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to (Granite limttttg (iteitrt GENERAL NEWS WANT ADS VOLUME. XXV. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1128. NUMBER 276 19 GARBER LEADING LEAGUE HITTERS King, of Pendleton, Sec ond Helms, La Grande, is Third with .311 Kor tho firat time tltiH season, a player outside of Uio La Grando club of tho, I II uc Mountain league leads in hitting. Thu slugging nia title, at t Ii end of 11 weeks, rcsts ou the shouldern of Gurhor, of lhiker, who has got un even dozen hii In weight guinea lor a percentage of .8 1 0. Clu.se behind Garner Is King, of Pendleton, who also plays basket ta!l during the winter with the Helix Kod Devils, with u percent age of 1 3. In third place is Jeputy Sheriff Amos Helms, other wise known us Spud, with .311. Garher took the lead with three hits tn four times at bat while Kins gal one In five and Spud drew & blank .in five trips to the plate. Jn figuring leadership in hitting, players who have been in lesB than eight games are not included. Team lfilthi Improves In team hitting, however, Grando climbed to second place duo to Walla Walla getting but two liltH against Krlckson's splendid hurling at ltaker. La Grando leads tiie league in fielding with a per centage of .900. Last Sunday found only 10 play ers in the Uluc Mountain league in action who have played In overy game. Ia Grando has one, Pendle ton four, Walla. Walla two and linker throe. They are: Kennedy, Si pes, Krlckson, Sweet, Bridge-1 water, Garrett, Cook, Walters, Hos- j pins and ucnns. j no season oiuciany cnua nexi Sunday with I-a. Grando playing at Wullu Walla in u contest that will liavo no bearing inasmuch as the ! 1'lrutes liavo already clinched tho championship In tho meantime, Halter will bo playing at homo ugainst Pendleton and the winner will finish inseeond place. Slugging Average's Individual Jiltting percentages follow: GP An H Pet Atm-chiHon. 1G ... 2 8 2 6 1 2 4 17 3 1 1 4 .SHU 3 .MO 1 .600 7 . .402 4 .304 !) .300 lirown, Itak Mnl.Viiil, link YiMincy, WW GliHisnur. WW llalliy, WW C 25 ISleKunnon. .:. (iarluT. IJiiUer ..... KiHK 1'ellU ......... ...2 G 2 ... 38 12 .... 9 32 10 .1L 45 14 ...1 1 47 14 ..40 42 12 ... 34 9 ...11 no 13 ...H 43 11 ...11 47 13 ...2 8 2 ...1 1 52 13 ...11 4a 12 ...II 45 11 ... 3 13 3 .333 .310 3i' Holina, J.... Wultul'H, I'cnd .280 .204 2U0 250 -r'5 l'lllxltu, link Kowitm, link Cook, I'l'lld Hrlckuoli, ltuk Kfpi'M, Itukcr Ak-xumliT. I.G Sv.t, WW .250 .245 .24 4 .23 1 Hopkins, JN'nU Giirri'tt. rinl Kdwiirils, WW ..... lliitton, i'l-nil li'MBiator. WW. ... 2 5 ...11 40 ....11 47 .. 1) 22 .10 30 ...10 37 ... 0 25 ... 0 13 ... 2 7 ... 3 8 ... 2 a ...10 31 ... 2 7 ... 1 B ... 1 3 2(,u 195 K-mit'ly, liak 'ai-i'ta, J vmi OlKUIl. I'l'llll llarwi'tt, 1'i'tnl ..... KniKht, l.! Mariltn, WW IlilMHi'll, Jtak JiarnlKon, I.C! Gailly, l.O MU-liuWIs. WW Itii vi r. I.G ...llltllT, l.O Hill. WW - 1C7 ,e- . I l)U .164 .143 .125 .ill .097 .000 .000 .000 Team averages Cor games follow: tho first 11 Fielding All H Pet. 4 15 100 .255 390 !I8 .247 391 95 .242 420 92 .2f 9 linker I.a Grande .. Walla Walla rendietuu Jlittliw A K l'ct. 123 23 .950 Grande I'endleton 3 1 2 321 112 31 .933 I Baker i Walla. Will lu 313 127 33 .930 ....273 129 62 .880 California Girl Best Athlete In Olympic Try-out NKWAIIK. N. J., July 5 (AP) Kltu Cartwritfht of the. Northern California Athletic club toilay was acclaimed as the country's best girl track athlete. Competing In the women'M national championships and the tryonts to Select tho first women Olympic team ever to rep- H'Mcnt thu I niled States, sho en- J-red three events, all tiiat th t gulations allowed, Und won ull I In the Ainerlcnn h-agne rnm f them. palgn to see whether tho Yankees She ipialified for the Olympic i can win II 7 games and ho beat the i am by winning the 100 meter try- record of the l'.t06 Cuba, the Sen- fnut event, and enptured national r eitampionships in the M yard dash and broad jump. Her feats helped Slier team roll up the total of 52 ; points to capture first place in the leani scoring. The Pasadena, (Cal- ifornia A. ('.). took second place fwiih 17 points and the Boston V. women's swimming association was third with K Miss Cartwright :7W-hose home is in Kureka, Cal., Is a school teacher 2ft years old. i In adlition to Miss Cartwright v;3 S