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I Many Friends ( A Merry Christmas j i-. CONNER'S liPUTMAN'S JACOBS AND LEWIS NOT IN AN AGREEMENT NEW YORK, Dec. 24 WV-After a couplu of days of talking,- Joo Jft cclw' manager of Max Schmellng, unci ivNato Lewis, Chicago b tad turn ma toil pinker, havo come out to re port iiio. action lifts been token. ThQ whole proposition for Sclimol inf to defend Ills heavyweight title ngalnfib Mickey Wolkor in Chicago this -winter wna called off yestorday when Lowln refused to put up n !i0,U00 forfeit when ho naked for n delay. In tho proceedings. Jacobs asked tho forfeit as a guar nntee' that after waiting until after tho Illinois Btatfl legislature recon venes Jan. 6 tho body would pons an amendment to the state boxing laws 'making IB-round bouts legal. Tho vcuamptou Insists on fighting over that routo and Jacobs did not want-'Ho take ohance of losing out on other propositions whllo wait ing 'for nn event which might not tiiko' placo. (TOMMY THOMPSON WINS POIVTLAND, Oro., Dec. 24 W) Tommy Thompson, Texas heavy weluht wrestler, defeated Casey O'DaU-, two out of three falls hore last night, acorgo (Wildcat) Wilson, nil-American football play or from the 'University of Washington made n favorablo Impression In his first Porthuid appourauco as a heavy weight In defeating Joe Reynolds, In a five-round special ovont, tak ing the only fall, In tho third round. Young, llltty Edwards, Kansas City welterweight, and JlnUmy Bond, wel terweight, staged a fast and spec- J luuujiu' piumiuumyi tuwwrun winning- with a body scissors hi the fourth round. Yet, Borah frowns on ro-eslabitsh-ment of tho foreign debt board. What with tho lfttt campaign Just tn tho offing ho probably thinks It's a poor plank. 3 ntty1- Fl our wishes come tx true, you mid your rtnmily will have the -i ijmerriest of holidays, Jj imd tho greatest pros- 2 fjierity during tho com- g yiiff yonr. C -W WAR NOCK MGR Merry Christmas 5 And Our Best S Wishes for the 1 1 Coming g i New Year SADLER'S Music Co. fi Next to tho J ilvi Giaiulo Nat'l. Hank JFJ,r. tCJ l.Mr-4M4r -v d ? ' - r r&t r atran ermr(.& n jranratra .r y , a L --w ' " T . . A Athletics Figure To Make Campaign With' Old Machine ' Hy .lolui W. Kliilir CHICAGO P) The Philadelphia Athletics may be badly In need of new blood, fin many observers dimm ed after the defeat of the veteran machine In tho world's series with the St. Louis Cardinals, but from a list of rookies for the 1032 season compiled by tho American league It appears Connie Mack Isn't of that opinion. ' ' Though the Macks' present roster for the 103a now season' shows 11 new names, hone of tho newcomers : figures to oust a regular. On tho ' other hand, the New York Yankees, i tho club Mack figures will give his American league champlonB the ! toughest fight noxt yoar, will look FFIANKIE CROSETTl over 22 new men, several of whom aro expected to see a lot of action. Tho - Detroit Tigora, with. Bucky Karris trying desperately to find a combination of players capable bf lifting the club from the second division stand next to the Yankees In the acquisition of new men in the search for added strength. Twenty-two newcomers will answer the Tigers' roll-call noxt spring. St. Louis and Boston have only flvo and eight new men, while Clevc- To Our Friends and Customers MERRY CHRISTMAS! Fred Spaeth ' AM E RICO 5 $ TfTI would be a ienl pleasure to grasp by the hand and JLJL personally express to all our friends our irood wishes. HOWEVER, we are tnliinp this opportunity of ex tending: our best wishes to all for a Merry Christ mas and a Happy New Year. GLASS DRUGS, Inc. Cor. Depot and Adams tf Jf IStJP 4rj 4? jP.ttf jff ttfjff r j lap jf, th f tr s land h-y, . 17, Washington . 