Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 103, Decatur, Adams County, 1 May 1939 — Page 6

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SPOTLIGHT OF MAJORS TURNS TOWARD BOSTON Red Sox Tie Yanks For Lead; Bees Near Nat* ional Lead New Tbrk. May J.- (U.R) - Th* renalsaanc-- of baseball In Boaion reached a new high today with the R*d Sox tied with the Yankee* for the American league lead and the B*ea snapping at the heel* of the pace-setting Clmlnnalt Red* in the National league. The situation with the Red Sox is unusn*) Joe Cronin la crying for pitching and yet his club is running abreast of the Yanks despite deficiencies in the bog Tntil young Jim Bagby tossed the Red Sox to a 3-1 triumph over the Athletic* yesterday Boston had used 111 pitcher* In it* previous four game* Even with Boston* murderous hitting, that kind of pitching won't take the Red any place So far Eldon Anker. Denny Galehouse and Jake Wade obtained in winter deals, have been of no help What first data* pitching the Red Sox have obtained hs* been from the youngster* Jim Bagby and WoodyRich. and "old man Mose" Grove. One boon to the Red Sox cause ha* been the turn of the tide on the Yank* Temporarily, at least, the Yanks' lack ha* run out on them 1-ast Tuesday Red Ruffing bellwether of the Yankee staff pulled a muscle in his arm and I had to retire. Joe DiMaggio, one of the two Yank* hitting over JM. pulled the muscle* In his leg Saturday and will be on the shelf at least Iff day*. The Rees are "technically” tied with th* Red* for the National league lead, but trail by 050 percentage points because they have played two more games, winning one and losing one Superior pitch 1 ——————————

Tonight & Tuesday H«r First in TECHNICOLOR’ SHIRLEY TEMPLE ’THE LITTLE PRINCESS” Richard Greene. Anita Ixtuise ALSO — Cartoon; Larry Clinton Band A Sporthtt. Joc 25c Wednesday Only ON STAGE -IN PERSON “WOWO RADIO STARS” An allntw program with ' Ambrose Malay. Mary Lou. Happy Harp. Four Black hawks, Jane Weataron. —ON THE SCREEN—THE GREAT MAN VOTES” Virginia Weidlar. John Barrymore ONLY 10c-25c Thura. Fri. Sat.—" Wife Husband A Friend” Loretta Young. Warner Baiter | CORT Tonight & Tuesday BLACKWELL’S ISLAND” John Garfield. Rohemarv Lane ALSO — THREE STOOGES Comedy A Cartoon. 10e-25c —o Wed. A Thura.—’lNSlDE STORY' Michael Whalen, Jean Rogera. —o ROTE—New Low Price Policy* Starting next Sunday — Watch Ada for Particulars. Tonight & Tuesday “NORTH OF SHANGHAI” Betty Furneee. James Craig < FIRST OFFENDERS" Walter Abel, Johnny Downs Only 10c-15c — o o Fri. A Sat. — Bob Baker, "Ghoet Town Riders** A Fl ret Chapter, “Dick Tracy Returns.'*

