La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 28, 1916, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY, ''DECEMBER 28, 1916. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE SEVJ22 Spcwts- SPORT WINNERS FOR 191IS Professional Baseball. ' World's chiimpions Boston Ameri- ans. National Brooklyn. League champions American League champion Bos- ion. National League champion batsman Hal Chase, Cincinnati. American League champion bats Man Tris Speaker, Cleveland. National League champion pitcher Grover C. Alexander, Philrdclphia. American League champion pitcher Babo Ruth, Boston. Football. Leading eastern team Pittsburgh Big Nine Conference champion Ohio State University. Leading Pacific Coast team Uni versity of Washington. Leading Middle Western teams Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Ames. Leading Southern teams Georgia Tech and Tennessee. Golf. National amateur champion- -Chas. Brans Jr., Chicago. National open champion Charles Bvans Jr., Chicago. Professional champion James M. Barnes, Whitemarsh Valley Country Club, Pa. Tennis. National singles champion R. Nor ris Williams II, Philadcphia. " National doubles champion Will iam M. Johnston and Clarence J. Grif fin, San Francisco. National mixed doubles champions Willis E. Davis, Califonia, and Miss Eleanora Sears, Boston. National women's singles champion Miss Molla Bjurstedt Norway National women's doubles cham pions Miss Molla Bjurstedt, Norway, end Miss Eleanora Sears, Boston. Turf. Biggest money winner Campfire, owned by August Belmo.i diiring the season, and sold at the close. ' Light Harness Horses. Trotting champion Lee Axworthy, 1.68 1-4, world's record. Pacing champion Napoleon Direct, 1.59 1-4. Automobiles. National champion Dario Resta. rap Shooting. Grand American handicap John F. Wulf, Milwaukee. World's professional champion Philip Miller, Dallas, Tex. Boxing. World's heavyweight champion Jess Willard, Chicago. World's middleweight champion Claimed by Al McCoy, Brooklyn. World's welterweight champion Claimed by Jack Britton. New York. World's lightweight champion Freddie Welsh, England. , World's featherweight champion-r Johnny Kilbane, Cleveland. World's bantamweight champion Xid Williams, Baltimore. NEWS ITEMS FROM PERRY. Hems About the Movements of Well ' Known People Visits Made Perry, Dec. 27. (Special) Bruno De Meyer and Julis De Roo, who kave been connected with the lumber yard at this place, leave tonight foi Detroit, Michigan. Frank Giltner, who has been spend ing Christmas with his parents, leaves tonight for Boise, Ida., where he is mployed with the Barber Lumber Co. Dr. R. E. L. Holt was here on yrofessional business today. Robert Northcott formely of this flace, who has been in the employ of the N. P. R, R. at Spokan for the past year, returned yesterday. Watson Husslck left for Portland to spend the holidays with his mother. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Beveridge of La Grande, spent Christmas with his parents D. K. Beveridge. Send the Christmas Observer to Your Friends A limited number of the Christ mas Edition of The Observer will be sold at 10 cents, including mail ing and postage. Those who desire to send them away need only phone The OS server, Main 37, the addresses and The Observer will do the rest TURKEYS POTATOES APPLES ' ONIONS POULTRY Phone Main 734 SMITH PRODUCE AND STORAGE Football Team of 1916 Ollpuaut of the Army Is placed at fullback position. The Mg West Point er did what probably no other man has done this year, and that Is to score for-ty-flve points In one game, and that against Notre Dame. In this game the Army emerged victorious by the score of 00 to 7. . OllpliRnt has been a verita ble demon all sou son both on offense and defense, crushing the oncomlug attacks with ease aud as easily bowl ing through the line or around an end for a substantial gain. In one game he kicked nine goals from touchdowns. In the Navy game he grabbed the ball after klckoff and ran eighty-five yards. Other backs who deserve mention are Gllroy of Georgetown, who led the country In points scored, and Gerrlsb of Dartmouth. The season produced a number of good ends. There arc at least half a dozen who ran be' placed on an all American. In the opinion of the writer, Ilerron of Pittsburgh and Nell son of Colgate are the best of the lot Doth played brilliantly all season and had a lot to do with their teams' suc cess. On defense Ilerron smashed In terference always with the Idea of turning the play to the Inside. He cov ered pnnts to perfection and seldom allowed the catcher of the ball to get around biin. He received forward passes well. Ilerron on shift plays whs frequently used to advance the ball, either by line plunges or off tackle drives. I.Ike Ilerron. Xellson has played con sistent football ami has beena factor In every game Colgate played. Ills ability to worm himself Into a position to receive forward passes was one of his strong points. Mathews of Pennsylvania and Thorn htll of Pittsburgh are placed at tackle Thornhlll Is a forward who, accord ing to those who havo followed Pitts burgh football for years, is as good a