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TENNIS TOURNEY TO BEGIN JULY 18 Divisions For Men, \\ omen. Hoys And Girls To Be Provided In City Meet The annual city tennis tournament will start Monday. July 18, Coach Herb Curtis announced today. Entries in the various divisions must be riled with Coach Curtis, at the city swimming pool either Saturday or Monday. July 9 or 11. An entry fee of fifty cents for each individual in the singles and fifty cents for each team in the doubles will be charged to defray the expense of procuring medals for the winners. The first round games must be played between July 18 and 23. The matches may be played on any court in the city. Drawings for the first round games will lie made shortly after the entry list closes and will be published in the Daily Democrat about the middle of next week. There will be men’s singles and doubles-, singles and doubles, singles and doubles for high school girls, boys' singles and doubles, and junior and senior mixed doubles. TO PHY TENNIS WITH BLUFFTON Five Decatur Tennis Stars To Meet Rival City Team On Sunday, July 10 Five Decatur tennis players have been selected to represent this city at a meet against the Bluffton city team, to be played Sunday. July 10, at the latter's courts. The local team is composed of the following players: George laiuretit, captain: Ed Engeler, Walter Miller; Marker Mount and L. It. Dow-! ling. The local team is one of the stron-l post evei representing this city and it is expected that they will give the , Bluffton aggregation considerable , trouble. Sevetal tennis fans are ex- | pet ted to accompany the team Io Bluff- , ton. I . A return match is being planned and t possible a match between Decatur and | Hartford City will be scheduled tori'; later in the season. 11

♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD ♦ ♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦* (By United Press) Yesterday's hero —Hal Carlson, aid-j ed perhaps by a downpour of rain in i the ninth inning, pitched and hit the | Chicago Cubs to a 2-1 victory over the Pit'sbnrgh Pirates. It put the Cubs in first place by a margin of onetenth per cent. Carlson allowed only four hits until the ninth and hit two of the Cubs’ three safeties himself. The pitcher's hit in the fifth drove in the run which won the game. Both teams batted around in the' first tuning of Hie Browns-Tigers i game. Detroit scoring five runs and St. Louis 3. The Tigers won SI-6 The champion Cardinals ended a six-game losing streak by beating Boston 12-1. Sherdel held the Braves to five hits while St. Louis scored a run for every hit registered. o BASEBALL’S BIG FIVE (By United Press) Hornsby, the only member of the famous five to see action, made a single in four times at bat. AB H PC HR Gehrig 293 117 .399 28 Huth 254 94 .366 26 Hornsby 280 101 .360 15 Cobb 229 82 .358 2 Speaker 268 9n .335 0 — oBluffton Golfers Win From Wabash Team, 22-21 Bluffton. .July B.—The Bluffton golf team defeated the Wabash golfers by the narrow margin of on e point in a Northern Indiana Golf League match, at Bluffton, Wednesday. The final score was 22-21. W. A. Kunkle. Jr., of Bluffton, turned in the low score of the match, with an 82 for the 18 holes.

(ioi.i Simplified j I By Charles (Chick) Evans, Jr. i V. t lOtt ?\ FIG 2 J If YOU ARE FIG Hc -w u-. . 1 3 ‘'l > / EIGHT ’ i / u holec / Il The Rhythmic Stroke . Don’t wiggle on your back stroke. So many players use the club as if . I it were a continuation of their arms; , T think of the straight line being broken during the swing and at the impact. Fig. 2. To those players who tty to shove the clubhead through the ball, let me say it cannot be done. This golf stroke is a distinct hit down and up, and the clubhead should swing smoothly and completely over the right path. Those who want to put the extra punch or pace on the ball should remember this can only be done with success if there is rhythm. Stiffness has no place in golf although firmness has. It is a wise golfer who has a somewhat bent attiI tude throughout his stroke. Fig. 3. I Keep behind the blow. If you are inclined to hook too much, strike out to the right of the hole a little more. One can tighten up too much, and tight muscles have few uses in golf. With the perfectly hit ball you can , feel the right side completely behind it. Fig. 2. Mos: players hold their right shoulder a little lower than their left as they address the ball; I think that both shoulders have equal height. Some say that the bf*t players pause jus: a fraction of a second in order to get a ball in rhythm; that may be true. The ball should not stay on the clubhead too long after their meeting; looseness favors looping. When your club is at the extreme back end of the stroke, feel the weight of the clubhead. As a matter of fact the right elbow does not come snugly into the side on the back sttoke. Fig. 1. but there is a little take-off formed there by the upper part of the right arm and this spring-hoard arrangement helps some. o

♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BASEBALL STANDINGS ■> National League W T. Pet Chicago 46 27 .630 Pittsburgh 44 26 .629 I St. Louis 40 31 .563 , ' New York 39 36 .530 i Brooklyn 36 38 .486 ; Philadelphia 30 43 ,4il Boston 28 41 4u6 ■ Cincinnati 27 48 .360 i American League W L Pet. New York 51 21 .720 (Washington 1') ‘l2 .556 Chicago 42 35 .5(5 ; Detroit 39 33 .542 | Philadelphia 38 36 .514 Cleveland . :‘4 40 .459 St. Louis 30 43 .411 Boston 17 56 .233 American Association W I. Pct. Toledo 48 26 .64!) Kansas City 43 33 .566 Milwaukee 43 33 .566 Minneapolis 41 38 .519 St. Pout 38 40 .487 Indianapolis 34 44 .436 Louisville 33 50 .398 Columbus 31 47 .397 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Chicago, 2; Pittsburgh, 1. St. Louis, 12; Boston,111. 1 Brooklyn, 3; New York, 2. Cincinnati, 11; Philadelphia, 4. American League ' Detroit, 9; St. Louis. 6. No others scheduled. American Association Indianapolis, 10; St. Paul, 3. Minneapolis, 12; Louisville 3. t Milwaukee. 5; Columbus, 4 f Kansas City, 5; Toledo, 2. ■ —— Minenapolis. Minn,, - Minneapolis '• counted five homers in their 15 hi’s and beat Louisville 12-2 Five scattered hits were all Malone permitted p the Colonels. Emmer and Smith each 8 made two circuit drives, the former | also getting two doubles and a single 1

