Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1926 — Page 6

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DELANEY WINS TITLE OF CHAMP Bridgeport Boxer Outfights Paul Berlenbach In I.ight Heavyweight Bout By Henry U Farrell U'nlted Pros* Starr ' , Now York. July 17 r |Tnlt»*«l Prr»i - Out* tall, bansome French-eunuch, known to his parents a< Oville <hap Delaine and raftlst«*r<»«l In tin* fish’ records as Jack Delaney, checked oui of his hoto! In the "roaring fortius totlay ami started hack to Bridgeport. Conn.. t« arlnx the crown of the world s light heavyweight champion. For one of the few limes that a world's champion has changed hands on the decision of a referee anti and two Judges In New York. There were no experts or no losing bettors at the train shed to hurl razzberrles at a new champion Delaney s 0 far outfought, out-boxed and outsmarted Paul Berlenbach in a fifteen round bout last night in the i Brooklyn hall park that thousands <>l the 45,1100 spectators who had paid a half ntil.lon dollars to see the "battle of the ages" left their seats at the end of the tenth round to heat the rush for the limited transportation la ilities resulting front the strike. The score in baseball language wa Delaney 10. Berlenbach 2, with thtee rounds even'. Delaney by the widest margins, won the first second, fourth, fifth seventh, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth rounds. Berlenbach had a slight edge in the eight and tenth rounds. The third, sixth, and ninth rounds ; were called even simply because u champion even a falling champion, should be entitled to a little ct nsitlera- 1 lion. The decision of the referee and the', two judges was unanimous that De ll laney hail won by a mile, and there I ' was no dispute. I. Kven Berlenbach. good sportsman!* Ihat he always has been, g- ye his i victorious rival a warm handshake after the final hell and said. "Jack, you took it. Good luck.” lielaney, with the cheers of the mul- ' titude roaring in his ears smiled a ( real movie smile and replied: "It’s all in the game, Paul. This must ' have been my night.” ♦♦*♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦++♦♦ * BASE BALL STANDINGS + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦* * NATIONAL LEAGUE il YV. L. Pet. • Cincinnati 50 37 .575 , Pittsburgh 45 36 .556 Sf. la>uls 46 40 .535 Chicago 45 40 .529 I Biookiyn 44 4u .524 t New York , 43 41 .5121 t Philadelphia 32 50 .390 Boston 32 54 .372 ' AMERICAN LEAGUE *»■, ■ wife™ •» i. i < t i , New York 54 31 .635 Philadelphia 49 37 .570 ' Chicago 46 40 .535 ' Cleveland 47 41 .534 | Washington 42 39 .519 j Detroit 43 41 .494 St. lands r 35 50 .412 ' Boston 25 59 .29 > AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pet. Louisville 57 32 .640 Milwaukee 55 31 .646 Indianapolis 53 35 602 Kansas City .46 42 .523 . 1 Toledo 41 43 .4SS' < St. Paul 41 49 .156 ' i Minneapolis 39 48 .448 Columbus 17 70 .195 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh, 9; Boston. 7. Brooklyn, 8; St. Louis, 7. No others scheduled. American League Philadelphia, 3-5; St. lands, 2-4. New York, 4; Detroit. 2. Cleveland 8: Washington, 0. Chlcago-Boston, rain American Association Indianapolis. 5; Louisville, 4. St. Paul, 3; Minneapolis, 2. Milwaukee, 10; Kansas City, 3. i No others scheduled. • ■ o (Geneva Team To Play Bryant Nine Sunday fleneva, July 17.—The Geneva hase-i ball team will meet the Bryant nine I at Bone's Park, Sunday afternoon. The Bryant team is considered strong this year. J. S. Hopkins is captain. Last Sunday, Bryant defeated the Celina, Ohio, team In an exciting game. 15-9. o, Mrs. Roy Archboid and daughter Josephine left this afternon for Toledo, where they will visit wtth Dick Archboid and Mrs. Archhold's father end brother.

