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Monday.July.il. 1932 Pajro Two LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Nurmi Limping, Ankle Swollen; No Explanations CHICAGO, July 11 VP) Limping Dalnfully. but offering no more con Athletics Win 18Inning Game From Cleveland CLEVELAND MAN GETS NINE HITS . IN II TIMES UPE Baseball Standing AMBMCAN New York ... Phllndalphla Detroit Cleveland ... Washington no.tmt L. Pet 41 .SPt I . 60 43 .688 ......... 82 47 .838 . 50 80 .800 ,...60 81 .498 ..'.. 67 .441 . 44 67 .438 . 43 69 .4161 LEAOI E : W. t. Pet. ! 53 38 .071 ': 48 33 .609 43 33 .566 .....43 36 .544 : 43 38 .535 i 38 38 .506 i m 4a -is . -.17 80 Mil Pet. I 43 31 .576 43 34 .863 , 41 37 .836 ; 38 39 .491 : ...38 40 .487 I 40 43 .483 i 39 48 .448 : , 33 41 .446 ,; NATIONAL LEACH'S W. L. fly the AMiH'laLeil lre COAST I.K.Mll'K W. Portland ...61 Hollywood Francisco Angelei . ( j Seattle Foxx, With Six Binglcs Oakland .......... Including 3 Homers, Mlsslons Drives in Light Runs in Long Gam& lW tiuyle Till hot (Asaoctntrd lrss Sporta Writer) The Pltllnclelphla Athletics were milv six DtimiM mil of first ulitce til the American league today, havlrg ; Jt. Louts . written Into the rtword una of tiM - must spectacular long distance vie torles In baseball history. Eighteen tunings they traveled yes terday to beat out the Cleveland lu ll hint. 18 to 17. and It was a game the liktw of which won't be seen once In i blue moon. It was won and lost halt-down times before Jlmmle Foxx finally tcored the deciding run. llnrnrlt tirts Nine lilt. Tn t-lvt iivnn trica. Johnm Bur nett of the Indians collected nine hits ! Nw Yor - in eleven times at bnt, aud his team mutes, Ave rill and Morgan each cracked five. Fvucx, with six hits. In cluding three home run, knocked lu eight r i us for the A. Simmons had five. There were 58 hit. Burnett's feat, or all the records disclose, might have established n major league record. The accepted mark of seven hits, set by Wilbert Itnb'ntson before the turn of the cen tury, was tn a regulation length con test. Rommel Win tlame The veteran Ed Rommel went the last IT innings for the Athletics and In the end gained the nod over young Wesley Ferretl, who was firing them over the laM 11 and a fraction frames for the Indians. But for the fact that Kd. Morgan, Cleveland first baseman, let ah easy roller trickle down through his legs after two were out In the ninth, Cleveland would haw won then and there. Whit made the victory doubly Mvvft to the A was the fact that the Yankee were being taken over the Jumps twice by St. Louis. 10 to 0 and S to 7. The Yanks dont look like the team they were k week ago, before Bill Dickey took his celebrated swipe at Carl Reynolds and Lefty Oomea dropped his. cloak of Invinc ibility. The Browns knocked domes from, the hill In the first game to hand him his third straight defeat. Detroit divided a pair with the Red Sax. winning the first, 7 to 5. and dropping the second. 