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- i. THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON I-- FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1923 Here9 There. aunM Everywlhieire CLASSY: AUTO RACES WILL-BE STAi SALEIMSA ED IN URDAY Three Big Northwest Associations Endorse Events to be Seen at State Fair Grounds Tomorrow Twenty-one Cars Now Entered Thrilling Airplane Stunts Have Place on Program. Salem Is to havesome real British Colombia. auto racing-' at the istater fair ground t Saturday afternoon. The races hare been rather loosely an nounced in Salem, though they hare .been attracting much atten tion out oyer j th atate. They are endorsed hy the American Au tomobile association,, or AAA as It is always knpwn, by the Ore "gon State Motor association, and by the Oregon Automobile Deal ers' association,' " three of 1 the most, , powerful: organizations of the." northwest.: f f i . The racing last year left a bad Jaste in the public mouth, so bad, that in granting the permission for the races his ,v year - Fred Curry, secretary of the state fair boards stated, "If there is a repe tition of ; last year's program, there' will nerer bo another race on the state fairgrounds." ?, - Guaranty Sentii Good f " The InTestlgation made Into the present; managers," Mr. Ther kelsen of Portland and 1 George 'W. Lott, race drlTer and mana ger, , and their enthusiastic back ing by the three powerful organ izations . abore' named. - Indicates that; the public! Is going to . get an absolutely square ' deal and some" races that, will glre a new conception ' of j speed , and .. fair treatment.' ' .: ; 'J--.'r: - : There are alreaSc 21 cars en tered. At least 18 'are - certain to be on hand for. Saturday. So m of them are here already. There will 1e the Carl Cooper "Bearcat Stutij one of the m6st famous dirt-track ears In the world; a new straight-line eight that def elopes 115 horsepower at 4200 rerolutions a minute on j a 1 83-innch displacement and other j ears ' from all ' np and down the j toast, from Medford, whera two ar are being entered, ' up to .There Is a wonderful Oakland racer that la expected to show great speed; the Lott Special, a 450-inch reconstructed. Stutr Mercer; an Essex, three Dodges; one Eemplar. land a number of others that : hare ' shown : great speed and endurance on - Pacific coast , . dirt i tracks. : There has been no other such number of average quality of cars in the his tory of Oregon; racing.' b Races Six In Number r. There are to be six, races, the first being a j qualifying j mile against timei open to all regard less of size. The fastest two cars will race: two miles for the SQUIRE EDGEGATE"Tfclc ttarcst Th5ng About Learning to Skate is the Side Walk. 1 1 BY LOUIS RICHARD; i - ' ' 1 ' : : r . - . : 1 i ! ; i . . i , ' . " 1 .. ill'.' ii 1 - mi SXU?l Ti ?UZu I- gZZSJ? At FELL I0 W-r ii ' ' ' l ' "''' . and 'John Celiaaan a spectator at s BEAVERS SUFFER , TFJJTH STRAIGHT Pitcher Pounded Out, of Box By Hard-Hitting San, . rrancisco ulub finals in event: No. 4. There is an eight-mile race for cars of 220 j inches displacement or oyer- and another for cars' of less than that size. This flisplacvjinV limit Is set so as to give the Dodge ears a fair rating.: f They Can runn In the small-car class," where they belong, for all of . their 2 2 0-inch capacity. The Oakland Six has about 187 Inch capacity, ;about equal to a Ford. . : " i The big erent of the"4ay Is the 25-mlle sweepstakes. open to all entrants, regardless of size. The track is said to be In fine con dition. It will not be criminally dusty, as It was last. yean ,r; Admission More Rebsonable ' ; It' Is understood that the ad mission prices will be far more reasonable than they were last year for a far inferior : program. The racers are to receiTe 5fr per cent of the total gate receipts in all the big .events, dividing their share of the purse 40. 50, 20 and 10 per cent. :Th 2 5-mile sweep stakes purse is 40 per cent ot all the money., paid for the ; drivers,. The .two.-eight-mile races each (Continued on pagn 5) double and a triple. 1 ; - Score-r- i R. II. E. Seattle - . 0 5 0 Vernon s . . . . ........ 5 12,0 Blake and Ritchie; May and Hannah. TOM GIBBONS, WHO FIGHTS JACK DEMPSEY ON JULY 4 SAN ! FRANCISCO. July 7. San Francisco's heavy hitting was continued : today and - the - team took the third game In a row from. Portland 13 to 0. It was the Bearers 10th straight defeat. Mitchell was in danger only once when he Issued three bases on balls in the same Inning,'' Lever ens was knocked oat of the box in the first frame when the Seals scored six runs on six hits. Scored R. H. E. Portland .... 0 ' ; . 