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Tuesday, January 12, 1932 f Paprc Two LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE, i m CRY OF HOLDOUT i TO PIERCE AIR Both ! National and Am erican Leagues Planning Big Salary Cuts. BRUSHING UP SPORTS... By LauferiWOODS TO MEET ' r- Uy Alun Gould (Associated Press Sporte Writer) NEW YORK, Jail. 12 WV-Baalng Judgment upon tho first few slashes at the major league payrolls for 1932, tho shrill cry of the holdout will bo heard this winter from coast to coast. Tho full extent of tho ''bad news," arising from tho sharp retrenchment program of club owners, has Just be gun to circulate. Hack Wilson, tho 1930 home run king who was paid $33,000 last year by tho Cubs, has been offered a cut In excess of 75 per cent. Bill Terry, who was the National league batting champion and runner-up In 1931, has been asked to accept a 40 per cent reduc tion. Warfare Is On -Tho rejection of both offers means that the warfare is on between the magnates and their high-salaried per formers. Altogether it is figured the 10 major league clubs wilt slash $1,000', 000 or moro froni their salary lists. Tho amounts per club may vary any where from $40,000 to 8100,000, on tho basis of information furnished to the Associated Press. Reduction of tho player limit' from 25 to 23 will help in this process. "There will be a general cut among tho higher-priced players," Clark Griffith, prcsidont of the Washing ton club, said today. "I do not wish to set any figure or name individuals but tho slash will bo general among tho highest paid men. There might, however, bo some raises among lower priced players if I feel their efforts lust your. Justified it." Dave Harris ttlgiis Griffith voices the general attitude of tho magnates.. Only ono Washing ton player. Outfielder Davo Harris, so far has been reported as signing for 1932. Ho said he accepted tho same salary as last year, Tho Brooklyn club probably will do its sloshing on a wholesale basis. In cluded In the process will be: Dizzy Vance, who got $23,000 for winning only 11 games last year; Babe Hor mnn, who received $19,000 for hit ting .313; Glenn Wright, out much of tho year; Johnny Frederick, Babe Phelps and Lefty O'Doul. Among the Giants, tho expecta tions are that Frank Hogan, Freddio Lindstrom and Hughle Crltz, In ad dition to Terry, will bo asked to take big cuts. I Tho Yankees havo not yet aired any i contract difficulties. Bubo Ruth will put up an argument before up ac cepts less than $110,000 for this year although tho big fellow might Jump at a chance to, sign for two years at, $70,000. ' , . Frlsch May liHcape i With Burleigh Grimes traded and Hack Wilson's figures whittled down, tho world chomplon Cardinals have only ono really high-salaried star left. He Is Captain Frankie Frlsch. reputed to get between $17,000 and $20,000. Frlsch may nol be asked to take a cut. Pepper Martin, Paul Derringer and Bill Hall aha it all ap pear duo for boosts on the basis of 1931 performances. Around Pittsburgh the reports are that tho salary axo may fall on! Paul Woncr, who got approximately $16,000 Inst year; Remy Krcmer, puld around $12,000, and Ervln Brame, pitcher, who drew $0000. It would not bo surprising to seo tho hand that writes the Chicago Cubs' checks full heavily upon some mcmosrs of tho pitching staff, in cluding Pat Mulone and Charley Root, who fulled to deliver up to expecta tions last year, as well as Catcher Gabby Hnrtnctt, whoso hitting fell away off. A's Plans Unknown ' It remains to bo seen where tho lightning will strike among tho Ath letics, Grove, Simmons, Cochrane and Earnshaw probably collected $100,000 last year. Connie Mark may fitlll agree with a lot of base bull men that they arc worth It, Tho star slugger of tho Philadel phia Nationals, Chuck Klein, signed a three-year contract last spring, calling for $40,000 that ha hasn't any reason for alarm at tho sight of tho mailman. Clubs like tho Boston Red Sox and Braves, St. Louis Browns. Chicago Whllo