Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1931 — Page 6

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PLAN SCHEDULE FOR BALL TEAMS Thn Adams county junior baseball league. sponsored by Adams post of the American Legit’ll will open its season in the next 10 days, it was announced today by the atuletic committee of the local Legion post. Managers of all teams will meet Friday might at S o’clock at the Berne Baseball iliamon I. opening date. Six teams, four from Decatur and t#o front Berne have entered the league this year ami lively games are expected The contests will be played in Decatitr at the |Vest Adams street diamond and at Berne at the Berne Maseball diamond. On the opening day a double head er will be played and'the season will I open with a parade of all players: ; the Legion drum corps, and Junior! league fans, according to present ; plans. Last year great interest was shown in the Junior league in Decatur and hundreds of fans attended ; each game. The contests were play I ed at 6 o'clock in the evening and | games were limited to seven inn-i ings. Officials for the games also will be selected at the meeting tomoriow nigh:. District athletic offi-i cer Ferd O'Brien and Post officer Albert Miller stressed the importance of each team having a representative at the Friday night meeting. when all schedules and plans for the entire season will be com-, pleted. SHIRES ACTS AS GOOD BOY Chicago. June 4—(UP) —Conducting himself as a model for other players, Art Shires, one-time bad l boy of the Chicago White Sox. was praised today by T. J. Hickey. American Association president, for his ! splendid behavior as first baseman | of the Milwaukee Brewers. “Shires has set a fine example for the other players to follow," said Hickey. “Three times this season -Shires has acted as peacemaker when trouble seemed imminent between players and umpires. “Before the season opened Shires j said to me. ‘You won't have any trouble with me. Mr. Hickey. I am ; going to behave myself’ and he certainly has lived up to his word." Now that Shires has proved he i really can tend to his ball-playing ! and let fighting alone, he seems to , be headed back to the major lea- . gues. When Washington shipped ; him to the minors last fall Shires | said: "Thej? know I can play ball, but , they don’t think 1 can behave my j self, “i'll prove I’m not a troublemaker qpd I am goingg back to the b'e leagues.’’ The latest averages of the Ameri-: <:m association show that Shires is 1 byiding The league in three depart-; meats, fied for the lead in another i and second in another: Second in batting with an aver-1 age of .445. First in hits with 60. First in runs batted in with 36. . Tied for lead in the runs scored with 33. First in total bases wdth 85. Playing with a minor league duo I hasn't taken anything away from ! Shires’ aggressive tactics on the ■ diamond. "I like to play ball." said Shires I when he left the majors, “and I had [ rather play regular with a minor I league club any day than sit on the ! bench with the world's champions." | With the season almost one-third i over Shires has let his fist fly just' one time this season, and president ■ Hickiey absolves him of all blame. '"Shires hit a spectator who rush-! ed on the field at Kansas City and . he did it to protect a player on his | club who was in danger of being at- j tacked by fans who were swarming | on the diamond,“ said Hickey. The spectator had no business on the field and Shires was perfectly right in protecting his team-mate." Shires is popular with the MilFI S H Black Pass. No. 1 Pickerel, wmte nsh, cattish. Fresh Haddock, Fresh Mackrel. Gerber Meat Market Phone 97 Free Delivery Roofing, Tin Work, Furnace Repairing Decatur Sheet Meta! Works E. A. Girod Phones 331 Res. 1224

