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Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 18

Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 18

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Friday, April DECATUR PAGE EIGHTEEN randidacy for the Republican nomi Haines. Former Card Chandler Wants to Start Against Tribe i I TANK STARS VIE IN A. A. U. MEET TODAY Wolves, Ohio, Harvard Favored in Race for Team Laurels By FRITZ HOWELL of The Associated Press COLUMBUS.

O. More than 140 yoU'RE RIGHT. JIM. 1 3 L0NC YEARS IN THE BARREL MAKES FULL- 1 Hurler, in Politics nAYTON. O.

(Special) Jesse Haines, coach for the Brooklyn fnnn St Louis Car- dinal star pitcher, has entered poli tics. Haines recently announcea nia These Whiskies Are 3 Years fi CLARKE'S WHISKIES MAKE RIGHT GOOD swimming stars from 16 states andSeries cut on a honeymoon with his the District cf Columbia splashed college sweetheart. If the Yanks through Ohio State university's poolloEe- Joe ma' hav'e a new alibi for Comeback By PAUL MICKELSON of The Associated Press NEW YORK Facts, fancies and i impressions gteaned from the old Sports Trailer's notebook after a tour of the spring big league baseball camps: Most optimistic rookie in whole southland is Joe Gordon, who's out to take over Tony Lazzeri's old second basing job with the New York Yankees. Joe plans to spend his 1938 World up a onae at the altar. Pitcher Spurgeon Chandler, trying a comeback with the Yankees, would like to start against Cleveland for a good reason.

The last ball pitched by the former Georgia star is a big league game was to Earl Averill oT Cleveland. Earl hit the pitch over the fence, Chandler was jerked and shipped to the Newark farm. Depend on Hurlers Perhaps the two most imporiant players to the success cf a team are T- 1 pitchers Kendall Chase and Joe Krakauskas of Washington. Ken and Joe must go and go big if the Senators hope to get any place: If they flop, it wouldn't surprise the experts to see the Bucky Harris crew touch right close to the bottom. Pitchers sav Rudv York is harder to fool than Hank Green- GHOST QUEEN RACE VICTOR High Velocity Is Also Winner at Bowie Bv Associated Press NEW YORK Two horses which raced consistently last year came through with popular victories at Bowie yesterday when W.

H. Den-H. P. Met- for Lclll 5 Xllgll VCiuviij ai.v. the Class handicaps which I headed the program at the Mary land course.

Ghost Queen, out of the money only four times ir 14 starts as a two-year-old. came from off the pace to whip five other three year olds in a six-furlong dash. Favored at S4.70 for $2. the daughter of Dunlin finished a length and a half in front of John Hay Whitneyls Endymion with third going to H. R.

Bain's Sir Bevidere. High Velocity, making his first start of the year after finishing in the money in eight of his 12 1937 races, answered Charlie Corbett's urging i the stretch to take the mile and 70 yards of the LaPlata handicap. He was well supported at S7.60 for $2. Freddie Scheih's riding overshadowed the victory of the Long-champs farms' Knowing in the five and a half-furlong deadliner at Tropic; 1 park. Scheih brought home three winners, including both ends of- the double.

He took the first with Pripo at $5.80. the second with R. Pinchot. which returned 12.50 and the third Vith' Dark May. an S8.20 for a $2 shot.

TIGERS RELEASE HURLERS LAKELAND, Fla. AP The Detroit Tigers released three pitchers yesterday to the Toledo American association club. They are Stanley Corbett. Pat McLaughlin and Joe Rogalski. CONTRACTOR I Old 1 1 rano SPURGEON CHANDLER buv Buddv H.issett.

the silver tongued tenor from Brooklyn Lon Warneke would like to know where the report started that the St Louis Cardinals are "stingy." Lazy Lon says he's getting more money-sliding downhill with the Cards than he did going up with the Chicago Cubs. If Leo "Lippy" Durocher gets his money's worth, he should have a great year with Brooklyn. Leo pent $1,300 the Mayo brothers hospital on personal repairs automobile that Cookie Lavagetto will be the best third baseman in the National league this year. Manager Burleigh Grimes owes this corner something. Since the story went out about Boilirig Boily's great growth of whiskers, he's been be-ieged with offers from razor blade rmDanies to serve as a walking ad iheir cutlery.

yesterday in final tune-ur jaunts for the National A. A. U. senior championships today and Saturday For the first time in history a iIIege squad was expected to grab the team laurels, breaking the strangle-hold of the athletic clubs. Ohio State.

