Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1926 — Page 6

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RACE IS HOT IN NATIONAL Baseball Men Watching for St. Louis, Pittsburgh or Cincinnati to Crack New York. Aug. 25.— (Un'ted Press Appicaching the home stretch iu the National League pennant race, with a blanket covering the leading St. Louis. Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Clubs, the dockers are sitting on the tail waiting for one or more of the clubs to crack. Experience doesn't count any too much as the Pittsburgh Pirates have only a year on the Reds and the Cardinals. The winner will be the term that can stand the gaff. Many wise baseball men, including John McGraw, have been watching for Rogers Hornsby’s club .to fold up under the -strain, but the Cardinals have been playing better ball day by The Cards are In the midst of a spurt that gave them sixteen out of eighteen games and the predicted collapse of the team locks far removed. Jack Hendricks and his Reds seemed to be out of the running after the disastrous eastern invasion but the team went back Mome and ran up a string of nine straight, coming from behind to win most of their games. The Pirates survived internal dissension that resulted in the firing of Eddie Moorse. Max Carey, Babe Adams and Carson Bigbee. but they are still hanging on. The big break may come next week when the Pirates go to St. Louis to open one of the most important series of the year, and the advantage ought to be with Hornsby’s club, as they will be in familiar surrounding with St. Louis yelping for its first National league pennant. The battle may continue until the last week of the season and the championship may be decided by one game as it was in the American League several years ago when the St. Louis,' Browns were beaten out by the Yan- 1 kees by a stroke of mathematical!, pencil. o I, Ormsby to Race at Akron on Labor Day « Akron, Ohio, Aug. 25—An array of, j ante race monarchs such as never | has been shown, on any track, will appear at the Akron-Cleveland Speed- i way board oval, on Labor Day in the; i 150 mile Buckeye Classic according. ( in Frnnk T Niert TnanncHF dirpp.orl j for the 160 mile event are coming in j every day, among thel speed stars j < now entered are, Ralph Ormsby af;i Fort Wayne, one of America’s Nation-1 ] al Dirt track speed champions, in a h Frontenac. Harry Cotteral, of Nor- j fok, Virginia, the southern states ■ i champion will be seen here in a new t speed mount. Ray Campbell, of De- i troit. holder of many dirt track rec-' ords, will make his first appearance! on the boards. Shorty Cantion, also: of Detroit, in a Miller straight eight, I Wolf of Columbus. Eddie Davidson

Golf Tourney I * ' > I; ""iCTv Don’t lose the tourney $ !• 5 I; then blame it on your | ,^£' : We have McGregor’s ; • |! Driver, Brassie and iron ;l ;| clubs in any price you ;l . , 'mxt »J/ * I !; * want. A new McGregor Pilot or Spalding Kro- 1; ;; Flite ball would help some on distance. They !; ;! are considered the best. | Teeple & Peterson 1

Frank Ripple of Youngstown, Shorty of Fort Wayne, Skip Konzel, of Toledo will be here; Fred Harder, of Indianapolis, one of the foremost drivers of the country, will be seen in his Clemons C-2. Benny Bunce, of New York, will drive his Chrysler special, the car in which he has won three one hundred mile events on eastern tracks. Wilbur Shaw, of Indianapolis, and AVhiz Sloan, of Akron are also entered. o — ♦ BASE BALL STANDINGS * ♦ ♦♦♦ + + ♦ + + ♦ + ++ + + 4 national league W. L. Pet. Pittsburgh Ci 48 .5826 St. Louis 70 51 .5785 Cincinnati 70 —4ll .5785 Chicago 63 57 ..»2» I New York 58 GO .482 Brooklyn . 58 66 .468 Boston 48 71 .403 Philadelphia 43 73' .371 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pc.t New York 77 45 .631 Cleveland 67 55 .549 Philadelphia 67 56 Detroit -■ 63 57 .52.> Washington 60 59 .504 Chicago 60 61 .496 St. Louis 51 72 .415 Boston* 42 82 .339 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct Milaukee 82 47 .636 Louisville ”9 49 .549 > Toledo 64 40 .516 j Indianapolis 77 54 .;>BS Kansas City 64 67 .489, St. Paul 61 68 .473 1 Minneapolis 56 .1 -441 . Columbus " 30 97 .236 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh. 10; Brooklyn. 1. Boston. 2-5; St. Louis. 1-6. Cincinnati. 4; Ne York. 3. Chicago, 9-9; Philadelphia. 40. American League Washington. 9; St. Louis. 6. American Association St. Paul, 6: Indianapolis. 2. Kansas City, 4-3« Columbus. 1 2. Milaukee. 3; Toledo. 2 Minneapolis. 5; Louisville. 4. O ; ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD ♦ Yesterday’s Hero — Ray Kremer, ■ Pirate pitcher who hurled the Cor-1 sairs to a 10 to 1 victory over the Brooklyn Robins, and landed the Buccaneers back on top of the heap in the National league. The Cardinals dropped bfT the top ring of the ladder by splitting with the Boston Braves. The Braves won the first, 2-1, and the Cards the second 6-5. Ti. <• •>. !nn',ti bumned the _ 'X «SWtMSX MW *:.-»>*>-■ • -W* Nt-w York Gmnt“ 4-3. The Chicao Cubs pounded out a double victory over Fletcher’s Phill-I les, the first 9-4. the second 9-0. j Hartnett smacked two homers in the second game. Hitting Ernie Nevers hard in the early innings, the Washington Senators got off to a good lead and beat the St. Louis Browns, 9-6. Lowest prices on canned fruit by the dozen cans. Giipen’s, Phone 464. The Adams Street Store.—W. F. _______

