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Wednesday, Match 9, 1932 Page Two LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. ; r i of U Jit .4 or to pn nt wl hi tn Pi of of fu tli se to be th by Jfa CI th A on GEHR1NGER BIG "IP AT DETROIT If Second Sackei' Comes ' Through, Harris Expects His Club to Go Good. (Note: Thl 1 the third of a series of first hand stories on major league prospects.) By Rumell J. Newlund (Associated Press Sports Writer) SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 9 iJPiTHs big "If" In the baseball plans of the Detroit ' Tigers this season concerns Charley OehrlnKer and his return to form. The brilliant second Backer, whom Manager Stanley Harris de scribes as "the best In the league, when right," Injured' his throwing arm In the first game of 1031. Ill ness also handicapped him. but de spite these difficulties he played In 101 games to hit for an average of .311. Thus far In training. Gehrlnger has given every Indication he will be ready for the baseball wars. If he Is, Skipper Harris says the Tigers may be a "surprise team." And If he Isn't ready, the Detroit pilot has a ' couple of words for it: "We're sunk!" Need Ills Punch "We need Gehringer's punch at the plate and his steadiness at second. The same goes' for Dale Alexander. Dig 'Alex' could Improve his work . around first base, but he doesn't need ' any lessons In standing up to home plate. Alexander wasn't sound last year. He was out for three weeks and after that was playing with a bad elbow." Harris' has no exaggerated Ideas ' as to what the Tigers will do In the American league scramble. Pennant possibilities are too remote to dls- - cms, he says, but If the team clicks ' nt alt he expect to make a better ' shotting than the seventh place of last year. ' A pitching staff fortified with vet ' trans and boasting several young prospect, is the high spot of the club. Tom Bridges, with the team ' last' season. Is In a Palo Alto hospital- with the "flu" at present but Manager Harris looks to him for plenty of help later on. Luke Hamlin and Isidore Goldstein, rookie right banders from the Texas league, have hown promise. "Whit" Wyatt, who - divided his time between Detroit and Beaumont last year, will be given . every chance. Sorrell. Uhle, White- hllli Hogsett and Herring will handle . the heavy work. KoeillK May Pitch One big experiment may furnish ten squad with a new ' moundaman, ' Mark Koenlg. wno already nas servea nr. an Inflelder. Harris says Roenlg ' has everything a pitcher needs, In- eluding a fast ball, and that It now In only a matter of control. Bill Hogell, acquired from Toronto ' last -year, appears to have clinched the shortstop position. Pour candi dates are battling for third base. . Nolen Richardson, up from Toronto last season, finished the year at the , "hot corner" and has first call at ' "present with . Bill jRltfol. up from Portland' "Of (he Const league and Henry Schuble, from Beaumont, fur nishing the chief opposition. '. The fight for outfield positions has developed into an open race accord . Ing to Harris who says that "no- body on this club needs feel se ' cure." Koy Johnson and Johnny Stone are regulars. Two rookies are prac tically certain to be carried along. ' They ore Bill Lawrence, a 6 foot 3 inch tall youngster up from Seattle, and Joyner White, fleet rookie from ' Beaumont. In Lawrence, the Tiger lender thinks he has the greatest possibility of all. He Is fast In the field and has tremendous power at the plate. Gerald Walker, farmed out to To ronto In 1931. and Kenneth Strong, also from the International league team, are other outrleld candidates. Strong Is in and will meet the club In the east. BENSON TECH TAKES FIRST IN CAGE RACE PORTLAND. Ore.. Mar. 0 UP) Howard Hobson's Benson Tech classy basketball team defeated Lincoln High. 34 to 18. here yesterday, and tucked away the 1933 Portland inter scholastlc league hoop championship. It was Benson's