Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 233, Decatur, Adams County, 3 October 1927 — Page 6

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PITTSBURGH IS BASEBALL MAD City All Pepped Up Over World’s Series; Complete Sell-Out Certain Ford C. Frick. (INS Special Correspondent) Pittsburgh, Oct. 3. —ls you enjoy being pushed and shoved and jostled and kicked about by milling throngs that don't know where they're going, what they’re doing or why they’re doing it, you'll like this town. And you must come over Wednesday for the world series. If you crave sleeping in a hallway or athwart the business side of a billiard table; If yon enjoy taking your meals on the run and your sleep when and if you can ge; it, if any—„ Well, you must come over! If you enjoy the old "country fair" atmosphere in modern setting—a setting where the shell-game boys are disguised as hotel proprietors and the three-card Monte experts are running restaurants, then — This is your town, brother it is indeed! And you'll like it —even if you can't buy tickets to the world series for love nor money and have to take your bird's-eye view of the series from the stands which Barney Dreyfus has erected a block or two north-by-north-west and beyond the left field fence. Barney must have his little joke. He’s just like Tex Rickard that way. The Yankees arrived here, bag and baggage, this morning. And no travelling circus, detraining on the sand flats of Kansas, ever played to a more open-mouthed and gaping audience. From the time the boys stepped from the train until they locked themselves in their private boudoirs in the Roosevelt hotel they were surrounded by fans. So far as the tow r n is concerned there seems to be much more interest in getting tickets than in the aeries prospects. The thing is a sellout right now. And it takes a lot of Lon nerve and three times the regular price to pry a ticket loose anywhere. Then there’s the Cuyler controversy to fur.her fire Pittsburgh blood and ruin Pittsburgh digestion. The good Burghers are convinced that Kiki should be played in the series, and Donie Bush is being panned good and proper because he insists on Barnhart. Even the newspapers have taken up the battle and it is said that the players themselves are expressing themselves in no uncertain terras. Just what the trouble is no one Seems to know. Bat the tact remains that Cuyler probably will not’ be in the series and Pittsburgh is demanding blood or its money back. This afternoon the Yankees will get their first peak at Forbes field when they appear for a couple of hours workout. The Pirates are working out too—but they've agreed to share the daylight hours with their friendly enemies. It will be a rather interesting workout. The Babe is anxious to train his howitzers on that right field fence and the local people are awaiting reports rather enviously. As a matter of fact there’s no reason why the Bam shouldn't do even better here than at the stadium. The. fence, except right at the foul line, is closer than the stadium target—and is made to order for hitters of the Ruth-Gehrig type. Oh, yes, the Waners! These boys have grabbed the town by the ears and Pittsburghers are willing to bet money, marbles or chalk that one of the two will be the hero of the series. Both boys were callers at the Roosevelt today. They met the Babe and eyed him curiously. Little chaps, both of them, they made a most incongrous picture alongside the gigantic Ruth. "Why, they're just kids", the Babe said in amazement. "If I was that li tie I'd be afraid of getting hurt.” o— COURT HOUSE Real Estate Transfers John H. Vannette to Henry H. Bau mann. one acre in Blue Creek township, for |IOO. John R. Roth to Joseph Steffen etux 40 acres in French township, for ,5,500. Christian C. Spruager to Christian C. Burry, tract in Monroe township, for >975. <

♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ • BASEBALL STANDINGS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦ National League J W L Pet. I Pittsburgh 04 60 .610 J St. Louis 92 61 -00 l New York 92 62 .597 Chicago 85 68 .556 Cincinnati • 75 78 .490 Brooklyn 65 88 .425 Boston CO 94 .390 American League f I W L Pct. , New York 110 44 .714 Philaelphia .91 63 .591 Washington 85 69 .552 Detroit 82 71 .536 Chicago 70 83 .458 ■ Cleveland 66 87 .431 St. Louis 59 94 .386 ' Boston 51 103 .331 YESTERDAYS RESULTS i — National League Cincinnati, 1; Pittsburgh. 0. St. Louis, 6; Chicago, 3. Brooklyn. 5; Boston, 3. New York, 5; Philadelphia, 4. American League Detroit, 11-5; Cleveland, 5-4. Washington, 9; Philadelphia, 5. St. Louis, S; Chicago, 3. SATURDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh, 9; Cincinnati, 6. Philadelphia. 9-6; Boston, 14-8. New York, 6; Brooklyn, 1. Only games played. American League Washington, 3; New York, 4. Boston. 2-2; Philadelphia, 10-3. St. Louis, 5-3; Chicago, 8-5 Only games played. FOOTBALL SCORES' High School Games Jefferson of Lafayette, 8; Kentland, 6 West Side Lafayette, 0; Monticello, 0 South Bend, 26; Technical (Indianapo ' lis) 2. Mishawaka, 12; Goshen, 6. Emerson (Gary), 6; Muncie, 0. Kendallville, 12; Garret, 0. , Central (Fort Wayne), 0 Elkhart. 14 Linblom, 31; South Sidg, 0. 1 Central Catholic (Ft. Wayne) 13; Concordia college, 0. Peru. 0; Rochester, 0; Morton (Richmond, 13; Borland, 0. 1 Cathedral (Indianapolis) 31; Thorn- '■ town, 0. t Elwood, 23; Noblesville, 6. t New Albany, 26; Bloomington, 0. Shelbyville. 12; Connersville, 6. Jefferson (Lafayette, 8 Jentland, 6. West Side (Lafayette), 0; Monticello, 0. , Central (Evansville) 19; Boys’ Catholic (Evansville), 2. Reitx (Evansville, 78; McLeansboro 0. Bosse (Evansville, 81; Oakland City 6. Wiley (Terre Haute, 12; Princeton, 0 Boonville, 65; Crossville (Illinois) 0. Bloomfield, 18; Linton, 6. o College Games Indiana. 21; Kentucky, 0. Purdue, 15; De Pau w. 0. Notre Dame, 28; Coe, 7. Butler, 58; Valparaiso, 0. Eariham, 24; Antioch, 0. Wabash. 12; Georgetown, 0. Evansville, 14; Oakland City, 0. lowa, 32; Monmouth, 6. Washington, 32; Williamette, 6. Tennessee, 26; North Carolina. 0. U. of California, 7; Fresno State 0. Navy, 27; D and E, 0 Ohio Wesleyan, 0; Michigan, 33. Wisconsin, 31; Cornell college 8. Kansas, 19; Grinnell, 0. Georgia Tech, 7; V. M. 1., 30 . Washington U, 6; Oklahoma Aggies 0. Georgia, 32; Virginia, 0. Tulane, 19; Miss. U. 7. Vanderbilt, 39; Ouachita, 10. Missouri, 13; Kansas Aggies, 6. Michigan State, 27; Ohio U. 0. Dartmouth, 46; Hobart 0. Harvard, 21; Vermont, 3. Penn State, 34; Gettysburg, 13. Chicago, 7; Oklahoma, 13. Wooster. 28; Ashland, 0. Princeton, 14; Amherst, 0. Minnesota, 57; North Dakota, 10. Marquette, 9; Lawrence, 0. Miami, 33; Otterbein, 0. Akron, 19; Hiram, 9. Yale, 41; Bowdoin, 0. Bucknell, 0; Geneva, 0. Illinois, 13; Geneva, 0. Illinois, 13; Bradley, 0. Columbia, 28; Union, 0. Blown, 20; Albright, 0. Maryland U; 26; South Carolina, 0. Grove City, 0; Pittsburgh, 33. Cornell, 19; Niagara, 6. University of Dayton, 66 Finlay 0. Ohio State, 31; Wittenberg, 0. Oberlin, 29; Kenyon, 0. West Virginia, 6; Washington and Lee 6 (tie). Army, 6; U. of Detroit, 0. ■ Northwester, 47; South Dakota 2. Thiel, 6; Carnegie Tech, 40. Georgetown U; 58; Susquehanna, 0 ■ Nebraska, 6; Ihio State, 0. . 0 Set the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pay*

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1927.

'YANKEES ABE 7 TOIO FAVORITES ■ I Even Money Likely To Prevail On Opening Game On Wednesday New York. Oct. 3 — (INS) — The Yankees are 7 to 10 favoriie- here to-| day to defeat the Pirates in the wenty-fourth world series, starting | in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. It will »e the first meeting between the two earns in a post-season classic. Even money probably will prevail in the betting on the fit st game, how- J •vt r. as the Smoky City rooters are ■onfideut of victory and are saying itj with greenbacks. The stand of the Pirates in 1925, when they came from H'hind to beat Washington, is still ( fresh in the memory of Pittsburgh fans. | The rival managers were undecided ( oday as to their choice of pitchers .or the opening game. Ray Kremer| was to have been Bush's selection, mt the crack right hander was knock-, _‘d out of the box by the Reds on Saturday and lost some prestige as a result. He had been unbeatable for 1 several weeks previous, however. I ' Carmen Hill and Lee Meadows,* 7*i tsburgh’s bespectacled twins, are - ending candidates for the honor of 1 wirling the opener. Meadows work- 1 •d against the Reds for three innings '

