La Grande evening observer., April 13, 1912, Image 2

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LA GRANDE EVENING pyJtll
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SPORTING NEWS AND KINDRED SUBJECTS
TBS MEET
SUCH IS A3USITIOX OF THK HIGH
SCHOOL TEAM.
Cove, or Class Med Lo l'rofaeo lMg tin
at Hater May 4.
One jveek from tomorrow La Gramli
will see a track meet of some sort.
Communications have been sent to
Cove by the newly-elected manager,
Jay Reynolds, but up to date no an
swer has been forthcoming. In t'he
event that no lnter-sohool meet can he
arranged for, an lnter-class venture is
to be tackled with the purpose In view
of weeding out the inferior timber
and preparing the recruits who show
class for the Btrenuous performance
In Baker May 4 when the Eastern
Oregon sot-to occurs. Dee Davis, the
wizard with the weights, and Coach
Peare have been developing the green
limber and rounding out experienced
men with good success. The addition
of Roberts and Corpo, the former 'n
the daslios and jumps and the latter
In tho miniature marathon event, has
provided more old material, and wl'.'i
such men as Mlllerlng In the vaul's
and jumps Davis with the weight?
nolton In tho sprints and Reynold.
Conkey and a half dozen other cel-j
brltle3 or near so there should be no
question about the style of the team
turned out. when the big nieots mater
ialize. Sport Brevities
No excursion to El !!lu while the
veuthor Is in such an unsettled state.
f.lilu la thp lnfliimi vmwhf'fl hv the
committee handling" the Moose bail
team, and the trip originally set for to
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"morrow has beeu.,vueferreu iinotno''
week In anticipation of better weath
er at that time,
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1 Jesso Garrett, erstwhile McCreille
'twlrler, is the Idol of Pendleton, and
the fans are Hocking to him with
. all kinds of money mid moral support
Any teum that takes thejlag from
Pendleton some of the present onlhus
Ansm as carrlou to the team. If bis
Holse will find that there are real
quills In La Grande and Pendleton be
fore the ensign is jerked from its
mooring this fall.
' There Is nothing slow about Union.
Last year Its real sportsmen mounted
steeds and rode (he valley over adver
tising Its stock show. This year the
Commercial club there has under con
sideration and practically has cinched
a special train to all towns In Wai
cwa ' county and branch line point
whereat the horse show will' be round
ly boosted. About 75 business men
will make the trip and. stops at eacn
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town Is the general plan. "Leave It
to Union to do things" remarked Jack
O'Nlell the other day In granting the
special to Union.
The county high school won a dou-
bio victory over .the Wallowa high
school -at uio cross country run nnu
in F.titennlse Inst Saturday. The first!
two runners to finish the two mile
course Were of the county high tca'ii
which also scored tho highest, on
points, with 111 acalnst P9 for Wal
lowa. Best time was 11:13 2-r, made
by Byrd Ault and Irving French, who
came down the homo stretch hand in
hand. Enterprise Record-Chief tain.
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The Hillside Tennis club has been
crganlzod with 10 members.
Treasurer's Call for Cily Warrants
Notice Is. hereby .given thut there
ore now funds In the treasury to pay
all warrants' jssuod .nunln water fund
of La Grande i-Uy up to and Including
No. 1061 3 endorsed Juno 7, tfllt. In
terest dn all warrants' oh water fu.il
rrom No'.' 1042'7rto No. 10813 Inclusive
ceases from date of this call.
La Grande, Orogon, April 9. ii-i
RAY W. LOGAN, City Treasuror.
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1CDMUKP I.AMY, WORLD'S .CHAMPION PKO
KKBBIONAL IOli BKATHU.
OLD AND NEW
BALL PLAY
McAleer Says Present, Stars
Are Pampered Tco Much,
(II J T!M!FRV WFRP P'FFFRFNT
Took Little Car of Themselves, but
Wore Always on Job Eleven Players
Were Enough, Whilo Twenty-five
Today Are None Too Many.
By TOMMY CLARK.
Since Jimmy McAleer, the former
manager of the Waslilngtons and now
president of the Boston American
league club, .qatiie out with the state
ment that,tl'o big league clubs of to
dav carry' too uiiiuy ball players and
! that they are pampered too much the
question has been much discussed.
McAleer In Ills statement tells of the
time he was playing under Pnt Te
beau In a Cleveland uniform. The
team had only eleven men oh its roster
and was In the fight for tho pennant
every moment of the time. Today he
says thut n team lias to have twenty
players on Its roll to be In the. fight
for a moment mid then they have to
use pitchers In the outtleld or outfield
ers In the Inlield some of tho time.
Mo lays this to the fact that the
men are pampered too much; that
they have ceased to be ball players
thev are athletes. In the old days tuo
, ,m,v tooU ,,. of themselves.
