Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 237, Decatur, Adams County, 6 October 1923 — Page 5

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|| JONES AND NEH^ 1 mc 2 of SERIES B PITCH FIRST GAME OF SERIES K By Henry L. Farrell H it , . Carre ■ Xew York. Oct. 6.-Sam Jones for ■ tb ; unks and Art NeM for the ■ -iants n’.o.-t llkely be 10 ” 8 lh ■ pitch'ns "H 11 ,he world a Beri * >B retS ■ under way next Wednesday. ■ Differing with John McCraw on ■ ,„ae’ieally all his policies. Miller Hug- ■ L manager of the Yanks, is willing ■ w discuss his plans for the series ■ more or less in detail. ■ .. Jonefl of Hoyt will pitch the first ■ same if the conditions are rlfehl, but ■ jf it h a dark, heavy day I will start ■ joe Bush, Huggins said. "They are ■ all ready. ■ McCraw politely insists that he does ■ not 1,-now what Giant pitcher will be ■ sent after the first game. “I may ■ not know until 1 have to make a de- ■ cision just before the game,” he said. I Nehf has been looking so good late- ■ ly and he is such a steady pitcher I that McCraw no doubt will send h.m ■ j n to start the series, unless one of ■ the ether pitchers should insist that ■ lie is "over-right.” I Jones is considered the ace of the |l American league champions as he has ■ bad a very fine year. i Disregarding the fact that Jones is H one of the best pitchers in the Ameri M can league, the Giants are not timid B about him. Jones is a curve ball ■ pitcher and the National league chatnII pions figure that bec.vase they had H such an easy time all season with ■ Johnny Morrison, the curve ball star I of the Pirates, they will get to Jones. . e . - - New York World’s Series J By HENRY I* FARRELL t (United Press Sports Editor) New York. Oct. 6. (United Press). I —Maintaining what has become alii most a monopoly on the world’s !| series, New York again will have a private fight for the championship of || the baseball world when the Giants I and the Yankees meet for the third M successive year to decide the chamI pionship. ’ It is nothing new for one team to | win three pennants in a row. The I National league has seven such I triple winners on record —Chicago in 1880, 1881 and 1882; Boston in 1891, 1892 and 1893; Baltimore in 1891, 1895 and 1896; Pittsburgh in 1901, 1902 and 1903; Chicago in 1906, 1907 and 1908 and New York in 1911, 1912 and 1913 and again ten years later in 1921, 1922 and 1923. The feat of the Yankees in winning three pennants in a row is more of a novelty in tho younger American league, however, as the Detroit Tigers, who won the championship in 1907, 1908 and*i9o9 were the only club to do it in the past. Never before, uv.v.cr, have the same two pennant winners engaged in the world’s series three times in succession. The best previous mark was established in 1907 and 1908 when the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers met in the series. The only case in which two teams from the same city took part in the series was in 1906 when the Cubs and the YVhite Sox had a private series in Chicago. In winning the National League pennant with the . Giants’ Manager John J. McGraw established a new record also by finishing in first place for the ninth time. No other manager can approach this wonderful achievement and it is very doubtful if it ever will be equalled. The victory of the Yankees in the American League placed Hiller HugSins in a tie with Hughey* Jennings, 1 who won three successive pennants with the Detroit Tigers, but it is just half what Connie Mack piled up in the days when the Philadelphia Athletics were in their glory. ■ •- ... game protection Annual Meeting Os Fish, Game And Forest League at Indianapolis Soon Indianapolis, Ind.. Oct. 6.—(Special *o the Daily Democrat),—The twelfth annual meeting of the Indiana Fish. Game and Forest League will be held * n the Palm room of the Claypool hotel ,in this city, Thursday, October according to notices sent out toliay by Andrew Bodine, secretary. The first session will start at 10 0 clock. All organizations interested in protection of fish, game and birds and the perpetuation of any of the state’s natural resouees are invited to Participate. The league now is composed of sixty associations, Mr. Bodine says. Tile outstanding question of intertst before these clubs and the league is the Public Shouting Ground and

