Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 224, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1927 — Page 8

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FIGHT FANS ARE INVADING CHICAGO Tunney Still Rules Official Favorite; Dempsey Money Plentiful By C.C. Uleoiet Chicago. Sept. 21—(UP) Reports that Jack Dempsey ami Gene Tunney have not trained properly an.l ruin ars of unsavory < auditions In the boxing industry faded nto nothingness today as the hour of battle for the heavyweight championship approached. The boxing public which npi-.-.n-nt-ly includes in tuis case the Ijt’.Ot't) of the persons who will attend the fight and all of Chicago besides, may be cynical a week before a major ring skirmish, but the drama of a chain pionship fight now has gripped the public as it always does on the eve of a big biut. The sporting gentry who 24 hours i ago were tellinv all comers that the whole thing was “in the bag” today were standing in line at hiding iffi. es to place theii money on the cha’r.plon or the ex- hampion, and they were prepared to back tiieii choices with argument. statistics and almost with blows Tunney still ruled the official favorite, with the odds shortened from 7 to 5 to G to 5; Hut Dempsey money was more plentiful, and there was moie than a possibility that the champion's slight edge would be lost before tomorrow night. •» * On the other hand, it was possible the champions strong backers were holding their money for more favorable odds The last legal obstacles apparently had been disposed of. although there was a possibili v that the Rev. Elmer Willi ims might file a new injunction application >a a state court. He was denied an injunction in Federal court yesterday. The parade of special trains into Chicago started today, and until late tomorrow afternoon all railroads will bring tight fans by the thousands in to the city. British Peers and New Yotk gamblers, Cabinet members and movie stars, and business magnates of international note were enroute to Chicago to see the fight. Automobiles added their share of prospective spectators at the Rickard opera, and tomorrow airplanes also v ill bring their quota. While the thousands told each other who would win and why, Gene Tunney, the some.chat cultured ami comparatively unpopular, and Jack Dempsey, the former champion who Has struggled ’near the top of the comback trail, rested at their training camps. Their managers and hangers on devoted themselves to keeping tbi fighters in a proper frame of mindtor psychology, in this day when chainpions lead books and consort with social leaders, has become i factory in prizefighting. Experts have watched Jack and Gene at work and at play, and have p. tnounced them physically "right.” and, for lack of something better to base predictions on, they have written much of “attitudes of mind,” of the “Air of Confidence” and of “Mental Fitness”. But the man who bets on prizefights and the man who talks about them, has his doubts. Dempsey isn't going to knock Gene Tunney out with a thought wave to the jaw or a mental attitude hard in the solar plexus, they believe. Confidence won't pound an opponent's midilff until he gasps for breath, and no eye was ever blacked by psychological perfection. \ Psychology and science aren't what the public will look for a.t Soldiers Field tomorrow night. Left hooks and bard uppercuts that make red splotches and stagger conditioned fighters are what the spectators want. And wlfethei Rickard fills .his stadium wi'h a capacity crowd of 170,00 for a $3, 000,000 gate, or has to look at vacant scats, there will be either blood or boos, solid blows or catcalls, and a knockout or a lot of nasty rumors.