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25. 1926

Are Left in Tournament Are Left in Turnament h Chicago. Aug 25.— fl'niti 1 Pre’SH —Sixteen women golfers, including , , four dark horses, who defeated tour-1 nament favorites in the first day of I match play, went into the second I ■ round in the women's western golf I tourney at the Olympia Fields cbuise ■ 1 here today. Interest centered on Miss Naomi j ’ Hull, Kendallville. Ind., who elimln I ated Mrs. Lee Mida. medalist, iii yes J terday’s play. Today Miss,Hull meets Mrs. J. S. Cassriel, of Aurora. ■■■• - ■— — -O ■■■■-'- ——• Golfers Prepare for Western Open Tourney : Indianapolis. Ind., Aug 25 Iwt ed Press) —Some 25u golfc n. both’p | and amateur, crowded onto the HighI land golf country club c::u;se todi; < for a last practice round in preparu-' tion for the western -.pen tournament: which starts tomorrow iir.'iilng. | Included in the list are playe s fro:..;' all parts of the United State S'.r 's.! near stars, and jus average golfenwho come for the tlnill cf compstingl in a tournament. t

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NEW SWIMMING TEACHER HERE ■ 1 W. S. Slater Succeeds J. D. Saifron, U ho Resigned Owing to 111 Health AV. S. Slater, of Fort Wayne. •ed in Decatur today to take charge, lof public swimming pools iu Adame,, county the rest of the seuton, taking , ' the place of J. D. Saffron, who ha , 1 . repn sented the American Red Cros ■, I here for the last several weeks. Mr.' I Saffron was compelled to resign hi-' work, due to Illness. Mr. Slater began his duties at ' ’noon today and will be in the county] 1 I until the close of the present summer. 1 season. He will spend a day at Ge- 1 : neva and u day at Berne each week., i and the remainder of his time at the • local municipal swimming pool.;' 1 where lip will conduct the same I classes which Mr. Saffron organized. | . The.senior swimming class meets t in Monday, Wednesday and Thui <- I

■ j ‘ 1 . i day of each week at 6 o’clock pm, and Mr. Slater stated today that there were several openings in,this class., for those persons who already knew the fundamentals of swimming. o —— Bluffton Tigers Have Camp at Lake Webster Bluffton. Aug 25.—Coach Louis E ■ M-ans end twenty candidates far thvi Bliifften high school football team left j thi-< n'tynihg so: Lalo Webster, where they wil. have a ten day training camp I Tin- souad has rented the cottage! o\ ned by the Bluffton -Epworth ] League, at the hike, and will make the cot’age their headquarters The) boys will practice fob ball twice each' day while at the lak ■ and will be un ! der the direct supervision of tlieli |' coach, who hopes to have his ath etes| in tip-top condition .or the opening] < f the season. Coach Merrell of Michigan.<'ll y, will be nt the lake to assist; Coach Means. Professor L. R Wiley | will accompany the squad ami Conch Means to tile lake. also. Among the ath’etes "ho made jl.e trip were the| two Swigart brothels, the two Baxter broth- r- I'ax-'i.'i. Waugh. Osclo-eu

I rU |er Crosble, Wllllf.ms, Brown. I Barnes. Rudy. Sparks and Knob’.e Billy Evans Has Chance To Fight on Pacific C oast Billy Evans. Van Wert colored bantam "HI probably join the Pacific, coast boxets. h« admitted Tuesday. Following a conference with L. L.| Menton. Us Angrier capitallM and I i sportsman. Evans said he had receiv-] fed an offer to go »<st following the; I Dempsey-Tonney fii’lit vkhUb Morton expects to attend. Evans has until that time to decide whether or Utot lie will desert Glenn I Black, the home-town manager, who. I guided his destinies for several years. I for possible fame in the big < ities. IVor‘ Wayne and South Bend Seek League Berths Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 25 — i United F'ress.)—South Bend and Fort | Wayne. Ind., with, Lansing, Mich.. ' have appealed for berths with the ‘ i Michigan Central league, according to | President Emerson W. Dickerson. Ba l weather this ..eason and small 'interest in several Michigan cities

have caused all team* to loJT"' 3 ■ Dickerson said. Indicating H applicants might by accept| The Tropical Four,” F; n „ I | Stage Act and Big ' S ’ at Adams Tonight 1 With a record of p leusltlK I audiences everywhere. ’The t. . 9 * epical B Four" will appear tonight onlv at the 9 j Adams theatre. This orgauiza llt)n | Plays and sings Hawaiian music a n a I J Presents Hawaiian and other „ I ! dancing, besides a lot of comedv aad I ! patter. ‘ UQ • ■ | This act played to 1.500 people at I ! Bluffton Monday aqd Tuesday, ana I ; packed the tfieatre at WinchHnJ I last week. They just appeared ree eßt I ly at the Lyric theatre. Indianapolh I and are guaranteed to be a big hjZ I i class attraction. | in addition to the vaudeville an I extra new phohoplay program will b e I .presented, with Richard Dix starrmr I |in the feature, “Say It Again.’’ There I will also be a mack Bennett comedy — A 1 v.