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Crowds Attend Major League Games Sunday Over 200.000 Fans See Major Leaque Battles On Sunday New York. April 27 — <X’P >— Major .league magnates today had cause for rejoicing. If any further evidence were needed to prove that ; the public wants liaseball during war times, it wan supplied by yesterday's attendance figures The eight major league games drew 211.962 paid admissions ih< largest single day of the infant 1912 season. If yesterday can be, taken as a criterion. Sunday Is going to be a terrific day this season in the majors. Sunday s attendance figures: American League St. Louis at Detroit 41.19 k New York at Boston 39,010 Philadelphia at Washington 25.000 Cleveland at Chicago 9.179 Totals 113.997 National League Boston at New York 49.931 Brooklyn at Philadelphia 21.799 Pittsburgh at St. Louta 14.920 Chicago at Cincinnati 12.959 Total 99.075 Grand total 211.992 Opening day games with all their pomp and ceremony drew 190.775, or 21.197 less than did yesterday's program Eddie Collins, general manager of the Hed Sot. estimated that 29.000 fans were turned away at Boston. The Tigers had their biggest throng In two years. The Giant* turnout of over 50.000 (including service men and complimentary tickets I for a doubleheader with a seventh place «-lut> that had lost eight straight was ainaz Ing. Thelo wly Phils drew 21.799 and had trouble handling the crowd al the gates because nobody exI ARTHUR MYERS R. No. 2 | TM. sablsa W courtesy sad sole drtviag I* awarded to aae car owaer •I thia iwsamiy each week day. MW* CAMTUU. V - OAVg A LiM Hod Brw Orrwtag Car* > Fart Wtyae, lad Tonight & Tuesday In Brilliant Technicolor! “CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS” James Cagney. Dennis Morgan. Brenda Marshall. Alan Hale ALSO — Shorts Oc-JOe Inc Ta* —o Wad. A Thurs — -Born to Sing” Virginia Weidler. Ray McDonald First Show Wednesday at 9:10 Continuous Thursday from 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! ■—o—o Coming Sun.— Abbott A Costello id “RIDE ’EM COWBOY** | CORT Tonight & Tuesday “ROAD AGENT” Dick Foran, Andy Oevme & “FIESTA” In Color Ann Ayers. George Givot foASc Ins. Tas O OWad. A Thwrw—“Pnetric BtoafceuT Host. Preston. Martha O*Drioeoll O O — Coming Sun—“Doni Got Purse no t“ A “Yank on the Burma Rond"

pec ted sp many. And It was u great day fut the fans wl-ti gut a good run for their money. The Yankees came up with another of their big inninga, scoring six In the third to drive Lefty Judd to cover and beat the Red Sox, 7-2. .Marvin Breuer fashioned a two-hlt-ter, but one of them was a hotner by Bobby Doerr with a mate on. I Buddy Rosar bit for the circuit with two on and altogether drove in four runs Cleveland reeled off Its eighth straight and kept pace with the Yanka by defeating the anen ic-hitt-Ing White Sox. 3-2. Johnny Rigney held the Tribe lo one bit In seven Innings but was knocked out when | the Indians staged a three-run up- | rising in the eighth. Buster .Mills' pinch single drove home the tying and winning runs. Detroit made It five In a row by plastering the Browns, 10-5 and 7-5 The two losses ran St. Ixillla' losing streak to nine straight. Me- i Cosky and Bloodworth hit homers j for the Tigers. Connie Mack's Athletics kicked over the traces and walloped Washington twice. 6-1 and 9-3, vacating the- cellar In favor of the White Sox. Luman Harris and Roger Wolff tamed the Senators. Brooklyn's fabulous Ixnigers with j a patched-up lineup manhandled the I Phils twice, 3 1 and 10-2. and In- | ■ reused their National league lead ■ to three games. Billy Herman I played first In place of Dolf CamIlli and Augle Galan, both laid up with heavy colde, and la-w Riggs was al third in place of the ailing Arky Vaughan. Ken Helntzelman blanked the Cardinals for the second time this season as Pittsburgh beat St. Ixtuls. 2-0. anil then the Pirates battled the Red Birds io a 4-9 deadlock In the 11-inning nightcap The Giants' four-game winning I streak went up in smoke as the Braves snapped their eight-game losing streak with a double victory over the men of Mel OU. 3-2 and i 9-5. Jim Tobin's five-hit pitching ' did the job in the opener and a six- : run rally over Dave Koslo put the i secund game on ice. Cincinnati's new power continued as the Reds hammered out 12 hits and thumped the Cube. 9-5. The Reds' pitching, however, hit a snag when Bucky Walters was driven to cover. He haa yet to win a game Junior Thompson, who relieved him. was credited with the victory. Yesterday's hero: Marvin Breuer. Yankee righthander who hold the hard-hitting Rod Sox to two hits, stopping such hltlere as Ted Williams. Jimmy Foxx and Jim Tabor cold. LEADING HITTERS American League Player Club GAB R R Pct. Gordon. New York 12 47 9 21 447 Dickey. New York 10 39 6 19 421 Spence. Wash. 14 59 11 23 .390 KsfaleUa, Wash 12 41 10 15 39« McCoaky. Detroit 15 59 11 21 362 National League T Moore, St L. . 12 41 9 15 399 Walker. Brook 11 42 9 15 .357 Slaughter. St L 11 37 713 .351 Oft. New York 13 43 13 14 329 Goodma:.. Cln 8 34 4 11 324 — -. -g..— HOME RUNS Marshall. Giants 2 Elliott. Pirates 3 IJt whiter Phils 3 Doerr. Red Sox 3 Keltner. Indiana ...... 3 — 0 Softball Leaque Meetinq Wednesday Preliminary plane for formation of a softball league in Decatur for the coming summer will be discussed at s meeting Wednesday evening at » o’clock at the Lincoln school Ail persona Interested in forming league teams are requested to be present. LOANS Jll ts S3M QIKKLT ERB PMVETUf MERE V< try tn nuk< ilm borrowing ai unnty a umyis irinsscuun. Yue do not hate to sail tnmda or rtUtirw to >I|S your notr Lomu an asadt ' withoutnobarraar.ag credit mguiriaa. < HYMBtoyfißß* iaraiaanadwysbwy es yuur owu haae, ar ■ aur gnvsM Msuitaßan •sagasMswfhsssw was as and a eaanaMS annul eB cah «■ r*s aad oyiaa ror troacai arsa. Mk You an soda a» sMgsaaae 4 yae da aaa whs • Im. LOCALLOAN COMPANY, INC. Saw Stan Av* Bbbm4 Mfbbi PUnmm ascATva. laeiAß* Uses aaruMaS ta AOssn, lea. Wtda aad Attas t n vttw.

