Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 27 May 1926 — Page 8

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RACE CARB FOR FAIR ANNOUNCED Four Days Os Racing, Including Derby Day, Ar- ' ranged For Local Fair E. B. Williamson, secretary of the Northern Indiana fair widen Vill be held in Decalur September 1,2, .3, 4. announces a very interesting program both for the harness and funning races. A feature of this years races will be that of derby day, which will bo run Saturday, Sept. 4. Wednesday, Sept. I—School Day 2:24 Pace.’. Purse S3OO 2:24 Trot Purse 300 Thursday, Sept. 2—Everybody Day 2:14 Trot Purse $350 2:IG Pace Purse 300 2:20 Trot Purse 300 Friday, Sept. 3—Farmers Day 2:12 Pace Purse $350 2:20 Trot Purse 300 2:18 Trot Purse .300 Saturday, Sept. 4—Derby Day Half mile run Purse SIOO 5-8 mile run Purse 125 3-4 mile run Purse 125 Derby, 1 1-8 mile Purse 200 Rules Os Races All races are under the sanction of the Harness Horse Association, whose rules will govern. Each heat will be race and all races will be under the three-heat plan. Ten per cent, of the purse will be set aside for the winner of the race. The balance of the purse will be raced for, each heat to be divided, 50. 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Shold there be three heat winners, only heat winners will race in the fourth heat. Five are to enter and four start. Three per r ent is charged to enter, no deductions. The usual weather clause will govern. The right is reserved to change the order of the program or reject any entry. The horses must be declared in at 12 o’clock noon on the day preceding the race or they will not be allowed to start. The races will start promptly at 1:30 p. tn. each day. the track permitting. Entries will close on Saturday, August 28. All running races will be divided into three moneys, GO, 25 and 15 per cent. Entrance into the running races is free, with no deduction from purse. Entries in the running races will close before 5 p. m„ Friday. September 3. o — - — Accepts Position In College. Berne. May 27. —Samuel Flueckiger. son of Mrs. Emil Flueckiger. of Berne, lias accepted an important position with the American Institute of Normal Methods, at Lake Forest College, latke Forest. Illinois. Mr. Flueckiger has been director of music in the public schools of Saginaw, Michigan, during the past year.

| Memorial Day! S • 11 ■Rfl | 3] I /I i -f - J » frW I I BA |AJr I 1 I i^' 1 * I A holiday in memory of the men ip Bi over whose graves have been laid the aj foundation of a greater, united coun- S try, dedicated to the cause of freeH dom and consecrated to the pursuits of liberty by its millions of citizens. Bj On such a day scores of us will go ffi *3 to the cemetery to place flowers on |g • - the graves of our loved ones who made it possible for us to have such Jfi SR a country to live in. ® Let’s honor the men || H who defended us. ! TEEPE & PETERSON I

Michigan Is Favorite in Big Ten Track Meet lowa City, la., May 27. (United | Press.)— Michigan. with a well ball anced team on track and field today' ruled favorite to win the annual Hig Ten outdoor tneH, which is to open' I here tomorrow. Illinois and lowa are rated albo.it on a pur and may sta«e a hard hattie for second place with Wisconsin and Ohio State crowding both of them. l The other Idg ten schools tire expected to trail considerably behind these leaders, although Indiana and Northwestern have greatly improved teams and may build up considerable of a' score, Preliminaries in some of the more crowded events will be run off tomorrow and all the finals will be staged on Saturday. O ♦♦++++♦♦♦♦++++++ + BASE BALL STANDINGS * ++♦+++♦♦+++++♦++ NATIONAL LEAGUE W. I* Pct. Cincinnati 21 14 .6.22 Chicago 21 13 .618' Pittsburgh 19 16 .513 St. Louis 21 19 .525 Brooklyn 18 17 .524 New York 18 20 .474 Philadelphia 14 21 .400 Boston 10 25 .286 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. New York . 30 9 .769 Cleveland 21 17 .553. Philadelphia 22 J 8 .550' Washington 22 19 .537 Detroit 20 18 .526' Chicago 21 19 .525 Boston 11 27 .289 St. Louis Ft 29 .237 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION , W. L. Pet. Txtuisville 22 15 .595 | Kansas City 22 15 .595 Indianapolis ....... 21 ~ 16 .538 Milwaukee 19 17 .528 St. Paul 19 19 .500 Minneapolis 18 18 .500 Toledo 18 18 .500 Columbus 9 28 .243 . YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Philadelphia, 13; Boston, 7. New York, 5; Brooklyn, 3. Cincinnati. 5; St. Louis. 8. Pittsburgh-Chicago. rain. American League New York. 9; Boston. 8. Philadelphia, 3; Washington, 1. Detroit, 7; Cleveland. 6. No others scheduled. American Association Indianapolis, 3: Columbus, 2. Milwaukee, 10; St. Paul. 3. Kansas City, 8; Minneapolis, 7. Louisville-Toledo, rain. ——— o Yankees had difficulty in winning their 16th straight, barely holding off the Red Sox, Ft to 8.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, Thur day. May 27, 1920

