Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1930 — Page 6

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SPORTS

WOMEN'S GOLF TOURNEY WILL START MONDAY Champion And Four Former Title Holders in List of Entries “Indianapolis, July 19 (I P) —A] defending champion and four former state champions will be In the I starting field Monday morning when the qualifying round of 18 Ifolea wHI he played in the ninth iMinual Indiana women's golf übsod.allon state tournament .over the Woodmar course at llapimond, it appeared today. , Mrs. Alfred E. Bulson, Fort Wayne, defending champion; Miss' Elizabeth Dunn and Mrs. Hen C . Stevenson, both of Indianapolis; ■ Mrs. Scott Snyder, Fort Wayne and Mrs. Fred Holmes. Lafayette, will ail be in the field next week accord-1 ing to Miss Mary Gorham, Frankfort: president of the association. it Is probably that the champion- j all ip field will be made up of 16 | players again this year unless a suf- I ftclent number of good players are j ♦Mitered to Justify a 32 plaver brackA delegation from the Avion club of Indianapolis will urge that the! 1931 meet be held here It was learn-I j The association was organized ini 1921 In Indianapolis. Mrs. Harry Hammond. Indianapolis, was elected president. The 1922 tournament was held at Lafayette and Mrs. Bon Stevenson, Indianapolis, won the state title. Mrs. Fred Holmes, Lafayette was runner up. . In 1923, at Fort Wayne, Mrs. Holmes won the title in a match with Miss Hillis Dryer, now Mrs. Scott Snyder, Fort Wayne. The 1924 match was played at Indianapolis with Miss Drayer winning the title and Mrs. Carl Gibbs. Indianapolis runner up. The 1925 tournament was played at Chain O’Lakes at South Bend. Miss Naomi Hull, of Kendallville and South Bend, won the title in a match with Mrs. Walter East. South Bend, runner up: In 1926 the play was hold over the Indianapolis country club course and Miss Elizabeth Dunn, Indianapolis, threw a surprise to win the title. Mrs. Carl Gibbs, Indianapolis I was runner up. In 1927. Miss Dunn successfully I defended her crown at the Fort : Wayne country club course, defeat- I ing Mrs. Hen Stevenson. Indiana polis, in an extra hole match. New faces appeared at the 1928 I match and; Mrs. A. E. Bolson, Fort Wayne crashed the dope bucket to win the title defeating Mrs. Robert Gipson, formerly Miss Naomi Hill. The 1929 tournament was held at Indianapolis with Mrs. Bulson successfully defending her title against Miss Lou Adams, Indianapolis, a I newcomer. Prominent among the contenders for this year’s meet Include Mrs. Bulson and Misses Dunn, Abbott and Adams. Others mentioned as possible winners are Jerry King, of i '•’bash. Alice English of Lafayette j and several others.

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if 1 ISSUES CHALLENGE The Portland tennis team has ' flung a challenge to Decatur I for a mutch with' any Decatur | tenuis team either at Portland jor Decatur. The challenge ( states that any Decatur team Interested should communicate with Leo Gegenhelmer, sports editor of the Portland Commerelal Review. MOOSE TRIMS LEGION TEAM The Moose Junior baseball team took the Legion dfamondmen into camp 21-5 at South Ward diamond 1 Friday afternoon. The Legion team I started olf in great style in the first I inning and counted for all of its J 5 runs. The Moose came back strong. I scoring 4 runs in the first and tying I Hie count in the second. From the j third Inning on, the Haxtermen had | little trouble. Fisher, Moose shortstop and i Scheimann. Centerfield, made up lor errors they made in the RotaryMoose game last week, and played good baseball. Probably the outstanding players of the two team? ■ last night were Keller, Legion first I baseman and Myers, Moose first baseman. Neither accounted for an I error. Feasel and Strickler formed the Moose' battery and Ritter, Henricks and Baumgartner composed the losing battery. The next game will open an old feud. The Moose and Rotary teams will meet at 5:30 o’clock next Tuesday afternoon, in a regular league game. Admission to all games is free. o U. S. Tennis Team Wins From Italy Paris, July 19—<U.R)—The United States defeated Italy in the Dav s Cup inter-zone final today and won the right to meet France in the challenge round of the famous tennis trophy competition. The American victory was assured when Wilmer Allison. Austin, Tex., and John Van Ryn, East Orange, N. J„ defeated Baron Hum- : bel t De Mprpurgo and Georgia De I Stefani, Italy, by scores of 5-7, 6-2, ’ 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. in the one doubles i match of the inter-zone final. Previously the Americans had ■won two singles matches. Allison . defeated De Stefani, while George ■ Lott, Chicago, won over De Morpurgo. —o Name No Savior Reading. England. —(UP)—Dennis Allright -was all wrong, according to police officers wno brought him to court after he had driven his car over the sidewalk and knocked down a man and a woman. o — Kick at Long Pants Belfast —(UP) —Belfast policemen object to appearing collegiate ■ and has complained that their tror.- ' sers, sagging over their shoes in three or four folds, are too long.

