Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 109, Decatur, Adams County, 7 May 1929 — Page 6

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GOOD FIGHTERS ON LOCAL CARD ■■■■' r ' Confident of winning his 8-round boxing bout against Burt Meyers, of Fort Wayne, at Sun Set park, Friday night, i’uul Conrad, of this eity, i; busy getting in trim for the contest ! Conrad lias won several fights the last ; few months and local fans say he lias j an opportunity to get into tile "big; money" as soon as he lias a few more I wins tucked under his belt. Conrad will fight before local fansj Friday night In the semi windup of j the first boxing card to be held in j Adams coiinty for several years. His opponent. Buddy Meyers of Fort Wayne, is the winner of the Fort | Wayne 175-pound elimination bouts and boasts several knockouts. Six iiouts, ending with an 8-round scrap between Jackie Diehm, of Fort Wayne, and Kverett Miller, of Marion, are scheduled for the Friday night show. Diehm and Miller both weigh j in at 135 pounds, and indications are that t,he fight will tie a toss-up from start. The two fighters have never met before. Ed AI herding, another Decatur 175pound product, will make his debut Friday night in a 6-round go with Ituss Allison, of Celina, Ohio. Allison is one of Ohio's best fighters and will give Alberding a real workout. The first bout starts promptly at 8:30 o’clock, central standard time.j and Arthur Hyland will referee alii bouts. The card is being staged by | Floyd Hunter, local fight promoter as matchmaker. The Sun Set pavillion, southeast of the city has been changed into a fight arena and a seating capacity of 1,000 is being arranged for, with plenty of I good general admission seats. Thej gates will open at 7:45 o'clock Friday j night. Watching The Scoreboard Yesterday’s Hero —Pinky Whitney, Phillies’ third baseman, who singled with the bases filled in the ninth inning, giving Philadelphia a 2 to 1 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Claude Willoughby, star Phillies’ right-hander who was knocked out of the box by the Cubs Saturday, held the Chicago Clouters to five hits. Sheriff Blake allowed the Phils but four hits. Steve Swetonic, Pittsburgh rookie had the better of Percy Jones in a mound duel and the Pirates heat the Braves, 4 to 3. Both teams scored two runs in the ninth. The Waner brother, started at hat and in the field. Only home runs counted at the Polo Grounds and the New Yotk Giants broke their losing streak by hitting three circuit tints and defeating the j St. Louis Cardinals, 6 to 1. Terry, Jack son atiFallis accounted for the Giants three runs with homers and Wilson hit one for the Cards. Collecting fifteen hits and stealing six bases, Brooklyn beat Cincinnati 12 to 3. Five Cincinnati errors also j

SPEAKING OF SP©RT BY FRANK GETTY

The Field at Muirfield So many golfers—British and Amer- i ican and some from the Continent and at least one prominent one from South America —are gathered at Muirfield for the qualifying rounds of the British open championship that two courses were used for the preliminary test. That Is, those who played the championship course yesterday in the open ing round of the 36-hole qualifying test are over on the public links of Gullane today. While this scheme tias its obvious disadvantages, it is about the only practicable one in sight when nearly 250 candidates turn up for the open The National Open Championship of the United States is somewhat more limited, the entrants qualifying by districts with the exception of 30 who are invited to compete because of their good work in the open of the year before. Among Those Present Afi cr today’s weeding out process is completed, the survivors will go out after the title. It will be grim work with none able to take it easy until his day’s round is finished. Some of these professionals, despite the fact that they have been golfing all their lives, succeed in worrying themselves sick during the week of a championship. Victory means so much and human nerves are so hard to control under the circumstances. Some, like Hagen and Barnes, are phlegmatic in the extreme. Speaking of Barnes, who saunters along with a clover leaf in his mouth, ‘‘Uonk Jim” has had a good record in British open competition. It was only four years ago that Barnes won the title, with a card of 300 at Prestwick. Last year at Sandwich, Jim tied for fifth place, while at Sandwich in 1922, when Hagen first won the British open, Barnes was in

