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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1929)
THE CAPITAL .inHi:'AL. RAI.KM. ORKCON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1929 IOWA PROVES MENACE TO MINNESOTA & PURDUE TM-.F. FAC.UT in hi 1 4-1! COACH SPEARS ELABORATES ON TEAM OFFENSE Chicago (A1) Minnesota and Pur due, racing step and step toward Western conference football honors, both are haunted by the same spec treIowa. The Iowa menace is Minnesota's concern thia week for they will meet at Iowa City Saturday. With North western and Indiana out of the way Coach Spears Monday started to elaborate on his offense, in prepar ation for the same that may make or break the Gopher season. The situation caused by the schedule may work to the advantage of Pur due, which will meet Iowa alter Minnesota takes its crack at Burl Ingwerson's team. Ohio State's prospects of a vic tory over Northwestern .Saturday were halted Monday when Coach Sam Willaman of the Buckeyes sus pended Charlie Coffee, one ot hif star halfbacks, for the remainder ol the season for Infraction of train ing rules while the team was in Pittsburg last week end. Illinois started drilling, for its in teractional clash with Army Sat urday, after Coach Zuppke finished telling the varsity how bad It look ed against Northwestern last Satur day. Although battered In ito defeat by Purdue, Wisconsin received no day of rest Monday. Coach Thistle - thwalte Immediately went back to work to try to develop an offense which will function enough at least to score on Chicago Saturday. The Badgers have yet to score a point Jn conference competition. THREE TOURNEYS FOR SALEM Y Of the seven sport tournaments which will be held by the district Y. M. C. A. this winter, Salem Is scheduled to be the scene of three of them, according to a schedule of dates and events which has been received here. Teams from the Portland. Salem, Longview and Eugene Y. M. C. A.'s will partici pate. Handball, swimming and tennis tournaments are the ones which will be held here. The schedule as announced follows: Volleyball, March, 29, at Port land Central Y. , . Handball, March 22, at Salem. Basketball, Feb. 28-Mar. 1, at Longview. Boxing and wrestling, Jan. 25, at Portland Northwest Y. Volleyball, for men 40 years old and-over, January II at Portland Northwest Y. Swimming, March 22, at Salem. Tpnnla. July 19. at. Salem. 1929, Lkxsit t Myns Touoco Cq POWER IN CALIFORNIA LINE - y( icy ....iihim --v s?; ',, rvv ( r ; U Si t 1 . fc?.J Bert Schwartz, University of California guard, la rated at tha top of the heap of west coast linemen. GERVAIS HIGH TO MEET PARRISH 11 Parrish Junior high's football squads were being sent through their paces early this week Jn an endeavor to tighten up their de fense In anticipation of their next game which will be played with Oervails next Friday after noon on the letter's gridiron. The play of Uie locals last Friday was particularly ragged In stop ping end runs, the husky visitors reeling off huge chunks of yard age around the flanks. Coach Fletcher had his proteges rolling all over the place Monday evening in an endeavor to emphasize the necessity of "getting" the defen sive backs on the opposing side. OREGON RESTS Eugene (LP) Oregon's football team took the usual Monday rest after a Saturday and Tuesday was preparing to start a two weeks ses sion of strenuous practice for the annual Oregon football classic Oregon versus O. A. C. on Hayward field here, November 16. The Web foots came through Saturday's tilt with IJ. C. L. A. without any injuries. ' Via qMcFC QoASTf 1 T YMMtti...,rTW. v mnnumgnnumimmjiuii m, m . i ft Vvv I l A .6oimfJOLE J -Z t Atiociated PrcM Photo BAKER GRID TEAM DECIDES TO QUIT Baker, (LP) Baker high school's football season was at an end Tuesday. The team, suspended by the Oregon high school athletic asso ciation for the playing of allegedly ineligible players, turned In Its suits Monday night. Meanwhile the Baker citizens committee, organized to fight the order of the association in sus pending the team. Is pUnning to carry its fight for vindication of the charges to the annual meeting of the association to be held in December. Coach George Scott Issued a call for basketball practice Tues day. His gridders were contenders for the eastern Oregon high school football cnamplonship when the suspension order was Issued. DOYLE FOULS Capetown, Union of South Africa, iPf "Kid" Nicholson of England beat Mickey Doyle of the United States on a foul in the fourth round of their 15-round boxing match here Monday nlpht. .fSf- .L II il A ? 