oc-plain-dealer 1923-08-04

BASEBALL BOXING SPORTS LOCALS DROP TWO TO L. A. ELKS NO. 2 The Anaheim Elks lost two games out of three to the Los Angeles Elks No. 2 team, on the latter's home drive, last night in spite of some wonderful shooting by Guy Evans, who piled up 655 pins, topping all the shooters. His first game of 258 was high single game and coupled with McGaugh 231 was enough to win that one. Lustig rolled fire for the city Bills, totaling 624. McGaugh won a special three game match from Mullenix of Los Angeles for a substantial purse. LOS ANGELES NO. 2 Hankins ...139 154 168 461 Mullenix ...168 177 184 528 Henderson ...159 156 179 494 Neal ...172 181 184 527 Lustig ...107 220 217 634 Totals ...835 895 922 2662 ANAHEIM ELKS Efker ...151 186 173 510 Dugas ...154 177 178 509 Moore ...130 141 155 426 McGaugh ...231 159 179 569 Evans ...208 192 205 653 Totals ...924 855 888 567 RUTH HITS BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE By DAVID J. WALSH I. N. S. Sports Editor NEW YORK, Aug. 4—Because the years temper the judgment and mild the disposition, George D. Ruth, the prominent left fielder, is a better bitter today than at any time since he was turned out of a Balti- BASEBALL TODAY NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia 4; Pittsburg 2 First Game—R. H. E. Philadelphia ...000 030 100—4 90 Pittsburg ...000 000 002—2 11 1 Batteries: Ring and Wilson; Adams, Hamilton and Gooch, Mattox. Philadelphia 3; Pittsburg 4 Second Game—R. H. E. Philadelphia...020 000 001—3 70 Pittsburgh ...200 100 10x—4 82 Batteries, Weinert and Henline; Morrison and Schmidt, Gooch. Boston 4; St. Louis 2 First Game—R. H. E. Boston ...400 000 000—4 83 St. Louis...000 100 001—2 81 First Game—R. H. E. Batteries: Deschger, E. Smith, Barnes and O'Nell; Haines, North and McCurdy. Brooklyn 7; Chicago 3 R. H. E. Brooklyn ...000 004 111—7 92 Chicago ...001 000 200—3 71 Batteries: Vance and Deberry; Kaufman and O'Farrell. New York 14; Cincinnati 4 R. H. E. New York...000 250 420—14 20 Cincinnati...100 000 021—4 11 1 Batteries: Ryan and Snyder, Gaston; Luque, Harris, McQuaid and Hargrave, Sanberg. Brooklyn 0; Chicago 3 R. H. E. Brooklyn ...000 000 000—6 90 Chicago ...000 030 00x—3 11 0 Batteries: Grimes and Taylor; Osborne and Hartnett. AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 14; Philadelphia 4 First Game—R. H. E. Detroit ...010 060 502—14 18 Philadelphia...101 010 901—4 11 4 RECORD SEASON The record expected to be high school for the second Anaheim and Manager Ing raw meat with a has announced prime effort for a Pasdee from Anaheim. Manager I that Captains ranged the Feadleton, san cf; ran, Ram Hawkins, It Callahan, rrf p; McClaim, p. Hay has best umpires Baseball Ma Henry Tyke keeper, state lightning fa- KEARNS TIA. Los Anheims is wily for Jack Denny Juana, Mexico viding James personal cha-This is threceived by pion's mana-the way for between Denver border she d- RUTH HITS BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE By DAVID J. WALSH I. N. S. Sports Editor NEW YORK, Aug. 4—Because the pearce temper the judgment and melow the disposition, George D. Ruth, the prominent left fielder, is a better hitter today than at any time since he was turned out of a Baltimore reform school as a man of the world and quite old enough to earn his own home runs. Further than that, Ruth is of infinitely greater value to his ball club. Elementary arithmetic is sufficient to indicate the great change that has come over Ruth. One year ago he had taken part in 97 games for a batting average of .321, and a total of 32 home runs. In the same number of games to date he is hitting .389, the highest average of his career and home runs to the number of 25 have fallen into the great beyond. The answer? Ruth is mixing intelligence with his ability to hit them with an honest-to-goodness wallop. The old free-for-all on every swing is gone and in its place is a noticeable tendency to "choke" the bat whenever this measure seems expedient. In other words, the worthy fellow is guessing with the pitcher and often ahead of him. The result is fewer home runs, also fewer strike outs to say nothing of more base hits. In