Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 232, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1928 — Page 6

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YANKS TO BE UNDER DOGS

By Erank Getty (IT. Sports Editor I New York. Oct. I—(U.R)—Next in or ’ der to pitching, batting and the ••breaks" of baseball, psychology plays a tncst Important part in determining the outcome of any given World Series. The New York Yankees are going to be particularly hard to beat this year because they will enter the postseason series as the under dogs. As under dogs the Yankees have pr ven that their bite Is worse than their bark. The National League champions are quoted favorites to win the coming series at rapidly lengthening odds. The Yankees have hardly one whole ball player on their list of eligibles. Yet to my mind the best indication of what may be expected of the New York club when it faces the Cardinals is to be found iu recollections of

the last series which the Yankees play ed with the Philadelphia Athletics dur ing the second week in September. The Yankees had watched a lead ol 1344 games wither away, and then the Yankees, not much stronger intvinseially than at the present time, arose anil spanked those same White Elephants until they squealed for mercy. When they start anything as under dogs, the Yankees are exceedingly hard to heat. The Cardinals are logical favorites on form, but their American League rivals are likely to mangle the dope sheet. B.th teams are working out at Yankee stadium today. Roth managers fear the bad effect of a let down at this time, and will try to keep their men on their toes for the next three days. Meanwhile, with the National League champions accorded a better than even chance to win, and the enforced descent of the Yankees from the baseball heights in prospect, interest in the fortaeoming series grows apace. The Cardinals, with those grizzled bad hoys of baseball, “Pete" Alexander and •'Rabbit” Haranville, on their roster which also includes such national wide favorites as Frankie Frisch and Jim Bottomley, have a club with color and appeal. The Yankees have had both t lose things for some years now. Attendance figures may be broken ome mote. Already all the reserved seats, both for New York and St. Louis have been sold and possibly/ in some instances, re-sold. o Hornsby Is Leading Hitter In National Rost n, Oct. I—(LLP) — Rogers Hornsby. Manager of the Boston Braves, has won the National League batting < hampionship for the seventh time in the past nine years with an unofficial average of .387. Hornsby led his league in batting in 1920, 1921. 1922, 1923 1924 and 1925. Paul Waner, last year’s batting King, was second this season and Freddie Lindstrom of the New York Giants third. o HOME RUN CLUBS By United Press Leaders, American League: Ruth, Yankees w..»Mca 54 Gehrig, Yankees 21 Goslin. Senators 17 Hauser, Athletiis 16 Simmons, Athletics 15 Blue. Bi owns 14 Leaders, National League: Bottomley, Cards 31 Wilson, Cubs ...' 31 Hafey, Cards 27 Bissonette, Robins 25 Hornsby, Braves 21 Hurst, Phillies 19 Harper, Cauls 19 Ott, Giants 18 Yesterday's homers. Ruth. Yankees 1. Gehrig. Yankees, 1. Heilmann, Tigers 1. Goslin, Senators 1. Tody, Red Sox 1. O’Doul, Giants 1. O’Farrell. Giants 1. Totals American League 483. National League 611. Season’s total 1094. o Kansas City, Mo.—Only one gridiron team in the big six conference saw regular scheduled action Saturday. Kansas Aggies, the Big Six entry, had little trouble in downing the Bethany Sweeden 32 to 7. Other teams in the Big Six either played their Freshmen or went thiough practice scrimmage. FIVE BURN TO DEATH IN HOUSE Lock Haven, Pa., Oct. I.—(U.R) —A mother and four children were burned to death and another child perhaps fatally burned in a fire that trapped the family of Mrs. Minnie Shadle in their home at Meelhattan, about five miles from here, yesterday. A son, awakened by the smoke, rescued two brothers, but flames prevented him from returning for his mother and the other children.

