Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 24 May 1927 — Page 6

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G. E. NINE WINS OPENING GAME Electricians I) e feat Van Wert Y. M. C. A. Team Here Saturday, 9-8 The Decatur General Electric baseball team opened its season Saturday afternoon on the South Ward diamond. by defeating the Van Wert. 0., Y.M.C.A. team. 9-8. in a heavy hitting game. The Electricians collected a total ot 14 hits, several of which were bunched in the eighth inning, when they scored six runs. Van Wert rallied in the ninth and scored two runs before the locals halted the rally. Schneider, who started on the mound for the G. E. team, pitched good ball. He retired in the seventh inning with one man out, when the heat got the best of him. Mcßarnes finished the game. Jones went the full route for Van Wert. The Q. E. tossers will go to Ossian for a game next Saturday. Box Score Decatur G. E. AB R II O A E Omlor, 3b .... .311110 Lindemann, ss 5 1 2 2 2 1 Busse, cf 4 114 0 0 Eady, rs 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 Smith, lb 4 1 2 10 1 0 Geary. 2b 4 2 1 2 2 0 Appleman. if. 4 2 2 0 0 0 Atchison, c. .411521 Schneider, p. . 3 0 1 2 2 0 Meßarnes. p. . 2 0 2 11 0 ♦Mclntosh 10 10 0 0 Totals 39 9 14 27 10 3 VAN WERT AB R II O A E Davis, c 4 2 2 6 11 Scarpella. lb. 5 1 2 7 0 0 Belt, cf. 5 0 1 2 2 2 Hootman. ss. .412131 S. Taylor. If. 4 0 0 0 0 0 E. Davis. 2b. .4 1 0 2 2 0 F. Taylor, rs. 3 0 0 2 0 0 Stewart, 3h\ . 4 11111 Jones, p. .4 2 2 3 1 0 Totals . 37 8 10 24 10 5 ♦Batted for Atchison in Sth. Summary: hits off Schneider. 6 in 6 1-3 innings: off Mcßarnes. 4 in 2 2-3 innings. Bases on balls: off Schneider. 1; off Mcßarnes, 2: off Jones. 3 Score bv innings • R H El 2 —S 10 5 De«“ur 0100200 6—914 3 *♦♦♦♦+♦♦***+*++* ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD * ♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Yesterday’s Hero — Vic Aldridge. Pirate pitcher, carried his team to a 9 4 victory over the New York Giants and first place in the National League. Aldridge allowed only one run until the ninth when lie let down with the assurance of an eight run lead and allowed the Giants to score three. The Pittsburgh pitcher helped Ins game with two hits one of them a double. It was his second victory in the Pirate series. Babe Ruth hit his tenth home run cf the season in the sixth inning of' the Yankees’ game with Cleveland. The resulting runs were not needed however, to beat the Indians. The score was New York 7; Cleveland 2. Rally in the ninth which netted three runs saved the Detroit Tigers a game was called after the Tiger battdefeat. With the score tied, 6-6, the ' ing spree to enable the Washington team to catch a train. The Li t score of the Brooklyn RollIns Sunday resembled a dub’s golf card. Three Philadelphia pitchers yielded 20 runs to Brooklyn in eight innings. The losers scored four. Overcoming a one-run lead in the ninth, the St. Louis Browns first tied the score and then won their game with Boston. Chicago Cubs’ tenureuin in first place in the National League was short lived due to the crushing attack of the Cincinnati Reds. The score was Cincinnati 8; Chicago 4. Ehmke held the Chicago White Sox to five fits and one run, allowing the Athletics to win 6-1. Red Feber, Sox veteran pitcher, proved ineffictive. o Eight Americans Enter British Golf Tourney Iloyiake, Eng., May 23—(United Press) —iPlay’ for the amateur golf championship of Great Britain began today in sunshiny weather with eight Americans entered for the honor at present held by an American, Jesse SWeetrfer. The Anieridan champion of British amateur golfers was not a competitor thi year. The setting for this year’s play was the Royal Liverpool Golf Club. More than 200 players were entered.

