Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 76, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1927 — Page 6

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YANKEES LOOK GOOD TO FARRELL United Press Sports Writer Thinks New York Club Is Strong Contender New York. Mar. 29—(United Press) New York will bo one ot the two or three favorites in the 1927 American League pennant race if tor no reason o'her than the Yankees won the pennant last season. At this time last spring the possibilities of the Yankees were rated by several experts as being worth about one nickel a dozen. The Yanks didn’t look so much in the St. Petersburg training camp but they went away to a flying start when baseball games entered the percentage column. The club that Miller Huggins will start this year is just as strong as it was last season and it has a more powerful secondary defense. John McGraw is credited with the remark that no baseball club is stronger than its utility men. The Yankees have almost two entire teams of equal ability. The Yankees, however, will need more than they had last year because the opposition of the Philadelphia Athletics and the Washinton Senators will be more serious. It must bo remembered that the Yankees fell into a late season slump last year that might have cost them the championship if they hadn't had a wide margin of games. The outfield of the Yankees—Babe Ruth. Bob Merisel and Earl Coombs —is far superior to any other combination except that of the Detroit Tigers; the infield. Gehrig. Lazzeri. Koenig and Dugan is a good infield if not a great one. The catching staff with Benough. Collins and Grabowski is capable and the pitching staff headed by Herb Pennock, Waite Hoyt and Shocker is as good as any in the league. Some of the experts figure Koenig is not a good shortshop. His errors last season and his faulty work in the world’s series are still being pointed out but his bosses, Col. Jake Ruppert and Miller Huggins, seem to be satisfied with his play. Babe Ruth, of course, has to be considered as a factor in the makeup of the club. Ruth is in shape and with Ruth hitting the Yanks hit. o 44>4>*4> + **** + + +*+* * SPORT TABS + + + + + + * + + + + *+ +** + CHICAGO — Joe (Toots) Mondt. Montana, heavyweight wrestler used a Japanese Jack Knife hold to advantage and defeated Wayne Munn in straight falls. The first fall was in 1:05:45 and the second in 3:47. CHICAGO—If Dave Shade and Maxie Rosenbloom ean decide on the required weight they may be matched in a middleweigh', bout here April 12. TAMPA. Fla. —Brooklyn and Wash ington called it quits after eleven innings at four runs apiece. SANFORD, "Fla. —The Indianapolis Indians offered real opposition which the Philadelphia Athletics barely overcame to win 3-2. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla—The Baltimore Orioles went on a spree in the fourth inning, scored seven runs and beat the Cincinnati Reds by a 9-5 score here. SHREVEPORT. La—Johnny Mostil. convalescing from his self inflicted wounds of three weeks ago, looked on ad the Chicago l White Sox battled for 13 innings to win a 2-1 victory over the Shreveport team. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The world champion Cardinals waited un til the ninth inning to overcome a first inning four run lead and defeat their world series’ rivals, the New * York Yankees, 5-4 here. ST, AUGUSTINE, Fla.—The St. Louis Browns knocked the ball to all corners of the field and beat the New York Giants 12-6. CHICAGO —Forty-three high school basketball teams, 37 of which are state championship aggregiations from ali parts of the country, will go into action today and tomorrow in the first round of the ninth annual national sponsored Ixy the University of Chicago. o Mrs. John Mougey has returned to her home in Columbus. Ohio after spending several days here with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schulte and other friends,

