Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 221, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1934 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Win Second Game Os Season, 13

DECATUR TEAM BEATS AUBURN TEAM SATURDAY Blocked Punt And Intercepted Pass Carry Locals To Victory Undaunted by u touchdown scored by Auburn on the game’s opening kickoff, the Decatur Yellow Jackets battled their way to a 13-6 victory over the Red Devils at Auburn Saturday afternoon. Myers, Auburn's star back, picked up the first kickoff and raced 8b yards through the entire Decatur team for a touchdown. The try for the extra point failed. Taking the next kickoff. Decatur started a steady march down the field, only to be stopped by a 15-yard penalty. -Merehanthouse attempted to kick out of danger, but Worthman and Kolter broke through and blocked the kick. 1 The hall tell into the hands of Myers, Yellow Jacket lineman ’ who took two or three steps I across the goal line to tie the score. Schult! circled the end tor the extra point from a fake place-1 kick formation. The two elevens battled evenly through the rest of the first half. ' In the third quarter, with Auburn [ trying desperately to score by for- 1 ward passes. Dick Sheets picked an Auburn pass, and with the aid ( of effective blocking by his team- 1 matas, raced fit) yards for a touchdown. The try for the point failed. Rain fell intermittently throughout the game, making footing pre-

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I carious and good ball handling impossible. Both teams committed numerous fumbles, but none proved disastrous. | Decatur's starting lineup consisted of Walther and Barker, ends; Kolter and Myers, tackles; Freidt und Worthman. guards: I Hurst, center; iSchultx. quarter back; Sheets and Blythe, halfbacks; Butler, fullback. Subatltutes were Clark Smith, Coffee. Brod beck and Ritter. Decatur will play the South Side Archers at the South Side stadium Saturday afternoon. This i game was originally scheduled for | [ Decatur but by agreement of i | school officials was transferred to | Fort Wayne. The Yellow Jackets' first home game will be with Garrett. Saturday. September 29. LOCAL TENNIS TEAM WINNER Decatur Team Defeats Portland Here Sunday. 4 To 3 I The Decatur city tennis team ' nosed out a 4 to 3 victory over the[ Portland team in a match played | i on the asphalt courts on West Ad i ' ams street. The local tennisers won three of the five singles matches and broke even in the two doubles matches. Results of all matches follow: Handler (Decatur) defeated Brubaker, 7-5. 4.6. 6-4; Hoffman (Decatur) defeated Wilt, 6-2, 6-3; Miller (Portlandi defeated Reynolds. : 6-0. 6-0: Nall (Portland! defeated Townsend, 6-2, 8-6; Parrish (Deca- | tur) defeated Frailer. 6-3. 6.3. In the two doubles matches; ; Wilt-Nall (Portland l defeated Hoff-man-Townsend. 6-2, 6-4; Parrish- i Reynolds (Decatur) defeated Mil- I ler-Brubaker. 2-6. 6-3. 6-4. A return match likely will be | played at Portland Sunday, Sep- ' tember 23. oYESTERDAY'S HEROES Pepper Martin. Cardinals: Beat Giants with Uth-inning home run. Herman Clifton. Tigers: Stole home in eighth with winning tally. [ George Earnshaw. White Sox: [ [Limited Red Sox to two hits. o HOME RUNS Gehrig, Yankees 46 Foxx. Athletics . 41 Ott. Giants 34 Trotsky, Indians 33 Collins. Cardinals 33

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STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. [ Detroit 92 49 .653 i New York 87 55 .613 '(’leveland 76 65 .539 Boston 70 71 .497 . St. Louis 63 77 .450 ; Washington 61 78 .439 i Philadelphia 60 78 .435 [Chicago 51 87 .370 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. ! [ New York 88 53 .621 | St. Louis 84 56 .600 [ Chicago 80 58 .580 ; Boston 71 68 .511 ' Pittsburgh 68 67 .504 Brooklyn 61 77 .442 , Philadelphia 50 85 .370 | Cincinnati 50 88 .362 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. > Minneapolis 85 64 .511 i Columbus 85 68 .556 Milwaukee . ... 82 70 .539 ; Louisville 78 74 .513 , Indianapolis . 77 75 .507 j Toledo 68 84 .447 [ St. Paul 67 84 .444 Kansas City 65 88 .425 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS American League Philadelphia, 2-2: St. Louis. 1-0. Cleveland. 5; New York. 2. Chicago, 2.12; Boston. 1-10. Detroit, 2; Washingtin. 1. National League St. Louis. 5-3; New York. 3-1 ■ (second game eleven innings). Brooklyn. 11-5; Chicago. 6-4. Cincinnati, 2-5; Boston. 1-2. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, rain. American Association Louisville, 7-13; Indianapolis. 6-1 0. ■ Milwaukee, 4-7; Kansas City. 3-1 (first game ten innings). Columbus. 8; Toledo. 4. St. Paul. 3-1; Minneapolis. 2-1 [(second game tie. called end 12thI i inning, Sunday law).

