The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, March 02, 1927, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text. .... , THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 2,.1927 k Elslnore Theater v - j "Young April" will show at the Elsinore theater today, March 2. 7his la" a real . romantic comedy and It has proved a delight to the audience in Salem. The atory deal with a-crown prince- and hia ladylo He tbinka he Is an American ! with a fondness for sport and. little dreams 8he is a grand duchess. . The comedy of the-' picture is rich and everyone will be startled - hut- satisfied at the conclusion. ' This -delightful picture. features Bessie Love, f Joseph Schildkrattf and Rudolph Schlldkraut, three exceptionally fine screen artists. " .One of the current big New York successes will be seen here s shortly when Messrs.; A. G. Wilkes ana XT. it. mamann win 'present Willard Mack's- great underworld l drama. "The, Noose," at the Elsl nore theater, March 9. This play, which - has been - crowding the : Hudson theater. New York City, since the- middle of October, will be presented here exactly as it 'is seen in the big metropolis.' It is said to be a "thriller" of- the most startling1 kind, with a story that holds - an audience spellbound at timesi" :After a short tour the play will go into the Wilkes theater, San Francisco, run. for an extended - Oregon Theater "The Gilded Highway." J Stuart Blackton's latest prod uc- t5on for Warner Bros., will show J at the Oregon, theater today, March 2. Dorothy Devore, John Harron, Florence Turner and Macklya Arbuekle are the fea tured players. , The story, adapted by" Marian Constance from W. B. Maxwell's novel, "A Little More," deals with a happy middle'class family which comes suddenly, Into great wealth. Not satisfied with what they have, their ambitions drive them on toward, a little more and a lit tle more. . This selfish Interest draws them further and further apart until the disintegrating influence of their sudden good fortune -or bad fortune is. very apparent. However their wealth goes as sud denly as It came- They struggle along through poverty, sickness and other kinds of hard luck which seem, to come all at once, and end up where they started happy and content. "The Rose of Paris" will be at the Oregon theater on Thursday and Friday, March 3 and 4. SALEM WINS H IIEPHHF1 Fast Breaking Style of Play . rues up iommanamg :Le,adhScpf6L60-6 ; . By simply outrunning their op ponents, the Salem high, school basketball team Tuesday night de feated' Independence high 60 to 6 on the local floor. ' Although they ran up one of the biggest scores of the season," the Salem high players were distinctly off form, and gave cause for some concern as to the outcome of Fri day night's game with the tough West Linn aggregation. If was fortunate that Independ ence rather than the Clackamas couatjr, quintet was the opponent, for the Salem players fumbled' the ball,, passed wildly, fought with ea.ch other for the ball and missed a couple of dozen easy shots. Possibly it was Just a temporary slump, but then again it may have been the result of too many cinch games and the lack of real compe- THE ELSINORE Today - Tomorrow ; 'Matinee 10c. 23c GRAN'DIN at the tition, in which case It bodes ill for the game with West Linn. Salem's victory was a triumph of the fast breaking system over the "flat footed" style that the visitors employed. The Independ ence players were good shots when uncovered, but that condition pre vailed only on free throws, with the result that they scored' only one neia DasKet, ana that on a long heave by Hart, a second half substitute,, from the center of the floor. However, they missed, only one out of five free throws.; The first half ended 22 to 1 for Salem, and the third quarter was scoreless until near the end, when Salem, with its opponents hope essly winded, finally got its offense in action and began piling up points at the rate of two baskets a minute, and kept it up to the end of the game. SUMMARY Pos. Independence -F (1). Troxel Grant C (1) Potts .. G (1) Burch G (1) Newton (2) Hart OPEN TICKET SIE FOR TOIIIM Willamette Physical Director Tells Kiwanians of Adver tising Help Season tickets for the state high school basketball tournament, which will be held in the Wil lamette university gymnasium on March 10, 11 and 12, were placed on sale Tuesday- in the office of Graduate Manager Lestle Sparks-' at the Willamette university, and also at Anderson's sporting goods store and Ken Brown's sporting goods store downtown. Speaking at the Kiwanis club luncheon, Physical Director Roy Keene of Willamette explained that purchasing these season tick ets will be the only way of getting reserved seats at the. tournament, and also empharized that the fin ancial success of the tournament this year is essential If Salem is to continue to hold It. The University of Oregon and Oregon Agricultural college made a bid for the tournament at. the last meeting of the Btate high school athletic association, Keene said,. proposing to conduct it alter nately. The association decided that