Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1937 — Page 6
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BERNE TO PLAY DECATUR NINE HERE SUNDAY Berne All-Stars To Play At Worthman Field Sunday Afternoon One of the hottest baseball games of the season is in store for Decatur fans Sunday afternoon, when the Herne All-Star team journeys to Worthman field to meet the local semi-pro nine. Herne lias a collection of some o, the best players in the vicinity of that city, combined with the cream ft the players from outlying districts. Notwithstanding the etrength of the Berne club, it is their one ambition to beat Decatur in any athletic contest. Two weeks ago Berne entertained a crippled local club in a benefit contest and nosed out a 4-3 victory. The locals played without the ser- j flees of four regulars, inasmuch as the game was not an officially | scheduled contest. Decatur has lost one gam so far this season and lias met the best teams-in northern Indiana. It is predicted that they have an excellent chance of going the rest of the year without dropping another game. Considerable strength was added to the Decatur line-up when they acquired Bob Dro, former International Harvester outfielder, and Cecil Davis, semi-pro star from the southern part the state. Davis was out of the lineup Sunday. He was contracted earlier in the season to play one particular game with the Madison Eagles, of Madison, Ind. Mel Ladd, veteran catcher for the loca's, Is still out of the line up with an injury to his ankle which has had him laid up for several weeks A capacity cr.'.wd is expected for Sunday's game. Admission will be the same as usual. o BATTING LEADERS Player Club GAB R H Pct. Medwick. Cards 93 370 81 149 .403 Hartnett, Cubs .62 199 25 78 .392 Travis, Senators 69 271 40 104 .384 P. Waner, Pirates 93 375 67 141 .376 Gehrig. Yankees. 94 351 86 132 .376 » * o HOME RUNS Di Maggio, Yankees 32 Foxx, Red Sox 28 Greenberg, Tigers 24 Trosky. Indians 23 Gehrig, Yankees . . 23 o AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. New York 63 29 .685 Chicago 57 39 .594 Boston 53 37 .589 Detroit 52 39 .571 Cleveland 43 47 .478 Washington 40 49 .449 St. Louis 30 62 .326 Philadelphia 27 63 .300 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Chicago 60 93 .645 New York . . .55 40 .579 Pittsburgh .... 50 43 .538 St. Louis 50 43 .538 Boston 45 50 .474 1 Brooklyn 38 54 .413 Cincinnati 38 54 .413 Philadelphia 39 58 .4021 YESTERDAYS RESULTS American League Boston 8-6, Cleveland 6-5. St. Louis 5, Washington 3. Detroit 11. Philadelphia 7. New York 10, Chicago 9. National League Philadelphia 2. Chicago 1. New York 4, Cincinnati 3. Brooklyn 10, Pittsburgh 7. St. Louis 7, Boston 6. O First Plows of Tree Branches The first farm plows were made of crooked tree branches and worked by man pow’er.
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RANGER WINS Aboard Coast Guard cutter Chelan off Newport, Aug- 5 —(UP) — Ranger completed a brilliant defense of the America's cup today, winning a fourth straight rs.ee from Endeavor II and administering to the British sloop the most humiliating defeat in the 86 year history of the yachting series. PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE BEATEN BY JAP SOLDIERS Foreigners Make Complaint Os Japanese Affronts Peiping. Aug. 5 (U.R) Japanese affronts became a subject for. I complaint by foreigners here today. as they had been at Tientsin, I I after incidents in which photo-1 graphers of the United States and | other nations incurred the displeasure of Japanese soldiers. . A Japanese column of 250 ! trucks, 35 tanks, and a battery of four big field guns paraded through the city on its way to Tungchow, 15 miles east, scene of ' a revolt by Chinese soldiers and militarized police last Friday Sheridan Fahnestock of New York, a free lance writer and frequently a contributor to the New , York Herald-Tribune. was hit i three times in the jaw by Japanese j soldiers in front of the Pekin hotel because he tried to photograph the parade. Mrs. Joy Uacks. a photographer for the Associated Press, was • pushed by the soldiers and the lenses of her camera were covered. Across the street from the hotel is the northern side of the em- , bassy area, and fronting the area is the Italian embassy compound 1 Several photographers, German i and others .were standing at the I front of the compound when Jap- | anese soldiers advanced belligerently toward them. “This is Italian territory." the counselor of the Italian embassy I told them, pointing