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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
Tuesday, January 5, 1932
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CHANCES OF U.S.
APPEAR REMOTE
Big tfiU'sTilden Does Not
iielieve; Vines "Kipe"
For Davis Cup Play.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6 P America's
chances of lifting the Dnvts cup ap
pear "extremely remote" to Big Bill
TUden, world professional tennis
titleholdetV'
''If the'were playing on this side
I think we would have a chance," he
said, "but' I doubt very much we will
reach the challenge round against
France. I would not be surprised to
sco England win the cup."
Understand," he continued, "I'm
not attempting to take anything
away from1 'Ellsworth Vines. He's a
most promising player, undoubtedly
ono of the best amateurs in the
world. But I Just can't believe he
and the ones they select to play with
him will be able to win the Davis
cup under the conditions they must
face. ' .
Mentions clay ConrlH
In th,ej first place, Vines will be
handicapped by the clny courts in
Frnnce. Secondly, he cannot expect
to be as effective with the soft ball
they use over there. He's the type
of player, like myself, who depends
upon a powerful drive to pull him
out of the tight places. When he
lays on one. with our ball It usually
passes his opponent in a cloud of
dust, but he'll find It coming right
back at him over there."
TUden pointed out that Vines still
in very young for Davis cup compe
tition. Much To I.earn
"He's only twenty. As I said, he
possesses a great game but it still
lfi a little crude. He has much to
learn about court tactics. The ten
nis fans who expect lads like Vines
and Shields and Wood to go over
and win the Davis cup forget some- i
thing. They remember that Bill
Johnston and I brought It back the
first time we tried but they forget
that Johnston at that time wus 20
years old and I was 25. Another
thing, wo first went over right after
the war when Europe's tennis was at
n low ebb. Their best players either
had been busy fighting or had had
littlo practice. Wo had It easy.
"But now it's different.. England
has Perry Itnd Austin and France has
Cochet and Borotra. "
NEW YORK TO
PLAY CHICAGO
AT PING PONG
CHICAGO. Jan. 5 W Ping pong,
that long derided dining table ver
sion of tennis, celebrates Its come
back this month by going intrsec
tlonal. ' Six man teams, selected only after
protracted and painstaking trials,
wilt represent New York and Chi
cago In , a big ping pong powwow
hero January' 16. Devotees of the
dicing tnble diversion see In the
meeting on epochal chanco to make
the general public ping pong con
scious. ) , , , ; ,.
Buttho' sponsors W the match
curt they are amateurs are serious
about ltj A loving cup will go to the
winning team.' and lesser cups will
bo awarded Individual winners In
singles and doubles. .
Going tho "outdoor version" of
the game ono better, the teams will
bo unlldtihly attired. Each sextet
will wcii' ' blue trousors, the Chl
cagoans pupping these with blue
shirts wth. Insignia of the Intcrfro
tcrnity club and the New Yorkers
wearing feray shirts with an "N. Y." I
monograph. .
Athletics to Play
18 Training Games
In Florida Cities
SARASOTA, Fla. Mi Grapefruit
league Schedule makers aro busy
theso clays arranging games be
tween Inajer and minor league
teams training In the southeast.
The Philadelphia Athletics, Amer
ican li'niui) champions, have 18 con
tests toiplay between March 5 ond
March 30 ut their Fort Myers train
ing campior In south Florida cities.
Tho Indianapolis Indians of the
American-association have sched
uled six. Smtests from March 10 to
2U. Thay, will be here for a month.
Newark : -Bears of tho Intcrno
tlonol IcIikuo will bo ot Tarpon
Springs or Lnkelnnd for the limber
ing up exercises. Several others of
tho blgjmlnor league clubs will be
scattered over the state.
Other :maJor league teams return
ing to their old Florida stamping
grcundsj (Ills spring Include: St.
Louis world's' champion Cardinals
at Brodenton: Philadelphia Na
tionals ot Winter Haven; Brooklyn
Nationals at Cleorwoter; New York
Yankees), and Boston Braves at St.
