Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 29 April 1941 — Page 6

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DODGERSTAKE OVER LEAD IN NATIONAL LOOP Brooklyn Defeats Cincinnati To Take National League lA*ad Mw York. April 2» - OJA - I anally flrat place In April doesn't m<MM • thins but It meant a lot to day to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Reason No. 1 The Dodger* vault ed into the National league lead by treating Paul Derringer Illg Paul blrtmelf of the world champion (Tn I lunatl Reda. It was the flrat time they have beaten Derringer since IM*. Keaaoii No ! Whit Wjhlt pitch. e<l the Dodgers to a 3-2 victory over the Red* It was the first time he ha* been able to lick the westerner* «lnce Iti'tti The* the end of two Jinxes put the Dodger* out in front am! If they coil keep on beating Derringer ■nd Wyatt can keep on beating the Red* It tnay take a doten sticks of dynamite, a carload of nitroglycerine. and a battery of 15-inch guns to keep Brooklyn from holding the fort. It waa a nice game for the Dod gers to win. They won It without their big hitter* hitting. Ales Kampouri*. back from the minora and Brooklyn'* current second lawman, blasted a homer In the fifth with a mate on base for two Dodger run* Wyatt got an Infield hit just beyond shortstop Eddie Jooat s reach which sent the winning tally home In the ninth. _Derringer had purposely passed catcher Mickey Owen to get to Wyatt with two <lown In the ninth, but the Ilodger pitcher who hadn't hit the lmi| out of the infield la three previous trip*, upset the apple cart with hi* scratch single For Kampouri*. it was a day of sweet revenge. He was cast overboard by the Reds a few years ago. He failed with the (Hants bnt found himself with the Newark Bears and came hack to the major* thl* spring. His homer, a high fly over the rightfield wall. wlp<-d out the Reda' i n lead resulting from Frank McCormick's homer. The Red* later tied the score on Kmle Ixmiv

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j Irardl'* triple and Eddie Jooat'a long fly Derringer pltch«-d hl* best game of the spring, allowing only six hit*. Wyatt also allowed six hits, and .McCormick's homer was the first run off him in 21 cmisecullve inn- ■ ling* li wa* Brooklyn'* ••venth ' 111 first place by mt* percentage 1 points over the fdle Hi. Louis Card- ■ Inals. I Yka Cleveland Indians strengthened their hold on the American league lead by winning their fourth straight, a 7-2 victory over ” the champion Tigers Al Mlinar '• scattered all hits, and fanned five > hotter*. Hal Newhonser struck out nine Indian* in *l* inning* but wa* •' wild. Outfielder Gerald Walker of Y the tribe strained hl* back and re•l tired In the seventh. *' Rookie Jack Hallett won hl* first ** major league game by pitching the * White Hoi to a 3 I victory over Ht. Louis. He gave up II hits but >- Wanked the Browns after the first, y It was the Browns' fourth straight I defeat by one run. Yesterday'* hero Whit Wyatt, t Bosiklyn bald-pate ace who pitched f and baited the Dodgers to a 3-2 r victory over the Metis and into the i’ National league lead f o - LEADING BATTERS s _ r National League , Player Club OAB II II Pct. I laivagetto. Dodg. 16 57 15 21 .4211 t Jurgen, Giants 12 3N • IS .4210 t Slaughter. Ht. L II 4M 10 20 .417 s Da nd ley. pirate 6 25 2 10 .400 1 EHen. Ph Ila 13 40 4 19 .3M * American League 9 Travia. Senators *34 620 .SNM i Cronin. Boston 9 34 9 14 .412 >■ Blehert. Phillies. 10 3* 10 15 .3*5 i- DI Maggio. Yanks 14 5* 1* 22 .379 ' Dl< key. Yank* 11 41 «15 JM 1 <, > HOME RUNS 1.1 * Camllli. Dodgers f, * Di Maggio. Yankee* 5 ’ Dot rr H. <l Sox 4 Ott. Giants 4 f Nicholstm. Cub* .. 4 ————-—W " —— l A lleauliful home, splendid j location, safe invest mH. Al* way* have irood resale value. r A real Having. A home you * w ill lie proud of. The highest k bidder will he the buyer. 701 * North Third St., Decatur, '• Wed.. April 30th. fi:00 p. m. ■ l>. S. T.

