Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 124, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1938 — Page 6

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ATHLETES ARE CIVEN AWARDS THIS MORNINC Athletic Honor Awards Are Presented To High School Students More than half a hundred boy and girl athletes of the Decatur public high school were presented with 1937-38 athletic honor awards In a program at the school auditorium this morning. The awards were presented by Coaches Hugh Andrews, Deane Dorwin and Eleanor Pumphrey. Baseball and tennis awards for the boys were held up until after the conference tourneys Saturday Honor McConnell, Heller .John McConnell and Art Heller were accorded special honor when they were adjudged the most valuable to the basketball and football teams, respectively. Heller, diminutive backfield man of the football team, is a senior and played his last year on the team the past season. An operation during the Christmas vacation kept him out of basketball for the balance of the season, but his play during the first half earned him the honor. McConnell, a junior, who won the basketball most valuable player award, also is a regular on the football and baseball teams. He was one of the most consistent net scorers and considered equally valuable as a defensive man. alternating at forward and guard positions The selections were made by the athletic board of the school. Dorcas Hoagland Wins Miss Dorcas Hoagland won the honor sweater presented each year to the senior girl piling up the most points in a merit system conducted in girl athletics. The award is given on an all round athletic basis. Miss Eleanor Pumphrey, tKHannBBBHBaKM

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I girls’ athletic director, made the presentation. Boys awards in footbull were made as follows: Major: Don Death. Marion Drum, I Frank Grether, Art Heller, Dan Holthouse. Dwight Kimble. Lames I Myers, Max Odle. Charles Andrews. | Marlon Freldt. Jim Highland. John I McConnell. Paul Neidlgh. Lewis I Shoe. Robert Stalter and Richard ; Walter. Minor: Bill Brown. Hollis Bonifas. Robert Egley. Robert Elchi horn, Kenneth Gaunt, Ned Johnson. Robert Kenworthy, Jack r | Kline, Robert Lord. Robert Ma-' ■, loney, Bill .Midchi. Robert Porter, I Fred Sehamerloh. Clarence Staplei ton. Jack Tricker. Robert Wood. - hall. Hubert Zerkel. Boys awards in basketball: ’ ' Major: Charles Andrews, Ken- ■ I neth Gaunt. Jim Highland. John . I McConnell, Lewis Shoe. Clarence ■ Stapleton and Hubert Zerkel. ■; Minor: Dale Fuhrman. John Gerber. Gilbert Huffman. Ned Johnson. ■ Jim Kitchen. Robert Porter. Fred I Sehamerloh. Bob Stapleton, Rich- • ard Walter. Jim Wickhizer. I Girls awards were made as follows: Senior sweater: Dorcas HoagI land. I 1 Junior letters: Florence BrandyI berry. Mafy Steele and Margaret i Hoffman. Sophomore numerals: Barbara ; Duke, Jean Zimmerman and KathI leen Fryback. Freshman pins: Annis Merriman, j Wanda Brunner and Alice Yost. STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. i New York 21 9 .700 Chicago 20 13 .606 Boston .. 15 12 .556 Cincinnati 17 15 .531 I Pittsburgh 15 14 .517 I St. Louia 12 17 .414 'Brooklyn 12 22 .353 ' Philadelphia 8 18 .308 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. i Cleveland 21 10 .677 .Boston 18 11 .621 ■ N. w York 16 11 .593 ! Washington 18 18 I Chicago 4 11 12 .478 Detroit 13 16 .448 Philadelphialo 18 .357 St. Louis 8 21 .276 YESTERDAYS RESULTS * National League Boston 10, Cincinnati 9. New York 9. St. Louis 4. Chicago 10. Brooklyn 4. Pittsburgh at’ Philadelphia, rain. American League Philadelphia 6. St. Louis 1. Chicago 10, Washington 3.| Cleveland 9. New York 5. Boston 5. Detroit 4. 0 LEADING BATTERS Player Club GAB R H Pct. Trosky. Indians 30 101 26 39 .386 Lavagetto, Dodg. 24 86 16 33 .384 DiMaggio. Yanks 16 63 14 24 .381 Averill, Indians. 31 116 28 44 .379 Chapman, R. Sox 25 92 12 34 .370

