La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 23, 1930, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextSaturday, August 23, 1930 Page Two LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. PACIFIC COAST HEAVYWEIGHT HOPES MATCHED The lowest- Keep Smiling Home with Kellys Hlli'S CtUALITY A fiooil I'lnro to Trailo Owned Store A .""max baer I -V ' ' Heiqht 6 ft.- in. Jtyg, " Weight 193 'T,- ' ff priced It 1 1 X j V imv. m1 ITS CHICAGO SQUARES io SERIES FRIDAY Giants Now Three Games T-.V-wl T nnloi'c AfVl- H ,', letics are Beaten. llv Hugh s. l iilliTlim Jr. (Associated PrcHS Sports Writer) The struggle lor f Irat plnce In the 'ttutlonnl Icubuo between the cham- Nil He II it. ilan ChlcaKo Cubs and the aspiring Hew Yorlt ainnts is back where It itarted. but tlio Cubs cannot lose the lead In the current series. Chicago squared the series with a 12 to 4 triumph yesterday. Detect lelt the Giants three games behind tht leaders with only two more to play in Chicago. The climax came i ' When 1-i.iUiJy MMimct... ... V27th home run ot the year with the bancs lull In the eighth. Charley Root, .funned six Olants. So tar as second placo was con cerned, tho defeat cost the Giants nothing Tor the Brooklyn Robins tocili their fifth straight dofoat from . the Cincinnati Reds, 4 to 1, and dropped to 4',J Ramca behind flr.it )iluci and only Z'M ahead of tho St. i I.ouls Cardlnuls. j ' ' St. I.ouls (inlns " .. St. Louis gained a game by coming frcm behind to beat the Phillies. 10 . tc 8, alter giving away a five run :lead. I "" Timely hitting against Tom Zach-i'-ary, much of It dono by Pie Traynor, gave tho Pirates a 10 to a victory liver the Boston Braves. Traynor's j : throo hits drovo in four runs. V Tho American leaguo games pro- ., duccd no gains or losses among tho leaders as the holders of the first ' three places in the standing were I lefcatrd. But it brought tho cham llou Philadelphia Athletics one gamo nearer the end of tne season with--. out reducing their 8!4 game lead. ,'- Athlelles llealen Tho Athletics took a 7 to 1 trounc- I c.,: lug from the Dotrolt Tigers as Vic i "Sorrel Hold thein to seven Ulta and . .funuod seven batsmen, while de troll pounded George Eamshaw for . iIC liM Hi1 Un-tho first five Innings. ! .i, Dnln tltvin thjt Hi. I.OIlls . owiiBftook,ia. Don inning doolslon iiM .Wiiiihtngloil !by a 4 to .3 count ' and i'n'o Olcvela'iul Indian ran their string, ot victories to seven by de iiratlng' the New -fork ' Yankees, 6 j to 4. , Tho Chicago Whlto Sox defoi'i"'! I .1.. II ..... Unri DnV ft tn 1 TPfl Lyons turned. In his 18th victory ui the Bcason.'i , 1 NORMAN JESSE WILL . TRY FOR GRID POSITION UNIVERSITY Of OREGON Eu .... Bene. Aug. 23' (Special to Tho Ob- nervcr) Tackle positions on the Uni--t --varsity of Orogon football team will - I havu plenty of aspirants, beefy ones, thin fall when Dr. C. W. Spears sends , out his first call for practice on '-6 September 15. ' J Atnony the nlno men who aro ex pected to report at that time is Norman Jesse of Ln Grundo. 200 ..v r. pound veteran who earned his lot ter at tackle last full under Capt. John J. McEwan. Jcsso has had two yoars of varsity oxperienco, but gained his, letter only last year. Ho will have plenty of competi tion when practice, starts, Austin Colbert, all-coast tucklo, has been .. chitted to guard, leaving a vacancy which will be cngcrly fought for. Col berfs running mate, George Chr.n- rf tensen, will be back on the lob again ioi his third year, so there will be tight men fighting for a chance at tho one position. f-t' Ber.idea Jcsso thero will be n two- year lctlcrman. Marlon Hail of Helix, - Henry Heyclen of Pendleton, and R Hulph Uutes or I'oruunu, vne laiior W' two ono-ycar veterans. Three men h'!- will be on hand iroin the freshman K team, UU1 Morgtin, aoo-pound Med- j y . lord star. Carson Mathews. ai8. and Hut.- Johnson, 1B0. Joe Jnnsa. j transfer,. 