Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 99, Decatur, Adams County, 26 April 1927 — Page 6

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YELLOW JACKETS HAVE BUSY WEEK Two Track Meets And Baseball Game On Schedule; Bluffton Here Tuesday Decatur high school athletes have two track meets and one baseball game scheduled for this week. On Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o’clock, the Yellow .Jackets will engage in a dual track and field meet with Bluffton high s bool's Tigers. On Wednesday after.noon, the Central high school Tigers, of Fort Wayne, will eonie to Decatur for a baseball game with the Yellow Jackets on the South Ward diamond. On Saturday, Coach Curtis will take a team of eight athletes to the Kokomo high school relays, at Kokomo. The Decatur-Bluffton track meet is to be made an annual affair, and a shield w’ill be awarded to the winner each year. The meet tomorrow will bo held at Bellmont Park. It was originally scheduled for April 16, but was postponed on account of rain. To Be Thirteen Events Points in the meet will he awarded on the basis of five for first place, three for second and one for third. Each school may enter three men in each event, with the exception of the high and low hurdles. Davis, of South Side high school. Fort Wayne, will officiate. There will be thirteen events, as follows: 100-yard dash: 220-yard dash 440-yard dash; half-mile run; mile run; high hurdles; low hurdles; halfmile relay; mile relay; high jump: broad jump; pole vault and shot put. The profits from the meet will be used to defray the expenses of taking a team of eight athletes to the Kokomo relays next Saturday. Enter Eight Events Coach Curtis has entered Yellow Jackets in all of the field events at the Kokomo relays and in the 100yard dash; 220-yard low hurdles and the mile and half-mile relays. The Decatur team has an excellent chance to cop several points in the meet. The Decatur entries for the Kokomo relays are: 100-yard dash —Anadell and Gerber; high jump—Bebout and Laukenau; broad jump—Hill and Bebout; shot put —Welker and Hill; pole vault —Reynolds; 220-yard low hurdles — Anadell and Lankenau; half-mile relay—four to be chosen from Anadell. Lankenau, Hill, Gerber. Bebout Krir’lc.j mile relay f ::r hosen from Reynolds, Bebout, Krick, Anadell and Gerber. The baseball team and track team have been handicapped greatly in practicing during the last two weeks on account of rain. The baseball team has played only one game, so far, the others having been called off on account of rain. Cen’ral high, of Fort Wayne, has a strong baseball team thia spring and a good game is expected Wednesday afternoon, when the two teams clash on the South Ward diamond. Baseball Player Hurt In Fight With Umpire Indianapolis, Ind., April, 25—(UP) —lvy Griffin, first baseman for the Milwaukee American association baseball team will be out of the game for at least a month as the result of inpurles received in a fight. G. L. Magerkurth. an umpire for the association, according to announcement of physicians today. Magerkurth was arrested yesterday after the fight, charged with assault and battery, but was released on 150 bond. According to police Magerkurth attacked Griffin in the latter’s hotel room after the first baseman had refused to make an apology for an epithet which the umpire said had been applied to him. Griffin is suffering from cuts and bruises and a dislocated shoulder, according to his physicians. — 1 o BASEBALL’S BIG FOUR By United Press Babe Ruth smacked his third home run and two singles in four times up. Hornsby continued his heavy batting with a pair of singles in four times up. AB H % F HR Ruth 41 12 .293 .955 3 Hornsby 41 19 .463 .984 2 Cobb 44 16 .364 1.000 0 Speaker 37 10 .270 1.000 0

♦ BASEBALL STANDINGS ♦ I National League i W. L Pct. I Pittsburgh 7 3 .700 St. Ixnils 6 :: .667 New York 7 4 .636 . Boston 8 5 .615 Philadelphia 6 4 .600 Chicago 4 5 .444 Brooklyn 3 9 .250 Cincinnati! 2 8 .200 American League 1 i W. L. Pct. , New York 8 3 .727 , St. Louis 5 2 .711 ‘ Itetroit 4 2 .667 i Washington 6 5 .545 ; Philadelphia 5 5 .500 Cleveland 4 6 .400 Chicago 3 7 .300| Boston 2 8 .200 American Association W. L. Pct. Minneapolis 8 1 .889 St. 1 aul 7 2 .77s j i Milwaukee 7 3 .700 Kansas City 6 4 .600 , Toledo 3 5 .3751 Indianapolis 3 7 .300 Columbus 2 7 .222 Louisville 2 7 .222 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League New York, 12; Boston, 8. Philadelphia, 5; Brooklyn. 1. Chicago, 5; Cincinnati, 2. St. Louis. 2; Pittsburgh, 1. American League Detroit, 4; Chicago 3. St. Louis, 9; Cleveland, 4. New York, 6; Washington, 2. No others scheduled American Association Louisville, 7; Kansas City, 5. Indianapolis, 11; Milwaukee, 3. Columbus. 10; St. Paul, 8. Toledo, 12; Minneapolis, 3. SATURDAY’S RESULTS.. National League Cincinnati, 6; Pittsburgh. 4. Philadelphia, 1; New York, 5. Boston, 4; Brooklyn, 2. Chicago, 0; Ct. Louis. 7. American League New York, 3; Philadelphia, 4. Washington, 4; Boston. 5. St. Louis, 15; Detroit, 10. Cleveland, 2; Chicago, 8. American Association Milwaukee, 2; Indianapolis, 1. Minneapolis. 9; Toledo, 3. St. Paul, 6; Columbus. 5. Kansas City, 2; Louisville. 4. COLLEGE BASEBALL Northwestern. 10; Michigan, 7. Ohio State, 7; Chicago, 4. lowa, 4; Wisconsin, 2. Illinois. 4; Purdue, 3. Notre Dame. 3; Kentucky, 2 (10 inYale, 8: Brown, 2.

