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Newspaper Page TextWednesday, March 30, 1931 Tage Six LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. FOOTBALL WORK CLOSES FRIDAY High School Squads, to Engage iiV'Game -Track ' Work is Handicapped. Tho climax of the spring footbnll trnlnlne at tho La Grande High school will come Friday afternoon, when tho 1032 squad will play an eleven inado up of seniors, who will gradu ate this spring. . ' . i Around threo teams havo been turning out for practlco this month under .Coach Ira Woodle and although tho weather' has not been of tho best, It has not handicapped spring gild work to any groat extent, v Tho uwoather, however, has played havoc with track workouts so far, with most of tho work confined to 'Umbering up" tactics. . Coach Woodle expects to havo his track squad out regularly during the spring vacation porlod next week, as the Tigers hold their first lrttcr scholastlo competition at Pendleton on Apr. 10, with Pendleton and Mll-ton-Preewater. Thero also is n pos sibility, that Wnlla- Walla may enter n toam, making tho jnect a quadran gular affair.' u t.-. - : . '-h- Native and White Dog Team Drivers In Alaskan Race NOME. Alaska, Mar. 30 (P Native dog. team drlvors. . with opporontly stronger-and speodler dogs, matohed wits with tho white man's "general ship"' today in the roturn run from iGolovln.of the gruelling All-Alaska championship dog raco. A white driver, Al Carey, last year's ohamplon.-howovor, had a 10-mlnuto . lead In elapsed running tlmo for tho : natlvo driver, before tho roturn was With trail conditions and tho weather excellent yesterday, Carey raced his team hore from Nome In seven hours, 13 minutes and 40 sec- onds. Klgatolluk's time was seven hours, 24 minutes nnd 10 Boconds. From different points along the trail yesterday, where telegraph facil ities were available, a. record of tho raco's progress was obtained and mes saged here. Hundreds of Alaskans, with bets placed on tho raco, await ed the returns. i Two other drivers, one a native, Fred Topok, and tho other a whlto, Di'.t.Brnofladt, were other enrly ar rivals at Golovln last night, with Topkok being tho first of the com- petltors to arrive there, his run- lung time was seven nours, At hhu utoa and 30 seconds, while Dr. Braa,f Hult's tlmo was seven hours, 57 min utes and 35. seconds. ii;ci:iviNr tiik knhmy lly Tarn- O'Nell A little Kin in in clubs with 100 honors when ho could havo been set lH' nmbng the tournament accom plishments of Walter Malowan, one of tho stars of tho Cavendish Club of New York. A deceitful discard caused the enemy to ' lead hearts when by a spado lead the declarer's reentry to dummy and with It hopo of success with 'tho contract would have van- Ishct). . . The hand was a laydown for threo no trump; but : Malowan fs puccosa I with tho club contract gave his side high mark fbr the board, , West led a club as the least harm ful' of unsatisfactory leads. South SOUTH V A J 3 3 A Q. J io fe g iwm nurl' Ijtrf. til rllnmmid Wnmt rtilnlr. ' . ... .. ...., Ing for fear of sotting up the duv monds In dummy. ; j norm won wan me queen aim re- . turned a small diamond, which South trumped. South led up to the king j of -clubs In tummy and North then led the king of diamonds upon which South discarded a small heart. Malowan only chance was to fool tho defenw and be did so with the discard. West thought South was trying-to got rid of hearts. Alter West took the king of diamonds with his ace ho led a small -heart, giving hfolownu tho rest of the tr!ekB--two hearts, threo clubs; one spndo and two diamonds, upon which two spnc'es In the South hand wore discarded. - A -spurt e lead would have removed Mulo win's only entry to dummy. He could not have entered dummy to play two good diamonds. He would has lost two Bpaden and mac'o only four Instead of nix tricl over book. 