-esterday. Either Hoyt, Moore or Pennock may pitch the first game for the Yankees. The Pirates are supposed to be sure death to southpaws, but Pennock, New York’s veteran left-hander, has never lost a world series game and Manager Huggins is confident he will lave no difficulty in stopping the Bucs. o SCOREBOARD "Finis" was written on the 1927 Major League baseball slate Sunday, as teams in both the National and the American Leagues went through perfunctory games and awaited the start >f the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Only one game of importance was on the Sunday bill. By beating the Chicago Cubs, 6 to 4, the St. Louis ardinals won second place money in the National league. Hack Wilson of the Cubs hit his 30th home run of the season to tie Cy Williams of the PailiifeS. - The P’ isburgh Pirates, having wen their league penant, sent in a team ot rookies'against Cincinnati, and lost 1 to 0. The X‘w York Giants went 10 inn■ngs to beat the Phillies, 5 to 4. George Harper hit two homers. The Brooklyn Robins ’.eat the Boston Braves in the Season's finals, 5-3. Washington closed the season by defeating the Philadelphia Athletics 9-5. The Chicago White Sox took their final beating 8 to 3 of the year at the hands of the St. Louis Browns. Detroit won a double htaJor from the Cleveland Indians, by scores ot 11 to 5 and 5 to 4. By hitting safely seven times in nine times at bat. Harry Heilmann of the Tigers won the Major league batting championship for rhe fourth time.

Q — i Relics Os Napoleon On Island Os Elba Being Carted Off By Visitors By International News Service Island of Elba, Oct. 3.--Unless quick steps are taken, the Napoleonic relies on this lit:l e is’and where the Emperor spent his last days of exile, will soon be lost. The elegant country house which Napoleon built on the vine-clad Elban hills was bought from the heirs of the Bonaparte family by a Russian Prince. Anatole Demidoff, who also erec.ed a fine building nearby to serve as a for the relics. It contained sculptures by Canova, Pampaloni and Chauvet together with some celebrated paintings by Gros and Vernet. For many years the museum was visited by many tourists, especially I English ones, then the prince died . and his heirs sold by auction all but* a few of the precious relics. Those that remain need a more permanent resting place and quick measures should be taken to preserve the historical villa where Napoleon lived in summer.

HOOSIER COLLEGE TEAMS FARE WELL No Upsets Occur In Opening Football Gaines In Indiana Saturday Indianapolis, Oi( 3. —(UP) Im’’ ana colleges and universities fared extraord'narily well In Saturday's footI ball battles, and any upsets that mav be in store were postpened another! I week. TJie only out-state game lost by an Indiana team was the one dropped by Hanover to the University of Cino’nnati. 30-6, and this can hardly be classed as a humiliating defeat, due to the fact that the game was played lat night on a flood-lighted field —a I method of play with which the Hanoverans were entirely unfamiliar. 1 | Butler College of Indianapolis piled i trp the most spectacular score of the . day against Valparaiso. With WatI ford, negro full back doing most of ( the work, the Bulldogs amassed 58 I points. Butler displayed a varied offense. Indian.", also made an impressive "howing, defeating the Kentucky Wildcats, 21-0. Although the Hoosiers ( were rushed off their feet in the first minutes of play, they made a snappy | comeback, displaying a versatile at- ! tack which ended by completely demoralizing the Kentucky defense, | Purdue failed to demonstrate any extraordinary ability in its scrap with Depauw, defeating the Greencastle team 15-0 in a slow game. Strength was demonstrated, however, by the fact that 15 consecutive plays in the third quarter netted 13 points. Coe was given a sounjl beating by Notre Dame after the former tean. thought it had a tie with the Rockmen in its grasp. Rockne saved be best until the last half, then throw in his first string horsemen and buried Coe, 28-7.

Wabash made a good showing i against Georgetown, the Crimson fori ward wall holding the Kentuckians, while its attack netted two touchdowns and a 12-2 victory. George-1 town’s only two points were the re- > suit of a fumble by one of the little - giant backs behind the Wabash goal posts. Earlham defeated another out-state team by smearing Antioch College of | Yellow Springs. O„ to the tune of 24-0 ( i Manchester lost a 7-0 decision to Defiance when the Dunkard's last minute aer.al atack turned a hardfought tie into a victory. Indiana Central showed its mettle by holding Rose Polj- of Terre Haute to a 7-7 tie. | Evansville triumphed over Oakland City in the first contest played on the Purple Acres’ new gridiron 14-0. o HIGH SCHOOL STANDING W L T Pct. Co’umbia City 2 0 1 1000 Huntington 1 o 0 1000 Ft. Wayne Central 1 0 0 1000 Kendallville 1 0 0 1000 Decatur 1 -| ■) .500 Auburn 110 .560 ; Bluffton 0 2 0 .000 Barrett 0 3 0 .000 Ft. Wayne South Side;.. 0 0 0 .000 Games Last Week Decatur, 6; Columbia City, 6. Huntington, 26; Bluffton, 6 Kendallville. 12; Garrett, 0.

