Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 108, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1931 — Page 6

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BOXERS READY FOR TOURNEY HERE MONDAY Bluffton - Decatur C o ntests Draw Interest of Boxing Fans — Final plans have been made■ by the Decatur and Bluffton American, Legion boxing committees for the inter-county i boxing tourney to be held at 1 Decatur Catholic high school■ gymnasium next Mon d a y night at 8:30 o'clock, daylight saving time. Winners of the Adams and Wells i county elimination tourneys will I compete*for the inter-county champ-, ionships of the various weight di-1 visions. Tickets are now on sale and can he secured from members) of tlie American Legion in Bluffton and Decatur or at Peoples Restaur-, ant in this city. An elevated ring has been con-; structed at the gymnasium and! arrangements have been made forj 400 ringside seats. About the same j number of general admission seats! also are available for the night’s entertainment. Tickets are selling for 50 cents I for ringside and 35 cents for gen-1 eral admission. The local boxers i are drilling every night and hun-l dreds of local boxing fans are visiting the gymnasium to watch the workouts. All practices will be public until next Friday night. The local committee in charge of arrangements announced today that all fighters would be weighed in Monday. Bluffton boasts several good box- j ers and a number of lively contests j are predicted. Owing to the fact I that at the elimination tourney held i several weeks ago, there was a j larger crowd than expected those; in charge urge that all desiring »o] attend secure their tickets early. o Three Eye League To Open 30th Season Springfield, 111., May 6. — (U.R> — ; The Three Eye league — one of baseball’s oldest minor circuits —|. will open its 30th seasen tomorrow, with the same lineup of clubs that i finished the 1930 campaign. -I The opening schedule is: Quincy at Springfield. 1 Decatur at Evansville. < Peoria at Bloomington. i Terre Haute at Danville. i While ail of the clubs survived i the winter only three of the eight managers have been retained. The uew leaders will be located at Springfield, Peoria , Bloomington. Quincy and Terre Haute. • Hill WVambsganss, former Cleveland Indian shortstop and star of

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the 1920 world’s series, goes to ■Springfield; Walter Holke, former I big league, to Quincy; Chic Fraser, to Peoria; Walter Kohlbecker, to ; Terre Haute, hid., and Joo Dunn, I to Bloomington. All of the (dubs have adopted a policy of financial retrenchment nnd many of last season's high prie,ed veterans will be missing, their I places being filled with n crop of youngsters. o STANDINGS National League W. L. Pct. tSt. Louis 11 3 .786 I New York 12 5 .8(16 Chicago 10 6 .625 |Boatai 11 7 .611 | Pittsburgh 9 9 .509 I Philadelphia 6 10 .375 Brooklyn 5 12 .291 Cincinnati 2 14 .125 American League W. L. Pct. | | Cleveland 12 6 .667 i New York 10 8 .5561 ■ Philadelphia 8 7 .533 j 'Chicago 9 8 .529 i Washington 10 9 .526 ■ i Detroit 9 10 .474 : Boston 6 10 .375 St. Louis 5 11 .313 American Association W. L. Pet. I St. Paul 11 4 .7331 . Louisville 116 .647 Columbus 116 .647 I Milwaukee 9 9 .500 I Toledo 6 9 .400 Indianapolis 6 10 .375 Minneapolis 6 10 .375 Kansas City 6 11 .353 Yesterday's Results — National League New York 8; Brooklyn 0. Chicago 8; Cincinnati 4. Boston 5; Philadelphia 4. Only sanies scheduled. — !• American League Cleveland 11; St. Louis 6. New York 18; Washington 8. Chicago 7; Detroit 3. Philadelphia 4: Boston . American Association Cqlumbus 8; Milwaukee 4. L d'anapolis at Minneapolis rain. 1 Louisville at St. Paul, rain. Toledo at Kansas City wet ground ' and cold. 0 _ :— Ball Players Asked To . Register During Week All boys who are going to play; baseball in the Junior League this, summer and who have not yet joined a team are asked to leave their I names at the Green Kettle confectionery store in the next week. o Acquiring Learning It is by Imitation. far more than by precept, that we learn every thing, and what we learn thus we acquire not only more effectually hut tv .re iilensiintl.v — Riirke.

