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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1916.
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BEATEfl 64-21
M. I. A. ASSOCIATION HAVE IN
TERESTING MATCH.
Long-Range Shooting Chief Asset of
- Visitors Last Evening.
STANDING OF CLUBS.
W. L. Pet.
. La Grande 1 rl .SOU
Union 1 1 .500
Irabler ......... ,1 . 1 .500
Cove . 11 .500
La Grande snowed Union under 64 to
21 last evening when the. Union M. I.
' A. came to La Grande to meet t'- La
Grande M. I. A. in the M. I. A. stake
league. The visiting ten. is not the
strong Federal team which beat the
, La Grande squad a week ago by cne
" point. .. -.. '
The game last eveninc began with
a Union spurt that indicated a snappy
game for the evening, and it wae, but
.. the La Grande . team held rtihe visitors
down with superior team work.
Serine and Dewey Webb were the
chief point getters for the . visitors,
eash taking turn at dropping pretty
baskets at long Tanges and hard an
gles. Webb threw three baskets and
iwr fouls, Serine three baskets and
two fouls and Erl Johnson one foul.
Osman Orton wts the other regular
' on that team, . j
The home- tea was' shifted about
considerably. VlfY older heads kept
out in the firathalf at the end of
whkh the score .was. 17-8 in the home
t- team's favor. Peterson and Larson
entered the gam at that stage and in
creased tne jeaa ty some lightning
ing-basket shooting. It was Peter
son's first game on the home floor
l and tie demonstrated his reputation
was well grounded. ;' He covers the
floor well, is an accurate shooter and
can outjump anything he has yet met
in vregon tnus rar; at center.
The original La Grande lineup was
Combs at center, Lyman and Ken-in
at forwards, Baum and Ainsworth at
guard. Substitutions included Rosen
. : baum. Peterson. Larson and Stoddard
Combs threw two baskets, Peterson
seven, Larsen nine and a foul, Ferrin
11, Baum a foul and Ainsworth a goal.
umciais: iteieree, Nelson; umpires,
... Larsen and Horutman; timekeepers
and scorers, Ferrin, Baxter and Rosen
' baum. , , , . .
Cove; Jan. 8. (Special) Imbler
lost its first game in the M. I. A.
stake league last evening when Covo
took the team into camp 40-42.
There will be a basketball game at
the Y between first and second teams,
of the intermediates tonight. The
game begins at 7:30. ;
. ;;--vA-.M'i '.Jr. .
While ah alumni basketball team is
usually not able to defeat its alma
mater the tables will no. : doubt be
: turned when the : hiarh- school five
tangle with the pld grads at the high
school gym this evening at eight
o'clock. The alumni' team ,will be com-
. posed of Larsen and Carpy forwards,
Woods center, Lottes and Rosenbau:n
.- forwards while the entire high school
..." squad will be ; used '" consisting of
Rosenbaum, Larsen, McDonald and
Adcook. forwards, Bean And Millering
centers, Captain Huff, McOSinnis,
: 'Reynolds, Moon and Johnson guards.
The .admission will be 15 cents and
the proceeds used ' in buying new
equipment. '.
iWhile Manager Andrews has' not
, 'Completed a full schedule for the
j high school games will be played with
Union, Pendleton, Enterprise, Wal-
" Iowa, and in all probabilities, Walla
Walla and Jefferson high of Portland.
'. Practice games, will be- Dlaved with
the local M. I. A. team so that the
squaa win be in good condition for
US nrst games. . . ...
HORSEWOMAN TO WED A COUN, T WHO EARNS HIS OWN WAV,
' I fmmii Vw ' mum Munmiin njjMtw I
VC 4 y 'J! It ', k
it&m www :
"Shinny" is not far off. ; Hockey and from destructive attempts of the en
hi v
Miss Ida May Swift.
Miss Ida May Swift, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Swift., a tall
arid striking beauty of Chicago " so
ciety, will, -shortly after the. new
year, wed Count or Mr. Minotto, who
is connected with the Guaranty Trust
Company of New York. The ieount,
an Italian, has become a plain mister
since he has -: entered trie banking
business here.' Soon after the wed
ding he will leave on a business trip
to South America for the trust com'
pany. ' ' ""
' Mies Swift is known in Chicacro so
ciety as an experienced horsewoman.
