Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 3 July 1924 — Page 8

SPORTS YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American Association Kansas City. S; St. Pulll. 4. Milwaukee, I; Minneapolis, "• Columbus, 2; Louisville, 11. Toledo-Indianapolis, ruin. American League St. louia. 6; Cleveland. 4. Boston. 0; Washington, 5. New York. 810; Philadelphia, 9 1. Chicago, 1; Detroit. 2. National League Brooklyn, 4; New York. 1. Cincinnati, 5; Chicago, 7. Philadelphia, 3: Boston, 1. Pittsburgh, 3; St. luuiis, 2. + * + + + + + + <*>** + + ** + WATCHING THE SCORE BOARD + ♦♦♦+++♦+ ♦ + + + + + Yesterday’s hero—Daltxy Vance, the Brooklyn Kobina’ hurler, stopped the winning streak of the New York (Dants with his strong right nrm. the Holilna making 4 to 1. The Chicago Cubs lambasted Rlxey on the mound for the Reds for six rounds in the first inning, but couldn't do much with May. who pitched the tset of the game. They got one more run in the sixth. however, and made It 7 to 5 The Yanka split a double header, with the Athletic*. losing the firat 9. to I, and winning the second. Io to 1. j An error by Barrett, White Sox shortstop, cost his team two runs in the first, which won the game for the Tigers, 2 to 1. The Senators made It five out of six by winning the last game of the series With the Bed Sox 6 to 0. Slsler’s home run in the fifth with one on helped the St. I.mils Browns stop the Indians' run of victories by. a score off, to 4. The Cardinals were helpless before the offerings of Cooper and the pirates won. 3 to 2. The Phils moved Into sixth place by defeating the Braves, 3 to 1. making It three out of four for the series. — n Greb*SirihlinK Scrap Called Off By Mayor ___ Chicago. July 3 With the Crete Stribling fight card, mh-dtiled for Michigan City, Ind., iswt|s>ned. Prank l’rk«r end Joe Coffev prontotors of j the show. call, d a confer,-n for to- ' day to get another date for the fight I'.-ar of the small png cau <-d Major thill of Michigan (Tty to rc<que*t the postponement It was annotinc.si Ikill said there was considerable' ma|lp,tx In Michigan City and stat- j »xl he feared someone infected with i It might mingle with the fan crowd, I Rumor p»r«l»t« that the promoters I are not displeased with Dall's action hei.xise th> advance sale has been small. Loral Ball Team Goc< To North Manchester The Decatur General Klectric base Im 11 te int will I >avc tomorrow mo*n ng for North Manchester where the locale will m, o*t the Independent ng. grt-r.ition of that city, in connection with a Fourth of July celebration boIng held there Th., local* have atrenplhened th I lineup <onaid'-mldy for this event, and a good game lx anticlpati-d Clark and Ford will r<>m|»w the G F battery. The North Mm. hobteam has defeated annm of th letd Ina Northern Indiana teams thia son. and ar,* claimed to have on -us the beat team* In the gtate, Automobile Rdccn At Winchester Tomorrow Wincheater Ind, .fitly 4 — Re-ord’* are due to fall at Funk’s Mdtor Npeed wav July 4th when that historic oval i Mt meta entries from many states leading dirt track race driver* are I »niere,| m the completion of the an I weal ludet'xiid-ni r lt.,y it".-p-itakea I "» which a parse of |1 fHMI h«|« |M«rh I "*"■’** Two race*.* a forty an I a rlx I * mtu* fWrby btp o*i thr i I Jj“ M ”‘* * “*• 1 • *arttout bomb la fired at I ** r Friday aliermam u «||| aw I • wl’neM t.„ n line derbies eve, held la thl a~Xt, I Al I 18 n'cliu'h the fifteap ffHrar* 1 Ibe fastest of th.™, euteZt * . *«tem.. by »i t | „ 1 nf their time la the trial*, will tin* an at ibe i*pe tur the forty mile are* They Will follow Ken Withams, Nt •ran dirt traifc rate alaner. ground IHe H». k on.e and as be drop. .p„ rej flag, the signal that th<> r*<* |. •h. these Speel creation* will thunder away amid danse ckmda tri amo’u and the roar of eahnust*. The * u mile race will foil.,* twenty minute after this rlassie i* finished

