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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1929)
-i g The OREGON STATESMAN. Sale, Oregon, Friday Jloninx? A,vgptst 9, 132 PAGE SEVEN v Tl - Tl A a et aw - Scasndai Anredl Over 0M Oemrasev-Tiuieiiet Qua BRIBE CHARGE $10,000 Offered to Get Dempsey Sympathizer I In Ring, Claim CHICAGO, Aug. 8 (AP) Paul Prehn, president of the Na tional Boxing association and re cently ousted as head of the Ill inois State Boxing commission, stated tonight he was offered $10, K000 to use his influence for ap pointment of a certain individual as referee of the Dempsey-Tonney heavyweight championship fight at Soldier Field here in September .1927. 1 '"The proffer was made by a gambler who wished to assure himself that the third man in the ring would not be, "pro-Tunney". Prehn declared. Prehn hastened to explain that Dempsey had no part in the proffer. "He probably never heard pf the matter and no member of his camp was involved, the president said. Prehn declined to name the referee referred toor the gambler. "A thousand dollar bill was placed on my desk with the In formation that the remainder would be mine if I acceded tv the request," Prehn said. "Of course I spurned the offer and ejected him from the room. ' He added the affair was report ed to his associates on the Illinois commission. "The bid was made by gamblers with an idea towards protecting themselves. They wanted an ace in the hole to protect their Dempsey wagers. .Well, he did not referee." Phren added that Dare Barry, author of the famous long count in the fight, had no advance knowledge that he was to referee. "Barry did not know until the principals were in the ring that he was to referee. When I handed 3nm his assignment he was flab bergasted and turned pale. He did not expect it." Prebn's statement came a few days after his resignation as mem ber of the Illinois state athletic commission, was asked and re ceived by Governor Louis L. Em merson, and was described by him as an explanation of the vicissi tudes confronting the governing bodies of boxing. iWightman Contests Attraction NEW TORK, Aug. i. (AP) Mrs. Hazel Hotchklss Wlghtman. first of America's great women tennis stars, and Helen Wills the most recent., will lead America's bid to regain the Wightman cup from England in the seventh of a two day International series starting tomorrow on the courts 'et Forest Hills. Donor of the throphy and queen of American tennis when the present day stars were little chil dren, Mrs. Wightman will pair '.urith JE5ja Helen Jacobs in the fl an l match of the series, the dou bles engagement with Mrs. B. C, Covell and Mrs. D. C. Shepherd Barron of England, Saturday. Mrs, Wightman won the first of four national singles titles 20 years ago and' the last 10 years later, S1WS IVOR i NEVER VIEWS Fip.CE r ' SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y. '(AP) William D. Eddy Is mayor of the city that boasts America's most fashionable and luxurious race track, but he hasn't seen a yace in a quarter of a century. And It is not because Mayor Eddy doesn't like to see the thor oughbreds go. Rather the oppo site Is true, but "his excellency" Is too busy attending to official fcusiness and seeing that the hor ses are fed during Saratoga Springs' busiest month. Mayor Eddy runs a feed and grain supply store a few blocks from the city hall. "It does seem queer, though, doesn't It." he said oa the opening day ot the current meeting, "that X should lire so near the track: which thousands of visitors eome from all over the United States to see and not get out there myself for 25 years." The Mayor does manage, how ever to visit the stables occas ionally, where ho combines bus iness with pleasure. He is yery , fond ot horses, be says, but pre ' f ers to see them in their stalls or being exercised to watching them race. . COLLEGE BGTFlTiG STJ CHICAGO, Aug. 8. (AP) - Two college golfing stars will meet tomorrow on the La Grange Country club course. to settle the . wf stern Junior championship. They are -Fred Lyon of Pontiac, 111.,- and the 'University of Illi nois, andWilliam Redmond, Jol lct, I1L, id Notre Dame. ron, the medalist, reached the tile round by OTercomlng Alex Jouy of Menominee, Mich., In the cmi-f inals by three and one . margin. - v . ' - V ' Redmond, running up to Lyon for medal honors, eliminated Charles Beeka, of Chica 3 