Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 186, Decatur, Adams County, 6 August 1929 — Page 8

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YANKEES BEGIN FINAL ATTEMPT New York, Auk. 6- (U.R) The final desperate drive of the New York Yankees to overtake the Philadelphia Athletics starts today. Everyone Interested In baseball agrees that Miller Huggins' dub has but a slim chance of maintaining its prestige as the greatest of modern scoring machines, but only a year ago the present American League pace-makers began a victorious march which nearly carried them to the pennant and made a real contest out | of the 1928 race. Pacing the seemingly insurmountable obstacle of a handicap of 11% game*, the Yankees open their assaidt upon their rivals' lead in a doubleheader at the local stadium with the Washington Senators. Then they go to Philadelphia for three games with the Athletics before setting out on a final swing through the West. Hie return of Waite Hoyt to uniform, if not to pitching form, and the fact that Babe Ruth Is rapidly clubbing his way upwards toward another home run hitting title, heartened the Yanks today. It. was during August of last year that the Mackmen, seemingly as hopelessly beaten as the Yankees look now, whittled away the last of a lead of 13% gapes and overtook the local club early in September. Should baseball history repent Itself the two leading American League contenders would be on even terms a month hence. The lime, however, the Athletics, racing along out in front by nearly a dozen games, show no signs of falling into a slump such as beset the New York club last year. Everytbing favors the Mackmen. Babe Ruth, who makes the pace for liis team, is interested in leading tt decisive attack upon the Philadelphia lead, since the Babe's contract expires at the end of the current year, and he wants SIOO,OOO for 1930. Trailing "Chuck” Klein of the Phillies by eight home runs at present, Ruth, like the Yanks, has quite a handicap 1 1 overcome to maintain his reputation as the game's leading slugger. Klein has hit. 33 homers to date, the Labe 25. Still rearded as a fighting toll club, the Yankees of 1929 have displayed a disposition to weaken towards the close of some of their tight games. Their rivals, the Athletics on the olher hand, have come from behind on several notable occasions. Only yesterday, the Mackmen scored twice in the last of the ninth to tie the St. Louis Browns, and finally won out In the 12th inning of the second game of a douhle header. New York, Aug. 6.—OJ.R Jack Berg, English junior welterweight, stopped Joe Trabon, Kansas City, in the fifth round of their bout at Dexter Park Monday night.

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An All-Star Team for 1929 With the major league races two thirds over, it's possible to get u pretty good line "ti the outstanding Individual players for 1929. On their work to date, the following players In out estimation form the best major league all-star team for this year: First base—Terry, New York (Hants Second hare lajzzeri, New York Yankees Third base Traynor, Pittsburgh Pirates Shortstop — Jackson, New York plants Left! field —‘Simmons, Philadelphia Athletics Center field —Wilson, Chicago Cubs Right field — Maniisli, St. Louis Browns Catcher — Cochrane, Philadelphia Athletics Pitcher—Grove, Philadelphia lctic:Pltcher —Lucas, Cincinnati Reds Pitchei — Karnshaw. Philadelphia A hletics Pitcher —Bush, Chicago Cubs Pitchei Grimes, Pittsburgh Pirates The Athletics with four players — Simmons. Cochrane, Grove and Earnnhaw—have the larges* representation <m the team. The Giants, Cubs and Pirates have two each. The hardest place to fill on the team was shortstop. Travis ackson seemed to be the best of the lot, witli fading veterans his neatest competitors. Dave Bancroft of Brooklyn is the best hitter in either league and Rabbit Maranville is playing a bang up game for the Boston Braves. Both have long since passed their peak and their major league days are numbered. Lyn Larry, the Yankees' rookie, has a batting average of something like ,36b but hasn't been playing reg-