Twenty drivers have entered the meet •<» flute. SMITH ABLE TO HOLD BALLOT (Continued from Page One) several more ballots may bo taken before Ralston is really pitched head long Into the fraeiß. Taggart's game is illMt nctly a waiting game—wa ting until McAdoo and Smith have killed each other off completely. Ah Ralston begun to gather strength Ed. Moore, of Ohio, became somewhat pimley for fear part of the Ohio delegation would begin to switch. Ohio bus voted for Cox throughout hut Moore stood among the delegates and made a speech to them in which he mb id: ■The only distinction Ralston would bring to the party would be the doubtful honor of leading it to a worse de-] feat than did Cox." Tom Taggart sat smiling in his chair. "I asked for a vote" he said. "It's entirely spontaneous." Taggart decided it was too early to give the Ralston boom a real push so on the 64th ballot when lowa was going to throw its full vole to Ralston. word was sent to the lowa delegation to hold off for a while. lowa consequently voted again for McAdoo. (By Robert J. Bonder! (U. P. Staff Correspondent I MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. New York, July 3 Having broken the ret ord of the famous Baltimore convention when It took its 48th ballot for a presidential nominee shortly after 1 o'clock today, the democratic national convention settled down thl; afternoon for a real war. William G. McAdoo and Governor Alfred K. Smith were in a bopeksi deadlock. Through ballot after billot their totals did not vary more than a fraction, with .McAdoo leading at 483.5 votes and Smith second a' After Mississippi had shifted to Ralston, giving the Hoosier his first block of votes outside Indiana, It home slate, Senator Pat Harrison. 1 he’d of the delegation, declared Mis i slsaippi was now "home." "We are going to stick to Ralston to the end." Harrison told the I'nif.-d I Press. "He is the moat available candidate. We are for him. When ve went to Ralston we went to the hot■>.• we've bw-n headed for all along. Many other delegations are going to conic along with us le-fore long." t While the 51st ballot was being takleg McAdoo managers conferred lieneath the stand and di'clded on a procedure looking to the elimination of favorite sons. At the <-oncliisi<>n of | the ;>l*t ballot Potior of South Dakota wa* H<-h<*du|eil to present a resolution i calling for the elimination of the cani didale with the least vote on each • «u<Cecilitig ballot. lowa and Kansas passed on the 51st ballot lowa, it was understood. Intends to lift it* unit rule and see what happens. 'the first actual poll of *lr>-nglh in I the lowa ilelcKailon <scurre<l this afternoon when the delegate* agreed I > take off the unit rule for on,- ballot at least, and It was dis.k>«-,| that no one had a majority of the votes. T.ie i poll showed the following di*tr ! buIt'noflli lull lowa—McAdoo. 9; Smith.’; Ralston. 4 1-2; J. W. Div.a. 3 I 2; Walsh. I 13 and half a vote la dispute. Th*’ t‘t»iii* tit ton Im bt oln*. |h*V

