Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1927 — Page 6

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NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS ON ROAD Chicago, Pittsburgh And St. Louis Teams Meet Real Test Chicago, Aug. 17.—(United Press) The ret*'. test for National league pennant contenders is underway as the three leading clubs Chicago. Pittsburgh and St. Louis—start their last eastern road trip. The first day found Chicago successful and running its margin of victory to six games. St. Louis also was victorious, but Pittsburgh was defeated by New York. As the Cubs continue in the lead, their game seems to be improving. There are no reports of dissension wihtin the ranks and the pitching is becoming better. Charley Root yesterday won his twenty-second victory of the season, a shut out. The Pirates are in second place anil there are serious talks of trouble within the ranks. Johnny Morrison, one time pitching star, has left the club and Barney Dreyfuss, the owner, says he will never again be welcomed. The Cardinals are moving along effectively however behind good pitching and firtillant infield work. The mainstay of the infield staff is Frankie Frisch who went to the world champions in the trade that invilved Rogers Hornsby, now playing captain of the New York Giants. In Chicago world series talk is at its height. Reservations for tickets; are being sent into the Cubs offices regularly. o BASEBALL’S BIG FIVE (Ry United Press) Babe Ruth’s 37th home run of the season was the longest drive ever made at Comiskey Park. Ruth also made a double in his three trips to the plate. Rogers Hornsby’s twentieth homer | of the year was his only safety in three times up. Lou Gehrig's only safety in four attempts was a double. Ty Cobh made but one hit. a triple. ' in nine times up. | , Speaker was idle. Averages AB H PCT HR Gehrig 431 165 .383 38 | Speaker 387 142 .387 1 I Ruth 391 141 .360 37 ' Cobb 373 125 .335 5 — —o * WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD * Babe Ruth hit his thirty-seventh home run of the season and incidentally one of the longest hits cf his career as the Yankees defeated the White Sox' 8-1. The Babe's blow, cleared the roof nt the new double deck in the right field of Comiskey park and was without a doubt the longest hit ever recorded in the field. The New York Giants ran their winning streak to six straight when they defeated Pittsburgh 8-4. It was a late inning victory as the Giants had difficulty with Aldridge up to the seventh Inning. The first game cf the Chicago Cubs eastern invasion was successful when behind the steady pitching of (Ttarley Root they defeated Brooklyn 3-0. It was Root’s twenty-second victory of the season. An eleventh inning rally, which included a double, single, two walks and two sacrifices, gave the St. Louis Cardinals two runs and a 5-3 victory over Boston. Detroit wen its sixth consecutive game by defeating Boston 10-7. Fred Hoffman was carried from the field unconscious after a collision with Johnny Neun. His injuries were found to be not dangerous. The Philadelphia Athletics successfully opened their western invasion by winning double header from Cleveland 6-3, 8-0. Ineffective pitching lost the first game for Cleveland while poor work in the Infield was responsible for the.second defeat. Although Lester Sweetland permitted Cincinnati 12 hits, he was stingy in the pinches and Philadelphia won the first game of the series from Cincinnati 6-3.

