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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. ;
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