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NEW RECORDS MAY BE MADE New York, July IL—(U.R)—For the first time since 1921 when Jim Bagby of the Cleveland Indiana turned the trick, two major league hurlers stand better than an even chance to wind up a season with 30 or more victories. Baring accidents, both Lefty Grove and George Earnshaw, pitch] ing aces of the Philadelphia Ath-] letics, are likely to better Bagby s I feat of ten years ago when he turn ed in 31 triumphs. With two more; games to he played before the world champions reach the half ] way mark in their 1931 schedule. I, Grove already has registered 17 , victories while Earnshaw has turned in 15. Connie Mack's two aces, who re-1 ceived little aid except from Rube, Walberg in carrying the Athletics to world championships in 1929 and | 19330 will receive ample apportun ity to enter their select group of i major league hurlers for thus far this season each has an average of starting one game every four days ! Neither Grove nor Earnshaw has displayed any signs of weakening and some baseball experts predict that between them they will turn in 65 victories this season In ad dition to starting games—and fin-I ishing them —they appear frequent- 1 ly in relief roles. Earnshaw is sure to register more I than 30 triumphs if he continues the pace he set this week. He has won two games in the last four days. In his second victory of the week : yesterday, he pitched the Athletics to an 8 to 6 14-inning verdict over ] the New York Yankees. The big] right hander, who had pitched a game against Washington Tuesday after one day of rest, relieved Walberg in the seventh inning. Except for the ninth inning, when Ruth ' singled and Gehrig hit a home run I to tie the score, Earnshaw held the | Yankees at bay. The victory enabled the Athletics ] to increase their lead over the sec-1 ond place Washington Senators to I six full games. The contest sched-l uled between Washington and Bos-j ton was rained out. No other American league games were sched- I uled. The St. Louis Cardinals increas-' ed their National league leadership to four and one half games by de-] feating Cincinnati 2 to 1 while the I second place New York Giants were idle. The Cardinals scored both of 1 their runs in the first inning on a] double and two singles while j Haines, and Stout, who relieved I him in the eighth, held the Reds! in check. Boston defeated Brooklyn. 4 to j 3 tn the other National league con- i test. Dazzy Vance shut out the I Braves for the first six innings but ] after yielding a run in the seventh I was knocked from the mound in I the eighth when Boston tallied] three times to win. The games scheduled between | Chicago and Pittsburgh and New York and Philadelphia were post- , poned because of rain. Yesterday's hero: Al Simmons, whose batting played a big part in Philadelphia's 8 to 6 14-inning victory over New York. Simmons hit a triple, double and two singles in seven times at bat. o MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS Following averages compiled by United Press include games played Friday, July 10: Player, Club G AB R H Pct. Ruth, Yankees 67 242 69 94 .388 Morgan, Ind. 63 209 43 81 .388 Webb, Red Sox 71 275 55 103 .375 Goslin, Browns 73 283 54 105 .371 Simmons, Ath. 77 313 57 115 . —oHOME RUNS Gehrig, Yankees 22 Ruth, Yankees 21 Klein, Phillies 21 Foxx, Athletics 16 Hornsby, Cubs . 14 Arlett, Phillies 14 Averill, Indians 14 o Millions of Mail Bags Manufacture of mall hugs at the rate of more than 1.000,000 each year and repair of more than 4.000,000 bags annually Is netwsretry to provide facilities for trans P<irtntlon and distribution of United StfltP* mnll i

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. •] TO PLAY MARKLE Members of the Decatur Independent baseball team are asked to meet at Pat Coffee’s shoe shop Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock, daylight saving time to go to Markle for the last game of the first half of the I Wabash Valley league baseball season. j ♦ STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE — W. L. Pct. I St. Louis 49 30 .620 j i New York 42 50 .583 , I Brooklyn 43 34 .5581 Chicago 41 34 .547 ■ Boston 38 37 .507 i j Philadelphia 33 43 .434 , Pittsburgh 31 41 .431 | I Cincinnati 26 52 .333 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. I Philadelphia 54 22 .711 , Washington 5(1 28 .641 ] ] Ne\v York 42 32 .568 i I Cleveland 38 .38 .500 ] | St. Louis 3 4 42 .447] | Boston 30 42 .4171 j Detroit ... 29 48 .3771 I Chicago 28 47 .3731 I AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. i St. Paul 46 35 .568 Louisville . 42 39 .519 Milwaukee 39 38 .506 ] Minneapolis 40 40 .500 j Columbus 39 40 .494 j Toledo . 41 43 .488 Indianapolis 36 41 .468 j Kansas City 36 43 .456 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Boston. 