Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 110, Decatur, Adams County, 9 May 1939 — Page 6

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JACKETS BEAT WILLSHIRE IN FINAL INNING Hitch land’s Hit With Bases Loaded Brings 9-8 Triumph Jim Highland* third hit of th* tram*, with th* ncor* tied. !»»«•■« loaded and on* out In th* last of th* *eventh. rave th* Decatur Y*llow Jacket* a M triumph over Willshire. Ohio. Monday afternoon at Worthman Field Hoffman, first batter in th* final Innina, singled, Kitchen drew hla 1 third walk of the game and Staple non waa Mfe on Miller's error. Inad inc the base* Gaunt fanned hut ' Highland then came through with ' hie third hit to win the game Walks to Kitchen and Gaunt and Highland'* double scored two for j Decatur tn th* first Inning. An I error, walk and Kitchens single enabled Lynch to tally in the second Two walk* and hit* by Schamerloh. McConnell and Hoffman were good for three run* In ' the third, giving Decatur a 6-0. lead. Hoffman allowed Willshire only ; one hit in the first three Inning* but the Rn< keyea began connect- j Ing. acorl.g two In the fourth, two in the fifth and four in the sixth to take an 8-6 lead S. hamerloh replaced Hoffman on the mound during the sixth inning uprising. I Highland's bat aided the Jackets to He th* score with a pair of run* In the sixth. Stapleton start- : ed the inning with a single. Gannt ' popped nut but Highland smashed out a triple, scoring Stapleton S< hamerloh also popped out but Koeneman came through with a. single to score Highland The Tellow Jacket* are scheduled tn play at Hartford City Frl- j day Decatur AB R H E Kitchen. 3b 2 111 Stanleton. 2h SI 10.

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.Gaunt. If silo ' Highland. «• 5 I 3 t) I Rchamerlnh, cf. p 3 110 I Koeneman. rs .3111 McConnell, as 3 110 Lynch, lb .. 4 10 0 Hoffman, p. rs 2 I 3 o I Totals 31 0 II 2 ’ Willshire AH ,R II £ (Maier. 3l> 4 110 Heffner p 4 S 3 • 1 Dollinger, rs 4 o 3 o Jewell, lb 4 0 0 0 Schumm. c. as 4 2 2 1 Hoffman, cf 4 1 2 o ' Ripley. **. < 4 o i> o Miller, lb 3 0 11 ; Duff. If ... 2 2 0 0 Total* 33 S II 2 Score by Innings: Willshire 000 224 0-8 Decatur 213 mil 1 -2 STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L Pct. Cincinnati 9 6 .turn Brooklyn s 7 .533 St Ixiui* 8 7 M 3 Boston . 8 S .500 New York . 8 9 .471 < hit ago 8 * ff| I Philadelphia 8 9 .471 j Pittsburgh 7 9 438 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. Pct Boston . s 4 692 New York . 10 5 667 <’hl.-ago i| 7 tn .St latuis 7 8 .467 I Washington .79 .438 , Cleveland 7 9 438 ; Philadelphia 6 10 .375 Detroit 6 12 .333 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League Chicago 5. New York 3. Cleveland 6. Washington 2. Philadelphia 6. Detroit 5. Boston at St Louis, rain. National League Chicago 4. New York 2. St Louis 1. Brtxtklyn o. Philadelphia 8. Cincinnati 7. Pittsburgh 3. Boston 2. Douglas Elxey of Profile looked after business in Decatur today.

