Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 103, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1929 — Page 6

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YANKEES NEED GOOD PITCHERS New York, Apr. 30. —(UP) — Give Miller Huggins a half dozen Waite Hoyts and the worries of the diminutive manager of the New York Yankees will be at an end. Until a few Yankee pithers develop Hoytian tendencies, however. Huggins may find a great many high hurdles bl eking the road to his fourth straight American League pennant. The American League season of 1929 is two weeks old and the champion Yankees, with a record of five victories and four defeats, are lodged in third place instead of being out in front, as so many expected. To make matters worse, the Yankees are having more than their share of trouble with the Philadelphia Ath letics—the one team Babe Ruth wd company was "sure" of winning from. In five games played with Cornelius Macgillicuddy's youngsters the Yanks have won two. both by comparatively lucky breaks, while the A's have pounded Yankee pitchers for a total of 43 hits and 25 runs. The Yanks can boast a record of two victories in three games with the Boston Red Sox —if losing a game | to the Bostonians is anything to I boast about. They also hold one victory over Washington in the only game played between the teams so far. And the reason for the deepening furrows on the usually passive brow of Miller Huggins is that he has but one Waite Hoyt on his staff of first string hurlers. The value of Hoyt can easily be estimated when one considers that he has won three of the Yankees' five victories, and is the only pitcher to last nine innings for them. Hoyt has pitched three full games and allowed a total of 17 hits—an average of less than six Mows a game. The other pitchers have met with uniformly indifferent success. The following chart outlines, briefly, the reason for the deepening gloom that hovers over the Yankee dugout. Pitcher Innings Hits j Hoyt - 27 17 l Helmach - 16 Pipgras h 2-3 16 Rhodes * 6 " Pennock 6 lb | .Johnson • 4 2-3 S Zachary 4 1-3 4 Moore 2 1-3 Totals 75 67 Today the Yanks open here with the Washington Senators paying their first visit of the year. The Y’anks will have to make a clean sweep with Walter Johnson’s men if they expect | to start their first western tour aided by the “superiority" psychology which the critics predicted would be their greatest asset this year. o — Dr. J. C. Grandstaff, of Preble, was a business visitor in the city this morning.

SPEAKING OF SP@RT BY FRANK GETTY

A Matter of Records American sprinters seem to be | somewhat speedier this spring than : they were at Amsterdam. Percy Williams, double Olympic j splint champion, may be thankful te wasn't called upon to meet such runners as Claude Brace and George Simpson have turned out to be in 1929. At the Olympic Games last summer, Bracey wasn't within two fifths of a second of his present form, while ' Simpson didn't make the American team. In a trial heat of the 100-yard dash at the Texas relays, the Rice Institute flyer was clckedo in 9 5-10, as fast as any sprinter ever has traveled unaided by wind at his back or force of gravity. in another heat Btacey broke the tape in 9 4-10, but a slight breeze was held to have helped him along a little. In a dual meet with Pittsburgh, Simpson, who is a junior at Ohio State skimmed the century in 9 5-10 without so much as a breath of air at his back save the puffing of his startled opponents. To prove it was no fluke, the Buckeye sprinter went right back at Father Time in the fuilong dash, which he won in 20 6-10. There seems to be some misuirderstanding as to which of these performances, if any, constitute new “records.” The facts of the matter are that officals world's records are kept by fifths of a seconds, not by tenths; that only the International Amateur Athletic Federation, which meets every two years, has the right to declare a performance a world's record and that the requirements of the I. A. A. F. in the matter of certification are so strict that it is unlikely that either Bracey or Simpson will be credited

STANDINGS Central League W L Pct. Erie 3 1 .760 Akron 3 1 .750 Fort Wayne 2 2 ,st)o , Canton 2 2 .500 Springfield 1 3 .250 Dayton 1 3 .250 National League W L Pct Boston - 6 2 .750 Chicago 7 4 .636 New York 4 3 .571 9ti. Louis 7 5 .583 Philadelphia 4 6 .444 Pittsburgh 4 6 .400 Cincinnati 4 7 .361 Brooklyn 3 7 .300 American League W L Pct. Philadelphia 7 3 .700 St. Louis 9 4 .692 New York ... 5 4 .556 , Chicago 5 6 .455 lb-'toil 6 1 .429 Cleveland 5 7 .417 Bostofl 3 5 .375 Washington .... ... 3 6 .333 Yesterday's Results Central League Fort Wayne 26. Erie 6 Akron 15. Dayton 5 Canton 7, Springfield 4. National League Chicago 4' Cincinnati 3 St. Louis 7. Pittsburgh 3 Only games scheduled. American League Philadelphia 10. New York 1 St. Louis 3, Detroit 2 Chicago 13, Cleveland 4 Only games scheduled. American Association St. Paul 4. Indianapolis 3 Kansas City 9, Toledo 7 Minneapolis 12, Louisville 4 Columbus 8, Milwaukee 3. Q HOME RUN CLUB -(U.K— Leaders: Jacksen, Giants . 3 Wilson, Cubs 3 Blue. Browns 3 Hafey. Cardinals 3 Ott, Giants 3 Herman. Dodgers 3 Harper, Braves 3 O'Doul, Phillies .3 Yesterday's Homers Haas, Athletics 1 Simmons, Athletics 1 Katnm, White Sox 1 —o Wealth Cannot Buy The things in life too dear for any wealth to buy—the love and confidence of men—will go, without the asking, to the man. perhaps poor are I obscure, of strenuous purj»ose, fighting for the right and making always on the world the fine Impression of a life true, brave and self forgetful

