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Pajje Two Boxed Christmas Handkerchiefs At lowest prices. . Voiles,1 Silks and' -,; " ' Pure Linen at 18c to 99c i a Box Final Close Out Sale Putman's ' Ready-to-Wear ' Conner s Dept.' Store Wild Ducks Must Not Be On Hand ' After Christmas PORTLAND, DeC. 23 (ff) If any tfjid. duck remains In' tho larder of $egon sportsman after Christmas day it had better bo Veil hidden. Chester A. Lctchhardt, United States game protector of this district,- an- ' nouncod Tuesday time ducic Hunters ( tsr Oregon will not bo allowed to have i rSBWds in their possession after Dec. 25. ' jcim iCAguo could evor be classed to Tho duck hunting season closed ' tiay as a certainty to beat any other Dec. 16 and under regulations of tho team. ... migniwry mm ureai ucu puroawuu i" om Benson nnd for nn additional period' of ten daye. i Store No. I 1701 Aclmiu 1'hunu Alnln 015 Oregon Walnuts Fancy Jumbo Size 5-lb. Sack $1.29 Powdered Sugar ;5 lbs 2lk ' 5 Marshmallows Fresh Per lb. . . 19c DateS v,.i, r;..n, 2 lbs. . ... 25c ORANGES Medium 2 Doz. 45c Case...... ? 1.75 If unsafe autos were f orcein fo display thair condiison thwe would fewer Qcciimhs and O W WAR NOCK. MGR ' ' ' H . . . '. MACK SAYS COBB GREATEST PLAYER Philadelphia Manager Gives Interview on 69th Birthday Anniversary By KilworU J. Nell (Associated Presa Sport Writer) (PHILADELPHIA, Dcte. 23 -(F- Connie" Mack, erect and keen as ever, entered his 70th year today, notlc ing only that birthdays seem to come foster and the years to shrink no time rolls along. - "1 can't believe- It," he said.' "I don't feel as though I'm CQ. I have Just as much work to do as jcver. More, I guess." : , , In tlio 47 years' he has given to baseball, ho has seen the game- de velop from a rowdy pastime of . clas tic rules and heroic, eomlc opera flgurey. Into, a big business and a national sport, watched the mighty men of the past and preacnt come and go. Ho has watched the rules change, tlxi ball change, the type of -men and their attitude toward the game ohange. Ho has- stood through .early linlf a century for the finest . thero Is in tho sport, and -baseball, i In turn, has been kind to him. Ho Is hnlf owner of the Athletics, up i to last fall , champions of- the world for two straight years, their highly successful manager, healthy ; and : contented "Tho ; thing that impresses me I most today," ho said, vis the even- 1 neBa of tn0 competition. , No team in. either the National or tho Amer- ..TherD uro ereat nUwers in the eld days Just as there ore today, and ,,, ,,,,.' . r0nnnnn i.revnnt any real contrast of- their abilities. ' "Today wo havo fellows llko 'Pep- per' Martin, who dominates a world scries show, and Ben Chapman, the YnnRco who stole more bases Inst year than my whole team. Babe Ruth brought in the day of taltt ng nnd some of tho finesse Is gono." I . That led the discussion down to 415 points nnd five of nine rubbers. I tho grcnt playors of all times and The rubber standing of tho scries bc I Connio willingly dragged : out his C(vmo 42 Ior oulbortson's side and 30 elections. ,1 , ' jfor Lonz nnd'Jacoby, the points 70,225 j "Ty Cobb," ho said, "was the ' nnd 60,650 respectively. I greatest player of nil, and there nev- Culbertson and Llghtner were pen ! cr was a pitcher to 'compore with allzed 2.800 points during the session Christy Mathewson. Of thoso two compared with 2.200 for their rivals. ' I am certain. You can argue about ono set of 000 came at once against ! tho rest." 1 I Culbertson another of 600. Llghtner And hero Is food for his argument. Ty Cobb. Tigers, right field. , I TrlB Speaker, Bed Son, center field. I Bnbo ttuth, Yankees, left flold. Ocorgo - Slslcr, Browns, first bnse. Eddie Collins,' White Sox,' second base. ' I llonus Wagner, Pirates, shortstop, Jimmy Collins, Red Sox, third base. 1 Clirlsty Mathewson, Giants, pltch- .0.'. ; ., . , .. . . . . a. Buck tewing, a lints, catchor,, , , McCarroll Secures " Idaho Qommission Ray McCarroll, local wrestler end promoter, scoured his commission from Idaho to promote matches In that state today, and Is nyiklng plans to stnge matches regularly -In ay s ; 'Stores take this opportunity of wishing you Thursday and Saturday Specials S Butter 5 Fresh Churned !'! White Karo Syrup g 5-Ib. Pail; 45c Pumpkin Preferred Stock No. 2'2 Tins 2 Tins . 25c Coiilinorcial Chocolates 3 Pounds fiOc w t'hristiiKia Mix Candy ! ! 