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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1911)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1911. (-' AUTOMOBILE ' AND .SPORTING .NEWS Mill IB IK COM MINNESOTA TURNS INSUERECTO AND LEADS FIGHT. ' Want Michigan Back In the Big Eight Conference Next Season. Middle western universities known as the "Big Eight" are In a quandary. Minnesota has her neck bowed and is demanding that Michigan come, back In the conference and threatens to bolt the big eight unless the Wolver ines are taken fu'to the fold as they were up until a few years ago. There Is bad blood in the air Minnesota is smarting under the tie game with , Wisconsin, asserts the protest effect ively placed against Captain' Picker ing caused them to lose the race for the pennant; they threaten to sever ath letic relations with AVlsconsIn, are demanding that Michigan be taken In to, the fold and several o(her demands are emanating from the hotbed of the miniature Madero-llke Insurrection at Minneapolis." The lnsurrectos are al so after another important bone of Want Summer Baseball. , Minnesota has taken the initiative in a fight to get the Big Eight confer- ence to change Its rules so that col lege men can play baseball during the ; summer for pay and not be profession alized. , Something la going to pop soon at Minnesota and it will proba bly be something like this when the smoke has cleared; Michigan will be back In the big eight, Wisconsin will , be ignored in tier, fight to keep colle gians out of professional baseball dur ing the summer and many other minor rules that Wisconsin Hkes and wants will be dropped by the wayside, or well, there will be no Gophers In the big eight conference, that is sure. On the 11th day of the 11th month 1911, the Dickinson colfege eleven won by a score of 11 to 0. , Butler, of Cornell, has scored 11 field goals this season. , Percy Is the given name of Wen dell, Harvard's star halfback, but he can play great football at that. :,. . Carlisle has been using the famous crlsa cross play this season,, that was used by Yale In the season of 1889. "' ' There are 32 boxes for the army navy game at Philadelphia today, and the price was $125 each. ( ; Eastern football critics claim that . Miller, of Pennsylvania state. Is the ' best qarterback of the season. ' Ex-Captain Daly, of Yale, has been very successful as coach of the Wll Hams college squad this season. Speculators In football tickets were J'stung" 'badly' at the Carlisle-Harvard and Hartmouth-Ha'ryard games. The Brown squad la working hard In order to be in tip-top condition for the Carlisle game which will be play d at Providence Thanksgiving day. The services of three hundred stu dent ushers and one hundred or more policemen are required to handle the crowd at the stadium at the time of the Yale-Harvard football game today. Hon. Leo McClung, United States treasurer, gave a dinner in New York recently to the Yale l eleven. Old "91 was a star eleven composed of the following players: HInkex. Mc Clung, Hartwell, Winter. Wallis, Hef teJfinger, Barbour. Bliss, Sanford, Mc Cormicfc and Morrison. TU HE IS III LOCAL LOSING NO CHANCE PERFECT STYLE. TO , Th Strength of Rings. Some elnbtirate calculations, backed by exiiiuiMits. have bwu made to de (onuitie tli "lui-aliliiK strength" ol rii;N. U up.(Mrs that a ring vi ductile mnit'ii::) like malleable Iron will be pulled out Into tlu funu of a long link tcfori 1 Iw.hs nail that the ultimate ;riMi;rili if Uii rins i,s virtually lude- iM:itnt f lt dlame:ir. Krnture Dually ih'iuim us (In result of almont pure UMisimi. ami tlie resistance to bn:iUnj i; ii U; I To hss than twice that f a rud of tln ume -nws section sub jected to u Hii-alKlit I'ttll. As the ring invreaww In ilinaic'.er tlu-re apiwars tc be a slijrht approach toward equality, with double the. Htreitgth of a bar Tbu a three Inch ring made of three quarter inch Iron broke at nlnetee and oue-half tons; a four inch ring at nineteen and nine tenths tons and a six Inch ring at twenty tons, the strength ftt a tar of the sains metal being ton rand ecsa-balt toss. Cove Players Imbued With Determine. Uon to Repeat Biecrnt Feat Preparations to get into such trim that Cove can be safelv encountered and mastered next Thursday after noon, are under way on the vacant lot. where the La Grande high school foot ball squaJ drills, Coach Caylor i 1e votlng much time to perfection of the weird plays which were intr.