Petersburg: Cincinnati Reds ot
lampa. , Tho Boston Red Sox will go
iu oavaiman, ua., instead of Pcnsa
coln, Flit.
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M'llWAY W.K MEMORIAL
PARld Wt Employes of the Paris
rubway Hues who were killed In the
war have Just been honored by o
monument erected In the huge un
derground Rlchelleu-Drouot station.
ONE (il ltMW LINK DOOMS
BERLIN The 111 wind of In
solvency hos blown activity into auc
tioneering, and Prussia has added
SCO bnillifs to Its usual staff or 158.1.
Hut cosh Is so scarce that sales bring
littlo return and storage houses are
bursting with pinna, cuckoo clocks
nnrt bedroom suites.
THIS IIOINK NO r.lSTI-K
AVISAWELLA. Ceylon iff) In a
ccurt action here the plaintiff
charged that the defendant not only
had trespassed, accompanied by his
elephant, but'hnd used the beast to
drag away the complainant's house.
The Marquette university hockey
team for the second straight year
.Invaded northern Mtrmo-intfi nnri
Ontario for a series of Rames during '
the Christmas holidays. '
BRUSHING UP SPORTS.;.
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UJAUA VUAllA, WASH., CAM PoT A
FIVE SmAftlE, Aa-LETTfcTRMA)l BASW8ALL
"TfeAM OM THE FLOOR:
FIX ArJD JotiBS FbRiuMiOS UEST OR.
,vtiu., GENtfep; iteve amp robb, guarps.
George Von Elm
And Turner Win
At Santa Monica
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Jon. 5 VP)
Oeorgo (Jlx) Von1 Elm, Los Angeles
money-golfer, who enjoyed such a
prosperous year In 1031. is one tour
nament up on the professional pack.
Teaming with Stanley Turner, on
amateur from his home course, the
Rancho Country club of Los An
geles. Von Elm yesterday won the
socond annual Santa Monica amateur-pro
tournament and Its attend
ant 9300 first place money.
The team posted a best-ball card
of (16. five under par, to lead the
field of 05 qualifiers by a stroke af
ter all but failing to get Into the !
flnol round of 18 holes with a 71 on !
Sunday. Trailing In second place
whero ten twosomes, with C7s good
cardc In the face of the cross wind
which swept :tho course until late in
tho afternoon.
Had George, runner up to the na
tional open championship last sum
mer, or his partner, been able to sink
their putts consistently on the home
stretch, however, their margin of
victory would hove been ot least
three strokes longer.
Ton teams tied for second place,
which was worth $75 each to the pro
fessionals. The golf troll leads next to the
ouollfylng round of the Los Angeles
now open, to take place on six j
BASKET DROPPER!
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The season for sclii'ting the rilt
nt liakcttcll plarr In the
I lilted stato Is on In lull blast,
ami herev a caiiillilutc who
should .ettlp Mime uf the arsu
mnit.H. Donald .rtl. renter on
the KasiliHmiott. tj.s.. high
tchnol file. 1 lv tret m nrlrs
tall, lie rases u cnul with a flick
;f the fliiReiN. if ,,. sll. ,1P
talleM now, Halt'll he rcachc.
course ORe.
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CrtlC AGO COBS
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WEARS-
courses there Thursday. The ex
empt list stands at only 44 this year,
leaving room for almost a hundred
more. Among those who must qual
ify Is Walter Hagcn. veteran cam
paigner from Detroit.
Tho Los Angeles open starts Sat
urday ond ends Monday and Is fol
lowed next week by the Agua Call-
ente sis.uuo open.
MONEY S.Ml'CiGLIN'C FIXB AHT
SAN SABASTIAN, Spain W Car
men, that alluring operatic tobacco
smuggler, could have wished for no
better accomplices than those who
today try to run cash out of Spain.
Since the republic forbade removal
of more than 5000 pesetas (about
$500) at a time, customs guards
I along this border have struggled
, B""""' rea:n!8 01 smuggling
'"Senuity-
"-"r pigeons nove fluttered into
the wronB hands, both legs padded
T!D otes ot hl8h denomination.
gunras nave icarnea to look
with suspicion upon the extra tires
of automobiles.
