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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1924)
; m i i '''''' 1 OREGON "Wept Tower." of tli Water LIBERTY "Where' Is My.Wand- : ering Boy" GRAND "Unseeing Eyes." BLIOH Vaudeville. Glenn-Hunter, star of "West of the Water Tower." which began a four-day run at the Oregon theater, last night," Justified not only the confidence of Paramount In casting hlmj n the lead in this unusual, bnt proved the accuracy of his own judgment in selecting a vehicle for his debut as a screen tar. , . ,J i y's-. When Hunter was selected as a candidate for stardom they ac corded him the privilege of choos ing, his own vehicle for his pre mier. "West? of the Water Tow er" was his selection, principally because it pictured so truly the life of the small western town from which he came. . His inter pretation of the lead role embodies that element! of personal knowl edge of -small town life which is necessary to successfully put tbe theme of the; production across to the audiences. He is ably support ed by Ernest Torrence, May Mc Avoy, Georre Faweett and Zasu Pitts. . "Unseeing Eyes," said to be the most thrilling r film ever woven around life la tbe Canadian north woods, opens at the Grand theater for a two-day engagement today. Many of the scenes were filmed 10,000 feet: above sea level and dangerous camera exploits were demonstrated over and over again. The story Itself is thrilling and - fasf moving! and for its interpre tation on the screen he Cosmopoli tan corporation assembled a bril liant cast of players. lights. He had to learn to nurse little pigs. There is a scene in the picture with a piglet and a dis infectant sjn-ayer of which he has strenuous, if not fond memories. "A farmer's life's a dickens of a life." says Caldwell. "I know I've lived It!" The picture, featuring Renee Adoree, Caldwell, and a big cast of well-known picture artists, tells the story of a young couple whose matrimonial bark is almost wrecked. Robertas Comedy Animal Circus comes to the Bligh theatre today with three other feature acta of vaudeville for a two days showing. World Flyweight Champ Easily Outpoints Marks NEW YORK. Feb. 8. Pancbo Villa, world's flyweight champion went out of his class tonight and decisively outpointed Georgie Marks, California flyweight, in a 15 round bout at Madison Square garden. Villa's title was not at stake, as Marks weighed 116 Vt pounds, four and a half pounds over the limit. "A farmer's life Is no life for a perfect lover."' ' " ' 8o opines Orville Caldwell, who played the role of Dan Taylor, the rural husband in "The Sit Fifty." Universal attraction play Ing at the Bligh theatre, and based on; Kate McLanrln's noted stage play. ; w .- ' :- ' ' i ; Caldwell had to learn to make harness, for there was a scene In which he aiended his - harness while hisf v discontented wife .dreamed of Broadway and bright KITE B;15l Mall Orders I MAT. NOW lera I MAT. . j 4p.m. GRAND WED.,; FEB. 13 - 12. J. Carpenter Offers' STORCt MMAMUSTCABTOOM MUUCAL COMtOf BRINGING UP FATHER .7 - ' . ' .- -,'t. , - Lower Floor - ' fl.es ! . Balcony 91.10 and 85c Gallery , . - . Cflcji' i MATIN ; 5V Child ' . Adults 60c 75c i Welterweight Championship Of Coast Is Much Involved ; ! , SEATTLE, Feb. 8. One big step toward clearing up the Pa cific welterweight championship was seen when Nate Druxman, Seattle . boxing promoter, tele graphed Jimmy Duffy of Oakland an offer to meet the winner of Tuesday's main event here be tween Bobby Harper of this city and Gene Cline of Ookland. Harper won from "Young" Dud ley of Los Angeles here two weeks ago and Cline defeated Travie Da vies of Everett, , former champion, Tuesday. Druxman declared today that he had wired Duffy a larger guaran tee than any boxer has received here since Jack Brltton, former welterweight champion of the world battled Davies a few years ago. University and Aggie Grapplers Meet Saturday CORVALL1S, Or., Feb. 8 The Oregon Agricultural, college and University of . Oregon. : grapplers will meet In Eugene Saturday af ternoon. For the " first time in many years Oregon is favored in comment. The university is re puted to have one of the strongest teams in. its history. i Disabilities of several men will be a great .handicap to the OAC men. Peebles, Madsen, Bryan and Seltridge