Mm SECTION THREE PAGES I TO 4 mm WAY BETTER THAN LAST YEAR .'4 SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS BASEBALL SEASON LOOMS, BUT RAIN PREVENTS PRACTICE Legion National Junior Baseball Program to Aid Diamond Interest SPORTS RADIO NEWS HOD LIKEL EDWARDS TO HEAD LOCAL OHlZEiS Baseball in Salem is going to produce more activity this season Chan it has tor many years pant, according to the present outlook; and one of the prinirapl factor? in achieving this result is expec ted to be the American Legion National Junior liaseball program, which in Salem is under the di rection of Leo Edwards. Oregon, in order to participate in the national program mast have 68 teams in the field by July 1. and for this reason Capital Pos No 3 wants as many teams as pos Kib-e organized in Salem. Teams are to be composed o! boys who will not have reached the age of 17 i efore January 1. KC9. Boys interested, or organi rations wishing to sponsor team are asked to get intouch with Mr Edwards. The legion wishes at the outset to emphasize that the junior base ball program was started to teach boys sportsmanship, clean living, honesty, responsibility and Ameri canism for the future betterment of state and nation. For the guidance of team or ganliers it has promulgated th lollowins rode of sportsmanship: Keep the rules. Keep faith with your comrade Krep your temner. Keep yourself fit. Keep a stout heart in defeat. Keep your pride . under in vie tory. Keep a sound soul, a clean min! and a healthy body. Sportsmanship Brotherhood After the teams are organized co-inty and district tournae will be held and finally a depart ment, or in other words- staf; championship tournament will br played. This must be completer" a" the state champion team cer tified to the nat'onal hendouar ter- of the legion by August 1. The national Americani-tri eom mf aion of the legion wi'l then as sn e Jurisdiction over all depart ment champion teams, and wi!' pronde transportation for 14 p!a'rs and a manager to. the re gional tournament. Regional chamnion teams wil' later be furnished transportation of -gional championship tearrt' to the sectional tournament, anc1 sectional champ'ons for the eas' -vest will meet in the Junior Wnr'd series. "eon is in Region No. 1. wH-h also includes Washington Mf n'ana and Idaho. It tourna ment is tentatively scheduled for AfiKf i p to 1. The western dl''on finals wll probabvl e plovej August 28 to SI. Cltie whpr ibse tournament pre to b n'ayed. have rot yet been se lected. .AVON PARK, Tla.. Mar. 24. (AP)- -The St, Louis Cardinals outhit the Phillies today but two Card errors' enabled to Phillies to win. 4 to 3. With the score tied at three all in the fifth. Sand hit a grounder to Frisch who booted it. Kelley grounded to Maranvllle who threw wild, allowing Sand to rearh third. Whitney's sacrifice thn enabled Sand to cross the platM with what proved to be the winning run. Browns Whip Brooklyn WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Mar. 24 (AP) The St. Louis Browns made it two in a row from Brooklyn today, turning in an easy ... . - j i piicKtrs gave u nns anu ieu hot, passes. Bennett led the Browns' hitters with three singles. Athletic W in ' ST. PETERSBURG. Fla.. Mar. 24. AP) Joe Hauser's four steaming singles ended the Phila delphia Athletics losing streak nd gave them a 5 to 3 victory ov ir the Boston Nationals here today, evening up the series of two fames. Hauser played sensatlon- ally at first base and was respons ible for four of the Mack men's runs. Three of his singles sent runners home and he scored In the eijjhih with run that tied the core. ('Lnnts Beat Senators TAMPA, Fla.. Mar. 24. (AP) A even run splurge in the sixth Inning gave the New York Giants a 9 to 6 victory over the Washing ton Senators In a wild, free hit ting exhibition game here today. The Giants were leading 1 to 0 when they went to bat in the sixth, but six solid hits gave them an 8 to 0 advantage before the frame was over. White Sox Winners DALLAS, Texas. Mar. 24. (AP) a rookie outfielder's home run in the ninth Inning with two men on base pulled the Chicago White Soa out of a hole this after noon and won a 6 to X victory. Randolph More, recruit right Held er was the hero, his circuit drive srnrinjr Uimno flAlrf on1 Mt- CRD 1 S BEATEN BY OWN MISTAKES Jer after the Sox had gone into thGerv. ana u . . - . 