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Tmlnv thev keoi) themselves in tue
best of condition, have about half tho
work to do. but the manager Is lucky
If ho can put tils full playing strength
In the field for a week's stretch.
This mnv he true, but baseball today
i has reached a far greater degree oi
., perfeeII(m , , Ull. days McAleer
i pl(,,is f rwy get more pay iimu
.i.., ,iti timers, but the club owners
make ninnv times :ts much as the old
owners did. So I hoy ',-in niTord to pay.
As for taking euro of thoinsolvos, the
ball pis vers of today make tho name a
life's profession or try to. Th dia
mond stars of today include some men
wim havo a colloiro decree. They do
not follow t lie profession they studied
' for because they can earn more in the
diamond gam. They want to stay in
I lite fiuiuc' as loiiK as possible. . While
I they do not love the sport any loss
than the old timers, a business thought
i also onlors Into the pirne. The dub
i owners make fortunes by their efforts.
why should the players not Bet the
pood of It? And the matmnera aio
v i 5 1 1 1 1 ii to pay. " '
So as Iouk as both parties are satis.
Hod the players will conliiiuo to take
i nro of themselves ami the owners to
pumper them. ...
Now and complete assortment ' of
money purses in tho show window of
Sllvorthorn's, the family drug store.
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AUTO TRUCK IS
S
WELTOX & SOS MA V INAUGURATE
AtTO DIUY USE.
Local Automobile Jfews and Items of
Yioral Interest
Motor trucks may soon be Imported
to La Grande for general freight han
dling. J. W. Welton & Son, drayers,
are seriously considering the matter
of buying a motor truck to handle
their freight business and as Baker
has recently Installed such, a machine
and reports say It Is doing the work
nicely, there seems every probability
that tho auto truck Is soon to be
adopted In this city. It Is generally
believed that if a local firm makes the
start, wholesale houses and other dray
lines will soon follow suit..
Bulcks, a caroad of them, arrived In
the city yesterday and were unloaded
Three of them are 25's and one, bought
fo the local dealers Bolton & Bodmei
it) a 30. Tho buyers of the other three
are L. J. French, John Gardner and
Will Grandy. . . ."'
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. One of the first Stoddard-Daytons lo
make their debut to Union county has
recently been purchased of Lawrepce
Cavlness of Joseph by Dr. N. Molltor,
who by the way owned the first auto
mobile In Union county. It Is a runa
bout type, compact and gray colored
making In all a ver neat appearing
machine. ,
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L. C. Smith is having a splendl!
success with the sale of Fords this
year, lie now has 40 orders In at the
factory for Immediate delivery to Un
ion county clients.
Good headway Is reported on the
building which is soon to house tin
LsltrMo'i parage. While the build'rv.r
has not been started yet, the founda
t.on is being prepared with all possi
ble haste.
You may rave about your automo
bile craze but this motorcycle propa
ganda is some Itself. Every young man
in' town Is entertaining hopes of buy
ing one of the speeders and the sev
eral dealers In the city report nne
success In disposing of the distance
eaters.
Horsemen, nuto ,. owners, baseball j
fans, fair people, and L,a uranae as a
community are In high spirits over
the assured success of the athletic
park to be built at once. With over
$100,000 of the $120,000 needed now
subscribed there is no longer any
question about the balauce or about
the park. The city of La Grande will
have by far the most up-to-date track
crnnd stand, bleachers, park and ro-
creation facilities of any city in East
ern Oregon.
UNION COUNTY
ABSTRACTS
J. R. OLIVER. Proprietor . .
The Reliable Abstract firm " of
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LOANS
Superior quality is nlwnys recognized.
Not only the National League but the big
majority of nil other leagues, colleges and
school thiouijhout the United States liavo
adopted tho
SpaMaMS"of,5!eHl8'e,,onB,
Cerk 'Center' Ball
$1.25 each
As their Official Ball. n it is tho Official
' Ball o( the W'oild Series '
BASEBm:UNIFQRHS
WOBN BY THE CHAMPIONS . ( ,
All the big league teams play with the
CTorK Cyicr Hnil and wear
UasttBaU uniforms
Send for mplr9 of material. Monurement blank,
etc., Fre. Copy of SpaldmK Catalogue Free on
request to any addreM.
A. G. Spalding & Bros.
158 Geary street San Francisco
FIRM
iSATURDAYiAPraL 13,
CALLAHAN TELLS OF A RE
MARKABLE PLAY. -
There have been it lot of stories
wriueii itooiit the .freak plays of
;r,v CiMil) iiinl oilier stars, but
notliinji they ever did In that
Dm- tiimpsres with the feat of
I'raiiU McViclioIsi according, to
.liniin.v Ciilh'.bun. Callahan told
of It recently. .
Oil was one day plnyim short
for Ibo Lofiiiu Squares, with Mc
Mi liols on , first. . Owens was
umpiring In the center of the
diamond and had unwittingly
dropped a ball. ' Chick Kraser,
who was pitching, sent u fust
one to the batter. He bit It.
