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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1925)
THE EX GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER A Store Tftat Renders- ; Outstanding Service : , . i is always "A Good ' Place to Trade" Hill's Department Store "A GOOD PLACE TO TRADE" SPORT. NEWS CLASS TRACK ' MEET IS NEAR i.- . . The first real opportunity to View tho crop of trac'k athletes in action wll loccur next Haturday morning1 provided tho ndveruo weather conditions do not Inter fere.' At that time Hie captains of tho four clas steams wilt hnvo their (ncn ready to start 1o win honors for the class of '25, '2fl. '27 or '28. take yohr own choice. The clrtis captains ai'c to be elected by popular voto tomorrow and will Immediately act about lin ing up tholr teams for the meet at the end of the week. AH the' track talent In the school (vlll be out and the event la oxpoct ed to bring: forth some Interestlnc competition. Itifntlar Kvciitn The moot will ho run In the regu lar ordr of events with the 100 yard dash tlrst and the, polo vault, mite run, broad Jump,- l HO hlifh hurdles, 440 yard dush, hlflh Jurn , 220 yard dush, shot put, fixd yard run, discus, 220 yard low hurdles, javelin following in roKular suc cession. Prospects In general for a win ning track toam seem fairly hope- -fiil although in moat of Din event n men will havo to be developed 1o lva tho Tlsern a chnncu to lulte any of tho second or third places so Important In tho flnul aiirnmlng up of a moot. Bo far low hurdlers of winning pallbro seem to be conspicuously absent with tho exception of Sher wood, e out em OregorT record hold er since laBt year. Sherwood Henvlor. -j' There sncms somo doubt as lo whether Sherwood himaelf will be nble to equal hlo time of 27 flat fhlB seuson. Although a much more finished hurdler than lust spring Sherwood seems to have taken on UDUgh added weight lo slow him down to some extent. Whether Jits increased speed in. getting out of the holes at the start will of" I'm: I this or not rumuins lp be seen. Ho far none of thu.'-oohtuvdeii have shown much clans at tho mlddla dlHtaneen, Faun seems the most hopeful prospect tn the 440 but so fur has fulled to bring his lime down to the winning class and will need to shave It several seconds In order to win many points. . . KmutB and Bauman are being groomed for Din half mile. There seems a possibility that Hmutr. may be able to clock off tho event In reasonably good time he fore the end of the season but still needs a lot of training on the event. - SPKCIAL S!OXIAY OAJIFS ,. The. I'ortlnntl lleaverH havo five peciul Monduy pinfi) flrlieduled tit homo thlH seuHon; June 1, vh. . (battle; July G, vu. Haernini'iito; VilRU.it 3, vh. Brattle; August 111, v. Vernon anil Ortotier 6, va. Hull J.uko, JLrIY DlLANI'.Y RREKR BOl'T CH1CAOO (AI') Ullly Gibson, miinouer of Oona Tunney, Ameri can IIBht hejivywelBht champion, received an offer Monday night for a match with Jimmy Ilelaney of St. Paul, In Kan Krnnclwo April 22, but withheld acceptance, pend. lug the outcome of neuotlatloiiH fur nrnalch with Tom Gibbon. It'i a iqutire meat for a dim EVERY KITES A DELICHT Do you like to Take Picture,? Via Have Kodaks and Cameras FILMS and FILM PACKS Iave your film, hero to Be Developed. Moon Drug Go. Ererythlng for tl Htck Room rnoiNK ruin J9 rjWTrfm i Oregon Five To Play At 8:00 Tonight CHIfAOO (By tho Associated Press) Tho greatest assemblage of high school basketball stars ever gathered together nre ready for the opening round of the natlot.al Interscholnntlc collegiate tourna- I imnt conducted under the aus plcm of the University of Chicago. The tournament drew a record breaking