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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1914)
:- (J , 'hi ' lit' I; i ; PAGE SIX nrE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. WttEaQN. THURSDAY, JUKE 25, 191L HENRY PECK'S COUSIN S ALE Y - - - - By Gross Thing We Never See 1! I ' rdu5TftMiHoTcr,PoPLETl j V'lp jcO&E TXT I 1 -HWE 1 6oT ?SHT lH . " , ' i i 1 SPORT NEWS T I1RAN HAS ADVANTAGE OF TWO INCHES IN REACH OVER JACK JOHNSON, BLACK BRUiSER. BUT LATTER HAS HEAVIER BICEPS fli IS TRIED TO 215 Pugilists Wind Up Training Today for the Big Bout on Saturday Night Rumors That the Fight Has Been "Fixed" Has an Effect on the Betting and Only Light Wagers Are Being Put Up Odds in Favor of Black. Measurements of Ring FIghterK. jpoerles loader of the Chicago Cubs, Muruii. Johnson. I who in now in his second your as man- fl feet I inch height....!) fi'i't 3 inches ngor of tin New York Americans, here j:" inches bleeps, normal HI inches' for a five-game, tilt with the Boston Kl'j inches.. biceps, expanded ..in mi nes Keii isnx. :oxt year, i mince sniu, um forearm l. inches team wnuhl be a real contonncr, chest, normal t:t inches "I'm satisfied with my team only host, expanded.... Ill inches as a ilelensive aggregation, ( han III hn lies 42 inches..!. 4(1 inches.... 1H inches... ,'!.ri inches... 21 inches.... 1.1 1! inches. 27 years .... LD MILL Word From Great Whits Hope Says He Is In Great Fighting Trim for Championship Battle. FRENCHMAN ARE SPORTY BUT ALSO SOMEWHAT ECONOMICAL When Bell Taps for First Round Many Titles and Jeweled Women of Gay Pares Will Be On Hand. Ily William Philip Si in ins. Paris, June 25. For the first time since .lack Johnson, the black giant, laid stalwart Jim Jeffries on the pugil istic shelf at lieno ami, unserateheil, took possession of the heavyweight championship belt, the coveted trophy will be put into play here Saturday night, June 27, at the Velodrome d' I liver, Frank Moran of Pittsburg, U. S. A., will bo the bin dusky's opponent, and from out on the banks of the Ciao, at But ry-nn the - Beach, whore the White Hope is training comes word neck. ..waist ..thigh uilf ....aire The players aro a bunch! that he is in great shape. Similnr re fine fielders. They are also able use good - judgment on the buses. .IS inches confined. ..H.ri'.j inches of 21 inches to IS indies, hut we need hitters badly, :ill years1 "My team improved 100 per cent this season over last year, hut the roa- By William PlUllp Slmms. son we haven't been able to make a Paris, June 2". Jack Johnson and good shewing is because other claim Prank Moran, who are to light for the' improved even more.' world's heavyweight title here Satiir- ilny night, wound up their training to- Nap liucker, the Brooklyn Nation-1 dav. Knoll declared he was satisfied al's slur curve ball nrlisl, spumed a, with his condition. Neither took inure : Federal league offer of 2ll,ihM a year tluiii Ik'ht s ring exercise and John- f or threw years, it was stated here to-. con started to "dry out." He .-aid lie day. He told the Federal nggrcgut ion lul0.r llllmu for Mornn 's headquarters weighed 2Hi pounds. jtlat h ' was signed up vvith I'.rooklyu t ..ln, Asnieres, the one on the north Vague rumors that fight was "fix-mid would nol consider liny proposal to the other on the south, Paris is all ex- ed " have affected the betting, and onlv break Ins i out met. ; eito.l. Never has it seen a real worn! Lorgnettes and jeweled opera-glasses 1 will bo leveled at the reeking blacK. and i white forms writhing in the ring, and gentlo "Par-blou's" or "Mori Dion's" i will have taken the place of the similar ! yelps of "Swat him in the slats, Bo!" J ami " Now, you boob, kill 'cm!" Not that this fight will be any different in I this respect from any other half way I good exhibition here which have gone before "La Hoxe' is simply the lat est fail of the fast and -fashionable rich set. Celebrities To Be Present Rut there will be a gallery, too, made up of mostly Frenchmen, former de