4; Brooklyn, 3. Cincinnati, 1; St. Louis, 2. Chicago-Pittsburgh, rain. New' York-Philadelphia, rain. American League Philadelphia, 8; New York, 6 (14 innings). j Boston-Washington, rain. Only games scheduled. American Association Indianapolis, 2; Milwaukee, 8. : Louisville, 3; Kansas City, 10. Columbus, 7; St. Paul. 3 (10 inI nings). , Toledo, 10; Minneapolis, 9. HAGEN RULES AS FAVORITE Toronto, Ont., July 11 —(U.R)— I Walter Hagen of Detroit, who I played some of the best golf of | his long career to lead the field! | at the close of the second round, i ruled as a slight favorite today in the final 36 holes of the annual | Canadian open tournament. The former British and United ] States open champion, w'ithout a | major title this season, held a one I stroke lead as the contestants teed off for the first 18 holes toilav. The remaining 18 holes will be played this afternoon. Hagen turned in a 68 yesterdav for an aggregate total of 136 Strokes for the two qualifying rounds. He was out in 34 and ] back with the same card to better par for the Mississauga Club course by four strokes. Trailing Hagen by one stroke was Johnny Farrell of New York who shot a 68 yesterday. Farrell had a 69 for the first round, giving him a score of 137. Percy Alliss of Berlin shot a 71 and fell to third place with a total of 138, to lie two strokes lower than Tommy Armour, defending champion. Armour s score was 68-72-140. Os the 160 players who entered the tournament, 77 qualified for the final play. All favorites except C. A. Whitcombe of Great Britain, captain of the British Ryder Cup team, came through. Whitcombe did not complete the second round play after a 74 had put him out of the running the first day of the tourney. Lifers Beat Rotary Lincoln Life baseball team of Berne defeated Rotary juniors of this city at Berne Friday night by a count of 21-6. The local team had a lead at one time of 6 to 4, but two bad innings upset Rotary's hopes of winning. “Beautifiera- in Demand 4 (too°f!m« 2 ' 0 r < r t,,nS ° f r ° Uge an(l 4,000 tons of face powder are used [ annually In the United States 7eI Th ,d n g ph< * mlci " division of the Department nf Commerce.

RUTH SETTING BATTING PACE ' New York July 11—(UP) —Babe] Ruth, who for the first time in his ] Major League career is< seeking the ] American League batting leadership] in preference to home run honors. [ I is setting a fast pace for his rivals. With the “dead" ball apparently; nullifying his chances of bettering j his alltime home run-record of 60. the Babe no longer is swinging from the heals and instead is satisfied to meet the ball. The chances in bat:ing style has enabled Ruth 1 (o pile up a .392 average and he ■ now leads all Major League hitters. Ruth led the American League in I batting during the 1924 season al--1 though at tha: time he was more ] interested in home runs than in batting averages and he won mainly because other hitters were far belpw their usual averages. Ruth's mark of .378 was the second lowest winning total since 1915. Ruth's closest competiti/i this I season is furnished by Ed Morgan, Cleveland first baseman, who holds j the American League runner-up ] berth with a ercentage of .388. Earl i Webb, who is making good in the j Boston Red Sox outfield after unj successful attempts with the Cubs, I Giants, Senators and Reds, is next in line with .375 and Goose Goslin of St. Louis is four points further 1 in the rear. Virgil Davis, Phillies catcher, has displayed his teammate Chuck Klein as the National League leader with a mark of .36. Klein has dropped to .361 but still holds the lion's share of individual offensive honors. o Reptile Shortage Halts Work of Snake Farm Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 10. —(U.R) —The world's largest snake farm, the Butantan Institute here, is facing a problem difficult to solve—a lack of snakes. This snake crisis is seriously hampering continuation ot studies of serumtherapy and is decreasing the amount of anti venom serums shipped throughout the world. The director of the Butantan has sent circular letters to the agriculture, geographical and biological schools throughout Brazil urging them to send poisonous and nonpoisonous snakes to the institute. — o {Changing Hat Styles Ruin Ostrich Farm Income Chandler. Ariz. — (U.R) - The millI inery business isn't what it used to be in the opinion of Dr. A.J. Chandler, owner of Arizona’s only ostrich farm. Before the world war more than 400 birds supplied plumes for Dr. Chandler. It was a good business. Then women decided that they preferred other types of hats. The result was that the ostrich flock dwindled until only 13 of the original 400 remain. Millions of plumes were on hand when the slump occurred. These are stored away on .he Chandler ranch. Once each year they are taken out of storage tor a sun bath, reminding passersby of the "business :hat was." o Giant Dirigible’s Motors \\ ill Be Under Protection Philadelphia, —(U.R)— Because of her size the newest addition to the newest addition to the United State air fleet, the dirgible Akron, will be protected against herself and the dangers which she will encounter in the