first championship since that Institution Joined the cir cuit 17 years ago. Lincoln finished in the runner-up position regardless of the outcome of their final game with Franklin to he played Friday night. Other results yesterday: ' Washington 23. Grant 20. Franklin 33. Jeifcrson 23. Commerce 23, Roosevelt 20. Robin Reed Beats Bond, of Boston 8U.EM, Mnr. 0 W William Bond ol Boston, who endeavored to come through with a win over nobln Reed here last night, managed to get one out of three tails Irom the wily Jiccdsport editor. Heed took the hulk of the punishment tn tho high ly InteroBtlng wrestling bout, but enmo out with the two winning fallt niter dropping the first one. Bond took the first fall In 20 min utes with a leg upltt. The second fall went to Reed with a Boston crnb In 23 minutes, nnd tho last fall, r. backward body slam, was taken In 0 minutes. Widespread Pollution It 111 estimated Hint 83 per cent nf the streams ponds nnd other wnlt-rs In tho United Slates nre pol luted In nn I'xtenl tlungcrotis to tlsh awl human llfn Educational Limits Any Individual la tnsceptible to education only alone line which mesh with his Individual character, learning nnd qWlltlwi. American Magazine. CAMPBELL'S AUTO RECORD CLIMAXES PAST THREE-YEAR ERA OF HIGHSPEED Above are By Alan Coul(l (Associated Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK VP) Three years ago, when the boom times were hav ing ineir last oig lug wurm thought something apprpachlng the ultimate had been reacficd In the way human beings were; annihilat ing space, by one meansefcr another. But the pace Is now dizzier than ever: In fact there la a (lddy effect from merely turning to the speed records that topped the ,hst In 1929 and noting the dazzling changes brought about up to thla spring. Since 1929 man has traveled faster kby seaplane, automobile motorboat and on foot tnan ever netore. As Sir Malcolm Campbell will tell you, the end Is not yet In sight. This Scottish speed king among auto drivers expressed something that sounded like disgust when recently he rolled up to the Judges' stand In his Bluebird car to find out that he Georgie Dixon And Jim Hanna Battle to Draw PORTLAND, Ore.. Mar. 9 WPH-Giv- Ing away over 10 pounds in weiunt, Oeorftle Dixon. Portland's "trial horse." put up a great fight against Jimmy Hanna. Pocatello, Ida., light heavyweight and made a strong fin- isr. 01 incir six rouna ouui nere iasi night. It wan called a draw. Hanna did his best work tn the early rounds h ni.nn r.u, ttvc.r onri m effective as the bout progressed. It(door records about ln tne wintcr f was a fast hard bout with both men landlng many hard blows, "Showboat" Ray McQuillan, 1544 pounds, Portland, took the referee's decision over Paul Delfthcy. 155lA round bout. Delaney made, the bet- ter showing In the long distance work. McQuillan being best on the Infighting. It wm a hard decision to make, but one hnd tohe made. Al Mustoln. 12214 pounds. Portland, was fortunate to act a- draw with iuui.b naiioiiBiisia. iiw luanna. after Nash had dropped,, him twice, once for a nine count. nr a nln rnimt. v.rr ' , 3; r":r.: r A T..n.l rul.l.nj',...knl..ll.. Bundy was far too clever and fast for the Seattle boy. ever, Hahn was one of the big Am- Joy Barroya, Manila, was awarded 'erican disappointments, at both 800 a four round decision tovcr Jackie and 1500 meters. Finns and Britons Stewart, Los Angeles. The decision who had been doing no indoor run was very unpopular, tho crowd be- nlng whatever galloped ofr with most llevlng Stewart entitled "to at least all the cinder-path honors. draw. He landed the most effec tive punches jL JACK GIBBONS ENTERS RING Ii3 iJHi iC t , I JumP fl fect' 8,i inches. byIts pfjsmvely embarrassing." I MINNEAPOLIS, Mnr. 0 (4V-Only , OcotKo Spltx, From the way Campbell talked tlmo will tell whether he old saw! Shotput 62 feet. 8i Inches, by .before leaving, however, it would! "like father, like son." wan right. .Leo