Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 174, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1932 — Page 6

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A‘S SHOWING I OLD TIME FORM New York. July 23 UR) —The' Athletics' return to championship j form stands out as the most tin-, pressjve feature of this weeks plSv -m the major leagues. Bolstered by improved hitting and .pitching, the Mackmen won sis ont of their last seven sanies, i They beat the Browns four out of five; -took one from Detroit and one fl'obi Washington. They replaced the formidable injtnw tn second position in league ranking and maintained that advantage while the Indians were having a picnic at the ex- , nen-e of the tail-end Boston Red, Sox. Roger Cramer, Mickey Cochrane and Mhx Bishop have (been rattling , out hits with renewed vigor, as, Jiuimr Foxx and Al Simmons con-1 tinned' their dependable slugging.. I.eov Grove snapped out of his pitchjag slump and registered a| couple -of victories. Waiberg ami MahflW’y pitched well and event young Jony Freitag continued to,' hurl good ball. The Athletics opened their ser-j ies with Washington yesterday by taking the first game. S to 4. tlierehv cutting down the *dlej‘ New York Yankees’ first place ( lead by half a game. Mickey Cochrane led the A’s attack, driving out a home run. a’ triple, a double and a single in five times at bat. accounting for ' slit runs. Bishop was on base in the third when lie hit his fifteenth.' home run of tffe season. This was the only game played ’ In the American League, because ! Boston at New York was washed 1 out and others were not scheduled. < In the National league, Steve i Swetonic registered his eleventh 1 victory in 13 starts as the Pirates'<

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ALTHOUGH Bunny Austin, one of the most versatile I of British racquet witlders, I was the player who forced his way i into the finals with Ellsworth Vines , < at Wimbledon, and thus was John : Bull’s final trump in the path of the American champion’s grand slam, i many on the British Isles are look- : ing to Fred Perry to take care of the major part of Britain’s work in the Davis Cup games. This confidence in Perry is the outgrowth of his play in last year’s games, when he outplayed his famous young teammate. All of this in spite of the fact that Bunny Austin officially ranks as England’s No. 1 player now for the third year in succession. Vines has beaten both Perry and Austin. But in Vines’ steady rise to fame, to be beaten by him is certainly no disgrace.

I defeated the Cubs, 3 to 1. This I enabled Pittsburgh to advance its i first-place lead to three and one-, ! half games over the runner-up i Cubs. The Pirates scored their tallies In the second inning. The Phillies gained on the idle third-place Braves l.y trouncing the Dodgers. 9 to 5. George Davis, started the Phillies' scoring with' a home run in the first inning. ( Virgil Davis continued the good work with home runs In the sec-’ ond and third. Johnny Frederick homered for Brooklyn in thOj seventh. .■ New Yolk at Boston was rained t out. St. Louis at Cincinnati will) be played in a double-header to- J morrow. I i — .it Yesterday's Hero: Mickey Coch- v rane of the Athletics, who ed for six runs with a homer, a g triple, a double and a single in' v five tries. i c l t HOME RUNS ers | Foxx. Athletics .39 s Klein. Phillies — 28 | v Ruth. Yankees 26 n Simmons, Athletics 24 | Gehrig. Yankees 22 » I v o ' r Van Ryn And Allison Defeat German Team Roland Garros stadium. Pari.% ‘ n July 23 —(UP)—With America’s y chances of Challenging France for the prize Davis cup resting squarely on their should rs. J hnny Van Ryn and Wilmer Allison today de- g seated the German douldes team a of Baron von Cramtn and Daniel F Prenn. 6-3, 6-4. 6-1. in the key match of the inter-zone finals. f The victory, achieved on a rain- j v soaked court, gave the United [ t Stites a lead of two matches to oae. 1 Victory in either of tomorrow's two t concluding singles engagements t and America will have hurdled the I g final obstacle on its march to thchallenge round. a

