Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1928 — Page 6

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YELLOW JACKET NINE IN ACTION After tlree weeks o»' pr,.ctiee, the Delator high school Yellow Jackets wore scheduled to open their baseball season this afternoon, in a game with the South Side high school nine, nt Fort Wayne. The sumo was to be played in the South Side stadium, starting at 3:30 o’clock. Coach Curtis stated this morning that George Roop, a sophomore, probably would start the game in the | pitcher's box for Decatur. Dick Engle probably will do the catching. The remainder of the lineup was expected to l»e as follows; Gerber, first bare; Puaswaler. second base; J. Engle, short stop: Dell, third base; Anadell, left field; Hobble or I. Reynolds. center field; Hill. C. Reynolds or Beery, right field. Ladd, Mauller i and Kahle probably would be given a chance in the outfield, also. Roop. Shoaf and Schamerloh are the young pitchers on the squad. Hill . and ('. Reynolds, both seniors, did most of the hurling last year, hut Roop Sas been showing the most stuff in practice this spring. Three Athletes Ineligible Three athletes were declared ineligible today when the grades for the last six weeks of school were announced. They are Delxdt, Brown and Zerkle. has been playing shortstop on the baseball team and performing with the track team, n'so. Brown has been catching on ? the baseball nine and Zerkle has been tunning tee half mile for the track team. They will be ineligible for the ' remainder of the school year. The Yellow Jackets will go to Bluffton Saturday for a duel track and field meet and a basebill game. Th etrack and field meet will be held in the afternoon ami the baseball game in the forenoon. Coach Curtis said today he probably would take the following fourteen track men to the meet- Anadell. Gerber, "’ole. Kill. Ro ;>. C. Reynolds. I. Reynolds, Haubold. Bodie. Pelz. Passwater, J. Engle Gereti and Beery. A revised baseball schedu'e for the Yellow Jackets, containing eleven games, was announced today by Coach Curtis, as follows’ April 18 -South Side, there April 21—Bluffton, there April 24—Kenda'.lville. there April 27 —Portland, there May 2 - Central, here May 4—Huntington. there May S —South Side, here May lit—Portland, here May 15—Bluffton, here Mav 17—Angola, there May 22 Central, there. The baseball championship of the 1 ( Northeastern Indiana Conference, of i which Decatur is a member, will be l decided in a post-season game between the winners of the north and south halves of the conference. The winners of the two divisions of the conference will be determined on a percentage basis. Teams in the south | half are Decatur. Bluffton, Huntington and the three Fort Wayne | schools. Those in the north division j are Columbia City, Angola, KendallvTe, Auburn and Garrett. At a meeting of the offF*ers cf the conference. held in Fort Wayne last Saturday, it was voted to determine the championships of basketball and football in the sitnc manner, with post ’-eason games between the winner of the north and south divisions. The conference track and field meet will be held at Garrett. May 5. with the tr'als in the morning and the regular events scheduled for the afternoon. New officials were elected in the persons of Fred H. C-ronrnger, of Centra’, as president of the conference; L. S. Brumbaugh, of Kendallvi le. as vice president; J. H. MeC'ttre, of Angola, as secretary-treas-urer. / The new officials, together with the sanction of the other representatives, have decided to get new cups. These cups, four in all, will be awarded for basketiball, football, baseball and track. The school that wins one three t'mes otains permanent possession of it. 4. o TESTERD* VS HOME RUNS National League P'n- •• nil (Tub Season's Total Webb. Chicago (1) 2 American League Tavener, Detroit (1) 1 The Leaders National— Frisch 3, Hendrick 2. Webb 2 American — Gehrig 2, Goslin 2, Hauser 2, Todt 2 League Totals National ’ 18 American If. o Madison, Wis —The University of Wisconsin's 1929 basketball team will have two captains. They are Elmer Tenhopen, Cleveland, Ohio and Johnny Doyle, Waukegan, HL, elect last, night.

