Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 16 May 1936 — Page 6

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Decatur Mutschlers To Open Season Here Sunda

SEMI-PRO NINE MEETS GARHETT HERE TOMORROW Tentative Starting Lineup Announced By Manager Mies A tentative starting lineup for the Decatur Mutschlers opening game of the season was announced today by Molly Mies, manager. The Muschlers will open the season at Worthman Field Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, meeting the Shamrocks from Garrett.. The management has promised this city its strongest team in many seasons and from players already lined up, prospect* for an excellent semi-pro nine for Decatur are of the best. Manager Mies, veteran of the Texas and Southern leagues, likely will see some action on the mound although he is slated to hold down the initial sack in the opener Sunday.. Among the minor leaguers signed for the local team are Pete Mihalic and Joe Klein, outfielders; Doljack, second baseman; O'Connell, catcher. Others players may report in time to see action Sunday. A large stretch of canvas has been purchased and will enclose the entire playing field. Low admission prices have been set, with the charge 35 cents for men, 25 cents for women and 15 cents for children. Considerable work has been done on Worthman Field in the past week and it will be in the best playing condition for several years. The tentative starting lineup, as announced by Manaager Mies, follows: Bell, 3b. Doljack, 2b. Klein, cf. Mihalic, If. Mies, lb, p. t R. Ladd. ss. O'Connell, M. Ladd, c. Foreman, Engle, rs.. Harmon, Passwater, p. o City Sensitive Over Name Vallejo, Cal.—(U.R)—The board of education has adopted a plan for teaching in local schools the proper, pronunciation of the city's name. As now pronounced, the board points out. the name, which is of Spanish origin, cannot be understood by either Spaniards or Americans. o Tipster Trapped by Tip Adrian, Mich.—(U.R) —Sheriff Fred R. Seger s first clue to the robbery was the arrival of a young man who said: “I hear 1 am being accused of stealing a tire. I want to tell you I had nothing to do with

Fencing Craze Sweeps Nation W ' Oh*'"' *v ■'* :> i w| . jk . j3hL ’» ~ * I^zlii < -~S- • w—■ I International fencing trophy I Results of the recent amateur national fencing championships in New York indicate that United States will have its best chance in history of finishing near the top in this field at the Berlin Olympic games this summer. Fencing has enjoyed an amazing increase in popularity in United States in the past five years. Thousands have taken up the game and hundreds of salles d’armes have opened. Aldo Nadi of Italy, now in New York to teach the art, is recognized as the best in the world, while Miss Helene Mayer, Jewish swords* woman, who won the Olympic title for Germany in 1932, is expected to repeat this year. At the same time, the U. S. team of 18 men and three women is expected to finish nearer the top than ever before.

lit.'' The sheriff investigated the Iyouth's automobile, found the stolen tire and arrested the young I man. oSTANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pet. St. Louis 15 9 625 New York 15 10 -600 Pittsburgh 14 10 .583 Chicago 12 1:: Ito Boston 12 13 .480 Cincinnati . 12 15 .444 Philadelphia 12 16 .429 Brooklyn 10 16 .385 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. New York 19 9 .679 Boston 19 10 .655 Cleveland 16 10 .615 Chicago 12 10 .545 Washington 14 15 .483 Detroit 12 14 .462 Philadelphia 10 15 .400 St. Louis 4 23 .148 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. St. Paul 22 7 .759 Minneapolis 18 8 .692 Milwaukee 17 9 .654; Kansas City 15 10 .600 Louisville 12 17 .4141 Columbus 9 18 .333 ‘ Indianapolis . 6 15 .286 Toledo 5 20 .200 | YESTERDAY'S RESULTS — National League Pittsburgh. 6; Brooklyn. 2. New York. 2; Cincinnati, 0. Philadelphia. 11; Chicago. 6. Boston. 7: St. Louis. 5. American League Chicago. 9; New York. 7. Cleveland. 7; Boston. 2. Philadelphia, 6; Detroit. 5. Washington. 10: St. Louis. 5. American Association Milwaukee. 1; Kansas City. 0. Minneapolis. 9: ; St. Paul. 3. Only games scheduled. o Poor Get Prize Oranges San Bernardina. Cal. (U.R) —T. E. Anderson has solved the problem of what to do with exhibits after the exhibition is over. At the close of the National Orange show here, > | he gave his exhibit of 378 boxes of . choicest oranges, lemons and grape- . fruits to the poor. o Woman. 102, Age Shy Santa Rita. Cal. (U.R) — Even at the undisputed age of 100 years Mrs. Catarina Rodriguez Berreyessa is exercising a woman's privilege. Record in the Santa Cruz Mission show she was born in 1834 and therefore is 102, but she refuses to admit to more than 100 years. o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

