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Pajre Two BAKER DEFEATED ;l BY ASTORIA FIVE EJast, Oregon Entry Fails to Click Until the Last Quarter. of Contest . TQ U RXA MJJ N'T GAMES TODAY fia.m. University High vb. $ Baker. : 30 a.m. Athena va. Burns.' 11 b. rn.- -Sliver ton. vs. Ore gon City. 2 p.m. Klamath Palls vs. Mftrshffeld. JTp.m. Med ford vs. Astoria. . 4 p. m. Benson vs. Lincoln. 7:30 p.m. Corvallla vs. Ne halcm. 8:30 p.m. Salem vs. Hood River. , 1 , Scores Venteriliiy Meclford 30, University High 26. Anion a && Baiter it. $ Benson 38, Athena 11. S Lincoln 39, Burns 8. , $ Corvallfs '35, 'Bilvorton 15. Nehalem 60, Oregon City 31. $ Hood River 3i, Klamath F's 27. Salem 43, Marshfleld 33. SALEM Mar. 17 St. Patrick's day here today will bcc the continua tion of the fight to the finish of eight basketball 'teama -nceklng state high school honors. The opening , day of the Oregon tournament wit nessed' the elimination of eight of tho ltr teams for a chanco for first place, but by no means ousted them from chances to place In the first I eight.' - ' ? ' After : today's games four of the cbn test ants will be eliminated from further play entirely. These will be decided before 8 o'clock at which time all losers of yesterday's games will have played. Looming out of thd fray of yesterday were Astoria, Benson, Corvallla and Nohalemi, and it Is these four teams which are ex pected to come nearest to the title with Salem not to bo too easily side tracked. " ' " ' Salem Hal I It to Win Mri rah field high school gave Salem n' scare last night when It was lead ing 14 to 8 at the first quarter. But with its regular center out of the game by Illness, the Coos Bay boys weakened later, and the host to the visiting quintets overcame tho lead and' wilt remain In the champion ship' brackets by ;a 43 to 33 victory. Klamath Falls high school was de feated' by Hood River in what was ' considered the only upset of the first clay's dope. The Klamath boys failed to click In the first quarter and half of tho second, and before ttrey could work their combinations they faced nn 8 -point lead. But this did not discourage them and they took the lend shortly afterward 14 to 13. Hood River changed from their percent age style of play to fast scoring, and llnally settled the argument by a 31 to 27 score. It was a good, game xo wni.cn. z : -i- . ' Nehalem , and Coryallls had' little difficulty In overcoming their op ponents In the early ovcnlng games, with Nehalem turning In the largest ecoro in Its victory over Oregon City, 60 to 31. Corvallla defeated Silver ton by a 36 to 15 score. These two teams will meet tonight. , ! nenson Meeta Lincoln i The two Portland high schools, BotiBon and Lincoln, by winning their Xtrst games will oppose oach othor In tho elimination today, while Mod ford and Astoria will open up tho championship series,--Odds oro f avert ing Astoria to take this contest- be cause of Its overwhelming victory from Baker yesterday. ' The losers will take the stage this morning with the four winners hav ing a chance at fifth- and . eighth places In the finish. Baker and Uni versity -High start the day's program in what was expected to bo a close game." Athena Is expoctod to de lent Burns, Oregon City to take Bilvorton while the Marshftold-Klam-nth Falls battle will be close, i iThe large crowd of fans wltnosslng the gume-an-hour program yester day saw m tho Hood Rlver-Klamath Falls contest what was perhaps tho oddest gnmo seen In a state tourna jnent.. For seven minutes the teams battled without scoring a field goal, one free throw alone proving thero wero no wires over the hoops. Mcanwhllo the teams battled up and down- the floor, exhibiting excellent teamwork and close chocking and wild' shooting. Finally Brecken left handed Hood River forward who broke Into print recently for his, high scoring rocord, shattered tho' spell with a field goal. Hood Rlvor led 4 to 0 at the quarter. Then after the score was 8 to 0, Klamath's tall boys begun to click and kept it up until they moved a point nhead. of Hood River shortly ufter the second half opened. Hero another odd thing happened. .Hood River suddenly shifted from a percentage game to a fast broak, and the surprise was sufficient,, along with iirccklnrldge's shooting and some help from Hood Ulvcr, Kresse .and Lnkien, to shove tho Applo Pickers for ahead again. . Kltunath came back strong with Bstes. Kuleval and Allen doing the heavy . work, and threatened until tho final gun, breaking up Hood River's '"stnU" but falling to stop the Mld-Columbla team's renewed attack. Summary: -Kluumtli Fall (.!7) n It rr Kates, t - 3 13 Sheots, f 0 2 1 Allen, . c 3 11 Knleval, g 3 0 2 Knight, k 112 Trtptett. g 1 0 1 Totasl 11 5 10 Homl If Iter (.11) .Breckinridge, f 5 3 0 Knoll, f 0 0 0 Thomas, c . 