Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 23 August 1937 — Page 6

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Goat Races To Be Held Here

NOVELTY RACES TO OPEN HERE THIS EVENING Boy Scouts To Benefit Krom Novelty Races At South Ward "TMyT* Ofr — The thundering tratnp of hoots. the bleating of rac- I Ing goataand evcited cries at juven'le drivers will form the music for goat races at the South Ward dianionti tonight at 8 o’clock. The races • il> also be held Tuesday night. Arranged t.r the benefit <rf the Decatur Boy Scouts — all proceeds to go toward improving their cabins at Hanna Nat t man park—the race® are expected to afford on- of the moot unusual entertainments ever ' offered to the sport lovers of the | Featured by a novelty match race between a Legionnaire and a mem- ; ber from each of the Decatur Uons and Decatur Rotary clubs, the program will include about a dozen exSvlvewter Everhart, local Scout commissi..~ier. recreational (MNCtor and nromoier of tho b€**Dfif rares. j announced today the drivers for the tty-ve loca' organizations in the R. E. Glendenning. local bank cashier, will drive the Rotary entry. Dr. E. P* Fields. local dentist, the Li ns entry and Walter Gladfelter will represent the American Legion Due to the added weight of the drivers of the sulkies, three goats bitched in tandem will pull each of the contestants. About 15 races including eliminations. novelty and sweepstakes, will be run off during the night’s card. Admission prices of 10 and 25 cents will be charged. Following -is a list of the drivers and the ..sts they will dn*e. All of the drivers are local lads weighing under 80 pounds Francis Pollock. “V-S’; Earl Venis. “Pete"; Lavem Kitchen. "Cicero’; Jim Cochran. ' Knee-Action"; : Jim Hunter. Popeye”; Bob Fore-1 man. "Clark Gable"; Rolland Foreman." Broadway Bill"; Max Ogg. "Rosebud"; Herb Welker. “Franklin D"; Eddie Boknecht. “Al Smith." nrr.,- Schmitt. "Blue Boy’ ; Richard Saylors. ‘Repeate"; Roy Cook. "War Admiral"; Jerome Wait. "Discovery" and Lawrence Rash. “Oma

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Back in Tennis * '■ A "J® ■ IJM - ■ - « Wfc 3 * MH W ’a .* ’■> -eif JR? | Helen Jacobs of California, fortr.e American champi n. is shown s she served at Forest Hills, L. I, I , her Wightman Cup victory ovt Britain's Kay Stammers by scar ' of 0-4, 4-6. 4-6. Tickets may be secured at the ] entrance to the race track, which i wi’’ be set up on the ball diamond 1 at the South Ward recr ational e rounds. STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. New York 76 34 .631 i Detroit 65 45 .531 • i Chicago 64 50 .561: Boston 60 47 .561 ‘ Cleveland 52 55 .486 j Washington 50 57 .467 Philadelphia 34 73 .318 ‘ St. Louis 35 75 .318 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. I Chicago 70 43 .613 New York 64 45 .587 1 St. Louis 61 49 .555 Pittsburgh 60 51 .541 {Boston 34 53 .478 i Cincinnati 45 64 .413 I Brooklyn 44 65 .4v4 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. ; Columbus 73 54 .575 Toledo .. 73 55 .570 ■ Minneapolis 72 55 .567 I Milwaukee 67 53 .532 I Indianapolis 59 66 ,472 * Kansas City - 60 68 .469 j St. Paul .... 52 73 .397 — YESTERDAY’S RESULTS American League New York. 4; Philadelphia, 11 (five innings, rain.i Chicago, 5-2; Cleveland. 2-3. | lietroit, 11-4; St. Lx>uis. 5-3 isec-| (»nd game 10 innings >. Washington at Boston train!. National League St. Louis. IM; Pittsburgh. 0-7. Brooklyn. 5; Boston, 1 (six innings. rain i. Chicago. 4-5; Cincinnati, 1-2. New York at Philadelphia (rain). American Association Milwaukee, 10-2; Indianapolis. 10th inning, Sunday law>. Louisville. 2-2; Kansas City. 1-0. Columbus. 2-5; St. Paul, 0-S. Toledo, 3-4; Minneapolis. 2-1. - DRY CLEANING 59c ST V LIS HOME APPL. Store 12- Monroe St. Phone No.— fp ■■■■■■■■■■■ «■■■■■£*■ —

