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8 .THE OltEgQN STATESMAN, SALEM; OREGON WEDNESDAY MORNCNG, SEPTEMBER1927? Betting Odd Narrow Down f To Six to Five on Tunney Popular Favor Drifts in Direction of Former Heavyweight if r;v Champion ag Battle V Pitant VistaV T ' Approaches qtr Chicago ... VCHICAGO ;Septv20-(AP):r-Prc.battlQ preparations for the Dempaey-Tunney heavyweight championship ten round match Thursday night af Soldier's field approached a climax 5 today with these outstanding developments. ! 1 ContmupH rfnnrt nf a favor, with wagers on Gene Tunney down to odds of 6 to 5 in many instances and prospects of even money bettine bv . toriorrow. .,,.' nw flood of courgrfeit tickets, of all denomina tions from $ to $40, announced -' 1 - - . . - - - - - - ..... ' r - J - . .1 ... . - f ' A v -. I " . . - w . n x m m n t ... A t . . i oy iex lucnara ana resulting in in0 . , . Jnpd ri,nanPft hv fndpr.rp lands' te indication tha Denip- Bey is in trim for a sensational fight has strengthened his nun- IocaI. agents. ' V r . m a .a a .a. onierence 01 siaie amieuc hort. Thla - - t - - - commission with rival managers of the narrowing of the j J Tiirhtprs- on rnlna tne-pfhwr with I . . . . . ... . f fighters on rules, together with reports that the commission had "further whittled down the referee Candidates to three men, generally supposed to be Walter Eckersall, newspaperman; George Lytton, business man, and David Miller, "wealthy sportsman and veteran of ficial, all of Chicago. ' 4 Dismissal in federal court of 'suit by Rev. Elmer Williams to stop fight on grounds it endangers public morals, and postponement until tomorrow of application for permanent injunction by Coliseum Athletic club based on claims of ' prior contract with Dempsey to fight Harry Wills here last year. r 5 Reiteration by Dempsey of ; alleged efforts to "frame" his los lcg battle with Tunney last year, the basis of the, ex-champion's now famous "open-letter, and asser tion that he still was determined to, force an answer from the title holder. ' ' Although Tunney remained a decided favorite among newspaper critics, more than 2G0 of whom are gathered here from all parts of the country as well as foreign which have been hammered dowo generally within the past fow days to 6 to 5 from' 7 and 8 to' 5. The question, "Who do you like?" is heard everywhere as ad vance throngs from all parts of the world to make up the record breaking assemblage of between JBO.oqp and 160,000 spectators and a gate that may be anywhere from $2,500,000 to S3, 200,000. Fully half of the crowd is ex pected to consist of visitors arriv ing here by special trains, automo biles, airplanes and boats. . The peak of the incoming rush 1b ex pected Thursday morning. Workmen put the finishing touches today to the vast expanse of pine seats, augmenting iSol dier'fl field's- concrete stands, while telegraph men took over the job of installing about 140 ringside wires; a record breaking number, which will carry the spot, stories of nearly 400 ringside writers. This represents, however, oniy a third of the total array of writing tal ent, others being assigned else MORROW MADE NEW ; MEXICAN AMBASSADOR ' (Continued from Page One) policy. - Mr- Borah, who was an out spoken critic of the Mexican pol icy of the administration during flareups over it during the session o( congress, said of the Morrow appointment. . "If Mr. Morrow is going to Mex- - - , Ico to carry out a policy of friend ly cooperation, a policy looking to the adjustment of our controversy with Mexico, upon peaceful and jjist lines, and with a due regard for the rights of all parties, I think he Is in a position to render a pub lic Bervice of incalculable value. His known ability will enable him to perform a real and distinct ser vice. "ily own feeling in regard to the matter turns entirely upon what I would regard as the policy of this government toward Mexico. I : think Mr. Morrow .would carry out the policy of the government." Senator Moses of New Hamp- BABIES CRY FOR it nAtrrnniA uaoiuniii Prepared Especially for Infants and Children of AD Ages Mother' Fletcher's Castoria has been in use for over 30 years as a pleasant, harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops anJ Soothing Syrups. Con tains nonnarcotics. Proven direc tions are on each package. Phy sicians everywhere recommend It. "The genuine, bears signature of shire, another republican on the foreign relations committee, con fined himself to this cryptic com ment: "It is a capital appointment." Senators Frazier and Nye of North Dakota, both of the republi can insurgent group, expressed the opinion that the Morrow selection would not tend to clear away mis understandings with Mexico. MEXICO CITY, Sept. 20. ( AP) ' Tie appoin t m e n t of Dwlght W. Morrow of New York as ambassador to Mexico came as an entire surprise to the general public today and aroused intense interest in all circles. It was learned that in accordance with the usual diplomatic procedure the Mexican foreign office had been informed of the prospective ap pointment and had let the tJnited States government know that Mor row "would be personna grata to the Mexican government. The foreign office, however declined to make formal comment. Present American embassy officials are In terested in the appointment but are not in a position to say any thing and the first reaction of the American colony appears to be gratification at the selection. LEGIONNAIRES VISIT OLD BATTLEFIELDS (Continued from Page One) today. Tb others will go down later, j Thebig parade of t yesterday which! win go, down in French his tory as a marvel of "American or ganization and efficiency had placed the visitors from overseas prominently before the popula tion of Paris but today brought the renewal of old acquaintances In towns; villages ana hamlets in the hills they knqw In war. ' The' convention got down to bus iness' today and- a large dinner ' tendered "by th"e 'legion' tonight in AUTO PUSH BALL HAS THRILLS f . 