votees of "la savate" or boxing with the feet and hands, but who now clamor after another and newer god George Carpentier, the young Frenchman who twice defeated Bombardier Wells, the British champion and thereby champion of Europe, heavyweight class. These gallery gods will not let pass the chance to bellow the traditional insults to the men in the ring. And lastly there will bo the celobritics present. In America these are usually shining lights of the sporting world. A few of these will he at the ringside hero Saturday, lint the real stars among the spectators will bo Maurico' Maoterlink, the great Bel gium philosopher and poet, author of the "Bluo Bird", "Mary Magdalen", and "Sister Beatrice"; Augusto Bo iloiu, the world's most noted sculptor; Henry Bornstein and Henri Hataille, the playwrights; Jean Richepin, the Academic Frnneaise poet; painters, senators, members of the Chamber of Deputies, not to mention certain of Ku rope's most dashing dukes, duchesses, princes anil others of noble blood. Some ! I.If f... ..iiuK;,v ,.tt.,,i trimlia in for Frank; a noveltv of the first watorltion of getting every second of speed; ben promised by the street car man for the old snort who has followed the ! out of it possible. Mr. Homyer stated I ngement. game from Sullivan and Kilrain in the: this morning that this track, with the tobacco-scouted hall t Now Urleans to: past rains to pacK anil mane a cusuioi,,i STEAMER IS AGROUND. tho Volodrome d'Hivor in gay Paree. MOTORCYCLISTS READY WITH RECENT RAINS TRACK WILL BE BEST EVER KNOWN there will bo no dust whatever. management has taken every precaution to make this race meet the biggest event taking place in the northwest The riders of the racing motorcycles this year. that are to struggle for speed and nerve! A gang of men have been working supremacy at fae state fairgrounds' " the grand stand for the past four . ' . 1 Havfl phinnintr it nn sn that Mnwt Atom need have no iear of soiling their ...A.tl.l lo Vl. a fndfrnaO ka linn a Ann it. The track itself is well tiled andl I:"r,t.landPr';" Je 2-Th ByaI of a clav nature, that with two hours! Mail liner Olenlochy, straying from the of hot sun, it will pack like cement. ! water channel, is aground in the Last year at the races there was eon- Co'""'"" r,ver near Kalama, Wash., to siderable dust, and some of the riders X- The Port of Portland tug Okla had a little difficulty in making their j hrna, has been sent from here to mi turns, but under the present conditions:"' PU""'K The track tomorrow and Saturday, after noons, are arriving on each train. Each of the riders is declaring, after seeing the track, that they are out to win the money as well as break the world's record of 40 seconds on a dirt track. What promises a battle royal will likely bo between Cogburn of Seattle on an Indian, and Clyde Simmons of Oakland on an Excelsior, aud Harry Brant, northwoat champion, on a Mer kol. All theso riders have in their bunch of racing machines special racers that have been recently received from the factory; in fact this is the first race meet in Which they will be used. However, in looking over the bunch of fearless riiers that will rido nt this meet, it is a hard matter to pick a fa vorite, there being considerable rivalry between the riders as well as the var ious machines. The track in the hands of Mr. Hom yer is being put in the very fin5(-t Ports nro filtering out of the Johnson camp, in Asnieres, just on tho fringe of Paris". Johnson, who perhaps not en tirely without reason, remarked that he j (iulveston, Texas for Jack; somo change , shape, no expense being spared to prop- wouiun t fwap jods wiin .lonii i'. hwk- from the blust iuriaees or I'lttsuurg eriy scrape inis iraea, wun me nueu feller, and who, a this reflection may: ' . ' ' be taken to denote, is something of a !. """T""- business man, is training at home and cutting expenses. The great out-of-doors where he does his road-work is free and at Luna Park, the ncene of bisj gym exercise, lie gets real money ior letting the common herd look on. Between !Htrv-sui-l Inge winch is clothes. A seven-minute service has (he most good. Tho Juntura Times has called upon its readers for a plebiscite on . the question of a new county to be formed from territory in western Malheur and eastern Harney. Phone Main 81 and place your Want Ad where it will do -v A.