Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1928 — Page 6

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VETS LOSE IN OLYMPIC TRIALS Cambridge, Mass., July 7—(UR)— Smarting under defeat* inflicted up on them by newcomer* to athletic fame In the first day* trial* America’s foremoat track and field stars, Olympic veterans and national champions went out to Harvard stadium today determined to win back their lost prestige. With four sprinters who never trod a foreign track in an Olympiad elected to represent the United States in the 101) metre dash at Amsterdam, the stars who were eliminated Friday proposed to Idaze a winning trial for themselves this afternoon in the 200 metre dash. Competition in the latter event, therefore, promised to he even more severe titan that which saw a new national sprint king crowned at dusk yesterday In the person of Frank Wykoff. Glendale high school boy. The big black "G” of that hitherto little known high school blushed the tape first at the finish of a 100 metre dash and rubbed a number of old Olympic stars right off the slate as far as bookings for the S. S. Roosevelt are concerned. Charley Paddock. Jackson V. Schultz. Frank Hussey, this trio represents but a minor portion of the casualties when Frank Wykoff started scorching the soggy cinders of Soldiers Field Ft iday. Other athletes who will be out to redeem themselves this afternoon are Johnny Kuck, the Kansas shotputter, now- representing the lais Angees A. ('., who was bested in his specialty during the trials by H. Heerman Brix of Washington University and Harlow Rothert of Stanford, and De Hart Hubbard, record holder, who could do no better than third in the trials of the broad jump. The chances of the south to cut > in upon the Olympic fame, which is i piling up today for the far west, are enhanced by the presence on Soldiers Field of Eddie Hamnt, a long legged lad from. Georgia Tech, who can pick himself up and put himself down farther away than anyone else competing in these tryouts. Hamm, in qualifying for the finals, jumped more than a foot farther than Alf Bates, intercollegiate titlist, who also outdistanced Hubbard. Jack Merchant o,f San Francisco, national hammer throw champion, has not even qualified for todav's finals nor has Jimmy McEachern, his fellow townsman. Thus the hammer throw joint the list of events In which these trials are producing upsets. As the trials also constitute A. A. U. senior championships, a dozen new national titleholders will be hailed by nightfall. The victory of Frank Wykoff in Ihe 100 metres event was no surprise to those who saw the youngster in action through his four heats Friday, but it was quite an upset to have Bob McAllister, the ex-cop, and Hank Russell, the former collegiate champion, lead to the tape such sterling sprinters in the final test as Jackson V. Scholtz, Claude Bracey, the R : ce Institute flyer and Jimmy Quinn of Holy Cross. The last name most certainly would have nosed into the winning quartet in that final dash if he had not been guilty of a false start due to nervousness. YESTERDAY’S HOME RUNS Season's Player and Club Total Wilson, Cubs (2) 21 Herman, Brooklyn (1) 8 Carey, Brooklyn (1) 2 The Leaders Ruth .",1, Hack Wilson 21, Gehrig 18, Bottomley 18. Bissonette 17’ Hornsby 14. League Ttrtals National—326. American—2B4. THE BIG FIVE Players G AB R H HR Pct Hornsby 66 230 51 90 14 391 I Cehrig .72 271 75 99 18 ’.365 c "bl> 71 290 40 97 1 .334! Ruth 72 250 SI 81 30 3°4 Speaker 53 179 27 48 3 .268 —o — Walther Leaguers To Play At Roanoke Sunday — * I . The Emmanuel Walter League baseball tcar.i, of Union township, will play the Roanoke nine, on the Roanoke diamond, Sunday afternoon. The game wil start at 2:45 o'clock. o— The True Virtues Self-discipline, sacrifice, and the desire for knowledge are the only real virtues of all that ore generally called so. For they alone Involve the exercise of the will.—Arthur Schnitzler lu Vanity Fair. — Q-... Evil Effect of Debt ’. o one th; 1 is not cnll -us. a state of debt mid embarrassment is a state of positive misery; the sufferer is as one haunted by an evil spirit, and his heart can know neither rest nor peace till it Is cast out.—Bridges.

