Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 121, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1939 — Page 6

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DEAN PITCHES THREE-HITTER AGAINST BEES Dizzy Ib an Stars In 1-0 Shutout For Chicago Cuhs Sunday New York, May 22-<U.R> Three old favorilea — Ditty Dean. l>fty Grove and Ted Lyons—were bark In the limelight today after three brilliant pitching performances on the Sabhsth, Dean drew the No. 1 spot with a grand 3-hltter against the Heea in hia first start of IMS Grove, with a home run for himself and a 9-hltter against the Tigers, showed there's plenty of life left in his 38-year-old souphone. Lyons, going on to 38. notched hia third straight with a ’hit, DMnning triumph over Washington Rut everything wasn’t all sunshine and smiles along old timers' row. Two old tried and trues (Wrl Hubbell and Gurnet got their bumps Hubbell, his left arm still stiff from last week's intoning victory, was belted out to the third Inning by the Pirates He didn't have a thing Goines was shelled out in the seventh but his Yankee comrades saved the day by carrying on to victory. Rump Hadley, who relieved Gomel after he was pounded for 10 hits to 4 1-3 innings, got credit for the victory. Dean's triumph far eweeded all etpectatione and breathed new life into the Cubs’ pennant hopes as they won. 4-0. Relying largely on his slow stuff and a sweeping curve. Dean pitched to only 3o hatters. He struck out two and walked none. He had the Rees topping the ball to the infield to the early innings, driving short popup* to the outfield as the game wore on Dean, with hla brilliant 5-inning relief job against Brook lyn last week, ha* now pitched 14 consecutive scoreless Innings The neck and neck race between the Cardinal* and Red* for tirat place continued with St Louis taking over the Phillies, 52. and Cincinnati bumping Brooklyn. 7-2 Bob Bowman pitched a 8-hltter and was aided by timely hitting by Jimmy Brown, who kit a double and homer, and Stu .Martin and Mise. each with double*. The Red* won their sixth straight behind Bucky Walters' t-hll Job Whit Wyatt. Dodger pitcher, hurt hi* left knee In the second when he stumbled over first running out a hount and had to retire larmbardi and McCormick hit homers, making 2* for the Red* In 27 game* Bob Klinger was the winner a* the pirate* knocked out Hubbell and beat the Giants. 4-1 He allow ed only i hits. Johnny Riaio led the Hues' attack with a double and triple With a 15-hit attack on four Cleveland hurler*. itarting on Al Mlinar, the Yankee* won their llth straight. 12-4 The Indian* raked Gome* for three runs to the he held them scoreless

