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New York Yarikees Ready tb
Tange With Boston Red :
Sox at Yank Stadium '
: NEW -YORK. April 17- (By
the Associated Press. ) -With the
National league forces already iu
the front lines prepared to fight
It oat on1 that line all summer
the American, league's opening
barrage of base hits will be laid
down tomorrow. The spot light
Jrf the - Junior circuit will be di
rected toward the' shock troops
of the New York Yankees, victors
in two successive campaigns, who
will dedicate the Yankee stadium.
their great amphitheater fin the
Bronx, In the opening skirmish
with the Boston Red Sox.
-Washington - will pry off the
lid against the Athletics In Phila
delphia, while in the west Trls
Speaker's Cleveland Indians wilt
entertain, the Chicago White Sox
and ' the ' "Slslerless" 'St. Louta
Browns will be hosts to Ty Cobb's
Detroit Tigers. ,; i
Possibility of new record foi
baseball1 attendance feeing estab
lished .at the i Yankee stadium
Cvpening , was ; forecast late today
by announcement that the entire,
reserve seat capacity of j 20,000
had ' been sold. ,; At nooni tomorrow-
3 0,0 00; . additional grandstand
and 20,000, bleacher seats j will be
put en. public , sale at the . park,
with. Indications pointing to the
limit, of 70,000 being pouched!
The present attendance record
is 42,620. made at Boston Octo
ter'HTriSlfi. in a world's serie
game between I the -, .Boston Red
fox and Brooklyn. ; .-.. ;
' Detroit, more powerful on tut
c-ffctt&rre than, the champions bui
lacking as' reliable and well roun
ded t Jhurllng. corps, looms astht.
continder-in-chief for the Yank's
rennant Cobb has instilled into
"his men a i will-to-win which , will
be hard to .down, ."'.J t .. , ' '. '
' Tie' addition of two (costly third
basemen, both: from the. Pacific
coast, has, played a prominent
part4 tit I improving . the pennant
chances, of both Chicago and Phil
adelphia. Willie, ' Kamm. ,. from
ari ; Francisco,; glves every indi
ratidnVof i being; .worth all of tho
I1CO.0O0 ho cost the White Sox.
while Sammy .Hale, obtained by
Connie Mack' from Portland for
aroiftid f 45,000, promises to give
the "Athletics j the 1 best infield
since, the days f of the famous
tlCO.OGO quartette. St i Louis,
minus George Sisler.-; Its maln
springt in'v both' attack , and 1 de
fense does not1 figure to land at
ine top. . uieveiana nas strength
ened several positions with prom
ising . young talent and may be
the surprise of the race, but Bos
ton and Washington. In the hands
of new pilots, Frank Chance and
Don hs Bush, appear irretrievably
moored In the second division.
American Golfers Sail -i
For Matches in England
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NEW YORK, April 17. Seek
ing bew laurels and commission
ed with the defense of those al
ready, won. . nine : representatives
ott.tbe first flight of American
amateur, golfers sailed for Eng
land today on the Mauretania.
, Best, known of these were, Robert
A. Qardner ' of -Chicago,',. Francis
Oulmet.and S. Davidson Herron.
former American amateur cham
pion?, and Jess Sweetzer. the
present title bolder. - I
j Thfs quartet, George V. Rotan
of Houston. Texas: Dr. O. F. Wil
ling bf Portland. Or; Fred Wright
of Lbs Angeles; Max 1 Marston.
Philadelphia,: and Harrison R-
Johnson of St. Paul are members
of the Walker cup team which
will , defend the trophy won by
- Americans from British ' players
on the national links last year.
The jplay for the cup this year
will .be on the links at St. An
drew, Scotland, May 17 and 18.
