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PAGE THREE THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER " Tuesday, August 21, 1923. BASEBALL Few of Major League Stars Are Showmen Brilliant Players in. Plenty to Entertain Fans, But1 . "Color" Is Lacking. j Uv luis .1. Wnlsli, ii(t'riuitiiMi;il .Ni'ws Scrvict Sports i;lior. NKW.YOHK, Atiff. 20. Color, Ihatj rlr:iriy ilH'iiu-il HumethinK flislin- i KuiHlntiK a. hox office KO-gvtU'r from j ihr. hromi'li:, is hiiniiy a disuso coin-: nion to ball playorn. linth und Cobb, I of cunrsc, fairly hrist tl with it, aii'l ' ih"Ti art: a lw mhlilional inceptions, j more or htus notable, but tlio opposite ! Hiih of tln puKO is ovorrun .with tho! name;: of men who mijlit havn uHiirwii uiiflyinK fanio ami did not. Take Until us an example. Sixty pt-r rent, of hi prominence Is duo to the fact that he could hit more tiomu runs than any living mortal. The rest is mere personality., whownmn. Hhlp. Frank Maker was the home run before him; he was colorless, a ."dead-pan," and couldn't have attain ed' li mil's position had he Kinitteu a round hundred homo runs ciu-h hi;i aon. Cobb and Sisler are another Htudy in rout rants. The former fiery, tm pctuoiiK. bellin'crent and altogether numana;;eahle -made lit nisei f ttie in-eaiest individual figuro in haaehall lot morn than twelve years hceaiiH'j Jie t imped oft. great nut unit talent with tin: spice ot a multi-colored per Konallty. Sisler, ol almost equul nbllit. draws less attention because lie lacks either tho gift or desire for making himseir conspicuous. Horns by and Speaker are ball players ot the ranie type. 1 - Then-m e plenty of good shortstops in the land hut .until he began to fade, a bil during recent years, Habit Mar anville was the only one who got much attention. Hit? peculiarities in the field, plus his cocky, self-assured attitude, made the "llidihit" a draw ing card, although it was always i moot point whether he was ot greater value to his team than linnroit. The latter Is u pale-blue hall player, and never tin w an extra nickle at the hov office. The same applies to Scott, lloMoeher and other leading short stops. Tim fact of the nun tier Is that niiity-tiiuo members of the profession piifv baseball to one who throws in n d itih or showmanship with his mitur al ability, either by design or other wise. Von have lr go back over twenty year:: to get. i fait representation of tho later. Wadded and "Hugs" Itay niond were great pitchers,-1iut eccen tricity added t their appeal. Walter Johnson, Alexander, JUatty and others neVc!- had the drawing power of tho other two. Incidentally, Tlnl C'huse Is generally mentioned as the greatest of first basemen, yet. we wonder if h can he compared with Sister In nil around value. In selecting Chase, however, most people remember only his grnce. his sp I and his appeal to the man In the stands.. He excelled Slslcr In defensive ability, but otherwise tho comparison is like an oblong view point all one-sided. DEMPSEY IS TRAINING FOR FIRI'O BOUT WHITH SI'U'HI'lt StPRINClN, AP) Jack lipmpwy, heavy, weight ehumplnn, Momlay puc in oni ol Urn htirlttt ilayn of train ing siniv ho illcli4it camp here woveral wooks axo In pri'imrnilon fur Hip Sepienilii'r M limit with I. His Ansel Kirpo nl New York oily. liown lo 195 poumlH, tho ptmin pion reeled off elKht mlleii or mountain roailH as Ills morning tiraeei, anil then rievnted two rounila apltvo lo the liKlit and heavy pmirhlnr hniffl. This afternoon he boxed two rounilH each Willi CieorRn Clodfrey ami Jack llnrke, anil ronelmled the day's work with two rounds UKuin.st Klsear Auoux. French t'anadlan lumherjaek, -who wlm mates the Flrpo typo of tldhter. I'acific Const Krancisco Sai-rumetito Portlund . . Salt hake Seattle .... I,os Angeles Vernon i Oakland league. Won Lost Pet. . .85 ..78 ..7 ..lid .l." ..H.T ..112 57 till till 70 7!l 77 77 81) ,f9ft .!fH .547 ,4KI .471 .451) .4511 .4.17 National Clll! New York (Cincinnati 68 4ti i Pittsburg B7 48 Chicago KI !:) ! Brooklyn .17 (58 St. Ixnns I Philadelphia . Boston league. Won Lost Pa. . d. H-74 4:1 .(:i:i .Mil .581 .54.1 .41? '.4!lfi .57 ,:i8 ENGLAND LEADING IN TENNIS TOURNEY ... XKWPOltT. II. I. (AP) Kntrlnnd went Into a 3-2 lead over Iho l ulled States In Ihe women's International tennis matehes uiin the courts of the Newport Casino Monday. " The teams ended Ihe four singles matehes of the day tied at 2-!, hut Miss Kathleen MeKane and .Mrs. It, t (ivell, Kns-llsl) pair, who wqn the American championship at Forest Hills last week, upheld their claim to the title hy defeating a. second time Mrs. Georfte II. Wlifhtman und Miss Kleanor loss, 'l'he Americans, finalists at Korest lulls and victors over the Kngllsh women In the Wlitfhtman cup. series, were defeated in straight sets', S-ri. In the singles, Mrs. Molla Mallory. playing an aggressive, hard hitting game, defeated Mrs. Clcrnldluc. lleam- ish of Kngland, 11-3, ll-l; Miss (loss won from Miss MsKane, 7-6, li-4; Mrs. li. l". Covell overwhelnieil Miss Leslie Uancroff of Ihe American team, C-l, ., and Mrs. It. Clay ton of Kngland won front .Miss Lillian Schnrmnn, i!