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Wf -id Mp- -"--6, '"K'-iM.l ' READOTE EAST OIUSGONIAN SPORT PAGE AND RECEIVE THE NEWS THAT IS FURNISHED BX THREE SERVICES, A. P., U. P. AND I. N.SL -rsJt : TEN PAGES SECTION TWO PAGES 7 TO 10 , TEN PAGES SECTION TWO PAGES 7 TO 10 -5 WlJ DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1921. , : -iS? : 1.,1 ' S Brother of Great Fighter Meets Ridicule and Opposition of Fans by Sticking and Work. Uy HENRT L. FA ItltKLL, (United Press Stuff Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Auk. 5. After ono of the hardest struggles a boxer ever en countered, Tommy Gibbons, the Ht. Paul light weight, la Just one rung below the top. Those who know him ure sure that ho will take the next step to a cham pionship when he meets Georges tr pcntler in October. . . Many of tliooo who know liirn feel sure thut some day lie will wear the heuvywelght crown not soon maybe, bu tome day. . Gibbons deserves a championship If ever a boxer merited one. His rise from the handicap of being merely a, great brother's brother has been one continuation of trials. For some strange reason a certain clomcnt of the boxing crowd refused to entertain tho Ht. Paul boy seriously. Itls to his everlasting credit that he did not have the support of thut fac tion. ' . ' tYwUt. formal! .l)J;j.,Jetorles was ta-, ken away with tho clulm that he was a hot-house plant -being nurtured on "net-lips.' ' They camped on his trail Incessant ly and ridiculed him, charging lilm with everything Bhort of crime. But he finally got there. t At first the knockers said he was u good boxer, but lucked a punch. Then he developed a punch bv scientific study that got him thirteen short knockouts in a row. This even failed to convince his enemies. Even wlieii he knocked out AVillic Median, a fiat thut Jack Dempsey fulled to do three times, ho got no credit. The cries of a "set-up"' still persisted. The writer knows that Tom Gibbons never sought a "set-up" In his life, and ho never held out for u big purse. Ho tried to get AI Roberts, and failed. Churloy AVeincrt ran away from him. Flnully he got Lurry Williams, a big lough lellow, and he got JS00 for knocking him out when the poorest boxers in New York were getting three and four thousand dollars from Tex Rlckard. Tom then signed a contract to meet any opponent th promoters could get for bin fop a fifteen round bout at Ebbet's Field. The promoters wired him to write the name of Hartley Madden In the Contract When he arrived in New York ho found that Madden would not slgn'and that Jack Clifford, u, sparring purtner of the champion, hud been secured. He bad to meet Clifford, und he knocked him out. Bill Biennun wanted S4u,vub to meet any opponent the promoters could get for him for a fifteen-round bout at Ebbet's Field. The promoters wired him to write the numc of Bart ley Madden in the contract. When he arrived In s'cw York he founaVthaL, luddeii woufd nbt's'igif and'tmit Jack Clifford, u sparring partner of the chnntplnn. hml been secured. He had llo meet Clifford, and" ho knocked h'm , out. Bill Drennun wanted 45,01)0 to beet the fit. Paul boy. l.eo Flynn frankly admitted that iircnuun stood fur an other bout with Dempsey und thut he wanted big money if Uie Chicago boy was to be knocked off. The Carpentier-Gibbons mulch then loolteu Jike u winner to Tex Rickurd because sentiment all over the coun try und especially umong the real funs In New York favored the mutch. "Stories were then widely circulated in New York that Gibbous had the Kail to ask S63,ouo. The real fact of! salmon waters. VICTORIA, Ii. C, Aug. 5. V. P.) Salmon are running very shyly In ltritlsh Coltimbiu waters, according to John P. Bitbeock, assistant cornmls sioner of fisheries for the province, who. has just completed a tour of the FRE CKLES PASTIME Today jthe case is thut Gibbons never uske'il for a cent. Rickurd usked Eddie Kane, his manager, how much he wanted for a