I to do with the preliminaries con. I porta, having been disabled, by some .."How to accomplish greater re-1 gnl of tMs count, who fJSLSA 3?JSXSSjEtje.
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Thursday, January 14, 1932 V
Page Two
LA GEANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
MIINT TO RFTIIRN i 'BRUSHING UP SPORTS . . .
TO MOVIES SOON
By Laiifer
Harkovsky George Du
Count on the Screen
Wrestles Here Friday.
A bushy black beard, covering a
brilliantly-colored tunic, heavy boots
dancing the peasant dances Amer
ica's Idea or a typical Russton is odd
ly contrasted with count Ermak
Harkovsky, one-time Russian noble
man who fled his country during
tho revolution and came to America
to earn his living as a wrestler and
n motion picture actor.
' Tho wrestler, whose real name la
George DuCount, and who has as
sumed the name of Count Harkovsky
while In the ring, is In La Orande
at present and will meet Ray Mc
Carroll In a finish match Friday eve
ning at Eagles hall.
Count Harkovsky, trim and clean
shaven and clad in a conservative
business suit, lounged In his chair
and talked of Russian history, pre
re volution life in his native country,
literature and America to an Ob
server reporter.
"I like the United States because
everyono can speak, and If a man Is
down one day ho may risa the next,"
ho said. In Russia, before the days
cf tho revolution, tho nobleman had
his own life and was uninterested
lu others people. "It must be that
way becauso since young boyhood he
was expected to bo that way." -Russian
MTu Not So (Jay
Llfo In Russia was not so gay as
It Is pictured in popular novels and
current movies, ho asserts. Every
man had his business or his work,
which ho must do. The diplomat,
tho army officer, everyone, high and
low, was bound by his class. h of
ficers In tho army were chosen from
among tho noblemen, and If an of
ficer married. It hnd to be in his own
class or else ho was forced to retire.
On rarj occasions an officer received
Bpcclal dispensation from the czar
to select a girl from among the lower
classes.
Count Harkovsky was born in Rus
. :1c of a family which dated its nobil
ity to tho 17th century, and he chose
army Ufe as his profession! upon
becoming a youth, Ho wns a stu
dent at a military academy "slnca 10
yearn young boy." The military
academy had sports horse riding,
fencing and many others and the
young count then developed the
strength which enabled him, after
his arrival In America, to take up
wrestling au a profession, Stanislaus
Zbyszko, who had been an instructor
In sports in Russia, taught him to
wrestle after his coming to tho United
States.
It is difficult for American people
to reconcile themselves to tho Idea
of a nobleman bolng a wrestler, he
believes, since they associate nobility
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HIS FORTIETH
BlKlHPAY
WAS CELEBRATED
AT THE HOME OF
VISCOUNT
"TAKETASJE
SOlWv
one ob The '
REAL BLOEELDODS
of Japan
with wenk llttlo men,
"After H.usla have trouble mj&'ny
people run to save llfo and don't
like Bolshevism," he stated, with' a
shrug of his shoulders. "Must find
eomo Job. I como to U. S. A. and try
to find something to make livlhg.
so I wrestle." In 1925 ho wrestled
an tho "masked marvel" and when,
In 1920 ho had his log broken In
r. mntrh. ho hnd in onnortmiitv to I
work in pictures. Pictures held his ; without Ilia services of Jerry Thomas,
Interest until January, 1030 wherj ho
Oregon Staters
Without Thomas
For Idaho Games
OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Cor
valllD. Jan. 14 Coach "Slats" Gill
and his Beaver baskotoers will be
Strangler Sends
Abe to Hospital;
Crowd at 4000
Offers Babe Ruth
$70,000' Contwct
4 NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (AVr 3
? Babe Ruth today received a
4 one year contract from the 4
? New York Yanks calling for
70,000, a reduction of 10,-8
000 from his salary of the last 4
Q two years ' and promptly sent 3.
it back unsigned. He said he
would accept a two-year con
3 tract for that sum..
P 4
8
OREGON TEAM
BARELY DOWNS
GONZAGA, 33-31
SPOKANE, Jan. 14 University
of Oregon' basketball team, appar
ently wearied by four gruelling coast
conference games since last Friday,
had to use everything in the book
to defeat Gonzaga 33 to 31 In a non
conference gams here last night. Gon
zaga led 19 to 14 at the half.
Unable 3 to get started, Oregon was
snowed- Under a 13rpoint lead before
yiey began scoring. Gonzaga played
brilliantly until the last two min
utea. But Oregon staged a desperate
rally at' this point and two field
goals In quick succession Just be
fore the end of tho contest spelled
victory for the Oregonians.
