Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1934 — Page 6

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DETROIT WHIPS YANKEESTWICE Tigers Now Lead By Six And One-Half (James; Cardinals Gain New York, Aug. 15. — (U.R) —Mr. Gordoh (Clyde Beatty) Cochrane's ferocious Bengal cats are still at large in the Bronx today, a menace to life and limb, while head man J. Vincent (bring 'em back allvei McCarthy of the New York Yankees Is wondering who pours water in his gunpowder. McCarthy and his Yankee hands went out yesterday to bag two of Mickey’s big Tigers from Detroit. But something went wrong. Just as the head man and his gallant boys were drawing beads on their victims, the artillery backfired. Two games of that precious fivegame series were snapped off by Detroit, leaving the Yankees six and a halt games out of first place. The scores were 9-5 and 7-3, and were recorded before a crowd of more than 80,000 persons—the largest baseball throng this year. The crowd saw a snarling pack of pennant hungry Detroiters, who were able to bite off a five-run lead in a single inning, send Vernon Gomez Scuttling from the hump, and go on to score four more and win the ball game. In the second game they saw the mighty Lou Gehrig blast a screaming homer into the rightfield stands to tie the score —only to watch those snapping Tigers strike back with four runs in the last two in-

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I nings to win In a walkaway. Three more games remain in the current series. But even with a ■ i sweep of the remaining games n 1 which is not very likely the most . the Yanks can hop** for is to pull out three and a half games behind. In the other sectors of the Am“rican league. Cleveland's Indians. I twelve games behind the Tigers, ! shelled out the Washington Sen(ators in the first round, scoring four runs on five hits, to win 5-1 behind ’ Mel Murder's four-hit pitching, s ! Lefty Grove, former fireball ace t of the Athletics, turned in his first e full game for Boston in two n; months, defeating the St. Louis I ' Browns, 7-3. In six of the nine i heats. Grove retired the Browns r one. two, three. Philadelphia and Chicago were] s rained out. f I St. Louis gained a full game on ' the Giants and Cubs in the Nationt al league as Dazzy Vance held the t ' Phillies scoreless for six heats and r won. 5-1. Carl Hubbell lost a heartbreaker .-'for the Giants as Pittsburgh beat * them. 3-2. Only one hit was obx tained off Carl's delivery in the first ' seven innings. I Benny Frey shut out the Brookt' lyn Dodgers as Cincinnati won. 5-0.1 The Redlegs got eleven hits off Ray j ! Benge. f I Boston batted four Chicago bowl-1 > ers — Guy Bush. Ray Joiner, Rud 1 I Tinning ami Charlie Root —for 23 i hits and won. 15-2. STANDINGS , AMERICAN LEAGUE ’ W. L. Pct. . Detroit 73 37 .664 j . | New York 66 43 .606 i Cleveland SB 19 541 | Boston .59 53 .527 Washington 49 59 .454 | 17 1 Philadelphia 42 Cl Chicago 38 72 .345 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Ret. New York ... 70 40 .6361 , Chicago 66 44 .6001 I J St. Louis 58 4C .5781 ' | Boston 55 54 .505; ' Pittsburgh 53 54 .495 Brooklyn ... ... 45 61 .425 Philadelphia .44 64 .407 Cincinnati 38 71 .349 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pet. Columbus 65 54 .546 Minneapolis .63 53 .543 Indianapolis 62 54 .534 Louisville 60 57 .513 Milwaukee 60 58 .509 Toledo 58 61 .487 St. Paul 51 66 .436 Kansas City 51 67 .432 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League Cleveland. 5; Washington. 1. Boston. 7; St. Louis, 3. Detroit, 9-7; New York, 5-3. Chicago at Philadelphia (wet grounds). National League Pittsburgh. 3; Ngw York. 2. Cincinnati, 5; Brooklyn, 0. Boston. 15; Chicago, 2. St. Louis, 5; Philadelphia. 1. j American Association Columbus. 3; Kansas City. 1. Milwaukee, 4; Toledo, 1. o HOME RUNS Gehrig, Yankees . 37 Foxx. Athletics 36 | ■ Ott, Giants 30' I Johnson. Athletics 28 t Collins. CTTCTnaIB . 26