229. Is also expected back. Johnson and Hoyden arc tho only tucklo aspirants who weigh less than 200 pounds so Oregon will bo well , equipped with beef this fall. Weight . lits in well with Dr. Spears' line I ilnns, sinco his Minnesota elevens rave always featured powerful lines and power attack plays. Mcdonald kasv winni:u HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Aug. 23 iin Hector McDomtkl, 13ft 't pounds, of Vancouver. B. C continued to rank .lit! a winner In Southern California, -'y. rings today following his easy ten' round victory over Portuguese Teddy Pulaclas. Los Angeles, here last fAf; night. McDonald, favored to win easily, tifMii lv pverv round. Puluckas ) ' 4 u ar. down for a six -0011111 In t he tfc(.!id. The light was fast tluough- Ai.soiit. i.: YACHT Till Alt rONTI'ONi;il NFWPORT, R. !., Aug. 23 id'! ToUay'n scheduled trial race between tamou uud Whirlvlnd to determine which will defend the America's cup at-iiilnat Sir Thomas Linton's ehal- ledger Siiamroc'it V were postponed brcnusc of heavy weather. It was the fcvund consecutive day that a po.it- jcnrmcnl was ordered. 5( ' Entrances to the dining room of n t& new million dollar school at San An- uuilo, l ox., lead through washrooms. " Prcxtuctlon of tohncro In Italy In rrc;ti'(l from 22.ttfi4.OOD poutuln bc loro I lie world w iir to Q7.0JJ.0OJ IXitllKlH In 1U2U. Sound 111ms iro prof,rpBslnK hrttpr elii Japan than In ninny European tountilpK. American iwmicIIb ure sold in prac tically all countries of the world. Angels Within A Game of The League Leaders My the Associated Press Baseball Inns were today looking for a break In tho Pacific coast lea gue to determine whether the Holly wood Stars, leaders, will maintain their top position. With Los An geles trailing one game behind the Stars, the Angels were within easy shooting distance of tying the lead ers, while Sun Francisco, by winning the remainder of its games, could, If the two top teams lose a couple, land near the top. Frank Shellenbach, Hollywood veteran fipltballcr, stepped forth In the pinches last night, and held Oakland to three runs, while his team mates overwhelmed the Oaks in to 3. Although the Oaks had the bases full in throo Innings, they were unable to connect for counts. Seattle and Can l-ranclsco made eleven hits yesterday, but the Seals took the ball game, 0 to 4. Jimmy Zlnn chalked up his twentieth vic tory of this game. The Sacramento Senators defeat ed the San Francisco Missions, 3 to 1 last night, thereby tying the Reds and the Ouks for fourtn place In the league. The Solons have won throe of the four games played with the Missions. Loh Angeles defeated Portland, 7 to 4, with Dyrl Home, midget pitch er for the Angels, striking out eleven Portland players. Schulmcrlch and Jacobs for tho Angelo and Williams for tho Ducks hit homers. Los Angeles: R. H. E. Portland 4 8 0 Los Angeles 7 7 1 Or t mini and Palrr,; Horn! and Skiff. At Ban Francisco: R. H. E. Seattle 4 110 San Francisco 6 11 2 Kalllo, Kunz and Cox; Zinn and Penebsky, At Oakland: R. H. E. Hollywood 13 13 1 Oakland ...,..... , 3 12 2 Ehellenback and Sovurcid; Ed wards, Phcbus, Dumovlch and Lom bard!. At Sacramento:' R. H. E. Mission l fl o Sacramen-u , 3 10 0 Cole and Bronssol; . Vinci and Koohler. NEW ORLEANS, LONG BEACH IN WEST FINALS COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.. Aug. 23 T) Tho boys' baseball champion ship of tho western half of the United States will bo determined hero today. Teams from New Orleans, and Long Beach, cal., meet in the final game of tho American Legion regional Junior tournament, after having de feated everything In their states dis tricts and the region so far, The winners of today's game goes to Memphis, Tonn., to play the championship team or the ens torn half In the junior world's series. Long Beach yesterday went to tho final gamo by taking an easy 14 to 1 victory from Knderlln, N. D., aided materially by numerous errors of thu mid-westerners. Now Orleans fought an uphill battle for 11 in-' nlngs to beat Sallna, Kan., 7 to G. A rally In tho ninth netted throo runs, and tied the score after Sn hnu appeared tho certain winner. Reveille Hoy Is Derby Favorite SPRINGFIELD. 