Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1938 — Page 6

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FRENCH BLANKS ' GIANTS, GABBY SHIFTS LINEUP Cubs Manager Benches Two Regulars, Defeats Giants i Chicago. Aug. 5 — (U.R) Gabby’ Hartnett's three word speech to the Chicago Cubs when he was < levated to the boss man s job July 20 was: "Win or else ” Hartnett wasn't kidding either. In one ol the most drastic moves of the baseball season the big. blustering catcher-manager benched two of the Cubs' highest-priced ' stars. Rip Collins and Frank De- I tnaree, yesterday following Wed-' nesday's defeat by the Ciants. He yanked Phil Cavarretta in, from the. outfield and put him on I first base in Collins’ place. He' sent rookie Jim Asbell in right field in Demaree’s spot. The ' shift had an electrifying effect up-' on the entire Cubs ball club. Cav-1 arretta didn't make any hits but | fielded flawlessly at first. Asbell ! l ipped out two line singles and . scored two runs The Cubs play-' ed like champions asrfhey knocked ' off the Giants. 6-0. Larry French, who has been hav-1 ing the worst luck of his major league career, did an about face: with the Cubs and pitched a heauti I fill 6-hit shutout. He twice fanned his nemesis, Mel Ott, who four I

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I times this season Ims slugged him for homers. In shaking up the Cubs Hartnett I put himself right on* the spot hy , i moving up to the dean up spot. I 1 He showed whul he meant when 'he said he wanted ball players who can swing mid hit when he himself clouted n 400-foot homer | ! with two'jnen on base during the [ Cubs' 5-run rally in the sixth. Pdll ■ Lohrman, who had won five i straight games, was routed in this frame. The triumph enabled the Cubs to move within a game and a half j of the second place Giants and to • trim Pittsburgh's margin to 7 games. The Pirates succumbed to the Boston Bees. 4-3. Although rapped for 12 hits Danny MacFayden kept • hem scattered. Joe Stripp's long ' fly with the bases loaded in the eighth gave the Bees their winning ' run. Vince DiMaggio hit a homer I with two mates on base. Scoring six runs in the fifth the, 1 ,'New York Yankees won from De-;' | troit, 8-4. and increased their! I American league lead to 25£ games I 1 'as the Indians were idle. Joe Di-i I ' Maggio hit homer No. 20. After! 1 getting away to a 4-0 lead Vernon i 1 Kennedy blew sky high in the fifth ! and the Yanks ran wild. ; 1 Bouncing back from a double deI feat the Chicago White Sox dished 1 ' out a double dose to the Philadel- 1 I phis Athletics. S-2 and 7-3. Thorn- t ' ton Lee and Jack Knott were the I ! winning pitchers. Rip Radcliff I made seven straight hits to com- t bine with three in a row the day I previous and came within two of I the recent consecutive hit record i of 12 made by Pinky Higgins. , Washington slugged out 14 hits , to trim the St. Louis Browns. 10-4. i <

BROKER STARTS GOLF MARATHON I Chicago Man Set To Play 111 Holes Today. Each Round Under 95 Olympia Fields golf course. Chicago, Aug. 5. (U.R! J Smith Fer-. 'rebee. young LaSalle street brok-l er. started out today at u stroke-1 a-minute clip In his dawn to-dusk’ ; marathon with a $30,000 share of. , an old Virginia plantation and $2,-1 500 in side bets at stake. Ferrebee, 31, already owns half the plantation. His partner, Fred Tuerk, agreed to give him the I ■other half if he could play 1441 holes on the tough Olympia links. I each round under 55 9s strokes.; between dawn and nightball. It l was their way of dissolving a part-' nership they couldn't settle any other way. Ferebee teed off at 5:05 a. tn. I on the No. 4 course toughest in the championship layout. Swinging along at a dip that quickly j tired the small gallery, he finish-1 ed the first 18 in 90. "I can better that.” Ferrebee snapped —and he did on the return 18. He came in eight strokes better for an 82. That's what he usually takes for the course. He bore down on the third 181 but took another 82. Statisticians in the gallery informed the player he had swung I 172 times in 170 minutes for a stroke-a-minute average over the! first 36 holes. They calculated! that he had used only four min-1 utes and 42 seconds on each of the i first 36. but that didn't satisfy! Ferrebee. "I can better that,” he reiterat-] ed. He shifted from organge juice, which he had sipped as he strode over the fairway, to beer. "Get my other shoes ready,” he told one of his three caddies. As a precaution against losing time hunting balls, Ferrebee had two caddies ahead as spotters. A third—a husky lad—was burdened down with four woods, 10 irons, two extra pairs of studded shoes, orange juice, beer and candy bars. As he turned into the third 18. Ferrebee said he was “more worried about making 95 than mak-i ing 144.” He meant that he feared more than he might slow up; on a tough hole whe nhe became ; and run his 18-hole score over 95 tired toward the end of the day than that he would not be able ’ to complete the 144-hole circuit before dark. To complete the course. Ferre-', bee probably will have to walk I nearly 40 miles, although the measured distance of the font j courses each played twice is 29.3 miles. He figured he had 15 hours r of playing time. That would glv°l him roughly 10 hours walking and ; five hours for swinging. ,If he ( took 95 strokes for each 18, the piayer would swing 760 times or 1 five strokes every two minutes. | He was bettering this on the first two rounds but expected to slow down as the day wore on and he wore down. The sun blazed down hot on the j hard fairways and the weather man forecast temperatures in the I high 80's—temperatures as meas-l, ured in the shade. But it will be I plenty hotter than that out on the , links. Ferrebee didn't seem to be minding the pace during the early rounds. A wrestler during his college days, he is well muscled and in good physical condition. He wore long trousers and a sport shirt open at the neck. Dr. Charles Alexander, who gave him a medical examination last night after Ferrebee had polished off a T-bone steak, canteloupe and iced tea for a night-cap, pronounced him in perfect shape. Ferrebee was aware that if he completed the assigned course he wouldn’t have any record. One Bob Swanson played 306 holes in' 19 hours at Los Angeles in 1933. But he would settle his differences with Tuerk over management of the plantation in Princess Anne county, Va. They couldn’t agree on management questions Harry Kelley permitted nine hits ! Zeke Bonura hit a homer for the Nats. No other games were played. r Yesterday's hero: Larry French, Cubs' southpaw who is having an indifferent year but who regained his old time form to blank the Giants.

