Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 235, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1924 — Page 6

BBMIfMI"*** W* *•• ’4 TWO GIANTS ARE OUT OF SERIES ~ — O’Connell And Dolan Are Charged With Attempt To Bribe Player New York. Oct. 2. —Baseball circles were thrown in a frenzy of excitement here today by an announcement that Jimmy O'Connell, outfielder, and "Cozy" Dolan, coach of the Giants, have been placed on the ineligible list for attempting to bribe Shortstop Heine Sand of the Phila- 1 delphia National league club to throw 1

a game last Saturday. The game was the one in which the Giants clinched the National league championship. Announcement of the action was made by Judge Landis, czar of organ-' ized baseball. Sand was offered SSOO to throw the game and refused, reporting the case to his superiors. Baseball critics here admitted the scandal will cause the Giants to go into the world series against the Washington Senators, champions of the American league, under a considerable handicap. Landis’ action followed a two-day investigation ending with O’Connell’s confession, which charged that Dolan instigated the plan and sought to ton-1 plicate George Kelly, first baseman, Frank Frisch, captain of the Giants,' and Ross Young, outfielder. These players, however, were cleared. Coming on the eve of the world’s series, the loss of O’Connell may prove a severe blow to the Giants if Captain Frisch, out of the game for two weeks on account of an injured finger, is unable to play. Under such conditions Kelly probably will play second base. Terry taking first and O'Connell would have been the logical choice for center

field. O’Connell has been kept on the bench most of the season. He came to the (Hants from the San Francisco club of the Pacific Coast ■ league at the beginning of the 1923 season. His purchase price was $75,000 and was greatly overrated, according to most Giant fans. last yeur he appeared in 87 games for the Giants ami batted .250. His greatest accomplishment this year was in a recent game with the Pirates, when, inserted into the lineup in place of Meusel, he crashed out a homer that won the game and took the heart out of Pittsburgh, who lost the next two games and their chances for the pennant.

Washington Puts New Life Into World’s Series OgL 2 —(Spedial to' Daily Democrat) —After a lapse of three years, the worlds series again 1 has become something more than a bunch of ball games. Washington, fondling a pennant with all the joy and fervor of a first born, has put a lift into the series turned the baseball classic into a that has been lacking since New York drab and colorless city series. |

Cincinnati made a great civic event of the series when the Reds won their first National league oennant in 1919 and Cleveland declared an extended holiday when the Indians won their first American league pennant in 1920. But Cincinnati and Cleveland didnt have a head of the nation to lead the cheering for their victories. They didn’t have the occasion to kick over Washington had to show the more the dignity and the position that convincingly how crazy they were over baseball. Even the bit of scandal that cropp- ( ed up when Commissioner Landis declared two members of the Giant squad ineligible for a shady transac-l tion failed to take any of the joy out of Washington’s life > "The Giants did that. Our boys' wouldn’t do it. They had the class! to so out and win without wanting anyone to lay down for them.” was t e general comment around the city! today. The Washington club worked out JU morning at the ball park under, their young manager, Buck Harris ! They went through a stiff three hour' manner of a boxer they will have 1 only a •’breather’’ tomorrow as the batting and fielding drill and in the final workout. The Giants were due in this afternoon but they were not expected to do any work until tomorrow. With Landis around, the Giants probably will have their time filled today answering questions and saying ‘‘No.”

Wenther dond.itions were perfect today and the weather bureau had withdrawn the threat of earlier in the week for a tropical storm on Saturday. Club officials reported that they would have to turn down thousands of applications for seats. "Wish we could have the Yanke stadium over here. We’d fill it.” Clark Griffith, owner of the Senators, said today. Convinced that Walter Johnson Is to pitch the opening game, the Washington fans aren't intrested in the (selection of the Giants for the starter. It is the opinion here that John- 1 son will heat anyone the Giants offer, not only in the first game but in three games of the series. o St. Marys To Plav Portland “Our Boys’? Portland, Oct. 2. —The football fans are promised a good game next Sunday when the fast St. Mary's, Ohio, cit football team will meet up with Our Boys’ in the second game of the season. The St. Mary's club is comI posed chiefly of former high school and college players and will furnish 1 some real opposition for Coach Macklin's squad.

o Purdue Net Hopefuls Already Working Hard 2 —Even if football is all steamed up in Indiana ''colleges you cannot keep basketball I i in the background in this state. The Memorial gymnasium floor at Purdue university here is being used daily by some of Coach Ward Lam-1 bert's hopefuls who are gradually getting themselves into shape, and will be ready to beat the gun at the I start of the season. "Windy” Rob- . bins, Rigsby, Thoebold and Cramer are among the members of last year’s . basketball team who are working out I Cramer, incidentally may be groomed to fill Gullion's shoes at center. | Some of the freshmen, former high school stars, have also hankered for work, ami have been outfitted to I appease their hankerings. Some of ' the better known of the youngsters are Wheeler, of Garfield at Terre Haute. Cummins, of Crawfordsville; McConnell, of Jefferson; Hodges and

McComas, of Shelbyville; Petty, of Frankfort: Wi'jcox of New 1 Albany, and Wilson, of West Lafayette. Shooting basket and running around a basketball floor at the start of the football season might sound peculiar some places, but it seems perfectly natural to a Hoosier. Cubs Win First Game Os Chicago City Series (United Press Service) Chicago. Oct. 2. —With the first game of the city championship series tucked away in their jeans, the Cubs today invaded the White Sox park determined to make it two straight. The Cubs took yesterday's game, 10 to 7, on their own grounds. Faber is the probable pitching selec tion of the Sox for today, while the .Cubs may send in Aldridge. 1 Receipts from the first game total $14,307.

