oc-plain-dealer 1923-06-29

MUCH TALK, LITTLE MONEY AT SHELBY (By International News Service) GREAT FALLS—Mont., June 29—Dawn came to Montana today and found the Dempsey-Gibbons affair still a tangled, snarled mass of finances, or rather the lack of them. All thru the night confabs were held here and there and everywhere—in bank offices, in lawyers' offices, in hotel rooms.' And all came to naught as far as forcing Jack Kearns to make a compromise, or in the raising of those 100,000 elusive cash dollars. Perhaps this day may bring a solution of the mightiest problem which ever confronted this section of Montana—and just as likely it may bring nothing but talk, more talk, reports, rumors, more reports and rumors and bitter disappointment with nightfall. Mild hope is entertained that I. C. Stevenson may become savior of the situation. During the night it was noised about that he might step right into the picture with $100,000. But he didn't make such a statement. And there are many who believe that perhaps he, or someone connected with his oil interests, spread the report merely to garner a bit of publicity for Stevenson. Maybe Stevenson is sincere—he may deliver during the day. But it is becoming increasingly apparent around here that parting an oil man from his money for uses by prize fight promoters is a rather difficult feat. There continues the likelihood that the fight may be shifted to July 14 or July 21. That's more or less up to Kane, manager of Gibbons. During the night, Lloyd Molumby, and two Great Falls men-footed it into the bondor of Jack Kearns to try to find out what he that of things in general. And they discovered these twin facts: 1. Kearns thinks he wants that $100,000. 2. Kearns is willing to postpone the fight for two weeks or so. "I'll agree to a shift in the date," said the manager of Dempsey, "If you move the fight along to the 14th or the 17th of July, that will give you fellows a chance to launch a new campaign in the sale of tickets. But Tagging All the Bases If the Athletics could have played the Yanks without the latter having the services of Wally Pipp the Mackmen might have won. Pipp drove in one run in the sixth and hit a home run in the eighth. The Yanks' victory gave him a lead of six games. Score 4 to 2. Ken Williams got his eleventh home run and Shocker pitched his eleventh victory of the season when the Browns walloped the Tigers, 6 to 2. The Phillies stole some of the Giants' stuff in the game with Brooklyn, staging a seventh-inning rally, which netted them five runs and the game, 8 to 7. Fred Tony, erstwhile Giant pitcher, outgamed King Alexander and the Cardinals won from the Cubs, 1 to 0. you don't put the fight on July 4, the contract is automatically broken. A new one must be made. You'd have to make a new deal with the Gibbons people. Maybe you could make a better one than you've got; maybe not. I don't know. That's up to you. "But as far as this $100,000 third payment to Dempsey is concerned, well, it's due July 2. I can't make any definite move until that date. If you men deliver the money I may agree to any play you name. If you don't, well, you bust the contract. When you bust it I'll tell you about one second later exactly what I am going to do." (S BY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) SHELBY, Mont., June 29—"I'll have to talk it over with Tommy," was the reply of Eddie Kane, manager of Gibbons, early today, to statements from Great Falls that Jack Kearns had signified his willingness for a postponement of the Gibbons-Dempsey bout, scheduled for July 4. "We can't be rushed into this thing" he continued, collecting his senses after being awakened from a sound sleep. "Gibbons and myself make all decisions jointly and we will make this one as we see fit. Tommy won't get up before 10 o'clock and I refuse to awaken him before that hour. Our decision will be made an." AJAX TIRES You are interested mainly in securing excellent service at moderate cost. Ajax Cords are doing this and more for thousands of car owners. AJAX CORD, ROAD KING, PARAGON James, The Vulcanizer 223 N. Los Angeles St. Anaheim, Calif. Schneider's Market 131 West Center Ed. Schneider "WHERE QUALITY COUNTS" Spare Ribs per lb ... 12½ Fancy Steer Pot Roast, lb... 12½C Shoulder Young Pork Roast, lb... 12½C Steer Boiling j Beef, 8C LB. Swift Premium Skinned Ham, half or whole, lb... Pure Pork Sausage, lb.... Best Grade Compound, lb... For the Picnic---We will have plenty of and loads of Luncheon Meats for that July Picnic. Phone 20. We THE PLAIN DEALER, ANAHEIM, CALIF. IDEALISTS STILL CLAIM FIGHT SURE By DAVVIS J. WALSH (I. N. S. Staff Correspondent) SHELBY, Mont., June 29.