Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1928 — Page 8

PAGE EIGHT

HSWiMNWa ‘ A’fin • f/i Hi ®/ var. '■•* * ’ in />T*A\ ■ 'fcC~iCj|© ~. At*Lr«<w « w • Oc^*

OLYMPIC TEAM IS “WORST EVER” By Davis J. Walsh (I. N. S. Sports Editor) New York. August 3 The worst American Olympic team in history. This was the Inevitable conclusion t day, leached by those content to judge by results and. if there is anything’else worth judging by, it lias escaped, through a grave oversight, the public's minute attention. Until further notice, therefore, it must be assumed that an American team which fails to win a single race in seven held to date, can't be much better than dowmight bad. It is the same team, man for man. that less than three weeks ag > prompted General McCartimr, President of the Olympic committee, to burst into an oration during which he hailed the outfit as the greatest ever. It was a pretty good team, at that. It was then It isn't now. What has happened to it in the meantime? Already tales are drifting back to America purporting to deal with laxity in training and prevalence of conceit in the ( amp of the American Athletes. These stories sigh plaintively for the days cf hard boiled trainers like the late Mike Murphy. They very obviously are inspired by persons who know all too little of the system under which an American Olympic team is prepar-1 cd for its fate. The writer's guess is that the present team has been "committeed" to | death. Why make the trainers “take the slap" even by innuendo? Lawson Robertson. Dink Templeton. Harry Hillman and the others may make recommendations but the oiders come from, above and. when they come, there is no appeal. Meantime, the committee, saved by its anonymous character, takes over all of the authority and none of the responsibility. The result is mismanagement or none at all. However, the collapse of this team is so thorough as to leave no absolutely conclusive explanation at this time.. Even a bungling committee couldn't : make the athletes lose every race they start. The climate doesn't explain it altogether, either. Amsterdam is below sen level and undoubtedly this took the edge off some of the boys. But what about the tinni. who came down from the brisk atmosphere to take part in the games? They have run to form. What about Williams, the double winners of the sprints’ His climatic change from Vancover to Amsterdam was even more abrupt than that of the California sprinters. Paddock. I B >rah and Wykoff, who failed so utterly. Os course, there must be some accounting for the following mysteries; how Wykoff could do 10 3-5 four times in two days in America and finish a disputed fourth in 10 4-5 abroad, how Paddock doing 21 4-5 the day before finished fourth in a 22 second semifinal. How Hahn could win the American trial in 1.51 and finish a reeling f’fth in 1:51 4-5 in the big race; how. in spite of the fact that he is notorious as a good “repeater,” ho was forced to cult the next day in a 1,500-Metre tr’al that was won in slightly better than 4 minutes. How longer could win in America within less than two seconds of the winning time at Amsterdam, yet bi- beaten off by sixty yards. And how. above all things, those g eatest of 400-metre hurdlers, Cuhel, Taylor, Maxwell and Gibson, could have failed so completely. Taylor did 52 seconds with the others close up i'l the Philadelphia trials. At Amsterdam, Maxwell and Gibson were fourth and fifth in a semi final in 54 seconds and Cuhel and Taylor lost a final that was run in 53 2-5. In view of the fact that foreign runners in the aggregate did all that was expected cf them and more. It is obvious that somebody owes everybody over here an explanation. It should make interesting reading. 0 - • Tommv Loughran Claims World's Heavyweight Title New London, Conn., Aug. 3.—(U.R) — Tommy Loughran, light heavyweight boxing i hampion, has filed a claim to tlii- heavyweight title recently vacated by Gmc Tunney. It will be cons'deicd by the National boxing association, President Thomas E. -Donahue announced today. “Loughran came here last night,” Donahue said, “and laid claim to the heavyweight title on the ground he was lightheavyweight champion and’ had challenged Tunney before the heavyweight champion stepped down." Donahue said Loughran’s claim would lie given consideration and a report on its merits filed. — o Plenty of entertainment and BARBAINS at the AUCTION SALE! Court house square Saturday afternoon and ’night Conducted by Students of the Reppert Auction school. It

“Hamm What Am ’ K TF 3 l - Eddie Hamm. Georgia 'Tech athlete, who set a new Olympic record of 7.73 metres (25 feet 4.3 inches) in the broad jump event. Only phenomenal competition can prevent an Ameri- ■ can victory in this event. (International Illustrated News)

