Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1935 — Page 8

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BAER FAVORER TO RETAIN HIS CHAMPIONSHIP Baer And Braddock Battle For Heavyweight Title Tonight da er favored New York. June 13 —(UP)—The most one sided he ivy weight chaniplonehk? fight in hist ry, if the betting fdds are correct, will be held tonight .at Madison Square garden's Long Island bowl when Maxie Baer defends HiU title against Jnnivs Jay BntddWck. ThfMigCit will be between a gay playboy of 26. who in his climb to ■ the ch- mpionship has won anjl flung away half a million d 1 Hare, and a plodding workman of 29, who this three last year was listed on the New Jersey relief regist r. The mere fact that theee two m°n are meeting tonight is in itself almost unb lievable. Releg ted to boxing's discard two years ago, Braddock was hauled away from ais w rk *ts a dock stevedore last June to nil in ao one of the preliminary boys when Baer won his title from Primo earner i. Tonight he will climb ba.k into the same ring and with the ey s of some 46.000 people fastened on him, will fight for a title which, if won, w uld bring him a fortune. The gamblers wno are offering 11 to 2 against Lils chances, the boxing writers w-ho htv seen Baer and Braddo k in triining, and the fans who will fill the S2O ringside pews and the outer stretches of the hugh saucer, all say Jim is fighting for a lost cause. Some of Braddock's few supporters bank h avilyrn his tremendous incentive They argue, and rightly, that this Jerseynatn is ready to go

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all out to lift his family from neatpoverty to near wealth. But earnest as the Irishman may b -. hie will to win could never begin to match that of Maxie. Baer -came from nothing and nowhere into tremend uti public udulation, breaks nt in bed at noon, and $l6O suits for his waking hours and Lordy! How he loves I these luxuries. Maxie » heavier (212 to 196). he has a longer reach, a ‘aarddr punch, more fighting instinct, and i»< at 1-a.st equal to Br* ddock in gameness. His bruised binds present a qu str n mark but Baer, and hie u anager, Ancil Hoffman, insist this sea trifling matter They're prohab-, ly right, for if there really was anything wrong with the hands they’d i holler to th- skies. Fig.itera like i good advance olibi if th y think' they might not'd one. Man 99, Wishes He Had Job Cleveland — (UP)—at 99. Albert lai Montagu- wishes ho had a job. Until honse-care came in. he drove a stagecoa h in early Cl.-veland Nineteen yairs ago. h- le at SO. hej retired as a watchman. Now. he refl cts. he wisheu he had ‘'something to do." Death on Hawks Whari' n.T x. (UP) —Paul Krueger. farmer of the Egypt community. became alarmed at the si- lighter of quail, ,pruirie chickens and other fowls by owio and chicken hawks. Since 1933, he has caught and killed in traps 235 owls and 78 hawks. COMMITTEES TO CONTINUED EROM PAGE ONE Aurand and Joe Laurent. Reception: Tillman G rig and Clarence St- pl ton. Police order: Hubert Cochran. Parking: Russell Welty. Parade committee: Walter Gladfelter and Clyde Butl- r. All members of the Baptist church are requested to attend services Sunday morn.

PURDUESPORTS STAR IS DEAD Clifford Baumbach Dies Early Today From Blood Poisoning laifavette. Ind.. June 1'! (U.R) Clifford C. Baumbach. 20. Indianapolis. three-sport start at Purdue university, died in a hospi.id here today from blood poisoning result ing from an attack of trench mouth. The athlete was stricken ten days ago and the infection set in several days later. His condition became serious late yesterday ami Dr. Charles P. Emerson, Indianapolis, was called to attend the youth. His parents. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Baumbach, a brother. Irvin, and a grandmo her, Anna Baumbach, were at the athlete's side when he died. The body will be returned to Indianapolis late today, accompanied by relatives, athletic director Noble E. Kizer and William Fehring. a member of the Purdue universi y coaching staff. Baumbach was .graduated from Washington high school in Indianapolis. and entered the school of mechanical engineering here, Although only a sophomore, he was considered the lest all-round athlete enrolled at Purdue this year, and was exeep tonally high in scholastic ranking. He played end on the Purdue football team, back guard in basketball. and first base and outfield in baseball. Baumbach was given immediate treatment when trench mouth infection in his throat developed. A slight swelling developed in his ankles Thursday morning, and he was taken to a hospital. No alarming symptoms were shown until early yesterday when there were indications that the infection was spreading hrough the blood stream. o Salem Sluggers Play Van Wert The Salem Sluggers will play Van Wert Ohio, at the Salem diamond Sunday fternoon. The Sluggers d f ated Preble last Sunday, 8 to 5.