with anything more imposing than having equalled the best American mark for the century dash. Ft.t long Record If the time at Pittsburgh meets the requirements of the Amateur Athletic Union, Simpson probably will be credited with having equalled the present world’s record for 220 yards, established by Roland Locke just three years ago. Locke's 20.6 for the furlong was accepted by the I. A. A. F. at Amsterdam last summer. As for the 100-yard dash, manv sprinters have done 10 3-5 but the names f only five appear in the athletic almanac which lists the official world’s records. These five are Charley Paddock, Chet Bowman, Cyril H. Coaffee, H. P. Drew and D. J. Kelly. This is not to say that others havenot run as fast. Records are created by athletes but established by officials. From 1921 to 1926, Paddock was officially credited with 9 3-5 six times, and so his name appears six times on the list of official world’s records, whereas a score of other names might just as well be on the list, if it means anything. Paddock is one of the few sprinters credited with 9 5-10 for the century. Jackson V. Scholz, veteran Olympic sprinter, has covered the 100 yards in that time, and so have several others, but Paddock’s name is the only onely one appearing on the list of American amateur records. Charley also held the 220-yard record until Locke came along. Given a fast track and ideal weather conditions, some one is going to step the century in 9 2-5 one of these fine days under circumstances which will allow the A. A. U. and the I. A. A. F. no choice hut to accept the performance as a new and permanent world’s record.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, APRIL 3(1, 1929.

Watching The Scoreboard —<u.»— Yesterday's hero —Mickey Cochrane, peppery Philadelphia catcher, who tripled with the bases loaded and then stole homo In the eighth inning, to count four of the runs tne Athletics employed In defeating the New Yolk Yankees, 10 to 1, at Philadelphia. The ambitious A’s stepped all over the theory that the Yanks were a “jinx'' to them, to win their third victory out of five games with the New Yorkers. Walberg, after yielding a run in the first inning, settled down and held the Yanks scoreless for eight frames, with six hits. The St. Louis Browns continued to lead the western teams in the Amer lean league by defeating the Detroit Tigers, 3 to 2, at Detroit. The game was a pitching duel between Gray and Sorrell, both yielding nine hits. Gray, however, kept his opponents under a little better control. The Chicago White Sox clouted out a 13 to 4 victory over the Cleveland Indians at Chicago, Ted Lyons pitching for the winners. The Indians totaled 13 hits off Lyons but were unable to bunch them with great success. Cleveland was charged with four errors. The St. louis Cardinals scored four runs in the last of the eighth at St. Louis to break a tie and win from the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7 to 3. Four pitchers worked the Pittsburgh mound while Mitchell, the winning pitcher, went the route. Charley Root held Cincinnati to 9 hits and the Chicago Cubs trounced I the Reds, 4 to 3, at Cincinnati. Root, first up in the third, tripled bu 4 the best efforts of the Chicago "murderer's row" failed Jo advance him and he died on the bag. o. “Auld Lang Syna” The author of the song, “Auld Lang Syne,” Is not known. Songs bearing this name have been sung since the Seventeenth century. The verse has been attributed to Robert Burns, who, however, credits It to nn old minstrel.

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Sonnenberg Defends His Title w J i W "W* ’ ■ j \ fjß t ... —...... i 4 fcChicago, Apr. 30—(U.R)—Gus Sonnenberg, (above), heavyweight wrestling champion, successfully defended his title by defeating Joe Malcewicx in two straight falls. The first fall came in 52:38 with a flying tackle. Sonnenberg's specialty and the second in 2:52. with a half Nelson and crotch hold.

CITY TO HAVE BASEBALLTEAM Decatur will have a baseball team in the field this summer. The team, which has just been organized, will make its debut next Sunday, meeting the Wren, Ohio, nine on Legion athletic field here. The game will be called at 2:30 o'clock. The Decatur team will include in its lineup, several former Decatur, Preble

Kirkland and Willshire players. Paul Busse. 115 Not th Tenth street, is managing the team. Schneider and Ralph Lindeman probably will do most of the hurling and Kreigh, of Ossian, will do the catching. Other playets on the roster include: Omlor, Gerry, McDougal, Mylott, Corson, Bill Lindeman. Busse, Huffman, anil Cockran. o Hard to Beat “For sustained flight without refuel Ing,” muttered the Old Crab, "the rec ord Is still held by the janitor of out apartment house."

BRITISH STRIKE OE 1926 STILL CASTS SHADOW International Labor Day Not Likely To Be Widely Celebrated, However By Kendall Foss (United Pi ess Staff Cot respondent) London. April 30-Three years ago tonight at midnight the Government’s coal subsidy came to an end ami the country seethed under the shadow of an approaching cliraax in its Industrial history. Today the country is seething under the shadow of a General Election which many consider will be greatly influenced by the events of May. 1926 International Labor Day tomorrow will not he paitlcularly celebrated in Britain. The Labor party ,is concentrating most of its energies oh securing a maximum poll at the end of the month and what demonstrations there are will be held next Sunday when a larger turn-out of working people can be looked for. It wason May 1, 1926. that chairman of the Trades Union Congress Arthur Pugh left the meeting with the Miners Federation to tell the assembly newspapermen a General Strike had been called for midnight of May 3. That strike and the Trades Union Bill which Parliament passed the following year have left a fruitful legacy of election controversy between the Conservative and laihor tanks. Strike Frequently Recalled Conservatives frequently recall the strike, citing it as an illustration of Labor's unfitness to rule while Laltor circles are often bitter in their con demnation of the "unjustnesses" of the Trades Union Bill. Some Conservative quarters declare that since 1926 there has heen a slight but steady upward trend in trade cnditions; Labor observers are inclined

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