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GOLF SIMPLIFIED By Charles (Chick) Evans, Jr. U NIBLICK IS JI OnlV Clufi V 4 TO USE IN . \\jF.'J_ , tONG CRASS fxl’lOsK-N SHOT Niblick I am now using my niblick most ol the time for approaching. The in er; using ure of this club is astonish ing. When 1 was a boy ths mashii was the great club for approach shots but as the hall became faster, the inashie-niblick, which is a loft between the mashie and niblick, was in trodneed. It was a necessity. Now. however, the balls are so fast, and the greens are so difficult, owing to surrounding traps, that 1 use nothing except my niblick I have found while playing around with it that I frequently go higher than the disance 1 have otherwise to trav’erse. It js difficult to judge this shot because the ball gets in the wind currents. but of course, there are no bunkers in the air. I find that I cannot get the proper backspin on the shorter approaches, so I am going across the ball us the tennis player does. I must mention that this is the only shot to play out of grass; it makes the ball rise quickly and gives a little more backspin when it hits. Play this shot carefully, hitting down and upon the ball. Give 11 ph nty of wrist. When there is long grass around the greens there is but one club to use and that is the niblick. Hold it firmly and take a little larger swing han you would ordinarily think necessary. Grass must not be allowed to turn your blade from i s attacking line and its position toward the ball, because the grass wll meet it first. It is surprising how easy i comes out The bunker shots with a nih'ick are not so difficult either; I play most of them ar, explosion shots. The club edge must go into the sand back of the hall just so far as the lie demands, and must . otne out on the other side of the ball an equal distance. If the lie is rather smooth the sand can be hit closer to the ball. If .he lie is hard sand may be hit farther back, being sure to hold the club tight enough so that, the face is not twisted, and so that it continues to go through the sand until it comes out the other sihe of the ball. With a little practice it will be found that this shot is not so difficul.. Copyright John F. Dille Co. o Fight Is World's Best Paying Sporting Evenl Chicago, Sept, 21—(CPI—A $3,00(1, 000 gate the greatest garnering of gold from a single sporting event in the history of the world, will be recorder at Soldiers Field. Chicago tomorrow night when the Dempsey-Tunney fight begins. Tunney a $1,000,000 guarantee while Dempsey is to receive $425,000 Thiee of the highest ranking gates for sporting events in three lines fol low; Tunney-Dempsey. 1926 $1,895,723 Army-Navy football game, 1926 $200,000; World Series baseball game 1926, $201,828. Four other boxing bouts, including th Dempsey-Tunney battle in 1926 have passed the million dollar mark The other three are: Dempsey-Carpentier 1921 $1,626,580 Dempsey-Ffrpo, 1924 ... 1,188,821 Dempsey-Shat key, 1927 .. 1,075,00(

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WALSH REFUSES TO PICH WINNER —» 111 ■■■ ■ I. N. S. Writer Says He Will Announce Winner In His Best English Friday By Davis J. Walsh (INS Stuff Correspondent • Chicago, Sept. 21 I. myself, in person. what I mean the writer, assume that when David Slew Goliath there was some egg in the background who had hunijhed the winner ami bet his elam shells accordingly. There always is an egg in on the short end money, no matter whethei the contest calls for a print as to whether Mardi Gras is a cocktail or a suburb,of New Orleans: 1 The boys today were hunching Dempsey. In fact, they had gone so far with the matter that the odds,on tomorrow night's heavyweight championship fight were approximately at even money. Tli-y should not be, by all laws cf percentage, form, past performance and the will of the majority. Dempsey, judged by what he has shown since he blew,the title to Tunue/ in Philadelphia jnst one year ago. can't be a stand out in this fight. | The form players, those handicapping gents who remember when a horse ran third in a field of three in 1856, are picking neither. At the instigation of my adm! .-rs, both of them. 1 have decided that the intelligent today does not pick winners. It waits until they win and then ipproves of them nighly. 1 Will announce the winner in by best English on Friday morning.

b ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ » BASEBALL STANDINGS « National League W L Pct. Pittsburgh 87 55 .613 New York 85 59 .590 St. Louis .... 85 59 .590 Chicago 82 63 .566 Cincinnati .. 68 72 .486 Brooklyn .. 62 82 .427 Boston 56 88 . 338 Philadelphia 48 94 .338 American League W L Pct. New York ... 104 42 .708 Philadelphia 86 58 .597 Washington . 76 65 .539 Detroit 77 67 .535 Chicago .. 65 78 .455 Cleveland 62 60 .537 iSt. Louis 57 87 .396 Boston 47 96 .329 American Association W L Pct. Kansas City 95 66 .599 Milwaukee .. 94 66 .588 Toledo 94 67 .584 Minneapolis 87 74 .549 St. Paul ... 85 75 .531 Indianapolis 69 91 .431 Louisville 60 100 .375 Columbus .... 58 103 .360 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Brooklyn. 3; Pittsburgh. 0. Boston, 5; Chicago, 8. Philadelphia, 4; St. Louis, 5. Only games scheduled. American League St. Louis, 1-3; Philadelphia. 4-7. Detroit, 4-5; Boston, 3-3. Only games scheduled. American Association St. Paul, 5-11; Kansas City, 14-8. Minneapolis, 9; Milwaukee, 5. Minneapolis, 9; Milwaukee, 5. Toledo, 9; Louisville, 3. Columbus. 2; Indianapolis, 12. o Football Material At I. U. Is Notch Higher

