Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 233, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1939 — Page 6

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Gophers Back In Race By Crushing Arizona

By Steve Snider Uh’tsd Press staff Corr**. ondent) Chicago Oct 8 — (t'P) — Miune- • .’ft'* Mg ton i h»mpiuii» d"»ll them solve* back Into th* 1939 .ide rate today and mad* H & Hire* way battle with Michigan and N"vthweat••tn for lb* role of favorlt". Th* rebuilt Gopher*.' which had Sarn considered too green to mail* •nth headway this fall. indicated they bad b**n fool'ng th»lr public by iru*hing Aritona Saturday with a typical pow*rhou«e attack, 62 to I it. It looked Ilk* th* Minnesota of ■cd. far mor* pollahed than any had -ixpected and twice as dangerous. Touch X'*bra<ka. tied by Indiana Ib»’ week. 7 to 7, put* Minnesota to th* final non-cont*r*nc* Mt this seek end and the outcome of that cam* likely will show If the Gopher* are strong enough to w.n their fh'h championship In ale years. Minnesota and Nebraoka top a **»«•» gam* schedule invo’ving big ten team* next Saturday. Th* ■uhedule mark* the unveiling of the co*tw*orite«--Mli hlsan an I Northand darkhorae Ohio' 'trot*. Mich hr an meet* It old rival. Michigan State. Northwestern tackle* ■Mtlnhcma. Ohio S'ate play* MirmmwL Wisconsin meets Texas. WaMeh playa Chiraci and the lon--1 inference tame. Indiana rlay* t’ ■iiwi. Saturday's summary: Notre Item* 3, Purdue 0- A battle of Tine defense*. John Charles Keltaker, substitute Notre Dame quart- • rtwek. kicked a 15-yard field coal ic the third period. Purdue never 'beeatened Indiana 7. Nebraska 7—The Hoos-

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I it-ra, led by Uf> pound Harold Zlm- ; mor marched &.’> yards to a touchJ lowa early in th* third period, and ' In Id a lead until th.- final two mlnutea when Nebraska revlvtd «ud-d.-nly and rolled 5.1 yards t»tie It. Wisconsin 14. Marquette 13 — uulck-wltted Hilly Schmits, Wisconsin halfback, saved this on*. On the Badgers’ second atixnpt at point after touchdown. .Marquette Mocked flub Rett's placement but Schmits picked it up and rambled over for '■ th* winning ostra point. lowa 41. South Dakota o—Kile Kinnick. right at home In tr* Notre Dame system introduced this year hy Dr Rd ward Anderson scored three touchdown* In this one. And- | •■men had no occasion to worry about hl* lack or reserves. I'Hnola 0. Bradley n—A trtjedy of missed chances so- the ’tllnl. Six time* they were In scoring position and stalled. Beloit college 6, Chicago C—Outweighed but plenty game. Beloit inarched 62 yards and scored. I STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pct. an Cincinnati 97 57 ,<jo ' St. Louis . aj ci .mi <l, Brooklyn 34 69 .549 12», Chicago 84 70 SIS 13 New York 77 74 510 I|l, Pittsburgh tx 85 444 JB‘, Boston sj eg 41* j*t 1 Philadelphia 45 IOS 298 50', AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G B New York 106 45 .702 Boston 89 as .589 17 Cleveland 87 67 .565 201, Chicago _... 85 69 .552 221, Detroit ... 81 73 .gyg sju Washington 65 87 428 41 As Philadelphia 55 97 362 51 St l<ouia 43 111 279 641, YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Cincinnati >O. Pittsburgh 1-8. New York 5. Boston 0 (Second game called in second, rain). Brooklyn 3. Philadelphia 2 iSec ond game called In second, rain). Chicago 2. 8t Louis 1. American League Cleveland 8-0 Detroit 2-1 (Second game called in flfth. darkness 1 St. Louie 4. Chicago 3 <lB in ningui. Boston at New York (double header cancelled, rain). Washington at Philadelphia (douhle header cancelled, rain). LEADING BATTERS — Player Club GAB R H Pct DiMaggio. Yank 120 462 107 176 381 Foxx. Red Sox 125 467 131 167 .358 Mile. Cards ..— 151 544 104 197 .349 Johnson Ath. - 150 544 115 184.33* Keller. Yank* 110 398 87 133.334 Today’s Sport Parade * By Henry McLemore New York. Oct. 2— (U.PJ — Mon day's grid-irony: Pittsburgh started its football deemphasis program by sneaking out al town to the music of only Sv* band* and Byhig 2.680 miles to completely deemphasise Its natural rival. Univarsity of Washington at Seattle !. . . These two team* were drawn together by such common bond* as steel and salmon, soot and salt air. the Monongahela river and Puget Sound, and stogies and redwood* . . . The score was 27-4 and if Jimmie Phelan. Washington coach, is smart he will equip hi* sculp with a tipper . . Because the alumni, who had expected a I national championship from the Muakbs at the worst, will tear It : off him any time now. Amo* Alotuto Stagg, who learned football while in charge of In tra-mnral sports with Washington at Valley Forge, won the award for the beat couching Job of the ' year on the very Brat day of the season whe nhls college of the Pacific team defeated the University of California in what—believe It or not—was the second game I of a double-header . . . This oldest of all "grand old men" of any 1 sport now becomes the logical sue 1 <-esaor to Harry Houdini and next