3 Pounds .50c 5 ? Vc?tSt..L 5oc J Try Our Fresh Fruits & Vegetables CARROTS Pef Punch Cranberries Per Qt. 6c 15c a number of Eastern Oregon and Southern Idaho cities. Besides promoting matches In Baker and La Grande, Mr. McCar roll will stage cards In Boise, Welser, Pocatello, Blackfoot, Twin ' Falls, Now Meadows and Idaho Falls, Mont ana9 8 Famous Net Team of 1928 Assembles Again 4 -f -. - ' BOZEMAN. Mont.. Wl Intact. even to thoir utility mali, the "Ool don Bobcats" who1 focused the eyes of i basketball fans of the nation on Montana State college In 1028, again aru cavorting on the court in prep aration for a holiday .tour of Mon tana, Idaho and - Utah. Most of the team's members are engaged in physical training in Montana high schools. John "Brick" Brecden, captain and guard, one of the nation's' outstanding players, coaches Montana Normal and Dillon High school. . ' Ashworth "Cat" Thompson, high flooring forward, is coaching Liv ingston, Mont., High school. His running mate, Orland Ward, teaches In the Bozeman Junior high school and his brother, Frank Ward, stellar center, 1 coach at. Terry high. Max Worthlngton, the other guard, is an assistant coach, at the ,, r.0iiPirn nnd vniorv nivnn. ntil- lty man , u octant principal at jiarlowton." , r ' -p J,A- rp . iiriGffC lOUrilGV Resumed Tonight At The Waldorf lly Tttyi O'Ncll ; NEW YORK, Doc. 23 Iflt Ely Cul bertson and' Theodore A. Llghtner move to the Waldorf tonight, 10.709 " " , 'ry ". Polnt ahead, for the second half of , " """ " """" representing the culbertson system of contra,,,, btlage and 81(Iney B. mm nnd. Oswald' Jacoby, playing tho Lcnz Byliiem - bMt , the matter of alt)cs , the elevcnth nd )nal Ms. at tnB clltttnami cntllnK enrly !todll culbertson and Llehtner lost "Iso went down 000 In a lump. In a futllo effort to snve the last rubber of tho session tho side lost 1,260 points In three straight hands. Several times during the session Culbertson was moro than 13,000 points plus, Lcnz remarked that his opponents were fortunate in not being vulner able when they stopped out. Culbert son congratulated - himself that his loss was not greater. He thought his opponents grossly underbid on several occasions through tho" -faults of their system. . .... ..... ,, As an example when his side had not scored In rubber 78 and had suf fered heavily It got a gamo at four hearts although Lents and Jacoby could have had a laydown for four spades, game and rubber. Owing to high card holdings in Llghtner'a hand the four spades probably would have been doubled. Quito a swing was saved right there. ...' Store No. B -20! 0 North 2nd. ... l'liouc Mam-10B. Mince Meat Knights Fancy in Bulk L lbs. ..29c Popcorn 01I 1ft 3,bs 9c Pineapple Hrokeit Sliced, No. 212 Tin 2 Tins ... 27c ... Sego Milk 3 Tins . . . 19c. CELERY ' Utah 2 for LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE; ORE. WINDS UP IN DRAW Both Cantonwine and " Harkovbsky' Knocked 1 Out in Third fiound Evory so often one reads In some magazine about a double knockout, mostly conceived in tho mind of a flotlon writer. ' . Last night at Eagles hall, in the third round of a heavyweight wrest ling match between . Count Harko vosky, of Russia, and Howard Canr tonwine, of - Iowa, that unexpected climax occurred 1 - Four hundred forty pounds of humanity reclined on the mat for more than a min ute, both grapplers knocked out. As tho count had taken a fall in the second round, and' the- third round fall was really Cantonwlne's, Referee Ray McCarroll called1' the match a draw 1 There was no other alterna tive under Australian White rules, it was explained. The .count and Cantonvino went at it hammer- and tongs from' the start, with tho- first- round finding first ono and then the other on the offensive Both wero able to con sistently break every - fall in the opening period. In tho second round, however, the count launched a .series of flying head locks, that finally proved Can tonwlne's undoing. - - Coming back- .for the third, the count again resorted to flying head locks, and had the Iowan thorough ly weakened. But thcro . was an opening and Cantonwlno Btarted a crotch lock and further nelson, but as he hoisted the' count' from, 'his feet', ' his ' weakness overcame htm and they both- fell- to the mat. The effect on the count- was the same as a body slam, and ho was-out cold. Oantonwlne'fi hoad: cracked the mat a they went down, and he, too, dreamed of birdies!'; And when the minute's - intermission1 was over, both wero still on tho floor,- and tho match was at an end I Cantonwlno hasn't tasted defeat on a La Grand mat as yet,.