She' is really an expert rider. She has
been riding since she was a child.
VOLLEY BILL
TOURUET OPENS
ROUND BOBBIN AFFAIR BEGAN
TENNIS CLUB TO PROVIDE RINK
Captain .Olsan's Tcam Leads
Y. M. C. A. Activities.
-Other
Columbus, O., Jan. 8. Columbus
has & basketball team that literally,
can shoot baskets with its eyes shut!
Fans who've seen the boys in action
say they're wonders. The little squad
of sightless lads wear the colors of
the Ohio State School for the Blind.
There's Joe Arndt of Lima, Ohio,
whirlwind forward; Joe's left eye has
1 n nv . t ' J t-J ! 1. .
only a-zvv normal vision ana nis rigni
' eye 5-200 normal vision. Yet Joe, in
'the three games lies played this sea
'son, has averaged 15 1-2 baskets a
f' 'ame. B. McQueen, captain and cen
er, has a cataract on his right eye
and his left eye is 1-25 normal. But
he has a wierd, uncanny sense of
where the basket is and sticks 'em in
the pan, one, two, three.
There isn't a man. on the squad who
can read even poster print. .Totally
blind students are the team's backers.
They can tell when a basket is made
and their rooting would shame a col
lege bunch. Are they winners ? The
squad has secured 205 points thus far
this season to its opponents 68.
' Pendleton, Jan. 7. As a result of
the resignation of Prof. W. K. Living
ston as coach of the basketball teams,
Donald B. Rice of this city has been
chosen to the .position Rice .is a
former University of Orettpn star and
was perhaps one of the best players
representing that institution. Mr. Rice
was present last night for the first
time.
The boys are quite confident of a
championship team for the season and
are now determined to work hard.
Pendleton's Health Report.
In the health report for the city of
Pendleton for the year 1915 it is
shown that pneumonia led all other
causes of death, the total hciiiif 11
Accidents wore the muse of fl deaths,
while tuberculosis and heart disenfe
claimed 8 each. Tha total number
of deaths in Pemileloii for the year
wnt 02 of which "i were male? and
29 were females.
lhe i. M. V. A. gymnasium con
tinues to be the busiest place in town;
tne regular class work requires 19 dif
ferent periods every week. This to
gether with the extra events keep's
ithe Gym in use almost continually.
The business men are now engaged in
a round robbin volley ball tournament
in which four teams are engaged. The
tournament runs for six weeks, each
team playing twice a week on Tuesday
end Friday evenings. The following
men are engaged in this interesting
series of games.
Team No. 1, Captain Crow, Scrog
gins, Larrison, Prince, Kelley.
Team no. 2, Captain Pabst, Harding.
Miller, Graham, Snodgrass.
Team No. 3, Captain Olsan, Drahn,
Myers, Anderson, Howlnnd.
Team. No. 4, Emahiser, Wright,
Cockran, Lumper, Nelson.
v The first game was played last
evening with the following result:
Capt. Emahiser's team Bcoring over ,
Capt. Crow' team.- Capt. Olsan's
team- scoring over Capt. Pabst. . The
standing of the teams are counted
by points. . ' ' . j
Absence . of any player counts j
asrainst the snuad. Hence Emahiser's
team, though victor's last night, are j
one point under the lead Deoause au
were not present. The . standing on I
this basis now is:
Team No. 1 with 5.
Team xno. z witn 4. i
Team No. 3 with 15. 1 j
Team No. 4 with 14. ;
Capt. Olsan is so far in the lead. I
I
Mr. Clark announces that a' chess
and checker tournament is about to be
launched. This will prove of interest
to quite a number of the old timers
who pride themselves on being some
pumpkins when it comes to (playing
chess and checkers. All who are in
terested in this series will kindly place
their names with Mr. Geo. Currey Sr.,
who has the matter in charge.
After reDeated attempt nn in
structor has been secured Rev. Drahn
to lead a class in public spealting. This
will fill a long felt want in the city
and no doubt many of the leading
business men will be found enrolled in
this clans. The instruction vnll be
along the line of declamation, ges
tures, and the art of fooling at ease
when asked tq sboak in public. En
tninB into IV in rlnss fan be o'ltainrj
regardless of membership' in th AJ
ti.ciiition. Mr. Dralin is exonMunaliy 1
ivalified ioi this work having fan
instructor for two years in a leading
cn'.'.ege o" his home slate.
