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' THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEWEMBER 7, 1927 11 ei win IB COAST LME Coast League Standings W. L. Pet. Oakland . ........ 101 65 .60S Seatjtle . .90 71 .559 San Francisco ......92 76 .548 Portland; ......... ,81 80 .603 Sacramento ' .82 84 .494 Hollywood ........77 91 .458 Mission 1 ..... . ... 77 V9 1 .458 Los Angeles ......63.105 .375 - LOS ANGELES-. SEPT. 6.- AP) Wilbur Pters, Los Angel es southpaw; : limited Hollywood to four tits and hurled bis mates to a.: 6 to 2 win today In the ser ies opener. I The Angels bunched hits off Hulvey to take a two run lead in the first Inning and were never headed. Score: ; R H E Hollywood ....... ......2 4 1 Los Angeles ........... 5 12 2 -Hulvey and D. Murphy; Peters and Hannah. SAN FRANCISCO. SEPT. 6. (AP) With Bryan pitching stea- dy ball, the Missions defeated the Seals, 6-4, in the series opener to day. A first Inning rally, when fire runs rolled over the plate, put .the-Missions in a substantial lead and they were never threatened. ' Score: R H E Missions 8 14 1 .Jan Francisco ......... .4 9 0 Bryan and Whitney; Kunz. Martin and Vargas. National League Standing ""f O O W. ....76 ... .75 ....72 . i ..... .74 L. 62 53 53 56 68 73 75 83 Pet Pittsburgh New York St. Louis Chicago . 594 586 . 576 569 465 430 42S 302 (AP) Cincinnati ....59 Boston 55 Brooklyn ..55 Philadelphia 3. ..47 PITTSBURGH. Sept. -Pittsburgh successfully guard ed first place in the National to day by blanking the Reds, to 0. Kremer holding Cincinnati to three hits. '' ; Scores: Cincinnati 0 3 1 Pittsburgh .5 13 0 J. May and Plclnich; Gremer : and Smith. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 6. (AP) Rain in the first half of he sec ond inning caused postponement oL the afterpiece of a Cub-Card inal scheduled doubleheader to day after St. Louis took the first by 13 to 1. The Cubs scored one run , in the first inning, of : the. second games. : Two 'games are scheduled .for tomorrow. Score: Chicago 1 8 SU Louts 13 14 0 Jones. Brillheart and Gonzales; Alexander and O'Farrell, Snyder. . : NEW YORK, i Sept; 6. (AP) . The New York Giants kept their pace of a single game from the league leading Pirates today by triumphing over the Braves 9 to 6, Benton hurling the victory. ' ',, Score: ; - - ;' -. ' Boston: - ........ .-. . .. 612 1 New-'York :.ViV.i 9 13 1 Greenfield, Goldsmtf h; Tertx . and Gibson r Benton, .Grimes and Taylor.-i- ' - v- a ..... i .i i - : jAoMTtcan Leasne Standing I v-,: - W. New YoTk'il2iw9 2 Philadelphia Detroit i Wasn4ington..,-.r-i.i-69 ' Chicago 62 Clevelatfd 59 St., Louis ....i.........&4 Bos4pnrSt..lr;.4 2 L. 40 ; 56 61 61 68 74 77 -88 Pet. .679 .576 .538 .531 .477 .4 44 .412 .323 I PHILADELPHIA, , Sept. 6. (AP)r E4die,RommeI held Wash ingfon to four. scattered hits and the Athletics .won; the second gameqfr a doubleheader. today 4 to ... Washington won the first game:14'to 9. v , First game: A i'-Umt'i-'.u. "'. " JJ. - R H E Washington - 14 16 2 Philadelphia . .9 13 4 Marberry, Braxton and Ruel, Berger; :Walberg Gray, R, John son, Powers and Cochrane, Per? ; kins. X.i. : ' - -- . Second game: ' Washington ... 0 4 1 Philadelphia -.-.......4 10 2 v Lisenbee and : Tate; Rommel -' and Cochrane; BOSTON, Sept. (AP) "Biicty Hams let-hls Sena j:rJ gzzw Iclj to see who'd Ty.Cie fhsx iy, tut the fans ,.;nt t";v i b (bw his to :zz !..:!.:: cr net thsy'd I y to til i;v ..... V! . Babe Ruth, mighty hitter of the Yankees, equalled his 1926 home run record today by bagging two homers in the first game at Bos ton and one in the afterpiece for a total of 47. The New Yorkers won the opener by 14 to 2 but lost the closing tussle 5 to 2. First game: Scores: R H E New York ... :.14 20 1 Boston . 2 1 0 Pennoek and Bengough; Welt er. Cremins and Hofmann. Second game: Scores: R H E New York 2 6 1 Boston 5 . '8 0 Reuther and Collins; Russel and Hofmann. DETROIT, Sept. 6.-(AP) Bill Barrett's home run in the 7th in ning with the bases full gave the Chicago White Sox a victory over the Detroit Tigers today. . The score was 9 to 6. Score: R H E Chicago !9 9 1 Detroit -6 16 S Jacobs, Thjomas and Crouse-; Billings. Smith and Shea, Bassler. CLEVELAND, Sept. 6. (AP) The Browns took the last game of the series here today from Cleveland, 7 to 4. Score: R H E St. Louis - 7 15 1 Cleveland 4 12 1 Gaston, Crowder and O'Neil; Miller, Grant, Hudlin and L. Se well. E T F A quantity of new equipment for Salem high school football players this fall will be on hand wlfen Dractice starts, according to Coach Louie Anderson. New headgear, shoulder pads, shoes, and white cotton stockings have been purchased. The suits are said to be in good condKIon. Coach Anderson will; call his men out for first practice Mon day. Sept. 