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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phone GOO . Complete Local Reports .Saturday, April M, 19-1.1 i Inse8 Timers Place Eiglit In Track Carnival Athletes Tcprosonlins I.a Ornndo high school placed in cifilit events of a 12-ovent track and fii.'ld "carnival of speed" yesterday at Milton H eewalcr which attracted approximately 200 entries from 20 hiiih schools in Oregon, Two meet records were broken. i Sheard of Athena making 11 feet 2 Mi inches, in the pole vault, the former record for which was 10 feet, 10 '.4 inches, held by Fel lows of Mac 111. I Myrick of Pendleton set a meet record of 54.3, seconds for the 410-yard run. Lamfi of Mae Hi set a new meet record of 2:09 for the 8110 yard run, which previously was held by Kenynn of Kcnncwkk vi'h a time of 2:K.7. Graham Wins Mile Run Leale Ciraham captured the only first place laucn by tne i.h Grande team, winning the mile run in 4:54. Garrison was sec ond in the 220; Leo Graham third in the IIIIO; Smytlie second in the discus event; Ward third with the javelin; Knapp tied fur second in the high jump, Houndy; third in the pole vault, and the I a Grande team finished third in the 880-yard relay. Star performer of the njeet was Lilly of lBoardman Hi who took first place in the 100, 220 and the broad jump. Participating in the program, for which no team scores were recorded, were the following schools: Mac Hi, PendleUm, Wal la Walla, Clarkston. r.ewiston, Baker, Helix, Echo, North Pow der, Richland, Arlington, Kinni w i e k, Boardman, Knlerprise, Athena, Ilermiston, Umatilla, Dayton, Irrigon and I.a Grande. The scores with parlicipalaitts listed in the order they finished, follow: 100 yard dash .Lilly, lloaid man; Harris, Clarkston; Conway, Richland. Time 103. 220 yard dash Lilly, Hoard man; Garrison, I.a Grande; Har ris, Clarkston. Time 24.1. 440 yard dash Myrick, Pen dleton; Follolt, Ilermiston; Crow der, Arlington. Time 54.3. Mile run Leale Graham, La G'ande; Hendricks, Pendleton; McKinnis, Enterprise. Time 4.54. 8110 yard run Lamb, Mac Hi; Harkenrider, Hernii:;ton; Leo Graham, La Grande. Time 2.0!). 8(10 yard relay Richland, Pen dleton, La Grande. Time 1.37.2. Shot put Elstein. Echo; Kahey, Walla Walla; Secktnun, Mac Hi. Distance 42 feet 7K.. inches. I Discus Fahey. Walla Walla; Smythe. La Grande; Denunit, Walla Walla. Distance 120 feet, 4' : inches. Javelin Wells, Pendleton; Fn- fxth, Clarkston; Ward, La Grande. Distance 154 1 j feel. I High jump Tayler, Walla Walla; Secktnun, Mac Hi; Knapii. I Ln Grande, tie for second. Height I 5 fret It inches. I Pole valid Sheard Athena- I Strickler, Mae Hi: Roumly, I, a j Giande. Height 11 feet 2'a inch es. Broad jump Lilly, Boardman; Cox. Pendleton; Hoshina, Pen clcton. Distance I!) feet I inches. TURNER-RYAN DRAW PORTLAND. Ore., April II (UP) Leo (The Lienl Turner, Portland Negro, had to call in all his skill and courage to gain a 10-roiind draw agaiuM Jackie Ryan of San Francisco, a classy young scrapi.'i', before mine than 2,0(Ui hosing fans here last night. Turner weighed 101 pound':, six pounds more than Ryan. Moose Kennedy, Vancou it. Wash.. Negro, look a 10 round decision over Hove Johnston oi Portland. t r r i. .' CONFIDENTIALLY. IT'S SMTLT Tnd Johnson is mnong thou tandi It on ainual smell run to Sandy River spawning grounds, PorHanri, Oro. U' a flood way lo Jidp over mr.it rationing. PORTS Washington and Idaho, By LEO H. PETERSEN Unilod Pros& Sports Editor NEW YORK. Arr;; 14 (UP) Luke Sewell, pilot of the St. Louis Drowns, came out boldly today and predicted his team was the one to beat in the 1045 American league pennant race, J1t m()st (Jf ither major weio more league manag.'rs cautious in pre-yc.ison statments to the United Piesr. "We're the team to heat," SeweD, who Ii d the Browns to their fust pennant last year only to lose out to the Cardinals in the world series, said. "I'll take other club providing further in our pennant chances over any roads of the draft are distributed equally. Our most valuable as set is last year's pennant winning experience." Here is how some of the man ag.'rs size up their clubs: Hilly Southwoith, Cardinals "I can't predict because I don't know the assets of the other clubs. Our pitching looks guod I TODAY'S SPORT PARADE, won me aouiuiiii hi rain-iineuii- and a single by the veteran out er, Creel, Bui khifrt and an im- fielder, Ted Giillic. Another vet proved Uy.'i ly, who will be a j c :an, Ad Liska, on the mound for stai.ter. Our outfield is shaping the northerners got credit for the up with youngsters." Charlie Grimm, Cubs "If our pitching holds up, we'll be up there in the first division some where all season long." Jimmy Dyk.