Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 94, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1936 — Page 6

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JACKETS NOSEO OUT FRIDAY 8Y PORTLAND NINE Failure To Hit In Pinches Brings 2 to 1 Defeat Friday Falling to hit In the pinches, the Decatur Yellow Jackets lost their second start of the season Friday afternoon, dropping a 21 decision to the Portland Panthers at Worth man Field. iH'catur filled the bases with one away in the first inning on an error, a walk and si hit batsman, but the next two batters fanned An error and a hit put Decatur runners on second and third with none out in the second frame but one runner was i aught at home on a short passed ball and the next two batters could not bring in the other baserunner, who reached third on the play at the plate. The Jackets tried to pull the game out of the tire in the final ilnnlug, but could tally only one run. in this inning. Worthman singled with one away, stole second and scored when Beery singled to center after Huffman had filed out. Beery stole second but Heller's bid for a hit to tie up the ball game was snared by the Portland third sacker, who tossed him out at first. Portland scored both its runs in the fourth frame With one gone. Wielusch walked and advanced t«> third as Snyder singled to right Snyder stole second. Wielusch scored and Snyder took third on a wild pitch, the latter scoring on an infield out. Neither team could connect solidly. Decatur obtaining only three

Charges Labor’s Rights Abused |fs--, ISfe®,3&W.3s r| gSaL jSf ' '■•- An indictment of forces he alleged were opposing organization of labor was delivered by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, when he appeared before the senate sub-com-mittee on labor in Washington, above. His indictment was based on charges that "there was an open hop drive in industry"; that the tight of free speech and assembly had been increasingly invaded in th,- past year, and that labor espionage and strike-breaking activitie* had reached a point where a thorough investigation was vital. He’s Already a Derbv Winner — jt : > Vw iB? \*•&., j tm a tSasF -- irW 1 P r --I F fe L He Did J The Kentucky classic will be the second Derby this year for He Did, winner of the Santa Anita Derby in January. He Did is owned by Mrs. Silas B. Mason whose Head Play almost won the Kentucky- event in 1933. Mrs. Mason’s Derby eligible already is winner of $29,123. I

.hits and Portland two. Box score and summary: Decatur AB R H PO A E i Heller 2b 4 0 0 1 0 1 Hitchcock, c 3 0 0 8 2 0 Fuhrman, lb 2 o 0 6 0 0 Reynolds, ss 2 <t If 3 0 " Ritter, p 0 0 I’ " i Brodbeck. If 3 0 0 it 0 o ' Worthnian. 3b 3 112 0 1 'Huffman, cf -' Friedt, rs 1 0 0 •• '» 0 Beery, ri 2 0 1 0 (I 0 Totals 26 1 3 21 5 2 Portland Willliams. If . 3 0 0 1 0 0 F. Beck. 2b 4 0 1 0 2 0 Wielusch, 3b 2 10 12 2 Snyder, p Holms, cf 0 0 1 o 0 F. Hartzell, lb 3 0 0 10 0 1 W Hartzell, e l<lo7 0 0 McDaniel, if 2 0 0 0 0 T> Garrison, rs 0 0 0 1 0 o Ferrell ss 3 0 0 0 2 0 Totals 24 2 2 21 8 3 Score by innings: Portland 000 200 0- 2 Decatur 000 000 11 —o—- * E. NEWS ....from.... GENERAL ELECTRIC NEWS In per cent of suggestions adopt-1 ml fr :n imporvements of the plant, the Decatur branch led during the i first quarter of the year with a per I cent of 375. In thte time 16 suggestions wermade, which ntakiv a y< ally rate of suggestions per 100 employee ■ -.f I 10.2. Os these suggestions ,-:x were acted upon or 37 5 per tent. The hotel amount paid for the -ugges ' ti jns was $7'J. The Decatur plant was in third pla e in the General Electric March . . tsekeeping < ontest. The plant had a percentage of 9s 10. The following departni :.t head- in Decatur were given gold stars in rec-

