Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 115, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1940 — Page 6

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BEDS TROUNCE CARDINALS IN DODDLE HEADER. Red Rutting Blanks Red Sox To End Yankee Losing Streak New York. May 13 (UP) Th* Chi< innall Red* are n t puyllu omMi of attention to the jin* boy* i »h<> are 'tigging up new reason* every day why Bill M<-K> < hnle's club won’t repeat in the National I league. Not being the least superstition* the Reds inters* 'hose erepe hans ! ers who point out that no team which lost the world series In four straight games ever <ame back to win the pennant the next season. Nor do they give a tumble to those skeptics who ila mor that no vi< tint of a nohit. no-run same evat won a flan The Red* were recently humiliated by one Te* Carllon Hill *ln< • then they have gIVel) a very good imitation of a club that plays It same today and forgets about yesterday ami tomo> row Him- Carleton's nohitte* Um* Red* have won '< out of 1" games and forged into the Nat'on a) league lead The Reds latest exploit * a l« It Victory over what the experts "Ui cede to be 'heir UlO*' dangerous rivals, the Cardinals They smack ed down Si latuis yesterday. 71 | anti 13 4 making four straight wins over the Card rial* without a loss I'P Io now there seems to I be no comparison between the Reds and Cards In four games the Reds have won them all stored 2s runs to the Card* 1! made , hits to their 35. used four pitchers tall gohig the routei against | 12 for the R.-d Birds Patil Derringer held the Card* to four hits in tin opener, winning his third game The Reds drove Bill Mctlae to cover Hom ers by Frank Mt Cormh k Ft'-y and Craft helped Jim Turner win hl* first game for the Reds He allowed Hl hits lint coasted behind a big lead all 'h- way The Card* made four costly errors Dizzy (lean was blasted out of the box again but the Cubs rallied | to beat the pirates. 7 5. Billy Her-

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man's homer with two on doing the damage In the eighth Brooklyn bagi the Phillies. 5-3, behind Freddy Fitzsimmons The Giants nosed out the Bees. 3 2. for their fifth straight. Mel Ott nosed out the Bee*. 3-2. for their fifth straight ' Mel ott drove in the winning run. I The longest Yankee losing str> ak tin lo years eight straight came I to an end when Red Ruffing blank I ed the Red So*. 4-0. before 41,376. largest throng of the season at Yankee stadium Ruffing pitched brilliantly, allowing only six hit* , ai’d not a man reached third Despite the end of their 6 game winning streak the Boston Red i ■ So* maintained their game and a , half lead over Cleveland because the Browns knm kod off 'he Indi ; ans. 5 2 Eldon Anker, Red So* | - astoff. held the Indians to nine ! hits and himself led the Browns' i 12-hlt attack with three singles. Th- Browns drove Willi* Hmllin i to m ver in the second inning Ted Lyons, who’ll be 40 next I* rnber. pitched the White So* j to a4 3 victory over the Tigers He allowed eight hits, two of 1 which were homer* by Pinky Hig gins and Dick Bartell Kreevlth* i triple and Wright's single account j ed for th-* w lining run Johnny Babl< h. Athletics’ rookie, won his fourth game by defeating the Senators 4 2 He allowed only ■i* hit* \ walk ind doubles by Sam Chapman and Al Rtibeling provided the winning inns Y- sterday’s Rufus the Red Rutting veteran Yankee righthand er who stemmed the tide of defeats which have • ntly engulf . -d th-- w.uld’« - hampions with 411 shutout ove th-- R- d So* STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE \* I. P- I C. B ; Cincinnati 15 4 711# J Brooklyn 13 4 765 ,1 N- w York lit * 556 4'~ Ch>-ago 11 II 500 7.’ St Ixruis * 13 3*l 7 Philadelphia « 375 7>-_. I Boston 611 3*3 * J’lf'sbu .-It a 13 27* AMERICAN LEAGUE W 1, Pet GB t Boston hi 6 727 Cl. veland 14 7 66" V a ' | Detroit 12 1» .545 I Philadelphia in 12 4*>s 5 St lamis '< I.’ 429 'a I Chl<ago 9 12 42# Waslntii’ton '• 13 l«»' 7 New Vo k 7 14 .19! *4 YESTERDAY 8 RESULTS National League Brooklyn 5. Philad* Iphia 3 New York '. 80-ton 2. Cimliiati 713 St laiuis 1 4 I Chicago 7 Pittsburgh 5 American League Philadelphia 4. Washington 2 | New York t Boston <1 I St lam *’. Cleveland 2 I Chicago 4. Detroit 3 o HOME RUNS j Trosky Indian* 7 i I Kuhel. White So* »; ' ' Fo*X. Red So* . 6 Mlle. Cardinals 6 Johnson. Athletics .5

