Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1935 — Page 6
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ORDER TROPHIES FOR TOURNEYS Junior Chamber Os Commerce Sponsors Tennis Tourneys Sufficient entriu for city t?nnls tourneys have been obtained by the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerve, it wm report <1 to th • dirsctors Wednesday night, to warrant the purchase of throe traphiee. A tlft en inch cup wiU.be given to b.ie w inner of the mens singles and a second similar cup to th? winner of th ■ men s double,, tournaments A third 10 inch cup will be given to the winn. r of the women s .singled tournam. nt. If euffici. nt entries ore obtained a fourth cup will be given to the winner cf the women’s doubles tornai.nent. The three cups were ordered today and wil ih® on display early next week. An entrance fee of 25 c tits a per son in both the men’s single* and the men’s doubles tournament will be <birg. d. A f eof 15 . tits will be charged as entrance to the women’s singles. If mure names are obtained a t.e of 15 osnts a person will be charged as entrance to the women's doubles tournament. All conteistonts must register with tie entrance fee before noon on Wednesday. August 21. Drawings will be made Wednesday afternoon. The finals will .be played on Sunday. Sept. mb. r 1. Arrangenent-s have been made to obhun the city courts at Worthman in the late afternoons and on Saturdays and Sundays during the —wWM——
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' tournam nt play In ord r to aocomodate those who must play after work. I Regi trail net for men will be acJ cepted by Paul Handier, chairman I of th • committ . and from the following m mbers of the club. Frank Wallace. Hud Townsend mid Robert ” Heller. Registrations of waxen will be accept'd by .Mildr d A ker, ( hairman of the committ e and the following members of the club, Rosemary Holthouse and Kathryn , Hyland. LOCAL GOLFERS BEAT BLUFFTON Decatur Team Scores 2118 Victory On Local Course Decatur golfers defeated the ' B'uffton city team at the Decatur I County Club Wednesday afternoon, | 121 to IS. David Bauman of Deca-, tur shot the low score with a 75. Results of all matches follow: Bauman IDI d featsd Al Poneot, 3-0. j Ed Engeler (Di defeated H. Ull- : man, 2-0. M. Ludwig <B) defeated D. Wertzherger. 3-0. G. Sttilts (D) defeated Fete Foster, 2-1. Bill Malle (D) defeated Herb Foster, 3-0. j Bill Coovert (B) defeated B. L Frisinger, 2-0. ;, J. L. Ehler (D) defeated F. l Gardenour, 3 0. I. Fuhrman <D) defeated H. Me- j Ilwain, 3-0. . Rev. Carson (D) defeated W. H. , 1 Eichhorn. 3-0. Fred Tangeman (Bl defeated , Rev. Walton, 2-0. Dr. Jones tied witi'i Dr. Dyer. J. L. .Goodin (BlWlefeated L. A. Cowens. 3-0. i Decatur, having insufficient play- . ers, forfeited six points to Bluffton. —o | STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. New York OS 39 .635 St. Louis 64 41 610 Chicago 67 45 .598 Pittsburgh 61 51 .545 I Brooklyn 90 57 .467 | Philadelphia 48 60 .444 j Cincinnati 47 63 .427 Boston ..... .. ..... 29 78 .271 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Detroit 67 38 .638 New York • 60 43 .583 Boston 56 49 .533 Chicago 52 49 .515 Cleveland 52 52 .500 j Philadelphia 45 54 .455 | Washington 45 60 .429 I St. Louis . ... 35 67 .343 j AMERICAN ASSOCIATION — W. L. Pet. I Minneapolis ... 68 48 .586 Indianapolis 65 51 .5601 Columbus 54 51 .5571 Kansas City 64 53 .547| St. Paul 56 54 .509, Milwaukee . .... 56 54 .509 Toledo 45 67 .402 Louisville 37 78 .322 THREE! LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Bloomington 28 15 .651 Springfie'd 23 19 .548 Fort Wayne 21 23 .477 Decatur (Ill.) .20 23 .465 Peoria 18 22 .450: Terre Haute ... 17 25 .405 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Boston, 8-11; Cincinnati, 1-5. 1 Brooklyn. 9-3; Chicago. 5-2. New York. 6-0; St. Louis. 4-3. Pittsburgh. 6-7; Philadelphia, 1-4. American League Cleveland, 7; New York, 6. Boston, 7;. Chicago, 1. Detroit, 18; Washington, 2. Philadelphia, 8; St. Louis, 2. American Association Indianapolis, 7; Minneapolis, 2. St. Paul at Louisville, rain. Milwaukee. 6; Toledo, 1. Co'umbus, 7; Kansas City, 2. Three-I League Fort Wayne, 8; Peoria, 6. Springfield, 6; Decatur, 1. Terre Haute, 3; Bloomington, 1 (called end seventh, rain). Spider Wrecks Auto I Bursh Creek, Ore.—(U.R) —A tiny spider wrecked Orvaal Elliott’s automobile. Elliott noticed the spider on the seat beside him and] tried to brush it off. It took so much of his attention that the next moment the car hurtled oft the 1 highway and into a ditch.
