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Newspaper Page Texttt'Jl'ii , acin i Friday, December 11; 1931 vi ! LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE. ORE. Page Two Choice of Our Very Newest. Coats - Dresses Exactly rnce TllliEF. SPECIAL iliOlTfi At lw Thflil HALF PRICE CONNER'S Department Store PUTMAN'S Reaily-to-Wcar Store Freak Accident Break Wrist Of Leading Golfer . . :-'- : -' ' X SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11 P With one of tho ranking favorites. Horton Emlth, of Missouri, on the sidelines with a fractured wrist bono and, other topnotchers in the role of spectators duo to disastrous qualifying rounds, the $7500 national match play open golf championship got under way here today. . , . ; - ; .. -, ,. , Medalist at 143 strokes, the dash ing. 24-year-old Smith paced a huge field to come in. under the wire at the close of the 30 -hole qualifying trials yesterday, A few . hours later ha was tho victim of a freak accident. With his friend and fellow profession-; .ol, 'Job Kirkwood, of Chicago, Smith returned to tho Lake Merced country, club as a dinner guest. (: ' -. I Kirkwood, driving the automobile, I backed Into a parking space.. Smith' put out his arm and his wrist was jammed, between the car and a post. X-ray photographs revealed a frac-j lure of the radius bone. Dr. Bert Frohman aaid Smith would be out of play for; several months. GIVES FIVE-YEAR TERM PORTLAND, Ore. Dec. 11 (A1) L. W. Matthews, 47, former Portland at-1 tofney. was sentenced to five years : In state prison when he pleaded guilty ! to two Indictments charging him with obtaining money under false pre-j tences. I Tho district attorney's office said ' Matthews obtained about) $150,000 over a period of ten years by false representation in real estate deals. kciiuiilr to quit -tarming' HOUSTON. Tex. Heinle Schu- ble, who played third base for Beau mont In tho Texas league last season, will havo to "go up" next year.. The property of Detroit, he ha3 now been "fanned" for four .years, the legal limit. . M ' HAVE our Federation Ii One of Your Gifts for Christmas Buy your flour from your grocer for your bread, hot rolls, 'cakes and pastries, but specify FEDERATION when ordering. Buy your flour at home and keep your home labor working. V Use FEDERATION GEORGIA ARRIVES FOR TROJAN GAME Southern California Fa ; vored to Defeat Strong Southern Eleven.' LOS ANGELES, -Dec. 11 There is much talk hereabouts of another football triumph for the University of Southern California Trojans when tho run afoul Georgia's strong eleven at the Olympic stadium on the morrow.- s- '"t All this because the Bulldogs-must spot their western opponents a lot of tonnage and reserve strength al--most without end. : Whioh -revives the moot question of superiority .be tween speed and brawn. j ..Neeedless to say. the pro-Trojan predictions do not Include comments by partisans of the south, not-to mention Georgia's coach, , &any Mehre, who smilingly: conceded. Southern California the game., on; arrival. . , , ' .. Ked Menace to Start. ; Georgia has four, good guards, subbed in .pairs, who may disrupt; Southerri .California's fierce stabs at .the line. The -Red Menace, tted. Maddok and Red Leathers, will start at the guard positions,, with Tlge Bennett and Jim Patterson -the other pair. , ; . .... . -: ..j..- ! s"t.u I As for the Trojans smashing the ends, Mehre. Is , also , dubious. He says, ' or example, , that Yerhon iCatish) Smith, who was" supposed to have been made to look rather bad at , times against , Tulane . In Georgia's lone defeat, really wasnjc to blame for the Green Wave sweep ing over his position. .. ., ' , "Smith cut down the interference all right." . , said Mehre, ;'but my backs missed their tackles.",' . i . Trojans May rase . There is more than -a small chance that Coach Howard Jones' team will j have to. blossom forth with a pass ing attack of consequence) If the i Invaders are to taste of defeat. v j , That Southern California will