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RACING SEASON OPENS MAY 19 Fort W ayne Motor Speedway To Hold First Races Sunday Fort Wayne. Ind . Muy 13 -Frank Funk, the Veteran Winchester auto racing impresario, who has been «taning dirt track auto race* since 1914 hu* again leased the Fort Wayne motor speedway for auto nice* Th- first race of the season will be staged Sunday May 19 under the sanction of the Central States Auto Raring assix latlon. and all of the leading drivers will be In the competition* at the season* inaugural auto races. Alone, ten rai hig ears represent a total aggregation of Ifitiiam Five of the cars which the famous speed | sters will pilot over the CS R A | cln ult during I#4o will be entire- ; ly new A few of the popular veterans | who Intend to In- back for the 1940 competition are Jimmie Wilburn, the lais Angeles, California, youth who was C S R A champion for the last two season*. drivinK a new 415 (too itff-mhoiiser. Duke Dinsmore |*ayton. Ohio, under the new Dryer Spei-ial costing |*ihm> and a* t>-am male driving a brand new -treamlined version of a Dryer ■ teation will In- Bayliss la-veretl. of San Diego California; Spider \\ i hli Bel) California under the Vance Special with several new principles In motor eonntruction 1 John DeCamp. Richmond Indiana. I Klls-ri Ibsiker. DMralt uid Wnodii Woodford Tacoma, Wash, will lead the 11*1 in a si* event pro- 1 gram. Time trials w ill bi- called the l morning of the race at II o'clock [it'DTi over a new improved rat- ' in** plant reconditioned with as phaltic cement The first - vent of the afternoon will le called at 2 30 ocl.sk tCDTt o LOCAL HITTERS National League Player club G All RIIPi t • Dannmg. N--w York 1* 7" 11 29 41 1 M'-dWkk St lamis 14 6" 11 23 3*3 I Gustine Pirates 11 43 fi Ifi 372 1.-liter. Cl.bago 22 ‘117.31 109 1 M.Mtre N- w York 15 55 15 2" 3«4 American League Averill Detroit 15 43 5 21 4“ W _’ 1 *4 11 :4 :•! Ridtllff Si Ixiuis 21 ‘7 12 33 379 Finney Ibiston 2" ‘5 14 32 37C> flaye-i Phillies 20 «7 11 25 371 | o — I* Today's Sport Parade By Henry McLemore I» « N. w York. May 13 U.PJ Ik-Ing a niiiniry l->y who -»a« bi-mght tip to believe that It w is iieighlHiily to i ill on silk friend* I paid a visit y-sterday to the New York Yankees in their dugout just before their game with th- Boston i Red So* The Yankee* had lost eight straight gaiio-s, which meant that they really were nick folk I felt almost ashamed when I sat down among them on the bench, and realized I had come emptyhanded without even so much as a little jar of calvea-foot jelly or some chicken broth There ’hey sat. all In a row. from water cooler to water cooler, the world champion Yankee* who once had only to throw their gloves on I the field to coufiuer any enemy With a team hatting average that would shame a twilight league club they were the Burn* cap pistols, i not the Bronx Botnlters "Glad lo see ya.” greeted la-sty Gomez when I walked In "Pull up a chair Stay around a while The I chances are that you’ll get to pint h hit before the afternoon Is over | Our hitters are so had they’re thinking of calling on me in the clutch " We haven't droppeil that low TO ALL MOTORISTS I wish to eiprewt* my sincere appre riat ion of your patronaice and the friendly relations we enjoyed with you the pant six years. L. J. FOGLE

