La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 05, 1911, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE 3 AUTOMOBILE.- M)B SPO M 1 1 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1911. 4 EH HOT ' - TO 'SEE- HEILL CHAMPION JAYELIN THROWER DOESNT PLAN ATTENDANCE. Portland Athletes Depend on Local Athlete to Participate. ; Although it haa been announced In Portland papers that Will Neill, the champion javelin tosser ot the Pacific Northwest colleges and 'universities, was to enter the Pacific Northwest meet of the A. A. IT." at Astoria, It is not problable that such will prove the case. Mr. -Neill, who is spending the summer vacation in the employment f ik Cherry's New Laudnry here, af- inned last night that he did noOe- neve he could afford the loss of time required to make the trip as it. would cut his summer stay at. home at least a week, and especially in view of ths fact that the University of Oregon studies will be resumed In less than five weeks, he did not believe he could spare the time necessary. ' Many of his friends here would be pleased to see the La Grander pitted against the Javelin, tossers at Astoria and espe cially , as many from here will be present at the meet. . , not be taken. Pear has not gotten into training yet and lack of finances in the B. M. A. under which club's col ors he would run if at all, has not per fected Its union with the Amateur Athletic Union. The Elks and the Eagles will cross bats at the ball park In this city on Sunday, Aug. 13. Proceeds for the ben efit of the Elgin cemetery. If there doesn't something happen on that day there is nothing In the 13 superstition and the hoodoo has been removed. Elgin Recorder. Automobile NevG and Gossip MAHER WEALTHIEST JOCKEY. American Boy Riding Abroad It Big gest Winning Hone Pilot. Although the flat racing season la till young In England. Danny Maher, the wizard, -already has a long lead over the other Jockeys riding abroad. Danny does not ride as often as some of the other popular, boys, such, as his greatest rival. Frank "Wootran; largely To run down horses in an au omo- City in the forenoon and reached the m. Enter- bile is what was done in this valley head of the lake at 10 p this week. Horsebuyers Todd and prise Chief tan. Governor West la on the right track in his campaign to prevent fires and if .the hunters persist in violating fire laws, then they must suffer the conse quences. Whether the open season for hunting deer and a number of game birds in Oregon is to be enjoyed by hunters this season or to be closed by the iovernor,; depends upon the can on "exercised by the hunters , them selves against setting put rorest nres The forest fire law which went into ef fect last February empowers the gov ernor to declare a closed season where upon a showing by the state forester. the use of firearms by hunters Is lia ble to cause forest fires "It 1b not my Intention to urge en forcement of this provision unless it becomes necessary," , said ' Forester Elliott oday. "Whether any action is taken depends upon hunters them selves. However, Just as soon as this office receives reports that 'fires ere being etarted through carelessness of hunters, I shall Immediately pre sent the facts to the governor ana recommend that a closed season be proclaimed." -"' - ' -. -' - ... A story Is going the rounds at Pen dleton in which George Strand, erst while crack halfback against whom X New York, August 5. That Father Knickerbocker is a very poor chauf feur or that his automobiles are pe culiarly expensive so far as mainte nance is concerned was brought to light this week by the complla.ion of figures which.. show that the annual cost of upkeep of the one hundred cars In use in the various city depart ment is nearly equal to the original cost. The exact figures show that the city's autos cost $220,205, or un average of $3,205 each, and that their repairs during the past year totalled $176,570 or $1765 each. . Even for prodigal Father Knkker bocker the figure Is absurdly high and tnere are imejy to o ume very Interesting revelations during the In vestigation -which will attempt to place the blame and remedy the situa tion.' Undoubtedly the two cjhlef fac tors which cause the city autos to eat their heads off, so to speak, at such an astonishing rate are Joy riding and graft in repair charges. The records show that cars are continually kept out when they are supposed to be in garages and that In some cases the la bor of the men making repairs has been charged for at the rate of $3 an I hour!. Altogether it would be much cheaper