- but today he could not say ho had won every match in this city. Tho match was unusually clean, in direct con trast to a three-round preliminary between Ollff White, of Denver, and Prank McCarroll, of - Boise, which the latter won.. White resorted to, about everything possible in on at- J tempt to defeat the world's bull-1 dogging champion, but to no avail. : In the second round he failed to 1 re-enter the' ring within tho time limit after Frank had driven him through the ropes, and that was the only fall of the sot-to. I Gerald Butcher made short work of Kid Kavanaugh in the preliml-: nary boxing match. Both went at It In earnest from the bell, ahd fists were flying wildly for more -than a minute. Then Butcher landed a straight blow, and the end was in sight. , After two moro' knock-downs, Referee Roy Fnrnam gave me match' to Butcher oh a technical knockout; but' it niodo" no' difference, .Kava naugh" was out for' the1 coilhl, any way. t ' , The crowd last night was the larg est of the present season, and tho card left the fans In a good humor except for the seml-wlndup. Mystery Witness Identifies Coll As 'Baby Killer' NEW YORK, Dec. 23 iffy A "mys tery witness" for the state yesterday Identified from tho stand Vincent Coll and Frank Giordano, on trial for tho Harlem "baby killing,' as tho two men who fired into a crowd of jchli drcn from a slowly moving automo bile last summer. The witness. George Brecht, entered tho courtroom flanked by three court attendants and three dotec lives. Brecht testified he was opposite the scene of the shooting In which 5 -year-old Michael Vcngall wna killed. !. - i"I saw on automobile with five men In it In tho middle of the street, and they wero shooting. A man in the rear seat fired out of the win dow.' v , ,'- He later identified Coll as the man In tho rear seat. ' A 13 -year-old girl from Harlem's Llttlo Italy directed a courtroom re construction of tho killing. Millie Define told how a car slid down tho crowded street, and lead suddenly sprayed among the, playing chlldron. Samuel Licbowltz, of defense coun sel, placedtwo chairs together to simulate an' automobile, borrowed a pistol from a patrolman, and climbed into the ''rear seat,'' from which ho pointed the gun. ' Tho little girl got down from the witness stand, altered his position several times, and then said ho was properly reproducing tho position of LOMSKl BEATS LENHART WITH KAYO PUNCH PORTLAND. Ore, Dec. 23 (JV) Leo Lomski, lafl pounds, Portland, knock ed out Denny Lcnhart, 178. Port land, in the fifth round of their scheduled six round bout hero last night. Lomski, In perfect condition, held tho upper hand from the start. both outboxhig and outpunching his opponent. Lenhnrt fought back game ly. In tho fourth round Lcnhart went down from a fierce hook for a count of nine. This was followed in the fifth with a long right hook and left to tho chin for the knockout. Gonzaga Schedules '" Four Coast Games i I SPOKANE. Dec. 23 Wl With the j signing of a two-game contmrt xvlVfl ! Oregon suite college for 193a and j 1933. Qon&aga university has four Paclfto - coast conference football mimes on next Year's schedule. William luflnn, Oonzntta grad- unto mnnager,' said Oregon State would come here Sept. 7, opening Gonzaga season. The 1033 game will be played either In IMrtiamt or Corvallis. ankees Build Uplnf ield As 1932 Approaches (NOTE: This is another of a series on major league 'baseball shokeups and prospects for 1932). lly Gayle Talbot (Associated Press Sports. Writer) NEW YORK, Dec. 23 VP) Having spent a bundle of cash to bolster a wobbly infield, the New York Yankees should present a stronger front in the 1932 American league race. '. Jack Saltzgaver, brilliant young sec ond baseman from St.. Paul, and Prank Crosettl, who brought a fancy price tag wi'ch htm from San Fran cisco, are the pair on whom Man ager Joe McCarthy is banking to hoist his troupe higher thjan third place. Saltegaver's Introduction to a Yankee uniform, it is predicted will mark the passing of , the .lllustroub rTony Lazzerl at second- base. Crosettl is destined to fit in either at shortstop or , third base. If he makes the grade at short, Lyn Lary will be shifted to the hot corner. Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth again will supply the big punch. Ben Chap man, tho leagues leading base stealer, promises to give tho fans more and better thrills. , The consuming subject of tho bam bino's new contract lb not bothering club officials. They expect him to sign for less than $80,000 and enjoy another fine year. With Ruth, Chapman and Earle Combs holding down the regular out field pesta and Sammy Byrd, Myril Hoag and Allen Cooke In reserve, the Ruppertmen offer a splendid balanced set of gardners. ' . - , The catching ctaff, with Bill Dickey and Arndt Jorgcns again ready to divide tho work, leaves McCarthy nothing to worry about. v v Vernon Gomez the cool Castlllan, who last year In his first full major league season was the second most effective pitcher in . tho American league, ' already has officially been appointed the club's "ace" for 1932. - Ho should receive some valuable help from Chorllo Ruffing, George Pipgras, Gordon Rhodes, Ed Wells, Henry Johnson, Herb Pennock and a trio of newcomers, John Murphy, John Allen and Walter Br own. ' Alien, recalled from Toronto, was tho international league's leading pitcher lost year and looks ready for faster company. , f ST. LOI'IS r. SIGNS HASKELL ST. LOUIS (fl1) The Haskell In diana and the University of Wyo ming have been added to the 1932 football schedule of St. Louis uni versity. - :: OPm& CHRISTMAS DAY 25c WHAT ' ' A ' CAST SLIM" SUMM EUVILLE MARIE PRISVOST flllll I 111 ! I Ml 1 1 1 I 1 1 Mil IIIWWIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIW WWW Today and iirmtY! ' (Sluipppr's iMuttnec 1'rUTs Knil l-'rl(li:y ; "ill :i :( iilililli-s, Anvllnu- tile More Fun You'll IuirI. TI1 You Try See "Siuwzle" Jimmy Punintp: Notre Dame's Defeat JJsted Biggest Upset (Note: This is tho third of four stories featuring the views j of the nation's sports editors j and writers on the athletic high j spots of 1931. Tho accompanying story is in response to. the As sociated Press query: "What was the biggest upset or surprise of 1931 in sports?"' Tomorrow the poll on tho year's biggest sports news story will bo discussed. liy A km Gould (Associated Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (A) The blg geac surprise of the year in sports was the defeat of Notre Dame's foot ball team but tho country's news paper experts, polled by the Asso ciated Press, can't agree on whether Southern California or Army sprang the biggest upset of the Irish. Tho downfall of tha fighting Irish, after a winning streak extending three years, was .labelled the big shock of 1931 by CO of the 131 sports writers and editors contributing their opinions to the national poll. Of this number, however, 31 picked tho Army's 12-0 victory over Notre Dame as the more surprising while 29 others named Southorn Califor nia's last period 16-14 triumph. ' Previous balloting already has stamped Southern California's win aa the "outstanding team achlove mont of 1931", without the element of surprise being taken into con sideration. ' Upsets wero scattered all over the premises, tho poll of opinion indi cated, with no les3 than 28 separate events listed -as tho most surprising oi' the year. They ranged all the way from tho .- big vote on Notre Dame's defeat to a single ballot for ,so momentous an. event as the end of Hobart's three-year football los ing streak. ' t ' ' "If you want, literally, the biggest upse; of 1031," wrote one sports edi tor, "it was without doubt tho big splash caused by Kaye Don over turning in the Harmsworth trophy speedboat raco with Gar Wood. The echoes tof this upset fc were heard 'round, the world. " The biggest upset in baseball was at the expense of tho Athletics in tho world series, named by 13 ex perts as tho leading surprise pack ago of the year. In the scattering of votes, cast on other baseball' top ics, the collapse of the -Cubs, the comeback of Burleigh Grimes, and Dick Coffman's 1-0 shutout' victory over Lefty Grove, ending the latter's record winning streak, were listed. Tennis furnished a conspicuous upset, backed by nino votes, in tho British Davis cup team's semi-final Mae Clarke Ricardo Cortez Norman Foster Also Chapter I ' TIM McCOY in "Heroes 'of the Flames" Tomorrow! with Paul Lukas DOROTHY JORDAN" CHARLIE RUC.CLES VIVIENNE OSBORNE Starting Christmas Day Earnest Torrence Lnpc Velez with A 8n6flrBBirB"sv; UDittatiiMy - (paramount JJ victory over the United States. Twenty .Grand's setback by Mate in tho Arltngthn classic was apparently considered the turf's biggest sur prise. ' Max Schmeling's defeat of Bill Strlbllng and Mickey Walker's abil ity to get a draw with Jack Shar key were listed as the boxing head- liners. But navy s upset wcw D O W N lj mmmumssm Give the gift that pays its own way info your home EVERY woman wants fhe convenience, the economy of a -General Electric AH-Steel Refrigerator. Through the years io'come her G-E will give , unfailing, attention-free service. Quickly saves its own cos. 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