Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 171, Decatur, Adams County, 20 July 1932 — Page 6

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SPORTS . ■ I

TRAINING DAYS | NEARING CLOSE' I 4 — J Los Angeles. July 19. —<U.R) — | Although weak In distance run j and fencing talent. America's j Olympic team probably Is the | strongest It has been In years. Avery Brundage, president of • the U.' S. Olympics committee, j declared here today The national head of Amerlea’s high atnletlc commission said never before has the United States had such strength on I field and tra k. He praised the pole vaulters, wrestlers, weight litters and high jumpers particularly and held out hopes for success in rowing and yachting Los Angeles. July 20. — (U.R) Their ranks Increased almost hourly hv new arrivals, athletes who will <• impete in the 1932 Olympic games, July 30 to August 14. started today on tile final ten days of the training grind. Some 62 competitors came in this morning and with the 133 that arrived yesterday boosted a'most to! 1,000 the number of athletes on ■ hand for the celebration of the celebration of the tenth Olympiad. The first newcomers today were five members of Norway’s team ! Later 18 additional Argentines and j the United States swimming team came in. O. Sonde, who placed third in the, javelin throw in the 1928 Olympics I at Amsterdam, and Halmar J ihan ! nesen, the 400 and 800 meter run-, ner. were with the Norwegians. Among those now here is Stella Walsh, track and field star, whose eligibility may he contested. She decided to complete with the Po isu team on’y after learning she could get a position with the' Polish consulate in New York. Pre-; viously she had taken out natural- ■ ization papers and was expected to run far the United States team. Miss Walsh and the other Polish' girl athletes went to the Chapman ! Park hotel, home of all women 1 competitors in the games, while the 27 men went to Olympic village to 1 rejoin Janusc Kusocinski. Kusocinski scored a victory over Paavo Nurmi, the great Finn runner, shortly before they left Europe. Kusocinski preceded the other members of his team here. The Olympic committee breathed a liftle easier today because of President Hoover’s announcement that Vice-President Curtis will represent him at the games. The President had accepted an invitation to open the games but later announced he could not make the trip. To the vice-president will fall the duty of proclaiming the games in session after he reviews the parade of nations in the colorful opening ceremony. Governor Roosevelt and Speaker Garner, Democratic presidential and vice-presidential candidates in the coming election, also have signified thei rintention of appearing here during the games. The roster of athletes will be al most complete by the end of the week. - the Habit—Trade at Home

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With th* • onclusion of the Olympic final tryouts and national championships at Palo Alto, Cal., even the most pessimistic-minded man who takes the trouble to scrutinize the results will have to admit that the Olympic outlook for Uncle Sam is distinctly rosy. World's records fell before Uncle’s nephews like leaves in Vallombrosa. Above are some of the boys who made athletic history, William Carr of Pennsylvania shat tere t * le 4 00-meter mark in 46.9 seconds: William Graber of Southern California made the highest pole vault ever, by clearing the bar at 14

■ I STANDINGS - American Association W L Pet. | l Minneapolis 56 37 ,6u2j ' Indianapolis 54 43 .557 • ' Milwaukee 49 43 .533' Columbus 51 46 52t> I Kansas City 47 47 .500 i I Toledo 47 51 .480! i Louisville 39 52 .429 St Paul 35 59 .372 [ American League W L Pct. | 1 New York 61 28 .6861 I Philadelphia 54 38 .5931 I Cleveland 52 38 .578 ■ | Detroit 48 38 .558, Washington 49 41 .544! St. Louis 39 48 .448; | Chicago 30 57 .345; Boston 21 66 .2411 National League W L Pct ' Pittsburgh 49 35 .5831 Chicago 48 38 .558 Boston ■ 47 42 .5281 Philadelphia 45 46 .495 [ St. Louis 42 44 .488; Brooklyn tt 4h 477 New York 38 45 .458; Cincinnati 40 55 .421 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American Association Indianapolis 1014. St. Patil 3-6 ■ Louisville 8, Minneapolis 2 Columbus 8, Milwaukee 4 — American League Philadelphia 9-16. St. Louis 8-6 | New York 6. Chicago 3 j Cleveland 7. Boston 0 Detroit 3. Washington 2. National League Pittsburgh 5-5, Philadelphia 2-6 (second game 11 innings) Boston 2. Cincinnati 0 Chicago 5. New Ycrk 4 St. Louis 5. Brooklyn 3. Archer Truckers Win District Championship The final game of the Fourth Dis- ( trict Americnn Legion Baseball | I Tournament was staged at League ■ Park. Fort Wayne yesterday with ; i the Archer Truckers winning the I j district championship, defeating| i Lagrange by a score of 4 to 2. 1 The game was hard fought and 1 well played und was the hardest, j contest the Truckers had through- ; lout the w'liole tournament. By virI tue of their victory, the Archer i 1 Truckers advance into the section , | al tournament which will be played 1 J between the winners of the Third . Fourth and Fifth districts at either j Laporte or Fort Wayne. i o Lon Warneke Is New National League Hero Chicago, July 20 —<U.R) A bench I warmer a year ago. Lon Warneke.: Chicago Cubs’ gangling righthander. suddenly has developed into the National league’s most effective pitcher this season. He has won 14 games, and lost only 3—the second best record in the majors and the third highest numiber of games won. Wesley Ferrell topping him with 17. and | Lefty Gomez with 16. LEADING BATTERS Player. Club GAB R H Pct. | Foxx. Athletics 92 355 98 132 .372] P. Waner, Pirat. 84 353 63 129 .3651 Hurst, Phi’lles 88 338 66 121 .358 I | Traynor. Pirates 72 365 42 92 .347 I I Klein. Phillies 91 388 98 134 .345