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GROVE PITCHES j EIGHTH VICTORY I IN SUCCESSION Lefty Grove, At 38 Hurls Eighth Successive Triumph New York, May 25—(U.PJ— Strike up the band — unfurl the flags — shout the praises of Robert Moses 1 Grove, ancient southpaw who at 38 l is proving himself the greatest pitcher in baseball. Grove, who four years ago was adjudged through by many close students of the game, scored his eighth straight victory yesterday as he pitched the Boston Red Sox into second place iu the American league with a 5-4 decision over the Detroit Tigers. Grove had to pitch with all the cunning born of 18 years of professional experience. 14 of them in the majors, to close out his triumph With the Red Sox leading. 5-4. in the ninth. Grove had to face Rudy York and Hank Greenberg in the Tigers batting order. In his prime he'd have blazed his fast ball past swingers like York and Greenberg. But at 38 his arm j isn’t as strong and powerful as it once was. He had to trick the Tigers' home-run hitters because the smoke doesn’t curl off his Sunday pitch any more. York popped to the infield —one out. Greenberg popped to the in- I field—two out. Tebbetts got on. Then Don Ross popped to the .infield—three out and Grove had won his 265th major league game, more than any other active hurler in the majors. Jimmy Foxx’s homer with a mate on base supplied the Red Sox with their winning margin. It was one of the five hits Boston made off Elden Auker and George Coiiman. Cleveland knocked off the Yankees again. 9-5, as Johnny Allen allowed only nine hits and scored his fifth triumph. After two were out in the fourth the Indians ral-' lied to score five runs. Averill, with a triple and homer, drove in six runs. The,Chicago White Sox trimmed Washington. 10-3. and the Philadelphia Athletics won from the St. Louis Browns. 6-1. Monte Stratton. making his first start, went the route to beat the Senators. The Boston Bees regained third place in the National League by staging a whirlwind finish to thump the Cincinnati Reds. 10-9, after trailing 9-1 going into the sixth. The Bees scored nine runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth to finish in front. Vince Di Maggio’s double drove in the two tying runs in the eighth and Al Cuccinello’s single sent home the winning run. The New York Giants held their 214 game lead over - the Chicago , Cubs by pounding out a 9-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Knocking Van Mungo out of the box in the fifth, the Cubs shellacked Brooklyn, 10-4 for their sixth 1 victory of seven games played in the east. Tex Carleton limited the Dodgers to eight hits to score his fifth triumph. Augie Galan hit a homer with the bases loaded to spark the Cubs’ attack The Pirates-Phillies were rained out. Yesterday’s hero — Grove. Red Sox venerable southpaw, who pitched Boston into second place with his eighth straight triumph, a 5-4 victory over Detroit. o t Today’s Sport Parade By Henry McLemore New York. May 25.—j(U.R>—Never having had a son and a grandson mat-hed to run for SIOO,OOO I am in no real position to judge how Man O’ War feels about the calling off of the race between son War Admiral and grandson Seabiscuit. If I hadn't read so much about the amazing behavior of Man O’ War last year when War Admiral won the Kentucky derby, I would ibe inclined to think that Man O' War wouldn't know about the race in the first place, and wouldn’t care if it were called off, in the second. Horses generally aren’t credited with keeping up with the news, sales to horses and an official of Radio companies report very few the Encyclopedia Britannica once told me that they would have to go out of business if they depended on horses for customers. Proof that very few horses know much about anything is the fact that up until the time the Belmont race was called off yesterday not one I horse had bought a ticket for the I classic. If horses had enough sense to have known about this match there undoubtedly would have been 40.000 or 50,000 of them eager to watch War Admiral and Seabiscuit go a mile and a quarter. After all, it shaped up as the biggest thing involving horses to come along in years. Man O’ JVar, however, must be a great exception to general horse i dumbness. After the derby last year I read batches of stories deali ing with the remarkable actions of

