Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1928 — Page 8

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DEMPSEY HAS EYE CATARACT By Davis J Walsh (IN S. Sports Edilot I New York. May 1" -Lick D'-mp-i'-.' really has Talty vision, brought uin.m by punches he rec. :ved in the ring He was leveling when he (old the boythat defective eyesight was responsible for his self confessed retirement. L?ter upon his arival in New York, he saw fit to laugh at the st ry. Lei him laugh at this oneDempsey consulted :i specialist h“re several weeks ago about the condition of his eyes. The wrl'er knows this to be tine because the fa. I was admibed today at the Manhattan eye. ear and throat It spital where the examin.i tion took place. It merely was a superficial diagnosis, as Dempsey was etn broiled in the Kearns suit at the time and couldn't arrange sufficient ap pointtneiits to undergo a course of treatment. The I’telimitiary examinati n showed a small ratal act, caused by an injury to the Retina. This it is said, is the mote aggravated form of cataract and requires great delicacy in the matter of treatment. Sooner or later, it is believed. Dempsey will have to go under the knife or sacrifice the sight of the eye so affected. Needless to add. a completi cure must be affected befoie Dempsey can consider fighting again. His friends here say he has the idea in mind when he consulted the special Ist at the hospital, for the condition i.far from an advanced i even-an alarming one at this time. It could wait, they contend, for a more favorable moment, if it wasn't for the fact that it might happen that Dempsey will find he haurgent need of good eyesig t in r.le: to f nd the dotted line without hi-; i tation. Berne Boy Pitching For Illinois College Team Berne, May 10 -Grant Smith son es Mr. and Mrs. (). N. Smith of Ben ■ and a former Berne high school base ball and basketball star, is.pitching f r the North Cential ('..liege baseball team, of Naperville, Illinois, this spring He hurled his team to a 6-3 victory >v er the Aurora College n tie. last Sa' urday. —- q Cross Country Runners Bid Farewell To Indiana Butler. Ind., May lit ('. "Cross country" Pyle's til blistered bunions moved foiwaid from here lodav wi.l. Indiana left behind n the day's 42-mile trek to Wauseon. Ohio. Heading the pac k was Peter Gavuzzi. youthful Britisher, who traversed 2579.7 miles in sixty seven connect: five days in an elapsed time of 441 U2:t>6. Six hours, nine minutes. 23 second behind him was Andrew Jayne, youth ful Oklahomian who holds second p ace. o YESTERDAY'S HOME RUNS Central League Player and Club Season Total Hafey, St. Lou s .I) 2 American 1.. a r it* None. ! alters National — Bissonette 6. American It'll- (>; Hauser 5. Lea;t e Totals National 85 American 63. —o — —* . **********>(.* * * WITH THE BIG * * LEAGUE STARS * (By the United Press) Paul Waner, Pirates. Failed h> hit safely in four times up. Rogers Hornsby, Braves: Triped and singed in three times at bat and mered the Braves' lone run. Kiki Cuyler, Cubs. Out of the line up. because of an injury. Babe Ruth. Lou Gehrig, Tv Cobb Tris Speaker and Harry Hellmann weie idle, because of postponements. o Editor Os Indiana Catholic Disappears In ilanapolls May 10 —(INS)— Police lie- - li'l iy were asked to search fiu. .1. P. O'Mahoney 55. editot f the In (liana Catholic who disappeared from St. Francis hospital near here list night clad only in underwear, shoe' and overcoat. O'Mahoney was taking treatment al the hospital for a severe cold it wasaid by members of his family. o— — Sixty Fishermen Missing Belgrade, May 10-(INS)-Sixty fresh . men were missing today following ; violent storm which swept the Dal motion coast. Scores of fishing crafts were los in the storm and several houses wen destroyed at Raguua, Italy. ,