en- j Joy its full strength Saturday be-! came known last nlghbafter Gordon ! Clark, the last of those Injured .against Washington, appeared lit the ! final hard practice. .... j S&tiS'ie&ot Ball Players Reduced CHICAGO, Dec. 11 Wt-Due to de creased -attendance and business conditions, baseball players salaries will, be reduced next season, . club owners of -American and National leagues, In. joint session decided yes terday. , - , : . . .r , . Club owners of both leagues also agreed to cut the .player limit, from 25 to 23, thus effecting a -saving to the two leagues of auouv 91GQ.0Q0. in salaries. .The .action will cause the casting adrift of 1 32 players who havo been warming the benches "in major league parks. , 4 . The deciding vote in the issue was cast by Kenesaw Mountain Landls, commissioner of baseball. . i ' , Reggie McNamara, six-day blcycW riding star;- is 44 years old. He is still going strong, - LA GRANDE MILLING GO. Army and Navy Game Tdniorrotf To End Season By Herbert W. Barker , NEW YORK, Dec. HOP) ! The east's long football season comes to an end tomorrow with the 32nd clash between Army and Navy ... ....... The two .service academies meet, not as regular season rivals, but In an extra added feature on the com mon' ground of charity. Tor the second time in, as many years the receipts .will go to the fund for the unemployed. . Pre-game estimates Indicated a crowd of 80,000 in the Yankee star dlum and receipts in excess of $400,000. : Although the afhletlc '.'break be tween the two schools Is just as wide now as It was in December. 1627, when the Army - declined, to adopt the three-year eligibility rule at the Navy's demand, the fact re mains that they are natural rivals meeting in a game which both are primed to win. ' , Array's record is-by far the more Impressive, but most experts figure the Cadets "pointed" for the Notre Dame game which they won, 12-0, and perhaps have lost that fine edge that made them look so impressive against the Ramblers. ' .. Navy, on the other, hand, has ad vanced slowly toward the peak of condition. The - Tars gave ample warning of trouble for the Army when they up set Penn last week. 6-0, on a long pass from Lou Kirn to Joe Tschirgi. Weather prospects were for rain tonight, making It almost certain that the -game would be played .on a slippery field., ; If so. more than,; ever the -result probably will turn on a "break1" ,in (favor of. either-. .... ;. Army this season has. beaten. Ohio Northern, Knox, .Michigan State, Louisiana State. . Urslnus, Colorado college and Notre Dame, tied Yale and been beaten by , Harvard and Pittsburgh. - Navy has won from William and Mary. Delaware, . Woce ter, Princeton and Penn, tied West Virginia Wesleynri and lost to Notre Dame, Maryland. Southern Metho dist and Ohio State. -Maneuvers 01 the corps of cadets and regiment of midshipmen will precede the game, which is to start at 1:10 p. m. (E.S.T.) Details -of the contest will be broadcast by two radio chains. this Game of Golf By O. B. Keeler Two very adequate golfers.. Henry Cotton, young English professional, and Bobby. Jones, are . at opposite poles on a quite Interesting question. It deals with the explanation of why, as generally admitted, Ameri can golfers are better. In competlr tion, or at any rate more usually successful in international matches., In a' recent article. Cotton as cribes the American superiority, at least in the .British open champion ship, to . better; , play from the tee, whereas It Is Bobby's' belief "that American rplay about the -green has been the deciding factor. . .,. Cotton says American courses, as a whole, require -a .mora accurate placing of the tee-shot than those in England. , . 