LA GKANUE EVENLNU OBSERVER,
SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1911.
PAGE 9
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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. '
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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.
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Walla Walla'
Weston ; . , . .
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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.
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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
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