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One of ihe reasons (Im Matine Coro baseball team won nine straight game) in its campaign against colleges iiApril is Harold E. (Lefty) Smith, who hails from the Hoosier State. "Lefty" was born in Lafayette and I later ma dehls h me in Sorfth Ben.l j whe ■> he was the star hutler for the local high school team, which won th. ; St Joseph ('alley championship in 192' He came to the Marines in 1927, wo* i ten straight games, and compiled a bit ‘ - ting average of 3m>. while pitching f >i ■ ; the sea s Idlers of Parris Island. SC This year he joined the prini-ipa' Marine baseball team, of Qu intico. V i.. I has taken part in f >ur games, and has I had no defeats chalked up against him either in the games lie has pitched ■ single-handed c.r in which he Iris serv-1 ed as a relief hurler. With a total of fourteen appearance.- ' i ort the mound, and no defeats, the Malines are banking tn the Ha.isiet ! portsidei to bring home the bacon in several of the remaining games on • their sc * ule. which will es.-i late i: ' i May. Entry List For Annual 500-Mile Automobile Race) Mormon Sp Cooper Co (Unnamedi ICozette '•> Prince Ghicn (Prince Ghi a) Unnaim-d R. Henning | (B 11 Spence) u Dufsenbe.g Sp .... Duesenberg Hr , , t Benny Shoiff) Duesenbe:-.- Sp .... Diierenberg P.r I lira Hall), G:een Sp. .. Green Engineering Co. I j . | (Unnamed) (Stutz Ep F. Lockart Estate ( I Untjamed ) i I Stutz Sp F. Ijockarf Estate (Anthony Gulotta) ' Detroit Sp Thomas Milton I | tCliff Durant) Flying Cloud Sp. . • Peter DePaolo (Peter DePaolo) Unnamed Cliff Bergen (Cliff 1 Miller Sp Le:n Duray (Leon Duray) | Elgin Piston Pin Sp Elgin Co. (11. Kohlert) : Unnamed W. S. White | 1 (George Souders) Unnamed W. S. White (1' mt.i med ) Beyle Valve Sp Boyle Valve Co. I (Cliff Woodbury) Boyle Valve Sp Boyle Valve Co.: ( Fred (’: mer > [ Boyle Valve Sp Boyle Valve Co. :| (Dave Evans) Boyle Valve Sp Boyle Valve Co. (Billy Arnold) ’ | Unturned Phil Shafer ; (Piiil Shafer) I Unn lined Phil Shafer (Babe Stapp) Chromilite Sp .... Metals Pro. Corp I (Earl DsVore) , Miller Sp ~ Louis F. Schneider (Louis F. Schneider) Miller Sp Chas. Haese (Loa Moore) Miller Sp Deacon Litz t (Deacon T/itz) Miller Sp Harry Miller | (Unnamed) Duesenberg Sp A. S. Kirkeby (Unnamed) 3 Duesenberg Sp Henry Maley (Unnamed) c Miller Special Win. Horn (. (Buddie Marr) i- Bugatti Sp Wm. Horn i’ (Shorty Cintlon) t Sievers .It. Eight M. R. Dodds ■ (Herman Schttrch)) Atanetn Sp Stanley Reed it Thomas Mulligan s (Sam B. Ross) Miller Sp Norman Batten (Norman Batten) Mnrion-Ch'bvrolet Sp.. Mar. Chev. Co. t- (Jimmy Hill) a Marrnon Sp Cooper Co. il- (Peter Kries) Marrnon Sp Cooper Co. (Johnny Seymour) o— — 4 USE Limberlost Washing Powder