14 and Chicago lot , Material for bolstering a badly crumpled Infield Is available, on paper, for Manager Joe McCarthy of the Yanks. Jack Stalzgaver, rated the bent lnflelder In the American association with St, Paul hut sum mer, is In line for Tony Lazaeri's second base job. Frank Crosettl from 6an Fran cisco Is figured on to oust Jooy Sewell from third1, and Eddie Far- rell, former University of Pcnnsyl vanla star, Is being recalled from Los Angeles. Frank Nekola, who attoned Holy Cross, Is ono of the most likely hew hurlers of a crop of 11 the Yankees will look over. , , Threo of Cleveland's most prom Jslng newcomers won - their first famo on college diamonds, though they have been ripening In the minors since student days. They are Oral Hlldebrand, lanky hurler from Butler who, apprenticed with Indianapolis of tho Association; Hookies headed for American league next year: Amerlco 1'olH, hurler, mining to M. LoiiIh fnmi Milwaukee; .Inyiicr White, outrielder obtained hy Detroit from llfamnont, mid t'nink (.roseitl, lnflelder purchased by New Ynrk Yankees from Sun Francisco. Hurry Herbert White of Sacra mento, shortstop who got his start at the University of Washington. and Bruce Connatser, New Orleans I first baseman and another of the legion of stars tho University bf Alabama has sent to the big show. Out of Detroit's two doen rook ies three have been tlckoted as of special promise, and all three come to tho Tigers from Beaumont df the Texns league. 'Thoy are laid oro Ooidsteln, pitcher who got his start on the prep school diamonds of New York city; Joyner White, fast and hard-hitting out fielder, and Whitlow Watt, pitcher whd was out for seasoning last sum mer, ' one of the brightest prospects to como out of the colleges Is Marvin Olson, former Luther college ( De corah. Ia.) star who is slated to play second base for the Boston Red Sox after n Benson with Buffalo In tho International. Chicago's White Sox hope Ralph Lief Erlckson,,a southpaw who comes ; from tho University of Idaho Via Dallas, will live up to advance no tices. Washington Is figuring on Monte Weaver, ex-Baltimore and ono time Emory and Henry college star, tak ing his regular turn on the slab in ! place of Bump Hadloy, who was traded to the Sox. 1 Two of St. Louis few additions are Louis Amerlco Polll, from Mil waukee, and Robert Cooney, from Wichita nuis. Tex., both pitchers. Cooney starred at Ford h dm, pro ducer of many star bascballers. ; . Philadelphia's most notable ac quisition seems to be Oscar Roett ger, brother of Wally of the cham pion Cardinals, and A first baseman who made a hit at St. Paul last summer. Parke Solemn n, from Port land. Ore., Is an outfielder nlso listed i as of major league ability. Hi ROCKNE DEATH IS BIGGEST STORY bport w nters vote on Year's News Burke's Golf Win is Second. (Note: This 1b tho last of four stories featuring the views of tho nation's sports editors and writers on the athletic high spots of 1031, The accompany ing story Is in response to the Associated Press query: "What was the outstanding sporta news story of the-yeai?") Ity Alan Gould (Associated Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK, Dec. 24 It has been nine months since that last day of March, 1031, when a trans port passenger plane crashed near Bazaar, Kan., with Knute Rockne among Its victims, but this stun ning tragedy still is recalled vividly by tho nation's sports experts as the biggest news story of the year. "This was not only a nationally first page story," wrote, a sports edi tor, "but It was also an event that reached newspapers In all corners of tho globe and affected millions who had come to know Knute Rockne as ono of the most dynamic leaders In American athletics." Ufl Vote Rockne Death In the Associated Press national poll bf sports editors and writers on jtho salient features of the athletic year, 90 out of 131 named the death of Rockne as the biggest sports, news story and. the most far-reaching, In its effect, of any development of 1031. For thoso. who confined them selves to looking at the competitive si do for the biggest news Btory of thn vAnr. f Via (hnl rt rnunrort a uHHa field, Seven named the marathon ! golf triumph of Blllie Burke, who went 144 holes to beat George Von Elm for the United States qpen golf j championship at Toledo. Four