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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1927)
Thursday, 'February 2-1, 1927. LA GRANIJK KVKN1NG OBSERVER Erie Swimmer SEE THE LATEST CREATIONS IN SPRING SILKS AT Dependable Values Hill'i Dependable Quality Page Two SPORT NE WSi - " i AMATEUR YS. PRO HARD TO DEFINE Sport Writer Cites Cases of Vincent Richards and Others 1 mail, a big league ball player, a I uracil golfer. Kecenlly 111- took piift In several ,lg amateur cvpnlK.ofl . the roast. . -.-; Jlow the golf body run bo con- Slati-nt in'clUHAing a prafcaAionul i nail player an amateur golfer ami then rule a pro tennis pluycr lirnyt, I certainly beyond me. II) Hilly KvtuiH What is Hit difference between the amateur iiml the professional sport? "'""AValter Ilngen recently defined 'the question thusly: "An amate ur I ' " pay to play while a pro plays for pay." . - .Vincent Richard a, famous tennis player, who recently turned prg, has let It be known that while moat, amateur pay a rertuln something to play, they In vurious ways re ceive considerable inorti for play ing. In other words, Itlchards has strongly hinted (hat many & tennis player is making a fut living out of Jila amateur stutus. Academy Teams Are Beaten in Baker Tuesday Her u AIimi. ( n.n (i Rrit pa. V hi t (iiiistnerfo h fimd mi to he .m it I'iM'ii- Stun swinrmer la ihf 1M?I (Mvnipir meei Crnaf li rhf (Mitntiiiidius swimmet i the AHegot-iii niountaib district In game Hake Hani to iK'flno What constitutes an amateur tn sport? r We would believe Vincent. I Ur hards, and I havo always known 111 mi to be a truthful young man, - ther is really no such person. Recent : developments would make it seem that the governing bodies In golf and tennis ao just as much In doubt us to what Is an amateur as Mr. John Public. . Certainly no morn ridiculous de cision could be possioift man ina. took one-fall. failure to give Vincent, Richards 1 first ranking among the men ten- - - nis players. iiKAXI Now, we have the word that the, FALLS powers-f hat-be In golf, intend to - classify Mury K. Hrowno as a pro, because of her activities In ibo Pyle troupi) of tennis Mara. Tuesday ( evening, hold the boys' and girls' i teams of the Hat red Heart-. Ay-ad- cmy of Ia Grande suffered defeats I from the team of St. Francis c- i ademy. The girls' gamo' endt-d 7-; 26 for"thrf Hakerlfes while lh the j boys' conflict Huker chalked up IS to th local hoys' '.- Th girls'1 team Included Helen NwMn, Ftnr- ence.- Nelson. Alice Munhatl, Vir ginia' MrW'llliaum, J ii a ti tt a Totnp sen, and l-olu Ayr-R, The boys' stiuud follows: Vincent Ncwlin. Paul Newlin, Anthony Provosi Jay Jcms.aml Jo.n-ph Mortier. I HIIIAVS 1-KOIiltA.MS Kli-Ouklanil. Cal- Cll'lll-Ji:itk-I 6:fift lo 7:25 p. m.. n'W8. inurkt-t r porlH. ucathrr; a. Hut"! j"l. Kr.tnris studio liroffrani. j KKUA Mi-ullln. Wah.. (4r,4ni ; Cukr) S p. m. .Mi.HNlon li-ll confr1 rh. mm; a lo 10:3lr, Klfklanit j l'i r.-tiu'lcrM. j KTI-I.oa AnKi'lt.s, "al. (ISTm j t'4'tkr) 7 p. in., jiograin popular J ;ion.-.s; K, irtun rtttital: y. con iinilto. Imnft-lmriton ami planlM: tu, i'karl ballatl hour.' ' KIo Rin Kranrlsco. fal. ' ' i.(4Sm-7'ikr) tp 111. ballroom I'OHTI.ANn. Orf., r.l. 24 f.AP) orrln-Mm an.! olil-timo Imnil: 11 to ll-lc Kaiirrman, Ohio IlKllt liil.lnluhl .l.ilin U'nlnhan nn.l liiu Karnalrk. -arrnlnii. Kauffman, Karasick Wrestle to a Draw,' heavyweight, and AI ftussian wresiter, went two hours iu a. iiiniT nrre turn uiu. fAirn i i,,,,,,!. NATIONAL i:THY niUo at Kxntrisi: Ob! Tuy Bridge, (he- horse ui loted top weight in tn ltritb.li Grand Natlonul raco-f-H dead whilti at exercise. The J3-year-old geld'.ng won many ' ruce and on two oeeuMloni? nearly won the (Irand National. lnl92S he uetu ally cleared the lust fence ahead but was beaten In the run in.. Al mcflt -( h aaiue thing oceurred bist Vftor vwhin be. wtm h.1 nt - At' tboMe t thy tetinusea- htinr h y l; t f t h ,1a at ljjwtiiJ( TK-rc- eems ia i a malign fate uttm-li. Ing1 to notable horses and rider who have done well in the Crun l JVaHotVal: 1;Three Winners. 