Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 128, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1938 — Page 6

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ROBERTS SETS NEW RECORD IN 500-MILE RACE —ll l —I California Assembly Lineman Wins Annual Speedway Race Indianapolis, May 31 (U.R) He' said a black cat meant luck and j today a former Dakota plow hand sat atop America's automobile | racing throne, bewildered by having won a 500-mlle race. Floyd Roberts came out of Van Nuys. California, just another i assembly lineman in an airplane factory. But in the long motor i trip across the western states he ; prayed that a black cat would cross his path. Nearly every other ‘ driver in the race at Indianapolis motor speedway would have hung ! up his goggles in fright at such a thing. But there was none of that about i Roberts yesterday morning as he i swallowed his half cooked eggs at ; Tom Beall's track kitchen in gasoline alley. On his way east, his • lucky omen had come along. And i he had more confidence in the I charm of the cat than in the sweet- j singing Miller motor that was to , carry him to an all-time record of 117.20 miles an hour, almost four miles faster than Wilbur Shaw's prize mark of 1937. The husky Californian had the checkered flag waved in his face at the end of 200 ' breathtaking laps, and he could explain it only by the cat —nothing else. Roberts, sitting on the pole position, first place in the front row.

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had hung back while Rex Mays and Jimmy Snyder, the story book boys of speed legends, had shot the works in a mad dash for the lead. That was all part of his strategy to let them burn fuel and tires while he conserved his resources ; for the finishing punch. "It didn't seem like a 500-tniler i at all," he said, "except in the last ' 7,0 oi- tie mih's wlien | storied I worrying. It could have lasted a 1 thousand miles and I still would 1 have won.” j The crowd of 167,000 top figure for any sporting event in America gave testament to Shaw that a winner cannot repeat in the 500 mile race. He was second, five miles back. The speed and en- ' durance whirl took a fearful toll i of motors this year, only a dozen I surviving when the thrust of a red flag finally halted the cavalcade ' after the first four had flashed past lhe checkered flag and rain had 1 slimed the track. i A spectator killed on the south- , west turn was the first casualty among fans since the 1909 race when Charley Mertz now chief j steward of the 500-mile race, ran I into a crowd and fatally injured | two bystanders. Emil Andres, the Chicago driver I whose wrecked car tossed a wheel i killing the fan, was in critical con- . dition at the Methodist hospital. Roberts drew down some $38,000 . by winning. Os this it was said he ! will get about one third. Lou I I Moore, the ex-race driver who owns j the car, will get the rest. That's ; the way most Indianapolis drivers work—on percentage This was the first single-seater race since 1929. when Ray Keech won. but one-man racing does not | change the picture much. It's still the craziest, most exciting sports spectacle that America knows. o STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct New York 25 11 .694 j Chicago 24 15 .615 | Boston . IS 14 .563 , Cincinnati 19 18 .514 Pittsburgh 17 18 .486 St. Louis 14 20 .412 I Brooklyn 14 25 1 Philadelphia 11 21 .344 ! AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Cleveland 24 12 .667 New York 19 14 .576 Washington . 22 18 .550 Boston 19 16 .543 Detroit 18 18 .500 Philadelphia 14 20 .412 Chicago 12 18 .400 St. Louis : 11 23 .324 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Boston 6-1, New York 0-0. Pittsburgh 5-6, St. Louis 4-9. Cincinnati 7-0, Chicago 3-3. Philadelphia 9-7, Brooklyn 5-4. American League New York 10-5, Boston 0-4. Washington 9-1, Philadelphia 4-9. Cleveland 5-8, Chicago 2-1. Detroit 10-0, St. Louis 9-3. o Trudr In A Good T"«n — nrrafnr

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WELTERWEIGHT BOUT TONIGHT Barney Ross To Defend Title Against Henry Armstrong New York. May 31.—'JJ.RJ—Unless I there is a cloudburst before 10 p. m„ Barney Ross, weltherweight champion, will defend his title against Henry Armstrong, negro i ■ challenger, in Madiscm Square i Garden bowl tonignt. Although the weather forecast ; I was for “mostly cloudy," promoter . j Mike Jacobs stated emphatically 1 i that the twice-postponed battle I would go on "unless a torrent j stops it.” Both men ended training yester-. day and were to appear at the, New York state athletic commis- j sion offices at noon for physical j checkups and to weigh in again. I Their weights will have no bear- ’ ing since neither exceeds the 147pound welter limit. Ross and Armstrong, who holds ( the featherweight title and aspires j to both welter and lightweight I crowns, complied with poundage agreements at the first weighing-i in ceremony last Thursday, origin-' al date for the fight. The fight was postponed Friday for a second time before they had a chance to step upon the scales. Ross remained a 7-5 favorite although the five-day delay was believed to have dulled his fighting edge more than it had Armstrong's. Barney, who. at 28, is three tears ! older than his opponent, was as keen as a razor when he first ended training last Tuesday. He weighed in at 141 % Thursday, his best fighting weight, and his train-, ers have been concerned principally with preventing him from going

