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G.E. RETAINS i TOP PLACE IN COUNTY LEAGUE G. E., Mies And Monmouth Winners In County Amateur League , League Standing W. L. Pct. | G E. 3 0 1.000 , Mies - 3 1 .750 . Pleasant Mills . 1 2 .333 Preble 1 2 .333 , fuelling 1 2 .333 1 St. Mary's 0 3 .000 . The Decatur O. E. team stayed ] on top of the heap in the Adams | county amateur baseball league Sunday afternoon by edging out I a 12-11 victory over Preble in a' wild, free-scoring game at Worthman Field. In other games played In the' league, Mies Recretation defeated Pleasant Mills. 6 to 2. and Mon- i mouth defeated St. Mary's of De- . catur, 10 to 1. Box scores on I these two games were not availabletoday. At the end of seven innings of play, the G. E. team apparently had a safe lead at 12 to 7, but Preble rallied to score once in the eighth and three times in the ninth before G. E. could halt the rally. The winners pounded out 17 hits and Preble 13. G. E. AB R H E Reynolds, ss 5 2 3 2 McDougal, c 5 0 2 2 Jackson, cf 4 1 0 1 ; Busse, If 4 0 2 0 Schneider, lb 4 2 2 1 Harkless. 3b 3 3 11 Omlor. 2b 4 13 1 Mclntosh, p.. 5 2 2 0 Keller, rs 5 12 0 Totals 39 12 17 S Preble AB RHE Bucher, 3b 4 12 1 Koeneman. If . 4 0 11 Durr, ss 5 0 0 1 L. Hoffman, lb 4

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|f ♦ Junior Baseball Schedule Os Week Is Listed Below ;♦ -♦ Junior League I Wednesday, 4p. m.—Rotary vs. | Berne at Berne. I Pleasant Mills vs. Legion at DeI catur. Lions League Tuesday. 9 a. m. —Yankees vs. i Red Sox. 10 a. tn.—Giants vs. Tigers. | Wednesday, 9a. tn. —Cubs vs. ■ Cards. 10 a. m.—lndians vs. Pirates. Thursday. 9 a. tn. —Giants vs. i Yankees. 10 a. m.—Cubs vs. Red Sox. Friday. 9 a. m.—Pirates vs. Tig- , ers. 10 a. m.—lndians vs. Cards. iG. Hoffman, c 5 2 2 0 Beavers, lb 5 2 2 0 I Bieberich, rs 53 2 0 Bittner, cf 5 2 2 0 Meyers, p 3 0 0 0 i Huffman, p .... 212 0 Totals 42 11 13 3 Score by innings: | Preble 100 303 013—11 G. E 013 101 605—12 LOCAL TENNIS PLAYERS WIN Decatur Team Scores Easy 8-1 Victory Over Plymouth The Decatur tennis club eaeily walked off with an 8-1 victory over Plymouth Sunday afternoon in a I conference tilt at the South Ward | courts. The locals won four of the five • singles matches and Plymouth for-' feited the three scheduled doubles encounters. The local tennisers go to Mishawaka next Sunday where they will play their second conference engagement.! Following are the results of the Plymouth meet: Cowan (Di beat Cramer (P), 6-2, 6-4. Hoffman (D) 'beat Binall (P) 6-4. 6-3. Hancher (D) beat Peregrine (P) 6-1. 6-3. Townsend (D) beat McWesson (P) 6-1, 1-6. 8-6. Affolder (D) beat Glaub (P) 6-4, ' 6-3. Downing (P) beat Cline (D), 6-4, 6-3. o STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE — W. L. Pct. New York 34 21 .618 Cincinnati 29 22 .569 Chicago 32 25 .561 Pittsburgh 29 23 .558 Boston 23 26 .531 St. Louis 23 29 .442 Brooklyn 23 32 .418 ! Philadelphia 14 35 .286 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Cleveland 33 20 .623 Boston 32 22 .593 New York 30 21 .588 Washington 30 29 .508 Detroit 28 28 .500 Philadelphia 24 29 .453 Chicago 19 31 .380 St. Louis 17 33 .340 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Cincinnati 14, Boston 1 (Second game cancelled, rain). St. Louis 8-4, New York 7-2 (First game 12 innings). Brooklyo 6-3. Chicago 2-4. Pittsburgh 14-16, Philadelphia 43. American League St. Louis 10-7, New York 9-7 (Second game 8 innings, darkness). Chicago 3-1, Boston 2-6. Cleveland 5, Philadelphia 4. Washington 10, Detroit 6. LOANS] $lO to S3OO STRICTLY PRIVATE NO ENDORSERS—NO CO-MAKERS I There’s no need to feel any embarrassment about asking us for a loan. I Our service to the public is to help I them plan and arrange their money problems. A cash loan may help you. Let us solve your money problems Convenient repayment terms Call at office, write or phone us for full details. You are under no obligation if you do not take a loan. Call, write or phono LOCAL LOAN COMPANY INCORPORATED Rooms I and 2 Schafer Building Decatur, Indiana Phone 2*3-7 Every requeit recelvet our prompt and courteous attention. .