Michigan and Harvard were conceded the best chances to take the team crown. Practically every top-notch star in the country were listed among the only Jack Mediea of Seattle. being on the side- lines because of illness Stars on Varsity Johnny Higgins and Al Patnik. who won two events each at the 1937 meet as "unattached" performers, are now on Ohio State's varsity and are expected to add heavily to the Buckeye point total. Higgins.

will defend his 220-yard breast-stroke and 300-yard individual med ley titles, while Patnik will try to capture the one-meter and three-meter fancy diving events for the second straight time. Commanding considerable attention from the college coaches, is Otto Jaretz. Chicago Lane Tech high school boy. who is entered in the 100-yard free-style. The youngster has been timed in 52 seconds in that sprint this year.

Adolph Kiefer. winner of the 150-yard backstroke a year as representative of the champion Lake Shore A. C. of Chicago, is back in the fold, although his club no longer has a swimming team 1 Kiefer surrendered his backstroke crown without a "struggle by enter- ing only the 100 and 220-yard free styles and 310-yard individual MUNICIPAL GOLF I 1 berg. Now that he's getting to talk, Larry MacPhail.

new general man-Dudy advises he's one-eighth jager of the Brooklyns. will wager Cherokee Indian with the other anything from a new' hat to a new IB FRIDAY and SATURDAY STORE'NO. 3 HI 716 East Eldorado Streel Decatur READY-MIXED CONCRETE Package Liquor Stores SAVES POURING TIME rf jjlf OWNER DECATUR'S LARGEST BEER DEPOT We Carry All Xationallv-Known Brands of Beer ICE COLD AT ALL TIMES i THROUGHOUT V. S.01, vpw i Best in 1 heir Line NEW ORK (Special) Support- ers of municina. golf in a number By Associated Press Ice-Cold, Best-Made LAGER BEER Ice-Cold White Horse Lager CAN BEER nation for Montgomery county au- iditor in the August primary.

I M-n moundsman pitched i.i three of five world series games in which the Cardinals played, winning three of them. He went to the big leagues with the Cardinals in 1920. uoem Edelweiss Export BOTTLE BEER lee-Cold CASE Piping Rock Lemon, Orange, Blackberry GIN Reg. $1 Pint Pint I Pint i I I -5th Gal. LIME RICKEY, GINGER ALE.

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who scored several times last year behind Walt Stroyeck. will also run in the highs. In addition to Bailey. Young and Jim Keris. younger brother of Sammy.

Decatur cage star, will compete in the 200 yard lows. One of the weaker events at present is the high jump, The assignment at Pana will be taken care of by Bill Winters, Bill Schultz and Keris. Young and Drennan will participate in the broad jump. A bright spot in the Reds' track activities this spring is likely to be the work of Mel Amenda. who has been working hard on his specialties, the discus and shot.

Last year Amenda had marks consistently around 120 feet in the discus and is capable of better than 45 feet in the shot. Jack Miller is entered with Amenda in both those events, Rob-en Oswald will get his chance today in the shot and Jack Allen will probably give the discus a try. Jim Davis and Dale Ray are the outstanding candidates for the pole vault, another event in which the Reds cannot show much power unless one or both of those two show vast improvement. is the best 'prospect in the javelin throw. His support will come from Winter, Miller and Kenneth Mullis.

In the 830, the only relay event that will be run at Pana. Young. Albright. Miller and Bentley will run for Decatur in that order. APRIL SALE AUTO RADIOS INSTALLATION ALL STAR "TUBE SUPERHET.