Sexton. ook like a good Idea for the Ameri- i But box. rut fans wlll nek a rouKh I One mile walk 6.37 1-S. by Mike ' cans to fisrure on startine at 300 ! Idea of Its veracity when young Jack Ol boons climbs through the ropes at a golden gloves tournament Thurs- day and Friday Just as his famous father. Mike, the phantom, climbed Into the squared circle 15 years ago. No one knows, except his father, Just how good the 10-yerold Detroit university student Is. but his per. forma tx-e during the tournament was doora. but when the full force or the ' Campbell Nriir-sightrtf expected by friends of Mike to give .middle and far western athletic brig-j Cnmnbell doesn't like to discuss them n line on the boy's latent ab.l ) swings into action outdoors It ' it, but the fact is that the noted ity. will be possible to tell Just how these I British driver is near-sighted, as a His father was reluctant to per-inble young men compare with the ' result of having been knocked un it., t the youngster (he's air feet tall : rest of our Olympic talent. For the concloivi several ttmrs In nccl- niirl u-otirha I f.7 rtmitiriitt tn pntrr IhA tournament In a gnme at which he!iU champions and two of the bright - had won lame and fortune. Btit he est stars discovered tn a decade. acceded to Jarka pleadings and this j Toppino easily has been the sprint week a batch of amateur middle- : sensation of the winter. This com- weights wlll test young , Gibbons' ! pact youth packs a tremendous burnt prowess as a fighter. "Jack boxes fairly well.' Baid Mike. "But he's grren and inexperienced." If he shows up well, his father Eald, he may grant a further conces sion and let him become a profes slonal If he wishes. But not until tho youth's university work is com pleted. n ' a K-r-Vf . . . : ..... ; . . ; ' V". flashes nf rpnrd-shatterliig perform NEW YORK iJPi miles tn which man Methml Seaplane ...... Automobile Motorboat . Motorcycle . Bicycle Horse ( ru n n 1 n g ) ... Horse (trotting) Horse (pacing) . Ice Skating Running Walking Swimming . fc had "only" done the measured mile at Day ton a Beach at an average speed of 253:906 miles per hour. Imagine the discomfiture of a man who has Just projected himself over the ground at trie rate of better than four miles a minute, whon h figures Sport Slants By Alan J. Gould (Associated Press SporU Editor) 1 It Is to be hoped that the boys UDOn whom OlvmDic hones are belne Dmned Wth much enthusiasm this: wmter do not, as many of their pre- I eccssors have done, leave their best) trac and field performances on the! boards I An Olympic year in athletics Is al ways stimulating. I recall how reck- lely our youths were knocking In - "- V good nign jumper, ttaroia usuor.-i, who leaped 6 feet 6 inches Indoors, and went on to capture the Olympic wn k i-ans m wis .umwm. Osborn wns an exception. George may be tiw same. He Is in a class by . ' "cn me same luror on w.e oo..ru preceded the 1928 games. That win- Iter Lloyd Hahn was the cause of al- most as mucn excitement as ucne i Ven.kc has produced this year ' mile Indoors ln 1:51 2-5. equaled the world' record for 1000 vards and world's record for 1000 yards and racnrl tli- mil In tuinf P-,1- .,r ' At the Olympics that summer, how-. jlteronlH Punl-shrd The record-busting onslaught thls;herc to tako the speod recor(ls apnrt winter has been extended over a tinnMy hfta prompted some home much widrr range than ever berore. I brC(, pntrlotlc RCttTity. Up to and including the national! ..We can bulld car8 Just faBt : championships In Madison Square ' or Smter declares OWfiekl. "Why lOardcn. the tabulation showed: one mllc run 4:11 l"a Rna 4:10 !DV Gane venzke. Pecora. im p h and working up. Sir Malcolm f 60-yartl dash 6 1-5 seconds, by, thinks he may be traveling that fast Emmeu roppmo (equals record). 