La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 06, 1911, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextLA GKANUE EVENLNU OBSERVER, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1911. PAGE 9 LAI EST: SPORTING ' NEWS NEILL SELECTED AS CANDIDATE LA GRAJiDE STUDEXT AT EUGEXE IX THE ROLMXC. EXCU ll TOJffl 1 Big Office on Student Control Slate May Be Lsmled Safely. I University, c Oregon, Eugene, Ore,, May 6. (Special) "Bill" Neal of La Grande is a proving candidate nom inated yesl.niay for athletic council. one of the most Important stud.nt body offices determined by popular election at the university. "Bill's" track record at Oregon Justly quail-' lies his election to that important com mittee, and in all probability the pop ular La Grande boy will swing a bl vote. He has worked hard and con sistently for the past two years as one of Oregon's star weight men, and as a result, of his efforts, Billy holds the coast record in the javelin throw. Much interest was aroused In stu dent body politics yesterday when the annual nominations were held for the various offices. Over 40 candidates were put up for presld.nt, vice presi dent, secretary, athletic council, ex ecutive committee r.nd editors and managers of the two college publica tions, the Emerald, twlee-a-week, an-1 the, monthly. For student bckly presi dent,' four well known students have aspirations: v. James Johns of Pendleton; Leon Ray of Eugene, Martin Hawkins, cap tain ot the year's track team, of Port land, and Chest: r Moores of Portland. Ray is the only non fraternity candi date, so the. split-up among the frats will probably throw the honor to hue. Ray is a member of th? Oregon de bating team. All aboard fofElgln! Such will be the high sign tomor row at 1 o'clock, when La Grande embarks' for the Elgin community to meet for the first time this year, the Barnes pennant chasers. ; La Grande's popular ball tossers and Elgin's ag gregation have each progressed two games of the Eastern Oregon League schedule without d:feat. La Grande thus far Bhows slightlv the best abil ity hy Bhuttlng out Li.ker twice run ning. Elgin got one shutout and one victory by a narrower margin. Unless the unfomen happens, one of the two lead rs w.Il come down tomorrow. As to which it will be there is the usual -re-game specula tion and money is free on both sides. The fxeursion leaves h're at 1 o'clock, and returns Immediately after the game, bo that It will be very con venient for the fane to attend. The team has gone to some expense, $65 in fact, to give the fans this oppor tunity and unless at least 65 attend the excursion, the team will have to stand the expense ot the train. But such Is not deemed at all likely for the Interest is sharpened by the indi cations of a stirring struggle tomor row, ',,'.. : ' ", The round trip ticket will cost an even dollar, another concession made by the O-W for the convenience of the fans. ' .. The lineup will be practiqally ths same as Sunday with the exception that Kail, the big Cove player, will ap pear in the lineup, perhaps. '. SUH TEAMS HOT ATTACK O 4 LOCAL SrOBTLETS, COM. MEJiT AXD THE LIKE. O a half dozen who are equal to such an undertaking.-, La Grande will doubtlessly fall in line this fall with the commendable movement surging over the country to instill the practice of swim among the sports for women, The facilities wll be the best here shortly With Pendl-ton out of the Ontario after the season opens, and as there meet, La Grande's chances there this are already many exnertment. wnmsti nftPrnnnn nre mntsriallv enhanced. dimmers, ire eetura mj ue ho quee Not only is the formidable Boylen ranks of Eastern Oregon sprinters are thus withdrawn from the Ontario j cont-st. I tion but what this phase of sports will rinvo vi nifl rrrn 1 a o n I man out. of it, but others who figure m th3 ,lth rlitrh fha h1' nt if Few big catch8 have yet been re- i ported by Izaac Waltons. The streams 1 are still too high for the best results Last year Ontario produced a' black . horse in the mile and followers of the! Jay van Buren has received a new classic game picture a fine race this Overland of the latest model of that afternoon between the Ontario pro-!make of machine. ..'