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7 "! Page Two LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Saturday, March 21, 1931 BASEBALL PERKS f ; UP ALONG COAST Beavers Score Victory ! Over Detroit Americans : " Yesterday, 5 to 3. : .'By the Associated I'ress With spring officially on the cal ends and two exhibition baseball games on the schedule. Pacific Coast baseball fans "looked up" today. Yesterday's exhibition contests saw the first home run In the new Seals' stadium at San Francisco where the Chicago Cubs trounced the Pittsburgh Pirates 8 to 3. "Oobby" Hartnett. Husky Cub Catcher, belter one of Pitcher Bednar'a opperlnira over the lefv field wall in the fifth inning, scoring Manager Hornsby ahead of him. ' Batteries were Root, and Hartnett and Z. Taylor for the Cubs; Bed nar. French and Phillips for the Pirates. " . Beavers Score Win At' Ac Angeles, a home run In the eighth Inning by Sammy Hale, third baseman of Portland's Pacific Coast league club, with the bases full gave his team a 6 to 3 victory over petrolt of the American league. The veteran Buck lnflelder came to bat when the score was 3 to 1 In favor of Detroit and boosted one of Chief Hoqsett's throws over the fence. Batteries for Portland were Keat ing. House, Pullertou and Woodall and Fltzpatrlck: for Detroit Sorrell, Hogsett and Hayworth. The Cubs and Pirates will match bats again here today, while Detroit will attempt to avenge Its defeat by Portland in auother exhibition game at Los Angeles. Young Cqrbett In Comeback in Frisco BAN PRAICISCO. March 21 Young Corbett. Fresno welterweight, set out last night to refute the critics who said he was slipping, and he succeeded In making them take back their words. - Corbett went up against Paul Plr rone, rugged - and hard punching Cleveland battler, and he handed him a neat trimming m ten rounds. He took eight of the rounds by wide marglus, dropping only the sixth, when Plrrone clipped him with a hard left to the jaw, and the last round when he was tired out from his own aggressiveness. The Fresnan. by reputation a counter-puncher, was forced to fight a different type of battle against his Cleveland opponent. Plrrone re fused to lead, and Corbett was called on to force the fighting. He did so decidedly, beating a steady tattoo on Plrrone, and blocking punches with all- his old time effectiveness. By his victory, Corbett again stepped Into the top flight of contenders lor the welterweight championship. A capacity house turned out last night for the bout. Four Idaho Teams Remain In Race MOSCOW, Ida.. Mar. 31 AV Two North and two South Idaho represen tatives play here today for the Idaho Intersciiolaattc basketball champion ship. The four teams Coeur d'Alene and Lewlston from the north, Moreiand and Idaho Falls from the south survived the first round of tourna ment play yesterday. Lewlston meets laano rails at i p. m. ana Aiaremna ATHLETICS' SUPER - TALENT IN PRIME; , INFIELD MACHINE'S LONE WEAK SPOT k i- , ' ! i v ( i ;t , - , v W - CONNIE f f ." ;PINKIE v4 m- V i Wiggins' v , J-r If J. L v .v y dTb I I ""MA sv ' K j WILLIAMS jf- fb' t STREET SAYS TEAM 'BETTER THAN EVER'; u NO LAUGHS GREET CARD PILOT'S BELIEF - By Alan 4. Clould (Associated Presa Sports Editor) PORT MYERS. Fla. Ofy Connie Mack has served too many baseball camtmicTLs to launch nronhptlr in thp spring, under the palm trees of PI or- Ida. but he Is still young enough at 68 to retain his enthusiasm and keen hold of the game. - Of course. Mack has small cause for concern this spring with a two-;inie world's' championship club on his hands. It is getting old in a few spots, especially around the infield, where some replacements will be needed befo'.-e long, but the super talent that has lifted the Athletics to the top is still In Its prime. "Yes." he says, in .his slow, precise fashion. "I think we shall go along with the same club again. You know, the boys are ail In good condition and hustling. We have some good looking youngsters but it's too early to say how they may turn out. "We will have stronger reserves this year. I think, and I expect some of the other pitchers to share the principal work with Grove and Earn- shaw. I have an idea Walberg will re By Alan tiould (Associated Press Sports Editor) BRAN DENTON. Fla. 0F They laughed behind his back last year when Gabby Street spoke so enthu siastically of his St. Louis Cardinals as a "great ball club. They are falling over themselves in the eagerness to agree this spring with - anything Gabby