—Ominously quiet but inwardly seething, the little mushroom town of Shelby, vainly trying to float a half million prize fight on optimism and a dollar-a-man idea, waited today the decision as to whether Jack Dempsey and Tom Gibbons would box here July 4, or pack up their balloons and go elsewhere. The latter procedure would leave Shelby holding the bag hopefully over a hole in the ground into which the sum of $210,000 already has been poured. It is not a pleasant prospect and the town and environs, land-poor these many years, is not feeling particularly joyful about it today. With the same incurable optimism that made a dream a reality when it got the fight, it continued to insist that the final $100,000 due on Dempsey's contract, would be paid over when due and in the same breath it burst forth in violent excursion of Jack Kearns because he declined to be satisfied with the $210,000 already paid him for the champion's services. In other words, Shelby called Kearns an ignoramus one moment because he did not realize that the town was entirely solvent and a knave the next because he declined to be satisfied, after it had been milked as dry as a handful of alkali dust. Shelby is a trifle uncertain of everything except that the fight must be held, just as a gambler will fling his final dollar on the table in quest of the 99 he has lost. In a vague sort of way the man who advanced $75 is demanding what he is pleased to term justice just as insistently as is the curious dreamer, Jim Johnson, who advanced $75,000 and is still willing to shoot all he owns in the way of land, cattle and city bonds, that the idle fancy of last winter may be made the active reality of today. The proposal of a postponement has been instant favor of these naive outlanders. They have seized upon the plan with their customary eagerness and hope and already are convinced that. BIG TEN PLAYER GETTING CUB TRIAL GREENS CHAMPS ON THREE-MAN LEAGUE In the last games of the Three-Man League, which would up last night on the Anaheim team the Reds lost three in five games the Lemons and a chance to the first place, and as the Browns the dope and won two from White, the Blacks and Reds are for second third prizes. The Greens are the champions one game. The Lemons have best team average and finish four They also win the special prize high team single game—648 for high team series—2811. Mr. Varner won the high game prize with 264, while JJ Heffron wins the high series 1019. Tonight the Anaheim Elks will terntain the Long Beach No. 1 in the S. Calif. Elks League. visitors have one of the strongest line-ups in the league, but the Bills, with several new faces in line-up are prepared to give them hard fight. The local line-up will have Gaugh, Yoorn, Evans, Efker, MGraham and Varner. WHITES Efker ... 191 193 201 150 Gamboa ... 188 152 192 142 Graham ... 212 158 177 142 Totals ... 591 533 570 434 BROWNS La Rue ... 172 202 154 130 Larrison ... 158 191 213 197 Priddy ... 129 155 167 164 Totals ... 459 548 534 491 REDS Stanfield ... 144 160 161 245 Figueroa ... 148 133 139 146 Dugas ... 182 156 180 189 Totals ... 474 449 480 580 LEMONS Holmes ... 164 158 178 200 Bamesberger ... 133 181 144 155 Karam ... 168 132 210 178 Totals ... 470 471 523 543 PENDLETON-STILL WITH LOCAL TEAM Local fans were elated today over the announcement of Manager Pete Hax that Johnny Pendleton, veteran shortstop, would still be in the lineup for Sunday's opener of the Elks' State Baseball League with Pasadena at Brookside park. Johnny, for the present, at least, has turned a deaf ear to the siren call of an easy job and lots of time for baseball which attracted Doty Bush to the Union Oil Co. team at Santa Fe Springs. Manager Hax announced the following probable batting order for Sunday's battle with the local heroes' old-time enemies at the Crown City: Callahan, cf; Penditon, ss; G. Callan, 2b; Ramage, 1b; B. Callan, c; Hawkins, If; R. Bush, 3b; Schrott, rf; Hughes and Salveson, p; McGaugh and McClain, utility. Otto Vogel. Otto Vogel, clean-up hitter of the University of Illinois baseball team, is now showing great promise with the Chicago Cubs. He seems to have all-around ability. Sport Snaps by JACK KEENE In an eventful career as major and minor league base ball player, Johnny Bassler has made many a play, good and bad, but it is likely that he never made a play similar to that which bobbed up in the fifth inning of a recent Tiger-Yankee game. With Ruth on first base, Bassler attempted to return the ball to the pitcher, but hit Pipp's bat squarply with the ball, which bounced back to the grandstand, and Babe went to second. Even Bassler had to grin at this most unusual incident. Beals Becker, once a Giant and at other times a member of the Boston and Pittsburg teams, is playing his twenty-first year at the national pastime. Beals just npw is in left field for the Kansas City club and his stick work has done its share toward keeping the Blues in the lead of the league almost from the start of the season. Becker believes the pitchers of the old days were superior to those of the present day. "I found Christy Mathewson and Three Fingered Brown the hardest pitchers to hit," said Becker. Zev, king of the three-year-olds is rolling up a money won record that bids fair to equal Man o' War's great record of $249,465. Zev has performed si ximes his year and has been rturned winner in five races while in his last effort he finished next to last. Zev has won the Paumonok, Rainbow, Kentucky Derby, Withers and the Belmont stakes, which total to $143,000. He is just $106,000 behind the Riddle champion. The Rancocas colt is engaged in stakes worth more than $150,000, and if he continues to train sound and has no mishaps, the brown son of The Finn-Miss Kearney should land well over the $200,000 mark. The Rancocas stable horses have won more than $196,000 to date, of which the three year old, Zev, is the