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TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1925 LARGE CROWD GREET SPEED ICINGS AT IiONE, OAK SPEEDWAY ON LABOR DAY THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON I ! 4 (4 1 1 r I GEORGE SMYTH ii GLEvELS CT 30 Mile Event Taken by . Canadian Driver; Over 7000 Attend Meet Piloting a Cleyeland Special to Victory in both the 30 mile and IS tnfle eyents, George Smyth, "mys tery driver" "and Canadian racing cLamplon, won riifcn nuuort on the libne Oak. speedway in the Labor day racea here yesterday. -' Bill McDonald. . of. Salem, won the 10 mile run easily, setting a time of 9:48 with a Frontenac Special. Smyth made the 30 miles in 31:31 2-5, and the IS miles in 14:29 3-5. The 30 mile event was run on a muddy track although no accidents occurred to mar the speed tourna ment.. Over 7000 people attended the races. t In the 10 mile run Bill McDon ald had little opposition, taking every lap of the event. Th,e cars crossed the line on the final lap in ;the same dfder they started. McDonald first. Steward McKie second In a Baby Frontenac; Ira Cook third In a HVR Special; and Lou Hollahan fourth in an Essex Special. This race was for cars of 183 Inches displacement, or un der., . -: " In the 15 mile race Smyth led the Held after the second lap, the other machines getting dangerous ly close, but never passing him. Iaro Bianchi, piloting a Reed Special gave him the closes race. himself leading for the first two laps, and holding, , second place throughout , the - remaining IB loops around the oval. Harr Hale in Pa Marmon Special finished, in third place in the 15 mile event- Five cars started but u 'Templar, driven by Elgin Lucas was- forced TODAY and Tomorrow four laps, with Bianchi second -and Smyth third." In the fifth, Smyth came to the front and held it to the 11th lap when the Essex pull ed out ahead from third - place. Smyth regained ' the lead in the 12th, only to be forced to second place by Ira Cook In his HVR. Cook held he lead for four laps, and was forced out of the race later when he threw a wheel. The Essex ne a to quit in the seventh lap on account of a burn ed out bearing. This car was one of the speediest on the track, and was TMished through in. fine nhape by Walker at the wheel. SEN I W 10 IS 1 3 Rain Stops Battle After Lo cals Score 2 to 1 Lead Over Toledo hit by pitcher, Edwards by Strick meter; time of game, 1.45. Umpire Jones. " ' Monday's (iuw ' Toledo A.B. R. II. E. Reed Special was forced out for a time in the 10th lap. but later reentered. In . the .dame lap the Baby Frontenac was obliged to take the pit with bearing trouble. The HVR quit in the 18th lap. and the Frontenac went to the pits Rain stopped the battle on Ox ford field in the fifth fnnln. va Tneterday, but not until the Senators out in the fourth on account at j w ith tire trouble in the 21st carburetor "trouble, and ai Dodge Special piloted by Martin with drew in the seventh from over heating. The Marmon .threw ' a tire in the, 11th lap Tmt managed to enter again and finish tliird. I The . 30 mile run 'was raced on a sloppy track, a pelting rain hav ing fallen at the conclusion of the 15, mile event. The track was in dangerous condition and the cars were sent around on a five lap tour to stir up the dust beneath the mud to make it safe for the long run. . Nine cars enrerefl the bo mile race, with only three remaining at the finish. Some remarkable driv ing was witnessed ou the turns Notwithstanding , t-e 'slippery track, eactfcar took the tarns at high speed. Smyth, driving the Cleveland, was crowded --severely several times. In the long grim! he was overtaken by fourjcars, an Essex Special driven by Walker, of, Medford, a Frontenac by Mc Donald, an HVR Special by Ira Cook, and a Reed Special by Bian chi. The Frontenac .took the first had scored a 2 to 1 lead over To ledo to give the locals victories in both of the two-game series Sun day and Monday. Assisted by four homers, the Senators took an 8 to 4 victory in the first of the two-game go. Rf hnrna 1nna tnnr fn 4Ti - When the final lap . was run. ' v,t'A " ' , .. . , , . . ' Senators and two for the visitors Qulnn If King lb ..... Strickmeter cf Robbins as . . . Brooks rf . . .-. Stapleton c . . Springs 2b .. . Copeland 3b . . Be a nils p i Total 2 .3 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .1 .2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 TE1IS ITCH TO i . BE HELD SEPT. 12 Salem Players to Hold Tour i natnent Saturday;;-Three Classes Enter BASEBALL By IU Aaaatuf JftMt .IS 1 Salem SPECIAL Ladies' . Matinee . Wednesday, 2 p.m. JACKIIQXIE in "The Red Rider ;Bigh Theatre the Cleveland was about one-half mile ahead of the Marmon, with a Templar driven by Lucas fol lowing up behind. f. After the races. Harry Groves leaped from an airplane in a par achute, j although no attempt was made to lower the world record for altitude. ' The Cleveland car will be on exhibition at the MacDonald auto company during the week. featured the mix Sunday. The homers brought in the only four tallies for the Toledo nine. Bouton was the only man to cross the plate without the assistance of a homer. Brooks, fielder for the challeng- Total " 12 2 2 2 Summary Home runs. Brooks; two-base hits, Qulnn. Strickmeter; struck-out. by Ash by 2. by Beam- l 5 ! Kfl a a sin Kail 1 i.VL- em Mnrri th ntll hnmar In " J' " . -, 'J I ftff OEMPSEY SHOWS GLOVES H EA VYWEI GHT CHAMP BOX. ES IX EXHIBITION' MATCH yesterday's game, bringing in the lone tally for the visitors. Keene and Reinhart was responsible for the Senators' two counts. Box scores with summaries of the two games follow: Sunday's Game Toledo I FURNITURE AUCTION! VVednes., Sept. 9 53.1 N. 16th Street 1:30 p. m. I ' . .Watch Papers For Particulars I . 