Mational LeagueCrowd
IFor 1923 Shows Record
l ClIlCAGO. April 17A com
parison of attendance records Jn
the $ur cities where the national
league, opened its 1923 season to4
day and the 1922 attendance re
cords for the Opening day showed
a difference in the totals of less
than. one thousand, the edge be-
Chan g e ov
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EFFECTIVE APRIL 15. 1923
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NUes.8taUoas. 1AM. 3 13
DO Salem . . "7:15 '9:15
17 Jefferson . 7:50 : 9:50
,27 Albany Vi. 7: 00 8:20 10:20
38 Corvallis ,7:40- 9:00 1:00
55 ' M.onror . j .8:20 9:35 .11:35
64frJanctIan ..8:45 9:55 11:56
"78, '.Eugene' i : .9:151 10:30 12:20
banday bcbnhileMv. Albany 9:3U
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
ing in favor of the 1923, season j
With weather' conditions almost
identical with 1922 and 1923 un
official figures JoV tpday showed
a total attendance of 94.300 and
for 1922 of 93,400.) 'Official at
tendance figures for today's open
er follow: - - - I
At Chicago 33.000; 'at Cincin
nati 30.300; at Brooklyn 15,000;
at Boston 16.000; total 94.300.
f For 1922 the figures Twere: ft
New York 33,400;' atCincinnatl
27.000; at St. Louis "18,000; t
Philadelphia iS.000; total 93i
400. M ; j .. : : " ' .1
International League j
i Will Commence Joday
NEW YORK, April 17. (By
the Associated Press.- Ith ths
prospects of an unusually keen
pennant race due to a better bal
ancing of clubs than has existed
in several years the International
league will start blazing the, 1923
trail tomorrow. t
Opening festivities will be, stagf
ed in the southern wing of the
circuit. Syracuse playing at Bali
timdrc; Buffalo at Reading; To
ronto at New Jersey, and Roches
ter at Newark. ; , -
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TO BUTTLE SOON
Jess, Willard! Challenger Will
Risk Chances on Bout -'
Monday Night
Floyd Johnson, Iowa aspirant
for , heavyweight boxing laurels
will go through with his much
debated match; with Fed Fulton,
Minnesota plasterer next Monday
night at Jersey City, and risk,
on the result, his chances of meet
ing Jess Willard In the main bout
of the charity show at the Yan
kee stadium May. 12. .
This announcement was made
tonight) after j William Muldoon,
Chairman of the New York: State
Athletic I com mission, 1 withdrew
his order barring; Johnson from
boxing Fulton until t after; his
scheduled match with - Willard.;
TJnder the arrangement report
ed after a series t ot conferences
-during the day, Johnson will 'for
feit j to Fulton his. place oh the
Yankee stadium card in the event
he is defeated by th1a Minnesota
boxer. Thus, he will not only
risk his pugilistic ' future on the
bout, but also a p
uii.c u.t--'-- - l
ha was to have received Tf Or box
ing Willard.; j i ; . .
Sisler Sends Message of
c Resignation to Teammates
ST. liOtJIS, Ma.. AprlU7 (By
the Associated Press) While re
fusing to discuss his physical con
dition, George Sisleri first base
man of the St. Louis Brojns to
day issued a message of resigna
tion to his team mates:' He as
serted,' "I feel it will net make
snch great difl erenee." refer
ring to his absence from the
field. , ptei' -.:-!- .-
Although an' official statement
was lacking, it! Is .underood Sis-J
ivr U11UQ1 .CUl LUC OlilUS uc ALiiyu
last week to correct a -vision de
fect and Is doing as well as could
be expected. I ;
New WSC Coach to Teach
State Football Mentors
PULLMAN, Waeh.. April 13 1
Albert A. Exendine,' new coach
for the Washington Sta te coll ege
football team, will' teach ' r the1
coaching : classes, at the summet
session of the college. June 9 to
Jury 18. it has been announced
here !
The course Is Offered particu
larly for the benefit of high
school coaches of the state, and
Exendine will cbntlnue to give in
struction in the r Carlisle system
of play, yhich was instituted at
Washington ;! State by Coach
Lonestar" Diets In 1 9 1 5 1 a nd
continued by "Gus" Welch, who
succeeded him. ; i
Exendine is expected to arrive
here in May. and to :bpen spring
'football training for the Cougar
squad soon afterward.
Requested for his autograph,
Josh Billings once wrote: "
; "Thrice armed is he who -hath
his q u arret J ust.' ' Wm . y Shakes
pea re; V , ; ' : .
: And four times ' he who ' . gets
bis lick in fust Joah Billings.