-duced In the Baker game and the fans who At tend can expect to see some up to the minute . plays reeled oft on Cove. News from the Cove camp sav that the Cherry pickers are developing a strong team and will come to La Grande in tent on repeating the trick of three years ago when La Grande believed she was an easy winner but was de feated decisively. Pendleton, Nov-. 24. (Special) Pen dleton football fans will rejoice at the hews that the high school is aier mlned to secure a big game here on Thanksgiving day and that it is cer tain that the team which defeated Ba ker so decisively a Week ago will ltyie up against a stellar aggregation from Portland, Walla. Walla or Heppner on that day. . ,;T . . . ! The boys have a preference for a game with the champions of the Port land Interscholastlc league and ' are using the long distance telephone this afternoon In an effort to secure such a game. The Portland championship was decided yesterday in the Washington-Jefferson game, but informa tion as to which was the winner had not arrived in Pendleton at noon. If a game is arranged between a Pendleton and a Portland team, sev eral business men who are enthu siastic fans and have confidence In the local team, have signified their In tention of circulating a .paper , among the fans for subscriptions to protect the high school management In case the gate receipts are not sufficient to cover expenses. . Should the Portland champions refuse to come into eastern Oregon, Walla Walla will be given the date should the high school boys of that city desire to pit their strength against the local pigskin chasers again. ' In an early season contest between the two teams, the Garden City champion two teams the Garden City gladiators squeezed out a victory In the last few mlnules of play by a fluke touchdown but nobody In Pendleton admits the possibility of a repetition of Buch a victory. ' '. ' ' ' '; ." -;'.' . '' v;' "v"' Charles Reynolds nailer the lone touchdown for O. A. C. Wednesday; when the Aggies won jrom Willamette 5 to 3. . j . Washington high Is chamnion of Portland. She won from Jefferson Friday. WITH THE BOXERS. $ $ 4 l & $ Who Is the more scientific: Johnson or Langford? So- reads a question over which several purses have been, posted by La Grande fight fans and pending the settlement of the mooted question the eimoleons are in cold storage. Science only is discussed it the arguments pro and con on the bet. styles, size, durability and other is sues being left out of the talkfest. . ' . Kay BronBon and Tommy Howell will claBh once more, the bout to take ' place In Indianapolis. -'I Harry Lewis has returned to France : where he . hopes to make another cleaning" among the French boxers, Win or lose in his bout with Bom bardier Wells Fred Storbeck will meet Frank Moran of Pittsburg, In London, December 27. Mike Gibbons, the western welter weight, and WlUle Lewis will clash In New York in the near future Young Saylor wants another- bout with, Jos Mandot and has offered Jos IU00 tor his end if taa boat takes !aes sa taMaaapolis. ITOSHSIO 1912 ElllS SEVERAL IMPORTANT FCAC TIOXS? 131 AUTO WORLD. Continue Intermittently from the FIrt of the Tear Cntll March 2. Commencing January 1st automo bile shows will be many and pompous throughout the- country. A few of the most important of these shows is listed herewith: Jan. 1-5. Automobile Manufactur ers' association of, American, Grand Ceufral Palace, New York City. , Jan. 6-13 Automobile Board of Trade (pleasure car division), Madi son Square Garden, New York City. Jan. C-20 Motor and accessory manufacturers, Madison Square Gar den, New York City. , Jan. 10-17 National Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Grand Central Palace, New York City. Jan. 13-19 Philadelphia Automobile Trade association, Philadelphia. Jan. 13-19 Milwaukee Automobile Dealers' Association, Milwaukee. , Jan." 15-20 Automobile Board""' oi Trade commercial 'division), Madison rfquare Garden, New York City." Jan. 27-Feb. 10 National Associa tion of Automobile Manufacturers, at Chicago. Feb. 3-10 Automobile Club of Can ada, Montreal. Feb. 17-24 Minneapolis Automobile Dealers' association, Minneapolis. Feb. 21-28 Toronto Automobile Trade association, Toronto- March , 2-9 Boston Automobile Dealers' association, Boston. 