'Z' IS FAVOHITK INITIAL " 1 ' UN TIMS CAROLINA FAMILY OAK CITY. N. C. M The "ZV nave it in the Cox family. There are 10 children and) all their names begin with ''Z". The parent aro Mr. and Mrs. Biggs Cox, both Hearing B0 years of age.. The children's ages run from 24 to 42 and all are living. Here they are: Mrs. Zylphia Mc Lawhorn, Mi's. Zula Mc La whom, of Pitt county! Zadork Cox, of Hamil ton; Rev. Zesley T. Cox. a minister in 'Oklahoma; Zeronal O. cox. of Ayden; Mrs. Zadla Cannon, of Ham ilton; Mrs. Zenobla Halslip, of Oak City; Zorah D. Cox. of Oak City: Zelbert Cox. of Oak City, and Zeber Cox, of Oak City. : Charlle Hoyt. coach of tho Uni versity or Michigan track teams, considers an nthletp not worthy of attention if he l a poor student. . , NORTH A 7 3 , K Q K) S 2. WEST tK f . EAST K lo S . ' - Q J 9 4 f K 9 7 4 V to ( ? A 1 S 4 J 9 b Mack To Stand Pat r f iri) i iff s I 1 Mwd w km . , I mMMW m tarn m if w Connie Mack anil liro of t lie old txnv Ite expect to win 11 fourth straight iieuuunt for tho Philadelphia Athletics uro slumn above. Note tint 'Tnlhcr and nun" expressions. Connies confidence Is not apt to be ml.spluccd In tlie two pictured with liini, Mickey Coclmme (left) nnd Lefty Grove, They're concerted to ho the lii'st I in tie r y In baseball. The trio ut present urn at the elub'a I'ort Myers, Hu., training camp.. m n w w jJld-WeSt BcllOOlS Spring New Crop Of Olympic Hopes CHICAGO P Tho athletic hot' houses of the Mid-west have nun tured n now crop of undergraduate runners and Jumpers for prospective harvest as Olymjilans. t ; A few months ago a pre-Olymplc Inventory In tho Big Ten lncllcatod that any showing by conference men in tho big International doings this summer' would have to be ac complished by alumni. -But with the climax of the Indoor season in a Jumble df fracturoct recordu. a half dozen undergrad uates havo crowded to tho ; "Inside track in the early summary of h0pes, Heading the new list Is Henry Brocksmith, sensational Indiana unl i verslty dlstanco man who loft a wake . of exhausted mllors and two-mllcrs as ho won those ovents with record times in tho Big Ten title meet. Ills 4:13.5 mile, fastest ever run In the Mld-wost, and his 0:18.4 'two mile, eight seconds faster than tho former conference standard, were clicked off tho same -evening. llerordH riutter Howii Threo other names flashed to proinluenco In tho Bnmo meet. Brycc Beechor, - comparatively' 'unknown Hooslor, vaulted 13 feet 8 Inches to holp his team to Its victory margin over Michigan. Don . Renwlck, Mlchlgnu sopho more, who as a freshman ofton trimmed Eddlo Tolan In practice, bowed his way Into big time com petition with a world's record-tying 0.2 seconds for the 00-yard clash. Ed Russell, who lias run many gootl qUartcr-mlles for Michigan, set a new conference mark of 00 seconds flat, Indicating he (s ready for bigger and bettor efforts at Olyntplo consideration. Jack Kellor, Ohio State's brilliant hurdler, found tho double duties of hurdling and sprinting too onerous In tho title moot and failed to score, but ho nevertheless will bo this area's foremost hope for representa tion In the Olympic stick-skipping finals. "IiirirpcmlentH" Surprise Two of the . more athletically im portant "Independents", of the Mid dle Woat bobbed up with startling performers on the same day ttho Big Ten Jam bore o was field, I Alex Wilson of Notvo Dame mado two circuits of tho eighth-milo path at South Bend In 40.3, sotting a now 1 American record for that slzo track. and Ralph Metcalfe of Marquette, f nf n o 1' tnWlrmnl tti(nVri.ll..nl.tn 1 - . . ... w . j ........ ,...v.vU..lt.v sprint champion, joined the world record-holders with another 0.3 sec- wu Wilson, however, will bo of no help whatever to American Olympic hopes, as ho Is a Canadian. MINK CLAIMS PKItl'lHTATK rOOTIt.XI.L UAMK h CO It KM BUTTE, Mont. (V) Rccont liti gation over mining chilma in the Butto district developed namos that wero only hieroglyphics to miners but tell a tale to sports followers. - The "30 to 0." the "34 to 0" and the "la to 0" aro claims owned by. the Basin-Montana Tunnel Co. Testimony revealed that the figures commemorate .cores of the Princeton-Harvard football games ot 10'JO. 1037 and 1020, which wore perpetu ated in Montana mining records as a compliment to NetUon Poe. a member of tho famous fnmllv of Princeton ! grldders and a prominent stockholder in the company, .vuYE.Ut-or.lt onion' I'ViTll ntill PitoinciNt chops ANDEltSON. 