It seems a safe prediction that 1 the swing will be to Austin before i the games, however. Here is a play- 1 er who easily ranks in the top three ] of the world. Before his recent defeat by Vines, Austin stood in the j middle of the top trio, just behind . Cochet and just ahead of the American ace. , Now the rating stands: Cochet, i Vines, Austin. Perry rightfully I belongs pretty well up there, but there is no denying the sterling game of John Bull’s “Bunny.” For a long time this young man has been knocking at the door to fame. As long ago as 1921 he won the English championship for boys under sixteen years. Later he attended Cambridge, and played for the University team. Austin, it will be recalled, early started patterning his game after

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CITY IS WILD OVER OLYMPIC By George 'll. Beale United Press Staff Correspondent Los Angeles, July 23 —(UP)—A sports-minded city If ever there was one, Los (Angeles started today upin a week of pre-battle exhilir ition preparing for the opening of the 1932 Olympic games. Athletes of 29 countries tilled Olympic village, swu med over the practice fields, courses and tracks and flooded amusement places. Ami where there were no athletes there were officials, fans r just interested citiz.lis. Instances which concerned the Japanese and Mexioins served to illustrate the tie.b ndous excitement over Lie games July 30 to August 14. The Japanese track team was scheduled t > practice at the Inglewood high school field but the mobs over ran the field. Los Angeles has the large-t Japanese population of any city out of the orient and it seemed most of the local colony , wanted to help their fellow countrymen. The team retired while the field was cleared and then came back to p; active behind barred gates. Los Angeles also b asts the largest Mexican population of any city except Mexico City and 15,060 looil i Mexicans tourned out to cheer the main g.oup of the Mexican. team when it arrived here. So dense was the crowd that police had the greatest difficulty getting team members through to automobiles to take them to Olympic village. The main ticket office saw lines five deep in front of every booth while 3u hurried attendants tried tp keep up. The sale passed the 1.400,060 mark insuring that more than 160.000 fans will trek daily to the stadiums for the 16 days of games. This will surpass the record of, any other series of athletic con-j

that of Rene Lacoste. So thoroughly did he imitate, in fact, that he began to be described in the newspapers as the “English Lacoste.” That was about the time of the immortal meeting between Tilden and Lacoste, which resulted in the dethroning of one king and the coronation of a new one. And the efficacy of the Lacoste stroke gave heart to the English boy. England seems to think that Austin and Perry will put the skids under the American Davis Cup team. Few observers in America concede the English team even the slimmest chance of stopping Vines. Van Ryn, Allison, et al. But if any English racquet winders are to do the job, the names of Austin and Perry will he included among the heroes of the day. Copyright. 1132. King Featurw Syndicate, be

Royal Greeting for Olympic Stars fr- M y- *'•’**- -a r- ■* ui -.z** j A • -ia i-111 --mr :-iw - — - Kill ■!> IM ■■ w-— When representatives of the British Isles, South Africa Canada and \ ®7t'v ’ 'reception'' hi Friday on their way to the Olympic games in lars Angeles, they were atuu 1 tb( . sights l 0 addition to Greeter Gaw. Mary Bickford was also on hand. Here Is << ■ .a» I> " « I;ritiHh team the famous, movie queen, while to her right standing is Lord David Buighlcy. captain

tests. Through ut downti wn Los Angeles were strung the flags of the 58 ; nations that will t.ke part in the games. Hotels were filling rapidly, and railroad, st.amship and alr-j plane lines told of greatly increas-, ed incoming reservations. One bit of pathos stood out. The Brazilian team was financed by the sale of coffee by its government and the athletes travelled 1