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week will produce the Bremen between halves . . One more loss like this for California, however, and no one will be able to produce Alliaon. What has become of cousin Morris McLemore? ... I note that he was not in the itne-up when Vanderbilt overcame Rice . . . This lead* me to believe they've added i spelling to the curriculum at Vanderbilt and he is ont with scholastic difficulties . . . Never mind. Morris. Roman numerals interfered with my promising athleticcareer. Fordham launched what Its publicity department has been pleased to call a “suicide schedule" de- < feating formidable Waynesburg. 34-7 . . Waynesburg scored first in the opening period, which saw the “seven blocks of granite" play up to their name—from the necks | up. that Is . . . Panter * Rose Bowl hopes soared as it crashed mighty East Stroudsburg Teachers. 7-6 Tulane's green wave looked just that in barely beating Cleoaauii college, also 7-4: Chicago further i solidified its position as an instl-1 tut ion of higher learning by loaina to Beloit. 4-0; and Illinois big 10 hopes were as broken as coach Bob Zuppke's dialect when Bradley Tech tied the Illttal. 0-0 ... i When you can't score against Bradley Tech, you'd better book John Getchell as your referee for the next 10 games — with Doug Corrigan as h*ad linesman Isn't It time that Tennessee was broken up along with the Yankees? . . . The volunteer* haven't lost a game since Major Bob Neyland got there and asked for volunteer* . . t Holy (Tom so disfigured Manhattan that even the Indian* wouldn t take ’em back . . . It's a good thing Arlxona's climate la so bracing, because the university team of that state will need every aid in recuperating from Minnesota .. The score. 42-0. looked like the world's fair# top attendance figure. Howard Jones has not changed his strategy at University of

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Southern California . . . He ia still saving Doyle Nave until it ia too; late ... I'd suggest Howard start spreading Doyle on the troubled waters before the last five minutes of the game ■— —o — HOME RUNS Foxx. Red Box 351 Greenberg. Tigers . ... 33 j Williams. Red Sox 31 Di Maggio. Yankees 30 I Gordon. Yankees 281 -a ■ — Commissioner* Make In firman Contracts T9i* county commissioner* tn' seoaion today awarded contracts' for biead. grocerisia. tobacco and dry goods at the county Infirmary i ' for the next quarter Bread one and one-quartet , pound loaf. Hon-E-Krast bakery. «H cents each; Rhodes grocery. 7 ; cents: Amstun hakeiy 8 cents C.HK-erlea, Stults grocery. 8141.17; ■iiloMe* a(•**(>. 5151.X3. SIHMUSeI I I and Lehman. 8144 74; Settles Home grocery. 8161.14. Tobacco. Stulls grocery. 182.74; Rhode* grocery. 882 30; Settles Home store. 886 Dry goods. Niblick and Co.. 843.31 The low bids were accepted tn every ease. .Muncie Men In Second Attempt At Plane Mark Muncie, (nd.. Oct. 2—<UP)-KeL nn Baxter of Richmond and Robert Me Daniela of Muncie today were under way on their second attempt In leas than a month to b eak the ' 343 hour and 6 minute endurance 'lying record for light airplane*. They took off at 10:53 A. M. yeete* day and hoped to shatter. If poaelble Loth the light plane mark and the 663 hour record for heavy planes. Their first attempt ended kept. 1* *h<n valve trouble forced them down. The light plane record no*r is held by the Mtx-dy brother* of Jpringfield. 111.