8. C. (4 An OUlon patch planted bO years ago by New ton Pni knr of III la viAt.n...-. tor his lamllv lft 1,'im. , s xr n,..'.. authority for th. .tatcment : thnt p,,!,,,. .' , . vlll,Hln .. ,.,.. . V , , .. ..k .V . i years-without re-wed Ine or rem I tne . . " '"n"K-, ik.- uumi.()uiK oi onion j produces new plnnts from seeds scat-; "" jrnr m year, in addition to supplying the Parker family needs. many farmers In the community have ! been supplied with "ot" from the patch. Defeated by Yale Okum. Chuck Wiggins broke a record when hi i'iuinwr a foul for the ihst time tn his long ring career. On 1931 Lineup In Battle For '' I Sport Slants I iy Alan G. tiouM (Associiited Press Sports Editor) No ono knows- the uncertainty of baseball, or the fickleness of its for tunes better than the veteran Connie Maclc. " ' ! " -' Connie can recall the dark days when sports writers said tho Ath letics ncvor would get anywhere until he quit the managerhent of -the club. - 1 ; Threo straight pennants aro be hind him. tho pro3poct of a fourth In- succession Just ahead, but Mack rotatns quite vividly tho recollec tion of "breaks" that cost his toam tho chance to win tho 1031 world's series- and, thereby, shatter major league precedent. - ' - Ho- told the Rotary club of St. Petorsbury about it. Ho revealed how tho Athletics beat Paul Der ringer, the young Cardinal pitching star, by waiting out the curvo ball he started of r with so successfully and then walloping his fast ono. Ho dOHCiibed how Woito Hoyt, in tho fifth game, accidentally put a curve' -ball in tho groovo whlah Popper Martin hit into tho Btanels, after tho Instructions wore - for Hoyt to pitch only high fast ones to: the young outfield star. j ONE IXNINU PEI-'EA '"Wo were never more confident t than before tho seventh and last game." said Mack. "Tho Athletics bad won tho sixth game easily, as you know, and with Enrnshaw In the box we had every reason to foci optimistic. "But wo were beaten In the very first Inning. High, tho first batter, who nearly always hit hard to right or short Into left, raised a short fly between Williams and Simmons, I had previously motioned Al "to move out but ho refused to budge, duo perhaps to his uncertainty about the visibility, and his confi dence in his ability to come In better than ho could go back. The result was that he missed by a few feet a ball he would otherwise have caught easily. "Then Watklns, the second battor, hit another short fly over toward tho third base line. William went alter It and it looked like an easy catch. Suddenly he stopped in his trucks as Homoono from tho Car dinal bench -yelled 'SlmmonV The ball fell safe. "Let mo explain hero that If tho situation had been reversed and lno cardinals wero In the field, our boya wouW nnvo vclle( tne thing from our bench. B t ,,int t t ... d as you know, the Cardinals scored two runs, one on a ball that got away from Cochrane and tho other on a poor threw back to the plate by Foxx after cochranohad dropped tha third strike on Orsatll. You see. wo 'missed four chances to-stop any scoring in that inning. "Those two runs gave Grimes tho confidence he needed to pitch great bntl and also Inspired tho Cardinals. I will say my club was game, right clown to tho last Inning, when wo nearly came through, but wo were beaten by a great ball club." -- - (MtNNIi; SATISFIED "My boys," as Connie calls them, have done pretty well, however, for three years. Mack gets his greatest satlsfac- I t-h out or the development of J players like Simmons, Grove, Coch- franc, Earnshaw and Foxx. They are ! tn? rtlnmoils the crown of his re- I tlri"g yoV8- ... .. : , , llUl, lUlor nns not vivuk-ii- ui wiit'ii nv iiuiy miit. utt&L ball. He can think of little else wHimi uprlng conws around, "Why. I Mil even take any ,,iy 8lf admits. now," he Tho sincerity of this Is clear when it is considered that Mack . j . plays well down In the 80s on th(( . jinw 42443fl4 the links. His last round was lil'CK FILMS FASCISM ' 1 ROMS (T) A film showing the "new Italy" envisioned by Musso lini, particularly the 'physical and mental development of youth, has bfou made by the Duce's orders for j exhibition