Thi . OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Snndsy Morning, August 27, Hit
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Colorful Arab
To Risk Title
Roberts to Take Whack
at Coast LW Tiara
Here on Tuesday
Prince Ilakl, grandson of Si
lahl Ibn AH Hassan, Shereef of
Mosul, high diver, author of sev-
erat published stories and poems,
organist and styled by the Wres
tling Features service as the
world's most colorful grappler.
will push his turbaned head
through Salem's armory arena
ropes Tuesday night.
The Prince will risk the Pacific
coast light-heavyweight title, he
three weeks ago wrested from
none other than Bulldog Jackson,
against Ernie Roberts, the Okla
homa speed merchant. Ilakl, who
has dived from the 137-foot high
Anthony Wayne bridge in Toledo,
Ohio, executing a one and a half
: somersault en route, will put on
display the ring lore he has learn
ed while wrestling from Maine to
the Hawaiian islands since turn
ing professional fn 1932.
llaki claims some sports writer
dubbed him "Prince." a handle he
scorns as he says he would hare
become the Shereef of Mosul
(tribal head) Instead of a mere
prince If he had remained in his
native Arabia.
Eleven years ago, in 1928,
Ilakl was lecturing upon Arabia
to classes at Washington State
college, the University of Wichita
and the University of California
He later took up swimming and
became, first, a life guard at San
pool, and second, a surf guard. He
won the platform diving title in
the far western aquatic champion-
NW Feathenveight Mitt Title
Goal of Diaz Here Wednesday
' Elmer "Buzz" Brown, Portland Irisher who during the
past 10 years has toed resin in 190 fights that included such
nationally prominent opponents as Billy Lee, Cecil Payne,
Mike Stankovich, LeRoy Gibson, Al Spina, Eddie Spina,
Richie - Fontaine, Mimmy McCleod, Branding Iron Linn,
Frankie Wolfram, Armanda Silica and Henry Armstrong,
will fight the main event in Sa-O-
lem's armory arena Wednesday
night.
Brown, holder of the northwest
light and featherweight titles, will
have as his opponent Mark Diaz
of Los Angeles, stablemate of
Cefrino Garcia, oftimes cited as
the best Filipino fighter of them
all. The northwest featherweight
title will be at stake, over the 10
round route.
One of the sweetest boxers to
ever be developed in the, north
west, Brown is attempting a
comeback after a lavoff of better
than two years. He opened with
a decision over Joe Mendiola in
Heppner 10 days ago, and Wed
nesday night's battle will be his
second along the comeback trail.
Logger Jack Hibbard of Klam
ath Falls and lanky Jack Rain
water of Newport go against each
other In the six-round semi-wind-with
the winner promised a
chance at Leo "The Lion" Tur
ner's state middleweight tiara
providing the margin of victory
li a substantial one.
Dallas Meets Smith
Big Dan Smith, 190 pounder
from Longview, Wash., will hold
the six-round special event spot
against Jack Dallas of Vancouver,
Wash., another 190-pounder with
a good record. Smith two weeks
ago decisioned Art Strong in his
first time out since breaking
hand in a bout here two months
bark.
Two new faces will be seen In
" the four-round opener, with Okeh
Gillisnie of Aumsvllle billed
against Pete Keene of Independ
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Ifarry Armstrong's Jaw as he fought his way back Into possession I carded "Fancy Don" tactics in favor of ragged slngglns;.
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Arab Prince Due
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Prince IlakL um of an Arabian
Shereef, who Tuesday night In
Salem's armory wrestling ring
makes his - northwest' debut.
He'll risk the light-heavyweight
grappling title be won irom
Bulldog Jackson is Los An
geles. . .,
shins.in 1931. :
This desert sheik, whose father
was considered wealthy in Arahla
because he owned 75.000 goats,
pinned the famous Bulldog Jack
son to the mat in a Los -Angeles
bout three weeks ago, lifting the
coast light-heaTyweight crown
won by the Bulldog in Eugene.
He'll be making his first appear
ance in the northwest, and puts
up his coast title in that initial
appearance.
Supporting bouts on the card,
which will be the last staged here
by Promotor Herb Owen until
after the . state fair, include a
semi-windup between Ernie Pilu
so and Babe Small and an- opener
that pits Bob Cummlngs against
Wild Bill Kenna.
ence. These boys are welter
weights. The other four-round
bout will present Walter Barrows
of Blackley, Ore., against the best
opponent available.
