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Tuesday, April 26,' 1927.
Page Two .
LA (JKANIJE EVENING OBSERVER
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SPORT NEWS
li CHAMPS DJ FRONT
0 : IN BOTH LEAGUES,
Phillies Grip Second
Place in National Sen
' ators Trim Yankees
I.KAfilR
W. I..
Pet.
.067
.til
..'iK.l
..'.71
.600
.455
.417
.Hill
Tew FrK , S
HJ. Jxiula 6
WuaHtngton 7
IKIrolt : 4
(Miiladetpliio, - li
fjeveland 6
Chicago I
Boston
, i' 'XATJOXAIi I.M(;i7i
. : w. I
ft Louie tv -.7 J
Pjitsburg ; 7 I
jjjjew Torlt ...... . 7 4
(Uilladclphi 7 4
CSton ...........
l?.lcago 4 t
ftnclnnall 3 t
m-ooklyn 2 1(1
Pcf.
.700
.03S
.636
.6.16
.671
.4111
.27
.107
rj. By I ho AsKMiainl PreM
yll&vlwr played - sr-mwiionat and
MMitiliitent basebull, the Philles,
V4iom the experts conslfrned to the
foond' division at the niart of the
foson, had a Kpikehoid on second
lace in the National league today.
HIUftKlttff harked hy tiffht pltch-
tifr and fielding enabled them to
rut the Boston Braves, 12 to 4
stordaj.
".Another fftriklnr thing about
irt standings today Is the fact
(he -Yankees and the Cardinals
head their respective leagues at
ihtri early season date In ll27. Jus.
Miere ihey ood at the end of
May In 192S.
i 'The Ht. !xul Curds rose to the
rightful place of a world champion
lijf defeating the Pirates who had
pttn breexlng along in leud. The
OHly run of the gamo was Douth-
r'r homer in the sixlth, which was
nougti Io win for thu Cardinals,
t to o.
f : Itrmvns Heaten
O'he
irRrne I
Browns, finally dropped a
to thfi Clevelund IinllmiM, 9 Io
It' )
Just above it horn, the- Yankees
lipld on rirst position weakened
a' lid In as they lost to the Senators,
& to 4.
Sloven runs In one Inning brought
victory to the Cincinnati RedA It
to 9, over tha cubs.
After relieving lied Faber und
chocking a Jetrolt rally, fleorgo
Connally. Whlfa Sox pitcher,
knocked a single In tho tenth with
.MeCurdy on secoin cinching tho
gamo, 7 to 6.
Cold winds froite out the sehcil-
nl-d go between thn Athletics and
Bed Box at Boston, whim tho i
Ulanla and Jtoldns had a day off.
; rnr.svn ai oi:imias
. M-rr fiTAJt T MV.KT
PAfllR I'rench and German
iennla followers will bury the hnt
ch,t .a llttln deeper at the French
International Tlnrdcourt cliamplon
ships in. May. f
. At least , Hireo fireman players
will nter, Ihe first player from
over (he llhlne permitted In a reg
istered French competition since
O. ' Prolxlielm and t)r. Helms
landman, (b rman stars of the first
magnitude, will dlspule the tourney
with Tllden. Henri rochet. Ite-ne
llcoste and Jean Rorotra and oth--rs.
A German woman player, as
yet unnamed, will also be entered.
Krot2tielm is well known In In
ternational tennis. He ill-iputcd tho
All Kngland final at Wimbledon In
ilI4 Willi Norman Rrookes. a few
weeks beforo tho Or'.at War bioko
-out.
i-Star Runner,
' tif vs &au . v. :x x '-4
if -V: 1
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4ere Captain Fred Alderman of
tie Michigan Htate relay team,
yonsldercd the bs-ikbone ol Ihe
fnartet that perlarmed In lensa
!pul fashion In the Texas relays.
rV team la considered probable
rlDDtr of the Ohio relays lata In
VfZ ','
DeperidaDte
Values
Tennis Sharks
A,Bh"s? thi
I'll!- annual 1a Grande high ten
nlit tournament U being played l hi
'wk and Is expected to he fin
ished liefore Saturday, when the
ffrKl lnlrwhMtarle rr,,feh nr i h.
j season will-be played at t'nlon.
. Coach Tan MacKerucie . reports
that arrangvnient" 'are also bring
inado to. play the Baker team at
Hake
' May 7. Inasmuch as lhn
Oregon, track - meet will Ik
I-ji 1
staged at Baker In Ihf ufternoon.
the lenols matches will be played
in tho morning.
