Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1927 — Page 6

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WOMEN STAGE GOLF TOURNEY Mrs. H. E. Steinman, Os Monroeville,Wins Tourney At Country Cluh Mrs. H. E. Steinman, of Monroevile, won first place in the ladles' flag tournament at the Decatur Country Club yesterday afternoon. Mrs. E. W. Katnpe, of this city, was second. About 24 lail.es participated in the tourney and the outcome was in doubt until the last card was turned in. Mrs. Steinman was awarded four Reach Eagle golf balls for winning first place and Mrs. Kumpe received two git f balls. Mrs. Steinman played the course twice with her total number of strokes and Mrs. Kampe was less than a hole behind the , winner. Other entrants in the match were close behind the winners, and the closeness of about 10 of the players created great interest. It is probable that another similar tournament will tie he'd before the season closes. PLAN FLAG GOLF TOURNAMENT HERE Flag Tourney For Men Scheduled To Be Played At Country Club Aug. 28 A flag tournament for men will lie held Sunday, August 28, at the Decatur Country Chili, Roy Craig, manager announced today. Winners cf the first three places will be awarded prizes and tlie entire tournament will be completed in one day's time. The first foursome will tee c.ff at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, and all members of the club are invited to take part in the match Each player will be given a flag with his name on it, to place where his last shot is playid, and the man whose flag is the farthest away from the number c ,ie tee will be declared the winner Considerable interest was shown yesterday in the ladies tourney, and. it is expected that more than 5b jota'i club members will participate in Sun-1 day's tournament. 0 —— ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD * ♦*♦♦*♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦ + *♦ (By United Press) The league-leading Chicago Cubs gained half a game in the National league pennant ratte by defeating Phil-j adelphia 8 to 0 while the second-place Pittsburgh Pirates were breaking even in a double header with Boston. The victory was Charli Root’s 23rd of the season. He set the Phillies down with three hits. Masterful pitching by Kent Greenfield gave the Braves a 5 to 1 triumph in the first game. Three his were all he allowed lhe Pirates. In the second contest, the Pirates drove Bob Smith to the showers and won, S to 1. Washington's losing streak was run to nine straight when the Cleveland Indians won 7 to 5. Buckeye, Indian pitcher, scored his first victory over the Senators in three years. Ty Cobb, with five hits in as many times at bat. led the Philadelphia 1 Ath’etics to a G to 1 victory over the St. Louis Browns. Rommel held the Browns to five hits. Dazzy Vance pitched the Brooklyn Dodgers to a 2 to 1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Vance, although touched for eight safeties, struck out eight hatters. A ninth Inning rally netted the Boston Red Sox two runs and a 6 to 4 triumph over the Chicago White Sox. MacFayden won his own game with a single in the ninth. —o — Chuck Wiggins Wins From Young Stribling Indianapolis, Aug. 26—(UP)— In spite of a knockdown for a count of five in the 7th round, Chuck Wiggins, local boxer, piled up sufficient points to gain a liair-line decision ever young Stribling, of Macon, Ga.. in a slashing battle staged at Washingto?: park here last night. Wiggins weighed 183 pounds and, Stribling 178%.

