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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER 0 Phone 600 Complete Local Reports S;.lui(?.iy, May 5, 1915 Eastern Oregon Track and Field Stars Meet; Salem Is Winner in District 7 Approximately 1"0 track and field athletes from more than a score of eastern Oregon hijfh schools are in La Grande to day competing in the annual district meet, the winners of which will represent the area in the stale meet in Corvallis next weekend. . localise of the large entry lists in each event, qualifying trials were run off this morning at the La Grande high school field to whittle down the field to a number of competitors who can be accommodated in the finals. Another preliminary lo thej - statc meet was run on ycau'reiay in Salem wh-;n the home town athletes topped the list with a victory that gave that school the privilege of entering 14 of its stars in the state competition. Woodburn was runner-up, and placed six men in tr-3 state meet, and third place Mollala will send two to Corvallis. C'hcmawa and Silvcrlon finished fourth and fifth. With the exception of the dis cus event, time and distances of the events at Salem were below the standing records of the east ern Oregon meets. Tom Hoard man of Salem hurlul the platter 1,14 feet, II inches. Tlvs eastern Oregon record of 131 feet, 5'i Inches was set in 1042 by Hcid enrch of Mac-Hi, The Salem meet shotput iccord was broken wh-'n Bill Austin, Woodburn, hurled the shot 4(1 fed 5'..' inches. The old record 4ft feet, eight inches, was set in 1!I3. The La Grande record is 'IV fe ;l, 5 inches, set by Daugh- erty of Wallowa in 1II4U. Other event winners: 12(1 yard high hurdles Merle Wlljiams, Chimawa, 1(1.4. 10(1 yard dash Hob Weber, Salem, 1 0.-1 . Mile nick Mui(uardl, Molalla, 4 Mil. 440 yard dash Verlyn Krax-borg-er, Molalla, :B4. 220 yard low hurdles Jack Larscu, Salem, 20.5. 220 yard dash Dick Mason, Woodburn, 24.(1. '800 Al Chamberlain, Salem, 2:07. Pole vault tie: Williams, Chcmawa, and George Boss, Sa'em, 10 feet, 3 inches. High jump L. Clark, Wood bum, fi feci 5 inches. Uioad jump Bob Wuber, Salem, 200 feel 11 inches. Javelin Don Wilson, Salem, 151) feet, 5".. inches. Helay Salem (Weber, Sachs, Keppinger and Cavcndcr) l.HV.U. In Portland, Jeffersan high school track and field men to day were deluding their last yeai's slate title. Granl High Wins Grant high's Generals showed plenty of power yesterday In the district I) contest, with 10 men qualifying lor the state meet next week. Tile Jeffmen placed eight iiinli fyers In nine' events. Oregon City's Leonard Itinear linn, all-stale basketball star, t.-.'t three district II records yesterday at Mllwaukie. Besides breaking his own record in the discus, he established new marks for the high and broad jumps. Vcclman or West I, inn made a new mark in the low hurdles and Ken Allenhofen of Central Cath olic put the shut III feel and 4' i Inch.'s. Mllwaukie won learn lion ors Willi 511 points against II (in mi l-place Oregon City. New it cords were also set in ih.triil li, as Hob And r Srappoosc took three firsts and established iccunls in the discus and in the sli.it. His oilier first came in tin- lavclln throw. Srap I lose senred la anil Hi-avcitiiii was sec, aid w ;t!i ;i!i. District :!. .it Mend, and disti let 4. at Eocene, also are holding meets today in determine entries in the state t"ui new Bartolo Is Easy Winner Over Mel I BOSTON, May 5 (VV) - Sal Bailolo, the NBA fcilhem eight champion, called upon his es pi rience lasl lilgbl lo lain lb'- tables on III year-old Oils ilVIP I Mell of Montreal. Barlolo .ham meied out a unanimous 10-inuun decision over the lad w ho upsi l him last niorfth. As in their fust bout on April l.'i, no title was at stake Mile-.' it v as an in er-the-weight match, with Mill scaling 132 pounds, i.nd Bartolo il:'i. The featlu, weight limit is 12(1. SHANS WHIPS SIERRA HOLLYWOOD. May 5 (UP) Cleo S!