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CHICAGO COBS LEAD SLASHED TO TWO GAMES ——• 111 11 Pitching And Fielding Uncertain; Cubs Lose Five In Row New York, Aug. 19—(UP)—The Chicago Cubs are panic-stricken. In the last six days their G l * game National League lead has dwindled to two games. Their pitchers have gone aour and their defense has ' cracked. The New York Giants are driving relentlessly for the top. The.r pitchers are clicking. Their hits pay off In buns. Their defense is choking off the .ppoeition's rallies. They-re only two games behind —only one in the all important 'ost column. August is tne Giants* lucky month. They won seven straight last year from Aug. 1. Then they turne daround and won 15 in a row from August 11 and went on to win the .pennant. The Giants return to the Polo Grounds' Aug. 24 and are home until Sept. 7. If they can overhaul the Cubs, they may never be headed. The Cubs’ situation became acute yesterday when they dropped their fifth straight. The Pirates scored two runs in a driving rain in the ninth to win. 7-6. It was the Pirates* straight and their eighth victory in the past 10 games. They are only neven games from the t.?p. Leading 6-5 when the Pirates came to bat in the ninth, the Cubs' defense wabbled. Jurges* throw on L. Waner’s grounder pulled Cavarretta off first base. Suhr's double drove in the tying run and Young's single drove in the winning run with two out. Charlie Grimm used five pitchers in. an attempt to halt the Pirates, in the last nine games the Cubs have used 26 pitchere, and in the last five 16. The Cubs' hurlers have allowed 72 runs in nine games. Chicar.attack has been able to generate only 65 runs. Carl Hubbell pitched his 17th victory, trimming the Boston Bees 9-1. King Carl allowed only seven hits i as the Giants collected 12. The new York Yankees increased their Aferican League lead to 11H games by nosing out Washington, 1 6 5. Joe Di Maggio's 35th homer won the game in the ninth after Mel Almada’s I. mer with two on in the eighth had tied the score. Bill Dickey also hit a homer —No. 24. Paul Andrews, recently claimed by the Yanks on waivers from Cleveland, rescued Pat Malone and received credit so rthe victory. Vernon Kennedy allowed only four hits as the Chicago White Sox won fr. tn Detroit. 6-0. The White Sox bunched five of their seven hits off Auker to score four runs in the third. The Athletics turned on the Sox after losing 12 straight to them and scored a 4-2 victory. George Caster hold the Red Sox to seven ■anMiMMnaMnnEa ‘■Cooled to your comfort.” - Last Time Tonight - “MIDNIGHT MADONNA” Warren W.lliam, Kitty Clancy, Mady Correll, Edward Ellis. ALSO — Charley Chase Comedy; Sportlight & Musical. 10c-25c FRL°&SAT. IT’S A CRIME - - — an hysterical murder mystery with Hawkshaw Jack on the trail —in the wisest-cracking comedy that ever made you shriek with glee! Jack OAKIE Ann SOTHERN in“SUPERSLEUTH” Eduardo Ciannelli, Ed Kennedy. I —o Sun. Mon. Tues.—Double Header Hit Show! “EXCLUSIVE” Fred ’ Mac Murray, Frances Farmer, Chas. ' Ruggles- PLUS — Walt Disney Academy Award Revue —a solid hour of cartoon hilarity! (

