Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 14 August 1926 — Page 6

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GOLf TOURNEY TO ! START NEXT WEEK Large Number To Take Part In Decatur’s First Handicap Tournament Score cards for Deatur’s first hand;r n golf tourney must be turned in to G P Telford U F. Confer or at.the stand at the temporary go.f course by. this evening, it was announced today. Plans are being made to start the handicap tournament for men and’ women next M >nday. August 16 More than half the members of the, club already have turned in scores, but it is the desire of those in charge that every members enter the match play. Handicaps will be so arranged j that conciseness wiill have more to do with determining the winner than low!, scores. The two tourneys, one far women' and one for men, will start Monday. A schedule of mat, hes will be unnounced at that time, it was said today. Several prizes for the winner have , been announced, and additional prizes wil. be given by local stores. 0 THREE PIRATES DROPPED BY CLUB Max Carey, Babe Adams , And Carson Bigbee Re- i leased For Conspiracy Cincinnati, 0., Aug. 14. —(United t Press)—The three oldest players in r point of service on the Pittsburgh v Pirate team were missing when the team opened a series against the (’in cinnati Reds today. ‘ At a Dramatic 10-minute session held in the Pirate clubhouse last night it was announced by treasurer Sam Dreyfuss that waives had been a asked on Max Carey, captain and ecu- s ter fielder of the Corsa'rs. and lie was t s'tspended without pay until disposed < of Babe Adams. Pitcher, and Carson J B gbee. outfielder, were unconditional- i ly released. I The action followed charges that j the three worked quietly together to t have Clarke, vice pres'dent of the club, t removed from the bench. s Co-incident with the dismissal of i the three veterans, it was announced 8 that Pie Traynor, third baseman, would be Captain of the pirates to succeed Carey. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦ + + + ♦ + ♦+ . * BASE BALL STANDINGS - ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ + + ♦ + ♦♦♦♦*!» 1 National League w l Pct.; Pittsburgh . 61 -575 i St. Louis 61 49 .5:,:, ( Cincinnati 62 51 .549 , Chicago 57 n 2 .j>23 ] New York 57 52 .523 , Brooklyn 53 58 .477 i Boston 44 64 .407 , Philadelphia 41 65 .387 i American League W L Pct. ; New York ■ 72 42 .632 i Cleveland 64 51 55, , Philadelphia 61 52 .540 i Detroit 69 M j 1 " J Washington 57 55 .509 ( Chicago 57 51 .MO ' St. Louis 48 64 .429 , Boston 35 ,6 .315 i American Association W L Pct. i Louisville • * ’ll -643 j Milwaukee ‘3 43 .626 , Indianapolis 71 4, .602 i Toledo • 58 53 .523 ( Kansas City 61 .479 , St. Paul 52 64 .448 > Minneapolis 5# til .429 , Columbus • 27 M .239 , Yesterday's Results National League i New York Philadelphia, wet ground ' Chicago-Pittsburgh, teams late in , arriving, game postponed. No others scheduled. ;, American League . New York, 7; Washington. 5. H Philadelphia-Boston, rain. No hers scheduled. American Association Kansas City, 7; Indianapolis,. 1. ■ .Milwaukee, 7; Louisville, 1. 1 o J Portland Our Boys To Be In Field This Fall ; Portland, Aug 14 —Plans have been ’ started to reorganize the “Our Boys" ] football team here this fall. A meet- i ing will be held some time this next ( week, and officers will be named. A | coach for the team will be selected, i a’so. Luther ‘Crip" Hammitt, who ' managed the eleven last year, has ' received communications from managements of strong teams in the uurl'uern part of Indiana, seeking games Among the teams asking for games are Kendallville, Fort Wayne and Jonesboro.

(♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD ♦ Yesterday's Hero—(United Prets) — First baseman Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees whose two home runs I gave the Yanks a 7 to 5 victory over I the Washington Senators. Gehrig rapped Waltei Johnson for both of his i four base hits. There were no other games played. HELEN WILLS NOT | TO DEFEND TITLE National Woman Champion To Follow Father’s Advice And Remain Idle Berkeley, Aug. 14— (United Press) Helen Wills, national woman tennis I champion, will not defend her title in the iiatiqlt.il tournament next week Dr. C. A. Wills, her father told the United-Press today. "Helen always goes by my advice and 1 have told her definitely not to play," Dr. Wills said. "The showing she made yesterday against Mrs. Mallory plainly proved that she is nut in condition following her recent operation and she will not have a chance to get in condition before the tournament starts.” o Bluffton 11. S. Eleven Going To Camp Crosley Bluffton. Aug. 14—Plans are under way to take the candidates for the Bluffton high school football team to Camp Crosley for a pre-season training period. All high school athletes interested in making the trip have been requesied to report to Neal Baxter, I who will captain the eleven this fall. , I I | Former C.C.H.S. Athlete Is Drowned In Florida i Gerald "Gerry" Libbing, 19. former • athlete at Central Catholic high t school. Fort Wayne, and known to several persons in this city, was ; drowned yesterday evening at St. < Petersburg, Florida. His body was recovered four hours after it sank . Libbing was graduated from C.C.H.S. in 1925 ami shortly afterwards went to Florida. He played four years in the C.C.H.S. football team and was | selected as all-city guard in 192 L He was on the basketball team, also, I and was popular in social activities. | L o I 1 A week from today the Muel-, ler Furnasette will he sold to i at the Lee Hdwe. Co. • 1

