Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1931 — Page 8

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LEAGUE DATES ARE ANNOUNCED FOR LAST HALF Wabash Valley Plans 10Ganw Session For Six League Teams With Huntington Aces taking the place of the Avilla Merchants, the second half of the Wabash Valley baseball league will open next Sunday, Clarence I*. Moulin, president of the league announced today. Decatur will go to Columbia City for the opening game of the second hall. Manager Buck Baxter said today that the local team had been strength ned an I indications are the locals will finish high up in the average for the second hall. Markle won the first half by defeating Port Wayne and Decatur last Saturday and Sunday. The second halt of the leagn'■ play will consist of In games for each team. Following is the complete schedule: July 19 — Decatur at Columbia City; Butler at Markle; Fort Waytie at Huntington. July 26—Markle at Decatur; Fort Wayne, at Butler; Columbia City at Huntington. August 2 —Fort Wav ne at Decatur; Buthr at Huntington; Markle at Columbia City. August 9 Huntington at Markle; I Decatur at Butler; Fort Waynd at l Columbia City. Aug. 16 —Fort Wayne at Markle; Decatur at Huntington; Butler at Columbia City. Aug. 23 —Columbia City at Decatur; Butler at Markle 5 ; Fort Wayne at Huntington. Aug. 30—Markle at Decatur: Fort Wayne at Butler; Huntington at Columbia City. Sept. 6. Fort Wayne at Decatur; Huntington at Butler; Columbia City at Markle. Sept. 7 (Labor Day) Markle at Huntington; Decatur at Butler; Fort Wayne at Columbia City. Sept. 13- —Fort Wayne at Markle; , Huntington at Decatur; Columbia City at Butler. NEW CHAMPS | ARE LOOMING New York. July 17 -<U.R)— Joe Jacobs, astute little manager of Max Schtneling, realized today that his position as boss of a world's ■ heavyweight champion was far from secure. Jacobs sat at the ringside in| Queensboro stadium last night and watched two youthful heavy weights | —Charley Retzlaff of Duluth, Minn J and Steve Hamas of Passaic, N.J, rated as the best of the younger; heavyweight crop make their “Big time" debut in impressive fashion. Previously, Jacobs had believed Schnieling’s chief opposition dur ing the next few years would come from Jack Sharkey, Primo Car- 1 nera, Tommy Lough ran and MickeyWalker. and this group caused him little worry. Sharkey. Walker and Loughran, he reasoned, are fading veterans long past their prime, while Camera’s claim to ring fame is based solely on his size. Retzlaff and Hamas, however, in belting out Ralph Ficucello of Brooklyn and Ten Sandwina of Sioux City. la., respectively, were stamped as the most promising youngsters since Jack Dempsey. "Max knew what he was talking about when he told you Retzlaff was his most likely successor." Jacobs told the writer. "He's a comer’ all right and Hamas' win over Sandwina indicates that Steve is due'to go paces. I wouldn't be surprised if Schtneling had to fight one or both of these boys tor the title within a couple of years.' Both fighters won on technical knockouts, Retzlaff being awarded a victory over Ficucello after 50 seconds of the second round and Hamas requiring two rounds and 1 minute 8 seconds of the third round to beat Sandwina. Retzlaff, showing a complete d'sregard for the vaunted hitting ■ bility of his opponent, a former national amateur heavyweight champion, marched into Ficucello

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find drove him about the ring with i stiff left jabs and pile-driving | right swings. Hamas also scored his victory by cutting his opponent over the eye. He swarmed over the more experienced Sandwina from the; start and iiad command of the ; battle throughout. MOOSE BEATS LEGION TEAM Buck Baxter’s Moose junior base-1 bal t am went into the finals of the i county' junior baseball tourney by I de.eating the Legion entry in the s< mi-final game played at Decatur] . high school baseball diamond last night. The final spore was 18-11. As a result of the game the Moose and Lions entri s will play the final game of the county tourney as the first game of the eighth district meet here next Thursday morning. The winner of the opening game] . wiil continue as tho Adams country 1 entry in th district tourney. A lot of interest is being shown in the approaching tournament and spe ulation is rife on < . unty team will go through the final game. Other teams will be acre next Thursday and Friday from Randolph, Delaware, Madison and Jay •counties and the winner of the dis-] ' trlct tournament will represent the | eighth district in the regional meet lat Huntington. i — —o \ I STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. St. Louis 54 32 .628 Chicago 46 36 .561 New York 44 35 .557 Brooklyn 46 38 .548 | Boston 42 40 .512 I Pittsburgh 35 45 .438 ! Philadelphia 35 45 .438 Cincinnati 29 55 .315 I * AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. ] Philadelphia 6u 25 .7u6 i Washington 53 32 .624 New York 46 34 .575 I Cleveland 42 41 .54)6 I St. Louis . 38 45 .458 • , Detroit 32 52 .381 I 1 ('hicago .. .. 3 J 50 .375 ' Boston . . ... 28 51 .363 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pet. 1 St. Paul ...... .51 37 .580 Louisville 46 43 ..517: I Minneapolis 45 43 .511 : Columbus 43 44 .494 | 1 Milwaukee 41 44 .482 Indianapolis .40 41 .476 Toledo 42 48 .467 Kansas City 40 45 .471 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League St. Louis, 5; Brooklyn, 0. Chicago, 5; New York, 2. Boston. 2; Cincinnati. 0. Pittsburgh, 12; Philadelphia, 8. American League Philadelphia, 5; Detroit, 3. Washington, 5; Chicago, 4 (first I game;'second called, wet grounds) Cleveland, 9; New York. 8. St. I.mis, 2; Boston, 0. American Association I St. I aul, 5; Louisville, 4. Indianapolis, 9; Minneapolis, 5. Columbus. 10; Milwaukee. 9. Kansas City, 7; Toledo, 2. — o Detroit Has Two Standout Rookies ; Detroit, (UP) — The Detroit . | Tigers' .aster lis: two of the standout rookie successes of the 1931 ]i season They are Hubble Walker ■ and Marvin Owen. From tile tune he Hist set foot j on the Tigers' training grounds in i California Walker has appealed to Manager Bucky Harris as a first .class fly-chaser. His hitting ability, ] | however was doubtful at the start ( ; and remained that way for some 'l time after the cut rent season open- ] | ed. in recent weeks the young out- 1 I. fielder has been hitting the ball II solidly, standing at the plate with i increase.l confidence and maintain11 ing an aggressive attitude toward j the pitchers even when the count is ' against him. . Owen’s sho.t league career has Jluh! even more remarkable than Walker’s Although he has played ' ] each Os the four infield positions for Detroit this season in an acceptable J manner, Harris is reported to be , I -rooming Owen for the third base I berth now held by Marty McManus, I] vetera i of 10 seasons in the majors Owen completed his first year in 1 ! professional baseball last month. After being graduated from Santa ( lata (Calif.) College he joined the Seattle club of the Pacific Coast League last Juno. When Harris directed him to report to tile Detroit camp last Ma-ch he did not regard the ex-collegian seriously as an infield regular prospect. Since the season started, however Owen has demonstrated he is a hustler and a quick smart student I of the game.

