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:'f I M ' K." 5 Page Two LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Friday, February 13, 1931 I 4k Cotton Prints New Spring Patterns '36 inches wide all fast color 19c yd. HILL'S CAGE RULES IN FOR DISCUSSION National Basketball Coaches Association to Meet in New York By "I'hoj" Alien - LAWRENCE, Kan. ") An oppor tunity, to j voice opinions soon win arise : for those Interested In chang ing the form of basketball. . . :The chance will come t when . the National Basketball Couches associa tion meet in New York, March 20-28 And at the meeting of .the National Joint Basketball Rules committee at the eome olace. April 0-11. .-, Over 200 leading coaches, it Is es timated, will attend the meeting oi tUeir association, of which Howard P. OrLncr, Cornell coach, is president. The organization, now five years old, was brought into, existence to pro tect against removal of the dribble from basketball. As a result, this feature of the game which, has been , discussed each year since, was rein stated by the Joint rules committee. Tho. concjicu association, however, . has no legislative power In making . or suggesting rules to the Joint com mittee. . Without this power though. It has been a helpful aid to rule makers,, both in suggesting .changes and In .helping prevent the adoption of proposed measures which later might have proved to bo unnecessary and even harmful. The joint. rules committee, com posed of 10 representatives from tho Y. M. C. A., on equal number from tho Amateur Atliletic union and Na tional Collegiate Athletic association, two members each from tho National Federation of State High School Ath letic associations,. Canadian Amateur , .Basketball association, and Chartered Board of Officials, will send out a questionnaire- In March which will seek opinions regarding tho center Jump, stalling, tho, one -bounce- drib bio, and other proposed rule changes. . Tho Center Jump-Thero still is agitation regarding the elimination of tho center jump. No doubt this fcftturo of putting tho ball in play will bo retained. However, some sort of Boning, such as drawing a large olrclo nround the center circle and requiring tho other eight players to remain outsldo the circlo until tho ball Is tipped, may be suggested. Stalling There is less of this ob jectionable feature this year than over before duo to tho fact that many coaches found It good strategy to re sort to a fast break on tho slow breaking teams. This stow breaking business Is bad basketball against a fast passing and cicvor team. Invariably, the crowd is against the action less typo of game. Tho hustling crew always enlists the non-partisan following. Martin Chalks Up Victory In Meadowbro'6k Bv l uster llalley ., PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13 (ff) A three thousand milo ocean voyage and two weeks of intensive training on indoor tracks has uoen crowned with success for Soraphln Martin leading mlddlo dlstanco runner of Franco and holder of the world's record for 800 meters. - un , After a disappointing race in the mteruationai nan muo in tne auu rose (fames last Saturdoy. Martin showed a return to form last night in winning the classic MsauoworooK two, feature ovent oi tne annual in door names at Philadelphia's arena. - Tho blue shifted French runner, the red Insignia of the atade Franca is on nis enest, iea tauio uiaicu una ur. Paul Martin of Switzerland to the tapo. Blake whs six yards behind and the good doctor has half a lap bock. In sixth place. Tho time of 1:22.4 was the second best time ever made In the Meadow brook games. The French automobile mechanic's performance served notice on Ameri can speedsters that ne must oo recK oned with In the rest of his Amerl can campaign, which closes late this month in the national champion- snips. i oncer hiiih Ray Conger had to turn loose one of his great lost lap flnlsnes to win the J. w. overtoil memorial mile from a stumpy-legged, fighting lit- lte runner named. C. Coan, of the ! Conger made his bid with the bell coan was right with him and stayed thero almost to the finish. The time of 4:17:6 was considered good for the track. . . . The. performance of Conger and Martin featured a meet which saw no outstanding performance, although Stella Walsh did tlo her own record of 5.2 In winning tho 40 yard dash. She was far superior to any of her competitors. The touring track brigade moves on to tho Boston A. A. games Saturday and the New York A. C. games In New York Monday. Oregon Staters , Meet Vandals In 2 -Game Series Report of Phone ; Rate Committee " Goes to Senate HUSKIES AND COUGARS MEET THIS EVENING SEATTLE, Wosh., Feb. 13 (fll -Tho northern division Pacific Const basketball conference title probably will bo deckled here tonight and to morrow night with the University of Washington facing the strong Wash ington State college quintet. Should tho Huskies win both games, they would cinch tho title for the fourth time In a row. If tho Cougars tako the series, set tlement of the argument would be deferred until the two teams meet at Pullman, Feb. 24-25. Washington State has won eight games and lost tlueo to run second to the university in pretient standings. The Huskies have won nine and lost one contest. While the two teams ore fighting for division honors, tho two leading scorers In tho north will be battling lor supremacy. Huntley Gordon, Cougar sophomoro center, is leading tho division with Captain Hank Hwanuon, university center, in sec ond place. .. . . , , Moro than 12,000 persons arc ex pected to witness both games. Limit Hack This Year to 8 Suits Tho One-Bounce Dribble Tt has been proposed to limit the dribble to one-bounce in the defensive half of tho court. I think this suggestion is a poor ono. Tho dribble hns mado basketball. Tho football player, prior to 1905. would not play basketball because it seemed a girls' gome to him. With tho adoption or tho dribble play, the gridiron men took up the game and today It is a rare exception to find a bnsketball team without several gridiron