4n Troy town, Sunloch an.L Kiirgeant Mur phy, wer killed on a racecourso while Captain Bennett, who r"de: lhev'Hergeflm" to victory. Pur-" frement, the French Jorkey of t'aso of Itklianl Vincent Richards won his 1920 tennis honors as an amateur. When he represented this country in tho ltavls Cup mutches and many other big event-v ho wns a. simon-pure. It .there is such a thing in sport. son, his piny compieteu, no was in.liiM.l f Iu1m tt turn urn. Aiw eKional and le a memner 5t tno "When Vincent Richards tu'.ed hrofesalonul It was his own :;ual- je no one.ilse. Yet, because ho Vi.'fleclded to earn a fancy salary "tor a . showing his wares on th courts. h brings down upon nia heaa tne, jaitteur. Hi., and Wntkinson, who enuUty of those In charge ol ten- won "on Jark- Horner last year, U . ills. met with -rstdl nccttRhts. In order lo chastise Richards for ,'-.'- , thhlb'Ked affront and perhaps throw a scare Into other amateur suirn wno migni nave a ieumns iur Ihe pro game, he was stricken from the ranking list entirely. Instead of being named No. 1 player, he in passed up entirely. Fintt justice In sych a ruling., l(wt I'nlipic Ruling On top of this piee of nslninlty comes the, report that- Mary -K. Rrowne, tennta pro. will lw depriv ed of her status as nn amateur Kotfer. If such a ruling la made In Miss Hrowne's case, t will be directly contrary to an established prece dent. For years, many of the profes sional big league stars havn played polf. They havo always been rlnwd in ntnntetir golfers. Arnold SCHUMACHER Plaster Wall Board Fine for walls and ceilings. It's warm in winter cool in summer. Let us give you an estimate on that room. VAN PETTEN LUMBER CO. Phone Main 732 for Service, m 1 Kl'(i I.cs Ancilcs. Cal. (27tlm. ) 7:30 lo 9:J. p. m., cru- widfr rally: 10 lo II. AnKOhm Tfuipl. hand. j KIIJ--l.o Ang.-hs, Cal. (4f.m , 74tik. ) :3il lo 7:30 p. III., rhlhl 1 n-n's hour: 9 lo Jh, flob GarrHfa Unriruiny boya. K'I'All Daklaml. Cal. (302. 8rn :oikr) S lo S. program: 9 lo 10. (Utitl Man.) (ioata. Ki iMO-Scatlli'. Wash., (30m nsoki) 0 lo 7:45 p. m., roncrt orchestra an.l atritifr orchestra: 7:45. la!k "V. K. War mk Insur-JiiKi-"; ! lo I2:4!. orchitra. KM Til tiutlywooil. Cal. S70m-J-lvk') 10 In . II p. in., danc or. f h.iiiagi'1' U :lo. iul.lnlEliv Halph W:frtt.7imn"1i-Jhwlca.K(!yil. ' i KI WII Hollywood. Cal. (2a!m. HVikc) s p. in., no: 8:10 to , orrlu'stni,, pptllar wonKH. llkulrlc; i 9 to 9:4f. infloily niakers': JO to 12, orrhwlra. - K.IHS San l-Vnnrlsro. Cal. (SI0. nv-Vacbkr) V:V lo 11. "The Ilappl. ii.'s Hoys'' ami hi nolo program. KI'O.V linir lipnrh, Cal. !JS-ni-12!litkp) ' 7 p, in.. Church of chrW, iln' Rfv. Mr. Ilcam: 8 p. m., I.nnd: 1" to lllUllltfcht, Midnlxht i;!ks' frolic. ' , KC.VV- 1'ortland, Ore. (491m Clukci 7 to 30. children's pro gram; S lo f. concert by Mliwlon li.-ll ori-ln-atrn: ! 10 1:30. Cole Mi-Klroy' orehesl n ;;' 1 11:3ft to mid niKtit. Hoot Oxtla. !. KilA --lleiiviT, COlO., (322m :i3'ikci 7 p. m- Instrumental pro gram: 7:15. s:ndio program. WltlTI s S.M.AHY ( IIIXKS I "IE M AUN Ol-' ll.VsKliAI.Ii Collliltng the Bate receipts Of the i M. iiKo Cubs' bast-ball park, hand linir play. rs' contracts and writing :i,:.t' .li.cks are duties of Miss .M:uK:r-t 1 lonohue. secretary Of the club ar.d only woman executive In lb.- major bs-iKiie. A native of Hiiiilby. 111., sbe answered an ad v.nlwin. nt for a stenographer nitbout .ir.'iwnlnir she was froinR into liaseba.ll. Tho '.ubs have the !.';rcesi f.-mlnlne patronaire of any Ki. ball Huh. It Is said, and when ti..