Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 185, Decatur, Adams County, 6 August 1927 — Page 3

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[UNNEY.DEMPSEY TO GET BIG SUM SSKWBSWill Pay Fighters By Henry D. Farrell. ( nnited l > i’''"’* Staff Correspondent) N ,. w York. Ans. 6-(UP)-Wlth all .‘ v ' n ,. e signs indicating record attendee and receipts, at the coming Tun-ev-Pempscv heavyweight championdip fight. Tex Rickard has the boys engaging in a gnessing contest as to rtat he will ray the fighters. .Wither Tni.ney nor Dempsey have -Deflated' idea about the finantal va |ue of his services and in this -rtlctilar spot Rickard is in the middle with a thampion and a former dampion, each insisting he is the ard. In his other fights Rickard had a datnpion and an ambitious challenger f |io could be persuaded that he wasjot worth as much money as the chain, pion and that the chance to win the championship was worth more than purse money. Rickard is not inclined to let the public share in the details of his private bnsiness but from hints he has dropped in conversation about the fiaancial end of- his big bout it is safe to assume that he will have to pay Tanney close to a Million dollars. Wtten he was discussing the claim ' mile by the New York Boxing Com- ’ mission that he had promised to stage the championship fight here. Rickard I aid: “I never had any intention of staging the championship match in New ' Turk. 1 couldn't do it. 1 had to guarantee Tanney more money than I ever pre a fighter Itefore and I had to make sure of a much bigger gate than 1 could get in any place in New York and more than 1 could get in Philadelphia. He intimated that he would have to conn' out about two million dollars of the receipts before he could put atfy of the money aside for himself and the company. How much Dempsey has been guaruteed is a matter of guess work but tome of Dempsey’s close friends believe that he would not accept less than a half-million. Although Jack Kearns was given the credit for getting the big money when he was handling Dempsey's business •Sairs, the former champion is a good ’ business man himself and Rickard is ' ut hority fur the statement that Dempsey can drive even a better bargain than Kearns. Dempsey. Rickards says, is reasonable now that he doesn’t have to split fifty-fifty with a manager but he in>ists that he is the drawing card in all bi" fights and that he is entitled to a |)Mt share of the receipts. o — BASEBALL’S BIG FIVE (By United Press) Dsbe Ruth made his thirty-fifth f o>e run of the season and a double 01t of four times at bat. Gehrig got a trippie in three times ip. Hornsby failed to lift safely in four •ttcm.pt s. I Speaker and Cobb were idle. Averages . AB H PCT HR , ... 402 157 .300 37 a 361 134 .371 35 7 aker 379 140 .369 1 *’ 331 109 .329 5 Coach Laurent To Attend Lambert's Coaching School 6«>rge 'Shorty” Laurent, basket- . < ’ oac ' l at Decatur Catholic high 00 ’ w ''' leave Sunday for Lake ni,; J ll t Rochester, Indiana, where * l l attend the coaching school to .p. C '" n ' hlcte ' 1 by Coach Ward ’ u Lambert, basketball coach at ke . Ue University. The school will ' 150 " Sess ' on f° r two weeks. About lndp r ' froin various schools in r .|, ana an *' in other states have en- ' ben f ° T tra ining. Coach Lam- ‘ en..,"' 11 * )e assisted by other noted caches. 1 \’ ~~ f holt ' ° rl< 8 5 2 victor y over Dethe Eave * ,leia an even break in botner . Babe Ruth hit his 35th s Gehrig lul(l ' ng Lira two behind Lou <

GOLF SIMPLIFIED By Charles (Chick) Evans, Jr. pull l r\ * jith A /) close A To Body Start ujrists W / \ WORKING Throve 7 9 CLUBHEAD AT THE BAtAThe Left Arm in the Swing In the forward swing of the golf club the left arm plays a very important part, and strange enough, it does this largely by doing nothing at all, I might say. All this left arm has to do is keep straight and stay close to your side. I have often mentioned keeping the left arm close to the side as you go through the hall, but apparently there are many players who understand that the left arm flies away out after'the the ball. When the clubhead comes down to the ball the action is somwhat like throwing a hammer, say, to a spot on the ground exactly where the ball is. The left arm keeps straight and the elubhead is actually thrown. This throw makes the clubhead attain its maximum velocity from a point some two or three feet back of the ball to a point about equally in front of it. The wrists, you will sing. will go into the ball automatically if you keep them well relaxed during the back swing of the club. A golfing friend of mine seeking some automatic method by which the average golfer might accomplish this left arm action without having to think about it at the time, has created a fine term for it. He calls it the ' pull down.” That is what the left arm action really is—a pull down of the clubhead directly to the ball. 0 ♦ BASEBALL STANDINGS ♦ National League W L Pct. Chicago 62 39 .614 Pittsburgh 60 41 .5911 St. Louis 57 45 .5591 New York 56 49 .533! Cincinnati 47 56 .456 j Brooklyn 46 57 .447 Boston 38 58 .396 Philadelphia.. 39 60 .394

