Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 134, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1927 — Page 6

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YANKEES LOOK LIKE WINNERS Babe Ruth And Playmates Seem To Be Running Away With Another Flag By Henry L. Farrell, > (U. P. Staff Correspondent) New York. June 6. — (I'Pi —Babe Ruth. Buster Gerhig, Schoolmaster Combs, "Poosh ’em up Tony" Lazzeri and some of the less celebrated athletes who are known .mere'y as employees of the New York Yankees, seem to be in the act of running away with another American league pennant. Miller Huggins, who has survived a number of stormy years as the manager of Col. Jake Ruppert's million dollar flock of athletes is as notorious an optimist as Gil Dob e. the weeping football coach of Cornell university. Huggins who has a bunch of hitters that are the terror and the nightmare of all the pitchers in the American league candidly admitted today that his team was playing fairly good ball but that he would like to have another good pitcher. So would every manager in the league and his old man too. The Yankees, going as good as they have been, wifi get their first real test against the Chicago White Sox this week. The White Sox gave the Yankees the only real dispute on the trip that the champions made through the west and they are playing better ball now than they were then. The White Sox so far have been one of those surprises that help along the interest and the prosperity of the national pastime, as the magnates like to have it called. Before the season started the White Sox. in the hands of a new manager, Ray Schaik were getting almost as much sympathy as Stuffy Mclnnis and his Philadelphia Phillies. The Sox, however, started to win bail games and got into the habit of ( it and they are now pushing the Yan- ( kees for the lead. The series com- , ing may force the Huggins band out of the top for the first time this sea- 1 son. Two of the reasons why the-Chicago club is up there are Ted Lyons and Al- ; phonse Thomas, a pair of pitchers, I who have won 19 games between them alr< adv . atp|. Mr .John M-.-.'t.-ai:-. . tali you that nine games apiece and , only two defeats are a fair record for I any pitcher. o ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD ♦ ++++++♦++ + + ++ + + •1 Yesterday's hero — Babe Ruth who hit his seventeenth home run of the season and drove in the winning run . with a single enabling New York ton defeat Detroit, 5-3. Ruth's seven- 1 teenth circuit blow put him one home run ahead of his 1924 pace when he hit 59 homers during the season. Elwood English and Clyde Beck, second string infielders, led the attack that gave the Chicago Cubs a 7-0 victory over Boston. English got three hils out of four times at bat. Blake held the Braves to five hits. Tom Zachary held Washington to four scattered hits and the St. Louis Browns won, 9-1. O'Rourke led the St. Louis attack with four hits out of six times at bat. St. Louis touched Braxton for 12 hils. After the Giants had forged into a 9-7 lead by scoring three runs in the ninth inning. Cincinnati duplicated the feat in their half of the ninth and won out, 10-9. Thirty-two players were used by the two clubs. St. Louis and Brooklyn divided a double header, the Cardinals taking the opening game, 8-0 and losing the second, 6-1. The first game Alexander held the Dodgers to eight scattered hits. Doak was effective in the second game. o Man And Woman Killed As Interurban Hits Auto Tipton, Ind., June 6. — (VP) —A collision belween a Union traction interurban car and an automobile at a crossing near here late Sunday was fafal to George Roadruff, 56, and Mrs. Roadruff, 59, of Hamilton county. Their bodies were carried along the track and badly crushed. Witnesses said they drove on the track apparently without seeing the oncoming car.

• Millicent’s Beau* > mJ? t A T - w X r 1 J ■ Paris reports are to the effect that the divorced Countess Salm, the former Millicent Rogers, heiress of the New ; lork Standard Oil millionaire, | is engaged to one Arturo Ra- • mos, wealthy Argentinian res- ! ident of France. These two ; photos of him were taken at a Swiss resort. »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« > BASEBALL STANDINGS ♦ National League W L Pct. Pittsburgh 28 13 .683 St. Louis 24 17 .58' New York 24 19 .558 Chicago 23 19 .548 Brooklyn 23 25 ~->2l Philadelphia . 18 22 .45C Boston 15 22 .405 Cincinnati - 14 32 .304 American League W L Pct. New York ... 31 15 .674 Chicago .. 30 17 .638 Plf ladelphia 23 22 .511 -■ i.-'Hi- . .. .. .48? Washington 20 23 .465 Cleveland 22 24 .478 Detroit 19 25 .432 Boston 12 29 .293 American Association W L Pct Toledo .. 28 14 .667 M nneapolis 27 18 .600 Milwaukee 25 21 .543 Kansas City . .22 23 .489 Indianapolis . 21 23 .477 St. Paul ... . 21 25 .457 Louisville 20 27 .426 Columbus 18 30 .375 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League St. Louis 8-1: Brooklyn 0-6. Chicago 7; Boston 0 Cincinnati, 10; New York 9 No others scheduled. American League St. Louis 9; Washington 1 New York 5; Detroit 3 No others scheduled. American Association Cq'umbus 5-4; Louisville 3-0 Milwaukee 10; St. Paul 2 Indianapolis 11-0; Toledo 1-10 Kansas City 6-0; Minneapolis 3-4. SATURDAY’S RESULTS National League New York 1; Cincinnati 5 Boston 10; Chicago 9 Brooklyn 0; St. Louis 4 Ph ladelphia-Pittisbnrgh, rain. American League Chicago 6; Boston 4 St. Louis 5; Washington 3 Detroit-New York, rain ■ Cleveland-Philadelphia, rain. American Association IntPanapolis 3; Toledo 8 St. Paul 4; Milwaukee 5 Minneapolis 2; Kansas City 7 Columbus 3; Louisville 5. COLLEGE BASEBALL Mich gan 15: Ohio State 4 i Chicago 4; Wisconsin 1 B Minnesota 9; Indiana 4 , St. Viator 9; Notre Dame 6.

