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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1926)
mevtatats Netting r Teti Runs on Jbive mu -Opera: "Schedule with Portland MAYOR TO THROW .'V' ; FIRST BALL OVER ;Weathfcr : Remaining Good, - Record Crowd Expected . ". to Witness Contest : JBalem Senators will play ; their first game of the. season this' aft ernoon at 4 o'clock against the Portland ' Bearers. Although the game is to be an exhibition con test, manager Biddy Bishop of the Senators Is hoping to show the' 'Beavers fight that wtll make 'them remember the capital city foe sometime to come. I r ; Hour for the game Is set at 4 o'clock to enable the business men who are avowed fans a bet ter onnortiiftitv tn 'Ak n rw lr nff" for the spectacle. The only chance of an earlier hour will be the fore 'bodlog appearance of the weather. ; With the grounds in perfect .condition for the contest, with the grandstands but recently put in the best of repair, the stage is 6Yfor a record breaking crowd providing the necessary "if con cerning the weather Is valid. . The Bearers are on their way from the California training 'grounds and are expected in this .city before noon. They will be ,'met by Mayor J. B. Giesy. Man ager BMdy, and his men. and a - Lo3t of fans.'"A Mayor CfeS will extend the courtesy of the city and : along -with ft, passes to , every .amusement place- In towaV Giesy .will also throw over or around 'rrr the first ball.'' RICHARD SLIPS SLY ONE SalemHigh Nine Humbles Lincoln Team SBSi'SflPIEB.; 116 in Locals Open Scoring m:3nl inning, Portland Fails to Score o SS Boxing Commission Must i i Change Attitude or Lose : Biggest Fight ;:'EW YORK, April 2. (By As sociated Press. ) Tex Rickard, With the Yankee stadium or Boyles Thirty Acres as available arenas :for his proposed. Dempsey-Tunney match, has played his heavyweight i-ards so skillfully .that the state "athletic commission ' now must change front orse a mi 1U en-do 1- 'lar Utle fight go torlvalk Jersey i territory, boxing observers assert- ;d : today. . The promotor's latest maneu'v ef s In gaining virtually monopolis tic -control ever the heavyweight commission in a perplexing, if not embarrassing position, it , was poltited 6ut. , j " Ax matters stand now, the New York Jsol6ns have put their foot doton on the Dempsey-Tunney ne- got&tlonf and clung consistently to their demand that Harry Wilts, glaiupegro., contender, be given first- calr-for a title bout with - On 4wd occasions' Rickard and hls'matchmaker, Jess McMahon, haye;. been Interrogated without tap gihle result. " The - promoter's - answer, if. flstle- signs can be read accuratefy, has been to push' his negotiations for ' the Dempsey- Tanner fracas - without : takfng "WHU;into consideration. In fact. Rickard in so many, words, has said he does not care to promote a Dempsey-Wills encounter, this year at any rate. . CAnd by having two arenas avail able la rival states'-either capable of handling a million dollar at traip critics see -the, promoter In A 'advantageous position.' -.v.' i ' ' r - Scoring 10 runs on five hits, the Salem team got off to & good start for the season by winning its first game of 'baseball, with Lincoln high school of Portland. 10-0 Friday afternoon. The game was played at Oxford Park. In the third inning Salem start ed the scoring, tallying thre run.- on three walks, a batter hit by the pitched ball, and an errorTho only other outstanding inning tu. far as the swatting was concern ed was the fifth when Fabry, pitched, lobbed the pellet over the right field fence, bringing in one man before him. Lincoln made but two hits off Fabry. Not one of the Railsplit ters got past second base, and only three of ,them got that far. Twice Lincoln batsmen smashed the ball against the right field fence bu' were plugged out when ttu-y tried to stretch their hits to socond base. ( , , ;All ofVthe Salem lads were showing some fait stuff and con sidering the earliness of the sea son, but few errors were made. By the time of the next game, probably next Friday, Coach Hol lis 'Huntington hopes, however, to have the slugging combination working for more hits. Indica tions are that the high school ag gregation will rely in great part on, the hitting to take in the games. Kelly was on the receiving end of the battery for Salem. Olinger held down iit$t. Kitchen covered second, Cummings guarded the third base alley, and Adams com pleted the infield