RECRUIT WINS ANOTHER GAME FOR THE REDS Vander Meer Hurls Cini cinnati To Another Victory Over Boston New York, June 20. — (U.R> —As Johnny Vander Meer goes, so goes the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds were in third place in the National league today, and they owed their climb to 22-yehr-old Vander Meer, who only last week became the first man in baseball history to pitch two consecutive no-hit, no run games. After turning the Boston Bees back hitless on June 11 and repeating the performance against Brooklyn on the 15th. this young southpaw had his delivery solved yesterday, but it was still deceiving enough for the Reds to score a 14-1 victory over the Bees. Johnny started off as if he were go- j ing after his third no-hitter in a row. but with one man out in the third Deb Garms slapped a single , to center. That hit ended Vander Meer's consecutive hitless innings at 21 2-3. just short of Sy Young s record of 23 set in 1904. There seemed to be little doubt in baseball circles that the Reds would be a real threat right down to the gfinish line if Vander Meer continues his seiTsational pitching. . And if Cincinnati does cop the flag, it will be the first time in modern baseball history for a club that hah finished last the previous season. In recording his seventh straight victory and his eighth in 10 starts this year. Vander Meer allowed but four singles. Boston's only run came in the seventh when Johnny walked pinch-hitter Earl Maggert with the bases loaded. It ended his string of scoreless innings at 32. far short of Walter Johnson's record of 56 in 1913. The second game of the scheduled Red-Bee double-header was rained out in the last half of the fifth. Cincinnati was leading 1-0 at the time. The pace-setting New York Giants dropped a double-header to the St. Louis Cardinals. Joe Stripps single with the bases loaded in the 12th gave the Cards the opener 8-7. and Roy Henshaw distributed seven hits to win the nightcap 4-2. The Cubs divided a double-head-er with the Brooklyn Dodgers. With Babe Ruth on the coaching line for inspiration, the Dodgers gratified a crowd of 28,013 by winning the first 6-2 behind Pressnell's nine-hit pitching. Clay Bryant limited Brooklyn to five safeties to win the second for Chicago 4-3 after finally halting the Dodgers' three-run rally in the ninth. Pittsburgh went into a tie for third with Cincinnati, above Boston by walloping the Phillies in both ends of a twin bill, 14-4 and 16-3. The Bucs rapped out 34 safeties, including three home runs by Rizzo. In the American league, the Cleveland Indians increased their lead to two games when they nosed the Philadelphia Athletics 5-4. Both teams scored all their runs in the third inning. The A’s four j run burst was topped by Moses' homer, and the Indians came back with five, including Campbell's four-bagger. The second place New Y’orkl Yankees were beaten 10-9 by the St. Louis Browns, and their second game ended in a 7-7 tie which , had to be called at the end of the eighth because of darkness. It will be the only game played in the league today. The Washington Senators climbed back into fourth place by beating Detroit, 10-6, and Boston’s Red Sox came back to win the second game of a doubleheader 6-1 from the Chicago White Sox after Chicago had ended a nine-game losing streak by winning the opener 3-2. esterday’s hero: Johnny Vander Meer, who won again for the Cincinnati Reds. o * Today’s Sport Paraded By Henry McLemore New Y’ork, June 20 —(U.R) —For a man who doesn't like tripe in any ! form the Brooklyn Dodgers base-! ball club certainly served an un-, appetizing dish in its announce-, ment that Babe Ruth had been signed as coach, and that there were no plans to make him manager. I wonder how many basebail I fans who have reached the age ofl i reason believe that no mention was made of Ruth succeeding Burleigh Grimes when club officials signed him to a contract that calls for $15,000 for the remainder of the season? My guess is that there aren’t enough such fans to hold a fireman’s net without it sagging. If I’m right, and I believe I am, then why doesn’t Larry MacPhail come out and tell us the truth? In discussing the deal, club ofTi-