UPTON'S LOVE
REVEALED AS
DULUTH WOMAN
DULUTH. Minn:, Jan. 14 (JP)
Tho only woman the late Sir Thomas
Lipton ever loved was revealed, here
today ac Mrs. Catharine Stewart, of
Duluth. .
Sho confirmed a newspaper story
in which the writer told of a con
versation with the noted Irish sports
man, who "said he had remained a
bachelor because his first love mar
ried someone else.
Mrs. Stewart said that when she
wna Catherine McLeod, living near
Glasgow, Scotland! she met "Tommy"
Lipton, then a poor merchant. "Tom
my" proposed to her, but her par
ents advised hsr to wait until she
was older before marrying.
Lipton moved to England and later
to India, and Catherine McLeod mar
ried Robert Stewart.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 14 (fl1) Sev
eral hundred wrestling fans were un
ablo to obtain adrqittancs to Port-
HIGH SCHOOL
BAND CONTEST
IS IN DOUBT
Webf eet Cagers
Lead Northern i
Men in Scoring
SEATTLE, Jan. 14 W With, four .
games under their belts, compared
with two for their opponents, four
University of Oregon hoopsters took ' E
tho lead for Individual shooting hon- R
crs in tho first week of play In the j ff .
northern division Pacific Coast con- , E (
ference. '. E"
Kolittintr a two-came series with : (&
both Idaho and Washington State Kl
YVinsur gutuu, vimiico n.uu-
erts, center, and Henry Levoff and
Robertson, forwards, of the Webfoot
quintet, stepped out in irons m me j
tied with 30 points each while Rob-
ertson totaled 24. j
Claud Holsten. Washington State i
forward, and Howard Grenler, Idaho
center, pneq up earn in two
games.
Robertson was the "bad boy'.' of
tho first week's play, being called for
11 personal fouls. Horton Herman,
Idaho guard, was next In line with
seven.
The fifteen highest sccrars were:
Gp. Fg. Ft. Pf. Tp.
Calkins, Ore 4 8 14
Roberts, Ore 4 14 2
Levoff, Ore 4 12 6
Robertson, Ore 4 10 4 '
Holsten, W,SC 2 8 4
Grenier, Idaho 2 8 4
Thomas, OSC ' 2 8 0
Fagans, OSO 2 7 1
Nelson, Wash 2 0 1
Wicks, Idaho 2 5 3
Gordon, WSC 2 5 2
McLarncy, WSC .... 2 5 2
Swygar.d, Wash .... 2 6 0
Barrett, Idaho 2 5 1
Cairncy, Wash 2 4 2
Court
v Receiver's
Sale ,
Of EntireStock and Fixtures of
Conner's, Inc.
'for the Benefit of Creditors
'Now In Full Sway!
Miami Fight Is
Called Off Due
To Money Lack
Harvard And Fight
"Racket" Don't Mix
IlyiJIiifili H. I'uHerton Jr.
(Associated Press Sports Writer)
. NEW, s YORK, Jan. 14 (.n After
tantalizinovtho public for a couple of
12 weeks with disputed contracts, mud
12 I died arrangements and delays for no
11 ! apparent reason, the fistic arrangers
1 . who wore promoting the Max Schmel-
i ing-Mlckey Walker fight, scneuuica
for Miami, Fla., Feb. 2o. finally nave
decided tpcall the whole affair off.
' Joe Jacobs, manager of the heavy
weight champion, explained that a
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Jan. 14 W report from his partner, Billy McCar-
The Crimson. Harvard undergraduate I ney. now' In Florida, advised him
dally, in an editorial today expressed I there wasn't, enough loose money in
concern at the appointment of Eddie j Miami to make It worth while.
Casey, Harvard football coach, as a ) The declslon, made public late yes
member of the Massachusetts boxing ' cnme ns a alstnct surprise,
commission. .
Tho editorial branded professional! aKau '
boxing as a "well-controlled racket" j wh S south to lo-
and said It would be hard for many ,"7 TT VmT r T i i
to reconcile tho fact that "Harvard's 1 " 9 . , , , tl .
name and th0 name of her head- I Prts, of Jho (1fi"0I?,clnl, ,S tU
coaches will be mentioned continual-j M ?mil Jjw "Bato." yhich had been
decided to return to wrestling.