0 3 2 Kresse, g 3 13 Hoover, gi 3 10 Lnkien, f " 2 0 2 Totals 12 7 6 Referee, Coleman; umpire, Jack son. Itakrr Hen ten A fast-breoklng. swiftly moving As toria high school basketball team trounced Baker 32 to 14 yesterday afternoon In the second game 'of the first day's play of the annual a tote high school tournament. ; Astoria was away to a flying start, piling up 10 points in the first pe riod while Baker counted only one free throw. The Clatsop county team added 7 more points In the second period, bringing the score to 17 to 3. In the third period the count stood 20 to 0 for the Fishermen. Baker Kail left Too Late . Irl the final quarter Baker' got Into it stride, accounting for 6 points, but Astoria meanwhile got 3 more, bringing the final score to 32 to 14. Summary: Astoria :) Fg Ft Pf Palm berg, f .....8 0 1 Bergstrom, f 6 It 1 Orwick, c 0 0 1 Mackey. g 2 0 1 Mankeia, g 0 0 0 Averill, c .-' 10 2 Canessa, f , -. 1 0 0 Nee, c, 0 11 ' Totals 16 2 7 naker (14) t FgFtPf Shirley, f 0 0 0 Drlesback, t 10 1 York, c - v 2 2 1 Holman, K - 0-2 0 Begley, g .. 0 12 Ragsdale, g 112 Southard, g 0 0 2 Totals :...'. - 4 6 8 Referee, French; umpire, Jackson. Dempsey Shakes Off Cold; Whips Two Opponents CLARKSBURG, W. Va., Mar, J7;W) Jack Dempsey, the Manassa, Maul er, shook off a cold and In six and a half minutes knocked out two op ponents last night. ' Forced to cancel an engagement in Youngs town, Ohio, Monday, theior mer heavyweight champion returned to the ring to halt Big Ed Williams of Canton, Ohio, in two minutes and ten seconds and then come back to knock out Freddie Taylor, of Liberty, Ohio, in one minute and 20 seconds of the second round. $ Williams got up once only to Im mediately be floored for the full count. Taylor caught the sleeper full on the chin and' did not arise, A patch covered Dempsey 'b right eye but he showed no signs of v his recent cold. Ho 'exhibits again at Huntington Friday night. - vM Commission Votes Against Ben Pelz PORTLAND. Ore., Mar. 1 7 Al though the Portland boxing commis sion yesterday 'voted to reverse the decision of Referee Tommy McCarthy In calling the Benny Pelz-Ah Wing Lee bout Tuesday night a draw, and awarded tho decision to the Chinese boxer, Chairman Frank Lonergan, who did not vote, declared It1 was impossible under the boxing law for the commission to change the ref eree's decision; It is possible the com mission may reverse Its own, election at a future meeting. - , Peto Metropoulos and Vllcfaa Mc- Cann, wrestlers, were fined (50 each by tho commission, which charged the wrestlers failed to put forth their best efforts in a recent match. Monroe's Homers Win For Beavers BAN DIEGO, Mar. 17 Johnny Monroe, brilliant Portland Boaver second baseman, pulled an 'exhibi tion game out of the fire for tho Ore gon team here yesterday in a con test with tho Hollywood Stars. Port land won 8 to 5. Honroe hit two homo runs and a single in six times at the plate. "J" ' . Johnson, Beaver centorf folder, backed Monroe up In great shape with a pair ' of sensational catches against the centerfleld wall; Hlgglns, Portland third baseman. got a homo run. 4 i Ah KARASICK PINS ELLIOTT ., IN ROUGH GO . PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 17 Wr-Al Karaslck, Russian heavyweight Wrest ler, defeated King Elliott, Now Zea land, two out ' ot three falls In a colorful match her last night, at was fast and rough while tt lasted and the cntlro threo falls consumed less than 30 minutes of actual wrestling. Karaslck took the first fall In 14 minutes, 40 seconds with several ap plications of his deadly reverse fly ing head-locks. Elliott evoneel the match with a serlas of flying tackles after five minutes. Elliott started another flying tackle attack, but Karaslck outsmarted him, dived for his legs -and came up with a crab hold. Elliott gavo up after 2 minutes 30 seconds. Karaslck weighed 104 pounds, Elliott 100. Roland Kirchmeyer took two out of three falls from the bewhlskered Ronald Blake In the five-round semi final. The two glanta put on a fast, clean exhibition. Blake won the first fall with a toe hold, Kirchmeyer the second with a body scissors and tho final with a body slam... Ooorgo Wildcat Wilson ' took one fall from Jack Rogers to win the opening event with