Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 221, Decatur, Adams County, 19 September 1927 — Page 6

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TUNNEY’SEYE I BANGEO AGAIN Champion’s Optic Is Inflamed; Dempsey Says His Condition Is Perfect ——— By Henry L. Farrell (UP Staff Correspondent) Chicago, Sept. 17.— (UP) —Gene Tunney today nursed an Inflamed eye which lias become slightly affected ’ with astigmatism as a result of Jolts [ it has received from the champion’s sparring partners. But Gene, his manager and every members of the Tunney entourage , minimized the possibility that the injured optic would hamper him in his fight with Jack Dempsey Sept 22. Chuck Wiggins of Indianapolis, hit that eye ten days ago. and Jackie Williams, Chicago light heavyweight, got his thumb on the eye in yesterday’s workout. Tunney will do no boxing today. Bis program having suddenly been changed by Billy Gibson, his manager. Billy ( hastened to explain that it wasn't the champion’s ej*e that caused the lay-off. Tunney told the United Press that he had suffered a slight astigmatism which, in turn, had ever so slightly affected his timing and distance, but emphasized that the difference wasn’t enough to give him even the least worry. The champion fought two rounds yesterday with his eye bloodshot and partly closed. He had entered the , ring with the wound heavily taped but Williams’ finger accidentally opened the cut in a clinch. With the weather cooler, close to a thousand persons including many women saw Tunney go right through to the end of his program, despite the injury. Jack Dempsey continued his training boxing without anything to hamper him. He will work out tonight under the brilliant lights at his training camp. Another work out Sunday night probably will end his training. Weighing 197 pounds — at which weight he expects to enter the ring— 1 the challenger said he was in perfect • shape. : "This idea of working under lights J such as we’ll have to fight under in [ the real ring is a great one,” he said. I and Leo P. Flynn, his manager who ' gave birth to the idea, agreed. “It will accustom me to actual fighting conditions.” Jack boxed several rounds last - A -Vllliauui, Aiiehiown ‘ Joe Gans and Dave Shade, then | tackled the light and heavy bags. He ( did not extend himself, feeling he al- < ready is fit for the title test o ■_ 1 Football Prospects At U. Os Wisconsin Gloomy Madison, WJs., Sept,. 17.—(UP)— 1 There was no championship expecta- ’ tions from the football team at the 1 University of Wisconsin when Coach 5 Glenn Thistlethwaite issued his call ! for football candidates. ( Championship expectations cannot lie looked for from a team which hud oni'y a fair season in 1926 and finds Itself in a much worse shape than ever before for material in 1927. It is the first time in a decade that the University of Wisconsin football team has been in such a predicament. “Ben” Cameron and “Mike” Welch should be as strong a pair of ends as they were in 1926 even though the loss of “Jeff” Burrus will be felt. In this department of play is the only place the Badgers will be on a par with the 1926 team as far as material is concerned. All in a nutsheTl, Thistlethw’aite has the makings of a fairly good for- 1 ward passing attack, but has little ( strength in the running game, and • has nobody at present who can go < out and be sure of making three 1 yards. <