Speed Program For Jay County Fair Announced Portland, July 16 Following Is the speed program arranged for the an nual Jay County fair, to be Ite.d Iteroj Align t 9 to 13. Entries will close Aug ( ust 6, and the American Rules will govern Tuesday, August 10 Green Trot t*"" Green Pace I<Ml Wednesday, August 11 2:2u Trot (3-year-aUI and underis2so 2:25 Pace 300 2:2d Trot 306 Thursday, August 12 2:25 Pace (3-yeai-old and under) 3250 2:15 Paace 300 2:16 Trot ; I"'* Free-far-All Pace 300 Friday. August 13 2:2-1 Trot 3300 Frce-tor-All Pace 300 2:1'! P|W» SM Kntrles close August 6. Records made previous week no bar American Rules to govern. ♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦++♦♦♦♦ * WATCHINGTHE SCOREBOARD ♦ ♦+♦++♦+++*+++♦++ Yesterday's Hero —iLnited l’ress) Tonny Lazzerl, whose triple in the ninth tied tlie count and enabled New York to nose out Detroit 4-3. Tlie Athletics crept up a peg toward the Yanks by taking a double header from the Browns by scores of 3-2 and 5-4. The lighting Cardinals after being behind 7-2 tied tlie score in tlie eight hut tlie Dodgers' revised line up was working and Brooklyn won 8-7. Walter Johnson and two other pitchers had a hard day of il ug.tiusi Cleveland and In the Indians registering 12 hits and defeated the eSnators S-0. Pittsburgh won 9-7 from Boston by, slumming Rob Smith. The Pirates 1 pl.ed up 12 safeties. WOULD PROLONG SPAWNINGSEASON: —; — r Indianapolis, Ind., July 17.— (United t Press) —Conservation officials are of , the opinion that the -pawning season j in black bass and Blue gills should r in the interests of natural re prod ue*- t lion, lie extended to July 1. The dosed u season under tlie present law is from 1 April 30 to June 16. J "Extension of the breeding season should he made by the legislature, says George N. Mannfeld, superinten-l dent of the fisli gmd game division. | "because with the late cold springs Indiana is experiencing the spawning easons nearly every year are delayed , two and three weeks. "He points out ( that rep >-ts coni', to his office show * He,, dirge ->u.ul>i7' -;,j gii,s , were taken off the nests this spring oon after June 16 wh< r, th» pro! mad - <•* lu-w«7w,c —MM—, m !—■■■« but unfortunately there are thousands , who never think that nature has a i way of reproducing, and that if the i law permits fishing after June 16 for ; bass and blue gills, tlie fellow who wants them should worry whether the reproductive period is past. -o Former President Os O. E. Company Is L)ead^ Charles A. Coffin, founder and for thirty years head of the General Ele- . ctric company as preident and chairman of tlie hoard of directors, died lat Wednesday night at his home In Locust. Valley, Long Island. Up to within the pa it two weeks, Mr. Coffin had been regularly to his office in New Yok and continued his active interest in the progress of the electrical industry and more particularly tlie General Electric company, of which he was a director. i Leaders of tlie great industries, educators, and heads gs charitable in dustries, w, :e to be found dully in his office ~ecun>ig hj:s liiWpiri(t4on and adivee in dealing with the problems of the organization, whose destinies they directed. ( Wheat Crop In Northern Hemisphere Shows Increase Washington, 1). C„ July 17.—(United Press) —Tlie prospective wheat crop In 12 comities in the northern hemisphere is 1,897,000,000 bushels compared with 1,880,000.000 last year, the department of psricu!ture announced today on the basis of revised forecasts. The United Stales led in the northern hemisphere in total increase. European and Canadian crops decreased, I