ex perts each picked the world series and Southern California's football victory over Notre Dame as the out standing story. Next in importance, on the basis of ballots, were the Schmellng - Strlbllng heavyweight fight at Cleveland, the Gar Wood Kayo Don- speedboat race for the Harms worth trophy and the' baseball exploits or Pepper Martin In the world series. Although they were not given ac tual -votes In the poll, the Lenz Culbertson contract bridge match and the resignation of Chick Mee han frotn the football coaching job at New York . university were men tioned fay sports observers as con spicuous events In the year's waning months. Oregon Defeats Ellensburg In Hard Game, 33-31 EUGENT2, ore., Dec. 24 (Uni versity of Oregon's basketball quin tet took a hard fought game from Ellensburg NorriyU, 33 to 31, " here last night in Oregon's opening bas ketball contests A basket by Cap tain Calkins Just aV. the gun ended tho game brought ;i victory. With but two minutes to go, the Teachers scored five points. Two sensational baskets by Hurley Sutphln and a converted throw by Haney, huge Ellensburg center, gave the Normal n 81-all tie. Then the visitors' de fense momentarily cracked as Cal kins broko through with a "cripple" right tinder the hoop to win the game. Oregon's five-point lead was tho largest that separated the teams at any time. . ,EUonsburg made 13 baskets to 10 for Oregon, but were unable to con vert foul throws consistently, mak ing only five out of 13. Oregon missed but two out of 13. Jack Robertson played his first game for Oregon and showed excel lent form. Jim Watts, who replaced Potter, also played his first game. Ellensburg had a veteran team. O. S. C. WINS CLOSE GAME SALEM, Ore., Dec. 24i) Oregon State s basketball team; nosed out a victory over the Florshelms, Salem Independent team, 35 to 32 here last night, mainly through the local team's inability to make free throws count. Florshelms outplayed the Staters In the first halt and led. 32 to 16, at that point. The Orange men rallied . as the second half opened and gained a lead which they maintained to the end of the game. Adams, of Florshelms, was the outstanding scorer, and Melvln Flake's playing at center for Flor shelms, was a feature. Flake, who never playd high school basketball, had an edge over Ed Lewis, State's center. Coach QUI kept his first string meii in the game throughout. Milwaukee has all ltd bills paid and over 92.0OO.OOO In Its coffers. Well with prohibition, something just had to be don to keep Milwaukee famous. "-irirt r r4 ri jrjs-i CHRISTMAS Rest Wishes To Our Fiends and Patrons For the Holidays Nate Zweif el Plumbing & Heating; er jr jr w r & t tar f 4 Hair Pulling Is : ' Taboo on Court CHICAOO, Dec. 24 WV-The Tay lor Trunk girls of Chicago dan't pull the braided locks- of the Mouse of David boys any more and get away with It. ', Before; the Jong-braided, bewhts kerecl boys from Benton Harbor, Mich., renewed their basketball wars with the girls this season, they com plained that the girls had been get ting too much of a kick out of yanking their hair. So the leaders of the two teams got together and decided hair pulllrtg would consti tute a foul hereafter. ' . Tho two teams meet again tomor row night. f - Lenz and Jacoby Continue Losing Ground In Match By Tom. O'Nell NEW YORK. Deo. 24 Wi Victory in six of eight rubbers at the last pre-Chrlstmao session, ending early today, added 3820 points to the lead of Ely Culbcrtson's side In a test of his syftemf'of contract bridge with that of Sidney S. Lene, who has Oswald Jacoby as partner. When the 87th rubber of the 160 rubber match Is started at the re sumption of play at 2:30 p. m., Sat urday, Culbertson will be 14,525 points ahead with a total, of -78,150 compared with 63,625 for Lenz and Jacoby. Culbertson, with Mrs. Culbertson. Waldemar von Zed twit's or Theodore A. Llghtner as partner, has won 48 rubbers to 38 for Lenz and Jacoby. Most of the lead has been gained with the old of Llghtner,. who was Culbertson's