THURSDAY, JULY IS, ISIS
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
DO YOU KNOW THAT
of the many games played by
Sweeney and Kid
—Only two weekly newspapers
children called squat tag.
in the state of Oregon run a
Westover Battle
sport page, the Vernonia Eagle
To Draw Friday Jule Lindley’s biggest worry I being one of the papers?
Knight And Brady Signed For
Main Event Saturday Night
Jack Sweeney of this city and
Knight is the more experienced
Every dog has his day—every
Billy Westover of St. Helens
newspaper gink has his favorite boxer of the two, having probab­
fought a six round main event
twice as many bouts
column—and this is IT this week, ly
to a draw last Friday night at
when we snort about the coming as
the Legion smoker at St. Helens.
While Brady is as fast and
fight this Saturday between Dove
The first round, a very tame
clever as Knight, he does not ap­
Knight and Dane Brady.
and uninteresting round, featur­
What a battle this should pear to have the punch which
ed both boxers cantering about
carries the necessary TNT which
prove to be!
the ring boxing at intervals, not
Aggressive Knight, hard hit­ Knight packs.
landing any effective or telling
The match is a perfect one
ting, crouching for a knockout,
i blows. Round two was evenly di­
out to end the fight in the first and should have been settled a
vided in honors and lacked very
long time ago. It is the fight
round if possible.
much action.
Clever, shifty Dane Brady, that Jack Williams, who was head
In round three Sweeney caught
moving like lightning about his chef at the Horseshoe cafe last I
a straight left on his beezer, but
opponent, both boys great fav­ winter and is now cooking up in
delivered a right to Westover’s
Alaska, raved about before he
orites with a large following.
chin. The round appeared even
And fight it will be every departed. He said that he would
in exchange of blows, containing
Dane Brady
round. Anyone who has ever wit­ never be able to sleep well until
much more action than the two
nessed these two boys in action this match is settled, But Wil-
previous rounds.
will realize that no two local liams bets that Brady will win, j Draw Fought by Kid
In the fourth round the boys
boxers every fought in the local placing his faith on Dane’s clev-
warmed up and mixed freely,
Scott and Perry Israel
_ and _ gave more action during erness in being able to keep clear
ring
getting the breaks in
At St. Helens Friday Sweeney
a bout than either of these two ( ' —
of __
Knight
„.__
’s wicked
___ _ _____
hooks, , and
this round, landing a few hard
men who are signed to travel placing a haymaker on Knight’s
blows to Westover’s mid-section.
Last Friday night at the Le­ Westover slowed up considerably,
the canvas during the main event chin.
i
Interviewing those well ac­ gion smoker at St. Helens, Kid following a few wicked rights to
this coming Saturday.
And what do we think? Well, quainted with Knight, we find Scott of this city fought a draw his chin and head and also a
Knight will be out to end the that his friends are willing to | with Perry Israel of Portland in well-delivered right to the side
fight in the first four rounds by wager real new currency that a four-round seml-windup.
of his head.
laying Brady low for the count Knight wins, and go so far as, Scott carried the fight from
The fifth round started with a
the
first
to
the
last
round
and
to
have
the
fight
ending
in
the
of 10, if possible, For should the
good display of action by both
should
have
been
awarded
the
bout go the full eight rounds, first five rounds with Brady
boxers, who stood in the center
the decision of a draw may be blinking at the lights after the decision, according to the fans of the ring slugging away at
who
disapproved
of
the
decision
rendered or even given to Brady, referee tolled the count of 10.
each other for the entire round.
Brady’s friends are sure that I rendered.
