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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1927)
1 -' llttllfflDliffi a- Everything W m eaines ior the big auto rmc mwi at u grounds track May 7. The satea will be open at noon and the first gun for the opening; event is set for 3 o'crocic. Tt rcs start with a parade in VJb late model cars will be TW la will tw followed by a mile against time for all cats. This1 wlir b6 for -po sition in the TariOns erenis, an 1-Koine Classed 'this year- ac cording to the tfpeed" made In- the mile. ; n ffh mile wilf -M followed, by the motorcycle race In which nine of the northwest's best riders will ....uinbts . Thi&M meii are Paur fcemaley. Mutt! Kelly, Cod Evans, hale Smith; &ed Danlberg. Holt VfV Freeman VanderhoBt. --..'- fThe motorcycle speea speemi tacular stunt ever ' tried on the Oregon state faflrytbunda w)in Oakley G. Kelley in a 400 horsepower DeHaTiiand will. rate tne rasiesi uiouorKjKio uu th fastest car. Kelley. la one of ...ina' fAmmnit n vlalnra h av- t Aiuri it o . - Uinv pained international fame (when he made the transcontinen tal flight from sunrise to'( sunset. His machine Is the fastest' on the U Tacific coast. Kelley s motorcycle opponent will be Ray Tauscher on a speci ally factory built Harlay-Davidson. Efforts are being made to have Gus Duray on . hand to pilot the big Stutz special for -the auto end of this triangular race, This Stutz i3 the same car driven by Karl Cooper when be made his records at Taconia and elsewhere. Ten mile events for class A and AB cars will precede tne big sweep lta1ies event which is free-for-I all. This is the big money event I nf thn rtav and is for 25 - milen. f .j names of all drivers and their f Jfls will be published tomorrow. CHARLOTTE, N. C Tall per tons with poise and balance make I he best dancers, in the opinion :r instructors here. They declare iliat "anybody can foxtrot, but it takes a good dancer to waltz." l'ORTHEUff 3IOLOSSTJ8" FOUND TOPEKA, Kan. A Portheus Molossua has been found in Kan sas. It is a fossil fish 13 Vi feet long. 1 4 A 1 JJ ; ' MadeWitlhi &e Mew Type Spring Comleftiffii; - ?! Mil l ' 1 1 ' I' i" . B. m will never grow old ..jgCat't f ef . Ml -Vl...fts4..- ' . r. See Our Window Display and Beirtonstration hi . TIGERS tfANT HIM: J " V tft'f l 1 I i Heckmann. hard hitting outeiaer of the , Hoiise of David baseball team which will show its wares against the Salem Senators this afternoon at 5:15 o'clock at Oxford Park. Heckmann hit .386 last season. The Detroit team in the American league wantx him to report. but he stays with' his whiskers and PREPARE TRACK FOR RAGE MEET Officials of the Northwestern Auto Racing association report that the fairgrounds track will be in best possible .shape by May 7. Promoters of the races to be held that day had pledged special work on the track and Inspection shows thaf. this is being carried out. The rain has packed the track until it, is level as possible. The track- has been lightly harrowed and In the next two days it will be leveled and rolled. Should Saturday be clear the track will be pavement-smooth. With this start on tne track, rfuhny weather need not be feared as a sprinkler service sufficient to take care of this condition is as sured. Headquarters of the racing as sociation are at the Terminal hotel. Inquiries and mail reser vations received there indicate a record crowd for this fast event. v . " 5- .- ' v v.-.'y.' T I; y ! ...... J .y.r. - --i '"' . ..'' T 'vj.'.-.' ,-', vt-iJ ' r . S ? I the House of Cfevid team. . The advance ticket sale is being handled by Smith cigar store. SALE FiriH $50tf &acfeaj Slan BeUcWed .Responsible for Vontlls f Drinking O. A.-Snelbfunk -was. fined $500 in justice" (Soiirt-yet6rday morn ing for r the 'said Of intoxicating liquor.