Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1937 — Page 6

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GIANTS SLASH CUB LEAD WITH DOUBLE DEFEAT Cuh Infield Collapses; League Lead Cut To Two Games New York. Aug. 26—<U.R>—The National League pennant race was in the laps of the gods today after the strtJngest link of the Chicago Cubs had cracked. Billy Jttrges and Billy Herman, the Cubs defensive bulwarks buckled yesterday against tile Giants aud tossed away a vital gam** which may cost the Cubs the flag The loss cut the Cubs' lead from four to only two games. The Giants’ double triumph over the Cubs. 8-7 and 4 2. and the Cardinals' twin victory over Brook lyn. 4-J and 5-2. made the National Leaguq derby a three-horse nice again. Briefly the contenders may be sied up as follows: Cubs — Staggering under pressure but still the team to beat. Giants A lucky team, making the most of every break and refusing to quit. Cardinals — Moving up fast behind improved pitching for a typical gashouse gang finish. The Giants' chances were not worth a plugged nickle as the Cubs moved into the last half of (he ninth of yesterday's first game; holding a 7-2 lead But Billy Herman made a wild throw with one out. and that started a collapse. Then Jurges booted a double play ball. The Giants scored five runs before they were retired, and carried the game into the eleventh to win. Again Herman booted an easy roller, setting up the winning run. Harry Danning's fourth hit brought in the winning tally. The Cubs ran the bases like wild men in the first game, and had five men nipped — Galan at the plate, Demaree at third. Hartnett at second and off first, and Hack off second. They pounded Carl Hubbell severely, getting 10 hits and six runs off him but they finally beat themselves. Harry Gumbert handcuffed them in the second game, yielding seven scattered hits Larry French pitched well but a homer by Joe Moore and a triple and homer by Hank Leiber beat him. The Cardinals moved to within games of the lead by winning two well-pitched games from Brook lyn. Lon Warneke held the Dodgers to six hits to win the opener, 4-2. and Si Johnson scattered eight hits to take the second. 5-2. It was Russ Bauers scored his filth straight vict or i

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blanked the Boston Bees, 6 0. Bailers gave up only six hits and fanned eight men. The Beds-Phillies doubleheader was rained out. The New York Yankees slugged out a 10-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox, as Bump Hadley ’ i won his third game in row Thorn- ! ton Lee, ex Yankee nemesis, was I pounded out of the box in the | fourth. . t'harlie Gehringer increased his ’ lead in the American League batting race with a perfect day. "4 for 4." The Tigers beat the Athletics, 10-4. Gehringer hit a homer, double . and two singles Rudy York coni tinned his sensational home run clouting by getting no 26. Bob Feller catn e within one I strikeout of the major league record when he whiffed 16 men in j pitching Cleveland to an 8-1 triumph over the Red Sox. He gave up only four hits. The Red Sox won the second game, 7-2. pound ing out 14 hits off four Indian I pitchers. Washington beat out the St. Louis Browns in the ninth. 7-6. Kubel's double, a sacrifice and an infield out scored the winning run. Yesterday's Hero: Jimmy Ripple Giants' outfielder, whose homer with two on in the 9th inning of the first game enabled New York to come from behind to beat the Cubs. i STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. ’ New York 77 35 .686 Detrait 67 46 .593 Chicago 65 51 .560 Boston 61 49 .55;> Cleveland 54 56 .491 Washington 52 57 .4. 7 1 Philadelphia 35 .5 .318 St. Louis 35 .. .313 W. L. Pct. Chicago 70 45 .609 New York 66 45 .595 ■ St. Louis . 63 49 .563 1 Pittsburgh . 61 52 .540 • Boston 55 <0 .478 ' Cincinnati 45 64 .404 Philadelphia . 45 67 .402 ; Brooklyn 44 67 .396 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League ' Detroit. 10: Philadelphia. 4. New York. 10; Chicago. 5. 1 Cleveland, 8-2; Boston. 1-7. Washington, 7; St. Louis, 6. National League St. Louis. 4-5; Brooklyn, 2-2. New York. 8-4; Chicago, <-2 I (first game 11 innings..) Pittsburgh. 6: Boston, 0. Cincinnati at Philadelphia train). BATTING LEADERS Player and Club G AB R H Pct. Medwick. Crds. 113 456 93 178.390 I Gehringer, Tig. 103 401 104 156 .389 I’. Waner. Pir. 113 455 77 176.38, Hartnett. Cubs 79 250 31 93 .372 Lombardi. Reds 82 251 32 93.3,1 o HOME RUNS ■ Dimaggio, Yankeet 36 i Foxx. Red Sox ! Gehrig. Yankees 28 I Greenberg. Tigers 1 Medwick. Cardinals

