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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1959)
WalfdWa S For wiLLUWA tsptcmu waiicwa walked off with their own Christ- inns Tournament by crushing the Union Bobcats in the finals here Inst night, 57 3:i. In consolation play Joscptr displayed a potent (J()ue to xlown North Powder 31-26 for third place. Union upset tournament co fivorito JosAph in Monday's ac tion .la., enter the fin.ili u(ajnt the Cougars. Tlie Ijobcals wen nevur in lt night's coniett at 'lloWi jqiilijcd off into an early lead and then rolled easily to the virtory. 'fare Lung, a lemur transfer sludant, puin(Md IB points throat the heap to pace the lauiuu- tu their em. Uaie Prince u jusf pciiil behind with 13 nd another transfer atudent, ttob Wood also tallied' in the dou ble founts W'lh 11 tiulo stun Wilde paced the Cove On ' ins COVE 'Special! - Free throw provided" the margin of victory as Cove slipuKd by the I.a Gronde Wildcats 4IM0 last night. The Leopards spotted La Grande a firt period luad but rallied to go ubcud at the nd of the first uiglrl minute? and stay in the lead. ,j Kith Robinson and Jim Muni field paced the leopard scoring effort as tho five starters went oil the wuy in an "iron-man" per forinunce for Couch Arch Lowry. Jim HtiKgcrty tallied aeven points. Prunk Con ley got six and ployed (in outKtandiiu game on defense along with Ed Hnofnngle. Moot nugle scored four points and lead tile teum in rebounds. Dennis Sprny had 12 points for the Wildcat. Larry Nice and Dick Murks birth Rot 10 for La Grande. Govt wink 15 of 33 attempts from the charity stripe while La tiranini eauld mnnuite only four in 11 gift tome.: The Wildcats connected on 21 of 71 field goal attempt while Cove got only 17 In S3 COKtK. The Wlldcnts start 'd closing the Klip in Ilia third period and pu'led to within throe prints as the game wiis drawing to a close. Cove atiiflfcd out for win. their sixth auninat a tinule font. - Cove r M 28 17 49 La Grunde JV W 16 32 46 Modern Slide Gists WIH30WS Aadsi To Orden Any Sin Killer'.? fslsinel COMIN3 JAN. 11 $1,000,000.00 Centest TOWITE DEC TJWD ONLY , CQ.VUNG TMURS. "MRRCKAMTS' CMRtSTIIAAS SHOW" ASK YOl'lt MKWHANT Kdlt TICKETS FOR KNTIKK FAMILY Continuous 1:45 PM. SEE! I NEW! KINO OF THE OUTUwil. Plus Bowory Boys "UP IN SMOKE" Sl.COO.OCO I.O. MOVIE CONTEST If SLENDERIZE With Slenierene From Houghl's ich Creamy .Cff tfoV For The Holidays Be Sure To Pick l'p HOUGHTS mm 1 ournament t'niun effort with six counters. Bill Kicker and Hank Miller toss ed in five apiece but the Hob cuts just never got underway. Coach Andy Anderson's crew could manage rnly four poijilj in the first quarter. , After a. 14 point second canto, the Bobcat! lapsed inlo six and seven point( productions in the final two pef i;ds. , .. , Wallowa, meanwhile, was toil in ! in JO points in the fiflaj eirht minutes if action to finish route, away. Th trophy presented to the winning Walluwa team ai pre nnlil by the i'cotty dimming i athletic supply of Walia Walla Powier VaJlcy Ui8h School qf Ntrth Powder started with a roar t ut ran out of gas in the second ouartcr and succumbed to the Jo seph team with apparent ease. With Dennis Wilhuma and Rod Observer, lT Grande, Ore. Wed., Dec. 23, 1959 COLTS GIVEN NOD TO RETAIN .TITLE Bv United Prois International The Ballimora Colts, who may use hand signals to boat the crowd noise iO Sunday's National Football League game with the New York GinnlH. remained 34 point favorites lodny for the pro fessional classic. Bookmakers estimated YVecb Ewbank'i dc.'ending champions would be four - point choices over the Giants when the game begins in Baltimore! Memorial Stadium, i Tho Colts needed a sudden death overtime to score, a 23-17 victory over the Giants in the 1X58 championship. Bookmakers figured the team would score about as many points as they did nguez Tangles With Sugar Hart MIAMI BEACH iCPp Luis Manuel Rodiiguei of Cuba puts I his 24 bout winning, streak on the I line tonight against Stigur Hurt of Philadelphia in a TV 10 rounder that vndoubledly will earn the I winner a shot at tha; World wol iterwrighl title ' ' Skinny legged. 