Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 234, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1940 — Page 6

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WORLD SERIES OPENED TODAY IN CINCINNATI Reds Confident Os Vic* tory Despite Injuries To Regulars 1 WORM) RERIKH on Ciaeinnati. Ort. 1— 'UP! D* power against plti hlng. brawn | against brains as the Detroit Tigera and Cincinnati Red* open the world series today Favorites In the betting at 1 to t. boasting four Soo hitter* and a line-up loaded with enough power to break down the walla at Croaley Held, the Tiger* are the Goliath* of thia struggle that start* at 12 30 p. m tCRTi on the hank* of the Ohio. Again*) that awesome array the Red* will send a tunning. fs«ltblfikftig ball club that la Wenk <>n hitting hut ha* more good pitch era than a crockery merchant j Tba day dawned cloudy and tool with a «llght hreeie blowing The weather bureau had forecast light shower* but the chill wind* were ctpected to drive off any rain A warming sun broke through four hour* before game ilrne with a promise of almost ideal baseball weather. CHtcinaati* half million realdent* made every hour a carnival time a* the opening of the *eriea approached All of the 31000 seat* la Croaley Field are mid. grandstand* have been built on roof*, window spare in apartments overlooking the park sella for It a II a aquare yard and flag* brighten the street* Ruilnes* will stop for two hour* thl* afternoon when old Rill Riem dust* off the plate and tells the boys to go to It. For Itetrolt It will be Robo Newsom. the fib-ball right hander, on the mound Roasting a record of 24 game* won and only live lost during the regular season. Robo delivered himself an oration last evening, the gist of which was that he would blow the Reds down

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with hl* fast one Deep, mysterious silence came from the Cincinnati board of *trat--1 egy and there I* a fair chance that j Deacon Hill Mi Kechnle the wily i manager of the Red*. I* cooking up I a plot. He refused to name his starting pitcher, hut hinted that It | would be one of hl* ace right hand- [ era Paul Derringer nr Ru< ky Wai ! ter*. The best guess I* that It ' will he Derringer, a cool, nervy | citlien who I* Ju«t about the best control pitcher In baseball Despite the fact that their linei up la loaded with aged ball playj er*, the Tigers are in good physical {condition Manager Del linker will, be able to Held hl* strongest team , and shoot In capable, ahlle-bodlvd I reserve* In emergencie* The Red*' dressing room, on the i other hand looks like the receiving ward of an emergency hospital Little Ixtnnle Fn-y. one of the beat second basemen In the National league, apparently la out of the •erlea with a fractured toe. They tried tn protect hl* toe with an alurnlnm guard yesterday, but the | contraption didn't flt and he was unable tn pivot <>n double play*. I'nlea* Frey ha* a miraculous recovery hl* place will be taken by Eddie Joust, a light hitler i Ernie Ixtmbardl the big catcher and one of the few Cincinnati men who can match hi* hitting power ' with Hank Greenberg and Rudy York Detroit'* big runs, ha* a | fractured ankle. He. too. tried to work out yesterday but It wa* obvious that he wa* In pain Jimmy Wilson. 40 year* old will catch If Iztmbardi Is unable to work The absence of farm's big bat will he a sore blow tn the Red* Jimmy Ripple, nursing a acre wrist. Is ready to start in left field for the Red*, but there I* no tell- ‘ Ing when the injury will force him out of the gam? Despite the igaualty Hat. confidence run* through thia city and McKechnle predict* victory no mat-' ter how much he ha* to patch hl* line-up He think* he ha* a bet ter ball dnh that the outfit that went up against the New York Yankee* last year and lost fonr straight games through Jittery, uncertain fielding ■ w ...» 11l !*■»! Basketball Meeting Thursday Georg* F 1-aurent. WPA recreatlon supervisor. today called a meeting for organisation of the Adam* county basketball league, to be held at the Lincoln school Thursday evening at 7 o'clock All team* are requested to have representatives at thl* meeting, a* opening of the season Is planned for an earlier date than last year o — Hev Fellows! See the new Fineer Tin Jacket* in our south window.—Cal E. Peter«on. elothier.