STANDINGS Central League W I. Pet. Erie . . . 58 44 .569 Canton 67 45 .569 Port Wayne 61 4S .515 Akron 4S 49 .495 Dayton. 46 62 .469 Spi.ngtied 38 60 .383 ~1 National League W L l’ct. Chicago 67 31 .684 Pittsburgh 69 38 .60S New York 57 46 .563 St. Louis ... 53 50 .615 Brooklyn 43 58 .426 Cincinnati 43 69 .422 Boston 43 61 .413 i Philadelphia 40 61 .396 American League W I. Pet. Philadelphia 75 27 .735 New York 67 36 .629 St. Louis 51 47 635 Cleveland 64 48 .51# Detroit 49 53 .480 Washington 39 59 .398 Chicago 40 63 .388 Boston 31 70 .307 American Association W L Pet. Kansas (Mty 72 35 .673 St. Paul 67 41 .620 Minneapolis 61 45 .575 Indianapolis 50 58 .463 Louisville • 48 39 .449 Columbus ■ 47 61 .435 Milwaukee *3 64 .402 Toledo .38 65 .369 Yesterday's Results Cen'ral League Dayton 9; Erie 2 Only game scheduled. National League -Chicago 9; Brooklyn 8 (16 innings) Boston 5; St. Louis 0 (New York 11; Pittsburgh 10 Philadelphia 7; Cincinnati 6. American League St. Louis 6-7: Philadelphia 4-8 Washington 21; Detroit 5 Only games scheduled. American Association Kansas City 7: Columbus 2 Louisville 5; Indianapolis 1 Only games scheduled. —o Man Kills 74-Year Old Father To Avoid Spanking Bellows Falls, Vt., Aug. 6. (U.P.) The curse of murder that runs in the •Food of the giant members of the Kent family has broken out again—his time over whether a 74-year-old man has the right to spank a 42-year-ild son. Gerrge Kent, 42. sat In the county jail at Newfane last night and confessed he killed his father who despite hit extreme age was known as the strongest man in the village of Glutton. P was tiie third murder in the family in 17 years and the second case of paracide.

daily. Leo Durocher, Yankees' regular shortstop, is a great fielder, but inclined to he erratic. The Athletics iiave used three men. Dykes. Bolev and Cronin, at shortstop. J>e Sewell, who is playing third base for the Lilians, is still probably the best shortstop in either league. Kress of the Browns, English of the Cubs, and Bat tell “f the Pirates are hardly above the average. The selection of Terry over Jimmy Foxx at first hast* is simply a matter of person. 1 preference. Foxx is a great young ball player, but in our estimation not as valuable as Terry wh ‘ is not only a dangerous hitter but a classy fielder, f'oxx isn’t yet a finished first basemanThe pitching staff almost selects Itself, and no man belongs on it more than Red Lucas, who has pitched magnificently for Reds, a weak second division club. The other four pitchers —Grove, Earnshaw, Grimes and Bush —have lost less than a dozen games between them and have won more than sixly. Cochrane is easily the best catcher in the major leagues. He does not have au equal at getting the best results <>ut of his pitcher, and he is o-ne of tlie best hitters in baseball. The Candy Keed Kid Chocolate, the Cuban negro featherweight who was christened Eligo Sardinian, will meet Bud Taylor, Terre Haute (lnd.9 terror, at Ebbets Fields Brooklyn, tomorrow night, and it’s out guess that the little dusky warrlot will give the blonde westerner one of the worst lickings of his career. Taylor, wh > was once recognized is bantamweight champion by the Nainnai Boxing Association, Is a veteran of more than 125 hat Mes in almost ten years of ring warfare anil lie’s inviting disaster by meeting the classy little Cuban.

