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Pagre Two "SHOWDOWN" DUE IN BIG LEAGUE Rabbit Ball of American and Less Livelier Sphere to Get Real Trial. Br Gavle Talbot (Associated Press Scorts Writer) While it doesn't show in the rec ords, it appears this early that the country two major breball leagues wlU provide a "showdown" this sea- nn nr rh. hnnrt nf Kal! the Custom-T era want. The American league, standing; by Its "rabbtf bull. Is fanMo-iln more and gaudier homeruns than ever be fore. It's still a hitters' league in tb fullest sense of the word. The National circuit, with IT less lively sphere, is playing them clo to thej rest, regann its patrons hit. fast-fieldlrut exhibitions. Through yesterdava rames there had been a total of M four-baggers hit in te American lescve. com pared to 19 In t Vtwal. ad the pitchers of John Hevdlers league gen mlw hare fare nvieh er than thftw of the hinlor circuit. I'p to tne Fans I Just what the fans' final decision, will be- sull Is a matter of conjec ture, but the American league mag nates receired a world of encour agement yesterday when 60.000 pack ed' into Yankee stadium to watch Jos McCarthys slucgers open their home season with an 8 to 3 victory orer the Athletics. It was the largest crowd of the sea&on thus far. and it was treated to a typical slam-bang performance Connie Mack's two ace. Lefty Grove and George Earnshaw, were treated wry romchlr. Ruth. Lary Dickey leading the assault on them with te Yanks' daily quota of homers. The slim Castuilan. Lefty Gomea. scored hit second win of the year orer the league chamolona. The Washington Senators kept pace with Detroit at the top of t e standing with a ninth Inning rally that beat the Bed Sox. 4 to 3. In ad TODAYand FRIDAY THEY CALLED HER THE 'DOVE' . .hut hers was the fury oi -il-"2 thQ wildcat . . . i :.-.;..-,vr.'.... SHE knew no love but hsr own . . . HE knew but his own! . . " is ' Dole NORMAN FOSTSR , JIM0R FEATURES ANDY CLYDE "THE CANNONRAl.l." "BELIEVE IT OR NOT" Kip; CAKTtXN Cominc . - SATURDAY EVENING 35c AU ! II i ff( twaiy .ii.a ..-.. m m dition to pitching five-hit ball. Bobby Burke singles across the winning run In the ninth. lietrolt Wins Again Cleveland's oueniug day crowd saw the Indians drop a 3 to 1 decision to the fast-traveling Detrofcer. George Phle. Tir veteran, allowed only five hits, three of which were bunched in the second inning lor ' the Indians lone run. Sam Gray of the St. Louis Browns; hurled his second shutout of the ; year in downing the weak-hitting ! White Sex. 5 to 0. Carey Selpb. t rookie infieider. made two of the: Sox three hits. Red Lucas, who at last seems to hav a club back of him worthy of his talents, pitched the ambitious Cincinnati Ketli to i i to v win over , the Chicago Cubs before an inaugural crowd of 30.000 at Wrlgiey field. Joe ; Momsey. rookie shortstop, knocked , la four" of the Beds runs. j Card In Cellar j The champion St. Louis Cardinals plumbed now depths as they lost ' their fifth consecutive game to the Pittsburgh Pirates. 7 to 0. and fell into a deadlock with the Giants for lass place lu the National league. It marked the first time in the last 1 three seasons that the Red Birds hare drouped five in a row. Steve Swetonic allowed the champs only three hits, li singles, t The Giants, led by bruising Bill! Terry, tore into four Philly pitchers 17 h ' a; id a 14 to 5 triumph at Baler bowl. Terry hit two homers ? . v iud straight day and bat ted in fire runs. Old Clarence Mitch-1 ell did the pitching honors. Brooklyn and t Bcj:on Braves had an off day. j U High Schools I Eider T rack Meet ! KLAMATH FALLS. Apr. 31 t . Thirtee-n hiiih schools will compete In the first annual Southern Oregon- NortJrn California track meet here Saturday, and nearly 200 athletes will participate. j The school Include Klamath. Eu-j gene. Bend, Bums- Ashland. Grants : Ptss, Chtioqum. Malm. Fort Klam-: ath and Lakevtev. and Alters. Butte Valley and Susantilie from Califor nia. ..i,4 no !aw S -d- -.'