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! > Rich Quick * I I ' ! \ Milton Stern Straus, poor New York studeht. is heir tc a $40,000,000 estate of a rich uncle in Australia, he said he jvas told. SCHOOL B0 A RI) MAKES REPORT FOR PAST YEAR (CONTINUED FROM PAUM OKI) was filed with the county superintendent shows some very interesting facts. During the past year there was registered in the Decatur public schools 502 girls and 493 boys. One hundred forty-one boys and girls were neither tardy nor absent throughout the school year. The girls led the boys by eleven. The Riley building led in the percentage of attendance, which averaged 98.2. Thirty-nine boys and girls were graduated from high school, while forty-nine hoys and girls finished the eigth grade. The school system has twenty-four elementary teachers, eleven high school teachers and six special teachers. Eighteen

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i teachers have life licenses. | The school system employes eight full-time janitors The average daily 'attendance was nine hundred forty- ! one. Number of visitors for the year were 1.236. Number of days taught, , 180. Ail high school teachers and the ! special teachers are qualified under the North Central Association Forty per cent of the teachers are attending summer school. | The annual high school per capita cost equalled $134.10. the annual I grade pe capita cost $71.53. The an- , nual per capita cost also included eight per cent of the valuation of total school property. The total liabilities. and net worth are $355,635.53 | The school equipment amounts to SB,I 125.00. During the past year, the School Board insalled a vacuum water pump at the high school costing j $1,286.50. They also installed a fan i system of heating at the South Ward. The tenth street improvement cost tile School Board $1,648.54. while the Jefferson Street cost $1,125.31. o daughter, Dorothy Alice, and son, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gerber and John, of Fort Wayne, are spending the weekend with Mrs. Gerber's parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Shafer. o Fort Wayne Night Owls back again tonight at Sun-Set Park. Ray Finkhouse anti his Ohioans Sunday evening. c oine out and join the crowds botli evenings.

lW"Got to Gof Wait For This Unusual gflt®' Event ! You’ll Be Glad JBdlL; 1 You Did. The Sensation | X* OTTheYear! J every one of which will be sold to the highest bidder at a real honest to goodness * AUCTION SALE Niblick Lot, Formerly Known as the Ahr Field We have decided to dispose of our entire stock of Used cars and are going to give you the opportunity to buy at your own price. Every car will be sold to the highest bidder at Public Auction and must go, regardless of price. Almost any style of Ford car will be offered in this sale. All are good mechanically and can be seen or demonstrated to anyone calling at the garage before the auction. * 8 Remember The Date and Time! Come Prepared To Drive Away A Good Used Ford Car Adams County Auto Co. Authorized Ford Dealers j. . ~ . —lnsist on Genuine Ford Parts

, EM ' L "&ER TUNE (CONTIXVSD FROM FAB» •<■> ■ for work nt Monroe and Geneva and J he was given a 45-day leave to com- ‘ I nlete his work before being taken to r , the penal farm. J Thursday afternoon, complaints [were made that Badert scher was drunk J again. Thursday evening, he was drig--I'tng around in his Ford Sedan with m' J tire on the left front wheel and with 1 a flat on the right rear wheel When . ihe fame to the Limberlost Trail. I state road 21. west of Berne, he stopp i ed in front of the Henry Amstutz . home and. picking up his a< cordion » he staggered Up to the front door. . There he insisted that one of his , tires had come off an I flown Into their 1 house. It was 9'o’clock. Amstutz told Badert scher that they hail seen notht Ing of the tire, whereupon BadertB scher began to play a concert on his accordion. ♦ Amos Neuenschwai er, Berne town . marshall was called and he took BadI ertscher to the town jaii where he f remained until vestctalay. when he . was brought to this ,?lty and lodged in the county jail. He will be taken to the penal farm n-xt week. No new charges v. ere filed against Badertscher yesterday, but he will be j mad? to serve the former sentence | of thirty days, and, if he can not pay will have to be served cut on the farm

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’weii as bringing out the contm.\ ; colors, it Is stated The Management state that th, I was installed at a cost of S7OO & ’ | that he is always anxious to u JUW , best pictures and in the most , 4 , factory way. Tony Forbtng. of Milford, form,, resident of this city, w ag i ookl old frie.nds here today.