"ALEX"TOTRY TO COME BACK Dallas. Tex., July 19. — (U.R) —AI ! bush league basebull crowd gath , ered under a shady stand here to luy ami watched an epic of the 1 game the battle of Grover ('lev land Alexander, one of the greatest sport Idols of all times, braving a scorching Texas sun, doggedly,’ determined to make good at bls last chance. * "Ohl Pete," who has thrown mor baseballs to major league batters] In his 23-year career than most sport fans will see in a life time, "shagged tiles" In the outfield of the Dallas Texas league ball park and pi pared to take the mount] again Sunday to show he “still has the stuff of which’idolH are made.” Pete has salvaged only a little farm up In Nebraska and a world championship diamond ring given him in St. Louis, from bls’vast major league earnings. "Alex" is on probation, and only his workouts of the past two days and Im faithful promise to keep himself in physical condition have won for him a chance to prove his worth. Vice-president Bob Tarlton announced earlier In the week that he bad asked waivers on the veteran moundsmau after Alex twice had failed to report to the ball park when he was scheduled to pitch and had broken training rules. “It’s just the thought that I’m! slipping,” Pete said today. It’s mighty hard to keep plugging away j when I know I have had my best days and that 1 never will be abb*' to win another birth in the majors” STANDINGS CENTRAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Richmond 8 6 .571 Krte 8 6 .571 Springfield 8 7 .533 Canton 7 8 .467: Fort Wayne 6 8 .423 Dayton 6 8 .429] NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Brooklyn 49 33 .5981 Chicago . 50 36 .581 i New York 45 38 .542! St. Louis 11 40 .506] Poston 40 11 .476 Pittsburgh 4’) 44 ,4761 Cincinnati 38 44 .463 j Philadelphia 29 51 .362 — AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Philadelphia 61 29 .678 Washington . 56 31 .644 New York .. 51 36 .586 Cl veland 44 44 .500 Det I oil 41 49 .156 Chicago 32 53 .376 St. Louis 33 55 .375 Boston 32 51 .372 j AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. Louisville . 54 31 .611 St. Paul 52 36 .591 Toledo 49 37 .579 Kansas City 42 43 .494 Minneapolis 41 49 .586 Indianapolis 36 48 .429 Columbus 40 51 .440 Milwaukee 36 53 .104 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Central League Dayton, 13; Fort Wayne, 12. Canton, 6; Erie, 3. Richmond, 1; Springfield, 1. National League Pittsburgh. 12; Boston, 4. Chicago, 6; Brooklyn. 2. St. Louis, 7; New York, 8. Cincinnati, 12; Philadelphia, 6. American League Philadelphia, 15; Chicago, 1. New York. 6; St. Louis, 14. Boston, 6; l> troit, 7. Washington, 8; Cleveland, 6. American Association Indianapolis, 6; Columbus, 8. Toledo, 7; Louisville, 5. St. Paul, 12; Minneapolis, 6. Milwaukee, 9; Kansas City, 10. , — o BASEBALL BRIEFS * The Chicago Cubs again have i advanced to the commanding position in the National league ami to- 1 day wore Inn one game behind the 1 league leading Brooklyn Robins. The Chicagoans cut the Robins'] lead two games in the past three] (lays, winning three out of four I games from the leaders and were in a favorable position to gain a virtual tie for the lead by winning the final game of the series today. Chicago's game fight to remain ]in the race despite injuries which would have wrecked a less courageous ball club has been the outstanding sensation of the major season. McCarthy has Bob Osborn available to shoot at the Robins today and will have his aces ready for action in the Cubs second successive crucial serifs against New York, opening Sunday. I Sheriff Fred Blake turned in a