| aided the Robins. Bill Clark went the | route for the Robins, pitching well be- ! hind a safe lead. Bob Mensel's home run with the I bases filled in the tenth inning gave I the New York Yankees their third I straight victory over the Chicago | White Sox, 7 to 6. The White Sox littgt-d a three-tun rally In their half of the tenth lint vicic stopped by Waite Hoyt witii the tying and winning 1 runs on base. Harry iiellmann’s hitting featured ; Detroit’s third straight win over (lie 1 Boston Red Sox, 8 to 4 The veteran j outfielder hit the home runs and baitjed in five inns. Carroll pitched his | fitst complete game of the season for | the Tigers. Ten runs in the fifth inning enabled I the Washington Senators to beat the | Cleveland Indians, 13 to 5. Braxton ! held the Indians to five hits until the j ninth when lie eased up and permitted 1 the tribe to make three hits and three runs. Ooslin hit a homer in the ninth. Wet grounds pievented the final game between the Athletics and Brwons. BEARS DEFEAT PORTLAND, 1-0 Berne. May 7 —(Special)—ln an airtight baseball game, played here Saturday afternoon, the Berne high school Bears shut out the Portland Panthers, j 1 to 0. Claitser was on the mound for j Berne and he held the Panthers to I two hits, while his teammates accord|ed him excellent support. Cummins pitched gootl Dali for Portland, also, allowing only three hits and striking out eight batters. Berne's game-winn-ing score came in the sixth inning. Clauser walked and advanced to sec- | ond when Stucky was hit by the pitl cher. Liechty lifted a long sacrifice | flv and Clauser scored from second afj ter the catch. Each team made two i errors. Score by innings: R. 11. E. Portland 000 000 o—o 2 2 Rente 000 000 o—l 3 2 Batteries: Cummins and Sherman; Clauser and Myers. YESTERDAY'S HOMERS Heilman, Tigers 2 Lazzeri. Yankees 1 Mnsel, Yankees 1 Goslin, Senators 1 Jackson, Giants 1 Terry, Giants 1 Fullis. Giants 1 l Cullop, Dodgers 1 Picinich, Dodgers 1 Wilson. Cardinals 1 Shanet, Reds 1 National League 75 American I-eague 64 Totals 139 I o Waldron. —A class of 27 was awarded diplomas at the commencement of tlte Waldron high school, the speaker | for which was Dr. C. Perry Gibbs, Warsaw. For the first time in history members of the class were attired in caps and gowns.

a tie for second. He was sixth in his first ope nin 1922 an dhas failed to qualify but once since that time, never finishing farther back than in a tie for tenth. Hagen Triple Winner Walter Hagen won at Sandw'ich in 1922, at iloylake in '24 and again at Sandwich last spring. Only one man since 1900 has won the open title more times than Walter. James Braiil of Great Britain's great golfing trio has five open championships to his credit during the current century. Harry Var don and J. H. Taylor, the other mem hers of golf's ‘‘Big Three” each won the open thrice. The complexion of the British open lias changed, in common with some other things, since the world war. Play was suspended from 1914 until 1920 and when the Britons resumed their golf, there were the Americans to be reckoned w T ith. We had some good golfers in this country before the war, particularly amateurs, but none cold break throgh the lines established by Vardon, Taylor and Braid. Or Own Amateur When the American amateur champinship is played in September we are going to see some surprises, some new faces up among the quarter-finalists and perhaps a champion little known to golfing fame at the moment. There will be many amateurs accustomed to contending in the East and Middle West who cannot make the long trip across the continent to Pebble Beach. On the other hand, there will be many amateurs along the Pacific Coast, where they tell me the finest amateur goifers grow, who CAN attend this year where they couldn’t cross the country eastward. One of these far western golfers is going to startle the sports world next fal.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1929