up asd 1 to play ; . ' - TOLD BYPREHN -a- - li WILL MEET I v Overnight Reputations If (( JF ) v Into STARDOM, M If rM I OVERNIGHT Bs rco.cy yeooy .w 1 atS y-v Wv ACS OVffWsilCKTw. ICi ( J i V HBKOS(ACr y f I t V JNJ UNKNOWM. A FEW MOJTHS AGO, GOLOiBHESS GOT HIMSELF A 'REP 0 ISS. TIE CHIEF trouble with 'overnight reputations" is that, all too often, they are1 nothing more than proverbial "flashes in die pan, A champion boxer, for instance, enters the ring in the so-called "provinces' at catchweights and with his title not at sake. The champ is expecting a pop-over or, at the most, a gym nasium style workout. The ob scure opponent is primed, or de cides himself, to surprise the champion. And he does so. That wins an "ore might reputation" if nothing else. Recently, Andre Routis, world's . xeainerwcignt covnpwn, w u through such an experience in Boston when Jake Zeramby of IjTTvn. Mass. ''just a trial-horse' cave the Frenchman a clean-cut . . 1 MM . . 1 beating in len roumis. ine ue was not at stake but it is humili ating for a champion to get such a "showinr up." About the same time Goldie Hess tendered Tod Morgan, junior light weight champ, a like surprise party in TOUTED AS SECOND E LAWRENCE. Kas. (AP) One of America's finest all-around athletes was uncovered at the A. A. U. track and field champion ships at Denver in Wilson Charles 19-year-old Oneida Indian of Has kell institute. "Lone Star" Dletz, Haskell's football coach, regarded Charles as another Jim Thorpe, and pre dicts that within two years, the six-foot, IS 5-pound youngster will be in a class by himself. He is only sophomore. Charles' father was a four-let ter man at Carlisle. The son al ready has proved to be one of the hardest hitting and versatile backs a Haskell football team has known. He ean do everything with a football and is unsurpassed as a kicker. Until he injured his left ankle in the A. A. U. decathlon, Charles was in front for tho champion ship. The Injury slowed him up: he finished the remaining events in great naln and was third in a field of io.- Iron Man of 4v Urn 10 FfvV f Joe SeweR, Cleveland Teteraa, earned the title of "The Iron Man of Baseball" when receni nStole-header beonght bJm total of consecutive came played up to 1,033. No other big leaguer even ap proachea this mark. verett ficott still holds the record with 14S07 rontiecntlve games, hot bis -string has been broken and with a little luck SeweR should reach this mark tjstrly in June, 1031. - I -L . . As Pictured by HARDIN BURNLEY- I I J I i I) aC ... - - ' 1 I I 'THIS OLD SOUTHPW BY BEATMG ANDRg ROUHS Ki Vrml, Kf-lnk. Ur. cm Srtato rkta K"l on the Pacific Coast, much to the-tto amusement of the many who do not like champions who are miserly in safeguarding their titles. In both instances the hitherto boxing unknowns who whipped the champions were thrustiato the na tional sportlight almost as soon as telegraph news stories of their bouts could be put into print. ' Of course, sports annals are full of "overnight reputations" per haps the most notable in recent J ears being that of "Wildcat" Ace udkins, picked as a tough set-up for Ruby Goldstein. The "Cat" then-proceeded to drape the latter in K. O. fashion over the ropes at Coney' Island. The Ace got many big bouts as a result of that surprise and, while winning no title as yet, he is still one of the public's favorite fighters. More recently, James J. Brad dock won overnight fame by quick ly kayoing Tuffy Griffiths, who came to Madison Square Garden with a fearsome "rep. Braddock Aowed a mighty right on that and other nights, but he found no place Hurt Comments By CURTIS Ever notice how, with succe'ed- ing sport generations, the same names keep popping up in lineups and headlines on the sport page? That's because athletic ability is hereditary. This is no rash and revolutionary theory. Athletic ability is mostly a matter ot mus cles and nerves, physical charac teristics which everybody knows are inherited. The thing that reminded ns of this accepted but ponderable fact, is the list that came in of Silverton's America Legion Junior ball players. Ever hear these names before Dlmick, Garbarlno, Hibbard, Lef fler, Keber, Holman? Not having watched sport events in the mid-Willamette val ley for more than six interrupted years, there are some or tne the Diamond v i - '':t - 4 i r- xj. iXt O" 2f park it effectively when Tommy - Loughraa