La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 20, 1932, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textii;.'.;-1'..'.' Page Two ' OWLS TURN BACK PENDLETON TEAM Game Close in First Half But Locals Score Heavily in Final Periods. The Jack Allen Owls. La Grande Independent basketball quintet, over came an early 10 to 4 lead piled up In the llrat quarter by the Pendle ton Antlers last night and then In the lost half of the game, went on A scoring spree that brought a 41 to 22 victory. Sharpshootlng of Moore, forward, and Crawford, center, coupled with an airtight defense In the final pe riods, turned what had been a close game into a thorough rout. Moore scored 18 points and Crawford 14. For Pendleton, Stroble. forward, war high man with 11, shooting five field baskets all of them, from a distance. As a matter of fact, not more than half a dozen close shots were attempted by the- visiting play ers, Antlers Start Slronjf The Pendleton defense was effec tive in the first half, with Kidder, center, using his height and reach won tno gamo m ww iv iw mm to advantage, but he was forced from utes of play when they piled up a the game late in the second quarter 'wd of 13 to 0 and led at the half because of fouling, and from then on ; 23 to 5. Everything Idaho threw the Owls worked the ball into scor- gainst the baefcboard seemed to flop lng territory with regularity. -nK tnc baxket. Oregon did better Crabtreo, forward, who went in for Lloyd In the last half when the lat ter suffered a cut on the side of his face, played stellar ball, scoring three field goals in a comparatively short space of time and turning in some good floor work on defensive plays. Except for ragged passing, the Owls as a unit played strong ball last night. First Half CIom Pendleton took an early lead and built it up to 10-4 at the quarter. The Owls spurtea to pass the Antlers .' 14-10 but the Pendletonlans came i,..,,, , ,a n beforo the half." prior to a field goal bv Moore that broke the tie. In the second period the Owls steadily drew away from the visiting team, hold ing the Antlers to no field goals and only two free throws. Two more free thrown and a shot from the floor by Etroble completed the visitors' scor ing in the' last half, although the Owls presented almost a second string front at times. A fair-sized crowd witnessed the - contest. The- summary: Pendleton Fg. Ft. Pf. Tp, Irwin, f Stroble, f Kidder, c 3 ........ 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ccnlon. g Rosenberg, g.. Masters, c - falms. g Ellis, g Totals Ou 1 Mcorc, f Lloyd, f Crawford, c Pocy, g TJnulelBi g j...... Davlln. f .... Crnbtree, f . , Graham, g .... Baxter, g 8 6 13 22 Fg. Ft. Pf. Tp, 7. 4 0 18 ... 0 ... 5 2 4 2 2 3 14 2 1 0 ... 0 ... 0 1 0 0 0 ... 3 0 0 ... 0 0 Totals ... Score by quarters: Pendleton Owls ..15 11 10 41 0 6 2 4 22 4 14 11 1241 Officials; Carden, referee; P. Bax ter, umpire; Belts, timer. Sport Slants liy ,liin J. (ioulcl (Awoclatcd Press Sports Editor) Dan Ferris of tlic A. A. U. clari fies Icr u the Kt-up of the -Mb-1 unal" which elevate Barney Bcr- j Man Depression waa nowhere In sight llnser. Pennsylvania's all-nrouncl nth-Haas nigiit as boxing funs filled every let, to the position of "out.sUind- nook and cranny of Portland s civic Ing amateur" for 1931 and gave him r.uditorlum to see Johnny Hansen, the James E. Sullivan Memorial award 145 pounds, Portland take a clean In a close contest with Seattle's great cut decision over Tony Portlllo. 150. Kltl swimmer, Helene Madison. , Seattle after two previous draws. "Ilrforo the tribunal was ap- ; Thlrty-flvc hundred fans paid S284G pointed." writes Dan. "we com- ; to sec Joe Waterman's card, the Inrg municated with each of our district est flshl Kate of the sean. Han IA. A. U.) associations and reques- ,cn. a greatly Improved fluhter. took tloned them to submit the names of fcur roundr, of the six. While there lour or five of the outstanding lead- ; wero no knockdowns. Hansen's rlfc-hu crs of sport In their locality. Includ-; ana lelts shook Portlllo several ln the best Informed sports writer times. The Seattle boy. strong at the cr t-porut columnist. Islart. weakened In the latter rounds -Wo pointed out that we would ,1!lU hlr. blows lacked pewer. Portll prclcr these be other than A. A. U. ' ic'o best round was the fourth when men as It was our Intention to op- , n1 s.,,mim:ly had Hansen worried, point on the Tribunal all of the! Nell Klltone. Taccma middleweight members of tho A. A. U. board of ,i p.... ., q,,iiu m nn governors which wculd include tho uuiainmum; men oi me country. in ciWKiiiK DKS OWr mem.'m. brr of the Tribunal. I Imd that lrss ' than one-fifth of tho total number ! "" uwu Wlliil'wcur wuniior a mx round decision inu n. n. u. liihii.iltlon j ' The list Is representative of all j sections of tho United States. For j my own Kutisfurtlon t tabulated the! vote:, of A. A. U. members cf the j lubiuuil and find that Helene Mndl- hen leads Barwy Bcrllntter by 13 1 vc i es wl t h Helen Wills Mood y Jdlik-d Lhlrd. "A tabulation of non-A. A. U. members nhov.3 Helen Wills Mxxly U. S.C. vs. NOTRE DAME SUNDAY and MONDAY LIBERTY THEATRE First Coniiilcto Kootbull Giimo Mvor Sliown in I'ictnres. The Entire (lump, I'lay ly Play with Suiiv.- Sensation.il Plays Repeated in Slow Motion Co-Featured with "Are These Our Children" Regular Prices! rdaho Emerges From Cellar By Downing Oregon Coat Conference Standings (Northern. Division W. L. Pet. Washington State 3 1 Oregon State 3 1 Oregon 3 3 Idaho . 2 4 Washington . 1 3- Games This Week Friday and Saturday: Washington vs. Oregon State at Corvallis; Sat urday : Idaho vs. Washington State at Pullman. t The Oregon-Idaho basketball earies at Eugene to all Intents and pur poses eliminated the Webfoota from much chance at the 1C32 conference I title. With three losses, the Lemon Yellow squad seem definitely ou of the race, now apparently narrowed to Oregon State and Washington State, who both see action this week end. EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 20 0P Idaho university's basketball team took sweet revenge over the Oregon Web foots here last night, coming back to a 30 l 13 "ore.. Idaho "c um, p'-u-;nK points, but it was not enough. Herman led the scoring for Idaho with 10 points, followed by Barrett with eight and Wicks with seven. Captain Calkins and Hank Levoff were Oregon's hardest workers, but Idaho was not to be denied. The game was the final Oregon Idaho encounter of the season and gave the two teams an even break In the series. Idaho's victory pulled them cut of the cellar, leaving the Washington Huskies in that unde sirable spot. ! i lcadlnz Berllnccr by 9 votes. This snows that Derllngcr was Just about j " twn-n.. u ) members of the Tribunal as with A. A. U. members. "As regards Ellsworth Vines he received 47 votes from. A. A. U. members and 64 from non-A. A. U. members. "Personally I feel that Helene Madison should have walked away with first honors on her perform ances In swimming but of course I am glad that Berhnger won as he Is j at the end of his athletic career j and Helene Madison will have a g chance another year." j ; Hark ir( It low 0- The oiler of 75O0 to Hack Wil li Eon for his 1932 contract with the 2 Cardinals may be Just a 'starting I ! point for the argument, but it is the 0 ! tipofx on how far the big league ; clubs are prepared to go in slash- j iK the Payroll, especially for any athlete who had tho tough luck to be ou the skids In 1931. St. Louis docs not pay big sal aries. Tho club let its highest paid pitcher, Burleigh Crimes, go largely because It did not want to pay him around $18,000 for 1932. Frpnk Frisch is the only highly paid per former on tno club. Pepper Martin got $4500 for his first year as a regular and It Is extremely unlikely he will be of fered more than $7500 for this year. It Is doubtful If the contract of Paul Derringer, another rookie star, will call for any more than that. Tho Cards, almost alone- among ihn Vi rr l.m& nntflti a nnlnr 1 through the reconstruction perloS Without having to prick the bubbto I of exorbitant salaries. V HANSEN TAKES DECISION OVER TONY P0RTILL0 PORTLAND. Ore.. Jon. 20 (Jl Old r good r:x lound draw, which larked th(l ,Iro of thelr pr.Vous match. .1, hnnv Knnn.Tr. Koattln wMlw. weii,'hr. mrjirlvcd the crowd by tak ing CyMnn? Piie, New York negro. Pace, os tough as they mike 'cm, couldn't get started, as the Seattle boy was on top cf him