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BASKETBALL RACE
IS ANYBODY'S NOW
Eight eams to Meet Hetfe
in Sub-District Tourna
ment Feb. 26-27.
; ' By Nolan Skiff
. High school basketball teams In
pastern Oregon are going down the
back stretch this week and next,
preparatory to tho spurt at the cor-
-ner and then the gruelling dash down
tho home stretch.
And It is just as much anybody's
race as it ever was!
In , Union and Wallowa counties,
exclusive of the city of Union, there
nro, eight teams, all cf which have
a definite chance for qualifying at
the ' sub-district tournament to be
played here at tho Ii. D. 8. Recrea
tional hall Feb. 26 and 27. Out of
the eight three will go to Union,
and five others will return to their
homes to start thinking about what
might have been and next year.
Several Upsets Occur
During the hist week, however, a
'.number of upsets have occurred that
put . a slightly different complexion,
on the faces or the aopescers, first,
' Union took La Grande into camp
' last Tuesday. - Second, Joseph hum
bled Union decisively at Union Jest
Saturday night. Third, Baker fell
' before La Grande here last. Friday
"and then La Grande went down in a,
sluggish contest with Pendleton on
Saturday, although It took the Bucks
an overtime period to defeat a de
termined bunch of reserves who went
Into tho game in tho fourth quar
;ter after it seemed hopelessly lost.
All of those things mean some
thing. First, Wallowa county at last
, has a team that may make a really
effective bid for a place at Union,
and that team la Joseph. When, the
' sub-dlstrlct tounament opens here,
' one must count Joseph as the etrong?
est team In that county, at least un
Ittl It Is actually demonstrated that
' such Is not the case.
' Outlook Changes
j Not so long ago certain dopesters
wero predicting that La Grande, Cove
I and North Powder would go to Union,
i with Wallowa county not represented.
-That docs not promise to hold true
I now, although it still could happen.
Tho defeat of Baker by La Grande
i reyeals two things. One is that Ba
I ker Is not unbeatable, and tho other
' is that La Grande can play a cham
pionship brand of basketball. Un-.
i ion's defeat of tho Tigers proves tho
latter to be true of the Bobcats, al
so. And in turn Joseph's win puts
tho Eagles up In. tho front, at least
: for a while. j
Tho way the whole thing looks I
. now is that the race ' for tho three
places In the Union tournament is I
.likoly to simmer down to a. contest
between La Gramlo, Cove, Joseph and
North Powder, with the possibility
.that either Imbler, Elgin, Enter
.prise or Wallowa might displace any
. one or two qf the first mentioned
four teams. In other words, it Is
still a toss-up, with the first men
- tloncd teams conceded a Blight edge
j and the word "slight" means ox-r
actly jat ami. nothing morol
i - J u Urii1 the Dark lornn
i Turning to La Grande, sports ob
servers look upon tho Tigers as tho
If "dark horse" In tho entire district.
' Coach Ira Woocllo has a team that
can rise to supreme heights In. one
night, yet tho following may play
barely modtocro basketball,. They
pan win from Baker, a really strong
team, yet lose to Pendleton, which
. cannot boast of a quintet of cham
pionship caliber tills year. One night
tho Tigers can't miss, and the next
, the boskets look as little as dough
. nuts to them, and their shots full to
- find tho scoring hole.
, Probably tho reason for this, more
thun anything else, la the extreme
youth of the La Grandcrs; Torrenco
is tho only seasoned player on the
squad. Whether the Tugers con stand
' up under the rugged test of the
; tournaments is the question that
1 looms as all-important so far as La
Grande's chances aro concerned.
As a matter of fact, tho nearer the
' tournament season approaches, the
' more tho matter of picking the
' strongejt teams seems an Impossible
task.
' It's anybody's racol
OWLS will GO
TO BAUER TO
MEET ANTLERS
The Jack Allen Owls will go to
; Baker tomorrow night for a gome with
( uio uatcor Antlers, mi nggreffntlou
: About on par with the Bttkcr Blue
' Jays, which lest to tho Owls earlier
, In tho Benson In n fairly clone game.
( The Antlers wero defeated by tho
Eastern Oregon Nonnnl school but
this will be the first contest with the
Owla.
