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DEMPSEY TO BE BLACKLISTED IF CHALLENGE IS NOT ACCEPTED New York' Association Gives Ultimatum; "Not. Interest- cu, rvcaiiid oajo NEW! YORK, March 6. (By The' Associated f Press.) Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion. must accept or decline a challenge filed' by Harry Wills, negro heavy- hia place among the blacklisted in this state. This ultimatum was Issued by the state athletic commission to day .after a stormy, session in which both the Wills and Gibbons challenges were considered. The heavyweight titleholder was officially notified of the two-challenges in a telegram sent to him Jn Los Angeles oy tne commission late today. The Wills challenge was given priority because it was filed one week before Gibbons sent in his battle bid. ? Chairman James J. Farley, speaking for the commission said: "The commission has decreed that the Wills challenge should be given precedence over the Gibbons challenge because it was filed first. We have taken both chal lenges under careful consideration and -find that the only way we can fret any action is by taking the matter right to headquarters." - "Dempsejr? aiust make a deci sion. nni wit nr thn nthpr nn the Wills challenge now." , The' commissioner said this was the first step taken in a campaign to force all 'active champions to fight or give up their crownss LOS ANGELES, March 6. Dic tation on the part, of the New York state athletic commission as to who Jack Dempsey,1 heavy weight boxing champion,' shall and shall not fight is out of the ques tion. Jack Kearns, the titleholder's manager;"declared . here today in answer to a demand by the New York commission that' Dempsey reply within 24 nonra to the chal lenge of Harry Wills, the negro contender. "Dempsey and myself are not under the Jurisdiction of the New York commission and .are not in terested in any" way Whatever in what it does unless it is Interest ed in such a contest as a promo ter," Kearns asserted. -V-v "If the New York commission does care to promote a Dempsey Wills fight, their offer will be con sidered along with those of the Rickard and Henderson offers."; Kearns said that a similar de mand was made about two years ago and that after he had accept ed the challenge, the contest was prohibited by William Muldoon of the commission- Commenting upon the New York commission's lack of jurisdiction. Kearns said that . Dempsey's li cense to fight in that state expired after the Firno bout and that a renewal of the license would have to be obtained before he could box there again.' Kearns announced that he would leave for the eastern . city March 11 to negotiate possible title bouts. The Champion, he said would stay in Lo8 Angeles, where ne is now In training. Deaf School Five Defeat Fast, YMCA Aggregation The Goats, one of the basketball teams of the Oregon State Ieaf school, defeated, the Rinkidinks of the local YMCA on the deaf school floor last night by a' score of 48 to 7. : . ..Vv-v The game was fast and rough, with the score at the first half standing 22 to 5 in favor of the Goats. The second and final game will Individual Size -' Regular 60c Lb.,. For Saturday Only 36d lb.; 2 lbs. for 70c i . Limit, 2 pounds to a customer only at. Choc olat Creams be played on the Cbemawa floor on March 11. The Goats hare a strong aggregation, and have won a very high percentage of the Karnes played this season. Speed and teamwork usually enable them to open the contests with a series of fast plays that sweep their op ponents off their feet. GoMts I Iilnkldinks Tnrnbull . . . . . ..... Swina Collins. ..... . .F. Backe Powers .C. .. . . i . . . Olley Hill O. . . . Keppinger Durkeback .... G ........ - Olley Referee: Willie Pitts. I000BU1 BEATS SILVEBTOW FIVE Visitors Run Up Score of 20 to 8 Before Record U Breaking Crowd i SILVERTON. March 6. (Spe cial to The Statesman.) Before one of the largest crowds that has turned out for a basketball game this season, the ;Woodburn quintet defeated the Silverton aggregation by a score of 20 to 8. The game was exceptionally fast, and well interspersed with brilliant playing and shooting by both teams. At the end of the first half, the score stood 7 to 6 j with Wood burn maintaining the lead. J ' Manv fouls were called through out the contest, with both teams converting a fair percentage. Dar in the last half, the Silverton boys had difficulty in finding the basket when the opportunity pre sented itself. Both teams checked carefully and free shots were rare In a preliminary game, the ap parently unbeatable j Silverton girls' team won from their Wood- burn sisters by4a score of 34 to 8. Despite the one-sided score the game was interesting and punctu ated with excellent playing on both sides. ! Basketball Game Slated For Saturday Morning A basketball game is scheduled this morning at 11 o'clock at the Salem YMCA between the Daniel Boone club of the First Methodist church and the Lincoln Pioneers of the Central Congregational. The Daniel JJo.oneteam,. has cre ated interest by the number of successful games they have played this year. j i V 3BURNETT BROS., JEWELERS "PAY US AS YOU ARE PAID" EIGHT L TORES IN