(Hockey and "Shinny". Due to Follow
j . i; New-; Venture. .
' '-Ice skating right in the heart of
. town is soon to be a fact if frosty
j nights ' keep up which is to be pre
i sumed. ...
The La Grande Tennis club intends
to flood its big double-court on Adams
j avenue near the hospital and having
skating facilities under electric lights,
provided for the -public r A1 nominal
fee will be charged for an evening's
skating'. If it is chilly enough bon
fires will be built and. ' sure-enough
sKating scenes will nrevaii.
1 The facilities will likely be ready
Sunday evening and will be continued
as long as the weather is suitable.
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; The prolonged spell of snappy
weather has given sporadic skating
this winter, both at Perry and on the
Palmer logging pond. Due to tha
frequency of storms, and the lack of
care, conditions have not been the
best always, but with the Tennis, club
members looking after facilities, a
tine season is looked forward to. .
With suitable quarters under elec
trie lights already assured, the day of
STILL
ON
THE 4
JOB
delivering King Coal to
satisfied users. There is
no better coal on thLa :
Grande market.
its affiliated sports are not only the
most ihvigorating but the most fas
cinating of winter sports, and as long
as the winter continues cold enough to
keep the ice, this particular sport
should be followed with a vim. A
good game of ice hocxey i about the
best you ever saw. , ., ,
BOWLING NEWS. ' '
Last evening the All-stars defended
their title when they trimmed a plclted
team from the City Bowling league.
The score: . '
All-Stars
Scott .... 163
Roesch ... 179
Crowe . , . . 227
Skiff .... 181
Van Fleet . ..148
Total ...
Picked Team-T '
Houck I
McLeon
Garity .
Mclnnis
Child ..
Total .
191
160
135
134
134
' 2
. 177
211
165:
134
165
V2
197
157
119
161
176
3
138
168
184
164
149
T'l Ave.
478 159
588
576
429
462
;i89
192
143
154
...2503
3
202
166
163
178
135
T'l Ave.
590 197
483
897
473'
444
:'. 2397
161
132
157
148
AUTOS AND MOTORCYCLES.
Gebree Ruhv is . nn nf is w
devotees of motorbobing to turn out
a machine. He used his Excelsior to
good advantage, completing his out
fit yesterday afternoon. .The fire
department has a well rmrnrH m
torbab properly supplied with a head-
iigm;. "Kea- Williams is another to
manufacture such a machne, he hav
ing less equipment on his machine
than the most of the others. ..
Lynn Bohnenkamo has entered a
contest conducted by a well known
trade paper. .The price will be given
to; the person who writes the best
article on how to -build a motorboh
and supplies a photoeraoh of it ia
completed piece. ,
L. C. Smith. Ford mnn tins hoi
demonstrating an attachment that can
be applied to a Ford car. It makes
a one-ton truck out of the machine
with a floor space on the truck bed
of four feet bv 8 1-2 feet. .Mr. Smith
however has been hauling 3000 pounds
of cement about town in his demons
trations. ' - r '
From Des Moines to Omaha 157.9
miles in three hours, fifteen min
utes, is a new road record established
'by C. Zimmerman in a Maxwell a-oad.
ster. Most of the triD was over tha
xamous gumbo roads of Iowa and
Nebraska. The flight represents
net averaire of nearlv 48 milns n
hour; ,
ems secret service,' during the days
immediately prior to an attack.
Mr. Flanders also-believes that,. in
the event of war, Uncle Sam will
make great use of thousands of privately-owned
care... These. will prob
ably be attached to the citizen sol
diery. In . onany cases he predicts,
they will be driven by their owners.
Definite provision for such a citizen
motorist reserve may already be part
of the War Department program, Mr.
Flanders points out. At any rate, it
is plain that Uncle Sam has appar
ently ceased to regard the motor car
as an object or double or treble taxa
tion. .- - !!
i "To make our motor car preparedness-complete,
the government could
assign each manufacturer the duty 01'
supplying a certain type of car and
body, in the event of need," Mir. Flan
ders concludes. "I believe that the re
sponsibility for the troop movement
could be covered solely by (the big
builders of four-cylinder cars, - Heav
ier types of cars would be used for
aeroplane guns, wireless outfits, ar
mored limousines and similar develop
ments. ' ' . ' . -
... "Definite assignment of this work
now would enable all of us to do some
intelligent experimental, work that
might save much time later on."
coming around to using and advocat
ing oil made f com California pe
troleum. ., v - .
