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G. E. BASEBALL LEAGUEOPENS Tool Room Team Defeats Punch Press Nine In Opening Contest, 3-2 ThP Tool room team defeated the Punch Press nine yesterday evening in the first game of the General Electric inter-department baseball league, by a score of 3-2. The game was played on the South Ward diamond. Appleman, Punch Press pitcher, did not allow a hit in the five innings played, but he walked four batters and errors by his teammates allied in his defeat. Schneider. Tool Room hurler, allowed five scattered hits and did not issue a pass. The schedule for the inter-depart-ment league has not been drawn. It is probable that there will be six teams in the league. It was first planned to have eight teams enter the league, but it was impossible to get that many teams. A meeting will be hefd tonight, at which time the schedule will be drawn. The General Electric factory team is negotiating for a game with the Geneva Grays for Saturday afternoon hut the game had not been booked yet today. o ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD < ♦+++++**+ * + ++ + + < (Ry United Press) Yesterday's hero — George Sisler peerless first baseman of the St. Louis Browns, who stole three bases and hit safely in each of his four trips to the plate. The Browns incidentally lost the game to the Philadelphia Athletics, 11-9. Although the Mackmen were onthit, 18-14. An eighth inning rally gave the Cubs the advantage that netted a 7-6 victory over Brooklyn. Previously Brooklyn had hammered the offerings of Charley Root, Bob Osborne and Roy Hard. Four home runs featured the first game of the important series between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox in which the Gothamites won. 4-1. The victorv gave New York a little better than a two-game advan'e.ge over the second place Sox. Four singles, a base on balls and a home run in the second inning gave Washington six runs and paved th< way for a 10-8 victory over Cleveland. Cleveland threatened several times hut the rallies were short lived. Grimes. Henry and Songer tried un successfully to stop the heavy hitting of the Pittsburgh Pirates but the . ennsylvanians defeated the Giants, 9-6. The Braves touched three St. Louis pitchers for 14 hits and had little difficulty in defeating the world champions, 12-5. Jimmy Ring started for the Cardinals but was taken out after six runs were scored in the ftfih. Jake May kept the seven Philadelphia hits well scattered and Cincinnati defeated the Phillies, 5-1. Despite a ninth inning rally which netted four runs Detroit was defeated by Boston, 6-5. Up to the ninth inning Wiltse had held the Tigers to two hits. o Preble To Play Yoder Team At Preble Sunday The Preble baseball team will meet the Yoder team on the Preble diamond Sunday afternoon. The game will b< called at 2:30 o'clock. Either Hake o: R. Lindeman will pitch for Preble. The Preble team lost to the Geneva Gray: in a game at Geneva last Sunday bj a score of 9-1. Hake was driven from the mound in the second inning and Lindeman finished the game. Long pit cited a fine game far Geneva. c Sheriff Hollingsworth Takes Dull To Prison Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth left this morning for Michigan City, where he will turn over to state prison officials Muri Dull, of Willshire, Ohio, whc pleaded guilty in the Adams circuit court recently to a charge of obtain ing goods under false pretense. Dull will serve a term of from 1 to 1 years in the state prison. Sheriff Hollingsworth will return to this city tonight, and will take Bert Mast, of Monroe, who pleaded guilty to driving an auto while intoxicated, recently, in mayor's court to the penal farm. Mast will serve 6 months.

♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ baseball standings * ♦ National League W L Pct. Pittsburgh 30 1;’ •«»* St. Louis .25 13 .581 Chi. M 19 .563 New York ■ ‘-’4 2(1 .545 Brooklyn -’3 26 .460 Philadelphia • 18 24 - 4 '- 1 Boston I” Cincinnati • D’ "119 American League W L Pct. New York .32 1:> .681 Chicago - 31 IS .63" Philadelphia ... • 25 22 .532 St. Louis ?2 21 .478 Washington 21 23 .4,, Cleveland 22 26 ,458 irolt 19 - 1 ' ■ 4i '' Boston . , 13 31 .295 Ametican Association W L Pct Toledo 29 14 .674 Minneapolis 27 20 .574 Milwaukee 25 22 .532 Indianapolis .... . 23 23 .500 Kansas City .... 22 24 .478 St. Paul 21 26 .417 Louisville . ' 21 ,27 .438 Columbus 19 30 .388 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League New' York 6; Pittsburgh 9 Philadelphia 1; Cincinnati 5 Brooklyn 6; Chicago 7 Boston 12; St, Louis 5 . American League Detroit 5; Boston 6 Chicago 1; New Y’ork 4 St. Louis 9; Philadelphia 11 Cleveland 8; Washington 10. American Association , Kansas City 10; Toledo 12 Milwaukee 4: Columbus 6 St. Paul 0; Louisville 10 Minneapolis 5; Indianapolis 7. — o —— BASEBALL’S BIG FOUR Dy United Press Babe Ruth hit his eighteenth horn" run of the season off Al Thomas. Ho was at bat three times. Hornsby made his ninth home run and a single in four times up. Both Cobb and Speaker came through with a pair of singles in four attempts. AB H .PC F HR Hornsby 162 63 .389 .958 9 Cobb 163 62 -.380 1 000 1 Ruth 172 59 .343 .975 18 Sp*'ah<' i 63 ”3 . ■- o . * SPORT TABS + 4 , + + 4 , + + + + + 4 , 4'4 - + + +4' By United Press CHICAGO—HaI Carlson, for year.; one of the National League's leading pitchers while with the Philadelphia Nationals, will report, to the Chicago Cubs this afternoon. He was traded yesterday for Tony Kaufmann, pitcher, anti Jim Cooney, shortstop. COLUMBUS, O. — The hitting of Geygan and Kirkham helped Columbus to win the series opener from Milwaukee yesterday, 6-4. TOLEDO. O. — The Toledo Mud Hens won the greatest slugging exhibit'on ever seen at Swayne field, 1210, from the Kansas City Blues yesterday. Ryan, in additio nto holding he Blue sluggers after he went in. > won his game with a home run. INDIANAPOLIS — Etzell and McAu’ey completed a tr pf.e play in thc-Ind'anapolis-Minneapolis game yesterday. Indianapolis won 7-s'l LOUISVILLE —Joe Dawson allowed only four hits and blanked St. Paul. 10-0. It was the Louisville pitche 's •econd straight shutouL CHICAGO — The bantam weight title will be at stake June 23 when Bud Taylor, recognized champion, meids Tony Canzoneri at Wrigley field. They recently fought to a draw. ' SOUTH BEND. Ind.—Joseph Griffin, Detro t, has been elected cap ain of the 1928 Notre Dame University track team. o ' Sacred Heart Academy Commencement Is Held r i The annual commencement exer- : cises of’Sacred Heart Academy were t held last night at the Academy, east i of Fort Wayne. A class play was given in which Naomi Holthouse, of this city o one of the graduates, took part. H. J. f Hogan, of Fort Wayne delivered the y commencement address. Among those if from this city who attended the prog gram were Mrs. Minnie Holthouse and n daughters. Irene and Florence, Robert t and Arthur Voglewede and Margaret Holthouse.

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WILL CONDUCT RIDING SCHOOL Leo Weber To Go To Bass Lake For Summer; To Take 15 Horses With Him Leo Weber, of this city, will leave next week for Bass Lake, near Knox, Indiana, where he will conduct a riding academy this summer. Mr. Weber | who has for the last several years conducted riding schools at various lakes i in Indiana and Michigan, will drive his horses through from this city. A large summer colony comes to) Bass lake annually, and many of the f cottagers are interested in horseback , riding. Mr. Welter has been a riding I instructor for many years, and for the last several summers hi' has owned a large stable of horses. • The horses will be rented out to persons at the lake, or these who wish to I learn riding will be given lessons, Mr. Weber stated. The party will leave this city early next week, and will return to the winter quarters here some time in September or October. o — Man And Woman Found Slain In Automobile New Castle, Pa., June B,— (UP) —A double tragedy was discovered today when a motorist driving along the lonely Savannah road found a motor car blocking his way. In the car. clutching a 32-caliber pistol from which several shots had been fired, was Mrs. Elizabeth Bryan, of Ellwod City, dead from a bullet I wound in her head. Slumped down beside her at the driver's wheel, with his head bent as though asleep, was the body of M. A. McEltrott. circulation manager of the Ellwood City Ledger. A bullet had pierced hts chest just above the heart. Shortly after the discovery of the tragedy police had formulatea no theory to explain it. It occurred on a strip of highway connecting Savannah and East Newcastle, presumably some time early today. McEltrott and Mrs. Bryan both are married and have several children. o Corn Borer Fight Again Meets Opposition Columbia City., Ind.. June B—(UP8 —(UP) — | The slate department of conservation was defendant today in another suit for a temporary injunction to prevent; it carrying on its fight against the corn borer in Indiana. ‘Similar to a recent action in Allen county courts at Fcrt Wayne wherein 1 the department eventually was victor-1 ious, the suit is brought by Earl Hoover. a farmer, who asks an erder to: prevent representatives of the department from entering his field and destroying 15 acres of oats where corn j was grown last year. Circuit Judge Arthur Biggs granted a temporary restraining order and a i hearing on the request so an injunction was to be held today. Farmers who have formed an organization to suppo; t Hoover, ate highly interested. Peru. —In reality, only 126 seniors were graduated at Peru high school, although 128 names were on the list. Just prior to commencement exercises . two students raided the school and added two ‘names to the records. Indianapolis—The platform committee of the National Party met in India- • napolis Saturday to draw up a plati foi m to be presented to the executive committee at the national meeting in ! St. Louis July 5. 1 / ' Sunday ; EXCURSIONS via ] Nickel Plate Road 83.75 CLEVELAND t n Round trip from Ft. Wayne. ~ Proportionately Low Fares i to Many Other Points ■) e r Sundays During Summer ). ■ Season. d_ t| Address C. A. Prithard, t D.P.A., Ft. Wayne, Ind.

