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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.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"
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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
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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.
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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.
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Maine women are becoming boxing
fans. Several of them attended a
bout In Augusta recently.
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Lew Bailey, the Philadelphia pro
moter, has - conducted G00 boxing
meetings in the Quaker City,
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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
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OMAN has again proved her
that she seldom .invades.
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" 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
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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
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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
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SHGKIST&COMPABlYj
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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
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