La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 28, 1931, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextLA GRANDE EVENING OBSEKVEK, LA GKANDE, OKK. Wednesday, January 28, 1931 Page Six SCHMELING HERE FOR TITLE FIGHT Youthful German, Who , Will Meet Stribling This '' Year, in Good Condition nv rdniirit 3i Jel! NFW YORK J-m. 28 Ml His broad faco beaming, black oycs shining with pleasure, Max BcUmellng moved Into New York today, genuinely hnppy to be back In the land that voted h m ' heavyweight champion ol the world. The youthful Gorman with the features of a young Jock Dempray sailed Into Brooklyn late last night on the liner Europo, accompanied by his trainer, Max Machon, a dozen Slcces of baggago and a cute. little aschund named Cccllc, third in the line of Teuton dogdom arlstlcraey that Is rapidly becoming the favorite hct of the New York box fight writers fraternity. f, ftnnil rniiilitlmi i Max appeared to be In splendid bhyslcal condition, eager to get to vmrv on nronaratlons for his title KnttlA in .inne with vounn Bill Strlb ling.' Georgia's challenger for the heavyweight crown. He was anxious to oxpialn that, regardless of state (nents In the papers, ho has never ihado derogatory remarks regarding either tho Now York state athletic commission which recently stripped illm of his title or the Gorman bon ne federation with which he has iccn tilting. Over and over again ie Insisted that he wants to fight Jack Sharkey, feels suro that eventu ally he will face the Boston sailor In a prize-ring, but for tho present: "Cho Yackobs Iss mine manager. I am tier flghtor. Ho manages, I fights. ' WojM ho says, goes." . Sharkey has no. one to blame but him. Max Insisted, for the muddled otate of affairs that envelopes the Hbavywolghts today, a situation. Wherein Bharkcy, loser on a foul to Schmellng hero last' Juno, Is recog nized In New York stato as the out standing challenger while tho No- tiohal Boxing association, control ling boxing lh 27 states, believes that stribllng 'alone Is entitled to a title shot. .., . i : Cannot iRhorc Htrlfollnir "While Btrlbllng knocks out Phil Scott and Otto Von Porat since last I am here," Bchhwllng argued, "what ii. Rhnrini done? NosslnK. Sharkey should havo fought as Stribllng did. I cannot Ignore utrionng s. recora. .1 I don't fight him tho N. B. fi. sus pends. II 1 don't tight Sharkey Now York suspends me. . "Someday I will . fight Sharkey again and I wlilp him. I know that I would have beat him last June If he did hot foul mo In the fourth round. I am not entirely recovered from that punch until last October. In the third round 1 toko all he has and they could not oven give me smelling salts after the bell. In the fourth I run out. Sharkey sees me coming. He Is a changed man. I fool him weaken. He foulB me. 'Ach. what can I do. I know that If I hod fouled Sharkoy Instead of him fouling me I would not be given another chanco at him." : During his stay In Germany, Schmellng said ho had training coh Btantly, boxing three times a week In a camp 40 miles outside of Berlin In addition to his gym work and al most dallyTounds of golf. His exhi bition tour will bo preceded by on ttppearanco lh Phalldelphla next wcok. union teams take Double : bill jn elgin Vri... T T l ,.U .nl.nnl fj-tn n rtnlihlA header at Elgin limb night, tho girls feextet cmornlng with n 23 to 15 victory, while tho Bobcats defeated tho Elgin quintet 20 to 18. Both games were hartl-fought but cleanly played. I'll glrla game was closer than th icoro would Indicate, with the teams About on par in lloor work but with Union making more of her goal shots CREW STARTS PRACTICE IN INDOOR TANK," h-'tfW 7 g JT 4&&i '-. ' dP$ipgpp4 k LES KENNEDY WHIPS NEGRO HEAVYWEIGHT LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 28 (Wh in a furious ten round aetto here last night, Lea Kennedy, Long Beach longshoreman, took a decision ovei Dynamite Jackson, negro heavyweight of Los Angeles, winning six rounds, while two were called even. Kennedy, ranking heavyweight of the Pacific coast by virtue of vic tories over Max Boer and Al Morro, was hard pressed, . by the negro throughout the hectic bout, in Bpite of his edge. There were no knock downs. ' . Kennedy's body punching had Jackson on the defensive during the later cantos, keeping the negro from getting set for any slugging. In the semi wlndup, Steve Adams, sensational young heavy and former Pcnn State all-around athletic star, scored a quick knockout over Steve Hayden. 8ANDOWN, England, Jan. 28 (AV J. H. Whitney's grand national can didate, Easter Hero, had another, out- !lng today in preparation for the major ' race and galloped to an eight length ; victory in the Mole handicap steeple -: chaso over a course of two and a : half miles and 76 yards. Mrs. Hollln's Blarls was second and 1 Martin Smith's Guiding Light third. 