Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 14 April 1928 — Page 6

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DAN HOWLEY IS ST. LOUIS HERO New York, April 14— (INS)—Dan Howley, starting his second season as manager of the Browns, is being hailed in St. Louis today as the "miracle man'' destined io lead the Brownies out of the American League wilderness. The genial Howley has uart'ed the baseball world by guiding hk> new team to three successive victories over the Detroit Tigers, regarded as a much stronger outfit. The three defeats have been hard for Detroit fans to swallow because thej were chiefly due to the playing ol former 1 iger stars. Matiush, Bine and Manion. Yesterday Manion, a pinch hitter, tied the sore with a ■tome ran in the ninth and set the stage for the fiasco in the eleventh when Holloway, the Detroit pitcher, lost his own game on a wild pitch, 4 to 3. The Tigers' companions in misfortune include the Philadelphia Athletics, whose pennant hopes have received a terrific jolt in the form of two defeats inflicted by the New v ork Yankees. The A's arc hitting as well as ever but as was tiie case last year, the Yanks are slugging the ball even harder. The two teams made six home runs in three games. o * ¥ if if if * iff if if if if * WITH THE BIG * * LEAGUE STARS * —(U.R)— Babe Ruth. Yankees—Drove in the Yankees’ winning run with a double in the seventh. It was his only hit. Lou Gehrig. Yankees —Hit home run No. 1 and a triple in four times at bat but made an error. Tris Speaker — Athletics —Singled once in five times up at bat. Ty Cobb, Athletics—Drove in two runs with two singles in two times at bat. Rogers Hornsby. Braves — Scored one run and made no hits in three trips to plate. Harry Hellmann. Detroit—Made a' single and sacrifice in four times up. Kiki Cuyler, Cubs —Singled once in four trips. Paul Waner, pirates—ldle because cf inclement weather. Watching The Scoreboard (by United Press) Yesterday's Hero: Artie Nehf, veteran southpaw pitcher. He turned the calendar back half a dozen years and pitched the Chicago Cubs to their first victory of the season over I his ex teammates, the Cincinnati Reds. 2’ to (i. Discarded by the Reds as through late last yeai, the Cubs picked Nehf tip at tile waiver pt ice and Joe McCarthy’s judgment was vindicated yesterday. Andy Cohen and the New York Giants continued to step along at a lively pace, beating the Braves again, 7to 3. Andy drove in two runs with a double in an eighth inning rally. Dazzy Vance dazzled the Phillies and the Robins evened the series with a f to 1 victory. • Wet grounds kept the Pirates and Cardinals idle. The St. Louis Browns made it three in a row o'er the Detroit Tigers by putting over the tvlng run in the ninth and the winning run in the ' eleventh. The score was 4 to 3. Babe Ruth's double in the seventh provided the run with which the New York Yankees took the second straight from the Philadelphia Athletics, 8 to 7. Lou Gehrig hit a homer and a triple and Joe Hauser hit two home runs and a triple. The Senators beat the Red Sox, 6 to 4. and the White Sox-Indian s game was halted by rain at the end of the sixth tied, 1-1. o YESTERDAY’S HOMERS —(U.R)— Player,—Team Total Hauser —Athletics 2 Hendrick —Brooklyn 2 Gehrig — Yankees I 2 Combs —Yankees 1 Meusel — Yankees 1 Cochrane—Athletics 1 Man’m r jwns 1 Bis. onette — Brooklyn 1 o Fort Wayne Central Defeats Leo, 12 To 0 Fort Wayne, April 14 —Central opened its baseball season yesterday at the South Side stadium before a small crowd of shivering fans by trouncing Leo in an easy and decisive fashion by a score of 12 to 0. The game was called at the end of the first half of the sixth inning because of rain. The Tigers played good ball yesterday in the opening game. Although the weather was cold and raw the Tigers were in good form and let Leo down with one hP a single which came in the third inning.