01 Mj. Ro-i.bK.om-. r.t IB I '""'?;,',,;!, m.1lJd t JSH STRONG FOR aJ? . Approximately 350 lads answered Coach Knute Rockne's spring call for football candidates at Notre Dame university. South Bend, Ind. Here is Rockne discussing the grid sport with Fred Miller, th Irish millionaire captain. I S ENTER DIAL IBS!' Washington high school basket ball team of PortlanS. which won "he Oregon sta'e championship "lore at the basketball tourna ment a week ago will leave for Chicago next Wednesday nigh here they will compete in the national basketball tournament This was decided at a meeting of the board of directors of the school laet week. The trip will be financed by donations of busi ness houses and civic organiza tions of Portland. Seven player: md the coach will make the trip, rrivlng in Chriago two days be fere the opening day of the tour ney, April 4. The Washington hoop team hac had a week's rest sine the statt tournament, and will resume strenuous practice this week be fore leaving for Chicago. The state champs have had a very successful season, having not as yet met defeat this year. In heir contest with the Medford high hoopsters for the title, they demonstrated some clever basket ball, and acted es real sportsmen it all times. Two overtime per 'oda were necessary to settle the game, Washington winning 27 to 23. It is believed by many hoop 'ana that the Oregon team will be one of the strongest competitors for the national title, represented. t the smoothest working com bination of players ever turned -ut In the Portland league. The last team to go east from that city to enter national high school competition was Franklin high, one of this team, "Red" Scallan. receiving honorable mention on he national all star team. SHS SWIMMERS STAGE TRYOUTS Tryouts for a high school swim ming teaHJ were held In the YMCA swimming tank yesterday after toon, and prrepects for a good team at the Salem high school look very favorable this season. Many aspirants turned out for the tryouts. and much good material for a real swimming team was found in the group. Year after year the Salem ntgn school has tried to organie a lmmlnr team, but eacil line with elifht success. This year the local splashers will have a grace ful diver and several speedy dis tance swimmers, who should cop some points In the meets thte sea- It has been rumored that the red and black mermen will meet the University of Oregon Frosh natators some time this season. The Froeh have shown up remark ably well in their meets this sea son and are rated as a strong team. , , t .t vear's defeat was kind of a wet blanket for future develop ment, but notwithstanding past defeats. Salem high S com ng forth with hopes of capturing some of the water glory. rnUNTY SCHOOL LEAGUE POPULAR William W. Fox. head of the Marlon county grade "hool base hall league. hs received applica Uon. of 19 echools in the county for membership in the league. The schedule for the games which will hiTnlared at the first of the sea ,enPwHl be completed by Fox early next week. Schools to compete in the coun tv league are Middlegrove, Don ald. Knna Crest. Mill City Sil rerton. Jefferson. Hubbard Auro- Marlon. Brooks. Woodburn, SLmm. Keizer. North Howell, Central HOWeiL, ro ' SPRING FOOTBALL RACE THRILLS FEW NEW YORK (AP) The an cient art of foot-racing has under tone some sweeping changes since he Olympic games of 1908 and 1912 when Mel Sheppard was win ning first places for tho United States. . "They've taken some of the thrill out of the game with their wristwatches and whatnot," said the former middle distance star who d;rects the athletic program if the Millro.se A. A. and is men tioned prominently for an Olym pic coaching job. "In the old days when I was unning. if a man got 'out ahead f you, you took after him with all ou had and passed him It you ould. "And if you were the man in front and you beard some feet pounding down on you from be hind, you picked it up