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Papre Two LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Friday, May 1, 1931 5? ' Introducing Our " FIRST FREE GIFT EVENT An event that will offer unusual ". saving's for everyone. SATURDAY and MONDAY FREE MILLINERY You may choose a smart hnt free with the coat you buy. , 1 FREE MEN'S HATS . . Menl here's your chance to get a new hat with your'' spring Oregon City Woolen Mills suit FREE. FREE HOSIERY With all ladies, misses, boys and men's footwear. ' FREE PATTERNS Choose your Buttrlck Pattcnjs FREE with your dress lengths' of $5,00 or oyer. FREE COSTUME JEWELRY , With every silk dress you may have your choice ' of ny piece of costume jewelry. FREE BELTS AND SUSPENDERS You may choose a belt or a pair of suspenders free with any pair of man's pants or golf knickers at $5.00 or over. " " : '" 1 r CONNER'S LA GRANDE'S OWN. STORE JOHNNY FARRELL .ON GOLF CLIMBING IN ELDER LEAGUE McGraw's Team Up to Third Place Yankees Trouqe Athletics. . By Oaylp Tallmt ft. (Asuoclatcd Preus Sports' Writer) Of the two principal experiments conductcd'tiy'tUa big loauuo foromoti thin yoar, 'one. gives every promlio of being a. . howling auQceeH, The other fast Is proving A keen disap pointment to its sponsor. . ' John ' McOrnw appears to have made a wise move In shifting Freddie Undstrom from third baso to tlio outfield and posting ' tho rookie, Johnny Vereoa.' ivt tho warm corner. At least, tho (Hants were In third place In the National league today, the result of their third straight vic tory. Both tlndstrom nnd Vorgcz are clicking in their new positions. Klllefer Not So Lucky .. Bill Wlofer, on the other hand, lias had no such luck with tho "pony'l In'lold he liiBtalleU this spring on his St. Louis Browns. For a weok tho Browns went great, win ning of their first four, bqt since then they havon't done anything ex cept lost seven straight ball gainos. Today's sun found thorn resting nt the bottom of the American loague. The Chicago White Sox . handed the Brgwns their lust Jolt yostorday, 10 to 9, In 11 Innings. The victory, Chicago's third straight, pushed the Sox Into a tie with Dotrolt for fourth place. Harold McKnln was credited with his third win of tho year. Nino errors marred the conflict. Athletics lii-ulcn Bo relieved were tho Yankees to get out of Washington of lor drop ping three to tho Senators, that they drove Rube Walberg from tho mound and beat the Athletics. 7 to 3. In their opener at Philadelphia. Henry Johnson held tho. champions to six hits and struck out aevcu men. Detroit dropped on Willis Hudlln for four runs In the first Inning and got four more off Miller In tho sixth to halt Cleveland's winning streak, 0 to 4, Fonscca's double with tho bases loaded accounted for three' -of tho tribe's runs, off Hoyt. j Fred Fltzsltntnons was almost tho whole show as' the Giants downed tho Boston Braves, 3 to 1. The vot eran righthander held Boston to two singles, scored ono Ciliint run and drove In tho other. Itolilns Wallop Jim Ulllott , They finally fed one too many southpaws to Brooklyn. After hav ing lost nlno games to the lefties, tho lioblns Jumped Jumbo Jim El liott for four runs In tho early In tho early Innings and dofeatcd tho Phillies, 0 to 1. Frederick hit a homer with two on In the third, 1 Pittsburgh extended Cincinnati's latest losing streak to four straight. Tho score was 8 to 3. T)ie Pirates got all of their nine hits off Eppa rtlxoy In six Innings. 'Lloyd Wancr heading the assault with o,' homo run lnnldo tho nark. Mlckov Hnnth UUU.-M111HI.I u iuukiv urst, - pasonuui, recolvcd h broken rluht arm wimn Thovonow ran Into him In tho fourth Inning. Bain nrovontod tho start of tho "n.imlnl,r .nHna luluun .1... ti-.i , w. ........ " MUUTTVUll 4.UVIUIUM league leaden, Chicago and St. Louis, u the (atter city. . . Baseball Standings lly the ArsikIiUoI rrusa COAST I,I;A(H'K ' w. Los Angoles 13 Port land , 13 Onkluncl u Sacramento 12 Hollywood ia MlHslnun 11 Bun Francisco 10 Boftttlo 10 , ..SPOON.. Note, loft ; "Mt i-o gzi under ba.ll. .... use, X -r ; : a: I spoon, insbQd V ft J ..BRASSIE.. Danger, of Lopping wii.hu Jess : a.nglea. cju.0 tacc- .. Johnny JKurrnll licro kIiuuk graphically tho nclvnutiiKc nf tifilng n spoon iiutt?nU of n UiUhHle 011 full uliota through the falrwy ' By Johiuiy Farrell i (Former American Open Champion.) tS ilHCI HI Aiail OIMNU No. 3. t'HK THAT WIOON People often oek mo what Is the most Important shot in golf. i'or tne proies&ionaJ stars. Duttinir Is tlio most Important part ot the gumo, for It -Is tho work on tho greens that tells tho scoring tale. or tue-avcroKo players, who make up more than 80 per cent of ino wuoio goiiing ramiiy, my con vietlon is that tlio drive Is tho most Important shot. A good drive has a tonic effect on moat ordinary players. Jt is tho moat BntlHfylntf shot to null off well. Tho next ono or two shots may bo dubbed or partly clubbed, but a first- race arive usually means the half way niark to the green. In tho full wood shot, tho follow through is most Important. Once tho fundamentals of an easy, relaxed stui ico are acquired, tho Individual player must adjust his own swing so that it Is easy and natural, with a full follow-through. That's what gots the extra distance. too mucin practice often does . iignc aiiKe, could win a title. Eight Amateur Koxing Crowns Awarded In N.Y. NEW YORK, May 1 (PI Out of tho mining crowa ol 144 youngsters who started to fling leather Monday night, eight survivors were left today, each the proud possessor of a golden belt symbolizing the national , aftutteur championship in his class. Jack Pallet of Cleveland has two such trophies. Tho only 1930 cham pion to defend his title, Pallat swept through' the heavyweight ranks to win his second championship with a technical knockout over Earl Bather of Minneapolis In the final last night, after defeating Homer Brandes of San Francisco in the semi-final. Pallat's victory gave Cleveland two cnampions. Babe Trlscaro, Chunky little flyweight, gained a decision over Eddy Ceresole of Oakland, Cal., to win the 112-pound title. New York, holding Its first national cham pionships In 28 years, also had two winners. Tho oKher four champions mo iiuui ouawn, oan irancisco, New Orleans and Reno, Nev. In addition to tho two Cleveland lads, tho newly crowned champions ado: UB pounds, Joseph Perrante, Boston; . 126 pounds, "Anthony Scar pati, New York; 135 pounds, Al Oom ez. Son Prancisdo; 147 pounds, Ed ward Plynn, New Orleans; 160 pounds, Prank Pullam, New York; and 175 pounds, Ahtone Poaujw, Reno. The first foul of the tournament marred lost night's program, which covered the 32 semi-final and final bouts. Don Gonzales, Cleveland, 126 pounder, landed several wallops In loul territory In his final bout against Sharpati when he had piled up a good lead on points, and the referee finally interviewed lln the second round and awarded the title to the New Yorker. The finals saw knockouts In the laaK two bouts. Before Pallat stopped Sathor in tho heavyweight final, An tone Polonl, the Reno lad who tho old-tlmers said looked like the Jack uempaey oi au years ago, knocked out Joe Melham of Kansas City In the third round. Tho New Orleans brother act of Eddie and Dennis Plynn carried tlirough to the finals but onlv one of the southorn boys, who look and Eddie A r,11rtt!r,v " I m tho 'other seml-flnols another LHCiKe AppilCUllOn champion fell. Signorina Valerio, of For World Record . OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Cor. vallls. May 1 Application for recog nltlon of the world record In the shuttle relay- made here recently his been made to Alonzo A. Stagg of Chi cago, chairman of the records com mittee. The Oregon State team com posed of Marsh Dunkln, Jack Du- Prane, Bob Prentiss and Ken Mar tin, ran tho shuttle relay in 1:1.6 in e, dual meet with university of Oregon hero April 24. The old rec ord pf 1:1.8 was marie in 1920 by Ohio State. .. Boston Ed Don George. 