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1927.

J Butler To Build Field » House And Big Stadium Indianapolis. Iml . April 25 Buller i’ ( I University will have a Held house 7I which will accommodate fifteen thoii-j > | sand and a stadium which will seal j ' , sixty thousand, according to the plans J announced here today by Arthur V.I i! Brown, (halt man of the University, 1 athletic committee. Work will start on' the field house within a short time. | The field house will be ready for use, , by January and the stadium will hep opened with the first game of the 1928 ' football schedule. , Butler officials have been working 1 i strenuously for several months on the ' general plans for the new structures 1 I at the Fairview site of the University 1 Announcement of the plan to erect the 1 field house anil stadium was loudly H applauded bv the University student, ' body. ' I ' Paul 1). Hinkle, athletic director ex- 1 pressed keen stai.sfaction today over the announcement of tire plans. t Q. .... . ■ i Daily Democrat Newsboys Beat Baptist Church Nine r Th« Daily Democrat's Newsboy}' baseball team defeated the Baptist r church nine Saturday afternoon. 9-5 in the opening season game for both ' teams. Don Koos pitched for the win- 1 ners. The Democrat team has a game *' scheduled in the near future with a junior team of Hoagland, and would | like to schedule games for this spring with teams composed of grade school players. WEEK END EXCURSION SEASON on the NICKEL PLATE ROAD Opens April 29 TOLEDO and return $4.70 Tickets on sale for Train No. 1 Fridays; Nos. I (i Saturdays and No. (i Sundays during Sum--1 liter Season. Return limit. Train No. 5 Monday following date of sale. Get full information of Ticket Agent.

* WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD ♦ By United Press Yesterday’s hero — Hob Fothergill, who was responsible for Detroit's I 3 victory over Chicago when he stole home in the ninth inning with the winning run. The Sox rally in the last half of tlic final Inning fell one short. Fortherglll also drove in two other Tiger runs with a double in the first inning. Babe Ruth lilt home run number 3 ns tlie Yanks bent the Washington Senators. 6-2. A sixth inning on- ' slnught was responsible for live of ' New York's runs. Mens I duplicated 1 Huth’s home run feat. Alexander was in world series form as he pitched St. Louis to a 2-1 victory I over tlie title contending Pittsburgh | Pirates. Vic Aldridge did almost as 1 well for the Pirates. Pittsburgh’s single s ore was a home run by Pie 1 Traynor. The Chicago Cubs came to life and hit behind excellent pitching of Charley Root to defeat Cincinnati, 5-3. in the series opener. Tlie New York Giants and Boston Braves staged a battle of hits, the Giants winning. 12-8. Brown. Boston hit a home run with ons“ on. New York made IS hits off Edwards and Wertz. A five-run attack by St. Louis in, the second inning gave them a lead which Cleveland failed to overcome. The Browns won. 9-4, with Zachary pitching. Buckeye and Shaute followed the unlucky Levson to the mound for tile Indians. Tlie Philadelphia Phillies took advantage of five Brooklyn Dodger errors and won. 5-1. Carlson, who started against Vance, was effective al-

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, though he allowed nine hits l> Philadelphia and Boston Aun-iLans > Were nut ■ eheduled to play ++++++++++++++++ ♦ SPORT TABS ♦ ++♦++++++♦♦++++♦ > By United Press , lowa City, la Illinois and lowa i baseball teams tied for the Big Ten j • leadership witli (thio State and North- j i western, meet here today. Chicago . • and Illinois and Northwestern and Purdue play tomorrow. ' Pittsburgh. — Walter E. Tauschor. 'I i pitcher, lias been released on option I to the- Columbia club of the South At- | lantle league by the Pittsburgh Pir- j ales. Toledo, O. — Minneapolis took its i first defeat of tlie season at tlie hands . of Toledo, 13 3. after eight victories. j I.ebourveati recorded a triple' and I three doubles in four "at bats" and | also scored five runs. Columbus. O — Columbus defeated St. Paul, 10-8. in a game featured by i hard hitting by both teams. Lonlsville, Ky. — Six runs in the third inning put the game against the I Blues on ice for Louisville. The I Colonels won from Kansas City. 7-5. ( Cotter hit a home run. Indianapolis. — Home runs in the ’ first, second and eighih innings re- | suited in ten of the 11 runs with which I i the Indianapolis Indians defeated the [ 1 Milkwaukee Brewers. The score was j 11-3. Russell, Bricknell and Florence ! hit the four baggers. j o — Montpelier Wins Meet ■ From Bluffton And Liberty ■ The Montpelier Pacers proved to lie | better adapted to the mud than did t the Bluffton Tigers and the Liberty I. Centet Lions in a tri-anglular track ■

and field meet held at Montpelier, last Satuidav, and the Pacers won first place with a total of 51 points. Bluffton was second with 41 markers while Liberty Centet scored 7 points. Bluff ton and Montpelier each won five •■fl ’ 1 r *1 1 fr~*l I - fl ■■o f.’>B Min r.

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