Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1926 — Page 6

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SCHMITT HEADS ATHLETIC ASS% St. .Joseph Athletic Association Organizes; Basketball Schedule Out Hubert Schmitt was elected president of the St. Joeph's Athletic Associat on at the organization meeting held in the auditorium of the StJoseph sihool building last night. More than fifty members of the association attended the meeting, iff spite of the inclement weather. The other officers elected last night were: George Laurent, vice-presi-dent; Norbert Holthouse, secretary; R. J. Harting, treasurer. • The meeting held last night was very interesting and several lively discussions were held. The interest shown in every question proposed promises to make a live one. ' Father Hession presided at the opening of the meeting, as the officers liad not been, elected. He called on Norbert Holthous e to read the minutes of the meetings of the tentative athletic board, whose functions ended with the meeting last night. Mr. Holthouse gave a very enlightening account of the activities cf the board. Mr. Harting, treasurer of this board of directors, was next cal ed on for a financial report. Then followed the election of officers. Girls’ Athletics Discussed After the officers had been elected, a dsicussion of the girls’ athletics was held and it was decided to appoint a lady directress of athletics for girls. Father Hession called for, suggestions and promised to name the appointee at the next meeting. Methods of disposing of season tickets were next discussed and. after some lively debate, this matter was referred to the new athletic beard. Mr. Schmitt, the newly elected president, then announced that an extensive membership drive, aiming at 400 members, w-ould be launched next week. Another meeting will be held soon, at which the constitution, read at last night’s meeting, will be amended and adopted * Before the close of the meeting.

THE FOURTH DOWN (ft \j *■••»>•» By i 7 ‘ * 1 ' * Willie Punt , , . i. i ■ i

If It rains— Anyway, the football warriors who a.e told to hit the dirt in practice this week won’t be bruised up much. As we expected, there was much rejoicing in Bluffton Saturday evening when word was received that the Tigers had scored a touch down in their game with Goshen. But why not. Aren’t those «ix points the first ones scored by a Bluffton football team in the last three years? The fact that Goshen beat the Tigers. 25-6, didn't hurt nearly so bad since the Tigers scored. A little comment on the Columbia City-Auburn game of last Saturday, taken from the Columbia City Post, might not be out of ; laee today since the Yellow Jackets travel to that city Friday. Here’s what the Post says about the C C. team: "Columbia City high school football team was hitting on all six cylinders Saturday afternoon at Carter’s field when they romped to a 38 to 0 victory over Auburn. It wasn’t that Auburn is weak. It was simply beautiful interference combined with splendid team play and a fine spirit on the part of the players that welded them into a ’team’ »in every sense of the word, that brought about the re suit. Coach DeVol. who is teaching the famous Nolte Dame shift attended Coach Knute Rockne’« coach’s aeboo! so his proteges are using many of the plays that have brought fame to the Irish boys at Notre Deme and the local high school lads are learning this type of play so that they excute it beautifully.”

I Father Hesaion announced the bask!etba(l schedule for the season, as far jas tt is completed to date. The meet j ing was opened and closed with pray 1 er by the Rev. J. A. Sefmetz, who also gave many helpful suggestions during the meeting. -I Basketball Schedule Announced The schedule for the Commodores promises to be one of the best ones | in the history of athletics in D. C. H l_ S. Their slogan this year will be “National champions, or don’t brag ’ about it." Father Hession explained how, “parodoxial as it may seem" it was nevertheless true, since the “it" refers to all games won, if those h games won are not the ones neces p sary to crown the Commodores National Champions. He said. '‘You'll t hear no bragging in the Commo- . dores' camp unless they return from . Chicago, Champions.” Hollowing is the schedule for the , season, as it stands today: . Nov. 19—Celina. Ohio. Catholic, there Nov, 26— St. John's, Delphos, O.there ! Dec. 2— St. John's, Delphos, here ' Dec. 4—-Geneva, at Berne i Dec. B—Gibault,8 —Gibault, of Vincennes, here I Dec. 10—St Mans. HuQtingtou, there ( Dec. T 5 Geneva, here Dec. 17 —St Rose. Lima. Ohio, here ' Bee. 23 —Celina Catholic, here I Dec. 29 —C.C.H.S., Fort Wayne, here, , lan 3—Alumni, here lan. 14—St. Wendelin, Fostoria, Ohio here Jan. 21 —St. Wendelin, Fostoria, there Jan. 26 —Gibault. Vincennes, there 1 ; Jan 28 —Washington Catholic, there Feb 4 —S- Marys. Huntington. here Feb. 11 —St. Marys. Anderson, here I Jan. 22— St. Rose, Lima, there Feb. 25—C ' H S.. Fort Wayne, there. Negotiations are under way with other teams. The open dates on the schedule are: Nov. 24; Jan. 7, 12 and 19; Feb. 2. 9. 16 and 18. At present there are ten home games on the schedule and nine on foreign floors. I o— ' ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD ♦ + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ (By United Press) Yesterday’s Hero: George,. U. Uhle, Cleveland pitcher, who won his 27th victory of the season, beating the Athletics 5-4, and assuring the Indians of second place in the American League. The Phillies beat the Braves, 5-4. —o Wednesday night masquerade square dance at Sun Set. It