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until the seventh when they drovt him to cover and tied the score 4*. with another 3run rally Dickey and Crosetti hit homeis The Red Ho* stopped Tom tn) Bridges' winning streak at, fivt straight when Boston, te-hlnt )'' J u , ' ni.ui- throe hit* aptect I An error by George Case on k Mike K-. -in ih. tenth enabled the White Sox t< | nose out the Senator*. 3-2 Only | one Senator reached first off Lyions to the last four innings *. The Athletics won their fourth f straight by detesting the Brown*. 12-4. Frankie Haye* hit a homer with the lm*e* loaded. Roy Par--11 melee, who went si* Inning*, re--1 celved credit for. hl* first Ameri- '■ i can league victory r ' | Yesterday's hero -- Ditzy Dean. -' Whose 3 hit shoutout Os the Bees "; was the day's outstanding pitch ‘ Ing job. - STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pvt. G B 'St Louis .. 16 » ««<> 1 Cincinnati 17 lo file -Chicago IS 13 .53* 24 | Boston 13 14 .381 4 Pittsburgh 13 14 .481 4 Brooklyn 11 14 .44* S , New York . 12 |6 .428 54 i Philadelphia lo 17 .37# 7 , AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct OB : New York 21 5 .808 Boston 1* ? .(84 34 Chicago ._ IS 13 .53* 7 Cleveland ... . 13 13 ,5*H) * 1 Washington 11 15 423 10 Phliadelhpia 10 15 **• 104 ; St. Louis . 10 18 .357 12 i ■ Detroit — 10 To .333 13 — YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh 4. New York 1. Cincinnati 7, Brooklyn 2. St, Louie 5. Philadelphia 2. Chhago 4. Boston 0 American League New York 12. Cleveland • Philadelphia 12. St Louis 4. j Boston 8. Detroit 3. I Chicago 3. Washington 2 <l* innings*. •- — Today’s Sport Parade i Sy Henry McLemore New York. May 22 -<UjB The Yankees were at batting practice and Oscar Vitt. manager of the Cleveland Indiana, stood on the dugout steps at the stadium and watched them Dickey belted one into the stand*. Keller rattled a line drive off the fence. Rolfe tinted one down the flrat have line. Selkirk. Gordon. Heinrich, and Gallagher *ll but tore the cover off the ball. Vitt'a face was that of a young artist adoring the work of an *>ld master. Hi* eye* shone with admiration. and a* Yankee after Yankee clouted the ball to she far reaches of the outfield he uttered little chuckles of appreciation. "Hot damn'," be said, "there* a ball club What I mean, a real ball club. The best I ever MW. Every cuss on it can kill you when he has a bat in hi* hand, and then go out and break your heart when he put* on a glove.’ There waa no envy in hie voice, even when he had to raise It to prevent it from being drowned out by the thunder of the Yankees' bale. He spoke as a knowing craftsman admiring a fine piece of work He waa the same when the I Yankees came out for fielding prac--1 tics. "Take a look at that Gordon." I Vitt said when the Yankee second baseman made a dazzling stop. "And get a load of that Crosetti. I told Joe McCarthy when the Yank* were In Cleveland that if I had those two hoys. I'd spot him a seven game lead and still catch i him. Os course. I could use two or three more of hl* player*, too." Vitt then went into an outdoor 'rapture over the Yankee*' defense. | "Two error* they've msde since

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the season opened. Two, mind! you. just two. In something like 750 chance*. We're lucky if we don't make that many an afternoon, and so are monos the other clubs in the league The Tanker* right now are the best ball club 1 ever laid my eyes on. and I've »»-rn a lot of team* since 1 broke in with an outlaw league tip IM*. And took at the stuff they have | Bitting oa the bench." This last t bought really pained ’ Mr. Vitt. The green-eyed monster of jealousy shone from his eyes 1 and tinged hi* voice a* he continued: • "That's a mighty tough problem McCarthy will have to face next . week when Joe th Maggio is healed McCarthy will have to wrestle with himself all night trying to figure what three hundred hitter to take out to make a place for a three hundred and fifty hitter. I wish I thought I wa* going to be restless all night next work worrying over the same problem It's < really a problem at that. There * nothing wrong with Selkirk, and there's nothing wrong with Heinrich. Gallagher. Keller or Powell They're all hitting like the devil and catching everything that come* anyway near them. Still, it would be mighty nice to have to fret about what fence-buster you were going to bench " All this mind you. from Mr. Vitt, ' manager of a rival team. Mr Vitt la a realist He ha* hi* heart set i, on second place, and thinks hia . team ha* a chance to finish there {' A good chance, if Johnny Allen's arm come* round, and Mel Hard- ' er. who'll resume pitching any j minute now. stay* healthy Mr Vitt disclosed that Rolli? Hetniley. i the playboy catcher, ton’t a prob- ( lem anymore. "Rollie finally ha* seen the error 1 of hi* ways." the manager amid. , "He i* in perfect shape and In- , tend* to stay that way. That's a 1 great help, because you can t name ! me many better catchers than'. Rollie " I didn't try to name him any. but , I walked over and talked to one -Bill Dickey. The gangling Arkansas boy. who has been the backbone of the Yan- ( kee* for more than 10 years, j agreed with what Vitt had to My i about his team It’s a pretty g<xxl hall team’.< Dickey Mid ‘'The best. I guess, ever put together. We got first I clas* pitching, plenty of bitting, and you ought to hear the other ■ team* squawking about the hit*

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, MAY 22. 1939.

