Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 30 July 1928 — Page 6

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U. S. TAKES LEAD ' IN OLYMPIC MEET Official Standing Amsterdam. July Ho. (INS) -The official standing and point totals at the end of the second day of the Olympiad this afternoon were as follows: United States, 555; (Treat Britain, 19: Finland, 17; Sweden, 16: ('uniidn. 10: Ireland, 10; Germany, 9; France, 4; Italy, 4; Philippines, 3; South Africa, 2: Japan, 1. Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, July 30. —(INS)- One or America’s most dls- • natrons days In Olympic competition was climaxed this tj'ternoon when Frank Wykoff, Glendale, Cal., schoolboy, could do no better than fourth in the 100-meter finals while Bob Mo AUister, self-styled “man of destiny - ' was sixth and lust. The race was won by Williams, of Canada, in 10 4-5 seconds, with London, the Englishman, second and Lammers, the German, third. By Frank Getty, UP Staff Correspondent Amsterdam Stadium, July 30.—(U.R) — Blonde, smiling Lord Burghiey of Great Britain, running in the greatest form of his career under the handicap of a lame leg and in an outside lane, produced the first great upset at the Olympic games today, showing the way to the vaunted Americans in the final of the 400-meter hurdles in 53.4 seconds. Frank J. Cuhel, of the University of lowa, was left flatfooted hut caught the others to finish second. He led as the last hurdles were cleared, but the Englishman was faster afoot in the drive through the stretch. F. Morgan Taylor, of the Illinois Athletic club was third at the finish. He nearly nipped Cuhel for second place. Lord Burghley won by a clear yard. Pettersen of Sweden, holder of the world record for the 110 meter high hurdles in 14.8 seconds, hurdled poorly but came up strongly at the stretc|t to finish fourth. Livingston-Lear-mouth of Great Britain was fifth and Facelli of Italy last. Williams of Canada won the final of the 100 meters. In what judges agreed was the closest match they ever had seen, Argentina heat the United States at fencing today by one touch. The match score was 8-8, but the Argen- ' ne fencers touched the Americans ai times with their foils while the Americans score 5G touches. In the second match of the team foils, the United States defeated Holland, 12-4. Sunday’s finals were in the high jump, the 16pound shot put and the 10.000 meters run and the tabulation 1 of points gave: United States, 35; Finland, IS: Sweden, 7: Germany, 6; France, 4; Philippines, 3; England, 2 and Japan, 1. Johnny Ruck, the husky Kansan, was the most brilliant performer of the opening day of the Olympiad. The big Kansas lad heaved the weight 15.87 meters (52 feet and 11-16 inches) for a new Olympic and / world’s record. The former Olympic record was made by Pat McDonald in <• 1912 while the world’s record had been held by Hirschfield of Germany. The German could finish no better than third in Sunday’s competition. Bob King, the United States collegian, had little difficulty in winning the high jump at 1.94 meters. He easily outclassed the field as had been expected. > Paavo Nurmi won the 10,000 meters run after a gruelling race against Willie Rltola. Nurmi set a new Olympic record. After the first final, a large United States flag was hoisted. A band played the National anthem and the great crowd rose and uncovered. Watching The Scoreboard —(U.R)— Yesterday's hero: Bill Zitzman, whose fourth hit of the game scored Jake Muy with the winning run, giv ing Cincinnati a 6 to 5 victory over Brooklyn. Zitzman, besides driving in three runs, scored two himself and was the leading figure In the Red’s attack. The Indians gave the New York Yanks the worst beating inflicted on any major league team in several seasons, when they won, 24 to 6. George Pipgrass, who has won 17 victories for the Yankees started the game but ptiched to only six men, all of whom reached first base. Wil cey Moore, Thomas, Johnson and Campbell followed in succession. The Chicago White Sox broke a seven-game losing streak when they took the second half of a double header from the Washington Senators