It! schools and movie the- Fourth Title In Row lly. Alan Gould (AsKoclated Press Sport's Editor) FORT MYERS, Fla;' (I1) The Ath letics face ai hard struggle this year In their fight to shatter . American league precedent with a fourth suc cessive pennant, .victory, declares Connie Mactt. ' Tho 69-year-old pilot feels tho club vlH' be extremely fortunate to win again, but be places great confidence, nevertheless, Iri the ability of the players Who have topped the league for three straight years and. won' the world's scries twice. ' Ho stands pat on his 1081 -llrieup. ' 'r yv ' v. 1 "It my three old reliables, Grove, Earnshaw and Walbcrg,' can do' near ly ae well as they did last'year when they won close to -70 -games-for -us, we should- do protty' well-again," .he told me. ! ' ''Even If thoy do not, we have some younger men-'who may come through when needed. Mahaffey' Is- young arid vefy promising. He pitched good oau last year. .- : . i "Krausse has the form and every- j thing required to make a good pitch-j cr, except experience' and some' more j weight; It - is 'jusb1 a question- when j ho will come throughi- Bowman is tfclng 'very well and so is Cain; Ed Rommel 1b a- reliable man; Alto I Dfit.hor- T nlnn tv.knen' nbout- 'nine ! pitchers. . : - '.v " ;" !.". :. "You know wo have to -rely on the pitching and hitting, as every club dosS.- Wo' -haVd not changed our methods of playing baseball.-You will find next year that tho slugging will have Just as Important ft part as ever. :,. "Jimmies" to Hturt . "I do hot figure to make any changes in tho 'other regular posi tions., Roettger'has looked very good Indeed In the 'work at first base but I think when "we open tho season .you will find the two Jimmies on tho Job Foxx at first and Dykes at third. '. Bishop will bo' oh second arid. Williams ' at , short', although you know I still havO'Joc Boley, : "Thb outfield' .will be Simmons, Haas and Miller again but t regard very highly tlie work of ftogcf era' mcr. Ho is a very much' Improved player. - Ed Coleman also looks prom - luting and I will keep him.. , "Mickey Cochrane should have a j great year. Ho had a lot to trouble j htm last season, btit he Ur In very ' good condition this spring., He ' is always hustling. It was because of this that he ran a : risk going after a foul ball in tho third exhibition game- with the Cardinals, stumbling and slightly sprnlning hla" wrist.. Heving and Madjcskl, the latter a very good looking boy, will be"! the reserve- catchers.' . ;"-''. DAKOTA C'AOKR Ol'TSCOKES 1 ALL OPPOSING O.LINTETS CHESTER, S. D. Chester High school has reason to boast of a scor ing punch for Its basketball team. It has one player who made more points during the' 1032 season than the aggregate of all 25 opposing teams. He Is Krumm, star forward; credited with 373 points against 350 counted by tho opposition; Tho 'Chester team, in winning 33 of 25 games, amassed 813. points. :' SWIMMINO MAKES CHAMP OF ONCE SCRAWNY YOl'TIl NEW 'YORK - Paruell Calla han, winner of the 200-yard breast stroke championship In Eastern Inter collegiate swimming tournament at Annapolis, was a scrawny little, youngster of 15 when he entered Col umbia university four years ogol- Ho went out for swimming Just for the- exercise and now aa a senior is one of the best breast-stroke awlni mers In the country, he was defeat ed only once In dual compbtltlon'this year. ; . 1 - ' As a reward for winning Eastern Intercollegiate title his coach, Ed Kennedy", entered Callahan 'in the National Intercolleglates at Ann Arbor March 25 and the National A. A. U. Championships at New Haven March 31. PI T 1IITLFK ON FAKK HILLS ESSEN. Oermnny (.4 Counter feiters caught here had conferred on Adolf Hitler the doubtful honor of engraving the swastika symbol of his national socialists in microscopic slste on their output. The culprits would not divulge their political sympathies. Eight hundred candidates are ex pected out for spring football prac tice at Notre Dame university. Ellsworth Vines Upset PyBuxfiy, Tgxaettar HOUSTON, Tex,, Mar. 30 W) Ells worth Vines of California, national singles champion, was out of the running today in the second annual Houston invitation tenuis tourna ment. -: ' - - ( - - Vlnee, seeded No. 1. was upset yes-; terday by Martin Buxby, 20-year-old i Texas university sophomore; 4-6, 6-2, 1 7-5. Spectators were amazed by the skill with which Buxby took ad vantage of erratic play by the cham pion. ' .'V The other favorites, George Lott of Chicago, Wllmer Allison of Aus tin, Tox;,' J.