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MUCH INVESTED ; IN STATE ROADS State Has $61,500,000 Invested In Roads; Spends $7,000,000 Annually Indianapolis, ind., July 17- tl'nlt ,d Press) Indiana will soon have I $100,000,1100 Invested In stale controlled hiphwav , according to an estimate announced today hy officials of the tale highway commission. I Approximately 361.500,000 has been spent by the State In the building of road and conditioning of State highway simv the creation of the Highway commission seven years ago. According to the estimate, the State I- spending about $7,000,000 a year in grading and paving and at this rate officials sav, the $100,000,000 mark will he readied within the next five years Contra ! < for paving or grading totaling $5,720,000 have been let this year hy ilie commission and bids will he received later I his summer on ap pnxlmntoly 20 miles of paving and the same mileage of grading projects the c st of which is estimated at $500,000. Spirited competition among contrac tors and Hie resultant cost of road Improvement has been made the addi lional mileage possible, officials say. Records show I Bat 1030 miles of concrete road have been laid since the present road law went into effect in 1919. By adding an average of 230 miles a year for the next five years, when the investment is due to reach the sluo,ouo.ooo mark. Indiana will be able to boast of 2000 mile system of paved roads, commission officials sa.v. Indiana is rapidly taking its place among the leading states of the nation in the matter of improved roads and it is the aint of officials io keep it there. — — o — Will Force Closing Os Sesqui-Centennial Sundays Hamburg, Pa., July 17—(United Press) —Attorney General Woodruff today announced that he would institute quo warranto proceedings to force the closing of the Sesqui-Cen-tennial International Exposition at Philadelphia on Sundays. Prior to today's announcement by Woodruff, the Attorney General's office has maintained that it had no power to interfere in the operation of the Sesqui-Centennial decaring that the officials of Philadelphia alone were empowered to act. Nickel Flate To Operate C. A. & S., Temporarily Washington. July 17 —(United Press) - The Nickle Plate railroad will operate the 140 mile Chicago. Attica and Southern railway for four months pending perfection of the reorganization of the Van Swearingen Nickie Plate merger plan it was ,ea*' ed today. 3. - Van gwertngena offered to otv Wnir road, which , in bad final, W litton for this )ietw n tn fi quest of many Indiana citizens and congressmen in order to prevent its shutdown. The road serves 32 towns, including 28 elevators in Indiana. STATE TO RECEIVE BIDS ON BRIDGES Indianapolis, Ind., July 17. —(United Press)—Bids for the construction of 33 I,ridges and for the painting one, will be opened by the State highway commission Tuesday, July 27. John YV'illiams, Highway director an nottneed today. The Wabash river bridge on State road 3 at Terre Haute, a structure 80 feet wide and 800 feet long will be painted while all,other contracts are for construction work. I Twelve bridges will be constructed cn State road .39 between Hushvllle and Indianapolis and when awards are made, all bridges except those unden 20 foot span to be built by paving contractors, will have been provided cn this highway, Williams stated. I This will be the fourth bridge le-tt- ' ing of the present and structures now advertised will go on major stale roads in sixteen counties. The projects will | call for an expenditure of about $300,000, according to engineer’s estimates. A 150 foot bridge over the Kankakee fiver cn State road 2, between LaPorte and Starke counties and a 176 foot structure over Sliver Creek on Sjtate road 1 In Clarke county are the largest projects to be bid on. —o- — Ben Robin of Port Wayne, connected with the Clark Machine company of St. Johnsville, New York, attended to business here today.

St. Louis Plans For Exposition Next Fall l St. Louis, Mo.-Jmy 17 —(United | Press)—A campaign has been started ’ by the St. l<ouls chamber of c-pmmer t to bring 1,000,000 visitor* to St. Louis for the greater St. l/>ula exposition to be held here from September 4 to 9 It Is hoped to make tb exposition second In Importance only to the World'* ( Fair held here in 1924 NEW STATE PARR : DEDICATED TODAY r Officials Os Three States Attend Ceremony At Lake James Park i r—--1 Angola, Ind.. July 37. -(United 1 Press)—With officials of Ihroe states In attendande, dedicatory exercises were held today for Lake James park, the largest acqiilsltatlon to Indiana's stale park system. The detH alory program opened at noon with a luncheon for visiting not. aides including Governor'- Jaikson of Indiana. Donabey of Ohio and Groe: heck of Michigan. The reservation was presented to Governor Jftcks-ui by the Steuben county hoard of commissioners and the governor then turned It over to Birector Richard Ueber of the Slate conservation department. in his speech qf. acceptance on he-, half of the ron'ervation department. Leiber congratulated the residents As Steuben cctinty on their foresight and public spirit. "What you have done here. Leiber said, ‘‘will he a glorious leaf in the wreath of honor of our stale. The donation of this park land will ever reTHE person who found pair of glasses and called Democrat office Friday will please bring glasses to this office or to L. G. Hammond, 316 Line street. Phone 321. Reward will he paid for return of glasses. 16v2tx