13 to a. Big &nead Jolley of the Sox pounded seven hits dining the Afternoon to more into third place among the BRUSHING UF SPORTS . . . By Laufer Pittsburgh . i Chicago. ... Boston ..... ! St. LouU ... ! Urooklyn .. Philadelphia . I Cincinnati YKSTKHIIAVS GAMKS t t'oa..t Leuguo - Portland 8-2, Sacramento 3-1. Mission 3-11. Hollywood 3-3. Los Angelea 6-9. San Frauclsco 7-8. Scuttle 3-8, OaXUnri 4-3. National League St. Louis 7-3. Philadelphia 8-1. Plttsoumh 8. Brooklyn 7. Chicago 4, Boston 0. Cincinnati 6-4. New York 4-3. American League St. Louis 10-8. New York 9-7, Washington 13. Chicago 3. Philadelphia 18. Cl.nland 17. Detroit 7-3. Boston 8-13. BEAVERS BEGIN WEEK AT THE TOP Portland Takes Two From Solons While Stars and Reds Split Two. fir the Associated Prraa Portland he'id a one-gam. lead In the Pacific Coast league today by beating Sacramento In two 8unday games. 8 to 3 and 1 to 1. after tak ing a 17 to 3 pasting Saturday night from the Sai-a. The Beavers won live of th. seven gamea In the series. In the Sunday morning game, played at Stockton, the Beavers broke i a 3 to 3 tie w Iht afire-run splurge I' 'DAT tt - . MIH00l?RiNTcR( i rrlWL- -' . - HOUSE OF DAVID - '-d&,&IS!lfr- akaacki. .si. I j2ifjf ? t M MEM FMffiTb WESENTire LINEUP j t T &fy-td i beWsto P The sore cw we '-oSer Jf .MW&ZM ED IcOnboW iri ., t"3v ... . i uzzzr' rj3 , , S3wg-J "The rJ3i . - A'wS first base with Knezeylch on the re ceiving end were features of the game. I'luy-Off This Week Next Friday and Saturday the youngsters enter the sectional Junior league play-off here. Box score: La Orande Eagles AB R H PO A E Selby. 2b Evans, 3b Cochran, cf Wlcklander. If Hartman, ss Hall, rf Case, rf j Braden, lb ...... Mchols, c ! Courtney, p t 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 10 0 0 3 0 Totals 36 6 11 27 Cove j 6 3 I Richardson, cf 3 1 AB R H PO A E Smith. 3b . 5 Murchison. c 5 R, Alexander, 3b 5 M. Alexander, ss 4 Jerub. lb 4 I Lloyd, If ... 4 3 0 1 i 0 6 2 I 0 1 1 13 3 0 lO. Alexander, rf. 4 1. 1 1 Brlstow. p 2 0 11 M. Alexander, p.... 4 1 1 1 1 0 two. 3: Alexander, 1: Courtney, 3. Struck out by: Brlstow. 4; Alexander, 8: Courtney, 9. Innings pitched by: Brlstow, 8: Alexander, 3: Courtney, 9. Opponents at bat against: Brlstow, 25; Alexander, 11; Courtney, 40. Op ponents hits off: Brlstow. 9; Alexan der. 2: Courtney. 12. Earned runs off: Brlstow, 6: Alexander, none; Court ney, s. Winning pitcher: Courtney; losing pitcher, Brlstow. Time of game: 1 hour 59 minutes. Umpires: Garity and Smith. Box score: La Orande Eagles AB R H PO A E Selby, 2b 3 0 2 1 3 0 Evans. 3b 3 110 2 0 Cochran, c 3 0 1 7 0 0 Hartman, ss 3 0 112 2 Wlcklander. If 3 0 0 0 0 0 Braden. lb 3 0 1 6 0 2 Parker, rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 Nichols, c 1 0 0 8 0 0 Case, cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 Hall, p 2 0 1 0 0 0 Courtney, p I 0 0' 0 0 0 versation UUMl ufluni, qw,w .ujii. led the Finnish Olympic team on to ward Los Angeles without telling Chi cago what caused the limp, . The phantom Finn boarded the train In New York Saturday ahowlng no sign of a limp. When the team stopped off at Chicago yesterday, his left ankle was oaaty swouen. His typically Nurml explanation was : "Yesterday. On train. Nothing." rillfl .MNAVItlATK CONTINENT ' PORTO ALGERB, Brazil W Alfon so Homberg and Joaquim' Bormann. local yachtsmen, have set out In a n . i . . tn 'call nrnnnil Rnntt. : siiusi. niwji v ... ....... ...... I America, vit the Panama canal. They, j hope to make the circle In two years. rcR HiSVKIOl'S IfcrUM.MfcNl " ATTKESarTofThE AMERICA.! StjUWRM SREfrVfc&MTrtHlS BNlMu HOOFS. .lovrFT) Mi ffcUL'SCUFSU UWLElrl5rtorSE ThEEkmPaaIxka. BiieATtREa5'to toln TcCE A LAPSE CH Cf FtBH FftM HS SOW. Totals 36 6 11 27 6 2 Batteries: La Grande Eagles: Court ney and Nichols; Cove. Brlstow. Alex ander and Murchison. Eagles 100 050 0006 I Cove 010 100 2105 ! Summary: Two bjse hits: Evans. Three base hits: Evans. Home runs: Hartman. Double plays: Hartman to j Selby to Braden; Alexander to Smith to Jerub. Bases ort balls off: Brls- lb Totals Juniors Beck. If Irwin. 