Opening Os Golf Course Is Delayed | Due To Heavy Rains ’ Tiie opening of the golf course at the Decatur Country Club, sched ! tiled for Sunday, has been postponed on account of the heavy rain y«sterday and today, William Egan, superintendent of the course, an- ' pounced today. The course will he opened as soon as the weather is * favorable and the course has had ’ sufficinet time to dry out. * STANDINGS i ! National League : W L Pct. ■ St. Louis 2 0 1.000 i New York 2 0 1.000 i Cincinnati 2 1 .687 ■ Philadelphia 11 .506 i Brooklyn 11 .500 . Chicago 1 2 .333 Pittsburgh o 2 .000 American League W L Pct. ■; St. Louis 3 o l.ooii I New York 2 0 1,000 I Cleveland 2 0 1.000 Washington 2 1 .667 Boston 1 2 .333 Chicago 0 2 .000 Philadelphia 0 2 .000 American Association W L Pct. ; Indianapolis 3 0 1,000 ! Kansas City 3 0 1.000 ■ Columbus '. 3 1 .750 ’ Louisville 2 2 .500 St. Paul 2 2 .500 Milwaukee 1 3 .250 Toledo 0 3 .000 Minneapolis 0 3 .000 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Chicago 2; Cincinnati, 0. New York. 7; Boston 3. Brooklyn 6; Philadelphia 1. Pittsburgh-St.,Louis, wet grounds. American League New York 8; Philadelphia 7. Washington 6; Boston 4. St. Louis 4; Detroit 3. Cleveland 1; Chicago 1 (called) American Association Columbus 1; Milwaukee!). Kansas City 5; Toledo 2. Louisville 7; St Paul 3. Minneapolis-Indianapolis, rain. o Sophomores Win Bluffton Inter-Class Track Meet Bluffton, April 14.—(U.R)—The sophiv more class of the Bluffton high school won the inter-class track and field meet Thursday afternoon at Wilson j park. The sophomores were given a I stiff battle by the seniors, who finish- 1 ed second with 40 points, the winners scoring 48 points. The juniors scored thirty points, the post graduates 5, while the freshmen failed to place. This is the second consecutive year this class has won first place in the meet. As freshmen last year, they easily captured first place. Waugh, senior, was high point man of the meet with thirteen points. Maddux, sophomore, won two first places and one third for eleven points. Ellenberger and Penrod scored 11 points each and Weisell 10 points. SENATOR WATSON OPENS CAMPAIGN ICOMIMED FROM FAUK ONK, eral thousand persons who attended the meeting were: Support of the protective tariff. Maintenance of freedom from entangling foreign alliances. Indorsement of Secretary of State Kellogg’s proposal to outlaw war. Backing for the Monroe doctrine. Building and equipping of a modern merchant marine. Opposition to the League of Nations and the cancellation of war debts of the European nations. Indorsement of the McNary-Haug-en farm relief measure. Federal flood relief. Continued restriction of immigration. Support for the ocean to the lakes waterways project. Liberal pensions for war veterans. Enforcement of all parts of the constitution and laws. o Bluffton Defeats South Side Tossers, 11 To 0 I Bluffton, Auril 14— The South Side ; high school baseball team lost to Bluffr ton here Friday afternoon by a score - cf 11 to 0. The game was called at J the end of three and one-half innings because of rain. The umpire declared ■ the contest should be called a game als though the regular four and one-halt » innings had not been played. It was i stated that this met with the approval i of both teams. Bluffton scored all its runs in the second inning.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1928.

S. Josenh Troop Meets The boys in the newly organized St. Joseph Troop, number 61. Boy I Scents of America got away to a flying start Monday evening, it might be more apptopiiate to say that they got | away to a "tying start" as the boys spent the major part of the evening learning to tie the knots tequlred to pass the tenderfoot examination. At the opening of tiie meeting, the boys were called to attention by Scoutmaster Cornelius Dinkin, and repeated in Unison, the Scout oath and law. Several of the boys passed the knot tying portion cf tiie Tenderfoot test Monday evening and are preparing to i become full fledged Tenderfoot Scouts ! at the next meeting. Every one of the twelve boys in the troep is enthusiastic over the prospect of becoming a Scout and the work of further organizing and developing Boy Scouts is ex pected to progress rapidly. Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock, a “’Cornertooth" meeting with Scout mastei Cornelius Durkin in charge was held for the patrol leaders scribe and scout officials. They were given on subjects necessary to pass their tenterfoot and Second Class tests. Mr. McCaughey. Assistant Scout Exexecutive, from the Fort-Wayne Area gave them a short lesson on SetnaphoreCode. He taught them the letters of the alphabet and gave them several good pointers on studying -the cede, and making their sending readable ami swift. it was decided that they should meet every Wednesday evening at 4 o'clock to talk over matters that had arisen in the preceding Troop meeting and to received advice on the future tests and future management of the patrols. ’ Tuesday evening the Patrcl consisting of Robert Kleinhenz. Patrol leader Ralph Reed. Assistant Patrol leader Marcellus Miller and Robert Arnold held a meeting. They decided that the name of the Patrol should he "The Beavers’’ and that they should meet every Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock at one of the Patrol members’ hemes. Wednesday evening, at 7 o’clock, a meeting was held by Patrol leader James Fisher for his Patrol consisting of the following members; Edward De Bolt, Assistant Patrol leader, Joseph Straub and Franklin Hebble. They decided that the “Bcb White” should lie their Patrol emblem and name, atvj that they would meet every Thursday evening at seven o’clock at the home of James Fisher. Wednesday evening, at 7 o’clock is to be the time of the weekly Patrol meetings of the “Crow Patrol, consisting cf Carl Lose Patrol Leader, Robert Eiting assistant Patrol leader. Charles Onilor and Edward They resolved to pass their tests as quick as possible and they decided to send away for mess kits and other equipment. Troop Scribe, M. Miller. — oCOUNTRY CLUB OFFICERS NAMED < CONTINUED FROM PAGE OXE) Ing excellent. The hill at number eight is to be sodded and plans for the construction of four bridges are now under way. There are one hundred and forty members in good standing and it is thought this number can be increased by at least twenty-five within the next month. Dues are now being paid by members and the club will scon be under way and going fine. Mrs. E. W. Kanipe. who is leaving the city, resigned at last night’s meeting and the president was authorized to appoint a successor. Mr. Haney, speaking for the owners cf the club, praised the retiring president. Mr. C. C. Schafer, for his untiring efforts and his great help at al! times and moved a rising vote of thanks, which the board promptly gave. o , D. B. Erwin Is Judge In Oratorical Contest Fort Wayne, April 14—James Studer cf Central Catholic high school won first honors in the district Constitutional contest held at the chamber cf commerce last night. Studer will now represent the Twelfth district in a group district contest to be held at a later date. Edward Mayfield of Auburn high school won second place in the contest and Alice Ringler cf Salem Center high school placed third. Harold Harvey of Columbia City and Paul Large of Howe placed fourth and fifth respectively. The judges for the contest were: Judge A. W. Hamilton of Wells county circuit court, C. A. Mummart, president of Huntington college and Dore B Erwin, Decatur attorney. Judge W. N. Ballou acted as the chairman of the district contest and presided at the meeting. The subject of the debate was "The American Constitution.”

