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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1944)
Beavers -Drop Opener,: 5r3, ; In 15 Heats Before 12,000 CHet Johnson ! , It cost Promoter Ira Pilcher nine pounds, five quarts of red eye 'V and two sets of fingernails that week before his first boxing try hit -the ring, but he' wasn't laughing because he had both his shoes off ' after Jt was finally, over. The show was a success both, financially 'and from the standpoint of fan reaction. What with acceptable fighi- en so xuiru u un u w v ' Itowners". at that, no local touch available, stay-at-home weather :and the lingering memories of .'what happened the last time the 'pro' beak busters waltzed in the armory, Pilcher and his 40 et 8 ' pals feared the worst. But the weather cleared the curious . and cautious .customers turned out over $700 worth, the fighters fought and despite the brawls being only so-so In com parison with donnybrooks of for mer years, the party blossomed into reason enough for future at tempts. As Announcer Harry Levy put it to 'em Thursday night- "the caliber of future cards here will depend upon your support. The support will be there, as that was proven Thursday night Now ', it's up to aspiring Mr. Pilcher and l -1""- t ' i s c HARRY LEVY Bests Sullivan InLon g Duel his pals to provide the caliber. One floperoo and the nice start they got last week will have gone for nothing. One Right Happy Welcomer As for Levy, he was probably the happiest gent in the joint to see the show succeed, excluding Pilcher of course. If it's a boxing bee or a rassling match, A, B or P caliber, you can be sure the Midget Meat mogul will be around. He goes for his fights and rassles and would be well up in the running were a lady or gent sought for the . title of "he who has seen more beaks battered and heard more grappling grunts, and groans than anyone else in the village." Harry remembers 'em from away back, and well he should. Started following the local fistic and mat wars back in 21, and since 1925 has been chairman of the Salem Boxing commission. In fact he both chair- . manned and refereed for years. . He being such an authority locally, we asked Harry what was the best armory , fight he had ever seen and then what was the best . rasslin' match as far as he was concerned. Also asked how many of such he had witnessed, but we might as well have asked how many Chinese there are in China. - "Almost any fight Phil Bayes had here was a good one," remin isced Harry. "The ones he had with Danny Edwards, the colored Portland boy, and Benny Pelz along about 1925 or 27 were great The one between "Charlie Dawson, the University of Oregon light- - weight now teaching school over in Eastern Oregon, and Frankie Lewis, an Indian boy, was also great They fought back in the mid twenties, too. The fighter who could have been a world beater if he hadnt been so. downright ornery, Teddy Fox of Independence, also put on a beauty here about that time. Fought a Willie Gordon from Portland. Those were all great fights.' "'- 4'- - Reed-Jones Duet th' Best Other battlers prominently mentioned by Harry in trying to an swer our silly questions were Bill Hunt, a heavyweight, who waft ed with Primo Camera in exhibition here in '25, and is now a village fireman, and "Dubs" Mulkey, welterweight who Levy says is now a state police sergeant over around Newport. As for therasslers, the guy who still keeps the time and rings the bell for Tuesday night bicep. bra wis unhesitatingly names Robin eed and Henry (Jones as the muscles pair who gave off with the best match he's ever seen. "Came in '28 or '27," remembers Harry, "and they went to a two-hour draw which had to be called at 12 o'clock because of the lawvThat was tfie best Pve ever seen-all skill and science and none of the dirty stuff and horseplay you see nowadays. This