GOLF SIMPLIFIED By Charles (Chick) Evans, Jr, I' Two TYPES -^***’^FOllOVJ EWNSI i //i ' • i < *9" WON / KEEP THE BODY OUT Everyone who slips into a stiff i rounded finish is in grave danger. ' Even a three-quarter’s follow through ’ is not good enough. I have even felt that my shot was unfinished if I ' were 014’y an inch too short of th< complete follow through. You should be standing up almost straight with the right side nearly facing the hole at the finish, but do not confuse this statement with the fact that you should follow through with your hands and not your body. Study the center picture. As in the back stroke, the hands shoij’d be swinging with a break of the wrists throughout the followthrough. The movement is nearly all one of hands and wrists as a matter of sact —not of body. Try each shot .hard. Think out every shot. The swing must be one continuous motion. Think one completed stroke and imitate it. Throughout there must be smoothness. Try to feel the music of the stroke; it is there. Try to do your work easily. If you relax more you wtl 1 ! get the independent .feeling of the clubhead. Try to play the imagined perfect stroke. Try! I Keep trying! Never get careless or lazy. (Copyright John F. Dilie Co.) o ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BASEBALL STANDINGS ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ National League W L Pet. I Chicago 69 40 .633 | Pittsburgh 63 46 .578 St. Louis 62 47 .569 .New York .63 50 .558 | Cincinnati 49 60 .450 I Brooklyn . 46 64 .418 i Boston 44 63 .411 Philadelphia 42 69 .378 American League W L Pct. New York . SO 33 .708 Washington 65 45 .591 Detroit ... 61 48 .560 Philadelphia 62 51 .549 Chicago 53 59 .473 [Cleveland ... 47 66 .416 | St. Louis ... 41 68 .376 I Boston 36 75 .324 American Association W L Pct. Toledo 74 46 .617 Kansas City ... 72 52 .581 I Milwaukee ... 70 53 .569 St. Patti ..... ... 66 57 .537 Minneapolis 65 61 .516 Indianapolis 51 69 .425 LouisvlFe . 49 73 .392 Columbus 46 78 .371 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Chicago 3: Brooklyn 0 P ttsburgh 4; New York 8 Cincinnati 3; Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 5: Boston 3. American League New York 8; Chicago 1 Philadelphia 6-8: Cleveland 3-0 Poston 7; Detroit 10 Washington-St. Louis, -ain. American Association Kansas City 10-6; Toledo 2-2 Milwaukee 4: Columbus 3 Minneapolis 3; Louisville 4 No others scheduled. Act Os 1927 Legislature To Be Tested At Hammond Hammond, Ind., Aug. 17—(U.P.)— An act of the 1927 legislature. Interpreted as g ving city library boards power tqi issue bonds without consent or collaboration by city councils, will be tested as result of a suit filed here. The Hammond library board is defendant and Richard G. Brusch, sec- . retary of the local chamber of commerce, ipHaintiff. Brusch’s suit seeks to enjo'n the board from de’ivering SIIO,OOO in I bonds to the Union Trust Company of ’[lndianapci’is, successful bidder for 1 , the issue which was authorized by the .board without authority or consent of I the Hammond city council.

j 300 MINERS GO ■ BACK TO WORK «■ 1 1,11 Mine Near Clinton, Indiana, Re-opened Under Jack | sonville Agreement (Hinton, lnd„ Aug. 17. —(U, P.) Between 200 and 300 miners went back to work here today as resist of the re-opening of the second mine to begin operations in the Clinton field since suspension of work April 1, by the United Mine Workers of Amer- ( lea. The latest shaft to open is the Vermillion, near New Goshen. The mine at Dana resumed operations a few weeks ago. The mine owners signed up Tuesday under provisions of the JacksonT ville agreement. . Former employes of the mine are > /owed three days to claim their old 11 jobs before now men are hired in *■ their places. 1 There are rumors a number oLoth--1 er mines in this vicinity are to be re--1 opened in a few weeks. 1 0 ; s Chicago Cuhs Get To | 1 Keep Pitcher Carlson 1 ’ Chicago, Aug. 17. —(U.P.) —The pennant chances of the Chicago Cubs, now leading the National league by six games, received a Itoost today when Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, base-| I ball commissioner ruled, that the Cubs can keep Pitcher Hal Carlson, acquir-l t ed in a trade with the Philadelphia . National (league club. The Phillies earlier in the season traded Carlson to the Cubs in ex-1 change for Pitcher Tony Kauffman