- The'evideniie against Spel brurik was a-gallon jug of black berry wine of his own make which he attempted to"' sell to an officer at Macleay. Spelbrunk was' given the heavy fine instead of a jail sentence be cause of his age. He is 65. County officials believ,e Spel brunk is one of the men who has been furnishing liquor to Salem high school students who have motored out to Macleay, to make purchases. , Taft New Keith & Watson sawmill will be ready to run dur ing May. v I Th Mattress L"Tfiat Never Grows Old 'Sale Price ..... i- 1 -L V ' Li 1 18 SLOT Coast Lieaue Standings W I Pet Oakland ........ 21 Sacramento " ID Seattle 18 15 16 16 17 17 18 19 21 .583 .543 .529 .528 .514 i486 .441 .364 San Francisco ... 19 Mission ......... 18 Portland .... 17 .Los Angeles 15 Hollywood ... 12 pS 'ANGELES, ilay 4. (AP) Portland" made it two straight over Hollywood here today by pounding four Star hur'lers for 15 hits to score a 10' to 6 victory. Three home runs were cracked out by the two teams, two of them, each with, a man on, being cred ited by Hollywood batsmen, Les Sheehan and Denny Murphy while Ed Tomlin, who pitched the eu tire route for the Beavers, poled the' other. Score R. H. E. 10 15 2 6 9 1 Fullerton, Portland " Hollywood Tomlin and Yelle Hulvey, Jacobs, McCabe and Murphy. OAKLAND, May 4. (AP) A muffed fly by Weiss off Valla's bat, with two outs in the ninth inning and the bases full allowed Buzz Arlett to walk over the plate and the Oaks scored a 1 to 0 vic tory over the Angels here this afiernobn. , George Boehler pitched a three bit game for the Oaks, all three being credited to Staley. Piercy alao pitched a good game for the Angels but three walk? which he issued in the ninth inning put Ar lett in position to score the win tin? run. . Score R. IT. E. Lqs Anxfles 0 V, 2 Oakland 17 1 Pierty and Hannah , Boehler and Read. SACRAMENTO, May 4. (AP) Home runs by O'Doul, Vargas and McGee featured the game today between the San Francisco Seals and the Sacramento Senators, in which the visitors chalked up a 6 to 2 win to even the series. The veteran Bob Geary was in fine shape and held the locals helpless throughout. Score It. HV tl. San Francisco -.f 6 10 1 Sacramento 2 7 0 Geary and Vargas; Singleton and Koehler. in.:. Bi in.- msmmz f f ' iff ; SAN FRANCISCO. May 4'. (AP) In a spectacular finish, the San Francisco Missions came from behind today to nose out Seattle, fto 7, with Ed Rose, center field er, hero of the day, with none out in the ninth and four tallies be hind, he smacked a homer over the right field fence to score two rnnnere ahead. Score R. H. E. Seattle 7 13 0 Missions ( 8 16 1 , Brandt, Graham and Jenkins; Barfoot, Dumovich and Walters, Whitney. ILLIHEE'S TEAMS TO BE SELECTED Selection of two teams which will represent the Illihee Country club in match tournaments this season, will be made in a special tournament planned for next Sun day, May 8. offieals of the club announced Wednesday. This qualifying tourney is open to all members and' all are urged to participate so that the teams chosen will be the, best available. The plan is a little different from that of last year. The high est 20 scorers will qualify for the first team, and the next 15 for the second team. RAIN DISRUPTS TWILIGHT GAME Valley Motor company and the K. of C. teams Crossed bats for two innings in a city league game last night but were forced to call the game on account of rain. The score at the end of play was 4-4. Next Friday. Bishop's and Gotto will play at 6 o'clock. O- 2 -O I o LATE SPOffTS I -O PORTLAND. May 4. (AP.) Jack Ganson, San Francisco, won from Bob Kruseof Portland, two out of three falls in the main event of a wrestling match herd tonight. Kruse jgjn the first fall lit 26 minutes, 30 seconds, and Ganson took the second in 11 min utes, 29 seconds with a headlock, and the third in 8 minutes with a crotch hold. They are heavy weights. 