Friday, February 13, 1925.
- PAGE TWO
WTE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Hill's Department Store
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SPORT NEWS)
Tinrnn nrunw '.
FIR COMTEST
WITH BUCKS
Prnrtteally the entire basketball
i playing- fraternity of I'mdleton
will Invado La Cirunrte this cvonlng
for two Kamt'8 with lord I turuim.
?J Tho first, 1 to ntfirt ut 7:HO and
V: will 1m brl-wion thf XIkM. Hawks
of Pendleton id th Five How-
men. Hie .n Grande amateur quin-
tct whluh hfl been making " rnueh
j; racket In local uthlrtlc circles tlio
;. last few weeks. ,
: The second pamo scheduled for
, this evening will bo pluyed by' .the
l'otulloton abd l.a Oruiida hU;h
' ) Hchool basketball litsmin. The
'' BiifV-fU'nos have one win to their
I; cn!;t ovr ho Tigers. This was
! . :orc.t , tv ral weelis atfo at
PcnOleton when thoy walked off
'"With a 28 to 16 game. Not exact-
ly walked -either for it vw the
,'. rmtest gitmn tn which the, Tigern
have competed this yonr.
Itetfiilnr Mump-
Mafttivish wilt Btsrt his regular
' lineup with Fnnmuno, center.
ll J him molt and ZunoVi, guards, and
Ulass and Lyman, forwards. lluni-
;j melt, captain and king pin of the
1m Orande team has a had cold
i which may bother him Somewhat
In playing.
jl Tn Pendleton men will bo in
uniform. Thete Include Iandiui.
l Hager, Imle. Johnson, Harthrong,
vHuillvan, . 11111, Hay
and Jones.
JX , While the Tigers are holding I
j.slofl the blue and whilo here tho
Ia Orande freshmnn team will be
engaged in a return game with
and at Union. Coach Young of Hie
fresh squad is making no predic
tions about the game hut his out
fit should register another victory
ns ihev nlrcadv hrwn nne came, to
their credit ugalimt the V'nlon
ibuskcteera. .
r Freshmen who will make tho
; trip are. berry, Ilradon. Wallslng
: er. Stoddard, Smith, Wntklnu, Glen,
' l"atten. Price and McCorkle.
Ciilon (;nmo Sntuiilsy. '
The La Orande. first team and
: er. Kt.iddard. Mmlth Wntkli.s. Olen.
t the girls team will Journey to en-
t Ion tomorrow night for n double
header. Union's basketball stock
' took a big Jump recently when fhe
wrong Joseph team which has
1 y twice defeated La Grande was held
f, to a five point mnm)n.
the girls team will Journey to I'n
4
1 WfnntAf PnDKniAn
Webfootcr Freshmen
To ry Medford Five
UNIVERSITY OP OREGON'.
Eugene, Ore. (Special) The Unl
, verslty of Oregon freshman team
will play Medford high school at
basketball hr Saturday. Two
we'ks ago the Webfooters defeat
imI -Medford in n two-game, series
a"l Medford and last Mat unlay the
Oregon Liubes won from the Ore
If Jn Aggltui Hooks nt Coi vallis. i
Coach Kvons of thft- fre-hme,
hns several 8tar players on tho
aquttd, but he has been having eon- .
mucinnm uuuiuiiy in uevt'ioping
them Into a team, as ach plays a
different style.
r,e ,,,lltn is composed o( Beenry.
Medford; Joy, Portland; Walker,
juinsa and Crcwd3on, Portland,
forward; Eberhart, Eugene. Kaw
alllsh, Oklahoma; and Prinulx.
Bosetiurg, centers; and Hclchstdh,
Medford; Hutchinson, Portland;
Powers. Eugene; Morton, North
Bend; Westfall, California; onl
Punntl, Astoria, guards.
The remaining schedule of the
freshmen follows;
February 14 Medford high at
Eugene.
February 20 Oregon Aggie
Rooks at Eugen.
February 27 GreBham high
-jKthool at Eugene.
: February 2K Washington high
school at UiiRenc.
rnigimr Gnvrmmcut io i:inbark
...In Moat IsukIihm nn Iirgc Scale
etnolxii. .n njuppp
- MONTEVIDEO (API-Urugnav,
' although googranhlcallv the small
''est pouth American republic, bos
(ilw hen nmcthtng of a plo-
neer In the matter of up-to-date
legislation. Having already estab.
