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. t niwimiirrn .l A in AUTO?. . ODIP.. Saturday, May 28, 1932 liA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER; LA GRANDE, ORE. Page Two Nambu, Cator Favorefl M Olympic Broad Jump AMERICAN TEAM MEMBERS LIKELY TO WIN POINTS Victory, However, Ex- pected to go to Either Japanese or - Cuban, Both 26-Foot Jumpers. It! ' 1 By Alan Onnlil (Associated Press Sports Editor) CllAMPlONM Yfor Winner. Country Time 1896 Clark. U. S. A...20:09tt 1900 Kraenzleln, U. - 8. A. L.l :.j ...23:06Ji 1004 Prlnsteln. U. 8, A. 24 :01 lHOe-Prlmteln, U. 8. A 23,074 1008 Irona. U. 8 24:00 1013 Gutterson, U. 8. A. ; J. 34:114 1020 Petter&son, Bwcden 23:05 ',4 1024 HubDard, U. 3. A ....24:05 15-16 1028 Hanun, U. 8. x . .25:04 it) Olympic record. World record. 26 feet.' 1-8 Inch, by Cator of Haiti, 1928. (Chu hel Nambuv Japan, Jumped 26 feet. 2 1-8 Inches. October 1031. Tokyo, but record not yet passed, on. NEW YORK, May 28 M It's a good brlak hop from either Japan or Haiti to the Olympic Stadium at Los Angeles but the chances arc that a pair of human kangaroos from these widely separated lands could nvike it. if hard-pressed and provided with the proper take-off. Only accident, bad luck or stage fright, It would appear, can pre vent the Olympic broad Jump championship from bouncing off In the possession of cither Chuhel Nambu of Japan or Sylvlo Cator. two of the nimblest youths In com petition alnce the boys used to leap from limb to limb, . As the only athletes credited offi cially with Jumping more than 26 feet from & flying take-off, they outclass the field In an event which has been won rather easily by the 'United States in seven of the past eight Olympics. j Cntor Holds Record : Cator holds the official world record of 26 feet. 1-8 Inch, made at the Colombes Stadium. Paris, short ly after he finished second to Ed Hamra of the U. 8. A. In the 1028 Olympic championships In Anmter datn. Our Haitian correspondent advises that Cator, In fine condition for the Olympics after sir months or consistent training, Is credited with exceeding his own record In prac tice. Nambu. last October, hopped 26 feet, a 1-8 Inches at Toklo In the Japanese national championships. This mark will be submit ted for a new world record when the I. A. A. P. meets In Los Angeles during the Olympics. Once U. 8. Pushover Heretofore the Olympic broad Jump has usually been Just one or two big leaps and a breeze for our boys. The reamn they lost In 1020 at Antwerp, where Pettersson of Sweden topped tho list at only 23 feet, 6 Inches, was because Sol Butter,' the great negro, pulled a tendon on bis first trial. Uutler was doing better than 25 feet and appeared sure of a world record un til he broke down. In the finals, Carl Johnson, the hurdler, and "Dink' Templeton, the high Junip er, got second and fourth places tor the United States. DeHnrt Hubbard and Ed Hnmm. within the past ten years, consist ently proved themselves the world's best brofld Jumpers. Hubbard, des pite a bad foot, won the Olympic crown In 1924. Hnmm set a world record or 25 feet 11 1-8 Inches in the 1928 rinal American try out and then, on one of Ms last attempts. Jumped to a new Olympic record of 25 feet, i4i inches, at Amsterdam. This mark should tumble next Aug ust. The best broad Jump in Olympic competition was not made In the individual championship event. The late Robert LeClendre of George town cleared 23 feet 0 Inches at Parts In 1924 while competing In the pentathlon. It was in the same pit that Cntor four years Inter set a new world record. Itarher Amerlrn' West The American prospects this year are good but not exceptional. There is no one of the class of Hamm or Hubbard to carry the battle attaint Nambu and Cator. Perhaps the beat candidate is Dick Barber. Southern California star, who won the T. C. A. A. A. A. title with a rec ord leap of 25 feet. 34 inches laM year and recently did 