Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1938 — Page 6

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DEAN PITCHES CUBS VICTORY OVER PIRATES Dizzy’s Triumph Cuts Pirate Margin To Half A Game Chicago, Sept. 28.- <U.R> — Roar-, Ing, red-faced Gabby Hartnett sent his Chicago Cubs tnundering after Pittsburgh s tiny naif game lead in the National league pennant race today with the Pirates already reeling from a defeat by the greatest, money pitcher of them all. Dizzy Dean. Gabby gambled on old Diz in the , crucial series opener with the leaders and the great one, who had been virtually helpless on the mound since Aug. 20, threw and threw until his costly arm hung limply at his side. But he licked the Pirates. 2 to 1, pitching to every man but the last who finally was struck out by big Bill Lee. Dizzy's remarkable seven-hit vic- ' tory filled the gap while Clay Bryant was having his second day of I rest and today Clay goes up against ! Bob Klinger, another Pittsburgh star. Since Sept. 4. Bryant and Lee have been winning games every two days and if their streak is stretch during this series the pen-' nant likely will go to the Cubs. The Pirates, however, stil are on top and thats what counts. Vic- i tories in the next two games would i _ _________ ___________ TONIGHT ONLY ♦- •| SPECIAL notice: FREE ACT in front of theater at 6:45 tonight! Come and see lots of surprising stunts! — ON STAGE — LN PERSON A Solid Hour of Variety Entertainment! Shorty Sutton’s Melody Ranch 16 — Performers — 16 Cowboy band; girl musicians; singers; whip crackers: comedians. STAGE SHOW 9 P. M. — On The Screen — Action Special With Great Star Cast! “THE CHASER” Dennis O’Keefe, Lewis Stone, Ann Morriss, Nat Pendleton. ALSO—Selected Short Subjects. * EXTRA! SCOOP! * First and Exclusive Newsreel Pictures cf Eastern Hurricane! All For ONLY 10c-25c o—o Thurs. Fri. i Sat.—Harold Lloyd in “Professor Beware" (See Accompanying Adv. on this page.) —o Sun. Mon. Tues.-“ Give Me A Sail-] or” — Martha Raye, Bob Hope. Toniffht & Thursday For His Performance in This Picture Spencer Tracy was named 1937’s Greatest Actor! “CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS” Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Lionel Barrymore, Freddie Bartholomew, Melvyn Douglas. ALSO —“Secrets of Treasure Island.” < Both IVV Nights o—o " Fri. t Sat. — HOPALONG CASSIDY, ‘Pride of the West.” ONLY 10c —o Sun. Mon. Tues. — 2 Big Hits! “BOOLOO” Jungle Sensation! 4 “ANYTHING FOR A THRILL”

| jusf about clinch it for them, j Dizzy's triumph hi the series oploner, his seventh of the year' I against one defeat, was the 19th , In 21 guinea for the streaking Cubs. 1 meestde Buts ofth i Cubs. It seemed they had all the ■ breaks a hot club usually gets, but j 1 j through it all the 42.238 fans jamI mlng Wrigley field in the true I world series frenzy sensed that Dizzy Dean was the man of the i hour. I For Diz. it must have been one ' of those victories he’ll store back I In his memory along with that wild , I world series of 1934. He won a game yesterday that had ull but been conceded to Pittsburgh. Many thought Diz was just thrown in there to allow Bryant and Lee to j rest. ’''' V.' Ole Diz hiixed his creeping curve with a fast ball that zipped I into nowhere. The best the PirI ates could do was seven hits and ' even with two on. two out in the ninth, Diz might have retired the side and had a shutout. Instead Lee came in to face Al Todd. A wild pitch scored the only Pirate run, but Todd struck out ending the game. j Rip Collins opened the scoring ] with a triple off Jim Tobin to start ■ the third inning. Bill Jurges then 1 brought Rip home with a single to ; right. In the sixth, the Cubs got ■ their other run on singles by Frank Deinaree and Phil Cavar- ' ‘ etta and a force play by Carl Reyn- ‘ ' olds. Cavaretta went in to play ’ ' left field after Augie Galan re-in- ’ ! jured his trick knee. STANDINGS !; NATIONAL LEAGUE t W. L. Pct. C. B > ] Pittsburgh . 85 59 .590 J Chicago Bfi Cl .585 r New York 80 67 .544 fi* 2 ( Cincinnati 78 C 6 .542 7 s Boston 75 72 .510 11>4 r I St. Louis 68 78 .466 18 I Brooklyn . 66 79 .455 1 i Philadelphia 45 101 .308 41 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE ' t W. L. Pct. G.B. 1 1 New York 97 51 .655 Boston 85 60 .586 10 '-s I Cleveland 84 63 571 i?‘ = I Detroit 80 69 .537 17bz | Washington 73 74 .497 23' 2 Chicago 61 80 .433 32’» St. Louis 53 92 .366 42’ 2 { Philadelphia 52 96 .351 45 . YESTERDAYS RESULTS J National League , New York 5-1. Brooklyn 3-5 (sec- ( ond game called in sixth, dark.) Boston 2-4. Philadelphia 1-1. <■ Chibcago 2. Pittsburgh 1. . ( Cincinnati 3. St. Louis 1. j American League ] Cleveland 6. Chicago 1. ; Boston 11. Philadelphia 1. a Detroit 5-10. St. Louis 4-2 (sec- q ond game called in seventh, dark), f New York 5. Washington 2. s i - - - - • —x aw Thurs. Fri. & Sat. Another Big Special! 1 n i

