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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1911.
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UOISli ELKS PKOYIDEJ) WITH FIE
OF PLAYERS. .
ftimc Here Tomorrow of Inter-Mate
Affair, Attracts Interest. .
Bliycii. pitcher, Hughes, catcher;
Van Buren, firs: ba.s.:': Charles ,Hall
garth, shortstop; H. Hallgarth, third
base; Lenhart, second base; Francis
light field; Al Ray, center field, and
Irwin, left field, is about the way the
La Grand': Elks will lineup here for
an Interstate fraternal fracas on the
Wl hall lot. - A h Anv annrnnrhpa
for the game, interest is increased be
cause of the continual string of re
ports coming from the Idaho capital
to the effect that the Boise Elks are
Just "some" players. Their pitcher
Is touted to be a skilled mound artist
and is well back up, too.' Look for a
good game, commencing at 3 o'clock
tomorrow. .'. : '
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"Mother" Stone and Jackson, the;
Baker pitcher and catcher, have gone
to Boise to play with that team in the
finish up of the season there.
. , It Is likely that Cove will be brought
to La Grande a week h:nce. The Cov
ltes were to have been here tomor
row, but the Elks gam! deferred the
Came at least a week.
Elks will not by any means be the
only people at the game hens tomor
row, for th,s entire city s Interested In
the Inter-starS' fraternal warfare on
the diamond. The local Elks are pre
paring to entertain the visiting broth
ers in royal style, for off the diamond
they will n the very best of friends.
The Boise Elks have never visited
La Grande In a body before.
Canadian AthKtes In France,
Nancy, France, July 29. A number
of well trained and finely developed
young Canadians, repnsentfng : the
National Gymnastic society of Mon
treal, have arrived here for the inter
national gymnastic tournament, . In
which they will compete against some
of the best muscle In the world in
feat of skill, speed , and endurance.
Thft tournament Is to hve Its formal
opening tomorrow and will continue
for several days.
Judge Richard Russell of th-3 court
of. appeRl, of Georgia has announce J
Ala candidacy to succeed Hoke Smith
In the governorship.
II "It Could l No1 Suf Befer f 7f
Had Been Built to Order for Me."
This Is a common expression where the Royal Standard Typewriter Is used. Court Reporters. Tele
graph operators and expert stenographers In all line, of business find In the Royal those "bullt-to-or-the
Ideal writing machine. You will : -
der" qualities that represent to them .
ay the same when you have become
the owner of a "
STANDARD
TYPEWRITER
Simple,
Strong,
Qolet,
Portable,
Royal tales arc increasing more rapidly than the
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EVERY ROYAL SOLD SELLS ANOTHER'9
n g ROYAL TYPEWRITER COMPANY
Royal Typewriter Building - . - ( New York, N.Y.
A branch in each principal city
Automobile News and Gossip
More than a majority of Che direc
tors of th: Union County Motor club
have attached their permission to the I
petition of ciub members that He club '
father a race meet h:Te. Because It'
was too busy a season to get all tha
directors together, Secretary Andrews
wro:U' individually to them and during
the week he received answers from
more than a majority sanctioning the
proposed meet As a consequence the
coming week will see work on the
track commenced eo that there will
be plenty of time to hold the meet
about the middle of August. It has
been suggested that the members of
the club be taxed a dollar 'Each to'
improve tir truck uu ilia vtuu cu-Iu-'.
lates that the attendance will cover
other expanses, such as the bringing
of daredevil rider to this city to
augment the program.
,
A. V. Andrews and family were off
today on an auto drive to Los tine
where Mr. Andrews will fish for a day
or two and then go on to Joseph lak?.
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Dr. W. D. Zimmerman took his Max
well down Sheep creek canyon out of
Joseph, this week, going' a distance of
20 miles, which Is said to be- the farth
est along that stream that a gasoline
destroyer has ventured. The trip was
a "stiff" one for the hills are terribly
steep in places.
During the present week the new
1912 model of the Herrshoff car, 25 h.
p., will have reached thr Dlttebrandt
Auto garage. This car will be the
first of Its kind to reach the city. It
THE LONGEST WALK . IN
TE V.'CRLZJ. .. .
Hill Chaff iii;1 Jimmy Calln
' Ui.ii vie dl .is'.us Imvftali
lifter (Uf p.'iiut itin ly; '' ntl ill
iii;iiU wr.H 'ii!ImJ ii .-the fi-
ili:il (he iwinr.vr of Hit- New
York Auwicju.k liiiil utrucU out
ifcrit tliufM. us hi.ii -ritjtf". Hudl.