(0)s. 1311, Pheenix, An., last night outslugged wild swing ing Manuel bun a, 1.13 poulldel ioiii Cuba, lo lake a Mxlh round Ici'hmcal kni'ckout win in a knock down, diag out batlle. SPORTS . PaKf 8 TODAY'S S PORT PARADE. By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YOHK, May 5 Look for Larry MacPhail to break out any day now in a burst of dealing ! aimed al saving his Yankees from a second-division finish. Two days of bad weather must have brought plenty of black clouds to the dynamic redhead. ! Prexy Larry should have had time lo diiicst the nlieht of his Bronx outfit a plight that ex- ists despite their tie for first place in Hie American league standing, Although the Yanks are shar- ing top berth witli the Chicago White Sox in the adolescent race, they certainly do not shape up now as pennant contenders unless wartime baseball has slipped to a far lower estate than at any time since Pearl Harbor. The Yankees, with the excep- , lion of a few olavers lost in the militaiy draft, are almost exaclly as they were when Maei'hail look over in January. There have been some noteworthy pitching per-; farmanccs as the club swung into action, and some fine long-ball hitting by young Huss Deny. Also enough general "pitch and punch" for the Yanks to win eight of 12 guard; Blake Headley, Troy's games from the admittedly weak- first three-sport letter winner in er eastern clubs. a decade; and Bull Morris, Speedy But MacPhail has done nothing halfback from the track squad, to remedy same glaring weak-1 But it's the backfield, purlieu -nesses "white the club has been : larly the key quarterback spot, fattening on the Senators, Red ' that has genial Jeff trumping his Sox and Athletics. The team is 'partner's aces in bridge sessions the shoddiest in either league de- j these days. fensively, with a mark of .'J50. The loss of Jim Hardy, brilliant That's 16 points worse than the ' kid-manned Philadelphia Phil- ' lies, who have a fielding mark of .!I60. Most experts regard the left j been working overtime to find a side of the Yankee infield as a capable replacement, burlesque of major league de-1 Right now he's undecided be fense. jtween 17-year-old Kddie Callanan, The Yankees top both circuits fourth of the famed football fam in errors witli 25 in 12 games lily to cavort for USC, and Hoy an average of more than two a Cole, ex-Iiedondo high star who's game. They are last in the Ameri- , just returned lo the Trojan cam can circuit in the all-impurtant double-play department, with only eight dual-disposals. This is a far cry from the Yanks of old, who in addition to their prowess at bat and on the mound, were always airtight afield. And where ale the hitters the Bronx bombers of old'.' Aside frail the personal lu'bievenienls of Deny, who rode the In-neh last year because he couldn't Int. the team appears lo have no sustain ed punch. Deny has hit foul homers tlwo with Ihe bases load ed I lo lead the league. He also leads in runs balled in, with l-l The :tnly other passable punch ers in ila- array are tleoigie Stil nweiss. whose ulcers have af fected Ins fielding bul nut his baiting, ami Nick Kllrn, the Insl sai-ker. Muny is 'Inilii; all iic.M with the wand at il.'iV, and l-'.t-len's balling tiguie nl X'ti is ac ceptable. But they a.e the only hilti-is on the club above :illll. Tile rluli kitlilic avrl.ici. e, 'JfiO fifth l.i-l ill Ihe league, ('nuple Ibis with Yankee lack of fielding and v u have sumellunj: nl a nine-iliiys wnmlri' liial lb.- elnli is in Ihc i ace at alt .Meanwhile the menacing I'f ! I emt Ticers strengthened then punch by making a deal wilh the I'lvveland Indians lor Outfielder liny Cullcnhinc. Hoy may be the replacement needed Inr linl, Wakefield. The Indians ,'ihll have unhappy Jeff Heath nil.- Iiceau i, ,., . i,,,. ,. ,, i, , -i ..... i , ,, , brass hats. Jeff would be delight ed lo come lo New Yoik. The Yanks have a spare pitcher oi two, and sev.