Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 109, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1939 — Page 6

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G. E. DEFEATS MIES TEAM IN NINTH INNING Scores Twice In Final Inning To Edge Out 8-7 Win In Opener Rallying lo store twice In the lam of the ninth inning, the General Electric team opened the 1838 season of the Adams county WPA amateur baseball league Sunday afternoon to register an 8-7 victory over Mies Recreation, also of thia city. The G. E. team was ottthit. 11 to 10. and contributed alt errors but bunched their blows to slight- j ly better effect than Mien In the other game Sunday. Fuelling trounced Friedbelm. 18-3. at the Monroeville diamond. The third game was not played when Pleasant Mill- tailed to appear at Vnlon. tine hit and an error gave Mies a run in the first Inning. Two more scored in the second on three hits and a pair of errors. Mies also scored onein each of the third and fourth innings and wound up their scoring with two in the sixth. | G E scored two runs in each of the first, fifth, sixth and ninth , innings to win the game The opposing center fielders. I Jackson of G E. and Rush of Mies led their teams with three hits each Macklin hit safely twice for the G. E. and Baker and Wynn of | the Mi*s team each had two safeties. G. E. AR R II E M. Ladd. < 3 2 • 11 Reynolds, as 4 113 1 Jackson, cf S 3 3 1 I Baane. If I « s »I Strickler, lb ...Sol 1 I Macklin. 3b . 4 1 2 o; L. Conrad, rs 2 0 0 o Passwater. rs . 2 0 1 • I Blythe. 2b 4 11 • j P Conrad, p 4 0 1 o' Totals . 38 S 10 4 . MI-» AB R Ji E Miller. 21 -1110 Hark less 31. S 0 1 3 * R. l-add. as S I 0 o I Ritior. If . S 0 • •! Rush. <-t 5 8 2*l Baker, rs 4 12 0 <»xg. lb Silo Wynn, c .4121. Blusher, p 4 2 10' Mies, p 0 0 0 0 Totals to Til 4 Score by innings: Mies 121 102 000—7 1 G. E ... 200 022 002—S ' FOREST FIRES iCOXTIXCEfi FROM PAGE ON Kt ' Montmorency. Cheboygan andl Presque Isle counties. Hunt said about So per cent of the devaatat ■' ed area was owned by the state. The remainder was private farm-' land and hunting grounds *« < fi.OMMI Town _

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STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE , W L Pct . Cincinnati a S .<43 I Brooklyn ■ • STI ). Boaton s 7 633 St I-ou is ... . .... .. 77 .Stat New York 3 8 .Son | Philadelphia 7 8 .434 Chicago 7 * .438 Pittsburgh 4 V .400 AMERICAN LEAGUE ,! W L Pct. New York K> 4 Tl 4 Boston 8 4 .482 Chicago 10 4 426 . Washington 7 ) .447 St Louis ... 7 8 . 487 Cleveland * • 4<u> Detroit 4 11 363 . Philadelphia . S 10 .333 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh 8. Boston 2. Cincinnati 13. Philadelphia 4. j Brooklyn 2, St Louis I. New York 10. Chicago X American League Philadelphia 10. Detroit 3. New York 15. Chicago 4 St I-ouls 4. Boston 3. Cleveland 8. Washington 7 (10 ’ ; innings t. JACKETS NOSE I OUT Al 5-14 WIN SATURDAY Defeat Ohio Team In Wild. Free Scoring Battle Saturday The Decatur Yellow Jackal* nosed out a 15-14 decision over Ridge township of Vsn Wert county. I Ohio. in s free scoring contest play \ ied at Van Wert Saturday after- > noon. The game was played on a lightnI tng fast, skinned diamond, with a ' high wind blowing throughout the 1 game, causing several fluke hits and causuig the Decatur lads to commit several errors I Decatur scored tour runs in the I first inning Kitchen opened the game with a double. McConnell drew a pass. Highland was safe on a fielder s choice and the total 1 grew to four when Schamerloh , drove out a home run. Two more runs counted In the I second, four in the fourth, three tn the sixth and two in the sev- i , -nth. Ridge township's big inning was the third when seven runs I crossed the plate. Schamerloh was the leading hit- ' ter with his home run and two ■ singles. Koenemsn drove out two i triples. Highland a double and , triple. Kitchen a double and a single, and G. Hoffman two singles. ’ Decatur AB R H E 1 Kitchan. 3b „ ... 43 2 1 McConnel, ss 2 3 0 2 | <l. Hogman. 2b. cf 33 2 0 Highland, cf. rs 4 2 2 0 1 Schamerloh. p 53 3 0 ' Koeueman. If .41 2 1 KoldeWey. < 4 0 12 Lynch, lb 2 0 10 F. Hoffman, rs 2 0 0 0 K. Sctniepp. 2b 2 0 0 J Totals 33 16 13 7 Ridge Twp AB R H E Holland, cf 5 12 0 | Painter, c 43 3 • I | Uncapher. If. p4ll 0 i Miller, p. 3b 52 2 0 Bartal, lb .., 4 2 10 i Eakeu. 3b. If 40 10 Welgle. 2b 4 110 Pryor, sa 2 0 0 1 Rogers. < < 2100 McCoy, rs 2 3 2 0 Totals 27 14 12 1 Score by Innings: Decatur 420 403 2—15 | Ridge Twp. 210 702 I—l 4 _ —o ———» Omelette Once Eggless Cleveland. O. (U.K) — An omeI lette originally did not have any ' eggs in R. according to Ted Robin " ■ "'■i "iii i