Dane is just as clever and fast
Westover appeared to have the
Good
fast
fighting
featured
as Knight to our way of think- their man is too darned clever
reach on the local man, but the
every
round
but
the
last,
when
and fast for Knight to get close
ing.
boxers again centered in the mid­
Can Brady deliver the K.O. to, and that Brady will weave Israel appeared to be tired and dle of the ring to fight it out,
to Knight if the chance is pre­ in and out smothering Knight was contented to hold and clinch standing toe to toe, slamming
sented? We believe not. While with a blanket of gloves and win through ut the entire last round. away at each other. Westover
In the rrst round Israel land­ landed a mean left hook to Swee­
Brady hits hard, Knight appears on points at the end of eight
ha>-d left to Scott’s mid-sec­ ney's mouth, Sweeney returning
too tough a hombre for Dane to rounds. Very few concede Brady ed
tion, '. ott returning with a right with a right to the jaw and left |
winning by a knockout.
lay low for the count.
to head and body. In the second 1 to Westover’s mid-section. Swee­
Forest Grove
AB R H PO A E round Israel started missing hard I ney rushed the St. Helens fighter
Vernonia Trounces
George, CF .... 4 1 2 4 6 0 punches, while Scott landed a to the ropes several times in the
Finnigan, IB
3 0 1 11 0 0 straight right to the Portland last round.
Forest Grove Nine
The decision of a draw won
Pete, SS
4 1 2 1 3 1 boy’s chin, sending Israel back on
Last Sunday 7 to 2 Adams, 3B
the hearty approval of the fans
4 0 0 1 0 0 his heels.
Scott
had
a
wide
margin
of
present, who were well pleased
Dorty, C .
2 0 0 4 0 0
with the fight, especially the last
1 0 0 0 0 0 the second round in his favor,
The Vernonia ball club took Higby, C .
Starting
the
third
with
one
of
the Forest Grove nine into camp Van Loo, RF .. 2 0 1 0 0 0 his aerial attacks, Israel biffed two rounds, which contained tons
of action.
Haesacker, RF.. 2 0 0 o 0 0
Sunday and severely trounced H.Zimmerman If 2 0 0 2 1 0 a right to the jaw which dazed
the
local
boxer
for
a
second,
but
them to the tune of 7 to 2. Ly- T.Zimmerman If 1 0 0 0 0 0
ons, who was in nice form for Bon, P ............ 2 0 0 o I 0 he returned quickly with a right Magoff and Don Brady
Vernonia, held the Grovers to Ralston, P ....... 1 0 0 o 3 0 and left to Israel’s jaw. The Will Feature in Two
six hits and was accorded bang- Alexander 2B
3 0 6 i 1 1 third round appeared evenly di­
up support from the rest of his
Bouts Saturday Night
31 2 6 24 9 2 vided with both boys fighting a
fast, clean round.
team mates, With the exception Vernonia
Round
four
was
Scott
’
s
round,
of the first inning when the Laird, SS ....... 5 0 1 1 3 0
Two local boys will feature in
Grove nine crossed the plate W. Linn, LF .. . 4 1 6 1 0 0 Israel hanging on, clinching, and
the fight card next Saturday
twice, Lyons would have walked Taylor, RF
3 1 2 2 0 0 not returning any of Scott's at­ night, one being Young Magoff
off with a shutout.
| McGregor, Ci
3B . 3 2 2 2 1 6 tacks. Scott delli ered a mean I of Riverview, a fast hard-hitting |
In this canto the first man up I McKillip, CF ' .... 1 1 0 1 0 9 right to the jaw and body just youngster,
unexperienced
but i
for Forest Grove got a fluke Greenman,
"
IB
3 1 1 15 0 0 before the bell sounded ending willing, and having the necessary
the fight.
C.
Linn,
2B
double back of first base, was
4 0 6 2 6 0
material for a good future scrap­
sacrificed to third and came in Lyons, 1*
4 1 2 0 5 0
per. Magoff will meet Wildcat
Black,
C
on a clean three-bagger to right
4 6 2 3 1 2 Don Brady Wins by
Mustola of the I.-P. camp in a!
31 7 16 27 16 2
center field, This was their only
four-round prelim bout.
Technical
K.
O.