' "lliil. dn ytm know what Is
th loiipest wttlk lu tbf world y'.
nsUed Jimmy.
"It's pretty bard t sny." re
piled Chnxe.
"Well, it's that walk from the
plnte to the bench after striking
out." decliired Culluhun. nud
Chase agreed with him. "That's
one time." remarked phase, "that
a ball player doesn't know what
to do with his band or which
way to look.
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Light Bnnnng, -Standard
Keyboard,
Visible Writer,
Bavy Manifolder,
NG NEWS
rill WUHttWWtW
sells for $1,150 and is a four passen
ger car.. ", - '' V
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W. R. KlVette Is th baby au:o fan
this week. He purchased a HudBon 33
fore-dore from the. Dittebrandt Auto
company and is now able to go where
anyone dares. His many trips to
points in the Interior on lumber busi
ness will give him plenty of chance to
show his iwechanlcal abilities.
' V : -. ' A;,;: '' .
Hemery In a Fiat' equipped" with
Michelln tire was the only driver to
finish within the alloted time in tha
grand prize automobile race July 23.
The race was run over the circuit de
Sarthe In France, and dr:wr the larg
est crowd since the Wright aviation1
jected the engines and tires to a tre
mendous strain, adding greatly to the
interest of the event as a test of en
durance. ..
Whene farmers used to drlvs: tbe life
out of horses to com to town after
a little extra for a binder or head'ST,
worrying over thsi delay he was caus
ing the harvesting of his crop, a new
order of thing exists today. Local
Implement houseg so seldom see a
horse or team vehicle' drive up for
minor supplies that they gat lonesome.
Mr. Farmer buzzes to town In his au
tomobile in less than half the time it
took beforn, and accomplishes the
same errand with a great deal mora
dispatch.
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Two cars, one a foredoor and the
other, a roadster Hudson, were sold
to Joseph parties by, the Dittebrandt
Auto company this week.
BILLY PAPSK, WHO HAS CLAIMRD UIPDLB
WBiUBX T1TLB.
Clever scrapper of middleweight class
who Is now the aim of several pood
fallows who want to HMt htm.
, Right Priced,
dnarantced,
Reliable,
On the Job."
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HUbH JENNINGS
ON BASE BALL
J0 COWARD MAKES A SCCCES OF
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Ty Cobb Is Jennings' Ideal Player Af.
firms Tigxr Leader.
"No coward ever made a success of
baseball," says' Dughie Jennings. "The
'first great requisite to success in the
game Is nerve. 1 have seen players
I with the speed of Cobb, with the ter-
rifle hitting strength of Crawford, with
the grace of Chase, and they did not
j make good. They lacked the primt- es
sential, stoutness of heart. '. They
waveiKU wueu lue vi'ihw tnuie. t luiir
. seen wisuirds of the gume quiver In the
heat of battle and lose their cunning
They didn't last long; they never do
"To begin with, of course, a man must
nave the natural ability to bit Held
and run. And then comes Imagination
Give me the player who can conceive
plays, who thinks all the time he Is In
tne game and who doesn't top think
Ing when it is ofer. but keeps bis mind
on -It uud gut over every play of the
afternoon, 'recalling, bow, (ie made, this
mistake and how he could have avoio
(ed It. uud of . bow he pulled off thnt
. play and the reunou of It. . '
I "The ball player who dnesn't love bis
'gamp Isu't worth bin milt. He's petting
away with It uuder false pretenses.
"When I joined the old Baltimore
teem I was young, ut an age perhaps
wben early impressions stick strong
est, but all through my life as a ball
player and manuger I have always felt
that the club bandied by Ned Uanlon
was the greutest team ever organized.
I recall with what enthusiasm Johnny
McGraw, Bill Keeler. Wilbur Robin
son, Doyle and the rest of us used t
study our game under the careful, pa
tlent guidance of Ned Hanlon.
"On the trains, in the t oiTldors of the
hotels, and often In bed at night, when
we should have been sleeping, we were
discussing plays, arguing over them
and planning for the game of tomor
row. , No other subject was ever dis
cussed. It was baseball morning, noon
and nlgbt. '
"Nerve is the (lint great requirement.
and love of the game for Its own sake
Is the second. A man like Cobb, for In
stance, gets a pretty fair snktry. But
If you should put Cobb on a team to'
which no money, was paid he would
play just as bard, once he donned his
uniform. A sample of this is shown la
an Incident tbut bnppened at Bennett
park in one of the games a year ugo.
