Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 27 May 1938 — Page 8

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JUNIOR SCHOOL FOR BASEBALL HERESATURDAY Third In Series of Schools To Be Held Saturday Morning The third in the series of junior baseball schools, conducted under the supervision of George F. Laurent, recreation supervisor, will bo held at Worthman Field Saturday morning at 9 o’clock. The two previous schools attracted more than 100 hoys, who showd great interest in the course of Instruction offered and seemed to benefit greatly by the teaching. The course of instruction used in the local school is one prepared by th state WPA recretaion department. working in cooperation with the Athletic Institute, Inc. Tips from big league stars are used in specific instructions for various positions. In previous issues, the Daily Democrat has published, through permission of the copyright owners, tips from these big league stars. Following is another of these articles:

I IV . Tips For First Basemen (By Joe Kuhel) Chicago White Sox. A product of the Cleveland sandlots, rated a brilliant fielder and a steady hit-' ter. “No first baseman can expect j that every throw he receives will be right ‘in the slot.' They don't come that way. He must anticipate all sorts of throws, and be especially on the watch for a bad one if the runner is exceptionally fast and the play likely to be close. “The position and stance are very important essentials for a first baseman to keep in mind, ith no baserunner on first, the first baseman should play out from the sack about 18 to 20 feet toward LOANS $lO to S3OO A/o (?o-A'ta.ke’ti CONFIDENTIAL—NO ENDORSERS , Let us solve your money problems Convenient repayment terms Ctll, write or phone LOCAL LOAN COMPANY INCORPORATED Rooms I and 2 Schafer Buildinq Decatur. Indiana Phone 2-3-7 Eiery requeit receive* our prompt anel conrteoui

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second, depending on what is; known of the batter's hitting eccen-, tricities. For lefthanded batters,| who have a tendency to pull the 1 ball, the first baseman should play ' closer to the fynl line than he. would for a player who is known ' to hit in the other direction ns a general thing. ••With a runner on first, the first | sacker should remain on the bag 'and move out only when the pitcher has started his delivery. To pre-1 vent runners from getting too l much of a lead off first, the wide- ; awake pitcher will make quick', throws to first base. Always turn ', to the right when tagging the run- ], tier. 11

ner. "Th anticipation of a bunt calls , for an understanding with the i pitcher as whether he or the first | baseman will field the ball, and . who will cover the sack, it the ball ' is bunted between the pitcher and the first base foul line. “In tryin tog grab a wide throw. | the first baseman should, if necessary. step off the sack (sometimes I he must leap off it) catch the ball if he can. and then jab the cush- | ion with the foot nearest to it. i "The best way for a first baseman to find out which is the prop- , er foot to use in contacting the | sack under various circumstances is for him to go out n the prac- | tice field and experiment for himself. In throws that come from the second baseman playing deep or from the catcher, there is. how-1 ever, a clear-cut advantage to be , gained by sticking to the left foot. . (Copyrighted 1935 by Scholastic Coach) STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. 1 New York 22 9 .710 I ■ Chicago 21 13 .618 i Boston 16 12 .5 •1 j i Cincinnati 17 16 -515, Pittsburgh 15 15 .500 St. Louis 12 18 .400 I Brooklyn 12 23 .343 Philadelphia 9 18 .333 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Cleveland . 20 11 .66 < Boston 19 12 .613 New York 17 12 .586 j Washington 19 17 .528 I Chicago 12 13 .480 Detroit 14 17 .452 , Philadelphia 11 19 .367 I St. Louis 9 22 .290 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League All games postponed, rain. American League Philadelphia 4. Chicago 1. New York 5. Detroit 1. Boston 8, Cleveland 4. Washington 12. St. Louis 10.

JACKETS LOSE FINAL REGULAR GAME OF YEAR — Decatur Loses To Portland Panthers Thursday, 7 To 1 Decatur’s Yellow Jackets, play | ing their final regularly scheduled i game of the year Thursday afternoon at Portland, dropped a 7-to--1 decision to the Panthers. The Jackets obtained only three hits, one each by Bleeke, Gaunt and Kitchen. Decatur scored its only run in the third inning. Kitchen. leading off. was hit by a pitched ball. Huffman was safe on the only error of the game. The next two batters filed out, but Gaunt came through with a double to score Kitchen. With Huffman, all season a catcher, doing the hurling for the Jackets. Portland pounded out 11 hits. The Panthers scored three runs in the opening inning cn four singles and a double. Three more tallied in the third on two hits, a base on balls, a fielder’s choice and a long fly. Portland scored its final run in the sixth on a double by Coldren and Shoup’s single. The Yellow Jackets will bring the season to a close Saturday, competing with Bluffton. Hartford City and Kendallville in the northeastern Indiana conference tourney at Kendallville. The Yellow Jackets will meet Kendallville in the first game of the tourney at 9 a. m. The winner of this game will meet the winner of the Bluffton-Hartford City clash at 2:30 in the afternoon for the conference championship. Decatur AB K H h Heller. 3b 3 0 0 0 Bleake, cf 3 0 1 « Gaunt, If 3 0 10 McConnell, ss 3 0 0 0 Highland, c 2 0 0 0 Koeneman. rs 10 0 0 Schamerloh. rs 10 0 0 Schnepp, 1b... ....... 2 0 0 0 Walters, lb 10 0 0 Kitchen, 2b 1110 Huffman, p 1 0 0 0 Totals 21 1 3 0 Portland AB RHE Holmes, p. If 4 0 10 Hartzell, c, ss 3 2 10 Stroble. 2b 2 2 2 0 Valentine, ss, p 3 2 1 0 Councilman, lb 3 0 10 Garrison, rs 2 0 1 0 Coldren, If 3 11 0 Money, c 0 0 0 0 I Martin. 3b 3 0 11 ' Shoup, cf *3 0 2 0 Totals 26 7 11 1 Score by innings: Decatur 001 000 o—l Portland 303 001 x —7 o—