ROBERTS FINISHES FIRST IN BIG RACE Mg3& ... '■ JL :.■■><'■.■■■■' ' ? aEK .-.tw-- - 72 ** T » 7 j '■ ! .Jr**' , ••*" f < «a l/ ; _ ~ * ', _ ■ •-— — — Winning the twenty-sixth annual automobile classic at Indianapolis, Ind., at an average speed of 117.200 I miles per hour, a new track record, Floyd Roberts, of Van Nuys, Cal., is shown here getting the checkered flag at the finish of the big race. Wilbur Shaw of Indianapolis was second and Chet Miiier of Detroit third.

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stale these last few days. Armstrong, the St. Louis born. negro who came to boxing's big ■ time via Los Angeles, tipped the I athletic commission scales at 136’4 i : Thursday — some three or four | - pounds above his best fighting | weight. When the poundage agreement was waived because of the | ' postponements, it left “Homicidal , Hennery" with several pounds he ' could work off. o JACKETS LOSE I The Decatur Yellow Jackets were eliminated from the northeastern Indiana conference tourney this morning, when they were defeated by the host school, the Kendallville Comets, 2 to 0. The Comets obtained seven hits off Schamerloh, while Imes held the Jackets to four safeties. o LEADING BATTERS — Player Club GAB R H fct. ; McCormick. Reds 37 161 25 61 .379 ’ Lavagetto. Dodg. 28 95 16 36 .379 Trosky. Indians 35 119 28 45 .378 Averill. Indians . . 36 133 33 50 .376 j Dimaggio, Yanks 22 90 18 33 .367 Steinbacher, W.S. 29 109 14 40 .367 i o HOME RUNS ! Greenberg, Tigers 12 Foxx, Red Sox 10 Goodman, Reds 10 York. Tigers 10 Ott. Giants 8 o Stalled Auto “Sailed” Home Armarillo, Tex.— fIJ.P.) — Mark Parker. Jr., son of a Potter county commissioner, was stalled In his automobile a mile from home during a 50-mile-an-hour wind. Young Parker decided to push the car face-about. This dene, he opened the doors and let the wind push the car home. i

SWIMMING POOL TO OPEN SUNDAY Municipal Swimming Pool To Be Opened Sunday Afternoon The Decatur municipal swimming pool will open Sunday after- ' noon at 2 o'clock for the beginning ! of the summer season. Marion Feasel, the supervisor at the pool, announced today. Persons of all ages may enjoy the pool Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5 o’clock, providing they have obtained the proper health certificates. Mr Feasel said today the schedule for the remainder of the season will be announced within the next few days and that it will be similar to that in effect 'n previous years. Under the direction of Frank Burns, water works department employes today are repairing the hand rails along the sides of the pool. Street department employes under the supervision of Ralph Roop, civil works commissioner, are painting the pool. It is expected that the water departmet will be able to begin filling the pool by late Wednesday afternoon or early Thursday morning in order that the water may be brought to the proper temperature by Sunday afternoon. Children of 14 years of age and tinder may obtain health certificates free of charge at the pool from 1 to 3 p. m. Friday afternoon. Persons over the age of 14 must obtain health certificates from any of the Decatur physicians. Np admission is charged for the use J of the pool. o Roger Swaim, of Bluffton wae a visitor here today.

