L 6 9 3 Doyle and Murphy; Schorr, Jacobs and Tobln. eiK IE! 'S TOP New York Nationals Defeat Chicago, St Louis Loses to Philadelphia NEW YORK. Aug. 5. (Nation al.) The New York Giants re gained the National league lead today, easily defeating ! Chicago, while St. Louis was losing to Philadelphia. The world's cham pions slugged four young Chicago pitchers for 27 hits, totaling 41 bases. New York hit safely in every Inning and scored in every inning with the exception of the e ghth. The game ended In a bur lesque, Giant runners purposely having themselves retired. Score R. H. E. Chicago 7 11 1 New York .... 1. . J9 27 1 Chee'ves. Stueland, Jones, Mor ris and O'Farrell, Hartnett; J. Barnes. Jonnard, V. Barnes and Smith, Snyder, Gaston. rbilwdelphU 9; St. Louis 1 PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 5. Philadelphia knocked the St Louis Cardinals into second place by beatin; them today. Hornsby broke the old National league home run record, et by Ed Wit liams of Chicago in 1884, by driving out his 28th home run of the season. Ring pitched well for against Mrs. Molla Mallory In the won with ease. I L mmJt m11 . m 1 m whm m 4m traffic COLUMN ran . CL Yankees Make Four Straight ?from Indians Shawkey ; Is Effective ; CLEVELAVfD. Au- "(Anwr, leant New York made it four straight by winning from the In- dlan todty. X The" Yanka scored threa juns In the first Inning nd three more n the Second, Shaw key held the locaU scoreless after the first Inning, holding them to. five hits. .: , Scote: '. - . " ' , R- E. New York . .V. .7-12 Cleveland ..; .V '.;-.! 6 I Shawkey aad Schang; Rag by. Morton. Kecfe and O'Neill. L. Sewall. ..'- St. Iionls 4t PhUadeipbi I v St. Louis, Acs. B. (Amer'can) The first triple play of the ien son in St. Lou's was executed by Philadelphia' today in the game which the Browns won by hitting in the pinches. Gerber end Tobln had walked in the f'rst Inning and Staler 1'hed out to Galloway, whoa) toss to Young; doubled Gerber. Young completing . the play with his -throw, to. Haupor, both runners, being forced. Col tins hit - his third home ran , in three days. George Slsler, who was out of the fame for a week with a spiked, knee.'returned to the Uneup1. . : Score: . ". R, If. E. Philadelph'a .' . . ; i 4 . . . ; I 8 ' II St. Louis ".4 : 8 Rettlg, Eckert. ,He'mach an4 Perhins; Kop and Collins. i Washington 0, Chicago 3 CHICAGO. Aug: 6. ( Amerl can) Washington made ' it four straight from Chicago today. Ray Francis held the locals to three scattered hits nnt'l the ninth when - he eased up and Chicago scored two runs on two singles, a dou ble and a sacrifice . fly. - Faber pitched a good game until the seventh when he blew up. ' Score: ' R. II. K. Washington .. .. .....- 8 O Chicago .. .. ..2 6 2 Fraccls and Pielnicb; Faber. Davenport, Hodge and Schalk.' Yaryan. . RoAtoa , Detroit 4 DETROIT. Xog. " 5. ( A merl can) -Boston defeated i Detro t today, breaking: the locals' win ning streak which had reached elsht games. The Red ; Sox knocked Oldham out of the box for the second time during the series. The Tigers drove Rollins to cover in the seventh, Score: R. H. K. Boston . . ' . . .... .. . - .SIS I Detroit . . . . .'. . . . . ..4 10 1 W. Collins. Karr and Wa'ters; Oldham, Ebtnke, Johnson. Moore and Wood hall. Rassler. Philadelphia, striking out seven men. ' ". Score r R. H. E. St. Louis . . . . ''. . .' 1 ; 3 Philadelphia . . .1 . ... 9 15 0 Pfeffer, North. m;th; 'McCurdy, "ine." ' . . . Duer and Aln Ring and Hen-S ; rUtsbnrgh 9; Ronton-3 J BOSTON,.,AUG. S.Plttsburgh "iad an easy. time defeating Bos 'xn today. Morrison held ' the Braves to five, hits, three of which were rcratchy, A m Id-diamond tltercation. between Boeckel and Marquard and the heavy hitting of the visitors were the hbgh points. Pittsburgh 9 16 1 Boston ....... ...... J 6 p Morrison and Jonnard; Mar quard, Oeschger and Ford. v Brooklyn llnrls)natl 0-3 ' BROOKLYN, Aug. 5. Brook lyn pitchers starred In the double header , that the . Dodgers took from the Cincinnati 1 Reds- today. Vance registered his 13th victory of the season when he 'scored a shut-out . in the first game;, while Caddie Cadore furnished a dram atic finish .to .a 10-lnnIag battle in the second game when he drove the first ball pitched by Donohue in the tenth Into the left field bleachprg. r BEATS EIU1 ' 1 9 I i r. i t t t I I 'I