National League “Umps” For Series Are Named New York, Oct. 3—(lNS)—Ernest Quigley and Charles Moran will be the National League umpires for the World Series, according to an announcement by president John Heydler. For the American League, Richard Nallin and Red Ormsby will officiate. Buffalo Turns On Toledo Team And Wins Game, 6-2, Buffalo, Oct. 3—(UP)—With Toledo | of the American Association leading I Buffalo of the International League! two games to one in the "Little World Series," the two teams today moved to Toledo, Ohio, to play there Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. | After dropping the first two games the Bisons took the third contest yesterday, 6 to 2. Proffitt held Toledo to six hits. — —o— Leading Major League Hitters For This Year American League „ 1927 .layer & Club G AB H P.C. Heilman, Detra t 141 502 199—100 Simmons, Phila. ......106 406 159—.392 Gehrig, N. Y 155 585 219—.374 Fothergill, Detroit 142 528 190—.360 J?obt), Phila. 133 490 175— 357 Leader a year ago today: Manush, Detroit, .380. National League P. Waner. Pitts 155 622 236—.379 Hornsby, N. Y 155 568 204—.359 L. Waner, Pittslso G2B 223—.355 Stephenson. Chicago 152 579 199— 345 Traynor. Pittsl49 573 196—.342 1 Leader a year ago today: Hargrave, .353.

CHICAGO PAYS HOMAGE TO TUNNEY - 11,1 ■ Fj ' ’ Hr i IHLdB 111.118 ----- »«■ 1 " Gene Tunney pictured with Mayor ihoinpson of Chicago and lex Rickard at luncheon given in fifhter’i honor by proniir.cnt ( Wm.'.y citizen*

.Hamilton, Navy Back, Beat 1 Michigan’s Inside Tackle By SOL METZGER WHEN the Navy turned the tab'es on Michigan last fall. 10-0. a surprising victory in view of the almost total annihilation of the Navy by Michigan in 1925 at Ann Arbor, 54 0, a story of generalship was told, in the first place the Navy stopped the Friedman to Oosterbaan forward pass combination by | moving i.loyd. a tali end. into the backfield to cover Oosterbaan. In the second place the Navy used with telling effect a torpedo named Hamilton to rain the short side of the line. |a' ” *V] TO no.l\E JUsT as n 0.3 By \\ OkDTOO® u/ s.l < Short side plunges, w hile o'd to football, have developed to a h gh point of efficiency these past few years. Tackles have long been the victims of reverse plays on the short side, hence a strong defense has been built for | (hem which has resulted in a flaw inside this tackle, a vulnerable po nt the wiser heads have been aiming at with remarkable success. One such play ' is the shcrt-side-buck of the Navy, with Hamilton's tot ng the ball. The play is effectively faked when No. 3 back, starting before the ball is snapped, runs slowly across to the rigid and slightly toward his own goal. I Just as he passes his fullback. No. 1 in this case, and a boy named Hamilton ‘in particular, the center tosses the ball back to Hamilton and he strikes straight ahead inside his own left end. No. 5 on the diagram, led by back No. 2 who takes out the defensive man hacking up that side. I Hamilton torpedoed the Michigan eleven last fall with th s plav, made especially effective because of some long side plays that started in just the same way And the Navy counted on it as a big gainer aga'nst Georgetown But Georgetown saw (he plav and planned an effective defense for R | Georgetown's defense for this play will be described tomorrow I Copyright, 1927, Publishers Syndicate

