USE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON-
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18. 1923
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OIL TEARS
Cycol Nine Is Defeated, to
,1 in Had-Fought Twirl
V i - er$' Battle
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! BASEBALL
By Associated Ireu
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No 'games; team traTellng.
I America a 1
Chicago 3 ; Detroit 2
Only pne game scheduled.
In a pitchers duel tire Salem
Senators weft a 2 to 1 game from
the Portland, Cycol team at Ox
ford -park Sunday afternoon. Bar
bara held the visitors to two safe
hits and then scored'Tne winning
tallyIn the seventh after the score
Not until the third inning did
the" Senators; connect when with
two '.out, Boston elapped a slow
la!i; .fcvcr the fences holding this
leaa, until- the seventh when the
shre '-was tied after! a bouehad
! play 'on the part of j the Tisitors,
llarhatn storing when the basWs
- wre-tilled.i t : -v H - - .
Toledo had little:" difficulty in
rwampHijr; Albanylyj the score of
to 2, and the Salem-Woodburn
AJJ:Stars defeated, the Independ
epce.oi'ne at Independence 3 to 2
In a hard fougTit ganle running 18
. full innings.;. . .ji - -
Albany Js slated to meet the
:' Senators' here Sunday. '
Nummary of the Senator-Cycol
game: j R. il E.
Seriatdrs. " , . 2 6 1 2
, ctco'".;:'t yj.:. .'y'fc:;, 1 21 2
Batteries:- Barh'am - and Ed
wards; Coovert and Baker. ;, .
Summary Struck out, bv Bar
ham 9, by j Coovert ill 0; bae Kn
Lalls. oTf Barham 5j of Coovert
3'; hit bv ;pitched ball. Keerie;
balk, Coovert; stolen base. Tunjia,
home. -run, :Ttouton; Sacrifice hits,
. Btprlor.Simnions. Naker. . :)
Umpires Rankin and Kennedy,
. .National
New York 3; Philadelphia 2.
Only one game scheduled.
. EshibitkwGniueL'vf ;
. Philadelphia Americans!). .
Pittsburgh Nationals
umphahtly,f among tljenv several
who loom is (Tangerous rivals for
the -title, .;. ' -j; Y
f Miss ! Elabeth vRyanJfor In
stance, jwho is Ifioked upon as Miss
Wills' foremost apponen. per
formed JbrilHantlH to .overwhelm
Miss Cafoma Wins of, Mountain
Lakes, N. J.', in two love sets in
about 20 minutes.' iV-.-
5 Other ? American stars, such as
Mrs. Molla iallory. JtriMarlou
Jessup, Miss Mary K, pfowne and
Miss Eleanor Gosg came through
their opening tests without' much
difficulty.
CLOVERDALE MINE' WINS
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RICK KYI , TEAM" 1H ' DEFEATED
IiY SCORE OI- 5 TO J ' -
In a ame that waa in doubt
until the, final minute, the Clover
dale nine defeated, the Rickey
Wildcats 'on the high, school field
Sunday 4riernoon to the "tune o
5 to 3. Libby was the fielding
star of the game.' . '
Tteam! ''" r j'j E
Wildcats' .;. ........ i.. 3 5
Cloverdale 4. ........ 4 . 5 ' 5 1
Catteries1 Gesner and Schultz;
Wipper 4nd Hennils.' I '
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mmm in .hm,ih!iiiiiiii,ii.i. -9C-:-.- : V : M,
1 " thrift?
The very badjjourig man (RodLiRocque) broke iH the commandI5gf2$
and stole the girllLeatnce Joy) from his brother (Richard Oix) in -'The
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CONNECTION WITH DEATH'
. FOREST .III14A NV Aug 17.
Hy AsHocla t ed Press. ) The
battle .lor . the' "national . women's
tennis c hampionsbip got under
Way today with every Indication
that Helen Wills would have the
most 1 strenuous ' tussle of her
chreer in defense of the. laurels,
rfhe has von for the past two sea
abns. '' V !l -; '."M.
t Tta.dakh aired Californian got
rff o vinoriou start in defense
her ,.cro;'yiv. onnuening Mrs.
Ielen Pollak Folk of New York,
62 6-3,Jn lier. first round match.
butvth. piher Wn. seeded players MedforiI-4-Pear cropi Is now es
In thetouruu:iieRf."afso started tri- tiraated at ISOu carloads
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W-ATEhLOO. Iowa. Aug. ,17.
