Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1939 — Page 6

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DODGERS TAKE FIVE IN ROW, DEFEAT REDS Capacity Crowd Thursday Night Sees Brooklyn Triumph New York. Auk. 25—(CPJ— Th<* Podirers are no laughing matter these day* The Cardinal* found out and the Red* are liarnlng. too. Before a capacity houa« of 34 163 last night In Ebbeta field Broklyn woo its fifth straight game by down-| >ng Cincinnati. 4-2. Tot PtMMWUi pitched a slx-hli game Fortunately for the Reda Bt.| Lottf* was tieaten by the Phillies, lam night. 6-6. It was th* fourth: »lrh!ght defeat for the Card* and * •wk considerable wind out of their iiennant walla. Trall'ng 5-n the Phils tallied and kayoed McGee. Andrew; ..lid Welland. Carl Reynold* and Rin Russell -fitgged home all the run* aa th? cub* beat the bee*. 6-1. Claude Pa*wean gave the Bee* 11 hits, winning hi* 12tt game * j nosed out th-* Giant* <•3. behind the six-hit pitching o* Mag Butcher Elbie Fletch»r's bom-* er with one on wax the big punch, •n the Pirates' cause. Charley Keller led the Yankees tj a 11-* victory over the Brown*. He drove in five runs with three hits, one of them a homer, ft was the Yank*' fifth straight victory and in-' creased their lead tc 9 rimes. The White Woi triumph'd over •le Red Box. 3-1. oehind John Rigney* sig-hit pitching. Rigney fanned J ton my Foxx four straight times. Cleveland won a twin bill from the Athletics. 10-2 and 17-2. Hal Tro•ky hit hl* 18th and 19th homers in the first game to aid .Mel Harder in winning hia sixth straight gam>-. The Indian* slugged out 16 hit* in

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he glglitcap. With Paul Tout pitching an elgh'hitter the Tiger* beat the Senators, s-1. Charley Gebrlnger made four hits in five times at bat to lead the the Tigers' 11-hlt attack. Yesterday's Hero -Tot P-e«anel|, I Brooklyn's knuckle ball Richer who beat the league-leading Red*. 4-2 to extend the ledgers winning streak to five straisht. U. S. FAVORED TO RETAIN CO! 1 American Women’s Tennis Team Favorite For Wightman ('up Forest Hills. N. Y.. Aug 25 <U.P> The Wightman cup—the Ituvl* I< up and the women's tennis goes IM the block for the 17th time today at the west aide tennis duh.' ( and the Cnit<-d State* la almost | as certain of winning It as It la of ' losing the Davis cup less than two | Week* hence. Since 1923 when Mrs. George jWightman, captain of the Amer-' Jean side put up the trophy, the! I'nited States and England have I inltemated their battlefields be- [ 'tween Wimbledon England, and i Forest Hills, and the last eight | I times ont the I'. 8. won the seven ' match series five singles and two ■ doubles that lasts for two days ; The series stand* at 12 victories, for the I'nited States and four for ; England. Heading the American team is , blonde Alice Marble, national champion and Wimbledon winner who has yet to be beaten thia year Today she playa Mary Hard wick. No. 2 singles player <m the English side Tomorrow. Miss Marble tackles Kay Stammers. No 1 for the Invaders, who lost to her I in the recent Wimbledom finals Mias Marble will pair tomorrow with Mr*. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan. Brookline. Mass., in a doubles . match against Mias Stammers and Mrs Freda James Hammer-ley The American team hasn't heen licked in doubles In three years. Miss Marble is good for two singles triumphs and a victory in the doubles, which would leave America needing only one other victory. The girls who'll battle for that honor will be Helen Jacoba ■ No 2 singles player of the Amer leg nside. Mrs Pafrcy. No. 2 singles representative, or the oth- ! er doubles team from California' of Dorothy May Bundy and Mary Arnold, the new player on the American aide.

