Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1934 — Page 6

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YANKEES SNAP LOSING SLUMP Gomez Hurls 2-1 Victory; Cubs Drop To Third Place New York. May 25.—(U.R> Man ager Joe McCarthy of the Yankees. , hoping to offset pitching weakness , by squeezing maximum efficiency ] out of his line-up. has made the J most drastic shake-up of the seas . on. Determined to check the dizzy ' western plunge. Marse Joe yanked , the two kid infielders. Red Rolfe : and Don Heffner, and shifted Tony l.azz.eri from third to second. Jack |

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] Saltzgaver, recalled from Newark. ■ look over third, and Frank Crosettl i was placed ut short. Tins combination, loupled with the defensive support of their premier pitcher. Lefty Gomez, enabled! | the Yanks to break their losing! I string at four straight yesterday as | I they downed the tail end White Sox. 2 to 1. Gomez handcuffed the I Chisox with three hits. Meanwhile the Yanks collected 'seven safeties off Gaston and Gal-1 livan to score their second victory I lin eight western starts. Coincident ] •ally it was Gomez who registered] ] the other western triumph. Chap I man's double in the eighth, after ! Byrd had singled and Gehrig doubled. gave the Yanks both their runs, j A three way tie for third place] I was broken, giving the Browns • sole command of that position as ] Washington dropped to fifth amt j Detroit to fourth. The Browns shaded the Senators 6 to 5. when Kay Pepper's homer with a mate I aboard drove in the tying and winning runs in the seventh. Three St. Ixmls errors helped. It is the first time in two years that the Browns l,ave a percentage of more than .500. Detroit beat the Athletics, 6 to ! 3, as Firpo Marberry registered his | fifth triumph of the season by holding the A s to eight scattered hits. | Boston at Cleveland was rained out. In the National league, the Cardinals replaced Chicago a' second ' position by beating Brooklyn. 7 to] 3, while the Cubs lost. St. Louis I hammered four flingers for 13 safeties. The Cards tied the count in jhe sixth when Durocher’s double I scored Collins and Orsatti, They added three more tallies in the j seventh. Chicago dropped to third place when trounced. 7 to L by the Giants. Carl Hubbell limited the! Cubs to four hits and was depriv- j ed of a shutout in the sixth when] Watkin s error resulted in Eng-1 lisli's scoring on a fly. The Cubs | made four errors. Leading Pitts-1 burgh downed the Braves. 7 to 3,] after a tour-run spurt in the eighth. Lavagettos homer broke a 2 2 tie in the seventh for the Pirates Bill Swift beat Ed Brandt in a pitching duel. The Phillies blanked Cincinnati. 5 to 0. behind rookie Curt Davis' ] i three-hit pitching. Johnny Moore I made a Philliy homer in the sixth. | o YESTERDAY'S HEROES Lefty Gomez. Yankees: Broke club's losing streak by limiting White Sox to three hits. Ray Pepper. Browns: His seventh inning homer with mate aboard drove in tying and winning runs. Rookie Curt Davis, Phillies: i Blanked Cincinnati with three hits. o LEADING BATTERS Player Club G AB R H PcL Homsley. Browns 22 85 8 35 .412 Reynolds. Red Sox 31 12S 21 51 .398 1 Hendrick. Phillies 21 64 Hi 25 .391 1 Gehrig. Yankees 31 115 26 44 .383 1 Leslie. Dodgers 33 121 17 46 .380 .

NEW RECORDS ARE EXPECTED Indiana Intercollegiate Track Meet At Pur-‘ due Saturday Lafayette, Ind . May 25.- Records 1 are expected io fly In the Ross Ade ! stadium at Purdue University Sat- . urday afternoon as Indiana's track ] squad, depending on the individual brilliance of athletes who won ' seven first places in the Big Ten championships, makes its bid for ] its third consecutive ludiana interj collegiate track and field title. Notre Dame and Purdue, both with their own crop of outstanding perlformers. w ill be the main challengI ers to Crimson superiority, and are expected to tight it out for runnerup honors. Marks that will lietter those registered in the Big Ten meet are expected in a number of events, as the brilliant field of 152 athletes from ten Hoosier schools compete for team and individual honors. Activities will get underway Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock with preliminaries in the high jump, pole vault, shot put. and discus, follow- i ed by a parade of all contestants • and coaches at 1:45 o’clock. Track , preliminaries w ill be launched at I 2 o'clock, with the first final, the I one-mile run, scheduled for 2:30 , o'clock. One of the most colorful meets I in the history of the games is ex- • pected. In addition to the brilliant ; •field that is liberally dotted with • nationally known stars, all the fan- ; fare and ceremony of the Olympic ! games will add to the spectators' i 1 enjoyment. Following the conclus- | i ion of each event, the victorious athletes will be presented with i their medals by Purdue's May ] Queen group of co-eds. Buglers • from the Lafayette Legion Drum , and Bugle Corps will precede each j | victory ceremony with a fanfare! |of trumpets, and the winners will | be announced over the loud speak- i :er system that will be utilized I ] throughout the meet. Plans have I | also been made to keep the infield . i clear of all supernumeray helpers., l trainers, and unofficial watch hold ] I ers in order to heighten the dram-' atic effect and improve the specta-1 tors' point of view. HOME RUNS Klein, Cubs .... 12 Gehrig. Yangees .10; I Bonura, White Sox 10 i Foxx. Athletics 9 I Ott. Giants 9 ! o UNWRITTEN LAW CAUSES ARREST Four Men Held At Indianapolis After Severe Beating Indianapolis, May 25.—(U.R> —Un- ] written law, administered in the’ form of a “cat-o'-nine-tails" whipp- t ing. today resulted in arrest of four men on vagrancy charges. Those arrested were the victim. Clarence Earl Naftzger, 50, Loren McCleary, 55, and the latter’s two sons, Loren, Jr., 19, and James. 21. I All were held in default of S3,O'JO i bond. Police said they understood . Naftzger was whippet) because of alleged intimacies with a woman member of the McCleary family. The elder McCleary admitted the attack but refused to discuss the matter further than to say it was a personal family affair of honor, j police said. The whipping occurred in a lone-1 ly woods northwest of Indianap-' olis late yesterday. Naftzger said he was forced to| accompany the McClearys in their! automobile to the woods where he ; was bound to a tree and gagged , while the whipping was admlnist- ; ered. Police, summoned by persons ] who had seen Naftzger taken from his car by the three men, arrested I the group in the McCleary car en route back into the city. Naftzger was treated at City hos-1 pital for cuts and bruises before being taken to jail. o Need One Victory Wilmington, Del., May 25—(UP) Needing only a victory in today’s doubles match to clinch the firstround American one series with Canada, the United States Davis cup team will send George Lott of! Chicago and John Van Ryn of Phi-1 ladelphia against Marcel Rainville I of Montreal and Walter Martin of j Toronto.

