Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 113, Decatur, Adams County, 11 May 1929 — Page 6

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MILLER BAnLES KLIEKE TO DRAW AT SUNSET PARR Large Crowd Sees Boxing Card Here Friday Night; More Fights Promised A large anil enthusiastic crowd greeted tne first of a series of boxing cards scheduled for Sunset park i •southeast of this city , last night. Everett Miller, of Marion, and Jimmie I Kuzke of Lima. Ohio, fought til-! main go to a draw, amid the cheers i of the crowd. Both boys fought hard I and were evenly matched all the way through the eight rounds. Kuzke was bleeding about th“ mouth and Miller's body was red and swollen, showing that both fighters gave and received a lot of punishment. In the first bout, Young Murray and Young Peeper, two lads from Bluffton. staged an interesting four rounds. The boys were evenly matched and each tipped the scale at around 95 rounds. Both boys scored several hard blows, and showed plen-1 ty of action. In the second bout, Kidd Bubbs, youthful fly-weight champion of Portland, fought Mickey Walker, of Bluffton. a much heavier opponent. The fight was interesting and on several occasions the crowd stood and cheered as the two youthful scrappers hammered each other. Then came a couple of love-birds front Ceiina. Ohio. Both fighters weighed in at 145 pounds, combed | their hair and danced around the ring. j The comedians were Battling Smelzer ; and Mickey Syler, of Ceiina. Neither! fighter showed more than a good: waltz in the first round and during the second round, with the crowd half asleep, Syler slipped a slight tapj to Smelzer's neck and Smelzer laycil j gently down and took the count. The miserable showing of these two Ivox- 1 ers was in no way the fault of the management. Paul Conrad, local fighter, received, ’ a fractured arm last week in a fight j and was unable to be on the program. Thex next bout was a four-round go between Steve Wagoner, Indiana's only one-legged fighter, and Gene Gaskill, of Fort. Wayne. Gaskill was j a real scrapper and refused to take J advantage of Wagoner. Me beat him around the ring for four rounds and. ; at times, when only a slight top! would have floored Wagoner, Gaskill would step back and permit him to get his balance. Spectators at Sunset expressed the hope that Gaskill would appear in') I'.ecatur again jn a more evenly I matched l»out. Wagoner’s brother i and sister, of Fort Wayne, formerly | of near this city, became unruly during the program and were ejected from Sunset by Sheriff ffarl Hollingsworth. They troth received orders lo never return to the local pavillion. In the semi-windup, Ed Alberding, | local 175-pounder, lost on a foul in j the third round of a scheduled four- ' round go, to Bud Meyers, of Fort ; Wayne. Meyers had taken a lot of

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A controversy which eveu the most | si confirmed liaseball fans never have | e thrashed out satisfactorily is whether T hitting or pitching is of most value jtl to a hall club which aspires to win a 1 pennant. If There have been teaVns which blast- c ed their way through to the top on r: the strength of a powerful offensive. | o and then there have been others which j s won tlie world series by keeping down | ii their opponents' scores. Such were the Chicago White Sox of 1906, who ti have come down to us in baseball his- fi tory as the "Hitless Wonders.” The n New York Yankees of 1928, present c world’s champions, were an example t of a club which had no superlative tl defense, but which usually went out 'i and made the most runs in any given w ball game. Lou Gehrig, who contributes one of I the major portions to the Yankee of- " fensive, recently declared that lie be- it lieved pitching was of more import- o ance to a hall club than hitting. Some t managers believe that if they can assemble half a dozen .300 hitters they do not need to worry about their c pitching staff. t The Slugging Tigers 1 As Is the case in every argument s since the first one about the snake r and the apple, there is much to be ( said on both sides. Some ball clubs s have come down through the years with the reputation for slugging, and c each succeeding manager has built t up his pennant hopes upon that has- r Is. i Take the Detroit Tigers, for in- t