every minute. Steam at Extreme Heat SiiperheatM strain Is si ten in nl a tempera turn hllu-r thnn (lie cm ilensins plnt corripindtns to Its nctu.'il vnhitne nnl loiisiiy. so Hint U will etfitnt :un! ! ivnrk without I(lti2 rim!ens( .1. BRUSHING UP SPORTS ... ,7 By Laufer . F 4ZS (' n OlEGEL AND MEHLttORN WON "27 SlfewerfT ' IF ('II vlcfORlE5' N FOUR-BftLL MATCHES' - (JC5 J TMEr WEWT UNSEATED FROM -TrjE FALL ff f " ' ' i RAL'Y LOST lO -TbUMY ARMOUR. fWQ I flNUEW, HOCKEY, VJHU BAiiSSwtf ' Iv h . ' J 0 noa! -The iqo7 vewtuckv IzmMi&J 1I k &ak -fi i 33ERB IS AA) USHER J A Mt 4 I i?E-rBoiT cnoecH. I '.rM-i 1 Babe Ruth Wants Kids to "Knuckle Down" In Baseball NEW YORK, Jan. 20 OF) Babe Ruth wants the kids to "knuckle down" this year In baseball . or whatever sport they prefer and show whot they can do for them selves. The Babe told upwards of 1000 of them at the boys' club of New York last night that he expected them to "ccmo through and. show their ap preciation for tho opportunities they hAve teen given." Ruth delivered his message tln a series of relay talks to boys ranging from seven to seventeen or over. Ac companied rjy his trainer, Artie Mc Govern, Ruth was nearly mobbed by his youthful admirers. His arrival at the clubhouse, at Tenth street and Avenue "A' Manhattan's densly populated east side, was the signal for an outburst that a roused the whole net ghbor hood. , " wnnt tto te ? hat It's , the Babe torn . 1 ..,, . t , .. more than 600 boys. "You xellas t hflnd Tnat was the beginning have chances that we didn't have i cf the end" Scon after that he helped when I was a boy. Learn all you Tommy to his corner. As he vrahted can. whether It's In sporW or Bome cne ot his seconds shook his trade. After you have grown up and j "ew- lel this place, don't forget to come "A"'oody him." Steve said. "I back to do your part toward Car-(nlways llked hlm" ryln on this work." Hamas became the newest heavy Outside, after it was all over, three we'Sht "tion that night, tho first small boys wound up In a terrific fcl mnn from thc collce nuiks to argument. One claimed he hai j vln a main bout in tho garden. Ho Ictmed on the Babe. Another said i won 12 lettera at Pi?un State- ra ho had shaken hands with the great "rcolleglate heavyweight champion man. As a clincher, the third piped: in 1827 ana 1929- Rnd PIaed ali -Well, he said to me. he said; 'Get 5Port- He wants to be a doctor some in there, kid. and sock 'em, wili;day and ne wU1 bc- He ls 25 vpa you'" cW- , , He Is Austrian in descent, a stu- fTiTrT7Tc TTTirt 4 rn Jdent. avid reader, unexcltable. in- ELGIN 42 TO rj;Rreat "finisher" in a ring and speaks five languages, Slav. Russian, Polish. (Continued Prom Page One) Juscpli High plays In La Grande Sat urtfny nlKlit. The Bummary: Elgin I) Adams, f K. Adams, f Scoxibes, c 1 . Ward, g Kenezovlch, g ... Srott, r Phtppcn, g Totnls PO FT PP TP 0 0 3 0' 2 115 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0! 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0! 0 1 11 1J I PG FT PP TP t 4 10 9; 3 1171 1 0 0 2! 4 0 2 8; 0 0 0 0. 3 2 0 8 12 14 0.0 0 0 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 18 6 4 42 0 8 1 413 La Grande l.yman. f - ftoddard, I - Corey, c Duinctt. g , Torrence, g fpx. r Dnxter. I - - Al.drews. c - Munsrll, g Workman, g - Ftnerhrlmt g Totals .' Score by quarters: Elgin La Grande 11 10 15 6 12 Otllclals: Jack Lloyd, referee; Leon- ard Roe. umolre. I.ot IS1ANA SETS ItF.roltU 1 ne nvery cnautteurs' union re 1N VKtlETAIH.E SHIPMENTS eently Issued an edict against private NEW OI1LEANS HI Louisiana's e.irs In funeral processions, trult and vegetable Industry had itsj. biggest year In 1931. 1" ""I. U. B. Jones, agricultural secretary of tho New Orleans Association of ' Commerce, reports that shipments for the year were approximately 15.