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. - J-;- . n-.f!.-:.-'-! ttV, YU:-;- Mickey Walker 'JLoses World Welter iotisKip to Z0 CHUG ER WiS JUDGES EC II fu?ftWsrTen -Round Battle ::Resutts if Sensational Up set of Ring Doper - r v SCRANTON. Peniw- Jtay 20;- ; ( By i Associated ; j Press. ) Pete - Lanoof Scranton, ,Penn.t won the ' world's -welterweight ehani- trion&alplonlgnt wnen he won the! r ;Judea,,r decelslon , in -a ,1 (Ground match with Mickey Walker the tltTeTolder for the past four years. A-erowd of : 12,000 " hometown fan went, irfld' as! Latzo's hand was lifted In Tictory after sea " aatlonal slashing battle. The chal- JnerrecelYed the nnanlmonf joe ' -clslon of the two Judge after a .battle that was bitterly fought all ; the way. LaUo's aggressiveness ' and ability to' trade blows with hvalker at every turn care bin the Terdict,.U. - ; i The result was' one of the most t sensational upsets In -ring history. ifWalker : had , decisively beaten o .swo, years ago nu wa , twn atia firnnta tin thv I Jerea tne ring, tomgnu -ne cna-1 lenger,weignea i ana ?waieriwilf part include a snecial In J- !sK -v -? f-y LattO'S margin Of triumph. . in I "the opinion or a majority oitrmg-1 ide critics, was close ana gainea cnieiry uirougn a oeierminea .two- fisted attack that rerusea to give I grouna at any stage, coupiea wun j a deadly overhand right that fre quently Jarred the 5- champion. " ; These sweeping smashes of Lat- . xo's,' several of which sent Walker tying back to 'the ropes, counted heavily in his favor and offset. r apparently : the advantages' gained. oy waiaer at ciose quarters. i A majority of : ringside critics gave five of the ten rounds to Latzo, registered three for Walker and scored the other two even. - XAtzo's whirlwind finish fieured . heavily in his victory, overcoming ' f Walker's early advantage, gained " ' through the champion's superior ity at boxing and infighting. His attack forced Mickey back repeat- f edly with smashing rights to the head and body. - , . K -This closing rally; by the chal I lenger roused the crowd to wild , enthusiasm. , : Sensing: that Latzo r: I was; punching his way to triumph. i the crowd - stood on chairs and 1 cheered him on. With this to 'on. rtf spur him on. Latzo redoubled his 3 effats; "seemingly. As the referee, Prank Floyd of Philadelphia, lift- Jiurn. ine reieree was easy pry-Iki-Hi h.n tvn of trinmnh 1 them apart. -Both landed lefts the brg throng let loose with a - . terrific outburst of cheering I' Round 1. They met In the cen- , ' ter of the , ring for itrJiC1v?,8 "tWlth Referee Frank Floyd of Phil 1 adelpkia. Latzo led with a right 5 to the ribs and they pounded away at close quarters. . Walker worked .this left to the Jaw aa they clinched. ' A choppy right caught Latzo's Jaw. - j 1'J ' the infighting. . Latzo whipped a J right uppereut to the Jaw, i; They were in a clinch at the bell. ; ;.Roundv2.Latzo opened with a I) inori I iul lu ui riua uu louusu an overhand blow to the chin, as .'ithey broke away from a duel at "( close range. Walker landed both fists to the head but Latzo rushed r'r:".:rvT7:;, .Wl: , . T""JTi - v,'" "r r- w.ivit TV Ttt Z f-YfLJ" ,i l vtdlj - ss . ViVDO . 4usvi hcip j. a- vws i trickled from Latzo's nose after a ' (.harp right connected but he came jl hack with a flurry of punches to I , the champion s head. ;1 f Round 3. Walker swung a right hook to the head, but gave X ground as Latzo fought back with . i both hands. The. challenger flall- n 4 it.nv. 1 ri rnimj tLU Wt, Ui W f Walker to the ropes. They pound - ? ed away lustily to. the body in . r fierce , exchange. Walker's left . fraught Latzo on the chin but the r challenger scored with a sweeping right to the head. Walker dug his '.iright Into Latzo's ribs Just before 1 the gong. i Jd Round 4. -Walker drove his 5 right to Latzo's head, but took a 'tinging chop to the chm in re- rrrX?iZ S ftnw -exchange, head to head. : Walker JUtt up a heavy fire at Latzo's mid fnd a trifle wild after taking-two '! tattering wallops to the jaw. La t- ro brought, the crowd to its feet itrith a rally that drove the cham P Ion "to the ropes. , Two blows to the head stung the champion just :i 1-efore the bell ended the round. ' Round 5. They lost no time In .. coming to. grips and let fly with 1 4 both fists. : ' Walker chopped Latzo 'f ibnnt th head with short rishta. tlXSSl ; 'i er to . ffirasr with a flere fusai- I -,lade of blows and sent the cham - t i Ion's head back with a long right. i They stood toe to toe and traded i j wallops. Walker stung Latzo wun t f nieii nooa 