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Gil SCHOOLS
Willamette University Again
Host for State Cham-
; pionship Games
The annual Oregon State high
school - championship basketball
tournament "will be staged under
the auspices of Willamette nniyer
ity on March 12,' 13 and 14. ac
cording to an announcement made
yesterday !by Coach Guy L. Rath
bun., Thej dates and a number o
other details were arranged after
a conference with the state high
school athletic board. No changes
in the conduct of the tournament
hare been made except that by a
recent ruling of the athletic board
each 'competing school ; may use
eight players ' Instead of seren as
has been the practice. , -
Unless; a redisricting of the
state Js thought necessary because
of a number of changes made In
the rules' of the athletic associa
tion,, one. of - them. permitting
schools outside the city of Port
land to compete with Portland
Bchools'.Taer elimination process
for representation In the tourna
ment ,wfll -;be .conducted f in nine
dlstt." 'Si!. A committee has been
appointed In each district by the
state board to select the represen
atire from that section and they
may do So either by holding a dis
trict tournament or picking the
team byj comparatire scores. This,
it Is thought; will do away with
the misunderstandings experienc
ed in the past in selection of the
representatlre team. , ' ,
The tournament is an annual
affair at Willamette university
and because of its scope draws
the attention of the. entire state
to the unirersity and Salem during
the period of the basketball compe
tition, j The contests hate been
handled Very satisfactorily In the
past,: and erery effort will-be put
Jorth this v year to make it the
most successful ever-staged.
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Franklin Coming Thursday
v and McMinnvmepuin
51 tet Saturday. Night
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Salem high school , will play two
hard games in the interscholastic
league here this week, the first
of these being with Franklin high
school of Portland at the high
school gymnasium Thursday night
at 8 o'clock. Franklin recently de
feated Chemawa 27 to 20, while
the Jndians defeated the red and
black basket shooters 24 to 23 In
H hotly contested game during the
.holidays,':-
; McMinnville high ? school will
send its basketball team to Salem
Saturday night.
. Beginning this week the locals
are petting down to work in ear
nest and are just starting the win
ter fhedule of contests.
Junior Basketball Teams
Vili Play Here This Week
T"bre J. L. Parrish Junior high
school basketball team will meet
the lcKinley junior high school
basketball team on the , Parrish
floor immediately after school this
afternoon. Friday night the locals
vWill meet the Independence high
school second team here. ' Frank
Brown, coach of the Parrish team,
has been working his players hard
in anticipation of the two games.
The , Parrish football team, also
under the direction of ' Coach
Brown, closed a successful season,
and It is hoped that the basketball
team, will be able to duplicate the
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SELECT DATES
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"Mb Union Oil quintet won the
first of a series of three games to
decide the Commercial league
-championship when they defeated
the : Anderson-Brown . eam last
night1 in one of the fastest and
most exciting games seen on the
Armtry floor. The final score was
21 to 20. - : , :
Util the last one-half minute
of the game, Anderson-Brown was
lead!-?s 20 to 19. With the game
at f.ver heat and the spectators
ca c-' -?. Pug Rosa, guard on the
Ur!' . C:i tcan," found.; the '.hoop
fr t: ' -svi..l2S tr.sLit." "v..- 'v..; ;
la Hi i'lrn ct the game,
Ar.-cr ; Lrowa walked." away
c l ' 'r c; : r.:?, and had
BASKETBALL TOURNAMEMT . TO
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Uike McTigue Will Meet -
Walker in Match Tonight
NEW YORK, Jan. Py. .The
Associated Press.) Mickey Walk
er, world's welterweight champion
will climb two steps out of his
class tomorrow night when he
meets 4- Mike McTIgue, world's
light heavyweight champion j in! a
12 round no-decision match In the
Newark armory t :i ? t--;.-
The welter king has everything
to gain and nothing to lose in this
match. By knocking out McTigue
or winning on a foul. Walker can
capture the 175 pound crown. On
the other hand a knockout victory
for McTigue would still- leave J
Walker Jdng of 147 pounders as j
the light heavyweight champion: is
not eligible for the welterweight
division.
Although the men are two div
isions apart there will not be a
great difference In ; their weight
when they step into the ring. Mc
Tigue really a middleweight, will
scale near the 160 pound mark
while Walker will come in around
153.; .;.