HABANELLO IS. TITLE WINNER ‘ , Del cats Dunbar For First Half Softhall League Title I, - ■ r Habanello made It two straight * over Dunbar In the playoff for the first half championship of the County softhall league, in the second game last night at the Routh > Ward diamond As a result of the triumph. Hah t anello will meet Cloverleaf. second half champions, for the season title. The first game of this series will be played Monday night of next week, the second Tuesday night and the third. If necessary. Thursday. Habanello tallied seven runs In the second Inning last night and this proved too much of a handicap for Dunbar to overcome. The winners drove out five hits In this hig Inning, and were aided by three errors and a base on balls. The main clouts of the Inning were home runs by R I .add and Hl tickler. Jackkon's homer in the fifth was Habanello's only other run. Dunbar counted in only two Innings. three In the third on two hits and two errors, and twice In • the seventh on three hits. In the exhibition game Thursday night. Cloverleaf registered an |M triumph over the CCC team from Bluffton The winner* bunch ed their nine hits effectively, tally Jng five times tn the third frame HAGEN THRILLS GOLF GALLERY — Walter Hagen Thrilling Gallery After 25 Years Os Plav * Chicago. Aug 25 -RJJ*> -Except i for several added inches through the middle and the crows feet I around his eyes, it was the same ! , Waiter Hagen of 25 years hack ' I standing out there on the 18th , green and he gave the gallery the same sort of thrill. The Haig looked over the huge crowd crouching around the green and spotted a sign. "Walter Hagen . scored birdie threes here on his, four rounds of the V. R. open In 1816.” Hagen hadn't scored a birdie all day in the SS.4M four-ball tournament dedicated to his open victory at Midlothian country club 25 i years ago but he rolled one in with a five-foot putt on the ittth and it lets him and his cocky little part I tier. Gene Xarazen. all even with Paul Runyan of White Plains. N. Y.. and Horton Smith. Oak Park. 111. at the end of their first match in the best-ball round robin tournament.

Sarazen. with a medal score of 67. was the individual hero of the day and the team of V. S. open 'champion Byron Nelson and Dick ' Metz of Lake Forest. 111., snared the joint lead from a field of the 16 top professionals of the day. But it was Hagen the gallery came to see and Hagen produced. Nelson and Metz, with a bestball total of 67. defeated Denny Shute of Huntington. W. Vw. and Ernie Harrison. Little Rock. Ark two up; Ed Itudley. Philadelphia and Billy Rurke. Cleveland, defeated the Inverness four-ball champions. P. G. A title holder Henry Picard of Hershey. Pa., and John ny Revolts. Evanston. 111.. 1 up. the Scottish pair of Tommy Armour, Chicago, and Jimmy Thompson. Shawnee-on-Drlaware, Pn . ( edged out Ralph Guldhal. of Madison. N. J., and Harold <Jug) MeSpaden. Winchester. Mass.. 1 up

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lon Thomson's birdie three at the 17th. The beat-ball scores — ranging [from 65 by Dudley and Burke and Armour and Thomson to the <8 of Shute and Harrison indicate* how I tightly the 18 pro atara are matchled. i Two matches of IS hole* each I ' were scheduled for today. The I morning matches, with team atand- ; ‘tnga: Phard and Revolts (-1) v* . Hagen and Saraten (even); Quid-1 ahi and McSpaden (-1) va. Dudley i and Burke (plus one); Runyan and Smith (event va. Shute and Hat' riaon t-1) Nelson and Met* (plus' 12) va Armour and Thomson (plus I 11). STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pct. CR. Ct min nail „ 71 43 .623 ISt Louis 65 48 .875 s‘* , Chicago *5 51 .551 8 Brooklyn 5R 54 518 1* New York 56 57 .485 14'* Pittsburgh 52 80 .454 18 > Boston 49 <3 437 21 Philadelphia 38 74 .327 34'* AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. 0.8 New York 82 34 .787 1 Boston 72 42 632 9 Chicago 64 53 .547 JU* Cleveland <1 54 .530 20 ’* Detroit 50 56 .530 22 Washington 50 <8 .51? 33 Philadelphia 40 76 .424 42 St lx>ula 33 75 .205 47 YESTERDAYS RESULTS National League Pittsburgh 4. New York 3. Chicago 6. Boston 1. Brooklyn 4, Cincinnati 2. Philadelphia 6. St. Louis 5. Americn League Cleveland 10-17, Philadelphia 2-2. Detroit 8. Washington 1. New York 11. St. Ixtula 5 Chicago 3. Boston 1. —- o ■ Australia Favored In Tennis Matches Chestnut Hill. Mass.. Aug. 26—J (VP)—Australia's Davis Cup team v.'aa favored to move into a 2-1 lead over Jugoslavia today In the double* match of the inter-Zone finals. Jack Bromwich and Adrian Quist, who won the U. 4S. doub’ea title .Monday, were considered too powerful for Drago Mltlc and Franjo Kusuljevlc. Yesterday's opening single* matches were split, Ferenc Puncet besting Bromwich (t. 8-6. 04, 6 2 ■ -»nd Quist downing Mltlc 6-0, 6-4. 6-3. Even if Puncec can beat Quist Saturday. Brotwwlch should have no rouble taking the youthful Mltlc 'o gain the challenge round for Australia. Elks Bowlers Will Meet Monday Night Final plana for the Elka bowling league will be made at a meeting of all interested bowlers Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Elk* home. All member* of the lodge interested in bowling are aa|ed (O be present. LEADING BATTERS Player Club OAB R H Pct. i DiMaggio. Yanks 84 325 75 ISO .400 I Foxx. Red Sox 106 402 117 160 .373 | Mite. Cardinals 118 413 77 147 356 I Keller. Yankees 76 269 61 93 .346 lldehrlnger. Tiger 80 275 57 95 345

