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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1929)
THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1 >3» VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON Good Lineup For Tonight’s Battle At The Legion Hall Brady to Feature In Semi-Windup Tonight In Stampede Smoker Roy Nelson to Fight Main Event Here On July Fourth Smoker While matchmaker Murphy has not been able to give an exact outline of his card which will be presented tonight for the July Fourth stampede smoker the card should look something like this. Roy (Swede) Nelson vs. Bull Durham of Kelso, 8-round main event; Dane Brady vs Young Weaver, Seattle, 6-round semi windup; Jack Sweeney vs Soldier Goldstein, Vancouver Barracks, 4-round prelim; Kid Scott vs Sammy Moffit, Portland, 6-round special; with another prelim to be placed containing four rounds. One thing is certain, Nelson, Brady, Scott and Sweeney will fight at home, and the match maker promises that the boxers from out of town will be in the city early enough to start the fight on time which is scheduled to be at 8:00 p.m. sharp at the American Legion hall, with seating capacity for over 500 being planned. It is predicted that the hall will be packed as last year, when seats were at a premium one half hour before the show. The Fourth will be the big day here for the two day cele bration with dancing and a smo ker in the evening. Fast, clever, Dane Brady will feature in a 6 round semi-wind up tonight, July 4, at the stam pede smoker. For some unknown reason just who Brady will bat tle has as yet not been announc ed but regardless who, Brady promises to give a fight. Brady has not fought in the local ring for two months or so, and fight fans welcome the op portunity of seeing this clever youngster again in action at home. Dane has taken on a few pounds. Brady is working like a beaver getting in shape for his fight here on the Fourth of July. Brady has been promised a shot at Grandetta again, who won a decision over the local boy at Walla Walla a few months ago in a bear cat fight that the fans declared better than the main event and gave Brady who lost, a great hand as he left the ring. And Grandetta is clever, prob ably slowed down since he ap peared at his best two years ago, but still considered a good fighter. llad Brady the time sufficient to devote to training, there would be no question but that the home boy would be fight ing the big guns within the next year or so. Dane’s speed and cleverness is equal to the best of them, but experience which can only be gained by meeting many fighters, and steady train ing, at a good gym, is what the lad needs to climb higher the ladder of fistdom. About 22 years of age, Brady is in his prime, as far as fight ing age is concerned. At no time has Brady ever proven his lighting ability more, than when he beat Happy Chapman last winter at St. Helens, in their 6 round main event. Chapman previous to this meet with Brady had been winning all his fights by knockouts, and in his Brady fight was literally cut to shreds, such a terrific beating did Brady hand out to the Kel so lad. Since that time Chap man has dodged another Brady tight, but is being heralded a great scrapper, again winning every scrap by the K. O. route. Men of Brady’s type, some times are fortunate enough to be picked up by a fight pro moter, who takes an interest in hi.; protege, training him suf ficiently, until ready to be matched against a real comer, and it would not be surprising to hear of Dune Brady getting his chance some day within the next year. For the big stampede smoker at the Legion hall tonight, July 4, Roy (Swede) Nelson will meet either Cleghorn or Bull Durham in an 8 round main event. Matchmaker Murphy has been talking a Walter Cleghorn-Nelson fight for the past few weeks and while a Durham-Nelson match would be a great draw ing main event, many would be very curious to see Nelson in action against Cleghorn, who is a scrapper carrying a big rep. Nelson carries a terriffic sock, in either mitt, and may be for tunate enough to flatten Cleg horn out during their battle, which is doubtful figuring on the experience of the Eskimo and his ability as a fighter. Bull Durham of Kelso, is anxious to be rematched against Nelson, although Nelson won from the “Bull," two times, with the last few months, but only asks for one more crack at the local man. Both boys are about the same age, around 22 years, and put up a wonderful fight. At their last scrap in St. Helens six weeks ago, Durham had nearly every round in his favor when in the fifth, Nelson snapped a short left to the chin, which knocked Durham to the canvas, and had his seconds working over him five minutes after the fight was over attempting to bring him to. A fighter of tne Durham type shows Swede, at his best, and makes him work real hard for a well earned victory. What kind of a showing Nelson would make against Cleghorn should those two be matched remains to be seen, if it results in an exhibition match, the only value would be to see Cleghorn per form in the local ring. Within the near future Nel son will feature in a semi-windup at Portland against some good man, which will be his first big chance in the city, and a large crowd of local fight fans will Kid Scott To Feature In 6-Round Battle Little, speedy, Kid Scott of Westiniber will feature in the 6 round special event tonight at the smoker. For the last few fights this bird, has been disappointed, when his man did not show up, and his fight