flying tackles. m)IM.Vi;i.l, HANKER M It I1U S HOPEWELL, N. J.. Mar. 17 W) Theodore- M. Hall. 00. cashier of the Hopewell Natlnoal bank, shot and killed himself In the collar of his home today. Officials Bald the bank affairs were in good order. Mrs. Hall fin Id her husband, who had been with the bank since 1800, had been 111 With a nervous disorder. I Nil MX A UASKK.THAI.l, Hi lit NORTH 8ALKM. Ind. 1 Milton House and Kenneth Patrick, Purdue university students, roller-skated the more than 50 miles from the uni versity here, their home' town, to attend a high school basket ball t tour nament. They couldn't afford more luxurious travel. A 03-yearold negro woman Is a pupil hi n public school night class In Topeka. Kan. Grand National Will Ik Run In England Friday LIVERPOOL, Eng., Mar. 17 W Thirty-seven horses will start tomor row the long Journey over the four and one-half mile course at Alntree known as the grand national. Not all will finish. They never do. But for the horse and rider that successfully Jump the 32 difficult obstacles of water, brush and vtone and then manage to show the way post tho Judges' stand, there await fame and riches. I' To the successful rider, the purse will be small in comparison with the millions of dollars distributed through the gigantic sweepstakes. Thirteen American-owned horses have been named for the race, the blue ribbon of steeplechase events, first run in 1839. Only one Sea Soldier is American bred. He Is a son of Man o' War, and Is entered in the name of A. H. Hi black and backed by a syndicate of ten wealthy Chicago sportsmen.- :Sea Soldier is an outsider in the official betting at the Victoria club, being quoted at 50 to 1. But many long shots, some of them Just com mon "nagB," have won. History does not favor the Jumping son ,of Man o War as only one American-bred horse, Rublo, ever won the race and he was English-owned, Mrs. O. 8a Bird Jr.'s Heartbreak Hill is the most highly favored of the foreign group to repeat the American-owned x triumphs of Stephen Laddie) Sahford's Sergeant Murphy in 1923 and A. Charles Schwartz's Jack Horner In 1020. Mrs. Bird's Irish bred- Jumper has climbed to the position of second choice at 11 to 1. Ornkle Is Favorite 'C. R. Taylor's Grakle, winner last year, rules the favorite at odds of 8 to 1 but here again history Is against the. chances of the 10-year-old Jumper .repeating. Lottery, win ner of the first grand nation, was the only horse ever successful In win ning ther!frace two consecutive years. Three others- won the event twice but a year or more intervened be fore their second victories? Gregalach, the high weight of the ' field with 175 1 pounds and winner . in' 1020, Is third favorite at 100 to 7 in tho callovere. Mrs. M. A. Gem mell's Star ffjao finished second to Grakle lost; year. Dusty Foot, hope of John . Hay Whitneyis the only other American horse quoted in the official1 betting. Ho is held at 28 to 1. Whitney's chances for a grand national triumph were somewhat dimmed when Sir Lindsay, third two years ago, went wrong two weeks ago. In tho unofficial odds, the re-, malning American horses are quoted all the way from 33 to 1 on John Drake's Coupe De Chapeu at 200 to 1 against H. Gordon Self ridge's Rud- ; dyman. R. K. Mel Ion's Ganglesla, ' winner of the Grassland Downs race, tho only American race, resembling the grand national, is quoted at 50 to 1; i Odds quoted against other American horsos aro Me lion's Alike; W. C. Langley's Evolution and M. D. Blair's Great Span, 40 to 1; J. Motcalf's Theras;, fid ;'to vL and Blair's Prince' Cherry and Aruntius and J, B. Snow's Delaurs,, 100 to 1. j HEENEY BEATS HANS BIRKIE IN OAKLAND . OAKLAND, Cal., Mar. 17 (P) Tho ' veteran New . Zealand heavyweight Tom Hceney gave notice he Is stlU able to step with youth when ho outbattlcd Hans Blrkler of Oakland, to carry off a ten round decision ' hero last night, Birkle, who has been clamoring for a chanco at Max Baer, was no match for the old ring master In lost night's buttle. Ho managed to win only one of the ten rounds. That was the ninth during which he cracked the New Zealand warrior a stiff jolt on tho chin. Baer, from whom Birkle has been demantlingxrecognltlon, recently won a close ten S:ound decision from Hceney. Tho weights of tho fighters last night werq: Hceney, 211 pounds: Birkle 100 Vi pounds. .IL'IKIK I'i. VVS 828 1101. KS . WITH SlMil.K UOLF BALL TALLADEQA. Ala. VP) Judgo M. V. Lannlng has a golf ball money cannot buy. It's old and worn, but a valued relic. ' Tho Judge used