clouds. Special ejectrial equipment has been installed by the Westinghouse Company to prevent static, or other electrial influences which might be pickedup from the clopds or generated by the radio equipment, from Injuring the motors. Tiny Beetle Aids War on Michigan Forest Worm Newberry. Mich. —(U.R)— A small beetle has come to the rescue of forests In the upper peninsula infested with a small worm which has stripp-. ed trees of leaves, according to repot ts. Aid had been sought from the entomology department at Michigan State College and the response was that the worm could be killed only by airplane dusting. When a trip was made through the forests last week, however, it was reported that the worms were diminishing in numbers and that they were seen to have been eaten by the beetles. o —— Mrs. Ewing Bond and Miss Patsy 1 Porter of Fort Wayne were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dugan and granddaughter Peggy Morton.

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GOLFERS FACE STIFF COURSE AT PORTLAND Annual Western Amateur Tourney to Be Staged In Oregon By James S. Sheehy, UP Staff Correspondent Portland. Ore.. July 11. —(U.R) — Western amateur golf champion ] John Lehman, along with about ] ]2OO other entrants, will face a stiff] | test when the annual Western amateur is played this year over the I | Portland Golf club course. July 1318. The course is 6.425 yards long, Ihas about 50 traps, and water hazards may be encountered in 19 different places. Par is 35-37 —72. A hole by hole description follows : No. 1. —Par 4 (397 yards)—A trap on the right of the fairway down about 165 yards, will catch a short tee shot, but a well-placed shot will carry well down a slope with an iron to the green. No. 2—Par 4 (425 yards)—The drive is from an elevation and must carry an irrigation ditch about 125 yards out. The green is fiat and large. Long, Straight Drive No. 3.—Par 4 (333 yards) —A long, straight drive will open the way to the green, which is a dog leg to the left, well trapped. No. 4. — Par 3 (135 yards)—A mashie-niblick will carry on a green surrounded by deep traps. No. 5. —Par 5 (495 yards)—The fairway leading from the tee is down hill. A hooked or pulled drive will go out of bounds over a fence. The green calls for a shot up a high bank. No. 6.—Par 4 (352 yards) A stiff, straight tee shot is required here on a rising fairway. The pitch must be firm, as the green is well up on a side hill. No. 7. —Par 4 (355 yards)—Looking down a steep hill, the drive must be at least 220 yards to be in good position to pitch over a formidable looking lake in front of the green. Trapped and Ditched No. 8. —Par 3 (205 yards) — At straight, long iron or a spoon will be required here. A trap, trees and; a ditch await near the green. No. 9. —Par 4 (362 yards—Homeward bound, slightly uphill, with rough on the right. A 220 yard tee shot leaves a fairly stiff iron to a trapped, rolling green. No. 10. —Par 5 (512 yards)—Let out a full drive here. The green is not severely trapped. No. 11.—Par 4 (376 yards)—Here is the companion water hole of No. 7, but the tee shot is over about 110 yards of water on an uphill fairway. The green is on an elevation. No. 13t—Par 3 (210 yards)—The shot is off a high tee to a green some distance below, guarded by a ditch, traps, rough and trees. No. 13. —Par 4 (368 yards) — Trees on right and left will catch vagrant drives. Not a hard par 4. No. 14.—Par 4 (396 yards)—The drive is through a narrow fairway. A sloping, rolling green makes this] a very difficult par 4. Long Shots No. 15. —Par 5 (500 yards)—The I fairway slopes abruptly to the right. It takes two tremendous shots to reach this par 5 in two. No. 16.—Par 4 (357 yards) — A straightaway shot down a fairly wide fairway. A ditch and traps guard the green. No. 17. —Par 3 (125 yards)—An easy par 3, provided the pitch clear s a small canyon in front of the green. No. 18. — Par 5 (522 yards) — There will be very few goiters to reach this hole—the longest on the course—in two shots. It takes a stiff approach after woods when the wind is against the player. The green is tricky. o— Census Shows Only Ten Blacksmith Shops Chicago, —(U.R) — Horses have become such curiosityies on the street in Chicago that today only one ot the city's ten remaining blacksmith shops is doing sufficient business to retain as many as two full time lime employes. An Investigation by the Chicago Association of Commerce discloses that the 210 square miles making up the city there are only ten horseshoeing establishments and that all of these combined boast a collective working force of only 11 men. Texas Woman Owns Unusual Bible Edition M heeler, Tex. —(U.R)— An edition of the Bible 333 years old, and believed to have never been recorded, i has been found here, Mrs. E.a' ' Holt, who owns the volume, claimtoday. The volume is thick, measuring nine inches by six inches, and three ' and one-half Inches thick. It is bound in heavy brown leather which is frayed with age.