BABE RUTH MISSES FIRST BALL PITCHED

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' Grove, of the Philadelphia Athletics, sent over a sharp ; one that the great "Babe" missed for the first strike I pitched to him in 1928. in the opening game with the

BREMEN CROSSES OCEAN;MAROONED ON TINY ISLAND <rn)mtgn <>» page two) had been slightly damaged, imt requesting that fuel be sent. This indicated that the flyers might attempt to continue the flight to their original destination —Mitchell Field, N. Y. — if they received a fresh supply of petrol. The German baron’s message had been carried across the ice from the island to the Labrador coastline and sent from tiie radio station at Point Armour, which is 20 miles from the point where the Bremen, far out of iier course, was forced down by lack | of fuel. Tiie airmen had travelled between 2.100 and 2.200 miles from their starting point — Baldonnel Airdrome, Ireland. They spent the night as guests of j the lighthouse keeper on the island and today awaited the arrival of either ship or airplane. The Canadian government, after learning of the landing of the men, ordered the iceI breaker Montcalm to proceed to iGreenely Island, if possible. It was 1200 miles away in the Gulf of St. i when the orders were received and started northward immediately. It is possible, however, that a plane may he sent out, reaching the strandied flyers before any vessel can get through to them. There are ample living accomodations upon tiie island so that the airmen will not suffer before relief reaches them. By John McHugh, UP Special Correspondent St. John's. N. F., Apr. 14.—(U.R)— In the bleak and ice-locked Strait of I Belle Isle today three European aviators awaited the hour when they could be taken back to civilization and world wide acclaim as the first to ■ fly an airplane westward across the I North Atlantic ocean. The triumph of the Junkers monoplane Bremen and its German-Irish crew is one of the greatest in the history of aviation/and explains in part why seven other aviators lost their lives in three previous attempts to make a similar flight. A supply of gasoline which the best flyers of two continents had estimated would keep the plane aloft 45 hours lasted only 34 hours and the Bremen was forced’ to land at noon yesterday on Greenley Island between the mainlands of Labrador and Newfoundand. Today the Bremen, slightly damaged and its fuel tanks empty, is still far from the goal its crew had set when they flew out from Dublin at dawn Thursday morning. "Mitchel Field or Heaven — that’s our fate," Col. James Fitzmaurice, the big commandant of the Irish air force said at Baldonnel airdrome. His two German companions, Baron Gunther von Huenefeld, backer of the flight, and Ca.pt. Hermann Koehl. agreed that the smiling Irishman had called their alternative destinations with accuracy. Only meager details of the landing are available here due to the uncertainty of communications In this corner of the world. Enough is known, however, to establish '.hat the ' German-Irish crew were thrown far off their course, that they flew until their last drop of gasoline was consumed, and that they landed under the most perilous of conditions —on an ice-bound island no larger than a pinpoint on a big wall map. i A Marconi operator at Point Amour, ■ Labrador, about 20 miles from Green- . ley Island, sent the first word of the landing. It was merely that the Bremen had landed, was slightly darnag- ■ ed, out of petrol, and that the flyers ■ were safe. z > The keeper of the lighthouse on Greenly Island was reported to have i given, shelter to the aviators pending I their crossing over to the Labrador : mainland. In this town. 400 miles southeast of Greenly Island, trans-Atlantic fly-

