Decatur Daily Democrat, Decatur, Adams County, 13 August 1938 — Page 6

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INDIANS TAKE FIRST TILT IN WORLD SERIES Score 7-4 Victory Over Giants In “Little World Series” — The Indians, American league i champions, inarched to victory in the opening game ,of Decatur's "Little World Series,” by scoring a j 7-4 victory over the Giants, Nat-1 lonal league representatives, Friday at Worthman Field. The second game ot the series will be played on the same field 1 Monday morning at 9 o'clock. A' third game, if necessary, probably • will be played Tuesday. The winner of this series will' be champions of the Lions-Recre-ation league, sponsored jointly by the Decatur Recreation department I and the Decatur Lions club. A, trophy will be presented to the | winning team. The Indians took the lead Friday in the second inning, scoring one run when Hammond singled and the next three’ batters drew, liases on balls, forcing Hammond i to score. Elchorn settled down at ■ this point, however, and retired the side without further scoring. The Giants took the lead with, three runs in the third. Three runs, counted on a hit by Gehrig, a base j on halls and three Indian errors. The Indians tied the count with 1

SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sunday from 1:15. GINGER ROGERS JAMES STEWART “VIVACIOUS LADY” ALSO — Musical Comedy &. Pete Smith Novelty 10c—25c —O—O—O— Last Time Tonight "LORD JEFF” Mickey Rooney, •.— Freddie Bartholomew ALSO — Cartoon: Sportlight and News 10c—25c SUN. MON. TUES. 10c Matinee 1:15 Sunday “HIGHWAY PATROL” Robt. Wilcox, Jacqueline Wells “INTERNATIONAL CRIME” Rod Laßocque, Astrid Allwyn Evenings 10c —l5 c —o—o—o—- — Time Tonight CHARLES STARRETT "WEST OF CHEYENNE" ALSO — "Fighting Devil Dogs" & Novelty ONLY 10c Wed. 4 Thurs. — Howard Hughes' “HELL'S ANGELS” Jean Harlow ONLY ICc

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two In the same frame on two walks, two errors and hits by Terveer and Kistler. A base on halls and a hit by Kuhnle again put the Glunts out in front by one nm in the fourth but the Indians again knotted the I score in the same frame ona walk II and Hammond's scond hit of the I game. 1 The Indiana uncorked the game ' winning punch in the fifth inning. I scoring three times to put the game I o ice. n A base on balls. Fuhr- | man’s hit and an error accounted 1 for the three tallies. Hammond was the hitting star for the Indians with three safeties while Gehrig paced the Giants with two blows. Sudduth held the Giants to five hits, while his mates , collected seven off Elchorn. Box scores: Indians AB R H j Welker, c 3 2 1 ; Sudduth, p 3 1 0 'Terveer, lb 4 11 - Hammond, ss 4 1 3 Kistler, 3b 3 0 1 Brouter, rs 1 • " Rash. If .... 11 " Bocknecht. cf 4 0 0 Fuhrman. 2b . 3 11 Totals 26 77, 1 Giants AB R H j ■ Elchorn, p 5 0 1. Holthouse, c 2 2 0 | Barber, lb 4 0 0 I Kuhnle, 3b 3 0 1 Fisher, If 2 11 ■ Peterson, cf . .210 . Lichtensteiger. rs 4 0 0 Gehrig, ss 4 0 2. I Heare. 2b 4 0 " , j Totals 30 4 5j Score by innings: Giants ’ I"' 1 " l| I Indians , "12 130 X •.( I STANDINGS ! NATIONAL LEAGUE ' ( W. L. Pct. I Pittsburgh 62 37 .626 ' New York 58 44 .569 | ' Chicago 57 45 .559 Cincinnati 56 46 .549 j t I Boston 47 51 .480, j Brooklyn 47 53 .470 j> d St. Louis 43 57 .430 , i Philadelphia 30 67 .309 • j AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. g New York 65 33 .663 Cleveland 58 39 .598 Boston 55 41 .573 Washington . 53 51 .510 Detroit 49 53 .480 Chicago 42 51 .452 * Philadelphia 37 60 .381 v ' St. Louis 34 65 .343 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Boston 2. Brooklyn 1. Chicago 9. Pittsburgh 3. New York 1, Philadelphia 0. J : Cincinnati 3. St. Louis 2. American League Cleveland 12-5, Chicago 9-6 t first I game, 10 innings). New York 4-16, Philadelphia 5-3. Washington 13. Boston 1. Detroit at St. Louis to be playl ed later date. o Local Sportsman Purchases Setter W. E. Fonner. local sportsman and hunter, has purchased a Gordon setter from a Galion, Ohio kennel, which he hopes to use in bagging plenty of quail and pheasant this fall. "Sport” is to be the name of the new canine, which is reputed to be