match, und Kane told him thut he would not accept a flat guarantee and thut he would work only on a percentage basis. The con tract was signed on this basis. Tommy has never opened his mouth In protest ut the knocks against him No ddubt he knew thut bo could get Fishermen whD have allowed then- hopes and aspirations fur even a nor mal run, and have reported the pres ence of large numbers of fish fur this year have hern "seeing things," ac cording to Babcock, but those thing? haven't been salmon. "The hordes of salmon heading foi the Eraser is a dranie" asserts the commissioner, vho stood on the deck of the steamer coming down the Inside to the top 111 spite of the barriers put i passage and could almost count on the Don't Hide Tin-in Willi a Veil: IIciiiovi Them With Oililnc Double Strength This preparation for the removal of freckles Is usually so successful In re moving freckles and giving a cleur, beautiful complexion that it is sold under guarantee to refund the money if It fans. Don't hide your freckles under a veil; gel an ounce of Othlne and re move them. Even (he first few appli cations should show a wonderful im provement, some of the lighter freck les vanishing entirely. Re sure to ask the druggist for the double strength Othlne; it Is this that is nold on the money-back guarantee. Children, 5c Adults, 20c QHc sacrificed happiness' J ta dejend another's honor' up aguinsl him and he is there now, Ho ought to beat Carpentler. From the sentiment heard around New York and out through the country he will enter the ring the favorite. fingers of one hand the salmon he saw leap from the water In u Virgil of sev eral hours. Babcock said that though it was a bit too early to make u forecast fir the Fraser und nearby streams, he thought thut from today on would de cide whether sportsmen were going to be given a thrill. NATE PASTS fill! FOR FARMER PET) SUMMARY - 1. 1--. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5- (A. P.) Agricultural credits bill embodying the administration plan for loaiw by the vnr' finance corporation to uid ill ex ports of furm products passed the senate. 2C QUALITY SERVICE SANITATION Saturday Specials Prime Steer Beef A-l Quality BOILING BEEF -...tJ...05c BEEF STEW ...05c POT ROAST -12isc CROSS RIB ROAST 18c CHUCK STEAK ROUND STEAK SIRLOIN STEAK PORTER HOUSE STEAK 20c ..25c 28c .28c MILK FED SPRING LAMB Lamb Stew 10c Lamb Roast 20c Lamb Steak 20c Leg of Lamb English Lamb Chops Frenched Lamb Chops 25c 25c 25c POULTRY Spring Fries Roasting Chickens FISH Salmon, Halibut, Salmon Trout, Fruit and Produce Our Grocery Department is running over with the good things of the season, in cluding Huckleberries, Green Corn, Beans, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Celery, Cucumbers, Radishes, Turnips, Carrots, Beets, Apricos. All kinds Berries Cherries, Peaches. Special prices on gallon cans Fruits and Vegetables for the day only. PENDLETON TRADING CO. If it's on the market Ave have it. At the Sign of a Service National League Standing'-. Pittsburg- 03 35 643 New York '01 40 .601 Huston 5.r, 40 .579 Brooklyn . 52 50 .510 St. Louis 50 4S .510 Chicago 41 57 .4:! 4 Cincinnati 42 58 .420 Philadelphia 30 07 .30! 'American League Standings. Cleveland , 62 3 .620 New York 58 37 .611 Washington 57 4S .513 Detroit ...... '.. 4!) 53 .180 Kt. Lou's 47 51 .480 Poston 4 4 55 .4 4 4 Chicago 44 55 .444 Philadelphia . 36 62 .367 Pacific Coast J.ciisiiio Standing. San FranciMp 7S 45 .634 Sacramento v. 6y 53 .5156 Lou Angeles-.. ,. 66 51 .564 Seattle ; 68 52 .659 Oakland . ,' 06 54 .550 Vernon 63 59 .516 Salt Lake 4 2 76 .356 Portland 28 88 .241 Yesterday's licsult. At Portland 6. Silt Lake 4. At Seattle 2. Sacramento 9. At Los Angeles, Vernon ,'3, San Francisco 2. At San Francisco. Oakland 4-9, Los Angeles 1-8. American AssiK'iatinn Kesiill.s. Columbus 2. Kansas City II. Indiana!', lis 5. St. Paul 2. Louisville 8. Minneapolis 13. (12 innings. ) Milwaukee-Toledo postponed: races. Southern .sor'utim l!su" Atlanta 2. Little Ilock 6 (first game) Atlanta 3. Little Ilock 1. Mobile 4, Nashville 3. New Orleans 0, Kirniingham 4. Chattiin.ioga 1. Memwliis 0. WoK'ril 4 ."'