at short stop. , R. Drager played left field. J. Drager was stationed at center, and Siegmund frequented - tho right field fence territory. By NORMAN E. BROWN Central Press Sports Editor. op TrwrrtjooiTnn . n-, , , i. f . .. . I AM Ii.Iia n h , 4 Vim l D"t"Vi ." v" 6. Yes. ' Indeedy, this young Johnny- Butler, infielder purr chased for half a ball club from the Minneapolis A'. A. team by the Brooklyn Dodgers, Is going to fur nish the basis for considerable comment and discussion this spring if hei doesn't do anything else. The other day we heard George Boehler, former Western League colleague of Butler's praise the young man. Since then, we have run into two or three .players, who playedn the western circuit last, season wno say "that "Chucks Corgan," short stop or the Wichita Vlab7, and. wfcd was signed by4- Brooklyn only- to be sent to Minneapolis in part pay ment for Butler, is a better short stop. . J. . . Look that over. But that'.vlew Isn't meant as a reVlectlotttagalnst Butler's ability as. a ball" player. These critics point outthat Johnny abnormal ly a third baseman, 'whereas Cor- Ernie Nevers in a New RoU 1 1 ' Vr- . ftr '?&Y , 17 - If Ernie American Kevers, famed all fullback of Stanford University, California. U fjcttiruj a trvout as an outheuicr wmi . St Louis Browns. Showing he s made so far at Brown training tamp indicates hell be sent to the buslHS for seasoning tins year, with a string tied to lus services. 7 41 TKereGdingtoFight--MAYBEf . Atiy way Jack arid Gene Are Friends it'-. -4 gan's natural position is at short field. The records bear out the statements concerning Butler's ork at third. V Mr. Michael Smith, new catcher seeking a berth with the once great Yankees, isn't of a nervous temperament, but in the heat of the day's play he is apt to bite nails. For Mr. Smith comes Into the big show with two reputations. one as a catcher and one as a strong man. It is said that in addition to literally biting good ized nails in two with his teeth he bends horseshoes with his hands and fungo bats over the back of his neck. Mr. Smith's modesty, however, prevents him from performing these parlor feats except in the privacy of the Yankees' drawing room with only his closest friends and horseshoe experts about. However, the young man looks the part of a strong man. He's six feet two inches tall, weighs about 23 0 pounds and carries the weight in the right place his shoulders, arms, back and leg muscles. This Is not his first appearance In a big league uniform, however, the records show. The Pittsburg Pirates gave him a tryout In 1921 when they were searching for any body who could help them grab a pennant- In fact that was Smith's first professional experience. After that he played again with inde pendent, and league ball around Pennsylvania and finally laifded a berth with the Scottdale team in the Middle Atlantic team where he hit -333 last year and made a rep osa backstop. . , Did Miller Huggins pull a boner when he swapped Wally Schang for George Mogridge, sending the "Veteran backstop to St.' Lou Is-for the lefty? That's what Yank fans and even players are asking here. It seems that one stipulation made " when ' the Yanks obtained Mark Koenlg and Pat Collins from the St. Pahl 'club was that the New Ybrk club would give them a good pitcher, albeit a vet. ' ' Hugglns decided that he could acquire such a hurler by using Schang.' The only flaw, according to reports, was that Hugrins over looked the ' fact that Mogridge could decide for himself whether or not he wanted to go to a minor league club. All men of 10 years service In the big leagues can ask for their, unconditional release and the right to make their, own decision under such circum stances. Mogridge did an elect ed to sign with - the Boston Braves. ; " Did Huggins .pull, one by over looking the i 0-year rule, or did lie just gamble on Mot ridge being willing to accept the St. Paul Job? the ball player in the hotel lobby today except for the fact that he is the best dressed nd keenest looking type in the room. "There is something peculiar about baseball," he went on. "Friendships and personal rela tions are forgotten when the play ers step onto the ball field. "They are out to win and the J Joy of winning is Just a bit great er when it is someone they know that they're showing up. "I have never heard of a case in baseball where a player failed to play his best for personal rea sons, j "Even where there