Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 124, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1927 — Page 8

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WORK CONTINOES ON GOLF COURSE High Waters Stop Play On Country Club Course; Instruction Under Way While a large part of the Decatur golf course has veen under water the last fed days, due to the high river and creek waters, work has been continuing where possible, and Ray Craig, manager, stated that with a few days of fair weather the course would be ready for action again. i Tiie flood waters did not damage any ■ of the greens to any great extent. All of the greens are on high spots of the course, and the water did not completely cover any of them. Several hundred feet of fairway, however, has 1 been covered for several years, and it < will take a few days, after the water ■ receds to put this back in good con- , dition. j Walter Craig,, the professional at 1 the country club has been busy the < last week giving lessons to beginners. He stated today that he could accomodate several more golfers by appointment this week. It is not necessary to wait until the course is back in condition to take the first series of lessons. because the first lessons include mostly the proper swing ami proper positions when using the various clubs.

The club house is nearing completion, and it is expected that a permanent date for the formal opening will be announced by the board of governors before long. The locker rooms have been completed and the showers are in working order. Lockers may be secured by members for the season from Mr. Ctaig at a nominal cost. The first official affair at the new club house will be the formal installation cf the local chapter of Lions. International, which will be observed by a charter night dinner-dance, Wednesday night of this week. ~ - I BASEBALL’S BIG FOUR (By United Press) Babe Ruth hit his eleventh home run and a double in four times at hat. Speaker got a single in throe attempts. Honrsby and Cobb were idle. AR H PC F HR Cobb 117 47 .402 1000 1 Hornsby 122 41 .377 5'86 7 Ruth 116 39 .336 .956 11 Speaker lib 37 .325 .976 0 o ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD ♦ | , ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦ (Ry United Press) Yesterday’s Hero—Tommy Thomas, White Sox pitcher, who kept his team in second place in the American League by hurling his seventh winning game of the season. Th° Sox beat the St. Louis Browns 4-1. Thomas held the Browns to three hits and the latter’s score in the ninth encied the Chicagoan’s 25th consecutive inning of scoreless pitching. Home runs by Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth in the first inning of the Yankee-Senators game failed to deter Washington and Harris’ team came from behind to win 3-2. Thurston was the victim of the Yankee sluggers’ bats and the fact none was on base when the hitting occurred saved the game. A wild fifth inning in which ten runs were scored decided the first . game of the Tigers-Tndians d ntl-le header. Cleveland scored seven tuns in the f fth and won 9-4. The Tigers duplicated the performance in the second game. However getting five counts in the seventh to win 7-5. Tight pitching of Clarence Mitchell southpaw working his first game of season, cut Brooklyn off with one run while the Phillies were scoring seven. Mitchel! allowed seven hits. The Phils 15 hits were bunched largely in the second and seventh innings when the scoring was done. Pittsburgh won a game from Cinsinnati in the early innings, enabling the Pirates to stay in first place in the National crcuit. J. May, Reds pitcher, went to pieces in the second, allowing the Pirates to score five. The final score was Pirates 8; Reds 5. New York-Boston game was rained out. i

♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BASEBALL STANDINGS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ National League W b Pct. Pittsburgh 18 11 .621 Chicago 18 12 .600 New York 19 13 .594 St. Louis 17 12 .586 Philadelphia 15 14 .517 Biooklyu 14 22 .381 Cincinnati 11 22 .333 American League W L Pct. New York 22 11 .667 Chicago 20 15 .571 Washington 15 14 .517 St. Louis 16 15 .516 i Philadelphia 17 16 .515 Cleveland 15 18 .435 Detroit 14 17 .452 Boston 9 21 .300 American Association W L Pct. Toledo 18 10 .634 St. Paul 18 15 .545 Milwaukee 18 15 .545 Indianapolis 16 14 .533 Minneapolis 17 15 .531 Kansas City 17 17 .500 Louisville 13 21 .382 Columbus 13 21 .382 YESTERDAYS RESULTS National League Brooklyn. 1; Philadelphia, 7. i Pittsburgh, 8; Cincinnati, 5. New York-Boston, rain. No others scheduled i American League Detroit. 4-7; Cleveland, 9-5.

Chicago 4; St. Louis, 1. New York, 2; Washington, 3. No others scheduled American Association Louisville, 9; Columbus, 13. Milwaukee, 2; St. Paul. 13. Kansas City, 8; Minneapolis, 9. Toledo-Indianapolis, rain. COMMODORES TO MEET C.C.H.S. j Catholic High School Nines To Clash In Game Here Thursday Afternon The Decatur Catholic high school Commodores will play the Central Catholic high school baseball team, of Fort Wayne, in a game on the South Ward diamond here Thursday afternoon. The game will start at 2:30 o’clock. This will be the third game of the season between the two teams. The Irish defeated the Commodores in the other two games and the locals artanxious to turn the tables on their old rivals. Meyer will do the hurling for the Commodores. 4h+++*+*+ + * + + * + + + •fr SPORT TABS + 4>* + 4> + * + + + + + + + + + + Evanston, Ill.—Robert Johnson, allconference lineman and mainstay of the Northwestern University football team for three years, was awarded the University Big Ten medal for athletics and scholarship. Evanston. 111., —Northwestern’s efforts in the late innings of a baseball game with lowa were insufficient to overcome .a five-run lead piled up by the Hawkeyes in the first. The score: lowa 8; Northwestern 4. Columbus, Ohio-Ohio State came from behind to win its final home baseball game from Indiana 6-4. St. Paul, Minn.—Johnson pitched a four-hit game for the Brewers here yesterday and Milwaukee won 2-0. The Brewers made their runs in the first inning. Minneapolis, Minn. —A four run rally in the ninth inning sent the Kansas City Blues to defeat here yesterday 918. The Millers gained their victory by a home run in the final frame. Columbus, O. — A slugging match went to Columbus here yesterday 13-9 Louisville and Columbus each beat out 19 hits but the Senators' hits came when they were most needed. o Motorist Falls Asleep; Car Hits Telephone Pole Noblesville, Ind., May 24 —(UP) — L. M. Smith, of Indianapolis, is recovering today'from injuries received when he went to sleep while driving his automobile through Westfield, and ran it into a telephone pole. Fifteen stitches were required tr sew up the cut on Smith’s face. He also was bruised about the body and arms.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1927.

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Rickard was full of praise for Dempsey. whom he was going to match first against Paulino Uzcudun and

then against the winner of the Shar-key-Maloney bout. Since the fight, the wily promoter has been curious-

lly silent on the subject of Dempsey, who had delayed signing a contract. When Riqkard starts ballyhooing again, it is predicted among fight fans, he will be singing the praises of Sharkey, whom he already has praised considerably. i o Hollywood’s Latest Scandals Go To Juries Los Angeles, Cal.. May 24—(United Press) —• Hollywood’s most recent scandals- killing of a cowboy movie star and death under suspicious circumstances of a musical comedy favorite —will be submitted to two jur-|

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