Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 88, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1927 — Page 6
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SCHAFER-ROOP TEAM IN LEAD Six Teams Bowl In City Two-Man Bowling Tourney ; Finish Meet Tonight M. Schafer and M. Roop hold the lead In the city two man bowling tom ney, following the night's bowling in the tourney last night. The Schafer Roop team turned in a score of 1,053 I ins for three games. The remainder of the teams entered in the tourney bowl tonight, and the team holding the highest s<ote will receive first prize in the meet. following are the scores turned it. by the teams that bowled last night' II Blackburn 113 159 234 50(. T. Bogner 169 155 143 467 Total 973
11. Young 173 156 153—481 11. Weller 124 153 174—451 Total 93.' B. Woods 129 147 130—3'6 H. Cochran 143 178 132 45; Total 84! B. Gage 149 124 168—411 L. Bogner 189 160 149—491 Total 931 ' M. Roop 168 186 189 —54i i A. Schafer 155 191 164—510 —— i Total 1,0 . M. Ross 190 160 196—54 t T. Spangler 177 134 159 —47! Total 1,611 o Tilden Eliminates Two Pinehurst, N. J., April 12.—(U.P.J— William Tilden, Americas ranking tennis player, eliminated two oppon ents in opening play of the north ant soulh tennis tournament. J. A. Ruggles. Pinehurt, was the first to meet defeat at Tilden’s hands 60, 6-0. Then Big Bill set dowt Josiah Wheelwright, Boston. 6-2. 6-0. o
Want Baseball Games The Omar baseball team, junio champions of Fort Wayne, would lik< to book games with fast junior team, in the surrounding territory. Any jur. lor team that wishes to book a gam< with the Eort Wayne champs shouh write to James J. Wagner, in care o: the Omar (Tub, 3327 liequ avenue Fort Wayne. Ind. o ♦ ♦ + + ♦♦ + + + + <•*<• + + ■! ♦ SPORT TABS 4 + ♦+ ♦♦♦ + + ♦ + + ++ + + « (By United Press) Chicago. — Johnny Meyers retainei his world’s middleweight wrestling championship by defeating Jimmy Logos, Chieago, in straight falls. Chicago. — Dave Shade. California and Phil Krug, Harrison, N. J., have weighed in at 158 pounds each foi their ten-round decision bout tonight The winner will have reason to demand a match with Mickey Walker middleweight champion. San Francisco. — Helen Wills has announced that she will sail from New York May 14 for England where shi
will compete in the Wimbledon allEnglish championship tennis tourna ment in June. Denver, Colo.-Gene Tunney. world’s champion heavyweight, stepped foui exhibition rounds last night, two with Eddie Eagan, Denver amateur, and two with Erank Muske, the champion’s sparring partner. Bloomington, Ind. —Indiana University and Depauw University will meet tomorrow in the season’s first base ball game for Indiana. o Detroit-St. Louis Game Postponed Due To Rain St. Louis, April 12. — (United Press) Rain and dampness made it necessary to postpone the opening game between St. Louis Crowns and Detroit shortly before 1 o’clock today. o Summiville —Farmers were prevented from making their milk deliveries, due to a scarcity of milk cans and beginning of operations of the Kraft Cheese Company was delayed for several days.
Today’s Schedule; Probable Batteries I (By United Press) American League Philadelphia at New York I Grove or Gray ami Co hrane; Hoyt and Grabowski. Boston at Washingfon—Harris:, and Hartley; Coveleskle and Ruel. Detroit nt St. Bouts Whitehill ‘ and Bassler; Zachary and Schang. Chicago at Cleveland — Thomas i and Schulk; Uhlo and Sewell. National League I St. Louis at Chicago—Alexander and O'Farrell; Root and Hartnett. ■ New York at Philadelphia — Barnes and D.vormer; Carlson and Jonnard. Brooklyn at Boston — Petty or Barnes and Henline; Benton or R. Smith and Taylor. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati —Kremer and E. Smith: Donohue and Hargrave.