“Schoolboy" Has to Win Now Lynwood (Schoolboy) Rowe, ace pitcher of the Detroit Tigers, ha* a good reason for wanting to win ball games now. The reason is his fiancee, Miss Edna Mae Skinner, of Eldorado, Ark., has gone to Detroit to watch him play. The happy couple, shown above, plan to I be married soon.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 17.

Decatur Cardinals Take League Title i The Decatur Cardinals won the i Lutheran league title Sunday by de- [ (eating C. nvoy, Ohi.v. at Convoy Sunday. 2 to 1 in 10 innings. Convoy scored its lone run in the first inning on three errors. Paul Conrad, hurling for Decatur, fanned 16 [ batters. The Cardinals have lost only one gjme this season. i o — Les Smith Wins Handicap Tourney Smith. Berne, defeated Don ' Koos In the finals of the men’s han .leap g If tourney, played at the [ Decatur country club Sunday. The [ final match required 38 holes, as th* players were all even at the end of the regulation 36. They halved the first extra hole, with Smith winning the 38th. The fitralists were all even at the first nine ami at 18 holes. Smith was two up at the 27th but Koia squared the match at 36. i o . Softball League Schedule Listed The schedule for the balance of the softball season follows: Sept. 17—Ford vs. A. & P. and Phil Delts vs. Schafer. Sept. 18—K. of P. vs. G. E. and [ Cloverleaf vs. City Confectionery. Sept. 20 —A. & P. vs. K. of P. and Phi Delts vs. G. E. Sept. 21 —Moose vs. A. & P. and I Cloverleaf vs. Decatur Floral. Sept. 24 —Schafer vs. Floral and G. E. vs. City Confectionery. Sept. 25—Moose vs. City Confec. tionery. LEADING BATTERS Player Club G AB R H Pct. P.Waner. Pirate 133 550 108 197 .358 Gehrig. Yankee 142 542 121 194 .358 Gehringer. Det. 141 553 126 196 .355 Manush. Senat. 130 523 85 185 .354 Terry, Giants 141 552 105 191 .346 o HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL South Side. 13; Bluffton. 0. Central Catholic. 20; Portland, 0. I Central. 21; Columbia City, 0. North Side, 27; Lima. 0.

CARDS DEFEAT GIANTS TWICE Cubs Lose Doubleheader ;j Detroit Wins As Yankees Lose New York. Sept. 17-<U.»~The National league pennant race has crystallised Into a knockdowndragout fight between the faltering Giants and fast-stepping Card- [ Inals. St. Louis lopped two full games off New York's lead yesterday by walloping the Giants twice. This left Bill Terry’s champions only three and a half games ahead. Neither club appears to have any decided advantage In the' | schedule during the next 13 days. ■ j The Giants play 13 games With I Cincinnati. Boston. Philadelphia 1 ! and Brooklyn, while the Cards : have 14 with Boston, Cincinnati! [ and Pittsburgh. The largest crowd in polo I grounds history, 62.537 fans, saw ; the Cards take both ends of the, double-header that wound up the St. Louis New York series yesterday. Frankie Frisch's men took [ the opener, 5-3, and the nightcap. | 3-1 after an 11-inning mound duel | between Paul Dean and Carl Hub- [ bell. I Dizzy Dean and Tex Carleton | pitched against four Giant fling--1 ers in the opener and allowed > ' seven hits, including homers by Mancuso and Ott. St. Louis made nlae clicking off four runs in the seventh and another in the , ninth. In the second game. Pep-, per Martin's homer in the 11th | broke a 1-i deadlock. Medwick s single drove in another Cardinal , tally. |‘ Brooklyn trounced the Cubs , twice. 11-6. and 5-4. The Dodgers outhit the Cuba 19 to 14 in the ; opener, but in the nightcap Chi- j cago garnered 14 safeties to the Dodgers' 11. However. Brooklyn lunched some of its hits for three runs in the second and two in the sixth. Al Lopez led the attack with five hits in five tries. Cincinnati rose up and took both ends of a twin bill from Bos ton. 2-1, and 5-2. Paul Derringer limited the Braves to four hits [' In the opener, and in the second • contest Wally Berger fell while chasing a fly in the eighth with the score deadlocked and the bases loaded. Thieeruns came In. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia was washed out. ' i Detroit stretched its American lead to five and a half games ; over the Yankees, virtually elim- I inating New York from the pennant chase. The Tigers beat I