Card Fan Loses Bet: Pushing Wheel ('hair On 90-Mile Journey » • Cambridge City. Ind. Ot. 2 — | lUPl—The Bt. Louis Cardinals and I s lack of bearing grouse »trand«d { Roscoe Sanders ot Honey Creek *->mewhere along the road to Clocinwstl today Yesterday, as a rej suit of a bet that the Cardinals w<>nld win the National League Pennant- Bander* began pushing 295nor.nd Lawrence Itailey «• a 94m'le journey in a wheel chair to Cincinnati. All went well for the f.rst few ■Biles, then motorists reported 'he .chair nad suffered a breakdown f U'-ar here because of the lack nf 1 grease Today Banders Is ready to | start tn again. Bailey is x Hing to nmke another bet with hi* friend— That Sander* will weigh les* than hi* regular 328-pornd* when »h*v arrive in Oincinmul. They hope to ' re*eh Cincinnati t»y Saturday. Will Os Murder Victim Is Filed The will ot Anthony Mlchand. aged Berne frnlt oealer who was shoe and killed during a iioidup at 3 frnlt market and filling station 'in that town August 28. wa* probated and placed on record la Adam* circuit court Baturdsy. The will provide* that after th" payment of debts and funeral exl* :«*eo the reel of the estate is bequeathed to the widow. Neva A. Michaud O * (I. Ruth Porter Completes Nurses’ Training Course * —..1—.. Miaa Ruth Porter, daughter of Mt. and Mr*. Giles V. Perter of W'nehester street, will complete her nurses’ trslnlnc course at Gen- ' *ral Hospital in Cincinna.l. Ohio I to-norrow Mis* Porter, who ha* completed a three vear course, has