1 MRS. SCHWAB, Owner 1 ' F. N. Woodryj Sjilem'M Ieaditij? AM-tioncer Phone 511 ; Not connected in business with. any other, Woodry "A SANi FRANCISCO. Sept. 6. (By Associated Press.) Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion pugilist, emerged partially from retirement, in the midst of a fight card at the ball park here this af ternoon to box four exhibition rounds, two each with two oppon ents: Appearing stripped for action in an American ring for the first time in more than a year, the champion looked to be in tip top condition. No superfluous fat was evident. Though he did not ex tend himself in the exhibition, he displayed fast footwork, v his fa mous weaving style of attack and an assortment of short, fast hook3. . . . Dempsey'a opponents. Bill La rue of; the Olympic club, former national amateur heavyweight champion, and.'JCowboy'Ed War ner, clowned it about much to the amusement of the crowd. The main even; was a 10 round draw between Lou Paluso of Salt Lake City and . Tommy., Cello of San Francisco, lightweights. The referee's decision was not received with unanimous accord, many fans contending that .Cello had earned the call. Bouton ss Proctor 2b 1 Maples 3b ......... 2 Keene lb 1 Reinhart cf . 1 Scbackman If 1 Qulsen berry rf ...... 2 Edwards c 1 Ahby p 2 A.B. R. II. E. .10 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 A.B. R. II. E. Qulnn If . . . . ... . ...4 1 10 King lb 3 0 2 0 Armstrong cf 4 1 1 0 Robbins ss 4 2 2 0 Brooks rf : 4 0 1 0 Stapleton 2b 4 0 0 0 Sprlgg 2b 4 0 0 0 Copeland 3b .4 0 0 0 Strickmeter p 4 0 1 0 Totals ' 35 4 8 0 Beamts S; stolen bases, Keene; sacrifice fly, Schackman; hit by pitcher, Copeland by Ashby. Umpire Jones. FLOWERS GETS DECISION i i REFEREE STOPS FIGHT WHEN OPPOXEXT LAYS DOWX CLEVELAND, Sept. 7. (By I bout! between Tiger Flowers of Atlanta. Ga., and Ted Moore. Eng hsa ! middleweight. In the sixth round here tonight. He acted t cause Moore refused to fight. . Moore did not appear to be in very good condition. Four trophies will be offered for leaders In the city tennis tournament which opens here this week beginning Saturday. Sep tember 12, according to announce ment yesterday of Ivan White, chairman of the committee in charge from the Salem tennis as sociation. The tournament sched ule calls for men's singles, wom en's singles, men doubles, and a consolation men's singles tourna ment. ' j The tourney Is being held later than usual this year, principally because .so many of the players have been out of the city until recently, it was said. Among prominent entries will be Stanley Emmel, ranking player for Willamette university and winner of the singles cup in the city tourney a year ago; Roy Okerbergt University of Oregon player, who with Dr. ! Bates of Salem won the doubles cup last year; Hale Mickey, . Willamette player, and the entire high school team, consisting of Francis Lutz, Jack Mlnto. John Creech and Ivan White. The tournament will be held on the association ; courts lo cated on the state! hospital grounds. I Salem A.B. R. H. E. Ronton s 5 1 3 2 Proctor 2b 5 1 1 0 Maples 3b .... .3 0 1 0 Adolnh 'lb .2 0 0 0 Reinhart cf 3 11 0 Qulsenberry rf 3 1 0 0 Schackman If 4 1 1 0 Edwards c ...3 1 11 0 Barham p '. .3 2 2 0 Totals ... 31 8 10 2 Bishop ran for Edwards in 4th. Keene ran for Edwards in 5thJ Summary Home runs. Barham 2, Robbins 2. Schackman. Proc tor; two-base hits, Qulnn. Bouton 2;" three-base hits, Bouton; struck out. by Barham 9. by Strickmeter 5; base on balls, off Strickmeter1 4; stolen bases Quinn, Armstrong, Maples; sacrifice fly. Adolph; double plays. Bouton to Proctor to Adolph; wild pitch. Strickmeter; IXSURAXCE LAW ASKED SEATTLE, Sept. 7. A law that provide compulsory automobile In surance, as a means of protecting traffic accident victims is to be recommended before a meetinr b the King county legislators here tomorrow by George F. Meacham state representative. Pacific Tortland C-5; San Francisco 2-0. Salt Lake C-C; Oakland 5-4. Sacramento 10-3; Vernon 3-6. Seattle 6-4; Los Angeles 6-2. ArortU-aa Washington 2-7; Philadelphia Boston 5; New York 1. (Sec ond game postponed, rain). Detroit 7-3; St. Louis 6-4. (Sec ond game 11 Innings). Cleveland 6-0; Chicago -5. X at tonal Pittsburgh S-8; Chicago 5-9. (Second game 10 innings)., Cincinnati 8-1; St. Louis 6-5. Philadelphia-Brooklyn, games postponed, rain. Two games tomorrow. New York-Boston, garnet post poned, rain. Two games tomor row. iVOUR PLUMBING-IS THING YOU SHOULD OTHINK OF THIS WOMAN. CHILD FOUND SEATTLE. Sept. 7. Mrs. Avoid Cameron, wife of a local pastor, who took her Infant son and dis appeared Saturday night, was found tonight In Olympia. . She was believed a victim of amnesia. When a physician advises you to take a month off and rest up. he should al.no provide the cash to keep up your Installments. i I ! 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