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l THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1924 STATESMAN- PAGE OF LIVE I SPORT NEWS -FROM I EVERYWMEE ) '1 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON WALTER JOHNSON TO LEAVE BIG LEAGUES (Continued, froi way. But we'll catch them f o morrow Zachary will pitch." f Roger Peekinpaugb, veteran shortstop and captain af the Sena tprs, whose absence -because ol a "Charley horse has been severely felt during the last tnree games, has determined! to play tomorrow. i "I'll get In taat game If I break tne leg he said. if Manager McGraw was in happy spirits as his team made ready to be escorted by a motor cordon through town to catch the special train engaged to take the players of both teams toi Washington shortly before o'clock. "I think Nehf will be ready to use tomor row," he said, j "His hand was in fair shape today and 24 hours should make a lot of difference: If Nehf cannot , work, Barnes will, get another chance." The veteran manager would not predict an end of the series to morrow. "Washington Is a good. CERTIFIED PUBLIC MOTOR a CAR I- MARKET 'Tested Cars" - -.1 :; - ! :i . 5- At the present time we have a group of cars which represent remarkable val ue, for sale at prices that are unusually low.) Condi tions this season have been unusual, and w0 have come into possession of cars that ordinarily would not be in the resale market, f Closed Cars 1923 Willys . Knight Sedan I Plenty of ( ClIQH extras ttv 1924 Oakland Closure $995 1924 Overland! Sedan, just broken I 1 dOOA in.:i-:..l::.;Ogy 1 .1923 Ford, 4-Door Sedan extras ...I $590 1923 Chevrolet $590 $575 CQ7C Coupe 1923 Star i Coupe i: ,- , -.III 1922 Ford Sedan early type vJ O -Vr - I : ' Open Cars 123 Star Touring. new cords J 1923 Ford Touring like new i $320 1923 Overland, Touring 1. 11 1922 Maxwell! Touring J $450 $525 1920 Overland J Afj Touring i.....i 1 U U SI What kind of a car do you want? What ever it .to, we bare it among our used models. I You wUl be especially interested in the low prices. Certified Public t I Motor Car : 'Market 4 ; u i 4 Famous Character Wlio Has Pitched I for Washington for Eighteen Years ft " 1 7 1 Walter Johnson and his battery mate, "Muddy" Ruel i - i - v ... game team, and anything can happen in baseball you know," he said. ! JOHNSON FAILS IN i l LAST I TRY FOR TITLE (Continued from page 1) In Johnson's declaration after the game that he may retire from the game next season for all time may be the real reason for keep ing him to the last. If it was to be I the - veteran's , final battle he wanted to be on the firing line to the last, even in the face of crush- ng . defeat. !.' ' . . , Johnson's famous fast . ball. which had forced the Giants to Is Coming t - To II Salem . .. .: "i y ' i i ( . .. ft.. 1 , - .... . . ; ' , v J! r s I Thursday - Friday I Ml Other Quality Subjects 12 bitterly contested innings be fore they won the opening game, held no terrors today. The Na tional league champions pounded Barney for 13 safe blows and bunched three of them in the third, fifth and eighth innings when they did all their scoring. Jack Bentley, southpaw star, op posed Johnson and held the Sen ators to one run until the eighth inning When he left under an out break that was started by Goslin's homer, a blow that gave the slug ging "Goose" a tie with Babe Ruth for the greatest number of circuit clouts made in a single se ries. But before Bentley left the game his own bat gave the Giants a lead they held to the finish, He caught one of Johnson's curves in the fifth inning for a towering home run into the upper tier of the right field stands, scoring Hank Gowdy ahead of him. This proved the deciding punch of the game, although the Giants came back in the eighth with a three run tally that clinched their vie tory. .' ZAXXI HOPS TO JAPAN j ( SHANGHAI, Oct. 9. (By the AP.) Major Pedro Zanni, the Argentine round the world flier, hopped off today for his flight across the eastern sea to Japan at 8:40 -this morning. 1 CLUB PERCENTAGES 1 PACmO COAST LEAGUE Won Lost Pet San Francisco Seattle . loa Angelas ..... Oakland Salt I-ako . Vernon ..... Portland Sacramento . 108 86 .545 99 I SO ; .521 .... 97 ! 90 ..... 98 ; 2 95 : 94 94 : 95 519 516 503 497 87 99 1 .468 .. 