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SWIMMING POOL WILL OPEN SOON City To Open Pool At Water Works Park As Soon As Weather Is Warmer The municipal swimming pool will be opened ns soon as the weather be■omes warmer, according to the committee in charge of Waler Works oark. Work of conditioning the pool will start at once, and it will be ready n the next few days. The pool will remain closed, how■>ver, until the weather is warmer. It is probable that it will be opened in the next few weeks, but no definite late has been announced. » + + + * + ** + <4»* + * + ** > SPORT TABS ♦ >+++++++ + + + + + + + + (By United Press) DETROIT — Frank Txrekhart was the winner of the 100 mile dirt track automobile race with Cliff Woodbury second and Ira Vail third. Lockhart made* an average of 7 miles an hour. Jeorge Souders, winner of the the 500ruile race at Indianapolis, May 30, was forced out of the race with a broken piston on t.he 42nd lap. TOLEDO—ToIedo split a double header yesterday with Ind anapolis, 11-l and 10-0. Indianapolis took the irst game but Big Jeff Pfeffer allow'd only five hits in the second. LOUISVILLE —Columbus took both -antes of a double header yesterday, 5-3 and 4-0. Zumbro held Louisville o six hits in the second. MILWAUKEE —Using three pitchars. SL Paul coujd not stop the bating Milwaukee team in the deciding came of the series yesterday and Milwaukee won 10-2. Every Brewer made one or more single. KANSAS CITY—The Kansas City Blues divided a double header with Minneapolis yesterday, 6-3 and 4-0. Moon held the Blue batters helpings n the second game. The Blues bur.fh><l hits in tho first game to win. o BASEBALL’S BIG FOUR (By United Press) Ruth hit. his seventeenth home run of the season and a single in four times up. 11. iirsby made a single "n throe attempts. Speaker hit for a double and single in three trips. Cobb was idle for the second successive day. I AB H PC F HR Hornsby 158 61 .386 .956 8 . Cobb 156 59 .378 1000 1 j Ruth 169 58 .343 .973 17 1 Speaker 159 51 .321 .990 0 o MURDERER OF TWO WOMEN IS SOUGHT >OYear-Old Woman And Her Lodger, Age 29, Found Murdered In Detroit Apartment House Detroit. June 6 —(United Press) — The murderer of a 50-year-old widow. Mrs. Minnie May. and her 29 year-old lodger, Maureen Oswald, believed to have been killed Wednesday, whose bodies were not found until last night, was sought today. The two women, their throats t'ghtfy bound with cords, were found in the'r second floor apartment in a fashionable part of town. Both had been assaulted, according to police. Dr. Noresh Chendra Atorthy. a native Hindu who married the younger woman following a world war romance in January. 1925, and who was divorced from her last January, is sought for questioning. Police also have under surveilance William D. Sinclair, 43, an insurance agent who is said to have admitted being friendly with Miss Oswald and to have at one time been engaged to her. The gruesome discovery was made when pfl’ice broke down the doors of the apartment at the request ol the owner, who' said the lights had been burning for three days anti nights.

o Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gerber ant children, of Fort Wayne, visited Tel atives here over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schafer, of Fair mount, are spending several day here with Mr. and Mrs. John Schafe and relatives at Pleasant Mills.

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Lacoste Defeats Tiden In International Tourney Saint Cloud. France, June 6.— (UP) —As alert and tireless as her hero of a Dumas' novel, Rene Races e, the. D'Artagnan of France's “Three Musketeers", of the tenn s court, defeated | William T. Tidlen if yesterday in the finals of the international hard court championships at the S:ade Francais. It was a hard match for the tall Philadelphian to lose. I s closeness was indicated by the fact that the match went five sets, the last of which ran 2d games before Tilden’s hopes ' to re-establish himself as the foremost tennis player of the world were shattered by a double fault. The set ended 11-9 in Lacoste's favor. RURAL SCHOOLS TO RE-OPEN SEPT, 5 I Township Trustees Set Date At Meeting Today; Commencement Wednesday The rural schools of Adams county will reopen on Monday, September 5, according to a decision reached today by the township trustees, in session at the office of Clifton E. Striker, < o.inty superintendent of schools. Since September 5 is Labor Day, it was decided to hold school only until noon that day. | The trustees and Mr. Striker completed plans today for the annual county eighth grade commencement, to l»e held at Geneva, Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock. Diplomas will oe awarded to 249 pupils at that time. o POST OFFICE TO BE RE-PAINTED I Uncle Sam To Join In Annual Clean-up And Paints Up Campaign In Decatur I . e Net to be outdone by the annual n spring clean-up of local business , houses. Uncle Sam, through the efforts ,1 of L. A. Graham, Decatur postmaster, 0 has ordered a complete ’■epainting of the interior of the local Federal buildP ing. . H Work of re-painting the post office building on Monroe street started toil day. and three coats of white paint d will be placed on the interior of the ( building. The new color, which takes I the place of the old brown paint, wil id malto the building considerably lightei >j. and more comfortable for the posta i employees. TI Bloomington—Eighteen children tin t>r derwent tonsilectomy in the city hos I pital here Wednesday.

