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RUTH AND GEHRIG SWINGING IN VAIN Home Run Stars Swing Lustily In Practice But Accomplish Little Ry navis Walsh I. N. S. Sports Editor Now York. March 2<' —For on? reason or another, probably both, the headline act of Ruth and Gehrig is not going over with our southern public these days. The latter, in fact, were beginning to wonder rather audibly, ns I was gracing tne scene, just what it was all about as it watched the mighty pair swing lustily hut to slight effect. There probably are few visions less inspiring than that of a home run hitter hitting terrific drives too deep for the catcher to handle. That, is what 1 left George Herman Ruth and Henry Louis Gehrig doing and subsequent advices from the south have neglected to make note of anv worthy change in the program The boys apparently are cont nuing to hit them well out < f the catcher's reach. The source of Herman's ineptitude is not far to seek, as the pork butcher said to .Mrs, Mehaffev. Herman simply tried to do too much with too little time at his diapoMl. He happens to be physically sub-normal at the moment. Gehrig's case, they say. is the usual one with young men who come into overnight occlaim. ‘Temperament,’’ is the verdict on I oiiis and. really, you can t deny that this is one of the nicest words we have for something else. In either case and both, the difficulty* may be regarded as a temporary one. Herman being subject to fits of physical despondency and Louis being young enough to recover in due time. Rut at that, the central idea among American League men is that both of them can't and won't repeat their lumatic hitting of the 1927 season. Rickard Expected To Name Tunney’s Opponent Soon Miami Baech. Fla.. Mar. 20. —(U.R) — Tex Rickard. Itefore he.concludes his vacation here, is expected to na: te Gene Tunney’s next opponent. Just how soon announcement of challenger’s name can be expect, d, neither Rickard or Tunney would say. It appeared the heavyweight champion felt he knew as little about it as the man on the beach. , Tunney went ahead today with his simple training routine —to prepare him for the more strenuous grind ahead Tunney accepted good naturedly Rickard's information’ that but one bout was on his schedule for the champion this year, and that in July. ——■ o Stivers High Os Dayton Wins Ohio Caging Title Columbus. Ohio., March 20—fiNSj— Dayton Stivers today holds the Ohio high school basketball championship after chalking un a 25 to 20 victory over Canton McKinley in the finals of the state cla<-s A tournament here Saturday night. In the C'.as- B tourney Hillsboro Marshall v.on the title by defeat ng Manchestei in the final contest, 2017. The Daytcn champions may not be permitted to represent Ohio in the t.rthcomng National tournament at Chicago, since the faculty of the school as a rule does not permit file absence of any particular group of students during the school year, it was learned today. A decision in the matter i’s to be reached later. ——■■ — o — ■ .. Oklahoma Youth Takes Lead In “Bunion Derby” Winslow, Ariz., Mar. 20. — (U.R) — Youthful Andrew Payne, of Claremore, Okla., led C. C. Pyle’s "Bunion Derby" as the cross-continent contestants started today's 32-mile lap to Holb-ook. Payne assumed the lead in the Los Aug.xes-New York derby yesterday when Arthur Newton, veteran Rhodesi' . who for nearly a week had 1 1 the field by six' hours, dropped out of the race with a sprained ankle and a attained leg. Nestor Erickson. Port Chester, N. Y., was the first to reach here from Two Gun yesterday. He completed the 24.1-mile lap in 3 hours. Payne, with a total elapsed time of 99:16:57, leads his nearest rival, Arne Souminen, by one hour and three minutes. ■ — o Galesburg, 111. — Representatives of six clubs met here to complete organization of the Central baseball association, A class D circuit, which will include Moberly and Hannibal, Mo.; Keokntk, la.; and Jacksonville, Kewanee and Galesburg, 111.