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WESLEY FERRELL' LEADS HURLERS Comeback Os Red Sox Pitcher One Os Season’s Features Chicago, Aug. 15.—(U.R) - Lesley Ferrell, the rejuvenated Boston Red Sox pitcher, set two goals for himself this season and both of :-4lem are neaj* achievement. “I want to win 26 games and bat in more than 30 runs,” he said; yesterday after his team defeated , the White Sox, 7-1. “During the best season I ever; had, with Cleveland in 1930, 1 won 25 games. I am anxious to j break that mark and with it I want ■ to beat my own record for runs; batted in by a pitcher, which stands; at 30.” Ferrell has won 19 games so far ; and his team has nearly 50 left to ; play. He has driven in 25 runs. I and is leading the league in hitt-l ing with an average of .368. Sev-1 en of his hits have been home j runs. The 27-year-o'd right hander,' nearly forced to quit professional baseball because of a sore arm, tow years ago, reveal'd that he I I has most of his old stuff back. “My control is better than it > ■ ever was,” he said, “although 1 | have lost some of my speed." Ferrell has one no hit game to his credit, pitched against the St. | Louis Browns April 29. 1930. Dur ing his first four years with Cleveland he won 94 games, never falling below 20 in the winning side during any one season. In 1932. Ferre’l ran in’o difficulties with the Cleveland management. mostly because of temperamental reasons. He was suspended for 10 davs for insubordination and the following year his arm W’en t dead; he won 11 games in 1933 while losing 12 and ranked 32nd among the pitchers in earned runs allowed. In the spring of 1934, when general manager Billy Evans mailed out the Indian contracts. Ferrell was offered a salary of 15,000. He refused to sign and was suspended automatica’ly because of his
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— I' ——— failure to report, ’ Late in May, Ferrell and Dick Porter, Cleveland outfielder, were J traded to Boston for Bob Welland. ' Bob Seeds, and $25,000 cash. The young hurler got off to a slow start I iu his new surroundings but wound | up the season with a record of 14 victories and five - defeats. He , I jumped to 11th in the ranking for j earned runs allowed. Ferrell right now Is considered 'one of the smartest pitchers in baseball; he throws the ball so it j breaks just over the outside corn-1 er, away from the hitter. Then oc;cas;onaUy he tosses a fairly fast 'one, shoving the batters away from the plate. He’s getting by on his control !and brains. TEN INNING TILT PLAYED Phi Delts Defeat Florals In Lonjj Contest Wednesday Night i Only two games were played in [the industrial softball league Wednesday night, the Phi Delts defeating the Decatur Florals and 'then losing to the General Electric. 'ln the third scheduled game. City | Confectionery forfeited to the i C’overleaf team. The first game of the evening 'was the longest of the season, the ' tilt going 10 innings before the Phi Delts scored an S-6 win over the Florals. Jackson’s home run after E. Merica singled drove in the winning runs in the first halt of the 10th frame. The Phi Delts were forced to tally twice in the fifth to knot the count at 5-5. Each team counted once in the sixth. In the second game of the evening. Schultz held the Phi Delts to two hits to give General Electric an 11-0 victory. The winners j obtained *lO hits, scoring in every inning except, the second. Phi Delts 200 031 000 2—B 10 0 Decatur F. 140 001 000 o—6 12 3 V. Andrews. F'eming and G. Merica; Baker and Strickler. General Electric . 303 32—11 10 1 Phi Delts 000 00— 0 2 8 Schultz and Baker; V. Andrews and G. Merica.