- Qilbert Hall of New York and Junior Coen of Kansas City were safe. , Allison drew a bye. Lott advanced to the- third round through a first round bye and -a second round vic tory over Nell Thomoson of Dallas, 6-6, 6-1. Hall, Canadian indoor champion, breezed through his first round -match with W. Bi Baker of Houston, 6-1. 6-0, while Young Coen, who, drew a 'first round bye, ad vanced to the third round by defeat ing Leslie Coleman of -Houston,- 6-4, Play will be resumed; this after noon. Dl ni,IMTi;S VKAVE COPE DUBLIN m v- Two i local poplin weavers have made a- gold-embroidered sll&.popllm cope and - humeral' which will be worn by the archbish op of Dublin- at the final-benediction of the euoharlatlc congress in June. i- GRAF OVER CAPE CKEUS HAMBURG, Gorrhany, Mari 29 (V) The- Graf Zeppelin, German -dirig ible,-' waa 'reported over-Cape Creus, 75 miles northeast of Barcelona, Spain at 8 a. m. today (2 a. nv, E. S. T.) The Graf Is returning to Germany after .a Tound trip flight to Pernam buco, BraaiL' - u... . t"anks"Pilqt Seeks V' '-Olvo.tiN out; more luirlwr unci tho , husky rookies who arc -the center ... .,'.. ' '. " . , !' .V'- 1 cunip. lly. ,Ioo iMrCarthy (Manager, New York Yankees) . 8T;I PETERSBURG. Pla. ' Vtl The thing thftV; has impressed me most inour training hero ls the fine eon dltlon'. into i;which' our batterymen artV -'whlpplhg ' themselves. s- ': "We' iiavti a'grcat lot of' young hurl ers thlB year, all big fcllows.'sljc'fcot ami over. - Is .exceedingly lucky simply iiiust' develop' tmother pitcher capablo .or taking a rcsultir turn In thb box, and what is more Important, turning lrt his ahhr'o of victories.' The loss of Ifenrjf Johnson from an ap pendectomy makca this imperative.' -'John 'Allen, righthander-who' won 21 and lost 0 with Jersey City and Toronto last year, at present seems to ' be the most promising of the young hilrlcrs. I count on him as a regular,1 though it is too early to bo! certain. My Judgment, however, based on1 past observation of' the waye and' doings' of young fellows! and-on his record, is that he will mako good. ' 1 ' Walter Brown Is a powerful fellow, with' a nice delivery. John Murphy made a fine record with St. Paul last year. I know something about the work 'ot Cordon Rhodes from last year. Paul Andrews also has looked good so' far. All of these men are righthanders. '' : -; If ono of these men comes through we-will bo set for the pennant fight. I have Sairt Byrd, Cooke and' Chap man from ' which to select a loft fielder. It hardly seems possible to fall to find a, good man from' that ttlo..' - : I likely will start John Snltzgaver at second and Frank Crosettl at shortstop, with Lyn Lary posted at third. ' Saltzgaver from- St. Paul and Crosettl Trom San Francisco' are the cream of the "double A'; leagues. ' If this combination should" fall. I have Tony ' LaKzeri for second. Joey Sewell tor third, and Lary to go back to short. In' all, I have plenty of leeway In Vhe matter of fielding and hitting for a c6ntnder. but' another pitcher Is' needed. ' ' ' ' '' ' Plpsrass should be better than last year. The same applies to Rutting. OomOB appears headed for another outstanding year. Wells. I think, can be counted- on for good work, and there Is Pennock to win a game occasionally when neer'ed most. Now If 1 only ' Allen comes through. . . . -' Y walterA BROWN ' ( Mgr JOE , , , x . ,, HOOSIKlt TITLKS SWELL BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Five undisputed- -championships, including ono national title, have come to rest at' Indiana university 'since Septem ber. These Include the Big Ten and national -crosscountry. Big Ten team wrestling championship, Individual Big Ten wrestling, and Indoor track. Town of 35 In Title Meet COLUMBIA, Mb. -CffV-Conlbetitlon, Mo., -with a population of 35, was the smallest town to send a basket ball team to the state high school tournament-here. - "IIHIANI) STREET" IX PARIS PARIS (Pi Suggestions for nam ing a Paris street -after Aristldo Bri and are cropping up,' one plan being the rech ristenfng of that part of tho rue d'Orsay which runs past tho foreign- office. - MASH TRIAL IX AFRICA WEENEN, Natal (PMore than 2500- 'natives were fined $7.50 each for participation in tribal disturbances- last- summer, The prisoners were herded by soldiers-with fixed bayonats into a barbed wire enclosure-to hear the decision. 