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DECATUR NINE DEFEATS BERNE | TO TIE SERIES Locals Down Berne In ( lose Tilt At Worthman Field Sunday The Decatur independent team evened the season series with Berne Sunday afternoon at Worth- | man Field. 6 to 5. The deciding game of the series I will be played at the local field I next Sunday afternoon. August 29 After B.me had tallied three , runs in the eighth to tie the score lat 5-5 Decatur went out to score 1 After Manager Mies had ground *ed out as first man up in the Ily on Whiteburst’s error. Ladd A hit batsman, an error and an j the third. Decatur came back with i walks. Stauffer’s errof and a hit ( by Schneider. Each team counted errors accounted for Berne’s three i this threat by fanning Whitehurst Molly Mies, hurling for Decatur. I held B*‘rn** to four nils ano iauI nod I** batter* The local pound**<l out 10 hits off Neuenschwander. who nut eight away via the strikeDecatur AB RHE Jackson. cf 5 110 1 Ladd, ss 4 10 2 ; Wynn. 3b 4 0 0 0 1 Braun. 3b 10 10 •Schneider. lb 5 0 10 ; McConnell. Sb 4 0 11 Ritter. If 3 12 0 i Snedeker, e .. — 4 0 10 j Mies, p 3 2 11 Totals 37 6 10 4 Berre *- ; i Eley, rf3 10 1 !. Stuckey. 2b 3 0 0 0 Spicer cf • 11 1 0 * | Glendening. cf. 2b —4 11 0 Dro. c 4 110 * | Sullivan. 3b 4 0 0 0 ! , Whitehurst, lb 4 0 0 1 1 Stauffer, ss 4 0 12 I Sweeney. If 2 10 0 | Krick. If _- 10 0 0 ’ I Neuenschwander, p 3 0 0 0 Totals 33 5 4 4 i Berne 001 100 030— 5 ’I Decatur $22 101 llx—6 —o —— BATTING LEADERS ■ Player and Club G AB R H Pct. | Medwick. Crds. 111448 93 176.393 P. Waner. Pir. 111 448 76 173.386 jDi Maggio, Yk. 106 442116 164 .371 Gehringer. Tig. 100 388 99148.381 Two Cars Collide At Street intersection Cars driven by Hugh Death, route three, and Roy Kaehr. Monroe route one. collided Saturday night at 11 [o’clock at the corner of Third and Madison streets. Both cars were slightly damaged, but no one was injured. Officers Roy Chilccte and Ed P. Miller investigated.

Sometimes the Umps Fall-Out ..’tl. ...*%■ *** ? s s 1 iff-'*' . ... *•_ 7 > '£'• 'CIL' Who’s going to put who out of the game? Umpires Stewart and Barr are shown during a heated argument over one of Stewart’s decisions in the , Giant-Phillies game at Philadelphia.

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TIGER ROOKIE ! STEALING SHOW York’s Hittine Features Play; Cubs Increase Lead New York. Auz. 22 <UJ»>-The major league realized today that an unheralded rookies. Rudolph Preston York, was stealing the W2S VOlttO ID* 1 Ultfcbl iSiIIavI .. piiiJcr id in* Ai߀*nc«kii whih? pljvinxi with Nf .Iwuuk* I ** Poxx Cchrig Grcmbcr** and Mr-d-York, who ha% donned mask, supplant Mickey Cochrane behind the Detroit Tig r plate, hax hit 23 home runs to date while pzxymg m 6. games. Dimaggio, who is leavting both' leagues in circuit clouts, lias hit 36 in lt>6 tilts. Breaking it down further into “times at bat," Rudy has stepped up to the plate 244 times this year and has collected one homer in every 10.6 trips. Dimaggio has had 442 tries and connected one- in every 12.2 trips. Medwick, leader, of the National League home run brigade with 27, has hit one ia ' 16.6 attempts. Coming to the Tigers as a first baseman. York found big Hank Greenberg staging a miraculous comeback to hold his position. With the strong outfield combination, he wasn't needed .there. He was tried at third j base where his 209 pounds spread over a six-foot, one inch frame def-. initely did not fit. Cochrane's injury by a "liean ball” forcing him from the game, and the subsequent failure of Hayworth. Tebbels and Bolton to take over his receiving duties. (Tave Rudy his big chance. York bit Homers 22 and 23 yes terday. clouting the first one as the Tigers crushed the St. Louis I

| Browns. 1-3, in the opener of a I twin bill. His second came in the{ ikintK inning nf thp nifhtCAD wh*-H J score. Pitcher Poffenberger s i grounder after singles by Laabs Detroit's double victory cut the Yankees American League lead a half game But the McCarthy men still led by 11 games by licking the Philadelphia Athletics. 4-1. in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader rained out after five innings of play. Dimaggio clouted hi* Tfih home run Cleveland and Chicago divided a twin bill, the veteran Ted Lyons scattering five hits to beat Bob Feller and give Chicago a 5 2 decision in the first. Feller was wild The Washifcrton Bos ton games In the National League, the Chiout six hits to take the first 4-1. C 3 * «ln i*EiLid—• i'pbkl pOS-i-St. Louis Cards wow a pair Bob Weiland twirled a U,ree-lup»T. hit ■ down the Pirates. 9-7. in the finYesterdays Hero: Rudy York. Detroit Tiger Rookie, who hit two i home runs — his second a ninth inning wallop that enabled his ' team to tie the score and later win the game.