RECORD MAY BE BROKEN New York, July 20 XU.R) —JitnImy Foxx, ruddy-faced Maryland | farm boy who made good in the l big league, threatens to blast out j a new all-time home run record i of approximately 66 this season. If Connie Mack’s slugging first I baseman can continue his present I sensational clip until the Ath 1 letics’ 154 games are played, lie will beat Babe Ruth's 1927 record j of 60 by about six homers. in 91 games played so far. Jimi my has driven out 39 four-baggers. I an average of .428 home runs a ‘ game. If lie can average 428 for II he remaining 63 games he will ! make 65912 home runs, mighty ; close to 66. Figuring Babe Ruth’s 60 home i runs on the basis of 154 games, ! the Bambino averaged only .389 i homers per contest. He actually 1 played 151 games in 1927. But figures show that the 26-year-old I former truck farmer has a healthy lead in averages over Ruth's 1927 record performance. Jimmy showed no signs of weakening with his 37-ounce bat I vesterday when he drove out home run No. 39 in the nightcap lof tlie double-header which the A s took from the Browns, 9 to 8 ■ and 16 to 6. I J iiimy's teammate. Roger Cram- ! er. also did well at I.at. connecting i for eight hits in ten chances durI ing hot 11 games. Three were dou- ! Ides. George Earnshaw and Lefty ! Grove pitched the opener for the i Athletics, and Rube Walberg the i nightcap. This double victory 1 enabled the Mackmen to gain a ! half game on the Yankees, leadI ers of the American league. ; The Yanks registered their 1 fourth consecutive victory over I the White Sox. 6 to 3. as Lefty I Gomez turned in his 16th victory, i Joe Sewell homered for New York. Tlte Tigers administered their ! third straight beating to the Sen- ; ators. 3 to 2. I Four-hit pitching by Wes Ferrell I t eiulted in a 7 to 0 shutout victory ! for Cleveland over the tail-end j Red Sox. In the National league, the Car- . dinals replaced Brooklyn in fifth ' position by trouncing the Dodgers. | 5 to 3. The leading Pirates split i a double-header with the Phillies, i The Pirates took the opener. 5 to ' 2. but dropped the nightcap. 6 to 5. in 11 innings. The runner up Cubs gained half ■ a game on Pittsburgh by nosing out tile Giants. 5 to 4. as Lonnie Warneke scored his 14th victory I for Chicago. Boston Hanked the Cincinnati ] Reds. 2 to 0. when big Ed Brandt ' downed Red Lucas in a pitching duel. Yesterday’s Hero: Roger Cramer of the Athletics who made eight I hits in 10 tries, accounting for eight runs, in a double-header. ,—o HOME RUNS ? Foxx, Athletics . 39 Ruth, Yankees 26 Klein, I’hillies 26 Simmons, Athletics .... 24 Gehrig, Yankees 22 —o !the big five . • Babe Ruth was idle. Ixm Gehrig went hitless in four i tries. Al Simmons made two singles, accounting for five runs, in eight itries. Bill Terry went hitless in four

feet, inches; Leo Sexton, New York, hurled the shot 52 feet, 8 inches, smashing another world mark; John Anderson of New York did likewise with the discus, heaving it 165.54 feet; Jack Keller of Ohio State tied the world’s record of 14.4 seconds in the 110-metar hurdles; Kenneth Churchill, of the Olympic Club, broke the Olympic record for the javelin throw by heaving the spear 222.32 feet, and George Spitz of New York tied with two others with the great high jump of 6 feet, 6% inches. So it looks as if Uncle Sam is sitting pretty.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY. JULY 20, 1932.