- r, nmd. led Cub park l opened hb .sprinK It Is to have two lounK niK rooms for women. The loungvs, at each in.l of tho stand, uphol- M. r. .1 in b ather, are the first to be pt;i .1 In a baseball park, arc :nlmiited free to one w.ek. ON . THAT basis alone, I select the to bacco that gives me pleasure in the great est measure. (I wasn't deliberately trying to make a rhyme.) That tobacco is' Prince Albert , '. . good old Prince Albert, ' known as The National Joy Smoke and for good reason! ; Have' you never known the thrill., of opening -a tidy red tin of this fine old. favorite and inhaling that wonderful fra grance? Have you.never sat at" one end of a pipe with P. A. at the other end and tasted that marvelous smoke? Then it's high time to start! . 4 . Buy yourself some Prince Albert to day.' Fill your pipe to the brim and light up. Notice how refreshingly cool it is, no matter how fast you feed it., Notice, too, that it is mild without sacrificing that full, rich body which you demand in a smoking tobacco. I tell you in all sincerity: If you have never smoked Prince Albert, you simply don't know how good that bid jimmy pipe can taste. No matter how satis fied . you think you are, try a tin of Prince Albert. " No friend ever gave you a straighter tip. V. A. U mli (rmv'frf in lUf rti Amtt found ni htll-pouni tin AninI. dart, ami pound tryitoi'tUn humidort with ipouttmoiiUmtT to. Andalutyt with evtry bit ol bit mud porch re Mere by tho Printi Aibtrt frottiu liiisi Albert the national joy smoke! 5b 1937, R. I. ftrywtlds Tobacco u-m-joiiy, V lUUn-AJCTB, N. C. MAY PAY TAXI :s celve from the estate, of Andrew Cnrnefcle. The redenil clrcuit oourt hief Justice! of up penly, overruling the district of C.rover court, holds the annuities are not exempt. An appeal to the supreme rim.xrjKUpHiA i Tafl and the widows I'levelund and Theidore Itnos-eveli are among severul relebrlties whu' court I likely. faee the prospect paying fedrml $1(1,000 a year, Mrs. iiu-umr taxes on annuities they, re- Mrs.' Roosevelt JSPCO, .Mr. Taft receives Preston un job with a hnnklng firm and motors to work daily with her father, Alm motie Dtipnut, president of the )J. 1. Dupont le Nemours and conv puny. METEORS? NO HYDROPLANES Women game sriMINHi ANRLK MAT MSHi: IIAMU Xt W STAIl of (.eorlrla Tech believe a r.ublc of late has turned to make Kd Itfttniii a possible International .iar in tbe next Olympic games. II .nun who could Jump !4 feet by tiikb B off on his right foot, suf fer' I a pralned ankle. This caus. . .1 mm to atart tukliig off on his i.fi fco'. and he worked up lo a u;"P of 22 feet. Now- Coach V.vin.lr says Hamm should be a t'ir In ihe "hop. step and jump" , vein of the Olympic by combin. intf his new skill. VKA. Wa.klagtea Bu THE BKLfJlAN a.-abasidir, llaroa Cartlrr 1e Mr cbienae. Is shown here In formal drei, whlrh official lit Washington adopt . on late vocations. ' 1-1 It Of VltOKlSIOSAI.S 1-OK II I I I. 1'I.AINS tM.l B l..o Illegal has signed as play- ivir prof sskmnl for the Kenlmoni country Hub. of Whltn naina wun I Jim mmal.lson as the teaching professional. With llegl to do th plnvlng and lymaldsoti tha t. aHillig the While IMalnsclub will be well re-presented In golf. Hecent llsputi-h s from London told of dlspusltton In Kngland to stress teaching rather than playing but the specialist In golf continues to find s p!.ixe In the Vnlte State North Carolina legislators are turning their fir on petting, t'n- i.Vtitbledty a law would slop this ,r;ietlce, f jai ii r i 1m m m: rl i i mm m 1 ill ii m - T sail i i ;n m ml id Invisible War Ray Is Carefully j Guarded by British Government LONDON. Keb. 21 (AP). The the receiving screen." ' I TlriUsh government is jealously j His associate. Captain O. ti. 1 ; - , ; guarding lta new war secret, a i Hutchinson, gwa even further, j WKD IX I.IOX'S CAGE mysterious Invisible searchlight ray "Attacking airplanes approaching' JEItSTiY CITY Married In'ii which makes It impossible for rn. under the cover of darkm-ns will ; lion's cao Krnent 1. Oervaia, enmy to conduct military ojera-1 lt- disclosed to the defending head- chnuffeur nnd his bride, ore on tlons at night unobserved. quarters by the electric eye of tho their honeymoon with a substantial It Is one Of the most formidable ! 