Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1939 — Page 6

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LEE’S FAILURE BLASTING CUBS PENNANT HOPES ■ New York Giants Hand Cub Mound Ace Seventh Defeat New York. June 9 — (UJfJ-tlshhy i Hartnett, one-time happy warrior of the Chicago Cuba who finds It an effort to smile these day*, today waa bemoaning the fate that j haa cauaed hi* two area. Bill Lee and Clay Bryant, to fold up at the ' same Ii me I-aat year la*e won 32 and Bry- 1 ant it. and they were ranked among the National league's four . <m five top pitchers. Approaching . the one third pole thia year. Lee : has won five and lost seven and ' Bryant han Won one and lost one i Lee tailed yesterday for the fifth ' straight time in quest of hl* sixth victory. Bryaut is back in Chicago , nursing a mysterious ailment , which may prevent him from ( piUhiug again thia year. With Lee and Bryant In form I the Cubs would rank aa the Reda : most dangerous rival Now they | are Just another ball club trying to stay in first diviaion lz-e failed to finish yesterday as ' the Giants licked the Cubs. 5-3. Zeke Bonura's h«mer_with a mate on base waa the winning blow, and Walter Brown did yoeman service i* a three Inning relief role, replacing Harry Gumbert The defeat left the Cub* In a tie with the Pirate* for third place, but fifth place was only half a game away. Lou Fette twirled victory No. 7 in bi* first start since his marriage Saturday as the Bee* blanked the Pirate*. 2-0 Fette yielded only three hits, and allowed only one Pirate to reach third Madjecki'a double, an error and Warstler's, Mingle accounted for the winning i tally The Cincinnati Red* increased their league lead to four game* when they nosed the Phillies 3-3 in j a night game at Philadelphia Paul' Derringer and Hugh Mulcahy each allowed seven hits. Derringer winning hi* eighth victory. With Joe DiMaggio playing hl» second game since he returned to : the lineup, the Yanks walloped the I White Sox for the second straight day. 7-1 Dlmag hit a homer double and single, drove In two runs and scored two. Atley Donald let the Sox down with seven hits for hi* sixth straight against no detests The Red Sox squandered a five- ! nil* lead but finally lieat the Browns In the ninth. •■?. Pinch-hit I ter Lou Finney's homer with a I mate on tied the score in the eighth, and Tom Carey's double and two sacrifice* accounted tor j the winning run in the ninth Detroit finally beat the Athletic* after losing five straight to them but lost the services of two players doing it. Dixie Walker sprained hl* knee and Billy Rogell was spiked by Joe Ganlatibeln a* the Tiger* won. 8-L Walker will be I out several week*. Cleveland capitalised on five Washington errors to beat the SenMora. 7-4 Mel Harder, with some relief help from Willis Hudlln. won his first gjime Ben Chapman's double, driving tn two runs, was the important punch Yesterday’s hero Joe DiMaggio, who hit a too-foot homer, a double, and single a* the Yank* slapped down the White Sox.

