Tuesday, May $, id32f
. rage two
Of
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I LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, M GRANDE, ORE..
BuS Saturday
First Practice
Junior
Leag
LA GRANDE BOYS
WILL SEEK PLACE
ON COUNTY NINE
Coaching to! be Handled
Gral'pp, Wooclie,
QiiiAn; . M6ore; I os e y
arid Garity This Year.
Tho bringing together of half a
million boys into one grent nation
wide program, and then getting them
back, home again safe and sound. Im
bued with a more thorough under
standing of American - Ideals and
principles. Is a program the Ameri
can legion solves each year in the
junior baseball. program, according to
John Oarlty, chairman of the move
ment in the La Grande post of the
American Legion. This year, in ac
cordance with a plan Instituted by
A. L. Oralapp.' principal of the La
Qrande, High school, who also Is a
member of the committee, class base
ball games will be started In the La
Qrande High school and the best
J flayers from that group will, be se
eded , to try . put for. the final team
typm Union county which will com
petes .with . other county teams for
championship of the state. . ,
All boys who are interested' In the
movement and wish to try out for
tho team are asked to get In touch
with Mr. Oarlty and to be at tho High
school athletic field at 2 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon for the first prac
tice. Boys born not earlier- than
midnight on June 29, 1016 are elig
ible; to try for positions on the team
V?hlch. will be coached by Mr. Gra
lppp, lrttr Woodle, coach at the High
school; E., R. Qulnn, .coach . at the
Normal school; CUve Moore and Cecil
posey, of tho grade schools, and Mr.
Oarlty. ,;, , . .
i -.i-.TO; Pick, .Team In .June
...The team will, be picked by the
latter part of June, the commit tae
announces. ,
- Hold-overs from last ydar's aggre
gation are Keith McKlnnis,
Ralph
Fowler, and Delmer Fowler, of Imb-
tor; Elton Prlzzoll, of Summervllle; workmen more time In which to corn
Bernard Do Borde and Merritt Rich- pletc the new arena where the fight
Qfdspn, of Cove; , Delward Jones and .will be held.
Hug hey Irwin, of La Grande, ; ...
" The legion brings the boys tOReth-'
er in an activity designed to teach
practical and concrete citizenship
lessons through baseball, and the ac
tivity is now an established .institu
tion with thousands of- teams com
peting for . tho national champion
ship. ' .ho program" has -beep made pos-f.
fllbfo.by the co-operation! of the Na
il'onaland American lengues of pro-,
icBsioh'al! baseball with ,t fie American
Legion. ' Each year these' two leagues
ten year- ineso iwo leagues
tiio flnnhcial rapport nee'
jiavo given -cue mimicim Hupjjuri. iiuc-
Sectional rind junior world scries.
Pete Hermcftu i?7frf.!whto 'n,ul his strii,a iue m,ick-
' 1 'IMllo la nP,U'0(l tin llwi fnnl tlw.t ivhiin
Recalls Days When
He Was a Champion
Prom
flbw unuttnao, juuy o vn nuiu
behind the black curtnin of blindness,
Fcto Hcrmnn sits In his small cnb
nrct In the Vlcuxp Carre and reflects
on the dnyB when ho was bantam
weight chnmplon of the world.
Hla' gloves have been on the hook
lor 11 years and the fight fans, a
llcklo lot, have forgotten Pote Her
inan, acclnlmcd nt one time the great
est of little men of the ring,
. Prom 1014 to 1022, ho hammered
nls way to fistic famo and fortune
but lost both In his battlo to save
Ills eyesight, knocked out by punches.
Now he sits in his club plantation
with his blind man's cano.
i Ho will tell you that ho wns christ
ened' Peter dulotta and was a boot
black In a barber Bhop when the
fight urge struck him. Ho spent his
lunch hours In the Royal Athletic
club training until he attracted the
nttontlon of a fight promoter.
