Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 187, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1934 — Page 6

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INJURIES HURT CUBS'CHANCES Injury Jinx lias Dogged Chicago Cubs Since Training Season Chicago, Aug. 7.—(U.R>—The Chicago Cubs today were thinking seriously of changing their address from Wrigley held to the Illinois Masonic hospital. An injury jinx which started dogging them at Catalina Island last March promises to cling with them throughout the season, and possibly knot k them out of the National league title. Not once this season has Manager Charlie Grimm been able to muster the Cubs' full strength. Cubs' players have been laid up with Injuries a total of 210 days since the season opened. That about represents the difference between first place for the Cubs, and their present stand Ing of second place, three games back of the New York Giants. The Giants have had their share of hard-luck, but their athletes have lost only lilt days because of injuries and illness. That's 93 days less than Cubs' stars have been inactive. The Cubs casualty list follows: Guy Bush, p.—Out 22 days witli side ailment and 16 more from an ear infection. Billy Juries, ss.—Already out 40 days from appendicities operation and still inactive. Kiki Cuyler. cf. — Out 11 days with infected linger. Billy Herman. 2b. —Out 23 days from fractured ankle bone. Charlie Grimm, lb. Back ache and groin trouble has kept him out of 60 games. Gabby Hartnett, c.—Out one ser 1

I CORT "Always Comfortably Cool” - Last Time Tonight - SHIRLEY TEMPLE “Baby, Take A Bow” James Dunn. Claire Trevor. Also—Tom Howard Comedy Fox News, 10-25 c WED. - THURS. The Famous Book of the Month becomes the Picture of the Yeur. “MURDER IN TRIMIDOL" Victor Jory, Heather Angel and Great Cast. SUNDAY—JOE E. BROWN “CIRCUS CLOWN’’ Patricia Ellis - Dcrthy Burgess. Cooled by Washed Air - Last Time Tonight - ANN HARDING and JOHN BOLES in “The Eife of Vergie Winters” Added--A Comedy with Music, and Traveltalk. 10c-25c Wed. 4 Thurs. — “FINISHING SCHOOL" with Frances Dee, Billy Burke, Ginger Rogers, Bruce Cabot, John Halliday. A startlint glimpse liehind the walls of a lashionnhle girl’s school! 10c-15c Sun. Mon. 4 Tue—"STRICTLY DYNAMITE" with Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez. Norman Foster, Marian Nixon, Wm. Gargan, The 4 Mills Bros. ■flnaanamHUMßMHn MADISON THEA T R E Tonight - Tomorrow “A SHRIEK IN THE DARK” A high-voltage in vs ter y drama, crammed with thrills and action. Ginger Rogers & Lvle Talbot. Added--“ Big Casino” a musical comedy and “Born April First” comedy. 10c -15 c Thurs. 4 Fri.—“RAINBOW OVER BROADWAY” Musical Comedy.

