SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1913,
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
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TINKER CLAIMS CHANCE 1$ DUE
I .TO "DIE. '. I
Has Habit of Thrusting Head Into the
Bull's Course Often. .
Manager Tinker of rile Cincinnati
Keds Is much worried about Prank
Chance, uinniurcr of the New ' York
American niiil fears1 that' he will be
killed during the 1013 season If he ear
rles out his announced Inteutiou of
pla.vini; regularly. 1
"Chance." said TlnUer recently, "has
fallen a victim to the same strange ail-
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Photo by American Press Association.
LATEST PHOTO OF FRANK CHANCE, MAM
f AOE1I OF THE YANKS.
ment that retired Hngbey Jennings
from active participation in baseball.
He Is seemingly hypnotized or fasci
nated by a fast pitched ball whizzing
along at the level of his head Instead
of switching his head aside or stepping
back. Chance deliberately steps for
ward, thrusts bis head at the ball and
actually seems to follow the progress
of the ball with his skull. 'v
"It is not a brain disease. "'Jennings
Is surely as brainy as any one since he
left the'gatue. and Chance would.be all
rijxlit if he'd keep off the field., but Jen
nings to this day Isn't anxious to face
a pitcher, knowiug what would prob
ably happen, and Chance should give
up the game just as Hughey did."
Chance wears a leather guard on his
head, which he says will prevent the
ball from denting his dome.- The
Yanks' leader strained a tendon recent-,
ly. . which .'kept him out of several
. games. '"; '
J. unw wr.uPR RFrnMMENDS !
X : A YOUNGSTER.
Hans Wagner is brief, among
other things. Joe Sugden tells a
story on Elans which Illustrates
Hans' system. '
Two years ago Joe managed
the .'Newcastle club. : Barney .
Dreyfuss sent Joe a letter telling
blm ;to . grab a player named
Nixon. Hans Wagner hud sent
Nixon's name to Dreyfuss. Bar
ney could not use Nixon. but
thought Joe might have a Job for.
the youngster. Joe immediately
wrote Wagner asking him about
Nixon. Uans replied on the sta
tionery of his garage. The reply:
"Friend, ; Joe ours . received.
Seen that boy Nixon. Good boy.
Don't drink. Can lick his weight
in wildcats.', ('laved on my bas-r
ket ball team. . Your friend
Huns." ; ,':.' ,'.
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M-W-I-K-M-I-H-H-
GERMANS FAVOR GOLF.
v Put It on Olympio Program, Though
V , .. Not First..' ; -
It Is announced that the Germans are
' to Include golf in the program of sports
nt the Rerliu olymjuVi games in 1910.
The Cerniaus are progressing rapidly
in golf' They publish an excellent
handbook each year, and courses tn tne
rathcrland are steadily ; Increasing" la
number The Teutons are claiming the
Ntalil'.sliment of golf us the first time
- in the history of the gnihes, but are not
cfirrect in this assertion. Twice before
Ivs It leen Included In the program.
" It was put In when the games, were
held in Rt t.ouls in lfKM. and then a
splendid trophy was offered, which was
won by George Lyon, the Canadian
champion, the competitors then being
mostly Canadians and Amerii'o -
CHRISTY MATHEWSON.
Veteran Pitcher of New York
h' National ;- Warming Up.
Photo by American Press Association.
Town Topics.
One example of doing a perfectly
useless thing is giving a smoker In
Plttshurgh.T-Cleveland Leader. .
Only three persons were arrested for
intoxication' in Cleveland last year,
enys a paper of that city. But how
many ought to , have been? Detroit
Free Press. .
They are still hunting in New Tork
for that elusive Individual, the nan
higher: up. Indications are that he
will eventually be reached only by u
elrship. Baltimore American.. , -,
RICHARDS GETS RECORD.
His High Jump at Olympics Equal to
6 Fest 4 Inches.
Alma Richards of , Brlgham Young
university, the Olympic champion high
jumper, is going to come into his own
on the record books, for at the first meet
ing of the record committee he is to be
credited -with a leap of six feet four
Inches at Stockholm." '";'':' ' "
An investigation of the performance
by. Frederick WjRubien,' chairman of
the committee, showed that Richards
had . been slightly wronged and that
1.93 meters ' Is equivalent -to. six feet
four inches. On the official list the
jumper's winning height is glveh: as
6 feet 3 08-100 inches, and to figure out
how much this Is short of six feet four
Inches requires some delicate calcula
tion. ; To give' a satisfactory answer or
demonstrate it on. paper would need a
clear eye and a steady hand. ; ,.
