Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 128, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1939 — Page 6

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Decatur W ins Conference Baseball Title. 4.1

JACKETS BEAT BLUFFTON NINE IN FINAL TILT Schamerloh Holds Tigers Hitless As Jackets Win. 4-0 Frrd Bch*merloh. a Decatur | high school sophoqtore. wrote his name in the Imurlull hull of fame Munday afternoon at Wurthman Field. a* thr dark horse Decatur Yellow Jackets blanked thr Bluffton Tigers to win the .N E I. C baseball title. 4-0 Young S< hamerloh achieved the I ambition of every baseball pitcher, by hurling a no-hit. no-run game. i Only three men reached first hare 7. one on a free ticket U*ued by thr Decatur hurl-r and the other ' two on errors. However. Schamerloh. without , taking away the credit for his unusual frat, could not hr given all j the honors, for his teammates per formed In big league style in win ulm the finals of thr annual conference tourney Performing equally well at thr plate and In the field, thr Jackets undoubtedly displayed the best brand of hall ever shown by a Yellow Jacket tram In tripping the 1 nine, whit h hud on Saturday defeated thr favorite Hartford City I Airedales The Jackets scored in the first i inning, when Kitchen led off with . a single, stole second and moved • to third on an error Then he ’ scored on Hoffman s single In the fourth they scored again when (•aunt singled with one out and was brought home on a smashing three-bagger by McConnell Me- 1 Connell also scored on a fielder's I Choice when they failed to catch < him at thr plate In the lasfe in-. ntng Kornrman scored when he reached first on a fielder's choice > after Schamerloh singled and then i came home on Huffman's single Coach la-aiir Dorwins men

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'committed two errors in the field but they cam* early in the game After they saw a nohit gam* was i possible, the Dor win men tighten jrd up and gave Schumerlob pet | feet support Thr fielding of Kit I chen and McColl nell was especial 1 ly outstanding . 1 Time after time when It appear rd that one of the blows off a Bluffton bat would go for a hit. . olie of the Jackets appeared from nowhere and pulled dowq the ball with a spearing catch Oscatur AR R H E Kitchen, ss 3 11 u I Koeneman. rs (100 . Hoffman, cf . 4 I it 0 I Highland, lb .....i, 4 0 0 0 ! Gaunt. If 3 I I U McConnell. 2b .. ... 3 110 j l.yncb. 3b 3 0 0 1 , KoldrWey, c 3 0 0 0 Schamerloh. p .... Soil Totuls 29 4 6 2 Bluffton I Kinsey, ss .... .... 3 0 0 1 1 Shields, lb 3 0 0 0 i Speheger. 3b 3 0 0 ! ,S Richey, If ...2 0 o o , Cosaairt, If ... 1 0 o o : Roar, cf . ... ... 1 0 •• I 'S< humm. cf 1 o o o i Yates. Sb ... 3 0 0 1 IR. Richey, c 2 0 ti o Riddle. rs J o o o , lirandlivnnrd. p .. . 2 0 0 o Totals .... 23 0 u 4 Score by Innings: ■ Decatur ... 100 3N 1 4 Bluffton (mmi taut o—o REDS BLANKED TWICE 8V CUBS French And Pane Hurl Chicago To Two Shutout Victories New York. May 31.— (U.K) —Th* rabid fans of “Rhineland." who had visions of the Cincinnati Rpds j becoming the “Yankees" of the National league, wondered today what had struck their heroes. A cyclone, a train wreck, and an j earthquake couldn't have done more damage than the Chicago j Cubs did Decoration Day. They plastered two humiliating defeats on the Reds, S-0 and 2-0. before 40.SIS stunned fans in Cincinnati. After reeling off 14 out of 15 and taking a commanding lead in the National league, the Reds exploded in all places at once. They had made DM runs in 3S games, tasiua jU. pel aaiue. Their longest previous run less streak I was II innings April 25 and 2S Larry French and Vance Page I pitched the Cubs' twin triumph i Whitey Moore’s wildness set up , the Cubs' important runs lu the morning game witnessed by 21.744 Jimmy Gleeson's homer off Rucky Walter* was enough to win the afternoon game, but Walters tossed in an extra run for Chicago with a wild pitch which allowed Gabby Hartnett to score from sec-

