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page srx MURDEROUS PUNCHERS SET FOR BATTLE TONIGHT WALTCLEGHORN AND WES HOBBS G TONIGHT'S CAIID Curtain Raiser Four rounds Lloyd Ambrose, of Halem, 115, vs Harry Savage, of Al bany, lis. Special Events Four rounds Youne; Ensley, Tur ner, 158, vs Young Flrpo, Albany, lu. Four rounds SI Flook, mill City, lis, v I'ce Wee Qrcen, l'ortland, 112. Four rounds Pete Wlllert, Salem, 140, vs Buss Itumeley, Eugene, 149. Main Event Ten rounds Walter Clcghorn, Seattle, ICO, vs Wesley Hobbs, I'ort land, 160. Supporting the Hobbs-Cleghorn neadiiner at the armory tonight are three special events and one curtain raiser totalling 20 rounds of fight ing, or less.- Local followers of fistdom predict that the main event will not go 10 rounds. Both Hobbs and Clcighorn pack murderous punches which un loosed at an opportune time may mane either one of them assume a horizontal posture on the canvas. Pete Wlllert will find his gloves full against Rumely. Rumley stepped a pretty pace here against Prankie Monroe. He's a student at Univer sity of Oregon. Opponents for 81 Flook are scarce in these parts so Harry Plant went after a cousin of Wesley Hobbs, Pee Wee Green, of Los Angeles. Pec Wee Is in Portland now studying with Hobbs, Young Ensley and Young Plrpo are strangers to Salem fans, but arc said to be i couple of tough pugs. In the curtain raiser, Lloyd Am brose makes his debut In the Salem rf ig. It's Ambrose's first fight, but he has been training at the armory for a long time, awaiting a call to put on the gloves. His opponent is Harry savage, ol Albany. FINDS LIVE SPRING London, (IB Using a hazel twig a water diviner located a spring 30 feet deep which has been slowl under mining the foundations of the fam ous Highbury church. Watch Young Wes Hobbs When He Meets Cleghorn Tonight; Wesley Hobbs, rhc meets Walter Cleghorn In a 10 rounn fist swing ing match tonight, worked out tor t:.e benefit ol a crowd o spectators at the armory lu . night, and he appears to be in the plni of condi tion. He punched the bag with surpris ing vigor, Jumped the rope with an easy swing, and knocked his shad ow for a goal. He means buslnes Hobbs does, In this bout with Clet, horn. Hobbs has been located in Port land for several months. Ho made such a good showing in his first match there, easily defeating Bob Spady, that he has hat a tough time getting suitable opponents ever since. A great many got '. boys shy off at a southpaw, which Hobbs is. The, are awkward to fight, an. sock hard with their leit nana. For that reason, Hobbs ! is been unable to appear in Portland lately. He had to go to Seattle for another bout. In this, he gave Eddie Brock a 'hoi ough trouncing. Hobbs showed his stuff once in Salem against Bill Illtng worth, What he did to Bill was plent". He stopped him in 1 than one min ute. Then, after five minut"i or rest, he waded into BUI again and knocked him out In the fourth round. In Cleghorn, he will find a far more formidable opponent. Cleg horn is an Eskimo, tough and rugged. He has lived the greater part of his life in Seattle, where he learned to box. Starting as a preliminary boy, Walter now is recognized as one of the best cards In the Sound city. He recently held Wolcot. Langford, the great colored fighter, ' a draw, and has beaten most of the best men of his weight In that section. Hobbs will find his work cut out for him in facing Cleghorn, but Genoa. (IP) Mazzlnl'g fifty-sec ond death anniversary was com memorated March 10. A parade, headed by the civil authorities, went to Stagllcno cemetery, near here, where the patriot's remains lay In beautiful tomb, and placed a rich ly decorated wreath on.lt. If you smoke for pleasure THE He's In Shape f e H WALTER (il.HUIIOKN hot recura is sucn mat ne louid be conceded an even c.iance to win. Any boxer who can defeat the nard hitting and rugged Herman Auerbach three times has something to boast of. Georgia Dixon beat Hennan the last time he faced him in rortland, but lost in their first meeting. Auerbach wa,nt in the best of shape for their second battle, as he had been ill with Influenza, which caused the second bou; to be postponed for one week. It Is likely that the scheduled bout will not go the limit. Both contest- ante are hard hitters, and likely to score a kayo any time they find the proper opening. Each fighter is toujh, though, and can lane a wanop without going down for the count, unless It hap pens to land In a particularly vul nerable snot. Therj will be lit.tln auicrence In weight. Cairo (P) In an effort to keep home eggs boiling, the Egyptian council of ministers has restricted egg exports during January, Febru ary and March to 15,000,000 a month. So many eggs were being shipped from the country, it was found, that domestic prices had risen. m you have the right idea. Enjoyment in smoking is the thing that counts and you get it full measure in 66 W9 I'd walk a mile for a Camel" CAPITAL JOURNAL, Basketball trunks at Sal. hli'h have been stored away, and the prep ainietes are turning their attention to baseball and track. Ottic'-I calls for both these sport- will be given oy Coach Louie Anderson some time this week. Assistant Coach Luke Gill will handle the ba avengers, while Coach Anderson will devote his at tention to developing the cinder path aspirants in an effort to grab oil another state championship. Just what baseball material is available will be