CUBS PREPARE FOR ROAD TRIP Chicago, Aug. 6. — (U.R) — The next three weeks should decide whether William Wrlgley's baseball team, the Chicago Cubs, will win or lose the Nntli-nal League pennant. Having won 20 of their last 22 tames, the Cuba close their home stand today in a game with the Hiooklyn Robins and then point eastward to play 17 guinea on the road before returning to their borne lot. The outcome of (hose 17 games, most fans believe, will virtually settle Hie ’ace. The Cubs, usually stronger at home than on the road, have been belter than usual on - foreign soil this year and unless they go into a •unhinged slump or suffer an epidemic of illness and injuries they figure to break even in these forthcoming 17 games. Such a record — and it Is not ut all unlikely they will lo better than that —would put them inst fHr enough ahead that it would he next to impossible for the Pirates >r (limits to nose them out. There is little chance, however, hat the Cubs will go into a losing treak. Tt Is prettv hard to Imagine Hornsby, Wilson, Stephenson, Grimm and Cuvier going Into a bitting lump at the same time and the pitcher staff has been gaining strength rather than weakening. The seventeen road games the Cuba face include battles with every team in the league save Pittsburgh and •it. Louis. Which means the only '■eally tough team thev must beat is •be New York Giants. And they downed the Giants three straight in i recent series here. Another thing of the moment to •neourage Cub rooters was yesterlay's game in they finally ihook the jinx of Dazzy Vance. Tt bad become a regular thing for them o step up to the plate, swing their bats in the air, and lose whenever facing Vance. Yesterday Vance went n as a relief pitcher, struck out sev■n Cubs in the last eight innings of i 16-inning game, but also yielded -even hits, two of them in the 16th nning, to lose. It was Hack Wilson, who previous o yesterday's game had struck out ■ight straight'times to Vance's pitchtig, who singled in the 16th to score Woody English from second base and win the toll game. By pitching eight ■ nnings yesterday the dazzler was emoved from the lineup as a possible •darting pitcher for the last game of he rurrent series today.

SPORT TABS Newark, N. J., Aug. 6. —fU.Rk- Young Ketchel, Chester. Pa„ knocked out Freddie Polo, Bloomfield. N. J., after 12 seconds of fighting in the third round at the Velodrome. New York. Aug. 6.—.'U.R) — A] Goldberg of the Bronx defeated his neigh bor, Herman Singer, in 8 rounds at Starlight Park last night. Blackpool, Eng., Aug. fi. — (U.R) — Teddy Baldock. British bantam champ, lefeated G. Pottau, Belgium, last night, the bout being sli deotyppbE night, tlie bout being stopped hv the referee in the 11th round. New York, Aug. 6..-<U.R> — I The New York state athletic commission was expected to give its approval today to a bout between Max Schmeling and Tom Heeney, which would pave the way for a bout between the German heavyweight and Jack Sharkey, Boston, late in September. Schnteling and Heeney are due to meet Sept. < at Ebbets field under the promotion of Humbert J. Fugazy.

Watching The Scoreboard Yesterday’s hero: Mel Ott of Ihe New York Giants, who followed a two-base hit which cleared the bases to produce the winning run by Pegging Clarke, Pittsburgh shortstop, out at the plate in tlie Pirates' half of the ninth, cutting off a belated rally and making possible New York's 11 to lrt victory. Percy Jones of the Boston Braves brought to an end a brief winning, streak of tlie St. Louis Cardinals, holding the National league champions to three hits and beating them. 5 to 0. Hack Wilson, Chcago Cubs' center fielder, who has been an easy victim of Dazzy Vance’s slants for many a ball game, got revenge Monday by slapping out a single in the 16th inning to drive home the winning run and beat the Brooklyn Robins, 9 to 8. A four-tun rally in the last of the ninth last of the ninth left cinfwyeta ninth left the Cincinnati- Reds still one tun short, and the Phillies took tlie final game at Itedland Park, 7 to 6. With the New York Yankees idle, the Philadlephia Athletics had a narrow escape from dropping a full garnito their rivals. After losing the opener to the St. Louis Browns by a 6 to 4 score, the American league leatlers—amf coming champions—managed to drag the night cap out of the fire in the 12th inning, 8 to 7. Mulo Haas, Bing Miller and Max Bishop produced the deciding hits. Twenty-one hits turned into 21 runs and gave the Washington Senators a victory over the Detroit Tigers, 21 to 5.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCHAT TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1929.

