Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 94, Decatur, Adams County, 19 April 1928 — Page 6

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YELLOW JACKETS LOSE IN OPENER Weak pitching canned the downfall i of the Decatur high school Yellow j Jackets in theit first baseball game 01 j the season, at F it Wayne yesterdui afternoon, and the South Side time, of than city, won an IS-4 victory ov-i the Curtismen. Thirteen of the IS runs scored by South Side came in the first three innings of the seven inning contest. George Roop, sophomore twiiler who started the game on the mound for Decatur, was pitching his first game under file and appeared to be considerably excited and unsteady. After lhe Kelly Klads had scored five runs off his delivery in the first inning, he was relieved by Chet Reynolds, senior pitcher, who managed to retire the side without any mote runners crossing the pan. However, the South Side batters solved Chet’s delivery in the second flame and he was chased to the showers. Coach Curtis then used Shoaf and Bob Hill on the mound and finished the game with Bill Bell doing the twirling. Bell appeared to get by the best of the quintet of hurlers used by Coach Curtis. Costly errors by the infield also made the going difficult for the Decatur pitchers. John Engle, at shortstop, was charged with three errors, and Passwaters, on seco*, 1 , was guilty of one misplay, Bell at third was charged with cne error. Roop dropped two flies in the outfield, making a total of seven errors by the Yellow Jackets. I

South Side was charged with two errors, both by Leahey. shortstop. Decatur collected six hits, three of them by Bell, off the delivery on Van Ness, who pitched the entire game for South Side. Eleven hits were allowed by the five Decatur pitchers. Dick Engle, Decatur catcher, suffered an injured finger early in the I game and was forced to retire from the game. As Brown, relief catcher, is in- ■ eligible cn account of low glades, this ! left the Yellow Jackets without a catcher. Shoaf, a pitcher who had never caught a game, volunteered to dp t|te catching and he did well, considering he had had no practice behind the bat. The Yellow. Jackets will play the; Bluffton Tigers at Bluffton Saturday morning and in the afternocn will hold ■ a track meet with the Tigers. j i Lineups and summary: < DECATUR ABRHO AE i Bell. 3b-p 3 12 111 [ I J. Engle, ss 300113 i D. Engle, c 201 4 0 0 ’ Roop, c, If, 3b 4 0 0 1 4 2 Gerber, lb 4016 10 1 Anadell, cf, 2b 400 0 1 0 ] Hill rs, p, If 422 0 0 0 i Passwater, 2b 200 3 11 ( Hebble, If 000 0 1 o i C. Reynolds, p 010 0 0 0 , Shoaf p. c 000 0 0 0 | Mauller, rs 100 0 0 0 ( Ladd, cf ss 200 2 0 0 ] I. Reynolds cf 100 0 0 0 , Beery, rs 100000 Totals 31 4618 10 7 L South Side AB R H O A E j Shinier. 2b 5 2 2 11 0 1 Leahey ss 230012 , Palmer, 3b 331 0 2 0 , Mooney cf 4221 00 Bolyard If 3 4 2 1 0 0 Ellenwood c 5 2 210 0 0 | Feustel lb 411700 Straight rs 5 1110 0 Van Ness, p 300 0 0 0 , Totals 34 18 11 21 4 2 . 0 Watching The Scoreboard —(U.PJ- ■ Yeste day s hero: Lefty O'Dottl of the New York Giants. His two home runs accounted for three runs and the New Yo:k Giants. Hit two home delphia Phillies on five hits, 5 to 1. Uncle Wilbert Robinson's hustling Brooklyn club turned eight hits into ten runs with the aid of six Boston errors and beat the Braves, lo to 5. The victory advanced the Robins to second place in the National league. A four tn rally in the ninth by the Cincinnati Reds spoiled the opening ( lay ’< " • 45.000 Chicago fans who ted the Cubs go down, 9 to 6. The New York Yankees continued lhel undefeated march by defeating the Boston Red Sox, 10 to 7. Paul Easterling, Detroit rookie outfielder, slashed out three hits, including a home run, in the Tigers' 4 to 1 win over the St. Louis Browns. The Athletics lost their fourth straight game when the Washington Senators scored seven runs in the second and won 11 to 6. Grady Adkins, White Sox rookie, was hit hard by the Cleveland Indians, who beat Chicago. 7 to 1. Cissel, $123,000 White Sox short stop, made two successive errors in the eighth. 0 _ Get the Habit—Trade at Home, it Pays