Saturday tho Owls defeated the
Wallowa team 38 to 28 at WXillown.
Dempsey Chalks Up
Two More Victories
CHICAGO, Feb. 10 (!) Jack Pcmp
uey came back to Chicago today, with
two more knockouts on his conic
' back tour list, and about 95500 rich
er, to finish preparation for his
match Thursday night in the Chi
caqo stadium with King Levlnsky.
Uempaey last night Bpent two mln-
lit oa at Flint. Mich.. In knocking out
' George Kohler of Chicago, and one
, Pat McLaughlin of Wausaii) Wis.,
i'beforo U.000 worth of trade, half of
which wont to thp former heavy
weight champion.
' If Thursday's crowd measures up to
; Indications. Demiwcy will make his
first comeback appearance In Chicago
, beforo a record Indoor crowd of
..nround 22.000 spectators. Should the
.tudlum draw a full house for the
four-round exhibition with the for
. inui fishmonger, Dempsey will pick
'lip another $36,000.
CITY CLAIMS WIllKST STItKKT
TULLAHOMA, Henn. W) What
city has the widest street In the
'world? Tullahomn, residents of this
city claim. At Inn tic street, 330 feet
' wide, Is broader than the Champa
Elysees, In Paris, 250 feet, or Canal
street, In New Orleans, 200 foot. Tid
lanoma aiso nas a puouc square con-1
taming 14 acres. '
Most Football
Mentors Favor
New Grid Rules
By Herbert W. Barker
(Associated Press Bports Writer)
NEW YOEK, Feb. 18 W Generally
speaking, the official reaction tp the
changes made In the playing code
by the national football rules com?
mjtteo has been favorable but there
have been dissenters enough to make
the debate Interesting.
The new and liberalized substi
tutes rule and the move toward mak
lng equipment safer not only for
tho wearer but his opponents as well
met with almost uuanimpus approval.
But protests of varying degrees of
emphasis greeted the otner four
changes-rthe alternations In the
klckoff and "dead; ball'' rules and;
tho committee's decision to forbid
the use of tho flying block and fly
ing tackle, and the aggressive use
of the hands on the defense.
Believe Game Is Safer
Those who favored the changes took
the position that the rules commltt
tee had made the game safer for
the players without taking anything
vital from It. Those opposed be.
lleved some spectacular features had
been removed and that the new rules
would handicap the smaller player
severely.
Elmer Layden, of Duquesne, de-
clared the rule which forbids a play-r
er on the defense to strike a rival
on the head or face with his hands
will eliminate the use of small play?
era," and called it "simply a protec
tion for the big boys."
He was Joined by three former
Notre Dome-trained coaches, Tommy
Mills, of Georgetown, Rip Miller, of
Navy, and Edward (Slip) Madlgan, of
St. Marys of Oakland, and by Bit)
Ingram, of California. Harvey Har
man, of Penn, thought the penalty
for violation of this rule (disqualify
eatlon of the player and loss of half
the distance to the offending team's
goal line) was so severo that of
ficials would bo chary of calling It.
Warner's Comment
Qlenn 8. (Pop) Warner, of Stan
ford, favored all of the regulations
except that calling for an automatic
aeaa oau wnen any part 01 wie
carrier's body, except his hands or
feet, touches the ground. Te point
ed out that a ball-carrier could out
distance all opposition in a dash to
tho goal line and still lose a touchr
down should he happen to slip and
fall.
pernio BJermian, who, branded the
rule changes "mostly a hunch, of
bunk," thought. the "dead'-' ball rule
Was o, good one. "It's one. place,"
he said, "whore they've scot at the
oauso of accidents." -
Elimination of the flying block or
flying tackle will handicap the little
player, Dick Hanley, of Northwest
ern, thought, and J. J. Llpp, a. Big
Ton official, said it was "going to
bo hard to call" a violation of this
rulo. Olark Shaughnesay, of Loyola
of tho south, favored elimination of
the flying taokle but he thought the
flying block was the smaller player's
best woapon.s
SPEAKH, MCIIIHSI.Klt DISAGREE
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 10 WH-The
two loading football coaches of Ore
gon do not soo ovo to eve on . the
question of revision of football rules
Urge For More Speed Has Campbell
ily Edward Stanley
LONDON Ono swift, urgent
llfp story FASTER!
