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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE. ORE. Monday, June 81931 BRUSHING UP SPORTS . . . By Laufer J J I. 1 Pare Two NEW GRAYCO NECKWEAR "Styled in Hollywood". $1.00 to $1.50 Give Dad a new Tie for Fathers Day CONNER'S La Grande's Own Store &, p, You Are Cordially Invited to Attend Our i" .op o ; Hi! r. i ! , -Tfte SAfe. t,OvJ5 v am 4 ! ! re : bi : PORTLAND WINS DOUBLE HEADER Beavers Again Entrench ed in Second Place in Pacific Coast League- By (lie Associated Ircsf - Three Coast league teams saw their standings go up by Jumps yesterday for the Sunday program of double headers saw three teams take both ends of the contests. Seattle took two from Los Angeles, S to 8 and 6 to 0; the Mission Reds downed Oakland 7 to 6 and 0 3, while Portland walked on Snn Francisco 9 to 6 and 10 to 7. The remaining double header, between Hollywood and Sacramento, was dl Tided, the Stars taking the ifret 13 to a, ana ine senators coming dock to win the second 10 to 3. The Beavers' double victory cave them the series from the Seals four games to three. After the 9 to 6 win in the Initial contest a possible Seal victory was stopped by Jack Kllleen, Portland pitcher; In the fifth Inning of the second game. He took the mound with a Seal rally in full swing and only one out. The rally promptly stopped and from there on the Seals got only three hits and no runs. Seattle Wins Series Seattle took the series from the Angels four game to three by reason of the double win yesterday. Ray Keating, bought from Portland yes terday, won the storting game for the Indians by 'holding the Angels to six hits. In the' second game "Dutch" lieu t her allowed them only two hits. - The Missions took the first bp me, an eleven Inning ait Ait. from Oak land in the final Inning when they combined two hits to put over the whining run. Oakmnd had previous ly tied the score three times. The Reds took a three run lead in the iiitn inning or the second game I V" " -A VI I WSW mm ' 1 W lAE ALLOWED tf M3o- LA06 MVP SPENDS BeHeenS . SSooo MD ilSoo EiCHS&.FbS.ftgjc PdCv'06RAPWs OP HIM&ELF i Yesterday' rcsulu: X'irsl game: R. H. E. Snn Fmncl&co 0 11 1 rorlland 9 14 1 Gibson, Heiidei&nn, Baldwin and Penebsky: Walters, Pullerton, Oita-oII I and Fltzpatrlck. Second gaine: R. H. K. San Francisco 7 13 1 Portlond 10 14 0 Davis and Wilson: Malls. Bowman.' Kllleen and Woodall. First came: R. H. E. I os Angeles , 3 6 1 ScKttle 5 11 1 Yerkcn and Campbell: Kcalliur and Cuton. The Btare routed Sacramento In the third Inning of the first game uiuiug wa rany wr.icn netted 10 rtins and icwcu up the same. The Star outfield was piomlnent at the filatter. Barbae strutting two homers n his first two trips to the bat and Hill one. The second game brought one big Inning for Sacramento. They cored five times In tho sUUi. Roh wer. steinbacker ond Koohlcr got homers for tho Senators, and Barbce added another one for llollywood. The Stars took the scries four games to three. Second came: Los Angeles Si-attlc Mods and Honnah: R. If. E. 0 a 0 e a o Rcuthcr and Cox. iScvcn Innings by agreement.) Flist gamo: R. H. E. Oakland - 6 8 3 MlBHtona 7 14 a Ortmun, Hurst, Chnuheud and Read; Llt'bcr ond Hofmann. (11 (n-. whloi- Oakland couldii-'t. ovorcome; f-'fcoeot4 gaino: R. H. S. Easterner May Be Selected As Pacific "Czar" three school officials to select the muu and name his salary. . iril t'nuiiliitous Approval j Before the commissioner will be ' put In qf flee, however, he will have to receive t.ie unanimous approval of all ten schools. The grauuale managers and faculty men closed their three-day meeting Saturday after drawing up the 1032 conference football schedule and vot ing on tho commissioner plan. This Tunes. '& Wed., Juaimety & I Ily Frank Ci. Oorrle j (Associated Prcs Sports Writer) PORTLAND. Jui e o (JPi An eastern or middle westeri man will likely was the first time the grid program be chosen to till the Pacific Coast has been arranged at the summer conference "high commissioner" posl- session. Heretofore It has been tlon created Saturduy when graduate . drawn up at the winter conference, managers and faculty representatives Other business Including picking of the organization voted at their officials for. athletic games, arrang Ilnal meeting here to employ a ! ing northern division basketball, "czar" to supervise athletics. f baseball, track, golf and tennis To satisfy all ten schools In the schedules, and fixing dual meet dates Oafcinnd 3 7 3 Mlaaloiu ,... 