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ond. He nttist have tossed the hall over the grandstand. unless Hartnett is running bases on a motorcycle this season. The Reds still hold a two trams lead liecause the Cardinals could get only an even break with the Pirates, lam Warnefce allowed only five hits in giving the Cards a 7-3 triumph in the opener in which Jimmy Brown made tour hits, two of them doubles. Johnny Zizzo's terrific clouting featured Pittsburgh'g IM victory in the nightcap Rizzo drove in nine runs with two homers, two doubles, and single to enable the Pirates to dvercome a 7-1 deficit. Before 58,29*. largest New York crowd this season, the Giants and Dodgers. battling to get out of second division, got a standoff Cliff Melton halted a Dodger rally in the ninth enabling the Oianla to win the first game. 5-4. Hugh Casey outpit< hed Carl Huhliell to give the Ikalgi-rs the afterpiece, 31. Homers by Koy and Todd were the dividing punches .Max W est s homer with one on in the imh gave the Brea a 9-7 victory In the first game but Sy I Johnson's eight hit pitching gave the Phils a 5-3 triumph in the nightcap. Red Ruffing received the first black mark of the seuson on his pitching record when the Red Sox vonquerefl the Yanks. 8-4. But Boston couldn't ttuiid proaperlty. and the Yanks cuff.-d the Sox around. 17-9, In the second game and maintained their «> s game lead. Ruffing was the victim of homers hy Ted Williams. Joe Cronin and Jimmy Poxx and lasted only 3 1-3 frames. The Yanks murdered four sox pitchers for 17 hits In the second game Cleveland beat the Browns. 7-2 and 3-2. to take over third place. Bob Feller scored his eighth vic-

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Wilbur Shaw, of Indianapolis, la pictured crossing the finish lino to win the Indianapolis Bon-mlle auto classic before one of the largest 1 crowd* of speed way's history Jimmy Snyder. of Chicago, was second. I and Cliff Berger of Hollywood, third The race was marred by a

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11 lory in the opener, yielding only | seven hits and fanning seven. 1 Bruce Campbell scored all three i Indian runs as Cleveland won the ' second game hi 12 innings. He I t rippled and stored the winning I tally on Ben Chapman’s fly. Ted Lyons bested Schoolboy ’ Rowe as the White Sox defeated ■ the Tigers. 8-3. It was the 38I I year-old veteran's fifth victory and ' | four straight. Detroit came hack I I to win the night ap. k-3. with Gehr- ! Inger, Higgins and Tebbetts gett- ' i ing three hits each in a 16-hit as--1 sauh. After losing to the At keltic. 3 1. 1 | Washington woo the second game, I 8-4, to break its six-game losing ' I streak The A's won the first game !on four hits off the Venezuelan Alexandra. Ren Chase pitched the victory despite the fact that he 1 1 w*« for lit hit* 'iCaae slide ba****, making hi* •seuons total I** Practice GamtN For Church Teams Practice games are scheduled Thursday and Friday nights at the F nth Ward diamond tor teams in the church softball league. St. Mary’s and Baptist will play at 3 o'clock Thursday night, and Reformed and Methodist Friday even‘ng at 7 o’clock. Decatur Tennis Club To Meet Friday Night There will be a meeting of the' Decatur Tennis club at 7.30 p, m Thursday at the city hall. All. member* from last year mid oth- , era desiring membership. are urg 1 ied to attend. Plans are to lie dims cussed concerning the entrance i of teams into the leagues of which lh>catur has l»een a member. plana

also will be discussed concerning the local activities. At thia ineeiing the officers for the ensuing ye.li will tie elected. AWARDS GIVEN TO ATHLETES Basehall Awards Are Presented To Champion Yellow Jackets During a short ceremony at the fieldhouse on Worthmail Field Monday afternoon following the title game with the Bluffton Tigers. the members of Decatur high school's N E. I. C. champion Yellow Jackets were given their baseI ball awards Coach Deane Dorwln and ath- ‘ letlc director Hugh Andrews made 'the awards Kenny Gaunt. Jacket outfielder, i was elected honorary captain of the team and Gilbert Huffman was awarded the sportsmanship medal. Five seniors, three Juniors, two sophomores and a freshman were among those to receive the major awards this year They are: J B Kitchen. L. Koeneman. G. Hoff- | man. J Highland. K Gaunt, J. Me- - Connell. W. Lynch, L Koldeway, F Schamerloh. K. Chilcote. and W. Rchnepp, who was out of the , tourney with a broken wrist j K Achnepp. R. lx»rd. D. Linn and B Foreman were given minor I awards. HOME RUNS Camllli. Dodgers 10 ii Greenberg. Tiger* , * McCormick, Reds . r .. 9 Selkirk. Yankees ... 9 Mize. Cardinals |

trtpple crash in which last year's winner. Floyd Roberts, was killed and two other drivers and two spectators Injured Shaw la shown nt right, begrimmed but happy after the finish of the grueling grind International Illustrated News Soundphoto