For six months before the ...war,
Count Harkovsky was a palace guard
and, although he saw Czar Nicholas
almost dally, ho was not personally
acquainted with him. However, he
had as his friend Marie, grand duch
ce of Russia, sister of the royal i i;oacn ums ia3K 18 to Iina zner
head, and on meeting her Hn Kansas j smooth working combination. Gill
Cit.v nrtor comimr to.Amnrlca. nho - probably will ehlft Howaitl Merrill
helped him establish his Identity
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Isrtiis a, uocbu tejiJetu Manata
Russian noblenuin, . he declares
1 Gcrjprous In his attitude toward
all Russia, Count HarKovsky is not
bltto: toward the lower classes who
Indicted tho horror of
on people of his class,
ii'om guard position to forwardt and
find ft big fellow to fill in at guard.
Oil Bergerson. the mtwnmothl 225
pound football star, is a likely can
didate for this, position. Ho has
revolution ',ccn working out regularly, and if
The old t;citc'h um iinas uergjrson iits into
Russian Kovernment keen too dark, i Lno ,:UIUW11,UW11 IltJ wm
work people." he said, "and every 111 during tho Idaho series,
clam treat other class vory hard." IUuho Vandals are. from all indica
Tho officer class was ignorant of tio rcal contenders for the cham
tho problems of the civil people. Pionshlp this sasorj. They more
Hcuor was tho standard which all ! thllt- hekl their own ngalnst UiUver
officcrs upheld In old Hussia. If sitV of Oregon lu tho two gomes
one's honor was questioned, the of- ! I,lll'cd Hst weekend. These boys are
fleer was bound to uphold it by n ; ou'-to avenge four trimmings handed
duel, a court with a jury of three j tIltm bv thc Orangemen last year,
members, or "decide yourself, right ! WUh Thomaa out of the Orange
away quick shoot cither yourself or! m,cuI Idaho's chances for victory
him. A slap was an excuse to Bhoot,"10 KOGl-
Awhfc numw rmicif mtv.t nf thn tim. i Piobablo starting lineup for the
PORTLAND Jan. 14 (P) Captain
XT T. Raarrl r rnntni- nf tUn rrnrtnn
'' . lnTrt' rlvtp niiMlt.nrhim last" nlirhb ' .' ... . .
left handed scoring ace. In the com- ' . E1 s,rnnl!ler ,wls Dr(tve ms i tate. .c0,le! cttdet .Dana' .nere
.1. rr . i"i tnac ine outiooK lor nign scnooi oanu
mastery over Abo Kaplan ow'nB
tho unsat sfactory ondins of their ' These annual competitions
match last week. It took Lewis a . . , v . .r . . .
little ov,r an hour of rough work nt the stQte cUe8e nave bfn held
to prove to the Jewish giant and!fieven consecutive years under aus-
400 roaring fans he was the niastsr U1 mvv a"HF mvt.ttl
and send Kaplan t. tho- police emer
gency hospital to recover from Lewis'
punishing headlocks. But at that
Kaplan lis Id th3 uppsr hand for
the grsatnr. parij of '.tlip" miatoh and
t'cfised tho Straiigler' ab6ut- tWb rliig
with his flying wlnglocks and ap
ing series here with Idaho Vandals
Friday and Saturday.
Thomas was sent to the student ln
finnery on his return from Seattle
Sunday suffering from flu compli
cated with pneumonia. He will be
cut of the Idaho series. Without him
ELECTRIC
LIGHT
GLOBES
THE HEST
COST YOU LESS
Bohnenkamp's
Many Hueslans Imvo duel on account
of charming ladies must savo their
honor,"
Tolstoi, tho famous Russian author,
Count Harkovsky presents as his fa
vorite. Ho earns his living now by wres
tling, but after Feb. 1, he plans to
resumo tho namo of Oeorgo DuCount
and return to tho movies, where, he
states, "he plays the heavy villainous
rolon and acta ugly to thc charming
girls."
DEMPSEY WILL
FIGHT Pill MO
OR SCUMBLING
Idaho series this weekend:
Oregon, state Pos.
Fagans P .
Merrill P ..
Lowls 0 .
Lenchltsky 3 ,
Davis 3 ,
Idaho
, Barrett
Herman
Grenier
... Wicks
Lacy
Basketball Rules
Meeting on Monday
Basketball coaches and officials
and school authorities of district No.
1 Union, Wallowa. Baker and Mal
heur countlf-s will gather in La
Orande next Monday, Jan. Ill' for a
meeting to bo held at the High school
at 7:30 p. m. for a rules discussion.
All scnooi people, officials, pros
pective officials and Interested indi
viduals aro invited to attend. Coach
N., will
lead tho discussion.
8T. LOUIS, Jan. 14 (A Jack
pempsey positively will fight a major , Robert Qui.m, of tho E. O,
Camera or Max Schmellng. world j
heavyweight champion, and If he j
I flhta ono and is victorious he most j
J likely will take on the other. Luon
j nrd Sacks. Dempsey's manager, uu
l nounced here.