0 0 3 Daglla nnd Read; Caster and Bron ze!. (Seven innings by agreement). First game: It. h. E. Sncnuneiito . 3 14 ,,4 Hollywood 13 ifl i r.:. -. -,;; " ".;.? w" irrJ power to name officials for all con ' tt,,u Jesu and act as arbitrator In ath- Second game: R. H. E. letlc problems. They belle vo that Sacramento .....w.10 l'J 0 this will eventually be the outcome Hollywood 3 ia a of the action. Hubbell. Vinci and Koehlcr: Yde. Prof wmtnm nn r Qtnrnrri Johns, Anderson, Hollcrson aiullass-i president of the faculty body, was conference it was the general opin ion oi me oinciais mai mcy win have to go cast to get the man for the Job.' Tho faculty men decided to give the recommendations of the gradu ate managers a one-year try. They voted to employ a commissioner for -n year who would "assist in the con sideration of problems confronting the conference and "make recom mendations on the basis of which a determination may be made as to future policies and methods of ad-i .ministration." I The graduate) managers had honed ' that tho man would be appointed ; . , " , iuiimwi.i, m.wu- for three years and be given full , t"u" &on junior oaseoau In several sports, was also cleaned un at the meeting. The school officials meet again In their winter session at San Francisco in December. The next summer con ference will be held In Los Angeles. Instead of In a northern city, on ac count of tho Olympic games. It has been set for lat in July, 1032. . ; ' 1 ' 1 r v WOODBURN. Ore.. June 8 tfv-By defeating Wood burn, 15 to 9. hero yesterday, Salem gained tho right u meet tlio SlWerton northwest cham- Snlem and Silver ton will ulav three game series as yet undated. Emory university in Atlanta, which docs not comjxHo in intercollegiate athletics, has employed six ' coaches lor next ye;r for Intramural sports. Former Trogans Traimog For 1932 Olympic Games U. S. Decathlon Mark Passed By Mortensen In Late Trial CANDIDATES FOR WORLD GAMES lly Paul Zimmerman (Associated Press sports Writer) LOS ANOELES Wi Three Univer sity of Southern California Trojans of track fame, two veterans of the 11138 Olympic games, have donned the abbreviated track armor ngaln. pre paring themselves for the campaign for the 1933 United States Interna tional team. HAKPKR WANTS SON NOT TO ATTEND NOTHK IlAMK WICHITA, Kan. Wi Jesse Harper, new director of athletics at Notre Dame, doesn't want his son, Mcl, to go to college at South bend. The boy would be "handicapped" there, his father says, and lack the freedom to develop which would be his In another school. Young Harper, a member of the graduating class In 1831 In Wichita high school, probably will enter the University ot Kansas. DALLAS RRCKIVEK Ll'HKS bt'OLTS WITH I'AST I'ttl DALLAS, Te. W The outstand ing rookie player In the Texas league this season Is Alfred Todd. J10-pouml Dallas catcher. Todd, hitting better than .330, Is fast on base and the owner of a powerful throwing! arm. His pet ploy is to field Intended sacrifice bunts and catch the ad vanclnk runner at second. Several big league scouts have been trailing tho Utcers, giving Todd the once over. JULY 4 OPENS CALIENTB K.M'INU AOUA CALIENTB. Men. VP, Fifty, seven days ot horse racing featured by the Bowman handicap, a S5.000 af lalr, on Labor day, Sept. 7. the last day of the 'season, mark the second running of the Agua Callente Jockey club summer session, starting July 4. Added