-s, white Sox "Having lost key men in all de partments, it doesn't look much belter than when? we finished last season, seventh." L. o Durocher, Dodgers 'I never inula- predictions, but I will say that the pitching will be better and therefore the club will he better. We'll have a hustling ball club." Mil Olt, Giants "I think llvj club has definitely improved over last year anil 1 think the Giants will finish in the first division." Freddy Fitsimmons, Phillies "We've added defensh j and i pitching strength and I think we'll give them all a lot of i trouble." Ossie Bluege, Senators "Our pitching should be strong, our catching adi'(iu."t' our hitting will improve. I l.elieve we have a chance for the first division." Hob Coleman, Braves "If we don't have too many players hurl or dratted I think we have a gr id chance lo end up in the first di vision." Lou Botidrcau, limiom "I am conlidt nt wo will fini.-h in the first division al'Ur a long, hard sti uggle." Connie Mack. Athletics "Things It k pieity bright and we aie hoping lo f.nish in the liist division." Kr.inkic Erisch, pirates "I'd say we weie a cinch to fini;;h one two. Like all other teams we have oor problems but we .iren'l gome I i I e (-asy to boat." Joe McCarthy, Yankees "I'm uol oi'ih-erned about the Browns oi- anyone else. Tin1 Browns aiv l.uUf Sewell's wonv Mv worry is the Yankees" V; Rainiers, Beavers Continue Tie For Coast Leadership STANDINGS Won Lost Pc. GB Portland 10 4 .7I4 .... Seattle 10 4 .714 ... Sacramento 8 6 .571 2 Oakland 8 fi .571 2 Sen Diego 0 8 .42!) 4 San Francisco .... 5 0 .357 5 Los Angeles 5 0 .357 5 Hollywood 4 10 .280 0 By United Press The Pacific coast baseball league paused today in respect to the late President Roosevelt, but all eight teams will swing back into action tomorrow with double bills in San Diego, Hollywood, Sacramento and San Francisco. Yesterday the veteran "rookie" of the San Diego Padres, Carl Dumler, became the first hinder in the league to chalk up four victories when he blanked the Oakland Oaks 2-0 in one of the belter-played games of the eve ning played before a crowd of 4,000. Boavers Beat Seals The San Francisco Seals con tinued their slip-shod play, mak ing three errors as they bowed to the Portland Beavers, 7-4. Guy Fletcher out-pitched Red Adams as Sacramento won a 1-0 mound duel from the Los Angeles An gels, and the Seattle Rainiers edged the Hollywood Stars, 7-5. Dumler fashioned a six-hitter for Manager Pepper Mai tin's Padres and won when successive angles by Del Ballinger, Vera Reynolds and Johnny Kreevich, puis young Vic I'icetti s error scored both runs. Solons Trim Angels At Sacramento, the lone run came in the fifth frame when Gene Handley beat out an Infield hit, went to second on Pete El ko's wild throw of Roy Younk er's drive, to third on an infield out and scored on catcher Norm Schleuter's outfield fly. The Portland club pounded three Seal moundsiiien for 12 safeties, including two douhli victory as he scattered the four Seal runs over four innings. Young Alex Palica, although in dilliculties on many occasions, squeezed through for the Seattle victory over the Stars. Palica. the league's brightest young mound hopeful, was touched for nine hits, but he scattered them well in the clutches and got good batting support from the slug ging Rainers. World Of Soorts Halts Activities To Honor 'Champ' NEW YORK, April 14 (CP) The world of sport te iok "time out" today to mourn the death of "the 'champ." In final tribute to President Rensevelt, who did' so much lo I perpetuate the American spoi l ing scene tlirougliout the war. there will be a virtual blackout in competition. Both major leagues cancelled all exhibition baseliall games an I most of the miliars followed suit. In other sports, where events were not cancelled, arangemenis were made to halt competition at 4 p. m. EWT, the hour of Inner,.! services for Mr. P.ios.wi I'. In .the Pacific Co.i t league, where the regular season is un derway, the games were