punishment from tl*> rushing tactics of Alberding and the local scrapper was on h s way to n well-earned victory when, as Meyers fell Irack to the ropes. Alberding’* knee struck his opponent below the belt and Meyers fell jto the canvas. Referee Kilgore awarded Meyers the fight, because of the foul blow. lit is understood that the two men j will Ire scheduled to appear at Sunset again this summer. Several good scrappers are now being booked for the next program at I sunset, and, judging from the reception the contests received last night, it is assurred that there will be more booths here this spring atid summer. Dan Zeser, owner of Sunset, and Floyd Hunter, matchmaker, received lan ovation front the crowd and they ’promised the fans that the anticipated program of fights would be carried out here. j At times, the crowd cheered and booed, but with the exception of the : one incident, no one became unruly, j Manager Zeser and Mr. Huntijr expressed their regret that it was necessary to call on officers to eject the, Wagoner woman from the audience and they stated today that they would do all in their power to keep the programs clean and give the fans the best programs possible. Ralph DePalma Wants To Drive In Big Race Indianapolis, May 11— U.R) —-Halpli De Palma. 46 is determined to drive | in this year's 500-miles automobile. race in spite of his grey hairs. De Palma, probably the best known j of international racing stars, is at the track here now. looking for a suit- j able car. If he can get it he will 1 i drive again, if not—-but there arel j 46 cars nominated for the race and I it is no secret that De Palma could i have his choice of them. De Palma won the race in a German Mercedes in 1915 and has competjed in ten 500-mile events here, driving a total of 4,061 miles. He was always a favorite with the crowd, although hard luck kept him out of the money on numerous occasions. Berne Young Man Is Expert Marksman — Berne, May 11—0 Special >—- Austin ; F. Lehman, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A ; Lehman, of Berne, who is working for ! a Ph. D. degree at Ohio State univer , | sity, is making a fine reputation as a ! ! marksman at Columbus. Mr. Lehman i competed in the Citizen's Shoot, at Columbus, Thursday, being entered as a member of a team of five men representing the best marksmen in the city of Columbus. He tanks third on the team. o Wattle V*. Mimosa There are about 450 species of acacia which grow in the warmer recions of the globe. Various Australian species are known ns “wattle” and are closely allied to the “mimosa” of America. oPedestrian Protection One way the law can protect the pedestrian is to make it a misdej meaner to use the crossing.—Lynchhnrg News.

stance. They always have been notJd as sluggers, since the days when ry Cobb and Sam Crawfords were the despair of hurlers. This year. Bucky Harris has a collection of hitters who are keeping his dub in the American league pennant race. If it were not for the Detroit offensive, the club would be nudging some others for a comfortable place in the cellar, even at this early date. When the first American league batting averages were published, it was fonnd that the Tigers were fairly murdering the liall. The only thing comparable to their performance was the showing of the Chicago Cubs in the National league. The famous Yankees with their "Murderers' How", were quite in the shade. Harry Rice, Gehringer, Heilmann, Dale Alexander, Marty McManus and "Fat” Fothergill brought their batting eyes and beef to bear upon the offerings of opposing pitchers, and the results were devastating. The Cubs Can Hite Over in the other circuit, the Chicago Cubs lost no time 1 trustifying their reputation as sluggers. Wilson, Hornsby, Stephenson and Grimm started from the barrier with a barrage of base hits which swept the Cubs up into the first division withiu striking distance of the top. But in the final analysis of a ball club’s real strength, the pitching must be given first place. Lou Gehrig is right. Nine pennant races out of ten, it wil take effective work in the box to break into the world series.

