La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 13, 1915, Image 6

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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1915.
PAGE SIX
LA GKANDE EVENING OBSERVER
GOIVLERS 11
HATCH niCELY
PENDLETON TWICE DEFEATED
LAST EVENING.
Speed Humphries is High Man in So
.. . ries of Good Matches. .
; v That Pendleton has lassoed Pendle
' ton'B sport angora was thoroughly
- demonstrated last night when La
Grande bowlers sent the Wheattown
experts, home with the short end of
' the score. Not content with winning
' from Pendleton in football, basketball,
and five-man team bowling, the home
guard sent "Speed" Humphries lone
- handed against Pendleton's best -in-'
dividual bet, Mr. Book, and again La
Grande won. .
..if,: . In the main match for which a purse
of $100 had been hung up. La Grande
; took a decisive lead in the first game,
' winning that canto by .55 pins, and
anhuaniinni. lyutnAfl T.fl fltHtnlA 1 wnn
.all three though by loss margins than
'the first. ' The' total pins destroyed
by La Grande was 2703 while' Pendle
4 ton spilled 2610 a difference of 9;1
in La Grande's favor, j By the. terms
" of the agreement, ' La Grande will
meet renaieion in renaieion snorciy.
i : HumnhriM wan hiirh man fnr tliA
nie-ht. Lroinir better than 200 in two
, of the three matched games. McMon-
ies was Pendleton's best bet, though
Book is a sensational bowler He was
' off color last evening. Humphries got
the breaks in good . shape. Scott,
Roesch, Walden and Crow,- were bowl-
- ..'ft m ojjai c gcujic, jicvvDOlutwug; Hire'
'Jul heaving neither of these four
were a bit lucky in the way the plna
fell. . ' -; i'v.V)-.
The audience which took every inch
of sideline space, got terribly excited
. and the Club was a noisy place indeed
as the game, progressed. j However,
moat of the fans missed the best thing
.L. : - . il. i
. Ill 1.1 In KVmllllU I 1 1 1 BI.HT I IIK III U III
; match, Speed : Humphreys and Mr.
. :, Book were matched in a single handed
contest In this match Humphreys
was even in better form than, in the
, beginning of the evening, ; bowling
over 662 pins against Book's 602.
To add to the misfortune of the
GILMORE OF FEDERAL LEAGUE BEG IN8 SUIT TO DISSOLVE NA.
TIONAL BASEBALL COMMISSION.
for the second act, missed the mid
night' train and they; were forced, to
wait over until this morning.
The score in the main match fol
lows: LA GRANDE. Total
Scott ...192 187 161 540
Roesch . . . , . ... . 169 169 ? 190528
Walden
Humphreys
Crowe ........ ..166
189, 167, 152 508
177 216
It, fJrSi ;A Jj:
' V US
UTILE Dili tir
SPORTING GUST
New Form of Scortns Tot
Batters Is Proposed.
CREDIT FOR TIMELY HITS.
Tho Federal . Lcaguz
thrOUfirll t.htt fuvrAl stj.ti.fl.. irr tfarncrfltmn nf
rrwnjon. uumore, nas ocgun. action the constitutional right of contract."
in the United States courts, as has It is further asked that the defend
long been expected, for the disBolu- ants be enjoined from 'further, con
tion of rthe National Baseball Com- tinuing to do business as a part of
mission, the American and National or in connection with said combina
Leagues, and everything known as tion, conspiracy and monopoly." ,
"Organized BasebaU" While offi- The National Commission has un
cials in organized baseball say they der its domination and control all but
do not fear the action, it has been 300, or approximately 10,000, profes
known for , years they did not wish sional baseball players of varing de
an attack on rthe ground they were grees of expertness." The 300 are
violating the Sherman Act. . under contract to the Federal League.
