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O nA NTH PARK DAI1,Y OOTKIKR HAT1 IU»AY, JULY IM. Uriti. Do You Know RUTH AND KELLY DISTINCTLY GRASS TENNIS COURT OPPOSITE TYPES OF HITTERS MUCH TOO EXPENSIVE Hot Summers Make Turf Surface Almost impossible. hsmplen Tilden Believes That Word ’’Lawn" Will Bs Taken Out st Osmo Before Long—Clay or Asphalt Meets Favor. That tirant* l’as» I um a combination Electric Lighting Cooking rata, *r*«m<l U> nom« In tim I nilad Metra? That »a have over six hundred users on our system? «atUfhvl El'* trie liengr That YOF can got *wn) fr<’m tho <W»<*»mf<>rt« kitchen by Installing an F3«vtrlc raime? That vol <*ui lune hot water twenty-four hours a «lay by installing an Electric water boalar. At an oMswllngly low flat rate? 'liuti wo I mi « svvnu ll)dro-F3cs trl< I’inev Iilnnt* nrvtrd w tilt h insurra au abundan« « of power? IntcrviM- 'Hutt wo tease <•»iierlencad rvq>r*w<mt«tlvra at YOl'R M-rvice to explain tho advuntagra of Electricity In a iiKMlom home Just «all 10H-J nnd our replwvH'UtaUvra will call on you. « The California Oregon Power Company Phone lOH-,1 n MIQIUM 623 G Street, Grants P ush FA* AW I 1 One of these six types of oil fits your engine perfectly High quality alone does not make an oil the right lubricant for your car. An oil must be of the right type (vi»coaity)to meet the demands of >our lubrication system, engine speed, piston-ring clearance, etc. The wrong type of good oil will damage your engine and reduce its power just as quickly as a poor-quality oil. SUNOCO Motor Oil is made in six distinct types —nbt just three or four—to guarantee a fiftht oil for each car. SUNOCO eliminates carbon troubles and pro tects you against repair bills. We will tell you which type fits your car. C. A. WINETROUT VALLEY HARDWARE CO. □CD TOURIST GROCERY » (Alno Cigar« iui<l <'«info? tons ) The season's home run monarch's to powerful swinger with the arms and date— Babe Ruth of the Yankees and applied with such Intuitive use of the George Kelly of the Giants—are dla principles of applying power that he tlnctly opptwlte types of hitter*, All gets the benefit of every ounce of his they have In common is the ability to weight—more than any slugger the land with extraordinary power. the game ha* known he does thia. slilllty tn drag a hat up to the plate Kelly leans well forward and Ruth nnd n g eat y< nmlng to slum the hall does not, and Kelly’s feet are further to realms beyond. apart. He has nn awkward knee ac Rolli get the leverage of h«*lght and tion, but has nn advantage over Ruth s long reach, but In dlff«-retit wavs In that he can wait until the ball Is Ruth Is a left-handed slugger; Kelly nearer 1>efore starting hlj swing. He hits from the other side of the plhtter. doesn’t bring the hs’ forward from as Kelly Inclines more to left fielfl hit far back, hut whips In savagely with ting and Ruth to right-field hitting. the wrist and thereby, plus excellent Kelly Is a freer hitter than Ruth. timing, get« enormous power. In the sense that he will hit to nil Ruth’s Position Easier. fields much oftener than Ruth. He Ruth’s feet are closer together than makes some home run* to right, hut Kelly’s, much closer, with the left foot Il Is seldom, lnd«*ed. that Ruth hits to In advance of the right. His position He at the hnt Is the easier of the two. left for a hovner or otherwise Jolts ’em to center-right often, how He hold* the bat well, his anna back ever. Ruth ls a freer hitter than with the bat vertical. Kelly has the Kelly. In the sense that he will hit all hat pointing out backward, hat and kinds, high, low, slow, fast curves arms lower. With hla wider stance he doesn’t get as long a step forward eftener than Kelly. Kelly Is a wrist hitter. Ruth a long. when about to swing. DAW NOUS The New York Yankees have sent Pitcher Jess Doyle to Joplin. • • • Keb Russell Is hitting hard for the Millers these days as an outfielder. According to reports the Yankee* have their eyes on Knight, Brown col lege pitcher. • so otilo State university has nearly a thousand students playing baseball In various competitions. Stanley Ilnrrlt, Mar second baaeman of the Senator*. I« loading the A meri- cnn league In stolen bases. The St. Paul dub haa turned Carl Srhlee. a young catcher, over to the Peoria Three-1 league dub. Jimmy Kane of the Jersey City club Is leading the