fact, the esteemed gentleman will lead the league by 20 points. Ruth seldom gets a good ball now-a-day. If he cared to stand there with his bat on his shoulder, it is possible that he would be walked three times out of four. Pitchers make a hollow pretense of pitching to him when they try to shave the corners. This is merely a gesture, however, designed to placate the frereconcilables in the stands. Seldom do any of them pitch to him for even an unguarded moment. And their justification is obvious. TIGERS BOMBARD PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4—A bombardment greeted the Athletics in the first of a double-header today with the Tigern who won 14 to 4. The visitors put six tallies across in the fifth and five more, two innings later. Dauss, who went the route for the Bengals, was touched for 11 hits. CY HITS HIS 28TH PITTSBURGH, Aug. 4—Cy Williams, Phillies outfielder, hit his 28th home run of the reason in the first half of the fifth inning of the game with Pittsburgh today. He now has Brooklyn 0; Chicago 3 R.H.E. Brooklyn ... 000 000 000—0 6 0 Chicago ... 000 030 00x—3 11 0 Batteries: Grimes and Taylor; Osborne and Hartnett. AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 14; Philadelphia 4 First Game— R.H.E. Detroit ... 010 060 502—14 15 2 Philadelphia 101 010 001—4 11 4 Batteries: Dauss and Bassler, Rowland; Hastings, Helmach and Perkins. Chicago 1; Boston 8 R.H.E. Chicago ... 000 000 001—1 8 4 Boston ... 013 031 00x—3 11 2 Batteries: Leverette, Blankenship and Schalk, Graham; Ehmke and Devormer. St. Louis 2; Washington 9 First Game— R.H.E. St Louis... 000 300 000—3 11 1 Washington... 201 031 02x—9 14 0 Batteries: Vangiler, Pruett and Collins; Zachary, Russell and Ruell. Cleveland 15; New York 7 R.H.E. Cleveland... 094 210 116—15 12 1 New York ... 200 010 015—7 12 1 Batteries: Uhle and O'Nell; Shawkey, Pennock, Rutger and Schang. Detroit-Philadelphia Second game postponed on account of rain COAST LEAGUE Sacramento-Oakland First Game— Sacramento ... 0 0 Oakland ... 4 0 Batteries: Penner and Schang; Kremer and Baker. Los Angeles-Portland Los Angeles ... 3 3 Portland ... 0 1 Batteries: Crandall and Byler; Schroeder and Onslaw. DIABLO TAKES LEAD HONOLULU, Aug. 4—The yacht Diablo, sailed by A.R. Pedder of Santa Barbara, crossed the finish line in the Santa Barbara-Honolulu yacht classic off Diamond Head at 3:04 p.m. yesterday afternoon, thereby taking the lead in the trans-Pacific race 'us the Diablo had a handicap of 42 hours, 47 minutes on the Mariner which finished at 12:36 a.m. Thursday. ROBBED FIFTH TIME For the fifth time since its establishment about a year ago, the Blue and Gold service station, at Orange-thorpe and Pullerton highways, was robbed. About $20 worth of cigars was stolen. The place is owned by H.W.Bowee, but was formerly LOS ANGELES Kearns is wishing for Jack Denny Juana, Mexico viding James personal chase This is the received by pion's management between Detroit border the dale For several been destined at Tia Juan situation has the promotic til now. Coffroth lest Dempsey $400,000 an contest. It meted at a accept it gladly prepared to a loss of $1 race track ex WOMAN MOTOR Mrs. L.E. bruise on o noon, when struck a paling in the highway south Denney report nigan. One badly hurt an truck was w Mr. and M moved to th following a highway two between their Schroeder of were bruised Schroeder, ac Louie Heffner flicer, is only pled. He has The Parks garage in W The injure hospital. CY HITS HIS 28TH PITTSBURGH, Aug. 4—Cy Williams, Phillies outfielder, hit his 28th home run of the reason in the first half of the fifth inning of the game with Pittsburgh on Babe Ruth. Perfumes were used originally only in religious services. ROBBED FIFTH TIME For the fifth time since its establishment about a year ago, the Blue and Gold service station, at Orange-thorpe and Fullerton highways, was robbed. About $20 worth of cigars was stolen. The place is owned by H. W. Bowee, but was formerly owned by the Muckenthaler brothers. Plain Dealer Want Ads Gets Results SARGUM SPROUTINGS The sun is shining as brightly as ever, nature is displaying her beauties as she did, but there is in