Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 138, Decatur, Adams County, 12 June 1939 — Page 6

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WOOD, NELSON IN PLAYOFF OF OPEN TOURNEY Second Playoff Round Necessitated By Sunday’s Tie Philadelphia Country Club, Philadelphia, Pa., June 12—*UM • —Hotter than the summer wind on the Texas plaint where he wae bom, Byron Nelson. 27-year-old professional. won the national open golf championship today i by defeating Craig Wood In a play-off round by three strokes. Nelson, firing a miraculous eagle two on the fourth hole, shot the IS holes In 70. Wood had 71. _________ Philadelphia. June 11.— -UP) — With almost ll.oeo riding on every shot they make up and down the hot hills. Craig Wood and Byron Nelson go out today for 18 holes of man-to-man combat to see who gets the fame and the cash that go to the winner of the national. open golf championship Regardless of wbo wins, they will be making golf history for this is the first time since I*3l that a second play-off round has been necessary In the national open championship. First prise money Is 81.000. but the money that is picked up in prises Is only a dribble compared to the flood of cash that will pour In on the win MT. 1i may run aa high as S7ti.ou» from radio appearances, endorsement of golf products and a tour ; of the hot golf towns After 18 holes of flring In the tint playoff round yesterday. Nelson and Wood still were tied with *8 strokes Vnable to keep up with the par-busting pace. Denny Shute, who was tied with Wood and Nelson at the end of the 72 holes of the tournament proper, fell by the wayside with an indifferent 74. The tournament committee then ordered Nelson and Wood to go another 18 holes. It will :>e medal! play, and the man with the lowest score will be the uew champion. Nut since the stirring days of the great Bobby Jones has there been such a scene as was played out on the l»th green of the Philadelphia country club as the sun went down on a burning, humid attern<M»i yesterday For 10 awful minutes it seemed that death might be standing among the 8.000 babbling. 'milling persons who were thronged at the green. For one of Craig Wood s screaming wood allots struck Bob Mowman. a spact tor. in the bead and he dropped as though felled by a bullet * Shute by this time was so far back that he waa out of It. but Wood and Nelson were waging a heart-stopping fight for the title. Coming up to the 18th green. Wood led Nelson by one stroke Their drives were well out. and , Wood chose a No. 4 wood for hie ) second The ball took off like a j rocket and headed straight for the wall of spectators around the I green There was a gasp aa it hit Mosiman In the head and bounced Moss man dropped and blood flowed

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on his temple. I The crowd waa pushed back from the green, and Nelson hammered a spoon shot up to the 1 apron Wood found his ball about 80 feet a*ay from the green and .sent It arching ala feet from the pin. Nelson's approach waa abyut eight feet past the hole. They both walked up on the green, and Wood saw something I that must have sickened him. Moss man. blood on bis head, waa carried on a stretcher directly across the green where Wood was standing. Later It waa found that Mosaman had only a head laceration. but for all Kood knew at that moment the man might have suffered a fatal Injury. Nelson, one precious stroke be- , hind, knew be had to drop his putt j or be would be out of the champ- , lonahip. He waited for the gal--1 lery to quiet down, then lined hla , putt up carefully and tapped the ball It ran straight and true and j plopped Into the cup for a birdie four. Wood, trying to about the man on the stretcher, now had the 1 championship locked away If be could only drop his six-foot putt. He studied every blade of grass between hla ball and the cup and then putted. The ball started true, wavered, and then curled sis Inches lawny from the cup. Wood tapped in hla ail-inch putt tor a *8 and a He with Nelscm. STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pct. G.B Cincinnati 32 17 883 iSt Louis 28 21 883 8 Brooklyn 24 22 .822 4% I Chicago 26 24 .810 1 I New York 26 28 .600 7% i Pittsburgh 23 24 469 9 Boston .20 27 .428 11 Philadelphia 17 30 382 14 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. Pct. G.B. New York 37 * M 6 Boston 27 17 .814 8 Cleveland 27 21 .683 11 Chicago 26 21 .643 12 Detroit 24 28 490 14>, Philadelphia ~ 18 30 .376 20 Washington 18 31 .387 20% 8t IxMtia 13 36 .271 26 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League New York 7-6. Pittsburgh 3-4. Boston 4-3. Chicago 3-6. Philadelphia 61. Bt. Louis 4-4. Cincinnati 3-8. Brooklyn 1-9. American League Chicago 7-3. Boston 8-4 Cleveland 4-3. Philadelphia 3-2. New York 8-8. St Louis 6-1. Detroit 8. Washington 3. O 1 ■ LEADING BATTERS Player Club G AB R HPct. Arnovlch. Phillies 48 188 33 74 .398 Higgins. Tigers. 29 103 1 2 37 359 McQuinn. Browns 48 193 40 89 368 Hoag. Browns w 44 179 34 43 362 . Foxx. Red Hog 39 146 39 51 352 HOME RUNS Greenberg.' Tigers 15 Fogg. Red Box 11 I Lomoardi, Reds . 11 CamlilL Dosers 11 MiCormlek. Reda 11 - — Father Alvin Host To Basketball Team Father Alvin, athletic director of •be Decatur Catholic school, was boat to Coach George Laurent and the Commodores at dlnne- Bunday at the St. Mary s pariah picnic. A special table was arranged for the players and coach, both the first I and second teams I elng Included. —- — Only One League Game !s Played The Fuelling Aces registered a 5-0 shutout over Fnedhelm Sundav j afternoon In the only game played ’ 'n the Adams county WPA umateur H ague. The other games were post-