JUNK CAR RACE ISHELDSUNDAY New Feature To Be Added To Third Rare Series Next Sunday Still another inn. Bat ion will be la trod need next Sunday in the runnng of the third "Junk Car Derby" at the Devil'* Bowl, located threefourth* of a mile north of Decatur < n the River Road. Next Sund-zy. the feature of th’ -aces will be a "race in reverse ' with the drivers attempting thr 'tricky work of negotiating the rough track in reverse gear. Three other races will complete pracraan. A ItMap *vent w<l’ open, followed by a 20-lap contest, a Snap and then the feature. Decatur driver* again coppM* t!»elr share of the driving honor* Sunday. Joe Mcßride in the Bowman entry topped first place la the race, fol-' lowed by X Myer* and Ve-non Heb- . ble. in aecond and third spot*. All ;<x-al entrant*. The Bowman cur with Bcßrtde st the wheel took flrat honor* In tho ! --cond race. Bud Johnson of Fort Wayne was second and Wayne Pet-! erson of Decautr wa* thl.M. LEADING Player Club GAB R H Vet. , McQuinn. Browns 28 114 22 47.412' Arnovlch. Phillies 28 111 14 45 405 Galan. Cubs 22 77 18 31 4«3 Mazier*. Brown* 20 75 18 30 40<> Foxx. Red Sox .. 18 70 18 27 384 ! HOME RUNS Mize. Cardinals 7 1 Greenberg. Tigers 7 Camilli. Dogers * ott. Giants * M.cormu k. Reda Umiliaidi. Reds 6 our defense cuts off." Dickey didn't agree with Mr. Vitt ias to the second place team BUI , sees the Boston Red Sox as the only club strong enough to give the Yanks a run "I think the Red Sox wlll'atay pretty close." hr Mid. "But if they get too close I reckon well have to try to cool ’em off."

FIRE DAMACES (COMTINVKP FROM PAGE ONBi cause a trrrtfu exploakm Hartly Insured Mr Maier stated that his lots would probably be covered for the greater part He mentioned that ■ damage from water would prob- ; ably mount high He was In Fort Wayne at the I time of the fire and wa* reached 'by telephone during the blase ; Billowing cloud* of black smoke i that poured from every crack and window tn the building could be seen for blocks and a huge crowd , of spectators was drawn to the I fire acene City police officers handled the , heavy traffic near the fire scene Rags and paper In the building, which were not entirely consumed ,by the flames, smouldered yet this morning and a watch was kept “ throughout the night to prevent a recurrence of th.- blase • » i Uonvicted Slayer To Michigan City Fort Wayne. May 22 — <U.R> — Sheriff Walter Felger today removed Adrian Miller. 31-year-old exwallor and convicted slayer of an 18-year old farm girl, to the state prison al Michigan City where he to sentenced to die on August 14. Miller was convicted here May 4 after a jury found him im at the time he strangled and raped , Alice May Girton of Winchester, I Ind. Gene Miller of Racine. Wto.. hla brother and the only rotative ns has seen since hla arrest, visited him yesterday Hia father was j reported too 111 on hla farm to | make the trip Miller's mother la I* mental patient at a Racine bosI pltal Dust Storm Blamed ,• For Plane Crash Coalvllto ftah. May 32— tUP> — I A heavy dust storm which the pilot . mistook for a cloudbank wa* blam- | ed today for the death of two men in the crash of a privately owned flane In the I'lntah moon talus, it mites northeast of here. | Five other persons la the plane raftered minor Injuries. Th* dead were It lot William Duck of Oakland. Calif and Co-pilot C. I. Gard iner of Chicago.

