Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1930 — Page 6

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Old Timers To Play Decatur Pirates Here Sundal

OLD SHAMROCK BASEBALL TEAM TO DON SUITS Cochran and Coffee,GrayHaired Battery To Start Tilt Baseball players of yesterday ; old gray-haired stars of rw a t»ir teams 10 and 20 years ago have turned boys again l and as they used to do years, ji"o they have agreed to meet at Pat Coffee’s shoe shoo I Thursday night at 8 o’clock! to organize and prove that they can come back. The Old Timers will play the Decatur Prates In a benefit baseball game at South Ward diamond Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The profits derived from the tilt will go to the Decatur junior baseball league to help pay for the baseballs, uniforms and other equipment. He* Cochran, who 10 years ago pitched a lot of shutout baseball and Pat Coffee, who used to close his eyes and knock the second baseman down with his peg from behind the plate will form the battery for the Old Timers. Buck Baxter, whose batting average used to be the talk of northern Indiana will play at first base; Harvey "Red” Stevens will squat on the keystone sack; Hap Smith will cover shortstop and Alva Buffenbarger, who has a boy old enough and good enough for the big time circuit, will play the hot corner. In the outer garden will be Joe and Cappy Johns, who made life miserable for visiting pitchers, Conie Franks, who blew a Cloverleaf whistle with a home run once, I \»prie Peterson, and a lot of other stars. Snyder and McDougal will i,e the utility battery. The Pirates will have their regular lineup and a great game is promised. No tickets will be sold in advance of the tilt and a collection will be taken, during the game. The game will start promptly at 2:30 o'clock. o—i r ■ I —— j I 1 .. The Hortonmen were ragged in drill Tuesday afternoon, largely because several new plays, both on offense and defense were injected into their system. —oOo — Coach Horton has vanished all signs of loitering In the Purple and Gold squad and every minute of drill is counting. —oOo — The elephantic line got some lesson in holding the enemy. The baekleld got a lot of new information on breaking up passes on defense and completing them on offense. Yes, that Tuesday drill was worth its weight in goals. —oOo — Next Saturday afternoon the Jackets go to Fort Wayne where they engage the South Side eleven in a football game. A team that doesn't know what defeat means, always brings back a victory. —oOo — Its going to be a tough assignment for the South Siders to crack through the Yellow Jacket line. It's going to be tough for the enemy to complete a forward pass—and getting around the Decatur ends is difficult—so we can't s:e what will hinder Decatur from winning. —oOo— Footbawls hates to admit defeat, but it now appears that the Chicago Cubs have folded their tents, placed their tails gently between their legs, and have growled their last growl. —oOo— Suffering two defeats at the hands of the last place Phillies the Cubs went to New York yesterday where Manager McCarthy used some more of his eccentric judgment and the Giants fighting hard to keep a seat in the first division spanked the Windy City boys for a 7-0 count. —oOo — We want to be among ths last to surrender, but we’ve got to admit that the Cubs have done everything but play baseball the last two

wicks. Wi* suggest that Manager j McCarthy bring his Cubs down here (o learn a little strategy from the Rotary or Moose Junior league leu ms. —oOo— There's going to be some basetall game here next Sunday. Shadows of the past are going to don uniforms and tackle Bill Bell's Decatur Pirates. A lot of old timers including that famous battery, Cochran and Coffee are going to play an exhibition game for the benefit of the junior basebal league. —-000 — You fellows who haven't seen | Cappy Johns and his big brother Joe and Red Stevens ami Buck I Baxter and the rest of those old Ims-beens in uniforms for ten ! years, come out and see if Barnttm was right. —oOo— And from the looks of the lineup there won't be a player on the old timers' team under 45 —still we’d bet our last dollar they could go over to the Suburb and whip any old time team the Parlor City could congregate. —oOo — The old timers are going to meet Thursday night down in Pat Coffee's shoe shop. Just like they used to—and about 8:15 the north end air will he blue with xz!)(? ? 0000 —oOo— Pat Engle, who used to bunt down third base line and watch the House of David shortstop tangle the ball in his whiskers, will also run Sunday. —oOo — Football enthusiasm in Decatur is getting a much slower start than the Jacket team. At Auburn last Saturday there were many more town-folks than there were Decatur high school pupils and teachers. —oOo — Yellow Jackets, beat South Side. HARRY HEBBLE ENTERS BALLS' Harry Heble, Decatur high school basketball player, who went into tilts last year at the most crucial moments, and time and again pulled games out of the fire; who is credited with winning several close net games for the Curtismen last season has entered Ball Teachers’ college at Muncie. Branch “Doc” McCracken, an old Curtis pupil from Monrovia, who made the grade at Indiana Univer sity and as center on that net team jumped his way to conference fame, and who now is head basketball coach at the normal school stated that Hebble looks to be the likilest center candidate he has among the Freshmen. Those close to local sport circles feel sure that Hebble will be one of the greatest players on the Muncie squad before long. Hebble never was In better physical condition and he will answer the first call for basketball candidates at the Muncie college in October. Hebble also will try out for freshman football, it was stated. KELLOGG NAMED ON WORLD COURT Former Cabinet Member Succeeds Charles Evans Hughes On Bench Geneva, Sept. 17 — (U.R) —Frank B. Kellogg, former secretary of state of the United States and author of the Kellogg pact to outlaw war, was elected a judge of the world court by the assembly of the league of nations today, to succeed to the uncompleted term of Charles Evans Hughes. Kellogg will be one of eleven judges and four deputy judges of the world court (permanent court of international justice.) The judges are elected by the assembly and the league council for a period of nine years. The present judges are; D. Anzllottl, Italy, president; Dr. Max Huber, Switzerland, vice president; B. C. J. Loder, Holland; Sir Cecil Hurst, Great Britain; D. G. Nyholm, Denmark; Henri Fromageot, France; Antonio De Bustamante, Cuba; Rafael Altimara, Spain; Yorczu Oda, Japan; Eputaclo Da Silva Pessoa, Brazil. Kellogg’s election was praised in league circles, where his work In drafting the Kellogg peace pact is held in rich esteem. o NOTICE Meeting of Rotary Troop No. 61, ut Central School building, tonight at 7:30 P. M.