-a is? ..--.X CWtk res Del Dio :4M3 MATlXKir 25c ( oniin? ... - SUM) AY - 1 1 - TV. AIT HI . 111). I I II) IN ! MIIIMIIM ! Baseball Standings By the Associated Press "NATIONAL LEAGIE W. I. Pet. Boston 4 2 .667 Cincinnati 5 Chicago 4 Philadelphia . 4 Brooklyn Pittsburgh St. Louts New York AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L Washington 6 a Detroit 6 New York . 4 Cleveland 4 Chicago .- 4 Philadelphia 3 St. Louis 3 Beaton , I .439 J33 .143 COAST LEAGUE W. L. San Pranclaco . 14 a Saertunento , . 10 6 Hollywood 10 6 Portland 9 7 Los Angelea 7 9 Oakland 6 10 Seattle . 6 10 Mission 2 1 Pet. .85 .625 .625 363 .438 31 S J75 .125 YESTERDAY'S SCORES Coat Ltaue Portland 4. XOssiona 1. Seattle 6. Hollywood 3. Los Angles 6. S.tcramenlo 2. San Francisco 8. Oakland 7. American Leane New York S. Philadelphia 3. Washington 4. Boston 3. Cleveland 1. Detroit 2 S;. Louis 5. Chicago 0. - National Leojrae Chicaizo 2. Cincinnati ". Philadelphia 5. New Tort 14. Pittsburgh 7. St. Louis 0. Only games scheduled. Lewis Winner Of Trapshoot Event PDfEHCRST, N. C Apr. 21 tfl Tracy V. Lewis, of Sew York, broke 94 taryets of a possible 100 to win the ali-around championship of the annual north and south trapshoot tournament here. Andrew J. Smith, of Proridence. R. I, shoottcje from the 20-yard mark, scored 95 to win the handicap event, and Samuel Sharman. of S?Lt LaXe City, was second with 94 scoa itun the 33-yard line. Hardivick Winner Over Butcher In Scrap At Baker A BAKFR. Ore . Apr. 21 tPi Cres Kardw.cS. cf Baiter, woo 4" the Judces decision ott Ger- aM Butcher, of La Grande, in the main eTent on a boxlr.g e card here last niieht. Left hoots 4 A and stra:?ht arm punches d:d the work. Tfcy are welter- e1 e wvizhts- In a wrestlln? beet on the sarr.e procram lie Shumake. of ev Baier. 1S3. ar.d EaiIot Dun- lap. 14. of Pendleton, went to a craw m :our rotincs. eacn tlin a fall. -4 MAXLEY BEATS HANNAH SAX FF.ANCrOO. A?r. 21 ---P- I a fast t,n round basUe here las: nUht. Georse Marilex. 175 pounds Denver, outboxed Jimrr.j Hannah. 160 pour.os. Pocaseilo, XcahOa. win a yocu'jr decaioa. Experience wis the factor by which tb Colorado fuhter overcorr.e h' heart- opponent. In tise fifth and - sixth rounis. he had Hannah wobbly! frcm lef w and rveh;a to the Jaw. i Hannah rallied to take the etcnta and . ninth frames, but was dearly out- claev Jn the final sessico. The favorite fishing ground of 1 AItw BnulJey. president of th Cleve land baseball dub. is on tne Au Sai Dailv Cross .ct::s Ta:i o.m's c vi'Aj ;! f.-:v! r !A-LM;-iS!"sW E S j Jf' S?.11'' '0-1 VjMS O Q&A 0;T e.! rd,-: ... tnv of K.j.i:.j,:;c3 II Syrri'' fur Hi 1 ira r; r t & t" :a- Ti i-- j : ft i i.'T3 a 1. AJ-i nnT-r! 1 i IN I " 7 1 1 1 1. n i j I 1 s i I 1 " I 7t H I i 1 rl i h : M P M i M f K P' KT T IfiJ ' j , , I I I !' ! 1 r r i i r ! j i . H ri i ri ri i i mm ! -rl i i h j i ' ri m i ;5. i i ri 1 i LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Pavlowa" Cochrane Does His Stuff ill : " V k - , n - -599! ,t f--":" ijjy.'f -.iK.