Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 239, Decatur, Adams County, 10 October 1927 — Page 6

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KOENIG IS HERO OF WORLD SERIES Young Shortstop Os Yankees Stars At Bat And In The Field New York. Oct. 10— (UP) —Mark Koenig, the 23-year-old shortstop of the New York Yankees, once more has observed the old copibook maxim “If at first you don't succeed, get mad and show ’em." Now tikat the Yankees have shown themselves a real group of champions by trimming the Pittsburgh Pirates in four straight games, the case and name of Mark Koenig arise for conscientious applause. For he was one of the outstanding heroes of the series—a star both at bat and in th? field —and his feats were all the more remarkable because he was the flop of 1926. Mark Koenig is constituted peculiarly. He hides h's grievances until they pop out all over him and th?n he runs wild and wooly. In his first year with the Yanks, the fans remember, he stepped up and swung at Babe Ruth because he fancied the team's star slugger was razzing him tco baldly. That uprising made h m solid with the Babe and with the rest of the team. Mark proved that he could not and would not be prodded too far. As a mutter- of fact his stand against Ruih probably made permanent his post tion as a Yankee regular. Then came the series between the Y’anks and St. Louis Cardinals last year, Mark was dreadful. in the seven games he was at bat 32 times and he made four hits —an average of .125. He had 40 chances in the field and muffed four of them —an average of .900. It was pointed out. and rightfully, that the difference between the play of Koenig for the Yanks and Tommy Thevenow for the Cardinals gave the St. Louis team the edge in that close series. And thus, when it became certain that the Yankees and Pirates would meet this year, there was scarcely a sports waiter that did not compare Koenig unfavorably to Glenn Wright, the Pittsburgh shortstop. Mark must have read those barbs and they must have punctured his skin. For as early as last Tuesday when the Yanks worked cut at Forbes Field ho was the life of the party. He was making, as the tennis experts say. impossible gets. He shortened by some 20 feet the distance between second and third. And before the cage in batting practice he was driving viciously to right and left. The composite box score shows that during the series Koenig h't safely nine times in IS trips to the p'ate—an average of .500. He handled 14 chances afield without an error. He made three more hits than any other player on either club and only Labe Ruth had more total bases. Wright, on the other hand, batted at a .154 pace and felded at .947. Thus the San Francisco boy who has only just completed his second year in the majors has reason to be proud. Not that you hear Mark boasting. After the fourth game Saturday he was congratulating every one else and running olf before he could accept praise in return. Mark's success, showing that nothing succeeds for him like failure, should go far toward making him the great shortstop that Miller Huggins believes he will be. But Huggins should invert another old motto and learn that “Whom the Gods would give fame, they first make sore as a boil." o Yankees Get $5,702 Each From Series Receipts New York, Oct 10? —(UP) —For winning the world series, each Yankee tegular has received a check for $5,702. The Yankees divided $167,765 08, the winner's end of the world series receipts, which exceeded all previous records for four games. Manager Miller Huggins, Coach Art Fletcher and Coach Charley O’Leary were puli dfull shares of $5,702 each. Don Miller, young college pitcher, who recently joined the club, was voted a half share. “’Doc” Wood, trainer, received a| three-fourths share, as did Mark Roth, traveling secretary. Eddie Bennett, mascot, was voted s7oo,|Groun(lkeeper Schneck $750 and his assistant, $250.

