Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1926 — Page 6

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HORSESHOE MEET HAS 19 ENTRIES Schedule for City Tournament Announced Today , By Coach H. L. Curtis Nineteen ‘'athletes" have entered the city horseshoe tournament, which will open tomorrow. The draw.ng for the first round schedule was made yesterday evenine. bv H. L. Curtis, athletic director of the city schools. Mr. Curtis will leave Friday for a two weeks' vacation, and the management of the tournament will be turned over to Melvin Thomas, who holds the title of city horseshoe champion at present. All scores must be reported to Mr. Thomas as soon as the matches are played. There will be no doubles in the tournament. The shoes to be used must be the regulation size and weigh 214 pounds. The shoe must be within six inches of the peg to be counted. Fifty-point games will be played and the winner must take three out of five games. The matches must be played on regulation courts, preferably on the court at the Nickle Plate station or the ane at the Starost meat market, on Winchester street. Both courts are electrically lighted. Spectators and players are asked to he courteous at all times. The officials must be agreed on by the contestants. The first three matches must be played by Thursday night. These matches are: Ed Bowers vs. Chester Mclntosh. Dick Engle vs. Werst, Ray Langwell vs. Glen Barkley. The following matches must be played by Sunday night: Winner of Bowers-Mclntosh match vs winner of Engle-Werst match. ' Winner of Ijingwell-Barkley match vs Harry Thomas. Zearl McClnre vs. John Spahr Carlos Hey vs. Audley Moser Melvin Thomas vs. Lester Johnson Archie Long vs. Ivan Reynolds L. Cchryser vs. Ray Smith Dewey Gallogley vs. Melvin Smitley The second round matches must be played by Tuesday night of next week; the semi-final matches bv Thursday night, and the final match must be played on Friday night of next week. — o *— baseball standings National League W L Pct Pittsburgh -■■■6l 45 .575 St. Louis 64 50 Cincinnati 64 51 .55, Chicago < 59 54 .522 New York 57 54 •“*’ Brooklyn . 65 61 .4741 Boston 4fi 66 -4111 Philadelphia 42 fi 7 ,3S;> American League W '. Pet I HWWfr'U <-««■ N'" r, Cleveland Philadelphia *?4 ' 4 .54Detroit 60 a6 .51 < Washngtot r.w> Chicago 58 58 .500 St Louis - 60 68 .424 Boston - 40 19 336 —r~ American Association W L Pct. Louisville 1 J 6 43 .639 Milwaukee ™ 44 633 Indianapolis •! 7S'- p » ul Kansas City 57 65 .467 Minneapolis Columbus 29 89 - 24 ’ YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Chicago, 7; New York. 0. Cincinnati, 8; Philadelphia. 2. St. Ixmis, 8; Brooklyn. 7. Pittsburgh-Boston, rain. American League Boston, 5-4; St. Louis, 1-0. Chicago. 5; New York, 3. Philadelphia, 9-6; Cleveland, 4-4. Detroit-Washington, rain. American Association Milwaukee, 11; Ind anapolis. 7. Toledo, 6; Minneapolis. I.' Columbus, 2; St. Paul, 0. Louisville, 3; Kansas City. 3 called. New Coach of Bluffton High School Arrives Bluffton, Aug. 18.—Louis E. Means wbo will succeed Oscar Ripe as ath letic coach of Bluffton high school al the opening of school this fall, has arrived in Bluffton. Coach Meant will take the Bluffton high schoo football squad to Camp Crosley, alon; Lake Tippecanoe, for a ten-day train ing period before the opening o school. The squad will go to thi camp on August 25. Theatre Awards Toy » The Blue Streek Automobile wai given away by the Adams theatre las night was awarded to Mrs. Aiat Smitl 403 Fornax street. Considerable inter est was shown in the awarding of .tin prize.

