Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 228, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1939 — Page 6

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CARDS BATTLE CINCY REDS IN DOUBLE HEADER Crucial Series For League Pennant To Open This Afternoon Cincinnati. 0.. Sep*. M—(fipecial)—TM Cincinnati Red* rdvaneed to within gne game of el inch mg tn« National League'* '434 aannant thio afternoon by snoring a J-t vietery over the runner up St. Louis Caromals in the first game of a double header. Rookie Junior Thompson hurled all the way. holding the way. holding the Cards away t-sn the plate in all but the third frame The Reds scored el* their runs in the secoro inning off Curt Davit. Clacinnati Sept 24 (UJB-The! Cincinnati Reds and the St lamle* Cardinal* begin a (racial aerie* to-I day for the National leaxnc pennant. leading the race by three and I a halt came* with but seven tel play, the Red* can clinch the flag this afternoon by detent In* St Ixml* hi both same* ot a doubleheader Or they can do It tomorrow and the next day by wtnnin* the other

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• two same* of the series. Two defeat* by the Iteda Would pul the I Cardinal* out ot the race. Red manager Rill MeKechnlr hoped to squelch the Cardinals' challenge quickly. He assigned 1 Rucky Walter*, the beat pitcher In the league—2? same* won and in lost to pitch the flrat same, and j Junior Thompson, a promising rookie who ha* won 11 and lost five, to hurl the second. Manager Ray Blade* who ha* made the patch-work ('ordinal* | contenders If not champion* in hi* first year a* a major league man •ter. countered with hi* veteran I are. Curt Ihivto. who has won 22 and lost 13. and his atar rookie. Morton Cooper. who has won 10 and lost ala. The probable line up■ Cardinala Reda •a Brown Werber 3b 3b Gut b ridge Frey -2b rs Slaughter Goodman rs, If Medwtck McCormick—lb ■ lb- Mlse Ixunhardl < c Padgett Craft—rf I rs-Moore Berger If 2b~-8. Martin Myers—aa p—C Davt* Walters-p p Sooprr Thompson- p Second Game S-< ond Game STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct G R Cincinnati S 3 Si 43* —' 8. Louis M ST .51* 3*a Crooklyn ?« M .542 13** i Chicago St* M .537 14 • New York T 3 7* M 3 1» Pittsburgh <? SI 453 2**3 ' Rostan S<» si .41? 31*3 Philadelphia 44 I>l 3ft3 4s t NATIONAL LEAGUE W U Pvt G R New York IM 43 TM Boston ST m saj it Chicago s 4 as saa 31 Cleveland 42 «4 554 22*3 Detroit 77 To 524 27 Wash in** on *3 SS ,4N 41 ** Philadelphia S 3 »S 3SS SJ', 8t Louis 41 1»T *TT <3** VEtTEROAVb RESULTS National League New York fl. Boston 5 Brooklyn at Philadelphia, double- ■ header, will be played later date Only same* *« bed tiled Amer>can League Chicago 4. 8t Louis 3. Only came* scheduled.