Blow Hard •» r jjjgjp / Paul Whiteman, the “King of Jazz’’ 1 in one of his typically gay and facetious moments at the lidgewater Beach Hotel golf links in Chicago. It 1 Is suid tliut he holed out in two and a healthy puff. • 5 to 1. The Senators won the opener. 1 8 to 3. Homprs by Haas and Fox enabled the Athletics to defeate St. Louis, S to 3. The victory put the Athletics six and one half games behind the leading Yankees. Earnshaw was on the mound for the Athletics while Ogden. Wiltse and Strelecki hurled for the Browns. Doubles by Summer and Berry off Stoner in the second inning enabled the Boston Red Sox to score four runs and defeat Detroit, 5 to 2. Billings, who relieved Stoner, stopped the Red Sox but Jack Russell kept the Tiger's hits well scattered. STANDINGS CENTRAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Erie 17 9 .654 Springfield 15 10 .600 Dayton 15 12 .556 Akron 12 14 .462 Fort Wayne 10 15 .400 Canton 8 18 .308 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. St. Louis 62 35 .630 Cincinnati ... 59 40 .596 Chicago .57 42 .576 New York . o 52 39 .571 Brooklyn 49 48 .505 Pittsburgh 46 46 .500 Boston 27 69 .310 Philadelphia 23 65 .261 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. New York I>9 30 .674 Philadelphia 69 30 .674 St. Louis 52 50 .510 Washington 46 55 .455 Cleveland 45 55 .450 Chicago 43 56 .434 Detroit 40 56 .417 Boston 39 57 .406 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. PetIndianapolis 62 44 .585 Kansas? City 59 47 .557 St. Paul 60 49 .550 Minneapolis .... 57 52 .523 Milwaukee _ 51 53 .505 Toledo 51 56 .477 Louisville 44 62 .415 Columbus ' 42 66 .389 1 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Central League Fort Wayne, 6-2; Akron, 3-0. Dayton, 9-5; Canton, 6-1. Erie, 7; Springfield, 1. National League Cincinnati, 8; Brooklyn, 5. New York. 4-1; Chicago, 3-3. Only games scheduled. American League Washington, 8-1; Chicago, 3-5. Cleveland, 24; New York, 6. Boston, 5; Detroit, 2. Philadelphia, 8; St. Louis, 3. American Association Indianapolis, 7-6; Kansas City, 3-1 (second game five innings.) Columbus, 3-6; Minneapolis, 0-3. Louisville, 3-3; Milwaukee, 1-10. St. Paul, 7-3; Toledo, 4-7. SATURDAY’S RESULTS Central League ; Akron, 6; Fort Wayne, 3. I Erie, 8; Springfield, 7. i Dayton, 7; Canton, 6. National League t New York, 3; Chicago, 2. it Cincinnati, 7; Brooklyn, 3. 1 St. Louis, 7-12; Philadelphia, 6-2. i. Plttshurgh-Boston, rain. American League e New York, 6-4; Cleveland, 2-9. i, Washington, 8-4; Chicago, 5-2. 1 Detroit, 7-8; Boston, 1-7. i] Philadelphia, 13; St. Louis, 4. American Association a Toledo, 3; St. Paul, 0. y Kansas City, 5, .Yiiuenapolis, «. 9- Columbus, 9; Minneapolis, 8. ‘h Louisville, 3; Milwaukee, 2. i

CONNIE MACK'S HOPES REVIVED By Harry Ferguson, UP Stuff Correspondent New York. July 30. — (U.R) — Hazy visions of winning another American League pepnant lire disturbing the dreams of Connie Mack. The aged manager of the Philadelphia Athletics is beginning to make good his early season boasts. Mack haH welded a powerful machine out of the wealth of material he took south this year. He has infused It with a spark of fighting spirit. The Athletics have won ten of their last eleven games and are pounding close on the heels of the New York Yankees. Miller Huggins is having dreams, too—had ones. He has seen a 12game lead melt to one of six and a | half games and has watched a team j that seemed Invincible blow to pieces. The Yankees have lost ten of their last 14 games. Pitching is blamed. The Athletics can’t maintain their present winning pace, and the Yankees can't keep losing like they have j been doing for the last two weeks. There is too much hitting power in New York's line-up to allow teams 'ike Cleveland and Detroit to keep walking over them