has to say. especially hia belief that the Red Birds are a "greater club' than ever. Street is distinctly of the old school of major league managers. He is neither 'dominating, in the McGraw fashion, nor an exponent of the Wit hers Roblnsonian manner. He seems to strike a happy medium, directing the players quietly but ef fectively. He (s a good "miser' among them. . "I don't - believe in driving ball players," said Street. "The fact Is I don't need to. with this club, for the reason that as a whole I can count on them keeping In shape and hustl ing. "Ball playing Is a business and the fellow who isn't determined .to make a success of It. by working, won't last gain his confidence and have a good i long with us. season. , "The Cardinals have a wonderful rHTI?S Wel1' you 1Lnow' ,M organization for the development of doesnt like to come down here. He kilt niAr anri h r ntrir is getting in condition at Hot Springs. OQ xhis tean, comoetition is so keen I haven't signed him yet but there's plenty of time to do that. In fact we agreed to settle this later." Mack watches every development among his players closely, directs even the practice program and ex hibition games, but he leaves much of the more active coaching work to the good Judgment of Eddie Collins. Here, at least, he has- no other al ternative, for the veteran baseball leader Is beselged dally by tourists. for pool lions that the boys, whether they have been around for a while or are just breaking in, have to hustle to get anywhere with us." Street believes the Cards have a fine chance to repeat J their pennant victory, even though the opposition promises to be stronger this year. Gabby, an old backstop himself, regards his pitching staff as better than ever this year, due to the addi tion of n nnlr nf voiintrsrprs in "Dimtv" seeking a handshake, an autograph j jjcan, who came up from the Texas Twice world's champion, the Philadelphia Athletics look good enough a tliev now hi and to Connie .Mack. M-vmr-old leader. 1 lie lone t-rruKtiig "note heard ut the club's Kurt Myers. Fla.. (rat nine, camp is In the Infield, ami Muck is carefully grooming Frank Tinkle" HIjc ins u,,(l 1,io William, second stringers, to leap Into the .second base and short Mop jobs. meets Coeur d'Alene at 3 p. m.. and the championship will be decided be tween the winners of these games to- j put their money on the line did so Siiri Beaii Doped To Win Richest Handicap Sunday Hy Paul Zimmerman (Associated Press Sports Writer) AGUA CALIEXTB. Mexico. March 31 Those famed Shakespearian words "My kingdom for a horse," were paraphrased here today by thousands of turf followers seeking an equine thoroughbred which might have a chance against the Dig suort odds bay. Sun Beau, in the world's richest stake, the Agu Caliente handicap to be run on the morrow. Four years aco this sou of Sun Briar could have been purchased for 96000. yet today he stood & favorite bv a wide marciu to poke his nose across the line in the second renewal of the 4100.000 race ahead of eight other probable starters and become the greatest money winner of all time. 1 So It was that those who chose to night. Play yesterday, all brilliant, was capped by a startling upset when Moreiand, a tiny high school, nosed out Twin Falls, 35 to 34 and took a with a common thought. "My king' do m for a horse to beat Sun Beau." Heavier Rider The Willis Sharpe Kilmer five-year- old, with Prankie Coltllettt. the tried commanding position tn the nice for J proven astride, will go to the the title. Other scores yesterday were: Lewlston 67. Arco 11. Idaho Falls 36. Boise 23, and Coeur d'Alene 36, Moscow 19. filly remained unanswered. Should George W Golf's infected hand heal sufficiently, he will be In the sad dle. Otherwise La re Cunningham will handle the reins. H. M. Woo If s entry will go to the post 16 pounds lighter than Sun Beau. Third place in the future books was held by Mike Hall, packing 116 pounds, and Pigeon Hole, carrying 113. These geldings, ages 7 and 6 respect ively, both representing the Hal Price Headley stable, are being quoted six to one, as Is the Choctaw, which re cently flashed to the fore fay besting several of the outstanding starters In a prep race. Pacific Coast's Hopes Hope for a Pacific Coast winner rests entirely with Alexaxider Pan tages. Figured as an outsider last year, this horse, owned by the thea tre magnate's sons Rodney and Lloyd, placed second to Victorian in the first running of the re-created Cot froth handicap and has appeared In