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Strickler, Cowan Elected Captains The Decatur high school baseball and tennis squads have selected honorary captains for the 1934 i seasons. Gerald Strickler, catcher, was selected baseball captain, and Janies Cowan, first ranking player, 1 heads the tennis team. Both athletes are seniors. 0 MANION ENTERS SENATOR RACE — (CONTINUED FROM PAGF ONE) convention keynoter in 1932 and made many campaign speeches that i year on behalf of party candidates. I While his strength is believe l ! onI eentrated in his home county, he is said to be in favor in Vanderburgh (county and several other sections tof the state. • Alnuxst at the same time Man- , ion s candidacy was announced, eight former Marion County Democratic chairmen sent letters a-1 round the state presenting Loufl i Ludlow. 12th district representative] | in congress, as a possible candidate I for the senatorial nomination. The letters reviewed Ludlow's 1 , tec-ord in Congress and contended ithat he would receive the solid sup- ] port of the Marion county delega- | lion. Ludlow has had his eye on the] I senate for some time but never has made formal announcement of his , - andiiacy. He was unopposed tor the Democratic nomination for 12th ; district congressman in the pri- | mary May 8. The three "dark horses" In the I senate race are Dr. Carleton B. Me 1 Culloch. Indianapolis, who retired ] as Democratic state chairman last •week; Mayor Reginald Sullivan of Indianapolis, and E. Kirk McKinnley. Indiana manager of the Home Owners' Ix>an corporation. McKinney is reported to be the newest find in the administration's search for a candidate capable of defeating R. Earl Peters. Fort Wayne, political opponent of Gov.

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I Paul V. McNutt. McKinney is an appointee of Sen- ’ ator Frederick Van Nuys and Is recognizAi as having made an out--1 standing record in operating the 1 Indiana unit ot the Home owners' 1 corporation. Both McCulloch and Sullivan also I are said to be accepta'ble to Sena- • i tor Van Nuys and Governor Mc- ’ i Nutt. One or the other may be chosen as a "compromise candidate" at the last minute if the Peters at».l M • i II Nutt forces find themselves dead- ' locked during the convention, it I was reported. The seven ’ andidates who pre- | 1 cetied Manion in making formal an- ] nouncements were Peters, Harvey | Cole. Peru; Sherman Minton. New j Albany. George Rauch, Marion; j Nelson White. Rockville; Robert | Proctor, Elkhart, and D. Frank Cui- I bertsou. Vincennes. Os these, Peters is believed to have the largest following. His ] | campaign managers have claimed] that he is assured of the support of ; I 1,400 delegates to the state conven- ] tion. Only 1.076 are needed to nomi inate. Administration forces, however, claim that Peters will be unable to | ' control more than 400 or 500 of the . delegates and that the remainder are unpledged. — o Four Candidates File Expenses A total of 79 tandidates have now ] filed their expense accounts for the i 1934 primary election. The four men who filed today are: Ed Zwick, trustee of Preble town ship, |4 50. Charles Hicks, sheriff. S4Sj7O. August Baker, trustee of Hartford township. $4.50 Lewis Reinking, sheriff, $21.64. O_. Conipicu«ut Nothing shows up as fast as * i weak tire, unless It Is the spot the • painter missed.—Racine Journal News.

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PAUL WILLIAMS MAIN SPEAKER Ball State Athletic Director To Speak At Banquet Tonight Paul •'Billy" Williams, athletic director at Ball State Teacher's college at Muncie, and Branch McCracken, head basketball coach at the same school, will be the speakers at the banquet for the lettermen of the Decatur public high school this evening. The banquet will be held at 6 o'clock at the Zion Reformed church. Herb L. Curtis and Deane Dorwln are in charge of arrangements for the banquet and it is expected that approximately 7v lettermen and guests will attend. Mr. Williams Is one of the most prominent and beat known athletic directors in the state. He formerly coached all sports at the Muncie school, until expansion of the institution's facilities forced him to devote his entire time to administration duties. Branch McCracken, head basketball coach at Ball State, was one of the outstanding s-tars of the Big Ten conference while attending In-

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