STANDINGS Central League W L Pet. Springfield 10 5 Gt>7 Akron » S 5 .615 Dayton X 7 53:: iEi in S 7 .533 I Fort Wayne 7 8 .4'17 Cant n 2 II .151 National League W I. Pet. i New York 12 7 .(>32 Cincinnati i 15 ID .(>o(‘ j Pittsburgh 12 1)1 .545 ' St. Louis 13 11 .542 j Chicago 14 12 .538 Btooklyn 11 11 .500 Boston 7 13 .350 ■ Philadelphia 5 15 .25 ) American League W I. Pc'. I New Yotk 15’ 5 .750 Philadelph'a H 5 .68S ; St. Louis 14 12 .538 I Detroit 11 16 .407 Washington 8 12 .1' l (l Bost n 7 14 .333 Chicago 7 17 .21’2 American Association W L Pct St. Paul 18 8 .692 Kansas City 16 8 .667 Indianapolis 13 10 .565 Minneapolis 14 11 .560 Milwaukee 14 12 .5.38 Ixniisville 10 15 .400 Toledo ..* 9 18 .332 Columbus 8 18 .308 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Central League Fort Wayne 7: Canton 2. Akron 4; Springfield 3. Day! n 13; Erie 10. National League New York (i; Pittsburgh 0. ('incinnati 4; Bustin 1 Chicago 2: Brooklyn 1. St. Louis 7; Philadelphia. 1 Americfln League \II games postponed. American Association Kansas Ci:y 5; Indianapolis t. St. Pan! 7; Toled o. Milwaukee 6; Louisville 1 .V iuneap. lis 11: Colutnbu.-, 1 o SPORT TABS (U.R) Champaign. 111.. May 10—(U.R) Illi nois’s baseball team defeated Ceii) Uni versity of Togio Japan. 3 to I, for the second consecutive time here. The Japanese got only thVee hits. White plains, Ny Wili am Muldon. member f the New Yotk boxing com mission, was slightly injured when he fell down the stairway leading from the New York Central station here. New York The United States Olynt mic socc- r team will leave today f)i europe on the S. S. Degtasse. There will be sixteen players, a manager and a reach. 0 Watching The Scoreboard (By the United Press) Yesterday’s hero: Virgil Barnes of the New York Giants. His pitching stopped the winning streak of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Giants won the second game of the series. 6 to 0. Barnes pitched hitless ball fcr five innings and allowed the Pirates only five hits. Mike Gonzales' single-in the twelfth scored Earl Webb with the winning run which broke up a pitching duel between Doug McWeeny and Charley R<: it. the Chicago Cubs beating the Brooklyn Robins 2 to 1. The Cincinnati Reds continued their pursuit of the New York Giants by taking the second straight game from the Boston Braves 4 to 1. Jimmy Ring and Bob McGraw, two former Cardinals, could not stop their former teammates and the St. Jamis Cardinals beat tile Philadelphia Phillies. 7to 1. Littlejohn pitched his fii.it game of the season and held the Phils Io s x hits. o j Get the Habit—Trade at Home. It Pays r — SUNDAY EXCURSION $2.75 TOLFDO Round Trip from Decatur via Nickel Plate Road NEXT SUNDAY and EVERY SUNDAY to October 28. incl., 1928. For Full Information, Train Schedules, etc. Consult Local Ticket Agent I