RACES SUNDAY ATWINCHESTER Funk’s Speedway At Winchester To Have First Races Sunday Winchester, Ind.. May 27.—(Special ) —The first automobile race of the season at the Funks Motor Speedway will be held next Sunday. The organization of the Central i States association during the winter set many interested drivers and others to building new and faster cars, since the association plans to put up larger prize lists than ever before and thus make it worth the drivers’ effort to compete. One of the new policies of the C. S. R. A. is that the first twenty fastest qualifying drivers will be guaranteed to win a stated sum. Montgomery-Ward, besides donating a gigantic gold trophy to the coming season's winner, will also offer a cash award to the four first-ranking drivers in championship standing at the completion of the season. Harry Gilchrist of Columbus. 0., will be chief steward for the C. S. R. A. again this year. He was in the city this week looking over the improvements that are already made for the coming season. New faces and new drivers along with last year's champions. Everett Saylor of Dayton, 0., and Duke j Dinsmore of Long Beach, Cal., who has signed to drive for Ralph Miller of Daytn, 0., will be there at the starting line. Leon Dnray has sold the 220 Miller and also the super-charger that plac ed sixth last July among the fast foreign cars at Roosevelt speedway to Speedy Helm of Latalette, Ind. It will be driven by Frank Werne. This car should be one of hie leaders. The Morgan-Miller Special, formerly driven by the late Red Campbell, will carry Jimmy Wilburn, I one of the smartest drivers that | ever put a gloved hand to a steerI ing wheel. Floyd Dryer of Indian*' apoiis will send one new car of the ' latest type. This car has a new

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independent front wheel suspension. new engineering in American i racing but now the fashion in i Europe. Dryer has not selected , his driver as yet. Everett Saylor, I who drove the Dryer Special last | year to the championship, will be 1 ; seen in the new Vance Special and 1 , the racing fans of the midwest i know the answer there. > ° ■ HOME RUNS ( Greenberg, Tigers 10 ( Fox. Red Sox 10 , , Goodman. Reds I'l | , York. Tigers 8 1 ( Ott, Giants — 8 I ) ~ ° DECATUR WINS • IN OYO MEET I St. Joseph Wins Fourth i Annual CYO Deanery • Track Meet j l The St. Joseph track team of ■» Decatur won the fourth annual CY O deanery track and field meet. L held Thursday afternoon at the North Side field in Fort Wayne. I I piling up a total of 18 points. ' The Decatur lads scored points in every event except the high

jump to finish well out in front. St. Hyacinth's finished second with eight points, while St. Jude's and St. Patrick's tied for third with six points each. Nine of the 11 ' schools entered scored points. , Three new meet records were established, with the Decatur, team setting a new mark in Jhe : 440-yard relay with a time of 55 | seconds. McGill was the individual scot-I ing star of the meet, placing first in the softball throw, tied for sec-1 ond in the broad jump, and being ( a member of the winning relay. team. The summary follows: 100-yard dash—Larimore (Cath-I edral) and Poitras (St. Patrick's),! tie dfor first; Rumschlag (Decatur) , third. Time 10.2. Btoad jump—Krajewski (St. Hya-‘ cinth's), first; McGill (Decatur) and Pressler (St. Mary's), tied for ; second. Distance — 16 feet, 71 ■ inches. High jump- Pressler (St. Mary's | Biesiada (Precious Blood), Krajewski (St. Hyacinth's), tied for first place. Height—4 feet, 6 inches. Softball throw — McGill (Decatur), first; Horvath (St. Vincent's Villa), second; Osman (St. Andrew’s), third. Distance—233 Va feet. 440-yard relay — Decatur, first; St. Jude's, second; St. Patrick's, third. Time —55 seconds. Decatur’s entries in the individual events follow: 100-yard dash—Bind Holthouse, Joe,Keller, Jerome Rumschlag. Broad jump—James McGill, Jerome Rumschlag and Joe Keller. I High jump — Brud Holthouse, i David Terveer and Bob Kuhnle. Softball throw — James McGill., James Holthouse and Bill Baker. 440-yard relay — Jerome Rumschlag. James McGill, Joseph Kelt ler, and Brud Holthouse. ‘ Pat Murphy is coach of the St. Joseph team and Brud Holthmise ' the captain. o , LEADING BATTERS Player Club GAB R H Pct. Lavagetto, Dotfg. 25 89 16 35 .393 • Trosky, Indians . 32 107 27 41 .383 - Aver|ll, Indians 33 124 30 47 .379 ‘ Cronin, Red Sox 29 98 26 37 .378 *’l McCormick, Reds 33 145 24 54 .372 > — • fl Dance Sunday, Sun Set.