of spi-. ial effort Mort | Hoffman. At'hle Owens and William Kohls LEFTY GROVE HOLDS YANKS TO TWO HITS Veteran Southpaw Blanks Yanks; Tigers And Culls Defeated New York, Apr, 18 —I’ >b (Lefty I Grove, pitching two-hit luill in his ; Initial start ot the season, spoiled the N w York Yankees' opening i he: >re 22,236 shiiering fens at i the stadium as the Boston Rod Sox ! took an 8 tn o decision forth ir i third straight victory. i The lankv southpaw, the American league’s most effective iiurler i hast year, turned the Yankees ; back in order for the first four ini nings. lam Gehrig came through J with i -cratch -ingle off Jimmy ■ Foxx'o legs in the fifth and cracked out a clean single in the »<•' • enth. Not a Yankee reached see ! ond base, however, and only one other player besides Gehrig reachied first. That was Rod Rolfe, -who ! coaxed a walk out of Grove in th. ' sixth. Jimmy Desltong poiled the Ath-i let in' home opener, holding Con I nie Mack’- men to two hits as th . .'Washington Senator- won .’. to 2.1 1 bfeore 1c --- than 2.500. One of the hit- was a homer by ' Pinky Higgins in the -ivth Th \ other was a single by Hal W.rst . ler in the third. Deshong wa- I shaky at the start, walking Mose ; and then letting hint score on tw-> wild pitches, but he soon settled down. The Chicago White Sox <a>t , gloom over an opening day crowd ' of 32.000 chilled fan by defeating the Tigers sto behind the s.-v.-i- --: hit pitching of Johnny Whitehead. The Sox. who beat the Tiger.n the opening game last spring and started them on a skid to tlt< bottom of the standing-, chased. Eiden Auker to the showers dining a three-run rally in the sei i i enth inning. The Cleveland Indians fell or. Mike Me,.la m the tenth a- they , I h:vd on his three predecessors on defeated the St. Louis Browne, ; 13 to 10. Chicago’s National league chan. . reception from the Cincinnati I Ke l in their opening home game going down to a 12-3 defeat befor ant c: owd of 9.423 fans who shivered in 4‘Hlegree weather. While Paul Derringer was holding the champions to seven hits, tour of them .scattered over the j first seven innings. the scrappy I Reds were pounding Tex Carleton. | Clyde Shoun and Clay Bryant for . 11 of their 12 hits and all of their runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth : frames. —.—_ Bill Terry, pinch-hitting for I carl Hubbell in the sixth inning, j struc k ti e blow th.it gave the NewYork Giant.- n. 6 to 4 triumph over < Boston as a chilled gathering of 4.1.00 fans turned out for the Bees' opening game at home. The Giants' manager inserted himself in the lineup with the bases loaded and the Bees leading 3-2. He connected with one of Bobby Reis’ pitches. driving the ball to the center field fence for a double and clearing the bases. ( Big Babe Phelphs' bat gave the-I Brooklyn Dodgers their first victory of the season as they opined at home with a 4 to 3 victory over the Phillies in 10 innings. U. S. Trains Home Girls Salt Lake City.—(U.P.) -More than ; 150 Utah giirls are preparing for domestic duties in a new school of home economics under federal auspices opened here recently. o Minister Praises Hoboes Aylmer. Ont.—<U.R>— Hoboes “are not a bad sort," Rev. W. I). Stenlake. United Church minister, concluded after spending four days roaming Ontario w ith transients in search of material ~r a sermon.

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CITY SERIES OPENS MONDAY Grade Schools To Meet For City Softhall Championship Tiu- fir-t game < f the annual seri s f>r tin c-oft all t hampionuhlp es t'm- :ty grade schools will be played Monday afternoon. April 20. at the South W ’ diamond. The c ,|f. >nr defe 1 ina champions, w t :n<‘ t the St. . - I at 4 o’cbck M..:u!.iy ::i the first of a two out of three serieiß. The second game of the <-ei i< s will be played at the c-ame time Thui'.-day afternoon. April 23 The third gam:, if neither team wins the first two contests, will be played Monday. April 27. T.. winm- .the- city . han r i ins’lip w.ll nn-eet a team formed of m ’abers of the Rotary club in a i.i; game Wednesday evening Xpril 29. as one of the STANDINGS National League W L Pct. New York 4 0 1.000 Pittsburgh 2 1 .667 Chicago . 2 2 .500 Philadelphia 2 2 .500 Cincinnati . 2 2 .500 St. Louis 12 .333 Boston 1 3 .250 American League Chicago . Boston 3 0 1 000 Washington 3 1 .750 Cleveland 2 1 .667 Detroit 1 3 .333 New York 1 3 .250 Philadelphia 0 3 .000 St. Louis .0 3 .000 American Association Kan. City 3 0 1.000 Minneapolis 2 0 1.000 St. Paul 4 1 .800 Louisville 3 2 .600 Columbus 1 3 .250) Milwaukee 13 .250 Indianapolis . 0 2 .000 Toledo 0 3 .000 Yesterday's Results YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Cincinnati. 12; Chicago. 3. New York. 6; Boston 4. Brooklyn. 4; Philadelphia. 3. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, cold. American League Chicago, 5; Detroit. 3. Washington. 3; Philadelphia, 2. Boston. 8; New York, 0. Cleveland. 13; St. Louis, 10. American Association St. Paul. 7; Toledo, 2. Kansas City, 9; Louisville, 6. Milwaukee at Indianapolis, cold. Minneapolis at Columbus, cold.

