Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 119, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1936 — Page 6

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Locals Open Season With Win Over Garret!

DECATUR TEAM WINS OPENER Defeat Garrett Team In Season Opener By Score Os 4 To 3 The MuttcMer Packers, Decatur's Independent base ball team upened the season yesterday afternoon with a 4 to 3 victory over Garrett. The game was played on Worthman Field with a fair size crowd i in attendance. The Decatur team presented several new faces in their lineup, filling several positions with players formerly connected with association teams. Decatur opened the scoring in the first inning by registering two luns and scored two more in the sixth. Garrett was unable to score until the fourth when they pushed across one marked and scored two more times in the seventh. The Decatur team used three [ pitchers during the game, all of . which looked good in their initial ! start. Passwater, Bleeke and Harmon performed on the mound with laidd and (’handler catching for I Decatur while Korlor and Lamert I for the battery for Garrett. Lineup and summary: Decatur RHE Bell. 3b Ill' Doljack, 2b 0 0 1 Klein, cf 11 V, Mehalic, If ...._ 12 0 Mies, lb 0 0 0’ IL Ladd, ss 110 Foreman, rs 0 2 0 M. Ladd, c .000 Passwater, p 0 0 0 Bleeke, p 0 0 1 Harmon, p .000 Chandler, c 0 0 0 Totals 77 3' No box score available on Garrett team. RHE Garrett 000 100 200—3 6 2 Decatur 200 002 OOx—4 7 3 The Mustchler Packers w-ill hold a practice session at Worthiman Field, Tuesday evening at 4:30. All team members are asked to be present. GIANTS AFTER LEAGUE LEAD Prolonged Winning Streak Places New Yorkers Near The Top New York. May IS. — (U.R) —The New York Giants went after the St. Louis Cardifials’ National league leadership today with a sevengame winning streak —the season's longest—powering their drive. The New Yorkers haven't lost a game since May 9, when they were knocked over by the Philadelphia Phillies. That was the day that manager Bill Terry injected himself into the game lineup to replace Sam Leslie at first base. Terry has hit safely in every game since. Yesterday Terry let Leslie go back to his position and directed the Giants 8 to 6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates from the coaching line. Clyde Castleman, who won 15 games while losing six for the Giants last year, finally broke into the 1936 victory column yesterday. He pitched only 2 2-3 innings, but he was on the mound when the Giants’ three-run burst in the fifth clinched victory. Doubles by Mancuso and Moore

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I drove in the three markers. The victory enabled the Giants to keep within a half ba me of the leading Cardinals, who pounded out ia 10 to 3 decision over the Phili lies to give Dizzy Dean his fifth I victory of the year. Joe Medwick's homer, two triples, and u single led the Cards' 14 hit attack. Brooklyn's Duffey Dodgers banged out a dozen hits but left 11 men stranded on the base paths and lost to the Cincinnati Reds, 3-2. Chicago at Boston was rained out. in the American, the leading New York Yankees were held scoreless five innings by their old teammute, Johnny Allen, but in the sixth they unleashed a six-hit attack good for live runs, and went on to defeat the Cleveland Indians, 8 to 4. Rick Ferrell's ninth inning horn-1 er gave the second place Boston 1 Red Sox an 8 to 7 decision over | the Chicago White Sox. The Detroit Tigers won by the - same margin, 8 to 7, over the 1 Washington Senators, us a result ; of a two-run rally in the ninth. , St. Louis' Browns won. 8 to 5. lover the Philadelphia Athletics as | Elon Hogsett, recently acquired from Detroit, became one of the few Brownie pitchers to go the full I route this season. Yesterday's hero: Dick Ferrell. I Boston Red Sox catcher, who homiered in the ninth to give his team ■ an 8-7 victory. I DERBY WINNER TO FACE TEST Bold Venture’s Bid For Greatness Will Be In Belmont Stakes New York, May 18 —(L’P) —Morton L. Schwartz's Bold Venture win- ' ner of both the Kentucky Derby and the preakness. will receive his I final test of greatness when he I faces both Brevity and Granville in i the Belmont Stakes June G. The great three-year-old thunderjed into the stretch to acse out Gran....c in the preakness Saturday, becoming thereby the fifth horse in history to capture both the Pimlico and Churchi’l features. Sir Barton, Gallant Fox. Burgoo King, and Omaha were the others. The "bold one” was returned to his Belmont Park quarters yesterday. Trainer Max Hirech said that he would mt ship the colt west for the Latonia Derby next Saturday and that there was consequently a bare possibility that he would be entered In the Withers Stake to compete with Brevity and Belmont. Granville’s ineligibility for the Withers prevents a comparison with Brevity before the Belmont < Stakes. If Bold Venture can annex the i "triple crown'' he will batter down the last shred of argument ever his ' superiority to the Joseph Widener colt because the Belmont is over a gruelling mile and a half. o LEADING BATTERS Player Club GAB R H Pct. Terry, Giants 19 54 10 25 .463 Sullivan. Indians 17 51 6 22 .431 Medwick. Cards.... 26 11 16 46 .411 Brubaker, Pirates 16 61 10 .24 .393 Di Maggia, Yanks 15 59 13 23 .390 HOME RUN LEADERS ! Foxx, Red Sox 8 Hrosky, Indians 8 Dickey. Yankees 7 ’ Camilli, Phillies — 6 ! Ott, Giants 5 Klein. Cubs 5 Gehrig. Yankees 5 Piet, White Sox 5 J. Moore, Phillies 5

