Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 97, Decatur, Adams County, 23 April 1928 — Page 6

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INDIANS FEATURE BASEBALL RACES By Les Conklin I. N. S. Staff Correspondent New York. April 23-(INS)-The disappointing performances of Pittsburgh and Detroit, and the phenomenial playing of the Cleveland Indians continue to feature the Big League pennant races. The Pirates and the Tigers, rated as strong contenders, are in last place in their respective Leagues today while the Indians, regarded before the season opened as probably occupants of the second division, enjoy a lead of two games in the American League. George Grantham's terrific hitting has been the only bright spot in the playing of the Pirates, who dropped their sixth game in eight starts yesterday, Johnny Miljus. mound star of the National League champions, lost a 3 to 2 decision to Percy Jones of the Cubs when Stephenson trippled in the eighth and scored on a sacrifice flyAt present the cubs are playing the best hall in the league, having won five of their last eight games. A record Chicago crowd of 50.000 saw them perform yesterday. George Vhle of Cleveland hung up his third straight victory in winning a 2 to 1 duel from Blaeholder of the St. Louis Browns. The Indians have copped five of their last seven games while the Browns have dropped six of their last eight contests after a splendiferous start. The Detroit Tigers, who showed signs ct life during the first part of last week, have fallen into Evil ways again, Ted Lyons of the White Sox beat them yesterday. 9 to 3. Fothergill and Neun. who starred for Detroit last year, have been replaced by Rookies —Easterling and Sweeney. Rothrock and Hofmann a mean Shillalah as the Red Sox captured an S i to 5 slugfest fr in Washington. Irv Hadley, the Nats' ntoun dace, took the count in the second inning. Washington and the Yankees, tied for second place, cross bats today for the first time this season. New York's stock went up today with the an nouncement that Urban Shocker, probably would sign a contract this morn-! fng. o *¥¥¥¥¥¥?;¥¥•¥¥ Y- * WITH THE BIG * LEAGUE STARS * *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥-?■ (By United Press) Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig. Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby were idle Sunday when rain and cold caused postponment of games in the east. Paul Waner, doubled once in four times at bat and scored a run. Harry Hellmann, failed to get a hit in four official trips to the plate, and now has an average of .200 for the current season. Kiki Cuyier—likewise failed to hit safely in four times up, although his teammates had little trouble with Johnny Miljus’ delivery. o Gene Tunney Returns From Sojourn In South N»w York. Anil 23—(INS)—Tanned to a dark brown shade by many weeks of Florida sunshine and pack ing more stjlid weight than he has ever carried before. Gene Tunney is home for a few days before transferring his activities to Speculator, N.Y.. where he will train for his defense of the heavyweight title against Tom Heeney, es New Zealand. Tunney is the picture of health. He we'ghs 2U2 pounds and looks hard and fit. Heeney is reported as sailing tomorrow from Souzhampton to New Yo-k. Tunney declared that Heeney is um'iaubtediy the best of the contenders. "I have much for him,” Gene said, "and I really think he's the best drawing card because of the international angle.” o Eyes Os Track Fans Turn To Drake Relays Des Moines, lowa, April 23 —(U.R>— The Uyes of Track fans in the middlewest turned toward this city and I lie Drake relays today, as final entries for the track and field games, to be staged Friday and Saturday, came trickling in. Entries to date total 2,561 individuals from 229 schools, Os these schools twenty-six are in the University class and fffty-cne in the college class. The remainder are high schools. Sixteen, states are represented 0 Save a Dime on your hair cut every day except Saturday. Hill & Young, new location. Madison st. 192tf

