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Thursday, December 17, 1931 Pago Two LA tiRANDE' EVENING OBSER Ver LA GRANDE. Ore! Wonderful Values in Men's Bath Robes On Sale now as low ns $3.49 Final Quit Business Sale of La Grande's two finest stores CONNER'S Department Store PUTMAN'S Ready-to-Wear Store ROBIN REED WINS PORTLAND MATCH Defeats Young Billy Ed . wards 7 Abe Kaplan Wins From Thompson . PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 17 m Rubin Reed, Reodsport, Oro., news paper owner and welterweight wres tler, who recently returned to Port Hind from the- mid -west bearing the j46-pounl championship belt, de feated Young Billy Edwards, Kansas i City, here Inst night, two out of ihree fnlts. The first fall went to "'Heed In 20 minutes, 45 seconds, when. Ertwnrds wns disqualified for persist- Jng In tlio BtrniiKlehold. Referee Harrington lind to use forco In pry v lug the younger edition of the Billy Edwards family from his Opponent, i Edwards' rough tactics prevented r Reed from getting started in the first J session, but It took him 7 minutes ) 30 seconds to finish the match when I they resumed by tossing Edwards from corner to corner with a- series of wrist locks when the latter folded t "P. ! Abe Kaplan had his hands full In i taking n fall from Cyclone Tom I Thompson, of Texas, In the fourth . round of the semi-final. Thompson's . clean wrestling niado ft big hit with the crowd, but ho finally succumbed to Kaplan's flying wlnglock. if Texas High School League To Vote On i rootoaii ttetorms J AUSTIN. Tex. Criticism dt g rected at high school athletics and their administration, similar to jr that leveled at colleges has led n tho, Texas Intcrscholnstlc league to P a referendum on two proposed . eligibility rules. (J Members of the league, rated one r of the strongest high school asso- clations in the nation, will vote on 4 barring students from athletic par J tlclpatlon after eight semesters, ln j stead of 10 as at present, and on J burring students who transfer from J one school to another from play .ing for their new school for one '"year. "" Bonner Frlraell. Palestine, Tex.. .superintendent of schools. Is sponsor ? for the proposed changes, contend - tug there have been open eubsldbui f tion and proselyting among hrgh ' reboot athletes., FrlKRi'U asserts existing athletic f policies border on commercial ixm and interfere seriously with scho j lustlo routine, - l A ' committee appointed by the , league, will also study the . fees chaigrd by officials at athletic con- testi. following criticism of some charges as exorbitant. ! Hrooklyn Angling For Hack Wilson N E W YORK. Dec. 17 t The Brook yn baseball club needs a right handed outitelder to fit In with three regulars who bat left handed and Hack Wilson may fill the bill. But. add Frank B, York, club president, and Manager Max Carey, tlreoklyn still must find a definite basis for a deal with the St. Louis Cardinals, who obtained Wilson from the Chicago Cubs, before the club can give him a chance to try his "comeback." Brooklyn turned down a Cub of fer to trade Wilson for Floyd "Babe" Herman and is lather shy of trades but President York indicated yester day that he might be willing to take a chance on a casu gamble on Wil MKi's ability and good Intentions. The Cardinals are understood to h,n made some preliminary over tures. "Battling" Dozier Trims Joe Cortez SEATTLE IVc. 17 ,r "BattlUxg" iXv.cr, Francisco npgro welter- ueiht. was Just tuued nght for J-.x Conor. Bctse. Idaho, Indian here last nipht, and ww an easy decision In the s:xround headline bout of a, fight program, Divier floored the Indian twice In the svrnp. once hvt in the opening MuniA when a vicious rtiht was good fw a nine count, and auln in the Mxih when a tell hcok bounced Cor tos oito tJe floor for three counts. The San Fnuicisvan's leaping, wiid swniictng attack bcvildered Cortez vhrmijrl.o;it. Young Natlonallsta. Lew Angeles Fthmno rethenreli:ht. took a bad beating from Eddie Thompson, Spo kane, in the mx -round trait-final. NORMAL TF.VU WINS MONMOUTH. Ore. Dec. 17 uFw The Oregon Normvl school basket ball team opened Its season here last r.icht with a Si to 3 