TANK SLOGGERS GET INTO ACTION Tly Bert Demity, HP Staff Correspondent Chicago, May 7.- U.R)--With "murderer’s row” whacking the hall in great style, the New York Yankees moved on to St. Louis today, confident they will lie leading the league before their present western invasion is ended. Besides taking with them a clean i sweep of the three-game series with the White Sox, the Yanks carried I along some 53-506 improved batting averages. In 53 times at bat, the four men of the “row’’—Ruth, Gehrig, Meusel and i Lazzeri —locked out 26 hits, for tin average approximating .500. Nine of the hits were home runs, distributed as follows: Gehrig, 3, all in one garni l : Ruth. 2; Lazzeri, 2; Meusel, 2. The average of the entire teant for tlte series was slightly better than .333, gained from yesterday’s game when a late Sox rally tied the seore. Tlte Yanks came bock in the tenth with four runs, in the style peculiar to them. Koenig tripled. Figuring it better to pitch to anyone other than Ruth or Gehrig, Young Boh Weiland walked Ruth, intending to get Meusel. ! Manager Blackburne of the Sox decided to send in A. Thomas, one of his aces at this point and Meusel greeted Thomas with a home run. That was the story throughout the series. If Ruth was walked. Gehrig slammed one. If Gehrig walked Meusel slammed one and if all three got on Lazzeri socked the ball. The only weakness the Yanks showed here centers around pitching. Pipgras hurling the best game but the Sox nicked him for ten safe blows. However, a team that averages approximately nine runs per game can get along without shut-out hurling. Lou Gehrig; not content with turning in one of the greatest hitting performances in modern baseball history when he obtained three home runs last Saturday, followed through with a record of eight hits out of 12 times at bat in the series. Ruth got eight out of 13. White Sox fans still are talking about the home-run achievement of Saturday when Ruth, Gehrig and Meusel hit home-runs in succession in the seventh inning. It was the second time the three had turned the trick. The other was in 1925. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Central League Erie 9; Fort Wayne 6. Dayton at Akron, rain Springfield at Canton, rain. National League Philadelphia 2; Chicago 1. New York 3; St. IjOttis 1. Pittslflirgh 4; Boston 3. Brooklyn 12; Cincinnati 3 American League Detroit 8; Boston 4. Washington 13; Cleveland 5. New York 7; Chicago 6 Philadelphia at St. Louis wet ground American Association Minneapolis 5; Toledo 2. Columbus 6; St. Paul 3. Indianapolis at Milwaukee rain Louisville at Kansas City, rain. Two Youngsters Defeat Tilden In Same Day Philadelphia, May 7 —(UP) —William T. Tilden, ranking player of the United States, suffered defeat twice here yesteiday at the hands f young players picked for the United States Davis cup team. John Hennessey, Indianapolis, heat Tilden. 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 and John Van Ryn, former Princeton captain, beat him 7-5, 6-3. o 1;750 Boys To Enter I. H. S. A. A. Track Meet Anderson, Ind., May 7. —(U.R) —One hundred and sixty-six teams, composed of approximately 1,750 athletes, have entered the high school sectional track meets to be held May 11, it was announced today by Arthur L. Trester, secretary of the I.H.S.A.A. In 1928 there were 153 teams and 1,679 boys. The meets will be held at Bloomington, Elwood, Fort Wayne, Gary, Garrett, Indianapolis, Kentland, Linton, Marion, Montezuma, New Albany, Peru, Petersburg, Rushville and South Bend. ’ o Walter Johnson Forced To Enter Hospital Today Washington, May 7.—(U.R) —Walter Johnson, manager of the Washington Senators, arrived here today from Cleveland where he was forced to leave his club because of a kidney infection and was taken immediately to the emergency hospital. o * Corydon. — Harrison county’s new courthouse here was dedicated today with Judge Herdis Clements of the Posey circuit court, Mt. Vernon, was speaker. The building is a three-story structure of Bedford stone and yellowbrick. It is equipped throughout with metal furniture and fireproof vaults are provided for records. Avilla. —A bronze tablet, honoring Miss Elizabeth Stewart, for 39 years of service as a teacher, has been placed in the new auditorium of the Allen township school.

Herne Independent Baseball Team Organizes Berne, May. 7 — (Special) — Tin 1 Berne Independent baseball leant was reorganized for the season at a meeting held last Friday. Edward E. Liechty was re-elected manager, and Myron | Clauser, veteran second baseman, was \ named captain. Tin 1 team will play on the Niusbaum lot, along U. S highway No. 27. on Sutunlay afternoons. Several clubs have written for gutties already. LEO DIEGEL LEADS GOLFERS Muirfield, Scotland, May 7 —(UP) —‘ All the American professionals and| one prominent amateur qualified to-j day for the British open golf championship, Diogel of White Planes, N. Y„ leading the field with a low aggregate of 144 strokes. After Diegel came Bobby Cruickshatik, with 147, and then the large field of qualifiers stretched out until Ed Dudley of California just squeezed i in with a tie for last place with 162. Muirfield, Scotland, May 7 —Leo Diegel, White Plains professional, took! the lead over the qualifying field in j the British open golf championship today with an aggiegate of 144 strokes.' The American P. G. A. and Canadian champion shot a brilliant 7t< over the championship Muirfield course, to add to his worthy 74 in the rain at Vttllane yesterday. Diegel. whose play was the bright spot in tlte American side during the Ryder cup defeat, was out in 36 and home i tithe same figure today, to lead the qualifiers. Bobby Chiukshank, American pro, stepped into second place among the qualifiers, with an aggregate of 147, three strokes behind Diegel. Playing the Muirfield course today, the "Wee Scot" had 37-37-74 to add to his hiilliant 73 at Gttllance on Monday. Recalls Great Victory Perry's victory memorial at Put in Bay, Ohio, was erected by tlte United States government and the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, Rhode Island, Kentucky and Massachusetts, commemorating ttie battle of Lake Erie, September 13, IS 13. It is 352 feet high, and cost more titan a million 1 dollars. o Hey! Kathryn, age four, does not take kindly to some of the modern dialect brought home by her older sister, who Is experiencing the tlirJßs of a first year in school. Tlte following was overheard the other evening: ‘‘Hey, Kathryn, don't do that!” to which Kathryn retorted: “Don't ‘hey’ me, that Is t< call pigs, cows and bears by.” Jefferson’* Slavery Ideas In Randall’s “Life of Jefferson” appears tlte following: “He believed no preparation would render it expedient to admit them (slaves) to the full rights of citizenship by making them a part of the electoral body; and on the other hand, he considered their retention in tlte state ns a permanently dis.inet and inferior free enste as fraifcht with insuperable evils and dangers.” A Drawback Prominent women and social workers in New York have started a movement to gather a supply of durable toys to be lent to poor children for a stated time, as books are lent by public libraries. The Idea is philanthropic, but Imagine tlte feelings of a poor child called upon to give up his durable top at the end of the stated time! o —■ Flags at Olympic Games The flag use for tlie Olympic games (tas an arrangement of five circles on a white or neutral background. The three upper circles, blue, black and red, do not touch, but they are Joined by the two lower circles of yellow and green, which in turn do not touch each other. The blue circle represents Europe; the black, Africa; tlte red America; the yellow, Asia, and the green, Australasia. Famous Dueling Ground The Oaks, one of the most famous dueling grounds In tlte world, was in tlte suburbs of New Orleans. On one particular Sunday in 1828, ten duels were fought there. Between 1834 and 1844, scarcely n day passed without a duel. The oaks on this ground are still standing. Duels In those days were fought over such unimportant differences that they would now be regarded as trivial. o Monument to St. Francis A very beautiful monument to St. Francis of Assissi has been erected In the ancient cemetery at Milan, Italy. St. Francis was the founder of the religious order of the Friars Minor, usually styled the Franciscans. He was known for simplicity, amiabilIty and extreme beauty of character and was noted for his love of nature. o Holds Us Up The lowest rock of the earth’s crust is granite. It is (lie bedrock of the world, and contains no vegetable or animal components.

