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If 2 " THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON i SATURDAY MORNINC, JANUARY 17 102S 3 ANCIENT G.0R1LLIS HI Blip FUST Locals Take Lead fiuX Visi tors Tie Several Times i During First Half 'Salem high school took the po sition of pole librae last night and though Corvailis crowded the lead at times and made it neck and f neck, the locals romped oft with the basketball game last night fcy the score of 29 to 18. Not until after the opening of the final period, which started 17 to 13. did Salem have a cinch on the game. j - ' (The red and black ydrew first blood after several - minutes of ,Play when EHls converted and Heenan annexed two tree throws. Drager followed with a toss through the ring and Ellis an nexed another free offering. Cor vailis managed to toss in one and the quarter ended with Salem lead ing. 7 to 2. ; ; Showing a burst of speed, eor vallls made a couple of pretty field goals-from difficult positions and In a minute the score was tied. i ' j i v- n I iou ouijr io u cr vui I a tie again. Aidul . 3uit as Jpie whistle blew ending the first Tbtalf gave Salem an opportunity to ifrke the lead, 12 to 11, the fre chance being jconverted. " Ashby was given a free shot which he conrerted after which Co rvall is jumped in and tied the score again, ending the visitors tallying for the remainder of the quarter and almost for the game. Salem took the lead and a basket by illeenan closed the period, 17 to 13. , ' ' Salem hit its stride in the final canto, and Drager and Ellis both tallied. With the game on Ice. Coach Huntington sent in substi tutes during the last three minutes of play when thescore stood 29 to 131 The boys were cold and while unable to make any more scores, held Corvailis to five more points, closing the contest. 29 to J 8. .The high school gymnasium was packed almost to capacity and the din was prodigious. Corvailis was accompanied by ; a large rooting delegation which added to the con fusion. The costly, lessiotf learned during: .the jgam' with I Franklin which -"was lost -because the stu dent body, could- notvsupress Its enthusiasm 7 whu'e the visiting team was taking a free shot at the basket, bore fruit and the noise subsided at the proper time. Lineup of the two teams was as follows: ::' vv 1 . Salem Heenan and Ell!s,' for wards; J. Prager, center; R. Dra gen Center; R. Drager, Ashby and Bollinger, guards. Corvailis Gault and Rawlings, forwards; Tippary, center; Mar tin.. C. Smith and Miller, guards. Referee-Pug Ross, of Salem. New? York Athletic Commis r sfbri Proposes Elimina - tion Contest for Crown . NEW YORK. Jan. 16 (By The Associated . Press.)- The world's lightweight championship, vacat ed by . penny Leonard yesterday after a seven year reign, will be placed on the market for open competition by, the New York State Athletic commission in an elimination test similar to that conducted recently to determine a featherweight title holder. Leonard, today addressed a let ter to the commission formally re linquishing his crown. Atthe Bame time he indicated a desire to have an elimination title tourna ment conducted to select. his suc cessor 'and George- E. Brower, chairman of the commission inti mated this body's willingness to go ahead with such a project as soon- as of flcial ' word is received of Leonard's retirement. Tex: Rickard, Madison Square COUGHS COLDS LEr"F Lira w I mm, i ! 1 ( SeCCESSiFOB 1 J i UfJ zs A !-. ' fli i J m !,--. uaraen promoter, nas : placed a diamond studded belt at-:'tbv dis posal of the New Y ork connis sion to give to the?winneaf 4i the tournament. :. : i L si , -Ltfj ' 1 ... I j ; Leonard lef t ', for Chicago oday to begin a 15-week: viip.tilville tour. .: '. ; - --ii!-:r i His mother and brother jCgarlle hvvumi a - i r t I r i J t tii " i til LINCOLN DEFEAT WILLAMETTE FiiDSH If Portlanders I SwamD Rooks and Go Home With! Big' End of 24-8 Score?: Inability to hit the hoop caused defeat of the Willamette ffefhinan quintet last night at the hatds of the aggressive Portland! itncoln high, school aggregation jprhich gave the rooks the small ehi of a J 24 to 8 score. j Floor workibf the two teams was about on ft Psar. and h fi t nr opportunity to score, but were un able to find the basket. 