Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 151, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1931 — Page 8

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MOOSE GAINS I TIE WITH LIONS LEAGUE STANDING W. L. Pct Lions 4 1 .800 i Moose .... 4 1 .Mill Lincoln Life 3 2 .600, Winner Brand 3 2 .6001 Legion it .200 j Rotary u 5 .000 I Two games were played in the [ Junior baseball league last evening, I the Moose playing the Rotary on the A.'ams Street diamond and the 1 Legion playing the Winner Bra.id team at Berne. In the game played in rttis city, the Moose had an easy time defeating the Rotary, the final score re-' stilting 21 to 5. The game was loose-I ly played and the win puts the j Moose in a tie for first place with I the Lions, both having won four' games and losing one. In the same at Berne, the Winner I Brand defeated the Legion in a i somewhat closer game, the final | score being 9 to 5. Games for next week included ; two games for Monday, the Moose vs. Winner Brand at Berm- and the Rotary vs the Lions in this city. On ' Tuesday, the Legion and the Lin-1 cola Life meet in this city. Wednes-' • lay. the Lincoln Life and Winner I Brand played at Berne. Thursday, the Moose and the Lions tangle ini a game which in all probabilities t will b.eak the tie for first place and ! which no doubt will he one of the bos. battles of the year. MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS 1 I Following averages compiled by' I nited Press include games played' Thursday. June 25th: Player, Club G AB R H Pct, Ruth, Yankees 52 183 54 73 .399 Morgan. Indians 49 157 32 60 .382 Hendrick, Reds 48 183 28 68 .372' Simmons, Ath. 62 251 54 93 .371 Davis, Phillies 54 166 12 61 .367 | o— — HOME RUNS Klein, Phillies 19 Gehrig. Yankees ... 17 Ruth. Yankees 16 Foxx. Athletics 13 Hornsby, Cubs 12 o Subjects’ Tribute to K ng Among the Gwaries .nd certain | other tribes of .Nigeria, slut do not shake hands in any way whatever I it Is customary for a village kina or a chief to have a (die of ashes ' placed outside Ids door for the con lenience of Ids callers, who. when they arrive, kneel before the en . trance and proceed to throw ashes •n their head and shoulders. In this condition, “clothed m sackcloth snd ashes.” the visitor enters the king's presence. Household Defect Jimmie was taken to church and lie hiitl a good time placing with ' the bookrai ks mi the Ini ks of th* pews. When he returned home he looked on the backs of 'lie eh-.lrs ' and turning to Ids fattier asked - , 1 ‘Papa, whv don't our chairs have 1 tily> fw»e|rn»< *’”

A Champion Shows You I?ow -' "'''''A « i > x 1 t 1? >3gU. / 3 i I . > z y •< •* g ■„ \ < y * / &"? z\ / \> & 1 - t ■: \ / .. Z _ \, - / r •, .„. • , ■ £.-xa£» ■•z-x-:<-.-~l_ ' :-. „• I reify Holm, youthful New York girl, who holds the national backstroke and 300-yard medley swimming championships and is aim- 1 ing for more laurels, is presented to you here in the manner in which 1 she outclasses her competitors. Center picture illustrates how beautifully Eleanor dives at the start of a victorious taee. Top, left is a close-up of the aquatic star. Insert, lower right, shows her demonstrating the crawl, the best in her free-style bag of strokes Lower photo depicts the reliable breast stroke. All pictures were taken at Rye, N. Y.. where Eleanor is practicing to defend her titles at the forthcoming National A. A. U. championship meet.

STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. St. Louis 40 20 .667 I New York .35 21 .593 [Chicago .. 31 26 .567 I Barton 32 31 .508 .Brooklyn 31 31 .500 | Philadelphia 26 34 .433 i Pittsburgh 23 '37 .383 I Cincinnati 24 40 .375 — AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. 1 Philadelphia 44 IS .710 i Washington 44 20 .688 ■New York .31 25 .576 Cleveland ..... 30 32 .484 I Detroit .. . ... .24 30 .444 Ruston 24 34 .414 j St. Louis 24 36 .400■ j Chicago 20 39 .339 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION — W. L. Pct. I St. Paul 35 30 .538 | Louisville 34 30 .531' ; Minneapolis 34 32 .515 Milwaukee 33 30 .524 Indianapolis 30 31 .492 I Toledo 32 35 .478 Columbus 30 33 .476 Kansas City 28 35 .414 1 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Cincinnati, 6: New York, 0. Boston. 4; Chicago. 3. ■ Philadelphia, 5; 1. St. Louis, 1; Brooklyn, 0. American League Boston, 8; Cleveland, 3. New York, 10-9; Chicago, 9-2.' I St. Louis, 6-8; Philadelphia, 5-5. | Washington, 4; Detroit, 3. American Association Columbus. 6: St. Paul. 2. Toledo. 5; Minneapolis. 0. Indianapolis. 21-11; Kansas City, 3 4. Milwaukee, 5; Louisville, 2. 1 o Preble Nine To Play Bethlehem Walthers ■. The newly organized Preble basebad leant will meet the Bethlehem Walt, r L. aguerers of i.ear Ossian at the Preble baseball field. Sunday afternoon, June 28. o Horseshoe Superstition Sitvursmltlrs. goldsmiths cop persmiths rind hlai-ksndtlis have ill wry s been held In a sort of mvste rlmrs rerior.n. Their work ot weld Ing ami shaping had >1 good deal ot mystery in It which ministered to superstition Some relies of this superstition made much of smiths and their work. especially of their horseshoe* *r *ater times Not Government Owned The records of the I >i»parl men» of Commerce indicate licit the government does not own Spectacle is Ihtid 111 its entirely, tint ncquired in ISDG iipprox’lntately 1.15 acres foi a ronsehn-nion of $1125 and in acquired 21 of an acre for a <-« nsideration of <2.21*1 ’’’his parcel of land is the north* net corner of the northern part of S;•••ctitcle is land

SENATORS MAKE ABIGGAIN Washington Team Trails Athletics Following Victory Yesterday New York, June 26.—The j Washington Senators, thanks to , efforts of the lowly St. Louis I Browns, yvere within striking distance of the American league leadership today, a full contest behind! i the pace setting Philadelphia Athi letics. Walter Johnson’s club gained a ! game and a half yesterday by defeating Detroit while St. Louis took a double header from Connie . Mack s world champions. The Senators were hard put to whip Detroit, 4 to 3. Vic Sorrell allowed them only four hits but he was too liberal with his passes, walking seven men. Fischer. the Senators’ outstanding rookie, received credit for the victory although he left the mound in the sixth inning, partly overcome by the heat. The Browns out did themselves by taking the twin bill from the 'Athletics, to make it 4 out of 5 against the world champions. The defeat in the opener was particularly distasteful to the Mackmen , because of the rough manner the Browns treated George Earnshaw. Kress’ home run with two men on base brought about Earnshaw’s downfall and he lost. 6 to 5. In the second game St. Louis treated three of Mack's second string huri|ers to some heavy clouting and , registered an R to 5 triumph. New Y rk’s Yankees, yvho were onlv too glad to leave St. Louis a few davs ago, still found the Chicago White Sox to their liking, tak-|i-<r ho'h on-tq of a twin bill. 10 to 9 and 9 to 2. Chapman’s I homo r”n —>»h two mates on base tn tb" "<n»h rave the Yankees the first game in which Babe Ruth rapned out his 16th homer of the i seasen. Chapman also hit a fouri bagger in the second contest. Pineras a'lowed the White Sox only : four hits in the nightcap. The other American league contest resulted in an 8 to 3 victory for the Boston Rod Sot over the Cleveland Indians. Kline. Re<| Sox , rookie, allowed the Indians 12 hits. Ceorce Watkins stole home to give the St. Lon's C-rdinals a 1 ,to 0 victory over Brooklyn and inI crease their National league lead ershtn over New York to four-and ■one half games. Darzy Vance lost a heart breaker, yielding only three I hits. In the seventh inning after two men had retired. Watkins, who hit throe home runs in a single ■contest the other day. hunted safely f r the first hit off Vance and i gained the distinction of being the l first Cardinal to reach first base. . PM’rm'oy singled, sending Watkins Ito third Watkins and Bottomlev i then worked the double steal suei cossfullv. Watkins beating th“ throw to the plate by an eve-lash. Paul Derringer held the Robins to i six hits. Now York lost ground by taking l a 6 to 0 lacing from the Cincinnati i»ed« Po tln j p Frey turned back tbo CHnts with onlv six hits while •ho Rods n-undod Mitchell and his -u"cossorß hard. j Boston ' limbed back Into the first ; division by defeating Chicago 4 to 13 as Brooklyn was losing. Red ■ Frankhouse held the Cubs to seven I hits. Chuck Klein s i9th home run of I the year featured Philadelphia's 5 |to 1 decision over the luckless I Pittsburgh Pirates. Dudley, a Brooklyn castoff, limited the Pirates to five hits. Yesterday’s hero: George Watkins. who stole home to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 1 to 0 victory over Brooklyn. Watkins hunted in the seventh inning for the first hit off Dazzy Vance, went to third on Bottomley’s single and then was on the scoring end cf a successful bouble steal. o Contempt Rankles It Is oflen nude msessitry t<> conce.i! contempt than resentnent the former being never forg ven. but the latter someimes forgot.—Chesterfield. , Test of Music "There Is onlv one critical Judgment I enn rely upon In music—the verdict of the spine.” Fritz Kreisler told me. “If I feel n thrill down my spine, from my own work or that of any other man. I know that It is good. Let the critics say what they will. There is no finer test. And If an artist never knows that thrill, or loses it. he Is In the wrong business.” —Beverly Smith in the American Magazine.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1931.

