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Merry
Christmas
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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. Jan. 7-14-21.
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