'Price, of Lincoln, garnered 15 pointS and played a splendid game , .. The Lincoln hoop team s one of the fastest of the Portlnaefc high Dphnn) nrnlt(Ana ont la aclAtixl - - 'ttv sr - nionshin. A few nights ago, it was defeated by Salem i high ; by the narrow margin of one !psint.; - The Freshman players ta9ed to display the skill aeainst which enabled them to detent Jef ferson high in Portland.! Tygcnes day. They are capable pfggood work and displayed it lit ferson clash. . 1 ? , f ltK Jef- j The lineup follows: p 4 "Lincoln (24) WilIamMtt () Lincoln (24)J..F. Price (15)... . .F. White Barneson ( 7 ) . . G . iJtfhfield Van-Niee (5) Biddell Fleibitsr (5) Storey (21. . .' . . G . u;; scott Lewis S. Elletz ..... . 4.-S. Kenney -, . . . J . .1S- Faber . ilAnerson fWtinslow LITTLE WORLD'S il SERIES PLAIED 5 Final Contests Between the American Associatiomancj, Pacific Coast Aim ' LOS ANGELES, JaflJ 16. A five , year, . agreement 1 taSr-' r..the Little . World's , Serief I !lo be played between the American As sociation and! the . Pacifiig Coast Baseball "league pennantj pinners authorized at the 'recent! Coast league semi-annual meejtiijgr, ; has been signed by ; President IThomas J. Hickey and Harry J Williams. President Willams announced that an attempt- would be jinade to get the International League into the agreement. In thejeent of an acceptance by President John Conway O'TooIe. the Coastleague pennant winn,er wouldj fmet the victors of the; series between the International and AA loop!. MATERIAL FOR l-'OOTUALL ' SAYS lEXN TEAM CAK1AIS -eri.tmc:mMvm'iXiii Hans Boos, captain - of i:t3te Uni versity of ; Pennajrlvknla soccer team, was born in Ttentsimof Ger man parents, lived In China for twenty years and leameJ no , ply Doc.er while lu Tifnisln. ! He suy Chinese", youths are , euinustMNti about American sports an 4 games and that thore Is a lot or food foot ball matertul ' sntous j! fChineM students but hi?t they ar handi capped !By"' Varfc .or-prciiJ fOtifh . Ing. Boos., who became: a im ine of the Penii squad In i. hl f re-n mat year,' is now ri.i wlj &n on of th best players lit the coiK'jr late- ranks , ' lt -.. A - s f I'!-- i 5 " Utj i-j f - I, v i '- - . fusr-s , ! s . J 4 -A tut i $ ii " ':' 1 g ! -: :' ' ;i i ! $ f s - 1 r " 1 TAKEN w b as Commission Is Retained and 2 More Added; Interest in Coming Card Keen j Tieappointment of the three old members and the addition of two members to the city boxing: com mission was made yesterday by Mayor J. R. Giesy. 1 The old mem bers who will serve again are Frank Durbln, Jr., Dr. W. Carkon Smith and Dr. H. H. dinger. The two new members are Ralph Thompson and Harry Plant." ' Duties of the commission in clude seeing that the fights are on the square and that fans ob tain their money's woJJh. No fake matches will be tolerated. The commission has the power to disqualify any boxer and also the authority to withhold money if it 1s believed the boxer did not de liver the goods and offers an un satisfactory performance. In preparation for the next card at the Armory Friday night, Jan. 23, Spike Crosjan of Salem Is working out daily at 1:30 ?n the afternoon for his match' with' W. Henninge of Portland.. The1 pair are slated for- a six-round -go in the semi-finals. : ' " ; 1 ' Charlie Dawson of Ru gen 6. who is a clean fighter and' a willing mixer, will meet Billy Gardeau of Portland. In the main event of the evening, Both of the fhr ers are well known to Salem fight fans. ' By special renuest and for the benefit of the lad'es. Matchmaker Harry P!ant has lined up the For -twins of Independence for an e jhibition match. The two young j sters. around 12 years old, Br? clever in the ring and as the fe- I male fight fan attendance fc on the increase. Matchmaker S Plant is willing to oblige, following out his policy of giving the fans what they want. Based upon the steady increase of interest being shown in the fights here, it Is estimated that the crowd next Friday night will total at least 1,000 persons. More than 800 witnessed the last smoker. BEARCATS KNOCK IVICTORK College of Puget Sound Tak en Into Camp Last Night to 40-24 Tune The bearcats waded Into the College of Puget Sound and clean ed them up to the , tune of 40 to 24, In a basketball contest played at Tacoma last night. The Willamette team put up u wonderful game, according to the brief communication received hen. by Salem fans. Erickson playing at guard for the Bearcats was the star of the game and Fasnacht at forward showed his old time met tle. The latter has been suffering from injuries received in fooibal, games during the past seasoa. ; The