1 a , . -i "i - f ' ' t ? f.' x. u - - S " .f Wvt -'v The Canadian Auto Push Ball team from New Westminister, B. C. will meet The American team of Minneapolis, Minnesota, in a series of games to be played each afternoon of the Oregon state fair, which starts next Monday The games are played on the race track in front of the grapdstand and four autos are used to push or bounce over the opponents' goal a large six foot leather COVeThe game is the outgrowth of the army game played by men on horseback, but autos are used to push the ball over the goals. 1 Plenty Of excitement is furnished which results m broken wheels, tipovers and smashing of opponents cars. Each team carries extra machines and me chanics to repla6e the disabled mounts. ' honor of President Doumergue ended the official parties and re ceptions. Sioux City Champion PARIS. Sept. 20. (AP) Monahan post of Sioux City. Iowa, today won the band championship of the American Legion for the sixth time. The Columbus, Objo delegation was second; only one half points behind the winner. Miami. Fla., carried away the drum, and bugle championship, Fort Dodg. the champons of 192 6 finishing fourth. In this event, also, the finish was extremely dose. M. E. MINISTERS HERE TO OPEN 75TH SESSION (Continued from Page Orfe) the city. Bishop Shepard gave a short response. Several hundred people attended. Actual work of the conference will get under way today, with organization at ten o'clock, and business sessions at . 11 o'clock, and 1:30 o'clock. Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be observ ed at 8:80 a. m. The afternoon will be devoted to ten minutes presentations of the condition of a number of church institutions, followed by an inspirational address by Dr. Ralph S. Cushman, of Rochester, n. y. Hawley tb Address Highlights in the evening's program will be addresses by Wil lis C. Hawley, member of con gress, and Clarence True Wilson, chairman of the board of temper- MONEYS. CAN-T BUY A BETTER." OIL X 3? THE NEW jf Reason why (l OF MANY) PyRITY "dean-engine lubri - Ration". No hard carbon. tTASPARD OtlrCOMPANTE OF CALIFORNIA V4 .tan J. United States National Bank Salem Oregon ss i 1 . 3 :-i .: 1 , ' 1 ' ; ? I i I 2v rip HUM T- -XitiX2 illiiMiillillv:!! "LUCK "Luck is the thing-that happens when preparation meets opportunity. To have a constantly growing . pavings Ac- , count with this strong, friendly hank i? to be prepared when opportunity knocks. "'" Do you know of any better time tlantoday tQ start such ,an. account here? J Z- I : ; J. J i f !'. UNITPP fATES NATIONAL BANK Pi j I ance. prohibition, and public mor als. Speculation was rife among church people yesterday as to who would be elected ministerial dele gates to the general conference. As one minister put it yesterday, "tfiere are at least 162 ministers who could be prevailed -upon with out too much persuasion to accept election as delegate." It is a choice distinction which every man of the cloth would like to re ceive. In short, all the conference members are candidates. Dr. Clarence true wuson,has been entered as a possible choice. He is a member of the Oregon conference and desires a seat at the world gathering. His promi nence will work much in his fa vor. Other ministers and church administrators certain to receive major consideration are Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, Dr. A. L. Howarth, Dr. S J. Chaney, Dr. D. H. Leech, and Dr. Edward Laird Mills. Dr. B. L. Steeves is practically certain of election as ope of the lay delegates, but other candi dates have not yet been pushed prominently into the field. First Church, Salem, is honored every year by at least one delegate from its ranks, and Dr. Steeves is the congregation's choice. Election of ministerial dele gates will probably take place en Thursday, and the laymen will elect their representatives Friday. Bishop Shepard made it clear yesterday that Oregon would send four lay, and four ministerial'del egates to the general conference. September 15, there were only 162 members of the conference, three short of the 165 required for election of fonr delegates, whoj are apportioned one to each i5' members or twai-thirds part there of. There are three undergraduates to vote into conference member ship' this year, however, and these will be counted, making the total sufficient. . Seven young men aspiring to the Methodist ministry were giv en the conference examinations yesterday for admission on trial. They were Wayne Weight, Mar quam; Everett Gardner, Route 8, Salem; Thomas Potwin, Albany; Marcus B, Berbano, Pimbail; "Ed ward Tefrry, McMinnville; Robert Mcllvenna. Jefferson; and Oliver J. dill, Portland. If they pas&the examinations, they will be assign ed to small pastorates, or given permission to attend school. Indications are that four stu dents will be ordained deacons and two ordained elders. They must be passed on separately by the conference. ' Henry