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STANDINGS I NATIONAL LEAGUE *W. I* Pct. New York 30 13 .698 St. Louis 29 18 -6171 j Pittsburgh 31 20 .608 I Brooklyn 23 22 .511 ; Chicago 22 22 .500 Cincinnati .. 19 27 .4131 Philadelphia 1« 27 .372; Boston .. 11 32 .256 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. New York 31 19 .620 ‘Chicago 26 19 .5(8 I Detroit .25 22 .532 Cleveland 24 22 .522 I Boston 25 23 .522 Washington 22 26 .458 i Philadelphia 20 25 .444 I St. Louis 14 31 .311 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. j Indianapolis 30 20 .600 j S'. Paul 2.8 20 .5831 i Kansas City 25 20 .556 Minneapolis ' 30 25 .54.> Milwaukee 24 22 .522 Columbus 23 30 .434 Toledo 23 30 .434 Louisville 15 3 - THREE-I LEAGUE W. L. Pct. | Springfield 20 12 ■ 1 Bloomington 19 12 1 Decatur (Ill.) J 7 12 i Terre Haute I s la -® l6 j Fort Wayne 14 20 | Peoria • YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League New York. 10; Cincinnati. 4. Pittsburgh, 7; Brooklyn. 3. Chicago. 15-8; Philadelphia, 0-11. St. Louis, 8-5; Boston. 6-4. American League Chicago, 7: Washington, 2. Detroit. 4: Boston. 1. Philadelphia. 7; Cleveland, 5. New York. 11-6; St. Louis, 4-7. American Association Kansas City. 9; Minneapolis, 7. Milwaukee. 12; St. Paul. 6. . Indianapolis. 11: Toledo. 10. Louisville, 7; Columbus, 6. Three ! League Fort Wayne. 11; Peoria. 14. Terre Haute, 5: Bloomington, 1. 1 Decatur, 10; Springfield, 5.

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HOME RUNS ARE DAY'S FEATURES Slugging Features Major League Baseball Games Wednesday New York. June 13.—<U.R>—Home run blasts echoed around he major leagues today after the year's biggest outburst of slugging. Twenty-four homers were hit in yesterday's games, bringing the season's total to 438 —220 in the American league and 218 in the National league. Only one of the individual home run leaders hit for the circuit. Mel Ott of the New York Giants hit No. 11 <0 take the National league lead, one ahead of his teammate. Joe Moore, and Arby Vaughan, Pittsburgh. Julian (Lemon, Solters, recentlyacquired by the St. Louis Browns; from the Boston Red Sox, and' Chuck Klein. fas:-fading Chicago Cubs' outfielder, carried off the 1 home run laurels for the day. Each hit three in two games. The most valuable homers were > propelled by Jimmy (the ripper) I Collins, St. Louis Cardinals’ first , baseman, and Bob Colem an, i Browns’ big outfielder. Collins hit his ninth homer of :he season with two men on base 1 in the sixth inning against Boston and gave the Cards the impetus, for an 8-6 victory over the Braves. | Tlie world champions also won the I second game, 5-4, enabling them I to regain second place and gain i half a game on the league-leading New York Gianls. Dizzy Dean, holding the Braves hitless in the lasit two innings as a relief pitcher !

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in the opener, received credit for his eighth victory of the season. Coleman's homer came with two ■ men on bases and enabled the I Browns to defeat the New York Yankees, 7-6. in the second game after the league-leaders won the opener, 11-4. Lefty Gomez broke his losing streak in the first game, hanging up his fifth victory. The only runs made off him resulted from two homers by Solters, each with a mate on base. Solters’ third homer also came with a man j on base in the second game. Carl Hubbell won his eighth | game of the season as the Giants 1 defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 10-J 4. Pittsburgh won its second straight from Brooklyn. 7-3. Larry French held the Phillies to 5 hits as the Chicago Cubs defeated Philadelphia, 15-0. The Piiillies took the second game, 118. Tony Piet, new White Sox second baseman. hit a four-bagger as ■ Chicago beat Washington, 7-2. Ted 1 Lyons hold the Senators to 5 hits. Detroit jumped from fifth to third place by defeating Bos:on. 4-1. 1 Schoolboy Rowe, celebrating the birth of his 4-pound son, pitched a 1 3-hit game. The Philadelphia Athletics beat , the Cleveland Indians. 7-5. All of ! the Indians’ runs resulted from I homers. — Yesterday's hero: Schoolboy | Rowe. De'roit pitcher, who held , the Red Sox to three hits a.s the i Tigers won, 3-1. Baptist Softball Team To Practice — The eoftball team of the Buptiet church will practice at the South Ward diamond Friday night at 5 ' o’clock.

Will ENFORCE RULING ON TAX State Contends All Sales' To Consumers Taxable At 1 Per Cent. I Indianapolis. June 13. —The state gross Income tax division will con-' tinue to enforce i's ruling tliut all sales to consumers, regardless of (quantity, are retail sales taxable at 1 per cent despite a lower court decision holding to the contrary, it was announced definitely by Clarence A. Jackson, director of the division, following a conference with the gross Income tax legal staff and representatives of the a’torney general’s office. The lower court decision, given Saturday in cases filed by the J. P.

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Mlchaclx Co ffipt n7~~ ~ wholes. kroeers/an/ Paper Company of in . tl Wll will apply only t 0 '“'lianapon m the si llts ' >«» 1H Obtumed Mr. Jackson sain. 6l ' rc «ut 1 Tl,e decision held 1 ' made by theae eompan j « He and private inMitmi n 2 " Tories as consumers V' BaJe sales, taxable a; J* 1 Per cent, if tnadeln^' 1 (titles and at ) oW|r , h ge « prices. The case will to the appellate court. 0 - City Tennis Team lo Play p ort | ail ' The Decatur city ; Pl y Ita first match of th, J , Sunday aftern.r n. ' J PortlalWl TIIJ Wh held at the high school 4 Wnrtl.muu I' . ,1