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Upper photo shows Johnstown crossing the finish Un- to capture th.- «!»th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill la.wns In Louisville. At bottom.

JUNIOR LEAGUE AGAIN PLANNED To Conduct Leagues; First Basehall School Here Saturday | The WPA recreation department will attain sponsor and conduct the | tunior baseball leagues in this community thin summer. Prior to the dßMing of the sc lied i tile schools »ill he conducted by ! Georg* F. Imirent, recreation supervisor, assisted by a number of | local volunteers. The first baseball school will be held Saturday at Worthman Field with two svaskms. » to 11 a. m.. and 1 to 3 p. m. I XII boys in the acre lit to 17 will •> permitted to )«rtlcipate. and, they ar* asked to sign registration cards as soon as poaslbl* Three cards may be obtained from Deane Dor win. Iltuth Andrews, Sylvester Everhart or Mr. laiurent. It la planned to divide the boys '.Ho two groups. 10 to |4. and 14 to 17. so they may compete more with loys their own awe. Present plana call for a two-county league, with Adams and Wells counties combining to form one league among th* o der groups of boys. , A F. I). R. URGES tCONTtNUBD PHOM FADE ONKt fetencaa with the negotiators yert< rday and talked with th* joining eonfeit-re today He declined comment except to draw attention to i a pertinent part in Mr. Roosevelt s I appeal which said: "The public interest la paramount and above that of any ; yroup.” Thf- president added. ” I cau- : tlon the negotiators of both aides I to keep thia in mind.” Mr. Ilooaevelt said the procesaea of collective bargaining should be sufficient to bring about an agreement and declared the differences did not appear Insurmountable. The start of today's Joint session found the conferees In a mood of expectancy. Neither Steelman nor any of ths negotlstors would comment on week-end developments, but all left the Impression they expected a break of some sort—pose-1 Ibly a further communication from the president — within 24 hottrg. • Discuss Deadlock Washington. May A— <U.R> — I President Roosevelt today discussed the deadlock tn the soft coal industry In an hour-long conference with his legislative leaders. Neither the White House nor the conferees would comment on apeclfitJ nature of the dlacuaefons. Senate majority leader Alben W. I son, gourmet student of philology. The French original, he said, was I "la Lamelie." which meant a ‘ small plate. J