1, ,evisor- Thf y wiI1 be followed i gift of cash and furniture. Toe war weapons yefc discovered, and ! hy searchlights emitting invisible . Lion's club nrmnged matters In it was discovered accidentally. -jraj-s, and as these rays will be order to help a chlldrens horne. A , unseen ny tnem. they will con-. trainer kept sharp watch on thri iinne to npproacn until, without warning, they are brought dowa by the guns of the defense." John I Baird. Inventor of tliV televisor, and the discoverer of tho ' mysterious ray, looks moie like a staid college professor thr.n a scientist who Is perfecting ' a powerful weapon for a powerful government. Ho accidentally stum- bled on the new ray while he was trying to periect t e apparatus with which broadcasts pictures by radio as far as 150 miles. It belongs in the Infra-redr sw tion of the pectrnm Outside the range of the human eye. His process Is to Isolate and use. tho ray which the human eye cannot see but which Is susceptnble of being recorded on his secret apparatus. Hy proper adaption of these j principles, ' pe disclosed, "it will be possible to se an enemy in the. dark when he believes himself be unobserved. 8o far we are. seeing over com paratively short distances, hut it has now become simply a question of certain etchnlcal improvements and the application of great j-r power in order to be able to see a person or a scene which is thous ands of miles distant from the point where we are looking into TIHKS OF SOCIAL WHIRL WILMINGTON. Del. Tired of television social life. Miss Mary Ilelin Du he now pont. debutante of a. venr n,i equestrienne Is learning to be a nurse. She's ft probationer in Ilalttmore. Her MMer Natntln hns a lionesses, but they sat perfectly still gazing at the bride and didn't even try to kiss her. WANTS IIIVOKCK , LOS ANf.ni.KK The former Kslelle Iliulley, who one was alius Atlanta ut the Atlantic City beauty pageant. Is seeking a divorce from Charles Ijimont. her director in the movies, whom she married a year or so ngn. Cruelty, coldness nnd indifference are charged. A bird looks dovrn from tha air and sees other great birds taking off. This unusual photograph M taken from an airplane look ing straicht down upon auadron of I'. S. navy seaplanes about tn aacend from the water of San Ltlegn. Cal..-. harbor during maneuvers of the IMclfic fleet. . . . Man's Body Taken From Under Slide TREKA. Cal.. Feb. !4 (API ' The body of Joseph Charles Wise, ! !. was recovered late Tuesday from a slide which burled a camp ' on Horse Creek during the flood conditions of Sunday. The workers were directed In their search by his widow who witnessed the ac- I cldent. I Wl wm caught In the slide a few minutes after he left Ms horns at the Norton camp where he was caretaker. His wife stood at the window of their home and saw tha I allde bury him. J Baske EASTERN OREGON DIST. NO. 1 it Ball Tournament HIGH SCHOOL GYM, UNION, Ore. FEBRUARY 24, 25 and 26 FIRST SERIES-THURSDAY Afternoon, 3:30 and 4:30 o'clock 2 games. Evening, 7:30 and 8:30 o'clock 2 games. SECOND SERIES FRIDAY Afternoon,. 1, 2, 3, 4 o'clock 1 games. THIRD SERIES-FRIDAY Evening, 7, 8, 9, o'cloek-3 games. FOURTH SERIES SATURDAY Afternoon, 2 and 3 o'clock 2 games. FINAL GAME Saturday Evening . Season Tickets .. .....Adult $3.00 Single Adm. -Adult .50 Saturday Eve ........AduIt .75 8 o'clock Student $1X0 Student e25 Student .50 tl