HOME RUN CLUB 'U.R/ - Leaders: Klein. Phillies 33 Wilson. Cubs 311 Ott, (Hants 29 Gehrig, Yankees 26 Ruth, Yunkees 25 Hottomley, Cards 24 Foxx, Athletics 24 Simmons, Athletics 24 Hurst, Phillies 23 llufey, Cards 22 Hornsby, Cubs 22 Yesterday'* Homers Simmons amt Haas, Athletics; Farrell and Terry, Giants; Myer, Senators, and Kress, Browns, one each. Totals National Longue 579 American League 410 Totals 980 RAIN DAMPENS TOURNEY SPIRITS St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 6. —<U.R‘ Heavy rain continuing since 1 a. m., promised a damp time of it for the 146 entries.ln the national public links championship tournament opening here ut 8:30 this morning. Yesterday tlm municipal course in Forest Park was baked as hard is a highway, so hard that one entrant found II convenient to carry a hammer for driving wooden tee pegs into the ground. The hard-baked fairways and greens made for inaccuracy yesterday. Few entrants turning in scores tinder 80. Togo Hamomoto, Japanese member of the Forest Park club, led the fifdd with a 74. Haniomoto's score yesterday has been equalled hut once by visitors since practice for the tourney started Sunday. Red Barr, medalist for tlm lwi<e champions Pittsburgh aggregation, equalled it the first day of play. Bob Held, St. Louis, and Charles V. McKowne Jr., Buffalo, were scheduled to lead the field for the 18 holes listed for today. The contestants will play IS holes tomorrow- completing qualifying rounds for match play. Two rounds Thursday and Friday will complete eliminations for the 36-hole final match Saturday. The four-man team winning the lowest qualifying score will receive! the Warren G. Harding cup in possession of Pittsburgh for the past two years. MOTORIST GIVES HIKER A “LIFT” AND LOSES AUTO

(Contiat inen from parr one» car was insured, but the clothing was not. > Although Mr. Ankerman bemoaned the loss of his car and clothing, which included his hat and the coat to the suit lie was wearing, he was most concerned about a three-year-old fruit cake which he purchased while he was touring in England and which he was planning to enjoy with His relatives in Ohio. — REPORT CAUSES STIR IN MOSCOW (CONTINITRD IROM I'AtlJ IIKK) the road and empowered with'wide authority to safeguard interests of all concerned. The United Press correspondent was informed on excellent authority that such a move would not meet with the approval of Soviet officials, who would regard'that sort of intervention as anti-Soviet in character. Meanwhile it was reported from the east that Chinese authorities had made further attempts to negotiate with M. Melnikoff, Soviet representative in Manchuria, now en route to Moscow. The reports stated that Melnikoff refused to negotiate, informing the Chinese officials that he j was not empowered to carry on negotiations. Reports of other negotiations along the frontier were offic-, ially denied. Cunard Liner Attempts To Break Time Record New York, Aug. 6.—(U.R)--For the second successive day the Cunard liner Mauretania has beaten all its previous one-day speed records in an effort to shatter tlie Bremen's record of 4 days 17 hours and 42 minutes for the trans-Atlantic crossing from Cherbourg to New York. From noon yesterday to noon today, the pride of the Canard fleet total’ed 687 nautical miles, averaging 27.48 knots, compared with 680 natuical miles made the day before, according to a radio dispatch from Captain McNeil. Cunard officials here said the Mauretania now expects -to reach quarantine here at 10 a. m„ Thursday. If she does, she will have set a new mark of 4 days 13 hours and 8 minutes. The liner left Cherbourg at 4:52 p. m., Greenwich mean time Saturday. MAN COMMITS SUIcTdE Logansport, Ind., Aug. 6. - (U.R) — Despondent because of ill health, Nell Murphy, 34. committed suicide at his home here by cutting his throat with a razor.