“ —the Thrill Is Gone!” Bv HARDIN BURNLEY 1 Dempse'/---I 1 AT LEAST HE ALWAYS < gAvs A .yg 1 thrill.' if* * Sk Memories /JFW HEAVYWEIGHT W Heavyweight , jJS DIVISION f - ME HAS ) YY If:/ V // J LEFT IS ’> 2A, dV 97 A MEMORY/ ; 1 fIA. g * • »9J2. King heiturti Syndicxte, inc, A s\vN

THE recent Sharkey-Schme-ling embroglio but emphasized the oft-repeated indictment that the heavyweights of today lack class, color and the ability to provide thrills. There isn’t really one sensational fighter in the current heavyweight ranks. Ineffective boxers, maulers, stallers and ballyhooed “greats” make up the division today. That Baer-Levinsky thing at Reno but a few weeks back, coupled with the Sharkey-Schmeling boxing match, gives you an idea of the “agony” bouts the fans are now getting. Baer and Levinsky are considered first-raters and Sharkey and ; Schmeling fought for the championship. Where can the fans find another Dempsey? A man who can duplicate the thrills of that WillardDempsey battle at Toledo, or the

tries. Hack Wilson singled in three! times at bat. accounting for one 1 run. o Bretons Erect Monument Auiay, Brittany. France —(UP) — A monument to Saint Anne, patron saint of the 240,000 Breton soldiers who died in the World War, will be dedicated here July 24.

Dempsey-Firpo thriller at New York? Where is there another John L., another glamorous, swashbuckling ringman whose very name brings up visions of thrills? Let us look over some of the foremost modern heavyweights. There’s the giant Camera, ballyhooed to the point where many thought him invincible. Sharkey walloped him and more recently Larry Gaines out-galloped him in London. There’s wee-Mickcy Walker, who turned in a sensational draw fight with Jack Sharkey last summer, and only recently was soundly trounced by the Baker Boy of Cleveland, Johnny Risko. That fight, incidentally, was the nearest thing to a heavyweight thriller the fans have had in years. There’s Schaaf, Hamas, Loughran and a few others. Not a thrill in a carload of them. Schmeling looks like the best bet for the fu-

FORMER CHAMP IS PAROLED San Quentin Prison, Cal., July 20- tll.R; -Norman Selby, 59. was paroled from San Quentin prison today after six years tor the murder of his sweetheart. Mrs. Teresa Mor. in 1924. That is only routine news to the younger generation. Translat- | ed by gray haired followers of the, sport pages of the daily newspapers, it should read somewhat as j follows: “One nf the greatest champions" iof them all. Kid McCoy, today | completed his road work at his mountain camp for his comeback attempt, which will be staged in Ford stadium at Detroit next ! week.’’ The "road work" was done with i a pick and shovel in a state high-' , way prison camp. After six years' I and two months of this kind of I training, the welterweight boxing ; champion of the world In 189 G and ’97 has achieved his desire to; | leave prison before he passes his! ; 60th year. The slim young fighter won re-1 nown when he knocked out Tom- 1 my Ryan in 15 rounds at Macs-1 neth. N.Y.. March 2. 1896. to win the welterweight crown. He now weighs more than 200 pounds. “I'm in good shape," he declarj ed in the manner of other exchamI pions on the eve of “comeback” attempts. The “comelltck” of Kid McCoy was threatened with oblivion. Before < prison authorities would sane- | tlon' his parole, they insisted that he must have employment. Two; or three tentative jobs failed to materialize. Then late yesterday Ed Whyte, state parole officer, 1 announced that a place had been I arranged for the once famous boxer in the Ford Motor company at Detroit. So today McCoy will receive his parole and board a train for De-

ture. The German, in the bout with Sharkey, displayed plenty of stamina and boxing ability, but he lacks the essential to thrills—a punch. This last may come to him before long. He is young, and despite his having been champion has not really had the time to learn in actual battle the secret of hitting. Sharkey, of course, looms as a thrill-maker. He can supply them when in the mood, witness the Maloney, Loughran and Delaney battles. But he also has turned in some exhibitions which could be classed “agony.” But now, having acquired the thing for which he fought for years, the heavyweight title, Jack may become a modern Dempsey. He has always had the equipment and now with the championship he has the incentive. Well —here’s hoping! Copyright, 1932. King Feature* RyndiesU. Ir»e

