Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 2 July 1927 — Page 6

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League New York, 111; Boston, 6-«. Biooklyn-Philadalphla, rain. No others selmd'ilt'd. American League Chicago, 5; St. Louis, 1. Detroit, 6; Cleveland, 5. Philadelphia, 5; Wtishingto#. 6

Boston, G, New York, 13. ( American Association Ijonisville, 6; Columbus, .1. St Paul, 9; Milwaukee, 8. Minneapolis, 6; Kansas City, 5, I No other scheduled. — o— ■ — ' 1 BASEBALL’S BIG FIVE Lou Gehrig. newest celebrity, hit his I twenty-fifth home run of the sea-on, I. a double and a single in five times at bat. I, Huth kept pace with his team-mate , ami rival for home tuns by also hitting • his twenty-fifth. The Babe made a , double besides and Wa at bat four (

times. Speaker got a double in three attempts. Hornsby made two singles out of seven chances. Cribb was idle. Averages AB H Pct. HR Gehrig 271 105 .387 25 Hornsby 248 92 .370 14 Cobb :.. 203 75 .368 2 Huth 233 83 .356 25 Speaker 243 82 338 0 ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ + ♦♦♦■»• <By United Press) Yesterday's hero — Lou Gehrig of t the New York Yankees challenged ! Babe Huth's position as home run king I by hitting his 25th homer of the seas-1 on in a game with Boston which re-1 suited in a 13 6 victory for the Yanks. Gehrig led his teammate in the number of four-base hits for jus. three innings. Huth got his 25th in the fourth of yesterday’s game. Tommy Thomas. White Sox pitcher, won his twelfth victory when he held the St. Louis Browns to seven hits amt | a lone score. The Sox scored five times during the session and con. inn- , ed to challenge Washington for see- ] ond place in the league. t The Senators also wop their gam? < from the Athletics by a ninth inning | rally in which Goose Goslin drove Rice | across the plate with the winning tun ( with none out. The score was Wash- ( ington, 6; Philadelphia, 5. | The Cleveland Indains almos tied j Ute l'u'. r in the nin It hut failed to deliver with the necessary ] tally on third anil Detroit won, 6-5. j The Indians scored two in the ninth '

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The- Bo» ilf Bray, shared honors \ In ~ double header with New York puking the fir. game 6-1 and losing 'the Second 116. Boston had the sec- ( Lmd game won also until the eighth | I Inning when McQuillan broke down ‘ (and before the session was over, the 'I Giants had scored 5 runs. Ihe re-1 I treated in the ninth inning and put 1 across the same number of tallies. It Uml h held New York to six hits in I the first game while the Braves hit I Fitzsimmons freely. Boney was called to the rescue in Ute seventh but I the Giants' efforts to catch up were I unavailing. I — ~"

11 OPERATION MAY (EASE BETWEEN | JULY 24-AUG. 24 (( OM IM I II I'HOM U'l’l for the consideration of $3,000. It is estimated that the salvage of the line from the Fort Wayne corporate limits to the north limits of Decatur will bring $50,000. j The road was built about 21 years ago, costing approximately $1,000,000 At the time the road passed into re ceivershlp in 1912, it was appraised at $403,491.30. It is not known what disposition will be made of the station in this city.

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