TESTHiI DILL
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Statements of O'Connell and
1 Dolan, Banished Play-'
ers, to Be Given
: NEW YORK. Jan. 6.-Baseball
Commissioner ' Landia today ( in
formed a committee of New York
baseball writers in a letter that he
expected to make, public within a
few ; days the full testimony of
Jimmy O'Connell and Cozy Dolan,
made to the commissioner before
the ; two members , of the - lew
York, Giants were banished front
baseball for attempted bribery- ,
The letter from Landls sent In
reply to a request from the New
York writers that ! this' testimony
including O'connell's confession be
disclosed was dated January 3 aAd
said in. part: ; 1 j , ,
' "Although I had expected to
give out that testimony for publi
cation, long before this- nd I will
not postpone such - action' ' much
longer, I must withhold It at least
for a few days more In what I con-
ceive to be the discharge of my oV'
ligation' in the matter.. ; , L
Landia has been pressed"-fori
some time , to reveal the text of
the testimony made to him by
O'connell's confession,- but exoner
ated by the commissioner's probe.
Until today, however, , Land 1$ had
declined to make the matters pub
lic on the ; ground that it would
not; serve the best interests of his
inveslgation to do so. . , !i
. Hi announcement was speculat
ed .upon here aa a possible indica
tion of further developments Un
the near future in the bribery
scandal which came put ju$t be
fore the last world series. - j t,
Washington State College
Wins from Whitmarr40-16
PULLMAN, VWash Jan-6W
Washington" Stated College ;won an
easy victory over the Whitman
college . basketball . team here f to
night, piling up a score of f 40 to
1 6 . ' Both teams played a ragged
leading at the hed of the half,-13
game during the first half! WSC
to' 10. At the start of the iecond
period the Congers ran, up 'anoth
er 13 points before Whitman
could score. Nolan of th Cou
gars scored 16 "points and ; Kelso,
other , WSC forward scored 10.
It was the rirst northwest confer
ence game for the Cougars. .
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CANOE TRIP ENDED
JLWACO. Wash., Jan. 6.4-Amos
Burg. Jr., of Portland, today com
pleted a canoe trip from ? the
source of the Columbia river to
tha Pacific ocean, a distance of
1268 miles by piloting his craft.
past the river's entrance out into;
the open sea. Burg was j accom-?
panied by ' a boat of the.j United
States coast guard, and another,
boat which contained moving pic-i
ture photographers who f filmed
Burg's progress. . if ' I
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piled up six points before the o(l
team .scored. Frank Brpwn and
Greggwere the stars for; the A-J3
quintet, with Ross and Gregg re
sponsible for a great deal of the
brilliant work of Union OiL ; Arm
strong , replaced Glenoa as guard
for, , the Anderson-Brown team.
The next game win be played 'to
night at the Armory, and will
start at 8 o'clock. , Jf ; I
The lineup of the teams Is is
follows:-. , , .-. : t -
Union Oil: Newton arid Grefg,
forwards: Liske, center; Ross arid
Ashby, guards.- ' -- ' ; -'?r:'.; t'
Anderson -Brown: Ilarra arid
Brown, forwards; Cress, center;
Alberts and Armstrong. fuard3.
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Frankie Doyle of Spokane
. Will Work Out at Armory"
Tonight, Says Plant
Frankie Doyle, of Spokane, who
meets Sewell Deane. of Salem, in
ythel 10-round welterweight classic
at the Armory Friday night, will
arrive in the city at 10 o'clock
this! morning.- according to word
received by Harry PlanV match
CR-CKER WARREN
maker. Doyle will work out with
Phil Bayes at 7:30 o'clock that
night, while Deane and Spike
Crossan wlH have a workout at 4
0 'clock. Fight fans are welcome
to visit either of the two camps
and look the fighters over. ":
i Cracker Warren, of Oregon City,
needs no introduction to Salem
boxing followers. His ability and
willingness to fight is known to
alL .Warren will not come to the
fcity until i the night of the big
double main event, when he meets
Phil Bayes, Salem featherweight.
The two fighters are : equal ; in
weight, with Warren having a
Might edge over Bayes in height.
Of added interest will be the
outcome of the Deane-Doyle match
tor the winner of the event will
be billed to meet Charlie Dawson,
Eugene ; welterweight, who has
also won a host of friends in the
city. ' As Dawson and Deane have
already met twice, should Deane
win the fight Friday fans are as
sured of a real treat In a third
Deane-Dawson ' match.; . On the
other - hand, if :, Doyle ? defeats
Deane. knowing the latter, the
boxing, followers know that they
will get their money's worth when
Doyle and Dawson meet. , ,
Two snappy preliminaries are
being arranged for curtain raisers
by Matchmaker Plant, and it is
expected that contracts ) will be
signed today or tomorrow. v The
fights. Friday night will start
promptly at 8:30 o'clock.. As fans
have been ; aware, when Match
maker Plant announces his pro
gram for a certain hour, the Ight
ers enter the ring at the scheduled
minute. .' . .
