Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 187, Decatur, Adams County, 9 August 1938 — Page 6

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SECOND PLACE BATTLES HOLD MAIN INTEREST Superiority of Yanks And Pirates Takes Interest Elsewhere Chicago, Aug. 9 <U.R> With excitement in the pennant races dwindling because of the increasingly apparent superiority of the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees, chief major league interest today centered on the battles

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I for second place In both circuits. I The battle In rhe National league i is a three Way affair between the Giants, Cubs and Reds. Six and a i half games behind the Pirates, New | York holds a game ami a half edge I over the Cubs and Reds who are '■deadlocked for third place. Cleve- | land, trailing the Yankees by 5% I games, has only a game and a half I advantage over the Boston Red Sox. After a day of Idleness all major ( league dubs resume play today. I The hottest action was expected at ■ Cincinnati, where the Reds and Cubs come to grip in a battle for third place. 11 The next six days should settle the Cubs' pennant chances definitely inasmuch as they move into I Pittsburgh for a three game series with the league leaders after they ’ wind up their three game series in i Cincinnati. The Cubs' pitching staff is pretty well shot now with 11 Clay Bryant. Dizzy Dean ami Tex i Carleton all more or less on the I sick and ailing list. Bryant is nursi ing an injured left hand. Dean is i being handled witli kid gloves and ’ Carleton has shown o signs of reI covering from an arm ailment. I The Giants and Reds are in the | same boat as far as pitching goes. I Carl Hubbell has gone sour. Cliff i Melton has faded from the great I form of his freshman year. Bill ' Terry hasn't a single reliable pitchI er. Cincinnati's pitchers have been i blowing leads right and left. The | Reds couldn't find a pitcher to hold I a seven run lead in one of Sunday’s games against Brooklyn. Cleveland's big drop may be charged to a collapse of their pitchers. Bolt Feller, Johnny Allen and Mel Harder all lost their form at the same time. Brooklyn, the most active major league club in the player marts, continues the search for talent in the hope of climbing out of sixth place. The Dodgers latest acquisition is Wayne Lamaster, Phillies’ southpaw. He has won four games and lost seven this season. Last year he won 15 and lost 19. STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Pittsburgh til 35 .635 New York 56 43 .566 Cincinnati ... 54 44 .551 Chicago 54 44 .551 Boston 45 50 .474 Brooklyn 46 52 .469 St. Louis 42 55 .433 Philadelphia 30 65 .316 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. New York 52 21 .667 Cleveland 55 35 .611 Boston 54 38 .587 Washington 51 49 .510 Detroit 48 51 .485 Chicago 39 49 .443 Philadelphia .. 34 58 .370 St. Louis 31 63 .330 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League No games scheduled. American League Cleveland at St. Louis, rain. Only game scheduled. Beard Traps Smuggler Sofia. — i(U.P.z — A smuggler was caught by Bulgarian customs officers while trying to smuggle a dozen rubies into the country in his beard.