Reed didn't wih the Paris Olympics by fooling around, -you know. Rabbit punches and stuff like that were not allowed in those days. Of course they draw better crowds nowadays and put on more exciting shows. I still get a kick -out of them." Other, grapplers of the bygone era well remembered by Levy were Wildcat Pete and Indian Yaqui Joe. Then there was "Lord" Lansdowne, the stylist who at one time rassled under the handle of "Fineganf and-then, later as the "Duke of Barrington.' Was a good man either way, , according to " Harry. So with a fistic and grappling background such as that, you can well imagine how tickled is Harry, that both the fisticuffers and musclers are again active in the town. ; , Cailteaiix' Bat Aids In Winning Tallies PORTLAND,. April 28-(ff)-San Diego's Padres hammered In two runs in the 15th' inning to break a J-3 deadlock and give the Port-, land Beavers of the Pacific Coast league a 5-3 defeat in their first home appearance . of the season here today. The entire game was a battle between lefthanders Chet Johnson' of the Padres, formerly of Tacoma in the Western Interna tional league, and Joe Sullivan of Portland. . Sullivan tired in the ,15th and gave up four bits. Al Caflteaux formerly of Salem in the WTL, started off the 15th with a slash ing single to center. Johnson's sacrifice put him on second. The next three batters, Eddie Wheeler, George Morgan and Joe Hernan dez au rapped snarp singles on hit and run plays for the two runs. The Beavers got two singles in their half of the 15th by pinch hitters Frank Shone and Norm Johnson, but Chet Johnson fanned third pinch-hitter, Bob Hed- dington, to end the game. Port land had given up three runs in the - first Inning and then came back for three in the third to tie it up. Catcher Eddie Adams', dou ble in the frame accounted for two of the tallies. The game was played before 12,000 fans. ' SJ. set d too 000 0025 11 1 Fd. 003 000 000 000 000 S 14 2 - C. Johnson and Salkeld; Sul livan and Adams, Campbell (10). WW: eot& League - leading Army-Navy store took two of three games from Bert' Pro-to maintain the pace in the Major league at Per fection last night, and to make at a' 2-1 session City Cleaners beat Acme Auto Wreckers and Ram age's 7-Up tripped Cline's Coffee .Shop by the same margin. "Not a kegler hit the charmed 600 circle, although Don Poulin of the Pros came closest with his 582 series. Bud Thrush of City Cleaners rolled high individual game, 223. . " , BERT'S POS (1) Handicap Poulin Triescn Barr Welch . Pag : 56 ..201 UBS -1S5 -178 171 s 168 m 143 143 183 BS 16S SIS 583 15S 51T 15S433 180 502 181 534 Total -930 SCZ 4 X738 ARMY-NAVY Handicap . Theda Krejd Hoar West Hainan 51 -in -15S .130 171 -184 1 189 154 179, 188 204, SI I 153 1S4 844 300509 183513 181840 J 13 570 Totals -802 045 081 2828 . CITY CTKANEKS (2) Handicap Kcrtson . , foreman e ry -123 'Ohruab ; , 12 Clin, jr. USS 43 -193 -189 43 189 161 180 333 193 43 129 180561 200-450 210513 147533 173831 Totals ..874 989 053 2810 ACME WRECKERS CD Handicap ' 74 74 Dahlberf -172 168 Hisglna . ., , ,,,-,.199 160 8. MUla .170 190 Talbot Garbarino Stelnbock. , Totaltt ta. 70 224 170510 178497 170538 179179 373 -214 159 U89; 212 162-563 -978 971 933 3884 CI.INE'I COITEB SHOP fl) " Handicap 1 69 (9 69 . 207 nine. nr. 132 185 156473 Kirchntr ... , ; -177 179 193-049 Trotter - ;151 124436 Larson . 