PETER OE PAOLO TO ENTER RACE Indianapolis, May 7 — (U.R) — Pott-r DePaoln, retired Italian speedway star, is one champion who Is coming back. Crowned king of the American automobile racing drivers In 1925 and in 1927, tills nephew of the famous Ralph DePalma who retired following an accident Last May will drive In the < seventeenth international 500 tittle race to be held at the Indianapolis motor speedway. May 39. He will pilot a front Wheel drive Boylp valve special, as a member of I the, three car team of which Cliff I Woodbury is captain. Woodbury named DePaolo Sunday and the two time j champion confirmed Ills intention to | drive here by wire to T. E. "Pop" Myers, general manager of the track. DePaolo won here in 1925 in a Duesenberg. establishing a record for the 500 miles at a pace of 101.13 ntiies an hour. It is DePaolo’s mark, still standing, which the wiseacres of rac- ! ing declare will be shattered in the ! coming contest. Peter, who is young, athletic and the father of a son and daughter, first came to the Indianapolis track as mechanic and riding aide for Ralph npPalma. After a few years of this

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tutelage, he decided in branch out for hlmaelf — much against his Uncle Ralph's wishes. Persls’ency won him a car but for u year he punctuated every retaining wall on every track In Hie country with a smashttp As a filial chance, Fred Duesenlierg placed him on a tar and he promptly went out and won the International 500-mile race here and began a series of victories that made hint one of the outstanding drivers of till lime. Last year In tly l first lap of his qualifying four laps for position n. tlte start of tin l 500-mile race, DePaolo Hunted over in the north turn, without even completing his first lap. lie was rilling at a high rate of sp*ed, attempting to gain a front row position in a group of competition that forced Leon Duray to ride to a new record of 124.01 Sj ntiies an Hour to gain the pole. o CIRCUS TO GIVE STREET PARADE (CONTINUED KROH PAfiE ONE* the finest specimens in America. The parade will leave the showgrounds at 11 a.m., and headed by the trumpeting bands and blaring bugles the magnificent spectacle will wind its way through the principal streets of the city. In the parade will lie found lumbering elephants, camels, zebras, chariots, barges and allegorical floats. All of the parade equip-

">*'lll Is Rorgeotidy fully fashioned, lavishlv t ,hr '"-Mllancy of thß J™'* a glorious array before la fon„ er £g» * Ar "’ r parade, n.. doors open night, the menagerie door '*** At P-m and the big show begins at 8 pm, ‘'*#4* Gentry Tit others this „„ the greatest drew nerform°“ ■tppeating With the organtaJE ** I,H "' •"■v h«lf ir o # LS mhix success. Among thL . H Cottrell-Powell >rm,pe Bn d port family , f world f amm J trians; the noted Pacheco tjH Intrepid acrobats; the Xj?** ily of daring Mexican eqmiZ* Zenaros. fearless aerially, J less Pottc.s, amazing rider,? O’Neal Trio of sensational the Knight family of dartne walkers and scores „ pon 3C# '* others. The big show travels b J own special train and carries £ people an,l 300 horses this v , ar ? ’’b’g top" will comfortably m ri people and is waterproof.' Gary.—Pleading guilty to partM* on in a holdup that netted only« cents, Thomas Klemeciak was w tenred to one to ten years in pr i™ j by Judge Martin Smith of Lake crlmInal court.