When Rublen buckled down to keen
accuracy he said "the difference was
the width of two blond hnlrs placed
PliotoB by American PreBs Aasoclatloiv
. : TWO VIKWS OF ALMA WCHABM.
ide by side, and that Is a space. hardly
rtiHwmliile to the naked eve. Any
way. It is a custom lu dealing with
! the metric system that If the fraction
i-ouies near the. inch- the full inch is
given.: '1, i'' It. J V ' i
( ? Of course the' compljers of the an
nals did not seem to detract the frac
tion from Richards., nor did It make
the least difference to him. for he
: says'. lie will go higher ere tbe snow
, flies again. When the tall Utah boy
hounded over the Imr 'an held the
'' . lit .1 Gf,..,.l.l.t.
there was fully three incnes or brigtit
Swedish daylight betweeh hlmsiflfand
the obstacle. It was thrilling mo
ment for the American contingent.' for
flint 'me JiVip saved the slars and
trlpes front i:i Ignomtninufl .trouitcln.
it th" h;uid of Cerinnnv.
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, '..vo:i,:.w..-:..viv;;i-i:l .
PITCHER DAHLQREN A-
UNION MAN. . t
- ThU big Dahlgrem whose home
Is In Minneapolis, who returned
to the Cincinnati tteda this
spring after a year's absence, Is
a character good enough . for
loads of fun if be only lasts with
the club. He has his own Ideals
all the Mine, and Wuddell's were
po funnier. '"; They tell a story
that two years ago: , Dablgrea
was pitching a strenuous game,,
and the score was U to ft in the
nlntb. As hU team started for;
the field to begin the tenth Dahl
greu suddenly dropped the DhII ;
and started for the bench.
"Hey, Dah, whafs the mat
ter f cried his manager. .
Dahlgren held up a large brown
band for atteutlou and then made !
oratory; ' . ."Meester ? Manayer".
Duhlgren is reported as saying.
"Ay ban gude hard vorker. . Ay
bun vllllng ant Ay sfeal peetch:
jus nine eenlngs. But fen Ay -ban
ask dat . Ay skal ' go das!
overtimes'; Ay ban made kick.;
Ay ban gude union ; mans, an'
Ay not vork overtime! unless Ay '
skall get overtime payl'V'v..--'.
And It is said that the mana-i
ger had to promise him $5 on the
Bide before he'd go back and fin? .
ish the game. ' . !!
BUSH GREAT LEAP OFF MAN.
His Crouoh at Plate Makes Him Hard
" Mark For Pitcher. ' ,
Donie Bush, the peppery little De
troit shortstop, batted only .231 last
year, and yet players to a man claim
he is the greatest lead off .batsman In
the American league. ; i
Detroit scribes figured out that Donle
drew 110 bases on balls In his games
last season, and that is: more passed
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ZK)KIE BTJBB. DETBOIT'S STAB BHOBTSTOP.
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than any other player off the opposing
pitchers. It's Donie's crouch that
makes him one of the hardest marks
In baseball to put the ball across the
pan for.. - . . ' . ".'.-.i '
Ty Cobb told some of his fellow
players that if Donie would only
spread his legs farther apart as he
stood at tbe plate and combined that
with his crouch to make himself a
shorter mark there would hardly be a
pitcher in the league who could pitch
to him.. ::-. '.'-' " ' ' .J':'- "jjj
RUSS FORD'S SPITTER BEST.
Umpire Bill Evans Deolares Peculiar
Twist Puzzles Batters,
"I've seen all the great spitball
pitchers In the American, league and
some of those in the National." sold
Umpire BiU Evans. "I've studied them.
And you can say without fear of going
wrong that Russell Ford of the New
York Americans did more, with It than
any man who ever lived, ;
"Chesbro made It a factor lu . base
ball, and Ed Walsh hus had more sue
cess. In the way of 1 winning with It,
than any one else. . But Ford's spitball
had more break, than that of either. of
those two great masters. Russell bad
only one great yen r with It, but I
never expect to see any one get the
breaks that he did."
'.. No Time to Think In" Big Leagues
Branch Rickey, former catcher of
the New tork and St Louis American
league teams, says baseball It too
majors is no, fast that players don't
have time to think.
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. J . TOroY MARTBtU BAWL
OUT HIS PLAYERS. :
; .:', .Manager Top.sy Uartsel pf the
Toledo team in the Intruiitloual .
iei;gue has au .original way of
bawling out his ImsebHllera. , ,
,! Those, whom he would bawl
out he tirst, dines with. , Suppose
a Mud Hen has made a stupid
play- in the afternoon. Topsy .
picks that person tft eat dinner
with. After he is seated at the
. table with the victim and the
onhesttn has started playing
Topsy' takes bis hide off to music.
He tells him what a large, to-.
mnto colored excuse for a hu
man being be is and how it gives '
him mal de mer every time he
thinks of bis boneheadedness.
. Then the incident is closed, as
they say in diplomatic circles. '
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INVENT NEW BALL TERM,
French Coschers Have Coined Word
" For Base Stealers,
The Paris' baseball season - was offi
cially opened with a game between the
Latin quarter American artists and
the Racing Club de France, which re
sulted In a victory ' for the artists by
the score of 22 to HI. ' Consul General
Mason pitched the first ball. . . .
' The players of the racing club were
mostly Amerlcauii,. but the coachers
were' French. - When they wan'ttd : a
player to steal they shouted, "A van
cez, avancez!"
