Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 1 September 1928 — Page 6

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11. S. GOLF STARS TROUNCE BRITAINS By Frank Getty, U. P. Sports Editor Chicago, Sept. 1— (U.R) The super-i iority of American amateur golf over the British brand has been demonstrated amply by the results of the Walker cup matches at Wheaton, where the team reprsentlng the Unit ed States won by the count of 11 to I 1. No accurate forecast of the outcome ; of the impending national amateur championship at Brae Burn was furn ished by the contest for the international team trophy, which the Americans won for the fifth time In sue- i cession. Hobby Jones, who will defend his title on tlte links at West Newton. Massachusetts, in the tournament which starts S<a>tember y. over- ' whelmed his opponent, T. Phillip Perkins, the British amateur champion. 13 up and 12 to play. Jones played par golf under trying conditions- in the morning, and was one under Fours for the six holes necessary to complete his triumph in the afternoon. No other golfer. American or British, played as well as Wheaton, and ft, is reasonable to suppose that the next amateur champion of the United States was among the sixteen who contested for the Walker cup. o — V¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ * WITH THE BIG * * LEAGUE STARS * £*¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ By United Press Rogers Hornsby .3811 tripled once I and scored a run in three times at bat. , Paul Waner .371 Hit a home run and | singled, scored two runs, batted in , three runs., in seven times at hat. Al Simmons .354 singled and batted I in one run in four trips. Freddy Lindstrom .344 went hitless 1 in four times at bat. Jim Bottomley .335 Hit a home run and two doubles, scoring two runs and batting in three runs in eight times at bat. Babe Ruth .339 Lou Gehrig .373 and I Goose Goslin, .381 were idle. Newcastle Plans New Public Golf Course Newcastle, Ind.. Sept. 1. — (U.R) —A membership campaign for the new public golf links is to be launched next week by the American Legion golf committee here. The purpose of the membership campaign is to gain funds for construction of the course at Memorial park. t ' A goal of 800 memberships at $lO each has been set by the committee which if completed will total SB,OOO.

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A presidential year in Brooklyn without a baseball club fighting for the pennant is discouraging to the chances of Uncle Wilbert Robinson again leading the Dodgers. Steve McKeever, one of the major stockholders, has said that Robbie must go. has claimed the club needs ' a managerial) change and has claim- <•’ that Robbie hasn’t extended his full wizardy towards the 1928 club. Robbie points to his contract, which has a year yet to run, says he intends to fulfill it—and there the matter rests. But to get back to the presidential year. In 1900 the Robins won a pennant. From that time on the Brooklyn team was one of the big laughs of the league. Whenever they got within speaking distance of first division the Brooklyn fans got excited but speaking distance was about as close as they ever got. Came 1914 and Robinson, once a member of the Baltimore Orioles along with John McGraw, was appointed manager. Won In ’l6 and ’2O Two years Hater —1916—was a presidential year. Robbie chose that year to become one of baseball's master minuds and piloted a club that had been conceded virtually no strength, into a championship. Then in 1920, the next presidential year, Robbie took another team that appeared slightly less than Class B on paper, and startled everyone by directing it into a championship. Brooklyn fans were aglpw. There wasn't anything Robbie couldn’t have. And in 1924 they felt sure that Robbie would repeat his presidential year hoodoo on the other National league clubs and send the Dodgers . through to a pennant. Robinson tried.

Rips ’Em Up ♦ r♦.l i ‘ » « t-■- r V/ t ‘ Here is Rip Collins himself, former Yankee pitcher, who recently achieved the impossible when he hurled two one-hit games for Toronto in a double-header with Reading. International League leader. With thirteen strike-outs and only thive passes, he managed a 2 to 0 victory in the first game, then a 4 to 1 win. and called it a day. This amount, the golf committee believes, will enable the immediate I start of work on the new links. It was pointed out that the course would be inexpensive compared with ■ some because artificial drainage will 1 not be necessary and due to the i I natural lay of the land. The greens are blessed witli natural hazards. ¥•¥.¥¥¥¥ ¥¥ ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ * THE * * CAMPAIGN * * LOG * ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ —(U.R)— Herbert Hoover made plans to rest today. He will attend a baseball game today and expects to go fishing next week. Governor Smith continued his rest program today and contemplates no i work on his campaign until after Labor day. The governor, it was understood, plans only extemporaneous speeches hereafter. The Prohibition party announced it | would not support Herbert Hoover. I>ut will campaign definitely for the party ticket nameij several weeks ago. The corn belt committee tacitly endorsed the Democratic farm relief plank but approved no candidate for president.