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Bloomington. Ind.. May 10 — The 1 above reprodui-t ion shows James 1 Abromson, <-f Portland, one of Indiana University's crack quartermilers ami relay stats. Abromson will comI peto in the Purdue meet here Satur- ' day i May 12). The .Portland youth ' is one of the best 440-men in the Big Ten, and consistently runs the dist- ' am<* under 5o flat. Huntington Vikings Again Defeat Bluffton Tigers — r.lufft n. May 10 —Six solM hits and | an error in the fifth inning scored six I 1 . ans so. the Huntington Vikings ami I am the: conference defeat resulted for | 1 the Bluffton Tigets. The final score 1 the game was 9-5, Huntington. ' The visitors jumped into a two-run 1 lead in the first inning on singles by Fryar and Berbangh and a d.mbL* by He-iston. The Tigers scored three limes in the secon 1 frame. Ct'osbie.l sec ml up, walked. Redding leachei' fit st on Petrie's error. Richey s ngled eve; sei ond. selling Crosbie. Redflinc and Richey scored when Ashbaucher loubled down the right field foul line l Six solid l.’’s and Pyle's fumble scored I six ’.tin'- f »■ the Vikings in the fifth 1 and sewed up the hall game. The Ti gers scored twice in the fifth but wen' i down nt order in the sixth and seventh l| ftames. Huntington hit Pr/mgh hard during ! the entile game, and in the fifth in ning, all six hits were clean, hard hit |l blows. Plough did not have his usmi! | stuff because of a lecont illness. —; O— Tex Rickard To Take Lesson In Handling Crowd At Indianapolis Indianapolis, Ind., May 10. (INS) Le/son iu crowd handing will be aught by Tex Rickard at the Indian- ; ipolis motor speedway taee on May 30, the famous boxing promoter today informed the speedway officials. "Scores of people have asked me ime and again if I had seen the system with which the crowds at the India) spoils race are Handled and ! have always had to answer in the i negative," Rickard wrote. "But I al- I ways have- heard that no big gathering, « spe, tally whtd-e many thousands . of automobiles must be parked, is directed with -meh system. So I'm gm Ing to have a look for myself." o — THE BIG' FIVE Player G AB R H HR PC Ruth 20 68 23 23 6 .338' . Hornsby 1') 71 15 24 1 .328 Cobb -16 71 10 24 () .33S j ' Gehrig .207417 23 3 • .31 i j Speaker 16 6S 10 16 1 .235]

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Whining the Davis Cap back from Fiance this year appears less and I h-u '.lie hopt'lestask many expected i It to he following the victory of "The j Four llon-emen of tlfe Seine" at Germantown last September. In ending the seven-year reign <>i the Unit'd Stall's as the monarch of •he tennis wot Id. France appeared to have a combination capable of holding the Davis (’up lor muuy years. The defeat brought Imine the sad realization thill "Little BUI" Johnslou was through us n factor in Davis Cup play and that "Big Bill" Tilden wa-. no more the invincible player foreign I stars once found him. Black clouds continued to hover over America’s tennis outlook when the U. S. L. T. A and Tilden clashed over several issues pertaining t< plans for regaining the tennis ttophy. Tilden favored challenging in the European zone and threatened to desert the America nteam if his wishes were uot obeyed. A truce was effected with Tilden after the installation of the new officers, Joseph W. Wear, chairman of the Davis Cup committee, and Samuel H. Collom, president of the I'. S. L. T. A. Tilden was appointed captain of the : <928 Davis Cup team and he itnmedij ately began laying the foundation for, I a formidable combination to attempt to bring the Davis ('up back to this ; country. Tilden's wofk has been well done so fat The team which conquered dexii .1 in the first American 1 zone match was composed of Tilden, lohn Hennessy of Indianapolis, Arnold Jones of Providence. R. 1.. Wilmer Allison of Fort Worth. Texas and I Wilbtir F. Coen. jr.. alternate. Only Tilden had ever participated in a I Davis Cap match before. Tilden won two singles matches, ' Allison and Hennessy one singles match each and Tilden and Jones the

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| doubles mutch, making a <l«an sweep I against Mexico. America's chances of victory are mil aloue etiham-ed by the splendid showing of the youngsters, but by the till fortunate turn of nffuira which has weakened the French team. .Hem* Lu Uoste was forced to abandon practice by a severe attack of gripim-aud only lately returned to the courts 011 the Riviera after ah;;» layoff La Cosle also had trouble with his ohl bugaboo, neurities of the elbow. Several of the French tennis experts have expressed the fear that Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon will not be at the top of their games this sum mer because of the long tour in which the pair placed in South America, the United States, Australia and other countries last fall and winter. “Pj*re" In Uoste. father of the French ace, believes the United States will win back.the DaVis ('up.

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