■ ■ «■««. I II II !■ !!■■■ 11l —————— Columbia City Deductions Decatur comes here next Friday. ; As Auburn beat Decatur 6 to 0 Co- ] lumbia City ought to ‘take’ Decatur, , that is if the victory over Auburn , does not make them overconfident." , Jagger. Columbia City backfield star. , sustained a fracture of his ninth rib Saturday and will be unab'.e to play against the Yellow Jackets, Friday. Wabash high school showed a lot of stuff again last Saturday by beating the Kokomo Wild Cate. 50-7. The Wild Cats aren't so wild when it comes to the grid game, but nevertheless, the Wabash Thom Cats know their football. i Th.- Bluffton Tigers will go to Fort . Wayne next Saturday to meet the’ - Central Tigers. The Tigers should win ■’ this game. Even the wise boy? often stub their toe when it comes to picking winners. 1 Henry Farrell, sports editor of the United Presrs, who is one of the lead-1 ing sport authorities of the United j States, picked the National and American baseba'l leagure teams to finish in the following order at the lieginning of the season last spring: National —New York, Pitt .burgh, St. Louis? Cincinnati. Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago; American—Washington, Philadelphia, St. Louis, New York. Chicago. Detroit, Cleve'and and Boston. The Portland Panthers tackle the Richmond crew at Portland next Saturday. This will lie a real test far the Panthers. * He who hesitates is thrown for a loss.

B 111 II II . 11l ■ ■ I Two Efrne Men Settle . Argument At Ball Game ) ALa Dempsey-Tunney -i Berne, Sept. 28.—Two Berne men r engaged tn a hot argument during a r basebail game at Chattanooga. Ohio. I- last Sunday and they finally agreed -. to -settle the argument a la Dempseyl_ Tunney The two participants were s Dewey Andrews, of east of Berne, and Albert Kirchhofer, of west of Berne. One won and the other was s licked, but since there was no ref a eree. the winner can not be named. , officially. T e The argument started when one insisted on razzing the Chattanooga I pitcher, and the other insisted that t he should not. They decided to seek » a suitable location and “have it out." f Both agreed not to tile charges against the other, they shook hands 5 and the fight was on.

1 0 CARDS EXCELL IN BATTERIES

Pitching And Catching Strength of St. Louis Club Better Than Yanks '] By Henry L. Farrell, ! j’*" United Press Sports Editor I New York. Sept 28. —Since the days , when the champion Chicago White Sox were the hitless wonders, through I successive years to th? Brooklyn Robins of 1920 and until the era of the lively ball, the importance of a battery was fully realized Even through the mad home run days cf the "Rabbit ball” the spec < tatois at a ball game were interested chiefly in—“who’s goiua pitch - ”’ I Now that some of the life has been taken out of the ball, the battery strength of baseball teams has gain ed in importance and in the coming I series when two slugging teams are | to battle for the rich prize, the com | parative strength of the batteries is 'of vital importance. The catchers can be disposed of easily. With Bob O'Farrell working behind - the plate for the St. Louis Cardinals, the National League champions will be fortified much stronger than the Yankees. O'Farrell not only is regarded as the best catcher of the year in the major leagues but he is the ranking candidate for the National league’s most valuable player prize. L The Yankees will have to depend upon old Hauk Severeid. who is a good mechanical catcher~Lut not a star. Benny Bengough had a weak arm all season that finally was brok en in Cleveland. Pat Collins has a terrible throwing arm and when he began to lose games, the Yankees claimed Severeid on waivers from I Washington Behind th., bat—a most vital spot I |..-r cent stronger than the Yankees. Both teams have good pitchers but St. L' vis has more good pitchers than the Yankees have and while the Yankese have good reserve pitchess they may have to be used oftener. In Haines, Rbem. Reinhart, Alexander, and Sherde! the St. Louis club has a more dependable staff of pitchers than the Yankees have in Pennock. Shocker, Reuther, Hojrt, Jones and Shaw key. Miller Huggins always e nl strong on pitching strength and he would have had his favorite "five star” staff this year If Hoyt’s arm had ( not gone bad. if Jones had not dis- ’ appointed and if Shawkey had not been injured. - As it now stands the Yankees have only two dependable pitchers. Pen nock and Shocker but Dutch Reuthei may prove to be the man of the hour. P.ogers Hornsby is much better off with Haines. Rhem, Alexander and Sherdel. Alexander’s average doesn’t . look as inspit ing as the others but with Bob O'Farrell catching him he may prove to be the hero of the ser!ies. Figures aftiount to very little in a world' series but the figures giv e the 1 Cards a very sizeable margin on the Yankees in battery strength.

