Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1929)
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON PAGE THRRFJ TALENTED YOUTH BRINGS DUCKS UP FROM CELLAR TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1929 TEAM APPEARS UNBEATABLE IN PRESENT FORM Portland (IP) The tide In the af fairs of men that WUUara Shakes peare wrote about appears to have been taken at the blood by the Port land baseball club or the Pacific Coast league. After 15 years of shallows and miseries, the Beavers have flared from wine cellar to garret all In the space of six weeks. On July 11 the club had won one game out of 13 and there vere tew to do them honor at Vaughn Street park. Youth talented ' youth set the team ablate lu late July. In a suc cession of deals Turner picked up Wallace Walters, 228 pound plteher-Inflclder-outflelder; Dave Harris, a slashing hitter and heada-up outfielder- Irom the Eastern league; Ray O'Dell, ft Bellingham, Wash., lnfielder, whom Fielder Jones of the . old White Sox says Is "the most natural .litter In the coast league;" Bob Johnson, a 812,500 outfield tiros oect from Wichita. Kansas, and Buster Chatham, the five foot four Inch shortstop from Pueblo In the Western league. The San Francisco Seals released Walters because he was too fat. "Cowboy" Ed Tomlin, catcher and Jack-of-all-trades, has caught Wal ters on each of his four pitching victories and their antics have caused them to be dubbed "The Circus battery." Turner and Manager Bill Rod ger tempered the team with vet erans and the combination appears unbeatable. The sterling catcher, Larry Woodall, for years a main stay at Detroit, Is showing Portland fans some of the keenest backstop- ping of a decade. Woodall, characterized as "the finest gentleman who ever walked on Navin Field," came to Portland shortly before George Wuestllng went up to play shortstop for the Tigers. He supposedly came in part payment but backstalr gossip has It that the Athletics bought him for Portland as a reserve in ease Cochrane and Perkins become disabled. . He has turned Lee Roy Mahaffrey Into one of the finest big league prospects In the coast league. Curt Fullerton, the ex-blg leaguer late of Hollywood, and Roy Chester field, whom the Yankees paid 25,- 000 for some few seasons ago, are carrying the pitching burden with Mahaffrey. Francis Slgafoos, sent back from the White Sox on option, Is banging 'em at third base and Jim Keesey has no eaual In the coast league for all-around dependability on first base. Buster Chatman at short may snake the grade In the big leagues. He hit .338 for Pueblo and Is crack ing them hard In the coast league. He'a made but one bobble In about 30 games. VALENTINO'S VOICE RAISES ARGUMENT London, (LP Valentino had an excellent talkie voice, according to Miss M. C. Elliott, secretary of the London Valentino Association, who has written a sharp protest to a London paper against the sugges tion voiced by the American critic George J. Nathan to the effect that "Valentino died in time." The remark, says Miss Elliott Is a "gratuitious Insult to the dead." "II necessary,'" writes Miss El liott, "I could give actual proof of the excellence of his voice, as I am the actual possessor of one of the only two existing records of his voice. He had a low vibrant cultured voice that would have re produced splendidly In the talkies.' CATCHES "ONLY" lt FISH Turlock, Cal tB It took L. L. McOee two hours to distribute to his friends here the catfish he hooked with pole and line In the San Joaquin river neap here. Mc Gee puled 138 of the bullheads from ' tne water in inree and a nail hours. P. O. McAllister, companion of Mc Oee on the trip, complained of "tough luck." Be snaged "only" 102 catllsn. EVADES SOUP 1H TEAKS Winston-Salem, N. O. (IB Crowds have been attracted to the Walter Franklin farm where an upland ter. rapln, said to be older than the United States, was captured. The nark of "1TJ4" Is In the bottom of the terrapin's shell. More than 13,000 Illinois farms have electric service. Will up Today KyioicTnflr) XOUME Pals Step Into Majors Together A COOKE J VCHAPMAN 'The vounr stars whs have climbed together from the humble ranks of the minors will try to strengthen Stars Have Opportunity As Ducks Face Angels Bv The Associated Press Pacific Coast league clubs Tuesday were prepared to take up the cudgel in the cruicial offensive for the second half banner of the 1929 season. That this week's series would inaugurate the most in tensive campaign among five admitted fact, partly Because ut end of the season was not lar on, but more because of the almost phenomenal progress made by clubs which in 10 days were able to forge to the top alter a long sojourn In the cellar of the league. A shining example of what can be done in baseball with a dash of pep and plenty of determination, might be derived from the exper ience of the Portland Ducks last week. Portland, almost since the beginning of the season had re