Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 10 October 1928 — Page 3

I AES© Tr<L AO\ € ’:’ ’ 4 fnm s f

I babe ruth is I greateststar I OF BIG SERIES I \>w York Yankees Are I Champions Os World In I Fact As Well As In Name I By Frank Getty I (United Press Sports Editor I st Louis. Mo. Oct. 10—There Is a ■ V n founded conviction in baseball I today that the New York YanI S are ‘■hanipions of the World in I . ft a3 well as in name. I Their smashing triumph over the I « Louis Cardinals in four straight I „ raes a triumph based |on sound I oitching and built up by the greatest I hibithm of extra base hits ever disI n iaved by any ball club in a world I , pr i es , stamps the Yankees as easily II the best baseball team of all time. | And standing out today as by far | the greatest of players is our old friend I Babe Ruth. I The 1928 World Series, which ended | so abruptly at Sportsman's park yesfl terday afternoon with the 7to 3 victory || of the new Champions, might easily | have passed on into baseball history as I one of the worst and most farcical evI er played. The St. Louis Cardinals, I who entered the post season engageI inent strong favorites to defeat a supI posediy crippled opponent, did their best to make it so. Their failure was even more startling, more complete and more dismal, than that of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who went down to defeat in four straight games before these same Yankees a year ago. The series was in a fairway to degenerate into one of the saddest jokes in the history of the National pastime. Babe Ruth changed all that. Singlehanded. he was a ball team; nay, a whole ball game, in himself. He was just about a whole world series. There was only one thing that could have saved this sad "serious," and ! the Babe had it. Superlative Baseball, offensive and defensive, a brave display of team spirit and a sjtectacular burst of individual effort, the gay spirit of a boy when it was appropriate, and the grim spirit of relentless fight when it was needed —Babe Ruth had all these ready in the emergency. The New York Yankees are speeding homeward in triumph, planning ways aud means to get rid of the largest share of Wot Id Series today ever divided by a winning ball club. The St. Louis Cardinals are figuratively licking their wounds, repeating their alibis and finding what solace they can in some such platitude as the fact that the best club won. But, as the song goes: "But when all is said and done, "There is really only one —” And that's the Babe. A cold recital of the records which Ruth assisted in making hardly Paints an adequate picture of the Big Fellow’s contribution to the 1928 series To appreciate Babe's part, you had to see him up there at the plate yesterday, clapping his hands and doffing his cap in mock appreciation of the spirited efforts of the entire Cardinals team as it stormed around the four blue clad umpires in the blistering seventh inning, trying to have him railed out on strikes, and then see him a moment later, when the argument as been won as basebal larguments are, if you stop t 0 thillk about lt _ by e umpires and the game is on. Casey at t e bat himself never put more deTt,™\ nati ° n into the buaineSß at hand e difference between the immortal « L and ,he e l ual >y immortal Babe, as that the latter delivered. not her tremendous home run went ring out against the clear blue sky h.f n l ° tber pe,fect afternoon, and Ruth nad broken up another ball game. ; vioti 1 ° Millie Sherdel, once more the i trip l / 1 * ° f irres ’ R table Yankee bats, ~h “ t 0 Win an argument and Post his st ” e ?° Win the game - That was the , Ont°[ the f °" rth game> in a nut shell- - »< ere in St ' Louis they still are chief \!ri B Utterly that umpire-in-he rnf r ® an decided wrongly when Ditch t Uß . ed ,0 allow Sherdel's third nine Ruth hl ,he fatal Seventh in- . little m° < ' < ? unt The Cardinals plucky . Perfect ! paw bad floated over two out , 8 , r ’ kes on tbe Rabe ’ with one . Pions H National League chamly as ' ' Sg ng a one run lead as tlghty as a miser hugs a nickle. chan!/m su hat ,hought was a Sherdel > P a ,Wrd strike past Rl,tbout a ? back Smltb 'B return with- f acenrdt * g BUfflcient time to elapse ThT ba Bto Ame,ican League rules. ’ other ne I » ay ° r may not bave been an fused to ? Ct S ?‘ ke ' but CCrman re- 1 record pJn° W the pftch t 0 get lnto the 1 q rd, calling time. I oaqueT 0 // 116 loudest and most pictura world ’" ments tllat ever Interrupted h Put evervtwt 68 game ensued - Sherdel nient an,M h ” 8 be had into tbe ar S u - 8 and pitch °) St Wben be bad to go back « keeg knoV! Was 108t ' and the Yanf°re Blit ‘ m ° Ut Os tbe box bp ‘ r ander." McKeclinie could say "Alex- s “ was a sorry substitute for the Al- <