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THE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pct. o n flriMiklyn It 4 .733 St. Imoiiix 8 3 .727 I New York N 4 .887 I*4 ('hicinniiti 7 • .5311 3 Chicago 4 8 i"" 4*v Huston 5 N .3*5 5 Pittsburgh . 3 k .273 4 Philadelphia 3 10 .231 7 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B Cif-v.laml » 4 492 New York 9 5 .443 H HoMoii 7 4 .438 1 Chicago 7 4 .434 1 la.trr.it 4 7 .384 4 Philadelphia . 4 7 384 4 Washington 4 k .333 4>, Kt Umls 2 7 .222 5 YESTERDAYS RESULTS ’ National League Brooklyn 3. Cincinnati 2. only game scheduled. American League Cleveland 7, Detroit 2. Chicago 2. Ht. lamia 1. Only garnex scheduled. Today’s Sports Parade (Reg. U. S. Pat. Office) By Harry Ferguson New York. Apr. 29 (U.R> — In spite of what Rudyard Kipling wrote about never the twain shall meet, east clashes with west In the major leaguer today. The first intersgctional aeries is on. The wentem clubs in the National league awing Into the east and the Muttern teams In the American league invade the west. It's a sort of day of reckoning in baseball. a time to cast up accounts and Io see what has happened now that the law of averages Is beginning to get in Its licks. Rookies who seemed to lie pot eii Ila I Ty Cobbs down south have dwindled to mere mortals and some of them to pygmies. Class Is beginning to tell In both the team standings and the Individual averages. Here. then, are some of the highlights of the first fortnight of the 1941 season: Best American league rookie: Phil Rluvto. shortstop who was brought up from Kansas City by the New York Yankees. Ila's hitting .302. covering ground like the spring rain and already has broken up one ball game with an 11thinning home run. ft looks like noth nig but a serious Injury can keep him from becoming one of the top shortatops In the game. Beat National league rookie: Walker Cooper, catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and brother of Mort Cooper, Cardinal pitcher. In nine games he has become the Cardinals* No. 1 catcher and hat I When Your Car Runs By hop* and skips like a Hcared frog walk*. Its front wheels are out of balance and Need balancing for perfect performance at all speeds. RIVERSIDE SUPER SERVICE East Monros BL Phans 741 “When you think of Brakes, think of ua.“

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raised the problem of what to do with Don Padgett, the outfielder who was converted Into a receiver. Cooper is hitting .333. Karly season bust: lam Novikoff. the “mad Russian" whom the Chicago Cubs brought up from the coast league. He brought with hlm< a reputation of being able to hit any kind of pitching and of smacking bad balls for extra-base hits. With an average of .154. about the only thing he has been hitting Is thin air. Failure to bit and his disappointing p<-rformance In the field has forced manager Jimmy Wilson to bench him. They're at it again: The Cincinnati Reds, after a shaky start, sre back In the grpove. depending on good pitching and a tight infield to win ball games. The Reds have staged their specialty—winning by one run four times already this year. The scores: 7-4. 1-0. 3-2, 3-2. Best American league comeback: Lefty Gomes of the Yankees, who has won two games and at times has shown signs of getting the old hop to his fast one. Best National league comeback: Johnny Vander Mwr, Cinchtnatl pitcher who has won two games and lost one. yielding an aveiage of only six hits s game. Worst come-down: Boho Newsom. the marathon talker of the Get roil Tigers and one of the heroes of the 1940 world series. Hr has started three games and lost them all. chiefly becauae he has hern smacked around hard. Bound to rise: The Hl. lamia Browns, now anchored in last place, with a team that has a lighting chance for flrat division. Bound to sink: The New York Giants. In third place with a team that figures to finish about sixth. Decatur Tennisers Beat Hartford City The Decatur tennis team defeated Hartford City here Monday afternoon winning four of the five matches played. The results: Affolder < L>) defeated Kline <HC) 8 2. 84. McConnell (D) defeated Beeson HK’i 8-2, 4-1. McClanahan (L»> defeated la»ng <HCt 8-3. 74. Barber 'D> defeated Maddox (HC) 4-3. 4-8. 8-4 Bee.wn-Long (HC) defeated Chrunistcr-Hrare (D) 84, 8-4. The Missouri mule is losing onl to power mschtnery In hie home state at the rate of 10.000 a year, according Io the census.