entry of 42 teams from 34 irit 03, melting a total of more than 400 plnynra. Thirty-lhreo of the ( teams are state -champions. The south ond tho west opened hoatll ltten when Miami, Flu., and la ra mi"', Wyn., both state champions, took the floor at 10 o'clock in the , flrM. game of the tournament. Thereafter, games went on hour ly. cyM-pt at meal times. Tho champlontihlp will be decided Sat urday night. I All sections of the country are represented In the competition. The Inst minute entries were from Houthweutern high of Detroit, De troit, Kan., and Urania, La. West ern fives from the Itocky mountain ' region and beyond were bo nnrner oi it that they traveled In a special train, mode ip at Clreeley. Today's games: I 10 n. ni. Miami, Fla., vs. l.ara- I mle, Wyo. ' I 11 a. m. Beaumont. Texan vs. Devils iJike, N. D. 12 noun imriium, w. i ., vs. Jletena, Mont. I p. m., Marshollvllle, Or., vs. SI. George, Ftuh. 8 p. m. Kl Bono, Oklu., vs. Taltewood, Ohio. H p. m. (i roe ley, Colo., vs. West Waterloo, Iowa. 4 p. ni. WauUegan, III., vs. Wheeling, W. Va. 6 p. m. Wisconsin entry vs. Kansas City, Kan. 0 p. m. Niudiylllc, Tenn., vs. Mechanical Arts, St. Paul. 7 p. m. Halom, S. D., vs. Olarks ton. WaHh, ' ( p. m.-fi'rnnklln high, ' Pqr,t-i land. Ore., vs. Du Pont, Munucl, Louisville. 0 p. m. Klgln. Jll. vs. Hnranac IJike, N. V. lo p. m. Medford, Mass., vs. Rupert, Idaho. Drawings for tomorrow Include; !) u. m., Halein, Ore., vs. Torrlng ton, Conn. . i:muiution basi:bail Philadelphia (A.) 10, Baltimore (T.) B. New York (A.) 11, Broonetaoi Ht. Louis (A.) f, Milwaukee (A. A.) 8. New York (0.) ll, Brooklyn N) S. New York (N 13; Washington (A.) S. Detroit (A.) C. Btchmond (Va ) S. COBB'S ItECOim 1MPORINQ Ty Cobb, of tho Potrolt Amrl cann, has an Imposing batting rec ord, having led his league 19 sea sons, beginning In 1907 and ending In loio. Only nice during thnt period was he displaced that by Opeaker, of Cleveland, in llilfl, , Oobb'd percentages ranged from ..124, in 1U08, to .420 In 1011. In WVi Bister. Ht. Lou!.-, also batted .420. M .400 MARKS Six times during tho past SB years hitting king In the American Icaguo batted .400 or better during the season. It startud In 1901 when (jijolo hit .406. cobb hit .410 and .420 in 19U and 1013. Blsler hit .407 and .420 In 1020 and 1022 and ilellmann hit .403 tn 1923. T1IK "HKST" MKV In the Hportlng News record book for 1024 Washington's cham pionship baseball team had Us fol lowing players rated: Among the 20 best batters: Oos- lln. 9th; H. Bice, lath; Prontho. 18th; McNenly. 2oth. Walter Johnson was rated the best pitch er In the league and Zachary 7th best. Judge, was second beat first bafcman, Harris 7th best second baseman; Peklnbaugh 4th best shortstop; Bluego 10th beat third jusemnn: Matthews. 8th best out fielder u nd IJebold. 2nd best OUt fh'lder; ituel, rirth best catcher. In team batting, Detroit, Cleveland. and (t. l.onls rrked above Wash I twn. wtt.h led -Sine Yer. rin!,- fi- j-e percentage eoiumn. MVART7.' DIMENSIONS ' I.efiy Hwarts, en-La. Grande pitcher, with the Brooklyn ledgers ilhls year, Is 21 years of age, weigh ITS pound, in five feet 10 inches ! high and hits and throws left 'handed, ltr'i getting his first trial tn the majors this aprinf. HIT 4SS Back In H94 Duffy, of the Boa ton Nationals, led the league hit ters for the season wtth a percent age of .43. That mark ha never ben equaled or bettered In big league baseball. The nrtt ap proach was .432, hit by Keeler. of Baltimore, la i$t. SUNDAYTRIAL SCORES GIVEN The training of hunting dogs for tho full field trials sturted Nun day with six pulrs of doits in the field, each allowed 20 minutes lo show Its qualities. iogs