Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1925 — Page 6

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RACES WON IN STRAIGHT HEATS Col. Madden And Bud Milton Capture Races At Local Fair A 2:20 trot, a 2:16 pace and a pony race made up the race curd at the fair yesti-iday afternoon and pleased the crowd. Col. Claude Madden, mayor of Danville. Illinois, acted at starting Judge. The colonel l::.s worl.i d h< r< on numerous oeeu dons and la a favorite. The Judges are W. A. I.bwer, W. H. Simpson end J. H. Heller, and the timers are Dr. J. S. Miller, J S. Peterson and-F. E. Vail. 2:20 Trot, Purse S3OO The trot was won in straight heatr by Colonel Madden, the best time ov.-r the tracks slewed by the recent taint being 2:21 1-2. The summary: Huth McKinney, (Allen) 222 Colonel Madden. (Goggins) .. 11: Gazoff, (Colins) 3-3-3 The time—2 "I'g —2-22’4 —2-2! 'u 2:16 Pace, Purse S3CO The second race was al-o taken in straight heats, Bud Mikon winning.

but with the other hors s paining him right a Jon?.. The driver of C . intry Dillon was called to the Jud': --.fund ufter a display of temper, be. promised to be good and was relet..-’ d w thmt a fine. The summary: Country Dillon, (Hayes) 411 Tell Direct. (Sammers) 2-3-3 Roxy Heart, (Beck) 22 Bud Mil ton, (Sipe) 11-1 The time—2-19’4—2 23’4 -2-t(t ~ There were five starter in tiie pony

race for a purse of $25.0;'. Everett Ixxyth tumbled off his little m mt as he rounded the bend for th' l stretch. Hary Baumgartner on Daisy finished first. The summary: — Daisy. (Harry Baumgartner . ... 1 Bess. (Merl Burkhead) 2. Btiar, (Don Shafer) 3| Nigger, (Cliff Hess) 4 | Violet, (Everett Lough) * ! Geneva And Portland To Play “Rubber" Game Geneva, Sept 17—The third and, deciding game of the series between | the Geneva and Portland baseball teams will be played on the local diamond Sunday afternoon Geneva won the first game and Portland took, the second. The score was !) to 5' in each game. Many Portland fans are panning to accompany their team for the game here Sunday. o Mrs. C. E Peterson and Mrs. John Everett spent the afternoon in Fort Wayne visiting with friends. Father Benzinger, -of Hessen Castle, was a visitor here this morning. I

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♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4 BASEBALL STANDING ♦ ♦♦♦+++♦> + ♦ + + ♦♦ + NATIONAL LEAGUE W U Pct Pittsburgh 87 64 61 i New York :. S') 6” -5711 Cincinnati 'i-> 65 , .536 St. lain Is ......... 68 . t .479 Brooklyn ..: .. 66 "2 .478 Boston ;.... 65 7ft .468 Philadelphia 60 7tn .432 Chicago 62 M .431 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pc.t Washington 88 48 .64*1 Philadelphia ...... 81 67 .587 St. Louis 74 63 .544 Detroit 7! .322 Chicago 72 68 .614 Cleveland 65 76 .461 New York 61 .. .4" Boston ?... 44 97 .292 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. U • \Pet. Louisville 100 54 .CM St. Paul 85 6) 5-52 lud'anapoHs 82 70 .539 Minii'tipolis St .26 Kansas City 4 7'J -i*l Toledo . 68 81 ColumN 94 Milwaukee 65 <B9 .422 ; >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ! 8 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦, National League New York. 2; Cincinnati, 1. Pittsburgh, 5-6; Brooklyn. 32. Chicago, 3-6; Boston, 0-8. 1 St. Louis, s'; Philadelphia, 3. ) American League Chicago. 1-6; Philadelphia, 4-2. i‘ New York. 8-4; Cleveland, ti-1. American Association Columbus, 6; Louisville,. 5. h