Ba he Ruth “Dopes” 1928 Pennant Races St. Petersburg, Flu., Mar. 20. —(lUS) —Babe Ruth, who has enjoyed unusual success in picking pennant winners In past years, handicaps the 1928 big league races as follows: National — Cardinals, Pirates, Giants. Cubs. Reds. Braves, Robins, Phillies. American—Yankees. Athletics, Senators. Tigers. Indians, White Sox, Red Sox. Browns. - - o Mass Destruction Os Animals Charged St. Louis, —(U.R) — Mass destruct on of big game was deplored by Heinrich Hagenbeck, Hamberg. Germany, coo builder, while a visitor at the St. Lo.iis Zoo. Animals are being killed at an alaiming rate, he said, and ate continually being driven further back into the bush. "it is not necessary to kill animals to collect them,’’ the noted collector declared. "Museums are gathering hides skulls and horns by the truck load. Hunters go out with six or eight automobiles and a huge retinue of native helpers simply to kill all they can. I had no quarrel with the former way of hunting big game, but 1 see no sport in mass destruction. MINSTRELSHOW DELIGHTS MANY (CONTINUED FROM PICE dressed as Spanish toreadors. They were Ray McDougal, Bud Magley, Chick Cole, Bud White, A. Schneider, Don Farr, -Bob Helm, Felix Maier. George Cramer. Dee FrybaCk. R. E.itler, Harry Sheets. Frank Geary. D. Stump, Paul Sauers and Herbert Fuhrman. Os this group. Bud White and Paul Sauers sang solos, and Don Farr and Chick Cole sang a duet. Mr. Corner also sang a solo. The singing by the entire group was exceptionally good. also. The songs used' were the most popular and up-to-date songs. The opening number was "Is She My Gill Friend," while “Side by ! Side" was used forth finale. The I minstrel part of the production lasted for slightly more than an hour. Sketches Given The next number on the stage was a shoyt sketch staged by Miss Marcella Hower and France Conter, depleting a scene on Broadway at midnight. This succeeded in evoking much laughter and applause. Next was a musical number entitled, "Hi-Lee, Hi-Low,” given by Miss Isabel Cloud, assited by "Chinese Girls." The Chinese girls were Iris Acker, Agnes Johnson, Katherine Aurand. Margaret Mills, Luetta Reffey. Mary Engle, Pauline Andrews, Dora Shosenberg, Lucile Gay and Cyeora Baker.. All were dressed in attractive Chinese costumes. "On the Saw Mill River Road," was the title of another musical number, given by Miss Dessolee Chester and Don Farr, assisted by the gingham girls and fisher boys. The members of the chorus were: Mary Macy, Miriam Meyers, Cecelia Appleman. Ema Lankenau, Mabel Staley, Sadie Fisher, Helen Gerber. Glennys Elzey, Mildred Akey, Etola Gattshall, Leia Reffey, Marcella Hower, Bernice Engle and Mrs. William Simpson. The participants of this number were dressed in gingham dresses and overalls. The closing number was an entertaining sketch entitled, "Tut, Tut, Tuttle,” in which the scene was laid at the north pole. The principal characters in this sketch were Bud White, Mrs. Bryce Thomas, Ross Stoakes, Herman Myers. Don Farr, and Felix Maier. They were assisted by Eskimo maids and detectivettes. The detectivettes were Char’otte Butler, Evelyn Kohls, Kathryn Hower. Ruth Elzey, Eileen Burk, Mary Kathryn Tyndall, Violet Burdg and Madeline Spahr. The Eskimo maids were Agnes Johnson, Iris Acker, Cleora Baker, Mary Engle, Dora Shosenberg, Katherine Aurand, Aurand, Lucille Gay, Luetta Reffey, Margaret Mills and Pauline Andrews. Beautiful and appropriate scenery was furnished for each act by the Rogers Producing company and added much to the production. Mrs. France Conter served as piano accompanist for the entile production and Mr. Brown, the director, accompanied on a violin. The production Is of high class and was well staged. Specialties given between acts included a trombone solo, by Donald Stump; music by the Bixler Brothers stringed instrument trio, of Berne; accordian music and music by the G. E. band. , New York. —Plans were under way today for a welterweight title bout between Joe Dundee of Baltimore, the titleholder,, and Ace Hudkins of Nebraska, in Madison Square Garden, May 4. Dundee an dhis manager, Max Waxman, were reinstated yesterday by the New York athletic commission.

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SPRING SPORTS START AT D.H.S. Baseball And Track Practice Start This Afternoon In Gymnasium Baseball and track practice started at Decatur high school today. The uniforms were given out to a large list of emulates in each sport yesterday evening. For the present, both squads will hold workouts in the gymnasium each day. but as soon as the weather improves, outside- practice will be held. Several veterans are out for positions on both teams this spring. The baseball ’ team lacks a first class p’tcher. but Coach Curtis is hopeful of developing an underclassman into a good hurler. Schedu'es are being arranged for the two teams. The baseball team probably will play eight or ten games. Two games have been booked with each of the following schools: Fort Wayne Central. Fort Wayne South Side and Bluffton, while Huntington will be met once. The track team will have two or three dual meets, in all probability, in addition to the sectional meet at Fort Wayne, and possible an invitational meet, sponsored by one of the schools in this part of the state. n Attorney Charles Dailey, of I.'luffr ton. was a business visitor here.