i here on the boat that carried the I coffee. Forty-six of the Brazilian athI letes were registered at the OlymI pic village t 'day while the Olympic I g .mes-s'ix.rts department reported I 20 others, lacking funds still were aboard the ship. The ship had no definite sailing orders and it was said it was uncertain whether it would sail for I San Francises, its ultimate port, or remain here to house the 20 athletes during the games. The addition of the 46 Br zilians placed the population of Olympic village, built especially to house the male competitors in the games, at 1.467. The flags of 28 nations flew before the administration building. The report cf the commissary department on requisition- for the I day proved the large of | Olympic village. It included 1800 peunds of fresh [pe.s. 2.750 pounds of string beans. I 100 watermellons, 50 sacks of Irish j potatoes, 350 gall ns of milk and 450 gallons of ice cream. “That's eating in any lanquage" ■ - aid the chief of the commissary. The village eventually will house i almost 2,000 athletes. The largest ’ teains still outside the fold today were those of Great Britain, Canada and South Africa, all due MonI day. o | LEADING BATTERS IP ayer, Club GAB R H Pct.\ | Foxx, Athletics 95 367 99 135 .368 , I’.Waner, Pirat 87 364 64 133 .365 | Hurst, Phillies 91 349 66 124 .355 i Klein, Phillies- 94 401 101 140 .349 | O’Doul, Dodg. 84 344 63 119 .346' Q I Get the Habit — Tred* at Home (J. S. Olympic Hope ■ I * ■ ■ : «4*' - ■■ flv ' --WBr a , Eddie Tolan (above) of Detroit is looked upon as a sure point scorer . for Uncle Sam in the 100 and 200g metre sprints at the Olympic Games The former University of Michigan negro star finished second to Ralph Metcalfe in the tryouts in both events.

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y* ■V’® | » 4 ‘ -W S . w** Nothing short of an accident will prevent William Graber, shown above in action, from scoring for Uncle Samuel in the pole vault at the Olympic Games Graber, who wears the colors of the University of Southern California broke all I records at the Olympic trial- by topping the bar at 14 feet 4 % inches. U. S. Boxers In Final Battle Tonight San Francisfo. July 23. — (U.R) — Ready for the last battles in their '.struggle for p'aees on the United I States Olympic games boxing them. ;52 husky young boxers today awaitJed the bell for their final bouts tonight. Winners of semifinal matches I wil' meet in the last eight bouts icf the evening to battle for the I eight places on the United States | team. The eight losers will be alI ternates. I Vice-President Wii‘. Attend Olympic Games Los Angeles. July 23— -.'U.R) —Vice i ' President Charles Curtis today ; accepted an invitation to open the ■ ■ Olympic games. He telegraphed William May Garland, president of the organization committee, that he would arrive Friday, July 29. alone ex- : cept tor otte secret service man,; i but would be compelled to leave | Sunday, July 31. Equipose Faces Test At Arlington Today | Chicago, July 23 —(U.R)— Equi- ■ poise, America's turf champion of all ages, faced one of the most I trying tests of his career today to 1 keep his undefeated record intact ■in the $29,000 added Arlington , handicap. . C. V. Whitney's 4-year-old thorI oughbred was assigned the topi heavy load of 134 pounds, the most ® he ever has been asked to carry _ I In any race, for the mile and a c quarter handicap which pitted f him. against one of the most tor--1 i midable fields of the year. a I A crowd of 25,000 was expected to gather at Arlington Park to see, !

I Equipoise attempt to outfoot Mor- > ton i. Gusto, winner of lhe American derby and Arling- . ton Classic. Mrs. John Hay Whitney’s Stepenfetchit and six others Letter Mailed 11 Years Center Ossipee. N. H. —(UP)— Fred Fifield has just received a letter his sister mailed to him 11 years ago from Conday, 60 miles away.

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THE annual selection of a team to compete for the Walker Cup against England’s best amateur golfers is usually followed by a blast of criticism from all over the country because some favoriteon has not been selected. Mostly this criticism is unjust, but this year there seems to be some excuse for the “panning” of the U. S. G. A. selecting committee. Two of the best amateur players in the United States have been completely ignored in the selections. Why the Committee overlooked little Johnny Goodman, of Omaha, who blazed in with a brilliant 68 in the last round of the recent Na tional Open at Fresh Meadow, is something that many amateur golf enthusiasts would like to know. Goodman, up near the top of the amateur ranks ever since he defeated Bobby Jones at Pebble Beach three years, ago. surely rates in the first five of America’s best. It is an admitted fact that Johnny can defeat most of thoM selected for this , year's tease. !