22 year -old Rod riguei, who has managed to re main unheaten despite his now ter-iHil f punching, was an B to 6 favu-ite to wm inv nationally telo j vised bout starting at 10 p.m. I e s t. at the Miami Reach Audi torium. Rodriituea was listed as tho No. t wharvwtht rhalamger in the kluat rmlma, Mind Chmitqr h0t of PluiaiWplua. Hart ws ranked No. i. Kodripan, hnswr er, hraXs a 14 l.miuni victory la Sew. wiwmt toat-sbol bntaas nn wMmr run;l whtm tw w utnat by Beanie l'aret in New Ys lait Ft lav pu-'hl. aataves bicn cupsrvisor MU.WAI KFJK aH'I fUa ijCarUml hjw Inca Mgikd as su il)( v;-- of the Great Latos woul- ing N'ea the UiltoulLa' lAaves. Gla'l. v.!k sigael piicl-r Pah Sl i the whlU- .Six to a Detroit contract wlavn lu worked for the . Tigers, scouted for the New York Yankees I At year. STA ATHLETES iNGAOID Cn'AWA ill'l', . Ottawa Hiiuch Hider fnothaU! star .Kaye 'auuha;i and orid chmupioii ski er l.ucile Wheeler arc pngiiKril to be married, it was disclosed Tuesdav. No dale for the wed- dinR has liet'n iimvmiiced. RIDES THREE WINNERS COKAL liAlll.KS. Fla. H'l'I Jockey Steve Brooks booted homo three winners at Tropical Turk Tuesday, including Kare Ulce o7.(ll)i in . the feature race. Uronks' other two triumphs were abcaid Four Wheeler i $;.IK and Mizioo $ii 00'. . . ' Good Uolidav Ice Cream 4 FLAVORS Title Henderson leadinK fhe way, the liadgers moved into a four point first quarter margin. B 5. Joseph came rii'ht back to lake the tead and pull away from the stalled 1'adner crew. North powder, could muster only two points p the fin al eight minutes of action aa the tight-checking Kaglcs smothered in attempts at an offensive showing. , Hig Dave Jfcier was the game's leading scorer lith'13 points. Run Makin tallied eight counters. Bill iikaMii puslaid through sev er ind Dennis Ntughton account ed tor lit in the Esgle win. Union and Wallowa High ttont bunds pr.vide music and Dpie during the two nights of the contest. North Powder 9 14 24 20 Joseph 5, IS 30 31 Union, 4 18 25 33 Wallowa li 24 3 57 Neil Andersen Page 2 in that thriller, estimating to- t;il of (2 for the two clubs. With the gams, already tubbed as the biggest individual belting event of IUS9, Baltimore fans wore In a fever of anticipation while, tho Giants tried to dig out of a seven-inch snow in New York. Ewbank, aware that Baltimore's fans will produce a tornado of sound Sunday, has installed a set of hand signals to help quarter back John Unitas communicate with ends Raymond Berry and Jim Mutsrheller and flanker bauk Lenny Moore. The Colts raced through a brisk workout Tuesday in Memorial Stadium, concent rutiiig on offense. Unitas, who fired season record of 32 touchdown passes this year, Aid plenty of throwing in near freezing temperature. Coach Jim Lee Howell's Giants were unable to practice at Yan kee stadium Tuesday because of a heavy anoui and worked on hour and 40 minutes indoors at a Mew York Armory. They hoped to drill ouUide Wednesday. .Howell was pleased with the tip diiilayed by his men. He said they showed the same spirit that . marked their workouts the week before they clobbered the Cleveland Browns. 48-7. Cincinnati Top Team In College Poll NEW YORK IP1- Tho Initrd Prwn later M iouI nu oolk-gr biwki-tKall ratings ifrst-piart votes and won lost records thrauch Dec. Is in parent how i : Town . . Poiwas I. Cincinnati '& S-0 317 1 Wc4 Virginia a iB-0' ;8 X. Ohio ' i I4 U4 Califca-ria H' I30 247 5. St Loui ttt . l.ft fi. t'luh 'I 0 17 7. BraiHey '10' III 8. Georgia Tech '0' 47 9. Kansas 5-2 10. l(li,in 14-1' ; . , -4 II, f.orlli Oirolina, 4:1; 12, Ken tucky, 40; 13, New Yofk University,!