Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 98, Decatur, Adams County, 25 April 1939 — Page 6

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DECATUR NINE IS DEFEATED BT BLUFFTON Yellow Jacket* Suffer "•a Defeat Here Monduv Afternoon Th# Decatur Yellow Jarxeta lost their AWrnd Imsclmll game of the *.»a*on Monday afternoon 1» Worth man RrW dropping a 7-5 decision to the Bluffton Tiger*. Decatur lumped off to a one-run Tend in the opening inning and apparently weer ahead for a tog frame hut tlie rally atopped short with tV* baaea loaded Ctnlcote. fi-mt hat*eti waa ante on an error- lloffman M lowed with a hit and flaunt grounded out t'hllrote neared aa Renattierlnh waa aafe on an error. Hoffman waa togged out at the plate lull McConnell walked, loading the ‘>aae* Bta pinion t h#-n grounded out to end the Inning Rlnffton tied the conn* la the ■ 'food frame Apetw ger opened the ituing t*y reaching ft eat on an error. A stolen base and a wild pitrh enabled it* Tiger to score the tying tun. ’*** Decatur took the ead In the third a* Haunt walked, stole second and scored on Highland's single. Bluffton had a big fourth inning, scoring five runs on two liases on ball*, two erroy a pair of wild

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pitches and i wo hits. Four hits, a base on halls and an [error enabled Ibwatur to tally thre-. I limes In the same frame nut the | rady died with two men on base, Hlttffion scored Hie final run of the -Hi’■i : - . - • 1 1 end an Infield out. I The YeMow Jackets wer» scheduled to play at Wiltshire unto, this >! iiiernoon, Fluff tor. AB R M C Kinsey, s* ... , ~ (Iff I Bone. If * l l u Jutandllenard, rs I I n 9 !' peheger. 1b 4 12 1 , Vates. 2b ... 2 u u it Met tier. 2b thou K Richey. 2t> 1 U U « 1 Shields, lb 3 1 u I R Richey, cf 2 110 i Bhutnm. c Slutr Cossatrt. p ...... J 1 o u; Totals .... Dill Decatur CnUcote , t |tS« Huffman. 2b ... « « 2 1 Haunt. H 2 1 « 1 Srhiimerltih. rs 4 « 1 0 1 Highland, c till l.nldewey. c 0 It U U McConnell, ss 3 0 0 V Stapleton. :tt. 4 « I > I >nch. Ih t 1 u 1 S.hnepp. p 2 110 Totals 11 s 1 t Rcore by Innings; Bluffton ulo Mu tv— 7 Decatur 10l ;:oo t* —a TENNIS TEAM WINS EASILY Decatur Tennis Team Mark* I p Ka*> 7-0 Victory Monday The Decatar high school tennis ‘-'em maintained its unlletnlahed ;ecord Monday afternoon, matin.: I u? a decisive T-0 trnmph over Hartj fold City at the Worth man Field I c.iurts. In registering victories in five , f titles and two doubles matches, ■he Decatur racquet swingers did' : not drop a set. and none of the sets j carriwl to (tfliCf. Results of the singles matches follow . Melchi IIH defeated Mevtrs. (-!. • 4; Rohnke (D* defeated Musaelman. 4-2. 4-1, Affolder |D» defeated It eson 4-«. 4-1; Walter lUi defeated Srhavan. 4-1. 4-1; MilU ID) de tested Ronham. fMi *1 Results of the two doubles

