Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 200, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1925 — Page 6

T" !’ ' ' ' —- PIRATES AREBIG FAVORITES Piitsburjßch Team, Now In Commanding Position In National League (By Henry I„ Farrell, I’nitrd Press Staff Correspondent) Now York. Auk 24—Three victories in the four important games played In the series against the New York Giants have put thp Pittsburgh Pirates in such a commanding position that they are now heavy odds—on favorites to win thp National league pennant. With a lead of five full games and only the last lap to cover at a coasting speed, the Pirates go into tlie final game of the five game tlireeilay series In the Polo grounds this afternoon. After pulling a pair of games away from the Giants on Saturday, the Pirates split even in another double hill yesterday but they showed much more class in their one defeat than ; the Giants did in their victory. All National league attendance records were broken for a short series by a Saturday crowd ol r.r>,ooo and a monster outpouring of 58,000 yester-j day. Police officials estimate that at least 15,000 wore turned away from the gates on the two days. In their game stand against the Giants, fighting in the most import- ; ant series of the season, the Pirates have shown themselves almost with-, out a weakness. The Pirates certainly are the hardest hitting ball club in the major ( leagues, the infield and the outfield are sound and reliable and the defense anil the pitching staff is better balanced and more matured than the Giants, who were forced to use rookie pitchers yesterday in the tightest spot of the season. The Pirates are also the fastest ; •t ub in baseball and they are full of hustle. The legend that a Giant c’.ub 1 always could beat a Pirate club has j been exploded. Emil Yee, the star southpaw of the Pirates probably will work against the Giants today and Wayland Dean is expected to pitch for McGrow*. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ + + + ♦♦ + ♦* ♦ YESTERDAY’S RESULTS ♦ ♦++ + + + National League New York. 7-2; Pittsburgh, 4-2. Brooklyn, G-77; Chicago, 11-9. 1 No other games. American League New- York, C; Cleveland, 7. Philadelphia. 3; Chicago, o. Boston. 2; St. Louis, 5. Washington. 6; Detroit, 4. I American Association Indianapolis, 3-2: St. Paul, 2-3. lxMtisvi ie, 4-2; Minnapolis, 6-2. Toledo. 4-ti; Kansas City, 7-L Columbus. 12-1; Milwaukee, 11-2. <• + + + + ■»• + + + + + + + + ♦ HOME RUN LEADERS + +♦+++++ + + + + + + ♦ Hornsby, Cards, 33. Williams, Brown's, 25. Hartnett, Cubs, 24. Meusel, Yankees, 23. Simons, Athletics, 22. Bottomley, Cardinals. 19. Pournier, Robins, IS. Shady Turns In Big Victory For Preble Preble, Aug. 24 —Shady work—that is work by Shady, spel'c-d defeat for the Wayne Nationals baseball team of Fort Wayne, when that aggregation crossed bats with the Preble tossers here Sunday afternoon. Shady was on the mound for Preble and he allowed only four hits and passed two. But his greatest achievement was in striking out 20 batters during the game. The first nine men to face the Preble gee were retired by the strike-out method and all of the first 12 whiffed the air. The final score of the contest was 6 to 3. Preble scored twice in'the second j round and held the lead from then on. Another tally was scored in the third. A home run with two men on brought in three more runs in the seventh frame. The visitors scored in the fifth and twice in the ninth on a pass and two hits. Reinking pitch- t ed a gortd game for the visitors, allowing only 8 hits, but he could not cope with the work of his opponent. Score by innings: R H E Nationals 00001000 2—3 4 2> Preble 02100030 x—6 8 3 Batteries: Reinking and Klenk, Gallraeyer; Shady and Boese. < • Mrs. Anna Malott lias resumed her duties at the E. F. Gshs' store afier several days vacation.

