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TtiesHay, April 26,1937 PAGE FOUR LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Queenly Aquatic Quartet at Chicago A.A.U. Meet Boy "Tarzans" Are Captured At Night ContiAytd from Page One Two Philadelphia Teams Perched At lop BEARCATS, U. OF SPLIT TWO GAMES; rather be In the own than 1 LA GRANDE CLUB FINISHES THIRD IN IDAHO SHOOT school." They slept in issjated cab-Ins on rainy nights and) by a iire In the cen on clear nights. They bad experienced rib difficulty In obtaining food which they found in cabins, and by occasional visits to henhouses.

When brought to the, county jail they declined the sheriff's offer of ood. The boys carried a roll of Blankets, a frying pan, coffee pot and a tlu-cup. They also had a calibre rifle. The shefiff said "outside of being Whitman College Wallops Vandals At Moscow 21 to. 2 MOSCOW.

Idaho. April 20 UP) Scoring In each of the nine Innings but the fifth. Whitman college walloped the University of Iuaho baseball team 21 to 3 here yesetrday. They play again today. Whitman made 33 hits, while Idaho was charged with II mlsplaya.

HERE ARE ODDS ON BIG LEAGUES HIV YORK Anrll 20 UPi Here If Four girls who would make quite a splash in any aquatic meet are those swimming and diving stars at the A. A. U. meet in Chicago. Left to right, ready to take to the water, are: Marion Mansfield, Chicago star; Marjorie Gestring, Los Angeles, Olympic champion; Arlita Smith, another Chicago ace, and Claudia Eckert, also ot Chicago, who set a new meet record in the 100-yard free style.

arms factory Just outside the Jnsurg-ent-held city was. destroyed yesterday by government artillery. 0. S. C.

IS VICTOR EUGENE, April 20 tpy Oregon an Willamette nnlvmlt.es broke even in a baseball double-header here Monday, Willamette winning the seven-inning nightcap 4 to 0 after lotlng the first to the WcbfooU, 3 to 1. A wild throw to first by shortstop Jack Gordon resulted In one hit marked up against Bill Saylea in the opener. Errors by Gordon and Gale Smith after Weaver was struck by a pitched ball brought Willamette's lono tally. In the final game Gastlneau, Bearcat hurler, Oregon to four bits, waile Beard, Willamette catcher, led th hitting with a homer and a triple. CORVALLXS, April 30 (ypi Bob Urban turned in Oregon State's first baseball victory of tha season, holding Monmouth Normal to six scattered hits here Monday.

The Beavers won tf, to 4. Earl Conkllng. Orange right fielder, found Miller's pitches for a home run, a triple and a single In four times up. Bill Bothwell of Monmouth also hit a homer, like Conkllng. with the sacks empty.

Six Players On Ryder Cup Team To Play in Open By Bill Bont SEW YORK, April 20 WV-Though the ProfrtMlonal Golfers association was criticized In some quarters when the names of six players picked for this year's Kyder cup team were announced, at least the P. G. A. saved Itself some advani-e einlHtrnutsment. There is no possibility that any one of the six Tony Manero, Henry Pi card, Danny 8huus, Johnny Revolts, Horton Smith and Gene Sara-Ben will fail to qualify for the U.

S. open championship at Oakland Hills Country club, Bermlngham, June 10, iX and 13. For all of them became automatically eligible when they finished among the first 30 and ties last summer at Baltus-rol. The 33 players In that group, plus Al Watrous, Oakland Hills pro, and any acceptable foreign pros In this country at the time, need not go through the 36-hole sectional qualifying test. For the rest of the field.

whUh may very well top last year's record entry of 1.277, there will be thirty-three qualifying points. Most Ever L'tsed This Is five more than were used last ear. and the most that ever have been used since the sectional tnais were Inaugurated In 1934. of the new points Is at Salt Lake City and another at Little Rock, Ark. June 1 has been set as the date for the 36-hole trials In 30 of the 33 districts.

