Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 106, Decatur, Adams County, 4 May 1927 — Page 3

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■MMODORES IT DEFEAT BERNE I cjholic High Tossers Bat ■aid To Win Baseball ■Game, Score 9 To 5 iipr being held to one hit in the innings, the Decatur f'atholkjliigh school Commodores solved ttießelivery of ‘■Lefty" Smith, Berne high school t wirier, overcame a 5-3 jeJ .ind won a ball game here Tueaiij fternoon by a score of 9-5. Duria||he last five innings of the game, hammered out live > s and four singles to score eight rajs Mongo Meyers had made the only hit in the first four inolpgs. when he doubled in the second Ie and scored on an error. ,e game was played on the South ] diamond under fine weather conns. A fair sized crowd of fans saw •U me. which was an interesting exkßtion. Tl first four innings proved to be a pitcher's battle between Meyers, of DKB' ir, and Smith, of Herne. The former grew stronger as the game promised, while Smith weakened after the fourth frame. Meyers struck out BUI of 14 batters and allowed only hits Smith was credited with nine and allowed 10 hits. The Oto odores made three errors and Her errored five times. ; ® 'i: sides were retired in short ord in the first inning, not a man r®<hing first. Braun asd Stuckey both hilgled in Berne s half of the second but both were left stranded tritn Meyers struck out Neuhouser. an- Ehrsam to retire the side.- In Deatur’B half of the second, Meyers. Bi man up, doubled and then stole d. B. Wemhoff struck out, but Cite reached first on an error by Mfuhouser, Meyers scoring. F. Mylott dtn.k out and Keller was thrown out ■ fir-.. Khompson, first man up for Berne in the third inning, was hit by the pitcherlHe reached second on an overthrow by '. Mylott. Harris struck out, but Ha :ker singled, scoring Thompson. Ma ker stole second and scored while Bm li was being trown out at first fiaun was thrown out at first, fins in»ing gave Herne a lead of 2-1. BJ. Mylott reached first on an error to Decatur’s half of the third, but died or. base. Neither team scored in the ■urth inning, although Winteregg ■tgled for Herne. He was caught oft ■cond. It was three up and three ■wn for Berne in the fifth inning, ■e Commodores started their rally to this frame, however. F. Mylott, first h ;:! up, doubled and stole third. Keltor got a base on balls and stole sech<l. Foos reached first when Smith Imbled his hit. Mylott scored on the lay and Keller reached third. Smith raced and struck out Junk and J. lylott. Feller scored on a Berne mislay Braun retired the side by throw»R out A. Wemhoff at first. I Berne staged a rally in the first of P e sixth, the side batting around, "aecker singled and stole second. Indth got a base on balls. Braun cached first on an error by Sorg. I interegg doubled, scoring Haecker, taith and Braun. Stuckey struck out. fehouser reached first on an error. Shrsarn struck out. Thompson walked. Heyers pulled himself out of a hole by trfking out Harris to retire the side. ‘ hi s gave Berne a 5-3 load. The Commodores came back to take he lead again in the last of the sixth, iy scoring three runs. Meyers singled, • M etnhoff and Sorg reached first on rr ° ls - Meyers scoring. F. Mylott sing--6(l, scoring B. Wemhoff. Keller was ale at first on a fielder's choice when h'iith threw out Sorg at third. Foos Wied, scoring F. Mylott. Junk was “town out at first, retiring the side. Berne failed to get a run in the last lf ee innings. Only one man reached ir st, DeArman, batting for Ehrsam, ei »g hit by a pitched ball. A flock of doubles and a single ln, ed three runs for the Commodores * the seventh. J. Mylott doubled. A. Imhoff struck out, Meyers doubled, emschlag singled and F. Mylott eubled. Rumschlag was thrown out 1 a nice throw from the out eld by Shrsam, but J. Mylott, Meyers " ll B. Wemhoff scored. Miller, batting )r teller fanned for the third out. hree Commodores went out in order 1 the eighth. The Commodores will gp to Berne