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HONORS TAKEN I IN CONFERENCE • Yellow Jacket* Have Won 13 Champi(»n«>hip>> In Conference I’lay II —. r| Withdrawal of the three Fort > Wajhie public high u hool* from the i Northeastern Indiana conference, i {as announii-d late Monday, prompted the sport* staff of Ihe I tally Ih-mocrat and W Guy Drown. Dem<tur principal, to delve Into record* ’ of the conference, as kept by Mr. Ilrown. secretary-iroasurer of thi . circuit. These records reveal that the Deirotar Yellow Jacket* have won conference championships 13 different .times in football. basketball ha*eball and tennl*. The outstanding acaievemeats ■lave been taken by the baseball team The Yellow Jacket diamond star* have won five dif'erent circuit title*, taking down the honor* I in H 32. INI. 1*34. I*3». and l»40 liy winning three consecailve title* in the year* first mentioned a permanent trophy I* In possession of the Yellow Jacket*. I Conference title* were won by I the Yellow Jacket football learn* of 1*34 and 1035 llasketliafl chant | pionships were won In l»3o and INI. Tennis honors were won In sin-1 lies in I*3l and 1032. and double* championship* were copped by De- I 'catur In 1*33 and 1*34. —————-—• ———- - — 1 m Today’s Sport Parade | By Henry Me Lamar* Cincinnati. Oct. 2 — U.R> The tumult and *houtlng of the Tigers' I final world serie* workout had ended but the captain and the king didn’t depart Long after th* other players wero in the locker room and the groundkeeper* had taken ! over the field Hank Greenberg labored on Deep In left field, and with only • the youngster who was hitting fly | ball* to him for company Green- ■ berg practiced the bitlines* of going to hi* left, galloping to hi* right, running back to the wall, and tearing in for short file* He ’hrew to all the base*, handled . ground balls. and studied the drift ! of ball* in the wind Hank's hrllllngiiess to do a little more work, try a little harder, waa - remindful of Joe Di Maggio's de-! termination to get hl* batting eye In thi* same park a year ago . Joe worked a full hour after hi* i teammale* had caller! It quit*. | swinging at pitches He look hl* I cut until he began to find the range I of the wails, and you II remember i that It paid off In the aerie* Greenberg didn't have to work yesterday Os all the men who started the series today he i* the t biggest star. Hl* salary is top* In either league He i* the American league rfl.ine run king with 41. the leader in double* with SO. , lop man In batting in run* with 150 banged across the plate, a 340 hitter, and far from being the worst left fielder In the business Rut Greenberg la a perfectionist No one will ever know how many hour* he practiced when hr first went to Detroit a* a first baseman Not a natural player, he had to get I bls skill the hard way. He was in the park every morning, practicing the fielding of ball* to hl* right then, because Charley Gehringer wa* in hl* prime a* a second baseman and could get anything on that side of Hank. He worked himself into one of the best first basemen In the business When they moved him to left field last spring, and gave first base to Rudy York. Greenberg started lolling all over again. He • wa* the first man in the perk and the last one to leave. "I'm going to learn to play the

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• i outfield if II kills me.” he said *l' i jnst don’t want to be known aa a big guy with a big stick In my hand " Hr was awkward aa two left ■hone when the season opened but the finish of It found him a better than average outfielder, and the ; most valuable man In the league I Hr not only did a good job of left' fielding but he had the best year' of hla career at bat. Never be- j fore had he hit aa high aa 340 Big Hank Is the fellow the Reda I pitchers must atop if the National league Is at last to win a world ' series from the American He was Iwundlng balls off the fence and In 1 'the bleachers in baiting practice- 1 I picked the Reda in alt games but [■ I m not so sure after seeing Greenberg In that eatra practice session I If he isn't satisfied with himself. ' and Intends to increase the temp of his havoc, then heaven help the I Derringers. Walters and the rest. : I B- • | Decatur Bowlin# i League Nu-Art made It nine consecutive wins tor the season against no < losses in the minor league at Mies Recreation last night . . . The sign , painters bowled over First State ■ Rank three times, piling up I*4l pins against 242 k for the losers - .. . Hoffman's <l3 was tops for the winners. Caa'lngs with a 2793 won two games from Gambles, who chalked up a 25»e . . . Ahr's <l4 was the high scries for the winners, with Young and his *OS close behind ... I Ahr's 250 was also high single I game. Smith Insurance toppled the Wren Case keglers three times, rolling a 2UO total against a 24*3 for the restaurant men . . . Tope a 54< was the best effort for the Buckeyes, while (1. Bultemeler posted a Ml to pace the winning Bve. Black's funeral home literally swamped the Holthouse Drags. 2517 to 1318 . . . The Rs team boasted but three bowlers, however, which accounts for their extremely low tout... Sautters poet-I ed a 441 which was best for the losers .. . Deßolt'e 174 was tops for the winners. Telephone Rural bagged two victories In their series with Burke's. 24U to 2442 . . . Stapleton hung up a 524 that paced the winners, while Belt's <23 was the big noiae for the losers . . . “Mandy's" single game of 247 gave him a good start. ( Telephone Toll copped two from Telephone Local. 2457 to 2294, with