were here from Buker and KulneB as well us from I41 Orande. The following seal; will give dog owners an idea of Mm waring i method: ranging, harking-, obedi ence, bird sense, flurdilng. break ing In, style or chum. Dogs started and their percent ages follow: per Cent Jlex A. (2 years and more) 78 prince of Monaco 7fi Patsy Boy 08 Queen Tut - 08 Bally Boy fio Hob Hoy , G4 Hazelnut (puppy class) 48 Bonnie 40 Mickey Doon 78 Webfoot H4 In the list above thi dogs are grouped In pairs, i. e., Bex A. and .Prince of Monaco. These trlalH will be held often and will be announced beforehand in theso columns. "We would like to ask dog own ers to g''t out the next few Sundays as it will aoon be nesting sea.ion and the law prohibits one from go ing In tho- fields with dogs," the committee in charge stated today. SUNNY JIM TELLS HIS PART IN LA GRANDE "WALTZ" Thn folliwliic account of Runny Jlm' alibi In rofcrnnco to' the liuro utaRcd hero laat week be tween tho nepro uml Tom Mc- JCurthy, nppeareu in the Oregonlun isportH eoluinliB today: 8CNNV Jim KXPI-A1H FICHT Xegvo peclarm Ho Won Fairly at Jig. (irando Over McCarthy -Bunny Jim, Portland boxer, haa explained his side of the story in .regard to the fight at La Orande Thursday night in which he md .Tommy McCarthy were accused of "wnlizlng" and their Hharo of the gate recolpts held, After knocking McCarthy down three times In the first round and knocking him out in the aecond Hunuy Jim believed he had won and would receive his money, but It was not forthcoming. He wan told he would have lo wait, until fhe following day, he says. v At a meeting of tlio commission Jho next duy from which, he de clares, he unci his manager were not allowed to defend themselves, the commission rendered jitH ver dict of no money. . Jim says he und has mannger had been given traimportation to J.u Grande, but .none with which ;.o return to Portland. Jle u):io Hintf( Ahpfe .iu-iiBP-.told Mie J,a Gran do commlsKlon thut Ihey had no money for return fare and received the abrupt answer, "Well, walk, back." fallforlllu Fimnrltt n mu- frirn1i.au inpple, reminding us or the regular Ijiilccless grapefruit. sir HVTHW- M,E MORE THAN a . Quicks are As Good As They Look By the distinctive appearance of Buick motor cars, you may judge their inner quality. The same engineering thought that developed the Valve-in-Head engine, Sealed Chassis, automatic lubrica tion, Buick mechanical 4-wheel brakes, and like factors of superior performance, is also responsible for the grace and the symmetry of Buick body lines. Jennings & Shumate wittv wmnt a.jtomohi.kji ah ecn.t', touiut Hum build thkm We Go Out of Our Way to Serve IF IT IS GOOD TO EAT, WE HAVE IT1 THE CITY GROCERY Jom Hark of Out on Fir 8tirt FHORI MAIN ftTt RAT BMM FUELS DIUT1I Picked to Star i v Preentlne Lou Gehrig, hard-hitting rccruu wuh ine New lum Yanken Manager lugglns sees a coming toi in the youngster, who Is being groomed to tuko Pipp's place at Aral ; when tho veteran shows signs of 'slipping and In addition is being touted as a successor-to Babe. Hut as home-run monarch. Radio Chats (Ity I'owcl CroMcy, Jr.) Thf're are 24,000,000 ;'owncd homes tn the Culled Hlates. . . or that number marly ' 10.000, 000 are equipped with some kind of a musical reproducing instru ment a phonograph, a pi.ino-play-er, or what not. Thirteen million are equipped with electrical Hervice, " Nearly 12,000,000 have motor cars. From 3,noo,ooo to C.ooo.noo have their own radio sets. What a future for tho radio In diiMtry? Some luy ovry home will hnvo its own rndln. An Industry with such a future must necessarily shoulder real public responsibilities. No Industry can have such i clone relationship