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BERNE NINE TO PLAY DECATUR HERE SUNDAY Decatur-Berne Teams To Play Deciding Game Os Series Decatur and Berne independent baseball teams will meet for the third time this season when the nines tangle at \t orthman I- ield at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Decatur evened the season s series at one victory each last Sunday by nosing out Berne, 6 to 5. The largest crowd of the season attended last Sunday s game and an even larger crowd is expected to see the rubber game of the series Sunday afternoon. Molly Miess. manager of the Decatur nine, is expected to take the mound again Sunday. Mies held i Berne to four hits in his last start, and retired 12 men on strikes. Usual admission prices of 10 cents for children and 25 cents for adults will be charged for the De-, catur-Berne tilt. _o_ * Toda/sSport Parade (By Henry McLemore) | New York, Aug. 26—(UP)—Salient facts on tonight’s world heavyweight championship fight:Place: Yankee stadium—The official abattoir of the New York Yankees baseball team. It is in the stadium. in October, that the team unlucky enough to win the National League pennant will be pole-axed. It is such a frightening place that th- Cubs tc.".k one look at its chilly ramparts from the Polo Grounds yesterday, and meekly handed the Giants two games. Principa’s; Joe Louie — 23, the ■ color of Aunt Emma's cannel cus- ■ tards. social lion of Harlem's sugar hill, and the only man in America who can be anested t".r carrying i concealed weapons whenever he ' puts his hands in his pocekts. Tommy Farr: 23, has a face like a professional house-haunter, born in Tony Pandy, Wales, which is a place known only to Tommy and Rand McNally, talks like so mething out of Dickens, and w; H S et the dickens knocked out of him tonight. Time: 7 A. M., Bombay; 12 noon. Sydney; 4 p. m. Moscow, and 10 p. m. New York. That is, it your

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watch is correct. Estimated attendance (by proictei Mik< .i.ca!»): 50, ■ estimated attendance (by unbiased parties): 35,000. I Farr’s chance of taking title: About tile same as a fellow would hav, making a ’’7" with one die. which, if I'm not confusing it with Stadia, is singular for dice. Louis’ chance of retaining title: All Joe has to do is av-?id Rigor Mortis, Measles, and housemaid’s knee. [ Betting odds: there is no betting. The one man who showed up with some Farr money was grabbbed by the Smithsonian institute, and today swings from the ceiling along with Lindbergs's Spirit »t St. Louis and Eli Whitney’s cotton gin. Weather: For Farr—stormy with lightning flashes. For Louis —just a light breeze. ; Weights: Farr —About 14 stone, and each one will seem a millstone along about It): 17 p. m. Louis —l9B pounds, or about one a second for the time it will take him tc finish . the thing. • Referee: unnamed as yet, but likely to be chosen from the 10 highest ranking students of the upper Long Island school of embalming and repair. Scheduled distance: Fifiteen rounds, and for the beenfit of those wL. think it will go that far my telephone number is Hywater 9 - , 3343. If I’m not in please leave your number, because I want to talk to you. (Copyright 1937 by United Press) 0 Swimming Pool Will Close September 4 The city swimming pool will be closed Saturday, September 4, it was announced today. Beginning today, Lowell Smith, teacher in the Decatur schools, will substitute for Marion Feasel, supervisor . Z the pool during the summer. Mr. Feasel assumes his duties as teacher in Clear Creek township, Huntington County today. It is the desire of the city to keep the pool open during the balance of the vacation season and Mr. Smith volunteered to direct activities up to September 4. Mr. Feasel will return to Decatur on September 3, and assist in closing the pool over the week-end. NOTICE I will start my cider mill Tuesday, August 24 and will make cider thereafter every Tuesday and Thursday until further notice, i Factory is located North Third st. PETER KIRSCH