to the Italian j flag. He then called out a dozen Italian marines, who responded with bayonets on their rifles. They moved protectively in front I of the photographers and the Japanese, disgruntled, made off. A special United Press correspondent. Robert Macgregor, suc- ! ceeded in reaching Tungchow. whore the parading Japanese troops were bound. He found a deserted town, its house walls scarred by machine gun bullets, some buildings in I ruins from bombs, Korean and | Japanese shops looted and Chin- | ese corpses still lying in the i streets, six days after Chinese turned on the Japanese and massacred civilians and soldiers alike. Japanese troops continued to search for “traitors" to execute. At Tungchow, Macgregor found two American teachers, James A. Hunter, of Peoria. HI., and Harry S. Martin, of Boston, at the Jefferson academy. They had stuck throughout the dangerous fighting and bombing, and they were busy aiding thousands of refugees—lßo of them crowded in Hunter's cellar. "The.re are more people here than in the town." Martin said. A gate house and one building of the academy had been damaged by Japanese fire. o G. O. P. Committee Meeting Is Delayed Jndianapolls. Aug. 5 — (U.R) — Ivan C. Morgan, state Republican chairman, said last night that the reason he is delaying a meeting of the state committee is that there is disagreement among the members over who will be chosen state treasurer to succeed Burrell Wright, who resigned last April. Neither the majority group on the committee headed by Ralph Gates, fourth district chairman, nor the minority group headed by Ewing Emison of Vincennes, seventh district chairman, has asked that a meeting be called, Morgan said. When he is asked he will call a session within 48 hours. Morgan added. o London Insurance Rush On London. —(U.R)—Fears that Great Britain will become Involved in another war are responsible for a wild scramble to insure property against damages from invading aircraft or bombardment from the sea. Cover to the extent of tens of millions of pounds is being provided weekly, according to the Property Owners’ Protection Association. o , Trad* In a Good Town—Decatur.
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YANKEES BOOST LEAD OVER SOX WITH 10-9 WIN! Yanks Increase Lead To Eight Games; Cubs Are Defeated New York. Aug. S—(UP)5 —(UP)- The al- | leged challenge of the Chicago , White Sox to New York Yankee su- j I premacy turned out to be a fizzle., The White Sox came to town Monday with a chance t>3 cut the ■ Yankees' American League lead to one game, but were sunk by the Bronx b'.mbers three straight times. . Today the Yanks led the race by eight games. The faltering pale hose barely held second place from Boston Red Sox, riding the crest of an eight game winning streak. | Yesterday Chicago was edged out by the Yankees, 10-9. Jake Powell singled with the bases leaded in the ninth to drive in the winning run. Although it was only a feeble one bagger that furnished their margin, the Yanks put on another of their power displays. Bill Dickey cracked out his second home run in two days with the bases loaded and Lou Gehrig blasted another with two mates ab.ard. If the Yankees slip, the Boston Red Sox may be able to take up the challenge that the White Sox let slip from their grasp. Joe Cronin’s men took a double-header from Cleve'and, 8-6 and 6-5, to mount within a game of Chicago. Jimmy i F.cixx cracked out a home run in each game, and manager Cronin's double drove in the tying and winning run in the ninth inning of the hard-fought nightcap. Detroit hammered out a 11-7 trumph over the Philadelphia Athletics, raking three pitchers for 17 hits. Oral Hildebrand scattered eight hits to the Washington Senators as the S. Louis Browns emerged on the long end of a 5-3 score. Wayne Lamaster, with acunning left hanj delivery, held the Chicago Cubs to seven hits, and the Philadelphia Phillies handed the National League leaders a 2-1 de- I feat. Johnny Moore, ex-Cub, beat his ’ former teammates with a home run. The defeat cut the Cubs' margin to six 'games over the New York 1 Giants who nosed out the Cincinnati Reds, 4-3, behind Harry Gum-
Lou Honored for 1900th Game sIE ■L 2yWa.--Sr <z * ijkJteA b I f ~ 11 ifc .jHibij I- 3/ l.ou George M. Cohan (fM L—— _L— Pre.-yntation by George M Cohan, veteran screen star, ol 'a gold watch to Lou Gehrig, star first baseman of the New York Yankees, satbc occasion of his 1900th consecutive game was one of the high ■pots of "Gehrig Day’ at the Yankee stadium, above.
