'Pagre Two
LA. GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
Tuesday December 22, 1931
PUTMAN'S
CONNER'S
. Combined Stores '
Quit Business
Sale
Open Evenings ;
'Til Christmas ,
Itny Ilcttf'i filfts here mill
save oil every purchase.
All-Stars Meet
To Prepare For
Shrine Contest
SAN ' FRANCISCO, Dec. 22 (P)
Tho nation's football capital moves
to 8e.n Francisco today an the great
est an'ay of talent to be amassed
tills Booion gathers In preparation
for the annual east-weat Shrlners'
charity game New Yonr's day.
Twenty-two stars composing the
strong eastern contingent, and eight
members of tho west team, salected
from mid-wert aud southern teams,
aro scheduled to arrive at 8:30 this
morning together with their coaches,
Dick Honley and Andy Kerr of tho
caei, and Dana X. Bible, co-coach of
the western combination. The ma
jority of the west players arrived
hero yesterday, Bible and his eight
men Joining tho easterners at Den
ver jS MALLOHV, MOIII.KK NAVK COLDM
f, LOS AN0ELE3, Dec. 22 tP Ml
nuo the services of two of Its back-
field members, Tom Mallory and Or
p villa Mohlcr, both of whom aro suf-
ferlng from colds, tho Trojans have
f- resumed training for their New
$ Year's engagement with tho Tulano
' footballi tcami la tho Roso Bow'J,
Mallory and Mohlar were present In
civilian clothes when the Trojan
squad turned out yesterday after a
! week's layoff, and both aro expect
Sf cd to be back In grid togs within
" tho next few days.
Yesterday's session was secret,
-Cdach Howard Jones barring all vis
itors from the field.
Tulano Is scheduled to orrlvo here
early next week.
Ralph Gr&enUaf
,y Defeats Rudolph
PHILADELPHIA, ' Dec. : 22 0D
Tailph Oreenleaf, 11 times champion
of tho pocket billiard world In 23
years of competition, holds an un
blemished record In a championship
tournament. ,
Tho New York completed hts final
gamo or tho 1031 tournament last
night with a 126 to 14, lfl-lnning
victory over tho dethroned cham
pion, Erwln Rudolph, of Cleveland.
i fcYh iir;u nnu moon
Tho Jenstli o( uio earth's nxl h
' V'niui i.uuu HlllC-H, WI1UC 1116 (11111110-
ivt of (lie monn Is 2,100 mlk-a. Tlia
.Mirth's surface Is ubmit l.'t',4 times
Us great us Die moon's; Its voliimo
j or hulk Is nearly DO llir.es larser;
i mid. omIiir to lis Bi-euler ilenslly,
llie mass or urlii.t) umo'int or mat
' tor curitnliiecl In tho earth Is nbout
I -81-times froater than that of the
t 'moon
ROUND TRIP
To all Union Pacific points
(also points on certain con
necting lines) in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana
(Butte, Havre and Wcsl),
Wyoming (Grnngor and
West), Utah (Or.clen and
West), Nevada, California
and some points In British
Columbia.
GOING: DEC. 22, 23, 24, 25, 30. 31
AND JAN. 1
RETURNING: JAN. 5
(Homo by midnight that dato)
Approximate
ROUND TRIP FARES
'lillllll
i: M?
TO DESTINATIONS
100 200 500 1000
MILLS MILES MILE! MILES
AWAY AWAY AWAY AWAY
2.16 4.32 1 10.80 21.60
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Tourist Sleepers add regular
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tor details
mum
MNFS PI
WITH '31 ELEVEN
Coach at 'U. S. C. Says
Team to Battle Tulane
is His Masterpiece; '
- Ity Paul Zlinmcrmuii i 1
(Associated Press Sports Writer)
LOS ANGELES Mf There is no
fear in the 'heart of Coach Howard
Harding Jones for the welfare of his
University of Southern California '
imwn my wmcu , poiu
ilh wj iry me a wpping oi l umnes
Green Wave at Pasadena, New Year's
day.. . -t, ,-x
Given to few words and no pre
dictions, Troy's head man Is willing
intimate that tho Trojans aro
capable of taking care of themselves
In any grid company by saying, "If
Tulano wins the Row tournament
game, then It will have beaten the
best football team I ever coached,"
And that goes for the 11 which
handed Pittsburgh ft 47 to 14 drub
bing at the Rose Bowl la 1030 for
tho worst defeat any team ever ex
prlenced In the 10 years of the
lntcrscotlonal classic.