mained In the second division, trad ing places with the Seattle Indians in the cenar. lasi. weeic uicy de feated the San Francisco Seals sev en in a row, and took the coast league lead by storm. Tuesd-y the Portland Ducks were scheduled to face the Los Angeles Angels in the Rose city. With the first rnd second place teams as riv als for the lead, one of the warmest series of the second hall was in sight. The Angels were rated a strong team and were expected to give the Webfoot club a tough week. The southerners have clung near the top of the league for weeks, playing consistent baseball and boasting well balanced team. Oakland and the Mission Reds were slated to fight ft out this week at recreation park, while the San Francisco Seals were pitted against the tall-end Seattle Indi ans, the black sheep of the league. Sacramento and Hollywood were matched for a series at Los Angeles. MILUOiTsMQRE! We the Yankees next year. In Crucial Schedule closely grouped clubs was an With a good week in the south, the Hollywood club had a fair chance of sliding back into first place at the top of the league. The Sacra mento Senators, who have been playing mediocre ball the last few weeks were next to last In the standings. ROY KRESS KAYOS BLACK OF SEATTLE Pendleton W7 Roy Kress of San Francisco knocked out Johnny Black of Seattle in the fourth round of a ten-round main event here Monday night. The fighters are featherweights. In the six-round preliminary Jimmle Nolan of Los Angeles won the referee's decision over Bobby Green of Chicago, while in the four round preliminary Brownie Buskirk of Pendleton knocked out "K. O." Nelson of Portland In the first stanza. BEACH VISIT ENDS Amity Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Pat ty and mother, Mrs, Lucy Patty, returned Friday from ft short vis It at Neskowin beach. Mr. and Mrs. Patty, who have been looking after property interests at their farm east of Amtiy for several days, left for their home in Dufur, Saturday. V . Y Nras' 5 cents a GOOD cigar FOIL PROTECTED STANFORD FACES 11 GAME SERIES Palo Alto, Calif. Of) Confronted by t, formidable lt-game schedule. Coach Glenn "Pop" Warner of Stanford Is whipping his Cardinal grtdders into shape. The Red Shirts have lost 13 of last year 'i 23 lettermen by gradu ation and the veteran coach Is di recting his attention toward filling of vacancies. Of the 13 lettermen eligible to play this season, only five saw reg ular service last year. They are Walt Heinecke, center; Corwln Art man, tackle: Captain "Mush" Mil ler and John Preston, ends, and Herb Fletthhacker, quarter. The men who stepped out of col lege footjall with the acceptance o! diplomas were Don Robesky and Seraphim Post, guards; Koiana Sellman, tackle; Prank Wilton and Bob Sims, halfbacks; "Biff" Hoff man, fullback; Bob Vennilya and son, Dick Worden, "Spud" Hardern, Alex Cook, centers; Hodge David- ends, and "Spud" Lewis, quarter and halfback. - It Is expected that Warner will have his greatest difficulty in till ing the gutrd positions left vacant by departure of Post and Robesky, two splendid, fighting players. With Walt Heinecke at center, Warner will have one of the best men In the country. But, as yet no capable understudy has made an appearance. Heinecke Is "tough" and he may go through the entire season uninjured, but Warner wants a capable substitute. The Cardinals went through a heavy schedule last season and were defeated but once at the hands of the University of Southern Calif ornia by a score of 10 to 0. Six of this season's games will be with conference opponents the major clashes being with Univer sity of Southern California and the Cardinals traditional rivals, California. The Red Shirts will climax their season December 28 when they play host to the United States Mil itary Academy In what may be the last intersectional clash of the year. The schedule: Sept. 21 West Coast .' rmy .Stanford Sept. 28 Olympic Club. ...Stanford Oct. 5 Oregon Stanford Oct. 12 U. C. L. A Los Angeles Oct, 19 Oregon state ...Stanford Oct. 20 U. S. C. Stanford Nov. 2 Cal. Tech .Stanford Nov. 0 Washington , Nov. 16 Santa Clara Nov. 23 California ... ....Seattle ..Stanford ..Stanford Dec. 28 West Point .. . .Stanford Fights & Fighters (By the Associated Press) Philadelphia Bushy Graham, Otlca, N. Y outpointed Vtdai Oregorlo, Spain, (10); Alt Roa, France, stopped Eddie Dempsey, Philadelphia, (7). New York Sammy Dorfman, New York, defeated Augle Plsano, New York, foul, (2). Baltimore Walter Cobb, Balti more, knocked out Johnny Grosso, New York, (2). Toronto Red Bragan, Toronto, outpointed Ernie Woodward, Los Angeles, (2). NOTES HOME FROM BEACH Wood burn Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Noyes returned Tuesday from a week's vacation which they spent at Neskowin. During then absence Miss Molly Voorheea was In charge of the Noyes home. Sweden has pleading for peace. 