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the best hunter of its kind. The dog is four months old and Mr. Fonner expects to start training him immediately. ——o SOFTBALL PLAY CARD ANNOUNCED Gaines Will Be Played Monday, Tuesday And Thursday The schedule for next week's eoft ball play at the South Watd diamond was announced this morning by Sylvester Everhart, president ot :he softball association. Two games will be flayed each of Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights. An exhibition game will be played as the opener eac-’n night at 7 o’clock, followed lay t“e regular league tilt. The complete schedule follows: Monday — Cleverleat" Creamery vs. Zollinger Machine Works of Fort Wayne; Monroe vs Pleasant Mills. Tuesday— Decatur CYO vs. St. Mary's CYO of Fort Wayne: Cloverleaf vs Decatur CYO. Thursday—Pleasant Mills vs Yoder; Decatur Casting vs Pleasant Mills. 0 Trude In A Good Town — Decatur

Mickey Given Sendoff by Fans

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Cochrane hailed at airport Loyal admirers of Mickey Cochrane were on hand at Detroit airport to bid farewell to the ousted manager of the Detroit Tigers when he took the plane for his Wyoming ranch.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY. AUGUST 13, 1938.

Mies Recreation To Play In Tourney — All members of the Mies ReereaI t’on baseball team are asked to reI port at the Mies Bowling alleys at |7:30 o’clock Sunday morning. The team must be on the field at i | Besancon by 8 o’clock Sunday, | j ready to play in the first game of ithe sectional amateur baseball tour-' ■ ney. Mies will play Harlan, Allen 1 { county winner, in the first game, ‘ starting at 9 o’clock CST. o Monkey Goes On Spree t -' Wilmington. Mass. —. iU.R> —A I : monkey A.W.O.L. had the time of I t i its life terrorizing women at the | post office by springing at them f despite the efforts of a posse of v! men. children and a few stout- i i hearted women to capture him. -I He finally was caught by Al Pat-, ' | ten, who turned the chattering' r j imp over to its owner. 0 Civic Beauty Rated Low t| Berkeley. CaI.—XU.PJ —Charles H. I . Cheney, city planning expert, esti- . mates present nation wide civic • beauty at about 10 per cent of what it could and should be. He . has given the campus of the Unit versity of California at Los Angeles an 80 per cent rating out of | a possible 100 and that of Berkeley , a 70 rating for beauty.

PLEASANT MILLS Mr. and Mrs. Otte O. Hocker of t Monroe called on Mr. and Mrs. Geri aid Vizard Sunday evening. t| Mary Kathrine McMillen of Fort , Wayne spent Sunday with her pars ents, Mr. and Mrs Brice McMillen. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Evans and i daughter Colleen were Sunday din- , ner guests at the John A. Davison ■ home. Mr. and Mrs. Will Meex and i daughter of Spencerville, Mr. and I Mrs. Merle Potts of Fort Wayne. [ were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Smith entertained Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kreig and daughter’s Carol Ann and Charlone of Akron, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Southerton and son Glen of Macy, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ehrsam were ■ callers at the home of Mr. and Mre. John Davison Sunday evening. Myrna Rita Foor and Ruth Ellen Ehream accompanied, Mrs. Charles • Warner to her home in Frankfort, i where they will remain for a visit. Mrs. Sanford Carter and daughter Betty, son Albert of near Willshire, Ohio, and Ralph Chanie of Celina, Ohio were Sunday dinner] guests at the home of Lydia Me Barnes. Mr. and Mre. Byron Smith, Mr. | and Mrs. Raymond Kreig and family of Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Souterton and family of Macy, spent Sunday afternoon at Celina, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Ehrsam, Mr. and Mrs. Leeter Suman, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ehrsam and daughI ter. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Mann and | daughter Wanda, and The.ma Noll I were visitors in Bluffton Sunday I afternoon. Mr. and Mre. Burdette Custer and son's Burdette Jr., and Jim Tony of Decatur, who have returned from I a vacation trip through northern I Indiana and Michigan spent Satur- ' day evening and Sunday at the home of Mr. Custer’s parents, Mr. and Mre. Lee Custer. Mrs. R. H. Everett and son Donaid spent last Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leeter Everett,' west of Berne, and report the condition of Mrs. Everett, who suffer- ■ ed a stroke Friday July 29 as someI what improved. Mr. and Mrs. James Halberstadt Mr. and Mrs. Thomae Halberstadt, Franklin Halberstadt, and WilloIdoane Ellenbarger of Berne attended the Halberstadt family runion 'at Logensport. They also called at ; the home of Mre. James Halberj stadt’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Plough of 'Scircleville. Mr. and Mrs. James Everett and eons Frank, Carol and Glendoris and daughter Mary Ada are 'preparing to leave Wednesday morn- ] :ng for a trip through the south. { They will visit in Donald, South ] Carolina, as the guests of his brother, Joe Everett, and with relatives in Georgia. They expect to be gone ] about ten days. Sunday afternoon visitors in the O. S. Fortney home were Mr. and Mrs. Oral Britton and son Duane, and daughter Donna, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fortney, all of Sturgis, Mich., Byron Whitredge, Mr. and ■ Mrs. Ira Whitredge and sons Billy ] and David, Mr. and Mrs. Frank ’ Fortney and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Longenberger and Sub Jack | and Harold Dolch. o Trade In A Good Town Deeatnt