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SOX WIN FIRST TILT OF SERIES Teddy Lyons Hurls 5 To 3 Victory Over Cubs in Opener Chicago. Oct. 2 — il’Pl — Vera Olsen, rookie right hander who won 13 and lost nine in his first season with the Chicago Cabs, attempts to even the city series with the Chi<ago White Sos today In game No !2 at Wrigley field Opposing Olsen Is another south-, paw Thornton ilxfty i Lee. who won 12 and lost 13 for the Sos Old Teddy Lyons pet the finishing touches on the Cuba tn the ear* I lea opener yesterday. 5 to 1. He let the National leaguers pick np a total of nine bits, but broke their backs whenever they drew close. Lyons doubled In the second, driving in two runs and knocked home ano: her with a single in the fourth. A double by Claude Pas«eau. the losing pitcher, drove In a pair Os Cub ntus In the second. ♦ HONOR PAID TO CONTINUED FROM PAPE ORB school: William T Ives, assistant high school coach; Theodore layner. coach at the Decatar Catholic high school; George F. Laurent, WPA recreation supervisor, and Pete Reynolds, ot the Decatur Dally Democrat. | Deane Dor win, Decatur high school baseball coach, and supervisor of recreation at Worthman Field during the summer months, was chairman of the program WATER MAINS tCONTINUEIi FROM POPE ONE) Post No. 43. Ametican Legton. egpressing thanks to the city for flowers sent on the occasion of the Legion home dedication, was placed on file. 1 City attorney Vincent Kelley waa authorised by the council to contact heads of the Krick-Tyndall tile I mill In aa effort to allay the duet Issuing from the mill. Councilman Morris Plngry presented the mat tar. stating that Mrs Oren Schults, a resident of that neighborhood, had complained to him. Schlickman and hie 542 showing , the way for the victors ... A 571 by M Hears waa the beet effort of the losing keglers.