The suit was filed in the name of When President Johnson of th
the Federal League of Professional American Leaime wafl itvfnrmnd that
Baseball clubs against, the ,!'Natiomil the suit had been filed he said: '
League i of Professional i Baseball ' "I thinlc thin . In nnntiiAi nH-Amni- 4-a
4lllKa - tllA - A mnl'lnn T An nA . Dm 1 ra.J- l. - t . mi
Pondlotonlans, ! those who InedJi;;,, S.TT. IZ-
Herrmann, : - Bancroft ' B. Johnson. " "W ar not nnnratw - tmi -fr.,-
John K. Tener, et al." . ; ( v ! anybody with money can buy, into our
The suit oaks that the defendants rlrmilta. SriAoHn rsHrharA . T h.m
be "declared as "constituting a com- no fear of the result of this suit,
iblnation, conspiracy and monopoly; in Baseball is an amusoment, not a corn
violating the common law, in contra- modity, hence the government . of
vDi.uuii i ine un.u-l.ru 81 ana mo. snort cannot h riwlnnvl a vinlatmn
nopoiy statutes, and in restraint of of tho Sherman law. The Feds arc
waae ana commerce in and among growing desperate, it would seem."
, Totals 893 :
PENDLETON.
McDevitt .......155
Noel .... ......147
McMonies ...... 187
Book 182
Hoover ....... ..167.
178,
917
219
188
188
195
160
214-607
176520
893 2703
Total
,140 614
186471
197572
178555
17-498
Totals
.838 900 872 2610
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PRE
r
TO TOSS BILL
J. T.
WILLU MSON WILL OPEN
BASKETBALL GAME. : f
First Game of the Schedule to
Played This Evening.
Be
J. T. Williamson, president of the
Y. M. C. A. and who has had children
in high school -athletic teams for the
past eight or nine .years-and has
several huskies yet to be heard from,
win ;toss up the ball which opens the
Amateur Basketball league this
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LA GRANDE, OREGON.
evening at the high school gymna'
sium. After Mr. Williamson has set
the machinery in motion, younger of
ficials will take hold of the engineer
ing game and the first game will be
on. George Huntington Currey will
referee the first game and Joe Wil
liamson will umpire. '..
The admission is 15 cents for the
single games, such as will be played
the rest of this month. -; '
The two teams will use the follow
ing men at tho introduction: ;
; M. I. A. Larscn, Woods or Aihs
vorth, forwards; Farley, center; Bean,
Motcalf or Combs, guard. ' i
. Clerks Dickorson, Bolton until '-V-nolds,
forward; HoHister, center;
Lottcs and Robb, guards. f j
PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
Dcn't Be Hasty In Judging by It, Lest
You Ba Deceived.
Hret riai'lB wrote In one ot bis stories
tbnt you couldn't Jnde anything by the
appearance or his characters. The big
gest scamp bad n Ranttnol face, the
bravest man in emit whs the mini Host
the surest shot , had but three tlnger
and the best dressed was the worst
gambler In the state. '...
The same rnlu often works out In
real life. Nobody wrote more dry phil
osophical books than England's prize
philosopher, Francis Bacon. But one
day while ill and without consulting
any works of rerereure De dictated a
volume of jokes which la 8tiH the best
collection to 'be found in Londou. '
When Stephen Crane wrote bis "Ked
Undue of Courage" old soldiers thought
the author must have gone through the
war... Just out or college. Crane had
scarcely ever heard a gun fired, and be
was not born until years after Appu
mattoi. ' ;
A 220 pound bully was making trou
ble lu a Philadelphia street railway
car when a suiall, pleasant faced youth
remonstrated. Every one expected to
see the gluut literally crush the young
mau who had interfered. As they step
ped off the car the bully was knocked
seuseiess by a blow of the other's flat
the ost of Billy Roenn, then champion
amateur llRhtwelRht boxer of America.
1 beard Bob Bnrdette. the runny man,
tell bow tbe soldiers laughed at a young
fop ot a cavalry officer until they saw
him Just once leading a charge, l'heu
they knew It was t.Vnerai Custer, and
tbey laughed no more.
So you caunui always tell what Is In
a man's bead or bis fist by bis persona)
appearance or by bis previous work.-r-Philadelphia
Ledger.
High Grade 2oh Printing costs no
more than the other kind Observer.
