Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 108, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1937 — Page 6

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JACKETS BEAT HARTFORD CITY NINE. 8 TO 4 Decatur Outhits Airedales To Score Second \ ictory Os Season On a muddy, slushy diamond that greatly enhanced the danger of fielding errors in a steady shower j of rain from cloudy, overcast skies against the reputedly strongest team in the N. E. I. conference, Decatur's hitherto floor mat for the rest ot the teams in the group, socked a water logged baseball all j over Worthman Field Wednesday afternoon to romp away with an 1 8-4 win win over the Hartford City Airedales. Behind the masterful two-hit pitching of Lewis Beery, the Jackets. undismaye dhy the fact that the slippery ball accounted for four opposing unearned runs, battered out 11 hits off the slants of three i Airedale hurlers. Snapping a four-game losing. streak, and scoring their second win of the season, the locals, with I all but two men hitting safely.* marched 11 men to the plate in, the first inning, as a hint of what was to follow. They scored in all but the second frame. Beery was in trouble but once.' that in the final inning when he' tired from throwing the rain-soak ed ball that

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t weight. A grace of errors, one hit, I a base on balls and a hit batsman I let In three runs for the Airedales ' before the side was retired. Their other score came in the 'fourth when Johnson walked, stole la base un dtook advantage of the I elusive pill sliding away from the i'locals to steal home. Their other i hit also came later in the frame. The Jackets are scheduled to * play Huntington Friday on the Vikings diamond, weather and grounds ■ permitting. Box score: | Decatur AB R H E 1 Stapleton. 2b — 4 0 0 " Bleeke. If. .32 2 0 Schnepp. lb 3 111 McConnell, as ... 4 1 0 5 1 Brodbeck. c 4 12 1 Worthman, 3b 2 2 10 Koeueman, rs 4 12 0 Gaunt, cf 3 0 2 0 Beery, p 3 0 10 i Totals .... . . 30 S 11 7 * Hartford City AB R H F. i Campbell, lb 3 1 0 0 Fuller, 3b 4 0 11 I Dodd, cf 4 0 0 0 Erwin, ss 4 0 0 1 Johnson, rs 2 10 0 Cheney. 2b . 1 0 0 1 i Dove, If 3 110 Barrett, c 3 0 0 1 Shrock, p 0 0 0 1 1 Owen, 2b 10 0 0 ' Williams, p . 11 0 0 Field, p 0 0 0 0 Totals 26 4 2 5 ' Score by innings: RH E Decatur ... 402 101 x—B 11 7 I , Hartford City OtfO 100 3—4 2 5 Umpire, Vaufan Snedeker. o Baseball Meeting Friday Evening All persons interested in formaI tion of a eemi-pro baseball team to I play here during the coming sumI mer are requested to mee-t at the I Mies Recreat-lon Friday evening at ! S o'clock. Plane for the coming sea- | son will be discueeej and first pfac- 1 ; tice sessions will be arranged. LEADING BATTERS Player Club GAB R H Pct. R. Ferrell. R. Sox 8 28 6 15 .536 G. Walker. Tigers 11 47 12 25 .532 Brack. Dodgers 12 49 11 21 .429 i . Demaree, Cubs 12 52 10 22 .423 Cronin. Red Sox 8 38 6 16 .421 o HOME RUNS | Johnson. Athletics 7 i Selkirk. Yankees 3 | Ott. Giants 3 I Bartell. Giants 3 I Walker, Tigers 3

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ST. JOE WINS GRADE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP Beats Central Wednesday Afternoon To Win Annual City Series St. Joe won the Decatur eighth i grade softball championship for the first time In several years, defeating Central Wednesday afternoon in the third and deciding lilt of the series, 7 to 1. While St. Joe registered only one hit off Chilcote. the winners took advantage of 10 Central errors to tally in each inning. The game was called at the end of the fourth inning because of continued rain and wet grounds. Hackman. St. Joe hurler, obtained the winner's lone hit. while holding Central to two bingles. one by Cherry and one by Mills. Central tallied its only run in the first frame. Box score: St. Joe AB R H Bolinger, 3b 3 1 0 | McGill. lb 3 2 0 !C. Lengerich, c ... 11 0 I Hackman. p 3 11 | Miller, cf 2 o 0 H. Lengerich, If 2 0 0 I Baker, Is . 11 0 l iman, rs 2 0 0 Terveer, 2b 2 0 0 Kuhnle, rs . 2 10 Totals 21 71 Central AB R H Spencer, cf 2 0 0 Heare. rs .... 2 0 0 , Cherry, 3b — 2 11 Chilcote, p 2 0 0 Mills, cf 2 0 1 Eady, lb 2 0 0 Fuhrman, 2b 2 0 0 L. Schnepp. If 10 0 Krick, rs 1 0 0 ] Davidson, c 10 0 Totals 17 1 2 o RUFFING ENDS LONG HOLDOUT Yankee Pitcher Ready To Sign After Long Holdout Siege Detroit, May 6. — (U.P.H — Charles (Red) Rutting, holdout pitcher of I the New York Yankees, was ready | to end his sustained rebellion to- ! day and sign a 1937 contract for j $15,000. I The husky right hander came to terms yesterday after a conference with Manager Joe McCarthy. He had come to Detroit from Chi cago. The signing, McCarthy announced. would take place sometime today. Rutting had demanded $15,000 a year plus a bonus for his mound , : services before the season started. His pitching was a major factor in ton V 'inViinL-' n<>nn<int