1 He urges the British architects In future designs and in remodeling to put a greater premium on the abil ity to drive consistently to a se-f looted area, in contrast to TiUge wal lops to wide open spaces with no encroaching grief about.. Bobby has been recommending the same thing 'for golf. archttectUreoven here. The new course df 'the Au gusta "National Golf Club, of which ho is co-designer with Dr. Allstair, Mackenzie, Is to follow this doctrine. Greens tike Baskets Bobby, 'however, while 'agreeing that American greens are, as a rule, much smaller In area and -much more- closely trapped than those of typical Brtlsh courses, and infer ential I y, impose difficulty oh a sec ond shot following a :loboe offort from the tee, thinks they really per mit a wide variety Of waywardness in the drive. He says the putting surfaces are usually banked to meet the shot, and the greens on almost all Ameri can courses are -kept so well watered that any 'kind of semi-respectable approach will take hold and stop. The precise placing of the tee-, shot is a matter of small Importance, ho says. If a careless drive imposes a pitch over a terrific bunkor, what of it? Any sort of steep pitch that hits the green probably will stay there, ' , IlrltlNh Greens Huje In Britain, the greetis are, to American eyes, enormous. 'On at least one of the "famous ''double greens' nt St. Andrewslhe "fifth and 13th .holes ittre ih, Ttho same surface one may be a couple of hundred feet from "the tbject-pln, and be 'putting. But nature is al rbwed to take Us course there, and on other British courses, and the surfaces are slow and retentive - of approach shots only lh Wet weather. In dry weather, tlie unaccustomed visitor from our shores feels that bis feet are likely to fly out from under him, as on Ice. And the di rection from which his approach is played Is extremely important. Accurate and intelligent driving in requisite, when 'greeris are fast and dry; for If you lttust carry a yawning bunker alter a Straying drive, you aro Indeed left with a problem. As Mr. Jones points out, it is con tradictory to design a Tine and closely-bunkered green and then nullify the hazards by keeping the surface soft and ultra-retoiitlve. MAKKS TO GUT aWlKR'S PY SALEM. Dec. 11 WV-GOV, Julius L. Meier will endorse his warrant salary for the month of December and turn It over to Willard - U'Marks. serving as governor during Meier's absence. It was announced by Miss Beatrice Walton, secretary to the governor. ' This procedure will 'not necessi tate double payment for December, to the chief executive and Will elim inate need for legislative action. Cougars' Coach Picks U.S.C. To Defeat Mane . LOS ANGELES, , Dec. 11 ) Coach 1 Orin (Babe) Hollingbery of Wash-j Ington State, whose Cougars lost to Tulane a week ago. thinks the uni versity of Southern California should beat the Green Wave In the annual Rose .Tournament game at Pasadena New Year's day. "if the Trojans play their usual brand of football." , And in the next breath the coach whose team lost to Alabama 24 to 0 In the annual Ihtereectional classic last .year, is willing to tell, each and ail that' he thinks Tulane -has the best squad that ever came out of the south. ; "Tulane has a well balanced squad" says Hollingbery, "with a versatile and strong offense, a good defense and powerful reserves. . "They are, a cocky team, however. Somehow -those southerners have the idea that football was born, raised,; o rx,l til rifis hafrtur th tfnenn anr Dixon line. They'll be coming out Trojans, i . .. . - . , . 'Talk about -Dalrympie, .but don't Overlook -the other end, Haynes. He played a better game against us than Dalrympl. although the latter was handicapped by injuries, The whole line -is big-and exceptionally alert. The whole team la exceptionally fast. , "Zimmerman Is the big noise In the backf ieid. He can run, pass or punt equally well. . Tdlane plays a spectacular brand df football that will make the western fans vote it tho most colorful southern ' team that ever played in the Rose Bowl.' Lewis beats CANTONWINElN FIFTH ROUND VAKCODVEB. B. C Deo; 11 un Ed "Strangler" -Xewls, -Los -Ahgeles, defeated Howard Cantonwlhe, Iowa, In the fifth round of a wrestling match here last night when the Iowah was unable to continue the bout after a Miseries 'of. headlocka and a body slam had given Lewis the first fall of the match 'In the fourth. pantonwlne, groggy, .'came out for the fifth, succumbed to a iieadloo jind was thrown to the mat, laying there for 'tho count. ,he referee warded the Tall and match to lewis. Lewis Weighed 238 pounds; Canton jWirie 228. , , . 