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bert’s seven-hit pitching In the other National League games, Brooklyn triumphed over Pittsburgh. 10-7, although outhit 17 15, and the St. Louis Cards put on a five run scoring rally in the I ninth to beat the Boston Bees, 7-6. I Joe Med wick boosted his batting I average to aliove .400 again, after a jie dav lapse, when he cracked out 1 four two-base hits to lead St. Louis’ 116-hit attack. The final game-winn--1 ing assault came after Lou Fette, 'gunning for his 14th victory, had I two men out in the ninth. Guy Bush who succeeded him on the mound 1 was solved for three straight hits ■ and was the losing hurler. Yesterday’s Here. — Frankie ! Frisch, manager of the St. Louis l ards, who in a ninthinning pinchbitting role, climaxed a five run rally with a single that drove in the tying and winning runs. I o HORSE WINNERS Adolph Bu'temeyer, first. | Stallions, under two years old: Martin Graber, first; Calvin Liechty, second; Frank Habegger, third: Henry Aschliman, fourth and Harrison Miller, fifth. COMMITTEE ON cnMT'Vt’Wl i-wnlT brought to the floor. Bankhead said that the house might sit in Saturday session next week if the wages-hours bill is unfinished at that time. The speaker explained that the leadership plans to bring the housing bill to the floor Monday if the house banking and currency committee has reported the bill by that time. He said he had been urging the committee to prompt action. Bankhead said that it was the intention to complete general debate on the sugar quota bill today so that final action could be taken tomorrow. “We want to get that thing cleaned up this week," he said. He reiterated that he was still hopeful congress could adjourn by August 21. o More Tourists To Japan San Francisco (U.R) — With | American tourists to Japan aver- ' aging 1,(100 monthly for some time past. Isamu Ohya. newly arrived director of the Japanese Board of Tourist Industry, predicts that this number will be greatly exceeded during the present year.
—: .1 Today’s Sport Parade (By Hsnry McLemore) I * Newport, R 1.. Aug. 5 (U.R) Hello mom: I'll be home tomorrow, because Ranger and Endeavour will go down to the sea once more) today, and even that fine old Brit ish subject, the lion at Trafalgar! square, wouldn't risk u ha penny on the chances of the challenger.) The Endeavour hasn’t a hope. She’s us certain Ao lose four in a row as young und adoring couples) are to learn that love Isn't blind., and that two can't live as cheaply us one unless, unless either Fred or Mary is willing to go on one heluva rigorous diet. She's had every chance, and blew j them all. She was licked in weath-, er as light as a kitten's tread. And she was licked when the water and wind were as rough as a Delancey. street dance. She was whipped when her handling was bad. and she was whipped when her handling was good. Everybody knows* the answer I now: Ranger is too good. The Amer- j ican boat is the fastest thing ever put under canvas, and represents the near maximum in class J eonstruction . . . She's so good, in fact, | that last night, with the America's cup not yet completely won. erit-| ies were saying that she would be. the last sloop of her class to be built. They believe that in the future the America's cup will bo challenged by smaller type boats —boats in which the ultimate has yet to be reached. Ranger with the unbending Vanderbilt at the wheel, was a champion out there yesterday in making it three in a row. She had none the best of the racing luck, but when the spectator fleet roared het across the finish line, Endeavour H was five minutes astern. Skipper T. O. M. Sopwith. much to the surprise of everybody, didn t make a mistake yesterday. In fact, he actually had an edge on his rival in the matter of helmsmanship. But the edge didn t do J him any good. The American defender. once she was given her head, simply outran the British! sloop. Endeavour wobbled through the water. Ranger sliced it as cleanly as a knife drives through butter, and on the beat to windward covered 15 miles faster than any class J boat in history. Today's race is just a formality. l Ranger will win it from anywhere from five to 10 minutes unless dis-1 aster overtakes her and she loses > her gear. Sopwith proved he was a stout-hearted gentleman when.) at the conclusion of the third race, the official committee signaled to ask if he was ready for a race today. He quickly ran up the signal that said "yes." No one would have blamed him very much if he had hoisted a signal that said: "No, I don't want to race tomor-