' Camera —Two Men in One This mountain of beef and bone is Primo Camera, who fights Jack Gross September 17 at Chicago. He is two men rolled Into one. H s chest expanded Is S 3 inches; his waist measures 38 inches. He stands <i feet 7 inches. Hie neck measures 20 Inches, biceps 18, forearm lft, calf 19 and thigh 30. His we'glit is 270 pounds. What a man!

CARDS IN LEAD OVER ROBINS I 1 New York, Sept. 17. — (U.R) —One scant point separated the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Robins as they went Into the second game of their vital 3-game series at Ebbetts field today. By winning a 10-inning struggle yesterday, 1-0, the Cardinals snapped the Robins 11-game winning , streak and forged ahead in the Nat- . ional league pennant race. There may have been better ball games played than the one the , Cardinals wrested from the Robins yesterday, but you could never make any one of the 28,000 fans who jammed the park believe It. For sheer thrills, that combat, with Dazzy Vance and "Wild Bill" Hallahan, who was not so wild, but v( ry. very good, looked in what seemed to be a never ending duel, surpassed anything in the memory >f Gabby Street or Uncle Wilbert Robinson, who between them have been in baseball for more than 50 years. "I never saw so many things hap- ■ pen in one game in all my baseball days,” said Gabby Street. “I don’t think anything else could have happened. That hard-won victory has paved the way for us to win the pennant. Another game from; the Robins and we'll never be head-! ed.” "A mighty tough one to lose,” said Uncle Wilbert. "Between the heat and the game I almost passed out. We can't win ’em all. Today we'll start a new streak and get back into first place.” Hallahan had a no-hit game almost in his grasp yesterday when Harvey Hendrick made the first hit off him with one out in the Bth. All told the Robins made only five hits. Vance was nicked for seven hits, but fanned 11, two under his season's record made last week against the Cubs. For today, another pitching battle was in prospect with Adolfo Luque, the canny Cuban, and Burleigh Grimes, one of baseball’s best money pitchers, slated to work. Robinson had definitely decided on Luque, while Gabby Street had just about made up his mind to use Grimes Instead of Flint Rhem, vhose turn it was. With a right-hander on the nound, Brooklyn, with its best hit ters all left-handers, Mooije, Herman, Bissonette and Hendrick, is apt to show more power than in the first game when Hallahan's outhpaw slants had them raffled. Herman, Moore and Hendrick all went hitless in the opener. From the manner in which both teams fought yesterday, it is easy to see that neither is going to give •ip the pennant struggle without a long, hard fight which Is quite like'y to extend down to the last game of the season. Brooklyn really was outplayed vesterday. Hallahan outpitched Vance, although it took a masterpiece to beat ths dazzle: - . It took two double plays, one each in the ninth and tenth Innings to keep Brooklyn from winning. The Cards double play In the tenth was one of the greatest ever made. With one out, and the basses filled Lopez hit a sharp liner which took one bounce before reaching Adams, playing shortstop. Adams juggled the ball, but steadied himself In time to tosp to Frisch for a force at second. Then Frisch’s rlfle-like peg to Bottomley nipped Lopez after what would have been the tying run had crossed the plate. Charley Gelbert, Cards’ shortstop who was knocked unconscious when Finn charged into him trying to stretch a single !n the eighth Inning, was expected to return to the lineup today despite a badly dis- , colored and slightly gashed face. t — o— Get the Habit—Trade at Home.