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GOLF SIMPLIFIED By Charles (Chick) Evans, Jr. J?EEk Tup 2U 3 ikJ Zja/ vour I PINGfRS I Jk AhJ-AD k/ THF i Details of Good Driving Always lie sure to hit straight int< he imaginary line, from the ball t< the hole. Always visualize this line Be sure not to fall back from the ball Fall forward it anything. Don’t for get to press the left leg back, artd let the arms go through in a bent follow through. There is a great deal o! importance in the position of tlu hands on the follow-through of thest fast, modern balls. I think that w< should try tor the “call carry” shot with a little suggestion of a slice and therefore your right hand is not turned as you go through. Rather i stays under until the ball is well under way, anu gradually turns ovet from then on in the natural course ol the swing. I take grea t care not to get my weight of the shot, and I hit directly from the take-off at the end of my back stroke. Do not straighter your left arm out stiffly, for it wil’ give you a tendency to swoop the ball off the tee rather than hit it off, ani maybe the hands will precede the clubhead. My tip is to le; the left arm bend just a little bit at the end not much, but enough to feel the rhythm, and that you are going U hit the ball. Copyright John F. Dille Company o «•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« ♦ BASEBALL STANDINGS ♦ NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct Pittsburgh 85 53 .616 New York .81 58 .583 St. Louis 80 59 .575 Chicago ' 78 62 .557 Cincinnati 67 68 .496 Brooklyn . 59 80 .424 Boston . 55 84 .396 Philadelphia 48 89 .350 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. New fork 100 42 .704 P'u.iadelphia 83 57 593 Washington 74 64 .536 Detroit 73 67 .521 Chicago 65 74 .468 Cleveland 61 78 .439 St. Louis 56 84 .400 Boston 47 92 .338 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. 1.. Pct Milwaukee 93 63 .596 Kansas City .... 91 65 .583 Toledo 90 66 .577 Minneapolis 85 72 .541 St. Paul 83 72 .536 Indianapolis 68 88 .436 Louisville 58 98 .372 Columbus 56 100 .359 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS I National League Brooklyn. 4; Chicago. 3. Boston, 3; Pittsburgh, 4. New York. 6; St. Louis. 3. No other scheduled. American League Chicago, 2; New York. 7. St. Louis, 3: Philadelphia, 6. Detroit. 4; Boston. 3. No other scheduled. American Association Indianapolis, 0; Louisville, 4. Toledo. 7; Cohimbus, 4. Milwaukee, 0; Kansas City, 6. No other scheduled. o Petersburg, Ind.—A derby race, held by the Gibson County Fox Chasers’ Ossociation, which is holding a , w’eek's meet near here, was won by a dog owned by Cecil Da'is of Winslow, this county. Over a dozen packs of hounds competed.

GENEVA LOSES TO JEFFERSON Adams County High School Teams Play Interesting Baseball Game In a dose seven-inning game. Jefferson high school of Jefferson township defeated Geneva, Friday even mg, at baseball. 7 to 6. Geneva scor'd one run in the first, one in third, me in fifth and three in the seventh, while Jefferson scored four in the ,hird, two in the fifth and one in the seventh. j Long and Dunwiddie formed the battery for Geneva while Butcher hurled and Kadle received for Jeff■rson. Ixuig struck out ten men and Butcher had enough stuff and more .0 whiff 12 of Geneva's men. Jefferson made more errors than Geneva. iut also had more hits, 10 to 3. In he lasr inning. Kable of Jefferson, •elleved Butcher who went to the second sack, Baker catching. This combination, with the able support of the teammates, finished the beginning of Geneva’s downfall. Mr. Reeves, the Geneva coach, is to be complimented on his sportsmanike conduct and the showing of his .earn. Jefferson has some promising naterial both for baseball and basketball this year. Lawrence Sprung•r is coaching the Jefferson baseball team. n —— SCOREBOARD Saturday’s doubleheaders were eheduled at three National league >arks today, as the traveling clubs moved to new locations after finishng up their series yesterday. Boston went to Chicago after dropling six straight games to the Pirites and giving the latter a lead in he senior league which will be hard o erase before the end of the season. Brooklyn went to Pittsburgh, New fork to Cincinnati arid Philadelphia .0 St. Louis. The Pirates took the. final game from the Braves by knocking out Wetz md scoring four runs. Meadows allowed Boston eight hits. The score was 4 to 3. A full game hold on second place ’ was established by the Giants by tak- * ing the odd game of ttreir series with ( St. Louis, 6 to 3. Burleigh Grimes kept the eight Cardinal hits scatter- 1 ed. 1 Brooklyn again defeated the Cubs, ‘ I to 3, in spite of the fact they were ' badly ouihit. Babe Ruth hit his '.3rd home run ’ and the Yanks won ’heir IMth game ' of the season from the White Sox, 7 to 2. Moore allowed the Sox Beg<n hits. Johnson’s pitching kept the Browns ! out of the running in their game with the Athletics while the latter were collecting 14 hits off Wingard for a 6 to 3 victory. The Tigers won a close battle wi h ’ the Red Sox by a 4 io 3 margin. Col- ’ lins weakened in the ninth and Hollo- ’ way saved the game. . o K ; • BASEBALL’S BIG FIVE • _____ — Babe Ruth hit his 53rd home run of the season out of tour times at bat yesterday. He must hit seven in the remaining twelve games to get a new record. Continuing his sensational late sea- , son spurt, Ty Cobb again made three hits out of four attempts. All were singles. Rogers Hornsby made a double and a single out of five times up, Gehrig’s double was his only hit in three tries. Speaker was idle. AB H Pct. HR ’Gehrig 538 205 .381 45 : Hornsby 501 186 .364 24 Cobb 474 171 .361 5 Ruth ... 475 165 .347 53 Speaker 514 169 .329 2. 0 7 — Kansas City, Mo. Sheehan shut out the Brewers 6 to 0 as Kansas City climbed to within two games of the lead they relinquished to Milwaukee a short time ago. Bloomington, Ind. —Coach Everett Doan has issued a call for basketball men who are not| on tlrje foot.bal! squad. The men will be conditioned until the opening of the next net season .. .