STANDINGS National League W I. Pct. New York 4 1 .KOO Cincinnati 4 3 .571 I Biooklyn 3 2 .6(10 Chicago 4 4 .500 j I St. Ixniis 3 3 .500 J I Piiiladephia 2 3 .500 I Pittsburgh 2 3 .400 [ Boston 1 4 .2001 American League W I. Pct New York 4 0 1,000 Cleveland 6 1 .857 Washington 5 1 .833 j St. Louis 4 3 .571 Chicago 2 4 .3331 Detroit 2 6 .250 Boston 1 5 .167 Philadelphia 0 4 .0001 American Association W L Pct.; Kansas City 6 1 .8571 Indianapolis 4 2 .6i>7, St. Paul 4 3 .571 Columbus 4 4 .500 Louisville 4 4 .500 Milwaukee 3 5 .375 j Minneapolis 2 5 .286 | Toledo ... .■ 2 5 .286 ■ YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League New York, 5; Philadelphia 1. Brooklyn 10; Boston 5. Cincinnati, 9; Chicago 6. Only games scheduled. American League Cleveland 7; Chicago 1. New York 10; Boston 7.

Washington 11; Philadelphia 6. Detroit 4: St. Louis 1 — American Association Kansas Qity 6: Indianapolis 0. St. Paul 3; Columbus 2. Louisville 7; Milwaukee 1. Minneapolis 2; Toledo 6. KIRKLAND HOLDS INTERCLASS MEET In a closely contested in'er-class track and field meet, held by the Kirkland high school boys Wednesday afternoon, the Sophomores emerged victorious with 20 points to their credit. The Freshmen were a close second with 19 points, while the Seniors and Juniors were close behind with 17 and 16 points, respectively. The fine work of Baumgartner brought victory to the Sophomores. He scored 19 of his class’ 20 points, when he placed in six of the eight events. Kline, by finishing third in the 440 yard dash, won the additional point for the Sophomores. Some good records were made in the meet, considering the fact that the boys 1 have had little practice and all of the Hack events were run on the pike. The Kirkland Kangaroos will hold a dual meet with the Decatur Yellow Jackets, here Monday afternocn. The summary of the inter-class meet: Shot put —Bowman (Sr), first; Meyer iJ), second; Baumgartner (So), third. Distance: 40 ft., 1 in. Broad jump—Bowman (Sr), first; McKean (Ft, sacond; Meyer (J), third. Distance: 16 ft. 6 in. Half mile — Barger (Fn, first; F. Arnold (Sr), second; R. Arnold (Sr), third. Time: 2 min. 23 sec. High jump—Meyer (J) and Baumgartne: (So), tied for first; Bowman (Sr), third. Height: 5 set. 4 in. 100 yard dash —McKean (F), first: Baumgartner (So), second; R. Arnold (Sr), third. Time: 11.2 sec. Pole vault —Meyer (J), first; Baumgartner (So), second; McKean (F), third. Height: 9 ft. 6 in. 440 yd. dash—Baumgartner (So), first; J. Cchlickman (J), second; K'ine (So), third. Mile—Barger (F). first; Baumgartner (So), second; Bracht (Sr ), third Time: 5 min. 55 sec. o ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ V- * WITH THE BIG * * LEAGUE STARS * ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ —(U.R)— Babe Ruth. Yankees —Singled once in thsee times up, driving in two runs and scoring one himself. Lou Gehrig, Yankees — Got two singles and a double in sous times at bat, scored two runs, drove in another and took part in a double play. Ty Cobb, Athletics — Made three singles in five times up and scored one run. Tris Speaker, Athletics — Singled once in four times, scored a run and made an error. Kiki Cuyler, Cubs—Hit a home run in two times at bat. Rogers Hornsby, Braves —Collected two singles in five times at bat, scored a run and made an error. Paul Waner, Pirates, was idle.

COBB OUTSHINES TRIS SPEAKER New Yoik. April 19—(INS)-Ex<’<til-ing the vtanding-siittng-atanding dive into the field of statistic., from a very di.i’icult angle, the writer discovered .today that, up t- and including the moment, Tris Speaker has been paying off his $30,000 investment to Connie Mack in pfennigs, which I understand to be the Austrian word lor nothing or somewhat less. it was pleasing to note that Tris blew himself t> a base hit against Washington yesterday since, otherwise, he would be hitCng a snug fitting six ami seven-eighths. If you insist upon being unpleasant about it. the unofficial figure is .111. It was only a week ago tha tthe intelligentsia delivered itself of the pronouncement that Speaker would lie a big help to the Athletics this season. Meantime, Ty ( obb, the other $30,000 investment in Philadelphia, has found it impossible to average mo>e than two hits a game. He was hitting a men* .412 in the unofficial lists today. It was only a week ago that the intelligentsia delivered itself ~>f the dictum that the society for the prevention of cruelty to spectators ought to have Ty abated as a public nuisance or something. April form, of course, is somewhat less permanent than April sunburn and, anyway, the prize exhibits of th" national pastime have had their averages in there playing tag with Speaker’s, not Cobb’s In fact, only