and stayed in front or killed yourself try ing. "Now days the runners maybe know more. They know they aren't going to be winning a race If they've killed themselves on their feet. So they run their race and let the other fellow run his. "Nurml usually is supposed to have started it, wearing his wrist watch and lining his laps, but there's a good many runners use the same system without needing a watch. Any good runner knows to a second how fast a quarter or half he's turning in and he runs the whole race on schedule. That's science. "It's a lot like fighting. Throw ou tscience and let your fighters do nothing but slug, and maybe there's more thrills. But the man who can box who uses his head gets hit a whole lot less. "That's Nunni's system in the running game and he won four races In the last Olympics." 11 THESE ATHLETICS HOPE TO OUTSLUG YANKEES : ' .... viiiiL 4?rzz msm ri k -IsM ' 'si t-i&k Wte- SPEAKER Connie Mack's hopes of an American league pennant for Philadelphia depends greatly on the war dabs of this gang. The ambitious Athletics who believe they can outhit the sla?gin Yanks include Ty Cobb, AX Simmons, Tris Speaker, Bing Miller, Ossie Orwoll and Joe II-user. CLAY DUCKS TARGET Fl From all indications, local gun ners will have to shoet clay ducks instead of clay pigeons In today's shoot, as rain is slated for the Webfoot state today. In today's shoot the Salem gunners arc scheduled to meet the strong Heppner bangezs, who have not as yet met defeat and are heading the list of 28 clubs competing in the Oregonian telegraphic trap shoot with 14 wins. The Salem ites will make a strong effort to lower the standings of the eastern Oregon club on a par with them selves. ! In last Sunday's shoot the Cherry ctty trigger pullers didn't do so well, being defeated by two opponents and tlelng the other, lowering them from second to fourth place in the match stand ings, although fourth place stand ing is not to be sneered at as there are 28 clubs competing. In the first and second rounds of today's shoot, the Capital city clay bird smashers will shoot against Siletz Bay and Needy clubs respectively. Several ties In Sunday's shoot will be decided today when the gunners face the traps for the sixth consecutive shoot of the tour ney. Those tied were Salem vs. Roseburg, Monitor vs. Roseburg Heppner vs. Bandon. Roseburg vs. Bend, Klamath vs. Berf. Echo vs. Halsey, Yamhill vs. -Bandon, La Grande vs. Halsey. Baker vs Needy, and L aOrande vs. Arling ton. Following is the regular sched ule: First round Arlington vs. Portland; La Grande vs. Lane county; The Dalles vs. Toledo; Klamath vs. Heppner; Salam vs.) Siletz bay; Monitor vs. Baker; Huntington vs. Needy; Halsey vs. Astoria: Echo vs. Pendleton: Bend vs. Bandon; Roseburg vs. Yamhill county; Coquille vs. Union; Prlneville vs. Washington county; Medford vs. Enterprise. Second round Arlington, vs. Lane county; La Grande vs. Port 'and; The Dalles vs. Heppner; Klamath vs. Toledo; Salem vs. Needy; Monitor vs. Siletz bay; Huntington vs. Baker; Halsey vs. Pendleton; Echo vs. Astoria; Bend vs. Yamhill county; Rose burg vs. Bandon; Coquille vs. En terprise; Prlneville vs. Union; Medford vs. Hillsboro. Third round Arlington vs. The Dalles; La Grande vs. Siletz bay; Portland vs. Baker; Lane county vs. Monitor; Klamath vs. Hunt ington: Toledo vs. Needy; Hepp ner vs. Salem: Halsey vs. Bend; Echo vs. Union; Astoria vs. Wash ington county; Pendleton vs. Prlneville; Roseburg vs. Medford: Bandon vs. Enterprise; Yamhill county vs. Coquille. Standings of the clubs follow: W. L. Pet Heppner 14 0 1.000 Coquille 13 2 .867 Medford 12 3 .800 Salem 10 S .769 Klamath .10 S .769 Roseburg t 8 .760 Yamhill County ...10 4 .714 Lane County 10 S .667 Bandon 8 S .615 Washington County. 