day after day. The test will come when the Athletics meet the Yankees again. Then it will be known whether—as Mack believes—the Athletics have hmt their traditional fear of the Hugmen. FRANCE RETAINS TITLE IN TENNIS By Frederick K. Abbott, INS Staff Correspondent Pariroland Garros Stadium, Paris, July 30. — The Davis cup stays In France at least another year. Henri Cochet, good looking young French tennis star, made that certain today by defeating "Big Bill’’ Tilden, : America’s ace, in straight sets by the 1 scores of 9-7, 8-6 and 6-4. This victory gave the French three matches out of the four already played and assuring them of victory. It was the worst beating ever ad- ' ministered to the lanky American 1 Davis cup captain, hero of many years of competition, in a Davis cup match. 1 Tilden's gruelling match against Lacoste last Friday, which the American won, and his hard play in the | doubles match yesterday, which the | Americans lost, told the story. Til- | den was not in his usual brilliant form , today although he put up a terrific battle. Time after time the Amer- , ican drove out of court by several | feet. He netted a great many halls j at moments when a point would have meant a set victory. Cochet was relentless. He cooly 1 met every new piece of strategy de- i vised by the American. Tilden mixed ’ up his service, dropping over soft 1 halls immediately after one of his i cannon hall shots at Cochet's feet. I In the midst of rallies Tilden tried to 1 outfox the Frenchman by cutting one ball and then driving another but he seldom found Cochet off guard. o Tunney Postpones Announcement About His Future Plas \ New York July 30 —(INS)—Gene Tunnoy failed to announce his retirement from the ring today as had been expected in many quarters, me champion explaining to the assembled newspaper men that a mistake had been made in scheduling the release of his ‘ important announcement’’ for this afternoon The announcement in question, Tunney, explained, will be made tomorrow afternoon and will give a “yes or no” answer to current reports which have insisted that the heavyweight champion is about to retire to private life. * WITH THE BIG * * LEAGUE STARS * p* *********** —(U.R)— Babe Ruth: Singled three times and doubled once in four times up, driving in two runs and scoring two. Harry Heilmann: Doubled once in four times up, and scored one run. I.ou Gehrig: No hits in five times at bat. Hack Wilson: Four hits in eight times at bat, including twenty-fourth home run of season, scored one run, halted in three runs. Ty Cobh, Frank Frisch, Rogers Hornsby and Paul Waner, Idle. o Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pays

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«, Critically 11l i George Stallings, the “miracle man,'' who led the Heston Braves to a world’s championship in 1914, lies dangerously ill in a Macon, Gu., hospital, whither his family has been summoned. Stallings is the owner ol the Montreal club in the International Lcuguo. I Golf Tennis Sport Fever Baseball Swimming Beautiful weather greeted yesterday’s golfers, qualifying for the Rice Handicap, bright sunshine and just cool enough to be comfortable. The fairways and greens were hard, making control til the ball just a wee hit difficult. E. W. Lankenau lost the first leg of the cup gained last year, when he failed to qualify for this year's event. Three successive victories of ‘he cup assure permanent possession. Seventeen of the players ‘UgibK* to play yesterday were disqualified by failing to start. New handicaps will he posted at the Country Club on July 31. These will net he in effect for the survivors of the Rice Handicap, but will determine the eligibility of players to compete in the Class “C” Championship, whlca starts next Sunday, AH Class players in the finals of the Rice. Handicap will post their first two rounds to qualify in the Class “C” event. The Portland Country Club golf caddies defeated the Winchester caddies