19. With Luke Gill to assist, he will work out the system of play 1 to conform to the new football rules, and drill the players thoroughly in funda mentals. The schedule of games for the season is tar from complete. Al bany and Corvallis are tne only schools definitely arranged for. Both these games will be away from home. : Coach Anderson is endeavoring to secure a contest -with" Columbia university vtUnlVeraity of Oregon freshmen, or Eugene high school for Thanksgiving day here. This will. Drobably be the only big game to- be played on th local field. A number of likely looking new candidates are enrolling and with a good lineup of veterans return ing, predictions for a state cham pionshlp contending team are be Ing made. COLLEGE OF PACIFIC IAL E roller, of the Pacific, a Meth odist institution located at Stock ton, California, lias 'written Coach Roy "Spec" Keene and Willamette university for a game against the Bearcats. October 29. That date is open, "but it Is'unlikely that Willamette will have sufficient funds to finance such a contest this year, in addition to its already heavy schedule. .: The southern' Methodists desire to enter, into a two, year contract which would take Willamette to Stockton next year on the same terms. A definite sum of $500 and half the gate receipts is sug gested by the college. This might prove profitable , for Willamette In the long run, for the southern college is said to' draw large crowds. With the opening game against University of ; Washington ; less than a month in the offing. Coach Keene la beginning to evince con cern at the prospects for a credit able team. A j number of high school athletes' who' were contem plating enrollment here, have suc cumbed to the hign-powered talk of, the larger unlyersitles,. and a few-; of the '. veterans, on ; whom JCeene depended will not return. . Nlck.Bican, last .year, all-conference center, is in the south and contemplating' enrollment at Uni versity of California. So is "Shad- -der" Reidel, one - of the bright a pots in the backfield two years . With Btcan back in his - suit here and with two; backfield; stars who yet may be secured. Coach Keene says he could have defeat ed any team In the conference.'- A quantity of new equipment for the. players will - be on hand for the opening practice day. This includes j headgear,' pants, shoes, and shoulder pads. -Kenneth Denman and Joe Kas berger wlllj arrive in Salem Sep tember 13 or 14. 4 These two-men with'LesII Sparks: will be on be field each evening, " with,,- Coach Keene whipping Uhe team place contenders into shape:; ; . V Mi OR SHS G1DEBS ASKS AH 6AM Try a Classified Want Ad AGGIES HDD 2 U TO COACHING STAFF CORVALLIS, Sept. 6. (AP) Webley Edwards and Lewis (Hip) DIckerson, former Oregon Agricultural college varsity foot ball men, were today: added to the coaching staff of O. A. C. as the final preparation for the opening of the training season Sept. 15. Edwards was appointed assist ant varsity coach for the season and will assist in coaching the backfield. He played quarter back under Paul J. Schissler, head coach, for three years. DIckerson. a three year letter man at tackle, will be assistant frtshman coach, helping Dick Newman with the rooks. Other assistants on the staff are Jim Dixon, former tackle, and Cliff Stetson, assistant freshman coach. MAKES GENE BED LAKE VILLA. ILL.. SEPT. 6. (AP) Gene Tunney suffered a cut an inch long over his eye while boxing with Chuck Wiggins. Indianapolis light heavyweight in his dally workout of eight rounds today. The wound, which bled rathet freely, will prevent Tunney from boxing tomorrow as originally scheduled, and may force him to lay off longer than that. Wiggins locked heads with the champion in the third round of their boxing. When Gene drew away, blood spilled from the wound directly over the right eye. The accident did not prevent Tunney boxing three rounds with Billy Vidabeck. directly after the session with Wiggins. Gene start ed the workout with two rounds of bag punching. The titleholder, just settling In to the steady grind of preparation for the title defense against Jack Dempsey In Soldiers field, Sep tember 22, made light of the In jury and refused to halt the round when the wound began to bleed. Gene smiled at Wiggins' apologies and said "Let's box, that'a noth ing at all." Gene's set to with the Indian apolis light heavyweight had been hot all the way to the point of the accident. Chuck set a fast pace, tearing into the champion for the first two rounds and land ing several stiff left hooks to Tun ney's head. Gene mixed willing ly, clipping heavy right counters to Chuck's chin. When Wlgg&a tired from. the blows and reeled to close quarters, his bead bump ed solidly into Tunney's forehead -Under - instructions: to force Gene with the weaving style Dempsey employs, Billy Vidabeck outscored the champion for the first round of their sessions. Hatn pered by the injured eye, Tunney found difficulty in landing his left on Billy's head as the Bay bnne, N. J., middleweight pound ed in close with left hooks to the head and ribs. - Vidabeck slow ed -'up in the second- frame and Tunney nearly floored him with a solid right to the jaw. Gene's eye bled slowly during the workout with Vidabeck. YALK COACH QUITS NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 6. (AP) Tad Jones, head coach in football at Yale university has resigned, effective at the close of the 1927 season, it was officially announced by Professor George H. . Nettleton. chairman of . the Yale university athletic associa tion tonight. i NO FIGHT" OMAHA. SEPT. 6.(AP) The scheduled 10 round fight to night between W. L. Stribling, the "Georgia school boy," and Leo Diebel was stopped in the sixth round by Referee James Drexel, who said that it was "no fight," and ordered them out of the ring for stalling. . Foot of Fry's Hill Said Most Dangerous Corner ' The most dangerous street In tersection in Salem was picked out by one local motorist Tuesday, He claims that it Is the intersection of South High street with a brushy side , street near .the bottom of Fry's hill. ' There Tuesday afternoon more than one case of heart failure was threatened when a Bmall car, with out - warning. leisurely crossed High street from the smaller ar tery, directly in front of a big car, heavily loaded., which, waa coming down Fry's hill on a wet pavement at 20 mllee an hour.' ; - . t .- rlt was only by perfect operation of brakes that . the big ear man aged to. avoid striking .the smaller one, causing a serious wreck. This kwas declared to Jbe the- most dan gerous corner In the: city, and the authorities will be urged to place warning sign there. -. - . , Iowa now has the Mellon habit. The estate tag rate has been cut again, for "the third ' time - since 1 PARTNER i". N. C art MHicfems Almost any day now the sports world may rock; with the news that Sauerkraut Center has-cinched the Trolley League pennant Sauerkraut Center hasn't won a pennant since the year the Con federates camped there and loaned a general 1 and two colonels to round out the Infield. j .The Trolley League b proud of the many boys who have gone up to the big time. Why only last year Herman Belch. Hogwallow'a starbackstop, got a tryout with the Cotton States circuit. Herman's bound to get ahead. He's one of these persistent boys.' He's been going with MbUIe Bus tle eight years and hell marry her some day If the, porch .swing holds out. Li Several years ago Sauerkraut Center tried to buy Herman, But he would have cost as much as a new sewer, , So the town feot the sewer Instead. And tnat'a where the club stayed the rest of the sea son. - - ; i , A visitor from New York once walked Into the sewer. Whoa the constable found him two days lat er he complained of the poor sub way service. w Sauerkraut Center wanta Lind bergh -to Tislt it. But don't think ho should. He's had enough punishment. -A " '- '--W' -ty:- CITY DADS FAIL AGREE UPO'J A.COiJTRACT PLAN ' , (Continued from Page One) was handed to the 'city council last sight by City Attorney yred Winiains on behalf of Alderman Hawkins called for .the payment of a salary of 9275 per month for a period of two years fo Engineer R. A. Pnrow.' ' -r-: Furrow In turn, according to contract, would take cvr&ritte The ci garette with real If all cigarettes were as good as Camel you wouldn't hear anything - ... about special treatments to make cigarettes good for the throat, Noth ing takes the place of choice tobaccos. 5- i charge of the bridge projects, drawing up . plana . and specifica tions, making surveys, and super rising construction, 'with authori ty to expend not more than 675 In any one month, unless through special sanction of the bridge committee. . . j Alderman Rosebraugh, a mem' iber of the bridge committee, and jAlderman Dancy voiced - objec tions to the " contract ; on the Irrounds thaV It -called: for a. pos sible unwarranted expenditure of funds,-. -fr"'. " t. .The city has a competent engi neer who eould draw: plans, for and supervise the bridge work in fcdoperatlon; with the state. Ixigh way commission which' has ton aented to ' take over the Com mer cial street project, it was pointed out. The ; two year i term, of the contract also was protested on the ground that th city councllmen could not enter into an agreement which would exist iafter their ten ure of office had expired. Furthr ermore, It was. said, according to the contract, the engineer w6uld become a city official. land no one could be employed as a city offic ial w no