Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1928 — Page 6

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PIRATES REACH FIRST DIVISION By George Kirksey (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Ne< York, Aug. 29—The comeback of the Pittsburgh Pirates may upset all calculations on the National League penant race After a gallant uphill fight the 1927 National League champions were hack in first division today, hanging onto the coat tails of the Cincinnati Reds Donle Bush, the fiery fittle manager of the Buccaneers, has Instilled a fighting spirit into a duh which was playing listless ball in June and July, and the Pirates may he the team the St. Louis Cardinals have to heat to win the Pennant. „ Although tied for fourth place with the Reds, the Pirates were only six points hack of the New York Giants in second place and two points back of the New York Giants in second place and two points back of the Chicago!' Cubs in thirsl place. A combination of events today can hoist the Pirates all

the way from a tie for fourth place to second place. The Pirates have gone base-hit crazy and collected 101 hits in the last seven games, or an average of more than 14 hits a game. They made 31 hits yesterday in beating the Philadelphia Phillies,, 9 to 2 and 16 to 7. Twenty one pitchers have faced the Pirates in the last seven games, and Red Lucas of the Reds is the only pitcher who has lasted nine innings against the pelting Pirates down with eight hits Sunday, the Reds winning 4 to 3. Some of the pitchers knocked out of the box by the Pirates during the last seven games include Carl Hubble, Joe Genewich and Fred Fitzsimmons of the

Giants, Adolfo Luque and Ray Kolp of! the Reds and Le» Sweetland and Ray | Benge of the Phillies. Pie Traynor, rated the best third! baseman in baseball, has played a pro-1 minent role in tlie sensational spurt, 1 • batting .606 in the last 11 games. Tray ' tier's batting average is .352. o ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ * WITH THE BIG * * LEAGUE STABS * F ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥¥ ¥¥¥¥¥¥ —(ll.R)— Rogers Hornsby (384 > made six hits

score four inns and drove in two runs as the Braves beat the Giants twice. Goose Goslin (382) idle. Lou Gehrig (374) idle. Paul Waner (370) got three hits, i scored five runs and' (Trove in three runs as the Pirates beat the Phillies twice. Al Simmons (360) failed to hit safely in three times up against Al Thomas in first game and three times up against Grady Adkins in second game. Freddy Lindstrom (348) went hitless in five times up against Rob Smith, but drove in one run with a double in five times up in second game. Babe Ruth (337) idle. Jim Bottomley (335) failed to hit safely in three times up, but scored one run. (Editor's note: Bottomley takes the place of Frisch, whose play has slumped recently.) o Watching The Scoreboard - (UR)— Yesterday’s hero; Rogers Hornsby, whose sensational play helped the Boston Braves beat the New York Giants twice, 3 to 2 and 7 to 5. Hornsby collected six hits, scored four runs and drove in two runs in the two games. He drove in the winning run in the first game and accounted for one of the two runs which broke a 5-5 tie in the eighth inning of the second game. Ernest Orsatti, rookie outfielder, made four hits and drove in two runs as the St. Ixiuis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs, 6 to 0. Clarence Mitchell, veteran southpaw, allowed the Cubs but seven hits. The Pittsburgh Pirates went into a tie for fourth place with the Cincinnati Reds by beating the Philadelphia Phillies a doubleheader, 9 to 2 and 16 to 7. Carmen Hill allowed on y four hits in the first game. After Burleigh Grimes was knocked out in the second game, the Pirates collected 21 hits and wiped out a four run lead amassed by the Phillies. The Philadelphia Athletics took a doubleheader from the Chicago White Sox, 1 to 0 and 4 to 3; and moved back to within 3 games of the New York Yankees. Max Bishop's home run won the first game and Bing Miller's single in the eleventh won the second. The A's made but three hits off Al Thomas in the first game, but Bob Grove pitched master'.iy in the pinches. The Detroit Tigers went into a tie with the Washington Senators for fifth place by beating the Cleveland

Indians, 8 to 4. Fat Fothergill hit a homer with two men on. Scoring two runs in the eleventh, I the St. Louis Browns took their third straight game from the Boston Red Sox, 8 to 6. o ■ YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Central League Erie, 2; Springfield, 1. Canton, 7; Dayton, 2. Akron at Fort Wayne, rain. National League Boston. 3-7; New York. 2 5. Pittsburgh, 9-16; Philadelphia, 2-7. St. Louis, 6; Chicago. 0. Only games scheduled. American League Philadelphia. 1-4; Chicago, 0-3. St. Louis, 8; Boston, 6. Detroit, 8; Cleveland. 4. Only games scheduled. American Association Indianapolis, 5-1; Kansas City. 0-3. Louisville, 9-2: Milwaukee, 6-1. Minneapolis. 10; Cojumbus, 3. St. Paul. 5; Toledo, 2. 1 o George Lance Shines In Amateur Golf Meet