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at’.ir -of the olieervance of National boys' and girls’ week in De- . catur. i I..wt .spring, the Rotary < lull i s. ored a victory over the Central team and the >id !. .e will be out to repeat this year. Postman Quits After 40 Years Pittsfield. Mass. — (UP) — L. Charles Kenyon, 'is. has just retired as letter carrier after, he esti- i mates, having walked 130,0001 miles and delivered 8.000.000 pieces of mail. For 40 years ho covered the same :. .ate Death Attempt Rued Toledo -(UP) Herman Fietz. I 44-year-old sailor, leaded into the ■ icy Maumee River, then shouted for | h Ip. When he was pulled to safety - he .said he changed his mind about lying “the water was too old."

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DECATUR LOSES TENNIS MATCH High School Tennisors \ie Defeated By Bluffton Friday Playing their first match of the season Friday afternoon, the D< ■ catur high school tennis team was defeated on the local courts by the Bluffton tennisers. While the locals failed to win a match, the Decatur players put ti good fight against their more experienced opponents. Bluffton won the thfee singles matches and neither doubles match i was finished because of darkness Singles results follow: Spain (B) I defeated Affolder. 7-5. 7-5. Re< tor , i ID defeated Sundet niann, 2-6. 6-4. |tl-4. Tudor ißi delated Stalter. 6 4 in one doubles match. Siindeu mann and Affolder had won the first set. 12-10. from Rector and Spain and the match was stopped at 8-8 in the second set Brough and Mj Farren (ID won the first set from Ashbaucher and Cline. 63, and were leading 5-4. when dark ness halted play List Schedule Harry Dailey, tennis coach, announced the schedule as completed to date, w ith other mate hrs yet to be set definitely, The northeastern Indiana conference moot will again be In Id on the local courts, with Saturday. May 16. sot as the date The <chedule follows: April 17- Bluffton at Dm atur. April 21 Huntington at Decatur. April 23 Dunkirk at Decatur. April 29 Huntington at Huntingi ton May 4 South Side at Decatur. May S Central att Decatur May 14—Dunkirk at Dunkirk. May 16 Conference nn et at Decatur >' y Centr: !' v io. May 21 -South Side at Ft. Way ' no. I CORT SUN. MON. TUES. 10c 25c Continuous from 1:15. JAMES ( A(AE\ PAT O BRIEN “(’EILINC ZERO” Plus-News and Little Jaek Little and Orchestra. TONITE ■ A For Reltoia - - s IF Plus—Comedy. Cartoon and ( hap. 3 “Rex and Rintx" 10c-15c .

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I "What does it take to develop a Kentucky Derby I winner?" Long and patient effort, painstaking train- . ing and careful treatment at the hands of the trainer are necessary to bring a three-year-old colt * to the peak of form for the Kentucky classic. The I yearling must first be acquainted with the feel of I a saddle and bridle. It is then necessary to faI miliarize them with bearing the weight of a jockey. I First actual track trials proceed at a slow pace. A “lead pony’’ accompanies the youngster on his first ’ gallops to better acquaint him with strange new •; conditions. Special exercises are instituted to de-

Litz Trains Him iorDjJfl Ak A I i I t 'fl flm ' - Wh ■ ira* I it, X " mI WIF*. Mr B WRmF / I 'lwOl M w 1. wteJl 1.a.-t spring Trainer Jim Fitzsimmons, who i-adi-d Oir.ihau® L t year's Kentucky Derby, -aid White Cockvde was one oftkeM two-year-olds he ever trained. White Cockade, winner ot hit 9 three races as a two-year-old, is one of the eligibles tra:t-s' SJ 9 for the Kentucky Derby, May 2. The hor.-e U ewnedbfoS Babe ‘Benched’ at Opening Gi] Xl ,t -Y. g '4XY' - ’J "-T" fl l . I 1 *sss A-Ki aflfl Babe Ruth and wife An enthusiastic ovation from the crowd greeted Eabe IL- ■ wife, above, when they attended the oi- n:::g g.mic I Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers at New York Polo Grounds, w opener in 20 year- which the Bambino ha- attended as # F

velop stamina, leg strength and din his fir Bti sects. Finally the young: collt is ent race to determine whether h tk up under competition, to find ou "heart" and racing spirit necessa in This is part of the routine newi - > J * lcg iond a potential derby winner, but tntr other tricks to the trade which m Thoir .ps<* as "Sunny Jim" winner * who together have trained woU |d hsve valuable men to the owner who colors romp home in front.