Cleveland Indians Surprise Os League Win Eiqht In Row, Tied With Yankees Chicago. April 27.—<UPi —The Cleveland Indiana, villains of major league baseball since the revolt in 1940 against Oscar Vitt, are on the road to reform. The "cry baby” and ‘quicker" tags acquired during the Vitt regime and carried through Roger Peckinpaugh’s managerial reign a year ago. don‘t tit the current Cleveland team that stretched lui winning streak to eight straight here yesterday when It downed the Chicago White Sox and remained tied with the Yankees for first place. Instead of battling and bickering among themselves, the Indians under their 24year-o!d pilot, Lou Boudreau, are directing their fight against American league rivals. The surprising spring surge of the | Indians la attributed principally to I the hustle Boudreau has Instilled lin the Tribe And thia profession- ■ al application of the "old college try” Isn’t to be merely an early eason novelty. Boudreau Insist*. "We may not be able to match some of our rivals In mechanical departments of the game," he said, “but no club in the league is go- • Ing to out-hustle us. We're off to ! a good start because every man on j the club has battled from start to 1 finish of each game. We never ' give up. It haa to be that way all through the season too. because It avails you nothing if you hustle for a little while and then let down." The Indians, notorious in the past as a club which folded up when the going was tough, have erased some of that stigma by the manner in which it has won th* tight games this season. Os the Tribe's 12 games, seven have been decided by the margin of one run and five of those decisions were taken by Cleveland. While Boudreau realizes the In--1 dlans will feel the loss of Bob Fel--1 ier more and more as the season I progresses, he Isn't wasting time I worrying about It. Instead he's attempting to juggle his pitching staff as much as possible to take up the slack. "I won't try to have a ‘big four’ that will rotate and carry the pitching load." Boudreau said. "Already I've used six different startig pitchers and Mime others, like Chubby Dean, who merely have relieved so far will get their chances. I must use a flexible plan auch as this because veterans like Mel Harder and Vern Kennedy will need five or six days in between their turns." Cleveland's pitching has been exceptionally tight and the Tribe hurlers permitted only 29 runs In 12 contest*. Two rookies from Nashville of th* Southern association first base man Les Fleming and outfielder Oris Hockett, are off to fast starts and have fully compensated for the retirement of Hal Trosky and the sale of "Gee" Walker Boudreau still tells you he'd settle for a first division berth at the wind-up of the campaign, but he wouldn't object to "reforming" that opinion either. —o —— — g Today's Sport Parade <R»g. U. B. Fat. Office By Jaek Guenther ♦ _ 4 Enroute to the Kentucky Derby, Apr. 27 — (UP* -- The boy In the light gray suit sitting across from me In car 41s tapped a cigarette against the back of his hand and agreed that. yes. the d'-rby looked like a wide open race Then he struck a match, puffed twice and through the small rioud of smoke added -"but Alaab will win It. of course Ha was a little fellow, thia boy In th* gray suit, and he wax quite youngrt He weighs <mlv IM pounds with hl* pockets full of sliver and at 22 be haa no more whisker* than a baby. But his hand* are strong hi* eyes are shrewd and bis reputation i* wide Aa you may have guessed by now. he la a jockey. He is an exceptionally sue cessful jockey. His name is Basil James. It that laa't enough identification, he la known around the track* aa a firecracker with a delayed action fuse That ia because a* a Stretch rider he ha* sew—ls any—equals. He knows a horse when he see* one and he believe* be haa seen oae The horse ia Alaab. who hasn’t won a race this year, but who James thinks wilt win th* darby He Is *0 strongly convinced that th* slim son of Good Goods will bo home first on Saturday after noon that he ia gambling 17,000 Ha toal betting that sum. hot he ia gambling It jaat tho asm* You eoo. James asked foi th* mount on Alaab. If he win* boll get 19 percent of the (T9.9M purse If be lose*, boll gat jest peanau. "1 aaw htai rva in the WManer In riortda a few month* *go Basil toM me a* the train clicked off the milea to CberehtU Dowa* "He lest that race by a couple es

