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4- 8 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM,' OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING," JANUARY 6. 1928 Wfto Astbria:Today for two Game Series IT SHOULD BE A LIGHT (WEIGHT) YEAR WITH THIS4LINE BlUTGETS CHANCE TO PROVE IT ii FOR OREGON jGlE IBOOTEEHiH Salem Eigh':Hoop nimnnn nmniil itp H I RS I I E - " , , ....;" . ' ... iiumuiiu uiiiuuui i m. , Coaches Louie Anderson and Lake Gill will leave at nine o'clock this morning, with nine Red and Black hoopsters for Astoria where a two game series with the Fight ing Finns Is scheduled for tonight and Saturday night. Men making the .trip are Homer Lyons, Frank - chafr. Charles Kelly, Robert . Kelly, Lee Ecker, Donald Siegmund, Stanley Perrine, Ralph Graber, and Ivan Kafoury. . j Coach Anderson announced that he would start Lyons at center; Schafer and C. Kelly at forward; rand R. Kelly and Ecker at guard. The men will motor to Astoria, Arriving there early this afternoon woere tney wui rest until time lor the game which opens the inter scholastic season for the locals. 9 I ' as i ukia, jan. o.-- tAfj Prospects' of a winning basketball team are quickly formulating at Astoria high school. With each night of . practice the individual aspirants are showing signs of real power, which 'is expected to com-. bine itself Into well balanced team play. Considering-that the Salem contest tomorrow night mill be the first regularly schednled game of the season for the Fighting Fish ermen, Coach Sowers is anxious to see what -the team can do under fire. . :-.. .S,v ' ' Although there are .four letter -men back from, last year, including Arvola and Lathe, forwards; Wil son, center, and Hellberg. guard. the material from which the team is built is practically green. The tottavmsn fisva ' mmmn T llttl 'actual experience. -, ( A first string team has not been rlAVail mnA frnm th mmnetition evident in preliminary drill, there will be a not fight for the firs eight positions.. - . , J COAST Li u mis MO I E D DRAFT IN I SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 5 kAP) The directors of the Paci- c Coast League in meeting here 'yesterday voted unanimously to adopt the eystem of modified Hraft, between the majors and he minora, as outlined recently in be major-minor agreement This vim nu oeen In vogue Ince 1921 on the coast, gives the ig leagues a claim on each major eague player that Is sent back to he minors, and permit them to . . . . i kuy mm -at me aran pnea w S.oeo. The league directors also agTeed ... . j o adopt toe spin season, uuun his system the season will begin JVprll 3 and run for IS weeks. The second half of the season Will begin immediately arterwara olio wing which there will be a Slay off between the winners oi he two divisions. If one team Wins both halves it will receive a 115.000 .bonus, while If different earns finish on top of the halves, he winner of the play will receive 19.000 and the losers ft.000. The brlxe money; will betake; out -of eaeue treasury. Another -. meeting m scneauiea iere for tbo first Monday In Feb- uary when the schedule will be dopted. sJ ''j" Hps ''yF'' y TPPDW The recent "comeback" ef Sid Terris. Kew York Ughtweight, In his victory over Phil McGraw," places him again, in the ranks of contenders for Sammy Mandell's lightweight title and gives promoters four outstanding men in that division around which to build battles during: the new year. Terris is already slated to meet Jimmy MeLarnin, latest lightweight sensattba. Feb. S. Billy Wallace's great battle with TerrU in which he was robbed of decision, gives him a look In." ' The dearth of action in the other divisions outside the heavyweight ranks should give the UghUes their chance. Loughran, Lomski Will Fight Title Boiit Tonight BILLIARD TITLE TAKEN BY DAVIS Jerry 'Davis has cinched the HrcVcushion billiards title in Sa- em, finishing his scheduled natehes In the tournament at the ?ligh parlors with only one defeat. James yet to be played will de ide second place between -Al- lirlcht and Molley. Leo Edwards made the high run of the tourna- week.': ' ment, seven straight billiards, this ' Standings with nearly all of the games played,' are as follows: IPlayer . - w. L. jDavis . ........ 10 Urbright 9 Molley . . wards ........ Rdi Version .... cChesney ... . . . . oliker .7. . . . , i vi f egg " . ;si !Barker .V... 8 C c 5 3 2 0 2 2 5 S s 5 5 8 9 jMiler 1 8 PARRISH PLAYS : .SILVERTON FIVE ; Coach , Frank - Brown . Parrish tmketMrs will vie tonight with Silverton high school' In the Par rich gymnasium. - ? .