Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 145, Decatur, Adams County, 20 June 1939 — Page 6

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YANK HITTING FALTERS, BUT DEFENSE TIGHT right Hurling When Hitting Is Weak Winning For Yankees New York. Jun* 20- •U.PJ -The Yankee* are In a big slump. and the reason la they're not hitting, j They've won only four of their laat MX games since they ,-atne liack < from the west You say four out of aix ian't a slump Well, the Yankee pace for the season la 11 out of 52 for a' percentage of .788. and four out : of ala la a mere .fitm per cent. lately the Yanka have been| winning hall games with their I "Rock of Gibraltar" defense Their ' hitting haa gone sour In their I laat alx game* against the Indiana and Tigera the Hnnu Bombers' have scored only 21 runs to their , opponent*' 2" The Yanka have averaged alx runa plua throughout ■ the aeaaon, but In the preaent stay , at the stadium they've averaged) only 2 2 3 runa per game Hut in common with all Yankee i team*, thia one cornea through' with pitching when needed If the.

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I Yanka happen to run Into aome tough pitching a* they did whet, I .Mel Harder held them to four bit* and Huck New*om to aevett. they : match it with greater pitching I and a (tetter defense Consequent- . I ly, the Yanka have won two 10 {game* lately, le-atlng Harder and Newsom each by that margin I For the flrat time in alx game*. I the Yanka" hlta went Into double . | figure* yesterday when they alugg I rd out 13 blow* to beat the Tiger*. I 8 5 They shelled their conqueror lof a month ago. Ditty Trout, out 'of th* box with five run* In the 1 ( first Inning Joe Gordon had ''4 for 4'' Dickey and Rolfe hit homer* a* did Higgins. McCosky and Kress for the Tiger*. Oral Hildebrand Ip-Id Uie Tiger* to six hit*. Chet -Mun*' triple scored John |ny Rerardlno with the winning | run a* the Browns outlasted the I Senators to win 2-1 in 14 Innings ■ In the first game of a twin bill. 1 Vernon Kennedy went the rout*. I allowing only six hit*. The Sen- ' a tor* came hack with a 6 1 vicj tory In the nightcap. Joe Krakau*- . kas handcuffing the Rrowns with alx sea tiered hit* In the only National league . game the Cuba and Dodgers iialtl- | ed to a 3-3 tie in eiht inning*, rain i halting the contest. The Cuba had | the game won. going Into the j I eighth Dick Bartell allowed the tying run when he threw wild to first on Koy'a grounder with two out Two Brooklyn errors prev- ' lously helped the Cuba to two j runa Stanley Hack hit a homer I for Chicago'* only earned run. I Yesterday'* hero — Joe Gordon. I I Yanka" baseman, who hit I la double and three aingle* a* the i Bronx Bomber* shelled their way to an 8-5 victory over Detroit. o LEADING BATTERS I j Player Club GAB R H Pct j j Arnovtoh. Phillies 51 197 36 Tfi 396 1 I Mi Quinn. Brown* 53 217 43 78 360 J i Bcmura. Giant* 53 196 41 66 .347 I Foxx. Red Sox .. 45 167 44 58 347 I Sullivan. Brown* 39 1221* 42 344 - HOME RUNS Greenberg. Tiger* ... 16 | Foxx. Red Sox H i Lombard!. Reda 11 I McCormick. Reds . 11 Camilll. Dodger* 11