‘ French Lick, Ind.. Aug. 29 (INS> — Thirty-two qualified players began match play here today in the annual ' Indiana Amateur golf tournament. 1 George Lance, Teire Haute defending champion, had low medal honors score j of 145 for the 36 qualifying holes. Lafayette and Terre Haute landed three players in the championship flight. Indianapolis placed fourteen men, Shelbyville two. and the rest of the qualifiers were from Attica. South , Bend, Pern, Hammond. Gary, Fort ' Wayne. Laporte, French Lick, and oth- | et cities. Lance served notice on al! concerned that he intended to hold on to his title by making the first 18 qualifying holes

Monday in 68. four below par. He came back yesterday witli a 77, giving him a : qualifying rccre of 145. o YESTERDAY S HOME RUNS h—fi9 i Player and Club S.T. I Ott, Giants (1) 14 | Terry. Giants, 41) 13 I Hogan, Giants (1) 7 ! 1 Bishop, Athletics (1) .... . ........... 5 Fothergill, Tigers (11. .... . 3 The leftders: Ruth. 46; Hack Wit son, 30; Bottomley, 26; Gehrig, 22: | Bissonette, 20; Hurst, 19; Hafey, 19. League totals: National. 491; American. 403.

Thousands In Haiti In Danger Os Starving , Pojt Au Prince. Haiti, Aug. 29. — JJ.R) ] i —More than 100.000 persons are in ( danger of starvation in Haitai because of the hurricane which two weeks ago killed 200 persons and devastated a large area in the island's interior, President Louis Borno said today in a report characterizing the situation as "worse than original reports showed.” The famine threat, the president said, resulted from "the complete destruction of crops, causing three to six months delay in the iocal output of food supplies. “All animals were killed and cultivated farms drowned out,” he con- I tinned. "Government resources are not sufficient to provide food and shelter for the victims and rebuild roads and bridges.” o Decatur Man Charged With Violating Dry Law Charles ‘‘Dutch” Wise, of Decatur. | was arrested in Fort Wayne last night on a charge of violating the prohibition law and was brought here and placed in the Adams county jail. Deputy Sheriff D. M. Hower and special officer Brandyberry made the arrest. Wise is charged with furnishing liquor to Ray Eyanson. He will be arraigned in Mayor George Krick's court; this# evening. If found guilty, he is liable to a fine of SIOO and a sentence of 30 days at the state penal farm. —fa——o Bluffton Man, Injured In Auto Accident, Dies Bluffton, Aug. 29,—(INS)—J-R-John-son, 73, of this city, former Wells county sheriff, died ’at the Howard County hospital, in Kokomo, at -2:40 o’clock tills morning, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Windfall, Monday. A fracture of the skull caused his death. The body was brought to Bluffton today and funeral services will be held here. Mrs. Thomas R. Johnson, daughter-in-law of the dead man, is in the Kokomo hospital, and has been unconscious since the accident. Her husband, who was also a passenger in the automobile, was not seriously hurt. o O. L. Vance, of the firm of Vance and Linn, Decatur clothiers, attended a meeting of the United Clothing Buyers, at Fort Wayne. Tuesday. All members of the organization, with the exception of two, were present.

Golf Tennis Sport Fever Baseball Swimming Shades of the flagpole sitter: Golf marathons have been started. Two cad dies at the Grandvie\v golf course in Anderson, played a total of 135 holes of golf between daybreak and dark Monday. one cf them had scores rang Ing from 77 io 70 and the other from 77 to 82 for the seven rounds. Caddies f. r the players worked in relays. The caddies tournament at the Decatur Country Club Is now under way. Seine gocMl golf is being shot by the youngsters. About 30 candidates for the Decatur high school football team were out for the initial practice of the season, yesterday afternoon. The squad probably will be enlarged by the end of the week.

Coach Abie DeVol. of ColuuWiia City has issued a call for candidates for tile C. C. giid team to meet this evening. Tlie squad will train nt Tri Lakes next week.'the opening of school being set for September 10. Columbia City plays at Bluffton on September 15. Decatur will open the home season for DeVol’s eleven, on September 22.

Grid practice started nt Wabash high this week. About 30 candidates aie out fcr the team. Teams on the | Wabash schedule are: Kokomo, Man ual of Indianapolis. Goshen. Hammond, 1 Scuth Side of Fort Wayne, Muncie, Peru. Marion and Huntington. Johns And Marys To Hold Picnic At Bluffton — Bluffton, Aug. 29. —Announcement 1 was made today that the annual I Johns and Marys picnic will be held 1 at Washington park Sunday, September 9. Any family with a John or Mary in the family is asked to attend, bringing the entire family, in event of rain, the picnic will be held in the community building. A com 1 plete program for the picnic will be : announced later.

o— Tear Gas Frustrates Bank Robbery At Miami Peru, Ind.. Aug. 29 —(INS) —Tear gas, I was credited today witli frustrating! an attempt last night to rob the Farmers State bank at Miami, south I of here. When Assistant Cashier William Mills opened the bank for business! Ibis morning he found that robbers! had broken into the bank and had! drilled through the front door of the 1 vault. The robbers had pierced into: the tear gas container and the gas' apparently had routed them. Sheriff Jerry Fager was investigat-1 ing the attempted robbery today. : The robbers abandoned their oxygen! tank and torches in their flight.