- " The boys -will play without ; the services bf Loren Kitchen. ;stellr forward who "severely Injured two fingers da .hi left hand when he collided with Leslie player Wed nesday evening. " Kitchen's hand, badly- swollen, jvm x-rayed -by- physician '3rsterday.' f; It ;'ls. be lieved the bones may he broken. Little is known of the strength of the snverton team. . . Brown wfll start Jettltiairs- guln at, guard. Diets at- center, Sanford and Janes at forward. v NEW YORK. Jan. 5. (AP) Confident that no man in the 175 pound class can out-maneuver his nimble feet or escape his chug ging fists. Tommy Loughran, de bonair Philadelphian will toss his light heavyweight championship into the Madison Square Garden ring for the second time in a month tomorrow night in a IS round title test against Leo Loms ki. punching assassin of Aber deen. Wash. , Tommy's effort to clean up the division as rapidly as possible, be fore launching himself in a c wilghVcrown, will bring him with in range of Lomski's right , hand smashes to the heart only 25 days after his victory over Jimmy Slat tery, Buffalo contender, in the same ring. Loughran polished off Pat McCarthy. Boston light heavy weight in New Tork after winning the championship from Mike Mc- Tigue In. October. Although Lomski Is considered among1 the huskiest of present day rib punchers, Tommy has been made a 7 to 5 favorite to retain his laurels. Both battlers have trained for front. Loughran will not t.t , .j,tij. New CHEMAWJi DEFEATS MUTE SCHDDL FIVE before ghing ceremonies here at 2 p. m. tommorow. Lomski his work ed tor two weeks at the camp of Gus Wilson, trainer of Jack Demp sey, in Orangeburg, N. L. Both are reported well under the 175 pound class limit. ASHLAND NORMAL GETS INVITATION OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL. Monmouth, Jan. 5. (Special) The Willamette Valley conference schedule may Include four com peting schools this season instead of the three-that took part last year,1 according to H. E. Dodds. president Of the Willamette Val ley conference athletic committee. 'The, executive committee held its ; annual meeting at Monmouth late in December and voted to ad mit the Ashland Normal school into the conference. An official ac ceptance has not yet been received from that institution, but It is hoped it will decide to enter and make the competition more keen. The valley colleges were well represented at the annual meet ing of the faculty representatives and besides conducting the regular business of the conference the fol lowing officers were elected for the coming year:. president, H. E. Dodds of the Oregon normal school at Monmouth; - vice-presi dent, FT W. Perisbo, of the Pac ific College at Newberg; and G. R. Schlaueh, of Linf ield college at McMinnvllle, secretary. It was a" deathbed scene, and the director was not satisfied with the hero's acting. "Come on," he cried; "put more life in our dying!" Louisville Satyr. '. An American flag flying over a building under , construction sig nifies the placing of the last gird er and . It also usually means-. that no workman has been killed dur ing the construction period, ac cording to an answered Question in Liberty. CHEMAWA. Jan. 5-(SpecUl) Displaying the best form they have shown so far this season, the Chemawa Indian school basket ball team romped away with the long end of a 61 to' 27 score in. a game againaf the mute school ag gregation herektonight., curate larit For L iaut kuwi ."Jr ocii. center, bore the brunt of the' at tack with bis deadly shooting. chalking up 16 counters, the high est individual score of the game except that of Rasmuesen, the Redskin center. Rasmussen made 18 points. The lineup: Chemawa (61) Mute School (27) GeoVge (12) .. . F . .Franks-(12) Pretty man (8) . .F ..Collins (14) Rasmussen (1.8) C ..Powell (16) G. Meachem (12) G Huett RTeratrovich (4) G .... Wieman The Willamette Bearcats, , In charge of Coach "Spec" Keene will leave this morning for Eugene where they, will mix this week end la a two-game series of basketball with thea Lemon-Yellow hoopsters. Thegames will be played tonight and tomorrow night." r- j . : t Cardinal. Willamette's... stellar pivot man. probably will not b- used -In these games His Injury Is practically 1 healed but Keene wishes to take no chances with thlf valuable man. Reginald De Poe and Minto have been playing In Cardinal's place! during scrim mages this week and one of these men likely will start at (center to night, i ' Hauk and Ashby at forward, with Led better and f lesher in the defense berths, constitute the re mainder of the line-up. Last year Willamette dropped both games to Oregon by one-sided scores, but Keene did not take his men to Eugene with the primary Intention of winning, but to learn some fine points of basketball. Coach Billy Rinehart of the Web- foots held a special chalk talk for the guests, showing how his men were trained, anq answering ques tions about the system of play he uses, which is similar to that used by Willamette, -r. j Even with Cardinal i on the bench, the Bearcats have: a.' better chance of making a good, showing against Oregon this year, as the local quintet is much stronger, and Oregon was the loser of several star players from last year's team tANKEES set mos T NEW MATER A L NEW YORK. Jan. 5.