- 000 carloads, an Increase of about 5,000 carloads over last season. . Magittrat and Crook Joimttinn WHd, who was executed j In 17- wn? n cm Ions Knsllsh ! rnnslstmle nd secret It katler of tlie underworld anil ivoelvcr of stolcti goods on' an immense scale, LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. StAVP Hamas Tc Real Comer In I Boxing Circles; (This Is another of a series of personality sketches of younger American athletic stars in the 1032 spotlight.) By Edward J. Neil (Associated Press Sports Writer) NEW YORK, Jan. 20 OF, A big. f 'hat legislative ieal sanction bo finely muscled youngstar with a wide. 1 cbtalncd for Junior collese work In Intelligent face, sat on the edge of ! connection with the Ui Grande ami a rubbing table, a robe about his ''Ashland schools' and -Uiat the Junior naked shoulders, eight-ounce g!otcs7eUe0 PIan adopted as the pol on his hands. ; icy of the board. Such Junior col- "Hemember kid." Insisted the stocp- work would be experimental, ed old timer bobbing In front of ; Although the committee appointed him. "His legs are gone. Rush him consider the unification plan for to the ropes. Throw a wild right . Oregon's Institutions of higher lcaro- I hsnH at hie phln u-ltt, mri-TUfnr, Ka : nina it. uo you understand? j Yes. sir. Mr. Harvey." said Steve . Hamas, the finest young American j heavyweight of the day. : A few minutes later In the Madl- son Square Garden ring. Hamns j ' the vcteran Tommy Lough- I ;mn to the rones and let thp riL'ht ! ' delaticablc eyrruiastum worker, a English and profane. Football ls the greatest game he ever ran Into. He was a great full back at Penn State. . Fighting ls a Joke compared to football. On Penn State gridirons they knocked out two of his tc-cth. cut of 27 by knockouts. He never WayTo Funeral CHICAGO. Jan. 20 (J1 A high llded with a truck after It had been Tne dead girl was Miss Shirley the burial of Louts Lakln 18. shot Sunday nljht by a w-.ttchman while 1 allegedly attempting to "crash" a i dance. ' 11 4 T- IIVll Bt t IHl'S For Investigation j WASHINGTON. Jan. 20 (Jft The ! house agriculture committee voted - Tuesday to Join with the senate com tmlttee in an investigation or the farm i board. Chairman Jones said the action meant there u-onlrf h n t.-ttnt vm. jRresional lnvestiSatlon not only of the farm board but of the "whol? j marketing field." IMPROVEMENT OF 3 NORMAL SCHOOLS AIM (Continued From Page One) data on student costs at nonrtcJ schools be obtained by the board sec retary for assistance to prospective j studentc and others. J Plan Junior College Vt'urU Another Important point suggested lntt IT.Pt litre r'.lirillfr Th. riV nn m.im. ..m. iu;uiii.ii ouia reveal t!l! discussion. The subject of unl- flcation wis net discussed at beard meetings. Approve .Salary flits The board approved vo!unti'.r- sr-1' ary cuts by county agricultural axrenu In sat counties. These cuts on a yearly fcrls were Umatilla &-100. Iirxd Rivr 5300. and the foll3-.vtnj. &200 each: Yamhill, V,'allo-a, Baker and Lincc'.n. An appropriation of 1250 for ad ditional equipment at radio station KOAC at Oregon State college, was voted by the board of higher edu cation here Tuesday. The equipment, it was s;ild, is required by tho fulerul radio coin mission. An e'fort. will be mndc to obtain $16.0iX from otlir sources wl t h which to operata tr.2 Et-atlon next year. "STEER CLEAR OF WET-DRY ISSUE" (Continued Prom Page One) improving was not perlect. ire urcxl education to control demand while enforcement agencies cut down the supply. Today state superintendents of the league comp.ined cenferences cn their detail work, while thc majority of the delegates headed for heir;?. si:ati: ciioi ! mkaus iK. m:vKV WASHINOTOX, Jan. 20 t.-pi Beer and llfiht wines as articles of diet for expectant mothers were advocated . before a senate cemmittee today by Dr. Mp.rtin Dewey of New Ycrl:, prrsi- j dent of the American dental aissocia, ticn. , Not only is the small alcoholic con tent ood for the mother, h? con- -tended, but it helps in the proper development cf the unborn child's teeth. Dr. Dewey was th !at?s cf p.umcrcu-j witness? a cr.Ued by S.T.a'.or BinRliani of Connecticut, to testify In hearings on bills to legalize beer. Beginning ihc Fantastic In lite d'm;;iin uf the fnruastic then- nre himwti bnuiMlir.i iines. hut i hey hewiiie npparom as softi as you tK'in, however vau!it'!. id t;ui l.'TO ordinary human iharna. J.aB Mnrirnvnl KriTu'h wriicr. TO f it!. J TO If you stifi'er frm itrhlntr. blini, rrotrudinff or bloedinar ptlen you a: a . Ikely to be amaxi-d -at tho soetbimr. . healimr power of tlio rare, (:rport.i , Chinese Herb, which