-v . ' .750 ! fV 4 V ' V S Whjfs thl. Mlckt-v Cochrane doln? a spring dance? No. the Ath letbrt' ralrhrr strut-k tills auusujl pose vheo lie started to Ude Into third base and then Jumped on the hig Instead. He'd Just hammered out' a triple la the third inning of the season's opening same Kith the Xew York Yankfes at Sblbe park- Philadelphia. That' Third Base man Crojsrttl. of the Y";nks. rereliins the belated throw. The New Y'orkers won. It to 6. Betty Robinson's Successor Seen In Overnight.Girl Sprint Star! CHICAGO A glri who ran original conqueror. Bt March 18. : her first official foot race less than in her third start, she captured three months aero and 60 days later, first place with a time of 7.4 sec- smashed the Central A. A. U. 60- otitis, tying the central record. yard record may take Betty Rob-' And Afarch ' 30 she lowered the Inson's place for Chicago In this time to 7J and became sole holder year's Olympics. . of the mark, along with a member- One morning last January Mary ship in the L W. A. C. and a gold Terwllliger of DeKalb. Ill- learned medal. that a track meet for novices was; George Terwilliger. her brother. being sponsored m Chicago that ' Is Mary s coach and manager. He evening by the EJicols Women's: is grocmlng her for the Olympic athletic club. ! distance of 100 meters outdoors. Her brother, an athlete himself: who had noted her unusual speed in iruormai ioos races, pereuacea ner She hustled to the eitr. and was champion of 192S who will be out ehnunated in the semi-final heai.lof the picture this year as the re- In another indoor meet, four weeks i suit of injuries received in an air- U:er. she finbed second to her plane crash last summer, - i .. . , Portland And r -i -ra .1 n SpQ C Knth W lTl kJCCli3 UJ 111 If Ul) CAl 06fltlle V ICtOr By the .ss4wUted Press Two of xhe Pacify Coast first dirt- iicn clubs strengthened their post- ions in yesterday's clashes. San Francisco tiahtened its hold on first rlace. while" Portland pul'rfd up on iticramenso ana tionjv". vt- lassr dropptnje bacs. Yesterday's results: Pr.r-.Iind 4, Missions 1 . Seattle 8. KaiiTwocd 3. Los Angeles 6. Sacrsrarnto 3- f Sun Francisco 8. Oakland 7. j The Oaks rallied to tie the Seals -in their half of the ninth In a night game, but Wera"s single pushed over the winning run for the home team. Bv.teriM Walsh. Hurst and Read for Oaiiand: Wilioughby. iXrUglas and Per.cciv for the" Seals- trv nthr (-ir tV A - celi" r:?hi-har:ded ba;:ers ate up piichmg of Fiynn. southpaw Senator, nicimg him for li bitigles- . The S?ioc$ pounded Mss for Id. but - tight play m most of the pinches ihe2 the sccrmg down Batteries: I r.Tun and ftcocau lor iMcramento; - Moes and W. Crcmn for Lett Angeles- rvrtiand Win Araln Forito s tx:ts uewie 1 th-?uzh wen civtded. - 'ord Puzzle Ca:'s w:b : w y-.-i ' " : 1 Na -a e I.' ";:t.----f Ti .-..re I i Aria sa-r---t aK-- Members of the I- W. A. C. say they see much resemblance i suu aiiu ucia wi-wu ouu t t seven up. Jim Moore brought a gasp" from the fans, coming out of a som- w tc rtlre lhe side ta th seventh., Batteries: Cole and Hofmarm for the Mi:on; McDonaM and Painusano, - P lor Poi- , SeattWs four runs o!f Pitcher Wa!- ters' homer was ample margin for ihc 6-3 win over the Hollywood Stars. but Walters kept up the stick work, totaUng 8 bags in four times up. never mi gain; a hit. Batteries: Tur- ne. Sheehan and O'Maliey foe Holly- wood; Walters and. Bowaxini for Se-; a.rx-- Nowland Takes Hurdle Tryout In 15.2 Seconds yac strio of finely finished kid and : T FRED NOWLAND STARS Tract tryouts In both Tar si tv. freshman and mixed events were held Saturday at the Cniversity of Oregon. In v mixed high nurtie tnai. NoTund. La Grande fhman. won in 15:2 seconds. freshman, woo in 15 J seconds, less than a second slower than the accepted wtsrid record. In winning the race he defeated McCoy in second, and Alien a (formerly of Pendieon. in In addition. Nowland n third in a 22 second 220- yard dash fmlxed. and was , seeend In a 10 J 100-yard dash for freshmen, won by Clark son. Kowlands best time in the high hurdles in his high school 'days was 155 seconds, which stands as the Eastern Oregon record. He also holds the state meet record of 159 secoc.es. made at Cocrallis. last spring. secor.ds. made at Corrailis. last ; spring. 