Tickets for the card are now
on sale at Cliff Parker's sporting
goods store and the Salem malt
shop.
Golf Qualifying
Set September 2
The qualifying round In the
annual Salem Golf club cham
pionship tournament will start
next Saturday, September 2.
Qualifying play will be in order
through that week-end. Labor
day, Salem day at the fair, and
the folowing Saturday . and Sun
day.
Bob Utter is deefnding cham
pion. The club championship
tourney usually draws an entry
list of 40 or more players.
Gun-Firing Youth
Scares Motorists
PORTLAND, Aug. 26 UP)-A
youth who shot at passing auto
mobiles was hunted tonight in an
derbrush between Northeast Gertz
road and the Vancouver streetcar
trestle.
He was tentatively identified as
a 16-year-old parolee from the
Fairvlew home where he was
treated for a mental disorder. Of
ficers . said they also wanted to
question him about an unsuccess
ful robbery at the Portland Yacht
club Wednesday night.
Ambers Playing ior
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15 rounds at Kor lort Jven in
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Hadlcy Resumes
Pitching by Win
Bulky One Allows Browns
Three Hits. as Yanks
Blast 6-1 Score
ST. LOUIS, Aug. iHHBulky
Bump Hadley, making his first
start for the New York. Yankees
since August 6, stuffed a three
hitter down the St. Louis Browns
today for a C to 1 victory, another
step toward the world champions
fourth consecutive American
league pennant - : -y -.-l
The triumph gave the Yankees
a sweep of all their 11 games In
St. Louis this season, their eighth
straight victory and increased
their lead over the Boston Red
Sox to 11 games; j
New York 12 0
St Louis Ll S 4
Hadley and Dickey; Harris, Gill
(8) and SpindeL
, CLEVELAND, Aug. 26-;p)-The
Indians chalked up their, fourth
victory in three days overtPhila
delphia by a score of 7 to Jf today.
Philadelphia .5 16 3
Cleveland . 7 It 0
Potter, Kerksleck, Milnar, Hlg
be and Hayes; Allen, Broaea, Dob-
son, pippen and Hemsiey. ;
Sox Rally Nipped
CHICAGO, Aug. 26-WPV-The
surprising Chicago White Sox
squelched Boston's dangerous
ninth inning rally just in time to
day, retiring the side with the
tying and winning Red Sox runs
on base for a 5 to 4 victory.
Boston . .4 8 4
Chicago .5 10 0
Wilson, Wagner, Dickman and
Berg, Peacock; Dietrich, Marcum,
Brown and Schlueter.
DETROIT, Aug. 26-tiP)-
Washington 3 6
Detroit ,. S 8 0
Krakamskas, Carrasquel and
Giuliani; McKain and York, Teb
betts.
Nazarene Youths
Re-Elect Leader
TILLAMOOK, Ore., Aug. 26-
(JP) The Nazarene Young People's
northwest convention re-elected
Rev. Arthur Cook, president, for
a fifth term today.
Other officers included Rev.
Robin Harding, Kalama, Wash.,
first vice president; Paul Martin,
second vice president; Mrs. Hollis
Brown, Snoqualmie, Wash., third
vice president; Rev. Norman Oke,
Everett, Wash., secretary; Henry
Matson, treasurer.
Accused
W. D. Browne (above), Portland,
. Ore., police officer, was ac
cused by a witness at the Har
ry Bridges deportation hearing
in San Francisco of having of-
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Walter Erickson, Willamette's new registrar, as he'll look to many
an entering freshman turning over his high school credentials this
fall. (Statesman staff photo)
"Goodbye to the Gridiron," Says
Walt Erickson, Who Knew It Well
By PAUL H. HAUSER, Jr.
It's farewell to football for Walter Erickson, who last
week began looking over the scholarship records of prospec
tive Willamette university students in his new job as regis
trar at the Methodist school where he first won fame as a
fancy-stepping halfback. O
Erickson, who from now On is
going to see that Willamette
students get scholastic yardage
or else, wound up his football last
fall when he piloted his Camas
high school gridders through an
other successful season.
When Walt finished the foot
ball season at Camas last year
he stepped into a job as principal
of the Camas junior high and at
the end of the year was elected
by Willamette's board of trustees
to his new job. In the meantime.
Walter, the master of hipper-dip-per,
has gained a master of arts
degree from the University of
Washington.
This isn't about Erickson, the
registar, though. It's about Er
ickson, the firBt Willamette foot
ball player to pick up about all
the honors that were available.