STANDINGS ' Central League 'L.....................AS M Dayton •’ 1 | Cunton • -2" Akron - - ,110 ’ Fort Wayne 1 3 .25)i ■ Springfield I 3 National League , W L Pci. ■ St. Louis , 47 28 .627 1 1 New York 42 27 .6u9 ' Chicago 43 34 ,i>.>B Cincinnati 39 32 .549 Bioklyn 42 37 .532 Plttsbuigh 32 40 .444 Boston 23 46 Philadelphia 21 46 ,3L Aerican League W L Pct. New York 54 18 ,75u Philadelphia 42 31 .575 St. Lottis 38 37 .sii. Cleveland 35 40 .461 Boston 31 39 .443 Washington 33 43 .434 Chicago 33 42 .440 Detroit 29 45 .392 American Association W L Pct Indianapolis 46 34 .5,5 Toledo 43 35 .551 Kansas City 44 37 ..>l3 Milwaukee 44 37 .543 St. Paul 42 37 .532 Minneaplis 41 39 .513 L uisville ...33 47 .413 Columbus 27 52 .342 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Central League Fori Wayne 13; Erie 5. Akron 6; Canton 3. Dayton 7; Springfield 5. National League New York 11; Pittsburgh 7. Chicago 14; Brooklyn 8. Only games scheduled, — American League Chicano 9; Washington 8. Only game played. — ( American Association Toledo 5; St. Paul 0. Minneapolis 10; Columbus 7. Milwaukee 6; Louisville 5. Kansas City 9; Indlanapolis7. * HELEN WILLS IS CHAMPION Wimbledon, Eng.. July 7—(lNS)— Play ing before a distinguished gallery included King George and Queen Mary Miss Helen Wills, the California whirlwind won the women's championship in the British lawn Tennis tourna-i ment this afternoon defeating Senerita Lili D'Alvarez, of Spain. 6-2. 6-3. Both Miss Wills and her Spanish opponent were given ovations when they appealed upon the center court. Senerita De Alatez has been ill with laryngitis and her friends feared she could net put up her usual strong game; against her powerful American opponent. however, the Spanish girl seemed confident. Miss Wills was dressed entirely in white, Senorita De Alvarez wore an , orange sport suit and a brightly colpred bandeau. The American girl's service took the first game of the first set but the Senorita took the second with brilliant i service and clever returns. Miss Wills took the third game with service after going duce twieva, the I Senorita's returns were poor, but her service made the score two-all, with I two fine half volleys. Thereafter Miss' Wills’ relentless accuracy beat <1 wn her opponent’s brilliancey. The la’ter | made sensational shots only to net weakly immediately afterward on the return or make out hits. Miss Wills won the first set 6-2. In the second set Senorita De Alvarez showed flashes of her brilliant f . rm going ahead to three-love and making spectacular, side lino placements with i back ham volleys. Miss Wills merely I waited with her ‘“stone wall defense" I evidently tn allow her opponent's mis-1 I takes to heat her. Immediately, howI ever, the American began playing steady,Yuthless tennis, giving the Spanish girl little chance. Miss Wills used lobs to withstand attack and won six games in a row. o Fruit of the Banyan The banyan tree Is n species of fig 1 and produces a fruit of rich, scarlet color not larger than a cherry, growing In pnlrs from the axils of the leaves o Wisdom Not Strong Point "We revere the wisdom of our nn cestors,” said HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown, ‘but we s’ v little wisdom which might command the respect even of a grnndfather.—Washington Star Not Solely Jewish Feast The feast of the 1 ord's Supper was not confined to the Apostles arid to Jewish (‘liiis;,uns. It was also celebrated In the churches of the Gentiles, as, for example, that at Corinth.’