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- Gomez." cracked Bump Hadley “What’s iha' about hitting?" asked Joe Gordon "What's a hit. ' I anyway? I've forgotten what the word means You know, when my o baby Is Ixirn In August what 1 plin to give him for a present At least. * what I'd like to give him Well, i I’ll tell you a scratch singlei through the Infield” Joe Cronin, manager of the Red 1 So* walked past the Yankee dug ' <mt Au Irishman who yields 1 nothing lo an umpire without an . argument. Cronin takes a riding from the fans and rival players for' his consistent Ireeflng about de« Islons As he walked past ELarlJ Combs, Yankee coach, spotted th-* slant safety pins that Cronin was using to keep his pants tight ' around his knees "lawk at those safety pins ' players "He needs 'em too. the' buys Comb* called to the Yankee big i ry baby, to keep his dia|>ers ! UP" I Crrmin mV-- the dugout In general a iaugh and went on about I his business Bill Dir key suggested that I ask ' McCarthy about the "long haired ' I fellow" who came In to see him in I the dressing room In-fore the team I came out on the field "He was a psychologls' or some thing Dickey said “His name was Applebanm orl Applebearn or pretty dose to that.” ' the Yankee manager volunteered “He'S a leal psychologist, all iffilit | Ikies lectures and stuff like that A Itasebali nut. too Hasn't misor-d a stadium game In years Said he knew that out trouble was mental, and 1 agreed with him. except I told him th-re wasn't anything wrong that a few base knocks wouldn't cure ” "What did he say to that?” 1 asked "Well, he said he had a picture of what was wrong with the Yankees.” McCarthy said "He figured our players were looking at the player* on the other team through the right end of a telescope which mad* them appear big. and looking at themselves through the wrong ■ end. which made they look small Said what they needed was to turn ■ the telescope around '* “Maybe our guys heen hitting with telescopes." said Red Rolfe •'Maybe |'d do better with a telescope than I do with a hat. I think I II try that out " “Who you want In the bull pen. Joe.' asked Coach Art Fletcher “Let'a see.” the !m><* mused •'We’ll try Donald and Sundra. But I don t think Red will need ’em ” Red didn't need them, either The Red that I* Ruffing, went out and blanked the R,-d Hog. tieatlng them 4 to 4. • Maybe the Yanks didn't need t'r psychologist any more than (hey did my calves-foot Jelly That I*, the calves-foot jelly I almost took them Jackets Play At Bluffton Tuesday Denue Dorwln, coach of the Decatur high school baseball team, announced today that the Bluffton Detatur game, announced to be

played here Tuesday afternoon will lie played at Bluffton tomorrow. • The Jackets will play at Portland Thursday afternoon, and Frl- - day afternoon at 3 o'clock, the Jacke.k will entertain the Herne Bears ' at Worthman Field o REMY BIERLY <c(Ntninn» fkom pacik onb> tilde over his election and said. “I deeply -<opre«-iate the honor lo serve the l>emocratl< party and work for the aucceaa of the ticket this fall The election was harmonious and I assure each and everyone my full cooperation In helping conduct the campaign We have a splendid county ticket headed by that able young man. Frank Corbett Every candidate I* capable and entitled lo your support I want to work with you In rolling up a big victory in November and , ask that we all work together In, bringing thia about “ Republican Officers Mr Peterson was elected over Avon Burk, well known grain and coal dealer of this city, by a vole ,of 4k to 24* Other Republican officer/* elected are: Mrs. Dori* : Reh heldeffer. Geneva, vice-chair-man; F.d Warren. Decatur, tress-, i urei . Roy Girod. Berne, sei rrtary Both committee* refused to take in Hon on a question submlited to I them by county commissioners on ' changing the court house eloek to conform to daylight saving time effeixive here at midnight Saturday night, referring the matter back to the commissioner*. Although Ralph Yager, who served the Republicans a* chairman for the |>a*t eight year* wa* not nominated, a motion wa* made that the secretary prepare a res<> lution thanking him for hl* service*. Mr Yager la a patient at the Adam* county memorial hospital Hl* condition is reported serious. Three blood transfusions have already been given him and two operations performed Peterson made an aggressive campaign for the chairmanship and i filed a slate of candidates in the primary He claimed the election of 23 precinct committeemen and the vote Saturday showed he had 24, the vleex-i-minitteman vote making his total 4k. Paul McNutt Urgea Stronger Defend Lo* Angele*. May 13 — <VP>— Paul V. McNutt last night warned that the defense* of this country "must be so mighty that no nation in the world will want war with ua. "Now I* the time for us to say to the other nations of the world ! that we like our way of Ute and wa proftose at all costs to keep It.” ll* said In an address. India Bay. 4, "Hooter" Calcutta, India — <UA -Paaaenger tsaßc on the Eastern Bengal ' Railway ha* shown a sabaUatlal ’ increase since reported healing ' power* of the 4y ear-old son of a ■ Baldpur station agent have beiom* .' known The boy la said to be abl* ■ | to cure außerera by breathing on * them.

