Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 107, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1939 — Page 8

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Amateur Baseball League To Open SundaL

MIES TO PLAY C. E. TEAM IN OPENINC GAME Three Gaines To Mark Official Opening Os County League Sunday Th* Adams county WPA amatetir ino-agr limit > baseball lea«u* will open the season Sunday afternoon with thre. gam** *»»« the schedule Sl* trama are entered In the league thia season. These teama are Mies Recreation and General Electric. both of Decatur. Fuelling Acea. Pleasant Milla, I'titoa Acea and Fro-dheim The feature of the opening day games will be the battle between the two Decatur teams, Miea and G R. at Northman Field Thia came is scheduled to get underway al 2 oclock Low admission prices of to and 15 <-rnta will be < harg.-d In other games Sunday. Pleasant Milla will play al I'nion. and Friedheim will play Fuelling All games are scheduled to start thia season at 3 e'rlock. standard time, except at Fuelling, where starling Ilin** util br 1 3<» p in. Tentative Lme-upe The tentative starting line-ups for the opening game at Worthman Field are aa follows Mies (J E R Ladd m Reynolds Ogg lb Strickler Miller 3b Rlythe Harkleaa 3h Macklin Ritter If . Busse Agler <f Jackson Rush or Raker rs I'ottrad Rrittson c M Ladd Mies p Conrad Sluaser p Sc hnetder P Passwater Revised Schedule George Laurent. WPA recreation supervisor and secretary of the league announced a revised schedule today, which haa been altered to prevent any Scheduled double headers at Worthman Field May 7 Mies at G E ; Pleasant Milla nt I nion Friedh. im at Fuelling May 14 Fuelling al Mies G E at Pleasant Mills. I'nion at Fried YOl R LOAN is made in itmost CONFIDENCE: The years of reputable w»ct rendered by the Oeeatur Loan 4 Discount Co la known to the oeople of Decatur and surroundin# territory. Personal and bugtrese loans are matters of eons denee. Inquire as to our tervicea. DECATUR Loan & Discount Co. Ove» Auto License Bureau Decatur. Ind. Vlttd Ct tab? Let us tell you about the Life Insurance Company’s new Farm Loan Plan. Low rates, a 26 year repayment plan, a Reserve Fund Safety feature, a liberal pre-pay* ment privilege, no com* mission, appraisal, or title examination costs to the borrower. It’s worth investigating. Authorized Representative iff tbit territory Suttles-Edwards Co. Cor. Monroe 4 Second Sts Decatur. Ind.

helm May 31 Friedheim nt <1 E Ml.»« ni Pleasant .Mills; I’nion n Fuelling Muy SS Frlmthoim nt Mien. <1 •E at I'nion; Pleasant Mills »i F<i. lllng * May 4-Fuelling at G E; MH ’ at t'nlon. Pl-.iaant Mills at Fried * helm June II G E at Mies; Furllhii . al Friedheim. I nion at Pleasant Mill* June la- Pleasant Mills at G r E : Mies at Fuelling. Friedheim at I'nion. . June 35 Pleasant Mills at Miro: . G Eal Friedheim; Fuelling at > I'nion. . July 3 I'nion at G. E : Mies at Friedheim; Fuelling at Pleasant Mills July » I'nion at Mies; G. E ai Fuelling; Friedheim at Pleasant Mills. July 14 Miea at G E.: Pleasant Milla at I'nion; Friedheim at Fur 11 lug July 3-1-Fuelling al Mira; C I E at Pleasant Milla: I'nion at Friedheim. July -to Friedheim at G. E: Mies at Pleasant Milla; t'nlon at Fuelling Aug •> Friedheim at Miea: G E at I'nion. Pleasant Milla at Fuelling Aug 13 Fuelling ai <1 E ; Miro at t'nlon. Pleasant Mills at Friedhelm STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W U Pct. Boston M t .447 St Louis « 5 545 Cincinnati 4 5 .545 Brooklyn . a 5 545 Chicago . c ? 4«>3 Philadelphia 7 .443 New York S 7 442 Pittsburgh 4 8 .333 AMERICAN LEAGUE W U Pct. New York M 3 .72? Boston 7 3 .Too Chicago 8 5 .415 Washington 7 5 .5*3 Detroit S s .429 St Louis 5 7 .417 Cleveland . 4 S .338 Philadelphia 3 M 350 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Amwricnn League New York 18. Cleveland 4. Chicago 4. Washington 3. Boston 7. Detroit 4. Hi Louie ». Philadelphia 2. National League New York 4 St. Louis 3 Brooklyn 4. Chicago 2. Pittsburgh 4. Philadelphia 4. Cincinnati at Boston. rain. ' I" 11 " LEADING BATTERS Player Club GARR H Pct: Mailers. Browns s 3<» 10 17 547 May Phillies 12 M * 17 447 Wasdrll. Senators »275 12 444 Kuhel. White So* 13 57 12 35 439 Greenberg Tigers 14 53 12 22 434 HOME RUNS Greenberg. Tigers . 4 CamtUl. Dodgers . 3 Goodman Reds 3 Mite. Cardinals 3 Ott. Giants ... ,3 Gehnnger. Tigers 3 Selkirk. Yankees 3 Williams. Red 801 , _ j mi (b Petition Heard To Modify Court Order Jildge J Fred Frm hte in circuit court this morning heard a f*tßion to modify a former ordet of th- - *»ort in the divorce case of Ethel I: Bryan against Elmer H hrvsn. The petition, as filed by Mr Bry. -,n. asked that an order tie made by the court awarding him the custody of the child. Robert »nd that lie no longer be required to p»y rtipport money since the girl, Ruth. ♦» 2| years of age and married Attorney Frank Gordon of Bluffton represented Mrs. Bryan and Nathan C. Nelson, of this city. Mr. tit yen Judge Fruchte took the mat’w under advisement

