x 'i & 1 'J i i 4 .1 i 1 , 'J ,4 1 s 3 I -Hi . J 1 .i ! ;1. PAOfr ' LA fe&ANDE, TTNIOy COtTNTT., OREGOX SATURDAY. JULY 1 10IL m tiii.i ii i " ' " " . t i 1 1 LAT EST '''SPORTING i NEWS f f f f f f f f ff f M f fWHHWIH f Ml -T -f-f f W-f 4 3 AutomobUe News and Gossip iJATfiL Off F!ii HOSE TE1S IE DIUEEDT 0ID-1IJTE RICE Wilt BE COYPlTIft FOR HERE. FaJoa Cemfag Witt GmkJ Team, ra fortBf Old Tim Sprinter, Hose racing stanza fair to resume Its old-time popularity in, this city ., if the crowds who witness the evening drills by the La Grand fire depart ment and the B. XL A., teams this week are any criterion. These teams will compete next Tuesday morning and afternoon. The morning race will be a speed test between the Un ion,, Elgin and Let Grande lire depart ment and in this race Chief Jones" men will enter with good changes of walking, away , with the laurels. In the afternoon the free for all event will see the B. M. A, lads fa harness and it this event good time will be made Judging, from the time- reeled off la practices. At evening again "about 5 o'clock, the wet test will be held. In. this race tt.ch team nvn wwv zrzzzziz: i ioe with a hydrant on the way, at tache a noizle and the one that gets water through in the quickest time1 wins the event The B, 3f, A. will send out a team .composed of Softon, Peare, Charle Reynolds, Conkey, Lee Reynolds, Ged deaf, MilTering, Whitby, Lottes,. Irwin, Ralston and perhaps other still will! be ased to patch np the team fa the weak est apota, . rfe Team Sfronar. Union. July I.-(9pecial Union will send a fast hose team to La Grande next Tuesday with the un derstanding that nothing In the state cm show too muc.ft gingsr to keey theta out. They will compete again t tt fire department or athletic club If necessary. The old tlm speed art fet and football player, Chet SwarkJ tammer, will head the list of Union runners, ; . Baker county automobile owners ara fidgeting and kicking against the pricks of what they call special elaa legislation- by the state of Oregon In much the same proportion that mem bers of the Union County Motor club are, according to letters received by Secretary A, V, Andrews from mem bers of the automobile fraternity at Baker.. They cannot see why they should pay the added! tax any more than the owner of a wide tired wagon or buggy and it fa the concensus of opinion that the- Baker people ar, (foing to carry the tax question to- th ' higher courts Jue as is contemplated in' La Grande. The fac than thia money doe not go for better roads is another objection, The Importance of careful driving : cannot be overestimated if the life of,the car and it tires are considered. The effect of sudden and sharp use of 'the brake day after day is bound to damage the tread of the envelope and strain the bead and side walls. The, .layers of canvas are over-taxed, and little by little the threads stretch os !til they reach the breaking point.. The brake should always be applied gen tly and unless it is absolutely neces sary to pull up your car within a short distance, let the stop be as graS uaf as possible. Another important point in driving is the proper mani pulation of your clutch. Never rr-ake a violent startslip in the clutch quietly and easily in this way pro tecting the mechanism, of your enElr? car. Sharp'etnaers should always be made carefully and you can regulate your speed to round the turn with lit tle or no use of brake. As a Ist word, always remember that your tires are rubber and canvas and not steel so as (o get the maximum service from them drive thoughtfully. Many useful tubes are found In the instruction;,- books publish, by the Mlchelin Tire company, liaitown, K. J. Copies will be sent free on request? . ? ( Many machine owners from here are' fu 11 6 UK ?tf BE Barbell Teteef TarfAa Dfrfytioa Xbut lecal Peepfe. planning on attending, the auto- race nwel l Baker which, is now slated; for the 10th of July, While non are nery likely to- enter the races, the race meet fever I always aa epltlemic In any community and it la likely that there will be a good attendance from here, The tourist season is well under way and the past week saw several touring cars pass through. La