- j START OF PORTLAND RACE. h'liall wagers aro being made. I he odds hold to '-', with Johnm the fa-i vorite. j Muian, who lia.i trained down to 1!'' poumK is oMromely cont'i.iriti, and p'i'lly thinks h" can win. By II:il FheriJ.v.i. j N'c.v York, June 2"'. Frank Moran' will l'o into the rur' against Jack .lolin- ARE KEA0Y FOR ROW boat in ii' Pou'-h.-koepsiii, N, Y. ' ' YYe 'e out lo will. Whichever bents us will knuw it has been race, We'll do some rowing." This was the statement today of Coach Hn, mi Couibear of the Culver-! sily varsity crew, ri'i'iesenl ing the Pa-' Mii iu Paris, ial unlay night, weighing cil'ic coast in tomorrow s intercollegiate i ( (m chiiinpionship affair, the most cele brated stunts ever pulled off here be ing the aiHaiix-Calinelto shooting, the jlim, o- ' Dreyius anair linn ine rev nun ion, i nut mtini'i hetnir too III' nai'K ior Tile younger hluoila to reiiienibei'. So, in spite of admission prices which are wrenching from the . very roots the frugal souls of the economical but sporty I' reiichinen. fae laiter nie Me tcriiiined to answer present at 'the roll ; i:t nun, Is, whicii is more than lie ever did tor iinv i f his honN in fins conn- regatta on the Hudson river here. Hewing experts generallv agreed that t.iv. Johnson has trained down from ( tomorrow s race would liiruisii the about 2,"." to 21"'. A coaiparison of the! greatest struggle in the history of the Iwo men shows that Moiaa will have an ' event. Ail the crews iinve virtually advantage of two inches in reach, uc lo'diig ' I'liropenn sysl 'm of measure ment. Other ilimi'ii-i.iiis of fhe t'.vo h i a re given iib e. "ii' I ji'-t had a cm; ie of real slug- i ou my lciiiu, t!ie aiu.s v,"oi'hl nc , ilu'i,' fighting lor tin1 pennant m i id i i' ' rni;i;liii to keep out of the liar," said l''ini:i; hai.ee. ec-twiiiie H' r up LEAGUE CHANCES MANGERS. iit was n I.-u liecidi'it to score by tho foul point system live for first, three Tecuma, Wash., .lime 2". B "jiuiii in; ' lor second, Iwo for third and one for Sunday afternoon, a m w man will be fourth. at the head of the local Northwc-terii Instead of the points being awarded league team, at prcent occupying th" to tee i lulls, however, they will go to cellar in the league lace. .1. .1. Media- the :.' so. iatioiis fo which they belong, nity will still be president of the club Ch:inipiinliip boxing ami wrestling and owner of n jiiajority of the stock, dates tor the western hs:uh ial ions were but linss Hall, one of the best known chosen n.t follows: W re-.-fling, April 12 baseball men on the Pacific coast, will and Kl; boxing. April II and lo. be b Mich manager and will have full control of the team. M .-(iiiinity will WILLIAMS TO MEET LEDOUX ad as a regular member of the pitching! AT VERNON AUGUST 18 (tfaff, but outside of taking his turn; in the box, will have nothing to uo wile, tho actions of the team while up on the field. Bull is acting as um) in the Western Tn-State league, but j will arrive here Saturday. With (he uniioiiiiei inent of the change , in lur lingers comes the statement thai' two new players am oil their way to join the Tigers, iu addition to First; j uscmau l.egeett of Sua ,Ki.