" lUhed several state-owned enter-
prises, she Is nof about to build a
finest packing plant which will
supply meat at cod price to, co-
operative asportations of butchers,
'and also export It.
,f The scheme, as recently np.
..proved. lnolvcs an outlay of $".
1000.000. to be raised bv an Issue of
per cent bonds. The enterprise
wlll be "an autonomous depend
, encv of the state" to be ndtnlnls
..tered by a board of 12 directors,
seven to bo named bv the govern-
ment and th rest by the cattle
raising interests.
Bicycles are the bane of pcd.
trtuns In The Hague where the
streets sre narrow and tortuous. A
st of antt-jaywalking tvKUlatlons
, .lias been Issued by the police ex
horting pedestrians to watch out
for approaching bicycles, to cross
rtt right sngUs, not to encumber
th highway and to keep to the
right.
Sport Gossip
1y Hie AsNorluli'd I'rrtw)
The I'hlrugo White Hox will play
away from home on three holidays
thin ywir, HI. Louis. Washington
and New York will be on foreign
tioit for two and Detroit. r'leveUmd.
Philadelphia and Boston have one.
each away. Mdhk l' lnisi (in rle
b rales Hunker Hill dny .Imie 17,
when the Chicago team will be per
forming In Iloston.
Pete Mornkoits of s, Holland,
world's prof nsionai bicycle racing
chuinpon, htin osked a record
gmu-unlee of f in,om to compete in
i he Hix-dny grind ut Madison
S(une flurden starting February
2$. Tblo Is more thnn any amount
ever paid Fred Goullcttn, king of
ttlx-diiy riders and the highest paid
::ompvtlf lor heretofore.
Italy's champion, Carvlns, will be
among the lightweight contenders
'n the tournament sponsored by the
New York state nthletic commis
sion to name a successor to the
title relinquished recently by Hen
tiy Leonard,
The I.filte Rhore Athletic club of
Chicago has floated a $1,000,000
bon,, rauo fop (h6 bu,,in(p of a
luue front site of a clubhouse.
Joseph X, Murphy has he-en re-
: J " ' V rui " .
",c wmnvMrnon
facing association,, operating Haw.
tborne truelt. Arrangements are
bliig completed for the, 58-day
t u son at Hawthorne beginning
ChristeiiBon Ju'y 2 with total purse distri
bution of IMiO.UOO. ,
ELGIN QUINT
DEFEATS CI
COVE (Special) Covo high
school played the Klgin, basket
ball tenrn at Klgln recently, which
retmlted In a victory for tho Covo
ITlrlH fttl.t LMivi.. U..u fTM- t..
" -" i "
ime ended In nn 8 to 20 score and
1,10 K'"!" Kcore was 6 to 14. Imhlor
w,u P,ay a Cove next Tuesday.
Tlt0 f;ovn Alumni will play North
Koturday evening at North
Powder. The alumni game played
Rt ovo with Union Wednesday
(resulted m a victory for Cove.
IMBLER HOOPERS
VICTORIOUS IN
COVE CONTEST
COVK (fSpecial) The lnibler
basketball nuin'et played at Cove
Tuesday evening, defeating the
locu team. - -
V O'mNNKU, IV I1181i;ss
SAN FRANCISCO (API-Jimmy
trronnell. former New York Giant
baseball player, has opened up a
(cleaning and dyeing e.iiahllimnient
there. "I'm through with baseball."
Raid OVonnWi
The aim power -m
aew winterised Crown"is
ctra comfort for the man at
the wheel Quicker starnnp
one touch of the starter but
ton is enough hist a little nudge
on the accelerator zips you a
head in traffic with power to
span.Try a tankful of the new
winter"Red Crovn-"in eve ry
way the best buy in town?
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
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Buy It anywhere you see the red,
white and blue pump at Standard
lOil Service Stations and at dealers.
lite best buy i?flbwn
new
NIGHT IKS
FULL BEFORE
In a snappy game played In the
Unlftn gymnasium lat night the
Union Athletic uaioeiatlon def at
ed the tout d Nlglil HawkH, of Pen
dleton, Sir td "1. 1'endlrltm W:lH
without the service of Gillette, atar
center, who will be in the game to
night In Im. Grande against the
Five Horsemen,
Farrell, the diminutive Indian
guard for the. Night Huwkn, star
red bot h on the uf fene and de
fense, breaking up several Union
plays besld'-M dropping in several
difficult shots from difficult posi
tions. Cox showed up well in the
first half but Hlowed down In tin
second half.