At the other polnta. Los Augcies, Son Fnvnclsco and Tacoma, the qualifying rounds will be playid May 17 so that the western pros may be able to compete In the P. G. A. championship at Pittsburgh May 34 to 30.

Hie allotment of qualifying places lo each district will not be made un til the entries are cIonmJj on Saturday. May 8, for thwe from the Part lie rwt on Tuesday, May IK, for those froin? the, rest of the country. This yar. In addition to deciding the 1937 open champion the title last year was won by Manero the championship will have an important bearing on selections- for the four vacant spots on the U. S.

Ryder cup teem that will meet the British at South port, England, June 39 and 30. The certified low scorers in the 36-hole qualifying test for the P. G. A. and the 7a holes of the open will be eligible for the international squad.

Among the leading contenders are Sam Snead and Byron Nelson, two of the winter's outstanding young pros; the veteran Ed Dudley, who will have to go through the open sectional test, and Ralph Gul-dahl and Paul Runyan. who finished in the first 33 last year. Manv Bargains listed On "Want Page Oldsters shook their heads. the season's first fumble a bad sign. The rest is history.

The Philadelphia club beat the home boys 4 to 3, despite the fact that righthander Roosevelt stayed- in the box the whole 10 innings. McWilliams At Top In League Batting: Lists LOS ANGELES, April 30 (P) Bill McWilliams, Los Angeles' slugging third baseman, climbed from third place into the Pacific coast batting lead last week with a mark of .406. Averages released today showed that McWtniams advanced desplt? his loss of 19 points. Ruppert Thompson of San Diego last 39 points but stayed in second place with -400. and Dick Gyselman.

Seattle inf gained 29 points and forged into third place with Pete Coscarart of Portland. They are batting .397. Seattle's Indians are leading the circuit in team batting with a .297 average, which Includes games of last Sunday. Insurgent Guns Hammer Madrid For Nine Days Continued from Page One A serni -official Report from the Toledo front, about 40 miles southwest of Madrid, said Spain's largest SENATORS DROP OPENER TO A'S IN WASHINGTON Phillies Turn Back Boston. Bees 2 td 1) and 1 to 0 In Double Bill Br Scoity Rnton NEW VOKK, April SO () Thp astonishing spectacle of the two Philadelphia tea dm, uJmwtt unanlmouly choscn tor the cellar berths, leading tha major leagues testified to the possibility of almot anything twlay aa the teams lined tip foa the "real" opening after the preliminaries Washington and Boston.

Given good baseball weather all around, an outpouring of more than 300,000 fans was expected In seven cities to top off yesterday's total of around 67,000. Yanks Vs. Senators New York, with all three metropolitan teams performing within the limit of the greater city for the first unanimous opening day in 36 years, looked for the biggest crowd. At least 60.000 were eapected at the Yankee stadium to see the world champions open against Washington's Senators, yesterday's 4-3 victims of the Philadelphia Athletics. Some 30.000 more were looked for at Brooklyn's Ebbeu field to see Burleigh Orlmes lead bis Dodgers against their traditional rivals, the aunts, for the first time.

The triumphant Athletics returned home to fare the Hoaton Ked Kos; Detroit Tigers entertained the Cleveland Indians and Chicago's While Sot hooked up with the Browns at St. Urals In other American league openers. Manager Frank Francis Frtsch of the St. Louis Cardinals called upon bla loquacious star, Dizzy Dean, to start the Oashouse Gang at Cincinnati, where a capacity gathering of 34.000 was expected. A pair of flrst-dlvlslon prospects, Pittsburgh and the Cubs, met In Chicago.