les with Injured rib, and now temporarily laid tip with injured finger. Chuck Klein. If.- lust out of hos- , pltal after treatment for serious . t harley horse which already has I cost him 10 days. Won't be able ■' to play for another week. Babe Herman, rs. -Out 1 days I | with crick in neck. Woody English, 3b. and ss.—Out 15 days with influenza and sore I foot. 1 Lon Warneke, p.—Out more than week from general rundown coni dition which caused him to lose i I weight rapidly. Despite all those handicaps, I Grimm hasn’t complained and has I kept the Cubs right at the Giants’ i heels during two thirds of the race. "If we can only got our full strength together before the middle ' of August 1.1 won't complain.” said Grimm. “You get good breaks, and bad ones in baseball. Our's haven’t been so good so far, but it |we get all our boys back in the I lineup 1 think we'll give the Giants ' , a run for their dough.” Tile Giants biggest loss came when Leroy Parmelee was out two months for an appendicitis operation. The other injured athletes were Critz. out two weeks with sprained ankle; Jackson, out a week with a spike wound; Joe Moore, out 10 days, with a sore arm; Mancuso, out three weeks at start of the season, recovering from the effects of typhoid fever. STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Detroit 65 37 .637 New York 63 37 .630 Cleveland 56 45 .555 ■ | Boston 54 50 .519 I Washington 47 54 .465 1 St. Louis 44 53 .450 i Philadelphia 38 59 .392 | Chicago 36 68 .3461 — NATIONAL LEAGUE W. 1,. Pct. New York 66 38 .635 Chicago 62 40 .608 St. Louis . 58 43 .574 Boston 52 52 .500 Pittsburgh 48 51 .485 Brooklyn 43 57 .430 Philadelphia 43 60 .418 Cincinnati .... . 35 66 .347 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. Minneapolis 59 48 .552 Indianapolis 59 49 .546 ; Columbus 58 51 .532 ; Milwaukee 57 53 .518 i Louisville 54 54 .500 i Toledo ... 53 58 .447 I Kansas City 49 60 .450 |: St. Paul . 46 62 .426 o ■-«— Pleasant Mills Wins The Pleasant Mills Spartans defeated the Goegelein independents ] of Fort Wayne Sunday. 4 to 2. Vizard. hurling for the Spartans, fanned nine men in a row. The Moellering Aces will play at Pleasant Mills ' next Sunday. Goegelein 020 000 000—<2 4 3 | Pleasant Mills 010 3 1 00x-4 11 1 Scrogham and Koeg.lein; Vizard and Halberstadt.

WORLD'S FAIR <H,t4C ” I: 1 SBEH 1 A roundtrip ■ XU FROM DECATUR any day-Return in 15 days. Coach service. OTHER WORLD'S FAIR BARGAIN TRIPS (All fam shown are for round trip) C QC f*° any Tues or Sat.— Return in 15 days. Full- ■ ■ man or Coaches— Pull* tnan fares reduced. ( ★ 1 E L*’ any Tues, or Sat.— J i|lJ Return in 3o days. PuHman or Coaclies. V W I Ask about planned, carefree, all-expense tours to the ( World's Fair. Reasonably priced hotelaccorn rnodations arranged. Consult Agent for details