9 6 .600 Huntington 9 6 .600 Echo , 8 fl .671 Pendleton ....... t 8 6 .571 La Grande 7 6 .53 8 Halsey 7 6 .538 Portland 8 7 .G33 Enterprise 7 8 .467 Monitor 6 7 .462 Bend 6 7 .462 The Dalles 5 10 .333 Prlneville 5 10 .333 laker 4 10 .28C Arlington 4 10 .286, OB SHOTGUN STARS OUR UNCLE WILBERT'S ON THE JOB, YOU BETCHA! I ' t r His Rotund Majesty, our own Brooklyn Robins into boisterous and belligerent birds of prey. Robbie is shown in the plus fours bask of the batting cage watching Hugh Wise, rookie catcher, and Howard Freigau. infielder. do their stuff in camp in Clearwater, Fla- II. S. TENNIS TEAM AUGUSTA. Ga.. Mar. 24. (AP) William Tilden II, captain of the United States Davis cup, team tonight announced that John Hennessey, Indianapolis; Arnold Jones, Providence, R. I., and Wilmer Al. .llson. Fort Worth, Texas, In addition to himself iwouiti compose tne squaa tnat win meet me Mexican team at Aiexixco City next month in the first round of American zone play. W. F. Coen Jr.. Kansas City Lhigh school boy. Tilden said would ce ia&en uiuag wuu me team ior the experience because of his ex cellent showing in the try outs here this week. NEW YORKER YET LEADS LONG HIKE THOREAU, N. M., Mar. 24. (AP) Although he finished fifth in today's 32.4 mile grind from Gallup, N. M., Arne Soumlnen of Detroit retained his lead in the Los Angeles to New York mara thon race with an elapsed time of 126:61:25. Andrew Payne of Claremore, Okla., who finished third today gained slightly on 8ouminen and has an elapsed time of 129:49:67 for. the 741.6 miles that have been covered. Allan Currier of Grants Pass, Ore., was thirtieth today. His time was 6:42 flat and elapsed time 172:14:45. CIUCI COPS OFF FLORIDA TITLE JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Mar. 24. (AP) Henry Ciucl. New York professional, won the Florida open golf championship here late today with a card of 285 for the 72 holes. Astoria 4 11 .28 Needy 2 12 .143 Siletz Bay 1 14 .067 Union 1 14 .067 Toledo 1 14 .067 PICKED TILDEN Uncle Wilbert Robi Alliance Formed Against Tex Rickard as Promoter CHICAGO, Mar. 24 (AP) A brought together in mutual desire promotional alliance to break to ctmpete with hun. into what they termed "the mo- "It will be policy of the com nopo y in the heavyweight boxing , bination," their statement said division ' was formed iiere todav "to produce a popular choice for by iiumoert j. Fugazy. New ork promoter, and Mullen of Chicago. James C. The two promoters, their state ment said, joined forces to de veiop a logical contender to dial - lenge for the heavyweight title and also contenders in other box - ing : divisions Fugazy who plans building the, metropolitan coliseum in New York, a sports arena seating 32.-1 000. said he would cooperate wit hi AlUIlen in buildine a similar aren:i in Chicago. They announced their uicuuuii ui noiaing elimination consideration of contenders toi bouts, not only in the heavyweight the heavyweight ttle: division but in all other divisions, j Paolino Uzcudnn of Spain; Ro Fugazy and Mullen propose to I berto Robert! of Italy; Amando sign all logical contenders, all di - visions assurrng them matches in New York as well as in Chicago. While the promoters did not mention Tex Riekard s name in their statement, it is generally ac cepted in boxing circles they were NEWARK. N. J. AP). Ernest A. Blood, "miracle man" coach of Passaic (NT. J.) high school's bas ketball team which won 189 con secutive victories five years ago, has bobbed up again In spectacu lar fashion as coach of St. Bene dict's prep school here which scor ea ijb points In one game the other nigAit. This knack of producina teams mat canjdrop In points at the rate or four and a quarter a minute Is a ease jf getting your players young and instiling the winning spirit, sys the gray-haired tutor who heej coached at West Point but bad ils greatest success as a prep school mentor. "I male my players realize that the ability to get their hands on tbe ball jby being able to Jump faster aid higher than the man they are playing against is the stuff that makes a basketball player. I have no disciplinary system. A man or boy who has to be disci plined I do not want on the team. You have to start when they are young. I coached a class of boys in Potsdam. N. Y.. some time ago from the time they were eight years old until they were out of high echool. Nine of those boys went to college and all made the varsity basketball team, seven of them being elected captains. Thev all went to war and became non commissioned officers." As Coach -Blood supervises the entire school phyeloal program as well as coaching basketball he-i in constant close touch with hjs biys. St.