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... ;.. . . : 11 - i . m -o: - :'V- " ;:y- : ' : :' ......... ' - ' ' - ".'' - . . . j .j . -; -v-.-,,.. ' SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR JSALEM; OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULYFl927 , - , . PMCE FiVE'CENTS - . - s : : : . ;,., ; ; vf; iJT - . - 5 : . : ; ; , : , f FIG MLUON DOLLAR GATE YANKEE STADIUM, New York, July 21. (AP) Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion of the world, came back to the prize ring tonight to fight Jack Sharkey 15 rounds for the right to challenge Gene Tunney for the title in Sep tember. Dempsey weighed 196J2 pounds, sharkey 196. The lure of the big bronze hard punching Dempsey and the clever Boston sailor man drew a crowd of over 82,000 to the huge American league ball park. The gate was estimated at well over $1,000,000 a record for non-championship fights. The referee was announced as Jack O'Sullivan and the judges Tom Flynn and Charles Matheson, all of New York. Dempsey was the first in the ring. As he appeared down the aisles the huge crowd stormed to its feet cheering and whistling. Dempsey danced in his corner after shaking hands with the announcer. Sharkey came in later to another great deafening ovation. He climbed-into the ring, leering fiercely about him as Demp sey warmed up with hands on the ropes. The Boston boy strode to Jack's corner and gave the former champion "the eye" touched hands and snarled something in Dempsey's ear. The former champion barely turned his head and went on dancing, his back turned .as Sharkey retreated still glaring. A battery of cameras were set up immediately under the glaring lights and Mickey Walker, middleweight champion, Tom Hearney and Pauline Uzcudun both heavyweights, joined the principals before the lenses. . The storm cloud of Dempsey's black scowl appeared as Jack caught a glimpse of Sharkey's lowered brow. As the other fighter's names were announced Sharkey led the hand clasps, smiled for a moment and then went back to staring at the former champion. Gene Tunney, world's heavyweight titleholder, climbed fto the rinsr. shook hands with Dempsey as he wished the vman he beat last fall success key's gloves as he left the ring. The dancing Dempsey was entirely different from the harried fighter who waited in his corner for Tunney last fall in Philadelphia. Sharkey sneezed as Dempsey was introduced. Then the Boston boy beamed all over as boos mingled with cheers on his own introduction. -H-! (Dy Norman E. Brown.) While no definite step has been reVde as yet to name a successor to 'Ban Johnson as president of ho Ameriran League. I have it on almost unimpeachable author-j ity that the way is prepared for the elevation of Ernest S. Barn ard, new president of the Cleve land club. iost fairminded baseball men view his selection as a togical one. Rightly so. He is probably bet ter fitted in every way. including temperament and Knowledge of tb5 game, than any other man. t can be stated with some cer tclhty, also, that the long rumor ed sale of the Cleveland baseball club will not take place until Bar nard's future" as possible presi deot of the league has been de finitely settkd. There is a logi cal "reason. . Barnard has no holding of im portance in the club merely enough to give him a plae on the board of directors. 