'They were given-six months in which to raise the money.'- - ' SIXTH OF SCOTLAND PUT OX REAL ESTATE MARKET EDINBURGH (fl One-sixth of Scotland is for sale, says on Edin burgh real estate firm. . . Taxation problems and high death duties have - fqfrced Sco'lsh land owners to put- their property on the market in '-'unprecedented fashion. It is estimated that nearly a third of the land in Scotland has already become the property of the state and that $15,000,000 in death duties hang over Scottish estates. . ' A circuit court decision at Manti towoc, Wis., upheld the right of the Wisconsin State Baseball league to hold a $500 forfeit from a toam which withdrew in mid-season . 0?ie More Hurler; ' ' Says Allen Looks - 'Vl - ' ,V's liul better clin-k," snys Jiic of the Now York iminager's stuin-li Allen ut present looks best, McCurthy This Game i of Golf ! : -" By O. n. Kccler Among the expert lady golfers tour ing tho south, or that part of the south extending from Florida, chln whlsker of the United States, up the Atlantic seaboard to Plnehurst and Qcdgefleld, Miss Maureen Orcutt seems to be making the most im portant record. Sbo has victories in two big tournaments already. Miss Helen Hicks, national cham pion, did not play particularly well In most of the tournaments in which sho competed, and has returned to her home at Hewlett, r. I. -And there Is ono little girl who is making a dellghtrul reputation for 1 herself through - our "section, though as yet not winning any very ferocious competitions. POI NO TO PLAY This is Miss Beatrice Gottlieb of New York, - who -spent most of last year In Southern California; and this season is taking in as many of the winter tourneys as she can manage. "Bea" drives about in a small motor car, for she is not specially favored by fortune in the way of finances, but she is deter mined to play golf In the most select company. ' She competed In the recent tournament at the Radium Springs club near Albany. Ga.; the - first open championship. It was termed, because it was open to any femi nine golfer in the world. It was won, brilliantly, by our own. state and city champion. Miss Margaret Maddox of Atlanta, who beat Miss Gottlieb In the finals a bit unexpectedly. X am bound to admit, as Miss Maddox. though a capable performer, and southern champion tn 1929, was not as ac customed to severe competition as the little New York girl. The match was extraordinarily brilliant, too. both players break ing the previous record, with 79 and 81. It went the full route. 18 hcles. and of the 18 no fewer than 13 were won or halved by one or the other of the players getting down tn n single putt, while at the Amateur Boxing Champions Are Crowned Tuesday PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 30 (ff) Nine new boxing champions faced homeward today after two days of fierce fighting for honors in the amateur athletic union's annual Pa cific coast tournament. These were the champions, who emerged battered, but Jubilant, from the wars last night: Heavy Frank Connelley, of Fres no, Cal., unattached. 175 pounds Bob Heckler, Salt Lake City. 1 160 pounds Frankie Caldwell, Multnomah amateur athletic club, Portland. ' 147 pounds Abo Bazzano, Olympic club, San Francisco. 135 pounds Hoyt Jones, of Los Angeles, unattached. 126 pounds Freddie Lynch, Mult nomah club. 118 pounds Joey August. Spokane athletic club, Spokane, Wash. -' 112 pounds Johnny Agulrre, of Los Angeles, unattached. 