THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON PfTE TTTRFJ? FIGHT DEVELOPS FOR BERTHS ON NORTHWEST TEAMS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1929 WEBFOOTS AND HUSKIES NAMED FOR HONORS Portland (IB With the opening games o the coast conference football season less than two weeks way, more than 200 men Tuesday were fighting for a berth on one of the five teams in the northern sec tion of the conference. Washington and Oregon wlH probably carry the honors of the five northern members, pre-season dope Indicates. More than 68 men reported to Coach Bagshaw for practice Mon day, ol which 30 were veterans. With this group of lettermen on hand, the Huskies present a strong aggregation. Baggy Is getting the boys in shape fast. He has called for two practice sessions a day. Among the veterans are Pulver, back field man, who will probably get the call at quarter this fall; Jessup, giant tackle and Captain Wentworth, Bchwelger and Jim Davis, tackles. Although Oregon had a turn out of 29 men, three of them veterans, ' Coach McEwan has hopes that he will have all nine lettermen in camp before the week ends. McEwan will mould his attack around Johnny "Plying Dutchman" Kittmiller half back, who starred last fall. "Besides Kitzmlller, Mc Ewan will have Al Brown, promis ing freshman back coming up for the varsity, Dave Mason and Rob inson and Williams, two negro threats. Oregon should do great things .this fall, providing they hurdle Stanford In the opening encounter, October 5. Oregon Agricultural college looms as a dark -horse this fall. Fifty-one men reported for the opening turn out, of which 17 were lettermen. The Beavers have a hard game In the initial conference game with U. 8. C. October 5. Coach Schlssler is having trouble finding a man to fill Howard Ma tilda shoes this fall. M&ole was the man around whom Schlssler built bis scoring machine lost laii. Chief CoqulUe Thompson, full blooded Indian: Honolulu Hughes, Hawaiian! and Rowdy Kerr are a few of the men schlssler win nave available for Maple's position. Oregon Agricultural college will play its first game Saturday with Willamette university at Corvallls. Babe Holllngberry at Washington State faces a problem of finding tackles. Of the 40 men who re ported to him for practice this week, 15 are lettermen. He will have to revamp his back field com bination considerably due to the loss of Ted Rohwer. Montana has a bright outlook for the season compared with past years. Major Milburn will probably place the strongest Montana 11 In the field this year than represented previously. Idaho has lost some of the beef It has carried In past seasons and with a lighter team this fall that should mean success for he Van dals, providing the Leo Calland type of football Is picked up without much trouble. Pirates Refuse Concede Pennant To Cubs; Win Two From Philadelphia By The Associated Press Jewel Ens' Pittsburgh Pirates rather late to be sure seem to have determined to give the Chicago Cubs absolutely no help in their chase for the National league pennant. With th Tnha needincr either one victory on their own behalf or a Pittsburgh defeat to clinch the bunting, Monday, the Pirate were unfeeling enougns- to take two from the pnuues ana thus retain their mathematical chance ol nosing out the Cubs, who were held Idle by rain. Jess Petty and Ervln Brame held the slugging Phils to five hits In each game. Petty outpitched Lester Bweetland to win the first game, 3- 2 In 10 Innings, Brame had a wide margin over Smyth, Collins, Bauey and McOraw In the nightcap, which went to the Pirates, 5-2. Smythe was touched for seven hits and four runs in the first Inning of this fray Other scores National: St. Louis S; New York 4. Cincinnati 4; Boston 8. American: Washington 10; Detroit (. New York 2; Cleveland 4. -Philadelphia 2; St. Louis 3. Boston 4; Chicago 3. SIX MEN PLACED ON TOURNEY TEAM Silverton As the reault of an elimination series Sunday and aver aging the seasons play, six men were nominated early this week to uphold Silverton'. prowess at golf in the Cascade tournament which will be held here Saturday and Sun day, September 28 and 29. The men elected to do the honors are W. L, Cunninghom, L. B. Eastman, C. A. Reynelds, W. L. McGinnis, Clifford Rue and Jake Werle. PORTLAND PUGS TO BE OGLED Members of the Salem boxing commission, together with Match maker Harry Plant will go to Port land Tuesday evening to witness the show which Is topllned by a ten round engagement between Long Tom Hawkins and Del Wolfe. The entire group will be on the look out for possible material for bouts in the local arena. . Since the conclusion of a pact between Portland and Salem com missions whereby the two organi zations will work In cooperation In the matter of ring material. Plant believes It will not be difficult to bring several strong candidates for fistic honors here. An el fort Is being made to get Eugene lined up on the proposition. The boxing situation here is In the best shape It has been In for more than two years, Plant stated Monday. While the houses have not been capacity, nevertheless he feels greatly encouraged at the turn-outs despite the fact this time of the year is supposed to be the off season. A Jumper tree calculated to be more than 3,000 years old grows from a cliff In Logan canyon, Utah. It has a circumference of 26 feet 8 Inches and Is 44 feet high. RACING CARD AT FAIR GREATEST IN MANY YEARS . ll Indications point to the full est racing card since 1914 afr the Oregon State Fair at this year's competition, Sept. 23 to 28, when horses will be here