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PHILLIES ABE EARLY SEASON SUBPRISE TEAM Now Manager Has iaist Year's Cellar Team In % Fourth Spot 1 New York, April 15 — (|j.f») I There may never he another chance to wave the flag for 1 Thompson iDoci Prothro. the Memphis dentist Whose murage exceeded his good judgment When he signed a two-year contract to • manage the futile Pirate*, so lei's 1 give him a rousing cheer today For one week anyway, he get* 1 the palm for the atitstandlng managerial feat in the major* He has the Phillies in fourth place today, and mister that Is a miracle even If they only get a cup of coffee and a doughnut before , they tumble bark Into second dlvl- [ stun It s more than Idle baseball talk j to *«y that anybody can win with good ball players, but It lakes real genius to win without them j I’P to now. prothro Is a baseball wtiard because It's the unanimous j press bo* opinion that the Phils I , have the worst collection of mis- i fits, has-beens and never-will-bea i in the majors. Yet Prothro. In his ! whimsical way. haa them fighting! as If they were entertaining Ideas; of going some place Instead of J winding up In the cellar as they * I are certain to if anything In ; baseball Is certain. The Phils have played six games, won three, tied one. and! . lost two. and they're been tn i every hall game How, nobody ‘ know*, as they haven't had a I pitcher go the ronte. Prothro hasj paraded 14 pitchers, four time* calling on three hurlera to get the j i Phils over the jump They've tieen tn three extrstnulng hall games, losing the 12- 1 tuning opener to the Rees, tying ' the Dodgers in 11. and heating; l them in 12. The Phllt copied j their three victories in succession 1 ‘ They scored three runs tn the ; 1 ninth to lick the Dodgers, and thej nest day jammed over two tn the j twelfth to win Yesterday they' licked the Giants. 4-5. holding on I for dear life after the Terrymen staged a 5-run rally In the eighth That's winning them the hard way and it's a tribute to Prothro's hustling leadership If there are any more leaders like Prothro iu I the southern a»sot iation, the may ora would do well to seek them 1 oat. Hershel Martin’s double which drove m two run* was the wtnn lug hit for the Phil*. and Room i Room Reck, veteran southpaw, stopped the Giants' rally In the j eighth and shut them out In the . ninth. The Chicago Cub# grabbed the undisputed National league lead j by dumping the Pirate*. *-2 Karl} Whitehill went seven Inning* and held the Pirate* to sis hits, with! Jack Russell finishing for him In the other National league game! •he Bees heat the Dodger*, 4-1. 4* Uni Fette won his second same ' Al Simmons was beaned by Van ! Mungo and spent the night in ih-- ' matches: Melchi-Rohnke <D» defeated Mey- 1 1 -ra-Musselman. g-4. 4-4; Rx-tt-John •-ji» ID» defeated l-eewon-Schswwn. | C-i. 4-4 R«st Os Bchaduit The complete card for the tennis team forth/ remainder of the sea- 1 ■on Is as follows: Apr 2?—Bluffton at Decatur. May 2-Fort Wayne Central at! ' Dr catur. Mary Id -Bluffton at Bluffton. May 12 -Concordia at Decatur. May 15- -Central at Fort Wayne May 17 — Concordia at Fort Wayne May II — North Side at Fort! ! Wayne.