Chance to Avenge Const
Coach Jones believes his team, will
accept the Tulano game as Its
chance to avenge In a degree the
threo defeats administered by
southern teanW, and put Pacific
coast football bock In the running
with opponents from below the Ma
son and pixon line.
"My boys have como along pretty
fast, especially since the Notre Dame
victory," said Coach Jones, "but of
courso it's pretty hard to tell just
how good this Tulane team Is.
' "I have every reason, to believe
Coach Beernle Blerman's team was
stronger -than it showed against
Washington State, which Was tho
only game we had an opportunity
to scout.
"And you'll , have to discount our
gnmo with Georgia as a basis of
comparison. Wti were on. the peak
for that gamo and besides we got
a lot of breaks. .
LamlH Tulane Hacks
"You can be Sure of ,this much,
wo won't be too cocky 'to suppose
Tulane can t beat us. Where a team
has such fine punters and, passers
as Nollte Pelts, Harry GloVcf and
Don Zimmerman It can. make It
tough for the 'best elevens In tho
country. It's awful hard to build
a pass defense against a fellow like
Zimmerman, who throws 'em on
tho dead run. ;
"Of courso we'll havo a lot of pow
er to our own defense, and wo hope
to change the plays around a llttlo
now that Tulano's scouts have seen
us work to cross them up a bit.
"I understand that Vernou
Haynea is every bit as good an end
as Jorry Dalrymple, and a couple of
good ends can play havoc with your
offense sometimes, especially If the
rest of tho lino holds up well."
Cardinals' Scout i
Finds The West
Full Of "Ivory"
ST. LOUIS (I) The Pacific const,
with no organized baseball league
except one AA circuit, offers an ex
cellent field for Inauguration of a
good minor league, lu the opinion
of Charley Barrett, veteran Cardinal
scout who recently returned from a
westorn "Ivory hunt.'
Promising material Is plentiful on
the California' sandlote, Barrett re
ports, but chances for the young
sters In organized bail aro few and
for between. Mwny big league clubs
neglect to scout tho region because
of tho expense of bringing young
players cost.
"I picked up four youngsters in a
month In California," Barrett said.
"By staying out thero a whilo longer
I could have accumulated enough
prospects to furnish half a dozen
Class D leagues."
Just now the Cardinals have so
many requests for try outs from
young playeers "that we can't afford
to finance all the trials."
However, Barrett added, "if the
young men aro willing to go to ono
of our camps at their own expense,
wo will agree to rclmburso them for
their expenses if they show enough
to wnrrnnt signing them."
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thin uniiMiinl plrtHir n thi-r tit Ini to prison Immic-ks hj- n Junnnrsip
Foldlrr In the .Miuirliiirhin wiir lour. Tlic prlsniK-ra wrir murium of
br.niltt fnrrfs lilrh have niotMtra I hi- Jupanrse nrntj-. Note how
scfiurlj- tlirj- art bound.
i Wrestlers Here
SL
Cliff White, of Denver, and Count
Harkovosky, former Hussion, wero In
La Grande early today in readiness
for their appearance tonight on a
wrestline card at the Eagles hall at
8 o'clock. Karkovsky Is to meet
Howard Cantonwlne. Iowa heavy, In
tho main event and White will
match holds with Prank McCarroll.
of Boise. In a 30-minute semi-final.
Cantonwlne left Portland early
this morning In his automobile and
, WHfi scheduled to reach La
Grande
this afternoon. McCarroll left Boise
this morning also, and was due here
about noon. . , -
; itav McCarroll. promoter, , an
nounced, that Roy Farnam would
servo as announcer and as referoe
for. the preliminaries and tho semi
final. . .
Gerald Butcher will maet kid
Kavanaugh In a four-round boxing
preliminary.
Fans are anticipating a whirlwind
of a main event with both Canton
wino and Harkovosky favorites here.