BUD TOWNSEND BEATS HANCHER Defending Champion In! Semi-finals Os Tennis Tourney Two players in the men's singles division of the annual Junior ChumI ber of Commerce tennis tourney won their way into the semi-finals by virtue of victories yesterday over second-round opponents Defending champion Bud Townsend gained another step in defense of his title when he dropped i Paul Hancher in straight sets Twelve games were needed in the second set. before Handier weakened. allowing tlie defending titlist 1 ; to win, 6-2. 7-5. Harold Hoffman won the right , I to meet Townsend in a semi-final . i match, by winning over Roily Affolder. 64. 6-2. Huffman had previously won his way into the second round by dropping Dave Macklin, while Affolder rested on a first round bye. Tile only other tourney tilt of yesterday saw Dale Fuhrman defeat Don Bohnke. 46. 6-2, 7-5 in tlie first match of the boys’ singles division. All tourney players are asked to bring their scores into this office immediately following tlie close of a match. Weather permitting. several matches were expected to be played in all division today. P. Affolder Wins Pauline Affolder. defending women’s champion, had little difficulty this morning in defeating Harriet Kunkel in straight sets, 6-0, 61. Miss Affolder. by virtue of this morning’s win. will meet Mildred Acker in her next tilt. Miss : Acker drew a first round bye o Fired Police Chief Resigns Position Huntington. Ind.. Aug. 26 -(U.R) ; — Ray C. Forest. Chief of Police who was demoted by Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs last Saturday resigned from the force today saying circumstances made it impossible for him to be useful as an officer. He denied vigorously any wrong doing and declared himself ready to fight any charges filed in connection with the slot machine raids here last Friday night. Meantime, Prosecutor B. H Blenn called the grand jury for September 8 to probe tlie slot ma-' chine “racket.”

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JOE LOUIS AND ' TOMMY FARR TO I FIGHT TONIGHT Small Crowd Expected For Heavyweight Bout Tonight bulletin New York. Aug. 26—(U.R'— The Joe Louis • Tommy Farr heavyweight champioship prize fight scheduled for tonight was postponed at noon today until Monday evening because of threatening weather. New York, Aug. 26- (UP) Thomas Farr, a comparatively gentle 'citizen of Britain, will expose him- ' self to Joe Louis t n'ght in Yankee stadium and it will be well to i remember that Bunker Hill, in com- ' parison, was just a sort of four-, | round preliminary. ‘ Thomas is tlie type of bloke who ; comes in with his liande in the gen ral neighborhioti of China. His chin remains thrust < ut the while , beeting forward tike the bow of Endeavour 11 and Joe I.ouis doesn't pass up such opportunities. Tlie heavyweight champion himself is no paragon of punch. He is seriously aniwed by anyone who travels speedily in reverse gear, anj a savage clout upon his fuzzy jowls 'does horrid things to h-s knees and ' disposition. To come boldly out in tin open and be very frank about it al'.. Joe cann..t ta tea p t.ieh any too well. But Thomas, so far as anyone has been able to determine, cannot punch his way through a thin cloud of smoke. That makes everything quite lovely for Louis —unless s. unething hapens. Something happened

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down Max Schmeling. Yon must remember that one. But nothing ( should happen tonight. Even if It ( does, few will be there to s»e It i sniewhat wooden-headed board of strategy has attempted ‘this and that wOh th-Farriat style ; His handlers have advised him to 'keep his bands in an elevated posl- ; tlon. to retreat craftily »"<> 11,1 h “‘ sort of bilge. Thomas remembers l( ds sage advice for about 10 sec„nds Os each round. Then he lapses la.kto th coal rnDe- I- th.- < armIval and circus booths of hit yn'"'' I lie fights as h- always fought ’against Un- light-knuckled gentry lof Wales and England. He iharges In. blltl ing. elbowing, and occasion!ally throwing an occasional left (hook which wouldn't bruise tlie . down of a peach. H hasn't fought anyone who can punch, and he cannot possibly conceive of a hum;)

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the thunder holt efficient y W a Louis. He’ll probably never t (s|vt> a very clear imprwsion eitii. ,-j j ni . presslona are never clear wh. q y ol] Ulf on tin- fluor with .1 ally broken neck. Tobi's equipment is et ty iklmpy and most of It Is dHe has been t.. the Wyt and the record doesn't sh that he's ever been knocked < (log. of tho“- 300 tights, how. i. Jy,. lie.-n stag' d with tin- assi T O f la gentleman named Elm. ■ Mb But Tom should b> a a fairly stout wallop. H- * a s ..t at tlie he.. yw< um, pionship of the world w ith a i tion for animal courage and may be Interesting nnt.l I Ko, grows really bored and d .« t< get home to Marva. ain ‘ i |>r tty grim should dam e u j th. ■ retinas of the spectators 11 else moment. MU i Trade in » Good Tuwr —