4rs. James Dunn, majority owner of the stock, depends en tirely on Barnard's Judgment In all matters pertaining to the club. - BERNARD EXPECTED TO SUCCEED "Bi" It Is to be presumed that she will lean much on that judgment in disposing of her holdings. in his present position' Barnard can act only in an advisory capac ity. His actions might necessarily be hampered by consideration of kis own future with the club. As president of the league it is to jbe presumed that . Barnard could and would exercise the same privileges Johnson did In putting hls: ti k. on parties to and fanan- fti Vrrangements attending the ebag of ownership of any of the cluh's.Srhis would give Barnard freer hand Ih protecting the in- To res IS oi iars. unnn ana mairea- ly the other clul owners." Ban Johnson ,was criticized openly at times for5 HintrndlngM In nch matters but Big Ban's : only reply was that hBwis doing it to protect , baseball 4r n undesirable associates men rnci waneoc omy to bleed , the game Jnltead pi coa dueting the cluba on i sportsman like basis. - , I i, Barnard! fufly realifs the ralue of continuing this po.sy. SAN FRANCISCO-lThe local chamber of commerce pledges sup pott for Weea-KlnUi ;- Falls highway, t: . 82,000, and then barely touched Shar-1 " ' MONTE DEFEATS MUSKIE BY K. O. YANKEE STADIUM, New York, July 21 (AF) The first preliminary to the Dempsey-Shar-key heavyweight battle tonight ejided quickly when Joe Monte of Brockton, Mass., knocked out Frank Muskie of St. Paul, Minn., a sparring partner of Champion Gene Tunney, in the second round of a six round match. Muskie outboxed Monte with a show of cleverness in the first round but took the long , count, flat on his back, toward the end of the second round after being top pled by a right hook to the jaw. There were only 23 seconds left in the round when Monte, a 23 year old former amateur, landed the crusher. It was a victory for the Sharkey camp as Monte is un der 'the wing of Johnny Buckley, Sharkey's manager. Muskie weighed 173; Monte 174 pounds. Jimmy Byrne, hard hitting southpaw from LouiseviUe, Ky., won a six round decision from Tom Sayers Of Detroit, in the sec ond preliminary. The southerner hay Sayers out on the canvas from a left smash to the stomach when the final bell ended the bout. The preliminary card marked the introduction of the New York state athletic commisslon'3 edict as to what the Tbest dressed box ers should wear, the combatants wearing the official trunks of the commission, red and black on one boxer, ! and purple and black on the other Lou Fink,; Gene Tunney's trainerSwas in the corner of one of the battlers- inf the first prelim inary! Lou's boy, Frank Muskie, was knocked out. The champion did NOT put in an appearance for the warm-up bouts. ; . Tunney came in during the second preliminary and took a Beat in the first row. He was ac companied by Mr. and Mrs. Leon ard Gtmbel. The champion was not recognized by the , crowd at large, but was glve a hearty greeting by,, his neighbors' as Jtie took a siato the first rdw I -"Tunney sWnred in r rare ' good humor, smiling broadly at a re mark of his companions and fin ally laughing out loud. The third preliminary, was over 'before he could get settled, bat lie" watch, the maneuvers f the Sandy Sel-, f ert and Wyoming?Warner wit V, interest. "Big BiirVjrNiwarda add ed his great size to lett. the at tendance of famous' footfttU per sonagee. - ,, . S - Victor' and St Grapevine tidings, always strong at big events, were that the odds had undergone a sudden shift, by which Dempsey was made a favorite. With a show of au thority the announcement was made at the ringRide that Demp sey had become an 11 to 10 favo rite, where Sharkey up to this afternoon had ruled a .favorite of 7 to 5 or higher odds. As the preliminary ended the rush of spectators gained in im petus, and it was evident that there would be quite a crod on hand before the evening was over. The" main fight will go on at 9:3d or 0:35 o'clock eastern day light time, according to present indications. RICKARD GETS CASH ATTACHED NEW YORK, July 281. (AP) The Evening Post says that Teddy Hayes. former trainer of Jack Dempsey, had an attachment serv ed today on Tex Rickard, whereby the promoter may be unable to p&v any of the returns of tonight's fight until Hayes' claim' of $62, 000 against Dempsey is settled. Hayes, who' attended to the con dition of the former champion for several years, is now employed by Kearns as trainer for Mickey Wal