Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 149, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1927 — Page 8

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WORK BEGUN ON ATHLETIC FIELD Legion Hopes To Have New Field Ready For Use ByNext Fall Work has started on the new comniuinty athletic field, bt Ing sponsored by the American Legion of this city, in the south pait of Decat er, and ?. will be completed by fall u present plans aie f<.'.lowed out. The baseball diamond has been surveyed, and the grandstand will be moved from the Niblick field to the new field tomorrow. An important meeting of the committee in charge of the field has been called for Friday night, at 7:30 o'clock at the Graham and Walters building. Those members who aie requested to attend are Paul Graham the Rev. Joseph llession, Carl Smith. Walter Krick and Dick. Heller. Several important phases of the project are to be discussed and it is of vital importance that every member attend, Mr. Graham, stated today. The plans for the coYnpletion cf the fle'd by fall will l.e discussed, and some volunteer writ of those inte a -t---ed wil Im needed. The field will in-ludc a baseball diamond, half mile cinder track, tennis courts and a football field. The land ir high and heavy ri ns will net often cause ootsfponemeiii of scheduled event; at the field Negotiations are being made fcr a canvas fence, to enclose the field, and if possible the fence w;d be purchased before t.i!’. The field will be for the entire community and both high schools and all the 'oca! grade schools v. ill use the new field for all outdoor athletic events. Plans already are underway t >r an

independent football tern in Decatur this fail and thai organization, a'.->c, will use the new t'.» 1 I. An effort will be made later to purchase the field tor the city, At present a lease is being held by the American Legion and the overning committee. All members of the committee are urged to attend the meeting tomorrow , night at 7;.’to o’cloc!. + + + -> + + + + + + + ++ + <4- ♦ BASEBALL STANDINGS ♦ <»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«♦*« National League ! : _’ " | W L Pct. ■ Pittsburgh 37 20 .649 , St. Louis 34 22 .607 , Chicago 35 25 .583 New York 28 28 .500 Brooklyn 28 32 .450 Boston 21 29 .420 1 Philadelphia 22 33 .400 < Cincinnati 22 38 .367 ( American League ® 1 W L Pct. 1 New York 45 17 .726 ( Chicago 35 27 .565: Philadelphia 33 27 .550 ■ Washington 30 28 .517 ’ Detroit 26 29 .473 ; i Cleveland 27 32 .458' ] St. Louis 25 31 .446 Boston 15 43 .259 1 1 American Association I W L Pct. . Toledo 35 22 .614. Kansas City 34 27 .557 I Milwaukee 34 28 .548 1; Minneapolis 33 29 .547 ( Indianapolis 29 33 .168 , St. Paul 29 34 .460 f Louisville 30 37 .148 ,' Columbus 24 38 .387 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League St. Louis 11; Chicago, 5. Cincinnati, 9; Pittsburgh, 11. Philadelphia-Brooklyn, rain. Bcston-New York, rain. American League St. Louis, 3-5; Chicago, 2-8. New York, 7-3; Boston, 4-2. Washington, 4-7; Philadelphia 2-13. No other scheduled American Association Milwaukee, 7-6; Indianapolis, 1-7. Kansas City, 4-9; Louisville, 2-8. Minneapolis, 9; Toledo, 10. St. Paul-Columbus, rain. - — o Bobby Jones To Defend His Golf Title Abroad Atlanta. Ga., June 23. —(UP)--Bobby Jones wil sail on Saturday to defend his title as British open champion if the American state department gets his passport through in time. The Georgia golfer announced he has definitely decided te defend his laurels in England.

