Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1939 — Page 6

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TENNIS TEAMS ARE DEFEATED IN LEAGUE PLAY Both Decatur Teams Lose In Two league Matches Sunday Decatur tennis player* suffered a double defeat Sunday In t»u! league matches. one played In thia rlty and one at Elwood. In a Northern Indiana league ■naifli. Waraaw scored an 81 triumph over Decatur on the hardsurfaced conn* at Worthman Field. The match was tranaferred to these .turns after a morning rain prevented play on the clay court* at the Bouth Ward In a second district league match played at Klwood. Decatur van defeated. 8-1 * fames Cowan was the only DeUUnr player able to come through to victory In the match with Waraaw. Cowan registering a (-3. 8-2 victory over H Levin All matches were decided ht straight seta, with W arenw winning Bve single* matches and all three doubles Match results: Oaat iW) defeated Mek-hl. 8-1. 8-3; Williams (W) defeated Rob nke. 8-8. 8-4; R. Boice tW l defeated Sheet*. 8-1, 8-3; K Rolce |W» defeated Hauhold. 84. 8-3; Dick man <Wt defeated Mann. 8-4. 8-1; I t'owan iDt defeated H Levitt. 8-3.1 83; Oaat-K Rolce iWI defeated! Mel. hi Bohnke. 8-3. 8-1: William* R Boice tWI defeated Manbold Sheet*. 8-8. B*3; Dtckman-Levln defeated Mann-Cowan. 7-8. 83. Lose At Elwood In a rilosely contested match at Klwood Sunday, the Decatur team hi the second district league drupp "111! decision Klwood won two of the three singles matches and the team* split honor* la the two doubles matches Four of the Bve matches went the limit of three seta. Results of the matches: nine (Di defeated Frailer, 83. 3-8. 84: Brisco iKt defeated llano her. 8-1. 7-6; Lewellyn tj£| defeated Strlrkler, 8-4. 3-8. 8-4; Blaco-Wllaou (K) defeated Cllne-Strk-kler. 81. 4-4, 8-3; Houck

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Hancher tD) defeated FraltlerMagera. 87. 8-. 84, STANDINGS i NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pet O R Cincinnati 38 18 .887 St Lout* 18 |S .668 8 I New York 3* 36 627 7H Brooklyn ... 38 38 600 8 Chicago —.— 27 28 .481 Pittsburgh ... 24 38 462 11 Boston .... 23 SO .433 13 .Philadelphia ..... 13 33 380 II ______ AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. O B New York 40 11 .784 Boston 30 31 680 lot, Cleveland 28 26 628 13 Chicago 38 36 .638 13 Detroit 29 28 .537 13 Philadelphia .... 21 32 388 20 Washington 21 22 .388 301* 81. Louis 14 37 .276 28 YESTERDAY 1 * RESULTS National League Clnclnatl 12-0. Boston 8-5. Chicago 1-8. Brooklyn 0-1. Si Louis 8. New York 4. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, rain. Amrsican League Boston 6-6. Cleveland 4-3. Chicago 44. Philadelphia 6-8. Detroit 8. New York 6. Bt. Loui* at Washington, rain. HARTFORD CITY MANISWINNER Russ Went Wins Feature Race Os Junk Car Derby Here Sunday Hartford City's lons entrant In the weekly Junk Car Derby at the Devil a Bowl Sunday afternoon captured Brat honors In the 16-lap event, but not until he had furnished the spectators with an early round thrill. Kuaa West, who later on won the one lap event, rolled his car o?er In the Brat race. Switching cars, be Jumped back lato the neat race uninjured and then went on to win the windup event on the card The feature "aeda pop" rat e was won by Red Bauoan of this city. Joe Mcßride aud Pete Peterson were the other Decatur driver* to capture Brat places. The races were staged before g nice sited crowd although rain threatened to mar the event at an early hour. Plana are now underway for next Sunday's events The entry Hat of 16 drivers Sunday was the largest of the year. LEADING SATTER* j P*h|»r Club GAB R H Pet. Amovlch. Phillies 61 187 38 78 388 McVJutnn. Browns SI 308 43 78 366 | Hoag. Browna 47 184 87 88 .361 Bounra. Giant* .... 63 188 41 88 .347 Foag. Red Sox 46 167 44 68 347 . HOME RUNS Greenberg Tigers f( Foss. Red Boa || Lombardi. Reds ... n McCormick. Reds || Camilll, Dodgers || * Lions Recreation league Schedule The schedule for the Lima Recreation league sot this week follows:. Tuesday—Yankees v* Red Sox: Giants va Tigers; Wednesday—. Cuba va Card*; Indiana va Pirateg; l Thursday Giant* va Yankee*. Cuba vs Red Sox; Friday —Pirate* va Tigers; Indiana v* Carda.