--(AP) The New Tork Yankees, as a re sult of their latest deal In base ball "ivory" have corraled three fifths of the -outstanding ' minor league infield, prospect, of 1927, (atheeplifon T. cloberver. Two years ago Bill Hunnefield, young infielder acquired by the White Sox, gave promise of becoming a star. He did shine at shorty alongside Eddie Collins, then faded. His work last year was disap pointing. Manager Schalk has stated, however, that Hunnefield will start the 1928 campaign and have a chance to prove, what Bill till thinks tha he is a good man. ' Sports DoneBrown Round 7 -July ' The talk of the golfing circles in June because of his miserable showing In the American open tourney, Bobby Jones became the hero of the athletic world a few week later when he swept through the British open tourney with an exhibition of golf- that never has been approached in tournament play. , ME 01 E RING SALEM HIGH E Principal J. C. Nelson, of Salem high school, yesterday received a letter from Med ford offering Sa lem a football game In southern Oregon, next Thanksgiving day, with a guarantee of 2 600. Principal Nelson was forced to decline the attractive offer as contract has already been signed for a game at Hood River on that date. fielders showed" sufficient! promise to warrant any heavy bidding for their services. -. r The 'most eagerly sought were the "Keystone kids" of the Oak land club of the Pacific 1 Coast league Lyn Lary and; Jrmmy Reese, whose purchase for aa, es timated .1110,009- waa announced yesterday f by . the -Yankees -- for t2 delivery. --IT,,.: , ; Tlfe ether prize" brought up by the Yankees Is Gene Robertson. St. Paul third baseman and a veter an of considerable major league experience who has shown all in dications of staging a big "come back." Robertson, In fact, is likely to be a strong candidate for: Joe Du gan'a post in the Yankee inner cordon this spring. The White Sox parted With the equivalent of $123,000 for Chal- mer CIssell, of the Portland, Ore gon club, setting; a new record for purchase of an individual ; minor leaguer. His score fot the openings 18 holes was 76. 4f The per bowever, "showed a clean reverlaf oT form. his card showing a 71. nj Ana taen came the four rounds of tournament play. First round 68. Second round 72. Third round 73. Final round 72. Total for the 72 holes 285. Never over par In the four rounds.. , , Even with it but once. J ..if. .. - s. , iA total -aeore six strokes below unm art asms BILL PITT SPORT OF KINGS IS MENACED ANDJY.QUEENSt I III -L"-'L OO ;iV'4 - pet. a 1 1 4 si I r itAi ; ill' W csAr: i , t7m 1 545 Wx" iT- -S. i j -1- ' mm.-r i !... It, Mi. inn- MM : Boyd XiOTell of -Enterprise wis shot and seriously wounded' last week by Ernest Mitchell, also of Hnterprlse, while the two - were duck hunting near that city. ' TEXT BOOKS TOO OLD MUST BE CHANGED EVERY FOUR YEARS, OPINION Textbooks adopted by the state textbook commission for use in the public schools of Oregon can not be used legally for a period In exeeee of six years, according to an opinion prepared by the; attor ney general Thursday. The -opinion -j was sought - by Charles A. Howard, state super intendent of public instruction. It was said that a number of school districts la Oregon had re quested - permission of the ' state superintendent of schools to con tinue use of certain textbooks for a period -In excess of six years. The requests were said to . have been based on economic reaeens. j The attorney general held! in his opinion that the order of the state textbook commission adopted' in 1928 changing, a number of the textbooks became effective in 27.v - . h; DIRIGIBLE TO CROSS SEA ,Th hoys' who ride, fellow or com the ponies have beenr shocked I The shock came la the announce inent that Promoter Jim Coffroth "seriously coruWers the intrWuction f firi Jockeys at Tiajuana rae track next season. , Girl jockeys are a novelty In America, but in Europe sjirls have been-riding the ponies for years. There Is one net la England each year whkh Is held especially for th sweeter sex. Photos show the Tiajuana track and soma American girls who know their horses LONDON. Jan. 5 (AP) -The new dirigible , passenger. ' liner R-100 wilt make, 1U inaugural At lantic flight thisi spring. H " - Commander . Charles Burney, managing director of the airship guarantee company, announced thftt ha wnnlH na fnr 'Xa Vnrlr January 11 to complete landing arrangements for the huge craft. Passengers already ate making reservations, It was said, and the fare Is expected ; to be abeui X120 (approximately $600). , Tbf R-100 has accommodations for 1 00 pas sengers for its transatlantic; voy age, and 10 tons' of mail. '.