Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1937 — Page 6

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GOMEZ VICTORY BREAKS YANKS' LOSING STREAK Hurls Masterpiece After Learning Os Death Ot His Mother New; York. Aug 18 — (U.R) Every tan. every player and every mother’s son who knew the story , paid Sent tribute today to Lefty Gomez for the most valiant baseball performance of the year. His mother died in Rodeo, Cal., just about the time he was putting OU his Yankee uniform for yesterday's double-header with the Washington Senators. Manager Joo McCarthy broke the news to him. “Lefty, you can make your own choice,” McCarthy said, "it’s your turn but you can do what you think best.” “I'd rather pitch,” replied Gomez. “It won't give me so much time to think." Then with 25.898 fans, none of I whom knew of Gomez's sorrow, looking on. Gomez pitched one of i the masterpieces of his career. He I blanked Washington. 8-0. allow- ■ ing only three hits. Only seven j men got on base and only one of j them reached third. Lefty him self made two singles in four I times at bat. and his first hit started a five-run rally. When the last man was out Lefty trudged off the mound and np the steps to the Yankee clubhouse He pulled off his uniform and sat down in front of his locker. Then he broke down and cried "— all the grief and misery which had welled up inside him during his courageous pitching

“Cooled to your comfort.” Tonight & Thursday * FIRST SHOW TONIGHT* at 6:30. Come Early! Thursday Matinee at 1:30 Box Office Open until 2:30 Introducing a New Star — Adorable 4-year old KITTY CLANCY! Hollywood Preview Critics are Acclaiming Her As Sensational! if • The exciting, U I headline story of ■ a battle of love I ■ and 9 ree<l ’ ML *dolph Zukor p „„ Ml I midnight f I MADONNA j Mady Correll . Kin y Clancy I Mwa,d E ii i ,. (tobertßa(dw .; i E " , °" U * 1 1 ALSO —CHARLEY CHASE Comedy; Sportlight and Musical. 10c-25c —o Fri. & Sat. — Jack Oakie, Ann Sothern In “SUPER-SLEUTH." Sun. Mon. Tues — “EXCLUSIVE” Fred Mac Murray, Frances Farmer, Chas. Ruggles. ALSO—Walt Disney Academy Award Revue, a solid hour of cartoon fun!

♦ CRACK SHOT Curt Wolfe, resident of High || I street in this city, returned last |j ■> evening from a hunting expo- |- ! dltion wit it the prize squirrel |j 1 story of the year. 1 Wolfe, who is one of the 11 1 j many hunters to take advant- | j i age of the recent opening of the • season for shooting the anl- 1| j' mala, stated that when he located a squirrel on a limb, lie fired —two squirrels tell to the | ■ ground both dead. Mr. Wolfe told the story to Policeman Ed Miller and offer- : ed the two squirrels as evidence l, of his story. I performance released itself with tears. All around him the Yankees sat silently. Joe McCarthy came out i ot his little cubicle of an office and said: "Lefty can do whatever he wishes. He can go home or stay." [ Off in a corner Catcher Hill Dickey pulled off his shoes and j said: "Lefty had everything. I never caught him when he had more I stuff.” Lefty just sat on a wooden ' Stool, With naked legs crossed. - | and stared at the floor. The Yanks came from behind | I with a five-run rally in the eighth I to make a clean sweep of the I double-header. Bill Dickey's 23rd homer with a . mate on base was the crowning' ' blow in the big eighth inning rally | which gave the Yanks the second game. The double defeat broke I Washington's eight-game winning streak and ended a three-game , losing string for the Yanks. In the other American league! games Detroit blasted out a 11-7 victory over the White Sox, and, the Boston Red Sox scored six runs in the first two innings to: win their 12th straight game from I the Athletics, 6-1. The National league race tightened up as the league-leading Chicago Cubs continued to nosedive by losing to Pittsburgh. 4-2. The Waner boys made six hits Lloyd getting two and Paul four. The New York Giants, behind the five-hit pitching ot Cliff Melton. Ibeat the Boston Bees. 4-1. and advanced within three games of the ■ Cubs. The Phillies climbed out j of the cellar by trimming Brook I lyn, 11-1. The Dodgers are now | the eighth-place tenants. In a night game at Cincinnati St. Louis beat the Reds, 8-6. WeiI land w’as the winning pitcher but I was relieved by Harrell in the seventh when Cincinnati staged a four-run rally. Yesterday's hero —Lefty Gomez, who forgot his personal tragedy to pitch the Yankees to an 8-0 victory over Washington a few! hours after his mother's death, i o HOME RUNS Di Maggio. Yankees 34 Foxx, Red Sox 31 j I Gehrig, Yankese ,28 ! Greenberg, Tigers 26 1 Medwick, Cardinals 26

|| CORT Tonight - Tomorrow ‘SHE HAD TO EAT” I A comedy you'll never forget with ROCHELLE HUDSON, JACK HALEY Arthur Treacher Eugene Palette. ALSO—2 Good Comedies. 10c-25c Sunday—Dick Powell in “SINGING MARINE” Coming — “Wee Willie Winkle” SHIRLEY TEMPLE. i

