Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 224, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1938 — Page 8

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GREENBERG BID FOR RECORD IS IN SPOTLIGHT Detroit First Sacker’s Bid For Homer Record Steals Show New York. Sept 22 (U.R) The most alluring situation In the baseball world today wasn't the fact that the New York Yankees have lost six straight or that the Pittsburgh Pirates were winning the National league pennant in a hotel lobby but Hank Greenberg’s heroic attempt to dethrone Babe Ruth as the sultan of swat. With 54 homers in 143 games, Greenberg was all even with Ruth's record-breaking schedule in 1927 when he set the major league standard of 60 —a mark most baseball men agreed never would be topped. Greenberg must hit seven homers in 11 games to set a new record of 61. If the tall, darkvisaged Bronx boy who plays first base for the Detroit Tigers can • get hot' like he did in late July he'll better Ruth's mark. In five i days, from July 26-31. he hit eight I homers in six games. Ruth was pretty torrid himself from the day of his 54th homer until he broke his own record of 59. He clouted six homers kt seven games from Sept. 21 ; ’hrough Sept. 30. During September, Ruth hit 17 homers. Greenberg has hit eight this month. In connection with Greenberg's challenge to Ruth's record, it is interesting to note that many believe the Detroit slugger hits a ball harder than Ruth ever did. Harry Heilman, former Tiger outfielder who won four American league batting titles, says that a ball leaving Greenbergs bat travels faster than balls did off the rraCT Tonight, Fri. & Sat. The World Thrills to New Femirf ine Excitement! She does things to you, you can't forget! DANIELLE I)ARR I E U X (Say. Dan-yell Dare-you) /hrs®? A Wiu™ aMyr aftjy H IrWb 1 Come meet this honey in “THE RAGE OF PARIS” With Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Louis Hayward. Mischa Auer Helen Broderick. ALSO — OUR GANG Comedy; Novelty & News. 10c-25c O—O Sun. Mon. Tues.—The Critics Say it's Joe’s funniest comedy! “The Gladiator" with JOE E. BROWN. —■«—a—asaniCßCTi im — nwsutsHM——t — Last Time Tonight — WALLACE BEERY “Bad Man of BHmstone" Virginia Bruce. Lewis Stone ALSO—New Serial, "Secret of Treasure Island." Only 10c FRI. & SAT. TOM KEENE in “Romance of the Rockies” 10c Both Nights —o Sun. Mon. Tues. — 2 Big Hits! “FURY and the WOMAN" & "CONVICTED"