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BASEBALL HOLDS HS CENTENNIAL 100th Anniversary Marked With Ceremonies This Afternoon Cooperatown, N Y., June 12 — (UM - The first hundred years are the hardest. That’s why baseball's bigwigs, heroes of past and present, and some IS.otw others came here today to give the national pastime Its loOth anniversary party. In this little upstate town in 1839 Abner Doubleday, fresh out of West Point, Invented baseball and laid out the first diamond Until Doubleday conceived baseball, the kids of that period took turns at hitting a ball with the lad wbo hit the most times declared the winner. Roth major leagues have suspended play today to take part In the formal dedication of the national liaseball museum and >be hall of fame. Two players from each club ware selected to come here for the ceremonies and help stage the "cavalcade of baseball.” which will trace the evolution of the game from “one old cat" to Its present status. Each living member of tha ball of fame will emerge from the nat-, lonal museum after Ford Frick. National league president; Will Harridge. American league president. and Judge W. G. Rramham. head of the minor leagues, have cut red. white and blue ribbons and called their names. There are eleven of them—Connie Mack. Hans Wagner. George Staler. Nap Lajole. Cy Young. Tria Speaker. Grover i Cleveland Alexander. Eddie Col- ! Uns. Babe Ruth. Walter Johnson, land Ty Cobb Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lan'dis. ctar of baseball, will apeak to start the dedication ceremonies Afterwards Postmaster General Jim Farley will tell the first sheet of the special baseball centennial stamp commemorating the games 100th year

PETER PEARSON tCTYTtNUMto FROM PAOB ONM> the Pint Methodiet church in thia city with the Rev R. W Graham officiating The Rev. Moore of Crainville, wIR aaaiat. Burial will be In the Decatur cemetery The body will be taken to the home tonight from the 8 E. Black funeral home and may be viewed there until time for the funeral Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictments Routh Rend. Ind u June 12. XU.R) —The federal grand Jury today returned 20 Indlctmenta naming 34 peraona, 11 aocrot indlctmenta and refuaed to return true billa in 27 other caaea. The Indictment* for the moat part covered liquor and pootal law vlolatlona. Two Men Killed In San Francisco Fire San Pranclaco. June 12 <U.R> - Two men were killed and 13 peraona. Including 11 firemen, wore Injured or overoom* by imoke to f>oned becauae of rain and wet N’-ound*. H. Oerke and L Boerger formed the Fuelling *at*«ry and A Buuck and W. Galimoyer th* Fried helm battery.

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' day in a *IOO.OOO downtown fire that wrecked the four-story offk • I and plant of the Japanese American Newa. Firemen battled three hours be- ■ fore they brought the blase under control The fire apparently | started in a overheated metal pot.i Valuable Art Work Is Stolen In Paris Parts, June 12 -<UM A daring; thief snatched a precious watteau I from the lamvre museum today. In j i one of the greatest art thefta since |i the disappearance of DaVinci's "Mona Lisa" from lhe same museum In 1907. The painting is "L’lndisaerent.” a small canvass about 10% by 8 i

Galento trains for Joe Louis -z nL "* - '** ■’WX J* f 1 V s e r t '*- %X JW A * tal * I*' 1 *' ' '" r "• r' — ~~ im wfil Toay Galento. left, In training •Two-Ten” Tony Galento. the New Jersey tavernkeeper, la In traintag for his heavyweight title bout with Champion Joe Louis m New York. June 28. Galento is shown, left, with a sparring partner in his Asbury Park. N. J, camp. Get West Point Awards fln v t 9B * ’J Sehwrlu*' A EjJ.VZSi’L’* Mt ' Burlln *' K X-> (center) and J, T. L. r Schuylkill H“ v «n. Ps . received awards from Brig. Gen. Jay p nl n» m' C V Os the U. 8. Military Academy at West athiJtir. ’ Su U I?” tro P®’y for most valuable service to I mruesica, bcbvvnk the Edgerton sward for outgoing football captain.