H must bo put In capitals, for he
has roared down tho sands faster
than any man before him 246.773
miles un hour.
If things go right he will go faster
yet at Day ton a Beach In February
when he tries to beat his own mark
perhaps 300 miles an hour, five
miles a minute I
Just how fast ho may go Camp
bell won't say ho doesn't like to
make predictions and not live up to
kill-Ill,
But last April he wroto that he
might bo able to go that fast In bis
revamped Bluebird.
More Power
AH ho will soy now is: "I've got
somo more powor than I had last
year and we've made some altera
tions in tho stream-lining. I'm sure
the cor will develop more speod
but wait and seel"
Actually, some changes have been
mado In tho front of tho machine
not major, but Improvements. And
the rebuilt Bluebird hos a new motor
developing 1600 horsepower, which
Is about 100 more than the one
with which he set the present world
record.
Sir Malcolm-flie was knighted last
year aftor his feat at Daytona has
felt this urge for speed all his life,
and ho will bo 47 on March 11.
Whore he gets It he can't explain,
perhaps from some bold Scot ances
tor. Ills own father was a diamond
merchants and lived a moderate,
temperate life.
Slurted on Hike
But Malcolm started out with a
blcyole, soon had a molor bike, then
ono of the early automobiles, one
of the early airplanes, and In 1910
started serious racing.
In the meantime he hod become n
member of Lloyd's.
Since 1010 he had driven In scores
of races, in England and abroad, and
uet eight world spood marks.
Now, ot 40, when most racing driv
ers havo loft the track for good, ho
is just nt the peak.
In Oreat flhape
Some of the explanation, of course.
is the superb physical trim he keeps. ,:
np noes n i turns, tmoKes a lot. but
slows up before a race or test, and j
boxes a bit every day. He lives out (
In the country, but has his office :
in Old Bond street.
Slim, and always looking ready, he
has Homothlug of tho suggestion of
steel springs about him. He has ;
briBht blue eyes, a good laugh and I
hard handshake, and like Americans, j
Canadians. New Zealandcrs, and "all J
those kind of people." t
no thinks the Americans are al
most too good to him.
For the first time In nearly two
yenra now haltet golfing activities i
ln senttle for a few tlays the mldtllo
0 jwlunry.
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fUCY AM I Al IfUCn VXUCM RABB'T MARANVIUE declared h?
I HfcT ALL LAUC7MtL WMtIN would join the Navy, but the Rabbit sun
prised everybody, including himself, on short notice. The Rabbit was. with the Braves
in 1917, Besides being one of the best shortstops in baseball, Maranville had. a flair for
bright lights, While hi? team was jn Philadelphia, the Rabbit and some hilarious friends
were bending 3 festive elbow, Minute by minute the Rabbit waxed more patriotic.
Suddenly he bolted for the nearest naval enlistment station, where he joined a fqn'g line
of prospective recruits. Immediately he was recognized by an officer who happened to
want a good shortstop for a service team. He considerately pushed the Rabbit to the
head of the line. . The Rabbit has confessed that if he could have kept his place itv the
ipe, his, patriotism and inspiration would have worn off long before he could reach the
recruiting desk and the Navy would have had to worry along without a nifty shortstop.
as announced Monday by the na
tional rules committee.
"What wo need," said br. Clnrcnco
W. Spears. University of Oregon coach
"Is more rigid enforcement of the
rules rather than additional rules to
confuse both officials and players."
John Paul Schlsslcr, coach at Ore
gon State .college, bellevos the new
rules "a very constructive stop."
Spears declared It will be extremely
difficult to determine under tho new
loying With Death Since Boyhood
RISKS NECK TO
A life Ioiir emvini; Tor peel will send Sir Malcolm rnmphpll in his
niiirhlril II Kinnilng over tho sumls nt Dn.rlonn lirnch litis nioiKh orter
a nev wurlil word. 'nmitell In shown below in the big car on the
bench lint year whem he set t he pre-sent reran! of 'MS.773 miles per hour.
MILErOSTS LEADING TO DAYTONA
LONDON (in Life has been a welter of world records for Sir Malcolm
Campbell, who will try to better his own speed mark: at Daytona Dcach
In February.
