Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1937 — Page 8

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DEAN'S FAILURE , BLOW TO CARDS i PENNANT HOPES Dizzy Has Sore Arm: Driven From Mound In First Inning I New fork, Aug. 27— (UP)— Dizzy , Dean’s baseball career was definite- , ly at the crossroads today. The one-time great Cardinals’ i pitcher has a sore arm and may bej useless to St. Louis in its drive to overtake the Chicago Cubs. Manager Frankie Frisch started Dean yesterday against the Phillies. and he pitched to ' ttly one man, Leo Norris, who ripped off a double. Dizzy said his arm was too sore to continue and left the game. The Phillies won, 8-5. and lengthened the gap between the Cards and the idle Cubs to six games. Dean has pitched only 34 innings since the all-star game at Wash-' ington July 7. In more than three I weeks he has sowed only two vic- ' Tories, and one of those was a free- i hitting affair in which he just pull-1 ed through. Dean's troubles started , when Lou Gehrig smacked a home ' run off Dizzy in the all-eta. - game. J Earl Averill hit him on the big i toe with a line drive. Some say Geh | rig's hit hurt Dizzy's pride more i than Averill’s drive did his toe. i The Cards' defeat yesterday helped both the Cubs and Giants who were idle because cf rain. The Giants have doubleheaders scheduled against Pittsburgh today and tomorrow while the Cubs are battling the Bees. The Phillies mane 12 hits off; Dean. Haines. Blake and Sunkel. in- ! eluding a homer by Chuck Klein, i The Cards made 15 hits and drove Bucky Walters out of the box but couldn't hold their lead. Lefty Gomez scored his 16th vic-; tory as the New Y~rk Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns, 5-1. The Browns, led 1-0 until the sixth when successive homers by Joe Dimaggio (No. 37) and Bill Dickey (No. 26) put the Yanks ahead. Until then Jack Knott had held new Y’ork to three hits. Detroit nosed out the Bost/a Red Sox, 6-9, when Roxie Lawson executed a successful squeeze play in tho ninth It was law’cnii‘»i

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victory. Hank Greenberg hit homer I No. 28 with tw.'.on. Eric McNair hit la homer with two on for the Red Sox. I Tony Piet's double in the ninth I drove-In the run which enabled the j White Sox to defeat Washington, 4-3. Mike Kreevich made three of Chicago's nine hits, including a l homer. Piet also hit a h.aier. j Cleveland rapped Edgar Smith, who twice has beaten the Yanka, . und George Turbeville for 14 hits and a 10-5 victory over the Athletlies. Hal Trosky, who's been laid up [with an injured arm, returned to the lineup and drove in four runs i with a double and single. Yesterday’s hero: T.ay Piet, who I hit a single, double and homer and drove in two runs, including the winning tally, in the White Sox's 4-3 victory over Washington. STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. New York 78 85 .69!) Detroit 68 46 .596 ! Chicago 66 51 .564 ■ Boston . 61 50 .550 ' Cleveland U U Washington 52 58 478 | Philadelphia 85 76 .315 i St. Louis 35 78 .3LO I NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. | Chicago 70 45 .609 I New York 66 45 .595 I St. Louis 63 50 .558 Pittsburgh 61 52 .540 Boston 55 60 .478 Philadelphia ... 46 67 .407 Cincinnati 45 64 .404 Brooklyn 44 67 .396 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League I Cleveland. 10; Philadelphia. 5. i Chicago, 4: Washington, 3. New York. 5: St. Louis, 1. Detroit. 6; Boston, 5. National League Philadelphia. 8; St. Louis. 5 (second game. rain). Chicago at Boston (rain). Pittsburgh at New York (rain) Cincinnati at Brooklyn (rain). o HOME RUNS I Di Maggio, Yankees 37 Foxx. Red Sox 31 Gehrig, Yankees 28 Greenberg. Tigers 28 Mndwlrk Cardinals 27