American League W L Pct. I New York 75 30 .714 Washington 62 40 .608 1 Detroit 55 46 .545 Philadelphia 54 49 -.524 Chicago 51 55 .481 Cleveland 43 61 .413 St. Louis 40 61 .396 Boston 33 70 .320 American Association I W L Pct. Toledo 66 41 .617 Milwaukee 62 46 .574 Kansas City 60 49 .550 Minneapolis 60 51 .541 St. Paul 59 53 .527 Indianapolis 42 56 .393 Louisville 44 69 .389 Columbus 40 67 .374 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Brooklyn, 5; St. Louis, 2. Boston, 2; Chicago, 5. New York, 0; Cincinnati, 3. Philadelphia, 9; Pittsburgh, 7. American League St. Louis, 5; Washington. 17. Detroit, 2; New York, 5. Chicago, 1; Boston, 4. Only games scheduled. American Association Kansas City, 0; Indianapolis, 5. Minneapolis, 10; Columbus, 1. St. Paul, 14; Toledo, 3. Milwaukee, 9; Louisville, 4. St. Joe Club To Play Fort Wayne Red Sox The St. Joe Athletic Club baseball team will play the Fort Wayne Red' Sox on the South Ward diamond here! Sunday afternoon. A good game is promised as both teams will have a strong lineup on the field. o It seemed to be the second division teams’ “day.’’ The Reds shut- i out the Giants 3 to 0. Luque allowed 5 hits which were well scattered.,

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1927.

GOLF TOURNEY OPENS SUNDAY Handicaps Arranged For First Tourney On New Country Club Course Decatur's first golf tournament, at the new Country Club, will start tomorrow. The handicaps have been arranged for each player, and these have been posted at the club house. Players will make the first round of the tournament in foursomes, and after all scores have been tjirned in, the 16 low score men will enter the semi-finals. Players can start their first round any time tomorrow, but the tourney must be played in foursomes. Players can select their own partners, jand the 16 low scores will entitle I those players to participate in the semi-finals. The winner will receive the Jesse Rice cup for a period of one year. Players who have not selected their foursomes are asked to report at the club tomorrow and foursomes will be arranged. All caddies are requested to report at the club house at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. The second round of the tourney will be played next week and the finals will be started as soon as possible, Manager Roy Craig announced today. All foursomes will turn their score cards in to the manager and the net scores will be figured and posted. o ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD • (By United Press) Percy Jones, who started his first game for the Cubs since an operation was performed on his arm early in 'the season, proved himself a ‘‘one man ball team" by pitching effectively to the Boston batters and hitting safely each of the four times he went ,to tlie plate. The Cubs beat the Braves 5 to 2 and the victory meant a lead of two full games in the National league. Meanwhile, Cy Williams of the Phillies gave the Pirates a set-back by producing a hit of each denomination in four times at bat. Williams’ was largely responsible for Philadelphia's 9 to 7 victory. Jess Petty stepped into the Cards game with Brooklyn and held the champions to one hit and no runs in .the four and one-third innings “Petty [enabled ths Dodgers to maintain their 5 to 2 lead. Goslin hit a single and a homer in the fourth inning whjfe the Senators were scoring 10 times. The final score was Washington 17, St. Louis 8. The White Sox series with Boston ended with a 4 to 1 victory for the Red Sox. The Chicagoans’ lone tally was the third they scored in the entire series.

TRIBUTE PAID TO JUSTICS JOHNSON (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) eminent of laws and not of men, and his protection of our free institutions and the rights of the citizens | against those underlying causes men.acing them.” The editorial referred to above is as follows: “The Independent cordially adheres to the idea propagated by some of rendering a tribute of admiration to Justice E. Finley Johnson on the 14th

EXCURSION The annual excursion of the First Methodist • church Sunday School, of Decatur, to WALBRIDGE PARK, TOLEDO will be run over the Clover Leaf division of the Nickel Plate railroad, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10, 1927 Round-trip fare from Decatur, $1.50 for adults, 75c for children. Train will start at Bluffton and make stops at Craigville, Peterson, Decatur, Pleasant Mills and Willshire, Ohio. Fare from Bluffton, $1.75. Train will leave Decatur at 6 o’clock A. M., and return the same day.