25-4 In the Fresno relays. His best is 25-7 and he may find the extra kick ncccwary to reach the 26-foot mark. Al Bates, the national champion, Kd Oordon of Iowa and IVmolne Boyle, who ceveloped rapidly under Lawson Robertaon at Pennsylvania last year, all are capable of better Ing 25 feet consistently. IKSTEHIUY'S GAMES CoaM l.enffite Los Angeles 4. Hollywood 0. Portland 4. Sacramento 3. Missions 8. Ban Pranclsco 3. Seattle 6. Oakland 4. American Lenjiue Detroit 7, Chicago 5. St. Louis 3. Cleveland 6. Washington-New York, postponed. Only games scheduled. National I incite New York 2. Brooklyn 5. Chicago 8. Cincinnati 4. Philadelphia 8. Boston 5. . Pittsburgh 8, St. Louis 4. 2 OLYMPIC HOPE BARBER & ji-'tifa 1 i 7 n i n, , it If . - n lllik llarlirr uf Soulliorn California Is shown above trying to reach I lie iU-lmt murk hi tho Imnict Jiui t Rhe I ntlp Ham n cliiuuc In the event. Kvlilo Calur lit Unit I holds the utrii lal ivnrlil reruril uf 20 feet, (, Inrh, while Nr,mhu. little Jiiuinie. rctvntly did itt fret 2 Inrhea. Itarlier's licit l 2.1 fift 7 liu'hes Pirates Poison To Cardinals In National League Iiy Ilertierx Y. ;-arker (Ajutoctated Press Sports Writer) One of the minor mysteries of the major league season has been the ease with which tlie Pittsburgh Pi rates, floundering around In the National league's second division most of the tlne, have been able to take the St. Louts Cardinals over the traces. Their eighth victory over the champions, achieved yesterday by an 8-4 count, boosted the Pirates Into fourth place, only one game behind the third place Cincinnati Reds. Larry French, hard-working left bander whose name has ap peared in 14 Pirate box scores al ready this season, wont the route although walloped for 14 hits. It was French's fourth victory of the season and the pirates' fourth In succession. They now have won seven of their lost eight games. Meanwhile, the Chicago Cubs in creased their league lead to a game and a hnlf by beating Clnclniital. 0-4. while, tho Boston Braves suc cumbed again to the Phillies, 8-5. Tho Cubs rushed all their runs across the plate in the third inn ing, Charlie Grimm's, homer with oue on being the hl;h spot. George Kelly's second home run in as many days started a five run Brooklyn rally that sank the New York Olants, 5 to 2. and dropped McOraw's henchmen Into the cellar. Tho American league schedule was restricted to two games. Tho Detroit Tigers bunched ten hits to good advantage to halt the Chicago Wnito Sox, 7-5, and tighten their grip on third plnce. The Cleveland Indians battered George Blneholder for nine hits and six runs In sewn Innings and coasted to a fairly easy victory over tho St. Louis Browns, 6-3. CUnt Brown gave five hits, one Goose Gosl lns first homer of the season. WUfl YOU NLED 15 S0ML ADVERTISING OIL Angels Return To Leadership Of Coast Teams Ity The AMK'latcl Press Los Angeles Is nt I the top of the heap In the Pacific coast league to threo percentage points over the Hollywood stars. Last night tho Angels shut out their home-town rivals 4 to 0 In their first victory of th current series. Leroy Herrmann pitched three-hit ball, and only one Holly wood man got as far as third base. Lob Angeles has won 30 games and lost 31. while the Stars have 31 vic tories and 22 defeats. After allowing the Senators two runs In the first Inning. Paul Zahn lser. Portland pitcher, tightened up. Portland winning 4 to 3. It was the third successive victory for the Ducks. The first three Portland batters In the first inning hit the first three pitched balls, and two runs resulted. Then Plynn. Sena tor hurler. steadied until tho sixth, when he was touched for two more tallies. Missions win Apiln Tho Missions made it three games out of four in the series over San Francisco yesterday as Herman Pll lettc. big right handcr, pitched good ball. The score was 8 to 3. The Seals got all their runs in the first Inning. The Missions