Willamette, having built up the event to its present import ance, should contirfue" to hold it, but only on condition that the expenses of all of the teams are paid. The basketball tournament is the best advertising that Salem gets, Keene emphasized. Salem Duffer (15) Adama (11) . Lyons (12 ... Drager (4) . Olineer (2) Anhby (6) 8. Schwabbauer S Referee Mimo, Edwards Calls Ball Artists to Practice Only One Month to Put Team in Shape for Opening Game " J -.'; ' ''trf ' Wurlitrer Evening " Jfcsi- , " "ioc. 85e flPJV Rep1rngIUC T. V a Vo!ce mum Baseball practice for candidates trying out for the Salem senators will start next Sunday if the weather remains favorable, Man ager "Frisco" Edwards announced Tuesday. Little time remains before "the season opens April 3, and Ed wards is hoping for good weather in order that the team may work out together a few times before the games start. Meanwhile, the pitchers will start practicing at once so as. to assure their being in good shape and so that they may be ready to throw for batting practice when it starts. The exact date of the meeting of fans and .members of the managing committee could not be announced until later today, be cause some members of the com mittee were out of the city. BIG CROWD COMING SHARKEY AND McTIGUE TO MEET BEFORE BIG HOUSE NEW YORK, March 1. (AP) -Jack Sharkey of Boston, and Mike McTigue, veteran New York Irishman, opponents Thursday night at Madison Square Garden in the latest outstanding heavy weight elimination match, will battle pefore a crowd that will rival the record breaking Delaney- Maloney "house " It isn t a sell-out yet, as was the case this far ahead of the De- laney-Maloney tussle, but - Tex Rickard predicted today a capacity attendance of close to 20,000 and gate-receipts in-excess of 1175, 000. The previous fight grossed $201,000, an indoor high mark in boxing. Observers declared McTigue to be more impressive than Sharkey in light workout today. opponent in the finale will be Ore- 2,-1. ; j&?:L 1 Fifteen piayers ww , Coach Price. Tneyj; are Francis Watson, vern wum, Ralph Dougery George . Dixon, James Dougery, Beach Dean, Wil son Tripp, Basil Peterson, Canoy r.rprorv. Milton Butts, Js.crw- ley, Lee Elsen, Lane Fechter, Ben Rucker and Jfaui ujmer. Tom Fitipatrick, president of o-v Rasketbau umciais assucia- tlon of Northern California, accom panied the squad. He was selected follcrwing a request iruiu authorities that a local man b brought along to help omciaie in tbe games. MEDF0RD HIGH STORMS Southern Champs uaiK on rro- poaed Tournament Drawings Oblections of Medford high school to the. plan for drawing for places in the state higtt school bas ketball tournament were a com plete surprise both to Willamette university and Salem high school athletic authorities, but the mat ter is not in the hands of 'either institution but in those of the state hieh school athletic association, it was explained here Tuesday. The decision to give Salem ana Eugene definite places in the bracket was made in order to make sure that they would not draw byes, and was considered to be unfavorable to them, so that their permission was asked before it was done, but no one foresaw mat other schools mfght object. Henry Sullivan to Try Swimming Golden Gate SAN FRANCISCO, March 1. (AP) Henry Sullivan, veteran Lowell, Mass., athlete and only swimmer in . the world who has conquered both the English and Catalina channels, will attempt a ciosslng of the Golden Gate either next Saturday or Sunday. He made the announcement today fol lowing his arrival last nignt irom Southern California. "I want to swim the Golden Gate because it is considered quite a feat among easterners," Sullivan said. CONSIDERED FALSE Mew York Athletic Commis sion Examiner Says Jack . Was Not Injured NEW YORK, March 1. (AP) Tbe New York state athletic commission today, took a long srwing at fight alibis in general aoid at excuses for Jack Delaney's defeatj in particular. Receiving a report from Its own pOiysiefan. Dr. W. H. Walker, that bie found "nothing wrong" with the light-heavyweight champion immediately after his recent fight with Jim Maloney. the com mission passed a rule excluding allx doctors from boxing club dressing rooms, exceptthe official examiner, unless special commis sion be granted by the board's' deputy In charge. Reports that Delaney entered the ring with muscle injuries near his right elbow and that his left wrist was Nfound after the fight to have been fractured were contradicted by Dr. Walker. The commission examiner said he vis ited Delaney in the dressing room after the contest and watched him unlace his shoes, "freely using his ten fingers to do so, showing there was nothing wrong with him." Ruth is due here at 9:30 o'clock, in 'the morning, but he will have to have his own appoint ment to see President' Jacob Rup pert of the New York team. "We have no engagement to see Ruth. He will have to call up and "arrange an appointment like any of the other players," said Ruppert. t LATE SPORTS T O o PORTLAND, a M arch 1 . ( AP ) Del Fontaine, Winnipeg welter weight, fought a draw with Tiger