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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1911.
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- 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." -"' - ' -. -'
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A story Is going the rounds at Pen
dleton in which George Strand, erst
while crack halfback against whom
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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. ,
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..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.
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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. ' -
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Promoter Qoffroth, of California,
is trying to sign Bill Papke and Frank
Klaus for a muss to take place on
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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
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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. . ,- '
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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. , ,
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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." '
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The Portland Pacific Coast League
club has sold Buddy Ryan, a center
fielder, to the Chicago Americans.
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The three D's, Danville, Dubuque
and Decatur, are crowding each other
at the ,top In the Three-I league race.
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It looks as if Denver would Ving
home the turkey in the Western league
with Lincoln and Pueblo close up.
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Petersburg has fooled the Virginia
league fana by coming to the front
and giving battle to Norfolk for first
place. - ' ' - .'
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The St. Louis Nationals get a classy
performer In Outfielder Mills . of the
Edmonton Western Canada League
team. : ; : -.
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: 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. ,
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The N.ew England league has 28 men
bitting .300 or better with Jesse Bur
kett, of the Worcester team, topping
the list. .. ; -.; ' '
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( 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. .
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' The Winston-Salem and Greensboro
teams have tossed aside the other Car
olina Leagne teams, and will no fight
it out for the calico.
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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
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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
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