- 27; 14, , Villunova. IS: 15. Southern California, 22; IB. Texas A & M, !!: 17 itici, Iowa and Il linois, IB each; HI. Michigan State. 12; 20, Notre Dame. 7. IS V 1 aWV.Jff nV' REYNOLDS Insurance Agency WO 3-3121 V MM (UIlD.tlK0 BACK IS ritOS roS tAM-Slinging' Sammy Baugb. one of the greatest paascra in history, holds a ball in one hand and i contract in the other after signing" a three, year contract aa head coach of the New York Titana in the newly formed All Baugh, former Washington Red, skin great, signed, the contract in N. Y. He had been ccacli at Hanlin-Simmona University for the past few i.uaiim. ' aufence Sols Series Mark, 724 Jark Laurence rolled the sec ond record breaking series at the Blue Mt. Lanes in a week Mon day night. Laurence smashed the all-timo hiuh bowling series for the La Grande Association with a 724 series in league competition. The new record holders' series came on games of 215, 267 and 242. Laurence rolled 22 strikes in the three games. He had eisht in a row to start the second Kuinc and the breathless specta tors waited to see the perfect 300 game. Laurence had no open , ,ho ,ir ... omv split was a 6-7-10. John Shepherd held the old record of 712 set list year, -Laurence's high game was just 2j pins short of the all-time high game of 290 bowled at the lanes last year, Carroll Bruce Tops Jr. Rifle Club Shooters Carroll Bruce topped a short pre Christines field at the La Grande Junior Ride Club Competition last night wilh a 345 score. John Mc Clay was the only competitor join ing in the four position Tiring. Bruce fired 94 prone. 92 sitting, i kneeling and 76 standing for his total. McClay, who fired a shot 89 prene, 91 sitting, HI kneel ing and 04 standing. Jerry True and four other shooters camp-to! in the prone position only. True topped the other shooters with s 94. Carol Schaures had a 91. Mike Wall filed 0. Buster Kkidj had SJ and Kerry Fitzgerald fired I a 77. Last week, Karen Fitzgrrald co-i-tinu.d her domination of the week ly competition with a 359. Gtisvc Altonburg was second with a 342 and John McClay hid a 31 fir third place. Tcm Long, wilh 92 s in huth orone and sittini. Ira the rest " the firtd. Sliaryn Cribb hod r, l ami rvi Rrarfrr h1 in the two positiMu. Carol Schaures had a 90 in the prom pasitiM to top the rest of tb field. Dick Iliilt had an a with Pete Rimbirr, Hue Rue fired an M. Hike Wall had an Ob . BusUr Kirtri had a 7 and Kerry fttzgrrakl dux. a 73. RBTAJH5 AHWrAftTS MANHATTAN. Kan. U'PI' Corky Taylur and Bill Walsh, named to the Kansas Stale Uni versity football coaching stuff last spring, will stay on as assistants to new head Coach Doug Weaver. Y'ork und Len Matthews of Phila delphia have signed to meet in a 10-round bout at the Philadelphia Arena Jan. 23. The1' bout will not be televised or broadcast. careful homeowners firm up their confidence with General's "Allln-One" Home owners Insurance the finest, one policy coverage you can buy today. Careful, "preferred risk" homeowners save money, too, because their pride in their posses sions means better insurance at lower cost. Call us today! LbeneralJ Celtics'. Stout Defense Holds For 13th Win By United Press International Number 13 failed to prove a stumbling block, for the red-hot Boston Celtics. - Boston used a stout defense Tuesday night to defeat the De troit Pistons, 136-104, for its 13th straight victory and move within five games of tying tho National Basketball Assn. record for con secutive triumphs. New York beat the Cincinnati Royals. 