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1925.

SCOUTS REMOVE HACK FROM FIRE A group of ‘Decatur Bov Scouts, while touting the surreundlut country yesterday to distribute advertising for Decatur's Old Home Week, found op portunity to da a good turn that was not on their schedule. While driving along the toad between Fort Wayne and Huntington, they noticed u tl»ic|i cloud of smoke rising from a spot south of Huntington. The Scouts and their leader. Bryce Thomas, hurried to the scene of the fire and found a large barn burning. They succeeded in pulling a school hack out of the barring building and extinguishing the blaze that had started on the roof of the back. Little damage was dan • to th vehicle, thanks to the Decatur Scouts, j The five Scouts. Boh Hite. David Heller. Rolland Reppert. Harold Melchi I and rail Lose, and Mr. Thomas visited | the foiWiwing towns and cities, yc-stcr day, ami distributed Old Home Week ‘ advertising: Pleasant Mills. Willshire. Chattanooga, Wabash, Ohio. Mercer Rockford, t'elina. Ohio City. Fort Wayne, Roanoke, Columbia City. Hute tington and Markle. They visited another large group cf cities and towns on Monday. o Rotarians To Eat Chicken Dinner At Sun Set Park The members of the Decatur Rotary Club will meet Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock at Sun Set Park. A chicken dinner will lie served by a committee of women and reservations have been made for every member of the club. The dinner will be served at 6:30 1 o'clock prompt, and the Rotarians are urged to be on time. A short program will follow the dinner.

AGRICULTURAL DAY PLANNED (CONTINUKD FROM PAGE ONE! M. Shanklin of Purdue University; Russel G. East, Agricultural Agent of the Pennsylvania railroad; C. W Newman, president of the Indiana Holstein Friesian Association; Dr. J. 18. Current, Federal Inspector for Tuberculosis of the United States Department of Agriculture; J. J. Lacey, associate jjditor of the Indiana Farmers Guide, and many others. After the program is over at the creamery, a short parade will be held of dairymen, calf, club members and 4 TO STATE A TRUTH SAN YAK

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| farmers and will fnefiide floats ol several organizations. The closing event of the day will be the inspection of exhibits and displays at .the Purdue tent on Second street. M ■ A. I Klepper lias Arranged to conduct inspection tours through the Cloverleaf i Creamery during all hours of the day. Free Ice-cream will be served. Aceoihtlng to word received from Hunt- . ington this morning, several hundred people from that district are planning to attend. Mr. Klepper Is very desirous of having everyone who >attends on Aggricnlturai Day to register at the creamery where they will Ibe given a ticket which will make j them eligible for a chance in the , free prize drawing. The complete program for the day | is as follows: 9 to 1 p.m — Registration for free prize awards given by the Cloverleaf Creameries. Registration to take place at the creamery. 9:3u a.m.—Judging of calves in the. ! Adams County Calf Club by E. A. j Gannon of Purdue University. (Judg- | ing will take place on vacant lot be- [ side the Cloverleaf Creameries.) Mr. jF. M. Shanklin of Purdue will also judge the calf club record books during the morning. 11:30 to 12:30—Picnic dinner of calf club members and their families in Memorial Legion Park directly Speech by Mr. A. C. Baltzer of the Rand concert Free act Michigan State Agricultural College, I CHiciKHMILS Ask yw /X g 4/ fTVA fur < hl-ehe«-t«-r4 Filial® Bed and Boid<<>> •lllc boifs, sealed with Blue £k wTf Xil-tM.u. Takeaaatkar- Hay V 1/ Dro«ta€. Ask tor 1/ 7cRI.rBES.TEKH DIAMOND IX M BH AND PILLH. tor 40 years kuowa \ fr as bast, Safest. Rcliatda. BiiyNvsvl SOLD IT DRUGGISTS SVERYWURS . " !■■■"’ i' - , Come to • A ‘TRe educational act vantage* of a visit L p to the Capita I of/- £ ou r Nation are A. valuy &EE Hodse I /sr/i and L , — -v I HTiree squares to the WhitfifJ House. A new and Hotel Refined environment] rooms' yO.hathe Single room Ss.®® dally Double “ K <s.°° ■ **4 Single room (witl\m»ol«) 8 6?* *7 * nwals) slo?*'J' GRohert Blocky

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