lumlimrle.t. The clever dribbler has developed a moro clever and shifty guard to meet this versatile play. Truly, the dribble hns popularised tho game. ' CHICAGO. Feb. .13 !) Poor Hnck Wilson! Tho major league home run champion recently signed a (at con tract with tho Cubs, and now the club has retaliated by limiting him to eight uniforms for the 1031 sea son. Wilson has a propensity for get ting his si! lis dirty In a hurry, so tho management decided to buy him four uniforms for homo use, and four for the rood. Tho rest of tho Cubs also will be pretty well outfitted. Each will have two home uniforms and two for the road, and all four sets will be of dif ferent pattern. Conference Basketball Standings Washington 9 Washington State 8 Oregon State 6 Oregon 2 Idaho 1 .900 .727 Mb .182 .111 'OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Cori vallis, Feb. 13 Oregon State varsity basketball team, now in third place In conference standings, will meet University of Idaho here today and Saturday. Today's game will be played at 4 :30 o'clock and Saturday's at tho usual hour. 7:30. The Oregon State Orangomen are Just about out of the race due to tlielr two defeats at tho hands of University of Washington last week. However, a very slim chance still re main; for the Orangemen to go into n three-way tie with Washington and Washington Slute. In order to do this Oregon fctnte would have to win all remaining games, three with Ore gon and two with Idaho and at the same time Washington would have to ioaa lour ganiec out or six yot to be played whJJe Washington State would havo to lose two more. Not Likely to Happen This doping would leave all three teams with 11 wins and five losses each something that is not likely to happen. Huntloy Gordon, Washington State center. Is still toonine the list. of individual scorers. He now has accumulated 128 points. His closest competitor is Hank Swonson, Univer sity of Washington center, with a to tal of 99 points. Other high scorers are Rod Ballard and Ken Fagans. lxth of Oregon State with 04 and 89 points respectively: John Fuller. Washington, 81: Claud Holsten, Wash ington State. 70. I SALEM, Feb. 13 P) That the state legislature direct tho state pub lic service commission, or whatever I body or commission may succeed it, to undertake an Immediate Investi jgation of telephone rates, services and i practices in Oregon is one or two ' major recommendations on the re port of the. special committee ap- polnted to - investigate rates charged by the Pacific Telephone & Tcl2 graph -company. The other main recommendation la that in thosa cities where tho 'com pany is operating without franchises, which includes Portland, that a priv ilege tax bo Imposed upon the com pany by the municipality. Thl3 Is, In effect, a. recommendation that the legislature pass the bill Introduced by Senator J. E. Bennet, providing for a priviloge tax of 6 per cent on the company's gross eornings: - Relative to an investigation by the nubile eervico commission or Its suc cessor "the report, filed with the teeri- ! ato today says: j "Your committee Is convinced that i an investigation concerning telephona rates, services and practices In Ore igon can be conducted by the ad ministrative arm oi the state with out any excessive expenditure of money, whereby facts can be ascer tained and findings made directing and enforcing the reduction of such rates, and your committee -recommends that the legislative assembly tako appropriate action requesting and directing the Oregon public ssr vice commission, or Its successor, to forthwith undertako an investigation of telephone rates, Bervlce and prac- tlccs in Oregon with a view to de termining when and in what amount reduction in telephone rates shall be made by telephone companies in the state of Oregon." , The report states that after a con ference of several hours with the tele phone company officials stated that they would not now reduce rates, and that there appeared to be no imminent change in conditions that would warrant a reduction. The report is signed by thespecial committee composed of the follow ing: Senators J. E. Bennett, W. H. Straver and E. W. Miller, appointed by the president or tne senate; nr resentatlvea Frank E, Andrews, James T. Chlnnock and E. ,L. Sneli fin ' pointed by tho speaker of the houfc- uuu u. wiimiiasioner at Portland; I. H. Van Winkle, attorney general; Bert E. Honey, all appointed by the governor. The inquiry was made under a senate Joint resolution Introduced by Senator Bennett. Coach Ray Detrick of Ohio Wes leyan college believes in shifting hi basketball line-up for every game Hitf team won seven, straight this if Over Night News (My The AsMK'lnted Press) Nashville. Tenn. Lucas in Lincoln day speech says party insurgents con tribute to breakdown of Democratic form of government. Detroit Airplane passenger be comes deranged en route from Chi cago endangering lives of two pas sengers and pilot. wasnmgton Tabulation shows Red Cross aiding 255,737 families in 20 states. Madison. Wis. Governor LaFolletts tells legislature he has Information that an attempt has bepn made to bribe a state senator on two public utility bills. Washington Brown accuses Blaine of attempting to make public believe thero ore Widespread frauds In post office leaseri. Washington Hughes tells federal bar association that growth of state and federal bureaus is distinctive de velopment of this era. Steiwer Would Bar Forced Labor Goods HOCK KY (iAMi: A TIE PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 13 iPj Portland remained in the cellar ami Seattle still held second place in the Pacific Coast hockey league today as tho result of a 1 to 1 overtime tie gamo here last night. Vancouver leads tho league ' but Seattle Is only one point behind. The Bnckaroos trail the leaders by three points. The gamo last night developed' into one of the fiercest hockey encounters seen here this season. Twenty-two penalties wero called, tho two ref erees out-tooting each other. U. S. L. 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