girls were selected fop the Olym- Uic team. J tk;i:iit r.AI'DS J-H t'l.l'H WASHINGTON (Al') Address ing the neeond annual nation 4-H Jr i ,i e ,. V f education, said "this erent or-1 uu ui Kins in iiit ...... vi murui.ii nit' Uliu la KU- !Ug to make a eontrlbullnn nnnn nf is can measure nt this time to the utuie economic -life of the country mm OLYMPIC HOPES D. ABBOTT Davkl Abbott, captain ot tho cliumplonnliip Illinois truck houuiI this , year, lu in u bud iot. -ic a natural two-miler. but ho will have to KO for longer distuncoM if hj wants to make the Olympic Jaunt to.1 Amsterdam this yeur. Alftiott crashed through with now records for his favorite event in tho Bin Ten moot as well as the national lntcrcollenlales tills year. He wus first in tho conference moot with . tho tUno of of 9:23 7-10 und he ran first in the intercollcKlutos in 0:28 8-10. Ho.fs training now for tho final trials ut Huston in July, and lllnola officials uro confident that ho will make tho squad. They say ho's' good enough to go in the 5000-meter race, tho event he'll try for. S . If Fourth of July Theory Is True, Yankees and Cardinals Will Stay Up Aim-rkan Licagut: SI millings - , W. 1. l'ct. Niuv York : 64 18 .7511 43 31 '.681 38 37 .507 -....35 40 .407 .'..33 41 .440 '. 32 42 .432 30 40 .429 29 45 .392 H.ia.himdi'.lphlu Kt. l.ollls .. clnvulund . (Washington ICIilcngo ... n0!,t011 ...... Uctrolt ' National Lcntio StiinilhiK W. I.. .:.47 28 41 27 43 34 42 34 38 33 32 29 23 4 0 21 40 rvt. .027 .0113 .658 .653 .635 .451 .333 .313 Kt. I. oil Is New York 'Cincinnati Vliii niro .. Hrooklyn I'lttsburir Hoston il'hiladolphia vlly (ho A.ssiH'iiitiMl Press A theory exists, that the teams in the lead of the Fourth of July also will be on ton in late Henteniber or ) pa,.y October at the closo of the niujor league pennant campaigns. ir ti,i wuro ion pol. ct.nti true, tho Yankees nnd the Cardinals could save much trouble for ult concern ed by starting the world series im mediately. The Giants closed out their in-tra-sectionul campaign Ht the polo grounds yesterday by dividing a double header with Hrooklyn. Dazzy' Vance snapped a Giant streak at eight straigfit by rolling tiie homo entry. 8-3 in the opener, but Lurry Iteiiton came back in tile second clash to hang up his four teenth victory and his seventeenth complelo game in seventeen starts. The score was 5 Jlivhlc Wild (James The Cardinals and the Cubs di vided two wild games which de veloped merely Into a back ground at hoin; run atruggle between Hack Wilson and Kunny Jim liottomlcy. Kneh Klugger gathered two, leav ing Wilson in the lead of the league, IS to 17. The Cardinals won by 11 to 6 and tho Cubs bv lfi to !i. Hope flamed anew in Cinrinnall nts the- Iteils plunged tho l'lrates further Into the depths by taking morning and afternoon decision at . .m)(.H field. 0-0. nnd 11 to 3. Tho htnives dropped another to tho j I'htn-toiis rallies 10-0. but rain f prevented further carnage. Yankees Break Kwn mors held the champions to an !even break 2-5 and 5-4 The Athletics turned bark the Ked Sox. 5-4 and ,11 to 3. The Mack men so shaved a full giimc from tiie lead of the champions. Detroit and Cleveland divided a double .hill, 5-10 and 4-3. The St. I, mils Hrowns nnd Chica go W li.lt e Sox also split u double header 1 1-8 and 1-0. Tfle debut of Kd Walsh Jr.. late of Notre Dame was an iiriHiierPss- fu one. but he showed he has th nitchlng goods. The Hn.wns Ixmched hits on him for five runs in the fourth and he was relieved to nwall a better day. Hay Sehalk celebrated young Walsh's debut by catching him In person. Schalk just previously had . - . i been named manairer nro tern. nnd to future citizenship." Thirty nine sttites sent delegate to the camp, which closed June 26, BEAVERS BREAK. ' EVEN ON HOLIDAY Pacific Oon-st Lcuxim Standings W. I 4, l'ct. Han Francisco Sacramento - Hollywood Seattle - Portland M ission l.os Angeles Oaklnd 3 2 2 1 1 tl 0 0 1000 0" 10(10 1 .007 1 .007 2 .333 3 .333 2 .000 3 .000 Hy tlio AnkocIhkmI lress Portland and Hollywood 8pHt n double bill, the I leu vera winning the fiiHt 13 to H and dropping tho second, 3 to 4. 1'orthind got 1 7 hits in the first tilt, hut wiih stop ped with three In tho second. Bat teries: Shcllenhnck, Kinney. V. Murphy. A1 ulcahy and llassler; Tomlin, -French, Haecht, anil Itego. Second game: McCabe and Agnew; Yerkes, I'onder and Kego. . Slugging the ball to all corners of the lot, the Seals continued their peimant winning pare with a pair In regnrtl in one paint .