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NATIONAL LOOP TEAMS BUNCHED . IN CLOSE RACE I a-a . — 9 Only Two And Half Gaines Between Leader, C ellar Occupant • ... New York. May fr. "JR) -An eight-club pennant race the • dream of all baseball magnate* - * waa an actuality today In th* ( National league , Only two and a half game* separated the league-leading Reds II from the laat-place Pirate* The i gap from second to seventh place was one allm gam* It's only i early May. but th* topsy-turvy state of affairs Im the National league has left th* soothsayers I gasping. Five Wilts already have been ] on top or shared the lead. No duh ran be counted out of the < race The Pirates, who looked hopeless In dropping eight out of their first nine, have bounded hack and may be nest w*ek"s pacemaker The Bees, who shot to the front so bravely, toppled! trick to fourth today with Dvs straight set hacks . The Giants have recovered from I their early slump and are making! threatening gestures. The Reds, a game In the van. are blowlug j hot and cold The Dodgers and I Cardinal* are now In a spirited I battle for second place. The Cuba. I wracked with Injuries and Internal problems, are fighting to re-1 kindle their early spark And the Phillies, who look so futile when you analyte them, are slapping j down their foes without regard for reputation* or reason What were Sunday * secohddl «Mon club* aM turned on the upper strata clubs yesterday and< whaled thenu- Moat humiliating' defeat of all. was handed the! pacemaklng Reda Leading 2-3 going Into the eighth. Cincinnati blew an 8-’ decision lo the Phil lie* Johnny Vander Meer for the fourth time this season failed to finish and set the stage for the j Phils triumph by* his wildneaa The Phils' five-run rally tn the eighth was crowned by Chuck Kleins triple with the base* loaded. Pittsburgh knocked off the Hee*. 3-2. When Pitcher Jim Tobin doubled in the ninth, scoring Lee Handley Pepper Martin Mole hume to give St. Louie a Id victory over Brooklyn and a tie for M-r-ond place with the Dodgers Big Bill Lee pitched and batted the Cub* to a 4 2 triumph over the < Giant*. High spot* of the Giants' gam* was Carl Hubbell's return to the luig for the first time since August 23 last year. Coming In as a relief pitcher tn the eighth. Hubhell wa* accorded on* of the finest ovations ever handed a ball player by the crowd of 6.IMH) at the Polo Grounds. He faced six men. retiring them in order, the first three in the eighth on three pitched bulls Idle because of rain, the Red Sox regained their American league lead when the Yankees were south pawed to defeat by the White dos. 5-3 Edgar Smith. Athletics' castoff. la< the Yanka down with seven hits and Inflicted the fourth defeat on them by a southpaw We* Ferrell made his first start and. despite only five hits, was beaten by wildneaa The collapse of the Detroit Tiger* continued as the Athletic* plastered the Bengal* with a 6-5 setback. dropping them to th* American league cellar. Rookie Bill Nagel's hom*r was th* winning blow Scoring six runs in th* seventh Cleveland routed an old jinx. Ken *’•*■•*. and beat Washington. 2-2. The Indians had waited 29 inning* liefer* giving Willis Hudlln a run Yesterday's hero- Pepper MartIn. who cam* dashing home while iv ßed Evan* was going through an artistic windup for th* only run In th* Cards' 1-0 victory over Brooklyn ~ —■ —O'"" ■ ———— Today’s Sport Parade 1 By Henry Me Lerner* New York. Mar »—tUPl— Men don't have much horse sense about the horse Shown a great horse, and the fig to ba« k up his greatness. they uiimedlately begin to try t 0 rind a flaw In him. If this flaw I* slow in revealing Itardf. they create an Imttlnary one and cast about tor another horse to beat him. Take the case of Johnstown, the big and healthy hammerer who just won the Kentucky Derby, and be- 1 fore that the Wood Memorial, and before that the Woodhaven Stake Id record thne. He waa an absolute standout In Louisville, the only solid horse in the field. Yet hi was ignored by half the experts In prej race selections. and one nationally i known turf writer went so tar *• to predict that be wouldn't even finish In the money. Thia Is not a Floating story, prompted by the fact that I happened to name him to

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win. 1 a*n not the one to point th* fisger of »com at those who mlsawl. be cause heaven know* I ,m> without a peer In picking loaer*. I would. have nothing to do with War Adviiral I remember, and rn; Derby selection* Included such animals 'as Gand Slam. Military, nd Bull !.ea. . The newspaper expert* wire not the only one* who ml*aed on Jobu■ii'WX Score* of owners and breeder* of thoroughbred*, men who bore > hi wlth.fetkick lore by the hour, land who need only two mjre leg* Bt;d a set us larger ear* to pas* tor Itorse* thetnaelv**. raid he didn t have a chance to win a rare longer than a mile. The fact that Johnstown proved In the derby that he wa* a great bocse. and far superior to any ikiee-year-old rival, will not prevent houaand* of otherwise anuirt folks tnan betting again*, him 13 the Preakness at Baltimore newt . Saturday. Big a* g is. the American Le-gion haunt one-teath the m-mber* that the knock-do wn-the-fuvorite aociHy has. Its membership Include* almost everyone wno has a two dollar bill and enough sens* of direction to find the J 2 I'arimutual window*. ( t'hallrdon will gyt a henry play freakne«* Day despite the tact that in the Denby be wa* auch a poor ■econd to Johnstown that he all bdt finished in the dark. So will Clencia. the filly, although it Is pretty generally known that Springtime find* Plllea saddened und despondent by unrequited love. And *o will Colitamt. licked to a fr.i*xle by Johnstown in the Wood. Johnstown's rousing victory in the Derby must have been a sad blow to Alfred Gwynn* Vanderbilt, the young sportsman who heads Pimlico and whose goal I* t 0 maae the Preakneaa a b'rger and better race than the Derby. Vsually. the Pnaknea* gain* strength by the presence of the Derby winner in its fMd But not this year. Johnstown looked so superior that he discouraged the owners of »uch horses as Technician and Di Chico, and they won't star: in th* battle for the Woodlawn Vase, if I

As William Randolph Hearst Observes Birthday St ■ fl WS il I c,. 'v * fl- ; * "V'cSjUjl flij>-' Vs W : 'W " y fll u hMV if * -i-■ Judge CTarrr.ce Shearn William Randolph Hearst J. g. Brookes, Jr.

i Bu»lnew associates and aides of William Randolph i Hearst, famed publisher, gather in Washington. D. C., to celebrate Mr. Hearst's 79th birthday at a party given by Mrs. Eleanor MediU Patterson. Washington publisher. Pictured above are Judge 1 Clarence Sheam. left; Mr. Hearst, center, and J. S.