WHITE SOX WIN SIXTH IN ROW Defeat Yankees For Sixth Straight; Giants Near Lead i Chicago, May 16. —The Chicago White Sox ran their current win- ' ning streak up to six straight by taking the first game of a twogame series from the New York Yankees, 9-7. The Yankees outhit their rivals 13 safeties to 11. but they failed to get them when they would count the moat. Ix>u Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri hit homers for the Yanks while Tony Piet a,nd Luke Sewell belted for round trips for the White Sox. Rookie Joe DiMaggio continued his hitting streak for the Yanks by getting four safoties, including two doubles. The Cleveland Indiana turned their siege guns on the Boston Red Sox. blasted Johnny Marcum out of the box in the third and went on to a 7-to-2 victory. Their hits included a homer by l Earl Averill, first man up in the ! second, and another by Ha.l TrosIky in the third, bringing in Odell I Hale. It was Trosky's seventh i circuit blast of the season. The Philadelphia Athletics came | from behind in the seventh inI ning. as two pinch hitters connect- | ed. to win a 6 to 5 slugfest from I the Detroit Tigers in a series op- ■ I ener. The onslaught drove Tommy I Bridges from the mound after he had given up seven hits, including ; two doubles and home runs by Bob Johnson and Wally Moses. Every man on the Washington team except Pitcher Buck Newsom j got at least one hit—two got four i each —as the Senators whipped the downtrodden St. Louis Browns 110 to 5. i But not a little credit for the | I victory goes to Newsom. He fann ed 11 batsmen and had only two bad innings, tire first and the I fourth. The New York Giants stretched their winning streak to five, straight as they shut out the Cin- ' einnati Reds 2-0. The win brought I them to within a half game of the ; league leading Cardinals. The Boston Bees gave Leroy I Parmalee an unexpected stinging while trouncing the pace-setting St. Louis Cardinals, 7-5. The visiting right-ta.nder was slugged for 10 hite and all but one of the Boston runs. Tony Cuccinello and Rupert. Thompson, who is filling in for the j ailing Wally Berger. led the on-; slaught against Parmalee. Each j of them hit him safely three times ; in three appearances. He was reI lieved by Ed Heusser with one out in the fifth inning. The Phillies landed on a. parade of Chicago Cubs hurlers and poundi ed out an 11 to 6 victory for the league champions’ sixth straight setback. First Baseman Dolph Camilli paced the attack with four hits for four times at bat. including a homer ajid triple. Outfielder Ethlan Allen also hammered out a four-bagger for the Phiis and First Baseman Phil Cavarretta did i it for the Cubs. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-2. handing ■ Lingle Van Mungo, ace moundsi man of the Dodgers, his sixth defeat of the season. o Nose Tests for Horses Lyons. France (U.R) — Noseprintt identification for racehorses on the same principle as fingerprints for human beings is being tried here, with the object of preventing well-known horses from being disguised and run under assumed names. o Dog Wins School Rating Pasadena, Cal. (U.R) — While “Mary had a little lamb that followed her to school,” Johnny Robertson has been granted permission to let his police dog not only to follow him to school but to attend all classes. The teacher found it better than to leave the dog outside barking for its master. o Fish Net Loses in Court Santa Cruz, Cal. (U.R) —A 4,000fodt fish net was made the defendant in the superior court here. The State Fish and Game Commission was the plaintiff. There was only one witness. The net was adjudged a public nuisance and ordered either destroyed or sold. ——o Scholarship Goes Begging New Haven, Conn. (U.R) — A S6OO yearly scholarship Is going begging at Yale for some young man “of good character” whose surname