As I recall It. we were playing New
York. We bad bad a hitting bee and
nad scored so many rnns we were all
tired out. and tbe crowd bad grown
weary of tbe constant scoring. It was
toward the close of the game and Cobb
was on first ; - ,
"'Step off and let them tag you cut.
Ty. For heaven's sake, finish It.' said
Bill Donovan, who wns com-hlng from
first; ' And Ty grinned and stepped
from the bug with his bands at his
side, awaiting - the bull. And -right
here that tired crowd wns electrified
by tbe most sensational base runulng
I had seen tbut year. .
"As the catcher shot tbe ball to first
Ty started. He was caught off tbe
bag and started to zigzag back and
forth, with, tbe whole infield chasing.
mm. Back and forth he dodged. Cobb
made one of his famous 'dlpseydo'
dives and was safe at second. , .
"'Why didn't you get out as you
agreed to JV Ty was nuked after the
gama -
"Well. I started to, all right said
the Georgian, 'bat. gee whls. after I
stood there a second and saw that ball
coming I couldn't do It I Just couldn't
stand still and let them throw me
out . ;
"His love of the game was so strong
that he couldn't stand It lie had to
fight back whether he wanted to or
not
"Nerve and love of the game for the
game Itself are the main things in a
ball player's makeup. And next there
la imagination. Confidence breeds confidence.'-
The player who can think of
victory, see it coming against all
odds. Is the valuable man for a ball
team. Let me recall an Incident In
that seventeen Inning game In Phila
delphia when the Tigers showed the
followers of the -game that they were
on earth to stay. It was growing
darker and darker. We bad fears that
the game would have to be called be
fore we could win it. It was about
the fourteenth . Inning. No man on
that club had the slightest idea of be
ing beaten. Some one dared to sug-
raMii ScliMefcr flew Into n ni(jt.
"'THn't erowlng d-ivker." he hel
lowed with nil the strength of his
rood Inncs. 'I say It isn't. It's grnw
tig lighter every minute, every- min
rte. It's getting lighter and lighter
nnd we'll win out If it tnkes us thirty
Innings.'
"Good old Schaef I He was so sure of
victory that he wouldn't even tolerate
any one thinking that tbe sun was
bound to set eventually: thnt It didn't
stay up simply because the game was
a Mg one. And I guess we all thought
that that game was considerably more
important than tbe conduct of the
world and the universe in gtooral."
CRAWFORD RESPONSIBLE
FOR MANY TIGER RALLIES
It is doubtful if Ty Cobb, despite the
fact that he Is tbe leading bntter. run
getter nod base' runner of tbe Ameri
can league, is any more vnlualile to the
Detroit club than Snin Crawford.
The latter was thought a year ago
to be about all In ns an outfielder, and
It was reported that he might be used
on first base because of his imiblllty
to cover ground in the outfield. But
Photo by American Press Association.
BAM OBAWFOBD, EBTBOIT HARD terraiHO
OCTFIELDBB.
Sam has come back this year with a
vengeance. He Is well up among tiie
batters himself and has also stolen
twenty-four bases, a large putnber for
a inn n" who was never credited with
being a speed merchunt on the paths.
But thnt the two lending run getters
of the'lougue are Cobfi and Bush Is
largely due to the fact that Sam Craw
ford Is batting behind them. Bush gets
many a base on balls and Wahoo Sam
does the rest Incidentally Sam has
scored fifty-one times himself. ,
MANY EAGER TO FIGHT
PAPKE ON HiS RETURN,
Now. that Adolpbus Wolgast has re
moved the last obstacle In the way of
bis unquestioned claim to -the light
weight championship of the wor'd. and
bus announced a six months' retire
ment, or until other victims are
brought forward to slaughter, the In
terest of ring followers turns to the
doings of one WUllum Papke of Illi
nois. -
Papke Is the self ty led middleweight
king of tbe universe, uud as be Is due
back soon from a triumphant tour
around the world, it is natural to sup
pose that when be does set foot on his
native shores things will begin to bum
in the division over which he has be
come dictator. .
There are several eood bov In tht
country who are eater to mt with
Papke foi, the world's crown, 'chief
among them being Frank Klaus, a
Dear cat Irom Pittsburc: Wild Bob
Moha.- the original cave man of Mil
waukee: Jack Dillon, an Indian. .
clone; Jimmy Clabby. a laughing wbv
ard who is eager to Joust with all 158
pounaers. and johnny Thompson, the
Illinois fanner, who vlcoroiiHlv. dio.
putes Papke's claim to championship
oouurs ana seis Torward in support of
his contention a twentv round iWiatnn
that be received over Papke in faroff
Australia.