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great performance yesterday, holding the Robins to 5 hits, while his mates pounded Elliott, Moss and Thurston for u 6 to 2 victory. Homers by Wilson. Beck and English featured the Chicago attack. New York's Giants strengthen 'd their hold on third place, rallying ’in the ninth to score five runs and defeated St. Louis, 8 to 7. The I Cards held the lend throughout the game but Halluhan and Grimes : were unable to check the late attack. The Cincinnati Reds continued . their success In tile east, pounding five Philadelphia pitchers for |a 13,10 6 triumph. The Phils hit May and Johnson freely but were I held scoreless by Ben Frey during the closing innings. Pittsburgh extended a winning strmfc to three games, combing three Boston pitchers for 16 hits land a 12 to 4 triumph. An 11-run attack on Braxton ami Henry In the third and fourth Innings enabled the Philadelphia Athletics to defeat Chicago, 15 to 1. George Earnshaw held the Sox to 7 scattered hits. Walter Jolfmon revamped his Washington lln up and the Senators beat Cleveland, 8 to 6. The Indians onthit the Senators but could not connect in the pinch s and left 12 runners stranded on base. • The St. Louis Browns defeated New York. II to 6, and climbed into seventh -place on the league standings. Detroit nosed out Boston. 7 to 6 and dropped the Red Sox into ! tl>e Cellar. HIT LEADERS STAY ON TOP New York, July 19—(UP) —Lefty O’Doul of the Philadelphia Phillies and Al Simmons of the Athletics, turned buck the attacks of all contenders for hitting honors in their respective leagues during the past week. United Press averages, compiled I through July 17. showed Simmonheading the American League with an average of .392. and O’Doul topp- : ing the .National League witli a percentage of .407. O'Doul’s mark was unchanged from a week ago while Simmons has improved ills percentage by .002 points. | George Fisher of the St. Louis i Cardinals, a Giant discard, contin--1 tied to belt the ball at a 424 clip 'and held his place as the National i.eague's nominal leader. He has played irregularly, appearing at bat ' only I<4 times as compared to o’- ; Doni’s 297, and was forced to surrender the lead to the Philadephian Chuck Klein. Phillies’ home run slugger, remained in the National League runner-up position with a ,403 percentage and Babe Herman, Cobins, 387; Stephenson, Cube, 1.387; Terry. Giants .386; Paul War ner, Pirates, .375; Hellmann, Reds .366; Hogan, Giants, 366; Lindstrom Giants. .354; and Cuvier, Cubs, .349, completed the "Big Ten." Lou Gehrig, Yankee first baseman, moved into the American League runner-up berth with a mark of .379 and Nickey Qpchrane. Athletics, advanced to third place with a .377 average, while Sam Rice, Washington veteran slumped to .375 and dropped from second to fourth place. National I eague team batting averagges were: Philadelphia, .327: New York, .319; Brooklyn, .312; St. Louis 312; Chicago .307; Pittsburgh, .300; Cincinnati, .288; Boston, .281. American League team batting averages were: New York, .315; Cleveland, .305; Washington, .300; Philadelphia, .297; Chicago, .278; Boston, .267; St. Louis, .252. "Lefty" Groove, Athletics’ fast ball ace, showed the way for American League pitchers with 12 victories and 2 defeats for a percentage of .800 and Bob Osborn, Cubs Rookie, tops the National Circuit with 6 victories and 1 defeat for a .857 average. o , Double Chicken London , — (UP) —A chicken that broke its way unaided out of an \gg shell was found to have four legs and four wings. o British "Steve Brodie" London —(UP) —George Jackson, 35. laborer, shouted “Goodbye," pumped off London Bridge before several hundred people, and was retnane'd for medical observation as Iter police pulled hitn from the | Thames. i o Thirteen-Word Will Torquay, England —(UP)— The 113-word will of Arthur Bond Lock- • ney stated, “I leave all to my sister ' Augusta, and no tommvrot about it." 0 Radium The geological survey says thnt a gram of radium Is about twice the size of an ordinary match head. Radium is transported In specially constructed lead containers. oAstronomical Day Astronomers formerly began the day at noon, but It was decided advisable for the sake of uniform Ity. to use the same day In astro nomical work as is used in civil life, and commencing with 1925 nil , the national almanacs began the day as midnight.