victory over "Monmouth college. Orange Quintet To Open Season Saturday Night OREGON BTATE COLLEGE. Cor vallls, Dec. 17 tf? The basketball season for Oregon State will open Saturday night when the Orangemen meet the strong Willamette univer sity team At Salem. The outlook at Oregon State for the coming season Is not too bright at present. Coach QUI must build a new team this year to take the place of 'six let termen who are lost to the squad. Among the 22 candidates working out dally are four lettermen around whom Olll expects to build his lp32 team. These are Ken Pagan and Jerry Thomas, forwards; Ed Lewis, center, and Howard Merrill, guard. Other on the squad are Oil Ber gcrson, Harold Brown, Clnrkson Buckley. Bill Colder, Everett Davis, Keith Davis, Scott Dry sd ale, Snowy Oustafson, Buck Hammer. James Heart well, Don Johnson, Carl Len- j coivity, rrcu ttavutmiuu, mock. Rod Mason. Skeet QConnell, Harvey Pease and ,C hones .Quirk. Plan Southern TrJp The Oraugemeu will play Multno mnh club In Portland Monday night and Florshelm club in Salem Wed nesday. They Will leave Cor vallls Christmas day for California where they meet University of California ut Berkeley Dec. 30, Olympic club at San Francisco- Dec. 28, San Fran cisco university at San Francisco Dec. 20 and Stanford at Palo Alto pec. 30. Oregon State defeated both Cali fornia and Olympic club but lost to San Francisco university on the an nual trip south last year. Stanford, not on the schedule last year, was defeated by the Orangemen the year beforo by the scoro of 29 to 24, Oregon State will open Its confer ence schedulo with University of Washington at Seattle Jan. 8. The Orangemen finished Jast year's con ference race with a percentage of .663. the best showing of any major sport here for that year. C ir Ol lly Man J. (lould (Associated Press Sports Editor) . Joe Williams In the New York World -Telegram takes a number of tho football experts and nation-wide polls over the hurdles for neglecting to recognii-o the All -America flowers that bloomed unheralded and to a large extent unseen until late In the season. It Is. no doubt, very annoying to tho experts, singly and collectively, to have their choices exposed to the rigors of an early winter and the post-season or charity elements. Tho gridiron season lasts so long now, with so nnuch Interest focused on the gamo up to and Including the Rose Bowl classic on New Year's day. that It would be Impossible to consider the whole field of evidence without waiting until 1932 to pub lish the 1931 All-America. Since the All-America sport, any way. Is largely a matter of bally hoo, linked with the prominence that goes wJth winning teams, the boy who gets a good running story In October or early November rela tively has a better chance of piling up the votes than the l&d who doesn't begin to pick his way through the broken fields until around Thanksgiving day. Too often, however, the critics ovttr-emphasir.0 the brilliant per formances of the late season. They como in the so-called climax or tra ditional gomes in which unusual factors are at work to bring out the best that a youth can show. At the same time mistakes are subjected to Intensified scrutiny and criti cism. As a sophomore. Albie Booth of Yale looked to be as certain an All America choice as any boy in the land until it came down to the Ells' last two big games. Alblo dlttn't play against Prince ton In 1929 and he never had a chance to get anywhere in the Har vard game. The bottom dropped out of his All-America chances like coal out of a chute. Yet for most of that season Booth had run wild. IMck A Lute Team So it is you have heard much In tho late season comments upon the Injustice done to quite a number of stars who didn't make the All America, but who have been busy, say these experts. In the task of "showing up" the all -star lists pub lished far and wide. Possibly the answer, If any. Is to point out the necessity of splitting tho season, with one set of All America selections based on the play up to and including, say. the third week In November; then a second all -star edition fo include the performances of the holiday and post-season, dates. Here