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IFETTE LIMITS CINCT REDS TO . LONELY SINGLE I, I Bees Hurler Blanks Cin- | cinnati; Dizzy Dean Wins Another New York. June 18 <U.» Bam- 1 ball dripped drama and sentiment ' today -deeds of Diaty Dean. Gab , by Hartnett. Schoolboy Rowe, Les ty Grove, and Ted Lyon*, who call- , ed time backward In Its flight; of Hank Greenberg and Ted William* and their mighty bata: and last but not least, a testimonial to crippled Pepper Martin, moving aplrlt of the St t-ouls Cardinal* Right In the front row we find Ditty Dean, who ba* graduated Into the greatest "Sunday pitcher" in the majors with his third straight victory, a 1-0 shutout of the Brooklyn Dodgers Behind Dean s inspired pitching the Cub* rallied to snap their four-game losing atreak with a double vie j tory over the Dodgers, taking the nightcap. 8-1. Ditty, using his uncanny control and curve masterfully, let the Dodgers down with alt hits for his second shutout He had to he good to win aa the Cuba made only two hit* off Luke Hamlin and Tot Preaanell one of them a 400-foul homer by Gabby Hartnett. The Dodger* had two men thrown out at the plate. BUI Lee. whose loe* of effect Iveneaa had started some folk* to tagging him aa burnt out because of overwork last year, finally won his aittb game In the’ nightcap after five previous fall urea Schoolboy Rowe, with only one victory to bis credit this season, j regained his magic and pitched the Tiger* to an 8-6 victory over the; Yankee* For six Innings he held t the bronx bomber* to three bit* j ! but eased tip behind an 8-8 lead Rump Hadley waa batted out of the box and had his string of six straight snapped. Hank Greenberg slapped out hla 16th homer and a double to drive In four runs In the Tiger assault Manager Joe McCarthy of the Yanks was presented with a 3325 pocket watch for being the outstanding manager in baseball last season The Red Sox came out of their , doldrums, knocking off the Indians twice. 6-4 and 6-3. Lefty Oatei murller bested Bob Feller In the , opener, and ancient Moae Grove ‘ did the honor* for the Red Sox In the nightcap Ted Williams' dou- 1 I V with the bases loaded waa the game winning punch In Grove'* ' game Ted Lyons, another of the an- j ( rlent pitching brigade who keeps j ( defying father time, enabled the i J White Sox to get an even split with the Athletic* by Dykes' club lo a 6-6 verdict In the >. opener Nelson Potter pitched the • | A'a to a 8-4 win In the nightcap, | In which Red Tipton. Duke's great j j punter, made hla debut In the A*Si| outfield and got two for four. Out In St. Louts Pepper Martin'*' ' host of southwestern fans from { Oklahoma and vicinity threw a party for him before the hall, game He waa presented with two: brood mares, a sow with her litter. a heifer, two mllrh cows, a', beagle bound, bantam chickens, a plow, tractor, cultivator, hayrake. a set of harness, and an electric grindstone and churn. Old Pepper, allll laid up with an' Injured wrist. Jumped right aboard , the tractor and drove It around the park like a Roman gladiator oa a chariot Thett the Cardinal* snapped the Giants' nine game winning atreak by thumping the Terrymen. M. Lou Fettw, the * recent bride groom, got one foot In the hall of fame but had the door slammed In hla face when Harry Craft got the lone hit off him aa he pitched the Bees to a 6-0 shutout over ibe Red* In the second game of a ' twin hill The Red* slaughtered ,'the Bees. 12-8. In the openei'. In i which Bill Werber. Red*' third Barker, had a perfect day. ‘*6 Tor 6." Rain fell throughout both games Rabbit Waratler, a 220 1 hitter, blasted Paul Derringer tor a double and single which drove In four runs In the nightcap Yesterday's hero — Lou Fetta. Bee#' cagey righthander who let the league-leading Red* dowg with one hit and allowed only two men to get aa far aa second a* he pitched Boston to the tlret victory an eastern team has scored In Cincinnati this season t To day’s Sport Parade 1 •y Haary MoLtmer* New York. June 18. QJJD—Ir Sydney Woodareon thinks he la angry about what happened at Princeton last Saturday, he should talk to any on* of the 28.000 per eon* iwho paid good money to aee him and hla four American rivals run,their diamal mile. It waa aptly publicised aa the "flit of the century," because as ter the Bret quarter hed been I dawdled In 84 eeconda. It wee even j «