1IK! HOSPITAL FOB TURKS
MANISSA. Turkey iA million
dollar American hospital, the largest
In all Turkey, Is to bo erected in this
small Asia Minor town under the
will of Morris Shi nasal, a native ol
the village, who became a tobacco
magnate In New York. Huntington
Turner. New York executor of the
estate, came here to Inspect sites.
SWISS KOADS Cl'T PAY
BERNE 4V-The Swiss state rail-
roads, which except for the French
i lines were the only European roads
I fet maintain wages, have decided to
reduce all salaries by 10 per cent.
rilll.O DIVORCES IN EGYPT
CAIRO (At Egypt's census shows
10 husbands and 37 wives under 10
years of age who have been divorced.
The population includes 152 hus
bands and 087 wives under 10.
ItlXldlOX WINS ArSTUAI.U
RVnNKV . Attafrnlla flarLVMa..
! of every denomination report that
Australians, faced with Increasing
I ncvertv. nrn turning Knrlr In tits
church and are finding there sources
cf spiritual strength with which to
bear the slings and arrows of ad
versity. M) It WAY l.VHOUUES I.OSC
j ooiaj ine Norwegian labor
I party lest about 40 of Its representa
! lives in recent municipal elections.
including control of the Oslo city
council. Radicals benefited mort
than other parties by the losses of
labor.
WHEN CALIFORNIA DOWNED GEORGIA' TECH
m VtWll m04 'ktf
California's ia.len lleare Hutched a l.urtlli.r Yellow Jacket out of the air when tltlt cetion picture wis
takrn lurliir Hie Intersrrtlomil eunie played nlth tiecrjla Tech, at Atlanta. Itnrron. Teh's risht halfhark '
Is shoun helns tackled after making a seven-yard g Un. Callf.M-nUi Miiasheil the Yellow .locket's offense"
and won, l'J-6, liet.iro a mind of 1 '.ooo.
By Lauf er
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CCMPfROUER OFSwARlfiMORe CoLlEGE,
P0USTuEBAStTTRlCK"T5TAKe --HIS
VoONkS Sort To FcdlBALL AMES'"
BURLEIGH
Lenz, Liggett
Gain 3385; Bare
Chance Remains
' lly Tom O'.S'cil
NEW YORK. Jan. 5 P Ely Cul
bcrtsor.'s side was 1G.835 points ahead
Removed This B
osstacu-b bV i ! i)
"IN ATRaDE- JJjjT Ml
In the great contract bridge match was announced by the highway do- l'at my mental record Insists some
play today, with only 21 rubbers re- j partmcnt last night. These are the body was speeding the film. I sow
molning of the 150-rubber series. I flrst contracts to be let In 1932. and Arthur swing the gun to his right.
Sidney S. Lenz. Culbertson's chief ! ,he ,lrst ones to be adv"t!scd since le abe Ruth taking a full cut at
opponent In a test of bidding sys
tems which began Dec. 7, and which
will end next Friday night, said he
stil! bad n bare chance to win. Neu
tral experts regarded It as virtually
impossible.
Liggett Jr., gained 3385 points in the
seventeenth session ending early to
day. They won six of nine" rubbers
making the series stand 71 for Cul
bertson and 58 for Lena. The points
became 112,050 and 95,215. J
Mrtt Culbertson completed her
stipulated qouta of the match 75
rubbers, last night but intends to
resume her place opposite her hus
band at the final session Friday
night. Tonight Michael Gottlieb
will be Culbertson's partner and
Howard Schnken Thursday night.
There will be no session tomorrow
night.
Lena nnd Liggett held the tickets
at the seventeenth session and: their
gain was increased by Culbertson's
doubling. In one rubber there was
n double on every one of the six
hands. Lenz and Liggett each made
one doubled contract and each was
set one. Each of the Culbertsons
was set when doubled. .