1111 AKERS' RECORD IN CALIFORNIA IS ATTRACTION Although he has not been given much of an opportunity to prove his worth to Salem fans. Art Akers, who will meet Johnny Hawks, Seat tle, In a ten round main event here Wednesday night, has estab lished an enviable record for him self In California, according to a statement Tuesday cf Charley Ev ans, the scrapper's manager. Such boys as Frankie Bolt, Kid Jap, George Savage, Earl Barren and Battling Siki have given way before the flying fists of Akers, while local followers of the game know what he did- to Charley Leary here one night not many weeks ago. Ever since Akers won over Ted Fox on a foul. Matchmaker Plant has been trying to get someone to meet the socking Akers. Benny Pelz, who challenged the winner of the Fox-Akers embroglio, changed his mind and refused to enter the ring with Akers. Portland was combed for an opponent, but none could be found. Finally Plant dug down deep into the old pocketbook and told Hawks, northwest light weight title claimant, to come down. The match should be good. Twenty-eight rounds of boxing bave been scheduled for Wednes day night, with interest centering In the Akers-Hawks and Kelly McRea bouts. The latter affair Is attracting unusual interest, because of the manner In which the prln cipals disposed of their opponents on the last card. LOMSKI SIGNED FOR DETROIT BOUT Chicago, tJPh George Courtney, Oklahoma .light heavy-weight, and Leo Loniskl, Aberdeen, Wash., puncher, have been matched for a 10-round bout at Olympia Arena. Detroit, November 20. The bout will be an elimination affair, and Dick Dunn, Olympia promoter, and Scotty Monteith, matchmaker, hope to match the winner wtih the victor of the Yale Okun-Maxie Rosen bloom fight In New York, in Detroit December 20. O'GRADY WINS Medford (&) Gene O'Grady, Ash land, knocked out Kid Dennis, Den ver, In the first round here Monday night. O'Grady was floored for the count of eight in the first minute of the fight but recovered. Billy Brcedlove, Bend, and Teddy Miske, Los Angeles, fought six fast rounds to a draw. SUCH POPULARITY MUST BE DESERVED Basketball Has Right of Way Over Philosophy Madison, Wis., Dr. Walter Meanwell, the "Little Giant1 of Wisconsin basket ball, likes philosophy but not when it interferes with his favorite sport. The university auditorium committee refused nse of the gymnasium to Bertrand Rus sell, noted English -iloso-pher, for November 20 be cause Dr. Meanwell said it would disrupt basketball practice. The campus phllo 4phtrs have appealed to President Glenn Frank. COAST LEAGUE DELAYS START Avalon, Santa Catallna Island, Calif. (flV-Officials of Pacific Coast league baseball clubs entered the second day of their annual-meeting with all the major decisions made, and apparently only enough detail left to keep them occupied until noon Tuesday, Monday's session, placid to the point of unanimity of opinion on leading questions, resulted in the retention of the split season for 1930 and a 28-week schedule. The opening date was set for Tuesday, April 6, and a bonus cf $15,000 was voted for division at the close of play the third week in October. Four weeks of the schedule was announced, and In this section of the program was seen an attempt to overcome the bad weather buga boo of the Portland and Seattle clubs, which held down gate receipts of the opening of the 1929 season. The opening date is one week later than that of 1929, and both Portland and Seattle play in Cali fornia two weeks before shoving the gates of their home fields ajar. BAGSHAW WORKS MEN IN SECRET SESSION Seattle (LP) University of Wash- in-ton football fans were trying to Vu ire out Tuesday Just what went on behind the locked gates during the Husky workout Monday while Coach Enoch Bagshaw was prepar ing his men for their fight with Stanford here Saturday. Many Hus ky supporters believe Baggy is work ing out some surprise plays for his last Washington team to pull against the crafty Cardinals; and some think the tricks might kick over a lot of pre-game dope. Disappearing 21 years ago, an Aberdeen, Scotland, woman's wed ding ring just has keen found ln the field in which It was lost. inyiJ)LES M'LARNIN IS WINNER OVER SAM JANDELL Chicago (A)-J!mmy McLaniln may not become the next world welterweight champion, but he has accomplished something that the pre-'ent holder of the title, Jackie Fields, found too difficult a task. McLarnin enhanced his stand ing as the foremost contender for the welterweight