EAST AND WEST HAVE CHAMPS New York, July 17. (U.R) —Mister Kipling to the contrary, it looks as ! if the ~ ist and w st are going to get together this fall, if for .nothing more important than a few games of world series baseball. Maybe Mister Kipling wasn't] thinking about baseball when he] penned those lines about nevi r the twain shall meet, but if he was, he I forgot to reckon with what Connie] Mack's Philadelphia Athletics and iGabby Street's St. Louis Cardinals] ■probably will do about the 1931 American and National league pen-i | mints. Those As, gath ling momentum las they go. are having lots of fun with their seven game advantage, i uver* Washington in the American

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lieague and the Chardlnals have idayed the part of champions in | building up a six contest lead in jlhe National. Even should the Athletics and j Cardinals falter, the east and west probably still would meet on Mister ' Kipling s forbidden ground. For the Senutors or Yankees are something like 111 to 1 shots to capture I the American league p nnant if. Philadelphia doesn't and the rough I going that N»“W York and Brooklyn is linding in the west indicates that the ('hicago Cubs are Hie best | bet outside of St. Ixiuis for lienors in the senior circuit, St, I nuis made its lead a littb [safe y, st. ’ ->v with asto (I victory over the Roi.. ... Bill Hallaban did the pili Ling and Watkins. Frisch, 'Collins and Hafey attended to the i hitting. Chicago beat the (Hants for the third timq in a row, 5 to 2, and advanced Io second place. New York i dropping to third a half a contest ah ad of Brooklyn. Old Clarence

Mitchell's left handed spitters didn't baffle the Cubs much but | Charley Root had the Giants eat ] ing out of his hand. That old campaigner, Rabbit ] Maranville, backed Bruce Cunning | I ham’s five hit pitching with brilliant fielding and the combination brought the Boston Braves a 2 to ii victory over Cincinnati. ■ Pittsburgh and Philadelphia spent I the afternoon knocking baseballs to all corners of Forbes Field, but, the Pirates blows came oftener and they hung up a 12 to 8 victory. It was Pittsburgh's fourth straight ] over the futile Phillies. The Athletics showed their colors with a 5 to 3 decision over De troit and insulted the Tigers again by keeping their big three Earn-, sliaw, Grove and Walberg — under cover. Mahaffey did the pitching and also did some hitting, the latter in the form of a home run. Washington pulled one eut of the; fire by staging a three-run upris . ing in the ninth to nose iut Chi-

cago 5 to 4. The teams were schedluled’for two games, but the White, Sox didn't mind when the I game was called off because of raim I When the Yankee pitchers were not throwing base hits, they w 'issuing bases on baits so Cleveland: won from New York. 9 to 8. II | llldia ns received 11 free tickr sto | first and rapped out 11 safe - . The Boston Red Sox ran into Sam Gray. St. Louis Browns hurler. • wil en lie was right, and dropped a' I 2 to 1 verdict. Gray allowed only L five hits. Yesterday’s hero: Bruce Cunning 'ham, who pitched the Boston Brav- ■ es to a 2 to 0 victory over Cincinnati. Cunningham allowed only] five hits in turning in the shutout.] Traps Loon With Hands Bonny Eagle. Me.—(U.R) Ge< ’ rge Davis caught a loon, elusive fisheating bird, with his bare hands while swimming near here. He is 1 keeping the loon as a pet.

ELLIOTT CULLS ON OFFICIALS — Gunnar Elliott, president of the] • Northeastern Indiana Officials association visited in Decatur todav. Elliott, who works a number of football and basketball kames; I for the two Decatur high schools I stated that the officials' orgatuza'tion would meet early In SeP‘e®-. ] her to make plans for the football season. Elliott, while here called on Rev Joseph Hennes and H. L. Curtis as a representative of the Main Auto Supply Co. He also is , the sports broadcaster for hm :oi ganization's radio station WOWO. With the baseball season more than half over, many footlall fans •are starting discussions. Gunnar said and he predicted that interest

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