GIA NTS SHOW ■I MUCHABILITY I New York, May 6. — (U.R) — John McGraw’s New York Giants, regarded generally as "the strongest team in the National league, outside of pitching," now are getting the best pitching in the league and seem highly dangerous contenders for 1931 championship honors. The success of the Giants hurl■'ers, and the development of a "big ' I four’’ — Clarence Mitchell, Fred ' Fitzsimmons, Carl Hubbell and ' Bill Walker — has been the cutstanding surprise of the year. Before the season opened it was conceded that the Giants had the best regular lineup in either league, but critics predicted that weak hurling would prevent them from I playing an important part in the j pennant race. McGraw’s insistence that his club I would get good mound work and j battle it out with St. Louis and | Chicago for the Hag was regarded as optimistic "ballyhoo," but developments have borne out McGraw’s contentions. In 18 games played to date, the Giants have required relief pitch- , ers on only seven occasions. Eleven starting pitchers finished their games, with New York winning nine of the contests. On two other occasions the original twirler was lifted for a pinch hitter in the eighth inning, and in both instances the Giants won. *-The remaining contest included in the Giants 12 i victories —the opening game of the ■ season —saw three pitchers in acI tion. McGraw's pitching lias been bad in only two games, five men work- ! ing in the second game of the year, which the Giants lost to Philadelphia, 1(1 to 7; and four toiling in a Dinning 7 to 7 tie with Phila-I l-delphia. These contests and the! opener also against Philadelphia,' were the only ones in which the I Giants have used more than two; pitchers. , Opposing teams have made only 144 hits and 61 runs in 18 games , with the Giants, for an average of j 8 hits and 3.39 runs per contest. The games include two shutouts; three one-run games; two two-run I games; two three-run games; four four-run games; three fiveruni games; one seven-run game, and ' one ten-run game. Meanwhile New York batters I have pounded out 192 hits for 101 1 runs, an average of 10.6 hits and 15.61 runs. They have been shut ’out ofily once; held to one run once; to two runs once and on nine occasions have scored more than five times, with 14 as their high mark for the season. i o RISKO WINS | OVER MAX BAER Cleveland, May 6—(UP) —Johnny! ■ R.sko, the Cleveland rubber man bounced back into the circle of ' ranking heavyweight today through his ten-round victory last night over Max Baer, young California Boxer Mauled into defeat with appalling regularity all winter, Risko returned to his home lot to complete ly upset the reckonings* of exper’s who had said he was "through." Instead he flashed one of The best fights o. his career to decisively outpoint the Pacific Coast lad. Always a willing tghter Risko was even more willing last night. He absorbed Baer's drives to the stomach and countered with stinging head blows. Baer’s slowness in starting accounted largely for his defeat. He was obviousl ythe superior fighter but his offensive was delivered too late to overcome the majority the rubber man had built up. Risko weighed in at 195 and Baer at 204. o Ball Team Will Meet All members of the American Legion Junior baseball team are asked to meet at Legion hthl Thursday night at 8 o’clock. c Golfer and Fly Caster Complete Medford, Ore. — (U.R)' —The very latest in freak events —a contest between a golfer and a fly caster! | The match will be played between Ward Spatz, expert fisherman, and Ted Baker over the Rogue Valley Club course. Baker believes if he can break 80 he will have an advantage. Spatz claims he can make a 150-yard cast with accuracy and in greens competition he said he could land a fly in a hat at 100 feet. \ o Flowers for Mother’s Day on sale at Brock’s store and Decatur Floral Co. Phone 100. 106t3