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STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G B Cincinnati 31 15 .474 St Imuls 35 17 .595 4 ■ Chicago 23 23 fill 7fe Pittsburgh 23 33 fill 7»y I Brooklyn 21 21 .500 8 . New York 21 35 457 10 I Boston 12 27 418 12 I Philadelphia 14 29 326 154 AMERICAN LEAGUE i W L. Pct GB. New York . 35 9 .795 I Boston 24 14 400 • < Imago 34 30 .545 11 Cleveland . 33 31 533 13 In t roll 30 25 444 154 I j Philadelphia ‘ 18 34 409 17 1 Washington ... 18 37 .4uo 174 St Uiui* 13 31 .395 33 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Cincinnati 3. Philadelphia 2. Boston 3. Pittsburgh 0. New York 5. Chicago 3. Only games acheduled. American League Detroit 8. Philadelphia 4. Boston 8. St laiuis 7. New York 7, Chicago 3. Cleveland 7. Washington 5 MONROE WINS LEAGUE GAME} Defeats Blue (.’reek; Habanellos Lose In Exhibition Tilt The first exhibition game of the season was played Thursday night ij at the South Ward diamond, with ' the Fleet Wing Oilers of Fort Wayne pounding out a 13-10 victory over the Habanellos of Deca- . tar. In the second game of the eve-, . ning. Munroe scored a 3-1 victory I over Blue Creek in a regular City I league contest A wild fourth inning, when they j scored eight runs on five tuts, a . walk and tour errors, was the big frame for the Fort Wayne team in ' ! the exhibition tilt. The visitors' , obtained nine htt* and the Habanj ellua five Monroe scored Its winning runs in the fourth inning on two hits i and a pair of Blue Creek errors. I The winners hit safely seven times I and the losers obtained live safe- , tie*. RHE I Fleet Wing 300 810 I—l 3 9 I . J Habanellos 100 240 I—lo 54* Laird and Ixmgsworth; B An- ! ; drew*. Meyer* and M Ladd. « RHE Monroe ......... 001 300 fi—3 71 Blue Creek 100 000 o—l0 —I 5 2 ' Winteregg and Longenberger. I Huffman. Stapleton and Worthman LEADING BATTERS Player Club GAB R H Pct. ; Arnovlch. Phillies 43 166 29 67 404 I McQuinu. Brown* 44 178 38 64 .340 ' Bonura. Giants 44 140 32 54 .350 . McCormick. Reds 45 181 33 43 348 ' Campbell. Indian* 29 89 2u 31 348 , O I--. HI - HOME RUNS Greenberg. Tiger* 12 Selkirk. Yankee* 10 Camilll. Dodger* lo Lombardi. Red* . 101 Foxx. Red Sox 9 I McCormick. Red* 9; . Mize. Cardinal* 9 | OU. Giants . 9 Trad* tn a Good Town — Decatur N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyse Examined - Glasses Fitted HOURS S:M to 11:80 12:20 to S:00 Saturdays, 8:00 p. m. r.ieehw, m Washable SpoH PANTS W for M*n and Soys. Sanforliod. cut full. Truly tailored. In .-tfIEEzS: all summer shade*. = A reel value. ' ’ $1.98 f/mn s*•49 Sport and Ores* Shirt* Ib Guaranteed for fifty /■ washing*. A Big l\|/B Value ......... *3v B VIGRANS, V-1/ inc. Decatur, Ind.

SNEAD LEADING IN OPEN COLE Sammy Snead Shoots 6S To Lead in National Open Tourney Philadelphia. June 9 The ax*- fall* today on 100 doomed men In the national open golf championship Thia is the day when many are | called and few are chosen, the day when the field la reduced to the fio best scorers and all the rest—about 100 of them—lo*« their last ' , chance of winning the national op- * en golf championship. The lucky 1 40 go a final 34 boles tomorrow and somewhere among them Is your champion. It's do or die today and nerve* ■ I were tighter than your 1927 tuxedo as the finest golfer* in the world | went out for 18 hole* this mornI Ing hi hot pursuit of slammin' Sam Sneer, who was the only one able to break par yesterday. Sammy the slammer led the pack with a sparkling 48. one under par for the lean, mean course that la pockmarked with traps. Ralph Guliiahl, defending champion. was'three strokes off the pace with a 71. but the boys who lay (the odds on this uncertain game still believed hr was the man to | beat A revised list of odds, on I the basis of yesterday's play, quot I rd four to onr against Guldahl and I . five to one against Snead. They 1 I figured that all the pressure was i 'on Snead and that Guliiahl waa > lying back in a strategic position to come up with a rush and win The surprise as of now Is young Marvin Ward of Spokane. Wash . , an amateur, who came in with a