- Benedict's Prep, which holds the state title and beat Newton academy of Connecticut by the phenomenal score of 136 to 9 re cently, hae lost two games in Blood's two seasons there. "I didn't get them when they were-young enough." he said In explanation of the two lone losses, "although ' that sounds like an alibi." Blood. like Rockne of Notre Dame football, uses a great num ber of playenj.. His teams are drilled in rapid fire attack on the sound theory that both teams can't be attacking at on anji the one that doesn't can't score. ' . OXE FOR TIIE BOOK One of 1 the most strangely scored games occured between Richmond and Norfolk of the Vir ginia league. The game was called at the end of the seventh, tied at 12 all. The clubs seored the same amount of runs in eaeh inning. The score: Richmond ... 1,1 1 3 2 012 Norfolk ..4... 1 Sit S 2 9 12 START THEM YOUNG SAKS FAMED COACH heavvweieht hnnnm .mri nm t tend for the title withxa hand picked opponent "Fugazy and Mullen wiM sigr all loerieal cnnlenrlera for tun ! fights only, one in New York anr1 one in Chicago. This method wiT ; give the public in America's big- gest boxing tenters an opportunity Wh ' hooYa' hall team Blu to Judge for themselves who is theK " . ?LV" !!r . . logical rontender "We Will not tie up any boxc for an indefinite period of time' ! Fueazv and Mullen nnmort tho! i following men as receiving their,,erday wa9 A- E- Amburn, md :Emaneul of San Francisco; Knute Hansen of Racine. Wis.; Georgr Godfrey, negro heavyweight of Chicago: Ies Marrlner of Chi cago; Vlctorio Campolo of South America: Phil Scott of England: Jack Dorval of Pennsylvania and K. O. Christner of Ohio HOUSTON, Texas. Mar. 24. (AP) Charles Paddock. Los An geles A. C. sprint star, sheared three fifth of a second off his own world's record in the 140 yard dash here in tbe Rice relays this afternoon when he set up a daz zling new world's time of 13 1-5 seconds. His old record of 13 4-S seconds ,was set yesterday at the Texas re lay wt Austin. Paddock breasted the tape bare ly three feet ahead of Fred Alder mann. national collegiate 100 and 220 yard champion. Aldermann running for tbe Illinois A. C. led the California flash for 75 yards out could not meet Paddock's bril liant burst of speed beyond the 100 yard mark. Aubrey Cockrell, former Texas university sprint star, finished third a scant yard behind Alder mann. Paddock broke his own world's record on successive days as he established the old record at Aus tin yesterday when be broke his former record of 14 seconds which was set in Finland in 1925. The California flash, getting In to shape for a berth on his third Olympic team, fought desperately to get out of last position for 75 yards and finally began to gain by nches near the 80 yard mark. At 100 yards he breasted Aldermann and picked up a yard lead In the gruelling flashy finish. Aubrey Bracy, youthful Rice institute sprinter, failed to equal his worm record time made yes terday the 100 yard dash, at th Texas relays in Austin, although he won the event with ease. His time was 9 4-5 seconds. Bracey yesterday leaped into the limelight with victory in 9 5-10 seconds, ty ing the world's record held by Paddock and Roland Locke of Ne braska. Oklahoma university gained the most team points. 22. Rice Insti tute was second with 20 points and Ohio State and Texas university tied for third with 18 points. Texas Aggies fnshed fourth with 15 points an! Drake university placed fifth with 10 points. . KING TUT WINS SLAM BANG BOUT SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 24. (AP). King- Tut, Minneapolis light weight won an eight round decision over Doc Snell of Tacoma in a slam bang battle in the top bout of the benefit boxlnt pro gram at the state armory last night. It was a close contest. CHARLIE PADDOCK CUTS SPEED MAI with both lKys slugging toe tolbopea to make the old crown t0V r .'v v, for at least one more, season. TO PLAT SE1T0I "Play ball" will sound In Willamette Valley league, 1 three weeks from today, and