Cardinals And Frogeyes Play at Fuelling Diamond The Decatur Cardinals Fuelling Frogeye baseball game will be ulaced on the Fuelling diamond, ioSed 6 miles northeast of Decatur Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock. It w.is announced today. The game was originally scheduled to be held at the West Adams street diamond following Snedek.r’s D eatur team game, but ’hose ln char ge stated that the Cardinals game would begin too late and the chi nge was made. Baseball fans planning to attend the Cardinals game are requested to note the different time and place. —-—o • members join in LONG DEBATE ON INCOME TAX CONTINUED FROM PAGE’ postponed indefinitely. The house will now continue its I pay slashing consideration to the| senate bi 1. fixing salaries at »9. Indianapolis, July 23. (U.R) The. 'house roads committee today re-1 ; ported favorably the Ryan bill to (inject ’teeth’’ into Indiana laws against bootlegging of gasoline. The bill will come up for second , reading next week. It is sponsorled by John * Ryan. Dem.. Terre J i Haute. Hous. «n Session Indianapolis. July 23 (U.PJ The house met in special week-end session today to meet a crucial test on prohibition. The Weiss bill, providing for re!>eal of the Wright ’’bone dry” law land placing a tax on medicinal whisky, was up for final reading. If passed, the bill will be sent to the senate which today followed its custom of adjourning from FriI day until Monday. There was a possibility that supporters of the Weiss bill might decide there were not enough wet 'votes in the house and refer a vote

Goodman has long been unpopular with the amateur officials. He was forced some time ago to give up ht* job w >th a sporting goods house, and there was much official frowning at the famous $25,000 traveling house, a bungalow mounted on an auto-chassis, in which Johnny was wont to travel to tournaments. And then there was the report, which Johnny has always vehemently denied, that he planned to turn “busi-ness-man golfer. Anyway Goodman was passed up by the Committee, despite his fine record. Then there is Gus Moreland, of Dallas, Texas, rated one of the three best amateurs in the country He was also ignored by the Committee. It is possible in his case, however that the members of the Committed felt that the youthful Texas star lacked experience. Although this is hard to believe in the face of M ure . land s competitive record of the past year and a half. Last year he won ten consecutive tournaments in the Southwest. And in trying to qualify

until Monday if passed, th.. 1,111 w „ 'he Wright law ai „ ( schedule for h,,,,,,, |o went In Indiana | ( manufacture <,r "’ un federal “W 50 cents a p| nt P( . n egal mauufa. tm,. 81Ue tion or posses-iuu U|H D.-m . , W* h" I"' 1 ” "'I "■ ■ B age of the lo'. AM H .. ~d M Howley, Rep ,, ;kh . irt ; gsMI said, however, th.n h( , tall bls bill down f or a ■ s.-aate K/lt n s the propos.o 0., 1t VUr ' ■v house. _ In previous "b r port and sei ■■■ . ~|,B has been dlvi.i ,| about 55, W** I favor of repeal Mytpir L» ( Appoint nent Tu g|f Indiinapolis - 'Governor Ha:: ; here Tuesday mi jg ■ | (( | home . , I igan and hi> -■ ■*' I the executive . ; pointment f 1 Ikrre B Urw A (| lourt at that : .. ~ left Friday -n ' from Dugger. I MM ■ Bert’ l '' Army and Navy Get >,U fel cs . Berg. Sweden . 13,1 played by : .i ar 1 naw build , old Gota - er > den from th.- \ ■ , -a monument •by the canal. ? - Ostergotlaaid In t ,• the . anal. • during 1

for thia year’s open he had * >*• ■ of 140 for the thirty six ho* i However the Committee a' , job in selecting, when one co the lack of consistency amoM ’ amateur stars. Thet.ama*i follows: , _ ... :l i i Francis Ouimet of Boston. I tain; George T. Dun, m i Princeton, Billy Howell • ■ mond, Va.; Harrison R. W - Johnston of St. Paul. Donald* ■ of Portland, Ore : Maun« , Carthy, Jr., of New York. Seaver of Los Angeles. 1 Sweetser of New I B Voigt of New York and J ! land of Chicago It is expected that , the ten named will b against the English tean f line in early September. ‘J , be selected by Captain Oum* before th* match***- J! ’ However many al P a^ u he ttgr 1 enthusiasts would fee ' Goodman and Moreland e I ing for Uncle Sam f I e«pyri«w. Itlt. CUI r«'« r "