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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1911)
VUG '115' ! BROTHER? OF ELGIN MAN COMES : TO CAREER'S END. Many -Local People Regret Old-Time j Star Has Been Released. In the passing as It were, of Cy (Denton) Young, the baseball world loses one of Its most wonderful pitch ers and athletes, and the event is of more hanordlnary event because Mr. Young 1b so well known in La Grande. The v'pteran pitcher who was given hfe walking papers from the big brush In - ......... . . .. - ... , , which lie nan iuuuo rother of Ott Young, the Elgin sa loon man, and Mr. Your makes al most, yearly pilgrimages to Union county to visit his brother" and friends In this section of the world. ;y Mr. Young has hit the toboggan, his tnanagerB say, after a scintillating ca reer that bristled with starry features for year and years. But old age has hit him and he 1b now relegated to the hasbeenB and becomes one of those who was and Is not. But Cy don't "agree with his managers, tnd keeps In constant condition hoping to be picked up by some other big show I manager. Here 1b hoping he does, for few of the bi fellows in baseball are better known In La Grande than this same Cy. ; Thebaseball game Sunday between the Eagles and the Elks, for the bene fit of the Cemetery Association, netted about '$30, and waa as enjoyable as Sny that has been played here this son. In the first Inning the birds annexed six tallies and It began to look as if the score keepers would have to' employ assistants and issue supplements; but from then on it was a very fair ball game for a mixed bunch to put up, and many good plays were made. The battery work was good on both sides, and had the out field of the Elks occasionally passed the ball in time to keep the next bat ter from waiting there might ' have been a different tale to tell. The net result of the swatfest was 18 to 8 in flavor of the Eagles, or some where In fthat neighborhood few more or less Won't count Lou Stoop was the mas cot for the Elka and to see him chase the foul spheres over the. fence was felone worth the price of admission. Elgin Recorder. . "' .'. . ' Outfielder Blitz of the Peoria team, 3 leading thra Three-I league in hit-. Pitcher Dale, formerly with Boston nd Providence, is now back with he Dallas team of the Texas league. a Second baseman Berghammer, of h? Kewauee Central association team as been sold to the. Chicago White President C. R. Williams has added eke Wilson to the staff of Virginia fague umpires. Wilson is an old all player. Very few minor league clubs will lake any money this season unless iey are lucky enough to sell a play- f or two for a good price. , .t is said that Manager McGraw the Giants had to dig to the extent f $4,000 to land Outfielder Burns, of he Utlca team. V" y Pitcher Wolfgang, of the Lowell, ew England league team, has won out of 26 games pitched this stea- pn. He roes to the St Louis Amer- an league team next season. ,. The St. John Marathoners are lead g the Provincial league in New frunswkk. Marathoners should be pie to run the full distance in any 4 race. . . . Manaeer lb KaUv nt St. Paul. Tio sold OTrwi1i tn Plttsbure for DEOTDi DSC LA GRANDE AUTOMOBILE AM5 league stars Including George Dauss, Duluth's premier twlrler. The "Bull" sign at the Jackson, Miss., park has ''been hit eight times this season, and Cotton States league players have drawn down $400 for performing the Btunt. '.' The Chicago Cubs paid the Youngs town club $4,000 for Pitcher Earl Mosely. This is the highest price ever paid for a pitcher In the Ohio and Pennsylvania league. : It is a pretty safe bet that there will be two more Millers in the big show next season. Outfielder -Miller of Montreal, and Pitcher Miller of Atlanta, are both wanted by major league clubs. .. Harry. Trubyk the old .Chicago play er;" who Is umpiring In the Mountain State league, had a run-In with one of the players the other day. When the player showed fight,-Truby said: "Go on and sit down. I can . give you rocks and I'll take buns and run you out of this park." GIE PLEP1TY SAY HUEJTEBS BETTER; SUCCESS WITH GROUSE J ',. ' THIS TEAR. . Past Years Oostripped by Records Mac the First Week. . . To the east, to the west, to the south and the north," La Grande hunters af ter grouse this week have found good success awaiting them. True, It is only In a few Instances that limit bags have been recorded in an hour or two, but the general results of grouse hunting this year, are much better than in former years. One cause of this condition is the more close and strict adherence to the game laws dur ing the closed season. Few grouse were killed in the ante open season, a fact attested to by the behavior of the living birds. . The first week has