Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 98, Decatur, Adams County, 25 April 1927 — Page 6

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COMMODORES i LOSE OPENER Errors Enable Central Catholic To Win Game Here By Score Os 13-6 Rad throwing and poor base running wore largely responsible for the . defeat of the Decatur Catholic high 1 Fchcol Commodores in a baseball game with the Central Catholic high school nine, of Fort Wayne, on the 1 South Ward diamond here Friday at- 1

ternoon. The final score of t.he seveninn ng game was 13-6. It was the first game of the season for both teams and was the first time in history that the local school has been represented on the baseball diamond. The visitors scored four runs in the first inn ng. as a result of two hits and some misplays by the Commodores. They added two more tallies in the second inning, two in the fourth, two in the sis h and three in the seventh. The Commodores scored two runs in the third inning and pushed over four more in the sixth frame. Mongo Myers pitched for the Commodores and would have made a much better showing had his support not faltered at critical stages of the game. Potthoff, the visiting hurler, pitched steady ball outside of the sixth inning. The Commodores hit the ball hard and consistently, but failed to take advantage of their slugging. The lack of practice, caused by the continued rains and wet weather, showed plainly on their playing. "Hocky" Mylott scored Decatur’s first run in the third inning, when he singled, advanced to second when Art Wemhoff drew a walk and came home on a double by Meyers. Wemhoff rcored. also. Junk then struck out. but B. Wemhoff singled. Meyers was held at tlfrd. Foos and Smith s ruck out. retiring the side with two men on bases. in the sixth inning. A. Miller, batting for Foos, walked. Sorg batted for Smith and singled. Rttmschlag batted for R. Miller and was safe on an error. With the bases full, Petie Mylo'.t drove a sharp line drive over second, but Matthew made a flying leap and speared the ball. Hocky Mylott got his second hit of the game, a single, scoring A. Miller. Art Wemhoff again singled, scoring Sorg. Meyers filed out and Junk walked, filling the bases again Keller batted for B. Wemhoff and was hit by thei pitcher, forcing in Art Wemhoff.-The | side was retired when Sorg struck out. This ended Decatur’s scoring. Meyers walked three batters, while Pothoff issued five passes. The visiting hurler struck out six and Meyers retired four by the strike-out route. Meyers was touched for 7 hits and Potthoff Hogg, who relieved h m. allowed the same number. L'neups and summary: Decatur Catholic AB R IT F F. Mvlott, c 4 0 0 0 J. Mylott. 3b4 2 2 2 A. Wemhoff, ss .4122 Meyers, p. 4 0 11 Junk, ct 4 0 o'o B. Wemhoff, lb 4 0 1 2 Foos. If 4 0 0 2 Smith, rs 3 0 0 0 R. Miller, 2b 4 10 0 Sorg. rs 11 1 0 A. Miller. If 01 0 0 Rumschlag. 2blo 0 0 Keller, lbo 0 0 0 37 6 7 9 Central Catholic AB R II F. Kallmyer, cf 4 110 Romary, c 4 11 o DeWood, 2b5 5 2 ® Chris .man, 3b 3 3 10 Hogg, lb., p. . 4 10 0 Dillon, lb. ... .4110 Matthews, ss 3 0 0 1 Pox. ss. 10 0 0 Cavanaugh, rf3 110 Schrantz, rflo 0 0 Potthoff, p. ~3 0 0 1 Logan, cflo 0 0 36 13 7 2 Umpire: Cai Peterson.

J O Ohio Relays Are Run At Columbus Today Columbus, 0., April 23j—(UP)— Simultaneous with tire running of the Kansas relays at Lawrence to-] day, a rival event in middle western collegiate sport circles —the Ohio re-1 lays—was on the program, thus opening the outdoor track and field season with a double bill. Several stars from eastern colleges and universities are entered in the Ohio games and critics believe many of those performing here this after-1 noon will be likely candidates for the 1928 Olympic games.

Many S|ars On Hands For Kansas Relays —— ( Lawrence. Kans. April 23-(UP) — Clear skies, a fast, smooth track, and a collection of stars known on cinder path and field from one end of the country to the other, gave promise of greatest Kansas University Relay Carnival this afternoon. Teams representing the Missouri Valley, the Big Ten, conferences of the east and the far west and south and southwest, are on hand, waiting for the starter’s gun. While the field has been under water for some time up to the last few days, officials hold the track wil be in good shape.

