Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 31 March 1938 — Page 8

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THOMAS GIVEN LITTLE CHANCE Louis Heavy Favorite; Seek Soldier Field For Schmeling Bout Chicago, Mar. 31.—KU.R> Promiitw Mike Jacoka was expected from flew York today to' dicker with members of Chicago’s South Park board over rental of Soldier Field-for the proposed Joe LouisMax Schmeling fight which follows in June if the bomber can dispose of Harry Thomas in the stadium Friday night. Louis was a 20 to 1 favorite to retain his heavyweight champion ship against Thomas and even those odds may be placed higher. There was virtually no wagering on the bout. Although New York. Philadelphia and Detroit were being considered for the million dollar return match between laruis and Schmeling. it was reported Chicago would get the bout if Jacobs can secure Soldier Field for a satisfactory fee. I The South Park board demanded 25 per cent of the gross receipts for the Louis-Braddock fight last Juii(*~nnd drove Jacobs into Comiskey park. The New York promoter indicated Louis and Schmeling might ap- j proach the record gate established by Jack Dempsey and Gene Tuneney in their second match in 1927 in he can rent Soldier Field. Louis, meanwhile, ended training for Thomas wth the most vicious workout he ever put on in Chicago. He cut loose for six rounds against three sparmates and showed ringaiders he intended to cut down the stocky Eagle Bend. Minn., challenger in less time than Schmeling did. Schmeling was awarded an eight round technical knockout over Thomas after dropping him

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! seven times. Louis wants to end it even picker. "it will mean a lot to Joe if he • can win in less time thun Schmel ■ ing did,’’ said the champion's co- ■ manager, Julian Black. "Joe has , been living Just for another bout . with Max.” ’ In his last workout, Louis was I deadly serious. He ripped George ■ Williams of Chicago with a crush--1 ing left hook to the head and , ' wound up with three rounds I against Georgia Nicholson of Yonk r ers. N. Y , who fights on Friday's 1 ' card. 1 Thomas, so near perfect condi- ' tion he feared over training, ended 1 his bolting drills with three slow rounds against Bernie Bowman, a . i fat gym fighter from Chicago. [ Both were expected to limber lup today. Thomas, who weighed *|l92 at the end of his last boxing | workout, said he would enter the | 1 , ring at 195 even. Louis was at | 200, but probaoly will weigh in at ■ 204 after resting until the weigh-i I ing tomorrow. o ♦_ —« ! Today’s Sport Parade By Henry McLemore ♦ ♦ Tampa. Fla, Mar. 31. — (U.RX—A| Mr. E. G. Brands of the Sporting News, a weekly which advertises' itself as “The baseball paper of the world." has written and asked 1 that I send him my major league | selections for the 1938 season. Mr. Brands must be in earnest. ’ and not pulling some sort of gag ‘ on me, because "he enclosed a selfaddressed envelope all equipped l with a fresh stamp, and branded with this important lettering: "Rush to the sporting news.. This envelope for quick action." So you can see that Mr. Brands really wants my choices, and wants them in a hurry. It is apparent he believes that what I have to ! say about the National and Ant erican leagues is important, and ' that he feels his paper would not I 'be the “baseball paper of the I , i world” if my contribution were missing. Frankly. I can t figure Mr ; Brands out. Where has he been al! these years? Has he spent the ; last 10 years of his life, when 11 was busy establishing myself as as a trappist mchik? Hasn't he the original fog bound forecaster., spoken to anyone and hasn't any one spoken to him? Or has he a i mad on with the owners of his | paper and decided to ruin the | sheet's reputation in one fell Men! $2.50 Shirt FREE with each suit purchased Saturday at the Essex Men's Shop. T-F