linesman ns ever wore a Pittsburgh uniform. Mathews played a steady all around game nil season. Captain Dndmun of Harvard and Captuiu Black of Yale are the choice for gourd positions. Both are fast, hard chargers who have been success ful in cheeking plays sent agnlnst them. They seldom have been fooled by the feints of opposing back fields and have been down the field under punts and forward passes. They also Fbotoi by American Press Aseoclatloa. Pittsburgh's cheat teio. lUpper picture. Peck, center; middle, Iler ron, end; lower one, Hastings, buck.) have never forgotten to protect the In side hole, especially on plays In which the center needed nsslstnnce. Oood centers were numerous. Peck of Pittsburgh, Gcnnert of Princeton and MeEwun of the Army are at stars. Peck Is given the position on tho All American. He is a marvel in the position. Peck clearly earned the honor of pivot man by outplaying every op ponent whom ho faced this season. A husky, roving center, on accurate pass er, equally strong In offense and de fense, he Is without a weakness. ..'!lf;Kv..vv. For Warmth Is This ivl rA Mtff m I I r V 01 tk ' I Design by Franklin Simon & Co., New A IJj the fastidious colors pink, light blue, Copenhagen, rose and lavender are featured in this robe of silk matelasse, silk face and wool back for warmth. Hand embroid ery is the unusual trimming about the neck and sleeves, aud the silk girdle Permlnvfon Triangle Film Corporation, WEARING a charming orchid colored velvet afternoon gown, Margaret Thompson appeared recently at an Informal reception. The gown was designed along smooth, long, loose lines, having a wide belt and ball buttons, a tailored paiul effect at the sides and a pink chiffon yoke as the predominating features. The one piece dress forms an Impor How Staaeland Garbs For a Reception 11 Fetching Garment 4 York runs through embroidered buttonholes around the waist. The high strapped boots that are a novelty this season are especially ap propriate lo the feminine motorist ANNA MAY. tant detail of Miss Thompson'i ward robe, and the orchid velvet here shown Is one of the most attractive of ber numerous gowns. With the dress she wears a blue fox fur and an orchid colored velvet bat In a semlpoko effect The full, straight Bklrt will be worn for some time. ANNA MAY. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO . A CIVIC INVESTMENT. City pluniitng is simply the ex ercise of such roivslglit uh will promote the orderly mid sightly (levctopnient of a city and Its en vlrous along ralioiiul lines with duo regard for health, amenity and convenience and for its com mercial and Industrial advance ment, Buys Nolsou P. Lewis. It may not be possible to ex press the advantages of a good olty or town plnu lu terms' of money. John Hums, who may be called tho fivtber of city planning legislation, has said that Invest ment in a good plan, whether it bo for new parts of a city or for the correction of old parts, if re garded for a period of a year, may appear expensive; If consid ered for a erlod of five years it will be profitable; when consid ered for a period of fifty years it will be an Investment which In subsequent days will make the community regret that it did not adopt It Booner. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PREVENT DROWNINGS. How Three Badger Cities Have Reduo d Death From This Cauee. Loss of life by drowning is being re duced to a minimum in three Wiscon sin cities by the establishment of su pervised swimming pools, according to dntn Just obtained by the municipal reference bureau of University of Wis consin extension division. "For a number of years cities have been buying lung motors, pulniotors, teaching 'first aid' and trying lu vari ous other wars to lessen a needless waste of life," declares the report. "Only during the past two or three years have the cities of the stale been accomplishing through prevention what so often failed through cure. The building of swimming pools and the marking off of bathing beuches to be supervised has been a natural outcome of tho annual loss of life through drowning. That the results have paid for the expenditure Is certain from the fact that not a fatul accident has been reported, so far as known by the mu nicipal reference bureau, from tho swimming pools or supervised beaches in the stnte, while each year hundreds havo learned to swim." v Tho pool at Appleton, which has been operated for tho past two years, Is of concrete and Is 85 by 85 feet. The pool cost approximately $4,000, but the city regards it as one of its best Invest ments. Grand Rapids bus a swimming pool which Is located below a dam on tho Wisconsin river and Is 200 feet by 85 feet. Tho cost was about $0,000, a large purt of which was raised by pop ular subscription. At least 1,000 per sons have learned to swim in this mn nlcipal pool, and a dally averngo at tendance during the bathing senson Is more than 700. The swimming pool nt Wnusau Is a bathing beach fenced In. 1 The Inci sure used for dressing is 7 to jlO feet. On some days the attendance has been more than 500. Reedslmrg, Wauwntosa and De Pere are contemplating the building