The race was hectic and it was only by a game and a half that the Giants beat out the Dodgers for the title. The fans had attended well, stood by the portly leader and told how "tough breaks" had deprived the Dodgers of another presidential year pennant race. Through the next three years the Robins were sort of a hit-or-miss club but all the fans figured that 1928 might bring a pennant. This spring they pointed to Dazzy Vance to Jess Petty, to some hard hitting outfielders and infielders —and they smiled to think that again the Flatbush club would const in. Brooklyn Low In Roll Something went wrong. Brooklyn is in second division. The team has hud only one spurt all season, and that short lived. And pow Steve Me Keever said Robbie should go. It is understood that McKeever is ready to pay Robinson $25,000 for his contract —$15,000 as manager and SIO,OOO salary as club president. "I have a letter signed by 50 leading citizens of Brooklyn protesting against the situation," McKeever said. "We have spent money. The situation is not a new one.” Os course McKeever never has been exactly for Robbie. He opposed the three-year contract in 1926 but didn’t have power enough then to do anything about it. And Robbie is just as much against McKeever. “If I had been working for him alone I’d have resigned long ago,”. Robbie countered, but countered that he had other employers who desired he be retained. “I bud an iron-clad contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers to manage the team and I am president of the organization. I intend to fulfill she contract,” Robinson said.

STANDINGS CENTRAL LEAGUE W. I. Pct ' Ha\ton 35 22 01 I Erie 34 23 .590 Springfield 29 29 .500 Akron ... 28 30 .183 Fort Wayne 27 31 .400 Canton 20 37 .351 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. St. Louis 77 49 011 Chicago 74 55 .574 New York 6-8 53 -502 Pittsburgh 71 56 .559 Cincinnati 70 56 .556 I Brooklyn ... 61 54 .530 , Boston .40 78 .339 j Philadelphia 35 85 .292 AMERICAN LEAGUE — W. fa. Pct i I New York 84 42 .667 i 'Philadelphia ... ... S 3 45 .648 ■ i St. Louis 69 60 .535 I Washington 58 69 .457 Detroit 58 71 .450 Cleveland 58 72 .446 I Chicago 56 70 .<44 : Boston 46 83 .357 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. Minneapolis 81 64 .559 Indianapolis 79 63 .556 Kansas City 80 65 .552 Milwaukee . 78 66 .542 St. Paul .. 77 67 .535 Toledo 70 73 .490 Columbus 54 87 .383 Louisville 54 88 .3.80 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Central League Canton. 6: Fort Wayne, 2. Akron. 5; Springfield, 2. Erie. 4. Dayton, 4. called in ninth. National League St. Louis, 5-6: Pittsburgh, 6-2. Chicago, 5; Cincinnati, 3. Brooklyn, 4; New York. 2. Philadelphia, 4-1: Boston. 3-4. American League Philadelphia, 3; Boston, 2. St. Louis, 5; Detroit. 2. Only games scheduled. America nAssociation St. Paul, 7; Minneapolis. 3. Milwaukee, 5: Kansa< City, 2. Only games scheduled. o Martinsville High School To Have Football Team Martinsville, Ind., September l-(U.R) —The date for opening of the football season here has.heen tentatively set as Sept. 20. Football is a new sport In Martinsvile and much attention is being attracted to the field which is being put into conditicn here for the

sport. The ground which will form the local gridiron is being leveled and it is expected several tractors will put on the finishing tenches. Since nrf football has been played in the loc,| school for a number of years the opening season probably will consist of only five games. Three of these games are already on the schedule. They are with Bloomington, Thortcn and the Shortridge seconds. Coach Glenn Adams has been appointed to couch the school football syuad. He was to have arrived last Friday. Much enthusiasm has been worked up over the introduction of the sport and many candidates are expected to come out when Coach Adams issues his call this fall. 0 Barnhart, Pirate Veteran, Goes To Indianapolis Club Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. I.—(INS) — Clyde Barnhart, veteran outfielder of the Pittsburgh Pirates has been released under option to the Indianapolis American Association baseball team to bolster up the Indians in their crucial battle for the pennant. The Indians were to open a six game series with Louisville here today and Barnhait may be in the lineup. Only two points separated the Indians this morning from the league leading Minneapolis team while Kansas City was only four points behind the Indians. Milwaukee and St. Paul also were within striking distance of the pennant. 0 YESTERDAY'S HOME RUNS By I. N. S. Player and Club Season's total Bottemley, Cardinals (1) 27 Hafey, Cardinals (1) 20 Hellmann, Tigers (1) 10 ■ P. Waner. Pirates (1) 4 Reese, Giants (1) 3 Flowers, Robins (1) 1 The leaders: Ruth 47; Hack Wilson 30, Bottomley 27. Gehrig 22. Bissonette 20, Hafey 20. League Totals: National 500; American 409.

