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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.
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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.
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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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