Here aro the high spots:
Juno 34. 1033: World record, 137 miles an hour, mado nt Fanoc Island.
Copenhagen.
Sept. 35. 1034: World record, 146.16 miles an hour, made at Pcndlne
Sancs.
July 31. 1033: World record. 150.760 miles nn hour, made at Pcndlne
Snntis.
Feb. 4, 1037: World record, 174.324 miles an hour, made at Pcndlne
Sands.
Fob. 10, 1038: World record, 306.05 mlfes an hour, Daytona Beach.
April 3. 1039: Double world record, five miles at 313 miles an hour,
five kllomeUirs at 311 miles per hour, mode at Vernouk Pan, South Africa.
July 17, 1030: New lap speed 80.7 miles an hour. Phoenix Park. Dublin.
Feb. 5. 1031: World record. 345.773 miles per hour, Daytona Beach.
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rules, If a man uses his hands legally
or Illegally arid that the rule will
"create numerous discrepancies." As
for the flying block, he said, the
rules have prohibited that for many
years "but in 15 years on the gridiron
I have seen a man penalized for It
only onco."
Coach Schissler said he believed
the rule on the use of hands by
linesmen should bo clarified some
what. Ho salt! the new substitute
RAISE OWN MARK
lib MlSm
nn
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By Lauf
er
rulo was "an excellent one" and that
ho favored abolition of the flying
wedgo formation. Schissler was par
ticularly pleased with the new rul
ing on when the ball Is dead.
The Oregon State coach believes,
however, the rule against the flying
block "places too much of a handi
cap on. the defending team."
Sport Slants
S S 3 s S "
Alan J. Gould
By
(Associated Press Sports Editor)
The Big Town gave Hack Wilson
a pretty fair send-off, considering
ho camo ln oa something of a second
or third hand baseball "chattel, hav
ing been discarded by the Chicago
Cubs and subsequently by tho St.
Louis Cardinals.
But tho Hack has color. He is be
ing given a fresh chance to deliver
and tho benefit of a lot of ballyhoo.
ii he gives his new employers in
Brooklyn the same- kind of a
"break" it will be nil O. K. in Plat
bush. . True, Wilson took a 50 per cent
salary cut, tho biggest of the year
lor any bnseball star, but Hack is a
for tuna to young man with piano
legs and a bull neck to be gettino
anything likp 10.500 for six months
work when you consider the way he
squandered his resources last sea
son. Many a bank has been robbed for
much less money than that and two
such celebrated youngsters as Pep
per Martin and Dizzy Dean won't
una that much in their pay enve
lopes combined, all year.
bo the Hack, one may well sav.
has been "staked" very generously
for his como-back, which he seems
qulto confident of making. Ho mum
bled something that sounded like
"Hit 45 for yuh," ln talking to Max
Carey -and referring, presumably,
to home runs. It's a large size or
der with the jock-rabbit ball no
longer available to knock around.
Hack will be lucky if he collects
30 home runs this year, considering
tne extra distances he must carry
ln the big Brooklyn park, plus the
fact that pitchers will tackle him
with considerable confidence this
year.
Eyes O. K.
Wilson ridicules the; story that
there has been or is anything the
matter with his eyes, beyond a mild
astigmatic condition that exists in
virtually every set of human orbs.
"I can't use that as an alibi for
last year or whatever happens to
mo this year." said Wilson. "I have
had three specialists in as many
different towns examine my eyes
thoroughly and they can't find any
thing wrong; Just a little astigma
tism. I have always had that. I
don't really know what caused my
hitting slump last year but I'm sure
it wasn't my eyes."
, No doubt it wasn't. Right after
that Wilson promised his new
bosses ho would stick to the
straight and narrow path, avoid tho
lures of dissipation and get to bed
earlier nights than he did with the
Cubs last season.
Scott, of Milton,
Seeks Re-election
j PEtfDLBTON. Ore.. Feb. 16 UPI
i James H. E. Scott of Milton, Umatilla
; county representative ln the state
i legislature, has filed his candidacy
! for re-election on the Republican
i "ckct. .
ORE.