"Paraffine base oil was the first
motor oil developed" says this refinery
reprefclitative, "and ven after
Western oil had been developed and
proved, the old tradition concerning
parafflne base oil still clung, encour
aged no doubt by the refiners of thesa
oils." . . . '
"And, by. the way, not only tne ex
MADiilnn Infioa ,lnit CRD Anirine author.
ities are now endorsing asphalt-base
motor oils." .' '
'
" One Puncture 28,000 Miles
M. R. Stewart, a jitney proprietor
of Spokane tells a, story of tire en
durance which he is ready to sub
stantiate for anyone who makes it an
object He says his Maxwell touring
car has run 7,000 miles on one set of
tires and without a change or repair
except for one puncture. The car has
made four round trips every day since
Oct. 1 between Spokane and Vera.
.;;;...
Pendleton, Jan. 7. The mystery as
to the whereabouts of the Fordvaut
mobile of R. D. Foster, a well known
Pendleton man, was cleared up today
noon when it was found in a badly
burned condition by Mr. Foster near
I the Judge Fee residence at the bottom
. -, or IjOCUSt mil. mo wp una cmniwn
One thing the exposition has done of the car were burnt and the coay was
for California petroleum, it is said,
has been, the correction of , the mis
taken theory that good motor oil
couldn't be made, from asphalt-base
crude. ;
A representative of one of the big
California refiners says that ever
since the awards of. the exposition
juries have been given wide publicity,
motorists and dealers who couldn't
see anything but Eastern oil, are
charred. The tires were not toucnea
by the fire. A peculiar j-ircumstance
in connection' was the fact that there
was three gallons of gas in the oar
this morning when located.' . ,; '"-
Mr. Foster had left the car standing
in front of the Eagle-Woodman hall
Wednesday night and the car was tak
en, from the place .between 10 and 11
o'clock. The machine was insured for
$350. No clues have been ascertained.
Economical Heat- ProducingLasting.
LA GRANDE FUEL
COMPANY.
. lOGTirSt;
PHONE :: MAIN. 700..
" Opposite Thorne & Wilcox'
Grocery.
..When Uncle Sam coes ac-ain to war.
he will go in a motor car.- So da.
clares President Walter'. FlanH
the ' Maxwell Company. Therefore
Mr. Flanders, adds, a bur factor in
American preparedness will be . our
large supplv of 'motor cars and our
ability to build more of them in large
numbers and in short notice. '
Mr. Flanders points out that there
are many spots on our coasts avail
able for the landing of a hostile force
but not accessible bv railroad. ' An in-
vader might therefbte mask his at
tack long enough to beat our def end
ing,, force to one ,. of these points,
thereby establishing a foothold. But
tnere are no landing places on either
Atlantic or Pacific coasts, not reachl
ea oy country roads, roads which light
powerful cars like the MaxwnlT n
able to travel handily the year round.
and at more than moderate speeds.
Provision by which these points can
be guarded bv great numbers of motor
cars would be obviously part of any
imuuuui pmn oi preparation, Mr.
Flanders believes, :
"Give .the American automobile
manufacturers a month or two of
warning," declares the Maxwell chief
executive, "and they could turn out
enough cars to equip an army of 250
000 men on each coast with whistles
that would enable them to shift posi
tion -500 miles in any 24-hour period.
Such an equipment could move them
from their barracks to the very point
they might be needed. . It would
make the movement of troops inde
pendent of railroads "which, it is fair
to assume, might suffer severely
What does he say? : , .;
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IS BETTER EVERY YEAR v'
npHE climate doesn't change, but there are
v X -alwayssomeattractionSorpleasuresadded
; to those of previous years? Take'this'year
v the exquisite Exposition at San Diego and
: t movies iii the making are added to the us
; ual tennis, golf, polo and coundess California
' delights. :r.'V':
Go to California this winter. Ask any representative of
Oregon -Washington Railroad & Navigation Col
UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM
"' to help you plan your trip. See your local O-W. R. &?
N; agent todaV, or write the General Passenger Agent, '
Portland, lor literature and tull information.
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