Babe's mace. Heilman said that Ruth got more life to hi* drive* hut that Greenberg hit* more balls on a line. Greenberg's ireinendoitß power comes from his forearms and shoulders. Greenberg hit No. 54 yesterday with two men on base off Randall Gutnpert of the Athletics in the first game of a doubleheader, lie drove in six runs as the Tigers I won. 9-6. They also won the nightcap. 3-0, an abbreviated five Inning affair in which Bouts Poffenberger allowed only three hits The Yanks let-down continued as they dropped their sixth straight to the White Sox. 5-2 Lefty Gomez couldn't even stop the Yanks' dizzy decline with a live-hit game Joe Gordon made two errors and Frankie Crosetti had one. Thornton lo>e scored nis third victory over the Yanks, sharing this feat with Buck New , som and Monty Stratton. Jimmy Foxx hit his 47th homer as the Red Sox beat the Browns. 8-4. Fritz Ostermueller, with relief from Bob Grove, won his 12th game. It was Buck Newsom's 15th defeat. Paul Dean hurled a seven-hit 1 shutout 'is the St. Louis Cardinals trimmed the Boston Bees. 4-0, in the only National league game. Joe Medwick drove in all four Card runs, hitting his 20th homeland two singles for a perfect dily i at bat. j Yesterday's Hero: Paul Dean, who won his second straight victory in his comeback campaign, after spending the season in the Texas league, by blanking the I Bees STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. Pittsburgh 81 57 .587 ' Chicago 78 61 .561 3’£ , Cincinnati 75 61 .551 5 New York 75 64 .540 6Lj Boston 69 70 .496 12Lj St. Louis 68 72 .456 14 Brooklyn . .. 63 75 .457 18 Philadelphia 55 93 .321 36 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. Pct. G.B. New York . 94 49 .657 Boston 82 59 .582 11 Cleveland 81 61 .570 12% Detroit .. 76 67 .531 18 Washington 71 72 .497 23 Chicago . 60 75 .444 30 St. Louis 50 88 .382 42 Philadelphia 51 93 .354 43% YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League St. Louis 4. Boston 0 (second game postponed, rainl. Cincinati at New York. rain. Chicago at Philadelphia, rain. Pittsburgh at Brooklyn, rain. American League Boston 8. St. Louis 4. Chicago 5. New York 2. Detroit 8-3. Philadelphia 6-0. Washington at Cleveland, rain. o HOME RUNS Greenberg, ligers 54 P ovx. Red Sox 47 Clift, Browns 33 . . »igers 33 Ott, Giants 33 | CORT Were you one of the crowd which packed our theater last night? THRIFT NIGHT. Why not take advantage of this TWO for ONE PRICE Tonight and see A GOOD SHOW? You will see MOST OF YOUR FRIENDS HERE. - Last Time Tonight - THRIFT NIGHT 2 ADULT ADMISSIONS AJV Children under 12 years—loc “CONDEMNED WOMEN” With LOUIS HAYWARD. SALLY EILERS. ANNE SHIRLEY and others, that makes this one of the greatest Prison Pictures > that you ever saw. a real Special. i ALSO—Pathe News and Comedy, “BIRTH QUAKES" with EDGAR KENNEDY, enough ' said. o SUNDAY — “AMAZING DR. GLITTEBHOUSE” with EDW. G. I ROBINSON. O Coming — Oct. 2 that Big Special “Alexander's Rag Time Band.”

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Today’s Sport Parade By Henry McLemore New York. Sept. 22 -XU.R>—Chalk up another triumph for mind over matter, because Byron (Whizzerl White is in town and he still walks, talks, eats, sleeps, smiles and laughs. Since the first of the month this Phi Beta Kappa and Rhodes scholar from Colorado has played in nine footbal games, against the toughest professional opposition, and in each of them he was the allAmerica target. He was the one his rivals wanted to hit, wanted to show up. with as savage blocks and tackles as they could throw, j He took ’em high and low. from the bruising Bears, Giants. Lions and Eagles. Already he has tak*n a jolt for each of those he will get at the end of the season, and hundreds more lie ahead. But he didn’t have a patch of tape on him. or a single bruise when I talked with him last night. He was chipper and happy and looking forward to tomorrow night when his Pittsburgh team takes the field against the Brooklyn Dodgers. “It’s tough but it s swell,” Byron said. “And to be perfectly honest with you it’s a lot tougher than I thought it would be. In a college game there never were more than a couple of fellows who shook you up when they hit you. But the pros start 11 guys who halt kill you each play, and when they get tired 11 more just a little tougher come in. But believe me when I tell you there Is little or no dirty football. Oh, every once in a while somebody will give you a knee, but knees and fists aren't halt as common as they are in college games. The pros hit you so hard they have to resort to rough stuff. Take that Dave Smukler of Philadelphia. No. on second thought don’t take him. He’ll kill you.” White didn’t try to hide his indigniation when I mentioned to him that there were rumors going about that his Pirate teammates were jealous of his publicity and salary and had not been blocking any too vigorously when he carried the ball. “That’s a lie if I ever heard one,” he said. “Everyone on the team from Art Rooney down, has been swell to me. The players give me everything they've got, , and my failures are my own. I threw sway that game to Philadelphia right at the start when I fumbled the ball, but there wasn’t one word of criticism, or one dirty look from any of the players.” I asked Byron if he were as good LOANS $lO to S3OO On Your OWN Signature — No Endorsers Absolute privacy. No questions asked of friends or employer—No embarrassing inquiries. LOCAL LOAN COMPANY Incorporate. Rooms I and 2 Sohafar Building ' Decatur. Indiana Phone 2-3-7