Bearcats have cangntheii stride and are to show soniff real basketball from now'oh.'aci ordinp to the local dope. i;1 f i DUCK MJTIfiGIS OVER FOR SEASOI Good Bags Reported Frorr Salem District; Few FowJ Keep to River i -L That the duck hunting season which closed Thursday was one of the best in the history of the dis trict is the opinion expressed by local hunters. Because of : the early rains, the shooting was good early in the season and the fowl were numerous and In fine condi tion. ..i Comparatively few birds were shot on the river, a majority be ing bagged inland because of bet ter feeding conditions. Several small, private ponds i have been leased . by local sportsmen, feed scattered and decoys used to at tract the wild fowL ; 1 i. t:U ;j Rlckreall was found to be a' good place for the ducks with good bags reported from the vi cinity of Turner. The freezing weather late in DecemWer practi cally pur a stop to the1 shooting and I the fowl left for warmer cli mate, either south or toward the coast, nl either case hunters-were forced to hunt from boats in or der to get any shots at the ducks. Geese were scarce as usual and only a few of the smaller ones were bagged in the district berora the season closed. j ! I NTG CAMP BY Paavo NurmiJ the Flying Whoni We Beat at Nurral, outstanding- star the Olympic Games In; lf20 and 1924, esta wished three new world's In door records when he ma.de his first appearance in! this coiitrr at the rames of the iFlnnish-Ainoric.n A. C.. held in Madison Square , uaraen. iew if,a ne aereaiea Ritola. another J star of his own country bat nowl runnlnB in the Flnniah-America ictjiib colors.' in the 5.000 meter event In 14 mlnutjes 44 3-5 seconds, Tiger Flowers jKnpcked Out In Second Bound of Fight X E W YORfcJ J-an. 1 . ( By Associated Press 4 liack Delaney of Bridgeport. c4hni; knocked out Tiger Flowers ; In i the secon oand of a 12 round match at Mad "son Squaref piirden tonishtj The fight terminluted when De!an4 y floored Flowbfsfwith a right unoercut 43 socorvds after the start of the secohJ fround. i The end came wilh unexpected suddeness, Flowrjs of the . argument j 'ound. taking the! had the better in the .first tapgressive- .at the start and piling on top of Der !aney all through! the round. . lie continued these tactics in the sec ond. unail Delaney Jlet go a right jppercut which jcught Flowers flush on the jawj jarid toppled him to the floor for tie! full counts f leaf School Defeats Cadets In Lopsided Scre at ,Y MCA -r- The Cadets oE h Salem YMCA went down in pp joyerwhelming defeat by a scoi- df 28 to 4 last nlsht .when they payed the Deaf school. The sojre was lopsided because the Salliji; oya could not ret their team wpr!: in action .be ore the onslaught of the ; silent nlayers. It is skjd j howevef,,'that .he Cadets were dutweighed " 30 pounds to the man!, and this ob stacle was too greats to overcome. 1 "EnBPTARY 4 MOOVFR DECLINES ITAKE OFFICE (Contionedlfroii pace 1) Mr. Hoover id understood to de ire particularly Jikt he be given in opportunity to jcarry forward the American goyef'nmenfs plans vith respect to the Great Lakes St. Lawrence ill frateway; to de- velo his program ffofti curtailing highway and street traffic acci dents, and to continue his work in standardizing manufactured s-imdncts to elibtinate waste and inefficiency. 1 1 f I Mr. Coolidgi hts approached " decision with relpect to a suc'- es!or to Ambasssdor Houghton at Berlin. y - j? "Ti 1 :-" a i If Is t hi J ii ui, Hiiiiii in rui i in 1 1 II n-T'- " 1 t'i in mi i i ii iit- uniniiii iRiiiiliTlh'ju!!' 1 If3 For -fAC fin 7a I'r-'usss-'- and as a Prevent iv& I iunw" i. , (f Laxarva )xawa mm 'SWIM " The First anrl Original Cold and! Grip Tablet .-. A Safe and $rbven Bemedy The box bears tiiia aignatoTt rricoSJc. ol Finn, and Willie Ritola S,000 Mctets ;iai Record Tune t -5 seconds better than the old mark established! jby JJoie . Ray In 1923. In winning! the one-mile race. In which Ray was his chief competitor, he broke jtwo records, ffe ran the mile )n 4 minutes 13 f- seconds, betterlne the old murk i or t-tt made by Rav irt 191.' I He was timed at jthe 1 1,600 " meter' I mark in the same; race tu 3 min- j utes 56 1-5 seconds. thus estab l world's record for hat I di stance. a BIXBY PRESIPEXT ALBUQUERQUE, Nj, M.. Jan. 16. (By the Associated Press) Fred H. Bixby of" Long: Beach. Cal., a member of the president s agri- ;cultural confereace, was reelected al Livestock association