-n illfieldels of soils. Cleveland has indicated lis will ingness lo make a deal. Kighl of ccry 111 Ainci iran l.uiucs have al le.et uiic pet each T IS HOW TO TIE A FLY (1) Hook, preferably of heavy wire, is thrust into vise, and tail two fibers of ringneck tail f earner is atlached io shank with fin tying silk. (2) Quill is wrapped around shank to form body, extending two-thirds of shank's le igth, from tail to eye. (3) Antennae are tied, a ra-, petition of first stop, and collar is laid on top of anlemae and attached with lying silk. (4) Legs three fibers of ringneck tail feather, bent in middle are tied on under side of shank or body. (5) Legs are crushed slighlly u itil they look like real thing. Tail and antennae are trimmed slightly with scissors, aid Stone i'.y nymph is ready for use. By NEA Service STATE COLLEGE, Pa. May 1. Fly tying is being pushed in many veterans' hospitals. George Harvey, expert fly cas ter, has been tying flk-s for 25 years, having started as a young ster of 10. He has created many patterns of his own design. Penn State's track coach launched what may have been the; first college class of its kind in fly tying while still a student at State Colege in 10:13, has taught thousands lo tie, incud ing his three-year-old daughter. George Harvey believes any fisherman can learn to tie flies with which to catch fish. O Coasting Along By ROBERT WEIDE I United Press Staff Correspondent LOS ANGELES, May 4 There aren't many familiar faces out Bovard field way this spring, ul Coach Jeff Cravath figures he ought to be able to dig up a coupb of fair enough football l, '"nK "l hv m ,'i"!' r c''nHi' cl!l,' s h'""'' There are a few old faces around, but most of the aspirants never dreamed they'd one day bv wearing a Trojan numeral, Tin- old timers most of them of 10 are Husky Capt. Jim Callanan, and Harry MtMiy. i ends; Hone Crushing John Me- ! Ginn. guard, Jackie "Mighty M'le" Music, lack!.'; and Goal Kicking Pat West, fullback, Four other lcttcrmcn can't make it for spring drills but will be on hand when fall practice rolls around. They'll' John I'ehar, Mammoth tackle; Clark Higgi:,.; passer and director of the Trojan T, was a terrific one. And Jeff j realizes it all too wi ll. But he's pus following a m.'dical discharge for a leg injury received in ma neuvers. Hoy led the Trojans to an im- pressive win over Ft. MacArtnur ; in the spring of 1013 and before that starred for the Oregon Stale fresh. If that leg holds up, Cra vath thinks he might have the answer to Hardy's departure. But as for te rest of Ihe backs. C'ravalh will really have lo scrape the hand. Bight now he's pray ing that Ted Tanncinii, a Notre Dame transfer, and Vaugh. in ' Phelps, a transfer fiom Whit man, look as good ne.l fall a Ihev cln in spring praclir Jeff finds il hard lo find any-' one to crv on his sh adders these days, pans haven't foigott.-n his twn consecutive Hom' Bnwl wins .mil tile classy appeal allce his un defeated Tioians made kt tall. Hut he's exhibiting the old cry ing towel once again. And this tunc, he claims, Ihe ti nible is one Mr. Buck Shaw of California. "What'll we do now'.'" cries .lelf "l-'ioin now on we'll really have to play ball " DRAFT CALLS BOUDHEAU Cl.KVKI.ANt, May ! (UP) - llasi ball may love its fust major leacue manager lo Ux- military iliatl next nioulli when Lou Hon dieau, '.'.Il yi ,ir eld pilot of the I'lcvclami Indians lakes his pie iniluelion physical esannnat ion, it was revealed today. Order Your Next Winter's Supply! COAL For Stoye Gnl tiler's I'lm X .li'ifi'intl" V Union Takes League Baseball Pennant The Union high school baseball nine yesterday clinched the league flag and maintained a record of no losses for the season in a 10-0 shut-out of the North Powder team on the hitter's diamond. Union will play Elgin next Friday afternoon in the final game of the season. Bobo Roberts set the losers down with one hit while his t-.'ammatcs garnered seven safe ties off the delivery of K. Talley, and five errors by North Pow der contributed materially lo the lopheavy score of the win ner. Roberts struck out eight North Powder bailers and walk ed one. Union started scoring in the first frame, puttin;; two runs across on a combination of three hits and a base on balls. They clicked twice more in the third with two hits and an error, scored four times in the sixth on two hits, two errors and a I ase on balls, and wound up the affray in the seventh with two more runs on an error a walk and a pair of stolen bases. The score: R. H. E. N. Powder (UK) (Kill 00 1 5 Union 202 004 210 7 3 Batteries K. Talley and Pear son; Roberts and Rir.