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j hospital for observation The Yank* nosed the Athletics. 2 I. on three hits, one of them Red Rolfe's homer An Infield boot by j Sheet r? Newsome let In the Winn j Ing run, Monte Pearson held the I A 4 lu four lilts tteiroli moved Into second place 1 by winning from the Browns. 4 2, | behind Tommy Bridge*' six hit j pitching It was lit Idges second | victory, McCoskey's single, tlehHuger** double a walk to Greenberg. and Fog's single drove In the .winning ran* Cspltallilng on IK bases on hall* ! off Humphries and Drake, the White Box heat the Indian*. »-1 l.efty I.ee gave up nine hits Gee Walker led the While Box attack with four hits Jimmy W'gsdell* single In the loth drove In the winning tally sat Washington edged the Red Bog. 10-» Ted Williams. Red Box rookie, failed four time* tn the pinch with runner* on third Boston used five pitchers for the second straight day Jim Ragby. pitching only one frame, lost the game Yegierday's hero--Tommy Bridge*. Detroit veteran troubled with j a sore arm last year, who pitched his second straight victory, leit-• Ing the Browns down with six hits and establishing hi* comeback as 1 no flash In the pan STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pci I Chicago 3 I .75* Citn tnnati 2 I .4*7 . Boston . . 4 2 .447 , Philadelphia 3 2 -MB IBt Louis ... 2 2 Stm j New York 3 S .544 | i Hrisiklyn . 1 4 .250 j Pittsburgh .... 1 4 250 j AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L Pet ( Ww York 4 1 goo j Detroit 4 2 647 . Cleveland 2 2 .son Boston .23 .4M Philadelphia 2 3 400 j Washington 2 3 400 Chicago .2 3 .400 Bt Louis 1 2 333 YESTERDAY B RESULT* National League Philadelphia 4. New York S. Chicago 4. Pittsburgh 2. Boston 4 Brooklyn 1. < Only gam* scheduled. American League Detndt 4. Bt Units 2. i t New York 2. Philadelphia I. t Chicago 9. Cleveland 3. | Washington 14. Boston 9 *lO Innings i ( ■ i 0 1,. Today’s Sport Parade * By Henry McLemore . i • — —-4a New York. April 25 . — tU.B — l found Mm iu the shadows of the | dressing room, tucked away on a 1 bepch vp 'hr corner, pulling on a < igarette and a tall glass of beer In a room full of men he was all alone t Stripped to hla funny baseball I | underwear he juat sat there, un- I | mindful of the laughing and the 1 j joking ana the talking going on 1 about him Just sitting. Just think- I ! ing juat worrying i The Yankee* had Just won a i I«hum hall came, hut you never <ould have told It from looking at < 1 Uni Gehrig His one hit In 17 I times at bat, the walking of Joe IDI Maggio to get at him as an 1 easy mark, the cruel stabs tn the [newspaper*, the tough walk from i the sunshine Into the shadows—- | all of these hurts showed on the pit of the man who for so long I had dominated the American league with hi* bat. There could be no easy approach to the man. so I made It direct U*u ” 1 said If you had It all to do over again would you punish , yourself the way you did to get | that consecutive game* played reci «rd ? If you were juat starting out | would you drive yourself to play ! even when your legs were bruised. your toes and Huger* broken, and- well, when you were alck?" He didn't hurry hla answer. Fini aly he said: "Yeah. I would. Yeah, !'d do It Just the way I have. Maybe It j ' wouldn't be amart. but U's all I | know. Work. I mean. I never have known anything hut work since I was all years old. It I had ever sat on iht bench when ■ I thought I could have done the club any good, I believe I'd have ; bated my heed against the dugout wall." Lou stopped talking and looked straight ahead, aa If reviewing all the games he had played without * mis* atnre that afternoon In June. 1925. when be broke In aa a regular. 1 know what you’re thinking." he said after a while. "That If I had nursed myself along I wouldn't be worrying so much today. My leg* would be faster, my eyea •harper, everything vrauld be better. But you're wrong. Wrong about me. anyhow. I never could help giving all I had. I never ; could see playing in 151 game* If you ceuld play In IK4. Colonel Ruppert knew sow I felt. fU nev |er forget him telling me that no , man who ever worked tor him had