161 , 192 V 173 52S King j... '. t-su , im TotaTi RAMACiE'S 7-UP 2) Handicap v.ajtera l.cryoa Hart Co -836 979 IIS 2731 11 i 73 156.187 157 , 180 T2 116 170513 202539 184444 Names Ball Captain WALLA WALLA, April 26-yP) Steve Boudreau, New Orleans, Lsu, second sacker whose timely base hits won two games for the Whit man college baseball team against Washington State Saturday, - was elected today as Missionary cap tain for the remainder of theyear. When out of. his baseball togs he is a chief petty officer as store keeper for the Whitman V-12 unit. Al Cox Takes Dalles Post . THE DALLES, Orev April 26(P) Al Cox, .football and basketball coach at Oregon College of Edu cation at Monmouth for 14 years, has signed as coach and physical education director of The Dalles high school, Supt. Paul McCulloch said today. . Cox Is now at La Grande where he .was In charge of the ASTC program of Eattern Oregon . Col lege of Education11 until it ' was abolished by army order. fGP MatliamaticiamrFi Through By WHITNEY MARTIN ;' NEW YORK, April 28-(ff) Someone always is taking the joy out of life. This time it Sa Pfc Victor W. McGinnis of the army, who. has looked - .' per, and. come up with the idea the' New York Yan- k e e . manpower losses have been -so great the club is only about a third as good aaf it was last year. I And right after we'd picked , wWhMorita them to win the pennant. McGin nis points out that of the 98 games won by the Yanks in 1943, pitch ers responsible for ' 50 of . them either no longer are with the club or won't' be for long. r .. ; He then delves - into the runs-' batted-in '' figures and comes up with -.the v fact that; players who drove home 590 J of the ,635 Yan kee runs last year now are absent That's a bleak picture, and if you were ' to ' assume the games that Chandler and 'Murphy and Kussb and: Wensloff turnedln" as - vic tories i would v have been -defeats if. they hadn't been around, and that nobody else , would .have bat ted in all; those runs the Kellers, Gordons and .Dickeys batted in, you could say the club would have done well to. finish by Christmas. :i McGinnis remarks there 'are two catches in taking his figures too ' literally. ' First, : the Yankee chain system still is the Yankee chain system, tops in the league, and, second,' there' is Joe McCar thy,, who has led the club 'to sev en pennants and six world cham pionships' in the last eight years. McCarthy is ' not rwith' the club now. because of . illness, and : his absence is. of indefinite length, so there 'ii?' miesiori;-ast6Hhow much' he can do for the team this' year. 'Anyway, ? McGinnis figures are Interesting and give a - good slant on just bow much' the cham pions ; have lost . in bitting and pitching power. And. still they are the consensus selections to repeat Molalla Dethrones Chemawans As Duration Track Champion WOODBURNMolaUa'i Buckaroo's, defending Hayward Re lays "B" school track champions, yesterday gained the Duration league cinder title here by scoring 61 56 points in the annual and official loop meeting. The Molalla victory dethroned Che- mawa's Indians as titlists, the In- Seattle Blanks Senators, 8-0 SEATTLE, April 26-VSeat- tle .successfully opened its home season tonight before a sell-out crowd estimated at 13,000 to de feat the cellar-dwelling Sacra mento Solons, 8 to 0, in a Pacific Coast baseball league game. The victory, coupled with Portland's defeat today, pushed. Seattle into the first division by a narrow margin. . Joe . Demoran, who won 16 games for Seattle last season, held Sacramento to only four hits while his teammates gathered a total of 14. w ' Sacra. ...... 000 000 0004) 4 2 Seattle 202 100 OJx 14 3 - Leraolt, Babbitt (t) and Rossi; Demoran and Soeme ' Sad Story 1st At Meadows; - SAN MATEO, Calif, April .26 (JPt Sad Story broke on top in the feature race at Bay Meadows today and led all the way; to take the mile and one-sixteenth run in 1:47 25. Sad Story, owned by W. G. Irvine and ridden by Hedley Woodhouse, both of Vancouver, BC, paid $5.00, $3.00 and $2.30. Pirate paid $3.30 and $2.50. Vain Grove paid $2.40 dians finishing second yesterday with - 44 points. . Woodburn . was third with 22, Canby next with 16 and Silverton last with 9. One new meet record was notched, that by Woodburn's Ma son In the 220-yard dash. He sped the distance In . 