called off, and President Clarence Row land said flags in the parks will remain at half mast for ;m days. At Chicago, where the women s national amateur athletic union swimming meet had aitraete 1 participants Irom distant pun! the program continued as sciict ' I tiled. The opening game of llie major league season m W.is'non.ton on Monday between the S, n. iters ami the New York Yankee.; will 1.' played as schedule! ho, uisc Clark Griffith, head l ihe W.i-h-im;ton club and a clre ei-:sti.i! friend of Mr. l!oo.,we!i. said he believes the pn sij, nt would have wanted it that .,v. The game will he dedu.it, d to l is melnoi y an I the "stand a lull nnnut piayei end tiiHdo l, man," (Jntlilh said Fi om l.attn Anwi ic neighbors" of Mei.s joined m tribute t i veil. Ottic.d.- t: l!i, hoi so race track a' d will i sliced s i;ri ,! c.i, the "good e and Cuba Mr. lioose i Tia Juan:) Ae.ua I'ah- d Us S.itll'. -e . iltal pa: k sd .-it trib ei-uo. Me , canee day proci in, w hd a', II, nana an. tin: utes djinng Ihe cud today and tomorrow at :',o ho..r when he wid lie intoned in his fin d i s: ing place at Hyde l'.ok. N Y FIGHT RESULTS BOSTON tdus Me!l. l.;ji... Montreal, ontnentid S.,Rir tolo. l'Jli i . New Y i k, i lie DETROIT Phil T.nr.mnM. l'-o1:-. New Yolk, o;j!;o::e.Co Maxie fir.api: o, lH";i, New o: ; (101. i j Tit M f ' s '""it - i n ' " IT MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOU David Chatfield, 7, displays two spcf.klcd beauties hooked on Iho opening dajj of Washington's fishing soa&on in Green Lake, Seattle. Each weighed 2Vi pounds. iler IauI 'Pitches No Hit. Io llmi Gmne A pilchi't's duel of which Imschall fans often dream hut seldom have a clian.cn to witness, jfave Imhler high school a l-o victory over North Powder heliind the no-hit pitching; of Wesley Conrad. t Tal ley, the North Powder hea ver, also pitched hitless ' ball throughout the scheduled yoven- ir.ning game, and it was not un til the garni ,went into t lit? last half of the extra eighth frame that Imhler sewed up the contest. Bill How-'ll, first Imhler bat Ur in the final frame, slammed one of Talhy's offeiings for a three bagger, and ho scored on a single, bv John Couzcns who followeif1 him at the plate. TIk- Imhler nine gave Conrad superb support, turning in an er rorless game, and North Powder was charged with only two mis cucs, which came at times when they did not count in the scoring column. The seon : K. H. E. Inibkr (loo 000 01 1 2 0 North P. 000 000 00 0 0 2 Batteries Conrad and Fitz gerald; Talley and Pearson. Tiie lmbler nine will meet Elgin 'on the Elgin diamond next Friday afternoon. I Ann Curtis Wins 'Swimming Title CHICAGO, April 14 (CP) San Francisco's Ann Curtis, rated by swimming au'horities as the greatest feminine speedsters ever de ,'lopetl in American waters, fell like a real champion for the first tune today. She scored her first indoor 1011 yard free style victory over Henda Helsi r, Hollywood star-1.-:, last pii;hl in the national wo men's A At! championships. Miss Cio-lis, a l!l-yrar-old I'ni versity of California freshman, turn d in a 1 ill !) in the century to nose out Miss Helser, defend ing champion, by 10 inches. The wining litre was one and nine tenths seconds over the Ameri can record. Zoo Ann OLen. Athens Athlet ic club. Oakland, Calif., won the onc-:nctir diving title with a lll.:i po:n: total, and Clara La more. Ki-ycar-old high school ge. l. v!ut tureod in the exeeption aii s;o,.,! t:n.o of 4:04.2 to win liit' ..:u.ed i'lduidual m,d!e . Knds Tonighl Alilmll and CosU'Hn "l. SOCIKTY" ttt. !sl lit. x . ' - , I t -V -LV7 (.. k iyK "They90' owoy - V iua vj with murder - but "' , J ZT i s' v '?t f R l D o MURRAY BSRB.'.M STANWYCK G, ROBiNSON 0,rrd by BILLY WllDER . wii t a "" "i, 0,wtO 5 Extra Pledge to Bataan0 oc In .... VOX .Mt) IKTONK NEWS J Coopers Quit In Card Salary Row ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 14 (UP) Mort Cooper, bellwether of the St. Louis Cardinals pitching staff, said today he and his brother Walker, catcher and captain, had c,uil the club in a salary row with the front office. According to Mort, he and Walker have "emit the Cards mver to return," and will seek employment in another profes sion. President Sam Breadon de clined to comment. He did say, however, he would await opening day Tuesday be fore he became "disturbed" over the