4 « OFFICIALS NAMED Officials for the junior league baseball tourney starting here next Monday are as follows: ] Monday — Beal, F. Peterson, Ely (Berne). Tuesday- Blackburn. H. Stevens and Ely. Wednesday — F. Peterson. Beal, and Ely. Thursday — Blackburn, Stevens, and Ely. SMALISERViCE FEE PLANNED FOR JOB BUREAU Nominal Charge in Interest of Economic Conditions, Expert Declares Editor's Note: Following is the third and concluding article of a series on community employment bureaus. By GENE GILLETTE, UP Staff Correspondent. Des Moines, July ■ —(U.R) —It is in the interest of sound economic conditions in America that employment bureau service should be provided at nominal charges, according to Hans C. Pfund. secretary of the Des Moines community employment bureau. Such service would be possible under a system of community-oper-ated employment bureaus similar to the Des Moines organization and extending throughout the nation, the expert said. Every city of 100.000 or more should have a community employment bureau, Pfund said. Experience in Des Moines has shown that support for organization of such a service can be obtained from business leaders. Pfund releated, and in time he envisioned a bureau that would be supported by the revenue from bequests. Many business men. when they have seen the type of work accomplished by the community bureau, v?!ll bequeath a portion of their [ estate toward its support, Pfund said. Such bequests constantly will I reduce the rates required of labor- ] ers without employment until ultimately the fee charged will be purely nominal. In addition to supplying vocational guidance, a record of jobs held by workers, and low cost serticd, the community employment bureau is strictly neutral. In the nation-wide system of community bureaus that he envisions, Pfund said religious, or fraternal affiliations, will be neither a detriment nor an advantage to the man without a job. Only in cases where employers specifically designate that the employe be of a certain religious faith or lodge affiliation will such matters be given consideration. Pfund expects thfe system he proposes will be years in development, but the success that has been obtained here leads him ty predict its eventual completion. BORDER TOURIST TRADE SLUMPS VICTORIA. B. C., (U.R)—United States automobile tourists contributed $202,409,000 of Canada's $279,238,000 revenue from tourist trade in 1930. according to the British Columbia Government Information Bureau. Canada's tourist revenue for last year is down $73,000,000. U. S. automobile tourists spent $13,000,000 less in Canada last year. While the number was greater, their expenditures were less. There were 1,419,428 United States tourists that came to ‘Canada y rail and water to spend $63,874,000, a decrease of nearly 300,000 in numbers and $16,134,000 in the amount spent. It is estimated Canadian automol (He tourists to the United Slates showed an increase of 127,352 over 1929. The estimated expenditure of 746.924 who went from Canada to U. S. for a holiday is placed at $63,489,999, a decline o* $1,566,000 compared with 1929 That is based on expenditure of $lO5 per car in 1929 and SBS per car in 1930. o Scotland’s Population Decreases In 10 Years London, July 11.—(U.R)-Scotland’s population is decreasing. There were 30,943 fewer Scots this year than there were ten years ago, according to W. Adamson, sec- . retary of state for Scotland. The population of Scotland is now 4,842,552, a decrease of 0.8 per cent, compared with 1921, he said. The decline was shared by the i sexes, and there are still more i women than men in Scotland. The i number of males this year is 2,325,867, and women, 2,516,687.