Connie Mack Thinks His Team Is Contender 1 Fort MyorH. Fla., Mar. 29— (United Press)- Thu Athletics arp being picked as one of the favorites to win the (American League pennant ami 1 figure naturally that the club should do so. It Is the business of a manager in baseball to organize and develop a team that ho things is good enough to boa contender. 1 have known as well as the critics the weakness of the Philedalphia club in recent years ami 1 think I have corrected those weaknesses. Wo have a strong club now in every way and for the first time in years I have sufficient secondary defense to overcome the bad breaks that, may happen to us during the season as they happen to all ball clubs'. 1 urn satisfied with the pitchers that we have; the infield and the outfield have defensive and offensive strength and our catching staff needs nothing to be desired. It is going to be a hard fight with such good loams in there as New York. 'Washington and Detroit, but we feel that wo are just as strong as any chib in the race. o Golden Wins Second In Southern Golf Tourney Atlanta Ga.. March 29 — (United Press) The first professional prize cf $4,000 in the southern open goll tourney goes to Johnny Golden as a result of his defeat by cne stroke ol Johnny Farrell in the IS-hold play-ofl yesterday. The tourney was won by Bobby Jones, an amateur. Farrell and Gold en finished in a He for second place making the play-off necessary for the professional purse. Little Texas Border Town Expects Boom As Railways Connect There Presido, Texas, (United Press)— This little border town will soon be the gateway from the central southwest to Mexico hy virtue of its location on the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient i ail ways which will connect Kansas City and Mexico City. Building rapidly northward from Chihuahua City. Mexico, the railroad iow is within 45 miles of Presidio. From the netthem end, the road v.ii. cut through one of the richest sections in agriculture and oil in the United States. Construction is going on now between here and Alpine, Texas, the and rtf the northern spur. On the Mexican side of the Rm Gi ande. the new road will be a key to the enormous treasme vault of Mex and agriculture products. Around Chihuahua alone lies fields of untouched silver, gold, quick silver, coal and kaoline. Equa'ly undeveloped is the section to the north of Presidio across the west Texas plains and western Oklahoma. Between Piesidio and Marfa is the Shafter silver mine, the largest producing silver mine in the United States. Lead is also mined here. With completion of the railway, expected in a few months, Presidio is expected to boom. Alieady a weekly newspaper has been established hen by Edwin Moss Williams, son of Deal. Waltei Williams, of the School of Journalism of the University of Missouri. In addition to the Presidio Border Times he owns the Mataf, Texas, Big Bend Sentinel. o New “Babies’ Suite” In Buckingham Palace London (United Press) —'Buckingham Palace will henceforth have a “Babies’ Suit," to be set aside for the use of present and future royal grandchildren. It is understood that Queen Mary is so pleased with the royal nursery which she had arranged for Princess Elizabeth, who is staying at the Palace (Turing the Duke and Duchess of York's visit to Australia, that she has given orders that the nursery is to be retained as a permanent part of the Palace. English Woman Dies From German Shell Fire Martlepool, Eng (United Press) — Twelve years after receiving shrapnel injuries in the bombardment of this city by the Get mans during the war, Mrs. Sarah Stringer died here recent- > ly. Mt s. Stringer had wounds all over ■ the body. They had never properly . healed. The coroner’s jury returned a ■ verdict of "death following wounds received in the bombardment."

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GOOD HEALTH IS AID TO GODLINESS Minister Holds II ea 11 h Classes In Church At Denver, Colorado Denver, Colo., (United Press) It is impossible* to have "a perfectly functioning soul until one has a perfectly functioning body." Dr. Robert It. 11. Bell, pastor of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Denver, believes. So Dr. Bell has instituted a health class among members of his church in order that the principal "ptequisit to soul perfection” way he attained. The ( lass meets once every week at the church. There Di. Bell, aided by Captain J. L. Bell, army physician, lectures to church members on the importance of propet diet, elimination and exercise. “Do not let anyone mislead you," Dr. Bel! said, "into the belief that diseases aie essential to saintliness. Too many dyspeptics have hud a hand in the making of many of our theological opinions. ' “Disease robs a man of ambition and takes bis initiative f;om him. No, man can be perfect in mind wh6se body is wracked with pain.” I A good diet. Dr. Bell said, is perhaps the most important part of his health program. And fruit, he added, forms the principal ingredient of the diet. "Get into the habit of using oranges and lemons every Jay." he advised. Use no sugar.” He recommended the following as the menu for a perfectly balanced dinned : » "Broiled stake with butter and lemon. baked potato, c. mbination salad with oil-lemon dressing, and a little! honey, turnips lemonade sweetened with honey and mixed fruits.” o — George Washington Ate Peas With Knife; Proper Method In Those Days Columbus, 0.. (United Press) — When George Washington ate peas with his knife anti drank his tea from a saucer, not even an eyebrow raised according to Lelia C. Ogle, extension specialist in hoane economics at Ohio State University. Daring souls who essayed the lesshazardous fork in attacking their peas were considered uncultured and crude, during the Revolutionary days. Table manners are constantly chang-, ing, she said, for in medieval times.'

