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FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 12. 1924 TING MONMOUTH f 1 2 10) THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON SEASpBI TTDSsz: L.S J 4 - ' . - i l PLIERS : GHCHICE oach Rathbun Makes No t Effort to Have Men Run , Up Score on Teachers' Willamette uniTersity's basket-ball squad ' easily ' defeated the Monmouth Normal quintet in a practice game last night by a score ot 24'to 15. ' No effort was made jby Coach Tlatbbun to run up a high ' score on the Teachers and Tery man on the squad was given an opportunity to play. Fasnacht wag high. man for the Bearcats with 3 points. " The game started with Hartley "at center. Fasnacht and Mast, for .wards, and Poling and Erlckson, guards. Rebertson who will prob- ably have a regular berth at guard ias unable to. play on "account ot an iUneaa In the family. ' After about five minutes of play, an en tirely, new team was substituted. Throughout the balance of the garnet the first string men did not appear as a regular unit. v The Monmouth Normal team showed a great Improvement in strength, over last year and were able jt to furnish good ; practice strength, to test out the Willam ette squad. J The score " . - ' Willamette Unlvei'sity, (24) fasnacht, f, (8) ; Mast. f. (6) ; Hartley ci Erickson; g;. Poling, g: Subs-r-Mann. ( 3 ) : Emmet. ( I) : Walsh, rgtolzheise;;ainea; Mood- fay, j( 4 y ; Johnson, ( 1 ) ; Blatch ford : , Desart,' (J)S.- Adams.. f Monnjouth Normal--Cbndit, f, (2);jRay, f. ( 6 ) ; - McDowal, e, 1 4 ) ; Baird, g, ( 3 ) ; Egleston, g. jMann,(3, vbgkqjetaoincmfwyp Dempsey and Gibbons May ; Meet in Bout Next Summer CHICAGO, "Dec. 11. Unless either boxer Is defeated in the meantime. Jack Dempsey, world's heavyweight champion, and Tom Gibbons of 3t. Paul will meet for he title" insNew York City or in New i Jersey next summery Eddie Ivane, Gibbons' .manager, predict ed here tonight. Kane, who came here ,with Gibbons from New York here Gibbons .defeated Kid Nor folk .Tuesday night, said that he bad conferred with Tex Rickard r.vhile in -the east and both had decided that Dempsey and Gibbons a a logical match,' a'FT CUBES T!) t DECEIVE ATTMlOrJ president of Coast League to Carry Matter to Commis- . sioner Landis -t : .-. i : NEW YORK. Dec. '11. (By yhe Associated Press.) The issue brought about by the charges of Jian Johnson that gambling exist ed in Pacific coast league circles kof which he asserted the league fwas Cognizant will not be closed in spite of the refusal of the Ameri can league to act yesterday on the evidence produced by its president. This announcement was. made FIGHTS DECEMBER 16 k - V r : r r - I k 4 4" -SPmE L. (Spike) Crossan, Salem fighter, who meetg "R. E. Coate3, of Dallas, in the second of the 6-round bouts at the Arniory December 16. The other (Ground; match' is between iny Ilayes of Independence and William Bennett; of Tilla TiOok. rSeveIl Deane of Salem and Charlie Dawson, scrappy L44-pcunders, will meet in the main event, a 10-round match. :-:o eh irpy preliminaries will also be offered by Matchmaker today by Harry A. Williams, presi dent of the .Pacific coast league who attacked Johnson in a state ment and decJared that, failing in attempts to obtain the evidence in Johnson's possession he would carry the matter to Commissioner Iandis. ; r - - s Before leaving this afternoon, Williams said he would seek a conference in Chicago tomorrow with Landis. Reports from Roch ester, Minn., however, quoted Lan dia asr saying he would be .unable to meet Williams as early as that. Washington Senators Get ' few Pitcher and Fielder NEW YORK Dec. H. (By The Associated Press.) -Two Im portant deals in both of which the world's , champion - Washington Senators figured, emerged from a maze of negotiations today mark ing the final gathering 2 of base ball clans here. '. : The Senators obtained Stanley C o v e 1 e s k i e. veteran Cleveland pitcher, and strengthened their in field reserve forces by getting Mike -McNally, utility man traded only yesterday; to (Boston by the New York Yankees for -Howard Shanks. .. : . . I , BASEBALL MEETING VJlLL BE WEDNESDAY FinaLShowndown Between Landfs and Ban Johnson . Will Close Session :; NEW YORK, Dec. 11. ( By the AP.) The last scene in the 1924 drama centering about, baseball's governing forces will be enacted at Chicago Wednesday when Com missioner Kenesaw Mountain Lan dis -will preside over a joint major league, meeting which is expected to produce a final "showdown" in his war with Ban Johnson, presi dent; of the .American league. The decision to shift the meet ing to Chicago was reached this afternoon by major league club owners who compromised on the date for their adjourned session affer national league men had, sought to arrange j the gathering' for this Saturday while' a major ity of American, league magnates held out for a postponement until late in January. The meeting is slated for 11 a. m. at the Con gress hotel. ' National league men, ifwas un derstood, insisted upon- an early date for the meeting with Landis because of a desire to press the advantage conceded to hare. been gained by the commissioner's- sup port in his obtaining endorsement from both leagues at, their annual meetings within the past few days American leaguers, on the other hand, in an effort to strengthen the band of Johnson, were- said to desire further, time to solidify their ranks. Both ' sides : finally consented to next 'week's, date af ter: agreement had been reached by telephone with Landis at Ro chester, Minn., where the commis sioner has been : kept by.tbe.t ill ness of his wife. - -v r -. ' i Credited with a signal victory over Johnson In the outcome of the three