In another rubber Lenz, when vul
nerable, was doubled at five diamonds
and fulfilled his contract. Mrs. Cul- I
bcrtson failed once at a little slam.
Lena onco took all the tricks on his
system's opening bid of three no
trump, which was unopposed. A
qrand slam needed two finesses, but
Culbertson said that under his sys-
tern, bidding a suit first instead of I
no trump, a successful little slam at ;
no trump would have been con- !
traded. i
j PORTLAND BANKS REPORT
DISTRESS HITS Al HOCUS; j PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 5 X The
ZOO SENDS RELIEF FI ND sum of 140.420.157 was on deposit In
jtho 18 Portland banks on Dec. 31. it
FRANKFORT - AM - MAIN (P) was revealed Monday by the Joint
Relief for the European bison, or I call of tho comptroller of currency at
auroch. threatened by extinction, has ! Washington, D. C. and the state
come In a contribution by the New ' banking department. The call fig
York Zoological society to the Inter- ;ures showed a total of $46,978,892 in
national Association for the Preser-
vat ion of Aurochs. The association
embraces 22 countries.
Only Germany, England, Holland
and Poland have a few scattered
specimens of the animals.
"Happiness Boys
Of Baseball" To
Be More Serious
(Note This Is another of a
series on 1932 major league base
ball prospects.)
lty GiiyleYalbot
(Associated Press Sports Writer)
NEW YORK. Jan. IO You'll
ecarcely recognize the Brooklyn Dodg-
ers, erstwhile "happiness' bovs of
baseball," when the 1032 season rolls
around.
Max Carey Is authority for the
statement it will be a different look-
Ing ball club.
Although the club owners have J he himself bad forgot how he stood,
provided Carey with twelve "new" and was Just out there breaking
players, the Inkeeper at Clearwater clay targets.
will require few Introductions when j It was a pre:-.y rvilr analogy,
the squad reaches training camp. OfIve 6een many a crock golfer ex
tho 1 1 men recalled from Hartford. ; Rlode near the completion of a rec
Dodger farm, all but one were wlth'i or(l. Just becausa he got to think-
tho parent team at one time or an
other In 1931. The only bona fide
uew Dodger Is Arthur Jones, a pitch
er purchased from Kershaw, S. C.
Tho outstanding prospects among
tho Hartford contingent are four
young pitchers. Phil Qalllvan, Van mo6t spectacular shot I have ever
Mungo, John Krlder and Earl Mat-! observed, with ony kind of gun. on
tlngly. They fairly burned down the ny kind of game, or target.
Eastern league last season, between I r ;.
them winning 60 games and losing 18. j Follow Throue.li
Frank O'Doul, Floyd (Babe) Her- This was not a golf shot, but the
man and Johnny Frederick are to superior or rather supreme im
return to the outfield. j portance of that fundamental of
islssonette Mack " i goL-, the follow-through, never was
Del Blssonette, who recently un- i demonstrated more conclusively In
tlerwent a successful operation on ! tnat game than in this shot with a
his throwing arm. faces no real com-! trap-gun. So there Is a decent con
petition at first and Walter Gilbert ' nection, with this game of golf,
will return to his post at third. M- Cuscaden was Installed on a
Captain Glenn Wright, whose ankles camp stool In a natural blind on a
failed him last season, has an- tiny promontory about seven Inches
nounccd he'll be in shape again and abovo ths low woter nf th vt
expects to reclolm his Job ot short-
stop. Fresco Thompson, ailing much
o; last
aeoBou, may lose out to
Young Mickey Finn at second.
Though his fast one isn't what It
used to be. Dazzy Vance is expected i
to ncao the pitching staff.
Al Lopez and Ernest Lombard! will
oe oacK w uivide the catching.