3-mtle steeplechase 9:46 4-5, by. Joe McCluskey, Outdoor Tet Ahead Splta and Venake have yet to be extended at their favorite events, in- J tlrn9 be I nil. however. tliPV nre nation r speed. His da.hen down the boards, Jmodj him a prime favorite with the 1 j metropolitan galleries from the oub-j i set, a popularity to which his wind-1 mill style and good nature convrtb - uted. Toppino u a "ringer for the one - time "flying cop." Bob McAllister. who churned up the straightaways up flt'-: I x v s VA "tor t 4Vfc V yiirf ers In the last three rears over the Here follows a list of the fastest offlclaly recorded has had a hand: Time for Mile Performer 0:08.8 Stainforth, 1931 0:14.175Campbell. 1032 0:32 Wood. 1932 . 0:32.53 Davis, 1922 0:57,8 Murphy, 1899 1:32.8 1:54.5 1:55 2:37 4:09.2 6:25.8 3 English, 1925-27 Uhlan, 1913 Dan Patch, 1906 Robinson,! 1931 Ladoumegue. 1931 Gould Ing. 1910 Borg, 1925 . ..21:14 3 he should have been closer to five! But, for that matter, imagine hurt ling through the air at nearly seven miles per minute, as Plight Lieuten ant Stainforth of the British naval forces did in achieving a new world's seaplane record of 408.8 m. p. h. to and including the 1928 Olympics, t healthful - hobby. Second? ltx-hoa-Prank Wykoff is the. national 100- done more than anything else to yard champion, but the Southern j strengthen his legs.-. . j California star will not b able to re- I On top of that he has ambitions lax at any stage of the sprint route to become a tournament star. He : and still keep ahead of the flying southerner. Toppino was on Wykoff's heels in the national outdoor cham pionship "100" last year, run In 9.5 seconds. He seems to be improving I steadily. If the enterprising mayor of Day tone Beach, E. H. Armstrong, has his way about it. there will be a carnival of speed kings on the ocean speedway there next February when moon and tide combine to smooth ! t tn worid a most famous racinit j stretch. Sir Malcolm Campbell, far from satisfied that his 2G3.9S8 mlles-per- hnin. re'Aril la thn tuef ha rnrt rir han lsed teDtatlvely to return ror nls tmrd 8traJgnt battle with,"; de f Norman Wizard smith, wno I bell's records on Ninety Mile Beach ,n New Z(.olana, wlll De urgea to up hls Naplcr.mot)red ma- , chne and ahlp ,t to, tne united Btateg. On top of this, J. M. White. Phlln- ,ir-,p .h. ilLfnied ' .ih.. n. 1 ord at Dnytona, Is understood to De .pianmng a new speed creation and t ntrt mn.tA. him.nlf ntna nthnr nirifiMri. "talks with enthusiasm about returning to Day tona at the wheel of a new Miller racing car. The chances, of course, are against all of these prospects bearing fruit. Nevertheless the consistency with which the British drivers and Brit ish cars have been coming over 1 let these fellows keep coming over hero and make us look like back- 'numbers at the came wo started. I himself In another year. n he does thev may have to add a few miles to the ocean speedway, t Eleven or twelve miles won't be cnouSh in which to get the max.- , mUm acceleration, at that rate. trim. , vt. ,., ritt-rinitr rariincr i j but at long range his sight Is per-! sPouse or dirtdcd between them, the (ect. I husband, for example, claiming 82.000 since It's far-sightedness that t and tne wlfe 1-500- However, wrier? counts when you are moving along I thc toxaule income of one spouse Is ! at better, than four miles a minute.!4 000 or more ln t?5 lne P1" the captain's ocular condition does not come under the heading of a hazard. He Isn't worried about it. ' ibihe Collect-, nn Coir j Golfing has helped add years to jBAbc Ruth's baseball career, for two ! big reasons. First, it has given the Babe a m : Aril fl mfle route. I Since 1929 Jules Ladoumegue has I run the mile faster than any man I before him, with our own Gene j Venzke ready to go him a few sec onds better. The fastest Indoor mile ; ever walked. 