Dn You We Make A Federal Farm Loanw Loan? At 4% We’ll be Pleaded to talk thia over with you at any time. ADAMS COUNTY NATIONAL FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION Office 133 8. Second St. Oecetur, Ind. Phone 2 Henry B Heller, Sec.-Treas.

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JACKET HURLER LIMITS BERNE TO SINGLE HIT Schamrrloh Hurls Deca* tur To 2-0 Victory Thursday Fr»-d S< hamerloh. Decatur hurler. waa in rare form Thursday afternoon at Worthman Find. *l4 with im? iiuvl front tint pitched the Yellow Jacket# out of their oltinip with a on** hit inaoterpiet r aguiimt ih e Betite B»-ar». Decatur coming through with a «4> 11 mini'll The only safety off Schanwrloh.« steady hurling was a single by J. Baumgartner. Berne catther. with two gone tn the first Inning. Hurry then grounded to gchtiepp tor the third out. Sehamerloh walked the first two men to fare him in the second frame, but a force play at setoud base, a strikeout and a fly trail ended Berne's only serious threat. Only two other Berne batsmen reached baa*. J. Baumgartner surviving on Mcfonnell's error, the only Ibeatur miscue, with two gone tn the sixth, and H. Baumgartner. who walked to open the seventh frame A strikeout, pop fly and a grounder look care of thia situation. Decatur scored both its runs tn the third inning After McConnell fanned to open the frame. Koene* man singled and scored on Kitchtu t double. Hoffman was safe on a fielder's choice and Gaunt walk-, •d, loading the bases Kitchen tallied the second run on Highland’s sacrifice fly. The Yellow Jackets obtained only five hits off Neueuschwander. Kitchen accounting for two with his game winning double and a single $< hamerloh walked three men and fanned five. Decatur AB r h k Kitchen. Sb S 1 J 0 Hoffman, et 3 0 0 0 Gaunt. If .3 0 0 0 Highland, c 2 0 0 0 B<hamerloh. p 3 0 2 0 S< hnepp. Ib .loon Stapleton. Sb 3 0 1 0 ‘ McConnell, sa . 2 o o i Koeneman. rs 3 110 Totals 24 2 f> 1 Berne AB R H K LeFever. If 3 0 0 0 Neucnschwatider. p 3 0 0 0 J. Baumgartner, c 3 0 11 ' Burry, lb 3 0 0 1' H Baumgartner. 3b 1 o 0 1 ; Stuckey, rs... .... 2 0 0 0 Luglnblll. a5.... 3 0 0 0 Amstutz. cf 3 0 0 0 Llechty, 2b 2 0 0 0 | Score by innings: Berne <><M> <><>«> o j Decatur 002 000 x—2 I — o~— GERMANY SUGGESTS CQNTtXt.Kn FKOal PAUL ONK) self to he cut off from tbs Baltic Sea. Becks declaration, backed by a million Poles under arms and by pledges of defensive aid from Britaln and France, was about what had been expected but Nazis ex-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY. MAY 5. 1939.