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More Interested In Finding False Teeth Than Missing Fliers Shelbyville, Ind.. Apr. 14.—(U.R) —While interest in the trans-At-lantic flight of the Bremen monoplane was at its height last night a woman walked into a local newspaper plant. "Have they ■been found.” she said. "Yes, they were sighted over Newfoundland." came the answer. “Newfoundland.’ Why where is that?” “Six hundred miles from NewYork. it’s certain they’ve crossed the Atlantic." "I can't understand." the woman said, "why I lost them in the public square.” "Well, aren’t you inquiring about the fliers?” "Fliers, oh my no. I wanted to know if you had found my false teeth. Don’t you remember I put an ad in your paper?"

ing has been the one big sensation of the last year. Lindbergh flew out to sea from here last May. In more recent months the natives have been looking eastward, waiting skeptically for a glimpse of the first plane to fly out of the wide Atlantic from Europe. Thus far they never have seen one. The Bremen passed over to the north of St. Johns, probably thrown off its course by treacherous headwinds—the same which aided Lindbergh when he was going, the other way—or by the rotation of the earth, which no aviator has been able to reckon to his own advantage. The inability of previous pilots of westward trans-Atlantic planes to cope with unfavorable head-winds proliahly explains their failures. The Bremen completed the 1,800-mile overwater flight but in doing so consumed a suppy of gasoline which its crew had estimated would carry it to New York with fuel to spare. Newfoundland was still 12 hours from its goal. On that basis the other planes, which were much heavier than the Bremen, must have exhausted their gasoline far out in the Atlantic and gone down, invisible monuments to the winning but costly flight of man against the elements. The island where the Bremen came down is in the straits whkh line between Newfoundland and Labrador and reports here today said that snow was falling when the gray monoplane wobbled through the mid-day sky and down is in the straits whiih lie befinally came to a landing. A lighthouse keeper is on the little island and there are only a few other residents. Even in summer it is a bleak and somewhat deserted country that few—and surely not these two proud Germans and the laughing Irishman—had ever heard of. To reach Greenly Island the plane would have had to cross the northern tip of Newfoundland, probably 50 or 60 miles. The fact that the pilots avoided a landing there seemed incredible, yet it proved their courage and determination to fly as long as their fuel held out. Ice and snow packs the ground of the island. Even the straits sometimes are frozen over and regular summer boat service, for mail and provisions only, does not start until May 10. There are fishing places close by,

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particularly at Blanc Sablon which is. five miles from whore the Bremen landed. There is a radio station at Point Amour about 20 miles to the east. Bit the fishing places are almost deserted at this time of year for the cold makes much of this business impossible during tiie long, bitterly cold winter months. It was in this bleak, desolate countty that the Bremen, after its tumultous ovation at the take-off from Dublin, lande d yesterday. It was in ' strange contrast to the landing the I fliers had hoped to make at Mitchel ■ Field. L. I.—a perfect landing field as 'they had left at Baldonnel—and where ‘ thousands awaited them. Savior Motor Co. now have on disp’av the new 4-passenger Victory coupe. Call and inspect it. Get the Habit—Trade at Home, it Pava

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NEW MEMBERS )| COUNCIL CHOSE! With Three New mJ* Indianapolis, April eUy colinf| | pr ,‘ s ,. n|iM ’ new makeup tdony f o n owtat ‘ i selection late yesterday nf lh " three "new deal" < oune,i ln » tt 10 , jflaee those who resigned becnuM Indictment The membership of lhe rnilMl new is as follows: n !l : mocrats - Meredith Nlchcu,. | the lioveLst; John E. White, fa, "j ; E. Springsteen. Edward B. Ra u b Republicans—Earl Buchanan pi I ward W. Harris, p au i E . R at! 2 Albert E. Meurer. Herman P. The renova’ion of th,, council comp'.eietl with the selection ' Buchanan, Harris and Ramen. a 'n ! business executives, to replace tbi places vacated by Dr. Austin h t (11 O. Ray Albertson and Otis R. p 4r . ■ t holomew. Ony two old faces remained the council today. They were thoe ! of Springsteen and Rauh. Six of the origins nine councihnu ’ were indicted for alleged bribery ] Mt fall. Boynton J Moore, the first w i to lie tried, was convicted and will be sentenced today. On April nu tie Marion county grand jury again in. j dieted five of tne six already accusei ! councilmen. Four of these later pleaded guilty to charges of nt fcance in office and were fined |IH each. Resignations then became the order of the day. o Received another shipment of N> t Kimball phonographs. Sold with small down payment. Also player plans ia A-l condition $175 cash. Jones aifl Sprague.

CHILD COUGHS Stopped quickly V s,„ c • and SAFELY <• with one swallow of THOXINE