hits. I cievelatfd w.n the first game of ' a doub'e-header from the St. Louis i Browns. 5 2. Lemon Solters rapped lout four hits to lead the Indians’ 14hit assault on Hogsett. Met Harder gave up nim' hits. The Browns won in, night ■ ap. u•- Soltera got a | homer and a single, driving in three runs In tile seu .id. — r Yesterday's Hero Joe Di Maggio, ’ whose 35th homer into the left field stands In the ninth inning gave the Yanks a 7-6 triumph over the senators. PORTLAND LAD ON FIGHT CARD Wendall Bubp To Battle Tierre At Fort Wayne Next Tuesday Fort Wayne. Aug. 19 -(Special) Norman Tierre, (he "Slaughtering Sen galeae” from Indianapolis with dynamite in both hands, will c'ash with Wendall Bubp. "Portland's Power ..use Puncher" in the 10-round final of a mammoth boxing program at the Speedway here on Tuesday night, August 24. The fight will b for the middleweiht Championship of Indiana, with Bubp tlie defending title holder and the colored belter the challenger. Tierre has blasted the hopes and hearts of many young fighters. He's a ring killer in every sense the word. Only one crimson smear Is on his record in all his fights in this locality and this occurred when sharpshooting King Wyatt, champion of the junior middleweight, beat the ‘Licorice Lasher'' to the draw by a split second and knocked him out in the second round. Tierre came close to halting Wyatt n the opening round but the King , half blocked the right hand torpedo the Senegalese blazed at his chin. In other Fort Wayne fights Tierre drilled ,’inny McCoy, 800 Smith an<j K<ldie Simms in tv o rounds apiece and na led Al Fain in the third. He stopped Kid Carson in seven rounds and Jimmy Tudor in two It took only 30 seconds of the first round for the black man to I batter Kenny Manes, state lightj weight champion, into unconsciousness and then he turned the heat on Hontnty Merritt and burned him out in three rounds. Bubp, the Port'and blacksmith, is also a great puncher. In 28 fights he's bombed 16 fighting men but Wendall fights wide open. It is dubious if the Portlander can come up for m..e if the negro assassin ! catches him solidly on the chin. Four additional bouts will be served, with King Wyatt appearing ! in the other half of the twin final to defend his 153-pound title against I Petie Mike of Cincinnati. Mike is formerly from New York City. He has boxed the best, including w . Id champion Freddy Steele. o BATTING LEADERS Player Club G AB R H Pct. Medwick, Cards 105 421 90 169.401 P.Waner. Pirate 106 429 74 167 .389 Gehringer, Tiger 95 36S 92 138 ..375 DiMaggio, Yank 102 425 113 159 .374 Travis, Sneators 85 327 49 122 .373 o HOME RUNS ; Di Maggio. Yankees 35 I Foxx, Red Sox 31 Gehrig, Yankees . 28 , Greensberg. Tigers 26 I Medwick, Cardinals . 26 o Trade in a Good Towr — Decacu" DOC’S PLACE Monroe St. BEER - WINE LIQUOR Stop in at your favorite Bar for your favorite MIXED DRINK. jCORT - Last Time Tonight - “SHE HAD TO EAT” A Comedy with Rochelie Hudson. .Jack Haley, Arthur Treacher. Eugene Palette. Also—Two good comedies. 10c ■ 25c Sunday—Dick Powell in “THE SINGING MARINE.” Coming — SHIRLEY TEMPLE in “WEE WILLIE WINKLE"

RAGERS TO MEET AT HUNTINGTON Championship Race At Huntington Speedway Next Sunday Huntington. Ind., Aug. 19. Thirty-two entries have been received from some of the most daring and fastest drivers of the I. A. R. A. for the opening championship nice to be held Sunday. August 22. at the Huntington motor speed way. The 14 fastest ears of the day will get under way with flying vol ors in the 30-lap main event in which the winner will receive a special cup donated by the Huntington motor speedway. There will be three championship races, held at Huntington and the driver receiving the most points ut the end of the three races will be declared the 1. A. R. A. champion of Indiana. Illinois. Ohio and Michigan. I The business men of Huntington have raised a purse of SIOO that ' is to be paid to the winners in the main event, this of course, is an ! extra purse and does not include tile speedway purse. Mike Salay of South Bend, consecutive winner at the Huntington Speedway and Charles Szekendy also of South Bend, driving car No. 101 will undoubtedly have a lot of competition wh n they ifieet such drivers as Shanebrook of Detroit. Ernie Bush, Detroit and Windy Jennings of Detroit, the three leading Michigan drivers and plenty of competition on any speedway. Paul Russo. Shorty Drex- ’ ler. Johnny Parker. Gordon Chard. Art Rei< liter are some of the tine est dirt track drivers up to date. Qualifying will start at 12 noon, racing will start promptly at 2:30 p. m. CST. There wili be plenty of free parking space for all. Children under 12 years of age will be admitted free accompanied by parents. STANDINGS i NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Chicago 66 42 .611 New York 63 43 .594 St. Louis 57 47 .548 Pittsburgh 58 48 .547 Boston 52 57 .47 r Cincinnati 44 59 .427. Philadelphia . 43 65 .398 Brooklyn 41 63 .394 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. New York ... 73 33 .689 Detroit 61 4 4 .581 Chicago 63 47 .573 Boston 59 46 .562 Cleveland 49 54 .476 Washington 49 56 .467 St. Louis 34 71 .324 Philadelphia 33 70 .320 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League New York 9. Buotin 1. Pittsburgh 7, Chicago 6. Philadelphia at Brooklyn, wet. Only games scheduled. American League Chicago 6. Detroit 0. Philadelphia 4. Boston 2. New York 7, Washington 6. Cleveland 5-6. St. Louis 2-11. o Buffalo Bill the Second Sydney.—(U.R)—Northern Australia has a runner up tor Buffalo Bill's fame. He is Cecil Freer who estimates he has shot 30,000 buffaloes. During the process he has sustained a broken ankle, leg and ribs and Has had a gun explode in this hand. o Maine Fish Grow Tame Biddeford. Me. (U.R) It's a fish story: Hornpout are so tame at Fortunes Rock that they eat from human hands. Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Fecteau and Mr. and Mrs. Chester H. Drown vouch for the authenticity of the story. NO ONE ELSE NEED SIGN LOANS Up To $300.00 You will like this way o£ borrowing because it is business like —you are independent of friends and relatives —as you can get the cash you need without searching for endorsers or cosigners. CONSOLIDATE Your OEBTSand HAVE ONLY ONE PLACE to PAY This modern method of borrowing is a simple and easy way to solve your personal financial problems. To apply —come to our office, phone or write. LOCAL LOAN COMPANY Incorporated 105'A North Second Street Over Schafer Store Phone 2-3-7 Decatur, Indiana ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