The former has defeated every man
he , has faced on a La Grande mat
and Harkovosky holds the same rec
ord, although two' weeks ago was
his Initial match here. At that time
the count manhandled Jack Root,
of Denver , winning with two
straight falls,
Tho opinion of the fans was still
somewhat divided although the ma
jority pinned their faith on the
lowan to emerge a winner tonight.
HORN SBY HAS V
BRIGHT HOPES
FOR THE YEAR
(Note: This Is another of base
ball series on the results of ma
jor league shake ups, and pros
pects for 1D32).
liy Paul AUcltcIson
(Associated Press Sports Writer)
CHICAGO, Dec. 22 (lit Manager
Rogers Hornsby harbors no baseball
hallucinations as he busily . assem
bles his Cubs for the next National
league pennant dash. , - -
"We should be mjuch stronger
with Burleigh Grimes pitching for
us and with some fine recruits com
ing up," Hornsby said as tho Cubs
completed the big deal by which
they acquired the Cardinal mound
ace for Hock Wilson and Pitcher
Bud Teachout.
"Wo may not win. tho 1932 pen
nant because of the strong Cardinal
opposition but we ultimately . will
climb to the top and may stay there
tor six or seven years."
With William Wrlgley's bankroll
attracting a large group of minor
league stars, the fortunes of the Cub
forcea for 1932 appear excellent.
Grimes should give them one of the
finest balanced pitching staffs of ,
the league coupled with Pat Malone,
Charllo Root, Guy Bush, and Bob
Smith. . I
Hornsby 's Idea of a great ball club 1
Is ono of great speed on tho bases
and afield and he Is construct! ngj
i no ciuo aiong jusc tnpse lines, ,..
His most perplexing problems are
third and second bases, and one po
sition In the outfield. Lester Bell
apparently Is through dofcndlng the
third sack because of his sore arm.
Tho Cubs have acquired Stanley
Hack, Sacramento star of the Pacific
Coait league.
Library of the Vatican
' Make a trip1 to the Vatican li
brary and It will reward you In
tuaiiy ways. Your eyes may bo glad
io look nt Dnnte'8 '-Divine Coniiuo
din," dedicated to Boccnclo or the
fourth century Cordox Vntleonus,
which hns unclnl writing (is Its per
fection. There Is here olso an Ail-
Kustcnn Vlmll of tne Second cen-
tury, and a largo collection of auto- I
Ernnli letters from Petrarch. Tasso.
ltnpliacl, Anno Uoleyn and even i
Martin I.iilher. Hero are frescoes,
bronzes from the calacomb9 and
nbout 500,000 books to 1111 many an
odd hour. Kxehenee.
Shame , .
Slinme contract tlio spirits, ilx'c
the rnmblliiKs of funcy and gaiher.'
Iho ninn Inin himself, sonili
3
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U. S. C. Credited
With Belt Team
Work of Season
(Note: Thik is the second of a
series of four stories featuring
tho views of, the nation's sports
editors, and .writers on the ath
letic hlghspot of i93i. xhe ac
companying story is , In response
to the Associated Press query:
"What was the outstanding team
achievement In sports for 1931?"
Tomorrow, the poll on tho big
gest upset will be discussed).
, Alan Gould
(Associated Press Sports Editor)
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 W) By a
margin equally as convincing as that
gained by Pepper Mfu-tin in the in
dividual. f.leld, Southern California's
sensational football team Is credited
by thtf nation's sports experts with
the., outstanding . individual team
achievement for 1931 in any branch
of sport.
That's how highly thoy regard the
Trojan victory that ended the three
year Winning streak at Notre Dame
"Thero has , been nothing in years
to compare with that four-quarter
comeback, and triumph of Southern
California against the Irish," wrote
one sports editor who voiced wide
spread feeling. ."It was a magnifi
cent team achievement In every re
spect." f ,
Heavy Vote
Southern California, in the na
tional poll of sports editors and
writers conducted by the Associated
Press,- received 72 .votes out of a pos
sible 131. This was exactly double
the total for the .St. Louis Cardinals
whoso feat in overthrowing the
world champion Athletics was voted
tho outstanding accomplishment by
30' experts. .