It Is The second -gu esse rs might turn up with a lineup something like this: Ends Orsl of Colgate and Barres of Yale. Tackles Edwards of Washington State and Price of Army. Guards Hickman of Tennessee and Sunwwrfelt of Amy. Center Mc Duff ee of Columbia Quarterback Shaver of Southern Call lorn la. Backs Zimmerman of Tulane. Stecker of Atmy and Feathers of Tennessee. Bernie Preparing For Pasadena Game NEW ORIfANS. Dec. 17 J COACh Bernte Blerman ts whirling bis vhistte cord a Utile faster than usual as Tulane's Orern Wave drills for the Rose Bow', game with Southern California New Year's day. That's the only outirard show of emotuvi m the Wave ranks follow ing the one point a minute score set by the Calif omiana in the game -ttn OevkTgia. The score was 60 to 0. M.nin of "L.llir" Our word "li?(n-r" Is derivJ from the liin root iwaii'.c; -to smear." la am-Irut ihiys letters wvre smeared or scraKU-d on turehnirn: Instead of btstij cut iuu a tablet. BRUSHING UP SPORTS... It - ' ' ' ' " ' A ( Were eowei BUSIES SKV .. SCORED A&AMsSSTjr-f. - 9 HOLES I y -J r" i ' s i tLtr0 , woietoD vvivA W ' h I -rg2 Columbia Denies Charge Carried By Newspapers NEW YORK. Dec. 17 WV-lumbla university leaders, including Head Coach Lou Little, come forth quickly yesterday with denials of charges, published In the New York World Telegram;, that evidence of secret payments to football players had been uncovered by an Investigating committee. "It Is an outrageous He," Little de clared, after reading the story which went into details of alleged "inside" dealings to promote Columbia foot ball. Herbert E. Hawkes. dean of Colum bia college, declared he had been un able, after an investigation, to find basis for the charges. , ; Reed Harris, editor of the Specta tor, undergraduate paper, and a member of the secret committee said by the World -Telegram to have un dertaken the investigation, denied any knowledge of It. STORY FALLS FLAT NEW YORK. Dec. J7 (v-Now that the whole story has fallen as flat as a deflated football, the suspicion arises that some member of the Na coms, a secret society at Columbia, is a better practical Joker than an investigator of football conditions. Tho excitement started yesterday with a published report that a se cret committee of Nacorns' had been investigating the football situa tion at Columbia and had found al most everything to be as it shouldn't, raising charges that football players were paid, that proselyting of prep school stars was widely and ex pensively practiced and that a Co lumbia baseball player had escaped "getting Into trouble" for playing summer baseball because Yale, Har vard and Princeton had been In volved the same way and the four universities had "hushed tip" the matter by mutual agreement. Denials began to pour In from all sides almost as soon as the story appeared, and wnen the "secret com mittee of the Nacoms" made public a letter to Nicholas Murray Butler, Coltunbia president, completely de nying it all. It appeared probable that some obligingly humorous mem ber had supplied a "good" story of an investigation that had disclosed nothing amiss. The letter to President Butler re vealed that the committee existed but that It had made no such dis coveries as those attributed to It. Schmeling Tops Other Heavies In Annual Vote NEW YORK. Dec. 17 Max Schmeling. of Germany, bolder of the wwlds heavyweight championship, has been named as the world's lead ing heavyweight for 1931 by a vote I of 70 leading boxing critics through out the United States. In the voting for the concensus, conducted annually by the New York Sun, Schmeling received 6S2 points out of a possible 700 or a percent age of .974. This percentage figure Is the highest in any similar con census since the year-when Gene Tunney attained a .997 mark. Had Clear Field It's our notion take It or leave i It that Shakespeare made a sn-at success of literature because there ! were no .copyright laws to cramp t his seulus for adaptability. Toledo ! Made. ! Work, Through th Blood In the Usht of mtV.era medical knowledge, It Is apparent that the wewpona through which nature works are humoral that Is to say, that her messages are transmitted