It to play 43 con secutive games of golf, for a total ot 8'JB holes, without losing It. Ifrf After tive midnight fire .... ,wv. MA Feirxriis LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA-GRANDE, ORE. TENT FALLS; 3500 LM1LHT SAN ANTONIO. Tex. 0P Thirty five hundred persons watching a wrestling program here escaped serious - Injury when a wlndBtorm brought the tent beneath which the show was staged down upon their heads. " - - Homely Lot r I remark to myself us I look nt the crowd: "Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?" And the chances are good thtit some whom I see have a similar thought while they're looking at me. Uos ton transcript. KX-SENATOR REED IMPROVING ROCHESTER, Minn., Mar. 17 W) James A. Reed, former United States senator from Missouri, passed a "pretty good night and is look ing well today," his physician said. Reed was operated on for gall blad der trouble Friday. Royal Diamond Jubilee Queen Victoria ascended the throne June 20, 1S37, nd the dia mond Jubilee, commencing the cel ebration of the Jubilee, was held In St Paul's rnthedral June 20, 1S07. MAN BURNS IX HOME MARSHFIELD, Ore., Mar. 17 fP) Police here today were Investigating the death of John Hall, 70, whose burned body was found In his small home at Lakeside last night. Police said they visited the house lost night to raid It on suspicion liquor was being made there. Flying embers, a red-streaked sky and crashing timbers greeted them. It Does Happen As you jog along through this old world don't forget thut one time out of every million the other fel low is right and you are wrong. Vlorida Tltnos-Unfon. TO SEE in "FIREMAN SAVE MY ,gTIMWimWiMiHM IlimiM'llllliiittilll ijinrMMwaratt J fil TODAY! --h,, . : r- jmMtmMk midntte M . j5 matisiee m ; " t onite f? (Doors Open 11:15) ' . t In appreciation of La Grande's fine fire depart ment we take pleasure in inviting Chief Lindsey and all the fire boys both regular and volunteer and their wives to attend the midnite matinee tonight as our guest. ' ' Senior and Junior Mercy. I?.S. Just show your badge at the door. , Starting FRIDAY FOR TWO DAYS JOS jk -v&r -vm esi WW REGl'LAR PRICES! BOYS! and GIRLS! ' New Serial Starts Saturday Join the "Vanishing Legion" Club and get to see the last chapter free. You can get mem bership cards fiom 11:00 a. m. 'til 1:00 p. m. 5c FROM TIL ' THREE ACK8 IX DAY OAKLAND, Cal. UP) Three golf ers each made a hole In one onAhe same day at the Castle wood links. Mrs. C. R. Rankin sung an ace on a 162-yard par three hole and ac counted for her second hole in one. Tom Pine aced a par three eighth hole which measures 121 yards and E. H. Nellson accomplished the feat on a par three hole, which measured 248 yards. t Sport Slants (Associated Press Sports Editor) Tho partial retirement of Jean Borotra from Davis cup play, which probably foreshadows hia complete withdrawal vithln the next year or two from all major tournament com petition, takes from international sport one of Its most colorful and gallant figures. The bounding businessman from Blarrita has been a top flight tennis player and for over ten years his beret topped figure has been as fa miliar at Forest Hills and Wimble don as on the courts of his own country. , , ... Of late years . his business inter ests have been taking more and more of his time and it was Inevi table that sooner or later he would find It necessary to give up one or tho other. Borotra leaves behind an Impres sivo record. He has been a mem- . ber of French Davis Cup teams them. Twice he has won the singles title at Wimbledon. Ho is seeking this year his fourth United States indoor ,tltle and has held the indoor crown of his own country many times. Strangely enough he has won the French) outdoor title only once and never has captured the United States grass courts crown. Tho nearest he over came to win ning the United States title was in 1926 when he was defeated in the finals at Forest Hills by his fellow countryman, Rene Lacoste. CHILD" For The Laugh of Your Life! Me VANII! 11:00 3:00 5c But it Is not so much as. a compet itor that Borotra - will be missed but as a sportsman. There Is noth ing affected about the way Jean con graduates a winning opponent, and greatness a winning opponent and ho Is well liked by the players as ho ic by the galleries, with whom he has always been a favorite. ' Pals Tho Baylor University Bears, win ners of the Southwest conference basketball title, have the Southern Methodist quintet to thank for their triumph. The Mustangs, at least, should be credited with an impor tant assist. - .. After having scored only one vic tory f. in . 