The glanior of college football,
still fresh lii mind, perhaps swayed
the opinions of some observers. On
tho other hand, many pointed out
that the chief factors in the Cardi
nal baseball victory were three ex
ceptional individual perefofmers
Martin, Grimes and Hall ah an
whereas Southern California come
through oh the strength of its su
perb teamwork in the crisis against
Notre Dame. Moreover, while the
vote for the Trojans largely was
based on. what they did against the
Irish, the foot also was pointed out
that U. 8. C, routed almost every
football foe after drop-ping the first
gamo of the season to St. Mary's. .
If a clincher is needed to. tho ar
gument, the .majority of St. .Louis
experts diclosed they had no .preju
dice or doubt in their minds by vot
ing for Southern California itv pref
erence to the home-town Cardinals.
- . . The Vote
Tho results of the Associated
Press poll: r
.Southern California football team,
72.
St. Xouls . Cardinals, world . base
ball champions, 38. ,,
Philadelphia Athletics, American
league champions, 6. , . , . .
Army football team. 6,
Navy crew, Poughkeepsie
ham-
'N'ictor
Dions. 3. . .
St. Mary's football . tenni,
over U, S. C, 3.
Tulane, southern conference ' foot
ball champions, 2. .. '
Oklahoma City football team, un
defeated In 12 games 1.
, British Davis cup team, victor ovor
United States, 1, .
Columbia's football team (for Im
provement), 1. ....
Michigan's football team (for de
fense), 1.
This Game
of Golf
5
llr O, R. Keelcr
rWny, how the thing wo call luck
funs in strings and not so funny,
either, when a break comes like that
which 1 retired Horton Smith from the
great match play open golf tourna
ment at San Francisco, a few horrs
after tlie tall Missourlan had led
grand field under the wire In the
hole medal qualification test, ,
Hortorir swinging with the smooth
ness that once made him the sensa
tion of the professional world In the
jblg winter tournaments, had led the
iiem wun carets ox va- io 193, a BtroKe
better than par on the sodden, rain
drenched course. He lookifd at least
as formidable as any man In the
show.
And three hours latf he was ( out
of It with a fractured bone In hts
right wrist, suffered In one of the
oddest motor accidents in the books.
Horton, riding with Joe Kirk wood re
turning to the Lake Merced club for
a dinner engagement, put out his
right ann as a signal, assisting Joe,
who was backing the car into a park
ing Bpace. There was a post he did
not see. The arm was ijammed be
tween the post and the car. An X-
ray revealed a fracture which doctors
say will keep Horton lout of golf for
all the winter season.
Had Just Found Form
. Not the least bitter phase of the
accident Is its occurrence Just when
Horton seemed to have Ironed out his
swing and worked his game Into tho
form' that was the admiration and
despair of his fellow-professionals in
the brilliant winter campaigns of
19B7, 1928 and 1929. ,
Horton at his best displayed a tiny
defect or rather" an Idiosyncrasy in
his beaxitiful stroke which, properly
controlled, did not affect his play
sufficiently to keep him away from
I th0 very top rank In tourney after
.tourney In those years.
I Rated a short swinger, a careful ex
j ami nation of the stroke showed that
I while the club in a full shot never
( approached the horizontal, tho hands
were lifted very high st the top of
the swing; and the first motion In
starting tho downward stroko was a
further ''cocking" of tho wrist; so
that the aro and the hand-action
(Were as extreme, even, as those of
1 Bobby Jones, without the extraordin-,
Urlly free pivot of the latter.
.Tln Trouble
But Uicre wiu Just the suspicion of
looseness In the left wrist and elbow
jHt Impart: n sort ot flaccldlty at vari
ance with the almost rigid firmness
the
When ho was going well, this never
seemed to bother Smith. Perhaps he
. . ...... , , ..
got to thinking about it; perhaps the
prescribed for this juncture by
orthodox.-
LU,u' ,WUfl B"ua OI compeuuon BiDempsey "looks good," so far as he!none of the old leg spring back of
on his superb nerves a trifle what-1 has gone. it w,v . -
ovor tho reason, he began strewing his .'., , , ,
big shots a bit, in 1930; he was off- (Mn fWalleC(; Is conservative in his .Td nflte to see him get Into the
line this way and that; and even his Klie g VCS th . m lrinS wltu 80ine hard h!ttinf? younS
exemplary chlpoimr and nuttine
U. ll a. '-I ,.-,.,-,.,.1
game to a winning level.