■ Ing and a sound defense have glv ' en the Hee* their Illg lift, hl 1U games their pitchers have allowed | only Ju runs, an average of 2.9 | per game With lam Fette winning hl* i I third straight, the Bee* tossed the . pGcunt* bu> k again yesterday, 3 2 111 was the third straight win fori I the* Bee* and the fourth straight ; | defeat for the Giant*, who sank to ■ seventh place. Benching ct third' baseman George Myatt by manag ! er Bill Terry indicate* that Tom | I llafey I* likely to be retailed from i the Giants' Jersey City farm club , to take over the hot comer. l»eb j Gar tn*' three hits led the Bees' 1 attack on Manuel Salvo, who allowed only live blow*, but two ' error* tone his own) contributed i ■ to hi* downfall. Luke Hatuliu carved out his ■ ' third straight as he pitched Brooklyn to a 3-1 triumph over the Phillies. tie allowed seven hit* in I t besting Max Butcher. (in* MooVe'a single with the bases load- I ed was the Dodgers winning punch. Although rapped for ten hit*. ■ ' Gene Lillard. Cub rookie, scattered them go well Chicago beat the Cardinals. 4-1. Lillard chalked up ' | h's second victory. Gabby Hartnett shook up the Cubs' lineup, bettc hing outfielder Jimmy Gleeson . and Joe Marty for Augie Galan ‘ and Carl Reynold* The latter i drove in two runs. Joe Medwick ■ got "3 for 3." The Yanks lost their second in a row to Washington Joe Krakauskas got credit tor the victory *l- - though he was taken out for a pinch hitter in the eighth. A , three-run rally in that frame enabled the Senator* to win. 3-2. The Yanks au.-'s only four hits off Krakauskas. Appleton and Alex-1 andra. Tommy Bridges continued his great comeback- pitching his third straight victory as Detroit pommeled Cleveland. 14-1. Bridge* al- ■ lowed only six hits. The Tigers 1 made IS hit*. Including a homer by Gehringer with the base* loaded The White Sox halted a St Louis rally in the ninth after three runs had been scored and nosed out the ' Browns 4-5 Clint Brown put out the fire. Joe Kuhel paced the i White Sox attack with a homer lltwith one on i. a double, and , single Yesterday's heroes: Lou Fette-i of the Hee* laike Hamlin of the Dodgers. and Tommy Bridges of the Tiger*, who pitched and won their third Mraight game* to join , Boh Feller of the Indian* a* ih-* only major leaguers in that ciaa* STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pct. Cincinnati 4 2 .750 Boston _...... .. T 3 700 Chicago « 4 .(00 ■St Louis 5 4 554 ' Brooklyn 4 4 5M i Philadelphia 4 5 .444 i New Ytyk 3 4 .333 Pittsburgh 1 I .111 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. Pct. New York .. . . ... S 3 .425 Boston 5 3 ,425 'th-ago ... 4 4 .50® ! Washington f. 4 55« Detroit .« .. 5 4 .545 1 St. Louis 4 5 ill Cleveland 4 4 4<M> Philadelphia 2 ? .222 YESTERDAY'* RESULT® •j ——— National League Boston 3. New York 2. Brooklyn 3. Philadelphia 1. Chicago 4. St. Louis 1. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (postponed. rain >. American League Boat on 3. Philadelphia 1. Washington 3. New York 2. Detroit 14. Cleveland 1. Chicago fi. St. Louis 6. LEADING BATTERS Player Club GAR R H Pct. Myers. Red* t 24 « 12 &00 , Di Maggio. Yanka ?23& 10 435 Greenberg. Tiger 11 43 * 111.429 Dickey. Yankees g 24 4 10 ,417 , Kuhel. While Sox 10 45 »1* 413