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SCORE TIED AS GAME STOPPED Rain Halts Exhibition I I Tilt; Lcukup Game* Is Postponed • —— ’ The Cloverleaf Creameries soft I lull team of Decatur and Colom-! Grocery of Fort Wayne battled i 1 seven innings to a 3-3 tie Monday | I night in an exhibition game on the South Ward diamond, with rain • preventing further play. • The rain alao prevented the reg . ■ ularly scheduled City league con ' . teat between ihinbar and Monroe Colone was first to score Mon-, I day night, chalking up two runa In ■ the second inning on an error, a , 1 fielder** choice and Frane'* home run Cloverleaf tallied one run in the I sixth on C Arnold'* hit. a fielder's | choice and an error Fort Wayne . tallied once in the seventh with ' the aid of a Cloverleaf error. The Ib-catur team rallied In the I laat of the aeventh to count twice to even the score . Kirby opened ' the frame with a double and *cor ed on Jackson's aingle. Kaylor ' fanned, but A Farrar, pinchhitting for D Arnold, doubled to drive I Jackson across with the winning run Farrar waa out trying to I steal third and Runkel fanned to end the inning and the hall game Colone o 2» 000 1 — 3 2 11 I Cloverleaf .. taut Ml 2 34 3! i Fleck and Ryan; C. Farrar amt I Hitchcock. STANDINGS i NATIONAL LEAGUE -■- W L. Pct. G B i I Cincinnati 36 1* .667 |St lamia 2* 23 .558 * New York 29 26 .527 7»* Brooklyn 26 26 .500 9 (Chicago ...27 28 491 91, I I Pittsburgh 24 2* .462 11 Hostoil ... 22 30 .423 11 Philadelphia 1* 32 .360 16 i AMERICAN LEAGUE — W. L. Pct. GB. ! New York 41 11 .784 I Boston 29 21 .s*o 11 (Cleveland ... 28 25 .528 135 b Chicago .... 28 26 .528 13«* • Itetroit .... 29 27 516 14 Philadelphia 21 32 .396 2o>, Washington .. 22 34 .393 21 I St. lamia 15 28 .283 26>i ' YESTERDAYS RESULTS American League St. Louis 2-1, Washington 1-6. New York 8, Detroit 5. Chicago at Philadelphia, rain. Only game* scheduled National League Brooklyn 3. Chicago 3 Hie game. I (called end of eighth, rainl. Boston at Cincinnati, rain. New York at St. Louis, rain. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh will I play at a later date. o—- - I Today’s Sport By Henry MeLemor* • * 41 New York. June 20 - (U.R) — If there 1* room tor one more bust ; I at Cooperstown 1 suggest that the I , space be tilled with a plaster composite of the gentlemen who handle ’ the buying, hiring, and firing of baseball player* for the Chicago I Cuba. These front office geniuses of t latke Michigan are the "bust" of ' Che century. With apparently no ' effort they have contrived to get ■ rid of enough tine players to win I half a dozen pennant*, and bought | enough lemon* to make a Tom . I Collin* for half the population of I China. You can pick a team of former ■ Chicago Cub player* who are oper- ! ating In the major* right now that I could beat the daylights out of the present Chicago club that is flnund ering around in figth place, uhie or I ten game* back of the leaders. To save you the trouble! and the heartache. If you're a Cub fan) 111 name ’em for you: Pitchers: tarn Warneke. Curt Davis. Walter Higbe. Hugh Casey. Ray Harrell. Huck Newsom, and

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I Lynn Nelson. Catchers: Ken ODea and Blimp I l*he|pa. Infield: Dolf Camilll. first base; I lauinie Frey, second hase. Billy Jurgea. shortstop, aud Tony LaxiierL third base. Outfield: Wally Berger, left field; Tuck Stainback. Centerfield. (and Joe Marty, right field. Not a bad ball club. boys. The pitching staff haa won 35 and lost I 2v for an average, which, if the | Cubs owned, would have them up there Just a breath from Brat place 1 The Infield would be the best In I | the National league, the outfield ! better than fair and the catching ■ staff adequate. Some of the Chicago deals are | amazing They paid lhe Phillies I I6s,chhi and five players for Chuc k Klein Two years later, after pay-' I mg Klein $30,000 In salary, they i i «mt him back to Philadelphia ! . aluicg with sso.wm. for Curt Davla. | This maneuver is doubly interesting when you know that they could I have purchased Davis earlier, when . he whs on the coast, for a mere ! $5 Wto The Cub* didn't like him i then -thought he whs sickly. The Cuba gave Dolf Camilll and I $2,500 to Philadelphia (or one Don Hurst Hurst wetft out like a i

mw* II I—l■—l—^n—a—■———MMaau^^^MuaMM—— Nation’s Leaders Gathering in New York for 29th Boy Scout Conclave and Great World’s Fair Rally W - ELM 5 1 rrz — HCXsW j, %. • ’ »k y' NMilto, les win rloM. Oe.er A Wkelee I Is.e, Heew Alfred I MHk Middle, left te H.M. WeHor W. Hoed Hu t. Men >— I Weti. SMo. loHM'loMiOmr > tob.fl. De.lel C.fle. S..rC TboeOere SeewmO. Whut promise* to be the lerge.l rally of Scout* ever held anyvliere hl the world will take place dun-ia Bov Scout Dav at th. New York World** Felt on Jun. W Th. ea.reim. will b. romlnnmi with th. 29th Annuel Me.’ngrf Council, Boy grout* of, A"»ric*. on June 2B 29 Firrt dey *e**ione, June 2S. of the notional meeting will be at the WaldorfAstoria Hotel where Alfred E Smith, former Governor of New York Stele, end Dr. John R Mott President of the Woria'a Allienc. of th. Y M CA. nr. to rpwl. et th. lunchmm end dinrwr w.rion. J S »rwtor rfthi Federal Bureau of Investigation, will addr.tr the mesa gathering of 73,000 Scout* scheduledfor the Court of Peace at the m*? “j P u,,d ‘F •<‘«w»n !“»>• 29, and et the *ame place Owen J, Robert*, Associate Ju.tice of the Supreme Court of the United State*, i* to officiate at a ceremony when SOO or more 21-yoar-old Scout* or former Scout* ecceot th* aoaciAc obligation* of voting citiaon*hip. ' c ,p ’ “*• sp»«i»c Grow A. Whelmt. President of the World*. Fair Corporation end Florello H LaGuardia. Mayor of New York Citv will u* '] 1 ? L h * I N *" nn j! Co “ nril •’ luncheon In the Fair’* Carino of Nation* )u*t prior to the Scout Dey ceremonies Welter W UVu-rl S \ LoU d’’ Mo ' i Pr ’**dent of the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, will occupy the chair st all aeniont Both Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-Preodent of th* National Council, and Daniel Carter Beard, National Scout Commisaioner or. to take pert in the *wior>. Dr J„„h E. West. Chief Scout Kswutive and Editor of ' ™k. trnblh! I the Movement * annuel report for 1933. .hawing escellent prog,... in all held, and al2 4% ~in in memberiihT The bLJ ( IcoMt Foundation of Greeter New York, host Council, is completing estensivo plans to receive and entertain the delegatee