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1928

Shocked Long Beach ■ -j£ a^b'T —i ' '* • lrccii*-~'r-‘* < . w. Z *- V-'Z? * ■ M I fA I | When Mrs. Eleanor Keegan, wife 1 of a lamg Beach, Cal., naval officer, | entered a department store stocking-1 less and wearing a skirt that failed 1 to come within four inches of her rouged knees, somebody turned in a riot call. In the picture she’s demonstrating the length of the skirt ’ she wore. “Learn To Swim” Week Planned At Indianapolis Indianapolis, Ind, July 7. — (INS) Spurred by ten drownings in this city this summer the Indianapolis chapter of the American Red Cross will spon i sor a "Learn to Swim" week here ■ 1 next week. Tt 10 o'clock next Monday morning. I and at the same hour daily thereafter i for the rest of next week, one hour's I swimming instruction will be given free to all who care to learn to swim , Francis Tiaill Hodges,-director of the i local Red Cross chapter's life saving ■announced today. The lessons will be j ! given at McClure Beach, 26th street and White River. Similar "learn to swim" weeks will j be scheduled later at the various municipal swimming pools. Hodges ;said. o Cupid Loafs In Wells County During .June Bluffton. July 7—Cupid again failed to come up io- expectation in Wells county during the month of June for there were only eleven marriage license--, according to the repo; t f thi‘ 1 Health department. Last year juriTTwas a less popular month for marriages I than July, sot several licenses were issued for July 4 nuptials last year, and the total number of marriages for t’.i ■> i month of July las year was more than j June. i The repit also contains the state--1 ment that there were nine births In . the city and nineteen in the county and four deaths ach in th ciy and conn- , ty for the month of June just ended. Sunlight Tonic A good and cheap tonic is a glass of water which has been exposed to t,he sun for ten minutes. You will be drinking sunlight absorbed by the water. .—o — Two Pill Pieces The first coated tasteless pill was made by 11 Brighton (England) cliem--1 Ist in 1359. It is tn India that pills i are colored to show their uses. Those containing poison must he i‘ed o When a Man’s a Dull An authority on women’s shops com plains that the expression “A num tn a gift shop'' should supersede the bull In the china shop ns n symbol of the , inappropriate.—Woman's Home Com I panion. Two Sorts of Work Scientists say that four hours' hard mental work Is as physically exhausting ns eight hours' manual work. o Notice of Meeting 1 i Notice is hereby given that the an--1 nual meeting of the stockholders of the Old Adams County Bank will be held at Its banking house, Decatur. Indiana, at 10 o'clock A.M. on Tuesday, August 7, 1928, for the purpose of electing nine directors to serve for the ensuing year and to transact such other business as 1 may come before them. D. J. DARKLESS, j July 7 to Aug. 6 Cashier, i

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One month ago, the Washington Senators were in the <ellar of the Anu’i’lcan league apparently without i the ambition or baseball ability In bent even the Boston Red Sox. Bncky Harris' club was riddled by InjurieH, inopt important of all that Which kept "Goose" Goslfn off the playing field. Hartls tried Sisler, Barnes, West. Spalding and several others In Goslln's place in left field, without success. The “Goose” himself couldn't throw a ball overhand, ami drives Into his tertltory had to be relayed back to the diamond by the center fielder. The Senators, from whom so much had been expected, slumped to eighth place May 22 and remained there until June 7, when the competition for the cellar berth between Chicago and Detroit became so hot that there was no room down there for Washington. "Goose" aCme Back About that time, "Goose" Goslin recovered sufficiently to lake his place in the tegular line-up. The Washington Senators started up the long trail