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OUTDOOR SPORTS LEAD IN REVENUE » - ’i Millions Brought Into U. S. i Treasury By Taxes On Outdoor Amusements if By Joseph S. Wasney .s' (United Press Staff Correspondent> 1 f j Washington, D. C. Sept. 28 —< Unit ' *■ ed Press) —American love of the great) 'outdoors Is bringing millions into the: 1 I treasury in taxes. Statistics published I “I by the Treasury today indicate that! ' I outdoor sports are taking the lead, esSpecially motoring, and that Indoor a I musements are on the wane. s | Because of the popularity of motor 8 ing, the government collected sll3. 113.000 in taxes during the fiscal year of 1926. an increase of more than $18,000,000 as compared with 1925. i Officials pointed out that there' is now approximately one automobile' I for every six persons in the United' ' Athletic and spot tine clubs paid the government $10,000,000 taxes on dues I collected, as increase of more than! f $1,000,000 overthe previous year. Meantime bowling alleys, blllia.d and pc >1 academies, and riding acud , ( emies suffered a slump. These con-1 terns in all parts of the country only j j paid $1,730,000 m taxes, a decretsel of $580,000. , Theatres, c ncert and cabarets . were attended as largely during the 12 months as in the preceding year I These concerns taxes amounted to] $23,980,000 a decrease of nearly $7,OUU.OOu as compared with the 1925 re 1 I < turns, though seme of this decrease can be credited to lower amusement) ] taxes. > o Ty Cobb Plans To Detroit Tigers Again Next Year; Wants Hurlers ______ < Detroit. Sept. 28. —(United FTess) — ' Tyrus Cobb will return next spring at t the helm of the Detroit Tigers, and if he can get the pitchers will be < right up in the midst of the pennant < -fight, he told the United Press yes- 1 terday before leaving for Cleveland where he and Tris Speaker will start

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lon an extended hunting trip. ■ We have a youhg team." Ty said. “Just a bunch of kids. They thade •more hiita than any other club and drove in nearly as many runs. But we didn't have the pitchers. I ( Remember when you see a team having extended losing streaks, nine times out of ten its the pitching, be- ■ cause good pitchers will win now and ‘ then even with poor batting." • Rainy day stories" he characters* ied reports that he would quit as ' Tiger manager. “They read good, ' that's all there is to them." ■i Cobb indicated he would play as a I “reserve” next season, if “needed." | o Dallas And New Orleans Teams Battle To A Tie j Dalias. Tex., Sept. 28. — (United Press)—The Dallas Steers and the New Orleans Pelicans will take the field here today to play off yesterday's tie of the fifth game of the I Dixie series. At (be end of the ninth ' inning, the teams were deadlocked,' ' 2-2. and the game was called on account of darkness. Predict Arrest Os Suspect In Slaving Os Young Girl Liberty. Ind., Sept. 2?—(United Press! -Detectives and county officers today predicted a quick arrest ok at least One suspect in the slaying of I Eva May Brook. 8. A tangible clew hag been discov-1 ered, officials say, and one of the , suspects is to be brought into custody soon. The girl was found unconscious in a thicket near Liberty and died with- 1 out revealing the identity of her assailant. Production In Some Basic industries Declines j I Washington D. C. Sept 28. —(United Press) —While business generally continued to proseper during August, production in some basic industries declined, the federal reserve board's monthly business summary published today revealed. Textile Mill Industry and production of steel ingots, zinc, and petroleum inc. eased, while the output cf pig iron, lumber coal, copper cement and sugar was smaller than the month before. Automobile production, however, in-

.’creased considerably in August and ( was larger than any month since April Factoty payrolls, after declining in July, increased in August. Middle western states during the lift nth increased building activities but in eastern and southern states the vol-)

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