crown Monday night at the Chicago stadium where he gave Sammy Mandell, ruler of the world's lightweights, a thorough beating, winning a deci sion at the end of 10 rounds of great fighting. Fields attempted to conquer the Rockford Shiek about a year ago. and received a fine boxing lesson from Mandell. Mandell gave away six rounds to the slugger from Vancouver, 8. C, and the handicap was too grett. McLarnin, who was too strong, and too aggressive, was credited with six rounds, while Mandell, who en tered the ring the tavorlte, was given but two. The otcome was a surprise to most of the 22,813 spectators w.io paid $102,368 to see McLarnin complete ly reverse the decision gained oy Mandell In their lightweight chair.- plonshlp battle a year ago last summer. FRENCH BOXER IS FAVORED TO WIN New York (LPi Eugene Huat of France Tuesday was established as an outstanding favorite to win the world's flyweight boxing title as a result of his impressive victory Mon- uny u i k 11 1 uvcr corporal xzzy i Schwartz, New "Stork, former Amer-, lean champion in the ten round , main bout of the first round fly weight championship elimination tournament at Madison Square Gar den. SILVERT0N TO PLAY ST. MARY'S GRIDDERS Silverton The local high school football team will play an unsched uled game with the team from the St. Mary's parochial school of Beaverton, here on Armistice day, a scheduled game with Dallas at Dallas on November 15 and a scheduled game with Woodburn here on November 22. BEAVERS WORK Corvallis (LP) Smarting under the 9 to 0 defeat administered by Wash ington, O. A. C.'s football team Tuesday started training for the Oregon game at Eugene two weeks hence. Coach Paul J. Schissler will work the Beavers hard, drilling them on new offensive plays and per- recting a passing dfeense. (rver the 'World . . .in a cigarette it's . taste sion reports Chesterfield's blend as the "most desirable." In the Canal Zone, that international crossroads, Chesterfield is far and away the favorite. Tourists write of dcliciously fresh Chesterfields in India, or that it is the one American brand in this or that French village. Good taste knows no frontiers. All over the world you find appreciation of Chester field's unchanging standard: "TASTE above everything" l WU.WWJW'WWllW " . " s ' . ; I riieio Oregon Aggies, West Virginia Sked Ten Games Chicago, (IP West Virgin la and the Oregon Aggies have agreed to a 10 year Thanksgiving day football program on Soldier Field. Chicago, for the benefit of the Shriner's hospitals for crippled children. The first game will be played in 1930. Several nationally famous football officials will referee the STANFORD ASKS FOR HUSKY TILT Stanford University, Cal. im When the University of .Washing ton bombards the Invading Car dinals at Seattle Saturday, the bat tle will not find the Stanford elev en unprepared. Although there re mained only three days before their train pulls out for the north. Coach Warner's men were faithfully drill ing away at their many plays. thinking of victory only, and look ing ahead to the "big game" with the hard fighting, conquering Cal- llornla Bears. r BOXING SALEM ARMORY Tomorrow Night! Main Event 10 Rounds ART AKERS, Salem, vs. JOHNNY HAWKS, Seattle Semi-Final 6 Rounds JACK KELLY vs. DAVE McRAE Special Event "BUZZSAW KELLY", Salem, vs. PAT HALEY, Indep. GOOD SNAPPY PRELIMINARIES Tickets at Adolph's Cigar Store N official South American commis mm mm BEARCAT SQUAD GETS DAY OFF TO RECUPERATE Willamette university's gridiron warriors were given a rest Monday by Coach Keene. Two strenuous battles within a period of eight days, the first with Idaho and the second with Pacific, had developed a bunch of sore shoulders, bruises and other minor hurts. So a day of ease was granted the squad. With the exception of Uarney Cranor, halfback. Coach Kcene's players came through the tussle with Pacific in excellent shape. Lang's tender fhoulders are still bothering him to some extent. 14 was for the purpose of giving tho big boy a rest that he was bench ed during the second half of tho game with Pacific Saturday. The team Is displaying consider able spirit and are looking torn Ad to their jaunt to Walla Walla on Thanksgiving day with a great deal of enthusiasm. Meanwhile Lin field, will have to be beaten on Armistice day if the Bearcat squad Is to have a clean win slate. Increased sensitivity of the screen grid tube has turned the attention of engineers more sharply to the de velopment of line noise eliminators. Vs. ti r : MILD, yes... and vetTHEy SATISFY