Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 211, Decatur, Adams County, 5 September 1940 — Page 8

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Gfl RHETT TEAM TO PLAT HERE ' FRIDAY NIGHT Yellow JacketM Meet Rail* rtiadtr* I nder l.ightN At Worthman Field The l»4" fool hall **a*on of th* i Ifc-catur high *chool fallow Jack •I* will Io- opened here Friday night when the Imai eleven meet* ■ Garratl under the light* a’ Worthman FleM It Wtli *l*o *te 'he flrat tilt of th" season for the Railroaders, thu« little i« known about their strength. A* for the Jackets. intensive practhe session* nave le-r-n held (Wire dally thi* week under the guidance of head coach Hugh Andrew* and assistant* RIH I*"’ and Inane Dorwm Practice for the opening game wa« «limited list nlgut undei thlight*, with only’* light workout scheduled for today Although *even letter™ -n form the iiucfwu- for thi« year* Uik et elevon two of them may not so* action In the Opene* Hot 1 , are 111 the tackfleld Harold Johnson *uf Terran injury thi* week in prac-liire-Uia! may keep him out of the inittat till and Vault Lunger I* bothered with hi* old bugaboo hay fever Granger the other ha* Afield letter winner from last year I* egported to be in the starting lineup, a* are Meh-hl Fretdt. Lynch and Bromer. varsity linemen from the IMP «iuad Aa for the remainder of the line

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up more formidable appearing reserve* from last year and one or two new omer* are < (pectr-d Io see anion at the various ygeanclr* After the opener tomorrow night the Andiewameti will not appear on the local gridiron again until September 27 When Fort Wayne Cell itral come* here. Meanwhile on tu-»t Friday, H-ptember 13 the Jack eta go to Bluffton to meet the Tig--r» and on Hvptemlo-r 2<» play at Auburn ; Peaum ticket* for the four game home card. Including tilt* with Garett Central. Portland and return I Bluffton engagement are eelllng for iII to adult* Htuderit ticket* »e|! , for The game Friday night Will Ire vailed at * p in o LEADING BATTERE National League Player Chib GAB II II P< t Resell. ItMS 107 3»W 42 13* 330 Walker Dodger 11» 453 62 14» W McCormick. Cln 126 511*0 164 331 banning Giant* 11945Z59144 31* Hack Cuba 12E&MMM1 31* American League Radcliff Brown 127 4»2 «'• 172 37,0 b Maggio Yank io7 414 76 141 341 William*. R Hol 12146*115 15!' 340 AppUM. W Sot IM 46? IM '!* IM W right W Hog 137 504 73 17" 33? HOME runs Mile Cardinal* • 3* Fogg, Herl Hog • 35 bi Maggio Yankee* 2* Greenberg Tiger* -2” York Tiger* 34 Judlilr-h Brown* 24 Gordon. Yankee* 21 Trotsky Indian* 24 Johnson Athletic* 34 o e>aa« ie • Ann- **we rteeatw