and Shortstop Jim Cooney. Shortly. | after Kauffman reported in Philadel-1 | phia it developed that he was suffering from a sore arm which hampered his pitching. The Ph Vies protested to Landis asserting the Cwbs knew of Kauff-■ man's condition before the trade.' They asked that th,e trade be nullified and Carlson returned to the Phillies. 4 Landis rifled, however, that Kauffi man's record while a Cub pitcher | forbids the conclusion that it was itnade by a pitcher with a sore arm. RECEIPTS DATED : HOI FOUND HERE! I Wendel Smith Finds Pack- ' age Os Old Papers In Attick Os Smith Home While exploring the attic at the home. 204 south Ninth street in Decatur recently, Wdndel Smith, son of Mr. ■ and Mrs. C. F. Smith, found neatly I wrapped package of old receipts, dating as far back at 1801. There were about twenty-five receipts and paid ' bills in the package, showing that the . original owner, John Harrod, lived at Chillicothe, Ohio, that he paid $1.75 ! taxes in 1812, and that two years later 1 this had swelled to $2.50. That same year he bought 85 acres of land adjoining his farm for S2O. One of the papers, all of which by the way were wonderfully well pre- I served, was a bill from the general store showing that cotton thread was worth 25 cents, paper 12*4 for a quarter pound, two bonnets $>6.50, two handkerchiefs $1.75, a paper of pins tifty cents and twelve yards of muslin cost $6. How the papers got into the attic is not known, but they, no doubt, tell the story of one of the I hardy pioneers of the central west. Get the Habit—Trade at Home. It Pay* ATTENTION t Owners of Road Horses and Mules ‘ Get your road horses - and mules ready for the road race and mule race e Thursday, August 25 and Friday, August 26. f i 1 Decatur Speed t Association.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1927

.CITY SCHOOLS TO OPEN SEPT. 6 ■ Teachers To Meet For OrGanization On Monday. September 5 The public schools in Decatur will open on Tuesday mornlug. September 6. Instead of Monday. September 5, as previously announced, M. F. Worthman, superintendent of the city school, announced today. The pupils [will meet at 8 o’clock on Tuesday morning and classes will be held all day. | Notices have been sent to the teachers and principals, .calling them to meet for organization purposes on Monday. September 5. The principals will meet at 9 o'clock and all teachers at 10 o’clock Monday morning. —o Babv Cries: Parents “Borrow” Automobile To Take It For Ride Laporte. Ind.. Aug. 17.—(United Press)—ln other days, father walked the floor when baby cried at Inte hours of the night. I But now — A local cotrple, parents of a two-weeks-old daughter, were awakened early each morning by the baby's crying. Having failed to quiet her, after resorting to many methods, they decided to try an automobile ride, but they had no automobile. Undeterred, they borrowed a neighbor's machine —unknown to the neighbor. I Attired as they left their beds, they took the baby for a ride. Police stopped them and learned they were using a car which belonged to some-

one else. There were no arrests. o — Miss Gertrude Dally has resumed her duties in the Lorine Beauty Shoppe in the Murray Hotel, after enjoying a week's visit with her parents at Freemont.

Cm r He Proved It A man finished paying for his car and kept right on paying the same monthly amount m t to his savings account. He , thought lie couldn’t save until ■'? he proved it that way. llow is L your balance growing? I ■ * H i ■ I • |»> _ x B G .Capital r ’

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SHUMAKER CASE HEADED OPWARD Motions Expected To Pave Way For Supreme Court Hearing Are Filed Indianapolis. Aug. 17.—(1 - 1 ' Motions which it is believed will pave the way for taking the case of K. S. Shumaker, Indiana Anti-Saloon League superintendent, convicted of contempt of court, to the I'. S. supreme court have l»een filed here. The motion assorts the action of the Indiana supreme court finding Shumaker guilty of contempt Itecause he criticised the court is an attempt to abridge the right of “freedom of speech.’’ Shumaker already sentenced to 90, days in jail and fined $250 is seeking 'arrest of judgement. The plea for arrest is bated on insufficiency of pleadings in Ihe case. 5c ISJILL You Don’t Have to Pay More to Get Genuine Smoke Satisfaction. Here's the News A good cigar at a nickel seems like a miracle these days, we’ll admit. We can’t complain if you don't believe that there is such a thing. Forget the old days. Forget the price. Put just one nickel into this proposition. You're due for a cigar surprise that will upset all your ideas about the price of a good smoke. Step into the nearest cigar store and trade one nickel—no more —for a Havana Ribbon. You’ll get ripe tobacco, expertly made into a cigar that will taste i sweet and mild from stem to stern. Havana Ribbon sold for more than five cents in the old days. It's worth more now. Try out a cigar that has tickled the taste of men who know smokes for thirty years. Say Havana Ribbon at your favorite cigar counter.

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