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D. H. 8, LOSES AT COLUMBIA CITY Although they played nice hall In the field, the Decatur high school Yellow Jackets were unable to hit In their conference baseball game at (Vilunibia City, Friday, hml the Eagles won easily, 19-2. Columbia City collected a total of 17 hits which were good for 19 runs off the deliver of the Decatur pitchers. Smith, on the mound for Columbia City, held the Yellow Jackets to six safe hits. Decatur made three errors and Columbia City, one. Box score: Decatur AB R H E I .add, lb .10 10 Shoaf, 2b 9 0 12 Snedeker, Sh ....... 4 tr 0 1 Hehble. If. 2 0 0 0 Manlier, ss 3 0 10 K. Brown, cf 2 0 0 0 F. Brown, c 3 110 Schamerloh, p. 2 1 0 1 0 , Kocher, rs. .3 11 0 Harmon, p. 1 0 0 0 j Williams, cf 0 0 0 0 1 ‘Frosch 1 o 0 0 Totals 27 2 6 3 Columbia City AB B H E Spear, ss 6 4 4 1 J. Wolf, 3b 14 0 0 Smith, p 4 3 4 0 Killian, lb s r l 2 0 Worden, 2b 4 0 2 0 R. Wolf, If 5 0 1 0 | Lower, rs 3 1 0 0 | Kessler, cf „ 4 110 Bowie, c 4 4 3 0 Hull, If 10 0 0 i Ross, c.f 110 0 • — ~ 1 Totals 38 17 17 1 •Battle for Williams in seventh. R. H. E. Decatur 010 000 1 — 2 6 3 ! Columbia City 341 614 x —l 917 1 STANDINGS CENTRAL LEAGUE W 1.. Pet. Erie 9 3 .750 Akron 7 4 .636 Dayton 7 6 .538 Canton ... 6 S .429 Fort Wayne 5 8 .385 ; Springfield 4 9 .308 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pet. I Chicago . 12 6 .684 , St. Louis 12 7 .632 Boston 9 7 .563 : Pittsburgh .... 9 8 .529 ! Cincinnati 9 10 .474 New York - 6 9 .400 Philadelphia 7 11 .389 Brooklyn 6 12 .33" AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. Pet. New York 13 4 .165 Philadelphia 12 6 .667 St. Louis 12 8 .600 Detroit 12 11 .522 Cleveland ... 10 11 .476 Washington 6 11 .353 Chicago 7 13 .350 Boston • 5 13 .278 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L. Pet. Minneapolis .14 5 .737 Kansas City 14 6 .700 St. Paul 13 8 ~619 Indianapolis 10 11 .476 Milwaukee ....... 10 11 .476 Toledo 8 13 .381 Columbus 7 15 .318 Louisville 6 13 .316 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Central League Canton. 15; Fort Wayne, 4. Akron, 5; Erie, 4. Dayton, 8; Springfield, 5. National League Cincinnati, 5; Boston, 3. Chicago, 11; New York, 4. St. Liouis, 4; Brooklyn, 0. Pittsburgh, 13; Philadelphia, 9. American League New York, 10; Detroit, 5. Cleveland, 9; Philadelphia, 0. Washington, 4; Chicago, 2. St. Louis, 4; Boston, 3. American Association Milwaukee, 7; Columbus. 3. Toledo, 7; Kansas City, 2. Indianapolis at St. Paul, rain. Louisville at Mineapolis, rain. o — HOME RUN CLUB UMt -(U.R)— Gehrig, Yankees 7 Ruth, Yankees 6 Ott, Giants *> Jackson, Giants 5 Wilson, Cubs 5 Foxx, Athletic s 5 O’noul, Phillies 5 Yesterday’s Homers Ruth, Yankees 1 Averill, Indians 1 Meusel, Yankees 1 Heilmann, Tigers 1 Klein, Phillies 1 Stripp, Reds 1 Grantham, Pirates 1 Bell, Braves 1 Cuyler, Cubs 1 Root, Cubs 1 Totals i National League 101 , American League 74 Total - 175

Hangs Up First One _____ T. For the first time since August, 1926, a no hit, no-run game was pitch ed in the National League when Carl Hubhell, youthful Giant hurler, turned the Pirates back without a hit or run. His game would have been perfect except for Adams of the Pittsburghers who walked once and was safe on an error. CAN2ONERI WINS IMPORTANT ROUT Chicago, May 11. — (U.R) —Partially avenged for the defeat which cost him his featherweight title, Tony Canzoneri, game little Italian fighter stood out today as a logical contender for the junior lightweight title, which Tod Morgan now holds. The largest indoor crowd in history —25.000 — last night saw Canzoneri win a ten round decision from Andre Routis, present featherweight champion. in a non title bout. Although it was partial salve for the defeat which cost Tony his featherweight championship when Routis whipped him in the east, the victory did not allow the Italian to regain his title for he came in over the 126 pound featherweight limit. The bout brought fwo men together who really like to fight and they slashed away for the entire ten rounds. o Watching The Scoreboard —(U.R) — Yesterday's hero — Hack Wilson, center fielder, who made one of the greatest catches ever seen at the New York Polo grounds to deprive Mel Ott. of the Giants, of a possible home run.and aid the Chicago Cubs in winning an 11 to 4 decision over the Giants. Wilson was forced to run from centerfield clear to the New York bull pen for the eitch and he nearly doubled Freddie Lindstrom at second, the latter believing it impossible to catch the ball. The first game of the touted CubsGiants series served only as an exhibition of Chicago's vaunted power. The Cubs including two home runs, a triple and ten singles in their day’s work. The defeat dropped the Giants to within a game and a half of last place. Cincinnati climbed from seventh to fifth place in the National league by checking Boston, 5 to 3, at Boston. Earl Clark, centerfielder for the Braves set a new record for the position with 12 putouts. The Pittsburgh Pirates erased a seven run lead amassed by the Phillies to win, 13 to 9, at Philadelphia. Six runs in the eighth inning turned the tide for the Pirates. Dazzy Vance struck out eight St. Louis Cardinals hut the Brooklyn Dodgers were shut out by the western club, 4 to 0. Sylvester Johnson held the Robins to seven hits while Vance yielded eight. Babe Ruth hit his sixth homer of the year to feature the eighth straight victory of the New York Yankees. The Yankees defeated Detroit, 10 to 5, in Detroit and increased their lead in the American league. Walter Miller held the Philadelphia Athletics to six hits and the Cleveland Indians won on their home field. 9 to 0. Earl Averill, roobie center fielder, hit a home run in the third inning with the bases full. Washington passed Chicago in the American chase, winning in the western metropolis by a 4 to 2 count. Garland Braxton let the White Sox down with four hits, lifting the Senators to sixth place. The St. Louis Browns terminated a four game losing streak at St. Louis by beating Boston, 4 to 3, in a closely contested game. Ogden was the winning pitcher although he allowed the same number of hits as Ruffing—seven. o HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Huntington, 1; Central (Ft. Wayne) 0. South Side (Fort Wayne), 17; Angola, 5.