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Chicago Loses Game
by
Narrow Margin All Seats
Sold Ahead of Time
CHICAGO, April 17. Between
33,000 and 34,000 persons the
largest crowd on record 'to wit
ness, an opening game in Chicago
packed the reconstructed jChicago
Nationals' ball park today 'and
saw Pittsburgh win the first game
of the season from Chicago 3. to
2.' The-park, enlarged to twicer
its: seating capacity during the
winter, was opened shortly after
nopn and by game time al seaM
had been so'd and the fans were
standing three a nd four deep
back of the top-' row of seats.
The game wa3 a good exhibi
tion, the visitors winning in the
fourth inning when Grimm un
corked a double to right with the
bases filled and two men out.
Three runs scored when Grimm
attempted to stretch his hit to a
triple and was retired, at third.
Aside from, this one inning the
Pirates had no other opportunity
to) score, so well did Osborne
pitch. Two passes in this inning
and a fumble by Kelleher, who
Played short fn the absence of
TjoHocher. who is confined at his
home in St. Louis with Influenza.
i i r- .a. . v.
- Score '. ; j". :t -R.i H. B.
Pittsburgh . . . ....... '3 3 2
?icago i .k: :2 8 1
Morrison and Schmidt; Os
borne, Kauffman and O'Farrell.
Giants Beat Braves
BOSTON. April 17.
McQuillan
pitched the world
vjjohii'iuu
Giants to a 4 to 1 victory over
the Braves in the opening game
today. He was hit safely only
four times and did not let ragged
support bother him. Groh's triple
and home : run, both off McNam
ara accounted for ; three New
York runs. Despite cold weather
there were 16,000 people prenent.
" 1?
R. H. E.
New York .... j : 4 8 4
Boston ...... 1 4 3
McQuillan and Snyder; ' Mc
Nainara. Marquard and O'Neill.
Brooklyn-Phillies. Tie
BROOKLYN. April lf-i-Brook-yn
and Philadelphia battled 14
innings te a tie at 5 all, to open
the season here today.' Reuther,
who-beat the Philadeiphiahs seven
straight-last season, went ! the en
tire 14 Innings. The visitors used
four pitchers..
Score ; R. H. E.
Philadelphia' 5- a 4
Brooklyn .... 5 13 4
Hubbell. Mitchell. Winters.
BeUs and Henline; Ruether and
De berry. - . -
KL Heat SU Louis
CINCINNATI April 17. The
Reds opened the National; league
beasor-. here today by winning a
well played 11 inning game frord
the St. Louis Cardinals. 3 to 2,
Oonohue was hit freely, but kept
them - scattered except1 in the
reventh and eighth rounds. The
Reds fielded without an' error.
The paid attendance of 1 30,3111
broke the opening day record for
Redland field. ! I
Score R. H. E.
St. Louis' . 2 13 j
Cincinnati .... ... . ... . . 3 "9 , 0
Pfeiffer. Se'ls and Ainsmith;
Ciejnons; Donohue and Wingo. '
SUCCESSOR OF
TUTTLE APPOINTED
t Continued from page 1)
when the cry Lwent up that the
world. was growing worse, lor that
young people were losing their
Ideals and moral standards! i
"Old people used to tell my sen
eratton when we were young tbur
bur day was' Inferior to theirs ahd
that we were ail wrong,' he would
bay with an amused chuckle. "But
the world's all right and bo are
i siv v n -w x x. v x . m ki, i x - m m m . vx.a . .
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CROWD SEES
PITTSBURGH
WIN
Here, There : and Every weef
ATE Lza Knows the Expense Would Fall on
LEAGUE STANDINGS
FACITIO COA8T LEAGUE
: 1 . - XV I, IVt.
San FrtuiMS?o ...v ..8 ,' .r .SIS
Vernon 7.- 5 .583
Srrmento ( .-....."t ; 5 .583
8lt Lake - 7 5 .583
Portland -. 7 ,42
Lus Angeles 5 6 .455
Swittl'e r... ;...' 7 .364
Oakland ..' 4. 8 .333
BASEBALL -
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'WASHINGTON.
(Exhibition)
April 17.