Ho wns used as a preliminary fight
er until 1014 when he was matched
with Abe Knbakoff in nn eight-round
bout in Memphis. Ho won this match
as a skinny, 110-pound kid. Soon af
ter ho was entered in a bout In New
Orleans against Joe Wagner and won
easily,
, Prom this start he went from bout
to bout. Three times he was match
ed agnlnst Kid Williams, the bnntam
clght champion, and In the third
bout In 1017 he wrested tho crown
from tho kid's head.
ah ivim Lee
FACING 'ACID
TEST' TONIGHT
PORTLAND, Ore., May a (PI A
capacity crowd wns expected to wit
ness tonight what mnnv fight fans
believe will be the acid test for Ah
Wing Lee. Portland's clever light
weight boxer, who meets Ooldle Hess,
of Los Angeles m the headllncr on
Atatchmnker Joe Waterman's boxing
Card. Hess, known as the "Califor
nia, Cannonbnll," hns fought some
bi the best lightweights in the world
nnd Is a real test lor the local boy.
; Another bout nttrnctlng nntch at
tention Is tho Eddie Volk-"Wlldcnl"
Carter match, Mickey Barker, ama
teur featherweight boxer, makes his
Initial professional appenrancc In a
four-round bout against Whltcy Neal.
Too Much for Science
Science may perform vondcrs,
ono does. IJut we enn't believe It
will ever .be possible . to rend n
jnnn'g thoughts If he keeps his
irjonlh shut. Toledo Illiide.
Misleading Name
jifount Desert Islnnd off the const
of Mnlno Is not rtnlly n desert. The
snnio desert wna given with the
French slgnlflcnnce of wilt) anil soli
tary. The Islnnd vegclntlon Is ex
ceptionally vigorous.
i
Baseball Standings
Ity the AKMK'iiitnl Press .
AMKHICAS I.HAOI K '
W. J Pet.
Washington 13 4 .705
Cleveland 13 8 .684
New York 10 S .667
Detroit - U 0 .647
St. Louis 7 11 .389
Philadelphia 5 10 .333
Chicago S 13 .278
Boston - 3 13 .188
NATIONAL I.K.WiUK
W. L. Pet.
Boston 10 4 .714
Chicago 11 6 .688
Philadelphia 10 7 .888
Cincinnati - 0 0 .471
BJtuuurgh .,. 7 10 .412
St. Louis 7 10 .412
Now York ,. - 5, 0 .357
Brooklyn .' 6 0 .357
YESTKKUAVS UKSLI.TS
Const League
No games; teams traveling.
American league
Washington 10. New York 3. -Boston
2, Philadelphia 3.
Cleveland 6. St. Louis 5.
Chicago 3, Detroit 5. 1
National League.
New York 1, Brooklyn 3.
Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 0.
Philadelphia 7. Boston 2.
St. Louis 2. Cincinnati 1.
M Ax - JACK GO
POSTPONED TO
21ST OF JUNE
&EW YORK, May 3 P) In order
to, avoid conflict with the political
conventions, Madison square garden
plans to postpone tho Schmellng
8harkcy heavyweight title match un
til June 21. The match originally
was to have been held June 10. Sanc
tion for the postponement was to be
sought of tho New York state ath
letic commission today.
The Republican convention will be
held In Chicago Juno 14 and the
Democratic convention two weeks
later. With the fight on June 21, th-s
garden figures It will conflict with
neither. The later date also will give
Love of Praise and Pleasure
The grenlest efforts of the race
linvc always been traceable! to the I
love- of praise, ns lis groatest cntits- j
troplic to tliq love of -pleasure.
Ruskln.
. J , Juit at Bad
Pooplo who lake cold
'
fJ
hths
fiC-claUst, m'vet
Hut tljoji they
i,nvA .(,Irl Iml'is' Innil n I -l ' I
b ,'r'1-'- ,,uon ,4WHJ,II,.S-
Zebra's Colore
The
bnalc color of
zobrn Is
zebrn Is crossed with n donkojl
:ttsZ
most Invnrlnhly
color with bcjivy
bind! stripes on tlio'lrm nr.d fnlnt
"
blnclc stripes on the neck nnd body.