1 Easter Hero again was a short priced favorite, paying four for five. Blarls was 11 to 8 and Guiding Light , 20 to 0. x r Th race was worth 200 sterling (1000) to Whitney. i . ' Annut itilvtt . ram t'hoto The Yale varsity crew has started Indoor traimna unaer Conch Ed Leader.' Leit to right: Hi P. Shephard, S. J. Foster, Capt. J, O, Rogers, G, H. Babcock, William 3. Garnoey, Charles H, Tenney. David B. Manuel and George Muneon. , ," " good. Faun 6eortson, Union, and Ida Phippen, Elgin, were high scorers. The first half of the boys' fanje was a.nlp-and-tuck affair, ending i a, to 11 in favor of Union. In the last' half tho visiting team held Elgin to fcur while scoring 11 points, Prather was high point man with 10 and E. Adams, of Elgin, counted seven. A largo crowd witnessed the two games. Jimmy ftosenbaum referccd. HALL DEFEATS HIS TEACHER, JOHN LAYTON CHICAao, Jan. 28 () Johnny tayton's three-year old reign over tho three-cushion billiard world has been ended by his own pupil. . Allen Hall'; of Chicago, who learned the fine arts of the difficult game from Layton In a St. Louis pool room years ago, last night defeated his teacher, 60 to 43 In a great up and down match that lasted 40 Innings. The dcreat definitely snoved Lay ton out of the championship tussle. Hall, tho "baby" of the tournament. Will meet another Chlcagoan, Arthur Thurnblod. in a match for tho title tomorrow night. . l Each has captured flvo out of six matches. . Thurnblad, who accepted his only defeat of tho tournament so far from Layton by one point, gained the championship finals yesterday by de feating otto ttelsclt, of Philadelphia, who with Layton has dominated tho three-cushion world for flvo years, by f surprisingly one-sided score of 60 to 32, Thurnblad clicked off a clus ter of seven and two runs of five -The match finally. became a runaway COVE) PERSONALS 0 YE Guaranteed pure ind efficient. ' USE' . lex than of high priced brands. . Ily Mrs. -A. fl. Conklln (Observer Correspondent) COVE. Ore., (Special) Tho Cove.! fought gumo with Imblor high, losliij; to them 36 to 3D. In the Jost qaui ter Covo scored rnore points than Imblcr, Blank making seven of the ten points, while Imblcr mado sis. Covo lineup was as follows, forwards Darrel Welmcr, 8 points, Lowe! Woh-J or, Ward Palgo, 2, center. Blank, IS,. Cecil Richards, 7. guards, Clono An derson, 3. Bill Clark. Kenneth Proc tor and Don Smith. 3. Tho Cove Rlrls sextet. Miss Hlle uian's unbeaten squad, mado another record at Imblcr Monday evanlnh.' scoring 60 points lo Imbler's 30. Tile' line-up was. Vernona 'aooclcll, 38 points, Frances Cometock. 27 points, centers, Louise ' Anderson. Evelyn Hogcy, guarde. Christina Niger.. Dor othy aolay and Muxlno Murchlnon. Covo Rlrls lost one of their best guards when' Neva Lincoln left Cove high to finish tho year in tho EU(cil! Hli'h school. Tho game was peppy Oregon Staters .! Defeat Huskies Tuesday, 37- 23 CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 28 m With Rod Ballard, blond forward leading the attack with seven field goals and a free throw for 16 points, and his teammates full of fire, Oregon Stato stopped the University -, of Washington quintet here last night 07 to 23 to administer the first de feat of the season to the Huskies. Only twice in tho first half were tho Huskies lending by slight margins. At tiie half the Staters led 10 to 11 and thereafter were never headed. Entering the second half with this lend, the Beavers, led by Fagans, Bal lard and Grayson, ran the scoro up to 27 while the Huskies collected but ono basket. Coach Edmundson rush ed Gratsch, Nelson and Perry Into tho fray in an attempt to stem the tide, but in vain. Swanson, Husky scoring ace, was held to three field goals for the game. Ed Lewis, star sophomore center 1 for tho Beavers, was out of the game , with injuries. I Oregon state plays Oregon hero throughout and Cove found herself pitted against some good bosket snooters. This was Cove's thlr game. A surprise shower was given Mon day ovenlng, Jan. 20 for Mr. and Mrs, F. B. Kolley at tho home of Mr. Kollcy'H sister, Mrs. Bernice Miller. They received many beautiful and useful gifts, -bunch was served- and tho ovenlng (spent in games and con-Vcj-antlon. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley and Mr. and Mrs.. Grant-Con ley, who were recently married, have been tho inspiration fcr many happy parties. The gue3ts wero Mr. and Mra. Kelley, Mr. and Mt-3, Grant Conicj, Mra. E. F. Conlcy, Merrll Conlcy, Mrs. E. E. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Joa Gray. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Goyette, Mr. mid Mro. C. W. Clark, Mrs. Oscar Gorhnm, Mrs. Cora Bioom. Mr. and Mrs. Haskell Bloom, Mr. and Mrs.- Vard Miller, Mr. and Mrs. T ,R. Conklln, Mrs. J. R. Price, Lona Nelda Price, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rees, Mr ftiul Mrs. A. H. Orton, Miss Bess Kelley, Mrs. Mae Kelley, Mr. and Mrs. Uoy Baker, Almon Gclss, Jean Miller, Don Miller, Betty Orton and Mrs, Miller, hostess for the evening. St. Louis hockey team of the Am erican league, is believed to have set new record lor consecutive ueioots In pro hockey, 13 games. Beaver 8 Acquire Veteran Fielder PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 2(1 Ml Thomas L. Turner, president of the Portland baceuall cluh of the Pa- Tenuis Star Flips ' Baskets On Kansas Five Tiny - I -. 