Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 88, Decatur, Adams County, 12 April 1928 — Page 8

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SENIORS WIN ' CLASS MEET The Seniors won the annual Deem tur high school interdaxs track anil field meet last night, at Bellmont Par|i and the Central school building, scor-1 Ing 4tVj points to Sophmores 30’.. The , Juniors wpre third with 13 points and the Freshmen trailed with 12 points. : Roy Anadell, senior, had the highest I individual score winning five firsts and tying for another for 29 points. Gerlier, a Sophomi re. and Hill, a Sen ior. made the next highest scores. The meet started at 2:50 o’clock and I continued until 5 o'clock. School was dismissed early in order that the pupils might attend. A good sized crowd viewed the meet at Bellmont Park I where the track events held and at the . Central Scht ol lot. where the field ! events of thp meet took place. The quarter-mile race brought out probably the best performance and keenest competition of the entire meet Anadell, Gerber and Pelz run almost a | dead heat in this event. Gerber Ipd all , the way until the last few feet when Anadell managed to nose hi niout. The time was 57 seconds, which is considered very good. Coach Curtis said today that he would take all of the athletes who won tirst places in the interclass meet and part of those who finished second to Fort Waynp f° r the Quadrangular meet with South Side, Kendallville and Auburn. Saturday. The Winners were. 100 yd. dash — Anadell (Sr) first Gerber (So) sec.nd; Hill (Sr. third; Time: 10.7 sec. 220 yd. dash — Anadell (Sr) first; Gerber (So) second; Hill (Sr) third Time: 24.6 seconds. Mile run—Passwater (J), first; J Engle |J» second Bodie (F) third. Time: & ruin. 28.2 seconds. 440 yd. dash —Anadell (Sr.) first; Derber (So) second; Pelz (F) third j Time: 57 seconds. -120 yd high hurdles—Anadell (Sr) I and Hebble (So) tied for first; Bodie (Ft third. Time: 19.2 seconds. Half Mile—Roop (So) first; Pass water iJ) second; Green (So) third Time: 2 minutes. 29 seconds’. ' 220 yd. low hurdles —Anadell (Sr) I first: Hebble (So) second; Bodie (F) third. Time 28 seconds. High jump—Gerber (J) and Bodie IF) tied for first: Hebble (So) and Hill (Sr) tied Tor third. Height 5 feet 3 in. Broad jump—Anadell (Sr) first; Hill (Sr) second; Roop (So) .third. Distance 18 ft. 3 in. Pole vault—C. Reynolds (Sr) first; Haubold (J) and J. Reynolds (So) tie | for second, Height 10 feet. Shot put—Hill (Sr.) first; Debolt; IF) second; I. Reynolds (So) third;! Distance 33 ft. 10 inches c Watching The Scoreboard Yesterday’s hero: Andy Cohen, th” young Jewis second baseman. chosen by John J. McGraw to fill Rogers Hornsby's old place at the Polo grounds. Cohen stepped into the limelight by driving in the winning run and contributing three rattling hits to the Giants 5 to 2 victory over the Toston Braves. Adolfo Luqv-'s brilliant pitching ’gainst the Chieu -o Cubs, whom the R-ds defeated. 5 ’o 1. has raised Cincinnati hopes for a successful season. Chicago fans a: a downcast by the los s of Hack Wilson, who will be out for a fortnight as a result of a badly srra'ned ankle sustained in the eighth inning. Homers ny Jim Bottomiey and | Frankie Frisch punctuated the 14-7 slaughter of the Pittsburgh Pirates by the St Louis Cardinals in the op“ner. in which 31 hits and 6 errors were mane. J'mmy Ring, veteran right hander, who returned to the Phillies during the winter, demonstrated he still is effective by holding the Robins to 7 hits and beating them. 4 to 3. The Athletics ut-.v combination of Cobb and Speaker has not yet started to function effectively, and the Mackmen tossed the opener to the Naw Ya. k Yankees, 8 to 3. P'-n Gray, traded to the Brawns <<>>ring the w’nter, pitched winning ball yen’--- the Tigers, St. Lou!.*: v.dr->'n? ”ie onener, 4 to 1. Ti c hit Lyons and Conn; I lv h"-'l while old George Utile held the White Sox in check and beat .them, 8 to 2. Ken Williams, sold to the Red Sox last winter, made a homer and two triples, hut the Washington Senators evened the series by winning at Fenway Park, 8 to 4. oPortland, Ore., —(U.R)— Sam Chapham. European light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated Cla'e Kauffman. Columbus, 0., two out of three falls. St. Louis, Mo.. Joe Dundee, welterweight champion, has signed to fight here April 26. probably with John Dteko, Germany.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League J .New York 5; Itu-t R 2. Philadelphia 4; Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati, 5: Chicago 1. St. Louis 14; Pittsburgh 7. American League N(>« Vjirk’S; Philadelphia 3. st. Louis 4; Detroit 1. Washington 8; Boston 4 | Cleveland. 8; Chicago 2. American Association Indianapolis, 6; Minneapolis 4 Columbus, 10; Milwaukee 9. Louisville 3; St. Paul 2. Kansas City. 5; Toledo 3. Commodores Elect “Petie” Mylott Captain Os 1928-29 Net Team Fied "Petie" Mylott was elected, last I night, to succeed his bi other, Jerome •’Hocky” Mylott, as caprtiin of the Catholic high school basketball team The election was held at a banquet given foi the Commodores and a few i other invited guests by Cotch George' ' Laurent, at the Lament hanu* Besides : ‘ being one of the stellar performers n ■ the squad. "Petie" is unusually popular among the players and fans. Hi won the Al Feeney medal this year for showing the best sportsmanship at the state Catholic tournament, in Indianapolis. “Petie" has two more years to play with the Commodores. ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ * WITH THE BIG * * LEAGUE STARS * *¥¥*¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ —(U.R)— Babe Ruth —Scored three of the Yankees’ eight runs and hit one triple, walking twice. Lou Gehrig—Made two singles. . drove in a run and scored one. Ty Cobb—Singled, walked twice in five trips to the plate. Tris Speaker—Failed to make a hit I in five times at Bat. Rogers Hornsby—Scratched in infield hit in four times up and handled I five chances perfectly. Kiki Cuvier—Singled cnee in three I times at bat and stole a base. Harry Heilmann Made cne single ■ in four times up. , Paul Waner —Hit a double and two singles in five times at bat scoted two. runs and drove i na third. Cold Weather Keeps Down Opening Dav Attendance New York. April 11—(U.R)—Unprece dented cold kept down opening day attendance jn the east. High winds and low temperatures made for vacant spaces in mos of the Major Leakue parks as baseball made a chilly bow for 1928. In contrast to the 40.000 fans expected at Shibe paik, only about one half that number showed up for the opening game between the athletics and the the Yankees. It had been thought that a quarter of a milion fans might see the openers, but the actual attendance fell far I short of that maik. YESTERDAY’S HOMERS National League Bcttcmley, Cards 1 | Frisch, Cards ] Hendricks, Robins, .. 1 R. Smith. Braves, i HMaguite, Cubs 1 American League K. Williams, Red Szx 1 Get the Habit—Trade at Home, it Pays . . I For Colds and / ■FBCouqhs IT jA I 1 I J B I—l I ill I L -wp ELwUm All Pure Food "My wife and I and our children have been using Father John’s Medicine for coughs and colds for over eight years, and it has always given us quick relief. There is no better medicine.” (Signed) Thomas Manocchio, 88 Crawford St.. Woonsocket. R. I.