money will amount to 16.000. IDAHO FORMS OOI.P TEAM MOSCOW. Idaho W Tho Unt- 4, verslty of Idaho has a golf team this year for tho first time In its history. I i, Robert O'Brien, of Spokane, shot a i , hole-In -one during tho team's first j practice. - ., ' "Ma" Btribllmj. mother of the heavyweight contender, ia person- ny supervising nis meals while he is In training for his chirmpionshlp Clarence (Dud) Houscr. who set a new Olympic record of 155 feet 3 Inches for the cIIkcus at Amsterdam. Lee Barnes, present holder of the pole vault record at 1 feet 1 Inches, and Jesse Mortensen, one of Troy's greatest three-letter men, are the threo muftkeetcrs. Strange aa It may scorn, Morten sen, who failed to win a place on the l&aa team, appears to be the greatest potential prospect na a decathlon j nan. nuutHT is inceo wun tne em barrassing lact that Eric Krcrui and Paul Jc.vmp have hurled the discus more than ten feet beyond his Olym pic record. Barnes placed fifth In the l!)2B games' pole vault, and even though i ho vas in retirement two years he ! has beat his way back to 13 fet 1 Inches this spring. His comeback trail does not appear to be so long j as that facing Huuscr, tor no one has I eclipsed his mark. Mnrtensen flashed hack Into the ! picture recently by running through I tho ten decathlon events to gain a ! total of 8.0IB4 points, 237 4 bettor! than the existing American record 1 and ouly 113 83 short of the world I' mark set at Amsterdam by the Finn. I PHava Yrjola. j Tho performance is all the more I remarkable In view of the fact that! Mnrtensen threw the lavelln onlv li hct, wl ereas he won the Unttonal A. A. U. title In liUU In this event' wnh a low of more than ao4 fret, j Mortensen. In addition to his track orllviiles. wan a good backdeld man I on tho football souad and a great center on the 11)30 Pacific Coast con- ! f e r c n c e championship basketball j team. j Tho former Trojans will all com- I I'vvu ior me iam Angeles Athletle club 111 the National A. A. U. meet at. Lincoln in Julv. MOKTKNNKN IS' DKCATIII.OX lixi-meters 11 seconds. 400meter 6a 3 seconds. l.lw-meters 6 mlnules. 1.4 six'onds. no-meters hurdles 15.4 seconds. Shot putt 43 feet, 5 Inches. Discus 138 feet, 6 Inches. Broad Jump 31 feet, 3 Inches. High Jump 11 feet. Bi Inches. Hole Jit 10 feet, s Inches. Javelin 181 feet. jesse I 4 MX A VV ' L 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. To Be Conducted By RHnrs. Jessie Scsraiiiutoim (formerly of La Grande) , During the past three years Mrs. Scranton has demonstrated Electric Refrigeration for most of the nationally known Electric Refrigerator manufacturers in the country, in the best furniture and electric stores in the Pacific Northwest, She brings a message of vital interest to every housewife in this community and every minute of her demonstration will be interesting. Mrs. Scranton will show , How to makj delicious ice cx-eam in a Kelvin a tor in the shortest possible time without the least anxiety pi- worry. The preparation of fancy ice cubes, desserts and other frozen delicacies. How to make an "Iceburg". If you have never tasted this . delicious foodstuff you may do so at this demonstration and see it made in a Kelvinator. The way to place food in a Kelvinator so as to obtain the maximum benefits of Electrical Refrigeration. How the conservation of food in a Kelvinator will soon pay for itself apart from its wonderful convenience. How to make ice cream to serve eight to ten persons in the short time of eight minutes. Why the small family needs the benefit of a Kelvinator just as much as a large one. That there are fashion styles in refrigeration cookery just s , J;he same.as in clothes,',-. , , , ... .., Mrs. Scranton says the best food' she ever tasted was a " " Strawberry Shortcake made in a Kelvinator. She will tell you about it. ADMISSION FREE EVERYBODY WELCOME Door Prizes Will Be Given Also Refreshments EASTERN OREGON'S LARGEST HOME FURNISHERS