SOFTBALL TILTS PLAYED TUESDAY Zion Reformed Team Loses; Casting Wins In Exhibition Tilt i Aided by six errors, the Wayne I Strei t I’nlted Brethren softball team of Fort Wayne defeated the i Zion Reformed team at the South Ward diamond Tuesday night, 5 to 1 1- I One hit and two errors gave the winners a pair of runs in the setone Inning. Two earned runs count- I ed in the fourth on a walk and a' pair of doubles. The final run counted in the sixth. Reed, Deca-: i tur pitcher, drove in his team's only run with a double in the first inning. In the second tilt of the eve- j ning, the Decatur Casting team scored in every inning to win a live-inning exhibition tilt from the Merchants team. 14 to 4. Casting obtained only seven hits, but nine errors by the Merchants I contributed heavily to the scoring, i Feature ot the game was a home run by Conrad of the Merchants. R H E Fort Wayne .. 020 201 o—s 4 1 i Zion Reformed 100 000 o—l0 —1 3 6 Schultz and Lewis; Reed and Brokaw. R II Ei Mer<4iants 121 00 — 4 5 9 Castingl24 31 —14 7 3 Agler and Macklin; Wynn and I Brokaw. STANDINGS I NATIONAL LEAGUE W, L. Pct. [ Chicago 66 'll -61 ‘ I New York 62 42 .590 ! St. Louis 56 47 .544 Pittsburgh 57 48 .543 ■ Boston 52 56 .4811 j Cincinnati 44 58 .431| i Philadelphia 43 65 .398 Brooklyn . 41 63 .394 - AMERICAN LEAGUE — W. L. Pct. New York "2 33 .636 , Detroit 61 43 .5871 Chicago 62 4. .567 Boston 59 45 .567 Cleveland 48 53 .475 Washington 49 55 .471 ! St. Louis —33 70 .320 ' Philadelphia 32 70 .314 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. Minneapolis .... 71 i*> .587 Columbus 69 52 .5,0 Toledo - 67 53 .558 Milwaukee 61 57 .5L Indianapolis 56 59 .487 ; Kansas City 56 62 .475 St. Paul 49 69 .415 Louisville 45 72 .385 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League New York 4, Boston 1. Philadelphia 11. Brooklyn 1. I Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 2. American League New York 8-6. Washington 0-4. Boston 6, Philadelphia 1. Detroit 11, Chicago 7. Clevelan dat St. Louis, rain. o » 4 Today’s Sport Parade I (By Henry McLemore) I Chicago, Aug. 18. — (U.R) — The United States army, it was learned from a highly unreliable source today, is keenly interested in the possibility of a world series between the New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs this fall. Army officials, it is reported, believe tlmt the Yankee bombing and strafing of the new and short bleachers in Wrigley Field here would provide a splendid opportunity for peace-time testing of army safety theories and equip- . ment. I took a look at the new Cubs layout today, and there is little

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doubt in my mind but that the army will be needed. The addition of new seats has cut 20 feet or more from left field territory, and the once towering protective wall has been replaced by a shallow 12-foot barrier almost within pop-fly range. The Yankes. with artilleryman ! Joe Di Maggio in command, would devastate this area in short order. The .casualties among the customI ers could not help but be terrific, i The army, I understand, is anxious ; to use this left Held stand to test j a new system of removing women I and children from embattled areas. As 1 get it, the army's plan is this: The moment the first Yankee “home run" shell lands in this territory a siren will sound, signalling civilians to flee to the exits. To insure orderly speed, each ticket sold will have the proper exit printed on it in large numbers. OsI fleers are of the opinion that bei tween 8.000 and 10.000 customers can be removed in the time required to play on inning. It this estimate is true the Yankees prob- , ably would not have time to score i more than four or five direct hits before the stand was completely evacuated. Another protective measure will

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e be the issuing ot a new type steel i- helmet to each purchaser of a left j t field stand ticket. The helmets are r, of three-ply steel and said to be' e capable of resisting anything but 1- a line drive from the bat of such n sixteen-inch guns as Gehrig. Di Maggio. Dickey and Selkirk. The. n helmets come in all head sizes, and d have ben thoughtfully provided r. provided with blinkers which will i- prevent the Chicago fans from see-' -. ing the scoreboard. 8 Army artillery “spotters” will I drift over the field during the! II game to keep an eye on the New, ’• York guns. The “spotters" won't s use observation balloons, but will go aloft with the Chicago pitchers. e The Chicago pitcher reaching the r . greatest height will be awarded a 1_ sliding pad stuffed with hair from , the head of one of the Piccard .. boys. t In an effort to keep the Yankees f- from shelling the defenseless left ?• field stands the army plans to paint 8 the low fence protecting it with “• Red Cross signs. The stands also 8 will be equipped with- a field hos- ’■ pital, and surgeons will be in at--0 tendance to treat cases of shell 8 shock, concussion, and galloping y disappointment. There wil also he a staff of psychiatrist on hand to II treat mental cases—meaning those