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BUILDERS OF OAMTESTIFY Coroner Opens Formal Inquest Into Breaking Os St. Francis Dam Los Angeles, March 2D (U.R) Separate investigations by the government, state, city and county were underway today as (kroner Frank Nance opened the formal Inquest into th<- breaking of St. Francis dam The entire personnel of the bureau of power and light Involved in the building and maintenance of the dam, was called to testify. Findings of engineers and geologists appointed by District Attorney Asa Keyes will be made public at the inquest tomorrow. Coroner Nance said. The state board of inquiry began its investigation yesterday. The board first met in secret session here and then went to the dam site. Adams Asks Question Os Other Candidates Kokomo, Ind., Mar. 20. — (INS) — “Should Governor Ed Jackson resign?" Thomas H. Adams, candidate for the republican nomination for governor. speaking here last night, challenged speaker of the house of representatives Harry G. Ijeslie, also a gubernatorial aspirant, to take a stand on that question and indicated that he would make the same query to other candidates. "1 challenge Speaker Leslie to state Yiis position on the question, ‘should Governor Ed Jackson resign?”’ Adams said. “I ask him to statp now whether he still believes, in view of the overwhelming evidence and exposures, that there is nothing to the charge of corruption.” .—o Get the Habit—Trade at Home, it Pays

ARCH 20. 1928.

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A new candidate for heavv weight honors has been discovered In tiie coal mines of Pennsylvania, accordIng to a letter from oar o'.d friend and occasional correspondent. Joe Curupa, who writes as follows: Harrisburg, Pa. Hr: I have seen some of mv letters to you tn the Harrisburg paper and 1 think they ought to do a l*>t of good ! n clearing up this sport situation. So am sorry 1 have had to give you the run around and not write you recently but it is because I have had a big idea which I jfill anw write you abort. ‘ You may have gathered that I do no* think much of Bozo Tunm-y. He is a palooka. So are all the rest except a boy I saw fighting up around tiie coal mines recently which is my big idea./ My idea is that we should take this b<A- and make him a world s champion. lie is the goods. He is a sort of combination of Dempsey and Corbett except that with us behind lira he would beat them both in the same rinr if we could get them all together in 1892 and 1919. That is not exactly what I mean but you will get the idea. Yon sports editors who are always setting up dummies for champions and then knocking their stuffing out so you can fill up your columns with it could .ballyhoo Poison Joe Sapporo which is this boy's name. The Poison part is not his own name but was given to him because he is poison to anybody who meets him. In the ring, that is. He is a good boy and I will bet 2 to 1 h< will never lecture anyone on Shakespeare even if he finds out who Shakespeare is, which I will try to s< e he don’t, for if anybody has to listen to him broadcast I will do same my sell'. But this other hoy's name is

his real one. I think 1 will call him SulUvan because it would not be so hot from the Interests of better sport to huve you guys writing your headlines alxrut "Sap" plastering somebody all over the ring. I have cot this boy parked out in c the country now getting over a black t eye which he got in his last bout j when he stumbled and his eye fell ( against a post when the other guy couldn't have hit him with the water bucket otherwise. But wo don't mind a little thing like that and we will ‘ take all that's coming to us which will be the world's championship anil 1 after that all the contenders as we I' are not going to be like these other 1 guys but will be ready to meet all ' comers when we have the champion-, ship which will be as soon as we meet the stuffed shirts they got in the heavyweight class now. Hoping you will print this for it is the goods. Respectfully yours. JOE CARUPA. o Tennis Stars Warming Up At Augusta, Georgia Augusta, Ga., Mar. 20.—(U.R)—William T. Tilden, and other high ranking tennis stars will continue informal singles and doubles play today— , warming up for the Davis cup elimination matches beginning Thursday. , Geoige No. 3 in official rankings was on the courts. Others here include John Hennessey. Indianapolis. Bud Chandler, Frank Shields, Junior champion, John Doeg, young California player; Arnold Jones, Providence and Wray Brown, St. Louis. — o— ' ■ ■■ —— Milton Miller, of Geneva, was a visitor here yesterday.

NEGRO MORBEIS WOMANFORS . Out Os Pawn New York. - paltry 22. which she refusal t „ ' him so that he could get a g| .' clothes out of pawn, Martin I. a young negro, shot and km* « Helen (’. Kimball, attractive old school teacher, in her h terday morning. He confessed to police today, after undergoing J of grilling. “ Ml "She said she was sorry she ju. have the money," Miller said ed out my gun. She screamed d« shoot, and I let her have it twice H Legion Sponsoring Two Bills In Congres Washingtcn, D. C. March 20-T national legislative committee o f| American Legion reported in a bid tin issued March in the following Kress of two measures in Congress th Legionnaires are particularly intern I ed in: The Tyson bill, S. 777, was on tl j threshold of passing the Senate f ! the third time. The only danger fs . fronting the measure is that the en ' mies of the bill may combine with tl I legion’s friends who are primarily j terested in flood control, and displat i the Tyson bill so that the import] flood control measure may hare tl right of way. The Tys.n bill is fortl retirement of our disabled emergent aimy officers. The hospital construction hill T| still in t|pe Luce Hospital Sub-Cog mittee of the World War Veteran Committee of the House. It was hope to obtain a meeting of the sub-renw I tee within a few days.