went Into the lead with a slxth-lmilng rally, and scored four more runs In the seventh, knocking Lee Stlno out of the box. v s Seattle beat Oakland last night 6 to 4 to even the series at two-all. The three rushed four runs across In the first frame. IV-te Dnglla, pitching for the visitors, was reached for 13 hits, wliile Kalllo and Wet zel yielded only eight between them for the Tribe. The Power Restorer U. S. TEAM WINS AUTEUIL TITLE Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, Elizabeth Ryan Regain Women's' Doubles Crown AUTEUIL, Prance. May 28 VP Mrs. Helen Wills Mpody and Eliza beth Ryan today regained for the United States the women's doubles title of the French tennis cham pionships, defeating Mrs. Bileen Bennett Whlttlngstall and ' Betty Nuthall, of England, 8-1, 6-3, in the final match. Mrs. Moody did not go abroad to help derend It in 1931. The English cornbinat'n were the defending titllsts. Mrs. Mpody also is seeking to re gain tho singles title she had won threo times but did not defend last year. Sidney B. Wooa Jr., . American champion or Wimbledon and second seeded star In men's singles of the French tennis champ lonbolps, eas ily defeated the Frenchman, Marcel Com be male, in the first round of title play today, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Washington Nine Takes Title By Vhippirig Oregon BEATTLE, May 28 a This Is a sad, sad story about four athletic championships which the Washing ton State college Cougars nearly won during the last three months. The fourth, slipped away yester day when the University or Wash ington defeated the University of Oregon 5 to 1 in its final game of the season to capture its eighth bafcball title out of the last 10 In the northern division Pacific coast conference. The W. S. C. Cougars led the league most of tho season but a pair of losses this week saw the Huskies go ahead by one game and yesterday's victory gave Wash ington its fourth consecutive crown. Laman Oaw held the Webfoots to four hits and permitted their lone score In the eighth Inning. , The Cougars' other near-victories were basketball, rifle and track tournaments. "Too bad the Cougars don't., have a crew," moans a Washing toninn. The score: R. H. E. Oregon - . 14 5 Washington 5 8 2 Batteries: Edwards, Do nl n and Sha lineman; Gaw and Pautzke. Baseball Standings By the Associated Presto COAST LEAGUE ' . W. L.: Pet. Los Angeles 30 21 .588 Hollywood 31 22 J85 I Portland 29 24 .547 San Francisco 27- 25 .510 Sacramento 20 27 .401 Oakland - 24 28 .462 Seattle -. 23 30 .434 Missions 20 33 J77 NATIONAL I.EAOl'E W. L. Pet. Chicago 24 13 Boston 22 14 .649 .611 Cincinnati 21 21 .500 Pittsburgh 10 18 ,471 St. Louis -...17 20 .459 Brooklyn 17 21 Philadelphia 17 22 Now York . 14 10 .447 .430 .424 AMEKICAN LEAGIE W. L. Pet. New York 25 0 .735 Waslilngton - 22 14 .611 Detroit 20 '15 .571 Philadelphia 19 10 .543 Cleveland 20 18 .526 St. Louis 18 20 .474 Chicago 13 23 .361 Boston 0 28 .176 Sparks, Garrett Win PJace$ In Olympic Trials By Prank O. (iorrle (Associated Press Sports 'Walter) SEATTLE. May 28 '( The' Pa cific Northwest Is assured of two representatives m the ; Olympic games semj-flnals nt Long' Beach. Cal.. July I and 9. regardless of the outcome ' of the annual ' northern division Pacific! Qoast conference track and field meet and the north west Olympics trials hers today. Carvllle Sparks, of ' Washington State 'college, and George Garrett, of Washington, wasted no time get ting their ; names among the list of entries m the big California show. They fought it out for first plaoa In the first heat of the preliminary 110-meter : high' hurdles yesterdat and as a result both came In under 15 seoonds, the, qualifying pace set by the Olympic committee. Spark, won In 14.6 seconds and Oarrett was on bis heels in 14.0. - Two ot'.ier North westeniers were figured to ihave tittle trouble . In making the grade. Paul Jessup. of the Washington