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Barkley. !>.. Ky.. who participated I in the conference, said the coal ■ deadlock was "Just mentioned a- i long with other matters" tn Mr. Roosevelt's regular Monday legta-' , lative review with his < ongression- | al leaders. Diiu usslon of emigres-' sioual problems apparently con- | sinned moat of the hour during ' Which the tenders were with the president. Mr. Rikwu-velt was keeping in 1 close touch with the bltununoua j deadlock It waa reported that Secretary of Labor Frances PerkIns. who is In New York where a Joint conference of tabor and man- , agenietit is seeking a solution for the impasse, has been in conimunl- j cation with the White House to report OU latest developments i L. M. Busche To Speak To Lions —- Dr. N. A. Bixler announced todav I .tat L. M Busche. assistant coun'y' 'agent leader, and county agent in '.daina county frum l»:u until IS2», ’ill be the guest speaker at the Lioim club. Tuesday evening. Mr. Busche'a talk will help t) commemorate the *6th anniversary of extension work. He undvubtedly wll bring out some of bls expertcnees in the county as Extension fgent. A letter from Mr Busche to coun iy agent Archbold states that be' , will be In the local county agent's oiflce most of the afternoon of May •» and any of his friends wishing to visit him may do so. Robert E. Johnson Honored At School Bloomington. lud. May * | Robert E Johnson of liecatur hna been elected to membership m Blue Key. national honorary service fraternity at Indiana university. To be eligible for this orxaniMtion, an upperclassman uauat have gained 100 points In extracurricular activities, a scholarship credit point'average of at least 1.3 and have been approved by lhe dean of men, Johnson belongs to the Mta Upsllon social materialty. He is the gon of Mr. and Mrs Roy Johnson I o Select Jury To Try Kokomo Officials Indianapolis. May 6—(UP)—Only one hour was required tunny to j reject a federal court jury for the ' irUI of 11 former public otiiciais on ihnrges of consplrsoy to defraud the federal government by misuse of WPA tabor and msterials at Ko>omo. Testimony was expected to I ire started late today. Former Mayor Olin D. Holt of Kokomo heads the lists of defendants, Judge J. Leßoy Adai.- of the .outhern Illinois district was presiding in place of Judge Robert C. iltaltaell. who withdrew. ~ —— o -' —i ■ — TraSe In A Uses Tswe — Deeatus I

Johnstown with Jockey J Stout up after they were presented with wreath by trainer Sunny Fltxalmmons. at left.

REPORTS VALUE OF EXTENSION 25 Years 0 f Extension Work Influenced Indiana Farms Ijtfayette. :nrt„ May »- That ag>t cultural and borne economics egi tension work has vitally Inf uepced i , in* farms and homes In Indians is' i 'rdicated by a few f-icts and figures ' '■ken from annual reports prepar|*d at Purdue University X extern; .-‘on work during the last 36 yearn. I In Indiana last year. It was ret I-{ mated there were R IH f.-.rma on I ahkh some change of practice tn 1 agriculture took place. These retimated number of changes in home practices as a rretilt of extension wort In 1»38 was 41.231. Taken as a whole, there were 117.676 Hoo*>!er farm families influenced by extension work last year, the an uual report show*. Sime extension work la obeervidg ita silver anniversary this year ' .’or having Ita program on a nation<l scale as made possible by tbe j t-mith-Lever Act of May ». I!H4. Ini tcreatlng comparisons may be found ' In the Indiana figuraa of the work | In 1814 and IB3K. The state 4-H • Itkb enrollment In the Hoosier State hsa grown from 6.837 members in 1»14 to the record number «f 4».»S>i Isst year. The bo.OUO murk is expected .to be passed this year. Extension work has stressed tbe I growing of legume such as alfalfa and soybeans. In HH4. the alfalfa {acreage In Indiana was 40.M*- 1 acres. In last year's report, the alfalfa s< reage was given as 433.'>00 acres. A tr< merdouk* growth tn soybean ac cape h».» <ai.en p'a.w. Cnle 1,000 ;i'-“en of beans were grown in l'i.4 In IT'k nowever. th<‘» wore 'J’.'uo acr*.g of soybeans in Ind- i tana. Os interest also Is the lncrear>e in the number of county extensloo workers during the 26 year period Lt l»14. there were 27 c-yuuty agents and no home demonstration agents or assistant county agents. I At prreent there is a county agent 1 employed In each of the state's M eounties. There are 46 home demon-1 at ration agents, and 20 assistant county agents. ’ 1 0 Sharks Valued Dead or Alive Monterey. Cal. —(UP>— Sharks have the double advantage of being just as valuable dead aa they are J alive, according to Al Meyer, expert lon the Pacific coast fishing Indus try. Hie statistics show that 1.604).1 000 sliarka are being used In tbe ' shark reduction Industry In the United States. However, before tbev 1 lire caught, they are equally vainisbie in protecting sardines by eatt ing the larger fish that prey on I vardinee.