from all over the Pacific Northwest and West ern Canada. Cyclonic, the wonder horse be longing to Ruth Parton, Wapato, Wash., and winner of last year's Governor's Derby, is expected to give all entrants stiff competition, as she is the only horse on the Pacific Cliast to win two different derbies twice In succession. Coming in first at both Yakima and Spo kane this summer established this phenomenal record. Last year she was a derby winner four times, and this year, appearing three times, has come in ahead twice. She will have a handicap in the Salem races -of 130 pounds, unusually large. C. B. Irwin, famous Pacific Coast racer, will be here with IT head of horses. Outstanding among these will be Tadawawn, a (35,000 horse; Riprap, Heather Honey, Miss Lester, Woodfaoe and Nose Dive. This Is twin's first year at the State Fair races. Marcella Boy, fast stepper be longing to S. Palmer, will make his appearance. E. C. Davis, of Montana, will have Minnie Mea dows, Lucky Lou and others of bis well-known string here to cause un easiness In racing circles. Others will Include Mrs. N. Cheatham, with Randolph; Mrs. H. Rattlg, with Stamp; C. Spellmen and O. W. Swift, and many others. All the racing men who have seen the Oregon State Fair track declare It to be In the best con dition of any at which they have raced this summer. Sam Bush, superintendent of the groundn, still has work to do on it, which, when finished, will bring It practl callv to perfection. Socker Fights In Socks; Shoes Bother Irisher Chicago yP) Can Tim Der ry, an Irish giant of St, FauL f feet 6 Inches tall, exchange socks with an - pponent In his socks? Or must he wear shoes? This weighty problem eon fronted the Illinois State Athletic eontmisftlon Tuesday, Derry never wore shoes an til two years ago, when he reached his ninteenUi birth day. Since taking ap boxing, the big Irishman found It difficult to move aboot In the ring with shoes en. So be merely wears a heavy pair of socks, or sometimes battles In his bare feet, Derry engages another Irishman, Les Kennedy, In an eight round preliminary to the Taffy Griffith - George Cook bout In the Chicago stadium Friday night. Ken nedy, learning that shoes are a handicap te hie opponent. Insists Derry wear them, it's np to the commission. The rule governing ring attire requires boxers to wear proper athletic apparel, bat says nothing- about shoes. CHEMAWATOFAGE LINCOLN FRIDAY Portland (LB Lincoln high win meet the Chemawa Indian school In a football game here Friday, It was announced Monday, Lincoln opened the season last Saturday with a vic tory over Kelso 7 to 0, Washington high of Portland defeated Chemawa 0 to 0 last Saturday. Pendleton OH Roy Cress, San Francisco fighter, knocked out Jlm- mie Black, Seattle, In the fourth round of a scheduled 10 round fight hero Monday night. Both weighed 118. . -its COMISKEY TO TAKE PERSONAL CHARGE Chicago IIP) The Tribune in a copyrighted story Tuesday quoted Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the Chicago White Sox, as declaring he personally would assume responsi bility for rebuilding the club In such a way that It 'would be "up there" among the leaders next sea son. "I shall continue the policy of acquiring young ball players," Com iskey stated: "but I propose to get at least two experienced hitters. The youngsters lack the punch the White Sox need. . Ten years ago this fall my ball ehib. the greatest club ever as sembled so far as playing ability was concerned, brouRht Chicago Its last pennant. That team, or the eight-crooks who were on It, gave me the worst shock that ever a man suffered in baseball. The years - kawnt hMlwl t.h wounds com pletely, but I've suffered long enougn. i m coming oacs. w vm eago to start In on a lot of new happiness." ' AMITY Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Breeding, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dmphlette and Miss Shirley TJmphlette motored to Oak ville Sunday. Miss Dmphlette will teach there In the Bell Plain school which opened Monday. Miss Fay Mack of Stay-ton was a week end guest at the home of her uncle, C. O. Mack and family of this city. Miss Mack, who is a grad uate of Monmouth Normal school, attended summer school at Ashland this year. She Is a former Amity girl and graduated from Amity high. She will teach near Stay ton this year. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Newman and daughter Lois were Corvallls callers Sunday. Mr. Newman Is owner of a fox farm three miles south of here. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Breeding and ton of Corvallls, were Amity guests Saturday at the home of J. A. Breeding. P. B. Ferguson of Salem was an Amity caller Saturday at the home of his sister. Mrs. t. A. Ruble. Fer guson was en route to Portland and Miss Ruble accompanied him there. where they spent the week end with friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Roblson were visiting their daughter, Mrs. Theo dora Rlchter of this community. Saturday. Mrs. Roblson who has been In 111 health for some time It Improving. Roblson is a prominent fanner and stock raiser of Rlckreau. Flying hit Wright-motored Buhl Air Sedan, powered with Richfield Catv olinc and Richlubc Motor Oil.Loren Mendel), famous "Angeleno" endur ance flight pilot, finished first In clap ed time, in the Oakland to Cleveland race of the National Air Derby. . Richfield was winner alio In major ity of the closed course events at Cleveland, recalling its remarkable performance In the 1928 air races In Los Angeles, when It won four of the six major events ... the greatest competitive record ever credited to any gasoline I , ALTOONA Lou Meyer... 