better farm this season as a six yea r -old t ban ever be f ore . Plucky Play and Sandy Ford, the latter shipped here from Florida only a few weeks ago, along with Caruso, are considered as the other probable starters, although Schooner and Dc Swasey wilt go if there Is mud. Weather forecasts are clear, however, and only twice in eleven years has rain marred the classic. few words of wisdom. Mack shares winter and early spring dis tinction here with Thomas A. Edison. Although no changes in the lineup of the A's are In prospect, barring ac cidents. Mack and Collins ere paying special attention to several young players. This applies especially to the ln ftelders. Dib Williams at shortstop and Frank Higgins, the Texas boy, at second base. As understudies to Boley and Bishop, the aging keystone regu lars, they may have a good chance to see pennant action. Another rookie who caught Mack's early fancy is Bob Johnson. California boy who came up from Portland. Ore.. this spring, as an outfielder. His brother. Roy, is with the Tigers. Bob has worked out in left field, the pat rol of the celebrated Mr. Simmons, and he may be kept for reserve duty. league last rear to make a sensational debut: and Paul Derringer, strapping right-hander who won 23 games with the Rochester Internationals. : "I've got so many good pitchers, with veterans like Grimes, Hallahan, Rhem. Jphnson and Haines, that I' will have trouble finding enough work to keep them in Bhape," declared- Street. "In fact it will be a little 'dmbarrassing, if It turns out I have seven or eight mep who should b- starters." it.- -v - 1 1 GAB BV . . lytfi$f I j 1 STREET ' 4?g In fact It's been made famous the story of the guard who was little small but also a little tough " Bert went our for football at Lovols academy In Chicago chiefly becauli his older brother had been a star sat Ing to Georgetown later.. It wouldiT have looked good for a Metzger to have done anything else. . Of course, it was something of handicap to weigh only about isj pounds but Bert looked the situation over, decided to try out at end. Com pactly built and possessed of unusiui agility, be caught the eye of one or the coaches, a Notre Dame man, aaj was shifted . as an experiment to guard. He stayed there but he m, only ' a substitute for three years .t Notre Dame until. In his final season he leaped through as ah All-Amer lean. . y PSVCIIOI.OOY "MADE" BERT Metzger "made", himself in ft, game against' Carnegie Tech. in fact this victory for the Rough Riders was the turning point of their whale 1930 season. . j Rockne, the psychologist, kept Bert out of the starting lineup, argulns h. j needed more weight In the line. Bsrrt rival was imuuii-u .uuguij. mien tne little fellow was sent In, they couldn't stop him. He was a riot and so was Notre Dame from that point on. PAUL DEfKiNGEB. CAMBRIDGE IS WINNER OVER OXFORD CREW The champion St. Louis Curds are "better than ever." Manager Gabby street claims, and he's being believed this year. Tuo of the reasons are added strength to an already strong pitching staff In Paul Derringer and "Dizzy" Dean, recruit right lianders. Sarazen, Turnesa ) Seattle to Play Berkeley Bell Is Last American Hope NEW YORK. Mar. 21 (JP Only Berkeley Bell, mighty tennis atom from Dallas. Tex Invading French tennis team and a clean sweep of the American indoor titles. Bell, who outlasted big "Frank Shields of New York yesterday in a semi-final match, meets Jean Borot ra in the singles final today. Borotra. three times winner of the singles crown, already possesses the ooumes PUTNEY -ON-THAMES. Eng., March 21 irTV- Cambridge defeated Oxford today in their 63rd annual eight oared boat race on the Thames. It was the Contabs eighth straight victory in he historic event, which competed, intermittently Leading Golfers MIAMI BEACH. Fla., Mar. 21 UP) Gene Sarazen and Joe Turnesa Led a reduced but hopeful guard of golf-. ers over the La Gorce open cham pionship battlefield today to final assault on the $5,000 top prize of the 615.000 booty. Only 67 of the starting army were included, in the 36 -hole advance. The rest were casualties of the first two days of qualifying play. Sarazen and Turnesa were in front with. 33 hole scares of 139, two strokes ahead of their nearest com petitor. Joe Klrkwood followed with 141. Tommy Armour 142: Walter Kozack and Frank Walsh. 