light, hut Camilll starred for the Phillies and late rwaa sold to Brooklyn for the fat sum of $65.MO. Ixm Warneke was traded to St ia.qjs for Rip Collins. Warneke Is ■me of the game* great pitchers today and Colllna has been shunted out of the majors to the coast league. Having developed an amazing. talent dor spotting players precise- ■ ly at the moment they had passed their prime, the Cuba put Davis. - j Stainback and Clyde Shoun. plua $185,000. on the line for Dizzy ' I Dean In gaining the once mighty i I tizzy the Cuba gahied a sore arm and the right to pay Dizzy $20,000 I a year iu salary. What they have i spent on doctor* In trying to make Dizzy a winner is known only to I the medico* who took him in II "barge Frey, now the best second base- ; I man in the league, was sold for • little more than the waiver price.' and aome of the boy* will tell you I that the Cuba could have had Joe DiMaggio had they cared to risk SMJM on his trick knee befiig all right. line of the Cubs' latest trade* Involved Jurgea, Frank Detnaree and O'Dea for Dick Bartell. Hank Lelb-

er. and Gua Mancuso of the Giants. You have only to look at the standing* of the club*, and the respecI five performances of Jurgea and Bartell, to dlsiover who got the beat of that bualnes*. All of thia about the Cub* la written more In Borrow than hi anger They are my favorite Nattonal league team Sentimental reasons You see. my aunt Rebec|ca was the first woman through the gates on the first ladies day at Wrigley Field 0 Former Ossian Coach Transfers To Peru Peru. Ind June 20—IUP>—Clare Holley, who moved into Hooaier basketball prominence by coaching Me Ossian Bears to an up**t tri-u-nph over South Side of Fort ) Wayne In the atate basekt ba 11 tournament. will coach the Pera nardwood team next faiL He waa appointed by tb* Peru school board to take over at the I 'n-glnnlnc of the next *chuol year.) tarl D Heldt wa* appoin.ed foot- 1 lull and track roach. rre4» IB a ~»«* Tew» — tWeetwt

GALENTO FIGHT TO DRAW CROWD Promoter Sees Heavy Gate For Louis-Gal-ento Battle New York, June 20—(UPl—Promoter Mike Jacob* expect* the Tony Galento-Jo* Louis heavy weight title- fight to do a laif million dollar* worth of buxine** nsxt week, and If it doe* fa* rm than* G.vlento'a llttl* manager Jo* Jacoba. who ha* furnlahed all th* iaugha and moat of th* pre-fight publicity. Ijtat w**k It waa tb* "gimmlcr incident. True, it backfired when Joe had to retract hl* charge* under threat of loxlng hi* New York second * Been**, but it hit the front I age* acro«« th* country. Now Jo* haa the caullflowet patch in convnlalon* again with new* that hla going ti> ask the boxing commia*ion to name Arthur Donovan a* -eferee. It waa 16-1 that Donovaa would be the choice of the commission, aa be ha* been fpr all of Louis' New York appearance*. If Galen'o want* him alao it la 100-l that he will he the third man in the ring a week from tomorrow night. Jacobs' selection of a referee i might be regarded aa a Mt of prefight politics, but Ynssel-th* Mussel j explained Galento and I re*lb want Donavan in there. Some folk*; may think that we are miking a graceful bow to the inevitable ia hope* of Influencing Donovan in Galento'* favor, but they are craty. We believe Artie I* the beat referee in the game. He ha* worked in two <>f Tony a fights—against Godoy and Mann and he did a fine Job both' time*. Mn th* Godoy fight, G:doy hit 1 Tony low In the secorid round. Don-1 ovan stepped in to warn Godoy, but' Galento waved him back, saying be'd take care of everytng in hi* own way. Donovan yust smiled and said okay to him. So the fua saw -me of th* roughest and belt fight* ever staged in New York. Tb* customers really got their money'* worth in that one. Godoy and Galanto fought the way they wanted.' aud everybody was satisfied. That Donovan i* a plenty smar* feller." Since Jo* usually balks at whatever the other man want*. It had teen expected he might object to Itonovan because of Artie* num-'

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