Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 7 September 1939 — Page 8

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JACKETS WORK FOR OPENER OF GRID SCHEDULE Yellow .Jackets To Open Season At (Jarrett Saturday Afternoon Coach Hugh Andrew*' 1»39 edition of the Decatur Yellow Jacket* travel* to (Jarrett Saturday afternoon to open the football season against the Railroaders on the northern field Faced with the Herculean tank of building a winning combination out of an Inexperienced, lightweight group of candidate*. Coach Andrew* ha* concentrated upon perfecting a flat and clever If email eleven. With a line that will probably not average more than ISO pound*, the Jacket* will be forced to depend connlderahly on the ability of the backlleld to break away and furnish some of the bulk Itself. With that tn mind, Charles Andrew* »a xhlfted from hi* line IMiattlon ls*4 year to the backlleld I hi* year Rich Walter*, another returning letterman, will go into the backlleld agalnat the Railroader*, probably al the quarterback po«t and call signal*. Fenn I* Granger and Johnnon are expected to get their share of backlleld duty. The line will he formed around Hill Drown, the only returning letterman Roistered by Rromer. Friedt. Kgley. Lord. Meh hl and Lynch the line may surprise Jacket fan* by making up In aggressiveness what it lack* in weight. While the Jacket* carry hopes at winning the opener Saturday. ' there I* no question but that coaches, players and fan* are pointing toward the next game that with the Bluffton Tiger* un-

naaai today — Continuous Today from 1:30 “STRONGER THAN DESIRE” Walter P.dgcon, Virginia Bruce Ann Dvorak. Lee Bowman. ALSO — Shortt. lOe -25 c BE SI RE TO ATTEND! —o ERI. & SAT. DON'T SAY WE DIDN'T WARN YOU! Herta A Great Picture You’ll Be Sorry If you M<**t Coming without a let of advance publicity and ballyhoo, it eontame more downright entertainment than many ee-calied “epeciaio!" We Sincere •> urge you to SEE IT! I»R 1 J“»i« w KO I*olo htMeo Queried bv JOHN MKOW *re*Ked w eOtftt UM. km hn W m Caw, Oew. 'imta nm—.r »w ALSO—Three Stooge* Comedy! Q. "O Sun Mon. Tue* — “GOODBYE MR. CHIPS” Robert Donat. Oreer Oareon. .

der the light* of Worihman Field i her* the tollowing Friday In the home opener. Extensive workouts were given I the Jackets this week, with a ioi tai of 43 candidates out last eveJnlng From ihi* gn .stuff competition before the season | la very far along. I I —o— STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pvt GB. Cincinnati 76 th 613 1 St. Ij>ul* 71 M MW 54 ’ Chicago 71 59 .346 s New York 65 59 524 11 Brooklyn <5 «<i sjn 114 Pittsburgh 5x <7 464 I*4 Boston 56 To .444 21 Philadelphia 40 h 5 320 364 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. Pct. (llt New York 92 3s "os Boston 76 53 5*9 154 Chicago 73 57 54< 19 Cleveland 6N 60 531 23 Detroit 69 *| .531 J 3 Washington 5* 73 443 344 Philadelphia 45 %3 .352 46 St Louis .35 SI .273 55 YESTERDAYS RESULTS National League Pittsburgh 5-3. Cincinnati 4-4. New York 10. Boston 4 Chicago 11. St, lantls 1. Brooklyn 2. Philadelphia 1. American League Washington 6. Philadelphia 3. New York 2. Boston 1. Detroit 2. Cleveland ft. Chicago 7. St. lamia 3. ——- -o • ♦ Today’s Sport Parade By Henry McLemore * * New York. Sept. 7 <UJ!>A*tI culture once was the biggest Industry in the Vnited Blates, but It J Isn't any more It has been *ar- ■ passed both In number of men employed and volume of output by the hupiness of college football pubI llclty. For every bushel of wheat grown this year two bushel of brochures of football team* will be published. and for every pe< k of potatoes, every bale of cotton, there will be three mail hag* full of gridiron dope run through the mimeographing hopper. I don't know how ’ many farmer* there are but there .aren’t half a* many as there are publicity men at work spreading the truth and the untruth about the wild-at*, the tigers, the Aardvark*, the bison*, the chipmunk*, the red scourge*. the green scourge*, the tornado*, the cyclone*, aud the , heaven-help me-everythlnga. Th»- (oatrnan doesn't ring twice these days In tact, he doesn't even ring at all but ha* to kick on the door with hi* foot, what with hi* arm* so full of 'he football literature be has to deliver Three time* a day the postmen arrive with their burdens and I am beginning to regret that neither heat nor snow nor rain nor gloom of night can stay the couriers from their appointed round* A few more day* and this department is going to be forced to stage "blackouts" so that the mail carriers can't find us and bombard u* with the vital l*l football statistic* of all the schools from Alfred and Hate* to Yale and Xavier. There I* shout a* much variety football catalogue* of the I'CORT •> e — Last Tim* Tonight — "TOM SAWYER DETECTIVE" Donsld O'Conner. Billy Cook ALSO - Short*. 10c-15c FRI. & SAT. CHARLES STARRETT “MAN FROM SUNDOWN” . With "Son* of ths Pioneers." ! ALSO—"Buck Rogers" A New*. —o—- — Mon. Tu**.—"Behind Prison Gate*" a "Forged Passport " - ' ~ FRI. & SAT. A New Cowboy Star' TEX FLETCHER in ‘SIX GUN RHYTHM’ I. i ALSO—"Hawk of ths Wilderness" Only Ift Friday Nite Saturday 10c-16c