(By Associated, press.:) Russel
Vogel, 3 p. I Waterloo, 1 was taken
Into custody herejtbis. evening for
investigation in connection with
the death; of Jeannette! Miller, be
lieved to- be the woman whose
charred body waa found in a hay
stack near I Carlisle. Iowa.
I Sheriff-, park Findlay of Des
Moines and! a deputy arrived here
3 minutes; after Vogel's arrest
and planned to question him. They
are also (following several local
"leads' "which they believe might
connect vogel with the killing.
Some idea of the stupendous
prpportions of '"The Ten Com
mandments," comins to the Grand
theater Tuesday, ; August 23, is
contained In the, following sum
mary: - : ;
iMain outdoor ;set of Rameses:
09 feet high, 730 feet long.
Materials actually used: 15 tons
modeling, clay,. 300 tons . plaster,
3.H0.000 feet lumber, .25,000 lbs.
nails, 75 miles cable and 'wire.
Weight of phines, nearly four
tong each. Height of Pharoah's
stone colossi, 35 feet. -
Equipment pf.Ca'mp Cecil B. TJe
He:; Water jiumplng and tank
stem. 36.000 gallon daily rapac
itjf; electricityi daily consumption
000 kilowatts; two dining halls,
000 sittings eacjij 2.500 sleeping
cot3. and bedding;! daily commis
sary, five meat animals and three
and a half tons of other food;
fleet of motor cars and sand sleds.
47; j miles of sidewalks, 5; me
chanics on salary roll, 850; cooks
Gifciis Monkey Altt : -Mother
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National League, outside of Mc
Graw, might be? . -
Who in - the American league,
ranks second to Connie Mack in
point of service?
Bill McKechnie, boss of the Pi
rates, is the second oldest pilot in
the old league. And he has been
1 1 manager ef the team only since
1922," when he succeeded George
Gibson, now aiding him as "assist
ant to the president,
And Miller Hnggins. the man
who gave New York three pen
nants in a row, and is now trying
to rebuild his team; is the second
otdeet boss In the American league.
Huggins has been head of the
Yanks since 118. That's only
seven years.
', All the other pilots have made
their debuts since then.
.The present season,' since the
opening, game, has seen a change
In the management of the Carding
als, the Dodgers and Cubs.' '
Zack Wheat replaced Uncle Wll-j
bert Robinson, as: pilot, of the
Brooklyn team : when the rotund
one became president. Robinson
I I leit tne auues too irasome ana
and assistants. 125; police, fire-1 wanted to reward Wheat for bis
men' and soldiers. 250. faithful services, ' ' ' '
, Costumes. harness, etc.: "'Six- I Branch Rickey was eased out Jn
teen miles Of cloth made up into St. Louis and Rogers Hornsby
over 3.000 costumes.. Three tons named in his place. Friction on
of leather, nade up into 250 sets the club was given as one of the
of Egyptian chariot harness.' Two! reasons for the failure of the Car
tons of talcum powder to whiten I dipals to win under. Rickey. .
actors' faces. 500 gallons of glye- Killefer was sidetracked to a'
erine to grease their, bodies. 200 I Job as scout for the balance of his
pounds of safety pins to. pin up I contract to let Rabbit Maranville
the drapes. ' I assume the management of the
Animals: 900 horses, 200 bur-1 Chicago team. Killefer, despite
ros, v0 camels, 1.000 cattle. 5001 the money placed at his disposal
sheep and goats. 300 fowl, guinea I by the multi-millionaire Wrigley.
hens and ducks, 50 dogs. In ad- I failed to make a pennant winning
dition to grain ration, 10. tons of I team out of the once feared Cub-
hay a day required. ....
Nationalities of the, players:
Egyptian. - Coptic. Arabian. Pales
tinian. Syrian. Armenian. Mesopo- I
tamian, Turkish.' Caucasian, Rou
manian, Bulgarian. Serbian, Czec-
lets.
' Rumors that there might be a
change in management in 'Cleve
land were set at rest recently
when Mrs. James C. -Dunn, owner
ef the club, signed Speaker for
ho-Slovaklan, Zingari, Greek. Ital-I the season of 1926
Ian. Spanish, Portuguese. Moorish, There has been some talk that
Polish, Swiss, German. Austrian Lee Fohl's failure to get better
Hungarian. Scandinavian,, Dutch, results out of the Boston Red Sox
Belgian. British and American. a a disappointment to Hub fans
"' Roster of principals and extras.! Whether or not there is any possi
2.500. including. 250 Old World aility of a change there Isn't
Are the Giants destined once
more to ride to victory In the Na
tional league race mainly on their
"guts"? f !
" It begins to look that way.