GREENBERG AND CHICAGO CUBS INSPOTLIGHT Hank Nears Ruth’s Record; Cubs Nearer To League Lead New \ork. Sept. 28 — (U.R) — Almost all the baseball world today gave a wnoop and a holler and lined up solidly behind heroic Hank Greenberg and the gallant Chicago Cubs in their quest of laurels everyone believed beyond | their reach With 58 homers Greenberg I needs only three in five games to I smash Babe Ruth’s record of Go made in 1927. Even the Bambino himself is pulling for Greenberg, - "I wish aim luck." was the Babe's comment w hen told of Green-1 berg's two homers yesterday. With eight straight victories, i the Cubs were within half a game of overhauling the league-leading ] Pittsburgh Pirates in the sizzling, National league race Almost I everywhere except in Pittsburgh baseball fans are rooting for Gab- i by Hartnett, the popular Irish' nilot. to get his Cubs home in front and climax one of the great-1 est September drives in history On Sept. 1 the Cubs were in fourth place, seven games from j the top Even the New York Yankees, league champions, are pulling for, the Cubs. This possibly may be] because of the larger gate which would result with the Cubs in the series. Arnone baseball fans. I however, there is sentiment for' the underdog and for a team that can fight its way up a tough trail with only two pitchers. Big Bill | Lee and Clay Bryant, who have | shouldered the mound burden between them the past month. Dizzy Dean's grand performance , which turned back the Pirates yesterday. 2-1, also contributed in rousing fandom to cheer for the . Cubs Dean held the Pirates to: seven hits in 8 2-3 innings. Hartnett took him out with two out in , the ninth because he was tired. Lee. who pitched and beat the Cardinals Monday, uncorked a j wild pitch to let in the only run. Then he fanned Al Todd to end the game. The victory had its ] price as the Cubs lost outfielder | Augie Galan, who twisted his ] knee in sliding. With five games left to play, the Cubs still must win one more thanwthe Pirates in their remain-] ing six. to grab the pennant. If both clubs win the same number of games Pittsburgh will finish in front. For instance if each i team wins three games the stand-, mg would be; W L Pct. Pittsburgh 88 62 .587 Chicago 89 63 .586 By hitting two homers yester-i day Greenberg moved one game ahead of Ruth's record-breaking pace. Hank hit 57 and 58 in his; 14Sth game. Ruth didn't get his I 58th until game No. 149 But he I also hit No. 59 in his 149th game., Thus the Detroit bomber will have to get another one today to | stay even. Greenberg has two more games i at Detroit, where he has collected | 39 of his clouts. Both are with i the Browns. His final three I games are against the Indians at ! Cleveland, where he has made only three homers in eight games. I By splitting a doubleheader] with Brooklyn the Giants were I eliminated of all mathematical ; chance of finishing higher than third. The Giants beat Freddy Fitzsimmons, 5-3. in the opener,, but John Gaddy, a rookie from Elmira, and Luke Kamilin combined U> give the Dodgers the nightcap. 5-1. in six innings. In the other National league games the Boston Bees lieat the Phillies twice. 2-1 and 4-1, anu Cincinnati knocked out Paul Dean to trim the Cardinals, 3-1 The Yankees defeated Washington 5-2 as Lefty Gomez scored his 18th victory. Bob Feller fanned ten to score his 17th victory as Cleveland won from the White Sox. 6-1. Detroit beat the Browns twice, 5-4 and 10-2. The Red Sox slugged out an H i triumph over the Athletics. Yesterdays' hero: Dizzy Dean, 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 Incorporated Rooms I and 2 Schafer Building Decatur. Indiana Phono 2-3»7 —