127-119, in the opener of a Detroit dcubleheader. Holding the Pistons to 21 points in each of th two middle periods, the Celtics staged a shooting dis play that found them under the 30 point mark only in the third quarter. ' Bill Shu-mm topped the Boston bairage with 26 points, with K. L Jones aiding 25. Bailey Howell paced Detroit with 25. The Knicks made it two out of three for their new coach, Carl liiaun, with a well-balanced at tack directed by Kenny Sears and Jack George, who scored 24 points each. Jack Twyman, the NBA's leading scoter, had 35 for the Royals. Scores By United Press International . Collet Basketball Result EAST Fordham 80 Pittsburgh 08 Santa Clara 14 Connecticut 4T St. Francis (N. Y.) 07 , Fairleigh Dickinson 60 f SOUTH i Watauga Taurnamerit Johnson City, Tenn. Final t Va. Tech 74 East Tena. St. 56 Consolation Mississippi 37 Tenn. Tech 36 Georgia Tech 63 Texas Tech 60 Kentucky 97 Temple 93 SOUTHWEST Washington St. 64 Arizona St. 58 Okla. Citv 74 Texas Christian 63 MIDWEST Hoosior Classic, Indianapolis First Round Notre Dame 83 Purdue 79 Ltuiana 91 Butler B aicincinaa, h 4 96 Bradley 7t Loyola 'l.s.t 60 Marquette U Stanford 60 M. Louis SS Kjubtos 59 Darton 79 St. Marys (Tex.) i WEST Ohio Stale (1 Hrighun Young 79 Oregon f6 Sm Jo Stale 45 Utah Stdte 73 fclalw 61 Washington 17 Nortbesfl'a II Smithvrn California 91 Hawaii 43 Washington State 64 Arijnaa 5t I.og Beach St. 51 Chico Stole 52 Southern Oregon 54 Wcstmont 52 Eastern New Mexico 64 Pacific Nazarcnc 58 FOR IIOII Bendix DuoMaiic Washer-Dryer Tablo Modal Radio for her kitchen. rt'e Give S.&I1. Green Stamps Radio & Music Supply Geo. Till, Prop. lit Nat l. Bank Bldg. WO 3 4231 Wha Is Fish? Why Gals, y AY AMNILL CftatrvH Staff Writar Women are better at counting fish than ptfn. Now. Iteidre soiiKVbf yw. mi.lt b4r4 meny o fcarffttl uuoa lke iiie, .hire's jrf this ten. - .... Ray BdfryrJim Brown Top ;NFl. AH-Star List NfcW YORK 'ITI' Raymond Berry of the Baltimore Colts. Jim Brown, of . the Cleveland Browne and Sam Huff of the New Yrk Giants todfly led the voting for United Press Interna tional's 19.19 National Football League All-Star team. Berry and Brown were unani mous choices. They were named on each of 31 ballots cast by sports writers who covered the campaign in the 11 league cities. Huff was just one vote shy of be iug a unanimous choice, appear ing on 30 . ballots. Berry and Brown were the first men ever named on every ballot in the an nual UPI poll. Baltimore, the Western Division champion, placed six men on the mythical two-platoon team. New Y'ork, the Eastern Division cham pion which meets Baltimore Sun day in the , championship game, filled five berths. The Sun Fran cisco Forty Niners filled three while Cleveland and the Pitts burgh Steclers each won two berths. The Los Angeles Rams. Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears each placed one player on the team. . The- Philadelphia Eagles, Chi- Bowlinq mg LAST CHANCE LEA.GUE W L TP Albeiwson's La Gr. Gun Clb, George's Shell. Earl's Texaco .. 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Miller's Cabinet Shop La Grande Lumber Van PeiSen Lumber Setter it Six fish counters are employed at The Dulles Dam: all arc uals, and the same holds true at MvNary and Bonneville. When counting (oh leian. at Bot nc-viile luck in '38. it was the man's job. Women took over the count during World War II. but ea E" Cardinals and Washington to win a In il Redskins failed team berth. Del Shofner of Los Angeles won the offensive end berth opposite Berry. The remainder of the of fensive line was composed of Roosevelt Brown of New York and Jim Parker of Baltimore at the tackles. Art Spinney of Balti more and Jim Kay Smith of Cleveland at the guards and Jim Ringo of Green Bay at center. Joint Unitas of Baltimore won the quarterback berlh by a wide margin, receiving 27 votes. Frank Gifford of New York and J. D. Smith of San Francisco won the halfback spots to