Would Make Record of Every Man Ad
vaneed a Bate by Any Form ol Hit
Hans Wagner to , Try His Skill at
First Bane Next Season Maranvtlle's
Father Wanted Him to Be Tinsmith
A bnsefiull emhUHhixt tins devUed an
Idea of awarding credit wlitch will ii.
peal to innny followers of the game ax
reasonable. Tbe plan l to tlq nwii.v
with the prexeut computation of , Imt
tllig averages, which givea a pjuyei'
credit for euch' hit made, and liiNlead
compute bis standing on the baWs .j IU
succeeds in advancing liluieelf oivjilny
era ahead of him on bases. If a Vats
man. . without Intending to sucrltlce.
sends a slow roller toward first, with
men on Urst and second, and is Out,
tbe two base runners advancing by the
batsman's work, be gets no credit and
is penalized with a time at but Vet his
slow roller may be the means of win
olng a game. ' , ; j, '
This situation developed In tbe recent
world's series. To get a batting record
worth while tbe system of keeping a
record of "batted bases" baa been pro
posed and ' has been discussed from
tune to time during tbe past few years.
A batted base is given to every bats
man who by the use of tbe bat gets a
base himself or advances a runner one
base. '.
A stasia with do one on base would
give tbe batsman one batted base. Rut
if a batsman singles and scores -runners
from' second and third base the
batsman would get not one. but four
batted bases one for bltuBell, , out
for the runner from third and two for
'lie runner from second. A sacrliice
bringing a runner from third or ad
vancing oue runner a single base would
give tbe batsman ode batted base. A
sacrifice bnnt that advances runner
from second and Orst to third and sec
ond would give the batsman two bat
ted bases. ; .-: -''
Ed Eonetcby having everlastingly
jumped to the Pittsburgh Feds, Haus
Wagner is slated to piny first base for
the Pittsburgh Pirates next seasou
Wagner la a corking good first, base
man, and those familiar with him say
be likes that position.' In tbe mean
time' the Pirates have landed no one
of proved merit to fill the bole left by
the transfer of Wagner from short to
first The latest is that Jack Coffey,
manager and shortstop of tbe Denver
team, who was drafted by the Pirates,
has won his fight to remain In Den
rer. Jack would rather be a big toad
In a small puddle and stay where be
luovs he can make good than try him
self out witli 'the Pirates; with the pos
slhlliiy or liclng turned back to the
minors , .
Walter Mariinvlllc. the phenomenal
shorismp of I lie world's clianiplous.
into Imscluill iijsiliist his father's
wishes. . 1'ir Mai'.'ir.ville thought that
rtalililt would make a good - tinner
Several vi-nrs ngii. the ' Knbblt played
amateur liaselitill in odd moments,, and
Ills work nttnii-U'd the ntteutloii of the
New Hertford (Miiss.i team. Rabbit got
an offer from t lie New Bedford team
Hid went to hi's dad about IL .
'Turn it ilnwu.". said Papa Mnrnn-
vlMc to Knliliii, who Just, then was
ie:iru!iiK tlie tinner's trade. "In a few
years you'll develop into a good tinner,
and you'll make good wages at least
a week As a biill player you'll
never make wood. You're too small."
Rablitt. however, disregarded the ad
vice of his dad and signed with New
Redford, ' . , '
"You'll he sorry and so will I," said
his father wlieu be heard whut Rabbit
had done. "You'll uever make good. I
They'll fire you in mighty short order. I
And you'll get so used to loafing that
you won't want to work at your tin-
nlng job again. Instead or having a ,
son that I can be prwud of. a son who j
works hard at n regular trade, I'll have j
a son who won't be working at any- ;
thing." ' !
That Francis Outmet Is deservedly I
touchy about bis amateur status U j
shown by bis attitude toward a prize j
be won at the professional-amateur
competition at tbe Mctacomet Golf :
club recently.
Ou account of his high rank as a i
player It waa decided toclass blm as a 1
proressionai since it ue naa oeen pair
ed as an amateur with a professional
other pairs would have stood a poor
show of landing first prize. Oulmct
and bis partner won second place,
which carried with It a prize of $40 for
tbe second best pro.-'
The club officials decided to give
Oulmet a prize equivalent to tbe $40
rather than one of tbe prizes for ama
teurs. Thereupon yulniet notified the
club that be preferred not to accept
the prize since It was based on a pro
fessional classification: that be agreed
only to help along the -tournament
and not for the purpose ot standing to
win a costlier prize than an amateur
would hare got in tbe same circum
stances. 'The prize money will have to be re
divtded following the amateur chaos
plon's refusal.
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