., tege and P.rry the local marathoner. j " , 1 The only automobile delivery wagon . in the city is now in full use, J. G. LA GRANDE THUS FAB HAS MORE : ESSEXTIAL QUALITIES. ' Rater and Union Nearest to Similar Ity to Action. With each team In Eastern Oregon league having played two games some notion of how the teams are going about it to win their games through the season is gained. Of course, when Baker strengthens up, as the team is bound to, she may adopt other tactics, but at present that club uses neither ciever hitters nor good hunters to good advantage. In Wood, Baker has the only real sticker on the club and unless a new policy is adopted at, the mining town, Baker will depend on Stone, the masterly twlrler, to win her games. Union is much the same. The team is built up around Bob Smith, the Mounder, and though the team showed improved style in hitt.insr last Sunday over the Sunday previous, 't still lacks system in laying down blng lea. -. , ' When it comes to Elgin, there are such men as Hooper, Carter. Deboie, Russell, Jones and even 'Aubln, one must admit that there is a fairly good bunch of willow manipulators. One has to go a long ways to find semi pro swatters to even keep' near to Hooper and Carter, consequently fans can look forward to Elgin depending a whole lot on heavy hitting, and too on Aubln the pitcher; not much in the latter condition, by far, however, Canoes are being ribbed up for the; h or tr immer sport, Formation of a ca- j a, chment to tS rear o La Grande, if she continues as sh e club is being discussed and there out. will pull victories oi summer noe will be about two can ! purpose, and, his customers are nov are women, . dozen who Claim meimiersnip aim buhib m ium; u.n)tAl1 hv'ho i,,10., wt warrn; : Its speed is much greater and general I easyifi fn t m f jot fc Q if .mv r ivr- r 1 ManV La Grande women art 0w , weather than thejiorse. becomins; Quite finished 'auto drivers.! . ' , , Not only can they manipulate the,! The excellent work of the allowa cars in town, but take long rides out, . into tho- vnilov Thpre are nt letm 'Cont- inued on Page 10.) Oae-Fif th of all the Motor Cars built in America in 1911 will be Ford Model Ts . It has been estimated from the reports of Motor Car Manufacturers that 150,000 automobiles will be built in America in 1911. Out of this immense quan tity, 30,000 will be Ford Model T's, built by the Ford Motor company. There is a reason for this excep tionally large number of Ford cars, for this Ford pop ularity. The demand for a car of Ford design and Ford quality has been so great that a yearly output of S0,000 Model T's has een required to supply the de mands of buyers. Ford design and construction, and Ford quality in material, strength, durability, and service, economy in up-keep and low purchase price are features that have caused Ford to manufacture this season one-fifth of all the cars built in America. Ask for a demonstration. liPw fill GARAGE SMITH'S Touring Car $900.00i Fully Equipped F. O. B LA GRANDE LA GRANDE on three 1'nes of attack Inside playing coupled with good base-running, its etching. -&ad third, hitting. Though caller.- than Elgin in hitting at this V.v.ik I.a Grande leads either Dakar or Union and has displayed a fine touch of inside baseball in the two games already played. The La Grande players use brttrr Judgm?nt in bunt ing, hit-and-run,, and placing and the lunching of hits, than Elgin,' and has, therefore, a slight jump on the worthy contenders for the pennant from the North end of the county. Where El- pin chooses to "los;" the ball in hit ting, La Grande chooses the other route, and without any effort to be prejudice one must admit that La Grande has three essential factors that no other of the trams have in the same proportion. Elgin comes the nearest, and it is Elgin, nq doubt, that La Grande must defeat to take the rag. ' ; P. N. A. MEET ASTORIA IUGGEST (JATIIEIUXG OF ATHLETES THIS YEAR. THE Big Clubs of the Northwest to Hare Teams at the Big -Wt, Astoria, Or., May C. (fepeclal.) What promises to be. the greatest track meet