81 107 .431 LIVE " And LAUGH , ; KICK-OFF IS MADE - FOR YMCA BUILDING (Contlnnad from page 1) splendid work ubder the heavy - g i handicap of Insufficient equip ment. : .j- .! Tom Kay he ls Hon. Thomas Kay to those who do not know him was given a perfect ovation when he rose, 'j'hedo not sit back in their chairs when Tom Kay speaks; they' lean forward oh the balls of their 'feet, like sprint ers waiting for the gun. They got it, all right, in (he , red-hot plea for the civic righteousness that the Y builds. Mrj Kay was a trus tee when they boughf the building 25 years ago. He has been one of its greatest boosters ever since. Close study of politics and govern-, ment has given, him the vision of what true manhood Is worth, and he finds it best biiilt up in the Y, "Up in Canada they took us around their cities 1 and , pointed with , most pride jto their schools, churches and YCA buildings as the foundation off good citizenship, he said, in telling of his recent tour through the northland. "Here, in Oregon we spend $20,000,000 on education.- We fused to give our boys a good Enough book edu cation, but we did nor, look after moral matters clpsely enough, and far too many boys came through college dissipated and damaged for life. j , "When we bought this building it was a hard job. for not enough were used to giving or to seeing the spiritual need of caring for our boys. Today we find the old building no longer adequate. I with the others i of the board re alize that we need more safe places for the boys! I am grate ful to see so ipiany Interested, helpful men - hejre tonight, ready to get in on the biggest job of the community. Yqu do not go forth to ' beg, but carrying opportunity and gladness tq every good citi ""i who looks forward to a better day. We owe it to the future to provide this Y how. Let's put it ! " Secretary Kelts I was given a presidential ovatiort when he was introduced. ' His unselfish, un tiring work for the past four years is one of Ithe fine things in Oregon historyj He told briefly of some of thethings the Y aims to do. some of them already done, but all capable! of vast expansion if adequate facilities are provided. "Two little bys came to my of fice this afternoon.' he said, "and pledged $10 that they had earned by hard work. fThey, said that the money would fe Jworth more at the beginning I of the campaign, and they wanted to help all they could. They dp not have to sub scribe, but ther wanted to: have the glory of a good deed and so they go in as Y builders." . ; Ivan White, or years one of the eaders of the Y boys, was Intro duced to tell "What the Y Means to a Boy." T H told in a tew out standingwordsl "It's natural for boys tfong up; either In a good vp-out oh thp street where they may cause you everlasting trou ble. It's up to you men tonight to say what the boys are going to ave the V o the streets?" They cheered him tp the echo. Brief talks were made by James Palmer of the Portland Y; by Campaign Managers Robert Paul us, George Arbuckle, Tero Hicks and Allen Katoury; and then Di rector Albert fBocith, of the YM CA international finance commit tee., outlined the plan of the cam paign, with a- thrilling exhorta tion to the campaign workers to get on the jjob- and carry it through. , h - ' 1 vc "There are -obstacles to meet," he said. '"One is contentment. 1 a 7 f II twin brother of good enough; and indifference, and skepticism, the brother of fear; and criticism, and ignorance,' and selfishness. Men cay, 'If you have done such won derful things In the old building; why change?' Some say, .We can't do It.' I have heard only one criticism of the Y, and that is of the board . of' directors; i not that they are too forward, ; but that they 'have waited too long.' No board can move faster than the community moves. Salem has just now moved , up to the big, forward stage, and board and everybody join in acting now. ."It's a privilege to give' said the speaker. "Think of the glory of your task, and help save other men from selfishness." . The committees will be out on the streets today. All will go to the Y for dinner, at 12:05, and bo out at 12:55, to talk over the forenoon's work and plan for the day to, come. The big-announcement clock at Liberty and State is in position and it will give each day's totals shortly after 1 o'clock, Under the. general direction of Mrs. F. A. ElHott. the following women, served the ; Wednesday night luncheon: Mrs. T. A. Lives ley, Mrs.; Russell Catlin, Mrs. E. C. Cross, Mrs. C. P. Bishop, Mrs. J. H. Farrar, Miss Van Patten, Miss Marian Wyman, Mrs. A. F. Marcus. Mrs. F. S. Annunson, Mrs, G. R.VBonnel, Mrs. Frank Pow ers, Mrs. Rates, Miss Bates, Mrs. T. A. Raf fety, Mrs. C.; W. Pickens, Mrs. Nathan P'ckens, Mrs. L. C. Barnett, Mrs. G. E. Ross, Miss Mina Gile, Mrs. A. A. Underhill, Mrs. Curtis Cross. Mrs. C. E. Mil ler, Mrs. A. B. Hansen. Mrs. A. H. White Mrs. J.i W. Beck ley. Mrs, F. B. Southwick. Mrs. I. D. ' Mc Adams, Mrs. E. G. Anderson. Mrs. II. Swafford, Mrs. Stanley,! Anne Tow and F. M. Reed. One, interesting feature of the evening was the singing of the De Molay quartet, Leonard : Chad wick. Harold Socolofsky, Clifford Hulsey And Charles Anderson, with Miss Lucile Anderson as ac companist. They sang four num bers that were heartily applauded " j uLf :;-::;v;:;-1 ' x 'if ' S : Tike : that t . .. - ' -. Il . . - i . i . v 7 L - - : ; U : ': .