in a' match at Winchnster, las' Friday 15-10. This is the second victory scored this season ay the Portland caddies over their Winchester opponents. Peter Wilkens, 3-year-old pacing horse that paced a mile heat on the half-mile track at Montpelier last week in 2:07(£ has been sold by his owner, C. H. Howell, u farmer residing near Albion, Michigan, to a gland circuit man for $5,000, according to word from Montpelier. The young stallion is sired by Peter the Second. According to an author who is good but unknown, “golf Is what letter-car-rying, ditch digging and carpet-heating would he If those three tasks had to he performed on the same hot afternoon, in short pants and colored socks, by gouty-looking gentlemen, who require a different implement for mood." Charley “Powerhouse” Klein, hardhitting center-fielder fer the Fort Wayne Chiefs in the Central League, has been sold by the Fort Wayne club to the Philadelphia club in the National League. Klein will report to the Phillies Tuesday. In the first game of the double header between the Chiefs and Akron, at Fort Wayne Sunday, Klein hit his 25th home run of the season. The Fort Wayne fans presented a nice cash gift to him. in tlie boys' tennis tournament, the following mutches were played Friday Paul Hancher defeated David Heller, in the second round, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0, and Don Klepper and Boh Holthouse defeated Dick Engle and Lyle Mallonee in the first round of the doubles, 6-2, 6-3. Two matches were played in the hoys' tennis tourney Tom Haubold defeated James Engeler in the third' round, 6-4, 7-5, and Ivan Reynolds | won from Paul Hancher, also in a 1 third round match, 6-2, 6-4. Four girls have entered the grlls’ pity tennis tourney. Their names and! the drawing for the first round are: i Katherine Fritzinger vs. Helen Colchin; Ruth Macklin vs. Geraldine Hower. In the doubles', Katherine j Fritzinger and Helen Colchin will play Ruth Macklin and Mary Made-1 line Coverdale. THE BIG FIVE ~ Player G. AB K H HR Pet. j Hornsby 84 290 62 117 16 .391 Gehrig 99 354 89 131 19 .365 Ruth 99 346 107 116 40 .335 Cobh 86 344 54 113 1 .328 i Speaker 61 188 28 51 3 .271

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Earl Smith may have talked himself j cut nf a poll with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but at the same time, he possibly talked himself Into a bonus of at least ! $4,000. When baseball fans read n month ago that Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pirates, had asked Tor waivers on Smith, they shook their heads sadly and mourned'the passing of a craftv. colorful catcher. The fifteen other major league teams waived on Smith •ion he seemed headed for the hushes, whence he emerged nine years ago. Then cunie the word that Bill MeKechnle. manager of the St. Louis (ur dlnals, had signed Smith thereby avoiding the payment of the waiver pi h e. The Jake was on Dreyfuss. For thp StLouts Cardinals are leading the Ncticnal league, and seem well on tin it way to the pennant. If they are still ahead when the season ends, it will he the fifth time Smith has shared in World Series receipts. He started buck in 1921 when the New York GianLs won the pennant. Smith was a member of that team, and wus still with them the following year when the Giants again captured the championship cf the National League In Bad With Bush Then Karl was shipped to Boston and from there went to Pittsburgh, joining the Pirates just in time to get a cut in the 1925 Series money. Last year the Pirates won again and for the fourth time Smith got an extra check out of the post season gunjes. His total profits are about $14,000. Smith's trouble—or rather his luck began when Donie Bush succeeded McKechnie us manager of the Piruter. Smith didn’t like the way Bush ran the team and told htim so. Dreyfuss backed Bush and they decided to let Smith go. McKechnie, for whom Earl had played before signed him up with St. Louis. Fellow hull