FIELD TRIALS I HERE MONDAY ■ I ——- I Conservation League To Sponsor Coon Dog Field Trials I All plans for the coon dog field ' , trials to be held at Sunset Park. | 1 Memorial Day. May 30, have been 1 completed. Roy S. Johnson, of the j Adams county fish and game con- . servation league, announced today. This is the first of the contest | ever to be sponsored by the club .and the members expected to make ! it the biggest event iu the organI ization’s history. I Approximately 100 to 125 of the most experienced and best trainI ed coon dogs in this section of Indiana. Ohio and Michigan are exI peded to be entered. A purse of S6O is guaranteed ' winners of the events. Prizes wY.I ’be awarded as follows: first tree dog. S2O; second tree dog, $10; first line dog, S2O. and second line dog. $lO. Start at 10 A. M. The first of the elimination trials I will be held at 10 a. m.. with trials ’ running continuously until the finals about 4 p. m. 4 1 nnr finer ia

The entry fee of $1 per dog is ! charged. Sportsmen and coon dog owners of the community have been urged to list their canines in ! the trials. The event will be conj ducted under standard V. K. C. rules. | Plenty of shelter, safe drinking i water and rest rooms are on the grounds and a lunch stand has been ! set up for the public. The Sunest park has been con- ' sidered a natural course for such lan event by interested persons. The opposite side of the creek afi fords an amplitheater position, j from which spectators may clearly : see the trials. Admission to the affair is 25 ' cents with ladies, and children tin- . der 15 admitted free. The committee in charge has J asked that all local club members : be on hand to assist in staging the i event. All proceeds from the ; chase will go toward furthering | the fish and game program of the I conservation league. Yates In Finals Os British Meet Troon, Scotland, May 27 —(UP) — Charley Yates of Atlanta reached the final round of the British amateur golf championship today by defeating Hector Thompson of Scotland. former holder of the title 1 up in 19 holes Softball Meeting Here This Evening The second meeting for the purI pose of re-organizing the softball I leagues here will be held tonight I at 7:30 o'clock at the city hall. O; Steiner Hurls Butler To 1 To 0 Triumph Indianapolis, May 27 —-(UP) —A fourth inning triple by Toni Harding and an error brought Butler a i-to-0 basebail victory over Indiana Central here yesterday. Jerome Steiner, Butler pitcher, allowed seven scattered hits, struck cut six and didn’t issue a walk. , Score: Indiana Central 000 000 000—0 7 3 ; Butler 0(1' 100 OOx— 1 5 0 Potter and Clayton; Steiner and Kubel.

TRUCK DRIVER ESCAPES DEATH Driver Leaps To Safety As Load Os Gasoline Explodes Indianapolis, May 27. (U.R)i Alex A. Theriot, 39. of Zionville. narrowly escaped death last night by leaping to safety when his tractortrailer trucky, carrying 4.250 gallons of gasoline, was forced off Indiana highway 29 near here and exploded after plunging over a 40-toot embankment. Theriot said that he dived headlong through the window of the truck cab and started climbing up the embankment. His clothing was soaked with gasoline but did not ignite. He told police that his truck was forced off the highway by a truck trailer driven by George E. Greg ory, 45. of After scrambling to Safety, Theriot com mandeered a passing motorist and ; overtook Gregory, who denied to ; plice any Irtiowledge of the acci- ’ uent until told of it. Both the truck and its cargo, the property of the Shell Petroleum corporation, were demolished. Flames of the roaring fire attracted approximately 5,000 spectators, of which 20 were burned slightly when two minor explosions occurr- I ed after the large blast. o BULLETIN New York, May 27 —(UP) — The Barney Ross-Henry Armstrong fight for the world welterweight championship already delayed 24 hours by rain, was postponed for a second time today because of uncertain weather. Promoter Mike Jacobs announced it would be held Tuesday night. SUN. MON. TUES. 10c Matinee 1:15 Sunday A Socko Holiday Show! TWO ACTION HITS! ' RIPPING OUT 1 TERRORIZING RACKETEERS . ... Slashing the roots •- of their undercover murder plots! rs STATE POLICE ’ »t/A JOHN KING ( WILLIAM LUNDIGAN CONSTANCE MOORE LARRY BLAKE J. FARRELL MacDQNALD DAVID OLIVER 'Story and Scretn Play by • GEORGE WAGGNER Dirnted by JOHN RAWLINS A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE s hr- 1 « Sr' — ADDED THRILLER — Iwillllillllkl Evenings 10c-20c o—o Tonight & Saturday CHARLES STARRET “Call of the Rockies” ALSO — “Flash Gordon’s Trip to I Mars," Cartoon & Novelty. I Tonite ONLY ONE DIME i Saturday 10c-15c —First Show 6:30

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