R. Cross, Wllsonville; M. J. Tennyson, Canby; LeRoy ,11. Walker, Dayton; and Grace I. Driver, ElktOn, are candidates for ordination as deacons. Miss Driv er, however, is studying the, local preacher's course and is not eligi- ' Transporting Movie Luero of Hair Raising Flight From Oakland Jo Honolulu ROOSEVELT, Arizona, Sept. 20 (AP) A non-stop flight from San Francisco to Honolulu is a tame stunt com pared with carting -'an Afridan lion by air through nature s topographical nightmares in Arf zona no fooling; ask Martin - Not only that, says he, but'opce down it takes about 7Q hours to walk tp where you can send your wife a message that no .bones are broken and your passenger still is safely r"vThose were the mental highlights picked up by interested listeners as the flier who was sec ond to the wire 'in the Dole trans Pacific hop made preparations to salvage his monoplane and rescue "Leo" movie stunt lion, from their unchosen location in Tonto basin. Leo's cage '.in the passenger compartment of the plane lived np to Its reputed ' stufdiness when Jensen, failing in his attempted non-stop flight from San Diego to yew York crashed into a grove of oak trees forty miles up country from.ihis isolated damn town. The flier, leaving the tightly caged Leo where he came down, made his way on foot down the canyon to the H. Bar ranch, narrowly missing a rush of water caused by a " mountain " cloudburst. "I passed through numerous thrills from the time I first skirt ed the Mongolian coast before the crash in a clump of oaks, until I met George Booth, a rancher on upper Tonto creek at 10 o'clock Monday morning," Jensen said. The plane took off from San with his million or more. It is Diego Friday and crashed late that afternoon. ! "1 told Booth who I was," Jen sen cpntlnued, "and he directed me to the H Bar ranch after prom ising that he would take food to Leo, who remains. In the cage weld ed to the plane.' "The ship is pretty badly dam aged just how -much I can't say. I evidently took the wrong fork of the Tonto. I followed the left head stream because the canyon appeared wider. It was not long before I found myself in a narrow 'gorge where the sheer walls rose up faster" than I did. "I could not circle for altitude and the air was light. My heavy load prevented a straight shoot for higher levels. The ship sideslipped and I brought her down on the tail. We hit the oak thicket pret ty, fast, turning a complete somer sault and landing nearly upside down.", ble for conference membership. . Leslie B. BaUey, Toledo, and E. W. Wlthnell Pleasant Home, who have completed the four years' conference 'course, will be passed upon by the conference for ordination as elders, the final step in the climb for the ministry. Ordination services prqbably will take place next Sunday. CHICAGO! After the Demp-sey-Tuney fight what? Those who have been here on the fight, laboring on one angle or another, are already discuss ing what the future holds for the heavyweight division, the princi pals of the coming melee whatev er the outcome, whatever it may be. And this is the general feeling as I sense itt - -A quick knockout victory for Dempsey will not only restore the the faith of the public in the game in general, but If win make him the greatest fistic hero' that' ever lived, if he is not that now.; A quick knockout victory for Tunney will raise Gene Tnnney's still discussed status as a- fighter, but will not give him the popular ity other heavyweight champions have carried in tradition. But by the same token a quick knockout victory for Dempsey will instill deeper in the minds of most fans the belief, still" exist ing, that Dempsey, was not him self last September and that the fight was a fluke. This with no intention of casting any discredit on the earnest endeavors of Tun neyl A decisive victory for Dempsey wll present ..Tunney yvih ,,the prpblem of fighting" his way back to' the Uitlei or 'quitting jtkeVr.ing arHk BltaV 4Jk S.,RIbtM. Tk ith.P B bino POU, for mm kav extremely doubtful f.hatDem;sev should he win September 22, will fe-entef the "ring to defend his ti tle. The spirit " may be willing but wiser. counsel' 'will prevail. A decisive, victory for .Tuniuy wlll leave i he . game , flat on its back. .' Pempsey has already, dis posed of threading contender and most. likely prospect. Jack Shar kejrl It will take two years or mors to. develop Sharkey- or some one else 'into contender material. Sharkey seems the likely bet, ,?sl has youth and' sbme measure Sf fame today. A ; victory, for Tunney over Dempsey, similar in "general as pect to that scoread a year ago. w;ill leave, the public cpld to the game weary of. short champion ship bouts that; end with both men on their feet and the loser still carrying a potential kayo in his system. A similar victory for Dempsey will leave the public hungry disappointed that the battle did not last long enough to permit him to leave Tunney as Jack left men In his heyday flat on their back. t Also a decision victory, for Dempsey will cause the skeptics to suspect that this end was hoped for no matter how stubbornly fought the battle is. The result the public wants and I say this after weighing carefully the expressions of opin ion is a clean-cut victory for Dempsey a . knockout after h has measured Tunney. taken what the champion has and then waded in -IBe Dempsey of old. HAVE DARK HAIR ' AND LOOK.YOUNG Nobody Can Tel! 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