Game Refuge Bill pending in Con- » ;,ress. which provides for a one dollar U. S. Hunting license to be issued any poeiofice; 40 per cent of the wk da ‘o be n ed for p rchas r • rcf.gts; 40 pc; cent to be cd 3 for protection purposes, and 20 per 5 cent for general administration and • supervision. * 1 BASEBALL STANDINGS ; National League -.Team W L Pct New York 95 56 629 Cinchipati 91 61 690 "'•’sburgh 85 67 559 Chicago 81 70 531 S- uouis 77 73 519 Brooklyn 74 78 487 ' Boston 52 100 342 Philadelphia 49 102 329 1 American League , Team W L Pct New York 97 53 647 Cleveland 81 69 540' Detroit 81 71 533 St. Louis 74 76 493 Washington •74 78 487 Philadelphia 68 82 453 1 Chicago ....167 84 444 Boston 61 90 404 American Association Team W L Pct Kansas City 109 54 669 1 St. Paul ..109 56 661 [ Louisville 90 75 455 Columbus 80 85 485 Minneapolis 71 90 441 Milwaukee 71 91 438 Indianapolis 71 92 436 Toledo 54 110 329 — 0 YESTERDAYS RESULTS National League No games. American League Chicago 1; Cleveland 6. Philadelphia 4; New York 8. St. Louis 1: Detroit 9. Boston 2-4; Washington 4-8. American Association Kansas City 11; Toledo 3. Minneapolis 6; Indianapolis 3. St. Paul 7; Louisville 2. WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD Cleveland bumped Thurston for two runs in the first inning and gained a lead which gave the Indians a 6 to 1 victory over the White Sox. Rabe Ruth hit his fortieth homer and helped the Yanks beat the Ath'etics, 8 to 4. Cole set the Drowns down with four hits and the Tigers won 9 to 1. Washington took a double bill from the Red Sox at 4 to 2 and 8 to 4. Walter Johnson set a season’s record by striking out 12 in the first game. o World’s Series Heroes 1910— Eddie Collins, Athletics, second baseman, and Jack Coombs, Athletics’ pitcher. 1911— Frank Baker, Athletics’ third baseman, whose home runs the Giants. 1912— Tris Speaker, Rod Sox center fielder, by his hitting, and Harry Hooper, Red Sox right fielder, by his fielding, featured the victories over the Giants, 1913— Baker, by Ips hitfng, and Chief Bender and Eddie Plank, Athletics’ pitchers, defeated the Giants. 1914— Hauk Gowdy, Braves’ catcher, batted his team to victory over the Athletics. Dick Rudolph was the ' star pitcher of the Braves, 1915— Duffy Lewis, Harry Hooper and Tris Speaker, the Red Sox outfield, defeated the phUltes by their batting and fielding. 1916 — Larry Gardner. Red Sox third baseman, was chiefly instrumental in 1 defeating the Dodgers by his batting. 1 1917—Eddie Cicotte and Urban Faber. White Sox pitchers, who won the games from tho Giants by their twirling. 1918 — George Whiteman, veteran of 1 the minor leagues, who played left ■ field for the Red Sox and was the ' chief factor in defeating the Cubs by 1 his batting and fielding. 1919— Walter Ruether, Red pitcher, by bis batting, and Eddie Roush, Red center fielder, by his fielding, were the bi» factors in most of the <le1 feats of the White Sox. Dickie Kerr, White Sox youngster, pitched his Ueni to two of its three victories. 1920— Elmer Smith, Cleveland right 1 fielder, hit a home run with the bases 1 full, the first time in world’s scries • history'. Bill Wambsganss, Cleveland I second baseman, completed a triple I play unassisted. Jim Bagby, Cleve- ' land pitcher, hit a homer with two • on. All happened in the fifth game • which Cleveland won from Brooklyn I Bto 1. 1 1921—Jess Barnes, regarded as tho > "pall bearer” of the Giants’ pitching s staff, relieved Toney twice after be > had been knocked out of tho box and • won both games. Ross Young Giants’ - outfielder, hit a triple and a double in the seventh inniug of the third, • game. Frank Frisch, Giants’ third, s baseman, scored two runs in tho ! same luuing. Carl Mays, Yankee |

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1923.

