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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1926)
OPETJ HOUSE READY TO GREET PUB Attendance for, Game "Ex : pected High If Weather :: Continues Good ; Satem r is preparing for a; royal reception of the Portland Beav ers upon their arrival In this city for- the tama Saturday afternoon at Oxford park with the Salem - Senators. The Oregon, Hellig and v Blien theaters will admit any of the -ball player to their-shows free of charge Saturday and Sunday. Dreamland skating rink will furn ish free skating, and the players who are, fond of dancing will find .the Dreamland floor open to them -; gratis. Seattle : Indians are to be ac- - corded the same courtesy when . they come. to, town for theame -with the Senators. Sunday, after , nocn. A large number of Portland tans hare Indicated their intention of .coming , to Salem for both, the Saturday and" the Sunday -games. ; Portland followers of the game are Interested not only In .sizing up the capacity of their home team, 'but , are also Interested in seeing the relative atrength of the Seattle .bqysj who are the ancient '. rivals" f Portland in the coast league. If the Weather holds out as it has been' doing, local fans are ex pecting a' turnout for Saturday's game that ' will shatter the local attendance record. Grounds at the Oxford park are now in tip-top shape for the sea son's first game. Local fans are urged to be oh hand early if they wish seats, as indications are the Portland fans will absorb a large share. Mack, business manager of the Portland Bearers, called up Biddy Bishop Thursday and ' informed him that the ticket, sale for the ' opening game in Portland is going big and from all indications will exceed that of any former year. Manager Bishop persuaded him, however, to bring along a block of . reserved tickets for the Port land opening game. These will be sold to those Salem fans who want to make the trip north. A booth will be '.roped off at Oxford park Saturday and the tickets will be on sale there. ' v Bishop announces that the sea r y son tickets, good for all the games ' to be playe on the home grounds 1 in 192c, will, also be good for the 1 games Saturday and Sunday. Season 'tickets are on sale at Brown's sporting goods store, the Gray- Belle. The Spa, Hauaer Brothers,. Anderson's sporting Jre&s Adolph's cigar store, c'ar store, Roumaine & tral cigar store. Otto :lt3,Trminal cigar store, the 4ee. and-Nelson & Hunt's drug store. The- tickets sell for $7.50, and Bishop' says this will effect a saving of ajt least 15. What we want to do is to show these two, ball clubs real hospi tality." Biddy declares, "and send them on their way boosting for ; our city. I want to thank the managers of the amusement places for their attitude and help in mak- fag things pleasant for these visit- lag coast' league baseball clubs." COW APRIL FOOLED HOME ..iii.nnifipp with n.n l IT1 EYE ,. Wanderlust and spring go hand in hand Not only In the human family.' bui In the borlne ; family :as welL , , A Jersey cow belonging to E. ' VT. King pt route 9. Salem, strayed : away Thursday, according to a re port turned in at the local police station. r A clipped ear and short horns we're giren as marks of : fdeatif (cation. i ..Thnrs4ayieTenlng, the report came vat the cow waa sojourning V - a nearby pasture. King in vestigated. ;The report was true. "Moo!" said the cow - with a twinklS la her eye as King ap- 00 roacfced.:T Aprik fo yourself," King is AA to' harej retorted, as be led a cpwbaejito the fold. 3 : :;qw manager Nr? FACING CWtrlGE 4 on fker understanding that be can net leave' Manhattan before his rsderal Attorney Buekner said i" irial will be set -for an early1 it, and that if he Is found guilt j v ift punishment : will follow, as n example, to others,- . ' .,ttaorig those who testified be fore? the grand jury were Irrin S. Coib, Mlas Hawley, newspapermen t an J other, guests. The guests who 'were not summoned included the Countess of Cathcart and Harry Thaw.1 U bilAN 3CnX.EIIX FALL r AN TjtANCISC0. 