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The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Friday Morninsr, Juljr 3, 1931 k ! if tighter a 71 A - - n UK ere 7 w u Dark Horses LeadingPack At Inverness GETS TELEGRAM PAGE EIGHT W.OT T7 77 m July (F3 i Eli mm -mm 5 i I Champion Sends Best Wish es to Varneke; Dixon is J Confident of win ' Georgie Dixon, who has never oeen knocked down In a lengthy rins career, and Fraakie Warn eke youngster who has never ben knocked out, landed in Salem Thursday and set . up training quarter In preparation ' for. the mg Fourth of July scrap which will bring them together for the first time, Saturday night at the - fairgrounds stadium. Dixon worked out at the ar i mory, Warneke at the Club gym nasium and both drew a number of railblrds to watch them per form. Warneke, the big smiling German boy who sudt"s"T rew out of the middleweight class into the iig? t heavyweight rank lor in the last year and a half, will hold another light workout tonight at 7:30 at the Club. Warneke. who is Max Schmel lngs first cousin, receired a. tele gram from the .world champion yesterday wishing him the best of luck In his Fourth of July fight, and this morning Frank ie will re spond In- kind to his illustrious relative at Cleveland. Both Claim Best . . Condition Ever - ' ' Out of 65 fights Warneke has engaged In, he has won 20 by knockouts and has lost only eight, each by a decision. He declares he Is In the Best shape now that he ever has been. ' . Dixon worked "out with Carve, who la here to meet Bobby Am brose. Since his recent comeback! alter an illness wnicn Kept nun oat of the ring for a year, Dixon hag not lost any of the nine fights he has engaged In, indicating that he has lost none of the old pepper. . . His latest victory was a rather easy one over Johnny Waiter, in Portland. He beat Young Delaney the - week before and recently knocked out Gene O'Grady, pride of .southern Oregon, in Ashland. He stopped Romeo Lamond of Klamath Falls In Portland. Each fighter was ready Thurs day night to hand compliments to his opponent In Saturday night's main event, but at the same time each Intimated that the other's record of no knockouts might be shattered on that occasion.. IE WlliS III UPSET CONTEST The Courthouse ball team up- sec tne dope in tn Industrial .league Thursday night and de feated the postoffice 4 to 3, by virtue of a .rally in the . fourth inning? which accounted for all of Its runs. Judd and Casey led off tn that stanza, with singles, and Ford and Ferguson walked, Judd ambling home as a result. Hardcastle singled scoring Casey and Fergu son, and Hardcastle came home on a wild throw. In the other In nings the deputy sheriffs were held hitless. rosioince scored in the sec ond, third and fifth Innings. The Postoffice boys staged a triple play to compensate them for the defeat. With Ford and Ferguson on bases. Hardcastle lined to the seocnd baseman; the rnnners ; thought It was a safe hit and both were caught off the bags. . There will be no game tonight en account of the proximity of the Glorious Fourth. The score: Postoffice AD Harnsberger, as-2b ...3 Collins. ef .1 .Thompson, c . . ; . ,3 Nutter, 3b ...... ....3 Taylor, lb"..;.....V.2 Garrett. If 2 White, rf ........... 2 Wslborn, ss-2b 2 Price. 2b . . 0 Rider, p ; . i Totals . . . . .. .. . .20 ' n 2 e 0 0 1 1 0 0 ' 0 n Coerthomse , Ward, ss . Drager, 2b. AB R 2 t .....2 6.. H 1 1 0 Judd, lb Casey; e ............J Ferguson. If ........ 0 1-1 coraou I I" " ' - 1 4 1 for the Boxing Contest - Fairgrounds; y Admission I i Georgie Dixon , Fighting Man, Here Saturday Against Warneke - wds&$ ; wis11 mma Mm - i ! &z-r ) Saw' . i . . - : : VJ -W ' " ncsMOB STUFF HITS SKIDS 1 AlCCXICAV LEAGTTB j W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet PhiW. SO .TlOiSt. 1a 30 S8 .441 Was. .17 25 ,S3i Boston 37 89 .409 Ti. 87 30 .552 Dotnit -26 4 .341 C1t1. J5 35 .500!Chiero 34 43 .358 CLEVELAND, July 2 (AP) The Indians. Jumped en four biladelphia pitchers for 13 hits and won today's game 12 to 4 The Athletics scored on Willis Hadlin ' in only one Inning. II.. RHE Philadelphia 040 000 000- 4 9 1 Cleveland .002 007 30i 12 13 1 Walberg, Earn gnaw, Krause, McDonald and Cochrane. Heving, BslmlssDo; Hadlin and Sewell. Solon Stage Comeback ST. I LOUIS. July 2 (AP) The Washington . Senators over came a four run lead to defeat the' St. Lonis Browns here today, 13 to 5. i ! RHE Washington 000 123 241 IS 14 0 st. Lonis . . .eis loo.oeo s 10 s Bnrke, Crowder and Spencer, Hargrave: Stewart, Stiles, Kim seyr and FerrelL ! Tanks win Finale ... DETROIT, July 2 (AP) The New York Yankees ended their western tour today by pounding two Detroit pitchers for 13 hits and a 13 to 1 victory. ! Babe Ruth's nineteenth homer of the season and Chapman's ninth were listed among the Yankee elouts. i i RHE New York. .010 ISO 032 13 18 1 Detroit .. .000 IS 000 1 8 3 Wells and Dickey; TJhle. Hoyt and Grabowski. -I j Thomas Stops Boston CHICAGO, July 2 (AP) Al Thomas turned in another of his rare well pitched games for the White Sox today and beat Boston with three hits. The score was 2 to ft. Boston- .T. . 