biggest contributor. Had Rigel won the Carlton Stakes recently the stable's winships would have gone over $200,000. While the racing public believes this is a great amount of money it is not TWO TELL STORY OF MESSENGER'S HOLDUP PORTLAND, Ore., June 29—Police are investigating the story told by Oliver Clever, 21, messenger for the Broadway Bank here, who claims he was robbed by armed men of $2700 while making his rounds in the downtown district today. Burke corroborated the story leading up to the robbery. He said they had been acquainted for some time. When Clever did not return, Burke said he went after him and found him looking out of a second story window, his face and clothing dirty. Clever told him he had been robbed and tied by two men, according to Burke's story to police. DRIVER FALLS ROM WATER WAGON LOS ANGELES, June 29—Sipping from the seat of a water wagon he was driving at Donald-ave. and Clay-st., harbor district, for the city street department, Robert Tracy, 52, of 1540 Bay View-st., San Pedro, was probably fatally injured when the wheels of the heavy wagon passed over his body. GENS CHAMPS OF THREE-MAN LEAGUE The last games of the Three-league, which would up its seat night on the Anaheim alleys, did lost three in five games to mons and a chance to tie for face, and as the Browns upsetpe and won two from thethe Blacks and Reds are tiedand third prizes. Greens are the champions by name. The Lomons have the am average and finish fourth. Also win the special prizes for team single game—648—and team series—2811. Varner won the high single prize with 264, while Jimmy wins the high series with the Anaheim Elks will entitle the Long Beach No. 1 teamS. Calif., Elks' League. The have one of the strongestin the league, but the localwith several new faces in theare prepared to give them aht. Local line-up will have Me-Yoorn, Evans, Efker, Moore,and Varner. WHITES 191 193 201 150 182 188 152 192 142 150 212 188 177 142 202 BROWNS 172 202 154 130 155 158 191 213 197 158 129 155 167 164 180 459 548 534 491 493 REDS 144 160 161 245 161 148 133 139 146 162 182 156 180 189 161 474 449 480 580 484 LEMONS 164 158 178 200 145 Orger 133 181 144 155 200 168 132 210 178 207 470 471 523 543 551 Baseball Standings PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W.I. . Pet. San Francisco .....56 31.640 Sacramento .....46 38.548 Portland .....43 43.500 Vernon .....42 43.494 Salt Lake .....41 42.494 Los Angeles .....40 12.488 Seattle .....35 47.427 Oakland .....34 51.400 Festerday's Results Los Angeles, 2; Sacramento, 0. Vernon, 2; Seattle, 1. Salt Lake, 4; San Francisco, 3. Oakland, 2; Portland, 1. NATIONAL LEAGUE W.L. Pet. New York .....44 20.688 Pittsburg .....37 23.617 Cincinnati .....35 26.583 Brooklyn .....31 29.517 Chicago .....34 32.515 St. Louis .....32 33.452 Boston .....20 44.312 Philladelphia .....18 44.290 AMERICAN LEAGUE W.L. Pet. New York .....39 22.639 Philadelphia .....34 28.548 Cleveland .....33 29.532 St. Louis .....30 31.492 Detroit .....29 33.458 Chicago .....26 31.405 Washington .....27 35.435 Boston .....23 33.411 YESTERDAY'S HOMERS. NATIONAL LEAGUE No. Total. Fournier, Brooklyn .....1 Clickerman, Brooklyn .....1 AMERICAN Williams, St. Louis .....1 Heilmann, Detroit .....1 Pipp, New York .....1 Helimach, Philadelphia .....1 Bruggy, Philadelphia .....1 Totals: National, 238; American,173. It seems strange that at least onechapter captioned "How to be courteous though married." RICHFIELD PLAYS SAN GABRIEL SUN. Ray G. Ortiz, former manager ofthe Richfield Spanish baseballteam,says that this aggregation is makingwonderful strides in the greatAmerican game. Since organizationseveral months ago, the team hasonly lost two games. One was withthe Santa Rita squad, when the crackpitcher, Breecker was out witha sore finger and the other with thefast U.S.Mails of Los Angeles. Sunday they are hooked againstthe fast east side team of the SanGabriel Mission and a battle royalisexpected. The Missions are one ofthe fastest teams in the southland. Bleecker will be on the moundto show his wares and Castille will receive. Other players will be Reyes, lb;Chandy, bz; Rustillo, ss; Macaray,3b; Garcia, lf; Pantuso, cf; Celaya,rf. A big crowd is expected and thegame will start at 2:30. JOHNSTON WINNER (By International News Service) WIMBLEDON, England, June 29—William Johnston, California tenniswizard, fought his way to a commanding position for the singleschampionships of the world when heeliminated Vincent Richards, Konkers,N.Y., youthful phenomenon.in the fourth round of the Wimbledon tournament today. The score was 6-4, 6-3, 7-5. Johnston now goes into the roundbefore the semi-finals and takes aplace with the eight survivors in themen's singles championship. The Californian by his victorytoday, maintained his record of defeatingRichards every time he hasmet him. Correct this sentence: "Thankyou, no," said the small boy;; "theyare rather green and I am afraidgreen apples wouldn't be good forme." Heilmann, Detroit ... 1 9 Pipp, New York ... 1 3 Helimach, Philadelphia ... 1 1 Bruggy, Philadelphia ... 1 1 Totals: National, 238; American, 173. It seems strange that the book of etiquette doesn't have at least one chapter captioned "How to be courteous though married." 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