Box and Cincinnati Hods have few, If any, hlgh-solaried men to deal with. Ted Lyons, great right-hander of the White Sox. whose arm went bad last year, likely will tuko u cut. De troit, alter a poor financial year, un doubtedly will wield tho axe. Cleve land, except in the cane of an up and coming stur like Jco Vosmik, may do tho same. AfirGftE grL EwTRE Fortune M BancrasheS BOT IS HE DovjOWHEARTeD? HE Is'eoMINJ eKKtoTHE Bl&SHouJ WilUTHE BoSEW BRANJE AND Threatens "B take iTouTofThe Hide cfThe natWal. league WAS ONE OF THE greatest ."BWTeRsOFALL UMf" the firsT Tim eUftSN MfflflEWlSoM FAGEP loMrNER. HE ASKED HrS r.,-.7 Jo tMK WEAKNESS. HIS WEAKNESS IS A BAKE ON BAUS- r3ETINTHEPEAHD PHOT, ADVISED ..-UiAWAER."" f I, ) lis S m v msiisBst mew TURK ON FRIDAY Card Completed For Event Featuring Har kovsky, McCarroll. fWiR UJtt&N Hfe Mil A. -- M ONE SEASON " ma of oiOKSE, mm was -$V REFfiRE BARE RUTF) The double headline wrestling- hnvini, (Mini cVtaHlllBrl fnl Vrlrlotr i night at 8 o'clock at Eagles hall has gpf&j 1 been completed, It was announced I today. 1 The card will open with a four ! round boxing match between Gerald j Butcher, La Orande comer, and Gene i McLain, who has been anxious to get a chance against Butcher for some time. The two have never met In ! the ring before. The second event, one of the two head liners, . will be a heavyweight I wrestling match between Mlnnino the Turk, 212 pounds, and Sailor Jack Woods, of Denver, who met ! Count Harkovsky in the tatter's first 'appearance here a few weeks ago. This match will be under Australian ) White rules, which provide for wrest ling by rounds. j The final event, the second of the ;headliners, will find Ray McCarroll, j La Grande heavyweight wrestler and (promoter, pitted, against Count Har- kovsky, Russian grappler, in a fin- i lsh go staged under Police Gazette j J Rules, best two out of three falls to! decide the vinner. j j The agreement between the count and McCarroll was that three Judges' ! outside of the ring would decide all j I falls and breaks, with a bell for one ; and a whistle for the other. No ref ! cree will be used in this match, j Both the count and McCarroll have , agreed voluntarily to give their share iof the proceeds of the match to the J city's unemployment fund, and ar I rangements havo been made with City , Manager Angus McAllister as to the contribution to the fund, i The final match takes tho aspect !of a "grudge" battle, and conslder , able Interest has been aroused among j fans of this district. Both men are in tip-top condition and both are confident of victory. I Eft ' ' : " Hi 1 Wifl m $3500.00 Stock of Coats, Dresses, . Gloves, Hosiery and Hats REDUCED AGAIN . And will be on Sale at THfi COURT RECEIVERS SALE OF CONNER'S INC. Thursday, Jan. 14th at 9 :30 a.m. at prices so. ridiculously low we hate to quote them, but be here at 9:30 a. m. on Jan. 14th for we are going to dispose of every coat, dress, hat, hose and glove in our stock. ?' Alabama Leads Major Elevens In Point Total Cougars Defeat Oregon In First Contest, 33 to 21 Const Conffircruc Standings Northern Division W. L. Pet. 0 1000 ATLANTA PI Alabama was In the background of national football dur I nc the season lust closed, but came tlirough with tho highest total score Washington State 1 in tho nation. Oregon State 1 a t, 'Idaho l coach, a new system and only ono regular from tho team of the pre- ! Stale at Pullman. EDDIE ROUSH IS RELEASED BY THE REDS Mac Smith Wins Tourneys With a Sub-Par Of 281 Uy Paul Zimmerman (Associated Press Sports Writer) LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 (A) Mac- C1NC1NNATI, Ohio, Jan. 12 W Eddie Roush, for years one of the National league's most brilliant out- donald Smith hod followers of golf fielders and a former batting cham- shaking their heads today, plan, was given his unconditional r? j The stoical Scot from New York 4 Sport Slants S c striking coincidence that he and the other finalist, Mark Seymour, half-brother of Abo Mitchell, were 3 bred and brought up In golf at Ash- down Forest, In Sussex. $-3S3 SS$S$&3 Uy Alan J. Gould (Associated Press Sports Editor) It is doubtful whether 1932 will be any faster than 1031 along ths vari ous trails of sport. Ladoumegue of France onj foot, Campbell and Stalnforth of England Built Mke Champion Mr. Darwin, writes: "A friend in the crowd sa In solemn tonss when it was all over: " 'This is the birth of a cham pion.' . "Well, nn man is a chamDion till in an auto and in the air, traveled ne nftJ. Wm tno open Championshlp. 