The Fourth Down By Willie Punt

s I Wallop Portland. i-1 1 A Portland paper says: “The s g Purple and White grid warriors are up their claws and fangs t for the coming battle with the Yellow Jackets of Decatur, who reprer sent the little but fast football team , of Decatur High.” They'll get the edge taken off their claws Saturday, day. i The Portland team averages only about 150 pounds and the Yellow Jackets are about the same weight, so it looks like an open style game j here Saturday with plenty of end runs and forward passes which make the game sensational. Sidelines of Huntington says: "Extra! Extra! From a Logansport sheet: ’Logan Loses to Weaker ' Team in Opener At Home.' And so on | through a column of alibis for the Logansport team that had the misfortune to get in the way of the Huntington steam roller. Our conclusion t is that the Longcliff asylum keepers at Lognasport are very lax in their i duties to allow such a person as the 11 writer of the "weak team” stuff at i large.” . J Sidelines says further: "Our cute 11 ,ittle Wabash friend objected when y Willie Punt of Decatur picked Hunti- ington to defeat Logansport. He also goes on to say that Rose Poly would

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give indiina u’niversity a tough chase. The score was Indiana 65; Rose Poly 0 ’Oy. a second Huey Fullerton, in deed!” I The Catholic High and Yellow Jackets held a good hard scrimmage ,on Ahr’s Field yesterday evening. • The Yellow Jackets were using a substitute backfield and the Catholic i hoys appeared to lack their usual i punch. Captain Breiner, Acker and Miller, of the Yellow Jacket back ■ field, and Bebout. left end, were on ■ the sidelines last night nursing in'juries. Al) expect to be recovered in , time for the Portland game Saturday, however. Three regulars of the Catholic high team were not out out last night, team were not out last night, also, I Holthouse, fullback. Teeple. end and Durkin, guard, were not out in suits. Omlor. out for the first time this season. played end in Teeple's absence. Meyers threw a knee cap out of place in the scrimmage and will be laid up for a few days.

t The high school athletic association will hold a big victory dance in the Masonic hall Saturday night. A fine way to celebrate the victory of the Yellow Jackets over the Panthers. 'l I Coach Kennedy used Swearinger. at quarter. Leonard and Covault at 1 halfhack, and Staley at fullback yes--1 terday eveningjanct they worked fairlv I good. Whitey Covault got away for a nice run around right end that was | good for nearly twenty yards. Wemhoff, Catholic high end who twisted an ankle in practice early last week, was still on crutches yesterday evening, but he said he was going to walk on the injured member today with the aid of a cane. Wemmy is determined to get back in the harness in time for the game with ' Toledo Catholic high here October 10. Get a ticket and help the YellowJackets wallop Portland. o WILL A NEGRO UMPIRE?

St. Louis. Oct. 2 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — The all-star city football teams of the Knights of Columbus and the Young Men’s Hebrew association will fight it out in a game Nov. 2. Secretary Gilbert Harris of the Y. M H. A. announces the proceeds of the game will be donated to members of the Ku Klux Klan who will be invited to attend.

o ++++++++ + + + + + + + + SPORT TABS + ++*+++♦+ + + + + + « + (United Press Service) Philadelphia—The University of Pennsylvania walked away from Drexel in it ssecond football game, scoring at the rate of more than a point a minute to win. 52 to 0. Memphis, Tenn —Memphis. Southern association pennant winners, tied the count in the Dixie championship by defeating the Fort Worth. Texas league champions. 4 to 3. The series now stands at three-all. Kansas City—ldeal golf weather prevailed here today for the start of the three day tournament at the Blue Hills course. Twenty one foursomes, amateur-pro events, were scheduled jto get under way at 1 o'clock. Among the amateurs entered are Jimmy Man ion and Walter Kossman. St. Louis. New York—Three major league pitchers had long winning streaks I broken in the closing of games of the i season. Walter Johnson lost to the Red Sox after winning 13 straight. Dazzy Vance wa s stopped by the Pirates after winning 15 straight. Bill Doak was dropped by the Cubs after : taking 10 in a row.

New York—By going through anI other season without missing a game, Deacon Scott, the “iron man” shortstop of the New York Ytinks, increased his remarkable run of consecu j tive games to 1,290 games. Scott has I not missed a game since early in the season of 1916. Richmond, Va. —“We didn’t win the pennant, but we got a big kick by knocking the New York Yanks out of it,” Ty Cobb, manager of the Detroit Tigers, said. Cobb won’t pick the series winner, but he wants the Senators to win. Boston—"I had intended at the start of the season to retire and buy into a minor league club next year. Now 1 don’t know what I’ll do,” Walter Johnson, veteran Washington pitcher, said. “I’ll have to get out some day and I want to take my wife and four kiddies to the Pacific coast, he said. o ALL OVER INDIANA Bloomington—So many students at Indiana University bought afitomo-J

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