Phillies Win Two The Phillies, with Manager Jimmy Wilson posing as the most contented man In baseball after bla club beat the Boston Bees 3-1 In eleven Innings and 1-0 In yesterday's Patriots' day bill at Boston, drew a day off, along with their opponents. Two of the gam' shining stars were on the sidelines and there was rather notable casualty list Ui rough both Jimmy Foxx. the Red Sox first baseman, was recovering from- sinus trouble and Joe DtMag-gla. Yankee center fielder, from an operation for removal of bis tonsils and adenoids. Manager Mickey Cochrane- of Detroit had a few worries over the III- neesea of Pitchers Tommy Bridge and Schoolboy ttowe but was con- soled by the knowledge of his own good health and by the return of Hank Ureenberg to his old first-base Vob as well as the arquLUIon yester- 1a hard-hitting Babe llirnsan.

The Cuba also were two men shy In the mound department. Tex Carle. ton and Curt Davis, both laid up with sore arms. Third Backer- Joe Suipp of the Dodgers was absent and various others were limping a bit. Wslly Berger.

the Bees' clouting outfielder, broke a finger during practice yesterday. The Yanks' Charley (Red) Ruffing and Dolpb Camlllt of the Phillies, who wasnt greatly missed yesterday, remained as the No. 1 holdout the only players unsigned on the opening day. INVITE TEAMS FOREST GROVE, April 20 VP) Invitation to the annual Pacific university high school track meet May 8 have gone to all Oregon and South-( em Washington with the exception of those ot Portland. Roger Pulgate.

athletic director, said. Individual awards for all places In each event, with special trophies for the school winning the meet, the team winning the mile relay and the Individual hlgn point man. I MORAN A WINNER PORTLAND. April 20 Sailor Koran of Texas wound up the final Monday night middleweight wrestling Card oX the season here with a victory over Tommy Taasa of Chicago, after losing the first fall In 50 seconds. Alorsn came back to pin Tasaaa twice with a Jackknlfe and a body press.

Otts Cllngman, Oklahoma, defeated Prlta Ludwlg of Germany In straight fans. FINAL STANDINGS OP STATESMAN TKAPSIIOOT W. I8 T. 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Pet ..000 Jig .773 .714 JS91 JO0 .429 .333 .318 .318 xn Ogden Poratello Ath. (a Grande Poratello Trap 15 Butte 13 Pullman 1 1 Boise No.

9 C'aklKYll 7 Lewlston 7 Cascade 7 lloljie No. 1 5 Huntington 0 22 Boise. JtHv. April 0 lasting out another perfect score to win two and tan one of Its three scheduled events, the Ogden Gun rlub stepped out Sunday to put a whirlwind 1 ilsh to The Idaho Statesman's fifth annual telegraphic trap-shoot, taking the tournament championship without dropping; one of Its Tt. matches.

Chances of the Pocatello Athletic club's tying the runaway Ogden gun ners went glimmering with the display of perfect marksmanship of the Junction City artists, who needed only one victory Bunday to insure Its all around victory. Pocatello Athletic won Its three scheduled event Sunday but dropped one event to Ia Grande a shootoff of the tie Incurred last week. Cascade Shoots 75 With the exception of two all scores turned in Sunday were fairly good. Average weather prevailed. The most notable weather note was reported by the Cascade gunners, who have stood in two feet or more of snow all during the meet.

They shot Sunday, however, on bare grotuv for the first time and record ea their only perfect card of the tournament, a 75 which was good for three wins. The haplea Huntington Gun club held lownt score of the day a 66 and dropped; all three of Its matches to finish the schedule without chalk-ing up a single win. The only changes made In the standings after the final round involved Caldwell, which Jumped ahead of Lewlston, and Cascade, which ad vanced a notch to push the Boise No. 1 club into a spot Just above Hunt ington. Im Grande Shouting Praised One of the strongest showings of the tournament was made by the La Grande shooters, who reported fairly good score throughout and climbed Into third place with almost perfect scores the last three weeks.

Although they did not mathemsti- cally cinch the title until the final round, the Ogden) shooters nevertheless more or less a runaway of the tournament. They Jumped into the lead the first round and have never moved. Ogden started out with a 74 and dropped tha second week to The fourth round brought out a 74 but the Junction City nrn chalked up perfect 75d the lsatt three rounds. High gun trophy will go to Ogden's No. 1 shooter O.

t. Becker for the second straight year. He took the honors In the 1936 tournament and turned In perfect cards each Sunday In the meet Just ended. His total is 160x160. Longworth Plays Zimmerman Today For State Title PORTLAND.