RICKARD FILES > MANDAMUS SUIT I ■ I - Plays Last Card in Effort to Stage the DempseyTunney Bout J Netv York. Aug. 18, — (United h Press)—Tex Rickard isn't one to adr mit that he's licked, but he wus will- () ing to concede today that he was down to his last shot in his battle '■ to match Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney for the world heavyweight 1 championship. r After trying every peaceful method ■ at his disposal to overcome the ob--9 jections of the New York license 1 committee, Rickard was forced to go • to court with a mandamus suit to try 3 to force the committee to grant a license to the champion. | ’ "I don't like these court proceed--1 ings," Rickard said today, ‘‘but there 1 is something at stake more than the ’ Demsey-Tunney fight. I’ve got a lot ! of money invested in the boxing busi- ' ness and I have to defend my legal • rights.” I Rickard admitted that he was none • too optimistic even after he had been told that William Muldoon, senior ' member of the boxing commission. 1 had said—" We’re not beaten yet. The ' fight is not off.” I "I don't know how much time will: be consumed by these court proceed-' ' ings. Maybe only two or three days, but even one day represents a lot of ■ money with the fight only a month ' away,” Rickard said. James A. Farley, chairman of the commission, who has led what so far has been a successful fight to protect ' the challenge of Harry Wills, was as confident as Muldoon. I | "Well, do you still think they are i going to fight?" Farley asked with a | loud laugh today. ‘‘l’ll give you my 'opinion— and it’s only an opinion— * they're not." I There was some opinion today that the license committeemen were liable for a civil action for damages if Rickard or Dempsey wanted to take such action. It is very doubtful, however. if Rickard would care to get in ' a personal action against the com- i ■ mlttee. Rickard said he would proceed with his plans for the fight pending the decision of the courts. ‘‘l’m forced to go ahead now.” he said. “I’ve got a lot of money in- ■ vested. If the decision goes against us I will no tdrop much more than I already have put into the prelim fnarv arrangements.” |. — r i Billy Evans Loses to Lucas, Judges Decide *--'*-* • • •«’ • 'IM.'. '. judges’ decision over Billy Evans. Van Wert, Ohio, colored boxer, in a fur- ’ ious ten-round bout at Delphos, Ohio, Monday night. The judges were ; Glenn Whitesell, of Lima, Ohio, and I Nick'L'ftle. of Fort Wayne. This was, the third match between Lucas and ( Evans, the colored lad having had I the better of the argument in the > two previous bouts. , o ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ , ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD ♦ 1 ♦4444t»4**4* + 4 + 4 Yesterday's Hero—Guy Bush, Chicago Cub pitcher, who blanked the New York Giauts. 7-0, and allowed only two New Yorkers to reach first base. The Athletics moved ur two games toward second place by taking two games from the Cleveland Indians, 9-4, 6-4. The Boston Re Sox thumped the I St. Louts Browns twice. Heimach 1 eld the Browns to six hits and won I the first game, 5-1. Welzer shut them out in the second 4-0. | Southworth’s two homers helped I. the St. Louis Cards to beat the I Brooklyn Dodgers 8-7. | The Chicago White Sox defeated g the New York Yanks, 5-3. The game | was called at the end of the fifth s, when rain soaked the field. I i-' Hitting Dean and Willoughby hard it the Cincinnati Reds won an easy vic,s tory from the Phillies 8-2. is o »’ Man Seriusly Injured ‘“i Near Bluffton Today. n- ; J I ’*l Bluffton, Ind., Aug. 18. —(By A.P.) ,e —Tom Kaiser, 56, of Blackford couu,ty, was severely injured by a car driven by Theodore Peck, of Fort Wayne, near Bluffton this morning: 18 The Peck car overturned and Mr. Peck and Miss Estella Miller, who h was iu the car. were slightly injured, r Mr. Peck and Miss Miller are being le held at Bluffton on a technical charge of reckless driving. w