Thomas, Philadelphia negro wel ter, here tonight in a 10 round bout filled with slushing mauling. Thomas got a lead in the early rounds, but Fontaine caught up in the closing rounds to punch his opponent groggy. FORMAL mm HOPPE BEATS JAP CAL FORNiA TEAM LEAVES F00 NORTH Company T Defeats Company 'M Quinte - SILVeRTON, March 1. (Spe dal.) Company I basketball learn defeated ..Company M of Corrallis in a fast Basketball game Monday night with acore of 25 to 27. This places Silverton second In the district series with Dallas in the lead. -. iTHURS. , FRIDAY THURS. FRIDAY BIG DOUBLE BILL The Hollywood Players Present the Season's Greatest Comedy Hit "AimeeY Lost Shack" - THREE BIG ACTS! NO RAISE IN PRICES -3 ON THE SCREEX "Love's Blindness" With , ,Antonio Moreno , . and Pauline Starke SONG CONTEST FRIDAY NIGHT ' l, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 ( " The Outstanding New York Buccws i .THE NQ0SE 1 -Willard Mack's Greatest Drama , : , - ThrillmgV- Fascinating Elxci ting. - "Holds the audience speelbbund : :" : . . ;, N.;Y. Times f Prices: JPirt 7 rows SI. 65, balance of flour f 20 s - - I ' Mexauine 92.75 ' . - - - . ., " . ' Balcony, first a rows 91.03, next 8 rows f l.iO, last 7 rows 50c '" :y f . . . . . I Phono 307 or mail reservations enclosing return- postago I I'; r Undefeated Basketball Five Goes to Meet University of Oregon i BERKELEY. Cal.. March 1 (AP.) Seeking its third consecu tive championship, California's un defeated basketball squad left to night for Eugene to meet the Uni versity of Oregon five, winner of the north section title of the Pa cific coast conference. The teams will meet Thursday in the first of a scheduled three-game series to determine the coast' champion ship. Under the guidance of Coach Nibs Price, California has not lost a single conference game for two years, and won the southern sec tion title this season in easy fash ion. As was the case last year, its WASHINGTON, March 1. (AP) Willie Hoppe, titleholder. won the first match of the world championship 18.2 balk line bil liard tournament here tonight, de feating Kinrey Matsuyama ot Japan by a score of 400 to 386. E IWI1S G. RUTH NEW YORK, March 1. (AP) A cool and formal reception from the Yankees awaits Babe Ruth an dhis $100,000 salary ballyhoo upon his metropolitan homecoming from Hollywood to morrow morning. There will be no brass band to pace the tread of the heavy slugger as he dismounts from his transcontinental trip and steers a course toward the executive of fices of the club. Neither is there any prospect of his husky shonld ers dropping under a bale of con fetti and ticker tape. For through voted their attention to throwing up a strong defense behind which to resist any overtures for an in crease over the $52,000 he has received annually for the last three years. LOS ANGELES, March 1. (AP) Baby Joe Cans, San Diego negro lightweight, taking nearly all the previous rounds by a de cisive margin, won by a technical knockout over Dode Bercot of Se attle in the eighth canto of their scheduled 10 round meeting here tonigbt. and' the verdict later was affirmed by the state supreme court, ' s The case is now bn appeal in the United States supreme court. Canfne Population Goes Over 3000 on Register Nearly, 1500 "dogs have received their licenses in the past 15 days. Monday,. Feb. 28, , was the - rush day with 600 dog owners - regis tering at the -county, clerk's office. Although the 3,000 mark was passed late Tuesday afternoon, it expected that- nearly 1,000 dogs remain unregistered- In Marion county.- The usual tax of $1 for males and $2 for females doubles after March 1. ' SUN ABANDONS SHANGHAI Shantung Forces Hold Prise City Today, in Large Numbers Paroled Convict Sought in Pool Hall Shooting J. W. LHlie, warden of the Ore gen ftate penitentiary, yesterday sent to the officers of Lane coun ty photographs of Alfred Brown ley, ex-convict, who' is being sought in connection with the shooting of a pool hall owner at Veneta late Sunday night. Brownley was received at tbe penitentiary here April 28, 1923. to serve a term of eght years for a statutory offense. Hr was parol ed May 15, 192 6. . i'hotograpns of Brownley were requested by the Lane county officials. v SHANGHAI, March 2 (AP) (Wednesday) Defense of this city, a rich military prize agninst the nationalists was left today en tirely in the hands of the Shan tungese by the complete withdraw al of Marshal Sun Chuan-Fang's forces . from Ssnkiang and the Shanghai area. Collapse of Sun's defense fol- I lowed the defection yesterday of nna nf hli eenerals. Menr Chao- Yueh, who : refused to. ailT' with, ' the Shantungese, who recently j came to Suix'a aid. . . - - I As a result of the new develop- j ment the Shantungese are pouring In large numbers Into Sungklang, 28 miles south of here, to fill the gap left by the disorganized Sun forces.. ' - " v: Casey's Guaranteed RHEUMATISM REMEDY Money refunded if it does not : cure your case '' ' NELKOX & HUNT 1 ' IjcUGCISTS - 5 Cor. Court and Liberty Tel. 7 THE OREGON; LAST TIMES TODAY (27 Matinee 25c . 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