10 me jaw jus uww I 1 ?t!ri v . awuuu o-ra4fLi.ew vuu v vv t i with a rlght;to the ear but took a k .stiff Jolt to the stomaca;, laixo ,'fiailed away with both lists as he j Dushed Walker to the ropes. Both kept, boring in and Latzo landed I a right to the chin. Walker's left found its mark repeatedly on the 'challenger's ribs. " A stinging risht 'to the head Jarred Latzo, but. he was. poundingf Walker . fiercely j " fitxrat the head when the bell rang. '..I't.3 referee had to separate them, nrnnd ' 7. They lost . no time ;f;U:ne la action and banged each . cthtr about the body. Latzo then I r ; ed " the champion back with driving hooks to the ribs, and the crowd roared. There were boces Eleven Salem dehts to fo OililElf KELLV TO I ii Fourteenth -Annual Event WilF Show Value ol Phys r. , ically Fit Men : -: - t OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGER May 20. Eleven Sa lem students will take part In the 14th annual .military 'tournament at OAC May 29 J The tournament each year is the mean the mili tary department uses to show the training tt offers and the serious purpose the physically fit college men sire to their work In the re serve corps 'iitih -'.iV '';, '. ... An. air , serrjee demonstration, directed by Lieut. Oakley G. Kelly, America's . premier, long-distance flying ace', will be an outstanding feature" of the program. It will include formation and stunt Hy ing and a parachute drop. The air demonstration at 1 o'clock will . . . i ... ' , - . ETents In which Salem students :fantrr" company exhibition, field ttrtlllorv ihlhlHnn a dUmnnn(ii1 squa(j reiaT race service dem- lonstration review, and the imbres- sire reUeat parade, whl5h wULbe he closinz event Salem students entered are Don ald W. , Blanche. Wynne Packard Grier, Marvin A. Roth. Charles J Nusbaum, Kenneth O. Schellberg, Vernon D. Perry, Howard C Page, Carl L. Walker, Lou is W. Amort, Arthur Theuer and Thomas Chllds. All grammar and high school students in Oregon will be admit ted free. Major Donald A. Robin son, tournament, director, has an nounced as Walker clipped his rival on the back. ' Latzo was forcing the bat tle but - found ; Walker's defense hard to penetrate. Walker's left j connected to the Jaw as they were locked head to head. The round ended with the crowd giving Latzo a bii? ovation. ' . Round 8. Latzo plugged Walk er about the head but took a bat tering on the rfbs in return. Walk er dug his right to the body while his left found Latzo's chin. The I ohiiiimr .- ni waiw ' (back with a straight left and took a series of pabs on the Jaw in re- to the head and " Latzo caught the champion on the ear with a stiff right. They-were sparring at the beii. r : ! . ;v 'Round 9. Walker opened with 1 about the head. Latzo worked his a rtB'H an1 nAfintayl a rteflArt row right to the body but was backed off with a flurry of choppy wallops to the head. ; The champion missed twice with his left and they came to a clinch. They leaned their heads together and traded upper- cuu lo tfe chin Latzo's left con nected sharply to the Jaw. Walk er s left connected with Latzo s head Just before the bell. Round 10. They came together rash." Both flailed away to head with, both fists. ' Latzo sent the champion to the ropes-wlth a smashing right and sent his head back with a left uppercut. Walker chopped with his right to the head I and hooked a left to the Jaw. They fought like a pair of bulldogs with neither giving ground. Walker hlsrtght totheear. Two stiff lefts to the: head Jarred Latzo but he came back to pound Walk er's'; rib. Two, overhand rights caught Walker on the side of the bead. Both punched away: with all they had . as the final bell sounded, amid a bedlam of noise. PK DEFEATED : 5 TO 4 - 0 . vi New York Evens Series; Chi- cago Defeats Boston 8-4; St Louis Wins . . Giants ,5;. Pirates 4 V. PITTSBURGH. May 20. (By Associated Press.) The New York Giants evened the 'series with the Pirates by winning the second game today by five to four. Score - ' R. H. E. New Tork ,..'.....:. B 10 : 1 Pittsburgh ; .. it o Greenfield. Dmvies and Snyder; Morrison ani Gooch. 1 ii ?- Chicago 8; Boston 4 I CHICAGO, May , 20. Charjie I Root let Boston down with five wu today while the Cubs bunched blowg off Mogridg. atld Smftn and Bravee 8 to 4. ? k Score irtS JR H. E Boston ... ; v.. 4 62 Chicago 8 10 1 Mogrldge. Smlh and Z. Taylor; oot and Gonzales. ? ' . y 1 fit. Levis 4; Phillies 1 v ST. LOUIS, May 20. The St. Louis Cardinal bunched hits to day and defeated the Phillies to I'-' " ; ' J 1-'.- ; Score ! - R. ii. e. Philadelphia I. , I S St. Louis . . j . i, . . 