I pitcher, pitched the first, fourth tad -.eventh games without giving a baso on balls. Mike McNally and Bob Mcuscl, of the Yanks, stole homo. 1922—Jack Scott, released unconditionallly by the Cincinnati Reds tor I having an incurable arm, and picked up by McGraw only when he pleaded that he had to have a job to keep hie family, turned the big hero of the series when he let tho Yanko down with four hits tn the third game and won for the Giants by a score of 3 to 0. Babe Ruth was not one of the heroes and, on tho other hand, was a terrible bust. In seventeen trips to tho plate he got only two singles and a double for tho grand average of . ,118. - o Hie Fourth Dwn By Wille Punt Welcome to our city. Anderson. We . ' hope you like us well enough to re-1 turn. We want to make • correction before some one bawls us out. Yesterday we picked South Side to beat Kendallville today. They don’t play until next Saturday. Oh, well, we . meant South Side would win next i Saturday, anyway. Richmond is beatable this year, gang. Wilkinson defeated old Morton high last week, 9-0. Richmond plays at Muncie today. Muncie and Wilkinson played a 0-0 tie two weeks ago. A terrible accident happened at Wabash yesterday afternoon. Recently Mr A. Leadpencil, of Wabash, said that it would be an accident if his Hillclimbers Were defeated this sea j son. A long forward pass in the last I quarter gave Manual Training high of Indianapolis a 6-0 win over Wabash yesterday. There was a lot of pep around the-bon-fire on Ahr's Field last night. Anderson was beaten several times while the scores of his school pupils and others danced around the fire. Today is a good football day. Deca- ’ tur is a good football town, two good teams are playing on Ahr’s Field, may the best team win. — Q. j court House j Case Venued To Jay County In the case of Clark J. Lutz vs. Julius Houck, motion for a change of em.e was filed by the defendant. The -notion was sustained by the court and the case sent to Jay Circuit court. Faces Desertion Charges Two cases were filed against Lewis Cline by the state this morning. One case charges wife desertion and failure to provide in two counts. The other case has three counts and charges child desertion and failure to provide. Cline pleaded not guilty to nth charges. His bond "as fixed j it 21,000 In each case. Appear For Defendants In the case of Perry Roebuck et vs. Chester C. Lott et al, the firm of - Lenhart and Heller appeared for the defendant. S. F. Lott, The defendant Chester C. Lott appeared in person. The court ruled both defendants to answer. Petition Is Withdrawn ” In the case of Clady E. Murphy vs. Lewis W. Murphy, the plaintiff filed a motion to permit the plaintiff to withdraw her petition filed on October, 4, requiring the defendant to show cause why he has not complied with a previous order of the court. The motion was sustained by the court and the petition wa swithdrawn. Appear For The Defendant In tho case of the Lincoln Trust Company vs. William Timm et al. Attorney C. L. Walters ,of Decatur, and Attorneys Eichhorn and Edrls, of Bluffton, appeared for the defendants. The defendants were ruled to answer. MARRIAGE LICENSE, Darrell Clouse, farmer, Willshire, Ohio, 21, to Bessie Baumgartner, Willshire, Ohio, 19. — —O— — BOX SOCIAL A box social will be held at the Smith school 4 miles south of Peterson, or 1 mile east of Honduras on Wednesday evening. October 10. Every body come! Ladies bring boxes. A good time is assured. 2373tx ——■ —o —~ VIA STORK EXPRESS Lois Lou is the name given the 7pouud girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Oren i M. Gilpen oti last Wednesday. This ( is the second child and girl of the family. Mother and babe are doing | nicely. I

