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PA" PAGE 2 1 PAQ ' LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1911. - - - llltA.....JJ.J....... I LATEST. SPORTING "H-T"t'tii i n . . "Tmi.WWfWHWWWWfH4HHHt ' , NEWS -i 5 IOCS 3. (Jra i ib Gill i'rot ' , 20c' v rj gc rSoa rs, Cc . ap, th. ; 'jgular i ricards, "M.Qc.2 tp. TOs 8 10 c. $ soap, "Water sses, t: rip 3 SmoM, S3 : Shi MheS dies 8. eel illfiT mc nnnir uiyi UIU UlllilL1 HERE TorJIGHT "-- - : " ."1'.:v:' ; v,-. , , . . . i 1 - . fcKm GIRLS COME DETERMINED TO WIN VICTORY I- Pans' ,i , ; '"Steel $ Pa inn V.v'. White Sauc&M , Lamp ; neys .... Mouse ' .,.. Pr serve 68 . ....... Drip ... Pot PalrBoys' "WRk Bakert Scalu Union Girls arc Confident of Turning Trick. Probably the last basketball game of the year aa far. as Inter-high school teams are concerned willtake place this evening commencing at 8 o'clock when the local girls' five meets the Union five. The team which "will go on the floor for La Grande HI be pretty much the same as pre viously, though it la possible that everal substitutes will be able to Play In the game on account of Illness and Injarlea sustained to some of the . Players during practice. Miss Love and Miss Massee win play forward. ,-, avV venter, Miss Cotner , and Mil bacon guards." J J . The Union team arrived this morn ing accompanied by, a liberal number ht rooters and will await this, even- ; IPS' game with' interest. 'Union still hau Baker's scalp and Is determined to wmt laurels from the!l, Grande girts if possible. . , The Union lineup will be "' , Center, Wanda Haller; Guards, Ma bel Jones and Chrystal Caster; For- ; wards, Myra Wtgglesworth and Elsa 'S KAKEK QUITS BASKETBALL JPw?:ir1nn to Open Activities In CIn. : tders Early In the' Tear. ; Th? basketball season for the local r't;h reboot U about over and the stu 'ts we -now turning their attention to.6ta.Br tonni of athletics. A game b-." ieen arranged for the girls when they will play a team at Haines Satur- ; day night The game will be1 followed by a reception at Radium Springs, so it is understood, and a large number of students and young people from Baker will probably go down for the evening,., Tha boys have no further games on their schedule and are now preparing for track and Held work. The armory hall has been rented for the rest of the season and indoor training will be carried on there until outdoor work can be taken up. The next event to which the ath letes are looking forward is the cross country run, which will be held about April 1, if the weather is agreeable at that time. The start and finish of the race will be at the armory, the course covering a distance of about four miles around the foothill east of th town. Many men are working out for this event and It promises to be quite exciting. ' Everett Saunders Is manager of the track team this year and is pleased with the outlook for a winning team. Three meets have been scheduled thus fi, uuJ ii in probable that one or two others will be held. Ttams will be sent to the state meets In Eugene and Cor vallis, and Baker will also send her full strength to the Eastern Oregon m-et, which will prboably be held at Ontario or In this city. Baker high will be handicapped in the weights this year by the absence of Jones and Brown, two of the big point winners last year. There is oth er good matrrial 1 for these events and the boys hope to get good places. The sprinters and distance men of last year are on hand again and will take cara of their events. A WITH THE BOXERS. A O A his home town, Louisville. . ' "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson has defeated ; Billy Papke twice. The first battle, a bare knucle muss, la not ca record. . Freddie Welsh is expected to ar rive In this country around March 20, provided, hj ia successful In his engagements on the other side. r . v;. Flphts Scheduled for Tonight Willie Lewis vs. Harry Lewis, finish fight, at Paris, France. Billy Nixon vs. "Kid" Scaler, rounds, at Portland, Me. . ' Andy Morris vs. Jack Leon, rounds, at Bangor, Me. 21 HDRSES SET 12 OUT. TflflflY ECEPTIOXALLT GOOD STOCK, AXD AVERAGES 1500 EACH Mark t In Search of Jnt Such a Horse , as This Order Contains AAAAAAAAAA t : A Baseball 'otes A ,: A! A A A A frAAAAAA Owner Watkins, of the Indlahapolis club, has purchased , the Springfield franchise In the Ohio stat; league Sixteen players who have been play ing in Panama during the past winter, will join the Holyoke team of the Connecticut league. Word from Milwaukee has it that Hary Howell, the former St. Louis pitcher, will try for an infield posi tion with the Brewers. .'