ICHICACO CUBS NEAR CELLAR II J-ust Year’s Champions Only Half Game Out Os l-ast Place Mewsmoi New York. May 8— Pj Chicago's Itasriiall fortunes aank to a new low today lashed on the one* hand by a cruel Mow from the Yankees nnd on the other by; Strange. International forces that { not even th.- wisest diamond analyiata can fathom What happened to the White' Sox and their high hopes built by, superb baseball the last 10 days Is easy to understand The Yanks moved into Chicago yesterday and before a throng of 3&<MM dealt a ' killing blow to the White Sox 154. After winning 14 out of 12 games and with a chance to knock the Yanka out of second place, the White s<>i ran afoul of an old time Yankee field day Nineteen hlta -14 total bases, every Yankee with at least dhe hit. including two l homers by Joe Gordon and one by I Red Rolfe. But what's happening to the Cube no one can understand l-ast year's champions have completely curled up and today were only half a game out of the cellar I Yesterday the Cuba lost their fifth gam.- out of alx atarta In the -<at j as they were routed by the Gianta IM. In desperation Manager Gabby Hartnett, today planned to bench Capt Billy Herman for the first 1 time In his eight year career. I Herman. National league's all-star I second baseman for the past five years, will be replaced by Steve 1 Meaner, a rookie Hank Leiber.l obtained in the big winter deal with the Giants, also will go to the dugout with another rookie. Jimmy Gleeson, taking over center field ' Knocking down the White Sox enalded the Yanka to regain the American league lead as the St Ixhils Browns conquered the Itoa , ton Red Rox. 4-3 Buck Newsom I held the R.-d Sox to seven hits In snapping their aeven-game winning streak Three errors helped the Browns score four runs ('leveland won a Iti-inning battle. from Washington. 8-7. with Johnny • Allen pitching seven innings In' his first start Odel Hale's pinch single drove In the iwu deciding j runs In the other American 1 league game the Athletics slugged j >wit a Id-3 triumph over Detroit. 1

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1 Earl Rrucker hit a homer with the! I liases loaded It was the Tiger's sixth straight defeat Running up their biggest acute 1 I of the season, the Cln. Umati R.-J, I walloped the Plilllles. 13 4 gad j held their National league lead > | Pau! Derrinyer let the Phils down with nine hits for his third tri | itniph Ival GtsMlman 1.-d the Red* Imrrsge with three hila, driving In four runa Frank McCormick and I Harry Craft hit homers for th.I Rnds ( Brooklyn gained undisputed pus- ' session of second place by nosing out the Cardinals. 2-|. la-fore i 2.,318 flat hush faithful, largest ■ Dodger crowd thia season, Babe Phelps' single, one of the four hits made off Rowman and Warneke, i * with the l>a««-s filled In the fourth . gave the Dodgers the victory Vito Tamulls held the Cards s«or.less until the ninth Th.- Giants hoved Into a tie for i fourth place with the Cards by knot-king off the feeble Cubs. |M. j Cliff Melton allowed only alx hits to win his first game of the semon . Me| Off hit four to lead the Giants' 14-hlt assault on Clay Bryant. Pittsburgh slammed Poae<i<-|. Shoffner and Earley for u hits and lieat the Boston Bees, g-2 It I was the Bees’ fourth straight loss f and dropped them to third phee Bob Klinger gave up only six hits ' Gua Suhr drove lu four Pirate runa. * Yesterday's Red Ruffing o won hie fourth straight game

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