COMMODORES TO OPEN WITH C. C. A fara.i with.their i Id rival, Central j Catholic nigh of Fort Wayne, next i week, wil pry off the lid of the 1928 baseball season tor the Catholic high school Commodores. The game will be ' played in this city on either Wednesday cr Friday afternoon, the exact date yet to be named. A return game will be played in Fort Wayne later in the season. Father Hessiatf. athletic manager. is negotiating for more games and a schedule of five or six games likely will be played. Coach Geotgo Laurent has a squad of about fh’teen candidates out for the team. A spirited w.rkout was held yesterday afternoon on the diamond at the municipal athletic field in the south part of the city. The Mylott Brothers, Fred and Jerome, appear to be the most likely selections for the pitching job. When n:t pitching. Fred works behind the bat. Rumschlag is performing well liehind the bat. Also. Wemhoff has been trying out at first base, Coffee at shortstop, and Sorg at third. Jerome Mylott is holding down the second sack when not pitching. Several candidates are trying out for a job in the outfield. c Physician Is Sued For Making Wrong Diagnosis Gary. Ind.. April 12.— (U.R) — Mrs. Anna F. Bell and her husband, John Bell, each ask SIO,OOO damages from Dr. John I. Miller, alleging he made a wrong diagnosis while treating Mrs. Bell. She alleges that while she was in reality suffering from poisoning due to pyorrhea. Dr. Miller treated her for heart disease. She charges a hypodermic needle used in injecting medicines caused one of her arms to become infected and that it was permanently injured.

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Oy-Oy! Andy Cohen Comes To Bat. By Frank Getty. United Press Sports Editor The outlook wasn't cheerful tor the Giants yesterday. They wore trailhit: by ti run with but four innings left to play. And when Lindstrom flied t > Rlchbourp and Terry weakly popped, it looked as though those Bostons hud the game as good as copped, But Jackson smacked a single ovei Eddie Kartell's pate, and Harper drew u puss because they feared him nt (he pl de; then from the stands and bleachers, tit’- cry of "Oy-Oy rose, for uo came Andy Cohen half a foot behind his nos«>. There was • ase in Bob Smith’s manner and n smile on Hornsby’s face, for they figured they had Andy in the tightest sort of place. It was make or break for Andy, while Hu- fans cried: "Gy-OyOy" and it wasn't any soft spot for a little .lewis boy. r “And now the pitcher h;.s the ball, and how he lets it go. and now the air is sna<te:ed »v the force of Casey's blow." Well, nothing like ‘that happened, but what do you suppose? Why, ll'tle Andy Cohen socked the ball upon the nose. Then from the stand und bleachers, th. fnns in triumph roared, as Andy raced to second and the other runners scored. They took him home 'n triumph midst a blare of auto honks. There may be no joy in Mudville but there's plenty in the Bronx

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I Col. Roy Johnson was in Chicago. ■ Wednesday, where he'witnessed the baseball game between Cleveland and the Chicago White Sox.

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Foellinger Predicts “Clean-up” In Indiana Indianapolis, Apr. 12. — (INS) —The "cleanup epidemic" that swept the Illinois election will bring victory to Herbert Hoover tn Indiana, Osiar G. Foelllnger, state manager for the secretary of cotninerae, predicted here today. "There is a clean-up epidemic sweeping over the country and with it will come a Hoover victory not only in other states, but also in Indiana, when- a political machine in the face of recent disgrace is attempting to exalt its leader to the White House." Foellinger said.

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