OPINION DIVIDED ONBDIINGPLAN Highway Commission, Not Contractor, Purchases All Material. This is the fourth of a aeries of srtk)es, first published in the Indiananolfs News, dealing with the Indiana highway commission, how and where it obtains its money, what it does with It, and the results the people of the state may reasonably expect in the way of roads. (By W ,H. BLODGETT.. Staff writer on the Indianapolis News and published in this paper by courtesy of the News. One criticism made against the In diana highway commission is that it [buys materials for roads and foi . bridges instead of the contractor buyI ing the material. That is a tech- ’ nical question on which even caper engineers ore not in agreement. Th claim of the commission is that if i did not buy the material It would shut out contractors who have not the fin- 1 , anclal ability to carry such a account ' and the answer is made that any contractor who has not the financial abil Uy to carry the account of material, should not get the contract. It also has been pointed out that the greater part of bad road building and the trouble wjth contractors par tiiipatlng in county construction it caused by contractors who are financ ed by financial institutions, In many cases, being able to get favors, no, so much from the state highway com missioners as from the county com missioners, that result in bad work unnecessary delays and the keeping jof roads in bad condition for travel i On the other hand is it asserted by ai engineer who is familiar with the si tuition that if the contractors wen l compelled to buy the material thern- | selves, it would tend to eliminate fron j building business and a number of ir responsible persons. As Highway Bases There is no contention among exI pert engineers and expert road build | ers that concrete is not the best ma terial for the base of all hard sui face roads, but the claim is made b taxpayers in various parts of th. state that the commission has torn uj i first-class road beds and rebuilt then, ' with concrete, the National highway between Indianapolis and Greenfiek being pointed to frequently. It ii said that on that road the base was one of tbe best that was ever buii in the United States, and that ther was no necessity for tbe expensi made by the highway commission it tearing out this Imse and putting in a concrete foundation. The highway commission April 1 1920, took over many country roads which were in very bad condition The miles of road in the state system have grown from about 2,800 miles ir April, 1920, to about 4,000 miles at th< present time. There is no dispute that the rebuilding of these roads has been a very expensive proposition. Tire complaint of the taxpayers is that the work could have been done at much less cost if the commissio. had used better business judgment in handling the vast sums of moneyplaced at its disposal. , The advance sheets of tbe annua) report of the highway commission for i the fiscal year ending in 1923 show that there are 214 miles of coucreti road under construction. About 4,009 barrels of cement a mile or a total of 856,000 barrels, were used in this work at $2 a barrel, making a total of $1,712,000. There were used on the roads 350,318 tons of fine aggregate. 1,637 tons a mile at $1.40. making a cost of $490,445.20. On the some concrete roads there were used 501,831 tons of course aggregate, 2,345 tons a mile, at >1.50 a ton, making a cost of $752,745.00. This makes a total cost for material on the 214 miles under construction of $2,955,190.20. Brick Paving Construction At tbe end of the present fiscal year there wore 6,897 miles of brick pavement under construction. On these miles there have been and will be used 15,300 barrels of cement at $2 a barrel. 10,000 tons of sand at $1.40, 12,500 tons of stone at $1.50, and 2,620,000 bricks at $3.50 a thousand, a total of $155,050, The report will show that there are seventeen miles of bituminous macadam under construction at the end of the fiscal year and 80,750 tons of stone at $1.50, a ton and 448,800 gallons of bituminous materia! at 15c a gallon, or a total of $188,445 will be | used ou these seventeen miles. There also are under construction 13.7 miles of gravel base under 3,318 tons a mile jor 45,457 tons at $1.50, a total of $68,185, which makes a grand total of $3,366,870.20 for material alone. One does not hear much complaint |of tffu character o£ tbo wvfk- lire

majority of these .oadt. The a tion is made that the work co Id b just as well d<.n • ai m b ,• to the taxpayer. It Is openly assorted that there is a combiiiamm aaon . a "cement trust" tha fixe It nw prices, and there is no way of breaking these prices. Suits were brought in Ohio and Illinois to dissolve .hu , alleged trust, but beyond the filing > ihe suit and a few co. rt moi. nothing seems to have bcea ■ the complaints d ; he cha ge was marie err. In this combi .aik u c u ~ 1 cent a barrel of the a. p md that was k..own u , ih \ isitm" fund. The roud,.r ca. p. any construction he desires on tha .se of this "advertising’’ fund. At one time the Indiana highway unmtsslon asked for bids on eme. nd all the bids submitted were prae- > Aliy Hndentical as to price. The commission rejected all bids and announced that it would not use cement inless the price came down. At, the econd opening of the bids there was I ome competition, and the highway ommission was able to get a slight ■eduction in the prices made at the rst bidding, and contractors in diforent parts of the country were also blc to get<hese reductions, but in a bort time the prices were back at he old level, and as far as the suits in the court are concerned, the comj.nations still exist. In Other Road Materials. The assertion is made that there is also a combine in crushed stone, in gravel, in asphalt, and in practically everything that goes into the construetion of public roads. It is asserted further that these combines contributed to the campaign fund of both political parties. It is said by engineers who are not connected with public I work in any way, that if the highwaycommission would require the con- I tractors to buy their own material, there would be competition enough to break the high prices that the highway commission says it has to pay on account of these alleged combines. | it is also suggested that if certain ' agents representing these alleged combines will make their loafing places jomewhere else than at the office of the state highway commission in tho State House and the office of the cornify engineer at the Court House and, he city engineer at the City Hall, the ' taxpayers who pay for this material •night be better satisfied. The Indiana law requires that contraction contracts be let on cometitive bids, and that bids be receiv'd on three types, concrete, asphalt and macadam.. ,In J. 919, the commission built 7.3 miles of the Indianapolis-to-Columbus road of bituminous concrete on a six-inch concrete base. The road cost $38,812 a mile. It built 4.7 miles between South Bend and the Michigan state line for $41,102.40 a mile on the same specifications as the Indianapolis-to-Columbus road. In 1922, the commission built a brick secton of 6.89 miles on the National road, west, with an asphalt filler on a five-inch concrete base. This section jost $40,087 a mile. When questioned as to why the commission insisted on certain material and certain ways of constructing the roads. John D. Williams, director of the highway commission, said: "The Indiana highway commission s favorable to all standard types of road construction, with the approval of the United States bureau of public roads. We worked out specifications which, we believe, if followed, will meet the traffic demands of all conditions.” o Nurses Hold Convention Evansville, Ind., Oct. 6.—Mora than 100 nurses from all over the state, attending the Indiana State Nurses' asiociation convention here held a busness session today. Miss Ina M. Gaskill, Indianapolis, president of the association, led a Tiund table discussion yesterday, following the address of welcome by Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon, Evansville civic worker. Mrs. Della Ingle Smith Evansville, chairwoman of the arrangements committee, announced today that the "angles of mecy” would make an auto tour of the city Saturday following a breakfast at the Y. W, C. A. WIRE FOK TERRIERS The increase of wire fox terriers in this country is really remarkable. It will not be a bit surprising if this breed takes the lead in the number of entries at the all-breed shows in tho near future. Their popularity is now at such a point that only the shepherd dog outnumbers them. This rapid growth is due. entirely to the fanciers interested in this breed, who have neither spared time nor money in improting the best to be had, and then breeding onlines that' were sure to bring results. How well they have succeeded is now far and wide and today it is very safe to say that, tbe wires in this country are equal to anything that can be produced i& LuKluud.—Spurtstuau’a DijesL