DETECTIVE ON WITNESS STAND Is Questioned Concerning What Led To The Snook Confession Courtroom, Columbus, O , Atts. •>. (U P.)- The questioning which led to dm alleged confession of Hr. James Howard Snook, accused of the murder of Theora llix was described In court today. Howard l.avely, detective, described the questioning. He admitted it was accompanied by "rough cord- and by use of a "stool pigeon." He hid been called by the state to identify the hammer and knife with which Theora was killed. llr Snook dlifn't listen to l.avely s J description of how- he had found the hammer and knife. VV hen Lat ely walked over and exhibited them to the jury, pointing out,bloodstains, Dr. Snook had his back turned and was watching bailiff bandage a sore thumb. On cross-examination the defense brought out admissions that l.avely and others cursed Snook and called him "yellow dog” and “a rat during the questioning which led to the purported confession of the professor. A sidelight on police methods was given when Lavely described how he placed a forger whom he had "done a favor" in Snook's cell as a "stool pigeon." Lately testified that he found the hammer in a tool box in the basement of the Snook home. It was covered with other tools. The knife he found on a shelf in the basement "1 took them to Dr. Snook in tlio_ county jail," Lately said, "and asked Dr. Snook if I had the right ones. He said, ‘YeS, those were file right ones.' I said: ‘You didn't wash them off very well, Doctor,' and lie said, 'No, 1 just held them under a faucet!'” On cross-examination, the defense went into the questioning of Dr. Snook after the arrest. "Did any one abuse, curse or threaten I)r. Snook?" Lively was asked. "Not that 1 remember," said l.avely. l.avely told how police officers worked ip relays in questioning Snook, first one and then another conducting the examination. After brief questioning in previous days beginning with Dr. Snook's arrest cn Saturday, the former professor was taken on Wednesday afternoon to the office of the chief of police. It was then that the long hours of questioning which culminated in the confession, began. The questioning, l.avely said, lasted back to Jail. t Excepting for the milk Snook was given nothing jo drink during the entire questioning.

On redit ect examination Lavelyl testified "that at 5 am., when question- ! ing was interrupted, “Chief of Police French said Dr. Snook looked better' than any of us.’’ "He asked us about as many ques-i tions as we asked him,'' he said. “He| was trying to out-think us all the time” The state then began offering formally, as evidence, its 30 exhibits. | They began with Theora’s clothing. 1 offered piece by piece, then pictures, Dr Snook's clothing, keys, the wea- 1 pons with which the killing allegedly: was done and other less important articles. PREMIER BRIANI) RESPONDS TO VAN BLOKLAND (CO.VTINIfRP FROM PARK ONR) Stresemann, evidently identifying : himself with Briand’s plan for a United States c f Europe, made this significant, declaration: “In my mind's eye I see a future world economic conference which i will examine the possibilities of al-; levialiru; difficulties In trade and commerce and which will raise the I nations of the earth from the level of retail traders to great unified centers | or international efficiency. I hope! ! he time will come when we can look down on this period as Germany ! now looks down upon (he days when there were separate German states; with their own coinage, own borders ( and customs which made life difficult for themselves and others." ' Clearly referring to the problem of! the proposed evacuation of the Rhineland, Stresemann asser‘.ed: ‘‘lnternational cooperation must be based on perfect equality and absolute respect for sovereign rights.” Looking toward Briand, to whom the next rematk was addressed, Stresemann said: | “It has seemed to me lately that j the pulse beats of peace and coneili-! ation have grown weaker. Nothing could be more dangerous than allowing the peoples’ hopes to be thwarted. “I hope that this conference lends new impetus to the pulse of peace l and our negotiations here dispel widespread disappointment.” Without explicitly demanding that 1 Briand disregard the French national-] tsis, Stresemann declared that “who- 1 ever is the real leader does not wait until 99 per cent of his countrymen are behind him but marches ahead of his own country.” Six Powers Represented The Hague, Aug. 6.—<U.R)-Stateß-men and financial experts representing six of the principal powers involved in the World war gathered here today for an international conference

I„ the hope of liquidating and economic problem* which remain from the conflict which began 15 years ago this month. Jonkheer K. Bedaerls, nu ch for elgn minister, started his welcoming to the delegates at 1:U Aristide Hrtand. premier of France, was chosen by the various representatives to make a reply. The principal nations represented at the conference were Great Britain. japan. France, Germany. >«piy nnd Belgium. Contrary to the hop.-. the European nations that the i nited States would join the conference. Washington was represented only un officially, hv K. O. Wilson, who is attached to the V. S. embassy at I'aris. So much importance is attached to this conference that the nations sent their chief political figures to fepresent them. The fate of the conference lunged on many problems on which the various nations were at great divergence. One of the principal questions today, as the delegates prepared to go into plenary session, was whether Great Britain would change its attitude on the Young plan. In many quarters It was believed that this problem would decide early the fate of the whole negotiations. Great Britain, according to recent declarations by l'hillip Snowden, her representative, will demand that Bt Stain's share of Ihe repartitions payments on the Young plan he increased. presumably at a cost to i' ranee and Laly, that Germany's payments

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