Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 4 September 1937 — Page 6

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SCHMELING AND LOUIS TO MEET IN JUNE, 1938 Much Demanded Heavyweight Fight Is Contracted For June New York. Sept. 4 —(t P) Champion Joe L.-uis and Max Schme’ing, I the only man to defeat th*' negro I titleholder since he sXyrocked to I fame were matched last night for a 15-round championship bout "some- ! where in the United States" in I June 1938. Promoter Mike Jaocbs announced 1 that Schmeling, who had been holding out for 30 per cent ■ 2 the gate, ; had receded to 20 per cent and given him I Jacobs) a 1% year con-1 tract on his services after the title match. Jacobs will control the Ger-1 man's affairs until September, 1939. | Louis, wh. won the title from, Jimmy Braddock in June and defended it in record time against a-, gainst Tommy Farr of Wake this ' w*eek. will get the usual champion’s j share of 37% per crnt. Schme’ing signed the fight con-1 tract after five and a half hours of bickering over clauses in the agreement. Louis will sign later, his manager Julian Black already having agreed to the terms. Maxie will sail for Germany tonight ••n the Bremen. He may return to the United States to fight one tune-up match for Mike Jacobe before June. Or he may engage in a turne-up fight in Germany. Under his contract. Max is allowed to do either. But if he boxes in Germany,. be is not permitted to meet Tommy Farr. Boh Past».r, Jim Braddock or either of the brothers Baer, Maxie and Buddie. Louis ie not bound to refrain from fighting or defending his title mean while. But if he should lose the title Promoter Jacobs agrees in the contract that Schmeling will meet the new champion in June and receive 35 per cent of the gate instead of 20. It is also specified in the contract that the Louis-Schmeling winner will defend the title in September 1938, against the. winner of Promoter Jacobs' heavyweight elimination tournament. GRIMM SIGNED TO LEAD CUBS Wrigley Signs Charley Grimm To Lead Cubs In 1938 Chicago, Sept. 4 — Owner Phil Wrigley of the Chicago Cubs, who dropped to second place in the National league on a road trip from which they returned Friday, i announced that Manager Charlie Grimm has signed a contract to pilot the club again in 1938. Salary terms were not disclosed. Wrigley's only comment was | that the contract was for one year. Grimm, likewise, had no statement, but indicated he was

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confident his team would stai i | * clicking in a home stand which opens with Pittsburgh here today. "That Brooklyn club didn't do us any harm, did they?" he I grinned, referring to Brooklyn's defeat of New York, which shaved the Giants’ lead over the Cubs to I | a half game. Accompanied by Wrigley, who I made a surprise plane trip to New , York just to ride back with them. | the Cubs staggered home to try to I I regain the league leadership in j I playing 22 of their remaining 32 I games at Wrigley field. Larry I | French, ace lefthander, starts 1 | against the Pirates today. Wrigley affirmed his confidence I In Grimm, and declared that the ' club, playing at home again, would ; regain its confidence. "Personally 1 think maybe the j , situation may be due to lack of; confidence, more than anything' j else," Wrigley said. "The boys I have fallen off a bit. and 1 merely ! wanted to see if there was any-j i thing I could do. Maybe the re • j isn’t, but I am interested enough. , anyway, to make the effort. 1 i am quite convinced that with the I club at home again we will get ' I started. I believe we have the I best ball club in the league, only ; we haven't been proving it of 1 I late." I | Asked it he was quite satisfied with the management of the club ! at all times. Wrigley, in a burst , i of characteristic frankness, said: I ! "Well, no.” Then he added: | “Os course. I am speaking a° a ’ I fan. No fan is ever satisfied with i the management of a ball club. But I don't think anybody coutd have done a better job tlufn Grimm h:is done. I don't know where I could find a man to do it any bet-1 ter. As I seen it. we simply I haven't been playing baseball up ; to the standard. We have been \ losing games. If there is anv i specific reason for it, I would like j ’ to do something." Decatur Semi-Pros End Home Season Carl Mies, manager of the Decatur independent baseball team, announced today that no more home i games will be played this season. ' Mies, however, is attempting to arrange a few games away from the local diamond 'before the close of the season. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS _____ • American League Washington 4. New York 2. Detroit 4. Chicago 3. Cleveland 15. St. Louis 3. I Only games scheduled. National League Brooklyn 15, New York 7. Boston 7. Philadelphia 2. Cincinnati 9. St. Louis 1. Only games scheduled. o Lowing Herd Inspires Poet Fort Worth, Tex. (U.P.) — Marvin Miller of Abilene, 20-year-old poet who has several scholastic prizes to his credit, said on a visit here that he composed while milki ing his cows. Miller said he gets the proper cadence as the stream of milk splashes softly on the side |of the pail for a slow beat or splatters on the bottom for a heavy beat. o Trade In a Good Town—Decatur

