La Grande evening observer., December 13, 1913, Image 7

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1913
LA! GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
PAGE SEVEN
A Message of Prof
it to You!
Should you be buying groceries on credit we wish you would get
your last month's bills and compare the prices you pay with the
prices we quote below ad if you pay cash to the credit stores we
also wish you to compare their prices with the lo wcut prices we
advertise. We claim our strictly cash, no delivery methods will save
you from 10 to 26 per cent on your grocery purcnases, and we know
too, that every person who continues to pay 10 to 25 per cent too
much for the necessities of life will keep themselves hard up finan
cially as long as they continue it.
Think it Over!
It's the Credit and Expensive Delivery Sys
tems that make the High Cost of Living!
Join us in the New Way!
We Quote a Few Prices by
Way of Comparison.
Under the Credit System. Under the Cash System.
Granulated Sugar, 13 pounds $1.00 ... ....15 pounds $1.00
Bulk Coffee, 30 and 85c lb i 25 and 30c
Standard Corn, 15c, two for 25c '. ,.10c per can
5 Gallons Oil for $1.00 5 Gallons 90c
No. 1 Macaroni, per lb. 15c ...Pound 10c
Polly Prim Cleanser, can 10c . ... .Can 6c
Swifts Cleanser, can 10c Can 5c
On December 15th.
This store will be put on a strictly cash, no delivery system, and
we will be glad to have you call, that we may more fully explain
its operation. We feel that all cash buyers will greatly appreciate
our efforts to give them more dependable merchandise for their maney
"Thomas"
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Phone R. 976
Only a few changes are to be ob
served in the playing of basketball
this year, but what few changes there
are will make considerable difference
in , the style of play. One of the
principal rules is regarding jump
ing for the' ball where the players
must face their basket at center as
well as elsewhere. This will reduce
the height of jumping but will not
otherwise berak up formation play.
The other important change is that
practically no guarding can be put on
the man throwing In a ball from out
of bounds. This will largely neces
sitate the reconstruction of a team's
defense. The extra man must either
stand idle or become a factor in the
defense forming while ' waiting for
the ball to come back into bounds, and
the. coach that can make the best use
of the extra man at the momentary
halts for the throw-in, is the one who
will make the best use of the new
rules. "Doc" Stewart of O. A. C;,
built up his defense ' for' years in
accordance with 'the new rules and
made splendid headway with it.
Rule XI., Section 4 requires both
jumpers to face in the direction of
their respective baskets and while
seemingly a - small matter, it has
caused a lot of wrangling. , It has al
ways been the intention of this rule
that jumpers face the basket they are
to throw into, so that the apparent
change in the rule is no change at all.
simply emphasizing v more clearly
what the committee always had in
mind. ' ' '.',. " ,"
For several years followers of the
came have suggested to the committee
the desirablity of changing rule XI,
section 5 so as to prohibit those
"jumping" from catching the ball and
limit their activities to batting it.
The arguments 'used, in a word, were
that a tall player had an advantage
over one of shorter stature. This
will always be the case to some extent,
but by the adoption of this change the
chances of each are more nearly
equalized.
In rule XI., section 13 (b), the ad
ditional words after the words "but if
he" serves to make the rule clearer as
to what was always intended.
In rule XI, section 22 the change
is intended to provide practically a
free throw for the player passing the
ball "in "from "outside." Heretofore
the player "inside" would reach over
the line and strike the ball in his op
ponent's hands. ' This rule does away
with this. The player on the "inside"
is not allowed to extend his hands
beyond the boundary line, but wait
until the, ball has-passed over the line
before he can touch it. ' In the old
fule a foul was called if a player
"knocked the ball out of his opponent's
hands twice in succession"; in the new
rule, if he touches it while in his op
ponent's possession, "outside" once, a
foul is called for delaying game. Of
course, on a large court, where the
"outside" player can stand ten or
more feet back of the line, this change
is not of value, but on the numerous
small courts with only three feet space
from boundary line to wall, it will be
of inestimable value in preventing
rough play and should help the game
very materially.
Attention has been directed to the
violation of the clear intent of this
rule, so, as a matter of interpretation,
the rule has been divided into sections
(a) and (b), the latter furnishing the
new portion. Some players seem to
think because their captain calls "time
out" that the referee is obliged to
blow his whistle and officially i
nounce "time out , such an idea is
farthest from the intention of the rule
and it is to be desired that no referee
will allow "time out" unless he is
satisfied of just cause for same. The
referee is the only official in the game,
or out of it, who has the authority
to decide when and under what condi
tions "time out" shall be called oi
permitted.