-3, 3-tI, ti-2. . American Club New York i. Cleveland Detroit St. Louis Washington Chicago Philadelphia . Boston . league." Won Lost Pet. 74 !!8 .6til .02 ..54 ..54 ..52 ..48 ..44 .544 .5U!t .491 .480 .404 .4:12 .407 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Portland Beats Los Angeles Los Angeles K. H. E. Portland 4 .) 1 Los Angeles .' .1. . 2 7 2 Batteries: Miidlletmi and Onslow; Jones, Hughes, Thomas . and Bald win, Rego. ' No other Const ' league games scheduled. Babe Ruth, home run slugger of the- New York Americans, last week assumed the load for the first time this year in the raco for home run honors in the two major leagues. Sunday h had a lend of three homers over his t nearest competitor A week ago ltuth and Wil liams were tied for home ran honors with 29 each. During the week Kuth increased his bunch ot four-base hits to H2 while 'illiams was unable to connect with any circuit clouts. Ken neth Williams of .the St. .ouis Americans continued third in the home run race in the two leagues witli 22. Ieading home run hitters including those with 11 or more to their credit fol low: American league Ruth, New York, .'12; Williams, St. l.ouis, 22; Heilmann, Detroit, 14; Mau ser, Philadelphia, 14; Hrower, Cleveland, III; Tohin, St. Louis, 12; Speaker, Cleveland, 12; Mc Mnnus, St. Louis, 12; Miller, Philadelphia, 11. Nationoal league Williams, Philadelphia, 29; Fournier, Brooklyn, 10; Miller, Chicago, 16; Meusel, New York, 14; llornsby, St 'Louis, 14; Tray nor, Pittsburg, 12; Tierney, Philadelphia, 11; Frisch, New York 11. Actors llemand Unity 1'uy. LONDON, Aug. 21 (A. P.) Singers and actors In the countries affected hy the slump in exchanges have ndnpted n new method of collecting their sal aries. The artists now demand that they he paid at the conclusion of each day's work, and nl Ihe rate of ex. change 1.11I. I for seats that day. The artists have refused to sign cnnliMcts except on this basis, ns they claim that the fluclatinn of Iho ex change makes their salary practically nolhlng at the end of the month, (icrnuin Telegraph' rural)" I MKItl.lN, Aug. l. (A. P.) Tele graphic communications in Ccrmauv have been swamped ever since the j mark began Its downward swonp. Since January of this year Ihe amount 'of business handled by iho (lerman telegnph lines has been doubled thai' of Ihe corresponding period for tnnt year. Telegrams now travel more slowly In Clermany than letters, and the. -telegraph administration has appealed to the public 10 eiuall7.e Its business and use the wires as sparingly us possible. liOinhin .Marks Us Pnnmit Spots. 1.1 INI H IN, Aug. 21 (A. P.) Visitors to places of Interest In Ihe clly, und ninny Londono-s Ihemsetves, havn been surprised lately to find numer ous blue pUmues with white letters on walls of building. These ure being put up by Ihe City Council to mark ihe sites of ancient Ixindon, nnd the residences of famous citizens. tine of the most recent ones marks the spot lu Chetipslde front which the Itomaus measured their miles from l,oiidon. Residences of Chaucer, Keats, Shakespeare, Pcpys nnd other prominent citizens of the olden days also have been designated. Huge t.rriunn .cpis'lln shitl Nnw Motlmi Picture. Stuilln, ' IlKni.I.V, Aug. 21. (A. P.)( Th Immense nlrdromn from which, dur ing Ihe war, the German Zeppelins began I heir terrifying flights, Is todav being used as a motion plctum studio. The hall, located at Rtauken, out side of Merlin, Is 4.. '.11 li feet long and Uli feet high. The Clermans declare It to be the biggest film sludlo in the world. The llolshicH doubtless wonder why Ihey shouldn't receive as much re eognlllon as Bulgaria. They, alio, kilt off the opposition. Kvery politician should be out of office once in a. while. Itelng out en ables bliu lo see so many faults in the administration. THY A WANT All j American League. (Yesterday New York 10, Chicago ' 5. ' : Detroit 2, Boston 6. Washington 7, St. Louis 2. National league. (Yesterday Cincinnati 0-8, Philadelphia 3-3. Pittsburg 3, New' York 1. , Chicago 10, Brooklyn 4. Boston 5, St. Louis 2. . Nntiondl ficnguo. (today) St. Ixmis 8, Boston 2 Cincinnati 7, Philadelphia 5. Chicago 9, Brooklyn 1.. American League (toduy) New York, Chicago Rain, Home Run iReeord. CHICAGO, Aug. 21. After going into a tie twice earlier in the season, with "Cy'' Williams. of the Philadelphia Nationals, Tennis Team Will lie Picked. NKW YORK, (Al') America's de fenders in this yeur's Davis cup ehalleii"e round ngninst Australia will be chosen Tuesday by the Davis cm mmiltee of the I'nlted Stales Lawn Tennis association. Among court followers it Is regard ed as a foregone conclusion that Wil liam T. Tihlcn, the national champion, and William M. Johnston. new world's eh impioii. wll be selected to enrrv the burden In the singles. Neil her has been defeated In thlsi branch of iulernational cup compell lien since they brought the famous linphy back from Australia, in 152". A hick town is one in which there Is 110 "Main Street" no "Star llakery," no "Parlor Marltel," no Central i'res bvlcrlan Church. 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