Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 99, Decatur, Adams County, 26 April 1939 — Page 6

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FELLER HURLS ANOTHER WIN FOR INDIANS Young Pitcher Holds White Sox To Pour Hits Tuesday Nv* York. April 36 <UJ» Os.Hr Vltt'i lot with the Cleveland Indiana laa t exactly a bed ot roars, bm there* one ball player in the motely collection of prlma donnas, screwballs and temperamental art* lata who tai a Joy forever to "Vncle Qb’a" hand. Hr la Hob Feller Hr tai everybody* choice to he tUe No I pitcher of the AmertaM . Iratgue thia season. When Frllrr goes. Vltt can flash that happy •mil* Os his and forget his troubles Feller made hla second appearance of the year yesterday, and when he was through hr had mined into that small select group ot major laaguer* whove started twice and won twice with a 7-1 victory over the While Sot The Van Meter comet fanned nine While Sox. making 1* whiffs for him in two games That's somewhat short of thtat record of 37 strikeouts for tfftt cense. uiire games but still *L a rate calculated to put him near the 300 mark in strikeouts if he keeps It up In two games Feller has allow

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rd two runs seven hits, and yield Ird five walks Hr gave ihr White ' Sox four hits yesterday Wildness In the fourth, when he walked two men and McNair singled, robbed him of a shutout. The triumph elevated the Indians to second 1 • the American league I ler In winning their second starts, making seven major leaguers . who've won two and lost none Red Ruffing who led Ametican league pitchers In victories last year with 31. won his second but the victory may prove costly "After giving the A'a live hits In Ove Innings, he retired with a pulled elbow ligament It will tske a few days to tell how serious the Injury is It's at least likely to cost Ruffing ills next turn on the mound After Ruffing deported. Rump | Hadley flniahed for him as the Yanks drilled the A'*, *-4 The ) Yanks kept up their one-a-day home run program with George Selkirk getting a round tripped with two mates on itaher hurlers to get Into the *'s I and 0’ < lass were Big Rill Lee. Chicago Cubs' ace. who let the Pirates down with eight hits aa I the defending champ* won. 5-3. and Luke Hamlin, who pitched the I Sulgers to a 3 3 victory over the j Hees Others who have won two and lost none are Tommy Bridges. Tigers; Harry Humbert. Giants: and lam Fette. Roes, who has allowed only one run in his two triumphs. S Stanley Hack led the Cuba' 10hit stuck, which gave them their fourth victory In flve games, by getting a single, double and triple It was the tilth straight defeat for Pittsburgh, now swooning tn the | cellar. Deb Harms fumble of Goody Rosen's roller permitted | Brooklyn to score the winning tally against the Hees Those surprising Phillies won their fourth straight game by thumping the Giants again. 5-1. Claude Passau, who pitched fivehit trail tor eight Innings, weaken

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Decatur Bowling league Results i .sswwsssmswnwßmawgpe»<mmv earn, swam amsmwemmsss*MMA Gambles won two from Mies ilecreatlon last night In th" Minor league activities, rolling 3.479 against 3 721 thin Bailer led the winners with 596 and Mies topped hla team with r»7« The league-leading Castings won two from Cloverleaf*. 3.531 against 3,460 Ladd led the Castings with 534 and Frlainger rolled a big Ml for the losers He opened with an Impressive 317, followed up with a 314 and then scattered the pins for a 33M his last time up. Mutschlers won two games from Burke's, rolling 3.504 against 3.444 j lainkenau led the winners v'lth 6t»3 and Mclntosh was high for the losers with 573 Hoff Bran for felled three to McMillens. laast night's scores; Minor League Gamble's Roller 303 «»»5 I*M R. Woodhall .. . 134 19» 3vo H Urse 169 155 IBs K W<- 151 IM 197 , {Belt I'M I*3 IM Spot 4 4 4 Totals . *39 MH 93:» M.es Recreation Lyons Is* 179 lbs i Reinking ... 179 301 IBs Gallmeyer 319 IB* 174 Walters 171 IM I*6l 'Mitra .. . Mfl 153 313 Total* 944 *s* 901 Mutschlers Rrtede 13* 199 190 ed In the ninth and was rescued by Jim Henry Gllly Brack. Phils' outfielder. I had *'4 for 4.* including a homer I and double to drive tn four faillei. Whitey Moore burled Cincinnati to a 5-1 triumph over the Cardinals foot he Reds' third straight victory Frank McCormick's single in the Aral with the bases loaded gave the R.-ds a lead they never loot. Cincinnati gathered 13 hits off four Cardinal pitchers, start ing on Rob Weiland , ‘ The Boston Red Sox beat Washington. *5. in 11 Innings on Jimmy Foxxs second homer ot the season The Si Louts Browns | trimmed Detroit. 7-3. behind the j six hit hurling of John Henry Kramer. 2lyearold rookie from Ran Antonio Yesterday's hero; Rob Feller. Cleveland s yo..n- apeedballer who notched nine strikeouts and permitted only tour hits aa the Indians danled the White Sox.'7-1.

