Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 116, Decatur, Adams County, 16 May 1927 — Page 6

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ROOKIES MAKE i FINE SHOWING Four Young Outfielders and Rookie First Baseman “Finds" In Majors New York. May 14—(United Press) Four young outfielders and a rookie first baseman have been the outstanding finds exhibited in the first weeks of the major league pennant races, several managers and players told the United Press. After talking to Jaek Hendricks. John McCraw. Joo McCarthy, Bob O’Farrell, Wilbert, Robinson and Smart National Leaguers, a general op it on was found that Ethan Allen. Cincinnati Reds; Lloyd Waner. Pittsdelpliia, all outfielders, were the best burgh Pirates, and Spaulding. Phllalook ng of the new crop of players. Among the American League youngsters, in the opinion of a smaller number of competent critics. Clancy, first baseman of the Chicago White Sox. and Schulte, outfielder so the St. Louis Browns, are real finds. Earl Webb, a converted pitcher, now playing outfield for the Chicago Cubs, was pointed out by National Leaguers as one of the outstanding players of the early season but they did not rate him as a rookie as he bail been up before. There is an interesting story back of Webb's transfer to the Cubs. The New York Giants had strings on him but through a mistake in the bookkeeping department the strings wore not properly entered and the Giants failed to claim him. The Cubs, hearing of the oversight stepped in and drafted him. There was practically but one answer when the question was asked —“Who is the outstanding player of the year?'' “Eddie Farrell," came without hesitation. Farrell, the sensational youngster. —he is only 22—has given McGraw a problem, however. He doesn’t know what to do when Jackson is ready foi duty again. Perhaps he will send Jackson to third and Move Lindstrom back into left field. 0 ♦ BASEBALL STANDINGS < «♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«< National League W. L. Pct New York 17 9 .654 St. Louis 17 11 .607 Pittsburgh 11 9 .550 Philadelphia 11 9 .550 Chicago 12 11 .522 Boston 9 12 .429 Brooklyn 11 15 .423 Cincinnati 7 17 .292 American League W. L. Pct New York 18 8 .692 Chicago 16 11 .593 Philadelphia 14 11 .560 Detroit 12 12 .500 Washington 11 13 .458 Cleveland 11 14 .440 St. Louis 1 9 13 .409 Boston 7 16 .304 American Association W. L. Pct. Minneapolis 14 10 .583 Indianapolis 12 9 .571 St. Paul 13 11 .542 Toledo 11 10 .524 Milwaukee 12 11 .522 Kansas City 12 11 .522 Louisville 10 12 .455 Columbus 11 18 .379 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Chicago, 1; Philadelphia. 4. Cincinnati, 4; Brooklyn 5. St. Louis 11; New York 1. Pittsburgh-Boston rain. American League Philadelphia, 10; Detroit, 3. New York, 3; St. Louis 1. Boston, 7; Cleveland 0. Washington-Chicago, rain. American Association St. Paul, 2; Minneapolis, 5. Milwaukee-Kansas City, rain. No others ‘•dieduled. 0 Five Yellow Jackets In Sectional Track Meet Coach Herb Curtis took five Decatur high school track and field athletes to Fort Wayne today to compett in the annual high school sections track and field meet. The athletes who were to take part in the meet wer Captain Joe Bebout, Anadell Krick, Gerber and Welker. o— Mr. and Mrs. Clem Kortenber will spend Sunday in Fort Wayne as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bailey.

No Duffer J r r i L i * 9 J Marvin Daily, eighteen-year-oltl caddy, makes the round of the Milburn Country Club, at Kansas City, in 85 to 88, despite the fact he has only one arm. His scores are better than the average hy at hast five strokes. BASEBALL’S BIG FOUR By United Press Babe Ruth went hitless in two times ip He was walked three times. Hornsby got a double in four times at bat. Ty Cobb made a single in three trios. Speaker was idle. AB II Pct. F HR Cobb . ...N... 88 36 .409 1000 0 Hornsby 93 36 .387 .989 6 Ruth 96 31 .323 .960 8 Speaker 88 27 .307 .964 0 ■ o »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* ‘ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD 4 *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ + ♦ + ♦♦♦4 (By United Press) Yesterday's Hero—Wee Willie Sherlel, Cardinals southpaw, who pitched Ys team to the first victory of the (erics over the New York Giants, in heir fight for first place in the Naional League. Sherdel held the slugging Giants to seven hits and one run while the Cards were scoring eleven ■tins. St. Louis hit 11 times, Sherdel •ontributing one of the safeties. The Brooklyn Roh ns took the third vinos a three game series with Cincinnati 5-4. Carl Mays pitched well or the Reds until the eighth when he allowed five runs to cross. Mays ilso hit a homo run. . Huber i Pruett fanned 10 Chicago "‘nhs and held them to three hits, ’’hiladelphia winning 4-1. Fans saw he ball sail over the fence four times. Kaufmann. Leach. Williams and ,>, T . Wilson the last three members of the ’’hils. were the home run hitters. New York Yanks made a clean (Weep of the series with the Browns by winning 3-1. Both teams hit hard but the New Yorkers were more successful in bunching the'r safeties. Babe Ruth walked three times. Lundgren of Boston pitched a threehit game against Cleveland, the Red Sox winning 7-0. The Boston pitcher tlso contributed a triple. Al Simmons. Philadelphia, got three hits, one of them a home run in the Athletics game with Detroit. The score was Philadelphia 10; Detroit 3. Ty Cobb hit safely for the 17th successful game. 0 Sid Terris And Ruby Goldstein Win Bouts New Yotk May 14 —(UP) —Sid Terris and Ruby Goldstein, who, take it front the lower East Side, are the goods in the lightweight class won their bouts against Stanislaus Loyaza,