1)13 I.I XE STALL MAKES EASY PIIAK LAP'S OCEAN TRAVEL WELLINGTON, New Zealand WV Australta's champion racehorse, Phar Lap, was awarded a do ' luxo trip across the Pacific. Phar Lap sailed on the Monowal for San Francisco Dec. 29", with his in n me ' own private "seaside" all the way. faster over the mile route than has ever been done by man before. and tho open championship, like Christmas, comes but once a year. Beard of Alabama ran the fastest K ,r ,,. ra-y. tn nmnhpf.v hIlt C2r high hurdle race of all time. Stan- t;imlv Padgham has all tho attri- auh.o bicrau iciny tcivm ivwcuu , yj Qf & champion. tho world's record. Gate receipts The great power, most leisurely also tumbled faster than ever be-1 Ued; tne long hfgn iron shots fcro and Southern California per- j rJ ht on tne n; and the boid ac. formed tho fastest major operation curalo cIean putting these things in recent football history in stop ping Notre Dame's streak. Tha enduranco record for the j Washington 1 j Oregon 1 This week's, schedule: .500 .500 .500 .333 to Tennessee early In tho season. Tho team gained lta footing after that encounter,1 however, and tie- j feated Vandcrbilt, a. strong uggrcgn- , ttou which downed Ohio State, in tho final conference gamo of tho year. i Tide Scores 3C0 Polnls f Tho Tide, three times invited to PULLMAN, Wash.. Jan. 12 tho Ilose Bowl, scored 3C0 point Washl tou 8tatc.a basketball quin thio year in 10 games. Close behind J went into rst posUlon ln tne was Tulane, whoso national title !,,,, Ri,,Mrfiin Wh.n hnv riftn Friday Idaho vs. Oregon State at Corvnllls; Washing ton vs. Washing ton State at Pullman. Saturday Idaho vs. Oregon State at Corvnllls; Washington vs. Wash ington State at Pullman. lease today by the Cincinnati Reds, yesterday terminated a one-man pampas) year was established by Von Roush, who formerly played with rado over the Hillcrest country club tho New York Giants, said ho Is course to win his third Los Angeles through with baseball. He announced $7500 open in the seven years It has ho would make no effort to Join run. either a major or minor league club. J It was a one-man parade, despite i Tho veteran outfielder, who tiled , the starting field of 138 pros and to come back last year after a near amateurs, because. Smith ditU- whafe son'a idleness, was offered a contract many havo said couldn't be done yesterday if he would accept a utll- t take tho lead in a tournament and ity role. retain It through all the various "I appreciate your offer." Roush ctagos. told Sidney Well, president of the Three Uelow fur Reds, "but I know the situation. You Methodical Mac opened the pro- den't need mo half as badly as you ccedings with a GD on Saturday, ac- necd younger players and I will step celcrated the pace a bit with a CO Elm and Burke, who went 72 extra hole.!, a tournament by Itself, to de cldo the United States open golf championship. Pepper Martin turned in the diz ziest performance of the year, es pecially from the viewpoint of t-hc Athletica, and also figured in the funniest legend: "Old Pepper chases those Jackrabbits, leans over to feel 'em and, if they are nice and fat, Just picks 'em up and puts em in hie bag!" Tro- hopco were shattered by tho jan:i of Southern California. 