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1939

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various school* a* there I* in a Jar of peppermint*. They all open up with a vivid paragraph listing the IS3S M-hvdule. continue with a superbly written chapter listing the coaching staff, and then take your breath away with passage* describing the seating arrangements of the stadium and th,price* for the various game*. By this time the reader Is so engrossed that he can't put the book down and plunge* ownward Into such enthralling matter a* letter men returning, letter men not returning. coach so-and-so's statement. 1339 maitager. practice schedule, team physician, tram trainer, team colors, tram mascot, pres* box improvement*, and how to reach the stadium from down town. Every one of the booklet* I hare read and lam hi the middle of my 2uftth — ha* claimed at least two potential all-Amrrica* for It* eleven By a h»*ty bit of multiplication I figure that no fewer than IS.ftflo potential all-American* soon will be unloosed This figure doe* not Include the St Mary'* estimate. which usually run* between ten and fifteen, according to the whim of that school* publicity chief when he *lt* down to glorify the mad mm of the Moraga. o— Cubs Manager Seeks New Catching Record Chicago Rept. 7— (VPi — Leo "Gabby" Hartnett, who'd Ju*t a* •non manage hi* Chicago Cub* from the bench, expect* 10 haul on hi* c* t hing harness today for ills 1,727 major league game to break the en durance record of Ray Scaclk, one time hero of the Chicago While Box 'lncluding six game* with the New York Giant*, which even Scbalk forgot to mention to the record keepers. the former White Sox *<ar played in 1.726 conteat*. It ha* taken Hartnett 17 year* to catch up. chiefIv becauae of hl* mysteriuia arm al’ment In 193a In which he broke Into only one game a* a catcher.

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* - - —■— d» i 0 Decatur Bowling League Results e • Hummer buwling for CitUrna Telephone lighted the way for the reel of the Merchant League heftier* laat night in the opener of the season by rolling a mid-season <l* on a 205. then tailing to a 183. hot coating up to a 228 in bia last attempt . . . Chuck Ehinger rolling for the same five also posted a good 551 on a 201 and 205. slipping to a 145 tn his last time up . . . Hodle with a 2<K and Baller with a 204 rounded out the double century counts Result* Telephone Co.. locals won three from First State Rank. 2.338 to 2.13S. Retail Store won three from Gerber's. 2.188 to 1.457. Tele-phone C 0... toll* won three by forfeit. Kohne Drug won three from Marathon Olla. 2.335 to 1.843. • Tonight's Schedule Rice Hotel vs Prickle's Hon-E-Kruat vs. Snyder's. MERCHANT LEAGUE Marathon OH A Mollerlng 80 I M Ostermeyer 140 105 175 G Rultc-meler 121 133 X Huu.k 143 133 IM A, Gallmeler . — 150 IM A Ostermeyer 103 107 105 B Coston >7 Totals 887 531 725 Kohns Drugs Hodle 2M 185 148 H Eley 131 148 181 Arnold 117 147 135 J Alton 123 171 141 I) Haller IM 304 174 Total* 733 833 758 Telephone Co.—Local Hummer .205 183 238 Baker 84 111 M C. Heare 150 132 118 Retaking 147 181 180 Ehinger 301 145 208 Ttoals 787 732 830 Bank Knapke 115 145 131 H. Krueckeberg 138 134 128 Retaking 181 173 120 E Krueckeberg 158 135 183 |V. Bh-eke 173 104 152 Totals 746 881 716 Telephone Co—Toll 8. Holopeter .. . IM 145 158 J. Hunter 188 168 118 ! J. Case 85 M M E. Hchuitt 132 IM 178 I. Heare 143 174 14« Totals 482 730 877 Souters < Forfeit I Rsasll Wolpert 154 I<o 147 Spangler .. 133 108 IM Staub 143 134 104 Leonard 153 123 144 Murphy 185 143 160 Totals ... ~... 774 488 703 Gerber's Sauters 140 153 174 W. Smith 133 105 142 « Hunter 141 111 112 Reber 170 107 147 Krick .... _... j Totals, 704 I'G 477 —o——— 500 Sheet* SVjxll flunrlne Canary Second Sheets, neatly wrapped 35c. The Decatur Democrat Co.