6:27 15. has Just been registered by Mike Pecora after the old mark had stood 20 years, but ' the outdoor pedestrian record of 6:25.8 at 111 stanc's to the credit of ; Gecrge Gout ding of Canada. Pepper Martin, the "wild horse ,cf the Osage," and Ben Chapman are two of the fastest performers ; big league baseball has known for .some time. If you care for a few other facts along the speed route. It has been determined that a falling body, weighing 180 pounds, attains a maxi mum speed of 118 m. p. h. This Is about two miles a minute, which Is also the top speed for the fastest carrier pigeons ever clocked. , Isn't consistent enough now to hold his own for more than, a round or two in fast company. ' Babe is a better match than medal , player but his game unquestionably ! has Improved steadily. Whereas he used to be lucky to break. 80 once i In twelve rounds he now turns the trick at least once in every three rounds, without regard to the bat- ' tleground. Back to the Farm Movement Favored SALEM, Mar. 9 UP) A "back to the farm" movement was approved by the state land board here In or- I owned -land and farms taken over on ; foreclosures made on loans from the Tho movement was suggested fur I ther to enable many now to make their living on farms available, the state to turn over tracts on small I payments. The details of the plan will bo worked out by George Brown. secretary of the land board. PLANS STARTED TO MINK IH'ttB hF.POSlT OF ASPHALT SANTA ROSA. N. M. UPi A supply of natural rock asphalt which engi neers estimate sufficient to pave every highway in the nation has been discovered here, and plans are being made to mine it. The deposit Is 70 feet thick and covers an area eight miles by three miles. It is seven feet below the surface. The quantity has been estimated at 1.500.000,000 (correct) tons, or enough to pave 3.0OO.OO0 miles of road. No. B III'MUNIl A XII WIFE MAY FILE JOINT OK SEPAKATK It KT I HNS Husband and wife living together j may each make a separate return of be lnc,uded ln - Pintle Joint re turn. If a Joint return Is filed, such return is treated as a return of a taxable unit and the income disclosed Is subject to both the normal tax and the surtax. Where separate returns are filed by husband and wife, the exemption S of $3,500 may be taken by either ecuial exemption. It is to the advant age of the couple if such spouse claims the total pVrsonal exemp tion, the reason being the difference in the normal tax rates, which are 14 per cent on the first S4.000 of net income above the exemptions, credits, etc.. S per cent on the next 94,000, and 5 per cent on the bal- i e Income Tax 1 1 Facts 1 1 ance. The case of a husband whose net income, was 7.500 and a wife whose net income was $3,500 is an example, the husband claiming the total personal exemption. Net Income, husband ...7.500 Personal exemption 3.500 Taxable, at l& per cent 4,000 Husband's tax ..... 60 Net Income, wife Personal exemption 3.500 , None. Taxable a 1 per cent 3.500 Wife's tax . 52.50 Total tax. fausbanct and wife 112.50 Net income, husband and wife 11.000 Personal exemption 3.500 Subject to normal tax 7,500 L"i per cent on first $4.000 s 60 2 per cent on remaining $3,500-" 105 Surtax on $11,000 : 10 Total tax of husband and Wife : : 175 In the above example the couple avoitf the 3 per cent normal tax and the surtax. The computations do not Include the 25 per cent credit for earned Income, which will be the subject of succeeding articles. Olympic Jope Ffc 7 Jf- n outstanding candidate for Uncle Sam's Olympic team of leather pushers is Kddie Flynn, above, national amateur welter weight champion and student at Loyola University of the South in New Orleans. Flynn has gone to the wars 121 times and has yet to drop his first decision. The Dixie scrapper recently was exonerated of .charges that he fought profes sionally following a rigid investi gation by southern A. A.' U. offi cials. I I LrriSiwHgt In Demonstrating the Preparation of Foods At the OBSERVER KITCHEN CHAUTAUQUA The "GE" Has All These Features PLUS I Monitor Top Performance 9 Tn mnrn than a militnn hnmao the -General Electric ..estab lished a record for attention free, expense-free service