But Not Taxo,
An null. or snys Hint science. Is
IcnKthonlns the lire Sinn. Hut ll
does not veem nble lo shoflen luxes
very mucli. Iilrnilnelini" News.
Nurmi Wins
Her Hand
I- is
.1
$3
'AS. w?
They're entered In the mntri-'
moulftl race. But contrary to
what you might think, there'll
be no runnwuy marriage for Flu
land's canning young man. Paavo
Nurmi (below), and 24-yenr-old
Eylvl Lnnksoncn I above). Their
wedding In Abu. Finland, soon,
will be a formal event from start
to finish, lies the famous Olym
plo runner: she's the daughter""
of a prominent financier.
Bit
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Early spring track meets in the west not only hav uncovered Ben
KuHtman as a possible winner' or Olympic glory, hut Jimmy Meeka as
weU. In case you never have heard of Monks before, lie la. called
the Occidental "iron man," being practically a one-man track team
nt Occidental College, Los Angeles. He is a high and low hurdler,
one of tho best on the coast, and n (juarter-miler of merit, Com
bining the two talents, lie is cxpceteLjo land a berth on Undo Sam's
1932 team In the 400 meters hurdles event. He is a 49-second"
quarter-miler, and In a recent meet ran the low hurdles in 23 G
seconds and the hfghs in 15 seconds.
FIGHT MANAGERS
EYE COLLEGIANS
"They Lack Something,"
They Insist, But Buy
Seats, Nevertheless.
Ity Ertivard .?. Nell
(Associated Press Sports Writer)
NEW YORK, May 3 m Fight man
agers, connoisseurs of ring flesh,
shake their heads when they talk
of college fighters and their chances
of gaining fame as professionals, de
spite the recent successes of Steve
Hamas, Penn State alumnus.
"They lack something." they in
sist, "Not heart, maybe, but just
general toughness. Education soft
ens them, leaves them too gentle for
the fight game,
But just the same most of the
managers will be down front when
tho sturdy delegation from, the col-
lego ranks swings into action at the
opening of the annual national ama- I
tour championships in Madison
Square Garden tomorrow night. The ;
tournament, bring together a' cou-i
iP'c oi nunuroa or the huskiest young-
sters he land, 'provides the added
mct,lIVO tnis year oi a trip .10 me
Olympic tryouta In San Francisco for f
j the top four in each of the eight dl-
Visions. ,
fl (leav.vwi'Iglits Eyed ;
" in-ou ...
tiieir eyes nxeu on live conege neavy
wclKhts who stand out In the field
of IB big fellows recruited from coast
to coast.
Four of the five college heavy
weights are recognized here as ex
ceptional prospects and the fifth.
Jimmy Dee of Rice Institute, Hous
ton, Texas, cames north with a fine
reputation.
Tho stondout of the lot, on post
performances, is the big Irish tackle
from Yale, John Kllcullen, son of a
wealthy New York contractor. Kll
cullen, with a perfect fighting name,
scales around 100. He has never been
beaten.
Three others ore close to him In
ability. One is Joe Uzdavinis, a huge
fellow from Northeastern xmiverslty
in Boston, who lost a close battle to
Kllcullen in tho national Juniors in
Boston April 5. Another 16 John
Rutherford, a Princeton tackle over
six feet and a half tall, winner of
tho golden glove competition here.
jTho third Is Stenglcws S. Slater, a
strapping big negro from the Univer
sity ui imuiugiiii, u utiny jjuiujiici.
Through the rest of the list from
tho flyweights up, the sprinkled col
lego warriors, somp prominent, some
unknown. The only defending
chnmplon of 1031 is Eddie Flynn, bril
liant welterweight from Loyola of
New Orleans, who has yet to be bent
en In more than a hundred amateur
matches.
Vegetarian Idea
Vegelnrir.nlsm ns n word enine
Into use nhout 18-17, but prior to
that there were people who lived on
n diet that excluded flesh, fowl and
fish.