350 points. Southern California was tho only other big team to scoro over 300 points for the season. Tho Trojans total was 303. Opponents of the Green Wavo wero able to score f.fl points and thewo of tho Trojans 52. University of Oregon 33 to 21 ln the w'tn I opening gamo of the season here last t Rtds. night. Showing a brilliance In shoot ing and deliberate defensive work, tho Cougars played steady ball usido accordingly." Roush was at his peak In 1910 as a member of the world's champion Sunday, and then clung to his ad vantage with two rounds of 72 yester day to score "a 231 total for the 72 holes, three strokes belcw par level for the course. Smith's victory stilled the whispers which have- wandered these several years thot ago had overtaken his game. He showed rare good Judg- Another I'aavo Dan Ferris writes that Paavo Nurml not only has a real rival for all-around distance running laurels lr. hlc young countryman, 22-year-old Laurl Lehtinen, but predicts thai Lehtinen will wipe out many of tho peerless one's world records. Wo will believe It when ws seo it. Men and machines have been mov ing at a pretty fast pact but It seems trifle early for any one to catch HIT-KI N DRIVER FINED PENDLETON. Ore., Jan. 12 (P) throughout, leading tho Webfccts le'John Heberlein, a mill man, was CJ.o W. S. c. .n- P?(,oa ,. sentence artor he '"T ir r4UJ UlWt'hb lUrWllTtl, UiLf.ZIt'U LUC OOUU inuiiiincu iu """f I-.,..,... l-, ,.- ,,,! K,n ii ,,, ...i.i. i - T-i. ., . Tcain-n nlaylntr Alabama sccred 57 ; snectatorn with his uncannv shoot- i automobile which lost Nov. 28 struck , . ..,!... y . . . .............. fciitKHJK puns irom lar nna near, aiiu 1 v, , r jtng f rem mid-range, over his gimrds land fatally injured Mrs. Minnie ftll.thcm7oro ho d lsplave(l tnc ncccs. als (irmt At Drfenne j head. He chalked up 12 points for , Longley ! stamina and courage when oth- Tcnneweo ollowx-d opponents to j 'K Individual honors. His team- Heberlein confessed he did not cfs cloffCKi ,u to cut dJwn W8 lefld score only 15 points, which was the nmtp- Gordon, playing center, scored ; stop to render assistance. Mrs. Long- on the home stretch. low record for 1031 football on that "Illt- itoueris. nopuomore ior- icy was sirucK uy mo car as sne was wero all the genuine stuir oi tne real champion breed. So was the utterly unmoved demeanor, a mask aj stoney and inscrutable, as ever was James Braid's. So is the fine physique and thcv gigantic hands; vc used to say that Harry Vardon's hands were like legs of mutton." Tho final match in the "News of the World" affair really must have booh' extraordinarily productive of golf. On a very long and (at the time) slow course, the Royal Mid-Surrey a; Richmond, young Padgham fin ished the 32 holes of the bout in four below 4's, "And that," he adds, "one might say. takes a lot of explaining p. way 1" Tho ouarters were on tho deck In' a t-pecial stall opening into a fenced off yard Into which 12 tons of sand had been put. I'srs Live Tarpon Decoy BROWNSVILLE, Tex. (P) Dr. J. L. Rentfrc, Brownsville ( fisherman, tells of a new way to luro tarpon. A huge fish that had been hooked, trailing along behind his boat, at tracted another six-fcoter, which was also caught. Proud of Gift Baseball TOPEKA. Kan. (ff) Jack Bren nan. 12-year-old Topeka baseball fan, Ic still exhibiting one of his Christ mas presents. It is a ball used in tho 1931 world's series, the gift of Rip Collins, Cardinal first baseman. USED RANGES Enamel Panels, $52.00 Panel, As a result, the canuuy Scotchman point. Fourteen other leading teams j Captain Roberts, center, .coasting on a hill-side. Police linked 1 inc,.cnsed hl'B tournament earnings ! Lehtinen and a few other ambitious taking into account all he has done In. foot-racing tn the past 12 years. Old man though he Is and no longer possessed of the unconquer able speed of his heyday in 1924-25, Nurmi guv, c a running lesson to I polutr. apiece. The teams moot again I tonight. j IDAHO DOWNS WHITMAN MOSCOW. Ida., Jan. 12 (I) In a non-conference gome hero last night. Idaho's basketball team overwhelmed Whitman college. 