G. 0. P. LEADERS
DRAW CENSURE
. Conttnnd from pag 1)
partisan satraps," and trans
formed the "government of the
people, by the people for the peo
pie? Into a .government jof ; the
mass by the mass by the classes
: "If to be a republican," be add
ed, "I am to accept and ratify, de
fend and promote a political policy
or party that exults in the accom
plishment of these results with
out protest without exhausting
my abilities to correct these fatal
errors of the past and prevent
their repetition in the future, then
I cannot qualify.;
' "If. the election of a republican
as president with a reliable work
ing majority in. congress means
nothing more than an extension
for, four years of an unlimited 11
cense to plunder 1 the ' American
people, then I cannot be a repub
lican. j
"If the transfer of a billion of
capital values from the farms and
producers of America to the swoll
en fortunes of monopoly within
three weeks' time Is a triumph of
the republican party, tien Indeed,
Is the party of Linccln doomed."
: Sharply criticizing eeaators for
Sfettins themselves &3 juujea cf
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Finnish Marvel Wins Race;
i World Records Arje Broken
K MADISON SQUARE J GARDEN,
N. Y., Jan. 6. (B AP). Less
than two- hours after he had
beaten the pick of American tal
ent In. a : mile race In which he
shattered two world's records.
Paavo 5 Nurml tonight vound up
his indoor debut ; with another
world's record victory In the
5,000 meter, run at the American
Finnish" games. . . , . :--;
MADISON SQUARE 'GARDEN,
Mew York. Jan. 6. -(By the Asso
ciated Press-.Paavb Niirmi, fam-
ahi Finniah Olvmoic marvel, open
ed his American Indoor! campaign
victorious tonlKht When he cap
tured a spectacular l mile race in
world's record time rrom six rivaja,
the first of two races in; which he.
was featured tonight at the Finnish-American
games. ) :
Loren Murchison. in his second
start, broke one ; world's ; indoor
mark and established another
when he ran away, with the 250
metre sprint. - Murchiaon beat his
nearest rival, Eddie Farrell, by a
doien yards, set a mark! of 29 sec
onds ; for the distance; and was
clocked at the 220 yard mark In
22 2-5 seconds, beating his own
.'ormer mark of .22 seconds,
set In 1919. . -I 1 j.;: VJ .1
party loyalty, Senator ! Ladd said
his' duty first was to this people of
North Dakota and .that he would
continue to serve them.? He denied
that the representatives of Massa
chusetts, : New Jersey or Pennsyl
vania should dictate the limits or
his party loyalty. : I i w
The North Dakota senator said
he was proud of the friendship of
Senator La Follette who was the
independent . candidate; for presi
dent and o the other . senators
read out of the party Councils. :
"I feel it an honor to have had
the privilege of toiling and work
ing with them in the Interests of
the common people o the land,"
he asserted. ;
Portland Man High Gun
i f in Eastern Tfiurnament
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I PINEHURST, N. d, Jan. 6-4-Frank
Troeh of Portland, Or., iattd
P, Miller of Dallas, Tx., with 159
out of 160 were high! guns in to
day's shooting at the jannual mid
winter trapshootlng tournament.
Troeh who broke 15 yesterday
took the' lead In the $igh average
contest of 640 targets! at 16 yafds
to be decided Friday, f ;
I The race between ihe east and
west teams madd.ap. of the five
highest' scores from both sides on
the first 480 targets j at 1 6 yards
found the eastern gunners leading
by, 18 targets . after! the day's
shoot. . .' f
Plans Are Suggested for
i Coast Exposition in 1 928
PORTLAND, Ore.J . Jan. 6. A
move for an exposition in 1928 or
soon thereafter was given impetus
here today at a meeting attended
by organization; representatives
from nearby towns.' It was sug
gested that ten Pacific states be
invited to assist lnj ' determining
a location and that state gover
nors name commissioners to ! act
as' an exposition governing body.