April JO OP) Ted Longworth of Waverly and Emory Zimmerman of Columbia -Edge water, will battle It out today for championship of the Oregon Professional Golfers' association, after triumphing In semi-final matches Monday. Longworth eliminated Al Zimmerman of the Alderwood club, defending champjon. a to 1. and Zimmerman defeated Bill Brower of West-side 4 and 3. 3 TEAMS TIED PORTLAND.

April 20 Lincoln. Washington and Jefferson were tied for the lead after the second series of games In the Portland Interschol-astio baseball league. ncol def ea ted Gra 4 to 2 Washington won from Benson. 8 to 4: Jefferson blanked Franklin, 4 to 0, and Roosevelt defeated Commerce. 9 to NEIGHBORS MEET MED FORD.

April 20 i The state convention of the Royal Neigh-bora of America got under way here today with the registration of approximately 200 delegates, and a closed session at the armory this afternoon. Manv Bargains listed On "Want Ad" Paee are the pennant odds quoted by Jaca Doyle. Broadway, netting commissioner, as the 16 major league baseball teams shove off In the 1937 season American National New York even St. Louis 8-5 3-1 6-2 8-1 15-1 50-1 Cleveland S-3 Chicago 3-1 New York 8-1 Pittsburgh 15-1 Cincinnati 15-1 Brooklyn Detroit Boston Washington Chicago Phlladelphi 100-1 Boston 100-1 St. Louis 100-1 Philadelphia 100-1 Hogensen Among Candidates For Bearcat Squad WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY.

Kulrm April srrii) A gloomy (rack season hml WilUniett cinder path fans this sraMin, as Caarh Letlr Spark began rebuilding hi entire squad here this week. Only two let-tfrmrn, both sophomore re turn from last year's team. Around John Kelly. Portland, and Dexter Russell, Twin Porks, the pair of veterans. Sparks will have to build his trace nd Held point-making machine.

Two other dash-men who saw some action last year. Bob Buxton, sophomore from Salem, and John Hauk. Sherman senior, will gire the Bearcats a potentially strong sprint department. llornan a Candidate In the middle distances all berths are wide open, with last year's stars. Bob Clarke and Harlan Sheldon, gone.

Norman Hogensen. junior from La Grande, who barely missed earning bis letter last year, 1 the best candidate. Others are Oeorge Ertckson. Clatskanle; Francis Schmidt, Pendleton and Hugh Densley. Baker.

Bob Brown, Salem sophomore, and Bob Keuscher, Salem rook, have made tha best showing of the mile candt date. Jim Pyke and Jim Fowler, two Salem hurdlers, are back tor more competition, but Bob Jones, classy ex-McMlnnvtll prepper appears In better shape and has the Inside edge. Bill McAdam. big Call for I an. and Cal Ritchie, Dallas fresh man.

are the best of the weight men, with Kelly, the sprinter, also a goci? discus entry. Roe Crab tree, lanky Stay ton sophomore. Is the only pole-vaulter on hand, but Coach Sparks plans to groom Cec Quesseth, diminutive rook basketball star from Salem, (or this event. Cr-thln! and llogrmen will take care of the high Jump, and Hiivton and UrnMey the, brood Jump. JuMIn Weakley, winner of the Washington state prep Javelin throw two year ago, from Camas.

will give the Bearrais a Mrong entry In Hint event. Seal Fielders Recalled; Yanks Sending Hurler By The AMux-lated Press Outfielders a mm Graves and Ashley Juerodt were released today by Manager Lefty O'lHiul of the Han Francisco Seals on reeclpt of wont from the New York Yankees hat they were sending a right handed batter and thrower namrd Umgarre to the aid of the Heal, Longacre leaves New York today and will Join the, Seals In Seattle the end of tne week. The Seals open anal nst Seattle In a seven game series today, weather permitting. The weatherman predicted possible showers for the Puget Sound are. Portland.

