Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 187, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1929 — Page 6
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GOLF TOURNEY STARTS SUNDAY The tournament to decide the Decatur Country Club golf champion for the season of 1929, and winner of the Country Chit, cup, will start next Sunday, August 11. The qualifying round will tee open to all members o''l the Country Club regardless of handicap, and will be a scratch, no handl cap event for 27 holes. The low sixteen medal scores will qualify for the playoff which will consist of three 18 hole matches and a 36-hole final. The entire qualifying round must be played Sunday, and no member will be allowed to qualify on any other date. - Rules are posted at the Country Club ami every participant is request ed to make himself familiar with these rules. A week will be allowed for the finishing ot each round of match playafter the qualifying round and the final match of the tournament will be held on Sunday. September 8, and will be a 36-hole match. The winner of tills tournament will hold the Country Club trophy until contested for again in 19300 Foreign Net Stars Are Out Os Tourney Southampton, N. Y., Aug. 7 —(U.R) — Flour visiting, Englishmen, three of them members of Oxford-Cambridge' t- am, were eliminated during a day of exciting tennis at the MeadowClub’s annual grass Invitation event, and three Englishmen and one Japanese player won their matches. Frank Shields ranked No. 10 nationally, was defeated in a match that shared the feature spot of yesterday with the battle of William Clothier against Jerry Lang, in which the former national champion of 1906 was forced to default to Lang because of disabling cramps in his racquet hand when the score stood at < ne set apiece and five garni s all in the third set Os the Oxford-Cambridge team. E. R. Avory was eliminated by Julius Seligson. New York; F. R. T. Young fell before Bradshaw Harrison, Oregonian star; E. Q. Mather was forced to surrender to Eddie Jacobs, Baltimore; H. W. “Bunny” Austin. Englands ace who reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon alter defeating i Frank Hunter, won from Bruce J Barnes. University of Texas and N.I G. Farquhar-on, the remaining Englishman. won from Haro'd Mactluffin.f Philadelphia. I • Donald Strachan. Philadelphia, dis-!’ posed of Fraik Shields, the No. 10 1 ranking lasualty of ths day, 6-0, 2 6, 8-C. after a stirring battle. 1 William Clothier, Philadelphia, first disposed of Fred C. Baggs, run-ner-up in the national veterans nat- ■ ional singles and doubles in straight •' sets, 6-3, 6-3, playing with a non- hal- : ance and effectiveness of stroke that was superh. In the afternoon he gave J young Jerry Lang of the Davi.j cur squad of 1927 a lesson in steadiness, court covering and placements an! ' was t.n oven terms when disabled. , o t HOME RUN Leaders: Klein, Phillies 33 L. Wilson, Cubs 30 t Ott, Giants . 29
Ruth, Yankees 27 Gehrig, Yankees 26 Foxx, Athletics 26 Bottomley, Cards 24 Simmons, Athletics 24 Hurst, Phillies 23 Hornshy. Cubs 23 Yesterday’s Homers Ruth, Yankes, and Foxx, Athletics, two each; Hornsby, Cubs; Durst. Yankes; Cronin and West, Senators; Kress and McGowan. Browns; and Hauser. Indians, one each. Totals National League !>SO American League 411 Total 991 " ■ " ■ -O 1 111 ■" " “ Part Os Tournament Will Be Played Over Indianapolis, Aug. 7. — teams, defeated by Jeffersonville, which later was disqualified, will meet here today for the right to play , South Bend tomorrow at Muncie for the American Legion junior baseball, championship of Indiana. Officials in charge of the tourna-i ment named St. Phillis, Indianapolis, ’ as South Bend'is opponent, in an ear- i Her decision as a result of the dis- ! qualification. Today Huntington will meet Shel-1 byville. ’wllj Oppose the 1 winner and later in the day St. Phillips will play the survivor of the | second contest. The winner of the I latter contest will play South Bend for the title and the right to advance to the regional tournament at Fort Wayne, August 13 and 14. Jeffersonville was disqualified after it was learned that Charles Knight, second baseman, had played in tour- 1 ney games at Muncie while over the ; age limit or 17 and under the name of his brother, Thomas. Shelbyville also had protested a game in which Charles Kehrt, Jeffersonville pitcher, participated.