ker, the middleweight champion. Hayes asserts his claim is for serv ices rendered under an alleged unfulfilled contract. WESTERN CHAMP DOLP DETHRONED SEATTLE," July i? 2 1. ( AP ) Frank Dolp,, Portland, lost his western amateur golf title at the 36th hole in a quarter final iMateh today when Fay Coleman, Los An geles, defeated him, one up. Cole man yesterday eliminated 'Keefe Carte?;, Oklahoma . City, 1925 champion.; - $"17-. .!.r.' ' PAJUS It has-been f ' a long tlmeince Paris saw gold turbans wornlj for evening, '" .'At the opera recently a Spanish woman attract ed ranch attention by her head dress of swathed gold cloth, held htr h diamond ninl . :' ;" i-' ..."! A Jtew ' York pastor ; advises1 folks to take their .religion with Tiam n Drni, mnatlnll : That'll tJnec But what are we to do wnen the sun is hot. the fish won't 'bite an8 we run a -fishhook into our thutnb? , - . f 7 L ; SEY CHlPIOfl OF Hy A .AX .1. tiOl'M) ( A ssiiciatcd l'res Sports Ktlitori X V. W YOKK, July Jl. Uprn :ir tlit' "sat'" fur .Tark UfiBpsfy's Ktvcn rliampionsh ii fights and his ap proximate share of th purtiPH in fach : Opponent Keceipfn Iempey'ii Willar.l. .. 'tri-nnan. l!JJO .Mii-k.-. 19-i . nrpoiit i-r lf'.'l firpi. i:rj;i .... Tiuitny, VJir, $ 4."vj.r,j2 J.'iii.noi) l.jil.OtK) . 1 ...! - l,18,H'.'-2 l.H!t..7'j:i IOO. (KM) 300,000 "i.v.ooo IT").i)iH 7."o.ooo 'Totals 76".Ki2 2.0a5.000 NEW YORK, July 21. Jack Dempsey is the biggest "money fighter'' the ring has ever known. He has drawn down the largest purses in fistic history. , He has attracted the largest crowds and "gates" on record. Only three battles in pugilistic annals have gone over the million dollar mark in receipts and Demp sey has figured in all bf them his fights with Georges Carpentier. Luis Angel Firpo and Gene Tun ney. Two of these drew over $1,500,000. The erstwhile Manassa Mauler will figure in at least, one more million-dollar attraction, his come back bout with Jack Sharkey at the Yankee Stadium, July 21, and will get his share of another lu crative "gate" if he defeats the Bost6n sailor and thus gains the right to a return battle with Tun ney. ; From jWillard to Tunney, Demp sey fought seven times, collecting more than $2,000,000 as his share of "gates" that approximated over $5,750,000. . "Color," the indefinable some thing in athletic prowess that acts as a magnet to the fans, has made Dempsey the greatest drawing card in ring history, in the opion Ion of Tex Rickard, who knows better than anyone else how profit able Pempsey's. fistic appearances have been. It is 'the sort' of "cofor" that has made Babe Ruth the. biggest attraction in baseball. random prefers the . "sock", whether it Is with the fist or the base Sail -bat', j Dempsey has always been 'VJfscteKerV,, The possibility of ;a .knockout or a knock-down-and-drag-out battle always .has seemed to be a greater lure than a sefentffic exhibition of the manly art of 'boxing.,- " , ; When Dempsey and Firpo staged their famous care-nan DEMP MDNEY F GHTERS Vanquished t i ; i ' '(ir$tSjl..- cf -.v..r.'f'iVfe- ,v. :- "'r-! :...,: : '- " ' i struggle at the Polo Grounds, more than 85,000 spectators be came hysterical, wildly-cheering fanatics, stirred by as primitive a battle of fists as the ring has ever seen. Great drawing card as Dempsey was during the seven years he held the heavyweight title, he did not enjoy the popularity with the mass of fandom that he seems to have acquired as an ex-c-hainpibn trying a comeback. It is one of the queer turns of the sport, but neverthe less a fact, that the crowd cheered Dempsey more lustily for "taking his beating" and offering no alibis than it ever did when he was the conqueror. Lindbergh gets 50,000 letters of congratulations and he hasn't even a secretary.' ROOKIE COMES o- I, I . - T. Francis HogaB, -youthful "nan iml- r - 4 AJS- ' league team. Is the Hub's new hero. Going west with the Braves as a rookie, he came back, the team's best catcher. In a recent game -with the Giants, he jrfeked Eddie Roush off second-, some thinj th4t J3ddl9 badt jetperieaced la year? of bas ttetllaj. .. ;.