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Washington American
Georgetown University
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18 COLLEGES 1
RELAY
Annual Event at University
! of Washington Promises
to Break Record
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SEATTLE. Wash., April! 17-
Acceptance already, received y
athletic authorities at the Univer
sity of - Washington indicate that
between 15 ahd 18. colleges, uni
versities and normal schools of the
Pacific northwest will participate
in the annual Washington, relay
carnival here April 28, according
to Roscoe Torrence, student man
ager. The attendance of athletes
is expected to be the largest In. the
history of the event. I I
Tentative plans for the carnival
call ' for a division of the partici
pating schools into classes. Class A
teams representing schools with a
total male reeistration of more
than 300. and Class B schools with
lfts tn-n 300 maift registration, in
addition,' nearly a score of western
Washington high schools will en-1
ter teams in the special events.
For class A teams the program
includes seven events: the, 100
yard dash, . pentaahlon, 880-yard
relay, mile relay, two-mile relay, k
four-mile relay, and shot put.
Class B schools will enter the spe
cial 100-yard dash, mile and med
ley relays. ,
Schools and colleges expected to.
participate, include j Washington
State College. Oregon Agricultural
College, University of Idaho, Uni
versity of Montana, Montana Wes-
leyan University, ..Montana State
College, University of British Co
-lumbia, Whitman College, Uni
versity of Washington, Reeed Col
lege, Pacific University, Gonzaga
University, Willamette University,
Unfield College, University of Pu
get Sound, and the state normal
schools at Ellensburg, Bellingham
and Cheney.
New Postof f ice Can,t
Re Found by Authorities
RENO. Nev., , April 17 Washoe
county has a new postoffice but
ths local postal authorities don't
know where to find it, and con -
sequently any mail consigned to
Diessner" is being held. Ad
vices from Washington said a
fourth class postof ice ..has" been
created at "Diessner." ; and
structions were to dispatch
plies for the new office.
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CARNIVAL
(VDPIKESSES
OF TH E ST. LAWRENCE
rtvcrtowiiaof Old Fienck Caaad. On4, f nt Oayg Optn Sem
H. 'IVat-oo. Oencral Agent rosenjcer ifept r
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PORTLAND LOSES
IN M INNING
Beavers After Long Lead
Succumb to San Fran
cisco Batting Attack
PORTLANDS, April ,17. WJth
an official attendance of 22,285
persons at the opening; game of
the Pacific Coast league season
here today in which San Francis
co defeated Portfend by a score
of 6 jto 5 the attendance record
for an opener in this league-was
broken, league officials: declared.
The Beavers held a j three-run
lead up to the seventh! when the
Seals on five hits scored four runs
and forged into the lead. ' Port
land tied it up again in the eighth
but San Francisco came back and
won the contest with one run in
the ninth. ; 'I
j j R. H. E.
San Francisco .. ...1.6 11 2
Portland . . . . . . . . '. f. . 5 9 2
Courtney, Hodge and Agnew;
Sutherland, Sullivan, jMiddletbn
and Byler. j
Salt Lake 3, Vernon 1 i
; LOS ANGELES, April 17.
Heayybat work and a triple play
sent Salt Lake to victory' today in
the first game c-f the . series
against Vernon, the Bees taking
the contest' 3 to 1.
I Strand, Salt Lake center fielder,
then cinched the game in the
eighth by pelting the first ball
over the plate clear through the
score board for a home run.
i R. II. E.
Salt Lake I.. 3 10 2
Vernon . . . . . . . L . .1 1 0
. Kallio, Gould and Peters;
James and D. Murphy. ,
Oakland - Sacramento postpon
ed, rain.
Seattle-Los Angeles postponed,
teams traveling. : i' '
Change of Venue Is Not
i Possible in Siemens Case
j Attorney General Van Winkle
fiinde that the state would be in
hibited by the. constitution from
getting a change of venue for
trial, of the cases of Captain' J-
W. Siemens, J. W. Semens, Jr.,
and Marshall Hooper, Klamath
Falls . bankers. Just in what
event L. J. LJJjeqvist, the assist
ant attorney general who is pros
ecuting the cases, would want, a
change of venue is not clear
here, since two cases have been
completed , In one cif these the
jury failed to reach a verdict,
and presumably there will be a
new trial of the case. Another
case was expected to go to the
jury Yesterday. It is possible
there is a third case.'