1 waukee fans and a big drawing card !throughout the American associa- , tion. It has been Shires’ great playing which has helped keep Milwau- - 1: kee in the thick of the race. I STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE II W. L. Pct. . St. Louis ... ... 25 12 .676 ! New York 24 14 .632 11 Chicago ................. 22 16 .579 Boston 20 19 .513 Brooklyn 20 21 .488 , Philadelphia .............. 18 20 .474 I Pittsburgh IS 23 .439 ■ Cincinnati 10 31 .214 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Philadelphia 30 10 .750 Washington 26 16 .619 j New York 23 17 .575 ! Cleveland 21 21 .500 I Chicago 17 23 .425 Detroit 19 27 .413 St. Louis 14 23 .378 Boston 14 27 .341 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. St. Paul 23 17 .575 j Milwaukee 21 20 .512 Louisville 22 20 .524' Columbus 23 23 .500 i Kansas City 19 22 .165' Minneapolis 19 22 .463 Toledo 18 22 .450 [ Indianapolis 16 23 .410 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Boston. 4; Pittsburgh, 3. Philadelphia. 1; Cincinnati, 2. Brooklyn, 8; Chicago. 9. New York, 9: St. Louis, 5. American League Cleveland, 5: Boston, 4. St. Louis. 8: New York, 6. Chicago. 1; Philadelphia, 2. Detroit. 1: Washington, 2. American Association St. Paul. 1; Kansas City, 2. Minneapolis, 9: Milwaukee, 2. I Co|iinibps, 4; Louisville, 6. Indianapolis-Toledo, night game. TODAY'S SCHEDULE National League Brooklyn at Chicago. Philadelphia al Cincinnati. Boston at Pittsburgh. New Y rk at St. Louis. American League Cleveland at Boston. St. Louis at New York. Chicago at Philadelphia. Detroit at Washington. American Association Toledo at Indianapolis. I St. Paul at Kansas City. Columbus at Louisville. Minneapolis at Milwaukee. DOUBLE-HEADER IS SCHEDULED Decatur independent baseball team and Butler, both members of! ' ihe Wabash Valley baseball league | will stage a double-header here next i Sunday afternoon. The first game i is scheduled to start at 1 o'clock : and will be a regular nine-inning i : game. The second game will start' | immediately following the end of | the first tilt and will be a seven-I j lining game. The games will be played at the; ; West Adams street diamond. Frank’ i Peterson will umpire and the But-; I ler team wil Hiring a second official ■ I to work with Mr. Peterson. Tlie first game will be the play- j : off of the pcstponment of the sea- • i son opening early in May and the' ■ second game will be the regularly I I scheduled game. Decatur is now’: l in second place in the league, with I i Markel leading with three wins and no defeats. Manager Buck Baxter of the Decatur aggregation stated that a five inning practice game would be played Friday night at 6 o’clock at the West Adams street diamond. One or two new players have been added to the local lineup and a chance to swing back into first place is believed probable Sunday. Butler has one of the best teams in the league, according to those who have seen the team in action. It is probable that Al Schneider will start the first game and that either Witte or McWhinney will start the night-cap. Card of Thanks We wish in. this manner to thank the neighbors and , friends, the Moose lodge for their kindnesses and floral offerings and the choir for its singing, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Black and Mr. Weber, and Rev. R. E. Vance for their kindnesses at the time of the death of Little Berniece. Mr..and Mrs. John W. Smith grandmothers, sister and brothers

TIGER SLUMP FOLLOWS TEAM New York. June 4 —(U.R)- Handicapped by injuries, the Detroit , Tigers have been unable to shake ' 1 off tlie slump which has buried ' , them deep in the second division | "I of the American League and it I appeared probable today that ; ' I Manager “Bucky” Harris would ,1 return to active playing in au I effort to Bolster up his team. 11 Harris, a great second baseman. I when in his prime with the Washi ington Senators, has been condi- ! tioning hiniself daily and unless i the Tigers start winning, probably ! , w 11 return to the lineup although i ( he has taken, part in only a few; , games the last two seasons. )i Injuries to Dale Alexander and, > I Charley Gehringer. youthfulf first ' I and second baseman. respectively, I; are held accountable for Detroit's (poor showing, although the pitch-! : ing staff has been more or less ; 'erratic. With Alexander and Geh- . ringer, two of the l*»st hitters on | I the club, out, Harris has shifted Owen, a short stop, to first, with | Koenig at second. The combination has not been functioning any too satisfactorily. ' however, and many close followers of the Tigers believe Harris will : be playing second before the end I of the week. i Detroit dropped its seventh con-1 ■ secutive contest yesterday to I ■ Washington. 2to 1. It was th.” , Tigers’ 15th defeat in their last : 17 games. The contest was a hurl- ! leg duel between Bobby Burke and > V'c Sorrell. Burke did not allow , ! the Tigers a hit until the s -venth I ' while the Senators scored two ■ rut’s off Sorrell in the first but' ' could do nothing the remainder ! '■ of the game. Two of Connie Mack's “Big , Five." Lnfty Grov° and Jimmy i I Foxx, teamed to bring Philadel-1 I phia its second straight victory l i over Chicago, 2 to 1. Grove allowed only six hits, while Jimmy Foxx's home run provided the de- ' riding margin. It was on” of the i sev-n hits allowed by Ted Lyons. The St. Louis Browns went on al : batting rampage to defeat New York. 8 to 6 The Browns pound-' I”d three Vankee pitchers for 16 ! hits, four of them troing to Melillo., | Walter S’ wart yield’ d 10 hits' I but was effective in tlie pinches,! , str’kine out eight men. Joe Vo c m*k's home run in the: i eleventh inning gave Cleveland a I ! 5 to 4 victory O’'-r Boston and i ; stretched the Indians' winning j streak to nine contests. Tlie In-1 dians had th ! ngs their own way until the eighth when the Red Sox i tied the score at four-all. New York cut the National | League lead of St. Louis to a game! land a half by defeating the Cardi- [ nals 9 to 5 While Clarence! i Mitchell limited his former team-’ ■ mates to nine hits, the Giants ' pounded five opposing huriers lor ‘ 14 I'ows. I The Chicago Cubs took advantj age c* slopny Brooklyn fielding to defeat the Robins. 9 to 8. Chicago! ‘scored the tying and winning: | runs in the ninth off old Jack Ouinn, who had replaced Dazzy I Vance in the eighth. Cuyler's I double, errors by Gilbert and! I Thompson. Hornsby’s sacrifice] and Hemslev’s single manufacturI ed the two runs needed for vic- ; torv. Tim Boston Braves resorted to : fh° ni l snuoeze plav to win from Pittsburgh. 4 to 3 in ten innings. With Dressen on third and one j out in the tenth, Ra! bit Maran- ! ville laid down a perfect hunt to ' score the Braves' third sacker. | w’ith the deciding tally. , nehind the four hit pitching off i i old Epna Rixev, the Cincinnati I i Reds defeated Philadelphia 3 to 1.1 Yesterday s hero-—Joe Vosmik., youthful outfielder, whose home run in the eleventh inning gave Cleveland a 5 to 4 victory over Boston. Vosmik also hit two singles to lead the Indians’ batting! attack. MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By United Press Following averages compiled by the United Press include games played Wednesday, June 3. Leading Hitters G AB R H Pct. Cochrane. Ath. 38 155 34 62 .400 Melillo. Browns 37 145 24 56 .386 Hendrick. Reds 26 101 15 39 .386 Arlett. Phillies 41 159 32 61 .384 ' Ruth, Yankees 33 112 31 43 .384 Home Runs K’nln, Phillies 13 i Arlett. Phillies 10 Ruth. Yankees ... 9 ‘ Simmons, Athletics 9 Foxx, Athletics 9 o > Get the Habit—Trade at Home.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, JUNE 4. 1931.