through the blood. New Tulane Coach Shapes Players With-Own Bulk On Practice Field By Ralph When I ley NEW .ORLEANS Tulane's football mantle has fallen to the shoulders of the good natured, blond, 230-pound giant Ted Cox. Three years he has been the Green Wave's line coach under Bernte Bier man, master coach, who leaves for tho University of Minnesota and hands his coaching baton to his chief assistant and fellow Minnesota al umnus. " I During the three years that Tu lane campaigned the Southern:' con ference without cfefeat, the line bore the brunt of battle and opened the way for fast backs to get through for their' brilliant runs that .Hfted the stands to their feet. T . And back of thatmeof iron v?a the tutelage of Tad hujgttrttt his college days one of the greatest of tackles, all -conference In the Big Ten and captain at Minnesota In 1925. Like Blerman, Cox Is a protege of the late Doc" Williams, the men tor who developed football at Minne sota, and he plans to carry on with the same system. t To coach football. Cox believes It Is necessary to show the players how It should be done. In practice, he may be seen In uniform crouched on the line and ploughing through his students. He tackles the dummies harder than any of his students and. so far he has not had a pupil who could stop him. He takes candidates for each post on the line and gives them special coaching in handling their Jobs. Then he lines them up as a unit and syn chronizes them with the backfleld. Cox donned his first football uni form In 1916 and made tackle on trie St, Paul. Minn.. Central High eleven. In 1921 he went to Minnesota and was greeted "as perfect tackle mate-; rial" by Coach Williams. He played on Minnesota's varsity in 1922. 23. "24 and "25, before the: freshman rule applied, and was a marvel. He weighed 210 pounds and could run a hundred yards in 11.3 seconds. He won his A. B. and his "M" In- THIS CURIOUS WORLD I .. ..... . ... . n . . . . Twc his,ss7' (McvnUis in The x,jo A NEW-60GN BABY RC SSVSSAi AUMiSfes, K4NS!NJ 9f ITS KAMDS. AfSSR A Mi?NTH 3y Laufer football, basketball and track. Then he went to River Falls State Teachers' college as athletic director and foot ball coach for a year, when he was called to Tulane as freshman coach. In 1929 he took over the varsity line, and Tulane's great teams sprang up. In 1927 a school boy and girl ro mance culminated In the marriage of Ted Cox and Miss Josephine Hew son of St. Paul. TetK Jr., Is now two years old. The elder Ted Is only 28, being born .June 30, 1903. at Sault Ste. ttarte. Mic.b. "All this talk about the big husky linesmen from the woods of the northwest being the best in : the world is the bunk," said Cox. , "The South has produced some of the- greatest linesmen in American footMHTi.YouJvist: te.ll their, and show them how to' do it an they will get in there and do it." To prove his case he points to seme of his graduates, Jerry Daly rymple. all-America end; "Preacher" Roberts, all -Southern center; "Baby Grand" Scaflde, all-Southern guard: Charlie Ruck.er. tackle; Holland and Haynes, ends and Lodrlgues," center. Oldest Royal Abode Probably Windsor castle is the oldest royal residence. Windsor was a residence of ihe Saxon kings be fore the Conquest, their palace be ing at old Windsor. William the Conqueror chose the present site, built a castle there, which was taken dowu and the present one built In the time of Edward IL This has since been extended and completely renovated. First Through Canyon The first man to make the pass age of the Colorado IUver canyon wns Ma J. John Wesley Powell In 1S00. Petrified Wood Wood found in the petrified for est of Arizona is of historic conifer ous or evergreen trees. lRc SPARROWS coNSime aoooi two Tons of UfEOseeos even' winter, n The sXE of IOWA ALCtiS Cliff White To Meet M'Carroll In Semi - Filial : C11H yJhlte, 205-pound . Uenvcr heavyweight wrestler, will meet Frank McCarroll. 