exander cf old who came sauntering from the bull pen to relieve Sherdel. The fact of the mutter is that old "Pete", once called "the great," is just about through with big league baseball, so is Rabbit Maranviile. So are several other Cardinals. The team which got out in front of a frantic National league pennant chase and stayed theie Is no ball club for any fan’s money today, despite what It did during the regular season.

i o ——— Notre Dame Ready For Navy Team HhTjypr» "~By SOL METZGER

Balanced attack is the secret of winning football today. No team, no matter how powerful, can depend on any particular plays to carry it through a few games successfully. The long runs of Notre Dame's backs these past half dozen years have been made possible because the defense has to be on guard for line thrusts as well as passes. Notre Dame will depend on a balanced attack against the Navy in their game at Soldier's Field, Chicago, today. One of the methods that Ingram’s charges must be on the look-out for is a play that starts as an off-tackle thrust but winds up with the runner cutting inside the tackle. The bluff to draw the defensive tackle wide is worked by the runner. No. 1. and his lead interferer. No. 2, faking as though to go off tackle as the end who usually takes this tackle, deserts him and drives into the defensive guard. This lets the tackle come charging a few steps across. Naturally these steps are toward the apparent point of attack. That is just what Notre Dame wants him to do. Crack, he is hit from the inside by back No. 3 as No. 4 dives straight into him to stop his rush forward. Meantime the defensive guard is shoved out of the way. A hole thus made lets No. 1 crash through with No. 2 leading him, as well as a lineman from the short side. Tomorrow—Notre Dame’s shuttle. Through years of coaching, Sol Metzger has learned a few simple truths about diet. Coaches and players, alike, would benefit by his leaflet on "Diet and Training for Football.” Send stamped, addressed envelope, in care of this paper, and request it. YANKS BREAK OR EOOALII MARKS St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 10. —(U.R) —The New York Yankees, poor prematurely pitied cripples that they were, only broke or equalled thirteen world's records in crushing the hapless St. Louis Cardinals in tbe four games of the 1928 series for the basebal! championship. The following new records were established by the Yankees: They made nine home runs in a world's series, even though it was as short as any one record. They made five home runs in one game, yesterday's, Ruth getting three and Gehrig and Durst one apiece. They won their second consecutive world’s championship in four straight games. They ran their string of consecutive victories to eight. They hit two homers in one inning, in both file first and last games. They went through two consecutive world series using only one pitcher to a game. They forced the opposing club to use more than one pitcher in every game of the two series. Lou Gehrig set a new record for runs driven in—nine. Babe Ruth compiled a batting average of .625 for the series. The following records were equalled: Miller Huggins has won three world’s championships now, the same number as John McGraw and Connie Mack. Babe Ruth once more hit three homers In one series game. Waite Hoyt increased his world series victories to six, a mark once set by Chief Bender of the Athletics. Lou Gehrig equalled Babe Ruth's record of four homers in a single series. o ■ — Get th« Habit—l rads at Home, It Pays

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1928.