Inc. LEE BARNES tV .t t K,f - i 11 " J 14. ASS- MS,, 'BUD HOUSER. light with Max Schmellng. Southern California bins rnn'l eeni to hrvilt annv fmm Irack. . . , Wlilln their nlma ninler wiping up evertthmg nn collrclate cinder wth, the three lm-k!r-i plctuml aluxe liae .tarlril tralulug fur the IM.J Ol.implc. . . . Ilou.rr ami lurues were meinberH or Americas IJ8 iKim. . . . Mortencn nil the h:i.l r re,nt trials looms as America's ireatest prop't tof Hie decathlon. Chicago Cubs In Second; Win 12 Out of Fifteen llv Iluph S. Fullrrtan Jr. ( As-socinteit Press Sports Writer) Chicago's Cubs finally appear to have hit their stride. They floun dered during the middle of K&y. los ing eight games out of ten in one Kroup. In the past two weeks they have turned a new leaf, winning 12 of their last 15 games nnd climbing into second pi ace. In t h is streak they have been hitting hard and some fine mound work by Bob Smith, who has won four consecutive games, and Lester Sweetland has helped considerably. They passed the New York Giants yesterday with an 8 to 3 victory In a game that was stopped by rata in the sixth inning. Hornsby and Hack WUson hit home runs. The St. Louis Cardinals lost a half game from their margin of leader ship out remained four games ahead of Chicago as they divided a double header with the Brooklyn Robins. Dazay Vance held the champions to five hit In the opener which Brook lyn won 6 to 4, but BUI Hal ta im n stopped the Robins in the second game with six hits for a 9 to 0 tri umph. Kcds Win 3 Straight Cincinnati ran Its best winning streak to five games by defeating Boston 8 to 3 in the first half of a double bill as Red Lucas pitched a six hit game, but the Braves reversed the decision in part two by 10 to 9 in a free hitting affair that saw nine pitchers at work. Three of the four American league games furnished an Interesting study in contrasts between the winners and losers. The fourth was a slug ging match the Philadelphia Athletics trounced Detroit 13 to 2. Detroit luul IB men left on bases. The three winning teams in the other games collected a total of 35 hits while the three losers could get only 15. Lloyd Brown of Wash ington held the Chicago White Sox to four hits for an 8 to 1. Danny MacFnyden. ooston's bespectacled star bent the St. Louis Browns 6 to 3 with a five hit pitching ob. Vernon Cloniw, Yankee sent h paw. wfn his filth consecutive game by checking Cleveland with six hits while Babe Ruth led the way to a 5 to i victory, xne aaoe aeiied presentation Jinx by making hits, driving In three runs and steal ing a base Just after receiving a plaque from the New York baseball ! writers in recognition of bis sports- - mansnip ana nis gooa innuence in baseball. t i - Sj Many Bargains Listed on Want Ad Page Baseball Standings J '''''S$5s. By fhe Avwlatetl Press COAST LKAtilK W. L. Hollywood 38 24 Portland 34 27 Missions 35 28 Loa Angeles 31 San Francisco 29 32 Seattle .23 33 Sacramento . Oakland . 28 34 22 37 Pet. .813 .557 .558 30 .508 .475 .459 .452 J73 AMEKICAX LEAGl'K V. L. Philadelphia 33 11 Washington .29 27 New York 25 19 Cleveland 24 22 Chicago 18 2G Detroit .. 19 31 St. Louis .15 26 Boston 17 28 NATIONAL I.EAOI E St. Louis New York. Chicago Boston Brooklyn Plltsourifli Philadelphia Cincinnati . J. v. L. 29 13 24 18 25 17 22 21 22 24 20 24 19 24 14 33. Pet. .750 .630 .568 .522 .409 .380 .368 .378! pel .690 .571 ; .595 .500 ; .478 l .455 ; .442 .298. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Pacific CoaM San Francisco 8-7. Portland 9-10. Loa Angeles 3-0, Seattle 5-8. Oakland 6-3, Missions 7-6. Sacramento 3-10, Hollywood 13-3. American At Washington 8. Chicago 1. At Boston 6. St. Louis 3. At New York 5. Cleveland 1. At Detroit a. Philadelphia 12. Nallunal At Cincinnati 8-9. Boston 3-10. At St. Louts 4-9. Brooklyn 6-0. Pajama Days Are Here Again We have a new stock in one and two piece, snappy styles. All Sizes 4 to 20 98c to S2.98 NORTON'S KIDDY SHOP' ft Era r