-'hart. q , OUnllo. kiLIul lUlS OlILlulL Athletics; Other Games Rained Out NEW YORK, May 5 (UP) Ossie Bluege's Washington Sen ators aient likely to add to life's complexities in the nation's cap, itol by winning Hie American league pennant this season, but he was chiiping a cherry tune today just the same because the boys are performing beyond expecta tions. The Senators moved into the first division last night by defeat ing the visiting Philadelphia Ath l tics, 5 to 4, on the fine ' come- back'- pitching of Marino Pier- eltl. Pierelli Wins Own Game Pieret'.i came to the Senators by way of Portland in the Paci fic Coast league where he won 2G games last season. He has been effective in most of his ap pearances to date this year, chalking up his second victory against three defeats in beating Ihe Athletics. During the fiist inning, it look- i d as if he wouldn t get anylhini: oui oi ire game except an can.-, shown- The Athletics combed him for five hits and four runs, but alter that the'y had no luck insolviny his tricky delivery. Meanwhile, the Senators grad ually wore down Ihc four run lead and il was Pieretti himself who scored what proved to be the winning mn in the fourth inning, hitting a triple and com- j ing home on a flv. Relief Pit cher Luthi'r Kni(r, who took I over lor starter Jes.'v Flores in the second, was debited with the oefeat. lei, ice Links anil Harland t'bfl, wl i drove in two ri.tu apee. led ihe wining .-.Hack. Also 1. Ipuig to lift Bluege's spirits was the news that the ill all case of his ace knuckle ball pitciii-r. Knul (Dutch) Leon aid, had been referred lo the war oi partmcnt in Washington by his Illinois local board indicating a preliminary i 'jection. I.eonaid and Mickey Haefner, auollier regular pitcher, went to Illinois to lake pre - induction plivsic.il exams this week. To gi tin r they w on 21! of II' II I gain-, s Ihe Senators won last sea son and without Iheni tile team woiililn'l be expected to do much. All oi Hie other schedul.'d ma jor league games were rained out O and St&her Fuel l'hotip V-'S Tipjl Vri -LP , i .i r . i&k ,?..' AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pel. .GG7 .667 .636 .500 .462 .400 .385 .300 Chicago 6 New York 6 Detroit 7 Washington 7 Philadelphia 6 St. Louis 4 Boston 3 Cleveland 3 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Portland 22 11 .667 Scaf.le 1 14 ,5'i'd San Diego 18 16 .529 I Oakland 17 16 .515 Sacramento 17 17 .500 Los Angeles 16 III .471 San Francisco 14 20 .412 Hollywood 11 22 .333 Portland Beavers Tighten Hold on Coast Loop Lead By United Press The big guns of Dolph Camil li s Oakland Acorns last night gave southpaw hurlcr Italo (Jake) Cl. 'lini fair support to even up '.neir series with the Seattle Raimers with a 5 to 2 victory. in oiner i-acinc e,oasi league games the Sacramento Solons blanked the San Francisco Seals 3 to 0 for their third triumph of the current series, the Los. An geles Angels walked all over San Diego 10 to 2 and the league leading Portland Beavers kept a safe distance ahead of the field with a 7 to 4 win over Holly wood. Chclini pitched a five-hitter, allowing only one single- in the first six frames and fanning six raimers. The hapless Seals ojthit the Senators bul left eight runners on base in the first five innings. After that Guy (Cry-Baby) Flet cher held them to one safety. The home team broke a score less deadlock in the sixth as Gene Hundley scored when Jess Landrum s roller lo second base man Del Young was thrown wild to the plate. Hoy Younkcr sing led to left to send Landrum hime. In the seventh Hundley came in on McElrcath's hit over second. Joe Valenzuela and Dick Trahd, pitching the final two frames for the Padres fell before a Los Angeles onslaught of five runs on four hits unci three walks. The Beavers hopped on big Newt Kimball of the Twinks, former major leaguer, for five runs in the third on singles by Frank Shone, Ted Gullic, Char he English, Spence Harris and Eddie Adams plus two Star er roi s. GRANADA Sun day Mon day Tu esd ay 0 The roartnir sik l.mle when claims in it hnil