FOOTBALL SCORES 1 College Games k Purdue. 19; Harvard, 0. J | Chicago, 13; Indiana. 0. Notre Dame, 20; Detroit, 0. Illinois, 58; Butler, 0. Ohio State, 13; Ihio, 6. " Minnesota. 46; Oklahoma Aggies, 0. Army. 21; Marquette, 12. Northwestern, 13; Utah, 6. Del’auw, 51; Rose Poly. 6. Wabash, 12; .lames Milliken. 7. tj Michigan, 21; Michigan Aggies, 0. f Carnegie Tech. 58; Drevel, 0. Pittsburgh. 40; West Virginia, 0. ' Dartmouth, 38; Allegheny. 0. I Pennsylvania, 14; Brown, 6. Georgia, 14; Yale. 0. Cornell, 53; Richmond. 0. Princeton. 42; Lehigh, 0. 1 Penn State, 7; Bucknell, 13. Navy 35; Drake. 6. Nebraska, ti; Missouri. 7. 1 Miami, 35; Wesleyan, 7. ’ Indiana Central, 18; Earlham 0. High School Games : Cathedral (Imlpls) 57; Jeffersonville 0 Kokomo 44; Peru 0. Princeton 6; Central (Evansv'le) o Great Lakes Naval T. S. 6 Culver Military Academy, 0. Columbia City 32; Garrett 6. Wiley (Terre Haute) 12: Brazil 6 Gat field (Terre Haute) 48; Midland 0j Vincennes 24; Gerstmeyer (T. H.) 0 Bicknell 19; Clinton 6. Bloomfield 32; Shelburn 6. New Albany 13; Jasonville 0. Auburn 25; North Side (Ft. W.) 0. Muncie 20; Linton 6. LaPorte 0; Froebel of Gary 46. Elwood 24; Marion 13; Boys' Prep (Indplsl 34; Seymour 0. j Bosse (Evansville 18; Henderson 7. Douglas (Evansville) 13; Washington (Terre Haute) 13. Boys Catholic (Evansville 44; Mt. Vernon 0. Monticello 33; Rochester. 0. Elkhart 24; Warsaw 7. Wabash 7: Goshen 0. Westfield 13; Sheridan 7. Kendallville 18; Huntington 0. Auburn 25; North Side (Ft. W.) 0. 1 Rensselear 30: Crown Point 6. ’ Boonville 48; Oakland City 7. o ] GORRIL AS' NET CARD ANNOUNCED Hartford Township High School Expects To Have Fast Team The 1927-28 basketball schedule ot l he Hartford township high school I Gorillas was announced today by| Coach Harold Windmiller. The Gorillas have started practice on th? | Terne floor already and prospects for j a fast team ate bright. The Banter brothers, Norval and Roscoe, and Hoffman are the regu- ’ lars left from last year’s speedy tear 1 .. ■ M. Scrogham, regular back guard on ’ he Lancaster high school team of Wells county last year, enrolled in the Hartford township high school | this fall and is expected to add a lot >f strength to the Gorillas. Scrogham . is maing his home with a brother in Hartford township now and will be : el gible to play with the Gorillas this fall, it is reported. Coach Windmill- > er's greatest task will be developing two forwards to fill the vacancy -aused by the graduation of Felber ■ ind Eicher last spring. The schedule is as follows: Jet. 22—Rockcreek, there. Oct. 28 —Petroleum, there. Nov. 4 —-Kirkland, there. Nov. 11—Berne, there. Nov. 16 —Deea'ur Catholics, there Nov. 25 —Geneva, at Berne. Dec. 2 —Polingtown, there. Des. 9—Dunkirk, there. Dec. 17 —Geneva, at Berne Dec. 2” —Monrce, at Decatur Dec. 27 —Decatur Reserves, there Dec. 30 —Lancaster, at Eerne Jan. 6 —Open Jan. 11—Decatur Catnolics. there Jan. 14 —New Haven, there Jan. 20 —Blucton Reserves, there lan. 27 —Decatur Reserves, there Feb. 3 —Lancaster, there Feb. 10—'Monroe, at Decatur Feb. 18 —Petroleum, there. Feb. 24 —Polingtown, at Berne. Mrs. Dudley Field Malone Seeks Divorce Paris, Oct. 10 —(INS) —Doris Stevens, wife of Dudley Field Malone, prominent New York attorney, today filed application for a divorce. She charged her husband refused to receive her in his home. The Malones were married in October, 1921, at Peekskill, N. Y. Doris Stevens is well known as a feminist and a member of the Lucy Stone League. Malone was one of the leaders for the defense in the famous scopes trial at Dayton, Tenn.