Six Times Winner IP ▼ * *** 2 1 if X i -•£! - & fPF* r . ■Ki jr- • z / w * 3 ; \f I ..I • Lt r Clarence DeMar (abov- > “Old Reliable.” makes a new record for the Boston marathon against the pick of the country's runners, with Joie Raj running second. This is De Mar's sixth victory in the annual event. MICHIGAN AND 1.0. CLASH THIS WEEK Bloomington. Ind., April 23 Miele gan's championship contending base ‘ ball team will invade Bloomington to-1 morrow afternoon for a clash with In-I diana University The contest is ex pected to be cue of the outstand hg games of the year, both nines being 1 given chances for Big Ten hotanrs till season. This will be Indiana's first basebar game with Michigan in which Bennie | Oosterbaan. all-American football play er, will face Russel Paugh's twirling Bennie led the Wolveiines in hitting last year with :i percentage of 320. He was an all-conference basketball sta" and is now earning his ninth letter. Fred Asbeelr. 215 p under, will do the pitching for Michigan. His deliveries are expected to be troublesome for the Deanmen to solve. He is over six feet in heighth and considered one oi the Big Ten's best slabists. Paugh and Magnabosco will form the battery f r Indiana. Burke or Correll, will be at first base with the remainder of the infield as follows: Boroughs 2b; Wells, ss; and Harrell. 3b. Ray, leading hitter in the Big Ten. last sea son, and Derr and Bucher, will form the outfield. o Watching The Scoreboard (By United Press) Yesterday s here; Percy Jones, veteran left-hander of the Chicago Cubs, who turned in his second brilliant pitching performance of the season i holding the Pittsburgh Pirates to five | hits and beating them, 3 to 2. As a result, the National League champions today share tile cellar with the Boston Braves, while the Cubs have moved up into third place. The Pirates protested the game because of a dispute over ground rules/ The Boston Red Sox moved up in tiie American League standing by winning a slugging match from the Washington Senators, S to 5, sweeping the series. The Red Sox passed the Detroit Tige-s, who dropped the opening cameos a scries with the White Sox. 9 to 3. The Cleveland Indians, whose play has been the surprise of the season, increased their lead in the American League race by defeating the St. Louis Browns, 2to 1. Both of Cleveland’s runs followed infield taps which the St. Louis defense could not get to the plate In time to prevent the scoring. THE BIG FIVE Player G AB. R H R Pct Cobb 6 27 3 12 0 .444 Hornsby 7 28 8 11 1 .393 Gehrig 8 13 7 10 2 .323 Ruth 8 29 7 'S 1 .207 Speaker , 6 26 2 4 0 .154 0 j ( Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pays

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AMERICAN SETS NEWSPEEOMARK Daytona Bench. Fla.. April 2'l - (LI.R) l An angry young American racing ■ driver who swore ”I’ll show 'em I can break it ' held the world's speed I crowlt for automobiles. Ray Keech. 27. drove his Triplex racer an average speed of 207.5526 miles per hour on the Daytona Bench sands Sunday to: keep his promise. His record smashing dashes-one up the beach —the other down—for the computed averages, was made fo!-■ lowing tailure of the automobile asso-' rial ion's timing device* to function | in a previous attempt that Keech claimed was itself a record breaker. •‘l'll show 'em again—you’d think this was a picnic,” Keech shouted and jumped into his car. It roared ; I with the wind at a docked time of 213.903 miles. He turned around at the end of the course and roared . back. His time for the measured mile ' was 201.903 —average 207.5526. The previous record was made in ' February's Intel national speed trial d by ('apt. Malcolmn Campbell, time' 206.95 miles per hour. Frank Lockhart, of Indianapolis, ' whose Stutz Blackhawk did better than 190 miles an hour in a test yesterday. may try to break the new record today. In February's trials, he was injured when his Stutz swerved into the ocean. At that time, Lockhart's car was going at an unofficial speed of 225 to 240 miles an iiour. This was with the wind. STANDINGS National League W L Pct. I New York 5 2 .714 St. Louis 5 3 .625 Brooklyn 4 3 .571 Chicago 7 5 .583 I Cincinnati 5 5 .500 Philadelphia 3 4 .424 Boston 2 5 .286 Pittsburgh 2 6 .250. —(U.K)— American League W L Pct. I Cleveland 8 2 .800 Washington 5 3 .6251 New York 5 3 .625 I St. Louis 5 6 .454 Chicago .4 5 .444 Boston 4 6 .400 Detroit 4 8 .333 Philadelphia 2 4 .3331 American Association W L Pct. i Kansas City 7 2 .778 Indianapolis 5 3 .625 St. Paul 5 5 .500' Columbus 6 5 .545 1 Luisville , 5 5 .500 ; Milwaukee 4 q .400 Toledo << 4 6 .400 Minneapolis 3 7 ,;;oit 1 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsbuigb, 2; Chicago 3. New York-Brooklyn wet grounds. St. Louis-Cincinnati, wet grounds, j Only games scheduled American League Chicago 9; Detroit 3. Boston 8; Washington 5. Cleveland 2; St. Ixiuis 1. I hiladelphia-New York wet grounds American Association Minneapolis. 4; Columbus 8. Milw.aukee-lndianapolis, wet grounds I St. Paul 2; Toledo 3. Kansas City-Loiiisville, rain. SATURDAY'S RESULTS ' National League New York 8; Boston 3 Chicago 5; Cincinnati 0. St. Louis-Pittsburgh (rain) Brooklyn-Philadelphia (rain) American League Philadelphia 10; New York 0 St. Louis 5; Detroit 2. Chicago-Cleveland (rain) Boston-Washington (rain) American Association AU games postponed: rain and wet grounds. YESTERDAY 'S HOME RUNS Player and Club Season total National League West, Washington (1) j American League None The Leaders American— K. Williams, 3; Goslin 3Easterling 3. National— Wilson 3; Webb 3; Frisch 3; O’Dotil 3. League Totals National— 39 American— 29. • o Eatl Mat tin, president of the Cloverleaf Creameries is home from a several mnths stay in Florida.

