Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 130, Decatur, Adams County, 1 June 1928 — Page 6

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PRIZES AWARDED TO RACE DRIVERS Indianapolis, Ind., June 1 tINSi Victors in the Memorial Day grind here, were today preparing their mounts for shipment to scenes of other possible conquests, following the distributing of $90,750 among the 29 starters in the 500-mile tace at the animal drivers dinner, here, last nig'N. The lion's share of the spoils went to Louis Meyer, winner of the big race, who took away wjth him a series of checks totaling $28,250. The $15,000 citizens lap prize money was divided us follows: Dnray, $5,900; Gleason, $5.(100; Stapp. $1,700; Solid ers, $1,600; and Gullota. S2OO. The $50,000 given by the speedway officials to the first ten drivers was distributed as follows: Meyer. $20,000; Moore, slo.mm; Soudels. $5,000; Keech. $3,500; Batten. $3,000; Stapp. $2,200; Arnold, $l.x00; Frame, $1,600; Comer. $1,500; and Gullota. $1,400. Pete De Paolo, George Souders and the late Frank Lockhart were the drivers selected for the 1927 diamond studded A. A. A. championship meda’s. Lockhart’s medal will be given to Mrs. Lockhart. —— o Watching The Scoreboard -HUR)— Yesterday's hero: Fred Schulte. St. ! Louis Browns’ outfielder, whose home run in the tenth inning of the second game broke up a pitcher’s battle be- J tween Grady Adkins of the White | Sox and Sam Gray of the Browns, i giving St. Louis a 2 to 1 victory. Ted I Lyons held the Browns at bay in | the first game, the White Sox win- I ning. 7 to 2. The combination of Babe Ruth and I Herb Pennock gave the New York Yankees a 4 to 0 victory over the Washington Senators. Babe drove in three runs, hit his nineteenth home I run of the season and narrowly missed his twentieth, being thrown out at the plate when he attempted to slieti h a triple. Pennod- allowed I only five hits, winning his eighth game in nine starts. The up and coming Detroit Tigers kicked the Cleveland Indians over again, hammering S haute and Biiekoy I for 15 hits and a It to 4 victory. After losing seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat them for the first time this . season, 3 to 2. George Sisler drove in four runs . and the Boston Braves beat the Phil- : lies for the fourth straight time, 9 to I 4. — ~ * WITH THE BIG * * LEAGUE STARS * Y- ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ ¥ ¥ (U.R)Babe Ruth: Hit home run No. 19 and a triple out of four times up. scored one tun and drove in three. Lou Gehrig: Put out of game by I'mpire Hildebrand in second inning after failing to hit in one time up. Harry Hellmann: Singled once in three times up. Paul Waner: T iplcd and scored I the winning rut) : id got a single in | four trips. Rogers Hot ;. : Had a perfect day | with two doubles and a single in three trips, seeing one run. Tris Speaker, 7y Cobb and Kiki . Cuyler were idle. o YESTERDAY’S HOME RUNS Player and Club S.T. j Ruth, Yankees (It 19 Schulte. Browns, (If 3 Manion, Browns (1V 2 E. Smith, I’iratqs (1). 1 < Durst, Yankee::, (1) 1 Sis'er, Braves Hi .1 McCurdy, White Sox (1) 1 Clancy, White Sox (It 1 The leaders: Ruth. 19; Gehrig. 19; Hauser, 9; Hack Wilson, 9; Bisson- : ette, X; Bottomley, 7.;T00t, 7. League totals: American. 154; National, 150. — o Eo.-.d ot 'Sympathy Im n- Zorn’s visit to Chien g>> In D'.'.i a hefi tie pnliiteil Mrs. Potlei r.uiuei * portrait. Mrs Palmer gave >i <e, epiHin in tier home, where ilie must mis introduced to u number I ot indies in Chicago society. One of ttie women, somewhat nervous when slinking the hand ot the greut Zorn, exclaimed: “So delighted to make your acquaintance—my cook is a Swede I"— Sond.'igenine Strix 0 Sin ot Ignorance Browning well says, “Ignorance Is not innocence, but sin.” Ttie sin ot Ignorance becomes greater mid greater as tlie means ot knowledge Increases. If an individual neglect to make the most of knowledge In books, conversation, mid incidents of Hie day be Is guilty ot mi inexcusable fault.

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YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Central League Fort Wayne. 12: Erie. 11. Akron. 7; Canton, 5. Springfield. 14; Datyon. 13. National League Boston. 9; Philadelphia, 4. Pittsburgh, 3; St. Ixmis. 2. Only games scheduled. American League Detroit, 9; Cleveland, 5. New York. 4; Washington, 0. Chicago. 7-1: St Louis. 2-2. Philadelphia-Bost on. rain. American Asociation Indianapolis. 2; Louisville. 1. Toledo, 7; Columbus. 3. Only games scheduled. o Heroic Cure “To cure an elephant ot sfotnach ache, pin the unliual down and let three or four men dance on iis chest,’’ is the newest veterinary, “how to" by by one who tins done IL—Thoma* Prime, a veterinary surgeon of Upper I Norwood Englund o On the Lincoln Highway The distance from .Sari Francisco to Omntm by the Lincoln highway Is 1,4818 miles, mid from San Francisco to New York oily II Is 3..128 miles 0 — Expensive Copperi The rarest ot all United States cop .per coins, the hnlt-cent ot I7!MI tins : brought ns much ns S4OO at a puntlc | niction sale

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