Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 91, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1925 — Page 6

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World’s Champions Are Surprising Many Critics Tly Henry 1- Farrell, ill I*. Staff Correspondentl New York. April Hi. Kstlmates ol u major battue team made In tin training camp and In exhibition games tin not always provide an accurate forecast of what the club will do In uctuul championship compatitlon "Hueky" Harris, boy manager of the dhampton Washington Senators, knows this and It pleased him that so many of the experts who saw the major league teams in (he south pre diet that Ills ilub wauld not be alile to repeat. "It will lceep us on our toes and tliat’s where we wan! to lie all season," Harris said today. "We are well satisfied with the star! we have 'made and we feel sure that we will Improve. ‘ Yon see. most *f our pitchers are veterans and they cannot go out in (he chilly spring days and pitch like a strong youngster who has not learned by experience that an arm is a very fiickle member of the body. We want to be close to the top when warm weather comes and then we can start going.” With practically the same lineup that played through the last year, the Senators looked stronger in their first two games against the Yankees. There is a very apparent air of confidence in the action of ail the players that has improved their game. The fine form shown by the veteran Peckinpaugh at shortstop has been the talk of all the ball players. He is playing the best game of his long career. "But ky” Harris has not been bothered hv managerial duties and he is now the best second baseman in tlie major leagues. Peck. Harris and .Judge have established themselves as the fastest double play combination in the major leagues. Bluege, the young third baseman, has a better grip on himself than he had last season, and he is a greatly improved piaver. He looks like one of the coming stars. "Goose" Goslin, the hard hitting outfielder, is almost sure to become one of the real big stars of the game and young McXeely in eenterfield is coming along very fast. Sam Rice may have passed his prime but he is still a very good ball player. "Muddy” Ruel is the best catcher in the American league. He will have to do most of the work all season, and he is a rather frail youngster. He did it all last year, however. —— o YESTERDAY'S HOME RUNS Plagstead, Red Sox. I—2. Taylor Robins. 1-1. Simmons. Athletics, 1-1. lins. Pirates, 1-1. Wright, Pirates, 1-1. o Marion. — The board of county contmisioners has ordered a large evergreen placed in the court house yard to serve as a permanent Christmas tree.

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Hartford City Tennis I Mayers Are Organized — Hartford City George Put ton, Jr., lof this eily w’tis elected president of the Hartford city tennis club. Work will start at once on putting the courts Into shape. The local Boy Scouts wll have charge of the work. Karl Cooper Enters Annual 500-Mile Race Indianapolis, April 16 —Karl Cooper one of the ancient tribe of automobile racing drivers who three years ago returned to the speed paths to draw rapidity diagrams of a veteran showing cocky youngsters old tricks in winning ways has entered a speed creation in the Thirteenth International .'OO-mile race to be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 20. Cooper, who was second in the r>oo- - event at Indianapolis last May, is given credit by the experts for having driven the cleverest 500-mile tour ever made over the Hoosier course—or any course in the world for that matter. The veteran was nosed out at the finish by the daring Joe Boyer, who came from behind to win, lashing his mechanical steeds with an automobile racing driver's whip—a heavy foot on the accellerator pedal that feeds the gasoline staff of life to hungry mechanical lungs. Cooper was forced to change two tires in the last fifty miles of the event in which it appeared he would surely be returned victor. There are those who say that the tire changes cost him thp race— a bit of bad luck heretofore accredited only to a DePalma. There are others who force the opinion that Cooper would have ridden home on comfortable rubber had it not bpen for the chasing of the late Joe Boyer, one of the most spectacular drivers of all time, gave Cooper in the last half of the most exciting long distance race ever held. At any rat# Cooper proved beyond a question of doubt, if there ever was any that he had lost none of the cunning that won him a fortune in the early days of automobile racing, caused him to retire and then return to the track three years ago, to substitute for a driver who was forced to the hospital for an operation just before a race. It was at Fresno. Cal., on the tricky one mile bowl. Joe Thomas was scheduled to pilot his car, which was prepared and ready to start the event. Thomas was taken down with appedicitis and rushed to a hospital. Cooper, a pit side spectator was called into action. He took the car, leaped into the lead at the start, held it throughout the event and when he smoke of the finish had cleared away the official timers announced that he had established a new world's record for the distance. He has been a constant competitor in all events