are all more or less troubled with injuries. Gonzaga Wins Game From Whitman College Players WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 8 In a heart-rending finish, Whit man's brilliant rally fell one point short and Gonzaga university took tonight's Northwest , conference game by. a 27 to 28 margin. Sixth place in the conference was at stake and Gonzaga now seems as sured of that position. Sensational shots, by 'Fry , and Yenney brought Whitman within striking distance in tbe: second half.; The first half ended 19-9 in Gonzaga's favor through ''Whit man's careless guarding. Then the Missionaries came back strong and during the last if re minutes Gonzaga 'stalled" for time with Whitman taking advantage, of ev ery opening. TODAY 1 TOMORROW UDEVILLE s ROBERTAS COMEDY ANIMAL DOGS, MONKEYS H PONIES AND HEE-HAW MAUDE M uThe Balky Mule Yeoman . And Brtggs f The Faker" . Jack ; Kennedy In Dark Momenta Tbe . Chester The Act Beautiful n uD(D ' i From 'the Great Stage Play By Kate McLaren - ? , J; ' WMi a' Brilliant AU Star Cart Featuring REXE ADORHE, OIIV1LLE CALDWELL and NILKS WELCH us w Vandals Have Things Their Own Way With Score Standing 38 to 23 PULLMAN, Wash., Feb. 8. University of Idaho basketball team administered a trouncing to Washington Etftte college players tonight taking the third contest between the two schools by a 28 to 23 score. The game was slow er than the previous two and the Vandals had things their own way most of the game. Washington State players took tbe lead, annexing four baskets within the first three minutes of play but that was their only ser ious threat during the game. Ida ho soon caught up and the half ended with the Vandals leading 18 to 16. The Cougars seemed unable to get going in the second half and were swamped in the scoring. Fit zke. Idaho center, with 11 points, and Penwell, forward, with 10, counted heaviest for the Vandals. Nolan, Washington State center, contributed 9 points for his team though he was used only in the fore part of each half. Summary: WSC (23) Idaho (38) Kelso, F Stivers Schultz F Penwell Nolan C Fitzke Schroeder G Nelson Reese G Telford WSC scoring field baskets Kel. so 1; Schultz 1; Nolan 3; Schrie der 2; K. Morgan (sub for Schrie der) 1. Free throws completed: Schultz 2; Nolan 3; Reese 1; Kel so 1. Idaho scoring, field baskets Penwell 3; Stivers 1; Fitzke 3; Nelson 3; Telford 3. Free throws completed: Penwell 4; Stivers 2; Fitzke 5; Telford 1. Referee Mulligan (Gonzaga). man of the game with ten points, six coming from shots from the renter of the floor, and four from five attempts at free thrown. The fin-t half ended a tip with neither side showing to advantage over the other. The initial per iod was slow due to the visitors' inability to solv Oregon's de fense, but play was hard and fast throughout the second half. Neither side substituted. Oregon excelled in free throws. The two teams meet again tomorrow night but the game does not count in the conference race. The line-up: Oregon (25) . f .f c g OAC (20) . . . Gill (10) Riddlngs (4) ..... Steelo Ellertson (C) . g Stoddard floor, Oregon 9; Gowans (9) . . Hobson ( 4 ) . . Latham (8).. Gillen waters. . Shafer (4). . . Goals from OAC 8. Goals from foul, Oregon, 7; OAC 4. Referee, Eotsford. Reed. Um pire, Goode, Portland. MONMOUTH 01 T LOSES TO SALEM Score Is 50 to 17 in Walk. Away Game on Local Court Last Night lend and maintained it until ths final quarter. A the end of the half the score was 15 to 13 in faVor of the Rooks. The Frosli Boon began to lose out and at the end of the third qurter the high school team had a 15 to 19 lead. Lilegren the Freshman guard was the high point man of the game with 7 points. The Raymond team is coached by "Squint" Dimifk, a farmer Wil lamette basketball star. Ialie Sparks is the Freshman monitor. The lineup: Willamette ' Raymond Herman V IZel Johnson F Stevens Rhodes C N'ielson Lilegren G . .Lewis Petram G peoples DeSart S. Referee Leon Faber, of Portland. LOGGERS BEATEN BY WILLAMETTE Bearcats Lead Throughout Game With College of Puget Sound Tho Willamette University Bearcats defeated the College of Puget Cound Loggers by a scdre of 22 to 15 in a baticetball game in the new Willamette gym last n!pht. The game was not as fast as some of the games here this season but Willamette's team work was perhaps