105 pounds Bob Phillips, Multno mah 'club. Only two of the championship bouts ended with a knockout, and both of those were technical, the referees stopping the fights. Hoyt Jones scored a - technical knockout over Dick Poole, of Bend, Ore., in the second round, and Bob Phillips gained a third round technical knock out over George Riddle, of the Spo kane athletio club. All other bouts went the full three rounds to a de cision, with the exception of the heavyweight, which Connelley won by default from Lloyd Sullivan, of the University of Idaho. ; The nine champions will be in vited to participate in the national championships to be held at New York late in April. Winners there will be Invited to participate in the final Olympic tryouts in San Fran cisco. ' Best of Newcomers r if J2L Mi-Cnrt.hv. Ahove nm pictures of three ut the St. I'etersburj;, Flu,, trulillntr Suys. i . . 15th Miss Gottlieb saved a half by lofting a stymie after chipping 20 inches from the flag. Miss Mad dox's margin was 1 up, and It nat urally was a very popular victory. But Miss Gottlieb fairly won the hearts of the southern girls by hsr friendly candor and the' almost naive absence of '"swank" in her attitude and conversation. t , i 'KXCLt'SIVU' VAN CORTLANDT 1 -"Where did you learn your game?" ono Dixie competitor asked, rospoc tlvely. "Van Cortlandt Park," replied Miss Gottlieb promptly. "And by getting up soon after midnight to get out there in time to play it's a public course, you know. Why. I stumbled over a dead lad v in the lower hull I of the apartment house, ono morn Ins; about 2 o'clock, or maybe 3. I was the f lrst one up on the prem ises. ; Somebody. If seemed, had murdered the lady and hid her there. I was the one who found her." "What clubs are yoU'1 a member of now, in New York?" pursued the questioner, obviously awed. -; "Van Cortlandt Park," replied Miss Gottlieb. You couldn't very well help liking a golfer like that, you know. COLLI-CE COACH BANISIIKS HASEI1ALL SCOVTS- SANTA CLARA. Cal. () Profes sional baseball scouts desirous of at tending intercollegiate games at San ta Clara university might find it profitable to appear In false beards. Walter Moils, coach, finds their presence unwelcome as ho believes they put wrong ideas in the heads of hts charges by suggestions that the young men are wasting time play ing for fun. Several times Mails has refunded scouts their price of admission and requested they leave the stands. Two who demurred changed their minds after being confronted by football players. Mails said he intends to write Judge Laddts requesting that col lege baseball t players not be ap proached by Vcouts until they have completed their school courses. Jay Hodupp of New York has been elected captain of the Columbia uni versity basketball team for next sea son. He has played guard for two veare. and also has ni-iipri inttnr in football and track. JOHNNY I MURPHY j k UpNPE36ALg ''-.'' ' lly Mrs. I- 'SS. Terrivli ' (Observer Correspondent) .; UNION .Special) iSpeolal Easter services were held at the Methodist church Sunday morning. The church was appropriately .decorated .with Easter lilies, potted plants and crepe paper, and the choir.' furnished spe cial music. Rev. R. C J.ee attended the morning services and took rthat opportunity to make public acknow ledgement of his gratitude for the many kindnesses and- expressions of interest that have been .shown him during his' illness. While he was unable to oooupy the pulpit, ho Is making a steady gain and hopes to resume his work in the near future. Rev, H. I'. Hansen, of La Qrande, gavo the Easter sermon.- In the evening the church was packed to hear the special program r put ' on by the Leaguers and other classes - of the Sunday school. In addition to reci tations and songs, Mrs. S. E. Miller's primary class, put on a colorful spring pageant entitled, "Sir Smlle-Ups Band." A play depleting the dis ciples' reaction to the resurrection, "The Upper Room" was given by the Leaguers undor tho direction of Mrs. Homer Cheney. . . .'.' ! The Epworth Leaguers were Invited io a surprise breakfast at the Worth Halsey homo Sunday morning, fol lowing their sunrise sorvlce at the church. A delicious meal of bacon, eggs, biscuits and other good things war. served to 22. Mrs. Nora. Webb assisted Mrs. Halsey- in preparing and serving the meal. " .