ever held under the aus pices of the Pacific Northwest Asso ciation of the Amateur Athletic Union, Is billed for the Astoria Centennial Celebration, when the annual cham pionships are decided dufing the last week in August, most likely August 2G. At least 50 of the best athletes In the northwest will be present from the various clubs, while a relay race open to every high scfiool In the state is pianusQ ny tne eentenmai a luetic committee, a handsome silver cup be ing given as the prize. Gold find sil ver medalB will be allotted the win ners In the various field and track events In ths amateur championships. T. Morris Dunne, secretary of the P. N. A., who resides in Portland, Is .doing much to help along the centen nial meet. Originally It was planned to hold the annual athletic champion ships on Multuomal Held In Portland, but that was found impracticable on account of the recent Are, which de stroyed the club house and the grand stand. Multnomah very generously turned the meeting over to the Astoria Amateur Athletic club, which will be responsible for Its success this year Secretary A. Guillume of the Astoria club is co-operating with Mr. Dunne In securing the best athletes -In the northwest to attend. , The Seattle Athletic club, accord Ing to Captain Bralley GIsh, Is pre paring to send a team of eight men to the National championships at Pittsburg In June, and will return this team to Astoria Intact for the August meeting. GIsh Informed Mr. Dunne that Seattle would help make the As toria celebration famous.' The Spokane Athletic club will Bend a team of from eight to twelve men, and the v Vancouver, B. C Athletic club will be represented by it j lnmotu all-round athlete. Gills, and a team of Its best men. . GHlis competed against the world champion. Martin Sheridan, of New York, arid was barelv beatn out. He alone will be a bi drawing card. . " The Multnomah Amateur Athletic club will send a full team and in ad dition to Dan Kelley, holder of the word's 100 and 200 yard champion ships in the" sprints and a broad jum per who represented America at the London Olympic games In 1908, will also secure the attendance of the world famous Forrest Smithson, the only man who ever topped the -120 yard hurdles in less than IS seconds. Captain Jack HIckson of the Multno mah club is already assured of Kelley In the broad jump and feels reasona bly sure that he can Induce Smithson, who Is now In California, to return and run for the club in the hurdle. The high school relay promises to be a big hit with a four man team from each high school in the stacs. Athletics in the various high schools has grown wonderfully in the past five years and there Is not a school of any pretension In the northwest that does not boast of a school track team. Each year the big colleges, the state uni versity at Eugene, and the Oregon agricultural college at Corvallis, spon sor meets at which the state cham pionships :are held for high school boys, paying the expense of a six-man team. This has fostered an athletic spirit such as no other thing is cap able of doing, and when the. crowds gather In the old baseball grounds in Astoria, which have been made over Into an up-to-date athletic, field, they will witness the. best efforts of the .While th? d?.t, has not been defin itely arranged. It -Is very likely that August 26, which falls on Saturday, will be finally selected. $SS388$S$S3$$$$ s : ' 1 ; -v- . 1 Bla Bush Xntes. J $ $ Wolter, Daniels and Cree are play Ing great ball In the outfield for the Highlanders. "Ping" Bodle has caught the step witn the Whits Sox and la stepping aiong ime a regular. The way the American League race Is going, they must have a real ball team in Detroit. , , , It seems that Vincent Campbell would hav; signed with another big league ciuo- jiaci ne oDtaineci his re lease from Pittsburg. "Doc" Casey, tooth snatcher and former Tiger, is playing third base and managing the Fort Wayne C.n tral League team. . ; In a recent game with Boston the Yankees scored 4 runs on 4 hits, and made 4 trrors and 11 assists, winning the game i to 3. 