WILBUR SHAW TAKES ANNUAL 500-MILERACE - Wins Speedway; Roberts, Last Year U inner. Killed In Crash Indianapolis. May 31 — <U.P.) : Bruised and weary. Wilbur Khaw. Indianapolis garage mechanic rei celves a check today for 131.400. t part of his profit for outdriving and outlasting 32 other drivers ' yesterday in the 371 h annual I Memorial Pay WO-mlle race It was his second victory he ' won the race in 1»37 and It was I hurd earned It illmaxed a day of i drama, disappointments and death The tragic side of the race was j a three-car smashup which killed ' Floyd Robert* last year'* winner. 1 and Injured driver* Chet Miller. ' Detroit, aud Hob Swanson, lets I Angele* Th- conditions «<f Miller ' and Swanson, both of whom were i burned an<t bruiwd. were wot **r I fetus. The accident saved Role-rt*' record of 117 2 Mi’ll which he set lin winning the race last year. A ; prolonged slow perkid while the I wreckage was being cleared from 1 the track held down the average speed* of the drivers. Shaw might have set a new reettrd but for that slow period. His average was 115 035 M l‘ II # and hi* time was . i 4:20 47.41. i His total earnings were eatlmatJed at nearly |50.000. Including the flrat prise of |2<>.<hh>. pafaj fey th* ( Indianapolis motor speedway, lap j prises totaling |1,400. also paid by the speedway, and accessory awards and automotive company prises However. Mike Hoyle. Chicago sportsman who owns thI imp«> .in Mas- > < | drove, will receive a pens • Shaw was forced to the utmost ; so defeat Lou Meyer, who was on , the trail of his fourth champion ship. Meyer's desperate attempt to retain the lead at the 455-mile ; mark was <>n£ of the outstanding ‘thrills of the day for the 145.00 v > fans who saw the rac*. I For the entire BN laps the race , was a threy-car duel with first Jimmy Snyder, Chicago. taking i the lead, then Shaw, then Meyer . Meyer grabbed the advantage . near the 35u mile post and held It until he went into a disastrous spin shortly after the 455 mile ( mark. The spiii gavp Shaw hi* opportunity. He passed Meyer once j while Meyer was coming around , the track with a flat tire as the result of the spin. This ellmln- , ated a one lap margin which Mey- , er had Then Shaw roared around again to pass Meyer for the second time and lap him while Meyer was . changing the tire. From that point to the finish Shaw was in. He had I | a one lap lead over Meyer, In sec , ond place, and over Snyder, only a few seconds behind Meyer, ! • With only three laps to go. and . with second place money of I lit) own practically assured, Meyer j spun again, thia time on the north- , west turn His car stalled and i officials ruled him off the track. > out of the race, and eliminated all i chance for any prise money ouii side of 12.54 U lap prise awai-da. I ' Snyder leaped Into second place

OHIO DOGS WIN FIELD TRIALS , Coon Dor Field Triak Are Held At Sun Set Park Tuesday The coon dog held trials held I at SunSei Park Tuesday were very | su<<essful. with »7 dogs entered 1 in the races and 53 re-entries, making a total of 155 dogs In the races ' First line was won by Indian I Jack, owned by John Begley of , Van Wert, Ohio, and second line t by Earl Jury with a dog named i Bob of Nevada. Ohio. First tree I was won by Creeping Jack, own-d by Sam Tbarr. of Dayton. Ohio, . and second tree was won by Gold i Ibist. owned by D A Harrison of f Franklin. Ohio Th- pure of 1100 was the prise, I 1 and finished then-. His average Speed was 114 245 Cliff Bergen- ' • Hollywood stunt driver who has 1 competed In the race for It) years. was third He averaged 113 SDK ’ MP H T-d Horn, llurbank. Cal., was fourth with an average of lit.*?*, and Hale- Stapp. Lon An-I ge|,-s. was fifth, with an average I of 111 230. l Others who finished In the! money were George Barringer, i • Houston. Teg. sixth 110 473: Joel Thorne. New Rochelle. N Y . Sev1 rnth. 110.43*; Mauri Rose. Colum I bus. 0.. eighth. I»«) 544; Frank 1 W-arne. Pasadena. Cal, ninth 1 107 3M*. and Billy Devore. St Johns. Kan . 104 3*7

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