,,■■■ ■■ ■■ , GOLF SIMPLIFIED By Charles (Chick) Evans, Jr. F 11 Ct 03 S ' x fl It 1 |\ h wl MX , > M.rr \ I the'Svoeet* * SPOT ./ I ¥ • s L , Hands AurAr I £■ A or CLUBHtAD ■ CAUSE SLICE • r -w. _ti_r ~~ i piav ball • right FOOT 1 Let The Clubhead Do Its Work I I was trying to help a friend of j mine play golf the other day, but no > matter how lofted the club he was using happened to lie lie preststed in > lofting tlie ball himself. This is a ■ common fault of the new player, but , I wish there was away to convince him that if he could only learn the : title of this little article by heart his . game would be greatly improved, for the different lofts are d' signed to h ip the players. Accepting their assist ance saves the golfer from rushing at the ball with his hands ahead -a pre ' cedure that results in the inevitable I slice. It will also save hint from that I terrific tightening up that wrecks so many shots. It would give that pleasant feeling of hitting the ball on that lone sweee spot of the clubface. But the temptation to do otherwise it strong, and even today in order to keep it in mind I say to myself: wait for the clubhead. This friends of mine whom I was trying to help always kept putting the ball nearer the hole on the address because he thought that if he could do this he would help to boost the ball up in the air. He was surprised when I told him to place the ball near his right foot when using the niblick. He was more surprised to find that it wen higher than when it was off his lef foot. As John Hutchinson says: "You have to hit down to make them go up.” I merely use this as an illus.ration. Relax yourself ami the dub into the feeling of a weighty clubhead am! the rightly constructed dub will do its I work. Copyright John F. Dille Co. O RACE MEET TO CLOSE TODAY Four-Day Program Os Racing At Bellmont Park To End This Afternoon Kentucky J. owned by H. Hamilton of Marion. Indiana, won three straight heats and first money in the 2:12 trot held yesterday at the third day ot the Decatur race meet at Bellmont park. Holyrood Josephine, owned by C. V McGrew, of Montpelier, Ind. won the 2:14 pace in sti.light heats A fail sized crowd attended the race meet ai.d the night crowd was about the same size as the afternoon attend ai’.ce. Mile High Hu ll thrilled the audience with a parachute drop from a balooa following the races. Two dog races also created considerable interest. Two races, a 2:22 pace and a 2:24 tret will the four-day program today. Two dog races also are on the program. The races were scheduled to start at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. , Following are the results of yesterday's races: 2:12 Trot. I’urse $300.00 Margarite McKinney 4 4 4 Kentucky J. 11l Love Lady 333 Costa J. 2 2 2 Time: 2:13 3-4; 2:15 1-4; 2:14 1-4. 2:14 Pace. Purse, $300.00 Kirg Direct 6 6 dr Holyrod Josephine 111 Stella Light 2 5 4 Daisy W. 5 3 5 Bud Mil tor. 3 4 3 Mike K. 1 2 2 Time: 2:13 1-4; 2:12 1-2 and 2:11 3 4 Buster Gehrig's 40th home run, placing him in a tie with Babe Ruth, featured the New York Yankees 8i to 2 defeat of Detroit. The blow I j came in the second inning, clearing I | the right field wall.

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GEHRIG GALLED GREATESTPLAYER Henry Farrell, U. P. Sport Writer, Says Yank Star Is Outstanding Player By Henry L. Farrell i U. I’. Staff Correspondent) New York, Aug. 2G.-(UP)—Crown-ing Lou Gehrig, the wrestler-like first baseman oi the New York Yankees, as the greatest ball player of 1927 i i. be called contempt of court or an a; of lese majeste. There arc in thd major leagues two Julies of eight writers each from every station on the circuits who are constituted as a jury to Fame at the close of the season the most valuable ball player in each league. To the ’ player elected goes a piece of parch- : nient and, in the case of the Nation--1 al league, SI,OOO. Pre-guessing the verdict of the jury jn a civil or criminal court would be an act in contempt of court but the statutes of baseball law are less severe and taking advantage of len‘ency, wo will offer a motion that regardless ot Babe Ruth, the Waner Boys, Charley Root, Gabby Hartnett. Hack Wilson, and Stonewall Jackson, Buster Gehrig is the outstanding ball player of the year. To be the most valuable player to his team, for which the prize and the citation are offered, the winner need not be an outstanding star player. Last year's winners— Bob O’Farrell in the National league and George Burns in the American —prove the point. But if there is a more valuable player to his team than Lou Gehrig is to the Yankees and if there is any star who stands out above him, you can sell that star to Col. Jake Rupper; for about one million dollars. Is Gehrig a great ball player? You can get the answer by reading the play-by-play stories of Yankee a.-h games in recent weeks. "Gehrig was passed purposely.” you will read when the description is telling about what the boys call a tight place or a pinch. And there are other reasons why , young Buster Gehrig has a chance to i become oty of the greatest ball players of all times. He is shooting this ■ year at a number of individual records that even the great Ty Cobb i ngver achieved. Here are some of ■ them: 1927 home run championship. 1927 American league batting I championship. 1927 most runs scored. All time record runs batted in. All time record for long hits. All time record extra base hits. Wha* more could any ball player strive for or any manager want in a ball player? o YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Cincinnati. 1; JSrooklyrf, 2. Pit sburgh, 1-8; Boston, 5-1. Chicago, 8; Philadelphia, o. Only games scheduled. American League New York, 8: Detroit, 2. Washington, 5; C'eveland, 7. Boston. 6; Chicago, 4. Philadelphia 6; St. Louis, 1. American Association Louisville, 1; Kansas City, 7. Indianapolis. (I; Milwaukee. 5. Toledo, 2; Minneapolis, 11. Columbus, 5; St. Paul, 7. 0 Set the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pavi