Javelin Presented
To La Grande Team
A javelin, whlcrh was used prior
to the world war, ha been pre
sented to the Ixi Ornnde high
school track and ffeid team, Kast
rn (Oregon champions since l25,
by Irr. J. I. Ingle, formerly a blue
and whrte athlete.
Captain Kermlt Pavlrf, half
rnller, on behalf of the track squad,
exproKiied appreciation of the girt.
Trl CHAMPKI.
. H f AIW KMCKIKS
AI'firPTA. ()a. A new costume
for the clay courts, resembling
men's golf garb, has been Intro
duced by Clara fxiufse Zlnke, 18-year-old
Cincinnati girl, who has
Just been crowned Kouth Atlantic
women's- tennis7 champion. Kh
plays In knickers, ft V sweater and
a shirt open at the: collar. The
combination seem to ho effective
for she davhed throrj-tt ths tourna
ment here to win a thrtillnjr final
match against Klfca Cox, of Ashe
vllle, M. r.
Miss Zlnke, with Charge l-ott,
also won the mixed doubles cham
pionship by defeating Miss Cok
In ml J
City.
and Fred Hnggs, of New York
synopsis of the Annual Htutenient
of the
voRWICH SHS fIRK INM'R-
A.NCK MH im, MMITKD
Of Norwich. Kngliind, In tha King
dom of Or eat Britain, on the thirty
firt day or December, 192C, made
tn the Insurance Commissioner of
the Hint of Oregon, pursuant to
law:
CAPITAL
Amount of copltMl
stock paid up I C60,0fl0.on
i INCOMK
',et premiums received
during the year 14. 345. .1X7.4(1
Jnierext, dividends and
rent received dur-
Inx the year 2S5.0HS.12
Income from other
sources received dur
Ink the year 54.7JI.34
Total Income 14,725.041!. 2
iJISBt'RSEJIK.V'M
Net losses paid during
tha year Including
,t I i, . 1 nr e n I I
.9 .07 (,1(1 31 '
Dividends paid on cup-
Itul sloek durlnu Ihe
year None
CornmlsslonH and sal-
arles paid during the
Taxes, licenses und
fees paid during the
year 102,301.32
Amount of all other
expenditures &7I.249.S
Totnt expenditures $4.m2,12 'l
ASSKTS
Value of real estate
owned (market val
ue) t J 75,000.00
Value of stocks and
bonds owned (mar
ket value) M40.42H.II4
Loans on mortgages
and collateral, eic None
f.'ah In hanks a.id on
hand and other de
posits 2SS.B84.4t
Premiums In course of
collection written
since He;,!. IS, il 1.09,J70.2'J
Interest and rents due
and accrued and
other assets J44.S20.Sr,
Ileitis, due on paid
losses 1,111.63
Total admlKrd
assets 17.551. H0J.S6
1IAHI1.IT1KK
CroxN claims for losses
unpnld I Mt.M0.ii
Amount of unearned
premiums on all out
standing risks 4.45J.JS0.O.1
Jue for Commlsslofl
and brokerage 16.onn.fto
All other liabilities .... 1gl.l7S.u3
Total liabilities, ex
clusive of capital
stock of 15,196.317.53
HU8INI3S8 I OREOO.V FOR
TUB TBAR
Mel premium received
during the year I 74.441. 3')
lxa paid durlrut the
year 47.IM.40
basse Incurred during
(he yeer 4.3.
NORWICH V.VION FIRB INRUK-
AVCB eWTIETT. I.IMITBD
Frank V. Hunter, manager. Statu
tory reelilent attorney for ,ervlcet
K. li, Colllnib
! STANFORD RATED
Eiit
m. m.
Ks Iff U::.;
Py winning trum the I'nlverwtty of Calffornln. 90 S-3 Io 40 13.
(be Stanford tnlverity track; team ertiabfished itnelf as favorite
to win eiiiMt honor and probnbly win enxiern honor uk well at the
1. C. 4-A at Philadelphia. Ftel-hirt uthletex carne through with
Kplemlid perforrnunceK acnini wind which cut down track times
and made fleM records unrecordnble. Here are Ward f-Mmtimti
ilefij Is-yenr-iild wphmore pole vault marvel, and "Mud" Spencer,
former hurdler, wh haw cuiue wlililn a fraction of betterlnK the
4-tO-yard record.
Catherine Creek
Yields Big Trout
' I Nlb.V. Orr., ApV. 20 (Kpcrlul) 1
KVfral irooi ratrh-H of rulnhow
trout hnv hn iw-nipd from tho
wal'-rj. of t'athrlnp rrk atnro .
jthf ffHhlnir si-utuin opf-nod.