-'. --i : - ' ' A baby daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Griggs at the Grande Ronde hospital Saturday -morning. She has been named Marjorle Nan. . Miss Laura Hayes, of Wallowa, who has been on a nursing case In Baker, ir, here to spend a couple of weeks with her sister, Mrs. Roy- Conklln, and family. - ' " ' , - - ! Mrs. Ruth Jackson and son, Boyd, of La Grande, wote callers at the Worth Halsey home Saturday evening. Miss Alice Cadwell was taken to Hot Lake Monday to be treated for an attack of the flu. Donald Gale is quite 111 at his home. - -1 " J Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Barnard, who havo been living at the hotel, are moving to the Rosewall home. In North Union. ...!: Mi', and Mrs. Merton Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cock and Mrs. Fan nie Bldwoll drove to La Grande to attend the special Easter sorvlces of the Knights Templar,. Sunday. A dinner was served at the hall follow ing tho meeting. ' Mr. and Mrs. Gus Levy, of Baker, . wero callers at tho M. S. Levy homo Monday.--- - '-' Miss Ruth Connor came over from Paradise, -where she Is teaching, to spend the Easter vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Connor. . Mr. and Mrs: E-.'R. Rlngo, of La Grande, and Mr. and Mrs. L. Z. Ter rell -were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rosewall Saturday eve ning. Dr. and Mrs. Georgo Hoffman and Joanne went to Pendleton- to -spend. Easter with Mrs. Hoffman's parents,' Mr. and- Mrs.' E. J,- Murphy. 'r S SS ? j S5, $ IMBLEIt $ PERSONALS s$. 8's S S S $ S lly Mrs. Ray Wilson ' (Observer Correspondent) IMBLER, Ore. ' (Special)" Garth Westcnskbw won first and Ruth Halo second In an essay - contest ;s)onsbrcd by the ' auxiliary of the American Legion. All of the members" of tho 8th grade wrote essays and the auxi liary reports some very "fine- results. Prizes of $1.00 and 60c respectively were awarucd the winners. The Judges were: " J. H. Blunt, social science teacher. La Grande High school; MIsb Doty, librarian, La Grande; Mrs. Hur ley, ex-teacher. La Grande. Bobby Wilson has been 111 of a mild attack of flu. ' .. ..' ' Grant Tucker left tor Baker Mon cay afternoon with a truck load of apples. :'''. The Imblcr Rifle club and the La Grande riflemen will Join forces April 2 to shoot against the Walla' Walla Rifle club at Walla' Walla which is rated as one of the' best In the north west. Tho Imbler boys havo been practicing steadily for this ovont and last Sunday they shot the highest scores that they have made this year. Individual scores were as follows: B. D. Raskopf, 370; R. Perry, 365; P. Lan man, 346; E. Lanman, 343, W. Pur man, 325. Individual position scores were Prone, B. Raskopf. 100; R. Perry, 09. Standing. B. Raskopf, 85; R. Perry, 81. sitting B. Raskopf, 03; R. Perry, 91. Kneeling R. Perry. 93; B. Raskopf, 92. ; - Among the Imbler people transact ing business In La Grande Monday wore Gus Fowler, Bob Porrens, Wm. Furman. John Conklln, Walter and Arthur Furman, Perry Lanman. SOCIETY MATItON SEEKS DIVORCE NEW YORK, March 29 (fl") The New York American says Mrs. Paul Morton Smith, youthful society mat ron, has established a residence 'at Reno to obtain a divorce. .. Mr. Smith Is the son of Mrs. Charles H. Sabln. prominent antl-prohlbltion-1st. by a former marriage to J. Hop kins Smith. Jr. .. , i .: Mrs. Smith, the former Betty Shev-lln,- is the daughter of late Thomas ahevlln. whd was one of Yalo's great est football stars. They eloped and were married at Greenwich, Conn., In 1928. CSIt.UX INSPECTOR AT 89 DRIVES His CAB TO WORK MINNEAPOLIS : VP) ' At : 89 Col. R. A. Wilkinson drii-es his own auto mobile 20 miles to work every day. plays chess every noon to relojc from duties as grain Inspector, and drives home again at eventide. . - He Is a Civil war veteran who 25 years ago was told he had "a year cr less" to live. At that time he ter minated hiS association with .t.mps J. Hill, the "Empire builder;"'' to nom ne nod been legal adviser for nearly a quarter century, and, regain ing bis health In farming, re-entered politics. , Wilkinson says he has no thought of retiring.