In
Summary: Struck out by Bon,
earned run of the game. The
Brady, a brother of Dane,'
First Round Friday will Don
next counter came across in this 4; Lyons, 1; bases on balls off
also feature in a four-round I
same inning when Black let one Bon 2; two base hits, , George,
bout. Don fought in this city a
Don Brady of this city fighting
get away from him. From then Laird and Black; three base hits
few years ago, but for the past
a
prelim at St. Helens Friday
on and with the exception of the Pete and McGregor; stolen bases,
12 months has not been fighting.
sixth inning when they worked Pete 2, McGregor 2, and McKil- night won his fight in the first! Don recently knocked out his
a man around to third base, nary lip; sacrifice hits, Finnigan, Dor- round from Young Sullivan of I man in the first round at St.
a man on the Forest Grove ty, McGregor and McKillip;
. . sac­ St. Helens bv a technical knock­ Helens and has been signed up
team was able to get beyond rifice fly, McKillip and Green­ out, the fight being stopped by to meet a boxer from Portland
the initial sack.
man; earned runs, Forest Grove the referee and judges.
Saturday.
In the first round Sullivan
Vternonia tallied their first 1, Vernonia 6; passed ball, Dor-
Twenty rounds of good fight-
landed
two
rights
to
Brady
’
s
chin
ty
2;
left
on
bases,
Forest
Grove
marker in the second when Mc­
ing will feature the card this
and
after
sparring
for
a
few
sec
­
4,
Vernonia
7;
umpires
Christy
Gregor singled, stole second and
coming Saturday, and ends with
onds Brady landed a powerful
third and came home on Green­ and Duvis; time of game 1:40.
one of the most attractive main
left
to
Sullivan
’
s
jaw,
which
stag-
1
man’s sacrifice to center. They
events ever offered in this city.
gered
the
St.
Helens
man.
Brady
i
trailed one run behind front
landed at will with Sullivan not
then until the eventful sixth Lee Davis K.O.’s
On The Links
even covering up, defenseless,
when they bombarded the oppos­
Thompson Friday
(By a Golf Bug)
and was on the verge of being
ing pitcher so hard that he was
Night at St. Helens knocked out when the fight was
«ent to the showers. In this
Al. Childs* stance reminds one
stopped.
frame Walt Linn walked, Tay­
lor singled and then McGregor
Every time Lee Davis has
proceeded to bring them both fought in the local ring, the fans
in with a triple to the left field were sure to see something out
fence. McKillip then sacrificed of the ordinary.
McGregor home for the third , Davis has a queer habit of do­
score of the inning.
ing the unexpected.
The locals tallied three more
Last Friday night Lee Davis |
In the eighth when McKillip got met Young Thompson of St. Hel-1
a lift on an error by the short­ ens in a four-round prelim. In
stop and came all the way home the first and only round, Davis '
on a single by Greenman and sent a fast left to Thompson's
on which the latter advanced to jaw, sending the St. Helens man I
third base when the Grovers be- down for the count of six. i III
jjan heaving the apple all over Thompson staggered to his feet
.. ,L... left A-
the lot. Lyons brought Green­ and received . another
to AU.
the
man in with a single and then jaw, taking the full count this
took second and third on two time. The fight...........................
lasted about 40 *
balls
and seconds.
successive
passed
came home for the final marker
Davis did not receive a single
of the game when Black let go blow and ended the fight with
with a two-bagger.
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two telling wallops.
The balls all played a nice I
brand of baseball Sunday,
„“’ ­ Two Heavyweights To
it should be played. They accept
Mix Saturday Night
ed everything that came their
way and bobbled nothing. Old
"Ceegar” Linn on second was
Young Corbett, 180 pounds
easily the star in the fielding ami Cyclone Ted, 180, heavy-
performance,
while
McGregor weights, will feature in a four-
starred at the bat. The game round bout at the smoker this
was exceptionally fast, having coming Saturday evening.
