Thursday, February 11, 1932
Page Two
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
BLONDE RETAINS
V SKATING CROWN
Sonja Henie, of Norway,
Takes First in Winter
' . ' Olympics Contest
LAKE PLACID. N. Y, Feb. II W
Sonja Rente. 20-year-old blonde lrom
far away Norway, Is still the world's
foremost troman figure skater.
Before tbe first "sell-out" crowd
that the third winter Olympics has
attracted the petite Norwegian turn
ed in a rfawung perf aims nee last
night to gain once again the title of
Olympic champion, the world title
she has held for the last live years.
Spinning through the breath-tak
ing double-Jump , "corkscrew" top
pirouette and "rabbit" Jump, unruf
fled and perfect example 01 superia.
tlve poise, tbe youthful Sonja brought
to Its feet a crowd that packed tne
big arena.
Second honors were given to Prttzl
Burger, Austrian champion. Marl
bel Vinson of Boston was third.
The Canadian skater. Constance
Wilson Samuel, was fourth, Vivl-Anno
Kulten of Sweden was rated fifth.
Yvonne De Lingo of Belgium was
sixth. ,, ..t. .,
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RAIN HALTS EVENTS
LAKE PLACID. N. Y,.Feb. 11 VPi
A heavy downpour of rain this morn
ing, following a sudden rise In tem
perature, caused postponement of the
first two beats of the four-man Dob
sled competition until tomorrow.
Willamette Downs
Linfield 47 to 29
BAXaEM. Ore. Feb. 11 (ftWtlUm-
elie university's quintet defeated
lalnfteld college 47 to 29 her last
night to remain one of tbe two tin-
defeated teams In toe Northwest con
ference. The Bearcaia left Ltnfleld
way behind after they struck their
pace about tbe middle of the first
half. : .
Whitman college, the other unde
feated conference team, starts a two
game series against Pacific at Forest
Grove tonight. . -
GLM.S WAR O.V VIPEBS
TUNIS (JP) Flocks of sea gulls
lent helpful beats to French co
lonial troops assigned to clearing up
plague of vipers driven W the coast
by floods in the Interior,
Sport Slants
By Alan J. Gould ' -(Associated
Press Sports Editor)
Noting our prediction of an Olym
pic marathon conquest for peerless
Paavo Nurmi this . year. Maxwell
. Sulea of tbe Los Angeles Examiner
contributes mis information for the
benefit of Paavo and the rest of us:
"Nurml's chief rival In tbe mara
thon may be the great Japanese
runner. Seljl Takahashl. who has
covered tbe Hitflw (26 miles. 385
yards 1 In 2 hours. 34 minutes, 30
seconds, and consistently beaten
bis two countrymen. Tsuda and Ya
mada. who placed sixth and fourth,
respectively, at Amsterdam. Kusu
mokl. with 2324. Is also rated
better than Tsuda and Yamada.
"If Nurml can win the classic
marathon be will have climaxed tbe
greatest career In the history of
sports wltb the greatest achieve
ment possible for an Olympic athlete."
Brushing up sports
WHILE The LOGM. B&S, lOERE V-
KiOOMG TkE BALL A.KJ MAJf. C 7 1
UE Aii THE UJAV A.RDWD I , I
. i -v-HrE BASES"" - fcsaf . I - .
By Laufer Roberts Remains
Leading Scorer
"In Cage Circuit
SEATTLE, Feb. 11 ift - Charles
Roberts, flashy center of the UniverT
sity of Oregon hoop team,, continued
to hold top honors in the northern
niTi&iofi Pacific Goast coofetitte-individual
scoring race last week, but
1'the security of bis .position, was
weakened aamevbat. .Roberts i
points were Just seven better than
the 77 marked up by Huntly Gordon.
Washington State center, who has
played two less games than the lead
er.. .' ' ? -...:- -. -
Gordon, who last season tied the
cenference individual scoring record.
I moved up to serocd from fourth
place in last week's standings.:-..
, Ken Pagans, Oregon State forward.
bettered, his last week's sixth place
rating by forging into third posi
tion with 75 counters, and. Winsor
Calkins, Oregon guard, dropped down
from second to fourth position with
73. Hotocen. and Cross, both of Wash
ington State, were in fifth and sixth
places with 70 And 65 . points re
spectively. . ;"
Hortoa Herman, Idaho forward,
hung onto his rating of the league's
"bad boy," by. advancing his per-
eonal four total to 37, one more than
Jack Robertson. Oregon guard. .