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; INDIANS MEET CRUCIAL TEST I j New York. Muy 6—(U.R) The I I chimriionshlp aspirations of th' l I i Cleveland Indians, current ArnerlII can League loaders, will )>e put to n severe test during the ensuing fortnight. After two more sectional contests' against the St. Louis Browns, I the Clevelanders must play host I lo the four eastern clubs of the I league in 14 games. With the ] eastern contingent including PhilI hdelphia. Washington and New 1 York -clubs rated first, second and third respectively in pre seas-1 'lon estimates the intersectional play will furnish the first accurate 1 indication of the Indians' ability. 1 Cleveland and New York, run-ner-up in the present race, have been the dark horse teams of the race. Cleveland has won 12 games and lost six to gain ti two-game lead -over the Yankees, but this record is discounted in many quarters because the Indians’ competition has been limited to ’ the reputedly "weak sisters” of the league Chiago, St. Louis and Detroit. Boston is the only weak club in the eastern group, and it is interesting to note that half of the ten I . victories which have given the Yankees second plaxe have beenwon from the Red Sox. Cleveland increased its lead yesterday by defeating St. Louis. | II to 6. Heavy hitting offset weak | pitching in the contest with St. Louis, the Indians pounding four hurlers for 17 hits, while the Browns were gathering 14 safeties off Harder, Thomas and Wes Ferrell. New York returned to second I lace by defeating Washington, 18 to 8. It was the first Yankee victory in six starts against the Senators this season and New ; v'ork celebrated by mauling four Washington hurlers for J 9 hits, including four doubles homers by Gehrig and Reese. The defeat j dronp-d Washington from second to fifth place. The world champion Philadelphia Athletics moved into third 1 place with George Earnshaw turned in a six-hit performance and, | defeated Boston. 4 to 1. The Red I I Sox’s lone run was made on | i Wellba’s homer in the seventh [ inning. Donie Bush's Chicago' White' Sox played errorless hall for the ‘ first time ia nine starts and; nounded out 11 hits to defeat De-L troit, 7 to 3. Neither Frasier nor Sullivan, the starting pitchers, lasted the came out and the veteran Red Faber, sn’tball star, received credit for the victory. First division clubs made a clean sweep in National league competition, New York defeating Brook!vn. 8 to 0; Chicago trouncing Cincinnati. 8 to 4 And Boston nosing out Philadelphia. 5 to 4. The league leading St. Louis Card- ' Inals and fifth place Pittsburgh Pirates were not scheduled. Fred Fitzsimmons shutcut the Brooklyn Robins with three hits to register his fourth victory of I 1931. Les Sweetland. Phillies castoff, pitched 4he . Chicago Cubs to their tenth consecutive victory over Cincinnati — erstwhile Cubs jinx. 1 I Sweetland was given an eight run lead in the first three innings and coasted to victory. Wes Scliulmerick’s- bat gave ‘ Boston its victory over Philadelphia) The costly coast league rookie homered in the sixth when the Braves were trailing 4 to 1 and drove in the winning run in the ninth with a triple. Yesterday’s hero—Fred Fitzsimmons. who shutout the Brooklyn, Robins witli three hits as the New ; York Giants won, 8 to 0. It was Fitzsimmons’ fourth consecutive! victory jif the year. o— Lyons’ Arm Improved Chicago May 6 —(UP) —Ted Lyons Chicago White Sox pitcher who won 22 games last season but who has pitched only two innings this year because of a sore arm said, today his arm felt better thanjn several weeks and he expected to br* able to pitch one game of the coming New York Yankees series. Willie Kamm, third baseman, and Smead Jolley, outfielder, also left at home when the White Sox went tq Detroit, probably will return to the lineup when the Yanks open at Comiskey Park Friday. 0 Illinois Gains Lead Chicago, May 6—(UP)—The University of Illinois baseball team today held undisputed possession of fi:et place in the Big Ten baseball race as a result of yesterday’s 10-6 victory over Michigan. The only other conference team in action yesterday was Northwestern, which defeated the Hosei University nine of Japan fn a non-con-ference game 6-4. The Japanese team was to play the University of Chicago today. • o Think It Over Real kindness means doing a lot . o f little things kindly and iilwnys. and not a big thing now nnd then

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COUNCIL CALLS SPECIAL MEET (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE! ■ be and receive propositions from them relative to payment of same. I The council wishes to pay the' engineer’s cost as the work is done and it is planned to stretch it over a period of years, paying tor it out of the profits of the City light ami power plant. It is planned to build the first unit this year. This unit would lake in Second streets from Marshall south to Adorns street. The I old poles on 'Second street would be removed and the system would be removed to the alley between First and Second streets. Blast Fails To Halt Fire In Oil Field Gladewater. Tex. May 6-(UP)— ' i Two hundred pounds of nitroglycer- 1 ' : ”"s exploded today at the blaz-, irg Sinclair N|>. 1 coal oil well in ieffort to extinguish ''the flames Itha: killed nine men. but the explo-’

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COMMISSIONERS TO GET BIDS AT JUNE MEET — (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) petitions were ordered published! •md hearings will l.e held nt the lune session of the board. Both I petitions ask for hard surface toads. The Scheimann Bridge The state board of tax commiesloneis ordered the confntlssioners io ree< ivc b' Is on the Scheimann bridge and then to take the matter u;> with them. A remonstrance cas fil'd against the building of the bridge and the anninitwionera will not let the contract until th? •tat* board decides the matter. [CITIZENS JOIN TO END RIOTS IN MINE CENTER , CONTINUifn PROM PAGE ONE) Deputy sheriffs and several clti-| i zens were en route from the Big I 'Black Mountain Coal Company ■ mines, at Evart, where a similar! ioutbreak occurred ten days ago, jwhen they were fired upon by several men ambushed behind piles bf railroad ties at a grade crossing. Tlje men leaped from the automobiles and prepared to advance on their attackers. Daniels, who , had been detailed to the Blayk ! Mountain mines during the recent disorders, carried a machine gun. He was holding it ready to fire I when a burst of rifle shot from he-| hind the ties cut him down in his , tracks. Deputy Dawn grabbed the machine gun from Daniels' hands and | sprayed the ties with bullets. Al man, identified as Carl Richmond, | was killed immediately. ’ The small force of deputies was greatly outnumbered, however, and was compelled to retire. They said the attackers numbered 100. Deputy Cox staggered into the' sheriff's office here holding a clcth! to the wound in his shoulder and said: "For God's sake, send more men.". The sheriff deputized 50 special] officers and sent out an appeal I through the county for all available machine guns and rifles. He orI ganized a large force and sent them i towajd Evarts with the order to i “clean out hills.’’ Three men had been killed earlier in the slate fall at Fonde. They i were Jake .and Frank Partin, ' brothers, and Audrey Heath. A short time before that, Jim I Brock, 22, and Lee Dickerson. 23,

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