Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 108, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1928 — Page 3

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VIKINGS DEFEAT YELLOW JACKETS Inability <•> *'l* the pitching dished lout by tlie Huntington hurlers, eottplL (t with the heavy hitting of the Vikling* in the early innings of the game. [ spelled defeat for the Deratin’ high I school Yellow Jackets in a conferI cnee baseball game with the HuntI ington Vikings, at Huntington, Friday | afternoon, by a score of 10-t. After I the first two Innings, during which I the Vikings scored seven of their 10 runs, the Yellow Jackets settled down and played good ball for the remainder of the game. Chet Reynolds started on the mound for the Yellow Jackets and was hit hard. Every man who faced him pounded the ball hard. The Vikings hit the ball so hard that Decatur Infielders made four errors In the opening Inning, trying to field the ball. With five runs in and only one man out. Shamerloh took up the pitching burden for the Curtismen and succeeded in taming the Viking batters considerably. The remainder of the team played better ball after that first bad inning. Ladd and Shoaf, freshman, were the only Yellow Jackets to hit safely, Ladd's single in the second inning. drove in Decatur's only run. Hill scored the run after getting on base on a walk. Summary: Decatur AB RHE Bell, 3b 3 0 0 2 Anadell, cf 3 0 0 0 Pass water, c .... 3 0 0 o Gerber, lb 3 0 0 0 Hill. If 110 2 I. Reynolds, rs 2 0 0 1 Roop, ss 0 0 0 2 Ladd, ss 3 0 1 2 Shoaf, 2b 3 0 10 C. Reynolds, p .. 0 0 0 0 Sehamerloh, p 2 0 0 0 ‘Hobble 1 0 0 0 I Engle 10 0 0 Totals 25 1 2 9 Huntington AB R H E Heaston, c .... 4 10 0 Jay. c 0 0 0 1 Fryer, If 1 0 0 0 Overmeyer, If 110 0 Newell, p 4 2 2 0 Hosier, rs .... 4 10 0 Kitt, rs 0 0 0 0 Brebaugh. 3b 4 2 2 0 Welch, lb 4 o 0 0 Suter, cf 3 0 10 Petrie, 2b - ■> 4,11 1 Moore, 2b .....' 0 0 0 0 Coble, ss 3 111 Chevalier, ss 0 0 0 0 R. Hosier, If 2 12 0 Totals 31 lo 9 3

u; SHHi A VOTE FOR ■ALBERT HARLOW| I FOR I | COUNTY AUDITOR I ® Since it i* a physical impossibility for Lfi IMM >rC 19 SCC ail y ° U ' °- ers ’ 1 ani la^* jr Li this means to make this final appeal. £ illßißPk ..Jwl —■ 1 LF iSUB ' lam nom * na t e d an d elected as SES|B your Count} Auditor, I will perform St the duties entrusted to me in a corn- J ye ■jßgsjmfe. 'ffirffie .z :/ SjypWrgMjßfew '•* >j, ■ K business experience qualifies me for jMI <his office and a cross hel ’ ore my ’' v t& name will mean an honest administ rat ion on my part. Lfi 1 assure you that I will •** appreciate your vote. Lfi * HHBHHk VHI Albert Harlow | h N<>- on ie em,H ‘ ra - hullot. |g J. Pol. Advt

STANDINGS Central League W L Pet. I Akrn " '7 1 .750 | Fol t Wnym i; 4 000 *l"'ingf!old (i 4 000 Kl h ‘ •' 5 5 ,500 '■ s .500 *'onion q s nuo National League W L P< t. New Yotk jo 4 .714 oklyn 9 7 .rjfljt Cincinnati u 9 55/ St. Louis 9 9 5 00 Pittsburgh 9 9 ,500 Boston 7 9 437 Chicago />t 9 J 2 .429 Philadelphia 5 10 .333 American League W L Pct. New York t... 12 4 .750 Cleveland .... j:; s .619 Fliiladelphia s 5 .615 St. Louis .... 12 10 .545 Washington 7 9 .437 Detroit 9 14 .391 Boston 6 11 .353 Chicago 7 13 .350 American Association W L Pet. Kansas City ~ 14 5 .737 St. Paul 15 6 .714 Indianapolis lo 7 .SSS Milwaukee 10 10 .500 Minneapolis 10 10 .500 Louisville .. .’ 8 12 .400 Columbus 7 14 .350 Toledo 7 15 .318 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Central League Diytotj 14; Fort Wayne 11. Akron 7; Erie 1. Springfield 13; Canton 10. National League Pittsburgh 13; Boston 3. New York 11; Cincinnati 3. Philadelphia-Chicago rain. Brooklyn-St. Louis, rain. American League Boston 3; Cleveland 2. Philadelphia 10; Detroit 5. New York 10; Chicago 4. Washington 13; St Louis 6. American Association St. Paul 4: Columbus 3. fjouisviile-Kansas City rain Indianapolis-Milwaukee rain Minneapolis 13; Toledo 12. 0 NOTICE The expert wall paper man is back now. Wash painted walls, ceiling, wood work, porches, houses, paper hanging. Carry canvas. Also cleans cisters. All work done by H. A. Straub phone 1000 97-eod