LOUIS-FARR GO IS POSTPONED . Rain Postpones Heavyweight Title Bout Until Monday New York, Aug. 27 <U.R) A four day postponement of the Joe Louis Tommy Farr world heavyweight . title match sent champion and dXlenger back to their New Jersey training camps today. By boxing a few rounds today and tomorrow, followed by a rest Sunday, the Detroit negro and the former Welsh coal-miner hope to retain the peak form reached yesterday when rain caused pro- 1 ' moter Mike Jacobs to postpone' the fight until Monday. When New York athletic com mission physician, Dr. William H. | ' Walker, examined the men at the weighing-in, he found Louis far more nervous than Farr, which he explained jrcyibly would cause Joe's fighting edge to become dulll ed more quickly than that of the i cool Welshman. Because the delay is of more than 48 hours, both fighters will have to be examined and weighed in again Monday. Some last minute Farr money dropped the odd on Louis from 6-1 to 5-1 yesterday, and because of the postpone Joe may not enter the ring at more than 4-1 or 3-1 . i Monday night. Meantime, prospects of a title go between Louis and Max Schmeling . this fall received little encourage i ment when Schmeling flatly turned down an offer of 12% per cent of the gate, regular challengers share, made public by Mike Jacobs yesterday. Max and his American manager, | Joe Jacobs, pointed out that Mike offered 30 per cent in previous negotiations. o * Today’s Sport Parade (By Hanry McLemore) I New York. Aug. 26—(U.R>—Put-i ting the sport shot. —So, it’s money and not glory Jhat Max Schmeling is after . . . Not so long ago Max said he was willing to take' on Braddock or Louis, in an alley, | bar room or prize ring, purse or | no purse, for a chance to get that title back . . . Words nothing but | words . . . Mike Jacobs called Max yesterday by offering him 12% per cent for an October shot at the I . Farr-Louis winner . . . and Max turned it down ... So the Teuton chance to be the first man in his- ' tory to regain the heavyweight mustn't be so hot after all for a i crown. Maxmillian Baer, the old Pacific I popoff, is authority for the statement that Farr has but one really damaging punch —a straight upper-, cut with his Welsh noggin . . . “He cracked me over the eye with that concrete block of his," Maxie says, “and 1 couldn't see a thing for five rounds" . . . Joe Louis favorite card game, you might like to know, is something called Coon Can . . . Buddy Baer. Max's brother, really is something to behold in tights ... There were about 500 “oo.is and ahs" from 500 assorted guests who crowded the boxing commission yesterday when they saw 1 i Buddy step on the scales . . . The big mystery of weigh-in ceremonies is where all the people come from ... 1 stood in a side room yesterday and counted 200 guests, among them only nine newspapermen . . . Nobody knew who the other 191 were . . . Charles Burnett, Farr's publicity manager, was a bit upset at the weighing ceremonies . . . Chair-, man John J. Phelan was lecturing the fighters on hitting low. break Ing clean, etc., when Commissioner Bill Brown chimed in and said the purses would be held up if either party was guilty of butting . . . “He's prejudiced already." Burnett said . . . The Chicago Cubs rate Wally Berger, Giants outfielder, as the weirdest hitter in baseball They say there is no telling where the big right-hander will crack the ball, and when he comes to bat both Billy Judges and Billy Herman play well to the left of second base . . . Cub rooters (some of them still • think the Cubs will win the pen-, riant) insist their boys will murder Yankee pitching in a world series, pointing out that the Cubs are hitting around .298 against National League pitching, which means they are certain to do better than .310 against the sort of flinging served up in the American . . Given a few lessons, Ducky Medwick would hit a golf ball further than either Sammy Snead or Jimmy Thompson . . . Ducky uses a threequarter swing off the tee now. yet he consistently belts the ball 250 yards and better . . . (Copyright, 1937, by United Press.) o VIRG KIRKLAND (CONTINUED, FROM PA/tR pNgJ. ty. Four other youths faced similar ■ charges but were released. The girl died the morning foil- ■ ' owing the “prohibition era" party, { I shortly after her body had been i left at a doctor’s home. |

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FOUR TOURNEY TILTS PLAYED Additional Matches Are Played In Tennis Tournaments Four more matches -in the annual city tennis tourney were played yesterday, with three '.f the four playled in the boys' singles and the fourth in the girls' singls. Mary Martha Terveer advanced |to the aemi-finals of the girls' div‘1 sion by defeating Mary Jaae Fritzinger. 6-2, 6-3. She will meet Ber- ; niece Borne, who drew a first round ; bye, in a semi-final tilt. In the boys’ division Biil Melchi blanked Dave Terveer, 6-0, 6 0; Bob Bollinger defeated Howard i Gehrig. 6-2. 6-4 and Ted Bollinger won from Jim U.lthouse, 6-2, 6-1. All of the matches were first round tilts. Heavy tourney play is expected I over the week-end. with all of th-e---divisions expected to decide a champion at an ear'y date. Players are again reminded to ; bring their score into the Democrat office immediately folk'wing the completion of a tourney match. JOHN L. LEWIS .■-nN’’ -1 VT-c-T’. w-.-.-.v — - — T ' officers or appointed employes “for insubordination of just and sufficient cause." subject to review by the executive board. Give Martin power to appoint successors to international officers he removed. Raise the salary of international officers, which is n„w 23.0U0 annually. Under it. the president would get $5,000 and the other j officers $4,000. Board members, who are not paid now, would receive $3,000 a year. Require the approval of Martin on all expenditures bv the secre-