Sacks declared the former heavy
weight champion "never was in bet
ter condition," wanted It announced
ho Is ready to fight again "without
Wrestling
Ity (he Associated Press
New Vork (St. Nicholas) Jolm
(Cancy) Kay.aujiau, 215, California,
threw Pat McKay, 210, Memphis,
Tenn., 26:4.rt: Joe Devi to, , 215. St.
any reservations" and winild return Lo Willy Bartush. 3ao. Chi
to the ring In a major fight early
tins summer.
WRESTLING
FRIDAY NIGHT-EAGLES II ALL
Ray McCarrolI vs.
Count Harkovsky
Jack Woods vs. Minnino the Turk
Good Preliminaries
Benefit of Unemployment Fund
ALL SEATS $1.00
cago. drew 30:00; Dr. Fivcl Myers.
200, Chicago, threw Nick Scot us, li7.
Greece: Bob (Bibber) McCoy. 215,
Cambridge, Mass., threw George
Shaunders, 205. New Orleans. 8:45.
New York (Ridge wood) Jim Mc
Milltn. 217, Illinois, threw Dick Da
vlscmirt. 37:20; George Calza. 219.
Italy, threw Alex Aberg, 208, Russia,
12:03.
Philadelphia Gus Sonnenberg,
Providence, threw Pat McOIU. Omaha.
20:43; Nick Lutzo. California, threw
Ivan Vnkturaff, New York, 25:07;
Jack Sherry, Chicago, threw Richard
(Bill) Martin. Scranton. Pa., 13:12;
Ed Don George. Buffalo, threw John
ly Spelhnun, Providence. 17:10.
Yonkpn. N. Y. Ralph Wilson. 208.
Philadelphia, and Saiulor Szabo. 203.
Hungary, drew 43 :0O ( bout stopped
by New York 11 ,p. m.. rule).
today less an athletic virtue and more
a well-controlled racket."
Casey was appointed by Governor
Joseph B. Ely to succeed Eugene C.
Buckley.
Ancient Notion Incorrect
The went her bureau says there
is uo re:ism why storms should he
more frequent or. severe on Keih
temher 21 or 22 (autumnal eipiluox)
than on September 10 or 11, say. oi
2!) or o0; nor, In fact, nre they. The
same is true of the spring or vernal
equinox. This whole notion about
"equinoctial storms' is erroneous.
honorary college bandsmen frater
nity, without cost to the college.
Captain Beard explained, however,
thnt. nn a rPKiiIfc of t.iir mirvpv nf Ore
gon's-educational lnstltutldhs it was! nnU H even is uncertahi now, where,
decreed th'ftt all-high scho&l-'ctfrfiWsLi whtui or by 1 vlVbh ;fhe hloii was
at tho state's Institutions of higher ''started. Ii 'is only l;uown; that in
one form or nnotlier it goes bach
at least In 17-18.
pcared on the verge of talcing the learning, were to u0 aroppca. rour oi
first fall when Lewis uncorked a the committee of five voted to dls
right hand wp.llop on Kaplan's chin ' continue; the annual band contests,
with the heel of his hand. The blow ,he said.'
knocked Knnlan flat and while he 1 don't know wnat can be done,"
was still on the .floor, Lewis dealt Beard said, "but discontinuance of i
him several wicked rabbit punches,
followed by thc hcadlocks which
soon put Kaplan away for the eve
ning. . -: ,
Lewis weighed 235 pounds, Kaplan
220. ' "
In thc semi-final Young Billy Ed
wards, 145 pounds, pinned Vic Pot
tc:', 148, with a headlock in the fifth
round. George Wilson, former Uni
versity of Washington football star,
used some football tncklA to defeat
Archie Rauta and Harry Kuehn won
over young Hnckcnschmidt in the
curtain raiser. ' ' ' .
these band contests will prove a seri
ous blow to the advancement of
school music." He was here as one
of thc adjudicators at the annual na
tional guard band contest Tuesday
night.
America's honor list of women who
lest their lives In tho World war
Is 161. v v
No American book has ever ap
proached the circulation of "Uncle
Tom's Cabin."
"Eait" and "West"
"Never the twain shall meet" is
a phrase borrowed from the poem
"The Ballad of East and West." by
Kudynrd Kipling. The full slpilii
cance of the expression can be
gained only by rending the entire
poem. Isolated from the (cm the
lines nre interpreted as meaning
"that people of the eastern civiliza
tion, such ns the Chinese and the
Japanese, and those of the western
civilization, such ns the English and
(he American, cannot allilialc upon
I n truly friendly basis.'
would not exceed half that amount,
McCarney reported, and after talking
over the situation with Schmellng,
Jacobs decided that a 40 per cent
cut In $100,000 would not be enough.