GIANTS'LEAD IS HALVED AS BROOKLYN WINS I Lead Reduced To HalfGame As Giants Lose To Dodgers New York, Sept. 4. Byway of | showing that a Dodger, like an i elephant, never forgets, the BrookI lyn baseball beauties belted their ' perennial feudists, the Giants. 15 ito 7, and cut the New Yorkers' National league lead to half a game. I Led by a pair of long range wali lopers in Jimmy Bucher and Babe 1 (the Blimp) Phelps, the daffy Dodglers drubbed three pitchers for 18 hits, sewed up the game as early I as the fifth inning and were never •in trouble despite a Giant come- ! back which netted seven runs in the last three frames. With the second place Cubs idle.) 'the Giants' defeat at the hands of j their hated rivals shaved the New , Yorkers' pace-setting edge in half.; Jim Turner won his sixteenth I pitching victory of the season for| the Bees, but he had to have a lot of help from Roy Johnson and Vince Di Maggio before he turned the trick by a 7-to-2 margin over the Phillies in 10 innings. | A five-run rally in the first "half of the tenth, featuring Roy Johnson’s homer and Di Maggio's tworun single, finally won the game, i Johnson also hit a triple and single ' and drove in two runs, and Di ■ Maggio batted three across with a, I double and a pair of singles. Cincinnati defeated the Cardinals in a night game. 9 to 1. The New York Yankees and their ; batting slump ran into Young Ken-1 dall Chase and were handed their 1 third straight defeat, losing a 4-to-2 decision to the Senators. Washington's rookie southpaw ' let the league leaders down with | seven hits, stopped the Di MaggioGehrig duo cold and breezed in I with the decision without trouble.' . The Detroit Tigers increased | their second place lead over Chicago by defeating the White Sox ' 4-to-3 in the first game of a series here. Elden Auker, Tiger submarine! ball hurler who won his twelfth; victory of the season, received better support afield than did Vernon Kennedy who went the route for Chicago. The Detroit fielders had the high total of 21 assists for the game. Until the eighth inning, the Browns offered some opposition to the Cleveland Indians. Then the cellar dwellers of the American league cracked, the Indians scored nine and won, 15-to-3. Boston and Philadelphia were not scheduled. TENNIS MEET NEAR FINALS Finals In Annual Tourneys May Be Played Over Holidayweather permitting, heavy play in all divisions of the annual Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce” tennis tourney is expected over the week end and holiday. Play in the men's divisions will be somewhat disrupted by the alt sence of Ron Parrish, who will'

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leave Labor Day for Jackson. Michigan to accept a position there. Parrish, the 1935 singles titlist, last year's runner-up and with his partner. Bud Townsend, twice win- ' ner of the doubles title, stated toI day that he would forfeit his semifinal tilt to Bun Affolder. By vir ! tue of this forfeit. Affolder will I meet Townsend in the singles finals. Parrish stated that if possible he ' and Townsend would defend their I doubles title in the finals against | Jim Ehinger and Meredith Cli’ie. Should the Parrish-Townsend coinI bination win this year they will i gain permanent possession of the i trophy, as they already have two