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cials went so far as to say that it was Grimes himself who suggested that Ruth be taken on as one of! his assistants; that no one had sibility until Grimes suddenly hit j thought of Ruth as a coaching pos-i upon the idea and relentlessly j worked out the bargain. You ■ might as well try to tell me. and I tens of thousands of others, that j the last man to be guillotined In' France asked for the privilege of i sharpening the blade before it i whacked down on his neck. If I Grimes doesn't realize that George] Herman Ruth constitutes a threat to his job. then Burleigh Grimes ] should be taken right back to grade i school and started in on his ABCs. I There is room in baseball for a ] ; little more honesty on the part of | club owners and managers. They j depend upon the public for a livelihood. yet they go on season after I season, playing the public for j suckers. They deny deals that al-1 ready are completed: ridicule i trades they then are in the midst. of making: call off games fori | reasons that don't exist. I am sure that if any entirely honest' baseball official ever comes forth the public and press will measure him for a bust and give him a ponspicuous place in the hall of fame, i But to get back to Babe Ruth; and the Dodgers, the Babe’s abso-1 lute inability to remember names ! or faces is likely to bring about I some weird situations, over there: where the peaceful Gowanus canal wends its way. Everybody is “kid" • to the Babe, from children on tricycles to supreme court justices with long flowing beards. With I the exception of members of his own family and his most intimate I circle of friends, it's doubtful if the Babe knows anybody's name. They tell the story about Earl Whitehill and Ruth that illustrates the point. A year or so ago Whitehill. who has been in the American league for years and years, and

Vander Meer With Sweetheart U Jk. BE - ''' W i >. 1 \ li i I Xs-Fl # V7 It 4 Ufa. J JEi J V-J* t « / Z F** 4? ; r ~ * w-ZW/ OibWwr ! rMSffi’LA, v R’C^C3*^ B ssjSsir<ir' w* I *,' -* ... * vJf/ 1 @qWcW'MW < ■ * Wfc — ' Johnny Vander Meer and Lois Stewart Two succenslve no-hit, no-run games, something never done before by any pitcher in the 100 years of baseball history, projects Johnny Vander Meer, rookie southpaw of the Cincinnati Reds, into the sports spotlight. Johnny stands a chance to make something like SIO,OOO for himself now if he accepts commercial offers made him. The rookie is shown, above, with his girl friend, Lois Stewart, of Scran- , ton. Pa.

