Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 151, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1930 — Page 6

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TO TRY NIGHT BASEBALL AT FORT WAYNE Pennsy Semi-pros to Play Fast Colored Team In July Fort Wayne. June 24.—(Special) Night baseball will be inaugurated in Fort Wayne over IndepenHce Day when the Fort Wayne Pennsylvania railroad nine, Indialia s fastest semi pro club, and the famous Chicago Colored American Ciants, m mbers of the National Negro I®pgue and one of the best Colored teams in the country, meet in a four-game series, two tilts of which will be played at night. July ♦ and 5., at the Pennsylvania railroad baseball park in Fort Wayne The night gam s will start at 845 o'clock central daylight savings time, or 7:45 central standard time. The Pennsylvania railroad baseball IH»W is located on Anthony boule Yard. by the railroad elevation in Fort Wayne. The Chicago Colored American Giants carry their own lighting r*RMem with them and it lights up tffj field until the playing conditions er? the same as in the daytime. The lights do not blind the fielders, even on the highest flies or the hottest grounders. The lighting system is arranged so that the spectators are not handicapped in the, least in seeing th» game. The Chicago Giants gi;< the Fort Wayne Pennsy will play a four-1 game series, two games of which' will be played at night. July 4 and 1 5. The admission for the night games is seventy-five cents. The j

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bther two games will be played in the form of a double header on Sunday afternoon, July 6th. The admission for these two games will he 50 cents and they will start at 2 o'clock daylight savings time. ' The Giants ar ■ well known to 1 baseball fans all over the country ■ und are members of the National Negro league in which they are one of the leaders. Some of the best colored players in the United States are in the Giants lineup. The Pennsy nine of Fort Wayne is rated as the fastest team in In-: i diana. It is sponsored by the . I Pennsylvania railroad and every I member of the team is an employe' of the railroad. So far this season ’ the Pennsy has played 29 games ■ and only lost seven. Four of the “ ■ seven games that were dropped i I were by a margin of one run. The ■team has met the strongest opposition in the midwest and has travI eled as far east as Altoona, Ila Next month the railroaders will go to New York City and Philadelphia for games. Four former big league stars flay with the Pennsy this season. They are Ralph Miller, who plays with the Fort Wayne Hoosiers in the American Professional Basketball league, Andy Woehrs. Jack Wisner, and Jess Runser. Wisner is a former New York Giant. In 1925 the Giants paid $25,000 and two players, who had previously cost them $75,000 for Wisner. In four years time with Rochester in the International league Wisner; won 100 games while in the pitchers box. He set a world's record tor complete games in one season while with Rochester. That was in 1925 when he twirled 39 full games | and won 27 of them. He pitched tor three big league teams at var- | Sous times. Pittsburgh, St. Louis Cards and New York Giants 'Ralph Miller played with Washington in the world series in 1924. I Runser, who manages the Pennsy

lat the same time he plays second I base is a farmer minor league mani lager and used to play with the Detroit Tigers. Woehrs plays both third base ami right field for the I Pennsy and used to he with Philai delphia in the National league, j He is also a former minor league , manager. Last week two of the Pennsy J players signed coptracts with the 'Detroit Tigers. They were Bob ! Mooney and Bob Arnold. Moon y , is an outfielder and Arnold a catch- . er. They will report to the Tigers I next spring anil will be with the I Pennsy the remainder of this seasion. Both players are youngsters. I being only 19 years old. Theyl I have played sensational ball for, the railroaders all season. Mooney is the leadoff man on the batting order and has hit .33p this year.. He has accepted 75 chances without an error in the outfield and stol n 13 bases in 28 games so far this season. In high school Mooney was a four letterman in basketball, baseball, football ami track. ArnI old- Is the team's heaviest hitter land has a powerful throwing arm. Three other members of the ■ Pennsy. Dutch Kohlenberg, Kenny Watt'er and Hump Hagen, have' played ball in various minor lea sues. Komenberg pitched for the Fort Wayne Chiefs in the Central league when they won th- pennant in 1928, and last year he won 15 games ami lost three for Erie in the same league. Wattier played in the New York-Pennsylvania league and Hagen caught in the Cotton states and mid Altantic leagues. Tschida. the Pennsy's right fielder, a big six-foot-four player from South Bend, played with the' j House of David nine a few years ago, touring the country with them from coast to coast wearing long i whiskers hut he still retains the : baseball lability that made him a | star on the House of David aggregation. The Pennsy's third baseman. Fred Wamby. was captain of the University of Alabama once. Besides Wisner and Kohlenberg, the Pennsy has two more pitchers. M.ller and Noel. Noel has averaged more than one no hit, uv