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■i limi—will m.i ■ u. ■ ■I i, ■ IT, . r, i.tt inW PURDUE SUB IS FOOTBALL HERO Paul Welch, Substituting For “Cotton” Wilcox, Stars In Harvard’s Defeat By Wallace G. Wes , (UP Siaff Correspondent) Indianapolis, Oct. 10. — (UP) — A voutig sophomore who came out of Texas to fill the place of Captain "Cotton Wilcox of Purdue was the hero >f Indiana football today — and deservedly. Purdue sprang the biggest week-end surprise by walloping Harvard. 19-0. i Paul "Pes;y” Welch, who was holdi Ing down the halt back position left vacant when "Cotton" Wilcox was I rippled in last wtek's battle, sprang I into fame by the masterly manner in which he ran the ball through HarI vard’s fighting team. Welch gained i yardage almost at will and was responsible in large measure for Purdue's victory. Knute Rockne's cavalry, which is always doped to win. came through in the approved manner, taking a onesided affair from Detroit University, 20-0. An aerial attack completely upset Detroit. Indiana's third victory came when Wabash won a savage battle with James Milliken. 12-7. after lagging badly in the first half. On th? other hand. Coach Pat Page's In liana University team, which had been rated a winner over the weakened Chicago team, came home with the wrong end of a 13-0 score. After a snappy start. Indiana crumbl'd, under the steady pounding of Coach Stagg's men and Indiana never again seriously threatened Chicago's goal posts. Bu ler college suffered a crushing defeat in its annual clash with Illinois at Urbana. Meeting the Bulldogs in their own style ot play. Coach Zuppke’s rejuvenated outfit hurled passes in all directions, completing 15 aerial thrusts out of 20 attempted.

Warner’s Great Defensive Plan Stops W. & J.’s Passes and How By SOL METZGER POP WARNER'S first scheme for stopping lhe short forward pass that Bob '(dwell had invented was to have the Pittsburgh tackles on defense charge into and either hold or detey the Washington & Jefferson ends. W. & J.'.' teach that year had scouted Pitt and had learned of Darner's scheme. So. lie adopted the short forward pass to a punt formation. He lud also learned from studying Warner's defense that it was a man-for-man defense on forward passes.

14J DEFENCE - r O 'TACKLES HELD u o © 4 <7 UV THIS WAS OFFSET BY TACKLES CHARGING DEFENSIVE Tackles OUI TO SIDE LIKE ' J? %JK VJ &J : CAUGHT ZT - \ the bass ®—-A for sure - VICTORY £ ? GUI FELL r. _\\ OVER * L U W- d ~ D W. & J., therefore, had her two backs, protecting the kicker on the right, run wide to the right to draw over Pitt’s two defensive backs on that -ide. The W. & J. quarterback, playing just back of his left guard, ran wide io the left when the ball was snapped. That was to draw Warner’s back on that s'de over to cover him. So certain was W. & J. of the success of this pass against Warner that they held it as a last measure in order to win the game. With but two minute remaining to play and the score 13-10 in favor of Pitt, W. & J.’s quarterback, Stobbs, called the a’gnal for the play. The ball was in his team’s possession on Pitt's 30-ynrd line. To insure that the right end would get the forward pass, W. & J. had worked out a scheme to prevent the Pitt tackles from holding him. Tb s scheme was to have the, W. & J. tack-e charge out and into the side of the Ptt tack r e as he drove forward to hold or delay the end. When the ball was snapped, W, & J.’s tackle did his assignment perfectly. Stein W. & J.’s right tackle, bit the Pitt left tackle trying to get his hands on Tressel, W & J.’s right end, so hard that he bowled him over backward on the ground.. McCreight, W. & J.’s fullback, played the pass perfectly. He let the whole P.tt line come almost to him, as he stood unguarded, then tossed a pass to Tressel, right end, which Tressel caught on the line of scrimmage by a leap. Tressel then turned to run down the field back of his fnterferen<-e ( four men in all. more than enough to take out the Pitt safety man, the sole opponent between him and the goal and victory. But Tressel fq'l over the recumbent Pitt tackle. Tomorrow we will show how Washington & Lee’s defense for this pass was overcome by W. & J. Copyright, 1827, Publishers Syndicate