J 6 QUALIFIED ! FORSPEEDWM Jimmy Snyder Sets New Qualify ink And Single Lap Record# Indianapolis. May 21 <U.R) Hl* teen quallfled drivers-nenrly half the starling told were qualifled qualified today for the 27th annual Memorial Day s<M*-mlle auto race after two day* of concerted trial* that mw a new qualification roci ord and a new lap record eel by Jimmy Snyder Only one of the aliteen. Elbert (Babel Stapp of Lo* Angeles, Cal., I qualifled yesterday to Join the flfI teeu who completed their preliminary trial* Saturday. He travel ed the 10-mile distance at an average *i>eed of 125 miles an hour to aMure himself a place tn the starting Held. Little Kelly Petillo. the 1935 winner of the Soo-mile derby, waa the only other driver to attempt to qualify yesterday a* heavy rains repeatedly chased the cars Into garages and soaked the track. Petillo made bl* run late In the day. starting immediately after track officials proclaimed the 24 mile oval dry enough to be aafe. He came in at the end of hia flrat lap and protested that the car had skidded on wet asphalt at the turn*. Officials, however, resfuaed to allow hla protest and ruled that* hia one lap counted as hla first qualification attempt. By speedway regulations he now has two more trials to qualify his car. Snyder, a former Illinois football star and once a Chicago milkwagon driver, rocketed around the . track four time* at an average of 130.138 mile* an hour to set the new qualification record. In his second lap his average wa* 130.757 for the new lap record. . The former qualifying average of 125 7*B mile* an hour set on a 25-mlle route instead of the present 10 mile*, waa made by Ronnie ' Householder teat year, while the former lap record waa Wo 49* set by Snyder in 1837. Snyders record breaking round wa* the second of Saturday's | trial* Shortly before he roared to hia new mark. Lou Meyer, only three-time winner in speedway history. smashed Householder * mark with an average of 130 0(7 mile* .an hour. Snyder * time won him the high.ly prised po|p' position, while Meyer will be next to him in the front row of cars when the start er* bomb sound* for the Memorial Day classic Wilbur Shaw, the I>>7 winner, will complete the front row. He qualified Saturday with an average speed of 128.877 mile* an hour. Other drivers qualifled were Ted Horn. Chet Miller. George Bailey. , Wiiliau (Shorty) Cantion. Mauri Rose. Herb Ardtnger. Cliff Berg*ro. Frank Briako. George Connor. Ralph Hepburn. Mel Hansen and George Barringer. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Swaim of Bluffton visited friends and rela•tvea tn Decatur Saturday.

In News Again KZZ i jgj *^®@ r • • Joseph C. Grew U. S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph C. Grew is projected Into the wwi again as the United Rtates refuses to (rant Japan's demand for Increased Japanese representation tn ths International settlement at Shanghai China. On instructions from the state department, Grew delivered a memorandum to this effect at the Japanese foreign office in Tokio. At the same time. American naval forces were landing at another International settlement at Amoy to defend . American Interest/ against Japanese troops which occupied the treaty area. British and French patrols followed the American landing party.

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ANNUAL PICNIC HEID BY CLUB Country Conservation Club Holds Annual Picnic Sunday Two targe crowds attended th* annua! Country Conservation club picnic at the St. John’s church picnic ground* seven miles north of Decatur on U. 8 highway 27. Sun day afternoon and evening The afternoon crowd waa somewhat smaller than usual due to rains and two conffict*. but several hundred persona were undaunted by the weather and enjop> ed the event*. Featured on the afternoon program waa the annual coon dog chase for member* only Two heats and a final were used to determine the winner*. A dog owned by Lawrence Boerger. wa* named best tree dog and one owned by Ted Hobrock waa the best line dog. The 34-plece hand, which ha* been organised by the club, and which I* directed by O E Ogden of Fort Wayne, entertained the crowd during the day. The band I* becoming recognized aa one of the beat in a rural section In the state. Among the other event* In the aft moon were horseshoe pitching and trap shouting A pistol rang*

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