I
Cyclone Ted fought numerous
been played in one hour and 40
times in Switzerland where he
minutes.
*
was champion of a regiment of
Next Sunday the Vernonia troops while serving in the Swiss
club plays the 82nd and Division army.
street nine of Portland at the
Both boys are employed in the
local field.
big mill and are anxious to start
The box score of last Sun­ again in the gentle game of box-
ing at the smoker Saturday.
day's game follows:
SMOKER
now is having his golf balls re- —Nine local boys are training
turned to him.
'steadily at the Vernonia gym:
Roy Nelson, Kid Scott, Young
Each time “Mac” MacPherson Nelson, Dane Brady, Kid Davis,
loses a ball in the rough he Don Brady, Dove Knight, Young
rushes to the caddie house for Magoff and Jack Sweeney?
the scythe. Result—six good used —Forest Grove, St. Helens and
balls are in Mac’s bag at the other nearby towns that stage
end of five minutes work.
i smokers have been depending on
1
local boys to feature in their!
Jack Bush bought a new ma- cards for the past year?
chine to mark his golf balls when —Vernonia has one of the best
McGraw started playing the new tennis courts, golf courses, and.
bowling alleys in the state of
golf course.
Oregon?
—The local baseball team is not1
Emil Messing is teaching many getting the support from home
fair young ladies of Vernonia which it is entitled to?
how to play golf.
—For its size, this city has more
forms of clean sport recreatioh
To the first one making a hole than any city similar in size in |
in one on the new course, this the state or on the coast?
column will give them a magni­
ficent prize—a general razzing. Legion Convention in August
The greatest single attraction
Wanted: An automatic golf that has ever been contracted to
stroke counter for some of Ver­ appear before an American Le­
nonia’s golfers. They lose track gion convention has been secured
¡for the 11th annual department
of their scores too easily.
convention at Salem August 8,
Anyone not satisfied with the 9, and 10. The final game for
size of the golf balls see Mike the American Legion junior base­
O'Connor. He has a few used ball championship of the state of
bowling balls that he will sell Oregon has been scheduled for
the afternoon o£ the second day
cheap.
at Olinger field. Two hundred
teams composed of players of a
One thing about golf: If a maximum age of 16 years have
man never swore before he will been battling their way toward
when he looks at his first score. the finals for the past two
months. The winner of the east­
According to Mr. A. Goofle- ern division will meet the finalist
heim, the eminent golfer, Ver­ from the western division for the I
nonia should be proud of her ex­ right to represent the depart­
cellent golf course. He claims ment of Oregon in the play-off
there is not another course on for the Pacific coast champion­
the coast ; that is inhabited by ship.
It is quite possible that one of
so many golf liars, (To those
who do not know, golf liars the competing teams at Salem
are men who shoot u 64 and will be successful in emerging
tell their j friends they shot a 44.) the victor from the later elimin-
ation contests and go through to
the junior worlds championship
series to be played in New York
city during the month of October.
Junior baseball is a nation-wide
program under the auspices of
the American Legion and spon-
sored by the American and Na-
tional baseball leagues. The lat-
ter has given $50,000 toward de­
frayment of expenses.
George Nevers and Floyd Wel­
don, employes at the sawmill at
Westimber, were Vernonia vis­
itors last Friday.____________
Headquarters tor
Construction and
Building Material
Hay
Grain
Feed
McCormick-Deering Tractors
and Farm Implements
Vernonia Trading Co
Ed. Tapp
Cass Bergerson
S:
ran
g
Since Een Franklin
said ‘Save and Have'
many
level-headed
persons have opened
savings accounts.
And many have bles­
sed the adage that
showed them the way
to financial solidity.
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Bank of Vernonia
Vernonia
Legion hall
JULY 20
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FREIGHT
For
Door
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Trucks iaave Vernonia 10 a.m. daily
Portland-Vernonia
Truck Line
For Freight and Orders Phone 342
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