r.-msri.' i". "155 t. i" B.G, H. S. NOTTO HAVE GRID TEAM Catholic High Abandons Fall Sport, Out To Scarceness Os Material | rWatm Catholic high •, hnol will not have a football eleven in the field j this fall. This tiiinounceinent was I made today by Coach Franco Confer, following n discussion of the matter by the coach and Father Otto Peters, manager of athletics in the school. The scarceness of experienced ma- ’ teflai and the small number of athletes in school from which to draw, 1 were given as the reasons for discontinuing (lie sport it\ the local ‘ school, at least for the present 1 The five games on the schedule have been cancelled. Games had been booked with Cathedral high of 1 Indianapolis, Cathedral high of Toledo, Cent mil Catholic high of Fort Wayne. Pan ding. Olfo, and Spencer villa, Ohio. Catholic Hitch took up football for the first time during the fail of 1923. Coach Conter took charge of the green material and. although no games were won, the players learned the game rapidly. Last fall, the team again failed to win a game, but , made a creditable showing against Cathedral High of Indianapolis, and Central Catholic High of Fort Wayne playing one tie game with the latter, i uud losin;; a return game liy a close | score, i Several of the mainstays of last ! joar’n cfrv'on were graduated in st spring, leaving large holes in the , team. The sport lws never been a 'paying proposition with the local school, also. ! With the decision made to discontinue football, more time will be del voted to basketball. Last year, the | Catholic High Atilntot won all the games on the regular schedule, claimj ing the Catholic championship of | Indiana, and then went to the National Catholic tournament at Chicago and sprung a big surprise by fighting its way to tl*e semi-final round, where it lost to the national chninplons by a close score In an overtime game. 1 The basketball team was hard-hit I by graduation last spring, also, but l several members of last year’s seclond team will be available to aid tl*»'' I veterans left .from the tournament team in moulding another' formidable outfit Stock in the I). C. ’ H. S quintet for next winter is not as h'gh at present as it might be, however, since C..rl •Tubby” Cl I veteran back guard who was picked for a position on the all-tournament team at Chicago, lias not definitely decided to return to school this fall. Gass said today that he might continue liis work in a local grocery store all year or he might return to school at the opening of the second semester. If he returns tor the second semester, he will he available ' for basketball. lie lias one more year in high school Decatur Horse Finishes Within Money At Holland Wilie Lust, a race horse owned by ! Roy Martin, of Decatur, won fourth | money in the 2:30 pace on Wednesday and third money in the 2.21 pace on Thursday of last week, at Holland J

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.Michigan The was driven by Charles N Martin Charles Martin , bito trains and drlw-i Peter JenI nines"' ..nd "Nettle P", two hor’es owned ly.D Hadley, of Kalamazoo. Michigan Peter Manning started In the 2:19 pace on Wednesday and finished lust odt of the money. He 4 was started In the free for all pace on Thur/day and won the race. The race fretil five heats. Net Go P hud eighth position at the ,'rtart but fin 1 ished third In the first three heats. ) She came bark In the last two and s finished first. State* Amateur Golf Tourney Opens Today French Lick, Ind„ Aug. 24. —fl’nited .Pros;) One hundred playeis took off ' here on tho difficult French Lick Golf course In the first rouud of medal play , of tho twenty-fifth annual -ante ama-i tour golf tourne* The players started in palra at 10, , tervals of five minutes, beginning at S o’clock this morning, for enighteen holes The second eighteen holes of medal I play Is scheduled for Tuesday and! I an Wednesday the 22 low scorers willil begin the nuttch piny In th • champion- II ship fight. i | •4- + + + + 4- + -<- + + + + + 4 b WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD ♦ (•+++++++ + ♦ + + + + + Yesterday’s hero — liucky Harris, Washington manager, smacked a homer in the seventh with two on and I scored the runs that heat the Tigers, I 6 to 4. 1 Home tuns by Al Simons and Bing I Miller helped the Athletics down the I White Sox, 3 to 0- n Tiie Pirates retained u load of five I games over the Giants when they divided a double bill. Hard hitting off Adams and Sheehan gave the C’ants tho first game, 7 to 4, and Rawlings' double in the second gave the Pirates a 3 to 2 victory Herb Ponnocks’ wild pitch after a fumble by Combs gave the Indian’* a 7 to 6 victory over the Yankees. Dar.zy Vance let the Cubs down with two Hits in the first game and the Robins won, 6-0, but two wild throws by Johnston blew tha second game and the Cubs won, 9 to 7. Bennett's tripple with two on bases helpe dthe Browns beat the Red Sox 5 to 2. t ■

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