for the city to rent, cars as Sklpton whizzed about Grande Ronde valley in an automobile lookiug for horses and the usefulness of the auto mobile and the need of horseflesh are thus maintained at one and the same time. Despite the wild rush for auto mobile by Union county farmers and city folk, there still remains the big demand for horses and horse breeders need never fear that their stock will depreciate in value because of the au tomobile. "" . R. W. Leighton scaled Glass Hill in his Maxwell this week, going six miles apd 6:10 up the Incline, a trick which is not done every day In the week. , - " ..Dr. G.. JL Blggers. one of the owners of big cars" In 'this city, called at the Franklin . factory while at Syracuse, New York, recently and gained a clear notion of how the big cars are made and turned out. He affirms the trip was immensely entertaining. ... - . - ;;.'. H. K. O'Brian received a new auto mobile this week and has been busy learning Its particular moods. A, M. Smi:h returned from a trip through California Saturday and haa a Carter ear coming from Portland to start an auto livery. The car will arrive today. Wallowa Sun. ' - -;- . , ' Four automobiles passed through :4hey are needed and it is' possible tbat Enterprise Sunday evening , carrying , such a policy may be adopted, pro Baker City people to Wallowa lake. where the members will enjoy a sum mer outing. The party left Baker graft Is not too powerful. and Victoria is at tne bottom In 'he league standing. "Dutch" Wagner Is pitching swell ball for Columbia In the South Atlan tic league. They call him the "Hu man Ox" on account of his ability to pitch three or four games a day if called upon. CUM TALKS IflFIELD FLY G0ND1NG MIGHT DO AS UMP. Veteran Minor Leaguer Hee Intimsttd He Would Like Trial In Big Show. In view of the fact that President Ban Johnson of the American league Is now on the lookout for new um pires to odd to his already tine staff. It mlirht be well to suuKt-st oue who would probably do If given an oppor tunity. He Is Johnny Goudlng. the veteran minor league - catcher,- who was recently appointed manager of the Rock Island team of the Three 1 league. Gonding intimated to a friend some time ago that be would like noth ing bettor thnn to be given a Bhow as n niim in w ot I ha biff 1'ilVUiU.i . -w For ten years he was a member of tbeOmalin team of the Western league and was always ranked with the lead ing backstops of the minors. Ills never falling efforts In behalf of the Omaha team, his fine work behind the bat FEW UNDERSTAND THE PRECISELY. RILE Tom Clark Explains nhy It Was A(-'it'd as a Rule. vldedithe opposition ot the persons who get free Joy rides and fat repair WITH THE BOXERS. m V i 1. KEEPING TAB ON THE MINORS $ VAXKTt 14AHSR. because It is not worth an owner's while to pay his fee for the minor races. Wootten led him In the number of wins last year, but the American has won more races than any other jockey up to date this season, and his percentage is some five points better than that of his nearest rival. Maher Is undoubtedly the most suc cessful Jockey In England today. He to probably making more money than any other Jockey ever made In Eng land. Aa to Just how much Maher makes In a season it Is Impossible to form an estimate that would be worth any thing. : Aside from his retaining fees and his riding fees, be is In receipt of more presents from owners than any ther Jockey riding. He has ridden three Deby winners, and it to cus tomary for the owners of horses tbat win the blue ribbon of the English turf to treat their Jockeys handsomely. many a La Grande think tank has been A much, a a $25,000 has been given cracked in football games of the past, the lucky Jockey by a delighted owner. fhe story has to do with Strand and a , W ' .... ... II H 111 1 H 1 1 1 If4 ma 1K1UT w ma. uoiivr Champion Wolgast says that he is out to earn $100,000 within the next year. r, Ray Bronson and "Spike" Ketley will meet in South Bend, lnd., Labor day. '. . '' .... ',-. y: I ,.. ... " '' ' Promoter Qoffroth, of California, is trying to sign Bill Papke and Frank Klaus for a muss to take place on LAbor day. ' r e - e - e ;." -,. : Frankie Neil, the ex-bantamweight tahampion, Is under arrest tn San Fran. cisco charged wltn raising a $2 ogr ernment note to $50. Grande Ronde valley girl, though the story refuses to divulge the identity of the Jokestresa. From Pendleton comes the following: ' . . "Again has 'Jodo the Jobber been Jobbed and for tjje second time he has come off second best In a passage of practical jokes with the fair sex. The