Award Contracts
On Jan. 21 For
dj , -j . . I wuu was rising irom
iTflTP rsnnd Wnrlf!hls can,p st0l and swinging up the
UltttC JLlUiUU V y Ul 1 gunnerhaDs two-fifths of n M
SALEM. Jan. 8 KPi Two grading As Arthur got to his feet the In
und surfacing contracts in Lincoln coming duck swerved to the shoot
anil Malheur counties, and bridge "'s right, like a fast-breaking
construction in Douglas, Malheur and ' curve, and he passed the stand at
Multnomah counties will be awarded , 70 miles an hour more than a hun
by tho state highway commission at dred feet a second.
Its meeting Jp.n. 21. In Portland, it i What followed was at such o noce
last summer.
The contracts Include:
U"-Ul" wuiiLjf uuta-oueus Kiver
section of tho Oregon coast highway,
11.5 miles of
broken stone and
gravel surfaclnir.
Malheur county Juntura-Peach (
way, 6.3 miles of grading.
Douglas county Reconstruction of ,
the south approach, to the overhead
crossing of the Southern Pacific !
railroad on the Pacific highway at :
jmstock nine miles south of Cottage ;
urove. i
Malheur county Bridge over the 1
north fork of the Malheur river on '
the Central Oregon highway about
ono mile east of Juntura. Two bridges !
over the Malheur river on the Cen-!
tial Oregon highway about 2V2 miles1
and 5'2 miles respectively east of j
Juntura. .
Multnomah county Construction '
of a walkway on the lift span, stair
ways on the towers and painting the
towers of the Interstate bridge over
tho Columbia river at Vancouver.
OIT OF I1EI1T, CASH IINKE.
ARKANSAS CITY ALL SMILES
MENA, Ark. (Jt-ni wolf does not
linger at the door of Mena, Ark.
For the county seat of Polk county
is on a cash basis. The treasurers'
rePort shows that all city employes
will be paid in full at the end of
the year, ail outstanding warrants
paid and a balance In the bank.
During the past year, without cut
ting salaries. M?na has purchased
needed road equipment, fire hese
ancl er necessities. A 850.000
street paving program has just been
completed and plans arc under way
for. paring another street.
; loans and discounts, representing)
: money at work for local develop-i
j ment.
i The call of Dec. 31, 1930. showed
deposits of $158,311,919, and loans'
'and discounts of $02,805,896. I
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This Game
: of Goif :
By O. U. Keeler
Co you remember reading In this
column a couple of years ago a story
about Arthur Cuscaden, celebrated
trapsliooter. and quite a fair golfer,
J drawln8 a Interesting analogy be
" ' B"car
. Cuscaden. told of an extraordi- I
j narlly long run, of something like
609 targets without a miss, which i
went haywire because he overheard
I the gallery talking about it, when
Ing about the next shot Instead of
the one he was playing.
These lines are written Just after
my return from Signor Arturo's
duck camp on the Florida west
, ccast. where I saw him maka the
marsh about him. I was installed
similarly at ftls left. The di.rnv
wooden and live, had boon nut nut
and wo were waiting for the ducks
to come In and be shot up.
I suspect we were dozing. It was
very warm, the last day of the duck
season in Finnnn
I A sudden outcry of treacherous
I greeting from our decoys aroused
us; they say. or apprehended, the
j visiting duck first. And here he
came, a pintail droke. two yards
above the woter, straight as a bul
j let at Arthur,, who was rising from
imp siooi ana swinging up the
perhaps two-fifths of a second
in getting started.
j a fast - one.
I said that duck
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rirates lo-x ear-Old
i r irvj.. -n.
uuss vi joo
zip as rtSSexeis ' A!wlT
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r '6 l3?tfV
From a mesencer boy's jaii to a contract with llw 1'ltlj.liursh Pirates
within a year Is the Jump made hy Klrliy HlRbe. 10-vear-old hurler of
the Columbia, s. C, Amerlrcn Legion Junior team.
lly Iaul Simmons
COLUMBIA. S. c. (41 Brimming
self-confidence is a dominant trait
of Klrby Hlgbe. 10-year-old Colum
bia pitcher, who fought his way up
from nowhere to a contract in the
majors.