MONROE NEWS Mr. and Mrs. George Smith and ron Terry of Marysville, Ohio, rpent Sunday with Mr. Smiths 1 father. F. S. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Hosea Ray of RidgeI Ville visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fos- ■ ter for a few days. Mr. and Mre. Frank Briner spent ! Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. 1. I Crist. Mr .and Mrs. Harry Ehrsam of Fort Wayne visited Mr. Ehrsam's parents. Mr. and Mrs Oscar EhrI sam Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson of Kokomo visited Mr. and Mrs. James A. B° p ry and other relatives Saturday. Mrs. Pearl Smith of Fort Wayne ' Is visiting relatives and friends son | a few days. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Hendricks of Kalamazoo. Michigan, spent the week end with their parents. Mr. I and Mrs. Jim A. Hendricks and Mr. I ' and Mrs. J. N. Bulkhead. | Mr. and Mrs. Don Essex and fa- ! mily of Dewitt, Arkansas, are visit--1 tag Mr. Essex's father, Jesse Essex i and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Menno Amstutz and 'family, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Crist {and sons Quentin and Kermit, and i Mr. and Mrs. Otto Longenberger land son Chester spent Sunday after--1 noon at Celina. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Smith of Fort I Wayne visited Mrs. Smith's parents ' Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bahner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Ray and { sons Bob and Carl of Grabrill vis- • ited Mr. Ray's mother Mrs. Rena | Johnson Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. Elbert Morford attended a district meeting at Spencerville on Tuesday. Mrs. Hattie Andrews and son 'jLeo Andrews of Detroit, Michigan ’ \ isited Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Crist Saturday. — ——o Owl Attacks Whistlers Oberlin. O.—(U.R>—A large owl. which makes its home in a tree on the Oberlin college campus, attacked more than a score of students because it appearently was , annoyed by whistling. Eugene Veverka, sophomore of Cleveland, was th emost seriously injured. His forehead was lacerated by the bird's claws. To Workhouse on Day Off Cleveland. — |(U.Rz —Theodore Regan's employer gas him a day off so he could go to the workhouse. Regan who pleaded guilty in traffic court to a speeding charge, told ' Judge Julius Kovachy that he could not go to the workhouse for three days as he would lose his job. The judge told him to ask his employer for one day off. The request was granted. o Auto Thief Gives Advice Ottawa. Ont. (U.R) — An Ottawa autoist had his car stolen but received a bit of advice from the thief who took it. After abandoning the car, the thief left a note: ' “If you take your keys out when i you park your car, you won't have , ' it stolen again.” Early Arrival Wll ! ¥s . { a JI .j ' •......AgwWß I Omls - ’ IIIh I <y--&%£isßSgßsSSr* » I a ! Marilyn Meske *" Among early arrivals at Atlantic : City, N. J., for the annual "Miss America" beauty contest is Marilyn Meske, selected as “Miss Ohio” \ in competition in Cleveland. The ) Atlantic City pageant opens September 6, ’ 1

Cripple on “Liedown” StriJJ

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Joseph Vnterrelner with brother and sister Staging a liedown strike in the council chambers of the borou^l^^L': 1 Turtle Creek. Pa., near Pittsburgh, Joseph Unterreiner. 28. recover damages for an accident suffered 10 years ago wher. into a manhole, paralyzing both legs. Unterreiner, shown in council chamber with his brother and sister, was originally $17,500 damages, but the award was later set aside on grLunda he was trespassing when injured. 11 '■ — ———

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x wwa* — — — « Chief threat to Don Budge's efforts to score a g ra sl ®™ tennis world is young Bobby Riggs, sensational - * te Budge has annexed the Australian. French and g n crowns and is out to make a clean sweep when the • ■ tourney opens at Forest Hills, N. Y., in September. ■ 13 out of 17 tournaments this season and is recog 1 ranking racket wielder in the nation. .»