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Central League Dayton. 12; Fort Wayne, 2. Springfield, 10; Canton, 5. Erie. 13; Akron. National League St> Louis, 6; Boston. 1. Chit ago, 3; Brooklyn. 2. New York, 7; Cincinnati, 5. Pittsburgh, 18; Philadelphia, 4. American League Philadelphia. 6; Cleveland, 0. Chicago. 6; Boston, 3. Detroit. 5; Washington, 4. St. Louis, 4; New York, 3. American Association Indianapolis. 7-3; St. Paul. 6-5. Kansas City, 11-0; Toledo. 0-4. Minneapolis, 5-7; Louisville, 0-5. i Milwaukee at Columbus, rain. o_. 0 _. ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ * WITH THE BIG * * LEAGUE STARS *. C¥¥¥¥ ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ Babe Ruth: Went hitless in five! , limes at bat. Lon Gehrig: Singled twice in five ; times at hat. Seoted one run, batted in one run. Harry Heilmann: Doubled in five time at bat. Scored one run. Frank Frisch: Singled in three times at bat. One sacrifice hit. Made one error. Rogers Hornsby: Singled in tww times at bat. Paul Waner: Doubled in five times at bat. Scored two runs, made one error. Hack Wilson: Went hitless in two times at bat. Ty Cobb: Idle. 0 Troop No. 61 will meet tonight at 7 o’clock in the Industrial Association moms above the J. and J. Grrcerj. This will be a very important meeting concerning the Old Home Week. Every Scout is urged to be.present. — 0 Catherine Fritzinger Wins Tennis Tourney Miss Catherine Fritzinger won the : women's tennis championship of Decatur. Thursday, by defeating Miss i Ruth Macklin in the finaj match of the women's city tourney. The scores of the sets in the final match wete: 6-4, 1-6 and 6-4. i Mis' Fritzinger received a bronze medal, significant of the city champ- ■ ionship in her class. The final match ■ in the doubles of the women’s tourney - has not been played. Vi ' o— — — McLarnin Knocks Out South American Champ r B Detroit, Aug 3. —(U.R)—“Baby Face' 1 James McLarnin proved again last n night that lie is an outstanding contender for the title of lightweight. < hampion by knocking out Stanislaus Loayza, South American champion in the fourth round of their scheduled (| 10-round battle. < Eddie Kane, manager of Sammy », Mandell, made tentative arrangements L after the fight to match McLarnin e and the champion again, the fight to t. be held here in the fall.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, Al’Gl’S T 3, 1925. _