COMMODORES LOSE OPENER Superior hatting power and the benefits of eleven error* enabled thO| Delphos Catholic high school baseball team to defeat the Decatur Catholic hlcli school Commodores, 23-4, In a seven-inning game played at the South Ward diamond yesterday afternoon. This was the season opener for the Commodores. The Delphos pitcher, Dltts, put up a fine exhlbltio nos hurling when he struck out fifteen hatters. Os the three men Father Hesslon used on the mound, Gass showed up best. Mylott and Cooney assisted him. Schumaker, visiers' catcher, smashed out a homer to right field with the bases loaded in the second inning. Delphos only made one error. Box score: Decatur AB R H F Lose. 2nd. 3 0 0 1 Mylott, c. 3 1 10 Gass, p 3 0 0 2 Miller, ss. 4 111 Kohne, lb 2 0 0 1 Gage, If. 3 0 0 0 Rumschlag. 3b. 3 11 3 Foos, cf. " A 0 1 Krick, rs 3 1 0 2 Kleinhenz ft 0 1 0 Totals 27 4 4 11 Delphos AH H R K Nooman. ss. 5 3 5 0 Halgreve. rs. 6 2 5 ft Hanley, if. 4 3 3ft Schumaker, c. .6 3 1 0 Best, cf 5 11ft Ditts, p 6 110 H. Kolb, 3b 5 2 3 1 Greve. lb 5 0 2 0 Brittingham, 21). 0 0 1 ft Totals 45 16 23 1 o £¥*¥ ¥**¥**¥*Rj * NEWS FROM PREBLE * s ***********s Mr. and Mrs. Will Meyers had as th*ir guests for Sunday dinner Mr. Derkson and daughter Martha and son Paul, of Schumm, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Chailes Fuhrman and family had as their guests Sunday, Rev. and Mrs. Glen Byron and sons, Mrs. Drusilla Fuhrman and daughter Lois and son Nowal and Ival Miller. Miss Marie Smith, of Indianapolis spent the week-end visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Reppert and son ilton had as their guests, Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Frauhiger and family. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hoffman and daughter Miriam attended the Sunday school convention Held at the Magley Reformed church Sunday afternoon. Miss Theo Bauer and Walter Frauhiger attended the Sunday School Convention at the Magley Reformed church Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ehlerdlng and son of Fort Wayne, spent Tuesday evening visiting Mr. and Mis. George Bultemier and daughters. Orval Heller, who was a patient at the Adams County .Memorial Hospital

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was removed to his home Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs Milton Hoffman and family Hud as their guests. Sunday ev ening, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hamilton and family of Tocsin, and Alton and Dallas Corson, of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Otto Dilllng entertained the Beulah Chapel Ladles Aid Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Will Roger and daughter Dorothy and Mrs. Billy, of Fort Wayne, called on Mr. and Mrs. Will Meyer and Mr. and M's. E. A. Gobbler, Sunday. Mrs. Martin Kirclttier and daughters Paula and Mildred were shoppers in Decatur, Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Elius Lelchtenstelger and sons of Decatur, spent the weekend visiting the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Werling. Miss Louise Hoffman, of Rome City is visiting in Preble. Mrs. O. A. ‘Straub and daughters Mary and Francis of Decatur, spent Thursday visiting Mrs. John Kirchner

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and daughters, H Mr and Mis. i.hßov r»k, I mlly were shoppers i„ **4|( nenday. • " J Mr. and Mrs !.„p nnp 1 o Fo.t Wayne spe„, H vlaltlng wilt, Mr. ami * Koenunann and family an 7l Mrs Will Llmmmeir. ' Mr ’«» Ur. and Mrs. Floyd n MnJ Indianapolis, are visitj Ile t ' h * ,w,, l patent*, Dr. ul: ,i Mrs ,, tor «* staff. ' *• Gin Mr. and Mrs. George Bultemi daughters spent S,unlay ami Mrs. Ernst Conrad and & 1 Mr. ami Mrs Irvin (vu„ WU,; arrived Horn Fori Worth Tmj * are visiting Mr. Gobhmr’s parail '!] and Mrs. K. A. tiohimr '* Miss Blanche Fugate spent w afternoon visiting Irene Lnn» Ei ma Kirchner. ’ » Mr. and Mrs. Kil. Kolter ami Fobert of Magley called on « " “day EdWard a " d J