1 Charles ifanno, California. 213, and Jack Forsgren, 209, Vancouver, wrestl ed to a draw In the three-round open er, each taking a fall. JACKDEMPSEY IN GOOD SHA PE, GIBBONS SAYS ST. PAUL. "Minn., TJeC. H m Tommy Olbbdns, retired St. Paul boxer, thinks Jack Dempsey today looks nearer the condition he Was in when the "local man fought him at Shelby. Moht., eight yearB ago, than at any time since. Gibbons, v. expressed that , opinion after watching . Derripsey, former world's heavyweight champion, work out here in. preparation for an ex hibition boxing program tonight. "I was 'pleased and surprised to. find Dempsey down to fighting trim " said Olbbdns, who !lost a 16 found decision to Jack at Shelby and Who was the only opponent to es cape a knockout by Dempsey from the time he won the title from Jess Willard Until he lost ft to Gene Tunney. Dempsey tonight Is scheduled to box one round eachi with Angus Mc Donald, -Winnipeg, and -Jack Roper, Chicago, and two rounds with Art Lasky, Minneapolis. Greenleaf Keeps Top Position In Billiard Tourney PHILADELPHIA, 'Dec. 11 Ralph Greenleaf, df New York, still held Undisputed possession of first place In the standmirs 'and Robert ,'Llndblom. of Seattle, west coast champion, had climbed out of the cellar as Hie world's pocket billiard championship tournament passed the half way point today. Greenleaf won his toughest thatch last night In setting back Benhle Al len, of Kansas City. Greenleaf un loosed an unfinished run Of 67 In the tenth Inning to win 136 to 104. Until that point he had, trailed most of the way. Llndblom, who had moved along losing consistently, defeated o'hofrlo Laurl, an early favorite, 125 to 82 in 25 Innings. Al Mlllerj of Racine, Wis., dropped the first night game to Mar cel Camp and slipped down Into the lowest position. j Johnny Layton, a former champion won the other game of, the day by overcoming George Kelly," Philadel phia, 125 to 85. ciah cH.Mrioxs' a-maTecr ATTRACTS COIXKOE COLTER ST. AUOUSTTNE. Flo. Isaac Lincoln Merrill has registered for the -National Championship of Club Champions, leading amateur classic of the Florida winter season "here Feb. 1 to 0. Merrill will represent the Me guntlcock Golf club of Camden, Me., in competition for the Walter J. Travis memorial trophy. He was the first collegiate golfer to file his entry blank. He is a student at the University of Flor ida. Carl Dann Jr of Rollins col lege and Stanley J. Harte, New York university, are other college men ex-, pected. Johnny Fnrrell Is In charge of de tails of the tournament. HOVfHWIKE IX AUSTRALIA BREAKS BICYCLE IIE.COKB "MELBOURNE P Mrs. Ethel Car ter, a?, mother of two children, has broken the world's record for women cyclists. She pedaled 100 miles In 5 hours, 20 minutes, 62 3-S seconds. "I had plenty of energy to spare," she said and after a cup of tea and a sandwich went home to her housework. . & 9 if v j Scooter Selected hardwood frame. Steel disc wheels, rub- -tired... pOi9 : r- Doll Just any kind df doll you want, fully dressed, "some with real hair. J(Oa Asjow as :.vUv Football Real Varsity brand. Gen uine leather' cover, strongly sewn. Just what j every boy QQ S wants vOt Pedal Car Selectee kiln-dried hard wood, exceptionally well constructed. Bright en amel fljrt AC t finish i?avo a , Arrhy Scoiit Planes 40 Inches long, with 24 inch wing spread, color ful enamel finish, disc mm Qff wheels tfteUff , i 5 . 