| pressed doubt that if offered I ground for future negotiations That doubt, expressed In unoffii rial sources pending a decision by Hitler, was the gravest result of the speech allhongh in Rome there were suggestions that Premier Benito Mussolini might eventually seek to mediate the nuarrd. The Nasis took the attitude that Beck had been unyielding. though belief was expressed that he had avoid'd any provocative * statement that might prompt Hit* , ler to sudden act ton tn bring Dan zig back into the retch by on on* arm methods In Paris and London, belief was expressed In official circles thi.i the speech was both firm and con effiato-y and that It offered no excuse for aggravating the European tension, but fascists in Rome expressed disappointment that Beck took an "unyielding” postGermany reported progress meanwhile, in her efforts to fovm a neutral bloc of Scandinavian and Baltic states ta protect her northern flank in event of war and to offset what the Nazis consider the "encirclement" program led by Britain and France Esthonia has signed a non-ar gresslon treaty with the retch and Latvia has Initialed a similar preliminary agreement. It was an nounced tn Berlin The Scandinavian foreign ministers meet next Tuesday to consider the project. Both Iw-nmark and ffwred'u were understood to he emlutrrasw d by the German proposal, whl-b lb n 1 mark especially because of her geographic position may find difficult to reject although there !• considerable sentiment in ail of the nations for avoiding any sort of treaties. Conservation League To Meet Monday Night The regular monthly meeting ot 'he Adams county fish and garni* conservation learn- will be held Monday night at the Moose tore on North Second street. All members are urged to attend as final arrangements for the coon dog field trials will lie mad- The reeling la scheduled to start l iomptly at ”.3o p. m. W"*' 1 11 e——e———■! i * • I.MMI ♦own — . n*e«f S t NOTE No Shows o" Bunday Mon. Tues, during the summer months. Open Every Friday and Saturday. a Tonight & Saturday Fint Thrilling Chapter “Dick Tracy Returns” 15 punch packed episodes with your favorite radio and comicstrip hero! —FEATI HE HIT808 BAKER in “Ghost Town Rider” TONIGHT « ft ONLY JLVC Saturday 10e*lSc

YANKEES HAND FELLER FIRST LOSS OF YEAR Young Cleveland Star Loses; Rookies Lead All Batters New York. May 5 <U.R) Two strangers, Mel Matient of the Browns and Merrill May of the Phillies, commanded attention from the haaeball ImM today with a pair of robust batting averages Mattern leading the American league Wllh 547 and May pacemaking the National with 447. Matters la a 25-yearold Italian frobi Htmkholm. Calif, who came up lasi year from the Browns' Han Antonia Texas league farm elub labeled ‘an exceptional nutflelder who may improve aa a batsman.** He played in Mi games with Ht. lamia last year and hit .279 This spring Maigcra didn't get hla chance until Beau Bell and Meto Altnada failed to hit He started his Rest game against the Indiana April 2s. He smacked three hits, and nobody's stopped him since Hie hits total 17 In six games He whanged out two hotnera and a single yesterday against the Athletics, driving lu four runs as the Hrowua wun. 9-3. tiehind rookie John Henry Kramer's eight-hit pitching May is a refugee from the Yankee <ham system Imagine behig drafted from the Yanks' Newark club, and winding np with the Phillies That's what happened to May An injury kept him from starting a game until April 22. He didn't make a hit that day. but the next day he got his first safety and he hit safely m his tenth straight game yesterday by having a perfect "3 for 2" day against the Pirates. The Phils bow. .1 to Pittsburgh. 4-4. when Russ Rauers allowed only one hit In 4 2-3 innings of relief work. Any doubt about bow hot the Yanks are was removed yesterday When they lieat bullet Bob Feller. Cleveland's pride and joy. 10-4, in io innings. Feller had the Yanks beat. 4-4. going Into the ninth but they tied the score and won in the tenth with a four-run rally which blew Feller from the mound Babe Duhlgren. Gehrig s subsiituie. went hitless in six trips. ■ The Boston Red Sox ralli.-d to treat Detroit. 7-4 Rookie Ted Williams hit two homers driving In flve runs. W ashington's Ave-game winning snapped by the White

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Hog, who won. 4 2. and ousted the ' Senators from third place Catcher Ken Hylvestri. Ht Paul rookie, hit u homer with a mate aboard Despite wIIdMMNL Manuel Salvo, Hau Diego rookie, hung on for the full route and won his llrat NatI' ' ' | i-opped their third straight from the Cardinals. 43. Lon Warnofce, who bad pitched two shutouts. . a ■ .: k. - . .i - u ltfh -*ud was taken out after Jurgen tripled Even with their ace, RBI l.ee, in the box. the Cuba cuntlnu<-d their woae dive, losing Io Brooklyn. 4-2, for their third straight defeat, la-e wm kina ked out in Hie third, and charged wjtii hla third loan in a row Van Mungo did a brilliant job after relieving H.s>ta T’offenberger in the flrat with the tmeea loaded Yesterday's hero: lainky Ted Williams. Red So* rookie, who hit homers on two successive times at hat against the Tigers, driving in live runs aa Boston triumphed. T*4|, INSANITY IS ICOWTINVKD FROM FAU£ OMMI the attorney indicated. The state rested its case late y*9terday after Introducing into evld«uce a signed contessiou of the murder Miller made to police shortl> after hla arrest. Dr. Kermit F. Perrin, head of the Fort Wayne health clinic, was the first defense witness called yesterday afternoon. He testified that h* treated the defendant .for aj-phills when hr first came to For*. Wayne to attend a school here. The defense lost one round in tbeir insanity pleading yesterday when for the second time Judge Harry H. Hilgemann ruled against Reaching for the Sky! 4 13.7 Miles up— A Remarkable \ YfV Record! of Marvelt— When you feacli for Marvels you get lop quality for les* money zgSjtSto-.. CROWING as Out *M

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