Inches, nominally valued at 4.000.000 francs <8104.0501 but actually o( considerably greater value. Ik'catur Men Arrested On Intoxication Chaixe Van Wert. 0.. June 12—Two DeI < afar. Indiana men were among six I to be arraigned during a busy day ; . i city court here. Arthur R Merriman, of Decatnr. charged with public intoxication pleaded guilty and hla <“>m> was (ontinued Hubert McCienanan. also I cf Decatur, waived r«<adtn< of an affidavit charging him with public lutaxteation and waa released after pasting a 315 cash bond. ———» '■ ■ 1 TVaHle aa • t.aaaS Tawa _ tveeatar

GIANTS SCORE TWIN VICTORY OVER PIRATES Double Triumph Advances Giants To Fifth Position New York. June 12 — <U.R* “ A I lot of harsh things have Iwti said about Bill Terry and hla Giants In j the last few months, but ! Hill's club is only 2% games behind the second place Cardinals today Since June 1 they have won eight out of 12 and complied a • winning streak of five straight Their Rouble victory over Pittsburgh yesterday lifted them to I fWth place, the highest they've ■ lieen since May 8 In the Interim they sank to undisputed possession of the cellar and made the gradual climb back. Os course, thia recent showing was all made iln their home Polo Grounds but it was at the expense of the four \ western clubs, which are supposed | to stand head and shoulders over I the eastern outfits The Giants scuttled the Corsairs j 7-3 and 5-4 yesterday. Harry Guinj hurt went the route In the opener. I scattering eight hits for hla sevlenth viqiory. The nightcap was tigh**r with Alex Kainpouria' j home run In the eighth the deciding blow M<-| ott hit hla inth of the year In the first frame. The National league leading Cincinnati Reda retained their fivegatne spread over the Cardinals by dividing a double-header with the Brooklyn Dodgers Before a cai pacity crowd of 35.893 at Ebbetta , Field, the Reds put over two runs in the l»th to defeat the Dodgers 3-1 In the opener Bucky Walters scoring hla arightb victory. The Dodger*, came back to take the nightcap 9-8 In 11 innings. Habe Phelps' double with the bases loaded drove In three runs to tie the count 7-7 In the ninth. The Reds pushed one tally acroaa In the 11th. but the Dodgers came Itack with a pair. Johnny Hudson sliding Into home with the winning run on a t»ad throw from third. The split left Brooklyn lu third place. 1% games l><yiind the I Cardinals. The Phillies took their aeriM against the Cardinals by splitting a twin bill for three victories out of four games Morris Arnovlch's single with the bases jammed in the 11th gave the Phils the opener 5-4. and the Cards came track to salvage the final. 4-1. with a fourrun rally tn the ninth. Arnovlch's homer was the only Phil tally In the nightcap. Chicago and Boston also split, the Bees winning 4-3. In the «-ur tain raiser, and the Cubs taking the aftermath 6-3. which had to be stopped In the seventh, and reverted track to the sixth because of the Boston law which ends all Sunday baseball promptly at 4:30 p m Dixxy Dean was unable to hold a three-run lead and was driven to the showers by a three- , run Bee buret In the second frame. In the American league the New York Yankees scored a double victory and Increased their lead to nine games over the Boston Red Sox. who split a pair. The Yanka treat St Louia. 8-5, and 6-1. Red Ruffing coasted to his ninth victory In the opener and Bump Hadley tamed his exmates with a sev-en-hitter in thq second. The Chicago White Sox beat Lefty Grove and the Red Sox. 7-5, le-hlnd Ted Lyons' nine-hit pitch-

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. | Ing aa Joe Kubel hit a game-win-' . nlng homer In the ninth Inning of . the first gamq. but Boston squeet Jed out a 4-3 verdict in the night-; , I cap. Jim Tabor, rookie Red Sox , I third baseman. had a field day. , cracking out two triples in the , 1 second game after a burner and , | single In the npener , The Cleveland Indiana moved to . within two games of the Red Sox ( when they nosed the Athletics , twice. 4-3 and 3-2. Rollie Hems . < ley doubled and scored the win ~ nlng run In the ninth of the open . I er. Jeff Heath's seventh homer of ! the year proved to he the margin in the second tilt. ( Buck Newsom scored his sixth 1 victory In pitching the Detroit t i Tigers to a 6 3 decision over lhe Washington Senators He gave ij up 18 hits, but kept them acatter- , ed while the Bengali combined i three Senators errors with seven , safe blows to heat rookie Joe , | Haynes. r I ——— J Yesterday s hew Ales Kam . i pouris. whose eight.inning bom- , run gave the Giants a twin victory ( over Pittsburgh, and pulled the club out of sixth place Limited Separation Suit Is Venued Here , I A suit for limited separation fllI <d by Itvngard Huett against Fred ptiiMtL of Fort Wayne, has been I I venued to the Adams circuit court i from the Allen cin uit court. Th,i . <otwpaint states Gum a two-yea. . limited separation expired on April- ■ 23. 1939 and asks for a new fiveI———

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