3b .... Knezevich Jones. 2b Mills, rf McKinnis. p . Howell, cf Frtzzell. ss De Borde. p Phlppen, c Powler, c ...27 1 8 21 7 6 AB R H PO A E 4 .. 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 3 0 Totals 35 7 8 18 11 0 Batteries: Eagles. Hall and Cochran. Nichols: Juniors, De Borde, McKln : nls and Phlppen, Fowler. i Eagles 000 001 0 I 1 Juniors 800 110 07 1 summary: Two base hits: Case. Home runs: Evans. Double plays: j Frtzzell to Jones to Knezevich, a. i Bases on balls off: DeBorde, 2; Mc Kinnis. l; Hall. 2. Struck out by: De i Borde, 3: McKinnis, 1; Hall, 10. Bat ' ters hit ay: Hall, 3. Winning pltch ! er: DeBorde: losing pitcher, Hall. In i nlngs pitched by: DeBorde, 5; McKin- i nls, 2; Ran 7. Opponents at bat : against: DeBorde, 24; McKinnis, 3: Hall, 37. Opponents hits of f : De : Bcrde. 7: McKinnis. 1; Hall, 8. Earn- ed runs off: DeBorde, 1; Hall, 3. Time ! of game: 1 hour 5a minutes.- Urn Ipires: Smith and Jahha. f Sport Slants I Ity Alan J. timihl (Associated Press Sports Editor Ed Wray. whose St, Louis hospital ity is a good as his judgment of sporting things, favors a return to finish fights for the major fistic 13 tO in the sixth inning, m the After- DniI h.imnv. nll-Viul tVtttV.hlt-) ... .... American league batter. ' " cimpionnipfc oy way 01 eiuaiuAting While Alvmcn-wder pitched edT Jnd w? n T.m. the necessity of such arguments as ball, shinston belted three White ; Se"&,,or ! P h" ?mwn out th jscnmeiing affair. J Certainly. In this particular case, lit would ha-e very likely ended any Star-Mi. and Win imw wv. w VtWiur Hollywood ipllt a double header ril,ff gul V3 wl.K .k is oold have been lucky to last five (Minfl S to a. while the Reds took tUq second. 11 to 3. The Stars wvn the a shutout. Prudhomrne assured hlm self the victory by driving in Port--land second run In the sixth with double. Sex flipper for 19 hits and 3 victory. Pirate, Cub tn Stand-Off " Pittsburgh and Chicago wvre a sland-off in tleir torria- race for Na-j tiosial league honor as both captured j Sabbath encounters. The leading Pi- rates made a flying raid Into the east ; v, w " Jl . rie four games to three. The ftrt Brooklyn when Hack Wilton let a ... ........ w i Dtuch Reuther of the Missions and i Kndl Yde ox the Stars, each pitching ! shutout ball for seven innings. Dud j Lev, Hollywood shortstc, broke up fthc game with a single in the ulnth iwith. two men out, bringing tn the i winning run. tn the second gante Sheen n took the mound for the Growling At Luck Means Bad Score drive get away from htm tn the ninth. The Rookie Bill Swift was credtted with his fifth straight triumph. Chicago doBflmg sophomore, Lon nte Wameke. shut the Brv o. 4 to 0. oi six hit for ht twelfth suc cess of the yar." Oabby Harlnett led the C:ba at bat with a home run. dvmbel and sltgle. Knls llp Olauts j Star after beltvr out for six weeks ' . j ,. . . t.. gaw him such a roval welcome he we l-pr u-M gan dtdn-t do a ftiy j otte Inning, but belabor the Olants twice, to, and 4 to a The Red with eight , vutories in ten gan ar out of the benjent tcxtay. leaving e;ghth mncl?co ook unjme P.ace o e New Wker. KM Lu- former of pltcheit his ;;u; :the- Missions. Started on the mound tfsv compete game tn the first tilt. hwt . .Ktw w.. txunve tn the nightcap. BiU HalUhsn and Dicay IV n hutted the Cardinal to a double win over the Phithea. 