143 each. Walter Hagen was bracketed In the next position with. 144. alonz with ; Johnny Parrel! and Harry Cooper. craig wooa, winy cox ana wnue A four-story high school building for boys has Just been completed at New Orleans at a cost of (693,000. High brow books on science and the arts are borrowed from the Palm Beach public library frequently HAD NIGHT FOR l-AMAK HOLLYWOOD. Cal March 21 tJP) Billy Townsend. Junior welter- has been since 1829. Cambridge took a lead at the start. . never relinauishlne the advantage V. .." H7;;.-v- MacFarlane were next with 145. The official time was 19 minutes and 26 seconds, almost a full min ute behind the record set by Ox ford in 1911 at 18 mlautes 29 sec onds. The victory gave Cambridge a mar gin of two races In the series, the MIAMI. Fla.. Mar. 21 0P That llnht Hlita Ko i-1 iirr frlilmrtharl fnrtV. ' i. . wl-i . n . title with young Christian Boussus as, tQ tlmes to 0s!.s ton Wns. The jIng to worr? WlllWlne nia partner. .... race Of 1877 Was a dead heat. rntimri niniror nf th Bmntltn ISnh- ' Cambridge's maretn of victory was : tnK. rhisv wna nmnnp thp mtincr iw .vuu j when the Robins embarked lor a ser- . 1 Vance- Worrying Robins' Manager Bell 61-i beat Shields, 8-11, 6-4.k 12-10.! . lUU'JIVUJ.V UHH-'OtHjlllt, r.vt oll-:ri;K.i uxntsv, - i UK kl K OK tilt i pmfrcfi y.. Mnnvr . T- I tt.,Ui. ' ".vUr. ' ItTWnrM l&L ' DimIU eam1n& is backing British parUeipatito in f all the principal cities of Manchuria lll.? the Schneider cup races, is getting is foreseen as a result of the decision lonS " s Soln 10 0081 118 so much mail that she has asked the ; of government communication public to stop writing to her. : , thonties here to construct 18 new les of intra-club games at Havana and ' Hobby admitted he didn t like it, - "He will come 'along sooner oc t later,- said Robby.' "but in the mean--: fri t time lie may lose tne roe iie nua porit with 129 pounds in the boot, 13 pone ut. Even in the face of this. weight from Vancouver, B. C. gave and the threatening possibility that jonnny Lamar, local ooxer. an un McGonigle. a troublemaker at the pleasant ten rounds at the American gate, mlnht be allowed to go. Sunt. Legion stadium last evening. Bean stood at odds of four to five The Mexican was off to a good start, on the future books, and threatened slowed up tn the third and spurted to drop even below this. I again in the fourth. The rest of the . Nearest approach to Sun Beau was ! t;me he chose to fight it out on a Lady Broadcast, quoted at 4 to 1, wrestling basis. Townsend scored a by serrants of the rich patrons of ( even though the question of what ; momentary knockdown in the clos the colony hx-ker would pilot the five-year-old ' in? round 'These letters contain nhotocraphs, i wireless stations. unoald bills, bankruptcy notices. I Contracts for the stations have articles for sale sent on approval, I already been let. Their completion White Elephants Will be at Hill's Store ' LOCATION MONDAY MARCH 23RD RAINBOW GIRLS Will be in charge of this Circus of Bargains DON'T MISS IT CONNER'S, INC. Successors to the Hills Dept. Store valuable testimonials and documents of all kinds." she says, "with requests that they be returned immediately. If this is not done indignant or in sulting letters follow.' will mark another step toward the raillzation of plans of the Nanking government to give every district in China radio contact with the out side world. bail games." Plan Berlin-Rome Route Vancouver Lions SEATTLE, Wash., March 21 (JP) The regular playing season of the Pacific Coast hockey league closed here last night with Seattle defeat- ( ing Vancouver 3 to 2 to finish in j first place, but to win the champion- ! ship the Eskimos must conquer the ' Vancouver Lions in three games' of i five in a playoff series starting at ! Vancouver. Monday. i The filial standings are as follows: ' pnl. W. L. T.Pts. : Seattle tco. 16 0 9 41 ( Vancouver . 14 12 8 36 i Portland- ..11 15 8 30 Stating" a final three game series last Monday with a chance to over-' take .Seattle and capture first place, t the Lloas crumpled and took a trio t cf losoes on the chin. They dropped the firstLjwo games to Portland. UNDER INSURANCE IS LITTLE BETTER THAN NO insurance O W WAR NOCK MGR HORSEMAN PASSES l.E7rt$thoX, Ky:, -Mar. 21 uP William H. Harrison. 62, trotting ; horseman., died here today or heart disease. He returned yesterday from the Long-wood track in Florida and went directly to a hospital. Mr. Har rison was. a native of Lincoln, Neb. Sport Slants BERLIN opi Beginning this spring a new air route from Berlin to Rome will be inaugurated by the German Lufthansa. The route, by way of Munich, and Milano. will be covered in ten hours as against 32 by train. BROWNS' PILOT AFTER 'COLLEGE SPIRIT', SEES CLUB'S FUTURE IN ROOKIE PLAYERS Jfqi: BILL, KILLEF ER ?S& mm-) i rK ir:.. ... ; f.