59 to 25. limOAIH'ANTlMl OF RECORDS weeks of investigation. New Publishers Of World Almanac Keep Old Makeup by $2000 and took the lead among the money winners for 1032. Four Tie For Second A mixed quartet pulled up ln sec ond place with a tie at 285, one over par and 8937.50 each In earnings. This Included Leo Dlegel. over whose homo course the Agua Caliente, Mex., $15,000 tourney opens tomorrow; an other veteran compaigner, Joe Kirk wood, who enjoyed better success at were scored against less tlutii Tu- W(!r0 mKn mcn ror Oregon with six j Heberlein with tho accident after lano or Southern Calilornln. Opponents of Cornell were al lowed but 30 points; those of Co lumbia 30, Michigan 37, Harvard 3D, Colgate 34, California 33, Pitts burgh 37, Purdua 31), Northwestern 40. Notro Dnnu) 40, Stanford 44, Duko 40, Kentucky 4B and Southern Methodist 4H. , :IUI(),ll('A.sTlN(l or ItDC'Oltns NKW YORK tl'i Except for tho ...... n.,.,. STltlKKS SNAG IN tlKHMAXVllnc crediting its publication to tho ! m8kinK gdr 'ball do tricks than Teams scoring fewer points than BERLIN German radio fans : New York World-Telegram, there Is ben h,B m rccent years- Dick their opponents Included Virginia. 'are being treated to a fight between no Indication In the appearance of McU. youthful pro from Son Angela V. M. I.. Virginia Poly. Washington tho government broadcasting clinln i the 1933 World Almanac that It was ' Tox ' nd Olui Dutra California's and Lee. Sewance, Georgia Tech. and manufacturers of phonograph ' sold, oloni; with tho World Itself, to ! nnU brcd ,rom gamo, Monica ........ v.,,..,,!.,.. wu.ui;, j'iuiiuii, mis- records. tne tocripps-nowaro newspaper group slsslppl, Clemson. Princeton. Navy. According to the record makers, last spring. Illinois. Indiana,, Chicago. Iowa and. they lmvo been studying the effect The new almanac, distributed Wisconsin. j on sales made by playing records over j throughout the country January 8, Wisconsin's opponents outscorcd . radio and found tho effect dlsadvan- was produced by Its old editor, the Ilndgers only five points and the I tagcous to them. UobcrS Hunt Lyman, and retains Consequently notice was served on ' Its old name, cover design and In the radio group to cense broadcasting : tcrnal arrangement, tho records. The manufacturers con-! Ccndcnsed tables from the 1030 tend that broadcasting harms Bales. I census. summaries of President - .... I Hoover's messoges to the present tables of election wavy boys were beaten seven points. Iowa scored but one touch down tho entlro season, that against George Washington. WRESTLING Friday Night Jan. 15th Eagles Hall RAY McCAKllOLL vs. COUNT HARKOVSKY (Sailor) Jack Woods ys, Minnino the Turk and Good Preliminaries . Proceeds to City Unemployment Fund ALL SEATS $1.00 LuiWiii it wwwnai congress, tables or election returns fimn all states and a general re vision of the latest names and Tacts are distinguishing features. Tho financial and economic re view of tho year Is enlarged, and there is a concentration of atten tion to the "Big Problems or 10II1 These are named as prohibi tion, disarmament, the League of Nations and World court and labor and unemployment. There ore the sport records, as tronomical and tide tables, day by day record of the year from De cember 12. 1930 to the new Austra lian election of December 19. 1931. necrology, a revised chronology of world history, sketches of states and nations, rostrcs of officials and societies. LlkcwlM) tirV volume contains its customary oddities and curiosities oi' information. One may discover tho cxactt price paid for Button Gwinnett's signature tho last time it was sold, the ntunber of persons and dog who have safely gone oer Niagara Falls and how to ad chess members of the British pec rape. It remained for Ray Mangrum. a young Los Angeles cx-caddte, to strip par most completely, lie finished up yesterday with a sensational G7, hut a bad 78 Sunday marred his rec- jord leaving him 287 for tenth place anu omy sou in prize money, wai ter Hagen. Detroit, finished with a brilliant eagle on the eighteenth to give the gallery of more than 6000 ono of the biggest thrills, but It didn't help