New England Idiom
"(lore" Is nn old name for n trl
nneiilnr piece of land, n minor un
organized territory, common In both
Mnlno ami Vermont, ns between the
corners of nelKhhorlng counties.
About Ourselves
I.lfo, nfler nil. contains only one
Srcnt problem tlmt of so ndjusiing
yourself to the Inevitable that you
enn keep your peace of mind nnd
self-respect.
Uncle Eben
"Mobbe It's wrons," said Uncle
Klien, "to count a rnlihlt hunter rs
favorln' unemployment. He's liable
to keep some pore rnlihlt powerful
busy." Wnshlngton Stnf.
Causa of Carbuncles
Carbuncles nre deep Infections of
subcutaneous tissues which take
place Hi rough minute cuts or through
the hnlr follicles.
Batter Shut
The chief objection to nn open
countenance Is the noise It makes
while It's open. San Francisco
I'hronlcle.
ZJ '. efMMY f
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VANEfALS DROP
BALL GAME TO
HUSKIES, 14 - 3
MOSCOW, loo.. May 3 P) The
University of Washington, baseball
team defeated the University of Ida
ho, 14 to 3. In the first of a two
game conference series here yester
day. Hutchinson, Washington first
baseman, hit home runs In tho first
and fifth Innings, with two men on
base each time. The teams meet
again today.
Tho score: R. H. E.
Washington 14 10 0
Idaho 3 6 8
Gaw and Hartnett; Jacobs and Mc
Nellly. COt'UAIIK ON TIIK ROAD
PULLMAN, Wash., May 3 (Pi Six-
toen Washington State college base-
batl players and Coach Buck Bailey
left hero by special bus today for
their first coast invasion.
They meet .Oregon State college
at Corvallis Wednesday and Thurs-
day, and nfove to Eugene for a two-
Rame scries with Orccon Friday and
Saturday. Monday nnd. Tuesday-the
University of Washington entertains
iinem at aeattie. En route home, tney
; will stop at YaklmnJ for practice
game, wun an mi-svar nine.
jn three games this season, the
cougars have won two, one each from
the Untverftltv of Idaho nnd the Unl
vers Ity of Washington, dropping the
ocncr to wasuingcon.
Sidereal Year
The period of time required for
the earth to nmko one nlisolute rev
olution around the sun & called n
sldorenl year. It consists of 805
dnys, 6 hours, 0 minutes ana ii.O sec
onds. This period never varies.
Class by Itself
The District of Columbia, hna no
status either us n state or territory.
It Is simply n fodernl district with
nearly C00.000 people, most of whom
linvo no political rights or repre
sentation. At a Discount
"Whnt Is the true worth of n
ninn?" hns been nskod. ITnlf wny
between what his bride nnd ' his
mother-ln-lnw think of hfm.
Gives Yuu a Start
Mifyho- you enn't buy happiness
with money, but yoii have n nolnbte
ndvnntnge when Hie liUldliiK slnrts.
Arkansas Onzette.
Loit to the World ' ;
The I'hnros, nertr Alexandria,
one of tho wonders of the ancioui
world, was destroyed by nn earth
quake In 130.1.
Looks Worse From Afar
Trouble Is much like n hill on the
highway. It looks much worse from
nn elevmlon thnh It does from the
bottom.
Mantle of Motes
Moses tlen Mnlnion, the Jewish
snvnnt, n Talinudist philosopher, ns
tronoiner nnd physician, was known
ns "tho second Moses."
Juit a Thought
Is the world nil grown up? - Is
childhood dead? Or Is there not
In the bosom of the wisest and best
some of the child's1 heart left, to re
spond to its earliest enchantments?
Charles I.nmh.
Air Conquest Old Idea
In tho year 17(10 nn nsiille friar
In Portugal wns subsidized by the
king to carry out n series of experi
ments In flying.
awvi 1 1 mmm?
ffr.BmstauaMal
GRANADA
ZOc
AIU'I.TS
5c Kiddies
Next Sitt. . sun.