"The Pacific Em pir Exposition,"
and the "Oregon Trail Exposi
tion," were names Suggested,
W. J. Kerr, President of
tQAC, Suffers from Strain
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CORVALLIS, I Jan. 6. Falling
to receive the festr and strength
expected from a change oLclimate,
WJ JetVpreVideht ere Ore-
gon agriculture eollegev4turned
to his home' here today from Long
Beach, Cat., and ia now confined
to his bed suffering from' severe
nervous exhaustion. - - President
Kerr has; never fully recovered
from the serious injury and shock
received in an automobile accident
June 28, last, whe& . his car was
wrecked on the Lower Columbia
highway in a collision with a
truck. i.i.
OXE HURT IN GUN BATTLE
i SEATTLE, Jan. j 6. In a run
ning gun battle through the down
town , district i hete tonight be
tween two patrolmen and -a sus
pected bandit, Fre$ Clements was
shot through' the ieck and seri
ously wounded. The bandit es
caped.' Clements. on ' turning a
corner, was 'between the patrol
men and the bandit.
MAY EXTEND AIR SERVICE
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 6. -Plans
for two additional air mail
lines to be operated In connection
with the present transcontinental
service were anncjuced' today by
CoL Paul HederBon, second assist
ant postmaster general, who with
other government officials arrived
here today for an Inspection of tha
new Ferry building postoffice. ;
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SUSPECT RELEAKKD ;: :
SEATTLE, jWasb Jan. - -e!
Hagen, former Seiittle policeaan,
and .William. J Copper of this city,
who had been held as . suspects
in an attempted jobbery of the
Union Oil company here January
1, were released tpday because cf
lack of evidence, ipolice sai4.
Johnny Farrell Autosrraphing Largest Golf Ball
; , in the World for Tampa Board of Trade OHicial
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This photograph taken at Tam
pa, F1S., shows (left to tight) Abe
Mitchell, British professional golf
star; Farrell. young pro) at .Tampa
during the winter season; George
D fwoan, also a BritUh j star; Doe
TOBACCO PROBE URGED 1 j
WASHINGTON, Janl 6. In-
vestiatlon of the big tobacco trade i
organizations by the fe4eral trade
commission was urged jby AAron
Sapiro of Chicago in an address
today on ! legislative aid govern
mental aspects of the Cooperative
marketing; problem before the na
tional council of farmers cooper
ative associations. J
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ACTION POSTPONED
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WASHINGTON. Jan1. 6 Final
auction on the request of adminis
tration leaders for a reduction of
approximately J14,000.000 in the
$53,565,000 rivers , aid ; harbors
bill was: postponed today by the
house rivers and harbors commit
tee until tomorrow with members
somewhat vx doubt as to where
the pruning could be done with
least objection, V 1
N. D- AGGIES
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BUTTE, JMont., Jari. 6. North
Dakota Aggies, homeward bound
after a tour of the northwest,' de
feated the. Butte Knights of Co
lumbus quintet here tonight. 27 to
9. - "Arnold; and Mjller played
strong games for the 'winners whito
Greenfield at forward,! playing only
the second half, counted 14 points
for the scoring honors.
IV of , W, DEFEATS CLUB
. SPOKANEi Wasni; Jan. . 6
University of Washington's bask
etball team opened Its Invasion of
Spokane here, tonight with a 44 to
27 Victory over Spokane Amateur
Athletic club five. Washington
piled up a big lead in the first
half, the period ending with, the
score of 29 to 8. The club team
had a little he best of the second
period. ' ; !
MONEY DISCLOSED
i SEATTLE. Jan. 6.- Clarence H.
Shively. former Seattle policeman
and one of live suspects held for a
$4Z.ooh robbery of a branch 6f the
Royal bank at ' Natalmo. B. C.,
December 1 2. accompanied by of
ficers to a local bank today where
SIS 00 - in American: money was
found In his deposit box. Authori
ties said they expected to ind part
of . the bank loot among-Shively's
deposits. . . - j ,
; DRIVER PACES TRIAL
SEATTLE. Jan. 6. Eugene V.
Dobbs. driver and j Nels Albert
Johnson, victim of an automobile
accident December 27, were found
guilty of contributary negligence
by a coroner's Jury here today.
The Jury's verdict j showed that
Dobbs was guilty of driving with
one hand and that Johnson crossed
the street Jn the . middle of tha
block, : Dobbs , testified that , he
had one' arm around a . girl and
that he generally drove that way.
Johnson died in a hospital the
next day. . ! t j
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Hawkins and D. ' P. Davis, chair
man of the Tampa Board of Trada
Committee on Sports. I Farrell is
autographing the' largest golf ball
in the world which was presented
to Davis, i j .