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I ♦ At the Training Gamps By United PrtM I Yankees St. Petersburg, Fla . March 31 <<J.R) — The New York Yankees broke training camp today and embarked on a 17-game exhibition tour. Appearances are scheduled tn 12 cities before they arrive in New York for three final tilts j against the Brooklyn Dodgers and , then start off the pennant races., 4 Tallahassee. Fla, New Orleans. ! 1 Houston. Dalias. Fort Worth. Oklahoma City. Tulsa. Little Rock. I ! | Atlanta. Knoxville, Spartanburg.; ’ ; and Baltimore are on the itinerary. ' The Yanks were nosed 5-4 yesterI day when the Brooklyn Dodgers; ' put on a four run rally in the ninth . j with the winning run coming home i on Cookie laivagetto's single. It I was the seventh defeat for the world champions in 15 spring; staits. Giants Baton Rouge. La Infielder Burgess Whitehead, recovering from an appendicitis operation, was expected to report to the New York I I Giants today, and Manager Bill i Terry also had word from Pitcher i Clydeli Castleman he would lie | ready to join the team in a few [ j days. Castleman is convalescing from a spinal operation performed ! in Memphis. Terry said yesterday | that if Castleman were not ready tor service Siam, negotiations for 1 another hurle; would Ire opened. Pirates I Ix>s Angeles — The Pittsburgh I Pirates, v ictorious over the Chicago I Cubs in their first game since returning from San Francisco, meet I 'he Portland coast league club today at Fullerton. The Pirates outi slugged the Cubs 10-6 at Wrigley Field yesterday. Pittsburgh pound >d Tex Carleton for seven runs in I the first five innings, while Bill Swift held Chicago to two runs. Four Cub errors contributed to the Pirate score. Indians New Orleans —The Cleveland Indians came back to their home 1 training site today for their final ! game of the season with the New I I Orleans Pelicans before breaking ! ! : camp and joining the New York i 1 - swoop? Or is Mr. Brands, with- i I ' out my knowledge, under some . i , deep obligation to me and feels as ‘ ' if he must include me in the group i 1 ;of knowing experts? Whatever the reason, Mr. I Biands' request has given my mor ! ■ I ale the biggest shot in the arm j i since that time on the train when I the conductor told mama that 11 was big enough and enough of a I man to start paying full fare. 1 . have been walking around the I Tampa Terrace hotel, where all' the baseball experts are' quarter-; I ed. with chin held high and my, chest out. I stop ajl the experts i and. whipping out Mr. Brands’ re I quest, say: "Didja get a letter from Brands? ■ Guess I better answer it. huh?! Wants to run what I think about the teams this year in his maga-' zine. No. no drink for me. Think I I'll run up to my room and run ■ ' over - my note books and make my ; i selections." I am not going to tell Mr. Brands that I picked the Washing- ' ton Senators and St. Louis Card- . inals to win last year. No use ; j worrying him, and besides if he's i an editor it's his business to I choose hs own talent. After all.' Imy selections. He made the first I I didn't write him trying to sell move and it's his own lookout from now on. In running through my note note books I had a terrible time separating my little memos. Side by side with a note on Rufling's I new curve ball would be the address of a fried chicken Joint.' and . all tangled up with then utfield prospects of the Red Sox there i would be the home address of a I catain who could always find where 1 the tarpon were running and a new remedy for sunburn. As a result I got all confused and sent Mr. Brands a set of predictions that, as well as I remember, I had the Phillies coasting home in the National and the Browns winning by five games in the AmerI ican. Unless I miss my guess that will bring Mr. Brands to his senses and make him more careful of his I correspondence. (Copyright 1938 by UP.)