with out parallel in the history of refrigeration. AH the mechanism is hermeti cally sealed-in-steel in the Monitor Top. Neither dust, moisture-nor tampering fingers can ever reach it. It requires no attention, not even oiling. Cabinets are built entirely of steel, for longer life. Interiors of acid and stain-resisting porce lain, with rounded corners for easy cleaning. Sliding Shelves that bring food instantly into plain sight and ' within easy reach. Open, all porcelain Sanitary Super-Freezer, - ;asy to clean and keep clean. V Cannot retain food odors. GUARANTEED 3 FULL YEARS General Electric refriger- ators are guaranteed against att ' service expense for 3 full years, ' Join th G-E circle. A pcia) program for v(Miin every oay al noon (except Sclr day) 'On Sunday at 5:30 P. M. a program for tho whole family. N. B. C. coctt to root notwork Eastern Standard Time. . W. H. Bohnenkamp Go. FOUR FLOORS OF FINE FURNISHINGS EXPENSE CUTS ARE FAVORED BY MR. HOOVER WASHINGTON, Mar. 9 W) Presi dent Hoover has taken the position that the best remaining means of slicing federal expenses Is for con gress to help cut down or suspend duties and functions of various gov ernment branches. The president disclosed at a con ference with newspapermen that the cabinet has been canvassing to de termine what changes would be made In the activities ol government de partments that would result In less cash being required from the treas ury. Prank T. Hines, veterans adminis trator, has' proposed alterations In the law governing allowances and pensions, the president said, which may save $60,000,000 annually. Postmaster General Brown has drawn up suggestions for changes in pest office routine and Secretary Hyde has done similarly for agricul tural expenditures, with both moves designed to save millions yearly. ..The chief executive pledged his old .to the special house economy committee and to the ways and means committee, but said he be lieved there was little room left for cuts of appropriations under pres ent administrative functions. NO FIRES FIBEMEN LOSE MONEY .BIG RAPIDS. Mich. UPl The fire department here Is In the red and that doesn't mean the color of the equipment. The city Is having so few fires that the volunteer firemen, who are paid only for runs they mate to fires, are unabte to get ecsugn out of it to Fay for the telephones they are required to install. Injustice Greatest Evil For it would have been belter that man should l.ave been born dumb, nay. -.old of nil reason, rath er than he should employ Hie Rifts ot I'rovldence to the destruction of his neighbor. QulntlllnD. COLLEGE, U. 0. COMMENTS MADE (Continued From Page One) various courses and schools are un founded." The reorganization of the educa tion program was practically the sole subject of conversation here. Great difference of opinion on the results of the changes made by the board were expressed here. 1 ! Enkay ' IS QUALITY MISS HEATH USES The Latest Model of the ' 10down: - 5 : The Barometer said further: "Some students will be called upon to alter their courses, and. even- schools, but we believe the board acted In all fair ness and without prejudice In set tling this problem to the benefit of the majority. Whether the desired results will be obtained by this ac tion we are in no position to say." The athletic situation also came In for major consideration with views being freely expressed that the new regime will "ruin" athletic teams at the college since moat of ; the t2am members came from the schools of commerce and vocational education. These schools will be transferred to Eugene, and while work In them probably will continue here, degrees will not be held at Corvallls. BAKING POWDER You save in using ..KC. Use LESS than of high priced brands. KG 25 Ounctl fv 25 FOR OVER A U YEAS IT'S DOUBLE ACTING TVe Welcomeyou tO Portland. SUU eDnuonauw iwu trach with bath. Rcafooable nut. 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