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I Cubs' fIBS.iX)O pitcher with the, I lame arm. who beat the Pirates' in his first start in five weeks. , — 0 Today’s Sport Parade By Henry McLemore ♦ New York. Sept. 28 — (U.R) — I Baseball is a simple game, played for the most part by simple folk. ' ' and Joe McCarthy is the game's | best manager because he respects I these truths and handles his; New York Yankees accordingly. , This is the opinion of Sammy ' Byrd, the Alabama cracker who ■ saw six years of service with the i Yatiks before swapping his spikes! for cleats and his bat for a bras-, ' sie. Sammy's a golf pro now. but' ! even in the midst of his fight for ] a chunk of the $13,500 prize i mrw>y in the 108 holt Westcliest- ] er open it wasn’t any trouble to | get him talking baseball. “You know, in all the time I! was with the Yankees 1 didn't j hear five cents worth of masterI minding talk. On the Yankees all | they want to know is—can you i hit that ball? Can you throw it? And can you run? Those three] I things are all there is to baseball. I and if you can do them the so-1 called inside stuff doesn't mak, any difference. The National I league managers try to be so I smart —they all still are trying to |be John McGraws in one way or I another—that they ruin a lot of | good ball players. "I know what I'm talking about. . because after I left the Yanks I i had two years under Charley : Dressen at Cincinnati. That I Dressen was so smart he figured | himself right back into the minor I leagues. Your average baseball 1 player isn't a mental giant, you I know. You can't give him too ] many things to think about. If a | player has natural ability the, | best thing to do is to reduce his i worries as much as possible, and —

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] lust let him play the gam® he ■ knows how." Sammy took time out to stuff I ] his gclf clothes in a duffle bag. I ■ and then continued; i "Strategy and tactics and deep I I stuff play minor parts with the Yankees. No one worries much I ■ trying to make a left field hitter hit somewhere else, or stuff like that. The usual order is get up . there, Butch, and take a cut at , that ball.' "As a result the Yanks get 1 more extra base hits and knock | ■in more runs than any other team | : Take the team this year. It isn't , a powerhouse club, but it breezed ( ' to a pennant and will knock the I < National off in the series in about , f I live games.” ' - Sammy figures it will be two I more years before he gets to the ‘ i top as a professional golfer. “I'B hitting the ball pretty weii ! right now, but there are a thou- ( sand little refinements in this golf that a fellow can't get over * ] night," he said "I know a lot of ‘ people think Im' a flop as a golf- 1 er. but I'll show ’em. I decided ' to quit baseball when I found myI self going down hill. I figured I j might just as well get out of a I sport that I was losing ground in.: and get in one where I could move forward. I'm not breaking , even now. but I salted away u little of that money I made in basebail, and before it's used up , I’ll be winning my share of those j tournaments." (Copyright 1938 by United Press) 0 , 1 LEADING BATTERS Player Club G AB R H Pct. Foxx, Red Sox 146 557 133 194 .348 j Heath, Indians 121 479 99 164 .342 , Myer. Senators 123 421 77 144 .342 Chapman. R.Sox 124 467 90 158 .338 . Lombardi, Reds 123 464 54 156 .336 Mize, Cards 143 506 85 170 .336 o Trnd.- In X G„,>,f Ino n nr<-»«n»