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RESUME SPEED ! TRIALS TODAY Qualifying Trials Are Resumed At Indianapolis Speedway Indianapolis. Ind., May 25 —(UP) —Fourteen sleek racing chariots today were ready for the 25 mile qua- < lifying run at the Indianapolis • speedway in desperate challenges for starting positions in the 500mile memorial day grind, the nation’s greatest auto racing classic. Today’s trials have special significance so rtwo famous pilots are making their last qualifying attempts. Kelly Petillo, winner in 1986, and Jimmy Snyder, holder of the single lap record at the speedway. have already taken two trials < and if thye have trouble today the I big race Monday will be without ; two favorite “place” pilots. Wild Bill Cummings also is ready to shoot his powerful machine for a starting position. He has been bothered with several ‘broken parts in the big boyle special but now has replaced them. Fourteen drivers already have qualified, at speeds of more than 199 miles an hour. The 33 highest speeds posted during trials make up Man O’ War to the victory of his son. the Admiral. If these accounts of the doings on Faraway farm that May afternoon were true (and I have no reason to doubt them) then big red’s activities included these rather unusual performances for a horse: He got up after a restless night i andse nt War Admiral a wire at ’ Churchill Downs, wishing him luck , and envying him the opportunity of running in that race —an oppor-i tunity he himself never had. When the bugle blew to bring the horses out on the track Man O' War prick- . ed up his ears and raced with all his old time speed to a radio, which : he had set up in the barn. > Another remarkable thing, ac- ■ cording to some of the stories, was /that while Man O’ War was listen-. i ing to the radio he was. also, hovering over Churchill Downs to . inspire his son to victory. At least [ three observers described him . quite clearly as he galloped, wraith-: like, througli the afternoon haze. Others saw him. in spirit, at least, • waiting at the finish line to wel-1 I come his offspring and to congratu1 late jockey Kurtsinger on his fine ride. He was, in short, a very > busy horse. If Seabisc.uit's legs heal in time i • for him to meet War Admiral this summer, you undoubtedly will [ read some new descriptions of the activities of Man O’ War. and how ’ he ran the gamut of equine emo- • tions as his son and grandson bat-’ > tied down the stretch for the i mane-and-tail championship. De- • pride will be only a few of the ! light, affection, nervousness, and i expressions that will chase one • another across his finely chisled • face—his horse face. If the Admiral and the Biscuit ■ do eventually come to grips I ceri tainly would like to go to KenJ tucky and watch Man O’ War’s be-i I havior. On second thought, I don't i believe I would. If by any chance I he just grazed and neighed and . switched his tail while the race - was being run, I doubt if I could > stand the disillusionment. Because I was one of the fellows, 5 I believe, who distinctly saw his s spirit hovering over the backt stretch at Churchill Downs a year • ago. f (Copyright 1938 by UP.)

the field race day. when the ipack thunders into the first turn at approximately 90 miles an hour. A riding mechanic will be with Doc Williams, of Franklin. Ind., Hie 'brother-in-law. Ray Short, will be in i the extra seat. He is the first rid-, mg machanic to be entered. Drivers , have their choice of riding alone or! with an extra. Others hitttng the track today are . Bill Devore. Al Miller, Shorty Cantlon. Al Putnam Frank Wearne,' Frank Beeder. Louis Tmoei. George Connor. Louis Webb and Chuck Gardner. Beeder. a newcomer to the big bridk oval, is the dirt track cham-i pion of the eastern division of the; AAA. He will pilot Leonduray’s Barbasol Special, replacing Billy Devore. Devore will take the wheel of the Midwest Red Lion special. Two new speed creations have appeared at the infield garages One is Harry Miller's car which has the motor mounted in the rear. The driver's seat is in front. It has a four-wheel drive and a new type disc-hydraulic brakes on each wheel. Ralph Hepburn, who finished a few seconds behind Wilbur Shaw last year, will drive it. The other unconventional type tace wagon is a Marchese special Milwaukee, Wis., its nose ie ’apered io a bullet point, effectively streamlining it. The motor is mad? of two four-cylinder midget-racing blocks. Harry McQuinn will be at the wheel. o SETTLE DULUTH (CONTINUED FRo-r PAGE ONE) vertislng solicitors The editorial department already had a 5-day, 40-hour work week. 3. Dismissal indemnity of one week’s pay for each 30 weeks of employment by the papers,, with a maximum of 24 weeks. 4. A Guild shop except in the editorial and advertising departments. This would mean that office employes except in those departments would be required to become Guild members. 5. A standing arbitration committee to settle grievances arising under the new contract. 6. A pledge,by the publisher of job security for six months for all present employes, including those who went on strike, except in cases |of gross insubordination, dishonesty. or the like. It was regarded as almost certain that the Guild membership j would accept the agreement. Guild leaders held a "pep meeting" in the street outside the newspaper plant at 6 a. m., and announced to more than 300 persons that the tentative' agreement had been reached. Strikers were not to return to work today, but it was understood that if the Guild votes approval of the settlement, they, would resume their jobs tomorrow. The strike began April 3. The newspaper suspended publication on April 8, but resumed Monday under police guard after police had smashed a picket line around the building to allow employes to enter. o Evansville Man Is Killed In Nebraska Evansville, Ind., May 25 —(UP) —Elmer L. Boesche of Evansville, was killed instantly yesterday in an automobile accident near Atlan- ; ta, Neb., according to word received here today. ■S. A. Mophee of Denver, driver of the automobile in which Boesche was a passenger, said he had picked j the victim up at Des Moines, la., where he was hitchhiking. Trade In A Good Town — Deentne