to the public without having tremendous public obligations. Badio In being conducted ' today for profit. Those In it are In It to -make money. That is the pur pomt of all business. But no bunl n ess thin may Hound trite but it Is Just us true us it was tho day it was first expressed can prosper except on tho basis of conscientious nervlco to the public. . Tt was Abraham Lincoln who so well said that, "without public sen timent nothing can succeed; with It nothing can fail.'" That applies to radio. Itndlo bromlrasting must ho con ducted for thn benefit of tho greatest number. , , - ; That of course is the pprpone-of tho Department of Commerce 'of the I'nlted .States Government tn exercising supervision over radio and to the credit of .that depart ment let It be said thut it has dune well. But enormous problems face the industry today, I-'rom week' to week we slinll consider them. FORD DISPLAY WEEK STARTS The past work has seen great activity by Perk hut Motor company, local Ford deulerw, in preparation for "Ford Display . Week," which opens on Monduy, March. 30th. Hprlng housecleuning Is as much if an annual event whh Ford dealers as it Is' with the average housewife, but ibis year. In addi tion to having their sales rooms re novatrd and decorated. I heir shops and equipment , made spotlessly clean, lr was decided to have "Ford Dlspluy Week" for the en tiro terrl tory Ah a result u number of Ford dealers have put on unusual dis plays of new and Guaranteed Csed Cars. - - Ford o ccenso ri ei, d n sh H gh t s: 19 Tire Pric :)0 x 3 GOODYEAR PATHFINDER TIRES 30x3'i GOODYEAR PATHFINDER TIRES ... 31x4 GOODYEAR PATHFINDER TIRES W. H. Bohncnkamp Go. rear view mirrors: spark plugs; batteries, etc., have also been giver, prominent places In dealers' dis plays. Bales reports Indicate thnt the spring demand for Ford Curs Is al ready approaching that of previous years, with every promise thut post nales records will be kroken. A re cent report from the factory at Detroit states that production ho 8 been increased lo 7000 cars and trucks a day. The company has been operating on a full week sche dule for some time In nil its manu facturing plants and the present production schedule? represents an increase of 600 units a d:ty over thut of u few weeks ago. Fordson Tnictor production has been moved up to 4f.o a day to cans for growing demands. It wuh also announced, A man can be pretty smart, but never both pretty and smart. i. One-certain thing about spring is everything seems no nneertaln. they deserve it There'3 no doubt about it a cigarette of Chesterfield's high quality deserves to be at the top. Chesterfield has won its present position because men , know by its taste that here is clean-cut superiority of tobaccos and blend. CIGARETTES If it is low priced tires you want we have them. Goodyear has a tire for every purpose and to suit every purse. Compare the prices on the liss below. Other Sizes in Proportion. SPECIAL 30x3! i PATHFINDER GIANT, OVERSIZE CORD, MAXY TIMES WIXNK.R Tt,o vnrir Nationals have won 11 pennants since iRHH. Boa- ton won nine since 1877, rnicugo won II since 1876. . : i SOMK WORM) SEItll'-S Back in J8S7 the Detroit Na tionals won the world aeries by defeating the St. ouIa American Association team 10 games to 5. Fifteen games is a record for a world neries in fuct, it looks al most like a bush-league season's .schedule. SOMK SCOItEI What Is believed to be a record was made on July 15.' 10i4 -at; .Sioux tlit.v. when the home team was smothered by the .Sioux Falls rlub by a score of 40 to 0. 'It wns nl U lUUUJUIl KUI1H-, Mill nii'i." to be a baseball exhibition. 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