every true American heart a gloom, a sadness, for their president, their leader has passed over the great divide. He has gone West. His death was a shock to the nation. We were not aware of the serious nature of his illness and were not prepared for his departure. We may have disagreed with his ideas, we may have openly claimed that he should have done this or that or should not have allowed this or that to have happened, but death levels all our differences and he is our president, a great, honest and true man. A man who did the things he thought to be right. One flag, one nation, one people (indivisible) mourn his loss. The Dempey-Firpo match bids fair to set a new mark in interest of the people. No match ever before was talked of more than this. The people had rested assured that their champion, Jack Dempsey, was truly invincible when from our southern sister there come this man, Firpo, who has swept all before him with a mighty force that has left the people uncertain. Just how much better Firpo is than what he has shown is a matter of conjecture. He has never been hurt, he is not a boker, but his mighty fighting force carries him over all obstacles. Can the champion of champions stop him? There are thousands and thousands who wish to see for themselves. Applications for reservations are coming to Tex Rickard by the thousand and the match is merely a proposal as yet. There is no certainty where it will be held and the details have not been entered into. This advance interest of the fight world goes to prove that there never has been a match of such interest to two nations before. Mike McTigue, conqueror of Batling Skii and light heavyweight world champion, won his first fight in the U.S. since becoming champion by out-pointing Tommy Laughran in a 12-round bout. Baham Champ Joe Lynch also out-pointed Batling Reddy at the same time, in a 12-round bout. Johnny Dundee promised Eugene Criqui another crack at the championship next spring. Johnny feels pretty safe in allowing the Frenchman another fight as Johnny was by far the better man in their recent recap. "Little Bill" Johnston, world's tennis champion, won over Harry Snodgrass has been a sensation so far this season, but the champion was just a little too good for him. THE PLAIN DEALER, 'ANAHEIM, CALIF. TENNIS GOLF RECORD CROWD OF SEASON EXPECTED The record crowd of the season is expected to be on hand at the local high school field tomorrow afternoon for the second league clash between Anaheim and Pasadena Elkau. Manager Loren Ury has been feeding raw meat to his Crown City Billie, and with a big delegation of fans, has announced he will make the supreme effort to see if it is possible for a Pasadena team to vanquish one from Anaheim. Manager Pete Hax stated today that Captain Buster Callan had arranged the following batting order: Peadioton, ss; B. Callan, c; G. Calan, cf; Ramage, 9; D. Bush, 2; Hawkins, lt; Lewis, 1; Schrott and Callahan, rf; Hughes and Salveson, p; McClain, utility. Hax has arranged for two of the best umpires working in the So. Cal. Baseball Managers Ass'n. Henry Tipton, premier groundkeeper, stated the field would be lightning fast tomorrow. KEARNS TO ACCEPT LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4—Jack Kearns is willing to sign for a match for Jack Dempsey to be staged at Tia Juana, Mexico late in the fall, providing James W. Coffroth will take personal charge of the promotion. This is the highlight of a letter received by Coffroth from the champion's manager and is likely to pave the way for a championship battle between Dempsey and Willis at the border the day before Thanksgiving. RESIGNATIONS OF CABINET RECEIVED WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—The resignations of all members of the Harding cabinet were in the hands of President Coolidge today as the former president's advisers followed the traditional custom of outgoing administrations. President Coolidge, however, has announced he will ask each cabinet member to remain at his head until he has not yet taken formal action. The continuation of Attorney General Daugherty in the cabinet is problematical. His friends declare the attorney