24 flat. Other befter-than-average marks for the day were the :10.5 century romped by G. Kraxberger of Molalla, the :55.5 quarter mile by the same heave belonging to Austin of lad and the 42-foot 11 -inch shot Woodburn. High point honors for the ses sion went to Chemawa's Merle Williams with 14 counters. He nabbed firsts in the high barriers and lows, a tie for first in the pole vault and ran a leg on the sec ond place finishing relay Quintet G. Kraxberger and Ringo of Mo lalla were next high individually witn 10 points each and were followed by mate Marquardt with 10. 100 yard diah 1st. O. Kmhurnr zna.- aiason tw); 3rd, Lehr (S); n. waiters (unj. Time aoj. 120 yard hlffh hurdlei 1st. Wil. Hams (Ch); 2nd. Lane (M): 3rd. Rlngo im), ui, ne Detween uemaa (S) and Grant (S). Time :16.8. Mile 1st. Marauardt fMl: 2nd. Pet. erwm (M); 3rd, G.-Hofftr (Ch); 4th, Mills (W). Time 43.4. . 440 1st. G. Kraxbcrr (MV tnii v. AraxiMrser hi; ara, Brewer (5); n, ftrrr 151. Time - . 2W yard low hurdles 1st Williams n): zna. Kin so (Ml: 3rd. Lana (Ml: 4th. Demaa (S). Tim 3.S. 220 yard -dash lit. Uuon (W- 2nd. Lehr S): 3rd, Yallup (Ch): 4th, V. Kraxberger (M). Time rti. (New meei record.) 880 lit, Marquardt (M): 2nd. V, Kraxberger (M); 3rd. G. Hotter (Ch); 4th. Potter (S). Tbna S:ll. Shot put 1st. Austin (W); 2nd. Walters (Ch): 3rd, Davis (Can); 4th, Nelson (W). Distance 42' 11". 7 Pole vault lit. tie between Nelson W) and WUUams (C): 3rd. rrancls Can): 4th. tie between Mltta (Oi). Burden (Can), and Correa (M). Height Dlacus lit. CihVrn CU- nA xranci lumi; ara, summers (Ch); iui, Aiuan wi. uisiane inr 7" - High iumD lit. Rlneo M): .SnA Plcard (Can); 3rd. George (Ch): 4th. um Between , Kicnter (Can) and V, Kraxberger (M). Height 5' 2". - Ranch Bought, Hollingbery YAKIMA, AprU 26MflVOrein E. "Babe- Hollingbery, football coach at Washington State college for' 17 years, revealed today that he had purchased an interest in a 40-acre fruit ranch near Yakima Yanks 6, 8 2 NEW YORK, April 26-6S5) Hank Borowy hung up his ninth straight pitching victory today though "tagged for 11 hits as the New York Yankees bunched their eight blows for a 8 to 2 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. Borowy chalked up seven of his triumphs at the end of the 1943 season. . . , .. . Jo Jo White spoiled his shutout today by slamming out a home run. with one on in the fifth. Philadelphia 000 62e00tW2 11 1 New York 201 030 OOx-f f f Harris, Flores (g) and Hayes; Borowy and Hemsley. v . Handley Called WZ. i. PITTSBURGH, April 26 - UP) Lee ; Handley, Pittsburgh Pirates second sacker, received orders to day to report May 12 for his physical examination for the draft PROTECT YG0B CAD IIQU! IMMEDIATE SERVICE AVAILABLE TRAINED MECHANICS - EXPERT BODY MEN. Complete Overhaulins; Front Wheel Aligning -Brake Rilining , Motor Analysing Steam Cleaning Lubrications 44S Center Phone till Boy Bends 445 Center Phone I13J - Boy Bonds Javelin lit WhlU (Can): 2nd. Van (Can): 3rd. K. Hoffer (Ch); 4th, Smith (M). Distance 138' 3". Broad lump 1st. Mills (Ch): zna. Lane (M); 3rd. V. Kraxberger M); 4th. Walters (Ch). Distance IS feet. Relay 1st. Molalla: 2nd. Chema- vi; 3rd, Woodburn. Time 1:40. . Ruddles Meet For Linksmen Nine-hole - Ruddles play will feature the Men's club Thursday afternoon round today at Salem golf club, announces the tourna ment committee. After small en try fees are posted, players will waft around the nine counting on bqgies, birdies and pars. Winner and runnerup will take down war stamps prizes. . The committee also announces' quarter final matches in the Spring Handicap derby are due no later than Sunday night as are the first heats In the newly formed Consolation bracket In the latter It has been announced that Bud Thrush, first round loser to Jack Nash, has replaced Dr. C. C. Hig gins and will meet John Emlen this week. Junior High Relays Today Parrish and Leslie junior high relay