. — o — GENEVA WINS TRACK MEET I Winners Claim County Title After Taking Meet With Hartford And Kirkland In a triangular track and field nice held at Geneva Friday afternoon, ii which Geneva. Hartford and Kirklan high schools were represented, th( Geneva athletes carried off first hon ors and now lay claim to the count; championship. The final score in th< meet was Geneva, 47; Hartford, 3 and Kirkland. 3. Felber, of Hartford township, am Dunwiddie, of Geneva, were tied so high point honors each scoring If points. The meet was held unde very unfavorable conditions, the ground bci gnwet and soft and th< air colil and damp. oN time was kep in the track events, but the record made in the field events were good considering the existing conditions. Following are the results of the vai ions events: 100-yard dash — Fravel (Gt, first Banter (Hi, second; Felber, (Hi ■ third. ’ 220-yard dash — Dunwiddie (G) first; Banter (Hi. second; Felber, (H third. High jump—Aspy (G), first; Stahl’ (G) and Myer (K), tied for sesom' and third Height: 5 ft. 2 in. 440-yard dash — Felber (Hi, first Dunwiddie (G), second; Bausermar (G), third. Running broad jump — Neal (G) first; Stahly (G). second; Felber (H) Shot put — Dunwiddie (G), first- [ Eicher (Hi, second; Bauserman (G) third. Distance: 39 ft. 11 in. Half mile run—Felber (Hi, fisrt Stahly (G), second; Bauserman (G) third. Po’e vault —Fravel (G), and Browr (G), tied for first; Baumgartner (K) third. Height: 10 ft. 2 in. Mil» run —Gerber (Hi. first: Zim merman (G), second; Hendricks (G) third. o

BASEBALL’S BIG FOUR By United Press Tris Speaker got a pair of singles in six times at bat yesterday while the other three members of the quartette were idle because of unfavorable weather. AB H■ PC F HR ; Ruth 32 8 .250 .944 1 ' Hornsby 34 15 .441 1000 2 ' Cobb ...40 14 .350 K>oo 0 ! Speaker 34 12 .353 1000 . 0 o •♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< . ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD ♦ ********♦♦*♦«*♦« (By United Press), ( Yesterday's Hero —Lee . Meadows, who pitched the Pittsburgh Pirates to > their seventh victory of the season

and strengthened heir grip on first place in the National league. Meadows gave the Cincinnati Reds eight, hits but he kept them so well scattered that they produced only one run while the Pirates wore bunching their nine hits with sacrifices and walks to produce three runs. This ! was yesterday's only game in the National league, weather conditions causing postponment of the others. in the only game played yesterday in the American league the Washing- . ton Senators defeated Boston, 7-3. It was the eighth defeat in the nine ' starts for the Red Sox. Melody de Luxe at Sun Set. I Sunday evening. It

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY. APRIL 2.3. 1927.

COACH DEPLORES NEW NET ROLE Coach Hinkle, Os Butler, Says Limit On Dribble Is A Backward Step Indianapolis, Ind., April 23.—Tony linkle, director of atheletics at Bitter University, who was styled by many a critic as the greatest defenilve player the basketball game knew ias some interesting ideas in regard o the new basketball rules promulrated for the benefit of the sport

vorld. Tony’s coming from a state where basketball is the talk of every :ollego campus and cross roads, his ipinlons are of interest, Tony says: ’’A small man will have no chance, fake shot or a feint followed by a ’nibble was the small man’s greatest ffensivo asset. ‘‘l’ takes the premium off of good lefensive players. With the dribble 'iminated any mediocre player can -uard the greatest player in the cottnry and do a good job of it. ‘"lt tends to put: ail basketball Javers on a par. It takes away from he great basketball player and adds o the mediocre player, both offenively and defensively. ‘‘lt will make the game rougher as uards will be able to press offensive nen harder and closer. The dribble hreat has always kept a guard a few •ards away from an offensive man. “It will encourage the use of the legal block’ in offense. The ‘legal dock’ in my estimation is the danger oint in basketball. It amounts to 'othing but interference running and mts basketball on a crude body docking basis. “It will make the game more or a ss a long shooting contest. The ’efensive man has by far the greater dvantage and will be able to keep he offensive man from getting close o the basket. “It will greatly decrease the scorng in basketball. More points will irobably be scored by foul goals. r h:s makes the game a foul shdbting ■ontest. exactly what the sporting mblic does not want. “It tends to do away with the brain vork of the individual players. The slayer will become more or less of a nechanical man, fitting into a system with no chance to use his own brains. “It does away with the spec’acular nart *f basketball, that is, the indi- - ' eliminating the home run of baseball ir the long end run in football. “It gives the defensive team by ’ar the greater advantage. “It is a backward step in basket ball rather than an advancement..”