The Decatur Yellow Jackets will open their home football season Friday night, tangling with the Tigers from Fort Wayne Central at Worthman Field. The home opening, set for Friday, September 9, wa? unavoidably delayed by the unexpected delay in receipt of materials for installing the new light towers on the south ride of the field. However, all equipment has been received and installed and the field is in perfect condition for the first night game in Decatur this year. Defeated in their first two starts 'hie season, the Yellow Jackets are being put through their paces this week by Coaches Andrews and Dorwin in an effort to iron out the rough spots disclosed in these two defeats. The Jackets showed considerable improvement in their second game of the season last Saturday at Auburn. even though being defeated after holding a six-point margin at the end of the first half. Central will be a plenty tough hurdle for the Jackets to overcome. The Tigers scored a 44-18 victory over Bluffton in the opening game, only to be forced to forfeit the tilt because of ineligibility of a player. Contra! last week scored a 14-7 victory over Central Catholic. Following the home opener Friday night, the Jackets will have little time to prepare for their second game at Worthman Field. Decatur will be host to the Garrett Railroaders next Tuesday night, October 4. The Garrett game was originally scheduled for September 9 but was postponed to next week because of the delay in lighting equipment. One week from Friday, on October 7. the Jackets will round out a busy eight days, when they entertain the Portland Panthers at Worthman Field in the third game in a week’s time. With the football season barely getting underway, and the Pitts-burgh-Chicago dog fight for the Na- | tional League pennant, 'basketball is peeping around the corner, as ' high school coaches of Adams county announce the schedules for the J coming season. Most of the teams ! will start Friday, November 4. ——o HOME RUNS — J Greenberg, Tigers 58 I Foxx, Red Sox 48 . Clift, Browns ..- — 34 ’ Ott, Giants 34 I York, Tigers 33

GENEVA LISTS NET SCHEDULE IH-Came Schedule, Two Tournaments On Geneva Basketball Card The 1938 39 basketball schedule of the Geneva Cardinala was announced today by R. O. Hunt, principal, and Jobn Bauman, coach. A fbtal of 18 gatnea are un the schedule. In addition to a fourteam invitational tourney at Geneva Friday, December 30, with Hartford. Bryant and Petroleum as the other competing teams against the Cardinals. Geneva will entertain the Decatur Yellow Jackets on the Geneva floor Friday. November 25. The complete schedule follows; Nov. 4— Monmouth at Geneva. Nov. 11 —Monroe at Monroe. Nov. 18 —Berne at Berne. Nov 25 Yellow Jackets at Geneva. Dec. 2 Kirkland at Kirkland. Dec. 3—Jefferson at Geneva. Dec. 9—Pleasant Mills at Pleasant Mills. Dec. 16—Hartford at Geneva. Dec. 23—Bryant at Geneva. Dec. SO— Blind tourney at Geneva tHartford, Bryant. Petroleum) Jan. 6 —Monroe at Geneva. Jan. 7— Pleasant Mills at Gen-] eva. , Jan. 13—Coldwater. 0., at Coldwater. Jan. 14 —Jefferson at Geneva. Jan. 19-20-21 —County tourney. Jan. 27—Bryant at Geneva. Feb. 10—Kirkland at Geneva. Feb. 17—Hartford at Hartford. Feb. 21—Jackson Twp. at Geneva. Feb. 24 — Monmouth at Mon- j mouth. I 2 -d Decatur Bowling League Results | • ELK’S LEAGUE Tails Macklin 167 164 222 Strickler - 167 152 158 Beal 153 184 Schneider ... 181 206 168 Stump 162 208 208 ] Baker - 190 | Totals 830 830 940, Antlers Brledr 161 ISI 192] I DeVoss . .. 208 165 139' Ehler — 136 162 162 I Miller 106 173 175! i; 135 135 135 j •I “ I i Totals 749 796 803] Legs Laurent 124 . 148 |G. Gage 159 136 148 [ Metzler 187 143 10< | A. Miller 133 151 IM Mies 141 191 198: Hunt — - 127 i —. — — : Totals 744 748 182 • i Hoofs ■ D. Gage 168 170 181 | ■ Beal - - 176 133 147 > Brunnegraff 139 174 168 | Reynolds 125 156 167 ■ Mutschler 160 206 172 ! I ” > l Totals 768 839 835 . I o 1 Conservation League To Meet Monday Night t ' The Adams county fish and game conservation league will have its , regular monthly meeting Monday night, October 3, at 8 o’clock in t the Moose hall. All members are 1 urged to be present. ! Air Corps Head I isSS iH? | Gen, H. H. Arnold s ‘Death of Maj. Gen. Oscar West- . over, head of the U. S. army air 8 corps, elevates Gen. H. H. Arnold 4 to the position. General Arnold 4 s shown. Westover was killed in i 3 j a plane crash at Burbank, Cal. '

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