STANDINGS National League W L Pct. I Now York 3 1 .750 Chicago 4 3 .570 St. Louis 3 3 .500 Cincinnati 3 3 .500 . Btooklyn 2 2 .500 Philadelphia 2 2 .500 d Pittsburgh 2 3 .400 , Boston 1 3 .250 American League W L Pct New York 3 0 1,000 Cleveland 5 1 .833-j Washington 4 1 .800 St. Louis 4 2 .607; Chicago 2 3 .400 Boston 1 4 .200 Detroit I 6 .142 ' Philadelphia 0 3 .000 American Association W I. Pct | Kansas City .. .*. 5 1 .833 Indianapolis 4 1 .800 St. Paul 3 3 .500 Columbus 4 3 .570 Louisville 3 4 .428 Milwaukee 3 4 .428 Minneapolis 2 4 .333 Toledo 1 5 .167 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. National League Chicago 3; St. Louis 2. Pittsburgh-Cincinnati (rain) Philadelphia-New York (cold) Boston-Brooklyn (cold) American League Cleveland. 6; Detroit 4. Chicago 4; St. Louis 2. New York-Boston (cold) Washington-Philadelphia (rain) American Association St. Paul-Indianapolis (wet ground) ■ Columbus 4; Kansas City 3 Milwaukee 9; Toledo 7. Milwaukee-Louisville (rain) College Basetali Results —(U.K)— At South P?ml — Notre Dame, 3; I Kalamazoo College, 0. At Ann Arbor—Michigan. 17; Purdue, ft. At Columbia—Missouri U., 3; Washington IT., 1. At Manhattan — Kansas Aggies, 4; Kansas U„ 2. o ¥ ¥¥¥¥¥¥*¥ v¥¥¥! * WITH THE BIG * * LEAGUE STARS * ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ —(U.R)— Kiki Cuyler. Cubs — His single in the tenth drove in the run which beat the Cardinals, 3 to 2. Harry Hellmann. Tigers—Made one single in three times up. Ruth. Gehrig. Speaker, Cobh, Hornsby and Paul Waner were idle. o NEW EVIDENCE IS UNEARTHED Washington, Aptil 18—(INS)—Fresh evidence, indicating that former secretary cf the interior Albert B. Fall wrote the mysterious oil memorandum found in the files cf the Senate public lands committee in January, 1924, was unearthed today at the Senate's oil inquiry. The unsigned oil memorandum, a mystery for four years, declared Fall had never gotte na dollar front Harry F. Sinclair and that Sinclair had never "spent a dollar on Fall's ranch," if actually written by Fall, it would shatter the story that Sinclair paid 1223, 000 for an interest in Fall's ranch. With Clarence C. Chase. Fall's son-in-law on the witness stand, it was shown that the memorandum apparently was written by the same person who wrote a letter to Senator Lenroot (R) of Wisconsin, cn December 13, 1924, and signed hy Fall. Fall has never denied writing the letter. o Prominent Banker Dies Indianapolis, Apr. 18. — (U.R) —Riely C. Adams, 50, president of the Security Trust company, and well known Indiana banker, died here today of pneumonia. Besides his banking activities Mr. Adams was a leading republican for many years. He served as treasurer of the republican state committee for several years, resigning about a year ago. o Interurban Kills Two Men Jeffersonville, Ind., Aptil 18— (INS)— Dr. W. A. Bagby of Laconia, lowa, t and Emery McCullough of CharlesI town, Indiana, were almost instantly ■ killed when the automobile of the - lowa physician was strut* by a south " bound interstate electric train at Memphis, Indiana, near here.