216, North Java. N. Y., threw George Zarynoff, log. Ukrania. one fall (1:30:00); Nick Lutze, 203. California, and Henri Dl Glane, 216, France, drew (45 min ute limit); Al Morelll, 205, Boston, threw Alex Anderson, 210. Quincy, Mass., (10:00); Len Mocaluso. 198, threw Sailor Arnold ,202, Newport, R. I., (6:00). Italy, best "of her native country. was defeated by Mary Heeley, former English Junior champion, 6-7,' 6-4, 6-4. ' '. ' Miss Heeley and Mme. Mathleu will meet in the finals tomorrow. Joan Pry won the title last year. Ira Dern Defeats Hoffman Thursday PENDLETON. Ore., May 1 VP) Ira Dern, Salt Lake heavyweight wres tler, took two straight falls to do leat Jack Hoffman. Now York, here last night. Dern won the first fall In nine minutes with an arm stran gler and the second in a minute ond ft half with an airplane spin. Hoff- Mine. Mathieu Wins From Betty Nuthall BOURNEMOUTH, Enir.. Mov Km Betty Nuthall, women's tennis cham pion of the United States, todav was defeated by Mme. Mathieu, Prance's ranking player In the semi-finals of tne national hard court champfon--shlps, 8-6, 6-3. i man was out several minutes' after tho ride. . Dern weighed 197 pounds, Hoff man 238. : beat Joy Lyons of Lancaster. N. Y.. but Dennis lost to Prank Pullam. OKKUOX DEFEATS IDAHO moro harm than good. I think 10 to 15 minutes is plenty for the prac tice of any shot. An hour's practice Is equivalent to a full round and too much. Nluety-nlne times out of i a 100, EUGENE, Ore., Mhy 1 (P) Oregon it is better to use the spoon than i won Its second gams from Idaho 8 the brasslo for full shots through I to 3 hero yesterday. Outside tho tno lairway. ucldom is a good bras-! second inning when Idaho garnered slo Ho obtained, wherfe3 the snoon, having greater loft, wlir produeo bet ter results. Tho spoon Is a good utility club. For tho average player. It get3 bet ter results than a full No. 2 Iron. It -oan- bo used to advantage ,off the toes. If the driver seems a llttl out of control. Bobby Jones has had a hobit for years of using his spoon for tho first threo or four holes off tho tee, tuitll ho fcols ho Is warmed up and swing ing smoothly. Tomorrow The Stance. L. 11 10 11 12 13 13 14 Pet. .010 .642 .524 .522 .600 .450 .435 .417 AMKIIIRAN I.KAOl'H New Downdraft Stioinbcrg Carburetor FOR MODKI, A FOKI l IIKKK More speed, ami less gns. Burgess Battery & Electric Station Opposite to OruTHlo Oroccry : ,' w. l. Cleveland 0 4 Washington) j. 8 6 Now York . 8 6 Detroit ...u 7 7 Chicago e 0 Philadelphia fl g Boston 3 7 St. Louis a a NATIONAL I.KAIil'K ' ". ' ' 'W. L. Chicago ,. g , 3 Ht. Louis ,. fl 8 Now York 0 4 Boston v. , o 5 Pittsburgh o g Philadelphia 6 7 Brooklyn 3 jo Cliuiuiuttl i p Pot. .(ma .616 .571 .BOO .600 .455 .300 .273 Pet. .727 .727 .6112 .043 .420 .417 .231 .100 NightFights Knlaiuoroo, Mich. Tommy Orogan Oiuuha, kuooked out Herman Potlick' Kalamazoo (2). t Silk Dresses Pastel Shades, Silke Crepe 1 to 6, $1.98 NORTON'S KIDDY SHOP Senators Drop Third Game To Angels, 6 to 5 Hy (he AHHot'lnlt'iI l'ress Ab tho.Bories between Los. Angeles nnd SiiornnifJHto profreNes, the An roIs aro BtruiiKthontng their hold on top position In tho Paclflo Coiiet letiKUo, while tho Senators, who held tho load for soino time, huvo dropped tu luurwi piace. - Los Angeles nuido it thrco straight yesterday by defeating Sue rn men to 0 u o iiL juoa