MAJOR LEAGUE ' GAMES ATTRACT HUGE THRONGS Largest Crowd In History Jams Yankee Stadium Memorial Day New York. May 31.—<UJO—Baseball history was made yesterday at the box office. A total of 323.403 persons paid their way through the turnstiles to see the Decoration Day games. The largest crowd In baseball annals. 83,533, jammed Yankee stad- | ium to see the world's baseball champions put on a Barnum and Bailey show. Throwing in a fistfight for good measure, the New York Yankees walloped the Boston Red Sox twice, 10 to 0, and sto 4. Irritated by a bad pitch which hit him on the leg, Jake Powell, Yankee outfielder, walked out to challenge Archie McKain, Red Sox pitcher. Before any blows were struejc manager Joe Cronin came in to stop the fight. The result developed into one of the bitterest battles ever staged in Yankee stadium. Cronin and Powell exchanged blows before a bigger crowd than will see Barney I Ross and Henry Armstrong fight tonight and Max Schmeling and Joe Louis fight June 22nd. Separated, they went under the stands and continued their fight until the Yankee players tore Cronin loose from the battle. The battle between Cronin and Powell was one of the high spots ' of the biggest baseball days in history. The Yankees knocked Lefty Grove out of the box and beat him for the first time this season after the venerable southpaw had won eight straight games. Then with Lefty “Gomez, the "divorcee," on the hill, they came from behind to win the second game and slam | their way into second place. Meanwhile the Cleveland Indians held to their brisk pace by knocking off the Chicago White Sox twice, 5-2 and 8-1, to hold their American league lead. Bob Feller pitched a five-hit game to win the opener ad Johnny Allen came back to win the second game with a four-hitter. Before a surprising crowd of 35,-' 724 (whoever heard of this many people rushing into Shibe park to see a seventh-place club in action?) Washington broke even' with the Athletics. The Senators won the opener, 9-4, and the As copped the second, 9-1. Out in Detroit, before 49,500 fans, the Tigers split with the St. Louis Browns. Rudy York hit a home run with the bases loaded as the feature of the first game won by the Tigers, 10-9. Then Les Tietje hurled a masterpiece as the Browns triumphed 3-0 in the nightcap. The Amazing Boston Bees knock-. ed off the league leading New York Giants twice before 41.036 fans. Jim Turner blanked the Giants in the first game, 6-0 and Danny MacFayden shut them out 1-0 in the second game. Two tense struggles occurred in Chicago before 41,216 fans as Cincinnati and Chicago divided the double header. Paul Derringer scored a seventh triumph by pitching the Reds to a 7-3 victory over , the Cubs in the first game. The I Cubs won the second game 3-0 behind the superb pitching of big Bill Lee. In the longest game of the season the Pittsburgh Pirates triumphed over the St. Louis Cardinals. 5-4 in 17 innings. The winning run i came when Stu Martin threw wildly. The Cardinals triumphed in the second game, 9-6, to get an even break. The lowly Phillies put on two

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' Ross Gets Brothe ZAg| / ■ WyM I; s - Im ■ ii■ — -- Getting some advice from his brother George, Barney Ron m, champion, is pictured in a gymnasium, New York Citv for postponed fight with Henry Armstrong,

I late rallies to wrest the double: (header from Brooklyn, 9-5 and 7-4, This left last place on the Nation,al league so muddled it takes a mathematician to figure out wheth- ; er the Phillies or the Dodgers are ‘ carrying the red lantern. What did you do on Decoration j Day? Yesterday's hero: Joe Cronin, ian Irish boy from San Francisco who walked hito flying fists underneath Yankee stadium and won ( his battle—and it's only too bad that the 83,533 fans up above i couldn’t have seen his courage. o COON CHASE IS WELL ATTENDED BlutTton And Convoy Dogs Win First Prizes Memorial Day One of the most successful coon chases ever held in the county was ' staged at Sun Set park. Memorial Day before a large crowd of mem bers of the sponsoring organiza- | tion, the Adams county fish and • game conservation league. Many ' 1 residents of Decatur and surrounding community, who are not mem- .' I,t-rs of the club, also attended. More than 100 dogs from Indiana and surrounding states were entered in the contests. There were 12 tree dogs and 12 line dogs I in the finals. The prize winning tree dog was I “Mike,” which won S2O for bis I owner. Bill Beiberstein, of Bluffton. The second tree dog was “lardy,” owned by D. H. Amiveg. of Ohio City, Ohio, and won $lO. The first place winner in the line dog contest was “White Flag." owned by Doyle Studey. of Convoy, Ohio, awarded S2O. Ten dollars was given to C. W. Brown, of this state, whose dog, "Wild Cat,” was the second place winner in the line dog contest. The next regular meeting of the ; club will be held Monday. June 6. at 7:30 o'clock in the Moose home here. All members have been urged to attend as important matters

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