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> ——————————————— j i The next contest on the schedule ■ for the Yellow Jackets fs a battle j i : with the Kendallville Red Devils, nt 1 Kendallville, next Saturday. The Red ’’ Devils have been finding the going * rough so far this season, although they eeked out a 7-6 victory over the Huntington Vikings in the first game! of the season for both teams. South Side swamped Kendallville a week ago, 52-8 and last Saturday, Colum- . i bia City downed them, 25-0. On | J comparative scores, the Red Devils I ; I are a shade better than the Yellow | i Jackets, but the difference probably will not be noticable when the two * teams clash next week-end. With a few new plays added to ! their repertoire, and further coachI ing this week on the art of breaking j ■ up a forward pass attack, the Yellow Jackets ought to break, into the win column next Saturday. The line is learning to charge well and open up nee hoels for the backs and the [ tackling, as a whole, is commendable, although some of the players resort ■ to the neck-tie type of tackles ’ occasionally. One nice thing about the Yellow Jackets in their game against Huntington, was their continuous fight. All four of the future opponents of > the Yellow Jackets met defeat last week-end. proving that all of them 1 are beatable. Bluffton lost to Cen 1 tral, 46-0; Concordia College lost to 1 Muncie Normal, 52-0; Kendallville t lost to Columbia City. 25-0; and * Portland lost to Roosevelt high, of 1 Dayton. Ohio, 65-0. There were some surprising upsets 1 in college football games Saturday, among them being the Navy’s defeat by Davis Elkins, 2-0; Chicago lost to South Carolina. 6-0; Georgia's defeat at the hands of Washington State, 3-0, I and Deland Stanford’s setback at the hands of the Olympia Club, 12-6. , University of California was held to , a 7-7 tie by Arizona and Notre Dame barely edged out a win over Loyola, of New Orleans, 12-6, by converting a Ijoyola fumble into a touchdown near the end of the game. — o Indianapolis Leads In 1 “Little World’s Series” Rochester, N. Y., October I—(U.R) — L The participants in the “Little World Seties" were enroute to Indianapolis early today, prepared to resume their * battle for the class A championship on 8 Wednesday. The Indians won Sunday, 5 to 1, and ’ lead the Rochester Red Wings, two games to oue. The first team to win ’• five games takes the series. Saturday s game was called at the end of the s twelfth Inning on account of darkness with the score tied 12-12.

SCOUTSTOSEE FOOTBALLGAME Bloomington, lnd„ Oct. I—Six thou sand Boy Scouts, coining f rom every section of the state are expect. .1 as guests of Indiana University and the White Rivet Council of Boy Scouts here next Friday and Saturday cf the I annual Boy Scout day ptogram. The troops ate to be entertained by the I'niversity athletic association at the intersectional football game Saturday between Oklahoma, cf the Missouri Valley Conleteuce. and Indiana, of the Big Ten t’onfeience. Invitations have Iteen mailed to all councils and individual troops in the state. Scout Executive Jorgenson, cf the White River Council, has been cooperating with Z. G Clevenger, athletic director, in arranging the program. Beautiful trophy pennants will be awarded to the first fifteen troops roll Hing with 100 per cent attendance at registtation headquarters in the Field House. All troops are to parade I in the downtown district and in the Memorial Stadium, headed by the Indiana I'niversity band, before the game starts. The program opens Friday afternoon On arrival, the Scouts are to register, and receive assignments to quarters in the new Indiana I’niversity Field House, where they will stay over night. All athletic fields and courts are to he ■ open for use cf the Scouts, including the swimming pool in the Men's Gym nasium. The White River Council court of honor will be held Friday night in the Field House, with the 1. I', band, and visiting troop bands and ilium c. rps assisting President W. L. Jiryan. of Indiana I’niversity, will I speak. Saturday morning free sight-seeing tours, conducted by members rtf the ! I'niversity staff are to be made, leaving headquatters in the field house every half hour. At 11:30 the Scouts will eat a red-hot bean dinner and at 1 o’clock, they will assemble f. r a parade downtown. Returning to the stadium at 2 o’clock, they will enter the west gates and parade to their special sections. The Oklahoma-Indiana game is expected to be one cf the best on the home card. Oklahoma has a beefy outfit. with a dazzling aerial attack, Last fall the Sooners defeated Chicago 13-7 o Watching The Scoreboard (By United Press) Yesterday’s Heroes — Twenty five ' thousand fans in seven major league ! ball paiks, who saw the regular season I thiough to the last put-out Sunday, alI though nothing depended upon the j outcome of any of the games. . The New York Yankees 101st victory of the year nearly proved costly when Lou Gehrig was knocked unconscious by a batted ball at Detroit. The Yankee first baseman recovered and was able to leave for New York with the team. Wait Hoyt won his 22nd ; game of the season, beating the Tigers. 7 to 6. Babe Ruth hit his 54th home run and Gehrig his 27th. Weiland pitched the White Sox to a 1 to 0 victory over the Athletics, whose rookie pitcher Yerkes, allowed only four hits and deserved to win. The Boston Red Sox finished the season by taking their fourth straight game from the Cleveland Indians 7 to 2. Washington pounded Bleaholder and Wiltse and heat the Browns, 9 to 1. “Goose” Goslin taking third place in the American League home run hitting race with his 17th of the year. Frankhouse’s wildness in the first inning and homers by O’Doul and O' Farrell gave the Giants a hollow triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals at the Polo grounds. Brooklyn was boosted above the .500 percentage mark by a victory over the Phillies, 5 to 1, in the last game cf the season. The Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds, 6 to 1. with the fans more interested in the snappy fielding of the losers than in any thing else. The Reds completed three double plays to bring the team's total for the seasen to 194 twelve more than the previous record. o E&SP’ Bet# Sigma Alpha will meet at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the Scout rooms. Q Chicago—Ameiican League umpires for the World Series will be C. B. Owen and W. A. McCowan, E. S. Barnaid, President cf the League, announced here. Bernard also named George Hildebrand and Harry C. Geisei as umpires for the Chicago City series between the Cubs and White Sox. o The Alternative •‘1 Intend to be master In my house wher. I’m married, or know the reason why.” says a correspondent. You will!—London Tit-Bits.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1928.