- : ri ' - 4 i L h -,: i.v:' j ' - i .1 - - ; . ,- ;' i .' ' ; : . '."7 ; i, I 7 ' i " . ' -n ; - '7. : j ... . " ! ( , - - I Such popularity must be deserved V SEATTLE LOSES TO SEAL CLUB .'B Indians Now Three and One fHalf Games Behind I League Leaders SEATTLE. Oct. 8. In a vain attempt to catch San Francisco, Pacific coast baseball: leader, 3 V4 games ahead, Seattle battled the Seals 13 Innings in the second contest of a series here this week, only to lose. 8 to 6. Paul Wan ner was the power of the south erners' drive in the ninth and sent ovier the winning run in the 13th. iAfter two were out; in the ninth, Ellison doubled and ! scored on Winner's' two bagger, tieing the count. With dusk fast - settling over the field both teams battled foil a run 'without avail until the 12th when each counted. j Wanner wag too much for the northerners again, cracking out a single in the 13th with a than on second and third, scoring both. Seattle died hard without getting arun In this inning and dropped another full game from the lead ers. ; -' j' ; Score - - R. II. E. San Francisco ........ 8 15 a Seattle 6 13 3 Griffin. Shea. Mitchell and Ag- new, Yelle; Plummer and E. Bald win. Sacramento 4; Oakland 2 OAKLAND. Oct. 8. Opportune hitting by Sacramento, coupled with good pitching by Thompson enabled Sacramento to ; defeat Oakland here today, 4 to 2, in the second ! game of the series, . Oak land's one run lead In the first inning j was tied by the Senators iii the third when they hit out two doubles. In the third inning with tyro men on base, McGinnis hit a line drive that bounded off Ma deras' shins and two runs scored sure Clhests:B.(gl(d CIGARETTES before the ball could be recovered. 1 1 Score Sacramento Oakland y. . Thompson ; : R. II. E. . 4 8 ' 2 2 . 3 and. Shea; Malls, Murchlo and Baker. Rait Itke 8; Score- : "s; Salt Lake Vernon .... Vernon 2 R. H. .....8 14 2 1 6 E. 1 0 Singleton and Cook; Christian,, Haycox, Groat and Hannah. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 8. Los Angeles-Portland, game postponed, rain. !. . : ,.'"! !" . . - J The. Willamette team has com pletely recovered from the Wash ington contest and scrimmage has succeeded the light workouts of Monday and Tuesday. One of the pleasant discoveries itf the punting ability of Schwein ning. He comes from Corvallis high where he played on the team that met Scott high of Toledo two years ago. Schwinning is not only a strong punter but ! shows promise all around as a back. Kalahan, from j Centralia, is making a strong bid for the place at end, left vacant by Hemphill's injury. , Coach Rathbun la centering his efforts on developing a smooth, driving backfield. i It is quite probable that the vacant Thanksgiving date will be filled by Whitworth college of Spokane, considered one of the stronger non-conference teams, of Washington. This will make three contests to 1 be played on Sweetland Field yet this year. ' Freshman Coach, Sparks is 'try ing to arrange a game next week for the rooks. The freshman have a game : with Chemawa but the date ia not yet set.: NEW PUNTER 0 BEARCAT SQUAD StWLK 7 7 ,' ! Hr I: ::'-7 7777-; 7; v ' rpHERFS no royal road to : All over the country men JL "stardom. How well the are turning by thousands from, big stars of baseball know this. other cigarette to Chesterfield And in merchandising as in For a reason! baseball, big success is scored . , Chesterfield has given only by deserving it. A prod smokers convincing proof of uct, too, must 'deliver the " finer quality for here a quality goods.' ! I youcantoitef T00E0ICIZE ' THE BOY SGQUTtI Regional Executive Presents New Ideas at Meeting Last Night At a meeting last, night of rep resentatives from Corvallis. Dallas. Monmouth and Salem, a plan rcr the reorganization of the Willam ette district of boy scouts was ex plained by ' Oberteuf f er, regional executive for Montana, Oregon. Idaho and Washington. The plan, of which the details will not be made public until later, is said to have met with favor from those present, who numbered about thirty In all. No official action was taken, however, pend ing the settlement of affairs of the old council. . Mr. Oberteuffer will return to Salem and other points in the Wil lamette district in about three weeks, with the expectation of re organizing so far as possible on the basis of his new plan, which he says has been highly success ful wherever it has been tried. 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