[TENNIS TITLES TO FORT WAYNE Decatur Teams Beaten In Conference Tourney Here Ii Decatur entries in the annual | Northeastern Indiana, conference ■ \ tennis tourney failed to survive 1 1 first round eliminations in the matches Saturday on the Worth- . man field courts, with teams from Decatur, Bluffton. Hartford City. , Central and South Side of Fort i Wayne entered. Fort Wayne carried off the lion’s I share of the honors, with Klopfenstein a.nd Eicher, of South Side 1 winning the doubles crown, and ' Troxel ami Koegel of Central and ' Eicher of South Side, surviving | competition in the singles matches I The singles will be completed : sometime next week on the Fort i Wayne courts. Heller. Decatur's lone entry in the singles was defeated in straight sets. 6-2, 7 5 by Eicher of South Side. Oilier Decatur singles players were unable to compete. 1 being employed on Saturday after- ' noon. (Tine and Russell. Decatur's doubles team lost to Rector and Tudor of Bluffton. 6-1, 6-1. Results of the singles matches: Koegel (C) defeated Rector (B). 8-6, 6-3. Koegel defeated Baker (H.C.) 6-3. 6-1. Eicher (SS) . defeatde Heller (DI 6-2. 7-5. Klopfenstein (SS) defeated Leonard (HC) 6-3. 8-6. Spain (B) defeated Troxel (C) 6-4. 6-3. Troxel defeated Klopfenstein 6-0. 6-1 to enter the finals against the winner of the Koegel - Eicher match. Results of the doubles: Spc.ln and Prough (B) were defeated by Klopfenstein and Eicher (SS) 6-2. 6-2. Koegel and Weaver (C) defeated Baker and Leonard (HC) 6-4. 6-1. Rector and Tudor (B) defeated Cline end Russel (D) 6-1. 6-1. j Klopfenstein and Eicher defeated Troxel and Jornad (C) 0-6, 6-1, 6-3. Koegel and Weaver detealed Rector and Tudor. 6-1, 6-1. Klopfenstein nad Eicher defeat- • ed Koegel and Weaver, 6-1, 3-6. 6-1. SIXTEEN MRS READY TO RACE Qualifications Over Week End Average Many Miles Per Hour Indianapolis. May 18. —(U.PJ —Six- 1 teen tiny super-racers, geared to, exceed 100 miles an hour with ease, were eligible today to start the 24th annual 500-mile grind over ■ Indianapolis motor speedway May 30. They qualified over the week-end by averaging between 111 and 119 miles an hour on 25-mile runs. *A i drenching rain today confined preparations to the garages. I One accident featured Sunday’s ! activity. Speeding alone at 117 I miles an hour on a test run, Ralph Hepburn. Los Angeles, struck the l outside retaining wall at the northi west turn and bounced back F through the infield fence. He was > unhurt but his car was damaged > badly. >; Eight cars passed the test, 10 > laps around the two and one-half > mile track at better than 110 miles > an hour using less than two and

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one half gallons of gasoline, on each of the first two days of qualifying.. Fastest of the field was Rex Mays, 23. Glendale. Cal., who averaged 119.644 miles an hour to become the first driver in history of the track to win the pole position two consecutive years. He set a new 25-mile record of 120.736 in winning the position last year. William "Wild Bill” Cummings. Indianapolis, first of the former race winners to qualify this year, beat Mays’ speed by a few seconds Saturday but used too much fuel. The 1934 ch pion qualified yesterday with . . •erage of 115.939. In additinr ♦' th- first-day qualifiers —- - ---- wviv: Egbert “Babe” Strapp, Los Angeles. 118.945: Chet Miller. Detroit, 117.675: George “Doc" Mackenzie, Eddington. Pa., 116.961; George Connors. Los Angeles, 116.269; Herbert Ardinger, Glassport, Pa., 115.082; Cliff Bergere, Hollywood. Cal., 113.377 and Louis Tomei. Los Ani geles, 111.078. Mackenzie, one of the pre-race favorites, is driving the four-cylin--1 der Miller- motored machine in which Kelly Petillo, Los Angeles, won the race last year with a newrecord of 106.865 miles an hour for ■ the 500 miles. Wilbur Shaw. Indianapolis, driving a four-cylinder Miller-motored Gilmore special, turned in the best average of the second-day qualifiers. He made 117.503 miles an hour. Others and their speeds were: William “Shorty” Cantion. Detroit, 116.912; Ted Horn. Los Angeles, 116.564: Fred Winnai, Philadelphia. 116.221; George Barringer, Wichita Falls, Tex.. 112.700; Floyd Roberts, Vannuys. Cal.. 112.403; and Jimmy Snyder, Chicago. 111.291. Thirty-three cars, lined up three abreast in eleven rows, will be permitted to start the race provided that many of the 50 entries can meet the preliminary tests. If more than the maximum qualifies, the fastest 33 will be permitted to . start. Trials will be resumed next : Saturday. . HORACE MANN WINS TITLE — Gary’ School Takes State Track And Field Championship Indianapolis, May 18. — (U.R> — Horace Mann of Gary was acclaimed state high school track and field champion today after topping tKe field in the 20th annual meet with 28 points. Two state records were broken | and the times for the hurdle races i will be recognized as new standards because of the official change in conditions for the events. The Horace Mann mile relay team, composed of Nordquist, Bon Berghy, Sayer, and Sponsel, set a new record of 3:26.6, displacing the old mark of 3:27.7 made by Hammond in 1935, Herman Carr, Froebel of Gary, finished the 440-yard dash in 49.3, clipping three-enths of a second off the record established by Parsons of Plymouth in 1933. Earl Geiselmnn was the star of the Horace Mann team, winning both the 100 fnd 22()-yard dash i j for a total ,?oin: Kokomo, state champion since 1934, was second in the meet Saturday. scoring 24>£ points. Other teams finished as follows: Mishawaka. 22; Shortridge (Indian spoils) 21; Central (Fort Wayne) 21; North Side (Fort Wayne) 20;