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY. JUNE 19,1939

PACE-SETTER • . By Jack Sonis | MABP »4tTfiN<r OUTPiCIOffR. OP TMe PMiLAPfLPMiA WtLUX^ J CsseW*. i*t» b(imMVSM tm.

aroney that It would require the rest of the century for the men to cover the full distance. They started the rece at a pace which indicated they all knew the shot Bred from the starting pistol was only a blank, and that there was no cause for alarm Aud they finish ed the race at a pace remindful of a youngster “hurrying' home from school with a bad report card to show papa. If Sydne/ Wonder son was fouled on the final furn for home by RUine Rideout, and I believe he waa If an elbow poke in the riba constitute* a foul, he has no one to blame but hlmaelf. He waa blocking traffic out in front to suck an extent that any of the other runners who had a train to catch, a date to keep, or a desire lo finish a mile before sundown, had to get buy him somehow. If no one had tried to pass Woodersou, or hurry him up all 28.1 MW of us would still be in Princeton stadium watching him fluish a mile In the remarkable time of two days, two hour*, and ten minute* flat. | clocked him In the third lay with a Gregorian caleu dar. and waa not far off ||e seemed perfectly content to win If be' could only stay in front, no matter how long It took Woodcraon. from where I eat. appeared to be a selfish little cuss. W'heu the pistol Went off he placed himself in frouL on the rail, and became a two-legged road hog In hla sombre black anil of the Blackheath harriers, he looked like Hamlet in aborts. Musi like a support in* cast. Cunningham. Feuske. San Romani and Rideout played minor part* to Wnoderson's lead for three and a half of the four lap*. Then Hideout, as If suddenly remembering that he was a runner. not a walker, started rnnulng This took the Ix.tMM dozing rnatoiler* and Wooderaon by aur priae. In trying to get around Wooderaon. who. lulled Into a lethargy by the Volga boatmen tread of five pair of feet, refused to speed up. Rideout humped the Ktiglishman. It wa* quite an unintentional and small bump, but W'ooderson !» a small Knxlishmgn and It threw

Naval Chiefs at White House i 1 v , \ ini 1 i Rear Admiral William D. l*ahjr (left), retiring chief of naval operation*, and his atirraaanr, Roar Admiral Haitoid R. Stark, arrive at the White Houae for a conference with Preaident Roooevait. Admiral Leahy haa 1 bees appointed Governor of Puerto Rico. I

him off hi* stride -and when I say threw him off his stride. 1 actually ineau'it threw him tiff his stride. Me did a aort of a highland Bing before he settled down again to lb* killing pace lkilling the srec latora. I mean) which brought him in a coay last. | • While Wooderson did hla Impromptu dance, there on the turn tor, home and what glory there Is Id winning one of these mile*, our home grown product* ell went pas! j hi n just a* if they didn't know i he had clippings in hla scrapbook to prove that he waa the greatest I mil# runner. Then came the groat drive down the rtrotrh. with America leading 4to 1. Fenake. who had promised some friends lo get in before curfew. managed the mile in 4:11, which barely beat the time of the winning fat man at the Klks' con vent km In 1831. Cunningham. Bar, Romani and bumper Rideout ' dribbled in later In the afternoon ! Wooderaon rallied toward tho finish to preserve the truth of the saying: "The sun never seta on the British empire.“ One more sec ond and It would have set upot, him. Missouri Mule Recalled Columbia. Mo (UR) — The Missouri mule may return to a more Important plate In the state'* In dusli-y. Prof B A. Trowbridge of the Missouri College of Agriculture believes He qpid that “the farmer* are beginning to realise the advantage of th* mule over any other form of farm power.** Rotate Land Lack* Seed Fredericton. N. B. — (U.R) - New Brunswick, one of Canada's lead- 1 Ing potato-producing provinces, la Importing potato seeds So much seed ha* been sold outside the | province that grower* here now have not enough for their own ' need*. Bolice Wear Spangle* ilAddoufleld. N J. (UJD Traffic IMillcemeu here are bydecked with! dazzling new spangl.-s A recent! police order required Ihe aubatltutkm of a while belt, generously