111., Aug. 23 America's premier Jockey, Earl Saudc, and Reveille Boy, winner of tho Amorlcan derby at Washington park at odds of 60 to 1, was the favorite combination today In tho 3000 added governor's derby, the big evont of tho IlllnulN state fall- racing pro gram. Sando came lo Springfield yester day by an plane from New York to ride the fractious three year old which last June surprised by win ning a K'0.000 feature for his owner. Charles Best, the former Memphis, Tcnn.. grugery proprietor. Against the Karl and his mount weto arrayed Billy Champ. Jean La lllte. Fetish. Blind Love. Lady Sling, stop (lap. Candy Rose. Mario Stevens and King Pin. In Pitching Race Aaioclatrd IVmi ft,otn I Georos Earnshaw, star right hander of the Philadelphia Ath letics, la staging a strike-out raca with his team-mate Bob'' Grove, great southpaw, as the club looms pennjmtward. v Im ft - 1 WJ-x Mai ' n . 7 i 5 n. ' . 1 ' ' " Anatiattd Prrli Pwtt Jack Oempsey's selections as the two moct likely heavyweight championship possibilities developed In the Far Wot meet at San Francisco August 2G. Dacr scored eighteen knockout3 in twenty-four fights, took two battles by decision, lost two on fouls snd lost only one decioion. Campbell hat won hia last fourteen fights by Knockouts and in thirty. :ix bouts loct only three, with three draws. Tennis Tourney Boy, 14, Victor -Finals Will Be i In Trapshooting Played Sunday! Championships ii. rtua. -sa -, mi - - finals of tho women's national' ten - ills championships, scheduled this afternoon at, Forest Hills, were post- ported until rain. tomorrow because of ' England has n representative In tho final round of the Amerlcnn i women's national tennis charnplon- ship today for tho fourth time In ' sfx years with no Helen Wills to . beat fpr tho title. Hetty Nuthall, . blonde and btue eyed youngRter from Great Britain, marched into th final round ye-s-, tcrday wiln victory over Marjorie 'Morrill, of Dedham, Mass. Betwven j her and the crown relinquished without a fight by Helen Wills I Moody stands Mrs. Anna Harper, of ! Snr. Francisco, No. 6 In the Amer ican runklng. Mrs, Harper who brushed asitlo Maude R(enbuuin 1 Levi' of Italy, was decldcd?y un mu dor-dog .In her final round- match I with Miss Nuthall'i Both single finalists also reached tho final round in doubles. 1 1 I FRIENDLY ENEMIES MEET I Babe Herman,, sluofilng right fielder ot the Brooklyn Robins, looks over the bat of Hack Wilcon, Chicago Cuba' center fielder and National league home run Ic.itler, during the "crucial" merits of the clubs at Chicago. Herman is betting above .403. SIGNS TO FIGHT SHARKEY ' ' ... . ! Primo Carner.1, fli.int 'It.-.fian K round bout with Jack Sharkey VAANDAT.TA. O Atur 9 t.V. A ; 14-ycar-okl boy whose Iron nerve : ( held steady while his veteran com- I ' petitora fullered has upset the trap-j j 8hoot world. : of Virhit Falls, won the grand j A mf rli'n 1 1 hn nrl ten n. t ho m-nn tnt. I hCnor In trannhootinir. hm-n vealm: ! , duv fr(Jm nL.M 0; ono of in0 coun. f try's best marksmen, Young King not only finished with cm of the four best scores in the large field, but unperturbed by the eyes of 8000 spectators ouf:;hot three fui- more experienced marksmen tn ; the shoct-ofl of the tie for the chain- ! pionshlp, King and three middle-aged Ohio- i ans, J. I,. Scott, and Dan Casey, of I Tt.ledo, and Lawrence H. Crampton, j Ci Dayton, finished with 07 out of : r. 'possible 100 targets to top the j field. This youngMter broke 24 of 25 possible targets In ' the shoot-off i while the three mon wore unable to i keep up the pace. ' ' i i If- wan tho first time In ;31 years ! of tournaments thrtt a boy won the! chf'nininnshln'. nnri vounrr King has : AHbUti'itcil l'ic.,a t'holo '9 'SV 4,. VJSSSS t .1 heavyweight, has si0:icd in Chicago in September. I i f 1 . t . 1 Age .26 J H j been shooting only two years. He j ahot from scratch at the 10-yard I line, Casey from 17. Scott from 18 and Crampton from 21. Mrs. George Peter of Phoenix. Ariz.. won the women's championship by breaking 63 targets from the 17-yard mark. Men Doubt That j Women Should ' See Games Alone ! lly Until Baldwin Cownn I CHICAGO, Aug. 23 There Is : c new sort of sex war being waged -at this end of Lake Michigan. It is over whether women know enough , to ue allowed alone at baseball Ba'neK' . , " aU started because William Wrlg- j Iev Ji- owner of the Cubs, has seen I m lo nan(1 out 175o Ire tickets; r"UB The jnen aren't Koine for the idea at all, judging from the letters they ; are .writing to the Gxpress-Yourself columns in tne