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY. AUGUST 5,1 ''.!S

Fight for Lightweight Crown Lou Ambers Henry Armstrong The world's lightweight championship will be at stake Aug. 10 in New York when Lou Ambers defends his title against Henry Armstrong. Negro, who holds the welterweight and bantamweight crowns The bout is over the 15-round route.

| and neither wanted to buy out the I other. Neither wanted to go to I court. ’ So when Tuerk heard ; Ferrebee boasting of his golf ! scores he challenged him to settle j I the ownership that way. STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Pittsburgh . 59 24 .634 New York 55 41 .573 Chi, ago 53 42 .558 Cincinnati 52 42 .553 Brooklyn 44 50 .468 . Boston 43 751 .467 I St. Louis 39 54 .419 j Philadelphia 29 62 .319 I AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. ; New York 59 31 .656 j Cleveland 55 32 .632 [Boston .... 52 37 .564 j Washington 49 48 .505 Detroit 47 49 .150 Chicago 38 47 .447 Philadelphia ... 32 56 .364 St. Louis 29 61 .322 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS 4 National League Chicago 6. New York 0. Boston 4. Pittsburgh 3. Cincinnati nt Philadelphia, rain. St. Ixntis at Brooklyn to he played later date. American League Chicago 8-7. Philadelphia 2-3. Boston at Cleveland, rain. New York 8, Detroit 4. Washington 10, St. Louis 4. -o1 Today’s Sport Parade By Henry McLemore New York. Aug. S—(VP)5 —(VP) Whoops-; a-doops, my chums! wouldn't ol’ Tex Rickard kneel over in a faint! His Madison Square Garden, his palace of punch, home of the world's most savage fights, now is turned over to girls softball teams twice 1 a week. Can’t you see ol’ Tex. black stogie clamped in a corner of that gambler’s mouth of his. when he gets a gander of this spelled out in the marquee lights: “Tonight—the Roverettee vs the Elsie Dinsmore girls in nine innings of thrilling softball.” Or when he walks into the fight' arena and the exotic banquet of Christmas night or Coty's passion flower swirls about his head instead I of the strong liniment he loved so , well. But the pay j off would come, I believe, when he took a look at the goings-on. For a man who went sos the Berlenbachs and the Sharkeys the Firpos and the Dempseys blasting one another to bits with' iron fists; for a man whose ears knew no sweeter music than thsi call of the fistic wild —“kill ’,m, kid,! kill 'im, kid!”—Girl’s softball is scarcely adequate. Not that girls softball isn’t pretty, rough, mind you. Why only the other night, when the Roverettes were playing a very important (?) i series, a Roverette batter had her marcel brutally bashed by a fast Ivall. and when the umpire called a third strike on another Rojerette she gave him a glance that said better than words; “One more decision like than and I’ll slap your wrists into a pulp.” And in another game one of the girls was suspended fifteen minutes and forbidden to use her mirror or lipstick for going into third base with her crimson fingernails high. I Girls softball has its own Geh-