Koh Max nurd hi
TOCATKt.l.O Kill'
I This Game X
: of G6ti i
... - 4
; By O. ft. Keeler , , ;
Bill Hollow, sports writer for The
Nashville Tenriessean, was In Atlanta
with the Nashville ball club", but he
was talking aboutgol'f, of ; which
game he' Is something of a hopeless
addict. I asked him if Bllnkey Horn,
his sports editor, was. playing much,
these days. (
Mi. Hollow opened his eyes very
wide., ('.-
"Blinkoy's, not playing at all," BUI
replied. '"He's not been playing golf
for six years. Hadn't you heard?"
I hadn't heard i. anything about
Bllnkejr not playing golf. Blinkey
was not' precisely a. national figure,
in the game, though a distinctly In
teresting and " original one, and
touch, fun to play with.,,
WHY BIJNlifcY QUIT'
I asked Mr., Rollow what about it.
'"Well,"' said Mr. Hollow, "you re
member the sixth hole at the . Belle
Meade country club the pretty one
shotter, where you drive from, a tee
high on . a hiUsicle to a green out
lined by a pretty .little Tlvuiet, or a
darned dirty , ditch, according . to
whether , you get on. the green or In
the rivulet. ; '
"Bllnkey was playing this hole.
and for the first time In his life, so
far as I know, he got his Iron shot
over the stream and on the .edge
of the green the edge .nearest the
stream; ho Just did .get over; But
he was on the green.
"Old Blinkey was set up1 to fi tfiif-
lion. A& we walked across- the little
bridge, t remember he was talking
about taking some' more lessons and
getting down to serious work on the
game.
"It wasn't such & tcugTi gams,
Bllnkey said. All a fellow really
neeaea io uo was io tatce ic senousiy
' and study It a bit and always take
I pains; always pay. atteritlort to what
ho was- doing, at the moment he Was
j doing It.
"So he took his putter from the
caddy, and walked up to the ball,
and studied the line carefully, and
took his stance, and addressed the
ball, ' and soled the club in front of
It, the way Bobby Jones does, and
then in taking the club back to start
the stroke, he Just knocked the ball
backward into the rivulet." ,
Mr. Rollow paused, for effect.
"And then," Mr. Rollow resumed,
"and then, without saying a word,
Blinkey walked back across the ltttl6
bridge, and dropped a ball. on. the
farther side of the rivulet and took
his tnlbllck, and. . knocked that ' one
Into the stream, and dropped It out,
and. knocked it bckjpj again. T..
"lie did this tseveri times." All
without saying a word.- Then he got
it over on the green, pretty closj
to the flag. He had played 16 strokes.
He took three putts, holing out In
19, after having been on the green
in one stroke. Then he replaced the
putter . In the . bag, and walked
straight to the clubhouse. He has
not played golf since."
Mr. Rollow. added that it was Just
as well . not to mention the incident
to Mr. Horn.
"He's pretty much interested In
baeoball now, anyway," said Mr.
Rollow.
Typical Servants'
Maybe7 they: arc called rVnlille serv
ants because n servnnt doesn't mind
wnstlns things that belong to some
body else. Los Angeles Times.
Synonym for Knave
The name "Old Nick", was given
to NIceolo Maehtavell! In the Fif
teenth century. It beenme nn epi
thet for trnnvo. ' ,
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Cleveland Best
Western Bet To
Win inThe East
: iiy Gayle Talbot ';
(Associated Press Sports Writer)
With the year's first intersection al
warfare only two days away, the
Cleveland Indians again shape up as
the west's best bet to break into
the eastern clubs' monopoly on
American league laurels.
Roger Pecktnpaugh's tribe was run
ning a strong second .today, only one
game behind the" Wnshlngton Sena
tors, afteif winning nine straight
against western opposition.. Detroit,
In fourth place, also will Invade, the
seaboard In an excellent, position.