penchant ot Deputy Sheriff George Strand for the playing of practical pranks 1b well . known throughout Umatilla county. Now it has spread to Union. While spending his .vaca tion' in th Grande Ronde ; harvest has ridden to victory in almost every big fixture of the English course, some of which have brought In much more than the Derby stake to bis employers. ; - Clay Court Tennis Tourney. Omaha, Neb., August 5. -Tennis ex perts of national reputation and rep resenting many parts of the country assembled at the Omaha Field club today for the opening of the second annual tournament for the clay court "rrr.;i, Z a. championship of the United States, u.ue . xhe tournament will continue through orate the dress of a young lady Visitor to the harvest field with dirty oil. The TV"" ' latter retaliated by dousing the oiler with water and he thought the incl- ' . To Rfvlew Mexican Troops. dent closed. Not so the recipient of City of Mexico, August 5. Eight the oiled dress for when George was thousand federal troops will pass in ... . a -v JJi J 1 T.-.A partaking of his dinner the next day he was suddenly Immersed in a gallon of molasses syrup whoch , had first been eet out in the sun for a couple of hours. This happened several days ago, but George still feels 'stuck up though he has a subdued manner. He has tried his best to keep-the story from reaching Pendleton, but it beat him home." Mr. Strand returned to Pendleton yesterday, " ' review before President de la Barra tomorrow on the occasion of the pre sen tat Ion of the regimental flags to the several new regiments created a short time before the fall of the old government. . ,- ' tj Camp on motoric Battle Ground. : Lafayette, lnd.', August 5. The Bat tle Ground Camp Meeting association of the Northwest Indiana N. E. confer- . I ence began Its 37th annual session to- Whlle, -for a time, it was planned to day on the historic battlefield of Tip enter Willie peare In the half mile at pecanoe Many Methodist divines and Astoria when -the A. A. U. meet is educators of note will address the staged there this fall, such action will gathering this year. , , miiiiimin-Hiiim ii; PITCHER ALEXANDER. TELLS f SECRET OF HIS SUCCESS. Somebody asked Pitcher Alex ander of the Philadelphia Na tionals the other day to explain the secret of his wonderful suc cess this year, and this was bis sensible reply: ' j "I study the weakness of a ' batsman and try to place the ball where he can't hit it - There Isn't much difference be tween the majors and the mi nors except that you receive better fielding support in fast company, and that always en courages a pitcher. , "I haven't tried to experiment with any mysterious shoot and never will. I rely on my side arm curve a great deal when in tight places and continually change my pace. I've been play ing professional ball only three years, and the thought that some day I'd be In the National league never entered my mind until I was bought from Syracuse.' I never abuse my health, keep In f good trim and like to pitch when I ever called upon. t "I don't believe In a pitcher trying , to master too many I curves. All I have to a side arm J curve, an overhand Insbopt and a bop to my fast ball. , By con- T trolling them as well as possible I and keening cool I've succeeded T better than I ever dreamed ' I t would." ' miimimm 1 1 niim The Portland Pacific Coast League club has sold Buddy Ryan, a center fielder, to the Chicago Americans. ' e e The three D's, Danville, Dubuque and Decatur, are crowding each other at the ,top In the Three-I league race. -i '::':;.'..': V '''.: It looks as if Denver would Ving home the turkey in the Western league with Lincoln and Pueblo close up. ; ' ; ;,. Petersburg has fooled the Virginia league fana by coming to the front and giving battle to Norfolk for first place. - ' ' - .' e e e The St. Louis Nationals get a classy performer In Outfielder Mills . of the Edmonton Western Canada League team. : ; : -. ;; e e .''i '-; : The Baltimore Eastern League team haa a great bunch of heavy stickers in Dunn, Rath, Schmidt, Seymour and Egan, ... . ' Atlanta has had a winning team for several seasons past, but this year finds the Crackers In the cellar ot the Southern league. , - e The N.ew England league has 28 men bitting .300 or better with Jesse Bur kett, of the Worcester team, topping the list. .. ; -.; ' ' . - :- ;'' ( Pitcher Marty O'Toole, the St. Paul star, recently sold to Pittsburg for $22,500, has a record of striking out 131 batters in 12 games. . i ' The Winston-Salem and Greensboro teams have tossed aside the