Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 27 May 1937 — Page 8

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STUDENTS OF HIGHSCHOOL GIVEN AWARDS Athletic Awards Are Presented At Public High School Athletic awards for the past ■ i-hool term were given to the various winners at a special session of the Decatur high school TV edm sdav afternoon. W Guy Brown, echoo’ principal.' opened the session with a short address, coinplitnent'ir.g the various team* and contestants on their performances during the season. Individual awards for outstanding performance in their respective athletic competition were awarded to four major sports winners by Hugh Andrews, school athletic director. Th. winners were: football. Rai, di Hurst; basketball, Bob Worthman; tennis, Vernon Aft'older and baseball, Haro'd Zimmerman. Each of the winners was presented with a gold emblem. Captain of the teams, selected ear lies 4n the day. were also announced They are: baseball. David Macklin; basketball. Wendell Smith and football- Bob Worthman. Presents Trophy Miss Marguerite Staley, winner of the Adams county seplling contest. recently conducted at Port Wayne, also appeared before th- - body to present to the school the trophy won by herFollowing are the awards, an made by Mr. Andrews: -Football major; Lewis Beery. Robert Brodbeck. Don Death. Eugene Friedt. Frank Grether, James Highland. Ralph Hurst, David Macklin. John McConnell. Wendell

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Smith Bob Worthman, Harold Zimmerman and Richard Girod. Minor; Irvin Andenson, Charles Andrews, Marion Ft 1 • (It. Dwight Kimble. I.auteo My re, Paul Neidlgh, and Lewis Shoe. Ilasketbull-major; Lewis Beery. 1 Robert Brodbeck. Eugene Fried*. I Arthur Heller, Ralph Hurst. John McConnell. Wendell Smith and Bob Worthman. Minor; Irvin Anderson, ■ Charles Andrews. Janu* Christen. Kenneth Gaunt. James Highland. Gilbert Hoffman. Ned Johnson Lewis Shoe, Clarence Stapl ton, Robert Stapleton, Richard Walters, Junior Zerkel and Guy Koos. Baseball major; Lewie Beery. Lot-s Bleel; . Kenneth Gaunt. Gilbert Hoffman. Robert Koetleman. David Macklin, John McConnel', Bill Schnepp, Bob Worthman and Harold Zimmerman. Miner: Irvin Anderson Char’es Andrews. Ned Johnson Robert Stapleton. Richar | Walters, Junior Zi rkel and Guy Koos. Tennis-major; Vernon Affohl • Jay Alton. Meredith Cline. James Ehingen Monroe Fuhrman and I torus Stalter. Girls Awards Given Mrs. Hugh Holthouse, formerly Jeam-ti. C-'ark. who leaves her coaching and teaching position at Decatur high thio year made the awards to the girls. Catherine Murphy won the sweater given annually to the s nior girl, who piles np the most points in the merit athletic content, including all sports. Letters were given to the following junior girls: Dorcas Hoagland. Imogene Bright and Pau'ine Light. Sophomore* given numeral* were Florence Brandyberry. Mary Steele and Helen Jan Kohls. Freshmen given pins were Bargara Duke. Marjorie Miller and Vera Sauer. LEADING BATTERS* 1 Flayer Club GABR II Pet Medwick. Cards 29 114 31 49 .430 ' Cronin. Red Sox 24 95 21 40 .421 Lary. Indians 28 110 25 46 .41s Hassett. Dodgers 29 116 IS 16 .397 Bell. Browns 28 118 2*l 46 .390

FIVE POSITIONS OPEN FOR RACE Twenty - Eight Ihi vers Qualify lor 500-Mile Race Monday Indianapolis. May 27. <U.R> Only five positions in the 33-cur Held that will start the f.lift-itiile | rai e next .Monday remained open today as drivers resumed qualifying trials at the Indianapolis motor j speedway. The prospective starting Held ! now numbers 2s as result of yes- ; terday's speed tests in w hich ten ! more drivers qualified for tile 25th i renewal of tile annual classic. Today's trials were ordered by, speedway otiicials in view of heavy rain which delayed the tests yesterday and kept many cars oil the track. Final qualifications ;.re scheduled for Saturday. With more than a score ot ears still unqualified, it is possible and many believe probable that some of the drivers already quailtied will be dislodged from their their positions. Tile 33 fastest . qualifiers will be picked to start llie race. Jimmy Snyder, Chicago's ex-1 milkman, assured himself of a starting berth, however, when he led yesterday's qualifiers with an average speed of 125.25.’ mn -s an I.our to smash the 10-lap qualification record. Snyder's remarkable 25-mile dash virtually guaranteed him the $2.(i00 prize money posted for the fastest qualifying average and Hu fastest single lap. He turned tile first two and one-half miles of liis speed test at a speed of 127.155 miles an hour. Three other drivers qualified yesterday at speeds in excess ot 12<i miles an hour. They were Kelly Petillo, Los Angeles, winner of tile race in 1935, who turned in an average of 124.129; Bob Swanson. Los Angeles, witli a speed of 121.920; and Harry Maequinn. In dianapolis. who completed his test run with a mark of 121.822. Rex Mays. Glendale, Calif., winner of the pole position in 1935 and 1936. qualified at an average