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• ' from the far west, the middlewest and south are suffering acutely In their pocketbooks. Each side Is determined to stick the thing out, but the econ- ' omic pressure Is getting Many delegates With friends or I>ow- ( ing acquaintances In New York ate inqurng whether these friends would, i not like to have some guests in tin es I fort to escape front the expense of • putting up at tlie hotels. On the floor in the early afternoon 1 workers were moving about stiffen-' ing tlie backs of delegates here and i there. But the Idg question of the hour with muny was where to raise a few dollars rather than a few votes, j i The McAdoo managers held it conference early in the afternoon and! I decided to make a supremo effort soon ■ to breast the deadlock by bringing, about the elimination of the remaln-j ing favorite sons who are receiving ■ votes. i The McAdoo people are working] hard on Virginia and Arkansas, bit! • Glass and Robinson managers did not' I think their candidates were out of it i yet and wanted to hang on. 1 When the fjftietli ballot was taken] ■ the convention was on the way t-s| ward equalling or surpassing all prei vious records of balloting in democratic conventions. It already had passed every past record with the ex-' i ception of that made in 1860. That' • year the convention began in Charleston. S. C. Stephen A. Douglgi was th.’ ultimate nominee. Fifty-seven ballots were east at Charleston, D nighis lending at the end, and then the convention adjourned to Baltimore, where DonglaM won on the second ballot. | America Eliminated In English Tennis Tourney Wimbledon, England. July 3.—R. Noris Williams 111. l ine American survivor In the men's single* of the Wimbledon tennis tournament, was eliminated today by the French star. Reni’ Tacoste. who won three of the four si ts. Score. C-l; 6-3; and 6-3. j BACK SCHEDI’I E FOR FRIDAY’S I’ROGR \M (Continued From Page One) Horses have arrived here from sev-1 eral stat •*. several arriving this after | noon from South Carolina. The early ; arrivals have been working out on , the track, which hm be -n In good shape sine- Tumday. The three event which will lie l h<-M tomorr. "• are the 2 14 trot, the 2 25 pace and the 2:25 j.ice. The 2:14 trot will Ise one cf the spec <ll -si ' races ever held b -r". and there are ! plenty of entries to promise the < spectators a good race each heat, j Entries in both of the other feuttnro rare* have 1 en almost completed. One of the big evtlts temorrew | will be the county road raue. which | , will lh> limited to horses of till I I county. Anyone desiring to inter this ; • endlne hl* nam-« to J. W. Melhera. I S 'vi’ral entries have nlr -adv Is** u rn I'-im). and the race promises to he • nfl ‘ i At otto <>*( lode tht* aft TAAon, m-l . p*»nty cf hmm! n«wt< hr.v» Imm’li prt>t . Th<* win N* r»« r Tt’: for adnltt an ! S* • mt* for rWIMri n Tb?* fro* art a which |h*i o ar

IN” !° iMin ‘ “COMPANY ATTEN-CHON ■ “FORWARD MARCHW The Parade is Headed for Bellmont P ar ® I PRO 1 I ■- I frSSku... <- Cerci bl vtSfe-x str I ■ RexI w l&Wrm ■ I I r, ’ v ■el I' BH > *C - Zl I*- I ’ ■ J iv . ' |H • city. MOOSE ' !• FESTIVAL & RACE MEET no I TWO BIG DAYS I I FRI. & SAT. JULY 4th & sth| <3 w ireof thetwoday ce’chratron will lie the Horse Kaces* . ' or three last ra os each afternoon. Large purses, a f fast horses, and a prood track will make the race event one q 2| worth coming miles to see. 1 I hen you will also be entertained with bands, several good free acts ‘ (‘\onings, shows, concessions, Ferris wheel, merry- i g go-round, Lun Frolic and amusements of all kinds. J I ,i; „’!.v C Jc ninp l i’ r “ sr: ’"' c .? ,ls for tlw ' :r< ' a,wt an* >"<»« spectacular 1 ec.'nin,,' ■, "i*T ' i'T * ,h “ «tv. KOO.W) display used Indh evening, and a complete change of fireworks for each night. | Pack up your troubles and smile over the 4th & sth | j Come Loaded To Go The Limit, Help The MOOSE IJ | A "d At The Same Time ~ Have A Good Time! 1 I I GENERALADMISsiON 'I I Afternoon—soc v VA . . ~ -— Li cn »ng. after 6p. m.—2sc (luidren from v — — II Every body’s Going i ll| g and that isn’t all - 'wusement and Entertainment Everybody's Going to Have °f ah kinds for the Kiddies \ Good Time |.. as as the Grow n Ups. I I