. Mike Donlin. the ex-Giant. In Lm a billiard player. He beat Hal Chase J ,n for choice stD :c vm to S3 in tneir r;cent match at the three-cushion tame. I. J.v Williamson, the Portland horse buyer is shipping today a car of twenty-one horses purchased from the farmers of the Grande Ronde val ley. They-run in weight from 1350 to 1700 pounds and Mr. Williamson says that this car of hors.s Is exception ally good stock being in good condi tion and a heavy biockv tvne of horse that Just suits hla market. Th? horse market this coming senscn w!i: te the best for sbveial years says Mr i Wllllamamv nn' o r;t c; u g. for hor?-i in r.-bllc improvement J work. cJ that private demand is . strong for horses'. The Grande Ronde Valley horses, for hardilless and ap pearance, on nccount of good brerd ling, makes the"i desirable stock for both Seattle ad Portland markets. J. F. Huston of Jeattle has been buy ing in Wallowa county for Hoquam & Canpy and succeeded in getting sev I eral cars of nice 3tuff. C. W. Todd is i 'ao in the city Icok- Scout Bobby Gilks of the, Cleveland team has signed Brinsfteld King, star pitcher of the University of Mississ ippi team. He will report to the Naps in June. ' Walter Johnson, Washington's star pitcher, is a hold-out, and it looks Marvin Hart la refereelng bouts at as If Manager McAleer will have to .15! 4 ills ... . ; i II lannerr,';;v ,.rtV"-- II t - . :ea 'f. 1 ; ; ' er8 1 r ' ! ' ' ' ! I i , ' 3et ? I ; , : .Ida. ) . ; ; .; s w J v.;-; ' !eni:; ,. j c Mc- I '.'; ; " j : .... . , ,f , vear. j, j, , x' t r; I 'i V : , ' V- '' .- : ,,; t ' '.( ' 1 -: , . ' i - - i.iiimiiiil,ji m m IT or d The Quality Car "Ask the Man who Owns One." doa sum In order to sign the young wonder. t More trouble for "Wesklt" Murphy of the Cubs. "Circu3 Solly" Hoffman threatens to follow Jake Stahl and open a bank. Ball players are so poorly paid nowadays, that when they quit the game, all they can do is to start a bank. ' Five-Passenger Touring Car with wind shield, speedometer, lamps, top, magneto, horn. $900,00 F. O. B. La Grande. ASK FOR DEMONSTRATION mi Gar a LA GRANDE, OR. AAAAAAA A A LOCAL SPOBTLETS, COM. JlfcxVl AJSD THE LIKE. . A 4 4AAAAAAAAAVA Indications of weather and the stow ing away of basketball uniforms has engendered the track team timber, and within a few short weeks, trunks and spikes will be hauled out from their w.'nter resting places. C J. Murphy has two exceptionally fin? lynx skins taken from cats kill ed by him in the neighborhood of at. Emily. The skins are dandles, well colored and large. Skins of this sort are seldom exhibited here. i ' An Overland .1911. four-door, has reached the city and is now being demonstrated by Jay Van Buren. A feature of the machin- Is that the lever stands between the driver and companion In the front seat and the horn is covered, making the machine void of apurtenances as far as ex terior appliances go. The machine was on the street for the first time yesterday. McKay Wealth, the promising three-ytar-old owned by B. F. Wade, will be put to hard training at once on the Walla Walla track. This animal was particularly popular with the trainers at Walla Walla last year and not only Mr. Wade, but horsemen of this city, are watching Intently what McKay Wealth . will do this fall. Boys' basketball games have passed from the category of high school sports this season, and Manager Neu I bauer is now finishing up the business oilairs of the club's expenses and re ceipts for the year. The team is r practically undergraduates entirely and next year will ste swifter teams in the local schools than has ever been the city's honors before. . Since the election of G. L. Biggers as delegate from the local lodge to