REV. HESSiON RECEIVES GIFT • » 111 I .1 .. The Decatur Commodores, present am! past, representing the Decatur Catholic high school basketI ball squads, presented the Rev. Father Joseph A. Hesslon, former ] athletic director of the local school, i with a. solid gold watch. The gift was sent to Father Hesslon the other day at Hammond, to which place ho was assigned as assistant pastor nt St. Joseph's Catholic church. He began his new charge on July 3. Father Hesslon served as athletic director at the local school for four years and took a great Interest in the Commodore basketball team, seeing them become state champions and also make a splendid showing in the National Catholic tournament in Chicago. The watch was given to the former athletic director in appreciation of his efforts and good-will towards the teams during his residence here. Father Hesslon in acknowledging the receipt of the watch expr'ssed his appreciation, asked to Is* remembered to h’s friends here and offered to donate the Father Hesslon gold* medal award to the boy athlete having the best average in studies and athletic events next year. — o TEMPERATURES MOVE TOWARDS RECORD MARKS — j (CONTINUED FR n M PAGE ONE) Berne, July 19 —The temperatin t in Berne at 1:30 o'clock* this afternoon was 102 degrees in the shade. Phis was the highest temperature 'n Berne since 1914. With predictions of showers only in the extreme north part of Indiana, Adams county continued to swelter under an unmerciful sun and the mercury move upward toward a season's record. Street thermometer -eadings in Decatur yesterday varied between 94 and 97 degrees. It was regarded by many as the hottest day of the year. There was practically no breeze and the sun

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pavement could be Hit. The only optimism In the w< (her forecast was the r. port tha cool breazes from the Pacific coast were I eastward and woul u „lve In the middle west in the next few days. J State weather forecasters pre dieted that some Indiana ‘ounth would have showers in the next .4 lours. There were more cloud? L. th,, sky today ami tor a time this morning H appeared as if it m k ‘ , rain. The sky cleared about noon, however. , . Farmers in Adams county state (] that part of the corn crop is beyond aid, but that most of it <anbe sa f ' „ ( | by sufficient ratu. Fi< »ls weie tlniost white today from dust from ( ’ the roads. t Indianapolis. July 19 (U.R) 1111 state today was suffering In what: was believed to be "the worst drouth since 1901," according to , |J. H. Armington. United btatee ( J weather bureau meteorologist. 'I "Although there have been sev- ( ! eral exceedingly long dry periods ( .] since the famous drouth of 1901,, I the present summer is believed the 'worst since that time,” Armington ’ said, I "Rainfall for the growing season ' throughout the state has been ap- ‘ (proximately five or - six Inches deficient and in most gallons 1 1 crops are in danger of being burned out. The southern section has ' suffered far more than the northl ern, where light showers have b on frequent." High temperatures of the past (wo weeks have added to the dami age to crops, Armington said. * There were no rains throughout the state yesterday and none fore-j 1 cast for the weekend. “Fair and warmer" was the forecast for Indiana for Saturday and Sunday, i Yesterday temperatures ranged J from 94 to 103 in all parts of the state, with the highest thermomet- : er recording at where the mercury . reached 103. .1 Wheatfield, in the northern part . of the state, reported 102 degrees , and South Bend 100. Columbus . and Madisoft also reported 100 der greee for yesterday. Stone Oddly Colored Lapis lazuli varies from a deep i azure blue to a greenish blue, both 1 colors often being comb'ned.