1st, Fred Frame... 2nd, Myron Stevens. ..3rd, in the Annual Altoona Labor Day Speedway Oast-' Ic All three of these daring drivers used Richfield... triple triumph for "the gasoline of powerl Meyer's victory tat this race clinched the 1929 Speed Crown... his second I consecutive National A. A. A. Speed way Championship and an added tributt to Richfield Gasoline for Meyer used this famous motor fuel In his cat exclusively throughout the 1929 racing f,V'3 t PIKE SPEAK Cltn Shulu. driving t tuck SiuJe biker Prtildcnt Eight, powtred with ' Richield Gasoline, won th Penrou Trophy in (h Annual Labor Diy Piled Peak Runthe most spectacu lar and grueling event of the year fot scricuy stock cars. Strain covered the 11.9 milea from Crystal Creek to the Summit In llj tnmutea.43atconda.tha fastest time ever made over tnii court RichftcU f furnished the power, speed, the trrv falling dependability neceiiary for thla grueling run.. .another great re cord for "the gasoline of power" I. ' TIME after time, Richfield has triumphed in competition with prac tically every leading brand of gasoline. Exclusive choice of the country's leading drivers and pilots, it has won more victories and world's records than all other gasolines combined. Its outstanding qualities proved in grueling competitive events are the same qualities ' you need in your own car instant acceleration, power, speed and mileage combined. SERIES DUCATS QUICKLY SOLD TO BALL FANS Philadelphia () It required only one short working day for the Phil adelphia Athletics to dispose of all their tickets for the world lerior games here with the Chicago Cubs. "We are sold out for tile aeries, it will be Impossible to consider any further applications for seats." was the word given out Tuesday by Club officials. The club had announced that be ginning Monday at 13:01 a. m. mall requests for reservations would be received. Immediately after that hour thousands of fans dropped letters Into the malls. The orders were In such volume that tho club -ngaged a clerical force of 35 men and women and rented a nearby vacant factory to handle the busi ness. The reserved seat capacity of Shlbe park is less than 37,000. Dur ing the day It was estimated that requests were received for approxi mately 75,000 tickets. Chicago (P Certified checks and postal money orders for approxi mately 1,200,000 American dollars, covering applications for world ser ies seats In Wrigley field have been received at the Cub offices. Of course part of the negotiable paper must be returned to disap pointed applicants for there are not that many dollars worth of seats available. William L. Veeck. president of the Cubs, said no less than 300,000 applications have been received. Golf Ball Is Driven Into Bird's Nest Wilmington, N. C. OP) Paul Bergen, Wilmington got fee, made a new kind of core recently and want a definition for it. Playing on the seventh hole of the Cape Fear oourae he drove one into the thick fol iage of a tree, where a nim ble caddy found It neatly tacked away In a bird's meat. Bergen wants to know whe ther this can be called a birdle or an "eagle." WALKER'S TITLE VOTED FORFEITED Chicago Vf) Mickey Walker's title as world's middleweight champion was vacated by the na tional boxing association Tuesday because of his failure to defend the crown since June 1928. The N. B. A. demands champions defend their titles at least once every six months. Sammy Mandell, lightweight champion, was restored to good standing by the association because of his championship match against Tony Canzoneri at the Chicago sta dium August a. The "Hocuora Shlek" had been slated for the as sociation's black list until he suc cessfully defended his crown against the New York Italian. The Belgian government has or ganized flying clubs and pays halt the cost of members' planes. - TEAMS BUNCHED FOR LAST DRIVE By the Associated1 Praaa With only three weeks left of U Pacific coast league's 1W taunts, five clubs Tuesday were bunched la what Is conceded to be ana of the) closest races In years for the leafusi leadership. The Hollywood Start, fa top place are a full game ahead of to Mis sion Reds, two games ahead of tho Seals, four garnet better than Los) Angeles and four and a half games) above the fifth plat Portland; Ducks. It will take tome deep dig ging In the records to tmeovw at baseball wlndup to compare wittt thit situation. Wade Klllefert Missions Monday curbed the advance of the Los An geles club by defeating that team 31 to 3 at Los Angeles to the play-off of a month-old tie. With five clubs ahead of them, the Oakland Oaks teem to ban lit tle chance now, and Sacramento, because of Its slow advance, virtual ly has given up hope. Hollywood and Lot Angeles bat tle it out this week on tho lattsr'a playground. The difference between the scores of the winner in that series and the winner of the serletT between the San Francisco Seals and the Missioin Reds at Recreation park at San Francisco, may tore shadow the champions of the sec ond half of the 1920 season. Both series, observers hold, should be hot ones, and the Issues should bo close. The Oakland club was scheduled to meet Seattle In the north thla week, while Sacramento was slated to play at Portland. If B S DWAT OR 80U11VARD .... IAND. AIR OR WATER in RICHFIELD 'XlWtiitiCiTitii as 1 ... Pogar with the W Dealers . . mindful of the millions on mil lions of Wm. Penns smoked . . keep a box conspicuously displayed . . . Look for Wm. 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