al ready left its effects and bevies are more wary today than Tuesday. Hunters generally agree that hunt ing is better this year than it has been in several seasons. Among the men who don't believe that great achievements come in a jiffy is Dave Steward. A few days ago he Joined the ranks of nimrods, a situation never be fore aspired to, but now he is ready to pose as a fish erman exclusive. It will be remem bered that earlier in the week he dis covered bevy after bevy of grouse while out hucklebprrylng, as his com panions hunted unsuccessfully over a large territory for birds. He came home and got a, license and a gun and the next day went out where he was willing to wager a fat sum that he could get the limit bag In a Jiffy. But great was the fall thereof, for after a long all-forenoon ..search he came home with his weapon unused, for, though much as he hated to ad mit It. he didn't a?e a single grouse, much less kill one, on the entire trip. i J $$ 3 $ $ $$ j $ . With the Boxers. , - V.: Maine women are becoming boxing fans. Several of them attended a bout In Augusta recently. ., Lew Bailey, the Philadelphia pro moter, has - conducted G00 boxing meetings in the Quaker City, - v a , 4 t Jim Coffroth may sign Battling Nelson ; and Freddie Welsh to meet in San Francisco the latter part of this month. Ad. Wolgast and Packey McFar land may not meet after all.. Seems to be some trouble over the articles of agreement EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1911. Woman With a Revolver Proves Her Superiority to Men Rivals -i- '.j., Ilsmt i ii i i ii imij.ifit .Yiihn i.in.ic .j .w.v.. - -f-Y -T irtiiiMrSLSJ 1 1- w I lit I k.. I - i """"ll I....?,.. . Photos by , American PrM AMocUUon. OMAN has again proved her that she seldom .invades. vv " revolver that trousered marksmen conld not equal. Mrs. Chapman, an English woman, recently county of Middlesex, England, and she won the medal offered by the National Revolver association. Cbe was the only woman in the contest, and she bad a score of masculine competitors. The picture shows her as she took aim at target The other picture is of W. O. Raven, the champion revolver shot of the world. He was not in the competition in which Mrs. Chapman won her laurels or the result might have been different DOG MASTERS GOLORSIAGCURATELY San Francisco. Aug. .19. (Special) Can a dog tell green from red when ; displayed on a Bwltch alongside the track of a railroad, and .can it learn the significance and Importance of the green ana rea signals as applied to railroading? H. W. Sheridan super intendent of the Sacramento division of the Southern Pacific company, says that it an, and Sheridan has a mass of evidence to pnjve bis assertion. Sheridan secured his evidence re cently while conducting an efficiency test about 100 miles norlh of Sacra mento, California. With several as sistants he changed the light on one of the switches from green to red, then waited to see If the crew of the next train would observe the wrong light and stop the train before it reached the switch. The dog began to bark as soon as the red light was shown in place of the green. It ran around the signal for several minutes and then to the quarters of the section foreman, a half mile away. Shortly after the foreman appeared with a lantern and a shotgun, ted by the dog, and Sheri dan and his assistants had" a difficult time in explaining the red light to the satisfaction of both the dog and its master.- "--.- .. - ' These efficiency tests are conducted throughout the year for the purpose of keeping train and englnemen on the ' alert After a crew has run over the same line day after day without mis hap, they, in common with other mor tals, are likely to become careless and fall to observe a danger signal at a critical moment. " Such an oversight SPORTING NEWS superiority to mere man and In a field She has shown a skill Jn shooting a took part in a revolver match in the is fraught with danger that makes one shudder to think of it a hundred lives might be snuffed out in the twinkle of an eye should a train or englrieman fall to observe a signal. To guard against such a contingency the Southern Pacific company has 21 efllf Ipncv tPHta rnntrlncr trnm tit A changing of the color of signal' light J and extinguishing lights entirely to placing fuses and ' torpedoes on the track. Failure to observe any of these signals means most "severe dis cipline for the offender. Last year the Southern Pacific made 7,026 of these tests and onlj in 41 cases did the crew fall to observe the signal, 'giving a percentage of 99.42 per cent perfect The dog that caused Sheridan's tem porary discomfiture, knows the sign!