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1939.

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Miller 128 143 1S» I Mutwhler . IM 113 !W Ahr . - 183 IM 15T , 2«* IM 2<"' Totals *OB MIT IS* Burke's Burke x 134 113 135 Kellar IM 144 194 Ikmlfaa 154 IM 133 Miltitoeh 18* 2»8 ITS Stump . 184 ITS 144 Spot T T ; Totala ..... 754 884 774 — , Casting Hoagland . ITS 14* 153; Young 155 145 ISS C>allr«ly IT* 145 IST Roe- ITtt 15* 155 Imdd IST 18* 188 Total* w . a<3 mi* *di> Clever leaf Frtota«er 21T 214 Ml H Farrar 134 149 145 A. Farrar .... * ITS SIS 18*' !.. . 130 130 13« I Totate TSd 835 833 * MeM!!ten*g E. Schulta 187 158 ltd' Brewer ITS IT3 328 S<hli< kman . 18S __ __.| Soldner 158 131 155' Hurher 114 212 IM tl. Schulta x . 223 IM , Totala 7M »34 8»l I HoR-Brau I Forfeit i LEADING BATTERS Player Club OAB R H Pet McCormick. Reda4 Id 4 » 543 MeCaaßr. Tt«era T 2* » 14 s<» Myera. Reda 4 Id 2 5 500 Hoag. Browna . 4 13 3 « 442 Hack. Cube 5 11 4 I 42* Medwick, Card* 5 21 1 » 42* Powell, Yankee* 3 14 3 4 43* Q ■■■'■'■' — ya* Trad* In a Geoa Town — Oecatu.

THREE-MAN TEAM AGAINST FIELD PLANNED BY JOE THORNE FOR INDIANAPOLIS ‘soo’’ -WJggtag -xw. 'wßw If k - ■Et « u

’ INDIANAPOUS. Ind—There will be firework* on Decoration Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway if Joo Thiwne. Millionaire ear owner and driver ha* hi* wav I the u-nky sportsman. who rent t twin care out to load the race for 575 mile* last year, now has the two "hottest" boys in town on hia

: STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct . Chk ago -. 4 1 .SSS s Cincinnati 3 1 TSO Philadelphia 4 2 MT Boutoa 4 3 ,57| , New York . 3 4 42* St Ixiuie 2 3 400 Rrnuklya J 4 .333 1 PlMeburgh I 5 .147 ‘ AMERICAN LEAGUE W U Pct New York ... 51 .533 ' Cleveland 3 3 .404 Detroit 4 3 STI! Boston 3 3 goo, St Louin „ it 500' Philadelphia t 4 .333 Washington 2 4 333 Chicago t 4 .333 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Brooklyn 4 Boston 2 Philadelphia «. New York 1. Chicago 5. Pittsburgh 3. Cincinnati 5. St Louis 1. American L*agu« New York 8. Philadelphia 4 1 Boston 8. Washington 5 St Louis 7, Detroit 2 Cleveland 7. Chicago 1. a G. E. Team Will Practice Thursday The G. E baseball team will hold Re flrat practice at the season Thursday evening at 5 o'clock at Worthman Field, w rat be: permlttIng. All proaepettve candidate* for th* teasn ar* urged to attend HOME RUNS Ott. Giants ... 2 Marty. Cube ♦ Cnmlllt. Dodgers —.... ... 2 t'ampbell. Indians 2 Foil. Red Sol 3

two supercharged space eaten. Jimmy Snyder, the smiling milkman from Chicago will got hw old meant and the veteran youngster Rea Mays will bo aboard the twin Thorne himself will. drive the comet-car with which Snyder set a new Up record of 130.4 PS miles per hour U 1»37. Thorwe will aim all throe care