tha grand lodge of Elks at Atlantic City, the Doctor has been coii3id.rlng a proposition of driving his big Franklin to Atlantic City. He has not definitely made up his mind but it is under consideration at any event. Euch a Jiite wouiu outstrip anything ever attempted by Union county auto owners. F. I. Vergere, of Enterprise is in the city today. Mr. Vergere is in the automobile business and says that business prospects for the auto bu iness in Wallowa county looks good. Mr. V;rgere is also admitted to be one of the best amateur photograph ers in the Northwest and for the past two years has been making a special ty of scenery in Wallowa county, also exciting scenes of thj streets and range life, and has pictures of animals queer and natural. t Local automobile dialers see a big year in 1911. The Dittebrandt agency has a large number of sales ready for delivery and L. C. Smith has al ready sold several cars and needs button? order to complete another carload. Other dealers are corres pondingly successful in selling I9ii machines nothing but the latest and best can be sold at any price here. The good cars sell like wild fire. The Montana Pool rooms will be open to the public tonight, the looms corner of Jefferson and Depot streets ar: neatly finished, the tables are of the latest pattern and the proprietor invites everybody to call and see them and they assure the public that If fair treatment merits patronage they will be glad to see you. ficlently large to allow early train ing on it and thereby provides-' an other much needed facility to school SPQltB. . Theo utlook for the" team is uncer tain; better estimates will be in line later on in the season, though the members of the early squad, ere con fident' of a fast nine. McMAHOX HAS MATCH Wrestling Bouts Will Take Place at Union March Tenth, A wrestling match will be held in Union at the Athletic club on; the evening of March 10th, at which time ' John MacCormlc, a heavyweight of St. Poul, Minn., will meet W. P. Mc- ' Mahon of Hot Lak?. MacCormlc is quite a noted wrestler throughout the east, having met the world's cham plon, Frank Gotch in five different bouts, and has defeated many of the best heavy weights,' says- the Union Republican. He is now touring the west for honors and will meet Mc.-"" Mahon here. McMahon is one of the fastest men in the state, and has nev cr been defeated by any man within 50 pounds of his own weight, which Is 175 pounds. MacCormic's weight la 200 pounds. The match will be held under the auspicts of the Union Ath letic club. Many of the club boys will take part in the preliminaries.' . Mr. Carl Tweedy of Hot Lake, who recently defeated Mr. Kllleen of thev Multnomah club of Portland and who expects to wrestle at the tournament to be hdd In Portland during the month of May for championship hon ors, will' wrestle in one of the pre liminaries here on tha evening of the 10th. Millers Train In Old Kentucky. Hickman, Ky., March 4. Manager Joe Cantillion, of the Minneapolis club of the American Association, hs fitted up training quarters for tho members of his team on his farm near Ws place. Several of the players, have already put in an appearance and all of the others are under oners to report by Monday. The team will chop wood and milk cows for Mj ir-v ger Cantillion for several week a: d tl'tn bo ,n '. (' n. tion to start on a to.-r fi r exhibition p unes in Atlanta, Mmi;. I'lils, chat'nua. na, Lexington and scv eni o:h-r ?nlhern cities. BASEBALL TOSSERS OCT Practicing In High School Gym, Pre. paratory to Spring Work. Baseballites has alreadv infers a large number of high school students who are the prospective candidates evening and available candidates for the 1911 team are warminb up by throwing and catching the sphere in tn? mgh school gym. The floor is suf Savoy Hotel EUROPEAN PLAN The rooms are good and Steam heated only one block from depot D. C. Brichoux, Prop. ' Announce tneiit ge The Montana Pool Rooms, corner Jefferson Ave. and Depot st. Open tonight, with the Newest Up-to-date Tables. All are invited to call. If fair treatment merits your patronage, we will be pleased to see voir. WELTON & BURNETT " ' 'V-