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EASTERN TEAMS SHOWING CLASS i By Les Conklin) H. N. S. Staff Correspondent) New York, May S—(INS) The east has the jump op the west In Major League baseball's lnlersectloir.il bailies having won all of the first six games played. Pittsburgh heat Boston yesterday, but 'he Braves took the first game of tile set les the day before. The Bltrges surprise was tile 3 lo 2 victory of the Lowly Boston Red Sox over Cleveland. Danny MncFayden, bespectacled young Boston twirlor, got the nod over Willis Hndlin. The Sox now boast of winning streak of two games and have subleased the American League cellar to Chic ago. Meeiing rival pitchers for the first time tills season, the sluggers showed a marked liking for their offerings and belted out 148 hits for a combined hatting average of .347. Pittsburgh led the assault witli 21 lilts and the New York Giants were second with 19. Babe tiiitii and Joe Dugan of the Yankees, Pie Traynor and Adam Cotnoroskey of the Pirates and Paul Eastering of the Tigers had a perfect day at bat. The walloping waiter brothers got seven hits between them. Ruth slammed out his sixtli homer and Joe II tiiser got liis fifth. o— _— Columbia City Defeats Bluffton Tigers, 9 To 1 The Bluffton high school Tigers lost their second conference baseball game of the seanson at Coiumia City. Thursday afternoon, by a score of 9-1. C. Heller scored the only run for the Tigers. Stevens pitched for Bluffton, in the absence cf Prough, regular hurler, who was unable to make the trip on account of illness. The Tigers were held to seven scattered hits. Watching The Scoreboard Yesterday's hero: Melvin Ott of the New York Giants. Subbing at second base for Andy Cohen, who is ill with influenza. Ott played a big part in the Giants’ 11 to 7 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds. The young New York utility player made three singles in four times up, secored two runs and drove in three more. He had a perfect day in the field, handling six chances without a bobble and participating in one double play. Behind one run at the start of the sixth the Giants scored six runs to clinch the victory. Joe Dugan's home run in the first inning off Al Thomah with the liases filled started the New York Yankees on their way to a 10 to 4 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Babe Ruth had a busy day, getting four for foirt'. including his sixth homer of the season and a double. The Detroit Tigers found Quinn easy

to hit but hard to stfare on, and Georgn Morlnrlty's club lost to the Philadelphia Athletics, 10 lo l>. The A's made only 12 hits to the Tigers , 13, hut t lie Mackmen bunched theirs hi three innings, scoring six runs in file third. Danny MacFavden oiilpltrhnd Willis Hudlin by a narroy margin, and the Boston Red Sox bent lite Cleveland Indians, 3 to 2. Each Hide made . seven hits. The Washington Sentaors hit five i SI. Louis pitchers hard and defeated the Browns, 13 to 6. Chicago Is Goal Os Pyle’s Runners Today Joliet, Ills., May 5 —(INS)— <’. C “Criss Country" Pyle's bevy of bun- ’ ionlsts celebrated their ninth week of their toughened toe entourage by moving out of here for Chicago, a 40 mile ! stalk through heavy traffic today. Peter Gavuzzl, youthful Britisher who has covered the 2359.1 miles from ’ Los Angeles In 384:32:08 held a lend of six hours 59 seconds over Andy Payne, youthful Oklahoman and his nearest rival. Ed Gardner, Seattle Sheik, walked his “dawgs" in fast time Friday over the rainswept 39.1 miles from Pontiac ( being first in 7:43:52. ns a result he J displaced Mike Joyce, Cleveland Irish--1 man, in fifth place. s Gavuzzi. Olli Want tenen, New York and Roy McMurtry, Indianapolis and John Salo, Passaic tied for third in 8:10:16. C. ivuzzi on Friday moved up 41 minutes 22 seconds on Payne, who tied for second place. Illinois State Motor Police protected 1 the runners in their Chicago trek toI day, a detail of motorcycle men ■ were assigned to force a wedge for • leaders in their trek to the state ar- ’ mory. i o , If if if If if If iff If If if if If ' * WITH THE BIG * * LEAGUE STARS * if, if if if if. if. .f. if. if if. if if. WITH THE STARS eHU.lduring —(U.R)Babe Ruth, Yankees: Hit home run : Nj. 6 a double and two singles in 1 four times up, scored two runs and . drove in three. i Lou Gehrig, Yankees: Failed to hit ; safely in three times up, but scored ■ two runs. > Ty Cobb, Athletics: Got a double ■ and single in live times up and scored ■ one run. I Tris Speaker, Athletics: Made a - double and single in four times up i and scored one run. i Harry Hellmann, Tigers: Singled twice and doubled in five times up, ■ scored one run and stole a base. i Rogers Hornsby, Braves: Singled i and doubled in three times up, made a - sacrifice and scored one run. I Paul Waner, Pirates: Got a triple and three singles in six times up, scor- . ed three runs and drove in two. o Get the Habit —Trade at Home, It Payi

