Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 207, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1929 — Page 3

' liOCHOCOUTE defeats singer „ fW York. Aug. 30. -<U.R)~ Kid ' record of vlctorien was fblH . t.Kluv but only after « fur--1 nd battle in which the little MU 1 had to come from behind U. ™ *l ..«• , x hov. >*efore 50,000—the larg*r,B U | of the outdoor season—at 2' .*nds last night. The gate ,h * 1 wore about 1225.000. X whirlwind finish 1" '' ,e flnal A isnoarentlv gained Chocolate i-ound IP Joll Magnolia '■X Th. K ’». vo.nl for S ‘Xng fmm a Preliminary «,hter a little more than a year ago. rtlcolate collected about $50,000 for share and today stands on he ireshold of pugilistic greatness like J negro fighter since George Dixon .r.rl Joe Gans. Chocolate today boasted of the standing record of any fighter under 130 pounds. In 155 fights he has never lost a decision. Fifty five of his matches have been . the professional ring, winning 33 of them by knockouts and 21 by decisions The only black spot on his record is a draw against Joe* Sctilconceded Singer almost four pounds last night, weighing 125 to the Bronx boy’s 128%. o — Page Football Series to Appear in Democrat The Daily Democrat hag engaged H. 0. "Pat” Page, Indiana university's head football coach, to write a series of 20 illustrated articles on football which will appear daily in the Democrat starting tomorrow. In this series Indiana's famous roach will take “time out” to tell all about the gridiron game for the benefit not only of the coming generation of players, but also for the coaches, officials and the all-important fans. Pat Page, since he came to Indiana I university in 1925, has brought the Cream and Crimson gridiron teams from a cellar berth in the Rig Ten to

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a position commanding the respect of every eleven In the Mid-West. Page not only is a great coach, but is a | man who has won the hearts of his | players and the people who know him 1 Intimately. Page was a great athletic while atI tending the University of Chicago ! buck in 1906-9. His versatile ability made him famous as one of the great , est all-around college athletics the , Mid-West has produced. He played football, basketball, baseball and was a distance runner on the U. of C. track team. He won letters in all of , these sports. In football, Page could play either I end or quarterhack. He'was elected . captain of both the freshmen and the . varsity teams when Chicago was > ruler of the Western Conference. • When Page was a door guard on the Chicago basketball team, the Maroons ' won three Big Ten titles and a na- ■ tional intercollegiate ytle. When pitching for Chicago’s baseball team, ' Page established a’ long distance rec- ' ord. In a game against Illinois, he 1 pitched 21 innings without relief.- He broke the five-mile indoor track record in 1905. with a time of 27 minutes 32 seconds. For ten years. 1910 to 1920, Page worked as an assistant to Chicago’s , “grand old man of football," Alonzo A. Stagg. Page was head coach of baseball and basketball at the Maroon school during this time. In 1920 he went to Butler to take complete charge of athletics. Under Page’s guidance Butler’s athletic teams underwent a phenomenal change. They came to be respected highly In all branches of sport. Watch j for Page's articles beginning tomor-1 row. ■ — -O “ Scores Technical KO Chicago. Aug. 30—(UP) —Tuffy Griffith, the Sioux City, lowan, who aspires to the heavyweight championship hurled another»obst icle last night whe:i he scored a technical knockout over Big Boy Peterson. Minneapolis. Griffith was content to box in the first four rounds and won a decided advantage but Peterson came back in the fifth willing to slug and Tuffy oblighed him. The result was that Peterj son was too groggy to come up for the I sixth round. Dance Saturday night from 9 till 2 a.m., Sunset park. It

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, A CGI’ST 30, 1929.