Golf Tennis Sport Fever Baseball Swimming Help! Help! This hot weather and | scarcity of mail is getting your cori respondent down. Judging from the quantity and , quality of material in the Sport columns of our neighboring cities. Old | Sol appears to lie doing most of the ' work there, also. Ends The Suffering "We read with interest that someone over at Decatur has lost the first | leg on his cup. We know a man around here who did Hint, so he had , to shoot the poor thing. Persons ; ought to lie more careful."— Hunting- ; ton Herald. More Take Up Golf "Some of the boys who never took up golf before have been out to Wil- j son park the past few days to try out ; the new municipal course. Most of them report that they like the game i —and that means that the Wilson j park course will soon be a popular one.’’ —Bluffton Banner. Thirteen players started in the ! men's singles of the Bluffton city tennis championship this week. The I entry list includes Kenneth Huyette, | j present city (hamp; Doyle Reynolds, I former champ: Kenneth Julian and; Louis Means, members of the city tennis team, and se.veral younger , . plavers. | Two prominent young businessmen of Decatur ate reported to have been mistaken for golf players Thursday afternoon, while they were taking , j their daily dozen out on the golf : | course of the Decatur Country Club, j The two young merchants are largely to blame for the mistake, since : they dressed in plus-fours and carried golf clubs in order not to lie too conspicuous. One of the persons who mistook the two gentlemen for golfers counted the number of times each I swung their golf clubs while going I through their various gestures and it was not until he discovered that one ' of them had made 72 strokes and the I other 46 whilff they covered the distance between the first seven holes of ' | the course that he realized that the I two men were not playing golf. The Decatur city tennis team will 1 play a return match at Bluffton Sunday afternoon. The two teams play- ■ ed a tie here two weeks ago. The following item appeared in Harvey Woodruff's column, “In The Wako of the News,” in the Chicago Tribune, recently, under the head, "What's in a Name" —"The Waring . Glove company is located at Decatur. Ind." Under the same head appeared the following: “J. Nevlin Whybark is a teacher of singing in Los , Angeles,” and “Charles H. Fudge is 'president of the Southern Wholesale ! Confectioners’ association." Advertise your wants through the I columns of the Dailj' Democrat. It pays. Just five minutes and 10 seci onds after typing the plea for assistI ance at the top of this column, in i walk the following three contribs on l the legs of our good friend France Confer: j Sunday will be a busy day at the 1 i Country Club. Two tournaments are in progress. The finals of the Rice ■ handicap, 36 holes, starting at 8:30 ■ o'clock a. in., and the qualifying I round of the Class C championship, which will be 18 holes medal play. I ’ The following players are eligible for the Class C championship: , Dr. Steinman, R. Tyndall. Gerald Somers, Leo Ehinger. Dan M. Nib'iek, . Dale Koos, Dr. Archbold, R. D. Myers. ,■ C. C. Ppumphrey, Lawrence Beal, , Wm. Linn. Leigh Bowen, French L Quinn, R. C. Mvers, M. C. Haney,' Hairy Knapp, I. Bernstein. F. Litterer, , Rev. Fleddetjohatni, Gerald Smith. Harold Niblick, Dr. Rayl, A. R. Ash--1 baucher. J. F. Arnold, John Carmody, , C. A. Dugan, John Schug, O. L. Vance. — Next Wednesday, the golfers of the Willow Bend Country Club, of Van Wert, will journey to Decatur for a 1 30-man team match with the local golfers. The Willow Bend club has a ' fine array of players, and the match t promises to be an interesting one. o——— ■ i—t THE BIG FIVE 3 Player GABR H HR Pct. t Hornsby 88 313 64 121 16 .387 1 Gehrig 103 378 93 136 19 .360 Ruth 103 363 112 121 41 .333 V Cobb 86 344 54 113 1 .328 s Speaker 61 188 28 51 3 .271 ri —- o n Plenty of Fresh Fish. Hower Bros. Phone 97 and 98. 182-3tx

11, S. STAR WINS' 400-METRE RACE , ’ The Standing Amsterdam, Auguat 3 —(U.R)— q'he standing of the five leading nations at completion of the 400 and 5,000 meters, including the corrected score caused by awarding of third place in the 200 meter to Germany, follows: , United States 142 ' * Finland 64 Sweden 37 Germany 34 Canada 33 By Frank Getty. VP Sports Editor Amsterdam Stadium. Aug. ,3. —(U.R) Ray Barbutl. former Syracuse football star, won the 40(1 metre final toI day, giving the United States Its first track victory of the Olympic games. Barbutl won by a foot, collapsing i against the tape. His time was 47.8 I j seconds—two-tenths of a second slower than the Olympic lecord made by 1 E. H. Liddell, of Great Britain, at the I Paris games in 1924. Ball of Canada, who earlier had won the semi final heat in which Bar | butt finished second, was second in ;the final. Buchner of Germany, the favorite to win the event, finished jthird. Rinkel of England was fourth, Storz lof Germany fifth and Herman PhilI lips. Illinois A. C., sixth. Barbutl quickly recovered after the finish and ran from the field. The first victory at flat racing set the Americans wild with joy. Barbutl drew the pole lane, and overtook the leaders In the stretch, and led by two yards when he was i fifty yards from the finish line. Ball ' came on with a terrific burst of speed and nearly caught Birbuti. Buchner I was beaten when the pack hit the i stretch, and finished third by two I yards. The only other American track victory in any section of the Olympics I was in the women’s games. Miss ' Elizabeth Robinson, of Chicago, captured tile 100 meters dash. Betause lie had broken training Jackson V. Scholz. New York, veter- i an American sprinter, who finished ' in a dead heat with Kornig. the German flash, for third place in the 200 metre final Wednesday, defaulted third place today when officials requested that the tie he run off.’ Unaware of the ruling. Scholz broke training. Kornig who was on the track today ready to run off the tie, was awarded third place and Scholz was given fourth place. o Watching The Scorehoard (By United Press) Yesterday's hero: Walter Stewart | Ft. Louis Blown pitcher, whose single in the fifteenth inning scored Blue to give the Browns a 4 to 3 victory over the Nev. York Yanks. Starting 1 the Browns half of the fifteenth. Bine i