Decafur Go/f Course In Best Condition Os Several Years . i

A trip around the golf course at I the Decatur Country club, even I though made in an automobile | rather than on two game legs, con-1 vinced a member of the Decatur | Democrat staff Friday afternoon | that the local course truly is in the | best condition for many years. Sadly neglected since the de-I pression overflowed even the cup | at the nineteenth hole, the course I for the past few years has been; little else than pasture ground, pretty much unfit for golf. But for the past three weeks. I John Vail, professional at the, course, has been working from sun- j rise until sunset —and even later — I in an effort to put the course in i the best possible condition. A group of local golf addicts are I making every effort possible to aid ! in getting the Decatur course in j the best of playable condition and] retain this splendid recreational I Facility for the citizens of Decatur | and Adams county. The local course, noted since its I construction as one of the sportiesti nine-hole courses in this section of j the country, is likewise one of the 1 very few all natural courses. Located ideally within walking' distance of the city, for several i years after being started the course ■ was pointed out as one of the beauty spots of Decatur. The fine work done by Mr. Vail •

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legs on the coveted prize. Darkness halted a tough battle In the finals of the boys' singles t division last evening, after a 22game first set prolonged the tilt. In by far the toughest encounter of the tourney. Roily Affolder won the first set of his scheduled match from Bill Melchi. 12-10. The second ; set stood 5-4 in favor of Melchi i when the boys called a halt because | of darkness The match will be fin-1 ished over the week end. Miss Ruth Adams will leave Mon- ' day for Rochester, where she will I again teach home economics in the Rochester high schol.

i I and others in the past few weeks ! has restored much of the attractivei ness of the course of pre-depress-1 | ion days. All fairways have been mowed i I and raked several times in the last . I few weeks, including twice during ■ I the present week. Local golfers i ! who have played the course since | | it was first built, gladly gave per-' 1 mission to be quoted to the effect - ] that the fairways are in as good j playing condition as at any time. | The condition of the greens.l , where, as even the dub or casual j j golfer knows, one tiny stick can; I ruin a birdie, has been greatly im- j | proved in these few weeks. While perfection cannot possibly ; Ibe reached within such a short j i period of time after several years I , of neglect, the greens have under- , ' gone even more intensive working- i j over than the fairways. ; Top-dressing has been applied ’ | thoroughly on every one of the I nine greens, and they are excep-1 tionally smooth, although not pre-j | senting the soft, velvety appear-, ance and feel that greens built up ! I by years of tender care can pro- j i duce. Local golfers, who are doing I I everything possible to rebuild the ' ■ course as much as possible, hope to , ! create enough renewed interest in t the world famous sport this fall,

around Peiping, are shown, center, being carried from the field of battle in a truck. So intense and prolonged was the fighting at Peiping that exhausted Chinese troops slept at their posts, right,

to make possible a thorough reorganization of the club next spring and build the Decatur course back to its former high standing of many years ago. As a special inducement for golfers of Decatur and vicinity again

New Coaches Face Test as Grid Season Opens * 1 s' 9k i s . I Bih d , — p..- ■ - i kM W — I Bill Kern | | Biff Jones

Opening of the 1937 grid season marks the beginning of a new football era for several major schools where new coaches are at the helm. Ossie Solem has moved from University of lowa to Syracuse. Biff Jones takes over at Nebraska after establish-

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Registering a stunning upset in the finals of the | national tennis doubles finals at Brookline, Mass.. ' Germany’s Baron von Cramrn and Henner Henkel i blasted America s Donald Budge and Gene Mako.

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to test the pleasure and delights of this naturally sporty course unusually low green fees are be ng charged. Only 25 cents Is being charged for a single round of the: nine-hole course. i i Golfers conducting the comebacl;

ing a stellar record at Oklahoma. Bill Kern is ths new mentor at Carnegie Tech, replacing Howard Harpster And Dana Bible is guiding the destinies of University of Texas after building himself a con* siderable reputation at Nebraska.

defending champions and Davis Cu pwinners. from the courts in straight sets, 6-4. 7-5 and 6-4. Von Cramm. left foreground, is shown hitting to Mako while Budge and Henkel play the not

during a lull in the battle. Casualties continued to mount as (e’n eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek massed mofe troops against the JaP auese divisions.

drive for the local course are seek- ' ing to arrange an Inter-city mat< h for next Wednesday, September > This match probably will be with members of the Bluffton Country dub. and will be played either lin the local course or at Bluffton.