GIANTS, GARDS IN EVEN BREAK Dizzy Dean Slated To Pitch Against Leaders This Afternoon New- York, Aug. 15— (U.R) Dizzy Dean's cold and stomach ache were better today and he hoped to score his initial victory of’the season over the New York Giants. With 19 victories to his credit, but none of them over the Giants, Dizzy auked Manager Frankie Frisch to let him pitch the third game of the vital series between the Giants and Cardinals. The two pennant contenders battled to even terms in yesterday’s dou-ble-header while the elder Dean was in Ids hotel room oniffing and taking medicine. Dizzy was up early today, talking about revenge on the Giants for knocking his younger brother and idol, Paul, out of the box in the first game yesterday. “That was no way for Paul to celebrate his twenty-second birthday.” Dizzy expostulated. "I’m gonna draw a bead on them toI day. And 1 told Frank 1 was strong enough to beat ’em even if I was in bed all day yesterday Three games separated the
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! Giants and Cardinals when they clashed today In the third buttle of their present serl»M. The Giants knocked Gff th* first game yeaterday. 64. a ,ld ,h ‘' n I,lf ' HIS rallied behind courageous pitching of “Wild Bill" Hullahan to take the second game. 30. Bad blood is beginning to bo.l between the two dubs. A battle was narrowly averted yesterday when three umpires quelled Leo Duroch-r, Cardinals’ shortstop, and Gus Mancuso, Giants’ catcher, in the ninth inning of the first game. A crowd of 50.868 persons, largest paid week day attendance in the history of the National league, attended the twin bill. Dizzy Di.in’o pitching opponent today probably will be Lefty Al Smith, who stemmed the tide in St. Louis last month after the Giants had lost six in a row, or Roy Parmelee, who has won one and lost one against St. Louis this season. Tile Boston Red Sox drew a game ahead of Chicago’s White Sox and one nearer second place New York yesterday by whipping the White Sox. 71. while Hie Yankees were dropping a 7-6 decision to Cleveland's Indians. Detroit won an 18-2 victory over Washington. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louie. 8 2. In the rest of the Naional league, the third-place Chicago Cubs dropped a double decision to Brooklyn. 9-5 and 3-2. Boston sub-
dued Cincinnati. 8-1 and 11-5. and . Pittsburgh won over Philadelphia, ; 8-1 and 7-4. * Yesterday’s hero: Lynwood “Schoolboy” Bowe, Detroit pitcher. who held Washington to 10 hits, ecored three runs, batted In four runs and made five hits in five trip? l to the plate. o LABOR UNREST rONTINUKD FROM PAGE ONF? northeast section of Terre Haute, near the Columbian Enameling ■ and Stamping company. focal ' point of the general strike. The Columbian plant emerged I completely vidtorious over labor’ In the general strike, called in' protest to armed guards Imported 1 by the firm to protect the pro-1 perty. The Imported guards were re-1 placed by national guard troops I and operations at the plant wet 'j lesiimed with non-union workers, i C. L. Gorby. Columbian prer.i-1 dent, said today approximately 500 ’ persons are working in the plant I and reiterated his refusal to' negotiate with union employes j whose strike since March 23 percipitated the general walkout July 22. The union Is no longer recognized at the plant. Although the end of the general strike brought an outward return of normalcy to Terre Haute there
has been a continuous und J of unrest. 1 M. G. Heuer and Otis c ox . urer and secretary, resp K o of the Enamel Workers’ u and 16 other persons, were ai ed by mill'ary authorities week after an outbreak or throwing at the plant. Heuer and Cox were p ai - 01l Prof. R. Clyde White. o f l n , I'nlver.dty, recently appo federal mediator in the The others still are held. President. Signs •Postal Bill To Wishlnffton, Aug* 15 — (pp ! Presid nt Roosov<lt today j j the bill establishing a 40-houi , i week for postal employes. , The measure was <>am<| s IP stmaHter G neral James \ Iley withdrew hie errlier opposl I and decided postal r’venu..,s , ! sufficient to warrant th.' inere; j cost of the shorter week, i It applbe to som- 235,000 i' ployes Who now work 44 hou I we k. It is expected to create 11 ployment for IS.OOO .to 20,000euf I tute employ s who now work s -tint ’. The new law provides for an el hour d>ty and five day week y poatoffiee eniployeu now w.uk eight hour days and four hours 1 Saturday. It will a; ply to assistant 41 • masters, cl rk«s. carriers and nth