unknown until the athletes take the field. There are only four lettermen in school. Sa lem high boys turn out in great num bers for this sport, however, and Gill should find little difficulty in win ning tne Willamette valley title. In track there will be three men who can be depended upon to take points In the state meet, Lloyd, Smith, and Blaco. . Lloyd made the best mar': of any high schooler In Oregon last season in tne broad Jump during the Will amette valley meet. He leaped 20 feet, 11 Inches. In the state meet, nowever, ne aid not do so well and l -st out to the Baker negro. Fred Smith can toss the javelin for good distances. Be took third in the state meet. Blaco Is a speedster In the quarter mile and the half, taking third place In the state meet quarter mile race. Barnard In the 440, Homer Smith In the weights, Kelsey Bonney and Don siegmund -n the sprinw, Oliver Smith, Paul Todd, Richard Sherwln and Stanley Perrlno In the pole vault, are some of the track and field artists on whom Coach Ander son will base his hor- 3 to repeat as state champion. Hurdlers and mllers will have to be developed. The track and '.he baseball dia mond are being put Into proper con dition, and if tiie weather permits, opening workouts will be scheduled this week. BRICK THEFT NETS TERM Manila, lf Theft of 14 bricks worth 81 cents cost Hermencglldo Santos sentence of 13 veara im prisonment under the new Filipino habitual delinquency law. SALEM. OREGON You Swim, I'll Swim, Too, Says Natatorial Bunny Napa, March 21. (LP) Some where in Napa county today there roamed a rabbit, that owed its life to its ability to swim. "lluck," big hunting dog owned by Howard Wcstcndorf, chased (he rabbit. Brc'r rabbit jumped into the Napa river and swam across. "Buck" followed . Mr. Itabbit swam back. "Buck" did, too. The fabblt tired and "Buck" was successful, for a second, and captured the prey. Wcstendorf, however, freed the rabbit, in appreciation of its ex hibition. FARRELL GRABS OFF FIFTEEN THOUSAND Miami Beach, Pla., March 21 (JF- Johnny Farrell, the "beautiful Irish, man,'' from Mammaroneck, N. Y, tucked away a 63 for his final round LaGorce open championship to this titular list here yesterday with total of 274. 10 under par for the 72 hole distance. Close on Johnny's heels came Bob, by Cruickshank. with a 276. Farrell took down $5000 of the big prize money, wnue we ecouisn runner up is 2ouu ncner toaay. doe Kirkwood of Albany, Ga also got Into major money with siaoo morsel which his third place won for him. IDAHO HOOP CHAMPS TO VIE AT CHICAGO Couer D'Alene, Idaho, March 21 (ff) The Couer D'Alene high school basketball team, which won the title of lnterscholastlc champion of Ida- no, will participate In the Univer sity or Chicago basketball tourna ment, It was made known today. The chamber of commerce has started a movement to raise $1500 to aeiray expenses at the meet, which runs irom April 3 to 7. DAM ON ALSEA TO BE OPENED BY APRIL FIRST The dam on the Alsea river Is to oe opened between April 5 and Oc tober 1, and the salmon allowed to go into the unoer reaches dur ing the hot months when they de sire colder water, according to re ports received from Corvallls. Farmers along the river nenr Tidewater, the location of the fish dam, have long cherished hard feelings In this matter, and have even threatened to blow the dam out. The opening of the dam dur ing the summer months is expected 10 resiore peace ana harmony. Last fall it was decided that it was inadvisable to attempt further to hold Chinook salmon through the summer months durlnu hiiih temperature below the dam. The flshways will be opened and kept in good repair and every aid will be rendered the fish by employes during tharfummer months In their endeavors to pass up to the upper tributaries of the Alsea where tem peratures are naturally lower and better to the liking of the fish. Judgment in the III I When you come to a store like Bishop's you place your reliance for good quality and good style upon a store whose reputation for quality merchandise extends back for thirty-seven years. In quality, service and value the wrong thing isn't to be found here. As proof of the unusuctlness of values see these new Spring Suits at Exclusiveness in Bishop's Washougal Virgin Wool Spring Suits NEW RAYON HOSE Beautiful, checked, plaid, fig ured patterns, many colors. Special 3 prs. $1.25 yClTW BOXING At Salem Armory Arena Wednesday, March 21st 10 3-MIXUTE ROUNDS NO RAISE IN PRICES Hobbs vs. Cleghorn The Only Alaskan Indian in (he Ring 4 OTHER BOUTS Tickets on Sale at Adolph's Cigar Store READ THE CAPITAL JOURNAL CASSIFIED ADS selection of your clothes pa For Men and Young Men You are assured of three things in these new spring suits clothes of the highest quality, savings that are extraordi nary and complete satisfaction. We have them for both men and young men, light and dark patterns In tweeds, cassimeres and hard finish worsteds. Extra Trousers $6.00 If you have ever worn a Washougal Virgin Wpol Suit you know the wearing qualities and tailoring of these high-grade clothes. These suits are entirely different from the usual run of suits. The patterns are exclusive, the material is ex clusive. You will find them in no other store In Salem. White collar attached DRESS SHIRTS English Broadcloth material, made by the Arrow-Cluett Peabody C3. . ' Special $1.95 NG WOOLEN MILLS STORE WEDNESDAY. MARCH 21, 1928 mr it mrr WuuMtJilw. It. C