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happens to be Leavenworth. Despairing of finding someone to fill the scholai>ship next year. Yakauthorities have advertised the gran which was founded in 1912 by Elias Leavenworth of Woodbury. i Conn. Two Wives Spare Husband Detroit (U.R) -Neither of his two wives would appear against him so Peter Catanese was freed of a bigamy charge by Judge Christopher | Stein. Catanese married his first wife in 1930, and in 1933 took Wife No. 2. He said he married a second time because his first wife wrote him from Mexico City that she was getting a Mexican divorce. o Detroit Property Boom Seen Detroit (U.R) — An improvement I j in the Detroit real estate market is seen by I. A. Capizzi, member of ' the Michigan Public Trust commis- ; sion. an organization known as the j “watchdog" for the real estate bondholder. Capizzi said present trends are so optimistic that he advises bondholders not to sell. Canaries Learn to Quack Camas, Wash. (U.R) — Harry Wy-, alt raises ducks. Mrs. Harry Wyatt raises canar. Ordinarily young canaries are taught to sing by leaving them with the mother bird. Mrs. 'Wyatt left her canaries with Mr. Wyatt’s young ducks. Mrs. Wyatt now insists her canaries quack ! as plain as day. o "Beauty” Address Fails Hamilton Ont. (U.R) — A letter addressed “To the best-looking stenographer in Hamilton" was received at the post office here, but none of the officials dared to delivr it. The letter was sent by a man living on Vancouver Island, B. C. o Wheat-Hay Type Sought Ottawa, Ont. (U.R) — Canadian scientists are trying to develop a strain of perennial wheat from which hay can be produced instead of grain. Minister of Agriculture J. G. Gardiner revfealed in the house of Commons. The tests are being carried out on government experimental farms. o Sermon Copy of 1761 Found Dennis, Mass. (U.R) — The old stone heme of Mrs. John Sampson has yielded the manuscript of a serThon delivered 175 years ago by her great-great grandfather, the Rev. Nathan Stone. The sermon is on a piece of parchment. The ink is only slightly faded. o Catfish Provides 5 Meals Vidor, Tex. (U.R) —J. B. Wilkerson. farmer living three miles north of Vidor, tells a fish story which is backed by 40 persons. Five meals were required by the 40 to consume an 84-pound catfish Wilkerson caught in the Neches river. 0 Prize Winnings Insured Dyesburg, Tenn. (U.R) — A. F. Carroll took no chances with the regular Friday “bank night" at the Frances Theater here. He took out an insurance account with Lloyds of Dyesburg. His name was called for him to receive $325. He wasn't there, but the insurance company paid. o Boy Hoes Up $260 in Gold Cordelia, Cal. (U.R) — Neighborhood boys refused to help Billy Mattheis carry out his mother-im-posed task of hoeing weeds. Much chagrined, Billy tackled the job alone. He hoed up $260 in gold pieces dated 1874, 1875 and 1876. o Toledo Picks No. 1 Citizen Toledo, (U.R> —- T. Gordon Jef- ’ frey, city recreation commissioner, > has won the Junior Chamber of

i Commerce award as "Toledo's'' 1 most outstanding citizen of the 1 year, between the ages of 21 and *35." In addition to his regular dut'ies, Jeffrey has been active in the ! Community Chest campaign, the' *Zoo campaign and the Industrial exposition. o Lethal Moth Bag Shown Chicago (U.R) — Whit is said to be the only 100 per cent lethal moth bag ever devised has been introduced in the Merchandise Mart here Made of leatheretts, it has a fibre board at the top which is saturated with a liquid mothicide from a fixed can, after sealing. o Cigarettes Made “Fireless" Toronto, Ont. (U.R) — W. J. McCormick. Toronto inventor, claims he has invented a device which makes cigarettes, cigars and pipfee ; “fireless.” By his method, he I says, tobacco smokes but never burns. Old Sermon Preached Again Kansas City, Kan. — (U.R) —Dr. Bascom Robbins, financial secretary of the Bethany Hospital, recently returned to Elk Falls, Kan., w-here he preached tie same sermon in the same church delivered 50 years before.

As the Crow FLIESSOMETIMES the longest way is the quickest way. But many of life’s convenient short-cuts are well worth knowing. Take the ever-present problem of buying things. If you had to trot around from store to store for every purchase, you wouldn’t get much accomplished—and you’d be sure to miss some of the best values. But you don’t do it—you take the short-cut, by reading the advertisements in this newspaper. In the advertising columns, you’ll find a panorama of who has what to sell, and where the wisest buying can be done. You can make your choice in a few minutes time—based on well-known trade-marks, trusted brand names, accurate descriptions, even photographs — and go straight to the right place to buy it No lost time, no indecision. THE ADVERTISING PAGES OF THIS NEWSPAPER SHOW YOU THE SHORTEST SHORTCUTS. Read them regularly. Make every minute and dollar do MORE.