BASEBALL’S BIG FOUR (By United Press) Babe Ruth hit his tenth home run, of tiie season in two times at bat. Hornsby Lit his seventh homer, ai double and a single in four times up. Tris Speaker got a double and single in four attempts. Cobb’s average dropped 14 points when he went hitless in four chances. AB II PC F HP. Cobb 117 47 .402 1000 1 Hornsby 122 46 .377 .986 7 Ruth , 112 37 .330 .950 10 Speaker 111 36 .324 .975 0 O 1 Indiana Captures Track Title From Notre Dame Bloomington. Ind., May 23 Indiana University won the state inter-colle-giate track meet here Saturday for the first time in the history of the meet, nosing out Notre Dame in the final event when Rinehart, sophomore star, tossed the Javelin 197 feet to win the event and the meet. Fast but not exceptionally fast times were turned in. except in the quarter mile where Phillips, of Butler, ran i easily in front of the crowd to break his own mark of 49.1 seconds and set a new state record of 48.:! for the dash around one turn. Indiana for the first time since its participation in state circles presented a well-balanced team, scoring in 13 of the 15 events. Notre Dame’s contes- ] tants also were blanked in two events I Notre Dame stepped out to gain an early point lead which it held until Rinehart’s hqave pushed the Irish j team into second place. Notre Dame had won the meet every year since it was inaugurated. Purdue and Butler fought all the way today for third place. The Boilermakers won out when Sindelar placed in the javelin. The points were divided as follows: Indiana. 49 1-5: Notre Dame, 47 1-10; Put duo, 19; Butler, 17; DePauw, 11 1-10; Muncie Normal. 10: Franklin. 5; Indiana Central. 2; State Normal. 2; Central Normal. 1; Rose Poly, 1-5 point. o- ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BASEBALL STANDINGS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ National League W L Pct. Pittsburgh 17 11 .607 Chicago - 1S -J,’ 0 New York -19 - 59 ’ gt. Louis 1" Philadelphia 14 14 .500 Brooklyn H 21 .400 Poston 1° 1« "> sr Cincinnati 11 21 .344 American League W L Pct New York -2? 10 -6SB Chicago 19 1S •■ r> s9 St. Louis .16 14 .53.' Philadelptra 17 16 .515 Washington .14 15 .483 Cleveland ... H 1" A52 Detrot 1-16 •<« Boston 9 21 .300 American Association W L Pct Toledo - I s 10 ,643 St. Paul IS 14 W Indianapolis . 16 14 - .53? Milwaukee —■ —l7 15 -631 M>nneapols 16 15 .516 Kansas City 17 16 .516 l.onisv'lle 13 20 394 Columbus 12 21 .364 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National Leactue Chicago 4; Cincinnati 8. Philadelphia 4; Brooklyn 20 Pittsburgh 9: New York 4 No others scheduled. American Leaque Washington 6; Detroit 6; (called 9(h. allow Washington to catcli train. Philadelphia 6: Chicago 1 (New York 7; Cleveland 2 Boston 5; St. Louis 6. American Association Louisville 9; Columbus 10 Kansas City 8; Minneapolis 1 Toledo 5; Indianapolis 2 Milwaukee 9; St. Paul 8. SATURDAY’S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh 6; New York 3 Chicago 6-11; Brooklyn 4-6 Cincinnati 5-6; Philadelphia 2-5 St. Louis 5-6; Boston 3-2. American League Wash'ngton 6; Detroit 5 Philadelphia 5; Chicago 7 New York 4; Cleveland 5 Boston 4; St. Louis 7. American Association Toledo 4: Ixiuisville 1. . Minneapolis 9; Kansas City 6 Milwaukee 8; St. Paul 4 Columbus 6-1; Indianapolis 4-3. o Miss Zoe Miller, of Fort Wayne, visited here over the week-end.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, MAY 23,1927.

PREBLE SCORES i EASY VICTORY Fort Wayne Heralds Fall 16-3 Victims In Opening Game At Preble Sunday The Preble baseball team opened its home season Sunday, by defeating the Fort Wayne Heralds in a onesided game, 16-3. •’Skipper" Yake, former Wren, Ohio, high school pitcher. made his first appearance in a Preble suit and he made a fine imprssion with his work on the mound. He allowed the Heralds only five hits and struck out 18 batters. He did Wot walk a man. Bill Lindeman, manager and second baseman. led the Preble attack at bat with four hits and three runs in six times up. Box Score PREBLE AB R II PO A E Dull, rs . 4 4 2 1 0 0 Lindeman. 2b 6 3 4 2 1 0 Snyder." 3b .501010 Busse, lb 6 114 0 0 Smith, ss . 5 2 3 0 0 3 Gerber, c .. 3 3 2 20 0 1 Kleinight, If 4 110 0 0 Hoffman, cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 Yake, p 5 11 0 3 0 Total 42 16 17 27 5 4 FT. WAYNE HERALDS AB R H PO A E Mills, rs 4 0 0 0 0 0 Hart, 2b 4 0 0 4 5 2 Bradshaw, 3b .. 4 0 0 2 11 Smith, cf 4 1 2 5 0 0 Werling, ss 2 0 0 0 4 2 Foster, lb ..... 4 1 0 10 2 2 Hinkle, If .4 0 1 0 0 0 Richards, c 4 0 0 1 2 1 Kling, p . .3 0 0 14, 0 Relne. p ... 2 12 11b Total 35 3 5 24 19 8 o French Tennis Stars Clinch Paris Tourney Paris, May 23 —(United Press) — France clinched the Franco-American tennis tournament yesterday when Rene Lacoste defeated Francis T. Hunter, 6-0, 6-0. Borotra previously had defeated Hunter, and although William T. Tilden defeated both LaCoste and Borotra, he and Hunter lost eht doubles match to the Frenchmen, making the score in sets three t otwo in France’s favor. Tilden defeated Borotra 6-0. 6-3 after LaCoste’s victory. __o GOVERNOR BREAKS PROHIBITION LAW (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) to prosecution under the law and obtained the whisky from a friend. Mrs. Jackson rallied and lived. This was not known until today when Attorney General Gilliom, who made himself a law vicjator one year ago to save the life cf his son and perhaps of two other children in exactly the same way, addressed a letter to the Governor Jackson, appealing for the chief executive's assistance in modifying the Wright Bone Dry Act. The Letter was delivered at 10 A. M. Accounts Os Terre Haute Firm Alleged To Be Short Terre Haute, Ind., May 23 —(United Press) —Discovery , of an alleged *120,000 shortage in the accounts of he Union Savings and Loan Association, according to T. D. Barr, deputy state bank examiner, led to the appointment of a receiver for the corporation today and institution of an embezzlement investigation by the prosecutor's office. Barr indicated that a written con"ession of falsification of records was n the state’s possession and that irrests would probably follow on embezzlement charges. Joseph Mulliken resigned as secreary of the corporation last week soon after the investigation which disclosed the shortage. Simultaneously Kate M. Long, assistant secretary, resigned. o State Highway Policeman Killed Chasing Speeder South Bend, Ind., May 23 —(UP) — Death came in the line of duty to Vernon Rosenberger, 38, of South Bend a state highway policeman, who was killed near Elkhart Sunday night when his automobile overturned while he was driving 60 miles an hour after a speeder. Deputy sheriff Ralph I>ogan, in the same automobile, escaped without a mark. •