1 - Casey Guaranteed " RHEUMATISM" REMEDY Money refunded If It doea not v. , cure your case NELSON HUNT DRUGGISTS Cor. Court and Liberty Tel. 7 This imprQved type o( inner-spring mattress solves the big, objections to the spring mat tress price and excessive weight. It is made with the Edlow Spring Construction, a super ior type'of.constructibn that is made of ex pensive piano wire and weighs less than five pounds. This means that though the mattress jtt j if .... i f jt o I NATIONAI4 National League Standings W L Pet. St. Louis 11 6 .647 New York.... 12 7 .632 Pittsburgh ........ 10 7 .588 Philadelphia 8 7 .533 Chicago ? 'S .529 Boston 9 9 .500 Brooklyn ..... 7 13 .350 Cincinnati . 5 14 .263 CHICAGO, May 4. (AP) Chicago blasted Pete Donahue and Jackie May off the hill in the third inning today, scoring 8 runs and easily defeating Cincinnati in a slugging match. 13 to 9. In the third inning, Webb started a rally with a double on Donahue and finished with a home run at the expense of Jackie May with two men scoring in front of him. Score- R. H. E. Cincinnati 9 16 4 Chicago- 13 15 3 Donohue, J. May, Lucas and Hargrave; Kaufmann, Root and Hartnett. NEW YORK. May 4. (AP) Brooklyn's winning streak ended today when tire Giants poked through to a 4 to 3 victory in the tenth inning. . Bentley drove Lind strom home from second with the deciding run with a single to cen ter field. Score R. H, E. Brooklyn 3 8 0 New York 4 10 0 Elliott, Ehrhardt. arid De Berry; Henry, Greenfield, Holland and DevortRsr, Cummings. PITTSBURGH, May 4. (AP) St. Louis avenged yesterday's de feat at the hands of Pittsburgh by hammering two Pirate hurlers to day for an 8 to 3 victory. The win put the CaVdinals at the head of the league. Bunched hits, coupled with USED TIRE SALE All Tires Have Been Inspected and, Put in First Class Condition PRICE? IT'S LOW ENOUGH If you are in the market for low priced tires see these 1 S & W USED TIRE & VULCANIZING DEPARTMENT 225 N. High Street . 1 1 i : costly Pirate errors, made it easy for St Louis. Haines chalked np his fifth consecutive win- of the season. . . Score I R. IT. E; St. Louis, . S 14 0 Pittsburgh 3 8 3 Haines:' and O'Farrellf " Cyeh gross, Hill and Smith . Philadelphia-Boston' game post poned, cold and threatening weather. O AMERICAN ' I -O American League Standings W. L. Pet. New York ......v. .12 6 .66- Philadelphia. 11 6 .64T Chicago ... .12 8 .600 Detroit 8 8 .500 Washington . ; 9 9 .500 St. Louis 8 8 .500 Cleveland . 8 12 .400 Boston . 3 14 .176 WASHINGTON. May 4. (AP) Coming to life after two straight defeats, the Senators de feated New York today, 7 to 4, in the third game of the series. 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An examination of the interior of the mattress showed that not even the slightest damage had been done to the springs. j All Mattresses Specially Priced For Tlu WeeK Home in taa't frame. '' Score vv "iLRv -Cleveland . . . T. 8 'rT St. L0UI3 ; ;y; i ; . vylJl U"3 Lessen; Shante;; Collar d and Sewell; Gaston and Schang. . DETROIT, May 4. A grouping of hits by the Chicago White Sox, with Gibson's jwildness 5 and : one Detroit error resulted in the Tig; era losing the third, game of 'the series today 11 to' 5. " Today was . . . the sixteenth successive game in ' which -Fothergill, the leading bat- ' ter of the American .league, haa .r hit safely. McCurdy cracked out a circuit clout for the visitors. - Score R. H. E. Chicago' j..--.,. .11 10 .; Detroit . . . . ...... . . . , 513 1 T. Blankenship, Connally ianl i McCnrdy;-Gibson and Shea. Boston at . Philadelphia, post- poned, rain. V . ; v: . .':. t Medford - Vs.OOO.OOO" Owent" 'I Oregon sawmill opens,, for'buaU ness. 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