000 000 000 0 3 1 Chicago . ...100 100 OOx 2 10 1 Klein and Berry: Thomas and Grube. Ford.3b ........... 0 1 e Tax. p 2 Reld. rf 2 Hardcastle, cf .......2 J. i Totals ....14 0. Special Rush T Seats r. M., July 4th 1 . 4 ; - ill Only mmm mmm - f XATIOITAX. XSAVXTB W. L. Pet. W. 1 1. Pft. 42 26 ,618iBtton 85 35 .500 40 37 .597 Pnila. -80 37 .448 Chi-o 87 SO .S53 Pittas. : L37 40 .408 BrookU 88 S3 .543!Cineis. -35 47 .347 NEW YORK. July 2. (AP) Frank Hogan's home run with two men on base in the fifth Inning gave the New York Giants a 3-to- 2 victory over the St Louis Car dinals today and an even break In the four-game series. : RHE St. Louis ....000 200 000-2 12 1 New York . . .000 030 O0z-3 10 1 Hallahan. Derringer and Wil son; Kltzsimmons and Hogan. Robins Nose Oat Reds BROOKLYN. July. 2. (AP) Putting together three doubles and a base on balls In the Sixth Inning, the Brooklyn Robins de feated the Cincinnati Reds, 4 to 2, In the final game of the series. today. t BC S Cincinnati . . .010 200 000-3 10 Brooklyn . . . .010 003 O0x-4 I 1 Johnson. Newton and Snke forth; Phelps. Heimach and Lom bard I. . Pirates Blank Braves BOSTON. July . IAP) Pittsburgh won the final game of their series with the Braves, 1 to 9. today behind the five-hit nlteh- ing of Heinle Meine. They took three of the four games. : 1 i ' RHE Pittsburgh . . .000 100 000-1 7 0 Boston 000 000 000-0 I 1 Meine and Phillips; Cunning ham and Spohrer, Cronin. Cube Win ia 11th - PHILADELPHIA. Julv J. CAP) The Chicago Cubs nosed out the Philadelphia Nationals in the 11th inning today. 2 to 1. Grimm scored the winning run on his own single, Mallon's error and CuytaCe single. ; - .. R H E Chicago ...100 000 000 01r2 10 1 Phillies ...000 010 000 00-1 7 3 Smith and Hemsleyt Benre and McCurdy. .. ., - - .., .. ; Two years after his death In 1029, a patent on a safetr Imi- tion device for gas burners was granted to Frank McKentie of Council Blnffs. Ia. i ; j . i ; i ' ill.; cacEn 50c . I K.ll II I (CM EMITS , There's beem a dearth of sport events ia this meek of the woods for a few weeks, but thera's acme right aronnd the Foarth. All kinds of races Md contests at the falnrroonds tba ly. wlndJas; p wltb Ue ngw cam m. tbe be snow stadium. I iH r r I I I i i ! ! I American iegion Juniors will I 1 CUftTIS O tni. tjocm 4 Mrm tosacco ca Then on Sunday the Salem American Legion Juniors will plunge info action again with, a game against the flying team of reserve officers from . Pearson field,' the group Including Johnny Kltxmlller and Merle Hnfford who were the big lights In the biggest northwest football game last 1 fall, and Johnny Londahl who teamed with Kltxmlller In the biggest play of that game. Liondahl Is the only one ef the trio who played college baseball but they're all report ed to be rood, and anyway a lot of fans don't care how good tney ne or aren't, they 'want So e n look a Sheen nnywny. Then on Monday night there's OOO r - mo E HIM fiWMOL fUASER IWXJW.f1 WH GOES AT QHE the American-Canadian - Clowns vs. the Senators at Olinger field.! i Bat before we get off the; subject of Junior baseball, we might mention that Spec' Keene, state chairman, has n BMmneed the program from now District cum must ! be played by July 12. That means Salem and Hillsboro in this district. Inter-district games must be played by July 19. The winner In this district. No. 2, will play Ore gon City, Vernonla or Astoria from district No. l. Eugene,1 dis trict I. will play the district 4 champion which will be Marsh field; Roseburg. Medford or Klamath Falls. The Dalles will play the Portland champions and Heppner will play La Grande, On tario. Asaaer or Burns. There'll be semi-finals prior to July 26, and then the: big final three game series for the state title at Corvallls Angnst . 