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Giants on a 14-game exhibition tour en route to home cities. The Indians finished their four-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies with a 5-2 victory yesterday. White Sox Los Angeles -The Chicago White Sox meet their cross-town rivals, the Cubs, today in the seventh game of their spring training exhibition series. The Cubs are lead Ing the Sox four games to two. Reds Tampa. Fla. — The Cincinnati Reds, resuming their exhibition schedule after a one day vacation to go fishing, sought their 11th victory in 16 starts as they entertained the Detroit Tigers today. Bill McKechnie has been heartened by the fine showing of his team In pre-season The Reds have faced major league opponents in all but one contest and as a team are batting .304 with rookie infielder Frank McCormick setting the pace at .431. The Reds won their first two starts against Detroit, and the Tigers will have" to win today and tomorrow to gain an even break Detroit beat Washington 5-1 yesterday despite being outhit, 9-7. Dodgers St. Petersburg. Fla. —Brooklyn's Dodgers came hrte today seeking revenge for a previous exhibition defeat by the St. Louis Cardinals. The Dodgers have lieen going good in training and won their sixth

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game in 10 starts when they nosed the New York Yankees 5-4 yesterday. The Cards hammered out a 144-4 triumph over their American Association farm hands, the Co-' iumbus Redbirds. . Browns San Antonio. Tex — The Ct. I Louis Browns tackled the Toledo Mudhens of the American Associa-' lion today in the first of a fivegame series that precedes seven i tilts against the Chicago Cubs. The i Browns remained undefeated In 10 j starts against minor leaguers, col-' lege teams and semi pro nines. | They outscored the seven-ups from ! Austin. Tex., 5-2 yesterday. Quarterly Gas Tax Payments Listed Indianapolis. March 31 — (U.R) — Quarterly payments totalling |3,420.507.93 from state collection of gas tax funds and motor vehicle fees were distributed today to Indiana cities, towns and counties under the system established by ■ the 1937 legislature. Allotments to cities included; ' Decatur. $1,227. Allotments to counties included: i Adams county. $30,243. Men! 52.50 Shirt FREE with each suit purchased Saturday at the Essex Men’s Shop. I’-F

BERNE ATHLETE GIVEN NUMERAL Robert Dro Wins Freshman Basketball Award At Indiana University Bloomington. Ind. Mur. 31. (Special) The Indiana University athletic board of control last night approved the awarding of 27 vars-. i ity "I" letters in basketball, wrestl-, I Ing and swimming, and 23 freshman numerals in basketball. j Those who will receive the, inwards are: Varsity basketball: Capt. Joe Platt. Young America; Capt.-elect Frnest Andres Jr. and William Johnson. Jeffersonville; Roger Rat liff. Mooresville; Marvin Huffman. ; Newcastle; Clarence Ooley, Span cor; Lawrence McCreary Jr, Frankfort; Ralph Dorsey, Horse Cave. Ky, and Samuel Mitchell. j Salem, senior manager. Freshman basketball numerals: ! Paul Armstrong. Thomas Motter land Herman Schaefer, Ft. Wayne; I I Chester Francis. Danville; William j Armstrong. Owensboro, Ky.; | 1 James Gridley. Vevay; Janies Clif--1 ton. Bentonville; Robert Dro. Berne; Richard Edwards and Joseph Lettelleir. Bloomington; l Robert Hansen, Chicago; Richard McGaughey. Crawfordsville; Gord-; on McLaughlin. Terre Haute; l Edgar Mansfield. IjiPorte; Robert t Menke and William Menke. HuntI ingburg; Edward Newby, Plain ' field; Joe Nicholson. Evansville; I | Robert Templin. Bluffton; Floyd . Tipmore. Elkhart; Harold Zimmer. . Springfield. Ohio; Russell Higgin i hot ham. Anderson, and Harold Hursh. Middletown. Ohio. Varsity wrestling: Co-Capts. , Willard Duffy, Muncie, and CharI les McDaniel. Bloomington; Robert Haak. John Keeler and Joseph Hammond; Raymond 8. I Hyde. Rushville. O.; Garnet Inman and Clifford R. Myers. Blooming .ton; Chris Traicoff. Gary; Seymour Weiss. South Bend, and Eldridge Sheet*. Bremen, senior manager. Varsity swimming: Capt. James Herdrich. Indianapolis; Theran

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