Chile, and Jimmy Goodrich, Buffalo, former champion last night and the Bronx hospital fund was $20,000 richer as a result of the popularity of the home town boys. About 18,000 fans jammed Madison square garden for the benefit show. In the last three rounds of the 10round bout Terris had everything his own way over Loyaza, scoring lightnI ing jabs so fast they could not be counted. Goodrich and Goldstein fought a hammering six-round bout and the 1 east sider’s victory was a narrow one. j 0 . Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pays

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♦+♦♦♦♦♦+++++++++ + SPORT TABS ♦ ,|. + + + + + .t + + + + + + + + -i---(By United Press) SOUTH BEND. Ind. Largely duo to brilliant work of Alderman, Michigan defeated Notre Dame in st dual Hack meet, 68-58. The Michigan stat wen thtee dash flints and a sec-1 ond. CHICAGO—Four big ten baseball games are scheduled for today. They are: Michigan vs. Illinois at Urbana; Chicago vs. Ohio State at Columbus: Northwestern vs. Wisconsin at Madison; Ind ana vs. lowa at lowa City. MINNEAPOLIS—The Millers got an °arly lead ami beat their twin city rivals, the Saints, 5-2. It was the only American Association game played. | PHILADELPHIA — The Chicago Cubs tied the world’s record for consecutive homo runs by a team when Tony Kaufmann hit for four . baScs against the Ph Hies yesterday. It was the eleventh consecutive game in which the Cubs had scored at least one homer, the total number for the 11 being 14. The St. Louis Browns set the 11 game record in 1922, getting 22 homers. NEW YORK—The New York Boxng commission renewed its ban against Paulino Uzcudun as a result of the Massachusetts commission's action in refusing to reinstate him until he fights Ed Keeley. t o I Young Stribling Gets A Newspaper Decision Louisville, Ky. May 14 -(UP) —W. L. (Young! Stribling. Macon, Ga. light heavyweight, was given the newspaper decision over Jimmy Byrne in the main bout of the 12 rounds here last night. Frequent clinching and stalling brought forth (hoos) from the crowd. Stiibling weighed in at 176 and Byrne 185%. I Wisconsin Favored In Quadrangular Meet Evanston, 111., May 14. — (United Press) —Wisconsin, winner of the roadrangular indoor track meet, was favored today to win the first ipajor outdoor track meet of the Big Ten season with the Badger, Northwest- * ern. Ohio and Chicago teams com- . peting. The meet will follow dedication of the new Dyche stadium track of Northwestern University. Capt. Anton Burg, Chicago high jump star, “Tiny" Lewis and Bill quadi angular indoor track meet was Charles McGinn's. Wisconsin, and h win of Ohio Slate are expected to be star performers. o Life’s Aim The architect's plan precedes the builder's toil. Before the artist touches the canvas or the sculptor the block of marble, a vivid idea of the picture to be painted and the angel to be released must be reflected on the mind’s mirror. People fall because (hey have no uplifting ideal. They □ever climb because they have no hilltop in view o Wearing Out Civilization, says one who has studied the matter, that Is the spark of our present development, was tired over 5,000 years ago. Perhaps that Is the trouble with it now: It's getting , 1 too old to be very aggressive. • < 0 Bird With Four Legs > The discovery in British Guiana of a > bird with four legs was announced recently. The crested hoatzin, oplsthocomus erttrtus, the only survivor of a race of birds, Inhabits the most secluded parts of the forests of South America. o Eternal Truth When speech is given to a soul holy and true, time, and its dome of ages, becomes as a mighty whispering gal- * lery, round which the imprisoned ut--6 terance runs, and reverberates forn ever.—James Martineau. i

0 Animals and Eyelids Human beings and most animals have only two eyelids. Birds and some reptiles, however, have three, two that move up and down, as do our own, and a third that moves like a curtain from the Inner corner over the eyeball. o Two Forms of Insincerity Flattery and insincerity are detestable, nevertheless it Is to be remembered that there can be quite as much Insincerity in withholding deserved commendation as in bestowing that which is unearned, and the refusal to express what we feel may leave hearts hurt and hungry.—Exchange.