WillNS OMER OF PESTILENCE Continent Os Europe Faced With Dangerß Os Pestilence London (let 2 eph R*rne* Burt, vice president of the physb al medicine section of ’ the Royal Ro. lety of Medk Ine. | *akt in a »pee< h at Hath today that unless every law of medklne wa* broken, a terrible pestilence would break out on th* .onilneni this winter. "Fotunately we have the < han- , nel between us.'' he said, "but i whether that will be *uM< lent to prevent a spread to England I* an--1 other matter. With people herded together in dugout* without propI er unitat ion and people calling In on their friend*, there will be great i risk of an epidemic here.'' Dr Hurt urged health authorities I to het at oo<*. regardless of eg- ■ pense. to prevent overcrowding In i houses and shelters and In Improving sanitation There have been widespread out- ! break* of “•helter cold*” in l»n---j <ion already Medical men are of opinion that 1 Lindon faces a danger of Influence 1 and pneumonia epidemic* thl* winI ter unless real shelter* are provld'cd inatead of draughty mirface I shelter* FILE PETITION ' mimMVRD rm ns paob >m«i i Oliver. Mary Myers. Mr*. Kugrne Melchl. Mr* Russell Owens. Mr*. ‘ A. V Yost. Mr* A A Pollock Mr* ■ William H Hell. Mr* G D Mac I la>*n. Mr*. L A Cowen*. Mrs Jack I Gray. Mr* Rryce Thoma*. Mrs L ' It Rrown. Mrs II II Weller. Mrs Il W Graham. Effie Patton Mrs Robert Freeby. Mathilda Rellemeyer. Mrs. Wesley la-hman. Mrs Ly- . man Hann, flrace Coffee. Helen Habegger. Mrs Ray ft tingley Mr* Carl Fl*her. Mr* Ernest laUie. Mr* Ivan Htuckey Mrs. Ix>wrll J Hmlth. Rertha Runner. Mrs Merle Hchnitg. Mr*. Walter J Krick. Helen Hauhold Mra. Kenneth Runyon. Mr* E F Jalierg. Della Mellemeyer. F.lisalieth Peterson. Margaret Moran, J. Parrish. Mra. Carroll Hassett. Mrs E F. i Ixibslger Rev R W. Graham - W —' — DETROIT DRIVES irowTiwcßD rnoM page omki the left field line. York singled to right center Greenberg stopping al aecoiid Campbell hunted and . wa* safe on Werber’* high throw. I loading the base* lllggln* ilngled to center. Greenberg and York scoring. Campbell (topping at second Rullivan walked, again load Ing the base* Newsom grounded > to F McCormick and Campbell wa* forced at the plate. McCormick to Wilson. Hartell singled to center. Higgins and Rulllvan scoring. Newsom slopping at second McCbsky singled to left. Newsom scoring I and Rartell stopping at second Derringer wa* removed from the mound and waa replaced by Lloyd i Moore Rartell wa* picked off ■econd but was safe when Myer* i dropped the hall An error for | Myer* Gehringer popped to Werber Greenberg out. Werber to, McCormick Five run*, five hit*. I two error* Cincinnati- Ripple grounded out. I Gehringer to York Wilson filed to Greenberg. Joost singled Into' right. Myer* forced Joost at see- ‘ ond. Gehringer to Hartell. No' run*, one hit. no error* Third Inning Detroit York struck out. swing-! Ing Campbell singled Into center j field. Higgins *1 ruck out. Camp- ’ l>ell waa caught going to second.! Wilson to Rartell. No runs, one' hit. no errors. Cincinnati Moore grounded out. NNNNNHMaroUBHNNffBNNMPNNNBNNNBffBhNNBNfINBNNNNN

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• e PICK RCOS Cincinnati. Ort. 2 «UP> | How I'nitrd Pres* sport* writ | era pick the world series George Kirksey The Re»|« | will win on pitching | Harry Ferguson Clnclnnail in | sis game* with Derringer win | nlng two. Henry Mcl.emore Pltchln* | still is the big thing In a short | eerie*, so I like the Reds In *lg | game* Derringer Walters and | Thompson will put the qiDetus I on the Detroit hat* ♦ ♦ York to Newsom Werber flliil to Campbell M Mi-Cormlrk struck nut. No run*, no hit*, no error* • Feurth inning Detroit Sullivan filed to Jooat Newsom *tro«-k out. swlngtna lU> tell walked McCrtaky singled into center. Rartell going to third Gehringer grounded out. Joo*t in I McCormick. No rnn* one hit. no error* Cincinnati Goodman doubled In- ' to left center F McCormick filed , to Gehringer In short right Hippie 1 singled Into right. Goodman scarin* Wilson hit Into double play Rartell to Gehringer to York One run. two hit*, no error* Fifth Inning Detroit — Greenberg was called oat on strikes. York tripled Into right field against the screen j Campbell homered into the right field bleacher*, scoring York ahead of him Higgins filed to Ripple In left center. Rnlllvan struck out swinging Two run*, two hit* no error*. Cincinnati - Joost singled through the hoi Myer* wa* called out on I *trlke*. Moore struck out. Jumi wa* caught going to second Rar- ' tell dropped the ball, however, and Joo«t waa safe Error on Hartell Werber grounded out. Higgins to i York. No run*, one hit. one error tiath inning Detroit Newsom grounded out. I Werber to McCormick Hartell wa* Called out on strike* McCoakey wa* oat on an attempted bunt. Me Cormlck unassisted. No run*, no hit*, no errors. Cincinnati—McCormick filed to Gehringer In short center Good

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