7 to 5 and 3 to 1. (Van yieMmy otxly fire hits. The twin Ttctory puhed the world cham phv.s il the way from sixth place to fourth tn the league standing. by Oalan in the second inning re moved him from the picture and SUtiel. who pitched the rest of the game, was charged with the defeat. In t he af t e rnoon game, w h tc h t he I Angels vn 9 to & Jlnniy Sinn, Seal ' pitcher, took hi second deteat of the '- seriess being forced to retire m the ' ninth Inning. I Oak-lm!uivt Spill Wll I OttllAr.d oo the first Sunday game from Seattle. 4 to 3, but the in cttav.s took the nightcap 3 to a, giving i th;n i he serteo. fwur games to thrve. 7V) RTrFT. PFX ' considerabie hittinj tn the the ok getting U safe. ' j tie. aud the Indians rathermc 10. CH1CAUO. Jxily 10 i BurSeljhj owns tntc. the ninth tr.nsiie of t I MY LUCH ; .VL . , I ?frv5f i Arloo Kyle Wins Public Links Title PORTLAND. July 11 ; The Pa cific Northwest public links golf title will rest with Arloo Kyle, Portland veteran until next summer. Kyle won the trophy Sunday by defeating Jack Dillon, of San Fran- j Cisco. 5 to 4 in a 36-hole match marked by erratic play. Dillon ex perienced the greatest difficulty on. the greens, but kept his score down by excellent approach shots. more rounds against the young Ger man, who was coming strong down the stretch; so strong, in fact, that one of the Judges (although voting for Sharkey scored seven of the last eight rounds in Schmeling s fa vor. It happens, however, that Schme llng is a throw-back to a class of fighters now conspicuous by their By -Johnny Farrell absence. He can go the route. But ; tXSr TolA Xo MUt Mcotern) ! there are very few of this sort in . e, ' any division, it is doubtful, under Why d0 1 an 80 oc nd present day condition, if fight in Eh T?" This kir.d of excess of 10 or 15 rounds would be question is cast to siistw. either popular or entertaining. In- Bad putnng alone may cost 18 ten a monotonous proposition by the time the 0:h rvxmd ws reached, with the tssu depending 0:1 how Song the gUd:tors could k3 their feet. I EAGLES WIN AND LOSE ON SUNDAY (Continued from Page One) GRIMES. ROOT AUK DEMOTED Cr;t"ie and Chatise Root haw been deintrd to b'.iUpe:; duty, and four oiher Cub pitcher haw cttihshed t he-.sel vvs a star ters nd as Kuig as they operate a they have during the puk fixe days, they wilt keep tucht oi; s'ArUt'oc- "I" 'he fvur. Ljur. WUrueke. Pt Ma k'iw, lk4 Sa'-th and Guy Bush, haw cvene up wi.h five Strang Ivt vi-ctocies ai'd s'.wve has reitjulred rvUrf. TVi sennit losul yuivn:r (tow M4 '., Ida. Aik. 'a,r;5ke, head the ltt Or.Sy July he defmted PhiUdel-hi. S . r,d gaw euht hi.- Mat-.-.e cutr.e up w.ih a T to 0 s.xitx:t te rxt rtvr. Uoil t;xv h;:s. Then Scat'-S, aUh.u-h -v,x-t for X hits. I'r.r-'.Cvt te P;r:. to i B-uh ot dov. Bvton Braw. J to 5 Sa,j.:ca'. giv::,c hit. ar:v War r.ct cr.'.e r.i'. tsvck icn" yvt."r f.A. w.ir:r.i by A :o v r.d 'g.ti-g , - t e Mat u 1S We wrv.