When You Ars Tired Mentally.
Are you weary V Breathe more; eat
less.' . . . .. ; ,
Active exercise will not rest yi
from mental work.
When you are tired with mental
work." says a well known physician,
"do not think you must take active ex
ercise. That will make yon more wear
All you need is rest and more air in
your lungs.. Sit down qnletly and com
fortably and brehtbe deeply twenty
five times. . Rest a moment and repeat
"This air forced Into the . body re
moves the waste material which makes
you weary. , ' '
'Don't eat all you wont
"Food not needed for support of tbe
system Is so much extra work for tbe
body and requires more air to dispose
of it.
"This regimen will1) diminish your
grocery bill and save your shoe leath-er."-Ran
Francisco Chronicle. .
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EQUIPPED TO SERVE
French Dry Gleaning
Out of Town Shipping Agencies:
VV C VlGclIl ' Baker ILazel Wattles
Suits
Dresses
Silks
1 Laces
, Gloves
, Furs
Feathers
Etc.
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GHERRTS NEW LAUNDRY, Inc.
GEO. GILBERT, Mgr.
mm ude
DALL PLEASES
FANS IN THAT, TERRITORY ARE
TREATED.
Strong Pitchers on all Clubs Insure
Stong Finish.
Towns along the Joseph branch are
enjoying, on the whole, a good brand
of , semi-pro baseball this season.
Wallowa, . the weakest sister in the
quartet at the start, has recouped in
Culver a clever pitcher, and from now
on will be in the running on a strong
basis, though probably not able to
overtake Enterprise. Elgin and La
Grande Moose have a fine race in view
for second place honors, and Enter
prise even is not so certain of first
place, though is the probable winner.
Good pitchers are now, more than
ever, the rule on : the league. - The
Wallowa pitcher completes the circle
of high grade pitchers, giving the well
known Bilyeu, Culver, Smith and Os
wald, and Mclnnis a quintet of pitch
ers that are always sure to make good
games. True, amateur teams of this
stort are pretty apt to have weak spots
in their fielding proclivities but strong
pitchers such as the five enumerated
invariably add Strength to a team.
The league is half way long in its
schedule and interest has never waned.
There have been the ups and downs of
course,, but as the season advances, I
there is every appearance that the
same teams that were weak at the be
ginning will finish with a burst of
strength unexpected of them. With
Mclnnis in the. Moose lineup, the team
is not to be sneezed at, with Culver
pitching for Wallowa, that team be
comes a formidable organization, El
gin with Smith, and Oswald to fall
back on, are always in playing shape,
Enterprise being a pretty well balanc
ed team that needs no boosting to be
a drawing card. '
It is doubtful if the territory em
braced in this league will enjoy better
ball for years to come than has been
the quantity of that dished out at the
Baker
Haines
Union
Island City
Wallowa
Joseph 1 J. M. Emerson
and Uncle Sam's Parcels Post.
Expert Cleaner
in Charge
INCIDENTALLY, WE HAVE THE ONLY COMPLETE DRY
CLEANING PLANT BETWEEN BOISE AND PORTLAND.
past games -wi'vh ors cr (
tions. --Ltt: yCT'$ :?nri
pecUlly good two CrJs'Cl v. .
around and it looks like a rr;est t" j ,
year. Here's to the EranchlLis
league -they furnish a pretty good
sample of the national game for three
out of four towns that ', otherwise
would be dull and quiet in baseball
way.
La Grande Moose go to Elgin to
morrow, and Enterprise goes to Wal
Iowa. M
MOTORCYCLES MULTIPLY
Total Number in ' La ' Grande - Has
' Swollen to Thirty and More.
So rapidly has the motorcycle
fever spread in La Grande : that at
present there are about 30 of the
noisy machines In the city's confines,
representing a great variety of makes,
shapes and sizes. Various models are
popular. Two years ago, they were a
'novelty, and now they are so numer
ous that businessmen come to work '
on them, and drug stores run deliver
ies with them. Local agents for the
leading makes have enjoyed a brisk
trade the past 12. months for it was
only a year or bo ago that the ma
chines met with any sale in this city.
BASEBALL GOSSIP
Contractor Kelly has the grand
stand roof sufficiently far advanced
to cover an ' ordinary crowd at the
game, and hot or not hot, the crowd
tomorrow afternoon will be protected
from the elements.,
Sunday is roof benefit day and
every cent that can be taken from the
gate will apply on the repairs to the
grandstand, a repair project amount'
ing to more than $1000.
President Sweet may have; more ;
reason for dismissing Umpire Bum
side than the famous exhibition game
at Walla, Walla. True enough it was
a stmnge caper for Burnside- to cut,
but anyway Burnside is not a Sweet
man, and Boise and Walla Walla car
ried no more respect with the young
arbiter than did the other clubs of
the league. He was the fairest of
the bunch of, regulars. Strange man,
this man Sweet.
.....H. W. Fidler
J. W. Spencer
......Clyde Kiddle
.-'Geo. Willett