of mu nicipal pools, and Merrill has already started a fund to be used for the erec tion of a swimming pool. A large num ber of cities lu the state have Indoor pools in connection with clubs not municipally owned. A largo number have supervised bathing benches, but these are not so successful lu doing away with the loss of life on account of the wide expanse of water to be watched. Beauty and Gain. The Greater Uollevllle board of trade of Belleville, III., has tho past summer solved one of the community's press ing problems and lias succeeded In making nourishing vegetables grow where before flourished nothing but tin cans, brickbats and other rubbish. It has done this thing through Its school garden movement Early, last spring, when the board of trade start ed out to clean things up, It found nu merous vacant lots and waste ground which presented a big problem. Then the school garden idea was conceived. The public service corporations and tho city led the way by cleaning up and beautifying their waste .properties. More than 1,000 school children were enlisted, owners of vacant lots willing ly gave the? use of the land, business men gave the money to buy seeds, and the cnuipnlgn was under way. This was lu May. The final inspections by the judges were made nud the prizes awarded to the schools whoso pupils produced the biggest and best results. The dlsposnl of the produce of the gardens all over the city was left to the children them selves. Some sold their fresh vege tables aud turned the money into school funds for the purchase of pic ture projectors, talking mnchines and the like, while others took the produc to their homes and thus helped solve the family food problem. Town De velopment Mngnzlne. For Pure Milk. A special committee of the Minneap olis Civic and Commerce association, working with Interested citizens, has Just completed the drafting of a model ordinance designed to Insure a pure milk supply for tho city. The Quick or the Dead. The difference between a live city and a dead one Is that citizens of one are always looking toward the future, while tho citizens of the other are look ing backward upon the past. '' w 65 To All GREETING - . -' , WITH A FULL APPKE; CIATION OF THE YULE-TIDE SPIKIIT Oi WHICH MAKES ATX. J&f HUMANITY KIN. rc TO OLD FRIENDS .r TO NEW FRIENDS Zt I TO FRIENDS WE m HOPE TO CLAIM THE OFFICERS" CUT THIS INSTITUTION F 7 SERVICE FOR ALL ANO -a TO ALL EXTEND BEST WISHES FOR TOE NEW YEAR. NEW YEAR'S DAT IS A I LEGAL HOLIDAY. THIS . INSTITUTION WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY,. JANUART 1ST, 1917, The United States National Bank u- TO STORM NEW YORK:, l fPnntiniieA From. Pace One.V) 1 take it by storm. This is one of icauy of the preliminaries calfiufutaSs to create atmosphere for Billy's canzos "Billy Sunday, Incroporated" wjUb John D. Rockefeller Jr.; as; onw of the principal stockholders, is official ha existence in New York City.- JHamss for erection of the nwmmotlii talep nacle, the great pine and sawdust tem ple for the spiritually unwashed au well underway. Soon it wilU nam: &s rough hewn dome, above the . upper Manhattan hinterland of that reate and gay white way whose gleaming: searchlights ever beckon thcplfeMKEra- lorn from the far four, corners rC'Uij earth. ' Committeemen-and'women fiae di vided the city i-.to sections aiici- thm population into classes for ojrtnJ.Tjxa tion on a house to house ami: man to man basis. Mrs. William AHer foe- instance, has charge of sit work: among' New York scrubwomen, do mestics, factory girls and hospital nurses. No one has been neglected'.' ' IPHe meetings and song services; wif het held daily on the New York cotV an& at the portals of the New York. Sfceclc Exchange. Wall street vrSt Be comb ed for the spiritually unwasnetb. Tiat work is even now under way- Unquestionably, Sunday Ce thas chance of a lifetime in NarTrt. Here will be Broadway, Citadel rf? Champagne and home- of tha1 SJnfaB Supper. Wall street, whose halt marte u Mi das shearing a lamb; Bohemia, with its loose leaf Tedier weddings, its lavender souls- anil awa god cults; The slums, steeped fn squalor anal degradation from which . uptown re spectability distills pure gold? The home of the gunman witb tSa regular scale of murder prica-j and otT tho painted lady who drives her limntx sine and reckons her incom In she figues. All these and' more are hera fos Sunday to deal with. Homer Rodeheaver, Sunday's dunxr director, expects to organize 8 doubts choir of 8000 to 10,000 voices; George G. Dowie will lead the prizsk trial hitters from Philadelphia and! elsewhere, some of them having1 been converted seven years ago. Therfe will be used to prove that Son-Js conversions are not "floBlt ra the pan work. Nothing is beinir left undone ts pave the way for Sunday's triumphant; advance upon New York; nor, on tn other hand, is anything left undone to circumvent his efforts. Coal Advance Starts Proe Chicago, Dec. 28. (Special A fifty cent a ton advance far coal out Special Assistant Attorney Cmrl Chllds in charge of tho federal coal inquiry busy summoning- dealers' tt his office to explain the cause of tba advances.