cancelled. Scott who weighs around 116 is to meet Sammy Moffitt, of Portland a member of Spivey's stable, a newcomer to this part of the country, hailing from Denver, Colorado. Scott always provides the fans with plenty of action. Big Fight In Local Ring Year Ago Today One of the best fights ever witnessed in the local ring was fought a year ago today between Johnny Laltose of Seattle and Don Mack of. Portland in an eight round main event featuring the stampede smoker. If you witnessed this battle, it is not forgotten, for eight full rounds, Rose and Mack fought a thrilling scrap, full of action, which in the fifth had Rose hanging on the ropes, to save himself, and in the fifth Mack cracked a left to Rose’s jaw, knocking the Seattle man clean out of the ring through the ropes, Mack falling and follow ing his opponent, attempting to carry on the scrap on the floor of the hall. This was truly a grudge fight. A month previous ly these boys had fought in this city and the fans were treated to a fight which has not been equalled to date in Vernonia for action, slugging and real mean, honest to goodness fighting. At the end of the fifth round a year ago today, Mack and Rose’s body were two streaks of red, both men being cut, bleeding freely. A fairly good house of around ,'100 people witnessed this fight and during one period of the battle were treated to a sight seldom seen in a ring when a few wise-acres climbed in the ring during the fight to interfere, being under the in fluence of wrong impressions, thinking that Mack had fowled Rose. The referee a second later was astonished to see about 50 fans in the ring talking at once, all attempting to Interfere, but somehow the miracle happened and the ring was cleared. The stampede spirit, rather strong that day, even had fans stam peding in the ring during a fight. Here were two men, who fought their best regardless of the size of gate. etc. The men, who even though clever, gave the fans something worth wit nessing, and could if they had so chose, fought one of these alibi scraps where, if you muss the other gink’s hair, he’ll not speak to you for a week, but Johnny LaRose and Don Mack, Kid Scott came from the older school of scrappers, who knew only one way to fight, and that was to get in, do your best to win. Sweeney-Goldstein Are Rematched Tonight The Irish and the Jews tangle again on the smoker card July Fourth. Sweeney and Goldstein, the reader must dope out for himself which is Irish, etc. Both boys met on the card June 22, fighting a 6 round semi-windup to a draw, and fur nished the fans with a fairly good display of boxing. A re match is well worth witnessing, for Sweeney will be in better shape for the next fight which will be tonight, not having suf ficient time on June 22nd for training, having just completed a long trip from B. C. to this city. Sweeney is fighting at 112. Like Brady and Swede Nelson he is about 22 years old, and has not had very much experi ence in this game of boxing, hav ing fought a total of 23 fights to date. Goldstein who by the way belongs to the fighting forces of Uncle Sam, is a sol dier at Vancouver Barracks, and advised after his last scrap in this city that he really enjoys the game, taking on as many fights as possible. These two lads will meet in a preliminary four round affair, probably head ing the card which will contain one eight round main event, two 6 round events, and two four round prelims. Sweeney who is employed in the Johnson and McGraw shingle mill, trains in Bert Tisdale's gym, with Brady, Nelson and Scott, and was so well pleased with his reception in this city the night he fought Young Nel son on May 31st, that he de cided to locate in Vernonia pro viding he were able to secure a position, which was arranged by H. E. McGraw, who is a member of the Vernonia Box ing commission. The Sweeney Goldstein fight, should be four rounds of speedy action, both lads are nearly built alike, but differ somewhat in their fighting tactics, with Sweeney appearing somewhat the speedier scrapper. Simple Questions That Often Prove Pitfalls Why Is winter colder than sum mer? I low deep does a scuttled ship sink, and why does the air In a closed room get bad? A recent examination of presum ably well-informed people revealed that many a num of more than average education can be caught In pitfalls of Ignorance, Most people were caught over the tlrst question. More than four- fifths said that winter is colder than summer because the sun Is then farther away. Tills, of course. Is wrong, the sun being nearer In winter. The real reason Iles in the earth's changing slant,which brings tlie sun directly overhead in sum mer and lower In the sky in win ter. Surprisingly common, too. was the Idea that sunken ships do not go to the bottom, but float at some midway level. Heavy objects sink because they are denser than wa ter. A ship sinks to the bottom because water's density remains virtually unchanged despite the enormous pressures encountered at great depths. Air in n closed room gets bad because of the gradual exhaustion of I lie OX) gen coni ...... I in th« air. and not, as many people suppose, because of carbon dioxide gits ex- lulled l>y its occupants. Idea, Foundation of Law, Traced to Democritus In 1720 Francis Hutcheson, in his "Inquiry Into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue,” wrote: "That action is best which procures tlie greatest happiness for tlie greatest numbers; and that worst, which, in like manner, occa sions misery." This is the earliest known use