Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-03-21
Short Sports

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Professional speed skaters will
compete at Philadelphia in an open
meet next Monday and Tuesday
nights.
Joe Sewell. who Joined the Cleve-
land Indians last fall. is assured OF
his job at shortstop this season, ac-
cording to advices from the train-
ing camp at Dallas.
President Jim Dunn has insured
the Indians for 100000, twice as
much as he carried last year.
Tommy Gibbons. st. Paul heavy
weight, and AL Reich of New York,
meet at Cleveland tonight for ten
rounds.
Joe Stecher and Cliff Binckley
meet in Pittsburgh tonight in q
benefit wrestling match. The pro-
ceeds will go for relief of destitute
Greeks in Europe.
| When DR.. Lasker and Jose r.
| Capablanca resume their cham
pionship chess tournament at Ha-
vana tonight. they will have before
them one of the most intricate
chess problems evolved in cham
pionshipp play for long time.
They adjourned the second game
of the tournament at one O'clock
this morning after making thirty
moves, leaving the pieces in posi-
tons which We're promising OF
brilliant combinations.
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| Weinert of Newark, NJ J., meet in
a fifteen-round bout at New York
tonight. Bud Roper of Chicago and
Homer Smith of Kalamazoo, Mich,
are principals in another fifteen-
round bout.
The Boston Braves, divided
against themselves, played win
ming game at Galveston, Tex, yes
terday, the regulars won to 0 but
got only two hits off Braxton, a left
handed recruit.
John Peck and Stranger Lewis
have been matched for a finish
wrestling match in New York April
4.
Some of the best handball play
ers of the country are among the
3S contentants for the A. A. U. title
play for which began at the Detroit
Athletic club today, Entries rep
resent clubs in st. Paul, Duluth.
Los Angeles, Cleveland, Milwaukee,
Chicago, New York and Detroit.
Carl Tremaine of Cleveland and
Young Montreal of Providence, r,
L., meet tonight at Toledo in a 12-
round no decision boxing bout.
They are to weigh 11S pounds at
o'clock.
The New York American league
team, which won all five of its ex-
hibition games on weeks tour
through Louisiana, returned today
: to the Shreveport training camp.
Alfred Goullet sx-day bicycle
rider who conducted OUTLAW" races
! at New York and in Chicago. has
5 been placed in good standing by
= the Cycle Racing association, it
r was announced today.
, Rocky Kansas of Buffalo and
| Willie Jackson of New York, aspir-
, ants for the worlds lightweight
I boxing title win meet in Madison
D Square Garden, N. Y, tonight In a
3 15-round bout. The winner of the
$ match tonight win challenge BEN
0 ny Leonard to II bout for the cham
} pionship.
{ Edouard Horemans, Belgian BILL
! Hard champion, arrived in New
York today from the west, to be-
Q gin his 4S0O point 1872 balkline
v match with Jake Schaefer, who de-
| feated him in their last meeting.
The Scottish professional soccer
team will play four games in the
t United states during its forthcom-
ing tour, the Dominion Football as
} sociation's secretary announced to-
. day. The dates of the teams Amer
ican appearance are July 6, 8, 10
' and 10. Opponents were not named.
DR.. Emanuel Lasker and Jose Il.
.. Capablanca will rest tonight pre-
paratory to resuming tomorrow
night the third game of their world
championship chess tournament at
Havana, which was adjourned az
the sixty move this morn
ing. Experts who analysed the po-
sitions Of the pieces on the MORN
. ing after the players had adJourn-
ed, declared their belief that the
Z game would result in a draw as did
; the first two games of the tourna-
! ment.