FEATURE GAME IN NEW YORK TODAY Yankees And Athletics, Leading Favorites In American League Clash New York. April 12—(United Press With the advance sale of reserved teats already beyond all previous records. crowds began gathering early it the Yankee stadium today for the rush seats to see the Yankees and Philadelphia Athletics open the 1927 season. The weather was fair. Ruth. Cobb, Collins. Hoyt, Wheat. Lazzeri were the magic names that drew them. , Yankee officials were confident hat the crowd of 60.600 who attend >d when the stadium was opened in 1923 would be surpassed. The two mighty teams were generally regarded by fans here as having in excellent chance to run one-two n the pennant race and the game was counted on to produce in a minir way the thrills of a late contest between the leaders. Besides, Babe Tilth might hit a homer. Miller Huggins announced he would dart Waite Hoyt against the Ath-
etics. Connie Mack kept, his pitcher a secret, but Lefty Grove or Sam Iray were regarded as the most 'robable, with Ed Rommel a possibility. Cardinals Meet Cubs Chicago, April 12 —(United Press) The St. Louis Cardinals, world champions of baseball in 1926, open their 1927 pennant, drive here today against he Chicago Cubs. Although lacking Rogers Honrsby, he dashing player manager who led item to their first championship, the ?ards appeared confident and eager or the campaign. Frankie Frisch, who came to St. Louis in exchange "or Hornsby, semeed anxious to make tood in the task of filling his predecessor's shoes. The Cubs, selected by some experts as one of the toughest teams the Cards will have to beat, also looked fit. Except for Earl Webb, a new ’omer in the outfield, the Cub lineup Is the same as last year. Grover Qlevieland Alexander, outhanding hero of the 1926 world ser’es, was expected to take the hill for he Cards, with Willie Sherdle as the next best bet. Charley Root, ace of the Cubs staff, probably will pitch for the Cubs. n —
Berne Young Man To Pitch For Chattanooga Earl "Lefty” Winteregg, former Berne high school baseball and basketball player, has signed up to pitch for Chattanooga, Ohio, Braves this summer. Winteregg will da most of the hurling for the Braves. Chattanooga will have practically all of last year’s players on the team this year o Woman Rescued From Fire By Her Brother Indianapolis, April 12. — (U.P.) — Mrs. Eva Htrchler, 51, today owed her life to her brother, Andrew Thoney, 45, who rescued her from her burning house. Mrs. Huchler ran upstairs in an effort to save some of her belongings and was trapped by the flames. Thoney dashed up the stairway and carried her to safety.
CRIMINOLOGY I Courses In Advanced Detective Work Taught San Francisco, (United Press) —The fit st college of iTlmtnologj in the wot Id excusively for the stody of crime and the criminal, has been established here, anil if it assumes the proportions its faculty visions, the police force in almost any town may have tts ‘Cesare Lombroso." After completing a four-year course any student who graduates may hang out his shingle with sum embellishments as ('(’, HE, FPE and M and (’, E. following his name. These degrees have been authorized in the charter granted the Criminology College of California by the state. The CC degree will be one of the highest to lie confered. The insigna means "consulting criminologist" and its titled owner is supposed to be qutil- - ified to solve the most mysterious cf
crimes. The HE title is that of "bachelor of handwriting." The FPE, it that of a proven finger print expert, while the I M and CE degree means “doctor .of microscopic and carnet a detection.” Chauncey McGovern LL 8., who instituted the college, said the main purpose of the school would be to secure data about crime committing and ciiine committers, statistics of the kinds and classes cf each, theories as to the cause, means of detection and manners of prevention, through either the removal of the causes and their scuices or else through the humane elimination of crime committers themselves. According to McGovern, some of the foremost criminologists of Great Britain. France, Russia and the United States have endorsed the school and services of eminent ci ime exports of many countries for lectures have been obtained. o Two Neptune, Ohio, Boys Leave Home Saturday Rolland Martin, 6. son of Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Martin, and Russe' Thomas, 15, son of Mr. and Mr . George Thomas, both residing in Neptune, Ohio, nogth of Celina, left their homes Saturday afternoon and have net been heard from since that time.
The boys took the Martin family's automobile, a Ford touting car bearing the license number of 231,128, It is thought that they headed for the western states. Both were pupils in the Neptune high .school and they seemed restless ami disatisfied with their home life. The Thomas boy is tall and slender, and wore a light gray suit and cap. His companion is heavy set, and wore a dark suit light hat ami tan oxfords. They had about $5 in money between them. o Joel Reynolds Breaks Arm In Fall From Ladder Joel Reynolds, former chief of police of this city, sustained a fractured arm when he fell off a ladder yesterday afternoon while working cn the remodeling of a house on Seventh street. Mr. Reynolds caught his arm i back of him when he fell, and the fracture was a severe one. o Former Town Marshal Indicted For Murder Newcastle. Ind., April 12. —(U.P.) —
Melvin Rigsby, former town marshal at Shirley, was indicted today by the Henry county grand jury osi a first degree murder charge for the fatal shooting of Herman Riggs, a farmer. Rigsby shot Riggs in a pool room at Shirley when Riggs refused to go to jail with the marshal. Rigsby is to be arraigned Friday. o — Two Bandits Take $13,000 From A Bank Messenger Niagar Falls, N. Y„ April 12.—(U. P.) —Two bandits today held up a J messenger of the Cataract National , bank in the Niagara Falls postoffice and escaped with $13,000 in cash. The messenger, Frank McMahon, 21, was entering the postmaster’s office to register the money when surprised by the bandits. Two confederates of the robbers were waiting in an automobile outside the postoffice. The car sped toward Buffalo. Q _ Elwood —Citizens here have petitioned for a big trunk sewer as a result of spring floods this year.
