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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
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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."
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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
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unoald bills, bankruptcy notices. I Contracts for the stations have
articles for sale sent on approval, I already been let. Their completion
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MARCH 23RD
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Successors to the Hills Dept. Store
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If this is not done indignant or in
sulting letters follow.'
will mark another step toward the
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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
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BETTER THAN
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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
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.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. Star,
Hupmoblle, Nash, Austin,
Whippett, Overland, Willys -Knight
have Auto-Lite Electric
Generators and Starters,
official Service station
BURGESS BATTERY
& ELECTRIC STATION
Opposite Iji Grande Grocery
19JC Chevrolet ronpe $1!3
ls-2.1 Chevrolet Coupe US
192S Chevrolet Coupe 345
1921 liaise Sedan 293
LARISOX CHEVROLET CO.
1414 Adams Phone Main 3
BETTER MERCHANDISE
Always at Lower Prices
All Rain and Storm Coats
Size 4 to 12 Now at Price
NORTON'S KIDDY SHOP
LORBIER'S
LA GRANDE
CITY DYE WORKS
Cleaners of Fancy Gowns
Men s Suits Dry or Steam Cleaned
Phone Main J2 10214 Depot Street
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