The Fourth Down By Willie Cunt , With the college elevens ready fbr> the second game on their schedule,' the football season is now fully under way. The Fort Wayne high schools fared i rather badly Saturday. Central lost to Elkhart, at home, 14-0; South Side met defeat at Chicago at the hands of L’ndblom, 31-0; and North Side was swamped, 99-0 by the Froebel team, at Gary. Central Catholic managed to win, but the victim happened to be the green Concordlia College eleven, playing its first game. The score was 13 to d. ' I I Kendallville handed Garrett her third consecutive defeat in the Northeastern Indiana conference, i Saturday, the final count being 12-0. Kendallville plays here in the last game of the season, on October 29. .' The Yellow Jackets will go to Portland Saturday to meet the Panthers. k After that, they will not see action. that is in a regular game, until Wednesday. October 19, when Bluffton 1 plays here. That week will be a full . one, however, as North Side comes -hero the following Saturday for a game. I Coach Tyndall and several of > his Yellow Jackets saw Portland I and Richmond play at Portland ) Saturday. The Panthers put up a ‘ , nice game and went down fighting, 13-0. A hard battle is in I store for the Yellow Jackets when ) they Invade Portland next week--9 end. » A coupfe of paragraphs from the Columbia City Post’s account of the game here Friday might not come

amiss in this column today. Here they are: “The Columbia City high school football eleven staged a sensational comeback in the last three minutes of the game at Decatur Friday afternoon to tie their opponents. 6 and 6 "The game was played on a turf field, in fairly good condition except that mud sometimes got on the players shoes. A good crowd was present and Decatur was very courteous in its treatment of the visitors." Our friend Buckner in the Bluffton Banner was so downi hearted Saturday, after the Huntington Vikings had trampled on his Tigers Friday afternoon, that he just couldn’t get out his column. Cheer up. Buck, maybe there s better times acomin’. i. Every fan we have heard express himself since that Decatur-Columbia City game here last Friday‘has described the battle as one of the best games he has seen for a long t me. The fans who failed io see that con test sure missed a treat. We only hope the other three games to be played here this fall are equally as j good. Os course, we want the Yellow Jackets to build tb< i> score slightly higher than their opponents’, but that isn’t an entirely necessary item to making it an -,n’?rest ag game ON TO IORTLaNI). Fair Weather Forecast For First Two Games Os World’s Baseball Series Pittsburgh, Oct. 3—(lNS)—The U. I S. Weather bureau today predicted fair weather for the first two games of the World Series here next Wednesday and Thursday. It rained lightly during the forenoon, interfering to an extent with batting practice at Forbes field, but the forecaster said indications pointed to the disappearance of the low pressure area over Pittsburgh by tomorrow night. “The sun should be shinning and the weather cool, but not too cool, for the first two games,” the forecaster Raid. | Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Ray, of Berne, i visited here yesterday. i Gerald Somers visited at Oxford, i Ohio, Sunday.

Squirrels Think Golf Balls Are Nuts And Lay In Winter Supply By International News Service Toledo, O„ Oct. 3.-Ottawa ?ark ' squirrels here have been playing . havoc with golfers recently, , Ing to current reports. Evidently mit taking golf balls for a prospective meal, the squirrels, reports say, have h< en carrying the pellets away to secret storage. A group of golf players, after many golf halls had mysteriously disappeared. decided to do a little detective work. Suspecting the frisky IJttl, animals which scampered about the park, the players placed a number of hails at a certain spot, then found hiding places nearby to watch developments. Sure enough, the squirrels proved to be the culprits, coming in Urge numbers to take every hall in sight The "bushy-tails" will no doubt find the “ntrs” hard to crack when they take the .balls out of storage for a winter banquet. “Cotton” Wilcox, Purdue Grid Star, Is Injured Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 3—( ri'P)-Tra-gedy stalked at Puidue University today following the announcement that "Cotton Wilcox”, all-American half back and captain of the Boiler Maken football team, will be out of the Harvard game Saturday anil will be kept on the bench indefinitely as result of an Injury received in Saturday's game against DePauw. An operation was performed yesterday to remove a chipped bone from Wilcox's ankle, and the injury will be sufficient to keep him out of the game for several weeks. o- ——— Cal Peterson, a deputy in the office ' of the clerk of the supreme court, v sited relatives here over Sunday WHO’S COT sc? Any Man With One Nickel Can Buy Himself a Cigar That’s Mild, Sweet, and Satisfying From First Puff to Last Any cigar smoker can a!Tord to invest one nickel to try out a new smoke. But many men are afraid of five-centers. They’ve had hard luck with them. But the inside, ground floor fact is that there’s an amazingly good smoke on the market at five cents today. Not an experiment, but an old-time brand that’s been satisfying critical smokers for thirty years. It used to cost more than a nickel. It sold so well that the manufacturer first reduced the price, and then bettered the cigar. Now it’s selling in the millionsThe name of this smoke is Havana Ribbon. It is made of ripe tobacco. It is mellow, mild, and fragrant. Giv<' it a chance. Invest five cents in Havana Ribbon, ye know you’ll join the smok-'-wise men that swear by this satisfying cigar,

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