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Many Thanks “Do I understand." said the young man, "that yon absolutely decline to let me marry your daughter?" "I do." replied her father firtnly. “Sir." said the young man. reaching for Ids hat, "will you shake hands on parting?" “Os course," said the father, surprised. "And 1 am glad to see tliat you take your disappointment so well.” “Yes." said the young man; "ano It you’ll allow me, I am going to send you a box of cigars, too. You don't know how near Hint daughter of yours came to haying me hooked.* They Sing Illustrative of the importance that music plays in the life of Welshmen, there was a war-time anecdote which tofrt of eight Britons who were round in a dugout after a 12-hour bombard meat. The two Irishmen were stilt lighting, Hie two Scotchmen were holding a debate, the Englishmen had not been Introduced, but the two Welshmen were busy organizing an oratorio society. No Medium of Exchange A small colored boy was called on by one of his white neighbors to do >m errand for her. After it was done she smiled graciously and said; "Much obliged, Bill." Bill looked at her fixedly and queried: “Miss Mollie, what store Is that whar I kin git candy for •much obi.ted'?" —Youth’s Companion.

„ty Hacl Eye to Saving the “Bawbees" Tiie hooks made tiv the late King Leopold I of Belgium I* extremely valuable. A French writer tells of how Leopold, hearing Hint a particular book lie desired was In the possession of n small dealer In a poor quarter of I‘tirls, set out to obtain It at the lowest price possible, for Leopol 1 counted with care every penny he spent on bls hobby and part of the pleasure it uffotded him, nccordlng to a writer In the New York HeraldTribune, was the getting of a valuable volume at a low figure. This partkiilar bonk was u French translation made In the Sixteenth centnrv of n Latin work by it writer named Uretneus. written about 2<Mi A. D. When Leopold arrived in Paris he clad himself In the attire of a man of the working class, called on the dealer and bought the book for a few francs. But coining back to the hotel where lie was staying the king was robbed of ttis purchase. Smite years Inter, when in Vienna, he saw the bonk on n dealer's shelf. The price asked for It wits $l5O and after mm h bargaining Leopold paid the money. It does not appear clear why he should have been so eager to obtain this particular volume, for from time to time he obtained far more valuable and interesting ones. rd ore Ways Than One to Take Nourishment When ii person Is snffering from a throat or mouth wound, or some trouble that prevents him from eating, it may be possible, In the future, to feed him through the skin. That adequate nourishment epn be obtained in this manner lias been proved after a year’s experiments by mi Austrian doctor. At present artificial feeding Is practiced in two ways: injections into the blood and injections into tiie digestive tract. As s>od thus given is not completely absorbed, neither method is satisfactory. This new discovery Is. therefore, of great importance. The digestive organs can lie rested for long periods while the patient keeps up Ids strength and body heat by the nourishment absorlied through the skin. A mixture >if fat, protein, sugar, and tiie necessary vitnmines In a concentrated form will constitute the ointment with which tlie patient will- be massaged Drain Weight Unimportant Whether n person s brain iMS’otnes larger after Intellectual development is still n disputed question. Smith Ely Jeliffe, an aulhority on the subject, says: ‘Weight of brain, however, tins no direct relationship witli intelligence. ns Idiots' brains are known to have welglied Just ns much ns those of Hie ablest men. Intellectual cnpaeity consists in the great muftlpllclty of nerve cell connections. While it Is true that a number of celebrated men of recognized brain power have had larger bruins, there are many more of equal capacity whose brain weights have not been remarkable.”