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I ♦ ♦ AT BIG TEN FOOTBALL CAMPS i ♦ ♦ | Columbus, O. —Coach fan: Willaman planned to put his Ohio State squad through a final con- ? ditionng workout today with the i opening scrimmage of the season 5 scheduled tomorrow. Evanston, 111. —Coach Dick Hanley today sought a capable reserve to replace halfback Sid Burnsteln j in the Northwestern lineup. Burnstein, counted upon as a varsity r regular, twisted his knee in dummy scrimmage yesterday and will he out of action for several weeks. I Minneapolis, Minn. — Ileligibility , and injuries may rob Coach Crisler of three men counted upon for r regular berths on the Minnesota , varsity. A1 Oster, end. and Leroy Timm, halfback, have been placed on the ineligible list because of • scholastic difficulties while Queut tin Burdick, fullback, is having t Double with a torn cartilage in his knee and may be forced to quit the . squad. t Lafayette, Ind. — Purdue’s foot- , Dal lsquad was scheduled to re- ( sume hard work today, after spend iug most of yesterday's practice . session going through their paces 1 for the benefit of visiting photographers. Kizer devoted most of , his attention to the line, with Earl , I Martineau and Christy Flanagan the backs. CONVICTS RIOT AT BALTIMORE Order Restored; Two Severely Injured In Disorder Outbreak . Baltimore, Md., Sept. 17. — (U.R) — i Older had been restored in the i Maryland state penitentiary early ; today after a riot which may cost two lives. Arthur Owen, 39, a guard, is in i University hospital and may die . from a bullet wound in his right : side. His death probably would result in murder charges being i placed against all of the nine convicts who took part in the attempt- . ed jail break. The other man wounded in the : iot was George Bailey, a prisoner, . who was shot in the lung during the outbreak which raged from 4 . p. m„ yesterday until after 7 p. m. i Bailey a year ago had attempted ! to escape with Jack Hart, one of i Maryland’s most notorious gunmen . and robbers. I More than 500 police were sum moned to stand guard around the i prison walls during the outbreak, r The prison is located in the heart > of downtown Baltimore and several ( thousand citizens were attracted to . the scene, blocking the city streets « outside. Credit for foiling the break was 1 given today to Owen, the injured 1 guard, who attempted to halt the . nine convicts when they were coming down a fire escape. The nine i meli rushed him, one taking the i guards revolver. Owen dropped as two shots were i fired. The shots, however, were . responsible for the failure of the l attempted break inasmuch as they i attracted the attention of other , guards. 1 The nine men rushed across the i prison yard to the wall where they ; attempted to fasten an Improvised 5 rope ladder. Guards on the wall - fired into the group and Bailey - fel lwounded. The other prisoners then stopped and retreated, seek- - ing refuge in the prison laundry, j Here, with heavy walls and an un--5 known amount of ammunition, the - guards hesitated to rush. 3 Prison officials decided upon a - policy of watchful waiting and this won out after about three hours when the prisoners surrendi.ered.

STAGG SEES NO CHANCE TO WIN Chicago, Sept. 17. — (U.R) — The University of Chicago present® a decided contrast to other members of the Big Ten conference in Hint (ho* Maroons entertain no hopes of winning the 1930 football championship. Such a s'tuatlon wold he considered a calamity In many schools but Chicago places little emphasis on the 1 resrlt of nthletle contests, i adontlng the English attitude that j sports are mere games for the | entertainment and benefit of the ’ participants with victory or defeat I an incidental development. Athletic Director A. A. Stags, I who lm coached Chicago football teams since the Universitv was founded 39 vears ago. takes his material without complaint. makes no attempt to secure additional material. and never ruts a man from his souad as long as the , stayer reports for practice regularly. This season. Stagg has 63 men with less than 25 regarded as having varsity ability. Twelve of last year’s 2fi major letter men 1 were lost to the squad by graduation w'th four hacks and four linemen as the only returning veterans. If he ran develop a forward i that will hold its own in eonference competition, the Chicngo .hacks are almost certain to go! places and scorn touchdowns; 1f not. the hacks will he restricted to their own sole of the field. Captain Everett Van Nice, a rnney 210-oound halfback, will lead the backfleld. He is the team's leading kickpr, punting left footed, and throws a port ide pass that travels with Rpeed and accuracv. Paul Stagg. who directed his father’s team from the quarterback post last season, Joe Tenvnle ) and Walter Knudson, complete the list of veteran hacks. Kenneth McKenzie and Merr 1 Greer, two 1929 reserves, and Edward Staekler. Robert Wallace and Don Birney. former Nebraska high school star, are the best of the reserve material. All of the backs have been drilled in Coach Stagg’s revolutionary