4 4 Knight. Ulrich and Wilson; Keen and O'Farrell. EAO AIR STuhTS 9 iiiiui FROM BEAVERS Portland Gets Only Three Scattered Hits; Los An .v geles Wallops Seals v .' Sacramento i$; Bearers t SACRAMENTO, May 20 (By Associated Press).- Sacramento continued In its winning streak to defeat Portland for the third time today. 3 to 1. ' Speed Mar tin held the Beavers to . three scattered hits 1 to win his 'game. MeLaughlln pasted one of Meek ers slants over 'the left field wall In the first with one on base. Score R, H. E. Portland ... ... 1 3 3 Sacramento . , 3 ' 8 1 Meeker and Berry; Martin and Koehler. : - . i. Angels 10; Seals 4 SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 The San Francisco Seals suffered another cruel blow today when the visiting Angels from Los Angeles administered a 10 to 4 beating. Brazil -poled a homer for the visitors, r k , score . . . . R. II. u. Los Angeles '. . . ... . .'. . 10 10 1 San Francisco . . ... . . . 4 10 2 Yarrlson, and Hannah; Griffin, Williams and Agnew. : Seattle 6; Oaks 1 OAKLAND, May 20 Jim Elli ott showed too much , " pitching class against Oakland today: and the Seattle Indians easily put over their third straight win, six to one.- - Loose ; fielding on the part of George Makin shortstop, paved the way for the Indians to break Into the run column in the -fifth inning. J Score - R. H. E. Seattle 6 13 , 3 Oakland -, ...... . 1 7 & Elliott and Jenkins; Pruett, Freeman and Bool. Mission 4 ; Hollywood LOS ANGELES, : May 20 The Missions stopped Hollywood's winning streak by . planking the stars, 4 to 0 in the third game of their series here today. Herman Pillette on the mound for the vis itors, held the stars to three scat tered hits and was never in dan- Score . . R. H.' E Missions . . . i 4 11 2 Hollywood . , ...0.3 0 Pillette . and Murphy; McCabe, O'Neill and Cook, - Peters. LOSES TO GUARD 1 1 TO 4 Poor Fielding Is Responsible for Lop Sided Score, , One Home Run Industrial League Standings -W. . L. - Pet De Molays . , Guard . 12 0 0 1 2 0 1.000 I 1.000 i 1 0 0 0 Eagles ... ,000 .000 : .ooo PEP Co.-".-. Post Office The PEP Cc. was swamped byi the Guard team Thursday by a ? score of 11 to 4. . Poor fielding , was chiefly the cause of the de-. feat. This makes the second de-! feat of the PEP Co., putting theov at the tail of the league. : Tho second inning was the unlucky one for the Power men. ' The scoring began In the sec ond canto, when the losers sent their first run across. Coming back strong In their half xt the inning. the, soldiers tallied seven : runs. These were made by infield er- o Kf 17 Help Th Trav. Pajp. Agt- -e .' . i OREGON ' 1 aw -jEk. .. . - . c no v i PEP TEAM 1 i rors and one base hit. There was no heavy hitting, the longest smash being a double. Duffy, Ma son and 'Kitchen all shared hon ors in the slugging for the Guards. - Merrlot was the star hitter of the PEP Co. team. He slammed a home run over deep center field fence. ' Incidentally. the first one of the season' in both leagues, i k'i Guard ; i" 1 AB. RH. E. ; 3 11 0 . 3 11 0 .3 1 1 ' 0 .3 0 1 0 . 3 10 1 .3 10-0 . 3 2 1 0 . 3 2 0 2 .22 1 u Daffy, 3b .... George, lb . . I Mason, 2 b . . , Kitchen,' ss . . . . win. ' Davis, rf ... . . . Carpedler, c , . H. Garrett. If . Total 26 11 6 3 l " PEP Co. " ' ' v AB. R. II. E. Boytana, 3b ... . . 3 1 0 1 Stow, rf ... 3 0 0 0 Merrlot. p ....... 3 2 1 0 Schofield. 2b . . 3 0 0 1 Travis, c ..31 1 0 Seely, ss ......... . 3 0 0 3 Flagg, lb ........ 3 0,0 0 Smith, cf j 3 0.0 0 Rings, If 2 0 0 0 Total .il 4 2 5 N. G. Wilson. Manning, Loveal, Carpenter; Merrlot. Travis. f The , games for Tuesday and Wednesday were postponed on ac count of rain. ' Tomorrow's contest will be be tween the Legion and Grotto. NICARAGUAN GOVKRNMENT FORCES CAPTURE RAMA ; MNGUA, May 20 (By ssoclat- ed Press) Nicaraguan govern ment forces have recaptured Rama and routed the insurgent forces after an engagement lasting seven hours. The revolutionists fled, abandoning' their dead and arms. ' Qlorifies Old Furniture KTAKIZE Floor FlnUh reMores and enhances the wood grain and markings on old furniture 'and woodwork as well as floors. . It's transparent, yet it comes la several beautiful shades from Light Oak to Dark Mahogany, as J well as in the Mdearor naturaL It's ready for instant me sim ply brash, icon Dries overnight, brilliant and smooth, without sign of brush marks or 'Haps'. " A new book, The Charm of Painted Things, gives complete ." ' directionsforrefinichingoldrurn iture in the new styles. Ask for it. 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