ERRORS CAUSE OF TIGERS’COLLAPSE I I ,| .New York. April 18.—(U.R)- Ninei teen errors In the first seven games. The figures tell the story of the collapse of the Detroit Tigers, one of the most promising ball clubs in the American League at the start of the 1192 S season. A shake-up which will put in the shade the corrective measures under- | taken by a number of other major league managers this year is promis ed by George Moriarty, manager of ; tihe Tigers. Already "Fat'' Fothergill, veteran outfielder, and one-time batting king, has' been benched by Moriarty, but "Fat's" offense was weak hitting. Other regulars are due to follow Fothergill Io the bench as fast as their manager can arrange replacement. Nineteen errors in seven games! It undoubtedly Constitutes a record for major league baseball. And a majority of the bobbles wore costly and directly connected with opponrents' runs. Before the season opened, the Detroit Tigers were ra’ed as one of the strongest clubs in the league, an aggregation hound to make trouble ' and certain to finish in the first di- I vision. Tb.e Tigers still are one of the best clubs in the junior circuit, and they probably will finish fourth, but it will he some time before they set over the nightmare of their performances during the first week of , the season The Tigers have not been noticeably weak at bat. but have tossed away what opportunities they attainted on tlie attack by atrocious field. ; ing. Paul Easterling, who took FothI ergill's place in the outfield, did some hefty sticking against Cleveland yesterday. and Jack Tavener smacked' I out a home run, scoring tl.c rookie from Seattle ahead of him. but four ' costly errors deprived the Tigers of the lead and the ball game. George Moriarty is a fighting type of manager who is not afraid to take action when finally convinced his team is not doing its best, and Moriarty promises to take the Tiger by the scruff cf the neck and shake it until Ms stripes look like the black squares in a cross-word puzzle. Watching The Scoreboard —(U.R)— Yesterday’s Hero: Percy Lee Jones of the Chicago Cubs. The sometimes erratic southpaw had one of his good days and outpitched Grover Cleveland Alexander of the St. Louis Cardinals in a ten-inning contest to win 3 to 2. The Cards made only five hits off i Jones. Jones added the final touch to > a big day by scoring the winning run I in the tenth inning. He led off with a single, advanced on a sacrifice, and scored on Kiki Cuyler's single. The victory sent the Cubs into a I tie with the Cards for second place | in the National League. The Cleveland Indians gained undisputed possession of second place in ; the Ametican League by defeating the ! Detroit Tigers. 6 to 4 George" Burns | contributed a timely single which : scored two runs In the seventh and j Willis Hudlin came through with three ■ innings of splendid relief pitching for j the Indian. Teddie Lyons gave the St. Louis Browns ten hits but they could fit I them into only two runs and the Chi-' cago White Sox stopped Dan Howley's upstarts for the second day in succession, 4 to 2. All other games were postponed because of the rain and cold weather. o Police Say Man Who Has Served Year In Prison Is Innocent Fort Wayne, Ind.. April 18.—(U.R)— Henry Hay, 40, farmer near Arcola, has served more than a year of a two to fourteen year sentence for burglary, but is innocent, police here announced. Hetman Krock. returned here from Toledo, Ohio, has told police he and not Hay was guilty of the crime for which Hay is serving time and in addition he has committed forty burglaries here, Krock declared that he and his brother robbed the Moore hardware at Arcola. Sept. 6. 1926, the crime for which Hay was convicted Feb. 14, 1927, police said. —■ o —— Insane Man Hacks Two Daughters To Death Newport, Tenn., April 18. —(INS) - Driven to Insanity hy a mental dis order, Dave Hawk, 58, farmei, hacked his two daughters to death with an axe here today, seriously wounded his wife and ended his own life with a shot gun.

DFCATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1928

MANY DELEGATES NOT INSTRUCTED By Paul R. Mallon. UP Staff Correspondent Washington, Apr. 18. (U.R) A powerful Idoc of uninstrueb’d ami doubtful delegates Is being selected for the republican convention, the United Press tabulation of state primaries ami conventions showed today. Thus far 579 or more than half of the 1,089 delegates who will select the next republican presidential nominee have been chosen. Os these 571). only 305 have been instructed or pledged for the various candidates; 117 are tin instructed but have'annnnnced they will vote for one or another of the candidates now in the rare and 157 ate classed as uninstructed or doubtful. The bloc of 157 is made up ns follows: Minnesota, 2; New York. 90; Missouri. 2; Wisconsin. 7; North Carolina. 6; Oklahoma, 20; Illinois, 8; New Mexico. 1; Nebraska. 8; Colorado, 13. The ratio is expected to grow apace with the selection of delegates up to convention time? The Herbert Hoover people do not appear to be alarmed by the unexpected trend. They claim a goodly portion of the doubtful uninstructed. contending the commerce secretary will get 47 of the 90 doubtful in New York; 10 of the 20 in Oklahoma and 19 of the 13 in Colorado. They count on these for reserve strength. Thus far only 105 delegates have been instructed for Hoover, in addition 79 of the uninstructed have announced they will support him. Frank O. Lowden. Hoover's chief I opponent has 131 insttutced delegates and 36 uninstructed who have announced they will support him. His managers claim he will eventually get practically all of the doubtful. HOOPENGARDNER BELIEVED TO BE ALIVE AND WELL imsrivrßn r»«<;K tvvov well and located at Centerville. It is supposed that he called Chief Melcht instead of members of the family fearing that they would recognize his voice. Expect Letter Soon Mr. White told officers last night that he notified the Hoopengardner | family Wednesday morning that Hoopengardner was alright, but that I he had gone to look for a job. White stated that the family did not believe him at that time. White said that he expected a letter from Hoopen gardner some time this week and he would notify them at once, when he | eceived any correspondence from | the missing man. It is thought that Mr. Hoopengardner left for a new location and he told friends at Ossian tha the exjiect- | ed to notify his family as soon as he was permanently located. In tlie meantime, police officers I had <’zagged the river and neighboring stone quarries, believing that the body would be found. Two Women Escape From State Women’s Prison Indianapolis, April 18. — (U.R) —Two women, who escaped last night from the Indiana women's prison here, today were being sought by police. Both of them were serving long sentences. . They are Elizabeth Aspinwall, Peru, serving ten to twenty years for automobile banditry, and Angella Thornburg. Indianapolis, who was convicted on an assault with intent to kill charge.

