Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1927 — Page 8

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FINALS PLAYED IN TENNIS MEET Winners Decided In All But One Division Os City Tournament All of the final matches in the city tennis tournament have been played except those in the men's doubles. George Laurent, who is teamed with Theodore Knapke in the finals against Engeler and Gerberdlng. is out of the city, attending the coaching school h>dng conducted at Rochester by Coach Ward Lambert, of Purdue. The winners in the other divisions of the tournament are as follows: Men’s singles—Billy Bell defeated E. D. Engeler. Mixed doubles, class A.- —Laurent and Kocher defeated Zwlck and 11. Schroll. Boy’s singles—L. Howling defeated B Bell. Boys’ doubles — Stoneburner and Ee’l defeated Dowling and Mount. Girls’ singles —G. Hower defeated R. Macklin. Girls’ doubles—Hite and B. Macklin defeated Archbold-anti R. Macklin. Mixed doubles, class B — Dowling and M. Meyer defeated Stoneburner and B. Macklin. The singles and doubles for junior hoys have not been played- The boys are still enrolling for the mat hes. No entry fee is charged in the juniot division. The winers of the final matches receive medals. Those who hatfe won their final matches and have not oh tained their medal yet are asked tc see Coach Herb Curtis. o — Michigan Has 65 Football Candidates By International News Service Ann Arbor, Mich. —Sixty-five prospective candidates for Michigan's 1927 varsity football eleven are soon to receive the call for their appear ance on Ferry Field at the opening of Fall practice. September 15. Coach Fielding 11. Yost announced. Os the total eight are veterans of two years experience while 1) have one year of varsity training to their credit. Bruce Hulbert, sophomore guard from Kenilworth, 111., is the biggest man on the roster, tipping the beam at 210 pounds. He is the only mem her of the squad, in fact, who tops 200 pounds, most of the men averaging , close to 175 or ISO pounds, while no less than eleven are IGO pounds or , less. Erie To Secure Seats For Fight For Their Patrons The local agent for the Erie railroad has received a letter from the Chicago offices of the road, stating that arrangements are being made by the road to carry a large number of fight fans to the Dempsey-Tunney heavyweight fight in Chicago, September 22. Fans who go to the f.ght • on the Erie may secure their seats through the railroad company. There will be no reduced fares for the trip to Chicago, however. H. C. Holabird, general passenger I agent for the Erie, in Chicagd, has requested the committee to set aside ] 1.000 tickets for the Erie, divided as fir lows: 200 at S4O; 200 at S3O; 200 at $25; 100 at S2O; 200 at sls; 50 at $lO and 50 at $5. Tickets may be , secured by depositing a certified , check or cash with the local Erie cgent. o • , Bluffton Golfers Win From Huntington Team < Bluffton, Aug. 18. — The Bluffton I golf team won a match in the North- t tra Indiana golf league yesterday by t defeating the Huntington team by a score of 30 to 24. The match was ( played on the Bluff on Country Club course. o— — Auto Races To Be Held At Portland Labor Dav Portland, Aug. 18. —The Jay county fair grounds have been leased to the Fort Wayne Speedway Association for au-tomobile races to be held here on Labor Day. The program for the races will be announced later. It is understood that there will be no races at Funk’s Speedway, Winchester, on Labor Day and a large list of good drivers are expected here.

♦ BASEBALL STANDINGS ♦ National League W L Pct. I Chicago 69 41 .62, Pittsburgh ’’>4 4G .->B2 Ist. Louis 63 47 .572 New York 63 51 -553 I Cincinnati ,r, O 60 .45a .Brooklyn 4,4 - 4 - :! Boston 44 64 .407 Philadelphia w ■ ■*- American League W L Pct. Now York .61 33 .711 Washington GG 4G .589 Detroit Philadelphia 63 51 .553 Chicago • 63 60 .469 Cleveland - 47 G7 .412 St. Louis 42 69 .371 Boston - 3G 76 .321 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh 4. New York 1 Chicago 5; Brooklyn G St. Louis 7: Boston 3 Cincinnati 2; Philadelphia 1. American League New York 3; Chicago 2 Philadelphia 4; Cleveland 1 Boston 2; Detroit 6 Washington 4-2; St. Louis 1-3. American Association ,No games scheduled. — » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦.+ ++♦♦++++♦+ ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD ♦ »♦♦ + *♦♦♦**♦♦♦♦♦♦ (By United Press) Babe Ruth's 38th home run. putting him into a tie with h's teammate, Ixm Gehrig, came in the eleventh inning of the Yankees’ game with the White Sox yesterday, and gave New York t3to 2 victory. Sergeant George Connally was pitching. Defeat of the league-leading. Chicago Cubs at the hands of Brooklyn, tnd victories of the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals over New York Giants and Boston Braves. ■espectivcCy, tightened up the Nationil League race. The Cubs now have ■i five-game lead over* Pittsburgh, which its one game ahead of the Cardinals. The Dodgers' defeat of the Cubs ■ame as a surprise. Hal Carlson had pitched effectively in the early intings. allowing but one run. The 'lodgers touched him for three runs ! n the eighth, and came right back with three a’ngles in the ninth for wo more runs and a 6 to 5 victory. Cartrfen HIT’S airtight pitching foamed the Pirates 4 to 1 victory over .he Giants. He scattered’the five hits made by New York. After pitching scoreless ball for six innings, Charley Robertson blew up md allowed the Cardinals five runs. Gettewiich. who replaced him, was ouched for two more. The score: St. Louis, 7; Boston, 3. The Washington Senators and the St. Louis Browns divided a doubleheader, the Senators taking the matinee 4 to 1 behind the stellar pitching >f Lisenbee, and the Browns copping the nightcap, 3 to 2. by a ninth inning rally. The Philadelphia Athletics made it three straight from Cleveland, 4 to 1. T>'fty” Grove had perfect control. Detroit's new rookie. Haskell Bi.’lngs. called the greatest college pitcher in the country, won his first game, t to 2. when he held the Boston Red Sex to four hits. Dressen's homer in the eighth enabled Cincinnati to defeat the Phillies 2 to 1. o Fail To Find Corn Borers In .lay County Portland. Aug. 18— IL O. Deay, of] Auburn, who is in charge of the European corn borer inspection of Indiana, assisted by George Gould and Bernard Liston, -two federal scouts, are checking up the eastern part of Jay county in search of the larva of the worst enemy that has ever struck the corn belt. They report that none of the insects had been found west of the state line in this county, with the close of work yesterday. ' o— : G. E. Team To Play Poe Indians Here Saturday The General Electric base ball team will play the Poe Indians cn the Decatur diamond. Saturday afternoon. The game will be called at 2:30 o'clock and will be played on the diamond at the new athletic fibld in the south part of the city. The Poe team has been playing several of the strongest amateur teams in Fort Wayne and vicinity this summer and hak a good record. A fast game is expected Saturday afternoon. — o— Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Paye