days of major league, de liberations here,; Commissioner Landis was considered to be solid ly (entrenched for the. final act next week," but there were strong Indications that club owners, par ticularly in American league ranks would seek a. compromise that CROSSAN would settle the feud between the two warring officials.1 , The first move in this direction will be made by the special com mission appointed ;by the Ameri can league yesterday to confer with .and is in an attempt Jto bring about "full harmony." , Indian School Has 18 " Available Hoop Artists Eighteen men are left to form the first and second i basketball teams at the . Cheroawa Indian school, as a result ; of hthe recent tryouts. Dewey Matt and William Brepdible, last year, lettermen, are 3 1 J . . . '. .. . ' J TP - .1 1 l ii 11 if ytJ .r turning out and Dandro George, high-point, varsity"' man of -last year is also'in suit.T "James Thom as, Lyman Scott and Alfred Ber nard. Will Williams, and Edie Sanderson comprise the first string. men. ; v : . The new players who will sup port the first crew are green and lack experience, but they are will ing, workers and with the knowl edge of the few fundamentals they will make themselves felt. , Coach Downie plans on sending the men through a series of con sistent workouts which will put then in trim for the tough season mapped out' for the Indian play ers.1 . THEATRE CAPTAIN BLOOD" - is big. It is V-1 thrilling:. It ' is spectacular. It it sensational. It js romantic. It. is clean. And these seem to be about all of. the elements necessary to make up one of the greatest films since "The Birth of a Nation." If you want any : thing else in a movie entertainment, seek it elsewhere.. . , i New " York Evening Bulletin. oo THE PICTURE is a faithful version ; of the book,'1 which has to do with the unfair sentencing, of Peter Blood, M. to exile in far Jamaica, and his exploits when he succeeds in capturing a Spanish ship with the aid of his fellow-slaves. There's romance and ad venture a-plenty in the development of this production D. H. 7 . ;: Daily Mirror, Chicago. oo il.foC LAYMG McGraw Denounces Johnson For Charges Against Team V NEW YORK, Dec. 11. (By The Associated Press.) John J. McGraw,! feteran manager of the New York- Giants 'who .was the target of criticism by Han John- Lson at the' time of the Dolan- f ''nn i IK- . ur wriuery Hcunuu.1, aiu.3 nii back at the American league pres ident. ; Revelations were, made to day of an attack by McGraw, de livered last night at a banquet of national league club : owners be fore whom the ', Giant leader de nounced "base charges and insin uations" against the New York J THE GREATEST of H'H STORIES DIFFERENT entirely from his book, 4The Sea IIawk.,,r .Sabatini this time gives you a' story of a physician (J. Warren Kerrigan) condemned to servitude in the trop ics, who escapes and comes back as the most-feared, man on the seas "Captain RIoo6V ' J. Warren Kerrigan 50 other notables and Thousands of others in " the cast in fifRca E SMITU PRESENTS Owing- to the length of , the picture anrt liuge crowds, -- please attend the inatiiieos, whenever possible. Shows Start at 2:15, Homer McDonald Has also prepared a most preten tious musical score ) for "Captain Blood." ; J "Captain Blood" Kngagement Only Matin ws Evenings- 50c ' ChUdren S25c ' - or NEWS mm. ...j Jk . - " . - L . . . h club he accused Johnson of mak ing. '. - ' . . .i-'' . "It Is war to the finish against enemies of the. National league," said McGraw in reference to John son. This statement was echoed at .the banquet by William P. Bak er,' president of the- Philadelphia ClUb.-: ' ! ' ' Juniors Beat Sophomores In Their Second Meeting The Juniors trimmed to. Sopho mores 7 to 0 for the second time on Sweetland field yesterday, in settling the differences in foot ball for the Interclass rivalry con all li, , ,,. mm 7 and 9 P. I. -S.V' r1 V test of" the Salem high school.: Last week the two. teams con tested each other for the victory and the Juniors won the event. The sophs, however, contested the game and it was played a second time.; The Juniors and the Seniors will play the last game of the in terclass series Tuesday todeter mine the honors in football for this year. ; ;AME POSTPONED The football game scheduled for Saturday between the Lion Tamers and the Chemaw.a team has been indefinitely postponed. " STARTS TODAY ; ?2 p. M. i- - . ; !', i : ' : ' . ; v -1 : .- ' I URGE anyone who enjoys reading Sabatini to hasten to ; the Astor Theatre and see "Captain Blood." I also ' urge all those who? like good pic tures to join the merry throng, for "Captain Blood, even apart from- its distinguished author, is a worthy pro duction. - v ! . San Francisco Examiner. oo jrS TOO BAb THAT "Captain Blood, J- which opened last night at the Astor, is . booked for only two - weeks at that theatre, for that won't be near long enough to take care of the crowds of movie-goers that will want to see.it. For "Captain Blood" is a jim-dandy pictqre, full of stirring action, romance and beautiful photography, directed intelli gently and splendidly acted. What more could you ask in a picture? ' - I -New York Evening Post, :- . f -. i- -': V- . : -, . ,? ' :- ..' ' J., ' i ' OO 01 THEATRE Eddie Collins Is Warned ; Manager of White Sox Chicago; Dec n.Eddb coi- lins. second baseman of the Chicago-American league club, has been appointed manager of the White Sox for the fl92." season, succeeding Johnny Evers, accord ing to word received here tonight from Charles Comiskey, president of the Sox, who is in New York attending the major league meet - The potato crop was short in England this year, leaving board ers little to eat except salmon. n A. . . - - - J jfc . . . 3