Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1927 — Page 8

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RICKARD PLANS HUGE STADIUM Tunney-Dempsey Fight Is Last Bout He Will Stage Outside New York By Henry L. Farrell (United Press Stuff Correspondent) New York, August 4 (UP) With the statement that Chicago la getting the last blc heavyweight championship fight that he wil hold outside New York. Tex Rickard today said he is going to build a huge outdoor stadium here and that he wants to buy the New York Giants. “I want the Polo Grounds first of all because it’s a natural place for the kind of a stadium 1 want to build." he said. The promoter then went on to say that he took the second Tunney-Demp-sey fight to Chicago for two reasons: First, that he felt under obligations to Chicago. Second, that there wasn't a place big , enough in New York. Rickard said he bad been put in the' position of "running out on tile Chica-j go fellers" when he took last year’s i championship to Philadelphia and on the day of the fight in Philadelphia he promised Gov. Lem Small, of Illinois, that his next big fight would be in Chicago. "I never had any intentions of putting that fight on in New York he said. “Never saw anything like it before." | Rickard saiil when he looked at the aiders oiled on ills desk for the return | heavyweight championship match between Gene Tunney anti Jack Ifetnpsey. Ric kard bit off the flayed end of bis | stogie, tossed it into the soft depths I of his orential tug ami leaning back in his chair, reckoned that he already had j as much money in hand as he had be-I fore he paid off Dempsey and Jack Sharkey utter their recent fight. ‘‘How much do you reckon is there, Al." he asked of his, business manager. “Ovet $675,000 worth without what I you brought back from Chicago, the : business manager replied. “Then it’s about a million," Rickard beamed. I Rickard naturally is eluted at the ease with which he made the arrangements for the Chicago end of the show and naturally he is not depressed at the size of the advance sale. “We’ll have 150,000 there and the gate will be close to $3,000,000,” he said. Rickard, as a proud parent of recent, date, had a good chuckle about the report that Dempsey's plans had been, disturbed by the impending at rival of an heir. ‘Hope he don’t have to do no read work at night," Rickard said "Maybe I can give him some lessons in how to keep 'em from crying. Mine don’t cry much.” o Melba Cochata Wins Feature Race At Muncie Muncie, Ind.. Aug. 4 —(UP) —Melba Cochata, owned by J. S. Hansley, of Daleville, won the feature event on* Wednesday's speed program, of Muncie fair, the 3:13 pace. She won the first and third heats and placed second in the second. Her time in the first was 2:10 1-4. With 16 entries in the 2:24 pace, it was necessary to run the event in two sections. Temple Chan won out in the final. Reveler won the half-mile and Midday the five-eights mile.

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* BASEBALL STANDINGS ♦ National League W L Pct.' 1 Chicago til) 39 .606 | I Pittsburgh 68 40 .592 I |St. l-ouis 57 43 .570 , New York 55 48 .534 I Cincinnati 46 55 .455 Brooklyn 14 57 .436 Boston 38 56 .404 Philadelphia 38 ■ 58 .396 American League , W L Pct ■ New York 74 29 .718 ; i Washington 59 40 .596 >'Detroit 54 45 .545 . Philadelphia 54 48 .529 [Chicago 51 53 .490 Cleveland 42 61 .408 i 1 st. Louis 40 59 .404 , Boston 31 70 .307 American Association W L Pct. Toledo 65 39 .625 I Milwat.J «<■ 60 46 .51.6 I Kansas City 59 48 .551 Minneapolis 58 51 .532 St. Paul 57 52 .523 Louisville .' 44 67 .396 Indianapolis 41 64 .390 Columbus 40 65 .381 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League ; Philadelphia, 6; Pittsburgh, 9. I Boston, 1; Chicago 12. | Brooklyn, 0; St. Louis, 4. | 1 New York-Cincinnati, rain. . I I American League ( Detroit, 6-6; New York. 5-8 ! Cleveland. 2-4; Philadelphia 9-7 > Chicago. 1; Boston, 2. ! St. Louis-Washington, rain. I American Association Minneapolis. 2-2; Columbus, 7-0. I i St. Paul, 2; Toledo. 9. i ' Kansas City. 3-1; Indianapolis, 1-5. | Milwaukee, 7; Louisville, 6. i j ,—o L Railroad Team Meets Postmen This Evening The Railroad and Postoffice teams were scheduled to meet this afternoon in a regulat game in the city twilight I baseball league. Fresh from a vietmr ‘ i ver the G. E. team last week, their first this season, the Postmen were '.eyed up for their contest today. The Catholic Parish team, which forefeitel : to the Railroaders last week, claimed j a forfeit from the G. E. team. Tuesday, ' when the latter tailed to show up ti.r the scheduled game. BASEBALL’S I I BIG FIVE I Lon Gehrig increased his home run lead over Ruth to three as he hit l his thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh of the season. He was at ba: six times. Ruth had a double and a single to l.is credit out of eight times at bat. i Cobb had a double and two singles out of eight attempts. | Rain kept Hornsby and Speaker idle. Averages AB H PCT HR Gehrig 395 154 .390 37 Ruth 354 132 .372 34 Speaker 372 138 .370 1 Hornsby 382 132 .344 17 Cobb ’ 327 108 .330 5 o Catch Giant Catfish Washington, Ind.. Aug. 4—(INS) — A catfish weighing sixty-three pounds is tire record catch made by Joseph and Henry Sun, John Kohler, Herman Feagans and Frank Fougerousse, at their summer camp at the east fork of White liver. | O Friday, dancing school, assembly dancing after 9:15. Saturday night, social dance, admission 50c and ladies free. Sunday, park plan dancing. Good music at Sun Set. ,

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2. The second. 7to I. The Athletics fell on Joe Sliaute for 13 hits In the first game, and on Willis Hudlln tor 11 in the second. Willie the New York Yankees were breaking even In a dual contest, Col umbla Lon Gehrig was nipping mit home runs number 36 and 37. bringing ills season’s total three above Itnlh s.

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Ho got a homer In each game. The Chicago White Sox failed t(L lake the Boston Red Sox seriously until li was too late, and woke up on the small end of a 2 to t score. The Chicago Cubs ran > wild and I swamped the Boston Braves. 12 to 1. keeping their game ami a ’>alf lead in the National League Hal Carl

son went the dfstanc for the Cubs. Paul Waner's home run with two limn on the paths gave Pittsburgh a 9 l( , 6 victory over the Phillies, nnd the p lral es kep. pace with the Cubs. lhollgh a Stride and a half behind. Si l,ouls Cardinals also swung .along with the leaders, shutting out Brooklyn Robina, 4 »o »■ jb**

Hulnes pitched for the winners, mark. Ing up his 16th win of the 1927 season — o— We have plenty of Money to Loan on city property at reasonable rates. The Schurger Abstract Co.