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NET STAB 1'URNS WIO , MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan, 28 (VP) Pat O'Hara Wood, Australian tennis player, has Joined the ranks of the professionals. He hopes to compete against William T. Tilden's team when they visit Australia this year. eific Coast league, announced today tno Beavers nave acquired Ira Flag stead, major league vcterari out fielder. Flagstead, last year with Pittsburgh, obtained his- uncondi tional release under the 10-year rule. He was for many years with Bos ton. His home is in Oiympia, Wash. Turner said Flagstead hit better than .300 in the majors. He hits and throws left handed. He yrent to I Boston from the Tacoma club of the : old Northwestern league The roster oi no;ionai guardsmen in aviation contains 357 officers and 1,700 enlisted men... Sport Slants By Alan J. Gould (Associated Press Sports Editor) Point's remarkable program of devel opment and expansion In athletics in the five-year regime of Ma). Philip B. Fleming as graduate manager is the new "Skating Arena," built at a cost of $120,000 and giving the Cadets one of the largest hockey rinks in the country. Modern in every respect, with facil tles to accommodate 2,600 spectators a coonskln coats, a fine refrigeration plant and a skating area measuring 232 feet by 00 feet, the rink Is a magnificent addition to the exten sive sports layout at the military academy. Hockey has had a very limited and brief chance for development among the Cadets up to the present time, but It may soon be Installed as a major sport, as la the cose now at Harvard, Yale and Princeton. The Harvard uxaters,. led 'by the versa tilo Barry Wood, gave an artistic performance In . helping to dedicate the new structure early In January. The Crimson lads, with Wood handl ing the puck deftly as he handles a football, probably have the best col lege team in the East, It not in the entire country, so that it was no dis grace for the scrappy soldier sextet to take a 10 -goal trimming. equipping themselves with this club. . Somewhat popularized by Horton. Smith and used last year by many of tho stars,- including Bobby Jones, thousands of these trick toots were sold to the 'boys in the blasting bri gade. Probably most of them will re main In circulation, even though the club is barred-from U. S. Q. A. com petition. - - The point involved in the sand wedge's illegality Is that the ball hits two polnto of the club-head In the operation of being shovelled out. This comes under the general heading of mechanical contrivance. "The amateut, as well as the opencently. at Inverness may not look like the real thing without Bob Jones, but; the competition Is sure to be keen keener, in fact because they won't be thinking so much about what Bob is doing. "He will be missed but In my opin ion Bob has done the right thing and done It In a fine way. He Is entitled to all ho can get out of It now. The game owes him plenty." , Maxie Rosenblooin, the lkvti clown who holds the light heavyweight championship, at least Is willing to entertain. Maxie did a radio tap dance from a New York studio re- Harvard has tee. playing hockey for 31 years and there have been few seasons when the Crimson was not well up around the top in perfor mance. Nevertheless Cambridge has no facilities to match those they helped dedicate at West Point, ; The Harvard skaters for years have been forced to take their ice where they found it, although for the past three years they have had the ad vantage of using the Boston Garden for practice as well as homo games, When the Crimson skaters depend ed on natural ice, they frequently weather fluctuations. They tell of one year when the team, unable to get on the Ice for two weeks, finally resorted, to rubber-tired roller skates and worked out on top of the Har vard Stadium until they wore out the skates. Practice also was held in the gymnasium with a tennis ball used for a puck. The opening of the old Boston Arena rink. In 1010, gave Har vard' the chance to develop hockey under fine conditions and it was voted a maor sport in 1013. The United States Golf associa tion's ban on the so-called "sand Wedge," a patented, concave-surfaced implement designed to simplify shots que oi ine DunKers, may not be need The crowning achievement of West ed by the duffers who have, been JJlueMounfoin Just try it once and you'll agree Vis food fot all the family- BLUE MOUNTAIN CRCAMERY PHONE MAIN 60 AiraunqitiicmYOROEumttB TorMt - I The ope Your Adoption xampie f Sanitary ompei efhods" Says . dr. THOS. j. Mclaughlin Chairman State Board of Health, State of Rhode Island z no.no or "lwcU- fiti Rhode Island Public Health Commission . ! .,ir.KLIN, M. O. 'I . THOMAS J- ujoONSOCKET , 111 FJ.1W - 21st, 1930. llow Gentlemen! - ponait to commena ycu ,3Wonoaotnod of cigar matins ror your oruaad. 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