zank (;kk:y"s Nevada Hob . Mitchum Anne Jeffreys D D Vklttar Kennedy l-NIYKKS.U, 'SI.KEIM.KSS TUESDAY" " NEWS lirantland Kite Spin tlight "lironcos and Brands" Lee G. Miller Goes Ashore on Borneo With Aussie Invaders ABOARD AN LCI OFF TARA KAN, Borneo, May 1 (Delayed) If anybody had told me six months ago that I'd be setting foot an the soil of Borneo today, I'd have thought him daffy. This morning I set not only foot but elbows, knees and torso. Four of us reporters who had come down to these waters to gether were assigned to a PT boat by Admiral Russel S. Bcrkcy, commander of a task force sup parting a landing on Tarakan Is land by elements of an Aussie division. Brig. Gen. Earl Barnes of the 13th air force came along for company. Scuttlebutt about midget Jap submarines and unswept mines gave an air of exciteme.il to our swift journey from our cruiser io the command ship carrying Rear Admiral Forrest Royal, commander of the whole task group, and the Australian commander in charge of ground operations. Thn pt nI,rf nwhiu on ihe way to watch our warships pitch in shells and rockets and to see Aussie B-24s lay beautifully ac curate strings of bombs along the left flank of our landings. We had seen the first waves of small boats and amphibious trucks creep into the smoking shore and disgorge "digger" troops with no apparent oppasition. Columns of smoke and large fires were visible. The offshore : area was doited with war ships, assault transports and small craft. On board the command ship while I was talking with the Aus tralian commander, he passed the word for a third battalion lo join the two already ashore. He said he was going in himself in 10 minotes. "Where arc yon going lo land?" I asked him. "I think alongside that south ernmost dock," he said, pointing through the murky haze and or ienting me by a pillar of smoke -The dock itself seems to be breached here and there. j So we returned to our PT and r explained the situation to the PT squad,-0n commander, Lieut. John W. Morrison, West Englc- wood, II. J., and to the skipper, Lieut. (JG) Ben Stephens of Ohio. They were delighted. "We haven't had a chance be fore to gel in so close on a land ing," Morrison explained, al though during the night his PTs had been patrolling inshore to keep the Japs from replacing the beach barriers blown down the day before by Aussie engineers under cover of shelling, strafing and a smokescreen. So, we moved in. The dock looked stable enough, and the PT couldn't go clear in to shore anyway, so we clambered onto the dock and started walking ashore. . But soon we came to a breach some yards wide. The timbers were gene, but twin oil pipe lines remained. I can't swim and I didn't relish doing a tightwirc act along those slippery looking pipes. But the others started across and I found myself ner vously following. I made it all right only to discover a longer breach beyond. I made that, and then there was a third breach twice as wide as the second. I managed that too, though my knees were shaking as the pipes swayed. After that it looked easy. General Barnes and I were sauntering along the remaining stretch of pier when the whoosh of a shell coming from inland Thrill to the Silver Slainpede- of ('nm.stwk men staked their of load! (Hitr Hoy) Williams Nancy (iates ji Labor-Employer Pact Is Ratified By U.SChamber WASHINGTON, May 5 (0P1 Eric A. Johnston of Spokane, president of the U. S. chamber of commerce has informed Presi dent Truman that the chamber has formally ratified a -labor-management charter designed to assure industiial peace after the Johnston, re-elected yesterday as president of the chamber, call ed on Mr. Truman in the com pany of other officers of the or ganization. They- said afterward that they promised the president their sup port and cooperation "toward a speedy . victory and a lasting peace at home and abroad." Johnston said the charter, pre viously signed by him, President Philip Murray of the Congress of Industrial Organ izatiens, and President William Green of the American Federation of Labor, was approved unanimously by the chamber's directors. Mr. Truman previously had