Gives Exhibition l A 4 * ' > 73 51 * mSp' i ■ , . i » "Putt” Mossman "Putt" Mossman, of Eldora. lowa, world's champion horseshoe pitcher in 1924-25-26. will ive an exhibition of trick and fancy pitching at the Moose Home on Third street, at 7 o’clock tonight. He will pilch an exhibition match against H. A. Thomas, Decatur city champion, also. Among the stunts to be seen tonight will be pitching ringers blindfolded and lighting matches in front of the peg with one shoe and putting out with the next. BASEBALL’S BIG FOUR (By United Press) Babe Ruth hit his twenty-third and twenty-four:h home runs in the first

game of a double-header and a single in .the second. He was a: bat four times in the opener and twice in the night-cap. Speaker made three singles in four times at bat in the double-header at Philadelphia. Pinch hitting for Quinn, Cobb failed to hit safely. , Hornsby was idle. AB H PC HR Hornsby 210 79 .376 121 Cobl 200 73 .366 2 Ruh 216 75 .347 21 Speaker 213 68 .320 0 n — ■ *♦*♦4-* < + ♦♦ + +♦♦♦ + ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD + «»«****«*»*******«*sa (By United Press) Yesterday's hero—-Babe Ruth who lost two more baseballs in the bleachers for his 23rd and 24th home runs of the season, bringing him up to his 1921 record. He hit both off Mai Wiltse in the first game of a double header. The Yanks w-on bo h gamer, the first 7-4. the second, 3-2. The Pittsburgh Pirates hit soar Cin innati pitchers hard and win 11-9, despi ea three-run rally by the Reds in he ninth inning. The Chicago Cubs’ losing streak was extended to four games, w! ;n the club that last week chalked up 12 successive victories was beaten by the St. Lduis Cardinals, 11-5. The Athletics and the Senators re-

peated Tuesday’s program on Wednesday by spli ting even on a double header. Washing or »ook the first game 4-i, and dropped the second 13-7. The White Sox and the St. Louis Browns broke even Tn a twin bill, St. | Louis won the first, 3-2, and Chicago I the second, 8-5. o + ♦♦♦*♦♦*♦♦♦ +♦♦ + ♦ I <• SPORT TABS ■& 4- + + i S , 4 , + + + 4 , + + + + + 4 , + Toledo, O. —A home run in the 11th inning by Manager Casey Stengel gave the Toledo Mudhens a 10-9 victory over Minneapolis. Ray Grimes was on base, and the two runs overcame the run the» Millers collected in their half of the inning. Louisville, K'y. — Kansas City z took both games of a double header from Louisville. The first was close, 4-2, while the second, the Blues massed th’eir hits in -the sixth inning to score their only runs of the game, nine in number, winning 9-8. Indianapolis.—The Indians and the i Brew-ers broke even on a twin bill, | Milwaukee winning the first game, 7-1, and dropping the second, 7-6, when the Indians had a big seventh inning, scoring 'five runs.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1927.

RAILROADERS WIN OPENING CONTEST Defeat Postoffice Team In 7Inning Game In City Twilight League The Railroad team defeated tin Postoffice nine In an interesting baseball game on the South Ward diamond Wednesday afternoon marked thr opening of the city twilight league The game, which was scheduled to go five innings, went seven frames l»e---f ire the Railroaders were victorious. 10-7. The score was tied at 4-all at the end of the fifth inning. Leland Franks pitched for the Postoffice crew, while Merle Peterson did the hurling for the tailroaders. Several Decatur high school athletes were membets cf the Pcstoffice team. Yesterday’s game was postponed f. ;:n Tuesday on account of rain. Th" Electric and Catholic Parish teams were scheduled to meet oath South Ward diamond this afternoon. Next week, the Postoffice and Catholic Parish teams will play on Tuesday, and ■ the General Ijectric nine will play iho ' Raihcoders cn 'ihtirsday afternoon The following week's'games will be Pcstoffice vs G. E. and Railroad vs. j Catholic Parish. o Molla Mallory Defeated In Wimbledon Tennis Meet Wimbledon, Eng.. June 23. —(UP)— Mrs. Molla Mallory was eliminated from the all-England tennis champion ships today at the hands of 16-year-1 I old Betty Nr..hall of England. 2-6. 6-2, 6-0. Mrs. Mallory, the American nation-’ al champion, is the first American to suffer defeat dining the present I matches.