1,000 organisations disarmament and Long Ash speaks a mouthful of smoking satisfaction. Wm. Perm ash holds, and tetts you that It Is the long filler, and big GOOD 5-cent cigar. . . Over 100,000,000 more Wm. Penns smoked la the last fourteen months. jpemmn Thorpe, Indian Athlete, Sues Derby Promoter La Angeles. OP1 C C. Pile, derby mre-neter, was the defendant Tuesday in another suit for npaid la bor. City Prosecutor ' Lloyd Nix, acting for Jim Thorpe, turnout Indian athlete, filed a com plaint charging theft at labor in eenneetloa with the $tsa Pyle assertedly ewe Thorpe for his part in the trans-continental derby. In s complaint leaned last Saturday, .Fan! Hickman, vaudeville actor, accused the promoter of faUare to pay him 83 In wage. Nix has announced bia intention to proseevto the ease against Pyle vigorously. PAIR ATTEMPT CHANNEL SWIM Dover, Eng. VP) The giant Egyp tian swimmer, Isnak Helmy, en tered the waters of the English channel here at 7:09 a. m. in an attempt to swim across it, a feat he had accomplished once before, in January 1928. His effort was made with the hope of winning the Dover town gold cup. An accompanying boat contained among others, his trainer, Burgess, and the mayor of Calais, France. Anotbr aspirant for the Dover gold cud was Dr. G. B. Brewster who left for South Foreland, where he entered the water at 11:46 a. m., in an attempt to awim to France. He was accompanied by a boatload of witnesses. Including three women. An old Bible used by Oen. Rob ert K. Lee baa been acquired by the Richmond, Va Confederate BATSMEN COME TO RESCUE AS HURLERS FAIL By the Associated Pros When the Cub pitching fails, Joe McCarthy's batsmen come to the rescue with a salvo of basebita to keep the Bruin welt in advance of any National league pursuers. It was ft terrific battling rally in the eighth inning Monday that en abled the Chieagu pennant hopes to down the Cincinnati Reds, 9 to a. Until the fateful eighth, Eppa Jeptha Rixey, elongated left hander, waved an uncanny spell over Cub bats while the Reds were touch ing Charley Root for a run here and there. Until the eighth Rix ey granted only six hits, one of which was Rogers Hornby's 28th homer of the year In the fourth. In the Red's half of the eighth Root was touched for two runs, making the count & to 2. Then the Cub swatsmlth got busy. A walk and two singles and Rlxey was replaced by Rube Ehr hardt. Five more hit rolled off Cub bats, one of them freak home run by Norman McMillan with the hues filled. This blow began life as an ordinary single but bounced Into the stands for ft four-bagger. All told the Cubs scored seven times and the game was over. In the only other National league game of the day, the Phillies noised out the St. Louis Cardinals 7 to 18. The American league had a day off while eastern teams were get ting back to their home bases from the west. talMWBlMir.Tn 833 illfiHlrUit CiiSSf '""'is..- - r, at-n TOLSON GOES GOOD WITH REGULAR WORK Chicago OB Regular work seems to have been what Charley Tolson needed. Subbing for Charley Grimm at first base in his first game since the Cuba brought him sacx irom tne Factitc coast league Tolson looked like a far different bail player than when he went back to the coast. THREE CORNERED DUEL FOR SWIM Toronto, Ont. VPh-Another three cornered international duel Is In prospect in the Wrigley 15-mile mar ch on swim is Lake Ontario here Wednesday. In a field of more than 400 en tries, three stand out in advance calculations George Young of Can ada; Ernest Vierkoetter of Ger many, and Georges' Michel of France. Young first leaped into fame when he captured the first Wrig-j ley marathon at Catalina island three years ago. Vierkoetter won the second and Michel took down most o the prise money last year although he failed to finish. Prize money aggregating $35,000 win be distributed, 825,000 going toj the winner. Budweiser is the malt that's guaranteed to contain no fillers, no adulterants, no artificial flavors, no artificial colors, no substitutes. rt-.t.. , -C7"h GOLFERS FROM NORTHWEST TO VIE FOR TITLE Del Monte, Calif. OA Pebble beach, the setting for the li2S na tionai amateur champtccahlpB which start a week from Tuesday, hi be ing invaded by brUaant array at golfer from the Pacific northwest. Lead by Chandler -Bran at MadV ford, Ore, who re-destined th course tor championship play, ths northwest talent carries the hopes of Washington and Oregon. . Donald Moe. Frank and Vincent Dolp, Dr. O. P. Willing, Charles Hunter, Bon Stein. Rudy WUheha and Russell Smith, all well known in galling circles, are here for tournament practice. Smith already ha liven the tal lery ft thrill with ft brilliant X2, four under par over the outgoes nine but like the other amateur seeking to master the course, fomnd trouble on the ln-comlr.g alas total It, Moe, western amateur ehamoloot Dolp, with two western titles to bis string; Egan, former national chain plon, Hunter and Stent am alt e cellent medal player and an giv en places among tne mythical qua) lliers.