I troit, a "has been" in pugilism’s I fleeting spotlight. After skyrocketing to fame as welterweight champion, McCoy moved into the heavyweight ranks jin 1897. His “corkscrew" punch I made him a tricky and feared fighter, but he gradually dropped from notice. On August 12. 1924, the body of Mrs. Albert A. Mor. wife of a wealthy Los Angeles antique dealer. was found in her apartmen'/ The following morning McCoy went on a shooting rampage, wounding two men and a woman. ■ The fighter was arrested for manslaughter in connection with the shooting of Mrs. Mor. There ' followed the hardest battle of the boxer’s career. He lost, was convicted and sentenced to 24 years imprisonment. o Culver Town Marshall Killed At Noon Today | Culver. Ind., July ’? — (UP) Fdward Coak, 52, town marshal of Culver, was killed alm st instantly shortly before noon today when *his revolver fell from the holster (as he bent over to repair a tire | at a local filing station, discharged and sent a bullet through his body j near the heart. Cock straightened up when the gun discharged. remarked casually to several onlookers: “well, I guess , it got me,” and fell dead. ; The widow and five children sur--1 vive. o— Roy Gordon’s Body Found By Soldiers Mexico City. July — ( u P) _ , The body of Roy Gordon, American killed in an ilrplane crash near San Geronimo June 27, has been I recovered by Federal Soldiers, dispatches to the newspaper universal said today. The ipilot, Clarence MeElroy of Medaryville Ind., still was | unable to leave San Geronimo for Mexico City after being lost in the jungle for 17 days.

MONROE NEWS Dr. and Mrs. (Harold I>Vor of Decatur called on Mr. and MrsGruver Oliver Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs. Ralph How of Manioevllle visaed Mr- Ab ferd Kahnert Sundiy. Mr and Mrs, Sylvester Everhart of Decatur visited Mr. and Mrs. <A. E. Everhart Sunday. i ia ry Haggard of Pontiac Michigan spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Nutfslnger. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Macy and daughter Mary of Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs. W. S Smith ami guests Mr. and M.s. Burton Doris of Marshfield, Vermont. Mbs Mardelle Hocker Mabel Hocker and brother Kermit spent Sunday afternoan at Preble. Mr and Mrs. Clyde Noffsinger of De. atur weie the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Noffslnger Sunday. . Mrs. (Hattie Mills of Decatur is visiting h r daughter Mrs. Grover | Olive and family. Mr and Mrs J. F. Hocker and Mr. and Mrs. C. E- Bahtier motored] ! to Celina. Ohio Sunday afternoon, i Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Crist motored to Findlay, Ohio Saturday and spent | the week-end with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Keller ■ nd family of Davenport lowa visited Mr Kellers mother Mrs. Minnie I Keller for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hendricks and family of Fort Wayne spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs- Jim A. Hendricks. — .. —

* MAGxJSY NEWS ♦ —— • Mr. and Mrs. William Bractet, 'Mr- James Hower, Mrs. Elmer i Peters and little son and Rev. Gre- ] tlier visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Uloemker .nd daughter Mrs. Adolph Borne last week. Mrs. Mary Michaels of near Monroe Mrs. Ca.oline Chamberlain and daughter of Rushville, and Mrs. Gottlieb Gerber of Berne visited I Mr. and Mrs. George Gerber and son Loren Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hildebrand and children Marie and Oirl Mrs. Mina Hildebrand, Henry Hilde- : br.nd. Rev. David Grether and family, M-r. and Mrs. Simon Bein- | eke. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Beineke and daughter Dorothy, were dinner ! guests of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Peck | and family and Mr. and Mrs. W liter I Peck Sunday. Virgil Heuschen upeut Sunday with Robert Kolter. Walter and|Helen Hildebrand and Vernon Bracht spent the week-end with Rev. and Mrs. Otto Scherry i and family of New Bavaria Ohio. A surprise was given in honor of Mrs. Peter Helm-rich Sunday, those present were Mr. jnd Mrs. Wesley Hovwater, and Miss Marie McClare of Fort Wayne Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cable and family of Preble, Mi. and Mrs. Edward Reppert. Mr. and \JI <IT 1.1 • il. .

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