Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 107, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1930 — Page 8

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MAX SCHWELM SEEKS TITLE Ni w York, May 5. (UR) — Max fp-hmeling. Jack Dempsey's Geritian "double." Is back In the Unit- ■-* States, with the heavyweight championship us his objective. -•Schmeling arrived Sunday aboard tie- S. S. New York of the HamNeu g-Anterican line from a nine months stay, and was greeted at the pier by a cheering crowd of about S.noo. Two years ago Schmeling came to this country an unknown and in five fights catapulated himself inpc a match for the heavyweight championship. Schmeling will meet Jack Sharkey of Boston at Yankee stadium .Tune 12 in a 15-rotind bout which is sanctioned by the Muldoon-Tun-r»y trophy committee as the offie-! ial match to determine Gene Tunm*y’s successor. . B>-caiis of managerial tangles, Schmeling was to sign his own con(jact at Madison Square Garden today. Tomonow he will be rein-' Stated by the New York State athletic- commission and granted a license. He was suspended for his failure to go through with a bout against Phil Scott at Ebbets Hi Id, hut his reinstatement is a mere tormality. Weighing 19tt pounds and laughing at rumors that he was out of; condition, had a fractured ankle, a) blind hand, etc.. Schmeling said he laid been in light training since I

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: February 2$ nt Biesenthal, 40 miles froin Berlin. He said he expected i to weigh 137 when lie meets Shsir-! key. "I'm 24 years old,’ 'said Schmeling. "don't drink, smoke or dissipate and have always kept In training. My layoff since I bent Paollno last June has not hurt me, us I! have participated In 131 rounds nf snarrlng in exhibl lons, Bt4 dor Ing my American tour and 30 In Germany. I will be in the best condition of my career when I meet Sharkey unless something over which I have no power prevents it.” Schmeling steadfastly refused to i venture a prediction over the com-[ ing contest, modestly explaining: i “it sounds too much like bragging to predict the outcome of a bout. ‘May the .best man win," lie said, "naturally I hope to win. and if 1 do I will deft nd the title against all cornel s, but I would like to meet Jack Dempsey in September if he decides to try another comeback.": Schmeling will start training at! Endicott. N. Y.. Wednesday. Five sparring partners. George Meron.j Andy Wallace and Ted Kraeh. all of New York, and Leo and Andy Mitchell of California, have been picked. While in Germany Schmeling played tile hero's role in a motion picture, "Ixcve in the Hing." lint admitted he would rather light than act. "I like to fight." said Max. “I'll I be glad to get back into the ring." Mr. and Mrs. A. J Nesswald and daughter Maly Jane of Fort Wayne were Sunday guests of the G. NessI waid family of this city.

BASEBALL BRIEFS I ♦- ♦ With Cleveland leading the Am -I orlcan league race and Brooklyn' steadily climbing toward the top in the National Vague, two outsiders i have worked their way up among | the major league contenders. Cleveland climbed Into the American league lead Sunday when the Indians beat th Boston Bed . I Sox in the l-nth. 8-7 Luke Sewell: started a 9th Inning rails anil drove tin the winning run in the tenth. , Brooklyn won a double-headeri from the St. Inuis Cardinals. 2-1.1 land 11-10, the second game going 13 innings, and lengthened the Rob-; ins' winning streak to seven straight games. Brooklyn Is now , In fourth place, three games from the top. Interest in the National league ’ sames Monday .centered on the op ning of the Giants-Pirates series 'at Pittsburgh. Remaining idle yes-’ 'day, the Pirates moved back into undisputed possession of the National league lead as the Giants lost Ito Cincinnati, 8 to 4. Joe Stripp. Rees, first baseman. wrecked the I Giants by driving in six runs. Th ■ Chicago Cubs defeated the Phillies, 8-7. in the other National league game Sunday. Lou Koupal's wild pitch in the ninth inning permitted Danny Taylor to score the winning run after Philadelphia i had tied the score with a two run rally in their half of the ninth. With the score tied 1-1 in the seventh inning, and the bases tilled. Gsoige Haas tripled and the Philadelphia Athletics won their fourth straight game from Detroit, 7-1. Seven tuns in the second inning enabled the St. I-on is Browns to beat Washington and knock the Senators out of the American lea-1 gue lead. Washington's 4-run rally