-..r-. HIT BY STEAM SHOVEL 1 internal injuries oum-rru uj w , x i m r 1. Longview Timber Employe LONGVIEW, Wash., July 20.---fAP) Frank McCoy, employee of the Weyerhaeuser Timber com pany, suffered serious internal In juries today when he was struck by sC heavy steam shovel at Rocky Point as the machine slipped off a flat car and slid onto the Pacific highway. The shovel was being loaded on the car after having been used to clear a rock slide on the highway. McCoy was rushed to a hospital here. The Turkish president has pre pared a speech, which is two days long. , Wait tilt Tom Heflin hears about this! ' 1 BACK AS ST A R catcher of vth Boston "Kational t . ' Round One . Dempsey came out In a crouch and fell 'Into a clinch hammering f I ve . short rights to the body as Sharkey - missed a left hook. Dempsey bored in. again, drilling hard smashes to the ribs. ? Jack hooked two. lerts to Demrfsey's head. They( were close again and Sharkey got in two more to the head. Sharkey stabbed Dempsey with a left to. the head. Dempsey bored In again, took-two lefts to the head and . again drove short punches to Sharkey's body. Sharkey looked tired. 9 left hook shook Sharkey's head back. Shar key licked Jack with two right eppercute. Dempsey reeling and groggy, moved about the ring un der a tew blows. Sharkey smashed him ' again with rights. Lerapsey was groggy as Sharkey missed a long right. The bell caught Sharkey half way through a right swing, Dempsey went to his corner Very tired. Round Two Dempsey's seconds worked on him while Sharkey lay back calm and confident. Jack came out slowly and Sharkey missed a left. Sharkey drove Dempsey to the ropes wfth a right to the jaw. Dempsey fought fiercely at Shar key's body, but laid qn heavy m the clinch. Dempsey missed a wild left' hook. In close they swapped jolts to the ribs. Demp sey held in a clinch and clubbed to the body. Sharkey nailed Demp sey with a. left to the head and drove Dempsey to the ropes with a abort Tiht to the jaw. The Boston boy was landing at will solid smashes to the chin rocked the former champion. They slugged fiercely in the center of the ring as Dempsey nailed Shar key with two hooks to the chin Dempsey was very tired after the flurry but managed to hook his left hand twice on Sharkey's chin They were in a clinch at the bell Round Three A small cut appeared under Dempsey's left eye from Sharkey's left jab. Dempsey drove a long ltft to the stomach and then took a left and right uppercut as he swayed to close quarters. Demp sey missed a left to the head but landed two right jolts on Shar key's chin. Jack Dempsey shuf fled in, apparently stronger, crowding Sharkey with a body at tack, v They were locked in a clinch. They stood for a moment and looked each other over, tired from the fierce pace. Dempsey whipped over a right upercut a he dove in. Sharkey caught Dempsey with a wicked right smash to the chin as the former champion came in to whale at the Boston boy's body.-Sharkey bored two lefts to Dempsey's body and Dempsey stepped back. Sharkey slipped and went down in his own cornerbut'was 'up without a count. -j- tfov blow was struck and the bail ended the sesfon while Sharkey 'was on his knee. ' "" Round Four Sharkey was a bit less confi dent as he came out and missed a wild right. Jack bobbed out of the way of Sharkey's jab. Demp sey drove Sharkey around the ring with 'fierce punches to the body. Sharkey, breathed hard as Dempsey1 called a left to the chin and a right to the ribs. Sharkey cut three left jabs into Dempsey's face and hooked both hands to the face.1 Dempsey's right eye was biyeeding badly. " Dempsey came in again with a short right to the bod,y - and lifted Sharkey's head with a right uppercut. Sharkey