He was the first man in history
to be an All-Northwest conference
halfback four years in a row.
He was one of the few Willam
ette football players who have.
been given AU-American honor
able mention.
He piled up a lot of yardage In
his four years as a Willamette
regular, but the Bearcats didn't
have a Paul Sturges in those days
to measure every yard, foot and
inch their ball-carriers advanced
Besides that Walt was presi
dent of the 6tudent body in his
Benior year and ended up that
season of 1932 by keeping the
Whitman jinx broken, though he
was knocked cold in doing it.
It was the traditional Thanks
giving day game with the Mission
aries and the Bearcats, by dint of
Weinie Kaiser's pass-snatching,
had finally eked out a 6-0 lead,
Then Whitman, as Whitman
usually did, rallied. They went
hammering down the field, run
ning and passing. They were
right on the goal line and Willam
ette saw the old jinx leering atop
the goal posts. A Whitman half
back bulleted a pass. It was
sailing into the arms of a Whit
man receiver when Erickson came
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Walt Erickson as Willamette's
first grid luminary to gain all
conference honors four years
running.
booming from the side, snagged
the pass and started up the side
lines. ;.
Two Whitman tacklers swarm
ed at him. He was forced out of
bounds and tackled there. His
head cracked hard against the
running track curb and Walt Er
ickson was out.
But Whitman, with a 15-yard
penalty added to the distance Er
ickson had run back, was out, too,
and so was the jinx.
As a coach at Camas high, Walt
was just as successful as he was
as a player. His first season,
right after his graduation, was so
successful that Camas outbid an
other Washington high school to
retain his services.
His teams were colorful, in
spired -elevens, which used to
great advantage a swift razzle
dazzle style, usually too compli
cated for high school gridders.
Among his victories were two
over Salem high.
Walt also coached basketball
and - baseball and his records in
both sports were impressive. He
played four years of baseball for
the Bearcats and was a member
of the championship team of
1932.
Walt's through with football,
but when the Bearcats start drill
ing In a few weeks you can lay
that Erickson will be looking out
of the windows of the registrar's
office, which overlook Sweetland
field. - Or maybe he'll be on the
sidelines.
But it's good advice to Willam
ette students to keep those grades
op In the higher brackets. Other
wise they might have a broken
field running registrar high-tail
ing them into the library for a
little skull practice.
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Fire
ers
Rise in East
Fires Dormant in West;
Rich Timber Stands
; Over Cascades Hit
PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 26.-OP)
Western. Oregon's huge forest
fires were dormant tonight but
danger developed in rich timber
stands east of the Cascade range.
Three hundred men were sum
moned to a 2000-acre fire extend
ing 1000 acres into Whitman na
tional forest timber. Although a
number of lightning fires have
broken out in the last few days,
the blase was believed caused by a
smoker or earn per. Only seven of
the 33 small lightning fires have
been extinguished.
Fog assisted control of 100
lightning fires in Douglas county.
A 42-mile barrier stretching
across the Willamette valley to
the sea protected the Siuslaw na
tional forest from the 200,000-
acre Tillamook fire.
The federal forest service said
some terrific flames" were still
apparent in the blackened north
western Oregon region but the
spread southward would be met by
effective trails.
The service gained respite after
two days of cleaning up the ma
jority of 662 Oregon and Wash
ington lightning fires. The most
serious conditions were in the
Umpqua and Wenatchee forests.
The Oregon lumber industry has
lost about $3,000,000 in recent
forest fires, The Timberman, a
trade publication, estimated. The
largest loss was the $2,000,000
fire at Pine Ridge, Klamath coun
ty, a forest company operation.
Liverpool Crowds
Angered by Bomb
Mob Chases Suspect When
two Explosions Rip
British Port
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 2t.(ff)
Two bomb explosions, which
police blamed on the outlaw Irish
republican army, occurred here
tonight and angry after-theater
crowds atempted to mob a man
who was detained by police.
The crowds tried to overturn
the police van in which the man
was taken away but were quick
ly controlled by a squad of
policemen.-
Part of the front of a sub-post-
office was blown out by the first
explosion. The second occurred.
In the shopipng center as hun
dreds of persons were pouring
out of the theaters.
The bomb was seen to fall from
the coat of a man and explode.
His coat was set afire as he fled.
When the crowd saw a militia
man seize & coatless man, there
was an angry cry of "lynch the
swine"
No one was Injured in either of
the explosions.