general is desirous of retiring from active political life because of illness and it is known he sought one time in resign but was prevailed upon by President Harding, his close personal friend, to continue in office. Other members of the cabinet, if asked by President Coolidge, doubtless will remain. DENBY CAN'T QUIT WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—Secretary of the Navy Denby today personally laid before President Coolidge his resignation from the cabinet. It was immediately rejected by the president who told Denby he desired "all cabinet members to remain." Denby told the International News Service he had come to Washington from his Detroit home to "quit". "But my not chief won't let me," he added. FORMER PRESIDENT INVITED TO FUNeral WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Former President Woodrow Wilson will be asked to participate in the state funeral for President Harding, it was learned today. An invitation to occupy a post of honor in the van of the funeral procession will be extended him by President Coolidge. Mr. Wilson's acceptance undoubtedly will depend upon the immediate condition of his health. WILSON CAN'T PARTICIPATE WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Former President Wilson will not participate. UNITED Theatre Anaheim ANOTBIG DOUBLE THE PLAY —The— TIA JUANA BATTLE LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4. Jack Kearns is willing to sign for a match for Jack Dempsey to be staged at Tia Juana, Mexico, late in the fall, providing James W. Coffroth will take personal charge of the promotion. This is the highlight of a letter received by Coffroth from the champion's manager and is likely to pave the way for a championship battle between Dempsey and Willis at the border the day before Thanksgiving. For several years Coffroth has been desirous of staging a big bout at Tia Juana, but the heavyweight situation has never been favorable to the promotion of a title contest until now. Coffroth believes he can guarantee Dempsey and Willis a purse of $400,000 and promote a successful contest. If the match should be promoted at a profit, Coffroth will accept it gladly enough, but he will be prepared to go thru with the bout at a loss of $100,000 and charge it to race track expenses. WOMAN HURT WHEN MOTOR HITS MULES Mrs. L. E. Denney received a bad bruise on one leg yesterday afternoon, when her husband's truck struck a pair of mules that were lying in the road on the San Diego highway south of Culon's corner. Denney reported to Sheriff Sam Jernigan. One of the mules was so badly hurt an officer shot it, and the truck was wrecked. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Parks were removed to the Anaheim sanitarium, following a collision on the county highway two miles west of Anaheim between their car and that of Arthur Schroeder of Anaheim. The couple were bruised, but no bones broken. Schroeder, according to the report of Louie Heffner, county motorcycle officer, is only 15 years old and crippled. He had no operator's license. The Parks car was taken to Evans' garage in West Anaheim. The injured couple still are at the hospital. STOCKS CLOSE WEAK NEW YORK, Aug. 4. The stock market closed weak today. Some short covering in the final period lifted prices here and there above the lows of the day but losses from one to over two points were general at the close. The final break in the Northern rails furnished the real impetus to the downward trend. ANOTHER BIG DOUBLE THE PLAY —The— Fred Siegel Stock Co. Not a Motion Picture Presents "The Divorce Question" —The most talked about play of the day, pronounced by critics as the greatest play of its kind ever written. Read the Following Testimonial: W. J. FITZGERALD, S. J., Gonzaga University, Spokane, Wash., writes—I wish to convey my sincere thanks for the kind courtesy shown the members of the faculty during the run of the masterful play, "The Divorce Question." The tremendous moral lesson this truly great play reaches reached the ears of many who perhaps had never heard the truth on this vital question. Again thanking you for your kindness, I am yours very