, Union Plays Steadily
For Union there was no particu
lar star and Pitts, expected to set
the league aflre4 fulled to show
much brilliance, reports here in
dicate.
Horsemen Iaim Pracibf Game
Wednesday night at Union, the
Five Horsrmn od a practice
gamn to Hie Union A. A. 2ft to IS.
The regular Union -Horsemen game
will be played 1(( I'nlon next Fri
day. Hcore:
Pendleton 21
Parr 2 .....P..
Halt on 3
Cox 7 i'...
Farrell 0 )..
Van Pelt a , .
- Union 36
. Oeertsen 1 2
..... ..Martens 6
..... Co dwell 9
..... Marker 4
... Haggerty 0
Pitts 2
Oilmore
Goodbroad 2
Score by Quarters
12 3 4 Total
Night Hawks 3 7 C 21
Union A. A 9 12 : 7 7 3&
Heff-ree: i loss, of Union.
L JL C. SQUAD
INS EASILY
The l.a Ornmlo Atlilelln rluli
against a mixfd smia.l hust t-veninc 1
noniiiosfu or tjip ooinhinc.l ,'a.
tionftl Giuiril unil Orongt; and
lilnck 'foama looms a.s onu of Aho
3irnn(fist udint imnkotball
outritH In loral tronii'olUion.
Th(. Alhlt'llca rornplotelv snow
ed imilcr Ihfir wcukir oppnncnls
with a surrosslon of liuski t.s hot
from all pan of Hir floor. I'Ciamrs
or inn i. a. i aKBicuuilon with
th e Five Horsemen aitd nosslblv t
with Hiu;ip(4idmArr?ig1ft VAiWltrff
and Jhe Helix Purple tiianls will
probably be scheduled later In the
seoson.
The J,. A. roiiad lncludeH Onr-
ity. MacTavlsh, Thelsen, MacDon
nld, Clark. Newlin, Ash and Heyn
olds. BUFFALO. N. Y. (By the As
sociated Press) Finland's (win
whirlwinds of the truck handed
time another jolt when Paavo
Xurinl shattered thre,. of hla own
world's Indoor marks, bringing his
amazing total "of rceord pert'orm
ances up to 22. while Willie Klt
ola slashed his countryman's two
mile standard to piece in the
greatest race ever run at this dis
tance, indoor or outdoor.
Vice President-elect haw en vis
ited Florida. He and the Gulf
Stream should keep tin weather
there warm.
UNION p
FINLAND STARS
LOWER MARKS
Here's Basketball Giant
8
Presenting Oeorpe Konnedy. claimed to he the tallest basketball center
in the game. George stands 7 feet 10 inches, and is a member of the
Chillicotht (Mo. I Business College quiutet. Appeurlng with KenneSy Is
Captain Howard, a six-footer, who Rtach. up us a mitlget beside the
; Biant pivot maii. -
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TBlSTRil
I'NIVKnSITY OF QRRGON? Ru
Rono, Oro. (Spcrlal) 1 ;1iChaimcoy
im..... r i,j,... 'tr.r.
.
new football coach at Oregon, when
q itn
inn i it
Smith attended and played for Co-1 loot half team, said Smith. ;
iumbia university, was on the cam- While Hishop wws assisting, the
pus a couple of days this week as-kickers. Smith was conehing 'the
.sistlng ilm new mentor In coaching , centers. Since Monday, when prac
thn punters. Hishop kicked for Go-nice started, and until Smith is sat -
Iumbia In IMi4, and his 3 4 -yard
boot in a game against YK is said
to be the longest ever made.',. ;
Itlshnp was visiting in Salem, and
was asked by Smith to come to Kn-.
Rene to assist with the coaching of,mtil bit
the kickers. The visitor, who ln.hu
day was considered the greatest
kicker of nil time, showed Lynn
Jones, nll-cocist. full, Mimnaugh
and Jennings, and the other candi
dates how It was done In the oid
dnvfl.