HIS DIETS ARE FORGOTTEN SINCE TAKING KONJOLA “I Suffered Untold Agony After Eating,” He States. 1 SrC' MR. H. C. GENTRY “When I started with Konjola, my stomach was in a terrible shape and I had been living on, a special diet for several months.’’ writes Mr H. C. Gentry, 714 East New York st., Indianapolis, Ind., “but it soon macle ' a new man out of me and 1 am glad to recommend it to others. "I suffered untold agony after eating as my food did not digest and a hard rock would seem to form in the pit of my stomach. After doctoring for a long time without results, I began looking around for something else to gjve me relief. Konjola was suggested to me and I started taking it. It gradually began to relieve me, although it worked very slowly. I realized my condition was of long standing and deeded to give this medicine a fair trial. Now I have taken several bottles and can eat al most everything withot any suffering afterward. The diets which I ' formerly used, are a thing of the past : I’ll never forget what Konjola did for ; me.” Konjola is sold in Decatur,-Ind., at Smith, Yeager & Falk drug store and ■ by all the best druggists in all towns ; throughout this entire section.

Moss with u single. O'Rom ke don bled and Scltatig was passed. Stewu hit h |H single. Herb Pennock l’"< the full distance sot the Yankees Bob Miihhvl got four bits. .. ! The Philadelphia Athletics mud 1 nr Wins in sixteen starts by de- ( j fating Cleveland 6 to 0 George Fa > a shaw. recruit pitcher, allowed only H X hits Ossie Orwoll led the attack on George (’hie with tlir hits, one a ttlph’. The Athletics nre UO« onl , four ami otiehnlf games behind Yankees. , Art Delaney’s bases on balls In tm 'first inning gave the Cardinals a three j , ln lead which the Boston Braves wen unable to overcome. Harper s throe hits In four times at bat contributed .<> St. Louis' 6 to 1 victory. The Cardinals executed three double plays. The New York Giants went into see 'ond place In the National League by defeating the Cincinnati Reds, 7 to •> Joe Genewich won his fifth victory In eight starts. Welsh and Zitzman Im home inns, while Htlghie Critz got two hits which Increased his streak to twenty consecutive games. The Pittsburgh Pirates scored twelve hitns befo.e Philadelphia. Grantham and Wright hit hornets. Fiesco Thompson. Philadelphia second baseman increased his string of accepted chances without an error to 136. breaking the recerd of 135 established by Horace Fold. Cincinnati shortstop. The Chicago While Sox made it six straight by defeating the Boston Red Sox 6 to 3. In the third inning, singles by Clancy and Cissell, a double by Kumm and triple by Mostil c.intribut ed three tuns so. Chicago Marty McManus' hatd hitting enabled Detroit to win over Washington 5 to 4. His double with two out in the ninth jlrove in the tying run. In the twelfth he scored the winning tun after hitting a triple. Two errors by Jake Floweis in one inning and a home run by Riggs Step l henson enabled the Chicago Cubs to defeat Brooklyn 3 to 2. Moweeney and Ehrhardt allowed the Cubs five hits whi.e the Robins obtained nine off Hal Cai Ison. Johnny Risko Claims World Heavyweight Crown Cleveland, Ohio. August 3 —(INS' Johnny Risko, Cleveland boxer, today I laid claim to the heavyweight throne 'abdicated by Champion Gene Tunney In a tetter to the New York boxing commission, Risko sighted his record of past years in which he met main of the leading heavyweights. He alsc sent a $2-500 check as a guarantee o! his willingness to meet any who inav challenge his claim to the champion ship. _______ o ______ Columbus.ilnd., July 24 (U.R) A '.to mobile racing on city streets hen proved expensive sot Elzea and Wi! I bur Foist, both of this city, when the, indulged in a “friendly" race, accord I ing to police. It was charged that tin two brothers raced cn one of Colum bus streets. Each was fined 5 and cost: a total of sls