regular players tn the International league In batting. Speaker Is ssld to have made an of fer recently for Pitcher Scott Perry of the Athletics, but Connie refused. fees * Walter Gerber, the Browns' short stop. is playing a sensational brand of ball. Last year he flashed In spots. os* Rill Donovan says the Phillies won't finish In the cellar this year, regard loss of the cruel criticisms of the ex ports. ass There Is much comment In the Southern league over the heavy hit- ting af First Baseman Walter Golvln af Mobile. • os 9 Í 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Bolt Emslie, dean of the Na tional league umpires, knows the rulebook better than the fellows who made It. according to Cy Rlgler He says: "Rob knows as much about the rul«»* as all the rest of the National league umpires put to- gather It la a mystery to me that he wasn’t consulted last winter, when they were making changes. After the commission had msde the changes. Heydler naked Emslle for his opinion. Boh told him that two of the new rulea were bad—the dead ball .rule and the one which re quires the umpire to judge whethen a home run is fair or foul from where It passes out of sight, These are the only two rulea that have been done away with, so far.' ♦’ 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 4 TY COBB S WINNING METHODS Cncourages Wavering Pitcher» With Cheerful Words and Cansuits Players F raquent ly. Ty Cobb is making good as mansger for Detroit. When a pitcher wavers. Cobb comes In from center field with cheerful words, calculated to allay nervousness He holds frequent con sultations with his men on the field -1 Jtwsle Holder was visiting hl* cousin, 'E. C. Neely, the first of th« week. Mr. and Mrs P. T. Everton and daughter, Jlernlce, of Granta Paas, were In Ferrydale Wednesday. Ger ald and Ixtrls, their little sons, who had been visiting friends hero tor Rome time, returned with them. Miss Myrtle Ford spent several days visiting friends In Grants I’sss last week. Mrs. Wm. Trimble, Mr. and Mrs. McIntyre and Mrs. Felvy, of Grants Pass, were calling at Chas. Doras Hunday, the 10th. Mrs. E. C. Neely and son. Ray, wore In Grants Paas Wednesday Mrs. R. E Stephenson nnd mother, Mrs. A. .Rolmrtson, were out to Granta Pas« Monday evening. Mrs Chas. Dora. Queen Every. Al- J Ison Every and Noah Van Dorn Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Everton, Miss been made tn the game between the Margarlette Everton and W. E. Dodgers and Olanta on May 7. Twenty Everton, of Grants Pass, spent Sun Dodgers were retired on fly catches. day, the 10th, visiting nt G. H. Grif It’s always something happening to fins. Now Catcher the Milwaukee team. Delbert Van iDorn, Ed. Van iDorn Dick Is out for nn Indefinite period and Art. Vivins were at Granta Pass with a bone broken In the right wrist. • • • Wednesday. The American longue has decided to J. W. Goff was calling at E. C. erect a memorial to Umpire Silk Neely’s Thursday morning. Mr. and Mrs. C. 'P. Kunhardt, of O’Loughlin. hut the site and nature of It have not yet been settled upon. Quarts creek, were calling at Chas. • • « Doras Sunday. Max Carey, who was trained to G. H. Griffin was at Grants Pass pound the pulpit In hl* early boyhood ednesday. days, can still preach a sermon on the Allison Every and Noah Van Dorn ball field when the ampler crosses left Thursday for Wolf Creek whore him. • • • they expect to work. San Francisco’s refusal to waive Our community was much «hocked Sunday evening over the sudden tens resulted In Vernon withdrawing death of one of our old neighbors. the waivers asked on Pitcher Ernie Wm. Van Dorn, one who had grown 'Shore. Shore has been troubled with a sere arm. up from childhood in our midal. PLENTY' OF ICE CREAM BID DIHH FOR X LITT I >1 DIME DMUCIOUN KODAK AND OTHER SOFT DRINKS. < DELK1OI S LUNCH AT NOON OR eynolds P rop Grant »Pa äs Ore. let metellvou THIS MY FRIEND UPON OUR. WORK YOU CAN DEPEND California, are products of the asphalt courts. It Is only across the frontier of Canada and on private estates of the Pacific coast states that the grass court Is to be found. After the Initial coat of laying an asphalt court there is practically no cost for upkeep other than that of occasionally renewing the markings of the lines. A perfectly smooth surface Is obtained, so that there Is no chance of any