TTis old Square GacW
kttswfi t ohjts. Tfcc yew
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! Because of the size and strength
of Jones, Mlmnuugh and Hein
jnlngs. Bishop has great confidence
ft hat they will develop into real
j hooters. He has laid down certain
!l tile's which they must follow. H
I will return within a couple of
! months, whence he will: st-iy for
severa I .weeks t o complete h is
coaching.
Smith is particularly set on de
veloping a good kicker. Since the
days of "Big Bill" Steers, Oregon
has boon weak in that department.
are the most essential parts of
Isfled that he has a couple of de
euduble centers, he will not call
out the rest of the team. The. new
coach thought it may be necessary
to prolong toe early spring training
in the spring to get rl
results. More than a dozen punt-;
. and half-dozen centers are try- j
j & m break In as regulars.
Actors protest radio hurts .the!
stage. So dtt homes. Let's abol-1
inh both.
Grocer FOR '-
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Spokane, Portland
KANSAS LEAD
f THOUGHT FAKE
I
Man, -Who Claims He" Is
Floyd Collins, Fails to
Answer Minute De
scription of Entombed
Man.
CONCOKDIA. Kan. (AP).- Al
though persons directly conneeu-d
wit I) the rescue efforts at Sand
cave are convinced that Floyd
Collins is u prisoner there, a man
appeared at Haddam, . Kan., late
Wednesday and asserted l.e wys
Floyd Collins..
A rambling story was related
by the man. Many of his state
ments did not Jibe with what is
actually known of the cyve pris
oner. A telegram was dispatched by
the man from Haddam to Wil
liam H. Miller, reporter of the
Koulsvilie Coin ler-.lotn nal at the
cave. '
"Tell mother I am all . right
and on my way home," the mes
sage said. It was signed "Floyd
Collins."
: The man said he caught a ride
into town Wednesday afternoon
with two farmers who told him
of the imprisonment, or Floyd Col
lins in Sand cave. He said it
was the first e had heard of the
story.
The mniU nsserted he believed
It was a publicity .stunt. H de
clared he sold an Interest in a
cave in Ifil'l-io Johnnie GeraldK
tor $ 1 'I, H)o and r.i i uu ndi red the
money. He 'said lie had not been
i n t "ave ( 'it y sl nee I ;. 'jl , w h en
he left there and went to Canada,
where, he stated, he joined the
'anadian air forces. 1 le said lie
recently was discharged and was
"bumming" his way home.
lie said his home was in West:
moreland county, Kentucky, and
Rand cave Is In a nearby county.
There Is no Westmoreland co in
ly In Kentucky.
. He Is about 30 years old, of
light complexion, five feet five
inches tall and weighs about 145
pounds. The initials K. O. It. are
tattooed on his right arm which
he explained was a symbol re
lating to tho Canadian expedi
tionary forces.
The man is being held under
orders of Mayor E. W". Shearburn
pending word from Lieutenant
Governor Uenhardt of Kentucky,
in charge of the situation at Cave
City.
. Tho mayor grilled him for sev
eral hours but he stuck to his
story that he was Floyd Collins.
" Meanwhile the man has food
and a place to sleep.
COLLINS NOT TATTOOKI)
r'CA VB ' 'WW. liy. " Ur')V Ilee
Collins, aged father of Floyd,
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Pattison Bros. Grocery
1
when Informed of the telegrem
from Haddam. Kari., that a nion
held thee with a flag tnttooed
on his arm claimed to be his ton,
declared Wednesday Nnight his son
had no tattoo marks on his body
nor any war two or threo liehes
long. Johnnie Geralds, F'oyd's
friend, declared Floyd never had
been away from the cave i;oiintry
to any jjlaee he could huve been
tattooed and "I know he hasn't o
scar on his body." ,
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nuMintr l,llllje)f ItltO fOrniit 1111 I'ol'
a year on the . tennis courts. Will-i
Una Tilden II, . national singles
champion. Thursday won his first
and second round matches In the
Hrooklyu Heights Casino annual
louritameiil with ease.
Tilden defeated J. S. McClo.y of
HrooUlyn In the second round, H-2,
?-U, after his 'opponent bad sur
prised the spectators by conrjucr- '
ii;g eno Shlmizu, member of the
Japanese in vis cup team. li-S.
Watson M. Washburn also was vic
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