7Aprll 1. L Ma'rld lobell, ?3.' known also Mrs. Grace Cary 'dirorced of .Harry Isbeil, formerljr of ene. Ore. was' killed today, ia vli - from the window of- her room Tin the fifth; floor of 'a ntown hotels ; ." "Hand '-:-:y:--::--; MHands Up," now playing at show tonight, after having had a Virginia Lee Corbin are starred BY NORMAN Ei By NORMAN E. BROWN (Central Press Sports Editor.) The coming race in the Ameri can League is goin? to be an "open" one. This-much must be apparent to moot fans. This is because, at this! time, there is no team in that circuit I which fttands out as a "sure" win ner. Few who picked the 'Wash ington Senators to retain the title lat year will back that team again this year. I am one who cannot see them winning the champion shin. The AtMetics and Browns, con tenders last season, are ready to wage earnest battle again with teams at least as strong as those of last year. The Chicaato White Sox. climbing steadily last year, hare the benefit of another spring training and , added strength. And so ont Bcjoxojo.aJtJ:h.eae teams later. The thing, that impresses me most about the American League situation is the state of the New York Yankees. The Yanks, champions of tae league from 1 921 W. 1 923 inclu sive, and honeful for two years of regaining that honor,-will -furnish the biggest surprise of the 1926 season. If they finish higher than sec ond division. That" is there only chance to startle the baeball world. . . Babe Ruth Unknown Quantity. For one thing, no one can tell by any rule of three, psychological methods or with a crystal ball. Just what Babe Ruth will do this com ing year. I am going to give my opinion later but it will be, frank ly, only my opinion. But one thing is certain. Ruth cannot furnish the "spark" he did in the heyday of his career. It is a team being rebuilt.' Pen nant winning teams have been patched while retaining their laurels, but no club has ever been rebuilt and held on the high road. No team ever won a pennant with a rookie Infield." Huggins will start Walter Gehrig at first, prob ably Tony Lazzerl at second, Mark Koenig at short and Joe Dugan at third. . Dugan is the only experienced man in the Infield. And he has a trick-knee. Gehrig, is a good mechanical' first baseman and a terrific hitter, but not a brainy player. Labberi is an uncertainty in everything but hitting. Another thing. Huggins doesn't know today who will be pitching ball for him when the season opens. He hasn't been able to say to himself once in the last two years,' "So-and-so Is set for the year." Hia veterans, Pennock. Hoyt. Jones, Shawkey and lastly Shocker hare been in-and-outerg albeit beautiful pitchers at times. " He has nothing more In the line of new barters than any other team- a cos pie . of men recalled and two or three much touted youngsters. - " Walter Beall.. long held by the Yanks. .Is hack from St. Paul but doesn't impress one. The . Yanks sent him there last summer when he failed to come- through. Fuller ton a former Red Sox yet of five years. Is trying- a comeback from St. Paul. And from the same club comes -McQuaid cast . off once by the Beds after he had served time as a warm-up arUst. vJ , t i . What After Tiro Tears? Aii then there Ms. George Pip gras.'. This Is his fifth spring with the, Yankees, Thus enough for any pitcher ? to develop.' But 5 Plpgras hasn't shown; yet that be Is ready to take his regular turn.' His only improvement, apparently, is jn his control; '. V" """ ' 1-The weakest spot-of the team Is" the most Yital 'one tooThat Is .the fcackstopplng. The Yankees have -7 ", ' s"- ; x- y. ' ' - Si-- ; v Ji -'-i 'v ' f y r ' ' ' ' y ' ' ; ' S" - m i Up" at the Oregon St - ?. h , - X - , ; ; .... ... ....v. ...v..,r. .w. . ..:." ' ' ' - t ' ' - J' ' ; 'J - I V the Oregon theat e, will close its Kalem engagement with the last very successful tOiuwing here. Raymond Griffith, Marion Nixon and in the production. BROWN not a catcher who has proved him self a topnotch receiver. Benny Bengough handle3 the ball well but can't hit. Pat Collins can hit but Is weak behind the plate. He couldn't make good on his last trip to the big show. Ruth, Combs and Meusel give. Huggins a good ontfieJd when Ruth Is himielf and in the game. Those three men and Gehrig give the Yanks four heayy hitters. when they are good. If one could count on the quartet setting a pace the old Yankee wrecking crews were accustomed, the team night be rated higher In the pre-season guessing. But Ruth won't be hit ting when he isn't in the game. Bob Meusel has lacked the desire to make the moat of his chances when the team was at its peak. It isn't reasonable