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Journal and Courier from Lafayette, Indiana • 16

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aursday Evening November 7 LAAYETTE JOURNAL AND COURIER 16 The BILLBOARD BATTING 312 SINCE IRST WIN What Leading American League By Rookies Would Do as a Team VV aXVV pvi kzv 'Once more football approaches other bout with McLarnin far the near future a to cir ivt ui c'yvi la Including James! Hing for all the promising talent things which a winning team is we can obtain and I think we are caDahie of doing 4 ft 1 kmvrA areiaflay ImnrnVuH shelling the up American League All Star iret Year Teams for 1929 about to take a marked In both or DECKER BROS Never Before Such Values! field marvel at these values ALL THESE Alex BACK Worsted Suits Browns LAAYETTE IND rank Sehalbly Lafayette Ind if Mack's effective relief hurler the other pitching asslgn this decision to step into crash meets 56 7 42 16 34 11 39 41 republican and demo re an ln the The average life of an oil Is about three years Trench Coats $950 $1450 IND pitchers his re SATURDAY CHID CARD IN EAST IS RATHER EMPTY THERE IS PLAN AND IT SHOULD GET BUSY will set is a fore Lafayette a manner let anybody into thinking the that brought about quickness is to be seen in his feet his hands his hips his every part of him He can stop and reverse his direction quicker than any other halfback in our expe rience "Up'n Booth otherwise Albie the 145 pound football sen sation at Yale has a lot of sports writers raving 1 Harrison who says: going to have a vastly improved club" the little Irishman said have the solid backing of the White Sox officials and while good baseball players are scarce we have lines out for several of them" Charles A Comiskey owner of the club which was toppled1 from its pinnacle by the 1919 Sox scandal" was unable to attend a reception given to his new mana ger at the club offices today be cause of a bad cold but Bush con ferred with him privately MORE RUMORS Bush's arrival gave rebirth to many rpmors of trades and sales "On cutback plays he is a mar vel Tacklers who lunge for his hips fin that said hips have been miraculously shifted just enough to make their bands elide off moleskins He swerves with markable swiftness" Trondhjem one of most northerly cities Is built of wood and to avoid serious fires it has been necessary to make the principal streets 100 feet wide That the attendance new record at Purdue gone conclusion and should deck herself in fitting the occasion CITY Nov On the afternoon of Nov 9 1918 Lohman University of thiv MY (Snarantte satisfaction Pres was able season to Harvard and Army Elevens Play in Middle West Dartmouth Without Bril liant Al Marsters Blue Corduroy Sheep Lined and Sheep Collar $995 518 20 Main St Phone 647: the light pleaded after I just had MEN DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR 10 PAYMENT PLAN? Ken Strong Stars Again NEW YORK Nov A fifty yard run for touchdown by Ken Strong last highest scoring college back enabled the Staple ton eleven to tie 'the Providence Steam rollers 7 to 1 in a Na tional league prof ootball game at Staten Island Tuesday It require prophecy to foretell 2 Norwegian Mentors Matph Skill In ray some young Detroit tried out three shortstops before Personal Guarantee Goes With Every Purchase New York university basketball squad began work riday in the Illinois Hudson univer PROHI AGENT HELD ON BRIBERY CHARGE CHICAGO Nov Horace Lyle prohibition agent and one of the chief witnesses before the federal grand jury South Bend Ind which indicted almost 300 persons for conspiracy to vio late the prohibition law is under arrest and facing charges of at tempted bribery it was learned here this afternoon Lyle was arrested at Kokomo Ind several days ago and was released under bond pending the hearing Police said they seized him as he was 100 bill from Edward Nutter bar beque stand proprietor of South Bend who attempted to have the case of an alleged violator fixed Assistant United States District Attorney George Rulison at' Ham mond today said he had plenty' of without Lyle second division