A Couple of Hard Rocks

* Tf- ~ » * v-e - I Knute K. Fockre. famous Notre Dame coach, with Id-year-old Knute K. > Jr., listening to some if the most ptecjotis gridiron advice to be heard anyf where In the country. With the beginning of the football season little ■ Knute is seen silting on the sidelines daily, perhaps looking forward ta the time that he will lie as respected an athlete as his dad.

Stagg's New System Includes Deception X X \ x x> x x \ M i 00300? \ G TG 1 X. — \ G? te > . By SUL METZGER ’ The dean of football tutors, Amos Alonzo Stagg of the University of Chicago, yields nothing to the younger ' tutors when il comes to deception. Stagg started a new system of offense last year that had more than fair suc<-e<- Both Ripon and South I Carolina had a touch of it Saturday when the Maroons played a doubleheader to open the season. , Stagg uses a lialanced line, that is, three men each flank tlie center. One t of his [iet tricks is to start a back. ■ say No. 4. straight out to the side before the ball is snapped. He then turns in and smashes the opposing end while the hall is carried on a line | buck, as shown above. Such pro- I cedure worries both the end so treat- ; , ed and the defensive back on that t side. Their first ideas are that a pass may be coming. Similar action by , back No. 4 will also lead to a sweeping end run around his side. The simplest trick Stagg works • from tliis move caught Penn for a . touchdown last fall. It will 4>e the > subject for tomorrow’s article. i You can’t win football games by I I abusing the stomach. Sol Metzger ! has prepared a fine leaflet on “Diet , i and Training for Football," which he would be pleased to send to any read1 er requesting it. Send stamped, ad- ‘ dressed envelope in care of this paper. r j o FINAL STANDING t — ) National League W L Pct. I’ St. Louis 95 59 .617 ’ New York 93 61 .604 Chicago 91 63 .591 Pittsburgh 85 67 .559 . Cincinnati 78 74 .513 . Brooklyn 77 76 .503 Boston 50 103 .327 Philadelphia 43 109 .283 American League B W L Pct. ? New York 301 53 .656 Philadelphia 98 55 .641 ■ St. Louis 82 72 .532 ■ Washington 75 79 .487 ? Chicago 72 82 .468 s Detroit 68 86 .442 4 Cleveland 62 92 .403 4 Boston 57 96 .373 I. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Chicago 6; Cincinnati 1. St. Louis 2; New York 4. Philadelphia 1; Brooklyn 5. American League 0 Detroit 6; New York 7. Philadelphia 0; Chicago 1. Boston 7; Cleveland 2. a Washington 9; St. Louis 1. SATURDAY’S RESULTS 1 American League Detroit 19; New York 10. , Philadelphia 5; Chicago 4. Boston 6; Cleveland 5. St. Louis 5; Washington 2. e National League i Chicago 6; New York 2. St. Louis 3; Boston 1. i Cincinnati at Philadelphia (rain) Pittsburgh at Brooklyn (rain)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Notre Dame, 12; Loyola (New Orleans), 6. Indiana, 14: Wabash. 0. Indiana Reserves. 39; State Normal. 0. Muncie Normal. 52: Concordia, 0. Purdue varsity, 52; Purdue freshmen. 6. Albion. 12; Valparaiso, 0. Earlham. 25; Antioch. 0. Army. 35; Boston U., 0. Ashland. 20; Wooster. 13. Bowling Green, 7; Ohio Northern. 0. California. 22; Santa Clara. 0. Colgate. 32; St. l/twrence. 6. Columbia. 20; Vermont. 0. Dartmouth. 39; Norwich. 6. Davis Elkins. 2; Navy. 0. Dayton. 