Year after year the Giants,
when forced to fight with, their
Ucks to the wall to hold the lead
In the National, league scramble,
hare outgamed the Pittsburgh
Pirates, their most persistent and
formidable rivals, and have won
out on their nerve. .
This yea they re .apparently
doing the same thing.
They have the precious faculty
of keeping the thought deep In
their minds that they can win
games, despite hail - storms and
high water. Right now, of course,
this confidence is strengthened by
the success of four long cam
paignscampaigns in -which they
carried on with yobbling pitching
staffs, erratic batting at times.
and injuries to regulars tnat
would wreck the morale of . the
average club. But they, seemed
to have that courage at the start
of their present reign, back in
1921.
The Pirates, meanwhile, climb
to the top of the National league
flag mast,, knives in their teetl)
and murder lurking in their eyes,
and then take to drinking milk
and lumping at the slightest noise
In the -way ' ef a cap pistol ex
ploding-" ', . . . .
Tvever-has -there been a more
striking example of fighting spir
it shown than that which has
hovered" over' the Giant camp the
last four and & half campaigns
Thte. year the team has been
harder hit with injuries and oth
er disconcerting Incidents than at
any previous point in the period
dating from April. 1921. Mc
Graw's most valuable regulars
have been forced fro mthe game
for .various intervals because of
Injuries Heinle Groh Travis
Jackson, Frankle Frlsch and
Freddy Llndstrom, McGraw'a
main utility man. have been In
capacitated for duty. Just yhen
their service were needed most.
Then, one or two of his players
apparently Jumped the traces
The suit filed by Mrs. Hugh Mc
Quillan against the Giant pitcher,
alleged that McQuillan had been
breaking graining. McQuillan de
nies the charges. ' He has. how
ever, been of little use to the
team all season. .
One thing McGraw has Inst 'lied
in his players Is the idea that
alibis don't go. If a player boots
one, pulls a boner, or falls Into
a slump no one is asked or ex
pected to- listen to woefnl song
es to the cause of his downfall.
Except in the cases of the few
youngsters carried along while
they acquire experience the pres
ence or absence of a player In
the batting order indicates cleaT-
ly enough his value to the club
Which I as it should be. Ball
players are hired to play ball and
not for their "ability to issue
briefs covering various angles of
their failure to play it properly.
McGraw bas ben accused of
Israelites. Roster of technical and
mechanical workers 850. including
architects, artists, hydraulic en
gineers, army men, doctors, police.,
firemen. chefs. stenographers
known. Probably there will be
no change this year. Fohl and
Bobby Quinn, president of the
?lub. are close friends and Quinn
There is no doubt but what Fohl
dressmakers, linemen, electricians. I has the utmost confidence in Fohl
carpenters, masons, - plasterers. I a smart baseball man. is doing the
iron workers. plumber's, harness-1 best he can with the material that
makers. teM ma"rs. blacksmiths. has been acquired.
wagonraakers, drivers, chauffeurs.
camel drivers, cowmen, poulterers,
hostlers and (shepherds. . . '
not only running .his team with an
. . . . , , i ... i
lron hand but oi oeing 4me ron oi rommna uuriag wui,
"brains" for every member of It.
It Is said that he signal every
move a pitcher makes and orders -every
change In the la field and
outfield play.
This may be. But it must be
eald that while subjugating the
ixruiml Itnunl In t thla into.
maton. style of play he Instills
into his team a fighting spirit
thct right now no other cjub In
the Nalional league carries...
That goes as It lays.
There may be some question as
to Jack Dempsey's condition, fol
lowing m cuupie ui ju vi iuir-
ne as far as the ring game. Is
concerned. But Billy Gibson,
manager of Gene Tunney merely
draws the loud, guffaws when he
Insists that Dempsey'a hesitancy
about entering the ring with
Tunney has been caused by a fear
of the young man.
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TJAf.aJft.-many trained ani
mals with- the Ringling brothers
and Bar&um il Bailey, circus that
la to exhibit here Saturday, Aug
ust 29." ' - ,": y 1 : j.
On the mammoth ' hippodrome J
truck one hundred and fifty horses
appear in a magnificient 'Equine
Fallpi", pther troupes appears
, iu thejrin&i., JlUjtrbefore feavln
" the menagerie the visitor, should
"not ppjb. eevthose;i."taturar
actors, jack and Jill, j - !