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MONT STRATTON BENEFIT TODAY White Sox And Cubs Play Today For Crippled Pitcher Chicano. May 1 U.PJ Ixvyal White Sol fana expect to turn over nearly 325.000 today to Insure the future of their crippled plichlnr hero. Monty (Gander) Stratton. He will receive the entire proceeds of a benefit gain- between his teammates and the National league Chicago Cults, led by Dizcy Dean He also will receive a new automobile and the day's profit of .a parking concession outside Comiakey Park It the weather i •‘ma itm fa vor • able, he will pocket at least 325.00t>. possibly more He turned , to first Itase coaching after a hunting accident which coat him his right leg last fall , Today is his day but he must stieie part ot It with the irrepressible Dean. bit will he making his flrat Start of the season he has worked only two exhibition innfugs all spring—and it he looks anything Ilk* the bean of old the chances of the Cubs winning another National league pennant will boom sky-high Manager Gabby Hartnett. who will make his 1939 catching debut at the same time, has ordered bean to "pitch as long as he can." In recent batting practice pitching, bean cut loose with a free, easy delivery similar to the familiar smokeball pitching he used while a memlier of the St Louis Cardinals Several who hatted against him inaiated he never has had more on the ball aince joining' th* Cuba laat aprtng. but Hartnett; isn't so sure. Th* Stratton benefit had been scheduled for April If but rain’ forced postponement It took 1 plenty of figuring to re-schedule it | for today Although Stratton la convinced' he still will be able to pitch major league baseball on an artificial leg maybe neat year-he la concentrating on the first Itaae coaching box He worked for the first time Saturday at St. Louis, coaching for six Innings as the Sox defeated the HroWna "There sure are a lot of tricks to thia coaching. h* said "Rut I used to do It and I'm catching on again Some day I'll try to pitch : It'a just like learning to walk and' run and throw all over again It! takes time, hut if It can lie done. I'll do It some day. maybe next. year " Brookwood Course Officially Opened ■■■l. Fort Wayne. Ind. May I—The Brookwood Golf, Coure. Is open for play. Pete Duran, proowner of the lt-hole layout, announced today Moat of the tees have been resodded. 17 tons ot commercial plant food have been laid down on th* t.itrways. and the course has been 'Oiled. O — Organize Softball Loop Here Tonight Final plans for organisation of the Adams county softball leagtu will be made at a meeting at the A lams county softball league will be made at 7:30 tonight nt the city hall Syl-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY. MAY 1. 1939.

Young Veteran j » . J * Little Mary Lou. pictured above with her father Ambrose Haley, is only 11 years old. but she * been aiugtng on the radio k years They will be seen on the Adams Theater stage Wednesday night, along with cither WoWO radio stars Including the well-known Happy Herb and

vester Everhart, president ot the softball association, will n<v*ide. Representatives of all teams are a«ked to attend tonight's meeting, ns the league will be organised and schedule drawn for Opening the league Monday. May 5. i i a I — HOME RUNS Goodman, Reds — ....................... 3 famllh. Dodgers 3 . Gehrtnger. Tigers . 3 j I Greenberg. Tigers 3 ,<»(«. Giants 2 Mu , < üba 2 I Campbell. Indiana 2 Foxx. Red Sox ... 2 Hoag, Browns 2 ' Mine. Cardinala 2' — -th— COURT HOUSE Real Estate Transfers fxiulse E Reinhart, et ux to John :H. Srnl'h 13.33 acres in Wwbaah ■ownahlp for 3733. WIRJam Butler, et ux to Rufus Worst ink* 37 in Decatur for W*. > Victor H. Eicher, auditor to Mrs. William Griffiths 39.34 acres in I Kirkland township tor S*3.«». Alfred Romey to Ermln D. Bixler, at ux inlots 445-448 in Berne tor. j 31.041. Bertha L. Rice to John H. Alber- i ding Jr., ot ux* Inlot 2 In Decatur | for 31.00. Anne E Wlnnes to Ziechiel Rvans inlot 90 in Decatur for 31 00. OPERATORS AND ICCNTINVKU FROM PAGE ONKI cent of those In the Appalachian area and more than that In outlying districts There were Indications that the federal government might recom j mend such action If the Appalach ’’tan Issue la not settled before the deadline All parties, however, hoped the Appalachian conference might be preserved as a stabilising Influence on the Industry.