DECATUR DAILY DEMOCR AT TUESDAY, APRIL 12,1927.
KENNETH SCHAFER IS CALLED TO I’ol,o, ILL. Decatur Young Man Receives Call To Pastorate Os Presbyterian Church Kenneth Si’infer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Schafer, of northwest id' Decatur, has received a call to the liasiorate of the First Presbyterian ■ Burch at Polo, Illinois. The decision lo extend the call to the Decatur young man was reached at u congregational meeting held by the church. Kenneth will bo graduated from the I McCormick; Theological seminary at Chicago this spring. Ho has been praeching for some time. It is thought he will accept the invitation to the Polo church. Polo is located 22 miles south of Freeport aud has a population of about 2,000. o — WOMAN'S CLUB WILL GIVE PROGRAM MON. Miss Edna Means. Noted Interpretative Reader And Impersonator, To Appear Here The Woman's Club will give a program of unusual'merit Monday evening April 1.8.. in the high school auditorium. Miss Edna Means, interperi;.tive reader and impersonator, of Chicago, will be presented. Miss Means Is : ecognized everywhere as one of tinnotable artists, who has achieved outstalnding success in the entertainment field. She is a graduate of the Emerson College of Oratory, of Boston, and for eight years has been with the Redpath Bureau appearing in most of ihe laige cities in this country. Miss Means has the unqualified endorsement of Diama Leagues, literary clubs and Woman's Clubs everywhere. The 1 admission fee will be fifty cents. All members of the club will be charged the same admission as the en'er'ainment is not «■?'e<;>i>a in { | if year book. o Woman Believed To Be “Torso Victim" Returns South Bend, Ind., April 12 —(United Press)—Mrs. Alice Van Dusen, once believed by police to be the "torso victim" washed up by the St. Joseph river here in February, today refused to explain her mysterious risapoearance last December. • Mrs. Van Dusen, who returned to the home of her parents yesterday, said that, she had been working on a farm near the city and that she had returned to complete divorce proceed-
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u S THE CASH REGISTER THE functions of a Cash Register are net those of a Bank. They are not designed to i*. safe-guard their contents. The banking laws < throw none of the protections around the conS' tents of a cash register they do around money K' deposited in bank. 1 I I THE aggregate loss by thoughtless people, ■ who assume a cash register is a proper cash fll depoitory, is so appalling, our suggestion that ■ currency, except for minor and immediate £ needs, should be kept in a commercial account here, may not be amiss. e Capital Q Ktecqtur, ’
|lngs started shortly before she vanished. I Becguno measurements of the head'less body tallied with those of Mrs. I Van Dusen, police had held the theory that the body was that the mi - l-dug wothati. I This belief was strengthened when Mrs. Van Dusen failed to reappear after weeks of publicity regarding the case. CANTONESE HOLD PROTES OF FIVE POWERS IS UNJUST icuvrivvicn gHint e owe) : in considerable numbers. Geneva. April 12— (t’niu-d Press) Orders have been issued at Peking, the league of nations was notified today closing all Chinese legations and consulates in Europe, effective May 1. The Peking government said that the closing was necessary by luck of funds. o John Carlton Dies At His Home In Berne Berne, April 12—Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for John Carlton, 71. well known junk dealer >1 Berne, who died at his home on North Behring street. Friday night. Mr. Carl ton had been ill for four months and had stiffen d severe hem.irages. He was born April 16. 1853 He spent the last 19 years of his life in Adams conn ty. Mr. Carlton is survived by his widow. Mrs. Anna Louisa Carlton, and two birthers, Howard and Jordon, of Oregon. He was a thirty-second degree Mason, being a member of the Geneva lodge.
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Portland Robert Slapp. 6, swallow-j ed an Iron washer. Physicians had toj operate, but Robert is recovering. Alexandria — The city council has set April 23th to 30th as dean up week.
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