The Indians, who have been win
ning largely on sheer offensive pow
er, will make their eastern debut
against the Athletics Thursday at
Philadelphia. Wes Perrell, who has
won his first five starts, likely will
get the nomination against the
Mackmen. ;
Two big Innings that netted all
their runs gave the tribe a 6 to 6 vic
tory over the St. Louis Browns yes
terday. . , Senators. Win
The leading Senators handed Ver
non (Lefty) Gomez his first reverse
ojt the year in slugging out a 10 to
3 decision over the Vankces. Joe
Cronin Jed the way with a homerun,
a double and a triple. Henry John
son, an appendicitis victim in the
spring, made his first appearance this
season when he relieved Gomez in
the fifth. He was hit solidly.
Jimmy Poxx's homerun in the 11th
Inning broke up a mound duel and
gave tho Athletics a 3 to 2 triumph
over the Boston ; Red Sox.. Lefty
Grove, third Athletic hurler, was
credited with the win.
Sad Sam Jones collapsed after al
lowing only four hits in eight In
nings, the Detroit Tigers scored five
runs In the ninth: and beat out Chi
cago, 6 to 3. t , ...
Two Pitchers Shine
National' league fans were treated
to a pair of superb pitching per
formances by Sylvester Johnson of
St. Louis and Steve Swetonic of
Pittsburgh'. Swetonic allowed only
three hits in blanking the 'aspiring
Chicago Cubs, 2 to 0. while John
son let the Cincinnati Reds down
with four to win, 2 to 1.
Jimmy Collins sixth homerun of
the year in the fourth Inning with.
Sparky Adams on base enabled John
son to get the better of a tight slab
duel with Si Johnson of the Reds,
who allowed only five hits, himself.
All three blows off Swetonic were
singles and only one Cub reached
second base. The Pirates scored both
their runs off Pat Malone in the
sixth on two hits, a sacrifice, a pass
and Danny Toylor's muff of Dugas
Da'zzy Vance's' tight" pitching -and
Glenn Wright's timely' hitting' giive'
the Brooklyn Dodgers a 3 to 1 victory
over the Giants. Wright triples with
two on in the eighth to break a
deadlock.
The Phillies went on another hlfc
Ung rampage behind Ed Holley's
seven-hit pitching to subdue the
league leading Boston Braves, 7 to 2.
One In Eight Get Pass
ST. LOUIS (rTj A survey of wres
tling shows in St. Louis revealed one
pass was Issued for every eight pay
ing customers In attendance.
To
FACE VALUE
When you pick up this newspaper and read, the an
nouncements of this city's local merchants, or those
of national advertisers, yott heed never think to ques
tion the sincerity and honesty of their statements.
' This reliance on Advertising has been brought
about by Advertising and is one of Advertising's
greatest contributions to the satisfaction and case
of modern living-. ; (
An advertiser deliberately attempting, to deceive
takes the quick, short rond to ruin. The insincere or
extravagant statement may have its brief day. But:
the greater the attention it attracts, the sooner the
public will discover and destroy its deceit.
The cornerstone of successful shopkeeping always
'has been "keep faith with the public'; give honest
values and truthfully represent the merchandise and
its service. This principle had to find its expression
in Advertising for Advertising is nothing more than
the owner of a store or a factory talking with people
in their homes about such things as shoes and soap,
radios and rugs, blankets and bloomers
It pays to read the advertisements. They are first
hand news of what is being invented, fashioned, and
perfected in the workshops of the World for your Well
being, comfort and convenience.
t Sport Slants t
By Alan J. Could
(Associated Press, Sports Editor)'
The major leagues may have been
p. trifle Jittery over the business pros
pects for 1932, In advance of the
getaway, but the first few weeks
have been reassuring to the mag
nates, thanks mainly to the sudden
display of winning form! by such
erstwhile rear-guard outfits as Cin
cinnati, Detroit, the Chicago White
Sox, Philadelphia Nationals and Bos
ton Braves.