WATER CARNIVAL FRIDAY EVENING Several Features Promised At Contests To Be Held At City Pool There will be entertainment features in atlition to the regular contests at i the water carnival to be held at the i municipal swimming pool in Rugg Memorial Park. Friday night. Coach Herb Curtis announced today. Indications are that there will be a large number of entrants in the different even s. An admission charge of ten cents will be charged to help defray the expenses of medals awarded in the city tennis tournament. The public is invited to attend the carnival. The events scheduled for the water carnival are: relay races for boys and girls and for junior boys and girls; peanut race for boys; dutk race for junior boys; balloon race for girls; twin race for boys; tub race for junior boys; and a retrieving contest. o ■ Dempsey Reaches Chicago Chicago, Apg. 18.—(UP)—Accompanied by his wife. Estelle Taylor, Jack Dempsey arrived in Chicago today to start training for his championship fight wi:h Gene Tunney September 22. Dempsey and Estelle left the crack Los Angeles limited at the Oak Park suburban station in order to avoid the crowds which were waiting him at the down town station of the Northwestern railroad. Estelle has been ill and Jack wi shetos LESTH bpen ill Jack wishes to do everything possible to eliminate excitement for her. 0 Six Bands In Contest At State Meeting Os Elks Muncie, Ind.. Aug. 18. — (UP) —Six hand-: will compete for state honors lieu today in the third mid last session of the twenty-sixth annual convention of the Indiana Elks Association. The hand concert will bo followed by a parade of all delegates, visitors and officials. Noblesville was awarded the Joseph Feinting cup for the best drill team. The only other contender was Hammond. This is tlie third time that Noblesville has won the cup. The trophy was held this year by Bedford but was undefended. . o Two Convicted Murderers Escape From Pittsburgh .Jail Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 18. — (UP) — Two convicted murderers escaped from the Alleghaney county jail this afternoon in a daring and cleverly timed jail break. The men. Paul Jaworski, of Detroit, participant in a series of Jtig coal mine payroll holdups and John Vasliinder. convicted of murdering a resident of Duquesne, Pa., obtained revolvers from a visitor to their cell, shot their guards in the arms, went to the jail office, secured keys from the bookkeeper and escaped.

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INDIANA ELKS HOLD ELECTION Muncie, lnd„ Aug. 18 (I'P) Election of John C. Hampton, mayor of Muncie, to the office of president of the Indiana Elks association and the selection of Gary for the 1928 reunion featured the closing business session of the association here Wednesday. The convention will close Thur*- | 'lnyOther officers elected were: Fred IC. Wiecklng. of Bluffton, third vice I president; and Tarry ('. Knight, ol I Elkhart, re-elected treasure". Following the session, President Hampton ah'nonnced three appointni-’nts as follows, Roy White, Evansville, reappointed Teller; Dr. Nobl° Mi chell. New Albany, chaplain and Paul Marks. Valparaiso. seargant at arms. o COURT HOUSE Estate Opened Letters of admink tra’ion have been issued to Charles H. Morgan in the estate of Abraham Morgan. Bond in the sum of S3OO was filed. Shining Stand In 0. K. Shop Has New Proprietor Gust Pappas, formerly cf Angola, expert slice shiner and hat man. has taken over the stand at the O. K. barber shop and is now on the job. He expects to locate here permanently and to build a big trade by giving excellent service. He is already potpula: with many people who knew him at Angela, where he was in business for several years.

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