The young right-hander, who never-played
baseball in school, or any
where else until a year or so ago.
has signed with the Pittsburgh Pi
rates and will report to the National
league club in February.
Ho got his start with the Colum
bia 1931 eastern
championship i
American Legion Junior team. He ,
uumi oy ,
sheer grit and a bit of strategy that j
resulted in his beinir "run nfr ivr
hi. - . I ,7 i o io ii. io wm the east-
his Job as a telegraph messenger j ern title. ,
bov. J
His father. L. W. Higbe. Columbia ! Tc " c, ""'h!1 Uis
traveling man. explained how "tte I ih, 'S" S?uth C1,,c"8
kid s nerve" landed him on Ue Le- ! 'V'" "" f"Sh'P ba,tl'- w
gion junior nine and won the major I'l , bUt hls
league contract. ! ,ea w nosed out. 1 to 0. In 14
... gruelling Innings,
"hlil Talk" i li(ts Xlrp r.olltra(,,
"Kirby told me. " he said, "he was The youth, whose pitching on the
going to play on the Legion team. ; Junior team earned him tho Plro Z
they were going to beat mmhm.mr . rirate
down this way.
. vwu.u w
signed by a big league club.
"I thought it was Just 'kid talk.'
but that's what happened just like
Klrby salt1. The same kind of 'stuff
is going to put the boy up around
the top In the big time circles."
When the slim youngster decided
to play on the Legion team, his
father did not want him to quit his
regular joo" ond the team manager
did not want him on the nine. Klrby
soon changed all this.
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Two Fine Stores t
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FOR FINAL CLOSE-OUT
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passed the stand at 70 miles an
bout". I was wrong. He started to
pass it.
Beheaded
With the short blast of the dis
charge the duck folded up and hit
the shallow water, bounced once,
and lay there in the spreading cir
cles. Arthur turned to me, with a grin.
"When we get that duck," he said,
"his head will be gone."
Ha was right. The duck's head
was gone, from the ears out. This
meant that Mr Cuscaden, on the
head of a duck passing less than 15
yards away at 70 miles an. hour,
had placed the left-hand rim of a
thick pattern of No. 0 shot, the disk
being about the size of a saucer.
"You havo to do It that way,"
said Mr. Cuscaden, "on a shot like
that, or ruin a perfectly good duck.
If you putf that pattern on the duck
all you will get Is a pair of wings."
CiLOOMV DKAN HOVEVVh
AFTER COMMONS VISIT
LONDON (P Dean Inge the
Gloomy Isn't any too much cheered
by the present parliament, but he
likes it better than the one before.
"The house of commons," he says,
"is largely mae'e up of delightful
young gentlemen who stood for par
liament as a Joke, without any ex
pectation of bejng . elected.
"For my part I would rather be
governed by them; than by the ap-
palling set of scallywags whom I met 1
when I last lunched at that august
place." .
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Rookie Frames
ror start on Diamond
He
framed up" with his "boss" to
fire him from his messenger Job.
Then he organized his own team in
a local national guard loop.
In cne game he fanned 19 big.
strong men who had looked upon
him as "Just an .ambitious kid." In
other matches he whiffed out a dozen
or so backers.
Then the Legion team manager
sent for the sensational "kit" who
was "burning 'em up" In the sand
lot circuit.
The Colllmhtn tpan. TTi-K.. j.
a lcrcc share nf th ni., . I
to the Legion Junior eastern" finals I
ai Manchester, ft. H. With Hiebc
on the mound. lt turned back Bridge!
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KUlIlkT ID on in thn Kl I
His
answer was brief
"I am going up there and do Just
like I did down here. I am going to
make good."
He will receive $500 when he re
ports to the Pirates on Feb. 15 and
(300 a tnonih ..
season. After working out wh
. "r'ng out With I
W??- v:'i' N.W. 'S-. '"V
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clatlo-fo?" Lu 'TheT'
rates recall him
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By Alan J. Gould
(Associated Press Sports Editor)
Before he departed for a well
earned vacation, far from the rever
berations of the Hot Stove league in
che Bahamas, Sam Breadon talked
at some length about the famous
"chain-store" system of the St. Louis
Cardinals; a system linking major
and minor league ownership that has
revolutionized many features of the
baseball business.