! It is possible under the con
stitution for a .defendant to get
a change of venue, but there s
i no provision for the state to be
accorded that privilege.
t Everybody may not ba enam-
lored of the game of' baseball, but
' it i served one good, purpose. ft
puts on, the, shelf the basketbal
nightmare. Exchange. '
Purific KailarajrJ
tStirel. foruntt, Ur.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 18,
Her Neck!
HE. SSiT
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TWILIGHT TEAMS
GETSE1TDRS
Crack Salem Team; Players
to be.fApportioneol for
Veek-Day Games -
'. ' I j. ; .
Salem j amateur . baseball teams
planned last night' to dismember
the Salem senators 'tor the week
day games t,hisj year;! to hand out
a leg of the team to one claimant,
a gizzard to another, a heart or a
liver or a pair of lungs to another,
the' gall tank to another, and so
on down the line. : Some dissect
ors and) Tivisectionists,- these am
achoors! ! j-; ) . '
But it isn't a really disaster. It
la merely the agreement to ap.
portion ( the Senators among the
teams in the Twilight league ser
ies, and give everybody a chance
to pick off some of the prize per
formers.. The Twilight league is
already almost a reality. It was
reorganized last night, and starts
off with five , teams already as
sured. I . f: 1 1
The change of administration.
and last year's tall-ender record.
In
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1923
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has played havoc with the State
House team; there isn t now any
more state house team than there
is a saber-toothed rabbit or a Hi
bernian MOses Aaronstein. The
Kay woolen mills team will not
be on the-list this year; they, too,
are short on players they; work
instead of pJay!v
The Telephone company, the
Hello-Boys; ; will take one of the
vacant places and there is a yawn
ing hole .for some other athletic
aspirant to , rill- -' A meeting is
called for next Tuesday night
when they expect to find a can
didate for this sixth' place.; The
American' Legion that won first
place , last year; the Y MCA, the
Bankers, and jthe'fpauldings, all
are back .in the. game, and rarin
(o go. All. five of these teams
were represented , at last night's
conference. ) f
Officers .'were elected last night:
P. D. Quisenbury, president, and
R. R. Boardman, secretary. The
team representatives were: Fred
Bozell for i the Spauldings, John
Humphreys for the YMCA, Carl
Armstrong for the "Bankers, Jack
Elliott fori the Legion and Will
Heise for the Hello-BoysV The
meeting was las enthusiastic aa a
raid on a melon "patch. It prom
ises to produce the livest Twilight
league in the history of Salem.
. a committee was named to so
licit tprizes "for various baseball
all lines of business patronage is irregu
lar, otreet cars, stores, banks and restau
rants have their "rush hours" when some
: delays in service are ; unavoidable. The
; public, with the situation before its eyes,
good naturedly accepts a . degree of incon
venience. : -' ' : '-: ' zr"'.-
'theie are "rush hours' jn a telephone
""fev,. w in uumiicm
loads of telephone traffic are
by commercial activities, banking hours,
etc the "load" of the residence telephone
varies with household ! and social needs.
j The demands upon the telephone oper
ator and a complicated mechanical equip
ment cannot be seen, but telephone traftic
varies inj every hour of every cky accord
ing j to the individual desires of thousands i
of patrons. : - : . -i-',v; -.1 .
If there I should be at times a clelay iri
answering your call, remember that trained
young women with nimble fingers are do
ing their best to serve lybu, and that at the
moment there may be a "rush" of telephone
traffic. 1 1
Theexercise of patience and considera-?
hon will mean better service.
BY LOUIS RldU
f3iiT )H AW7
stunts to be pulled during ua .
league- season." The longest hit,
the first borne run, the best batting-record,
the muddiest slide,
the first double or trlple play, the
best base-stealing record, or what
ever the donors would "rather see
and pa jr for, are fertile subjects
for prise giving.- !
The prize cup that was won last
year by the American Legion, Is to
be placed on exhibition today, in
the Anderson ,& Brown window;
If it will ginger up an aspiring
player it should be seen. .
GOOD
aGARETTES
GENUINE
"BULL"
DURHAM
TOBACCO
service tne
determine
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PIREfiib;(idfWECTI0NS
.! -GRANTS PASS;'MEDFORD AND ASHUND-?:
GETRAL WIOTOR BUS LINE
Pacific Teleph on
the young' people." i '
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..What has become of the old-
fasbioned woman who used to
screamat a mouse! i L
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