partner at the last ses sion and who is to be displaced af- i ter the holidays by the return of' Mrs. Culbertson to play at least 27 , rubbers more. j A set 'of 1400 points on Lentz when he went down four vulnerable j trying to make one heart was a big. factor tn increasing Culbertson's j lead. ' It was the first session at tho Waldorf, with Lenz acting as host. Lenz and Jacoby won the first .! rubber on a brilliant end 'play of the last hand by Lenz. but fortune th&ro deserted the host. The big set camo soon thereafter, j j Nyassaland Royal Son Gets Diploma At Chicago U. CHICAGO (ifi The heir apparent to the chieftainship of a tribe of 26,000 African natives in Nyassaland wao among 267 students at the Uni versity of Chicago who stepped for ward this week to receive diplomas and certificates from President Rob ert Maynard Hutchins. 1 He Is Kamazu Banda, ' who ran aHvay from his Jungle home when he was D, made his way to South Afri ca, where he worked in a diamond mine, earning enough money to como to America. He made his way through college by compiling for the anthoropology department a com plete dictionary and grammar of his llttlo known tbngue, and by -jotting down- folk littleBi'i - -..urv i.in tr Bartda' Ib.24, - He sftld her-planned toUoko up medicine and finally .re turn to Africa . to help his people. His cousin Is v chief of the.; tribe. Banda is next in succession. GOLFERS DONATE $10,000 CHICAGO. Dec. 24 (P) The West ern Golf association did Its bit for charity without even staging an ex hibition or tournament. Heeding the plea for charity after tho golfing season was over, tho as sociation sent out a call to Its mem bership and received $10,000 In do nations which was turned over to charity. WINS UILMARD TITLE SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24 (ff) The national three-cushion billiard championship was won here last night by Robert B. Harper, of Den ver, Colo., who defeated Joseph A. Hall, of San Francisco, 150 to 140 to take the title. PLAN "WOODSHED CI RE" FOR RKFEKKE BAITERS STILLWATER. Okla. The Ag gie "O" club of Oklahoma A. and M. college here intends to make gym nasiums safe for officials. With a "belt for a boo" as their slogan, members of the club will post themselves throughout the stands at basketball gomes this sea son, watching and listening for "boos and "razzberries." Offenders, club officials promise, will be hauled out of their seats and run through a "belt" line between halves of the games. OLOVKR FOl'R SPORTS MAN ' NEW ORLEANS WWVop" Glov er is the first four -letter -man at Tu lano university since 1911, when T. Scmmea Walmsley, now mayor of New Orleans. . was awarded four "T's." Glover won letters In foot ball, baseball, basketball and track. L I Special Pork Shoulders, Q- Pound C Fresh Frozen Pork Roast, 1 1rt Pound':;. Very Lean Pigs Feet, -IQ Dozen JL7 Grande Ronde Meat Co. OWLS WIN FROM WIZARDS 36-31 Pendleton Rally in Last Quarter Finally Checked By La Grande Five. Checking a desperate Pendleton rally In the lost few minutes of play that for awhile threatened the lead, the Jack Allen Owls scored a second straight victory at the L. D. V. Recreational hall last night, 36 to 31. Tho score was 31 to 18 at the end of tho third,-quarter but In the final period, with the Owls weakened to some extent by loss of men due to too many personal fouls, the Wiz ards accumulated 13 points to the Lc. Oranders' five. At one time the nrorfi stood 33 to 30. but Fosgv shot ! a field troal in the fadlnt? minutes of the- game to assure victory. Moore, crack forward, played the first half of the game but was forced to leave to catch a train for Spokane. Loyd. former Normal school player, was the outstanding eager of the evening, turning in some excellent floor work and scoring nine of his team's points. Posey, La Grande guard, who played a strong game, and Conwin, Pendleton forward, tied for high point honors with 10 each. Carden, Pendleton guard, tied Loyd for second honors with nine. . Tho first half found the locals easily masters of the situation, scor ing 21 points to the Invaders nine. Then In the last hair, with Moore out, Lloyd, Crawford and Hanson .went out on personal fouls, and the situation was desperate I ! A small crowd witnessed the con test. Summary: 1 Wizards (31) (3i) Owls Conwin (10) P ..