Coopers' decision. It was reported the brothers vere concerned over reports that Marty Marion, star shortstop, had signed a contract calling for more money than cither of the Coopers get. Double Bill Is Offered At Liberty A murder plotted by an insur ance salesman and the wife of the victim as a means of financ ing their romance is the subject around which is woven the plot of the motion picture "Double In demnity," wdiich opens tomorrow at the Liberty theater. The leading roles are taken by Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck, while Edward G. Rob inson is cast as the insurance claims manager. The play is described as psy chological drama, and the ele ments of suspense and romance acid to its entertainment quali ties. On the same bill is "Carolina Blues," featuring the members of Kay Kyser's orchestra, and the Cristianis, Layson Brothers, and the four Step brothels. It is chiefly music and comedy, with a measure of romance added. She is competing under the col ors of the Olneyville Boys' club, Providence, R. I. Sunday Monday - Tuesday V-j -e A ' they couldn't get away from me!" H i A' ' O ,it p-M Porter Holbj Jean Heolher0 ;- Byi"n Barr Richard Garnet 9 John Philliber t . ft A ,!, , . II- NewPoJitkiKra Is KxpecterfUmkr Truman Guidance (Continued from Page 1) that of Mr. Roosevelt is the de termination to obtain an aggre mrnt to maintain the pace. The new president will make his first formal declaration of Kolicy Monday in an address be fore a joint session of the con gress. He will spoak in the cham ber of the house but his words will be directed to the people of the United States and beyond thorn to the world. On Tuesday he will address i he armed services by radio with a pledge to carry on the war they have so nearly won in the west and which thoy are win ning in the east. He will ac company that pledge with a promise that this nation will take its part in seeking to maintain peace, once we get it. But lick ing Germany and Japan is the immediate older of business. New Advisors Loom Among the "men around Tru man" who will have great influ ence in this new administration if they want it is Leslie Biff!-;, I the slight, quiet secretary of the ; ?nate who has known the new president intimately for 10 yoars. Eiffle is one of the few persons in Washington with a real pas sion for anonymity. His long si rvice as secretary of the demo cratic majority and recently as secretary of the senate has equip ped him belter than most men to keep the president informed of the temper of congress. There is Hugh Fulton, who v-as counsel to the Truman com mittee which investigated the ad ministration's conduct of the war. A boyish-looking man of about .17 years, he already is on the White House scene. Mux Lowen thal was an aide in earlier in vestigations. There are Sam O'Neal, former St. Louis and Washington newspaper reporter who now is publicity director of the eleniocratic national commit tee, and Robert E. Hanncgan, the committee head. Byrnes May Get Call James F. Byrnes has offered bis services to tho president in a private capacity. Byrnes long was Mr. Roosevelt's most effec- vv,. i,. iiTOL-vmi, IU051 eiiee - , tive spokesman in the senate. i i oe presiuem piacoo mm on tne supreme court, then enticed him to the White House to be moie active in winning Ihe war. Byrnes rosigned this month as uireeior ot tne ottice of war mobilization. Byrnes is regarded as a "strong man." The word is pass ing around Washington that the new president will want stronger men in certain positions. That Iheio will be cabinet changes is assumed here almost without dis sent. Mr. Truman's tendency to lean more to the conservative wing of the democratic party than did Mr. Roosevelt would soem to assure that. It also is a fact that Truman concedes his lack of mastery of some matters which require ex ecutive decision. Mr. Roosevelt's habit of acting as his own sccre taiy of this or that when tomh decisions were to be made is not one Mr. Truman is likely to ad opt right away. Foreign relations is a field in which he certainly is not expert. It remains to be seen, therefore, whether the team which Mr. Roofovclt placed in the state de partment this year to carry out White House policies will be the GRANADA IK'' M r 1 L KAY KYSER with JEFF DONNEll AIJNIVERSAl PiauRE HISTORY REPEATS ON THE RHINE The photos above were