The' fifteen highest scorers:
G Vg Ft Pf Tp
Roberts, Ore. - II 35 14 19 84
Gordon. W. S. C. 9 29 19 1 Tf
Pagans, O. S. C. ; U 30 15 23 75
Calkins. - Ore. 11 19 35 14 73
Hois ten, W. S. O. 9 27 16 17 70
Cross. W. S. C 9 28 9 65
Barrett, Idaho IE 29 6 12 64
Levoff, Ore. 11 20 22 21 62
McLaamey. W. S. C. 9 25 12 20 62
Herman. Idaho ..11 25 9 27 59
Grenler. Idaho li 23 12 23 58
THEY ALL LAUGHED WHEN omCeAfuELgbtdiss ttg
pehedr JThe Pirates were playing a picked team at St. Marys, Ohio. Hans Wagner and
Bill Hinchman were veterans then and Max Carey and "Lefty" Cooper were youngsters.
It rained in the -morning and at game time the field was one big puddle.- Loads of saw
dust were spread about home pJate and the bases. A broom was provided to keep the
sawdust leveled. The Pirates took a huge early lead.1 Then, in a late inning, varey
came to bat 1 After taking two swings; he dropped his bat, while the home-talent pitcher
was winding upseized the broom and swung from the hips. The ball plopped weakly
toward third- and the pitcher seized it. But the cover was wet and the pitcher threw
ar over first base. - Carey dashed for second. The first baseman heaved wildly into
deep left field. Carey galloped home, and since everybody was having, so much fun, they
'et the run count. -i i .
12; Miles IYr Hour
The best time ever registered for
the Olympic marathon was
2:32:35 4-5, in 1920 at Antwerp by
Hannes Kolehrnainen, the first of
Finland's internationally famous dis
tance runners and tbe best known
up to Nurml's time.
It was at the same games that
Nurml. as a 22 -year -old phenome
non, first broke into the ranks of
Olymplo champions. El Ouafi, the
African, won the 1928 marathon in
2:43:57.
It's a long grind and a tough
one. this marathon, hut if Paavo
lays off the veal pie beforehand and
does:t't experience any cramps or
foot blisters. I believe he can romp
the route In the hitherto unheard
time of 2 hours and 15 minutes.-
The best of the marathon plod
ders average around 10 miles an
hour. On a regular track the dis
tance has been done In less than
2 hours and- 30 minutes. Z would
figure Nurml capable of doing close
to 12 miles an hour. I may be
prejudiced In favor of the silent
Finn, but I have seen him run two
miles In 8:58 1-5 after spending
two previous nights In Pullman
berths and I haTe watched him
romp over the countryside in weath
er and under conditions that made
such great ninners en Wftde and
Rltola look like selling platers.
No one may ever know how fast
or how far Nurml can run when he
really sets his mind to it. One of
the few record attempts that really
ever Interested him for any length
of time was the mark for greatest
distance covered In one hour. .
Nobody ele seemed to care very
much about this, but Paavo satis
Jled himself by running almost 12
miles 21 miles, 1648 yards- in a
fiO-mlnuto gallop at Berlin In 1928.
.(.nir .vivo nit
"Golf," asserts Albert R. Gates,
the business administrator of the
P. O. A., "has held more nearly to
normal than any other snort
through the present economic cri
sis." Maybe so, but not where we hsve
been watching it within the past
year or so. The gate receipts for
the big tournaments dropped more
than 60 per cent In 1931. Big and
little clubs hsve been hard hit.
This is mainly because golf Is.
relatively, an expensive sport for
the Individual: not in the class with
polo, but compared, for example,
with tennis, which requires only
minor ouUay for the performer and
furnishes plenty of public courts.
As for ml ii la tu re golf, view the
ruins I -, '
La Grande Gun ;
Club To Shoot
In State Event
By George Towue
PORTLAND. Or Fb .11 iRwl
ciaj) The announcement of The
Oregonlan's seventh annual trap
shoot tournament which appeared
last Sunday met with a hearty re
sponse on the part of gun clubs
throughout tbe state. Already nine ;
clay-bird organizations have filed ap
plications to enter the wire league.
This Indicates that the 1933 circuit
will be bigger and better than ever,
for never before has there been such
an early response to the invitation
for entries.