STOCK PRICES ; MOVE LOWER Lack of Demand IsCause For Drops In Most Stocks , New York. - ' sharp reversal of trend took place , on th e stock exchange today as repeated selling attacks uncovered a distinct lack of demand. Dossea rang ed from one to 10 points. |)( , S|J|I „ the extent of some of the losses, th* re was little feature t 0 th( . trading and dealings took (111 a typical mid-summer aspect. Activity approximated three-quart-er million shares. Dedining tendencies were due more to a lack of buying than to any concerted s Bing and leading stocks w re allowed to seek their own levels. Most traders were inclined to withdraw pending completion of the corrective movement and pric- movements were not regarded as significant. The downward movement was stubbornly resisted for a time, when a heavy buying movement in steel common carried it nearly a, point higher to the best levels on the current movement. Strength in steel, however, was shortlived and the issue fell fractionally. Selling operations in 'other sections of the list made more headway. Near the close i urban was down nearly 10 points ’ and losses of 2 to a points were :general in shares like J. I- Case, I American Telephone, A. M. Byers, Alli e d Chemical, Worthington i Pump and Westinghouse Electric. The downward movement was fairly uniform although the decline : was checked from time to time by lappearanee of buying in some of the leaders. Losses in recent leaders such as Radio Corporation, Radio - Keith. Gen-ral Motors and Warner Brothels Pictures were generally held to less than a point while strong support was again in evidence in dealings in General Electric. Firmness in the commodity markets where grains advanced nearly a cent and cotton nearly 75 cents

a bu!*had compa,uHvhv 10 fluence on the maikH ADAMS COUNTY GIRL IS Klij J .CONTINUED Flti)M PAGE Miss Baker lived with enls. Mr ami Mi ■ ~„1 ( ( S I'nlon township ~ o irH „ SLJ ago since which sided wifli her \| ra S | Bruns at Fort W.e.u. Hl „ 1L time she was employ ,| | )y ™ Wayne General El. . i She was born in l nlon ... January 3. 1910 Snrvivin, .Ml! Ui the parents, and ti„. ||| brothers and sisters y,. Lorena, and Fried., :t .ker>'*■ Afi Esther Baker. M, v,. lnia Albert Baker, Leo Buk.-r Louiee Salomon. M : - feldt, Miss Elsa Bak-r, all n Wayne, Mrs. Hann., k, sspl • Wert. Ohio; Mrs. H,. t|y Fort Wayne, and Mrs a,,,,., q MB of Convoy, Ohio, a Mrs. Sophia Germ.- < township also survh.s, \ Funeral services .. p,, Monday afternoon at 1 : :> 0 (Sun time) at Hi. Hak,. r \ IHion townsh.p. \ la™ and at 2 o’clock (Sun llniH) Emamial Luthernn : . i, , j (he deceased was :; .l,„ r past several year- |;,. v 1M Frosch, pastor, will i, s burial will be mad., i,.. cemetery. ] — s: Burglars' Night | Edmonton, Eiii '.j , > I lay night is burglar - n(yh t j U monton, and alter f ' d Friday night raids <|.e ormed watcli parti- ■ . .. .. warned everybody taly.4 weekly wages upstairBalloon Crosses Sea M Catterham, England , ll|( loy balloon released , lias been returned : ~o! ’ J. Isreal. 107 West Mith St York, who wrote tha h.- -,.aud , * balloon on his roof. <> — - K Road Is Rename! I ondon —( I’Pl Id - • ids of a|l '■ Village of Stotiold ..I v name of Asylum ih -, . s it to Hitching Road MS