0 7 and 8. Ralph Coleman, Bill Iteinhart and Spec Bnrke have been selected as nmpires . for that series. Eligibility lista are now being looked over by the state chairman-and he. will send them out to the' competing teams early next week. In the meantime Spec la scheduled to be interviewed in front of the KGW microphone by L. H. Gregory of the Oregonian. at S:lg Sunday afternoon. Impor tant details about Jnnlor ball will be brought out In that broadcast. SMOKED BY MORI MIN Orvvol! j Blanks Suds While K Mates hit Ruether - For Nine Blows COAST T.r.AOTfg W. Ik Pet. W. Holly. -54 83 .828 Les A. 41 44 .483 Seattle 39 48 .470 Sao'te SS 48 .420 Port I'd 47 SS .566 Saa P. 4S 40 .529 Miltiol 43 44 .404 Oakl. SI 40 .888 SEATTLE. July t (AP) The Portland Beavers took the third straight game from the In dians tonight, 2-0. behind ' four bit pitching by OrwolL ; Ruether allowed the visitors nine hits. Coleman singled, was sacri ficed to second by Fen ton and scored on Johnson's- single in the second for the Beavers first run. Johnson's triple, followed by Monroe's bad bounding roller to Taylor in the eighth, brought In the other counter. The Indians have failed to take a game In the present series. . ' R H K Portland .2 . 9 0 Seattle : J i 0 4 1 ; Orwoll; and Woods.ll: Ruether and Bottarlnl. 1. Sam Gibson Again SAN FRANCISCO. July. 2 (AP) Sam Gibson chalked no his 15 th victory, of the season to night to give the San Francisco Seals a to 1 win over Los An geles, and present the local team with the edge on the series. Gib son allowed eight hits and the Angels scored their only run in the second inning, sided by a -Seal error. The Seals had five runs in the first Inning, driving Moacrief from the mound. R H -1 g E 0 Los Anrelea San Francisco . 10 2 Moncrief. Nelson and Hannah- Gibson and Mealey. " ' Missions Bunch Hits ; LOS ANGELES, July 2 (AP) -The Missions bunched five hits for four runs In the eighth inning tonight to break up a 3-3 tie and" won the game, from the Holly wood Stars i.7-3. - Severeid. , Hollywood catcher had put the Stars In the lead In the fourth, frame when .he drove a Some run over the center field fence. George Burns, the Miasion skipper, who- yesterday announ ced his i resignation, from the team, followed in the seventh with i a circuit clout to tie the score and then Wetzel blew up in the eighth to give, the Reds their big inning. - -. - iU " :- R H E Missions!. ..7 11 2 Hollywood 3 11 1 ! H. Pillette and Brenrel; "Wetzel and Severeid. v - ' ) SACRAMENTO, July 2 (AP) Night game, 10 Innings. . Oakland i i Sacramento - f 4 Thoro'c a IcJ 4 - -' ' I F L - Smokers want a milder cigarette. Chester field is just thafv Mild, ripo tobaccos and pure French paper every ono-fs well- filled and ; every one burns uniformly. Chesterfields.! smoke, milder and taste bet ter because f ftey Ve m that way -AND WOMEN IVtltY DAY INVERNESS CLUB, Toledo. Ohio, Juljr 2 (AP,) Four dark horsemen of the American links, unconcerned by the inferno of In verness and unchecked by its haz ards, galloped out In front today to establish a four-cornered tie for the lead In the United States open golf ehampiori hip. While the British forces exper ienced a series of staggering set backs and American ' favorites struggled to survive the heat wave and stay within striking distance, the quartet of unherald ed tf unattended competitors rode the fairways to finish in a deadlock with -old man par with scores of 71 each for the first 18 hole round of the 72-hoIe cham pionship chase. - The four leaders Mortle Du tra of Long Beach. CaL; Charles Guest of Deal, N. J.,; Herman Barron of Portchester, N. Y., and Eddie Williams of Cleveland charged Into the fray from the east, midwest and far west to take temporary command of the battle to determine the successor to Bobby Jones. Guest and "Williams posted cards of 36-35-71 for their first rounds. To ( vary the monotony, Barron and' Dutra came In with 35-3671, to duplicate exactlv the par layout of Inverness. Price Seats Offered M. Clifford Mnrntliin .tioi. man of the boxing committee for Salem's July 4 celebration r, nouneed that 2000 special ''rush seats' will be thrown open In the horse show stadium at the fair grounds at t o'clock on the eve ning of July 4. at the special price of 50 cents. j An attractive carA f fight fans and preparations ae being made to take care of a record-breaking crowd! The fight and the walkathon are the only attrac tions during the day for which extra admission will be charged. Moynihan has also announced that spectators are assured of clean seats in the stadium as a detail has been working for the prst three days cleaning and dust ing the seats so that they will be in perfect condition by Saturday night r Participants In the matches have .been instructed -that It will be a case of "no fight, no monev," so spectators . are , assu.&d of a good card. Daglia. House and McMulltn. Read: Fettas, Gillick, Hnbb-:i and Wirts. Co ii-S 1 . Lower Fight -i " ; . : -r , . - " 1 ; ; : - ;