- The R-100 is being buflt at a cost of about 2,S0O.O0O.H It is equipped ; with i six slgcyUnder Rolls-Royce engines of 700. .horse power each and jean reach; a: speed of eighty miles an houirf - The cruising range will be mora than 5,000 miles, Tha' dirigible will xecord. .Six strokes carry thirty tons of fuet thai open ahead of the best that James Braid, grand old man of the Brit ish links, could produce and the record the golfing world shot at after he had set it in 1908. His exhibition in that tourney was made more spectacular be cause of the. fact that his opening work in the qualifying rounds hinted at a repetition of his work at home. And if you will, six strokes ahead of his own field. Why, Aubrey Boomer and Fred Robson, tjed for second place, shot the 72 holes In 291 Braid's rec ord. Great , Britain, home of golf, and proud possessor of the golfing history written by Braid, Vard on, Ray and a score of others took him to their hearts as no visitor ever had been accepted before. America's athletic prestige wss raised another notch when Helen Wills captured the wimnieaon tourney, emblematic of the world's championship, by defeating Senor- ita Ella De Alvares of Spain In straight sets, 6-2, 6-4. Henri uo chet defeated Jean Borotra in the. all-French finals of the tourney.! BoTotra having eliminated Rene La'Coete previously. Jack Dempsey, former heavy weight champion of the war sou took his first step along the come back trail b.y defeating Jack Sharkey, elimination tourney win ner. The ring world still recalls the circumstances and discussion that following the knocking out of SharXey in the seventh round. j Dempsey's victory made pos sible the greatest heavyweignt spectacle ever staged the fight between Dempsey and Tunney at Chicago. Sharkey had been point-j ed for the match had high hopes that his youth and punch would carry him past Dempsey to the big shot.". Sammy Mandell defeated Phil McOraw, challenger for his light weight title, in a 10-round bout at Detroit. The champ almost scored a k. o. , Martha Norelius, New York girl, set three new world a records in one event in winning a mile event in competition. She covered , the first half of the dfetance in 12:26 3-6 seconds, reached the J.000 meter mark in, record breaking time and finished the mile m 25:132 -5, She smashed the Am erican record as well tor .the en tire distance. Previously In the evening she set a new American record for the 190-meter race. Eastern man with Impervious stomach claims world garlic eat ing title and is seeking a match to defend it. Aha! The Battle of the Stenchery. ; Garlic Is a foreign odor which got by the immigration officials. i ousmess in are is to annoy domestic noses and render a lot of our restaurants uninhabitable. I Gailie is one food which should be barred by tte "!WcgH-GLsatlons for the benefit of humanity. The trouble with garlic Is that though eaten at home It doesn't stay there. The new garlic champion claims he ate three bowls at one sitting. No one can dispute that because the spectators fled halfway through the third spoonful. Garlic is no aid to breaking Into society. It is frowned upon in our best smelling circles. ' Remember the old proverb: It's an ill wind that blows past a garlic addict. OTITIS IS SIMPLY AWFUL . " From tha Pathfinder . George My wife has run away with an man In my car - Edward- Good heavens I Not your new car! LAMPS EXPLODE, SIX DIE EDMONTON, Alta.. Jan. 5 ! (AP). Six perspnwere burned to death by explosions of coal oil lamps on two northern Alberta homesteads over the week end. Early Sunday Mrs. A. Labrecque and her three children all under five years of age, were burned to death near Legal, when a lamp fell off a table. At SmokeyLake Mrs. Irene Woychuk,- and her 8 year old daughter, suffered a similar fate when the girl attemnted tn fin lamp before extinguishing It. NEW TORK, llan. 5. (AP)V Smoke from the conflagration Gene Tunney started In fistic cir cles when he announced that he would fight twice in 1928 and al ready had received one offer of 8125.000 more than Tex Rtckard would pay for his services, today drifted as far west at the Pacific coast. N In a reply to a: story in the New . York Evening World 'which as serted lhat Gene's high offer had come from Jack Doyle, Los An geles promoter, who intended to match the heavyweight king with Paollno Uzcudun; for - a title de fense In the Wrigley ball park there next June, both Tunney and the promoter maintained "there is nothing to It." .-."V .,r-',j .Credence, however, was lent to the story by the announcement of Al Mayer, manager' of the Bas que heavyweight, who . aaid that Paollno had been matched to fisbt George Godfrey,'; the current "black menace, j in Los Angeles either February 14 or 21. Fight followers saw in this declaration . an indication that a Faoitno vic tory might lead j to a title fight, under the direction either of Doyle or a promoter such as Jim Corr- roth, Tijuana sportsman. JTom cntcago came the declar ation of the Herald and Examiner that definite plans are being form ulated by Anton J. Cermak. pres ident of the Cook county board. for a title match next JuneJ in Sol diers field, where! Tunney success fully warded off j Jack Dempsey's come-back assault last fall. WREN PROF. FLINTAX SAT ON A TACK Dr. Slossom Declares Life Ap peared 1.000,000,000 Years Ago In Chautauqua Lecture. Buffalo Courier-Express. A publisher is reported as say ing that people in every walk of life thing they clan write novels. The delusion seems to be espec ially prevalent among novelists. Punch. Read the Classified Ads Hand Made Chocolates , SPECIAL WEEK END Regular Price 60c a lb. 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