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Lancaster High Has Six Open Dates On Schedule ■ ..... . Principal C. ft. Bair, principal of ! the Lancaster Central school. Wells county, announced today that th° I basketball schedule for the Bobcats the coming season has six open dates. . Any schools desiring games should ■ write to lamcaster soon as the new coach. Mr. Salisbury, of Franklin. I will be ready in a few days to com : plete the schedule. The schedule at present is as follows: Oct. 26 —Liberty Center, there Nov. 2 —Open Nov. 9 —Petroleum, there Nov. 16 —Union Center, there Nov. 23 —Rockcreek, here Nov. 28 —Ossian, there Nov. 30—Chester Center,, here. Dec. 7 —Open Dec. 14—Liberty Center, here Dec. 21 — Ossian at Bluffton Jan. 4 —Rockcreek, there Jan. 11 —-Petroleum, here Jan. 18 Open Jan. 25 —Open Feb. Ir-Open Feb. 16 —Bluffton at Bluffton Feb. 22—Montpelier, here Feb. 23 —Chester Center, there. -_O-j Watching The Scorehoard By United Press Yestei day’s hero — Paul Waner, whose home run in the fifth inning with JJoyd Waner on base, gave the Pittsburgh Pirates a 6 to 5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals In the first game of a double header. Ray Kremer ' gave the Cardinals only four hits until | the eight'i inning when he weakened and was replaced by Burleigh Grimes. St. Louis won the second game 6 to 2. Bottomley’s home run clinching the game in the eighth inning. Rube Walberg pitched the Philadelphia Athletics to a 3 to 2. victory over the Boston Red Sox. This victory brings the Mackmen to within two games of the League- leading New

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I York Yankees. Although outhit. 16 to 14. the ChicaI go Cubs defeated the Cincinnati‘ Reds i 5 to 3. and are now only four and onehalf games behind the <St. lamls Car : dinals. Curtis Walker, Cincinnati out I . fielder was knocked unconscious when I English’s quick throw to first in at j tempting a double play caught, him on ’ the forehead. The New York Giants draped their | eighth straight game by losing to the ‘ Brooklin Rebins 4 to 2. It was Daz ; zy Vance’s eighteenth victory of the ' season. The Giants runs resulted from i_Reese's home run with Jackson on | base. Jake Flowers hit a homer for . Brooklyn. I Dan Howley’s St. Louis Browns re- ’ ! turned home to defeat the Detroit Ti ; gers 5 to 2. Earl Whitehill was banished from the game for protesting a j decision at the plate. Lott And Hennessey Defeat French Stars Chestnut Hills. Mass., Sept. 1. —(U.R) ' —Two young American tennis playI ers, almost infants in international competition, today will play two wily ‘Australian veterans •for the American l doubles title. George Lott. Jr., and Johnny Heni nessey are the young Americans who I will attempt to defend the American j title. Their scintillating play thus far in the tournament has given them better than an even chance against Gerald Patterson and Jack Hawes, two campaigners who have been playI ing doubles for years. Lott and Hennessey defeated the No. 1 ranking foreign team yesterday i when they eliminated the Frenchmen. Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon. The victory was comparatively easy. 6-2. 6-1, 6-2, but the previous day the four had staged the most brilliant batfje o fthe tournament, the match being called a draw by darkness after the two teams had played to two sets each and the count was four all in the fifth set.

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ROBINSON Ulins I SMITH'S HEWII Govemofsß, Makes Plea !• or ligious Tolerance By Ralph ll Turner (U. P. Sluff Correspondent) L'.noke, Aik., Sept | (U.R) n. <|iiestiwn of Gov.•rum Smlih’H‘c al |,oPe is min Its relation n> his Prt. 8 |fc B| y candidacy has been brought out ; subject ct open campaign <llsc USi(i ' | by the Governor's runnm K made. Se U i tor Joseph T. Rotiinsmi. Robinson, speaking m the homwca Ing celebration held in his honor here told Ills fellow townsmen that G, ernor Smith had been misrepresent I and said his record in New York shw I ed that "he had not been a ealtiiolit 'governor, a Baptist governor nor; methodist governor, lie has been a American govetnor.'' The same note was s.mnded by Seat ter George, cf Georgi a, who uigedtit.it religion should not be mixed witk politics and that "we jmii,,, ullr J I zens by what they are ami what tWr record shows them t he.' It was ituilcated by pesrons in Se» ter Robinson's parly that this meeUn. was a preface to othei pleas for religi us tolerance and for the sepnr;. ! tion of religion and polities, which wig be mae In the Democratic campain , especially ill the south, where Robinson will speak extensively

The Philadlphia Phillies and the B e ton Braves divided a double-head.r. Philadelphia won tile first game 4 to 3, and the Braves the nightcap 4 to 1. NOTICE My citier mill will start Thursday. August 30th tint! will optrate every Tuesday and Thursday thereafter. 20.~)tf Peter Kirsch.