REVIEWj SACCO-VANZETTI /CASE / IB 111 JOI' w i1 These three men nre studying the Sacco-Vanzetti case to assist Governor Alvan T. Fuller, of Massachusetts reach a decision on appeals to spare the condemned men. They are Robert Grant (left*, former Probat' Judge; Lawrence Lowell (right), president of Harvard, and Samuel AV. Stratton (below), president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Governor Puller asked the men to investigate charges that Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted of the South Braintree payroll murders because of their communistic beliefs. » (M . M Exclusive)

Says Two Shiloh Girls Met Violent Deaths St. Joseph, Michigan, June B—(UP) Violent death of two young Shiloh girls, alleged victims of “King” Benjamin Purnell, occurred soon after they were sent to the house of David Lumber camp at High Island, supposedly to he out of reach of authorities who raided the religious colony, Hazel Wueith said when she resumed testimony against the cult today. Eliza Murphy, who was first subjected to Purnell's “Purification Rits" when she was 14. died on the isolated Island from drinking spirits of camphor. the witness testified. Jess Wheeler also succumbed to poison, supposedly from eating mushrooms, Mrs. Wuerth said. The testimony was in connection with the state suit to disband the colony as a public nuisance. o RED TROOPS GUARD POLISH LEGATION Precautions Taken At Moscow To Prevent Reprisals For Murder Os Soviet Minister Moscow, June 8 — (UP)— Calvary and Infantry of the Red army today guarded the polish legation here to pi event reprisals for the murder by a Russian named Boris Kowerila of So-, viet Minister Pierre Vcikoff in Warsaw yesterday. The street leading past the legation was barred to I'asiuil approach. The jurecautioris' to an untoward incident were greater then those afforded recently to the British diplomatic mission after the rut pure of the Anglo-Russian relations. Addressing a note to the Polish envoy, M. Patek, the Soviet foreign office said that Moscow had warned Poland and the Polish government “cannot avoid responsibility” for the murder. The note continued that the "Soviet government considers this unparalleled wickedness to have been a pait of te whole sequence of acts intended to dist upt its diplomatic Mis-

V 'I i J THE FARMER AND HIS BANKER j Ths greatest farm relief measures f . are those worked out by farmer and his banker together. One farmer wf rW' may do best by building a silo, anJk'' other may need new machinery or BM So some new breeding animals. Still another may do better by getting X Im' Wf along with his present improvements. jw Your plans can best be worked out by talking them over with your > banker. K 6 Capital and r .

sions abroad.’ Poland Is Surprised Warsaw. June B—(UP) —The Polish government was surprised today by the sharpness cf the Russian note on the assassination of Soviet Minister Pierrre Voikoff here yesterday. The note held the Polish government responsible for the murder, which was committed by Boris Kowerda. a Russian Monarchist. Poland cannot lie held morally responsible for the assassination, which was simply an internal Rus-ian affair which occured in Polish territory, it was said in official quarters. 0 South Bend Defeats Proposed Park Program South Bend. Ind., June B—(UP8 —(UP) — This city's proposed park development program was defeated yesterday at a special election 'which brought nearly 10,000 voters to the polls. The final vote stood: For 4.514; Against. 5.453. It had been planned to issue park bonds up to a maximum of 1 per cent cf the city's assessed valuation for the work. o Get the Habit—Trade at Home. It Pay» No More Gas In Stomach and Bowels if you to be permanently relieved of gas in stomach and bowels, take Baalmanns Gas Tablets, which are prepared especially fuf stomach gas and all the bad effects resulting from ga« pressure. That empty, gnawing feeling at the pit of the stomach will disappear; that anxious, nervous feeling with heart pal- I nitation will vanish, and you will again L be able to take a deep breath without ' discomfort. That drowsy, sleepy feeling after dinner will be replaced by a desire for entertainment. Bloating will cease. Your limbs, arms and fingers will no longer feel cold and ”go to sleep" because Baalmanns Gas Tablets prevent , gas from interfering with the circulation. Get the genuine, in the yellow pack- ' I a get at any good drug store. Price sl. Always on hand at Holthouse Drug Co.

LIONS CLUB ENDS STATE CONVENTION Robert L. Phillips. Os Lafayette, Elected District Governor At Closing Session Martinsville, Ind., JJuim s (UP)Lead D. Walker of Gary, was elected' secietary cf the State Lions Club for next year at the closing meeting of the annual convention hero yesterday, i Robert L. Phillips of Lafayette was elected district governor and W. L Craig of Scottsburgh. treasurer. Indianapolis was selected as the convention city for 1928. In an address before the convention last night Mrs Florence Riddick, boys state probation officer, urged that every effort be made to reclaim bad boys

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