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speed of 119.965. He was driving an Italian-made Alfa Romeo, one of the two foreign make cars entered this year. .(•thers who qualified yesterday included Floyd Davis. Springfield. 111.. 115.942: Shortly Cantion. Detroit. 115.555; Al Miller, Detroit, 115.515; Tony Willman. Milwaukee, 1 15.242. and Joe Thorne. New York millionaire sportsman who has seven < ars entered. 115.602. Thorne occupied a precarious position in the field by virtue of tin fact that his average speed may not stand up through subsequent qualifications. Others in much the same situation as Thorne were Louis Tomei, Los Angeles; Floyd Roberts. Van Nuys. Calif.: A. B. ‘’Deacon” Litz. Dubois. Pa., and Bonney Householder. Chicago, all of whom qualified at less than 117 miles an hour. INCREASE HOPE FOR COCHRANE Slight Improvement Noted In Condition Os Tiger .Manager New York. May 27. (U.R) — A slight improvement in the condition of Mil key Cochrane, seriously injured with a triple skull fracture from being hit by a pitched ball Tuesday, increased hopes for his recovery today. If complications such as meningitis or an infected sinus do not develop within the next 48 hours, his chances for complete recovery will be enhanced greatly, it was reported. The Detroit catcher-manager was hit in the fifth inning of Tuesday s game on the right temple by a ball thrown by Irving I Bump I Had ley. X rays showed one fracture

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; almost completely circling his • head, another connected with one ■ of the sinuses, and a third brain lied off to the left side. The last hospital bulletin saying . “there is no change" followed one - last night which said: "Mr. Coch- , rane- is improving slowly. Signs . of cerebral concussion are less, ; but he still faces the possibility of • infection of the sinuses and sec1 ondary meningities." i' This announcement was made by Dr. Byron Stookey, one of the I country's leading brain surgeons, who was called in to consult with Dr. Robert Emmett Walsh. Yankee • club physician in charge of the , case, and Dr. Alexander Nicoll, Fordham university surgeon. ! STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Pittsburgh 19 10 .655 New York . 19 13 .594 St. Louis 17 12 .586 Chicago 16 15 .516 , Brooklyn 14 15 .483 i Boston . ... 12 16 .429 ! Philadelphia 12 19 .387 Cincinnati 10 19 .315 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. I New York 19 10 .655 Cleveland _ 14 11 .560 Philadelphia 15 12 .556 Detroit 16 14 .533 Boston 13 13 .500; Chicago 13 15 .464! Washington .... 13 IS .419 _ St. Louis 9 19 .321 ; YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Philadelphia 6, Chicago 1. New York 6. dneinanti 3. ; St. Louis 6, Boston 4. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, rain. American League i New York 7, Detroit 0. L Cleveland 8. Philadelphia 6. Boston 11, St. Louis 9. > Chicago 6, Washington 5. i

YANKS,GIANTS SHOW STRENGTH Both New York Teams Most Powerful At Present Time New York. May 27 U.R) The ‘billing for basi bull's big October j circus again may !»••: "See the I world series on a ni< kel Th* l New York Yankees are; j digging in for a long stay in first 1 place In the American league and ! the Giants nr*' on a whiidwind tom | of the west which may land them; I atop the National league jjune 1. The way Gotham's teams, I are going now they certainly rei semble the two clubs to beat just ' ias the "experts" said they would! I be in the spring forecasts. On recent form the Yanks ap-1 pear booked tor another flag, she ; ‘Yanks have a 6 game winning; 'streak intact and a three game ; lead over the second place t leve-1 ! laud Indians. Right now the! American league battle is for ond place between the Indians,! I Tigers and Athletics. 'file Giants, who are having one I lof their b'st western H ips in ' years, rolled on to their fifth straight victory yesterday and narrowed Pittaburgh's lead to a game and a half. The Pirates, who have dropjied their last three ' games, were idle yesterday The Yanks scored their second shutout in two days when Lefty Gomez blanked the* Tig is. 70. hi scoring his fifth victory Gomez fanned six and issued no passes Cleveland moved from fourth to I second pldce by staging a four-run ' rally in the ninth to beat the Athletics. s 6. Pinch-hitter Billy Sullivan hit a homer with two men on in the sixth and pinch-hitter Bruce Campbell, first up in the 9th. hit a homer to start the I winning rally. The Boston Red Sox sluggi d ' four St. Louis Browns pitchers I for 17 hits and a 11-9 triumph. | Jimmy Foxx blasted out a homer, , double and single. The Chicago White Sox eces d I runs in the ninth to trim Washington, 6-5. Carl Fischer. Senator southpaw who once pitched for Chicago, blew a 5-1 lead going in-

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I to the seventh. , Those "bean balls" Dizzy n>an | threw at the Giants last week in I St. Louis transformed New York ; into a new i lull. They haven't i i lost a game since The Giants slugged Al Hollingsworth and Pay) I Derringer for 12 hits and as, 3 victory yesterday. Wayne Imnnister, chunky rookie southpaw, pitched the Phillies to their first triumph over th" Chicago Cubs, 6-1, He allowed only three lots, one of them n homer by Flunk Demaree, amid fanned 11ft men. The St. Louis Cards came from ; behind to score four runs in th, ‘eighth and defeat the Boston He. 6-4. Johnny Mize homer, d. Yesterday's hero: Vernon (E| I Goofy l Gomez, Yankee southpaw ! who stole a base, hit .. single I tanned six men, walked none and I blank’<l Detroit. 70, in scoring his fifth triumph. — Softball Managers Meet Friday Night Manager* of softball teams la 'either church or industrial league are urged to attend the meeting at I ~ '

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