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three of them, exclusive of Ty. lire I hitting Pa.il Waner, who Is clocked In .356; | Rogers Hornsby, who barely managed j Io I Ise above the dead line by gelling Iwo hits yesterday, and Ixm iGeliilu, who is running wild after u | hose hit famine in the south. His luverage today, .471, tops the field of ; prize exhibits by a two-thirds major-1 ity. . ; Some of the exhibits, as a matter of fait, may have to be moved off the midway ((’.together to a concession I well buck with the canned spinach and the l*dy who won the hist hog |ca Ung contest. Harry Hellmann, i 1927 bating champion in the •American Ixmpue, is trundling along at .233. Bob Fothergill, third in the same contest, was obliging with a : natty .196 when they lifted him tend-1 erly out of the Detroit lineup several days ago. Robert was reported as resting uneasily today. The best hi:’ i temporary successor. Easterling has [ been able to do is six hits out of his | first eight times up It can’t )>c said, cither, that Kikl | Cuvier hns get around yet to th< i mt iter of making Barney Dreyi’uss I "weep bitterly in his beard. Cuyler | lifted his average from .250 to .267 yesterday. Ahd what of George Ruth, I alias Herman, the boy friend himself? Well. George or Herman or both is neither depressing nor exhilirating his dear public. His average today i» ,256 and not a home run to date. It has. remained for Gehrig and Rob, Meusel to take the early play away from George. Meusel is away running with a mark of .529. he being one of the few who are representatively, paced in the first five. Joe Sewell, at .467, is another. Likewise. Frankie Frisch, among the National Leaguers, is not too far above his head at .476. 0 Daytona Reach, Fla.,—Frank Lockhart, Indianapolis racing driver is ex 1 pected here today or tomorow fer another attempt at a World's new speed mark. Wilbur Shaw in his Whippet our special will try for the world’s record for four cylinder cars tom rrow. it was announced. .1 ' . V. 1 ' "

STUTZ WITHDRAWS FROM AUTO RACE Indianapolis. April 19.—(U.R) The 24 hour match race between the I Freneh-mnde Hispano-Suizu and the American made Stutz. automobiles enedi d abruptly here today when tlmi Stutz machine went into the pits for the ninth time since the start of the race and its backers definitely with drew. . The Stutz was forced out at 8:21 with a broken connecting rod. Stutz Has Much Trouble Indianapolis, April 19 —(INS) Tin I Hispano • Suiza speedster imported from France, today was conceded to have won the 24-hcur international ; spec d race for a purse of $25,060 at the Indianapolis speedway from a i Stutz Black Hnwk roadster that de-1 ve’oped chronic engine trouble durj inp the night. i At 6.30 am. today the French mn-. chine had travelled 1.225 miles since i 1 p in. Wednesday at the average rate of 71.24 miles per hour which broke the firmer track record for that, distance held by a Stutz ear •with an average around 70 miles an hour. The Hispano Suiza had gon? around the speedway 590 times. The time was 17 hours, 11,minutes and 41 seconds. The Stutz car had completed 240 laps, a distance equivalent to about GOO miles, for an average of 35.02 miles per hour. The elapsed time | was 17 hours. 7 minutes and 58 sec-j | onds. The American car spent h total of 9 hours and 23 minutse in the pits I because of engine troubles due to a cracked piston head, a broken con nccting rod and a hole knocked in the crankcase, race officials said. Chicago—Virgil Gist, come.- of the i T’niversity of Chicago basketball team was elected Captain of the 1929 Maroon five. Gist, has served on the team | two years

Bluffton High Wins In Track And Baseball Bluffton, April 19 - Bluffton high | school athletes won the dual truck meet at Montpelier Wednesday 66 to 33. Waugh, Ellenberger, Penrod and Welsell were the leading p Int getters for Hie winners, while Bassett mid Milton were the bust for Montpelier. The baseball team won its fifth straight game defeating Rock Creek , m that place, 14 to 10. Former Teammate Os Andy Cohen To Try Out With Preble Baseball Team Bad weathei again interfered with the initila workout of the Preble baseball team schedule for last Sunday, but Lite squad hopes to a good day's woik next Sunday, if I the weather gives them an even break. Lester Brown, who only a few years ■ ago was playing side by side with Andy Cohen. New York Giant’s second baseman, will be out for Sunday'? workout. Brown plays either first base or the outfield. Cy Cohen, Andy’s brother, played in the outfield on the

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