1 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA TRACK TRYOCT5 HELD rNivKK&rnr op oregox. Eu- cene. Ore, Apr. 21 (Special With i OMCh Bill EaTw-ard s illness ImproT- me daily so that he will tmdoubt- edly be in personal charge of his , athletes before the wee ts over, ore- gor i tract ana Htm nopes tooc on j a brighter aspect over the wvetend. Colonel Bill was moved to his home Sunday from the Pacific Christian ; hospital, where be has been confined t for more than a wee with a severe colii. ; In Bills absence Ed afoeliey. dis ; cus star and three-year letterman '. Ln trac and football, has been in charge of the squad,. &eurday . Bg E4 put the candidates for both the varsity and froeh teams through t their paces in a series of tryouts ; which resulted in scene unusually coed marks for so ear iy m the sea j sec i Thi meet waa scheduled in order ' that Hayward might get a line on . the avaiZabie naaienai and begin : to weed out his squad for the ' Oregoa Siaie reiays here neat a.t ; urday. j The results cf the tryciK fol I low: t lC-Tnrd dash: Varsity: first. Starr: ' second. Hoiman: third. Kami! -.on. Time. 10.3 seconds, Frwi: first. Clarfcsocv secorid. Ncwiand: third. j Grefnouh. Time. 10 4 seronds, f 22tyard dash: first. Siarr: sec- ocd. Burr: third. Kowiaai. Tune, j 2 seconds, 4-yard dash.: firsi. Ifarrs; sec-oc-i. Kcllwage: third, Wnght. Time , SC secoeds- eSO-vard run: fir?3. Boiman: fec ) ocd. DcaXi: third. Ejcis, Te 3 camutesa. 3 4 seconds- run " ftrs. Eunter; secocd, I Lee. third. Warner. Tiiae. 4 ulisws. ! i5 second. HigS hurdies: first. "cland: se-r-' cod. McCoy. Hunt, Allen. Tiaie 11J ; secoccis. j Dicus: first, Prye: second. Ciarte: ; third, Lewis, Xstance. leet, 8 ; Inches. She put: first. Frye; second. Poce: ; third. Eaaansoer. iXsiance- 43 feet, i 5 tnche. j Pce ault: fL-st. Garrett and Kei21 fcer tied: third. Xewccnb, Bfixht 11 feet. 6 inches- I Ti A. B- C. sangtes boUcg ehast-" f pionship won by 0o Xitchke of ' CWeiand th year at Detroit b the third tstSe woo. t-y Crevriard fcowi -en in it hjdtory of the aOurr.ament. Record-Hitters, These Lads f -vvp. s ' psy-,v - 1 - -"' Y hi- . 0 This beine an Olympiad year, the athletes seem o be oudlolns them selics. Lett Is Bob Kiesel. I nliersity of t'alilomi. sophomore, who ran the 100-yard dash In 9J seconds, equaling the recojrniied world's record. Right Is Ben Eastman. Stanford middle distance star, who's shown breaking the world's So-jard record two weeks artcr setting a new 4tn-;ard mark. Jurado Declines To Take New Shot A t British 0 Ddl c BOESOS AIRES up There will be no Argentine menace this season to continued United States possession' 0f the British open golf champion- ship. Th rv.ciike little Jose Jura- dJ the Prtai of 's fln.?rs UUe bag last' year until if .Tf . ,V-v ,rt .,-,, tru. hon. to Tommy Armour, has no appe- u f ann.v.. EnmnMii , t w He is playing better eolf than erer burning up the cour5 Ip his native country in the middle sixties, but he has de- c lined the oxter or the Arsrentme Golf club, where he is professional. him m & either ; Xat united tates or Britain. jurado found more agonv than measure in The harrosin? grind of Bnti3ts and European tournament piav last year, and another exoe- du:on would entail bs absence irom horn course during the Argentine wmier. most lucrauve xeachin? season of the vear. i Because Jurado prefers to stay as bou Js co-professionals. Prec- cenx Gn:a Bnd chuno, alio have snumed oooortunUies to tlav acain ! in the British open and Argentina probably will be unrepresented. 