( RANE DAM \(.ED I ICOXTINVKD FROM PAGE OXk) I riding. Scores ot local residents and tourists stopped to watch the operations I’ollce Chief James Binders and iMficer Adrian Coffee directed 'raffle during the work. " II I II Steiner Hurls Another Triumph For Butler Renaselaer. Ind.. AprH SB—4UPI j -Butler Vuiveraity'a tmaeball clue i beat out an 11-* win over St. Joseph sh a sltutfest here yesterday. Steiner. Butler moundaman. went th* distance to give the Josephs 14 Liu Butler forced two Joseoh hurle>s to th* shower*, gathering a toi tai of IS safe OM* a ■ .... VOLUNTEERS TO tCONTtNVBI. PROM PACK ONK> .■■• waning and w>lunteering to help ', ,<he said. Proceeds from the sale of tbo J noppiea is used lo aid disabled soldiers and their families, is well as I famllieu at vete-aas wise -y- as , erased. Two Accidents Kill Two Near Van Wert Van Wert. O_. April 34-<VP>— | Andrew J. Kers. 54 qf Chicago, was I killed when aa automobile drives by Edward P Kern. Washington. .t>. C. Skidded from the wst pave utMtt st a curve la U. A. route M.. , west ot here, last night Andrew . Kern * neck waa broken but Edward Kern waa uninjured. j Earlier. Donald King. 14. Fort ; Wayne, tod, waa killed aud Paul Kenagy. 18. Fort Wajme. was hurt seriously when an automobtl* driven by Edward Robinson, negro. Gary. Ind., struck their bicycles near Convoy. Ohio, jom east of 'he Indiana line on U. 8. 34.

at the front row and play a fast three-man team against the field, probably rending Snyder out front to set the pace, bolding an intermediate position himself and leaving Mays, the California flash, in a third position to enable shim to eome through to the front in the waning stages of the hot competition.

G. E. BOWLING TOURNEY ENDS Doubles And Single* Tourney To End Saturday Night The first annua) howling tourney of the Decstur G. E recre ■ at ion club will wind up thia week- ! i-lid with the last doubles and siuglea competition elated for Rat--irday night, Oren Rebuilt. In charge of the tourney, announced jtoday. Kniriea In the alnglea dlvlaion will be gunning for the top spot I now held by Eno Lanhenau. who earlier la the tourney posted a I S4* series. The leading post In chef doubles ! division is now held by Milton Hrown and True Miller, wbo scattered the pins for a Li,.* series ' count. Several formidable bowlers will line up between now and late Saturday night to take their crach at > I the leading scores of these two divisions. Munch Brass Wins The punch press flve of the local General Electric factory won the tire-man team event, which wound up last Saturday night with thr local kleglers posting a 3.0T4. just 77 pins better than their nearest ' rivals, the W J. Barth company of Fort Wayne, who rolled 3.UO* Twelve teams shared In the* winners' purse, listed in order as, follow* G E Punch Pres*. Decatur 3.M4! W J Barth Co.. Fl Wayne 3.007 | Post Office, Decatur 3.936 | Decatur Casting. Decstur . 3.935 , Willshire. Willshire. O. 3.935 ' :G E> Automatic*. Decstur 3.913 *G E Rotor* “A". Decatur 3.913 Royal Taylors. Bluffton 2.904 Second Gueaaer*. Decatur . 3.»9* G E Stators "B". Decatur 3.99* G. E Office “B". Decstur 3.8 M Gamble Store. Decatur.. .. . 3.M7 — —- ——w — " - Shoots Man And Commits Suicide Gary, Ind . April 36 —<UJD Edna Roberta. 35. Centralia. 111. shot and fatally wounded William R. Smith. 34. also of Centralia, last night, in an apartment where they had been Rvlng together for nine day*, and then turned the .3* calibre revolver on herself Police said she died instantly of * a bullet wound in her right temple

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