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a football player right now as he was when I saw him play for Colorado against Utah in Salt Lake City last fall. "I’m smarter, but I'm not as good a ball carrier or kicker or passer. opposition in pro football has something to do with that, of course, but so has the strain I’ve been under. You know, I havebeen exhibited like a freak since I signed up with the Pirates. Not that I’m complaining—if I paid a player >15.000 I would exploit him to the hilt, too. But it’s tough toplay your best game when you feel that nothing short of a 50-yard run or a 75-yard pass will satisfy the j customers. I find myself press- . ing all the time in au effort to live lup to my reputation. I try not to, 1 but I can't help it. You know as well as I do that no player ever 1 was as good as my publicity made me olit to be. Well, maybe Dutch Clark is. blit I’m no Dutch Clark. He’s the tops.” Whizzer. 188 pounds of modesty, talks as if he were a flop. The figures don t bear him out. He is tied for the lead in scoring with 18 points, second in yards gained rushing with 118, and fourth among the pass receivers with seven snagged for 88 yards gained. Not bad for a youngster just starting out in the toughest league of them all. (Copyright 1938 by UP.) General Electric Bowling Results j B LEAGUE STANDINGS W. L. Pct. Assembly 3 0 1.000 Tool Room , 2 1 .667 Flanges 2 1 .667 ' Rotors 1 2 .333 Office ..., 1 2 .333 Stators 0 3 .000 Rotor Owens 145 179 156 Miller 79 93 90 ' Heim 162 177 217 ' McClure 131 142 138 ’ Teeple 183 158 142 Totals 718 748 743 Tool Room . Geary 194 174 149 F. Engle 136 169 137 C. Beery 144 136 104 ‘ R. Spade 129 134 165 Scheiman 137 211 150 Totals 740 824 705 Office . Geo. Auer 142 143 141 A Buffenbarger 151 162 140 . C. Smith 146 179 146 . A. F. DeLaGrange ... 115 116 Geo. Buckley 171 177 141 L. V. Baker 77 Totals72s 738 684 Flanges B. August H 9 184 178 G. Lister 138 138 120 F. Busse 131 156 133 H. Heller 106 168 157 H. Ctauffer 122 157 115 T0ta15..646 893 703 Stators P. Hliton 75 117 111 M. Hoffman 122 145 143 H. Kruckeberg 104 104 105 A. Fruchte 138 145 104 Totals 439 511 463 Assembly L, Ahr — 141 169 177 J. Coffee 133 135 139 i C. Kleinknight 101 164 152