The Fourth Down By Willie Punt

‘Beat Portland" has become the battlecry in the camp of the D. H. S. Yellow Jackets this week. And if the determination being shown by the coaches and players is any indication of the outcome of next Saturday's game, it will be too bad for tho Panthers. The YeHow Jackets are rapidly dragging down the football reputation of the local school and a comeback is necessary to win back that prestige. But it can he done and IT WILL BE DONE. The second teams of Kendallville and Garrett high school*.played a football game at Kendallville, last Monday afternoon, the "Little Red Devils" of Kendallville winning 13-12. Future stars in the making. Speaking of future stars, the seventh grade boys of Central and St. Joe schools are taking up football this year with lots of vim. The teams from the two schools have played two games this fall and next Saturday, Central's eleven will go to Ohio City to play the Ohio City seventli graders. That is the rery thing that makes football players out of boys by the time they reach high school. A picture of Joe Bebont, former Decatur high school athlete, appeared in the Indianapolis News, Tuesday, along with four other Butler University linemen. Joe, who is a sophomore at the Bulldog institution, is playing guard this year. He broke into the game with Northwestern last Saturday. The Indianapolis News had the following to say about Joe:” Joe BAbout hails from Decatur, Joe is a guard and is rather light as most guards go, weighing only 162, but he is fast and that is one of the requisites of the present day. Bebont is a sophomore." Season th ket books for the Decatur Catholic high school basketball season have been placed on sale at Bakers Restaurant. The Commodores will

dyik ' 5 " ■ x /3 \ > **" “” KS? ' ? &#■, ' i >S3feJk w\ " V?3«akj~’ ff &"’£«*•*■*■'< ~ — * Th I — y 1i A *<t Jfe v- jOv '-lil \v »'• — ’■ ?■ 10. *j| B > IIVv A \ W ~ _W\ ' ■■ ~ < MsTtst*w U ><M ■**!*«<«►- 1F ' ■’’’s&£. x . II ilw H| I■, HI **-'' V? 4 ~ Mild enough for anybody .. . and yet they Satisfy* ★yrrrHEN we purchase over 100 million this way we insure Chesterfield’s good taste. W* pounds of choice tobacco from one Millions of dollar’s worth of fine tocrop, it means that regardless of cost, we baccos —ageing, maturing and sweetening are going to be sure of the quality of in storage —there is no better safeguard the tobacco in Chesterfield cigarettes. In than this. * < /&

open their season at home in a game with Ashley, Ind., high school, on I November 30. O' ■ FOURTH GAME BOX SCORE New York AB K II O A F. Paschal, cf 4 0 13 0 0 Durst, cf 1110 0 0 Koenig, ss .5 0 1 4 2 1 Ruth, If .... 5 3 3 2 0 0 Gehrig, lb 2 71 7 0 0 Meusel, rs 5 110 o o Lazzerl, 2b 4 13 12 0 Durocher, 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dugan, 3b 3 0 1 0 0 4) •Robertson, 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 Bengough, c 301810 ••Combs 0 0 0 0 0 0 Collins, e 10 12 0 0 Hoyt, p 4 0 1 0 2 1 Totals 40 7 15 27 7 2 •Batted for Dugan in 7th. ••—Batted for Bengough in "th. St. Louis AB R H O A E Orsattl, cf 5 1 2 4 0 0 High, 3b 6 0 3 0 1 0 Frisch. 2b 4 0 "0 3 1 0 Bottomley, lb 3 0 0 10 1 0 Hatey, If 3 0 110 0 Harper, rs 3 0 0 2 0 0 Smith, c 4 0 3 4 1 0 •Martin 0 1 0 0 0 0 Maranvllie, ss .412310 Sherdel, p 3 0 0 0 0 0 Alexander, p 0 0 0 0 3 0 ••Holm 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 11 27 8 0 ♦ — Ran for Smith in 9th. ♦•—Batted for Alexander in 9th. New York (ALI 000 100 4 20—7 St. Louis (NL) 00 11 0000 Runs batted in—Durst, Ruth, 3; Gehrig, Robertson, Combs, Frisch, Holm. Two-base hits—Lazzerl, Coilins, Orsatti. High, Smith, Maranviile. Home runs Durst, Ruth, 3; Gehrig. Sacrifices —Combs, Hoyt, Frisch. Stolen bases—Lazzerl, Maranviile. Double plays—Bottomley and Maranviile; Koenig and Gehrig. Left on bases —New York, 11; St. Louis, 9. Bases on balls — Off Sherdel, 3 (Gehrig 3); Hoyt, 3 (Bottomley, Hafey, Harper). Struck out—By Sherdel, 1 (Meusel); by Alexander, 1 (Meusel); by Hoyt 8 (Orsatti 2, Frisch, Bottomley 2, Hafey, Harper, Sherdel). Pitchers’ summary—Off Sherdel, 11 hits and 4 runs (earned) in 6% innings with 28 at bat; off Alexander 4 hits and 3 runs (earned) in 2 2-3 innings with 12 at bat; off Hoyt 2 (earned runs). Losing pitcher —Sherdel. Umpires—Charles H. Pfirman, (NL) at the plate; Clarence B. Owens, (A L) at first base; Charles Rigler (NL), second base; William A. McGowan, (AL), third base. • ■ o Each Yankee To Receive $6,140 From Series Receipts St. Louis. Mo., Oct. 10—'U.R)~ Each member of the World’s Champion New York Yankees who receives a full share of the world series profits will be enriched by approximately $6,140.00 while each St. Louis Cardinal who gets a full share will receive $2,233.10.

