La Grande evening observer., March 19, 1930, Page 7, Image 7

Wednesday, March 19, '1930
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
Page Seven
ATHLETICS WILL
START SAME NINE
World Champions Seem
on Upgrade Mahaffey
is Recruit Pitcher.
Hy Ainu Gould
(Associated Press Sports Editor)
1'OItT MYERS. Via., Mar. 19
(Al) Although llio full cast ot
wurld'H chuJiililons, for various
reasons, Ims nol been completely
reassembled In trulnlnK ennrp, thero
..m.eurs amplo Justification for the
confidence umong tho Athlotlcs
ttiat they will enjoy unuuiur sea
son's run ut tho top of tho Ameri
can leoguo heap. ,
The benign lender, 67-year-old
Mfonnle Mack, and hlB ngllo men
"ain holding baseball's highest of
fice with nn outfit that seems to
be decidedly on tho upgrade, rath
r than showing uny signs of dis
integration. Tho burden of proof
Is on the Beven other clubs und so
far, with tho exception of tho Now
York Yankees, no particularly
damaging evidence has been of
fered. Tho Sumo Team
The Athletics, barring accidents
will take tho field to defend their
honors this year with tho same
team that scampered victoriously
from tho world's series Uttlllo Willi
the Cubs last (jctouer.
Mux Ulshup, tho second sncker,
reported later; Ulng Miller, vet
dull outfielder, loolc a week awuy
from camp for his honeymoon;
and Al Simmons, thu cleanup slug,
ger, has conditioned himself at
Hot Springs, rather than run tho
risk of Imperilling his somewhat
lender ankles on Florida sand, but
all three stars will bo at their
regular posts when tho season
opens.
Mack Is tho only manager In
either league able to stand pat on
his 1929 lineup. As a result ho
and his chief aides. Kddie Collins
anil Kid Glcasoh, have concen
trated on inspection and develop
ment of n wholesale crop of
youngsters. Many of them to bo
tagged lor future delivery.
Rcui'tlils Look Good
Tho net profits of the training
siege are likely to show in better
reservo strength and in at least
one important addition to the
pitching staff that is already among
the best in either league. Tho out
standing twiiiingnowcomor is Lf
roy Mahaffey, a big .South Caro
lina right hander, who came to
tho A'h via Portland of tho I'nclfic
Coast league. Ho has shown suf
ficient stuff to slump him as n
probable starting regular.
The tip-off on Maliaffey's abil
ity is the fact that the players call
him "Kpeed" on a club which
boastr. three of tho greatest fast
ball flingers In the game In Lefty
Grove, ltubc Walberg and big
George Karnshaw. The big recruit
is expected to t round out a five
man starling siaff with Texas Hill
Shores. This would permit Mack
...in
y?l 1929, Lcarrr Mnu Tciacco Co.
SIX WORLD'S
llelon Mmllson, of Scuttle, TucMluy bruko six world's records
luring ono swim at llio Lackawanna pool hero. Tlio records
wcro for frco style swimming, 200, 220, :t(IO, 100, 410 and BOO
yards over tho short course. The A. A. V. timer announced
the new marks ns follows: 200 yards: 2:2:1 coiuimi'Ctl with llio
old mark of 2:2.1 2-5. S00 yards: :i:4l Compared Willi 3:47 2-5.
100 yards: five minutes flat, the old record being 5:15. 4:40
yards: 3:31 3-3 ujmlnst tlui old mark of 5:48. BOO ranis 0:17
coiiiiinrcd with 6:70. Mis Madison tried for tho 100-yard
record but fulled. -Miss ICIeanor Holm, New York aquatic star,
shattered the record for the 100-metr buck .stroke, nuiklng
the dlsluiico 111 1:22 3-5, compared with tho old record of
1:23 2-5.
to hold in reserve, for relief duty
or un occasional starting turn,
three such able veterans as iiddie
Rommel, old Jack Quinii, . ad
mits to 41 years, und Howard
Klinike, world's series hero, serv
ing also as a pitching coach this
spring.