gave him a 15-roond boxing lessen in their title tilt at New York last month. Of all the ringsters who clicked orer night, the classic example is Young Corbett, who knocked oat Champion Terry McGovera in the second round at Hartford, Conn in 1901, and repeated the K. O. afterwards in another thrilling duel. Young Corbett was no "ftaafi in the pan" like most of those who leap into headlines too quickly. After all, the typical "over night reputation" wa that of AI McCoyr who caught George ChS with a wild punch, thereby ipsniaf the world's middleweight 4 cham pionship. For some time McCoy fought no-decision bouts only and soon became known as "The Chanea Champion," never living up to that Chip K. O. "rep." Because of history's lessons, the fans will look with skeptical eyes on Goldie Hess and Jake Zcraxnby until they vindicate their recent overnight reputations. Caerrttfrt. US. Kla mtaa Sradlcat laa. names on that list that we don't find familiar, but we'll wager that out ot the 13 boys on that list, not more than two can be found! who will be unable to relate the I er or some other close relative. Picking a winner in todays game is solely a matter of shooting in the dark, because neither of fh& teams has played anybody that the other has met. So we blindly pick the Port land Gyro Cards. Quite a few people took our tip and went out to the airport dedi cation and barbecue. Yes, several automobile loads of folk were out there. We were glad to see our advice taken at face value that way. Wo started out at 3:30, and by turning right around and starting back again, got to the office by a o'clock. So wo don't know how the sandwiches tasted. Talk about a sand storm on the desert, how about standing behind that trimotored plane when it's starting out? postponed until today1 and they'll start at 11 o'clock on the north lawn at courthouse square. Take our adviee and leave your car somewhere else when you go to the ball game and the drum corps contest. The first is at 1:10 and the second at 7 o'clock. Cardinals Whip St. Louis Nine By 5-1 Count PITTSBURGH, Aug. 8. (AP) Ervin Brame let the Cardinals down with three hits here today and the Pirates won by 5 to 1. Grorer Alexander and Hal Hald allowed only six safeties, but half of these were bunched in the fourth when the Pirates scored four times. R H B St Louis I S 2 Pittsburgh .....5 6 1 Alexander. Hald and Wilson; Brame and Hemsley. Read the Classified Ads. V ft TV . W Yankees STHLETIGS ARE BEATEM TO 4 MackmenLead in Ameri can .Trimmed to Ten ' and Half Games PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 8. (AP) The Yankees shared the lead of the Athletics to ten and one half games by defeating the leaders in the odd engagement of the series of three today, 6 to 4. R H E New York t 1 Philadelphia 4 t 1 Peanock, Moore and Bengoagh, Dickey; Walberg, Quian and Coch rane. Tigers Whip India CLEVELAND. Aug. 8. (AP) The Detroit Tigers downed the Indians in the third game of their series, 9 to C, hero today. White Sox Win Two CHICAGO. Aug. 8. (AP) The White Sox won their third and fourth, game ot ta season from St. Louis today, winning the second game ot a double header t to Z, after 'fcrabbtne the first game B to 4, la 11 innings. Tho mas ontpltched Gray in the first tilt, and Red Faber bested Blae holder and Kimsey in the second encounter. St. Louis : 4 10 2 Chicago SIS 0 Gray and Schang; Thomas and Berg, Crouse. St. Louis 2 11 3, Chicago 6 11 0 Blaeholder. Kimsey, and Fer- rell; Faber and Berg. Solons Shade Boston BOSTON, Aug. 8. (AP) - Washington cleaned op its two game series with the Red Sox by winning today's game t to 2. Washington 8 9 1 Boston I C 1 Brown, Marberry and Tate; M. Castoa and Berry. in a e G T t ie.UQar rr at MramsToauocoQo. W Itj W W W W W W Defeat Philadelphia Team DUCKS WN 7 TO 2 COUNT Senators Again Trimmed by Portland Team at Stotkton STOCKTON. Aug. 8 (AP) Portland won the second game in two days from the Sacramento Senatorys here today. R Portland 7 Sacramento 2 Fullerton and Woodall. ing, Rachac and Koehler. H I 14 : 6 i Keat Angels MoTe Up LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 (AP) Los Angeles forged ahead of Hollywood into third place in the Pacific coast league today by tak ing its third straight game from the Stars 14 to 1. Behind the hurl ing of Angle Walsh, .who held the Stars to six hits, out of which they gt one home run for the sole tally, the Angels hammered two Hollywood pitchers for an easy Tictory. RUE Los Angeles 14 17 1 Hollywood 1 6 2 Walsh and Sandberg; Kinuey, Hulvey and Bassler. Saals Win .'