a large part of the campaign No soft spots were picked for errell In fact he drew thO toughest assignments and waa particularly effective against the Athletics and Yankees both of whom he vanquished nearly every time he tackled them Bill Shores Connie draws meat HAWK5LY HIGH S24 5O $29 50 Yale Drills HardC NEW HAVEN Conn Nov With Bob Hall sufficient ly recovered from his injuries to go through aa entire practice Yale today settled flown to serious work in preparation for the Maryland tilt Hall regular quarterback was thought out of game but appeared on the "field yesterday apparently fit andready for work SCANT TIME TO DO THIS JOB AS BE DONE SO WITH A REAL DEMONSTRATION APPRE CIATION TO THE BOILER MAKERS gym of the battleship which is anchored in Jhe river In proximity to sity SEVERAL INJURED IN IGHT AT POLLS MANCHESTER Ry Nov (AP) Taylor Harris 42 was shot Will Lipps 45 was stabbed in the back and half a dozen oth ers were cut and bruised in a fight over the eletclon of a mag istrate lt became known here to day The fight occurred in the Goose Rock precinct of Clay county In an isolated district Tom Lipps member of the Clay county school board surrendered to County Judge Little In connection with the shooting of Harris: Officers were told that John Harris stabbed Lipps who is in a serious condition Among those bruised was the Rev William Smith Baptist min tournament to begin November 15 lout tbe'Wt field the rench Lick The Violet squad which won 13 of 18 games last year will not open the season un til the middle of next month key to hia greatness as a football player is his in credible quickness Ho has marvelous control of his body Going at top speed ho can any fool you sentiment those sulta widespread in diana Incidentally republicans and Ossie Solem of Drake match their gridiron skill at cago Saturday when the teams clash a gift of the brutal booting which the elephant is go ing to receive in the congressional elections a year hence other who missed the double cen tury mark by only two! A teamthat compiled eighty two home runs sixty triples and 226 two sackers! One that stole sixty four bases! ALEXANDER NEAR TOP Only nine regulars batted better than Alexander the giant first baseman of the Detroit Tigers who took down a first year mark of 341 while gathering 110 runs and 214 hits and drove in 133 runs The big fellow also fielded his position acceptably Art Shires the This is a in which there should be 100 per cent cooperation an achievement only poseible through helpful direction on the part of some responsible organization Iowa Iowa Iowa Iowa Iowa Iowa Iowa Iowa Iowa Iowa Iowa 6 Minnesota 9 Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota IHUlUlllICHV VG In the White Sox ranks one charges was re elected mayor of 4 am lx 1 rw a OTTA Wil 0 a East Chicago Koswen jonn son one time mayor of Gary who served time on a liquor conspiracy conviction was again elected mayor of that city Genuine Horsehide Coats $995 The finest worsted suits ever offered at these prices! Men usually pay $35 to $50 for suits like these! Towers Varsity Slickers $500 Beat Made 1 it Charles Denby DIAVOLO WINS BOWIE HANDICAP ROM 1 CLASSY IELD WILLIAM IS SECOND NEW YORK Nov (AP) Returning to winning form after dropping two consecutive races Diavolo today flung the purple and yellow silks of the Wheatley stable high in victory over Pimlioo as he toyed with a classy field in winning the Bowie handicap The four year old star of ihe stable owned by Ogden Mills and Mrs Phipps was never in better form as he carried 127 pounds to victory over the mile and one half route with Jockey Jimmie Burke in the saddle When Diavolo crossed the line he was six lengths in front of Casky William while the latter led William 3: 6 year old Display by five lengths His Victory increased the Wheatley earning for the year 39 375 while backers of Diavolo re ceived 3430 for each 33 investment at the mutuel windows Patrons of Laton ia were enter tained with six claiming races and one allowance affair but' all were closely contested The latter known as the Amsterdam brought 'Extraordinary Value Shirts 95c $195 $245 AVORED has no let meeting the strong Detroit eleven at Morgantown on Saturday with only four days of rest Detroit has not lost in its 20 en gagements and is favored over the Mountaineers Two important engagements will be fought in New York on Sat urday Columbia giving Colgate its first sectional test and New York university lining up against Georgia conqueror of Yale A most even game should be seen at ranklin field where two comeback attempts Will head on as Pennsylvania Penn State Tjie Navy will have a chance to i recover at the expense of no light assignment at any stage of the season Let's DecoratS It isn't too early for Lafayette merchants and others to begin planning decorations for the Home coming game November 16 when Iowa meets Purdue at Ross Ade stadium The business district should be literally ablaze for thia event Never before have the Boilermakers had such prom iaing prospects for winning a conference football champion ship and the Iowa game may bo the decisive factor Thrown rom Plane Student lier Dies NEW YORK Nov Thrown from the cockpit of his plane when it hit in the air Henry orfeits of the Hudson country pollc'e fell 75 feet to his death today at Teterboro airport Hasbrouck Heights Charles West Instructor who was in the ship with orgeitz made a safe landing orgeitz was on his final hop controlling the plane 'from the rear cockpit behind West An up current proved strong enough to toss the plane throwing the student out head first He was killed instantly ffpon striking the ground There are about 6000000 farm families in the United States 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 0 13 0 0 6 7 7 14 7 0 0 0 0 6 MANDELL ANXIOUS OR RETURN BOUT WITH CONQUEROR CHICAGO Nov Confident that he can defeat Jimmy McLarnin in a return match Sammy Mandell lightweight champion today was seeking a re turn bout with the welterweight who trimmed him Tuesday night in their ten round bout is a great fighter and he beat me decisively but I want another shot at mm weight champion thpir nattle here get going and my left hand no snap at Matchmaker Nate Lewis is ported to be arranging for 2for15Size In Cellophane 5fSize In oil Toronto Strong Again TORONTO Ont Nov (AP) Toronto has not had a profes sional hockey championship since the old St Pats captured the Stanley cup In 1922 hut each year since then word has gone out to watch Toronto The warning can bo repeated again this year Con nie Smythe has assembled what is regarded the strongest team in years for the Maple Leafs and fans are hoping for a return of the Stanley cup or at least a championship of the Na tional Hockey league The first indication of the new capacity and pur pose will be revealed by hie appointments Virginia democrats using bal lots effectively spiked the Can rrn that hflft hPftn I party from behind Jones Retire ATLANTA Nov Bobby Jones national open golf 'champion has no intention of re tiring from competitive golf De nying published reports last night that he would retire Bobby said 'he Would continue to play the game as long as he walk and earn a as a stable furnishing the winner in Dr Billy Mutuel riend wax second and Woodriver third Dr Billy an outsider paid 312 30 to win the six furlong dash for The thoroughbred sport was in troduced to Texas for the 'first time with the opening of the ten day meeting at Arlington Downs a track situated on the ranch owned by Waggoner which races his horses under the three Ds colors Betting however was banned thus furnishing? an un usual incident in AmerW racing A non betting meeting 'wm held In California a few years ago budid not prosper Wagering is against the law in the Lone Star state old Harvard Prince ton Saturday with a great "gap In the eastern schedule the more apparent be cause of Harvard's jaunt out of this sector to meet Michigan at Ann Arbor in intersectional strife The Army will be found at Cham paign arrayed against an Illinois eleven in a game for which the llllnl have been pointed all season MARSTERS OUT The strictly eastern program of fers the greatest chance of drama at Providence where a Dart mouth eleven mourning the loss of Alton