Use for Spiders* Threads Miss F. Watts of Tatstield, England, keeps a colony of spiders. As they spin their tine silky threads for her. she winds these upon cards for use In the scientitie Instruments manufactured by her brothers. Although the seratcli of n diamond is thick by comparison witli the tenuous threads she hantiles, some of these, such as those Intended for fixing the center of range-finders nnd microscopes, must be split four times. This task is carried out under a high-power microscope nnd requires rare steadiness ot hand. His Turn Next A farmer walked into the bank, sought out tiie credit manager, und proceeded to apply for a SI,OOO loan After I lie interview had been in progress for some little time, and it iip|Hsired Hint Hie loan was going through. Hie farmer said: “Well. Mr. Credit Manager, suppose at Hie mid of six- months this note •perspires’ and I am unable to repay you, what then?” *'ln thin event.” replied the banker quickly, “we'd make you sweat for It.” The Awful Truth Two faces were close together, the man s grim, tense; the other face was small and white, with two slender hands pressed tightly ngninst it. It was those trail hands Hmt riveted the man's horrified gaze. •'Henveiis!” he said, still staring; and tn Ills voice was ttopeless. stark tragedy, for that other lace Was the face of his watch, and those little htinds told him that he had missed the Inst train home. Faith in Dog’s Judgment A lady in London lias two dogs (de cldediy not thoroughbreds), who have betn her constant companions for years She makes a point of having them in tiie room with her whenever she engages a new memlier of het servant staff. She says she Is able to judge the character and disposition ■ f the person much more easily by the dogs' attitude, and has never known their sagacity to be a*t fault. Essentials for Girls Girls should be taught, above all. how to dance and to sew. Then they will know what to do with both then hands and their feet.—Woman's Home Uompanlou.

BERNE LOSES TO PORTLAND Portland, April 23 (U.Hl—tiie Portland high school Panthers defeated the Berne high school basebull team in a game played here Friday afternoon, 13-8. The game was fast and fairly well played. The Panthers hit the Betne pitchers hard, gathering a total of 18 hits. Herne made eight hits. The Panthers made three errors and Berne made 12. This Is the first year that baseball has been played by the local high school athletes. Portland will play Decatur here next Friday afternoon. • ■ o L — Decatur-Bluffton Track And Field Meet Postponed The track and Held meet scheduled to bo held Saturday hy Decatur and Bluffton high schools was postponed. Local schcol officials understood Cftach Means, of Bluffton, to say that the meet would be held at Fort Wayne Saturday afternoto|i. after the r:\ln had made the diit tracks at Bluffton and Decatur a sea of mud. Coach Curtis and his team went to Fort Wayne slrrtly afternoon, but the Bluffton team failed to show up. -o ——— Floyd Bennett Seriously 111 Os Pneumonia Today Quebec. April 23 —(U.P) — Floyd Bennett. who started out with Bernt Balchen from Detroit in a Ford airplane with relief supplies for the stranded German trans-Atlantic airplane, is seriously ill of pneumonia at the Jeffrey Hale hospital. He was brought to Quebec by airplane from Igike St. Agues yesterday and doctors said his was serious. He.has a fever of 102*,-j degrees.

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