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Many other skating parties were
held during the course of the past
week among which was a party of
the members of the Young People s
society of the Methodist church, who
shouldered skates and spent Tuesday
evening on the ice. They report a
fine time and much wholesome fun
on the slick surface.
train. The club members expect to
knock over about 500 rabbits during
the day. At Pendleton this week a
similar drive resulted in the slaughter
of more than 1,000 rabbits.
Absence of Jordan of Pendleton, on
the Asbahr team for 1913 of all stars,
is the feature of the Pendleton se
lection. Albert M. Asbahr, coach of
the Pendleton team, has this to say
of football stars this year:
All Eastern Crcgoa Team.
Center Rugg, Pendleton.
Right End Johnson, Wallowa.
Right Tackle Conkey, La Orande.
Right Guard Powers, Wallowa.
Left End Kirkpatrick, Pendleton.
Left Tackle Russell, Pendleton.
Left Guard Cole, Baker.
; Quarter Goodbrod, Union.
Right Half McDonald, Pendleton.
Left Half McGinnis, Wallowa.
Fullback Miller, Baker"
(By Albert A. Asbahr, Coach of Pen
dleton High.)
In selecting an All-Eastern Oregon
football team, it is a difficult matter
to give each player his just dues.
nave not witnessed all the games
played during the season, and, since
a player will show to greater ad
vantage in one game than in another
it may be that his merits are not re
ceiving the proper consideration. I
am selecting the players for their
performances in the games which I
witnessed, except in the casevof the
quarterback. .
From the four teams I have seen
in action, namely, Pendleton, Baker.
La Grande and Wallowa, ' I have no
preference for the pivotal position.
Jordan of Pendleton would probably
have been the most entitled to the
position had he not , been crippled
early in the season and been forced
to retire. Brock was perhaps the
"best man in Eastern Oregon in pass
ing the ball, but he lacks experi
ence. The Baker, La Grande and
Wallowa quarters were not phenome
nal, but all reports I have heard have
it that Goodbrod of Union was a re
markable all-around man and I give
him the position.
Although Kirkpatrick played at
half most of the season, his aggress
iveness on; defense and .ability to
carry the ball from an end position
on offense coupled with his agility in
backing up the line and breaking up
forward passes entitles him, I think,
to be ranked next to Johnson of Wal
lowa, the best all-around offensive and
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defensive end I have seen this year.
The' tackle positions ' I award to
Captain RuBsell of Pendleton, and
Conkey of La Grande. Russell played
fighting game all year and was
never outpointed by . . an opponent.
Straughn of Pendleton is one of the
best all-around players and would
look well on any team, but I give
Conkey the other tackle position , on
account of his great kicking ability.
I
open field runners, can pick a hole
and hit the line in great form. Mc-,
Donald is one of the surest safeties
in the business and his ability to fol
low the ball saved Pendleton at least
two games.
To Miller, the big Bakerr fullback,
goes the eleventh position. He is an
exceptionally hard man to stop and
was the great element of strength to
the Baker team. Hoskins, the Pen
dleton full,, was the surprise of the
He is perhaps the greatest academic season; playing as he was his first
kicker developed during the pear and
besides he is exceedingly fast.
,,. Powers, the giant of the Wallowa
team, was by far the strongest point
in the Wallowa line and has a clear
title to his position.
Friedley, Krebs and Tuttle of Pen
dleton, were good men, but Cole of
Baker probably had the edge on them,
Rugg of Pendleton is much superior
to all of his opponents in that prime
requisite of a center, passing the ball.
He is a wonder for sureness of that.
During all the' time he has played
football he has never yet made a bad
pass,' a record that challenges atten
tion. Besides he is a hard fighter.
McDonald of Pendleton and McGin
nis of Walluwa would make a pair of
halves to talk about. Roth are rather
small but exceedingly fast, are great
football. He is a terror in spirit, a
hard man to stop and a man who
stops' the ' other' fellow with a jar.
With a little more' knowledge of the
game, he would be entitled to all-star
honors.' ; : . ; !.',.. :;; '
Notice lo Stockholders.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the United States Na
tional bank of La Grande, Oregon,
will be- held at their banking rooms
in the City of La Grande, Teusday,
January 13, 1914, at 2 o'clock, P. M.
for the purpose of electing a board of
directors and for the transaction of
any other business that may come
before the meeting.
T. J. SCROGGIN,
Cashier.
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For the first time since its organiza
tion about a year ago, the Wing, Fin
and Fleetfoot club is to participate in
a big sporting event when tomorrow
morning about 25 nimrods will go to
Telocaset on a big rabbit drive. The
men expect to go up in 'autos but if i
the weather "goes bad" the trip will
be made by train, going on the early
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