to suppose that Bob will worry about, his work when the 'team M " fhrundering: around (be lower half of the league. Earl Combs stands out as the one bright star of the New York team today. The . only man who seems destined now to challenge his place in the Yankee spotlight Is Mark Koenig. the infielder ob tained from St. Paul. Cembs Should Be Popular Combs is a good looking boy. He can hit.. He plays the outfield well, though a bit awkward. He has but one weakness, just a fair -throwing arra. If he runs his bat ting, averape up thi3 year around the topnotchera and proves as fleet afield as ever, the fans will forget that arm. Ben Paschal, Southern League clouter who subbed; for Babe Ruth last season, will be the fourth out fielder If Miller Huggins brings the Yanks home above the fifth place this coming season it will be be cause of hia skill in getting a happy combination out of the ma terial and making the most of the breaks. You cannot how produce any logical reason why the Yank ees should be anything but a second rate, club. SCHAEFER NOW LEADING NEW YORK, April 1. (AP) Jake Schaefer, challenger, led Willie Hoppe. champion. 2400 to 2070 at the end of the eighth block tonight in (heir 3600-polnt match' for the world's 18.1 balk line billiard title. Schaefer set a new record high run of 241, add ing 22 to his unfinished string of 219 in the afternoon. Schaefer 't conquest tonight was- 300 to 236. ENGAGZMEN TONITE IS THE s "I -.V' I - yT Theatre ,V ' - ""Til ,s.v... .. v. -. -. v.-. ...... ........... y." .,...'.; IS i - i . , s in PORTLAND BEAVERS DEFE1T ST: MARYS College Lads Are Swamped Under 1 8 to 4 Score; Beav ers Come to Salem OAKLAND, Cal.. April 1. (By Associated Press.) The Portland baseball club of the Pacific coast league defeated St. Mary's college in a one-sided contest here today, 18 to 4. The-game waa featured by the hitting of Manager Ernie Johnson of the Beavers, who made four hits in five times at bat. Doc Prothro and Elmer Smith hit home runs for Portland. The Beavers are scheduled to leave tonight for Portland. PORTLAND. April 1. The en tire Portland baseball team will arrive here Saturday morning from the southern training camp. President Thomas L. Turner an nounced today. At ljl o'clock the players will entrain Tor SaTem where they will play the Salem Senators a,t 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Movie Stars Must Keep Ahead in Dress Styles HOLLYWOOD. To merely keep in style in Hollywood is to be old-fa3hloned. Why? Because here the movie stars' apparel must predict the mode foT at least six months in advance. Long has it been recognized that many women look to the screen for their fashons and this is one reason why the players must de pict what is to come in the way of clothes. In costume pictures, the ques tion becomes one of turning back ward and this is not so much rtouble. But in the modern, up- to-the-minute photoplays the act ors sometimes are hard put to accomplish the feat of being ex quisitely and pre-m o d i s h 1 y gowned. To find their fashions, the stars turn to the different sources; their won genius and flair for clothing, the famous de signing experts who have brought their art to Hollwood, and the salons of Paris. CRUIKSHAN'K AHEAD PINEHURST, N.H.. April 1. Bobby Cruikshank of New York today led the field In the north and south open championship at the pnd rtf thn flrt 3fi hilo n medal play ith a 71-74 S 145 score. Vale Spring lambing shows many flocks increasing 12G to 150 per cent. T OF THE MYSTIC MARVEL .a..rt PfAftea SEC0W WONDER. . ' ' Special Matinee v LADIES ONLY P. M. TODAY . - i Bligh M1CUN0PS MMi TO PEKING Fighting Near Chinese Capi tal Is Less Seyere; Order Nearly Restored TIENTSIN. Apr 1- (By Apso ciated Press.) The Manchnrian hordes are nioving today against Peking. Althoughsevere fighting has not yet taken place, the troops of Chang Tso-Lin are marching upon the capital from Tientsin in three columns along the railroad. From Tongs han and from Jehol. beyond the great Chinese wall, Manchurian cavalry numbering 30.00D are moving overland. The scope of the operations ap parently indicates the determin ation of Marshall Chang Tso-Lin, Manchuria's war lord, not only to force the Kuomlnchun (national army) forces out of Peking, but to continue his operations against Kalgan, northeast of the capital, with the