OREGON, This is a glorified picture of the famous ii .i .11 i . i ail tne watcnmaKers we ever Knew 10 oe It is made by field Illinois. It If at the end does not prove the nameyou may bring it back to us and every penny you have paid will be immediately returned to you and that without a whimper! per! (Xr&i :: ; " ' nirin. - . .. . it you can't come : jSyOU clTQ ! . ' --write and wo vmA s VISITORS Willamette "Cubs" to Take Active Part in State Tourn ament Next Week All details in regard to the ar rangements made for the state basketball tournament to be held at Willamette university are now practically complete. A special reception committee will meet the visiting teami; at the stations and conduct them to their hotels. The Willamette Cubs will have charge of this work and all details In regard to handling the crowds at the gym. t. .'j i.'f At the request of the state board of control the reports from each district in regard to the team which is to represent them will be in some time today. Each school to enter is allowed to sub mit a list of 1 0 men at that time. Later this number is to be cut down to eight, as only that num ber of men will be allowed to par ticipate. ) ; i The ; lijneups of each team and the individual number pit each player w-Jll be incorporated in the official program as a special feat ure.' This is expected to be a great advantage to the fans as the visiting teams will not be famil iar to them. 4 -; ' The secretary of the Oregon State Athletic association. Mr. McLoughlin of Corvallis. will be present to take charge of certain phases of the tournament. I His duties' will include the, power to hand down a decision in regard to the eligibility of any contested rdaver. or any other question in volving the state board regula tions. I - fj A special wire will be installed on the premises for the benefit of the Portland schools. , This will be a big advantage over the ar rangements of last year although they were considered satisfactory at that time, v . ! i This year's state trophy Is a large silver basketball . mounted on a wooden pedestal. The trophy which is now on display in The Spa window is one of the best and most appropriate that has ever been offered to the winner of the state tournament. ; f No further reports are available I E FOR 'M Aeeeal the Illinois Watch Company in Spring is sold on "suspicion." of thirty days it itself to be worthy in regard to the teams that will compete, although a complete re port'' is expected this afternoon. ' Season t?ckets for the tourna ment are available at a number of the downtown business houses. Including the two sporting goods stores. SOPH BEAT FRQSH HGOPSTERS Inter-Class Championship of Willamette Decided Fri day Afternoon The deciding game of the Wil lamette university men's, inter class basketball series was played in the Willamette gym Friday af ternoon. Tbje Sophomores defeat ed the Freshmen by the score of 20 to 16 in a fast and unusually close game. The' score ran evenly for both teams during the first half.whicto ended 11-10 in favor of the upper class. In the second period the play was very fast and In the third quarter the Rooks ran up a lead of 16-15. The upper class came back strong and soon tied the score In the final period, in the last few minutes of play they started an offense that netted a four point lead. They then pro ceeded to hold the ball in their territory as much as possible till the end of the game. ' Lineups were as follows: Sophomores (20) Freshmen Roundtree 5 . F. . . .F. . .C. . G. . . (J . . . Evavold Tweedy 3 Flagel 13 Kallahan . . Thomas Ellis 5 . . Adams . Mast 10. Mann . . Refer Steincipher, Salem. "Big" Munn Eliminates Canadian Title Holder . CLEVELAND. Ohio. March 6. ' Wayne "Big" Munn, claimant of i ithe world's heavyweight wrestling t competing, which will mal "championship made quick work01 for n!ne ,,ve Sames, of Wallace Duguid. Canadian title sessions of play to gree holder, in the feature of a wrest ling carnival here tonight. Using his famous crotch and half Nelson. Munn threw; Duguid in straight falls in nine and two minutes. Ed -?Straneler" Lewis and Wil - liam nemetral wrestled one hour' - The entire state is represented to a draw. Mike Romano defeat Jed Assan Giles in 14 minutes with: t a toe hold. "Gold Medal Watch" tiTi itr l rr? . ine wonas r in est mm? M BASEBALL SCHEDULE IS OUT University ) Starts Season Against Pacific at Eu " gene on April 24 . Oregon's 1923 baseball schedule opens with a game with Pacific at Eugene on April 24, four weeks after ful practice is under way. The first Pacific coast conference came will be played May 4th against the University of Idaho. The complete Oregon schedule fol lows: ' April 24 Pacific at Eugene. April 29 Whitman at Eugene. May 4 Idaho at Eugene. , May 6- Washington State at Eusene. - i ;,. '"',' May 9 University of Washing ton at Eugene. , May 16 Oregon Aggies at Cor vallis. ' May 1 8 Willamette at Salem. May 19 Pacific at Forest O rove May 20 University of Wash ington at Seattle." May 21 Washington State at Pullman. May 22 -Idaho at Moscow. May 23 Whitman at Walla Walla. i May 29 -Oregon Aggies at Eu gene. Salem Lions Den Behind State Basketball Games