Grande. One party reached here last night from across- the Blue mountains and spent the morning, here today while some repairs were being done at the Dittebrandt garage to the btg Frank lin. "The machines carries- chains on the front wheels Indicating the roads are muddy as a result of the recent rams. July Fourth will be a whopper for La Grande baseball fan and! fanette. With plenty of men to put two- batter ies at work on one day. La Grande has excellent chances of winning both tin games. The first game of the day will be with Elgin and, put it down, it win be a humniier. Elgin Is coming t-se the celebration ure, but kos: t'TT to see the game at sunrter, or near there.- La Grande want to be on tlie lookout or the audience that mornlns win be Elgin by a majority, intchell. the Idol of Elgin who is paid some thing like $"5 a game, will be rn the mound," for La Grande there are three or four men to pick from and all are tip toppers. - dition,. of lite, and the club will soon ' Mysterious Mitchell, now the har o? havei reached the century mark. Six-' Elgin, denies the assertion of rt Cih- ty-eight have already signed and. the, server scribe that Mitchell intended Ten new members have Joined tha Union County Motor club- during the last few 'days. Every dav aee an .d- . league; Eiwla F. Chapler, who- used to be a college ball player and a mate of Charley Ziegler and Bob Brown, it Pendleton in the old Eastern Oregon Ta mia gnf vrftt mvh u-... tew guic wum. wuuanis yesiei day wftn the ivory bulDs. Chappie thought being a commercial traveler was mora prosperous than baaeSan anf stack to peddling his wares, Now ne la running a eafe la Montana and doing welL ' ..Last Sunday Owen,, who- was play ing jwlth. Baker- at that time, got tl'ree hits oat of four time to the nan.. That f was kgalnst Reiben, too, who held the Bakerite dowa to tw runs. On the same day El well got on hit. On the day before Owens got three cut of four time up and Elweli recorded the unique stunt of four out of four times Ccnley is right now busy w'lh his j haying an harvest on the Con Toy ; ranch near Cove and may not appear in every game becaus? of this but will continue to wear5 the blue uniform at every possible opportunity from no on.. .'. : ! After the coming two gaoes with Union, there still remain four games I to be played before the schedule U over. The place and time tor th:se have yet to be fixed. Sflre- and Kail disappear frrnr the La Grande Hneup thl week of their own volition;. A.. C. last winter i expected horn? to morrow. He played third base at 0. A. C. this year. outlying districts have yet to be heard from. t : Pendleton Is the latest county to Join the ranks of opposition to the au tomobile tax. Within a day or two the second meeting of the directors of the Union County Motor club will be held and among other things to be taken up will be the tax question, bothering ati tolsta everywhere in the state because the time Is rapidly approaching wh;n suggestion on the care- of tire and the assessment becomes delinquent ton American, 4 Fitzgerald of the Highlanders, has been playing swell ball during the absence of Harry Wolter. Beside pitching winning ball for the Boston Red Sox, Joe Wood is do- :in greit work with the stick. After winning 21 out of 27 games, Sox. , Pitcher Nap Racker of Brooklyn, has beaten Cincinnati three time thla year, by score of 2 to ft, 1 to 0 and 3 to 1. Turner of the Cleveland Naps, Is out of the game nursing a lame fcaelr. "Tuck" la the king of onlucyk ball player. .... ' " " - " uie rto3ron uen at nrst for th Pittsburg Pirates. All ESS READ JLL iX l3 o NICE LEVEL LOTS LOCATED TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF THE RAILROAD SHOPS'. We are offering these lots at from $t60. to $200. each, on the most liberal terms We furnish you an abstract of title, When yov have paid for these lots. Not a poor lot in our whole offering Better call at our office and learn more about these lots. EA GRANDE If INVESTMENT GO. Bell Phone Main 752. Independent phone 262. Foley Hotel Block. LaGrande Oregon i in in i nrm-riii nun m imii n Tan"- the UnivewFtv of TTIinoia. Afii-rlipt! saii this week In "reply to the