squads will be vieing for city honors this afternoon on dinger's oval, where they will. compete in seven track and field events. Relay events to be included in the meet are the 220, 440, 880, sprint medley, high jump, broad jump and shot put The affair is rated a. tossup, Leslie expected to hold the edge in the sprints and the Pioneers in the field events. JupePluvius Hits Softball Far the third week In s row, the e n 1 1 r e four-game slate scheduled Wednesday tn the Salem city Softball loop was postponed en account of rain. Chet Goodman, secretary aneT treasurer of the league, an Beaneed that all postponed eon tests will be made up en suc cessive Wednesdays after the regular schedule, which ends May 17. " - . - TfflS HAPPY, GOOD-LQOKIIIG FELLOW KIIOWS OOOD CtOTlis That's Why' He. Buys Them at JOE'S : : . T-. . ' ..... i, - . l; i i t ' - Upstairs Hollies Shop You, too, trill be just oj happy and smart looking in the per fect fitting, Super Quality, ex . pertly tailored Spori Ccais, Slacks, ; Soil Paxils and Dais You will find at Joe's, . , at - " , , - .'- A few minutes' of your time is all it takes to walk upstairs' and see how easy it is to n SCI ..oo I I On Men's and Yotms Men's . Boiler Clolhcs al Jces Large assortment of most staple and fashionable patterns, colors and styles to choose from. Sixes 24 to 48 regulars, stouts, shorts and longs. Open Saturday Niht Till 9 O'Clock 4 1 9 (T1 :.:npddrs - ' ' S ' V s.v est -" ' Entrance K-rt Tlnnr 4 Onelle Cafe : Look for Joe's Save 510 Flasher Neon Sign .,''"' ' '' Over Doorway . i2 stats Dxnmrr -,: . TTm .77 - N McGprraick's 13tli Inning Swat Beats Cards 1-0 for Redlegs . CINCINNATI, April JS-OTVFrank McCormick's 13th inning homer broke up, a scoreless two-hour 26-minute ball game today; as Cincinnati's Reds won their second straight game 'from St. Louisa ; 1-0. It was the Jaii first baseman's first circuit cjout of me year ana, me . ius.. run tuij llie Plays v IstHardbaU?;, ...... . - . -f ' -s- ... " i,.'. 1 -.; ' . s Salem's first junior high base ball in 10 years was played 'yester day at Leslie between two intra mural teams, with the Pirates scoring a "10-4 .victory over the Dodgers. urt--- S'- "Jr-i:" Rodney Province, Pirate pitch er,' ; twirled J a no-hit game,' but nine i errors T committed ; by team mates paved the way for the four' Dodger tallies. -The winners garn ered but four blows off Tom Dis crown, on the mound for the Dod gers. ' I Dean Hagedorn swatted out a home run with one aboard for the winners, who also hooted nine chances. . - Pirates . Dodgers .10 . 4 Province and Hagedorn; Dts brewH and Blame. . Hayward Entries 23 1 EUGENE, April 26-P- Entries for the annual Hayward Relays to be held here Saturday, totaled 23 today ten schools from divi sion -A", nine "B", and four "C Reds have given Bucky Harris in '22 Innings. ":z":y ' 1 . Both;Walters andAlvin 'Juris ich, his rookie opposing mounds man,' were in top form, with the) latter showing sort of "second wind" as he entered the 15th by striking out his, sixth and seventh victims In succession,' Woody Will iams and Gee . Walker. Jurisich walked four vid scattered eight hits,' while Walters fanned 'three and ; passed two . as he gave ip seven safeties. - : ..'t Tv Aside from Big .: Mac's .round tripper, only two extra base blowg marked the game, both doubles; by, Eddie Miller with one away in the second and by Walker in the third, with two down. st : L.ioo 000 oqo 000 e-e 7 CineL 000 000 000 000 11 I ': Jurisich and Odea, W. Cooper (12) j Walters and MneUer, Eice (li). : Quality SPRING SUITS! . S & N Qothicrs 451 State... Salem SMS Slanp 10 Expires April 33lli husky uomi V mm -ncii LACE-TO-TOE BOOTS 98 . , Western made, sturdy, long wear- log, this boot has full Itather mid dle sole, Goodytar-wtlt eord outer eele. Real service In these! 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