dications last night were that fl Salem Senators would play weeks from today, a game w Ryderwood being in prospect but the Senators, like most of t other clubs in the league, are i most totally unprepared to ata ail uii awvUMv v. -- . - -1 man's obstinacy. No practice w be held today, for the -Oxfd Park diamond would be wet ev though the sun made its unllkd appearance. Manager Leo "Frisco" Ed wail has only one thing to be than 1U1 ior, iuo i rm ui tuc viuw, one exception, are slmllarlynan capped. That one exception Bend, where the Eagles have be working out daily for a week i der the guidance of their n manager, J. It .Eubanks; so tl the Bend team may make it ev tougher for Albany than the w known "Red" Rupert of that c anticipates, ijn the opening leag game April 15. Bend is said be negotiating for Carl Prltcha former Kelso pitcher in the Ti ber league. If this were organized ball. might be said that the Sena boss is worried by eleven "ho juts" for only one player 1: signed a contract to date and tl is Frisco himself, thus assuril Frisco of a catcher. Since cd tract blanks were not availa until yesterday, this is not a m ter for any great apprehension. Speaking again o the ga which may be lined up with R. erwood for April 8. this ought be an attraction from two angl Ryderwood won the championsl last year among the towns ti used to be in the Timber leagi ufnr'it has as chief mound, art Art Blumberg, once pride of Sau berg was in town yesterday a reports that Ryderwood will ha a cracking good outfit this yeai Another visitor in Salem y uger of the Wendllng team 'in t Willamette Valley league. He w mourning loudly at the inanil to practice, the weather in t Cascade foothills being Just bad as it is here, or a little wor Amburn signed up Carl King, lo infielder who played with Wen ling last year, while he was town. The season tickets which w be the Senators' principal me of raising advance revenue tl year, will be on sale early tl week. -it was announced last nig by Dr. E. H. Hobson, president the club. This plna Is expect to meet with enthusiastic suppo as it does away with the-practi Df securing donations from bu less men without giving anythi; in return. If the weather takes a turn f the better, some midweek practi sessions win be In order for t senators this week. Several the boys get other opportuniti o practice, so the situation is n o bad as it might seem. Last Sunday's workout show hat Edwards will have plenty -peedy material. One of the n nnag is Keber, an Infielder fro wr. Angel, who showed nnmUt able ability both at bat nd fn t ueia DAVES VS. GOUli E Prospects for another Ba Gordon fight in this cltv ion bright; as Matchmaker Plant he definitely announced the bout fo April 4. Ror a time things look as though it would be tmposs ble for a rematch between the tw battlers, but now Salem fight far are assured of the but. Matchmaker Harry received wire from Joe Waterman yester aay morning stating that he ha excepted the guarantee offeree: and that the sailor's hand, whl? was Injured in his last bout wit Bayes is rapidly recovering. A large crowd attended the lf fight here about a month ago b tween these two scrappers, whie proved to be' a thriller. Everj one was pleased with the bo?r and declared it to be one of tb best ever staged in this city. Wi lie Gordon won over the loci pugilist by a referee's decisio: although many of the spectator thought that it should hare bee a draw, while others thought th Bayes was te superior boxer. Sti others made the same decision s the referee. Phil was to have Journeyed t Grants Pass this week-end wher he was scheduled to meet Jo Gorman In a 10 round main even but due to the fact that Gorms was called elsewhere at this Unv the t'ght had to be postponed. B tween now and April 4. the Salei fighter will work out daily In tb "armory In preparation for tb Gordon ml, in which he will er ter the ring determined to defei the Seattle gobb. The last two fights in this cl' have been real crowd - pleaser and Matchmaker Plsnt assures real fight for April 4. , ; .ui i i i '.-,. i The most conservative of - o athletes Is Mr. Gene Tunney. 1 BEMA TCHASSUH 5:-.- .