intention to eliminate the Kuominchu. Kalgan fs the strong hold of Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang, commander of the Kuoniinchun. Neither Marshal Wu Pt-i Fu, commanding forces moving to ward Peking from the south nor the Manchurian commanders are at present considering peace over tures from the Peking govern ment. x Tientsin, racked by suc cessive administrations of Kuo mlnchun and Manchuria troop commanders and passage of their forces, is calmer today owing to the departure of a majority of the troops and the retprn of police to duty. REMEDY LIQUOR EVILS? TRY MOREJ'ROHIBITION f Continued from pas I V In this vicinity with which to work. We have a Valley here that is larger than the valley that sup ports the whole nation of' Mexico, and it is just as fertile. Now what we need Is more and more intelli gence with which to do the work we see should be done. "There is an opportunity for our nation of the west to build up such a civilization as has never been known. To take advantage of this opportunity we must sow the seeds of intelligence and vir tue. "The best civilization the world has yet known has been the An glo Saxon civilization. But in that the individual was schooled to look out for himself first and last. , "Upon the very principles that served" as the foundation for oui country, especially the assumption of the equality of all men, can be founded a civilization that will be even greater. ;In this. the Ameri can civilization, the Individual would be taught respect for thf group." ENLARGING FOR SEASON silvertox Food prodccts is pushed SILVERTON. Ore.. April 1 . Preparations for the canning sea son are proceeding rapidly at the Silverton Food 'Products company plant. An addition ' to the present buildings is now under construc tion that will give an additional 2000 feet of floor space. The con struction plans Include "a new processing room and the rear S&rty-sixdv Ten days across the Pacific on the giant Empress of Russia then twenty-six days . of fascinating sight- ' seeing in China, Ja- . pan, the Philippines, with Canadian Pacif tNc your constant 4, guide and manager. . Membership limited to 100 on this personally-conduct ed. all-expense, round trio tour; plenty of time on shore for individual and group sightseeing in Yoko hama, Shanghai. Hong Kong. Canton, the Philip pines and other Oriental ports. Sailing from Van couver on June 24; book now for this exceptional . tour. Complete details and literature at-- rangement of the processing ma cblneryi the. space formerly occu pied by the processing room being now available as additional pre paration space. A large cooling porch Is also being built, and new equipment tor the canning of vegetables will be installed in the near future. The: cannery management antici pates an exceptionally heavy crop of strawberries from the Silver Falls neighborhood this season, crop conditions being reported as very satisfactory. DEMPSEY FIGHT PLANNED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP "MAY" MEET TUXXEY IN AUGUST , NEW YORK. April 1. (By Associated Press). Tex Rickard drew back the curtain from a good share of his prospective 1926 heavyweight drama today. He disclosed an elaborate pro gram bearing all the earmarks of starring a heavyweight champion ship tilt between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunn y on August 12. or September 3. The promoter revealed that he had closed negotiations for a 19 2C lease . on the Yankee stadium. Lwhich he plans to cpen with a return light heavyweight title match between Paul Berlenbach and Jack Delaney on or about June 10. He said he also would operate his Jersey City arena, Boyle's Thirty' Acres, beginning about May 18. ROARING TOWN LONELY ONE TIME WILD MIXING CAMP, JAIL XOW CLOSED CRIPPLE CREEK. Colo.. April 1. (By Associated Press.) Once a roaring, wild mining camp of the old west, with Its 150 saloons and dance halls turning night into day, Cripple Creek, world famous gold and silver mining town, has for mally closed its jail because, since prohibition, the gaiety and flare of the old life has faded and now there are no prisoners. The board of county commis sioners for Teller county has in formed the lone guard employed at the deserted jail that his ser vices will be no longer required. FAINTS AT WHEEL, DIES REDDING. Cal., April 1. F. L. Shaw, 65, of