WRESTUNC AT WAYNE INDOORS First Indoor Card Os Year Al Armory Wed-nt-day Night The first Indoor wrea'llng card *>f th* season will be held at the Ar n.-rry on Mouth Clinton Btr*ot. Fbrt Wayne. W*dn*ada> night. Octobe4th Wreatllng has pinven to b* one of th* leading aport* of th* winter season la th* vicinity ot Fort Wiyme. Th* Fort Wayne Athl*tl<, I Association, sponao* . of th* bouts.l will give tb* fans «ae ot the best, card* ever *ponaored there. The main event ftalures Martin-' jnaelo. bare-footed Buffa o shuft ' ter. who tackles Danny Ravage. Vai 1 versl-y of Utah, bad man ot the i mat. Angelo returns here af’er an ext -uried absence a*d wrestles bl* mbit aggressive to’ on th» padded mat. Savage has proven on prevloaa ■x-castona here that he la ter of the roughhouse type ot wcrailing and enjoys thia type of ear scrambling. This match ia over the two-out -of three fail route, with ’ >■ minutes set as the time limit. Buck Weaver, pt Ide of Indiana l.nlverslty and rate! among the big jteu of wreatllng. tachles B'liy Ray bom. Atlanta. Ga . in the semi-final match over another two-fall route, one hour time limit. Weaver never ( fails to please the fans with his (.’rop-klck. Nick Boren is. Italian, opens the evening's hostilities by opposing Andy Tremaine. Tuecon. A-isona. In the one-tall, thirty minute matchThe first bout will begin at 5:45 P. M.. Central Btanaard T’me. Dodgers Push Cubs Back To Fourth As Feature Os Finale ♦ 4 New York. Oct., 2 - (UPJ Brooklyn s (limbing of third place to shake off their second division plague of six years featured the windup of the major league season i Sunday By nosing oat the Phillies. 3-2. behind Hugh Casey's four-hit pitch , Ing. the Dodgers finished half a | game ahead of the Cuba to land third place, high**) the-r've finish I *d since 1932 when the*' also were ' third ‘ The Cubs won their finale from i the Cardinals. 2-1. but they fell' 1 half a gam* short of tying the \ ' Dodgers The Reds finished 4*u games; I ahead of the Cards by splitting ’ ' with the Pirates ’ Han v Ottmhert hlankM the; , Be*'*. 5-4. fu( to* i:**lt vtcuMy bat i the Giants remained in fifth place. Cleveland beat the Tigers. 8-3. i then lost 1-4. The Browns nosed out the White > Sox In the tenth. 4-3. Farm Equipment Group .Meets At French Lick 1 French Lick. Ind. Oct. 2—(UP)' ‘ - Meeting under indefinite Justness * conditions because of the European ’ war. the 46th annual convention of ' the Farm Equipment Institute open- • <d here today with approximatly 600 active and associate '.utters [ ;(r«-*ent. Principal speaker today was R E. , D»svernine of New York F.ty, president of the Crucible Steel Co. He t the present and future r nutlook for Industry. Oscar. John- ( t ion ot Scott. Mist., president of . the National Cotton Council of Am- ( triea. will speak tomorrow on the ( tut ton problem and Its relation to ( .'.l'm equipment Merle Thorpe ot Wishlngtott. D. C- editor of “NaDan’s Business." will speak at th* final meeting Wednesday. Fifht ’With Wife Is” Blamed For Thievery Brasil. Ind. Oct 2-(UJD Doug las Tiers. 30. of Pontiac. Mich , j today was held for federal action | on a charge of violating the Dyer! ' act by transporting a stolen car from Michigan to Indiana. He walked Into the police sta-1 Hon and aurrendered yesterday. He told policy he stole a car tn Pontiac from a friend. Joshua • luuid. after an argument with his; wife. bsen accepted on tht regular stat' iof the hospital. She will arrive I home Wednesday for a short vacaI con with her parents and friends, i teturnlng to Clnclnnti Saturday. CHANGE OF ADDRESS SuhMcribers are requested to give old and new address when ordering paper changed from one address to another. For example: If you change your address from Decatur R. R. 1 to Decatur R. R. 2. instruct us to change the paper from route one to route j two.

Kirksey Says Yan/ Ws \v'?« Beat The Reds In Six G a J

By George Klrkacy |U I* Staff Correaponden I > New York, Oct 2 <U.R> No team ever h.t* won four atrulght •orld'a lutaetiall championships, but the New York Yank*** are no respecters of records So come* the end of ih* world series and th* Yanka will ml* the baaeball rooat fur th* feus'h straight year They’ll beat the 4'nlclnnatl R*d* National league champion*, in alx gam*a, hut b* fore they're through theyll know they’ve l»*en In a man's alted ■ttuggle It won’t be on* of those (Ub things of last fall. Buchy Walters, with hla dipaydo alnk*r Itall. and Paul Derringer, with hla sweeping curve, will give the Yanka a mn for their money isit In the end Yankee power and claaa will prevail. I give the Reda iust about the urn* chance the gamblers do. one in three, because asking Walter* and Denlnger with the kind of hitters they have Itebind them, to take care of the Yanka la trying io cover too much I territory. The R*da have a good, game luill clnb and they won't quit Ru< they just haven't th* guns and ammunition to match a well hal sliced, experienced club like the Yanka Walters and Derringer are going to give the Reda some first close pitching in .hie series, and that extra day for travel between the two cities makes It possible for McKechnle io get four games ont of his two aces In five world set les days Gene Thompson, the 22 year old rookie, will have to break Showgirl in News ■■ 1 \ Wk ■ tHga Gorey Flrut night club tiff of ths fall season takes place in New York * here Producer George White and j Sidney Solomon, former night club owner, reportedly come to blows following remarks mads at White's table, graced by beautiful Olga Gorey, showgirl Unofficial obsen era gave White the decision

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