DETROIT BEATS 808 FELLER TO SLASH MARGIN TiKcn* Move Buck Into Second With Victory (her Cleveland New York Hepr 5 (UP- Cb-ve land pennant ator k took a sharp dtp today after the tribe* renoun. ed Hob Feller had hl* ear* pinner) hark by the Tiger* Feller, who hasn't pitched a real ly outstanding game In a month wa* given a fernth lai Ing ye.ter day by the Tiger* who emerged from a 4 game lowing *treak and heat the Indian* 7 t Tin- triumph over the league leader* enabled De-troit-to regain »e<<md plan- a* the Yankee, fell before the Henator*. <5 The Indian* lead ia now 3 game* Cleveland Ira* loat three straight and 7 out of It* la*t 11 Tin* wouldn't Ire so had if It waan't for Feller * unimpressive pltr hmg only one since Aug I when he let the Yank* down with live hit* and beat them 3 1. ha* Feller looked overpowering That wa* againat the Yank* on Aug 34 when he held them tallies* for seven Inning* But the strain of that performance told on bullet Ibrb and In the end the Yank* blasted him to defeat in the la»t two Inning*. 3 2 The questloq of overwork doesn't aei-m to enter into Feller - * (lump. He's big and powerful and ran gland a lot of work He pit. hed 27* in |t»3* and 2*7 la*t year H- * pitched 273 Inning* this ae.iMOi and ought to Ire aide to stand up well under 5" more in ntng* of work during the next 23 day* of the season However, it Feller rant regain hi* form soon the Cleveland pennant barge I* going to sink All season long the Indian* have cuffed rhe Tiger* around, winning * out of 13 from them But y«-st,-r day the Tiger turned and aretl hi* I law* The series now stands Indian* » Tiger* 6 * game* to play Those eight game* may well decide the pennant If they should r ut each other * throat*, the Yank* could »lip home the winner If either team r an dominate tho*e re mainlng eight game*, then that club i* likely to bring holm the bacon. The Yank* struck a snag in Waahingtoti. losing to Joe Krakau* ku*. the Lithuanian lefthander who hadn't won a game all season' Although he gave up ten hit*. Krakauska* pulled through to a 6-5 victory. The defeat dropped the Yank* bark to third plate The Boaton Ited Hol wou two egtra inning game* from the Athletic*. 6-5 (10 inning*' and 5-4 <ll Inning*) to hang on the outer rim of the contender*. 6 1 * game* off the pace Bob Harris pitr hed the Brown* to a 4 1 victory over the White Hoi Johnny Berardino had a perfect day at atb. with "3 for 3" Cincinnati remained eight game* In front of the National league par k after (coring a 12-innlng. 3-2 victory over the Pirate* before a night crowd of 20,643 Luke Hamlin won hi* ninth victory a* he pitched the Dodger* to a 3-0 triumph over the Phil* Hamlin (tripped the Phil* with eight hit( beforo a Hhlbe Park night crowd of 1E.031. largest home crowd to watch the Phil* hi two year* The Card* took over third place front Pittsburgh by handing the Cubs their ninth lo** In II games, 4-2 before 16,1*7 fan*. Three error* by the Cub* and nine hits off Claude Passeau won tha game for Nt Louis. Boston blanked the Gianta. 2-0 behind the Ove-bit pitching of Dick fcrrickson. Yesterday'a hero: Schoolboy Rowe, lanky Detroit pitcher who won hta 13th gama of the year against three defeats and pitched the Tigers out of a four-game losing streak and into second place with a 7-2. seven hit win over the leading Indians. I CORT « — Last Time Tonight — ■ GIRLS OF THE ROAO" Ann Dvorna, Helen Mack ALSO —Short* tOc-ISc « FRI. & SAT. ROY ROGERS “THE RANGER and THE LADY” With Georg* (Gabby) Hay** —o Sun. Mon. Tu*».—"S*cr*t Seven' A "On Th*ir Own”

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STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W I. IVt. Glt Cincinnati *2 46 614 Brorrklyn 7.3 53 57* » St Uruis 66 s't 52* I4*x Pittsburgh 61 61 5|2 I6> g N-w York IffW Chicago 63 6* 4*l 2"'y Boston 54 73 125 27 PhllMlelpbU 41 *2 .333 3Xl* AMERICAN LEAGUE W L IM G B Cleveland 75 53 5*6 Detroit 73 57 563 3 New York 71 56 556 3>* Boston 71 6" .543 s'y Chirago 66 62 516 » YVashington 55 73 .430 20 Ht Louis 55 76 42" 21'* Philadelphia 47 76 3*2 25'* VEbTERDAY'g RESULTS National League Huston 3 New York o. Brooklyn 3 Philadelphia 0 Cincinnati 3, Pittaburgh 2 (I*2 inning*! Hi, Lulls 4. Chir ago 2. American League Boston 6 5. Philadelphia 5-4 Washington 6 New York 5 Itetroit 7. Cleveland 2. Hl Ixiuls 4. Chicago I. — o-—- — ( * Today’s Sport Parade * By Henry M-.Lemore New York. Sept 5. — fU.R) “Twenty-five, twenty six. twenty- J ■even." said Jack Kearns, plunking the 41.000 bills down one by one. "twenty eight, twenty-nine, thirty." "Ringo!" ebouted an awe-strick-en spectator. Andi Hoffman, pilot of that storm-tossed pugilistic ship named , Max Baer, looked at the mea* of . green stuff in front of hlin and , said: 'okay " j Ho the sight's on -the one be- > tween Baer and Pat Comlskey. a , killer-dlller puncher from Paterson. N J It wllf be 15 rounds on Hept , 26 In the Jersey City baseball park . But the fact that they're going to fight la unimportant compared to . what happened before, during and