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one fork was customary for each knight and lady. They alternated in taking mouthfuls of food, she said. have general! bee »-ffv* ted to give more table room. The computatively lecent "oars in" dictate which decreed it was conventional to rest the knife and fork on the plate instead of "gunk-planked" out from the edges of it. evolved to create mor*’ spnqe. Miss Ogle said. “I would not be surprised if napkins would soon come into use' completely unL'lded." she added. — o YEAR 1926 BEST IN G. E, HISTORY Annual Report Os General Electric Company Shows Record Sales Schenectady. March 29—The annua) report of the General Electlic Company, made public today, shows the year 1926 to have been the meat prospeions in the history of the company | Sales billed amounted to $326,974,104 compared with $290,290,166 in 1925. an ease of moro than $36,000,000. Tht best previous high record was in 1924 I when sales totaled $299,251,869. Orders received during 1926 amounted to $327,400,207, an increase of eight per cent over 1925. The previous high record $318,470,438 in 1920. Pi available for dividends on the common stock on the 1926 business was $44,314,884, equivalent to $6.14 pet share on the 7.211.481 shares of no par value stock outstanding, as con: pared with $20.49 per share in 1925 on the 1,802,870 shares cf SIOO par value common stock then outstanding, which I is equivalent to $5.12 per share on the present stock. In August 1926, fom shares cf no par value common s'oek were issued in exchange for each share ol the old common stock. This split-up of shares is reflected in an increase in the number of stockholders f.u~. 36.697 in December 1925 to 46.305 in December, 1926. More than 98 percent of the stock is held in the United States and neatly half of the stockholders are women. Every state in the Union is represented in the list of stockholders. o / Elwood —Elwood is to have a new bus line charging a fare of only five cents for any distance up to a mile. Laiatrte —Follpwing an editorial criticizing the department for speeding to fires, the board of safety an- ■ nounced the local department will not exceed 31) miles i” the ■ - - ui.ii. '.m-Mgnc

RHEUMATISM Once Disease Developes It Is Difficult To Cure By Joseph S. Wasney ll’ult") Press Staff ('oi respondent) Washington. Mar. 29. (United Press) Beware of the rheumatism germ for once the disease develops it often resists tieatment and frequently is the direct cause of heart disease, U. S. Public Health Service warns. Patients with rheumatic fever make up from 3 to 7 per cent of the total sick admitted to large hospitals. Even when the patient has fail ly recovered I there may be painful reminders left, such as aching, or stiffened joints and there may be repeated attacks of the disease booming sub-acute or chronic. Pre-disposing causes ol rhematisin were listed by the Public Health Service as enlarged tonsils, adnoids, and diesased conditions of the teeth, particularly pyorrhea. "To be exposed to cold, to remain for some time in wet clothing, to get thoroughly or repeatedly chilled, may It is believed, lead to an attacK of nieumatism directly or it is thought that in some cases the rheumatism may follow tonsilitia, a cold or some other acute respiiatoty condition which may have been caused by exposure.” the Service said. “It is well to avoid such evposures and one should learn that colds and sore throats are not tiival matters. One should always take scrupulous care of the teeth and one cf the most

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Will Borling. Os Bluffton, win R)l , a talk before the Deeamr Thursday evening on "The | llllh Egg Men." Miss Goldie Gause and Miss A| i( „ James motored to Bluffton afternoon. ' Attorney Earl Adams and It, T. T veer made u liusine trip p, p Wayne this morning