levelled anymore than I had." Utu pulled on his cigarette, anil changed his tone '’Listen, suppose this is my last year What of It? In my 15 seas , •ins I hsve played as much base | j ball at the fellows who spread li **mi. look li earn, ami la*t»it 1* and Is and I# year* When I started baseball I figured that a player's big league life waa eight or nine ' years I decided to get In all I could, get all the money I could ' while I was able. No matter how 1 much a man loves baseball he ! muat remember that It ta hla business. hla career, and that from It ! he muat earn enough to get a neat egg. enough to take care of a wife! and family That * what I did Drove myself aa hard aa I could Concentrtaed everything I had” I asked him If he thought this waa his last year In baseball. ''No.” Lou answered. "1 don't l I'm pretty bad right now. but I was worse this lime last year. Hemember. I did it l get a hit In the Hrst 31 times I was gt bat last season " "Are you worried now. ttmi are 1 you pressing?'' I asked 'Bure I am." the big fellow said j t "I'm the worrying kind. Can't ; help It. But I'm romlug out of It At least I think lam And haven't the Yankee fans been swell* Lord. It helps to hear them pulling for me." < When I left him I couldn't help but feel that the Wflow who said only game Hah swim upstream was ail wrong. Because Gehrig being swept downstream, la going gamely. He can take It- and it (Copyright 1939 by CP.) ♦ ■ LEADING BATTERS Player. Club GARRH Pet SS McCoskey. Tiger* . 6 24 9 12 S«Mi Medwlck. Cards 4 16 I 9 Son Fox. Tigers 4 27 3 12 .444 Kuhel. While Box 5232 10 435 HOME RUNS Ott. Giants | Marty. Cuba . g Camllll. Dodgers 2 Al Simmons Beaned, Not Seriously Hurt New York. April 25— Al Simmons. Boston Bee outfielder who was beaned” by a hall thrown by Van Mungo yesterday, waa not believed seriously hurt, but he remained in St. Mary’s hospital over Right for c.'-servatioa. X-raya revealed no fracture, and the danger of a minor com usslini a tipeared alight. The acc dent occurred in the third inning of tha I lodger Bee game. Mungo lost control of a at.roping curve Simmons turned and dura•d, but the ball hit him solidly in the hack of the head He dropped -.nconscloue Revived after several minutes, he walked to the clubhouse Softball Meeting Here On Thursday All persons Interested In formation of a softball league in Decatur this season are requested to attend the meeting at the city halt Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock.! The meeting haa been called by Sylvester Kverhart. pr-talden' of the Decatur softball association.' and plant for the coming season will he made at this meet Ing

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LEISERSON TO BE APPOINTED .Mediation Board C hair* man To Be On Labor Relation* Bogrd Washington. April 25 —tUPl—j ('resident Roosevelt today rnitnmI aied William M chairman of the national irailroad! me •Ration board and veteran expert 'in labor economics and cone Illation ha succeed Donald V*hef|e|,| Smith aa member of the national tabor | relations board. Lelseraon's nomination was sent [for confirmation to the senate. 1 '-'ogress over personnel of the where an intense conflict Is in progress over personW us the NLRB ,rnd proposed revisions of the Wag*»er labor act. : Smith's foea In the senate claimed sufficient vote# to prevent hla confirmation If he ever were formally nominated. ta>t*erson. 54. has had long experience In industrial relations and as a labor economist. Hr haa tieen chairman of the mediathiu 1 board, which handles railway and airline disputes, since 1934 Prior to that he was secretary of the . \RA * national labor board and chairman of the Petroleum labor policy board. He served a* chief of the tabor department division of labor administration in 1919 and 1919 and from 1919 through 1926 he was the chairman of the men's clothing Industries hoards of arbitration in Rochester. N. Y.. New York. Baltimore and Chicago. He waa born in Reval. Eathonia. April 15. 1993. and came lo the j I'nlted State* in 199 d. He received a bachelor of arts degree from the I'niversity of Wisconsin In 1904 and a doctor of philosophy , degree from Columbia I'nlveralty in 1911. He was deputy state Industrial commissioner in Wisconsin from : 1911 to 1914 anif served as assistant director of research for the |t. B commission on industrial relations in 1914 and 1915. He haa taught economics and political science at Toledo Cniveratty and at Antioch college. It waa uncertain what effect the impending appointment would have on the congressional conflict over proposed revision of the Wagner act. Much of the cungreastonal criticism of the labor hoard was veniered on personnel of the NLRB. with Donald Wakefield Smith hearing the brunt of charges of bias and extra-lagal operation to the detriment of legitimate buaItteaa The choice of Letaerson might modify somewhat the demands far revision of the act. CUcigo Man Bowls 730 In Tournament Cleveland. April *5 — |CP( —: James Danek. 59-year-old bowling elley employe of Forest Park. 111. i Chicago suburb, rolled a score of 73U today to take the single* lead iu the American (bowling congress championships.' Danek put together scStet of 221 '.75 and 234 to displace Don Johnson of Indianapolis, leader In tha . qivlalon.. Johnson had taktn the 1 single*, lead Sunday on 724. Haney SunSrt Wednesday.

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