Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1926 — Page 5

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gjfSEY -QUITS NEW YORK STATE gSthXiUT Ready To Meet Wills I Nf * York, Aug. 19. (United Pres*) I Jafk Dempsey will tight Gene Tun I ' ~ defending h* world's heavyI ahieht champion ttt'e. In a ten-round I bo.H io a decision at the Seaqul-Cen-tvnnial stadium In Philadelphia on the. I niftil of Thursday, Sept. 23.'Tex Rick I ard announced last night. Pempscv almost slfnuitaneousfy ~a v e out a statement at Saratoga SpiinS', N V declaring that lie would Mfer again defend his title in Now York State and saying that he was .niious to tight Harry Wills and that ( I he still champion after the Tun . aey light he would he “open for bids lor a Wills bout” not later than Jan. ! j |j27. He announced he had frosted J 150.000 as a side bet which he asked Wills to cover, winner take all. f New York. Ail? IS —(United Press) -“Sure well fight any time or anyplace and we'll put up a aide bet of 1150.001)' as soon as he can show us that his money is up." Pufldy Mullins, manager of Harry Will* said here today . Mullins, when asked about the offer Dempsey made to post a side-bet of $150,000 for a fight with Wills this year, winner take all, repeated his previous statements that the champion ws just bluffing. "If he wants to call us. we'll call him soon as he pets up his money well put up ours," Mullins said. " — W

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Tiger Flowers Meets Harry Greb Tonight New York, Aug. 10 (United Press) Tiger Flower*. world's middleweight champion, meets the man he w m the title from- Harry Gieb of Pittsburgh — in a 15-round bout at Madison square Garden tonight. Mowers will enter the ring as a favorite, tiaving won six fights since -lie defeated Grab in February, while the Pittsburgh boxer has only been In the ring twice since he was van qulahed. PREBLE MEETS COLORED GIANTS Fort Wayne Negro Baseball Team to Appear at Preble Next Sunday x_ Preble, Augu t 19. The Fort Wayne Colored Giants will meet the Preble baseball team on the local lot. Sunday The local teHin has been playing one team each season and this year has booked the original Colored Giants. The management was forced to place a guarantee which can he raised on'y by the attendance of all the fans. Followers of the Prebh nine have been requesting that a colored team be booked for this summer. The Poland Colored Giants were booked for the opening game of the season and failed to appear, disappointing a large crowd which had assemble! to witness the game. Hie Colored Gianti. have been playing the strongest teams in Indiana and Ohio, defeating the Columbia City team -in twelve innings last Sunday Practically the tame lineup will be . presented In this game that has appeared in the games with the Lincoln Uses. Preble will have its regular lineup ou the fle'.d to stop the dusky invaders. Luttman probably will receive the pitching assignnn nt, with Kreigh behind the bat. The game will be called at 2:30 o'clock. ♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦+♦♦*• * BASE BALL STANDINGS + ♦ ♦♦♦♦ + ♦-♦ + ♦ + + +♦♦♦ NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Pittsburgh 92 40 .674 St. Louis 65 50 565 I- Cincinnati 65 51 560 Chicago 59 55 .518 New Y'ork 58 54 .518 Brooklyn 55 62 .470 Boston 47 67 .412 j Philadelphia 42 6S .382 AMERICAN LEACUE • ■-mmmm*- own, 1 " Whiwiiii i imi i i Y.L: ?«t. New York 74 45 .622 Cleveland 65 54 .546 I Philadelphia ...... 65 54 .542 ; Detroit 60 56 .517 I Washington 59 56 .513 .Chicago 58 58 .500 I St. Louis 50 69 .420 j Boston -H 79 .342 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pet. Milwaukee 78 44 .639 Indianapolis * 73 51 .589 Louisville 77 44 .636 St, Paul 97 65 .487 Toledo .. 60 5a .a2i Minneapolis 52 68 .433 Kansas City 57 65 .467 Columbus . 29 91 _.-42 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Cincinnati, 3; Philadelphia. New York. 2; Chicago, 1. Pottsburgh, 4 3. Boston. 1-4. St. Louis, 6; Brooklyn, 2. American League ‘ Boston. St. Louis, 2. Others postponed. American Association Indianapolis. 6-1: Minneapolis. I*o. Louisville. 4-4: St. Paul. 1-11-Milaukee. 13-5; Columbus. 3-1. Toledo-Kansas City, rain. — o- — ,Wax Figure of Marty Durkin Destroyed By His Women Relatives Cclcago. Aug. 19.—(United Press) While hundreds of pleasure seekers grasped in amazement, four angry women relatives of Martin .Durkin, bandit slayer under sentence in county jail here smashed the waxwork figure of the murderer in an amusement park here last night. The exhibit wae labelled “does crime pay?" and Included models in wax of famous criminal figures of recent years. The women, who were said to include Mrs. Hattie Durkin, mother of the convicted man, and Lucille Durkin his sister, swiftly demolished the figure, put signs telling of Durkin's exploits under their coats, and vanished. _ _