(4) Moore Helderman ( 2 ) ........F ( 0 ) Loyd Belts: (0) C (4) Crawford Hatton ......0 .'.....(10) Posey Carden (9) G ...(4) Hansen Greer (2) S ... (1) Davelin Sullivan (4) S.. (4) Crabtree . S Baxter S... . .Graham Score by Quarters j Wizards 3 0 9 13 Si Owls 13 8 10 536 Officials: E. Keown, referee; F. Baxter, umpire. IX TUB DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON In the Matter or Blue Mountain Fruit Exchange, a corporation bankrupt. To the creditors or Blue Mountain Fruit Exchange, of La Grande, Union County in the State and District aforesaid, bankrupt. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the said Blue Mountain Fruit Ex change was duly adjudicated bank rupt by the District Court of the United States for the District of Ore gon on October 27th, 1031, and the first meeting of its creditors will be held at the office of H. E. Dixon, Referee in Bankruptcy, La Grande, Oregon, on Monday, January 4th, 1932, at 10 a. m.( at which tUne said credl-1 tors may attena, prove tneir ciaims, examine the bankrupt, , and transact jjuch other business as .may properly coins 'beforet sftldmeetlng. r- H. E. DIXON, Referee in Bankruptcy. (AH claims must be sworn to on bankruptcy blanks before filing). 12-24-1 t. NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Notice is hereby given, that I have received foreclosure execution and or der of sale, issued out of and under the seal of the Circuit Court or the State of Oregon for the County of Union, dated the 22nd day of De cember, 1931, in tho suit therein pending wherein The United States National Bank of La Grande, Oregon, a national banking association, is plaintiff, and Archie Conley and Net tie Conley, his wife, and E. R. Ringo, are defendants, to me directed, upon a decree and order of sale made and entered In sold court and cause on the 15th day of December, 1931, In favor of the above plaintiff and against tho defendants Archie Conley and Nettie Conley, in the sum of SI 602. 33, with Interest thereon at the rate of 8 per cent per annum from the 14th day of December, 1931, until paid, the further sum of J200.00 reas onable attorney fees, and $24.20 costs and disbursements, in which said exe cution and order of sale I am com manded to sell the following describ ed property, being the property de , scribed in the mortgage being fore tclosed in said suit, to-wlt: 1 The Southwest quarter SW&) and the West half of the South east quarter (W&SE) of Sec tion Eighteen (18), the North west quarter (NW$). the West half of the Northeast quarter (WViNEh and the Northeast quarter of the Northeast quarter NE'iNE4) of Section Nineteen (19), In Township Three (3) South, Range Forty (4d) E. W. M., in Union County, Oregon, to gether with the tenements, here ditaments . and appurtenances GREETINGS From Old Man NOAH Paints1 Wallpaper Glass thereunto belonging or In any wise appertaining, NOW THEREFORE, by virtue and authority of said writ, and In obedi ence to its commands, I will,, on Saturday, the 23rd- cay of January, 1932, at ten o'clock' a. m. of said day, at the front door oz tho court house in La Grande, Union County, Oregon, sell at public auction all the right, title, Interest and equity of the defen dants Archie Conley, Nettle Conley and E. R. Rlrigo in and to the .above described property, had on ths 7th day of February, 193 H or thereafter acquired,: to the highest bidder for cash, subject to redemption as pro vided by law, the proceeds to be ap plied In satisfaction of the said Judg ment and decree, including costs and accruing costs of execution and sale. Dated this 24th day of December, 1931. 1 JESSE BRESHEARS, Sheriff of Union County, Oregon. Deo. 24-31. 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