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Goat Races Next Week To Provide Plenty Os Amusement

Picture Al Smith. Popeye, Clark Gable and War Admiral in a race to the finish and you have a foresight of what is in store for those who will attend the goat races at the South Ward diamond Monday and Tuesday night. i The “taking a walk" tendencies of Al. the rough, hardboiled attitude of Popeye. the temperament of a movie actor and the fleet-foot-edness of a racing horse are all part of the temperaments of the goats who will vie for honors in the event, sponsored by the Decatur Boy Scouts, under tile direction of Commissioner Sylvester Everhart. Fifteen animals, divided into three classes, will see action in the events, with local boys, weighing under 80 pounds at the reins. All boys who wish to drive one of the sulkies are asked to get in touch witlt Mr. Everhart immediately. A 450-foot oval track will be set up at the diamond, with the race

G. E. Will Play Berne All-Stars Only one game will be played at the South Ward diamond tonight, with th General Electric team of tills city meeting the Berne AllStars. Other games scheduled for ' .■'gilt have been postponed. - - —o Speed With Safety Urged Los Angeles.— (U.R)—Dr. Miller McClintock, director of the Bureau of Street Traffic Research at Harvard, has a new idea for relieving trffic congestion. Instead of de- . creasing speed limitations. McClintock suggests that highways be

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Recent exposure of John Montague, star golfer and intimate of many film stars, as a fugitive bandit from New York is the latest "joke" film colony, it has been taken in on numerous occasions by phonies who posed as something they weren’t. "Prince Mike Romanoff,'’ , who posed as a member of Russian royalty, was another who was much lionized by the film celebrities until they found out he was faka. |;

complete in every detail to conform witlt horse-racing. Class A will see the fastest goats, class B the next fleetest and class C will present some,of the more obstin- i ate goats, whose ability to perforin outdo their knack at racing. The races will be run at 8 o’clock 1 on both Monday and Tuesday , nights under the lights of the , South Ward diamond. Admission prices will be lit cents for children and 25 cents for adults. Brilliant uniforms will be furnished all of the drivers. Those* who have seen races of this kind in other cities promise plenty of entertainment for those who attend. Plans are being instigated to stage a match race between members of the Rotary and Lions clubs, with one or two of the more prom- [ inent members of each club, who will near the weight qualifications, driving the goat-drawn sulkies. (

— provided so that cars can get in , and out of a city at tlie rate of 6b , ' miles an hour. , Boy Sacrifices For Dog , , Alameda, Cal. — (U.R) — Eleven- ’ year-old Conway Calton sold pea- ' nuts for a year to save enough money to buy an artificial leg for his three legged dog. But when the 1 money was earned, the veterinar- 1 ian advised against the artificial 1 ’ I 1 extension. So Conway has bought ( . a bicycle instead and the dog now j ; rides with its master, on Ute handle j . bars. o • Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