round out the backficld wilh Jim Brown. " The defensive unit was com posed of Gino Marchetti of Bal timore and Andy Robustelli, of New Y'ork at the ends; Gene Lips comb of Baltimore and Leo Nom ellini of San Francisco at the tackles; Huff. Joe Schmidt ol .De troit and Bill George of the Bears at the linebacker pjgs: Dean Derby of Pittsburgh bind Abe Woodson of San Francjco at halfback and Jim Pattoa.,rof New York and Jack Butler of Pittsburgh at safety. Results 544. Eldiidqe (2725) Garry Lcoslie ?79, 157. West Coast (2713) Tom Kent 201, 504. Baum's (2879) D. W. Hall 225, C07. Planer (2C26) Cordon Lovell 170. 5C0. Thursday Afternoon League L T Teadcrfeet S4 18 23729 :ti 'MSMK 24 23079 Dutch Girls 28 Bonnie's Lassies . 23 Pioneers 22 29 30 23220 22827 22 IB Katy-Dids .' 20 32 Tenderleet (1948) Emily Moffit 178-418. Puritans (1740) Joan O'Rourke 142; Elna Dyal 373. Dutch Girls (1942) Shirley How ard 183-477. Beanie's Lassies (1734) Marie Bull 145-333. Pioneers (18S1) Msrv Ruth Csr- nes JS3-4IJ7. Xiuy-Didi (1M33) Aileen Taal 161- 41 i. UPHOLD SUSPENSION NEW YORK ' UPI I The American Hockey League's beard of goveracrs voted unanimously Monday to uphold a 12-game sus pension of forward Bob Bailey of the Buffalo Bisons. Bailey was accused of hitting Ted Harris of the Springfield Indians witk'his .Kick. - HAWUI (COUTINe HEAD DETROIT (L'PD James A. Campbell, a Si-ycar-old vice prdsi deat of tl.e Dotroit Tigers. ItTon day wav placed in charge of all the club's minor league operations id scolding. :, Counting Of Course with the undcrstuiiding that they would be replaced after the war. They proved so ad' pt that they were kept on and thus have en joyed this task ever since. They say it is because they have more patience than men. Push Bottoae Th? women sit opposite a class- windowed booth with a mechanical counting board on which various buttmi are pushed to record the 20 edd specie of fish which glide by. ' The Dalles (ish-passage facili ties provide an easier avenue for migrating fih than existed before the project was built. Althoujth sturacon wera known to inhabit the deep pools it the The Dallee area of the river prior to construction of the dam, rela tively few of these large fish have been counted in The Dalles Dam ladders. Two guards I'll ut a recent hap pening at the dam. They saw a pigeon fall inlo the water and be snapp?d up immediately by a lcrne sturgeon much as trout might take a fly. Whooping Crane You ever wonder about an al most extinct specie of native Am erican bird, the whooping crane? This rare fellow, now protected by every means known to game management, is coming back, but in a relatively slow increase. There are at least 39 of the majestic birds, including several in captivity. Their only known breeding ground is in Canada' Wood Bufialo Park, near Gr?at Slave Lake in the Northwest Ter ritories,. The cranes winter in the Arkansas Kefuye on the Gulf roast of Texas. TJte Trumpeter Another rare bird, the trumpet' r swan, is finding modern America a little harder to survive in all the time. Today's population count is placed at St, with two swans held in the Portland zoo. The present population, however, is down 54 from last year's count of 7J3, tht highest number of birds since secinl conservation efforts were established some DO yean ago. The largest number of trumpe ters can be found on Red Rock Lnke. a rc'iitfe. in southwestern iontana Which w'ris ' rstalilished for these birds in 11133. The rare birds weigh about 25 pounds apioce and have an eight foot wing spread. They once mi grated across the North American continent twice each year. . Gen Cofleetio The Winchester gun Collection is considered one of the most' unique and valuable, of any collection known. Located at New Haven. 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