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The Fourth Down By Willie Punt I The water boy ought to get a real workout at today’s football games. 1 With Anadell, halfback, out of the lineup with a badly sprained ankle, the Yellow Jackets' hopes In today’s game wit!’. Auburn slumped, somewhat. ■ hut Coach Tyndall and his boys were - optimistic over the outcome. Best Wishes From Buck “The Decatur Yellow Jackets play Auburn tomorrow. Auburn walloped Decatur last year, so Willie Punt of the Decatur Democrat admits, and the Yellow Jackets are out for revenge. Here’s hoping you get it this time, Decatur!” I —Cridiron Dope, Bluffton Banner And here's hoping the Bluffton Tigers claw out a victory over Columbia City this afternqon. Thanks to a bunch of high school boys, red, White, purple and gold streamers were flying from every pole on Second street when the Auburn players and fans arrived in the city today. Auburn’s colors are red and white and, as everybody should know, the Yellow Jackets fight for the honor and glory of the Purple and Gold. After today’s game, the Yellow Jackets will begin preparations for the game at Garrett. Sept. 24. Garrett epens the season today with Fort Wayne Central. Welcome to our city, Aubura; FOUR KILLED IN CROSSING CRASH Tragedy Occurs At Grade Crossing Near Monroeville Late Friday Fort Wayne, Sept. 17—(INS)—The inquest into the grade crossing arash west ot Monroeville in which four persons were killed late yesterday will be held sometime next week, Coroner Edgar Mendenhall said today. The tragedy took place .when the Broadway Limited of the Pennsylvania railroad struck a Ford sedan containing four persons. The train was going better than 50 miles an hour and scattered the wreckage of the ear and the bodies several, nun ••red feet. i Thc-.dead weie; Frank David, 65, of -New Haven. Mrs. Lloyd David, 28, his daughter-in-law. . Jack David, 6, Mrs. David's son. L.'.oyd David, 7, another son. The Davids were on their way to Monroeville to attend a street fair it was said. David had aited at the crossing until a westbound train passed and then started across not knowing that the eastbound Broadway Limited was thundering down on him. The bodies are being hqjd at a Monroeville morgue. o »■ ii i French Net Starts On Way Home With Davis Cup New York, Sept. 17—(UP)—Newly engraved l-ith the | lines of France’s four tfflinls stars—Rene La Coste, Henri Sochet, Jacques Brugnon, Jean Borotra- The Davis cup left these shores today for France. Seven years the cup had been in America's possession. The handsome trophy and Its base was formally turned over to the French Davis cup captain, Pierre Gullou, yesterday afternoon. The French team and its guests were entertained at a “Victory Dinner” aboard the France last night. The French players, excepting Rene Lfi Coste, leave on the France today, o — English Girl Abandons Attempt To Swim Channel Cape Gris Nez., France Sept. 17— (United Press)—Miss Millie Hudson. English girl, abandoned her attempt to swim the english channel shortly after midnight today. She had been 13 hours in the water. Unfavorable seas prevented the girl from continuing. ■ o Uet the Habit—Trr.de at Home, It Haya