-e, who nr-1 .rived last night. ! Th new men are Bonder, mi oat .fielder, nud Stephens, u catcher. TENTATIVE DATES ACCEPTED. itiirdav night. Cnlike Christ mas, the- figure, heavyweight cham pionship fights don i come once a year, ii ii.l hy close shaving on other ex penses, diminishing the daily ration of nlisiiitlie. and holding down on the un wound up their training, nml nil were Ui tip to the family concierge, 'the reported iu first class condition. ; nocessiiry 07-, francs or $" demanded Cornell was rcgaide.l.as the most for a ringside seat enn be torn from dangerous ciotv in fhe race. The cou-iu, mickef without causing fatal con cern us of opinion was that Washing- vulsions. ton has the most powerful crew 1111 I Not a Poor Bonofit. that it should finish very near the top. 1 Mud reader, the report that the I I oil, inbia 's 1'iew is composed of the .lnison.. Moran fight is to be a benefit: U O-.I finished oarsmen but seems to be , ie.rformaui 0 to aid the poor has noi lucking in strength. 1 foundation in truth. Considerable; - I 1 -re -lit, however, is 1 ki-e.l iu the rumor' I that the fight promoters have decided i to make the janitor at the Velodrome buy a general admission before letting i hi m enter to sweep out on tho dny of I the fight. It is also bruited about that they debated for several days the ques tion of auctioning off the referee priv ilege, it being held by part of the ninn agc'iicni that the referee could see the fieht belter than anybody in the building. There has been somo diffi- culty iu persuading the people of Paris : that firs is going to be a real cluunpion i ship fijjit, every fight pulled off hero to date having been ndvertised along , that lino. Only two or three months I ago .lack Johnson and Jim Johnson pulled off a draw for the "world's i championship", and here conies an- atl'.er, so the natives are nsl-iii'T one an other if t'ois is "one American "bloof " more. Still, the Yo'odro'uo with room for 2.'i.000 people w ill probably be pret ! ty well filled. Many millionaires are I 11l1ea.lv here from all parts of the j world, drawn by the famous I! rand Prix jwhiih will bo run nt l.ont'chniups the Sunday after the fight. These gilded j gentry, being of a sporty turn, will 1 help the fight promoters a long way to wards paying Johnson his $:.",0i!0 guar ' nntoo, win, lose or draw. ' Bojewelcd Women On Hand. When the bell taps for the first round at 10::i0 p. 111., the sight which will greet tho spectators eye would render speechless the thousands or American: ! lovers of the manly art who have sat,: nt Keno, Jacksonville.! New Orleans and elsewhere. Beautiful women in daring evening clothes mid diamond tiarras will be sitting by the score at the sides of pompous, moinx'lod gentlemen of the sauio stripe, bedecked in garments seen only nt galas at thoj opera and official receptions in less: ceremonious lands. languid and blase, powdered stenciled and rouged, the women of high Continental society "sprinkled with Americans will be on Land, longing for a uew sensation. 1 Los Angeles, Oil., June 2"i. Bantam weight hninpion Johnny WilliaiiM will meet ( harlie Lcdonx, French title hold er, at Vernon on August Is;. The match was closed by cable and l.edoux will 1 ou:e fo America some time during July, The boys will battle 20 rounds at lid pounds ringside. The financial terms were net announced, BALL FLAYER M'CREDIE DRAWN FOR JURY DUTY Mil Portland, Ore., June 25. Manager Walter McCredio of the Portland Const i,rt1,,,,.l nrn .lo,,.. ''-IWith tl... league, toctiiy luces .ill days 111 the exception that the two milo run was,",,l"ll.v swear" box. unless Circuit substituted for the five-mile event, the , J',U lieorge N. Davis shows a phil full program of the American Amateur nntnropie spirit, lie was drawn for Athletic 1'iiion is adopted today by rep- j"ry duty, .,A...,u .. 1 nf tlirt Utivtttrn naoeiit. : .,,,, ri,iij tlm lit ot i.ven! .TOTTV n T.P.AVP.a TATJWVTflVVW ! shirt .sleeved, for tho western track and field chain- jiionships to be held nt tho Panama J'aeifio exposition next year. The tentatho dates, July :tf and SI, wore also accepted. This will give tin Tarrvtown, N, Y., June 25. John 1). Rockefeller, jr., Bad family left todav I to spend the rest of the summer st Seal Harbor, Maine. It was stated that winners in the western championships Rockefeller pore would remain nt Po- iibout a week's rest before the national enntieo Hills throughout the season. 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