.git'ii SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8. (AP) The San Francisco Seals advanced two full games ahead of their runners-up, the San Fran cisco Missions, tor leadership of the Pacific coast league today when they defeated the Missions 4 to 2, making a two out of three win for the series. The Seals scored all they; runs in tho first Inning. They hammered out five hits in the first and seven more in the succeeding lnnlng3. San Francisco 4 12 1 Missions 2 6 0 Thurston and Reed; PiUette and Hoffman. Tribe looses Twice OAKLAND, Cal.. Aug. 8 (AP) ie Quns cigarette "OOD MARKSMANSHIP.you .with the auns it's rRE in. - ii . -T-TT- - W 1 "jTl-ISlt!-.- mm- -" VHAl CUT' KV plains. Chesterfield's success. We aim at taste and hit it squarely I No smoker can taste Chesterfield without realir ingthat here is a cigarette made to precise formula exactly balanced, accurately blended and cross blended, the standard Chesterfield method. Rich, spicy aroma,and the sarisfyingMcharacterw of good tobaccos perfectly blended a direct hit oa the target of good taste- ' TASTE above everything FINE TURKISH and DOMESTIC tobaccos, not only BUNDED mpioesMp Go -I- .1. U. aZ. 4 COAST LEAGUE W It Prt. W I. Pet. 86 13 .67PortUa 19 23.487 21 IS .615 OsklB 19 21.475 24 15 .615 Sae' 13 i! 5 .342 23 IS .595iSMUia 8 31 .205 8u r. MiMioa Lot A. Uolir. NATIONAL LEAGUE W I. Pet. W I. Pet. 67 S3 .677; Brooklyn 44 59 .437 SI 39 .tlOjCiarin. 43 59 .422 N. Y, 52 47 .552iBostoa 43 61 .413 Ht. Louit 53 51 .5ieiPhila. 40 61 .896 ASCSKICAIT LEAGUE W L Pet. - W L Pet. Phils. 77 30 .720'DistroH 51 54 .486 X. Y. G4 88 .6!8;Wh. 41 .406 St. LoaU 55 50 .534!Cfc:cf 42 63 .400 Clerel. 55 50 Potto SI 71 .804 Results COAST LEASUK OlkUnJ 9-4; Seattl C-l. A a i'rancUca 4; Miuioa S. Jt Anfelea 17; Hollywood 1. Portland 7; Sacramento S. KATIOMAL LZAOUK Plttiborj-h 5; St. Lonia 1. AKSaUOAH LEASUE Naw Tork ; Philadelphia 4. Waahiiiftoa 8; Boctoa S. Cfcieago 5-6; St. Louia 4-1. Detroit ; Clland 6. Oakland defeated Seattle in both games ot today's doubls header, I to C and to 1. Roy Carlyle hammered the Oaks to vic tory in the first game by hitting three doubles and a triple. Loa McCroy let the Indians down with only six hits in the second game. R H E Seattle C 9 S Oakland 9 IS 3 Pipgras and Bereani; Edwards and Lombardl. R H E Seattle 1 S 0 Oakland 4 7 1 Kahlberg and Cox; McEvoy and Lombard!. KAY RECOVERS MONTREAL, Aug. 8 (AP) T. B. Kay, treasurer of the state of Oregon, who has been, ill heref is reported completely recovered. He was operated on at a western general hospital a few days ago. Jas it's mirtt say, ex u BRITON BEATEN AT NET MEET . Bunny Austin of Davis Cup Renown Eliminated by Gregory Mangin SOUTHAMPTON, N. T., Aug. 8 (AP) Coming from behind with a terrific rush, Gregory Man sin. America's thirtheenth rank ink tennis star, felled tho re nowned Henry Wilfred (Bunny) Austin of England's Davis cup team in the Quarter finals of the annual tournament at the Meadow club today, by scores ot 3-6, 6-1, e-o. Austin's downfall left a solitary Britisher to battle It out with three Americans for singles hon ors. The one surviving foreign threat is Norman Farquharson, best of the Cambridge university players and a Davis cup represent ative of his home country of South Africa. Austin and hi sartuer. John S. Olliff, met an unexpected reverse later In the doubles when they eliminated In the second round by Bradshaw Harrison, University of Oregon and Kenneth B. Appel, former partner of Johnny Van Ryu at Princeton. 6-S, 6-S. In other second matches' of the mens doubles Frits Mercur, Beth-L lehem. Pa., and J. Gilbert Hall. South Orauge. N. J., defeated Clarence Griffin. New York, and Phil Neer, Portland, Ore.. 6-0, 6-1, Berkeley ell, Austin, Tex., and Gregory Mangin, Newark, N. J., defeated Jerry Lang and Ed. Feibleman, New York, 6-3, 6-3. Norman Farquharson, Cambridge university, and Paul Derlcou, Ox ford, defeated Nathaniel Niles, Sr., and Nathaniel Niles, Jr., Boston, 6-1, 6-1. Bruce Barnes, AnstiB, Texas, andEddie Jacobs, Balti more, defeated Henry Neer and Stanley Almquist, University of Oregon, -4, T-5. Read the Classified Ads. CISJON !SWsra4Ma t e MILD... end yet THEVSATISF but CROSS-BLENDED