CUBS CAPTURE CHICAGO SERIES Chicago, Oct. 10. — (U,R) — William Wrigley's National league Cubs are the baseball champions of Chicago Smothering three White Sox pitchers with sixteen hits for a total of twenty-one bases, the Cubs walked away with the seventli and deciding game of the city series yesterday. The final score was 13 to 2. Today many of the Cubs, happy over having won the big share of the series receipts, were on their way to their liomes In various parts of the country. A few will winter here. Yesterday’s game was a weak, pitiful close to a series that had provided many thri.ls during the first six games. George Connally, who had not started a game in months, was chosen by Manager Lena Blackburn, to take the mound for the Sox at the beginning of the "contest.” Before the end of the first inning the Cubs had convinced both Connally and Blackburn that George never should have started a ball game. The Cubs scored six runs In the first inning off Connally, Young Ed Walsh and Grady Adkins. In the fifth they went on another batting spree, drove Adkins from the mound and scored another half dozen runs. Their thirteenth tally was made in the seventh. The American league Sox scored their only runs in the ninth when the Cubs "kidded” them and allowed Kamm to run all the way from first to home on Hunnifield's single. Statistics For 1928 World Series Games St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 10—(U.R)—The official receipts and attendance figures for the 1928 World Series announced today were,: Paid attendance 199,075. Net receipts $777,390. Commission's share $77,729. Players' share $418,736.60. Clubs and League's share $279,824.40 The players, therefore, will divide a larger share than ever before. Attendance records were broken for one game, the first at St. Louis, which was witnessed by 39,602 fans. World Series Leaders —(U.R)— Hits —Babe Ruth, 10. Runs—Babe Ruth, 9. Hitting, Babe Ruth, .625. Doubles—Babe Ruth, 3. Triples—Bottomley, 1. Home runs —Lou Gehrig, 4. Stolen bases—Frisch, 2; Meusel, 2; Lazzeri, 2. leading pitcher—Hoyt won 2, lost 0. o i Notre Dame To Depend On Pass To Defeat Navy Team Notre Dame, Ind., Oct. 10.—(U.R)