Jacobs mentioned Chicago. Los An
geles, Atlantic City and Philadelphia
as possible sites for a title bout but
only if a suitable guarantee were
made. ,n
"Schmellng will box Walker
-Sharkey or Dempsey or anybody else
!in the world for money," the man
lager concluded, "but we must be
guaranteed we will get the money."
Linfield College
Scores 44-22 Win
ALBANY, Ore., Jan. 14 (Open
ing tho Northwest conference bas-
ketball season here last night, Lin
field college defeated Albany ool
lego 44 to 22. The taller Llnfleia
players outclassed the local five la
all departments of the game and sank
most of their field goals from the
center of the floor. Linfield led 23
to 12 at the half.
Eckman, Linfield guard, dropped
In six field goals and a free throw
to take high scoring honors. His
teammato Cook, and 5uy Patterson,
Albany forward, scored eight points!
l'LIIitt HAS NAKKOW ESCAPE
PORTLAND, Jan. 14 (P) Frank
Karamer, Wenatchee flier, . escaped
with only minor bruises-when his
piano was forced down on Council
Crest here last night. The ship was
badly .damaged. .
Kammcr was returning to Swan
Island airport after an attempted
flight to Klamath Falls, Ac he flew
over tho west side hills -his plane's
water line broke. Ho was forced to
land presently with llttlo or no choice
as far as a level surface was con
cerned. On his Klamath Palls venture lie
get as far as Eugene.
. One thousand airplanes can be
cared for at one time at Wright field,
or Dayton, Ohio.
For Coughs Too Deep
To Risk A Lesser Help
Creomulsion was made to deal with
coughs and colds which hang on. A
- three-day '-cough is a danger signal.
There thc utmost should be done.
But a trifling cough may develop in
to something deep and difficult. Don't
you think it wise to use the utmost
help, even if a lesser help might do?
Creomulsion combines seven major
helps in one. Thc seven best helps
known to medical science. One is
best for ono typo of cough, one for
others. Nobody can tell in advance.
So the best way seems to be to com
bine ell in one prescription.
CrcosQto stands first. Here it is
blended, emulsified and tasty. For sooth
ing membranes and combating cold
germsphe world knows nothing better.
Bat soaio coughs best yield to
.
white pine tar, some to wild cherry;,
bark, some to menthol, some to ipecac,.,
etc. So we combine all these fucto;.
at their best in a single formula.
For some coughs Creomulsion ifl;
better than you need. Ono of its .
factors might do. But don't you feel
safer when a minor cough is treated
in thc utmost way?
If so, get Creomulsion. It costs a
little more than lesser helps. But -,
your druggist guarantees it. He re
turns your money if you are disap-
pointed. You will feel safer in any S
cough if this master help combats it.,!
Use it promptly. -1 ;
CME031ULSION
for Bifficuit Coughs
and Colds
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 14 P) Abo
Kaplan, professional wrestler, was ad
mitted to a hospit.U here ioday for
teratment to a disloc ation of sev-,
eral vertebrae at die basr of his j
neck, received in a match hist night J
with Ed (Strangler) Lewis. j
Hospital attendants said the giant
wrcetler was In a sc ml -conscious con
dition when received.
Turkey Is estimated to have 9807
miles of roads and about 9300 miles I
nt unsurveyed tracks.
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CATARRH, HAD THROAT
There's Just one way to gain free
dom from and keep free from head
colds, catorrh, irritated throat and
conehs all winter lout.
Tens of thousands of Intelligent i
people are spraying nostrils and j
throat night and morning with picas-
ant. effective, inexpensive Opex. j
Opex keeps nostrils and throat free j
from offensive mucus all the time
it cleans out mu- ;
cvis - stuffed nos- j
trils In 3 minutes.
One bottle of j
Opex which lasts ;
one person seven
da
weeks costs but 85 cents at Red Cross
Druj? Store or any leading druggist
anywhere.
Use Opex for 30 days then If
you can truthfully say it isn't the
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In tho const, billiard championship 'au cvor U5"' Bct 'r money
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Mimtlny. Cecil Olamier of Portland I With clean, healthy nostrils and
micwsfullr defended his northern i throat all winter Ions think of how
sectional 183 balk lino title here ! much money you will save by not
Inst night, defentlnjr Monrad Wall- j havlnc to dose your system. I
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