SOUTH SIDE IS TENNIS WINNER Decatur Tennisers Defeated By South Side Team, M To 1 The Decatur high school tennis team was handed a severe trouncing Saturday afternbon on tin- lo <al court*, salvaging only one point in a nine-match contest with Mouth Hide of Fort Wayne. Mill* registered Deeatur’a lone point when he won his singles maich from Wald«< hrnldt. 8-4 and C 2 The results of all singles matches follow Dnmmeier ‘SSt defeated Walter. W-2, 7 5. Doermer (Hi defeated Affolder. 1-4. 42, 4-2; Mill* iDI defeated Waldschmidt. S 4. 6 2. Workman 1881 defeated Hammond. 6 2. 63; Btabaugh (883 defeated Johnson. 62. 46. 6 3; Bhlfer*teln (88* defeated Mcf’lenahan. 2-4. 6 1. Scores of the three doubles matches follow: Dammeler-Doermer (881 defeated Walter-Aff'dder. 62. 63; Wald schmidt-Wrrkman (88* defeated Ml Ils-Johnson. 6-3. 6.3. Btalmugh Bhiefer*teln 1881 defeated Mi Clelt ahan Krick. 6 1. 6-2 o EORMER LOCAL (CONTINUED FROM PACK <»NKI or* are one daughter. Marian of laike George. Michigan, two sons. Ralph of Dallas. Texas and Donald of Illinois, one brother, W F Brlttson. Dallas Texas, and three half-sister*. Mrs Knapp of this city, i Mrs Nora l»el Grumble of Paston. , Penna ; Mr*. Rose Ralston of Bavannah. Georgia; two half brothers, Carl Bmith of Dallas. Texas and Marlon Smith of Owosso Mr Brlttson wa* active In many civic movements while a citizen here and during hl* entire life, wa* a busy and capable business man The new* of hl* death ha* ahocked a wide circle of friends here ■ " O' ASK SUPPORT (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE! here on Poppy Day will remain right In Decatur, for use In the work of our I'nit among the disabled and dependent families here We are at work eoslantly to make sure that men who served the country tn its time of need are not withlout help in their time of need “ ; Sons of the l<egiot> and Junior AuxI Diary member* will assist the Aux . diary In the Poppy Day Hale COUNTY CLOCK "M INCKf FROM PAGE ONE* office* whereby both worker* on fast and “alow" time can Im- accomodated In the court home This noon the majority of th» office* remained open so that no citizen* would tie turned away If the offices close on standard time tonight. which several or many may do. two extra hours one In the morning and one at noon — wfii have been put In Heveral office* have staggered working hour* of the personnel until the matter I* settled Bank Open On Fast Ton* Today the First Htate Bank opened on fast time in other word*

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I the doors were opened at 9 4 H'DTi Official*, however. M i a i,.,| that they were nude, i<|,.,| ;1 | M(11| the closing hour Post Offtc* Slow The |H>SI "ffi,|, M | 4> Waw I Operated on standard th • ule. Carrel II Cole, aaslstam po, I master stated ||e i<d<|..<| | I(1W ever, that officials ih>-i- w,-r, m, decided hlkxii future scheduh-x <> IffHuen Statement (>n Railroad Accident C K Scott, of Huntington. y;r|e railroad superintendent, issued the following statement Sunday folios Inga train wreck at Port Jervis N Y , Sunday morning in which 250 persona were reported slightly Injured: "While a special train started from the Port Jervis. N Y . station this morning, a second train strut k the first one. resulting In some pet sonal Injuries Preliminary report* indicate signals were functioning properly and that the engines of the second train approui hed too fast. Investigation develop" th, engineer was le«ted on signal . i,

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