STANDINGS CENTRAL LEAGUE t W. U Pct. Erie 59 -14 .573 Cunton 58 45 .563 Fort Wayne 51 49 .510 Akron 48 50 .490 Dayton 46 58 .465 j Springfield 39 60 .3941 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. I* Pct. Chicago 67 32 x .677 Pittsburgh 59 39 .602 ■ New York 58 46 .558 St. Louis 53 50 .515 Brooklyn 44 59 .427 Cincinnati 43 59 .422Boston 43 61 .413' Phlladlephia 40 61 .3931 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Philadelphia 76 28 .7.31 New York ... 62 37 .626 St. Louis 55 '4B .5.34 Cleveland 55 48 .5341 Detroit 49 54 .476 Washington 40 60 .400 Chicago 40 6.3 .388 Boston 31 70 .307 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. 1. Pct. Kansas City 73 35 .676 St. Paul 67 42 .615 Minneapolis 62 45 .579 '.lndianapolis . 51 58 .468 Louisville ...- 49 59 .454 Columbus 47 62 .4311 Milwaukee 43 66 .394 Toledo 40 65 .381 | YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Central League Canton, 6; Fort Wayne, 5. Erie, 4; Akron. 2. Springfield. 7; Dayton. 6. National League Washington. 13-0: New York. 9-8. Cleveland. 6; Detroit, 5. St. Louis, 8-3; Phlladlephia, 3-11. Only games scheduled. American Association Minneapolis, 3; Indianapolis, 2. Kansas City, 6; Columbus, 2. Louisville, 4; St. Paul. 3. Milwaukee, 4-6; Toledo, 5-9. o Boy Scout Saves Life Os Comrade —— l Wilmette. 111., Aug. 7. — (U.P ) — 1 John Howard Brumbaugh, Jr, 13-year-md Boy Scout, has done his last good turn. lie has laid down his life for his fl lend John and his scout comrade, Robert W ilis, just his own age, went .liking yesterday. With the last slice or ' John’s birthday cake, they pledged - anew their friendship. En route home, they walked along tuc tracks of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee railway From . the south came a speeding trtvn Another approached from the north, John could have saved himself, but l. ; s first thought was of his chum, trudging along behind. ’Bobbie!’’ he warned. "Jump Bobbie, jump!" Bobbie leaped to safety. John tried, but he was too late.
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COAST ELEVENS TO SEE WOULD Portland. Ore., Aug. 7 (U.R) • Pacific Coast conference football teams will patcltlpute io 10 Intersectiotml games this season. Five of the contests will be played on eastern gridirons. three on western and twy in , - Hawaii. Oregon and Washington State 'College will travel the longest, distance to participate in their intersectional games. Orerfon meets University of Florida at Miami. December 7. and Washington State has two contests billed for December 25 and Janmuy 1. with Honolulu A. (’. and University of Hawaii, respectively. Oregon State College, conquerors of New York University last year. , will journey to Detroit for a game with Detroit U„ (November 23. Other eastern contests In which coast teams will participate are University of California at Pennsylvania, October 19; Washington at Chicago, November 23; and University of Southern California will meet Notre Dame at Chicago, November 16. Coast intersectional games list Hawaii vs. Oregon, here, November 23; Carnegie Tech vs. USC at Los Angeles, December 14 and Army vs. Stanford at Palo Alto. December 28. In addition to the intersectional contests, coast teams are carrying heavy conference schedules as well as heavy pre-season non-conterence games. o —: | SPORT TABS ’-(U.P.)— i Chicago. — Presumably to promote 1 for the Chicago Coliseum club, Jack < 1 Dempsey, former heavyweight champ- 1 ton, has been granted a promoter’s license in Illinois. Dempsey posted 1 a bond and was granted the license yesterday but the bond yet must be ’ approved by the state treasurer. Chicago.—The national boxing com-], mission lias added four new states,!' President Paul Prehm announced to- I day. South Dakota. Idaho, Tennessee [ and North Carolina have been admitt- j ed to the associtaion. making 31 . states now affiliated with the nation- jal body. I Ft. Smith, Ark. —It begins to ap j pear the western association will pro ■ duce the best base stealer of 1929. 8 With the season little more than half I over. Joiner White of the Ft. Smith J I team has stoleri 42 bases and still j i was going strong. New York. — Baby Joe Gans, Los j Angeles and Sergt. Sammy Baker. 1 Mitchel field, fought a 10-round draw j at Queensboro stadium last night. * Chautauqua, N. Y. —Two holes in | one during a single round were achiev- S ed yesterday by W. J. Birmingham ot s the Field Club, Pittsburgh, who scor J ed aces on the sixth and 161 h holes I here. j
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