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I Decatur Bowling League Results Elmer Schults led the Central Bnys league in total pins Monday nlgnt with 3M. Includlit* a 2’4 the 1 first imine. Mann rolled a SSI . series G. Schutts had the high I single game with a 33*. followed' .'by Little with • 234 • | Two hundred score* vote Q. I Rchultg 23*. K. R. hulls 234. Little i 224. Mann 310. I - Result* 11 Expellera won three game* from Maintenance. 3.432 2.044 i Trucker* won three games from I Laboratory. 2.244-2.15* Mixer* won two from Office 2.2ST2.MT. Solvent plant won two from Feed Mills. 2.034-3.045 Standing Mixer* .fl t Solvent Plant ... * 3 ' Trucker* ._ g 3 |o»re 5 *1 laboratory 4 | Feed Mill* 3 « Kxpe Iler* 3 ( Maintenance I 4 CENTRAL SOVA CO. Mixer* Archer ITI IST 18» Bunner 147 135 l» , Osjerman ... 13a 147 .15* Sheet. i«g 139 ijj Schlickman too 171 1T« Totals *l* 749 733 { Office Mac Lean ST ISO 133 Townsend 154 IM ISO M-Millen 179 17* II? G Schults .._ 224 154 I*s IM IM 100 Spot 11 11 11 Totals 74? 7*5 715 ’ Laboratory Mann I*4 175 210 Knot 143 131 125 , Odle 159 13 IB Maby I*l I** ng Finlayson 93 121 145 Totals 722 ?M 72* Trucker* navis 149 iu Brennan _.. 157 13* Friend 13* 31 ' Roop 102 120 1 R Little „ . 13* 124 224 Bu.her I*9 I*l is* ' M< Millen 107 Spot 25 SS a j Total* 731 72* 7*3 ! Maintenance Eley 145 I*7 14? T Krick 154 144 112 Winter*** ... 91 154 13* Chapman — 154 120 172 IM 100 H Krick 142 13* Total*.. *44 T 2» 703 Expel ter m i3i i? 5 : Corson _. 174 150 I*s Kelty 141 134 152 Howe I.S H? 175 ' Kreiacher ._ 103 H. Vow Quote* I*3 114 123 ' Spot IM I*3 102 Total* ?«9 744 »»5 j Solvent Plant Harrt* 11* 124 Teeple I*s I*s 14* Baughaaa 11* 134 13» Vow Gunten M - , I Merriman IM 11* ' Brown 140 13* 15* Campbell n? Spot ? 7 t Total* cos (M M 2 Feed MIN* R Bleekel2* 123 M Arti 1M 12* IM J Little IM 15? I*s Loahe 1*512* E Schults • 224 I*7 175 Melton .__J . M. Total* 77* *73 *l* - - * Today’* Sport Parade * By Henry McLemore 0 - —■ * New York. Sept 2* — GUO - Broadway* beet laformed and b»et dressed bookmaker. Jack Doyle, was betn* fitted for a new topcoat when I visited him today for a line on the world serteo bettln* odds A* ho wtU wear only coats made from the green cloth that covers billiard table toga, the room wn* a bit crowded There «** the M). Hard table which had yielded IU pelt, a bead taller, aa aaatatant tailor in charge of Side pocket site, an an advtaer from the Brunawick Ralke-Coileader company Draped in the bright green garment and resembling nothing *0 much as a portion of wall kept hedge Doyle said he couldn't •— anything but the Tankeea tn the world aertoa. and very quick, too. I "Til show you bow much 1 think of that bunch out at the atadtum. he said "by telling you whai odds a man will be able U> get if be wants to bet that the Yanka win In four straight Wha; do you think hell get?" "About 1* or 12 to l.“ t ventured. I "HAW! Who from? Not from ,me Four to one la my price and Ill's liberal tell you why Everything--or nearly everything I —wW depend on tbe first game 1 The Tank* will be 5 to > tn the j

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Grot one. no matter who pitches for the other aide Say It's Rucky Walter* All right, the Yank* belt i him out of tht*rv. a* they have a' way of doing W any and all pitch i er*. Now where I* your aeries'. It Walter* can t lick 'em who can'j Yessir, four to one Is tops In my book." Ws* he sure the Red* were tn'i Weil. It they don't win they j oughu be shot They had a 12 game lead and blew it. You don t* tell me that now. throe and a half game, in front and with only seven tn go. they can Wow up again? l I'll tell you one thing, though: tbe Cards would give the Yankees a tougher time than the Red* They've got more power, more •I***- *nd more—well, you know They're fighter* Id a held 'em at shorter odd* in my book than the Red* " I asked Doyle who ha* been watching baseball for more than 5* year*, if he agrw-d with thus. ; press box pedant* who thought the Reds <ud ("aid* were wewriamj themselves out in their battle i down the National league at ret* b ! ' Would your price on the Yank* be better. *ay. If the Natloasl league winner had . hnched the pennant a week or so ago and wa«t going into the serie* re*led' This brought such * snort of disgust from Mr Doyle that h!t| green drapery flattered vtoleatly giving him the appearance of a | lawn tn an earthquake Reel the devil— he said. "What kind of an athlete 1* it that can't play a game two or throe hour* • day without falling apart I saw Hoss Radbourne pitch II game* in a row to win the Natl mal league flag for Providence In I<*| A dab that ha* to fight right to the last day I* better oft tWn a dab that win* early. Look U tbe record book* The Cub* had to p Into a to win the flag tn 1»M and then they broegeg against Detroit in the series Two year* before that the White Sov barely won tn the American but beat the daylights oat of tbe Cabe who had roasted ta the National And tbe Brave* In I»14 fought right down