sincerely. Signed—W. J. Flitzgerald. DON'T MISS THIS BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE 50 Children Under 16 not Admitted ALTA VIST STOCKS CLOSE WEAK NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—The stock market closed weak today. Some short covering in the final period lifted prices here and there above the lows of the day but losses from one to over two points were general at the close. The final break in the Northern rails furnished the real impetus to the downward trend. Great Northern Pfd. sold at the lowest in more than 50 years, 51 1-2 but closed at $3 1-2, down half a point. Baldwin Locomotive dropped nearly two points to 111 1-2; Pan-American Petro at 58, American Can at 86, Steel Common at 86 1-4 and U.S. Rubber were down from 1 to over 2 points. Government bonds unchanged; others steady. GRAINS IRREGULAR CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—Irregularity thru a narrow radius characterized the close of the grain market today. Foreign news were lacking and reports from the northwest of a disappointing wheat yield were discounted on the grounds that they were of bull origin. Weather condition in the corn belt were generally favorable. Wheat closed 1-4c to 1-2c off. Corn finished 1-8c up to 1-8 down. Oats was up 1-4c to 1-8 off. Provisions were inactive. BANK CLEARINGS San Francisco $16,200,000. Seattle $5,858,511. Portland $5,557,930. Oakland $1,556,900. Long Beach $1,364,242. Los Angeles $20,500,475. LOS ANGELES PRODUCE LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4.—Butter 48. Eggs: extras 34; case count 31; pullets 29. Poultry: Hens 14; broilers 25; fryers 25. Sanitary paper cuspidors are here. A walking tractor is the latest farm device. ALTA VISTA NORTHWEST CORNER OF SYDNEY Anaheim’s Finest Highest Elevation LOTS AS LOOKING LIBERAL M. O. Hensley or Realty Co. 107 South Clementine St. Buildings Financed. President Coolidge his from the cabinet. It was rejected by the president Denby he desired "all others to remain." The International News and come to Washington rupt home to "quit". Chief won't let me. PRESIDENT ED TO FUNERAL TON, Aug. 4.—Former woodrow Wilson will be incipile in the state funerald Harding, it was ton to occupy a post of van of the funeral proce extended him by Presge. Mr. Wilson's necdoubtedly will depend mediate condition of his CANT PARTICIPATE TON, Aug. 4.—Former anson will not participate in the funeral service of President Harding, it was announced officially this afternoon, because of his ill health. WIDOW WILL MAKE HOME WITH SAWYERS MARTON, Ohio, Aug. 4.—Dr. Carl Sawyer, son of Dr. C. E., Sawyer, the president's personal physician, said today that preparations are being made for Mrs. Warren G. Harding to make her home temporarily with his father and Mrs. Sawyer at White Oaks Farm, just south of Marlon. CLOSE EXECUTIVE DEPTS. THREE DAYS WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—By request of President Coolidge, Secretary of State Hughes today ordered all executive departments to be closed on Tuesday Aug. 7, after 1 o'clock and on Aug. 8 to 10 inclusive, as a mark of respect to President Harding. Secretary Hughes also announced that all flags on government build-ings will remain at half mast until September 3. There will be no official entertainment until after December 1, 1924, it was officially announced. BELGIUM REMAINS FIRM WITH FRENOH LONDON, Aug. 4.—Belgium has sent a note to London announcing her readiness to reopen reparations negotiations for financial settlement and to make the modifications necessary to "progressive evacuation" of the Ruhr only when Germany cancele the decree for passive resistance, said a dispatch from Brussels today. TO HUNT EXPLORERS NOME, Alaska, Aug. 4.—The power boat Donaldson, 70 tons not, left today for Wrangell Island to rescue the five persons sent there by Stefanson two years ago. Shoe polishers now use electric polishing machines. Sun. Mon. & Tues. Aug. 5-6-7 ANOTHER DOUBLE FEATURE THE PICTURE —The Story of a Girl Who Found That ANOTHER DOUBLE FEATURE AY THE PICTURE —The Story of a Girl Who Found That Love Comes but Once! 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