White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-09-26
HERE. & THERE
in the
HEADLINES

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A LITTLE WAR at home Is always
better than a big war away from home,
and this week the -Abyss1nlan
fracas, which for the past few months
has kept John Public in constant
fret, found itself relegated to the bot
tom of the inside pages as the local
sports wars converged into a three
ring circus,
THE QUESTION of whether Joe
Louis could take what he can give and
Max Baer give what he Gin the past)
coud take, was answered promptly
enough Tuesday night to convince the
most skeptical. After less than tour
complete rounds, in which the Brown
Bomber from Detroit had completely
blasted the California Adonis OF the
prize ring, Max Baer came to the end
of his ring career, taking the count OF
ten on one. knee, completely dazed as
to what was happening. Throughout
the fight, Baer had landed only a few
solid blows, and while they showed no
effects, Louis later said that they were
the hardest blows he had ever taken.
And so, to the playboy of fistlana,
who but three months ago was UNI
challenged heavyweight champion of
the world, came the realization that
two years of high living can't be
trained away In a few months.
But to Joe Louis, who Tuesday night
beat the king Of the heavyWeights,
will come the realization that from
now on the color line will be drawn;
that champions and potential cham
pions do not want to fight the Detroit
Dynamiter and that there are many
ways of avoiding it.
AS THE ECHOES of the ring wars
died away the Chicago Cubs and St.
Louis Cardinas stole back into the
spotlight for brief encore before the
Worlds Series of next week, with the
two teams meeting in the final ana
crucial series of the National league
at st. Louis Wednesday. st. Louis, who
had lost several games in the past week
while Chicago ran up their consecutive
victory streak to eighteen before draw
ing two-day lay-off, had dropped to
three and cne-half games behind the
Cubs as their series started, and to
win the pennant must win every game
of the five, while Chicago needed only
two victories to cinch the flag.
On the face of it, the odds were
against st. Louis, but then long
winning streak must come to an end
some time, and since the Cards have
won the majority of games between
the two teams this year, it was possible
for them to stage a whirlWind finish
to take their second consecutive Ma
tional league pennant.
That was the picture as the series
started. AS dusk fell on the first day
the Cardinals hopes were so dim as
to be almost negligible. But it took
brilliant 10 victory by the Cubs te
dim them, in game which was hailee
. as one of the most thrilling of recent
times. Today the Cubs have a lead Of
four games, with only four left to bt
played.
KING FOOTBALL, the f0remOs
silnon-pure sport in the nation, it,
early glory dirnmed somewhat IN tn
hysteria aroused by the other rings o
the circus, comes into its own TIL
weekend as the major teams of TIN
nation wind up their preliminar.
battles.
Saturdays battles on the west coas
include Gonzaga VS.. Oregon; Washing
ton VS.. Idaho; Washington State VS.
CPS; Oregon state VS.. Willamette
California VS.. both Whittier and Da
Wis; use. VS.. Montana; Stanford vs.
San Jose; st. Mary's VS.. Nevada (Sun
day..
The only probable upset is that Ida
no may trim Washington, while tn
Gonzaga- Oregon game is expected t
be the toughest of the day.
Gonzaga lost in an upset to Chene
Normal last Saturday, but before tn
game Mike Pecarovitch, Gonzag
coach, announced "We may lose t
Cheney; if so, we'll beat Oregon. An
if we beat Oregon, they'll beat Cal
fornia Oct. 12''
The first third of this predictio
having come true, football fans wi
await the next few games to see whetf
er Pecarovitch is major prophet {
a bum guesser.
G. G. Mccormick, R. L. Ludwig ar