iak:n 23 years apart, but ihe flag is the same i.i both pictures. At ieft, the Stars and Stripes is lowered from the fortress of Ehrej. breiistein, overlooking the Rhino at Cologne, as U. S. Army o! Occupation turned the ciladol over io the French in February, 1923. At right, the same flag is pictured being raised over Ehre breitstein, after its receit capture by the U. S. Third Army. The same companies, D and M, of the 41h Division, participated In both ceremonies. Berlin Entry By American Forces Expected Hourly (Continued from Page 1) "last redoubt" in the mountains ot Bavaria. First army troops were storm ing the outskirts of Leipzig along an arc looping around its north , rn and southern approaches. The third army outflanked the city with a mile-an-hour advance to within 38 miles or less of Dres den. On -tho third army's southern I Hank, units of the 90th infantry envision '.trove aneael lo tne wen- Umbirg area, only 111 miles from the Czechoslovak border. The thira army's speeding tanks wore barely 80 miles from a jUncture with the Russians mn5 a alonw the Neisse river to the east. Vanguards of the first army's third armored division were 100 milts or loss from the Soviet front in the Dessau area to the north. There the third division sitnt cd the southern edge of Dessau and rammed up to within five miles of the Elbe river at a point 55 miles southwest of Berlin. New Threat to Berlin The Dessau drive t.ised a new Ihreat to the wrecked nazi cap- team Mr. Truman will need to participate moro fully in the making of policies before they have to be carried out. There is r.o disposition to underrate Sec retary of State Edward B. Stet tinius, jr., but oro fact stands out. Stettinius, a young man, is next in line of succession to the presi dency. Mr. Truman is a vigor ous man who will be 61 years old next month. Even vigorous men die. One of the thines which enc'oars Truman to many demo--rals is that he not only is a strict party man, Jjut a strict organiza tion man, too. Truman's loyalty to his democratic organization is as firm as that of James A. Far ley, who used to be Mr. Roose- I jt -m: ;joe - 4i- -. ...-. COLUMBIA PICTURES rl presents co-stirrlni ANN VICTOR J KAY ANN VICTOR - MILLER -MOORE 1SH KABIBBLE GEORGIA CARROLL HARRY BABBITT SULIT MASON DIANE PENDLETON and KAY KYSER'S BAND Scrarn pIoy loieph Ho(fon ot-d Al Mtvtin SPECIAL ADO EI) ATTRACTION WITHOUT O THE PICTURE OF TOMORROW . W YOUUST 4EE TODAY. Coroner Probes Fatal Fire In Ontario ONTARIO, Ore., April 14 (UP) The death of Allen Hull, 53, ol Nampa, Ida., who was fatally burned in an auto court cabin Friday, was under investigation today by Coroner R. A. Tacke. Tacke said tne victim was found sitting on the floor prop ped up agains'J the bed, with some of the bedding hurned and with burns on tho body. , s veil's political manager. ltal, already imperiled by the sweep of two American ninth army divisions that drove across the Elbe at two points south ol Magdeburg and advanced agaiast the city s last defends. The Germans were reeling cn the verge of disaster all along the 200-milo American front from Berlin to Dresden, and far to the west in the shrinking Ruhr pocket anel along the North Sea coast. Late field dispatches said doughboys of the American first anel ninth armios split the Ruhr trap in two with conversing drives from the 'north and south. More than 100,000 of the 160.000 Germans caught in the pocket already had been taken prisoners and hundreds moro were report ed surrendering by the hour. Drive on Hamburg British second army troops tightened their assault arc around the ruined port of Bremen and rpoared up to within 40 miles of Hamburg, Germany's second city and greatest seapoit. Far lo the west, Canadian and British troops cleared the last die-hard nazis from historic Am hem. and battled through the slioets of four other key Dutch towns, Apeldoorn, Gfoningen, Meppel and Zwolle. The British second army drive to clear the German North Sea coast also began to roll, with Scottish infantrymen advancing 12 miles northeast from Cellos mto Uezen, 23 miles west of the Elbe river and 44 miles south southeast of Hamburg. Sunday Monday - Tuesday wsc V IRTHf v It hac ouoruthtnAr fromKAYtoZin eniertainment! Also UNIVERSAL NEWS and CARTOON TONIGHT Uov Rogers "YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS" I L Ii
