Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 95, Decatur, Adams County, 21 April 1926 — Page 6

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TUNNEY-OEMPSEY MATCH PROPOSED Tex Rickard Says Tunney Is Logical Choice For Championship Bout Fort Worth. Toxas, (April 21. (United Press)—Jack Dempsey today ( affixed his signature to a contract to j he held by Tex Rickard, railing for a title bout in the next, few mouths. Terms of the contract and details were not made public by Rickard. Fort Worth. Texas, April 21—(United Press)- Gene Tunney is the logi j cal opponent for the next ring appearance of Jack Dempsey, Tex Rickard raid here today as he awaited the arrival of the champion from El Paso tor a conference. Negotiations will he, carried on either here or in Dallas. The champion left El Paso last night and is expected to reach Fort Worth today. . Rickard arrived late Monday. All arrangements have been made by telegraph. Rickard said for a bout, between the champion and Tunney In Yankee stadium in August or September but it remains to get Dempsey’s name on the dotted line. New York, April 21. —Tex Rickard’s license as a promoter may be revoked and his garden will be declared nidi and void for boxing if he persists in negotiating for a heavyweight championship match between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. The New York boxing commission ' has been handling the involved heavyweight case on the theory that a warning would suffice to prevent Rickard from arranging a match in which Harry Wills was not the challenger. but more severe punishment has been decided on now. The new and more definite turn in the situation, developed by the announcement that Rickard was in Fort Worth to sign Dgmpsey for a bcut against the former marine, will be discussed at today’s minting of the commission. Several weeks ago. after Gene Tunney announced that he had signed an agroemelj with Rickard to meet Dempsey, the commission summoned Jess McMahon, Rickard's match maker and asked how about ; it. McMahon said that no articles had been signed and that merely an understanding had been reached. When Rickard heard of the warning against a Dempsey-Tunney match, he said he would stage the match in his Jersey City stadium if the com-

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mission wouldn't tolerate it In New York The commission replied with a threat that his license would be revoked and the doors of the garden i padlocked. y j —— o —- ■ - Wabash Defeats Indiana In Tight Contest, 6-5 Crawfordsville, Ind., April 21—(United Press) —Wabash today iace’ebriit- ( ing the successful opening of the home ( baseball season yesterday, when the Little Giants defeated Indiana, 6 to 5. The victors put the game on ice with three runs in the first inning seemingly. Them* Indiana countered with a pair of tallies in the second and later tied the count. Wabash i scored the winning run in the seventh. — ——o YESTERDAYS RESULTS National League Chicago, 7: St. Louis, 0. Cincinnati, 5; Pittsburgh. 2. Others postponed. American League i Dbtrcit, 5; St. Louis, 4. New York, IS: Washington. 5 ' Cleveland, 9; Chicago. 5. Philadelphia-Boston, postponed. American Association Indianapolis, 19;' Milwaukee, 5. Minneapolis, 9; Toledo, 6. St. Paul, 8; Columbus. 7. Louisville, 6; Kansas City, 3. o YESTERDAY’S HOME RUNS Speaker, Indians, I—l.1 —1. Williams, Cubs, I—l1 —1 Ruth, Yankees, I—l.1 —1. Grabowski, White Sox, I—L1 —L o_ BASEBALL GAMES TODAY National League Philadelphia at Boston, clear. 3 p m. _ Cincinnati at Chicago, clear, 3 p tn. Only games today. American League Boston at New York, cloudy’, 3:30 | p m. Washington at Philadelphia, cloudy, 3 p. m Detroit, at Cleveland, clear, 3 p. m. Chicago at St. Ijouis, dear, 3:15 n m. American Association Indianapolis at Minneapolis, dear, 3 p. m. Toledo at Kansas City, cloudy, 3 P. tnLouisville at St. Paul, dear. 3 p. m. Columbus at Milwaukee, dear, 3 pm. Cleveland — Women will grow bald i in five years then they will grow whiskers and the time will come when men will assume their newly wedded wives' names, is the belief of Jasper V. Smith. 82 year old pedestrian, who pulled up in Cleveland on a walking tour from Tampa, Fla., to his home in Windham, Montana.