HOY .M1LLIONAIRU DIES
NEW YORK. Miir. 19 (AD
Haul Brown. 3d. 17-year-old mil
lionaire, died of pneumonia yes
terday at tho home of his mother,
Mjrs. Bess Masterson Brown, 75
Central Park West.
'lwo. years ago ho inherited $1,
1S0, 000.. from his grand fat her.
Paul Brown, St. Louis sportsman
and broker who died In Colorado.
a hostess it's
CHARM
RECORDS
KLAMATH Ml-'.N IN" HACK
KLAMATH KALI A Ore., Mar.
19 (API l-'our Klamath Kails
men last night announced Inteji-
lion of entering the race for state
representative from this district
comprising Klamath. Lake, Des
chutes and Crook counties. They
nro: A. W. Schaupp, city attorney
here: A. L. Rice, Klamath Kails
building Inspector;. Cliff Dunn,
contractor, and Perry O. Delnp,
merchant. Ralph Hamilton, f
Bend, also announced his can
didacy. HAVANA "Miss America" und
"Miss Utah" contest right to repre
sent America nt Illo Jancrlo beau
ty pageant.
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CM sterfield
RULING AIMED
AT FOULS IN
BOXING RING
KKW YORK, Mur. 10 (AD
Opening vigorous wurfaro on foul
fighting, tho New York state box
ing commission decided TueBday
that boxers under its jurisdiction
who commit a foul shall bo sus
pended automatically for two
months for tho flint offense, four
months for the second, six months
for the third, and shnll bo barred
permanently lifter four offenses.
. Tho new rule Is to bo effective
Immedlatoly.
Under tho New York stuto rules
boxers who lose on u foul aro paid sL.ilmellng, Camera. Cninpolo, Ris
only for tho rounds they complote.vko Griffith and now, tho talk of
It was further decided that uny , Jaek Dempsey's como-bnek, to keep
boxer licensed In this stnto whOitl,0 BteaM UD In the ballyhoo cnl-
competcs elsewhere against a man
under suspension hero for fouling
shall bo suspended hlniBelf.
As n further attempt to curl) tho
foul epidemic, tho commission
inpimsizeu me '7" ',,":,. longer. Sharkey lias had tho natur
hns tho power to decide Immedl-i 1 . . . .
ately whether n foul has been com
mitted without stupplng the fight
to find out.
Over Night News
(Hy Tlio Associated Tress)
Dottuisllo
WASHINGTON l'rbvlslons for
censorship of book imports restor
ed to tariff bill.
CHICAGO Newspapers say Cu
pone has returned here.
WASHINGTON Justice ile-
iparltnent reporis incrcuau ui
vlctlons. pleas of guilty, jail sent
eiices and fines of dry-law viula
j tors. ' '
SAN ANTONIO llrooks Kluld
stenographer denies instigation ur
I rest of Major Charles A. Shepard
I held in Denver, Colo., on churgo
(of poisoning wife,
j ATLANTA State health board
I laboratory director says 370 per
Isons ill .southern states reported
i. suffering from Juiiialca-ginger
paralysis.
NHWCASTLK, I'll. Irene Memo
eder denied confession to prisoners
in Phoenix, Ariz., Jail, that sho shot 0d, though ho probably will bo bc
Pennsylvanla highway officer. I fore the summer is over. Cam
WASHINGTON Secretary Davis polio is still In tho curly stages of
says he will do nothing to embar- development, after only 14 fights,
rass Hoover In his campaign but ho lias a terrific punch. Griffith
against Senator Grundy for the re- '. has stoadlly Improved. And Hemp
publicnn senatorial n.)ilnaUon In ' soy still can PUNCH, even though
inn.,uU'niiir, 'iho nld mauler's legs are far from
WASHINGTON Aeronautic as -
Hocintlon approves light piano al-
tltude record of 24.074 fct mucie The point about Dempsey Is that
by J). S. Zininierley at St. Louis, 1 110 matter who ho takes on, ho can
Feb. Hi. still pack 'oni in nt tho gate. This
lmign happens to bo a vital factor at a
LONDON Dally Express says moment when promoters nro tlnd-MacDonald-Stlmson
difference Ois-, jnpr n good portion of tho hcavy
turbs naval conference. , weight crop moro of u liability thun
IIKXK'O CITY Texas oil op- an ussct when It comes to check-
erntor held by bandits.