Bloomington, Ind., Sept. 21.—(UP) —“Football material for the season's campaign this year, is a notch higher than that of last year," says Coach 11. O. “Pat" Page. The Indiana University chieftain has several men who possess weigh 1 , and believes that such men as Joesting, Flanagan, and Wileox may be halted when they invade the I. U. gridiron, if he can turn his prospects into fighting linemen. Q. Wife Took His Money Muncie, Ind., Sept. 21. — (UP) — When Harry Savage proved that his estranged wife had appropriated to her own u»e $385 which he had hidden under a carpet at their home here, he was acquitted in city court on a charge' of non-support of his wife.

Friedman’s “Silver Shoe” Drew Respect of Gridiron Rivals By Sol Metzger BENNY FRIEDMAN, Michigan'* quarter and captain last fall,, was on e of the best men at place-kicking from set-mnniv. True, others sent them over from miuh <> »••* » compete with th»’ , m. f mere points by this method. But Benny d d net ...ve t. ! He plaved on « team that could convert its OPP*" j t rego rt. The*., were few occasions when he bda to tty for place k.tks ns a last

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One such arose in the Mich gan Illinois battle last fall. The ball was held for Benny about the 20-yard bn- right on the side of the field - I x made the opening between the goal-posts about 2 yards "tic. n an- < ing quite acute. It also meant that the leek, traveling at this aente angl”. would travel about 15 yards before crossing the line of scrimmage, insteai Os the customary 10 yards when kicked straight ahead. Naturally, placekicks teed at acute angles are difficult to get away with because if c larg ing defensive linemen. But Friedfnan booted it over foi 3 points in rapid fire order. 1 wonder if the fan who cheers weh an exhibition realized the accurate, timesaving scheme used to gain the 3 points. Let me show him how it is done. First look at the diagram. 10 yards hack; < f centerris the back who holds the ball as d fficult t stunt as the kick itself. The kicker, in this rase, Friedman, stands some 2 yard i further hack on a sinusal line with the center of the goal and the spot the ball will be held That is known in advance, has to he known else the kick will not be straight. The ball is passed low and straight over this spot and must be sighted from an angle yet must be he'd perpend, cular to the ground. The kicker—well look at the sketch of Friedman and you'll see what he has to do. A short stop forward with his right foot, another with his left ami then the k. ck. just as the ho der his the ball adjusted. It s a straight ahead drive with Friedman keepfngfthe line .in his mind, for he has to concentrate his eyes on the -ball. Played like a g If shot in that you have to keep your head down and eves on the hall and shoot it dead on line. Copyright, 1927, Publishers*Syndicate

The Fourth Down X i By W illie Pll nt

The Yellow Jackets did a little scrimmage last but there could have been a little more fight and pep in the work out. All of the locals are in good condition with the exception of Roy Anadell, halfback, who has been out of the lineup since last week on account of a sprained ankle. It is doubtful if he will get to play in the game at Garrett Saturday. Coach Tyndall is endeavoring to dcvelope a first class kicker. The weakness of the Yellow Jackets in that department of the game was demonstrate ed in last Saturday's game, when Auburn gained several yards on every punts. > I We notice in Tuesday’s issue of the Portland Commercial- Review j that the author of the column, “Sport Tips”, has changed his signature from Leo Gehenheimer to “Will E. Punt.” We're glad our esteemed contemporary likes our name. Anyhow, it shows he has been reading the Daily Democrat.” Bluffton's captain, Vaughn Redding, t ie several ligaments in his left foot ■ during the game at Columbia City, Saturday, and will be out of the game for three weeks, at least. We hope 1 for the best, but fear the worst when ■ the Tigers meet Goshen at Goshen, next Saturday. I A hard scrimmage was on the , schedule for the Yellow Jackets this evening. After tonight, the practice ■ sessions will begin to taper off until the game Saturday. | ThiSj column is open to cont.ibu tions. Send your's klong. o Kansas City.—The pennant seeking Kansas City Blues divided a doubleheader t/lth St. Paul, 14 to 5 and 11 to 8. Weak pitching gave St. Paul the second game. Milwaukee. — By losing to Minneapolis, 9 to 5, Milwaukee dropped to second place in the association.