YANK STAR ON INJURED LIST Joe DiMaggio Out Os Lineup For One To Three Weeks New York. May 1. —(UP)— The' New York Yankeee departed for' Detroit on their first Western roai swing of the season today, and be bind they left their star center field*r Joe Dimaggio. nursing an injured right leg which may keep aim out of the lineup from one to three weeks. X-Rays of the injury.' suffered Saturday when Joe we: t down trying to field a line drive, failed reveal a fracture. Propped up in bed at the hotel New Yorker where he was brought from Bi. Elisabeth. Joe said that Dr Robert Emmet Walah, Yankee physician, had advised him to stay olf the ankles so rlt least ftve days and that it would bf 30 days or ton aer before it would stand any hand usage. Joe's ankle is severely sprained, and the muscles of the lower Ihnh are torn away from the bone from the ankle almost up to 'he knee. Dimaggio blamed the accident on some new spikes he was wearing. They failed to bold on the damp rraaa at the stadium. . .— o- ■ ■■ Lehman Cow Makes Official Record FVterborourh. N. H. Mtv I—A t.ew record exceedipg the average of the Guernsey breed tor age und class has just been completed Uy a three and one-halt year old cow Happy Boy's Daisy 416758 of Deca tur. Indiana tested and owned by P. B. I-eh man. Her official record supervised by Purdue I'nlveraity ana announced by The American Guernwy Cattle Club is 3947 9 pounds ot milk and 443.1 pounds ot butter fat :n < lass DD. W Three Wanted Bank Robbers Captured Wheeling. W. V. Mary I—(UP) Quick thinking by a rookie patrolman resulted in the capture today . ot three men wanted In Missouri for Lank robbery and their blond companion. Those selged were: William Montgomery so. ot Pitts-' burg; James Mu lane 21. Blumfletd. N. J.. James Borne. 30, ot Detroit, and the girl Billy Love. 23, who said ,-lie was born In Marchall. Ohio. I Nominate Roper As Minister To Canada Washington. May 1. — (UP)—Proaidant Roosevelt today ticmituued former s«retary of comm*rie Dan 1 I*l C. Roper to be united States minister to Canada. i His nomination, as envoy extra-! ordinary and minister plenipotentiary, was sent to the aenate tor 1 confirmation. Roper would fill a poet that has been vacant aince former U. 8. Minister to Canada . Norman Armour was transferred to I Chile. o FOR SALE —New Form of Affidavit of Mortgage lndebtednewL 2 for 5c or *1.25 for 100. The Decatur Dem- . ocrat Co. ts

' SUIT IS FILED BY AIDKA KANE — iDauflhter Os Fortner Local Residents Files $25,000 Suit lAfayette. Ind . May L — Aloha Kane, If. daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Thoma* Kane, baa filed suit In the Tippecanoe circuit court against Cull Goddard, loml plumber, nailing 325.0W* damages for peraonal > injuries sustained when an auto In which she was riding, collided with the Goddard track, parked on state road 52. Friday evening. April H. PS*. D Emmet Ferguson la th* plaintiff's attorney. The accident happened about ♦even In the evening, when Harry Johnson, chairman tor a Hl-Y com-1 mlttee of Jefferson high school sen- , lor*, was conveying the party of high school youngsters to a akat- I Ing party, which the Hi-Y'a were ! putting on at Maple Point akat-j Ing rink, road 52. south of Lafayette In the collision. Lee Gillespie, senior, was killed, and Marie Maltlen. junior, another member of the party sustained serious injuries Miss Kane, a senior, suffered a fractured skull, broken jaw*, broken shoulders, and other severe Injuries. that nearly proved fatal. She was unconsi ion* six weeks and for a while was paralyied A skull operation was necessary and the long convalescence ha* delayed a college- course for which she was preparing. Mr and Mr* Kane formerly lived in thia city. Mi* Kane, before her marriage was Mis* Jessie Magley. former society *und court re>rter so rthe Daily Democrat.

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AdflHUi County Bull Wins Recognition Peterborough. • N li H May 1— i Ab Adams county Guernsey breed;*r. P H l-ehman of Decatur Ind, I has Jusi won national rec-ignlil-in ’ ->n hl* pur* bred Guernsey bull |Si James t'haniploh * Happy Roy | 1M374 I This bull, having five daughters > which have made < r-dhaicle «iff|. ■-lai records, ha* Imen entered In th* advanced register of the American Gur*nary Cattle cluh St James t'liamplon's Happy 80/ I will be known hereafter a* an ad 1 vanced register sire, only <iu>rn--1 *eys which meet high production requirement* are ellgiblle for en-

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