Ob server' statement: "I don't -Mec; to press comments bat please dcn't ac cuse me of being an Illinois 'grad' in my time." However, Mitchell h-'ij been shrouded in so much mystery daring the past four years that the Observer is partlalty excusable for falling for the Incorrect report. Ar.y ;way, whether or not he weut to Illi nois is immaterial right to, for the mysterious one throws a first class game of ball. "Zip'' Zimmerman at one time cen ter fielder and port side pitcher for La Grande when the Eastern Oregon league was agoing, and now batting like a fiend for Spokane, was offered a a trade for Bill Speas of the Port land club this week. Nick Williams refused the offer, however. Z'mmer man'a friends here are following hii hitting record with interest. Either Reiben, the O. A. C. fvirler who did good work under Mitchell's tutelag-: this year,' or old etaudty Smith will be on the mound for T'n'cn Ir the aft -moon game July Fourth Mclnnla will probably be essasd ihe task of vanquishing the Unionises who will al3o be backed by a blv delega tion of rooters. Many La Grande people will f?o to Union tomorrow to se the niw ar rangement of La Grande's lineup be fore the- eames here Taeidar. If thfngs break as they appear now. El well, considered to be the prerr.i'r flrst stacker running loose amongst the bushers will be one of the new met;; Owens, the. nifty catcher and third baseman, will also be out that dr. The Portland Journal of yesterday had the following about a ball lilayer who wore a Pendleton uniform in the palmy jaj of tne Eastern Oregon back: Kid" Henry against Willie Lewis ia a 10-ronni bout for any amount nj to 13.000, .. ' Sam .Langforj say a that "he waa afraid to "cut loose" In his reeent bout with Tony Capon! ia Winnipeg. The -tar baby thinks the Winnipeg police would nave nailed him had he started anything. FREE! One $35 Cornet ; Braid- All Ladies are in terested in this remarkable offer. Paris Hair Emporium r infield positions look alike to Honus. Followers of the Boston Nationals are clamoring for Fred Tenney'a scalp. They want Johnny Kling ap pointed manager of the Rustlers President Navln ay that he is wil ling to sell the Detroit franchise to some other city on account of the poor attendance in Detroit It is said that Frank Chance will retire at the close of the present sea son, and that Joe Tinker will be tha next manager of the Cubs. Since 1858 Harvard and Yale have played 118 baseball games, Yale win ning 59, Harvard SS, and one game in which John and Eli quit with the score tied. Manager McGraw ay that the $200 fine for Raymond goes as It lays, and if "Bugs" does not keep in condition, a fine of a few hundred more will be tlapr-ed on him. Manager Hal Chase thinks he his discovered another play to net stus and he Is aeeking to patent it. It la to be worked when with two out tbere are fast" men oa second and third. The ! man on second is to take a big lead, and draw a throw from the catcher.! Then the man on third scoots home. If the catcher throws the ball to third; the runner on second fa to Jockey" around until he pulls a throw' to sec- i ond from third, thus giving the runner1 on third a chance to score. Hal says ' it ought to work three out of fou; j trials-. , WITH THE BOXER. ; Harry Gilmore, Jr., former manager of Packey McFarland, is now the manager of Fxankie Conley, Knockout Brown and Tom Glnty cf Scranton, have signed to meet in a 10-round bout at Scranton. July i. Albany, N. Y., fans are willing to If yea are going t toe moon tains for an eating don't forget we hate a fresh supply of theese Jnt in. Llmberger Brick Swhs Imported Swiss and Cream. Royal Grocery H. Pattison, Prop. Not in the Association Hf III l-H-tf fr4f'M !! f t If X H. PERE, La Grande's Leading Jeweler Opposite C 8. IasI Offiee X dam Avenae, 'iiiiiiiinmiiinitniiHmummiiniiiimiii Complete Equipment tor Resetting ann Repairing Rubber Buggy Tires LA GRANDE IRON WORKS D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor -COMPLETE MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRY IMILSIILILO Paint in cities ana makes reason able charaes. Consult him about Phone T?pd 971 nfit dnnr in Observer office. ' YOUr WOrk 1