-ale next Saturday we are moving out 7UO gallons at !.. per uallmi. One man is fixing up an uhl lniue (o M'll und he is ftoiug; to iim a tian llty. Another man Is going to I miIiiI n burn and Micie an prub ubly n lot tif othei-H or the same opinion. 1 know nie time lat fall u made n paint Mile like thin ami iH-lwcrn ti and 9 oVh;c-k in the iiionihig wo hutl dd ovtT M)0 pal hms. If you om't txuim In. just phone nml t II tis to set n.lde m iiiajiy HallutiM for you. I luUl tju tmvit lM'forr It w.i-n'1 Momut'li paint Hint you will Ik; huhig for l.0.- a gallon. Wo have I lie I ted Sit nnd field fencing (hat's N't ler fencing for low money. I will tell yon mote I alMHil tlu cfMlar slihtiile mrl what j tho new price will Ik just as mmhi n v ni'ehe tlH liuttlrt on a car Hint Is mi the rtnd. We git n Hue : from the l lali csl fh-liN that leIN tist that there will lie no reduction t hi coal iirlc4N this Miiunier, Claude C. Pratt Lumber Co. We Sell For Casli "riie 1'oor lan I'rieivl" Kear Fcnindry ' Pliono Mala 218 No buadar Biulau of victories over Oakland, B to 3, and lfi to 7. In tho Ttrst game San Francisco collected 13 hits and I ill tho second 3 safe wallops. Averlll hit a homer in the first Itllt and gut Tour hits in the boc Umd, .while Suhor crashed out three ' dmihit t and a single In the second affair. Hatteriea: Oaglia. Humovieh jund I.ombardl: Matls and Vargas, ' Spring. Second game: Hpai ks. jltasty. Wetzel and Itoad; lteuthcr and Hprinz, Heed. " . - Senators I ndereatt Sacramento stayed with tho Seals as t,he only undefeated tram in thu second half of tho coast league sea son by winning1 a double- header I 1928 The American Tobarro urilliunt Slur ol "lliij Uoyul luunly" 11 lj4llPlllilllllllli(ilUllllllllUUU . ' from I. os Angeles. Thu scorea woro la 1 to 7 and 3 to I). I Tho first tilt was marked by freo hitting, eaeli team Beorlng six runs in the first inning, whtlo tho sec ond mov Keating held tho Angels to three hits. llatteries: Kiinn, Gou hi nnd Koehler, Woutherhy Wright, liters and Hannah. Sec ond game: Keating and Severuld: Cunningham, Plltt, Pet era and &tndberg. Sea 1 1 lo rove rtf ed f or m 1 o win a double vletory over the Missions, (1-3 and 5-1:. Itrynn nnd Cole, In dian twirlers, bath were stingy with their hilH. Jack Sherlock was tho Indian hero, get t Lug seven hits In "It must be tlic toasting which makes Lucky Strikes easier on die throat than any other cigarette. I've tried them all and Luckies are the only cigarette which keeps my voice clear. It's easy to understand why so many men. like them." It's to Co., Manufacturers eight appearances during tho two 1 games. Batteries: Nover and Whit ney; Mlrynn und Parker. Second Kme: Pillette and tmiuwin, wiilt ney; Colo und Schmidt. 'I''ltl-:N'1.MAX, SO, 1KA1S j coi ntkymi:n in hi kim.s PAItIS (Al) -Th veteran luint ' ler, Georgo Andre, at thu ago of 39, ..looms as the moat formidable. French contender In Iho 4'0 me tres hurdles. Like Claroneo do j Mar, Host on marathon star, Andro 'seems to improve with age. Andro j represented France at London, ' 11)08; Stockholm, 1012; Antworp, 1 1920, ant) Paris, 103.4. .. , Boston Union Boat Club Loses Race ; 1IHNLUY. Kng.. July & (AT) Tho Loudon rowing club defeated jthe llostun I'nion boat club by a jhair lensth in tho rirst round of the Grande (.'huUcugu cup at the ; Henley regatta today. Tho I Una' was 7 minutes 12 seconds. j In a blustering head wind tho 1 11 ton eight put up a great race. 'mailing It ding dong struggle all the way. Thu Huston crew nosed ahead of tho Londoners near tho 'finish hut lost thu lead again In 'the last 1M) yards. aste -year fzttrtictirtvf CilRh IjKADS BOYrV TEAM IS V. S. KASTD LOT UDUIKS CLINTON", Ind. ( AP)--A, hard playing girl short stop leads a team of boys In th - American Legion sand lot series. Slio Is Margaret Glolo, 14, and she has played baseball since her very little girl days. : She won her position on the Btanford Cubs by' I her ability as a 'ball player nnd she holds It Irt the sanio way. With 1 ! her boyish hair cut and throwing jarm that eiuuls that of any boy j on tho,, team, she attracts little no- -Jtico by virtue ot her sex. ; : I I