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j In lite ninth fell two runs short of I tying the count. Babe Ruth hit his third home' 'tun of tlie season and lite New I York Yankees won their second | I game in n row from the Chicago! White Sox. Tlie victory elevated tin- Yankees to sixtli place, their. high water mark of th* season. Yesterday’s hero: George (Mule) j Haas. Phlladelphlu Athletics ,ceil-1 ‘ter fielder, who tripled with tlie, bases tilled in Hie seventh inning | gainst Detroit, breaking a l-l tie, | the A s winning. 7-1. — .......... _o — STANDINGS CENTRAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Erie 3 1 .750 Canton 3 1 .750 [Fort Wayne 2 2 .500 Richmond 2 2 .500! ’Dayton 1 3 .250' Springfl id 1 3 .250: — NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L Pet. Pittsburgh io 5 .667 New York 8 5 .615 Chicago 11 8 .579 Boston 7 6 .538 Brooklyn 9 7 .563 Cincinnati 6 9 .400 St. Louis 6 12 .333 Philadelphia 5 10 .333 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. v L. Pct. Cleveland 11 4 .733 Washington 11 5 .688 Philadelphia 10 5 .667 Chicago 7 6 .536 St. Louis 5 5 .5001 Nyw York 5 9 .367; 'Boston -5 1 .312' [Detroit 5 14 .263, — AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. j Louisville 11 5 .688 [ Columbus 10 7 .5881 St. Paul 7 6 .538 Indianapolis 7 6 .538 Kansas City 8 7 .532 Toledo 7 8 .467, Milwaukee 6 10 .375' Minneapolis 5 12 .294YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Central League Fort Wayne. 8; Dayton, 5. Canton. 12; Springfield, 8. Erie, 3; Richmond, 2. National League Chicago. 8; Philadelphia. 7. Brooklyn. 2-11; St. Ixiuis, 1-10. j iSecond game 13 innings). ■ Cincinnati, 8; New York, 4. Only games scheduled. American League New Yotk. 7; Chicago. 4. Cleveland. 8; Boston, 7. Philadelphia, 7; Detroit, 1. St. Ixmis. 8; Washington. 6. American Association Columbus. 10; Milwaukee. 2. Kansas City. 9; Toledo, 8. Indianapolis-St. Paul, rain. Ixmisviile-Mineapolis. rain. 0 Rockne Will Return To Indiana Friday Rochester. Minn.. May S.—(U.R) — Prevented by illness from coaching h his Notre Dame football team through their spring practice sessions, Knute Rockne will return Fri-| [day to South Pend, Ind., to watch his team in action for the first [time 'since last fail. Rockne is well on the way to reI covery from the leg infection from [ which he has been suffering since : early last fall. Dr. C. J. Barborka. May clinic. Roc.kne's physician, said today. The coach is now able: [to get around without the aid of! crutches or a wheel chair. o SPORT TABS Chicago. May 5. —Exhibits from | scores of north woods vacation 1 : grounds lured spectators today at the eightli annual Chicago outdoor! exposition. Hunting- and fishing, trophies from Wisconsin. Michigan,! | the Dakotas and western Canada I were included in the exhibits. — Evanston, 111., May 5. —(U.R) — I Captain-elect Henry Bruder will be in the backfield of the Northwest-! •rn university football squad again' i next fall. Coach Dick Hanley said : today. During spring practice,) [ Hanley said, Bruker has recovered completely from a leg injury received last fall. — Chicago. May s.—Roger Brooks.' Cleveland, and Gus Desalvo, Chicago, 140 pounders, will meet in the feature bout of a boxing card at the Congress Arcade A. C. here tonight. Canton, O.’, May 5. —Action on a proposed consolidation of the four western teams in the American professional basketball league with three or four national league teams of the same territory will be taken up at a meeting in Chicago May 18. Franchise holders interested in forming a new western league met here yesterday but took no definite action. o Mr-. John Tyner is confined to her home with illness.

NEWAIRPLANE MAKES DEBUT I Plane (’an Be Sold For ‘ $900; Weight Unusually Light — Pawtucket, R. 1.. May 5 <U.R) . , i A tiny, one-passenger airplane. | which Its designed hopes may pop- ] ularir.e aviation. Ivy bringing th<> j Hying machine Within range of tlie | average man's pocketbook. made , a successful test flight at the | What Cheer Airpori here today, I, Taking off at a speed of 50 | miles an hour after traveling on'y j 1150 feet across tlie field, the baby : !plane, with its designer. Douglas! H. Harris, 28, of Waverly, la., at j [the controls, circled the airport for 15 minutes. It attained an altitude of 1.000 feet and landed at Iles-; than 35 miles an hour. The airplane, which Harris said <ould be produced at p profit if sod for S9OO, is designed to carry i only the pilot. It weighs but 280 [ ■pounds, has a 23-foot wingspread, | and is 16 feet long. The plane, of mid-wing mono- ( plane design, itt so light that a | man can lift its tail with one hand and wheel the machine around the field. Powered with a 25 h. p. fourcylinder motor, the plane, whose propeller turns 2100 revoOlutions a minute, is capable of developing a maximum speed of SO miles an hour, according to Harris. On to- ' day's test flight, the designer had Only one gallon of gasoline in his , I tank. He said the plane would ' .travel about 50 miles on a gallon. , The framework of the craft is lof welded steel tubing, providing sturdiness witli a minimum of [ | weight. .JOHN NIBLICK DEATH'S VICTIM (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONF) Mr. Niblick was prominent in civic 'affairs. He was a Masonic Scottish ! Rite, and served as president of tlie Decatur Cemetery Association <>r th«- last 26 years. He wan recording secretary of the Methodist Episcopal chnrch of this city, where he has been a devoted member, for the past 40 years. Funeral services wfl l>e held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 ' o'clock at the home with Rev. B. I H. Franklin, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, officiatii.g. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. n RED ( ROSS IS HIGHLY PRAISED I 8 CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE't Cross. ’’The past 15 years have seen a [ "rent change in the purpose and an oxpans'on of the benevolent activities of this, our great official a sociation for the administration of national charity. Originally designed for succor in war, it has now la-come also the national agency for relief of disaster tn -peace time, both at home ami abroad. "The past decade It has distinguished itself a score of times by effective organisation of the saving of life and suffering. Its ever-increa ing atrength represents the growing of the spiritual sense of responsibility of the nation toward those who meet disaster. FEW ACCIDENTS FATAL IN STATE I r.ovTfvt'fp FROM PAGE ONE) An unsuccessful search was made of tlie Wabash river near Pern for the body of a man signing himself “H. S", who left a suicide note in an Erie train. Skull fractures suffered by Donald Bennett. 4. South Bend, when he walked into the path of the idling propeller of the airplane on , iwhich he had just completed a ride with his mother, were so serious that death was feared. In Indianapolis a 19-year-old youth giving the name of Donald Oliver. Chicago, was believed near ! death from gunshot wounds suffer'ed when Charles Binkley, drug- ' gist, wrested a surwed-off shotgun from him and fired as Oliver retreated. Oliver had missed Binkley with the charge from the other [gun barrel.. , oGovernor Will Cast Vote at Lafayette — | Harry G. Leslie will cast his primary election vote at his home precinct in West I-afayette tomorrow and, in company with Conservation ■ Director Richard Lieber, will drive ' I there for a visit of several statecontrolled properties in northeast-' ' ern Indiana. 1 Stops will lie made at Maxinkuckee, site of Culver Military Academy; Bass Lake State I hatchery; Kankakee river; Lake : Wawasee; Tri Lakes fish hatcheri les near Columbia City; Fort Wayne; State entomologists' European corn borer laboratory at - Auburn, and Pokagon stale park on Lake James.