O O R G ® itxjM "UJi A State Fair Attraction Coming To Decatur, Indiana Sun., July 8-2 : 30 p. m. Announcing The Return Os The FLYING CIRCUS WITH BIGGER AND BETTER ATTRACTIONS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE AMERICAN LEGION Bellmont Park CHAMPIONSHIP ~ "1 I’ntM’HUTF MOTORCYCLE J I ' K UfH 1 L RACES - JIMPING Bv some of the well- z < • > < > ,1... I Acrial Acrobats Central West. Ruben I . >f f Held, of Indianapolis; ' Clyde Rose, of Red Wing, fclS S, ’ IX< ’ D,VES ’ TWISTS . ' I wi,h Sll,n( Planes, th;;' Minneapolis; Dave Dußoy. ‘ Mature something Chicago, and others. ni " Acrobats. I 1 Ray Mahan, the 18-year-old boy, as he will be seen Sunday before he makes his leap with a parachute from a speeding plane. Ho nil v his landing directly in front of the grand stand. ' make AUTO POtO Fun. Laughs and Spills in Seeing Two of the Fastest State Fair Teams in a . vs. Ohio Tenm. Played with Special Built Cars™ 1 ° Au '° , o10 ’ ,n< l> ana Team FEATURING DAREDEVIL GRAHAM —who will attempt to make a leap from a Speeding Car Directly in Front of th c 50 miles per hour. This is said to be one of the most hazordous stunts ever perform'd' l^ 3 "* 1 ' ?° inR at lhe Rale A FEATURE OF THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIlf " m Speed ' ng Automobi . ,Cl ADMISSION 50c and 25c children undfr in . hi free. cars fßee . WHSHS' rw-jnr ; wl

■ - Ho the first, division. "Goose" took over the batting leadership of the American league, wielding his big ">•( club at a better than a .400 clip. Ute whole club perked up and began to p'av bane,ball, sweeping a most important series with the Philadelphia Athletics. “As Ruth goes, so go the Yankees, they say of the Bambino and his world's champions. Before the season is over, they may he saying the same thing about Goslin. and the Senators. The “Goose” Is a hull player's ball player, for all he comes in for a deal of kidding from the others. AH the "All-American" teams of recent years have Included the name of Goslin. j He is a hard worker and a fighter, always ready to give the extra ounce o’, effort or the left hook which any situ ations seems to require. While injuries have handicapped lhe Senators during this and last season, Goslin played in 148 games during 1927. batting .334. Although he gives the impression of being a I

organized baseball vlant ic lea-1 commbla of the South A lant c glll >. going to Washington in 1-U. World Series Star | Ev,,, ; n, Ti h X':.-' s ionship serl • ■ |t all(1 111 > g known to hit leothers have been knov ">un Ihelr weight in « I K,lg ' , 'n , ; , ' aI, X a't'espe'lahle batt-1 still makes c|iiite a h i big average for most peopleGoslin. however, while h. H cd man Ina world ser.es j ’’"j; hßrd , -Goose" hi) 341 in the 1924 series When the Senators won the l . lllini , lil)lls hip of the world. m lowing vear, he hit ■> ll ' l • Pilates, nothing to wi'' l " Salem. N. J. about, but still better than most of the other Senators did in that series. The Senators are not going at. where this season, since ‘ho New York Yankees already have appropriated the Americ an league flag am are just playing out the schedule to

. 4( , t lt little practice for gnother {series with the St. Loul* Hut Washington belongs |„ th,, I division, no lower than third pi,’ I 1 * WITH THE RIG * LEAGUE STARS » s*»¥*** **¥*#* (By United Press) Paul Waner: Hit one single | n N trips to the plate. Bab, Ruth. Lou Gehrig, T y Ctl|) Th- Speaker. Frankie Frisch; Rn,,' l ll)rl: by and Harry Hellmann c V( ;. ; idl«> Watching The Scorehoard (By United Press) Yesterday's Hero: Hack WHrm Chic ago Cubs outfielder, wnose tw ea . Heth and twenty-first home runs helped his tenm to a 14 to S victory over Brooklyn. The Pittsburgh Pirates lost thep fifth straight game when the G| a(t| ‘ won 11 to 5. four-run rally by the Senators In the ninth fell short and the Whit* ' Sox won fl to 8. — Brief Epistle The Epistle to Philemon Is the short. e«t written by St. Paul while a pri» ■V - ‘