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main a notable deed in the history cf our stale | -Not only have you * nabl « d lh state to provide for the health, re, real ion and happluess of u vasi multi Hide of our peopl-. «■’* haV,> protected the common good bv providing public access to 160.) acres of pub--11,. waters, hut you have erected a .mate monument of enduring quality for all time. 1 "Thii monument wilt come through I your wise and generous action of sett { lng aside a part of the fast dc-apP'-m 1 ing. because rapidly changing aspect I of the original domain. “A state park, no matter what other and excellent ends it set ves. is primar Hy a region set aside for the presetvation of natural scenery, it not only affords it:- visitors ample opportuuil)

WELL FILLED?! Il . THINK OF IT NOW- 1/ ' * h, V, ~1, , J * * ”** *'* | MHUI ■jjjij .... ■ ■■■ ■ 'j— Li.*sy What Would Greeley Say Today? Time was when geography determined ft young man s chance, and Horace Greeley said, “Go west, young man, go west.” Today there are rich mines of opportunity in every state. The electrical industry is prospecting new t*elds ot endeavor each day, and present achievements only herald the growth to come. Recent years have brought radio to the ZT: P ! W ! r and light t 0 man y farms, and Electricity performs the glj t O l therC ™ heavy duties of our work; t 0 development. Both thf» pWtriritV .t speeds us by ship, by £eneratpd .. me e *ectncity train and trolley; it E> Cii e*cUeCl cUIU thG IlUmhpr makes possible our auto* oprxrpH a , IlUmDe r Os CUStOmerS mobiles, our telephones kerveu Dy Central Stations havp Jr* and radios; it prints our f-Uo 1 0o ,*. nave QOUDICO 1H = .p., s! „ me last ten years. And what of motor7=of The General Electric “®W USeS for POWCT in « J «- company holds a prom. . . . . 10 stories and homes inent position in the elec- UI CieCtriCal dlSCOVerieS to cnmo3 trical industry and the lvJ u nier young men in its ranks h pf.7 zz: toda y- Gr «eley might well say “Follow port an part in its future tlflG filfiCtriPJll 1J _ ** SST™ ‘“ id ' opportunity." ' y ° Ung ma ”’ and find GENERAL electric * »ECA Tl H . INDIANA

certain deman Is of thFm ••It demands th*« ,oine of P i » Ksi iskft forever j , muilva American land ln us original s.a.e undls.urhed j unmarred by 'Man made improven "" , asure of respect 11 lisp*, history- - the state :1 legacy andachuve", mji * |han to those who ionu a tribute and a monument to u<ha :,; rrir«man« to those whose a lalmrt and hardahlpe whose UDdnunted faith and prancing «uw ; J made the state of Indiana and our na , J tionwha. I. is -oday: a land of ma f , tcrlal infulence, of opportunity and »• f « contained —■

President’s Party Saves 4 Youths From Drowning Paul Smith’s N. Y. July 17. -(Uni,, ed Press ) Members of Preaid, B , i’ooltdge's vacation parly today re« cued four youths whose boat capsUed in Osgood lake. President t'oolld,,, witnessed thi rescue The youth* were attending Mctw gall’s <*nip for boys, adjoining u, p President’s summer White n <ll|sp They were sailing on the lake a Miff wind turned their boat over Commander Joel T. Hone, Mr. hlge'.i phvalclan. with George Dre<h-r John Fitzgerald and Jam,a Hal, v ' ,ecret servlcr operatives Jumped Into u motorboat and brought the b (JV , ftrihOTO.