Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1928 — Page 6

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PADDOCK GETS CLEAN SLATE By George Kirksey, VP Staff Correspondent New York. July 10.—Charley Pad dock made preparations today to en- [ act in real life his role in the motion ' picture. "The Olympic Hero”, the part . which almost caused him to be barred from the 1928 Olympic team Cleared of all charges of professionalism by the national registration , committee of the Amateur Athletic I'nlon. Paddock will sail Wednesday , as a member of his third Olympic j team Made Motion Picture Some time back Paddock made a motto npicture entitled, "The Olympic i Hero" in which he wins an Olympic race and a girl, and for so doing he brought down the wrath of many officials of amateur athletics who repeatedly have attempted to have the famous sprinter ruled professional. The Southern Pacific association of the A. A. U. Investigated the ease of Paddock on June 12 and cleared him of all charges of professionalism ' growing out of the picture. Affidavits were presented and signed by Frank lin H. Baldwin, producer of the pic- j ture. and Nicholas Schenck, the exhibitor. attesting that Paddock did not receive any renunmeration for his [ part in making the picture. Previously, Paddock had appeared , in another picture for which he received remuneration, but his amateur standing was not contested because the picture had no connection with Paddock's fame as a sprinter. Paddock gives the following as his reasons for appearing in "The Olympic Hero" without receiving any profit: (11 Because he likes to act. <2l Because he wanted to accommodate friends who were interested in the picture. (3) Because he wanted to prepare himself further for a career in motion pictures. Even after Paddock won the right to be selected for the Olympic team by finishing second to Charley Borah in the 200 meter final at Cambridge, the National A. A. I', track and field committee, by a vote of 8 to 1, oppos- I ed his selection. Only the threat of Robert S. Weaver, president of the Southern Pacific I Association of the A. A. I'., to withdraw the 12 members of the Los Angeles A. C. who had made the Olympic team from competing at Amsterdam unless Paddock was given a fair hearing prevented Paddock from bein gleft off the original selections. . — o ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ * WITH THE BIG * * LEAGUE STARS * «¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ ißy United Press) Babe Ruth: Hit one single in three | attempts in the first game; failed to ; hit in three attempts in the second , came. Lou Gehrig: Doubled in two trips to the plate in the first game; was . ordered off the field in the second for disputing a decision after failing to hit in his one attempt. Ty Cobb: Connected for a single in five attempts. Tris Speaker: Did not play. Frankie Frisch. Out of game because of injur’es. Paul Waner: Two singles out of three attempts. Harry Hellmann: Did not play in first ta.ne. 'nities; in the second in four trips. Rogers Hornsby: Hit a double anil two singles in four times at bat. YESTERDAY'S HOME RUNS Season’s Player anil Club Total Bottomley, Cardinals (1) 19 Hendrick, Brooklyn (1) 8 Harrier, Cardinals (1) 8 Meuse), Yankees (1) 6 I* Waner, Pittsburgh (1) 3 Braves (1) 2 Clancy, White Sox (1) 2 Paschal. Yankees (1) 1 The Leaders Ruth 32, Hack Wilson 22, Bottomley 19, Gehrig 18, Bissonette 17. Hornsby 15. League Totals National- 339. American—29s.

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STANDINGS Central League W L Pct. | Erie -5 1-^ 3 I Dayton 4 3 j Akron 4 3 -571 1 i Springfield 3 4 .429 1 j Canton 2 4 .333 j ■ Fort Wayne 2 5 .286| National League W L P.t.j St. Ixntls 50 29 .«33i i New fork 42 30 .583 | Cincinnati 42 32 .568 i Chicago 44 37 .543, Brooklyn 45 38 .542 Pittsburgh 35 40 .4671 Bcston 24 49 329 ; Philadelphia 21 49 .300 — American League W L Pct i New York 57 21 .731 i Philadelphia 44 32 .5791 St. Louts 41 40 .506 j Cleveland 36 42 .462 Chicago 35 43 .449 Boston 33 41 .446 j Washington 34 45 .4301 | Detroit 31 47 .397 American Association W L Pct. I . Indianapolis 48 35 .478 Toledo 45 37 .549 I St. Paul 45 38 .542 Kansas City 45 39 .536 1 Milwaukee 45 40 .529 Minneapolis 42 42 .500 latuisvllle 36 48 429 ' Columbus 29 54 .349 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Central League Springfield 4: Fort Wayne 2. Brie-Canton, Postponed Day ton-Akron, postponed. National League Brooklyn 6; Chicago 2. Cincinnati 5; Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 6; New York 3. St. Ixiuis 8; Boston 5. American League New York 4-6; St. Louis 0-12. Boston 4-8: Detroit 2-0. Philadelphia 14: Cleveland 4 Chicago 3; Washington 1. American Association Indianapolis 11; Milwaukee 8. St. Pcul 14; Columbus 8. Louisville 2; Kansas City 0. Toledo 8; Minneapolis 5. 0 Watching The Scoreboard —<U.BYesterday's hero: Ray Kolp. Cincinnati pitcher, whose timely single aided the Reds to a 5 to 4 victoryover the Phillies. The Chit ago White Sox advanced Ito fifth place by beating the Washl ington Senator. 3 to 1. The Philadelphia Athletics made twenty-three hits beating the Cleveland Indians. 14 to 7. With the excellent pitching by Jack Russell and Ed Morris, the Boston Red Sox twice beat the Detroit Tigers .4 to 0. and 8 to 2. The New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns. 4 to 0. in the first game, but the Browns made twenty hits in the second, winning 12 to 6. A six-run rally in the fifth inning gave the St. Louis Cardinals an 8 to 5 victory over the Boston Braves. ' The Cardinals increased their lead in the league by four and ahalf games. The New Yot kGiants dropped their third straight game to the Pittsburgh ' Pirates, 5 to 3. Burleigh Grimes pitched his 13th victory of the season. The Brooklyn Robins climbed to within four points of fourth place by defeating the Chicago Cubs, 6 to 2. o THE BIG FIVE Players G AB R H HR Pct Hornsby 70 246 54 100 15 .407 Gehrig . .. 78 289 81 107 18 .370 Cobb 75 305 43 100 1 .328 Ruth . 78 271 85 87 32 .321 Speaker .... 53 179 27 48 3 .268 j o Heeney Finds Mascot For Bout With Tunney Fair Haven. N. J.. July 10—(U.R) - , Tom Heeney has found a mascot for , his approaching heavyweight title bout with Gene Tunney. She is' Virginia Maxson, a 15 year old girl who lives in a houseboat on the j Shrewsbury river. Heeney found her I while tramping through the woods.