The escape was reported to police by Mrs. Margaret Elliott, suepYintendent of the prison, who said the women picked the Iftcks of their cells on the second floor, and walked downstairs and through the yeard to freedom. o Court Must Decide If Chaplin Has Exclusive Right To His Makeup San Francisco, April 18. — (INS) — Black derby, massive shoes, tiny moustache, flexile cane, tight jacket and baggy trousers were all grist for ! the judicial mill here today as the California state com t of appeals pondered over the weighty question of whether Charles Chaplin has an exclusive right to their use on the screen, Charles Amador, billed as “Charles Aplin,” restrained from the use of the costume, has appealed to the appellate court. — o \ B. & O. Engineer Dies At Throttle North Vernon, Ind., April 18—(INS) William Sullivan, 50. of Seymour. Ind., a B. & O. freight train engineer, died at the throttle of his engine today as his train pulled into North Vernon, enroute from Cincinnati. Death was due to cerebral hemorrhage Coroner George Jordan announced after an investigation. Sullivan appeared well and happy as the train approached North Vernon. according to his fireman, C. H. Parroll. He blew the whistle for the station then staggered and fell back dead. A widow and son survive.

Flight Developments (By International News Service) ("apt. Herman Koehl, pitot of the Bremen, ami Baron Von Huenefeld were still cn Greenly Island today. Major James E. Fitarnaurlce, who hopped off at Greatly Island with Charles "Duke" Schiller, Caii'dian pilot. f\jr Murray Bay to get spare ports for the repair of the Bremen spent the night at Clarke City. Quo., where their plane was fot.'ed by bad weather to land.. It was reported nt Seven Islands, Quo., that Von Huenefeld. Koehl and Fttzmarlce might conaont to fly to Murray Bay or Mitchel Field N. Y. Leaving repairs of the Bremen until later. Sihillor sent a radio to Greenly Island offering to return and pick up Von Huenefeld and Koehl in his plane, but, owing to atmospheric hindrances to communication, had received no reply this morning. Miss Herta Junkers, daughter of the designer of the Bremen, who flew to Montreal from Curtiss Field. N. Y., in the F-13, n sister ship of the Bremen, hastened to Murray Bay by rail. Bad weather continues over the Gulf ot St. Lawrence. George H. Kelley. Former Adams County Man, Dies George H. Kelley. 42. former Adams county resident, died Tuesday at a hospital in Plymouth. Death was due to cancer of the stomach. Mr. Kelley was born near Geneva and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Basil Kelley. After wot king as a carpenter in the vicinity of Geneva for several years, Mr. Kelley moved to Plymouth, where he spent the remainder of his life. Surviving are the widow, Ruth Bryan Kelley; two daughters, Mrs. Newtor Davies, of South Bend, and Miss Lenora Kelley, of Plymouth; two sons. Robert and Phillip, both of Plymouth; two sisteis, Mrs. Joseph Glug and Mrs. Albert Boseker, both of Fort Wayne; and one brother. John Kelley, of Bluffton. o Wateibitty. Conn —The eight tetms of the eastern League open the 1928 baseball season today. There are .two new ownerships and three new parks f r this year's start. ,

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DIRGER LOSES FINAL CHANCE Convicted Illinois Gangster Faces Death On Gallows Tomorrow Benton. 111. Apr. 18.- (U.R) Defeated in every move to avert execution, Charlie Birger, southern Illinois gang lord, faces ijeath on the gallows tomorrow. His sanity hearing, which extended his life horn Friday the 13th until he was re-sentenced, came to a sudden conclusion yesterday afternoon, and it took the jury only twelve minutes to agree that Birger was as aane as ever. The defense, which had claimed it

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