1 5 Northwestern Grid Team To Lose Great Linemen for 1932 Campaign EVANSTON, HI. UP) Unless strength at tackle and guard plays a bigger part in football success than even the most observing grid fan realizes, Northwestern should be up near the top of the Big Ten again In 1932. . Coach Dick Hanley will lose by graduation efght varsity players off what is recognized "as one of North western's greatest teams, but half 6f that octet consists of two giant tackles and two high-ranking guards. Three of the others are backs who have not been absolutely essential to the Wildcats' success this sea son, and the eighth is an end, of which there are plenty. But replacing Jack Riley, all conference tackle, and Dan Marvii. AU-Americn in the same rot?, and Jimmy Evnns and Pau' Emrebret stn. three-reason guards, Just c-an't be done. Purple adherents fear. Al Moore and Will Lewis have been valuable as flll-tn backs during their senior season, and Reb Rus sell was mighty useful In tlie ctos ing games, but with Pug Kentner and the great sophomore quartet of 01n. Potter, Meenan and Sulli van available. Wildcat fatw expect the backfleld to take care of Its'U. Senior Rnlpn Eylar will leave tho end situation in the capable hands of Dick Pencl, Junior, and four promising sophs, Manske, Jens, Hall, and Ko&tbade. At center, Pat MncDonald, this year's first, stringer, will return. George Dilley, who alternated With Engebretsen, will be back to "hold down one of the guard Jobs. But for those tackle Jobs and the other giard post. It's apparently up to the current freshman class to furnish tho replacements. : If the class of '35 can do that task as brilliantly . as the pres ent sophomores supplied backfleld power for this year's team. Purple supporters will be inclined to admit ' i Be Sure and Visit Toyland. and Playthings Santa has Piano A toy the little folk al ways delight to QQ play with Owv Don's Steel bed for tress and pillow too, all for Army fcrtick 22 Inches long, strongly built, colorful finish, rubber tired tig'O wheels Steam Shovel -famous Bteelcraft line, exceptionally well built. Red & black -j B enamel 'Vf Damp Wagon ' All steel, heavy frame, bright enamel 'finish. Lever operates unload J.UU1 llVt .yi 'A nice -assortment " of tools In a strongly made chest. Let him build ing device - Elector Set- You'll '' be ''surprised "b, the number of things that can be built from one of these 'Q.ff set3 V 9s up $1.15 bouse .. ....$1.4 enamel COOS 2 I ' , ' ' I Aeroplane 20 inch, steel plane, 'strdngly made. Blue and red 'enamel finish ; A Small Deposit and We'll Hold for Christmas Delivery CARE'S there Is a Santa Clads! Four freshmen who 1 likely will figure in the rush to grab these re sponsible positions are Tango ra of Washington, D. C, Zuver Of Adams, Neb., and Fundus of Detroit, all husky tackles, and Al Kawal of Cicero, III., a guard and brother of Eddie Kawal, who starred as a -center -at Illinois a few years ago. Sport Slants I hy Alan J. Gould (Associated Press Sports Editor) Hunk Anderson of Notre Dame, asked to pick , the best linemen his team faced all season, named Quatse of Pittsburgh, Tllley-of Horthwestern and Baker of Southern California. !But Hunk hastened to add that Army's line was the toughest the Ramblers tried to break through all year. Price and Summerfelt Were particularly troublesome for "Notre Dame. Tho Cadet announcer In the press box of the Yankee Stadium pretty well epitomized the situation, in the fourth .quarter, when he barked: 'Schwartz, tackled tfy the Army line." The soldier players showed no' re spect whatever Tor the 'famous All America hulfback from Bay St. Louis, down In 'Mississippi. HOPE DOES TATLSPtX , Anyway you figure It out, It has been a dizzy gridiron season. Columbia walloped Dartmouth and Cornell whipped Columbia, but Dartmouth evened It up by a two touchdown victory over Cornell. Notre Dame smeared Pittsburgh, which gave the Army a lacing, but the result was that Army climbed - Seethe Hundreds of Toys Brought for the Little Folk Bed Blackboard Children like to play school. Large blackboard ! with numbers jHjr & counter beads tfv -Dolly. Mat $1 Coaster Wagon bade of heavy sheet steel. Balloon type disc wheels; roll- 'Q er bearing. .. 