MONTE CARLO Politburo fails
to settlo matrimonial, differences of
price nnd princess of Monaco. "
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras C.
15. Rollins, manager of tho United
Kruli company, commits suicide.
SUCH POPULARITY MUST BE DESERVED
SpOtft
Slants
lan J.Gould
Tho fistio fiasco of Miami did
not do a lot to help clear tho heavy
weight atmosphere, except to dis
pose of Phil Scott, and tho compli
cations still aro rnnvuant, with
liopo . . .
Mnx Schmollng Is tho "man to
beat" nnd Shnrkey seems elected
to try to do It in Juno In a decisive
match. For fully two years, If not
al equipment necessary to land hlni
on top of the heavyweight heap
but tho big Lithuanian lacks the
virtuo of consistency. Whother it
Is duo to nervousness or ovor
anxlety, tho sailor has a habit of
muffing his best chances. Ho did
It against Dompsey. Hoonoy, Rlsko.
Ilo was nwuy off-color against
Scott, even though he emerged with
a questionable tochnlcal knockout
to his crodlt.
Sharkey, most of the critics be
lieve, will bo beaten by Schmollng
If ho Is as wild and crratio ugulnst
tho German cloutor as ho -was
against Scott. Schmollng will not
bo hitting on tho run ns Scott did
nor will his mind be concontrntlnff
on tho possibility of fouls. This
foul business is nn obsession, ap
parently, with Scott. Schmollng
on tho other hand, ,1s a natural
mixer nnd slugger, with a right
hand packed with dynamjlo. No
ono has yet beaten up Johnny
ltlsko in tho thorough fashion that
Schmollng did a year ago. As a
matter of fact, for all tho pound
ing ho has taken, Rlsko nt Miami
looked
tough enough 'to navo
taken" anyone elso on the card,
including Sharkey ...
I Camera has yet to bo fully test-
'spry enough to match him with any
rough, fawt-movlng youngster.
1 ing up tho guto receipts. Tho flop
uf Miami Is still fairly fresh in
mind ...
I
Not since tho famous Waners
ennic up to muko their marks in a
big way have any palr of brothers
LOOKING OVER
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Coaches of the St, louts Browns going over training plana with
Manager Bill Killefer at their spring camp In West Palm Beach, Fla.
Left-to right: Lena Blackburne, Killefer and Jimmy Austin.
brokou into tho baseball show as
Impressively us tlio l'orroll broth
ers Wesley, pitching aco of tho
Cloveland Indiana last' season, nnd
Richard, regarded by Manager Bill
Kllietor of tho Browim uk ono of
tho greatest catching prospects to
como up In years.'
Wesley is tho younger of tho two,
being 22 to Dick's 24, but ho is
blggor also. Tho pitching Unit ot
tho brother net Is C foot, 3 Inches
tall nnd weighs 195 pounds. Broth
er Bick wolghs 170 und Is 5 foot
11.
TOD MORGAN,
SILVER FIGHT
TO DEADLOCK
PORTLAND, Ore., Mur. 19 (AP
Tod Morgan, light heavyweight
from Dublin, Ireland, and Jack Sil
ver, Los Angeles, former champion
of tho navy In his class, battled
ten fust rounds to a draw hero Inst
night. It was a glvo and tako nf
ralr from start to finish and tho
Judges nil differed on tho doclslon,
one culling It a draw, ono for Mor-
irun and ono for Silver. It was
Morgan's first start In this country
nnd Silver's first In several months.
Morgan weighed 174 pounds, Sil
ver iTDVi-
Mickey Dolnn, Portland, took a
I in-round decision from Jimmy An
derson, Astoria.
a cigarette
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THE BROWNS
i!3uc!itc(l Press t'lwto
TRAMWAY KKPORT EXrKOTBD
WASHINGTON, M?Rl 10 (AP)
Tho report of tho commission ap
pointed to consider ovory phaso
of tho Mount Hood, Orogon, tram
way proposal hns been comjilotcd
and probubly will bo presouted to
Secrotary llydo houwj tlmo next
wook. .