RACING MATCH IS CALLED OFF Seabiscuit In Poor Condition, War Admiral Race Is Off New York, May 25. <U.R>- There may never be an answer to the question: which is the better horse — Seabiscult or War Admiral? For the anticipated "dream race" which was to have provided that answer, was just a memory today. The Biscuit and the Admiral prepared to go their separate ways, perhaps never again to come as close to a meeting on the track as they were less than 24 hours ago. The SIOO,OOO mile and a quarter race between them, scheduled for Monday at Belmont Park, was cancelled yesterday afternoon because Seabiscuit's owner, Charles S. How-1 ard. reports dthat his five-year-old i horse was suffering from bad knees which were puffy and sore. He said the Biscuit might risk permanent Injury if he attempted to start on Monday. Despite an advance investment of more _yian $25,000 in this first important match race since Zev beat Papyrus in 1923, the Westchester racing association readily granted a cancellation, rather than risk injury to Seabiscuit and to racing in general. Such might have been the case had the Biscuit run and shown himself In bad shape. Some racing men felt that Seabiscuit’s 3.000-mile trip from California did his notoriously bad legs no good. But the Biscuit is usual-1 ly a good shipper and he slept • most of the way across. Others: felt that he was brutally raced as a two-year-old before Howard bought him —he started 35 times and won only five —and that misuse finally had caught up with him. War Admiral, son of Man O', War, winner of the Kentucky der- i by. Preakness and Belmont stakes i last year as a three-year-old. will ' stay at Belmont park and run Sat- ; urday in the 52nd suburban handi-! cap, a $20,000 added mile and a quarter race for three-year-olds and upward. His chief opposition will be Pompoon, second-best threei year-old of 1937. Seabiscuit's plans are Indefinite. IHe probably will be kept at Bel- | mont with the idea of rounding him into shape for later stake events. If he doesn't respond to treatment, it is possible that he ' might be retired to stud. That : would only be as a last resort, howI ever, for Howard is set on his California speedster creating a .new all-time eatning record. o Tennis Players To Meet Here Tonight Tennis playere of Decatur, interested in formation of a tennis association, are requested to meet at the city hall tonight at 7 o’clock. The question of joining the district association of the Western Lawn Tennis association will be discussed at this meeting. Ralph Boice, Warsaw, district sec-retary-treasurer, was in Decatur last night and outlined plans of the association to several local playI' ers. o Bud Williamson In Golf Semi-Finals Richmond, Indfl, May 25 —(UP) — ] The semi-finals of the state prosesI sional golf association tournament I swung into play today as Harold Harrison of Bloomington met Chuck. 'Galringer of Speedway. IndianapoI lis in the first round. Bud Williamson of Fort Wayne will (play Wayne Timberman of Terre Haute. The winners of each of the early

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