■ ,wn not mistaken Young Vanderiiuilt in his enthusiasm for the Freak- • nets, did not go to Louisville to see .the Derby, and kept his best horse | Impound, out of the race to aave l.im for the Pr»akn*e*. Very ailiv. f I were on speaking teima with the young master of Saganu.r* farm and of course IVn not. as the Mcleiuorea apeak only of th • Cabot*, the Imdge*. and the Buch Murphys. 1 would tell him that he might just a* well abandon the idea of making any race bigger than the Kentucky Derby. He'll just wear himself out for nothing. The Derby doesn't juat belong to Matt Winn and aaaociatea. The Derby belongs to all of Aeneilca. ■ Copyright 1939 by Vnited Press) Softball League Meeting Friday Persons Interested In the forming of a church softball league thia year are asked to meet at the new high school building Friday night at 1 7:30 o'clock. Steve Everhart will be in <tharg»- of the meeting. LEADING BATTERS Player Club GAB R H Pct. Mauers. Brown* 11 40 12 19 .475 Kuhei. White Sox 15 65 15 28 431 Weatherly. Indiana 10 32 4 15 .417 Foxx! Red Sox . 13 49 13 20 408 McQuinn. Brown* 15 63 14 25 .397 ' o HOME RUNS Greenberg. Tiger* 4 Gehriuger. Tiger* „. 4 McCormick. Reda 3 Jhonaon. Athletic* 3 Mlse. Cardinals 3 Laxseri. Dodgers 3 Cam Illi. Dodger* . ... 3 Orr. Giants 3 i Goodman. Red* 3 Chapman. Athletics 3 Selkirk. Yankees 3 Gordon. Yankee* 3 j Foxx, Red Sox 3 William*. Red Sox .... 3 Walker. White Sox 3 O- „ Calvin Miller, south of ?ne city, visited here this mbrnlng. i

Brookes. Jr., right. Other business associates, including his sons, who attended the celebration, are William A. Curley. E. D Coblentz. Dr Frank Barham. Col. Joseph WlUleombe, long-time secretary of Mr. Hearst; Richard Berlin. T. J. White and M. F. Huberth.

Boston Purchases Finney From A’s Philadelphia. May 9 <U.R> The American league Athletics today announced the sale of lx>u Finney. 'lr»t bascsnnn and outfielder, to the R<>*t<>n Red SoF Officials did not dIM-'oae the purchase price but it wa< thought to be spproxlmstely |ie.>>m« J’|nney has been with the A's five year* but <mly once, in 1936. did he hit over 300. Cub Outfielder Has Ankle Broken New York. May 9 /UJ9 Phil i Cavarretta Chicago Cub outfield er. wa* In * hospital today suffering front a broken right ankle that will keep him out of the lineup for a month or longer. Cavarelta. playing th* ontfhld for the first time thia segMiti due ■ to the benching of Joe Marty, stole second in the second inning, and . when he slid into the tug he ■ twisted his ankle under him He wa* called safe, but Instead of getting up he rolled over In agony Giant Second Baseman Burges* Whitehead saw Cavarelta'* torn shoe and called for help to assist him from the field Will Name Beattey Successor May 16 Indianapolis, Ind.. May 9—(ltPj — Fred Bays, state Democratic -hnlrman. announced today that the party's state committee will meet hars May 16 to select a party qecretary to succeed James Heaney •ho resigned effective iaat May 1. The committee also Is expected to receive the resignation nt utpreme court juetlce H Nathtn 'Swain aa 12th district chairman. o Stunting Aviator Kills 23 Persons Guayaquil. Ecuador. May 9 XUJO ‘ — An army flier displaying his ■kill In spectacular stunts, crashed hl* plane In a crowded sect km of i Guayaquil last night, killing >23

FARMER KILLED j DURING STORM Warrick County Farmer Killed As W ind Destroys Barn BnonvlU*. Ind. May (UP) — Charles Kiser. 59. * Wsrrirk county farmer, was dead today and •everal farm building* destroyr<| a* th* reaull of * bail and wind •torm which swept a Ave mtle atrip of land Isle yesterday Riser was killed when the ham tn which be waa feeding cattle collapsed before the storm. He was crushed by the wreckage Two barns, a garage, a he* house and the front porch of the house on the Mrs. Maud* Houaman term were blown down, a barn rased on the Ed Rchnepper farm, and several out buildings on the Marlon Reaaor farm were destroyed Telephone and electric service In the county were completely disrupted by fallen utility pole* In Boonville householder* reported that roof* were badly damaged person* and Injuring M. Captain Cristobal Sandoval had juat arrived from Quito In the military plane. "Red Devil' The plane. In craahlng. taught on fire, set fir* to five building* which Were destroyed Sandoval wa* killed

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