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CONN DECISIONS MELIO BETTINA Light Heavy t hampion Defends Crown Monday Night Pittsburgh Sept 24 -tUB Ratisfled that he now is master of the light heavyweighta. handsome Billy Conn planned today to defend his title once more before embarking on a career a* a heavyweight tight er The 21-year-old champion beat back the challenge of Melio Bettin* of Beacon. N. Y.. last night in 15 furious round* at Forbes Field and won a unanimous decision It was a gratifying victory io Conn, who wanted to prove that he I wa* Bet tin*'* superior. ■ question 1 which some fan* and writer* dis- | puled when he beat Bet Una last July 13 to win the !Tsj«>und champtonahip Conn's manager Johnny Ray. said Conn would meet Gus Lesnerich in Madison Square Garden Nov. 17 before stacking up agntaat any heavyweight Ray said he would like to match Billy with Bob Pastor or some othler good heavyweight who wouldn't have to< much weight advantage. He excluded Lou Nora because of thia. In hl* first title defense. Com displayed, once again, a deadly left and added to it a right hand wallop that started Bett Ina toward defeat A right to th* face ta the ’ seventh round Mggerod Bettina. ->nd from then on It wa* all Conn >| M tbe finish and then dusted tbe i • Athletic*, who had cakewslked ta 1 tbe other league Don't talk to i me about those ball player* who ’ can t stand a few week* ot hard > work, all of it between the hoqn I of two and at* ta the afternoon " >< I left before he eouid toll me l'about the old Orioles

He danced around tbe Italian, Jabbed lefts, and crossed solid right*. Coan wa* behind going Into the seventh, but he tbok the next five rounds with a- two-handed attach tha had Bettln* tired and shaky The challenger had enough left for a final eflon in the 13th. He won the round with a two-fisted attack that drove Conn into the rope* and forced him to cover up Conn won the last twn round*, beating Bettina to the punch and tan Ing him to hang on. The United Prero score sheet gave Conn nine round*. Betttna four, and called two even. Bet tlna weighed l?4>g. Coaa IT2*, NOTRE DAME TO BATTLE PURDUE Backfield Speed To Make Boilermakers Real Threat Chicago Sept 2d — (U.ffi — Purdue is prepartag for tbe swiftest offenra m the big ten football conference this fall. The stress will be on speed de ceptioa and experience which tbe Boilermaker* have tn groat quantitle*. It should be a fine team, limited only by the strength of it* formidable opponent* That string of foes - starting this week with Notre Dame—to so tough that Purdue, for all Ita potential power. I* no more than a darkhoroe Non-conference game* against Notre Dame, Michigan State and Sant* Ctor* may take too heavy a toll to permit a fullstrength big ten campaign •peod aad exceptional balance tn the backfield gives Purdue the beet aet of offensive back* ta th* > conference Th elusive three bes-s Lou Brock, Mike Byeleae and I J4ek Brown—are the spearhead of i the attack, but there's a new throat th to year 1a sophomore Johnny ' Galvta Galria wa* the only rival of Northwestern * BUI Decorrovoat in heir highschool day* In Chb

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COOL WEATHER HITS DECATUR Sudden Drop In Temperature Bring* Discomfort To Citizens Wlnter-llke weather descendad upon the city late Monday evening and continued to cblll resident* of the community today. Tbe cooler weather struck su.l-j d"<tly lam evening, with the mar tury taking a raplj slide after tbe clone of the day. A low mark ot slightly ibsvr 40 was reported for the nljht. with ( the Itslly Democrat thermosnetar r*-' ■ cago and he I* hailed a* a better pasaer. Ted llennla. the blocker of the 1 group, is an Ideal quarterbark for Purdue's Notre [Mme system He is rated one of the finest blockers in tbe .onference srßh two full y-ars of experience to back him Only at fullback la there a letdown from la*' fall I eon Dewltte. a senior, was number throe last fall and hell have to take over the starting Job Devritte has con -iderable experience.

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