I Have Sold My Lunch Room To i Mr. Bob Insley ’ who has taken possession of same today. I want to thank all my old customers for the patronage they extended | to me. W. J. OHLER. I s I have today assumed active management of the OHLER LUNCH ROOM | j LIBERTY WAY j and extend a cordial invitation to all the old customers as well as the new to visit me in my new business. We will ■ continue to give the same service as rendered by Mr. Ohler . and will appreciate your patronage. B)b Insley. ! t t 1 1 _ i fl I

I ■ I | Safe for Travelling | The safest and most convenient H f way to carry money while trav- Is eling either in this country or :i abroad, is in the form of travelers’ checks. We issue them >’’ ’JI’ in denominations of $lO, S2O, — t »’H f SSO and SIOO. - £'i V I:! 1 lit i -1 OB G JZapital and Surplus'~l2o,ooo.o& tur,'

FARMERS WARNED OF CHECK ARTIST Man And Woman Buying Eggs And Poultry And Issuing Worthless ('hecks A warning has been sent out t"> nil fatmeis cf Adams county and this community regarding a man and worrnan. travelling in a Ford automobile who buy eggs and poultry from farmers and produce dealers In small towns. The man pays for the pur- • chases with checks on the Lima Trust company, cf Lima, Ohio, and a checkup disclosed that he has no account with that bank. I The man is using the name. R. E. . I Hall. He is described as being about ( 5 feet 11 inches tail: weighs 200 ( pounds, and has been wearing a blue shirt and felt hat. The Fold, in which he is travelling, has a commercial body. Several days ago the car had Indiana license plates, but yesterday it displayed Ohio numbers. Seveial produce dealers along the Indiana-Ohl.) state line have sold Hall thei: eggs and poultiy and have lost considerable money. The man pays several cents more than the market

I On undrained land the K farmer must wail for B excess water to evapor- K ate. This process takes |gi heat from the soil which Wy should be retained to S give an early start. This m accounts for the slow SB growing, sickly looking, yellowish plants that are B seen on water - logged soil during early spring. R Getting an early start B gives corn more time to I mature before fall frost. B Small grains also have B . time to fill and ripen B before the hottest weath- 1 er sets in. The |! Krick-Tyndall Co. ra i

price, saying that he is travelling for 11 large concern. lie then Issues a fraudulent check mid leaves with the pur(•liases. Joe Yahne, of Dalsie. Ohio is holding Il worthless (heck on Hall for *30.15 and several dealers and farmers In Mercer county have been defrauded. The man and woman are reported to be headed toward Adams county and ull small produe dealers and many farI me.s have been notified to watch for the couple. If the man attempts to buy any produce from fatmeis of this community they are urged to call Sheriff Hurl Ilollingswotth at once. •COLORADO SPRINGS—Eddie Held. St. Louis, was to defend his title of trans-Mlssiss ppS golf champion in the 27th annual tourney at the I Broad mo. re course, cupped in a hollow of the Cheyenne mountains here. The qualifying round was to be played today.

r " WHY STAY HOME? Exceptionally Reduced Week End Excursion Fares via the Nickel Plate Road Tickets Good Going Every Friday SATURDAY Sunday Return Limit Monday Following Date of Sale. One Fare for the Round Trip (Minimum fare $1.00) Get full particulars of S. E. SHAMP. Agent, Decatur or address C. A. Pritchard, 1). P. A., Fort Wayne, Ind. >

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Mis. Roger Swaim, and daughter Janet, Mis. L. B. Thomas und Miss Ruth Williamson, of Bluffton, gpent the day here with Mis. Agnes And-

’ ' '.enlny. Cut The Weeds - Complying with a city ordinance weeds, must be cut from vacant lots at once. Property owners are appealed to • to look after this duty Before July Ist. Civic pride should make us all desirous of having a clean and well well kept city. A penalty is provided in the ordiI nance in case weeds are not cut. Weeds not cut by July Ist will be cut by the city at the property owner’s expense and charged on the tax duplicate. City of Decatur Street Department. |

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