WOMAN HUNS FOlt GOVEKNOR
HURON, S. D., Mar. 19 (AP)
Miss Gladys llio, Bocrotary ot
stnto, announces that sho will bo
a candidate for tho republican
nomination for governor of South
Dakota at tho Muy primaries, Sho
id opposed by four men.
Ql'EEX WORSE TODAY
ROME, Mar. 10 (AP) Queen
Victoria of Sweden, who has boon
soiiously ill heru tor soma time,
was soniowhut worso today.
$2.50 GOLD PIECES DOOMED
WASHINGTON, Mur. 10 (AP)
Goodhyo, ? 2.50 gold pieces. Tho
llouso coinage commitlco hue voted
to discontinue minting them,
Only Foolt Ruth In
A wise man shuts Ills eyes when
he looks nt a rui;mu's faults. Oil
cngo News.
T
Tj IE unvarying belter taste of Chester
field has won millions of smokers and
continues la win millions more.
Only the choicest cigarette tobaccos
are used, cart-fully selected for their
satisfying mildness, their smoothness,
fragrance, and wholesome richness.
Blending and cross-blending gives them
added smoothness, and brings out their
best smoking qualities.
The inevitable result is better taste
the better taste that sets Chesterfield
clearly apart from all other cigarettes
above everything
Martin. Conger
Win At Their
Own Distances
NEW YORK, Mar. 13 (AP)
Dr. Paul Martin, the Swiss Olym
pic aco, and Ruy Conger of the Il
linois A. C. can beat each other at
tholr favorite distances but meet
trouble when they try to Invade
the other's domuln.
Ufartln, defeated In a mlla race
a wook ugo, came back luBt night
In tho Nutlonal A. A. U. Indoor,
championships last night to con
quor Conger at 1000 yards. Mar
tin had to set a now meet record
of 2:13. 6 to do it, but he loft the
Illinois flyor throe yards behind
In a great finish, ' -
Hermanbiix, big Los Angeles A.
C. shot putter, set a new world .
record w4th tho 16-pound iron ball
51 foet 2Vi inches. The old rec
ord, held by Herbort Schwarzo of
the Illinois A. C., who took sec
ond pluco last night and also bat
tered tho record, was 60 feet 3
Inches. Schwarzo beat that by a
Inch and ono-half.
Tho ucceptod world's indoor
record ot 8.G seconds for the 70
yard high hurdles, which has boon
beaton curlier in tho season, was
equalled twice lust night. Monty
Wells of the Boston A. A. tied it
In winning his heat, then Lee
Sentmun, Illinois star, repeated the
time, in winning the final.
Tho champions who wero crown
ed lust night, together with their
winning performances, follow:
X-000-yurd run Phil Edwards,
Hamilton Olympic club, 1:1S.6.
1000-yard run Paul Martin,
Now York A. C 2:12.0.
Shot put . Herman Brlx, Los
Angeles A. C 51 feet 2Vi Inches. .
X-Pola vault l'Yod Sturdy, Lo
Angeles A. C, 13 foet 9 Inches.
X-standing high Jump Harold
Osborn, Illinois A. C, 6 feet Yt
Inch.
X-Stundlng broad Jump Will
iam Werner, Greenwood A. C
Now York, 10 foet 0 Inches.
X-Toum championship Illinois
A. C, 18 points.
(X indicates retained champion- ,
ship.)
THE HOOVER ROSE
NEW YORK, March 10 (AP)
Tho Presidont Ifoovor rose Is pink
und yollow, the Mrs. Hoover Is
crimson. Both havo won medals at
u flowor show.
CONNIE MACK ON AIR
FORT MYERS, Fla.. March 10
(AP) Connie Mnok Is to make his
rudlo debut next Monday night over
u natlon-wido hookup. .
FORM POTATO COMMITTEE
WALLA WAX,LA, Wash., Starch
19 (AP) Organization of a region
al potato committee to cbordinato
marketing and other activities of
the Industry in Idaho, Montana,
Oregon, Utah, Washington and
other adjacent states, was approved
at a -meeting of Iho northwest po
tato growers and denlors hero.
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