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I fine 49 veaterday to He for second ' iplair. onr stroke behind Sm-ad j Ward did it simply by playing i steady, par gulf all the way. Lawm Little gut hl* 49 utid a ■ I tie hit second place the Imid way hl* shooting an eagle three on ' the 18th hole. Matt Kowal of the Philmont | county club also got a 69 by stupp- , mg a 33 on top of a 34. Plenty of top shot makers are within striking distance of Sti«ad Bunched nt 7n are Tommy Armour. | Lloyd Mangrum, of Loa Angele*. Olin Dutra, Craig Wood. U-nny i Shute, and Jug McSpadim. Tied with Guhlahl at 71 are Wilfont Webrie, Racine. Wls. ama jtenr; Edward Meister. Warrens : vlll*. Ohio, amateur; Harry Coopj *r. and Alvin Krueger. - o- — Local Tennis Teams Play In Two Matches Decatur tennis teams are sched-1 uled for two matches Sunday as ternnon. both out of town The | team will play at Huntington In a second district league match Players on this team are Melchl. Cline. Handier and Strickler , The other t.-am .which will play at Plymouth In a northern Indiana assoctatlon match, will be compos-' ed of Mann. Cowan. Walters. Bohnke, Haugk and Affolder 1 KING C.EORGE VI ICONTINCKD FKOM PAUtt ONKi Thomas Jefferson, but he was In I marble. From the capitol the royal i I couple hurried al bom to the, I presidential yacht for the hour and i .i half cruise to Mt Vernon and I their first daytime respite from ' crowds and heat. Th.- l ulled States visit already j |ls a euccegg from the standpoint 1 us those who accompanied their I

' .nnJest lea througli Csnada and ti'| | their country The Britlsh’T'om- , munliy In the cnplioL- small but i observing. Is elated by the recap | i tmn given royalty yesterday In *| I SUU bllsleied |>aiade down Penn j ' sylvanla Avenue latdy Lindsay* embassy garden! I imrty was tops — that big rain 1 mlaaed lt -«n<l last night's White' I House dinner for 78 waa the grand-, eat iK-caalon the old mansion ever I •aw President aud Mrs Roose , velt pioduceit a variety show for' their visitors that the late H F ' Keith might have envied Marian Amleraon, gulden voiced' negro singer, and Washington's. own fat mid lovable Kate Bmltli i were heatillners over Coon Crick * Hill Billy girl*, spiritual singer* | '■ end a crooner of western ballad* ; i It waa a gay affair and the com-1 imny buttered It* htscult* with golden flat ware and ate off a 19 000 set of china "Fit for a king.” was the phrase for It. and a queen too. The guests liked the show and Stayed until 11 55 p m In champagne and sincerity, the White House company drank the king's health proixsu-il by President Roosevelt with a renewed plea for "methods of peace" and -a scaro-ly concealed thrust at aggressors Diplomata already are reading 'between the lines of the health proposed by Mr Roosevelt and jars calling It the “political toast” I Hi* majesty, who apeak* in his own voice but only the word* of hla minister*, was less forceful | than Mr. Roosevelt. But he rej s|s>nded that he had brought from Canada "the warm greetings of ia neighbor and a trusted friend" and from the united kingdom and the empire "expression* of the ut j must cordiality and goodwill “ "And 1 pray.” he said, "that our Kreil nations may ever In the I future walk together along the

' l>ath of friendship lu a world of I ' peace - j Mardi Butler Wins .Muncie Tournament Muncie Ind June 9 —Mardi But- ! ler. Decatur, won the W, A A ten , nl* tournament when she defeated the last year champion of Ball i Blate college. Marjorie Johnston of Hartford City. In the semi-final* I Mis* Butler defeated Rosemary I Hodson. Indianapolis, 8-4. 10-h. 4 4 | In the final* Mis* Johnson was de ■ seated two consecutive seta n 6, 13 4. and the 38-39 title of W A. A , < hampion went to Miss Butler. Miss Ellxatieth Leyee, Monro* I r- hool teacher, expx-t* to sail June ' 28 from New York on the Nor--Handle for a trip to Europe. She will be gon* for aeveral w**ks. . 0.... Decatur Country ( luh l.ulf coufm* readv for play Saturday afternoon.

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