Irregularity, thus guaranteeing an absolutely true rebound c-f the hall. We want to impress upon the minds of every one who needs plumbing or is apt to need p! ".mbing or v ho has a friend who needs some plumbing done or some repair work looked at- ■ ?r the. u? work is ab«>!u’cly le.ivnd.xble and that w- can nurse any piece of broken down plumbing back to life if its mendable. B. S. Dedrick B14 F Street PHONE SOS-J INTERESTING SPORT NOTES Dwight N. Lewis was elected presi dent of the newly orgac1—d Iowa Bll Hard asaoclatlon. • • Jean Samasejilt defeated Andre Go- bert In final match of French national tennis championship. » • * Horace W. ^JcCurdy of Seattle, Wash., has been elected captain ef the Massachusetts Institute of Technology crew.. • • • Dan O'Leary, former coach nnd man ager In the major leagues, Is assistant manager of the Oklahoma City Went- L. A. 1UNQICTTE ern league club. • * * PHONE 121 -II BIO SOI TH SIXTH ST. The Chicago White Sox are said to be trying to sign the left-hander named Williams who pitches for a team at Newcastle. Pa. spent a very enjoyable Sunday at the • • * Aimed a. A record for hitting files may have FERRYDALE PLENTY OF K F AND RIGLER SAYS EMSLIE IS RULE BOOK WIZARD “MILK SHIMMIE” I Ic 1 William H. Tilden. II, world cham pion. In among those who believe that the word ’’lawn” will be taken 'mt of tennis before many more years elapse Flore than 98 per cent of the tenuis now is played on clay or asphalt, as the coat of maintaining turf courts Is entirely too expensive for moat of the clubs which are situated where the right kind of grass can be grown In many sections the hot summers make turf courts an Impossibility. Tilden, whose home la In Phlladel pbla. points out that at the German town Cricket club, where the national championship tourney will be held this year, at least •fi.lMMl will be spent on keeping the turf in shape. A grass court must be absolutely flawless for '-haupieusldp play, and to achieve this every Inch must be band-worked and scrutinised under a nih-roscop«. Turf courts are easier to play on than the hard surface, the clay and asphalt giving the players rackets and balls, greater wear and tear than the grass. But the hard courts are representative of tennis In a national sense, as few of the players, even among the topnotchers. have the ex perlence of playing on turf In any ex rept the larger tourney a On the Pacific roast. California. Wnshington and Oregon nave either asphalt, day or coin|H>sttlon courts, and on these the championship tour naments are played William Johns ton and Maurice McLaughlin, both for mer national singles champions from Cobb. and Is constantly on the coaching lines. Through It all he hns so far preserved managerial dignity and calqino" •f »-mor that aueurs well ’rd re Is still a we 'nd ba«e nr Robert Halladay, center of the Uni versity of Chicago basketball team, has been elected captain for the 1922 season see I > J. S. Edstrom of Sweden has been re-elected president of the Interna tional Amateur Athletic federation in session at Geneva. • a Francis Ouimet says that watching top-notchers will help the American golf atars. This was not meant to be a sarcastic remark. THEY ALWAYS COME B.ACK FOR MORE With athletes turning in the beat grades in schools and colleges it is no wonder that some Institutions fav or compulsory athletics. see H. Borden Adams of Fall River, a member of the junior clasa. has been named captain of the Williams cross country team for next year. • • So It has come to this: Unless nr- rangements are made for the French tennis stars to get wine In America they may not attend the Davis cup matches. GRANTS PASS That is a rule at this bakery, after once you have tried our bread, cake, pies, rolls and de licious home-made pastry. Wo men who bake at home say that our bakery products can not be excelled. BAKERY MM G Strew Ethelda Bleitrey of the New York Women’s Swimming association, set what Is believed to be a new world’s reconi for s women’s 220-yard swim at Honolulu. s s e Among those receiving letters as Might Be Worked Ones. members of the University of nilaois Jud Tuuklns says <>ue way to get a track team awarded by the board of reputation for great wisdom Is to an letlc control, was Fred H. Bchlap- think up a lot of questions and then urisai of St. Louis. beat the crowd to the encyclopedia.