COURT ROOM IS BRIDAL CHAMBER Hillsboro. N. M. June —(UP) — I A court room off of the county jail I was the strange bridal chamber of ! “Blondy” and his wife. “Blondy is J. A. Christian, 29. I His bride was the former Helen ’ Bennett, 21. After Christian was acquitted of liquor conspiracy charg |es in the cases brought against a ■ number of Hot Springs. N. M. citiI zens, he was sentenced to a term j in jail on a bootlegging charge. But he sentence did not disi courage Miss Bennett. They were married February 21 in the county jail by Peace Justice Roy Connor I who gave the newlyweds an exciu- ■ sive key to the court room as a wedding present. Sheriff Pete W. Kinney then nr- ' dered a bed and other furniture moved into the court room and tlie I couple set up housekeeping. Christian was made a trusty, and his bride became the chief cook at tlie jail. "Blondy” forgot bootlegging in his enjoyment of his bride s biscuits. His bride also cooked the meals for her “family", consisting . of three other prisoners. Every evening, when "Blondy” : had carefully locked the other three ' up for the night, and Helen had I sc raped and polished the last dish, i the honeymooners walked up the I steps to their court room bed charaI ber. o Players Asked to Report All members of Decatur Indepen- ! dent baseball team are asked to I report at the West Adams street I diamond Friday afternoon at 5:30 ' o'clock for the last practice before I tiie double- header here Sunday. o g_ Team Will Practice The Legion junior baseball team I wil be named Friday night follow- , ing a practice called by Manager Hez Cochran for 6 o'clock at South Ward diamond. Suits will be given the players and all candidates for

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Stunt Ace Scared of Boys / Il I Dorothy Heston. 19 years old and pretty, is known as the Queen of American stunt fliers but, sb . she's afraid of lloys. This slim young girl, shown above with her instructor. Ted Rankin, at Cleveland, has performed every stunt known to aviation, although she lias been flying less than a year But she does admit she'd rather be somersaulting in the air than dating" with the b*-< Dorothy has been given a contract as a feature performer at the National Air Races in Cleveland in August, the first woman ever given such an honor.

! ‘he team are requested to report on ! time. o Firemen Learn Forensics S.’ leni. Ore.. — (UP) — Oregon firemen also will be public speakers. A course in rhetoric and public speaking was scheduled by the state ! t'ire marshal for the annual fireI men's school, held in Corvallis June ! j 3 to 6. o .Jury To Call Mayor Evansville, Ind.. June 4. — (U.K) - The grand jury investigation here j of alleged liquor gang operations I probably will hear testimony from! Mayor Frank Griese during its'

i meeting which begins June 8, it was announced. Griese recently remarked that five' gang chiefs ruled Evansville’s , liquor traffic and that a minor I county official had given information concerning proposed raids. o — "Regret" Baseball Game Corvallis, Ore., —(UP)— An ad-■ j vanced boys lecture class at Oregon I I state college recently was locked 1 i >ut. The key to the lecture room ! could rot be found. The class "Regretfully’ attended a baseball game. o Brießy Told Talk n<>t <>f wasted HTe«-«ion AT ■ -IS IV

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