- ! Ssg ts,y. u had pr-;isy o reiief ww ' Gnirnfs a iMd a.:rfuiy v:.?.. arV. i-. :k a srv-e ::. be .t the jv. second game on the short end of a 3 to 1 score, the Oak s:agrd a rally, but it netted only one run. three r.wn i tng left ou base when the final out : was nu3. Testerday reautts: f rirst game; R. H. R I Portland - .. . 8 10 3 ;' Saorjimento . .3 3 l McUortaM. Bowman :d Pa:a.iarjc Vnvi. OvUvk. tV)iw; aivd Wvxis.V f Second ganie: R. H fij Portiattd a 10 if Siwrar.'.ecto ..... ,. ... . . I 4 0? Frudhocw-e and PlwpatrKk. Ftns l '.d Witt. Woodall, j K.rt 03e: tvsion .... . Hoi:woo4 - .. Keut her ard Hoftr.ai Vlovf. SecoTid game; NT-.ss.oei Mo: rvarxvxl .... Ct.NniTlONS SHOl 10 Rl I K The ideal solution would be for the varioxis ruling powers to equip themseree with a flexible Uw. by which they could, tn the cajc of world hevywv;tht chamriotwhip. sMictton a r.nh match. S:ice It S. theoreticat'.y. the most prtred of u the tight itxg crowns, the pcssewlon of the heai-yweght title should be freed so far as po&ib from the chance cf dispute oc sxpl' eion. Pot two years Schr.iellng right to th crown relinquished" by " Ger.t Tunwy was subrct to question Ncw many behew Ofrsun was unjustly depriwd of honors whtch he hM presouslT oa synthetic grounds. inning of the second contest Chuck Hartman distinguished himself by driving the bail over the left field fence for a hocne run-, scoring Evans and Cochran ahead of him. This drive wss one of the longest ewr smacked on the High school diamond according to many fans. It hit inside j the fence and bounded over. I J alitor Win t In the first came th American Le ' si on Juniors prowd to be too much j for the Eagles when Pitchers DeBorde i and McKinnis succeeded in keeotnc strokes m a round. Moreover, it you J the EAgles siug-gers ho -tied whtie fret about it. you are sure to bungle their team males siucged out eght your next tee shot aiter a 3-putt j hl" Hail and combined with er- er chased -sewn runs across the peranten; comes in. ; nlatter. the last he. Irwin. Jones and Kr. ere rich played gosfer has outstanding ball for the Junior leag-uers at third, second and first. green and its here that Once played forger Coif even up. Every jliccd a toe shot into the wooc1?. only j to have the ball bounce off a twe back enso the rairway. Or again. ! a periect driw r.ght down the mdie : may settle in a bad divo hoie. j Thtf?e trials and tribulations go to J rr.Aie v. t.e gar.e. It we p.iyed : with approximatesy the same, score j for ewry round. a would scon tire ; respectiwly, Shortssop Prtrreil also turned In a fine game. The feature of the first-haX game was the errorless sine turned m by the Junior ieaguers, Sewral of the Ud hsd seme hard chances to han dle and it was only by exceptionally fas: and accurate playing thx: perfect gairre was h'-'? up. Two o: it. anety and diwrstiicatsoa , douhZe pliys. startirig with FrtrreU. constitute golf great fascinatioo. throih Jones ar.d er-dinr us at R H . a R. H toRK oii r;t vxn I.ONUON V- Vr stock i i;.s to 1ft.iOiWi SfCCCi1;. lv- frequent, Tete we. Uirvr b-A'Ji.TS in th i r"i $v,a-w? of :u thin in iWl tne tale o 1 s thcud ber. th ioaes ca rewsrvi:. i at 1 Ken-1 , I w: ittkt k mn x i.i ions .', .v..:r:-. .i-p-iV!Mf k W"J RWJi -v -'.:: - ,-.v sis!er j:rwi 5v. s5Ciwrc U ii-n r?bM ta adniu. na Parr. 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