o *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ » BASEBALL STANDINGS ♦ national league W. L. Pct. Pittsburgh 71 .875 Boston 7 4 .636 "Philadelphia . .53 .625 St. Louis 4 3 .571 New York 5 4 .556 Chicago 3 4 .529 Brooklyn 2 8 .200 Cincinnati .... 17 .125 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. New York 7 2 .778 Detroit 3 1 .750 Washington 6 3 .667 3t. Louis 3 2 .600 Cleveland 4 4 .500 Philadelphia 4 5 .444 Chicago 3 6 .333 Boston 1 8 .111 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. Mineapolis 7 0 1.000 St. Paul 6 1 .857 Kansas City 6 2 .750 Milwaukee . 6 2 .750 Toledo 2 4 .333 Indianapolis 2 6 .333 Columbus 1 6 .142 Louisville 0 7 .000 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh, 3; Cincinnati, 1. Others postponed, rain. American League Washington, 7; Boston, 3. Others postponed, rain. American Association Indianapolis, 5: Kansas City, 4. Milwaukee. 8; Louisville, 3. Others postponed, rain. o CHlCAGO—Entries close May 4 for the handball champ’onship« of thp Central A. A. U., singles matches will be held at Chicago and the doubles at Detroit—the date for both events being May 9 to 16.

CASHES IN AS HOLDOUT \ - shS J \ ' I ’ ’/Aa'V' Li if w Wk • - - ■ _ V <». ■•>.%< Hughey C.iilz. Cincinnati Reds' second baseman, finds it pays to be a holdout. He balked at signing a contract until at ter the season opened. Then the management capitulated and gave him $12,000 for the year. As one ol the best second sackers of the league, ranking close behind I'risch and Hornsby, lies probably worth it.

+ + + + + + * + + + + ’s , ‘!' + , 5 , + 4- SPORT TABS * ♦ •!’V’i-* + + + + + + + + * (By’ United Press) PITTSBURH. Pa—A contract restoring the Notre Dante-Carnegie Tech football games has been signed,. according to Clarence Overend, graduate athletic manager at Carnegie. These two rivals will meet in 1928 and 1929 —one game in South Bend, Ind., and one game here. ST. LOUIS —Howard Freigau has 1 been restored to his position at third base in the Chicago Cubs lineup. He was benched at the opening of the season in favor of Riggs Stephenson, an outfielder, whose hitting strength was needed but Manager McCarty - now feels he needs a steadier head it the so-called “hot corner.” BLOOMINGTON—Errors cost Indiana the loss of its first western conference game of the season to Ohio State, 3-2. Correll’s home run in the sis h was the feature of the game. o

DALE'S CASE TO COME UP MONDAY Arguments In Muncie Editor's rase To .j ed To U. S. Supreme Court Indianapolis, Ind. April 23 —(VPI — Assistant Attorney Generals Edward M. White and Edward J. Lennon leave for Washington, D. C. today to appear Monday before the Vnited States Supreme Court representing the State of Indiana in oral arguments on the contempt of court case of George Dale, Muncie publisher, appealed from the Indiana Supreme Court. Involved in the case is the now-fa-mous opinion written by Indiana Supreme Court Judge Julius C. Travis, upholding the judgment of Delaware Circuit Court Judge Clarence W. Dearth of the judgement of Delaware Dearth of Muncie and declaring that "truth is no defense.” Dearth sentenced Dale to 90 days imprisonment and imposed a fine of SSOO when he found him guilty of,contempt charge. 1 Dale's attack against Dearth fol’owed the publisher’s indictment on a liquor charge. The appeal was taken to the V S. Supreme Court on a writ of error from the State Supreme Court obtained by construing that a federal constitutional point was envolved. The State supreme Court opinion held that the truth is no defense when the allegations defame the integrity of the court concerned and hinder or delay its operation in cases pending. Dale's case was once thrown out of the United States Supreme Court when his attorney failed io pay required printing .fees in connection with the filing of his appeal. He personally obtained its reinstatement. Suppression of the sale of Dale's newspaper by Judge Dearth directly precipitated Dearth's impeachment by the Indiana House of Representatives and his trial before the Senate where he was acquitted. Dearth and Dale have been implacable enemies for many years and the present case is the result of one of a series of many clashes where the publisher has attacked bitterly the Muncie judge's methods of conducting court proceedings in that city.

GENEVA ALUMNI HOLD BANQUET Ninety Graduates Os Geneva High School Entertain 1927 Graduating Class Geneva, April 23—(Special)—The annual banquet of the alumni association of Geneva high school was held in the basement of the Methodist church last night. Ninety members of the association and the twelve members of the 1927 graduating class at'ended the event. A delicious banquet was served by the Ladies’ Aid society of the Methodist church. During the evening, Kenneth Shoemaker, an alumnus of Geneva high school, presented a silver loving cup to Miss Ru'.h Pusey, valedictorian of

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the 1927 graduating class. Ho made a short talk in preseutlng the cup, l commending Miss Pusey on her record in school. The following program was given at the banquet: Welcome address, by Earl Shepherd,l president of the alumni. ■Response, by Doyle Bauserman, president of the senior class Music, by alumni orchestra Toast, by David Cross Vocal solo, by Ina Briggs Music, by uluinni orchestra Sung, by alumni ladles’ quartet

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