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series drive last year. The Yankees refused to give him more than $15,000 however, and when the red head turned the cold shoulder Col. Jacob Ruppert. Yankee owner, cut the figure to $12,000. I After his rebel came to terms, McCarthy announced It would be about two weeks before Rutting would be ready to pitch. r "If Red's as good this year us he was last season, we'll all welcome him," McCarthy said. DEAN SCORES FOURTH WIN r i Dizzy Wins Fourth In Row; Pirates Continue Fast Pace New York, May 6.-AU.RX Before , the season opened the ball players . had a saying—"on arms and legs Pittsburgh has the best team in the National league but they won t win the pennant.” But that was before Pie Traynor read the riot act to the Pirates at I the San Bernardino, Calif., train- * ing camp. Traynor's warning had the desired effect and Pittsburgh is off !to its fastest start since 1937. The ! Pirates have won 9 out of 11 games land are setting a dizzy pace many ; experts believe will bring Pittsburgh another flag after a lapse of 10 years. "It's a little early to claim the pennant,” says Traynor. "We are hustling and 1 look for a tight race but I also look for Pittsburgh to be right in there at the finish.” Pittsburgh lashed down Brooklyn yesterday .for its fourth straight straight triumph. 5-1. hold ing its game-and-a half lead over the second-place Cardinals. Cy Blanton held the Dodgers to five hits while his teammates rapped I Frankhouse, Eisenstat and Jeffcoat for 11 hits. Arky Vaughan, who was batting .150, came out of his slump and slammed out a triple and three singles in four times up. Dizzy Dean continued his master-

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ful pitching by holding the Boston ' ■ Bees tu six hits as the Cardinals > i pounded out 14 hits for a 13-1 vic-i tory. It was Dean's fourth straight • triumph. He fanned 11 men. running ills strikeouts to 33 in 37 innings. Dizzy also made a single , and double and two sacrifices In i four times at bat. The Cards hit ; five homers Medwick, Gutteridge, Bordagaray, Ogrodowskl and Pep per Martin getting one each. Med- ■ wick hit his with the bases loaded off Turner. The Chicago Cubs scored their fifth straight — longest winning streak of the National league season—by beating the Phillies, 17 4. The Cubs pounded four I’hllly pitchers for 17 hits, including homers by Demaree, Marty and Collins. Deinaree clouted his homer with three men on. Charley Root ■ kept the Phils’ 10 hits scattered. Manage rGrimin and Billy Her- 1 man of the Cubs and coach Hans Lobert of the Phils were banished . for arguing with the umpires. Cincinnati broke a five-game losing streak by clouting out 11 hits, ■ including homers by Kampouris (21. Gelbert and Goodman, to'beat

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1 the New York Giant*. 8-5. It wax 1 'the Reda' second win In 1! games ! 1 The New York Yankee* gained undisputed possession of the American league leud by slugging out 11 7-3 victory over Detroit. Monte I Pearson held the Tigers to eight hits and struck out eight men, winning his second gume. The Yanks made 12 bits off Sorrell and Auker. Staging a six-run rally In the eighth the Philadelphia Athletics uosed out the Chicago White Sox. 76. Monty Stratton, who had won his first two games, held the A's to one run until the eighth when lie collapsed. Bill Cissell, who once coat the White Sox $123,(100 but now performs for the A'a, hit a single with the bases loaded. | Yesterday's hero: George Selkirk. Yankees' Canadian born outI fielder who recently was naturalized. hit two home runs, a double | an da single in four times up and drove in four runs as New York 1 beat Detroit and regained the top. o Trade In a Good Town—□acatur

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