i Elkhart. 19: Froebel (Gary) 17%; - Marion. 13; Wiley of Terre Haute, 11; Anderson. 10; Washington of ■ Indianapolis. 10; Frankfort, 5; ■ Muncie. 5: New Albany. 5; Odon. ; 5; Vincennes, 5; Warsaw, 4; Earl Park, 4; Plainfield. 4; Bedford. 4; Auburn. 3; Boswell. 3; Laporte, 3; • Princeton. 3; Technical of Indianapolis, 3; Salem. 2%; Montezuma. 2%: Boonville. 2; Bosse of Evansville, 2: Chesterton, 2; Fairmount, 2: Newcastle, 2; Richmond, 2; South Side of Fort Wayne, 2; Wabash, 2; Peru. 1; Corydon. 1, and Gas City, 1.

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CROSLEY FIELD j BEING IMPROVED < rx J Lighting System For I Night Games Intensified 40 Per Cent. Cincinnati. May 18 — (Special)— | j I Lighting Intensity for night games , at Crosley Field will be 40 per cent i greater than it was last summer, according to un announcement by , general manager lutrry MacPhail of the Reds. Although Crosley field had the finest lighting system in the world last year, club officials decided improvements were necessary to keep the plant abreast with the lateat developments in the field of electrical engineering. The increased intensity will be accomplished through the addition of new units, the installation of a completely new set of 648 1,500watt bulbs and the used of 264 alzak reflectors Besides the mei chanical changes in the plant, all of the reflectors used last season i are being cleaned and polished so as to secure a maximum amount of efficiency from the lamps. All will be in readiness a fewdays before the first night game lof the 1936 season, which will be played at Crosley field Tuesday evening. June 2. between the Reds and the Phillies. A few nights be- ! fore this first night game the plant will be tested from points of vant-i | age in various parts of the park—i from all sections of the stands and; from all parts of the playing field. The Improvements are designed to better the lighting from the standpoint of players and spectators alike. Alzak reflectors were developed during the past year by General Electric engineers collaborating with representatives of the Aluminum Company of America. They are constructed out of aluminum

electrically and chemically treated, and are designed to concentrate the beam of light more than the old reflevtors, MacPhail explained that the Crosley Field lighting system is operated at 10 per cent "over-volt ' age," which also increases the in-' tensity of the light, but at the same time reduces the life of the lamps 70 per cent. It was for this reaa on tnat a completely new set of bulbs, considerably more efficient tthan those used last year, were installed. Seven night games will bo play ed at Crosley field this summer, the same number as last year. The Reds and Dodgers will play under the lights twice, and Dressen's players will meet all of the other clubs excepting the Giants, at least once. The Giants have refused to play night games. Besides the night game booked for Tuesday. June 2, against the PJhillles. the Reds play Brooklyn at night Tuesday, June 11; Chicago, Monday, June 29; Boston. Thursday. July 9; Brooklyn, Wednesday. July 16; Pittsburgh, Tuesday. August 4. and St. Louis, Tuesday. August 18. The Reds return to Crosley field ; Friday to open a three-game series , with the Pittsburgh Pirates, con- | eluding with a game Sunday. Then , they depart on a short road trip, returning on June 2, when they play their first night game of the > season. i— .. ■■■ ~ .-o Indianapolis Tech Is State Champion — Indianapolis. Ind . May 18 —(L’P) J—Technical of Indianapolis today i hekl the stae? high school golf i championship after nosing out Richmond by one stroke in the ani nua! tournament at the speedway course. The cndianapolk golfers finished with a team score of 323 f-r the 18-hole match, while Richmond had 324. Jefferson of LaJayette had 330;

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