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CALLISSUED FOR GRID CANDIDATES Coach Tyndall, Os D. IL S.,' ('alls Football Candidates To Meet Monday Coach Ralph Tyndall today issued a call for all candidates for lhe De-| cntiir high school football team to meet in the a'hletic room at the high school building at I" o'clock Monday morning. Equipment will be Issued al that time and practice will start probably Monday afternoon. Coach Tyndall and his as-dutum. Coach Herb Curtis, hope to hold one or two workouts daily all next week, so that the boys will be in good condition by the time school opens the following week. The practices next week will ebnsist of fundamentals' and conditioning exercises. The new equipment ordered :ev ral days ago arrived yesterday. New, shoes and helmets and several sets of shoulder pads aud pints were purchased. o BOBBY JONES MEETS OUIMET Semi-Finals Reached In National Amateur Golf Tournament By Clark B. Kelsey (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Ninikahda Country Cluh, Minneapolis, Aug. 26.— (UP) Bobby Jones of Atlanta and Francis Quintet of Bos-; ton met today in the semi finals of the ' National amateur golf tournament — ' their fourth championship meeting. Although Jones has twice avenged in national open championshi p tournaments the defeat he suffered at Quimet's hands in Boston in 1920, today's match was the first opportunity he had had to even the score in ama'eur Play. In the other semi-finals match to- I day, Chick Evans, who, like Jones and Quimet, has held both open and amateur national titles, faced Roland MacKenzie, 19, of Washington, D. C. In the first meeting between Jones and Quimet, the youthful Bobby bowed before the Bostonien in the third round, six and five. The Atlantan attained revenge in 1925 in the semi final when he disposed of the genial, spectacled Bostonian. 11 and 10. Jones then went on to win the championship that year. Last year Jones’ margin of victory was narrower, 5 to 4. This year the lean easterner, who resembles a college professor more MAN, LOOK IN YOURPOCKET! All You Need for a Real Smoke-treat is a Nickel Pull out one of those nickels and invest it in some real, sure-enough smoking pleasure. Buy yourself a mellow, fragrant Havana Ribbon cigar. Today! Remember it's made of ripe tobacco! Yes, we know it’s hard to believe. You hear so much about 5c cigars claiming to be “worth really more.” But say. Havana Ribbon is different. It actually sold for more for years. Piled up volume sales! And that’s the sole reason it can be a nickel today. Try it. Walk into the nearest cigar store and say ‘‘Havana Ribbon!" This is one time you won’t be disappointed. Only a nickel—yes. But you’ll forget the price the minute you strike your mate). > You'll be ’way too busy enjoying all that fragrant mildnes' and sure-to-please satisfaction!

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