at the closing session bf the convention late today. His: election was un- animous. R e a d the Classified Ads. tetter ation. SAjLEM JOIEH LOSES TO IIMOM Americari Champion LaD in Mile Loses land By Hal Th ired-Quarters I : s ' : - Iran. 16. CHICAGO, (By the Associated (Press), Paavo jNurmi defeated Joi Hay, America's champion miler, by half a J lap in a special iaileand three quarters race at the; coliseum tonight. ; j Nurmi literally ran the legs' off Ray. who teldi the world's j indoor record for inil4 and three quarters previous o jthe Finn's j record smashing expedition. The dimi nutive little Chicagoan began to crack! on the : sixteenth lap j of : the gruelling acej and was steadily losing: grouW at the finish. . Nurmi was off like a flash when the starting sun was fired about 1 0 : 1 0 p. m. (Ray clung: to the Finn's heel like a shadow for the first mile urith Frey Liewendahl, Finland's ' Olympic the third . starter, The pace became a member of team! in 1924 trailing them too ; swift fori Liewendahl, how- ever, and he quit cold after !"rurt ning pine laps! of the 21 lap race. Ray measured stride for! stride, step for sep, always on Nurmi's heels.! The pace grew hotter and hotter untjl tiey: swung into the sixteenth lp. The, immense ' crowd, seeing Ray fatter and drop back, cut loose with a tremendous cheer tor the flyfhg jFinn. t JAPAN t'OIiOXIZIXG WASTE TOKIO, JaA. 16. The :overn- mentl is making a strong effort to cofonlzej jinld develop th waste lands! of Hokkaido Island for the 40.000 to 50,00 government! em ployes who wjll be let out! by the first of the year under jthe re trenchment plan. These men are to be given a substantial Demonstration i thari explan bneil is the Quick Starting: gasoline SHELL COMPANY roaaia If ! ongiiniatea . -mamtaiped sold eveiTWiieie 1N- 20r18 GREET! CHERRY MEN PROSPECTS G Demand Being Made for Green and Black Cherries Causes Comment Here. : If everything J pans' out as It should the Wlllainette valley Is to experience the biggest fresh cher ry shipping yarj in the history of the Industry, according to local predictions. Clauae McKinney has appeared among; growers for the Denney &. Co. w ith a pocket full of contracts, and that fact, coupl ed with the announcement of the black cherry people that they will enter the buying; program for next year, means. that; a prosperous era will be ushered Sn.'r - i The association will operate un der their' last yeajr contract, which gave the growerjj thej handling ex pense with the balance. being pro rated among the .pool members. O. E. Brooks has-been selected to handle the pool for this year with the cherries being cared for at the Pacific Produce fe Packing plant. The Denney contract" gives a 5 cent guarantee to th grower with the firm absorbing the handling and 'packing charge. Anything above that will jte shared by "the grower and the firing 7 . ... It is not knoVn ! Whether "Baas will be back in the game for Royal Ann cherries thii year or not, but it is assumed that he will be here, because of the past record of buy- upon discharge, and the promoters of the idea believe t will be suf ficient to enable) thim to make a good start on land allotments. About 240 families! will be sent to Hokkaido th!is year and 400 next, year unde government aid. OD Woman wanils lileaning foujJl BKgll i. t jaays eacn weeita aniereni Piacea- tmmmmmmmmmmimmmmmmmmmmm bonus Butte Miner. I i - : : - , ! " : .- - -1 I . ; . : X :-.v: :3 ity LUULLLL lby gCD ELLLU by . rn P r L HOCK DESK! 4 II OF 0' C01H EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 16A Jq, j Maddock, jhead football coach at! the University of Oregon, tonight tendered his resignation for the ' reason, he stated, that he cannot! accept a ull-time job, j The U. cuity. wanted him to devote his en. tire time o athletics but he said he was unable to do so' on account of his business interests. o sac cessor has been name 1 FAST SAFE Leave Salem for Portland and intermodule stopv i:0S. 10:OO, H:IS a m.; 1:30. 4:00, 5:30 and 8:20. T. nt. I i for Etiren and intermedial S:30 and 9:50 a. m. ; 4:15 and 8:10 p. m.; for Albany and Corrallia 12:50 p. m. daily. Linkitd train. -Oronj Electric airent sell thru tickets to tb East Tia and Orfrt Northern or Northern Pacific! Kyi. 1 i J(. W. RITCHIE ) Ticket Agent i Telephone Main 727 ' a R 1 1 TODAY-. j Bligh Theatre Tcr j f!l tU rea rurt et'i resu f a rcac .rdt . pi ss ir ?s tfce ol 1 " pi .-fan !cd? to f resu s x