: Horace Trlmm was la bachelor,
reformer and writer and in each
role possessed a goodly number
of admirers. He was too busy, he
told himself, to think of matri
mony. I and ' even should his
thoughts turn in that direction,
his work demanded the time that
courtship would require. ,
Horace wrote stories, stories of
the - romances and adventures of
common, men. ' The Hack of ac
quaintanceship with persons in the
flesh: he made up 1& an under
standing of the figure who moved
in his yarns. Sometimes when a
reader;: would write jhlm to say
that he enjoyed one of the stories,
Horace treasured the jletter know
ing how precious are; those occa
sional words which bring: relieving
proof to the writer thjat his efforts
are not entirely lost. i" !
One day Horace received from
the i nearby city- of Ellenberg ' a
pair of knitted hose 7 They were
Just his size and done in exquisite
manner. Though h4 knew little
of knitting, he realized that some
woman1 must have labored long
to make this gift arid that it ex
pressed more of admiration and
appreciation than any of the few
letters that had come his way.
r - . He; tried to . picture the : giver,
and, ilike a writer jof romances,
saw Jjer first as an old woman
With white lace at jher throat, a
'gentle old soul whose eyes twinkl
ed as she sat with her needles in
the corner. Then he wondered if
THREE MINUTE
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We have just received a Telegram from
the Overland Factory announcing a Great
Reduction in prices. -V
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Overland 91
Overland 91
Overland 91
Overland 91
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Bhn micht not be .young, and as
he wondered he j examined the
socks again. Surely the one who
made these had young eyes. 1 They
were' perfect. And all he j knew
of his friend was Jthat the post
mark said Ellenberg. r 1
After a while there came : an
other pair of socks and this time
on the corner of the wrapper was
a return address, "F. Addman, 91
Broad street, Ellenberg."! ; t
Here was an invitation to In
vestigate, a bid for friendship.- It
was not only; the", mystery, that
summoned upon his desire to visit
the neighboring city, the oppor
tunity to "find out if the girl
matched the picture, that had been
growing in his mind the- socks
themselves, were urging him. .It
would be comfortable and delight
ful, he reasoned, to have as a
wife a girl who was as beautiful
as the one of his imagination and
yet one who could knit hose for
her husband, y! He could seei her,
an old fashioned type and one who
liked him and his stories well
enough tol spend long hours knit
ting, v Sooner or later, he knew,
he would go to Ellenberg, look up
Florence Addman, for he had de
cided the F stood for Florence,
and 'then well it , depended on
what they thought of each other.
Horafce looked in 1 the glass and
told himself that j if he had his
hair cut where it stuck, out over
his collar in back and wore a new
ly pressed suit, he would stand a
chanced And Florence If she was
not as he had expected he would
thank her politely and go away.
It was the least , he could do". ;
In Ellenberg, '. Horace found
Ther'slk REASON I
And that's performance, all-'round
superior performance for winter driv
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Quick, hair-trigger starting! -
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mileage a-plenty I -
All-Tound performance nothing
sacrificed. .
Get a tankful today at any: red,
white and blue pump in town at
Standard Oil Service Stations and at
dealers "in every way a better gaso
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STANDARD OIL COMPANY
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f . o. b. factory
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Roadster 530.00
Business Coupe ...... G95.00
Coupe-sedan r 585.00
Sedan .....1.........;:.. 850.00
most automobile in the
for the money
Hi-h Street at Trado
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Broad street and-paused in. front
of 91. The big door In front ap
peared like a garage entrance and
yet there were curtains In the
windows above. A man came out.
; VI am looking; for F. Addman."
'Inside. Sitting against the
wall. Go on, in. ;
Inside sat a ) huge , unshaven '
fireman, spending his spare time
as many a fireman does, with a
pair of knitting needles. Ian
corner a group was making a
rug. Horace stood and stared as
the vision of a mythical Florence
faded away. The man removed a
pipe, and grinned. ; - . .
"Did you want to see me?" j
After the writer had thanked
his industrious! friend, the fire
man explained j "You wrote a
story about a fire once and the
fellow in it reminded me of some
one I knew. So I sent you the
socks. Hope they fit you." j
And as Horace Trimm rode on
home the vision of Florence came
back as if to taunt him.
"I'll have tof find her now," he
said.- "Doggone that fireman! he
made me fall In love with a girl
I can never find!"
The end of wisdom Is consult
ation and deliberation.
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