~ —— | SPEAK SPORTS By DIXON STEWART UP Staff Correspondent ♦ “*1 Wrestling Fans Easily Fooled .■ Positive proof that you can tool | some of the people all of the time: was offered at the Yankee stadium a few nights ago when more than 20.000 persons paid some $63,000 to watch Jim Londos and Ray Steele , wrestle for what they choose to term the "heavyweight championship of the world.” The “championship" angle was heavily exploited by Promoter Jack Curley, and despite the tact that the New York State Athletic Comj mission has ruled that all wrestling contests must be billed as noth11 ing more than exhibitions, many of the customers were attracted to the park because they were certain a title was at stake. One has only to watch a wrestling match from the press seats, hard by the mat on which the men grunt and groan, tug and tumble, to become acutely aware that wrestling is just about as much on the level as the Alp Mountains. Stage “Set” At Finish Twenty seconds before the explosive end of the Londos-Steele affair both men were as strong as when they entered the ring, and| i were hopping about the canvas with ■ cat-like agility. Twenty seconds • later, after nothing more strenuous • than a headlock, both men. appar-, ■ ently, were near collapse. Londos.! t as soon as his arm was lifted in ■ triumph, stumbled against the ropes for support. Steele stretch- ) ed out on the mat. mouth open and • sides heaving, seemed all but ready ' for the morgue. I This was enough to convince the' , writer that all was not well. In their training camps both lan.dos ‘ and Steele wrestled two and three ■ hours without visible signs of fa- ■ tigue. In fact, they looked so fresh i after their training workouts that. i some writers referred to them as • the finest speciments of manhood I ever to wrestle for the title. When it is recalled how such men “ as Lewis and Stecher wrestled six hours without rest and still left the ’ ring under their own power, the ■ fatigue of this pair after less than I . an hour and a half of work seems ' a trifle suspicious. I Fake I Roughness No one win deny that modern wrestling is a rough game and no ! I sport for a saxophone player, but ] it is not as punishing as it seems 1 ’ I At one point in the Londos-Steele match the Californian pinned the •(Greek’s head between his. Steele's. I I legs and from the grandstand it 1 seemed as if the Californian was ——— ■ ,

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banging the Greek's head aga nst, the mat. From the ringside howSever. it could be seen that Steeles ■ ]heels were the only thing striking, (the mat. ■Rabbit” Maranville Still Lively I -Rabbit ' Maranville, like the riv-1 ‘er so famous In verse and song, just i keeps rolling along* ' Maranville. who began his professional career in 1911. is now ( playing his 20th season of major league ball. Ever since he broke linto fast company with the Boston Braves hack in 1912 he has been at ]the shortstop post, second only to, the pitching and catching post-1 * tions as the hardest job on the p diamond. Bick again with the Braves, who let him go to Pittsburgh in 1921, < only to get him back from St. Louis 1 in 1930. Maranville is still playing 1 good ball and deserves ranking ’ with the best shortstops in the major leagues. He is not as fast as ‘ he used to be. but he still is more '• than an average fielder and a dang-] I erous batter in the pinch. Rivals Famous Hans Wagner Only one man in baseball history ■ played shortstop as long as Maran- ' ville. That was Hans Wagner. But, 1 Hans, like Babe Ruth, was a super-,' man, a gorilla in strength and en-' durance. Maranville is short, five ' feet five, and weighs less than 150 i pounds. I Maranville's fine play this season is all the more remarkable because ' he. once was shunted to the minors. ’ Pittsburgh let him go to Chicago l in 1925 and the next year he per- > ■ formed in a Brooklyn uniform. I Brooklyn gave him his unconditional release after the 1926 season with ( Rochester in the International league. Before the season was over,! .however, he was acquired by the St,] I Louis Cardinals. He stayed with ] (the Cardinals in 192 S and 1929. Maranville, still one of the most ( colorful figures in the game, has (been the sparkplug of the Boston club this season. It was his play : that was in a large part responsi-1 bile for Boston's long stand in the first division. Rivals Nick Altrock As Diamond Comedian "Rabbit" is second only to Nick Altrock as a baseball comedian, i His droll catch of a pep fly never fails to humor a crowd. Maran- ] vills uses a "vest pocket catch" to ] snare them. He always claimed I I that he never tried to catch them! {as other infielders do because if he , ! missed the ball would hit him on . I the head. In his major league I career he has dropped but three ] fly balls. There is little doubt but what ' Maranville is the most colorful • player in the National league. As a showman he far outdistances ] Hack Wilson, Babe Herman, Bur- ■ leigh Grimes, or any of the rest. 1

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