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ever since. Cooper did not announce Hie name I of his car for ihe drive ibis coming May at Indianapolis. In keeping with Ihe uttltude of oilier famous pilots' be Is keeping his plans for the race a secret, ——— ~ — O - WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD Yesterday's Hero—Jimmy Johnston Brooklyn's till around 'is' - , doubled with the bases tilled in llm eighth inning and dtove in two runs that defeated the I'liUh, to 4. Dressen's error and three singles in the fourth inning gave the Cardinals two runs off l.uque but the Reds won, 4 to 2. * Fine pitching by Gray held the Red Sox hit less in the last four innings and tlie Athletics won again 5 lo 2. Flag,tend and Simmons hit homers. Sam Jones allowed three singles, gave two passes and hit one batter In the second which gave the Senators five runs and a 5 to 2 victory over the Yankees in a six inning game called by darkness. Timely hitting coupled with loose pitching gave the pirates an X to 4 victory over the Pubs. Detroit used 11 players and i(lx

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pitchers in trying to stop the White; Fox hut they lost, it to «i. The Giants were leading the Braves , 2 to it, in the fourth wjicu rain wash-j ed away the game. —1,... o— ———” + SPORT TABS + .j.+++++*+ + + + + ♦ + + Chicago. — Johnny Meyers, middle-! weight, won back his wrestling title lure last night by defeating Uul Tab abt r two out of three falls, Tulaber took Hie first fall in 18:20, but Meyers won the second and third in 1:18 unrt 4:20. Milwaukee. — Marquette University will enter a team in the Loyola track and field meet at Chicago instead of the Kansas relays this week, Coach C. M. Jennings announced today. “ I Chicago. — Chicago athletic association swimmers leave here tonight for the National A. A. U. meet in Sail Francisco, April 22 to 26. Urhana, 111. — Illinois defeated Depauw University yesterday, 14 to 1.1 iu a practice baseball game. Pay your Light anti Power bills on or before the 20th, and save the discount. 8816

It la nus Women Kor High Price Os Men’s Hats A recent article appeared in the Chicago Herald Hxaa miner giving the reason for the advance in the price ot' men s hats this yyur. It says in part: "Milady’s almoat-ermlne wrap, lb. furstrimuiing on her Winter bnnnel — not to refer to for trimmed unmen tlonablea —threaten to boost Hit price or hubby's Faster hat. accord ing to leaders In the hat industry who assert very defiflntto shortugf exists in rahldt furs from which fell is mude. "ThP women .encouraged by sty'.f creators, are pausing all Ihe trouble,’ says Truly Warner, the maddest hat ter of them all. “While there ha? been a smaller erop of rabbit skim (his year than usual, due to weathei

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and other conditions, that docs not wholly account for the shortage. Hatters Unable To Cempete "The real truth of the matter Is that women are demanding ?itr for garments in such huge quantities and ate (laying such enormous prices the butters cannot compete.” As a matter of fact, the fur buyers for the hatters, hoping to force down prices, failed to hid at the 1 London sales. When they were ready ■ to buy most of the fur had been ul--1 ready purchased by manufacturers of women’s clothing. Shortage in France "France,” says Mr. Warner, "ordinarily supplies 100,000,01)0 rabbit skins, 70,000,000 of which have been ■ used by hatters and the remainder by garment makers. Tills year the 1 figures are reversed.” J. Howell Cummings of the John

,! ' S,ptHon w ; r ,77>. concern was forced to pay h * cent more for .kt„ B , hl| * * last year. And so says Mr. Warns,, are again blamed f or i nc . ‘ overhead (!) expense of th , Berne Seniors To Sh„ n Comedy. ‘‘ThankX Berne, April it; "Thank y au „ the title of ihe play to bo by the Senior class of the [w school ot the Community Auditor.** i" 1 he play Is a three-act comedy. Monday, April 21) is the fa. day to pay your Light and Pot. er bills. Save the discount. — ■ . iVmi;