JOE DIMAGGIO CLUBS YANKEES 102-1 VICTORI Yank Outfielder Hits Homer In Eighth To Beat Red Sox New York. Sept 7 (U.FI -Rome people don't appreciate Joe Db Msggio because they «ay he hasn't any color -because he's too quiet bocause he'* never been put out of a ball game—because he doesn't throw hi* glove up In the air. ad infinitum But you never hear them crith else him for not being able to hit or Held. In fact DlMaggto I* the grsnte*t hitter In baseball and the greateat outfielder a* well. Those statement* are not entirely beyond dispute, but for every on* who take* exception to either of them I'll produce 10 wholl vote the straight DlMaggto ticket. DlMaggto never had a better day than yesterday, when be exploded his 26th homer to give the Yankee* a 3-1 victory over the pesky Boston Red Ro*. With the more tied. 1-1. DiMaggio tried to win the game In the sixth when he led off with a single and stole second. He seldom trie* to steal but whe nhe does It's because he's trying to win a ball game But hi* mate* left him stranded Then Di Maggio took the l**ue Into hl* own hand* In the eighth and walloped a lusty homer into the left field stand* breaking up a ' beautiful left-handed hurling duel between Lefty OWBMB and Ol' Mose Grove. It was a heartbreaker for Grove to lose, making the third straight time he * failed In an of-' fort to notch No. 13. Four Red Sox error* lone by hlmselft made It tought for Grove, who allowed •even hit* Gomet gave up only six and had perfect support. The Yanks now lead the Amer-

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lean league race by IS’-* game* and the Red So* are going to be hard put to hold second place against the hard-hustling White Ro* who beat the Brown*. 7-3. John Rigney won hls'llth straight The White Sox now are only 34 gam** teeh of the runner-up red hose Detroit moved Into a virtual > fourplace tie with Cleveland hy York'* 14th homer alter Gehringer heating the liidlan*. 3-ft Rudy had walked accounted for the only for the only runs off Al Mlinar 1 .who pitched a flve-hltter. A double play halted the Tribe* biggest threat In the seventh. h Connie Mack saw hl* first ball game since he was stricken with Illness three month* sgo when h* watched hl* Athletic* lose to the Senators. »-3. Dutch I Conard held the A'* to nine hits to win hl* 17th ( game. Cincinnati Increased ll* Nationsi league lead to 54 game* by' dividing a doubleheader with Pitta-1 burgh while the Cardinals were routed hy the Cube. The Pirates won the opener. 5-4. In 11 innings, taking advantage of the Reds' liveerrors. Frey's low throw tn the' ninth permitted the Pirate* to tie, the score and Joost's low throw let In the winning run in the 11th. The Red* won the nightcap. 4-3. Ihi ger who notched his Ikth tri- j In 10 Innings, behind Paul I»errumph Bill Werber's double over Vaughan * head drove In Myer* with the winning tally in the after-1 piece. latrry French scored his fifth straight triumph and hl* 12th of the season when he pitched the Cub* to an easy 11-3 victory over the Card*. French hit a homer with one on Bill Nicholson and Rip Russell also homered. The Giant* belted Bill I'osedel for 13 hit* in *ix frame* and beat the Bee*, lft-4 Harry Humbert went th route for the first time hi 10 start* to win hi* 14th victory. Brooklyn'* seven-game night schedule drew a total of 205.2141 after 20.133 fsn* paid to see the Ikuiger* end the arc light season at Kbbets field last night with a 2-1 victory over the Phillies. Luke Hamlin hung up his 17th

YOUNG KENNEDY PROBES TRAGEDY Son Os Ambassador To England Probes Sinking Os Athenia lon don. Rept. 7—U’Pl— Amer:lean ambassador Joseph P. Kennedj sent hi* son. John, to Glasgow today to week first he nd inL-rmatlon <4 the sc'ual clrcnmstancsg of tbs | sinking of the lln*r AthenU and to' 1 are for the Interest* of American suri Ivors. • Young Kennedy wa* suthorlsel also to tell 'he survivors that tho Vnited States government wa* sendng a ship to the Clyde river to ' embark them. **l can not aay yet what vessel wi'l be employed " said th- Ambasrador. "but we will be able to ao> 1 omodate all American Athenia survivors and possibly o»he- Amer 1 - ■cans In this country." Kennedy expressed gratitude at the kindness ahown the American* Iby the British people. Survivors at Glasgow and Galway, tieland, began to think of getting h >me today after the first shock of their ordeal, but generally agreed I they would like a naval escort. I Communication was established ! bc< ween metMber* of families who had been separated, and every es . fort wa* made to Insure the new* wa* provided to all Mrv-ors of ; friend* and relatives. Survivors expressed warm grat‘’■ide to Scot* and Irish people for vktoyr. Mattering eight hits. Mueller's ninth Inning homer spoiled hi* bld for a shut out. Dixie Walker'* two single* drove In both the Dodger talite*. Yesterday'* hero Joe DiMaggio. Yanka' dynamiter, who made a single and homer in two time* at | bat to give hi* team a victory over - the Red Box and keep hl* batting verag»- In the 405 clan*

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