other Car olina Leagne teams, and will no fight it out for the calico. e e ' Bill Clytner's Wlllesbarre team is leading the New York State league and looks, strong enough, to hold down the Job for the balance of the season It doesn't seem to make mucti dif ference whether the Connecticut league has six or eight teams, as they all look alike to Bridgeport, now lead- What promises to be a bitter fight Ing the league. . for the democratic gubernatorial ,nom- , Inatlon in Maryland will be settled at The two British Columbia teams Ju the state primary to be held on Au- the Northwestern league are not on gust 29. , , ' speaking terms. Vancouver is leading I j . . - (, yj J i, .... v - J V By TOMMY CLARK. The Infield fly rule, though It has been oa the books for a number of years. Is still not thoroughly under stood by many fans, so that an expla nation of its workings will be lu line. The rule, in plain lnnguage, a it stands in the book is a follows: "The are out. while first and second or first, . second and third bases are occupied. he hit a fiy ball, other than a line drive, that can be bandied by an lufleldor. In such case the umpire shall, as soon us the ball be hit, declare It an Infield or outfield hit." This Is so clear that there really ought to be no confusion In Interpret ing it, and yet the Pittsburg club re cently protested a game under this rule. The object ' of the rule was to prevent the making of a cinch double play under cc-rtain conditions. With first and second bases both occupied the runners, of course, are forced to try to advance on a fair hit ball. Before the adoption of this rule It was a common practice for a smart lnflelder, If a pop fly was put up, to muff or trap the ball Intentionally instead of i-atchlng it ( This forced both runissrs to advance, , and if the play wa skillfully done a i quick recovery tbo ball, a good ! throw to third base and another to sec and bis perfection of character not only endeared him to the Omaha pub lic, bat to the patrons of tne game in very city of the league. Many, times during the past few sea sons be nas otnciatea as an umpire and has given entire satisfaction. Within the last two years several old time ballplayers have been given a trial in the big circuits as indicator handlers and have done fairly well. , The players, especially In the Amer ican league, have been far more friend ly to ex-players than when nonplay Ing nmplres have been Introduced Into major league umpire staffs. From .the public's viewpoint too, there is far less desire to "roast" a man who has won that public's plau dits for years as a player when he turns his attention to umpiring. ond would result In the retirement of J both runners, while only the batter would be safe. The runners In such a case as this were in a pretty pickle. If they hugged their bases a muffed or trapped ball would result in their being forced out It they took too big a lead in anticipa tion of such a play all the fielder bad to do was to catch the ball and then double one or both of them up before ther could get back to their bases This looked like an unfair burden to put on the side at bat, so the present rule was devised to prevent a double play under such conditions. ! Now, as soon as the batter has lift ed a fly the umpire to required to de cide promptly whether It can be han dled by an lnflelder... If it can be shouts, You're out" to the batter, and it then makes no difference whether the ball to caught or not The runners are not forced even if the ball to muffed or allowed to tall to the ground untouched. Therefore no dou ble play Is possible If the runners hold their bases and do not take too long a lead. . ' v , This rule does not operate when first base only to occupied, because In that case a double play to Impossible If the batter docs his duty by running to first as fast as he can. If the fly to muffed It Is possible to force the run ner at second, but there is never time for a double play unless the battef loafs, which to his own lookcsfc V It it r XK Gen'l Freight and Passenger Agent, 8. , '-V P. S. Ry-. Portland, Oregon. : V ?7 pi .)SL,. 2JlPu Ml SPEND TOCB VACATION AT THE ' OCEAN SEA SHORE c , Three and a. Half hoars from Portland : Salt air, sea breezes, cool breezes, cool days and refreshing nights. First class hotels open all year at Gearhart and Seaside. Delight trip from Portland to mouth of Columbia river through historic Astoria. $15.10 round trip tickets sold by agent of O.-W. K. A N. R. R. Return limit October Slit Illustrated folder and hotel directory will be sent on request.