the Halg's wallet any. He also was confined to $50. llnril nn Champions Tho tourney was hard on cham pions. Ed Dudley. Wilmington. Del., defending title holder, shot 296 and didn't get Into the money. Tom Creavy. national P. O. A. champion from Albany, New York, withdrew af ter the halfway mark, far down the list. Harry Cooper, Chlcagtb. Pasa dena open champ, suffering from a bad cold, had 290 to tie with big Ed. George Von Kim. Los Angeles, runner-up to the national open cham pionship, finished with 237. while Wiffy Cox. winner uf San Francisco's $7500 match play tournament re quired 294 strokes to get around, also out of tho cash. Iioland Mackenzie. Washington, D. C, topped the list of amateurs, turn ing lu a 291 total, with Fay Coleman, Culver City, Cal.. second with 205. Of the Potato Family Tho kiinmiroo npp!c Is a plant closely reliiUHl to tlie potato, native to Pern, Now Zealand and Austin lin. The mealy, slightly acid fruit, which is onion either raw or cooked, is used fr food y the native peoples. Sarpolis Beaten By The "Strangle) 99 SEATTLE. Jan. 12 Ed "Strang ler" Lewis. 235, of California, won from Dr. Karl Sarpolis, 216. Cleve land, ln a wrest lng exhibition here lost night taking the only fall in the eighth and final round. The pair rolled outof the ring and Lewis returned wlth'parpolls still on his back outside and Lewis was given the fall. Finus on home grounds last sum mer. It was the occasion when Paavo brofco the world's outdoor two-mile record, running tho distance in 3 :59.5, Lehtinen was at his heels after being overtaken In the stretch by Paavo. The youngsetr's time was 9:00.5. Still a third Finn, Virtanen, was clocked under the former world's record ln the same race, set at 9:01.4 by the Swede. Edvln Wide. ! Nurmi was Just Lehtlnen's age when ho first crashed Into world notice at the 1920 Olympics In Ant werp, winning distance honors ot 1C.0O0 meters. It was not until three ycara later that he broke the world's mils mark and then reached his peak in the 1924 Olympics. j 'lilting Classic i Further carrying out the analogy of our own P. G. A- finals, In which ! both Creavy and Shute putted with 1 amoving precision and success, j Padgham and Soymour took turns pelting each other with long putts j right Into the tin. "Before this final," says Mr. Dar- i win, "I had always thought that the most brilliant cut -and -thrust 1 putting I had ever seen was at Gar- ', den City in 1913. when Jerry Trav- ers beat ' Francis . Oulmet. Now I am inclined to place Padgham and -Seymour In a bracket with these ; Illustrious ones." I White with reservoir White Enamel Blued top. A-l condition One Used Majestic Range $47.50 S2C An EngllsM dictionary published ln 1573 seems to bo tho first book of this kind. Used Monarch Combina tion Electric. All white enamel. Full automatic. S"::: $95 " IF.. Bohnenkamp Co. Tragedy In Numbers Tho figures tell more sharply thnn anything we have seen tho story 01 Hack Wilson's tumble from tho hltjh places In the biggest form re versal of 1931. Here they ore: Games Hits Doubles Triples Homers Total ba Stolen bns?s Runs batted tn Bases on balls .. 1930 1931 .155 - 112 ..585 395 .146 6 . 203 103 ... 35 22 ... 6 4 ... 58 (record).... 13 ..433 172 .. 18 0 .. 3 1 .190 (record).... Gl .105 03 .. 84 69 ! ThisGame !i : of Golf Uy O. H. Keelpr I see by that most delightful writer. M. Bernard Darwin, that our young Mr. Tom Creavy. professional cham pion of America lu golf, has a thor ough counterpart in Britain, where A. H. Padgham. a golfer of whom most of us try America (I among the number) never had heard, won the "News of tt.c World" tournament. The event I learded as the unof ficial match-play championship for the British pros. The youthful Padgham. Just post voting ace. ts assistant professional at the Royal Ashdown club. It was LET the mercury drop. There is solid comfort waiting for you at home if you have a supply of LONG-LASTING KING UTAH COAL in your bin. 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