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IARMSTRONG IS BOUT FAVORITE - Henry Armstrong Favored To Whip Ambers * Wednesday v New York. Aug. 9. — (U.R>—Tito p boys who lay their money on the B line today gave Lou Ambers only ~ one chance In three of remaining { lightweight champion when Henry f Armstrong surges out to meet hint, fists flailing, tomorrow night r at the Polo grounds. They offered even money that t Ambers wouldn’t last the full 15 1 rounds. r Those odds reflected a general belief that Armstrong would knock ’ out Ambers and thus become the ■ first fighting man in history to > wear three crowns simultaneously, s This belief also was reflected at ' the box office, where It was indit cated the total gate would be less : than SBO,OOO. Poromter Mike Ja--1 cobs insisted today that a “big. last £ minute sale" would bring the gate • to more than SIOO,OOO but he ad- ’ mitted that the advance sale was ’ ouly about $30,000. 1 Many smart boxing men-fellows ' directly connected with the beakbusting business-called the 3 to 1 ' odds the “juiciest ever offered.” They were taking the short end r of the betting, and liking it. Some 1 even hocked rigs and watches to 1 .grab the even money that Ambers ' would be knocked out. These men ' declared that no man under the middleweight division could belt out the rugged little Herkimer ' fighter, recalling that he took the Sunday punches of McLarnin. Canzoneri and Montanez without . folding. Many inhabitants of lammers’ lane insisted that Ambers actually might knock out or stop Armstrong, who scored 35 knockouts ' in 38 bouts en route to the feather--1 weight and welterweight titles. ' They emphasized that jumpingJack Lou is a “cutie” who never goes to town unless the title chips I are down; that when he does cut loose, he is such a phantom no one can touch him. They credited him with the stamina to hold a whirlwind clip for 15 rounds, and with being clever enough to cut the California negro to ribbons and thereby gain a technical knockout. Heavyweight champion Joe Louis j and watched Ambers complete his ; arrived from Chicago yesterday I boxing at Summit, N. J. Though [ he came east to talk about a Sep- [ tember fight for himself, he quicki ly swung into the ballyhoow ehor- > us and said: . "That Ambers boy is awful fast. He's quick to see openings. He'll give Armstrong a tough fight. It ought to be nip and tuck.” Louis spent the night at Arm- ■ strong’s Pompton lake camp. Both men idled today. Lon scal- ■ ed 135’i-,’ one pound more than he , expected to register at the weigh- ; ing-i tomorrow noon. Armstrong, . who tipped the beam at 135. exi pects to weigh in at 133%. They I will motor into New York tomorrow forenoon. o + — —- -■■ —- ♦ Today’s Sport Parade By Henry McLemore Hope Farms. Milton, N. Y.. Aug. 9_ (U.R;-1 saw a baseball game in “heaven" yesterday. I saw an angel start a double t play, cherubims steal second, third. - and home, and seraphims lose a t high fly in the sun. i The angels didn't have wings or harps or beautiful golden hair. They were little colored boy anr gels, in torn knickers and canvas shoes, who had come up the Hudson to “heaven” right smack along with their “god,” Father Divine. The ducky little angels grew tired of hearing “god” talk, long about three in the afternoon, and stole away from the throne room, where the smell was that of fried chicken and corn on the cob, not ,of incense and myrrh. They squirmed away from mothers and fathers, packed tight in a big room, repeating, "peace, father," and “peace, ain't it wonderful,” and stole to the out-of-doors to choose up sides. They didn't have any trouble finding a baseball in “heaven" and

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they didn't have any trouble find- ! ■ ing a bat. They found a big, tall' , : kid who might have been an unI derstndy for Gabriel to act as um- ! pire. and the game was on. I moved around behind home plate, because I was curious to . see what an angel pitcher could put on the ball. Lo and behold! . The little colored pitcher didn’t i have a thing but a roundhouse out. I thought it cut the corner of the plate for a strike, hut I couldn't . hear what the umpire called it because just then Father Divine's voice boomed through the loudspeaker: i “f am the mysterious and the • suspicions and the victorious overcomer of all opposing opposition.' ■ll am the light and the candle and 11 the transmitter of all prohibitation. Ride them wings of morning to- | ward a heaven that ain’t geographi, ical.’’ i During the time I tried to figure • on this “divine” message the bases became loaded and. en an infield bit. there was a close play at the i plate. The umpire called the runner out. Angels, cherubims and seraphims became mixed up in a violent argument over the decision. Words i were said and looks were passed , 1 that have no place in “heaven." j “Peace, ain’t it wonderful,” the I | loudspeaker said. "Peace, ain't it j , wonderful.” j The umpire caught his cue. “Peace, ain’t it wonderful,” he ; called. The scrapping little angels unbundled their fists and beatific smiles came to their faces. They murmured, "peace, father, ain't it wonderful." The game went on. If the sample I saw yesterday of Father Divine's power over arguing ball players is a true example of what he can do, then I think there ie a place for him in major league baseball in case his various "heavens” start folding. What an umpire he would make: “Peace. Ducky Medwick.” “Peace, Burleigh Grimes." 1 Peace, wouldn't that be something? (Copyright 1938 by UP.)