Washington, 21. while the Yank* bowed to develahd, 6 2. Detroit's winning tally over Washington came In the eighth I when "Flea" Clifton's daring base running resulted in a run. Monte | Weaver held the Tigers to three hits while Brtdgi* yielded six Mel Harder of the Indian* held the Yanks to five safeties, while four New York hurler* were found for 10. Cleveland bunched six hits In the fifth and seventh for all five tallies. Chicago’s White Sox downed Boston's Red Sox, 2 to 1, in the opener behind George Earnshaw's two-hit pitching, and in the nightcap. the Chisox won 12 to 10. after finding five Hub hurler* for 17 hits and despite Bill Werber's two homers. Connie Mack’s Athletics down ed the Browns. 2 to 1. in the openI er aided by Cain's five hit pitchI ing and McNair’s eighth-fnuing I single accounting for the winning [ run. The A s won the nightcap, : 2-0. although Coffman and Aui drew* allowed them but three j hits. Two of these and two ertors in the sixth resulted in two j tallies. —o — Union Aces Win The Union Aces defeated the Fuelling nine Sunday. 13 to 0. Roy Bleeke allowed only three hits and fanned 11. The Moellering team will play at the Aces’ diamond next Sunday. Fuelling 000 000 000— 3 3 2 Union Aces 002 3801 OOx—l3 15 0 ■ o Dentist Admits Beating Artist i Chicago Sept. 17—(UP)-Dr. Ed ward J. Norton, dentistan ' dmemi ber of a prominent family, broke [■down under hours of questioning and e nfeased early today that he fatally beat Maynard W. Lawhon, a young artist, police announced. The dentist admitted, ipolice said, that he fought with Lawhon on the sidewalk outside a tavern after the artist had insisted upon joining Norton's party of friends. “We scuffle! and fell to the sidewalk,” Norton was quoted by police. "Apparently he was not badly hurt as he walked away. 1 i didn’t want to hurt him.” o Two Negroes Killed In Labor Disorder Birmingham. Ala.. Sept. 17 —(UP) —Two negroes lay dead and at least seven persons nursed injuries here today following a labor disorder yesterday near the Porter Mines in the western section of the county. The negroes were slain in a gun battle between sheriff’s deputies

A BRAND NEW SEASON SEPTEMBER marks the opening of a brand-new season in this business of running one’s life. Back homeback to work —back to school. Time to take stock of most everything, isn’t it? W 7 hat’s needed for the house, for the children, for yourself? .. At least a dozen spending decisions to be made very soon. How about choosing a school for the youngsters? (It’s not too late even now.) And school equipment, too —pen-and-pencil set, typewriter? Then don’t forget new linens and towels for the house — and bathroom supplies, of course. Perhaps the pantry wants restocking. And you are going to redecorate at least one room, aren’t you? W’hatever your needs, the advertising pages of this newspaper will help you decide wisely and spend wisely. You can depend on advertised goods and services ... for if they didn’t represent pretty w’orth-while values, the sponsors couldn’t keep on advertising and selling! Read all the sales messages in this newspaper. They have something worth-while to say to you.

THE PIGSKIN SEASON IS WITRiJ And our Washington Bureau has ready for all new bulletin The 1934 Football Schedule and Fact t» ( ! tai ” till principal day and night football games thruout the Pi lh <l with dates and places where they will be played, and in i u? 1 8,11 and statistics of the game, football records and select] *» American Teams of former year*. If you are lnte r ,. M ,. ", n " <> f I fill out the coupon below and send for this bulletin: n uo,| < CLIP COUPON HERE Dept. 303, Washington Bureau, DAILY DEMOCRAT 1322 New York Avenue. Washington, o c I want a copy of the 1934 Football Schedule and F««. D and enclose herewith five cents in coin (carefully wra “J cancelled U. R postage stamps, to cover return ponseo l ' w ling costs: a “' l M NA M E STREET * No. CITY STATE I am a reader of the Decatur Daily Democrat, Decatur i n ,|

and Union miners who marched to the coal mines to hold a d ertlo not rati., n. described as an attempt "to completely unionise the Porter employes." Officers said .more than 2,000 Union miners were in the march, in trucks, automobile* and afoot. They included miners from a dozen surrounding towns. COUNTY BOARD HOLDS OPENING SESSION TODAY (CONTtNI’ED FROM PAGE ”810 ed hy the governing taxing bodies The taxing units scheduled for hearings today before the board consisted, in addition to the Berne school board. Preble. Kirkland. French, Monroe, Blue Creek. Hartford. M, abash and Rovt and the Decatur schqpl board. Washington. Jefferson. Union and St Marys townships will be heard Tuesday. The budgets for the towns of Monroe and Berne., city of Decatur, Decatur Library board and Adams county, will also be takt-n up tomorrow. The tax adjustment board has the power to eliminate or reduce appropriations. These changes must be listed. To reduce the appropriations and the levies the items cut or stricken out must be enumerated by the board. Recommendations can also be made by the board. o Aged Farmer Dies In Fire At Home (Rochester, Ind.. Sept. 17 —(CP) —■ William A. Clay. 70-year-old fanner attempted to save some valuable papers from his burning home. Clay and his wife were awakened about midnight Saturday by smoke and arose to find their home on fire. They quickly deserted the house but Clay, thinking of the valuable documents, re-entered the

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