Athletic club and formerly of the University of Washington, only had to reach 149 feet in the discus to qualify. He has ah official' mark of 169 feet 8 7-8 Inches up for rec ognition as a world's record and has been tossing the platter well over I&0 reet in practice. - Eddie Genung. Washington's Na tional A. A. U. half-mile champion. was the other. Eddie had to make 1 minute 66 seconds In the 800- meter run to qualify but this was looked upon as a cinch after he ran the distance In 1:52.9 last Tuesday In practice. Others doped to have a chance to reach Olympic qualifications Includ ed Ralph Hill, former Oregon star, who Is the national collegiate rec ord holder of the mile at 4:12.4; Ed Moeller, former discus tosser and holder of the Northwest mark of 100 feet J 7-10 Inches; Talbot Hart ley, holder of the Northwest '440-yard mark of 48 seconds flat; Allen, of Oregon, new record maker for the northern division in the broad jump with a leap of 23 feet 11 Inches; Ken Wills. Washington State mller: Albert Crosetto, W. 8. C, two-mller He's They'll Fight for Crown 1'vWi.W'' :. Nf; t (if, f, , t ,&r 1 'f. ' j. - ; ' in 'it- After years of righting champs and trimming them at overweight. Young Corbett III at last gets his crack at the world's welterweight cluuiipkmslitp at .Seals' Stadium, San Krunt-itco, the night of June 25. Corbett (left) and Jackie fields (right), the welter king, are ' signed for a 10-round tlttlhir scrai. and Bobby Robinson, Oregon pole vaulter.' Washington was favored to cap ture Its eighth . straight northern division track championship with Washington State figured to give the Huskies a hard fight. Oregon was rated next In line with Oregon State, Idaho and Montana doped to finish In that order. QuaUryirig ueatc Trvrt held in the 100-meter, 110-meter high hurdle, 220-yard low hurdles and 200-meter (non-ponlerence) events yesterday with the following falling to reach today's finals: Covington. Montana. In the 100-meters; Squance. Idaho, and Prentiss. O. S. C:. in the high Yoiir CARRIER BOY Know Him! YOU would be lost without your carrier boy! It is only through his loyalty to you, and his sense of responsibility, that you are kept in formed of the daily happenings throughout the world. 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Olympic Try outs Under Way Today In Tokyo, Japan TOKYO, May 28 VP) Five hun dred and thirty men and 140 women today began two days of trials to select Japan's track and field rep resentatives to the Olympic games at Los Angeles. Chuhel Nambu. holder of the un official world's record of 26 feet a 1-2 inches for the broad Jump, did 24 feet 4 6-8 Inches In his specialty and Shubet Nlshlda pole vaulted is feet 1 1-2 inches lor the best per. formances In the field. Masamlcbl Kttampto ran the 10,. 000 meters in 31 mlnues 33 3.5 Mc. onds, almost a minute and a half slower "thanl Paavo Nujrmjlfs world mark of 30 mjnuea 6 1-fl seconds. A crowd of 15.000 watched the tryouts. Whitman College Wins Pennanf In N. W. Conference WALLA WALTJl, W-. May 28 VP) The Whitman baseball nine to day held the northwest conference championship, through two straight victories over the Invading Wlllam-' A ette team. The championship was ' the third of the year for Whitman. A 4 to 3 win yesterday In 10 Inn ings, after the previous day's 7 to 1 victory, clinched the title. Freddie Dudgeon. Whitman catcher, 'singled down the third base line In the 1 0th to score Haynes with the winning run. Russell, Missionary hurler, fanned 10 of the visitors, ' retiring five of them In the eighth and ninth Inn-, ings. Andy Peterson, Willamette pitcher, was charged ' with his sec ond defeat in two days. ' The teams meet In a final game . today. The score: R. H. E. Willamette 9 7 4 Whitman' 4 9 2 Batteries: Peterson and McCann; Russell and fciudgeon. "' ' Sunday, May 29, 2 p. M. Hjglj SshpoJ grounds PENDLETON TOWN TEAltf ' ' ' " vs.'" L GRANpE PAOLES APllISSION 25c