.Friday afternoon for a return game: BOX SCORE COMMODORES All II 11. E. APO i Jitnk <fs o o o o a J. Mylott, Bbs 1 ] j i i , A. Wemhoff ..ss. ~4 0 0 0 1 2 Meyers, p 4 3 3 ) r, 2 B. Wemhoff, lb. ..4 1 2 0 2 6 Sorg, 2b 2 0 0 1 0 0 t Humsehlng 2I«. ..2 1 0 0 0 0 {■’. Mylott„c 4 3 2 0 1 15 Keller, rf 1 0 1 0 0 () Miller, rf2 0 0 0 0 1 Foos, 1f,..4 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 10 9 3 10 27 BERNE AB H R E A PO Harris, 2b4 0 0 11 2 Haecker, 3b4 2 2 1 0 1 Smith, p 3 0 1 0 4 I Braun, ss4 11 1 2 2 Winteregg. If 4 2 0 0 0 0 Stuckey, c 4 1 0 1 3 10 Neuhouser, lb. .... 4 0 0 1 0 7 Ehrsam, cs 3 0 I) 0 0 0 DeArmon, cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thompson, rs 2 0 1 0 0 1 , Totals 32 6 5 5 10 24 Summary: Two-base hits —J. Mylott Meyers, It. Wemhoff. F. Mylott (2), Winteregg. Stolen bases —J. Mylott, Meyers. F. Mylott, Keller. Haecker. Stuckey. Struck out —by Meyers 14, by Smith, 9. Bases on balls —nff Meyers, 1; off Smith. 1. Umpire, H. Myers Indiana. Score by innings: RHE Berne .... 00200300 o—s 6 5 Commo' .. 01002330 o—9 10 3 o .. - — GOLF COURSE TO 8E OPENED SOON First Nine Holes To Be Ready For Play By May 15; Course Is Praised The Decatur Country Club golf course will be open for play on the first nine holes, May 15, 11. W. Craig, manager of the local club, stated today. Mr. Craig stated that work was progressing rapidly at the local course and the entire force of 40 men would be sent out on the course today to condition the first nine holes. Mr. Craig came to this city from Chicago to take charge of the local club. His brother. W. J. Craig, formerly of the municipal golf club of Evansville, also has arrived in the city. He will serve as the local club's professional golf instructor. Andi>-» Knipper, of enicago. l>a» | been secured as greens superintendent and work already has started on the conditioning of the greens. Work on the club house is practically completed and a formal opening of the club house will be announced soon. 1. C. Brenner, vice-president of "The Golfers Magazine", visited the local course a few days ago and stated that this city had the finest course and by far the finest club house of any city this size in the United States. Mr. Brenner spends most of his time visiting golf, clubs and courses in the United States and writing articles for his magazine. He stated that the local course looked at present as if it was several years old. A visit to the local club house Is well worth the time spent. Ray Craig, manager, stated today that he would be glad to show anyone around the entire house and grounds. The new addition is practically completed, and consists of an auditorium and dance pavillion, new kitchens, locker rooms and rest rooms. The old part of the building will consist of dining rooms, lounge rooms and entertaining parlors. Mr. and Mrs. Craig and their son. Robert, will reside on the second floor of Hte building. Robert Craig, aged about 4, is already an ardent golf fan and has a special set of clubs. He likes-his new home fine and joins with his father in saying that the local course is one of the best in the middle west. The grounds are being planted in grass and. in a few weeks, Mr. Knipper, the gardener, hopes to have the entire grounds in good condition. The tennis courts, also, will be built this spring. All those interested are cordially invited to inspect the new grounds and get acquainted with the new manager and his assistants. —o BASEBALL’S BIG FOUR Babe Ruth made a single in four times at bat. Rogers Hornsby got a home run and two single in four tries.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY. MAY 4, 1927.