In addition to the foregoing there am
a number of husky middles who Insist
on being considered in the running.
liaaie Mcuoorty of Oshkosh. Hugo
Kelly. Chicago: Jimmv Gardnor nri
Jack (Twin) Sullivan have champlon-
Dip aspirations and tbelr followings
ire large ones.
In all probability Panko win nnf
mam idle long after his return home.
' Pip for Sale.
A large Quantity of terra cotu nin
suitable for well curbs and drain, rn.
mensioni, from 18 to 30 inches. This
win be told very cheap a I am clean
ing np all work in La Grande.
B. 8. DAVIS. Folev Hotel.
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WOLGAST EARfiS TITLE
MAM PROPOSED XAMES
HALL OF FAME.
FOR
Scrappy Dutchman Considered Peer
of His Class Among Fisrhters.
They , called Battling Nelson the
"Durable Dane." Whnt shall Ad Wol
gast s descriptive monaker be. "The
Unimpairable Teuton" or tbe "Impres
sionless Wildcat?" Surely a more hlgl
flown headline than Nelson used ou
bis literature should decorate tbe busi
ness correspondence of the dashing
little Caller from Cadillac. Ue de
serves it, and doubtless he would re
gard such an expression of respect for
bis stability as gratefully as a Micnl-
turn' f.
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Photo by American Press Association.
LATKST PHOTO OP WOLOABT, TAKEN UV
UlATXIiX AFTKB BIS rlUHT WITH MOHAN.
gan bank roll or tbe hobnaHed boots
that hang in clusters about the walls
or Ills Wolverene den. .
' Adokih Woleast was thought an ac
cldent when be defeated Nelson, and
tbe impression was not .removed upon
his next important appearance; with
in the rone encircled arena. However.
the first summing up of his prowess
has since been dissipated. But if the
Mlclilgnnder is truly an accident del
spite revelations to the contrary many
pugilistic persons would probably pre'
fer being jostled by a cowcatcher than
undergo the blistering Ad invariably
innu-ts upon bis antagonists.
The latest lightweight to wear the
Imaginary halo Is a better fighting
man today than his predecessor. Nel
son, was in his prime. This Is a bard
thing to say. but statistical figures will
Dear out the statement In nil other
qualities tbun toughness. Ad excels tbe
Dane, ; and who knows but thnt he
may outwear the once noble Battler?
This wonld be extraordinary, how
ever, as Nelson peddled gloves for ten
years, wbereus Wolgnst , has been Id
the game-but 'five.' Still.' In those five
years, the plowboy has tnken part la
only three less battles thnn Nelson did
in twice thnt time, although he ha
traveled but 572 rounds-to Nclsou'r752.
At; the. present timeA.dolphas Is
fighting men , of, as good "caliber a
Ihe Battler encountered after he worn
his chnbplonshlp. Here's ' the Ger
man's list tff opponents since that
forty-two round battle at Port Rich
mond. Feb. 22, 1910: Jack Redmond;
Freddie Cole. Tom McFarland, Knock
out Brown. George Memslc, Anton La
Grave. Frankle Burns. One Round Ho
gan and Owen Moran. Compare thi
list to the boys Nelson tore into after
he became head of the lightweights
Tlx, Joe Cans. Dick Hyland. Ad Wol
gnst. Eddie Lange. Monte Dale.
The names of this coterie sound bet
ter than those of Burns. Memslc, Mo
ran ana La Grave. But were they?
Gans was all petered out after the
previous contest in which Nelson won
his belt from him. Dick Hyland was
very good then, and Wolgast waa rath
er a mediocre performer.
Hogan. Cole. McFarland, . Memslc
and La Grave were nnthw mnm thnn
"marks." but Brown. Burns and Mo
ran possessed merit It Is a matter
of common knowledge that Wolgast
has yet to meet scrappers as good as
Nelson stepped- Into before he-actually
won his crown, but it stands to reason
that our champ of today, analysing all
e late battles to the uttermost
would have borne his duties in argu
ments with Young Corbett Herrera.
Britt Gans and the others with as
nch credit as did Nelson and even
ttore. In view of Ad's enormous
trength, his great determination, cov
ering up and bulldog rushes in addi
tion to his marvelous recuperative
powers and pig iron Jaw it may be
aid he would give the artists of Nel
son's time worse greetings than tbe
Battler was able to dispense.
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