1 1 1 | Notre Dame university will play an open game in the tuns e with the Navy at Chicago Saturday. The forward puss will be depended upon fur I many of their gaina, Com h Rockite I lias indicated by bls courses of trainI Ing this week. Roekne announced yesterday he had decided to start 1 Billy Dew at fullback ngaiieit the i Middies. o — Hoosiers Hopeful Os Defeating Michigan Bloomington, Iml., Oct. in - (U.R) Encouraged by their victory over the strong Oklahoma eleven, Indiana Univarsity's grldders today were ready for their first conference gam<- against Michigan Saturday. Because of Michigan's lather poor showing against Ohl j Wesleyan last week, tile Hoosiers feel they have an opportunity to win their first victory over the Wolverines In several years. o Pest Welch To Be Turned Loose Against Minnesota Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 10. (U.R) Pest Welch, star Purdue university halfback, who was kept out of last week's game because of injuries, will be turned loose against Minnesota in tile Boilermakers' first conference clash at Minneapolis Saturday. Coach Jim my Phelan is stressing blocking and tackling. CHICHESTERS-PILLS V THE DIAMOND KRAND. A Aik your Pruffht /\ / for CM-chee-Ura Hrmid Pills Ke<l and Cy ) y with Blue dr! trZ‘J Klbb °o- Take no other. Buy V J -- s&rof your Dracslot. Ask t»r 1/ W Cni.rBEft.TERH I»IA«1ON!1 IX BRAND PILI.S.Dr4Or arsknowo - \ ff' as Best, Safest, Keiiat-le Buy Now t SOLD JJY DRUGGISTS KVtRYWH£B c

i —NO. 6— BA N K STATE ME N T REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE OLD ADAMS COUNTY BANK at Decatur, in the State of Indiana, at the close of its business on October 3. 1928. i — J. W. TYNDALL President D. J. HARKLESS Casnier G. T. BURK Vice-President A. SCHEIJMANN Ass't Cashier R. E. MEIBERS Ass't Cashier RESOURCES LIABILITIES Loans and discounts $960,843.28 Capital Stock —Paid in .. $120,000.00 Overdrafts 2,668.81 Surplus 30,000.00 fTs. Gov't Securities, etc. 5,800.00 '' li,llvl(le(1 Profits—Net 639.13 Demand DeOther bonds, securities, etc. 30,249.94 posits $348,429.89 Banking house . 93,605.01 Demand CerFurnture and fixtures 10,063.38 tificates 663,452.86 Other real estate owned . 62.235.39 Savings DeDue from Trust Companies p sits . 77,380.93 Banks and Bankers and Special Deposits 826.00 Cash on Hand . 168.263.95 Certified Checks 568.00 Cash Items 136.30 ]) U< , | O Banks and Cash short 149.35 Trust Co's. . 44,131.70 ’Other assets not included 1,134,789.38 in the above 1,413.10 Bills payable 50,000.00 Total $1,335,428.. r >l| Total $1,335,428.51 State of Indiana. County of Adaihs. ss: I. I) J. Harkless, Cashier of the Ohl Adams County Bink, of Decatur, Indiana, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true. I). J. HARKLESS, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of October, 1928. (Seal) Mis. Floy L. Blair, Notary Public My commission expires 5-23-1932. p— =F ■ I u.s. Pot I A Long, Severe Winter —ls Just Ahead AND we want to add that it’s going to be mighty disagreeable and expensive — this fall and winter, for the folks who will try to suffer along with a leaking roof overhead. 5 Remember too, that costly fuel heat has lota of fun escaping thru old worn roofs. 5 Before you buy your next roof —for new home or old get our price. \v e will quote you a complete price (applied by reliable local contractors) or we will sell you just the material if you prefer to do the job yourself. To make your roofing dollar last—see us first I Kocher Lumber & Coal Co | First Street Phone 12

PAGE THREE

¥ = = w'-pielt/L Worlds, / SCDTI2 (niwiitto). Iff k IM f »JI w I FTr WWttS 1 Everett & Hite Distr., Decatur Get the Habit—l raae at Home. It Flu