PLANES FORCED DOWN IN INDIANA Two Planes In New York To Spokane Air Derby Land In Northern Indiana Indianapolis. Sept. 21. — HNS) —Two of the 32 planes which streaked it through the sky in the class A anil class D events of the $50,900 New York- o Spokane air derby v re forced to land in Indiana yesterday, a survey of the state showed today. Entry No. 14, in the class A race, the Travelair plane “The City of Olympia* piloted by J L. O'Donnell, of Whittier. Cal., who had his wife as passenger, was forced down decause of a s' rong headwind at Auburn. Ind O’Donnell planned to continue the westward flight today. Entry No. 34 in the class B race, the Pftcairn-Fleetwing plane piloted by A. M. Brooks was forced down at Chesterton, Ind., by a leaky gascline tank. | o BASEBALL’S BIG FIVE 1 (By United Press) j Tv Cobb failed to hit safely in four times at bat yesterday. | Ruth, Gehrig, Hornsby and Speaker were idle. AB H Pct. HR Gehrig 552 208 .377 45 ' Cobb 485 175 .391 5 Hornsby 527 190 .360 24 Ru h 487 170 .347 54 1 Speaker 517 169 .327 2 WceOFsc! Thirty Years a Favorite Smoke, Famous Old Cigar is Now Better Than Ever at a Nickel Some smokers raise their eyeI brows when you say “five-cent cigar.” You can’t blame them when you think of the average nickel seller. But a nickel cigar can be a wonderful buy. That’s where volume production comes in. There’s one cigar on the market selling at five cents now which cost more for years. Today it could not be sold at anywhere near a nickel if it weren’t so popular! After smokers try it they forget - the price. They keep on buying it. That keeps the volume soaring, and that keeps the price at five cents. The name is Havana Ribbon. It’s mild, mellow, smooth. It’s made of ripe tobacco. It’s been a success for thirty years. No matter how many times you’ve been disappointed in five-centers, you owe it to yourself to give Havana Ribbon a trial. You’ve got an eyeopening surprise coming.

SCOREBOARD An opportunity to regain half a game of their lead in the National Umgue was given the Pirates today as their game with Brooklyn was the only one schc lnled In the Senior circuit They lust again tothe Dodgers yesterday, leaving them with a lead of three games only. T'.te standing: W I. Pct Pittsburgh ■ 8? 65 .61.1 New York R 5 69 .590 St. Louis 85 59 .590 Bill Doak held the Pirates to two hits. Although Meadows and Dawson pltihed well, the Dodgers seven hit i were bunched. The score waj 3 to 0. The Giants lay off gave th 1 Cards an s.pportni.ity to go isit«» a tie lor second p’ace and they made the most of it defeatin'; the Phils 5 to 4 After the Braves had scored four runs In th' first Inning, Jones releive.l Weinert for the Cubs ami his pitching coupled with an attack on Mor risen gave Chicago an unflmate victory of 8 'o 5. Bunched hit. at critical times gate the Athl.-'ns two victories 4 t * 1 and 7-3 over the Browns in the fina’ meetings this season. Taking a:t early lead in bath games o* dou" I ' iieader. Detroit be■■ B:; tun 4 to 3 and 5 to 3. o ‘ r— ' ,et the Hahit—Trade at Hon"". It

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