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I City Os Urbana, ill., J Legalizes Boxing But 1 Kills Sunday Moxies I ■ i “i Urbana, 111., April 21. — (United v Press)—This city, home of the University of Illinois, prefers boxing a bouts tn Sunday's movies. k At yesterday's municipal election, i* Urbana defeated a projwisal to allow : motion picture theaters to renfain open I <ni Sunday by a vote of 2.497 to 1,924. I Hexing was legalised by a vote of ' 1,952 to I,S<>4. | > I’rbiina-hu ■ been without Sunday movies in the past but students at the • university have found it a small hard- • ship to Journey .over to Champaign/ e Urbana's twin city, for their Sabbath r> cinema thrill. •!••>❖ + + + + •!•❖ + + + + + + + + WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD I +4. + + + 4-A + * -A+ +++ * + 1 Yesterday's Hero ite I Lu. as. (’ini cinnatl pitcher, dropped the Pirates • with four hits and won his second start of ths season 5 h> 2. I Ix-d by the big stick of Babe Ruth, the Yankees lambasted Walter Johnson and beat the Senators 18 to 5. Van Gilder went wild in the 9th inning and forced in the run that gave the Tigers a 5 to 4 victory over the Browns. Lefty Cooper held the Cardinals to five hits and the Cubs won 7 to 0. The Indians won their third game of the series against the White Sox. 9 to 5. | | o-_ Move To Organize More Credit Unions Started I , Indianapolis, In i . April 21- (United Tress)—The Indiana Credit Union League today prepared a campaign for organiztion of credit unions throughout the state during the next two months. Seven credit unions are now operating in Indianapolis mercantile and professional oiganiz.ations. C. C. Finnefrock, president of the state league, said. The credit union league idea came to the United States from continental Europe where enfployes of organiza--1 tions banded together for the purpose of forming small “institutional • in which they might deposit their savings and from which they might obtain short term loans at lo wintorest charges. o Teking Is Without Government Today 1 Poking. April 21—(United Press) j —Peking is without a government tdday following the flight of -Former Premier Tuan Chi Jui to Tien Tsin and there are indications that the situation will be further aggravated by a clash between the Manchurian troops of Marshal Chang Tso Lin and the army of Wu Pei Fit. Foreign Minister Hu Wei Teh, who nominally is acting premier, informed the foreign diplomats today that he was concerned only with foreign affairs, thus leaving the government without a responsible head. | Removal of numerous troops from j the capital had relieved the situation somewhat within the walls, but the general aspect is chaotic. Two Grain Elevators Burn; Loss Half Million Indianapolis, Ind., April 21. — (United Press) —Officials of the Cleveland (Irani and Milling Company today estimated at nearly half a million dollars the loss from a fire which swept two of the company’s elevators here last night. More than 150,000 bushels of grain were destroyed by the fire, origin of the blaze was undertermined. The two elevators, located side by side on the Big Four tracks in Beech Grove, Indianapolis suburb, were a smoldering mass of ruins today. —- o — Salvation Army Leader Stricken With Appendicitis Chicago, April 21.—(United Press) —Evangeline Booth, national commander of the Salvation Army, was confined to her hotel room here today, suffering an acute attack of appendiCAN YOU SOLVE THIS? DIE RFL A G . The above letters when properly arranged form the name of a late president. Everyone sending in the correct solution will be awarded a beautiful lot size 20x100 feet, FREE AND CLEAR OF ALL ENCUMBRANCES, located in one of \our new subdivisions between New York and Atlantic City. This offer expires May 15, 1926. i BEWARE OF IMITATORS! fl We are the originators of this fl advertising plan. MAXIM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 110 West 40th Street Dept 544 I New York City. s

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