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Members of the New York Yankees, . .... Bottom row (left to right)—Dutch Reuther, Joe Dugan. Paschal, Benny Bengough, Myles Thomas, Mike Gazella, Raj' Morehart, Eddie Bennett (mascot). Center row (left to right) —Bob Shawkey, Joe Giard, John tnjbowski, Charley O’Leary (coach), Miller Huggins (manager), Art Fletcher (coach), Herb Pennock, Julian Wera and Pat Collins. Standing (left to right)—Lou Gehrig. Bob Meusel. "Bale' Ruth. Wiley Moore. George Pipgras, Earl Coombs, Don Miller, Waite Hoyt, Tony Lazzeri, Mark Koenig. Urban Shocker. Cedric Durst and Dr. A. A. Woods, trainer, <lmvrnatiunai Ulu.iirr'-l 1

winning 58-0. In contests between Hoosier teams results were about as expected. The Depauw Tigers, in spite of their lack of reserve power, ran wild on their home field against Rose Poly, averaging nearly a point a minute during he game, to roll up a score of 51-5. In spite of Butler's defeat Indian apolis boasted one winner, Indiana Central smearing a much heavier team at Earlham. 18-0. The Greyhounds played spectacularly during the whole game. Evansville’s passing attack crumbled against Central Norma), the la - ter squad trouncing the aces. 18-0. 0 Chris Mussellman. of the Berne Review, attended to business here today Adolph Schamerloh brought a freak sugar beet to the Daily Democrat office today. The root has grown entirely around the body of the beet. Harold Kirsch and Ralph Tyndall motored to Van Wert Sunday afternoon. Dallas Wertzberger. Tulsa, Oklahoma. who has been visiting his fatter, Michael Wertzberger here for a few days, left this afternoon for Lis home.

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Down, but not out. Other duties : have had us completely swamped for 1 the last few days. First, we want to doff our much abused skypiece to the Bluffton Tigers, who so gloriously w .Hoped the t Fort Wayne Central bengals at Bluffton last Friday. Coach Tyndall and his Yellow Jackets, who saw the’ game, came home w ith a lot of re-' spect for Coach Means' Bluffton crew.' Indications are that there will be one nighty battle when the Tigers come here for their annual scrap with the Yellow Jackets a week from Wednesday. The Purdue Boilermakers are deserving of little praise service, also, after they walloped the Harvard eleven Saturday, 19-0. Incidentally, “Pest" Welch, a sophomore who substituted for the All-American “Cotton" Wilcox in the Purdue backfield Sat- ( urday, played quite a bit of football', and caused the great cotton top to wonder if he would get his job back when his ankle is well once more. Kendallville is beginning to look

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IV. 1 I w strong. Coach Stanley's crew having licked Garrett and Huntington decisively in their lasi two games. Kendallville has not met defeat in a conference game yet. The upstaters come to Decatur to end the local season on Oct. 29. We note in the column. “Time Out” by Tommy, in the Frankfort Morning Times, that Coach Case has cut his basketball squad to 21 players. Few veterans appear in the Fighting Five lineup th s year, but the old master. Case, likely will have a strong team iu the f eld. If there’s anything in an early start. Frankfort ought to benefit greatly this year, as basketball practice started there about two weeks ago. The Frankfort school board has purchased land for a school athletic field. We wonder if the Frankfurters will have nerve enough to rtart football now. That wild pitch of Mr. Miljus in the n'nth inning of the world series game last Saturday, sure eliminated further interference with football by baseball this season. I, —. — o NOTICE We will run our cider mill every Thursday tint 1 further notice. Location, 4 miles west and V 2 mile north ot Berne or miles north of Linn Grove. Schindler & Moeschberger 210 t? Save a Dime on your hair cut every day except Saturday. Hill & Young, new location, Madison st. 192tf

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