KOKOMO WINS STATE MEET Team Scores 30 Points; Scully, Os Noblesville, Scores 20 Points to Star Indianapolis, May 23 —Kokoma high school won the Indiana high school athletic association track ami field meet Saturday but even in adding this fourth consecutive triumph to Ils distinguished track record, the winning school was forced to share the glory of victory witli a remarkable individual performer, Joe Schully ebon-haired Noblesville lad. Kokomo accumulated 30 points. Schully piled up 20 points, all that his team registered. In the battle of the couregeous Schully with tile whole Kokomo track team—even though a losing one —lay perhaps the most throbbing drama that a high school track meet has produced since back in 1911 when Kirby, South Bend star, piled up a total of 19 points unassisted. Emerson and Froebel high schorl, of Gary, and Manual, of Indianapolis, tied for third with 11 points each. Sears, spelndid distance runner, gave Greencastle fifth with the 10 points marked up by his 880-yard and onemile victories. The other points were distributed among more than a score of schools. It was a busy day for Schully as he loped from the finish line on the track to the various jumping pits in the field ami then back again to the starting line for another race. He accumulated his 20 points by winning the 100-yard dash and high hurdles, tieing for first in the high jump and taking thirds in the broad jump and shot put. Kokomo's 30 points were made up of firsts in the pole vault and 220-yard dash and an accumulation of seconds, thirds, fourths and fifths that reached into all hut three events. Schully early captured the attention cf the crowd. Kokomo fans as well as the 2.000 others in the bleachers cheering each of his exploits lustly. Rubtish, of Manual, Indianapolis, rolled up 10 of his team’s 11 points. Anderson. Elkhart and Technical (Indianapolis!, each 8; Linton. 7%; Marion and Peru, 7 each; South Side (Fort Wayne). 6; Columbia City, Washington and Sullivan, 5 each; Martinsville, Wiley (Terre Haute), Ambia and Wabash. 4 each; Goshen, Rochester. Laporte, Valpariaso. 3 eacli Liberty, South Bend, Bosse (Evansville), 2 each; Boonville. Burlington. Central !Eort Wayne. Montezuma, Napanee, Michigan City, Scottsburg, and Shortridge (Indianapolis) 1 each. o ARMY DIRIGIBLE IS DESTROYED TC-10-243 Jerked In Two Parts And Destroyed While Starting Flight San Antonio, Tex., May 23 —(United Press) —The army dirigible TC-10-243 was jerked in two parts and destroyed today as it was taking the air at Brooks field, on a flight to Scottsfield, 111. Major A. Strauss, commander, and his crew of fife men escaped without injury, although they fell under the great bag. The giant ship had just been manuevered out of its hangar and the . motor started when the accident occurred. n ADRIONETTE AND ACTON INDICTED (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ing holdup near Ohio City and then ■ boarded a freight. They were taken ; from the train at Elgin. The money was found several days ■ after the holdup carefully buried in a field near the railroad tracks and - only a short distance from the aban- : doned auto. i Indictments were returned against - the alleged bandits largely on the . strength of the identification made by L. C. Poland, president of the bank, and circumstantial evidence. Mr. Poland was the only employe in the l>ank at the time of the robbery. E. J. Liebel. editor of the Payne Reflector. was also in the bank. He , partially identified the pair as the ! bandits. No arrangements have been made for their preliminary arraign- ’ ment or trial. t > o r College Baseball Indiana, 9; lowa. 3. , Ohio State, 5; Illinois, 2. Purdue, 7; Chicago, 4. ~ 1 Michigan, 4; Wisconsin. 1. Notre Dame, 4; Minnesota, 1.

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