THREE TEAMS TIEO FOP. LEAD First Round Os Games Are Plaved In City Twilight Baseball League At the end of the first round of games in the city twilight baseball league .three teams tire tied for the league leadership, each having won two games and lost one. The Postoffice team is trailing with three de- ( tea’s and no victories. j The Railroad team suffered its first defeat yesterday evening, when the Catholic Parish nine won an 11-2 de- ( cision. The General Electric team 1 defeated the Postoffice crew Tuesday evening, 10-4. The three-way tie for the leadership between the General Electric. Railroad and Catholic Parish teams will be broken Tuesday evening next week, when the Railroaders play the Postoffice nine. The General Electric and Catholic Parish teams will clash on Thursday evening. The schedule for the following two weeks is: July 19 Postoffice vs Catholic Parish; July 21. General Electric vs. Railroad; July 26. Postoffice vs. General Electric; July 28, Railroad vs. Catholic Parish. o ATHLETIC FIELD IS BEING BUILT Men Are At Work On Community Athletic Field In South Part Os City Work is progressing rapidly Vm the new Community Athletic field in the south part of the city, adjacent to the Ijegion Memorial park. A committee composed of Paul Graham. Herb Curtis, Ferd O’Brien, Frank Peterson and Henry Faurote visited the field this morning where a half dozen workmen are busy leveling and scraping the entile 20 acres of land. Preliminary work of laying cut the baseball diam nd, track and football field started this morning. Orval Harruff. city engineer, assisted the committee in laying out the field, and the work of levelling will continue. Frank Peterson is in charge of the workmen and it is hoped that the field will be completed in the next few weeks. About S4OO was collected by subscriptions and this amount is being used in constructing the park. The field will be in shape for football this fall, and, if possible, the committee will construct a canvas fence around the playing field. The ground is an ideal one for an athletic wield, and it will be used by the entire city for all athletic events. An advisory board composed of Paul Graham, Carl Smith, Walter Krick, Rev. Joseph Hession and Dick Heller, is in charge of the field. o Fox Is Killed By Farmer’s Automobile On Paved Highway Greencastle, Ind., July B—(UP) — ‘‘l kaew nobody would believe me. so I took the fox I killed heme with me to prove my stoty," is the contention of Ed Watts, Putnam county farmer, who lays claim to the distinction of killing a fox by running over it with a motor car. Watts had driven to Limedale to get some groceries. Driving home along the new cement road to Mt. Olive church, he saw a fox jump the road fence ant. start to cross the road. It was at night and as the animal came within range o: the lights it stopped dead still in the road, according to Watts. Just as the car rushed down upon it, the fox jumped, but not soon enough. One cf the car wheels struck the animal, and killed it. Now, Watts says, he has proof of his unusual hunt, because he has the fox. Oil Operators To Drill Test Wells Near Linton Linton, Ind., July B—(INS)—In the hope of finding valuable oil lauds, Pittsburgh, Pa., interests wil start drilling in the territory adjacent tn this city, within a few weeks accord i ing to L. Painter, who represents the eastern group.

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DEMPSEY GAINS FAVOR IN BETS Large Odds On Sharke) Air Trimmed To Almost Even Money Already By Henry L. Farrell, <r p. Staff Correspondent) New York. July 8. -il’P)- Shifting odds being offered on the DempseySharkey fight are beginning to reflect lan opinion that Dempsey Is not so hollow that he will crack before a mean look. Two weeks ago. shortly after Tex Rickard had made his million dollar match, bet.ing commissioners in the financial district were offering money at 9-5 that Sharkey would win from the former champion. Today the odds had been trimmed to almost even money and ii was predicted Dempsey might be the favorite before they i enter the ring on July 21. I One bet of $6,500 io $5 000 and another of $2.800 to $2,000 on Sharkey

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+ SPORT TABS ♦ (By United Press) D,.S Moines, la Manager John UolUns of lite Des Moines western league laughed at Joe Zahn, one-eyed <<>ul n)ilu . r , when he walked Into the park and said he wanted a trial as a pitch!,r. Collins thought he would give his I team one batting practice with Zahn Iplteblng. A short time later Zahn ! was signed to a contract as a member of the team. Des Moines' best bet- . ers couldn’t touch the miner’s offerpngs. They claimed they couldn’t even see the ball. Kansas City. Mo The Blues continued their steady climb toward flrat place in the American Association defeating Toledo, the present leaders. -.2 Sheehan allowed only six hits to Toledo while Kansas City bat ers collee ed most of their nine in two innings to win. Milwaukee, Wis - Ricondo’s double scoring Orwoll in the nin.h gave Milwaukee a 5-4 victory over Columbus. The Brewers were down 4-0 when the) I started a rally in the fourth inning. ! Liebold hit a homer with two on to ' score three of Columbus' runs.

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