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I run game a year since 1920. Miller Is the team’s leading pitcher Ln the won and lost column. GRIFFITH IS WEST FAVORITE Chicago. June 2fi—<U.R>— Young I Will Stribling's left hook has left ! the middlewest with but one h«pe I for the heavyweight championship.! When Stribling belted Otto Von j Porat w'th his left last Friday and: successfully relegated Big Otto to the second division, ho turned the discussions of practically all fans, to Tuffy Griffith, who is regarded ns the only heavyweight title con-' tender in this section. j The concensus seems to be that Tuffy is capable of handling the task before h'm. Racking up the belief of the fans, the Sioux City.! lowa, youngster already has started his campaign to impress upon promoters his idea that he is capable of beating "anyone they want me to meet." His first move was to sign *o meet Johnny Risko. the Cleveland baker who recently whipped Paolino Uwudtin. and who on a "right night" :s capable of giving anyone a run fn'r the verdict. Griffith and Rialto will clash in the Chicago stadium next Wedne---day night and Tirffy. by virtue of his ten-round decision over the Cleveland baker in Now York last year, probably will be the favorite. For Griffith the battle may be looked upon as a “good tough fight." which will be just the thing to fit him for what he hopes will be the next opponent. The next opponent. Tuffy hopes, will lie young Stribling. Yesterday's hero: Gabby Hartnett. of the Cubs, who hit two homers and two singles at five tim s to bat to drive in six runs in Chicago's 13 to 12 victory over Philadelphia. One of Gabby's homers .featured a seven-run rally in the sixth, and h“ drove in the winning run with a single in the ninth.

DECATUR COPS GOLF TOURNEY FROM VAN WERT Frank Madison, Visiting Team’s Lead-off Man Sets Record Decatur's golf team defeated Van Wert golfers in the first home, ' match of the season at Decatur' ; Country Club yesterday afternoon! . by a score of 27-21 and Frank Madison. Van Wert pro e tablished a , new course record by shooting the | nine holes in 33, three under par.: The tourney was of unusual interfest and tlie witner was not detelmined until the last foursomes reported la:e in the afternoon. In the tournev play Madison led off for Van Wert and Ira Fuhrman of this city was Decatur's lead-off player Madison took the first round with | a 37 and the two tied the second, round on Holes, Madison shooting! another 37 and Fuhrman clocking I a 38. Af:er the touiney was com-

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j pinte<l Mndlson Muried off to establish a new record und succeeded in doing so. turning In u 33. Don Koos shot low score for nine holes for Decatur with a 37 and Fuhrman and Ed Engeler were next in scoring of nine holes with 33 , each. Fuhrman's total for 18 holes was 81. Following the tournament, a plate supper was served to the competing teams of both clubs and several' tans who witnessed the contest. Captain Herman Myers of the Decatur team announced that sev-j oral match tourneys would be sched--uled here in the next few weeks. — o I. W. L. SLUGGERS WIN The Immanuel Walther league baseball team of Union township I defeated the Convoy, Ohio, team by !a score of 12-3. The 1. W. L's I murderers row functioned to perfection against the opponents hurllers last Sunday afternoon, on the I formers diamond. The Leaguers gathered and pounded out 15 hits, while the “Buckeyfs” picked out four hits. Among the hits by the J. W. L.'s team were three triples .nd a home run. The batteries for the local team were R. and T. Bleek . and A. Schamerloh. The I. W. I.’s team seems to hav > a successful year; for the* — nil Hl——Sl I - —mms—mm—smi —a

players are showing excellent work. The manager, Grover Bleeke, will book games with any team, who Is willing to piny on Sunday afternoons. Next Sunday the Walther League team will travel to Wren, (). According to all predictions the league has a hard team to play. • * BASEBALL BRIEFS 'Hie Chicago Cubs und Brooklyn Robins met today al Chicago in the first contest of a four-game series which may decide tire National league's July 4th leader. Baseball has a tradition that the club leading the league July 4 will

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win the pennant. I’ F hel '> a on,. Vl , !ht . Mini®! f Chicagouns ‘■hlcago g, terduy, <l.. t ,-ati Ilv ,. hn Pittsburgh. ViltHburgh ■ , "ffwtive phc hlnK KtgM " ng ul,(l '’••at | !: , 1(lk| <'ineinn.ni ,i. ,"‘ v ■* 11 to 3. in lh .. , )n , v league gam,. V-askim-i,,., ~, h(| I land, 13 to 5. Detroit I, at! .,| j MI( 1 defeat. (I