- flcance of every light, according to the section foreman owning it, and walks a certain stretch of track every day . with its master. It is possible that the animal could be sent out along the track alone and would be competent to report a ugnt out alto gether, or at least the wrong one burning. ; V ' ' Scribe to Succeed Pres. Graham.'' Los Angeles, Aug. 19. A. T. Baum, a San Francisco newspaper writer, is slated to succeed Judge Graham as pre8,dent of tne Pac,flc coast league, according to gossip here. San Fran clsco reports deny that any elate has been suggested. Wants Chess Club Here. Adolph Oroske, employed by Julius ' Roesch In this city, and a chess playei of more than ordinary ability, is ad vocating- the organization of a chess club In La Grande. He wants to d'.a cuss the proposition with anyone that may be interested, and eventually con. duct a chess tournament during the winter some time. BOOSTERS AT PORTLAND. Panama. Exposition Shouters Buck to Portland Again. Portland, Ore., Aug. 19. Boosting hard for California and the Panama Pacific exposition, and . venting en thusiastic praise for the Astoria cen teunlal and for Oregon and the north west in general, a special train of California business men returned to ?af.7m,. f8-101:18? . ?LDn Today the Callfornlans were enter tained by the Portland Commercial club and were given a long auto ride. Tonight the delegation will continue on toward California. UTO SALES Oi! THE DECLIOE SEASOX SEARING ITS END' FOR THIS YEAR. Departing Season Has Been Brisk WItfc AH Agencies In County. The height of the automobile selling season In. this county has been reach ed, according to various dealers In chug chug cars. A few sales are yet hanging fire and even a few new ones may be developed but what the dnal er calls he selling season Is rapidly on" the decline instead of the ascend ancy. It has been a profitable year to dealers of all makes, and every agency in this connty baa had a more or less spirited sale period. This is not trvre In La Grande only but ap plies to Union, Elgin, Cove and all the other towns where agencies exist. One noticeable feature about the sales of the years Is the number of farmers who have been convinced that the ai tomoblle is an asset In a business way (Continued on pag 6.) - By mistake we received a double shipment of alarm clocks from factory. We will place on sale for the next ten days at the following reduced prices $2.50 clocks $2.00 $ 1 .75 clocks $ 1.35 $1.00 clocks 8 if fi J j I See our window, ten days only. SHGKIST&COMPABlYj I . ' ' - Largest Jewelry PAGE r k ;m .,.. ' mm iiEOE LOFT TO .BE ESTABLISHED - AT MILLER HOME SOOX. Some of the Birds Are Noted Racer of the 1'ucilic Coust. . The arrival 'within a few days of a number of homing birds from the M. Coffin's Portland loft, for Robert Mil ler of this city, is the beginning In La Grande of one of the most fascinat ing of any. of the present day clean sports. These birds, four in number, are from, some of the best racing thej)jrd8 has come directly' from th J., while another--is ' a sister of the bird that made third place in the 303 mile flight from Ashland, Oregon, to Oakland, Cal., In 1910. This flight was made In seven hours and 40 min utes. Others of the present shipment are youngsters raised from birds that In 1910 flew from Portland, Oregon, to Oakland, California, a distance of about 550 miles. Jn the eastern states many of the racing clubs have reported homing birds liberated 1,000 to 1,200 miles' distance but because of the high moun tains and fire-swept slopes, the birds have accomplished but 500 to 600 miles flight here which have been made In as short time ts two days. When the young birds have accustomed themselves to being pn the wing for an hour or so they are liberated a few miles from home and by frequent liberations at Increased distances from home the youngsters soon learn to find the home loft. After the 50-mile flight the next liberation Is generally at 100 miles and then 150 and 200. AH trainers seldom require more than a 250 mile flight from a one-year, old bird. The 300 miles flight is accom plished In the second year of a rac er's life. The bird is in Its prime in its third year and it is then that the. endurance test of 500 miles Is made. If man had as much endurance and grit in proportion to his size as has s . racing pigeon, there would be na "quitters" in this world and more of us would make good. The owner of this loft of birds has three of his birds come home in a wounded condition indicating they had been shot apd from the nature of the wounds, had been shot soon after leaving the starting place yet they had completed the return to the home loft at great effort. In many of the state of the union it is a felony to shoot a homing bird.' Old Birds Remember. - Mr. Coffin, of the William Millar (Continued on page 6 ) Store in Eastern ft if 1'