For Jack and Jill are 'with Ithe
circus this year. Not, of couirse,
the very pair that is told of in
the nursery rhyme and who ac
cording to MothervGoose "camie
down the hill," Ibut those whom
Mr. Darwin might- bave: claimed
were connected 'with ''therr ances-
. tors. ,: jf' . --. i
Jack'and JIM are two full-grown
' chimpanzee, who have consented
to accept a limited touring - en
gagement with the Ringling
Brothers and Barnum & Bailey
Oir!yi.Tbelr contract calls for
ar specially constructed exhibition
tagon fitted with plenty of swings
ropes and slides ,and gorgeously
bedecked with red and gold paint.
. The wasuu staudd in the center of
the grea 1 1 dougle-menagerle . tent
This tent shelters 'more than a
thousand 'animals, including 42
elephants fad a family of giraffes.
But no visitor can afford-to neg
lect to pay: hi' respects tol laclc
and Jill. . ! J
The champanzees have earned
their nursery names pecause'ota
particular fstuntwhlch they per-'
form. Tbtsi consUts of one climb
ing to tb.4 1 very roof - of the big
cage- and. jtben. simply'4ettingrgo
and falling liead'-over heels to the
floor . beWw. Then the sothor
comes ianiDnng arter.;
' Practically alt the .elephanU x
hibited In ?Uehienagerle are pcr
formers. . Five herds ot 'them dp
allmanner of stunts in the . 'big
top. The baby pachyderms per
form on tjhe main-tent staces!
Shortly after they have gone back
to their hay, improvised rings are
placed on ; the broad tagesAthey
have left.' This la a complete In
novation i hi circu. achievement
For it permits the introduction, of
five troupes of trained stallions
Three of .these splendid companies
do their njarvelotts drills on the
stage-rings: and three ia the dirt
floored circles.
hustling manager, Paddy Mullins.
re making much capital of Jack
Dempsey's failure 6 date to sign
actual papers for a bout with the
nesro challenger. ; " i
They- announce In loud and
stjenatorian tones' that Wills has
already signed for such a match.
He and DempseyJ j both , came to
some sort of an agreement a cou
ple of years ago -and the match
never came off., j It was never
nearer than the! talkative etage
and in these hectic days there is
a far cry between the talk and
the fight. -
Now. the truth' .Is that Wills
and his .colleagues should talk
lightly of being willing to sign up.
That's the proper, game. Make It
appear' as though the champion
was the hesitating one. But you
can bet your last sinker' there'll
be considerable thought on the
part of Mr. ,Wilhrand Mr. Mullin
regarding the size of the puroe.
location of the fight, amount for
Ufilning expenses'! and what not
before the j bout is closed with
such frmness that the public has
reasonable assurance that it will
come off. . li
j Mullins may Just gush over
with confidence concerning Wills
ability to lick the champion. Wills
himself may announce loudly and
vociferously that he can wind the
champion into several kinds of
embroidery knots.; But .when the
time comes to sign on .the dotted
line those two gentlemen are go
ing to insist that Mr. Wills re
ceive a generous enough sum to
take -care of them In their old age,
should Mr. Dempsey ruin their
plans.'-- ';f;;- ;" - z-
(All this talk of Wills being
ready to ' wager $10,000 he can
beat Dempsey is all bunk. All thia
talk of him willing tu meet Demp
sey, wherever, .- whenever and
whatever the price named la
" It must be said in justice to oth
er managersthat McGraw and
Mack "grew up" with their clubs
and became well entrencned in
the club financially as well as oth
er ways before the 'present crop
of managers thought of making
bids for fame as pilots. The
younger generation have held
their jobs solely on a basis of suc-
Uess measured by immediate gate
ter that he is willing to meet
Dempsey for nothing. '.
"It's going to be a .cold money jfeceipts. Changes made have been
proposition. The only difference I engineered primarily with the idea
between the opposing parties is reviving interest in inc nun
that Mullins is playing to the pub-
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lie or thinks he is and Demp
sey iij shooting-straight. He will
fight Wills or anybody else when
he feels that the. time, locale and
purse are right for Mr. John Har
rison Dempsev The fact that Mr.
Wills Js looking fierce,' accusing
Mr. Dempsey of being a "f raid
cat" : and, sticking, his tongue out
at the champion Is being over
looked calmly and serenely by the
greatest money., getter the ring
game has ever known.
Uneasy lies the head that wears
the crown. 1 .
That saw was pulled in the days
when kings and seventeen tasters
to' act as buffers for any ' peeved
gentlemen or ladies that tried to
put poison in their soup or souffle.
But the' same holds true re
garding the crowned heads of base-1
ball. ; . -
John Mcraw' and Connie Mack
are the only pilots in the big
leagues today who have successful
ly dodged the pitfalls for an ex
tended period. Offhand can you
tell who the oldest manager in the
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