D.H.S. TO ENTER SOUTH SIDE MEET Yellow .Jackets to Take Part In Invitational Track Meet Saturday Through a change in plans made yesterday, the Decatur high school track team will go to Fort Wayne, Saturday, to take part in an invitational meet to be staged under the auspices of South Side high school of that city, instead of going to Huntington for a triangular meet with Hun'tington and Bluffton, Coach Curtis announced last night. Decatur, Bluffton, Columbia City, and South Side are entered in the meet, so far, but others may enter before the entry list closes tonight. The meet is expected to be closely contested by all of the schools entered. South Side plans to make the invitational meet an annual affair. Decatur ajnl Bluffton are pretty evenly matched, as evidenced by the dual meet held here recently, which Bluffton won by a score of 54-45. However, Decatur won more firsts than the Tigers. Columbia City will be represented by a strong team, including Cummins, the sensation of last year's sectional meet. Cummins won first place in three events last year and set three I sectional records. He made the high I hurdles in 18.4. the low nurdles in 27.3 and bettered his mark in the broad jump, jumping 20 feet 10 inches. He is expected to be one of the outstanding stars of the meet. South Side will use the same team that competed against Central last week.* Coach Lundy Welborn had the squad out for practice yesterday and the Green and White will be in good shape for the meet. Tucker will make a strong bid for the 100 and 220. while Bell can he counted a dangerous contender for the 440 and pole vault. He also will be a favorite in the half mile. The rest of the squad is expected to make a good showing in the meet. Ribbons will be given winners of first, second aivd third place in each even) and for members of the winning relay teams. A trophy will be awarded to the winner of the meet. Decatur will take part in the sectional meet to be held at Fort Wayne ■1 week from Saturday. 1 — -0 <> >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ o baseball standings * ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ National League W L Pct. S 3. Louis TO 6 .625 Pittsburgh 10 6 -025 New York H 7 Oil Philadelphia 8 7 - 533 Boston ■ 0 9 .500 Chicago - » 8 .500 Brooklyn .. 7 12 -368 Cincinnati 5 13 .278 • American League W L Pet. New York 12 5 .706 Philadelphia . H •’> -047 Chicago 11 8 ,579 Detroit 8 7 .533 St. Louis 7 8 .467 Washington -8 9 .471 Cleveland • 8 11 -421 Boston 3 14 .176 American Association W L Pct. St. Paul 12 5 .667 Kansas City 10 6 .625 Milwaukee ... . 9 6 .600 Toledo 7 6 .538 Minneapolis • 8 7 .533 Indianapolis • 8 8 .500 Lou sville 5 9 .357 Columbus . 5 12 .294 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Chicago, 4: Cincinnati, 3. Brooklyn, 7; New York, 6. Pittsburgh, 11: St. Louis 10. Boston. 7; Philadelphia, 4. American League Detroit, 5; Chicago, 0 New- York. 6; Washington, 4 Cleveland, 5; St. Louis, 3 Philadelphia, 7; Boston, 2. American Association Columbus, 12: Milwaukee, 7 Toledo, 11; Kansas City, 0. Others rain. I Toledo—Andy Messenger and Walter Huntzinger of the Kansas City Blues and Toledo Mud-Hens, met in a hurling duel for six innings. Messenger cracked in the seventh, and be--1 fore Hargrave could get going the Mud-Hens had scored five runs. They added another in the eighth and five more in the final inning to beat the Blues 11-0. 1 |

| THEN and NOW . WHII 6111 1 IIWIIWW I r 'L' 1 " ■ A jit llvi - fcW v - • Ilans Wagner—good old Ilonas—has been a long time in baseball. lie’s still regarded by many as the greatest second baseman of all times, and at the keystone sack he was long the mainstay of the Pittsburgh Nationals. Retirement, overtook, him years ago, but he’s still full of pep. Pictures show him at the height of his career and as he looks today.

♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD * ++++4++t + + + + + + + t IBy United Press) Yesterday's hero—Earl Smith, Pirate catcher, who hit two home runs in the Pittsburgh game against St. Louis then drove in the winning run of the game with a single in the ninth. The sco;e was, Pirates. 11; Cardinals, 10. Bottomley hit a homer for St. Louis. Deberry, who plays behind the plate for the Robins, did almost as well against the New York Giants. He hit a home run with one on base and then singled to drive in two runs and tie the score. The homer came in the seventh and the other timely hit in the eighth. The score, Brooklyn, 7; New York, 6. Charley Grimm's bat was the greatest factor in keeping the Cincinnati Reds at the end of the National league list yesterday. T|je Cubs’ first baseman contributed a home run and two singles to give his team a 4-3 victory. Despite a 3-run comeback against a four-run lead in the fifth inning, the Phillies couldn’t beat the magin and the Boston Braves won, 7-4. The Detroit Tigers hit the veteran Red Faber for 2 run sin the third and three more in the fifth to beat the Chicago Sox, 5-1. The New York Yankees took their second straight game from Washington, 6-4. The score was tied at the beginning of the eighth but the Yanks counted 2 in that inning and it proved to be plenty. Ehmke. pitching for Philadelphia, kept seven hits allowed the Boston Red Sox from doing the latter much good and the Macks won 7-2. The Cleveland Indians came back against the St. Louis Browns and administered a 5-3 defeat to even the four game series. Nels Lit a home run for Cleveland. o Babe Ruth To Play In Fort Wayne On Friday Fort Wayne, Ind. May 4 — "Babe" Ruth and the New York Yankees will play an exhibition game with the Fort Wayne Lincoln Life baseball team here Friday afternoon. Besides the mighty “Babe,” the New York tqain will carry its regular lineup which will includa Combs, Koenig. Lazzeri, Gehrig, Meusel, Dugan and the rest of "Murderer's Row.” This is one of the two exhibition games scheduled by the Yankees in this part of the country the other being in Indianapolis. Arrangements have been made by the local management to accomodate a record crowd as many out of town fans are expected to come here for the game. —o Bud Taylor And Tony Canzoneri Win Bouts Chicago. May 4.— (UP) —Bud Taylor and Tony Canzoneri today retained their reputations as the best bantamweights iu boxing and logical opponents in a bout to settle the title in that division. Taylor scored a decision over Abe CHICAGO I a n d rn return via Erie Railroad SUNDAY, MAY 8 Tickets good in coaches only going on train No. 7 leaving Decatur at 2:48 A.M. Returning leave Chicago 10:20 P.M. Central Time. For further particulars call, G. E. TEEMS, Ticket Agent A >

Atell Goldstein, ex-champion, although the decision was booed by the fans, and Canzoneri won a technical knockout over Ray Rychell in the seventh round last night. Both fights were held under auspices of Jim Mullen, promoter who matched Taylor and the New Yorker when they fought to a draw recently and who promises to bring the pair together again tills summer. Loughran Wins Slow Fight From Stribling Brooklyn, May 4. —(UP) —Jack Delaney, light heavyweight boxing champion, was the real winm r at the first outdoor boxing show of the eastern season here last night, although he did not enter the ring. Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia and Young Stribling, the once sensational Georgian, were the battlers, and what they showed didn't give Delaney any cause for worry over their ambitions to take his title. Loughran scored an easy victory over the erratic Atlanta boy but he didn't look much like a championship candidate. | o Chicago — Notre Dame golf team beat Armour Tech of Chicago, 15-5. Notre Dame took the singles 11 1 and the' teams divUled the foursomes 4-4. Milwaukee.—Two battling rallies, in tile seventh and ninth inning each of which netted four runs, enabled the Columbus Senators to down the Brewers, 12-7.

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' accept <i position as haskotbull und indoor spuria coach nt Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana., according to un I announcement made lieie Monday, Mr. | Gulllion succeeds Coach Maplestun : at Earlham. —— ■ - - O C. A. Dugan was a visitor at Fort Wayne lust evening.