2 San Francisco .... ..,..12 19 11 : Leverenz. Sutherland, : 'Eckert and Daly; Mitchell and Yelle. Vernon 5; Seattle O LOS ANGELES, June 7. Jakie May came back into the pink of pitching form today and twirled Vernon to a 5 to 0 victory over Seattle. He allowed the Indians but five scattered hits and per mitted only one player to reach second. The game was cinched in, the fifth when Vernon scored three runs 4 on two singles,' a T THEY. GO!! They WiU Go At TBese Prices. We Are Going to Reduce Our Used Gar Stock Regardless of Loss. Our Loss ; ; is Your Gain. i ! 1921 FordSedan, regular price $450. This same sedan Saturday for only . ... . .. . . . . . .$400 G.M. C. OiieTon Truck,regular price $400. Sat- 1 urdaylonly ................'.........$5 1920 Dort Touring, regular price $350. Satur - -day only ... . .'. '. :. : ... . ... . . 4300 1920 Special-Six regular price $725: Saturday j-'l only .. i . ... .; $625 1918 Dodge; regular price $350. 1 Saturday only ' ; . . . ... . . . . . . j .... . ... . . ... . .( . . . $300 1921 Buick Roadstexl regular price $785.1 Satur- ; : day6hty...,. . $740 We have a lew others ranging at prices as the above mentioned. .. .; - .. . . , t ': Every Car You See on the Street is a Used Car J . Remember TkislJeahs Saturday Only . ; Terms and Trades Considered See AckermanY MARION AirrORlOBttE COMPANY Phone362 - , 235 Sonlh Commercial Street " ' 1 U OPEN ALL THE TIME 0 , u r ' Oakland 17; Salt Lake 13 SALT LAKE CITY; June 7. Oakland evened up the series to day, defeating Salt Lake 17 to 13. It was another battle of bats, 40 hits being recorded, many being for .extra bases. The Bees used fire pitchers, none of them ef fective, and- the nine runs the locals made in the third inning were' swiftly wiped out. Score - i R. H. E Oakland . . ... ...... .17 22 1 Salt (Lake ......13 18 1 . Kremer and Thomas; Singleton McCabe, Coumbe, Kallio Myers and Jenkins. , Sacramento 10; Angels 8' SACRAMENTO, June 7. The cohorts of Colonel. Pick came down heavily upon Marty Krug's bery of Angels at Morelng field this afternoon, and with Bobby Wallace as victim, they slammed out 'seven healthy wallops for 10 runs in the second inning. -Thf invaders, refusing to give up, be gan, scoring in the third, when Griggs homed with Twombley on ahead of him. Adding to the count in .the fifth and sixth,, a wild : heave to first by vYellow horse, who had 3ust relieved Can field in the seventh, brought fonr more 'southern 'tallies: across .and Sacramento won 10 to 8, v - Score R. 'B.JS. Los Angeles -. ....... 8 ,14 , 1 Sacramento i,... ...,10 12 3 Wallace, Robertson and Boyler, Rlgo;1: Cahfield, Yellowhorse and Kopler, Schang. v. . STR0U1 S HERO OF CHICAGO Series Is Won From World ChamDions Cmcinnati, St. Louis Win v: ; i ; . 1 ; . - ' I f ijarr . y - v- - , i I , , ; 4M - -J . f ' . . s - I " ' - -; I lX i x " ' r-- 1 . I - ' , 5 If I T' i-" " Willi" ; f ' , - y ip '-?:.'. 4 - , ; I? :B' ;'' 'T, .-:': llilll? 1 I .if I - --- -- , i 1 - ' - Mill of winter $ports, which will enter the events at Chamonlx, France next January. In the equestlran games, the American Remount as sociation is Interesting itself and will send a strong representation. SEALS SIGH ON YOUNG "PHEN0M" TO BLOCK MAJORS CHICAGO, June 7. Miller,, the strong : man, was the hero of a hard-fought nlp-and-tuck game to day In . which Chicago emerged victorious over New York, 9 to 7 and won the series from thQ. world champions, two games to one. Mil ter's home run tied 'the count in the seventh, after the lead had al ternated and his crashing double in the' eighth sent' .two runners home with the deciding runs. Score: . R H E New York .... . . . . . ..7112 Chicago . . . Y. . : .. . : . . 9 17" 1 ;"Ryan, Jonnaj-d, J. Barnes and Snyder; Alexander and O'Farrell. - r CIXCIXICATI 3. BOSTON 1 i'-i CINCINNATI. O., June 7--The Reds made a clean sweep of the Boston series by winning the final game today, 2 to 1. Rlxey held the Braves to one run earned on two hits, a stolen base and sac rifice fly In the eighth Inning. Score: R. II iE Boston ............. 1 6 0 Cincinnati . . . . . .. . . ..3 - 10 0 Oeschger and O'Neil; Rixey and WingO. ' . . .1 :; St. Paul heavyweight who will meet champion at Shelby, Mont., July A, Gibbons has started training for the encounter. El IDS ST. LOUIS 1, PHILADELPHIA" , ST. LOUIS, June 7. A pitching duel between Ring and Pfeffer ended in the tenth inning today when Smith's single and Blade's triple gave St, Louts a one-to-nothing victory, over Philadelphia., r'Cy Williams., the season's home run king, retired in the' fourth when he complained of a pain in his back. Score: R H E Philadelphia 0 4 1 St. Louis .... . 