aiikcics. They pulled tho pome from tlio flames in the uloalng innlngtf whon Loris Bnker, of Bulem, Ore., and John Schulte hit homers and Loroy Herrmann hurled hit less balls. - Oakland sIugKod out a 11 to 8 vic tory over tho Seals last night at San Francisco. Tho Acorns banned nway nt four Seals pltahers. Tlio Seals nulled in tho olghth to got four runs. Tiioy got two moro in tho ninth. Thon Tubus relieved Pear son on tho mound for Oakland nnd tho rally onded. Seattle stayed a ftvo-run rally in tho ninth on tho homo lot to best Hollywood's Stars 8 to 4. Tho final blow for tho Stars camo when Louie Almsdn, Indian ccntor fielder, cracked i homor with the bases full. After dropping tho first two games of tlio series, the Mission Reds turned on Portland yostcrday uud bounced the Beavers 8 to 7. Tho gamo was plnyed at Portland. A fourth inning rally netted tho Rods eight hi is which they converted to six runs. Tho Beavers couldn't duplicate. Missions , B 16 4 Portland , 7 11 0 . H. Plllctto and Brcnael; Bowman, LalHl, Rullerton and Woodnll. At Los Angeles: R. H. E. Sacramento BOO Los Angeles 6 8 2 aillick, Hubbell and Wlrts; Yerkcs, Hermann nnd Schulto. At Seattle: R. H. E. Hqllywood 4 8 4 Senttlo - 8 13 0 . Turner, V. Psgo and Soveield; Mll- jus anu u a ton. At San Francisco: U. If. E. Oakland u 18 l San Francisco 8 15 3 Pearson. Tubbs and Reed; Davis, Turpln, Douglas, McDougal and Wil son. . , . Smith and Kirkwood In Narrow Escape LONDON. May 1 (ZD Horton Smith and Joe Kirkwood, American golf professionals, narrowly cccupcd In jury today when a taxi m which thoy wcro riding was in collision with a truck. ..iNoithcrJwiiroihurt. CHICAGO MViiSTOCK three consecutive doubles to score two runs, Ken scales held them well in hnnd. Ho was given fine support. Oregon plays Washington State In a two-game series here Monday and Tuesday. Tho score:.- ' R. H. E. Idaho .,. .-. 3 6 6 Oregon : 8 12 2 Lindsay and Schulte; Scales and Shaucman. We Invite You To inspect our Kitchen at Any Time. PARTY DINNERS, .TEAS and BANQUETS OUR SPECIALTY LA GRANDE HOTEL iMANLKY DKFIiATS KOfcENIILOOM A WEEK FROM SUNDAY IS Mother's Day All-Silk Packages of -i Mother's Day Artstyle Chocolates V. -$1.50 a-pound Of'ooiirse you've decided what you are going to give your'tlother on Mother's Day. If chocolates are your choice you owe it to yourself as well as to your mother to examine our exclusive Mother's Day Package. Never before have you seen a silk cov ered package just like this Artstyle creation. And your mother has never tasted the equal of the delicious chocolates con tained within. One, two and three pound packages, GLASS DRUGS, Inc. 1 . La Grande, Ore. H The ?&tal Store ottv ( Trotter's , Liquidation Sale Setting a New Record ' for Real Values." Two Real Bargains for Saturday Only SATURDAY SPECIAL : Take your choice, one lot men's rayon dress ' " SOCKS 12c Saturday. May 2ml, 'beginning at J p. in. we will sell one iot -rtien's rayon dress socks, assorted, pati turns, all sizes in the lot,'' while any remain at, s ... . . ' 4 A 1 the pair ......i (Xot over 4 pair to a customer) SATURDAY SPECIAL May 2nd nt 10 a. in., for Thirty Minutes Only Choice one lot Men's to $1.(10 : TIES 15c : Saturday, May 2nd, beginning at 10 i. in., for thirty minutes only, we will sell one lot men's to $1.09 silk tics, nil Hew patterns, while iny remain, extra; snot-fal, each ...... (Limit one only to a customer) 5c Clothing Trices Wreekcrt; Every suit and overcoat ..priced to go quick. '. ' ' TROTTER'S La Grande, Ore. CHICAGO. Mny 1 Ml (U.,S. D. A.) Hojjs 13.000; pnckliiR bowu 85.00 6.C0; medium and good 275-500 lbs. $5.D0i-ri tO.10. Cattle 3.000; calves 1,000; slaughter cattle and venlcra: steers, good and cholco COO-1100 lbs. M.OOor 10.0O; vealers good and cholco