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lengths but he Is giving sway weight to every horse. That was the clincher for me. I broke all i records running to his trainer, Barge Swetrke. and asking It he had hired a derby rider. "Barge said ‘no.’ and when I asked for the job he said 'okay.' Well. 1 rode Alsah In the Chetia peak* a few days ago and we lost —by a length to Colchis—but that was Irecause the track was cuppy It will be an entirely different story at the Downs on Saturday You mark my words, this baby should be the favorite because he still Is the best horse." For ptore than an hour the tiny man who boomed out of the half mile tracks In Washington seven years ago and took his place as one of the nation's great ride.* explained to me why Alsab should win. Basil says the horse has proven his speed, has proven his gamenes* and last week proved 1 that he will be ala physical peak ' for the derby. He also has proven something else. “This derby will have a big field,” James said. "In big field* a horse who wins must make more than one run. Many horse* can't do that. If they are pocketed or the bld isn't timed right then they are all through. But Alsab I* a different type of horse. He ha* three or four run* in him. If he get* in trouble on oqc or two occasions. he still has something left." In James' opinion Alsab'* toughest contender will be Requested, the Wood Memorial winner, and that is another reason he can see only hla own horse as the victor lln thto 98th derby. Requested, he Halms, couldn't beat Alaab it he were equipped with an outboard motor, roller skate* and an electric fan. He never has and he never will. H* just isn't fast enough "He- has more early speed than Alsab but he Isn't the horse Alaab to In the stretch. 1 like a stretch runner. I ride le-st on a horse who can turn it on down the straightaway. That is why I liked Cravat a few years ago and Market Wise last year And that is why 1 like Alsab this year. There la no one to match him in the last quarter.” Basil will give Alaab the once

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over lightly at Louisville today and will ride him tomorrow In the derby trial. Then come* Saturday and the big show. It will be Alsab'* first but James' fourth. He finished seventh with Delfbr in 1937 and In the same bracket with Him- Pair last year and he was third with Heather Broom in 1939. "I'll do better this year." be grinned. "There are 50 ways a horse can lose *0 1 can't say 'Sab ia a sure thing. Since I turned down Bay View in the Santa Anita handicap one year and then he went out to win it I know nothing ls sure But he la as close to being sure a* any horse. You see. I'll be in the amy soon and I want that 37.000 now." - — - o — 1 , Two Sentenced As Drunken Drivers * Two men were given tine* and penal farm sentence* by Judge J. Fred Frucbte this morning when they entered guilty plea* to charges of drunken driving The two were William C. Merriman 29. Decatur, and Gary E Perkin*. 91. Winchester shoe store owner. Judge Fruchte fined each man |lO and costa and fmpized 30day penal farm term*. He also revoked the driver’s licenae of each for a period of six months. Merriman waa arrewted Sunday morning about 9:30 o'clock by police chief James Border* on Second street. Perkin* was arrested onehalf mile south of tho city by officer* Roy Chllcote and Ronert Hill after a short chase Saturday night. Both were lodged In jail until this morning when they were brought into court by Sheriff Ed Miller. Prosecutor Harry T. Grube represented the state at the arraignment*. < ■ — Trout Season Opens Thursday Midniqht Indianapolis. April 27 — (UP)— Hugh A. Barnhart, diroetor of the ■Uta conservation department, today reminded Firtiermen that the trout season opens Thursday at midnight and will extend to Aug-1