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"flanker” offense which proved successful last season, and If aj capable line Is developed the| “flanker" pnsslng and running plays again will ho the Maroon’s offensive ace. Loss of Buck Weaver, 230-pound giant, leaves a big gap at center, hilt Stagg is endeavoring to convert Andy Brisler, veteran guard, into a pivot man. Keith Parson*, Davenport, la., and Raymond Zenner, Brookfield, 111., are sophomore candidates for the post. Walter Trade is back in Ills regular tackle berth, w'th two re-| serves —Alvin Retwitch and Boh Macnellle — fighting three sophomores — Walter Maneikis, Pete, Reinarauskas and Biss Cassels j for a position as his running mate. I | Sam Horwitz, 175-pound veteran,! appears certain of one guard post,! | with Stanley Hamberg, 1929 reserve. and the sophomores Toigo and Vandernoor competing for the! ! other. Tlie ends should lie well taken j care of with Tom Cowley, a capable veteran. Bernie Weni and Art! Abbot, 1929 reserves, and several sophomores available. Chicago’s schedule for the year follows: Oct. 4 —Ripon and Hillsdale nt Chicago; Oct. 11—Wisconsin at Madi-on; Oct. 18—Florida 1 at Chicago; Oct. 25—Mississippi at Chicago: Nov. I—Princeton1 —Princeton at ! Chicago; Nov. B—Purdue8 —Purdue at Chi-! cago; Nov. 15 —Illinois at Chicago; : Nov. 22- Michigan at Atm Arbor, j ” BASEBALL BRIEFS I » ♦ (By United Press) Philadelphia’s Athletics today needed but three victories out of their nine remaining games to clinch their second successive American League championship. The A’s increased their lead over the second-place Washington Senators to eight full games Tuesday by taking both ends of a doubleheader from the Chicago White Sox while the Seators were Idle. Lefty Grove hung up his 27th victory of the season by pitching the A's to a 6 to 4 victory in the opener. Braxton held the Athletics to one hit for the first five innings of the second gam© but weakened in the sixth when the leaders scored five runs. The New York Yankees pounded four St. Louis pitchers for a 19 to 10 victory. New York scored

1 all of Its runs in the first five Inj nlngs. Goslln and Schulte hit | home runs for the Browns. Waite Hoyt pitched the Detroit Tigers to a 7 to 6 victory over the Boston Red Sox. In the National League the St. Don is Cards regained the league lead by wh pplng the Brooklyn Robins 1 to 0 in 10 innings. The Curds scored their lone run In tho tenth on Ilieh's double, Hallahan's sacrifice and Donthlt's single. The New York Giants blanked ! the Chicago Cubs 7to 0. Carl j Hubhell allowed the champions but three hits. I Ph'tadelphin. although outhlt, j defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 15 ' to 14. t Yesterday's hero; faylor Dout- ! hit, St. Ivouis Cardinals' outfielder, whose tenth inning single scored Andy High with the run that beat the Brooklyn Robins 1 to 0. Major Leaque Leaders j Following averages compiled by United Press include games of September 16. Leading Batters G AB R H Pet. Terry, Giants 144 595 135 240 .403 Herman. Rob. 144 519 136 229 .396 Klein. Phil 146 60S 145 234 .384 Gehrig. Yank. 146 608 145 234 .384 O'Doul, Phil. 134 518 119 199 .384 Home Runs Wilson. Culis 50 Ruth. Yankees : 46 Gehrig. Yankees 39 Simmons, Athletirs 35 Berger, Braves 34 Foxx, Athletics 34 Klein. Phillies 34 —n Guns Cause Arrest New York, Sept. 17—(U.R)— Three i men were held here today charged with being involved in the sale) of machine guns which police fear! may have found their way into the hands of Capone racketeers in Chicago and Detroit. Cornelius Bertschinger, 36. proprietor of a sporting goods store, is held under the Sullivan art, charged with selling five guns to Charles Di Benetto, of Buffalo, N. Y.. and Joseph Bonventra, 28. of Brooklyn. The machine guns are alleged to have been shipped to the Capital j : Coal company in Detroit and the Ga’-v Hardware company of Gary, I Indiana. i o . Get the Habit — Trade at Home.

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