S7.00( $0.00. Sheep 16,000; choice woolskliiB 89.60 iff$0.00; choice springers (11.50 (,f (12.00; lnmbs 00 lbs. clown, good and choice (8.50 $0.06; medium $0.00 et (B.60; 01-100 lbs. medium to choice (7.75((9.40; all 'weights, common $0.76f,( (B.oo; ewes 00-160 lbs. medium to cholco (2.50 a. $3.76: nil .welnhU. cull and common (1.50(,i (2.50. , MVDUl'imi, WIIUAT LIVERPOOL. May 1 UP) Wheat close: Mny U0; July 0814; October EENVEB, May 1 (IP) George Mnn loy, Denver light heavyweight won the referee's verdict last night from MflKlc P.osenbloom, ol New York, thB tltleholdcr, In a non-title 10 round light. Tho Judges falling to agree, Ref eree Dan Darnell voted -for the Den ver nattier, basing his verdict on Manlcy'B aggressiveness and moro solid punching. Rosenbloom's title ; was not at stake, as he caino in at 1 100 pounds, with Manlcy scaling 170. j ,'. - STl'.AH'iH STHlKJiS I'lIJlt ASTORIA'. Ore:,- Mny-f 'to "Tho' Moomer Admiral Hnlstcnd struck a- i pier tills morning while docking ih ; me nsLorin nnroor ana as she started backing away troin the pier, the tide curried her on. a shoal 00 feet from pier No. 3. A tug pullod the ship oil two hours later. There was no damage. HCT'l'Klll'AT SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 (IP, But tcrfat f. o. b. San Francisco 2Qc. I'OltTl.ANI) lMIOIIUCK PORTLAND, May l (p, Butter: firm; quotations unchanged. Eggs: weak; quotations unchanged. Milk, country meats, mohnlr. nuts. enscora bark, hops, butterfat, poultry, onloiiB, potatoes, wool and hoy steady ujiu MMcmuigca, - Kl'OAIt AND I'l.Ot'U PORTLAND. Mav 1 un Sni-nr- steady: (sucked basis) cane, fruit or berry $4.70 per cwt. Beet sugar (4.50 per cwt. Flour: steady; (city delivery prices) family patents. 40s (4.60; whole wheat. 40s (4.70: grnhom.' 49s (4.60; bakers' hord wheat, 88s (5.20; bakers' uiuestem patents, 08s (5.30; pastry flour. 98s $4.60. Stores ... (onscience Uwners of Red & White Stores feel a distinct responsibility to the public. Their constant effort is to provide the highest quality at the lowest possible orices. rv The Outstanding Value in New Victor Records At Adler Music Co. 22C55 (Oh Dnuna Clara; Elizabeth) Wnriiifrs Pt'iinsylvanians 22C51 (Uunning Uelwoon the Raindrops) (When I Tako Jly Sugar to Tea) Biltmore Orchestra ALSO IN SHEKT MUSIC ' COME IN AND HEAR THEM. (. S., MEXICO DAVIS TEAMS IN ZONE PLAY ' MEXICO CITY, Mny X Tho ton ! nls Jtmnipy thnt Is uxpectwt Ui ond In tho Davis Cup rlinllenKc round In France begins Itxlay as the Unite I States faces Mexico In tho first matches of tho opening North Amerl 1 can mono tie.' The youthful 'team or Frank X. HhlcUlH, of New York, Winner Alt "oii of Austin, Tcxns. nnd Sidney B. Wood, New York boy who Is a ti drnt nt tho University of Arizona. Is expected to com through the first mutches, perhaps with some dif ficulty, nnd to go on to meet Canada In tho ztnxo final at Montreal May 31. 2J and 33. Two ftinglra mjitrhes aro scheduled for tho opening day. Shields meets MVxlco's first ranking player, Htcardo Til pi a. and Alison plays Alfonso Undn. J. B. AcIouq Jr.. of Dallas. Tex.. non-playing capuvtn of tho United States team, said last night that the matches with Mexico wero not to be taken lightly and the players would have to do their best to win. , MILKERS ""the w Sliced Pineapple Red & White Fancy Brolkest Sliced Fist 2cX49c Use These for Cooking eapple2S035c 1 Red & White Peanut Butter Healthful for tlie.Kldtllca. -PoundJars .... 23c 3 Orange Marmalade A Delicious Spread. Pound Jars 63c Wrestling New York Ucttnto Oanllnl. 35S, Itnly, threw Cnrl Lvmmlo, 213, New York ,18:001: Herb Freeman. 31 New York, threw Casey Bertier. aivi. Tesaii (17:051: Jim MeMlllen, 31S. CIiIctbo. anrt Mllo Stetnboru. 515. 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