unicago daily news papers. But tho women ore handing it. right back and ure continuing to pack the two top tiers especially re served .for them in the : grandstand iit-Wrigley Field. " Enthusiastic Fans . Wcigley set out to promote inter est among women in baseball. : To- i day the women arp the mosfc en-' thusiastic fups . In the grandstand. ! They cheer lustily, clap and stamn 1 men icei.. The men sav thev screech ! and applaud whether the home team J bvwwo u iiuuiu tun Ui UU15 OUl. Every age pf woman from high - school girls to grandmothers can be loijnd ln the crowd. Down in front at the Chicago Cubs-New York Giants gamp yesterday sat a gray-haired old woman peering through her. spec tacles and holdlnn her false teeth ; in her hand. She cheered with thn I others.- Nearby was a woman with - n ti iw rim .uminn fnno r...,., , i . r the moment that perhaps nil was not-, wfcii. ssexi, to ntr v;as 200 nounds in a flowered chiffon, yelling loud er than anyone in her neighborhood. Some llrlng Lunches And despite no male escorts for entertainment or interpreters uie women are having a very good time and did not seem confused. They I r;mK pop, munched peanuts and 1 ato sandwiches. Some had brought ; their lunches. ! As for understanding what It Is all about which the men claim they dor.'t well, every woman ques tioned said she knew exactly what what was happening. And an usher was overheard to ask a woman who was pitching. .Luc uig nuuac Showing' at t i State Sunday I Strange escapes from prison were 1 j gone over In police records and his-. I tory to determine the modus operan- ! idi of a prison escape in "The Big! ! Houss" Meiro-Goldwyn-Mayer's drama j 1 of penitentiary revolt which will open 'Sunday at the State theater. It was. 'disclosed by Wallace Berry who has - the purt of Butch, a hardened crim- llnal. j 1 "No less than eighteen escapes . were investigated ln detail from the 'records." stated Beery, 'George Hill,! the director, Frances Marlon, uuthor, j Chester Morris, Robert Montgomery j 'and I held a two day's conference,: j each voting on his favorite method to 1 determine how Chester was to break 1 I jail." j As In most o? Beery 's roles, the ! I octor's powerful physique was In- j strumcntal In getting him his part , j In "The Big House." although his lal- i 'ent for looking the "villian" was also ! an asset in this Instance. So far a.s ; Beery Is concerned beauty would only ; 1 be a hindrance to his screen success. ' 'He is quite content to look as feroc- I ious and frightful as ft part demands. ' i Others who have prominent roles I ' tn the picture are Leilia Hyams, Lewis j 1 atone, George F. Mai Ion Karl Dane 1 i mid J. C. Nugent. 1 j Because Texans are spending ! ; S200.000.000 annually on out-of-state . vacations, a "See Texas First" campaign Is being started. - There nro 103 Italian cinemas equipped tor sound films. j Th? earth-dog. believed extinct in ' lUiugar). has reappeared. Forty-one Dunlhh theaters ! beer, wired for sound films. I Sweden has 86 then ten equipped fov sound film. MOKTN i;iITK 1UI.S NEW YORK. Aug. 2J .41 Abe ' Yn;" (-0. sport editor of the llrook-j ' lyn Eagle and dean of ba&obatl writ- SIZE . . 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It has taken nearly two years more, in fact, for f11 l PUflhm over tak town Joe Palookas, Young Mr. Strlbling has not In serted himself hlmselt right out In public as the "man to beat" be fore any heavyweight championship claims are definitely staked. As a matter of fact, Stribllng'a latest brace of clean-cut performances against ! Von Porat and Scott, by contrast ' with the fouls and flops featuring ! the activities of other heavyweights, i gives him a more substantial claim 1 to recognition than cither Schmel- ing or Sharkey. - j Negotiations have been afoot for ' Sharkey or some equally able-bodied j puguist to aispose 01 tne camera person. In some such place as Chi cago, convenient to a large body of - -"- - - 1 1 Sport Slants START YOUR GUARDIAN 6 SAVINGS ACCOUNT TODAY You owe yourself something! So, today, start a Guardian Guaranteed 6 Savings Account, which will give you an impetus for regular and consistent savings. 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