Sisters, Or., was killed near here today when an automobile he was driving left the road and fell into a creek bed. Mrs. Shaw, who was with him, was, uninjured. She believes that Shaw tainted at the Wheel. ONE KILLED LX WRECK SHERIDAN, Wyo.. April 1. -iiie person was reported killed and several Injured in a collision between Chicago, Burlington & Quincy passenger and freight trains near Moorcroft, Wyoming, late today. YAKIMA GOLFER WINS VANCOUVER, B. P., April 1. Neil Christian, Yakima profession al, today won the golf champion ship of British Columbia when he headed a large field of players with a card of 295 for 7 2 holes. for go away again neaaquarters mg to paint Salem F 1 HILLS: 01 DIES Other Receives Probable! Mortal Wound; Battle-" In Mountains SANTA MONICA. CaL. April 1 (By Associated Press.) A strange duel was staged early to day in a lonely recess of the Santa Monica mountains when two men, both past middle age, faced each other ,with shotgun and rifle," ons dying' and the other receiving probably a mortal wound. Arthur. Winzelle, a real estate man of some means, who came here froeij New York some time ago, w44 killed, and R. E. Roselle, owner of a small farm In Topango can yon, a uatural passageway from the beach to the San Fernando valley, was Beriously wounded. The shooting followed a visit to the canyon early today of Win zelle and his son Howard Winseile in search of Mrs.1 Winzelle, with whom Roselle had been charged by the husband with being too at tentive. When Roselle emerged from his home, closely followed by Mrs. Winzelle, the son told deputy sheriffs. Winzelle called to him. On seeing the husband with rifle in hand, Roselle seized a shotgun, leaped Into a nearby gully and fired. The latter fell dead at the first shot and Roselle was, badly wounded. Mrs. Winzelle, her son1 said; rushed by the body of her husband and ministered to the injured Ro selle. RETURN' IS DELAYED FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 1. (AP.) Intermittent snow was taken here today as a sign that Captain George Hubert Wilklns and Lieutenant Carl Benjamin Rielson who hopped off from Fair banks yesterday for Point Bar row, Alaska, would not return be fore tomorrow. Norway Pacific line will add two 14,000-ton motorships to Portland foreign service. OUCH! BACKACHE RUB LUMBAGO AWAY When your back is sore and lame or lumbago, sciatica or rheumatism has you stiffened up. don't suffer I Get a 35 cent bottle of old, honest St. Jacobs Oil at any drug store, .pour a little in your hand and rub it right on your aching back, and the soreness and lameness is gone. In use for 65 years, this - soothing, penetrating oil takes the pain right out, and ends the mis- cry, it is absolute ly harmless and doesn't) burn the skin. Ill (IIICIIT -AdT. X- A Surprise Mrs. Spurlirig So changed were the floors that Mrs. Spur ling, just back from a week's visit to the city , cbuld hardly believe it was her own house. During her absence, Jim had FrankJLovejoy, the painter, get busy vv;th Acme Quality Floor Paint and Varnish. And what Frank didn't do to those wornout floors! The htrdwood floors Were refi n i ah f rl n n t Hi 1 1 1 i fifd lSn we re the softwood Joors. And Mrs. S. said if a wefek and a little Acme Quality could make such a differente, she'd and not come back for a This Acme Quality Paint and Varnish Service tor cheerfully given advice in all matterfcerf and for Acme Quality Products. See .z ' Hardware Coj 120 North Commercial, Sy j AT THE THEATRES Oregon Raymond Hands Up." Griffith in Ileilis -Association Vauder e. v-"- V...: Bligh The Mystic Clayto I TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY I . . .... B, 3 OR 4 WEI. I. FURBISHED .HOUSE 1 .peeping rooms. CIom in. ' 54 i Mill H.. Variety Bits Melody Song ! Dance Peggy Mcintosh Dwight Robbins Helen Totova Lou Sherr Tom Mahoney in--"The He's vs. The She's- Currier, and McWilliams "Jest Different" Snell & Vernon "An Artistic v ' Diversion". ICiku & .Yoshi -"Japanese -Novelty . ' Equilibrists' " Added Attraction j ! j Santiam " I Syncopktor. ; A Heal Dance Band ' Bob Morris in Songs eilig Orchestra Viola VVrcler Ifolman Directing Heiliff Short Film Subjects , ' ME SHOW DON'T MISS IT! . montti Static! is W I . - . .... - . Today - Mat. & Eve. 116 6 lllllH h - 1 r j r j.,. i 1 r j. 3- . -4M I - " - ... 1 v' w i - ' ' ... ' , c ,11, . y