.LA COSTE MEETS TILDEN AMIN French Star Defends TenI nis Title Against Veteran American II Forest H Ila. N. Y„ Sept. 17-(UP) Another Franco-American tilt upon the tennis turf at Forest Hills finks . a Frenchman. Rene La Coate, defending his American title against America’s greatest player William I Tilden. La Coste is favored to win because he has won two of their i three matches this year. La Coste is on the rise. Tilden has , passed his zenith. La Coste i«j twenty-three, Tilden thirty-four. La | Coste is steadier and more accurate j than he has ever Ireen. while big Bill, is more erratic and prone to both > physical and mental lapses. These are good and sufficinet reasons why lai Coste is expected to take the American title for the second time. In spite of all reasoning to the contrary I am picking Tilden to win back the American championship. It is I admit more a hunch than a sensible choice. Tilden has had a fairly easy way to the finals, thanks to some splendid American interference, he has been able to conserve his energy and store up his resources. America’s little Napoleon of the courts most beloved by tennis gal-1 leries, tennis players and com-' mittees everywhere. Jias passed out of the headlines of tennis news. Little Bill Johnston, showing flashes j of his one-time unbeatable game, was defeated by Rene IgiCoste in the semi-finals. —o — Five Teams To Use Gymnasium At Berne Berne, Sept. 17 — (Special) —The basketball coaches from the Monroe. Geneva, Hartford and Jefferson high schools will meet with the directors of the Berne Community Auditorium enxt Tuesday night, to work out a schedule whereby eady,of those team?, in addition to the Berne team, may use the local gymnasium during the comming basketball season. Louisville, Ky.—Tincup right handed pitcher, held Indianapolis to three hits Louisville winning 4 to 0.

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“Tiny” Lewis Scores 55 Yard Run Against Indiana Team , (By Sol Metzger) \\HHN Lewin of Northwestern scored on Indiana last fall on a 55ya hl the tfay used was of a type that bar beiome popular in football thej. few days a fake end lun that breaks into a thrust inside tackl. T~\ ■ -i —i_. — I Wo

Delay and feint are necessary factors, and one leads to the other, n* 1 delay also requires a strong I,locking line, else opposing forward will throw such a [Cay for a loss And delay also permits seme of tire offei'sh, linenien getting down the field in ample time to cut down opposing backs. Spectators, seeing such a play, scarcely realize the various principles concerned in its success. As proof tc them they exist let us tak|e apart the run of Lewis in the game just spoken of. Lewis, No. 2 In the diagram, received the lra|! direct from center and •turned, faking a pass to No. 4 (who was the agile “Moon” Baker), as Baker i swept around his left and behind for nnd by the tw.> other iiiu ki (and linemen. No. 7. Natural!v that A.veiqr toward the end tended to ,]nr» I Indiana’s backs in that direction and to force their right tackle to charge ! straight ahead —two factors figured on. No. 1 tack blocked out the end and No. 3 tack got a clean side-swipe at the Indiana tackle th< dangerous ' defensive man. Tire rest of the play is clear, as Not 7 took out the opponent back coming up and the tackle No. 6 managed to keep Indiana's fullback running toward the side-line, while end No. 6 took care of rhe safety, the latter mures made posoib'e by the delay of Lewis, who once under way had m ihliir t u j,, but run st/aight for the goal-line.

WARREN, INDIANA, AUTO RACES SUNDAY, SEPT. 18th WARREN, INDIANA Children under 11 free with parents. AVTOS FREE—NO DI ST Time trials 12 p. m. Race starts at 2:15 p. m. Speed, Thrills and Spills.