It is, Mr. Breadon avers, to be a
bigger and better system in 1932,
whether the rest of the magnates "
like it or not.
Under the direction of General
Manager Branch Rickey, the hend
quarters has been moved from Dan
ville, 111., to Springfield, Mo. The
new location, farther so,uth, will in
crease the chances of better woath--cr
for the spring assembly of talent.
It will also be closer to the system's
big minor league rallying ground,
Houston, where the Columbus, Roch
ester and Houston clubs will train
for 1932.
Tho Cardinals are building a $10,
000 clubhouse at Springfield. It will
bo equipped to take care of nearly
300 young and ambitious ball play
en:, picked up from the schools, the
sandlots and semi-pro j ranks all over
the country.
So popular and well known has
' become tho rnrriinnt rhnih.cw
j tablishment that Breadon 's office
had a grand total of 1500 applica
tions this year from boys anxious
j to get a trial. The lucky 300 pay
.their own expenses to camp, whero
. they are equipped and boardod bv
j the Cardinals so long as they are on
trial.
juus nugcii-s, ureaitDa s. cniei scout,
, Chorles Barrett, told him. Is the hap
py hunting ground for aspiring ball
players. Barrett, spreading the gos
pel, talked to a group meeting at
tended by '150"manairers oseml-nro -
clubs In the Los Angeles district. The
.vuuugsiers get a real cnonce to de
velop In Southern California, where
I oaseDau can be played the year
'round.
I
Boost
"Wo believe The Associated Press
has the best method of picking its
All-American and that this associa
tion's choice Is as near official as
any can hope to be," writes Clarence
Stewart In the Colorado Springs
Gazette.
"Its board of judges . . . sees every
player In action at least once and
in most cases oftener. The first
team is picked on the basis of tho
votes cast. ....
"Pans cuss the Ail-American, dif
fer with them, pick teams of their
own and they'll do It again next
year. It's one of the Joys of football
for the sideline experts.""
Clark Shows 'Km
"Dutch" Clark. All-America quar
terback at Colorado college three
years ago, finally has convinced
skeptical easterners of his all
around ability by tho way he per
formed with the Portsmouth Spar
tans of the National Professional
Football league this winter.
Clark Is one of the few All-Americas
to live up to his reputation In
the very, very rugged company of
tho professionals. Reputations do
not crack the pro lines.
Look over the list of college stars
who hove kept in the lineups or the
headlines of the professional game.
Outside of players like. Friedman.
Ncvers. Nagurski. Strong. Thorpe
and Grange, they havo been few ond
far between.
It was nt leost two years before
tho greot Orange was ahle to hold
I his own among the pros. There was
Aliening up" in order to let the
redhead steal the show. The pro
game Is too tough.
llAII.KOAI SHOPS DAMAGED
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 5 W Fire
early Sunday all but destroyed the
Oregon Electric railroad shops here.
Railroad officials said they antici
pate the loss will be at leost S100.
000. Fire Investigator Hoover exoresstd
belief that some defect in the wir
ing cf d transformer caused tl:3
blaze. Alfred J. Davidson, general
manager of the railroad, said the
shop was the only one available for
repairs to electric train equipment,
and that It is possible repairs for a
time will be made In the Seattle.
Portland & Spokane railroad shops
in Vancouver. Wash.
WOMAN" IIKCO.MKS SHERIFF
BLACKFOOT. Idaho. Jan. 5 ti
Mrs. Bessie Underwood, widow of W.
A. Underwood, who died recently, has
been appointed sheriff of Custer
county to succeed her husband.
GRAIN- DESTROYED
BUENOS AIRES' Jan- A"
oroximntjslv innnnn r.
jsino gram. heW for. expert In the
nr0" ' the U5U1S reyfUS CT '
' pany- were destroyed by fire early
Monday.