boys and girls who openly admit they bet on the Cubs. | The army ulao plans to station, a propaganda writer In the ptess box. It will be his duty to issue bulletins each inning falsifying the score. The bulletins, all of which will have the Cubs well ahead, will be distributed among the fans the hope o favolding panic. (Copyright 1937 by IP.) TENNIS ENTRIES CLOSETHURSDAY — . 1 Entries In Annual Tennis Tourney Close Thursday Evening i All tennis players of the city, who . are planning to enter the annual j Jur-.r Chamber of Commerce ten- , nis tourney, are urged to get their entries -into this office ae early as possible. The entry list for the various di ; visions wi’l close Thursday night at 6 o'clock. I Pairings for the tourney will be made the following day, Friday of■: this week. It is planned t . open ell- |; mination play in the tournament , immediately. Divisions of play will Include; i men's singles and doubles, women's singles and boys' singles (boys bei tween the ages of 6 16.) To date no entries have been ' !mad. in the doubles division for! men. P’ayers planning to team up 1 for this divisi.u are asked to file , their entries at once. The entry fee is 10 cents per per- ' son for any division. Trophies will again be presented the winners. To Draw Up Rules For All-Star Tilt ,1 ! Chicago. Aug. 18—(UP)—C aches ' of the collegiate all stars and the ! professional Green Bay Packers i will meet tonight to draw up rules I 1 j for their night game in Soldier i : Field on September 1. >! Chief discussion was expected to j I' center on an all-star protest against ; ! the Packers using George Sauer. I i who resigned fr -.m the pro champs , to accept a coaching job. E. L. (Curly) Lambeau, coach of t the Packer#, r plied he would pro- j , test the use of 49 all-star players | 'isted as pro league prossibilities if the former Nebraska fullback were ( jnot permitted to play. ’ I o Attend the Wm. Kleine > sale Saturday, Aug. 28. 'i . mile west of Williams, 18-24

DRAW SCHEDULE' OF TOURNAMENT Decatur Casting Draws First Round Bye In Softball Tourney South Bend, Ind.. Aug. 18-4 UP) Forty eight of Indiana * fines | . ftball teams, survivors of a fleh [of 631 teams, will meet Friday n o ght regional centers In the state softball tournament, tourney official* announced today. Pairings for the eight regiontds which match the survivors in the 48 section tournaments were announced by the amateur soft •« 1 association of Indiana and the Indiana recreation association, sponsors ot the tourney. The Rcgionals will be held at South Bend, Fort Wayne. Lafayette, Marion. Brazil Indianapolis, Jeffere. nv-llle, and Evansville. The regional winners wi.i be ue« ' termined next Sunday night and the eight survivors will compete in two seml-fiual tournaments, one at 'south Bend and the other at Evansjvi'le. August 27. The winners of the

PUBLIC SALE | household furniture I will sell at public auction all my household my residence at the Decatur Cemetery on West Monn j Decatur, on SATURDAY, AUGUST 21,1937 Commencing at 1:00 P. M. .’.-piece Mohair Living Room Suite, new; 3-piece Velour Living Room Suite; Axminster Rug. old rose 9x12. new; two 9x12 Axminster Rugs, block and I signs’, new; 3 new 9x12 pads; one good 9x12 Axminster lone Linoleum Rug. 9x12; one Congoleum Rug 9x12; small throw rugs, new; Beautiful Oak Dining Room This suite is new. Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet; Ref rec ■■ Table and chairs, set bought new last fall, solid oak, finish: Glow Boy Circulator heating stove, good as Occasional tables; Floor Lamps and table lamps; Oil stove; 3-piece Walnut Bed Room Suite, 4 poster 12 Iron beds, complete; one Inner Spring Mattress: Half Bed; 2 Dressers; Sewing Machine; Window Curtfll and Shades; Oil Brooder Stove; Brooder House 9x15; Tools; Glass Cans, Jars and Crocks; Porch Swing; i and Cooking Utensils, and many articles too mention. One Baby Bed with mattress: small book case. K Property may be inspected any day before sale. MRS. BERTHA L. FUHRM AN! Terms—Cash. Telephone 5142 i Roy S. Johnson, auctioneer.

Semi final conteata will cJfc*ta a two out of ilire., guiiio | tlio atate ehamplonnhip i right to represent Indiana [ national softball World Chicago. B-gimung Sept in, Regional pairings drawn Quentin K. Hartke, state real ion direc tor, and Jack Indi.ma ..f i ~ ..tbail asso-catem H ,, Fort Wayne- Game one Hamlet m Huntington. winner Butler vs. Wayn . Game three* winner i ton vs. Winner game one four, winner Plymouth vs. game two. Game five, winne three vs. winner I',. H l|Mi The IWatur Casting represent the Bluffton Ing von tile B’uffton ney, held laet week. KF Purdue And Bullet To Renew - JJS--When Purdue and Butler elajii on the gridiron here Sept. 25 opening game for both will renew a series that was ed In 1887 whe nthe . played Butler for the first