has existed bad feeling between a player and the club for which he is playing he has felt a sort of satisfaction in trying to show up his employer. ' "Until the Black Sox scandal in 1919 I couldn't believe that a ball player would lay down for finan cial reasons," said Barnard. "The suggestion that such influences as Florida real estate will draw the stars away from the game has been expressed. Such influences will not hurt the sport for the simple reason that there are al ways new ball players coming up and eager to take the stars' places. Besides this, a baseball man is a baseball player, first and anything else next. He will remain in base ball as long as he can share the limelight. "This is natural. Any person in any profession which brings him before the public and wins him applause feels the lure of the game the moment he steps out of it." - - . - - . In other words Barnard has no fear that baseball is headed to ward, the eternal bowwows. And Barnard. is:one pf the few moguls In . the game who looks at the whole matter sanely, realizing the' 'responsibilities of himself and his rellow officials as well as those of the players. LATE FIGHT NEWS I EVERETT. Wash.. April 2. (By Associated Press.) Big Bill McKenzie, Canadian heavyweight, knocked out Joe Craig of Aber deen, Wash., in the second rdund of . a -scheduled six roirnd main eveqt In a smoker here tonight. McKenzie weighed 230 pounds and Craig U 0. Jack. Dill, Everett 170 pounder, knocked out Carl Adair, Seattle, In the first round of a scheduled six round semi-finaL HOLLYWOOD. Cal., April 2. CAP.-) Tommy .O'Brien, Pacific coast lightweight champion, scored a technical knockout over Frankie Schaeffer of Chicago in the sixth round of a scheduled 10 round tight here tonight. PHOENIX. Ariz.. April 2. (AP.) Billy Alger, Pacific welterweight won a ten round de cision from Young Joe Rivers of Phoenix here tonight. Alger car ried the fight to his opponent all the way. HOT SPRINGS. Ark., April 2. (AP.) Cuddy De Marco, Pitts burgh. Penn., welterweight scored a technical knockout over Mel Stevens, Los Angeles In the sec ond round of their scheduled 10 round bout here tonight. De Marco had the western battler groggy in the first round and soon finished him in the second. SANTA ROSA. Cal., April 2. (AP.) Tuffy Wing, Portland, Pacific coast junior lightweight champion. "retained his hold on the title when he won over Denny Nunes of Sacramento, on an acci dental foul in the fifth round of a scheduled 10-round main event here tonight. The fouling blow was clearly unintentional. ..Hi. J . T, )ack Dempscy and Gene Tunney are going to' be friends evn . If !ey finally liave to rsLt.;?boto shows Gene seeing off Jack from . F!)rT la, witholt referring to reports Lat thejrU nieU ii Jersey CfljT Aug. 23 in a tilt for the Ltle. ' ' , , . - - - ; By NORMAN E. BROWN Sports Editor ot Central Press. Lakeland, Fla, March i3. I asked President Barnard of 1 the .Cleveland ' ball elub today , if he ftawfaBy dinger: to the game In the changing conditions affecting player' or. lnflu,epcea surrounding th'e, spprC . I pointed out to , him that outside business connections of the younger players In particu lar were steadily bringing them Into closer; personal relationship and that this might tend to lessen the spirit -of ' competition on the ball field that it might eliminate eventually the' "fight." Uck of which his long been ; decried ' by the older fans and players. - "The only difference I know of between the ball player of today , and. the. player of 10 ht 15 years ago Is that you can't distinguish BUENOS AIRES, April 2. (AP.) Luis Firpo, Argentine heavyweight champion, and Erminio Spalla. of Italy, will en ter the ring tomorrow night for their second meeting in a little more than two years. The match is for 15 rounds. Although there is relatively lit tle betting, Flrpo Is the favorite. His followers look for a knockout before the fifth rQund. SAN DIEGO, Cal.. April 2. ( By Associated Press. ) Ted Moore, English light heavyweight, was given a draw by the Judges here tonight in a 10-round bout with Charlie Belanger, local light heavyweight. Ringside critics gave Moore every round by a wide margin. MS1C Bin INCLUDES LADIES Prominent Speakers Address Gathering of 130 at Marion Dinner Approximately 130 persons were present on Thursday evening when Scottish Rite Masons and their wives met for dinner at the Marion hotel, served at 7 o'clock. Judge George H. Burnett pre sided and speakers were Oscar Hayter of Dallas, Judge Harry H. Belt of the Oregon supreme court. Rev. Dunsmore of Independence, and Professor Butler of Monmouth Following the dinner the ladies re tired during the Masonic services. ANOTHER BIG BARGAIN DAY See Our South Window For . Saturday Specials CtOTH BASKETS ? MIXING BOWLS . PUSH BROOMS FISHING POLES . - ) BASEBALL BATS AUUMINUM WARE WHITE ENAMEL WARE WIRE DISH DRAINERS : 20 ROLLS TOILET PAPER ; WALL CLOTH RACKS " s 4 Your Choice 98c Today Only . Ray JL Farmer . J Hardware Co. " Everything la Hardware, Paint, .Sporting Goods Farmers Corner , . - V PHONE 191 -.