SANDE’S MOUNT IN KENTUCKY DERBY — - . .. - t ..., .ay.A-'i 1. lomrwni rr / L ♦ ...» —< M '' ■ • W ■SWWa'- ■ ml Stindc, one of the world's greatest jockies, was scheduled to ride Osmund, the Widener colt, in the Kentucky derby today. The odds on Osmund were 5 to 1 ■ A SIX TO ONE C HOICE IN DERBY

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Bostonian' ” ■ — _ j e • im iiiiiiihiii i Bostonian, winner of the Preakness, was an outstanding favorite to cop the Kentucky Derby race at Louisville today. Page From the A copy of the Ohio Monitor dated April 3, 1817, reports that common laborers got 75 cents a day and carpenters $2 a day. Potatoes are quoted , at 37 cents a bushel, butter lit 17 cents a pound, bacon at 1 cent a pound, flour at $5 a barrel, and cornmeal at $9 a barrel. An editorial de. dares: “Establish manufactures and you rescue the country front the fangs •f Great Britain.” o Truthful George All train porters are not so candid as the one told of by a Pittsburgh man, who writes: “As I was getting off the train last night the porter came up with his brush and I said, ‘Do I really need brushing?’ ‘You shuah does, boss,’ he replied. ‘Ah’s broke.’ ” o— * Age of Mountains Geologists regard the Appalachian mountains as being older than the Rockies. Evidence of this fact is found in the sharper points In the I Rockies. The Appalachians have been worn smoother with age.

More Than One Way Mrs. C. R. N. writes: “Our neighbor's little boy was visiting us and he spotted a candy box on the table, hut I was busy at the time and overlooked offering him some. Finally glancing at the coveted sweets, be remarked: 'My mother don't let me ask for anything, so you will have to offer me anything you want me to have,’ He gut the candy."—Boston Transcript. rO Sparkling Cut Glass When washing cut glass use a little ordinary washing blue in the water. This gives the glass a clear, sparkling, and lasting effect. Soda tends to make glass dull. o fort wayne live stock Light lights and pigs $9.75@|9.90 Lights and mixed 9.55 M diums 9.25@ 9.45 Heavies S.9l)if 9.15 Calves ~ 8.00(1110.50 Receipts—Hogs, 150.

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HUGE THRONG IS ON HAND TO SEE BIG TURF CLASSIC (<OS’HMi;i> I'HOM PA«iF OSE> drew 160,000 persons to see th ■ fiftythird renewal of the Kentucky Derby, A fairly fast track was expected by post time this afternoon despite the rain yestentay which turned the track temporarily into cteamy brown mud. TJhe track already had started io dry by the time the last race was run yesterday, and unless unexpected showers come today before boots and saddles sound for the derby, only a trace of mud is expected (o remain. Automobiles jammed the dusty turnpikes leading into Louisvjjle us dawn broke. River steamers with ealiopes bellowing popular melodies, and sidewheelers splashing, burned tip the Ohio river and tied up at the docks. More, than 100 ex ra trains puffed into Louisville. These trains, if coupled together, would extend for seven miles. The Pullman company required 550 cars to accommodate the tourists. Crow'ds swarmed in hotel lobbied. Every private residence that was willing to lend a room to derby visitors had guests. Hundreds reached Louisville by motor. Tho east has its Preakness, its futurity and other stake races, but interest in the derby transcends them all. The winter books, which closed on the Derby Thursday, reported a record amount of money wagered. Favorites as post time approached sported the light blue and brown silks of Harry Payne Whitney. The fine allowing of the Whitney stables in the Preakness, when Bostonian galloped to victory in the home stretch, and Whiskery, the teal hero of the race, outran Scapa Flow and finished third, has made it seem likely that the Whitney entry will be the public choice. The-Fires Before Troy So many In number, between the ships and the streams of Xuntlius, shone forth in front of Troy the fires kindled by the Trojans. There were kindled a thousand fires in the plain; and by each one there sat fifty men in the light of the blazing fire. And the horses, munching white barley and rye, and standing by the chariots, waited for the bright-throned morning.—lliad VIH. rm o Shaving in Olden Times The Romans began shaving In the year 196 B. C-, according to historical records. The idea Is believed to here come from Sicily, but it was as lat» as 1700 A. D before shaving the head became fashionable In France

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