Prom the box-office viewpoint,
nothing could be sweeter than the
early showing of the , under-dogs,
especially in towns where, the gate
receipts fell off . so substantially as
they; did ,in Detroit and Cincinnati
last year.
The nation-wide interest In base
ball appears no less than ever.
Babe Ruth's minor aches and pains,
as wen as his home runs, remain
front page news In the sports ex
tras. , The box scores are being
studied with more enthusiasm, at
least, than the stock market tabu
lations. It's a spring tonic to hear
the old arguments popping up again
above Grove and Perrell, Simmons
and Ruth,- Grimes arid Wilson.
3 f A R AT fTOX E (t S OII LOT t .
Paut de Bruyn's sensational .vic
tory over the best American mara
thon'ers in the Boston road classic
lis far from, being a fluke, .
' You may recall that- these col
umns some time ago pointed to the
slow but nevertheless steady ad
vance of this 24-year-old German
boy, whose .one mission In life now
seems to be to capture the Olympic'
marathon for the good old father
land. ,
Marathon running has to be next
door to an obsession for its partici
pant to ' get anywhere. Success
generally means the devotlort of the
better part of a man's athletic life
time. As 'wo have remarked be
fore, the Fins, best of all distance
running clans, don't think much of
a marathon candidate until he gets
around 40 years of age.
De Bruyri's hfse at so early an
age, therefore. Is remarkable testi
mony to' the faithfulness of his
training" and concentration over the
past few years. He Is 12 years
younger ' than Paavo ( Nnrmly who
also- has his henrC set on winning
the long romp at Los Angeles.
Their condition being equal, Nurmi
would have the edge over the Ger
man at any distance because of his
speed and training, but the latter
has shown ..remarkable improve
ment. Do Bruyn Is short, somewhat
thick-set. His stride, of course,
does nf0li 1 fcbmfpare" .iwljh 'Nu'rml's:
but he may. have more endurance
than the celebrated Finn. On' top
of that the German has developed
speed by consistent training at the
intermediate distances, 10 to 15
miles, over the roads.
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Some of the experts suggested
that de Bruyn, after running for his
native land this summer at Los An
geles, may "take out citizenship pa
pers and return the compliment by
running for the United States in
the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. .
This would be a good trick, if he
Be Taken at
Seals to Tackle'
Stars in Secortds
PlaceThisWeek
By The Assoc tu ted Press .
San Francisco's, Seals, t undisputed1
leaders of the Pacific coast league,
play Hollywood, tied for second, on
the latter's home field In this week's
Eerles,. r . , , j ,
The; Seals entrenched themselves In
top position last, week and trie Stars
went into a second place tie . with
Portland. The San Francisco-Hollywood',
games , win be played airtight
as will the Los Angeles-Missloris
games at San Francisco. Oakland and
Sacramento piny a daytime series at
Sacramento, and Seattle and Portland
play by daylight at Portland. , . t
Top honors in Coast league batting
were held today by. Arnold "Jigger"
Statu, Los Angeles outfielder, with an
average of .414 In 104 times at bat.
Finney of Portland, and' Demdreo
of Sacramento, were tied for, second
place, each batting ,.396. , (
Portland holds the team batting
honors, with an average of .325.
i could do it, but the Olympic rules
quite clearly prevent an athlete rep
resenting one nation from ever" com
peting for another country. :
Jimmy Henigan, .the Iqose-galted
New Englahder who followed ' de
Bruyn. to; the finish In .front of the
Boston A. A. clubhouse, apparently
will be the No. 1 IT. s. hope in the
Olympics. He, . toor has , Improved
with age, though it now appears
doubtful that the old master hlnv
self, Clarence De Mar, will be able
to qualify for the American team,
with only two places left to fill.
AXOFX PITCHING FftlSKLE
l6s; ANGELES (jp) In .the first
nine baseball games played by the
Los Angeles teams, . Manager. Jack
Leliveft was' compelled to use 25
I pitchers, or nearljf three mourids
'meri a game. The Angels won throe"
and lost six.
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