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PORTLAND NINE DROPS JACKETS DV 17-4 SCORE Panther* Trounce Decatur On Local Diamond Monday Afternoon The Portland Panthers, aided by «|g errors, ran roughshod over the Decatur Yellow Jackets Monday afternoon at Worthman Field, the Jay county leant racking up a 17-to-4 victory. The Panther* tallied twice In the flrat Inning, twice in the third, fuur In th* fourth, seven In a big fifth | Inning, and ended their storing, with two In the algtk. Meanwhile, the Jackets were held completely in check until the seventh and Anal Inning, when they tallied four rune on live hits and . Portland's lone error of Ihe game ' Re 11 enow r led the Panthers With | ' four hits In as many trips to the plate. Roush had three for three for the winners. Hammond led Decatur hitters with three hits, hut committed as many errors. Andrews drove out two hits. Portland AB R H El Holmes. If 4 3 I o| J l*jy. m 4 3 1 • Green, aa 1 ® 0 0 He ash. 3b 3 6 3 0 1 Money. 2b 4 2 1 0 1 Rellenour. r ™.>. 4 14 0 Norrie, rs 4 0 • 0 G. Caster, rs loot! t'Mler. ct 4 0 U It Loper, lb 5 111 McCray, p — 3 2 10 Starr, p 10 0 0 Totala 31 17 13 1 ' Decatur AB R H E Hammtmd. na. p T 1 3 3 L. Hchnepp. 3b 4 1 I 21 Kee<l. If 4 0 0 1] Andrews, e 3 0 2 0 1 Schamerloh. cf 3 0 0 0K Bchnepp. lb. as 4 0 1 • Cochran. 2b 2 0 0 0 Chllcote. 2b 1110 Fruchte. rs 2 0 0 0 Huffman, rs 10 0 0 Lynch, lb. p 2 0 0 0 •Etc Whom 1110 Totals 31 4 * fl •Batted for Lynch In seventh Score by Innings: Ported — 202 472 o—l7 Decatur 000 000 4— 4 Dance Wednetuiav Sunßet

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WARN BRITONS ABANDON SPAIN Radio Berlin Says British Consuls Issue Advices Today Ixmdon. Apr. 2*. — <U.W" Radio Berlin reported today that the British consuls In Spain had advised all Briton* to leave the country. Cncmiflrmed reports circulated in London that all frontiers In Spain were suddenly closed thl* morning It was «*ld a ban had been placed on transmission of this news abroad. There was no Immediate conflr- ■ mation of the radio Berlin report I from British source*. However, j British fears of an Imminent German move In Spahi and possibly Portugal, have been mounting. It wa* recalled here that up Io the present German spokesmen In Berlin have minimised British ' alarms about Spain, clalm'ng that I London was attempting to divert attention from lhe Balkan campaign Radio Berlin reported thal 31 British cltitens had been arrested at Valencia on charge* described aa “activities directed against the I Spanish stale.** The German radio said many Britons were pre pa ring to leave Spain. 1• —z — Golf Course To Be Opened Saturday The formal opening of the Decalur Country club golf course will 4>o held Saturday. May 3. It wa« announced today t>y Mrs. Ixtulae Hall A now mower ha* been purchas--1 ed and the graws cut on all fairj way* ami playing teritory. The i course I* reported hy Mr*. Hall to ’ lie In g'MMt shape A 25-cent green fee <wlll Im In efj feet on the opening day. *br stated - - —e — Harold Zimmerman In Earlham Cast Richmond. Ind . April 29 Harold Zimmerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin ZmwneHnan. fll7 Jefferson N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyaa Examined Giaaaa* Fitted HOURS 1:30 to 11:30 12'30 te 8:00 Oaturdaya, 0:00 p. m.

Street. Decalur has Imen cast as! Pyramu* In the play "Pyramwa and Thltfrn “ which will lie presented j in Earlham College * old English > May day. scheduled tor May *. -Earlluim's (ltd English May day.' •wnphiymg an authentically costu-n 1 rd cast us approximately 600. will he the only May festival following

I ■ Wh«nyou wnokrthisy Here if what you really*-,' I to,' smoking-pkasure through’ ! 7 C'9ar*tt9 of q I • OOOThiaj.teiuOlkteuLM, Notice of Commissioner Sale ot Real Estate Notice I* hereby given that the und«-r«lgned ComwlwkJ appointed by the Circuit Court In a cause tor estate, being cause No. 16435. on the Civil Dx ket of «p 4 wherein Marie Anderson Is the plaintiff, and Jcweph et al. are defendants, will offer for sale at private ul* fn*3 all Hens to the highest and best bidder si the las 2 Hubart R. McClanahan at 189 No. Second Street in tlk r > J Decatur. Indiana, on I TUESDAY, May 6,1941 between the houre of 10:00 o’clock A. M. and 4 00 p. M udfl not .sold on said day. the name will Im- cnnt|nu<*| and offredpl sale between said hours of each succeeding day until th* awl la sold, lhe following described real estate in Adami < Htate of Indiana, to-wit: Inlot No. 220 In Crabb* Western Addition to the teas. I now elty, of Oacatur. Adam* County, itete of IM.*m Terme of Rale (’ash on day of sale Said Commlslaoner will deliver to the purchaser an iM-nel ot title showing a mercbantlle title to said real estate; nrl all •hall be made subject to the approval of the Adam* Circuit r«n and will not lie soM for les* than the full appraised value <Wml Hubert R. McClenahan, Commissioiiff| Hubart R. McClenahan. Attorney

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