players call Smith a “jockey" in the language of the diamond, a “jockey” is a person who rides the opposition mercilessly. Smith is a past master at gettipg batters' goats; he has the most causiic tongue in baseball. Each season Earl selects one player and rides him hard. This year it is Kiki Cuyler, outfielder of the Chicago Cubs, who was traded by the Pittsburg Pirates because he wanted to bat third in the line-up instead of second. Tough on Kiki If Cuyler comes to bat when Smith is catching, Earl crouches behind him and lets loose hts flow of sarcasm. “Oh, you didn’t want to hat second j for Pittsburgh, huh?" he says. “And now that you’re batting third for Chicago, I don't see that you’re getting so many hits. Well. Kiki, old hoy, you’ll he on the bench pretty soon. Cheer up, maybe they'll let you pinch hit now and then. But you'll always lie a semi pro to me.” Smith's tongue isn't his only asset. He hits at close to .300 clip, and, with the exception of But) O’Farrell and Jimmy Wilson, he knows the weak Conte to . n L Washington <, A educational *£, I*3 vantage* ofa visit* P to the Capital op* r |<iSssjß pur Nation are of * ( *-tnnr^inestimaW».vaJu^ Stop at - j oi.e LEE HOUse /5 th and L Streets .l/V. Wj 1 * ‘Three squares to the WhiteT House. A new and Hotel. Refmed_erwironment} 250 rooms 25Q,bathl Single room stall? Double •• < _ "4 Single room (witli meal*) _ ,^person»_.(«*ilkm«>l.) B/oeftn I NOTICE You want it You’ll enjoy it You’ll like it WHAT??? “THE INHERITANCE"

nesses of batters us well as any catcher In the National League. McKechnie hopes ’ sml,h .1“ tilpointed. for Karl likes lineeliall chiefIV because it provides an I > for him to do his muin wort. »*>•' h fighting. _ YESTERDAY’S HOME RUNS S T l Player and Club ‘ ' ' Hack Wilson, Cubs (1) - | Fox, Athletics (1) Haas. Athletics (11 “ ! The leaders: Ruth, 40; Hark Wil , son 24; Bottomley. 23; Gehrig. l#t Bissonette, 18; Hafey, 17; Hornsby, 16: Hauser, 15; Harper, K>. League totals: National. 40tl; American, 348. Norwegians Still Think Amundsen Will He hound London, July SO.—(U.R)-Still confident that' (’apt. Roald Amundsen, noted arctic explorer, will lie found alive, the Norwegian government today took steps to Insure a continued search for him. Premier Norimckel offered a bounty of about SI9OO to sealers frequenting the seas between Norway and Spitz bergen to spur them in their search, according to a dispatch front Oslo received by the Daily Mail.

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UQUAUmir* RICE HANDICAP After n hectic day of missed p u .., foozeled sund shots, and consider, good and bud golf, seventeen golf,, emerged from the qualifying roand j the Rice handicap tourney with th I privilege of going ahead next snnd ' in the effort to win the trophy Jy Forty-seven -players pattlclpt,|*d yesterday’s event, and thirty f„u many of the better known scratch pi,,! the wayside, the casualties Inciudir ■rs rs the club. Kao Lankenau i, * j,veat's winner, fulled to tiuullfy (l I | M. Glthlns. nf Wren, Ohio, shot f! r ' heli w Ids handicap cards and led |h„ field in qualifying, with a net h . “ McConnell wus runner-up with ,! ", | score of 68. four below pat c p u„ M her shot tlte low gross score of sit a ?.’ qntliried with n net 76. The rest of field had scattering scores q,, , () .j anil several ties at this flgnre hr , . ’ in one extiu piayer. Next Sunday’s play, for those who participate, will he 86 holes medal daubed. The complete list „f players Play, wi'h each player’s handles qualifying follows: Dr. C.ithins y McConnell, C. K. Ilvrber. \\- \ per, C. C. Schafer, Frederic k Dick McConnell, Herman Lankenau Leo Ehinger. Dr. Roy Arclibold, |j,. rence Beal, R. 1). Myers', Win. i| m Dan M. Niblick, France Corner, Ferd Litterer. Harry Knapp. 6:30 this i>. m„ 6 room huose large lot at auction, corner 10th St. and Nutman Ave. Small down payment, balance like rent - ■—— ■ *o— ' Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It p, yl