11 ; conference ; starts, the Methodists sprang the biggest upset of- the season by trimming Coach Francis Schmidt's Texas Christian university team 32 to 30 In their final game at Dallas, giving Baylor the championship. A T. C. U. vic tory would have necessitated a play off for the crown. Texas Christian, defending cham pion, had walloped the Mustangs, 52 to 10, only the previous week, and Baylor had administered a 40 to -28 mauling to the Mustangs just three nights before the big upset. As It was, Baylor finished Its schedule with 10 victories and two- defeats, T. C. U. with nine triumphs, and three losses. The Mustangs wound up in the cellar, but they had their night. Master Mind Ability Texas operatives inform me that there is going to bo a real football coaches school out at Texas Tech this summer. Pete Cawthon, coach of the Lub bock institution, has gathered a dis tinguished faculty for the course, which will run from July 11 to 22. , Glenn S. (Pop) Warner of Stan ford and his line coach, "Tiny" Thornhill, will teach the double wingback system, while Heartley (Hunk) Anderson and Marchy Schwartz will give pointers on the Notre Dame shift. Reports are coming In furiously that "Flying Frank" Wykoff will not have everything his way In the hun- 's the screamingest character er to fall across the screen I in the four, five, six alarm comedy riot REMAN 1 M WILLIAM 1 1 I rowels Ihich pressure SAVE MY CHILD with , Evalyn Knapp Lillian Bond Guy Kibbee LEGION- HARKY CARtY mm BOOTH Chapter I, 4 Reels dred-yard dash out on the west coast this year - A big blond-headed lad by the name of Bob Klesel seems to have convinced coast critics that he has a very good chance to run shoulder to shoulder with the .Trojan flash any time they meet. Klesel- Is the lad, you may recall, who. an awkward appearing 15-year-old high school kid, qualified for the V. S. Olympic team In the Pacific, .coast tryouts In 1928. but who was later persuaded by friends to drop out because of his evtreme youth. Now the pride of the University of California track team, in his first tryout this year Klesel ran 80 yards In 8 1-6 seconds, and running easi ly, covered the hundred in 9 4.6 sec onds. With the characteristic- con servatism of a coach speaking of hi. nrnrinrt. the veteran Walter ChriLtle limits himself to the pre diction that "Klesel snouio u buuu for a point or two In the hundred In the dual me;ts and In the I. C. 4-A meet." TF.MPI.ETOX HAVE However, it has taken DinK riem pleton,', Stanford track coach. . really to turn, on the heat over Klesel's prospects. The good Dink, doubtless pleased at an opportunity to prick his friends at the University of South ern California, wrote a short time ago in the San Francisco Call-Bulletin that when right Klesel "should worry about Prankie Wykoff or any of the rest of them." Dink' saw Bob perform in a high school meet shortly before the 1028 Olympic trials, and has been one of his biggest boosters since. He is "the only man I have ever seen who could run faster and in more per fect form simply by trying harder," IN The NEW MODELS Kelvinator Offers Greater Value ' Finer Quality More Features ' Better Ferformance ; NEW LOW PRICES i, s- Literally, there is nn ideal Kelvinator model for every kitchen in the civilized i . world. And the new low prices make r rto -this proved economy even more pro- , ,T nounccu. i .v 4 ,. , Last year, Kelvinator niiit sales were " almost one-third greater than in any of the 18 years of its history. 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Visiting in Paris, Mr. Davis it tended a session of the French chamber ; ot deputies. He foum himself on a back seat where Utu, could .be heard. : A friend from the American en. bassy suggested to a French offi cial that an American ex-secrettn of war might possibly be mottj into a better seat. It could not bt managed. Nor was a reminder pi Mr. Davis' governorship of the Ph. ippines any .more effective: Then it was casually mentioned that . the American vlBltor was the donor of the Davis cup. Invmed!. ately he was ushered into the pr. vato box of the president ol France! COUGHS Don't let them get a strangle hold Fight germs quickly. Creomulsioa coai. bines the 7 best helps known to mod. era science. Powerful but harmlm. Pleasant to take. No narcotics. Money refunded if any cough no mailer ot how long standing is not relieved. Ask your druggist for Creomulsion, (adv.), 9 arr s MAIN 770 1