1036 champion, which has had lu upa and downs, mostly downs, since tha stArt or the 37 season, opens in Portland against the Los Angeles team. Sam Diego, holding the league leadership by virtue of half a game over Seattle, plays the Sacramento Sotona. Lent season the Solon wound up In the dark depths of the cellar, but thus far this year has been winning steadily and is tied for Third place with ghe Angeles. Oakland and the Mission Red open in a night game. The Los AngrloB-Portland and San-Fran Cisco-Seattle game open the 1937 Coast league season for Pad lie north wtt tana.

dirty" tlie boys were In good condition, and showed no exiects from their wanderings. New outfits of clothing were furnished i by the lecal Red Cross. A complaint charging Mrs. G. V.

Smelcer, mother of the boys, with failure to send children of school age to school, was sworn to In justice court by the county school superintendent late yesterday, and Is scheduled to be heard today. A number of foods may be made to do double duty in serving as both garnishes and flavorings for dishes. They include candled fruit, cocoanut, fruit peel, ginger, plmientos, green peppers, olives and certain candles-such as cinnamon drops, peppermint and cream patties of various descriptions. Certified Blue Tag Netted Gem from Jlontiina ONLY A FEW BAGS LEFT! ERICKS0N 8 L0TTES Phone Main 792 Power- Gd. 'k II II II mi FREIGHTER RUNS BLOCKADE LONDON, April 20 (JP The British iretghter Seven Seas Spray was re- ported to have run the Spanish insurgent blockade of Bilbao, breaking through the line of warships with a cargo of food for the near-starving inhabitants of the beleaguervd Basque capital.

The owner of the vessel, A. J. Pope, said: "We've shown the report of a blockade Is tommy-rot. The way to Bilbao Is open for shipping." Ho referred to the British government's refusal to protect merchantmen within Spanish territorial waters. The Seven Seas Spray was thought to be the first vessel, bearing much-needed food to slip past the Insurgent fleet since the blockade was Sold down.

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C.J. DEAN CLINIC Physidmm and Surgeon N.E. Comer Burns id and Grand Avenue Telephone EAst 3918 Portland. Oregon -Pot hack" for the family or Or cm Parade, with extra leaves in table you tad your Wcttinghouse will triumph with clever aalada, beverage, frozen deaaerts. So ey such fun with Kitchen -proreo reatee CXsUVCTlCriCC4 -in rjoft FuB- coated.

rtioa. P. A F. D. Pitcher, Nurses Defeat As Lucky Hurler Ity Kdily WASHINGTON.

April 20 Hur-; ler F. D. Roosevelt a converted third baseman from Ore ten nursed today his first defeat as a lucky ball-: thrower-outer for the Washington Senators. Until yesterday, the big righthand er had a perfect record. Four tlme3 he flung out the opening day baseball at Griffith stadium, and four! times the local nine came out atop on the scoreboard.

The president was getting a little chesty over his performance. La.st year he commented on how the capital club always won behind him. The ball players, steeped in super stition, shouted the same thing to one another. You could see this over-confidence In each tanned face as the team lined up before their chucker's flag-draped box. Right-hander Roosevelt took a thlny white ball from Manager Har- Is.

Thirty-two thousand fans and the Washington and Philadelphia teams watched. Using a two-fingered -thumb grip perfect form for a fast ball he drew back his arm and let fire. The throw wasn't a side arm heave. It was a stab pitch. The baU went twirling and then came diamond disaster a triple fumble.

Three Washington stalwarts got their trained fingers on the ball, but It eluded them. Finally Third Base man Buddy Lewis came up with it. TENDER, ACHING, SWOLLEN FEET In 5 Minutes -Sore. Burning Feet Get Amazing Relief Go to Glass Drugs. or Moon Drug or any other good druggist today and get an original bottte of Moone's Emerald Oil.

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