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Louisville and other cities for the purpose of advising municipal authorities in a program of constructive work for public golf. Dave Mitchell, formerly of In-, dianapolis. ar.d rational public links' champion in 1934. is now a resident of Atlanta. where he is engaged in organizing groups of golfers at the various municipal courses.

His plan would result in the promotion of more competitions and social events and establish the public golf clubs as community recreation cen-: ters Mitchell pointed out to Atlanta's municipal links plavers that SUPPLY CO. TELEPHONE 50- 323 N.49 CASE. $1.39 PURE GRAIN 190 PROOF TRIAN0H m. ROCKlUJIU SL0EuJM RYE GIN Full Ful1 rint THE BARGAIN HIGHWAY TO Two Locations: Lot: East Prairi" at Broadway E. G.

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In the 1913 World Series against the Giants. Connie's boys won four games to one. But on the night of the game his Athletics did lose. Connie received a $2.40 collect tele-aram from a fan calling him every thing but a bum for his strate? in the game. "I still have that telegram says Connie, "and if I ever find the crank who sent it.

I'll get my S2.40 back and give him a piece of my mind. After 25 years. I've -tored up some pretty fancy words Ned a Tenor Pepper Martin's hill-billy band is ICO per cent better than a year ago, the singing is so atrocious Pep- is hounding Branch Rickey to FRENCH LICK. Ind. When you call for a caddy at the French Lick golf course, up run two of the best if country Jim Shields.

53. and Bob Jennings, nearly 65. Jennings, a French Lick caddy for 40 years, boasts he still can sight a bird in flicht and tell you it full pedigree within a few seconds. "I haven't lost a golf ball for years." he announces. Shields has been caddyio' 44 'ears in his un- usually alert eye.

other caddies at this fa- mous spa have had 20 to 30 years service. But to Jennings and Shields, "those youngsters are just starting in." Derringer to Hurl for Reds Against Bosox 6 is MOTOR SUPPLY fil8 E- E1drado I'hone 2-4122 1 BRAKES RELIHED FREE GARDEN TOOLS SPADING FORKS 95c HOES 95c RAKES 95c "Silent Yard Man" LAWN MOWERS Diamond Tires on time payments 4a JL per week Pcsi Sponges Chamois for it Camels, Lucky Strikes, Old Gold, Chesterfield CIGARETTES when properly organized they can B-v Associated Press, exert influence which will result in SPARTAXSBURG. S. C. With improved conditions.

i'ooth teams a little over-trained, the Mitchell has established a remark-: Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red able record as an amateur gt.lfer. Sox welcomed the wet grounds ar.d Since 1930 he has played 649 rounds cold wind frced them to can-of golf on various courses, taking a cc' exhibition game, total of 46.756 strokes for an average Paul DcrrinSer is slated to pitch of 72.04 per round. He ms 21 for Reds when the two teams course records. meet today in Greensboro, N. C.

jWith Jack Cronin doing the firing Tolley to Help Pick the Sox. Old MR. BOSTON BourbonorRye 100 Proof WHISKEY I Pint BAR SPECIAL STRAIGHT WHISKEY 90 PROOF W.G.TRAVER 1901 NORTH WATER EASTER TIME IS SoW here exchisivej-j The SAXON Our a wide would Full Quart I Full I I I iviini-if iiffic "Jit iQc I a IB rt a GIN or WHISKEY alker tjup Golfers LONDON (Special i Cyril Tol- ley. now 42 years of age. but pl.iy-ing the finest golf in his has been appointed chairman of the selection committee nf and Ancient Golf Club, for the piir- pi-se oi selecting the 1938 British Walker Cup team.

Assumption is that in this position Tolley will be unable to appoint himself to the team. Tolley recently won a meeting of the Oxford and Cambridge golfing society with par golf. Bob Sweencv American-born British amateur chi.mpion. is ineligible to represent Great Britain. With Hector Thompson and Jock McLean out of amateur golf, the British will hardly be able to put together a side which win give America serious trouble when the matches are played at St Andrews in June.

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