1IGLIDAY TRIP 'ID1HED LA GRAJiDE FIYE ALUS TO TOUR IDAHO. Always Do." "Oh. dean I bare lost r my pocketbook." "Any money in itr ' "No." "Then yon will find it again." t : : Would Make Big" String of Games to Be Played This Winter. Holiday Junkets through Idaho, commencing with a game at Baker, Is the aim of the La Grande basketball dlub which Is drilling .away to get in shape for early resumption of games. Wood3 Is temporary manager "and is in consultation. with a large number of quintet managers In Idaho, in Boise and other points on the O. S. L. the exact itinerary is not made up but the aim of the team, is to commence at Baker some time during the holidays and drift toward Boi3e, picking up games with Caldwell. Rlcksbiyg, Nam pa, Payette and what other towns may boast of teams.' ' The team Is well under way now and for the present the regular five Is working with Hollister moved from guard to forward and working with Woods on the scoring machine, A. Bean at center and V. Bean and Ged m" av"uiu. 7 ZJZiv:z zi ttr t'm believe the switching of Hollister to forward and Geddes to guard will work for the betterment of the team all around, .' ' ' ' ., ' Manager Miss Ma'ssee of ihe, girls' basketball team of the high school has gotten into communication with Union high school managers about a game to be played here before the Christmas holidays. Prior to that, however, the athletic management of the school hope to play several class games. On practice nights the -chalk lines are crowded with novitiates who are anxious to participate in the in vigorating and , muscle developing pastime.. , ' Ilumcr nnd Philosophy A Correction. , . The Observer was in error Thurs day in reporting Rjoscoe West as the locater of the artesian well In Lower Cove. D. M; Hunt was the owner of the machine and did the work, assist ted by Mr. Harvey. 9r VfCAj if. srtiTU PERT PARAGRAPHS. PJJHE good little boy with the patched , trousers would trade his chance for the presidency for a bicycle any day. , The girl with new furs finds the au tumn days very chill. A suspicions woman, when ber hus band phones that he can't come home to supper, always sends Johnny down town to come borne with father. When a man presents a silk dress to his wife who hasn't decent shoes or gloves he usually complains bitterly that she has no appreciation. ' "- ' t You can't kill a cat with care, but you can with a club If you are a good marksman. A man may spend his money like a prince in his bachelor days, but when be has been married awhile he feels like taking off his hat every time he meets a dollar. ' Wonder if the checked suit Briton was one of the original seven Jokes? The average woman doesn't cafe who casts the ballot so long as her husband band3 her bis pay check. A woman will keep a secret for a month Just for the pleasure of Baying. "Oh, I knew that long ago," when her neighbors tell it to her as a great piece of news. A Protect. I have read a lot of twaddle, , Mora of It I have not read, On the- dignity of labor . That produces daily bread. On this dop the simple minded ' Greedily their brain box stuff, ' But the dignity of loafing- - la quit dignity enough, v , Who can wrestle with a shovel : . For a dollar bill a day - . And have dignity at nightfall . Am he puts the tool wayT Who can be a bit Impressive ' When he wears his working- duds Or. If speaking of a woman. When she's churning in the audst Dignity, to be in action And to surely qualify. Needs a face scrape trimmed with whiskers And a hat that's dubbed as "high, ' With a vest that is expansive . And a watch charm on display. And they don't go with loading Heavy boxes on a dray. There is dignity in labor ., ' .; When the labor is a bluff, But It misses the description 1 If the work at hand la roueh. . I For the proper kind of setting i That the passer's eye will catch j ' Get a chair that' fixed for loafing - And the-trimmings built to match. t. . " " ;j Grande Rondo I Electric Supply Conipnny 103 Elm Street. Next J Door to Geo. H. Currey Real Estate Office ti 8ure to Be Like That "I want to tell you somethlug." "Go ahead." "It will do yon good." "Oh. don't say it I don't want to hear anything disaerptie.! , ' Shs Is Up to Date. ' "Madger "Well?" V . -;. .. 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