The Lions are back, of the Ore gon state basketball tournament to the extent that each member of the club is boosting with all his f might in selling tickets for the contest, which promises to be one of the hardest fought one held in the state. ; - Some of the outstanding fea tures of this year's contest are the participation in the. tournament of Portland's championship team. Franklin high school: 10 teams make it with eet the fans. Last year over 600 visitors came daily to see the games and pit is the expectation of the orfl- cia's that this number shall be i pushed to a much higher one. In the tournament and has become of Salem's civic affairs, and it's merits need no emphasis. WMlft) For- V which is said by T.' l ; nmcuccijcr. : If you can't come -- write and wo rill send one to you Robbers Secure Sardines f And Pineapples in Raid A raid on the Wiggins A Son grocery store Thursday night net ted sardines and pineapple to the robbers, according to the report filed with the Salem police. -Entrance was gained through a rear window which led them to the storehouse' where the goods were stored. Attempts o enter the front door had been futile. The prowlers pried a lock from the front door, but there was an other lock which held them back. It ; was after this ineffectual at tempt that the robbers turned their attention to the window. The storehouse contained several ar ticles of staple foods, but the rob bers selected only the sardines and pineapples. Deputy Sheriff Burk hart and Smith made an investi gation of the premises. w II. OE 0. GLEE CLUBS WILL BE 1 SALEM Combined Conceit on 25th, Featuring Frank Jue in . Musical Cantata Frank Jue, Chinese tenor, who is carrying on graduate work at the University of Oregon school of music, and well known in Sa lem for his concert work, is to be the leading soloist in the combined concert of the men's and women's clubs of the university,' to be pre sented in Salem Tuesday. March 24. Other soloists to be featured are Roy Bryson, Ruth Akers and Mildred Berkley, according to the report of James Leake, senior at Oregon, who was in Salem yes terday completing arrangements. More than 30 voices will be in- mm ofWA will Pay a dollar or so a week. No interest no extras no tax. Priced at $42.50. Unconditionally guaranteed. : DATES FOR GQUFITRY 11 S Oregon Jersey Cattle Club Announce Program for the Spring Months At a meeting of the Oregon Jersey Cattle club, held in Jeffer son on Thursday, . definite dates were set for the series of county shows to be held in the 'spring. So far. only six counties have signed up, but five or six others have accepted tentative dates. A show will be held in Columbia county on May 18; in Clackamas on May 20; Marion, May 21; Polk May 22; Linn, May 23, and Lane, on May 23. The shows, although following the same general trend, will be different in each county. A great deal of interest has been created, and it is expected that the attend ance will break all previous re cords.. The Jersey cattle associa tion has been very active in its field this year and has done much constructive work. eluded in the choruses given here. John Stark Evans, member of the faculty of the school of music, is director of both the glee clubs at the University of Oregon. Will Enter Aluninl Salem Alumni of Willamette university will be hosts to all al umni of Willamette university at the home of F. A. Legge. 1499 State, immediately after the annu al Freshman Glee at the Armory tonight. SHOW ARE GIVE A Guaranteed Remedy T?rfy ITCHING, BLIND. PIII7Q JrV-flx BLEEDING OR PROTRUDING A 1LJLO It is now put up in collapsible tubes with detachable pile pipe making it very easy to apply. IF 'tJt.i fails (Also put up in WASHINGTON AND Q)vyin) J .JM -tta it . '?j-0'v.. package TCMES We want you to take a "Gold Medal" Watch and carry it for thirty days. No money needed none asked for. The Gold Medal Watch J speaks for itself! Check up the Western Union Clocks with it! You'll find it as accurate If you decide to keep it -457 STATE STREETC FRESH! GLEE EKEIIT 1'llGllT Preparations Made for Crowd of 1500; Classes to Hold Parties All details for the Annual Freshman glee to be given by the students of Willamette University at the Salem armory are now com plete. The glee will commence at 8 o'clock tonights This is to be the 17th annual Freshman glee given by the students of Willam ette university. There will be . no admission" charged tor the glee although the lower floor has been reserved for the students and friends of the university. Preparations have been made t accommodate a crowd of some 15.00 people, although the crowd will probably exceed that number. After the glee the respective (Continued on page 6) Babies Eovc Ut - o For all stomach and intestinal troubles and disturbances due to teething, there is nothing better than a safe Infants end Children's Laxative. Oyiiup DiTQfiuirQeini'S 75c DRUGGISTS refund money if to cure. directions enclosed with each Your druggist will order it. old ityle Tins, 60c.) CALIFORNIA E as the stars. as we know you iC-.'Ipcoi m a - i Ni Fi va r i nu an sc sc B QCHAEFER'Q DRUG STOKE KJ "The Yellow Front" Tne I'enslar Store 135 Ncrth CcnncrcLil VlZT.2 197