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Drama unlocked for when Helen Wills is riding the courts marked the vic-! tory of America's tennla queen over Senorita Elia d’Alverez, of Spain, in the finals of tlie women's singles at Wimbledon. The scores, 6-2. 6-3. The splendid action picture above shows the American athlete in one of her] earlier matches at Wimbledon. £

and his nicknamed her "The girl of i the woods.” "I suppose I'll get the thrill of my life when I see Tom box Mr. Tunney" she said. "It'll be my first fight. I am sure Tom will win.” After taking the day off yesterday, ' Heeney prepared to go back to the training grind today. o U. S. Olympic Team Is Composed Os 268 Athletes New York. July 10 —<U.R)~Two hundred afid sixty-eight athletes representing 11 branches of sport will compose the 1928 United States Olympic team sailing aboard the S. S. Rooseselt at noon Wednesday. The representation in each sport I follows: Men i Track and field 82; rowing 32; boxing 16t wrestling 14; fencing 17' i gymnasts 8; swimming 42; equestrian j performers 8; modern pentathlon 4; Lacrosse 22; cyclists 4. Women Track and field 19; swimming 18; i fencing 2.

record when they followd Taylor to the tape in the almost unbelievable time ol ->2 seconds. They will make up the team Io go Io Amsterdam in the Olympics. ("l nternational Newsreel)

Berne Defeats Ohio Citv In Baseball, 4-1 Berne, July In. — (Special) —The Berne baseball team defeated the Ohio City. Ohio, nine, the latter's diamond, Satuiday afternoon, by a score of 4-1. Smith was in the box for Berne and yielded only two hits. o Large Crowds Watch Tunney In Workouts Speculator. N. Y.. July 10—(U.R) — Large crowds are gathering here daily | to watch Gene Tunney work out in | preparation for the defense of his' title against Tom Heeney in their 15round title bout at Yankee stadium July 26. Yesterday Tunney boxed the equivalent of 10 rounds, going three each with Harold Mays and pilly Vidabeck and punching the bags for four rounds. The champion perspired freely but did not appear to lie tired at the finish. o Square Hance Wednesday night at Sunset.

PREDICTS SELL fill! FOR FIGHT — New York, July 10.—(INS)—After painstaking inquiry into the situation. I am able to declare today that there is absolutely no interest in the Ttnmey-Heeney heavyweight championship fight, scheduled for Jdty 20. except among those who are going about saying that there is absoluely no interest in it. I. therefore, am lor. ed to the assumption that the asI fair will play to a sell out. leaving I those identified with it nothing to do ! but retire to a life of ease and great | j refinement. The interest among those who say there is no interest { has become' Mmost appalling during, recent days. I As a matter of fact, if they were i aid end on end —well, as a matter of , fact, if vou did anything else with ; them you would e doing them a per- I -onal favor. Mr. Rickard doesn’t plan to lie so considerate. He expects to stand them toe to heel Itefore the I box office and let nature take its , course. Anyhowx for a populace that is sup posed to lie lukewarm toward the situation, there is an awful lot of people in this town intrigued by the ; question of whether the fight will make money or return Rickard a profit. To be more explicit, will it or ! will it? I’ll admit this is a very I exacting kind of a question and. while the hoys are wandering about in their abstraction trying to solve same, it seems possible that some few of them may find themselves in the Yankee stadium on the night of the twenty-sixth in order to aet the answer first hand. The fight itself is no attraction and never was. But the people who are so positive it is nothing, have made it something by their reiterations. Rickard estimated yesterday that his advance sales have reached about $350,000. He repeated that the gate would go far over a million dollars. He added that everybody connected with it would make money. It is one thing to talk up a proposition months in advance; quite another, to make a fool statement only two weeks I ahead of time, leaving the door open for this to be remembered and held against you. It is doubtful if Rickard is that kind of a month organ. For cne thing, he has found it to be good business to get himself a reputation for being right ajmost • every time out. His natural tendency would be to preserve this reputation. ’ This is not the time for empty claims and idle mouthings about conditions that have no chance of being fulfilled. ’ If Rickard waits until this late date to re-affirm his old estimates of the

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