|Escapes Falling Roof; Dies of Heart Failure Bueno* Aires (United Press)— Perez Molina, a commorolal traveler, oscuprd death In the city of Mendoza, when a large galvanized Iron sheet fell from a roof and landed within a few inches of him. A few minutes later, ho entered a restaurant, seat'd himself at a table, and died from beurt failure. ■ - o— — To enable a man to wear the same watch chain on his belt that he does on his vest a Cincinnatian has Invented a metal belt slide that hold* the bar of the chain securely. Extreme visibility and accuracy in reading are rlalmed fpr a new therbright red glass, which is hidden by mometer having a tube backed with the mercury as it. rises. A German inventor’s auxiliary rudder Is Intended to avoid the necessity for powerful steering engines in ship* and to keep a vessel on a stratghtei course. Mtddlebury — Victor Smith, farmer near here. Is unable to move or talk,

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DECATUR DAJLY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1926.

Caren Tell on Archbishop < m _ j HWI wmm > 1 • • ! Troublts are telling on Archbishop Del Rio; shown between two priests this picture Just received from Mexico hliowb. He has taken an important , part in the Church's struggle with the government. 1

since he was struck by lightning sev-1 era! weeks ago. He walked home after being struck bi|t fell paralyzed.

~~ i i Hartford City* — Oscar Cook, cmIployee at the paper mill had his hand I under the lid of a box. Clyde Snyder (

stepped on the lid. driving two nails i through Cook's hand. Alexandria — Mrs Audry Shawhau ' has been named as distributor of auto license plates here. ißuffton — D. E Bowman, barber, 1 Is busy. In addition to his barber shop, he makes a dally trip to Hunting- 1 ton to manage a restaurant he and I Frank Myers have purehased. Bluffton — County Road Superintendent Kohn Prough damaged his 1 car. He was given a check for $69.20 by his insurance company. Ho lost the check with the endorsement on It. Dobbs Kerry, N Y. — A religious| paper, the “Christian Advocate” Is going to be published henceforth luj a plant which will be erected on the] site of a former brewery. A patent covers a novel fan which Is revolved by a user operating two;' loops on Its handle with a thumb and i ; finger. Gre%ncastle — Recent class elections! at DoPauw University were declared | void when Phi Kappa Pst fraternity! charged the ballot boxes were stuffed.; Greencastle — Police here withheld ; the names of a youth of 19 and girl j of 18, who escaped Injury when their j

automobile turned over after creaking Into another car on one of the principal streets here. Scientists have succeeded In freezing water in such a small fraction of a second that It immediately explodes. Meat can be accurately tested for toughness with a machine developed In (he United State* Bureau of Standards. Chile has renewed searches for petroleum deposits ss s rssult of oil developments In Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. BILLION ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION ARE EXPLODED irosrriNVED raoa p*ob onei after a thunderstorm snd the magazine had full lightning protection, the war department said. Reports | from lbs scene were that lightniug | was blamed. o-— ■ - Fort Wayne—A pair of “baby burg | lars” both under nine years of age. were ai rested here and have confessed i to six robberies which have puzzled ) • -T* H,n n- I'"!'- • Liely