: Press the Pedal and oil your car Motor cars of high price, such as the are automatically oiled, including all Rolls Royce, prize Bijur centralized spring shackles, chassis lubrication as an invaluable feature. Bother and expense of service sta- _ T , , . lion lubrication are eliminated. Nash, at moderate price, has it as standard equipment on all ”400” Wear at vital chassis points is avoided. Advanced Six Models. n .. . . . .... . Annoying squeaks and groans are Bijur operation is simplicity itself— f & ~ . . ... £ . , stopped before they start, and it is invariably efficient regardless of changes in temperature. 1 he world has a new and finer motor There’s a lever conveniently placed with features of excellence i for your left toe at the floor board, hitherto found only on very costly • . cars. Bijur Centralized Chassis LubriSimply depress it once and 21 points cation is one of them. ’I z * \ NASH 100 OTHER IMPORTANT FEATURES —NO OTHER CAR HAS THEM ALL ; Twin-Ignition motor I-tadjmg* W„. ld - s One-piece Houdaille and Lovejoy easiest steering Salon fenders I shock absorbers New double " {exclusive Nash mounting} drop frame Exterior metalware Clear vision Bobm.U.e aluminum S ‘>°° Jorn. pl .. eJ over Von. p.li.r I I pistons Torsional vibration Nash-Special Dcsig . {lnvar Struts} damper cl _ . • , bumpers and 1 Short turning radius hiinyperettes r —————— —_ HICKMAN NASH CO. s Corner First & Monroe St. > Phone Hi’J

Tom Heeney T ° i M “I‘ 0 c "rdlng'io an unconfirmed report have ekipM .0 the X ~r<” prletor of the general stme Eddie Hatvey, In other ui Harvev Heeney's matiaget had ' warning ll( Tom s “Hut it's n safe bet that j H e said. “Tom ami Miss Dann have been vety friendly since he came over to America about a year ago. Judge Mat gillies was called by tele , phone at his store in Ladentown , "Did’ yon marry Tom Heenev ant j Mat ion Dunn'’ he was askeu. . -You'd better ask Tom that, herei piled. , . -Isn't it a matter of record. ' -Not yet " was tile ambiguous reply. J Heeney and his bride were report’ d . to have sought seclusion in an apart- . nl ent here which is listed in the name of Isaac Rosenblum. r — —

Smith For President Club Is Organized At Bluffton; Officers Named Bluffton. Aug. 3. At a meeting of ' voters held Saturday night at the com’J munity building an Al Smith for president club was fotnied. Officers elected were: A. E. Hunt. J piesident; Charles Robinson, vice-pres-ident. and Forest Woodward, Ii treasurer. 1 The meeting was eailed tO’order 1 President Hunt and he explained tha ; J the cluli would lie n n-partisian. formied for the purpose of furthering the I candidacy of Gov. Al Smith of New York, for the president. Voters of al! parties who favor the candidacy of

CHICAGO 53.50 (And Return.i EVERY SUNDAY Lv. Decatur—2:3s A. M. Ar. Chicago—7:2o A. M. Lv. Chicago—lo:2o P.M. Ar. Decatur—2:ss A. M. For Complete Information Consult 11. N. Blair, ticket agent ERIE RAILROAD

Gavcinoi Smllli will be It was further announced |hg| ‘ A | quarters for the club would l». led 111 a few days and u tneet| nt L Wp!tt '; bets and committee wk,.,./"I’' 1 ’'" 1 ' Mi. Hunt announced thai p. "M would not be in conflict wiq' - I party, keeping entirely ()n lh( . , I|| "" lhT i pose to Hccine the election of '' ’ nor Smitlf and paving attend™ ' ' the other candidates in the Complete plans of the organiun will not be made until ih H next ctu ward has been authorised t u up ; membership campaign as S | st( ~| * committee of about tw<-nty.fj V( . ' a from each township. the club will be 50 cents f or 25 cents for ladies. ——— o_— . _ YESTERDAY’S HOME runs k- > > ua Player and Club Stephenson, Cubs (1) ' , - Grantham, Pittsburgh ill ! Barnes. Washington (li !] I Wright, Pittsburgh (1) Welsh, Giants (1) ■ Zitzman, Cincinnati (1) The leaders: Ruth. 42 Hack v 4 son. 23; Bottomley, 23: Gehrig > Bissonette, 18. I League totals: National, 415 ; A _ ' erlcan, 363.

r JUST RECEIVED a new shipment of FELT HUTS large and small head sizes, Mrs. Maud Merriman 222 South Fourth Street . — "STI INHERITANCE" A Cornedv With Music by F. A. SHERIDAN Presented by Sunday, Aug. sth. Wednesaug Sth. Admission 50c St. Mary’s Dramatie Club at St. Joseph’s Auditorium j