nstnnt, the day when that veteran nd venerable Jurist will have served wenty-four years In the high office vhlch he so worthily holds, during vhlcb period he has written invaluible doctrines In Philippine .Inrisprulence which now constitutes a himnous beacon-light of the Philippine hir and serves as a bulwark of proection for the rights of the rich and he poor alike. “The brilliant and unique record >f Jußtice Johnson in the Philippines, nay be summarized In the following erms: On October 7, 1900, while he vas Professor of Law In the Uuiver-I dty of Michigan, President McKinley ' offered Dim a position in the Philip-! line Judiciary, On the 30th of the tame month, after knowing the con-, litions of this country, he accepted he appointment. On February 1.1 1901, McKinley informed him that his ippointment ns Judge was to take effect on March 1, 1901. He arrived n Manila on May 1, 1901. Our tribu-' aals were not then organized; they were organized after the promulgation of Acts No. 136 and 190. “He took the oath of offiep on the morning of June 17, 1901, at the same time -when Chief Justice Cayetano S. Arellano and Justice Florentino Torres, Joseph Cooper, Charles A. Willard. Vlctorino Mapa and Fletcher Ladd took their oath before President W|Uiam H. Taft of the Philippine Commission in the Session Hall of the Supreme Court. Justice John-1 son was assigned to the Third Judicial District and organized the first American Courts in the provinces of La Union, Benguet, Pangasinan and 1 Zambales. He held special sessions in Ilocos Sur, Rizal and Manila. “On July 14, 1903, due to the resignation of Justice Ladd, he was appointed to his present position by, President Roosevelt and on the same day, his appointment was unanimous-’ |y approved by the United States Senate. Since his appointment, to this day. he has never been absent from any session of the High Tribunal. except when he is on vacation outside the Islands. His office hours have always been at 7 a. m. until 12 and at 2 p. m. until 5 p. m. “Because of his devotion to duty, his incomparable industry, coupled with his long and faithful services to the government and people of these Islands, it is but just and proper that the Philippine Bar should render a tribute of appreciation and giatitude to Mr. Justice Johnson and we hope the occasion will have the enthusiastic support of all the representative elements of the community by whom the illustrious Magistrate is highly admired and respected for his unfaltering energy, his spirit of justice, rectitude and 'integrity, and above all, for his bigness of soul and heart that is supremely humane and sympathetic.”

Fried Spring Chicken Dinner Sunday—soc— Peoples Restaurant. — —O Get the Habit—Trade at Home. It Pays 56th ANNUAL Big JAY COUNTY FAIR Portland. Indiana Aug 8- 9, 10,11, 12 Good Races Special Features Bigger, Better than ever | Ed P. Bishop, Sec’y.

NEWS FROM GENEVA —byMiss Catherine Anderson Mrs. M. Teeple and little daughter Elaine, of ('hambridge City, are visiting ('. F. Greene and family. Miss Catherine Anderson returned Monday from a fishing trip in Northern Michigan. Mrs. Della Hollingsworth, of Rich mond, came Monday to take care of her mother, Mrs. Dan Heeler. Mrs. S. W. Hale and daughter, Mrs. Clara Anderson, were business callers in Decatur Monday forenoon. Mrs. Anderson attended the meeting of the Hospital Board at the Memorial Hospital. Dr. C. P. Hinchman spent Tuesday [ Monrong in Decatur, attending to bus-1 iness at the Hospital. Donald Duck, formerly of Geneva, but now of Latty, Ohio, came Tuesday for a short visit with old friends. Jay Arnold accompanied by Vincent Kelly, spent Tuesday night and Wednesday in Decatur at the home of J. I F. Arnold. Mr. and Mrs. Arch Haughton accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harlow to St. Marys, Ohio, Tuesday evening, whehe they called on their daughters who are enjoying their vacation at Villa Nova this week. Mis. Will Kelly had as her guests Tuesday, Mrs. Harry Grossman of San Deigo, California, Mrs. Julius Schugg, Berne, and Mrs. O. D. Arnold. Mrs. Gressman will remain here for a visit. Mrs. John Loree came Wednesday afternon and visited for a short time at the home of her sister, Mrs. A. G. Briggs.

VJ — —— Bia « ill n i A 2 l-2c Power Rate makes it possible for you to cook cheaper with electricity The new power rate of 2'*c per K.W.H. for cooking purposes gives every home in Decatur an opportunity to prepare the family meals th v e practical and inexpensive way. City Power is now being used by a number of homes in this city and on every hand is highly satisfactory. Do away with all unnecessary expense on the family budget and cook the practical way—with city power. Any local dealer will be glad to give you prices on the new electric stoves. City Light & Power Plant LET US SERVE YOU

t I Better Live Stock 11. 0 The First National Bank thoroughly believes in the bet- • I j (er live stock movement and fW will do all it can to help farmers on the financial end of im- |t proving their herds flocks. *ji, ? j, G Jtyrital and DEMOCRAT WANT ADS GETRESUtTS

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