bad not been a resident here for 3 years. ' ' i Mayor LIvesley In explaining the "recommendation of the bridge committee stated that Furrow had been recommended by C. C. Me Cullough as the best englnees av ailable, that he would have to be notified at once to be secured for the work, and that his salary In connection with the. Commercial street, bridge would come from the commission .to be - paid, the state highway commission - for. its aid Were.;:.v-i V vr-ri'--'::x J Noting the attitude oi Certain council members," however, he ask-! ed that a speciaf meeting be call ed 'for next Monday to consider the. whole Improvement program, and outline g deflnita mode- of procedure. f'V ; , . Beyond a preliminary' -draft - of tne bridge plans, ' the,; state high way commission has delayed work on the Commercial street project pending authority from the coun cil to proceed.' i The authority has been, held up through doubt of tegajity Of the ond . proposals, This was removed last week bv brd from bond1 engineers Is Port- Special meetings of the newer a?4. l?ridga committees : probably you can s 0 will be -held this week,' prior to the general meeting Monday. CROPS DAMAGED? DRAW' YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS (Continued" from .page 1) his. prognostication turns out cor rect, and if today is followed by other fair days for a few weeks on end. and not too warm; all Is going to . be fairly well with our hop and prune crbpa. . FALL SETS If. WHEN V STORM HITS OREGON (Continued from Page One) . . ,. . greatly delay ; the ' Walla- Walla grain harvest in the higher areas. , Plane at The Dalles , Bend got its share of, rain, but tthe. high hills of the . Deschutes t . . . i . country urew snow as ineir iou Snow 4 blanketed the ' McKensle .Pass. - - . The Dalles was -a -. temporary aviation center today as a result of landings by seven planes from t& clous points, made when pilots landed rather than. face a gale that waa - blowing up the Columbia gorge, i . , ;t-' . j Six -pf, the; planes were army abipa and' ihe other was piloted by C, S, .Murray, ' a civilian. The planes,1-with one exception, contin ued toiVanconrer: .Waah later . in .the day.' ': . t i A barge .containing . five ears about to start for Mapleton. sank at Cushman' but all were sared by th'eskm of the pilot Tom ,Neley. The pnlywa'ycars can reacih Ma pleton end good rpads Is by barge. : . - - i. . ; . v. t ' ; .Orar f 'Astoria . ASTOltlA. Sent. .VaP Wthile: reoocts of torrential .Taim came ja today from- 4Wniamette valley i pofnU, stdrlat 'pjopularly considered, one of the mrist rainy points In. the state, bask eld under sunnyr j skies and ' warid winds through., most of the ay.;Al thougha, little rain fell-this morh4 Ing, the sun 'came out this after noon and stayed out the rest of the . dayl ' 'V ' ' l,- ' , '- EUGEXE "DELCOED ? - eugene; sepe (ap Ralnfall is Eugene daring jjie 24 hjours ending St 7:10 tonisnt was enjoyment t.12 inchesaccord Ing to the local j wea t h - r- eerverrrT F? j r s ." f or . the moke J prune crop are expressed by some of the growers nut most of them say the fruit is not yet ripe enough to be cracked by the rain. Other crops are not affected.- Quite heavy snow has fallen In the-Cascades,' according to reports from the upper McKensle and 1 upper Willamette rivers. 11 ' HOP POSTPONED AGAIN Lcvine aad Pilot Decide mot . to : "Start rntll Late Today CRANWELL. England, Sept. 6. (AP)i Reports f a 35 mile gale, over the Atlantic caused Charles A. Levlne to postpone- his trans-Atlantic . - hop V again ; this mornings He and his pilot; Cap tain Walter . Hlnchcliffe, hope, to start late this afternoon early to morrow morning, it Is stated, t ' CRANWELL. England, Sept! 7. (AP) -Charles A, Leviae and his pilot. Captain Walter. IUnch- Walt for the NEW Entirely. new;Ford car is almost ready. - Road test show unusual speed, pick-up and staxn ina. Beautiful new low body lines will dc- lightyou. Valley? 1 Wohr a SIsn, O.rcjcn cllffe; balked by adverse weather conditions yesterday, were again at the Cranwell airdrome at dawn today preparing for their flight to the United Sttes. ' ?As was the case yesterday, the fliers awaited the latest weather reports, and the lifting of the morning mists. . which wereless heavy today. It was expected at C:15 that a decision would , be made within a half hour. 2 LOGGERS ACQUITTED JMONTESANO,-Wash., Sept. . AP) A superior court Jury here' tonight ' found Raymond Laugheed and ' Alvln Schlegel, loggers, not guilty la the murder of Andrew McCrea, Mntesaoo negro, who was beaten to death July . The Jury deliberated an hour and 20 minutes. f The. murder charge against T. II. Miller Jointly tried with the ether two men was dismissed by the presiding judge. . Ford ;; Ptcns 1C-3 I 5 r c