congratulated the signers for promulgating the charter under which labor would avoid in fringement on the rights of man agement and management would refrain from union-breaking act ivities. The charier expressed the hope 1 f its signers that government ment relations would be climin ated atid free collective bargainr ing restored. Kahut and Turner Take Portland Bouts PriHTl.ANI-1 M r. Mini Two San Francisco ring battles went down lo defeat one by Ihc kayo route before local boys here last night when Jack Dillich suffered a third - round knockout from Joe Kabul of Woodburn, Ore., and Jackie Ryan lost a close 10-round decision toSve!ich, son of Mrs. Joe Thomas, Leo Turner, Portland Negro. and passing low over our heads into Ihe water bey o id reveal ed lo us oxactly what ihe phrase "negligible opposition" signifies. "Leave us get ashore," I said, finding a voice somewhere. Our time for the distance wasn't recorded, but it was only a very few seconds before I was throw - ing myself down among some crouchine Aussie's in mnoo f grcasy vegetation behind a Jap obstacle. shelling kept our ileads jr some time. I had forgot - The down for ten that Jerry Thorp of the Chi cago Daily News and Sam Kinch of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram were behind nic in the crossing of that lasl breach in the pier. Well, here came Jerry. It de veloped that he and Sam had just crossed the breach when Jap rifle fire got after thorn. They took a cue from a couple of Aus- sies and somehow or other got themselves under cover, clinging woven' and doals with 11,0 "P1',1' from tinihni-Q h-lnt n, ;.7 ations of the famous canteen in When the rifle fire ceased Jerry cxiricaica nimscif but Sam, who is a big fellow, got stuck. An LCVP finally came along and look him aboard, and then a Jap machine.- gun opened up on the boat. Eventually we all got aboard this vessel, bruised a little and some of us green-stained from the flora of Borneo. It was my first landing. And that'll be enough for this week. KNDS TONICHT "KEYS OF THE KINGDOM" 3l MIR.' M I III w w w i ri I'OITLAU SCIENCK inuilfu ' " rt.e, STILL SPEEDING Li. Rex Mays makes first novslop, coasi-to-coast flight ever made, in an A-26 Invader. Former two-time automobile racing champion, now director . of medium bomber pilot training at 6th Ferrying Group base in Loig Beach, Calif., ilew 2200 miles in eight hours and four minutes. Vl NCWSOFOUR ftV.Wi" MENm WOMEN IN UNIFORM Staff Sergeant Tolbcrt M. Ben-" nett has gone to Snntii Monica, Calif., for reassignment to duty after spending a furlough with -.elatives in La Grande. He pre viously was a gunner on a Liber I a,or bomber in Ihc Marianas, ia was accompanied to btinta Monica by Mrs. Bennett, who plans to return to . La Grande when he is reassigned. Technician Fifth Grade Steve arrived in La Grande Thursday evening for furlough, after: 34 months in the Pacific' area. At the termination of his -furlough he will report to Santa Ana for. re assignment. ' . Hollywood Canteen Film at Liberty The story of how the motion 1 picture industry in Hollywood 1 has banded together-to assist in i keenine morale of Arherican-ser- j vice men at a high level is told i in "Hollywood Canteen," motion j in rioiiywuuu timu-n, i""''"" ; Picture attraction a'tMhe Liberty 1 thofltcr beginning .tprnorrow. Many widely known film-folk appear in the film, among them Jack Benny, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, John Garfield, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman, AJcxis Smith, Joan Leslie, Dennis Mor gan, Joe E. Brown and the or chestras of Jimmy Dorsey and Carmen Cavallaro. - ' It is a musical revue in which a thread of romance has been . ihe film capital, which motion : 1 ' iiie-i uic puiie-iii oi 1V--W iuia famous stage door canteen. UZCUDUN KILLED ' SAN SEBASTIAN. SpainMay 5 (UP) Paulino Uzcudun, for mer heavyweight boxer, who once fought- T'Sgt. Joe Louis for the world championship, has been reported killed by Spanish Maouis. his former manager, Uusto Oyarzabal said today. 4 Days Starting SUNDAY oc-rto LoRRE ? IDA LUPINO f IRBfe WINNING - fl.i mi " - - - . NEWS CARTOON