215 pounds, of Boise, Ida.. In the So-minute semi final on tho wrestling card at Eagles hall next Tuesday evening. Count Horkovosjcy and Howard Cantonwlne will meet In the headline event. Ordinarily "White ' and McCarroll wrestle only main events, and fans are assured of two exceptional matches as the program Is lined up, Hay McCarroll, promoter, said today. White defeated Nino Damoldl In Baker 'three weeks ago In. a, main event, and McCarroll defeated Ira Dern, of Salt Lake City, In a one fall match In 'Iogan, Utah, McCar roll getting the fall after an hour and 30 minutes of wrestling..- Besides the two heavyweight matches, which will find nearly half a ton of human muscle and bone on the mat. Gerald Butcher and Young Kavanaugh will meet in a four-round boxing preliminary. The promoter also Is arranging for a battle royal. Rhododrendons While rhododendrons are most numerous In eastern Asia, there re seven species Indigenous to America. Among the American species the great laurel Is the larg est It Is In-llgenous froei Nova Seotla to Mlcilgan, and southward In the mountains to Georgia. The species It. catawblense. which tins lilac-purple flowers. Is common tn the mountains from Virginia to Georgia, and ; t.zrCj Id Nev? Eng land. tnBn'. rl: Since Ju pan extends through nearly 30 degrees of latitude, It aeo ' TAKES VACATION cssurlty hai u great range of ell-'j male. In the south the climate Itii (Continued from Page One) .-uh tropkai ; In the north It Is tx- trenielv cold. The southern islands At one time Lenz and Jocoby were have high temperatures In the sum- '.030 points ahead. Quiet, firm con mcr and no snow or Ice In the win- "dence In the system for which Mrs. ter. m the Kurlle Islands the suow i Culbertson ,s largely resPnslble fa and ice never entirely dlsaDDear executlon thnt has atouxa dmlra Kiusln, Z LP:timt'om her opponents have. been nioa- ernio cllumte. Old Astronomical Belief The most ancient astronomers be- Ucved iLnt whiln thn tin, cni,.no , , , select their partners and change them fhl LI?, , bJ Smf meanS P" e notice. Another stipulation he aults of heaven, the planets l that culbertson play at least Had the power to move to and fro. j 75 rubbers. She intends to do that, either as they willed, or by the will She plans to return to the competl of some unseen power. For falling tion when the last "Merry Christmas" .stars, they believed, there was a ami "Happy New Tear" have been deep pit all around the flat earth , beard In the spacious Culbertson Into which they went. Horsethoe Superstition - SlltersmlUis, goldsmiths, coii- pc. .., .. .uu muowiwE iu- nays neen neia ina sort or mys e- ,1ITT' The!r WOrk,0f, "'f'1; ASofd '.' w! ?nVJ d"1,1 f mystery In It which ministered 10 superstition. Some relics of this superstition, made njucti -nf smiths nd -tlieir ymtt, especially ofUeJr liorscsiiocs lb "later tlniiss. " Vandalism Prohibited The American antiquities act cT June S, 10OG, provides a $300 fine and Imprisonment, or both, for any person who shall without permls. sion ''appropriate, evacuate. Injure, or destroy any historic or prehis toric ruin or monument, or any ob ject of antiquity, situated on land owned or controlled by the United States." Matrimonial Viewpoint The American Bridge league Is seeking tp find the best bridge . player In America, and almost any i woman can fell you It Isn't her hus- 1 oauu. uayion uauy iews. Ancient American Building One of the otdest buildings Id New England Is the Olde Gaol, of York, Maine. No longer a Jail, this 2TS-year-old structure now serves as a museum where Colonial docu ments, weapons and utens"s are ex hibited. ' Foot CoTcrtng, The sandal, the earliest and sim plest shoe, was known by the most primitive race and was certainly worn hy the ancient Egyptians. The liluites wore shoes, often with eaiters above to protect the ankle and calf of the leg. Many National Holiday, Of the 3S5 days tn the year, 2S9 are bank or public holidays In one country or another. People en gaged In International transactions Bnd It necessary to keep track of them all. City", Liberty Tree The Providence (R. I.) Journal says that on July 25, 1769, the lib erty tree of Providence was dedi cated la front of CapL James 01' ney's house, on Olney lane, now Olney street, by the Sons of Lib erty. Among tiie lower branches a platform was bnlit frem which speeches were made. The tree was cu down about 0:que Doll Not Domeifk: AU dolls