the'best shown on the local floor this year. At the outset of the game the score went to 4 to 2 in favor of Willamette.' It stood a. tnis point for Beveral minutes, then the Bear cast began the 4 steady scoring. Throughout the game Willamette lead by a score almost double that of the Loggers. At the end of the half the score stood 13 to 6 against the CPPS aggregation. Frequent fumbles and inaccur ate shooting as well as inefficient team work were the causes of the Loggers' defeat. The CPS center, Enochs, was the leading figure in both the Logger defensive and of fensive plays. The Bearcats have shown a marked improvement in general floor work since the last game. Patton, who formerly played at guard, has Ijeen placed at forward to tke Robertson's position and Robertson is playing at guard. In his new role Patton proved a de cided success as he was hjgh point man of the game last night with 10 points to hiscred'.t. Logan. the Willamette ' captain who has been out of the game with injur ies played nearly the entire game at center, lie was relieved by Hartley during the last of the sec ond half. ' ) The line-ups were as follows: . Willamette (22) CPS (IS) Fasnacht ( 3 ) . . f Patton (10). j. f Logan (4 )..... c Robertson 4 3) . g Erickson. . . . .g Jones (2) .... . s Emmel. . . . . L . s , Hartley....... s Leon Faber of Portland, referee. Another game will be played be tween these this evening In the Willatnette gym. . Allerdlce (2) . . .Stansel (2) ; . Enoch's (4) Van De Venter . Oler (8) .Chounlng (2) Dictionaries are funny. In de fining a radical, ours doesn't even mention lis hatred of railroads. OREGON DEFEATS A6GIE OUiniTET University's Five-Man De fense 'Unsolved Score Is 25 to 20 EUGENE, Or., Feb. 8. The tlnlvereity of Oregon basketball team still tops the Pacific and Northwest conferences by virtue of a 25 to 20 victory over Oregon Ag ricultural college here tonight. Latham, tall centre, and Gowans, forward for Oregon, were the out standing players! Gill, OAC scored three times on long shots from the middle of the floor. Tbe Oregon five man defense was a strong factor in keeping the score of the invaders down. Sha fer, Oregon guard, checked closely and in addition Bcored four points. Gill, OAC forward, was high point Salem had no difficulty in walking away with a 50 to 17 vic tory over Monmouth high school basketball team last night. The first half ended with Salem lead ing 27 to 3. The visitors held down the lead the remainder of the game, terminating the third quarter 38 to 7. In the final can to Monmouth spurted and shot five baskets, four of which were made by Smith, the smallest man on the floor, in rapid succession. Time out was called with two minutes yet to play in order to give the visitors a chance to breathe. . Line-ups for the game were as follow: Salem: Heenan, Ellis, Hanson and Fallin, forwards; Drager and Devers, center; Patterson (cap tain), Ashby and Heenan, guards. Monmouth: Arnold (captain) and Smith, forwards; Price, cen ter; ConiBtook and Eglpston, guards. Arthur Ross was referee. MND BEATS wm T Willamette Rooks in Lead at End of First Half, But Lose Margin The Freshman basketball team of Willamette university lost to Raymond high school of Raymond, Wash., by the score of 17 to 21 in a game last night in the Willam ette gym preliminary to the Wil-lamette-CPS game. At the start the Rooks took the ( . H :- TODAY TOMORROW ONLY LIONEL BARRYMORE "3P AND SEENA OWEN i U " : -.. .,.U;ri:;v. , .L-...?iL-?;.. .j...i-., .i - .:. .: jy,. u.;- i,.. . , i TODAY -the forced landing of the rescue plane in a raging blizzard. the battle of the outlaw woodsmen for posses sion of a white beauty. the primitive courtship of a wilderness lover, the burning cabin with a hero bound and gagged. TOMORROW ONLY (GRAND OREGON CONTINUOUS TODAY AND TOMORROW HUNTER WGLENN XWK Ay V f$&ffi reckless love that N5gJ CS A?A MCa imm stirred a smaI1 ZOy " Q" Oy lllifl town t0 its foun- i SPECIAL .. LIBERTY h; LAST TIMES TODAY "Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight STARRING Patsy Ruth Miller Of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" And CULLEN LANDIS STARTING TOMORROW i I! ! 1 1 V: ? i s H "LULLABY" COMEDY AND WESTERN, TOO BLIGH THEATRE WEST OF .TIE DWER" With JANE NOVAK WATER! . m m ' .i . . 11.. i . v . : f ' x ' ' i ': ' " r