The ball jumped by Fraser ou
the ground and hit the lost ball
behind the box. The hit ball
jumped to Callnhiiu at short,
and the other ball went to third,
whero the player there corralled
it Both fielders tossed fiercely
to first base, where Frank Mc
Nichols was stationed. Calla
han's throw was wide and to
the right of the first baseman.
The third baseman's throw was
low and to the left of the play:
lng line. McNlchols got them
both. . .
'f Hasobull Tho j.V;tlIoiuil Game.
Almost overnight a change has
come over the game that wo are proud
to call the American -national sport,
and baseball as It will bo pl-tyed with
the cork center ball during" the com
ing season, will be a more Interesting
pastime for both paer.i nid specta
tors than the game we knew of year?
I ago, when almost any kind ol equip
ment Beamed to be t,ood eno'ig'.i. The
cork center ball has rescued baseball
This great horsepower of the new Maxwell Special is
car within $500 of its price. '
This 36-horsepower plant is big enough to produce all
will ever need and then leave some for emergencies.
Big Powerful, Stylish
36 hp. Maxwell
The new Maxwell Special
in add'f''on to liberal
vpower has . high-class
style of expensi ""'irs. It
is truly of the aristocracy,
with it's x new vontilated
forr Joor, flush-side vesti
lv .od steel body, with in
side control, the Columbia
Iloneycomb type radiator,
new designed bonnet and.
rich finish.
Look up its record.
1912.
from the danger wmj.i wafi just be
coming apparent to those who have
been watching' Us ' development for
35 years past, the danger of getting it
just a little too machine like; the
pitchers' battle looked goo-i In print
an explained by the baseball scribe but
did it look as good to the spectator?
Wouldn't he' have' rather, seen a cou
ple of base hits and perhaps a two oi
three .bagger,' if not indeed a smash
ing home run? Would the pitchew'
tattle bring him back to see another
game, or the contest where there was
plenty of hitting and base running? .
The eork center makes a ball that
is just a trifle livelier, than the old
style ball and It makes a ball that
will hold its life right through th-3
game. Taking an old style ball that
might stay in pay for nine Innings wa
woud find it very brisk for the first
three,' then it would slow up for the
next three, and the last third of the
game we weren't sure just what was
the matter, but we always Imagine!
the players were a little tired. Tho
ball was dead and the game slowed
up, but with a cork center ball It
stays lively right through.
EXPERT COMES
Scelcy, Who. Fitted the Czar of Bus
. sla, will Be at tlio Gelser
Grand Hotel, linker City.
F. H. Seeley of Chicago and Phila
delphia, the noted truss expert, wll!
bf at the Geisor Grand hotel and will
remain In Baker City Tuesday only
April 10th.' At the Pendleton hotel,
Pendleton, Wednesday and Thursday
only, April 17th and 18th. Mr. Seeley
says: ., "The Spermatic Shield Truss
WINNER OF 1912
GLIDDEN TOUR
Equipped with Top Wind
Shield and Speed o meter
NOTED RUM
The extraordinary price is
realized through the large
manufacturing and pur
chasing economies of the
United States Motor Co.
Compare with . ' r cars
near this price see it. If
you cannot conveniently
come to us, we will bring
the car to you at your
home or office. Write to
day for catalog.
as now used and approved by the
United States government will not
only retain any case of rupture per
fectly, affording immediate relief, but
closes the opening in 10 days on the
average case." This Instrument re.
ceived the only award in England and
In Spain, producing , results without
surgery or' harmful injections, Mr,
Seeley has ' documentar yreferences
from the United States government
Washington, D. C, lot yew. Inspect
tlon. All charity cases without charge
or If any interested call, he will to
glad to show the truss without charge
or fit them If desired.' Anyone rup
tured should remember the date and
take advantage of this unusual oppor
tunity, 4-12-2
BIG SURPRISE TO MANY
IN IA GRAXDE
Local people are surprised at the
QUICK results received from simple
buckthorn barkglycerine, etc., as mix
ed in Adler-I-ka, the German appendi
citis remedy. A. T. Hill states that
this simple remedy antlseptlcizes the
digestive system and drawa off tha
Impurities so thoroughly that A SIN
GLE DOSE relieves sour stomacti, gnu
on the stomach and constipation IN
STANTLY. A. T. Hill, druggist.
THOROUGHBRED
PLYMOTH ROCKS
Pullet and Cockerel : Mating
Utility MatiDgs.
Eggs for sole. For Prices Cor
respond to
D.B.STODDARD
La Grande, Ore
unmatched by any other
v
the speed and power you
MAXWELL
MASCOTTE
5 - passenger, is
equipped with
top, wind shield
and speedometer,
$1250
MAXWELL
MESSENGER
Equipped with
top, head lights
and generator,
$735,
PRICES
LA GRANDE
DELIVERY
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