1 8 0 Ring and Ilenline; Pfeffer and McCurdy. p , Brooklyn' rain. Pittsburg, postponed. A51ERICAN ASSOC1ATIOX Minneapolis-Toledo rain. r Columbus 4; St. Paul 5. Indianapolis 3; Milwaukee 5. Louisville 4; Kansas City 5.' DEFEAT YEOMEN Weeks Pitches No Hit ' No Run Game, , and Final Score Is 5 to 0 The Money . Changers clinched their place in the threercornered -1 race for. the Twilight league pen nant in .Wednesday's game, when Weeks, veteran moundsman, shut out the. Yeomen in a no hit no run gameJ I In the first frame the Yeomen failed to conneut with . Week's fast ones, while Fallon led off for the Bankers; with a three bag ger to deep center, scoring on Cchackman's single. ' r Neither team scored in the sec ond, but the Bankeres came back strong In the third, scoring four men on , three singles and a dou ble. This ended r the " scoring. Weeks whiffing the last six men to face him, making his total 10 strike outs for the game. : : Next , to Weeks' great pitching the hitting of Fallon, adn Schack man was a featur of the game. btanaing of the Tpama 1 W, U Pel. T American Legion . . i. 3 ' 1 Bankers. ......... .3 1 YMCA 3 1 Company: F.. . . . .14 2 Yeomen .... 1 4 Spaulding. .0 2 .750 .750 -F50 .333 ,eoo : .000 The next game will be played at Sweetland field beteween Com pany ..- F. Guardsmen and the Spaulding 1 Loggers. Friday at 6:15. p. m. ' - Sees America Winner - . Of 1924 Paris Olympiad , ROME, June 7. With an army ot 300,000 athletes from which to choose the 1924 American Olym pic team,. the United States Is in the most formidable position of all the commenting countries : and looks like: the sure winner ot the Paris Olympiad next year, accord ing to ' General Sherrill, "the old Yalestar and originator of the "crouch start," who is spending a few, days In Rome after the meet ing of , the International Olympic Committee. 1 "We hate to boast, said Gen era! Sherrllr - but we seem to hare the best collection of athletes in the whole world, and there is no reason' why we should not walk away with the honors. Just taking the colleges and universit ies alone , they present a formid able - array ot athletice possibill tiea "For the sprints'. I think Pad dock can toe depended upon to take the prize from all comers,' the General continued. . ."Then there is that wonder Gourdin, for the broad Jump. Nothing will be able to touch him. Young Wels- muller in swimming will carry off all that he will be required to do "Both , the army and navy ; are sendine, strong teams. In rifle work, they .will make all the rest hump. Then in fencing and row lng, they are going to snow up well. We also will have our team Auto Race '.- " . J i . ' Tickets May be Procured at Smith and Watkins. CORNER COURT AND HIGH .. I , - J 1 ........... ,. . . j To insure that all needing seats may procure them we are offering a limited number of grand stand seats. l! I SAN FRANCISCO, June 7 The story of how Kddie Mon tague, a j. 16-year-old school boy "phenom" of. San Francisco was signed up in "reaerve'T by the San Francisco club in the Pacific coast league to . forestall , his be ing appropriated by ) the major leagues when he ends his school days, was made : known today . by the club manager. i v . Eddie is now "playing tfia honch" hn Tia Tina a. rhmM to visit the ball park and will join the training squad nextj spring. Eddie was recommended by Wil liam Kamm, who was sold to the Chicago White Sox last year for $100,000 and plays at Kamm's old position ; at third. He holds down the difflult turn! "in won derful shape," according to the club management. ' Illinois Prize Fight Law Will Be Tested Out CHICAGO. July 7-Jontending that the Illinois .anti-prize1 fight law penalized promoters and wit nesses of boxing matches but not the fighters,' James Mullen; pro moter of the recent Benny Leon ard-Pinkie Mitchell championship bout which Leonard; won on . a technical knockout which was fol lowed by a riotous demonstration by adherents of the tfighters, de clared today he was willing to pay a fine and go. to a cell to prove that the law-was unconstitutional. Municipal Judge Barasa said he agreed with Mullen and continued the - case until June 12, when he Indicated " he would 1 find Mullen the fight who also -was arrested as a part of the test case, guilty after .which the defendants could take appeal to the state supreme court for a ruling on the consti tutionality of he law. ,r -"" I LEAGUE STANDINGS -a nemo coast zxaotjs W. Jj. Pet, Baa Franeisro ..--42 24 .634 iSaramento , 37 27 .578 crnon . . ... ... J .........S3 32 .500 ho Ajrel 82 83 .492 Portland , T 31 34 .477 8alt Vmkm 29 33 .468 Seattle 27 .84 .443 Oakland .Uim. 25 8 .397 . WATXOITAX. XJBAOTJB Xew York PitUbjrr Cincinnati St. Innia . Broklyn . Chicac , Boston -J4 - Pbiladelphia - .... .83 -......-.28 . 24 s 21 L. ."24 22 ,-..22 23 t.u 22 24 IS 28 .. 12 33 Prt. 13 .717 1 . .878 .533 522 .489 .478 .391 .267 . ; AMXRXCAH USAQTJB ? 1 - W. 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