ALONG THE SIDELINES (United Press) EVANSTON. 11l .—Although Northwestern. University’s football team is, hailed as the 1: t in years, judged by j its appearance in practice, it lack;; seasoned reserves, a point that i ' worrying < 'oa.li Glenn Thistlewaite. I CHAMPAIGN. HI. Harold ' Red i Grange may handle Illinois Univer-

sity’s punting this fall because Ear: Britton has been shifted from the backfield into the line. IOWA CITY. la.—Fresh blood for botii line and backfield apeare i in, ' lowa university's practice. Robert., I and Crary, linemen, and Lambert. ; navy reserves last year, are the | "finds.” > SOUTH BEND. Ind.—After watch-' I :ng the cream of his material through two days of practice. Coach Knute i flockne of Notre Dame was pessimist, ic. “Pro p< ets are worse than in any I year I have been here.” he said. 1 MADISON. V.’is. —Coach GeOrffe . Little has given his 75 candidates over into the hands of his six assist- ' ants Or special instruction. Today tentative elevens ware organized for I signal drill. CHICAGO—Coach A. A. Stagg is jdriving the University of Chicago asip: rants in daily scrimmage. Plays are ; from op< n formations. Anderson, star i fieshman half, has joined the squad. I BLOOMINGTON. Ind.—lndiana uni-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 1925.

I varsity's flirt scrimmage will be held Saturday. k 1 ANN ARBOR, Mich —candldiitoH for ' th.> Michigan university eleven were split into groups for special coaching 1 it the first outdoor drill. Uifayolte, Ind Everything on the Hat is being given Pup-due university's I < .mdidales. A light and fast backfield ' . probable. I. U<- |»o>i>cet f s are not ’ plentiful. FOOTBALL DOPE Bluffton With a number of the in st football wurrioTs of last season l.ind many new players wot king hard on tl.b field each evening the Al.en high school fooiball funs of Bluffton are promised ths season one of the .-trimmest and fastest football squads in Bluffton for several years. For the l ist few nigh,ts many hard and fast sir.ramages have been held., with all members of the squad placing their entire strength in an effort to make , a retd team, of which the Bluffton football fans may be proud. At the present time the number of players , in the field for practice is not as . as is desired but will probably ( be increased in a few days. Columbia City — An unexpected | change in arrangements for the Kendallvib'e football game will result in ( -me being played in Columbia ] (Tty Saturday afterncon. The local ( high school scheduled the first game , at K< ndallville but inability on the , art of the Kendallville high school to find a suitable playing field the ( lame hti l to be changed to Columbia | C.ty. ( —— o FAIR WEATHER ON SECOND DAY OF EXPOSITION t c .Continued from Page One)

, demonstration. The fair will close tomorrow night .:lt : the fireworks. E. B. Williamson announced today. The track is in good condition and three good races ■ are scheduled for this afternoon. Two i.u i s will be run tomorrow and the grandstand acts also will be given. About forty horses were scheduled to tun todayCloudy Weather Cuts Audience Cloudy weather held down the at- | tendance at the opening of the 1925 Northern Indiana fair at Bellmont park yesterday, but those who attended were well repaid for their faithfulress. Tlie raceso wer theld at 2:."’.0 o'c'oek instead of 1 o'clock, ■as had been previously advertised, due to the wet condition of the track. All shows, rides and concessions were

|| NINETEENTH ANNUAL S | Bluflton Free Street Fair | I And Wells County Agricultural Exhibit September 22. 23, 24, 25 and 26 fi A County Fair On Paved Streets SPECTACULAR FREE ACTS | TWO PROGRAMS DAILY || Everything Open Day and Night! I EVERYTHING FREE | ; Exhibits of Horses, Cattle. Sheep, Swine. Poultry, *£ Agriculture, Art. Culinary, and Schools. ’ SOMETHING DOING ALL THE TIME H “EVERY YEAR A LITTLE BETTER” . rT - |-|- B -iiwniH EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON YOUR START A SOUND BUSINESS grows slowly. It shows progress from day to day—from week to week but it shows steady, unvarying progress. One year is better than the next, the next better than that this is business building and a banker in the man:.gement of such a business a future active account, an employer-a property owner; you are -n his class. He wants to help start and build your little husi- jj ness the more business you do the more he | does. I A talk with us. even though you are not a deposJor in our institution, is invited. ii THE PEOPLES LOAN & TROST CO. I I Bank of Service