LUTHERAN AND FORD WINNERS Reformed And City Confectionery Teams Are Defeated Monday i Two loosely played game s i marked Monday night's play in -.'the Decatur church and city softball leagues. In the opening game, i the Lutheran team defeated the Reformed. 11 to 5. In the nightcap. the Ford Agency team down , ed the city Confectionery, 15 to 14. The Lutheran team forged ahead 1 to a winning start in the first inning by scaring five runs on four hits and three errors. Two more tallied in the second, three in the fifth and one in the sixth. The losers counted one in the second. two in tile third and two in the seventh. The second game of the evening was truly a wild and wooly affair, with the two teams making a total of 29 runs and 27 errors. Going into the last of the seventh trailing by one run, the Ford team tallied twice on two hits and two errors to win the game, 15 to 14. The City Confectionery team scored six runs in the first frame but the Ford team came back witli ] eight in the second. The winners obtained 15 hits and the losing team 10, R H E| Reformed 012 000 2-5 9 81 Lutheran 520 031 x—ll 13 5 B. Brokaw and F. Brokaw; R. Fleming and L. Conrad. City Cons. 620 132 o—l 4 10 12 Ford Agency 280 003 2 15 15 15 Briede, Bentz and M. Imdd; Schnepp and Bailey. Tonight's Games Weather permitting, two .games will be played tonight. In the first game, starting at 7 o’clock. the Decatur Floral and A. & P. teams will play; followed by the Union Chapel and Baptist game. o Twilight Softball League Formed Here Four teams will compete in the I twilight softball league with games to be played Wednesday and Friday evenings at th? West End diamond, starting at 6 o’clock. The first round schedule follows: Aug. 8. Phi Belts vs. City Confectionery; Aug. 10. G. E. vs. Decatur Floral; Aug. 15. Det atur Floral vs. Phi Delta; Aug. 17. City Confectionery vs. G. E.; Aug. 22. Decatur Floral v.s. City Cons ctionery; ‘Aug. 24, G. E. vs. Phi Delts. Game Scheduled Thursday Night The St. Mary's and Decatur Floral ‘company softball teams will play at the West End diamond at 6 o’elot 3 Thursday evening. W. Baker likely will hurl for the chart h team, with Krudop pitching for the | florists. 0 Golf Tourney Extended Week The 18 hole qualifying rounds for the men's handicap golf tourney at the Decatur Country Club has been extended one week, But Williamson. local jfolif pro, announced today. The entry fee of fifty cents is to I lie paid at the country club. The qualifying rounds will continue all week through Sunday. Cups will be awarded as first prizes -and other prizes will also be awarded. The iDecautr men will play a mat, h With the Van Wert. Ohio, m n on the Decatur course Sun I day. August 12. Men planning to j participate are asked to sign up at i the club. o Chicago Cubs Sign O’Farrell: Chicago, Aug. 7. —(U.P.) —Boh O’-| . Farrell, veteran catcher recently ' | released as manager of the CincinI nati Reds, today was a member of the Chicago Cubs. Catcher Benny Tate was given his unconditional release to make room for O’Farrell. who will be Gabby Hartnett’s understudy. Q ... PRESIDENT ON AUTO TOUR OF STRICKEN AREA ICONTINUHIi FROM t'Avin, Oxxrii was made In the tropics. Accompanied by army engineers, Gov. Conney of Montana and others, Mr. Roosevelt saw workmen engaged in constructing the largest earth dam in the world. Far below the rim of the diggings he saw men working in gas masks as a protection against the clouds of dust that swirled about them. The president planned to spend three hours at Devils Lake, which, is four miles wide. At one time the lake measured 40 miles across I but has been receding at a rate of 18 inches a year. From Devils Lake he will entrain for Rochester, Minn., arriving the next day for a visit to the .Mayo clinic and an inI spection tour of dam sites on the | Mississippi river.

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DUCK HUNTING ' SEASON CHANGE Indiana Duck Hunters Permitted To Shoot Over 10-Week Period ‘lndianapolis, Ind.. Aug. 7—(UP) New plan by which Indiana Duck Huntons will he penmitted to shoot over a period of la w eks Insteady i of the customary 30 days was an-! nounced today by the state conser- , vat ion officials. The migratory ‘bird season opens , O't. 4 in Indian i an 1 in former I years it has closed on Nov. 4. Under the new plan suggested | by* the U. S. biological division, al three day period each week, extend- ‘ ing o'er 10 weeks would constitutel the open season. Thursday, Friday and Saturday of each week between Oct. 4 and ' Dec. 8 were selected by Indiana conservation officials an their | choice for days. The week-end period was chosen in order to give the largest num-j tier possible a chance to enjoy the ’ sport, conservation officials said. | ‘Ohio his requested the same' open season plan as Indiana. UM-' noia lias asked that it.s tlire -day, i period inf lude Friday. Saturday and Sunay. Duck and other migratory bird hunters have a new federal regu- • lation to comply with this year. In I addition to a state hunting license, | hunters must pun-lia.se a federal dimk stamp. The stamps are $1 and are sold at postoffi e.s. They are to be attached to th- state license. Strict enforcement of the thrreJay open .season plan will be ordered 'by the conservation departm -nt. I Race Riot Death Toll Twenty-Seven Paris, Aug. 7 —(UP)— Twenty- 1 seven persons, of whom 23 are' Jews and four Moslems, comprise 1