fortifies Dr. . JMixon's Ctmtarcld. It's ttie newest ' and fustest aotinsr treatment out- lirlnps easo and comfort In a few" j minutes eo tb'it you can wor!; and ' enjoy life while it contins its : Fthins". healinq nctlon. l"on't do- . lay. Act In time to avoid a d;mper- ; o:i and costly operation. Try ir. i Nixon's ChtnaroM und-r our in::ir- ante to rati!r- cemp'cteTy nn.l bo vorth limes tiie email Coot ur 1 jv-ur money buck. Ited Cross Drug Store. Adv. iNO SPLIT SEASON IN C0A3T LEAGUE Directors of Baseball Cir cuit Vote Against Plan . Followed in 1931. OAKLAND;' Jan. 20 Be cause of t'.ii expense involved and unsatisfactory railroad schedules, di rcccors of the Pacific Coast basebil league have deculed to continue the present seven-game series Instead of tho proposed split weefc, of four and three games. Directors estimated the split TTeeh would edd S2000 or more to expenses for each club. It dc-ve'oed further at the- annual spring meeting yester day that teems leaving San Fran cisco In th.3 rooming would srriv? in hca Anrles too late to play that m?ht. P. a lire?-d officials said the schedules coi:Id net be coanged. Dircc;crs slso voted to plr.y a straight season instead of one split in July as during the last two years. Fcrtm.::c" of a sate league tvos dis cussed but action was deferred. William Kiepper. president of the Seattle club, said he would like to organize a circuit in the northwest if nothing developed of the California st?.:e league Clubs would be. from Seattle. Portland. Tacoma. Yakima, Aberdeen and EeHincfcam. he KiicL Tho directors voted to waive terri torial right? at Portland and Seattle to enable class D clubs to play there when the coast league clubs w-:re on the read. .The 1932 season will open April S and close October 2. Vfi: GUARANTEE Your bnc! n;o:.i c:m now for !'o little it will suiini.se wiilnut suites as low as rv Sr These-Values rTj 1 VLf v "v OU PAY less now, but you GET more! ? fl o"S 11 V-i.irf' i mm MmJfJs B c y'.J'V'U'.-- (SAW';.- sk".!?i ; rgwnSJS---JL- FOR YOUR LIVING ROOM A new hisrh quality English Tapestry Davcmioi t and Chair. Now onlv S139.50 !TIIFI-00" Four Charge British With Cruelty In Indian Disputes LONDON. Jan. 20 'JP) A dispatch to the Daily Herald from Bombay tcday said charges of terrorization. beating of Indian women and rough handling of prisoners by British au thorities were mace by Rev. H. V. H. Elwln. a young English missionary who has been deported from the frontier. 11:. Elwin. the dispatch said, is a friend of Mahatma Gandhi and has worked with him among ths un touchables. The Mahatma asked the missionary to go to the northwest froniier and report on conditions there, it siid. and he aid he learned "things that ought to muke an Eng lishman ashamed." Troops have t:ca raiding villages, ho E&id. and forcing Indian authori ties to point out people who picketed cloth and liquor shops, on pain of being beaten if they refused. Women ; were roughly handled, he said, and ' members of ths "Red Shirts" wcrs j beaten and their uniforms burned. Police also attacked with tneir staves a crowd which was praying outside a mosque, he said, and threw bleeding, ecmi-consciou3 men into the river. Viceroy Lord WHHnsdon has asked the commissioner of the territory for an oflicial report on the charges, the dispatch said. Hurry Is Not Dispatch No two tilings dilTor more than hurry and dispatch. Hurry Is the mark of a weak mind; dispatch of a stronjr oneJ Cnlton. hve are unsurpassed values, temptingly low for our January Sale! YOU MAY BUY OX EASY TERMS THESE VALUES! A f bo furnished (PO61 K'Ol you! fj-picce d.iie57 2ND FL00II i a iP" i i r- .-a its cliut y-4 Floors of Fine Furnishings Wednesday, January 20, 1932 I Sensational I ' I Savings ' j i In Every Department 9 PRICES I I Are Down to BEDROCK Court Receiver's I SALE I I Conner's, Incj Conner's, Incj YOUNG UOXKIl U1ES , CHICO, Cal., Jan. 20 JP) Casey Millsops, 18, of Stonyfbrd, Cal., a frcs'.misa at Chlco State Tep.c hers, col lege, died today from injuries re ceived during' a boxing bout with Paul Byrne, senior, latt night. Assistant District Attorney J. M. McPherson expressed bellaf no ac tion would he taken against Byrne. 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