of domestic manufac ture are today made of an enhreak able composition, which is entirely separate and distinct from the blhy.r dells, which are still Import ed, although to a very much lesser extent, tnto this country. Trout la Abandonee It Is estimated the 2M Kooky sountaln lakes and Streams of Gla cier National park coatain the densest trout population of any area on the continent In 20 years the government his stocked more than ai,C0O,OtiO Sngerlings of 11 vs. rietics. "Fat Old Man" Jlji fT? NBA Lai Angeles ttureau. Lowell Sherman, prominent stage and screen star. Is lust a "fat old man'- and a "ham actor" In tho I opinion of his wife. Helene Cos tello, with whom he Is shown here, the actor said in filing suit for divorce at Los Angeles. Miss Costello, film actress, sneered at him, called him names, flew Into a rage and made life so hectic that their romance lasted only a ' year and a half, he said. BRIDGE PARTNER ; Breat factors in chancine that deficit to a plus. Must Play 75 Rubbers Under the arrangements for the match Lenz- ace ot the ""cial" sys- ! tem of bidding, and Culbertson can apartment, which of late has been less like home .and more like the scene of an Indoor track meet. It will be well for the kiddies 'if Culbertson and Lightner hold their Should the "official" Dalr roll a reat lead &ln Mre. bulbert- " ready to return to the i husband to have his favo'rlte partner ' HEAL CHRISTMAS GIFTS at Half Price Conklin and Parker Fountain Pen Desk Sets Up-to-Date Marble and Onyx bases with guaranteed pens. $3.50 to $9.00 RED CROSS RARE ; V AIDE ut a (fcmcl&ome 7?adio Tie Continental Prices rndudiru: tube: Standard Models 39.50 to $30; CuJtom Built Models $95 to $350. Smalt dona payment, convenient terms, BOHNENKAMP'S wars, oyen next week, and enable her again. : '.'. Mrs. Culbertson is the slam player of the match. Either he or her hus band haa bid little slam six times, and she has been the player five of ' those occasions, succeeaing once, and being set five times in daring gambles for big point-age that failed. , Hero Is a hand on which Lenz con tracted for three spades and made six. Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson say that a slam bid would have been In evitable under their system. The answer of tho offlclalltes is that Lenz and Jacoby needed only 40 points for game and rubber and that the suc cess of a slam depended on the lo cation of the club, ace. . , . Lenz (north). S A K Q 8 2 , H-9 7 4.;,.. . D A 7 6 , ' , . C 8 6 Culbertson (west). , ' S 9 7 5.. H 10 8 OJ 8 2 " ' ' ' i;, C J 10 8 4 3 ' Jacoby (south) dealer. S J 10 8 i ! H A KJ8 - D K 8 C K Q 7 2 Mrs. Culbertson (east). S 4 3 H Q J 6 2 D Q 10 0 4 3 C A 5. ' . Tho bidding: South one heart, west pass, north two spades, east pass, south three spades, west pass, north pass, east pass. t j The opening lead was the ten of diamonds by Mrs. Culbertson. If holding the south and north cards the Culbertsons would have bid as follows: south one heart; north two spades; south three clubs, north three spades, south six spades. IIKAIIQt'AItTIiltS SPEAKS! NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (!) A hot blast from Bridge Headquarters, Inc., sponsors of the "official" contract bridge system, blew upon the Lenz Culbertson "world series" today. According to F. D. Courtenay, president of the organization there 1 aro defects in the Lenz-Cuibertson J set-to. Some' of these alleged de fects rie defined as follows: Ely Culbertson, Is the Successor to P. T. Barnum. ' Tho players are making monkeys of themsslves. Tho referees are acting like dum mies. Sidney Lenz, although an adher ent of the official system, is bid ding on hands that bridge headquar ters never bid on. Tho whole thing is a disservice to the gamo ond.no test of the official and Culbertson systems. The press of the nation Is making a mistake by not treating the matclK as a laughing stock. - "The whole thing is a publicity stunt organized by the successor to Barnum." said Courtenay. "They are making such monkeys of them selves In ballyhoo playing and bid ding that they have done no service whatever to the game. 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