CITIES TO IE | AIDED BT FUND Indiana Citit** To Receive Fund For Street Improvements Indianapolis. June 18.— (U.PJ -A ; plan whereby Indiana cities will | receive approximately 36.000,000 {additional funds for street improvements wa* to be ratified today at a meeting of the state highway ' commission, the WPA and the Inj dtana municipal league. Detaila of the proposal were worked out by the three group* I during the last few-days and to- , day’s ratification was a mere formality. t'nder the plan, the highway j commission money now spent for constructing and maintaining state highways within cities will be used aa sponsor*’ contributions for | atreet WPA project*. ordinarily. this expenditure j would have amounted to about sl.6mt.ooe for the year but with ! the additional WPA money lo be obtained, She amount will he swelled to between |«.tMM.Ooo and 17.j OVO.IMM. It waa said Members of the municipal league [concluded negotiations for the agreement Saturday afternoon Approval of both the highway commission aud the WPA waa necesI aary before the plan could be put j Into operation. Cities which already have adopted rtty-wlde projects and are like- ! ly to be benefit tod immediately by ithc plan are; . Valparaiso. Loganspnrt. Goshen. < Plymouth. Warsaw. Port Wayne ! Columbia City. Wabash. Bluffton. j Terre Haute. Winchester. RichI mond. Kokomo. Portland. Tipton. Columbus. Bloomington. Kvansi vllle. Linton, Vincennes. Crown 1 Point. South Bend. Klkhart. New Carlisle. Angola. Marlon. Frankfort. CrawfordavlUe. Veederuhurg. New Castle. Nobleavllle. Hartford City. Aurora. Greenfield. Seymour. New Albany. Madison and Petersburg. SL Loui* Faces Deficit SI Louis (UJ9 ~ City official* : expect a deficit exceeding 83. WM• *t the close of the municipal I fiscal period April I*. Five bill* each designated to produce revenue to augment declining real estate tax receipts have been introduced. but aldermen, with an eye on next month's municipal election*, have not pressed for i their passage — o Students Curb Jlttarbug* Toledo. O <UJ9 - Reform bn* struck the'htndenta at the Palveralty of Toledo and. according lo the student* themselves, It'* tun. Jitterbugs, strong drink and updo hair dresses are taboo at 1,1 Aboodo, new student night rlttb. operated by students for students Lib-ary Get* Long Lest Seek New York <UJD A book which disappeared from /he Brooklyn Public Library 37 year* ago has been returned from San lßego where it waa found in a second hand bookstore The hook. “Two Sunny Winters In California.'' by Gnllelma Croafleid. wa* reported loat In 1311. studded with targe, red reflector* In place of the white cape former ly worn while directing truffle at night. j Impresario Testifies Carrying * cane on which he leaner while on tho witness stand, Martix “*«k( 71-jrear-old Broadway theatrical produetr, leaves court In New York after testifying in the trial o! Wa secretary-niece, Mrs. Lillian wvuaed «f embattling from him. He denied th*4 . w been any Intimate relatione be--1 l tween them.

Services Over GraveofflL® SSSrf liSlSw I 1 fly t, 1 W dr, m i - 1 *• * if* & ft * Ijl *1 MIIBULh Wk r (I ..." , JSFi>flf% In memonsm a sailor teases a wreath from the .tern of H » iaM* during funeral service* for the SW men and ofllc.■„ u s tiw ■nanne Tk*Ut. Relatives of the men who lost the;r lives cr w over U». spot where U.e submarine tans ou s tna. i, B lr .

. Mere Negroes In School Fast fit Louis. 111. <UJD The hoard of education la considering transferring Negro children to two grade school* now used by white children The Negro grade school population has shown a 34 per cent Increase since 1838 The number of white children In grade school declined 10 per cent during the same period.

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