Five of the nine applications came
lrom clubs in the southern section of
the state. They are from the Medford
Gun club. Eugene Gun club, Ash
land Gun club. Coos County Gun
club of Marshfleld and the Douglas
County Sportsmen's association of
Boseburg. - Other entries received in
clude those from the La Grande Gun
club, PortlMid Gun dub and the
Woodland Gun club of Washington.
With the exception of Ashland, all
competed in previous tournaments
conducted by The Oregonlan. .
--.. Club Officers UMed
Officers of the clubs are: Medford.
C. W. Wood, president, and K. W.
Pease secretary; Roseburg, Dr. h. M.
Lehrbacb. president, and P. B. Har
tune, secretary; Eugene. Jay Salu
man. president, and Fred H. Peters,
secretary; Coos county. C. P. McNelly,
president, and H. E, Thornton, secre
tary: Ashland. Dr. W. E. Blake, pres
ident, and Fred B. Neil, secretary; La
Grande, Tracy HoUister. president,
and P. N. Lannlng. secretary; Wood
land. I. 9. Sweet, president, and C. B.
Dunham, secretary.
In connection with the entry of the
Portland club, there Is some news
which will be of interest to outside
olubs, especially the ones with small
Memberships, in the past the Port
land club shot as a unit, which prob
ably did not appear quite fair to the
smaller organizations.
Two Teams to Shoot
At a meeting of he club directors
yesterday It was decided to divide
the Portland membership Into two
teams to compete as two separate
organizations. Harry T. Splcer, club j
president, has selected Jim Manning !
and Harry lUd field, two live-wire !
members, for team captains. They j
will make their team selections next i
Sunday. One team will be knoa-n as '
Portland No. 1 and the other as i
Portland No. 3. After the two cap-i
anns have picked their teams the j
same lineups will be carried through
to the end of the tournament, .. j
JACK DEMPSEY
WILL BATTLE
K.0, CHRISTNER
CLEVELAND, Feb. 11 UP) Another
pf Jack Dernpsey's barnstorming bouts
will top off a fight card here tonight,
with K- O. Christner of Akron as his
opponent. - . v
- Although the Mana&sa Mauler was
the favorite to win. Christ ner. the
"Akron rubber man," will be a dan
gerous opponent lor the four-round
go. . - - - -Dempsey
admitted it's a long road
back from the championship he lost
to Gene Tunney In 1926. but said -be
is showing steady Improvement' In
recent ring appearances and hopes to
: be able to "challenge the best of them
j by summer."'"'-- -i,::
t Chris tner's rief asset will be his
known ability wo soak, up punches,
and come back for more, and there
Robertson. Ore.
Puller, Wash.
Lewie, O. 8. C
Merrill. O; S. C.
11 24 10 26 58
.10 23 12 16 56
11 23 10 20 56
11 22 20 53
will be the possibility, of course, that
he may all p over some good blows
for his own score. - r- - ;
The former champion will weigh
about 195 and Christner will tip toe
scales around 204. ..-.t-, -
Famous English' Abbeys
Among - 4be 'r famous abbers of
Great Britain are mentioned Westminster-
abbeyi-ln London,- Foun
tain's, St Mary's of Tork. Tinfern.
Kirk-stall and Rievaulx. Slany of
these abbeys were built during the
early Middle ages, v : . .-
See World Changing
The word Msub4ropic",fs--defln?i
as ''nearly tropical and pertains U
the regioo bordering on the tropica
zone. Just as indications in tlif
rocks of the earth's surface shoti
that our world was once -very macfe
hotter than it is today so many go
o legist a believe It is again approach
ing this near-tropical condition.
Nero Last of Family
Nero was the last of the Imperial
family; but thereafter ..Caesar be
'came a "title of dignity. ' -From the
name "were derived the' German
fealser and Rnssino tsar.
Cougars Invade
Webfoot Quint
PULLMAN. Wash, Feb. II a-De-termlned
to sweep through four
games in Oregon and clinch the
northern division basketball title.
Washington 6tae Gougsrs 'started
their first Invasion of coast courts
today. ,- - - ' i
Coach Jack Prlel named ten men
for the trip, as follows : Huntley Gor
don and Carl Lip pert, centers: Claud
Holsten, Dob Cross, Ralph Rogers and
Lee Soned ecker, forwards, and Arthur
MoLarney, Bex Scott Pete-Graham
and Phil SchmlU, guards.
The Cougars meec Oregon at Eu
gene Friday and Saturday, and Ore
gon State at Cormllls next Monday
and Tuesday- : r.---.