in full swing by noon yesterday and most of the early-cotners visited all of the exhibits. The merchants’ tent was headquarters for most people yesterday and him dreds visited the various booths there. It is estimated that about 1,200 people attended the afternoon fair and that about 2.000 were nt the night performance. Grandstand Acts Are Good Tiie grandstand acts are the best ever shown at u local fair and those who witnessed the first‘appearance declared that each net was a sure winner. The entertainment started, with several selections by the Geneva band, strengthened for the occasion! by u solo singer of and two uccordiau players of ability. The first platform act was given by two aerialists. who entertained tliej crowd with several thrilling feats. I Next came u boxing match between the chumpion woman boxer -and her husband. The comedy of this ait was greatly added to by Rube LaMonte, who was chief announcer of the events. Then came the bicycye rider--. This team of riders is the best that has ever shown here, according to the opinion of many. The oth<;r feature is LaMonte’s trained birds, which do a hundred tricks that startle and' amaze the crowd. This act closed by a spectacular performance, that of a ‘ bird standing on its head, unassisted. The Geneva band will return for the closing tomorrow. The fireworks last night were witnessed by a large' crowd and were well enjoyed. There will be a change of program in fire-1 Vorks each evening. I -o i 8 WATCHING THE SCOREBOARb ♦ 8+ + ** + + + + + + + ** + (United Press) Yesterday’s hero — Irish Meusel, riant outfielder, doub'-ed in the third ; lining and drove in the two runs that beat the Reds 2 to 1, and in-| creased the Giants' hold on second place to s’fc games.

The Pirates gained a half game on the Giants and increased their lead ! to games when they grabbed a i doubleheader front the- Robins at 5-3 i and 6-2. , Paschal's trjple with the bases ■ filled helped the Yankees beat the Indians S to 0, in the f.rst game and Herb Pennock's tight pitching stopped the Cleveland club, 4 to 3, in the second game. Rogers Hornsby's 37th homer with i one on gave the Cards a 5 to 3 victory over the Phplies and moved into • fourth place. Alexander pitched the Cubs to a 3 to 0 victory in the first game, but tht Braves won the second game. S to 6. Ed Nommel won his 21st game by beating the White Sox 4 to 1. in the

I first game but the Athletics dropped I the second, 6-2. I ‘ Seven Motor Policemen Dropped From Payroll . Indianapolis, Sept. 17, — (United ' Press.)- The names of seven men have been dropped from the payroll of the state motor police department in tin effort to limit expenses of the , department to budget figures. , I For the first time since Its organJization, tiie department will go under budget control nt the beginning of I the new fiscal yeur on October 1. Heretofore the expenses have been met from the auto license fund. The l.iw bringing the motor police under the budget was passed fey the last session of the legislature. In making the cut in the force. I Robert Humes, chief was governed by seniority and traffic conditions. Three motorcycle policemen were dropped. They were Merle Romley. Waynetown. Emmett Staggs of Fowlrr and Lawrence Shields cf Brownstown. The others to be dropped were automobile police. They were Carl 1.-sey and William Boyer of indian- . apoiis, Charles Smith of Brookville > and Calvin Jackson, of Lafayette. Humes pointed out that three of i the men dropped were motorcycle policemen, who are of little service I in the winter months. | Another cut is to be made in the force before the first, of October, Htimes said. j — 0 Van Grant and H. H. Myers motorled to Van Wert. Ohio, yesterday afternoon where they enjoyed a round of golf. Mrs. IL B. Albright has returned from Indianapolis where she visited , her sister and attended the state fair. She a, so visited her brother and sis- . ter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Marker j who are playing at one of ththeatres in Indianapolis this week.

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I THE CORT | TONIGHT ONLY “IN LOVE WITH LOVE” A Wm. Fox production with Marguerite de la Motte and others. The story of a girl who fell in love, so many times she I didn’t know what to do next! A laugh! C A tear! A thrill! A cheer! “NICKLE PI.ATE!) WEST” Comedy. ■ 10c 25c I ■" . _.±"" ---- -B * L - J 1 I THE ADAMS Theatre | LAST TIME TONIGHT “The Street of Forgotten Men” A Paramount Golden 40 with V - Percy Marmont, Mary Brian and others. M The screen has never known an underworld society K I. drama so strange and startling as this one. A drain.i ■ that will ap|>eai to the human heart. S ALSO—COMEDY. 10c 25c Eridav and Saturday Pete Morrison and "Lightning” in "THE RANGE Bl ZZAPdIS." U COMING ”11 IE TEN COMMANDMENTS" no.II IHIWi MillMII DEMOCRAT WANT ADS GET RESOLTS