who pitched against Ruth dozens of times, was on the same train with Ruth. For a gag he took a dining car menu, walked up to I Babe, and asked him to autograph i “• Ruth looked at Earl, didn't know ■ him from Adam, obligingly signed ' his name, and returned to looking ! out the window. . When and if Ruth takes charge ' of the Brooklyns he is going to i have to have a large photograph i album of his players in order to I tell if the right men are playing | for him. It is conceivable that on the days he leaves the plbum at ! home, or misplaces it. his players ; will take a holiday and let recruits i from the neighboring sandlot teams perform their chores. Sandlotters I or his own big-leaguers, they still i would get the same greeting of I “Howya, Kid!” And when Ruth makes up the , lineup it probably will read some- | thing like this: Kid, lb; Kid, ss; > Kid. rs; Kid, cf; Kid. 3b; Kid. 2b; , Kid. c; Kid, If, and Kid. p. But anyway, “Kid." welcome back. You were too big a guy to spend your time wandering from golf course to golf course — especially when you putt the way you do. ! (Copyright, 1938, by United Press) ——— o LEADING BATTERS Player Club GAB R H Pct. Averill, Indians . . 53 198 46 77 .389 Foxx, Red Sox 54 200 51 72 .360 Trosky, Indians . . 51 186 43 67 .360 Lombardi. Rette 40 145 19 52 .359 Travis, Senators 59 232 36 83 .358 o — I j HOME RUNS > j ! Foxx. Red Sox 18 |! York. Tigers 17 II Ott, Giants 16 ■ | Greenberg, Tigers 16 i 1 Goodman. Reds 15 d Johnson. Athletics 15

COLLEGE SIGNS GLENN CURTIS Martinsville Net (. oach Signed By Indiana State Teachers Indianapolis. June 20 — <U.R) Coach Glenn Curtis of Martins-1 vllle, maker of state high school , basketbull champions, next fall will become head basketball coach 1 at Indiana State Teachers college, , Terre Haute. President Ralph N. I Tirey announced here today. Curtis' decision to take over the teachers college post brings to an end one of the most colorful and successful coaching regimes in Indiana high school basketball his-: tory. Curtis coached teams have won four state championships dur- 1 ing the past 20 years, a record unequaled by any other mentor. Announcement of Curtis en- I trance into college ranks followed a meeting of the state teachers college board in the office of the state superintendent of public I"',, struction. Curtis will succeed Coach Wally j Marks, who until this year directed basketball, football and baseball ( at Indiana State. Marks will con-1 centrate on football. Earlier in the year he relinquished his baseball 1 coaching duties to Paul L. Wolf, j' former Indianapolis American Association player. President Tirey explained that | the hiring of Curtis completed the : reorganization plan of putting each • major sport under its own mentor. Curtis' name frequently has been mentioned for college coaching positions but he rejected all offers until Indiana State, his alma mater, beckoned. He graduated from Indiana State in 1917, taught the next year in Advance, Ind., and in 1918 went to Lebanon where he coached his first state championship team that year. Shortly thereafter he went to 1 Martinsville and his Artesian teams won state titles in 1924, 1 1927 and 1933. They finished in the runnerup position in 1926 and 1928. During all the years of his coaching, his teams have won 536 games and lost only 143. Tirey announced also that Dr. John Erie Grinnell of Stout Institute. Menomonie, Wis., will become dean of instruction at Indiana State, succeeding Dr. J. W. Jones who resigned to take a position at Northwest Missouri State Teachers college. Mr. Curtis is a brother of Herb L. Curtis, who for many years was athletic director of the Decatur schools, and is now principal at Southport in Marion county. Formal Opening Os New Station Tuesday Hugh A. Holthouse, who has been associated here in the automobile business for the last 10 years, announced today the formal I opening of his new Riverview Ser- j vice station will be held Tuesday morning. The station is located south of ' the north St. Mary's river bridge on the west side of the road. It ] will be decorated on the outside, with a modern white composition coating. All facilities of the sta-1 tion are now ready for operation, including two modern pumps. The ' drive on the north is yet to be widened. As a convenience to the public, steps are being built down the bank of the St. Mary's river to per- \ mit persons to reach the river’s edge to fish or ride in boats. EDITORS PLAN (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Frank Finney, chairman; Mrs. Sanford K. Trippet, Princeton. Mrs. Dean L. Barnhart, Goshen; Mrs. Ray E. Smith and Mrs. Dick Heller. Indianapolis. Table reservations for editors — Frank G. Thompson, Bluffton, chairman; Thomas McCullough, Anderson; Lew M. O’Bannon, Corydon. Golf Jack Dolan, Hartford City, chairman; George L. Crittenberger, Anderson; Dudley A. Smith, Indianapolis. FIFTY ENROLL (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) more Wechter, Wilson Weiland and Chas. Burkhart. Each member will make a report: on cultural methods at the time i the check-up on yields is made this | fall. — -4-H Club Delegates Back From Roundup The Adams County 4-H Club delegates to the RoundlTp at Purdue have returned and reported a very enjoyable and educational trip.. Those who attended were: Margaret Moees, (Hilda Bultomeier, Monica Schmitt, Hazel Ya.ke, Erline Steury, Ralph Grote, Elmer Nussbaum, Leroy Schwartz, Gerhart Schwartz, Miss Mildred Worthman, and Mrs. Helen E. Mann. The demonstration team repre-