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!„, w . the day after, or on Sht.ive I meet that iten '** e„„| uli ,| night ■ I'm clearing f*'« , I aid the peace ami comfort and tm . '. urity of the dear „ ! Sympathy for old l luu ’ y • Olsom designer of ’ Increases with each British defeat •Designer of three challenge b< t Nicholson has seen l,l ‘ '] u kicking. His Shamrock V I" 11 jto Enti ties", m s “' r was outsailed. His Endeavour I I lost four years ago because .hi i was atrociously handled. His En . deavour 11. into which he poured| ! all his ability, has run up aga nst | I a super article a boat that does, •everything a little bit better than. I any other boat ever built. ) Nicholson and Sopwith have only this for consolation: There isn t. much shame in losing to a champ I ion. MONROE CHURCH PLANS ADDITION SIO,OOO Addition Will Be Built To Monroe M. E. Church A SIO,OOO addition will be built to the present Monroe M. E church made by the pastor, the Rev. E. S. • Morford. | The general contract fo> labor haa been awarded to Noah N. , Schrock, of Berne. Work on the addition is to be completed by the last of the year C.ataining Sitmlay Si lb' I rOOtllß, junior assembly quarters, kitchen and dining rooms, the new addition i will be a two story brick structure, j Leßoy Bradley, Fort Wayne, is supervising architect far the addition. Plans for the construction of the new part have been underway •for approximately , »ie year. o Baxter Is Transferred To Lafayette District Charles E. (Buck) Baxter, formerly of Decatur, and a state game warden in recent years. :s spending a few days in this city. Baxter announced this week that he has been I transferred fs- .ni Sullivan to the district at LafayetteCivic Pride Put To Test Los Angeles. - (U.R) The local street car corporation has petitioned the State Railway commission that it be exempted from the necessity of maintaining window I wipers in street cars during the summer. The reasons given are two: first, it does not rain during •that period: secondly, too many of tlie wipers are stolen.
LAD'S FUTURE UP TO COURT •Kidnaped” Chicago Boy ’s Future Lies W ith Court Chicago. Aug 5 (U.R> The fuU s Donald Regan, who was known as Donald Horst until his i,ml parents "kidnaped" him from , 1 the couple who had cared for him , I since birth, rested today with the . ! civil courts I l Mi and Mrs. John Regan, who I gave Donald up when he was! born 31 months ago because they | : feared they couldn't care for him , properly, and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Horst who took Donald because they had no child, announced they ] would start civil action to win . him for their own. Donald, having kissed all four parents'' goodbye, played by hitn- ' self in St. Vincent's orphanage. •My heart aches." Mrs. Horst | ,'rled. “1 want that child Won't you give him to me? We ll take I . are of him." 1 "He's my child and I'm entitled to him.'' Mrs Regan replied. “I've had a lot of heartaches myself.” Only missing figure in one of I Chicago's weirdest mysteries was Fred Ewell, who told the Regans i where they could find their child ' and. according to police, helped 1 them get him back. Police said that even if they did find him they ' doubted whether they would 1 charge him. Ewert has not been seen since he rented — and later i returned the car in which the Regans abducted Donald Tuesday : afternoon. "Kidnaping" part of the mystery | I exploded when the Regans walked i iuto the office of assista it state’s attorney Wilbert F. Cro»ley and announced 'about that nutter last night it wasn't a kidnsping." The Regans said they ‘ould not understand the reports made by ! the Horsts that $5,006 ransom had been demanded for return of 'i the child. Ewert, they laid, had I promised to call the H>>rsts and tell them that Dona' l's “real parents" had taken h't home. , Nothing more. o Plumbers' Minds Plumbed Salt Lake City. — (UP) — Utah ' p'unibers had to remember to bring • all of their tools to a state examina- [ tion before they could practice their trade in the state. Each plumber has to pass tests in lead work, plans , and charts .and a written examina . Con of 20 questions covering sani- , tation. ventilation, and public heath , before he can receive a state lic- , ense. -oi Trade in a Good Towr — Dect»<v»
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