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tarytreasurer. , The report also provides for two year terms for officers but tills was expected to be changed be- i cause the delegates decisively reI jected a proposal for biennial coni ventions yesterday. "Unity faction" leaders, who air ; ! opposing more power for Martin. ; advocated the election of four vice I j presidents in order to compromise ; | the factional fight over the elec-1 tion of officers, but the commit- j tee's report provided only for three officers. This brought the battle back to the floor and after Martin had i attempted to speed approval of | the section, he finally bowed to the uproar on the convention floor and decided to pass the section until later. Unity leaders protest ed but Martin would not recognize : I their principal leaders, although j they clamored for the floor. I Dow. angered at the battle over | his report, said he would demand : a roll call vote on all controversial questions. This would take i 1 at least two hours. I The debate over the constltu-1 , tional questions was checked by ■ the arrival of John L, Lewis ,CIO I head, to address the meeting. o BATTING LEADERS Player and Club G AB R H Pct. ' Medwick, Crds. 114 461 94 180.390 P. Waner, Pir. 113 455 77 176..387 Gehringer, Tig. 104 406 105 157 .387 Hartnett. Cubs 79 250 31 93 .372 Lombardi. Reds 83 251 32 93 .371 May Merge Trade Board And Stock Exchange i Chicago, Aug. 27 —(U.R) —The ChiIcago Journal of Commerce said to--1 day that steps have been taken to i merge the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Stock Exchange. ■ Such a movement w - as attempt-, ed in 1929 without success. The Journal of Commerce said • that the present movement has . met with the approval of many ■ members of both exchanges. I No confirmation of the reports i could be obtained from members -of either exchanges.

FIND CLUE TO CHUD STEfiLER Anonymous Letter Io Child’s Mother Is Latest Clue Chicago, Aug 27 (U.R) anonymous letter from a mother whoso only child died provided ixilice with a clue today to the kidnaper of three-months old Diane Lucas, returned within 21 hours after she was seized The letter was written to Mr ■ and Mrs. Herman Lucas, parents I of the kidnaped baby "Now (hat you have your precious baby girl returned. I Just I can’t pul off Willing to you any I longer to tell you how terribly ! repentant I am for my act.' the ' letter said "But. first I must tell you whal ! led me to do such a thing and i then probably you will. If you possibly can. forgive me." "I am 28 years old. English by birth, and was married five years ago in a city outside Chicago. Four years after my marriage a , little girl was born to me. a darI ling child, and made me so hanpy I more than I can express here in writing. “Six months ago I lost my husband through a motor car accident ' and was left with my five-months-old daughter. My mourning and depression most of the time had ' a bad effect on mv baby's health. She was breast fed She develoned convulsions and three w - eks , later died. “My world turned upside down ‘ for me after that If I only could have her to love and fondle “After she was laid away mv only thought was to have a little ' one in my arms. 1 came to Chicago ami applied at the Cradle ' in Evanston and also at the omhan asvlmn here, but was denied a I child, having no visible means of support. “I was in the store shopning. i When I came out I saw this little | dear in her carriage. She reI minded me so much of my little , one. something just broke loose ! in my heart and I took her. in- ' tending to keen her always. “But when I saw the pleading i of the mother printed all over the ' ptfners I knew how wrong it was, i and felt the heartbreak her mothI er was undergoing, and decided to j leave her some SUN. MON. TUES. 10; Matinee 1:15 Sunday Two Smash Action P;ctures! |c«fl / at. A cloud -crash«nfl. gun - in ®' ? in 9 story of the heroic U S Border Patrol! ! ■ L — ADDED THRILL HIT — COLD BULLETS OF HATE WON HIM WARM ARMS OF LOVE! ; ~* i d Nan Grey, Robert Wilcox, Edward Ellis, Ralph Morgan O—O Tonight & Saturday Charles Starrett “Two Fisted Sheriff” ALSO — “Wild West Days” John Mack Brown: Cartoon 4 Novelty, Tonight ONLY ONE DIME Saturday 10c-15c—First Show 6:3C

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’ iiually. &| Federal intervention came B labor representatives w»*n. | I(I H Ito xet the and hour i(>H I their membership out of nertifl o M Second Wreck \idinil Dies I his Moul Washington, Ind., Aug 27 B Garfield Leach. 51, Minh iil ptlfferod a crushed right |, ..B Baltimore 4 Ohio freight ■ wreck near (,'annelburg | U ,B died early today in Duviess hospital. ■ Death of Leach, who was iS in a freight car when the le, ■ i ive amt nine cars went ~|S track and plunged down u i embankment, was the »<, > ■ ;lty resulting from the ;1 ,, |,|. fl Harvey Burton, 51, l.oe-fl member of a section crew wnfl at the scene of the ae< id. i.ffl killed when the engine m.-fl ed on him. Five other were fl ed In the wreck. H ° fl Dance Snndav su- iM