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senting Adams county, !>>Roy Schwartz and Elmer Nussbaum, placed fifth in the state contest and third in a special dairy demonstration contest sponsored by the KraftPhenix Company. The 4-H club people are quite proud of this showing, ns the greater number of teams with which they competed were coached by vocational teachers. Q Scouts To Operate Concession Stand The concession stand at the city soft ball field near the South Ward school is to be operated thia year by the three Decatur Boy Scout troops. Sylvester Everhart, Scout commissioner, announced today. Proceeds derived by the Scouts will be used to finance a vacation trip in August to Turkey Run and

SORG’S MARKET! PHONES 95 4 96 FREE DELIVERY 107 N. SECOND A HOME OWNED STORE — QUALITY M EATS —*LOW~PRlic[y FRESH SIRLOIN bTeTW HAMBURG STEAK BOIL I 121 c -131 c 10c I PAN « ~~ FRESH SAUSAGE 15C FRE SH 1 HAM HAM *9aH STEAK- CASING «*An ROAST AVM SAUSAGE K CLUB 1Q1« CHUCK | fi lM STEAKS SMOKED ROAST Young 4 Tender SAUSAGE kijC All Choice I BRAINS IOC OLEO . 12jc L,VER 12 W ' Public Sale I The undersigned administrator in the estate of AustiiM Brown, deceased, will sell at public auction at the | at 344 N. Tenth street, Decatur, Ind., 1 SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1938 | Commencing at 1:00 P. M The following personal property: I Concrete mixer. % bag capacity .Stock Tank Form: Cistern House Jacks and plates; 3 Bottle Jacks; 3’ 2 H P Gas Engine & House Blocking; 76 cement blocks; 3 wheel barrows: lumber: one |7 in. I beam; Ford Model A I’4 ton truck dual wheels; L model trucks; 1 good dump body; range cook stove; kitchen cabinet. < lids; 2 pipe die outfits ’4 to 1 inch: 2 good pipe cutters: pipe wren W cement tools; brace and bits; plumbing tools; 2 picks and tin s. 12 chicken feeders; 2 pitcher pumps; 2 solid rubber tires ou:« demountable rims, like new; lawn mower; good small i" gal. drums; leather davenport; 6 chairs; 3 beds ami mattresses. , clock; radio; sewing machine; rockers; player piano, and ■' M too numerous to mention. 9 TERMS—CASH. ■ ELMER W. BROWN, Administrate Roy S. Johnson —Auctioneer. ■ Fruechte & Litterer, Attorneys. X^ vco „ ms ] HOTEL Mig] /WIAHTIERS j I’ U BffiSb inone’.owndub iUI» ' c ' BffiOH di “' i “- bu ‘ sway T "’t w«" iwlc r ’MM «'•»“ R “' ,ul ’ kep in P |nd {ffgmgfiSS ventikted room.' P°° BMW’ bowling nlley,. Wonderful ood. I Room, IndiiMpola < An Albert Plek Hotel |<>unse w * Mturtd \ 200 Rooms / \ WITH BATH <925 H. A. TARPVe I \ MERIDIAN AT ST.CLAIR x . OPPOSITE VIORID WAR < ▼ / x MIMORIAL p * Rh A'V /

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