Chuck Wiggins Wins In Fort Wayne Fight Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug, 30.—(U.R>— Chuck Wiggins. Indianapolis heavyweight, knocked out Jim Sigman, Barberton, Ohio, in the second round of a scheduled 10-round bout here last night. Frankie Carr, Fort Wayne, received a decision over Reamer Roberts, Indianapolis, In an 8-round semi-round-up. o _ YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Central League Fort Wayne, 2; Canton, 10. Erie, 5; Akron, 4. Springfield, 9; Dayton, 8. National League Chicago. 4; Pittsburgh, 5. New York, 6; Brooklyn, 2. Philadelphia, 5; Boston, 4. Only gnmes scheduled. American League Washington, 4-8; New York. 5-4. Boston, 6; Philadelphia, 7. Cleveland, 1; Chicago. 2. Detroit, 0; St. Louis. 6. American Association Louisville, 2; Columbus. 3. Toledo, 5; Indianapolis. 1. Minneapolis. 1-1: Milwaukee. 7-0. St. Paul, 1-12; Kansas City. 4-2. o Correction Owing, to a mix-up in the score card of the Decatur-Bluffton golf tournament held here Wednesday afternoon ; the name of Don Koos, local golfer| was ommitted ftom those with low I scores for the local team. Don shot the 18-holes with a total of 82, being tied with Charles Knapp for second low. This ommission does not change the final result 10-36 in favor of I Decatui. o SAN JUAN GOES DOWN WITH 110 PERSONS ABOADR — (CONTIMt’ED FROM PAGE O W in automobiles to isolated Pigeon Point reported that the cpast line] was blanketed with fog. Lighthouses! along the dirt road which threads its ■ way southward had heard or observed i nothing about the disaster. Meager radio advices from the motorship Frank Lynch, which arrived. at the scene of the disaster shortly after SOS calls were broadcast, in-) dicated that this'vessel had picked; up one boatload of survivors. The crash occurred in one of the ’ worst fogs of the year, a dozen miles l

nt sea off an isolated and windswept stretch of mountainous coastline to the south of Half Moon Buy. The San Juan Is believed to have plunged under Immediately, without time to launch lifeboats. The survivors had to jump for their lives Into a choppy sea. according to radiograms picked up here. The S.C.T. Dodd was badly damaged but ;«i>i>urently in no danger of sinking. No one was Injured upon the Dodd, hey commander advised the United Press. The S.C.T. Dodd, bound from Baltimore for Richmond, oil storage port on San Francisco Bay, was commanded by Capt. 11. P. Bieuinchen, Oakland. Calif. The San Juan was built at Chester. Pa,, in 1884. She was 283 feet long. Along with the scene of tragedy and panic there were bursts of heroism. Captain Asplung is pictured standing on the bridge, going to his death, In a ship he piloted so that its regular captain could go on vacation. The grizzled veteran of the sea came from retirement to favor his friend. Captain Winkle. Three years ago Captain Asplung left the sea and

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bought it home in the exclusive Inglei side Terrace residential section. He had amassed u comfortable for1 tune and lived with hie 22-year-old daughter, Carolyn. “Daddy never had an accident of any sort. I know he is safe,” Caro- . lyn told the United Press. No one had the heart, to tel] her of a crisp . radio message that crackled out from ' the Munaml: "Asplung down with the ship." True to their calling were the J sailors of the Dodd ami Munaml. Braving the peril created by dens, tog and a choppy sea, they launched liny lifeboats and with frantic speed pulled members of the crew and passengers of the Sun Juan aboard. ' As rescue work continued, the winds abated and the sea calmed • somewhat, but the blanket of fog ' hung on. CHICHE?TERsiILLS Aak yo»r DruggMt /X i /gs freX for C’hl-ehoa-trra i BmU PHU la Red »nd Hf 1 rtaHic boxes, seated with Blue □Jk Take no other. Bay V 1/ /firof your Drugglat. Ask for 1/ OF CH I .<'DEM. TERM DIAMOND I X *■ B BRANIk riLLM.f >r4Oycmknowa [Jr Best, Safest. ReiiAi>l«. Buy Now I SOU> >Y DRUGGISTS RVERYWBFJ*

A touch of despair was seen Bi radio messages this morning that the Dodd was en route to San Francisco with its load of bedraggled survivors of the disaster. A number of passengers on the

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Dodd were said to be suffering from injuries and In need of medical attention. The Munaml, too, left the scene of Ihe wreck ami prolmldy will put in at i Santa Cruz.