W rd’ VZI atCK. lut 1 Ov.OOOEu. tw •, t Uit 1 PraiM —The rd wh 1 t r. this year will kwi 4 iDea of- , .. 9 Ui) bi; heli y.cr la t , o ,ac ord' g to eitimatoa received by the Dominion iur u of t . n th- int r. atonal Inr. i»e o’ Agr Iture In Rome. !t ! n " ■ ■ p'a«a Canada in tbe for m-v- ■ position a > f > ho orid’s wheat • , ' t 'n .ad-i ft t bol’evcd, wll th:, .< ir ' 00 b’l-hels. The U.i .ed Bta’ s w,ll have 180,030,000 bu-) shels for export and Argentine 120, i 00,000. Russia’s prospective export is i placed by the institute at 20,000,000 ' and the Balkans at 10,000,000. With barvest practically over throu' hout Canada, the Dominion Bit ,reau of Statistics in its preliminary,

NOTICE! Light - Power - Water CONSUMERS Account of making pipe and valve connections for the new boilers the lights, power and water will be shut I off from one o’clock until about three o’clock Sunday afternoon, October 7—Tomorrow. M. J. Mylott, Supt. j THE NEW 1924 Six-63 Sedan , In A Class By ItseE Good judges of motor cars, veteran owners — everyone awards this new Auburn highest rank, even in spite of its moderate cost. Performance! A torrent of six-cylinder pow r er, yet quiet as a whisper; simple, powerful brakes that insure traffic security; a wheel that obeys thought; longer wheelbase and lower center of weight that eliminate forever any insecure top-heavy feeling; non-rumble, soft padded roof assures maximum quiet. Coachwork! Marvelous! Every notion of closed car luxury and comfort foreseen and improved in this new Auburn. See it — judge it yourself — today. Neu 1924 Models — New Low Prices OLD NEW OLD NT.W TRICE PRICE PRICE PRICE 6-43 Touring $1165 $1095 6-6$ Touring $1725 »ts9s 6-43 Sport New $1325 Sport $1985 SIBSO Touring Coupe $1535 $1495 6-63 Sedan New $2345 6-43 Sedan New $1593 Freight and tax extra BLUFFTON, INDIANA THE DAVID MEYER COMPANY 118 North Main St. Phone 311

i p!a ed the total wheat .12 541 000 bushels. The oats > t. d will be -148 659,000 til .145 000 bushels; 2 1,8 9,0)0 bushels and flaxHeod r 11 .heis. . — — i.d Guilty To Murder - Fsllf. Oct. 6 — (Special to D ,ui> rat).- Alex Kells Friday . led guilty in superior court, here r e of having murdered an ..lied man at h.s ranch near odi so his wife might collect SIOO,000 insurance. Sentence was deferr- ' uni 1 Monday. Limits to Generosity It Is good to be unselfish and generous; hut don't carry that too far. It will not do to give yourself to he melted down for the benefit of the tallow trade; you must know where to find yourself.—George l.llot.