9 Velocipede Ride down the sidewalk on a velocipede. Very finish vw w - Pool Table - r Folds when not in use. Strongly made, complete .. with playing equipment.... 0c $4.95 ; y ail over Notre 'Dome's -running ma chinery in, the Yankee Stadium. "You will 11 be gloomy in an other five years at that rate," re marked Gil Dobie to a gathering of fellow coaches, after things like this had been under discussion. LATE . BLOOMING BOHES OnUhe same day that a lot of All America -selections were being hawked "' around the newspaper premises, a number Of -young gents in football uniform decided to run wild. Including Ray stecker of the Army, Bob-Lassiter of Yale and the Carolina Lassiters, and Ernie Cad dell of Stanford. We-- "searched the All-Americas, carefully without finding anything more than an honorable mention for any of these boys. Perhaps the best solution of this national problem would be to pick an All-America, up to and including a certain date and then select an other on he basts of post-season re turns, up to and Including New Year's Day. DUCK NELL'S BROADSIDE Bucknell Isn't ready to concede Pittsburgh or any other outfit a major share of the assorted eastern football honors without and argu ment. The Bisons, although tied three times, wound up their campaign a3 the only undefeated outfit in tbese parts and they are ready to defend the distinction, right down to tbe last yard. For examrjle, writes Arthur L.1 Brandon 'from Lewisburg, the home of the Bisons: "Bucknell played five major eastern foes. Pittsburgh fouy Pitt's eastern opponents were the Army, Carnegie Tech, West Vir ginia and Penn State. Among them j mcjr v,vu uui mree games against eastern teams and one of these vic tories was by the weak West Vir ginia team over a still weaker Penn State eleven. ; "In a -Mythical League Pitt's eastern opponents are grouped in the last sixth in the standings. In the same 'Mythical League. Buck nell's opponents are grouped as fol- . ' . - .; a Child's Set Child's size, table and two chairs 'nicely decor- r, : $4.95 China Set , Ready to entertain. Pret ty (Seslgn with nice ita nice floral pattern ...t Doll -'Carriage Genuine fibre, adjustable hood and- rubber tired wheels. Choice finishes . $3.95 I Sled 49 Inches long. 12 inches wide. Genuine Flexible Flyers racer $5.25 model BabyDoIl 12 Inch Bnby Doll at tractively dressed. It crys ' 41 95 too lows: Fordham and Temple, In the first two-fifths, -Georgetown, Vil lanova and W. '& j. in the next two fifths. Thus, all Bucknell oppo nents, so far as their 1931 ratings are concerned, rank higher than the four opponents Pitt -found little trou ble In 'beating." 1 ... . . Mike Moran Picks , ' All - Star Eleven In The Northwest "PORTLAND, Dec. '11 ' OP) Mike Moran, widely known football referee, who annually selects his all-star Pa cific Northwest conference teams, picked three men from the Wlllani etto squad and two each from Whit man, College of Puget Sound, Col lege of Idaho and Pacific in this year's first team. 1 Hirst Tenm Dcvange, "Whitman, left end. Brachihan, Saclfic, left tackle. ' Smith. C. of I., left guard. Grnhnls, -Willamette, center. Springer, c. t. s right guard. Hudgens, C. of I., right tackle. " Pettlebonc, C. P. S., right end. ' ', Applegate, Whitman, quarter. Weinel, Pacific, elft half. Brfckson, Willamette, right half. Johnson, Willamette, fullback. Second Team Carlson. C. of I., left -end. Jones, Willamette, left tackle. Glow. Whitman, left guard. ' Gagnon, C. P. S., center. Carpenter. Will., Tight guard. Nelson, Whitman, right tackle. Darby, Llnfleld, right end. Brown, C. df I., quarter. Anderson, Whitman, left" half. . Maxwell, c. of I., right half. Crltchfleld. "Pacific, fullback. FRAT.S ENTER ATllbBTICS : GAINESVILLE, Fla. VP) Sigma AH: pha Epsllon heads the list In tl intramural procession at the Dnlrer- ;; slty of Florida. "With four of the 15 sports for the season completed. 8. A.J E. is in first place with 406 point-.' Phi Delta Theta Is second with W?; and A. T. o. Is third with 308. t& :...': i Ul. i i .. ' ' 5 " .