Marsters for the sea son will struggle with Brown in the game which is to end rela tions between the two institutions for two years at the least With Marsters in a Hanover hospital the Big Green team is not the cinch it appeared to be before los ing to Yale Even though Bill Roper refuses to take his game with Lehigh as a training gesture and with some reason he gave the Princeton varsity a second day of rest yes terday with the promise of scrim mage today Every Princeton move from now to the finish will lie made with the Yale game in view regardless of the outcome of Lehigh fray Yale has a much easier assignment this week in Maryland Stopped short on West half yard line at the Polo Grounds yesterday just when it seemed that a scoreless tie would be broken ordham moves into Boston on Saturday in a bld for the cham pionship of the Catholic college Big Threg of the east Major Cavanaugh already has the scalp of Holy Cross flying from his belt and needs only the Boston gome title DETROIT West Virginia GOL STARS TURN TOWARD HONOLULU SAN RANCISCO Nov (AP) A considerable share of constellation of golfing etars turned toward Honolulu to day where the Hawaiian open golf tournament November 15 will bring together the best golfers of the ar East and the west At least a dozen nationally known players were to sail today on the liner Maul planning to Several practice on the course of the Waialae Country club the tournament will be held Included among those sailing were Tommie Armour Horton Smith Gene Sarazen Craig Wood Ed Dudley Billy Burke Ben Cql trin Dan Williams Olin Dutra Mortie Dutra Bill McEwan and Phil Taylor Jap Stars in Meet HONOLULU Nov Tomekichi Miyamoto prpfesslonal golf champion of Japan and Ya suda Hajlme Kawasaki Nipponese amateur champion worked out on several courses here today tn prep aration for the Hawaiian open golf Under the circumstances we suggest that lhe Chamber of I Commerce provide a committee whose business it should be to se cure pledges that effort will be made to decorate the entire down 1 town district ana to assist i every way possible Of the thousands of CJiarles Denby smokers recently asked their reasons for smoking the Charles Denby Cigar almost every one wrote in effect total ly different flavor makes it far out taste its So mariytexperienced smokers have been wrong To 'make sure they reach you factory fresh the 2 for 15c Cnarle Denby is in dividually sealed in air tight cellophane and the popular 5c size is wrapped in foil endrichZnc Maker Evansville Ind EsL 1850 Dave Bancroft veteran short stop recently released by Brooklyn has signed a one yea contract as assistant manager and coach with the New 'York Giants stop short faster than other athlete we have seen Chess Play THE HAGUE Nov The twenty third game of ther chess championship match be tween Dr Alexander Alekhine of Paris and Bogoljubow of Triberg was adjourned yesterday after forty moves The opening was a gambit declined The score to date Dr Alekhine 11 Bogoljubow 5 drawn 6 The remaining games of the match will be played at Wiesbaden Alexander above and below Earl Averill' left and Weeley errell BY HENRY EDWARDS' Manager Service Bureau Americ ueague Written for Central The American league at the close of the place a team ot first year men who the pitchers excepted would have a composite batting average of 313 Not so bad A team that com posed two batsmen who made more than 200 hits in their first sea son as major leaguers with an "He stopped so quickly on Sat urday that a big Dartmouth tack 1 I Lk I rw A 4 a a 4 jioi vjjw oinyij clip ln plunged clear across the sideline and fell on his countenance SOUTH BEND Ind Nov The only two Norwegian football coaches in the country to 1 'day are plotting each downfall Knute Rockne generalissimo of Notre wonder machine Will Chl two lowa Lost 12 Games' to Minnesota Before Win ning in 1918 Have Had Edge Since IOWA Saturday li Iowa fullback staggered across the University of Minnesota's goal line 'with a football one arm This athlete thereby inscribed an 'epic as vital to Iowa as the sign ing of the armistice 'was to theWorld the following Monday