I Somr of ihp flHh rauKht mfo- '
uri-d nor than S Inches in IfnKth,
t!ifs Inrxor onfa probably hcinr
Home of thorn whli-h w.ri turnf-il ,
Into the Btrf-am from thf halrhfry
ponda laat HpririK- i
Sona Writer Is
Seriously
NKW YOrtlC. pr. ! (AD
Irvinir DiTlln. aonif wrltir. haa
hci'n 111 at hia Iioiiip hvrv for aov
.ral duya with a heavy cold, his
huslnf.Ha aaaorlatea aiiid today.
They denied reports that he was
ta-rioualy III. It naa aaid the rold
wa caused hy the chanite In cllin
aie upon his recent return from
Klorlda.
HAItff KKOONIli BAIKil'.rt
TO WIN MM! I.KITKItS
MAMKON. Wis. Behind liomo
plate on western conference base
ball diamonds Moltic Itarnum Is
wlnnliiK his ninth rarslty letter
from Ihe I'nlverstly of Wisconsin.
Only once before In Badtfer his
tory hu an athlete won nine let
ters in major sports, He was Ftol
lie Williams, who finished four
years ago.
Harntim. pinylnn footbsill. has
Ketball and baseball, has managed
to beat Ihe student average In
scholarship as well. He played
halfback on lhn gridiron and guard
In basketball. Ho came from
Kvansvllle, Wis.
r. k. rii'KNs niDK
SAN KHANVIHrO. Apr. Z (AP)
'l hn United States army district
engineers here opened .bids late
yesterday for Ihe Humboldt tay
Jelly work. The only bidder was
A. B. Tern of Portland, whose f.
giires were $:l.!n a Ion for heavy
!"""". " ;l s0 n ,nn for '',n,
u "'"" No arUon U,i,,n
thf lild.
married men are nol the
I only ones who have to eat humble
I Pie.
STAGES LEAVE
FROM La GRANDE DEPOT
'Phone 799'
Travel in our ,
Modern Chair-Car Stages!
Leave
La Grande for Joseph . . . 9:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m.
La Grande for Baker, Boise 1:25 p.m.
La Grande for Baker only 9:25 a.m. 5:30 p.m.
La Grande for Pendleton 11:00 a.m. 3:30 p.m.
(Connections at Pendleton for Walla Walla mJ Taico)
Leave La Grande
For Portland at 11:00 am,
Fare $9.50, Round trip $16.00
Jot ' arii0
TRACK FAVORITE
e.EA
U 11,1, t'OAt'M (AKOI.IA
ItAI-KFOrf. N. c. (AP) North
j f'orolina Htate. in lis plan to
send a stroiiK team Io thn gridiron
neit fall. m ohtuined Kdliff It.
Slanrhler 'of l.oui.n'ille. Ky., 1'nl-
iverslly of .Michigan icuard, as assis
tant coach.
Iisl season Rlai-phler vian nssls
Innt coach: at the I'niverslty of
Wisconsin.
' In 1!4 he won a place on Wal
ter Camp's All-Ameriean cam.
Otis Tehell. State's head coach,
, is a former Wisconsin player.
BIG
REWARD
7
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worst tire
See our prize an
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windows and in
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1411' Adams Ave.
Oregon
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La Grande
vf:nxiinA vs ruof.RA.Ms
Th National Hroadoanrlne coin
pany proKriim for Wednesday i
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ltuyu ur' inchnlcd. j
C:3ft to 8. ilinnfr ronr-rt: 8 to 1,
Kliidto jiro(;rum.
KKX Portland (447m-C7lkr)
G:3u to 7:3o, dinm r music. K to H.
tlunc hitod: II to 1, midnight.
KOO (jnkland (3Clm-iS0kr) C.I
littU- t:yu: phony; 1;&6, news, hafwi. !
hull: H, Turin pfotfrmn. j
KOA l'iiv-r (3J'2m93ikr) j
dinner concert: G:::o. pro-!
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protfrain; .
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7:16. fliudlo program.
Kl'l I.os AnKehs (tr(7m-r.4tikc)
7:4. Mm- MinK'-r: s. mule iniartei; -
lit. rlamlc music.
. Kfil Portland ( 3 1 m-f4nkc ) ;
C io 7. dinner cono-rt; 8 io 9.
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KOW Ponland 01m-6.nkc) 7
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KTAH Oakland (302.8m.ii90
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KKOA Prattle (4f4ni-fko
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H. hoof talk: K:30 io 9 and 10 to
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BORTOM Trains from a sroro
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Athhtlcs on the first folleffe
Trniae proved the practlcahility of
competition wHh foreign teama
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