4-11-44. Tyler, Fred Taney's new ' pitcher. looks good to the Boston fans. A little more experience . should make this youngster a regular winner. , Jack Dalton, the former Brooklyn gardener, is playing with Joe Mb- Ginntly's Nr wark team, and has been showing a lot of class. . Providence holds the honor of stoo ping the Toronto team. It began to look as If Joe Kelly's bunch would rush, right through , the Eastern League without a halt, Anytime the Giants are unable to trim , the Quakers, send them right over to Brooklyn. They become a savage bunch of Dodgers whenever they get a flash of a read-headed man. Mem phis, has surprised the South ern Leaguers, and New Orleans touted as a wining team, hasn't caus d the "snap-shooters" any overwork in tak ing pictures. ' :!... Connie Mack is strong for the col lege player. It is said the leader of the champs has a string on Martin of Tufts, and Wbodle, the Princeton pit cher. . , ; A new catcher's mask has been in vented which prevents the catcher get ting his eyea crossed watching men on first and third at the same tlm?. The openings for the eyes are made into one by removing the upright bar. a closely contested game with Hnter pHse by the score of 12 to 6 on the local grounds. Hayes was on ' th mound for Wallowa and O. Maxwell handled the receiving end of the bat tery. ; The combination was as good as ever and the safe hits secured by the visitors could be counted on the fingers of one hand. There were few errors but the excellent work In gen eral is shown by the low score of six runs when such veterans ot the dia mond as Hup, Bilyeu, Savage, Pace, Odle and Browning were doing the baserunning whenever, they got a. chance. '. ' . . Bilyeu was not in the box for Enter prise but Chenoweth and : Pace did some puzzling stunts on the mound for the. visitors. Bauer caught for fhi visitors. Chenoweth .'and Bauer or Enterprise and Stewart Tulley of the aggregation high school players broke Into the game for the .first time and gave promise that these two town will still play ball when Hug and the Marvins have become too old to take any Interest in the game. Blae Mountain Leagne. Standing of the Clubs. " W. L. Athena , . ; . . Walla Walla' Weston ; . , . . Pendiaon .. Echo ....... i Pet. .832 .333-.167 Interstate Shooting, Tourney,, Culvujju, hy . -Amateur- marks-- 1 men, numbering almost 100, from Il linois and neighboring states, and in cluding some of the best in the coun try, are gathered h:re topartIc!pate In the second annual Interstate five man team and Individual champion ship tournament, which is to be pulled off tomorrow at the grounds of the Chicago Gun club. The Individual competition will take place slmultan eously . with . the. tihxa shoot. Tho winners In ithfr event will carry oft the championship of their respective states and each member of the win ning team will be awarded a silver ttophy. The Individual shooter with the best card of t"he day will also re ceive a silver cup. ! :.',;; 'ew Home! for Olympic A. f. San Francisco, Cal , May C -In thV presence of a gathering of guests rep-" resenting athletic organisations la many cities of the United States and Canada, the cornerstone was laid to day for thi magnificent new home that Is being built for the Olympic Athlet ic club of this city. The new club house will be one of the costliest and" best : equipped buildings of . Its kind anywhere. , The Olympic A. C. was founded 51 years ago today, and la one of the oldest athletic clubs In the? United States. , g sg ? J s f $ $ WITH THE BOXERS. in his recent bouts Ad. Wolgast has shown the real championship medals. . Joe Jeannette has been engaged to ttaln Carl Morris, the Oklahoma bear cat. : Sam Langford. "Porky" Flynn and their manager, Joe Woodman, expect to sail for England May 10. .. ; 1 Frank Klaus has purchased a gaso line surrey and a pair of toggles, but will not try for any peed records. Frank says, let the chicken ; eaters do it.' Wsllowa Trims Enterprise. (Wallowa Son.) Baseball opened In Wallowa county In earnest Sunday afternoon and tha Wallowa boys took their usual win ning gait and carried off the honors in " -'l(.WS;'- ..-S:ji-s; :(f 1 BUM WHOS1 STICK WOBX MAXM TBHOf ; BXBOSS, . , t . 1. ..V.