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after Kearns laid the lettme in I Inmt of Hoffman It easily was th- high potnt of the mm’lsl season In leaih-rfist lane The boy* were tastefully attired In rauliflower ears and broken nose* Th<- offlr ial signing took place In a Broadway night club railed the Hurricane and promoter Kearn* in voked the aid of Bacchus, god of wine, to get the festivities pitched to the proper plane Viand* were sprearl on long tables and despite the lai k of place card* the boy* found* their seat* with a minimum of i oirfuaion. All of them, that la. eirept Maxie Baer who wanted to be photographed with one of the Hurricanette* who wa* (treUina the premise* In a grai* coetame The flashlight* |M>p|u-d and a ph ture of Maxie and the Hurricanette wa* Itnprbioued for pee4»rlty. Then the eating begaa. Comlakey »eeme>l to have a shade on the soup and salad course*, but Ba-r staged a great rally on the entree The dessert course seemed to be | fairly even Throughout the repast both boy* flashed nice left I jabs with their forks and crossed , neatly with theli knives. Ho call Ilt a draw and atand by for what happen* next. Vp get* promoter Keania to make a apeech. Thi* will be a ! great fight he aald He aald it again, And again. The cheering wa* terrific. All the detail* *eemed do*ed. But wait! Hlowly to bl* feet get* Andi Hoffman, no mean «pee<h maker himielf. "I have heard lota of nice talk here." he aald. "but I haven’t seen no money.” Commerdallam had reared It* ugly head in the midst of thia brilliant social function. In plain word*. Hoffman wanted th* 30,000 buck* that Kearns bad guaranteed Baer He wanted It right now. while the toothpicks still were laving passed. The count of Monte Cristo could not have made a more courtly gesture than Kearns unleashed when he stepped over and handed Hoffman a allp of paper. It was a chack for 130 000.

ALL-STARS BEAT : NEW YORK TEAM j ColleKf All-Star* Defeat (iiant*; Cleveland t Rama Win New York Hept 5 <u» »**••* one know* that when a man bite* a dog Hl* hew* Ho without forth er preamble we’re obliged to repot, today that a college all star foot ball team tlnaly ha* defeated the professktMl New York Giants and without benefit of bla<k magl< or mirrors It wa* accomplished before 3*405 startled spectator* at the polo Uf.,,.*.!, | 3 m ntgkt Th' ocrnslon •a* the New York HeraM-Trlb unea fifth benefit gam<- and the score was KaMertt *ll *tar*. 1«. Eastern professional champion* ■ It was an hl’torb and an evitlng event and. brtfly here I* the story passes completed all *t*r*. !• of In Gianta. in of 3o passes Intercepted by: all stars. 5. Giants. 2 Thep art- the statk and un< hang Ing figures whir h tell the down fall of th- esponenta of the aerial , lrcu» The college boys took th,air away from the enemy In the llr»t quarter and kept It all the way Ci*v*tand Wm* Cleveland. Hept 5 UR> The re< ord oflhe Cleveland Ram* Notional profe»*iimal league football tram was still »potless today In their annual encounter with the midwest college all stars after a repetition of the same old story t*f 100 much Parker Hall Hall voted the league's most valuable player sat year ed the Ram* with two touchdowns a* they overwhelmed a squad of stars 200 un der the lights of municipal stadium tor their third straight victory * REUNION *| CALENDAR Sunday. September S M O. Braun Reunion. Nun Set Park. Sunday, September 15 Annual Girod Reunion. Bert Smith Home. 2 1 * mile* South YY'eat ol Berne. I'prisinjts Rumored In Parts Os Mexico Mexico city Sept. 5 — tl'Pt — Rumors at uprisings In the states of Durango, to the north, and in Guerrero, in the south, kept the capital restive today, although the war mlnlatery denied knowledge of any difficulties anywhere The government moved energetically to curb further activities of General Juan Andreu Almalan* party of national unification which had Issued a manifesto yesterday attacking the Cardenas government as visibly allied with Soviet Russia. Hoffman gated at it with a detached ctpreaaion on his face He gated at It a long time and then he spoke: "Cash" "What* the matter,” Inquired Abe Green. New Jersey boglng commissioner, "don't you think the check's any good?" "Cash," said Hoffman Kearns took back the check, rear hed into his pocket and came out with a roll a* big a* a baseball bal. Jjglne, two. three, four . . ." An angelic light came over Mr Hoffman's face as he watched the green stuff tall. Rutter and He fiat In front of him o SOO Sheet* S!«xll Sunrise Canary Second Sheet*, neatly wrapped. 35c. The Deeat ur Democrat Cn. 7fu Merit'Plan LOAN SYSTEM Th* M»rll Pl*n Loan Sjrstssn og»f. lavailaM* eaah eradH up to MM to hwhand and *if* or *ln<l* persona YOUR PLAIN NOTE OTHER SECURITY TO APPLY—You ma* ua* any of th* Ura* war,. You ar* undar no obiigMioft if you do not take a 1. Y.» mi, t»l»t>hon. ua and Uli u* es ywr moa>y n,i*i. I. Yau may rut thia sd oat—writs your nam* and *ddr«s* on U—sad Ums mall It to a*. X. Lomw inod* mmm* day you spplya LOCAL LOAN COMCANY laaaryarSM (traaa l-tT "bJET IsgtSM Mod* 4o AdLoasf IFalls AMffO fay i i

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