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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1916)
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1916, SAGE EIGHT LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER CRACK KANSAS LA GRANDE TEAM TO BUCK FAST AGGREGATION. Famous Ira Bidwell Coming with ; Barnstorming Squad. Although there will be no ballgame in La Grande tomorrow, on account of the races, the coming week is to have a special treat in store for fans. Tuesday June 11 beginning at 2:30 o'clock; the La Grande club in the Valley league, will do battle with) the Kansas City Red Sox, under Manager Ira Bidwell, this team being now on a barnstorming tour playing general ly with organized baseball clubs. Through Montana and Utah the team made a grand sweep, and will bring to La Grande probably the classiest bunch of ball players the city will see in some time. . The La Grande squad will be bol stered by Eddie Ford in the outfield, Carl Evans behind the bat, and some Portland city league piayers. It will without question be the classiest per formance of the year. The admission is 50 cents. . Visiting Manager Unique. Manager , Ira Bidwell is a well known character in western baseball. A former player himself, he has been prominent in organizing ball clubs, leagues, independent and organized, in Wyoming, Oklahoma, Kansas, Mis souri and Nebraska. Bidwell is known to fans of those states just as a major league town knows its favor ites. For three years Bidwell managed the Cheyenne Indians, a great ball club which traveled all over the west and won a majority gf the games each year. Traveling teams are a hobby with. Jra and he ir.as Had one or two out every season for the past six years. ; Ira is a well known organizer. Ho has done much to put baseball on the : map in many towns of the corn-belt states. Ho has sent up many a play er to the majors, among them being Zabel and Hendrix, pitchers of the Chicago cub team: Zack Wheat of the Brooklyns; Mack W;hoat, his brother, who caught for Buffalo in the M. E. league and was with Brooklyn for a spell, and offiiers. - Herb Mester, who managed the Great Falls and Salt Lake clubs in the Union association; Gibson, who played the outfield for Great Falls; Turgeon, who was with the Butte club in 1913, and Trainor, formerly with the Buffalo, Wyo., league club, are all prodigies of Ira Bidwell, a go-getter in baseball. The Enterprise team plays at Cove tomorrow. , Dave Garrick is having plenty of baseball experience in Enterprise this week, his club there having been in several games during the week. Con cerning these contests the Chieftain says in part: "After 'being beaten in two close and fairly good games during the week the Enterprise baseball team went to Josepfi for revenge yesterday, and walloped the Elgin players 27 to 4. The two teams will meet later in Elgin, and other games arc expected on tho home grounds. "Last Sunday Enterprise went to Wallowa and lost 3 to 2 in a game which all good fans called a thriller. Shelton, .pitching for Wallowa, was In fine form, allowing the visitors on ly four Mts. Garrick did even better, permitting only two, but Wallowa Tplsyed such good ball that it got ' three runs out of those two. The two teams appear to be of about even strength, the Enterprise nine suffer ing somewhat because practically all the players are new comers, and have not practiced to gethcr mudhi So they give a fine exhibition one : game, and then make a poorer show ing at another game. Enterprise players lost their first game to Elgin July 4th by tho score -of 4 to 3 and after working their 'heads off, scrapping every inch of the way and in spite of u very rough ground, phyin a good, class of ball. .Their opponents played every bit as good a game anil except for the er ror column the averages of both games, is about the same. "Several nice fielding plays were pulled by the outfield of both teams though the visitor's infield played Uhm best game. Of the pitchers Garrick had u little bit the best of his op ponent, Darling. "Garrick struck out five men as did also Darling. Enterprise made eight hits against Elgin's four. Enterprise has nine bad errors to its credit against Elgin's one. Neitihi'r pitcher walked a man though Garrick struck an Elgin player with a pitched ball while Darling let one man go to first on a balk." SPOUT POTPOURRI. Lcm Day and Puivan" McDonald are on Uhi-ir wjy to California in Mr, Day's car. Wallace Kaddcriv, crack miJdie- distance man and snrinter at O. A. C. who is soiotirn'.Mg mi the Reyni'ldj ranch this summer, h urged by the Multnomah club to attend the far Western track ras;t ar.d champion shin tramcs of tho ... A. U. at S'ln Diego August 15th. lifter Fie of Pendleton may nisi iro. The whoie proposition is mure. or undcitl'.-d lit this date. ' The V. M. C. A. Toiiiih Club tourna ment has been begun after some de lay from bad weather. The first doubleR to be played was put on last ' night Drahn m l Cui rey winn.:i? over Birnie and Nelson 7-5, 3-3. L f fol has defaulted to Dralm. King has beaten Curroy 6-0, t! 0 aid NiOson has beaten Good 6 4, 0-1. . There remain Beveral matche.i yet to bo played. . ' Imbler, July 7 (Special) Several Iroblerites are plunuin auto trips to Spokane during the month, to regis-1 ter for the land drawing. BOBBY LYMAN WILL BJX. j Entertainment During Motorcycle Races Is Assured. J Bobby Lyman, nifty US-pounder. . To help provide entertainment, and 1 The A o Ii4 VI', ! i ft "4 p&im&? V '- offering his sefvicei withoj', prom l ise of reward II ib!y Lymrin, l eiircd ! Jlo-pound ch'iri'jn of the North-' west, who no is : u -hering at the Sommor hotel shop, lias' oiforuii t- box either Vic jjgir. the big loral gladiator, or Dr. M.ilur of Wuliowa. Lyman is not govig l-i.ck t t"i3 r ng for uny .pocunia' y hencfits, av he has quit the profesdo nl ante, o it wai;.a to help provide amusement to the visitors and members of tli-; Motor club. The bouc will nrobaMv be a ,week from tonight. Vic Berger his umned from JI:i ker where he put !':t adverjaij to sleep in a recent l.out theiM. T'le scrapper says ii:- y'ut was no'. Jack Root at all, nut Joe Bond, a Tucotna man whom Bergv has been wanting to meet for a gjod while, and the duplicity on Bond's part, Berge says, was not disclosed uiuii just befsru the match started. For Sale. One 40-02 Case Steel Separator complete with self feeder and blow stacker. Has been used three sea sons and is in first class shape. Can be bought for $200 if taken at once. For further information write Basche Sage Hardware Co., Baker, Oregon. Adv. 7-3-lm Our Want Ads bring results. Reputation of the Maxwe W HAT is the bore and stroke of your motor," was asked a Maxwell owner not long ago. 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