FAMOUS STORY TELLER DEAD I (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) I “wrath of a woman'' drifted on to- ! ward his favorite haunts in Africa. II In 1927 he returned to London. I offered the world a gridiron and reI ceived fame as the price. He went I home that year for Christmas and ' returned again to Johannesburg to I complete one of the three books it took to tell of his years of ramb- ! 11.ig and adventure. These he sent 1 to the United States. It was during one of his peddling ■ trips about South Africa that Smith met Mrs. Ethelreda Lewis, the i south African novelist. She was atI trai ted by his odd appearance and gave him a pencil and asked him to write. After that he wrote for i every Monday and from which evolved the strange book of “Trader Horn." But his writings we.e sb good they led to the belief there could be no such person in real life. Mrs. Lewis and John Gals-1 worthy, who also had met in Africa i however, vouched for the works as j Authentic. Trader Horn became angered at this belief and immediately made a tour of the world to exhibit himself. As a result of his interesting character his wooks sold by the thousands. He afterward wrote I Harold, The Webber” a rambling story of Vikings. Romans and ancient Britons. In 1929 he wen: to the United States, and in Hollywood he helped direct a film in connection with his wanderings. He grew rich and prosperious and retired again to Lancashire to talk to children. He loved America and often said he hoped “if the Lord spares me. to come hack to America to lay my bones quietly in some good nook.”

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Rail Chiefs Discuss Rates I • - —. '' M O LHx jig r \ I c- . -. -WsKwk JMSksSHEB a.• .. -to** I, < v tWW i WtF <*•> < - Chairmen of the President's special committee on rates of the American Railway Association, met in Chicago June 24 to confer on j tur.iib. , cue ti. Siaiiorett, president of the Chicago. Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific, chairman of the western group; J. J Peliy, pres dent of the New York, New Haven & Hartford, chairman of the eastern group, and W. R. Cole, president of the Louisville & NashI ville. chairman cif the southern group.

MEET FRANCE S DEMAND REGARDS DEBT PAYMENTS (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE) President’s plan and must, therefore. he the subject of further discussion with view to the modifica- j tion that will bring the full measure i of accord of which the fine evidence of cooperation in the French note I gives every hope of success. In view of the action alri ady taken by some governments in acceptance

of the President's plan and the corresponding suspension of payments lon intergovernmental debts due July first. Ambassador Edge and ••nd Sec etarv Mellon are engaged in these discussions with the French government with view to arly com ins* Eternal Mystery One of life’s biggest mysteries Is why some demb fools have the Ittvk they do when von and I. with all our brains, can’t boat the Jinx.— •'lmliiniiti Fnniilroi

POISON PLOT NEAR SOLUTION (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE) day, failed to shake Simmons' story that he was not implicated in the poisoning of Virginia and Alice! Jean, his daughters. Mrs. Simmons was quizzed, but not taken ■ to the crime scene. Site was questioned regarding preparation ot the strychnine-filled ! ■sandwiches. More than halt, auth-i oritles revealed, were held togeth-1 ler by two toothpicks, whereas the. (others had onlv one. Mrs Simmons' told them that when she prepared I , ithe food, she put one toothpick in' [each sandwich and later inserted' one more in several. Coroner G. A. Owsley said he had i learned that capsules would not! have dissolved in the pressed chick • en sandwiches for several hours.' destroying the theory that they I 1 would have to have been inserted 1 9 only a few moments before the pic-. i nic lunch was eaten. Local officials tor.ay said they! j were "wel Isatisfied with the pro-1 ' gress 'f the investigation. They reI grette;! the opposition they met when they went to Greenfield to - bring Mr. and Mrs. Simmons here. i Protest meetings were held, and s threats against the officers were 1 heard from neighbors, who have re--1 sented the suspicion of the parents s since the day of the funeral. They 3 complained that Mrs. Simmons was physically unable to undergo further questioning, and sought a physician's statement to that effect. Poone county authorities, how-' ever, hurried Simmons and his wife away while the doctor’s statement was being obtained. En route here they passed through Knightstown, I where a druggist who reported hav-

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