I Probation, Parole Conference May 26 Indianapolis. May 16— (U.R) —I Forty states will be represented . in the third annual central states probation and parole conference which opens here May 26. Subjects to be dtecussed include effective civil service, parole, probation. pre-parole education, institutional care, vocational training. trained personnel, sponsorship and after care, home investigation and general case work, and the rehabilitation of probationers and parolees. Atty. Gen. Philip Lutz. Jr., is chairman of the arrangement* committee. „ — O 11 Cat Outzpeedz Firemen Minneapolis —(UP) —When the gong sounds at Station No. 10 the first to leap for the brass rail is Mickey, a lean gray cat that makes hie home with the "beya”. The pet shoots down as neatly as any one of the hose cart firemen. o — Blood Donor Is Hero Plymouth —(UP) — Hubert Rea. 40-year-old street car conductor, is the hero .?< Plymouth's hospitals. In two years, be has given nine quarts of his blood to others. Plymouth hospitals have difticulty in finding donors, but Rea never fails them. o Photographers Worry Town ' Mansfield, 0., — (UP) — This town is suffering from teo many Operators of local i studios asked the city council for b I an ordinance licensing of all transient pitcure takers, and to assess a fine of SSO for any photographer operating without a license o 1 Thief Takes Angel Statue Woodland. Cal.--(U.R) —The police are looking for what they believe i is a provident thief who was arranging for his o\vn death and burial. He stole the statue of an angel from a local tombstone factory. o Britain Relies On Canada Ottawa. Ont. —(U.R) —Canada has moved up to second place as a supplier of the British market. Last ■ year the Dominion contributed 7.40 | per cent of Britain's total imports.' The United States was first, con-1 tributing 11.56 per cent. o Fan Has Rubber Blades Chicago —(U.R) —One of the new contributions toward cutting down home accidents is an electric fan.! shown in the Merchandise Mart ■ j here, which has pliable, semi-soft ■ I rubber blades. No guard is neces- , isary to protect wayward fingers. o i Dog Catcher Too Diligent Santa Rowa, Cal. —(UP)—Homer

Congrattdates Conte J >’Nf ''n ‘ iL lf*» 1 I * One qf those on hand at Lakewood, N. J., to wish Joe weight contender, congratulations on his 22nd birthday wu2 Braddock, left, world champion, whose next meeting with Un probably be in the ring to defend his title. Louis is now tit* at Lakewood for his June bout with Max Schmeling, pion. When the two met. Louis predicted that he would be pion before another natal day rolled around, but grimly and remarked, "Oh—is that so?” i

—————— Cake, pound master, worked overtime Blinding up every unlicensed dog and iavponing the city tax. Later he discovered that he had even worked beyond the city limits He returned to “extra” fees thus collected. j _ _o Western Baby Preferred Salem Ore- —(UP)— Among requests for road maps received by the state highway commission was a letter from the New York couple saying they were coming to Oregon to adopt a baby giri, because they would "rather have a Western I baby." o Battle Letter 20 Years Late London. — (U.R) —A letter stained i with the mud of the Somme, and , written by a soldier to his wife just ; before the great offensive in 1916. has been delivered to her. It lay in some unknown postoffice for 20 years. Q License Plates Upset State Cheyenne, Wyo.—(U.R)—A furious dispute over whether the silhouette of a rider on a bucking horse, i proudly displayed on Wyoming's 1936 anto license plates, has arous-

■ ed this plain state, a 'ljj| Show", citizens complaint j ■ —o —1 Gold Sought: DiamgMFia . Oroville. Cal—(UJWntl . sen went prospecting for piii ravine near Cherokee and fs* stead, a three-quarter tin rnond worth S6O. Old mi . mated more than fa have been found in the Qi , district. I Towns Pass From urv ■ Oroville. Cal. -TMI covery of a IS6I map s!Battel ty has revealed the ««■ number of towns th« tai 1! been entirely forgotten. S( 1 chide Hell Town Lynch sap Whiskey Flat. The saaae . lieved khave been 'odiasj ' localities I -o —! Birds Trick Bees Roy. B. C.-ftJ.PJ-BlwjW' have evolved a newtrldul l bees from their hives. tieei “ port. They tap with their IB .! the land hoards of the few i • then gobble up the bees vis' • i come out to investigate.