66; Findlay, 0. Kansas Aggies. 32; Bethany, 7. Maine, 0; Rhode Island. 0. Miami, 42; Defiance. 0. Michigan State, 103; Kalamazoo, 0. Ohio Wesleyan. 33; Marietta. 0. Ohio University, 45; Rio Grande. 7. Olympic Club, 12; Stanford. 6. Pennsylvania, 34; I’rsinius, 0. Pittsburgh. 20; Thiel. 0. Ripon. 12; Chicago Reserves. 0. South Carolina, 6: Chicago, 0. Southern California, 40; Utah Aggies, 12. Syracuse, 14; Hobart, G. Vanderbilt. 20; Chattanooga, o. I'niversity of California, 7; Arizona, University of Detroit 39; DePauw. I 0. Washington State, 3; Georgia, 0. H. S. FOOTBALL Wabash, 6; Manual, 0. Carmel, 6; Tech Seconds, 0. Monticello, 7; West Lafayette, 6. Central (Fort Wayne), 18; Auburn, 0. Ploomington, 12; Seymour, 0. Froebel (Gary), 26; DeLaSalle (Chicago), 0. Moosi heart, 6; Emerson (Gary), (l. Connersville, 13; Shelbyville, 6. Linton. 25; Bloomfield, 6. Rushville, 19; Columbus, 0, Elkhart, 30; La Porte, 7. Brazil. 25; Worthington. 0. Lindblom (Chicago), 7; South Side (Fort Wayne), 6. North Side (Fort Wayne), 31; Garrett, 6. Muncie. 12; Newcastle, 6. Rice (Evansville), 0; Princeton. 0 (tie). Rensselear, 25; Attica, 0 i Central Football Team Wins From St Joe, 32-6 111 ■ The Central seventh grade football learn defeated the St. Joe seventh grade team, 32-6, in a game played Saturday. with nine men on a team. Carl Sheets was the captain of the Central team and Jim Lose of St. Joe. Joe Trim of Central, scored five touchdowns. o — Houston. Tex. Oct. 1 (U.R) — The Houston Buffaloes, Texas League champions, tied the count at two games each against Birmingham, champions of the Southern association, in the Dixie championship series by a 6 to 0 defeat over the Barons Sunday. Listen In on W 0 W O Tuesday Evening, Oct. 2, from 10 to 11 P.M. An Announcement of unusual interest will be given. It will be Worth Money to someone. Central Electric Co. 103 N. Second St.

' Phillies* Percentage Sets New Low Record New York, Gel. I—(U.R1 —(U.R) —The .283 percentage of the Philadelphia National League club constitutes n new low record for the circuit since 1900 when the two major leagues were established. In 1899 In the old National League 12 clubs. Cleveliand finished lasi with a petcentage of .132 0Babe Finishes Season Only Six Homers Behind Record New York, Oct. I—(U.R)— Although In u batting slump through August t»>d September, Balte Ruth finished the season only six homers short of his own World's Record of 60, established in 1927. The Yankee slugger hit his 54th of the year off Vic Sorrell of the Tigers in the fifth inning Sunday with f’ed- (. rtc Durst on first

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BIG GRID GAMES NEXT SATUNH <’:>leagn. Oct. 1-’U.R)- ( ’oa <h|l , . the Western Conference ( . ailw| |h ’ football squads together today tl , stiategy for bat.tw sluted forne XI s’" urday. "«■ A clash between Notre lv>». Wise nsln heads the e ar ,| Every J" 11 impmtant team in the middle., ' , scheduled lo open the season in IM ’ ches expected to give advance ' tlcns of the strength they will ejlJ.' in conferences hatties. Toe lineup Includes Butler at western. Bradley at Illinois' ing at Chicago, Oklahoma at DePauw at Purdue. Creighton at u neseta. Ohio Wesleyan at \ llfhi . ' Wittonburg at Ohio state and ' mouth at lowa. "*