ON ADAMS STAGE WEDNESDAY I —Tl' WBSK' W wk' jfflggg - - -- MMMm . jKgj, , RS we ’<*%■* <■■■■ "Bis Songs of the old west are featured by the “Drifting Pioneers,” celebrated WLW radio act, which will be the attraction at the Adams I theater Wednesday only. The unit includes four young men and Judy Dell, known as the "little mountain maid.” In addition to singing, instrumental music and old time fiddling, the act presents comedy of the nountaineer variety. They will make stage appearances at both matinee and evening shows. The screen attraction will be “Prison Farm” ‘ with Lloyd Nolan, Shirley Ross and John Howard. Advt.

CASTING DROPS TWO CONTESTS General Printing And Cloverleaf Hand Out Double Defeat The Decatur Casting team, after dropping a 3-2 decision to General Printing of Fort Wayne in an exhibition softball game at the South Ward diamond, dropped a 6-2 triumph over Decatur Cloverleaf in another exhibition game. I General Printing took a 3-0 lead by scoring twice in the fourth frame and once in the fifth. Casting rallied for two runs in the sixth Inning but could not put over the tying run. The second game was scheduled between the Decatur and Bluffton Cloverleaf teams, but when Bluffton failed to put in an appearance, Casting played the exhibition tilt. General Printing 000 210 o—30 —3 4 2 I Casting OOfi 0 -2 3 3 C. Claycom!) and Hartstein; Wynn and Haugh. Casting ... 200 060 o—20 —2 3 1 (’loverleaf 400 002 x—.... 7 2 .Beery and M. Ladd; A. Farrar and i Hitchcock. — o Burleigh Grimes Suspended Again New York. Aug. 9. — KU.R7 — The Brooklyn Dodgers will have to get along for a while without the help of manager Burleigh Grimes who was suspended three days and fined $25 for arguing with an umpire last Sunday. The only consolation for Grimes was the announcement yesterday that the Dodgers had acquired Wayne Lamaster, left-handed pitcher, from the Philadelphia Phillies. Max Butcher, a Dodger pitcher, was sent to Philadelphia but the cash consideration was not announced. There seemed little to choose between Lamaster and Butcher on

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TOURNEY SQUAD SELECTED HERE Manager Mies Lists Players For County Entry In Beasancon Meet The li«t of players who will comprise the Mies Recreation entry Into the sectional amaleur baseball tourney at Besancon next Sunday was announced today by Manager Molly Mies. The Mies nine won the tight to truer the tourney ar the Adams county representatives by virtue of a double-win over Monmouth Sunday. The extra players permitted under tourney rules to be added to the original squad as selected hy Manager Mies are: Al Schneider of the G. E. team, Dale Greeley of the Fuelling Aces and Ray Slttsser of the Pleasant Mills team. The original squad: Russell Britteon. Cecil Davis, Wayne Dull. James Highland, Rolland la»dd. Mell I.add, Clarence Miller, John McConnell. Vernon Ogg. Ralph Ritter, Fred Schamerloh and Carl H. Mies. Extend Deadline For Tennis Entry George Laurent, recreation super-’ vieor, today announced that the ut-adline for entries in all divisions of the city-wide tennis tourney has been extended to Thursday evening, when the pairings will be drawn. Decatur's tennis teams broke even in two matches Sunday. The Huntington second district league uginv defeated Decatnr on the local courts. 5-0; and the Decatur team defeated North Manchester at that city. 6-3. in a northeastern Indiana league match. o Kipke Maintains Izead In Voting — Chicago. Aug. 9. —<U.R> - Harry Kipke, late of Michigan, maintain-1 ed his lead today in the poll to select a football coaching staff for I the college all-stars who battle the

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