-.-.,f .nan irvuiu ( Associated Press Sports Epidtor) You hear so much about the suc cess of Notre Dame football stars as coaches that the widespread supposi tion is they all line up after gradua tion, shift rapidly to the rieht and sign coaching contracts to cash in ior uie immeaiaie luiure. . Bert Metzger prefers to be a butter and egg man. Not a big one of the type well known along M road way. for you will recall Mr. MetEger weighed scarcely 150 pounds, although he played a very convincing game at guard against much bigger men and won an All-America spot for himself in the Associated Press returns last fall. - Bert's father is In the dairy busi ness in Chicago and the son has de cided to Join him. meanwhile fore going a number of attractive offers to enter professional coaching. "Of course I hate to quit connec tions with football." he told me in a three-cornered fanning bee with Prank Wallace at Miami Beach. "I've had a lot of fun in the game f but I figure 1 11 be more sensible in j the long run to get right down to brass tacks and business. I can still I go out and give a few cheers for the I boys, when I feel the old itch to be back in it. j "I never hated more to part with ! a gang than that team of ours last 1 year. In many respects, perhaps, we weren't as. good as that 1929 team. It was tough for a little guy like me to follow the footsteps of guards like , icna i-aw ana jacs: cannon. But we all got together, we had great spirit and we were able to get the jump. . . "Roc- you know, had a way of get ting us to do better than we thought we could. When it came to that last game with Southern California and he asked us to go in there for good i uma iui aiumns, mere was nothing 1 to it. I stiii get a thrill when I think cf that game, although probably we -played as good, if no: better football ' against Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania." j alto "Tproir j The story of Bert Metzger is one of 1 the real- romances of college football' LARRY BETTENCOURTb Hill Kitlefer. nwruijer of the St. Louis Browns is shorn n above looklnj oer his rookie talent at the club's Wot Palm tV.uh training camp, Itnlldlnr. for the future. Killlfer is carefalty developine the possibili ties of Jim Le and Inlng Burns recruit shorttop and second box-man. and Larry Bettencourt. slug gins rookie outfielder. Rt Un J. Could I (Associated Press Sports Editor 1 WEST PALM BEACH. Fla. .vBi!l K:llefer ha been through many a b&ttbali war. earned catching fame as a battery -mate of Grorrr Cleveland Alexander and msrred club in both mA.w leagues, bin he ts still one of the greatest exponents of the eld col lege spirit, "Call it hokum, tf you will. re marked the keen but snuhns pilot cf the St. Lot: t5 Brc.?vv "but I have seen many a dub. with fe or no outstanding s:rs. co far in this gam. "Take the Bton Bra res of 1914. They were inspired Take the Car- dis-ii. wo he won three pendants in five years with very few outstand ing individuals, rebuilding the Browns now. We're trying out a half dozen young sters who may become rstal svsrs in a year or two. They're hirst line to make good and the veterans on the club wiU nave to do the same thing to hold cn. Players who haven't shevn the right spirit will be d j-placed.- i Killefer Is one cf the most pains I t&kiDf tutors in the raaka of major j league pilots. Thoroughly skilled in ; th handling cf ll departments, he i corscentrases ini;vtduaily on to p-ay-era te is seekic to develop as rrgu i lrs. suc.h as tbc new uolicidtra Jim Levy at short and Irving Bums at second. He has cured a "double hitch" In the batting form of Larry Betten ccurt. 200-pound former Ail-Axr.er.ca center at St. Mary's of California. Bettencourt hit 43 homers with Wichita Falls last year and has a bright chance to suck in the big show this year. -We dont har any trick rules for our piayrs." KiHefer expLained. One good workout a dy in fTrp is enough- We superrts the food to seme extent but ball players canl ail be handled by the same yardstick. If they are not earae. enough to cbey the sunpi xu of tnunaxg they will not last long ' For Spring use in your range, there is no coal like: PEACOCK. , It makes a quick, hot fire. . Van Petten Lumber Co. Phone Main 732 "Good Service Quick" Hudson, Essex, Dur&nt. 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