CASTING TEAM PLAYS SATURDAY Decatur Softball Team To Play Saturday In Regional Tourney The* Decatur Casting t ain, winner of tlie Bluffton district softball i tournament, will play its first game In the Fort Wayne regional tourney Saturday night at 8:15 oclock. Decatur drew a first r.vtnd bye, and Wil' meet the winn r of the* Hamlet-Columbia city tilt, opening the tourney at 6:15. All game s will Im* played at League* ,ark on North Calhoun street, according to an announcement by Gunnar Elliott, district softball commissioner. The Saturday night schedule fol-, lows: * B 6:15 Maii.n township, Hamlet vs. Co'umbia City. 7:15 international Harvester of Fort Wayne vs Butler. 8:15 Decatur vs winner game 1. 9:15 Plymouth vs. winner game The two Saturday night winners will clash in the championship round at 8:15 p. tn. All times mentioned above are daylight saving time. o EATHCjI AKES Ai)l) major military danger within 4S hours Tlie Nipponese naval chieftain was jubilant. "We are gaining the upper | hand," he said. This cfirrespon lent personally : toured the front and can testify • to the* accuracy of the* admiral's . statement so far as the* immediate i situation is coneerne'l. i Tile Japanese victory came* at a moment when it was d speratc ly I needed. Admiral Harry 5 arnell and other foreign commanders and diplomats ! met earlier in th** evening and 1 were reported to have* discussed a drastic program in event the reckless attacks by both sides in tlie immediate vicinity of the AngloAmerican area of tin- international settlement continued to endanger thousands of Americans, Britons, and other occidentals. The warning of the* representatives of the jiowers was reinforced by vigorous diplomatic represelita lions in Nanking in which, it was und rstoo<l. Britain anil France took the leadership. There was a lull in the fight itig as midnight approached. Chairman Cornell Franking of the municipal government of the international settlement believed that tlie worst might be over. Japan's unquestioned command of tlie air. he said, made it almost certain that there would not be a repetition of tile frightful aerial bombings of tlie settlement and the French concession in v.-Jiich mine than 1.900 civilians, including three Americans, were killed. | Relations between the foreign authorities and the Japanese had been strained all day after Admiral Hasegawa's notification to foreign naval and customs authorities that all movements of Chinese | vessels on the Whangpoo river between Pootung Point and the Yangtsepoo area of the international settlement were forbidden between 7 p. m. and 5 a. m. He warned the foreign authorities that any of their vessels in tending to move during those times and within the area mentioned must give the Japanese due notice "in order to avoid unpleasant misunderstandings." Tlie foreigners refused Io ac-! cept the regulation immediately, pointing out that no formal state; of war exists betw en Japan and China and that the Japanese action constituted a blockade in international territory, which is illegal. Marines Arrive Shanghai, Aug. 19 (U.R)—Four hundred United States marines a generously* oversized “company" ! are expected to land at Shanghai tomorrow from the Dollar liner President Hoover, sent on a fullspeed voyage from Manila without passengers or cargo to bring reinforcements to the- American garrison. Nine hundred or more American refugees, the biggest single contingent since the beginning of the Shanghai battle, are to leave in the liig liner for Manila as soon as it can start on the return; Dr. Eugene Fields Dentist Nitrous-Oxid-Gas Anesthesia X-Ray 127 N. 3rd st. Phone 56 JOHNNY LEWIS and His Orchestra Heard Over W.L.W. GORDON STATE PARK ST. MARYS. OHIO SUNDAY, August 22nd. 25c Admission Park Plan Dancing | j

, voyage. Tl!,. General Motors Company of I China tiedl "duy 10 Tvaenut • 1 its head office to Manila. Many American women remain ' here. Included are 50, under the, I direction of Mrs. Arthur Young. | formerly of Los Angeles and of Washington. D. C , who are roll , ling bandages and sewing | for destitute children, and collecting linen for St. Luke's hospital ( which was in the danger and | , lt which supplies hud IO be | abandoned when patients were | I evacuated. American women's club, unlverI S |ty women's club and community and church groups are contributing »t |d raising money ' for rell. f They regard the cases of girls of mixed blood as particularly heart rending. Many have been forced out of burning homes with-1 out clothes or money. Today was British refugee day. I I Three destroyers took hundreds i of them down the river to board the Empress of Asia, which had arrived with a battalion of th.* | royal ulster titles, totaling 750 I men. from Hong Kong to reinforce the British garrison. Children among the British refugees cried as they left, but the women stood firm even while two Japanese planes swept over the

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waterfront wm-re tenderx them out to mid-stream to the deatfoyers Bullet I, Personal Kouuditp, Mont. (U.R) | nesota tourist, who refu e<| il,| vulge his name, returned t, jq home town with a souvenir j old west. The easterner was s -aei in th* back by u .22-callber rtf i bullet during the recent I9er Lb brat ion hen*. The inlssle e u , tinted ills clothing . ami ' scratched Ills back. o Hs Radio Amateurs To Meet Houston, Tex. (UP) I UI ' deeds of amateur rad-ion op. 1 tor ~f the western gulf dLtrict pri ng Texas, New Mexi.. \ Oklahoma. Arkansas. Mi and Louisiana, will moot A for the Uth annual conclav, Ab Atn 1 can Radio Relay 1,. . NOTICE I will be out of town from fl 'list 19 to August 26 in* i" it,.fl will return to see patients 1 evening and Saturday. and 21. The office will 1. lai 1 open continuously. 8 DR. PALMER EICIIIR