It was only the fifth touchdown by the Hawkeyes on the Gophers in 13 games reaching over a 28 period But it meant freedom from seasons of subjection first victory over Minnesota Precisely 11 years later football teams from the two universities Saturday struggle again at Iowa City but the scene has shifted from Iowa field on the river bot tom to the new stadium on the heights Since 1918 however the pendu lum has swung the other way for lowans have won seven of eleven games The momentum of the first victory carried over for five seasons and each autumn brought a triumph for the Hawkeyes DEVINE WAS STAR With the dozen consecutive wins and the four in the past eleven years Minnesota enjoys amassive lead in the all time series sixteen to seven The northern university almost duplicated events of early years by crushing Iowa from 1925 to 1928 but the Hawkeyes dammed the flood with a sensational 7 to 6 victory last Xall The master hand and foot or Aubrey Devine all American quar terback had much to do with sev eral of sweetest wins His drop kick) was the margin of suc ess for the 1919 team and his famous off tackle sprints and for ward passes helped to subjugate the 28 to 7 a year later and 41 to 7 in A drop kick decided last years game when Irving Nelson made his only play of the contest by lofting the ball between the goal posts after Oran dash for a touchdown late in tne final quarter A few minutes earlier red Hovdc had returned a punt 90 yards for Minnesota's touchdown but Win Brockmeyer niac klcked wildly Record of the series is: 1S91 Minnesota 1901 Minnesota 1902 Minnesota 1904 Minnesota 1905 Minnesota 1'909 Minnesota 1911 Minnesota Minnesota 1914 Minnesota 1915 Minnesota 51 1916 Minnesota 67 Iowa Iowa 1920 Iowa '28 1091 Inwa 41 1923 Iowa 28 Minnesota 1923 Minnesota 20 Iowa Iowa 13 Minnesota 1925 Minnesota 33 Iowa 1926 Minnesota 41 Iowa 1927 Minnesota 38 Iowa 1928 Iowa 7 Minnesota Clothes Shop 500 MAIN STREET LAAYETTE IND BMPfiGMK IMPRDYEU TEW DR WHITE HOSE Donie Officially Picks Up Managerial Reins oth ergill Koenig Hargrave Rumors Afloat CHICAGO Nov Don ie Bush a little man with a big job ahead of him officially picked up the managerial reins of the down trodden White Sox today The former pilot of the Pitts burgh Pirates conferred with White Sox officials and began mapping out a winter buying and trading campaign which he figure should strengthen and lift the once now erful baseball club to a first di pong Tuesday John Hud vision berth in 1930 team bucked the line WIDE AWAKE threw passes ran for touchdowns are wide awake and hus kicked goai and did all the other when you see Never anything like them offered in Lafayette! NEW YORK Nov belllgerant first sacker of the White Sox batted 312 but did not have the power owned by ander The American league Syas what unlucky in its other infielders or four shortstops before it brought Akers up from the Texas league Cleveland and Boston also experimented with eeveral candi dates without being entirely satis fied Kerr of Chicago practically was the only new second baseman in the circuit did not show much at the bat although fielding brilliantly Cronin of Washington was by far the best of the new shortfielders Lary of the Yankeeswa3 the only first year man to play third base AVERILL A COMER Several first year outfielders more than made the grade Earl Averill of Cleveland was the best of the lot setting a new Cleve land mark with eighteen home runs scoring 110 runs and hitting333 Roy Johnson another Cali fornian batted 314 for Detroit and scored 128 runs making 201 hits giving satisfaction aa a lead off man Both Averill and John son excelled in the outfield as well Byrd of New York Porter ot Cleveland Watwood of Chicago ana Bcarritt or Boston are canai dnfAi nw tha nthftr MrdAn hrth iSter but Byrd is given the precedence because of his all around ability and the fact he Is a right hand batter Johnson and Averill hit ting from the other aide of the plate Dickey not only was the out standing young catcher of the year but he also ranked next to Mickey Cochrane in all around ability Jorgens also of New York and Dick errell of