GOLF COURSE | READY SATURDAY .Temporary 9-Ilole Course To Be Ready For I'se At Country Chib , Wether conditions permitting, local golfer-: and those who wish to learn the game, will bo aldo to u-e n temporary nine-hde course at the Decatur Country club next Saturday, G. T. I Telford, su]tervlsor of the club stnted today. The temporary course will be I >cuted on the Schmitt land, directly north and west of the Snow property on the west side of the road. | Mr. Telford had a number of mon Int work this morning leveling the ' greens and putting the course in shape for play. He stated that so many golf enthusiasts had requested him to provide a place to play that he was meeting their wish by provid- ' Ing the temporary course. The Sch- ' mitt land was purchased by Mr. Paul ■ Schulte and Mr. Telford this week. ' The grass Is being cut and heavy roller run over the turf making it suitable for play and fine sor 1 practice, Mr. Telford stated. Work oh the main golf course, east and west of the Lutz home, which will be made into a club house, is progressing nicely. The coarse is being put into shape ami small bridges , are being hnilt arms the creek in the iGillig and Snow fields. o— Bobby Jones Wins More Glory In Golf Tourney I Muirfield. Scotland. May 27. — (I’nited Press)-Bobby Jones, amateur golf champion of America, gainel further glory today when he defeated Robert Harris -of Englund, 8 I and 6, in the fifth round of the British amateur tournament. | Since Harris was the defending titleholder the match took on the aspect of an unofficial world’s championship and a tremendous gallery followed the stars. 0 Two Portland High School Coaches Resign Portland, May 27fl John Donovan, | instructor in public ‘speaking and I coach of the basketball team, and Rufus Scales, instructor in history, civics anti botany and football touch, have resigned their positions in the Portland high schc-d. Mr. Donovan will take up tile study of law while Mr. Scales has nut announced hit plans for the future. Although the school board has made no definite announcement regarding the suc.-es-sores to these two instructors, it is likely that Kenneth Peterman, wellknown Franklin College athlete, will be the new physical training director I and coaek of basketball and football. ! o — ♦+++*++++++*++++ + WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD + ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•S’** i Yesterday’s hero —Jack Quinn, the ' Athletic's Veteran pitcher, who hurled his team into third place when Washington was defeated, 3 to 1. The Cardinals made a clean sweep of their series with the Reds, winning the third game, 8 to 5. 1 A homer .by Paul Florence, catcher, recently acquired from Indianapolis I A. A. club, helped the Giants make | it three in a row from Brooklyn, 5 | to 3. Jimmy Wilson, with five hits out of 1 as many times at bat was the leader I in an attack which gave the Phillies I a 13 to 7 victory over Boston. ; — o ! D. H. S. Baseball Team ! ' Plays Bluffton Friday J The Decatur high school baseball ■ team will end its 192 G season in a ■ game with the Bluffton high school • Tigers, on the South Ward diamond 1 Friday afternoon. The game will 2 start at 3:15 o'clock. I , ——o — S Rev. Whitesell To Attend ! School In Fort Worth, Tex. | The Rev. R. D. Whitesell, of Chican go, termer pastor of the Deeatur • Baptist church, is conducting a two 1 week’s services of evangelistic meet2 ings at Douglas. Arizona. From there 1 he will go to Forth Wot th. Texas, n where he wl’.l attend school this sum- ■ nier. Mrs. Whitesell will spend the 2 summer with her parents, Dr. and J Mrs. Franz, of Berne. 2 Rotarians Beat Teachers. | Van Wert, Ohio. May 27. —The Van : Wert Rotary Club basehall team de-. 2 seated the city school teachers in a I game played Tuesday. 14-2. S Ohio City Man Dies. 1 Adam Rouble, 71, died Tuesday at a his heme one and one-half miles south J of Ohio City, Ohio, after an extended ■ illness of cancer. He is survived by I three sons and two daughters.

REPUBLICANS I ARE SELECTING STATE TICKET j (CONTINCieD FROM PACE ONE) -Coolidge inherited that policy from the Harding administration," Watson said. Indianapolis, Ind. Muy 27-(Unit-ed Press)- The republican state convention went into session in Tomlinson Hall today with 'platform conflicts adjusted by the resolutions committee and interest centering in the races for a number of state offices. Clyde A. Walb. state chairman, rapped the convention to order at 10 a. m. The report of the credentials committee was the first order of business. | A move was taken to forstall revolutionary tactics on the floor of the convention when the rules committee introduced a regulation that resolutions submitted from the floor should first be presented to the resolutions committee. , Alter Walk presented certificates of nomination for the two Indiana senators he introduced Senator Robinson as temporary chairman and keynote orator. t Robinson stressed the need for farm relief legislation and defended the action of Senator Watson and himself in voting against the world court proposal of President Coolidge. , He predicted a further reduction | BEST TONIC r < AFTER F W ILLNESS .1 ji IN THIS BOOK THE | : Jt-lH 1 PRESCRIPTION FOR : | ffiliT I j FATHER JOHN'S ; ft IT I A MEDICINE WAS .WW WRITTEN OVER, 70 YEARS AGO

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in federal taxes at the next session of congress and extolled the protective tariff as having restored prosperity to American Industry. Governor Ed Jackson as permanent chairman took the gavel of the C‘>n-i vention after Robinsons address. Jackson reviewed the economy effected in state government through operat' in of the budget system and pointed to the fact that the last mil lion dollars of the state debt will be paid In June. He held out the prediction that it

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