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CLOSE BATTLES TUESDAY NIGHT Reformed And Phi Belt Teams Win Hard-Fought Softball Gaines Two of the most Interesting games of the season Were played In the soft 'ball leagues Tues lay i night, with the Reformed team de--1 feuttng the Methodists In the open--1 or, 3 to 1. an*l the Phi Belts downling the Decatur Floral company, 1 2 to 0. The Methodists scored their lone run in the opening Inning on a hit |an*l an error. The Ileformed team . tied the score In the fourth on two ' lilts and a fielder's choice. Two walks, a hit and an error accounted i for the winning runs in the last of the sixth. The winners obtained ' five hits as against four for the | losers. Brokaw fanned seven of ■ the Methodist batters. With each team securing only I two hits, the Phi Delt team pulled lit surprise by defeating the Decatur Floral team in the nightcap, 2 to 0. The winners secured the only run necessary for victory in the fourth inning on a three base hit by V. Andrews, who later scored on a long tty. Another run was added in the fifth on two errors and a hit by Schamerloh. Feasel and G. Strickler obtained the florists’ only | hlte. Merica fanned eight batters and V«. Baker three. I Methodist 1(10 000 o—l 4 3 i Reformed 000 102 x—3 5 4 L. Smith and W. Smith; B. Brokaw and B. Brodbeck. Floral Co. 000 000 o—o0 —0 2 5 Phi Delta 000 110 x—2 2 4 W. Baker and F> Brokaw; E. Merica and G. Merica. Thursday night will bring the church league schedule to a close. Play in the city league, however, will be continued. In the first game Thursday at 7 o'clock, the Cloverleaf and G. E. teams will play, followed by the Union Chapeland Reformed contest. o YESTERDAY'S HEROES Lyn Rowe, Tigers: Held Yankees to four hits, fanned five. Charlie Gehringer, Tigers: Drove in two runs in first game, four in second; got two homers. Grove. Red Sox: Beat Browns; struck out five, gave six | hits, faced only three men in six of nine innings. Decatur Caddies Defeat Elks Team — The Decatur caddies defeated the Elks caddies at the Elks course I in Fort Wayne this morning. 7 to 1 2. The Elks had defeated the locals 8 to 5 earlier in the season, , Caddies who played for Decatur were John Baumann, Carl Ritter, Ralph Ritter. William Sanders, i Dale Myers, Ralph Peterson. Leroy Hoffman and Russell Friedt. 0 Training Bouts At Local Club Tonight The Decatur Athletic Club ■will 1 stage another series of training bouts at the country club tonight at 8 o’clock. Several out of town i fighters will appear on the card, in-, eluding some from Fort Wayne, a--cording to George Greeno, one of the club proprietors. Several similar cards have been i held this summer anJ some good fights have been staged. A large | attendance Ls expected tonight. No I

Crackup Fails to Daunt Pilot | : , s | | I ? J i « i Tn ■'’ i <;•' n ’ - 5 <Z ■' ' •■>?«. . A • -•, *Y A -.-4 > . Unaffected by the crash of his airplane pictured here, Pilot Gordon Israel is prepared to fly again at the National Air Races in Cleveland and is having the ship repaired. The crackup occurred just after Israel had won the 50-mile free-for-all in the air races at Omaha, Neb. He escaped with bruise*.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, AUGUST Id. 1934.