tne show promise ERRELL PITCHING Most ot the young taken to the training camps by American league clubs last spring were sent out on option to ac quire experience Of the few that were left Wesley errell the big right hander of the Cleveland In dians demonstrated himself 'to be the find of the season by win ning twenty one and losing ten games for a club that was in the DO YOU KNOW that you can buy one of these suits for only $10 CASH? DO YOU KNOW that you can pay the balance in ten weekly payments without extra charge? SPORTING GOODS of al) kinds DVR NORSEMEN TWO STARS INJURED III DRILL OB GOPHER TILT Mastrogany and Thomas May Be Out of Game With Minnesota Illinois Works for Army CHICAGO Nov (AP) Mournful notes today issued from Iowa City where the Hawkeyes are preparing for their attempt to blast championship calculations Saturday Gus Mastrogany an end and Brice Thomas regular fullback vsfere sent from the hardest drill of the week because of injuries which are expected to keep them from service against the Gophers And injuries were not the only source of misery to Coach Burt Ingwerson The freshmen eleven broke through many times to spoil the varsity forward passing attack and Ingwerson finally removed his reg ular tackles Westra and Ely and replaced them with Benjamin and Gilchrist in an effort to improve the line Leo Jcnsvold also was moved to the regular lineup tak 5 i ing place at quarter back GOPHERS DRILL The Gophers drilled against Hawkeye passes and stopped them in effective style Les Pulkrabek and Bronko Nagurski most seri ously injured of the regulars were at their 'stations and will start against Iowa hopes of finally breaking into the victory column at Chicago Saturday were im proved by the appearance of Bill Lusby best of Coach Thistle halfbacks who was in jured in the urdtie contest Coach Harry Kipke of Michigan sent the Wolverines through a light defensive drill aqd gave a 15 mlnute lecture on what a tory over Harvard means to Mich igan He shifted Capt Joe Trus kowskt back to end and used Ducky Simrall at quarter and in dicated they would start against the Crimson Saturday Illinois was given a 'light work out going through a dummy scrimmage against Army passes Joe Charle freshman halfback star played the part of Red Cagle and tossed several long passes for gains MAROON INJURED 1 Coach Stagg gave out another easy assignment for Chicago reg ulars Charles Schmidt reserve guard Was in the hospital with an injured back suffered in yester practice and may lost for the remainder of the season Tuesday brought weather in Indiana cratic results Raleigh Hale under federal indictment on liquor conspiracy Topcoals and Overcoats $1950 Honor Roll Shires Chicago 312 Boss Washington 286 Nar lesky Boston 277 Akers Detroit 265 Outfielders Porter Cleve land 323 Watwood Chicago 307 Scarritt Boston 292 Catchers jorgens New York 324 errell St Louis 236 Pitchers Sherid New York won 6 lost 6 McKain Chicago won 6 lost 3 them being that an effort was being made to obtain Bubbles Har grave catcher manager of the St Paul American Association club and former backstop for Cin cinnati Reds Bob othergill heavy hitting Detroit outfielder and Mark Koenig Yankee short stop also were mentioned as White Sox possibilities Manager Bush however refused' to discuss the rumors beyond a promise that the White Sox were out for two three experienced bitters Cigar Smokers COULDNT have been WRONG 'si' KBS ssn MONEr EiAll I 1 1 I I Position Player and Club AB SH SB RBI PCT irst base Alexander Detroit 637 110 214 18 5 133 341 Second base Kerr Chicago 421 51 108 26 9 32 257 Shortstop Cronin Washington 492 71 140 21 6 £1 284 Third base Lary New York 236 47 73 5 4 26 309 Outfield Averill Cleveland 595 110 198 16 13 9u 333 Outfield Johnson Detroit 640 128 201 5 22 68 314 Outfield Byrd New York 169 30 52 3 1 28 308 Catcher Dickey New York 447 60 145 10 4 64 324 Pitcher errell Cleveland 93 12 22 3 1 11 236 Pitcher Shores Philadelphia 41 5 5 5 0 1 122 Record Name PCT IP BB SO errell 42 10 667 243 255 115 111 99 Shores 39 6 647 153 147 85 59 47 I.

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