JUNK CAR RAGE AGAIN SUNDAY Four Races Scheduled At Devil’s Bowl Sunday Afternoon A fast and entertaining card ha* i been arranged for the Junk Car Derby Sunday at the Devil's Bowl. | 1 northwest of Itecatur. Vernon !''Speck" Hebble. promoter of the events stated today. Four big races will be run. the (first two 2<t laps each, a third 15 'laps In size and the final a 15-lap I consolation The entry list will Include such 1 prominent “jnnker" drivers as Stahl. McKissick. Rrlttson. McBride. Brewster and several other lads who have earned a reputation for driving on the twn bowls. Promoter Hebble promised a dustless, fast track with plenty of thrills and spills Admission will be 25 cents with plent yof parking space provided free of charge Promoter Hebble stated that drivers and fans will be especially watching th new entry of Herb Banning in his recently purchased Junker. The first event I* scheduled for 2 pm. FRANCE TAKES tCONTINUBD FROM FAQS ONB» j they continue to publish snch I articles, considered prejudicial *o I national union. Premier Edouard Daladier de <ided to await general moblllta tlon by Germany before convogIng the cabinet to decree genetai French moblliutlon. although France was rushing troops up to reinforce the Maginot line by the hundreds of thousands Daladier conferred with laral* Marin, head of the Republican Federation part and they agre> a that in case of wat. minor members of the cabinet auch as Louis 1 Dechappedelaine, left democratic j minister of merchant marine, and

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I Marc Rueart. radical-socialist, min | ister of health, should resign in, favor of opposition leader*. Matin ' 1 was ready to accept Blum. I socialist leader and former pr-m-1 ler. Into the cabinet since th* I I socialists now were the most furI ious of all at what they termed i th* “Moscow betrayal '' Daladier addresses the nation bv 1 | radio tonight <2 p m CSTi on the I emergency that has Frame mobil . I itlng with all haste for war The general view was that little I , hope remained for peace In preparation for his speech. Dalsdier resumed conferences with :, military leaders He was expected i to say tonight, if th- situs ion re , I msined unchanged, that France | was anxious to avoid a conflict but; , unshakeably determined to fight The mobilization of* men was' if Adolf Hitler attacks Poland i proceeding as fast as trains coul>* j transport them toward the Ger- -!■ ■—E '

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JAPAN CHANGES HER POLICIES Soviet*German Part Angers laps; Change Foreign Policy —— Tokyo. Auff. M -fl'Pl— Japan ha* decided to abandon In r Euro ' t» #n .foreign policy an 3 result of the new Kovlet4lerman p>tcf. Koto lo<a, cabinet secretary, announced today. The announcement said that a meeting of the cabinet agreed to Jettison the policy ''previously being nrepared” In regard to Europe, where Japan hue cooperated tindsr the antl-communlM alliance with Italy and Germany. In the future, the announcemeti' man from. Ry the end of the Week. It was estimated. I.UOO.MMI seasoned soldiers would be ready to take the first shock at and behind the Maginot line.

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