Gvil War Vets
In Encampment
PITTSBURGH. Aug. 26. UPi
While the sword of Mars
dangled over Europe, veterans
of another year the men who
fought to preserve the union
gathered here today for their
73rd annual peace-time encamp
ment.
The "boys In blue' converged
on this armament center as their
93-year-old comamnder in chief
declared the United States could
not "avoid becoming involved in
another European war."
"Everyone knows the contri
bution America made in the
World war," Commander Robert
M. Rolnd of Ripley, N. T., as
serted. "We'll be involved In the
present trouble if things keep as
they are."
Fewer than 4.000 veterans are
living and only 200 of these were
expected i for the five-day en
campment. "flam and Eggs1' Worry
California Secretary
PORTLAND, Aug. 26. (JP)
The forthcoming "ham and
egg" election was the principal
concern of 80-year-old Frank
C. Jordan, California secretary
of state, when he passed
through here today.
"It will bankrupt California
If it goes through," he com
mented. "The chances are It
will spread to Oregon If yon
folks don't watch out."
GREAT TEAM
WOODBURN A good sized
crowd was- on hand Wednesday
night at the depot to welcome
home the Woodburn Legion
baseball team which had been
playing in the western playoff
in Stockton, Calif. The Wood
bum high school band was pres
ent and kept the crowd enter
tained until the train arrived an
hour late, bringing it In shortly
after 8 p. m.
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Low Blows Cause
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ZjOu Ambers fs pictured braised and battered as he was awarded a
decision over Henry Armstrong to regain the lightweight cham
pionship crown in the New York title go August 22. The Loe An
geles Negro, who had not lost a battle in 47 lights, dropped five
rounds to Ambers due to low blows. Ambers is attempting to smile
in victory, bnt finds It difficult because of deep face cots.
President Opens Puget Island Span;
$500,000 Bridge Links Isle, Mainland
CATHLAMET. Wash., Aug. 26. (AP) The steel and
concrete Pucret Island bridge,
from here to Puget Island, was opened today before a crowd
that lined the bridge and river bank.
President Roosevelt pressed a golden key in Washington.
D. C, signaling the bridge's
F. Smith cut the ribbon lmmedi -
ately after the president's signal.
"It is a striking thing that we
of western Washington can gath
er here today, with a sense of
peace and security, and open a
mighty and beautiful new bridge,
while in Europe the dictators in
control are planning to blow up
bridges over the great rivers
there," Smith told the crowd of
4000 which gathered on Puget Is
land for dedication ceremonies.
Cars streamed over the 1500,-
000 bridge to the Island, which
has a population of 800, following
the opening. Boats and ferries pre
viously carried islanders to the
mainland.
A colorful "last crossing" was
made by 45 boats of all sizes and
descriptions. before the bridge was
opened. Approximately 60 decor
ated cars and floats took part In
the golden Jubilee celebration pa
rade that passed over Cathlamet's
main street to the bridge.
Teachers Return
From California
SILVERTON Miss Catherine
Tomison has returned from Berke
ley where she has been attending
summer school. She will remain at
the home of her parents, the W. R.
Tomisons at Silverton until she
resumes her teaching work at
Stayton.
Miss Muriel Bentson has re
turned from a summer session at
the San Jose teachers' college and
be at her home until she resumes
her teaching in the Silverton
schools in September.
Two Veterans Lead
CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-()-Com-ing
from far back in the field with
a magnificent display of sub-par
or.
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who is sensitive to Quality and Correctness appre
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people have yet to discover that we are. head
quarters in this community ior genuine engraving?
Our craftsmanship is as fine as human skill and
superb materials can make it
Yet, we have found it possible to bring the ad
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every person, and every business firm. ;
A generous supply of engraved visiting cards,
for instance, costs only $1.65 and. this includes .
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Including the plate. Business letterheads on fine
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Armstrong Defeat ,
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spanning the Columbia river
opening. Representative Martin
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Oakland Man, 113
John Santos
Oakland, Calif., claimed America's
oldest living man recently
when records in Portugal an
thenticated the claim of John
Santos that he was 118 years
old. Santos came to California
in 1856, still takes daily walks
with his dog, has perfect teeth
and is generally In excellent
health. Asked if ho ever drank.
Santos said, "I like a little gin
now and then."
golf, two 37 year old veterans of
the game, Ed Dudley of Philadel
phia and Billle Burke of Cleve
land, tpok over the leadership of
tne Walter Hagen fnvTtatlonal
tournament at Midlothian country
club today.
BELIEVE that every person
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