Cougars Defeat
Oregon Staters
In Close Game
Conference Standings
Northern Division
W. L.
Washington State '.. 0 3
Washington, , 8 4
Oregon Stale 6 6
Pet.
.750
.667
.600
.463
.181
Oregon 6 7
Idaho - 3 ii
OORVALLIS, Ore., Feb.. 16 W)
Washington State college, leaders of
the northern . division oi the coast
basketball conference, gained a more
secure hold, on, their position last
night by defeating Oregon state col
lege. 28 to 24, alter a sun upniu
battle.
The Cougars, have won nine games
and lost three and have only four
more games to play, including an
other contest with Oregon. State to
night. The University of Washington,
defending champions and closest riv
als of the Cougars, have won eight
games and lost four. They have four
more games to play, two with Idaho
and two with Washington State.
The Cougars last night came
through tho first half at the short
end of a 13 to 7 score. In the sec
ond half, however; they found their
stride and drove well to the front
before the Orangemen scored again.
Oregon State had plenty of fight
left and climbed to within one point
of tying the score when Holsten,
Cougar forward, eluded his guard,
dribbled the length of the floor and
scored. Cross added the final score
on a free throw
yoar wire
or sweetheart,
tk
Packed in a
liandy pocket
pouch of heavy
foil. Keeps the
tobacco better
and makes the
price lower.
Hence.,. Qq
YOU CAN DEPEND
GOLF-TOURNEY
x WILL BE HELD
v AT ALDERWOOD
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 16 OT The
Pacific Northwest golf association's
annual championship tournament
will bo held nt the Alderwood coun
try club hero June 27 to July 2. Paul
P. Farrens, association president, an
nounced Monday.
Originally scheduled for June 30
to 25, the tournament was postponed
by telegraphic vote of the directors.
The original dates werb fixed at the
annual meeting of the directors In
Seattle a week ago. President Far
ren cited several reasons fck' the
, postponement.
AltnouKli the dates for the Oregon
State golf tournament have not been
named it usually Is held early in
June and Fnrrons said the officials
of the Northwest association did not
wish to havo the. two tournaments
too closo together. .
Piiget Sound Loses
To Albany College
ALBANY, Ore., Feb. 16 (P) With
the score tied and ten seconds to go
Albany college basketball team de
feated College of Puget Sound 32 to
31 hero lost night when Bob Buchan
an, Albany center, dropped a field
goal for the winning point. The
game was close throughout and was
tied at 16 to 16 at the halfway mark.
The American merchant - marine
had a total of 25.471 steam, motor.
and sailing vessels, canal boats, and
barges at the close of 1031. -
-Indoors. ....
outdoors
e most pleasing
.An:
aroma
estpipe
ON A LIGGETT &
Tuesday, Fcbraary. 16, 19331
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IRISHMEN STALL'
AND WIN 131-27
(Continued From Page One) '
although he did go In during the last
15 minutes when Medcalf retired due
to four personal fouls. But the Moun
taineers were not ;playlng tho type
of ball they have exhibited here in
seme other games this season.
McCarthy, Columbia forward, was
easily the outstanding player on the
floor and ne topped tne scorers with
eight field goals for a total of lo
points. McCormick, Irish center, and
Woi thlcy, B. O. N. forward, each made
six for second honors.
The game was preceded by a pre
liminary in which the faculty won
from tho E. O. N. seniors 29 to 10.
summary: ;
Columbia (31):
Hunt, f .........
McCarthy, f
Mccormick, c .....
Plskol. g
Leineweber, g ...
Meyerthorlen, o .
Warren, g '..
FG FT PP TP
0 2 12
8 0 2 16
3 0 2 6
11 2 3
0 0 2 0
10 2 2
1 0 12
14 3 12 31
FG FT PP TP
13 4 5
3 0 16
2 12 6
2 0 2 4
12 1 4
110 3
10 7 10 27
Totals: 14
E. O .N. (27):
Medcalf, f
Worthley. f
Belts, c
Carden, g
Baxter, f
Totals:
Officials: Goodbrod, referee: Peare,
timer. c.
During the halftimo period, a group
of Normal school boys, part of them
dressed ns girls, engaged in a mock
basketball game which caused a great
,
deal of hilarity among the fans.
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