"Just a Scratch” .-fr-vsa h '' . Ptkj’ // w. Ki' r * .. a MSP w .7\ Tommy Farr. Br • >. h. nvyweight challenger for Joe Louis’ erown. points to a cut under his eye which he received in training at Long Branch. N. J. 1 Examination by New York boxing commission officials found that postponment of the bout would not be necessary.

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CASTING TEAM IS ELIMINATED FROM TOURNEY Decatur Loses To International In Final Game Sunday Fort Wayne Sunday nigh! losins | io <h f International Harvest Ftoratßr l ad advneed to the fin- i I defeated Plymouth. 4 Nahrwold held the Canting team «i i * math obtained • Decatur 3 H E V Andrews, lb Brokaw c 2 110; Strickler. r» 3 0 1 11 A Andrews. Is 3 12 01 Totals 27 6 11 11 Co uch'S Cdy Cummins. Is —--— - 0 I *•' Kfilli n * rs 110 0 Arnold If *OOO Anderson » — 3 0 10; B. Smith. 2b 3 0 0 0: S. Smith, p .8010 Casta ter. cf 10 0 11 Totals 22 1 4 1 j Columbia City 000 001 o—l IMkatur 000 150 x—6 1 Decatur Price If 5 0 10 Agler. cf 3 0 0 0 V. Andrews, lb 3 0 0 0 Reed, p .3 0 0 1 F(ro. rs - „ o t Brokaw, c -a---3 v v — Slrk kier, rs 2 0 0 0 3b 2 0 0 1 Snedeker, 2b 10 0 0 Totals 26 0 2 4 Harvester Berry, cf 4 2 10 H. Nahrwold. Is 3 12 0 C. Nahrwold. lb 3 0 10 Slater. 2b 4 110 EUler. 3b 3 0 0 1 Bonham, rs 3 0 2 0 Parmalee. If 4 0 0 0 Robinson, c 4 110 N. Nahrwold. p 3 0 2 0 Smith, rs -.2210 x Somers 10 10 Totals 34 7 12 1 x Batted for Bonhman in seventh. Harvester 101 113 o—7 Decatur . (mh» 000 o—o0 —0

CLOSE TENNIS LIST TONIGHT To Draw Women’s And Boy’s Tourney Schedules Tonight Fntrie, in the women's and boy's ■ 'iiislotm of the annual I***-1 '•ur Junior Chamber of Commerce ! 'll''is tourney will close tonight. n!t!l in the tourln y also w** l be made tonight. ii the w..nen'- singles, only su ~i t ,-s had been received at a late '.’nr this afternoon. The entrants: ,1 ,rv Margaret Terveer. Harriet 1 el I’au'lne Affolder. defending ’.•iami-ion: Mildred Acker, last ! year's runner up: Ib rniece Cluss ■and Mary J. Frlxinger. Ten entries in the boy's singles lhad been re< eived to date. They are lu' Fuhrman Don Bohnke, Dave Terveer. ri’.l Melchi. Bob St ipleton. I’ Ry Affolder. Howard Gehrig. 800 ■ Hunter. Dick Mills and B >b BolllngP’av i'i these divisions will start immediately with entrants arrang- ' » ■ for matches. AU matches will

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||>« two out of throe Six ,o> decide the winners. Fllih ii 1 W Oman \\ State Tennis Indlntiapoils. Ind. Amr'uiinimo Wolt <.| j . lit.' slate woim-ii n -ur I < hampionships at rI, . n 1 Country < lub li.-n- y. -t , I she defeated Edna Smuk m I land. 6 0, 75. Miss Smith was able t,, five points ill the lioi Muss Wolf came from 1 take the second set afi.-i I to 2 at one point in th.Final matches in th.--ingles and doubles will be played this aft.iam Murphy of Chicai'o .uni ■ Leavens of Milwaukee mu for the singles crown , doubles title Murphy ami h brother, Chester, will pho | slim and Seymour Chicago. SB H HOME RUNS Ii Di Maggio. Yankees Bl ' Foxx. Red Sox | Gehrig. Yankees H ■ j Greenberg, Tigers I Medwick. Cardinals H