of the phrase “the greatest happiness of the greatest numbers.” It was used by Cesare Beccaria In Ills "Treatise on Crimes and Punishments," first pub lished In 1764. Later Jeremy Ben tham, tlie English political philoso pher, wrote: "Priestly was the tlrst (unless It was Beccaria) who tuught my lips to pronounce this sacred truth—that tlie greatest hap piness of the greatest number Is tlie foundation of morals and legis lation.” The general Idea con veyed by the phrase, however, is found in the writings of some of the undents, notably Democritus. - I’alblinder Mnimzlne Dane Brady Roy Allen Recovering From Injuries Receiv ed at Corals Recently Roy Allen who had his jaw broke Tuesday of last week, while working around the corals at the stampede grounds is re ported improving. The accident happened when one of the wild horses kicked one of the bars on the corals down, which struck Allen, break ing his jaw in two places. Reward When Admiral Hussey spoke his piece at the luncheon of the Wom en’s Republican club, be opened up with this story: “In a western town, a man rushed Into the sheriff s office and demanded a warrant for the arrest of a murderer. •“Whom did he kill?’ demanded the sheriff. " ’A public speaker.’ “ ‘Whitt you want,' replied the sheriff, "is not a warrant for any body’s arrest but an order on the county clerk.’” — Los Angeles Times. Folly Tn Judge Wilson’s court recent ly, a middle-aged man protested vehemently against a heavy fine Imposed on him for an act he hud committed Just In fun. “I Imposed that fine.” stated his honor, “because you are old enough to have known better. Some kinds of fun are like insur ance. The older you are, the more It costs you.”—Los Angeles Times. team took high honors in the Police Individual Pistol match. In winning the timed and slow fire matches, Marshall used a .22 caliber automatic pistol and a .22 caliber single-shot pistol respectively. Domestic Recitals Husbands differ. One may be sympathetically Interested in his wife's recital of tbe day’s domes tic trials: another not. It is a matter of temperament, not of love. Roy Nelson journey to the city to witness one of their favorites fight. Police Officer Wins National Pistol Matches In Ohio Recently Washington, D. C., July 4.— G. A. Marshall, a police officer of Portland, Oregon, nosed out scores of the country’s finest pistol marksmen when he won first place in two of the nation wide pistol competitions spon sored by the National Rifle as sociation, according to the of ficial bulletins issued here to day. In the Timed Fire Pistol match, Marshall won with a score of 394 out of a possible 400, nine points ahead of the runner- up, C. D. Wild, of Janesville, Iowa. His winning score in the Slow Fire Pistol match was 379 out of a possible 400, just one point ahead of the next com petitor, Chester A. Dority, of Toledo, Ohio. This sharpshooting blue-coat is not new to the game, having shot on the Portland Police team which attended the National Rifle and Pistol matches last year at Camp Perry, Ohio. The Portland team took second place in the Police Pistol team match and several members of this Beetle Vindicated Experiments show that while the beetle and other insects were be ing blamed for the destruction of public buildings, they are not guilty. Their jaws are quite un- sulted to a diet of stone. All they do is to make their homes in the erosions made by the more deadly bacteria. Even hard, smooth mar ble does not come amiss to these bacteria, and, incredible as it may seem, experiments reveul that they will make an erosion on tbe hard est marble in three weeks. Our Mechanics are specially trained to service the New Ford You’re sure of good service here because our mechanics are specially trained to take care of the new Ford. They know the car from A to Z and from Z to A and they have a personal interest in every job. See us the next time for oiling and greasing and ask about the Special Inspection Ser vice at $1.50. It will save you many dollars in the upkeep of your car. Crawford Motor Co. Vernonia LINDSAY LUMBER COMPANY TREHARNE Phone 7F5I On Friendly Term« lie had never been outside Eng land, and neither had she, but both were recounting their experiences ubroad. "And Asia! Ah I Wonderful Asia I Never shall I forget Turkey, In dia, Japan—all of them. And most of all China, the celestial kingdom 1 How I loved it!” She held her ground. “And the pagodas—did you see them?" "Did 1 see them?” She pow dered her nose. "My dear, I had dinner with them.”—London Tit- Bits. Term of Uncertain Origin Authorities have never definitely traced tlie origin of the term "grass widow.” It is to be found in many languages. Some believe that It is a corrupted form of “grace-widow” —that is, “widow by the grace of circumstances.” There are no facts to substantiate this belief, howev er. According to Doctor Brewster, the modern use of the term seems to have originated among the An glo Indians about the middle of the Nineteenth century from the prac tice of European husbands sending wives to the hills during the hot season in India. In this section tlie grass is plentiful. « Oregon-American Lumber Co. At tlie- VERNONIA MEAT MARKET Service and Quality That will always meet with your approval VERNONIA MEAT MARKET Tel. 231 Vernonia Culver & Co. SMOKER JULY 4 LEOIOIN HALL, VERNONIA H’Round Swede Nelson Dane Brady in a 6-round semi Vernonia Main Event vs. Bull Durham Kid Scott featuring in a 6-round special Another good prelim _ Admission $1 Kelso Jack Sweeney in a 4-round prelim Good Seats