Government Needs ! Many Stenographers The registration of the nation's man power ha* created an urgent need for stenographers In Washington. F. R Co«'ello. local secretary, board of U. 8- <i»H service examiners. Decatur post office building, stated today. "The marshalling of man power can be no faster than the ability of tbs government to handle the enormous volume of work required." he said. "Hundreds of stenogrpher* are needed at once in Washington because time Is as important as arms and munitions in winning the war. Stenographers are aa necessary in our national defenar as are soldiers, sailors and nurse*. Those qualifying for the portions have the thrill of being actively a part of our war effort in addition to getting an education In our national affairs which only Washington ca give," he pointed out. Mr. Costello also assured stenographers that there are adequate housing facifflles In Washington for them at reasonable rates. Detailed information both about the jobs and place* to live In Washington will be given to applicant* for these positions at the board of U. S. civil service examiner* in the post office building. Decatur. Ind. — *■■■ MAJOR LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. 0.8. Brooklyn 11 3 .799 Pittsburgh —7 5 .593 3 New York 7 9 .539 3»4 Chicago 9 9 500 4 Bt. Louis 5 9 .455 414 Cincinnati 5 9 .455 4H Boston 9 9 .429 5 Philadelphia 2 10 .197 9 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. U Pct. G B New York 9 3 750 Cleveland 9 3 .750 .Detroit 10 6 997 m I Boston 7 5 .583 2 Philadelphia 5 9 .357 5 Washington 5 9 ,357 5 St Louis 5 10 .333 5*4 Chicago 3 9 . 250 9 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Cincinnati 9, Chicago 5. Boston 3-8. New York 5-2. Brooklyn 3-10, Philadelphia 1-2. Pittsburgh 4-2. St. Loula 0-4. American League Toth 7. Busum 3. Cleveland 8. Chicago 2. Philadelphia 4-9. Washington 1-3. Detroit 10-7, St. Loula 5-5. 13 MILLION MEN (Continued From Paas t> The selective service system today completes registration for trnr du ties of approximately 40 000.000 men—virtually every man In the United States between 20 and 94 years of age. PraaMetrt Roosevelt, a majority of hi* egbliMt and hundred* of other national leaders are among the estimated 13.000.000 men between 45 and 94 who will sign registration cards today Home of today’s regtotrante »*rved their country In three other military expedition*. Among them are ust 31. However. Barubart a too warned that on Thursday fishing for moat game ftoh. including Naegill*. awfish, cropplea, base pike end pickI erol. becomes Illegal until June 19

Halifax Visits Main ■« ■ ■■ fl jig, Lord and Lady Halifax are shown in animated eor.vemtfo* Cochran (right), president of the Chamber of Comment n.” Tex. The British ambassador, from actual contact with persons in all waika of life and in many American town* ir-ZH know* that Main Street ia in fighting mood and war t* t« Hitler started. I”,

surveyors and Teddy Roosevelt’s' "rough riders of the Bpanish-Amerl-1 can war of 1898; men who rode' with Gen John J. Pershing in 1916 . into Mexico to avenge Pancho CHla’s raid on Columbus. N. M. and ; American doughboys who ’racked the German lines In the battle of Muese-Aregonne in France in 1918. Unlike the three previous registrations of this war. the men catalogued today are not liable for compulsory military service. They will lie sent occupational questionnaire* with the war man power commission— formation of which was completed only last night—will determine where and how they are beat fitted to contribute to the war effort in civilian activities. MRS. SAMUEL JABERG (Continued From Psge 1» Wednesday afternoon at |;M o'clock at the home and 2 o’clock at the church, with Rev. David Grcthcr officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body was returned thia afternoon from the Zwick funeral hbme to the residence and it may be viewed there after 7 p. m. until time for the service*. .. o — —— Keep your face set against intolerance; Ignorance and emotion make for It.

SONOTONE HEARING SERVICE (At Advertised In LIFE ■ COMES TO DECATI'R We art pleased to announce that Mr. C. E Mac Kay Cefll Sonotone Consultant, will be at the Rice Hotel " Oe:»t*> Wednesday for the scientific correction of unwtd*® hearing. We Invite you to call- Moure from (j ’ ta’fl RICE HOTEL WEDNESDAY, APlill. 29 AI’DIOM ETHIC hearing testa and consult t'lon' « charge or obligation SONOTONE HEARING SERVICE 714 Cltlsena Truat Bldg, Ft. Wayne E E ***’ I To The People: I Due to the existing circumetances created ill emergency, I do not fool that time, tires and J 1 used for campaigning aa In normal times Thereto ■ ■fl thia means of asking you to consider my Candida 1 ■I ination to a second term as your senator. II « |i You may be assured that I shall continue to rep ■ 4 people of my district In preferen-e to any P r *"‘ B « R ■1 and if you consider H to your interact to retd'"' 14 capacity, I shall appreciate your effort in my tie I Thanking you. I am. VonA/Pat’Eichhon li Yotir I Joint State Senata |i Democratic Priasary. May 5

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