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BROOKLYN TEAM i" GETS MAX CAREY . s — Pittsburgh. Pa.. Aug. 18.—(United i Press) —Max Carey, veteran Pirate outfielder, was today awarded to the Brooklyn Robins for the waiver price of $4,000. 1 Waivers were asked cn Carey by the Pittsburgh club following an alleg cd attempt by several of the players. : including 'Carey, lo remote Fred 1 Clarke from the Pittsburgh bench. Carey has been a member of the i Pirates since 1910 when he came up i from the South Bend. Ind., team and ; ranks with the greatest of Pirate i stars. ' i When informed that he had been , awarded to the Brooklyn team Carey , said that he was not sure whether , he would report or not. | "I may go fishing,” he said. , o EDERLE ISSUES ! 1 1 RACE CHALLENGE < American Girl Swimmer Is Ready to Race Others I Across Channel New York, Aug. 18.—(United Press ( —eDfinite steps were taken today t< bring about an international free-for £ all race for swimmers across the Eng I lish channel. , After Gertrude Ederle's reported ( I announcement that she would be will j ing to engage in such a race for a $20,000 purse against any swimmer in g the world, Fred S. Ferguson, president ( lof the Newspaper enterprise associa p tion. announced that his organization ( | and the Scripps-Hoivard Newspaper: 3 were ready to contribute $5,000 to such € a purse in behalf of Miss Lillian Can - I non, Baltimore, who now is awaiting * her chance to swim the channel. Ferguson cabled to London to de termine whether the Westminster Gazette and Lord Riddel, both interested in channel swimming, would be will ing to make similar contributions or behalf of possible British Entrants "If the gesture of Gertrude Ederle offering to swim any or all channel as pi: ants fcr a purse of $20,00 as reported in p.ess dispatches (rom German) is a bona-flJe challenge”, Ferguson said, “N. E. A. service Inc., and the Scripps-Howard Newspapers will con tribute $5,000 immediately toward such a purse on behalf of Miss Lillian Cannon of Baltimore. Md “I have cabled to London inquiring whether the Westemmster Gazette oi Lcrd Riddell of the News of the World would care to contribute a similiat amount-on behalf of a British swim mer. either man or woman. "If the backers of Miss Ederle then care to contribute the purse she sug gests, it would seen that the swim 1' e • ■ ■ ....... nxStfcx ........ Bluffton Family Is Admitted to Mooseheart Bluffton, Aug. 18. — The Bluffton Moose lodge has received word from Mooseheart. Illinois, that Mrs. Dan Coleman and her six children will be admitted to the Mooseheart home, today. George Johnson, past dictator of the local lodge accompanied Mrs. Coleman and children to the home. The husband and father of Mrs 2 Coleman and children died at the Well: County hospital several months ago. following an illness of pneumonia. The children range in age from two to twelve years. —o —— East Chicago—A campaign to take the punch out of punch boards in East Chicago has been launched by chief of police Regan, Several places have been raided and many of the boards conficated. WANTED—GirI for general housework and to help with two children September Ist. Write stating wages expected. Mrs. J. M. McKay, 432 Arcadia Court. Fort Wayne, 195-2tchg o Cet the Habit—Trade at Home, it Pays Everybody Worked But i Father “Father’s stomach trouble seemed to be getting worse all the time and finally he had to quit work altogether Two brothers and myself gave up school and went to work to support the family. Father had lost six3y pounds in weight and was yellow as I saffron and no medicine helped him. Telling a friend about it six months ago, she advised taking MAYR’S. I got a bottle and it helped father at , once. He was able to go back to work a month later, has regained his weight and strength and eats like a wood chopper." It is a dimple, harmless preparation that removes the catarrhal mucds from the intestinal tract and allays ’ the inflammation which causes practically ail! stomach, liver and intestinal : ailments, including appendicitis. One s dose will convince or money refunded. Ho'.tbouse Drug Co., and druggists everywhere.

COUNCIL PLANS SPECIAL SESSION IfOVn.HlUn FROM F*«W | priation will be made far covering the expense of making the old cemetery on Winchester street Into a city park and, more than likely, a levy will lie necessary to cover the expenditure' made at the city swimming poo The certificate of valuation of the city of Decatur was certified j the council as being $6,638,390.00. Last year the amount certified was $6,769.270.00 On the valuation figure, the city or any taxing unit bases its tax rate or levy for next year. It was thought that an increase in the taxable valuations would be shown this year, but the figures certified now show a decrease, which may mean an increase in the tax rates. The state's assessment of railroads and utilties in the city are those assessed last year, as the new' assessments have not yet been certified to the counties by the , state board. The net valuation of all taxable property in the city of Decatur, after all mortgages exemptions were deducted last year, was $6,632,060.00. I The present city tax rate is 73 cents CHANGES MADE LN REGULATIONS OF CITY TRAFFIC (COVTIXI El) FItOMJPAGE OAJi* safety. I No vehicle shall stop or park with-, in 10 feet of any fire plug. Children are not allowed to use any street as a play ground. No vehicle shall pass another vehicle going in the same direction > at any railway corssing or at a stYeet intersection. The flte department apparatus' shall have the right of way over alt I traffic in any street and through any I procession and all other traffic must draw over to the curb and remain , standing. No vehicle shall be driven through a funeral procession and M 102 DISCOUNT mans 1 Electric Light Bills BY PAYING ON OB BEFOBE Aug. 20 POWER BILLS are also due and must be PAID by twentieth of month at CITY HALL

————: - ■ •it shall be unlawful for any person | to interrupt a funeral procession. fir« > apparatus excepted. 1 The following streets are designut-1 ed as through streets: Adams, Sec ond. Monroe. M»rcer Avenijs »nd | Winchester streets and all traffic operating on other streets aud enter j ing any one of the above streets must, come to a “stop," before driving on said streets. I All drivers and operators of any vehicle must observe all "stop aud go" signs and otherwise comply with regulations governing traffic. The ordinance was compiled by Attorney J. FiD'd Fruchte at the suggestion of the members of the street and sewer committee and members of the public safety com mlttee. It is similar to the one in effect in Huntington, except that the Decatur ordinance does not prevent the making of a "left turn” at any street crossing. The council also ordered the jirlntIng and distribution of a thousand copies of the new traffic ordinance ad the public is asked to acquaint.itself with the provisions of the ordinance between now and the time it flomes effective on August 25. A complete copy of the ordinance is print'ed on page two of tonight's Daily Democrat. ■ -o j Get the Habit—Trade at Home, it Pays

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