Practice for Notre Dame Game? ' ■ J . ." ■. ' A, j < A - : 1 / >WAIaM ir* * / MSf I R 7 ) r This big anti-aircraft rifle at Fortress Monroe, Va., is shown being manned by Jack Buckner, left, of Waco, Tex., Army’s outstanding i football star, and Joe Stancook, cf Mineville, N. Y., captain-elect of 1 the Kaydct eleven for 1935. Suppose they are working up a de--1 sense for an aerial attack by Notre Dame?

admission will be chirgcd tonight ami club members and fight fans are urge 1 to attend. o — Bob Dro Signs With Berghoffs I Bob Dro. Berne high school basketball and baseball star, has signed to play the outfield for the Fort Wayne Berghoffs, fast independent team. Dro has starred for the past two years on the Berne high school basketball and baseball teams. o Salem Sluggers Play Willshire The Salem Sluggers will play Willshire. Ohio, at the Salem dia- : nion-d Sunday at 2 o'clock. An ad-1 mission charge of lit cents will be ■ made. — o — Convoy Softball Team To Play Here The Convoy. Ohio, softball team will play the Decatur Floral com- ; pany team at the South Ward dia- i mond Thursday evening at 6:15 o'clock. i_o — To Continue as Houseman Oxford. O.— (U.R) —Although he will inherit between $25,000 and $30,000 from the estate of his father. who died in Aberdeen. Scotland, Davis “Scotty" Milne. 38, plans to continue as houseman at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house on the Miami University campus here. o — "Sewerly” This Is Vexing Mansfield. O. — U.R) — Perturbed over the loss of three manhole covers within a short time, city officiols are considering “nailing the m down." Lawrence Fox, 22. confessed he carried them away to sell as scrap iron. 0 Court Fine Collections Good Cincinnati.—(U.R) —U. S. District Court here during the fiscal year ended June 30, imposed fines totaling $25,048.98. and collected $21,188.74 of them.

German Officer Escapes Death Muni, h, Germany, Aug. 15—(UP) ■ Hermann Goering, premier of Prus-* | sia and minister of aviation, recup-I erated at his country home at Ober- ‘ dtlzl’iurg today after a narrow es- ■ cape from death when bis motor car collided at high speed with a motor truck. Goering's car was wreckei, and he suffered an injured back and : cuts about the head and legs. He \ was operated on lit Rosenheim and j then taken home. Reichsfuehrer A lolf Hitler visited him at 1 A. M. today and found him weak and in , pain but recovering. ‘Chute Jumper Cheats Death . CINCINNATI (U.P> Ralph (Cow- ! boy) Lapere. parachute jumper. | narrowly escaped death at Hugh I Watson airport when his reserve I 'chute became tangled in the regular one on which he had depend ! I ed. Lapere managed to fold the reserve 'chute under his arm jn I time to allow the regular one to 1 open partially 500 feet above the ground. Ho had dropped 2.000 ( feet before pulling the ripcord. Hi* received a sprained ankle and scratches. o Coffee Can Held Stolen Rings Pembroke, Mass. — (U.R) — Rings i valued at S4OO. stolen from Mrs.: Edward Ashworth, were returned to her back porch in a coffee can filled with nails and bolts.

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DEAN BROTHERS ARE SUSPENDED Jerome And Paul I ined And Suspended By St. Louis Cards St. Louis. Mo.. Aug. H' BU.R' The Deans were throe strikes u|>, on the'.St. Louis Cardinals today.; but it looked paradoxically Ilk" their out. temporarily at least. Dizzy and' Paul, temperamental j brothers who between them have! hurled the Red Hirds to 36 ofj their 63 victories this year, wen* fined and suspended yesterday j and announced thfiy were Florida bound to fish. They planned to go to the front , office today—pay day—and draw , their current salary checks, slashed by SIOO for Dizzy and SSO for

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the younger member of the family. It was th** third time thin hc*«hou ' that the Dean* had kicked over (he traces, but nothing quite so spectacular has been recorded I;, or against, their favor. They were fined for refusing to make a trip to Detroit for an exhibition game Monday, and suspended when they I refused to don uniforms yesterday I m protest against the fines. "You can’t fine me." Dizzy In-j formed Manager Frank Frisch when tobl of President Bam BreadI on's mind in the matter, whereupon Frisch not only allowed as how It could be done, but had I been done. i “Come on out to u t field and I practice,” said Frisch Dizzy leaped to his teet, shout- , ing: "If that fine sticks for Paul and ! myself, we're through.” He tore off his unifoi in and | ripped it into pieces. He did the ; same to uniforms of other mem- ' hers of the club. He had a ripping 1 good time. He told Frisch it was

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