GOVERNMENT TO REDEEM BONDS Second Liberty Loan Bonds To Be Redeemed On November 17 L. A. Graham. Decatur postmaster, leeeived a letter this morning from Harry S. New, postmaster general, ! saying that all Second Liberty Loan bonds would he redeemed November* 15, of this year. Attention was call cd also, to the fact that the bonds could be exchanged for other interes bearing government bonds, and that ' all Second Liberty Loan bond holders would be given the opportunity of securing these bonds. The letter is as follows: “With my lettei of May 9, 1927, I ransmit ed copies of display notices announcing the call for redemption on November 15, 1927, of all outstanding bonds of the Second Liberty Loan. In the call for redemption the Secretary of the Treasury announced that holders of such bonds might, in advance of November 15, 1927, be offered the privilege of exchanging all or part of their bonds for other interest-bearing obligations of the United States. The Secretary has decided to make such an offer at the present time and desires to give that fact the same wide publicity as was given the call for relemption of the bonds. 1 have assured him of the assistance of the Postal Service in the matter. “With this letter you will find suf ficlent display notices announcing the offer to enable you to place one prom inently in the lobby of your main office and each station and branch, in eluding all contract stations.’’ — o LINDBERGH HAS ONLY PRAISE FOR HIS RIVAL FLIERS (CONTI Nt ED FROM PACK ONE) I Am.” “America” was also sung. • The services were conducteel by the ship's young chaplain, Lieut. E. M Criger, a crisp speaker. He told how Christ “made good” after leaving I home and asked how many of the saila ors aboard the Memphis would be able s tn tell their folks when they returned ', that they too had not wasted their f time away from home. I- The cruiser sailed smoothly at 23 knots, and in spite of a 30-knot wind. e was maintaining its schedule. o Jail Breaker Caught e s Muncie, Ind., June 6. —(UP) —Ever II ett Kiger, 18, who broke jail at Lar>r amie, Wyo., last November while tl awaiting transfer to the Wyoming state prison, was captured at hit home here Sunday. Local police probably will not consent to his return to Wyonming, as he has admitted robbing a grocery store here last Friday

GETS POST WITH NEW DEPARTMENT Forrest Huntington, Hus-' band Os Decatur Girl, Receives Appointment Forrest Huntington, of Indianapolis, who was married to Miss Caroline Acker, of Decatur, recently, has been chosen as a field investigator for the new state bureau of criminal ident 1ilicailon, which will be formally opened July 1. Mr. Huntington, for six years, lias been criminal Investigator for the Indianapolis branch of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Albert G. I’errott. who has served continuously for many years as head of the Bertlllon bureau of the Indianapolis police department, was selected as ac ing superintendent of the new slate bureau, which was created inder a 1927 law. The division will loperate under the secretary of suite. In speaking of Mr. Huntington, j .'rederick E. Schortemeier, secretary 'of sla e, said: “Mr. Huntington was [largely instrumental in clearing p ' the holdup and robbery of the First I National Bank. Dana; the robbery of jibe Aleti State Bank, Alert; the holdup of the South Kokomo State Bank. Kokomo; 4he pay roll holdup of the Indiana Lamp Company, Connersville; the robbery of the Wayne Littlefield jewelry store. Fort Wayne; the Luther Sharp murder, Rushville, and the Wilkinson Haag murder, Indianapolis. He comes highly recommended by t hies Johnson and other Indianapolis citizens.” — o Harry Thompson Dies Suddenly In California ( M. J. Mylott, of this city received | a message at noon informing him of the death of Harry Thompson, age 1 about 45, of Chicago and Pasadena. Calif., husband of Mrs. Kate Mylott. I Thompson, formerly of this city. The ; message did not state the cause of | death and it is believed that Mr. | Thompson died very suddenly, i H s wile and daughter. Miss Gene- ! vieve Thompson, and Mrs. ThompI son's mojier, Mrs. Margaret Myoltt. z A Fool An' \ His Money Aue Soon ///,/''> j BOSTONIAN SHOES FOR MEN i fetm-T-Mva’A &. Son ' AND $• OfS FC- '’a'* NO-

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