Verdict Is Suicide Chicago, May 5 <U.R) A coroner’s jury decided today that George Lynch, former sah-sumimger for the George Lambert Co., of Hammond, Bid., committed suicide by drowning. Lynch Ixsly was found in Lake Michigan Saturday. Ho had been mlsaing foi~neurly two month- 1 . At the coroner's inqitest. Hnro'd Dixon, broiber-in law of Lynch, testified that the latter was a heavy drinker. He said Lyncli ti-'-d his stenographer on March 8 thnt he was "going to China." Lynch took his automobile and left Hammond that day, it was testified. He appeared in Chicago tlie next day and on Marc h lit his automobile was found abandoned In Jackson Park. Dog Scares Burglars Indianapolis, May 5 • ti'Pt Y*!ps of an alley cur are aid to have f Ightened two mon alleged to have non preparing to blast a safe at he Lincoln tiro s'.iop. Indianapolis s' nifht. Oscar G. Hughes. 32 and Jack Hanlon, alias Fred Doring. 33. both of Indianapolis, are said to have admitted to police they abandoned their work after being freight’-mil by a dog's barking: When arrested, Hughes was wearng tlie badge of the horse thief deecthe association of Marion county -- - c Calls Tax Hearing Indianapolis May S—(UP)- Second of file series of public hearings being held by the Indiana tax survey committee will start Wednesday at HI A. M . at the state (toilsit was announced today by state Sen. J Clyde Hoffman, chairman. Heatings will be held Wednesday and Thursday and the committee will then adjourn to meet again May 21-22. "Taxation of corporations" is the cit I.- t to tie discussed Wednesday and "state income tax on Thursday. The conhision reached bus far is tha the present property

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'tax must be relieved by un Incom- 1 ! tax. or by excise and sales taxes.' The commtttee is ettarged with hilngiitg concrete recointnenda-i ,'tions to tlie next legislature. . - - Will Not l ight Merger Washington, May 5. (U.R) The , Justice department will not take any action Interfering witli a slockholdI ers meeting tomorrow at which plans for n gigantic merger of the Radio Corporation of America witli I tlie G-neral Electric and Wc-sling house* Electric companies are to In* ' presented for approval. Assistant I Attorney John L. O'Brian said to 1 day. ’ . [ > o .. - i i Del’auw Board Decides In Favor of President Greencastle, Ind.. May S.—(U.PJ- - , DePauw university's alumni asso- , elation’s decision to seat Richard > Shirley. Instead of James L. Gavt in, alumni representative on the , school's board of trustees, was conceded by students, faculty and < alumni as an overwhelming victory t for President G. Bromley Oxnam. • By a vole of 10 to 3 the alumni I directors decided to sustain Ox--1 nam's stand that unofficial ballots should not be counted in the an- ' nua.l alumni trustee election. Had those votes of alumni, that ' were submitted on unofficial ballats. been considered, the election would have gone to Gavin. j o Oil Mill Damaged • liiverpool. England. May 5.-- (U.R) X t crrlfic explosion extensively damaged the Bibhys oil cake mills i/t the cential part of the city today. setting fire to the three upper p stories. At least 100 persons were . believed to have been injured. AU traffic in the district was susP pended and stretcher bearers rev moved th iicjured to ambulances ■ and private cars. One* of the ini'jilted men's clothes was torn and y his skin blackened.

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