Always thoughtful and studious.
Horton set about correcting the
trouble. And it seemed he had about
accomplished the correction, and was
set for a great winter spin, when this
accident put him on, the sidelines.
An unusually tough break .and
one sincerely regretted by a host of
fans and by all the golfers who look
ed for the 'Sharpest competition with
him this season. - - , . . ,
3 Q $ 4-
Sport Slants
. . By Alan J. Gould
(Associated Press Sports Editor)
So far the reports as to whether
Old Man Dempsey still has the stuff
for a big come-back In 1932. designed
iu wic a taut, utuicwuil una TKJr-
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ilow( remain a trifle vague and con
fusing. ;
I One of our former sleuths, Frank i 'The strangest t thing about, him
Y?"1101 Zh , W!U!S BV? frwas he was down on his heels, and
ithe .New. York Daily News and foot- i wnen he let a punch, go it was Just
;ball ,hoollB for his public reports that a e Bh0ulders. and
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when he really lets go, thiffc;frcm mm for three or four rounds.
1 no is siowiy getting back Into cood
condition and .prefers Max Schmeling'he made tabout $300,000 so far
fto any of the other prospective op-! out of his trip. That may or may not
ponents discussed for him in 1932. jbe s0 but Jf it is he should act on
"Schmsllng." points out Mr. Wol-jthe alibi already well established
lace, "is'the . type Dempscy likes." The ed that he will, not be able to get
German is a, willing mixer. By wad-i back into shape for a championship
Ing in, he would give Dempsey the fight." -- t
chance .to throw punches with ai '.
minimum of legwork.1
lUsfivntlng Opinion ,;
On the other hand, I have this ring
side view of Dempsey. tho barnstorm
or from the observing Mr. George T.
McConville of our St. Paul forces;
"I know you are . one. of the boost
ers of the old man and If you real
ly lika him. keep him away from the
younger boys. In tho ring hero he was
Just an I Old Man who knew how to
take care of himself.
"Of course he was usinc 12-ounce
gloves, but there didn't seem to bo
j the zip on his punches he had tho
last time I saw him, which was against
iJllIV MIS :e hpm Vfiara. arm Ula 1
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FOUR FLOORS
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"n ia ctr mni- nrmmri here
Touchdown (ilft -
To the collection of football's queer-
'est happenings of 1931, Don McGuire
- 1 of our Dcs Moines, staff contributes
this one:
"I think It was the shortest return
of a punt for a touchdown during the
season, a five-yard run by E. Ron
zanl, Marquette quarterback.
"Against Drake here Thanksgiving
dav Becker. Maroiiette end. nunted.
j the ball being downed on Drake's five
yard line; '
"Llndstrom. Drake quarterback,
purltlng from behind his own goal
line, got off a weak kick that went,
crazily to' the left and fairly high.
, "Ronzanl raced across the field and
took 'the 'ball on the five yard line
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down. Merquette won 32 to 6. .
OREGON STATE
DEFEATS CLUB
MOND At, 48-23
PORTLAND, Dec. 22 (P)-Oregon
State college's basketball quintet de
cisively defeated Multnomah club 43
to 23 here lost night. In the pre
liminaries, Multnomah intermcdi
iaten defeated f Stevenson, Wash.,
High, 69 to 11, while Washington
High beat Columbia Preps 24 to 17
in, an; overtime seml-twindupi
A smoot working offensive attack
that carried . the . ball beneath the
basket and tlen through it gave tho
Beavers their victory after the
Winged M quintet- had .mnde it a
ball game for the first two periods.
Ken Fngans, Beaver forward; was
the bright light in the final half,
dropping one-handed shot through
with precision, followed closely by
Davis, substitute guard. Kill Kee.
nan's floor work and King Bailey,
beneath tho basket, were outstand
ing for the club men.
Ellsworth Vines, national singles
tennis champion, has turned In his
basketball suit at University of
Southern California at devoto his
time to getting in shape for, the Da
vis Cup trials. . ,
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