, rigs and Greenbergs and Hubbells. ; The star of the Roverette team, i which is sponsored by the Garden. i is Mary Ontek. Softball critics say i Mary, an outfielder hasn’t a weakness. At the plate there is no fooling her. She can hit anything. Throw her a soft one. and she’ll cut it on the bias and knock the hemstitches off the ball. Throw her a fast one. girdle high, and she'll do to it what Maggie does to Jiggs with her rolling pin. Mary is hitting .666 and has scored more runs than there are stockings in a g-oss. The Montreal Maroons, champions of Quebec, are here for a series .with the Roverettes. and their star i ij Dolly Moore, a catcher. One soft I ball veteran, who has seen girl softI ball stars come and go for righ on Ito four years, says Dolly is the I greatest backstop the game has produced. •IBetter than Gabby Hartnett ever was. and a Helluva sight prettier," ' is the way he puts it. “You might as j well try and pick a J. Edgar Hoover’s pocket as to try and steal o.t I Dolly. The opening of a girls’ softball game at the Garden is very remindful of a refined burlesque strip tease act. The girls come in wearing blazers and long loose pants. Then, witli lights properly adjusted, they peel these oft and —presto!—there they stand, lovely in shimmering satin shorts and shirts. It offers a more ! Inspiring sight than do the 4 ankees or Giants when they dash from the dougouts onto the field, to me, anyway. Os course, I may be prejudiced. (Copyright, 1938. by United Press) o Veterinarians Guests Os McMillen Feed Mills More than 200 veterinarians from Indiana. Michigan and Ohio, were the guests here today of the McMillen Feed Mills. The men ar- ! rived this morning and were taken ' on a tour of the McMillen industries. At noon today a luncheon was served at Sun Set park, after which I an outstanding nutrition program was presented. This evening the veterinarians are to be given a banquet at the Anthony Hotel in Fort Wayne. o 500 Sheets S'/ixll Yellow Second Sheets, 35c. Decatur Democrat Company.tf

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SCOTT TAULMAN IN GOLF FINALS Final Match Os State Amateur Golf Tournament Today j French Lick. Iml . Aug. ■' |(U.R> L The final match of the state am- | ateur golf tourney was an all-. southern affair today with Jim Scott of New Albany and Jack Taulman of Columbus ready to blast the full 36 holes to decide the winner. ia The morning round will m J hole, and play in the afternoon will continue until the champion is declared. Scott, 1937 Kentucky amateur champion and Fulls City tlta,ia ' swept to the finals through Bill Thompson of Marion. 4 and 2- H' fired the 16 holes in one under par. clinching the buttle with an; eagle three on the 15th. He took the 16th with a three. Taulman made a brilliant rally to defeat Bill Reed of Indianapolis. 2 and 1. in the other semifinal match. Reed was 2 up starting the l()th. But Taulman crash-j ed through for the next five holes to go into the 15th 3 up. Reed took the 15th with a birdie 4 and halved the next one. He was finished when the 17th also was halved, giving Taulman the game. — 0 _ — LOUIS HAINES WINS CONTEST Haines Team Wins Lightweight Horse Pulling Contest A team owned by luiuis Haines, of Berne, won the light weight i horse pulling contest this morning by dragging 5.441 pounds the re- • quired distance of 10 feet. ! The contest for teams weighing ■ I 2.990 pounds and less was held in ■ Schmitt*, field east of Decatur, be- . ginning at 9 o'clock this morning. Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. , [the last event of the agricultural . show will be held—the heavyweight horse pulling contest for teams weighing 3,000 pounds and more. Mr. Hains was given the S4O cash first prize. The second place team was owned by Glen Myers, of Berne. This 1 team pulled 5.441 pounds four feet.

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I two and u half inches A prize of I $25 was awarded to Mr. Myers. | *The Ralpli Hollenlmcher teum of t j Geneva pulled 5.441 pounds one < toot anti two inches to win third I i prize and sls. The fourth place team, owned by 1 'George Fosn.iugli. of Decatur, pull <-d 5.441 pound. 11 Mi Inches |<> i win $lO. The teams pull a mud sled loaded 1 with cement blocks and ure given 1 thne trial before adilltiouul weight 1 Is added and those unuble to pull are eliminated. H. I*. Schmitt, who owns the 1 field und Is using it as a pmking lot, said today that no charge for 1 parking will lie mad.' Saturday dur ; 1 ing the contest. He did not charge 1 I today for parking during the eon- ■ test. —o ' ,CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) the battery and the start of his; patade through the canyon of lower Broadway to city hall. ; (’lady In a new blue shirt which had been given to him in Dublin, a pair of gray slacks, not new, and the zipper jacket which he wore during his 28-hour flight. Corrigan rode to the battery in a small open car escorted by six motorcycle patrolmen. His lean, peaked face illuminated 11 by the grin which made all Ireland

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