1 PARIS INTRODUCES : LEATHER TIES ! i - ! PAHIS Leather ties are a new spring fad. As its con:ribution to masculine spnne stvtes Pins has evolved a new four-in-hand, cut from W :?f. wi:h unsewn exiges. to war witn sports- clothes. Ee-bro-n is a fivortxe color. whiie grcec tsl'-e and burnt crange are also seen. sporx sianis By Alan 4. Gonld tAs5cciaed Press Sports Ed:oc IntematiMial socrts drveloo scene ' diZZT situaiicns- Tsie the matr of tennis. In years past Americans have been criticized abroad for tn- vading foreign lands and carting a way the trophies. After alL weren't Americans al- together too serious about their sports: didnt they play to win. " practice too tnSently. specialise hie TUdeS GT BoOtjy JOCfS OS On SpOTt Instead cf plan half a daren. inane of them too well? But the spice of intemat;ocal ccmpeuuoa has made such classics s the WimbledoQ championships, and w:ih the paMibtiiwy of the "American DTts Cup team passing , uo the Loc-dGQ toumarrrfr.l. this A This store will be open daily 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. CARR FURNITURE COMPANY Inc. 3 -.4' , r . a, a ; t r Ji year, criticism his tafcen a new turn. Bruce Harris, tennis correspond ent of the London Evening Stand ard, brands the proposed plan of the V. S. L. T. A. to sidetrack Wim bledon as an "unfriendly act. The schen-e is. he says, "stealing betterments ... Free Safofy , Glass all around . . . Frea lH -r; Wheeling, Synchrcnizod I - kM. J. G0SS . a pp 4413 ADAMS AYE. - heSSmSBsmiaHAmaJiinSSi. i THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LA GRANDE SQund CAPITAL & SURPLUS nnouncement Accounts mas be paid and receipted at the office as usual. Thursday, April 21, 1932 I a march" on the French and British 1 players who will be tolling at wim- jbledon while the Americans are v in rounding Into championship form A i at a French resort or In the Roland ' Oarros stadium In Paris. , I TIT FOB TAT Unless America abandons this I "cute" plan cute. In English usage. ; meaning shrewd or tricky the Eve 1 nlng Standard writer tirges retalla : tlon. He doesn't suggest the League of Nations might be Invoked, but he mentions a boycott of the Amerl. can championships .at Forest Hills : unless the U. 8. L. T. A. calls olt i the "semi-boycott of Wimbledon." i Neither Fred Perry nor Bunny Aus ' tin should go to America this fall i If Shields and Vines skip the two : : weeks' play at Wimbledon, ife aays. I Finally, ' Shakespeare ' Is ' dragged ' In to prove the unfriendly action of American tennis authorities. I "The Americans by ignoring an i obligation which the give-and-take of the game Imposes will show that they believe (with Casslus) that: " Tls better that the enemy seek 1 us i Whilst we, lying still, ! Are full of rest, defense and nlm- i bleness." t And as a parting shot the Eng ; llsh writer says that for the Amer- t lean Davis Cup team to avoid Wim- I bledon because "three weeks is not long enough for preparation on the Paris surface savors ludicrously of mollycoddling." II WIS CAI.MS TEMPEST i Dwight F. Davis, Davis Cup don or. who spent a week In London re 1'cently, somewhat allayed the feel ings of British tennis critics on the Wimbledon; Issue by telling ' them that he llso felt strongly on the subject. I Declaring that he had been In ' correspondence with the American authoritiesMr. Davis said : "I have great hopeiT that our young players will be at Wimbledon. I regard Wimbledon as pre-eminent among the lawn tennis championships of the world." , English critics felt better after j that, and Mr. Davis' reputation as r. diplomat was firmly established in London. $10,000.00