SARZEN THINKS U. S. WILL WIN Sandwich, EnglatiC 4uy 5 (IJ.fb - With Hie British open championship i commencing Monday and the Anierl- 1 cans nearing the end of their train Ing, I believe our chances of winning the are extremely good. I j should say that they are even better than “Fifty-fifty." Somewhere among the American | group there is a golfer who Is going | to dazzle the British players once the tournament gets under way, and the title won last year by Bobby Jones, I believe, is coming hack to the United States agalu. Practically all of the players have arrived here and were on the links I practicing yesterday. A strong wind | blow acrons the courses yesterday I and playing was difficult. Walter Hagen, George Dnncn, the i Biilish pto, anti myself played togeiher yesterday and the scot’s were sat i Isfactory. Hagen is not quite right yet, hut 1 j look for him to strike his best game Monday. He is working hard to get i into shape. His hands'are getting tougher every day, and they will l>< all right by Monday. • Tommy Armour liwiks good in prac-' tice and Ire may be the one to rout j tlie British. Hill Mehlhorn is resting and seeing ; Louden. He has been a trifle “over ; golfed" and the rest will do him good j O Babe Homers And Boosts Batting Average To .357 New York, May S—(INS5 —(INS) —After a poor start. Babe Ruth now hoasts the I . , After the Grip Take Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery to Build You Up! Peoria, Ill.—" Last fall I had a spell of the 'flu’ and it left me very weak. I doctored but could not regain my strength. Finally I decided to try Dr. Pierce’s medicines. I took the ‘Golden Medical Discovery’ and the ‘Favorite Prescription’ and I soon became strong and cheerful. I think these are wonderful remedies and I am glad to recommend them.” —Mrs. Mollia Schwinn, 308 Evans St. Ask your nearest dealer for Doctor Pierce’s medicines, in tablets or liquid, or send 10 cents for a trial package of any of Dr. Pierce’s remedies in tablet form, to Doctor fierce’s Clinic, in Buffalo, N. Y.„ and write for free medical advice.

jR tfi tfi * |To The Voters I 31 ir MS S |of Adams County- | i -I S I am addressing this personal message to ® you because however much I desired to meet ifi Ifi every voter personally, it has been impos- ■ sible to do so. • ® S f am a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Prosecuting Attorney of the 2Gth K S Judicial District and T most earnestly solicit .j g| your vote. H Since completing my studies at the Indiana Law School, Indianapolis, I have been ifi ffi located in Decatur, practicing law. Rj H I have been a resident of Adams county ail b§ my life and my father, J. W. Bosse, has also u- lived here all his life. ue 1.. T § Jfi If nominated and elected to ibis of 1 ice I ifi g shall endeavor to perform my duties in an S honorable and just way, and on this pledge, 1 > ® jur solicit your support at the primary election. £p ' i i I Solicit Your Support i S in the Primary election, | Tuesday, May 8 I I Ed. A. BOSSE I des No. 25 on the Democratic Ballot DE Pol. Advt LE

respectable batting average’ of .357. in four times ut but against the White Sox yesterday ho gut font lilts, Inclitd I lug his sixth homer of the -ore,on. Joe|

I Vote For Ed. Green Democratic Candidate for Couniy Recorder No 34 on Democratic Ballot I have been unable to see personally all the Democratic voters of Adams i county but I will appreciate your support in the Primary election May 8. ’ ED GREEN, for Recorder Pol. Atlvt. Mißiiiiiinmiiii mJ i" I am making my Serond Hate Appreciate My/ QO Your H VOTE U at the •’limai v Election, ■k" , A I Tuesday. May 8. Democrat Ballot. Mrs. Clara Anderson Democratic Candidate for County Recorder Pol. Advt.

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Ifruser cf the Athletics, who has replaced Lou Golii l" us the Dalle’s home nm rival, also got one and now has I five homers.