. lie- l!ellltts. Oklahoma City 6, Wichita 12. Joilin 5. Tulsa 4. Des Moines 7. Omaha 1. Sioux City 8. St. Joseph 7. T WASHINGTON", Aug. 5. (A. Acting Attorney General Goff has an nounced that a new Investigation had been ordered by the department of justice into the war aircraft scandal, in which millions of dollars were spent without producing a single airplunc that taw service at the front. The probe Is expected to disclose the Identity of a number of individu als and concerns which mulcted the government, Goff said. Some of the charges now made us u busis of the investigution made It apparent that heavy losses to the government oc curred through conspiracies with "outsiders." MOTION PICTURE NEWS Pastime Today LlilS H5 FOOT SWING IV MID-AIR TO ItESlTE GIKL One of the most spectacular feats ever performed for the movies is ac complished by Harry McLaughlin, the dare-devil aviator, ivho co-stars with Allen Ray in '"West of the Rio Grande." a thrilling western photo drama to be shown at the Pastime Theatre today. McLaughlin will bo remembered as the man who bettered Locklear's stunts, by changing places in midair, head duwnward. His many other stunts have drawn thousands of peo ple to see him on his tour of the state fairs about the country. In one scene in "West of the Rio Grande" the villain attacks an Indian girl on the bank of a river. (Tom) McLaughlin hears her screams while at work across the water. He seizes his axe. chops loose a long vine twined about a tree overhanging the river. ; nd seizing the end of it, with a mighty leap, swings across the river and drops tc the side of the helpless girl. He makes short work of the villain. ALT A TODAY Paris is visited by a plague of flies for the first lime in years. The ordi nary housefly is so unknown in that section of France that door and win dow screens and flypaper are un known. Residents of Paris believe that the fly pest is due to the extra ordinary warm summer. "Is Life Worth Living?" startin-; F.ugene O'Brien, which Is scheduled tor a two days engagement at the Alta Arcade Fur-Trimmed Today , 10i 'ItW Children, 10c Adults, 35c ,i"ir"".'ltiirn"WMW,l';,K"ft. FORD The Universal Car " Rfnwmber that nlion you brhw yntir Ford car Ui us for hip rhnntcal attention thut you et tlio genuine Ford cnlK tnn. UtIiiIs, rxperliMwr d workmen una I uril factory prler l our i lnl In too useful, too vnUmblo ui lake cluuioew will' poor me- ' ciluinlc. with cyunlly jioor quality uiulcrials. IVrlng it to us and bate both time und money. Wo are authorlwd 1'oril diNilors, trusted by the lVird Moior Oo. t look after tho wunls of I Vird owners. Tliat's Hie amturaiK-e wo offer. 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The photoplay Is rounded upon the George Weston story, which appeared in the Saturday livening I'ust not many months ago under the title of "The Open Door." Winifred Westover and Arthur Houseman appear in lead ing support of the star. Alan Cros land directed the production. tsigns by Callot; Lumlere models by Madeline et Mudelalne and a score of others reflect the very latest dLnates cf the fashion ateliers. "Sacred and l'rofane Love" Is a Wil liam D. Taylor production, adapted by Julia Crawford Ivers frorh the story and play by Arnold Bennett. Conrad Nagel, Thomas Holding and Winifred Greenwood are in the leading roles. AIU'ADK TOU.VV Wcering the latest Parisian fashiun ahle gowns, Klsie Ferguson will prove a big attraction to society women of Pendleton when her latest Parnmount picture, "Haded and Profane Love" is displayed at the Arcade Theatre today. The gowns recently came from Paris, where they were purchased by the star en route home from her six-months' trip around the world. 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