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C. Brunnegraff 100 137 147 J. Mylott 140 Totals 475 605 755 o—Decatur Bowling League Results j I * MINOR LEAGUE Gambles Store • R. Woodhall 152 168 151 D. Moses 176 166 184 B. Tutewiler 120 158 133 K. Woodhall 155 145 165 Zelt 151 164 183 Totals 854 801 816 Burkes Std. Service Hobbs 190 160 205 B. Keller 156 146 204 A Burke 118 187 139 T. Bonifas 180 167 127 D. Stump 197 190 218 Spot 77 7 Totalsß4B 857 900 Mies Recreation Blakey 176 142 109 Lyons 256 176 174 Zehr 126 Gallmier 161 164 188 Mies 145 178 122 Schieman 181 153 Totals.. .864 841 746 Kuhn-Chev. Green 159 168 180 F. Ahr 179 139 202 Holbrock 140 169 132 Mutschler 174 156 181 Lankenau . 183 201 231 Spot 2 2 2 Totals 837 835 928 Cloverleaf Frisinger 192 164 191 Thoms 155 165 178 ' C. Farrar 164 133 191 B. Farrar 152 . A. Farrar 225 172 206 ; Hooton 122 149 Totalsßßß 756 915 McMillen's Steiner 135 147 189 , Allweln 105 116 Slickman 133 109 . Gallogly 149 171 161 . Bucher 158 187 188 . Schultz 197 184 ■ Spot 50 50 50 • ' T0ta1*...730 868 881 West End Rest. Appelman .. 164 185 172 . Brunnegraff 133 117 179 , DeVoss 181 150 . Reynolds 177 151 148 • Schneider 131 116 182 I Baker .. 151 Spot 50 50 50 ( Totalsß36 769 882 Casting Co. 5 Spangler 149 166 177 , Hoagland 179 181 149 5 Ross 165 200 216 • Schultz 165 194 189 . Young 160 172 185 5 Totals 818 913 916 o i Central Graders ? Defeat Monmouth 1 The Central eighth grade softball - team scored a 4-1 victory over the >, Monmouth grade team Wednesday afternoon at the South Ward dia7 mond. M. Andrews and Beer formed ) the Central battery, with Wcrst and 2 Feasel working for Monmouth. 4

EIGHT IEFT IN GOLF TOURNEY I Women’s National Amateur Meet In QuarterFinals Wilmette. 111.. Sept. 22 <U.R> - A giant meets a giant-killer today and out of that wild, quarter-final scramble will emerge the lower bracket favorite for the women's national amateur golf crown. The Giant is hnsky Dorothy Traung of San Francisco and the other of course, is red-haired Patty Berg, the Minneapolis wizard, whose deadly irons have given her the greatest record in golf for 1938. It's the hottest match of the day and the victor likely will be the i final round opponent of Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page, the defending champion from Chapel Hill. N. C., who plays Just enough golf to win all her matches. Mrs. Page meets Mrs Frank , Goldthwaite of Ft. Worth. Texas, and Peggy Graham. Hollywood, Cal., plays Mrs. E. R. Hury of Dallas. Tex., in the upper bracket quarter finals. Marion Miley, former western derby champion from I>xington, Ky., meets Marjan McDougall of Portland. Ore., in the other lower bracket math. Both Patty and Mrs. Page had scarce* yesterday. After winning her second round match easily from Jean Bauer of Providence. K. 1. 4 and 3. Patty started badly Does Bladder Irritation Wake You It, not normal, it* nature, warnine etIA.NGEK AHEAD.'' Make this 20c ge,t. Use buchu leaws. jumper oil ami e> other druc* made into green tablet,. Help the kidney, flush out exces, a< id, and other waste, which can cause the irritation resulting in getting up night*, trequenl or scanty flow. burn, jng or backache. Ask any druggist for Buket*. Your 250 back Jt not pleased in 4*days. Locally at llolthouse Drug Co.

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agslnst 20-year-o)d Eva Shorb of Canton, Ohio, and was four down tit the end of nine holes. She picked up three straight with a par and two birdies coming in, evened the match with u par on the 15th and clinched it with another par on the 17th where Miss Shorb * drive was wide of the green and she took a bogey four. .Mrs. Page almost blew her second round match to Helen Waterhouse. Warwick. R. 1., by scoring a pair of shaky sixes late in the match but her foe cracked at the same lime and the champion finally won 2 and I. She later defeated Betty Jameson. San Antonio, Texas, 4 and 2. LEADING BATTERS Player Cltth GAB R 11 Pct. Foxx, Red Sox 141 538 130 I$R 350 Isombardi, Reds 117 440 53 151 .345 Myer. Senators 119 406 74 138 .340 Averill. Indians 126 447 96 150 .336 Heath. Indians 116 457 94 153 .335

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