Dempsey Papa, Still Draws ’Em LW< ? i A ] I, t MM f IW L 4-;. ;f i£lT Jack Dempsey, the former world heavyweight champion, still can draw a crowd, this picture indicates. He is shown at Folyclinic hospital, New York City, being congratulated by young admirers as . he arrives to pay a visit to his wife, the former Hannah Williams, and his brand new seven-and-a-half-pound daughter.

ine complete iieiiin usi ill Illi- ions at Cm aantine. an official ministry of the interior communique said tod ty. The ministry announced also that 2‘> p rsons were injured and 80 arrests made. Denying a rumor that 100 had been killed the communique commented : “Certain press stories have b. on greatly exaggerated.” Complete calm reigned today, it was said. T,wo battalions of troops comprise.! the r. -enforcement sent. 0 CLUB SHOW TO OPEN THURSDAY (CONTINUED FROM caCK ONE) o’clock Saturday morning. Fifty dollars have been offered for prizes. Saturday noon at 12 o'clock a 4 H club basket dinner will be held at Lehman Park. A ball game between the American Legion team aild the Fort Wayne Archers is being planned for Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The annual 4-H club parade will take place Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. o Propose Changes In State Game Laws Indianapolis. Aug. 7- <U.R) Proposed changes in the Indiana fish and game laws will be discussed by members of the state conservation committee here tonight. The committee, composed of 16 district representatives of sportsmen and conservation organizations. acts as an advisory committee to the state conservation department. Included among the members on lhe committee are Charles Rilz, Fast Chicago: O. H. Keller. Winamac; Ivor Jennings, South Bend: Dr. Charles Back, Montezuma; William F. Werbe, Martinsville; George Theyson, Evansville;' Victor E. Knauth. Vincennes, and Clarence Scheetz. Anderson. o_ Get the Habit — Trade at Home

MONROE NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Bmbock ami BU| V! . .. n i „f Grand Rap* I Michigan spent the weekend " ( Mra. Babcock's mother, Mrs. Ida Bollinger. I .Mrs Della Crist of Fort Ma>nt spent the w ‘-‘.i 'vith Mr. and Mrs.; J F Crist and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kahnert motored to Hartford City Sunday, and epent the day with their son, Don ild Ilahnert. ■ Air. and Mrs. Safari Senders and an I family <* w , ‘ r, ‘ , th “ gueota of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Souders and son Billy Sunday. , Air. and Mrs. Clarence Smith of preible visited Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smith Sunday. iMr. and Mrs. Robert Johnston of Detroit, Michigan and Franklin Dagoner and son Dick of Huntington visited Mr. and Mrs. Ira Wagoner Saturday. .Mrs. Jennie Rainier of DH atur visited her daughter. Mrs Forest , Andrews and family. | ‘Mrs. Roland Springer and ' ltild-_

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unspent Wednesday In Montpelier the guest of Mrs. Virgil Wagoner | and fa Hilly • Doyle HoCfnian of Almu. Michl-1 g an spent a weeks vacation with i hio parents. Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Huffman. I Mr and Mra. Virgil Ktdler of .la kson, Michigan vlelted hie moth- ' vr. Mrs. Minnie Kelltr for a few 11 dr and Mrs. Jim A. Hendricks and Mra. J. A. Beery spent Saturday in Kort Wayne. Mr and Mr- Perry Herat of ICi.iigville vhdted Mr. and Mr». ' T J. Rayd Sunday. H. G. Hendricks of J-ickenn, Mulligan vniud his parent*, Mr. and Mrs. Jim A. Hen Iricke for a I few days,Mr and Mrs. T. M. Andrews I npeut the w ek-end at Indianapolis ’ the guest of fr,en '■*' ~ , . Mr. and Mrs. Chester Halnus of Berne vbi'ted Mr. and Mna. Forest Rav and family Sunday. . Mr. and Mrs. Harley F.hrsam of Huntington calle 1 ou his parents Mr. and Mrs. Os. ar Ehrsain Sunday afternoon. . I Air. and Mrs. T. H. Taibler

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