We will cinch this thing IS pas-;
slble in Oregon." Coach Prlel said.
fbut we're looking , for plenty, of
troubled - . . : . - "
-.Oregon gave the Cougars their only
defeat this season, -a 42. to 29 lacing
at Pullman. a-:--...:,- C- ir :,-
OB KRt SE WINS
MEDFORD, Ore.,' Feb. 11 UP) Bob
Kruse. Portland, defeated Al Karasick
in a main-event - wrestling program
here last night: - Walter Achru, Chi
nese, .defeated: Ronald- Weaver of
TREES HONOR MUSSOLINI
BOMB XP " Bach :of Italy's 8000
communes is-planting. -" a tree: to
honor the memory of the recently
deceased - Arnaldo - Mussolini, : broth
ef ol B Duce..i --
Henry Jones Pins
u: , Billy Edwards
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. II W
Henry Jones. Provo, Utah, welter
weight was the outstanding perform
er on last night's wrestling card, dis
playing plenty of speed and skill in
defeating Billy Edwaaas. Kansas City,
in two straight falls. Jones used a
whip wristlock for both falls.
Abe Kaplan, 220 pounds defeated
Dick Raines, 225. in the main event
two out of three fails. The heavy
ttn.ir. .. oil t.ha latest rouch
stuff developed in the mat game to
keep the crowd on cage, numvo
the first fall in 16 minutes SLsec-
nnAB ka 7rfhhPf KaDlSU With
a back-breaking bear hug. lifting him
clear of the floor, wnmea mm awui.
several times before dumping for
rh ati trnninn ncfvf hts combina
tion, flying wing and arm lock to
down Raines for tne seconu ana mu
falls In 29 minutes. 45 seconds, and
three minutes, respectively.
Ray Friable defeated Archie Rauta
with one fall from a flying head Kis
sers in the preliminary.
BOISE WRESTLER WINS
BAKER,. Ore Feb. 11 0P After
giving one fall away, Carl Webb. 150-
I pound Boise wrestler, won two more
in a row to aeieai oeorge vjaic w
Baker in a return match here last
night.
Gale took jhCiflrst fall with a body
slam In the second round. Webb
then put Gale down in a rolling fall
and the referee gave him credit. The
Boise man: questioned whether Gale
actually had been down, and started
in again. : He took the second fall
In the fifth round with a Japanese
leg split, and the third in the sixth
with a double arm bar.
Wrestling
Hy tlie A-ssoeiateil Press
New Yort (St. Nicholas) Joe Mai.
cewicz. 204, Utica. N. Y., threw Dr
Frea Mjrere, 200, Chicago, 3031: John
(Casey) Kazanjlan, 295, California,
and Charley Hansen, 203, Soattte
drew 30:00; Marvin Westeroberg,-225,
Tacoma, Wash., threw-Pat O'Hara, 210
Canada. 12:32: Nick Lutze, 21S, Ven
Ice, Cal, and Charley Strack, 218,
Spruig Valley. N. Y-; drew, 80:00. V
New York (Hldgewood) Tiny Hoe.
buck. 245. Oklahoma, threw Dick Da.
vlscourt, 225, California, 22:00.
LEW SAVI-V WINS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11 UPH-ln a
surprise ring victory here last night,
Le'w Savin. 164 pounds, knocked out
Madison Dlx, 156 pounds. Belling,
ham. Wash., in the fourth round of
their scheduled eight-round battle.
Dix received severe body punish
ment before finally dropping lor the
count In the fourth round under a
sharp right cross to the chin,, '
SIIOKTAfiE OF MINISTERS
COOLEEMEE. N. C.. UP) - Davie
county has a shortage of Baptist
ministers. There are 12 Baptist
churches in the county with a mem
bership pf about 2,000 and only one
minister of that faith.
Exnms Hard on Cagers
MADISON, Wis. W pr. Walter E.
Meanwell. University of Wisconsin
basketball coach, says surveys he has
made over a number of years indicate
that his players lose from three to
five pounds during the week and a
half of mid-year examinations. He
blames lack of exercise, decreased ap
petite and late Btudy hours. -
Purpat, of Money
In lis broadwt sense nionev Is
my material that by aurwrnent
wrves as a common medium of ex.
chantre anil measure of volae In
tradn. Specifically It Is a standard
it value and radium of payment es
tablished by law.
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