- H - U. 4S . t- -) ..n H - Battle Card at Eugene Lists - Dick Reed. &nd Cecil ,. Gatewood 1 EUGENE, Or., April 2. (By Associated. Press. ) Jack 'Nash of Portland, 126 pounds, won a de cision over- Mac Li Hard, Eugene at the end of a 10-round main event' In the Winter' Garden here tonight. ' It was Nash's fight all the way. ' '1 Dick Raed, Eureno, former uni versity athlete aud football star, knocked out Mike Williams, Port land, In the beginning of l;he third round of a scheduled six round special event. j Jack Read, Corvallls, won a technical knockout over Cecil Gatewood of Noti. The referee stopped the fight In the fourth round of a four round battle. Young Myers of La Grande and Young Halo of Notl fought four rounds to a draw In the curtain raiser. " Makes Business of Giving Blood to Save Others 'X:- i 4 t I Albert E. Jacobs, above of L'lementon, N. J., has just given his blood for the 108th time In a transfusion operation at the Jew ish hospital In Philadelphia. He has been undergoing such opera tions since- his first offered ser vices while a soldier during the British Liberal j Leader Resigns '-v v SALEM H! GOLFERS OPEN PLAY TDIMY L 7 . i -. Eesignation of Sir Alfred Mond (above) from the Liberal party has caused a furore in England, since he has long been one of the three leaders, the Earl of Oxford and Asquith and Lord George be ing; the others. His disagree ment with the "nationalization ot lands" platform to which the lat ter has committed the Liberals, is given as the cause. He now considers himself a Conservative. urday will be held tomorrow af ternoon, according to trainer Hay ward. The coach says that pros pects for the Webfooters winning the meet are small. Local Stars to Meet Van s couverr Washington, at ' Wihee Course - Will wise old Bill Killefer suc ceed where Ty Cobb and his mates failed? That's the question being asked by Cardinal fans as they Johnson becoming an important Tojhnson becoming an important pitching factor in the struggle of Rodgers Hornsby's men to win the National League race. You may recall that Johnson andj Herman Pillette, after star ring with the Portland club of the - ' . Salem high .school, golf team will meet the high school team of "Vancouver, Wash. ? th!s: morning. The, .match will, be played on the Iilihee country .club course. Members of. thft Salem team are Schaefer. Olinger, "yVebb.rhielsen, McLaughlin.. Davenport. Brown. anil' VloaVn Alfhmif?h the p h.l ule is not yet completely drawn ud.V it is the hope of the team to take on several high school squad e be fore the. close of school In June. Negotiations are - tinder way for matches with the teams of several Portland high "schools. Pacific Coast, were purchased by the Detroit club In the winter of 1921-22 for the neat ' sum of S40.000. " - 1 ; They Joined the list of that mul titude which have at one time or' the-other been slated to "Solve Ty Cobb's' pitching" problem," accord ing to the headlines.. Pillette did help the Tigers for a time ' but he curved-balled him self oat of the big leagues In a few seasons," his arm going dead under the constant strain' of "hooking" the ball. Johnson failed to get going. But Cobb hung onto him until last Beason in the hope that he would finally- find himself. Then, the Tiger boss sent him back to the Pacific coast. . - ) t AT THE THEATRES Oregon Jack Holt. Florence i Vidor and Noah Beery in "Sea. Horses," by Frances Brett Young. Heilig Peggy Hopkins Joyce in "The Skyrocket." : i 111 Igh Five acts vaudeville and pictures. -J .; - ! i Track Meet Tryouts to Be Run Saturday EUGENE, April 2. (By Asso ciated Press.) Final try-outs for he Oregon-Stanford track meet to be held in Palo Alto next Sat- TODAY Bring In your Pocket Knife and have It Sharpened Free By Factory . 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