ralssed a right uppercut and took, two sina'sBing jolts from Demp sey's left, Sharkey missed fre quently as Jack bobbed about. Dempsey nailed Sharkey with a left hook fully on the jaw, driv ing the "sailor" Into a defensive crouch in a neutral cornet. They were pluggiag away at the body at the bell. r - Round Five - Dempsey appeared to be finding himself under . the heat of the milling. ' He shuffled out and skimmed Sharkey's chin with a left, v Sharkey stabbed Jack about tfie head but Dempsey caught a left hook on' his j nose.: Sharkey spit blood as Dempsey swung in close for : another, short 1 arm st uck. Shake met" wltti 'a right uppercut coming in but Dempsey got in two lefts to the ribs. Shar key Jaoded a etraight right to the head and Dempsey clinched. A cut under Dempsey's cheek bored right back throwing rights to the body but taking ' Sharkey's left four times to the head. Dempsey hooked a solid left to Sharkey's head and the sailor's body. An other left drove Sharkey back but the Boston boy came out slugging as the round ended. Round Six Sharkey, aparently much fresh er this round and Dempsey was playing a waiting game, lie let Dempsey rush him again and Jack missed a long left; to Shar key's head. Sharkey was short with a left to the chin but his right smacked solidly on Demp sey's jaw. Dempsey missed a long left. Dempsey came steadily on. however, runing away to the body but Sharkey was all elbows on de fense. Sharkey slapped a-right to Dempsey's' face. Dempsey feinted him and they bobbed-at each other until Snarkey shot Dempsey's head back with a ter rific right uppercut to the Jaw.. It was the cleanest and hardest punch of the Tight so far. Demp sey leaned izk punching Sharkey to the ropes. Dempsey caught the sailor coming out with three smashes to the head and the crowd booed as Sharkey deliber ately poked Dempsey in the face after the bell. Round Seven : Dempsey was weaving again and Sharkey held as the. fire grew hot about his body. Dempsey knocked Sharkey down with a right. Sharkey got to his kneefe at the count of nine, swayed and fell flat. Dempsey suddenly whipped , bis left into Sharkey's stomach and followed with a straight right hand smash to the jaw that knocked Sharkey down. Sharkey got to his knees at the count of nine, swayed and fell flat to his face as the referee counted' ten. Sharker's handlers claimed the blow was foul but the referee '. disallowed it. &3i I National League Standings I O ... National LeagueS tand lags W. 51 54 61 48 40 36 36 33 L. 33 34 36 44 48 51 52 51 Pet. .607 .614 .586 .522 .455 .414 .409 393 Pittsburgh .... Chicago ....... St. Louis New York . . . . . , Brooklyn .... .. Philadelphia .Cincinnati ...... Boston R. If. E. Chicago 3 10 O Philadelphia 7 13. .0 Bush and liartnett; Pruett and J. Wilson. . ; R. II. E. Pittsburgh ............ 1 5 0 Boston , . . , . . ... . . ... 2 5 . 4 -Kremer and Clooch; Greenfield and Gibson. , l ,A . -'.-T , : R. II.' E. Pittsburgh . . i . ....... 2 .10. . 2 Boston .'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 0 . Mil jus, Cvengros .and Gooch, Spencer; R. Smith and Urban. U:;V.,..V. R. II. E. St. Louis . ....... . . . . 7 91 New York ,V. 4 ....... 11 2. Maines, Alexander, Sherdel and Schulte:' Benton, Grimes, Songor and Taylor, Devormer. . V v-' V: V " : V R. H. E. Cincinnati .. . . ... ..... . 213 0 Brooklyn ......... ... 1 9 ' 1 Luqne , and Hargrave; poak. Ehrhardt and Hargreaves. GA3IES - FOR TODAY At Portland Hollywood 2; Portland 0. 1 ' At San Francisco San Francis co 5; Sacramento 2. VAt Los Angeles Oakland 6; Los Angeles -5. - ' At' Seattle Missions 4-0; Seat tle 3-8. ' Our " fiction writers bring oat another- , new book every little while to prove once more that the great American novel has yet to be' written.-Detroit Free Press. Miami wants the-Democratic na- tlonal .convention,' having be come accustomed to trouble in mas prodectioa. -Kclckcrt)?sc